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People mentioned Canberra was cold. What they didn’t mention was that it takes until 8:30am to reach double digit temperatures in early March.
Lousy Smarch weather.
Just wait until winter for cold. That is when the fun begins.
Or so I am led to believe.
You and I have very different ideas of fun.
I miss the proper cold. I’d sleep with my bed next to the window, with the window open, no covers, probably not the best idea for someone who sleeps in the nud, when it was snowing. Now my TV overheats my room to unbearable heats atm 🙁
Achievement unlocked: rode a dragon while wearing a lobster outfit and yelled ‘ROCK LOBSTER’ in the chat.
I may have played a bit too much monster hunter…
So excited. Today I’m going to Hobart to see the Foo Fighters and Rise Against. Tassie never gets bands that good. It’s over a year since I’ve seen any live music, and 2 and a half years since I’ve been to a proper concert. It’s amazing to see two of my favourite bands live without having to leave my home state. Unlike my previous two major concerts, I’m just as excited to see the support act as the main act. So, if you don’t hear from me, I’ve probably exploded from excitement.
You’re in for an awesome gig. Rise Against aren’t my thing but the Foos were amazing
I love Rise Against, they’re probably in my top 10 bands. I’ve seen a few setlists for this current tour, and it looks like a good mix of songs. We don’t get the Delta Riggs though. Not complaining.
Urgh! I’m going back to school today…
http://tinyurl.com/l2vycj4
I was thinking exactly that same movie. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJSrjW9Wc4A
You mean like… university school, right?
Yes, I got my EON ticket!
Here’s how I used mine:
https://twitter.com/CannonFodderJnr/status/558216704665214977?s=09
How many rolls to get it?
472
Manually?
Yup
That’s dedication holmes!
Did you misspell insanity?
@tigerion Insanity is the other 4580 resets I’ve spent on the other 4:
Cresselia 421
Azelf 1603
Mesprit 712
Uxie 1844
Buying SOME of the wood I need for my arcade cabinet was not cheap. $225 for the side panels and back panel. FUN TIMES
I know what you mean. I want to make a hardwood desk and the desktop wood is looking lit it will be about $260. Crazy!
Mine was just C/D grade plywood :'( I wanted to spring for A/A grade but my GOD I would be living in the streets (ie $450). If I make another to sell I’ll use the good stuff 😛
Just hoping I can finish it well enough. Hoping some varnish and routed out artwork will work well enough since I really don’t want to have the generic old black box cabinet.
That sounds really nice!
Woke up. Got out of bed. Dragged a comb across my head…no wait, that’s The Beatles. Comb? I’m balding (emphasis on ‘ing’).
Woke up. Got out of bed. Completely forgot about my PT session at 7 this morning. Dragged myself off to work. A Day In The Life indeed
You’re not my client are you? My 7am didn’t show up either…
*shifty eyes*
If your gym has just moved in downstairs at my work…yes 😛
:O
My gym is downstairs… are you at an University?
*shiftier eyes*
I’m in Milton on Coro Drive 😛 phew, glad it wasn’t me then but that also there’s someone else as forgetful as me 😀
Did I know you were a PT? Now I’m going to imagine you all enthusiastic all the time 😀
Goddamnit lol. I’m mostly a positive person but I try and be reasoned, I know people who come and see me at 5am don’t want to hear about how many reps they have left from a chipmunk on a sugar binge 😛
Haha, it’s a good thing! The (rare few) PTs I’ve met are either like, really enthusiastic and friendly and just want you to enjoy working out, or are intense and like, working out is their job, their hobby, their lifestyle, the only thing they talk about.
The latter also tend to wear very tight pants and tanks that show off their nips.
Errghh I am a student of the former, the most fashion forward pair of pants I have are chinos so unfortunately no nipple tops or chaps at our meat!
Good morning errbody hows every little thing?
My weekend was highly unproductive. On the friday when I got home from work Cathryn and I made Baymax cupcakes and watched a movie.
Saturday I slept in till 11, we then took moni on a 2 hour walk and had lunch, when we got home we cleaned the house and then went out to get dinner and ended up eating it at the beach right as the storm hit so had to mad dash back to the car and eat in the car, we also watched a tonne of horror movies like See No Evil 2, Ouija and V/H/S Viral.
woke up again at 11 on sunday, played a bit of dying light, tis a fun game. Watched the latest ep of Better Call Saul as well as the first ep of Black Sails which has some amazing opening credit music! Had schnitzel burgers for dinner with fried rice and watched more horror movies As Above, So Below and Jessabelle.
A Monday morning question, if you were stuck in a horror movie what would you do?
What horror movie are we talking? Because generally people are just too stupid to walk away and be safe.
Just any, demons, ghosts, pyscho killer, that one guy down the street who seems normal but is really leatherface..ya know that sort of thing
Let’s be real here: Die.
Without context that sounds really mean.
=PBut would you atleast attempt to fight back?
Uh, that is not an unproductive weekend friend, that is a totally great self-loving productive weekend 😀
That sounds like a whole other kind of weekend.
Yeah, yeah it does rather.
Monday Morning answer: It would depend on the type of horror movie:
Animal (ie, shark, croc, bear, wolf): probably survive for half the movie, then get eaten real good.
Maniac killer (Jason, Freddy, et al): NOT go into the dark in my underwear with a faulty flashlight, then still probably get killed real good.
Beasties (vampires, zombies, werewolves): take out a few, and then eventually become one of the, forcing my best friend to do me in real good.
Real good.
every ending isreal good
Errrrgh! BRAIIIIIIINS!
So my weekend consisted of Star trek Attack wing, Meeting neighbours, a friends birthday and feeling ill yesterday.
It also contained a part where my laptop died! 🙁 Month19 of a 12 month warranty
It seems like its the motherboard too which makes me very sad.
I was going to try Dell Tech support again today but I’ve forgotten my service tag 🙁
Add to that the moment I get in theres massive work issues going on.
I am not having a good day, and I feel like I might be getting a chest infection 🙁
All in all, Screw you monday!
How is everyone else?
Celebrated my 18th. I really should have cared more than I did, but I didn’t. I suppose after years of building up to it, you kind of stop caring.
What a weekend… It had everything… Went to Avalon for the airshow, pulled my desk apart, painted my desk, got high on paint fumes (not pleasant)… EVERYTHING!
How is everyone else?
The dogs kept going crazy as the planes flew by my house.
My new home/warehouse is ONE BLOCK from the Popcultcha warehouse. HNGGG
Ooooohhh that sounds dangerous! Keep an eye out for any warehouse sales 😛
Man, I miss going to the Avalon Airshow. It was a tradition for my dad and I. Stupid expensive flights to get to Avalon on this weekend (you guys all see the irony in that right?)
We went in Friday because less people… They ran until well after the sun had set and it was pretty damned amazing… We should definitely make that a TAY meat one year!
The night show is fucking amazing!
Until you have to find your car in the pitch black of night….
Hahaha yeah that was great fun… So was when they closed our lane to the exit to relieve traffic flow and we ended up not moving for 45 minutes 😛
My dad and I had the whole thing locked down.
1. Find car
2. Open boot containing esky
3. Open esky containing snacks and general deliciousness that my mum had prepared
4. Consume previously mentioned deliciousness while everyone else tries to leave
5. Join exit queue, which is now mostly empty
… Genius!… Also Avalon Meat 2017 confirmed right? RIGHT? 😛
This should be a thing if we remember.
I sat on a stall at a previous Avalon for work.
It’s fine for one day. Four days is a fucking nightmare.
Also, the public are awful. It’s busy on the first 3 and a half days, on the final day we had to lock up and bolt down EVERYTHING to stop the unwashed masses stealing everything, including the chairs. On the morning of the final day someone even stole, I kid you not, a half drunk bottle of water.
Dafuq seriously?!
Yep. the general public go on a scab grab at Avalon. Anything they can lay their hands on.
luckily at that point it wasn’t my problem, lunchtime on the Friday was when we left.
Okay, if I end up living there… *takes notes to lay bear traps*
Re-posting for the new week! Only a couple of days to go! Exciting.
@beardymcmuttonchops @beeawwb @cufcfan616 @dc @freezespreston @gutsoup @janexo @jimu @lambomann007 @popdart5 @sernobulus @strange @transientmind @welbot @virus__
Hi Brisbinos,
Less than a week until @cakesmith, @alexpants and I come to town. Let’s properly organise some stuff.
Our schedule:
Wed 4th: Arrive a bit after midday
Thu 5th: Movieworld* (let us know if you’d like to come with us)
Fri 6th (Day): Wet n Wild* (let us know if you’d like to come with us)
Fri 6th (Night): Buffalo Bar for dinner – Let us know if you’re coming, we need to book
Sat 7th (Day): No plans. Suggest something!
Sat 7th (Night): No plans. Suggest something! Dinner? Drinks?
Sun 8th: Leave
* I’m thinking about flipping these days around because it looks like Thursday is going to be way hotter than Friday. Any objections to that?
Freeze suggested Buffalo Bar on Friday night. Still need some ideas for what to do on Saturday day/night. We have no idea what is in Brisbane so please suggest away!
Confirmed for theme parks so far:
– Us three Sydneyers & Freeze.
Thanks! Looking forward to meeting you all.
Can do Friday night, but I’ll probably be late depending on what time gets organised for the start. Mrs Bob is working the late shift so I’ve got to look after the kids until she gets home and then can make my way into town.
I’m not sure of times yet honestly (don’t know if we have to book at this place or what. Probably around 7-ish?), but I’m sure we’ll be there for a while even if you can’t make it for the actual dinner part.
Yep, I probably wouldn’t make it in to town til around 8:30~9:00 or so, but I know how these things go. There’ll be plenty of goings on after the dinner itself.
Freeze or DC mentioned something about probably wanting to book Buffalo Bar for Friday night. We should probably do that. Anyone in Brisvegas want to take on the responsibilities?
Get me the numbers and I’ll book.
Alright, @beardymcmuttonchops @beeawwb @cufcfan616 @dc @freezespreston @gutsoup @janexo @jimu @lambomann007 @popdart5 @sernobulus @strange @transientmind @welbot @virus__ you heard the man!
Depends what shift I get at work. I should (hopefully) hear something soon.
So much hat.
Okay, working late shift but I’ll see if I can just get the Friday off. I’ll let you guys know tonight!
Edit: Never mind. Pondering some.
Nope. None of that. DC eats on me (giggity!) if need be!
Who won’t take no for an answer? This guy!
That’s if it’s actually only money issues. If there are other reasons, I understand.No need for that, Cakes. (But I appreciate the offer.)
Haha! You’ll be seeing me! Maybe even at the Buffalo Bar! Just have to ponder the logistics some! 😀
We’ll start the Save DC’s Dinner campaign. I’ll make a video with Sarah McLachlan’s Angel playing and sad pictures of DC looking hungry.
Please donate.
This offer remains valid until Sunday 8th March….
I really hope you can make it, DC.
As long as it’s early (Before 9pm), I’m in. Got other commitments late’ish.
Now I’m highly suspicious that you and Jane have secret plans afterwards! Perhaps a cooler, edgier group to hang out with?
Oh well now I definitely can’t tell, because everyone loves a good mystery. 🙂
Shhhhhhhhh
1x me
Thanks, Freeze.
As above, Me, but late.
So @janexo leaves then you turn up? Suspecting alter ego…
What are you.. uh, aha ha haaaa… What are you, uh, trying to…
Shhhhhhut uppp!
Count me in (y)
I’m in for Friday night.
Me and Mrs Hellscream will be there!
Where the hell is the Buffalo Bar?
Yeah! I got invited out to a thing on Friday but it’s not till like later in the Valley, so I am ALL FOR Buffalo Bar!
YES, I WILL PROVE MY REAL HUMANNESS, ONCE AND FOR ALL @DC @transientmind 😀
Book me for a side of chicken horn on Friday
I’m hoping for money this week, and I should be there 🙂
Are we getting “Sydney drunk” on the Friday? I may need to book a hotel or something.
I vote yes. But that’s just me.
😀
Are you calling this the Sydney Invasion Meat or Not Without My Pants Meat?
Sydvasion Meat!
http://i.imgur.com/R9GDeNf.png
Why not both? “Sydney Invasion Meat: Not Without My Pants” Coming to a coastline near you!
Mrs Hellscream and I will be at Buffalo Bar on Friday night!
Hola Tay
Hope you all had a good break from work, if that’s your thing.
On Friday I went to the “Bazinga Nerdlesque” show my brother was hosting. It was silly. The image of Spongebob sexy dancing is quite an indelible one.
On Saturday I gave blood, then had friends over to play Magic. We had a very long game of commander which I managed to place second in by playing the one thing that mattered: The other players. After that, we drafted a box of Conspiracy, and I made a sweet Red White and Blue deck (America! Fuck Yeah!) that got me most of the way.
Yesterday I woke up with a headache. so pretty much spent all day watching shit on YouTube.
A Monday Morning Question: Tony Abbott continues to have spill rumblings against him and his ministry. What should be the ministry of TAY? I nominate @freya as Health Minister and @blaghman as minister of
musicalsculture#Vote1Shiggy
I call bagsies on ministry of technology!
I nominate myself as minister of defence
Minister for Defence is a poisoned chalice.
But it’s Kotaku so BEAT UP ALL THE NERDS.
I mean… save… all the nerds?
Look at this SJW….
I’d love to hear some of the gg idiots even try to define “social justice”
or “privilege” for that matter.
http://i.imgur.com/JTZgfbQ.png
Yay for being poor and ugly to drag my points down!
Holy shit, how the hell does “Jewish” get +25 over…
Nope
Red, don’t question the idiocy
Hooray! 120 points!
Would have been more but the overweight and ugly face dropped it.
*daily privilege check*
*checks privilege*
I’ll try to remember to do it tomorrow as well.
@redartifice Yeah, I’m not sure that I would want to go into that too deeply
Apparently if I was gay I would suddenly not be privileged to be a healthy white male in Australia with a decent job.
@tigerion it’s typical idiot nerd stuff of attempting to quantify the unquantifiable, when the correct answer is “well, it depends and is relative”
Woo, 30!
So if I was the king of the UAE, I would be very underprivileged?
I nominate @dc as the Secretary of Partying Down. Really though, anybody apart from Bitterman would be great.
I vote @transientmind for minister of Public Affairs, if not him then @highperformance, you’re both so well spoken and charismatic
Compared to the most interesting man on TAY? *Swoons*
I’d like to nominate @dc as a co-minister for culture as a gentleman of the theater, @jackunit13 as the minister for sport (dude loves his sport!) and @tech_knight as our minister for Defence, if he can transform into Megaman he’s got my vote.
@freezespreston for Prime Minister seems about right too.
Captains Call: You’re all fired and I am now the Minister for Everything.
I for one welcome our Minister overlord
@highperformance for Minister of Foreign Affairs as I’m foreign and we had an affair.
I just want to be a backbencher constantly calling for spills.
FREEZE IS PM! SPILL!
FREEZE ISN’T PM! SPILL!
THIS MILK IS SAFELY STORED IN A BOTTLE! SPILL!
SPILT MY TWO MINUTE NOODLES! SPILL!
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZKWd9KlZxAs/S-xiupTaQeI/AAAAAAAAA4s/K9uy2dpBQTY/s320/grumly+muppets.jpg
I want to be the equivalent of Philip Ruddock, the party fixture for the past 150 years feeding off of the souls of new MPs to prolong my seemingly immortal existence as a Sith Lord.
So basically your current role in TAY
Minister for women
😛
I think you mean, Minister for… The Ladies.
Awh, if only… I feel bad for the Office for Women in State government. They’re so tiny and they get shuffled around between every damn portfolio multiple times per Machinery of Government changes.
At one point I was the Minister for Women and I didn’t even know..oh wait thats Tony
@mrtaco@strange for Minister of Mining. I feel that [s]he should be in charge of metal.I’ll be Minister of Magic if I get decent free Quidditch World Cup seats
I nominate @trjn and @freya as joint Ministers for Research and Development. Those new board games aren’t going to make themselves. 😛
If thats the case you and @redartifice should be the deputy PM’s *rolls dice* “Crit! Major changes to the budget”
I just rolled a 1.
LOOKS LIKE IT’S TAX THE PENSIONERS TIME
Greetings! It’s a *rolls* pleasure to meet you.
@nobody for Minister of Science, as apparently that doesn’t exist anymore.
Holy shit that’s an actual user with one comment
Every time someone uses a joke tag, it always turns out to be a real person.
God this is a shitty Monday; just realized I’ve missed a software training session I booked myself into >.
If it helps, there were Windows 8 familiarization sessions I meant to attend, last week… going every hour on the hour every day last week, and I missed all of them.
Morning all. For those who don’t peruse the weekend news, The Game has been shortlisted in the 2014 Aurealis Awards for best graphic novel.
Also visited @trjn and @Freya’s place, so my kids could socialise the puppy. @blaghman was there too! Everyone was very patient while my kids wrecked the place, and we watched some of Monsters Inc.
In gaming shenanigans, I finished off Uncharted Golden Abyss over the weekend, and Transistor too. Thoroughly enjoyed both games. Pushed a little into NG+ for Transistor, to unlock a couple more trophies, and will now be moving on to something else. I’m currently playing Kick and Fennick on the Vita, which is a free PS+ game this month, and is a rather enjoyable platformer.
Thank you so much for coming over! Sorry I had to leave when I did.
Also your kids really didn’t wreck the place. Our place just hasn’t really been designed with kids in mind.
eeekkk don’t remind me, mine isn’t either.
And there is movement at the station, I left her on those mats
Go Tiglet! Is that rolling or just wiggling?
A bit of both. She has the rolling down pat now, I swear she just rolls to whatever the opposite I put her down on. Put her on her tummy, she will roll to her back. Put her on her back, she rolls to her tummy. She also doesn’t seem to want to stay on her mats any more, just rolls on to the floor next to them.
She was actually pushing the washing basket around in that photo, she ended up almost getting it out of the room. It started next to the red chair with the blue throw cover that you can just see in the right.
Nah, it’s not too bad, actually. Other than keeping the boy away from your glass horse, there wasn’t really a whole lot of damage they could have done. Also, we all had fun, so thanks for having us over! 🙂 (cc @trjn)
Hello, TAY. You’re quite good at turning me on.
Um…you probably should ignore that.
PAAAAANTS! stop making out with your BOYFRIEND! I can hear it from HERE! it sounds like: *slurping noises*
Oh no. Global warming?!
NNNNNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII-
Nothing like having your kitten waking you up in the morning, then proceeding to chase you hands that are under the blanket for a good 15 minutes. :3
Wait for it to happen at 2/3 in the morning 😛
She sleeps in the laundry for now.
Her bed, food, and litter box are all in there, so she’s pretty good with it.
Only trouble is her meowing and scratching to be let out at 8am.
I’ve been looking at different 27″ monitors for a bit now – does anybody use one here?
I used to use one, a Samsung 275t+ (1920×1200) and I quite enjoyed it. I then switched to a Dell U2711 which was amazing, and the only reason I switched off of that was to go up to a 30″ when I got a fantastic deal on a U3011. The extra vertical resolution made sense. 2560×1440 seemed weird when compared to 2560×1600.
I’ve heard the U2711 is fantastic – unfortunately they’re out of the price range. It’s so tempting to just go bigger and better, I keep looking at my bank account to try and prevent “screen size creep!” Thanks for the suggestiongs!
Yeah, the U2711 (and it’s big brother U3011) are some of the best monitors I’ve ever used in terms of colour. If you don’t need the wide gamut then any similarly sized and priced monitor should suit you fine.
Realistically as long as you get the resolution to match the size (e.g. 2560×1440 is going to be far better than 1920×1200) you should be golden.
Something like this might be good, if you’re ok with Kogan? https://www.kogan.com/au/buy/kogan-27-cinema-display-2560×1440-ips-led-monitor/
I have an older Dell 27″ 2560×1440 and it’s pretty good except for a bit of input lag and the fact that all the older Dell monitors have an issue where if you turn the monitor off while it’s connected over displayport, it never comes back up without rebooting your PC. Which sucks. So I use DVI 🙂
I’m using a 29″ 2560×1080 ultra wide monitor.
They weren’t kidding when they called that a big breakfast. Should last me til I get home this afternoon though.
Hi TAY. This weekend was awesome.
What’d you do, friendo?
He was a groupie.
Hey Taybes! Look what I gotttttttt 😀 😀 😀
https://igcdn-photos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xaf1/t51.2885-15/11023212_1597098463868987_7838492_n.jpg
Also, very excited about maybe meeting some of you on Friday? Eeeeep.
Purdy.
I’ve not ridden a motorbike for years
Hot damn, that is a nice fence.
That’s what I took away from it.
You beat me to it 😛
Actually, it is the worst. It is literally falling away from itself in large chunks, but ha-ha joke’s on everyone else/neighbour/landlord.
But I do like the colour of it 😉
Too bad there’s some kind of motorised vehicle blocking the view
Nice invisibility cloak!
Thanks, it was my dad’s!
Well played, Jane. Well played.
Very nice bike. See, to me, that style of bike is just quintessential motorcycle. None of this weird lazy-boy recliner chopper or gottagofast sleek racing things, that shape right there is the kind that occupies my default mindspace for ‘motorbike’.
I’ve been eyeing off a Virago (which is a very similar look) for years, for my first bike. Except I’m not going to ride, because I have several friends in the medical industry. The, uh… the horror stories are quite graphic. They are horrible friends. But I still kinda want to.
There’s a Virago in my neighbourhood that I see on my nightly runs and I’ve always hoped to run into the owner for a chat. I like them a lot.
And yes, I know the horrors; I tried to scare the shit out of myself before starting, and did, but I went anyway, haha. My dad rode and was in multiple accidents – he was actually in a coma when I was born!
Also, thank you 😀
Aye tis a fine motomatom but it is nay horse amish
😀
Got to see the best most metal band in the world with my best most metal friend in the world!
Curse ye mobile TAY and your inability to consistently reply properly.
Papa Roach?
The Used?
Most metal band in the world?
GWAR is in town?
I think he means Linkin Park.
Nah, Miley.
HOORAYS! Work will let me salary sacrifice for another laptop – What’s good at the moment? – I want it to be able to play games as well as being able to citrix… Planning to go to JB Hifi at lunch to start discussions..
*filter by Price (High to Low)*
GET THIS ONE! https://www.jbhifi.com.au/computers-tablets/laptops/alienware/alienware-17-gaming-laptop/672134/
On a more serious note, do you have to buy from like a chain store? Because this things are great:
http://www.originpc.com/gaming/laptops/
Basically it has to be somewhere I can get a pro-forma invoice from. so that work can pay for it and approve it.
Personally I like Chains, because I am impatient and would like my new baby sooner rather than later
Those things have a ridiculous markup on them, just like most of the other decent laptops. I was all “oh rad, that EVO15-S looks exactly what I need and only $2200” and then I go to the AU site and it’s $3400 🙁
Pfft. If you want to play with toys.
http://www.gizmag.com/go/7030/
lol. I dont have that much to spend
Ha! A bit out of my range – I think its max $2000
Spent most of this weekend watching House of Cards. Still have four eps left, but absolutely loving the new season. *flails arms*
Also Monday’s just the best day if the only thing going on in your life is TV related.
The Good Wife! Looking! Girls! The Walking Dead! *flails arms even more*
I mentioned it on Twitter before, but: the latest few episodes of The Walking Dead have been fantastic!
Yeah, I think the show has never been better. Season five is my favourite! I like how there’s no home base and they’re out in the world. Also I’m glad they’re embracing new characters too. Building on the ensemble instead of keeping the same faces around.
As part of my response to some rapid weight gain, I have foresworn snacks and junk food for the foreseeable future. Might even go parallel with Lent, because the timing’s right.
Days 1-3 were really rough. I was hungry all the time, and craved sweet and fatty foods. Gotta say, I wasn’t really expecting that, because – at the time, at least – I wasn’t really aware how bad my snacking habits had become.
Things got easier after that.
As a little treat, I had eggs and bacon on toast for breakfast over the weekend (days 4-5 of no-snacks). The bread actually tasted SWEET, like a mouthful of marshmallow. That was really bizarre, and made the whole meal taste very odd. I wasn’t expecting to re-sensitise to sugar that quickly, but it opened my eyes to just how much of it is in everything we eat.
I’m now on day 6 and I’m just waiting for the next weird thing to happen.
Sugar is pretty much the bane of anyone experiencing weight gain. Cut it out wherever possible, but pretty much anything processed has it in. The problem is that it’s addicitive and you get really grouchy if you don’t have any for a couple of days because your body is crashing from a sugar high (much like a coffee high). It’s weird how some foods or drinks have the same withdrawal effects that drugs do when trying to cut them out of your lifestyle
Keep up the good work though
Just be careful not to replace it with artificial sweetener stuff. Knew somebody who did that at did some crazy stuff to their brains. They were like a little chipmunk on coffee beans
I so rarely pig out on junk food nowadays that when I do I actually feel ill afterwards. It’s like my body has become so used to a small amount of saturated fats and salts that it feels a bit overwhelming. Hope it doesn’t turn into that for you but it’s good that you’ve overcome the first few hurdles.
I’d be fine with it if that happened. Might learn some portion control skills, then! 🙂
Morning all, weekend was grand. Hope you all had good times. I had something like 12 hours of RPG playing with however many more hours just hanging out with friends. Good times.
Storytime for those interested. My Dark Heresy game (with me as GM first):
In summary:– group has acquired a gun-cutter in-system voidship
– interrogated mutants
– discovered the chief heretic is engaging in some body cloning/replication
– the Arbites trooper developed the groups first Chaotic malignancy (her eyes went all funky)
– visited a forge world and acquired stuffs, including cybernetics
– the feral world psyker has discovered the Emperor’s most holy religion and has begun preaching.
– they’re now on their way to a penal world that has received a suspected contaminated shipment of supplies (Nurgle ahoy!)
And now, Only War (with me changing character to a tech-priest):
In summary:– archeotech discovered (super-heavy armoured transport) and the Space Marines called in for extraction
– Orks assault with boyz, trukks, Killa Kans, and Deff Dreads and also some super weird-schizo tech including basically a grav-gun from Half Life
– Orks beaten back but archeotech damaged and the LZ is too hot for an aerial extraction so the transport must be driven back to the main front lines with some very short-term repairs (quite literally welding on whole sheets of metal to patch holes and other bad stuff)
– the Space Marines and us call in some favours from the Imperial Navy (one of the player characters has a relative who a Captain) and we got given a lance strike to carve an escape path through the Ork hordes to safety
– I had to deal with malicious tech-viruses afflicting the Imperial technology at the worst point in the battle and apparently the only people with the know-how to do that are Chaos Hereteks (yay…)
Oh, not really related but I may need to pull out of Pathfinder and 40K. I’m working late shift for another 5 weeks (at minimum). Really bummed about it because I have immensely enjoyed the Pathfinder and 40K sessions but it seems I can’t really commit to a weeknight thing anymore.
That’s a bugger. I’ll need to consider how things work in the future anyway as both Freeze and Neg will be absent for a few weeks because of Japan. If you ever have weeknights open again in the future, you are more than welcome to jump back in.
I’ll let you know how I go at the end of the month. Not sure if I will continue with the night shift.
Yeah, we”l be around for the next sessions but then gone for 3 weeks or so. You probably won’t miss much so DON’T YOU DARE LEAVE ME OR I’LL CUT MYSELF!
*Freeze cuts himself*
Vaethril takes 30 wounds.
Aww yeah, got some good news on the weekend.
I have to fly down to Hobart this week, but thanks to timing I’m flying down in BUSINESS CLASS. The poor suckers are going to have to call me “sir”.
The whole thing is sliiiiightly dampened by the fact that I’m flying down for my Grandpa’s funeral though.*hugs*
Sorry to hear it. :/
I was like \o/
But then I was like /o\…
Hug?
Just once I’d like someone to call me “Sir” without adding “You’re making a scene.”
Also, unlike these other chumps, I offer no words of condolences and no offers of hugs because I am pretty sure physical contact would make us both throw up.
I appreciate the irreverence. We went up and saw my uncle (other side of the family) yesterday, and his response was “Your Grandfather was a true geek, Sean. He heard the news about Nimoy and just couldn’t go on.”
Awww awww aww god.
Wait, what happened to Nimoy?
I’m sure Pops would be chuffed you’re travelling to see him in style. Booze hard.
\o/ then /o\
Sorry to hear that buddy,
*big hugs*
Non-puppy puppy adventures.
On Sunday morning, a stray dog showed up on our doorstep. He was a massive, slobbering labrador and unsurprisingly, we had no idea what to do with him. The lack of collar didn’t help.
After walking him around the neighbourhood, knocking on doors to try finding his owner, leaving details with nearby shops that people might ask at and putting a message up on the municipal found dogs site, we ended up taking him to the vet. The microchip had no details on it.
So we took the dog to the RSPCA and put him in one of the surrender cages.
At this point, it was early afternoon and I had been running around all day having eaten nothing more than a muesli bar. A quick trip to a kickass coffee place and Maccas later, we headed home and I was no longer on the verge of passing out.
As we’re unlocking the front door, the owner of the dog responds to my “found dog” notice online. Would have been nice for him to call sooner but oh well. Things are as sorted as I can care about. I have my own puppy issues to care about.
Damn, owner’ll be kicking himself. Getting your dog out of the pound is NOT cheap. :/
Oh well. Lesson’ll be learned, they’ll know to put data in the microchip… or what’s the point of having it? (Unless they… wear out? Do they?)
I thought when a dog is microchipped they put the details in? Unless it’s originally from a pound/vet and the new owners didn’t update their details
My absolutely basic understanding is the the microchip just points to a record on a database. If there’s any human error along the way (lost form, data added to wrong record), then the information on the database isn’t worth much.
Nah. Has to be registered as well. Then that info will be on the chip. Well that’s how it works where I am.
I really don’t know what the deal with microchips is.
And yeah, I don’t think he realised how expensive it would be to recover his dog when I told him what had happened. Had to be done. We couldn’t keep a large stray like him around if we wanted to. As soon as the microchip turned up blank, taking him to RSPCA was the only option.
I actually don’t think the cost is too much for a one night stay at the RSPCA. I’ve had family whose dogs ran off and got put in the RSPCA surrender cages and I am pretty sure they didn’t have to pay much. Because it happens and it’s often not possible for other people to look after the dog instead. Better the dog is somewhere safe, secure with water and a bed.
Oh yeah, it wouldn’t be fair of him to blame you. Not everyone can really afford the time/space/dog-personality-conflicts to babysit an unknown dog overnight.
I say ‘kicking himself’, because that’s exactly what a coworker’s been struggling with the last few weeks. She got a staffy escape-artist who alternated between jumping over a shit-you-not-7-foot-fence or tunneling under it and going for walkies.
The first time was something like $400 because he was brand new and hadn’t been de-sexed yet. The second time was $200. He got caught another two times – they were pretty convinced that the dog-catcher was just hanging around their block, waiting, by this point.
They had to give it away. They built a new colorbond fence, used a shock wire perimeter around the base of it, everything short of chaining the dog up or putting him in a cage/run.
You’re a good person for doing that with the dog. I hope the owner gets the dog’s chip sorted out post haste.
I told him about it and he thought his details should have been on there. I’m sure the RSPCA will help sort all that out.
Whee, plane time.
Dear wastes of skin,
There’s only 23 days until Bloodborne. ARE YOU READY.
Here’s a new gameplay vid showing a boss battle.
Sincerely,
Fellow doomed being
I’m going to be in Japan for launch. 🙁
I read that as you were going to Japan FOR launch and was floored.
…Wait. I wonder if I can get a copy while I’m there! It’s like… the home of Bloodborne, right?! I CAN go there FOR launch! I’m sure they’ll have plenty of English copies in Japan! Nothing can possi-bligh go wrong.
Don’t get the game. Get the merch. There’s gonna be FROM Software MERCH!
DARK SOULS CAFE?!
Apparently, it’s not open anymore. It was just a short-term temporary thing. 🙁
🙁
Uh, that’s the first thing that’s ever gone wrong.
Oh, no, an overseas holiday? You have my very insincere sympathies. *plays world’s smallest violin*
Edit: er… apologies for the passive aggression. I haven’t eaten sugar in six days.
I just got an invite to our end-of-Q3 company-paid staff barbecue that’s on the day I leave to go to Japan (20th) 🙁
BBQ? im just going to need your name badge for a day…..
I may be a waste of skin, but at least I, uh, hmm. Well.
You’re a very handsome waste of skin!
Get out of here with your compliments!
Pants is not a handsome waste of skin. He may be a liar, a pig, an idiot, a handsome waste of skin, but he is *not* a porn star!
Hey, hey, I may be ugly and hate-filled, but… hang on, what was that third thing you said?
Simpsons references EVERYWHERE today! This is how you know you’re around good people.
I don’t know you but I’m sure you’re a jerk
You’re insulting me through quotes!
…I like that.
Harmless, Peddler, Surveyor
Surely I should be MOSTLY HARMLESS by now? I have fought off pirates! Maybe I need to tool up the Eagle in my hanger as a bounty hunting ship.
So many HHGttG jokes to be made, I can’t even pick one.
🙂 Absolutely. The “Mostly Harmless” rank was an H2G2 reference in the original Elite and pretty funny then (especially as H2G2 was only 6 years old when Elite came out!).
Go on though. Pick one. Dare ya. 😉
Mostly harmless, Merchant, Mostly Aimless
Met up with an Australian group trying to tip the political scales in the Wangal system… Decent bunch of blokes to chat with and it’s nice actually seeing other humans around… Obtained title Lord with the empire… One more rank (and 20,000,000 credits) and I’ll have my clipper! 😀
I’ll have to move my headset over to the PC. Briefly spied @mrtaco log on last night but didn’t say hi. Only have two other friends on Elite, and one of them is in Europe, so I could really do with some more human contact. 🙂
Found a nice set of refinery/extraction systems near a terraforming world last night, pretty much 150LY due north (straight up!) of Lambda Andromedae, so as I explored each of those I could pick up a shipload of superconductors and make 35K a run while adding lots of exploration data which I’ll dump back at Lambda Andromedae tonight (last night of the community exploration goal).
Seen some amazing sights so far… (c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser Gate… 😉 )
Can’t wait to go exploring… There’s a pretty amazing stellar gas giant near Wangal that is a Super Saturn style ring system… Makes for some pretty amazing screenshots when near the station and it’s visible
Oooh that sounds purty. I haven’t yet got brave enough to dump out of cruise and look at rings or asteroid systems up close…
You on steam? I can upload screenshots on there! Also when I start exploring we should totally create an album of awesome finds! 😛
I am, but I use a different name on steam as I’ve had that account so long… add me with trikeabout on elite and i’ll happily send you my other ID…
And yes, not a bad idea at all.
Competent, peddler, scout. According to the most recent screenshot of my status pane I could find, at least.
Sights-wise, somewhere I dropped into a system that had a huge white star spinning at a ridiculous rate. That was cool. Another place, there was an outpost covered with colourful signs while floating above a lava planet. That place looked awesome.
Also that couldn’t have been me you saw online last night 😛
That sounds pretty.
And oh. *unfriends random MrTaco imposter*
*guitar solo*
*Harmonica solo*
*intense xylophone solo*
*Angry Triangle solo*
*cow bell*
*bangs spoons together*
*lute interlude*
*ukulele bashing*
Needs more cowbell.
*80s sax solo*
*prog rock keyboard solo*
*Hammond Organ backing track for prog rock keyboard solo*
… *bangs spoons together*
*clicks tongue*
@jimu MARCH 2, 2015 1:01 PM
@redartifice MARCH 2, 2015 1:02 PM
I can tell you right now by those timestamps not being 20mins apart that the keyboardist didn’t get to finish his solo.
You can solo over a rhythm track.
A drum track works better: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_myYG0GxcQ
We’re progressive, maaaan.
It’s all new & different
(Also, yep)
*overly epic string section*
*drummer spontaneously combusts*
ALL the popular culture references today. Could be one of the better Mondays we’ve had around here.
Want to shoot the whole day down…
Give us your fecking money
because Geldof’s Irish and drunk it all away, not for the starving African children*Overly enthusiastic Maracas solo*
Welp, started playing EU4 again over the weekend. Decided to play as Castille, try out colonisation… and forgot how much of a pain France can be. Got off to a great start, conquering Granada, then turned to find Portugal and Aragon had allied against me. *sigh*
Eighty years of war later…
I have annexed Portugal, hold two (soon to be three) colonies across Mexico, the West Indies, and Colombia/Venezuela, and am the leading part of a personal union with Aragon, so I claim the throne. Aragon cedes its lands to me… and France decides it wants them instead. And marches eighty thousand troops across Bearn, splitting them into Navarra and Pirineo, as my thirty thousand troops watch in horror from Toledo. G-freaking-G, France.On a completely separate note, had a blast playing Xenoverse – so much nostalgia. Only have a couple of issues with it: firstly, that the first fight I had a lot of trouble with was a 1-on-1 against Hercule. Raditz? No problem. Vegeta and Nappa? No sweat. Freaking Frieza? Easy peasy. But Hercule? Mightier than god. Secondly, having to fight multiple tough enemies at once. The Cell Jrs were a pain, but fighting five Majin Buus at once? Ugh. Cannot beat them.And on a second unrelated note, Xur is a pretty cool guy. He sold me a Heart of the Praxic Fire, a Universal Remote, and a helm engram that turned out to be a Helm of St-14. Three new exotics! Might be able to start soloing the raid opening on two characters, now! \o/ Turns out the remote is hilarious fun with Swordbreaker as a backup – two shotgun clips + one rocket will take out a “Kill the Target” event without having to reload. 😛 It doesn’t have much practical use in actual end-game content, but very fun to screw around with during bounties and such.I played a huge England game a while back.
Fucking France, man. Assholes.
Unless you play as France, in which case… fucking England and Spain, man. Assholes.
I love the suggestions online on how to keep France under control. Option #1: Start as France. Option #2: See #1.
I had a France game going for a while. I think I eventually just said fuccccck youuuuuu to…Belgium? and a bunch of others who invaded. After that I think I ragequit and started as Ironman Japan. Haven’t played for a month or so though. When I left it I’d colonised a large chunk of South East Asia, but I’m worried that Spain and Portugal have both just declared me as their rivals.
My brother was doing pretty well with his very first EU4 campaign as France, the last week or so… until he rage-quit because somehow (and I have no idea how), Austria managed to expand to control everything North of Australia up to Sweden, and everything West of its default position up to the Oirat. Including Muscovy. I didn’t believe him when he said it, I had to take a look for myself.
Clearly he squashed the wrong bug going back in time.
Austria?
Dear lord. He must have fucked up proper.
Right? I have no idea how they took Russia and most of the HRE.
The weird thing is I’m not even sure what he could’ve done. He actually was doing really well, he conquered England and Spain!
I guess it’s one of those scenarios like the concept behind Red Alert.
I find it ironic in that if you play Medieval Total War playing as France was actually probably one of the hardest places to start because they had bugger all provinces and were hemmed in on all sides.
But yeah, once France got out of the Middle Ages they were a powerhouse of strength and dominance. Nice to see that EU4 reflects that.
I love playing as Russia (MOSCOVOY!) and aiming for world domination – they seem the best positioned for it, it doesn’t take too long to become world number one in every metric… except that everyone fears and hates you for doing so. Lame. It’s no wonder they went down into the Middle East/Asia, though. The rest of Europe, the Holy Roman Empire, all a gigantic pain in the ass. The low-tech Sunni barbarians were easy to conquer… difficult to hold on to. WHY IS SUNNI SO DIFFICULT TO CONVERT PEOPLE FROM?!
Hah. I wish Shinto wasn’t so fucking easy to convert. The number of times I’ve had to suppress christian revolts in japan has been absurd.
Man… Grenada. Screw those guys. I walk my army onto their lands, and within a couple of months: “Grenada has offered a province and some money if you’ll stop stepping on them.” *counter-offers two provinces and money* “Done.” Two years later… 25k Sunni rebels in my lands. /o\ Thankfully, got an event after annexing Grenada that converted all their old provinces to Catholic… but until then, ugh.
Had my first client meeting this morning which was fun. Then me and one of the girls in the group had a nice little lunch date 😛 the last thing I expected to come from this was to meet a girl, but we’ve really hit it off which is awesome. I hope we can have many more lunch dates!
But ugh I have a class at 1, another class at 3, and another meeting at 5:15. This yeah is going to be stupidly busy.
Oliver’s gonna be jealous! D:
He left me though! 😛
“We were on a BREAK!”
He just need his space!
This is all part of his plan. Make Oliver jealous and realise what he gave up.
Popcorn?
A year ago I went to the doctor to check up on a few lumps under my skin on my legs and arms, fairly certain they’re just lipomas but always best to be safe I guess. Anyway, the doctor sent through a referral to the RBWH, got a letter about 6 months later saying I’m still on a waiting list to see someone and last week I finally get an appointment even though I’d completely forgotten about it. Anyway, they send me a reminder text to confirm the appointment and it finishes:
If no what? I’m scared to ring up now and if I say ‘no’ at any point the appointment will be cancelled. Ain’t the public health system in QLD great that they can’t afford to send a 2 page text?
I presume it meant “if no response is received” or something along those lines. But yeah, Queensland Health is pretty crap for anyone without some sort of insurance or dire medical needs.
Telecoms for QHealth is disastrous. I’ve had to liaise with a couple hospitals about accounting snafus and oh my god I’m glad we don’t manage them.
…Although apparently there are powers that be who would like to change that. I’m REALLY not liking the idea. 😛
I accidentally chopped off part of my left index finger two hours ago and after wrapping and bandaging it and all that jazz, my most pressing concern now is what games on the 3DS don’t need the L button, and what PC games don’t require me to strafe right.
How much is a part? Also, fuck right off kale indeed.
Bit of nail, some layers of skin, 2mm or so of flesh that I could see.
Tis but a flesh wound.
…… That… Sounds pretty horrible… You okay Bish Buddy?
He’ll be okay once the kale is gone.
I’m more cut up that I can’t play Monster Hunter more.
put some blu-tac on the end of a straw and tape the other end of the straw to your nose and who needs an index finger?
o.O
You okay, Bishy?
Ring finger will step up
All of this because of Kale, too.
Fuck you, kale.
So the council is currently tearing our street up due to a ruptured water pipe, hoorah \o/
Look on the bright side: they might have decided not to do it, and all the buildings would lose water pressure, and start sliding around on their foundations.
Which would be interesting since we’re on sad here after you dig down about 3 feet 😀
Also turns out one of the blokes doing the job is an old neighbour, I thought he looked familiar..
It’s like only 22 here. I miss Brisbane already.
You miss that 35 degree heat plus shit humidity? Son you crazy.
I think he might actually be a lizard.
The heat I get. The humidity on the other hand…
The human is growing suspicious. I should report this to Lord Obama.
What humidity?
The thing that makes the heat unbearable and shit?
Didn’t notice any of that over the weekend 😛
Weirdo 😛
It was only supposed to be like 58-67% or something over the course of the weekend. Really didn’t seem that bad at all. Especially since there was almost always a breeze around.
Where I was staying in the outer suburbs was humid and was not fun lol.
so damn hyped for Toejam and Earl…
man i hope that goes through! if anyone hasnt seen it yet, click this link and start throwing your wallets at the computer screen.
as for me? was literally one click away from pledging my $60 tier, but opted to wait till later in the month after my pay has come in, bills are paid, and see if i have $150 to grab the vinyl figs as well!
SO DAMN HYPED
I’m so tempted by the $150 but then I think to myself “may aswell pledge for the $200 tier and get the spaceship too”.
Yep. And then the thought just loops and suddenly you’re looking at the top tier
my wife is going to kill me….
i wonder, can you upgrade your tier later after its funded?
Definitely feeling it today where I was repeatedly punched in the back & shoulders by fuckwits at Soundwave.
And this is why I don’t do festivals anymore and when I see a band I’m that guy who stands in the back. Too many fuckwits ruining it for everyone.
It’s a shame since i’d never encountered the fuckwit crowd at Soundwave Brisbane before, Big Day Out, Gold Coast I sure have. But yeah. But on the bright side, Slash & Slipknot were amazing, minus the mic issues at the start of Slipknot, where they forgot to turn on Corey’s microphone I’m sure.
There was a lot of people looking like they’d fit in better at Stereosonic. People in Australia these days really don’t know how to mosh. It’s not bashing the shit out of each other. I’m gonna go ahead and blame the hardcore kids growing up on Parkway Drive for that.
Yep. The Big Day Out/Stereosonic crowd were there in force for sure. I had not had a negative Soundwave experience until this one :/ I would always have a blast down the front on the barrier never have anyone out to ruin it for everyone else. Such a shame.
That’s the 3rd time i’ve seen Slipknot and it’s the first time I have experienced a crowd as aggressive & violent as that during Slipknot as that was during Machinehead when they supported Slipknot in ’08.
I just want bands to come tour Australia and not do the festivals, it’s always a much better experience, one I miss so much.
I stopped paying much attention to Metal some time early last year (nothing was really doing it for me) so I missed the fact that both Sabaton and Alestorm released new albums. Picked them up yesterday. After first go at both, seems like they might be the best albums from their respective bands so far. \o/
What else did I miss out on last year? @strange and anyone else that might know.
I am so out of touch
You’re doing better than me, I still haven’t listened to much new stuff beyond 2008
Startovarious, Epica, freedom call and blind guardian have released albums
Therion had a new one but if I remember correctly you were not keen on them much any more
Therion lost me with Gothic Kabbalah and when it came to light that their lyricist is certifiably insane and runs some kind of mystic cult.
EDIT: Also they went further and further away from the sound they had around Secret of the Runes / Lemuria / Sirius B and more and more weird.
Redeemer Of Souls! \o/
I find that I don’t really liked Priest’s stuff after Turbo, though I haven’t tried that album yet.
It very much follows the trajectory set out by Angel of Retribution, so the odds are probably against you 😛
I’m not entirely sure how much our tastes overlap, (I personally think those are the worst Sabaton and Alestorm, for instance. 😛 )but you missed a lot.
The only other releases from last year I’d recommend are Twilight Force(if you skip their painfully awkward segues), Freedom Call, Iced Earth, Epica, Vanishing Point, Sonata Arctica (It takes a bit to get into but it has some of their best ever songs. Wasn’t hard to top their previous pile of excrement, though. ), and Ancient Bards.
I’m also going to include Thaurorod because I love their latest and it was released at the end of 2013. And Pathfinder because they were new to me last year and I have an unhealthy obsession with their album “Fifth Element”.
Eluveitie’s latest one isn’t bad, but it’s like a pale imitation of their previous which was a masterpiece.
Mr. Strange loved Accept’s latest, and practically everyone I know in the metal world loves Ne Obliviscaris but I haven’t checked them out yet.
Oh, and Orden Ogan just released a new album which I’m quite partial to.
http://www.siliconera.com/2015/02/27/hyperdimension-neptunia-vii-wins-console-wars-ps4-neptune-hdd-cover-bundle/ if it was just those covers rather than whole systems they were selling I’d totally buy one of the Neptune VII ones and I don’t even like Neptunia that much.
Whelp, completely broken my phone now and all the spare money we have is saved for Japan.
Crap.
I have an iPhone 5 you can (probably) borrow indefinitely?
Warning: The battery life is fucking terrible…but it works.
I have a HTC I could probably wipe and send too.
@freezespreston I also have a Galaxy S III I could wipe , if needed. Just the gloss paint on the back flaking off.
Can’t get a cheap and cheerful one as a stopgap?
I have an iPhone 4 with a single crack in the screen that’s invisible if you’re holding it face on (i.e. using it normally) that you’re welcome to use.
I can’t recall what I did with my iPhone 5. I may still have it sitting around. Unfortunately I did a factory reset when I got a new phone so no nudes . =(
Well if there’s no nudes I’m no longer interested.
I have a sorta-spare iPhone 4… it’s a bit dodgy though. The lock and power switches are incredibly dicky and are what drove me to upgrade. But y’know, if you can put up with the insanity, it’s yours.
Thanks for the offers guys (@cakesmith, @redartice, @sernobulus, @transientmind and @beeawwb)
I actually have an iPhone 5 with a crapped out camera sitting here I’ve been using as an ipod but it means ordering a new sim which carrier tells me will take 2 weeks to send out which is when I leave for Japan and by the time I get back I’ll be able to get a new one so it’s just a really awkward time to happen.
Ordering a new SIM takes two weeks? Like hell. Walk into any store for your carrier and they should have blanks in stock, which you can burn over in like… a day.
I would but, urgh, MVNO for Optus so no storefronts. Online only. Urgh.
Yep, and I’ve just spent 3 weeks dealing with getting a new sim for my particular Optus reseller. Was getting beyond a joke.
Why do telecommunication companies have to suck so badly? Is it a requirement in setting up the business or something?
To be fair, I usually have no issue with them (Internode) just they royally screwed up getting me a new SIM. When the first one didn’t activate they took a week to decide to send me a new one… which they sent to my old workplace in Perth without asking… then sent a replacement Micro rather than the Nano requested. Once I finally (3 weeks later) got the Nano it took 5 minutes to activate.
But as an ISP I’ve never faulted them in the last ~13 years.
Hah, I have the same deal with my provider, Spintel. Awesome service from the ISP side, give me the best they physically can in the crap pot of a network area I’m in and fantastic customer service but as a mobile provider they are utterly woeful. They even have different customer service lines. ISP one gets you to an office in Melbourne where everyone is authorised to help. Mobile line takes you to an outsourced company in the Philippines who get confused when you go off script and just start repeating themselves.
All I’ve learnt is that there’s a great deal of spare phones lying around in TAY. I’ve got a S3 lying around but I think the battery’s dead :'(
Um, this might be a long shot but if you go into your local Optus store and ask them they may actually be able to port your details onto an Optus sim of the appropriate size and it’ll still be with Spintel. Because I know Telstra do it for at least Boost customers, but I think they can do it for other MVNO’s who use their network.
This is actually the whole cause of the issue I had detailed above. I went in to an Optus store and got a Sim and then had Internode activate it. But it turned out that Optus allocate the cards to each provider on an “approved” list. I.e. Card 123 is approved for Internode, Card 456 approved for Somebody else. It wasn’t until I’d received the new SIM that somebody was able to work out that was the problem. The Optus wholesale database was showing my card as perfectly fine and active, even though it wasn’t.
Oh wow.. I see, fuck that is stupid.
Understatement of the month. 🙂
Totally 😛
Just saw a tweet congratulating every Aurealis nominee in my category except for me. Here’s hoping I just suck at networking, and that I don’t actually have people rooting against me.
Edit: no, wait, the only female nominee was omitted as well. This happened to last year’s only female nominee (who ended up winning, actually) – just completely failed to get noticed in any list of Australian creators that was published. #notjustgamingthen.
Maybe because your twitter account isn’t verified?
I don’t think any of the other nominees were verified either. (To clarify: the tweet wasn’t from Aurealis Awards, it was from a podcast who have reviewed my books in the past)
Pretty sure this makes you the Dark Horse.
You are now going to win.
I have spoken.
Dark Horse. Wouldn’t mind a publishing contract with them.
They publish some good stuff, so naturally you’d fit right in.
How are they judged?
Small panel of judges for each category. I guess each one nominates a shortlist, and the winner and final shortlist are determined from that.
Loved this week’s The Walking Dead.
Here’s hoping they stand by these recent changes to the show. I imagine change is scary to some fans.
I never made it past the maybe second to last episode of the first season? Or maybe even earlier :/ But I’m glad you like it.
It’s a completely different show now. Three show runners later. Different tone. Different characters. I feel like they only just worked out what to do in season four and on wards.
I got halfway through season 2.
Did they fix the characters doing stupid things to achieve nothing but bring in zombies so they could advance the plot issue?
Actually for the most part they have! Occassionally they’ll revert and do stupid things, but way less than they used to. The writing has also gotten better too. They still suck at subtlety but less so.
Hmmm….hmmmmmmmmmm. Consider my interest piqued!
The pilot is still one of the best things put to TV.
It should also be said that I’ve liked the show the whole way through, so maybe I’m more tolerant of the flaws. XD
Here’s how I’d rank the seasons:
(Best to worst)
s5, s4, s2, s3, s1
I’d agree with that, except swap season 3 and 1. Season 3 is by far the worst for me (I just really dislike the Governor, okay? :P)
In any case, the show right now has never been better and you should all give it another chance.
@powalen: I loved the prison arc in s3 but not the Woodbury stuff. So I’m conflicted. XD
I watched until the first episode of season 4, and to answer your question:
No. The characters were pretty much still as mind-bogglingly silly as ever.Oh god…so many mixed messages.
Well, 2 differing messages.
Not really mixed messages. I feel like season four is when that stuff changed. First ep is too early to judge whole season. Four and five are my favourites.
Haha! Season four is where it began to change, I feel. (Also when the latest show runner came along.) It’s jarring to get six great episodes in a row and then suddenly something that feels like old Walking Dead only to improve again the next week. Way more balanced than usual.
That’s where I’m at, too… only the game, not the TV show. I haven’t watched the TV show because uh… I dunno. I’m a comic book hipster-purist? I should probably try the show.
Here’s how I rank the different TWD media (though admittedly, I’m not up to date with either the comics or the show).
Telltale Games >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Comics > TV Show
Monster! The first few books were some of the finest reading I’ve had outside of Shane W. Smith’s works. They really set the pace and tone and took the characters unexpected places.
I didn’t mind them. Perhaps I was a little harsh… and I was very late to the game with them. I’ve read the first compendium worth of comics, but have no intention to continue. They were incredibly and escalatingly bleak and violent (which I understand is the point), but didn’t have enough character stuff to make me care beyond the visceral reaction.
Also, thanks for the sucking up. 😛
Seriously though, I very much enjoyed the evolution in writing style between Lesser Evil and Peaceful Tomorrows – I could totally analyze for days on those, but wow awkward, right? Especially since it’s been a while since reading and I only have impressions.
Really looking forward to my copy of The Game and more content in Undad, though.
That’s very kind of you to say. Thanks 🙂
With all due modesty, I think The Game is considerably better in just about every respect than my other work to date. Don’t want to oversell it, but if you liked the other books, I think you’ll really dig this one.
Oooh, was meaning to tell you that Janette the chef lady from Treme is going to be a series regular in TWD spin-off. I love this actress. <3
She was in the last couple of seasons of Sons of Anarchy too. She’s got talent, and she’s very versatile.
She’s on House of Cards this season too. Maybe she’s just going to be in everything now! (I’m okay with this!)
I really really loved TWD season one (game). I played it on iPad when I was working at Apple still and kept harping on about it and telling customers until I got in trouble. I liked the comics but I didn’t keep up after maybe the second compendium.
You worked at Apple? Another piece of the Jane puzzle!
Oh gosh, I hope I never served any of the Brisbabes. I’m really very sorry if I did and was awful to you.
I’ve never gone to an Apple store because the people in blue shirts scare me. 😛
I’M A HERMIT!
Dude, they scared me too, and I was one of them.
Yep. Really super self-entitled people who like to use thinly veiled threats to get their technology replaced for free, even when they’ve purposely abused or mistreated them. People talk about like, Apple Fanboys and stuff being bad, but they weren’t at all – it was just the general populous who sucked. People who use Apple’s tech to its best ability don’t come into the goddamn Genius bar.
That’s kind of hilarious. Were you knowingly awful to many customers? 🙂
I kind of hope at the meat on Friday a TAYbie points at her and goes: “YOU!”
*commence epic fight scene*
Well… kind of. If they were horrible or rude or clearly abusing the system, then yeah, I would be like, extra frosty if it was a woman, or just plain out brutal.
The stories I can tell you guys on Friday! Oh the awful things people do.
@janexo: Someone I follow on Twitter works at an Apple store and their customers sound like the worst. THE WORST. (Rivaling @freezespreston’s customers.)
It’s okay, you worked for Apple, i’ll forgive you 😛
I joke, i’ve never been to an Apple store in Brisbane apart from Chermside on opening day.I REALLY hope that’s not a legitimate fear!
I probably would’ve done the same thing with customers and Wolf Among Us.
Or now, Borderlands, which I consider a better game… (albeit with less-cool characters; no-one beats Bigby*) though I think there’s a slight world-building barrier to entry there that doesn’t exist for Fables.
*[Edit: Except possibly loader-bot.]
I haven’t watched it yet but as long as they keep doing what they’re doing (and don’t try and pull another Governor situation :P) I’ll be happy.
Especially hope they keep up the… (spoilers for the last two previous eps. 10 and 11 I think)
cool tense action scenes they’ve been doing. Like the storm-in-the-barn and the driving-at-night bits. Maybe I’m just forgetting all the past examples where they did similar things, but they were pretty great!Can’t wait to see what new challenges Washington DC brings! I kind of like this new Aaron guy too. It was funny seeing people outraged on the internet that they dare put a gay character on the show. 😛I’m starting to feel like the show has overstayed its welcome. I think I just find their way of taking something that should be a short scene or touched on briefly and turning it into half the episode is annoying and something I find boring :/
But then again I was having a discussion with a friend about TWD and how we are both tiring of it. We both agreed it seemed to peak at season 1, season 2 was pretty meh, thanks to budget cuts due to Mad Men, season 3 had its moments, mostly with The Governor who really needed way more screen time than he got over all, likewise season 4, a lot of the good stuff had The Governor in it, he was a great character. Season 5 has been kinda eh in my honest opinion so far. I wish there was way more Terminus than we got. But oh well.
Public holiday booyah.
Normal holiday booyah!
No holiday, boo…
Yeah.
soon.
Well. That comes with anxieties of its own, though! One of my fears is that someone will start a drunken bar fight and I will get us in trouble and ruin everything, getting locked up for millions of yen worth of property damage in the high-speed (and unsuccessful) car chase on the way to the Australian embassy.
I have… elaborate fears, sometimes.
Upside: movie rights. You’d make a frickin’ fortune, even if the film never left Japan’s shores.
Next monday is ours
Rainy rain rain; hope my bike’s okay. I would like to go home and put on my new little boy jammies and eat Haribo gummy bears, please.
Rain?
At my office, at least?
It’s total hotsville out Stafford way atm.
So George Brandis has been censured by the Senate for being unfit to hold his office. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-02/brandis-censured-by-senate-after-criticism-of-gillian-triggs/6274294
What does that mean in terms of what happens next? Or is this bit of paper where it ends?
Ah here we go. http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Statistics/Senate_StatsNet/statements/censure
Short answer: no effect.
Awesome. Go Parliament.
It’s the parliament’s way of saying “You’re a cock”
No other effect.
What would happen if they did it against Tony?
They’d say he was a cock.
No binding aspect, just a senate’s way of saying to a minister “You Suck, pick your game up”
They should get onto that.
Also add a “If you disagree, how about a double-dissolution, asshole” clause. 🙂
Originates in the senate, so it’s not a double dissolution trigger
Means he has an official reprimand and a tacit request to keep a low profile for a little while. Basically all show.
Think a “non binding resolution”/”Guys, we’re totally doing something see?”
I miss @strange. I hope the expedition to the Amazon jungle is going okay.
She claimed that taking a chicken with a pulley in the middle it was overpacking. So I don’t have high hopes
Rookie mistake. :'(
Secret expedition…. 😛
Oh man, I hope I didn’t tip off the secret society tasked with stopping you at any cost! D:
I want a holiday!
Take Freeze’s. He don’t need it.
Well, without a functioning phone, I don’t really see the point of trying to do anything, really.
Suicide is the only sensible option
Well, that escalated quickly
Hahar, I won!
Soundwave wristband successfully removed intact. Puzzle solved 😛
They were so easy to remove the 2 day wrist bands, I got mine off in one piece 😛
I had the idea of using a piece of straw to stuff into the black bit, to sheath the strap. Ended up a little harder to do than I thought, but got there in the end. Wrist is still kinda red from the struggle 😛
Hahaha. I just cracked it in half. Everything came out unscathed. You can also used a flathead screwdriver I am told to push the teeth down.
Last ten minutes staring at an email and writing, re-writing, re-re-writing a response to try and say anything other than…
“Have you tried getting gud?”
I desperately need caffeine.
(And we say video games don’t rot your brain… / Or: Your tax dollars at work!)
git gud scrub
lol grinder gettin fat
kekekeke
Good idea! Not only would that be a cathartic release, but anyone trying to read it would totally buy my excuse of having a minor stroke.
lol noobz
need to jungle moar
My face is so bored, it just fell off & evaporated!
So’s your face! … wait a minute…
No, ‘So’s your face’ always makes sense.
So’s your face!
(I see what you mean! 😉
Ya mum
New Faith No More song \o/
Sounds like Peeping Tom :p
Mike Patton is a god!
Who is on guitar now?
A chap by the name of Jon Hudson, been in the band since ’96 apparently.
Ah, was he on Album of the Year? I can’t remember.
Yep!
MQFT time!
J, K, H, M?
M for motherfucker?
Very well.
The contract is sealed.
So when will you be wiring me my cut then?
😛
When he’s done with your mother.
Leave some for Viktor.
Didn’t realise he was that rich.
H
Because Red was voting above… kekekeke
K
J
Just because nobody has picked it yet.
@ynefel: How goes Kantai Collection for you so far?
I haven’t played much since the event ended – taking a breather – but there’s some interesting rumorage going around.
It looks like Heavy Cruiser Maya will be the next ship to get a second-tier remodel. Also apparently in a magazine interview recently the game’s director suggested they’re going to be adding a new ship from a foreign navy, probably in the next event – and they also said she won’t be German. Speculation is something from the Italian Regia Marina, perhaps one of the Littorio-class battleshipsIt’s coming slowly. Still playing, but getting my head around some stuff. Constructed some Battleships (think I got Ise and Yamashiro) and other stuff – trying to make sense of ships classes/levels, etc. Like my main fleet was a mixture of destroyers, light cruisers and a heavy cruiser or two initially – all around lvl 15 give or take. But then I built a couple of Battleships and subbed them in, and now they’re tearing stuff apart.
But I imagine it’s not that simple, it would depend on what they’re facing. So yeah, just making sense of class type matchups in combat – ie, what fighting what, and how the stats/levels work.
Battleships tear things apart easily, yep. They’re not as effective in night battles though – Destroyers and Heavy Cruisers are the best in night battles. Basically, daytime shelling uses the Firepower stat, Night battle combines Firepower and Torpedo. But since you’re going to want to do most stuff during the day, battleships are super effective.
Level increases their ability to hit and to dodge, not much else. There’s not really any specific matchups, aside from that Destroyers and Light Cruisers will ruin Submarines, and Battleships are the most effective against other Battleships.
BBs are most effective if you have floatplanes on them (2xmain gun + floatplane + radar ideally) and have a carrier or two there to gain air superiority. With Air Superiority your battleships can use their floatplanes for spotting for artillery, which allows them to hit twice or do cut-in attacks and they’ll tear shit to pieces even faster.
You should encounter your first enemy carriers soonish I think – make sure you have the ‘sink an enemy carrier’ quest so you get Akagi as a reward. She’ll eat all your bauxite but is pretty awesome.
@redartifice @benny buy Mi Bands yet?
Ordered on Sat 🙂
HEY MUSICAL SEEING FRIENDS… (@blaghman @dc)
How much did it cost when you guys saw Lion King? Any pro tips to get cheaper tickets? Pro tips in general? (best seating to go for etc.?)
I’ve never seen one but I hear Lion King is pretty darn good. May go soonish with work peeps
Blaghs got us seats at Capitol(?) that required oxygen masks to be able to breathe and they were still pretty good. Depends on the theatre you see it at I guess.
Yeah, we were lucky that back area tickets for The Lion King were only $60, whereas Wicked the same area were $90 or so.
We were crazy close to the front with Wicked.
https://instagram.com/p/zRNrnCNajU/
Can’t help you on the advice front, Greenius. But you can justify the cost by how often you see these things, which is hardly evah!
*dies*
Today I had 2 meetings, 2 2 hour classes, and a lunch date. Spread over all of Hobart and Sandy Bay (I walked too, yay!) One thing we’re quickly learning is that our client isn’t exactly flexible with organising meetings which is becoming a problem. We also need them to pump money into this thing and we’re not sure how to bring that up 😛
Also thought this was kinda funny but in a Tasmanian way not completely unexpected. One of the girls in my group also does economics, and my (twin) brother does economics. She walked into our meeting today and was like “Guess whose brother I’m working with?” (on final year economics project) Of course she is 😛
Just finished Life is Strange ep 1. That was certainly a thing
Colour me interested cc @dc
Huh, accidental reply fail. NO MATTER
How very strange. Not unlike life. Also, hi @strange.
I swear other than maybe @dc, @strange is the most called-out person on TAY.
That may be partially (entirely) my fault.
Turns out a Bow only run of Dark Souls is much more difficult than I expected. Such a long lead time on attacks you have to plan everything meticulously.
That said I’ve beaten from start to The Gargoyles in an afternoon after a fairly protracted battle. Not a lot of opportunity for standing still and attacking.
I should actually do/finish my punchy mcpunch run through of Dark Souls.
Holy crap, that’s gonna be a tough game to play to the end. You’re gonna need to be landing high-damage headshots for most of the game :\
At the moment I’m one shotting most enemies, mostly from farming souls to ratchet up my DEX and upgrade the Longbow as much as possible.
Still, late game will be a pain.
Also, pretty sure O&S may break me.
Up to the Hydra at the moment. Not sure what’s going on with it as even at point blank range it just sits there spamming its ranged attck. Can’t seem to bait it in.
Went and saw The Imitation Game this afternoon.
Damn good film.
Feels good to have finally washed the last four days off of me. Hopefully including whatever substances illicit or otherwise that would’ve been picked up passively.
Im turning 22. Its a Bar Crawl on the 21st of March. You’re all invited. (If you’re not tagged you not on Taytags, yes this is a legit invitation. Should you actually desire being dragged around the city by me message me for actual details.)
@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 @beavwa @budgieishere @chuloopa @coldcamv @crazyguy1990 @f4ction @greenius @jordi @negativezero @pixel_the_ferret_viking @scree @smurfydog @tech_knight @tigerion @tofu @zetrox2k @beardymcmuttonchops @beeawwb @cufcfan616 @dc @dkzeitgeist @freezespreston @gutsoup @jimu @lambomann007 @popdart5 @sernobulus @strange @sughly @transientmind @welbot @weresmurf @virus__ @bdkiaf @blaghman @rize @shane @fled @grandmasterb-funk @hindenlagen @liondrive @phlanispo @phoenix @platinum-urchin @thecracks @ash @banderdash @benny @jacksonwryan @jocon @lucifer9783 @redartifice @wilbur
(If you’re not tagged you not on Taytags, yes this is a legit invitation. Should you actually desire being dragged around the city by me message me for actual details.)
What city is this staged in? Or is this a cross-country pub crawl?
Sydney. But next year I might go national.
22? I dunno if we’d want to be seen hanging around with such an old fart.
If this is near everyone tagged then it’s going to be the mother of all bar crawls.
Conga line bar to bar
City?
Sydney. In hindsight probably should of mentioned that.
Sorry, can’t make it. Thanks for the invite though 🙂
3 weeks is plenty time to walk over.
Can I borrow your cloning machine?
My what
I’ll need to be in two places at once
Details please. If someone is willing to let me crash I may be in.
I’ll give ya an invite on facebook.
Sure, I’ll even lend you my dodgy biplane
I’d assume this is going on in Sydney?
Sorry CJ, I think I’m already busy that night. Have fun though!
Thanks for the invite, my friend. Hope the night treats you awesome, but I’m far too poor to make a Sydney trip right now. Sounds like a meat to end all meats. 😀
Unfortunately will be in Japan.
Oh boo hoo, poor Negs 😛
Just get all the TAY folk in Japan to drink to my honour. (Or bring me back that gold Godzilla statue)
@transientmind @freezespreston @jocon @novacascade apparently we are required to go drinking in Japan. Think we can manage that? 😛
I don’t know why you automatically assume we’re going to prefer drinking to CJ’s birthday over stealing a golden Godzilla statue. My vote is for the heist. Go on, it’ll be fun.
Who said this was an either/or situation? One of them naturally leads to the other…
Sorry Mr CJJJJJ, I have plans that night! Plus I’m a lightweight anyway.
Happy birthday (for then)! I’m anchored to Canberra, though, so can’t attend. Hope you have a great time, though.
I am a SATAY so I hope you have a good night. If I somehow find myself in Sydney on that day though, of course I will come grab dranks. Enjoy yourself. 22 is my favourite age.
Sadly i have the slight problem of being on the other side of the country, but hope it all goes well!
Every time I go to bed before midnight, I keep waking up at 5am…
Every time I go to bed after midnight, I wake up at 7am…
:/
@freezespreston @negativezero @jocon @transientmind
Yesterday my parents got an email from Tegan asking when they would like to pick up their Japan docs. Please tell me she didn’t send them same email to all you interstate people, and that she’s smart enough to just post them out?
Nah, she sent the same thing to me.
Sigh….
Just go back and get her to post them out. Honestly some people….
Hah. I didn’t get an email, I’ll check with my brother.
I am however reminded of when our property manager mailed us the keys to our mailbox.
Doesn’t look like I got any email.
Also, hi stranger. Where you been? How have you been?
Might get one today perhaps.
Been busy. Work has been crazy because its expo season, and by the time I get home I just want to collapse. Barely any time for anything.
I didn’t get anything from her since earlier in the year when she asked for passport details.
Spaghett’s last song played game!!!!
Better living through chemistry by Queens of the Stone Age 😀
How is everyone?
Faith No More – Super Hero(?), because @virus__ posted it.
SleepMakesWaves – I will write peace on your wings and you will fly over the world
From Chaos To Eternity – Rhapsody Of Fire.
Never mind everyone, how are YOU? 😀
I am @Strange, how are you??
‘Hmm, well if you’re Strange, I guess I’m Spaghett? 😀
Anyway, I hope you’re doing well. *hugasaurus*
And I hope you are doing well too 😀 *hugasaurus*
Chaingrabbers – #Friendly
A Smash Melee parody version of The Chainsmokers – #Selfie that Nos told me about and i finally listened to last night.
Tonight I’m Gonna Rock It Tonight – Spinal Tap
The chosen ones – Dream Evil
Somebody to Love – Happy Feet version.
My life is becoming a roller coaster of childrens movies and TV shows.
BLOODBORNE
22 days, wastes of skin!
The official TV commercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nKW9kTjsps
Pretty hype for this. Even though I suck at the Souls games and have never come close to completing any of them (even with the assistance of a guide book for Dark Souls 2).
I saw a skateboarding dinosaur of all things on my drive home from dropping mum off at work
I’t was a kid in a dinosaur onesie, but the point still standsYou saw a thing of beauty.
@Mark-Serrels , why is there no love for Dragon Ball: Xenoverse? Really great game so far, I’m surprised that nigh-on none of the major review sites have even touched it.
He’s @markserrels. And he doesn’t necessarily look in here, try him on the tweeterz.
Thanks Raz.
I don’t think Mark or the Australian arm of Kotaku write reviews these days.
This might be the last review Mark did:
http://www.kotaku.com.au/2012/03/why-journey-is-a-grate-video-gaem-by-mark-serrels-age-7-and-a-half/
That’s because he’ll never, ever top that.
He might review BloodBorne but god knows he’s been hanging out for that
He was talking about doing Life is Strange as Mark Serrels, Age 15.
That would be amazing
Good morning! I trust everyone is having a marvelous Tuesday? If not… hop to it! It’s a great day!
2 more days of work then a 5 day weekend! So so excited too! Our friends who’ve been living in Canada for the past 5 years are in Australia and they’re coming to stay with us for a long weekend… and they’re bringing their baby.
How old is the babbbby?
6 months and not moving around – so she can’t escape my cuddles. Willing to bet money I want another kid by the time this weekend is over…
Going to be interesting to see how my 2 year old daughter copes with someone else being the centre of attention!
Well it will be good practice for her, for when you get the new kid
Alright, I promise this is the last time I repost this (today)
@beardymcmuttonchops @beeawwb @cufcfan616 @dc @freezespreston @gutsoup @janexo @jimu @lambomann007 @popdart5 @sernobulus @strange @transientmind @welbot @virus__
Tomorrow @cakesmith, @alexpants and I come to town.
Our schedule:
Wed 4th: Arrive a bit after midday
Thu 5th: Wet n Wild* (confirmed so far: The Sydney Three, Freeze)
Fri 6th (Day): Movieworld* (confirmed so far: The Sydney Three, Freeze)
Fri 6th (Night): Buffalo Bar for dinner (confirmed so far: The Sydney Three, Freeze, B-ob, Transientmind, Jimu, Jane, Virus, Strange, Hellscream+Mrs Hellscream, Cufcfan, Nob)
Sat 7th (Day): No plans. Suggest something!
Sat 7th (Night): No plans. Suggest something! Dinner? Drinks?
Sun 8th: Leave
* We’ve flipped the theme park days around because it looks like Thursday will be a scorcher. Much better day for a water park.
Thanks! Looking forward to meeting you all.
@DC is for Friday night too, yes?
Yes, @dc is confirmed for Friday night 😀
Wait, what? 😛
To tell you the truth I’m a bit nervous about meeting four new TAYbies at once. Haha! I am thinking of logistics too. Got a theme park annual pass so could perhaps make a day of it. PERHAPS. D:
You just don’t know it yet….
😀
We are going to Movie World on the Friday. And Freeze will be there!
Freeze is the most terrifying of all. 😛
His terrifying demeanour is just to hide the fact he is just a loveable, huggable, life-sized teddy bear. He just doesn’t want people to know it.
Did you just call me fat?
@freezespreston Horizontally challenged.
Just so you know, I’m nervous too 😛
More afraid of you than you are of them! Or something!
This is what went through my head reading that.
http://i.imgur.com/wuGQbT1.png
Oh man, that movie is so overdue for a re-watch.
And that’s when the drinking problem started… *spills water on self*
Surely you can’t be serious…
@shane He is serious, and don’t call him Shirley.
Don’t worry @dc, the Sydney gang are just like handsome versions of me. That aren’t jerks. And know how to hold real jobs.
Okay, so they’re nothing like me at all.
But who will escort me home???
D:
If you’re lucky, I’ll be there to act as a buffer between you and teh n00bs! 😉
Still yet to find out where the hell the Buffalo Bar is though. That will be one deciding factor on whether I can make it or not
Buffalo Bar is just across the street from Bavarian Bier Cafe. (Where the Belgian Bier Cafe used to be.)
ahh ok.. lucky I know where Bavarian is, cos I never knew where the Belgian was! Will have to sus out parking and see if I can get something sorted. What time is the meat?
Dunno. @freezespreston was making the booking, I think. Maybe? It was 7 or 7:30!
@dc @freezespreston dang. I’ll definitely have to go home first. I finish at 3 on Friday. Usually trying to head back to the city on Friday night after that hour is as much (or more so) a nightmare than peak hour in the mornings! Still, all depends more on whether or not I can get cheap parking around there like I have in the past. Fingers crossed!
Not sure if it’s too late but I should be able to make the Friday dinner thing if @freezespreston hasn’t already booked it.
Also I need to book a hotel. Anyone got any suggestions?
I haven’t booked it yet, counted you anyway.
Also we should split a hotel room.
I’m up for splitting a room. Have no idea where to stay though. =P
Hotels are pretty good places to stay.
What time on the friday night? I might be able to make that.
Haha! This is from last year 😉
Hahahaha what! I got a notification about this mention today! :O
Hello. It is me, Shiggy, here to bring you some news that you may or may not be interested in.
Do you like board games? Political intrigue? Strategy? Making new friends? All of the above? Well do I have the thing for you! You may have read about the MegaGame on here before ( http://kotaku.com/10-things-i-learned-acting-out-xcom-in-real-life-1625678793 ) and thought, “Boy that sounds fun! I’d like to do that!” and now here’s your chance.
My friend has been getting everything ready to host a second MegaGame out in Sydney’s South West. The setting is a medieval world filled with fantasy and magic, with 11 groups setting out to claim victory. I was lucky to participate in the first one and it was a lot of fun. The game is set to be played out on Saturday May 9th at Narellan Library (About an hour drive from Sydney) and we’re still looking for participants. Tickets cost $10 which cover catering and hosting costs and can be bought here https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/unrest-in-idrinor-a-megagame-tickets-13059281663
You can also grab more details from the game’s Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/westernsydmegagamesociety and Twitter page https://twitter.com/WSMegaGames. It’d be great to see you there and any questions you can ask me too.
That article doesn’t do it justice. You guys should watch them play the megagame.
Strange as it sounds, I think I’m interested in this one. Just got to work out the logistics.
1. Drive to Sydney
2. Have Alice feast on the flesh of your enemies.
Looks like I’m sorted then.
It’s legit fun. Right up your alley.
Freya is meant to drop by uni that day. So we might be in Sydney anyway. Just got to make sure we can line everything up nicely.
Every time I watch that video it makes me want to play a game of Civ with like… 10 people and no forced allies
That sounds like heaps of fun. I can’t make it sadly, but $10 sounds like a very reasonable price for that much fun.
As long as this one goes well, there should be another in about 6 months time after the May one!
That sounds awesome
You should come. I know you have to fly but imagine…THE FUN
If, hypothetically, one was to fly in from Adelaide, how easy is it to get to this place?
So you catch the train from Sydney, whether that’s from Central or the Airport, to Campbelltown Station. If you did come I could pick you up from there and drive you. So it’s relatively easy.
Let me have a look at costings and the details.
Awww shit son.
Sounds awesome. What will the timing be like? I have uni in Sydney that day (of all days!) so probably won’t be able to come, but has the added bonus of Bun being likely free and in the area. Also need to know timing partly to see if we should arrange some accommodation…
So it starts at like 9:30 in the morning and should finish about 5:30. With the possibility of something afterwards!
I like Shiggy.
I like this kid.
I would love to go to one of those, even as a spectator. BUT EUGH, YOU SYDNEY PEOPLE WITH YOUR ‘SYDNEY’
JUST COME UP ALREADY JEEZ
So, I was taken by surprise last year by the requirement for Aurealis Award winners to make a speech. This year, I’m prepared. I went back in TAYme to find the draft of the speech I posted here, and also managed to track down @liondrive’s fashion tips for the night.
Here’s the speech as it currently stands, pared down a little from last year’s version:
I should be in and out in around a minute (certainly under 90 seconds) with this speech (#KnownForMyQuicknessEtc), with about half the time set aside for light-hearted commentary. And if this year’s speeches are anything like last year’s speeches, ‘ll be one of the only people with something prepared and the only one who even attempts to go for a laugh or keep it light.
Edit: now that I’ve done that, I can relax for the next month. Right? Right?! /o\
But what were the fashion tips!?
Faded black jeans, button up shirt, suit jacket, casual shoes.
Edit: oh, and match socks to pants.
Is the stereotype of gay guys knowing fashion true?
😛
There’s a simple test!
“What do you think of my mustard pants?”
I’m not sure, there wasn’t a mention of keeping it formal but fun at the same time. There probably should have been the option of mustard slacks with a paisley shirt and an elegant black jacket. Black dress shoes and matching socks of course.
@liondrive proved his expertise last year, but I am starting to rethink the stereotype in general.
Rock up to the Big Gay Day in the Valley and you’ll probably see a few exceptions to the rule. …Though I think it’s a given that parties don’t count. 🙂
I’m inclined to disagree, though. Or at least argue semantics on ‘popular fashion’ vs ‘good fashion’. My brother, his boyfriend, and the self-declared gay dudes at Tarocash or Yd have always wanted to put me in things with patterns. Stripes, pastels. And things which are too tight, etc. I furrow my brow at them and their ‘fashion’. I don’t care if it ‘brings out my eyes’, it looks weird. Gimme the classics – solids, black and denim.
Yeah, I think a person should trust their instincts on what works for them. Or probably more important, what doesn’t work on them. I had to veto lots of stuff when Liondrive took @strange and me on a shopping spree. 😛 (Stuff that looks fine on him, no doubt. Just not my style.)
Hey, I had your back!
ily!
That just means you’re boring.
I’ll cop to that.
NOWAIT! I mean, no, it’s a carefully-calculated decision meant to draw attention away from boring fashion, and to my captivating, blue-eyed gaze.
Goddammit, did I miss all the fashion chat? 🙁
I snorted at the first line and a Fantail came shooting out of my nose. Goddammit, Shane.
There’s no possible reaction the audience could give that tops that. Goddammit, Jane.
That sounds like a challenge, to me.
…Where can I bulk-order fantails?
Read this and was like “what?” and then I realized you meant the sweet, and not the small bird.
…
That’s what you meant, right?
Uh… yeah. Yeah, of course I did, ha haa uhhh.
The sweet’s still pretty frickin’ big to exit via nostril. It must’ve been diminished in size by someone who doesn’t know the proper way to eat a fantail involves chewing and swallowing it instead of sucking on it past the point of chocolate-removal and snorting it.
Oh no, it had been in the fridge so it was all hard and brittle. I’d eaten most of it, and then BAM, there went the other part.
Awh, hardened fridge chocolate… no good. Well. Unless it’s like… a mars bar or something.
I misinterpreted it the first time and thought that’s one weird way to take a Fantail.
Went looking for the new TAY, and realised that today is Tuesday…
*headdesk*
I left a message with the Tenant’s Union yesterday and got a text back saying they’d make three attempts to contact me. Haven’t heard from them yet. Their line is open again today. Super tempted to try again but maybe they just had a short list that I was at the end of by close of business yesterday.
Also, Alice’s toilet training seems to have plateaued. She either pees outside or in the laundry/bathroom (she sleeps in the bathroom). Unfortunately, she much prefers to use the bathroom, which is a problem because if we see her headed that way we often can’t head her off before she pees.
Yes, we’re obsessed with puppy pee.
Fun fact: Tearing down an iPhone 5 to repair a damaged charging port is a PAIN IN THE ASS! They really didn’t want me getting into there.
I showed them!
Wether or not I was actually successful I’m waiting on the phone to get enough charge to turn on.
Then there’s the issue if I ruined the SIM or not cutting a micro down to a nano.
Errrgh. may end up having to buy a cheap prepaid.
Update: Success on all fronts! I AM A TECHNICAL GENIUS GOD!
I’m pretty sure that makes you the new Steve Jobs now.
*nods in agreement with self*
…Dead?
Steve Jobs was an asshole and didn’t know anything about actual tech. This makes him more like Woz.
Steve Jobs wasn’t so much a hack as he was a genius businessman. Even when they were founded, Wozniac was the creator, and Jobs was the business man and marketer. Jobs got ensured the Apple-1 got to market in the first place, so he wasn’t completely useless. He took far more credit than he deserved, though. People seem to be either too harsh or not harsh enough on him.
Actually, I just remembered that Jobs cheated Wozniac out of money in 1974. What an asshole.
Jobs was a complete asshole. This is well documented.
The old part of me cringes at this, the new part just lols. Good for you.
*cue Freeze going to the Genius bar and demanding a refund*
😀
It’s an old broken phone that’s way past warranty. Just needed one to tide me over until I get back from Japan and can afford to buy a new one since I completely destroyed my Z2 yesterday.
*salutes* Another mechanical medic reveals himself
Second attempt at Castille. Tried attacking France while they were weakened from the Hundred Years War. Worked out pretty well, all things considered – France released all but 5 provinces, and were looking like they’d eventually get swallowed up by Burgundy. Even if I did bankrupt my country and turned all of Western Europe and Northern Africa against me in the process. :3
DM:HS (Doesn’t matter: Had Spain)
So I bought a chromecast over the weekend and it isn’t great with my setup. So maybe the wonder tech wizards of TAY can help.
The main issue seems to be even though my PC is connected to the wireless router via a direct LAN connection is isn’t actually one the wireless network. So I can’t communicate directly with the chrome cast from the PC. I’m not sure if there is a way to get the direct LAN connection to imitate a wireless or not.
I guess the other option might be to get a wireless network card or something for the PC, but I’ve no idea what is involved in that or is that is a good decision.
I can use my phone for the moment but a couple of issues with that. Firstly Mrs Tigs can’t use it while I’m out, and secondly I don’t want to risk using my data cap if wireless gets turned off or drops out.
Any thoughts?
Edit: Maybe one of those little USB wireless adapters? Is it worth getting a el cheapo $20 netgear and trying it out
Hmmm… That is a bit weird. My set up is the same. Desktop wired to router, mobiles and laptop on wifi. Can cast from all devices.
You shouldn’t have to worry about using your phone data – Chromecast is set up to pull data via the wifi network it’s hooked into. So unless your using your phone as a hotspot the Chromecast will goto router for it’s connection.
First questions – have you got the Chromecast app installed to your machine and the extension in Chrome? Then, did the set up complete without any issues?
You shouldn’t need a wifi dongle… because it should just work… Can’t imagine adding a dongle would make it worse, but i don’t think it’ll fix it.
When I go in to setup the chromecast app it tells me that the wireless is turned off or not available. And the install will not proceed past that stage.
I might need to have a bit more of a play with it. When I tried the youtube app it seemed to be playing the clip on my phone as it streamed to the TV, but that might be usability.
Odd again… When I cast from my phone and have the app open the video thumbnail is displayed on my phone but it’s heavily darkened and there is a big play button overlayed. No actual video running on my phone.
One quirk of the Chromecast is apparently it’s reception is pretty garbage – have you tried the HDMI extender ma-jig they include in box? My router happens to sit on my TV unit directly under the Chromecast. There is literraly about 30cm gap between them.
I actually had to use the extender thing as my TV didn’t have room to fit the chromecast under the hdmi port, the panel for them is kinda indented.
I only tried out the casting from the phone once, and it might have started playing on the phone after I ended casting or something, I’m not sure. I’ve been looking at getting the Stan trial but don’t want to try it until I can use it properly. I’ll have another look tonight
@beavwa @budgieishere @chuloopa @coldcamv @crazyguy1990 @f4ction @greenius @jordi @pixel_the_ferret_viking @scree @smurfydog @tech_knight @tigerion @tofu @zetrox2k
Any of you guys up for Board Games at my
mansionapartment on Saturday? It’s in the southern part of Camberwell, fairly accessible. Not going to post details here in the open, if you’re interested then DM me on the twitters (atomstrawberry) or atomicstrawberrry at the gmails.No idea what will be played or what we’ll end up doing at all. Depends on numbers I guess.
I’m on recall this week so I can’t leave the house outside of work, sorry Neg 🙁
🙁 Next time maybe.
Interested but Saturdays are hard for us as I work morning and early afternoon.
Also think I have another boardgame invite this Saturday if that is what you are asking about
I was thinking afternoon anyway. I’m pretty close to you guys as well, if that helps (google maps says 7 mins…)
Don’t count on us but we might be able to drop in if it’s going ahead.
Being close is good, if Tiglet cracks it a quick dash home is desirable
Yeah, I’d be interested depending on how many people would be going!
put me down as a yes, I’m waiting to hear whether my housemate is organising a sensory deprivation spa thing but eh, this seems more fun and I’m already deprived of social contact as is.
If needed I can bring my cards against humanity and a version of superfight I just got through lootcrate
I’ve got Cards Against Humanity + Expansions and bigger blacker box so all good on that front. Don’t have / not familiar with superfight though.
I can probably chuck some games in the boot to bring over if you want/need.
Superfight seems pretty rad. Two people play at a time and others would be the judges. The two people put a character card and attribute card from their hand into the centre and then you have to argue why your choice would win in a fight. So it might be Sad Keanu Reeves who shoots lasers out of his ears vs Godzilla with chainsaw arms. Not sure what happens when you win though
Superfight was in Lootcrate? Superfight is rad.
Yeah, the february crate’s theme was play. I got a copy of Ready player one, a lootcrate exclusive 100 card deck for superfight, one of those blank munny figures, some weird dice, a pacman poster and a hexbug. I’d never heard of superfight before and decided to play a round with one of the devs at work, it was hilarious
would love too, but it’s a little far on public transport for me =(
Yeah, fair enough. It’s actually fairly well located for public transport, but from where you are it’d still be a pain.
It’d be an hour by train and a half hour by bus. On Saturdays the buses stop at 6 pm.
If I had a car, it’d be a no brainer.
soz dude I’m going to be watching the Lion King. Cause I love the theatre
Weekend was interesting. Due to the long weekend, I swore this was the weekend I was going to get shit done. That idea kind of crashed when on Saturday the dog had a severe allergic reaction and started drooling and sneezing uncontrollably. Had to take him to the veterinary emergency ward. Luckily we got in early, but we had to wait with the dog dripping mucous and drool all over the hospital floor whilst we waited for the receptionist to finish talking on the phone.
The dog was treated by a doctor, and this was followed by a lot of waiting. A doctor vet guy eventually came in and said that this was the worst of it’s kind he’d ever seen in the seven years he’d been working at the hospital. He were then allowed to wait in the waiting room.
The waiting room was a grim place, and the fact that Puss in Boots was on TV didn’t alleviate the fact that people were arrived with dogs and the same people left without dogs, crying.
After about three hours, it was deemed that the dog was good to go. As we were getting ready to leave, the vet innocuously cleaned some mucous from the dog’s chin and then he relapsed. The doctor vet guy said that we would have to wait a further four hours, but said we should go and pick up the dog later.
Dat 2nd-last paragraph. Oof. 🙁
He’s on his way to making a recovery, but he’s a bit more timid and morose than he once was.
Any idea yet what caused it?
The doctor vet guys don’t really know. It could be a multiple of things. Maybe he ate a spider and it bit him in the mouth. Maybe he ate a stick and it punctured something in his throat. Maybe he was fed expired dog food. All we can tell is that something bad happened in his mouth and it caused a severe allergic reaction.
D:
Did he swallow a spider to eat the fly?
Make sure he doesn’t swallow a bird to eat the spider!
*sigh* today is my birthday and I find myself having to ring the lawyer to being proceedings against my ex-wife to get more time with my son 🙁
This is something I never expected or wanted to do as I still care for her but is something I need to do as my little boy needs his dad in his life.
Life really sucks sometimes 🙁
Anyway, I’ll be smashing some tennis balls tonight before heading to the gym to celebrate my birthday and to relieve some frustration.
Happy birthday, man. Hope your day is good despite the unpleasantness.
Cheers mate 🙂
Happy birthday! *hugasaurus*
And ugh. Just, ugh to the other thing. I’ll never understand that. Especially coming from the perspective of a mother of a daughter whose father never wants to see her. Your ex should feel privileged that you want to be in your son’s life.
Thanks 🙂
I would love to spend every day with my boy if I could, there is nothing I wouldn’t do for him. I don’t understand people sometimes. Anyway, I’ll do the best I can for my boy and hopefully I get more time with him after going through this.
I don’t understand why someone wouldn’t want to see their son/daughter. Being a parent is the best thing ever!
I also struggle to understand a parent who would try to stop the other parent being part of their kids life. (There are outlier exception of course)
As for the rest, well happy birthday and I hope you get the present of more time.
Seems sometimes the feelings of resentment or hostility between two separated adults takes precedence over what’s best for the children. Utterly ridiculous. If they were mature enough to put their feelings aside even just as far as where their kids are concerned, there’d be a lot more happy kids out there.
EDIT: I came from a reasonably functional family with two parents who loved me very much. Grew up with more than one friend from families broken in various ways, and it made me so mad to watch how their parents acted sometimes. I don’t even have kids, so maybe I don’t understand the bigger picture – but still appalling.
I know mate 🙁 I would never do this to my ex-wife. Children should never be involved in emotional disputes between parents and time should not be taken away because of it.
I am over it and all I want is to spend time with my little boy. Unfortunately, this is the only option left to me 🙁
Points to you for being willing to fight for your son. Sucks it comes to it, but kudos for being willing to fight instead of give up! Best of luck to you. Hopefully your ex-wife comes around, that’d be the neatest outcome.
Haggis Birthday!
Happy birthday!
Happy birthday!
Sucky situation, and I hope things work out for you.
TAY RPG 40K Rogue Trader on tonight at 7:30pm AEST and 8:30pm AEDT. Starring:
@freezespreston @rize @tech_knight @sernobulus @gingerchris86
Just a forewarning: if we can’t get three players tonight we might adjourn for another time. I know things are busy with a few people so I’m happy to delay so that more people can play.
Actually, on that topic, @blaghman is understandably out on Wed for Numenera, do you and @tech_knight want to carry on?
We’ve done it with only us before, would it be enough to accommodate what you have planned Red or will we need everyone for the immediate times ahead?
As Tech said, we’ve done it before with just us two. It does feel like we’re coming up to the final bit of the tomb and personally I’d rather not face some fearsome tomb guardian without the mighty axe of Blaghs.
My way of asking was more subtle, but yes 😛
Considering the arc we’re on, I can understand that, no worries.
We’re nearly there I promise. Then a significantly reduced amount of Dark and Craftworld Eldar will feature in the future.*
*The significant reduction in the Eldar population may be the cause of that. 😛
Sounds good! Also I haven’t gotten that advanced class guide for Jarallius yet, @gingerchris86 didn’t you say you had a copy?
I can swing you a copy tonight if you need it. The advanced classes just enable you to swap out one of your ranks for something a bit different if you so choose. So when you get up to Rank 3 you can choose something other than the standard advancement table for a Rank 3 Explorator.
Yeah the standard classes don’t really appeal to how I want Jarallius to go, Explorator for the moment is fine but it would be nice to see where else I could reach for to make Jarallius more unique.
Edit: Yes I would love a copy if you can send it over, same email as I usually use to contact you.
i can get it to you, whats your email?
sdcdragonman at the hotmails dot com. cheers man 🙂
I’m a maybe. I should be able to get it all to work on Anton’s PC as mine is dead. but It’s been playing up recently so I’ll see how I go.
I can’t see a problem preventing me from being there.
@freezespreston @rize @tech_knight @sernobulus @gingerchris86
Going to have to give this week a miss sorry guys. I know you guys are keen on playing however Nob’s busy working, Chris is having technical difficulties, and I haven’t heard anything from Rize to confirm or deny attendance.
For the immediate future, I’ll need to think about how things are going to pan out for the next few weeks. Might just take a breather and come back when things are less hectic for everyone.
@jocon @distantdrop you guys in for tonight? If we can get 6-7 guildies thats plenty to practice Iron Maiden movement.
Sure.
Sure I’ll come.
NOSNACKTAKU UPDATE.
Day 7.
Hands started shaking today. Hungry, too. This is fun. Whee!
Edit: MINUS A MILLION OUT OF FIVE >:(
Hey, you’re not allowed to use a variation on the term ‘snacktaku’ without leaving a score at the end of your post.
There are rules.
The scale is also in Bishes.
I assume this would be a million kale’s out of Bishes
>:(
Fine.
Are you eating enough? Get onto MyFitnessPal and keep a food diary – you might be cutting out too many calories without making sure you’re eating enough!
Well, I checked that site, and apparently I am indeed starving myself. There you have it.
Thanks for that. I’ll update this over the next few days and see what happens.
Well, if it helps, your struggle is inspiring me to think about trying similar.
…Thinking about it is SO much easier than doing it, I’ll tellya that much.
Tea & fruit/vegetables as substitute
I missed the beginnings of all this but it sounds like a terrible idea. D:
Instead of giving up snacks, why not portion yourself out some snacks in little containers so you don’t eat too much of them at once, or figure out what it is you crave, like the salt, the sugar, or the crunch, and find ways to recreate that in a healthier format?
If your body’s used to constant “updates” of eating, then it’s really going to rebel if you cut it off from them altogether.
Yeah, but constant eating has caused me to put on 20 kg in 18 months. Gotta do something to change that pattern, even if it is a drastic thing at first.
Spoke with the Tenants’ Union and explained what was going on. They didn’t want to commit to a “yes, you can keep Alice” until they read the emails that had been going back and forth.
Upvote for progress.
I’m hoping to hear back this afternoon with a “fight them” or “you’re screwed”.
Lot of folks latching onto the Undad title recently. Must be something in the zeitgeist.
Ebook: http://www.amazon.com.au/The-Undad-Ingrid-Brett-ebook/dp/B00JEQNDB4
Blog: http://theundad.com/
Short film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upf4DmxwJm0
…and little old me.
Did you trademark?
I don’t really care.
Also, no.
Also also, I wasn’t the first. The ebook was first, then me, then the blog, then the film.
@freya or anyone else who might have the medical/biological knowledge.
If a man was to have a testicle transplant where he had the testicles removed from another mans scrotum and used to replace his own (I have no idea if such a thing is medically possible) and then went on to farther children.
Would those children be genetically his or the original owner of the testicles?
I know, we have some weird conversations at work.
I asked her. She said “both”.
Helping \o/
Testicular transplants are rare, but have happened. It probably depends on the reason for the transplant happening and whether the original testes were still there.
The children will be genetically related to whatever testicle produced sperm. If it is the donor testicle, they would have the donor’s genetics. If it is the original patient’s testicle, children would have their genetics.
Why would one get a testicular transplant? Also, wouldn’t having an implanted testicle require you to take nasty pills to suppress the rejection of the organ that would interfere with reproduction anyway?
Ah, bollocks. I misread the only article I found on page 1 of Google and it was actually an autologous transplant.
The patient involved had lymphoma. Knowing he needed chemotherapy (which generally results in infertility), they stored germ cells from the patient. They then gave the chemo and once he was in remission, reimplanted his germ cells back to try to restore fertility.
…I don’t understand why they didn’t just get him to store sperm instead.
Other than sperm production, don’t the testes have only a role in hormone regulation/production?
I say this as not a biologist, this is suspiciously close to science that bleeds so it’s not my department.
Upvote for appropriate cursing.
Religious reasons? Possibly just to see if it could be done? Maybe they were just plain bored. Doctors do things like that to pass the time right?
Thank you for an actual answer. It came up at work when one of the guys read an article about someone having their testicles stolen after being lured to a woman’s house and drugged and I was wondering what the hell you would even steal them for. I’m assuming it’s probably for grinding up and putting in some BS herbal remedy for erectile dysfunction though.
Still once I’d though to ask the question in my mind it was really bugging me. It seems to me that if you still wouldn’t be having your own kids why wouldn’t you just use a sperm donor?
Because less fun….
I guess that depends on the arrangement made on how exactly to deliver that donation….
Urgh. Forgot how awful the iPhone is for web browsing.
Also it’s freaking tiny.
See, you said ‘also’ where I think you meant to say, “On the plus side…”
Those of us with monstrosity sized fingers prefer larger phones, I love my iphone6+
Noooooooo. I got too used to the extra real estate on the Z2 and don’t think I can go back. This is torture.
I like a little bigger but not so big my last fingers can’t reach across the screen
Nope, I like my massive Z1. I’m a man, I have large pockets and large hands, give me a device that I can use without having to interact with it with the edge of my little finger
Ah no! I’ve been emasculated! Well now the only recourse I have is to get a damned plus size phone and pretend it was something completely unrelated that inspired the decision.
Yes, I remember a time when phones prided themselves on getting smaller.
I miss those times.
If I could get a phone that had the camera of my 808, the large message capacity of modern phone (paired with the dictionary functionality of my 8250) all wrapped up in a body like my 6100, I would be extremely happy.
Trying to convince @gutsoup to come along Friday, offered to buy him a drink.
Anyone else keen?(to buy him a drink, not have me buy you a drink)
Gutsoup’s the nicest guy and I would like to see him! (Though no free drinks, I can barely buy my own. :P)
I really want him to be there! I can’t afford offer a drink, @gutsoup but I can bribe you with a promise of a Berserk themed something when I make my prototype…which we can discuss on Friday. 😀
Hey @freezespreston did anything get organised for the post dinner? Like karaoke (I promise not to ‘sing’ this time).
Not that I’m aware of.
Should we book a place? I know DC & guts are low on funds. Maybe they can show at a byo place?
TUESDAY TAYDRENALIN SHOT
Last week we did Grim and Gritty reboots. This week, still on the reboot theme:
Take one game and put it in another genre. Like Mario in a racing game! (Oh wait). Or Halo as an RTS! (Oh wait)
Mine:
Y’know what’s always been missing from the strategy genre? An Elder Scrolls game. Our view of the Elder Scrolls world has always been from a pleb, and we hear secondhand “oh, the Altmer did this, and the Imperials did this.” So I’d love to see a helicopter view of Tamriel. Let me play as Ulfric and consolidate control of the North, or crush the Imperials as the Altmeri Dominion
Warhammer 40K in a Bioware-like RPG. You could do so much with any race… maybe not Tyranids or Necrons though 😛
Edit: Warhammer 40K into an Imperial Guard/Inquisition based Telltale game
Commander Shepherd of the Spaysh Maureen!
Commander Shepard fighting Orks? That I’d pay to see, Adepts are basically Psykers/Librarians anyway
I’d love Bioware conversation added to a turn based JRPG
I want to make a survival horror game but lacking the horror part.
For me, the fun of resident evil 2 didn’t come from xombies but the back & forth exploration & puzzle solving in an interesting environment.
Destiny as a narrative-focused character-driven RPG, but making use of its existing shooting mechanics.
Alternately: A Mass Effect MMORPG that uses the multi-player mechanics from ME3. Dat gameplay was tight and proved Shepard and her space-scoobies weren’t the only space-badasses around.
The amount of Biotic abilities getting thrown around would be insane
Well, one of the things I’d want taken over is a non-combat overworld in the same vein as ME3’s single-player non-combat hubs, for picking up quests, conversing, hanging out on ships and stuff, and combat instances, just like the existing multiplayer maps. It wouldn’t matter if you ran through them killing things like a dungeon run or just played horde, but you only bring along a handful of human squadmates or less-effective AI companions.
Effectively like a ME4 co-op, I guess. The ‘massively’ would relate to the world and its overworld server rather than the number of people you can put in one spot.
If TESO taught us anything, it’s that verisimilitude takes a pretty massive hit when you have thirty fucking clowns bunny-hopping around taking on the same ‘hero’ role as you and stealing all your kills.
I’d love an RPG were you can play as an Asaari Justicar. Maybe something like Diablo where you have multiple characters to choose from (Krogan Battlemaster / Warlord, Asaari Justicar, Turian Specter, etc…) and have a shortish bioware story. Obviously keep it as a 3rd person shooter
I still wish that rumor about Retro doing a Star Tropics remake in the style of Metroid Prime was true. It’d work really well.
Another one that would make that transition quite nicely IMO would be Commander Keen.
A third person action adventure game set in the Starcraft universe.
One of the Ghosts would be perfect.
Bitter? What makes you say that?
Can I please have my warhammer 40k and planetside 2 babby please?
Eternal Crusade is still coming 🙂
I saw some pre-alpha footage on the Angryjoeshow Youtube channel, pretty cool, they were driving Rhinos and Predator tanks around as well as ran a sort of king of the hill game with assault marines able to jump off walls, a little more than what they could in Space Marine.
Star Fox as a strategy game.
Which is to say I’d like to see them expand on what they did with Command, but incorporate more of the traditional SF stuff into it because dealing entirely with All Range Mode battles wasn’t so great. Still a cool game though.
Okay, just got off the phone with the tenant’s union.
Short version: There are a couple of different arguments to make. 1) No pets is a non-standard term that wasn’t endorsed by the tribunal. 2) We were given implied agreement based on the emails between me and the real estate agent.
Body corporate is still a hurdle but there’s precedent on that. They cannot unreasonably decline and there are several cases, the most relevant being someone keeping an Irish Wolfhound in an apartment. A dog trainer going “yup, she’s fine in this yard” should get us there.
The union likes this because if it goes to the tribunal it helps them fight against something that’s been a bit of a thorn in their sides (a letter about non-standard terms not having to be endorsed).
Now to spend the night making up our minds on what to do and decide if we’re going to fight this or not. I’m much more confident in our chances now.
EDIT: We’re going to at least send another email to the real estate agent and I’m going to get my lawyer sister to help write it based on the arguments the tenants’ union gave me.
That all looks quite positive!
I think the woman there wanted to fight this one because it’s just far enough from the cookie cutter that winning in the tribunal over it would be a boon for them.
Got to admit, I like that too. It means they’re interested and that’s a good thing to have on our side.
Finally some positives! Things are looking up for little Alice.
If you do decide to fight it, I wish you the very best of luck.
If you choose not to, then my condolences and hugs head your way.
Welcome one and all to B-Funk’s “Cool stuff i bought and did on my trip to Japan” or “B-Funk spends lots of money, and needs to justify it by showing people to make himself feel good.” Episode #1!
First up was something i got in Osaka at a store called Super Potato, which was possibly the best Retro game store in the world, i’m talking walls filled with games for every system possible, and the consoles themselves!
So obviously, i start to go a bit nuts, and almost go into shock with all the games there. However i knew that if i found one certain game i would cry, and low and behold, they had a second hand original boxed copy of Final Fantasy IV there, and i went nuts.
To explain to you guys how much i love FFIV, i’m currently in the talks of getting the Logo of FFIV Tattooed on my arm, i seriously love this game.
So after going to buy it, my friend finds an old japanese guidebook for it, which i also go to purchase, even if i can’t understand anything it says. As i go to the guy at the store to buy it he points to the guide and says “Wonder Swan” which i then see that the guide is in fact for the wonder swan version of FFIV, not the Super Famicom version which i was buying.
So, seeing as i know very little japanese, i awkwardly say “Super… Famicom?” while gesturing with my arms, because i’m italian and thats what we do. He then takes me to the wall of guidebooks and finds two different guidebooks. He says something in japanese about them, but i don’t understand, so i just point to them and say “Both.” He looks really confused, which makes me think maybe they are the same book with different covers, but i don’t care and say “Collection.” To which he gives me the best smile i received on the trip and goes “Ahhhhh, Okay!”
Then i spent a bunch of money. To my surprise, the game came with the instruction manual as well, which i didn’t expect, and as for the two books, from what i can tell, one is a guide for the game, while the other appears to be a weapons and armour guide.
Even though i can’t play the game, it’s easily one of my most favourite things i own now, FFIV is special to me, and i wanted to have a copy with the japanese logo on it.
From what i understand from briefly going over TAY now, some of you guys are going to japan soon? if so, seriously go to Super Potato, There’s one in Akihabara if you guys aren’t visiting Osaka, but the Osaka one was a bit bigger than the Akihabara one.
TLDR:I Got an original copy of Final Fantasy IV and two guide books
Sweet. We’re starting in Osaka and I’m going early to spend a few extra days there. Will check it out.
We went to the one in Akihabara, and it’s just so much fun to visit, even if you (somehow) don’t buy anything.
Make sure you visit the Osaka Aquarium. It is fantastic! And eat ALL THE OKONOMIYAKI while you’re in Osaka 🙂
+1 on the aquarium
Went to the aquarium, too.
WHALE SHARK, BITCHES!
Google maps Nipponbashi.
Pretty easy to get to – there’s a subway from Umeda station (IIRC), then a 5-10 minute walk.
Absolutely heaps of anime/manga/collectibles/videogame stores. So hard to keep my money haha.
One thing that watching Japanese TV (not just anime, but their variety shows and talkshows) has taught me that I do not know anywhere NEAR enough vocabulary to be anything other than an incomprehensible idiot and I have not been doing anywhere near enough homework.
I LOVE that the guy understood ‘collection’.
Seriously don’t worry, i got by just fine only knowing “Thank you” “Sorry” “Excuse Me” and “That was delicious” in japanese.
everyone is super helpful, they’ll know you can’t speak the langauge and will point out stuff just to make clear what it is. Nearly every restaurant will have an english menu, or at least clear pictures of what stuff is, and there’s also a good chance that someone working there has a good enough knowledge of english.
I felt a little bad not knowing more, but the people there are so nice that you don’t feel as guilty.
You forgot the most important phrase – “Sorry. American!”
I actually asked if i was from Britain, which is a story i may tell in a later episode 🙂
My friends and I used ‘I’m a tourist!’ in an exaggerated manner as our humorous catch phrase of the trip.
You’re expected not to speak any Japanese and be the idiot foreigner. If you actually spoke proper unaccented Japanese they’d be so stunned they probably wouldn’t understand you.
Gaijin SMASH!
I actually overheard a little girl calling me and my friend gaijin. Was hilarious!
Japanese boxes are just so much more awesome than anywhere else. Me and a couple of friends bought a few games just to have as display pieces. One got Super Metroid since it’s his most favourite game ever, I picked up Stunt Race FX (or “Wild Trax” to them) since their box art has different/extra/better/more of the awesome claymation art all over it.
How much damage did you do all up? I’m pretty sure I ended up bringing back about $800 worth of stuff (though including a few presents for family and friends, as well as a couple of proxy purchases… but still, those were a very small proportion).
Japan is amazing at packaging stuff. There’s a level of care and attention to detail that goes into the way they box things up, the artwork they choose etc. that really puts everyone else to shame.
I was pissed that the GB Player came with a Japanese style box for its disc. Namely because if it hadn’t, then I would have been completely unaware of their superior GCN game boxes.
THEY COME ON MINI DISCS, WHY DO WE NEED A BOX THE SIZE OF A FULL DISC?
You should see the packaging on some LE Anime BD releases.
SuperPotato is on my list to visit because one of my goals while there is to track down Dreamcast copies of all of the Sakura Taisen games.
There’s a good chance they’ll have them, i can’t remember how big their dreamcast section was though.
I almost bought a special edition copy of Shin Megami Tensei Nocturne, but it was about $250 australian 🙁
Sakura Taisen 1-4 were some of the biggest games on the Dreamcast in Japan. Sakura Taisen 1 on Saturn sold 360k copies and sold out within hours of going on sale. Collectively the five games in the series moved something on the order of 4.5 million copies over there (though that’s across more platforms, since they got PS2, PSP, PC ports etc.) For a measure of its popularity, the first game was #2 on Famitsu’s ‘most wanted’ lists in 1996 – #1 was Final Fantasy VII. 🙂 Immensely influential, amazing series of games that we never got 🙁
It also features one of the best opening tunes ever produced as a bonus.
i’m an idiot, for some reason, Sakura Taisen and Sakura Wars didn’t click in my head on the first comment.
I went into that Super Potato place while in Osaka in January!
Dude!
How awesome was it?!
Nipponbashi was a cool place to visit. I found Spike and Vicious (Cowboy Bebop) Play Arts Kai figures in one of the stores there. So awesome.
Going back to Osaka in October school holidays, definitely going back to Nipponbashi.
I’m going to do a report on the figures i bought on a later episode!
And yeah, that place is amazing, too amazing, my wallet cries just thinking about it.
Sadly i wont be bale to go back as this trip cleared me out of money, but i will definitely go back some day, such an amazing country.
OH PLUG YOU ARE SO SHAMELESS PULL YOUR PANTS BACK UP
My brother is in 3 shows (that I know of) at the ADELAIDE FRINGE
He’s once again playing Derek the Handkerchief in Mr Snotbottom and the Curse of the Stinky Silly Zombie Babies.
Y’know, for kids. Father is so proud.
http://www.adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix/mr-snotbottom-and-the-curse-of-the-stinky-silly-zombie-babies/8160307e-6cd6-43cc-bbe2-4ebffd146898
At the opposite end of the age spectrum, he’s hosting the Bazinga! Nerdlesque show.
His comment on last year’s show, as he watched someone dressed as Misty pole dance, was that it was sexually confusing. I went last week, was silly, sexy fun, and you’ll be pleased to know he keeps his kit on
http://www.adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix/bazinga-nerdlesque-nights/9e0268d6-65b9-4afd-95bb-079153e0918b
And finally, his solo show is Angus Hodge: Slow Death of the Spirit Animal
This year he’s got a primo venue at the Rhino room, which is right in the heart of Rundle Street and has the full might of AdelaideComedy.com behind him, which is sweet, but also expensive. His run starts TONIGHT and runs on and off til the end of the Fringe. If you use the password “HEAPS GOOD” tonight or tomorrow you get 2-for-1 tickets!
Go see it so he can pay his phone bill
http://www.adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix/angus-hodge-slow-death-of-the-spirit-animal/eec5b1dc-909b-4fb5-aa86-a1b947ce894c
He’ll also turn up in assorted other bits and pieces, late room spots, guest spots, other compilation shows.
The kids show and his solo show are also coming to Melbourne for the comedy festival, so if you can’t see him in Adelaide, go there!
A quote from the critics:
“yes” – @beavwa
Why doesn’t he do some shows in a real city?
Adelaide Fringe is the largest annual arts festival in the Southern Hemisphere.
That probably has something to do with it.
It’s like letting a dog on the couch. They start to lose their sense of place and think they’re people…
At least our government supports the arts.
Your last premier can’t even get his book published after what he did to the arts up there.
Reluctant upvote. Dangit, facts getting in the way of some good ol’ parochial state-bashing.
That’s what is referred to as comedy.
Also it totes wasn’t because of that or so the University Press swears.
Indeed.
Well, I’ve a pretty amazing last 24 hours. My parents drove me to Hobart so I could see the Foo Fighters and Rise Against play at the Derwent Entertainment Centre. Both bands were incredible. Rise Against played all 4 of the songs I really wanted to hear (Saviour, Re-Education through Labour, Prayer of the Refugee and Help is on the Way) plus a cover of Kiss the Bottle by Jawbreaker with Chris Shiflett on guitar and vocals.
Foo Fighters were amazing. They really seemed to enjoy playing at a smaller venue and did a few songs that aren’t on their usual setlist including Hey, Johnny Park, Dear Rosemary and Big Me. They did at least one song from every album and also covered Breakdown by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. There was a crowd of 7000, and hearing them sing along to songs like The Pretender, Everlong, Monkey Wrench and My Hero was amazing.
Dave Grohl is a brilliant front man and had the crowd eating out of the palm of his hand. Both bands seemed genuinely excited to be in Tassie. I bought a Foo Fighters tote bag and a signed copy of The Black Market by Rise Against.
Today was also pretty great. I got to go to JB Hi-Fi (we don’t have one in Launceston) and bought season 1 of Arrested Development (for me) and season 1 of Longmire (for my Dad’s birthday present) and only had to pay $20 because of their buy one first season, get another first season free offer. I also went to Area 52, a comic shop and bought a present for my friend Trent who gave me his ticket to the concert as he couldn’t go.
But the highlight of the day was having lunch with @quiz_b and his son at the Standard (really great burger place). I had pulled pork fries which were amazing. In the course of our conversation, it turns out that Quiz B and I have met before, although a long time ago. Unfortunately our time together was fairly short, but pretty great anyway.
The trip home was pretty smooth, and now I’m back to my normal routine, albeit with very sore back from moshing too much.
Hey Johnny Park is my absolute favourite Foo Fighters song. For once I get to be the one jealous of you. 😀
Also, what are pulled pork fries?! I think I might need to go The Standard when we’re in Hobart in July….
Pulled Pork Fries are fries covered in pulled pork, ranch dressing, cheese, red hot sauce and spring onions. Really, really tasty. If you get to go to The Standard, it’s worth it.
I certainly wasn’t expecting to hear Hey Johnny Park last night. I managed to tick off a few songs on my list of Guitar Hero/Rock Band songs that I’ve heard live. My body hates me after standing for so long last night, but it definitely was worth it.
I think saying “Pulled pork fries!” to Mr. Strange will be enough to get him to take us there. Maybe we can all meet up there. 😀
It depends on whether they’re still doing the pulled pork fries, and whether they’re open. The Standard is an outdoor venue, and Hobart gets cold in July. But, I’ll definitely try and get to Hobart in July as I won’t be able to get to Brisbane.
\m/ Rock on my good man! So happy to hear you had a great trip! 🙂
Hey it was so awesome meeting you too man! Sorry I had to run, but mum has got a job in Melbourne and it was her last time coming round for dinner…so I had to look after a toddler, clean the house and cook dinner.
But, without being embarrassingly gushing or anything like that, I am so totally blocking out a few hours next time we catch up. It was awesome to hang and I want more time to do so, damnit!
Commence operation “Clean up your unit before going on holiday, Pow, you filthy bastard”
Oh look, video games
What’s a “clean”?
I’m going to have to do this some time this week as my place is a filthy mess. 🙁
My policy is to put it off until you are going to have guests and then say “well it’s too late now.”
Hey @freya, did you add me on Fitbit today? haha
Probably! I had a recommended friend from @cookingmama and I was like “who is this? Oh well, I will add them!”
That’s me! You guys have guilted me into using it again!!
I’ve always thought I was an introvert, but most introverts have to retreat and recharge. I am feeling the opposite right now. Like I have to leave my house to recharge with people. Weeeeeeird. I feel like I’m operating on battery saving mode at the moment.
So, this might be my way of saying yes, I will be hanging with people on Friday.
Oh phew! Now I don’t have to be mad at you! 😛
I’ll see if I can get there a bit early if you like, so you won’t have to be alone when you meet
strangenew people.I’m currently deciding if I wanna go to Movie World on Friday too, since I have an annual pass. D:
Ooh…may as well make use of your pass. You met a crapton of new people at once at Movie World before and survived, so this will be way easier than that. Plus, you can always go hide on a rollercoaster or something. 😛
Haha! Then I’ll get Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream while everyone goes on the Scooby Doo Spooky Coaster like that first meat. I needed that. 😛
Great idea, I am actually scared of ghost trains. I was actually feeling pretty damn anxious sitting on the Jack Skellington ride at Disneyworld and was really shitty before and after it.
I know, I know. How can I be unhappy in the worlds happiest place, but that would be me too getting ice cream and not on the spooky coaster :p
Mine was fear of socializing with people. You’re just a crazy person. 😛
Do iiiiit, I’ve got to go to uni but I wish I could go.
You do.
You say that like you weren’t going to.
It’s like he thought he had a choice. I think the Sysney peeps would have dragged him to the meat. =P
*looks at ‘Kidnapping DC and #NobSlaughter2015 email chain*
Nah…
I think I need to start a ‘seeing D.C. late October’ countdown.
When was the last time we saw you? 2012?
Boxing Day 2012, although I was kind of terrified of our three seconds of small talk at the bar! 😛
Y’know what’d be nice right now…
…Mexican food…
Guzman y Gomez have burritos and Corona for $5 each.
Frozen sangria! \o/
I might go there on Saturday…
The $5 special only lasts until the 6th. 5 days of $5 burritos to celebrate their 55th restaurant.
Mexican food’s one of those things I never really ‘got’. I was never really exposed to it growing up, and never sought it out as an adult.
I know… ‘taco’ and ‘burrito’. And I guess maybe nachos? Does that count?
People use words like quesadilla, chimichanga, enchilada, fajita, etc, I got nothing real to anchor those words to.
Quesadilla = Fried cheese sandwich where the bread is a tortilla.
Chimichanga = Deep fried burrito
Enchilada = Baked burrito covered in sauce
Fajita = Soft taco where the filling is grilled.
Thanks. I mean, I’ve seen pictures on google image search, I have the rough idea, I just meant they don’t hold like, a…. Shape? In my memory/experience. They’re just concepts.
Of course seeing them written out makes them all seem like a good idea.
Mexican food (like “So’s your face”) always makes sense.
Mexican is like the lost cuisine in Australia, it’s really hard to find good Mexican here (and by good I mean ‘on par with what you’d find in the south of California or Mexico’). Getting easier I think, but I wouldn’t know as I’ve never had ‘good’ Mexican. I’ve had stuff purporting to be Mexican that I enjoyed eating but I’ve been informed by multiple people I work with who have come from the states that it was only average.
If you’re ever in Perth head to TLMP (That Little Mexican Place) – absolutely amazing and authentic (i.e. they fly their chefs to Mexico once a year as a research holiday / bonus) Mexican food.
I refuse to go to places that name themselves like that or similar out of principle.
The TLMP bit, or “That Little Mexican Place” in general i.e. “The Bar”, “Anywhere” etc?
Stupid unimaginative names where you know the namers are impressed with themselves by how clever they think they are.
In Japan we saw an Italian restaurant called Eataly.
And if we hadn’t just done so, I totally would have eaten there.
How about Mejico?
Okay, that’s it. Sometime mid year I’ll have a TAY dinner and drink thing at my place and cook some Mexican for everyone. Attendance will, as usual, be mandatory. 😀
Here’s a look at the most important part of my Mexican feast I made on the weekend, that even had my non-Mexican liking Nan having seconds. It’s all about the salsas.
If anyone wants to make this one at home it had half a peeled red onion, five tomatoes(roma ones are less watery), three jalapenos, two chipotles, and about eight little garlic cloves in their skins. Put foil over your pan, dry fry everything, turning until a bit blackened on all sides, remove the foil from the pan with everything still in it and put it on a plate. Bring up the sides of the foil to make a nice little package and leave it to rest for a bit before taking the tops off the jalapenos and the skin off the garlic. Put it all in a food processor with a bit of fresh coriander and a bit of salt. Tasty. Although the super authentic way is to use tomatillos instead of tomatoes, but I have no idea where to get any from. 😛I’ve seen tinned tomatillos in some greengrocers.
A lot of what passes as “mexican” in Australia is actually more like Tex-Mex. If it has loads of melted cheese and sour cream on top, it’s probably tex-mex. Not that tex-mex is bad. A really good chili con carne is hard to go past.
There was a really good series on SBS about food in mexico not long ago (includes link to recipes): http://www.sbs.com.au/shows/mexicanfiestawithpeterkuruvita
An example of true mexican food is mole (mol-eh). It’s a chicken or turkey stew that’s slow cooked with a range of fresh and dried chilies, spices, tomatoes and chocolate!
What is ‘Tex-Mex’? Is it a type of food style I’ve never seen before, or is it a fast food chain?
Americanised mexican food.
Texan take on Mexican, with some inevitable cajun influences in the mix. Sour cream, cheese and refried beans feature prominently.
We had Mole at mamasita and it was amazing.
Then again so is their corn.
Now I want to go to mamasita again
But I also want to be able to afford food for the rest of the week as well
Well friends, I have well and truly fallen to X-Wing.
The Scum and Villainy ships came out last week. I already have all of them.
This brings my collection to:
Core SetA-Wing Expansion
Millenium Falcon Expansion
TIE Advanced Expansion
TIE Interceptor Expansion
HWK-290 Expansion
Z-95 Headhunter Expansion
E-Wing Expansion
TIE Defender Expansion
Rebel Aces Expansion
YT-2400 Freighter Expansion
Most Wanted Expansion
StarViper Expansion
M3-A Interceptor Expansion
IG-2000 Expansion
Send help. Or money.
EDIT: I blame @alexpants for being present when I bought the core set and failing to stop me. Also @rize. Because reasons.
Hah. Addicts.
*shuffles magic deck*
I almost got back into that after PAX last year. Bought a core set and a few boosters. Decided board games would destroy my wallet more efficiently.
Do what I do, just draft and play commander.
I’ve spent, since PAX, less than $60 and played an awful lot of Magic.
I didn’t know. I DIDN’T KNOOOOOOOOOOOOO
This is why I haven’t purchased the core set despite having come really close on several occasions. I had to resist really hard at PAX.
So, worth getting?
I love it. But it’s not cheap. The base game is $50-60. The smaller expansions are $20ea and the medium ones are $50. I don’t even have any of the big ones which are $100+.
It’s become a bit of a Friday tradition at work to play a game during our lunch break. Need to find some more people to play with outside of work though.
http://direman.com/direman/comics/00001066.png
So it’s been a little over two weeks since I stopped eating so many sugary and fatty snacks. I’ve mostly cut out sugar by replacing chocolate and lollies with carrots and fruit.
I’ve found that I can actually taste more now then I could before. I’ve stopped craving chocolate and inf act have no real interest in it. I’m still eating small (kid size) packets of chips occasionally.
Haven’t really lost much weight though =P I do feel a lot more energetic which is great.
Yo carrots are totally underrated, they are the kings of healthy snacks.
Especially if you caramelize them with brown sugar and honey.
If only I liked carrots.
Or didn’t like chocolate.
I love carrots. I actually stopped eating them when I was in grade 2 due to bullying.
I haven’t had carrots in ages because the ones we get here are kinda gross and almost metallic tasting. Would usually give me an upset stomach.
So, apparently Arcsoft’s Total Media Theatre product is no more.
A shame, that was my go-to Blu-ray software for my PC.
At least I have a disc backup of it.
Buffalo Bar booked Friday night at 7:30 with a couple of spare places since not everyone has responded yet.
Someone do the tagging thing because I really hate this phone and don’t want to wrestle with it anymore than I have to.
@beardymcmuttonchops @beeawwb @cufcfan616 @dc @dkzeitgeist @freezespreston @gutsoup @janexo @jimu @lambomann007 @popdart5 @sernobulus @strange @sughly @transientmind @welbot @virus__ @alexpants, @cakesmith, @powalen
Oh man, I tagged Dan. And now the hurt of him leaving has hit home again. :'(
*Listens to this in dark room, single tear rolling down cheek*
I must move past this.
He’s a jerk and deserved it.
You’re right! WHAT A JERK!
*turns on break-up playlist*
OMG! THIS SONG IS ABOUT ME! *sobs*
It’s a roller-coaster of emotion!
Look on the bright side, he’s spreading the good Dan name to other places.
Well, the name Dan.
Well, he’s definitely spreading something, that’s what matters.
This morning he tweeted that he flailed awkwardly at a swooping bird that turned out to be his fringe. This isn’t the publicity we need.
Let’s be honest, all of us would have flailed awkwardly at our fringe when we thought it was a swooping bird at some point or another, right?
Right, exactly.
History’s greatest monster.
That’s not @blaghman.
That was actually pretty funny. Final gags laboured a bit, but pretty sharp!
Wait, what. Where’s Dan off to?
Dan moved to Sydney.
Because of you.
Don’t even.
DON’T EVEN!!!
That’s me!
… and some other guys.
Thanks Freeze!
He’s the heart of the Brisbane group. The glue that holds us all together!
I don’t think that’s how a heart works. He’s more like… the skin.
Sticky and weird smelling?
Made from rendered horses?
Mostly ponies with cogenital birth defects.
http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2008/05/26
Penny Arcade. Always relevant.
We keep our heart outside city limits….just in case.
Just realised I missed posting an update on my 2015 goal!
My goal for 2015 is to watch 100 movies (minimum) I’ve never seen before!
Movie count:
Jan – 15
Feb – 8
Total – 23
I watched a lot of good movies I’ve never seen before in February. Only watched half as many new movies this month though compared to January. Being awards season, it’s a good chance to see some quality stuff that I may have missed last year. I also saw a lot of different movies. Horror (The Orphanage), action (Kingsman), comedy (The Grand Budapest Hotel), drama (Still Alice, The Theory of Everything) and weird movies (Birdman).
I also watched Taken 3 which was one of the biggest pieces of shit I’ve seen in a long time.
Currently re-watching a lot of the Marvel movies and the Alien series due to upcoming releases and recent announcements.
Feb:
Best Movie: The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Orphanage
Worst Movie: Taken 3
Year:
Best Movie: Whiplash
Worst Movie: Taken 3
Full list: http://letterboxd.com/asharples/films/diary/year/2015/
@masha2932 @dc
I watched Kingsman the other night. Hugely entertaining.
It’s been a while since I watched The Orphanage, but I remember thinking it was really good. Kingsman is most definitely the best action movie I’ve seen in a fair while. I haven’t seen The Grand Budapest Hotel, we don’t have Still Alice here yet and The Theory Of Everything is starting here this week.
Totally agree with you on Taken 3, Definitely the biggest piece of shite I’ve seen since Transformers 4, and I usually like Luc Besson’s movies.
Wow, your Feb total is more than what I get through in a year. Props man.
The Grand Budapest is a magnificent film, I watched it by accident on a flight home from Brisbane a couple of months ago but man what a good mistake.
It was my favourite film released last year. M Gustave is an indelible character.
0: What happened?
Gustave: What happened, my dear Zero, is I beat the living shit out of a sniveling little runt called Pinky Bandinski, who had the gall to question my virility. Because, if there’s one thing we’ve learned from penny dreadfuls, it’s that when you find yourself in a place like this, you must never be a candy ass; you’ve got to prove yourself from day one. You’ve got to win their respect. You should take a long look at HIS ugly mug this morning.
Gustave: He’s actually become a dear friend.
You see, there are still faint glimmers of civilization left in this barbaric slaughterhouse that was once known as humanity. Indeed that’s what we provide in our own modest, humble, insignificant… oh, fuck it.
Night.
So slow uploads.
Thanks, guberment.
Getting into work early this morning and reading all of the ‘Scariest thing you’ve ever done’ moments has made feel like I’m a boy scout for all of the ‘scary’ stuff I’ve ever done.
I don’t feel like for me going overseas or even living in East Timor for a little while was scary as such, I struggle to even think of an example of a time I did something scary. I know I would be too chicken to go skydiving or bungie jumping, maybe I should do that?
For some reason I always default to thinking of bad shit that happened as a younger man from associating with less than upstanding individuals, and activities that resulted. Actual risk taking really isn’t my thing – however doing dumb shit and dealing with the sometimes terrifying results apparently was.
I at some point walked into work and all they had was Nescafe blend 42 decaf! Was forced to drink that decaffeinated dirt!
#scariestmoments
No the scariest moment is that that’s Blend 42. Logic dictates there were 41 other blends before Blend 42 and that is the one they decided was fit for human consumption.
Still better than international roast.
Pshaw. Pooh-pooh to you and @cakesmith both.
There is nothing more important to the Australian small business or poverty-stricken student than Blend 42 or International Roast in a tin the size of a child.
Many fond memories from those scents.
Nope.
I’d rather not drink coffee than drink international roast or Blend 42.
Have you heard of Chernobyl? It wasn’t a nuclear reactor, it was Nescafe trying out blend 12!
I’m actually terrified of being on the road, whether it’s on foot (Almost been hit by drivers running a red light several times), on a bicycle (Almost run down by a guy actually hitting the accelerator at the time while not giving way to me already going through a roundabout) or even a car after the hundred of close calls I’ve had with dangerous drivers on Victorian roads.
You’ve been conditioned to dislike the road, that’s pretty crazy.
Yeah, my cousin and a few mates are/were shit-kickers in the military, and had various tales of encounters in Afghanistan and Timor that made my balls retract into my pelvis. I’ve had life-threatening scrapes thanks to misadventure (ie: being a fucking moron) but it really pales in comparison to being in unfamiliar territory with determined, aggressive, well-armed people actively looking to murder you while you have your metaphorical pants around your ankles.
More times or not they just don’t give a fuck either ‘Yeah, had a bullet graze my head and got a cool scar’.
Fearless bastards.
0 Days!
No, Survivor is tomorrow!
14 weeks >.
Maybe I can convince the guys to watch Survivor too.
Monsty Hunty update! Where’s everyone at? Hours played?
I’m at about 75 hours. Spent the last few nights trying to farm Azure Rathalos for its armour and failing pretty badly! Decided to make some uggo mixed armour to use in the mean time and life was so much easier :P…
Still missing one Ruby to finish the complete set but I’m still able to gem in the necessary skills from the set.
Next up is Seregios farming for his Axe D:
Hmm still at 0 hours played.
Awww Monsty Hunty, awww awww 😀
So kyoot!
High azure or G azure?
High (Caravan). Not up to any G Rank stuff yet! Lemme know if you and Pip need a third. I wouldn’t mind working through more Guild quests 😀
Bout 15-20 hours in? Just finished building my boat and restoring lava to the lazy dwarf people. Think I finished the 4 star Guildmarm quests? Starting to work through the gathering hall ones now.
You’ve caught up 😛
77 hours now I think, just killed the emerald gorilla. And still desperately scraping around for novacrystals. The *one* time I got Explorer as an available food skill, I wasted it on a mission that wouldn’t drop me at the secret area by mistake. Bleh.
It’s a set food skill so it’s not too hard to get again 😛
I only caught up in game time I guess since I was always ahead of you progress wise 😀
It was a daily skill. I’ve only seen it come up that one time, it’s never been there before.
Sauted Drink/Ale + Fish apparently. I’ll confirm later tonight.
Drink/ale?
Uhh yeah! Might need Gathering Hall quests to unlock? I’ll take a pic and tweet you later tonight.
@tech_knight @popdart5 We should be good to go
NUMENERA
TALES OF THE NINTH WORLD
TONIGHT 7:30 SA TIME
Alright Elendar, lets do this! 🙂
On it. Ghost powers activate!
Finished 100%ing Lego Marvel on PS4 yesterday except for one trophy for which I need a second controller, probably pick one up next week. Now I’m back on Lego Batman 3 and I’m enjoying it, although I don’t know as much about the DC universe as I do Marvel (which isn’t a lot to start with).
I’ve always wanted to start watching the DC TV shows (Arrow, The Flash, Gotham), but it’s always been put on the backburner, and last night I found myself browsing the Playstation store to start downloading one of them. I usually like to buy shows on DVD/Blu Ray, but Arrow is so much cheaper on PSN and Flash and Gotham aren’t out on physical media yet (obviously), Which one do you guys recommend to start with? I was leaning towards Flash, but I noticed that they’ve skipped an episode on PSN (#11 I think).
On the subject of DC, I wasn’t sure what to think of Batman Vs. Superman, because of them casting Ben Affleck as Batman and Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor, but I just found out that Cyborg, Aquaman and Wonder Woman are going to be in it too, so I’m sort of on the fence about it, I’m keen because they’re introducing new characters into the DC cinematic universe and because, well Batman, but I’m not happy about those two casting decisions, then again if Adam West says Ben Affleck can pull it off that’s good enough for me. Eisenberg as Luthor though.
Oh, and hi @dc 😉
Powers TV series for PS+ subscribers
& Daredevil & AKA Jessica Jones on Netflix
Coming soon!
Hadn’t even heard of Powers, just looked it up, will definitely be watching it seeing Sharlto Copley is in it. Also, Lol that one of the other actors is Justice Leak.
Is Justice Leak the name of a human?
Yeah, it’s the name of one of the actors in the show.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powers_(U.S._TV_series)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justice_Leak
Does she know Superman??
Woke up at 5am, went back to sleep.
Woke at 7am, went back to sleep.
Woke at 8am, saw what I thought was a Redback in my bed, squashed it.
Got up.
It is 9:41am, and I have the sniffles.
For the prior 90 minutes, I had been coughing and sniffling, worried that I may have a cold, yet so far, nothing has substansiated.
Keeping a mental note on my physical wellbeing at the moment.
😐
Hiyo!
Heya!
Hey yaaaaaaaah
Shake it like a Polaroid pictureeee
Shake it shakeit shake it
Shake it offfffffff
Started reading Kafka on the Shore by murakami this morning because the hours I currently catch public transport make gaming painful (The sun!).
Also, I have a pile of books I own which remain unread & it was annoying me suddenly
Hey @powalen, how did your lunch with your mum work out the other day? Did you cook or just go out in the end?
I… er… got stood up 😛
(That is to say she couldn’t get off work so we cancelled 😛 Probably a good thing because the last thing I wanted to do was buy a bunch of fresh groceries before leaving on holiday)
That certainly sounds like the easiest outcome then 🙂
Poor Powalen, a face not even a mother could love 😉
@dc what’s the nearest train station to the Buffalo Bar, is it Central?
I am not he, but yes, it is 😀
Thanks Jane 😀
You know it. About a five to ten minute walk depending on traffic.
Awesome 😀
Turns out stupid me left some of my stuff at a mates after Soundwave so I thought i’d catch the train up Friday arvo catch up with him and obtain my stuff and save @freezespreston from having to deal with me for an extended period of time haha 😛
Normally I’d offer to pick you up but I’ll already be halfway there for the day be not heading back down after.
I’m thinking I’ll go to Movie World as well, maybe. Maybe.
Though I’d upset the balance of even numbers for rides. D:
I’ll always ride with you, buddy.
I don’t even know what is happening honestly :/
Right now i’m not exhausted i’ve re-read that and I now make sense of shit, it’s cool. I need to head out to my mates at Sunnybank anyway, and it’s easy to get the train! S’all good coming back with you though, yeah?
Sent the real estate agent an email outlining some arguments why we should be able to keep Alice. Their immediate response was not great. Hopefully the owner tells them to back down when they read it.
Looks like this might come to a fight.
Puppy Fight!
Legal fight 🙁
Repeat after me: “Fuck ’em”
You’ve done everything necessary. The onus is on them if they want to initiate anything legally, and until ACAT makes a ruling then it’s Not Your Problem. Their Problem. Their Effort. Their Stress.
We’re now waiting to see what the response from the owner is but there are more factors at play than just that.
There’s a non-zero chance that we’ll be asking if any TAYbies want to adopt an adorable ~3mth old mongrel that is mostly house trained and can sit on command.
Little bonus thing – if you ever have to stand up for your legal rights then when it comes time for lease renewal you’ll be safer – you have grounds to challenge a ‘no reason’ notice to vacate as it can be construed as punishing you for standing up for those rights.
Fingers crossed for you.
Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments is free on PS+ this month! Woop woop, wanted to play it, but not pay a bunch for it.
I posted thoughts here if any one’s on the fence!
http://dcpresents.tumblr.com/post/108634777339/sherlock-holmes-crimes-and-punishments
Oh sweet!
Also, Oddworld, Valiant Hearts, Papo & Yo, OlliOlli 2 and Counterspy.
http://www.playstationtrophies.org/news/news-15639-PlayStation-Plus-March-Line-Up-Unveiled—OlliOlli-2–Oddworld-New–n–Tasty.html
Valiant Hearts was my GOTY for last year. Love love loved it so goddamn much.
Oddly enough, I’ve bought it on Xbone, PS4 and Steam (don’t ask why, something about a fool and his money) and haven’t finished it on any platform yet, I must get back to it.
Haha, you hoarder! I bought the soundtrack.
Me too. So bad. >.
Sweet, I’ve almost bought Valiant Hearts like four times
This
Awww, PS3 only? Darn. The rest of them look pretty good though!
Thanks for your questions, guys!
http://www.pixel-otaku.com/podcast/potaku99/
So are they doing Chrono Trigger 3 or what??
Listen and find out
#ChronoBreak
One day I’ll listen to a podcast again, one day….
We never did manage to get you, @Strange and @FreezeSPreston on to talk Final Fantasy.
3 parents with free time at the same time?
That’s unpossible!
Man, stupid car stuff and bills.
That Dick Smith PS4 deal looked great. Ah well, next month
Trying to save some spending money for Japan and in the past two months we’ve had more bills, repairs, fines and costs than we have ever had in such a small time.
Hell, wife called me an hour ago to say she had been pulled up and fined for speeding. First time in her life.
If I’d got a speeding fine while I’d been unemployed, I’d be ruined.
Queen of speeding fines is my mother. She once received 3 in 50 minutes, two from the same camera.
As it happens, I got a parking fine in my third week of working here, which is the first fine I’ve ever received and copped to- I got a couple for not having a parking permit at uni while said permit was stuck to the front windshield.
Nyer nyer, mr “makes money and has to wait a whole month to buy a luxury entertainment item”
Christ, Stuart, you’re a fucking whinger.
It’s pretty much the human condition to complain and want more than what we have. We’re all greedy in one way or another.
Apparently the sections of your brain that light up when you express disappointment are the same whether you’re unemployed and can’t afford to join your friends for a night out, or if you’re an heiress who got a BMW from her parents instead of a Lexus.
It’s true, if you buy it now from Dick Smith online it will take them a month to send it! Not that I’m still bitter about the time it took them to send me my PS4 or anything.
*smiles*
*eye twitches*
*blood starts coming out of nose*
I got mine in like, two days! Earlier than expected! 😀
… No comment.
Did you do it?
… Maybe.
No Man’s Sky continues to look fucking amazing. I’d love co-op, or at least to play it with friends on cross game chat so you can do the “look at what I found”
Any news as to a release date yet?
Supposedly this year
I still don’t know the “point” of the game, but I do not care. If it’s just, “fly around and be amazed,” then I am on board.
Fly around, pew pew pew, shoot dinosaurs, pew pew pew, trade shit, pew pew pew.
THat’s all I need
Co-op exploration is one of the things I miss from my first year in World of Warcraft.
I rolled a character at the same time as a close friend from work, and pretty much every other day we would log on of an evening and quest together. We spent a lot of time exploring and looking at things. I remember the amazement as my friend ran ahead and came running back, “Oh my god, you have to follow this road to those big gates up there. You have to see the area ahead! EVERYTHING IS ON FUCKING FIRE AND THERE ARE DRAGONS THAT HAVE SKULLS INSTEAD OF LEVEL NUMBERS.”
That’s a joy you don’t ever get to experience twice in the one game.
So now we have both Metal Gear Solid V and Mad Max both out on the same day (September 1st). Gonna be a lot of gaming done that week.
http://www.kotaku.com.au/2015/03/metal-gear-solid-v-will-be-out-september-1/
http://www.kotaku.com.au/2015/03/mad-max-will-arrive-on-september-1-for-xbox-one-ps4-pc/
I didn’t even realise there was a Mad Max game coming out, but of course there is.
Yup, made by the guys that make the Just Cause series, so it should be good.
It feels like I massively dropped the ball last night. Sorry about how badly I handled communication last night @tech_knight and @freezespreston. I’ll make it up to you guys somehow.
Okay, one Dreadnought please! 😛
Serious response: It’s okay, it’ll give me more time to plan out how I want Jarallius to be, and also what things I really should shop for, especially after getting a look the expanded armoury and seeing some REALLY flashy looking weaponry.
Who knows? Depending on how things go you could have a chance to experiment around with a few of the Ork Mekboys. Ordinarily that would be heresy but anything goes on Taruta.
Jarallius has no ties with the Imperium after they left him to die, so he probably will as the whole “heresy” thing he doesn’t give many shits about anymore, he just needs to not mention it to some individuals otherwise upgrade privileges might get revoked 😉
The Ad Mech priests on Taruta are pretty isolated from the rest of their brethren so their line of thinking has branched off in an interesting direction. They haven’t engaged in outright tech-heresy but they’ve dabbled around the edges a bit. Unless you showed up wielding multiple bits of xenotech or have Orky cybernetics built into you they probably won’t care too much.
Karnath is now Rank 8! \o/
Karnath? Or Kaldar? Or Karvurk?
I’m announcing a moratorium on names starting with K in our RPGs.
It’s not so much that they all start with K but that they all start with the same “Kar-” sound. I’ve made the mistake so many times.
I blame @sernobulus for contributing 2/3 of my confusion. 😛
I’m making another character starting with “Ka”
Kabapalapados, master of storms.
Krap. 🙁
So you’d probably get me killed quickly if I made a character named “Krillin”
😉
Maybe. 😛
Who knows? You’d probably be better than the actual Krillin if you remembered destructo-disk more than once a season. 😛
Note: Need to search around for a good anime-esque/JRPG tabletop RPG.
I’m already having to resist naming my characters after League champions, but I know I will at some point, most likely in Pathfinder as that world fits best for it haha
I know there’s one called “Big Eyes Small Mouth” that’s been around a while.
Exalted is also animeesque, but I’ve heard it’s a bit broken
I’ve heard the same about Exalted. Not too sure about Big Eyes Small Mouth as I’ve heard it gets super weird and kinda broken in the latest version.
I’m tempted to figure out a hack of the Apocalypse World system and make it work but I’m also super lazy. Kickstarter should help me find it.
Failing that, I’m sure you can use a generic roleplaying system. I keep hearing the name “FATE” come up, and the Cypher system (Numenera/The Strange) is coming out in a generic rulebook in a couple of months if you’re enamoured by that
@redartifice I’ve heard a lot about FATE as well but I might save that for another time. I’m keen on running the Cypher system at some point but I really, really want the super-deluxe Numenera box that I threw money at. Would be perfect for getting new players in as well.
Edit re your comment below: If TV has taught me anything, episodes with guest directors are either awesome or complete trash. That said, Strange is probably the best system to have multiple GMs run as it has so many different possibilities for stories. The Recursion Codex has so many interesting ideas coming out of it that would be perfect just as a single setting, let alone one out of potentially hundreds.
That character already exists in the 40k world. His name is Vaethril
I think we’ve figured out that every game has a Yamcha. That makes me wonder though, I wonder what other DBZ characters have been replicated?
– Karnath = Goku (super-powered compared to everyone else)
– Jarallius = Tien (serious to an extent)
– Kharaga = Piccolo (weird alien thing with powers)
– Amarach = Kami (messes with your head)
– Vaethil = Yamcha (yeah…)
In the beginning I was trying to portray Dem’nion as Vegeta 😛
Do that for your next character and I will make a Nappa character.
Vegeeeeetaaaaaa.
And now, after two near death experiences, he’s powered up enough to be a powerful fighter. Truly he has Saiyan genes.
@sernobulus I’ve been tempted to run a super ridiculous game of something but an parody/over the top anime stereotype game would be hilarious. Like Fiasco with an underlying system.
Not going to lie, a Strange recursion where the original DBZ and the Abridged version collide would be hilarious. CC @redartifice
@popdart5 Alas, I’m not nearly across either of those enough to GM it.
If you wanted to guest GM a session or two though…
@popdart5 Yep, oneshotting the Hobgoblin showed I’m getting a power boost from almost dying, so yeah it’s revealed, Dem’nion is actually a Saiyan 😛
@sernobulus We should totally be a duo of Orks if our characters die in Rogue Trader, Nappa and Geta xD
@sernobulus Considering the other conversation, I would allow one exemption to the no “Ka-” characters.
Kakacarrotcake.
Is “Ca” is still good?
I imagine so but my brain might slip back into pattern unintentionally.
Pretty sure if you were Rank 8 you’d be able to super destroy all of the Phoenix Lords at the same time. 😛
Also over share full disclosure
Wife and I are going through a bit of a rocky patch at the moment and not hiding on the computer for a night helped a bit so was probably (read: definitely) for the best.I think I’ve mentioned it before to everyone but let me know if you ever want to take a break and step back from things. I understand that life comes before gaming and I don’t want to try and force anyone to keep playing if they’re either not enjoying it or it’s biting into the rest of their life. Two nights a week for gaming is not much for me but that eats into valuable free time for everyone so let me know if you or anyone else ever just want to take a week or two off and we can always pick things up again when everyone is ready.Hope you sort it out man. As @popdart5 said, if you need to step back or take a week off from The Strange that’s more than fineOoh, Project Morpheus. Really hope it comes out this year. Hype!
http://www.kotaku.com.au/2015/03/this-is-the-new-project-morpheus/
Next year apparently, I may have to get it if I can save up.
Oh wow, UFC 193 is coming to Melbourne. Not just a Fight Night, a proper pay per view event, which means we may get to see a title fight for the first time in Australia. Finally a government has managed to do something it promised to do as part of their election campaign.
Hmm… looks like JB sent me the 1998 rendition of Les Mis, and not the 2012 version. Having only seen the 2012 version and heard the amazing London cast’s performance, should I be happy or sad? On one hand, on paper, Geoffrey Rush seems a much better suit for Javert than Russell Crowe… on the other hand, Liam Neeson as Valjean… :S
the 1998 one isn’t a musical
Well, crap. Time for a trip to JB, I guess.
I’d return Les Mis and get a movie that’s not Les Mis.
Really wasn’t a fan of the film adaptation.
I really liked the 2012 version, myself, even if I felt the Valjean/Javert story was underemphasised – the whole Cosette/Eponine/What’s-his-face love story just felt weird. I mean, it’s nowhere near the league of the London cast recording, but it’s still a good film.
I had major issues with how it was shot. They took a story about the sweep of a revolution in France and concentrated it about a metre from all of the actor’s faces.
What worked for I dreamed a dream didn’t work for the rest of the songs.
See, I’ve always seen it as being Valjean’s story (his search for freedom and/or redemption), set to the backdrop of revolutionary France, and using the revolution as a … I dunno, a supporting metaphor for Valjean’s inner conflict? There were a couple of character-focused songs it worked amazingly well for – Empty Chairs at Empty Tables worked just as well as I Dreamed a Dream, as did Who Am I and Javert’s Suicide. But I agree, a lot of the revolution-centred songs didn’t work too well with that direction.
10/10 A+
Eh? Crap? No, not being a musical was the best thing about it.
You monster D:
Happy Wednesday.
I have been sick since last week. Missed two days of work this week, so I’m about ready to shoot myself rather than have to catch up.
Uuuuugh.
Yeah. I’m not sure I’m going to be able to get away at any reasonable hour tonight.
“Ugh. I’m already falling behind, at this rate I’ll be out of SLA by tomorrow.”
“Good thing you’ve got impromptu meetings and scheduled training today instead of catching up on real work.”
“Thanks, universe. But please stop helping.”
The next six weeks are an extremely busy period, what with quarterly litigated file reviews meaning twice a day hour-long teleconferences with solicitors for 2 weeks, then after that we have the results from a home-office audit of a random selection of open and closed files which I get to be the “librarian” for, meaning I will collate the results, communicate the findings to the relevant claim handler and enter in disputes etc. over the course of a month before the auditors come out here to discuss the results in late April.
Sometimes around May I might be able to breathe again.
I’m reminded of Ned Flanders’ date with Lindsey Naegle.
Sorry, I’ll finish reading this post later once I deal with this fax informing me I’ve been indicted.
A friend of mine was considering applying for a job with an elevator company. I told him that it was an industry filled with ups and downs
#dadjokepagesix #hi@strangeHuh. Inquisition added a Storage box and a place to tint your armour in the Undercroft. Nice!
Now if they only they’d add a wardrobe in your quarters so you can change out of your jammies. 😛
No way, the Jimmy jams were the best!
Lord knows, if I was leader of an army thingy I’d wear pyjamas 24/7, and nap all the time.
But you don’t get to choose the style! And they have metal bits allover which is surely not at all comfy.
Yeah, I feel like my Inquisitor would prefer to wear a hoodie. Time period be damned!
I was going to argue against this, but I can’t come up with anything.
If I was the leader of an army I’d spend all day every day in a hot tub!
#hhgttg
Hey, things get stained when I store them in my undercroft too!
…
I am so so sorry.
Pow, Cakesmith, Pants: I DM’d my phone number in case you need it for Brisbane trip purposes.
Jane: I e-mailed my phone number in case you need it for Brisbane meat purposes.
THAT IS ALL.
I will never ever call. Because calls are scary. But you might get random gif texts! 😀
I don’t call or answer any way, unless I know I’ve submitted it recently for a job application or if my mum gives me a heads up text message saying she’s about to call, so pick up! 😛
TEXTING IS WHERE IT’S AT!
Just send him a tonne of pictures of Walter Matthau and Lee Marvin.
Based on true events.
As long as you screw up and accidentally send them to your boss.
What do you call a cheap circumcision?
A rip-offWell, well, well. I never thought I’d see the day. Bish will be disappointed.
Why do Jews perform the cheapest circumcisions?
They only keep the tipsThey offer a cut-price service?What’s that got to do with Judaism?
STEREOTYPING
I’v been scratching my head all day about why Bish would be disappointed…
He hates puns. He gets disappointed every time someone ‘falls’ and puns when they normally wouldn’t. 😛
Mine wasn’t a pun though, and I only said it cause it’s as close as I can get to page 18 these days :'(
I’ll only make genital jokes.
That’s a Stewie guarantee.
Well dad jokes in general. 😛
GENITAL JOKES!
*wince*
Sony just freaked me out. First of all a payment came out last month that I had no idea what it was for, then I receive a receipt today for the renewal of my ps plus but I have no money in my account so I was wondering how it went through. Then I remembered the free days they put on cos of the Christmas curfuffle.
Erm, page 6 joke…why was page 6 afraid of page 7? Because there will be no dad jokes on page 7. I dunno, I’m not good at thinking of punny on my feet 😛
Kind of hype about Wet N Wild tomorrow. Haven’t been properly in nearly 5 years as no one seems to want to go or I’ve got the kids and can’t go on anything.
I want to go! I want to very go! I just have to very work. 🙁
I was supposed to be working but asked for the days off. Surprised I got them since I go on six weeks leave next week.
I’m finding it very hard to schedule leave at the moment. Stupid “having to think about the team” grumble grumble.
DID THEY REMOVE ALL THE OLD FAVOURITE SLIDES THAT MADE YOU HAPPY WHEN YOU WERE A CHILD AND REPLACE THEM WITH SHITTY NEW ONES NO ONE LIKES?
Surprisingly Wet N Wild has replaced its slides with bigger and better ones. It’s much improved from when I was a child.
“Valve announces the Steam Link,” wherein they demonstrate how bad they are at naming things in such a way that they can be located easily via Google.
I honestly think that the trend of naming things so they can’t be easily found in Google, only their weirdly-named twitter handle or facebook page, is decidedly intentional. Not so much to get lost in Google, but as to be difficult to find torrents for.
But that makes little sense for a physical product – you can’t torrent hardware… yet.
Well. I said that without even knowing what it was… t’was just a thought bubbling around in me head. But I mean, I think that’s where the trend comes from. And everyone else has just picked it up and run with it. Kinda like the 00s movies trend of remaking something old and renaming it a one-word title.
How to get away with murder
Yeah, go ahead, google for that torrent and see how many watchlists you end up on.
Wow, it’s page six. Uhm, ok.
Fact: @ontargett is really awesome to hang out with and I’m really sad I couldn’t spend more than about an hour with him.
Fact: The burgers and pulled pork fries at The Standard are just out of this world. I ate a burger called the Reverse Cowgirl. It had deep fried chicken, fresh gherkin, battered onion rings and mayo. It was soooooooo goooood.
Fact: Lab tests have proven that Echidna’s are as intelligent as cats. They have also been seen in the wild climbing almost sheer cliff faces and are incredibly adept at it. Finally, they have been known to conserve energy by lowering their body temperature to 4C for up to 4 months of the year, because why the heck not.
Fact: @ontargett also has a very luxurious beard. I kept staring at it, wanting to touch it, but I’m fairly certain that’s a big social no-no.
Probably depends on the beard-owner. I’ve had several people ask to touch mine, and I have cheerfully granted permission in most cases.
Fact: If you had asked me if you could touch my beard, I probably would have said yes.
… P-p-pulled p-p-pork fries?
*dies*
Straight from the mouth of the man who just kept eating it, staring into the distance and saying “Yes, this is good” over and over again.
http://www.kotaku.com.au/2015/03/talk-amongst-yourselves-317/comment-page-4/#comment-3240715
FACT: Baby Echidnas are called puggles
FACT: The Echidna, in greek mythology, was the mother of a bunch of monsters including Cerberus and the Gorgon and (I think) the chimaera
Also wife to Typhon, known as the father of monsters and was eventually imprisoned under Mt Etna in Sicily for warring against Olympus and actually felling Zeus at one point.
PUGGLES!
I LOVE PUGGLES! Ok, maybe not the echidna kind…
I thought differently – the bad precursor to the beanie babies that I bought in the late 80s with my pocket money.
Did you wear your Stan jacket?
No, but I uhm’d and ahh’d about it. I should have.
It would have made me easy to spot.
…from outer space.
It got you a permanent nickname! The jacket should be respected! 😀
This had better be a monkey island reference in which case: MORE ARM FLAILING!
YOU BEST BELIEVE IT’S A MONKEY ISLAND REFERENCE! 😀
https://twitter.com/QuizmasterBrad/status/532076588968316928
Jacket in question!
Also a fugly face, but look at the jacket!
You’re a dreamboat and don’t let any one tell you otherwise! 😛
Oh you
… LOVE IT… Wear it more often! Actually never stop wearing it!
“It’s a good thing ol’ Stan always keeps a few spare jackets in the backoffice, or I’d be defending my clients in the altogether!… Say that’s not s bad idea! Stan S. Stanman, naked attorney at law! You’ve got nothing to hide and neither does he!”
Geography/Ecology Fact: The Hawaiian islands have no native species of flora or fauna. All species that live or dwell in or around the Hawaiian islands either migrated through natural processes from other regions or were introduced. This is a result of the relative geological youth of the Hawaiian island chain.
Oooo I need to go and try the pulled pork fries.
PS guys The Standard is amazing and worth coming to Hobart for 😛
Aw shucks, you’re just as awesome to hang out with. I too am sad that we couldn’t spend more time together. Also, your son is pretty cool too. Next time I spend more than a day in Hobart, we will definitely have to catch up. I will definitely make the effort to get to Hobart when @strange is there in July.
TAS METAL MEAT @strange
*moshes to imaginary theme music*
Good to know my most popular tweet is celebrating my misery.
Well with that kind of advertising, now I have to go fire up the application and see what the buzz is about.
Prepare to cry.
Oh god I just saw. I’m so sorry. So so sorry.
If there’s anything I can do, I’m here.
(So, y’know… You’ll need to source your own transportation to here.)
(Edit: Also, Prepare to Cry is quite clever, I missed that on first reading.)
You really need to get onto youtube and watch the Prepare to Cry series.
Oh, I consumed it rabidly once I started getting infatuated with Souls.
Vaatividya is probably one of the only YouTubers whose success I don’t resent. If only because he’s actually doing something that requires more talent than screaming at jump-scares and making stupid voices over call of duty.
Plus, so handsome.
Right? That was a surprise. That handsome bastard… OK, yeah, I’m back to resentful envy again now. Thanks! 🙂
@transientmind: Pretty respectable, though. Built his brand off his content, when he could’ve easily coasted on his looks. 😛
PLUS, when everyone saw him and was like, “WTF, is studmuffin why haven’t we seen this before?!” he didn’t pick it up and run with it and start showing himself more, he just kept making videos that just have in-game content.
There’s a lot of integrity there.
Edit: So he’s smart, successful, popular, handsome, and virtuous.
So naturally I have to hate him again.
Ohhh no. You and Serrels seem to have the same hell spawn.
KotakuKids.com.au
Where they meat to determine how to push us over the edge of insanity
How does that happen anyway? What were your (darn, no good) kids up to?
http://blog.us.playstation.com/2015/03/03/ps-plus-free-games-for-march-2015/
Spoiler: this month’s lineup is shit again. Big surprise.
Out of curiosity what would you consider a good line-up? This appears pretty solid to me!
I thought the last two months were pretty amazing.
Edit: In fact, I’m going to include December as a partial win, too. I mean, this list: Injustice, Hitman, Deadly Premonition, First Light, Prototype 2, Ducktales, Transistor, Thief, Yakuza 4, Rogue Legacy… worth the price of being subscribed, I’d say.
This month, Oddworld, Valiant Hearts, Papo & Yo, Sherlock Holmes, CounterSpy… there’s more titles on there I’m interested than not. (I don’t care about OlliOlli.)
For me, there hasn’t been a good PS+ lineup since about mid last year. The last time I got something that I actually was interested in and didn’t already own a copy on PS3 through plus, it was probably Dead Space 3 back in July. On PS4, Resogun at launch was the only worthwhile entry for me, and on Vita, Hotline Miami (in October 2013!) was the last time I got a new game I actually wanted to play via PS+. The last one I was happy to get was when they added Dragon’s Crown back in September, but I own physical copies of that on Vita and PS3 so the only benefit there was a free digital copy so I don’t have to stuff around with cartridges.
Incidentally, Dragon’s Crown was the last game on Vita PS+ that wasn’t an indie title and probably the last that actually even had a retail release.
Perhaps something that isn’t a shit indie game or something I’ve already played through?
Maybe an actual Vita game for once rather than cross-play indie bullshit?
Shit indie game? Valiant Hearts and Transistor were some of the greatest games of last year. And I’m assuming the games you haven’t already played, haven’t been played for a reason. It’s a problem I have too. I’ve already played everything I’ve wanted to play for the most part, but judging a line-up bad because you’ve already played an excellent game is weird logic.
But our countless interactions here on Kotaku prove we have completely different tastes in games any way, so I’m happy not to argue any further. 🙂
See ‘already played through’. I bought both at launch and played them already. Transistor I found immensely disappointing but you’re right, Valiant Hearts was a good game when I played it on PC last year.
You’re doing it all wrong. I’ve hardly bought any games since I started PS+, which means almost all months have something nifty for me. Very much looking forward to Papo & Yo, and Valiant Hearts. I especially never buy any digital only mini-ish games like that because I know if I’m patient the ones worth playing usually end up on PS+.
Yeah, dude! We were talking about how great this is. Valiant Hearts! Sherlock!
Good Game last year made me want to play CounterSpy too!
I’m actually keen to try out those games!
– Abe’s Oddysee has been a game I’ve wanted to try but didn’t really want to drop money on.
– Valient Hearts. I never got around to buying/playing it
– Olliolli 2. Never played the first one but heard good things about it.
Also the PS3 games look good but I can’t be bothered digging up my PS3.
I’ll be getting them all except for OlliOlli (and Valiant Hearts, which I’ve already played on 360). Have wanted to play Papa and Yo for aaaaages. It’s not a knock-em-dead lineup (or it might be; I haven’t played most of these games), but I’m very happy to have gotten these games for my $7/month.
OlliOlli one was pretty sweet, I imagine on a handheld it’s sweet
I might add it to my library on the off-chance I get a void in my pile of shame later down the track 🙂
I add all the PS+ stuff with the expectation I’ll never play it all.
Page six is facts?
Batman: The Animated Series was drawn onto black paper to give it that nice dark noir tone.
NO, dammit, page six is puns! You’re doing it wr… huh. That’s quite interesting, actually.
Page six is facts or puns OR dad jokes.
I create a dummy account to upvote you if you incorporate all three into one thing.
If you like Batman:TAS’s style you should check out The Big O, same animation studio that did TAS and they just carried over the style and many of the themes to their own original works
Huh. I entered a FB competition to have pizzas delivered by a celebrity. I won. Anybody have a clue who these (I assume) bands are? I think I need to feign enthusiasm. 😛
Arcane Echo, Frenchy, ODDMOB
I actually laughed out loud. I have no idea what type of product they even are. Cars? Fashion? Cologne? Linux distros? Record labels? Graphic design firms?
Test drive the new Arcane Echo at your local Renault dealer today.
Google tells me Frenchy might be a comedian.
Comedian might be debatable
Frenchy Stewart
Frenchy Stewart is when me and @liondrive try to pronounce Chowder.
I’ve already resolved myself to ask Frenchy (if that’s who shows up) to say “chowda”.
Arcane Echo sounds like a D&D spell.
Just find bands with a name close enough and say you love their song blah
Reflecktor
Straight Drop
Strange Magic
Oddmob do that “is it a banger” song… Pretty ordinary but I do like the sample.
Other 2… NFI…
Also… Free pizza? If it’s free I don’t care who delivers it!
Exactly why I entered! Free pizza = free pizza.
ODDMOB got #70 in the Hottest 100 with “Is It a Banger?”
Oh, good, we can talk about how Triple J ain’t the same as it used to be. 😛
The UTAS music campus is shit. I got pulled up by security on the way out from some smug dickhead going “Well, here’s another gentleman without his ID”
Apparently you have to have your ID card on a lanyard or some shit? I dunno, I’ve never been there before. Nobody bothered telling me anything. So I got my (last years) ID out of my wallet and he’s like “This says business, not music.” Ignoring the fact that BIS doesn’t stand for business, maybe it’s because I’m only doing it as an elective? Maybe? It’s not that tough to figure out is it? I just left because I had more important places to be. Dumb prick.
Which brings me to our first management meeting with the head of school. It was basically just a getting to know you, voice concerns etc. but the bit that stuck was when she got to me she’s just like “You’re Ben. I’ve seen your face a thousand times before.”
…Is that a good thing? I remember seeing her once before I even started uni, but that’s the only time I’ve ever seen her before 😛
And now I’m tired but have a ton of work to do and then I’m going out at 6 and I kinda just wanna sleep instead and ugh, too busy 🙁
All it takes is a little bit of authority.
God damn, we need more popcorn for you than Gooky these days
Hmmm…
http://www.sevenseasgames.com/
Seven Seas are a small publisher of manga & light novels in English, looks like they’re expanding into translating & publishing board games. They’ve got a Kickstarter for something opening tomorrow, which apparently is something directly anime-related.
Also “We’re launching with a soon-to-be-announced game based on a thrilling hit anime, but we already have a number of other amazing licenses waiting in the wings and are developing games based on original properties. ”
The question I have is whether this means they’re going to be looking at mainly localizing existing board games, or if they’ll be making their own. Mainly, I’m really curious whether they might be looking to get their fingers on some of the Japanese Deck Builders like Kunitori or Heart of Crown.
Also the only existing board game based on a known anime property that isn’t a trading card game that I know of is a pretty funny looking deck builder based off Little Busters. There’s obviously a handful of others but they’re based off obscure properties (I’m going to be that a board game based off Xabungle isn’t going to sell well) or are too well-known for a small publisher (Macross, Gundam).
So my guess is it’s either that or they’re making their own game.
Side note: I’ve often thought that you could potentially make a rad anime/manga mash-up game as a re-skin of Sentinels of the Multiverse.
Yesterday’s Good Game Pocket was pretty funny. Loved the varied reactions from the cast and crew.
Maybe NSFW. Maybe.
Your face is NSFW.
Now the long term unemployment makes sense!
Normally a hash brown is crunch on the outside, soft on the inside, right?
I asked for my usual one this morning and the fella serving looked apologetic as he grabbed it and started to put it back, saying he was probably going to have to throw these out because they’d been overcooked and was there anything else I’d like?
Anything I’d like? There is nothing I’d like more than a hash brown which is ALL CRUNCH.
Ohwait. No, there is something I like more than that. And it’s getting a second one thrown in for free by way of completely unnecessary delicious apology. Bless that man.
Heroes are all around us.
“So you’re telling me you made them better than normal, and want to give me two for the price of one…?”
“Do I pay in regular human money or will you be needing my soul?”
“I… what?”
“You are the devil right? Father Donoghue told me to be wary but he didn’t warn us about hash browns.”
“I’m not the devil.”
“Ah, Satan, you grow ever more cunning each year. I will take your hash browns, you foul beast.”
“Sir, I’m going to have to ask you to leave.”
“CURSE YOU, PRINCE OF DARKNESS. I WILL HAVE MY HASH BROWNS.”
I pretty much envision the rest of the scene as an extended gunfight. Do you normally carry a micro-Uzi or should I dial it back to twin berettas?
Ahh, twin berettas… the true classic to make the CTs jealous.
Where is this palace of crunchiness?
Is the place downstairs at my work. 🙂
You’re just teasing me. Damn you. I hope all your hash browns are a soggy mess FOR EVER.
😉🙁
Sorry that was a bit far. Maybe just the next one. And only a little bit soggier than perfect.
:/
was it also cursed?
I FOUND MY 3DS GAMES.
I’m not embarrassed to admit that when I found them, I gave the case a little kiss.Maybe I’m a bit embarrassed.I thought you were all about the VITA these days
I bought a Vita partly because I lost the plastic case that had ALL my DS/3DS games in it, and replacing them would have cost more than a whole new system (Vita).
Now I have the best of all worlds… and waaaay too many consoles.
“too many” huh?
I’m still eyeing off a 3DS XL.
What do you call a fake noodle?
An ImpastaI hate it when people ask me what I will be doing in 5 years time.
Come on, I don’t have 2020 vision.
Oh wow, that one’s really good.
I’m pinching this one.
Sorry but I will have to steal this, TOO GOOD xD
Stolen, used, fiancee is sad.
Two goldfish are in a tank. One says to the other, “do you know how to drive this thing?”
Today’s the day to get the army moving…
March fourth.
There’s nothing worse than getting run over by a rental car
…..it HERTZ
Help please. The postman dropped a letter on my hall floor today and on the letter it says do not bend. How do I pick it up?
Autocorrect walked into a bar… and the batman said why the log fence?
Did you hear about the next Liam Neeson movie where he struggles with being unappreciated for rescuing family members? It’s called Taken 4 Granted.
What do you call an angry carrot? A steamed veggie!
Also, I’ve put these up for sale elsewhere, but you guys can have first dibs.
Mates rates will apply, rather than the below stated prices. So make me an offer. “Free” is a legit offer (though won’t be accepted in all cases).
Don’t mind chucking in post for the little games, but big items will need contributions towards postage, pls!
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3DS game Rayman Origins $ 15.00 Comes with case, but no slip cover
3DS game Resident Evil: Revelations $ 15.00
Book The Walking Dead Compendium 1 $ 40.00
DS game Super Scribblenauts $ 10.00
DS game New Super Mario Bros $ 20.00
DS game Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks $ 20.00 Comes with small case, but no slip cover
DS game Super Mario 64 DS $ 20.00 Comes with small case, but no slip cover
DS game Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass $ 25.00
DVD It Ain’t Half Hot Mum Season 1 $ 5.00
DVD Inception $ 5.00
DVD Teachers – complete series 1-4 $ 20.00
Gamecube Mario Kart Double Dash- Includes Legend of Zelda Collector’s Edition disc $45.00
Playstation 1 game Grand Theft Auto $ 15.00
Playstation 2 game Okami Australian edition – hard to find $ 15.00 –
Playstation 2 game Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence US/NTSC edition $ 25.00 Original Disc 3 (Existence) not included
Playstation 2 game ICO Australian edition – hard to find $ 30.00
Playstation 2 game Shadow of the Colossus Cardboard case Australian edition with postcards – VERY rare $ 65.00 Slight scuffs to cardboard
Playstation 4 game INFAMOUS: Second Son – $ 20.00 –
Playstation 4 game Lords of the Fallen Limited Edition with soundtrack + DLC $ 40.00 Game was bought new, DLC not redeemed
Playstation 4 game Shadow of Mordor Steelbook Legion Edition $ 50.00 I didn’t redeem DLC, but previous owner may have
Wii-U game Zombi-U $ 10.00
Wii-U game Darksiders 2 $ 15.00 Includes bonus content (5+ additional hours)
Xbox 360 game Gears of War $ 5.00
Xbox 360 game Gears of War 2 $ 5.00
Xbox 360 game Darksiders 2 $ 5.00
Xbox 360 game Crackdown 2 $ 5.00 Comes with case, but no slip cover
Xbox 360 game The Bureau – XCOM Declassified $ 5.00 Comes with case, but no slip cover
Xbox 360 game NBA2K13 $ 5.00
Xbox 360 game Once Upon a Monster Box includes “special gameplay helper” $ 10.00
Xbox 360 game Sleeping Dogs ANZ Edition $ 10.00 No DLC
Xbox 360 game Bioshock 2 $ 10.00
Xbox 360 game Bioshock Infinite $ 15.00
Xbox 360 game Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance $ 15.00
Xbox 360 game Splinter Cell Blacklist Steelbook edition $ 15.00
Xbox 360 game Grand Theft Auto V $ 25.00
Xbox 360 game Hitman Absolution Limited Edition – inc huge figurine, DVD, DLC, Artbook $ 30.00 Outer box is in German and for PC, but the game is English 360
Xbox game Shenmue 2 $ 25.00 Includes DVD recapping Shenmue 1
Book The Walking Dead Compendium: That’s issues 1-48, right? I’m interested.
Yep, that’s the one. Note: it’s pretty heavy. Will cost a fair bit to post. Might end up being cheaper to just get one new: https://booko.com.au/9781607060765/The-Walking-Dead-Compendium-Volume-1
Amazon says the shipping weight is 4.7 pounds (a bit over 2kg) – would a 3kg post satchel work? Those are $15.
Should do! How’s $50 even sound, then?
Dealio. Where’s the link to the Kickstarter? 😛
How much for both of the 3DS zeldas together?
Make an offer! \o/
$35 for the both + postage?
Done!
Drop us a line with your paypal deets
I don’t think I’ve seen that version of MK before.
It’s fun. Mrs Shane and I loved it. Preferred it to Mario Kart Wii.
I was joking around about it being a package deal 😛
But I’d be interested in taking that off your hands, actually. Wingman would love the shit out of it.
Oh actually, should double-check – that is the Zelda 1+2+OoT+MM disc, right? Not OoT+MQ?
Also yeah, every MK is better than MKWii.
I’m almost positive that it’s this one: http://zelda.wikia.com/wiki/The_Legend_of_Zelda:_Collector%27s_Edition
But I have no Wii/GC to check, and never played the disc myself…
Ok good, figured I should make sure first 😛
I just checked mine, the other one only says Ocarina Of Time on it so it’s probably fine.
I’ll offer $20 for the Teachers and It Ain’t Half Hot Mum DvD’s.
That’ll knock off some upcoming B’day shopping!
I’m happy to make that deal. Teachers is a pretty big box, so shipping may be a little pricey. A satchel ($15 according to @beaawb) okay with you?
Done! I’ll get in contact with you shortly to organise the address and how to pay!
I’m proud of you for asking for money. \o/
Oh yeah, that reminds me. If anyone wants one of the $5 games, they can just have it, okay?
😛
I’ve actually gotten a better response to this thread than I usually do for game giveaways. So there you have it. Just note that I haven’t actually accepted any money yet!
D: Shane’s a trickster who can’t be trusted. Remember the Dark Souls incident?
But you’ve at least accepted offers of money. 😀
I honestly think people feel much better about buying stuff from friends than just taking it. Even if it’s only a fraction of what they’d pay elsewhere.
I was actually going to ask if I could borrow one of those games from you if it doesn’t sell so I could check it out, but figured that path would be fraught with danger. 😛
Yeah of course. Which one? I can bring it up in April.
I’ll let you know in April if I’m still interested in trying it. 🙂
I’m terribly disappointed, my devilishly attractive friends (and all the rest of you). They referred to me as “Mr. Richardson” on the flight to Melbourne, not “sir”.
On the bright side, as I was typing this I was offered a cheese plate, so the day isn’t a total wash (he says, drinking beer at 2pm on a Wednesday).
“Please, call me Sean. Mr Richardson is my penis.”
I was blowing my nose while reading and have now injured myself.
To be fair I could probably see you saying this for real, and pulling it off.
Doesn’t that sting… like really bad to do that?
Only if you do it too much.
Depends if it’s detachable or not.
#mostinterestingmanontay
Wowsers, in Business Class you can drink beer a day in the future?
That IS an awesome upgrade. 😛
Ergh. I haven’t been to work this week, so I’ve lost track of space and time.
I saw a trailer for Seventh Son last night. It looks like “fantasy tropes: the movie”. It looked so much like a parody of fantasy movies that I was waiting for Danny McBride to make a dick joke and confirm it as the long-awaited sequel to Your Highness, but instead it seems to be played straight, likely a desperate attempt to cash in on the current fantasy trend given the success of Game of Thrones/The Hobbit.
Anyone else seen this?
I saw the trailer. It looks like it’s probably going to be on the Eragon level of bad fantasy. As you said it looks utterly generic and boring.
Oh God, don’t utter the words Eragon and movie together. I’ll start having flashbacks. My personal favourite part of the movie was when they cut out any semblance of character, personality, or differentiation, and made the blandest most dull “dragon movie” they could.
Not that he actually said “Eragon movie”, Sean. But you understands my point.
Did you know there were three Dragonheart movies?
I didn’t even know there were two.
There was one part of the Eragon movie I really liked which wasn’t in the book.
Brom going on a final flight with Saphira.That giant shadow thing Durza rode at the end was also pretty cool. I seem to remember the video game being alright.
It looks fucking terrible.
I really want to see it.
Bad Fantasy movies are always disappointing.
I dunno, I kind of dig the Dungeons and Dragons movie.
Although that could be more attributed to the entertainment value of watching Jeremy Irons wallow in the crapulence. He knew what the film was and decided to run with it.
I have relatively fond memories of the D&D movie, even with my way nerdier friend constantly whispering about all the inaccuracies right there in the theatre.
I have my doubts that Seventh Son will meet the requirements for “bad but fun”.
This is exactly my response. 😀
It’s based on a teen fantasy book. From memory, the book wasn’t that bad, but it’s been about 10 years since I read it.
So it really is Eragon revisited.
It’s not the movies fault, it’s an old story, back when generic fantasy wasn’t generic fantasy yet, so it ends up looking completely dated. It’s the same as the Tolkien movies, he only gets a pass based on his legions of fans, The Hobbit and LoTR are terribly generic fantasy (he also just happened to invent it)
Which kind of supports the point they found some generic fantasy to make a buck off while the genre is possible, otherwise there’s no incentive to turn it into a movie.
If I could predict the hot genre of 2016 I’d get to work publishing some shitty young adult 300 page novel so Warner Bros. can pick up my script and give me a million bucks to live off while I write the sequels. I reckon we’re about done with high fantasy, or will be once Game of Thrones ends it’s run. 2018, I reckon we’ll be about ready for cyberpunk again. Or pirates. Or cyberpunk pirates.
Cyberpunk Pirates? I like the cut of you jib
Help, I am more and more considering that Viewtiful Joe statue.
Help it got added to my basket somehow.
HENSHIN A GO GO BABY
Having a rant about something I can do nothing about. There is swearing.
So I live in a court. Recently on weekends, @beavwa, @tech_knight and occasionally @pixel_the_ferret_viking have come over to visit, only to find that there is no parking out the front of my house because my neighbours tenants constantly park in front of our house. I know it’s completely legal, but fuck, is it annoying! They leave their side without many cars, choosing to park on our side first. It’s barely ever free. To make matters worse, my brother parks halfway down the drive making it impossible for anyone to park behind him. We have told him to move up, but he ignores us as usual. He is a massive dick. Oh, he started doing it because Techie had the audacity to park behind him one day. The horror!I can’t really speak to the tenants to ask them not to park there because they are either visitors or aren’t there for very long. In fact, the neighbour lied to us and told us the houses were for her kids. Not for tenants. I think she’s on a pension…which might be breaking the law.
I’ve already complained on here how they often park in front of our bins on bin night. Our next door neighbour yelled at the owner of the 3 houses and the owner just shrugged, saying the cars owner wasn’t home. They have a massive driveway, so I don’t understand why they have to take up the bulb of the court.
In fact, last weekend, Techie took Mum and I to highpoint to get some cosplay supplies. Mum had to walk halfway down the court where Techie was forced to park. What if she couldn’t walk that far? Just too fucking bad, I suppose. They keep throwing rubbish on our naturestrip as well and as we said, it’s just incredibly annoying. We don’t have a big driveway and sure, I don’t have a license yet, but have some fucking common courtesy and don’t be an arsehole neighbour.
Fuck it. Party at my place, they can have a taste of their own medicine.
Hold on, I thought your brother got kicked out?
He promised never to do it again and stuff, but the main reason is because Mum was worrying about him. If it weren’t for her worrying, he would be on his arse. He doesn’t listen to a single word we say and has decided that we’re both idiots that should be ignored
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Sorry, dunno why I’m so worked up
Jesus. There is no way that’s a sustainable living situation.And sorry, but everything I’ve ever heard you mention about your family makes them sound like awful, awful people. How horrible that you have to put up with that bollocks.
This will sound brutal, but one of the best things I did was cut myself off from extended family. Especially the judgey, opinionated, terrible people kind.Completely. Mum and I have pretty much done the same thing. As bad as I have had it, Mum has had it a lot worse. I put up with it for 26 years, she put up with it for 61 years.Passive-aggressive shit like deliberately inconsiderate parking is immensely annoying, I’d get worked up about that too.
One street we lived in, everyone in there had this massive opinion of themselves and they were utter shitbags around parking. We had a lot of cars at the time (my Mum & Dad both, plus my own car and my sister’s when she was home) and so we needed 3 spots on the street because the driveway was too small. Room for two cars out the front of the house and I was always the one with the short straw since I worked late. If you dared park even a foot over the line that demarked our neighbour’s property they went stupid about it. He’d park his car right up behind you so there was no way to get out, or they’d bang on the front door and whinge about how they needed to mow the nature strip right this minute (at like 9pm at night in one case! And his bitchy wife actually made him go out and do it after we moved the car…). One time went to ask them to move after they parked right up behind us and blocked in and he started having this massive rant about how we were stopping him parking infront of his property and so on which was fucking ridiculous but it nearly ended in a fistfight when my Dad suggested that the guy was making a mountain out of a molehill. Eventually I just started parking over the road, but I had to park in a very specific spot so as not to block the other neighbours from getting out of their drive (in their defense, they actually asked me politely) and also if I parked too far back, the gardener that handled that place every 2 weeks would leave snarky notes on my car. I also at one point parked in behind my mum in the drive. Car was poking out maybe 60cm into the sidewalk. Within hours of me parking there, someone had taken mail out of our mailbox and scrawled angry messages about how we were blocking the path and within a couple of hours there was a person from the local council there to issue a formal warning and threaten to fine us. :\
Only place I’ve ever encountered that sort of thing but it made me incredibly mad.
I find parking one of the most stressful things in my life mainly because majority of people are shitbags about it. Daughter’s school is the worst. 40 parking spaces on property and 1km in either direction of the road is no parking at anytime. School of 500 students. Do the math. Then think of 8:30am and 3pm.
Wow, you have really shit neighbours. I could understand it if they didn’t have a driveway, but they have a massive one or if they had more cars then space =/
Makes me so happy I’ve got an allocated park at my block of units.
Especially since, being so close to the airport, there’s lots of no parking/limited time parks in the surrounding streets.
Yeah, it was one of the reasons I’m happy in my current place – I have a garage.
Had a rather interesting day at work. Came across numerous issues with the systems etc. Messaged one of the IMT guys from the group we were training with saying “I’ve got a great idea man! Let’s start a contract with a VIP customer, and have it run by people with minimal knowledge, managed by a TL who has NFI, who is managed by a dept. that has NFI! Sound good?!”
10 seconds later I get messages from almost all the IMT guys saying “ROFLMAO! You’re totally on the wrong team! You should be down here with us!”
Have to say, that brightened my day a little! 🙂
Ah, good old TLAs.
LOL
And now I have to go to work to play board games with my friend and my boss.
Uh, *former.
Former friend? D: Was it the bored games that tore you apart?
The only bored games are the ones directed by David Cage
😀
*clenches fist*
MEOW
He knows what he did.
What games? Did you like?
Something called DarkStar
http://www.kotaku.com.au/2015/03/talk-amongst-yourselves-317/comment-page-7/#comment-3243425
I was getting to the point of like, I guess 😛
looks good 🙂
I had to read four short stories and make notes about them to talk about in class next week. I read three, and they were all pretty terrible. I was a bit worried I’d have nothing to talk about in class but complaining about how terrible they were (and inevitably fall on the teacher’s bad side by doing so). The last story ended up being okay though, so I guess I’ll just talk about that.
Out of curiosity, which short stories did you read?
“The Looking-Glass” by Anton Chekhov
“Happy Endings” by Margaret Atwood
“A Lack Of Order In The Floating Object Room” George Saunders
“A Worn Path” by Eudora Welty
A Worn Path was the one I liked. Happy Endings wasn’t so much terrible as it wasn’t really a short story and more of an essay on the nature of plots. The Looking-Glass was definitely the worst one, and I sort of feel it was a mistake reading it first because it might have tinged my expectations of the others.
I wish I could give you my opinion but I have not read any of those. My favourite short stories are those written by Ernest Hemingway and Roald Dahl but I remember reading a few really interesting ones in uni. A few of them were very, very bad though but I guess I just wasn’t really in the artistic or intellectual mindset when I read them.
You guys are great. I love reading all your stuff at the end of a frustrating day.
u’r pretti gr8 2
<3
Green greeny he loves doing gardening
Green greeny
Yeah, so’s your face!
Howdy stranger!
This guy! THIS GUY!
I haven’t done anything, so I assume that this is aimed purely at me… Because i am pretty great… Oh right, humility…
*clears throat*
Aaawww shucks, thanks man!
I haven’t really spoken to you before, but you at least lurk on TAY so you must be pretty great or crazy yourselfI am a TAY lurker from way back. I was in the old guard. Actually, I wasn’t really in the old guard as much as I owe them many things. I have only hugged a few of them though, disappointingly enough.
Got to play around with my mates Chromecast on the weekend, pretty awesome little device. Think i’ll grab one myself, especially since Stan is offering them for 38 bucks postage included and a 30 day trial of the service.
Awww shoot
I just bought one form JB with a view to using it with Stan. Could have saved 20%
Yeah free postage too, comes from Dick Smith apparently. 50 bucks is still a bargain for what it is though. Just need to get myself a media server so I can put all my content there so i’m not relying on my PC for all that.
I’m having trouble getting mine working properly through my PC but haven’t had time to debug yet. Still it was nice to be able to watch geek and sundry on the PC for a change
Ah that’s lame man. I’m lookin’ at a plex set up on a file server kinda deal. Which would suit me perfectly.
Yeah pain in the butt. The reason I grabbed the chromecast was so that I didn’t have to buy a new server or mini pc. Kinda defeats the purpose if I need to. Will be able to sort out, just need the time to work it out
Yeah fair enough. I’ve been planning a media/file server for a while. Just I don’t want it in my room creating excessive heat. Plus I don’t like my PC being on all the time, stupid thing.
Numenera: Tales of the Ninth World – Twenty-Sixth Session Recap (18th February 2015) starring:
– Blaghs aka @blaghman the tough Glaive who masters weaponry,
– Elandar Kintan aka @popdart5 the foolish Nano who controls gravity.
– Scrappa aka @tech_knight the mechanical Jack who talks to machines, and
– Storyteller aka @redartifice the awesome GM who weaves tales.
The party stood before the golden door that barred their way deeper into the ancient structure of Uturi’s Pit. Scenes of wealth and power played out across the metal inscriptions on the door with Queen Stalliset reigning supreme over her loyal subjects. The door also displayed images of the creature Uturi that appeared as though it were administering rites as some sort of priest. Other pictures showed scenes where people lay on the ground before it in what appeared to be offering ritual.
Read more at http://taynumenera.tumblr.com/.
Last call for Brisbane people who want to come to Wet n Wild with us tomorrow! We’re planning to meet there at 11am.
Come along for some wet fun!
Listening to Promiscuous by Nelly Furtado to pump yourself up for social interactions is definitely a normal thing that people do, by the way.
Pretty sure this is my theme song…
“It’s OK, it’s alright, I got something that you gonna like…”
Oh, and matching your underwear to your shirt is normal too, and I won’t hear a word otherwise >:P
Weren’t you like 10 when that came out?
Close! 13!
I used to sing this song around the house when it first came out when I was 5 :3
5 year old me had this list:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Top_25_singles_for_1989_in_Australia
This was the top 25 when I was 5:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Top_25_singles_for_1980_in_Australia
#oldmanmonkey
Tough year to call. Toss up between Queen and Blondie.
Both great songs, but I’d have to go with Another Brick In The Wall Part 2 – Pink Floyd.
That’s a good list
That said I do get “It’s just not cricket” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Top_25_singles_for_1984_in_Australia
Yeah, 1984!
The best one:
Was he even born when the “I’m like a bird” one came out?
You could just ask me, rather than ask Freezy >:P
Yes. Yes I was. I was 7, and remember singing it often.
Freeze, can you condescendingly pat him on the head for me?
I’m the last person you want to be condescending to, Gooky >:(
I hold grudges >:(
*ruffles Freeze’s hair*
Pass it on 🙂
Gonna re-watch Total Recall, because why the hell not.
Original or remake?
Or perhaps both?
@evilmonkey your very life might hang in the balance depending on your answer
The remake is not to bad if you don’t compare it to the original.
But then not to good if you compare it to the original.
The special effects are good in it.
Original of course. Never seen the remake, bought it about 6 months ago and it’s still in the plastic
I did not mind the remake.
Just have to watch it with no expectations.
But the original is always a good pick
NUMENERA TALES OF THE NINTH WORLD
The adventurers found the tomb of starloscet and its sweet loots, but the impossible blade was nowhere to be found. Making their way past a forcefield, they found what appears to be a ship filled with strange trans-dimensional energy brain things. Also mushrooms.
Thanks for playing!
cc @tech_knight @popdart5 @blaghman
So yeah, I spelled her name phonetically and went with Stalliset. Funny how even in the distant future names are so easy to mess up.
It’s all transliterated from The Truth anyway, so an element of phonetic spelling is expected
BOARDGAMES!
http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/110730/darkstar
This is what we played tonight. It was complicated, and we took forever to take each of our turns. Especially me. But it was kinda cool. Helps that my boss is the one who created it, so he was able to explain everything to us 😛
We didn’t get to finish, but by the time we finished up I think I’d gotten myself into a pretty good position.
Nighy night.
http://www.mikeschramm.com/bill6.jpg
14 weeks to go >.<
I am so not ready for this.
Not ready to be a parent? It’s better that way. Because nobody is ever ready. And if you think you are, you’re just fooling yourself and setting yourself up for failure. 🙂
We did get lucky and recive 5 big garbage bags of clothes from one of the mothers of a kid that goes to the daycare my partner works at.
We went through and washed them all.
Last night while sorting and hanging them up I told the partner that.
Also how can I look after something so small and fragile when I have trouble looking after myself.
Not ready in the slightest.
The night I brought my daughter home from the hospital I cried for hours because suddenly I was solely responsible for her tiny little life. And I felt sorry for her having me as the one looking after her when I barely knew how to look after myself. But the thing is, you and the baby learn together. Everything will be all right. Especially after you get through the first two years of sleep-deprivation…. 😛
Washing and sorting tiny people clothes is the worst… We always run out of pegs because there are so many of them!
I won’t say ‘You’ll be fine’ because chances are, and here I hope I’m speaking on behalf of all TAY parents, you’ll figure it out like a newly born giraffe figures out how to stand for the first time.
First it’ll be all how does this work??
Sometime afterwards you’ll be all I’m a pro mofo’s!
What I found fantastic was these octupus things http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/80189663/
Grab a couple of these @platinum-urchin, so useful
Oh and listen to @strange about the cloth nappies, I got the same advice and they are so very very useful. For so many different things.
As for the actual “Oh God, what do?” just listen to what they tell you at the hospital, don’t read too many baby books, remember every baby is different so what works for some doesn’t work for others. Listen to the advice you are given, but filter and work out what works for you and your partner. Share the load, do whatever you can.
Oh and if you do need to start bottles get a microwave steriliser.
Another tip I would give and not sure where you are based but see if they have baby and kid markets near you. We love them, so many parents just getting rid of stuff their kids have grown out of for next to nothing. We went for a binge this weekend as we didn’t have enough sleep sack things, so picked up half a dozen for between 5 and 15 bucks each.
And some adorable brand new shoes. And a wooden dinosaur. And a couple of dresses. And half a dozen bibs. A a couple of books.
And if you haven’t been told yet, you will be buying lots of stuff. But really you don’t need much.
The partner has been looking at the buy and sell pages on Facebook and gumtree on a nightly basses. Also got 5 garbage bags full of clothes from a mother at my partners work.
More 0000 and 000 cloths then we know what to do with.
Also being my first I know my old lady will go a bit crazy with buying stuff for us.
Have a lot of swaddling rugs? Wraps? so that will be interesting to learn. I think.
Need to grab some cloth nappies. We have some sheets that are getting a second life as spew rags.
Will try and convince the partner about the octopuses tonight.
I’ll say this right now. The fact you are being organised and are worried how you are going to care for you little bundle means you will be a good parent. You are sorted for clothes by the sound of things and really you don’t need that much to take care of a baby. Ignore the massive checklists of things you
Just think about what you need to do with a baby and are you sorted for that
– Clothes sounds like you are sorted
– Sleep. Where will the sleep and in which room
– Eat. Do you have a nice comfortable place to feed them
– Clean. Do you have a baby bath or equivalent
– Travel. Long distance and short. Do you have a capsule for the car to get them home and a pram to take them out for short distances
– “Post eating”. It’s poop time. Do you have a place to change them
Everything else really is incidental and you can get by without it. Or you will get a baby showers, birth gifts, random buys, etc…
There are plenty of parents on TAY so if things get overwhelming don’t hesitate to ask.As I have said to others, I’m happy to take a call and have a chat if needed or wanted.
Oh and my number one tip for new parents-to-be as far as things to buy goes…a pack of old-school cloth nappies. (Colourful ones if you can, because happy colours are fun.)
This is regardless of if you’re going cloth or disposable for nappies because these won’t be used as nappies, they’ll be used for everything else. Burp cloths over your shoulder. Change mats on the ground or your changetable or in public parent rooms, makes for easy clean up if there’s any accidents or a mega poo explosion. Leak cloths for breastfeeding. And so on. Most useful thing I ever bought for either of my kids. I kept at least two with me every time I went out of the house.
You’ll be fine.
Well, not FINE. As in, it’ll be stressful, frustrating and you’ll want to scream your lungs out every couple of hours for the first couple of months. But everybody does that, just not many talk about it.
You’re never prepared, no matter the age. But you’ll find yourself just doing it because a) you have to and b) eventually (and don’t think you’ll do this instantly, it differs from person to person) you’ll love the little thing so much that you’ll want to do it.
Another lovely 5:30am start… 2 coffees downed and falling asleep at my desk… I’M SO NOT A MORNING PERSON! *head desk*
Doc Reviews Stuff
Dragon Ball Xenoblade is a pretty great Dragon Ball game.
The only downside is that every time you enter the hub world (On almost ALL platforms) it tends to crash when loading the Dragon Ball Xenogear hub world and disconnect from servers. Even if you tell it you want to play “offline”.
There’s workarounds. On PS4 you can disableyour internet so that when you load up Dragon Ball Xenosaga it will let you play offline and not try (and fail) to connect to the servers.
But aside from all that, it’s by far the best Dragon Ball gamewe’ve had since the PS2 Budokai days.
Also making your own character and outfitting them with unlockable items makes Dragon Ball Xenomorph so much fun.
In summary, I give Dragon Ball Xenophobia two super saiyan god thumbs up!
I was having a conversation about Weeaboos with my wife last night and she is of the opinion that once you make direct contact with a full-blown weeaboo it is too late for you. I explained to her that I had some full-weeb friends back before we got together and she nodded sagely and said “I’ve always had my concerns about you.”
I really want to check out DBZ Xenomorph even though I’m not into anime anymore, but she will probably think I am having a relapse.
Boy is she in for a shock when she finds out that you’re already a nerd!
I’ve maintained a pretty good cover, only playing video games and watching sci-fi for 11 years. If she finds out that not all anime is shit it could be the end for us.
Let’s be honest though: not all anime is shit, but if you said the majority of it is you’d probably be right.
Dear cosplayers,
Do something Bloodborne-y and you could win yourself an overseas holiday!
http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2015/03/02/bloodborne-competition-win-trip-japan-expo-paris/
Also: BLOOOOOODBORRRRRRRRNE
20 days to go…
I’m still trying to figure out if I just bought a PS4 just to give myself a legitimate way to back out of that ‘face your fears’ comp.
Aw man, I’d love to win an overseas trip to Japan. Don’t have time to enter now, I’ll wait until I return from overseas in Japan.
New PS+ games are available.
Also, there are some new sales and discounts:
* A whole bunch of Final Fantasy games (not FFVII, but most of the others) are 50% off.
* A whole bunch of games, including The Cave (PS3) and Proteus (PSV), are heavily discounted (and even further discounted for PS+ members).
Cheers for the heads up.
Just went and got all the free games then.
@redartifice @quiz_b @gooky @beeawwb
My Paypal address is shane at shanewsmith.com. I’m also happy to receive payment in other ways, if you prefer – it’s all the same to me.
The above is also a good email to contact me on with your postal addresses! Please do so.
Cheers, two ears!
Damn. Of course I mean @mrtaco. I really need to start drinking coffee.
Racist.
You know it!
Money has been monied via the money thing.
Many thanks. I’ll hopefully be posting the things out tomorrow!
Oh, how much for postage?
Nothing. It’ll fit in a normal C5 envelope, so I’ll be able to send it for a couple of dollars.
I paid my fee for a working visa to Canada today. It was exactly 100% of the bank balance I had in my crummy account, to the cent. I’m hoping that’s fate (and not so much a sign of my poverty). I just have to hope they approve my application now and then I can flee Tony Abbott and try my luck in Canadian land.
Bring back maple syrup. Canada’s one of the few places I’d want to move to. I’ve already had a big enough change though moving from England to Australia. All I can say is, organisation and preparation is absolutely key
Nah just wing it. It’s working for me… 😉
10 years in Oz. 😮
Hey, I think I knew someone who did exactly that.
I wonder what happened to him.
I think he’s dead.
Not dead, @saturday just smells that way.
Whoa, whoa, whoa. You sure about this? If you die in Canada, you die in real life.
But how can you die in Canada with all that healthcare?!
I remember walking to school by myself all the time, even when I was in Year 1. My sister was only a couple of years older than I was so I think she was supposed to be in charge of me,but mostly she just walked faster than she knew I could and I’d follow slowly. I didn’t mind.
So why do I feel guilty sending my Year 1 son off to walk to school with my Year 10 daughter, even knowing they hold hands most of the way?
Because the times, they are-a changin’
*Harmonica solo*
Because you don’t want your daughter to lose that mad street cred she’s earned by laying the smackdown on people who dis her?
Or maybe because like many you’re a worrying parent 😀
I can’t remember back to last week, let alone when I was in primary school
Well, for one, you were likely shorter then.
Wait, how do you know that? *puts on suspicious squinty eyes*
I think I mostly remember first grade because of being attacked by magpies on the way to school. 😛
That could be why you’re feeling guilty!
Mystery solved.
*leans back in chair, smokes pipe*
Don’t fall off that chair
Too late 🙁
Now what did I tell you about leaning on that chair? *nagging finger pointing action*
I have a little scar near my eye from where I got swooped by a magpie waiting for a school bus 🙁
I have a scar near my eye too!
I ran through a glass door to get it though so it’s a bit more embarrassing.
My older brother has a friend who ran through one of those sliding plate glass window in the 70s. Like, he has massive scars on his face from it, and he was like, the final straw and why it’s mandatory to have those little sticker things on glass doors in Queensland, ahaha.
I also have a scar above my eye!
…Mine’s just from being punched in the face, though.
I also have a scar above one of my eyes.
It is also from being punched.
Are you one of my many clones?
Sure, why not.
I can be everyone’s clone today!
My scar for doing that is higher on my forehead
Although mine was more that my brother swung the glass door open behind him as I was chasing him
I have a scar not near my eyes! It’s right in the middle of my forehead. And it’s because I was little and didn’t want to go and have a bath, so I was thrashing around in my mum’s arms and managed to slam my head into the corner of the wall. I think I might possibly have tiny flashes of memory of the doctor stitching me up, apparently he did a bad job and didn’t even wait for the anaesthetic to kick in.
It is weird how many people have scars near their eyes.
I have one too, on/above the eyebrow but it’s pretty old and has mostly healed up. It’s really more of a dent, now, so unless the lighting’s wrong, you can barely tell it’s there.
I have a scar on my cheek from where I had a tumor cut out years ago (yeah, yeah, it’s noddatuma), but I need to come up with a cooler story about it.
“Oh, this old thing? I got it when I saved a small child from an oncoming train and a posse of hungry tigers… but I don’t like to brag about it.”
Second day of grade 1 I walked by myself to the bus stop to catch the bus. And I was the eldest so no help. Grade 2 I was making the ride to school 5km away.
We live less than 2 kilometres from daughters school with one road crossing of a nearly empty side street. There’s no way on hell of let her ride or walk to school. I share your feelings.
It’s a constant battle.
I worry that kids these days are anchored too tightly to the apron strings to learn how to be independent. Yet every time I let my kids do things I did when I was a kid, like walk to school without me, or go the park or the shops by themselves (I struggle letting my 14 year old do this, yet I clearly remember going to play in the bush up the end of the street, or walking to the corner shop when I was way younger than her) either I feel guilty, or I’m made to feel guilty by other parents when they find out.
There’s a strong perception among parents that these days it’s way more dangerous for kids,but it’s not really any more dangerous than when we were growing up, it’s just the attitudes have changed. And I think I’m being selfish as a parent to want to hold on so tightly, and not let them have a bit of freedom to figure life out for themselves.
I used to walk home from school (about 3km) starting in 3rd grade with my 3rd grader friends and their 5th grader sister, who was in charge. One time we started walking home and continued straight down the road instead of taking the pedestrian overpass over the freeway. I asked why but the sister wouldn’t tell me. My grandmother later explained that a man flashed his penis at the sister on the bridge one time. So we continued to walk home unsupervised, just a slightly different way.
That was in 1991.
Was having this exact discussion with Mrs B-ob the other day. My perspective is perhaps skewed because I don’t have any “biological” kids and have no real parenting instinct, but I was saying that I don’t think things are any more dangerous than when we were growing up and from a risk perspective we hold on far too tightly these days for no appreciable reason.
Tiny (AKA the daughter) rides her bike to school.
That is a 2 min walk down the road.
If I were you, I’d blame Law and Order SVU.
Earliest we ever went to school alone was in Year 4, for me. We had bikes. Small, regional towns, not far from the school.
I don’t know… Feels like the times they are a changin’, sure, but my protector instinct says it’s never safe enough. Even if I taught my kid how to fight. I’m not sure that instinct would ever actually go away. No matter how important a little independence might be for their development.
Helicopter helicopter turn around, helicopter helicopter touch the ground
Because I’m an asshole, I forgot to open requests yesterday, so go nuts.
Gotye – Learnalilgivinanlovin
One Night In Bangkok – Murray Head
YES.
I swear, @lucifer9783, if you don’t play this one I’m going to fly to Whyyyalla and slap you.
Do not worry, I know we have this one, and I certainly enjoy it.
Ok, but I’m keeping my eye on you. -_-
Asshole – Denis Leary?
OK
Is there a ghost – Band of Horses
The Osmonds – Crazy Horses
WEEEEEAAAAAAAAAH WEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAHThe Vengaboys – Rocket to Uranus
Paperback Writer – The Beatles!
Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here
Dr Worm – They Might Be Giants
The Coral – Dreaming of You.
Was just thinking about songs from years ago…
Take On Me – Reel Big Fish (twin neck guitar!!)
Massive Attack – Protection
The Smiths – How soon is now?
Said the Whale – Camilo
And requests are now closed, thanks for the requests.
Back From Cali – Slash or whatever Slash is there, anything he has done with Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators is good (Y)
King Missile – Detachable Penis
This was meant to be a song request to the above comment thread, but it also works as a standalone statement. I mean, it really says it all, don’t you think?
Whhhaaaattt? Guy Sebastian? Seriously?
It’s Eurovision. It’s not actually a competition of musical talent, it’s countries giving their friends a good pat on the back in the guise of a musical contest. That’s why England always get 0 because no-one likes us but the eastern European states all vote for each other
And Guy Sebastian won the last “musical” “contest” that he entered. He’s undefeated! Statistically, we’re going to win Eurovision.
I’m with Adam Hills on this and we just need to go full okka.
My perfect Australian Eurovision entry is now Guy singing a love ballad to Molly Meldrum, who is riding a Kangaroo and dressed as Peter Allen with the music by Yothu Yindi.
Puppy update:
We’re being issued a notice to remedy. If we fight, it goes to mediation/tribunal and hopefully we have the backing of the Tenants’ Union. If we don’t fight, we have to give up Alice. Either way, not fun.
I fired off an email immediately to the union, hopefully they respond soon.
EDIT: Union sent an email saying they’ll call back in 1-3 days. Linked to their eviction fact sheet, not because they think we’ll get evicted but because it outlines the tribunal process.
You’ve got this in the bag. Morally you’re in the right. It’s the constitution, it’s Mabo, it’s justice, it’s law, it’s the vibe, and…no that’s it…it’s the vibe.
I totally get this reference.
I watched this movie just the other week. It’s soooooooooooo good. One of my top five films ever.
Freya loves it.
She loves it even more now that she’s decided that my family is the family from The Castle. It does not help that my family can quote the movie, and will at any opportunity.
I love that I ride past many of the locations. The “Courthouse” is Brunswick Town Hall, the lawyer’s office is on Sydney Road too.
Was driving through the High Country and took a detour to Bonnie Doon once too. 😀
True story: my school’s year 12 camp was at Bonnie Doon. We sang the song on the bus on the way there.
All the way, I hope. 🙂
Fight it. Too often people forget that contracts are two party deals that the owner also has to abide by. Sometimes they need to be reminded of that.
We signed a “no pets” clause but were told the owner was fine with pets. There’s also a decent legal argument that the union wants to try out.
We asked for a small/medium dog and when we changed to a medium/large dog we gave them immediate notice. No objections were raised until after we adopted Alice.
Good luck, man.
Sadly, though, it means you might well be looking for a new place when your lease runs out… might be worth beginning prep work for that while you fight.
Not necessarily – fighting to have your rights enforced actually nullifies the ability of a landlord to do a no reason notice to vacate at the end of the lease, since the onus falls on them to prove that they’re not doing it to punish the tenant.
Oh. Well, that’s good news then. \o/
I think my doppelganger @beavwa was mentioning yesterday that if you receive a “no reason” non-renewal you’ve then got cause to fight it because it can be implied that you’re being kicked out for standing up for your rights. Was an interesting thought / point.
Edit: See! He just did it again.
Confirmed @beeawwb and @beavwa are the same person.
Another tough case solved by Inspector Nob.
Good Luck man, I hope it all goes well.
Also – Anton is doing a talk down your way soon, I’ve told him he should go and see you guys while he’s down if he has time
It’d be pretty rad to hang out.
I’ve been issued a notice to remedy breach, before.
The owner had attended an inspection and decided that he wasn’t happy with the cleanliness. There were droplets of grease on the rangehood and water spots on the mirror.
According to the real estate agent, that was enough to claim a breach for ‘damage to the property’.
EXPLICIT
Owners and agents are cunts sometimes. Utter cunts. I normally self-censor that word out of consideration, but no… The most taboo we have is what those cunts deserve.
You know why I hate “cunt” as the supposedly worst curse word? Because it means that it’s generally accepted that the absolute worst thing you can be, or call someone is female genitalia….
Yeah, that has always seemed weird to me. I don’t get it and never have, and I’d use it more to try and ‘reclaim’ it, but… it offends people I don’t want to offend.
I have a very strong suspicion that most people using the term actually don’t know what it means. It’s just a four-letter swear.
I know a lot of kids in Inala, at least, learn that it’s to be used as punctuation.
I’m not seeing the problem… 😛
Can’t decide if I’m feeling jittery because I’m thinking about the Aurealis Awards, or because I’m on Day Somethingwhoknowsorgivesafuck of NoSnackTaku.
Looks like I picked the wrong week to…
It’s hard, man!
I’ve been trying to cut back on unhealthy snacks/sugary soft drinks.
Then I started falling asleep at work and had to have a Mother and undid all that hard work.
HOW WILL I GET MY SEXY BEACH BOD FOR SUMMER?
The obvious answer is surgery. Much less hard work.
Surgery because sugary
Could be both.
Congrats about the award.
Iron Man V tastes like Iron Shit.
Uniquely amongst all the horrid tasting energy drinks I’ve tried this one has left me with a genuine urge to vomit.
V is the only energy drink that gives me cracking headaches.
The last couple times I’ve had one my eyes ended up bloodshot. That’s can’t be healthy.
Red Bull gives me this, but not V. I tend to avoid all energy drinks now though since there’s some ingredient in them (maybe Taurine) which might be linked to weird cardiovascular issues.
Do they still do V Black…?
I remember when I first tried that (after enjoying the original V) I almost puked on the spot after the first sip.
Since become a Red Bull consumer when I need a big hit as I don’t drink coffee
Oddly enough, V Black was always gentler on my stomach – I much preferred it to the regular V.
I guess I was alone in that, because they pulled it.
I thought it didn’t taste any different than that white can with the comic book graffiti on it tbh. It was alright.
If worst comes to worst and we have to get rid of Alice, is there anyone at all that would consider adopting her? She’s a complete mongrel that looks a bit German Shepherdish (there’s some debate about Kelpie and definitely more than a few other breeds in there). Coming up on 3 months old, she’s about 7kg and almost house trained.
Not committing to anything but just sounding this out because I really, really don’t want to take her back to RSPCA.
I would definitely more than consider it if you were still in the same state as us. We really need to get the kids a pet.
I’ll ask my Canberra-living sister if she knows anyone, if it comes out the worst outcome for you, though.
Thanks. It’s a shame we don’t live in the same state anymore, your house would be damned rad.
In a different state and all that but I am intending to get a dog after Japan trip (so April)
So, maybe? If needs be.
That might be too late. Still, we’ll see how everything plays out and I’ll pester you once we know more. The hardest part is getting you here to meet her or her to you.
Yeah, it’s a bit awkward.
But let me know.
Do you have pics of Alice to share?
Freya’s Instagram account is pretty well stocked with pics.
=O Puppy!! Aw man I’d love a puppy… but I live in a stupid apartment >.< I hope things work out with your landlord though =\
My cold has mega evolved into man cold mega edition. It’s 11am and my toddler is already bored of watching TV while I cough, wheeze and sneeze half a room away.
Oh, eff it, I’m putting on Super Mario Galaxy 2. He can be player 2 that cleans up all the star bits. Hopefully that works.
Does your toddler have naptime?
He no longer does during the day. That’s a downside.
The upside is he sleeps throughout the entire night, every night, without fail. Today he slept into 9am (from an 8pm bedtime).
So positives and negatives.
I miss uninterrupted sleep at night.
So tired… Started watching Battlestar last night, cos I kinda missed it when it first came around – at the time I was a little over Sci-fi, having just finished reading the entire Dune saga (well, what existed back then), and having read a couple of dystopian SF novels for school. Plus, the first few episodes didn’t really appeal to my 17-yo self.
Upside is I’m enjoying it a lot more than my 17yo self did; downside is I forgot the first two episodes are a 3 hour miniseries. Oops.
I think I got about halfway through BSG before I got distracted by something else. Should probably finish it sometime. Was enjoyable.
New PS Plus games are great! Been playing them all morning! *flails arms*
Which ones? I ordered them all, and am trying to prioritise them on my list of shame (a literal Excel list).
I’ve played Abe’s Oddysee, OlliOlli 2 and CounterSpy. All excellent fun.
OlliOlli 2 is a good short burst game. CounterSpy is a bit simplistic but all style, Abe is tough but fun. Some brutal platforming.
I’ve already completed Sherlock and Valiant Hearts. (But they’re pretty great. I recommend!)
I’ve already played Valiant Hearts, but I liked it.
I only just finished getting through last month’s games, Rogue Legacy, Kick and Fennick, Transistor and Apotheon. Have barely even touched any of the games I bought in PSN sales (Gravity Rush, Walking Dead, Batman Blackgate).
And now there’s a whole new month worth of games to play. Really keen for Papo and Yo. And picked up some classic Final Fantasy tales for $7.48 each.
I can see… this is how it all begins. This PS+ is a dangerous, dangerous thing…
New games? AAA? Who has time for that anymore? 😛
I finished Papo and Yo for the first time last night
Was debating if it was worth getting in trouble with Mrs Tigs to wake up Tiglet for a cuddle
Really good game.
Also after looking a bit I found out about minorities new game called Time Machine. VR based game but so much wanties. Have you seen it dino-buddy @powalen
I haven’t!
Looks good from the little I’ve heard. Certainly one to keep an eye one
Ohh need to set them to download if I remember. I’ve been keen to give them a go.
Is there meant to be a Canberran lunch meat today? Somehow I think it’s fallen through.
I think BDKIAF is in New York, Blaghs is in Hobart…
It’s such a relief to know that the addition of some new Canberrans hasn’t upset our balance of being terrible social creatures.
I forgot.
And yet somehow Freya and I accidentally triple booked on the weekend.
You’ve been Canberra’d, good and proper.
What’s even better is my sister told me that she’s flying in tonight, doing some work and flying out tomorrow lunchtime. Now that’s being Canberra’d.
CHEEEEEEESECAKE!
https://twitter.com/hermitdc/status/573289602460479488
Already gone, I assume.
Haha! Haven’t had any yet!
That’s a shame. I love cheesecake. It wouldn’t last five minutes with me.
Would lay waste to my NoSnackTaku self-control in seconds.
It’ll be gone by night fall, I’m guessing. 😀
There are so many edits that I’m not even sure if this was the original conversation topic!
*shifty eyes*
I was just looking through the games that MS was highlighting as upcoming for Windows 10 as part of their ID@XBOX thing at GDC and one of them stuck out to me:
“Dungeons & Dragons: Sword Coast Legends (n-Space/Digital Extremes): Four players can participate in a campaign managed by a live, human Dungeon Master on a fifth PC, in real-time. ”
That sounds rad.
That actually sounds pretty cool.
I’ve been burning the midnight oil pretty hard the last few nights, and last night I finally put the finishing touches to the first draft of the final issue of Undad.
Anyone want to be a beta reader? The dialogue needs a LOT of improvement, especially in the first twenty or so pages, so am seeking any and all input. Not sure if I’ll have budget to pay cash, but will find some way to compensate volunteers for their time.
I’m happy to volunteer with no compensation. Your advice earlier was enough.
Thanks! I have sent you a DM on Twitter.
Read it and sent you an email
Thank you!
I never received an email from you, though…
Really? I’ll resend it, I hope there’s a draft
I sent it to your work email, because I am a derp
Ah, there it is. Thanks – have received at both addresses! 🙂
Sorry about that.
I would be happy to be able to do that.
Since I was not able to back your kickstarter due to financial reasons.
I will do it for free.
Thanks! I’ll send a Twitter DM with details if that’s okay with you. Have sent you a follow request.
Not a problem at all
DM sent! Thanks again.
I should be able to make a better effort at it than last time.
Thanks! Would you mind following me on Twitter please, so I can send you a DM? Feel free to unfollow afterwards 🙂
I honestly just keep forgetting to follow you.
You haven’t missed much. My Twitter feed is 95% begging people to check out my writing. It’s kind of pathetic.
Also, DM sent! Thanks
I’m kind of torn between offering some compensation-free beta-testing vs experiencing it fresh in its completed state.
Your call. Either has plus sides.
Who would turn down the opportunity to receive advice from the most interesting man on TAY?
Seriously, though, if you’d rather experience it complete and fresh, that’s fine. Won’t send anything until you confirm either way.
Hm. In that case, I’m sure you’re in good hands with those who’ve volunteered already and I’ll keep the experience fresh. 🙂 Looking forward to it.
A wise choice, methinks.
By the by, are you interested in previewing some of the likeness images from Issue 2, or would that be better to see in the finished product too?
I’ll totally wait to see the finish product there, too. But if there’s like… concept stuff or whatever floating around, seeing that afterwards would be a treat.
Yeah, I was planning on having something like that arranged for the likeness backers, so I’m glad to hear it’d be welcome 🙂
@shane @strange @freezespreston
Woolworths is currently running a promotion for pixar dominoes. Are any of your children collecting them? I go to woolworths at least twice a week and it’s not like I’m buying them. I’d be happy to help if your kids are after certain ones.
I am glad my young one has not seen the add for that yet. She had managed to get all the cards from all the ones before this.
If she does and she wants them, I’ll help =P
Oh man. My kids would go nuts if they knew this was a thing. I’m in two minds about whether they should find out.
They’re calling them domino “racers” but I think they should just be used like normal dominos. Apparently, I played with them wrong growing up =/
Again, if they find out, I’ll collect them and if you need specific ones, tell me and I’ll send them to you.
Much appreciated! 🙂
Thanks for the offer Scree! I think I’ll have to pass though, as I’m trying to make sure my son doesn’t realise they exist. 😛
His obsession of dominoes is what led to his current marble run obsession. 😀
All I can offer you is the best of luck then.
http://www.polygon.com/2015/3/4/8149791/ea-closes-maxis-simcity-the-sims
I didn’t know that EA had Maxis people working in Melbourne?!
There used to be a whole host of developers in Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney that were under one major publisher or another. Nobody you’d ever hear about, the guys that do the licensed games and misc modes of major titles. A few years ago, most of them got shut down because it was too expensive to keep them around. I’m not surprised a handful of them exist in one form or another.
I knew about all of them – I wanted to get into games dev when I was at university about a decade or so ago, and that was right when they were all starting to close down so I decided not to.
The way I read that is that the Maxis shutdown affects Emeryville, and will “consolidate” roles in to EA offices elsewhere, including EA Melbourne.
The way I read it is they’re shutting down Emeryville and moving those people to other studios which will continue to churn out shitty expansions for The Sims.
Right. The standard EA business plan.
Wait, wait, wait. THEY CLOSED DOWN MAXIS! D:
Relax… EA’s still here =]
And to be honest, hasn’t been the Maxis I’ve loved since Will Wright left. Maxis in name only. Still sad though, like when LucasArts closed even though all the folks I loved were at Double Fine/Telltale/etc.
Sort of. Their ‘home’ studio is being closed. The name is being retained in order to pull some weekend-at-Bernie’s hi-jinx, and The Sims cash-cow is being maintained independently from anything ‘real’ Maxis ever did, same as it always has been ever since EA discovered they had unearthed the alchemical process of turning lead into gold – or in less hyperbolic terms, discovered they had a captive market for endless and over-priced re-texture packs.
Yeah, that surprised me too.
@jocon @distantdrop managed 4/10H yesterday =P Red managed 3/10 before getting booted and then rage pulling one of the bosses =,= That said what was interesting about yesterday’s run was that it was a group comp of 2/3/10; effectively peeps 3 healing a 15 man group for gruul, beastlord (which was messy), hansz and flamebender. What’s going on with our group if we’re struggling on healing with a 10man? =\ More and more its starting to look like I’m going to have to re-roll as a healer. Jo feel free to join me =P
I wouldn’t call it rage pulling.. i just didn’t like how they handled it, not saying a word except a whinge than removing me from the group and banning me from the mumble.. just felt rude. after two attempts it was harsh(not including my DC.)
My own fault really, a lapse of judgement made me forget why I hated pugging.
Haha you totally rage pulled! If it makes you feel any better I was kicked out of a pug on Tuesday =P
Tis the way of pugs usually full of dickheads; that said its the only way we’re going to get loot upgrades for the time being.
As for your healing alts idea, by the time thier H BRF ready July will be around the corner it would be better if the guild grew by than not only stabalized.
I know your probably thinking ‘lol your just a tank you’re expendable’ but we also run into risks of members becoming flaky, more dramas and greener pastures opportunists.
I just feel whatever our problems, needs to be fixed sooner than later.
Think about some alternatives… recruit a OT.. have me heal.. tell Saatyne to dps.. fix some of our current members lazy attitudes towards weekdays… if that’s even possible. perhaps stop wasting time flip flopping on H HM progression.
I know you hate advice on direction but how can i help myself when i hear a clock ticking.
There is one other option that I’ve been keen to consider…. Move raid times to weekdays + 1 weekend.
Nice.
Dunno man. Don’t know much about healing but I have noticed Saat and Devil usually pull notably less than Don, tho Druids have crazy raid-wide heals which is not the focus of Priests/Pallys.
But remember 10 man scaling is screwed. Maybe Don/Saat/Devil could handle another couple dps in the mix.
Upping another toon would take way too long, for either of us, and I would suck at it anyway. Maybe next xpac :l
Really, the options from where I am sitting are:
1 – get a 4th healer.
2 – grab another dps or two and see if our 3 heals can handle it
3 – get an OT, move Red to heals and Devil or Saat to dps.
4 – struggle it out as we have been
I’d 100% support dropping HM and would go for a weeknight/1 weekend schedule.
Others don’t seem to be down with the weekday raiding tho.
Devil is a decent healer, he just needs heroic bosses to show us his real potential give him any fight with heavy tank damage and he’ll do 40k+ hps easy
Holy priests theoretically are the best raid healer the problem is its not burst healing so if thier renews get sniped, which in normal difficulty happens a lot, that isn’t my problem with her though, I just feel she doesn’t have the speed to compete with greedy healers so 95% of the time she’ll under-perform and inadvertently cause the others healers to oom due to being unable to match the pace.
Well I’m not entirely certain her issues are speed oritented but rather latency and pc performance oriented; more often than not I’ve seen her dying to mechanics or getting hit by mechanics she could be avoiding but either lags or her pc stutters.
With devil he’s a solid healer; he just needs something to heal like red mentioned. When Don wasn’t with us one raid week he pulled 35-40K hps on heroic butcher.
With regards to levelling and gearing an alt realistically I could probably have them HM norm ready in a week; however I would have to forego raiding and doing anything on my main for this time. And yes trust me I know how to get from 91-100 with 640ilvl in that time frame =P
Liondrives love life recap that absolutely no one cares about!
*white noise*
I mistook 7 for 7:30, so got to the date late (cause I can’t ever date right, apparently).
Got out of the shower at 7pm to see a message on my phone saying “There’s parking down this street…”. Immediately freaked out. Didn’t even have time to put the shirt I wanted to wear on because it would have taken too long to role up the sleeves (this is why backup clothes come in handy), didn’t have time to do up my fly (it was one of those annoying button up ones), didn’t have time to put on shoes, but I managed to get in my car within 1 minute, and finished getting dressed at various red-lights along the way.
Pretty sure the guy next to me at the lights thought I was, touching, myself as I was trying to do up my fly…
Got to the date only about 15 minutes late in the end though, profusely apologizing.
We went to a Mexican restaurant 🙂
After Mexican we went to a cafe for some coffee, then spent a little while just walking around.
Overall we were out for about 3 hours, which seems like a good amount of time.
Seemed to go well too, for a change, which is good!
My track records of dates is absolutely abysmal though… :S
Not late, dahling, fashionable.
Sounds like fashionable lateness to me 🙂
Fashionably late is good for parties, but not dates. But fifteen minutes is nothing and you don’t need to stress Stewie. 😀
Mexican… Parking… Walking around…
I guess Pancho’s?
Also rookie mistake touching yourself in the car before the date. You do that on the date. That’s why it’s a date.
Panchos would be correct 😛
I’d never been before, and it was really good! 😀
I’m in your heeeaaaad, in your heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAdddd.
This is why I turn up to places crazy early. Was an hour early to my last date. 😀
Sounds like a good one though!
I was aiming to be early! I’m always early! :O
It was because all my uni courses are at X:30, so I saw 7 and immediately thought 7:30 :'(
Wow, this was a great date when you skim read.
Running late, turned up with no shirt, got caught touching yourself but the end result was mexican food and a great date. 😉
Was this a new date or follow up date with guy-who-doesn’t-know-if-he-wants-a-second-date-or-not.
Different guy.
I told that other guy that I’m not interested in playing stupid games, and I’m not going to waste my time on him.
Then I walked past him on campus and gave him the side eye to end all side eyes.
Like, slowly pulled my sunnies down a bit so he could see my eyes, put a disgusted look on my face, went “urgh”, as I walked past him, then made sure to strut away with head held high.
…did you then call an ambulance so he could get some treatment for that vicious burn?
Hahahaha! Oh man! The guy probably cried himself to sleep! 😀
Hopefully cried himself to sleep.
I’m going to do the same thing every time I see him until he starts avoiding me >:)
Except your side eye thing is kind of a game…. 😛
My side eye is an art, Strangey!
I can make people flinch with my side eye!
I make people avert my gaze with my side eye!
Don’t underestimate the side eye —.- —.-
@beavwa @budgieishere @chuloopa @coldcamv @crazyguy1990 @f4ction @greenius @pixel_the_ferret_viking @smurfydog @tigerion @tofu @zetrox2k
(Also, invitation is open to all TAY who might be in Melbourne this weekend – I’m just copying the Taytags list and I’m not sure if it’s up to date or not. @mythamphetamine are you in Melbourne now?)
Reiterating invite for board games at my place (Camberwell) on Saturday. So far have expressions of interest from @greenius, @tofu and @beavwa and a possible guest appearance by @tigerion. Are any of you definite yet?
Let me know on the twitters or on the emails (atomicstrawberry at gmail dot com) if you’re coming so I can pass you my address otherwise things will get tricky.
I can’t make it unfortunately 🙁 I do love me a meat especially over boardgames but cathryn has work and then we have a 21st to go to in Sunbury and the drive from dromana to camberwell back to dromana then to sunbury is too much especially when I had a shit pay this week.
Next time but!
I’d be a definite if the others are!
How’s the parking around your new place? I don’t know the area at all 😛
On-street parking’s usually not too bad. Similar to @tigerion’s place really. Unfortunately have a shared driveway that’s pretty narrow so on-street is only option – only one car fits in my garage and the turn into it isn’t wide enough for anything else short of maybe a motorbike.
Looks like the others are in so I guess I shall have a crack at driving in unfamiliar territory. DM the address? I’ll see if it’s not too far 🙂
DMed both you and @tigerion
Just trying to plan if we can make it
Quick question, does your place have room for us to setup a porta-cot. We might be able to stay a bit longer if that’s possible. Will also let us put her down without worry about child proofing
Fairly sure that would be possible. It’s not an enormous unit by any means but it’s 2 bedrooms and just me in it. Should be a couple of possible spots esp. if I move a few things around.
Cool, I’ll let Mrs Tigs know
Did you want me to bring anything? Games?
If you’ve got anything particularly exciting you want to bring to play then feel free. You may want to consider a mat or something for the tiglet as my floors are all wood and I haven’t picked up a rug yet.
Other than that, whatever. Food and/or drink if you’d like. I’m not sure what time we’ll go until.
We will bring a mat but she probably won’t use it. We have all wooden floors as well but she is at a stage where she will roll until she is off the mat and then happily lie on the wood floor.
She is odd, definitely my daughter
In. Times and things to bring?
I’m thinking from 1pm, bring yourself and board games if you want and maybe snacks / drinks if you’re drinking etc.
Monster Hunter.
😛
I’ll come along. Thanks for the invite.
I’ll DM you on twitter.
I might have to push myself to a maybe. Feeling like death and while I’m all for getting people at work infected with the plague, I don’t want to infect taybies
TAYlist for the 5th of March 2015
TAYlist – the TAY Playlist, sponsored by so many unplayable requestsBarenaked Ladies – It’s All Been Done
Midnight Oil – Blue Sky Mine
38 Special – Caught Up In You
Murray Head – One Night In Bangkok (Requested by @FreezeSPreston)
Kate Ceberano – Higher & Higher
Sia – Elastic Heart
Foo Fighters – The Pretender
Icehouse – Crazy
Denis Leary – Asshole (Requested by @RedArtifice, /o\ why, Red?)
Veronicas – If You Love Someone
REM – Everybody Hurts
Angels – Backstreet Pickup
King Missile – Detachable Penis (Requested by @kermitron, no more songs with profane titles or content)
Fallout Boy ft. John Mayer – Beat It
Choirboys – Run To Paradise
Ace Of Base – Sign
Vines – Don’t Listen To The Radio (Listen to 5YYY at http://www.5yyy.com.au)
You were the one who said you were an asshole 🙂
I had actually written it, but went nah, too far, good to see someone else followed through 😛
I can’t believe Asshole made it on to the program! Hilarious!
I didn’t make a request, but I’m happy to have The Pretender on the list. It was awesome to hear that song live on Monday night.
In fairness to me, I didn’t think my suggestion would be taken seriously. Detachable penis isn’t so much a song as it is an absurdly surrealist odyssey of a spoken-word essay that dares to delve into a complex everyday struggle.
Many years ago I encountered a pornographic manga in which this was a specific plot point. It came off but continued to work as normal when attached to any flat surface. Hijinks ensued. In the end it turned out that it was part of a plot by a witch to magically transform the protagonist into Bob Sapp. It was odd.
Really, it’s the same story we see everywhere: Boy meets girl. Girl likes boy. Boy misplaces penis. Penis embarks on a series of wacky adventures. Girl is really a witch. Boy has complex feelings exacerbated by penis-related dissonance. Girl transforms boy into famous MMA fighter. They all live happily ever after
Dear Sir or Madam, will you read my book? It took me years to write, will you take a look?
It’s a dirty story of a dirty man, he’s got a Kickstarter up so he can be a Paperback Writer…
The Dig.
😛
I like your sponsor. 🙂
Firing off an early request for next time: What’s the Frequency, Kenneth? by REM.
Hooray, gonna at least break even getting rid of my Majora XL!
getting rid of? you selling it?
Yeah, much prefer my regular XL over it. Plus I’ve never actually eBay’d anything before, so kinda wanted to investigate what’s involved with that, and this seemed like a pretty safe bet since they seemed to be selling fairly consistently for RRP or greater.
ahh k. I wouldn’t mind a 3ds, but rrp too much for my liking 😉 Best of luck though!
Aaaand I just wasted my 2000th comment replying to something on a Destiny article. Oh well, cheers to 2001: A TAY Odyssey.
I just realise I used my 10,000th
Could have been worse
That’s a pretty good 10000th in my books.
http://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/2xtsim/possible_13_spoiler_warning_may_piss_off_certain/
Ooh, this is interesting.
So, A ThursTay discussion starter.
What needs to be an open world game? what property or setting do you want to immerse yourself in in digital form?
In other words, where’s my free roaming Discworld game?
Free-roaming Starcraft would be nice. Or just anything that’s not an RTS. *glances at the corpse of Ghost*
I know right, a fully voiced free roam Ankh Morpork would be amazing. That would be a day one instabuy for me.
I’ve talked about these two things before:
1. Okay, imagine Rockstar takes Grand Theft Auto / Red Dead Redemption’s style and everything, but you’re a Blade Runner and the setting is the dystopian urban cyberpunk future. The broke-down art deco-ish buildings. Neon. Constant rain. Ramen stands. Hovercars. Using the Voight-Kampff machine to interview people and determine if they’re actually cyborgs. Giant video billboards. There’s supposed to be a new Blade Runner in the works so there’s a good tie-in here too.
2. Quasi-Sequel to Bully, except female protagonist and set in a girl’s school. So basically Mean Girls: The Open World Game.
11/10 – Would play both.
I kind of hope that when it finally materializes again, CD Projekt’s Cyberpunk 2077 will basically be the first thing. They’re all hands on deck for The Witcher 3 though have said that Cyberpunk is at least a couple of years after they finish with that.
I always liked the idea of an open world and/or MMO type Stargate game.
How about a “Magic Kingdom:
For SaleSOLD!” open world. I’d love to roam around Landover rebuilding the kingdom. Kind of lends itself to open world pretty well.While i wouldn’t want it to replace the main series of Monster Hunter, an open world spin-off would be awesome.
Would be kinda cool having to properly track monsters, instead of “i know he’s gonna spawn in here”
also no more monster’s knocking you through loading zones!
Awh. I actually thought that’s what the series was.
nah, it’s all mission based with about different large maps.
Games still amazing though, don’t let that dissapoint you.
It could be if they would stop designing the games for shit hardware. 🙁
But then they might actually have to create models, rather than re-using the PS2 assets.
I thought The Stomping Land was gonna end up something like that 🙁
I’d love to see a free-roaming exploration of the two worlds from the Riftwar Cycle. Raymond E. Feist and Janny Wurts built some pretty interesting social structures there. The divide between Midkemia and Kelewan would provide some fantastic contrasts. Faction wars in the Empire, the war between the two worlds, and their different types of magicians and magical creatures/races… Even the down-and-dirty intrigue of the ‘mundane’ spymasters had legs.
House of Cards season 03 thoughts:
(no real spoilers, but slight minor spoiler)
I think Francis got a little too heavy handed this season. He’s always been cold, calculating, and manipulative, but he wasn’t particularly smart this season.
He had a great team at the start of the season (Remy, Jackie, Seth, Doug, Claire), but managed to turn more than half of them away from purely being stupid.
I think they made him fat too tyrannical this season.
Still a good season, but it felt a little off to me.
I really want to see Claire do a monologue to the audience next season 😀
I’m waiting until Netflix comes here, then I’ll catch up.
I mean, I dloaded S2, and got a little bit in then lost the thread, and now I figure I’ll just wait it out
I watched through the US Netflix on my PS4 :3
First time using Netflix at all.
Seems to stream well, just a little worried about my download limit 😐
My impression of the show was the Frank was being built up and then everything was going to come crashing down. Instead, everything is slowly unravelling and it’s taking some out of character moments to make it happen. Season 3 just felt like it didn’t fit the tone of the show. Admittedly, that’s hard when the past two seasons were about reaching the top and he’s done that now.The most annoying part is that the cast is so damned good that they still make it work.That’s what I didn’t understand about this season.He’s standing at the top, but he’s not at the top, so to speak. He needs to win the presidency for himself before he is at the top.
He should have been working to secure his position, instead he’s pushing everyone who can help him away.It wasn’t smart, which is uncharacteristic of Francis…
Time for Thriller!
Well, dinner first. But then!
Thriller Dinner! \o/
Lol.. My neighbours I tell ya. Mum was walking into the yard a little while earlier and one of the neighbours was outside conversing with some guest of theirs and as soon as they saw mum they loudly made comment of how the neighbours are “total scum” which to me is hilarious since they stand up for their son/partner who is a woman beating, speed addict, all round drug dealer/propagator & general career criminal. Which a lot of the neighbour do not like.
Hilarious.
Sounds like a certain household deserves to have their bins tampered with on bin night.
I’ll just let you know, those green plastic bins… very flammable, like unstoppably flamable.
Jesus, I was just thinking about putting too much garbage in it of wheeling it in a place where the truck wouldn’t pick it up!
Pfft, I like @lucifer9783 better 😛
I mean their stupid kid did create an explosion with petrol yesterday in the back yard which resulted in an ambulance apparently along with burns to his legs/feet. I wasn’t home, I missed all the commotion. Probably for the best.
Ahh, a true South Australian!
Also if they get within about 15 metres of a house fire they melt like an ice cube on a hot summers day. Saying that empty I can pick out 240L recycling bin up with 2 fingers, they’re crazy light.
Haha. They deserve way more than that, I mean at least they haven’t done anything illegal/criminal worthy toward us for quite a few years. Saying that, I don’t think they’re that stupid anymore, after last time 😛
So had today off… prepping for Canada friends arriving tomorrow… of course it was 35 degrees when I needed to;
– clear all the bamboo I’ve chopped down
– do 2 runs to the tip
– work through 2 loads of washing
– make up 2 beds
– clean car inside and out (after 2 bamboo tip runs)
– clean/disinfect old high chair and baby bathtub
– wash the dishes
– clean the kitchen
I need a beer or 5… after I get the kid from day care and negotiate a grocery shop. /o\
I walked past a house this morning with a skip out the front full of planty stuffs, and a pile of cut bamboo next to it. I remember thinking it looked like a lot of hard work, especially in this week’s weather!
@mrtaco
Yep. Fish + Drink Saute = Felyne Explorer
http://monsterhunter.wikia.com/wiki/MH4:_Kitchen_Skills
Just confirmed it in my game too!
Well that’s no use to me!
Unlock drinks then sheesh
Hey guys. Hey. Never do a PhD.
Or do one, but try not to leave the 50k words you have to write until the last 6 months, ya know?
Oh, but really, never do a PhD because this government, man. This government.
Oh man, PhDs. It’s funny how you always hear about people not getting them done until the last minute. They’re like the ultimate procrastination assignment.
I think a friend of mine took two years on top of his scheduled three and finished it while working.
Good motivational speech there, bun.
I’m all about helping. It’s my thing.
Are you sleeping in the office yet?
No joke, pretty sure there was an ex-honours student doing that in the honours room at my university for a while. He had appliances, and a clothes pile, and everything.
“50,000 words is nothing right? I can knock that out the week before and just slack off all year.”
– Every Postgrad student ever
If only it was 50,000 letters insted.
Ok.
I won’t.
Blergh.
I gave up halfway through a Masters degree. I don’t think I have the right attitude, commitment or motivation to do a PhD.
Re-watched Total Recall (1990) last night, finally decided to take the plastic off the DVD case of the remake after about 6 months and watch it tonight. I have to say that the original is so much better, got about an hour into the remake before I just stopped caring and got on the laptop while it ran in the background. On a side note I thought it was interesting that in each version there was an actor from Breaking Bad, Dean Norris (Hank Schraeder) in the 1990 version and Bryan Cranston (Walter White) in the 2012 version.
In other news, I watched Seventh Son today. Was pretty meh, just glad I didn’t pay to see it.
Night losers.
See you on the flip.
…This one’s gonna bite me in the morning…
So the date went really well then 😉
Dudemeisters.
I’ve been throwing up every hour since about 1am. I think it’s safe to say that I won’t be going out tonight. =(
I wonder if I am pregnant …
Do you even know who the father is?
No-Snack-Taku – Day somethingsomething update (somewhere in the vicinity of 12 days)
So, I’ve lost 2.5kg, just by eating less, and eating better. Rigid self-discipline is starting to pay off.
If I get below 90kg by the 14th, I’ll be celebrating Pi day the only way that someone should celebrate Pi day. \o/
Score (warning: do not click):
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Of course!
You’ll enjoy it whilst watching Darren Aronofsky’s classic film, Pi?
Sure! Food for thought is much better for you than real food.
You’ll be thinking so hard about the movie you’ll forget to eat for days. It’s the perfect weight loss solution!
One of my favourite t-shirts is from thinkgeek; it’s a string of (once correct, now incorrect) numerals making up the shape of the pi symbol.
I’m going to have to order another one, some of the numbers have worn off, making it incorrect. The shame… it haunts me.
BMI-wise, are you currently in a healthy band? You’re crazy tall so you might not need to lose too much weight to be in a healthy category.
Before I lost this weight, I had just passed out the top side of the healthy range, so I’m quite possibly back within the good band now.
Nice to hear. It’s always kinda odd to hear people that try and lose kilograms for the sake of it that they don’t realise they might be doing more harm than good. I’m only about 177 cm (5ft 10′) so 2.5 kg in two weeks would be much different for me than it would be for you or the other tall gentlemen of TAY.
Thanks for the concern, but weight loss is definitely a secondary goal here. I’m just trying to get back to healthy sustainable habits, exercise my self-control, and remember what food is really supposed to taste like 😛
I’ve given up on Gravity Rush. I just can’t get used to the fiddly controls, and I’m not finding it fun.
After a disappointment like that, I usually need to play something that’s a known quantity, a sure-fire crowdpleaser. So I decided to play The Walking Dead Season 1. Holy crap, it’s so good. I forgot how good it is. Even chapter one, arguably the clunkiest of the lot, was so good. Got all the feels. They did such a good job with Clementine – I know it’s deliberately manipulative, but goddamn if it isn’t a masterful manipulation. Started Chapter Two this morning.
I must be the only one that hates Clementine and wants her to die.
MONSTER. MONSTER.
D: wut
I had the same feeling on Gravity Rush. I love the style. I love the aesthetic. It had an interesting plot and I thought Kat had a lot of potential as well. It has some great ideas and the main part of it with the falling in any direction and everything is awesome and has a really hyper-kinetic anime feel.
The problem is that the whole game is unbalanced. I feel like they made it with all your abilities maxed out, tuned it that way, and then were like “shit I guess we need a progression system” and gimped you down really badly.
Also the combat stuff just doesn’t work well. Requires enormous precision or a whole lot of luck. Awkward camera in some cases too. Plus there’s a lot of reliance on tilt controls and they just break my brain.
So I got about 2/3 the way through and gave up on it too. One day maybe I’ll go back. Probably not.
Would play a sequel that cleaned up some of the issues though.
There’s some really fiddly stuff just trying to land on flat ground, too. Half the time ,she’d get hung up at a 2 degree angle on a piece of debris and, despite running along proper ground, the gravity meter kept on depleting. Combat was too much for me – just couldn’t manage it.
I actually really loved it. I…must just be a weirdo or something.
Nah, that’s not weird. I just struggled with the controls, which means that it’s more than likely a personal thing. I really liked quite a lot of things about it – the art style is pretty stunning, and the story seemed intriguing enough.
Well, to be honest, you’re not missing anything by not finishing it
If I remember right
It ends with something else happening. They were obviously setting it up for a sequel if it sold well enoughWould you like me to lend you some vita games?
I have Dragons crown, muramasa, Lumines and new little kings story
My pile of shame for the Vita is already some fifteen games long, but if that begins to dwindle, I’ll let you know. Thanks! 🙂
How? I don’t even HAVE 15 games. I struggle to find Vita games to play
Here’s what I have for it. Some are digital, some are PS+, and some are titles from previous systems.
Thomas Was Alone
Uncharted Golden Abyss
Kick and Fennick
Walking Dead Season 1
Walking Dead Season 2
Persona 4 Golden
Final Fantasy X
Assassin’s Creed Liberation
Tearaway
Ys: Memories of Celceta
Final Fantasy VIII
Final Fantasy IX
Final Fantasy VI
Batman Blackgate
OlliOlli2
Counterspy
Gravity Rush
Well, include Tomba and the spyro trilogy to mine. I’m trying to find more physical games, but damn it is hard
I quite liked Gravity Rush’s control scheme once I got the hang of it… although that did take about about two thirds of the game to achieve. Was less impressed with the way it stopped* abruptly and teased a sequel.
*Not “ended,” as that has implications of actually resolving plot points. It just… stopped.
Pretty much what I said above
Locked in my annual leave yesterday, so we’ll be going down to Adelaide between the 7th and 13th of May, and up to the Gold Coast for the Indy Cars (23rd of October), then probably to Melbourne for PAX, and maybe Tasmania around June/July depending on money.
See if I can organize some meats that actually happen this time.
Jumped into Dark Souls last night because I heard the they had moved away from GFWL… I’ve never been so happy to lose a save before… I GET TO PLAY IT ALL OVER AGAIN AND WITH NEW ACHIEVEMENTS WEEEEEEEEEEEEE \o/
Psst, you should be able to migrate save files over (or maybe the window for that has passed…)
I think I missed the window which is a-ok with me 😛
Time to fix all the things I did wrong the first time around!
Posted on twitter but posting here too because I’m pretty pleased with the result… Painted my desk on the weekend, mainly due to boredom… Ended up looking pretty snazzy I think: http://t.co/wFc9FBRBJT
jawdrop.exe
You missed a spot.
… Dammit! *dismantles desk*
I’ll go redo it!
I love…. desk.
There is too much stuff on it to see the paint job. Clear it off before you take a photo next time
Yes muuuuum 😛
*grumble* *grumble* making me clean *grumble*
Nice cockpit.
Neeeeeeeeeeeerd!It’s eeeerrrhhh… It’s not mine! I’m holding it for a friend… Yeah that’s it! A friend! Pffft what a nerd he is
Mmmmmmmmorning taybes!
Morning pumpkin
Mornin’
How’s things today?
Exciting. Tonight is my first meat. And I am still not entirely comfortable with using that spelling, but when in Rome.
Wait til you get into the habit of it, and you start texting non-TAY friends about going to a bar for meats with internet strangers.
Wait i’m meant to refer to you lot as internet strangers? Aw shit. I just call you all friends, dang it I always stuff it up!
Well. What they consider internet strangers. The TAY meat is a weird concept to a surprising number of people.
Yeah fair point. But then again a lot of my mates made a lot of friends online which developed into offline friendships.
Is Tay meat anything like mystery meat?
Ye– nnnn… I wouldn’t know.
(To clarify: I like my TAYbie friends. I will never call you internet strangers!)
A stranger is only a friend you have not yet met.
Streetcar!
Almost sent this to my boss the other day… and I haven’t been to a meat yet. D=
Yes? Please, go on.
Uh… Do as the Romans do?
…
It’s an old expression.
Oh! I’ve never heard of it. It’s wonderful, though.
Never heard it before, wow that is surprising
Generally used whenever you are doing something out of the ordinary because everybody else is.
Every body is taking shoes and socks off when you enter a house. Well when in rome, so you take yours off
Everybody is stripping down to underwear to go swimming. When in rome, so you do the same thing
Pssssssst
it’s an Anchorman quote XDAnd uuuuhhhh that’s a quote form Anchorman 4. You probably haven’t seen it yet @pixel_the_ferret_viking
Ugh you kids and your new fangled movies 😛
@pixel_the_ferret_viking I bet his apartment smells of rich mahogany.
@evilmonkey HE HAS BEAUTIFUL EYES AND HIS HAIR SMELLS LIKE CINNAMON!
@pixel_the_ferret_viking I bet Sex Panther is his cologne of choice.
That’s the spirit 😀
Mornin’.
…
Kinda >_>
http://xseedgames.tumblr.com/post/112257788515/the-legend-of-heroes-trails-in-the-sky-second
\o/ \o/ \o/
Awh man. Trails in the Sky got buried in my pile of partially-completed shame because my brother actually got caught up and invested in story while watching me play through, and now I kinda feel like I can’t progress unless he’s there to see. 😛
I have so, so many games like that with Mrs Tigs
Built one of my arcade cabinet side panels as a template for the other (the reason for not cutting them both at once? Optimizing cuts for the excess wood). Made some changes to the 1990’s Konami cabinet design to suit my liking a bit, changed a degree of elevation here and there. 4 adult players will still be tough to play on such a small-ish surface so I’m going to focus on 2 players and 3 and 4 will be off to the sides (so from left to right it’ll be 3-1-2-4).
So much sawdust. Backyard smells of delicious plywood though, which is nice. Death to crappy MDF!
I bought a mechanical keyboard last night, time to annoy myself with all the clacky!
I made the switch a few months ago. I didn’t really notice the difference until I was forced to use a normal keyboard again. Clacking for the win!
Yeah! I was using my mates mechanical keyboard last weekend, it was awesome. Picked up a Razer Blackwidow Ultimate (same as his) on eBay last night for a little under 100 bucks in brand new condition!
Clacky clacky!
ALL the clacky!
Red, Blue, Brown or Black?
Cherry MX Blue I am lead to believe. All the Razer mechanical keyboards use Cherry MX Blue apart from the stealth I believe, where they use their own.
Edit: Razer did up until the 2014 models, they jumped ship to another manufacturer for some reason.
@negativezero Kantai episode stuffs plus theories.
That was an interesting way of showing the Kai transformation. Couldn’t help but substitute in the Pokemon evolution music when she was taken away to be remodeled. 😛 It was nice to see Yuudachi Kai and I’m expecting a big showing when they get to the next battle.Speaking of which, Midway is going to be a killer of an episode/finale. I honestly don’t know whether they’re going to go for the historical route but considering what they’ve done so far, I wouldn’t put it past them to sink all of the main carriers (especially since they just gave Hiryu and Soryu some decent screen time). Fubuki Kai may put paid to that though, as apparently people are saying that she has one of the better anti-aircraft capabilities for a destroyer. Will be interesting to say the least.
The Yorktown Abyssal is shaping up to be a fairly decent antagonist. I felt it was also a pretty good representation of the Doolittle Raid as well but the disappearance of the commander/player makes things interesting. Kinda expecting he’ll show up towards the climax and give the order to allow Yamato into the battle, thus winning against the Abyssals and everyone is happy and alive. I wouldn’t be sad if they just end it all but I think they could potentially stretch things out for another season if they want.
It’s a bit of a will they, won’t they thing really. It’s fair to assume that we’re seeing the aftermath of the Doolittle raid, but at the same time it’s wrong. The Abyssal carrier that launches those planes that fly over Fubuki on the way home is the one that she blew the eye off of in the Coral Sea, which means it’s Yorktown. Doolittle was launched from Hornet, freshly arrived in the pacific after being constructed and with the B-25s basically loaded before she set off. The only other carrier involved in that was Enterprise, which provided fighter cover. Also, the Doolittle raid did very little serious damage, it was more of a psychological blow.That said, historically Fubuki was sent back to Kure for maintenance and upgrades prior to Midway, and the Doolittle raid (plus the damage to Shoukaku and depletion of Zuikaku’s aircraft at the Coral Sea) was why they cancelled the invasion of Port Moresby (the ‘Operation MO’ they were gearing up for). They definitely seem to be priming for Midway.
Yuudachi Kai-2 is such a massive improvement on her original design. Looks even better animated.
Really going to be interesting to see if they deviate from history or not. I suspect they will.
Also, Souryuu got a line \o/
Oh I agree that the anime is historically inaccurate but in very broad strokes they are presenting a relatively true account of WW2. I can see why they chose Yorktown to send the Doolittle Raid as it sets it up as the bad guy and really the differences between the Hornet and the Yorktown weren’t too large so as to be stretching things too far. The destruction wreaked by the Raid kinda also shows the morale blow to the Japanese more than the actual, historical damage so they’re deliberately playing it up for a better story.Yeah I suspect that they’ll deviate to change the story but they might have a near sinking or something like that. Something to generate feelings and make Fubuki think Akagi-senpai has sunk.
Technically Hornet was at Midway with Enterprise and Yorktown, so in the end if they go there it’ll work out roughly the same. Hornet just gets marginalized. Which is far enough too since she had no major impact on the battle.The weird thing about them positioning Yorktown as the big antagonist though is that it wasn’t Yorktown’s planes that did the damage at Midway, it was Enterprise. Her planes sank Akagi, Kaga and Hiryuu. However it definitely wasn’t Enterprise we saw attack Shoukaku – Enterprise didn’t arrive in the Coral Sea in time to participate in any battles there.
I feel like they’re probably going to have to deviate at some point, I don’t think Kadokawa will be happy with a historically-accurate Midway.
Also of note:
They’ve reversed the order of events. In reality, the Doolittle Raid was at the start of April. Operation MO wasn’t cancelled because of it, it was cancelled because it failed. The Battle of the Coral Sea happened at the end of April, after Doolittle, and because of the loss of three carriers (Shoukaku badly damaged, Zuikaku’s planes depleted, Shouhou sunk) they aborted and looked at Midway instead.So if I’m making a t-shirt for someone who loves Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy would just the number 42 be a good idea? Or is it too much of a cliche?
Also, I’ve never watched Black Books. Is there a particular quote or character I should research in order to see if I can come up with a crafty idea? And don’t tell me to watch it. I’ll do it one day. 😛
The little book of calm is pretty good. From the same episode, Manny as Jesus after swallowing the little book of calm.
“What am I doing here with fatty and spotty. Fatty and spotty. Fatty and spotty.”
“I do sell a lot of wank.” With the ball lighter. Also from the first episode too I think.
Bernard’s wine icy pole. He freezes the wine and then smashes it to make a giant lollypop (as he calls it)
Some gifs to help http://imgur.com/gallery/2qTgU
Added quoteations for the quotes
Thanks Scree! That’s been very helpful.
If I’d known you weren’t after quotes persee, I would’ve made better suggestions. For example, Manny suffers from some weird disease
http://i.ytimg.com/vi/STmRuQjeu3E/maxresdefault.jpg
No, it’s good. I’m definitely after Black Books quotes. People constantly quote Black Books, which is why I thought it would make for a good embroidery. 😀
Oh well. Best of luck in your endeavour.
“So long and thanks for all the fish”
“We apologies for the inconvenience”
“Don’t Panic”
Plenty of excellent quotes, one equally as good as the next
In reference to Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy that is
Don’t forget your towel?
Oh, I have no problems thinking up HGTTG quotes! I just don’t like words on t-shirts, I feel like images are easier to wear, and more subtle.
See, I planned to make a HGTTG t-shirt, but a Black Books embroidery. Quotes make great embroidery pieces. 🙂
A whale and a bowl of petunias
A slice of lemon wrapped around a large gold brick.
Oh, BB quotes for embroidery purposes? How about:
“I can feel pieces of my brain falling away like a wet cake.”
You should change that and watch black books.
A big 42 on the front of the shirt and the question on the back of the shirt.
It has been a while since I watched the movie. I should change that asapEven better, listen to the original BBC radio show, watch the tv series and DEFINITELY read the books… But what would I know it’s not like I’m a fan or anything *nervous laugh*
Honestly, 42 was such a great concept when it was written, but it has been done and done and done so many times now that I’m kind of tired of it. I don’t know if your T-shirt recipient feels the same way or not, though – so it might just be me.
I recommend a falling whale with the caption “Not again.”
A whale was my other thought. but not a caption. Words on shirts are tacky.
A whale sans captions might be a bit odd. Unless you include the petunias, as Pixel suggested!
Oh, it definitely would have a context image.
This ain’t my first rodeo! 😛
And give the person wearing the shirt a bowl of petunias?
Humanity: Mostly Harmless
Oh man. Black books. SO GOOD.
I do a re-watch of that every couple years. It’s always fantastic.
A bit out of context so it makes no sense to anyone but a fan:
“Add a dab of lavender to milk; leave town with an orange, and pretend you’re laughing at it.”
I think it’d look lovely on embroidery.
Ah! Skinheads! Perfect, AHA! *Rushes out the door to them* Alright which one of you bitches… wants to dance?
Oh god, I love all his attempts to get out of doing his tax. From trying to give a customer a free book if he’ll break his legs (which the customer declines because he’s already read it), or insulting the skinheads.
“Which one of you bitches wants to dance? Hey, you know when you’re doing your usual threesome thing you do on a weekend, and the moonlight’s bouncing off your heads and your arses and everything, does that not get a bit confusing?”
The tax jacket he made as well xD
My favourite bit though was Manny playing the piano while inside it, with spoons!
Yes, but how do you make that into a shirt?
“Mormons! Great! Come in, come in!”
“Uh, we’ve never really gotten this fare before”
“Don’t you have some reading material?”
“…Oh! The pamphlets!”
Have a famous historical musician on the piano and have Manny inside an x-ray of the piano that he is playing on and he’s got the spoons.
Ah! Millwall! That’s the one! Do you know this chant?:
“Millwall, Millwall, you’re all really dreadful and your girlfriends are unfulfilled and alienated…”
HHGTTG shirt suggestions:
– DON’T PANIC in large, friendly letters, preferably neon pink or green on a background it clashes horribly with.
– Picture of the earth with the caption “Mostly Harmless”. Alternatively, “Harmless” in officialy looking lettering with “mostly” scribbled in haphazardly above it.
– A babelfish imposed over a mushroom cloud
– A shirt promoting “Magrathea one-stop planet shop” in the style of those faux-vintage auto-shop t-shirts.
I think a great Black Books-themed shirt would be a graphic of wine-bottle shaped lollipop (at a jaunty angle).
Thanks everyone! You’ve definitely got my idea-brain overflowing now. 😀
42
Don’t Panic
There’s a frood who really knows where his towel is
All these things would be good on a tshirt. Incidentally, May 25 is Towel Day, when hitchhiker fans go about their day carrying a towel.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Towel_Day
Max seems to like waking me up at 5am to be let out of the laundry, then coming into my room, start wanting to chase my hands and feet under the blankets, and start nipping at them.
She has quite sharp teeth.
Not enough to cause bleeding, but sharp enough to feel them.
Page 6 repost: I’ve put these up for sale elsewhere, but you guys can have first dibs.
Mates rates will apply, rather than the below stated prices. So make me an offer. “Free” is a legit offer (though won’t be accepted in all cases).
Don’t mind chucking in post for the little games, but big items will need contributions towards postage, pls!
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3DS game Rayman Origins $ 15.00 Comes with case, but no slip cover
3DS game Resident Evil: Revelations $ 15.00
Book The Walking Dead Compendium 1 $ 40.00DS game Super Scribblenauts $ 10.00
DS game New Super Mario Bros $ 20.00
DS game Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks $ 20.00DS game Super Mario 64 DS $ 20.00 Comes with small case, but no slip cover
DS game Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass $ 25.00DVD It Ain’t Half Hot Mum Season 1 $ 5.00DVD Inception $ 5.00
DVD Teachers – complete series 1-4 $ 20.00Gamecube Mario Kart Double Dash- Includes Legend of Zelda Collector’s Edition disc $45.00Playstation 1 game Grand Theft Auto $ 15.00
Playstation 2 game Okami Australian edition – hard to find $ 15.00 –
Playstation 2 game Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence US/NTSC edition $ 25.00 Original Disc 3 (Existence) not included
Playstation 2 game ICO Australian edition – hard to find $ 30.00
Playstation 2 game Shadow of the Colossus Cardboard case Australian edition with postcards – VERY rare $ 65.00 Slight scuffs to cardboard
Playstation 4 game INFAMOUS: Second Son – $ 20.00 –
Playstation 4 game Lords of the Fallen Limited Edition with soundtrack + DLC $ 40.00 Game was bought new, DLC not redeemed
Playstation 4 game Shadow of Mordor Steelbook Legion Edition $ 50.00 I didn’t redeem DLC, but previous owner may have
Wii-U game Zombi-U $ 10.00
Wii-U game Darksiders 2 $ 15.00 Includes bonus content (5+ additional hours)
Xbox 360 game Gears of War $ 5.00
Xbox 360 game Gears of War 2 $ 5.00
Xbox 360 game Darksiders 2 $ 5.00
Xbox 360 game Crackdown 2 $ 5.00 Comes with case, but no slip cover
Xbox 360 game The Bureau – XCOM Declassified $ 5.00 Comes with case, but no slip cover
Xbox 360 game NBA2K13 $ 5.00
Xbox 360 game Once Upon a Monster Box includes “special gameplay helper” $ 10.00
Xbox 360 game Sleeping Dogs ANZ Edition $ 10.00 No DLC
Xbox 360 game Bioshock 2 $ 10.00
Xbox 360 game Bioshock Infinite $ 15.00
Xbox 360 game Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance $ 15.00
Xbox 360 game Splinter Cell Blacklist Steelbook edition $ 15.00
Xbox 360 game Grand Theft Auto V $ 25.00
Xbox 360 game Hitman Absolution Limited Edition – inc huge figurine, DVD, DLC, Artbook $ 30.00 Outer box is in German and for PC, but the game is English 360
Xbox game Shenmue 2 $ 25.00 Includes DVD recapping Shenmue 1
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@beeawwb, @mrtaco, @redartifice I brought yours into work today, and am sending them out shortly. @jimu I remembered the books and will be sending them out at the same time. @quiz_b just need your address please!
Is darksiders good?
Man, I could’ve really used that Mariokart game. It’s one of 2 I don’t own. Plus, never played doubledash.
Double Dash is great. Sorry you missed out
Darksiders 2 feels just like Darksiders 1 in most important respects.
Haven’t played 1 either so I have no idea
Oh. Well, in that case, it plays a lot like a Legend of Zelda game crossed with God of War.
And funnily enough, that’s what the main character looks like, too. Link crossed with Kratos.
If no one else wants it, I’ll buy it
Wii-U or 360?
@shane Why not both? Doesn’t matter, I have both
Yeah the second is a pretty fun game; and hey how can you knock playing as the horseman of death =P
Just remember to spell my name right on the postage. 😛
Is once upon a monster box a sesame st Kinect game?
Yes.
Is it the good one @strange was talking about? If so…
Dosh sent
Thank you!
I am interested in GTA for PS1! What’s the preferred method of giving you funds?
Oh, anything. Paypal will do (shane at shanewsmith.com), if that’s all right with you. Happy to do something else though.
Well I was gonna suggest i’ll trade you 2 goats, but money works too 😛
Oh hey I forgot I was meant to do something about this >.>
Dammit Harrison Ford. Making me nervous about booking my flying lesson thing
Hope he’s all right. Are you going for your pilot’s licence? Business or pleasure?
Well being that he managed to break his leg in the Millennium Falcon during shooting ep VII, I don’t know if he’s going to be any safer 😛
Edit – dammit you changed your original reply and now it just looks weird… Oh well, too lazy to change
I much prefer the original reply. Not at all in bad taste since by all I’ve seen he’s gonna be okay.
Well, I felt guilty anyway.
It got a chuckle out of me 🙂
OMG, how could you say something so horrible
My family got me one of the activities of a lifetime or whatever they’re callef for my 30th last year. I was expecting rally driving or something like that, but I get to fly a plane for an hour. I figure though, how many chances to fly a plane do you get unless it’s your hobby
I bet you’ll be fine, providing you’re not also 72
I’m getting there. Closer than I’ve ever been
Harrison was just demonstrating why you need to remember lesson 1: don’t crash.
I’ll try to keep that one in mind 😀
Today has been a complete clusterfuck so far. Every single freaking thing that could possibly have gone wrong has done so spectacularly. It’s not even midday and I already want to hide away and never leave.
Ow. Well… if it helps, the odds of greivously offending one of the TAYmeaters tonight (up to and including accidentally setting one or multiple on fire) are pretty low. Non-zero, but y’know… comfortably low.
I’ll buy you a beer! 😀
Aww no D:
I hope your day improved!
It did. Currently sitting here drinking gin with Pow, Cakesmith, Jane and Pants. Much improved.
@freezespreston @jocon @transientmind @negativezero
Good news folks. Just heard from Tegan, all docs are being sent out today. You should receive them early next week. They are all going registered post so they can be tracked
whenif Australia Post screws anything up.Countdown is on. 14 days and counting
Awesome. I was getting a bit worried since nothing in the mail and no correspondence from her since the start of the year.
EDIT: By the way, are you on the same flight as me from Singapore to Osaka?
Yeah I know. Tegan hasn’t looked after this as well as I would have hoped :-/
Yep we are all together from Singapore. We’ll meet jo at Osaka airport and freeze and transient will already be there
Rad.
Does anyone know if Fire Emblem Awakening’s DLC is any good? If I did get it, at what point in the game should I play it? Is it meant to be played after finishing the main game, because one of the packs says it adds more conversations between characters and that seems like something I’d want while still playing through the main game.
Most of them came out so late that I was personally already done with the game. I didn’t do many of them.
As I understand it, there were two ‘lines’ to the DLC. One half is Chrom helping / fighting against various characters from previous games, and on finishing those you can add certain extra characters from those games to your group.
The second set are more group-focused. The first three have ‘scramble’ in the title and they’re easy and focused on dialogue. One of them, Summer Scramble, is the requisite swimsuit DLC and had that one image of Tharja that Nintendo decided to censor (can’t have the children seeing a lady’s bum) and actually make more suggestive in the process. The third one of them, Hot Spring Scramble, would be best left until toward the end of the game as it’s got a bunch of extra dialogue and stuff between all the children. The rest of these are hard as balls with really specific conditions.
I didn’t ever do them but the ‘future past’ episodes sound interesting. Travelling to an alternative world where all the adults had died and only the children survived, and you have to basically sweep in and bail them out. Special conversations between children and parents if you pair them up.
The very last one, ‘Apotheosis’, sounds ridiculously hard. Five battles in a row, and killing everyone just brings in a new wave.
Some of the Xenologues where you’re fighting against heroes of the past or whatnot are good. There’s one, EXPonential Growth, which has you fighting a bunch of zombies that’s good for grinding between levels IIRC. But mainly you’d want to do a lot of that stuff after clearing the game I think, especially the story-oriented ones.
Cool. Thanks for the info.
Actually, it’s been a while, but you might need to do it once you unlock the endgame but before you do the final boss. I can’t remember if the game lets you play on after beating it.
I’ll make multiple saves just in case.
Taylor Hawkins & Chris Shiflet of the Foo Fighters are playing a free gig this afternoon with their cover band Chevy Metal here at the Quiksilver & Roxy Pro. I half expect Dave Grohl & the other members of the Foo Fighters to join them.
I’m thinking of going down and checking it out since it’s only 5 minutes from home, but only if a) I stop feeling crook & b) this weather holds off.
Man, stupid far away places 🙁 relatively far away anyway. You better go 😛
Haha. Where abouts are you?
Brisbane. It’s far away when I can’t drive 😛
Hope the train to Varsity then the bus to Coolangatta, boom you’re there like 2 hours travel 😛
Well, apparently I never learn. Yesterday, I was kicking around ideas in my head for Undad ‘Season 2’, and today I saw a tweet that alerted me to this.
Long story short, I’ve filled out an application to get Undad Season 2 made. If I’m successful, I’ll have to launch the project in April. Before I’ve even finished with the first Undad book (and never even mind the other major projects I’ve got on the backburner at the moment).
Apparently I like collecting projects. Might be pulling some all-nighters for this one…
Ah, nothing like insane deadlines and working under pressure. Kinda love it.
Just put yourself in mind of a pilot flying a rattling plane that has smoke coming out of it and is going way too fast and everyone kind of panicking except you, the pilot, gripping on with white kuckles, rigid body, clenched teeth, and wide eyes.
“Oh my god, are we going to make it?”
“Yeah, I got this. But if I hiccup we’re probably all dead.”
“Woah! What was that bang? Why is that light flashing?!”
“Nothing to worry about, I was expecting that.”
“Why?”
“Because it’s the absolute worst thing that could happen right now and God hates me. He’s probably indifferent to you, but he likes a bit of collateral damage.”
“Are we going to die?”
“Nah, I got this.”
“Your eyes are watering…”
“Oh, I’ve had to upgrade that hiccup to blink, now. If I blink we’ll definitely die.”
Your post reminds me of why I love Indiana Jones movies so much.
It’s not enough that he’s outnumbered hundreds to one. And it’s not enough that he’s fist-fighting against someone twice his size. And it’s not enough that the fight is taking place on a conveyor belt, and rocks are digging in his back. And it’s not enough that the conveyor belt is moving rapidly towards a giant crusher. No, that’s not enough. There also needs to be a possessed psychotic little prince practicing voodoo on an Indy doll at the same time.
Escalation way past the point of lunacy. I dig that so much.
I guess I’m emulating now!
Yeah, now just keep that up for a couple months. Too easy! You got this.
Just don’t blink.
I’ve been keeping it up for several years now.
They say you should see a doctor after 4hrs.
*rimshot*
Um, I might have just done something very bad, or very good (depending on how you look at it).
I may or may not have just bought a PS Vita with a 5 pack of games and a 16GB memory card.
Awesome. I love my new Vita – hope you love yours.
What games?
Good thing.
Ratchet And Clank, LocoRoco, Lemmings: Touch, Jak And Daxter: The Precursor Legacy, and Worms: Revolution Extreme.
Thought about getting Uncharted, but I decided to get it down the track. I’ve got a bunch of cross-buy titles I can download too, can’t remember how many, but I know The Sly Cooper Trilogy is one of them, also Sly Cooper: Thieves In Time. Got a bunch from PS+ too.
Oh, and I also bought a Sons of Anarchy hoodie from Kmart for 20 bucks.
I’m happy to lend you Uncharted if you want. I’ve finished my playthrough. That said, you can get it for $10 pretty easily.
Thanks for the offer man, but I’d rather not, I’ve still got your copy of Deus Ex: HR. I must remember to send that back to you next week.
Huh. I totally forgot about that.
I’m playing through Jak 2 at the moment, pretty cool game, and has its funny moments.
Yeah, I played through the whole trilogy back in the day on the PS2, so I’ll enjoy revisiting the series. Pretty sure I grabbed the trilogy when it was a free PS+ title.
The Vita controls are REALLY sensitive though, you’ll fall a lot on the jumping puzzles, also makes aiming weapons a total bastard 🙁
You NEED P4G
cc @Shane
Never played a purse owner game before.
No excuses »:-|
Yes sir, Mr. Jimu sir!
I’ve got it!
You are a well rounded human being
Best games on the system according to me and my extra-special but obviously impeccable taste:
– Persona 4 Golden (JRPG, Time Management)
– Ys: Memories of Celceta (Action RPG)
– Muramasa (Side-scrolling Action)
– Hotline Miami (Top-down arcadey Action)
– Lumines: Electronic Symphony (Rhythm Puzzle)
– Danganronpa & Danganronpa 2 (Visual Novel / Adventure)
– Tales of Hearts R (JRPG)
– Hatsune Miku: Project Diva f2 (Rhythm)
– Demon Gaze (Wizardry-inspired Dungeon crawler)
– Disgaea 4 (Strategy RPG)
– Luftrausers (Arcade action)
– Atelier Rorona / Totori / Meruru / Ayesha (Time mangement, light RPG)
– Toukiden (Monster Hunter clone)
– Freedom Wars (Monster Hunter clone)
– Senran Kagura Shinovi Versus (Boobies)
I’m hearing that Oreshika (came out last week, digital-only) is very good. If you want a hunter, Toukiden has an updated version coming very soon, and there’s evidence that Bandai may be bringing over God Eater 2 which shits all over the other hunter clones on the system. Hotline Miami 2 is out next week and will be super rad on the system but alas, if you’re AU-region PSN then you’re not getting it.
Upcoming there is also the Danganronpa spinoff, Persona 4 Dancing All Night, Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters & Operation Abyss for scratching that Wizardry clone itch, Tokyo Xanadu (assuming it gets localized) and new Ys, There’s a ton of Indie stuff coming too.
Also don’t forget the system is backwards compatible with PSP and there’s some great PSP stuff available. It’ll also run PS1 stuff and eg. the old Final Fantasy games like IX run really well on it.
So the Fizzy one is off to a play date. And I’m stuck at work.
Oh well, I’m glad she is making friends, even if she goes to cafes more than I do
And now I’m buying more games I don’t need
So, mowed the lawn, vacuumed & mopped the house.
Now I’m ready to nod off at dinner tonight!!
Jaysus, now I feel like a fat lazy pig. All I’ve done today is sit on my fat arse playing video games/TAYing/Tweeting, then I went out and got McD’s for lunch and bought stuff.
So lazy.
Sounds like my dream day.
Would need to switch out McDs for something else. Right now it would be mexican.
El D’s
Whoever thought that headsets that only produce sound to one ear was a good idea for an office environment deserves a slap to the face. Really hard to hear what’s going on in a conference call while I’ve got at least 5 different people within 15 metres that can’t keep their fricken voice down.
-_-
Heh. Apparently that’s actually the point – that you only have one ear engaged on the call so that you can hear updates and interruptions in the environment around you without constantly taking your headset off and putting it back on again for each call.
If you’ve got personal earbuds, though, popping one in your off-ear couldn’t hurt.
Apparently humanity hasn’t advanced enough where the technique “Put one of the two ear pieces behind your ear” is used. I guess I’ll have to get an earbud
…Bloody meatbags 😛
Ohhh, those humans. ^.^
…What if you only have one working ear?
Guys.
My housemate left the fridge door just slightly ajar when she left yesterday afternoon at approximately 1pm. I got home at 6pm and found the door ajar. The thermometer on the front read 2 degrees still, but I put my hand inside and some things had come to room temperature. I had just bought chicken and steak and ra ra the night before, so I didn’t want to waste it. It felt cool to the touch but definitely outside that zone of coldness. I cooked all the meat up and ate some last night.
My question then:
Am I going to survive this weekend without salmonella?
Actually, for best cooking results, a lot of meat is best brought to almost room temperature first, so really, you should be fine. Salmonella is more like to occur when hot foods are cooled down too quickly (ie, putting a still hot roast chicken right into the fridge).
But, if you’ve already eaten the chicken, you’re probably okay. Salmonella-based food poisoning is fast.
Thank you for this, it cuts through a lot of the stuff I don’t care about (bacterial doubling-time etc.) and I didn’t know about the Salmonella occurring when hot foods are cooled etc.
I didn’t pay a lot of attention in Microbiology 201. Thankyou, janexo
Microbiology is why my microbiologist friend rolls her eyes at the people who carefully layer toilet-paper seats down on public toilets. She’s a genteel lass so she doesn’t have the vocabulary to express what she’s feeling, but as a gamer I know the word she’s always subconsciously looking for is, “Noobs.”
…Wait what? Please explain
Or maybe not. I don’t think I want to know… 🙁
I think it’s something about not being able to get any nasties through skin contact only?
That sounds so much better than ‘ahahaha I’m poo and I can penetrate your toilet paper lining!’
http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2015/03/stop-flushing-with-your-foot-germ-avoidance-tricks-that-dont-work/
As long as you’ve properly and fully cooked everything you’re eating and it wasn’t otherwise “off” you should be fine. Salmonella is (AFAIK) only a risk with uncooked or partially cooked foods, or cross transfer between same (e.g. raw chicken dripping on to uncooked vegetables).
Nope. We’ll make sure you have a nice obituary come the paper on Monday though!
😛
I guess one of the guys in my office has a pet lizard or something, because there’s a whole lot of crickets out on the balcony next to my desk. It’s actually sort of peaceful, like being out in the wilderness and camping.
Or he bought them to make you feel calm & relaxed at work so you were distracted from his rampage on your other coworkers!
Huh, maybe that explains the soothing ocean sounds piping into the PA…
Haha!
Well that’s just friggin’ brilliant! Turned on my E model 360 so my son could play something and I get an E68 error on the screen. Did a google search and apparently it’s a hardware failure. He’s on the PS3 now, so I’ll have to unplug everything and see if it works later, if it doesn’t then apparently she’s stuffed. Only bought the thing about 15 months ago.
Had so many problems with XBoxes over the years, my 20GB launch console didn’t even last 12 months before I had to send it in for repairs, then I got it back and traded it for a 120GB Elite, not even six months later that one dies and I have to send it for repairs, got it back and not long after sold it. Then I bought a 60GB which lasted about 5 years and then the disc drive died, and then I bought my current one. Had my Xbone for roughly 12 months which had disc drive issues after about 6 months.
Think I’m done with XBox. Never had an issue with Playstation and only ever had one Nintendo console die on me (knock on wood).
By contrast, I have a launch 360 and a launch original box, both functioning.
So I suspect this is probably thanks to their dramatically low usage. Apart from a brief period where I was on a game DVD rental service.
My original 360 lasted about three years and then RRoDed right at the start of Too Human (I think it was like OH GOD NEG WHAT ARE YOU DOING NO NO DON’T PUT THAT IN ME). Refurbished interior now. That one also was one of the ones that would chew up your DVDs if you had it standing up and bumped it while running. 🙁
Also have a 60gb JP system which has a very noisy drive but is still working 100% despite a lot of neglect (it ceased to be a system worth owning a few years later when most of the JP 360 stuff MS had moneyhatted for timed exclusivity jumped to PS3) and I have an ‘S’ 360 which is still 100% working as far as I know.
Being careful with them helps, but it’s very much the luck of the draw I think.
EDIT: FWIW the only systems I’ve ever had up and die on me were my Master System (stopped turning on), Xbox (DVD drive stopped reading discs) and Dreamcast (DVD drive read issues, also now it resets itself once it’s been on for a minute or two)
@dc @freezespreston etc.. Fate has dealt me a hand which has stopped me from attending tonight. I wasn’t able to book the parking I needed due to a system glitch, but it’s probably for the best, as I awoke this morning to find my bank account had been syphoned by around $200, so that totes killed any hope I had of attending tonight. Please pass on my greetings to all who attend and apologize for my absence.
Aww man, I thought I was doing bad with $20 unexpectedly taken out of my bank this week! (It left me with only $20 for tonight which means no alcohol. D: )
One day you should park at my place and get the bus in with me so you don’t have to worry about parking.
The bus would cost me more than the parking. (I can get $5 parking on evenings in the city) Only problem was it was glitching last night, so wouldn’t complete the booking. Was going to book this morning instead, but I checked my bank account first, and glad I did.. would have been a waste!
I mentioned this on Twitter, but thanks everyone, for your kind words over the past few days. It really does mean a lot to me.
Hopefully I should return to my usual dickish self next week.
Well I told you to “F*ck off”, so that’s hereby considered as kind words.
You’re welcome.
Gay for Blaghman world tour 2015
<3
Ooohhh. Where do I sign?
I’ve got a line right here. *wink*
You’ll need to write small though, since the line is my penis. :/
Did I miss something?
My Grandfather died on Sunday, and we had the funeral on Thursday. Only slightly terrible, in the greater scheme of things, but it was a bit of a shit week.
Oh, shit. My sympathies, friend. *hugs*
A joke:
The teacher is standing in front of the class and she calls out to Jimmy to stand up and tell everyone what his father does for a living.
Jimmy stands up and says ‘My father is a lawyer’.
‘That’s very good’ says the teacher. ‘What about you Jenny?’.
Jenny stands up and says ‘My father is a doctor’.
‘That’s very good’ says the teacher ‘What about you Johnny?’
Johnny stands up and says ‘My father doesn’t do anything for a living, he is dead’.
‘Oh dear’, says the teacher. ‘What did he do before he died?’
To which Johnny replies ‘He went Uuuuuurrrrrggghhhhhh’.
That is one of the best little Johnny jokes I have heard
Wow.. I just realised I think I have about 14 Slipknot shirts along with 2 hoodies. Damn. Go me I think?
@shane Good thing I didn’t pick Uncharted. I was going through my download list on the Vita and it was there, must’ve been a PS+ game or something, downloading it now.
It was! Pretty average though 😛
I can’t remember if it was a PS+ title at some stage or if it was just discounted or something and I bought it thinking I would eventually buy a Vita one day. Either way it was a good thing I didn’t buy it today, then again it was at EB so I could’ve just returned it tomorrow.
I loved it!
Woohoo! got my first platinum on PS4.
What game? My first PS4 plat was Shadows of Mordor
Lego Marvel Superheroes. I know it’s an easy game, but it took about 40 hours without using cheat codes. Only got 11 to get on Shadow Of Mordor.
Jesus Christ, look at this amazing edition.
http://www.play-asia.com/metal-gear-solid-v-the-phantom-pain-premium-package-konami-style-paOS-13-49-en-70-8n3p.html
Looks kinda similar to this version.
https://www.ebgames.com.au/ps4-202663-Metal-Gear-Solid-V-The-Phantom-Pain-Collectors-Edition-PlayStation-4
Well, it’s got the arm in it at least. Looks pretty cool, but at $250 I think I’ll give that one a miss and just get the vanilla version, especially considering I’ve never played a Metal Gear game before.
That one’s great, but it’s much smaller. The JP edition is 1:1 scale replica O_O
Heading to Hobart for the second time this week, this time for the World Cup. Going with a mate to see Ireland play Zimbabwe. Should be a good game as both teams have an equal chance of winning, as long as the rain stays away. It’s my first one day international since 2009 when I saw Australia beat South Africa at Bellerive (their only win of the one day series) and David Warner and Ryan Harris made their one day debuts. Really looking forward to it.
There’s a lot riding on that game too I think. IIRC most likely the winner will progress to the next round.
Seriously brilliant game in the end. Ireland won by 5 runs with 4 balls to spare. Joyce got 112 and Balbirnie got 97 for Ireland, while Taylor got 121 and Williams got 96. Cusack bowled well with 4 for 32 in a score of 325. I think Pakistan beating South Africa makes it tougher for Ireland to qualify though, particularly as they play India next. The match between Pakistan and Ireland should be huge, another final.
Well looks like my iPod has magically bit the dust, was working fine yesterday afternoon, come this morning nothing. This makes me sad. The only explanation I can come up with is it got moisture in it which has stuffed it :/ Won’t boot up, won’t charge, won’t anything. Fuck. It’s only 16 months old as well. Now I have to use my phone, this sucks.
That does suck.
Might be worth trying it again tomorrow after the moisture has had a chance to bugger off.
Yeah, i’m just a bit unsure where it would’ve even come in contact with said moisture, but i’d be certain it’d be that.. Like it went from my desk last night to my TV stand in my room and didn’t move until I went to use it this morning =(
Guess i’ll just wait to see what Apple announces in the iPod range this year and grab a new nano then if I like them or just get another 7th gen one before they stop selling them I guess.
Maybe a day or two in a jar of rice to try and dry it out?
Yeah, probably a good idea. But as I was saying above i’m unsure where it would come in contact with moisture, since it sat on my desk yesterday evening then I took it to my room and it sat in front of my TV last night :S But there’s no other logical explanation other than moisture, but the new nano’s are so sealed up it’s a bit weird.
My previous iPod was given to me by a friend and it went through the washing machine and still worked perfectly afterwards. Then again the battery could be toast or have a connection issue like my iPhone did last year and needs to be unplugged and plugged back in.. But that won’t happen since they’re glued shut and i’d destroy it trying to open it :/
So in borderlands 2 I found out the hard way that if you have someone power level you all the way to OP8 without doing the game in normal. Your OP level resets after you finish the normal game yourself. I have 4 toons at OP 8. I had 3 toons powerleved to OP 8.
All I will say is bugger.
XBox 360 update.
Unplugged everything, including the hard drive, plugged the power cable back in and it worked without a hitch. So obviously the issue is with the hard drive. Decided to do the old Nintendo cartridge trick and give it a quick blow, plugged it back in, nope still nothing. took it out again, held it in one hand and gave it a few sharp hits with the open palm of my other hand, and blew in the hard drive bay, plugged it back in and success, it seems to be working again, but it’s taking forever to do anything.
Might see if I can take the hard drive casing apart and see if it’s dirty in there or something. I really don’t want to have to buy a new hard drive, if it was a playstation I probably wouldn’t mind so much, because you can just replace it with a regular 2.5″ 5400RPM drive, but with XBox you HAVE to buy Micro$oft’s XBox branded drives, which JB sell for $128, I might as well just buy another friggin’ console. Absolute bullshi!.
Oh well, I’ll give it a crack a bit later and see if I can’t fix it.
Smacking the HDD would only serve to damage the platters. When you smack it, the read/write head could touch the surface of the disk, and damage itself, and the platter in the process.. leading to all sorts of troubles. Only thing you might try in an emergency for recovering data, would be bagging it in an air tight package, and freezing it for a while. Sometimes that can keep them operational long enough to get backups off, but it’s still not recommended unless it’s a last resort. I’d say kiss goodbye to that HDD and invest in a new one.
Also, it is possible to replace the HDD in the holder. I’m not sure of the particulars involved, but it is possible.
EB sell preowned hard drives, might be worth checking them out?
Kitten is asleep on my lap… :3
Oops reply fail, sorry dude D=
On topic, I wish my cats were like that rather than hating on attention…
Years ago I had a kitten. Every night it would curl up and sleep on my shoulder/neck.
She slept on my head the first night I got her.
Can’t stand job hunting. Even more so when you don’t get any replies. It sucks.
Yeah, I much prefer Monster Hunting 😀
Got the iPod working. Dunno why it wouldn’t turn on but holding the home & sleep/wake button on seemed to do the trick. Forgot that’s the default force reset/restart for iOS devices.
Now that is good news.
Yeah \o/ would like an explanation as why it did that though. But then again it’s an Apple device, I swear they always get stuck when doing something.
Urrrrrgh. Watching TV shouldn’t be harder than playing a video game.
But watching Parks and Recreation I find I have to keep getting up to take a break from it. Sometimes multiple times an episode. The pain… the pain!
My method of watching Parks and Rec was a season a night. What’s wrong with you? 😛
I can’t watch! They start saying or doing or lining themselves up for some horrific embarrassment and I feel bad for them. I can’t watch! I walk away going, “Noooooooooooooo”
Things always work out though! 😛 Even for Larry/Jerry/Terry/Garry 😛
Maybe a round inflatable donut would help with the pain.
Mmmmm, Dooonuuut
*gurgles*
What season?
First season. I had the entire place to myself today, and I pretty much just used it to tool around in the Sims and watch TV.
Best day.
That’s why you’re finding it like that. The first season is easily the worst and easily skippable since they totally overhaul the show in season 2 which is where it becomes good.
I mean, it’s still funny, but I’m really strugglng with all the seinfeld/frasier-style moments of complete and utter sympathy-cringe. If they tone that down in S2, I can’t wait. After all, S1 was really just six episodes, that’s practically just a really long pilot.
Yeah it wasn’t very memorable. A lot of people will tell you it’s better come season 2. It dips in places in the later seasons, but nothing too painful I thought. I did binge watch 5 seasons I think it was in a matter of a week or so..
I’m kinda hoping that Amy Poehler’s character will improve. It seems like she’s meant to be the focus of the show but so far every single other character is a better character than hers.
She is a lot more likeable after that. Even though she is the main focus, the show really relies on the support characters too, which is nice. Ron, Andy & April were probably my favourites though in the entire show, along with Chris (Rob Lowe) he was awesome.
Oooooooh yeah. Just skip season 1. Everything changes afterwards.
Heh. Nah, it was pretty short, no need to skip. I pushed through it.
Picked up FIFA 15 on PC for $42. \o/
Thanks, G2A!
I am enjoying going through all the sidequests in borderlands 2 atm.
First is all the dlc’s picked at random then the main story.
Also going to do the bosses and raid bosses along the way.
Might have to transfer some of my OP8 weapons from other toons to the one I am using atm.
Has anyone played Dying Light AND Evolve?
I’m tossing up between the two, but don’t know which to get :S
Xenoblade!
Nah.
I’ve got both, played about 50 or so hours of Dying Light, it’s pretty great, would recommend.
Only done the tutorials of Evolve, but it seems like it could be fun.
@gutsoup’s got both and I think he’s spent a lot more time with Evolve, so maybe he could weigh in and assist with your decision.
Dying Light can be good fun solo but Evolve is a lot less fun alone, bots are pretty dumb. Evolve is a load of fun if you have a good team but tedious when you’re on a bad one. Depends on if you’re keen for a mainly online game.
I want something that has a fair bit of replayability.
They both looked fun, and like they’d last a while, but just not sure which to get :S
So long Brisbane. It has been fun. I’ll do a write up tomorrow if I can be bothered.
Thanks again to @freezespreston for hanging out on Thursday/Friday, @dc for coming with us to Movie World on Friday and everyone who was there on Friday night! It was great to meet you all.
I have some videos from Movie World that I’ll upload when I get the chance.
Now back to normal life 🙁
Hope you guys had a great time. Was excellent meeting you, @alexpants and @powalen. (As well as @janexo, who is intimidatingly awesome. XD)
Haha I want to know what makes me intimidating!
I regret nothing.
Nor this.
Q: Why.
A: *shrugs*
Q: I’m not in there.
A: Yeah, I just chose the people off this page in ascending order. DC just survived the reaping.
Q: Why are you Katniss.
A: I personally believe I’m the only one who can represent a stoic if not slightly naive girl growing up in a cruel world.
Also, I hope that link works. Guess we’ll see.
Have fun Serrels or whomever is reviewing this at the moment.
Fuck you @benj, you dick.
Also, why am I twelve?
Because you have the heart of a 12-year old.
Literally, you killed a 12-year old and used his heart in part of a youth-gaining ritual, you monster.
Ahahahaha wtf??
I’m glad that I could be the black guy 😛
GODDAMNIT THERE’S A 48-people version. Guess I’m making plans for the future.
No hard feelings @strange, @f4ction & @ontargett, right..?
Also damn it @shane y u do dis to me, twice nonetheless?!
Well, at least I didn’t come last.
That’s something, right…?
I have no idea what I am reading.
You know of the hunger games? this is a simulator.
Haven’t played it.
It’s a series of books/films.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hunger_Games
#comedyjokes
But yeah I’m totally unfamiliar beyond knowing it’s a thing that exists.
Damn you @saturday! I will haunt your dreams forever!
*shakes fist*
I watched the Devil’s Knot movie last night, about the West Memphis Three. Where 3 young boys were brutally murdered, defiled & left naked in the local creek hog tied. I’ve read the book by the same name, seen the Paradise Lost documentaries & West of Memphis documentary, but wow this movie is just heart breaking. It’s a tragic true story, already, but putting it in to a movie like that really amplifies it :/
Great movie, and would recommend it.
About three weeks ago, i started to eat healthily and exercise. I had a lot more energy and didn’t need to nap so often.
However, on Friday, I was struck down with a mystery pain for about 5 hours. It felt like severe hunger pains but they weren’t relieved by eating. I tried panadol but that didn’t work. I also tried quick-eze but again, no effect. It eventually passed but the pain was so constant that I couldn’t do anything but sit. I thought it was a mild bout of food poisoning but the same thing happened today. I haven’t been able to exercise and I not sure what to eat.
I think I’ll try see a doctor asap, but it’s a long weekend so my local is closed
Definitely something to go see a doctor about, maybe even head to a medical centre if there’s one not too far away?
It could be related to your change in diet (depending on what you’ve been changing – a food diary can help) or it could be a virus. I hope you’re feeling better soon.
I deny all responsibility in any of this!
In all seriousness, I hope you’re okay @scree!
I’m all right most of the time, but then for some reason, this hits me after lunch. It’s not as severe today, but I’m forgoing dinner just in case.
Ate at about 7 pm. I feel better
@sernobulus @greenius @powalen @mrtaco and other monster hunter folk, how are you all progressing? I wanna see if I’m falling behind. Just got to HR7 and village is on 9.
Frenzies Brachydios is a royal pain in the butt.
I haven’t made much progress in a while. Other things keep happening.
Not that far! 9* village and HR5. I need solid online buddies!
@powalen has ditched me for Brisbane :'( but I’d love to get a consistent group of 4 at some point.
Yeah, doing the key quests is usually easy I just jump into other people’s games, the Urgent can be annoying, hard to find willing people, done most of them solo or helped someone do theirs then convince them to stick around for a second run. I managed to get into a couple of solid groups and made good progress. One more rank till G stuff.
HR5 caravan, HR2 guild.
Jeez, where the low-level players at?
Also, how ’bout that dlc? Can’t do most of it since it’s high-rank but I’ll be damned if I won’t try and get that magical pig horn.. thing. In fact, I’m finding myself more attracted to the Hunting Horn in general. Between bowgun and that, I imagine I’d be a blast in multiplayer*
*if I had people to play with 😛
Where do i find this DLC?
either the main menu or your housekeeper… cat.. thing will have a ‘downloadable content’ option. Make sure to go through all the categories, it’s all kinda separate. As for where in-game? they’re at the quest counters in the gathering hall, under their own section- under ‘event quests,’ except for certain quest chains, which are activated by your housekeepercatwhatever.
Hmm, I thought I’d looked through all that, thanks I’ll have to check again.
Just killed the Cephadrome.
Sweet, lemme know if you need a hand online, I think I’m decent, got all Seregios gear (dude on the game’s case). Self sharpening weapons are pretty neat.
Fancy.
I haven’t ventured online yet. Actually I’m not sure if my 3DS even can go online, I don’t think I’ve connected it to the router before. Maybe.
Holy shit I just fought a Frenzied Brach… :/
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Or
/o\?
I hate that guy.
I don’t think you’re up to Frenzied Brach 😛 (9* village)
Frenzied brach was low rank…
Oh! I didn’t recall :P, but I just checked and you’re right.
But this one is different, I dunno might be a new mechanic or something (super frenzy?) because they introduced some new things before it and it hits insanely hard. I’m also seeing new attack patterns.
I hate his face so much.
8* village, HR4.
I’ve already played Valiant Hearts before, but decided to just see what it looks like on a HDTV with PS4 version. Next thing you know, I’m hours into it and captivated all over again.
I just downloaded it… Gotta say this is where the value for PS+ has just shone through, since my new PS4 with no games has about 30 games ready to go.
I wanted to like Valiant Hearts so much, but the clunky gameplay and the jarring between gameplay and menus got to me a bit.
Great story though. One day I’ll finish it.
See you stanks in new TAY 😛
Nope.
See you all in new TAY.