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Hey guys, how were your weekends. Mine was a bit of a let down. I planned on playing tons of Far Cry 4, and maybe make a start on Dragon Age: Inquisition, but all I got in was a few hours of Far Cry,and a few hours of Smash Bros. on 3DS, Speaking of which I added a whole bunch of you to my 3DS Friends List yesterday.
Also, has anyone got an tips for Smash? Particularly the Home-Run Contest, my best so far is 500.5 metres with Donkey Kong.
Also also, I’m really sorry @cufcfan616, I gave away all my Far Cry 4 codes, and then I realized that I forgot to send one to you. I’ll make it up to ya man, I promise. What’s your Steam ID?
Edit: Two Taygets in a row \o/
I still have 10 keys on PS4.
I think @gutsoup has too. If one of you could kindly give one to @cufcfan616 I would very much appreciate it.
Steam and PS4? 😛 hahahaha
I was panning on playing DA:I all weekend but I ended up only playing around 3 hours which was a shame.
*RRRRAAAAAAAAAGE* 😛 Steam ID is the same as everything else I think hahaha cufcfan616
I know everyone everywhere is still talking about it but sweet baby Jesus Dragon Age is actually the tits. I bought it after work last Thursday, I work full time and had a packed out weekend and still managed 25 hours to date.
Start the TAY already!
Whoever warned me about Far Cry 4, you were right. Mechanically it’s almost exactly the same as assassins creed in that you unlock places, climb towers to unfog a map, etc but the gameplay is superb and the graphics (at least on PS4) so pretty.
I’m guessing you haven’t played it, but Far Cry 3 is more of the same, but not as pretty obviously, being last-gen and all. Lots of fun.
If FC4 is more of FC3 I’ll be happy. Sorely tempted to play FC3 again but my pile of shame is so big…
It’s another iteration of the Ubisoft Ur-Game. CLIMB THE TOWER TO REVEAL ALL THE STUFF ON THE MAP etc.
No! We missed page 20, where all the truths of the universe would be found
I guess we’ll never know.
Keep watching the skis.
*looks at skis* yep still in the garage
Happy Monday!
It got to almost 44 degrees at my place over the weekend. Blegh. I get the feeling this year’s summer is going to be pretty intense if we’re getting weather like this already.
Also been digging the Mario Kart 8 DLC.
Anyone been watching the SC2 Hot6 Cup? Some pretty insane matches been going on.
I had to look it up for a minute as a self confessed sports fan, but no I haven’t seen it. I’ve never watched an eSport before, I think it sounds like something I’d like to do but unfortunately I can’t seem to be available whenever I learn one is on.
Good thing about twitch is that most channels keep a history so you can watch the vods later if you miss the live stream.
That’s a great point, I didn’t even think of that! Might have to check out SC2 at lunch!
It’s Monday. I’m sure there’s something special about today. Can’t think of anthing
30 DAYS TIL CHRISTMAS (eve) 😀
Morning all.
Started playing Pokemon Alpha Saphire yesterday. Spent about an hour in that starting patch of grass killing level 2 Pokemon to get my Mudkip to 16 and envolved before I went to face my rival. Not exactly sure why I did that. A bit of a self impossed challange I guess. I think I might try and theme my Pokemon team this time around. I was thinking making a water team, with a focus on marine Pokemon since they’re probably my least used Pokemon in all the years I’ve been playing the series.
Also played some more DA:I. I’m really glad they included gamepad support for the PC version. I started playing on keyboard and mouse but decided to try playing with my dualshock 4 yesterday and the experience is just a lot better. It’s so much easier to control my character and interact with the enviroment on a controller.
Up to level 16, that’s some serious grinding!!
I’m doing a Grass only run!
What does that entail? You can’t use roads and always run through the grass?
The problem with that challenge will be your starter will be very overleveled (if not already after that grind!) as the next water pokemon you get (not counting Wingull), is magikarp just before the 2nd gym
Just started raining about 20 or 30 minutes ago, coming down pretty heavy. Perfect gaming day.
Jealous.
Of the rain, or the gaming 😛
Both!
*stands behind @janexo with folded arms and nods enviously*
Hmph. People with their wonderful rainy weather and game-playing while I’m at work… Bah!
So you booted up Heavy Rain on the PS3 right..?
Hey @beavwa, pulled out the atari to see what was there
Normal games
Missle command
Q-bert
Dragonfire
Checkers
Space invaders
Solaris
Raiders of the lost ark
Marine wars
Ms Pac-man
Spider man
Aquatak
Desert Falcon
Fishing Derby
Demon Attack
Empire strikes back
Exoset Missile
Paddle games
Demons to diamonds
Kaboom
Night driver
Street racer
Packs
River raid,grand prix,fishing derby sky jinks, checkers
Spike’s peak, ghost manor
Also have the console, 2 original joysticks, two larger size, 2 paddles
Has been stored for the last dozen years so I have no idea what does or doesn’t work. But if you want it, then it is yours
@beavwa, Lucky bastard!
Phwoar, that would be awesome.
I bet your original joysticks aren’t even covered in chew marks like mine are…
Cool, we will just need to work out how to get it to you
Could bring it in to trivia next time you guys will be there or if you are over our way you could stop in for a visit and take it when you go. You don’t drive into work do you?
Definitely not driving to work at the moment.
Routine for all that just shifted as of this morning so still figuring out daily routine. Will get back to you on that.
I have a box of 2600 games on the shelf at home too, anyone want them?
I must get around to ebaying the Vectrex and the SNES and the Genesis and the Jag games and CD toilet thingo to get some Xmas cash.
Colour me interested.
Bloody hell XCOM: Long War is amazing and hard! I had a supply barge land in Canada after one of my interceptors harassed it a bit, I assumed it was an abductor and was trying to drive it off but it landed in the middle of nowhere while I was enroute to an exalt data recovery (yet another where you’re limited to 4 troops so it’s a mad scramble rather than a stand up fight) so I took the opportunity to raid it.
Hot damn was it a hard slog, I had to exhaust my best sniper but she got promoted to master sergeant so once she’s out of medical she can finally use double tap & snip off the heads of 2 of the xeno bastards in a single turn. She’ll be in good company in medical with my best assault, he was covering a corner when a mechtoid came around and it got off a better shot than he did, damn their bloody damage reduction, I might not be too impressed with the gauss assault rifles but when I finish researching advanced gauss weapons, I’m damned sure getting the alloy cannon for the rare times I deploy a shotgun. Everyone else took some knocks but only light injuries and in the end we took down 27 of the xeno scum, came home with half a dozen alien surgeries & stasis tanks which will come in handy for later research, got a decent haul of meld, computers, power sources & the alloys I was so desperately short of so all in all, it was a well spent 2 hours.
Morning TAY, hope you’re all well?
My weekend was pretty uneventful so I really don’t have much to say but I just wanted to be included :P…
Played a shit ton of Guild Wars 2, really enjoying it again though our guild looks a bit deserted 😛
Come again, you know I don’t speak Spanish.
You should play SWTOR with @rize @cakesmith and I!
I would but sadly I just don’t think that style of game is for me… I enjoyed my initial time with it but then I started getting bored and ultimately just not having fun anymore… I’m pretty content with what I got out of it for the short time I subbed but don’t have any motivation to go back to it, sorry 😛
Now you guys should totally play more borderlands with me… Handsome jack is an amazing character to play as 😛
Morning kittens!
I bought new hair products this weekend, took our dogs swimming (amazing) and then played Far Cry 4 till one of my eyes was completely bloodshot and twitching, ahahah.
Far Cry 4 notes: it’s a much more beautiful, detailed, larger and tricky game than FC3, but still has all those elements that made that game so good. Also, I totally have the hots for Sambal. Five stars.
I choose to believe that last bit was a food pun.
Haha, it wasn’t meant to be, but let’s say it was 😉
(But seriously, what a babe).
Hi, TAY.
Sm4sh week 2 is upon us… so..
Who’s your main?
Mine’s Link.
The Game Over screen.
Holy crap it’s only 5 days, it has sneakily crept up on me. In years gone by I would main Ice Climbers *tear* and King DeDeDe. I’m looking forward to changing my main around this time to Megaman or Sonic (my two favourite video game characters), I’ll have a play around in the practice arena and decide who’ll be my go to then!
I’ll be torn between those two as well, Sonic is my childhood hero, but Megaman is an ass kicking machine of death
Haven’t really been able to play the 3DS version (didn’t like the controls) but I did enjoy playing as Robin, Zelda, Toon Link.
Never really played Melee, but with Brawl and 3DS I usually go with Kirby or Meta Knight, I just like their moves. I do change a bit though when I get bored of them.
KIRBY 4 LYFE!!!
Confession: I have never played a Kirby game.
*runs away*
The only Kirby game I have ever played was one on the SNES called Kirby’s Dream Course which was basically a mini-golf/putting game
I was scrolling past this and thought it said, “Kitty game” and it made me think of Hello Kitty Roller Rescue which I totally had on PS2 and thoroughly enjoyed.
…
Pikachu on 64, DK secondary, Marth on Cube, young link secondary. Undecided on the new ones, waiting for Wii u version.
More serious answer: so far on 3DS I seem to have sucked with pretty much everyone, except I managed to clear Classic on 9.0 with ROB and Luigi. So I guess I’ll be sticking with them a bit. Falcon’s usually my most main, haven’t used him since I was still on the lower levels though. DK went alright too I think.
I’d *like* to be good with Little Mac and Mega Man, but I don’t know if it’s going to be. Especially Mega Man, he’s just weird. Pac Man seems good though.
PAC IS MY MAN. ATTACK OF THE PAC. RETURN OF THE PAC. Those are the three things I shout ad infinitum while playing with friends.
ROB, Robin, Lucina, Link also ballers.
…you mean you don’t tell them “watch out for the Pac Attack”? Nor the subsequent line?
I did but people wondered why I threw a basketball at their face.
Piiikkaaaa!
I’ve been playing a lot of Captain Falcon, but I’m also really liking Villager and Wii Fit Trainer. I played Falco in Melee and Brawl, but he’s a lot weaker this time around.
Zero Suit Samus.
Just watched Oblivion. Pretty great movie.
Definitely underrated.
I also don’t think I’ve seen a bad Tom Cruise movie. I know it’s fun to hate on the guy but he’s consistently good.
Edge of Tomorrow is also brilliant. I think the hate he gets is because of non acting stuff mainly.
Or his 80s/90s movies. He’s pretty damn unlikeable in most of those. I think his recent 00s-10s success has been thanks to exploiting that unlikeability and playing unlikeable characters.
Absolutely, same in Vanilla Sky, it works because he plays a douche.
Will have to check out Edge of Tomorrow.
That one was a surprise gem, for me.
Weekend was uhhh very eventful.
Somehow managed to buy Bayonetta 2 and fit in some time to play the first one for a few hours. The controls for this are probably the most impressive I’ve found in an action game. Somehow they managed to fit complex in to simple.
Reassembled my desk on the weekend, and my G5/G15 combo have made their triumphant return back from 3 years of storage. It’s nice being able to aim in a shooter again.
Getting stuff back out of storage after an extended period feels rad.
Initial sensation was ‘holy shit the cursor is moving whenever I move the mouse’
Has anyone been having issues downloading anything with Steam over the past few days?
My net’s downloading at 2.5 Mbps, but Steam appears to be going at a crawl.
Haven’t downloaded anything too large, but updates have been normal speed
Yes, but it’s come and gone. This weekend steam was downloading at 1.5kbp/s at one point, and then would just keep timing out. A few router and PC resets and it was back to downloading at full speed (for this place) of ~500kbp/s. Sooooo, maybe try that?
tried changing the download site?
My weekend mainly consisted of lounging around bitching about the heat. And cleaning. And getting mad at Destiny. And not playing The Wolf Among Us because I’m a stupid fuckhead.
I know you’ve all been secretly waiting for me to weigh in on G20.
To tell you what the G stands for, how well Brisbane brothel’s did thanks to the political summit and who, much like people for some reason still do for E3, who we think “won” G20.
Well today you’re in luck. (Bad luck is still a form of a luck) It’s the Dan And Karl’s Zeitgeist G20 Special with special guest!!!
https://soundcloud.com/dankarlszeitgeist/g20-special
So listen as the line between Karl & Alan Jones becomes even more blurred and I’m just excited to be talking to someone other than my sausage dog.
I am so fucking done with the Assassins Creed franchise. Just finished all of Rogue and I really don’t want to do it again. AC is nothing but a grindfest and icon map cleaning now. Which is saying a lot since I really loved the story and characters in Black Flag and I should have ended it there.
I’ve lost all interest in it too. I haven’t played Black Flag yet, and I want to, but anything after Black Flag just doesn’t interest me.
I had fun with Black Flag but I got right near the end and stopped playing for a while, and now I have no interest at all in finishing it, which is unusual considering I’ve finished way worse games out of curiosity to see how they end.
Black Flag got a bit tedious for awhile there and it’s hard to find the right balance of story missions and side content, but I’m glad I finished it. I was completely hyped for Unity until it turned out to be a piece of shit.
Still tempted by Rogue, but I’ve heard literally nothing about it. Does it progress the story, is it any good? I’m really intrigued in how the events of Rogue will tie back into ACIII since it’s kind of a prequel.
Does Rogue progress the modern-day storyline at all or does it shelve it like Unity does?
Depends, do you care about the avatar you were playing in Black Flag? Because for some reason he’s now important.
For everything else involving the Creed and Templars, most of that are all hidden away behind computer hacking to reveal recordings with no images. It’s mostly about how the Templars are dealing with the Creed in modern times. The entire story ends with the Templars sending the Creed an e-mail basically saying, “Yeah we’re winning! Suck it!”. Only good thing about these recordings is that it introduces a new character who I loved listening to. Some guy they hired to be an assassin for the Assassins (see the problem when you name your entire organisation after a profession?)
and I don’t know if this was supposed to be a reveal, but during the credits there’s an extra scene that reveals to the player that *gasp* Abstergo is run by Templars!
Well I didn’t so much care about my avatar in Black Flag as I did the fact that I was playing as someone inside Abstergo. I guess as the person the Sage was using and the one “researcher” who solved the mysteries presented in Black Flag I can see why the player character has some importance/value even though it has onlyp layed out that way for the sake of the plot – I’m prepared to accept that.
I can understand why they’d need to reveal to the avatar that Abstergo = Templars but as the player surely this has been apparent to us since it was explained to us what Assassins and Templars are, back in AC1… I guess they have to re-do big reveals like that since we’re used to discovering things at the same pace as Desmond did but there’s no in-universe explanation for why the new avatar would know that stuff.
Dude, re: Abstergo – SPOILERS! MARK IT AS oh wait we knew that five games ago.
Are they even trying anymore?
I’m playing Black Flag atm, it’s pretty great. And those blue shores.. so beautifully blue.
One of the few games I’ve completed to 100%. Not platinum’d because that has multiplayer achievements and fuck that noise.
Amen.
At least the multiplayer achievements were easy to get. As for the “Reach top rank instead of level 20” achievement, that can be grinded in a week through that co-op Wolf hunt mode thing. If you can get 4 players who are competant and know to wait for all players to get into position before performing an assassination instead of playing it like Call of Duty and getting as much kills as you can then you can do it all in a weekend.
Man I hate people who played the game like that. They would run in an assassinate one guy, forcing the other targets to run, wasting time as we chase them down just so that he could get 300 points for 3 kills, while I blend in, wait, focus and get 1,400 points from a single kill. With good players, the final challenge as a 2 hour window because of how much bonus time you achieved, while playing it like CoD will cause you to run out of time before you’re 1/3 of the way through.
Morning all!
I come to you with a question for my email expert Taybies whom I was hoping to receive their infinite wisdom in setting up my email account.
Spoilered as this may be boring for a lot of you folks:
I have tried to use Manual Settings to set up my Outlook account after my old laptop died an ungraceful and sudden death. I have populated my name, email address, account type, incoming mail server, outgoing server, username, password and are using default server port numbers. This enables me to log onto the incoming mail server but unable to send test email. When I put the POP 3 port number my system administrator has sent me and SMTP port it doesn’t worth though as I can’t log in at all. WHAT AM I DOING WRONG?!?
Please help me, you’re my only hope.
if this is outlook proper (not outlook.com or express) then it’s likely the security settings. You probably need to go to the More settings button, then the outgoing tab and select “My outgoing server requires authentication”
If that still fails, and the port number the IT guy gave you is anything other than 110 and 25, enable SSL.
Yeah, this is Outlook proper.
I just tried checking the ‘My outgoing server requires authentication’ and entering in the two ports and enabling SSL. It is able to connect to the mailbox (hooray!), but then I get the following message when attempting to send email:
Send test e-mail message: The operation timed out waiting for a response from the sending (SMTP) server. If you continue to receive this message, contact your server administrator or Internet service provider (ISP). So this might not be my fault due to a lack of I.T prowess? 😛
mm sure you typed the address correctly? Is the pop address the same as the smtp?
You the man Welbot!!! I wasn’t checking the box with whether it was a SSL/TLS/Auto connection, changed it to SSL and it logged on and sent a test email pretty much in half a second lol.
Thanks for the assist man, I actually had to restore my laptop to factory settings because I had ballsed up my last attempt so bad I couldn’t even use the laptop lol.
You’re welcome sire! Great to hear it’s sorted! That’s why they pay me the big $!
O_o
😉
The weekend was all about trying to find Dragon Age. Looked in two places on Saturday, 5 on Sunday, everywhere was sold out in all platforms, except for the first JB we went to which had an XBone copy. If I’d known how difficult it would have been I’d have sold everything I could to buy it and an XBone. 😛
Ended up ordering it from JB Online last night. It shipped this morning. \o/
Man, I was on the Coast and Dragon Age was plentiful.
People were lighting cigars with copies and using cases as wallpaper.
Hola Tay
I am in Kompong Cham. Yesterday I rode a bike out to an island, a process that included a rickety ferry and a bamboo bridge. Today, the Killing fields.
A Monday morning question: how are you? Really?
Really? Optimistic. I think that’s the best way to describe how I am today. And if you want super-honesty: sweaty. 😛
I’ve been loving seeing your amazing pictures of your trip, by the way.
Tired. Stressed over finance and workload
But with all that pretty happy with life in general
Bruised. I blame @freezespreston
lolz I hope he and his mrs aren’t too messed up!
Excited for Smash, and my birthday.
Yeah, good and almost happy. Energetic and not down, which is different from the last few weeks.
Thanks for asking man, appreciate it (not /s).
I am really enjoying seeing your pictures on Twitter!
I am okay. Getting sick again (I am not normally someone who gets sick so easily, but this year alone has really knocked me off my feet since I got pleurisy in March), and I’d rather be home playing games, but other than that, I’m alright. Thanks for asking ;D
Waiting for my mate John to come around. Haven’t spent a lot of time with him recently as he was in Melbourne for a couple of weeks (and went to PAX). Also I have basketball tonight, should be a great day. 😀
w00t! Friend visits are awesome! I rarely get visits from my bestie anymore cos he lives in Melb. But when he does… good times.. good times indeed! 🙂
Hi all! Hope you had a great weekend. Mine was fairly simple – Dragon Age, interspersed with food and sleep. After two days (plus a bit on Friday night), I’m sitting on 35 hours playtime, and really enjoying it. And as someone who didn’t leave the Hinterlands until about level 10, some 25+ hours in, let me say to everyone: “Leave the freaking Hinterlands!” If you’re above level 4 and think you’re going to burn out on sidequests, continue the story.
Damn, that’s a lot of playtime.
But I have to complete all the side-quests before advancing to Val Royeaux! I know I’m going to be judged harshly and feel the need to get all of the base-level inquisition perks that unlock the additional dialogue options that I believe will allow me to be a know-it-all smart-ass (totally my wheelhouse)! Also, I think it’s important to have the people of the Hinterlands worshipping the ground I walk on. I mean… I’ve killed a fucking dragon.
I’m treating the Val Royeaux ‘next main quest step’ like the DA:O landsmeet, or Crono’s trial, in Crono Trigger.
You killed that thing? What level are you?! I got completely squished when I tried at level 11… I’ve been meaning to go back now my party’s 13, but there’s so much to do.
But, if you’re enjoying it, don’t let me stop you. Let me know how it works out. 🙂
Totally cheesed it. Tactical mode, set the party to hold position, grab a mage and move to JUST within range of targeting the bastard while he’s stitting, then plink away at the targeted body part (in this case, left front leg) for half an hour. (Level 8)
D: That poor dragon…
An inglorious end to say the least. I am mildly concerned that there is some kind of cinematic missing.
Hello everybody! Happy Monday.
Consider this my transitory ‘easing back in to TAY’ post, because I still won’t be properly on TAY until I’m back at work tomorrow. I’ll see you all then. Miss you all terribly. Especially you. Yes, you.
Oh man.. that post gives me flash backs to Romper Room! (Looking through the mirror)
Just realized, you may not actually know what that is… little hard to explain, but those in the know will understand what I mean! (Probably not a lot in here.) Only applies to the oldies I guess!
I know “of” it, but nothing specific about it.
Basically, the host would look through the mirror saying “I can see (random names), and of course, I can see you! Yes you!”
Something like that anyway. Been so many years since I saw it now! But I still remember the words to 2 of the songs they’d regularly sing on the show!
All you need to know is “Oh, come with us and gallop”. 😛
Holy sheet! I don’t even remember that one! Vaguely rings a bell after reading it, but the ones that stick in my head, are the Mr Doobee song, and Bend and Stretch!
And now, thanks to you I have all of those songs going round and round in my head like some kind of creepy Romper Room merry-go-round.
LOLOLOLOL
Try these on for size.
And these
heh I didn’t discover HR Puffnstuff til I was in highschool, when we got foxtel. Mr Squiggle was a staple in my house growing up though!
@welbot
Miss @janexo Miss @janexo XD
@evilmonkey don’t think I’ve ever seen catweazle before! Banana Splits was another one that I only saw after getting foxtel.
Few unforgettable gems for me are Gumby, Words and Pictures and
@welbot
Man, I forgot all about those.
The joy of having a really common name, they saw me through the mirror lots \o/
They never once said my name! I always felt so ripped off! My sister had hers called out a few times (Sarah) Obviously much more common than mine 😉
Yessssssss? (You tagged me twice up there?) I never saw Romper Room, if that’s what it’s about? Not sure why. I watched Play School and Sesame Street, but that was about it.
That was me, it was a Mr. Squiggle reference. He always used to say “Miss Jane, Miss Jane”.
aahhhh hahaha yes! Forgot her name was Jane!
Haha, oops yet again, didn’t see much!
I didn’t tag you. It was @evilmonkey . Not sure why he tagged you, but i’m guessing he tagged me as he couldn’t reply to my comment.
Oops, sorry!
Romper Room was on Channel 7 – I never got to watch it much either, because mum preferred it if we watched the ABC.
Man, that takes me back.
Ready please Mr. Music!
I didn’t know much of this show (my older brother watched it, I think?) but now, thanks to Wiki, I’m reading an article about a drug that caused hideous birth defects. THANKS GUYS.
I’ve been playing a bit of Powerstar Golf lately and I know I shouldn’t expect too much of an arcadey golf title but would it be too much to ask for the game physics to be internally consistent? I mean if the marker tells me the ball will go 160 yards and I use more power on the swing than needed, why does the ball fall short into a water hazard? I’m not hitting against the wind, you just fucked me for no reason, probably to make me spend money on credits to buy booster packs. Then when I do have to hit against the wind I use a tiny bit more power and the ball flies off the other end of the course into the rough so I have to waste a swing getting back onto the green. I understand that part of this is me not being any good at the game yet but sometimes where the ball ends up is completely arbitrary. It would be like if I was playing Halo and every fifth time you pul the trigger two dwarves wearing clown makeup appear in your living room and slap the controller out of your hands with their penises. That is how confused I feel trying to make sense of the inconsistencies in Powerstar Golf.
I’m glad I resisted the urge to pay money for it.
Ugh, if that was happening to me I’d instantly delete it. Golf games need to be closer to simulations. Unless they’re Pangya!
PANGYA!!!!!!!!! TOMAHAWK!!!!!! EAGLE!!!!!
\o/
That’s not arms raised in triumph. That’s the ball exploding upon impact.
Pangya was all sorts of fun until it got invaded by hackers that hit perfect shots every time 🙁
That’s an image I won’t be able to scrub from my mind’s eye any time soon. D:
I also can’t stop laughing. 😛It is inconsistent, but I could not stop playing it all weekend. Especially as I was stuck as to what to play out of GTA, Halo, Destiny and Fifa, I just reverted to Powerstar.
I definitely feel like I’ve improved less than I should have if it were a fairer game. At least it makes achieving a Birdie feel extremely pleasing. I can only dream of an illusive Eagle.
I scored and eagle early on, I think I chipped a shot in from the fringe and my xbox went nuts unlocking achievements and telling me it recorded clips of it, etc. because it was a long chip and whatnot. Complete fluke.
Ooo yeah I got one of them too, it hit the flag and dropped in. Wasn’t an eagle though I don’t think.
I was wondering where you went! 😛
:P. How was football, you score any belters?
Only the two yesterday, a tap in between the keepers legs and my favourite was a sumptuously weighted chip over the advancing keeper. Juked a little left to make it look like I was about to take the shot, took a step to the left and opened up the angle and chipped over his despairing legs.
Normally I’m a defender/midfielder so I get pretty hype after scoring lol.
Hey Tay.
On Saturday @tech_knight came over my house to start on pulsefire ezreal. I reinforced the morph suit because the stupid designers hadn’t done that properly and we painted techie’s thighs. Next time, it’ll probably be more painting, including the bum area ^^;; but man does spandex eat the fabric paint.
“We painted Techie’s thighs”. That sounds like an interesting story. 😛
I’ll let @tech_knight tell you the aftermath.
The paint went through and caused a partial waxing of my thighs while trying to get the morphsuit off again. That resulted in pale stripes on my thighs I can definitely see where the paint was 😛
egads!! that must have been a shocking way to end the day!
Ah nobody else will see it anyway, I don’t wear short shorts so I’m all good, I figure!
I was actually laughing cuz when Scree told me it might go through the morphsuit I was thinking “Yeah this’ll stick and it’ll hurt like a giant bandaid” and GUESS WHAT?! 😛
So definitely not painting the crotch then! 😛
lol undies are on during these painting procedures, at worst my undies will have silver paint on them 😛
I forgot to tell you to put baking paper there. Next time.
Oh well, live and learn
Thighs and butt of the morphsuit, eh?
Stupid sexy Flanders!
Wearing the morphsuit you’re almost wearing nothing at all!
Nothing at all!
Nothing at all!
Human contact near his crotch! :0 Lucky he’s a robot, or you might have had some interference getting in the way! 😉
I’m a gentlebot sir, there is a time and place to think about data transfer, and that was certainly not it. 😛
hahah usually those kind of things tend to strike at the most inopportune moments, even when you’re not thinking about that sort of thing!
Well thankfully my chassis programming kicked in this time… 🙂
Something something 3.5″ floppy *commence immature giggling*
So I played 22 hours worth of Pokemon over the weekend…
It’s a pretty good game so far. Graphically looks much more vibrant than XY did which is great. I love all of the extra cutscenes and things they’ve worked in. The camera angles are great too. I thought XY went a bit crazy trying to make unique angles, but ORAS has just the right balance. Zooms out on large routes and zooms in for small cities. Much more grid-focused than XY was which is for the better.
The performance of the game is still terrible though, sadly. All the same issues from XY are still here. Plus the seamless overworld of the original RSE is completely gone now which sucks. So many ‘invisible gates’ between routes/towns now. Very disappointing. Here’s hoping they can really improve on this engine for the next generation of games, it’d be perfect if they just solved those issues.
The bottom-screen is very good now though. They’ve packed so many extra features onto it it’s insane. The DexNav is one of the best features they’ve added in any of the games so far. Plus the expanded Region Map that shows berry locations/trainer re-matches/secret bases/etc is very, very nice. Knowing Game Freak the featues won’t stick around, but here’s hoping.
Thoughts on the New 3DS:
Fantastic. I was worried about ‘downgrading’ from the XL, but the N3DS is the perfect size. Doesn’t even feel all that much smaller and the picture is much sharper. The improved 3D is way better than I thought it would be, too. I literally can’t break the effect anymore when I move/tilt the system, it’s magic. No idea how they did it.
EDIT: Oh, and hello! 😛
I’m seriously considering getting N3DS, and then handing my old 3DS down to my daughter for Christmas. Is a second (third) hand 3DS a bad thing to give for a present?
I’d say she’d be cool with it, but me being me, if I was the giver, I’d likely give a new game with it at least, that way you can justify giving her the old unit to play on and it’ll take her mind off it being a hand-me-down!
Oh, there’s no question I’d give her a game with it!. Most 3DS games have limited save slots, so she can’t play mine.
^^^ This…
Just put it back in the box, wrap it up and she’ll never know! ;D
I do still have the box…. 😛
I like that when you talk to people, you’ll look up if they’re taller, bend down a little to talk to little kids, or if they’re kneeling at one of those low Japanese tables, you’ll sit down to talk to them.
It’s the little attention to detail.
Talking to people posture simulator 2014.
Yeah. That improved 3D may not justify the upgrade on it’s own but it makes the feature work brilliantly.
Personally I found the bottom screen a little overwhelming. It has a lot of good features but I leave it on the DexNav most of the time. I like the BuzzNav idea but why would I leave it on that rather than DexNav or AreaNav?
I like the cut scenes. Even getting a Johto starter has a funny little scene rather than just dialogue. I was a bit let down that there weren’t any event stories in XY (aside from Diancie’s short bit of dialogue). The Eon Ticket may not be a great event but it’s better than just having the Pokemon delivered the next time you go to a Pokemon Center.
I’m also really liking that they cut down on the leg work. It was a nice surprise the first time someone said ‘why don’t we go together’ and then teleported me to the nearest Pokemon Center to the destination.
I was playing Marvel Puzzle Quest on Steam, had just pressed the “Fight” button with all my team on full health and it crashed. When I opened it back up, my team had mysteriously been injured, even though my rewards from the last battle were still there, and the health pack I’d used to heal before I’d pressed “Fight” was still gone. D:
mm yeah.. once you actually enter a battle (and by that I mean clicking the fight button – even if the fight doesn’t load), any crash or quit requires that you lose health to abandon the fight. Bit shit, but as long as they weren’t all dead, it’s not too bad. I’ve had some battles before, where I’ve been wasted to almost half health in the first few moves, and quit knowing I couldn’t win, expecting to lose a bit of health, but it actually knocked them all out instead. Wasn’t very pleased with that!
Basically it’s a penalty to stop people quiting fights half way through if they are going to lose. If you do that you still take a chunk of damage. Sucks on a crash, even more so if you have used health packs.
I just got the 3 star iron man from the BW event, not sure if I should try to find a slot for him or not. It’s only one cover
Is that the black iron man? I have found him useful at times with his yellow power. Basically puts 3 yellow count down tiles on the board, which give you like 3 red per tile when the countdown finishes! Great if you have someone like Wolverine or Thor or Human Torch in your team! Only cost 6 yellow to cast too, so it’s pretty quick to build up!
I had one of those but his powers all seemed to be the kind where the gain is not worth the cost so I just sold the cover.
yeah his blue one is a bit crappy. Needs 20 blue to activate!! CRAZY! But if you have a spare slot, he’s worth holding on to. I’ve only got 2 covers for him I think, so I haven’t been able to get him past like lvl 43 so far, but I pop him in my lineup occasionally for low-mid range battles.
Speaking of Puzzle Quest, I miss you guys talking in Alliance Chat. It feels empty without all of you!
Stupid gamebugs.
hahah yeah totally does! I got an email from support a few days ago, saying my case had been resolved. Obviously they’re calling them resolved as it’s now a well known issue and will be patched soon. Bit of an odd way to handle it, but whatever. Hope they fix it soon!
Well, we have moved back into alliance getting HP for thick as thieves by one place
Hopefully we can hold on to it
so just found out my cousin broke the world deadlift record over the weekend in sydney… so awesome…
So don’t ever piss you off, gotcha!
hahahaha lol!
I have a PS1 with a broken ac jack sitting in my room gathering dust, nobody in Whyalla wants to look at it, so if any Adelaide TAYbies could give me a recommendation for an electrician in the city, I’ll bring it with me next time I’m in town and I’ll see if it’s worth it to get it fixed
Have used GameFIX in Adelaide before. Might be worth giving them a call? gamefix.com.au
I’ll check these guys out next time I’m in Adelaide, thanks man.
Guys, huge announcement.
It’s so big, I had to make a video.
It’s, like, literally changing how you see me and how I see the world.
http://youtu.be/WTVplTTPhD8
Also there’s some other garbage in there about some dumb show, but mostly how I somehow managed to get hotter.
Does… does he actually not know who Emilio Estevez is?
Like, I know you have poor taste of friends but, mate, c’mon.
So, unsurprisingly from me below is a rant about me so feel free to skip it 😛
had a pretty emotionally laden talk with my manager last week about my performance, I have told work so I may as well tell you guys as well… Unsurprisingly I have now been diagnosed with depression as well… My depression is obviously caused by my current situation and my stresses and frustrations due to this… My manager had provided me with resources for an employee assistance program which I will be looking into after our trip home… Just thought I’d get that out there but I guess it’s really not surprising, just sucks 😛That’s the short version of everything, but yeah
…
I watched Guardians of the galaxy on the weekend and it was just as good as the first time I watched it
It’s good they’re helping even slightly. My boss just told me to get over it or leave.
Your boss is kind of a dick!
You say skip it.. You’ve piqued my interest, I have to read it now! =D
The fact your manager pointed you at the EAP and (I may be assuming to much here) is supporting you through it means you’re probably onto a winning employer.
I think I’ve seen it here somewhere, and know from my experience (dealing with super high stress levels/with a touch of anxiety) that speaking to a professional is the best bet. Remember as well that you may need to try a few different people out before finding one you feel is right. Was the 3rd person I dealt with that got me through it and gave me techniques to keep it comfortably under control, which are now second nature.
I rewatched GotG at the weekend too! So good.
I’m in a similar spot. I only did something about it about 4/5 months ago (after about 5/6 years of probably being depressed) and decided to give medication a go. I’m on a pretty standard SSRI and tbh I feel that it has made quite a positive difference. There’s been some negligible side effects, but nothing too extreme. One interesting thing has been the quite potent physical withdrawal effects that happens if I miss the medication for 2/3 days. Ideally, I should be going to speak to a therapist or something whilst on the medication so as to lessen the chances of relapsing in to depression when (/if :S) I come off the medication.
I also had a long talk to my bosses about the whole thing/my performance at the time and they were very understanding which was great.
My mum has (quite severe) bi-polar and funnily enough both her and my dad have worked in Mental Health their whole lives! I did a bit of work in it too, before moving to Australia.
Is this the first time you’ve been ‘officially’ diagnosed? What is your plan of attack for trying to fix it?
Edit: formatting.
plan of attack is… Something I need to work on :P… Because I act as the emotional support for the missus with panic disorder and depression I haven’t taken the time to pay much attention to myself… My only plan is to talk to a professional early next year and hopefully start to improve from thereThat’s a good start. Probably the hardest thing (is for me any way) can be getting motivation to do something and then sticking with it. It is a curable illness like anything else, just needs some real attention and steps put in place.Here if you ever need to debrief!
Damn dood. I know how you feel. That’s been my year so far pretty much. Bar the official diagnosis of depression anyway. It’s good that your manager has given you some resources though! Obviously they care and want to help you to get better/manage your mental health. That’s a hell of a lot more than I got out of my work when I was having difficulties.
Wishing you all the best in trying to improve the situation. I’m always here and willing to lend an ear if you wanna just rant or get stuff off your chest! *hugs*
Thanks man, sucks having to be the mentally composed one day home (though that doesn’t always happen) but I didn’t realize how big an impact it has…. I’ll get over it but I appreciate the support
That’s great, it’s amazing how your manager / supervisor will handle this kind of situation. When I got made redundant my manager came over and starting talking to me about the EAP. It was actually really touching that he cared enough to go out of his way to have a conversation with me.
Yeah I’m pretty fortunate that she’s so supportive, I suppose working in a high volume call center that it’s probably pretty common :P…
Parts of me just tells me to get over it though, and I feel like I’m annoying you guys when I’m in s particularly down mood ( which is why I don’t hit anyone up for games and stuff that much XD)
Those parts that are telling you that you are annoying people are the disease trying to stop you from getting help. Everyone is happy to play a game with you or lend an ear. We’re also happy to hear you rant. With depression, you will still have days worse then others.
If you get that voice saying you’re annoying people, just remember, you would do it for any of us without a moments hesitation, so why shouldn’t we do it for you?
At least it sounds like they’re trying to help, aren’t a lot of managers/employers that would do that. Chin up man, things will get better. If I can do anything, even if it’s just to lend an ear feel free to hit me up man.
*hugs*
Also, on GotG, I think it’s out on DVD next week.
Things will get better, and I keep telling myself that… I’ve said it before though but sometimes ask it takes is one letting thing… A stupid remark from a colleague or brother in law or similar and that starts this stupid self destructive spiral which is damn hard to get back out of… Now I’m rambling again sorry 😛
Don’t know what to say, so have an internet hug instead.
Good morning!
Or is that ohayōgozaimasu!
Back from Japan over the weekend and what a blast it was. Bullet trains are seriously cool… and the trains in Tokyo!! Out of this world… peak hour – every 2 – 3 minutes on the main lines. You don’t have a train to ‘miss’ just turn up and there’ll be a train. I think the longest we waited for a train in Tokyo was about 4 minutes. But bullet trains!
Somehow managed to take over 1000 photos in a week… I think it’s a new record for us on holiday! Pulled a bunch out that are good for general viewing and are here for anyone interested. Now to clean my keyboard as the kid managed to knock a beer over as I was picking the photos out!
The kid traveled super well, flight back was a bit of a pain as she wasn’t sleeping well on the plane. All the train rides in between were awesome and she kept screaming out ‘TRAAIINNN!!’ as all the locals were super quiet. The grandmas of Tokyo couldn’t get enough of her and kept stopping us on our walks to give her high fives, waves and pinch her cheeks.
Places went to… Made a trip to Akihabara by myself and I think I might have gone down the wrong street initially… as everything above level 2 was just porn. Not just anime stuff… but… like… shelves and shelves and shelves of the stuff. Saw the snow monkey’s in Nagano which were awesome. Toured heaps of parks around Tokyo and several temples. Harajuku was a bit of a let down really… looks like it was running purely on hype. Jammed with people and felt like a serious tourist trap with everything way more expensive than it normally was – 650 JPY for a coffee!! (approx $6.50 AUD)
Also, if anyone is travelling there I’d recommend checking out Airbnb for accommodation as the place we stayed at was a brisk 5 minute walk from the station, super market downstairs and restaurants/bars lining the street up to the station. Also felt super safe there. We stayed here if anyone is interested – Meguro and could even see Mt Fuji from the kitchen window and rooftop on the clear days.
Time to get stuck into our backyard… my last day off and back to work tomorrow! Only a few weeks to Christmas now… 🙂
Definitely made a wrong turn. If you were on the right path then the porn should have been at the ground-level floor, open to the street.
Right next to the wall of scary-looking weapons. Akihabara is a strange place.
Wow that sounded amazing. Definitely near the top of my list of places to visit. Glad you had fun and good luck transitioning back in to work mode!
I’m with gooky on the porn thing. Sounds odd. I didn’t come across much when I was there, but a few seedy massage places up on higher levels in some buildings near some maid cafe’s. Shinjuku had quite a few nudie bars and stuff, so that’s where I happened across most of the porn related stuff. Thankfully I was in that area during the day for the most part, so most of them were closed!
I actually got propositioned in Harajuku outside a shop after I bought pants though!
Can’t speak too much for the pricing of much in Harajuku area as it’s been a while since I was there, but the things I did buy, and the places I are were very reasonable at the time. I bought a pair of long camo pants, and they only cos me $30. Had some ramen and drinks at a place just across the road from the trainstation there too, and all up cost me less than $20! Perhaps the timing was just wrong for you. I went in Oct, and everyone was all about Halloween, so I’m guessing they may have been having sales for that reason.
Still, sounds like a great time!
When you say about the snow monkeys, do you mean the ones that hang out in the hot springs during winter to keep warm?! If so, jelly!!!! They are so kawaii!! 🙂
Yep – it’s those snow monkeys – no snow at this time of year, but still cold enough for them to be relaxing. We did it in a single day from Tokyo, it’s a bit fiddly lining up shinkansen and the connecting bus (or train/bus) combo, but well worth it – and if you have the JR Pass you only pay for last bus which was around $10 each and entry which was about $5 each.
We hit Harajuku mid-afternoon on a Sunday and it was absolute chaos. The monk/buddhists/blessing-for-a-donation guys were out in force also… trying to get 2000(!!) yen for a bracelet…
Much preferred the vibe in and around Shinjuku/Shibuya… probably because we could just find a spot a bit out of the way and watch the masses of humanity moving in and around the streets.
Some of those pictures of the park.. was that the park where the entrance is just over the bridge near Harajuku Train station? Looks very familair!
The gate photo (unpainted wood) before the snow monkey’s is the only one that made it in from Harajuku park.
Park photos at the start at Shinjuku National Garden and Imperial Palace. Ones at the end are from Arashiyama in Kyoto.
It’s really changed then. When I last went to Akiba (which admittedly was nearly a decade ago now) the porn was generally located in the basement floors.
\o/
Going to Osaka in January and so much hype.
Just had like an hour and a half of first watching Mark Scott talk budget cut stuff, then discussion and stuff that followed afterwards. So many big scary businessy things that I don’t understand nor particularly care about 😛
Weekend was good. Had an awesome time at my friend’s 21st, went great with the speech and he liked my present. Wasted the rest of it playing Elite, which just went into Gamma. I friggen love the game but really need to pull myself away and play some of the other things piling up on the shelf.
Was thinking of you this morning. Hope your job is somewhat safe…
Very. I seem to have landed in the one very specific part of the whole company that relies on its own revenue, so is apparently basically immune to what’s going on at the moment.
Though I think I’m only here til the end of January anyway, no idea if there’s even anything after that.
Ugh, state election coming up… 🙁
Yeah, it’s that time again where we have to pick some dickheads name, and hope he doesn’t fuck it up more than the last dickhead.
Or what I call “Picking the cleanest cubicle in a public toilet though they’re all already filthy” 😛
I get to vote for the first time \o/… I’ll totally NOT be drawing a penis… Cause I’m imaginative like that
Please don’t waste your vote by drawing a penis on it.
…Draw two!
Wooooo! Less than a week until no more shitty political advertising.
Weekend report:
Finished Vault Of Glass! \o/ I was almost falling asleep during the Atheon battle as it was getting late and kept dying but we got through. Woop. Got invited into a couple of teams Friday night at around the same time (like buses, wait for ages then 3 raid teams arrive at once), so if you sent me an invite and I spurned you, I apologise.
Saw Adam Hills at the Comic’s Lounge on Saturday night, after a nice dinner and a few pints at North Melbourne’s Town Hall Hotel. Hills is consistently funny and always puts on a really good night. Cal Wilson compered (she’s a class act), first support act was Rob Hunter (not my taste) followed by David Smiedt who did make me laugh.
Sunday got out on the bike out through Eltham and some rolling hills. Very hot!
So TAY…. This weekend went by in a blur of Dragon Age. Unfortunately due to my OCD in completing all possible side quests in BioWare games I spent way too much time in the Hinterlands (to a point where I started thinking goddamn BioWare this game sucks!). I fortunately stumbled onto the article where the dude rants on about getting out of the goddamn Hinterlands which turned out to be pretty solid advice and now I’m having an absolute blast =]
Spoilered for some class/game mechanics; no story spoilers.
I do have to say though there’s a number of things that kind of go unexplained (like how important crafting is) and I’m a Dragon Age veteran having finished both previous a games at least 3 times each. They’ve also completely re-designed how Mages work where before they used to be the heavy hitters/glass cannons in your party they now seem to be exclusively based on control effects. Now bear in mind I’m still in the very early stages of the game (Level 8 yes I over leveled in the Hinterlands); however so far I’m not a big fan of the mage re-design… Forgive me BioWare but when I hurl a fireball at someone I’m not looking to induce a fear effect I’m looking to blast them to other side of the map!Other than that I’m thoroughly enjoying the game so far but for some reason I feel like some of the magic from the previous games is missing? I haven’t found any companions so far that I relate to or feel like I could get along with. Maybe I’m being too picky but I loved the characters in Mass Effect in the previous DA games, even though they were different they still felt like comrades in arms. They felt more fleshed out?
(character spoiler)
Even Iron Bull/Vivenne irk me….only person so far I seem to enjoy is Blackwall but he’s such a black and white character. Maybe it’s also the fact they throw like 9 characters at you within such a tiny time frame of each other!Re: Hard-hitting magic. Use tactical, read up on the warrior abilities, and set up combos. Combos can be devastating. My brother’s playing mage and keeping another mage handy in the party just for setting up combos. (You usually don’t have long enough durations on abilities to set up combos solo.) Ice + electricity is an example of good early accessible effect.
Lol I’ve been using nothing but tactical =p How do ice and Lightning interact?? So far I’ve seen massive blow and long shot interact with Winter’s Breath but nothing else?…
Apparently using lightning on a frozen target causes an explosion. I’ve also had luck with causing combo effects with my warrior attacks on taunted/electrified/chilled targets. The earthquake one doesn’t just do physical but also SEEMS to do a fire effect, but I need to look closer into that, because I was pretty sure only mages can do elemental effects.
But… Sera is amazing! Especially when I started flirting with her… she stole my heart with her dazed “woof.” :*3 Iron Bull exceeded my expectations, too (granted, they were pretty low), especially when fighting a dragon or giant with him. I found Vivienne and Blackwall to be complete killjoys – way too serious for my liking – so they stay at home. 😛 And while I didn’t have a great first impression of Solas, he’s certainly grown on me; his backstory is really interesting.Out of curiosity, what race/class/gender are you playing? Female qunari mage, here.
Solas has a very dry manner about him that I just love. It makes his sarcasm hard to detect, leading him to have to clarify when he is being sincere, against expectations. I can relate to that.
At first I really had him pegged as a token, boring presence, but he has proven to be quite amusing. Especially when playing off of Varric to tease Cassandra. The dryness just works. He’s smart.
And God, I REALLY want to know what he was saying in Elvish when
you encounter that treasure-hunting Dalish elf who gets guilted into giving you a powerful artifact she used you to get. His tone was fantastic. Warningly reproachful. Pointed.After a few re-rolls I settled on a male Qunari mage, probably go elven archer on my second playthrough!
I’ve been using Blackwall, Cassandra and Vivenne just because I was curious to see what she was like and I wanted a second mage. I wasn’t expecting to like Blackwall all that much but started growing on me, however soon after I got him I got Iron Bull so swapped over to him to see what he’s like…. And so far he’s just…. well not growing on me at all =S However so far none of the companions have grown on me like Thane from Mass Effect or Morrigon from DA:O NONE!Hmm… you seem to be looking for a very different type of character from me – I never understood the appeal of either Thane or Morrigan, myself. That said, Bioware have been pretty good in the past with making most of their characters interesting, so I’d not discount anyone this early in the game. It took me about 20 hours before I started taking an interest in Solas – maybe some of the more serious characters have a slower burn.
True true, my first impressions of Morrigan were less than stellar =P
I finally got around to finishing the Witcher 2 last night.
Was pretty good but suffers from the same malady as most things ending with 2. It finishes as an advertisement for 3.
Also
I was so unprepared for that fight with the dragon. She spent ages kicking my arse until I remember I have a heavy attack button. That’s what happens when you stop playing a game for ages and then try to jump back into it I guess.Which route did you play?
I sided against the elves because Iorveth seemed like a bigger dick than Roche (who did me a solid by breaking me out of jail so kind of owed him one). Did you finish the Dragon off?I’m not sure since I haven’t played the other route but I think that that ‘Saskia the Dragon Slayer’ chick that floats around as a sort of quasi-antagonist is actually the dragon herself.I sided with the elves. Which means I sided with Saskia who is, indeed the dragon, so I didn’t finish her off because we were friends by that point. I just slapped her senses back into her and she apologised for trying to eat me. I don’t think I even had an option to finish her off.I’m tempted to play again and go the opposite path.
Spoilers for the end on Roche’s path:
You fight the dragon in an extremely long fight sequence and eventually impale it on a tree and then you either show mercy and finish her off or walk away and let her bleed out. I chose the former option because it would have felt out of character for Geralt to do otherwise. They don’t really hint that it was Saskia until after you do that though!I also let the other Witcher live since there’s not nearly enough of them.The two routes and then the different ways your decisions can affect those routes are fascinating. The Witcher 2 is IMO the best western RPG of its generation.
I like Dragon age: Origins the most but then it also my first introduction to many of the worst elements of modern games (terrible online requirements, immersion breaking DLC, cutting off parts of the game for DLC) but The Witcher 2 is pretty close and only had one thing that frustrated the hell out of me.
There is a gambling quest that I spent the better part of a day tring to work out how to complete only to discover that you can’t actually complete it any more as it was a limited time promotion thing to win a game code for the original Witcher game. It gives no indication in the game that the quest is no longer completable.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bitbonton/americana-dawn-historical-rpg Suikoden + Mark Twain? Sign me up.
Got two of my wisdom teeth out on Friday, so spent most of the weekend on the couch. Played Destiny and Minecraft and started Valiant Hearts finally which I bought on sale a while ago.
Really want to co-op Halo MCC from the beggining on legendary. It’s a big committment so not easy finding a partner.
Add me, I am also keen on this. I also lost my job this week so have a fair amount of spare time.
Gamertag is FoxRiver
Will do. I’ll be on tonight around 7
Rather quiet today here, huh? At least it’s almost lunch time. Then it’ll be almost home time, practically.
Has anyone else been listening to the podcast, Serial? So good! I’m going to listen to another episode at lunchtime, and just stare vacantly whilst I eat my noodles. That’ll make everyone nice and uncomfortable.
Almost lunch time? Way past that, it’s almost afternoon crash time now. Wait no, there it is.
Rather quite quiet today. Is everyone actually doing work or something?
There was an excellent thing on podcasts on ABC Melbourne recently, and they mentioned Serial. Does sound really fascinating and well done.
It’s so good! I only started listening yesterday, and I just finished episode six!
I really wish I could get into the podcast thing but I barely even manage to listen to music these days. Unless I’m on the trike – and that’s hardly ever anymore – I really don’t like listening to stuff when I’m riding especially on my commute.
Maybe I should just listen to this one anyway.
Need to get in as much Dragon Age as humanly possibly before I have to leave for work!
@beavwa: had a quick hunt through my storage unit and couldn’t see any of my remaining Ghibli stuff. I may have given more of them away than I thought. However I did find my Madman Spirited Away LE Digipack DVD set. Want it? It’s pretty much surplus to requirements for me, I’ll never use it again and I don’t think I need to hang onto it aside from the fact the packaging is really nice.
Sure – haven’t seen that one yet.
It’s only (arguably) the best Ghibli film
(Personally I think Mononoke and Nausicaa are better)
BTW are you interested in borrowing any of the BDs? I’m also more than willing to crack open some of my boxed up anime DVDs if you want access to anything. I stopped buying as much probably 4-5 years ago so a lot of it is older shows.
Probably easiest thing to do is if you have a list of things people have recommended at all that’s in the 5-10 year old range, ask if I have it. I possibly do. And if it’s boxed up then it’s been that way for >3 years so I’m not going to miss it if you want to sit on it for a while. 🙂
Ah great, Project Diva F 2nd is out this week. Yet another Vita game I’ll delete other games to install and then never get around to playing. 🙁
Commiserations. I do this with Steam and terabytes of storage.
I’ve only got a 250gb SSD so on Steam I’m having to delete stuff too. At the moment I’m about 70% done with Shadows of Mordor and once I’ve done that I can reclaim about 45gb but that got put on hold when WoW happened. Valkyria Chronicles takes like 25gb but I probably won’t delete that for a long time – I uninstalled Watch Dogs and Dark Souls 2, neither of which I’ve played, in order to have space for Mordor and Valkyria. 🙁
And I feel so guilty because every one I delete are all still such worthy games. But time! Time. She is so scarce, so precious.
I got it last week.
In other news, wtb 128gb Vita memory card.
*flails*
Niiiiiiiiiice!
Fuck, I could probably fill a 128gb with the stuff I own or intend to own on Vita. I want 256gb.
The US release sneaked out last week then? I wasn’t paying attention. Recently all my Vita time has been devoted to playing Senran Kagura. Usually while taking a shit. Vita is an awesome taking a shit system.
My Vita is on AU atm, PDF2nd snuck onto the store on Friday at some stage. Had to search for it though.
I could likely fill a 128gb at this point, but it’d be a lot more comfortable space wise.
So the new 3DS XL is a bit spiffy. Feels and looks higher quality than the XL, which always felt and looked annoyingly cheap to me after my launch 3DS. Feels faster opening and closing things, and the display seems.. sharper? Might just be me.
Although after years with my US 3DS, and finally getting an AU 3DS, I fired up the eShop out of interest and…. holy shit. AU pricing in full effect. How is this still a thing? $70 for Ocarina of Time? Jebus H Flemington McShitoast.
How are the hinges? The smaller New hinges seem more solid than the old XL as far as ‘shake the shit out of it’ levels of testing go.
Plus no ‘snap’ points is a bonus for me (they’re still there but they just don’t make cracking noises like the XL did – always felt like I was breaking something whenever I opened it :P)
You should work in hardware QA 😉
Yeah, my N3DS (regular) feels a lot more solid than my old XL did. My XL was always weirdly creaky for some reason.
I’m a fan!
I got the XL, (Metallic Black) and it’s really nice.
Seriously though, obligatory fuck-you-Nintendo for region locking. So painful. Just wanted to switch back to AU for simplicity of purchasing titles and funding eShop without paying for markups. But my US 3DS has an extensive library already. Wish I could just transfer it all over somehow.
The real fun is going to be trading all my Pokemon from my US Pokemon X to AS and OR. Hngh.
That will be fun, since you won’t be able to connect to an AU bank. How many hundreds?
Yeah, precisely why the ‘Hngh’. It’s gonna be awful.
I think I might be in the vicinity of 150-200? Going to be well painful. Still need to finish X and Y as well. For some reason they never bit me like all the others before. Need to get used to the different scale. Bugs me how everything feels tiny, and you feel enormous.
You may as well just start again at this point 😛
Badpow. Well, as long as I take my shiny Pikachu with me, I honestly wouldn’t worry too much.
New 3DS XL is amazing. Love it to bits.
My phone updated its firmware and now everything’s wrong. Colours, shapes and sizes are all different and weirding me out.
Oh good. I can’t get rid of the Google assistant up the top any more. Thanks for cluttering my screen with useless stuff.
Speaking of phone assistants…
For the first time ever I swiped downward (by accident) on the iPhone and got a little report on the weather today, my planned events, and how the traffic was going to impact my trip to work this morning.
Freaked me right out. HEY PHONE. I didn’t tell you where I work or when I go there! How do you know?! Also, I haven’t logged any appointments into my organizer or calendar, how do you know I made plans?
Obviously it has performed some clever analysis of any times and dates in my text or Skype messages, and mapped out my timetable against my GPS locations to estimate that I’m likely at work most of the day.
My phone knows what I’m doing better than I do, and I didn’t tell it a damn thing.
And of course, if my phone knows, so does anyone who can access my phone. Such as big brother. Spooky stuff.
Remember all that info is flowing back to Apple. They know. Everything.
Especially that.
Life Without Home Internet:
Thought I’d test/celebrate the restoration of my PC to its former precisely controlled glory with a spot of Far Cry 3.
Steam noticed the lack of internet and happily launched in offline mode.
UPlay also happily went through with a run in offline mode prompt.
Only downside – in game. Whenever I pause / open the menu for crafting and stuff, it tries to connect to the UPlay servers, and then throws an error at me. Every. Damn. Time.
Why have an offline mode in the mandatory entangled launcher if the game itself won’t just run offline?
This is probably also the point where I’d think that a pirated version would be a superior experience since it wouldn’t throw error messages at me every time I open a menu.
One problem… You need internet to pirate =P THERE’S NO ESCAPE!
I thought your new place had NBN? Got to wait for someone to come out and connect the cables?
(I’m assuming based on previous TAY posts that you’ve moved in)
Getting connected Wednesday. Due to delayed settlement shenanigans I had to cancel the first connection appointment.
Wednesday will be the best day then.
My whole perception of my place changed when I got internet connected up properly. Suddenly felt like I lived there.
Should really get cracking on arranging a housewarming at my place. Then you can do one at yours. 😛
This guy’s Smash Bros game is glitching and it’s great.
Zero Suit Samus sets an unrealistic body image!
On a semi-related note I came across this.
A Samus Amiibo figure with dual cannons. I wonder if anyone will be able to find one, or if they’ll all get weeded out before they go on store shelves here.
Was just browsing Youtube last night and I came across a video on how Hotdogs are made.
Amazingly I actually ate Hotdogs for lunch today.
Man it’s gotten crazy dark outside. Bet the skies aren’t gonna burst open until I need to walk through it all.
Can you leave work now? That way it might be done by the time I have to leave.
Cheers.
Best I can do is in another 40mins or so.
Anyone else playing Far Cry 4 having trouble finding Bharal? I seem to be able to find every other animal on the map, but I’ve checked in both locations for these stupid things and I just can’t seem to find any.
@janexo @gutsoup
Edit: Dunno, but maybe it’s got something to do with these Golden Path fools I just helped out that keep on hooting and hollering and firing their guns in the air. Just thought it might be scaring them off, so I killed the lot of them. That’s what you get for being a loudmouth moron.
Edit 2: And just like that, pretty much straight after I executed those Golden Path idiots I found a group of Bharal.
Haha, well I’m glad you found them! I find them all the bloody time. And dholes! I guess at least they’re good for the meat.
Is a dhole a cross between a dbag and an ahole?
Haha, I made pretty much that exact joke when I first shot one!
Bob D(h)ole doesn’t like this.
It’s a type of dingo that is more of an asshole than normal.
I keep thinking it’s like Django – the D is silent.
Lol, I really liked Django Unchained.
Got a copy of Sukiyaki Western Django sitting here too, it’s got Quentin Tarantino in it, and apparently was his inspiration to make Django Unchained. Had it for almost two years now, and I still haven’t watched it yet. I better get on that, might try and watch it some time this week.
Think tomorrow is d-day for accepting Dept of Ed job. Haven’t received the offer from Optus yet :\
Still saying “sometime this week”. Le sigh.
Gonna be super shit if I commit to this job, and then 2 days later I get their offer and it’s much better.
Still, a job is a job.
Nah. You commit, then you get the better offer and bail. Still… if the Dept Ed job is permanent, it doesn’t matter if the money’s better at Optus, the State gov job will be the better one if only for job security.
well they talk of permanency, but it’s still a 12 month contract.
With govt stuff, they never start you on perm these days, (not in IT anyway) but they drill it in to you, that your contract will just get renewed unless you fuck up or govt cuts funds in a major way.
I’m sort of hoping that optus take their time now. If they take a while to get back to me, and want me to start in January or something, I wont feel so bad about bailing on dept of ed, as at least I can give notice so they can fill the role. Problem i have right now, is they need someone in the role on mon 1st, so if I pull out now, they have to spend a week getting the next person ready, and they might not have it all done by then, so if I commit, I’ll have to stick it out.
Feeling slightly more positive about the whole thing if I can actually work it like that, but I guess it all depends on how soon Optus want people to start. Fingers crossed it’ll be a while!
Reason I’m not so hype about the dept of ed (when I should be) is that it’s through a recruitment agent, so I don’t think I’m gonna get all the usual perks like q-super and remserv etc. Which is fuckin shit. Plus I don’t think I’ll be able to clock extra hours and use that to take time off when I need to/want to. All the best shit about working for the govt seems to be missing 😐
Still.. like I said.. a job’s a job. At least I wont have to fuck around trying to live on $20 a fortnight
Don’t feel bad about bailing on Dept Ed if it comes to it. They have almost certainly put together a merit list of candidates based on the application process. If you fall through, they’ll go to the next one on the list.
Probationary periods work both ways…
What Trike’s said, there’s a reason company’s use probationary periods and it cuts both ways =]
http://www.economist.com/node/9762790
This is interesting. Study compared spatial acuity results, found that men were significantly better at it than women. Then rather than leave it at that, they had a bunch of them play Medal of Honor for 10 hours and found that both genders improved, but that the women involved improved so much more that the gender difference disappeared. And they re-tested half a year later and found the improvements were permanent.
Lots of interesting implications in that.
Saw a very simliar thing on Mythbusters. The “Throw like a Girl” Myth. Spoiler: It’s Busted. http://www.discovery.com/tv-shows/mythbusters/videos/throw-like-a-girl-results.htm
Training can make a huge difference to so many skills.
Randomly got followed on Twitter by the guys making this game which looks pretty cool. Probably it’s a result of having backed multiple games Kickstarters and the fact they’re apparently gearing up to do a KS themselves. I normally don’t like stuff being directly advertised to me on Twitter by random followers but at the same time this actually looks relevant and interesting so I guess I’ll see how things are going when they launch.
Only issue is that Clannad’s Kickstarter is ongoing and I’m going to up my pledge in anticipation of them passing the next stretch goal which is to add all the extra content they added to the console release of the game back into the PC version (expensive because they need to license extra voices). Also Sekai have their Kickstarter for the Grisaia VNs coming soon, and it sounds like they’re ditching their previous plan to try and KS the first game and then have stretch goals for the rest into just trying to KS the whole trilogy. Again, apparently the expensive part is licensing the voices. But I’m particularly interested in that because they had a (expensive) reward tier to get a personalized Shikishi drawn for you by Akio Watanabe who is one of my absolute favourite artists.
For the Marvel Puzzle Questers among you (since I can’t post in the alliance chat) I had the worst shitty luck in the last week with fights. The last mission in the single player events have been whooping my ass so bad! The one that was running yesterday, had a fight with Magneto, Falcon and Ares I think it was.. man.. fuck that… I went in with my top 3 fighting combo, 100% extra damage on matches, 20% extra damage for team tile matches, and the highest level power up assist I could, and within 4 moves, my entire team was dead. I serious rage quit the fuck outta that shit.
Today has made it almost redeem itself! I got 2x Standard recruit tokens. 1st gave me Deadpool! BOOYEAH! Second gave me an upgrade for Sentry’s Sacrifice power! Then I finally hit the next milestone and got me an upgrade for Human Torch’s Fireball! So much kick ass!!!
The great Stan Lee giveth with one hand…
And with the other hand literally rubs out your team because eff you, that’s why.
(On a side note, I’m getting the same. Constantly whooping ass and then…pounded continually into dust, often within 5 moves. Swear the game has a “You’re doing too well!” meter that switches the enemy into OP douchebags if you’ve done too well in too short a period of time)
Absolutely. On the current event, the final battle was 3 lvl 84 characters. I did like 3 of the easier matches, now that final battle is 3x lvl 144…. I don’t even have a single character over 100 yet..
The last battle for me they are all level 150.
In the second last battle there are two level 149 and one level 150.
hehe I have a feeling after 1 or 2 more battles today, I’ll be in the same boat
Man… just applied the new update.. went in to the single event.. final battle… all over 170!!! WTF?!?!?!?
Oh hey, it’s Another rad-looking game on Kickstarter from an Australian developer. This country seems to be churning out high-quality indie stuff recently.
@mrtaco goes to leave work: Horrible, stormy weather. Rain pelting down, people running through puddles to dodge the impatient traffic with umbrellas flailing.
@powalen goes to leave work: Rain clears, Sun is shining, birds are singing and everybody is skipping along happily to the station without a care in the world.
Truth is Pow never left the office. He’s currently convulsing on his desk with his mind in a different reality while his co workers giggle and high five each other over “pranking” his tea.
Truth is Pow never existed at all and these posts over the years have just been random strings of characters spewed by an Internet virus that in an incredibly unlikely event have managed to form somewhat coherent sentences and remarkable comedic timing.
D:
Oh my god
http://www.viz.com/books/print/princess-mononoke/11341
I must have it! For those that don’t know, Hayao Miyazaki did a storybook with a bunch of watercolor paintings adapted from a hypothetical film he was working on back in 1980. Elements of it ended up making it into Totoro a few years later and the actual Princess Mononoke turned into a completely different film. This is basically the prototype for a bunch of Ghibli stuff.
Apparently there’s a whole ton of watercolor art like this that he made in the 70s and 80s with concepts that ended up being used in subsequent films.
I really need to track down all the Ghibli artbooks. I only have the Nausicaa watercolor impressions book.
SBS will be playing Miyazaki movies starting Dec 6th! w00t!
Just Miyazaki or all Ghibli?
Miyazaki’s films are more accessible and filmy, but Takahata’s are generally more mature and are works of art told via animation, IMO it’s unfair that only Miyazaki gets any notice.
I had to look up Takahata because that name rang a bell, and yes, I saw My Neighbours the Yamadas at a Ghibli film festival some years ago.
The Yamadas is an odd film, adapted from newspaper comics IIRC. Pom Poko is also kind of weak.
However Only Yesterday and Grave of the Fireflies are both extremely adult films. Only Yesterday is an artistic masterpiece about growing up, basically an entire film about a woman reflecting on her childhood, while Grave of the Fireflies is a fascinating but incredibly sad take on the human tragedy of world war II from a fairly unique perspective.
EDIT: Interestingly enough, Takahata’s background isn’t art like Miyazaki’s. It’s literature. He speaks fluent French and got into animation via French animated adaptions of famous literature pieces.
It’s a Miyazaki collection gathering by the ad I saw
Haha, playing as a Qunari in DA:I and I am so tall I bang my head on chandeliers in some human buildings.
Colour me amused.
I started as a Human Warrior but wasn’t happy as he just didn’t seem all that warriorish. Plus he looked like a douchebag. Went with a Qunari warrior and immediately felt better about everything.
I never play as a human in games unless I have no other option. Humans are just so mundane.
It’s amazing how seamless dialogue is when people talk to you and they’re like “Wow, I’ve never seen a Qunari before, you’re a giant!” Normally branches like these seem forced, but I’m liking it well enough in Dragon Age.
When I found out I could do that I spent about a minute running around banging my head on them.
“Gee golly, I wonder how my Warden from the first Dragon Age is doing in Inquisition. I sure can’t wait to see how my save transferred over!”
6 HOURS IN
Leliana: Yeah, I was friends with her.
“Wait, I never played my warden as a female.”
Leliana: Also she’s totally dead.
“AH FUCK-”
>New Game
Did you use the Dragon Age Keep?
There’s not so much transferring of save data as you use the Keep to remake your decisions to carry over.
Damn it, I don’t know what to play… 🙁
Mariokart monday!
I don’t have a WiiU…
…yet… (5 days away).
Get one early! 😀
I can’t. :`(
Not with that attitude!
Stop Yelling at me!
D`:
Good evening errbody hows every little thing?
My weekend was chock full of looking after teenagers because dammit people hussle us for our beach closeness
Saturday was spent watching tv, going to the beach, going to bunnings to buy a doggy door, going to the dog beach, watching more movies.
Sunday the teenagers left and I relaxed by..going to the beach, watching tv shows, playing some disgaea, installing the doggy door.
Today was spent relaxibg, being freaked out by the storm, losing power, regaining power, going to the shops, having a second hand fridge dropped off and receiving a copy of Princess Mononoke from @negativezero
A monday night question what profession would you like to see turned into a game?
Ive been watching alot of Cop shows and I would love to have an xcom x FF tactics style game about being a cop and giving them jobs to do aswell as being able to walk a beat and each level procedurely generated so rarely are two the same.
That game idea actually sounds pretty cool. I’d play it.
http://www.excalibur-publishing.com/games/police-force-2/
Thats close but im talking more tactical with each officer having a back story. I want the senior detective with a drinking problem who peaked too soon, hes a loose cannon who doesnt play fair but he lives for the paycheck and the brother in blue beside him.
@transientmind I added you on bnet, since I remembered your email, but I think as you were saying it may not have worked heh.
Try TSquare#6174. 🙂
Done!
Please tell me I’m not the only one to notice that the human male player character in Dragon Age: Inquisition has the surname ‘Trevelyan’, and then promptly name him ‘Alec’?
Today, we bid a heartfelt and reluctant farewell to a very dear loved one.
Barkley Walsh-Smith passed away very suddenly earlier this morning, surrounded by his loved ones. Although his health had been in decline for some time, his passing came as a shock, and we must adjust to life without him. We will particularly miss his unconditional enthusiasm for our presence, his undying loyalty, his unwavering obedience, his keen awareness and sharp mind, and his gentle and sweet nature which gave way to a kind of adorable aggression only when he perceived danger for one of the children.
Barkley came into our lives as a two-week old puppy in October of 2008. Every day since then, he showed us nothing but unequivocal affection. We didn’t always return that affection in equal measure, but we loved him plenty, even as our family began to grow. His final days afforded him certain additional privileges such as his choice of beds, and a much more relaxed diet. He was content to follow us around at his own gentle pace, even when he was no longer able to participate in the more vigorous games the children played.
We hope Barkley is enjoying a pain-free frolic in Heaven, and wish to remind God that he really loves having his butt scratched. Barkley, we will miss you. A lot.
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10152840419975406&type=1
That sucks man. Sounds like you had a lot of good times with him, so at least you’ve got some good memories.
*hugs*
Also, upvote for naming your dog Barkley.
Im sorry to hear that dude, my condolences to you and your family
I am so, so sorry Shane. Losing a family member (and dammit, pets are as much of a family member as anyone) is so hard. I’m glad you got to have this beautiful boy in your life and that you were able to be with him in the end <3
Wow JB are running an awesome comp at the moment. All you have to do is buy something in store? Sign me up! Might go and buy Sonic Highways this week then if that’s all it takes!
I’ll go and buy Smash on Saturday to go into the draw 😛
Done with The Living End, now it’s onto The Offspring.
Holy nostalgia trip!
|:<
Mai boi’ Shroomish! YEAH!
Do ya’ll nickname your Pokemon? I think I did it as a kid but I don’t usually do it except during that TAY Nuzlocke phase. It was oddly a lot better than normal names and made it sadder when they died :(.
I don’t do it for new games since most of the time I’m trying to learn the Pokemon’s names and having a nickname just makes it a bit harder to learn. I haven’t done it so far for this run of Alpha Sapphire but I think I’ll look into the name change-y guy and hopefully he isn’t too far.
EDIT: Also I never realised that the white thing on the character’s head is a hat until this remake. Totally thought it was his hair?
No nicknames ever.
Default everything! Except player name. Usually.
TAY RPG 40K Rogue Trader tomorrow night at 7:30 pm AEST, 8:30 pm AEDT. Starring:
@freezespreston @tech_knight @rize @sernobulus @pupp3tmast3r @gingerchris86
What will the party do now that they have found evidence of a Shadowseer hidden in the hive? Will the Eldar even tell anyone? Will Kharaga get to eat more people?
Just giving you a heads up, I may be late tomorrow.
Now… to be a ventriloquist with my new mechadendrite, or to not be a ventriloquist with my new mechadendrite… decisions decisions 😛
I dont think I’ll be able to make it tonight guys, many apologies
Hi Tay.
Today I have eaten three types of insect. Well, technically 2 types of insect and an arachnid.
Also went to the Killing fields, which is horrible, upsetting, and essential.
I saw the spider on Instagram, that’s awesome. What else in that line of delicacies are you willing to try?
Ate crickets and ants
I ate crickets in Thailand. I found them to be like chips with legs.
Got a bunch of catalogs in the mail today, and I can confirm the link @greenius posted in old TAY is legit.
At Target
Super Smash Bros. Wii U (including Gamecube adapter) $79
Super Smash Bros. Wii U (no adapter) $59
Gamecube controllers – $49 and
All Amiibos $14 each
Looks like I will need to head over to Target first thing to get that adapter.
Aaaand I’m done with Dragon Age for a while.
The AI is utterly incompetent and with proper Tactics removed (wtf, why?) it’s either micromanage every single fight or watch my team stand around like morons, waste every ability and die.
Not helping is the terribly designed tactical camera which is blocked by scenery and the targeting crosshair getting stuck on other scenery preventing you from targeting anyone on any elevation.
It’s kinda baffling really. This stuff they got right the past two games – how the hell did they manage to screw it up this time?
Like really stupid AI.
One fight I looked around to see what Cassandra was doing but couldn’t see her. Paused to check and found her half a mile back down the trail, repeatedly taunting some random sheep.
Meanwhile Varric is running into melee range despite being an archer and Solus is off in a corner using barrier on himself every time someone else gets hit and freezing foes only when they are almost dead.
(Sobs quietly)
Let’s not forget the bit where they’ll stand in a pool of fire, quaffing potions (though I’m probably more guilty of that than them >.>), and that if somebody does get killed, knocked down, or whatever it is, that they’ll just stand around ignoring them, and forget to res them even if you give them a direct order to.
My secret is to be a magical sword mage, then it does not matter what my enemies do.
I’m just gonna find more teammates, build a kill squad and respec as a controller mage.
That way I’m the only one on the team that has to think.
What can go wrong?
Piece of advice… the tactics system is nowhere near complex as DA:O however I’ve found a nice middle ground of the tactics screen and using my own character. You’ll need to disable the use of all control based abilities for the AI and basically use the tactics mode to use them and manually activate them. It’s not as effective as controlling their every move but its about 80% less tedious and only about 20% less effective =D
Wait till you take control of Cassandra and find out that the AI doesn’t use shield wall properly…. I wanted to punch BioWare, ideally she should have maxed out armor at all times as a tank but left to her own devices she’ll aoe taunt one mob and waste her single target taunt on the wrong target. I’ve reached a point where I start each fight with Cassandra being manually controlled to let off an AOE taunt + Barrier and then leave her to her own devices.
Yeah but that’s the thing that annoys me – if I wanted to play a warrior I would have rolled a warrior. I should not have to do all that. I did not in the last two games.
But apparently someone at Bioware decided the Tactics system was too confusing for stupid people and scrapped the whole thing to make their flagship core RPG more fucking accessible and actiony and appeal to the lowest common denominator because fuck creative integrity, there’s money to be made!.
“Froths at mouth”
Ahem.
Whatever. Kill team. The game is too big to play for a challenge anyway. Too much to see and do to get bogged down.
I’m kind of feeling that way as well? It’s too unfocussed? Too many non-linear sections and way too many side quests that have absolutely no depth so far…. And yes I’ve left the fucking hinterlands.
Like the desert area with the shard temple, its a fairly large area that has a single location of consequence….. and can I be the first to say there’s too many fucking shards in each region???I’m ignoring all the collectables, have no interest in that sort of thing.
The shards in particular just clutter up the map so I don’t even activate the skulls.
LOL! Damn me and my OCD tendencies in games like this… it’s ruining the whole experience for me at the moment =,= Stupid BioWare.
I’m just worried I’ll miss something important, needless to say on my second playthrough I’m skipping any and all collectibles.
Who’re your favourite companions so far?
I’ve taken an unexpected liking to Cole! Iron Bull is still boring as fuck… and Dorian just seems like a self-obsessed snob who means well…?Heh, actually I’m rolling with Iron Bull, Varric and Dorian.
Didn’t think I would like Dorian but I do, and Bull is more interesting than the other warriors, though I like Blackwall. And the three of them together have some great banter.
Also I’m probably gonna bone Iron Bull (playing a straight, female, Qunari mage) so there’s that.
Have not unlocked Cole yet? Unless I’m missing something. And while I usually like oddballs, Sera is just annoying.
@jocon
How have you managed to unlock Dorian but not Cole? :S That’s weird…
I do enjoy having Blackwall in the party at the moment I’m rolling with Solas, Cole and Cassandra and I think I can see this group being my end game group as well.
Have you gotten to the region where there’s a rift underwater yet?Ahh, you sided with the Templars yes? If you go to the Mages first Dorian is part of that.
No, Have just started the main quest where you close the Breach (and met Cole in the process), been taking my time.
Done everything I want to in Hinterlands, Marsh and Storm Coast tho.
This sort of thing has always been my problem with bioware games, the AI doesn’t do what I want them to do and having to micromanage them is far more effort than I want
Thing is, in previous Dragon Age games it was pretty good. You had a tactics system where you could set up commands for when to do what. Eg: Tank: when surrounded by two or more enemies, taunt and activate defence ability. Archer: focus on enemy mages, then archers then melee. Etc.
Once set up to your liking, no micromanagement required! They just did what they were told.
But they removed it for some reason, leaving everyone dumb as a post.
@janexo, @gutsoup, @platinumurchin and anyone else playing Far Cry 4. If you need skins for your crafting I’ve found out a bit of a trick. All you do is fast travel to Banapur, then head south a little, then throw some bait, and you’ll get random animals turning up.
I got a Snow Leopard, a Bengal Tiger, another Snow Leopard and then a Clouded Leopard.
@platinum_urchin
Edit; GODDAMMIT!!!
I have been doing that but standing in a roof of a building or house while I shoot what ever shows up with the bow and arrow.
Just need a couple of bear skins then a couple more rare animal skins and everything is upgraded.
Oh snap, that is clever! I think I just need to get the hard skins now – literally, like the rhino skins. Time to get a rocket launcher.
Dunno about the rocket launcher, but my grenade launcher seemed to just go straight through rhinos.
Also, with your bigger animals I’m pretty sure using an explosive or fire weapon damages the skin, and won’t let you craft with it.
Oh really, bummer! I thought I saw folk on here yesterday talking about using C4 to take down rhinos?
I haven’t tried C4, so it might work.
I just feel a sudden urge to confess my foot fetish.
That’s right I feel it was a huge mistake to convert to metric. Imperial is far superior. I wish we could change back but the king of the potato people won’t allow it.
Also, I may have left my self logged in at work. From Gorzy.THE METRIC SYSTEM IS THE TOOL OF THE DEVIL!
MY CAR GETS 40 RODS TO THE HOGSHEAD, AND THAT’S THE WAY i LIKES IT!!!
This all makes sense now.
Ugh, for crying out loud…
Sister’s dog won’t stop barking, so I can’t get any sleep… 🙁
I guess you could say he’s barking mad..
Haha shit, Oliver just found a letter from here from 2009 from winning this: http://www.kotaku.com.au/2009/07/hey-who-won-those-copies-of-arma-ii/
He’s been around here longer than I have 😛
I’m off to bed.
See you all in the morning. 🙂
Urrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr x Infinity
Drunk TAY. Very drunk TAY. Not been this drunk since uni Tay. What do? I’m
Hahaha, oh Raz.
Clearly you weren’t trying hard enough at the PAX meat then XD
Edit – oh oh oh, quick organise a quick d&d our something session! I wanna hear drunk Red dm’ing!
Might end up being Red D&M’ing instead of dm’ing.
#peakzinger
So I got given this Partner Discount Card last week for Dick Smith for 7.5% off purchases here in New Zealand, my question is as I’m moving to Australia soon will it work over there? The card expires 2017, I’m guessing it won’t but worth a shot?
Won’t hurt to try.
If it works awesome.
If not oh well it could be worse.
See how you go, email customer service in Australia and see if they’ll match your discount card.
Hey man, yea will give it a try, the thing is its linked to my current job which is… New Zealand Post, and even says New Zealand Post Employee on it, thinking of just giving to a friend. What you been up to? Gaming? things are all a bit hectic for me atm still getting in some games but nothing consistent, not long now, less than a month.
Damn, I reckon it might end up your buddies when you put it that way but it wouldn’t hurt to bring it over and try 😛 I’ve not been gaming as much as I’d like recently, I’ve been playing a little Destiny and played about 30 mins of the new COD and liked it. Tried playing Alien Isolation last week and there was just way too much nope to keep going, I’ll come back to it 😛
Haha yea I can’t do scary games, COD singeplayer is very good, I couldn’t get into the multi though. I still think you should try Shadow of Mordor, its amazing, I also got Far Cry 4 and its very good, was a bit gutted the 4-5hrs co-op I did didn’t save though.
SOM and FC4 are on my to play list, unfortunately my pile of shame is so large I can’t bring myself to buy any more games at the moment lol. I’m still playing Destiny, no finished COD, not finished Alien, still have Monster Hunter 4 and Super Mario World 3D with the packaging still on lol. My steam wishlist is as long as my arm…
You see, I have a problemHaha too many platforms! lucky there isn’t anything out on PS4 otherwise I’d prob have similar issues.
Double … fine 🙁
https://twitter.com/vectorpoem/status/536933544472240128?s=09
Guess it wasn’t just new hires for the unnamed project let go. Possibly further Spacebase fallout?
Kinda wondering how there could even BE fallout for Spacebase. I mean, it was on Steam’s top sellers list for fucking months.
Makes me wonder if they were doing a Gearbox and using publisher funds to also pay the Spacebase team.
I haven’t picked up the full version (I got the prototype in a humble bundle yonks ago and could barely make heads or tails of it) but wasn’t it released hopelessly unfinished with no plans whatsoever to fix it? You can burn through a lot of good will that way.
Right, and you’d expect that to impact your next sales… but what have they released since then, for it to impact sales of?
Canning people purely because the game they worked on was financially but not critically successful would have to be about something other than money.
The layoffs are about money, and laying people off isn’t easy. We don’t know the details, they probably restructured to keep as much talent as they could to projects that will make money going forward and the 12 who were let go were just the ones left without a position to be assigned to.
Yeah. Layoffs are about money, normally. Which goes back to my question as to how it could be about Spacebase, which I thought was doing pretty well. I mean… you don’t stay at the top of the Steam ‘Top Sellers’ list for that long without earning some serious green. Unless… they expected/budgeted for… more? (Which, given the results, doesn’t seem possible.)
Ergo: I don’t think this is Spacebase-related fallout. Unless they’re referring to which team members specifically didn’t make the cut.
I made the link to Spacebase because the project lead who was ground zero to all that may be the biggest profile firing / redundancy.
I guess my point is that once they abandoned Spacebase and lost a lucrative contract they had to let people go due to lack of money, and people who worked on Spacebase previously are loose ends even though their defunct project continues to pull in money. It doesn’t matter that Spacebase continues to make money. If there’s no work for someone to do, there’s no sese continuing to cut them a paycheck.
Unless they’ve been taking tips from square enix
We sold 1 million copies!
Not good enough, you should have sold 10 squillion you abject failures!!!
Probably the most jarring thing here is that Double Fine positioned themselves as an open, transparent company full of personalities and people, not just a logo and a single studio head – having those documentaries and fan involvement in things like Amnesia Fortnight opened up this deeper link to their audience. The flip side is now when this happens to those same faces and personalities it’s probably more damaging than just a generic number.
Double Fine has always struck me as a studio that’s run by people who are very good at making games but not very good at running a business.
I finally finished pokemon Y last night (I consider beating elite 4 as finishing pokemon games.)
There is a lot more ending to that game then I remember in previous pokemon games.
Did you play any of the B&Ws ?
That’s where that trend started.
I had Black I think but I never finished it.
Oh noes D:
Oooo big update for Marvel Puzzle Quest today! Maybe the issues are fixed at last! w00t!
Hopefully. Need to badger people about doing Thick as thieves to ensure we get those sweet HP
Just played some during lunch.
MAN they have ratcheted the difficulty up on those last fights.
It looks almost like they are scaling based on your level or something now. I noticed there seemed to be a big difference between the fights on my mobile and on my steam account.
Oh and the importance of alliance chat, I saw the comments there and realised I have a falcon on this account so can do the required hero battles.
That would explain a bit – I’ve been levelling my lower heroes up a bit rather than maxing out my high level heroes, which may mean the game is upping my difficulty.
…damn, time to go back to slowly levelling up Thor once every 4 days due to the extreme amounts of iso he requires.
My phone account has him at max level 94. It did take a while. Switched to 5,5,3 powers but not sure if that is best or not.
Thoughts @mawt?
cc @quiz_b
Thor
Optimal Thor build is 3/5/5.
His Green is an AoE, and hits hard, but it’s costly.
His Yellow hits hard and adds Green to the board, generally able to create a match immediately for cascades, and/or highly likely to set up for a match 5.
His Red hits for average damage, and adds only a small amount of Yellow (at least, I don’t think it scales up the tile count).
5/5/3 would be useful for generating Green for someone else to use, however Thor’s green is probably still the single best Green ability at 2* level, and 3* Thor’s Green is debatably the best at the 3* level.
Levelling characters
Actually, all characters of the same * rating require the same amount of ISO. I think for 2* characters it’s just under 70k to go from 15 to 94.
Until you have a character at max level, my advice would be to pick 1 character and only put ISO into them. In the 2* tier, I would pick Thor, Black Widow, or Ares to max first. Thor and Ares are just solid and fairly self-reliant. OBW is the ultimate support. Storm, Magneto, Wolverine and Daken are all great picks for levelling as well, but work better in a team.
Difficulty in PvE events
There is both personal and community scaling. Community scaling means that as more people that beat a mission its level gets pushed slightly higher. To my knowledge, personal scaling isn’t affected by your roster levels. However it is apparently affected by how quickly and with how much health you finish a mission. For example, I have a bunch of level 166 characters, so if a mission has enemies at – say – level 70, I can still probably just cruise through with the damage from matching tiles alone and only take a very small amount of damage, you’d probably have to rely on using abilities and in terms of percentage of total health, you’re characters would take a lot more damage. In this case, I’d scale up that mission a lot faster for myself.
Thanks Mawt!
My main complaint about Thor is the same I had about Moonstone and Storm (Storm is max, Moonstone nearly max – and I actually quite enjoy using her!) – in that the closer to max you get, the more Iso you require to level them up.
With the Iso that would have pushed Thor two levels up, I have got Magneto/Hawkeye/Daken/Capt.America 2*’s up 6 levels each. As such, I no longer have to use my A-Team in Lightning Rounds, freeing them up for the major missions, giving me the opportunity to gain even more Iso by pushing through 5/6 battles in the Lightning Rounds with a bunch of lower level characters.
In short: I am slowly getting about 9 2*’s towards max level, which would be awesome. And I’m on track to win Rocket and Groot. 🙂
OK, that would explain the difference between my two accounts.
The ISO cost seems huge are really money ISO is way over priced. That’s well over $100 to get a 2 star character to max level. So that 300 bucks to level a 3 star character to max, not counting any HP purchased to max out the powers.
Thanks for the advice on Thor, that was my original build but I thought I would try out the new one after I saw a random comment about it.
I am pretty much playing DA:I full time but if anyone gets a change try Far Cry 4’s multiplayer, It’s a real hidden gem did not expect it to be that fun even if its not COD 40+ kills a match – Much more tactical.
Is Serrels on holiday or did he get the sack/resign? Junglist goes from a random post in August to doing all the Editorial stuff this week.
Junglist usually takes over when Mark is on holidays/doing something else.
Cool. Nice to see the dude still kicking around the industry – I think ABC shafted him a bit when they ‘shook up’ Good Game.
Just shaved for the second time using a double edged safety razor. Managed to not cut off my face.
Pretty good feeling, hey?
It’s pretty amazing. I don’t know if the actual hair is that much closer but my whole face just feels so damn smooth. It’s like the ultimate exfoliation.
Plus you feel like a big burly man.
Nothing like the risk of serious self-mutilation to add manliness to any task 😛
My “safety” razor is missing the grill bit that sits behind the blade to actually make it safe. It was my grandfather’s, I don’t know if that part broke or he lost it or maybe he even just threw it out. For added manliness.
*takes notes
“Start removing various parts of safety razor to be more manly”
Done.
Try shaving with a hunting knife. If you live, you’ll feel like Crocodile Dundee!
Ended up unlocking Skyhold in DA:I last night. I feel like I’ve finally got into the real guts of the game, and it only took 24 hours of playtime to get there. Honestly, the scope of this game is pretty insane. Any other BioWare game I would have finished by now.
Yeah I got there last night myself, still trying to figure out where in the story I am, if this is half way or the start of act 2 of 3 or what. I’m still having trouble defusing Cassandra’s temper on occasion, the argument with Varric didn’t go too well for approval with either of them. Considering how many times I’ve seen “Cassandra disapproves”, I’m wondering if the whole love interest thing I’m going for is going to work out (though she might not be into either girls or elves anyway so it could be all academic)
I believe Cassandra is a straight only romance. She’s disapproved of most of my actions as well. I can’t help it if I’m playing a freedom loving mage.
Romance wise I’m torn between Iron Bull and your diplomatic advisor who I’ve forgotten the name of right now. I feel like I should probably go Iron Bull since I’ve heard his romance is interesting and he’s a Qunari restricted romance and when am I going to be playing a female Qunari again? But I really like that advisor so…
Solas would probably be the best choice for a romance since him and my character are like two peas in a pod, but sadly it doesn’t seem like he’s a romance option.
My Persona Q limited edition has been shipped! \o/
It’s being shipped via DHL from the UK so it’ll probably get here by the official street date. Though DHL have a habit of opening up my packages and ruining the contents inside then repacking the box poorly ;_;
Ohh nice, where did you order it from?
From NISA’s Europe store. Be warned though, NISA is taking advantage of the PAL region and is charging us way too much then when we were able to buy from the US store. I only bought it because I buy anything Persona lol
I took one look at NISA’s insane pricing and said goodbye to them as a company. I used to buy every LE they released but I don’t even want PAL copies for most of the stuff, and even if I did I can’t justify the shipping cost because there is no fucking way in hell that it costs 20 quid to send a video game to Australia from the UK.
At least they stopped charging 20% VAT on items shipped to us so the price is only eye-watering rather than ludicrous I guess.
Got to cap it off with their Ar noSurge LE at least. My first LE from them was Ar Tonelico so it makes a nice circle. 🙁
Amazon just shipped mine (US copy, Wild Cards edition). $96 shipped, not too bad.
Ah that’s pretty good, $50 cheaper than what I paid -__-
Jesus. You weren’t kidding about NISA being crazy priced.
Hey Bob, welcome back to work!
*computer / monitors have no power*
*Twiddle thumbs for 30 minutes while they work out that a circuit breaker tripped while I was away*
Hey Bob, welcome back to work! For realsies this time!
And you still have the glorious mutton chops 😛
Hey, mutton chops! Welcome back to Bob!
*mutton chops never left* 😛
You almost didn’t after Saturday night 😀
Morning taybes. Last night I played some more FC4, and I perched on a ledge and watched in awe as a tiger and bear fought each other! I was out of danger’s way… until an eagle attacked me, which caught the attention of said tiger and bear, who then teamed up to slaughter me.
Five stars.
Better at diplomacy than Abbott
#voteeagleforPM
And now I just read this – http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-11-25/turkish-president-says-men-and-women-not-equal/5914966 – and I’m angry before 9am.
Fuck you, Tayyip Erdogan.
See the 300,000 sqm and 1000 room house he built for himself with public funds?
Goddamit.
One of those rooms contains his porn stash..no one will ever find it
That’s pretty sad, Turkey have been taking some big strides lately with how the country has been in terms of tourism and their economy. I have to disagree with him, women are magnificent and are the equal of any man.
You’re a good person.
I haven’t been particularly active lately on TAY due to work piling up so I apologise for that. How is everyone doing this Tuesday?
Brisbane Supanova is coming up this weekend so I’m pretty hype for that.
Yeah, this place has been super quiet this week :/
I’m tired and sick and sleepy and am thinking about skiving off early?
My boyfriend’s sister called us about Supanova (she’s 13 I think) and was like, “Omg, the Weasley twins will be there!” And we just laughed, as if they aren’t always there.
Haha. There’s at least one Harry Potter actor/actress there every year but I distinctly remember the hordes who crowded out the signing area to just gape at Draco. It was pretty funny actually.
I wish I could ditch early however going on external visits today which is going to chew up a lot of time. Then I need to pick up my near dead car from the mechanic and start looking for a replacement. It’s not dudded yet so it is still driveable and I’m going to see if I can make it to 2015 without buying a newer car.
Really quiet in this team right now, no new faults to look at so just uploading recordings of past meetings now, looking forward to showing off Jarallius’ new claw/swiss army toolbox 🙂
The Supanova this weekend, is that the one you are doing those quick DnD adventures?
That’s a correct. It’ll be interesting to see what happens when a Dwarven cleric, an Elven wizard, a Human fighter, and a Halfling rogue go on some crazy adventures (I have my random adventure table ready to go).
I saw that SyFy channel had the 360 camera again at Adelaide, so I’m guessing it will go to Brisbane as well – throw on a costume and have a go, it’s so cool!
Let’s spruce it up.
Last played song game.
Mark Ronson – Uptown Funk
Seriously. Funk up your life. FUNK IT UP MOFO!
Taylor Swift – Blank Space. Goddammmmmmmn it’s good.
Taylor Swift – Blank Space
(For those who enjoy clicking through the clips 🙂 )
Thank you (I can’t get through to youtube at work).
OCremix version of Ace Combat 6: Liberation of Gracemaria, amazing remix of an awesome track
I don’t care what anyone says, Ace Combat 6 is my favourite arcade/any flight sim.
You’re wrong, your favourite is actually…!
Dammit I don’t know any flight sim type games to even be able to finish the joke.
I still think Belkan War beats it for me, Ace Combat 6 pissed me off to no end with the shitty Xbox 360 framerates. No other ace combat game has made me feel like I’m flying an A-10 bomber while flying an F-16, soo sluggish!
I love the gameplay in AC6. Liked the previous games but they’re so fucking frustrating at times with the stupid long trench runs and the lack of checkpoints and everything.
Also I have all the Idolmaster DLC planes so there’s something incredibly satisfying about everything being so overly dramatic and you basically being this amazing ace pilot and everything but you’re flying around an F-22 with a cute anime girl painted on it and all your missile contrails are hot pink.
That said though, AC6’s secondary plot with the annoying monotone woman and the DANCE WITH THE ANGELS shit and everything is grade-A bullshit. I tend to tune it out / skip the cutscenes and focus on blowing shit up.
I may or may not also have a playlist of music sourced from films like Iron Eagle and Top Gun and the like which I would put on instead of the game’s soundtrack though.
Job for a Cowboy – Buried Monuments.
http://youtu.be/vhEWS9smtaY
Sabaton – No Bullets Fly.
I…. Um…..
Hmmmm…. Seems it’s
Gotye – State of the Art
Gotye – State of the Art
Jimmy Eat World – Goodbye Sky Harbor
Orden Ogan – We Are Pirates
Hey guys.
Guys.
Guess what I last played.
Nirvana – In Bloom
Queen – Let Me In Your Heart Again.
New song from Queen Forever, their recently released compilation. Great song. Great album.
Would have beeeeeen… *checks wiki*
Hit That – The Offspring
Garbage – Automatic Systematic Habit
It’s been my go to “get pumped for work” song the last two mornings.
Symphony of the night – Dragonforce
Sorry no YouTube link cause pain in the arse mobile TAY 😛
I may or may not have been listening to Babymetal recently.
Switch Lanes – Tkay Maidza
Sorry that I’m going to continue to pester you, but I’m not at all sorry whatsoever, and I’ll do this all week if I have to.
As part of my annual “stupid Christmas song” thing, I’ve decided to try and get as many TAYbies involved as possible, and get people to sing the greatest song of all time, “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” Which has garnered such praise as “patently offensive in the modern age” and “I can’t be bothered making up another fake quote about a stupidly cheesy 80s Christmas song.”
But this is where you come in! It’s not much of a group singing of a stupid song if people don’t join in, so I’d like to involve as many of you as possible, and all you have to do is join me in acting like an idiot. So please, send an email to blaghman(at)gmail(dot)com, and I can divvy up parts for you all.
Because otherwise it’ll just be Rocket, Freeze, and I, and all we have going for us is good looks, charm, intelligence, singing ability, more charm, and the capability to love the world.
*sigh* fine. I’ll put my hand up. Do we sing the whole lot and send it to you, or are you giving parts out?
I’ll be giving people parts. So in theory there should be one or two people for each of the “opening” lines, and then everybody joins in at the end.
And thanks, Quiz_B! This is going to be terrible!
Glad to be of assistance – after all, with that much good looks and charm, you need somebody to bring the average down!
(P.s. I’m a bass, so go and give me low bits if you want)
*Picks a girl part*
Perfect.
Organising Tay is like herding cats.
Did you happen to see Siobhan Reddy at PAX? :p
The fact I had to google her name would suggest no.
I have a very casual relationship with Media Molecule games.
Oh, haha. Well, she lists her job description as cat herder, haha.
Oh man, the Media Molecule panel made it sound like the best place to work!
Oh it was meant to be terrible. Well I can help with that then
You’ve heard my previous Christmas songs, right? I’m not exactly setting a stellar bar.
You mean the christmas songs that were so awesome people still quote them years down the track. Those songs?
Yeah, aight.
Was doing the Dragon Age Keep Tapestry thing and couldn’t for the life of me figure out how to change the options. Couldn’t find the “lock” symbol they were talking about, either. Took me way too long to figure out I needed to scroll down. 😛
(Pen&Paper) RPG Folk:
What tropes do you absolutely hate in terms of stories and settings. I’m trying to write some settings that are trope “subverting” and I’d love to hear what drives you mad.
E.g. Rescue the princess captured by the evil dragon. (Subverted could become “The evil princess is capturing dragons for nefarious purposes”)
Orphan child/novice fighter must be protected as it is the one who will rid the land of evil.
(Actually had this for one campaign. It was like an escort quest for the entire run. It was hell.)
The other one is the super secret cabal planning world domination.
I’m sure you can enjoy stuffing those tropes around.
Have the super obvious cabal planning world domination.
That’s kinda what I like about Shadowrun. Some of the megacorps are blatantly screwing the world and trying to take over but they are simply so powerful that you can only oppose/contain the fringes of their power.
Hello, have you heard about DominionCorp? We’re planning on poisoning the water supply unless the government pays us a hefty ransom. Vote for us in the upcoming elections!
You think this is a democracy? We own you.
Good guy in your party that was really an evil guy all along and turns on you randomly
I’d love to screw with this. Have shady character who is doing somewhat good stuff, but everybody thinks is shady. Turns around at the end “Surprise everybody, I’m a nun!”
Love it! I could see having fun with that, for sure.
Evil chancellor/advisor usurps the throne while the real king is practically powerless.
I’m playing around with that in my Rome game I’m running because, well, Romans weren’t known for having particularly stable emperors.
On a side note, tropes and cliches are kind of what I dislike about Dragon Age. The core of the setting feels so painfully generic at times that the story and characters struggle to distract from the standard fantasy blandness of the world.
I can see that being interesting for some late game adventures. King pretends to be powerless but is in fact controlling (literally) all his advisors / counsellors.
I suppose the whole thing you have to look out for is not trying too hard to oppose the trope that you wind up becoming a trope of your own. *shakes fist at TV Tropes for teaching me too much stuff*
Yeah, that’s very much at the forefront of my mind. I’m currently worldbuilding and also trying to write the initial adventure hook and having to work out motivation. The ever-present spectre of “Why should 5 or 6 characters thrown together go off on an adventure when they don’t know each-other?”
So I’m trying to subvert the trope of “A mysterious stranger sends you a note telling you to meet him at the pub.” – Making ok progress but just trying to do so in a believable way.
pub owner sends you a note asking to come protect his bar because there’s all these wierd strangers constantly meeting at the establishment with random mercenaries and they’re clearly up to something shady and he needs it stopped.
Interesting concept, but why the PC in particular?
The bit I always struggle with is, as a level 1 with 0XP you’re barely higher than a commoner / NPC. You literally have no experience, so why would somebody be contacting you in the first place?
I’ve got some ideas of where to go but I won’t put them up here as I’ll be taking on players from TAY when I start up in a few months. 😛
No, even at level 1 in most systems the expectation is that you’re a lot more than just a commoner. A level 1 mage has still spent many years studying the arcane, and a level 1 fighter is supposed to be a trained, capable warrior that can use multiple weapons effectively. You get much more powerful with experience, but as a starting point you’re a lot more special unless you really fucked up your stat rolls.
@negativezero Yeah, I misspoke. You’re certainly better than commoners, but you’re still inexperienced. It’s still the equivalent of some corporation sending out letters to recent uni graduates and asking them to save the world. Well, again, not really, but the analogy seems apt in my head.
Hence why I like the high fantasy idea of an Adventurer’s Guild. It gives the perfect way for a group of people to band together for heroics or just plain greed. And you can play up rival adventuring groups or even hero squad team-ups for bundles of fun.
Binary morality / not understanding ‘evil’ alignments.
Hint: an Evil character doesn’t have to go around burning churches and kicking puppies.
Well, maybe a chaotic evil one might, but the Lawful/Neutrals wouldn’t be.
Yeah, but the number of times that people expect ‘evil’ characters to go around doing that…
Evil doesn’t mean stupid. Evil also doesn’t mean that they act impulsively and don’t think about the consequences or that they’re not aware of how people will react to their actions.
So much Fantasy stuff tends to be incredibly extreme though.
It’s more “Selfish” than “Sociopathic” a lot of the time.
Currently binging on 90s music videos on youtube. Music was way better back in the day.
#oldmandirewolf
I did that on the weekend! Started with some Garbage after buying and listening to their newest album (which is already 2 years old, where does the time go?) and found myself just clicking through all kinds of songs on youtube. I gave myself the objective of always clicking through to one of the suggestions even if I didn’t recognise it right away and what I found was a bunch of songs I loved back in high school but hadn’t heard in years because I didn’t recognise the song name or know the artist very well.
Still listen to their first album (which came out when I was at uni, ffs). 🙂
Fuck yeah. Garbage are awesome.
No it wasn’t. It’s better now. At least the music I listen to. And I’m a REAL old person. 😛
If “back in the day” is the 90’s then you’re just a young’un.
The 70’s is where it’s at.
Glenn Miller or GTFOML!
Greensleeves or GTFOM Codpiece!
Nostalgia glasses make everything seem better back when you were younger.
Thankfully the internet provides a pretty nice dose of reality to counteract that.
Nostalgia isn’t as good as it used to be. 🙁
😉
What are the 90s albums that still sound fresh and awesome?
Great example is Leftfield’s Leftism. Can’t believe that’s 20 years old.
Portishead, Dummy.
Still bang it on occasionally.
Fantastic album. Good call.
I don’t know if I’ve said on here how much I love the band Queen, but listening to them makes me want to write about how much I love them. If I had a time machine, I would go back and either see their Live Aid set or their 1986 concert at Wembley. I don’t so I’ll have to live with watching the dvds. Obviously, Freddie’s voice towers over everything, but that’s not the only amazing thing about Queen. They all sing well but I think Roger’s voice is really great. They’ve also all contributed to the song writing, I think better than the Beatles. (Sacrilege maybe, but Ringo’s songs can’t really compare to John Deacon’s). They have a song for every mood, and I can be really down in the dumps, but listening to Crazy Little Thing Called Love picks me up Every. Damn. Time. I was so jealous of my sister (and those on TAY) who got to see them on their tour of Australia. Not quite the same without Freddie and John, but still an amazing live act.
TL:DR: Queen is my favourite band of all time.
Queen are absolutely better than the Beatles.
Is this the real life?
Is this just fantasy?
Freddy Mercury was the greatest male singer ever.
Kiiiiiiiinda thinking about buying a second TV and PS4. My partner and I both have games we are now heavily invested in on the PS4 and are being civil and taking turns, but that will only last so long.
We bought a second PS3 to play Skyrim side by side, so I cannot see this being a bad idea.
Second couch, too! In your second house!
On my second island!
On your second planet!
In your second solar system
In my second galatic cluster!
Let’s not get crazy now. You don’t want to be reviewing your finances at the end of the year and realize that you have to cut back on that second galactic cluster just when you’d got used to it.
You have a second PS3 already but not a second TV?
My wife and I bought a second Xbone to Destiny together. We considered a second 360 instead so we could catch up on our piles of shame but we knew we’d be playing too must Destiny and sprung for the xbone instead.
No, no, not anymore. We had two TVs (one big one, and then a smaller one upstairs to watch movies in our old place) and then we had two PS3s (one we had since they relaunched the PS3s, since the very original died). The older of the two PS3s died, so we moved the newer one into the living room, where it is now on the big TV, and has a new 1tb hard drive. The other TV actually died not long after we moved.
But yeah, see, you guys have the right idea!
So we’ve got Pixel Ferret, Dire Wolf and Evil Monkey.
Makes me feel like I should have a spirit animal too! Maybe I’ll change my username to Jolly Cockatoo.
I’m not a mathematician, but I’m pretty sure birds eat bugs.
You might have some weird cannabalistic crisis of identity there.
Your new name shall be Cantankerous Moose.
I would have also accepted “Surly”.
Well, you are a bit of a cock
atoo.
Alternately: Well you certainly are cocky.
Decide on one joke and stick with it, dammit.
Dynamic Caterpie.
Pokemon can totally be spirit animals.
Slutty Butterfly?
It’s not Halloween any more
Fine, I’ll be the Slutterfly™ then.
New cosplay idea. Fantastic.
I’m picturing; Mankini, some sparkly wings, with light-up antennae..
I suggest going with The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Dibs on frog.
I’m a frog.
I feel left out.
No one is sure if you’re a bunny or a puppy though.
Bunny Puppy is actually a bear but I’m not Bunny Puppy.
@evilmonkey @anyone-who-decided-to-get-the-inquisitor-edition-guidebook-from-mighty-ape (@anyone-who-hates-hyphenated-sentences-that-run-on-for-far-too-long)
Just got an email from MightyApe, saying their supplier won’t be able to fulfil orders (the way it read, it sounded like their supplier essentially said they’re not going to supply them at all). Dammit, I wanted those bookmarks. For… all the paperbacks I… don’t read anymore… hmm.
https://www.mightyape.co.nz/product/Dragon-Age-Inquisitor-Edition-Prima-Official-Game-Guide/22643386
Kinda glad I didn’t end up ordering it then. Really wanted to though.
Took Monday off & dedicated most of the weekend to Dragon Age Inquisition. Solid 6 hour plays etc, not sure if I’m close to the end. So much fun! Love everything about it.
Also found time to do a little Omega Ruby. Good stuff, had to delete my game after realising I couldn’t use the grass starter because I want to use the nut that grows into some kind of kabuku warrior.
Why did you have to delete your game?
Chose the wrongful starter for a balanced team.
I do that in just about every rpg I play! I got lucky with Grimrock 2, and only had to do it once! Usually I end up doing it 3-4 times before I hit the right balance!
Yeah, normally I just go with it & suit my team to my starter.
but I prefer to use different Pokemon each game & at this point, I’m running low on options
Just trade with Beav!
I already own all the starters. I wasn’t far in & don’t need the experience boost.
I have one teensy problem with OR, seems really easy, like maybe they forgot to balance the levelling after adding the new version of experience share?
Thoughts?
Well, I think you’re quite easy, Jimu *slow winks*
*bats eye lashes*
*drops pants*
*jaw drops*
I don’t want to have internet sex with you, Jimu.
Not like this.
Not without pictures.
Back in my day, we called it ‘cybering’
#OldManjimu
Cybering?
I just call it a typical Tuesday 🙂
It was only at the 5th gym that I got one of my Pokemon KO’d. Definitely think it’s easier, but… all the challenging stuff is post game anyway.
You know if they’ve expanded the post game much? I only remember hard Braille puzzles in Emerald
There’s apparently a pretty good post-game storyline that expands some of the lore of the series, which sounds cool. Meant to be 3 or so hours of content I’ve heard.
Oh sweet, heard of that, didn’t know it was that long.
Delta Emerald!
It felt that way with the scaled levelling changes in B/W, but then X/Y took it to another level with how much everything levels with the exp share.
ORAS is not feeling that different from X/Y for me.
I’m breezing through this much quicker than I diD on advance
Y was fairly easy. I remember coming to dead stops in both W & B2.
Maybe my teams?
Maybe because I played emerald semi recently?
You’re not going crazy, the game is incredibly easy even with the EXP Share turned off.
I’ve given up expecting a challenge from the main story in these games 😛 But on the plus side it’s let me completely forget about beneficial natures, stats, etc for now so I can just play like I used to and not worry.
I’ve never worried about that, just chose cool ones & balanced the types.
It’s alright, still fun!
Dammit. I cracked and brought the pokeymans.
Yeah you did.
Red or Blue?
Blue. I’ve always gone red or fire or meaner looking legendary so forced myself to go opposite of gut instinct.
Oooh, What about Diamond & Pearl? Pearl felt pink instead of red.
Only ever played Red, Ruby, Fire Red, Heart Gold, Black and X.
You skipped Platinum? Da-amn.
& B&W2, D’oh!
😀
Oh poo
I picked Pearl on the ‘everyone will pick Diamond’ theory.
They were both shit so it didn’t really matter in the end.
Did you ever play Platinum?
It was so much better, my personal fave, and I’m always hearing people gave it a miss because the other two were shit.
gen III was the least fun I had.
Yeah, played it further down the line (last year), and I see where they fixed a lot of the problems. The damage was done by Pearl though – stopped me playing for about 5 years, and it took X/Y hype to get me back in.
Woh! Diamond on R4 got me hooked.
But the last I played was Blue, sooo…
Holy crap. I got back on the AFL Live 2 train for a while, and got myself into a grand final. Suddenly I lead at quarter time 100-0. I may have to lower the difficulty next time.
Ok so we know how you got in to the Grand Final, but how the hell did St Kilda get there as your opponent?
Well, I am facing off against the Kangaroos, who are about as consistent as you would expect.
Harvey kicks to Harvey, handballs to Harvey, kicks it loooooong downfield to Harvey who marks it. Lines up from the 50, it’s a goal to Harvey!
Centre holds it, holds it, HOLDS IT! :O
The problem with Harvey is he always try to walk it in
I thought that was Vettel’s problem?
Zing!
I fell off the wagon in the second quarter. The scores at half time are 162-24. I need to do better.
Surprisingly, I ended up winning the grand final. I won 37.17 – 239 to 8.1 – 49. I’d like to think that it’s because I’m really good, but I know exactly why I won. As a cheap way to increase the difficulty, the game ramps up the wind to ludicrous degrees (I just checked, the wind speed was 2/3 of a cyclone) to make it harder to score goals. It cost me the previous years grand final, as it pushed so strongly to the left I could miss a shot from 15m out. But this time, the winds blew directly towards or directly away from the goals. When the wind was against me, all I had to do was kick harder. When the wind was supporting me, I could kick a goal from the centre square. (I almost did) I wasn’t impaired by the winds at all.
I’ve known since the previous grand final that I was allowed to switch teams at the end of the season. This caused me to hatch a sinister plan. (inspired by Populous) I would play for Gold Coast in my second season, win everything, and train everyone to be the best athletes. Then I would switch to the worst team, (probably Melbourne) and play against my behemoth of an old team. Against my dual-brownlow, dual coleman, norm smith medalist full forward that kicked 14 goals in the grand final. Against my midfielder with maxed out stats in almost everything. Against my battalion of first round draft picks. Against a team that was undefeated all season. And I would be playing on hard mode. This will be fun.
Dear TAY,
Thanks for the well-wishes. Still a bit down, but trying to push on with things.
Undad is slowly pushing towards its stretch goal, which will allow the entire story arc to be made. Here’s a sneak preview of the first three pages of Issue 3, which will only be made if the stretch goal is reached.
Is there anyone here who missed out on getting their likeness into Issue 2 that might be interested in getting themselves into Issue 3 or 4?
Don’t forget, every pledge gets you an entry in a Strangest Itches giveaway!
That’s the best bit about being completely generic-looking. My likeness is in just about everything anyway for free!
Hey, what the…? *checks pages*
That’ll be $100, please.
Make me.
What if I nominate my dog’s likeness?
Yep, I think I can make that work.
Undog!
question, would it be an actual dog or a man/woman with a dog’s face?
Which would you prefer? I was thinking actual dog, but I’m sure I could write some freaky dream sequence into Issue 4 😛
You don’t have to, I was just curious. (I don’t have $100 to spare, sorry!)
I would!!! I want my slice of immortality.
Unless you want to kill me. In which case, go for it anyway!
Inspired by Freeze’s choice of forcing himself to buy Alpha sapphire instead of Omega Ruby. Here is the list of versions I chose ( or would have)
Blue – Squirtle love.
Silver – Lugia love, also not a fan of gold as a colour *shrugs*
Ruby – I like the stone due to a childhood love of the colour red. Also not a fan of that whale thing.
Platinum – Diamond & Pearl are broken. I had all three on R4 & bought the better one.
White – White Forest &I don’t like the white legendary’s hairy doodle
Black 2- For the mons I couldn’t catch in White
Y – I preferred the bird, was over dear after B&W
My turn
NoneNo seriously, I have a DS – any old Pokemon I can/should pick up as I do want to get into it, but can’t justify forking out dosh for 3DS/new3DS for a game I haven’t tested yetGet r4 card, try all of them, buy the ones you like.
The ones you like are:
Fire Red
Soul silver
Emerald
Platinum
WhiteBlack
blackwhite2
:-p
Thank you, comment has been permalinked and emailed to myself.
Next time EB is having a sale*, I’ll wonder in and see how much they cost.
*tonight, or sometime next week.
If you only have a DS, just jump straight into Black 2/White 2. No point starting with anything older than that.
So Pokemon are stand alone enough that the story doesn’t mater from game to game?
Well, not doesn’t matter, but that I won’t lose out by not playing the earlier ones?
Same story EVERY game.
Pretty much. Even Black 2/White 2 are barely ‘sequels’ to Black/White despite their names 😛
There’s a loose timeline to the series, but it hardly matters. Just play the most recent game you can (in your case, Black 2 or White 2)
(Also helps that I think B2/W2 are the best games in the series :P)
I think they really are.
Is that a sliding timeline to account for the changes in remakes?
@jimu I don’t even know anymore 😛
This is probably simpler
Pokemon is never cheap. Try the r4 card.
Do you know about generations? Like rather than numbers they do generations?
The first included Blue, Red & Yellow (also green in Japan).
It means, there’s only around a third of original games to titles.
Ok, I’ve googled the R4 card. I think I understand what yarrrr hinting at there.
I’ll look into it. 🙂
I usually pick based on the Legendary but I’ve just always somehow ended up playing the
“2nd game”.
1 – Started with Yellow
2 – Had both (all 3) but ended up playing Silver more. Dunno why!
3 – Had both but ended up playing Sapphire more. Dunno why!. Leaf Green because GREEN
4 – Pearl based on the Legendary. SoulSilver because SILVER!
5 – White based on the Legendary. White 2 based on me somehow buying the “2nd game” all the time.
6 – Y based on the Legendary. Alpha Sapphire because SAPPHIRE
Mostly I prefer the thirds, except yellow, which is technically fourth. I just hat pikachu
Yeah, I would get the third but nowadays I just buy one game and I don’t want to wait until the third one releases.
Oh, I’ll be getting Z or whatever they call it.
I’ve never really had to decide before because I started buying from sS & B&W2 don’t count.
Will be really keen if they do as much New content in Z as 2
Thinking on it, Platinum was greatly improved, including gym order to fix the ridiculous route through the cities & added an entire new 3D section + extra mons including old legend s
So here’s hoping Z continue s that tradition
I just assumed Grey/Z etc. (third games) could be gone since BW2 released. Who knows!
I wouldn’t mind, gen V just seemed to break tradition a lot.
No old mons
2sequels
no remake
I’m happy either way though
I think my interview went well 🙂
Could go either way, but I’m feeling alright about it, and will still be happy either way 🙂
There was only 15 people at the group interview section, but even then there was only about 4 of us who had applied for the same position I was going for.
I was easily the best dressed of the applicants, and the one-on-one interview seemed to go well too 🙂
Also, the lady running the group interview kept motioning / looking at me when she said the name of the position I’d applied for, which I think is a good sign 🙂
Which job was this for?
A retail position at David Jones 🙂
Shows how much you guys pay attention! :’O
That detail fell out my head the minute I heard some new pop culture trivia
I imagine working in a department store is exactly like an episode of Are You Being Served. I hope you’ve boned up on your double entendre skills.
Ha! I can be the cranky old guy, Liono can be the hilarious homosexual …which of the TAY fems would like to go on about their “pussy”
Props for ‘boned’
You’d nail a role like that for sure man! You fit the profile soooooooo well! 🙂
Somewhere like David Jones I’d say being the best dressed is a great start, and your personality should get you rest of the way there. Good luck, Lion!
You’ve got the job.
I don’t know which starter to pick. They all look awful. I’m worried I might trip and accidentally step on one.
Go by final evolution?
I really love Treecko
Pick any. Wonder Trade it ASAP and use that as your new starter!
That’s… actually an intersrting idea. Totally going to do that.
I’ll keep you updated on the outcome.
95% chance to be terrible! 😛
Treeko.
He learns ember which is super handy against water types.
Waitaminnit…
I know enough about Pokemon to know that is a load of
good advice. Thanks buddy 😀Mudkip. Because if I squint really hard it sorta kinda looks completely unlike a squirtle.
I could trade you eggs for the other two so you play through with all 3?
Pretty sure Dragon Age just arrived but I can’t open it because it’s addressed to Mr. Strange, and this close to Christmas it could be something else entirely.
Or… it could be Dragon Age!
Carefully peel the packaging open, and glance inside. If it is, say that it was open slightly, so you started to play, if it isn’t, congratulations, you could have a headstart for Christmas guessing.
I wonder what Ganon’s up to.
Is that what you named your inqusitor?
Colon pee©
Colon pee returns!
Publishers sure are loving this generation overlap, selling us the same game twice repeatedly, with us thanking them for it.
Last generation set us up for that. HD remakes were a fantastic idea about halfway through the last generation.
Now they’re jumping the gun this generation because it fills the gap that naturally opens up while developers are still working out how to make games for the new consoles.
PS2 remasters I understand since the PS2 games look beyond awful on modern TV’s. These new ones seem like incremental upgrades at best. Different numbers for neckbeards to argue over.
Clearly one should just get the PC version anyway.
Hmm, what games are you referring to?
Probably stuff like GTAV, Tomb Raider, other things I forget because I don’t really pay attention.
So the worthwhile ones? 😛
That’s what they’re calling them now? 😛
Well GTA V & Tomb Raider are great on PS4 imo.
On their own, sure. I can’t imagine wanting to buy them again if I’d already got them on PS3/360 though. But then I’m generally not a fan of buying games I already own, eg zero interest in Wind Waker HD.
GTA V honestly feels like a new game. The first person is brilliantly done, I wish it was in the initial PS3/360 release. All the new small additions & tweaks are well welcomed. The game was already well polished, it just feels even better now.
Can’t say much about Tomb Raider since the PS4 version was my first Tomb Raider game since Tomb Raider II on PS1 15+ years ago.. But it’s a pretty cool game. The Last of Us is also great, I did own the PS3 version but never played it, so yeah 😛
I would love Heavy Rain to be brought to the PS4, that would be nice.
http://www.madman.com.au/news/take-a-peek-inside-the-limited-edition-studio-ghibli-collections/
Hmmm. These are pretty nice, especially if those are the full-size artbooks that Viz have been translating. Not so much if they’re something that they’ve slapped together themselves. Expensive though, $100 RRP and I already own the best editions of those movies. Probably cheaper to just import the artbook, though I would like to own Kingdom of Dreams and Madness (the JP release wasn’t subtitled).
Man.. 2 hours after I cave in and sign the paperwork for dept of ed, optus ring me. initial offer sounds awesome, but need more details coming tomorrow to be sure.. . FML!
Rang the guy for the dept of ed job and told him etc.. doesn’t sound too happy, but I can’t let this go without looking at it properly. Hope I’m not burning bridges though :\
http://gematsu.com/2014/11/kan-colle-kai-first-details-images oh god 🙁 This is going to ruin me.
Note to self: I must get around to getting Jintsuu to Kai-2, that artwork really is nice.
hey dude, thanks a bunch. I just got your package out of my box 😛
It traveled well, no damage, I’m gonna watch it tonight.
I’m sure you did 😉
something something snug fit something something
Have you seen the second trailer for the anime? I am still interested in seeing how it plays out.
I haven’t actually. Thanks for reminding me.
Recently game-wise I think they’ve basically been moving away from the hidden implication that the Abyssal Fleet are US ships. Specifically, the most recent event had a Destroyer Princess boss that is very clearly an ‘infected’ Harusame who was a reward from the first map of the previous event.
Honestly what I expect out of them is something basically along the lines of the Strike Witches anime. That basically is two thirds a bunch of girls (who are also sort of girl versions of WW2 pilots) mucking around being cute and periodically they go out and blow shit up because there’s kind of a plot.
The big issue with KanColle is that there’s a huge cast and many of them don’t have much substance to them and all blend together. Some of that has gone away a bit as they’ve gotten Kai-2 remodels that make them a bit more unique and give them more personality. The main issue is the destroyers – I have trouble telling the Fubukis apart. Actually all the snows, moons and tides (the -yukis, -tsuki/zukis and -shios) aside from Ushio tend to blend together for me, and I play the game regularly. But I also don’t really use any of them. Fubuki herself is supposed to be the protagonist of the anime for some insane reason.
But yeah, there’s really not much to them. Even the characters with a bit more substance to them don’t really have that much substance in the game. There’s also a terrible amount of inconsistency in the designs. Even inside the same ship class there’s designs that don’t fit (eg all the Shiratsuyu-class destroyers wear white-and-red-trimmed black one-piece uniform dresses except Samidare and Suzukaze who wear white & blue) so it’s a visual clusterfuck. Also a lot of them are voiced by the same person and so they sound very similar.
On the other hand, the relative lack of major details everywhere gives them free license to work in a lot of details without really contradicting anything. There’s really only minor character points to work in. So it’ll be interesting to see how it pans out. If they doubled down on the Abyssal Fleet side they could make it actually kind of dark and interesting but I doubt it’ll be anything but fluff.
Oh and now that I’m watching the new anime PV… that’s actually quite a big cast shown. For what it’s worth, in order of appearance:
– Fubuki (protagonist)
– Mutsuki (presumably the best friend role)
– Yuudachi (oh god Yuudachi is her roommate? That’ll be brilliant)
– Sendai & Jintsuu (older students?)
– Naka giving something to… Asashio? I think. One of Shiratsuyu or Samidare in the background along with Kagerou
– Mamiya (ice cream supply ship!) with the four Akatsuki sisters (who will all be major characters as they are super popular)
– Shimakaze is late to class? And Tone can outrun her? Odd. Maybe all that talk about being fast is just for show. Kisaragi running at the end?
– Ooi and Kitakami don’t look like they’re even upgraded to torpedo cruisers at this point so early episode? (They get short-sleeved uniforms when they swap to CLT and then get lighter-colored ones at Kai-2)
– Don’t mess with Ashigara-sensei!
– Akagi and Kaga in an archery dojo?
– Is that Yukikaze?
– Nagato and Mutsu look like they’re busy worrying about what’s actually happening while everyone faffs about.
Surprisingly absent: All the Kongou sisters.
Also I will be watching the crap out of this. Animation looks way better than I expected especially after the weirdo CG trailer they did first.
I’m really looking forward to trying this.
It seems like my Wacom Bamboo Manga isn’t registering touch gestures, even though the option is enabled in the Tablet Settings.
I’ve had it for over a year, and I think an upgrade is due… 🙁
Have you re-installed the drivers? That helps!
How do you make it stop happening though?
I’ve had to do it countless times, so how do I keep it as is?
Really need to know what causes it to stop first. If re-installing the driver fixes it, then maybe it’s pulling a driver update from windows update which is screwing it up?
Ah.
I’ve never noticed what stops it, though.
It might be the update… I’ll ave a look into it.
Thanks @welbot & @greenius! 🙂
Did you turn it off and on again?
No joke, I’ve solved three separate IT problems for friends and family this week by doing this.
Yes, it was Dragon Age in the mail today.
But I can’t play it tonight because despite showing no previous interest in it, and choosing to play XCom all the time instead of the games he’s bought himself (like Shadow Of Mordor), Mr. Strange suddenly wants to play DA:I.
So he’ll play it tonight and I’ll just sit around being all sad. 😛
Or…
OR…
Just sayin’…
Beat him up and play DA:I yourself.
Just sayin’.
Slightly more seriously, I’m thinking Dragon Age is right up there for my GOTY at the moment. Only 6 hours in, but absolutely loving it.
Us men and our ‘gimme gimme gimme’ when we have shiny new toys.
We drop everything with a complete disregard for the impact it has on our SO’s. 🙂
Oh man, I’ve been sitting around for an hour waiting for him to play it, and now he says it’s too late to play. I COULD HAVE BEEN PLAYING FOR THE PAST HOUR! Grr.
Scene:
– Stranges house. Mr Strange has taken over control of the lounge room couch –
*enter Strange, wearing her sexiest lingerie*
Strange: *in most sultry voice*
“How about we play a little something that both of us can enjoy…”
*winks slowly to Mr. Strange*
*Strange walks seductively to the bedroom, beckoning Mr. Strange to follow*
– Enter bedroom –
Strange *still in sultry voice*:
“I want to try something a little, new, tonight…”
*pulls out handcuffs*
*Strange proceeds to handcuff Mr. Strange to the bedposts*
Strange: Now, let the fun begin…
*winks slowly to Mr. Strange*
– Smash cut to Strange playing Dragon Age on the couch –
Okay, I’ve got Gardening At Night by R.E.M. stuck in my head…
Now to get it stuck in yours…
Hey @haggis I haven’t noticed you around here recently. Everything okay?
I was thinking that, last weeks page 6 was missing something!
Normally I love Burger Got Soul (Tassie burger place), despite the fact that they got rid of my satay burger. Some time between the last time I went and tonight, they introduced a ‘yank’ burger. The result is this: http://i.imgur.com/sJQsVGQ.jpg
There’s a line between ‘edible’ and ‘so completely massive and overdone that there’s no possible way to get it in your mouth without turning it into a salad’. This crossed that line. They need to go and rethink that one.
Tasted alright though.
*heavy breathing*
There isn’t really any great burger places on the Gold Coast unfortunately, so that looks amazing to me.
In Launceston, we have 2. Burger Got Soul (although I’m assuming @benj went to the one in Hobart) and Flip. Burger Got Soul does more gourmet burgers, but Flip’s burgers are just as good, and a bit cheaper too.
The burger market is surprisingly competitive down here. Burger Got Soul is a bit fancier, but my favourite burgers down here are from a place completely hidden away called The Standard.
https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/10405664_1574678359427643_6122597867340983871_n.jpg?oh=b1f6b7ae766a205b04714f5e0362ca7e&oe=551DE981&__gda__=1427627966_1d953c5c9f0f0e2cf72181e31fd02ef4
So. Good.
Mate, I will stab you. Don’t think I won’t.
Holy shit dem chips.I haven’t tried them yet (garlic cheese fries), but they look amazing and judging by their normal fries they probably are amazing 😛
I’ve heard of The Standard, but never actually been. Haven’t been to Hobart since 2010, so that’s probably why.
I had a couple of friends come down from Launceston earlier this year. They haven’t shut up about The Standard’s burgers since. Well worth the visit 😛
YES STANDARD BROS REPRESENT!
I mean…I like their burgers. They now take phone orders for pickups. This can only end one way.
Blocked arteries.
Ha, so true. Even Grill’d up here isn’t worth the $$. Only one I found a decent burger at was the one at Highpoint in Victoria… That was a damn good burger.
Although, I have had a pretty decent rib eye steak burger at the Storey Bridge Hotel, the steak was a little dry, but super tender & damn tasty & filling.
I need a bigger mouth…
2 reasons – firstly, to wrap my chomps around that, secondly, to contain the copious amounts of saliva occupying my mouth right now.
I can think of a third reason…
*slow winks*
I think page 18 has broken me :\
O_o
What’s a better control method for Mario Kart on the Wii, a wheel or a gamepad?
Definitely not motion controls 😛
Farrrrrrrk. Remember this Survivorfriends?
@sughly @powalen @strange @phoenix D:
Honestly though, Phillip was a bit of a dick.
Now that’s the episode that generated some discussion.
So, Dark Souls 2 is getting a current gen re-release. Basically a GOTY edition with prettified graphics. I’m kind of tempted to give Dark Souls 2 another go so maybe this version is the best time to do it?
I’ll be getting it when I pick up a PS4. I’m not sure what all the new features are, but it sounds like there’ll be some exclusive stuff to the new gen. Plus, I haven’t played the DLC yet, so this would be a good chance.
Not interested, in the slightest.
I’ve said it before, but I find that everything in DS2 is a huge step down from the previous souls games.
It’s like they took all the great design ideas that made the Souls games so cool, and stripped it way too far back.
The designs, for everything, were horrible.
Enemies, environments, and gear were just, bad.
And the gameplay was horrid!
Enemies:
Honestly, enemies were so bland and annoying in DaS2 that I got sick of them almost immediately.I can’t think of any memorable boss enemies purely from an aesthetic point, where as the cutscene into the Gaping Dragon fight will occasionally pop up in my mind, purely because it was such a good design for an enemy.
Even standard enemies in DeS and DaS were so much cooler.
Environment:
I absolutely hated the disconnect between areas. I get that DeS did that too, but at least then the environments were interesting, and the enemies were compelling.Every environment I came across in DaS 2 was so uninspired that it felt like a chore to even bother trying to make my way through them.
Every location was like, “Oh, this place kinda sucks.”
Gear:
NOTHING WAS PRETTY!!How am I supposed to play Fashion Souls 2 when everything looks so GODDAMN ugly?!
Gameplay:
It seems like absolutely everything was out to get you in the most unfair of ways.Booby traps, hidden enemies, constant streams of poison everywhere, no way to actually know if something is a trap or not.
It took the balance out of the cruel but fair difficulty of the Souls games.
And GODDAMN it do I F***ING HATE POISON!
There were no moments that hooked me.
Nothing to make me want to see what was around the next corner, nothing that made me want to keep playing.
I have absolutely zero interest in this game.
I would take a PS4 version of Demons Souls and Dark Souls in an instant though.
http://www.theurbanlist.com/brisbane/a-list/yee-haw-american-restaurant-buffalo-bar-opens-cbd-tomorrow
I believe we have our next meat sorted people.
@beardymcmuttonchops @beeawwb @cufcfan616 @dc @dkzeitgeist @freezespreston @gutsoup @jimu @lambomann007 @popdart5 @sernobulus @strange @sughly @transientmind @welbot @weresmurf @virus__
Sounds amazing, maybe we could make this the Evil meat. That’s if I can talk my Wife into it (still haven’t told her about any meats yet, not sure how to bring it up).
Also, lol you tagged yourself.
Keen as mustard. Pricey but I’m sure it’ll be worth it. I still haven’t checked out Mighty Mighty either
That had to open AFTER the Dr tells me I have high cholesterol
*sobs*
Oh man, I was going to say “It may be American but it’s not Mighty Mighty” and then I clicked the link and saw it’s from the same people who did Mighty Mighty. THEREFORE IT WILL BE AMAZING AND I WANT TO EAT THERE RIGHT NOW.
Ahem.
Yes, I am in.
Yep that sounds good to me.
In. So in.
So near my work, so tempting
I’m having trouble staying up…
Viagra helps. 😉
http://instantrimshot.com/index.php?sound=rimshot&play=true
And that ladies and gentlemen is how you kick off page six.
Old @dc is being a tad quiet.
I’ll have to lure him out with my charm.
Hey, bright eyes.
Where’d you get such bright eyes? 😉
He prefers to be more objectified.
Hey Hot Buns! Get those sizzle reels in here!
I was going for charm, but I’ll try harder next time! 😀
Turn around, every now and then I get a little bit lonely and you’re never coming round
Turn around, every now and then I get a little bit tired of listening to the sound of my tears
Hello Dragon Age NPC! Tell me about your troubles in this region?
The banter is so good, who’s yer team?
I’m elf mage, Cassandra, Dorian & Sera
Sera & I had an hilarious sex scene last night!
Everyone’s on my team! 😀
Keep switching?
You know it. I like to take people on missions depending if it’s relevant to them. 😀
Dragon Age NPC?
That sounds like I just got incredibly friend-zoned, haha! 😛
And why does it have to be troubles?! :O
I’m going pretty well! 😀
NPCs always need help :p
Ok guys, Been reading the site for a fair while now. But never really bothered to comment (also didn’t realise about these posts) –
Chasing some aussie’s to play XB1/PS4 with – most of my IRL friend either aren’t into gaming, or don’t have a current gen console yet (or dont have the internet)
My Gamertag/PSN ID is Fuzzmeisterr – don’t have much on ps4, have a lot on XB1 tho (farcry4,AC Unity, Halo, COD:AW etc)
Hit me up if you’re keen for a game of anything (just let me know your off of here =] )
or if anyones got suggestions of how to find a group of people to play with let me know.
Cheers,
Fuzz.
Hello!
Xenoblade?
Xenoblade!
I started playing on Monday – few hours in and I’m loving the lack of waggle and great soundtrack so far!
Oh man, you’re in for such a treat. It doesn’t even really get going until you get to Bionis Leg about 10-20 hours in (depends how easily sidetracked you get)
I’m loving your Xenoblade love!
So good though
@evilmonkey
Still in the plastic, don’t have time right now, too much other stuff to get through.
I do have a wii (somewhere), I don’t have Xenoblade tho…Thinking of picking up SSB on saturday tho.
Welcome to TAY!
Come for the multiplayer matchups, stay because you broke your TAYginity on Dad joke page 6.
Quick – think of a dad joke.
And to all those who hate this page: Hey, I gotta get the converts early, ok?
I never knew my dad…
Jokes!!
I like you. Whatever @greenius says don’t listen!
Hey man, welcome to TAY! Xbone log in is Highperforma89.
Hi! Will add you on PSN.
Destiny. 😉
Fun Pokemon fact: Moron, Fool and Stupid are all disallowed for your name. Rectal Leaking is A-OK however.
o.O
“Git” is banned too.
Because I tried to say “git gud” to the Interviewers after they lost to me.
I wasn’t allowed nuts but nut is ok
In Pokemon X & Y “nob” was disallowed. “nobs” was perfectly fine though.
I just spent a few hours trying out exploration in Elite, checking out the uncharted systems near where I’ve had to start. Didn’t make a whoooole lot of money doing it, but I’ve found a couple of places to check out for mining later.
It’s kind of cool though. Definitely not for everyone. Basically you have to fly around in supercruise and try find a good angle to spot which tiny little specks of light are moving faster relative to all the other ones on the backdrop, then zero in on it close enough for your discovery scanner (kind of like a giant sonar ping) can pick it up when you fire it off. The little bastard in here took me forever to pick up.
See you out there… when I get out of Destiny… 🙂
For those playing DA:I, a friendly hint regarding the astrarium tasks (spoilered, though it’s really non-spoilery at all)
It’s impossible to complete a traversable network like the constellations by starting at a star with an even number of paths leading to/from it. Always ALWAYS start from a star connected to an odd number of pathways. There’s your Mr Cracks’ Maths Lesson of the Day.Unless there aren’t any with an odd number, of course. Then you can just start wherever. I’d be surprised if there were any like that in DA:I though.True.
I’m terrible at math but I think I understand this in a non mathematical way.
(Because I generally solve them first try)
But I will take this on board. Thank you.
I definitely spent a good few minutes with my brother next to me, both of us squinting and tilting our heads at the oak tree one, out on the coast. Probably would’ve been handy to know that.
Thanks again for Tales from the Borderlands season pass, @pixel_the_ferret_viking! 😀
By the beard of Zeus!
That @pixel_the_ferret_viking is one helluva guy.
Aw shucks! Thanks dudes 😛
You’re most welcome my friend, hope you enjoy it! I myself is looking forward to listening to the sultry tones of Patrick Warburton…
Edit – because autocorrect hates me this morning
Autocorrect is a duck
Wait, Patrick Warburton is in Tales?
I suddenly really want to hear Kronk shooting up some scags.
Apparently he is one of the main antagonists… trailer
I was so happy to get that email from Gearbox. 🙂
Just finished the episode… holy god, so well done! 😛
Have you played Borderlands before?
If not, I’m very interested in you telling me if it’s worth playing or not 😛
@zetrox2k
Care package received! Thanks for that buddy!
thats awesome man, took its sweet time! a lot of junk in there, lots of cool stuff too. 🙂
gone through it yet?
Nah not yet man, I opened it to check that it was, but got caught up fixing my phone/gaming last night haha
Everything is AWESOME, everything is kewl when your part of The Inquisition!
Nobody expects the Spanish inquisition!
I was sittin’ flickin’ chickens / And I’m looking through the pickins’ / When suddenly these goys break down my walls / I didn’t even know them / And they grab me by the scrotum / And they started playing ping-pong with my balls / Oy the agony / Oh the shame / To make your privates public for a game!
Alright, betting pool is open.
How many times has @powalen watched the Jurassic World trailer so far not including the time he is watching it right now?
Can I bet too?
Only if you give me the correct answer and 20% of your winnings.
6322683
Only because he would have it on repeat and is watching it over and over again all day long.
Hm.
I sure hope it’s a V-Raptor/T-Rex hybrid. Just because the name RaptorRex sounds awesome.I watched it twice but that was because Pyrean started his shift after me so I had to show him.
42
The counter in my head is rapidly rising. We’re placing bets on how many times he watched before he sees the film?
01189998819991197253 –
my personal count is approx 14 (including the times ive shown it to friends and family)
Morning kittens.
Afternoon
We’re all young badgers? 😛
Good morning homie!
Jurassic World has a hybrid Dinosaur in it. That sounds both stupid and awesome at the same time.
Awesome
*Stuawesome.
If they can hybrid dinosaurs, I can hybrid words.
Portmanteau-asaurus Rex
I love that Chris Pratt is all “That is a stupid idea, why would you do that?!” And the scientist just looks at him funny
Trying not to be that guy because I’m excited – but was watching the trailer, and as soon as they said ‘hybrid’ I actually cringed. Hey, it could be awesome, but my knee-jerk reaction was – ‘Really?
As long as it’s a dinosaur/dinosaur hybrid, I’m not too horrified with it as long as it’s not ridiculous-looking. Just please don’t do a dinosaur/human like the original (canned) script wanted to do 😛
Weren’t all the original ones dinosaur/frog hybrids?
At least they didn’t have any dinosaurs with enormous frogs-legs that could jump over the fences and slurp up people with their tongues 😛
Now that would be a movie I would enjoy watching.
Dinosaur/Bird hybrid? 😛
DINOSAURS DO NOT HAVE FEATHERS.
You should watch the documentary series ‘Dinoriders’ or its less-popular but still historically-accurate spin-off ‘Dinosaucers’, for reference.
Jurassic World looks great!
@powalen
Last song played game thingo!
Outside – Foo Fighters.
Simply Red – The Right Thing
Was something from the SMT IV OST
LMO – The Devil’s Bride.
My Best Theory – Jimmy Eat World
Nice.
We’re Going out tonight – Frenzal Rhomb
The World You Love – Jimmy Eat World
Knock Knock
Who’s there?
Boo
Boo who?
Don’t cry, it’s only #Page6
ohffs
This is my four-year-old’s favourite joke.
… right down to the page 6 bit.
My three year old doesn’t quite get this one yet. His jokes usually go like this
Knock knock
Who’s there?
Banana!
Banana who?
Yumyumyumyumyum *giggles hysterically*
Basically, there is nothing funnier than a bunch of preschoolers trying to tell each other knock knock jokes.
We get plenty of those too.
Knock, knock.
Who’s there?
Apple.
Apple who?
Apple that you eat, silly! *hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha*
Cooking Mama’s response.
=PHe gets it! 😀
Thoughts on the Jurassic World trailer. Because I seem to be very popular this morning with people tagging me 😛
Overall, I liked it. I’m much more optimistic about it now. ‘Relieved’ is probably the key word.
I was really worried that their choice of Chris Pratt as one of the leads meant they were taking the movie in a more comical direction, which I really didn’t like the sound of. He seems to have been typecast in his last few movies. But very relieved that there was no Pratt-silliness in the trailer. He actually doesn’t seem to do a bad job with being mostly serious, so I’m happy. I’m sure there will be jokes thrown in but I’m glad it doesn’t seem to be his defining character trait.
I don’t really have a problem with the CG dinosaurs/park. It doesn’t look terrible.
The main thing I didn’t like was how science-fictiony the park looked. Mainly that Gyrosphere attraction. Doesn’t make any sense. Especially weird considering the scene with the driving-in-a-herd and kayaking attractions which are way more in keeping with what I would expect (though kayaking is an absolutely horrible idea…)
What I LOVED was that they are incorporating elements of the Telltale game. Namely the Tylosaurus (and just the marine exhibit in general) that was introduced in the game. That was a pretty cool scene with it using a shark as bait. I read somewhere that the game is considered canon now, which is fantastic.
The other main dislike was that this movie features a teenage kid. Ugh 😛 Please prove me wrong and be a likeable character!
So yeah, I’m much more excited now than I was last night. Still trying to keep my hype in check though.
I didn’t realise that they consider the game to be canon. It’s going to be interesting if they ever try to recreate the rollercoaster scenario in the movie. That was pretty terribad.
I agree about the marine exhibit. That was definitely my favourite part of the game and it seemed to be a logical extension of the original park. It would be a cool nod if they show more of that.
Just a thought, does that mean that the ending of the game
wherein they basically napalmed/bombed the island flatis now canon as well?
Responding to your spoiler about the end of the game
All references to bombing are removed from the film canon, as far as I know (including the times it has happened in the books) – this Jurassic World is on a brand new island as well I think, so I suppose it doesn’t matter either way!I liked the sci-fi ish look of the park. It made it seem very amusement parky, which seems like it’ll fit the story.
Yeah, seems gimmicky which let’s be honest is about 90% of what amusement parks actually are. =P
Man, I hope that $23 I just paid for Tales from the Borderlands is the season and not just one episode. They didn’t mention anywhere which it was. If it’s over $100 for all five episodes I’m out.
Well The Walking Dead Season 1 & 2 were that price along with The Wolf Among Us..
Surely.
That’d fit the other Telltales’s’s’s’s’s’s’s’s pricing structure.
It’s not listed as “Episode One” so one would hope it would be the entire season.
After much thought and deliberation, even though I’ve signed the paperwork, I think I’m going to turn down the Dept of Ed position.
The Optus offer is just too good to pass up I think, and if I did, I’d spend the next 12 months wondering “What if?”.
First up, they offered 5k more! That’s a credit card paid off, and my parking fees for the year paid for, with change! Also will get staff discount on my mobile which is already through them!
That right there is pretty much enough to sway me, but there’s also reserved parking for staff, and other goodies which I need to clarify when the paperwork comes through. Nothing even close to that on offer from Dept of Ed. They just keep pushing the whole Great place to work, and get trained and career progression thing, which Optus has confirmed with me as well. Had they not specified they were looking for someone long term, perhaps I might have stuck with it, but all the good stuff they are offering is present in the Optus offer, but with the addition of all these extras! I’d be kinda stupid NOT to take them up on it really.
Wrote the recruitment agent a nice letter apologizing for screwing him around etc, but also explained that for the past 6-7 yrs, I’ve been living in less than ideal situations, simply because I felt compelled to do the right thing by other people. For once in my life, I’m gonna do something right by ME!
Feel really bad for putting him in this situation, but it’s either they spend a few more weeks looking for someone, or I spend 12 months kicking myself. I know which I would rather.
Told the guy once I start work, I’ll send him a hamper or something as a token of my appreciation for all his efforts, as he really did a good job, and is the only recruitment agent I’ve ever been through who’s actually given a shit about me. Just hope Karma’s not gonna bite me in the arse for it later. (I haven’t actually sent it yet.. just saved as a draft.. can’t decide if I should press send or not!)
On an unrelated note, my dad rang me this morning. He got broken in to last night, and had his wallet and car stolen 😐 How super shit.
Some people are cunts!Spoilered content is goddamn right.
That’s great you’ve made a strong decision, I think the hamper is a nice touch too.
well.. I just sent the letter! I called the Optus guy to confirm details of the length of the engagement, and he said it’s a permanent role, not a contract, so BOOYEAH! That’s good enough for me! Anything else that comes back on the paperwork on top of what I already know about the role is going to be a pure bonus, so I bit the bullet and hit the send button!
High Five!
Yay for permanency! Go welly!
http://youtu.be/zFC7l5yo7F0
Living dangerously in a tough situation… takes balls, man. I can’t say I’d have had the steel to do the same. High-five.
Q: How can you tell snowmen apart from snow women?
A: Snowballs.
Doctor: This medicine is the best way to treat your hemorrhoids.
Dad: Well I don’t think they deserve a treat.
Son: It’s cold in here.
Dad: Go stand in the corner.
Son: Why?
Dad: The corner is 90 degrees.
Q: What’s the difference between a poorly dressed man on a tricycle and a well dressed man on a bicycle.
A: Attire
I like this one.
It’s wheely good.Sure is, it’s one of the best ones going ’round’
Q: What did one ocean say to the other ocean?
A: Nothing, they just waved.
Q: Why did the bee get married?
A: Because he found his honey.
Aww, I like this one.
This one is nice 🙂
Thanks, it’s nice to bee appreciated.
Hi Haggis! 😀
Hi Strange, enjoying my dad jokes? hahaha!
Been a while since i’ve been on here 😀
Q: What did the buffalo say to his son as he left for college?
A: Bison
So apparently one of the best ways to get good items in DA:I is crafting. Does anyone have any crafting tips? What materials to use, etc? I go up to the table and there are too many options! I just want to be able to buy good stuff 🙁
I find giving up on ever being satisfied sexually to be the first key step in becoming good at craft.
Wait, what are you talking about?
It’s not the end product of the craft that matters, it’s the forging process.
We’re still talking about being satisfied sexually here right?
I just pick stuff that gets the most stats.
Also, if you’re going for the optional master crafting or whatever it is, maybe save beforehand in case it doesn’t succeed so you can reload and try again.
My suggestions are to buy recipes or go out of your way to find them, and pay close attention to the tiers listed at the bottom left of the screen.
Like, where it says, “Tier X common [whatever weapon/armour].” If you can find a Tier 2, you can still put tier 1 materials into it (like iron, which you will have TONNES of if you’re anything like me about gathering) and get something crazy better than anything you’d have made out of tier 1 plans.
Materials also have the same descriptions. When it comes to crafting the base item (like axe, or sword or armour), the base material mostly affects the rating/DPS, the additional items (leather/cloth) affect the bonus effects. (Healing on killing blow, attack rating, resistances, etc.)
Again, tiers count for a lot. But your tier 2 stuff is going to be harder to come by until you leave the Hinterlands, or
kill that damned dragon.If you find a good reliable spot near a campsite to get a crafting material, have no shame whatsoever in teleporting between areas or resting to make the nodes respawn.Some items you craft will have sockets. You can either craft some socket-fillers yourself, or pull them out of existing gear at the blacksmith. If you have gear that’s no longer any good and you’re going to sell, it’s still worth a quick trip to the blacksmith to pull out any socketed stuff in it, just to apply to things you equip later.
Oh, also, annoyingly the recipes in Val Royeaux don’t tell you what damned tier they are when you’re shopping for them. Just go by price, probably, but you could also look them up on a wiki, if money is tight. (It was for me.)
I’m sure it’s been posted about and everyone’s already had a collective chitty chat but dammit, I wasn’t here so here it is again.
BATMAN ARKHAM KNIGHT GAMEPLAYYYYYYYYYY!!!
http://youtu.be/d9GJ57-MzO4
Call the sanatorium, I’m hysterical.
Yep. Colour me squeee.
@pixel_the_ferret_viking is a total freakin’ champion, and gifted me an M50 in Star Citizen.
I assume it’s an apology for something he’s going to do to me in the future, but until then I’m gunna enjoy being a bad pilot and crashing into asteroids at high speed \o/
A+++ to @pixel_the_ferret_viking that’s some high velocity generosity right there!
Wait, Pie Face are going under? But… where will I get my lunch the two or three times a year I visit the Airport? And their citrus tarts were amazing… Without them, it’s a choice between a bunch of American fast-food chains, or overpriced cafes.
Krispy Kreme, obviously!
I ate from the Mexican place last time I went there. Didn’t work out so well for the hotel once I got to my destination.
The only way I could see Pie Face going out of business is if they opened so many stores that they started competing with one another. It seems like wherever you are in Sydney there is at least one Pie Face within 10 metres of your location.
That seems to be what happened. Too much Pie Face everywhere means that individual stores aren’t making enough money.
It’s what happened to Krispy Kreme here.
And Starbucks.
Starbucks problem wasn’t too many stores, it was that no one in Australia wants their shitty overpriced oversweetened american coffee-flavoured sugar milk. They came into the market with an attitude of “once you try what we have you’ll be queuing up around the block” but actually Australians are already well acquainted with proper coffee and there was already stiff competition.
If Starbucks had tried to adapt their product to the local market they probably would still be here.
A dude from the accounts team at my company left a couple of years ago to open a Pie Face franchise. That was back when I’d barely heard of them and was vaguely aware of one store about a five minute walk away.
Now there’s like ten on George street between Town Hall and Circular Quay.
I tried one once. It was ok.
So my job just got stretched over three states.
Halp, send mobile games.
Well there is a Kotaku AU alliance on Marvel puzzle quest 😉
THIIIIIS
Sydney TAYbies: @35 @alexpants @anonymous_pessimist @batgirl @cakesmith @cj @doc_what @effluvium-boy @fatshadylive @gingerchris86 @gorzilla @harli @hugo_the_hungarian_barbarian @mawt @morkai @markserrels @mrtaco @novacascade @powalen @pupp3tmast3r @ruffleberg @shiggyninty @vonsack
I know some of you are avid readers of the fantasy genre. I have a collection of Sara Douglass books, and I have decided that they are taking up too much precious storage and need to go. *sob*!
If anyone is interested in taking some or all of these, please PM me on twitter and we can sort something out. Otherwise they are getting donated to the library. I can also send photos.
Spoilered for the wall of text.
The Axis Trilogy1: Battle Axe (small paperback)
2: Enchanter (small paperback)
3: Star Man (small paperback)
The Darkglass Mountain Trilogy
1: The Serpent Bride (large paperback)
2: The Twisted Citadel (large paperback)
3: The Infinity Gate (large paperback)
The Crucible Trilogy
1: The Nameless Day (hardcover)
2: The Wounded Hawk (hardcover)
3: The Crippled Angle (large paperback)
Also;
Troy Game 1: Hades’ Daughter (large paperback)
Troy Game 3: Darkwitch Rising (hardcover)
Beyond the Hanging Wall (small paperback)
And by Isobelle Carmody:
Dark Song and Dark Fall (books 1 and 2 of The Legend Song series, both in large paperback)
That’d be pretty noble of you to donate to the library! I have so many books I should do the same thing, so Libraries just take what you can give them??
It depends on the library really. I think that they will take most of these because they’re all fairly popular titles and in good condition. I suspect they’re more picky with things like old non-fiction books.
And also, the resale value of books is almost nothing, and the postage on them would be outrageous, so ebay isn’t really an option. Library or vinnies is better than the recycling bin.
You’re right, I just bough a group of Star Wars X-Wing novels on Ebay for 5 books + postage and handling and it cost $40! I think you’re onto a winner with donating, I’ll try my hand and see how I go.
Really enjoyed Sara Douglass’ books. Was a shame to hear about her passing a few years ago.
Ooooh, my missus would be very interested… I’ll see if she hasn’t read any of those.
I’m due in Sydney in the next week or so and would be happy to collect, if they’re still available and you don’t mind a Melbourne TAYby taking some?
I don’t have you on twitter… but my missus is interested in the Darkglass trilogy if you’ve not given it away yet…
Sold! I’m CookingmamaAUS on twitter. I can send them into the city with @batguy.
Gold! Will contact you there… 🙂
Followed! Think you need to reciprocate in order for me to message you.
:O! That’s very generous of you. As much as I’d like to give some of these books a new home, I unfortunately suffer from the same lack-of-space problem 🙁
You know, XCOM The Bureau actually isn’t a bad game. It could certainly be better, especially when it comes to voice acting, and it’s a little derivative in its gameplay, but it’s pretty solid Mass Effect 2-esque team shooting combat. I’ll play it through.
Edit: Whee! Page-get. Donate to Undad, the comic that is both ‘deeper and darker’ than my artists expected it to be.
If you ever lose your hat in the heat of battle, you can walk back to it and you’ll pick it back up and put it on.
Hat physics.
GOTY.
I love that they included details like that, but forgot to have their NPCs actually interacting with the machines they claim to be calibrating 😛
I once had the communications lady talk to me what I presume to be telepathically, because her mouth sure wasn’t moving.
Ok, the new Humble Bundle has Nights into Dreams, which I played a tonne of when I had a Dreamcast.
SOOOoooo…is it a good game, or this is a nostalgia trip that I’ll regret later? Thoughts TAY?
I feel like Jeff Gerstmann elucidated my thoughts on NiGHTS fairly well.
Isn’t it in the $1 tier? Can’t really go wrong!
Tales of master race PC building price searching during Black Friday sales!
“WHAT. WHO IN GODS NAME WOULD NEED A $400 HEADSET”
“Oh boy, a $5 power supply? There’s no way that could go wrong.”
“Hahaha, people buy McAfee?”
“Beats headphones? Still overpriced at 30% off!”
“Oh boy! If I buy an overpriced $1300 gaming laptop, I get a free backpack! SOLD.”
“What… what is that? Is that LED RAM? Ohmygod stop with the LEDs, pls”
“That software has the creepy robot from I, Robot”
“That sure is a camera more expensive than the PC I’m building.”
I’m glad people buy McAfee. Their bonus system at the moment is paying for our 70k trip. 😛
wow! for serious? what is this you’re referring to? I would like to investigate.
Crap, just realised I’m not even sure if I’m supposed to say anything. I’ll message you on FB. 🙂
lol judging by what you told me it should be fine 😉 Not likely to be a secret thing.
Not secret, no. But yeah, other factors. Pretty sure it’s all good though.
*scribbles down notes*
“Strange and Welbot definitely superspies. Code being discussed in secret. Will watch for rappelling out of helicopters”
*Picks back up binoculars*
Why does everything take so long to take down in Dragon Age Inquisition? Even basic enemies leave you sitting there wearing away their health. It’s not fun.
Difficulty setting? I set it to casual and stuff dies so fast. I mostly play these games for the story/character interactions, so it’s feeling like exactly the right amount of combat, to me. And things like that godamn dragon in the Hinterlands are still a moderate/high level of challenge with potions and tactical and screaming while on fire and surrounded by adds (especially when tackled 2-3 levels too low, without cheesing it like that one I pelted magic at from range).
Hmm…I started on normal, but given the lack of gaming time I have these days, I might put it on casual.
That was my reasoning. Especially since the gathering/exploring component is already ridiculously time-consuming. Exploring is neat, but I’m spending so much more time herb-gathering and mining than conversing or fighting that I’m having to really bite down on the compulsion to collect all the things.
Does it penalize you in any way for dropping the difficulty? No content gated away, gear you can’t get, XP not coming in as fast etc?
I don’t like the combat in the game at all so I’m kind of tempted to do this too now that you’ve mentioned it.
Nope. Gear’s been pretty plentiful, XP too. Progression is more gated by quest chaining. The only annoying thing about it is it’s pretty easy to kill ultra-powerful mobs that you were probably meant to come back and kill later, so at level 7 or 8 you’ll be running around with a bag full of level 13-15 gear.
You haven’t opened a higher level area hahave you?
That was actually why I ditched my mage and rerolled as a melee class. But yeah, everything is ridiculously damage spongey and it makes the fights feel like a chore. Which when combined with the structure of the game involving way too much mucking around ended up making the whole game boring for me. Haven’t been back since the 8 hour stint I played on Friday.
I found the mage way more powerful. Huh.
Are, are we playing the same game?
Playing on normal I was regularly taking on foes twice my level, sometimes also twice my numbers and steamroll through mobs in the same level range.
I’ve been finding it reasonably quick and easy on normal difficulty also. Rolling through with my archery rogue. My brother seems to be in the ‘damage sponge enemies’ camp.
Weird.
Readjusting to AU 3DS in full swing. Next up, catching 200 shit Pokemon in my AU Alpha Sapphire so I can manually trade all my ‘mon over one at a time from my US X. Disgonbegud. =(
*obligatory bird flip to Nintendo and region locking as a concept*
TAY seems so quiet this week.
Considering Dragon Age and Far Cry 4 dropped late last week, I imagine that’s what chews up time for some people.
I don’t know about everyone else but I’m kinda in the pre-holiday rush so I’m kinda lacking on time to post.
I blame all this Dragon Age and Pokemon nonsense.
Games are tearing this community apart! :’O
Gotta play them all!
You take that back!!
Seriously. Is there something going on that the cool kids haven’t told me about?
Yay employment!
I said the cool kids!
*looks hurt*
< / 3
Soz boz
I have one quilt to quilt, two mini quilts to make, one quilt to embroider, a baby quilt to make, Christmas presents to make and Dragon Age to play, along with my usual housewifey requirements. I can TAY when I’m eating, but that’s about it. I’m currently having a late lunch.
And there’s our TAY quote of the week. Thanks, @strange!
I’m watching The Wire.
I’ll be gone for some time, I’ve only just started on the second season.
I’m not here, that’s why.
Page 6 just isn’t the same.
Reply Faillllllll
Finished Inquisition s story
Jeebus, that was fast! I’ve only just left the Hinterlands.
(It is totally galling me that there is ONE quest which cannot be completed until you’ve unlocked later areas of the game. Frustration!)
One quest? You mean one main quest?
I took a day off & had a sickie today.
Still heaps of side quests to complete.
@pupp3tmast3r when are you expecting everyone to be raid-ready? I’m currently halfway through 98 so starting to look into what I’ll need to do to gear up (have been taking it slow).
Rolled a Warlock alt as well and gave her a set of heirlooms and it’s pretty funny. I’m basically running from point a to point b doing quests and throwing Corruption DoTs on every mob I see and then just running on and letting the DoT ticks + my imp finish them all. Feels insanely OP. Also I got from 1-13 in an hour. First time doing the Belf starting area since Burning Crusade and I remember the 1-20 part taking the better part of 2-3 days.
I see English words, but this isn’t English.
lrn2WoWnub
Need to be raid ready by next weekend when the raid drops, I’d like us to be able to attempt the raid on launch.
That said even I’ve been grossly distracted by DA:I and work.. been doing some long ass hours on both *sigh* My life doesn’t have room for love, work and play >.<
I believe we need to have a 535 ilvl @distantdrop and @piat can you guys confirm this? Might be shooting for the stars a bit but I say we give it a try, wcs I’d like to have a proper run by the weekend of the 12th of December.
On a separate but related note @distantdrop @piat @jocon and at one more dps person in the guild, interested in doing some heroics this Friday evening for a few hours?
Edit: And yes the 1-90 grind is greatly nerfed so people should be able to do it in 2-3 weeks? With legacy gear probably faster!
I’d totally be up for running heroics.
I think the required iLvl for raiding is more like 630 though.
@negativezero
Looking for Raid requires 635 gear. I’m on 619, Piat about 626 last I checked, dunno about others.
Looks like Molten Core does not require 635? At least it says I can join the queue for that.
At least we should focus on doing Core as soon as possible. It is a limited time only.
Do you know of other guilds to team up with? Or we just LFRing it?
Also I highly doubt we will manage to get 635 in a week and a half. The one heroic drop I got was only 630 so i don’t even know where we would get higher stuff, and enough of it, to have a 635 average.
Down with Heroics. Let me know, I might be distracted with Dragon Age.
Also, you making cloaks?
LFR was 615 ilvl until just the other day /sigh…Edit: What I meant was; Molten Core should be 615 ilvl. My mates were doing it at 615ilvl.
Well the latter few say 635. there is three still to unlock. Hopefully they have a lower requirement.
MCis 615, WoW head have been saying 635, but we were discussing tonight at how unrealistic that is, it sounds like it will be higher than 615, but not as high as 635
Well the LFR window in game says I need 635, which is pretty easy to obtain. My mate managed to get an ilvl of 630 tonight!
The ones you can see in game are for the second raid, not Highmaul. 635 average will require mostly warforged heroic gear (random chance while running heroics), challenge mode gear (not commonly run yet), or crafted gear (very expensive, long craft times, etc).
I’m 630 avg now myself and I have been running pretty hard and I don’t think I will be 635 by the time it launches and LFR is meant to be the casual way of getting into the raid.
I don’t believe LFR will be ilvl 635, however it doesn’t matter because LFR comes out approximately two weeks after the raids are released? So it should give us all plenty of time to get up to that ilvl.
In regards to cloaks at the moment I have the recipes for all ilvl 640 cloaks for all classes so if anyone needs those hit me up, be warned they require a fair bit of mats and I’ve been neglecting my mat farming in WoW this past week… Since DA:I came out 😛
I’d like to tackle heroics this Friday with you guys, get a bit of team practice running PvE content together =P Also I really want to keep polishing up my healing, I’m not as confident as I’d like to be in those “OH FUCK” moments; that is to say I don’t think I’m using my heavy hitting cooldowns as efficiently as I should be.
Normal Highmaul is on the 2nd, LFR on the 9th,bit only the first half, the second half on the 16th
635 is the rumor, but as I said above seems entirely unrealistic for LFR, I personally think it will be higher than the 615 MC required (5 ilvls above heroic makes heroics almost pointless) but i highly doubt 635 will be the mark, im almost completely minimum 630 and I am still under 630 avg and that is with my 640 MC helm and my 680 legendary quest ring
There should be an easy way to find out…. check out the LFR gear drops for the first raid and see their ilvl, minus a 5-7 ilvls from that and that should be the entry level ilvl for getting into LFR. It’s how they did it in MoP.
Wow head says 640 for LFR gear, if it is 635 for LFR it’s going to be a lonely place the first few weeks as it will mostly o ly be progression guys in there.
But apparently Highmaul was 620 in the beta, according to reddit.
SoO 496 — gear was 522 non-upgraded.
I keep telling you guys theirs no ways its gonna be 635 for Highmaul LFR, its gonna be 615 and 635 will probably be recommended to run flex(normal).
Yeah I reckon it’ll be 615-620 where you need to have done some heroics before you can get into LFR and 635 being what you need for normal raids.
Premade groups don’t need ilvl requirements, and lfr gear is garbage (640 and slowly unlock able wings) and people can do that in their own time anyways.
If you want my honest opinion we are in for a HEAVY slog if we attempt heroic/normal without something close to 640, so I feel 680 rings/640 craftables/ 640 CM and warforged heroic gear is important for immediate progression.
Chances are we don’t have a dedicated group to pull that off so we might find ourselves doing lfr/normals(flex) until the rest of the raid group are in sync.
Aim for the sky and settle for a mountain =P
Are you trying to say 640? not 540? =P
For this weekend let’s just focus on doing some guild dungeon runs, you good for friday night red? @negativezero will you be heroic ready for Friday night as well?
If there’s more peeps on we can have a second group running but I doubt we’ll have all our raiders on at the same time =P
Made the appropiate edits.
As for Friday -I won’t come on my Hunter, already wasted to much time in the past 2 weeks, I’ll hopefully have some WW gear by friday if not the role of healer would prob already be taken.
NOOOO I can’t dps on my druid >.< at the moment his dps gear sucks marginally more than his healing gear >.
I’m trying to get WW gear… just need a ring, neck, weapons and cloak, I might get it tonight but its very slim.
I’ll run some normals tonight so come join in for heals queue =]
I’m going to be out on Friday night. 🙁 Currently sitting at 99, just started in Nagrand. Might get to 100 tonight but then I think I need to gear up a bit before I can do heroics?
Yep you’ll need to gear up a fair bit but if I manage to get home by 6.30 tonight I’ll run you through a few normals around 7pm since I’m still a few ilvls off heroic myself!
I’ve got a couple of quests for Skyreach actually (start of the ring quest plus one random one to kill all the bosses) so if you need anything from there it might be a good one.
If you can get to ilvl 600 before I get home we’ll do a few level 100 normal dungeons which should get you on your way to the 610 ilvl needed for heroics.
I hate skyreach but we’ll run it if you’re short a few ilvls for the 600 or 610 needed =]
@pupp3tmast3r do they surface your average iLvl somewhere? I couldn’t see it anywhere.
I imagine I’m closer to 580 than 600.
@negativezero open up your character screen and on the top left corner for the stats you’ll see something called ilvl =]
Make sure you have a War Mill up before doing Nagrand – will give much better chance of getting warforged quest rewards that will mad bump your item level to Heroic requirements.
I don’t have any room for one. I’d have to ditch the Barracks.
lol ditch the barracks its a completely useless building…
@pupp3tmast3r: but without it I can’t send my dudes out on missions and I kind of like that bit.
@negativezero You can always send your dudes out on missions; the barracks just unlocks one particular type of mission which is patrol missions. The chance to get these doesn’t make it worth having one, as they only act as a source of slightly more exp for your companions.
The war mill gives you a solid chance of getting upgrades with each quest reward (I think around 15%)
Barracks only give patrol missions, these are follower missions that give bonus exp, so after your followers are lvl 100 these missions only clud up available missions.
@pupp3tmast3r @distantdrop I hadn’t realized that it was only enabling a subset of the missions. Fuck that then. Looks like my garrison is getting a war mill.
Picked up a LAN adapter for Smash for Wii U, as well as Punch-Out on Wii.
Going to the midnight release of Smash on Friday night, should be good fun.
Where did you get Punch Out on Wii? It took me months to find a copy! And even then it was an EU import!
(and after all that trouble I still haven’t played it :P)
EB Games in Geelong, this was an EU import as well.
I’ve seen a fair few copies of it around at… Kmart, I think it was?
Mine’s a totally legit AU copy though 😎
Won a free game from Playstation Australia!!
Entered a Twitter comp yesterday for a PS3 code for Borderland Pre-Sequel… and got one of them! \o/
Comp was take your twitter handle, turn it into a class and what their primary skill would be…
Class: Icarus
Skill: Too Close to the Sun – Ranged AoE that burns/blinds mobs with molten wax and falling feathers.
Slow TAY day… who wants to have a go?
Haha my twitter handle is my name, I don’t even want to imagine how boring my class would be!
Probably better than mine!
@ JoelGreenius
Be Joel. Like the colour green(ius).
0/10
Class: Nil
Skill: McLean, Scottish for son of Lean. Skill is being lean.
Class: The Worst.
Skill: I’m a survivor! – Rant at enemies about how great survivor is until they end up shooting themselves.
But seriously, how great is it?
*shoots self*
Class: Beast King
Skill: Lions Pride – Let out a massive roar which stuns nearby enemies, replaces all weapons with powerful clawed melee attacks, and gain a temporary massive increase to movement speed.
hm…
Class: Rocks
Skill to rain scree on the enemies and then apologise afterwards
Class: Trojan Rabbit
Skill: Catapult yourself on top of enemies.
Class: Rotund Warrior
Skill: Dart forward and inflate like a balloon. After you take five hits from enemies, your inflated form explodes, dealing AoE damage.
Nice job! I won a copy of Hohokum last week. 🙂
And my entry for the comp was:
Handle: CookingMamaAUS
Class: Domestic Goddess
Skill: Cooking up a Storm – an actual storm!
Handle: FreezeSPreston
Class: Frozen Ice Freezer
Skill: Alcoholism and mediocrity.
Class: N.O.B
Skill: Expose your holy “N.O.B” to enemies which causes some enemies in the area to flee in terror and some fall the the floor in a fit of laughter.
Story: This order was originally supposed to be known as the “Knights of Badassatude” but due to an unfortunate mix-up when registering the order’s name, they are are for all legal purposes known as the “Night’s of Badassatude”.
Class: SnrTaco
Skill: Old Meat – target comes down with a sudden case of food poisoning.
Just finished the first episode of Tales from the Borderlands… all i can say is if you’re a Borderlands fan, it’s completely amazing… And even if you aren’t i think it’s a very enjoyable game
I’m not, but I still want to try it! Sadly, it’s another week until it drops on 360.
Is it much like Walking Dead etc?
Yeah pretty much but with the quirky humor of borderlands, so it’s more like “THIS IS TOTALLY EPIC” as opposed to “all the feels :'(“… If that makes sense 😛
Hmmm, thanks.
Jeff’s cast assessment!
@sughly @powalen @strange @f4ction @phoenix
Man I like Jeff. WHY CAN’T HE WIN SURVIVOR INSTEAD?!
Shows how long hes been doing this for, hes always so close to being 100% right
Well.. I thought my tough decision making was over. Just got another email from the dept of ed guy. Upped the offer by a shade under 10k! Like WHOA!
Still.. 12 mth contract. Hmm
Going to be interesting to see what the Optus guy has to say about it!
Haha, sounds like this is gonna be like 2 girls fighting over a bloke 😛
Which ever way it works out, I’m the winner! 🙂 Jaw almost dropped to the floor when I saw the email!
Extra money is nice.
But on the other hand, permanency.
Tough decision is tough.
Very much this! Dept of Ed say it’s a rolling contract (similar to what I was on at BSDE,) so as long as you don’t fuck up, or there’s funding cuts, it should be good, but there’s always that chance.. at least with permanent, I can get redundancy if it’s a culling of staff, else I leave on my own will, or fuck up and they sack me. Hopefully the optus guy can match it or come close at least. Even without matching it, if he ups his offer a bit, I’ll still go with Optus I reckon.
Oliver: “I cbf making anything tonight. Wanna go to KFC?:
Me: *dies*
Make that 5 doubles this month.
mmm i can’t wait to be working again! I’ll be able to partake in yumminess like this when the time comes around!!
Random person: “What’s so bad about the Victorian Liberals anyway?”
Me: http://i.imgur.com/C8iQUhg.jpg
I have played 60 hours of Dragon Age since last Thursday. And rode a mechanical bull seven times in real life. WHAT’S NEW WITH YOU FOLKS?
I love DA:I so much. I’m glad BioWare can still make games with this level of complexity and sprawlingness. As much as I love Mass Effect, lots of complexity was sacrificed for the streamlined and cinematic nature of that series. It’s amazing to see something of this scale. It’s been a while, I tells ya. It’s also one of those games I’m so captivated in that I don’t want it to end, but at the same time I want it to end so I can start to rebuild what’s left of my neglected life. XD
I like how heaps of people have put in about 1/2 my time but are heaps a head of me. WHAT’S WRONG WITH THEM? YOU MUST EXPLORE EVERY SINGLE PIXEL IN THE GAME!
Yeah, I’m enjoying all the moseying and looking at stuff. I was admiring desert grass. DESERT GRASS. XD How are you, Nobs? New job treating you decent?
Yeah, it’s not to bad. Although I am starting to side with the Grinch on the whole Christmas thing.
Now you empathize with all those drivers who throw packages on roofs and smash stuff? 😀
Haha, I’m not actually delivering packages to people it’s more picking up packages from shops and stuff. Yesterday I filled a van with fans. DO YOU KNOW HOW FREAKING HEAVY THOSE THINGS ARE AND HOW BIG THE VANS ARE!
Still the money’s good and the people I work with are pretty cool I just like to complain. =P
Oh, no face-to-face time with actual people otherwise? THAT’S THE DREAM!
My boss keeps trying to convince me to do some work as a receptionist, since I already sit in the reception area.
I don’t think she quite understands that that is basically my third worst nightmare.
Also, What class and race did you go in DA:I?
Favourite companion?
Romancing a companion?
I am a human rogue! Rogues are amazing! I wield two knives and lunge at people, just like in real life!
Companion questions:
I am romancing Dorian. (Yes, you heard me. Decided to get away from my BioWare MO of dating the obvious female lead. This is quite the departure for me. Haha!) I love all the party members, but that’s probably a cop out answer. Bull is always fun. Cole is the most interesting. I like the idea of Sera but always get sad she disapproves of everything I do.You?
Qunari Warrior (I hate playing as Human’s I find it too boring, but that’s just me. =P)
I actually really like Dorian, he’s a really cool character (and I’ve always wanted to know more about the Tevinter Imperium because they sound so damn awesome!) and am contemplating my second character will be a DW Knife Elf-Rogue and romance Dorian (Yes, I am already planning out my second play-through =P). As for romancing I am just going for Casandra because this first character is more to test out the game. My next run will be when I have all the fun!I’ve been playing for so long and don’t even think I’m close to done so the idea of a second play through right now smacks of madness! MADNESS! 😛
You don’t know how many playthroughs I did of origins. I think it’s best for me to keep that secret to myself. =P
I feel bad, there’s so many characters I like that I just don’t have space for in my party. I run with Sera, Cassandra, and Iron Bull (Iron Bull and Sera have the best chatter), and I’m rocking a mage. But I want Varric in my party, because he’s good at getting everyone talking, Dorian is a lot of fun, Cole is really interesting, and the rest I don’t really know enough about, because I either never have had space for them, or because Solas just doesn’t seem very fun.Right now my party is …
Blackwall, Dorian and Varric. Dorian because he rocks, Blackwall because I have always liked the Grey Wardens and Varric because … well Varric.I change who I take on missions depending on how it might impact a character. I love when there’s extra dialogue from party members in cutscenes. Always different every time I leave the keep.
Yeah, there’s a coupla times when I wished I’d brought someone else along.
And I guess it’s not like I need to worry about strategy since I can solo the game now (magical sword magey thing is totes OP).
I really want to hear Blackwall, Bull, and Cassandra chopping it up, but then we’d have a party of four warriors, which is madness. There HAS to be some kind of exploit/loophole which allows you to move between area/scene transitions to force the trigger on party banter. I need it. I NEED IT.
Re: OP swordmage.
I’m finding warrior to be pretty crazy OP with that ‘Guard’ bar that you can re-fill every time you use your abilities, abilities you can use for free and whose cooldown resets on crits… not to mention a special retaliation move that blocks, damages, AND adds guard bar. Ever since I got the right combo of abilities I’ve been untouchable, even when tackling mobs 4-5 levels higher.
…It doesn’t hurt that I’m playing on casual. On normal, I’d probably just be competent.
I’ve got 17 hours and I just got to Dennet’s farm for the first time….
I may have forgotten there was a map.
It’s intimidatingly [insert word describing size without coming across as innuendo here]!
…
That’s what she said!
Also I feel bad for Alien: Isolation. It had a real chance to be my game of the year until this came along. :'(
I HAVE PLAYED LIKE 40 HOURS, AND IT WOULD BE MORE BUT I’VE HAD THIS “WORK” THING WHICH IS TERRIBLE AND I DON’T LIKE IT. IT’S LAME ENOUGH THAT I’VE SPENT ALL OF TONIGHT STARING AT MY COMPUTER SCREEN, NOT PLAYING GAMES. :/
But then, I’ve also started trying to organise my Secret SanTAY present (It’s going to be a fucking disaster), and I’ve spent a bunch of time trying to tempo match a shitty MIDI to a real version of the song, which was… fun? Let’s go with not that.
Let’s be honest here, I complain, but I’m pretty good, really. Though I’m freaking out because some friends from School invited themselves over on Friday, and I haven’t seen them in like 4 years, and goddamn I got fat(ter). And I need to clean up.
And why do they think I’m interesting enough to hang out with again? Is this some sort of trap? ARRRGGGGHHHHHH.
Maybe wear an eye patch! It’ll break the ice and you can talk about your adventures on the high sea! OFFER THEM ORANGES FOR SCURVY PREVENTION!
I can see it now.
Blaghs is sitting in his room, fretting over the imminent socialisation, when a cry is heard from off-stage
Mum: “Sean, your friends are here. Are you going to greet them?”
He steels himself, places the eyepatch carefully over his eye, not even pausing to wonder why he’d wear a piece of vision correcting glass over a non-existent eye, and wanders upstairs.
Sean: “Oh, hey guys, it really has be-”
Mum: “Sean, what is that stupid thing on your face?”
Sean slithers back to his room, leaving his bewildered friends on the porch.
Just tell them she refuses to accept the fact that you lost your eye to a parrot!
“Wow, how did that happen?”
“Well, it’s a funny story.”
Sean walks out the back door laughing, never to be seen again.
THAT’S MY FACE, MUM. GEEZ.
I love the mounts in the game. So fun. Except I would like the other party members to be riding mounts as well. So they can banter as we… TAKE ON THE WORLD.I never use the mounts. Got frustrated with their incredibly slow speed and just walk everywhere now.
I don’t like fast travelling and this is a nice compromise when backtracking. Some are faster than others. (Unless that’s all in my head and they’re the same?)
I also don’t fast travel. =P
I like fast travelling and dislike the mounts. You can’t fight on them, you lose party banter, and they’re not as fast as you’d expect. Most of the terrain isn’t friendly to them either. Plus absolutely no time is saved whatsoever if I have to keep mounting and dismounting every time I see a shiny rock or flower that absolutely MUST go in my backpack.
I’m maybe 10 hours in and having a blast.
Only just unlocked Sera and Vivienne, and haven’t taken either out for a spin. Sera has me offside already. Can’t exactly pinpoint it, but her character is grating.
Rolled a human male archery rogue. Damage output seems to be quite high, and has a few escape tricks on hand in case I get smushed by heavy things.
In terms of character/story/whatever, I’ve been making my guy into an earnest Herald, who believes in the righteousness of his cause and in the strengths and convictions of his followers, but he’s also a bit of a smooth-talking noble. So, basically, I’m chatting up all the lady characters at every opportunity 😛 It’ll be interesting to see if he can maintain the amorous interest in multiple parties without consequence. It’ll also be interesting to see who ends up thoroughly romanced first.
I made a Qunari Warrior lady. Twice. And both times they looked stunning in the character creation screen and uglyasaurus when I got to the game.
So I made a dual-wielding Elven Rogue, and she stayed beautiful when I got to the main game. Unsure whether to stay with her, or go back and make a male Qunari Warrior because I really wanted to be a Qunari.
Yeah after 3 resets I quit with character creation and went with slightly modified default faces… I swear to god my first character had one eye lopsided to the other when I got out of the creation screen and I don’t even know how I managed that!! >.<
Be warned with male Qunari’s they really don’t have the frame to be mages, all the mage armor just looks awkward and misplaced on my character so far =\ I’m sorely fighting off the temptation to re-roll as an elf or human because I’ve already sunk 25 hours in to the game >.
WHO’S THIS GUY?!
Bah! Stupid Oddish evolved and it ruined the green-ness of my team 🙁
Greenius! How’s green treating you?
Pretty gree(n)at!
booo hisss
I laughed.
…
Nah. Not even close. I am sorry.
You should have pressed B!
Hello friends. It’s been a while since I’ve posted on here but I’m taking a page out of @shane’s book and asking you for your hard earned dollars.
If you follow me on Twitter or saw me at PAX you may know that I’ve been doing Movember this year. With the aim of growing the creepiest moustache I could, I set out on an adventure, removing my long loved beard. At the start, my chin was cold and I felt naked. But slowly, I began to adapt to my new upper lip drapes.
So what sane person would shave their beard you ask? Some of you may (or may not) know that I have been living with anxiety and depression since my teenage years. While mostly under control now thanks to the friends and family I surround myself with (yes, that includes you guys) there are some who are not as lucky as I am.
Movember aims to raise money and awareness for men’s health, such as prostate cancer, testicular cancer and the aforementioned anxiety and depression. So I ask you to dig deep and donate what you can. If you can’t spare anything, that’s cool too. Obligatory comment about donations being tax deductible and stuff goes here.
Here is a link to my page, I know @batguy is doing it as well, I’ll add his link below as I can’t remember if that 2 link moderation thing is still happening.
Thanks for reading!
Batguys page
And don’t forget to pledge towards @shane’s Kickstarter. I figure he’s sleeping so here’s another link to that as well!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/shanewsmith/undad-comic-miniseries-issues-1-and-2
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I’ve already contributed to a couple of Movember folks, but will see what I can do! 🙂
You say creepiest moustache, but all I see in that main picture is one fine moustachioed casanova 😉
There you go.
See, now you’ve changed the main picture >:(
Still moustachioed.
Still fine.
This man is doing God’s (or your deity of choice’s) work. You should listen to him! And also donate to both of us 🙂
So my sisters friend got a puppy yesterday, and decided today that he wasn’t suited to raise a puppy, so it looks like I have a puppy, at least for a couple of days :\
My sister is trying to decide whether to keep him or not.
As much as I love puppies, I don’t think it’s a good idea :\
Is not the breed that either of us particularly want, he’s a little too young (requiring literal constant supervision), and I don’t think we’re in the position for a puppy currently :\
He is a little cutie though 🙂
Upvote for puppy. 😀
Pictures! We must have pictures. You can’t say you’ve got a cute puppy and not post pictures.
There’s a couple of pictures on twitter 🙂
Not many, but he is a little cutie :3
What breed and how old is it?
He’s a shitzu.
I’m not too sure of the age, to be honest, but I’d only put him at a little over a month.
One time, we successfully mated a Pit Bull and a Shitzu.
Oh man, have fun with that 😛 I am not a fan of those type of dogs, I have always had bad encounters with them lol.
Also, if you do end up keeping it, I hope for your sake it was old enough so it doesn’t develop separation anxiety. We go our dog when she was 6 weeks, which was probably still a bit too early and she suffered from separation anxiety for quite a while, she really only got over the whole wimpering/barking thing when we would go out just this year. Granted she only turned 2 a month ago 😛
Okay, off to bed.
Goodnight, TAY.
Goodnight Crazyguy.
Nights like these make me want to jump ISP… Been with TPG for
better part of a decade11 years and when my connection goes to shit for absolutely no reason (ie. not a single cable has moved in my house).Last night and tonight the modem just keeps dropping sync every 5 to 10 minutes from around 5pm. Sync speeds fall from 8000kbps down to around 2500kbps at which point modem can’t authenticate a connection with TPG so have to hard reset the modem and start all over again.
Seems to steady out again later at night around 11pm but sync is still well below the 8000kbps I normally get…
Then I look at iiNet, Internode for Naked services (it’s not page 18, stay away from that @liondrive) and then even start to consider Telstra Cable as I’ve got my mobile service with them already… And then it all gets too hard and I just deal with it for the week it takes TPG to sort their shit out and have a good connection for another 5 or 6 months.
*le sigh*
/end rant
Also, was going to watch some Fate/Zero tonight… FFS >:|
Hnngrrnnggngggg I CAN GIVE YOU THE BEST NAKED SERVICES OF YOUR LIFE SLOW WINK.
Page 18 has created a monster.
Like, a one eyed monster? *unzipping sound*
Eww. 😛
Hahaha! 😀
I just love me some page 18 shenanigans!
Fate/Zero was a pretty cool thing. Very much enjoyed it.
Picked up Fate/Stay Night Unlimited Bladeworks, so I need to watch that also.
Wait, did Rooster Teeth just get sold off?
Damn…why am I awake? 🙁
I gave it and got bought myself a copy of Dragon age 3 (mainly thanks to @freya weakening my resolve not to buy it until they have the definitive edition with DLC).
I haven’t gotten far yet, just past where you get made herald.
When I first loaded it up I was a little disheartened by how chuggy the dialogue/cut scenes were. It was on auto detect video settins so I started knocking a few settings down. It was still chuggy but the more beefy settings required a restart and I only had about 15 min to play so I figured it’d correct itself next time.
Next day still just as chuggy. Set a few more settings down. Game now looks like crap and still chugs. Characters hair is apparently made out of PVC. I’m thinking to myself how weird it is since it seems to run fine in open world even during battles. Suddenly remember I heard on a review that they decided to lock dialouge scenes to 30fps. It really drives home just how inferior that is for video games.
On the bright side I could set everything back up and when not talking to people the game looks fantastic. I just wish they’d make tactical view useful again.
Yeah, the chugging in cutscenes and the framerate cap aren’t really related. If you’re running at a higher framerate, all you’re going to get is more variance in the stuttering (potentially the removal of micro-stutter, which this isn’t, but that depends on the frame-pacing of the engine).
Update your drivers, make sure the post-processing setting is only on high, weep for the lower resolution Bokeh Depth of Field that the cutscenes now employ, make sure your drivers are updated again (If you’re on a Nvidia card, they had mad stuttering issues prior to the latest driver update).
I updated them two days ago but I’ll double check when I get home.
Edit: also. Post processing was one of the first things I tried turning down and it didn’t seem to make any difference to the smoothness (or lack there of) of the cut scenes.
Mein gott. WoW + All expansions for $5 on the battle.net shop.
… Uuuggggggghhh I don’t like commitment
Speaking of cheap, also Steam sales, yay, I don’t need any of it, awesome.
$5? Hhnnngghh… Must… Resist… Urge to buy… Rising…
One of us, one of us, one of us
join us saturday! We miss your witty banter while random virtual enemies wipe the floor with us!
‘witty’
dammit stop putting apostrophes on things and come join us! Admit it your saturday nights aren’t as sad and depressing without us in it! =P
Wait, that doesn’t seem to have Warlords included, does it?
Ah, I stand corrected, all DLC except warlords.
… Still too damn tempting.
Got my first game breaking glitch in Inquisition this morning.
A key to a locked door spawned in the wall above a doorway.
I switched off, hopefully there’s an autosave just before.
I wish unreachable keys was all I had to deal with in DA:I. My game crashes every couple of hours, and I can’t play multiplayer at all because it crashes with the same problem anytime I try.
As a Qunari mage all my armor makes it look like my armors are half detached from my torso… WTF Bioware this isn’t the days of Kotor anymore =@
Don’t worry about the multiplayer you aren’t missing out anything great, I imagine it’s only really fun when you attempt it with a group of friends?
That said @jocon and others are you playing on PS4 or PC?
Oh and watch out for the EA servers…pretty early on a syncing problem caused the game to corrupt my default auto save… thankfully I had backup manual saves =@
RPG101 – Multiple saves wherever possible. Always multiple saves.
Few things kill enthusiasm as effectively as losing 12hrs progress.
I have about 15 save files on a rotational system, saving at least every half hour, usually sooner.
For me, it’s usually anytime I’m about to do something important, or if I’m going to change maps.
PC, you?
PS4 D=
I’m on PS4, could be up for a little one evening.
Jimu_Hsien
I’ve had one proper crash & seen plenty of bugs, but nothing that could permanently stop a quests progress until this.
I got my first one last night – reloaded to try a different tactic to not screw up my relationship with Sera, and an NPC that was meant to be there… wasn’t, even though Sear was telling me to kill him. I had to converse with him to leave the area. Result: lost 30 minutes of dialogue with Cassandra and Iron Bull when I loaded an earlier save. Luckily, it’s conversation I’ve heard before, so I can just autopilot through it this time.
Also had the game completely freeze my PC twice now… Thankfully no corrupted saves… yet. *crosses fingers*
Sounds like PC is the worst off.
Damn. Guess in 5 years it’ll be the best though. ,:-/
It’s alright; probably just AMD’s beta drivers – great performance, but slightly …temperamental… at times. 😛
Oh man! I totally forgot about Abi
https://www.google.com.au/search?q=abi+survivor&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=-EJ2VKeRBc3y8QXki4HgCQ&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAQ&biw=2560&bih=1315
@sughly @powalen @strange @phoenix …@liondrive
D:
She was so annoying!
Eh? *clicks*
What’s all th-
*quickly closes tab and hopes nobody was looking this way*
Survivor is NSFW
Ohhh yeah, yeah she really was!
….are you just researching past Survivor all day green?
Pretty much! Was watching random highlight videos on YouTube since @f4ction started watching older seasons.
You come across the season where
members could change teams? And then the team left with only 4 people went on to win everything. Think I’ve mentioned it lately too but it was soo goooooood, one of my faves. Think it was ozzy’s first seasonYep! S13 Cook Islands (don’t read the spoilers @f4ction – contains season spoilers)
But I actually sent him a message this morning specifically telling him to watch S13 :P. Get on it f4ction!
I’m just about to see the ERIK MOMENT from season 16. Hahahaaaa, I know what’s coming.
Haha how good is s16!
The Jason moment is good too.
Ah yes, get on that one for sure @f4ction, loved that season.
Just got my Core Hound mount from Molten Core in WoW. The coolness of the mount makes up for how damn horrible that raid is.
Ah but did you get the weapon enchant or the pet? Back to the core!
Grats man!
Really got to get off my arse and do that.
Grats!
Morning TAYbies, apparently David Jaffe (the guy who directed Twisted Metal and God Of War) is working on a horror game for Playstation.
Apparently they’re gonna reveal what it is on the 6th or the 7th.
Also, Sony has confirmed the December lineup for Playstation Plus. Injustice: Gods Among Us: Ultimate Edition and Secret Ponchos for PS4, Final Horizon for Vita and Hitman Trilogy HD and Deadly Premonition Directors Cut for PS3.
Some pretty good games there if you ask me.
Also also, The Steam holiday sale is go, and me with no money 🙁 Why you do dis to me?
heh damn steam sales always know when my wallet is empty! Grrrr!
Deadly Premonition Director’s Cut?! \o/
what did I just watch? I’m confused /o\
I know, pretty weird right, I guess we’ll find out what it’s all about in about a week and a half.
NOPE. Horror too horrific.
I like the PS+ news.
Also NOPE, not looking at the Steam Sale, my Pile of Shame will either reach critical mass and explode taking out most of Melbourne’s northern ‘burbs, or pass the Chandrasekhar limit and collapse, taking out most of Melbourne’s northern ‘burbs…
I have found a solution. I buy my mum games during the steam sale instead of myself. I still get the joy of getting cheap games with none of the pile of shame issues
Maybe I should buy some gifts…
Terrible Vita lineup again. 🙁
Got woken by the heaviest most sideways rain pelting against my window at 4:30. Feel like crap.
Even moreso because of the god damn train announcer yelling in my ear every few minutes on the way here this morning. Would very much like to set fire to every in-carriage speaker on the morning trains.
You’ve really got to stop trying to set all of your problems on fire.
The real reason Climbey hasn’t been seen in over a year…
*Grabs Marshmellows*
Urgh, even I shook my head at myself for that oneYeah, me too.
*Marshmallows
AWESOME Sega Humble Bundle!
https://www.humblebundle.com/
I would give charity all of my moneys for Sonic Adventure, maybe my most favourite ever game!!
I rebought that last year for Xbox 360. It really aged well imo. I probably preferred the levels and characters in Sonic Adventure 2, but the open world of SA was what made it the tits.
How great is that Jon Kay Dreamcast t-shirt?
Me every Steam Sale: “I know what I’ll do! I’ll put a notification on all of the games I want to buy in the sale ahead of time, that way I don’t have to keep checking the store! I’m a genius!”
…*opens Steam constantly to look anyway*
Hello babies. Feeling very… meh. I found a tattered old copy of The Bonfire of the Vanities at a bookstore yesterday, so that’s a plus.
After a 2 week hiatus, unsuccessfully getting in to Halo: MCC and GTA V, I’ve gotten back in to Destiny in a big way. Can’t wait for the expansion.
Welcome back, friend. I have taken the liberty of breaking your CD slot as you won’t need to purchase another game for 10 years, until the Next Gen console. You’re welcome.
:O What about Destiny 2-5! Yesterday, I ran the nightfall (got Suros Regime), weekly (purple engram and coins) and normal Raid (energies, shards and Found Verdict.) Destiny you really know how to woo me sometimes.
I haven’t done any 🙁
I’m leaving work early today to get some game time in I reckon 😛 Suros Regime is my new favourite weapon, do the raid with me later with an Alt character pls!
Oh yeah I spent a bit of time on my Tit. He’s only level 11 though. I’ll do the raid again regardless, I just wish they’d allow XP gains in it again.
First raid I finished I got Shards.
Last night got the first 4 chests before bed, got some Energy.
Damn you RNG.
I didn’t think it would happen, but the tables have turned and I find myself needing energies a lot more than shards now. Still, weapons/armour above all else. RNGesus has so much control over my happiness it’s worrying.
Finished The Wolf Among Us last night. Some really great moments in the last two episodes! Some of the plot elements kind of went off into nothing a bit, I feel like I’d understand it better if I read the graphic novels, which I am sorely tempted to do now.
With regard to choices
I barely remember what choices I made since the ones that it tracks didn’t feel as important as the nuanced ones that coloured the story dialogue. In episode 4 I went to the Lucky Pawn first, argued with Snow about sending Toad to the farm (also gave him Crane’s money which I lifted from his coat at A Cut Above) and lit a cigarette when I entered the Crooked Man’s house… can’t really remember the other two. Oh yeah, I waited for Tim instead of going ahead.In episode 5 I mercy-killed Georgie, imprisoned the Crooked Man (strangely I was about to throw him down the well in the name of justice but then he attacked me and I chose to spare him instead – go figure), agreed to give TJ’s gift to Snow, and gave “Nerissa” a cigarette. Can’t remember what the other choice was.
About the ending…
Nerissa saying “you’re not as bad as everyone says” triggered an echoing of other lines of dialogue going back to Faith saying that back in episode 1. Are we supposed to infer from that that Nerissa is really Faith with a glamour? Then presumably the dead Faith from episode one was Nerissa with a glamour – which confuses me because Lily’s glamour to look like Snow failed as soon as Bigby removed the charm from her, and “Faith” didn’t have a glamour charm… well ok maybe she did but it was on her body, which was still in the river. She did say something about how they were covering each other’s shifts… or something? Was it really Nerissa with a glamour that I met in episode 1, covering Faith’s “shift” with Woody? Anyway I went after her when she walked away and that’s where the episode ended so I guess it was purely for the purpose of a little drama which was still neat.All in all, I really liked it. I hope they do more in this universe, though I assume that they won’t start production on that until at least after they’re done with Tales from the Borderlands and Game of Thrones. Maybe they’ll do it alongside a Walking Dead season 3?
Man. Telltale, man.
I just googled it and apparently there are plans for it but it’s been delayed to 2016 while they work on GoT, Borderlands, and Walking Dead season 3.
Well… ok then. Fine.
RE “About the ending..”
We never get told what’s going on with the ending but I think it’s your second thought: That Nerissa was glamoured as Faith in episode one (ie. you never actually meet Faith) and that Faith proper was the one you found murdered. There’s a couple of other similarities that they have in common as well, like the “Do you like my ribbon?” gesture that they both do.I hope they do a Season 2!
Well on reflection the “do you like my ribbon” is clearly Nerissa trying to get you to understand that’s the thing about the magic – her big reveal about being in danger due to the dirt Faith and Lily had on someone I guess makes sense that there was something deeper going on there all along. I look forward to doing a second playthrough and noting the nuances. I guess one thing that made me thought Faith wasn’t really dead was that when asked to locate her the mirror responded “these lips are sealed”, indicating the spell was still in effect. For some reason I assumed that was after she was supposed to be dead but I guess I’ll need to replay it to be sure.The simpler explanation is just that it was Nerissa you meet in episode 1 – I think making it more convoluted than that would be a mistake on the part of the writers, even though it might be more interesting for the audience. Too much chance of it getting muddled.
Okay, I’ve gotten the kids off to school, had my breakfast and got my Steam Marvel Puzzle Quest commitments out of the way.
All I want to do now is play Dragon Age (still can’t decide whether to stay with my beautiful Rogue, or reroll a badass Qunari Warrior dude, though!) but I have work to do. Like actual, paid work. Eww! Whose stoopid idea was that?! 😛
That new event in MPQ is so rough! That damn Hood guy!!! ARRRRR!! just shashed me good with his twin pistols. 2600+ damage! BAM! *cries*
My experience this morning: Hey, I have Rocket and Groot, boosted to lvl 130 something, this is going to be so damn easy I’ll just and I’m dead.
Haha, yeah that was about mine, too. 😛
I’m a pretty boy human rogue! So pretty! 😀
Do you wear a plastic hat though? Plastic hats is where it’s at! 😉
I miss that hat. 🙁 It made me feel like a big man! 😛
You heard it first here folks – DC’s self declaration!!
Stoopid MPQ, the latest story mission things has Lady Thor as reward for the top 50 people
I don’t have time to dedicate to that.
!
I didn’t check the rewards yet. I NEED Lady Thor!
She is awesome. But top 50 in a multi day story event, big call
But @strange can quilt and MPQ at the same time!*
*note: I have no idea if you can do this.
I can procrastinate and MPQ at the same time…that’s close,right? 😛
I got Rocket and Groot in the last one, and Mystique in the other one so fingers crossed I get Lady Thor in this one.
Wow, nice job. Good luck
Morning people.
Im kind of half bummed and half unmotivated.
I had applied for a few jobs and had positive interviews and then the interviewers say they will cal, but they dont. I then email to follow up and they again say that they will call. But they dont. I sent a email yesterday and they replied that they have filled the position. I understand i wont get every job i apply for and that there might be dozens of applicants but dont flat out lie to me about calling.
Yeah so no luck on the job front. it doesnt help that youth unemployment in this stupid city is really really high. OH WELL BACK TO SEEK I GO
ALSO ALSO HOW AWESOME IS POKEMON ORAS
I havent gone against the elite 4 yet but thats all that i have left to do in the main story.
SO MANY MEGAS. MEGAS EVERYWHERE
It used to drive me crazy that most companies would never just give me a generic “you haven’t got the job, stupid” email.
Yeah it seems pretty easy to do as well. Just copy and paste and change the name.
I dont mind if even in the job ads it says
“applicants not contacted within 2 weeks should consider there applications unsuccessful”
because it gives you a definitive answer.
Usually it’s because they’re hedging their bets.
If you’re even remotely a prospect, they’ll hang on to you as a back-up (sometimes back-up back-up back-up) waiting while their REAL first option decides whether to accept their offer or negotiate between rates offered by other companies.
They can waste their time re-advertising, or they can waste your time by keeping you on the line. And they’ll pick wasting your time over wasting their own time, any day of the week.
It’s nothing personal, but it sure as hell feels like it, and is rude as fuck but also pretty much the norm.
Can i start a company where we just market you as a genie. Because i think you are a genie, or a wizard or both.
Both. He’s a wenie!
It would probably be a very bad idea to grant me phenomenal cosmic powers. But y’know… an idea being bad hasn’t always stopped me in the past. I’m game.
In seriousness, good luck. Job hunting can be some emotionally/ego devastating shit, especially when recruiters expect you to be aware of the unwritten rules and language of the game. You’re an inherently decent, moral guy, I know job-market ruthlessness doesn’t sit well with you, so I really just wish you luck.
I started OR a couple of nights ago, to make sure I didn’t miss out on that … Beldum? I’m still getting used to the 600-odd new pokemon that apparently exist since I last cared enough to remember them all. The game’s amazing*! Even seems to be a step forward from Y. It’s now sitting on charge, waiting another three weeks until Christmas holidays away from PC and consoles…
*Note: Only played long enough to get a pokedex so I could transfer Glalie from the demo. Game may or may not be amazing**.**Note 2: It’s probably amazing. 😛38 hours til Smash Bros for Wii U drops…
Also, the fact that I can’t copy Brawl’s save file over has me all sad face. 🙁
At least you’ll be able to play it. I’ll be voting, then picking mine up and going straight to work for like 10 hours. Won’t be able to play till at least 9:30pm
My mum put this Christmas video on my Facebook, so I thought I’d share it. God I love the minions.
Or try this Christmasy tune, always brings back great memories for me.
God I want DKR2 so bad.And suddenly my day is so much brighter
Reposting from last night because I’m smrt and posted at like 11:30pm and at the end of a page.
Hello friends. It’s been a while since I’ve posted on here but I’m taking a page out of @shane’s book and asking you for your hard earned dollars.
If you follow me on Twitter or saw me at PAX you may know that I’ve been doing Movember this year. With the aim of growing the creepiest moustache I could, I set out on an adventure, removing my long loved beard. At the start, my chin was cold and I felt naked. But slowly, I began to adapt to my new upper lip drapes.
So what sane person would shave their beard you ask? Some of you may (or may not) know that I have been living with anxiety and depression since my teenage years. While mostly under control now thanks to the friends and family I surround myself with (yes, that includes you guys) there are some who are not as lucky as I am.
Movember aims to raise money and awareness for men’s health, such as prostate cancer, testicular cancer and the aforementioned anxiety and depression. So I ask you to dig deep and donate what you can. If you can’t spare anything, that’s cool too. Obligatory comment about donations being tax deductible and stuff goes here.
Here is a link to my page, I know @batguy is doing it as well, I’ll add his link below as I can’t remember if that 2 link moderation thing is still happening.
Thanks for reading!
Batguy’s page
Also Undad
People involved in KK! Post a thing you want here on TAY. And tag me. Put up your Christmas wishlist, or update your Steam wishlist or something. I need ideas on what to get my KK!
Kotaku Kris Kringle XD
Heh heh, I was going to put KKK but then I turned on the tv, saw all the rioting in Ferguson and thought, yeah fark that dumb idea.
Oh damn! I didn’t even know about that. Goes to show how much I watch TV.
Got a friend in the US sending me footage and news snippets from the ground. It’s fucking insane stuff. One clip making the rounds is of police firing a salvo of six stun grenades which go off in a period of around 3 seconds in an area of about five metres, landing right next to protestors. Scary shit. I’m personally surprised (and grateful) no-one’s made that one stupid, stupid, simple mistake that turns the whole clusterfuck into some kind of massacre.
I really like surprises, but I’ll be just as happy if my KK gets me a Ninty Eshop gift card or Microsoft $$ for my 360. I’m happy with anything.
I don’t think you can use the Ninty gift card on the 360.
What?! *flips table*
😛
It took me a while to realise what “KK” is 😛 It’s called Secret SanTAY!
My gifter shouldn’t have too much trouble I would’ve thought. I’m incredibly easy to please! I also have an overwhelming lack of “stuff” so any old thing would be great. Bonus if it actually has something to do with my interests 😛 I’d prefer to get something physical than a Steam game or something digital, but really you can’t go wrong.
Did you ever find your set of 3 matching desk things to give to your co-workers? (minus Paul)
Nope! Maybe for Christmas 😛
I believe the correct terminology is still KKP which was the original term form when we smashed Mark and the team with a bunch of gifts.
I’m happy with pretty much anything, if it is something amusing and unique is just as good as a useful thing I actually want. Gaming wise I’m a PC gamer and my steam wishlist has a ridiculous number of games on it. I do like my Pop! vinyl figures. These days even something for my little girl is an option.
Keep the stuff coming guys, even just which platforms or genres are your favourite could help
Psh, giving hints? What do I look like; some kind of guy who gives hints and like spoilers and that stuff?
Also: To the person who I’ve got, I don’t care if you respond here you’ll get what I got you and you’ll like it or SO HELP ME I WILL TURN THIS TAY AROUND RIGHT NOW.
I’m easy to please as well! Be it some Xmas sweet treats, vouchers for anything or whatever you have in mind mystery KKer.
In terms of my generic interests though…XB1, Basketball, Physics/Science non-fiction literature, XXL-XXXL sized t-shirts, Acoustic Guitar and my kitten (Big.)
Edit: Spelling.
I have a small dilemma and need some opinions TAYTEAM!
so i have a PS4, PC, and in July, I bought an Xbox one.
so my xbone purchase was justified at the time by Ryse: Son of Rome (now out on PC), DR3 (now out on PC), and Halo: MCC.
so i finished Ryse within a few days (it was AMAZING) lost interest in DR3 (i wanted to coop it but never got the opportunity), and having bought the Halo:MCC 2 weeks ago, all hype has been shattered as i havent even been able to get into a single game…
brings me to my current situation where I am seriously considering parting ways with the XBO as all my friends are on PS4 (which i use very often) and my XBO is gathering dust…
considering that Halo is the ONLY MS exclusive i have any interest in, (i dont mind GoW but i could do without) is it really worth holding onto?
Also to consider:
– Ryse is on PC, and i highly doubt any future sequels will be MS exclusive…
– DR serious will continue to release PC ports
– i have my 360 for Halo 4 multiplayer… i have no attachment to the SP story
– as slight as it is there is a miniscule chance of seing Halo 3/4 on pc at some point.
– there is a very good chance that GoW will go multiplatform….
If you’re already getting more use/have more friends on the PS4 and aren’t really impressed by the Xbone exclusives to date keeping it seems pretty pointless. You might regret that decision later on but then again, you could probably resell the Xbone used for more now than it will cost you to replace it in 3-4 years when you suddenly need one again (like I have no need for the PS4 but will buy one eventually for the must-have exclusives when they’re down to like $200 or something).
You sir have just made my decision to get rid of my Xbone. And to think I traded in my first Wii U to get it.
yeah, i might end up getting a Wii U for the Missus if she wants one…. gives me an excuse anyway \o/
good point… that is what i did with my Xbox 360… bought it at launch, sold it a year later for $600, and bought another one about 3 years ago for $99 \o/
I know the feeling, I’m seriously considering getting rid of my Xbone myself. Only keeping it for exclusives at the moment (which are few and far between). The only games I’ve got left for it are Dead Rising 3 (lost interest), Ryse (finished quickly, but absolutely loved it), Forza 5, Forza Horizon 2 and Sunset Overdrive (which I basically played for like half an hour, then put it down and turned on my PS4). The only exclusives that are coming that I’m even remotely interested in are Quantum Break, and Crackdown.
Sorry, I don’t think I helped much.
glad im not alone… i thought i was going senile in my old age….yeah i played a whole 3 laps of FOrza 5…. YAaaaaaaawwwwnnnnnnnnnnn……
as for sunset overdrive, after playing it at pax, i had an urge but it wasnt to buy it; it was an urge to go home and turn on my Dreamcast and play Jet Set Radio…
No Sunset Overdrive? D=
MY TWO CENTS:
My opinion is that barring upgraded ‘slim’/expanded HDD versions, consoles depreciate in market value much more than they will depreciate in practical value.
The xbone of today is pretty much going to be the xbone of five years from now. You’ll only get a couple hundred for it outside of ebay now, and if you EVER decide to get a new one, I think you’ll probably pay more than you’re getting back now, resulting in a net loss over time. (I see @kermitron disagrees with me on the pricing and I’m prepared to defer to his knowledge on the subject.)
If you think of it as something you’re going to re-buy in future, even if it’s a couple years from now, I think it’s best held on to now, unless you’re desperately, direly short of funds so badly that you can’t afford to hold on to your luxuries.
Purchasing it when you did may not have been the most valuable decision then, or still now, but the fact that the decision has already been made, the infrastructure already in place, saves you from costly decisions down the road.
I’m basing the pricing on the last gen of pricing, but I haven’t really factored in that last gen started off a lot more expensive. We bought our PS3 for $700 two years out from launch (because it launched at $900 – $1,000. A new PS3 slim today is $299 with some games thrown in – you can probably do better in sales. Granted, the PS3 is 9 years old at this point but I feel like it’s been at that pricepoint a few years now.
I guess theoretically I could have sold my 2008 PS3 for $500-$600 and come out ahead by replacing it for $300 today. I wouldn’t have had my PS3 for the last few years but given how little I’ve used it that isn’t really a big deal.
Now the Xbone is what, $500 at the moment without Kinect? Obviously this gen has launched a lot cheaper and prices might take longer to fall, but I feel like you could sell it off used for $350 – $400 then IF you need one for later exclusives, which isn’t guaranteed, you’re probably going to find them for less than $350 within the next 3 years. They’ll probably bottom out at $250 before the end of 2019.
I have no expertise in this, I’m just looking at the history and playing with the numbers. There’s also the possibility that because the hardware buy-in was relatively cheap this gen, this gen won’t hang around as long as last gen did. Maybe we’ll have new consoles in 2019. I wouldn’t rule it out.
Hi folks
Having a pretty terribad week. Had the worst toothache I’ve ever had on Saturday that stopped me going to the freeze meat 🙁 (sorry freeze D: ). My sister pointed out that the veins in my forehead were visually throbbing from the pain, was eating painkillers like chips but they did nothing. Had to get that pulled on Monday which was not pleasant. Had my annual leave for my birthday rejected after I was told it would be ok to take off, pretty sure my boss is just being a douchebag. Girlfriend got some bad news to do with her business so she’s been in a bad mood all week. Now I suspect my tooth hole is infected or I’ve got dry socket, my face is swollen and sore so now I have to go back to the dentist in a couple of hours. It can only get better from here right? …….. RIGHT?!?! At least I’ll get a couple extra hours of game time today after the dentist. I hope you’re all going better than me.
awww damn dood! dry socket would be teh super suck. I hope for your sake it turns out to be an infection, cos it’s probably easier to treat! Last couple of days I’ve woken up with a tooth ache too. Not fun, but also not much I can do about it at the moment. Just have to wait it out :\
yeah that was my problem, should have done something about the tooth a long time ago, financial constraints and video game lust kept me from going sooner so I can only really blame myself, I got private health insurance this year so it was the first I got to use it, pretty good it covered about 60% of the cost.
Nice! Hopefully one day soon I’ll just be able to tackle these things as they come up, instead of having to prioritize things. Can only wait and see at this point.
Aw man, sorry to hear this. Hope you feel better soon. 🙁
I’ll just have to soothe the pain with some awesome games, really spoiled for choice at the moment.
damn man… what the hell?? hope your week gets better!
Getting all the bad luck outta the way in one week so the rest of the year will be awesome. That’s my theory and I’m sticking to it.
also, and trust me on this, when i had terrible toothache, id take a swig of scotch/whisky, keep it in my mouth and tilt my head so it sits on the affected area for a minute… it stings for a very split second but then it completely numbs it. that always gave me a couple of hours of relief.
to add, you dont need to drink it just spit it out afterwards. It worked miracles when going to sleep. plus it kills away any bacteria around it….
I do the same with aspro clear. Except swallowing after will help too! Certainly better than no relief at all!
Ain’t that the tooth!
I tried vodka, bourbon and scotch. I ate painkillers like mad and tried a couple of weird home remedies nothing helped at all. Never had a tooth ache like it before. Usually pain killers work a treat.
I had a bad toothache a couple years ago that I spent a few nights using an icepack for a pillow and drowning/numbing my mouth with vodka just so I could get some sleep (maybe an hour or two each night of actual sleep from six hours of lying in bed being aware of the pain). I pretty much woke up once an hour to reapply the vodka and switch icepacks. On the fourth day it occurred to me I probably had an abcess and went to the doctor to get some antibiotics to clear it up. I took a double dose of antibiotics to get started, went home early, took the next day off work and slept like the dead.
ouch, abscess does not sound like fun, hopefully I just have an infection. I had Monday off which was nice aside from the pain, leaving work at 12:30 today, hopefully the dentist will be quick and I can get on with more important things like games 😛
not a good idea if planning on driving, but you can grab some over the counter meds at a pharmacy called Mercyndol – Night Strength. I use them during the day unless i plan on driving within 2 hours…
They are paracetamol based with an added calmative.. miracle in a box and about $10 for a box of 40 i think. they do make you a little light headed… because of the calmative, but dont worry, you’re not going to see any pink unicorns…
I’ve had mersyndol before, but I think I was advised to get it for migraines (since I have an ibuprofen/aspirin allegy). The pharmacist assumed I needed it for a toothache, since it seems to be the go-to drug of choice for that.
its designed for headaches/migrains/toothaches… i keep some on me in case of emergency
also, i am also allergic to Aspirin…
That’s the good stuff. Worked we’ll when I had my painful abscess then tooth extraction last month.
Damn man, that sucks. Know how you feel with the tooth. I couldn’t eat and was tired as hell for like 3 days after I had one pulled early this year, everyone said it was dry socket (which I’d never even heard of before). Didn’t go back to the dentist just waited it out and eventually felt better.
dry socket is basically when the bone that the tooth was lodged in, becomes exposed directly to the air. When they remove the tooth, they make you bite down on a cotton thing to help create a clot up in the socket. If that clot comes out too soon, and you don’t drink lots, it can lead to the gum not healing over the socket, leaving it exposed, and causing tremendous pain, probably made worse every time you’d breathe in. It’s also advised not to smoke afterward if you are a smoker, as it can also dry the area out. As long as you keep it wet, it should all be good, but bit hard to tell for sure when you can’t see in there!
Deeeentistreeeee. So bad. Can you believe people used to die from this kind of thing? I’m honestly surprised basic dental isn’t better covered by medicare.
Either way, it’s the kind of thing I don’t recommend fucking around with. Seeing a dentist ASAP is pretty much always going to be a good call. Even if they tell you (like they did with me) that your teeth are fine and it’s just sinus pain. (The sinus nerves apparently extend to weird places.)
yep, neglected my teeth (among other things) for too long, time to do something about it. I’m hoping they’ll tell me it’s ok and send me on my way, better safe than sorry like you say, teeth are pretty important.
I’m alright.
had the sniffles yesterday…
Otherwise ok.
sniffles that warranted a sick day to play Dragon Age. I wholeheartedly approve.
Damn straight!
*high five*
I’m going home soon too, but I have to go to a dentist, I’m hoping it’s quick then maybe onward to grab pokeymans, you said you got sapphire right?
For those people who haven’t yet acquired Pokemon ORAS, I got mine from Target yesterday for $44 so that’s a decent saving for a recently released game.
Yeah, Target has some heavily reduced 3DS and Wii-U titles at the moment.
They also have GTA V for PS4 and Xbone for $64.
Also one of the only stores that will be selling the Smash Bros + Gamecube Adaptor thingie without pre-orders
You’ll want to get in fast for that though. They’re completely sold out in the US apparently.
I’m almost tempted to try and get one just because they’re going to be hard to come by. I don’t even want one! 😛
You don’t want the adapter? Man I’ll totally buy it off you, I want two of them 😛 Or if I can get up early enough to get two copies and on-sell the second game. Or something.
Oh, are they not selling them separately?
Then yeah, I won’t bother getting one 😛
I think you can only get them on their own via direct order from NAL, or at least that’s what I’ve gathered from seeing things around the place.
That’s my plan!
and that’s why I got it, was going to wait for it to go cheaper but I caved. Pretty fun so far the first person mode just makes me notice more details.
That sounds reasonable, might have to grab that after the dentist.
What’s this about you grabbing the dentist? 😛
That’s what I did, day 1! Oh YEEEEEEEAH
Got mine at EB on release for about that. Dude price matched without me even asking.
Hey @crazyguy1990, were you after Injustice recently? It’s on steam for $5 at the moment
I might get it tomorrow.
Well, I need a coffee or a lie down or both it seems. Spent all morning wondering why Tay was so dead until it finally clicked that there was a new page.
Lie down in a coffee? Sounds like a trip to the burn ward to me.
Just found out that apparently this weekend is a 10 year reunion thing for school. Nice to be kept in the know.
Would have liked to have gone to that, except now I’ve gone and organised for a day of Smash with my friends instead. But we couldn’t get the hall we usually go to so were going to have it at my place instead. Except Dad needs to sleep all day because of night shift so it’s been pushed to the afternoon instead of being earlier like was planned. And WHY DOES EVERYTHING ALWAYS AWKWARDLY COLLIDE LIKE THIS.
Universe is a jerk.
Oh wait, it looks like it could be a lunchtime thing? Maybe I could squeeze in both after all.
Also, HOLY SHIT I AM OLD
🙁
Tell me something I don’t know!
(like your secret costume :P)
Good news everyone! I missed Page 6. What a relief, especially for @liondrive 🙂
#EveryPageIsPageSixIfYouBelieve
MPQ people (@mawt, @tigerion, @strange and others…we should probably make a list) Is Ragnarok worth it? I got him in a daily reward a few days ago and he’s about to expire – I’ll have to dump another character to keep him (i.e. Doctor Doom most likely). He’s only got two powers…
I just downloaded this on my Android phone, played a couple of games, but having loads of connection issues. :S
Any way, what I wanted to ask was whether there is a way to add friends (i.e TAYbies) on it? Or if that isn’t a feature supported in the game.
Not sure about Android, but on iPhone here’s how I did it:
There’s a button near the top right, near your hero points, that has a bunch of people icons in it. Click that.
You’re taken to the search part. Click on “Display Private Alliances” and search for KotakuAU.
You know you’re in the right area where you will find Freeze, Lion, Mawt, Tigs, Strange, PlatUrch et al.
We have 7 free slots so no problem fitting you in.
EDIT: Also, the connection issues are always an absolute prick of a thing. They don’t typically go away. You play inspite of the issues.
Aha. Just found it. I had to do another mission before it popped up. Cheers!
Bearing in mind that I haven’t played MPQ in over a year, Ragnarok is the biggest dick. I hate him! I love him. Some of his powers are just pure bullshit. Great if you can expand him out.
Ragnarok is probably not worth it.
He’s also a 2 power character, and he’s currently vaulted (and probably being reworked). That means he may come back into rotation with a third power, but Doom is also vaulted, so he might get the same treatment.
Rag has great board manipulation – he generates green tiles with his red, and his green destroys the middle two columns – so he often gets cascades.
Just had a look at your roster. If you want to keep Rag, sell Beast. Beast is considered one of the worst characters in the game.
Hey guys, Screen Cheat is under $10 on Steam.
GOGOGOGO
Sir; Yes, sir!
Well, just set my wishlist for anything I actually want to get.
Apart from these games, nothing else interests me.
For those that are interested, my radio show is about to start, listen in, online at http://www.5yyy.com.au
I tried, but as expected it’s blocked at work. 🙁
No biggie, mate, the TAYlist will still be available, later today.
I swear this is OVER! (Bloody well want to be anyway!)
Just heard back from Optus, and not only did they match the counter offer, but they beat it by a small margin! That plus permanency = HAPPY ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HOLY SHIT!!!! I CAN HAZ JOB! w000000000000t!
Playing them off against each-other, you evil genius you. Congrats!
Are they getting you an elephant?
haha no elephant, but that’s ok. I have nowhere to put one! 😉
It’s ok, they come with a trunk.
lol
Amazing.
HAHAHAHAHA! I’ve been having a bad day coding (bug just won’t go away) and that joke really made my day, 🙂
+999.
So not only did this all work out, it worked out the best possible way? Nifty.
Hell yeah! It’s almost like a dream! This kind of stuff never happens to me! I’m so hype right now!! Wish I had money to go celebrate!! 😉 Sooon though! Soooooon!
Sounds like I’ll be starting next week or the week after! WIN!
High five! Was the Dept. of Education gig not permanent? If so, I’m sure they can respect your decision not to go with them (not that it’s any of their concern anyway – bugger ’em).
I just know from experiences that working as a full-time contractor is the pits, especially around Christmas time when there’s a bunch of public holidays and offices are closed so you can’t work. I begged to be allowed to come in on Boxing day when I was a contractor just to try and make ends meet and I’ve never been more miserable. Having no money at Christmas is the worst.
The Dept of Ed job was a 12 mth rolling contract. Which is the main reason I wasn’t so keen! Plus no paid overtime, no accrual of extra hours worked. None of the bonuses you get as a direct employee of the govt (since it was through a recruitment agent).
The whole xmas period has always been a nightmare for me too. At my previous job, I was only classed as a casual contractor, so never got paid for public hols etc. Didn’t have a long shut down at xmas, but there’s a few public hols in a short stretch, so ended up missing 2-3 days pay out of a fortnight. That sucks. There is apparently a mandatory shut down at Optus over the xmas break, but I’ll be ok with that, thanks to Centrelink having that 6 fortnight buffer after you start work. As long as I report my income every fortnight, I’ll get $0 from them, but it’ll keep me in the system, so come time for the shutdown, I can report $0 income, and I’ll receive my regular payment to see me through!
I assume in subsequent years the mandatory shutdown period will be filled in with your accrued leave so you don’t have to be out of pocket? We have a “shutdown” period where we’re only staffed by skeleton crew between Christmas and New Year’s otherwise you’re expected to use your leave. Our office is pretty soft about it if you’re considered “essential”, which I am because claims keep coming in so we can never really just “stop”. I have leave but I want to save it so I voluntereed to be “skeleton crew” and will take a week off after everyone else returns in January.
Yeah from what I gathered over the phone, it will work much as it did when I was working for schools, which is essentially as you put it. I’m not sure on the details of whether they have the same kind of system where by you work extra hours, and build it up to get time off, or if it only relies on standard holiday accrual, but either way, I can handle that if I’m earning the kind of money they offered! 🙂
Work get meat! ( after first pay of course)
For sure man!!!! I’ll be working in the Valley too afaik, so City meats wont be such a shitter for me any more, as I may already be there!
Ah cool. I just did a month in the Valley. Back in the cbd again this week.
Awesome dude, you deserve good things.
Fuck yeah.
Finally, things are looking up for you.
so hype!! I start Dec 8th!!! Yippeeeeee!!!
Fantastic. Congratulations. 🙂
Grats dude, sounds like they really want you!
Now it’s my turn for some place to give me proper work that’s permanent 😛
yeah man! for sure! No reason it can’t be a good year ahead for all of us!!! 🙂 Hope you manage to get something satisfying soon!
Hey dudes.
Don’t want to publically announce this (twitter etc) so don’t mention it around those parts.. but I got a phone call 2 days ago asking if I wanted to participate in something fun and yesterday I had flights booked to Paris! I leave on Friday the 5th of December for a week. (yes it’s related to the game you think it is, just waiting for the right time to announce it)
But the reason for the post, who has been to Paris, what should I see/do/eat/drink etc. I’ve never been to France and am keen to see and do anything but will have maybe 4 ish days free to do stuff (I think).
I already have a list of things to see and do that include:
Eifel Tower (and you can actually ice skate ON it from 8 December so i’ll check that out)
Champs-Elysees
Arc De Triomphe
Louvre
Catacombes
Notre Dame
Chateu Versailles
Pantheon
But honestly I’m keen to hear from any of you. What have you wanted to see, what have you seen, good and bad stories.. whatever. I’m travelling alone but I have met some people from Paris previously while in the states last year so have a few friends to catch up with but i’ll have a stack of time to fill in.
Also will need 2 nights accommodation so suggestions there are also welcome.
Ask @sughly
I’ve never been to Paris (or anywhere overseas for that matter) but I’d be wary of planning more than one event a day especially if you’re going to be spending some of that time “working”, because I question the sanity of whether it’s a holiday if you’re rushed off your feet following an itenerary. Of course if there’s some monuments you’re basically going to go look at and that’s it then you can knock a few of those out in an afternoon, I assume. Just my input.
Fair point, but I have trouble sitting still so I did London in 48 hours and saw HEAPS. I’m not looking to relax, I do that at home. When travelling alone I am out from 7-7 each day seeing stuff. Sure I pass out at night, but heaps of good memories.
Fair enough. I haven’t had a holiday” in so long I kind of forget what it’s like. We went all the way to sunny Melbourne for our honeymoon and were just so tired we didn’t really want to do anything except a little shopping. Granted, that was about the onset of my wife’s health issues so her fatigue was probably explainable. I’m a go with the flow kind of guy so when she doesn’t feel like doing anything, I don’t feel like doing anything.
We did a tour thingy when we were there that was really good
Seine river cruise, meal at the eiffel tower restaurant and then out to the Moulin Rouge afterwards. Was a really good afternoon so I would recommend that.
Good tip, i’ll look into that.
Ah right, from what I hear, if you want to go up the Eiffel Tower, that will take an entire day, just queueing up. Recommend you snap a photo from the ground and be done with it.
I hear that the Louvre can be similarly busy, and is large enough that you should probably allocate a day just for that as well.
PS: Congratulations for whatever this opportunity might be!
Yeah I’ve heard about the queues. Not looking forward to that. You can pre buy tickets at some places that may save time but already planning on standing around for a while 🙁
That can also be the reason to organise via a tour group. They often have priority access and skip the queues.
Not sure about the Louvre, was awesome for us as we went of Bastille day so it was free entry. Even with that there was no huge crowds or anything. Well besides to mass of people around the Mona Lisa.
From the back of the crowd it took me a good few minutes before I actually saw the dang painting. So little!
It is pretty tiny.
Wasn’t a huge thing for me anyway, wasn’t going to spend an hour trying to push my way to the front to see it. Not when there was so many other awesome paintings to check out in there.
But that wow didn’t expect that of how small it was was the same as first seeing the Sistine chapel and seeing that the hand of god part doesn’t take up most of the space and is just a small part of it
Yeah, totally. I reaaaally loved this one, couldnt stop looking at it. Was gigantic and incredible and, by my memory, kind of neighboured Mona Lisa and yet had noone looking at it. Pfft, tourists! AM I RIGHT?
That is cool, very much the style that I like. There was a painting of Saint Sebastian that I really liked, although that may have been in the Ulfuzzi (or whatever it is called)
I think it was the Louvre that had the cool massive paint of the Zebra being eaten though 🙂
@tigerion ohh right I know that one! I feel like I saw it too… I dunno, yeesh, memory aint so great :'(
Put on a beret, eat cheese, drink wine then surrender to the first person you see holding a baguette while snorting derisively at them.
I wave my private parts at you, you sons of a silly person.
They smell like elderberries.
And eat some snail’s legs.
Lemme check my ‘Guide to France, Canadian Edition.’
1) If you are Quebecois, hide this fact.
2) If you are not Quebecois, insult the Quebecois to get on the french people’s good side.
well this isn’t helpful, I would’ve thought this obvious.
Hey that’s fantastic news for yourself! Very jealous. Paris is a fantastic place where I spent 3 days with my gf in December last year. We stayed in a great hotel in the 15th Arrondissement in Paris. I’m assuming you have your accomodation all sorted?
The 1st/2nd/3rd Arrondissements are probably the key touristy areas (disregarding the big sites you’ve already listed.) If you want to explore Paris some of the lesser known areas (which I’d highly recommend as the architecture and food is just insane), you’ll either want to be ready for a lot of walking (it’s huge, seriously huge), utilise the Metro (it’s pretty fantastic and easy to use) or hire one of the public bikes you can find dotted about the entire city.
On the first day, I purchased a French (Orange) sim card for my phone, purely for data – it was only 10 euros and the data lasted my 3 days. Before going, I’d suggest getting some translation apps (wordlens, translate are good.) Other than your main tourist areas, a LOT of people have very little understanding of English. They’ll also really appreciate it if you give French ago, however bad it may be.
One thing we did was got a bike taxi (baxi?) from the Louvre to Notre Dame. It was great, relatively cheap (haggle) and the areas south of the Notre Dame are really cool to explore.
Keep an eye out for pick pockters, if someone offers you a ring they pick up off the ground, say no. Watch out for the gypsies around the Eiffel tower coming up to you and asking to sign petitions AND THEN requesting money. You’ll notice them for sure as they will obnoxiously yell in your face “SPEAKA ENGLISHHH?”
If you can, go to the top of the Arc de Triomphe and enjoy watching the madness that is the traffic below. Also, another great panormaic of the city and brilliant view straight down the Champs-Elysees. Enjoy!
Oh yah I second the bike hiring thing! That works super well there, so easy to get around with it. But then, I had a local operate it all for me. I reckon itd be easy enough right? Put coins in, take bike. Or something.
I didn’t do it, but I THINK, you actually have to use a card. Would make sense though so they can track how long you’ve used it for and returned it, etc. Spoke to a few fellow tourists who all swore by it though.
Yeahhh he did have a card come to think of it :/ Theyre everywhere anyway, easy enough to have a look at the signs and stuff when you see one
Monmartre! That place has an amazing view of the city, and the walk up there is absolutely lovely, lots of nice little cafes and shops through these little streets. Loved that place! If youve seen Amelie, there was a fair bit shot here, you’d know it.
Notre Dame is a definitely agreed go visit. Of course Eiffel tower, even standing under that thing is impressive. Versailles is a good day trip really though. The place is super amazing and I’d really recommend it, but if you go I think it’s best to take out a day for it, explore all the gardens and the buildings – theres more than just the main one. Try and look into when the fountains are on too, we went when they were off but I can imagine itd look way better with them on.
Louve/Champs-Elysees/Arc de Triomphe can all be done in the one run. DEFINITELY do the catacombs, that place is incredible!
I’m not sure I’d back up Moulin Rouge, that place is a little gross, doesnt have the class it supposedly once had, but thats just me I guess. And also, I dont know if I just got lucky, but the lines werent exactly as bad as everyone makes them out to be. Perhaps in December it will be more crowded though, I was there in errr… Augustish. But yeah, pre book when you can, pretty sure we pre booked the Louvre for instance.
Places to eat, honestly, theres neat places everywhere. We had a local take us to specific places I have no idea where we went, but other days I just went to restaurants and cafes wherever, theyre all awesome. They do a thing with the beer where they add like, fruit kind of syrup. It sounds gross, but do it, its pretty amazing.
Food, man, I’m struggling to remember. Eat croissants from everywhere though! Parisian bakers are everything youd imagine and more. They do chocolate pastries in tonnes of places and although you think you dont want chocolate pastries for breakfast, actually you do. I loved this bread sold in France called brioche, like a super soft, buttery bread, and way better than any I found back here.
If anything else comes to me I’ll let you know!
Oh! And also, there’s a beer they sell there that I really loved called ‘Desperados’. It’s aparently got tequila in it or something. But it’s made there and is pretty popular, I liked it a whole lot.
Oh wait DUH, cheese! Buy cheese everywhere! They make like a million, theyre all so delicious my gosh. Lots of restaurants will have like platters, should try them when you can. Or just go into supermarkets and marvel at the million types you can buy. Blue ones were my fave <3 stink like nobodies business but taste so good. And get a glass of red whenever you do, makes the cheese taste come to life, so good! ARGH!
Ok I better get back to work now 🙁
(also I just remembered – most places had cheap beers between a certain time. It was like, 5–7 or something. They have it on signs out the front all over the place, its like a kind of communal happy hour, but they go hella cheap, look out for that!)
Wow. I would get sooooo fat in France.
Maaaan, all the cheeses are SO cheap too! Maybe not as much so in restaurants or whatever, but in the supermarkets they are ridiculous, compared to here anyways. To get the same kinds of cheeses here you have to go to like, specialty markets and stuff, and even then theyre like 5 times the price. Take advantage of dem cheap delicious cheeses!
eeeeewwwww Desperados is horrible
Dat cheese though, mmmmmmm
http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130627183122/simpsons/images/4/4e/Euro-Itchy_%26_Scratchy_Land.jpg
“Who are you to resist it, uh?”
My advice is take me with you.
And me!
But Will You be a genius in France?
Seriously though, congrats man, hope you have lots of fun.
Oh, and don’t forget to ask someone to “please pass the Grey Poupon” XD
Working with Libraries, these guys are….quirky.
I’d fit in but I’m all corporate cock sucker at work :-/
Libraries you say?
I will watch this. Later.
I’m actually in the office wwhich runs our fair city’s libraries & somehow it’s dusty, eeven though it’s in the same building with the same cleaning stafff
Feeling pretty frustrated at the moment. Spoilered so you don’t have to read if you don’t want.
I thought I had enough money left to recharge my phone credit and get some groceries, but I checked my bank balance and there is nothing left. I think I know what came out, but I forgot to budget for it. Hopefully my parents can help me out, but I’ll be struggling for the next week until I get paid.🙁 aww man, I hate unexpected expenses (unless it’s a game that snuck up on me).
I hope you get yourself sorted, DON’T STARVE!!
Aw man that blows. I had that happen to me a few weeks ago! So inconvenient!I could send you a small sum to paypal if you have it, but dunno if that would be useful to you or not? I still have a bit left in there from the stuff my friends sent to me, so if you can use it, I’m happy to send you some. Wont be a lot, but could be better than nothing?
You need a hand let me know.
Speaking of getting old, last night on the old MSN-turned-Skype I saw a couple of people sign in that I haven’t seen in ages. Only, with different surnames. Because marriage.
Felt weird, man.
It’s weird that you still use MSN.
I just said it was Skype, gosh 😛
I still do spin up the old machine around once a week though, just to see if it’s still working. And it totally is.
wow! I thought that service would be dead and buried now. I used to use msn and skype, but now it’s integrated, I’m down to just skype. Only thing that shits me about it, is the lack of email notifications like MSN had.
Oh god don’t get me started. It’s such a piece of garbage in comparison, literally the only good thing about Skype is the perpetual conversations. And even then they’re not so great since half the time even if your other contacts are online you still don’t get the messages sent through.
The little e-mail counter stopped working for me ages ago, I hardly ever remember to check on my e-mails. Not that I really get any through there any more. My MSN still has the little MSN Today button that leads nowhere, as well as that thing for “My Space” 😛
lol. I haven’t really had any issues with messages not getting through. I have msn, skype and facebook contacts all in skype, and it seems to work well from my experience. Even when my mum was still using msn client, but I’d shifted to skype, the messages still made it through ok. Not sure how you’d go about resolving the issue if you know with certainty that you’re missing messages though. No logs that could help to figure it out that I’m aware of :\
Really? I don’t know how it goes with non-Skype contacts since I only talk to other Skype people (the MSN-now-Skype one is a separate account), but me and all my friends have been having problems with it ever since we started using it. And not just in group chats but even one-on-one, too. People coming up as being offline when they’re not (or these days, online when they aren’t), messages not getting delivered to people who are right there, or nondeliveries in one group chat but normal functionality in another chat involving 90% of the same people. It’s entirely retarded.
Also new Skype is total balls. Version 3 was a million times better, this one’s just been stripped of features entirely and then stuck behind an ugly UI. Not that the old one was much better, but it at least sucked less.
hmm when they integrated the two, I started signing in to skype with my hotmail addy, and it also showed me both msn and skype contacts in my list. I honestly don’t remember which I sign in with at the moment, but I think it’s skype. I changed it a while back to check something, and it still kept all my msn contacts in my list, and still works fine for me. Most people I know would have ditched the old msn client by now though. maybe that’s part of the problem.. outdated clients?
@freezespreston and other Diablo III peeps:
I’m just wondering… how important is the multiplayer aspect for enjoyment? I’m thinking I might pick it up, but only when it gets down around the $20 mark… which means I’ll probably be waiting until the servers are dusty and tumbleweed-ridden wastelands.
I played about 90% of my time solo so not very. Multiplayer is very informal, drop in drop out sort of thing. You can be playing by yourself and suddenly someone drops in and everything carry on without even a loading screen or change on your end except for more enemies with more health and better loot drops.
Good to know. Thanks. I will keep the plan as is, then.
It’s Diablo. If II is anything to go by the servers won’t ever get to be dusty and tumble-weed-ridden wastelands.
Still to this day, people play that game. It’s rather crazy when you think about it.
I was still firing it up in the lead up to D3 being released. The things that make it fun and enjoyable haven’t changed, so it’s still a very viable game. Perfect example of things that are fun remaining fun, regardless of graphics, nostalgia, etc.
Still, I should get a console and console D3. Get some TAYablo going.
I’m still yet to play multiplayer D3 on PC. I’ve kinda moved on though so I’m okay with it.
That said, 8 player D2 was absolute chaos and was fantastic, even with public groups.
Diablo is better when playing with friends. If you can party up with some people and start working through whatever content you please, you’re going to enjoy things more than if you just solo.
That being said, the game is completely fine solo. I’ve never done co-op with strangers and I definitely enjoyed the several hundred hours that I put into the game.
It’s best with friends that you regularly play with and level up and progress always together. You can have multiple peeps playing on the one console/tv which is great for that.
Random drop-in co-op is ok at best and the game is still fun to play solo.
But find a friend to do regular co-op with for the most enjoyment.
Also you might be waiting a very long time to pick it up for $20. Blizzard games are holding their value more than ever.
You have the worst friends.
@gorzilla RE the 30FPS lock on cutscenes on DA:I PC edition, apparently there’s a possible fix on Reddit:
http://www.reddit.com/r/dragonage/comments/2mm319/dragon_age_inquisition_30fps_cutscene_framerate, hopefully this fixes it for you though it may come with side effects
Hey gang,
Black Flag for Wii-U is <$12 incl postage. Great price, very solid game. I’ll probably be giving it a miss, because I already invested 50 hours in the 360 version! https://www.beatthebomb.com.au/games/wii_u/assassins_creed_4_black_flag_special_edition
I picked it up last week for $23. At EB. Preowned. You’ve ruined my life.
God knows, I’ve been trying long enough.
Great game, but.
Are you still within the seven day free rental at EB?
No big deal, I was just putting up a bigger stink than necessary. For laughs.
Which one? The game or the but?
Both.
I got it there the other day for $28 new.
*flips table*
SEVEN DAY TRIAL PERIOD. Get a refund and get this one.
Yeeeeeeeeeeeeah but effort.
This is how I do things: think about how many extra minutes you’d need to work and expend effort to earn that extra $16. Does it work out better?
Hmm. 45 mins, about as long as it’d probably take the round trip to the shops and back. And then waiting for delivery. And what if it’s just a stickered Euro version instead of AU??
Is that a bad thing? *understands nothing*
@shane For an OCD psycho like myself, it is the worst thing 😛
You can’t get the DLC for it though 🙁
In other news, I just spilled Kerosene on my pants.
Heading off to vote early, that way I can stay up all Saturday playing Smash Bros. for Wii U.
I remember I had to stop on the way to my wedding to vote. Four of us in fancy suits in the voting booth.
Early voting is the best!
Urgh, worst sleep in a while.
The little terror puppy would not stop whining!
I know it’s not his fault. He’s only a young’in, and I think last night was the first night he’d ever been left to sleep by himself, but he just wouldn’t be quiet.
I ended up having to let the little terror sleep on my bed with me :3
He is a bit cute :3
Except he’s biting my fingers and the shirt I’m wearing while I type this, the little terror >:(
Someone is smitten.
He is an adorable little rat-bag :3
I went to growl at him last night to be quiet (tough love), next minute he was fast asleep being little spoon on my bed :3
The first night we got our puppy, I stayed up all night with him, sitting on the floor patting him and cuddling him, because he was letting out these terrified whimpers whenever we left him alone. Next night was a lot better.
I miss him. 🙁They’re awesome hey? My current dog is the first dog i’ve ever had from puppy stage, seriously best experience ever.
Sounds like a real terror but that sounds so adorable at the same time.
I think I remember hearing that one way to help with this was to get a cheap plush toy for them to snuggle with. Can’t remember what we did with our last dog when we first got him.
WoW Stuff
@pupp3tmast3r
Just incase you didn’t know me and Piat found its incredibly useful to get a Tavern until you get a Ever-Blooming Frond and Oralius’ Whispering Crystal.
These items are extremely useful.
Yeah, maybe I’ll ditch my lumber mill early and get that before the barn.
So the tavern gives you those daily dungeon quests yeah?
yeah two every day, might take a week or two until the dungeon quests for those items to show up.
At the moment I have a Storehouse, Forge, Trading Post and Barracks and I’ve been thinking about swapping that around to Salvage Yard, Forge, War Mill and then either Inn or Barn or Lumber Mill but haven’t picked. Seems like maybe Inn is good when gearing up but loses value once you’re past that?
Playing switcharoo to often is gonna cost you in the end, better to slowly save 2000 resources for the level 3 garrison than make your own choices.
Storehouse is great value. Trading post would be one of your end game large plot buildings. Barracks as mentioned is pointless.
Not really sure whats the use of a salvage yard…. Barn is essential if you’re going to be a crafter otherwise not so much? It acts as an extra source of savage blood at level 3 but getting it to level 3 is a massive slog. Takes 125 work orders with each order taking approximately 4 hours… well you get the idea =P that’s having non-stop work orders for 21 days.
Also Inn and Lumber Yard are kind of optional. I mean the Inn gives you more companions but I haven’t had a pressing need for more companions so far. With the Lumber Yard useful if you’re trying to fast track your garrison resources but once again I’ve been fine just collecting my daily stipend and send my comps to get a few on top of that. Averaging about 300 odd resources a day without a lumber yard.
So after some time with the trial of EVE, I think I could be hooked. I just kitted my first destroyer out with some swanky lasers and railguns and the shit is going down.
May the Gods have mercy on my soul.
That game has so much potential. Played it for a couple months about 4 times over the years but always got bored of the gameplay.
I call it my favorite game I never want to play.
But if you can sick with it, get into the community and the deep end, it can be amazing.
I’m about to start looking for a Corp to join and get into the social side.
So, how’s that local team?
Probably doing drugs or involved with some scandal, so business as normal I assume.
Looks like somebody wants to become a taybie https://twitter.com/HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN/status/537820152788561920
Steak? STEEEAAAAAAAAAAAK….?
Edit: Actually, I’m gonna tweet that.
Oh my god this coconut sunscreen smells so good! 😀
I also got free Urine kidney check test things from work today… So uh WOO? (FREEBIES!)
I think that’s called a drug screening, Greenius 😛
#SpotTheDrugsIRL
Ugh. My iPhone 4 is not in the best shape now I realised after the weekend at Freezes, the home button started to be all sketchy 18 months back and work some of the time, now the sleep wake button is mostly not working, which results in the phone not locking the screen or randomly bringing up the power off feature, bleh.
I could get this fixed a local repair shop quoted me $130 to get both replaced at the same time, which is almost what I paid for the phone a little over 2 years ago, but thinking about it, I dunno if it’s worth it.
I might be better off getting a new phone, since EB have pre-owned iPhone 5’s starting at $398 or I could buy a 5C from Apple for $529 (probably $500ish from JB)
Considering it’s an original 2010 model, I don’t see it having much life left at this current point in time, the battery is starting to show its age and drain fast when just messaging, the 30 pin connector is starting to wear I noticed just the other week, the 3G sometimes just drops out randomly, which isn’t good if i’m making a call. Ugh.
Planned obsolescence for the win! \o/
Basically. Well the software thing is just like i’d say the 3G thing is apples fault (antennagate anyone?) the sleep/wake button is my fault, it got dropped about 18 months back and it did damage to the flex cable, but it’s just showing problems now, the home button is poor R&D apparently, again the flex cable in it has gone so it doesn’t make proper contact lol. It’s a good phone, and has done me well, just sucks that it’d cost more than it’s worth (in my opinion) to fix it :/
I totally need a new phone too. Currently a Galaxy S1. Today it’s behaving itself. It only took 11 mins to make a phone call! One good thing about working for Optus, is going to be it’ll be easy as pie to get a new phone! 😉
Hopefully they’ll supply you with one!
That’s one thing I thought would’ve been good if I got that job with Vodafone would be good deals on phones lol.
Well don’t think they’ll supply it, but by the sounds of it, I’ll get a hefty discount! Can’t complain about that! My mobile is already with them, so wont be any hassle switching or anything at least!
Sounds good to me, then you can step into the modern day mobile world where data limit lasts 10 minutes, your battery a few hours & the phone bends in your pocket 😛
lol data isn’t all that important to me on mobile. I only use my phone for calls and sms really. occasionally to check twitter. I just want one that can actually make calls, and type sms’s without stopping to think about it for 10+ mins at a time!
New phone time methinks! Don’t waste your time on refurbs, either. They won’t have as much life left in them as new ones do, obviously.
New phone feeling, new warranty. Peace of mind.
Yeah i’m thinkin’ that also. I was lookin’ at a 5S but Apple just want way too much, i’d be better off throwing an extra 150 at it and getting an iPhone 6, like wtf..
Of course, the choice is yours. Refurbs can definitely outlast a dodgy newbie, sure, all things considered. iPhone 4? It is totally time to upgrade!
Keep an eye out for Black Friday deals over the comings days; also Kogan have specials atm.
Yeah fair enough 😛 Saying that refurbed stuff is usually meant to be better than brand new stuff, but who knows really, and 400 seems cheap enough for a refurbed one, since I don’t think Apple sell refurbed iPhone, like they do everything else..
I had kind of forgotten about Kogan, they were pretty cheap last I looked at them for an iPhone. I should keep an eye out I guess!
Just saw the following deal; thought of you.
https://www.jbhifi.com.au/phones/all-phones/apple/apple-iphone-5c-32gb-prepaid-yellow/665710/
I like how the yellow, pink & green are 399 but the white is 649 heh.
Mrs Shane and I have just one more episode of Gilmore Girls to go, and then we can finally start catching up with its spiritual successor, Sons of Anarchy.
The latest episode is my favourite one so far and I’m not talking about Gilmore Girls.
Fair enough too. Gilmore Girls ended on a pretty good note, but it was far from their very best 😛
Edit: really looking forward to starting the catch-up, but considering a quick rewatch of (at least) season 6 beforehand.
Wifey and I just finished SoA Season 6 (2 eps into 7 now)
The last 2 episodes… It was… just… what. the. actual. fuck!?
I get that the show is violent, but I feel that the tail end of season 6, and so far 7, has just kinda got out of hand. I feel that they’ve written in an absurd amount of gratuitous violence.
It gets back on track. Mostly.
Yeah, it’s a pretty bloody season in all honesty. I get why it’s violent, but damn..
…Gilmore Girls of Anarchy?
So basically Gilmore Girls
Ugh, the finale is STILL two week away thanks to bloody Thanksgiving in the states this week. I really wished they got a 16 episode season or something 13 still feels too short to me :/ Even though they’re like an 1hr 10min an episode heh.
Hmm. Discount on ship skins on the Elite store. Never bought cosmetic game items before, though was considering grabbing some to throw a few more dimes their way earlier – right up until I saw how expensive they were. But at half the price? Hmmmmmmmmmmmm.
Annoyed that the limited “wireframe” Cobra skin was so pricey though, something like 19 pounds. Would’ve been more likely to spend that kind of money if it were a pack of wireframe skins for all ships, instead of just the one which I quite likely won’t end up using much.
19 pounds for a texture?! Fuck that!! I’d be hard pushed to justify paying that for a usable character/craft! Can you make your own textures for Elite?
Pretty much 😛 It was a limited time thing though, part of the 30th anniversary stuff they had going on. So I guess they’d be wanting to price it high to keep it scarce, make it more of a prestige item. Makes sense.
Far as I know there’s no custom textures, it’s all done through the store. That’s their financing model, no subscription fee after buying the game but an income stream through cosmetic items in the store.
ahh right. Has there been any talk about Steam Workshop availability at all so far?
I have no idea what that is 😛 Haven’t seen any mention of Steam stuff, other than the occasional person asking if you can get it on there/when. Hope it doesn’t happen though, or at least not as a mandatory thing.
Also I have just finished creating the most monstrous multi sheet spanning spreadsheet for creating Greco-Latin squares and permuting them into multiple variants and sorting out tags that can be used for pulling out valid “possible answers” along with the correct answer and I think I need to go slump over for a while and let my brain cool down.
Totally know the feeling.
I just watched 3 episodes of 30 Rock and fell asleep with my hands in my jeans pockets.
Sad news about Phil Hughes..
I mentioned the following to my cousin, may as well repost it here. Too sad; when I see people dying doing the things they love it makes me just want to head home, chill and do nothing; go reclusive.
I’m stunned at work. It’s not often I’ve been stunned by a death of someone I don’t know except from viewing them from a distance, on tv or listening to music. Dimebag Darrell absolutely floored me when he died even though I wasn’t big into Pantera at the time. Robin Williams I think was the saddest I’ve been about a death other than my dad and grandad. With these and Phil Hughes I think it’s just the suddenness of it all, especially when they were doing something they loved. It’s just not supposed to happen like that. Yeah people say ‘at least he died doing what he loved’, in my eyes that makes it all that much sadder. He was out there playing cricket, yeah focusing on the match but also having fun doing what he loved. Why did he die during that time? It’s just not fair when that happens.
It’s also the unexpectedness of it all. People die in stuff like car crashes or overdosing. That’s almost expected these days, it’s still a shock when it happens, but it’s ‘part of the norm’. People don’t die on a cricket pitch. But he has and that’s what has affected me so much I think
Sorry for rambling, I also just wanna head home and do nothing
Really sucks. He was one of the best up-and-coming players in the country and was looking like he was in great form too. It’s a more dangerous sport than people realize – broken bones, muscle injuries and concussions aren’t that uncommon and obviously a super-hard ball flung at you at 150kph is going to do some damage if it hits you, but players don’t go out expecting there’s a chance that they’re going to die like that if they misjudge a ball. I was thinking it might be career-ending at worst, not life-threatening. Holy crap.
Feel terrible for the poor bowler as well. They were apparently really good friends, played together for several years. Wouldn’t be surprised if that’s the end for him as well, that’s the sort of thing that would put you off playing the game forever I think.
Target was all sold out of Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, and I hate asking other stores to price match, so looks like I’m waiting a bit longer for it :'(
Also, am I the only one that was hoping Alpha and Omega would be the names of the next main entries?
I honestly thought Pokemon Z was next in line. Wrong as per usual.
I still think Z is coming, or at least another entrance in the X and Y generation.
There’s always another entrance in the main franchises.
It might just take a bit longer now that it’s all 3D graphics.
I more meant as the next generation though.
Alpha and Omega would have been good names for the next generation of pokemon.
Back from the dentist, it was a dry socket (hooray not infected, boo painful). Now I have extra gaming hours ahead *performs happy dance*
Now to choose which game, so spoiled for choice.
Hmmm I swear I replied to this about 20 mins ago.. wonder where my post went.. ?
anyway, good to hear you sound positive! I assume the dentist expects it will heal ok? I’ve heard that dry sockets can reach the point where they can’t be fixed, but I guess it may depend how long it was that way?
Either way, good to see you’re in good spirits at least! Hopefully it’ll all work out nicely in the end!
yeah, really grasping at anything positive this week. Thanks for the wellwishes. At least video games are awesome lately.
So, odds of Smash Wii U breaking street date, take your pick!
I reckon 4-1.
Nintendo game. Not going to happen.
This.
TAYlist for the 27th of November 2014
TAYlist – the TAY Playlist, sponsored by who would actually call the station with a request if the option was there?Bryan Adams – Can’t Stop This Thing We Started
Big Pig – Breakaway
Jet – Seventeen
Michael Jackson – A Place With No Name
Richard Clapton – Girls On The Avenue
Cher – It’s In His Kiss (Apparantly this song has a different name and this name is the one normally in brackets)
Green Day – Boulevard Of Broken Dreams
Depeche Mode – Just Can’t Get Enough
Short Stack – Sway Sway Baby
Amy Meredith – Lying
Savage Garden – I Want You
Alanis Morrisette – Hand In My Pocket
The Shoop Shoop Song! \o/
What do I win?
Big Pig. Wow. there’s a name I haven’t heard for ages!
I’d imagine Sean Abbott isn’t feeling too great at the moment.
That whole situation is really sad 🙁
Poor guy :'(
There is an understatement. Will be interesting to see if he can come back and if he does if that sort of delivery is still in his options. Hopefully he gets all the support he needs
Just horrible. 🙁
‘Devastated’ would be an understatement.
Holy crap Brisbane, don’t go out. Just saw hail the size of a fucking bowling ball. People in the bus thought it was a tree branch til it fell onto the road.
Seriously, this stuff is solid blocks of ice falling from higher than a skyscraper, in chunks bigger than my fist. If that hits you in the head…
Don’t go out.
Also, our busway tunnel shelter just flooded and we had to back out to let other buses escape the water. Wow.
Also also…. I wish I had a faster camera trigger finger. I just saw a block of ice float past the size of a house brick.
HOLY CRAP is right.
I just got off the train and got hit by 2 golf ball sized hailstones while making my way to shelter. One to the knee (cut, bruised) and the other to the head (cut at the very least, assume bruised). Waited at the station for 15 minutes for the hail to pass and then ran home, soaked to the bone. My shoes are like mini lakes.
Yeah, that shit was not safe. Ambos and fire trucks and cops with sirens all over the place here. Guessing some folks got a bit more than a cut. You might want to consider getting checked out, btw. Concussion can be deadly.
Yeah, the hail had only just started when the train pulled in to the station or I’d have stayed on the train, but since it hadn’t really gotten bad I thought I could make it to shelter and wait it out. Trust that to be the moment things got real!
I feel fine, but I’m keeping an eye on the signs / symptoms to watch for concussion and my partner will be home soon-ish to keep an eye on me as well.
Got smashed at Milton Station during the worst of it. I really thought the overhead lines might’ve come down. Walked to Roma St, saw piles of hailstones, smashed rear windscreens from hail, a few accidents at the Roma St fire station. Now waiting to get through the Normanby busway. Why has the drainage of this city not been overhauled since the 2011 floods?
You would think they’d have made that a priority when building all those new tunnels, but a bunch of the busways got flash flooded from the melted ice.
Unless the busways are really meant to serve as useful channels for high volume flood water.
Or to divert lava like in that movie Volcano! *decisive nod*
Is it weird that I’m slightly jealous of your weather?
I love storms and rain is all 😀
I’m sure won’t love it when there’s hail the size of tennis balls breaking half the windows in your house, shattering roof tiles and putting dints in a majority of cars in the area 😛
There’s lots of random vids from that 2010 storm!
So long as everyone I know is safe, then I like watching / listening to a storm go by. I find it’s relaxing 🙂
Damage is sometimes unavoidable, so I don’t see the point in getting angry about it, or dwelling on it.
Wait till you own the house and car getting smashed.
Obviously it’s frustrating and annoying, and I hope everyone is alright and that there isn’t any major damages, but you can’t do anything about the weather, so I don’t see the point of being angry at the weather or anything.
Hopefully insurance should be covering most of the damages though.
Maybe I shouldn’t have said anything though :\
Yes and no. Any insurance policy is going to have a hefty excess which must be paid before the insurance even kicks in. And the company will be requiring evidence of storm damage before any payout, and everyone knows that dealing with insurance companies is like being kicked repeatedly in the nuts by steel-capped boots.
But yet we still give them money.
I like Chris Rocks definition of insurance.
True enough, upset sure but there isn’t anything you can really direct anger on.
Except the insurance companies.
I have roller shutters so I don’t have to worry about broken windows.
Google weather is telling me Brisbane today is light showers with a chance of a storm so I can only assume you’re all lying 😛
Yep… Just a light shower…
http://youtu.be/HdpvU945AyY (filmed this from my work’s front door after power went out)
Holy shit dude. I’m only an hour south and it isn’t even spitting…
That was taken around 4:45 this arvo… When I checked radar a bit before 4 the storm looked like it had skipped up the back of the Gold Coast and just barrelled into the CBD.
Just looked it up on the Courier Mail site, and came across this vine.
Damn son, that’s a pretty bad storm. Stay safe Brisbane TAYbies.
Mr. Strange got caught in it on his way home and our car’s windscreen is all cracked in at least six places from where hailstones hit it. He is a bit of a nervous wreck after that, but thankfully okay.
Just read that on his fb! I thought it may have been sitting in the driveway! didn’t know he was in it too!! yikes! Glad to know he’s ok though! I’d be a bit of a wreck after something like that too!
Damn. I saw a few that had completely smashed through. Glaziers are gonna be busy tonight.
I was lucky enough to get no hail! Just really big rain drops.. like the size of those super balls (the high bouncers!) Never seen rain like it before! I have no cover to put my car under, so very glad the hail didn’t hit. I saw it all coming out my back door, and knew there was hail in it. Spent the next 10 mins freaking out. Specially thankful after seeing the pics from other people! That shit was nuts!
Power went out at work around 4;30pm… decided I’d stand in the door way and film the rain going sideways down the road.
http://youtu.be/HdpvU945AyY
Oh and that parked car on the left with the rear windscreen intact… This was after: http://i.imgur.com/2hdp0P2.jpg
And another a bit further down: http://i.imgur.com/1PCuRgP.jpg
Oh and an awning along the way: http://i.imgur.com/99xhnhv.jpg
Damn.
Glad I don’t live in the tropics.
wow! that’s crazy stuff!
Looking at the be a better host article preview on lifehacker I hope that it says
1. Ensure you have a puppy for each guest
I just read it. It does not say that nor does it say anything about having a supply of board games.
What’s do they think is the point of having guests stay over?
So I finally played Dragon Age properly today (I had a hiccup in my paid project and wasn’t in the right frame of mind to fix it) and love it. It’s like a bunch of my favourite things about games all rolled into one. The only thing I hate so far is my Elf’s voice. The better, deeper voice didn’t suit her at all so I had to go with the annoying posh british one. 🙁
The voice acting is near universally awful in the game. Even the half decent one’s like Varric and Solas are still delivered in a stilted and uneven fashion without any flow.
Solas’ face reminds me of someone. It’s always tickling at the edge of my consciousness whenever he speaks but it never quite breaks though. It’s starting to bug me!
Also, important question…can you romance Varric in this one?!
Apparently not. Sadly, he actually seems kinda colder to your character in this one than he was in DA2. And spends aaaages in the start being pretty petty and snarky to the rest of the party. Less lovably roguish and more mean.
He’s seen things man.
He and Iron Bull trade some great friendly insults if you pair them together.
🙁
Chin up, goog back story told in this one. You will learn more about Varric & it’s kewl.
Vague spoiler free comment is vague.
Billy Zane
That’s it, comment 20,000 is “Billy Zane”!
*fanfare*
Same
Wait no, even better, I think this was comment 20,000.
Ha!
*fanfare*
Just cooked tuna for the first time. I was worried I’d fuck it up or it would taste gross but it ended up tasting pretty great. I’ll probably try it again some time. Too bad it’s insanely expensive!
Keep an eye out, Coles will sometimes have fresh tuna on sale for a damn good price. Also Woolworths will sometimes have fresh frozen tuna for $10 a kilo on special. Best part is each piece comes vacuum sealed so you can use as much or as little as you want, and it’s rather good, Australian caught & even processed I think..
Or you could just buy it in a can, much cheaper 😛
Not really, those cans are reaching maybe 75% tuna at best but are usually less and the rest flavouring/oil/water, but mostly are around 60-65% and on special are $1 a can, which still would make them more expensive since they’re 80-95g a tin..
But then again there’s the larger time which i’ve only ever used in a tuna bake. The fresh tuna, being sliced steaks, is good for a range of dishes and has a much better flavour than any tinned stuff 😉
I was just trying to be funny. Obviously it didn’t work.
Stop bagging tin tuna * leaves in a huff*
It could be that this was 20,000?
*fanfare band looks visibly annoyed*
Yeah! There’s no need to bag it – it’s already in a tin.
I get it!
I don’t mind canned tuna in sandwiches 😛 As long as it’s Greenseas lemon and cracked pepper. And it’s not too badly priced when on sale, factoring in convenience!
I <3 tinned tuna
Bumblebee Tuna?
Your balls are showing.
Spank you… spank you very much.
& you must be…The Monopoly Man!
Do not pass go, do not collect $200!
@jimu
It’s lovely, but I fancy myself in Autumn.
That’s the reason Mum and I don’t eat fish too much. It’s expensive and if you stuff it up, all that money down the drain.
This.
And to add to that, a lot of the fish we’re being sold (at least where I live) now is such sub par quality. I live in a town that has a lot of fisherman, we don’t really see any of it because it’s all sent off to the Sydney fish markets, which is a shame. I used to like fish when it was fresh & cheap, now that’s hard to come by 🙁
Further to what Virus said, they do often have meat cheaper behind the glass as well. Possibly less packaging? But they do rotate stuff on and off sale. Check prices over a few weeks, and you’ll figure out when’s the right time to buy it!
I wish I had some tuna to cook.
Good fish is like beef: cook on a high heat and if it comes out undercooked, even better.
Survivor Episode 10!
OH BOY! That council was intense :O. Hahah Keith is so stupid though :P… I’m pretty sure every discussion has always involved us calling any number of contestants stupid :D.PS. The purple feet thing in the challenge was gross as and so was Natalie’s spit :/
This gon be good!
@powalen @sughly @f4ction @strange @phoenix
That was such an interesting tribal council. I am so amazed that Keith, in his ignorance, is still in the gameWell sometimes duds are taken to the end for “free wins” 😛@sughly @f4ction @phoenix
Finally, some actual entertainment! it’s about time we had an exciting tribal. Really good!I kinda hope that Reed goes next, he’s kinda annoying when he’s in power 😛 Funnily enough Natalie is my favourite now, which is weird because I didn’t like her at all at first.
Also, hahah that attempted spit during the challenge. Hilarious.
Yeah! It’s weird that I like her now too when I absolutely fucking hated them during Amazing Race. I think it’s cause they’re reasonably bearable when separated :P. I’m pretty sure Reed and Alec are dead meat since their plan got foiled and everyone else laughed at them.@powalen @f4ction @phoenix
Aww they werent that bad in the amazing race! They… were kinda bad though. But yeah, I’m rooting for Natalie now too. Keith, I love him still, but my gosh… stick to the plan? STICK TO THE PLAN!? Urg.Reed has no hope. Well, a slither, if he gets taken on as an extra to help get rid of John and Jaclyn at some point? I doubt even that, theyd take Keith fr that. But Natalie also mentioned taking John next, and rallying the girls. So… she expects Jaclyn to go with them after voting off John? Huh?
@liondrive
Just got home and found it.
Anytime buddy. Anytime.
🙂
http://thevine.com.au/life/entertainment/liberal-front-benchers-look-suspiciously-like-captain-planet-villains-20141124-290608/
Well.
Even the name suits.
I knew who they picked as Dr Blight without looking at the link.
Turnbull as duke was a bit of a stretch
Bought Papers Please and The Fall today. Papers Please is what I wanted from a dystopian passport control sim.
It’s the best in it’s class, there’s no doubt.
Gloom your non-greenness is bumming me out. Welcome to the team Roselia!
So racist
Your gravatar is green so you’re alright.
get a shiny Gloom, they’re green ish
Blergh :'(
Yes.
Feels pretty lame, you know? :'(
No.
After this, I’m 2 comments away from 20,000.
O.o
I should have made 20,000 @greenius smells or @DC is handsome, Damn.
I can smell his handsomeness!
Potential for ew.
heh 2 comments ago was my 6666th! :0
Can anyone recommend any interesting documentaries? Mum and I watch The bridge last night and filthy cities the week before and I need something to watch while hand sewing.
Planet Of The Apes.
Was going to say Sharknado, but I think yours is a better choice.
The King Of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
…the only documentary I can even think of or possibly even know?
PLANET EARTH
Is the setting for the film, yes.
Boo!
*scared*
It’s a bit old, but The Corporation is good, Mega Factories is always good too, as is Louis Theroux.
Sorry, can’t think of any more off the top of my head right now.
Edit: Oh, Billy Connolly’s Route 66 is pretty interesting.
Edit2: Here’s a list for you.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_documentary_films
From memory I thought Casino Jack And The United States Of Money was good.
http://www.reddit.com/r/documentaries
There was this great miniseries that Sam Neill narrated about the universe. Stars and stuff. I don’t remember what it was called, and it’s pretty old now, but I really enjoyed it a decade ago. #HELPING
I’d recommend any of the recent David Attonborough ones, the footage is absolutely amazing in some of them. Life in the Undergrowth is all about bugs and amazing footage, lots of never before seen behavior (some are really complex for bugs) and has made me fear wasps more than any other bug (they can manipulate other animals D: and one even has a zinc plated stinger in a sheath that it can drill things with and alter plants genetics. Planet Earth is awesome too. Life in Cold Blood is awesome if you like reptiles and amphibians. Africa is beautiful but really sad because of how many animals are doomed to extinction.
Senna, otherwise, TT: Closer to the Edge.
Oh, I still have to watch Senna, got it sitting here. TT was pretty good.
Guy Martin is utterly bonkers. His documentary series about the Industrial Revolution (narrated by King Theoden!!!) is brilliant viewing.
I second Senna, it’s my favourite doco. Else, Bowling For Columbine.
What is it about?
No-one else has answered, so I better explain it. It’s about the life of the Formula 1 driver Ayrton Senna that died by ploughing into the wall during a race back in the 90’s.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senna_(film)
I read online. Not really what Mum and I are into. Found a few interesting ones on the reddit page
Man on Wire!
Chasing Ice, about documenting glacier melt.
A Sunday In Hell is great – it’s about the Paris-Roubaix cycle race back in the Eddy Merckx era. Mental. The race has been somewhat sanitised since then, this one had it all – crashes, French on strike blocking the road, crazy racing, and no helmets!
Hi all,
A reminder that Undad is still going. Just over two weeks to go, and we are still some small distance short of our stretch goal.
If you haven’t already pledged, please consider doing so! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/shanewsmith/undad-comic-miniseries-issues-1-and-2
If there’s anything I can do to make pledging a more attractive option to you, I’m open to it! New perks, short-term discounts, combinations of rewards, I’ll consider it!
Do a little dance?
Make a little love.
What would I have to pledge for that?
Asking for a friend.
FOUR DOLLAH
I’m assuming that tier will be more than $500.
You flatter me, good sir. *blush*
Add it to the $220 “1 only!” tier. Bow chika.
Get down tonight.
FOUR FIFTY.
What is Undad? I’m glad you asked.
Undad is a comic that attempts to be all things for all people. Well, no, technically I suppose that’s not quite true. But it is a treatise on depression, an exploration of family drama, a rip-roaring zombie gorefest, and a self-aware tale with a streak of black humour.
Undad features Brett Buckley, a mediocre father and husband who unexpectedly turns undead and must hide his status from friends and family, all the while trying to figure out his place in the world, coach his kids’ soccer team, and reconcile his vegetarian morals with his insatiable hunger for living flesh.
And don’t forget that our very own @strange is running a TAY-only giveaway for anyone who pledges to Undad. A pledge gets you an entry, and a tweet about Undad gets you a second entry!
http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/western-australia/perth-sets-new-world-record-for-krispy-kreme-sales/story-fnhocxo3-1227137289358
Now, @liondrive the first step to recovery is admitting that you have a problem. Buying so many KKs to freeze that you set a world record seems to be bordering on problematic to me…
Only if he intends to eat them.
Maybe he’d heard about folks double-glazing their houses, and misunderstood what that meant 😛
Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY @SHIGGYNINTY! MAY YOUR DAYS BE MANY AND FOREVER BE IN ALL CAPS!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHIGGY! I DECIDED NOT TO TAG YOU BECAUSE THAT WOULD TAKE YOUR NAME OUT OF ALL-CAPS.
LETS SMASH @shiggyninty
Can’t, Smash isn’t out till tomorrow.
Edit: Oh, right, all caps, sorry.
SMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHIGGYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!
SMASH SMASH SMASH
@SHIGGYNINTY!!!!!!!
THANKS YA BLOODY LOVABLE DICKHEAD.
Totally forgot/didn’t realise it was Mum’s birthday til she prompted me into it this morning.
Shit.
And that other post wasn’t there when I hit Submit on this one 😛
@welbot
Thank you, sir! 🙂
haha you’re most welcome sire! Hope you enjoy! 🙂
So, it’s less than 24 hours till Smash Bros. launches. Who’s getting it? Are you getting Gamecube controllers (or do you already have some? Anyone getting any Amiibos? anyone up for a TAYSmash on monday night?
HYYYYYYYYPPPPEEEE!!!!
Hype. But I won’t pick up my preorder until Monday. Got the adapter bundle, have a WaveBird laying around somewhere, can’t wait to check out what all the fuss is about.
Meee, I’m getting it. I’m going to try get an adapter thingy but I haven’t pre ordered so I’ll see. Tempted by Amiibos but I shouldn’t. TAYsmash sounds fun 😀
Getting it at Midnight tonight, along with a Wii U, I’ve got two Gamecube controllers, as well as a Yoshi PDP Fightpad, and a Snakebyte Classic Controller; I’ve got the Link and Zelda amiibos on pre-order, and yes, I’d definitely be up for TAYSmash on Monday night.
SMASHU HYPUU!!! o/
I could be up for some TAY smash. Not right away though, need a week to get into it.
Surely am. Not going to bother with the Gamecube controllers though.
I’m curious about Amiibos too. Might just grab one and see what they’re like. If I get Link then it’ll unlock stuff in Hyrule Warriors too so… bonus!
it will, dammit, I’m trying to not get tempted by them.
The spinner weapon looks prettttyyyy fuuuunnnnnnn 😀
*cries while emptying wallet*
Absolutely want the adapter. Miiiight even get one of the controllers, just because they’re there. Think I’ve only got six or seven, so could probably do with another. Just in case. And I can easily see myself just going and grabbing all the amiibos since Target have them cheap and I’ve been too long with a job to be all that careful with money.
I’ve had this stuff on order and paid off for months. Game, adapter, controller. 2 amiibo became 4 amiibo during my last credit cleanup, became 6 amiibo with price matching, might turn into 8 or 9 amiibo tomorrow if I cash in all preorder credit, which might turn into all 12 because what the hell I nearly have them all anyway.
FRIDAY!!!! How I’ve longed for you.
Got some good gaming time in last night.
Dragon Age: Inquisition. Played for about 2 hours, I spoke to a lot of people & made smart arse comments to 90% of them. That is all.
Far Cry 4: Ajay must be coated in pheromones, I wing suited my way into a pack of Dhole’s for fun and blew them up with a sticky grenade, turned around and was charged by a bear, managed to fight it off with an assortment of weaponry, immediately had a badger latch onto my arm, managed to bring him down with a hail of gunfire, took 2 steps and was set upon by an angry mob of wolves I thought “fuck this” and hurled myself down the mountainside via wing suit, landed and was immediately bitten by a snake, burned it to death with a molotov, sighed a sigh of relief and continued towards my objective when suddenly EAGLE to the face. It’s so relentless in the best way possible.
GTA V: At first I thought the first person thing was just a gimmick but after a few hours messing with it I’ve come to appreciate it a little more, I think the moment I thought “hey this actually does add to the experience” was when I went to hijack a lady, stood in front of the car and raised my gun at her, she floored it and I was planted onto the bonnet for a good 50 meters, really interesting to see it from that perspective, you can see the terrified expression on her face as she tries desperately to get me off the car, I got thrown and skidded along the road, leaving a trail of blood and rolled into a ditch, watching yourself get flung about in first person is pretty intense. Another interesting thing I did was shot someone in the driver’s seat and when I hopped in my view was obscured by the bullet hole and blood splatter on the windscreen it’s a little confronting and made me think about my actions a little more. (also noted blood splatters on windscreen vary in size and shape depending on what weapon was used, I shot someone with a sniper rifle through the back windscreen and covered 80% of the front windscreen in blood, had to break the window just to see.) In short, first person makes you appreciate more of the little details, like when boarding a plane you get to see the innards instead of just the view from outside.
Anyway happy Friday, can’t wait to continue my adventures all weekend long :D.
TLDR: I’m having a lot of fun with many games lately 😀
Far Cry 4 is so awesome, except for those fucking Honey Badgers. I’ve just about cleared out the southern part of the map of all loot, masks etc. only got a handful of things left in areas that I can’t seem to access yet and some side missions, and it’s only taken me about 27 hours.
GTA V in first person sounds pretty awesome. I’m taking all my Skylanders and my Xbone in to trade today so I can afford to get Smash Bros. with Gamecube controllers and Amiibos. If I have enough left over I’ll grab a copy of GTA (and hopefully Lego Batman 3 and Little Big Planet 3).
I just love how unpredictable it is, go in with a plan and something will always go wrong or work out differently to what you expect, the world really does feel like it’s alive and it’d keep going whether i was there or not. GTA first person is pretty sweet, I wouldn’t play the whole thing like that but it’s good to switch back and forth, it can be a little disorientating at times, I keep challenging myself to stay in FP until I get to a certain point or try clear out a mission completely in FP.
Tell me about it. I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve been skulking around scoping out a stronghold or something and I get attacked by a pack of wild dogs or a tiger.
Drugunn aje issa bes!
Ha, there’s a place in WA called Marangaroo, Oh how I laughed.
Bloody foreigners
I prefer Gidgegannup
My only criticism of Dragon Age: I feel like every region should have at least one proper main quest connection. Some of the minor quests that have entire regions to themselves feel a bit like a stage waiting for something bigger to happen. Decent enough but they don’t ‘carry’ things all that well by themselves. Minor criticism after 78 hours spent with the game. XD
I have a few minor criticisms. Nothing major though!
*goes back to playing Dragon Age: Inquisition*
I just thought it was nice that strlory quests often had their own level. Made it feel like a really good dLC rather that just another level.
Tales from the Borderlands was amazing. Laughed like crazy through the whole episode. Really great.
You’re great UDO!
That Cash Converters advertorial sure disappeared fast.
Hmm? I missed this..
What was in it? Trade in your stolen goods for better prices and less ID checks than EB?
It was called “10-rare-games-and-console-bargains-you-can-find-at-cash-converters-right-now”. Strangely, it had comments enabled for it. Maybe that’s why it was taken down.
Less about trading and more about buying. Guess they’re all clogged up with $20 Wiis that nobody wants.
Sad thing is EB probably give more money for games stuff than Crime Converters…
Conflict of interest with the Dick Smith advertorial, I assume.
I found my good staple remover that I thought someone stole from my desk. Turns out it was under some files I’ve been ignoring for the last month.
Best day ever.
@evilmonkey Is there something in my teeth?
*thrusts pelvis back and forth*
Can you feel that huh, can you feel it!
Captain Com-post!
😀
“And you want that dookie so bad, you can taste it.”
“That’s why Roger Podactor is dead! He found Captain Winkie!”EVEYONE WANTS A SLINKY GOTTA HAVE A SLINKY GO SLINKY GO!
Ohhhh, man, Can you be-he-lieve it… It was right there!
Can I do it one more time?
Aww, he wants to go off-road!
LIKE A GLOVE!
Hey friends!
Just a reminder, some TAY folks and I are singing “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” and I’d love it if you could get involved, and since I need to divvy up parts, can I get anybody stupid enough to agree to reply here, or maybe even chuck an email to blaghman(at)gmail(dot)com.
It’ll be fun. And stupid. Really, really stupid.
i could do it, but I don’t have a web cam. or.. maybe I do.. have to dig through a box and see if I can find my old one
Just a microphone will do, I can’t be bothered making a video for it.
…
Although…
heh i should listen to that song a few more times first.. I’d never heard it before clicking that link!
I kind of want to, but I know Mum will end up in the background, probably telling me not to sing =P
That’s called A Capella accompaniment. It’s adds a certain je ne sais quoi to any song.
JUST DO IT!
No way. I made my public online singing debut and retirement singing the same Dark Souls song. There was talk of ‘crimes against humanity’ so I had no choice to give it up.
Too late, as payment for borrowing my microphone, you now have to sing in this.
Since you haven’t responded negatively to my previous comment I’m adding you to the rotation, so if you don’t sing, you’ve let everybody down.
Sunbuuuuuuuuuuuurnt
Looking a bit Red?
Seeeeee I’m going blind it seems. I could have sworn it was sunsoar who made the OP.
I think I’ve reached that moment where I don’t want to turn up to work anymore.
Do it for the kids.
I only have a dog.
So… no goats at all, then?
ugh.. sounds like my old job. what’s got ya down?
Mostly co-workers. Well, that, and the business will be closing down in 6 months probably, but mostly co-workers.
bummer :\ My issues were with management. Lucky for me my co-workers were all awesome, and we didn’t have to see the managers all that much cos they were in adelaide, but just the politics coming out of there was enough to shit us all to tears
My manager is awesome, only problem with him is that the higher ups are resistent to change and think what worked 30 years ago is fine today. He wants out too.
Have you started looking for a new job? Might be a good time to start if you know the end is coming.
Eh, was thinking more of going back to school. Especially with how terrible job seeking is in my area.
Problem is I really like my job. Mainly because my hours are 100% flexible. I write down my hours and get paid for those hours. How many hours are up to me.
Well stick it out till it closes down, get a shiny payout.
I know that feeling,
The fire/evacuation alarm has started going off down the other end of this floor, but not near where I am. That’s nothing to worry about, right?
In other news, I think I might go for a walk outside.
The fire is more scared of you than you are of it.
Shoot her, SHOOT HER!!!
Might be a test.
I dunno – that half of the floor got evacuated… but everything seems calmer now. No idea what happened.
So… I put the video I snapped of yesterday’s storm up on YouTube then tweeted it with the #bnestorm tag… Facebook goes crazy this morning when someone has spotted my video on a news.com.au as an embedded tweet.
Video views went from around 60 last night to over 11,000 as of now…
Have I made it guys? Can I become a vlogger? Sponge off of youtube monetisation?
PS: link if anyone wants to check out the carzyness: http://youtu.be/HdpvU945AyY
O_O
Cripes….
Absolutely! It was crazy shit yesterday! So glad the worst of it missed my house! Cooled things down significantly though!
That’s pretty amazing. I sort of wish I was there in person. I love storms.
This was intense… This morning houses in the same area look like someone has let loose with a machine gun. Windows shattered, debris all over the roads, weatherboard panels with paint chipped off and dents in the wood.
That’s a good video. Amazing storm of course, but the video is well-done too. You’ve made it.
The clip is good but the accompanying pictures were gold. That shot of the rear window full of holes was reminiscent of a bad day in Baghdad, not Brisbane suburbs.
Had a really good solid hour (or two) playing Rogue Legacy on PS4. Finally beat Khidr, got to level 50 and unlocked Spellthief. Hopefully be able to earn enough to unlock Spellsword sooner rather than later. Such an enjoyable game.
I tried it thinking I wouldn’t enjoy it as mucha s I did. I’m pretty bad a bullet hell games and this sort of platformer.
But the sense of progression is great and I ended up not just completing it but completing NG+ as well
Well I’m off on a grueling odyssey to buy a cheap toaster. May or may not come back with stories, may or may not push old people and children to the ground for aforementioned cheap toaster.
“Black Friday sales!” you may think.
No.
Not at all.
He just likes tripping over little kids and the elderly every Thursday evening.
ATTENTION PC PEEPS!
TITANFALL IS $5 on US ORIGIN STORE. USE HOLA BROWSER EXTENSION AND SET IT TO US!
Does anybody play it anymore? (Serious, not being sarcastic)
i still play a fair bit…. it sometimes takes a little while to get in a game but once you’re in, you’re in… it definitely warrants a sequel, but they need to focus more on the mechs (more of, more customization, more versatility in terms of mobility)
@quiz_b
Unfortunately, from what I’ve seen, there’s barely anyone online.
However, I’d be up for it if any TAYfolk jumped online.
They have bots for providing some kind of playable experience without others, right?
Not really.
You have AI “grunts”, but it’s primarily versus other people.
So, I bought Metal Gear Solid (3)DS over the weekend, but found it pretty much unplayable. It might be my declining eyesight, but hell if I could make out enemy guards or aim a gun properly. I also found the controls really difficult to get the hang of, but that’s my problem.
I returned it to EB today and got my money back. I’ve got the HD version of MGS3 at home; I think I’ll just play that instead.
I found it unplayable too, when I tried the demo.
Though more in a “this seems pretty rubbish” sense than anything controls-wise or whatever.
Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE Metal Gear Solid, and the third one is quite possibly the best in the series. I just really struggled with this version of it.
It’s too long ago for me to really remember much about it, the main thing that stuck is that all his jump and roll animations looked like something from the 64. It’s the only MGS I’ve experienced outside of a few goes as Snake in Brawl.
Wasn’t that one of the games where you needed the Circle Pad Pro in order to control it properly?
According to reviews I read after I took it back… yes.
Ah well. The CPP wouldn’t’ve made the sprites any easier to see 😛
#oldladyshane
I thought it was pretty decent, but then I got MGS3 HD on Vita, and suddenly it seemed kind of useless.
I’ve spent a lot of time in DA:I on the Storm Coast, staring at the sea, rain, cliffs and forest.
I want to live there. I want that to be my home.
I’m hanging there now. The waves give me a headache because of their wrongness. No breaks, they just disappear.
So pretty though. So much jungle and beach. Nice little huts on top of the cliffs.
Fuck living there. Dem spiders.
Right!? Those waves irritate me so much. I was complaining loudly to @blaghman and he didn’t seem to care. I think I got a bit more annoyed then any normal person should though. =P
Yes!
I often think I’d like to live in a game, maybe once we get good VR head sets I’ll just get hooked up to feeding and poop tubes (hopefully in the correct orifices) and stay in games indefinitely.
Reminds me of Red Dwarf: Better Than Life (book, more than TV ep)
That’s exactly what I thought too. God it’s a great show. (I’ve never read any of the books.)
The books are pretty great! The first two were written by both Rob Grant and Doug Naylor together, and then they had their famous split, and each one wrote a separate sequel to the second book. (Typical Red Dwarf disregard for continuity :P)
Grant is so much better. Did you read his other stuff, like Incompetence?
I haven’t read that one yet, but I read his other novel. I forget what it’s called, but it’s got a guy who’s a head in a jar.
Colony’s enjoyable but not nearly as good.
I really liked Backwards too.
Wiki says he’s done one called Fat. Must read
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2014/11/this-is-how-chernobyl-looks-28-years-after-the-nuclear-disaster/
@dc
Man, STALKER is such a great game.
A new STALKER would be super rad.
What are you trying to imply I didn’t do anything I was just walking back to my desk and that stuff happened to be visible on the way SHUT UP GET OFF MY BACK
So much. Misery Mod for Call of Pripyat is pretty good too – spices the game up a bit, looks and plays better – and is Dark Souls-grade difficult.
Woah. Kingdom Hearts 2.5 is out next week? That snuck up.
They came too late in PS3s life.
Had they been on 4 or Vita, I would have snapped em up.
No Smash Bros/Amiibos in the Kmart or Target near my work. Had to check just in case.
Im checking the local Target as close to 9pm tonight as I can.
Fingers crossed an inattentive teen puts out early.
And also puts out Smash Bros.
HEY-OH!!!
Hey, so would you be up for the thing I mentioned? If I can get to the shops early enough to snag two copies of the game with the adapter, keep both adapters for myself and let you have the second game for standalone price? Then I’ll bring it around to your place to drop off once I’ve got it. Though I’d have to let you know if I couldn’t manage to get it.
What time would you be going to the shops?
Soon as they open. Which I haven’t checked on yet. I assume it’s either 8 or 9. Gotta get in quick 😛
Alright, go for it then. Can I DM you my phone number on Twitter? (can you even check that? :P)
Just send me a text when you know if you can get it or not. If not then I’ll leave to get my own!
I have no idea, I don’t know how any of that works 😛
E-mail would be safer I guess? I’ll send you my number.
I sent a return email! Just in case you didn’t get it for some reason.
Got it! Was out to dinner for birthday stuff. And trying to herd cats. Why do I keep doing this to myself.
Also did you want any Amiibos or anything else? I mean if I’m gonna be out and about. May as well save you the trip!
@mrtaco I do, but I’m undecided on which one(s) I actually want! Need to have a look at them in person. I think I’ll just wait until my lunch break on Monday. Thanks though.
I got my limited edition of Persona Q yesterday. Really enjoying it so far, played it for a couple of hours last night. Feels very nostalgic playing a brand new Persona RPG but with characters I already know. Still getting used to the EO elements though but its not too different from what I’m used to.
So a few days ago I asked about Pokemon. People suggested getting a chip for my DS.
Then I realised I had a much more capable machine that can hoist a certain flag much easier than buying a chip for the DS. So, I managed to locate Black 2.
I’ve just gotten to the second town. I am…enjoying it? I think I’ll give it an hour or two more before I call it as to whether I will become somebody that owns a Pokemon game.
Quick question: should I be nicknaming my Pokemon? I only nicknamed my Tepig to be “Starter” because, you know, I’m imaginative. Anything else I should look out for in these early stages of the game?
I have never given my Pokemon nicknames; I find it exhausting having to type my own name at the start.
Well, I did do the old Ninty-word dance with my Rivals name.
“What is your rivals name?”
Cockhead – no
Dipshit – no
Fuckwad – no
Effhead – no
Head – no
Dick – no
Balls – no
So I went with Steve.
…sorry Steve’s.
It’s a pretty name.
I totally forgot about that movie.
I need to go watch it again. Because it didn’t suck, and was entertaining.
It’s one of my top three non-Disney kids movies of all time. And in my top twenty any movies. I love it!
Ah, classic red/blue had no profanity filters. Those were the days.
Nicknaming can give you a bit more attachment to your team if you want to do it, but it’s completely optional.
Some general tips for a first timer are:
– Talk to everybody. Especially at the start of the game NPCs will explain most of the essential information you need. They also give out free items and things (especially later on the stuff they give can be very valuable)
– Try and have as diverse a team as possible. You generally don’t need two of the same type. It’s good to have a wide variety. Also don’t feel like you need to fill up all six team slots ASAP. Different types of Pokemon will pop up as you progress so there’s no need to rush.
– There’s a bunch more depth to the combat than what shows on the surface. You don’t need to worry about it for now but if you end up liking it there’s plenty to learn (ie. there’s a reason why the games are still popular with non-kids :P)
EDIT; Oh, and adding onto the second point: Don’t worry about if your Pokemon is considered strong/weak/etc (I don’t know how much research you’ve done :P). In-game it hardly matters if your Pokemon are ‘good’ or not. Just pick things you like for your team and you’ll have more fun.
I subscribe to the fun/Pokemon you like idea. Unless you’re going competitive – the game is so much more fun with a team of Pokemon you think are cool/badass/cute, whatever.
It was great doing the PAX gym leader thing because I didn’t have to worry about being unbeatable. Nobody ever suspects the Butterfree.
What’s the deal with that, you go easy on kids?
Only two kids battled me and I went easy on them, yes 😛
(even the kid that had a team full of legendaries)
Don’t stress for first playthrough? Pokemon games are competent and fun little RPGs that aren’t too demanding and a great way to while away a few hours. Just relax and have fun.
Then you can go all crazy eyed maniac and start breeding and culling in a eugenics blitz that would make Mengele step back and say too much. Like @beavwa and @powalen.
I never nickname any of mine. Possibly weird – but hard to explain. I feel like a Pokemon’s species is it’s name. It’s more my Raichu or your Raichu. Anyone else this way?
I nearly always go with something stupid. My Mudkip is named Bootylicious.
Soo… that was the only non-stupid one?
“Muzza”
I’m not very creative.
I name everything to amuse myself
I nickname every single one I catch, but I get lazy and just start calling them things like Fishsoup or Bulbaguts, generally I always have a Gutsoup theme, in games where I name a group it’s usually Soupgroup, Gutgroup, Souptroop etc. I even use that theme when naming places I go with names like Gutropolis or Gutropia. It makes for some great dialogue.
My starter is always called Steve… Because everyone trusts Steve
Except Quiz_B, apparently!
STEVE!
I nicknamed my Pokemon for X and I tried to keep up a theme. Then again, I didn’t really have that many imaginative names as I called a Pikachu “Blitzkrieg”. You know, “lightning war” heh heh.
I’ll go now.
So I’m in the middle of wiping my Xbone hard drive ready for trading in, I went to “Reset To Default/Factory Settings”, it did it’s thing and now it’s going through the initial setup again. I’m going through it and it’s asking me to put in my outlook/hotmail account. I don’t want to do that (obviously), so I hit the XBox thingie on the console to turn it off. Turned it back on and it’s taken me back to the start of the setup process. I wanted to check and make sure it had been wiped, but it won’t let me do anything until I enter account details. I guess all I can do is turn it off and take it in and hope that all the data has been erased.
Kinda glad I’m getting rid of it. Really not liking Microsofts range of products these days (XBox, Windows 8, Hotmail/Outlook etc).
Spark up a new email account?
Too late, already boxed up in the original box. Amazingly I was able to get it all back in and it’s not even bulging. That almost never happens.
So long Xbone.
*Sean’s Adventure in cleaning his room for the first time in a year.*
“WHERE DID I USED TO PUT ALL THIS STUFF? WHY IS HALF MY FLOOR TAKEN UP WITH NEATLY STACKED BOXES? I SWEAR THEY TOOK UP LESS SPACE LAST TIME THE PILE COLLAPSED! IS IT EVEN POSSIBLE TO CLEAN A DESK? I MOVE THINGS, AND MORE STUFF APPEARS! WHY DO YOU ALWAYS DELAY ON DOING THIS UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE, THREE MONTHS AFTER YOUR LAST ATTEMPT, SEAN?”
*Puts everything in rubbish bags and hides them in the backyard*
“Phew, done.”
>.>
You can all stop worrying, I found my glasses prescription, one of the screws for my chair, and my tax return form from 2012/2013. Thank Christ, that’s a weight off my chest.
Sorry mate *gets off chest*
Don’t worry, you can stay.
*slow wink*
A tidy desk is the worst. It just lets me see how dusty it is.
Hold on to yer butts
I know there was someone here interested in Figma Lucina. She’s up for order today, April 2015 release, 5666 yen from Hobby Search so kind of pricey. 🙁
But do I get it just because it’s another Nintendo figma?
…probably <_
*Sigh*
Throws wallet at screen.
I’m sorry.
I’m not getting it personally because it comes out in April and I have 4 Nendo/Figma + Yamato Kai scale figure all ordered that month :(. Also been trying to avoid getting into the Figma collecting because Nendoroids alone are expensive enough. I’ve got a handful of Figmas (a few Black Rock Shooter and Kantai Collection ones plus all the Madoka Magica characters which I actually need to sell at some point – still mint in box) but luckily haven’t gotten into them as deeply.
If they did Fire Emblem Nendoroids I’d be on them like flies on shit though.
Don’t apologise.
This problem is my own.
Because I’m a fucking consumerist whore.
I wasn’t interested but then I clicked on the link. it looks nice.
Titanfall Deluxe edition for XBONE is only $15 on the AU xbox store at the moment if anyone is interested.
Check out @BizarroStanLee’s Tweet: https://twitter.com/BizarroStanLee/status/538179073067847680?s=09
Well, I mean, sometimes, in the heat of the moment..
@zetrox2k If you’re interested how much credit you get for trading in an Xbone at EB, it’s $205. Which is about what I expected, usually whatever you trade they’ll give you between a third and half of what they would sell it for pre-owned.
ah cool thanks man…. i definitely wouldnt be trading anything into eb…
i seem to have opened up a can full of worms the other day, now everyone wants to get rid of their XBO!
TBH im prob going to sell it through Gumtree/Ebay… ive had some great success on gumtree in the last few months… 5 months ago i sold my 3DSXL with Pokemon Y for $270, and my PS3 slim 500gb with Mortal Kombat (NTSC Version) for $220! \o/
would normally be aiming for about $470 with kinect and games, but damn people are flogging them off cheap…
Hey, Sydney TAY!
Smash Bros is coming out this weekend, don’t ya know. I’ve been meaning to have another get-together at my place for a while, so…
POWALEN’S 8-MAN MEAT SMASH
Who: You guys!
What: A Scottish Doctor
When: Saturday, 6th of December (next weekend). Starting at 12 noon and ending whenever you want to go home …within reason.
Where: My place. (if you don’t know my address, I can email/Twitter DM you)
Why: We won’t have many opportunities to play 8-person multiplayer due to it not being an online mode! Plus it’ll be fun. And there might be food.
Please let me know if you are coming so I have an idea of how much food, etc to get. If people are staying until dinner time we will likely get some variety of takeaway (pizza is the easiest in my area but there are other options).
You are also free to stay overnight if you wish, but let me know ahead of time. I have two inflatable beds and one small lounge, so you may need to bring some sleeping equipment if you want to stay.
Also it would be appreciated if you bring a controller! I only have a Gamepad, one pro controller and one wiimote (do people even use these for Smash? :P). I also have one Gamecube controller but will not have one of those adaptors, so if you have one – bring it!
Tagging the Sydney TAYers:
@35 @alexpants @anonymous_pessimist @batgirl @batguy @cakesmith @cj @cookingmama @doc_what @effluvium-boy @fatshadylive @gingerchris86 @gorzilla @harli @hugo_the_hungarian_barbarian @mawt @morkai @markserrels @mrtaco @novacascade @powalen @pupp3tmast3r @ruffleberg @shiggyninty @vonsack
Maybe. Possibly. Wingman’s got a birthday thing on that afternoon/evening in the city I think, I’m not sure how early it starts.
You don’t have to stay for the entire time! The city is a 20 minute train from my place so you could maybe go straight there. Or you could drive, I guess 😛
Or I could drive to your place then train it there!
But yeah, I think the earliest it’d start would be around 2 or so, so should be able to at least get a bit of time in.
I have a reserved car space behind the building you can use if you wanted to do this.
O.o
Well there’s an image.
🙂
Ugh, post number 25. I really should’ve counted before posting.
Man, this is kind of tempting.
But I think I’m too poor this close to Christmas, so I’ll just sit in Canberra jealously glaring at my twitter feed.
Just steal a car.
Clever girl
Shows what the anti-piracy advocates know about the common man and his motivations.
I’ll absolutely be there. That way everyone else can feel better about themselves when we play.
This is tempting but also intimidating 0,0
You guys have fun! Intimidating wins this time! =P
Ill be there! Unless you tell me not to come!! OR they change my roster!
Yes. Yesyes yes yes yes!
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2014/11/these-horrible-mindsucker-bugs-can-infect-and-control-their-hosts/
@gutsoup
If you value your sanity and sense of personal security, don’t read this.
Too late.
I squeamed.
I’m not cleaning it up….
yep, they’re messed up, they didn’t show the ones that manipulate entire ant colonies those are the worst IMO.
I’m going to have nightmares for weeks…..
Right. May have to go
entercheck out this Goldeneye competition at Spawn Point Bar tonight. Should be fun!Step 1: Wear bulletproof vest.
Step 2: Wear helmet.
Step 3: Hire meanest looking bouncer you can
Step 4: Enter competition
Step 5: Look opponents directly into their eyes. Laugh.
Step 6: Pick Oddjob.
or the female moonraker minion.
Slappers only.
What does the competition entail?
Not sure, but they ran it last night and decided to do it again tonight so it must have been some sort of success. I think it will be rounds of 4 player free for all. Winner of each round gets some sort of gaming merch.
Edit: Oh and I almost forgot…
ARGHHHH I FELLL OFF THE MAPMind is abuzz. Too many schemes, plots and plans afoot. Can’t concentrate.
Okay, even though we know that only Smash for Wii U supports it..
What Wii U game (Not Smash Bros.) would you willingly play with a Gamecube controller if it were supported?
Mario Kart
None that I can think of. Pretty happy to use the gamepad in everything. The only times I don’t want to, it’s because I’d rather the nunchuk instead.
All of them. I love the WaveBird and I kinda dislike using motion controls.
As much as I loved the original wiimote; I really loved turning it sideways and using it like you would the old NES controllers. And there were some great games that supported that setup, too! Donkey Kong Country Returns, NSMB, Virtual Console..
I know an amazing Wii game that doesn’t have any motion controls!
XENOBLADEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!
WindWaker.
Almost missed it due to a bathroom break, but came back to be told that upstairs they had a whole load of books to be cleared out. Oh what’s that, I still need a present for Mum?
SAVED!
Heh had to laugh whilst I was at Bunnings today. After gathering the few items I required, I headed off to the cashier to purchase said products, I get there and do the usual exchange of hello how you etc, next moment the lovely young lady was all “Your name is Marc isn’t it? and that’s with a C yeah?” I was all “Yeah” at this point I was a bit mystified, was she someone who was a friend of a friend and had met somewhere, was she friends with one of my friends on Facebook, had I ever served her at the Salvo’s, EB Games or Dan Murphy’s? No was much more simple than that, turns out she had served me a few weeks back at the Bunnings cafe whilst I was on my lunch break since it’s about the closest place to the Salvo’s that sells energy drinks & takes eftpos. She explained she was good with names and faces, which is cool, I like that. I wish I could say I am good with names, i’m not 😛
That sounded much more exciting in my head than it now appears in text, damn..
Did you get her number?? Was she cute?
*grabs popcorn*
No & yes.
Satisfied? hahaha
Just got back from trading in my Xbone 5 games and all my Skylanders. Got enough credit to pay for Smash Bros. a Gamecube adapter, One of each of the 12 launch Amiibos, and 3 Gamecube controllers, and I got $170 cash. Would’ve liked more, but hey, it’s EB, I don’t think I did too badly considering.
Brisbane meat! Soon! It is written!
Disregard.
We haven’t had a meat in ages apart from Mrs. Freeze’s party.
Disregard.
You didn’t need to edit it away. We were just talking. Hope I didn’t come across as rude or any thing? Why edit?
Stop being so jealous!
But yeah, no need to edit, duder…
… Disregard 😛
Nothing to do with you.
Sorry for maybe seeming rude here :3
Nah, nothing to be sorry about. 🙂
Cool 🙂
Was just feeling a bit mopey was all (reason for editing).
@liondrive: Yeah, I understand. I’ve been there. I’ve done the same. 🙂
We should talk again sometime soon 🙂
Not right now cause I’m busy, but sometime 🙂
I’mma take the lack of any kind of response as an, “oh, yeeeaaaah, umm, suuuuuure thing… I guess…?”
😛
Wasn’t that like a week ago? 😛
Not even 6 days ago at most 😛
Next weekend at the buffalo bar.
too soooooon! I don’t start til the 8th!! 😉
We should do something after your first pay day!
will probably be a pay or two after that before I’m ready, but will definitely be keen for something! 🙂
Christmas/New Years Meat 😀
Yeah, that’s a couple of days before we get up to Brisbane.
Unless you planned to have it early to avoid us.
*paranoia setting in*
That’s the plan, but it probably won’t go accordingly 😛
I joke.I just wanna hang even if it’s all informal like. INFORMAL LIKE.
Huh, what… No one informed me?
This was the notification. 😛
Fair enough I guess…
…
I mean, there’s nothing even planned. It’s me saying we should meat soon. Haha!
feel free to meat! I was just expressing my dismay at the timing! 😉 We can do it again soon!
Got my first two games this Steam sale.
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 and Castlevania: Mirror of Fate HD. I loved Lords of Shadow and held out on 2 since it got much less appealing reviews, and I enjoyed the demo of Mirror of Fate on 3DS but wasn’t going to buy it at full price.
Not bad, not bad!
Anyone played them? Thoughts?
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 is awesome! I’m not normally one to play that style of game, cos my experiences have been bad in the past, but I’m glad I did! It’s a great game! Boss fights are cool! Well.. except for the first one.. it’s kinda shit and a little annoying, but push through cos it gets waaaaay better!
Is there still weird and bad SotC Colossus fights?
well I haven’t played the first, but I think what you’re referring to, is said first boss fight. But once you get past it, they’re much better!
I was totally put off Mirror of Fate by the demo I played at EBX (3DS). Horribly low framerate, and looked like arse. Been trying to find out if the end result held up against other 2D Castlevanias or not, but don’t think I know anyone who’s played it.
It definitely felt more like a 2D Lords of Shadow than any of the classic Castlevanias 🙁
I can post thoughts if you want but I’m expecting it to be nothing like classic Vanias :'(
the reason why it’s shit, is cos it’s pretty much the only boss fight that requires stupid combo’s of QTE’s. From that point on though, if there’s a qte, it’s a 1 button deal!
I played Lords of Shadows and found it extremely boring …
SerHelpulus
Lords of Shadow or Lords of Shadow 2?
Lords of Shadow (the original) was awesome!
The original, got up to some kind of giant boss in the snow or something and just didn’t care about the game in the slightest.
Aww, it gets better if you can get past all the shitty SotC rip off stuff 🙁
Picked up a six pack of Lucky Buddha beer. Doesn’t taste too bad.
Will it make me get lucky…
Probably not, but after drinking a six pack I probably won’t care,
Heading off to pick up my Wii U in a couple of hours. 😀
Damn, TAY is slooooowww!
Huzzah, the books worked!
YAY BOOKS
You now know what to expect when expecting?
The less I expect, the more surprising the outcome.
Grandma’s Boy just came on Foxtel, haven’t seen this since it was new, quintessential gamer/stoner movie.
Suck on that titty, fat Jonah.
I’VE GOT BIGGER TITTIES THAN YOU DO!
So don’t want to bang on about it… But my 50 odd seconds of storm footage from yesterday has just tickets over 45,000 views on YouTube….
Welp.
Worst self promotion! Doesn’t even link it!
😛
Linked it twice already… At this stage I’m getting a little scared of the sheer volume of views! /o\
But not here where I can conveniently click it :'(
EDIT: Pffft made me have to look through your old comments and everything! 😛
Well, decided to wait until midnight to pick up the Wii U, along with Smash…
May have shot myself in the foot by doing that… 🙁
EDIT: Picking it all up tomorrow. So much for the midnight release hype. :`(
Hi Tay, back in Phnom Penh, Vietnam tomorrow!
What a coincidence, I just had Vietnamese for dinner.
What a coincidence, I had dinner.
Can’t sleep…thinking about Smash Wii U…
Telltales: Tales from the Borderlands EP1 choices!
Fiona: 1. I grabbed Augusts’ hand, not risking it.2. I let Shade hang with me cause i love his character.
3. I “let” Felix die, I didn’t really mean to, I thought it was going to happen no matter what i said in that situation and wanted him to at least know how i felt.
4. STEVE MASK! “HEYOOOO!”
Rhys: 1. I <3 LoaderBot.
2. I didn’t trust Sasha with my baton, not yet anyway 😉
3. I like having party members and friends, screw you douchbag!
4. Riot shields and Grenades are great when you strap them to each other and ride them down on top of everyone!
I really enjoyed it. Discuss my choices.
I need new friends 🙁
Also, I think my excessive drinking days are behind me.
So lonely.
Those garlic cheese fries and burger I posted the other day from The Standard? Totally had those tonight. They tasted so good. Fuck I’ve spent a lot of money on food this week. Probably around $150 :S
Also 8% alcohol bottles of cider are interesting. I’m kinda drunk. Oliver and I may have kissed a couple of times )”(on cheek/foreheads) tonight. Let’s see how tomorrow goes :S
PS m spelling is shocking right now but autocorrect makes it all better
8% cider is damn good. I had a real nice one the other week was pear & mango I think? One of the best i’ve had, but then again i’m bias to mango.
Damn tipsy liondrive.
Needs to learn to keep his goddamn mouth shut.
it probably doesn’t help when you post so early in the morning! 😉 not a lot of people around to respond!
Here’s your morning smile at my expense…
For some reason the bookmark I clicked on for a TAY was from September sometime… And I replied to a comment oblivious of my error. Comment was also fairly inappropriate for 8am on a Saturday morning.
*slinks away to hide in shame*
but we love having you around!
But we’d lose an awesome person if you did that. I know how ya feel there dude, I don’t talk about it, cause that me. But yeah. We love having you around so don’t you go leavin’ on us!
Just a heads up if you were planning to get the Smash with adapter from Target, you’re probably not going to get it 😛
I went to my local Target at 8:50 (it opens at 8) and they sold out by then. The guy said about 15 people were lining up 30 mins before the store even opened, and Target only got like 10 copies of it.
I didn’t really want it so I didn’t mind but good luck to others!
What was the Amiibo situation like?
Plenty of them!
My local EB hadn’t even got their shipment of the adapter bundle, or even standalone adapter. So it’s either gamepad or pro controller for now.
If anybody wants an adapter bundle I can check my local Target to see if they have any.
I now have Smash Bros for WiiU and I didn’t even have to leave the house! I think I’m going to contract @mrtaco to buy all my games for me from now on.
Can I sign up too?
So first person in GTA V is really cool, especially the level detail Rockstar has gone to, even wearing different sunglasses affects your view, that’s really cool. Even though most of them kinda make it look like you’re looking through an Instagram filter 😛
Only 3 battles with my Mario Amiibo and he’s already level 10 O.o
It slows down pretty quickly once you pass level 15. I’ve been on level 32 longer than it took me to do 1-25. Not sure how this is going to be by level 49.
Thought that’d be the case.
So I wonder what Nintendo is planning. Sounds interesting and promising if it really is an emulator for smartphones.
Aaaaaand JB are having another 20% off Blu-Rays & DVD’s.. When does the madness end JB?! Probably when I am crying in the corner because they took every last dollar from me!
Welp, Amiibo basically sold out at my local Big W. Only had 3 Mario, 2 Pikachu and a Peach.
At least I’ve got the game! I can wait for Amiibos 😛
My Big W didn’t know that the game existed, so far as I could tell (they’re pretty crap normally, and they had nothing on shelves). I saw a guy grab the last DK from JB, I grabbed the last Fox, and was tempted by the last Link (though his eyes are too derpy for my liking), which left 2 Peaches, some Pikachus, and a bunch of Marios.
So I went down and grabbed a Samus from EB because their stock was not as bad (no Wii Fit Trainer, Marth, Villager, or Kirby though).
The Target I went to had everyone except Link which is the only one I want. Went to EBGames and they had like 20 Pikachus and Marios, 1 Fox and 2 of everyone else.
Found the Springwood one?
Yup!
I’m so dumb! Checked JB on a whim; no amiibo so assumed they weren’t out yet. Walked past a Big W, EB and target on way out and didn’t even think to check 🙁
No amiibo at my local JB 🙁
My Big W had absolutely nothing but I had Doc on the phone going ‘THEY HAVE THE ADAPTER BUNDLE HERE DO I BUY YOU ONE HURRY I ONLY HAVE 3% BATTERY LEFT’ so I panicked and made him buy it and now I have no Smash for two days. Which is better than the alternative admittedly.
North Sydney is a very quiet place so I’m gonna hunt for Amiibos there on my lunch break on Monday. Apparently Marth is hard to find. 🙁
Sorry for being out if the loop, but what’s the deal with the Amiibos?
Like, I don’t need one to really play Smash, do I?
Nope. It’s just for an extra feature thing where you can train your own custom fighter (Amiibo) and they level up.
Other Nintendo games make use of it too like if using a Link one in Hyrule Warriors you can unlock a new weapon, or using them in Mario Kart gets you a themed racing suit.
Good.
I didn’t particularly want to buy any of them.
That’s the reason I got the Link one, works on Hyperule warriors. I’m hoping Toon Link works in Hyperule warriors too.
I don’t care what anyone says… I lost my shit at the Star Wars trailer and I’m proud of it 😛
Definitely a must watch!
MILLENNIUM FALCON
I shit, fell asleep early. Better look now!
Many success this morning. Got to Target at 8, they weren’t open yet. Two other guys already waiting there, another rocked up just after me. Poor second guy, he ended up fourth in line at the counter. Missed out on a bundle copy of the game once they (eventually) got their stock up, only had three copies. And only two GCN controllers I think, so I missed out. They only started getting Amiibos out when I got to the counter though, so I got first pickings of those. Which was a good thing since a few of them had little defects and imperfections that bothered me, also the were only one each of Villager, Wii FIt Trainer and Marth. And two Foxes. We hoovered them up though, only left three Pikachus and a Mario behind.
Ended up running around to the nearby Big W, turned out they had the bundle there too so I got my second copy. Also grabbed Samus which I accidentally put down while trying to find the best one and missed out on (the one I got was better than all three of them), and grabbed their Wii Fit Trainer.
Went on to another Target just to see if they had any more copies in case any of my other friends missed out, then since they were out of GCN controllers too it was on to one more Big W which had no game bundles, but two controllers left. One with a crumpled box, the other pristine. Victory! Then it was off to Pow’s to give him the second copy of the game I didn’t need 😛
I have spent far too much money this morning.
I dunno about collecting all these shards & other bits n bobs in Inquisition.
is it worth it?
I think I may have already seen all I want to see.
CC @DC
I’m obviously still in the Hinterlands, where Shard collecting is pretty fun because it’s new, but I can already see how it will get tiring towards the end. So much stuff to do and collect!
Yeah, I’ve done quite a bit at 60hrs. The shards I’ve missed are ones that popped up after I’ve been there.
So, Solas = Billy Zane? Y/N?
Ah! I get it now. I couldn’t work out which comment that was a reply to, originally!
No, it wasn’t Billy Zane he reminded of. He does now that I think about it, though. 😛
Still collecting shards, but I don’t go out of my way for them. Haven’t finished game yet, but am close.
I finished & kept a save.
Went back to do all the stuff I missed.
Might just finish off Vivienne’s mission to see any dialogue & leave it at that.
See how I go…
I’m doing all the regions and side quests, but not interested in the grindy ones.
I’ve done a shitload & it’s starting to feel like fetching too much since I’ve seen nearly everything.
No complaints, great game. Just don’t think I’ll be going fofor a platinum or nuthin.
I got pretty close with Origins, about 4ish achievements off.
Yeah, I think cause the maps are so much bigger they put all this fetch quest stuff in. I would mind if it was there instead of the more BioWare-ish story stuff, but that stuff is there too. When Dragon Age 4 comes out I won’t care at all that my character picked 700 elfroots. Just the story stuff. 😀
Yepyepyep
Thanks for organising TAY Smash everyone who isn’t me!
But if anyone wants to battle 1 v 1 lemme know!
No worries, I also went around to all the stores & collected up 3 full sets of Amiibo if you’re missing any.
LyingJimu is cool!
Truth 😀😮
phew!I’d be very interested later tonight if you’re up for it.
Yup! Add us Crazydude!
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AgFxIpTLAp-LdDNZbWVTNjhYNGE2bXpFTkxqV3BzM2c&hl=en_US#gid=0
Oh my god that Star Wars trailer made me destroy my underwear. It actually looks like Star Wars, all dirty and low techish. Cautious optimism be damned, I am ready.
Although that lightsaber hilt looks stupid. Good way to cut your own hands off.
Check out @oysterFAKE’s Tweet: https://twitter.com/oysterFAKE/status/538475410720161792?s=09
It made me think of this scene from Gurren Lagann, which was similarly dictated by the Rule of Cool and not practicality.
Being a prequel trilogy lover, I’m obviously keen. Can’t wait.
Even tthough I know SW will be better, the JP trailer got me more excited.
Prequel trilogy?
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!
OH, THATS A GOOD ONE. NEVER HEARD IT BEFORE, NOT EVEN ONCE!
Revenge of the Sith is better than A New Hope.
I might have to watch them again but I think I would put Attack of the clones ahead of Revenge of the Sith,
Neither are better than A new hope imo
You know.. Phantom Menace etc.
Never heard of it.
@virus__
JB are selling iPhone 5Cs 32GB for $399!
Damn.. If only I had the $$ for that at the moment lol.
So they’re finally making a fourth Star Wars film!
Well let’s not get ahead of ourselves.. it could still turn out to be another tragedy! The likely hood of them doing so is not as much as previously, given what we’ve seen so far, but.. never count your chickens before they hatch!
I don’t think they can do much worse.
yeah they did set the bar kinda low. I liked the first 3 (ep1,2&3), but not loved. I hope this will bring back the awesomeness that the original 3 (ep4,5&6) had about them!
Have to say the clone wars cartoon (which is great) really improved my feeling about the prequels.
I just picked up SMASH BROOOOOOOS! Now the 40 minute drive home to play it 😐
4 hours until I get it. :\
Wahh? I thought you were midnight launching it?
I was… but things went awry.
No problem, though, I’ll be getting it in three hours. 😀
I don’t think we had a midnight launch in the west 🙁 perth might have.
bought a toaster.
toasted bacon sandwich! mmmmmm
Quick! Check if it works by plunging a fork in it!
Whilst having a bath!
How many kids and/or grandmothers did you have to kick over to get it though?
I’m thinking of picking up assassins creed Black Flag but there doesn’t seem to be an all DLC version yet. Is the DLC worth bothering about (probably waiting until next sale for complete eddition or whatever) or should I just get the original and disregard the DLC?
The original is fun enough! I think the only DLC is that slave thing? which I believe is standalone anyway, so you can just get it separately when it’s on sale.
It looks like there is a season pass. From what I can work out there was a few things in that and the slave one is the only legitimate DLC not included in season pass.
SMASH:
Online is… okay! So far I’d say my connection has been a lot better than the 3DS version but it’s really all over the place (at least the 3DS’ version was consistently bad :P).
I’ve had some absolutely perfect silky smooth games and other choppy ones. But the worst ones are the input lag ones where it seems all smooth but everything happens a second after the button is pressed :/
This was all against randoms though so hopefully it’s good with friends!
Are you using the LAN adapter, or WiFi?
WiFi 🙁
My internet speeds are pretty eh anyway, but most games seem to get through fine (at least Nintendo ones)
Also it’s totes annoying that it doesn’t save your default controls or costume choices (like it does on the 3DS version)
WEIRD
I hate overstaying my welcome in RPGs, so am determined to do everything I want to do in Dragon Age before starting the end game. Still getting my ass kicked by these dragons, though. D:
I’m level 21 and they’re still too tough for me. XD
The only reason I can beat them is because I CANNOT DIE. It takes ages for me to kill them (that said I have been fighting ones one or two levels above me), and it’s kind of dull, and my fingers hurt by the end, but sword mage OP.
I’m a two knife wielding rogue. I do okay, but all my ranged party members make stupid AI decisions like standing directly in front of the dragon’s mouth. WHY DO THAT! STAND ON THAT HILL, GUY! I’ve fought three dragons! The rest scare me!
Oh, my whole team is usually dead before the Dragon’s even half dead. It’s, uh, kind of sad.
Where do you get the metal to make the sword mage hilt? Can’t find it anywhere.
The Western Approach, apparently. I had all I needed by the time I got the quest though, so I’m trusting a wiki here.
I went sword mage too. Awesome , I only use it when people sneak up though, but it’s fantastic to have the option
Sword mage is hella fun. I was able to take down a dragon without suffering any damage playing it.
Cassandra is the only close quarters combatant on my team. It’s funny to see her slashing at a dragons face by her lonesome while the rest of us stand back.
Got out the shower this morning to find a courier delivering Smash Bros. Pretty stoked since I didn’t realise they were doing deliveries today. =)
Liondrives insufferable housewarming party recap:
Well, it was exactly as horrible as me and my friend knew it was going to be.
We both only went because we wanted to hangout with each other, and thought that there may be a possibility for fun there, which there wasn’t.
The hosts absolutely hated the pack of Mi Goreng I bought them as a present, to the point where one of them didn’t even talk to me for almost the whole night 😀
The host I actually like realised that it was indeed funny by the end of the night though.
Me and my friend also remembered why we don’t hangout with those ‘friends’.
They are so incredibly fake :\
They’re all 20 years old, trying to act like they’re 30+ and have everything, and like they’re the best people around.
They have this intolerable air of feigned pretentiousness about them (except the good host).
We ended up leaving early and just going to a bar instead, which was a million times better.
I enjoyed this story 8/9 donuts
I want to go to a bar with you Jimu! :’O
Someday 🙂
Next time I’m forced to visit my family, you can save me for a few hours
Funny thing is most 30+ year olds have long stopped caring about stupid shit like that. And the ones that haven’t tend not to have any friends.
So really they’re just acting like douchebag 20 year olds.
That’s exactly how I’d describe them.
One of them is a ‘bar’ ‘tender’, and he kept trying to impress people by mixing drinks and being like, “This is a Cosmo”, “This is a Sex on the Beach”, “This is a blah”, while serving drinks in crappy little plastic cups with bendy straws.
Also, I know mixed drinks pretty well, and all he was doing was putting orange juice in with the alcohol.
Hahaha, wow.
Yep.
This.
I laughed more than was appropriate.
…I still hang out with far too many 20 year olds >_>
They’re the nice ones though 😛 All my old friends are too… old. Marriage does weird things to people.
I just spent far too long earning a dawn stone to evolve my Kirlia into Gallade.
Super training is easy enough but the time I had to beat for a dawn stone wasn’t.
Why can’t they just sell them in a god Damn store?
I was really hoping for a left handed option on Super Training this time around. Well, at least I only need two Dawn Stones and I can use the radar to catch a Ralts that’s worth evolving.
That would suck
Spent a bit of today mucking about in Smash and unlocking characters. So far, I’ve unlocked:
Falco, Game and Watch and Dr Mario.Might be a little bit of a grind to get the others by anything.
Not really enjoying how you can’t map movement to the d-pad on Smash :\
I don’t care about taunting, I just want to use that for movement instead :'(
It bugged me so much that in Brawl you had d-pad movement control with the wii remote… but you can’t use that for any other control scheme!
I’ve got an arcade stick that is basically just a classic controller, but the stick can be set to either be read as the d-pad or as one of the control sticks. But if you set it as a control stick, you can’t use smash attacks >_< If you could just use d-pad control then it would be perfect.
Anti dpad is a trend I do not like
Wii U & Smash get!
\o/
HALP PLS!
Christmas/New Years break… I dunno what to do!
I don’t want to work through it (there’s an official shut down period and it’s recommended to take leave) so I’ll probably take enough leave to give me about 11 days off (including public holidays and weekends). I just don’t want to stay at home doing nothing because that gets boring fast (I’m already bored of this weekend :D) so are there any recommendations that aren’t “stay at home”?
I was planning on travelling somewhere but I’m pretty sure I left it too late and airfares etc. are extra pricey :(. Any worthwhile places to travel to solo? (interstate, overseas, local – just as long as it’s relatively cheap).
Any big mega meats in other states that I should consider attending? 😛
Maybe an interstate drive could be fun…
Come hang out in Brisbane.
Brisbane
Perth…
*cue laughter*
I’m serious…
*cue harder laughter*
The other day my mum said that my dad was thinking of going to Perth sometime (he’s never been) to visit some family and I should go with him.
I laughed.
Noooo, come back! :’O
We can go to San Churros, and Adventure World (cc @phlanispo), and to Hay Street Mall, and to Cottesloe beach, and back to mine slow wink, and other stuff! 😀
I planned to go Adventure World, but the reception was rather lukewarm, and you said to delay it until about this time November. I kind of accepted that it would be too hard to get a group together and focus on organizing something for Melbourne. But I played Civ instead.
I was, and still am, keen for Adventure World, little Phlanisbro 😛
Any time is good for Ol’Liondrive these days 🙂
The thing is that I have this coupon, but it only works if there’s four people. It is completely against my nature to resist a bargain like that.
Since no-one else wants to/can go, I suppose I could have another crack at planning this, provided it is not between the 10th and 18th of December. I do truly love Adventure World, but it was soured by my last experience. (I was sick and couldn’t go on any of the rides, so I had to sit in a camping chair whilst I watched other people’s fun)
I suppose the time between me pitching the idea and now allowed me to get into my own head, tell me that the trip would be a bad idea. Allow my anxiety to get the better than me. And I’d rather not let that happen. I’ve been fighting my anxiety admirably the last two months, and I’d like to not let it get the better of me.
You know how normal people think what they’re thinking, and don’t provide a play-by-play of their thoughts?
You should come to Brisbane too.
Can’t really afford to take a holiday currently, unfortunately, otherwise I’d be over in an instant.
I miss Brisbane every day :'(
Not Brisbane 😛
I joke.Tassie. Cheap flights from Melbourne to Hobart or Launceston, and you can meat with @benj, @quiz_b and me. Also, the weather should be pretty decent, although I’m never sure.
Oh yeah! Melbourne people were thinking of a Tas Ferry Meat sometime… we should totes do it!
You should!!!!
There should be a war table app for smart phones and tablets so I can update my war table missions from work. They could call it War Tablet.
Went to Hogs Breath today for a mates birthday, I had to have the “serious steak burger” cause I love steak burgers, and hope they can cook a tender AND moist steak.
It had; 2 rib fillet steaks, 2 slices of cheese, tomato, beetroot, lettuce, Spanish onions, caramelised onions, Byron Bay sweet chilli sauce on a damper bun, served with curly fries!
All I can say is, wow, it’s possibly one of the best steak burgers i’ve had from a restaurant, finally a place that doesn’t server up shoe leather and call it rib fillet or dry steak! Points for a tender piece of meat, but do not let it dry out damn it!
I can see why people like Hogs Breath, they seem to do decent food for what they have on their menus.
it’s the 18-24 hour slow cook they do! I’ve never once had a bad steak at hogs breath! So good!
Ah right, well that’ll do it 😛 Amazing steak, would have again.
I had one of those a while ago. They are amazing. The $9.90 lunch deals on weekdays are good value too.
I must investigate this one time!
Take off the beetroot and it sounds great.
NEVER! Beetroot is an Australian staple for burgers!
Wasn’t the best beetroot i’ve had, but way better than what GC & Edgells do, not no where close as to our home grown & pickled stuff we do 😛
Malcolm *swoon*
@strange 😛
You never got around to watching his original season, did you?
http://tinyurl.com/q6akn98
That’s all I could think of…
I was more thinking of Duke Nukem.
I think more of this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kpgF2HIALw
*swoon*
Half my Steam library got assigned a new category: Games I’ll Never Play
Mine went into the: Games I Want To Play But Can’t Decide Which One Because There Are So Many The Choices Oh My God This Is So Overwhelming I Can’t Handle It So I’ll Just Stare At Them Until Something Stands Out But It Never Does So I End Up Doing Nothing Instead
That’s me right this second… Wife went to bed early. It’s now been 30 mins.
I’ve bought 3 games (Sleeping Dogs, Desktop Dungeons and Banner Saga), Xenoblade is in the tray of the Wii, I’ve got a rum and coke next to me, sorted some of my library, started adding TAYbies to friends list in Steam… but not actually played a game.
I demand a Xeno discussion!
How are you finding it? Get up to Bionis Leg yet? Like Neg said in the last brief discussion, that’s there the game started ramping up and getting super awesomes for me.
I died about 6 times this afternoon in the damn cave… when you meet first sets of mobs with a stronger one in the middle. I’m guessing it’s a gear/level check but it’s been pretty brutal when no other mobs drop anything except ‘Stiff Hair’.
I did have a realisation that you can save anywhere which all of a sudden made it a bit easier.
Saving anywhere is the best! Practically no load times as well and you can almost quick travel anywhere at any time 😀
It’s been years since I’ve played the game so I don’t recall the cave in too much detail, but I think @fled had an issue where he was accidentally venturing off the path and fighting much higher level dudes in the cave? Just don’t do that! 😛
I sure did!
Still slowly chipping away…
Just an update on where I’m up to…
I just reached Alcamoth.As @greenius said, it sounds like you’re pretty much doing what I did … and what made me stop playing for quite a long chunk of time.
Go a little back towards the entrance of Tephra Cave and there should be a thinner side passage with lower level mobs… I think it’s on the left if your back is towards the entrance.Yeah figured that bit out… Also going back through now on my way to Bionis’ Leg and still getting thumped by that big caterpiller. >:|
Last night started toying around in the menus and hadn’t levelled any of my arts up so dumped a bucket load of AP into them and things seem a little easier now. 🙂
😀
Damn you @greenius I’m meant to be studying… I was listening to Lana Del Ray… Now I’m playing Xenoblade music via YouTube!!
PS: The sound track I’ve heard in game is amazing.
Thanks again for recommendation. 😀Edit: I can’t upvote more than once…
I should really take my drink and find the couch and get playing, because honestly I’m really enjoying it and it’s the first time my Wii has been turned on in years!
:’)
So. Damn. Proud.
Damnnit! was up till 1am… Daughter up at 6am. Blerrghh.
Just in time for another session of Xenoblade! 😛
Also known as “I guess it came in a humble bundle or something?”
I felt like estimating how long I spent playing the games on my “Games Finished in 2014” list…
about 750 hours apparently 😮
Some games were carried over from last year and only finished this year, but I’m sure I’ve spent more time playing other things that I haven’t finished yet/can’t be finished.
The list of finished games if anyone’s interested:
Games finished in 2014:
1. Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag and Aveline DLC
2. Attack of the Friday Monsters
3. Bayonetta 2
4. Beat the Beat: Rhythm Paradise
5. BioShock Infinite
6. BIT.TRIP Presents Runner 2
7. Bravely Default
8. Broken Age Act 1
9. Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons
10. Child of Light
11. Costume Quest
12. Dark Souls
13. Dark Souls II
14. Destiny
15. Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze
16. Dragon’s Crown
17. Fantasy Life
18. FEZ
19. Final Fantasy X HD
20. Final Fantasy X-2 HD
21. Fire Emblem: Awakening
22. Flower
23. Gears of War: Judgment
24. Guacamelee
25. Gunman Clive
26. Hyrule Warriors
27. inFAMOUS: Second Son
28. Kid Icarus: Uprising
29. La-Mulana
30. LEGO MARVEL Super Heroes
31. Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII
32. Mario Kart 8
33. Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
34. Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes
35. Octodad: Dadliest Catch
36. Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright
37. Psychonauts
38. Pullblox World
39. Resogun
40. Risk of Rain
41. Rogue Legacy
42. Shovel Knight
43. South Park: The Stick of Truth
44. SteamWorld Dig
45. The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
46. The Last of Us Remastered and Left Behind DLC
47. The Night of the Rabbit
48. The Stanley Parable
49. The Walking Dead Season 2 (Episodes 2-5)
50. The Witcher
51. Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call
52. Tomb Raider
53. Toukiden: Age of Demons
54. Transistor
55. Trials Fusion
56. Year Walk
57. Ys: Memories of Celceta
I’m guessing Pokemon Alpha Sapphire and maybe some random PC game will be the last entries before the end of the year.
The beach is pretty beautiful, you guys.
I’d love to be able to go there with you guys at least once.
Hopefully someday 🙂
Oh yeah? Well your face is pretty beautiful
Aww, aren’t you just the kindest 🙂
A liar, but the best kind of liar 🙂
Tales from the Borderlands is so cool. Laughing like an idiot at times (especially the Bandit guards) and some super cool sequences that were actually tense. Unhappy with one choice I made but I’ll live with it.
Weirdly unpolished though. Animations feel a bit broken occasionally and dialogue delivery is even worse than usual.
Bring on episode 2!
Yeah, I thoroughly enjoyed it – fan of Borderlands stuff (though not touched pre-sequel yet for reasons, and fan of telltale stuff 😀 ).
I think it went live 2300 or something locally and I didn’t zzz until downloading & finishing it. 🙂
10 year reunion. So many old faces. But not nearly enough of the ones I liked 😛
Still, good seeing a whole bunch of them again. Annoyed that it got pushed back to be later, so I only got to spend about two hours there before having to run off.
Had everyone around for Smash though, which was awesome. Including two of the school guys. Had a tournament for that Smash Club thing Nintendo was running, but mostly played it on Wii U, set up across three TVs. I have way too many chips left. And cans of soft drink. I don’t even drink soft drink usually. They’re going to be around for a while to come.
So freakin tired now. Way too much running around today. Legs. Dead. Zzzzzzzz.
10 years sober.
I’m so proud of you, Gooky :’)
Was sober for waaaay longer than that!
SO PROUD! :’D
Right up until 2011.
LESS PROUD :’O
Got up at 5:30 this morning to do a walk around the beaches and caught the sunrise. I know I’ll crash this afternoon but it was worth it 🙂
I woke up at 5:30 this morning too! Except I only went to bed at 2, so I was like…. “Not again!!!”
24 today…
And no, I’m not talking about the weather.
😛
Happy birthday!
Happy Birthdayguy1990 from Greeniusguy1993!
Beers you’ve drunk since 6am?
Happy birthday.1.
Happy birthday!!
Happy B’day Crazyguy1990!!
More like Crazy(Birthday)Guy1990
…
I’ll show myself out.
Happy birthday, friend!
Happy birthday my friend!
Happy birthday, Crazy 🙂
Happy Birthday Crazydude. Hope it was a good one.
Anyone in here played Farming Simulator 2013 before? Particularly multiplayer.. I’m interested to know if it’s any good!
Yes & Yes. 2015 looks even more fun according to the Yogscast MP videos!
Also they have 2013 & 2011 videos i’m pretty sure! But 2013 is good fun with MP, only fun with MP though really 😛
I was looking at 2015, but appears there’s a lot of mixed feelings about it. at least 2013 has 92 or 93% positive on steam (out of over 2000 reviews).
2015 looks pretty fun, given all the new farm equipment and the new things to do like logging, but i’d wait until it’s got a ultimate edition or whatever like 2013 has!
well your approval of multi being fun has convinced me! Up until now, I couldn’t find any info on how the multi was. All the reviews only seem to talk about single. Humblestore has it on sale for $9.33 atm (a whole 20+c cheaper than steam!)
I’m hoping it revives the Industry Giant 2 love I’ve had laying dormant inside me for a while now!
Now I just have to convince my friend in Melb to get it too! 😉
Yeah it’s fun to just dick around with mates and try to farm seriously cause it just never works haha. Also the new physics engine 2015 looks good!
Also, that’s my thoughts exactly. The reviews say 2015 seems to be missing something iirc. Also it’s too pricey for me atm. Would rather wait for a Titanium edition like 2013. The logging etc does look pretty cool though!
@thecracks thanks man! thank you for the Walking Dead Season 2!
you’re way too kind
aaawwww man, looks like @thecracks has pulled the red suit out of the wardrobe. I’ll echo what Pixel said
I’m Batman!Whoa! Keep on Crackin’ on, Cracks. Thanks to you too!
Someone today said I was the closest thing they have to a boyfriend, and I was like, “hahahaha, whaaaaaaa…?”, now I’m tiptoeing around them :3
Awkward.
One dragon left to kill in Dragon Age and I’m done. Great game while it lasted. I miss it already. :'(
go grab yourself a trilogy of awesome at bundle stars! http://www.bundlestars.com/store/gothic-universe-edition/
$3!!
Nah, not a fan of fantasy games. It’s the BioWare writing that makes DA the exception. 🙂
I murdered my fifth today. Was a long fight, but I managed to keep Cassandra alive for its entirety (because Barrier is hella strong), which I’m happy with.
HAD AN INSANE ISAAC RUN! INSANE
(Isaac nerd talk incoming)
– Monstro’s Lung (charged attack that is like Monstro’s, so lotsa tears in kinda like a shotgun-y pattern)
– Parasite (each of those tears split up into 2 little tears)
…and this is where it went crazy!
– IPECAC (each of those became a poison exploding bomb)
At this point I was clearing entire rooms in one hit since those little tear bombs exploded everything everywhere (including me)
Then I used a Jera Rune (doubles the drops in the room) on The Chest to get double the goodies and ended up getting a Loki’s Horns which meant I shot these crazy bomb tears from all directions.
Ended up almost killing myself with that but I (thankfully) made it to ??? and he died practically instantly.
YAY!
Like 3 people here will understand what I wrote :D. I dedicate this post to you < 3
0QWY 0PG2 is the seed if anyone is interested. Monstro’s Lung on the first floor’s item room and IPECAC is in the Boss Rush room.
Oooo. I’ll give that a go.
Errgh. So many spiders.
I need one more Issac kill then I finally unlock BB boss.
And then Mega Satan \o/
Zuh????
Start a new game, Press TAB (if you’re on PC) and input the seed code.
ANOTHER FUN SEED!
RA9Y DTJH
This one is going to be hard to replicate but I had…
– Protosis in the first floor’s item room (big tears!)
– The Parasite again (tears split up)
– Cancer (awesome fire-rate)
– Lotta good buffs (Halo, Small Rock, Wafer etc.)
– Cricket’s Head (tears split up even more) – got this in a random chest
The wombo combo for me was:
– Prayer Card (Eternal Hearts galore!)
– Sharp Plug which I bought at the shop.
The Sharp Plug lets you recharge your spacebar item at the cost of 2 hearts of damage, but since I had the Wafer it only cost half a heart. So I was at Max Health pretty quickly. Looks like you can break the HP limit too with Eternal Hearts 😀
The new stages in Smash Bros really are a mixed bag. Some of them are great but the bigger they get, the more terrible they become.
So far the worst has to be the DK stage where you can use a barrel to fight in the background. Terrible, terrible gimmick. All it does is make it easier to run away and harder to tell what’s going on.
The back part is supposed to have stronger knockback.
It does but there’s still the small detail of it being in the background and thus harder to follow what’s going on.
Sundays, am’right?
*consults calendar*
Story checks out!
Does it check out?!
*dun dun duuuuuuun*
…
It does.
I’m just so bored, DC :’3
Oh god, so bored!
I’ve resorted to watching the news!
Somebody save me from myself! :’O
Play The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth using the seed above!
#nahdunwanna
Don’t have it anyway 😛
If you’ve got PS Plus it’s free this month!
I do, but truth be told, I’m not really in a playing games kind of mood 😛
I don’t know what I want to do! 😀
That’s part of my boredom problem, my friend.
Survivor < 3
You could play “With Yourself”, the single player game with a tight grip on the world. 😉
It’s a pretty short game though and the motion controls are awful.
@greenius
Bloody Wes, has to go and ruin that gay guys plans.It was pretty obvious, Wes, just vote for Jon. goddamn it Wes.
This is why you’re gone next!
Bad Wes! Very bad Wes!
Disclaimer: I have no idea what season or episode this is, but it’s on TV.
YES! BEST ALTERNATIVE TO WHATEVER YOU WERE DOING!!!!
If Wes voted for Jon it would’ve been wasted anyway since Jon played a hidden immunity idol (meaning any votes casted against him wouldn’t count). I thought Wes and Keith voted for Jon though? 😛I got the names mixed up 😛
I meant Keith when I said Wes 😀
In my defence, I’ve been watching for like, 10 minutes.
If Keith had of kept his mouth shut (“I say just stick to the plan”, in front of EVERYBODY), then Jon wouldn’t have played his idol and the plan to get rid of Jon would have gone through.Now that gay guy is gonna have it out for Keith, deservedly, so he’s not going go last much longer.
My favourites are Gay Guy, and Black Chick (it’s not racist, I just don’t know any of their names :D)
Yeah, that was the topic of our discussion earlier in the week “HAHAHA KEITH IS STUPID!”. And that girl (Natalie) is Sri Lankan :P. I had to Google the cast because I knew the only other black chick was voted out early and I had no idea who you were talking about :D. Gay guy’s boyfriend (who was in the Jury with the black guy) was one of our favs.Isn’t it fun discussing Survivor? :D. Start watching the rest of the season with the rest of us!
Nah 😛
But Malcolm!
*swoon* 😛
…andddd Morgan
GOOD LORD, MORGAN!
😀
That girl needs to put those things away!
Ain’t nobody want to see that! >:O
Nah 😛
Keep it in your pants, @pervius 😛
So Oliver’s moving to Brisbane in a week… We moved out today and it was the last time I’ll see him in god knows how long.
I… I don’t know what to do. I honestly don’t. I don’t think I’ve ever felt more lost and lonely in my life. He’s the best friend I’ve ever had, and now he’s gone.
🙁
:'(
Chin up, bud.
You’ll stay in touch and see each other again.
It’s always sounded like one of those friendships that are for life, and that’s from an outside perspective.
Even if you don’t see each other for a while, it’ll only be all the more joyful when you do catch up.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Fun fact: when I first started hanging around TAY, you two seemed so close that I assumed you were a couple.
Wait… They’re not?
We’ve got Skype and the like, but still, when you spend the better part of every day for the past year and a half together, it’s not easy to adjust. You can’t hug over skype 🙁
And yeah, I think most people think we’re a couple. I think we think we’re a couple. Even though he’s married. We do (did) pretty much everything together. Dunno how that happened tbh 😛
It sucks but nothing’s forever. You’ll see each other again. Friendships like you two have are pretty strong and rarely dissolve into nothing.
You could always move up here 😛 (my solution to everyone’s problems: party with Freeze)
@benj he throws a killer party, so much food & grog..
Thinking about it 😛
I’ll come and visit him some time, but it probably won’t be for a few months. So long to wait 🙁
Means visit Brisbane and have a meat!
Aw, sorry to hear that, buddy. 🙁
I know it’s wasted on a Sunday, but I wanna keep posting tonight, so…
3000 comments!!! 😀
*strobe lights*
*strippers*
*confetti*
*streamers*
Apparently 3000 comments isn’t very special…
You guys weren’t invited to the party anyway!
I remember my 3000 post. It was three hours after starting to post on TAY.
Whoo, Strippers!, er… I mean congrats.
Holy crap, so full of birthday food…
No cake, though.
Couldn’t fit it in… :/
Aww 🙁
I just finished a sick run of Isaac and now I want to play more but I better sleep because of work tomorrow :’/
Tomorrow will be super busy because of month end reports and I’m fairly sure that the new guy in New Zealand will do his part wrong so I’ll have to fix it 😛 *shakes fist*
Well, I’ve been posting in old TAY. I feel like quite the idiot. Cross-post from the previous TAY:
Woah, I didn’t know Yahtzee Croshaw was a part-owner of the Mana Bar.
I thought you’d been particularly quiet this week, little Phlanisbuddy 😛
I haven’t looked at TAY at all this week. Weirdly, if you give me endless free time, I don’t look at TAY as much.
I’ll smell you losers in new TAY.
Except if you’re not a loser.
Then I’ll smell you fine foke in new TAY.
Also except for if you don’t smell.
Then I’ll see you losers in new TAY.
Also except for if you neither smell nor are a loser.
Then I’ll see you fine foke in new TAY.
I don’t think any of you are losers.
It’s up to you if you smell.
I smell great.