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Over the weekend, I submitted an entry to the Indie Game Making Contest 2015.
Messar Dreams
FRIENDS! I’m seeking votes, please – as unlikely as it is, I’d love to take out the Player Choice award.
The highest voted game has less than a hundred votes at the moment. I’ve got five. All I need is some more!
I’m also seeking feedback/QA notes. I want this game to be amazing. Thanks @scree for being the first to comment!
Also will be giving away copies of The Game to Messar Dreams aficionados.
By our powers combined…
For Castle Greyskull!
We are
Captain PlanetGroot!…this is KOTAKU!
What! It should be 6. I voted. Fixed it =D
I may have tried to vote twice >_>
It’s up to 7 now! \o/
Are you also promoting on twitter?
I’ve put a few tweets up, but that’s it so far.
Have you told Seon about it? He could help promote it, therefore also promoting Tyrano builder at the same time. Win-win!
Rather stupidly, that never occurred to me.
Thanks! I will get on that tonight. 🙂
All the helping \o/
I used my face to vote, I mean I voted my face off…. Um… I just voted :/
Much appreciated, my friend!
Test.
Test works!
Hi.
Who’s this guy?
Hey Virus. What’s news, man?
*reaches for the paddle*
Wait its just virus
*reaches for the pther paddle*
I dunno, I hear he’s some beggar from the streets, ha 😛
Not much, same old shit different week kinda stuff. Had some jerb interviews the other week, heard back from two thus far, they didn’t want me. But to be fair they were interviewing literally hundreds of people ha. Still waiting to hear back from the third one so yeah!
Hey Virus, how you been?
Yeah not bad, busy though. How I manage that whilst being unemployed amazes me 😛
Welcome back man!
Went to my Warmachine tournament and didn’t do that well, with 2/5 victories. Had a few bad match ups, one match came down to the wire and lost because of a tough roll and it was the first time playing the new Anson Durst. But it did convince me that Durst is worth playing.
Hey 2/5 is better than straight losses across the board
Anson Durst? Sounds more like Anson Wurst. #EveryPageIsPageSix
Busy weekend. Spent Friday night at friend’s place welding together frames and gongs for the range, and tinkering with Diablo 3. Really need the 2.3.0 patch – there’s a bunch of pile of changes coming that should send me back into it face first for a while again. Love that it continually evolves, keeps it fresh and interesting.
Saturday was range day, and my second outing with my Remington 700 Police, after the first outing was primarily just running the barrel in, and sighting it for 100 metres on large paper targets. This time we took it out to 300 metres, and I was easily able to hit a 6″, 10mm plate of mild steel 9 times out of 10. Pleased with the results, and next time will be stretching out to 500 metres. Also surprised how much damage a .308 round does to 10mm steel at 300 metres. Poor little target was utterly destroyed by the end of the day.
Sunday was chill day, and spent it doing a couple of nightfalls and weeklies on Destiny, as well as vegetating on the couch with my Vita and leveling my gathering classes on FFXIV via Remote Play. Also finished Daredevil Season 1. Totally blown away by that show. So well done – I wasn’t even that interested until my housemate talked me into it, and I found out Jon Bernthal was cast as Frank Castle/The Punisher for S2. Really keen for that. Vincent D’Onofrio did a fnatastic job as Kingpin as well.
.308 is a pretty big bullet, not surprising it’d do some damage to a target. You should see what it does to a rabbit.
We get a secret article tag in TAY today! \o/
@FreezeSPreston also got a tag, unless that was the tag you were talking about in which case…tags
… You’re it?
NO TAG BACKS *jumps out window*
That’s exactly what I was saying. =P
Yeah im smart *puts on thinking cap and goes back to bed*
The important thing is you tried.
*Hands a ribbon with the words “You Tried” spread across it*
Would be awesome if it led to a secret article. Or a chain of them to keep him occupied. 😀
I saw Mark on the train on Saturday, but I’m awkward and didn’t say hi. Just quietly sat and played Box Boy instead. In other (Inkopolis) news (time), South pole won the Splatfest over the weekend, and for once, the less popular team won!
Just bone up on your Scottish and that will give you the confidence to say something like:
“Awright Marc, how ye daen th’ day?” or even “Mon then ya mad rocket, yir getting a doin.” (the latter is a term of endearment amongst Glaswegians, or so I understand).
http://www.scotranslate.com/
I, uhh.. do you have a version of that site that’s Scottish to English? I have no idea what the second phrase is supposed to mean at all. I think maybe it’s a good thing I didn’t try to talk to Mark now =P
The second one is basically “Come on then you mad bastard, I’m going to give you a beatdown!” Could be used in a friendly way 😛
You should have totally gone up to him and just pointed and stared with your mouth dropped open for like 20 minutes =P Kind of like @evilmonkey ‘s avatar!
Even better if a thin line of drool starts coming out while he’s staring, until it starts dripping into a slowly spreading puddle on the floor.
South Pole won? Yessssssss
This Splatfest was really great. The teams felt a lot more balanced (only had to fight another South Pole team once the whole day – and I played a lot :P)
It was really balanced; 52N-48S in terms of popularity, 48N-52S for victory %. 24 super sea shells for me, yay!
I took my five year old to see Inside Out over the weekend. That’s a legit film. All the feels.
Not my favourite Pixar film, but I think it’s probably their best realised concept.
I feel it’s probably their most adult film to date. Sure it’s colourful and happy but it gets quite gloomy in parts. Also the adult jokes are pretty great.
But yeah, legitimate feels.
Definitely more appreciated by adults. I’d almost venture that it is not a “kids’ film” in the traditional sense. I really enjoyed it with my 7-year-old but she obviously only ‘got’ a limited amount of it.
I said this to my wife when we got home. It’s one of those odd films that could only ever be made as a kids’ film, but is so obviously not aimed at kids.
How did she go with understanding the concepts?
Mum took my niece/nephew to see it who are a bit younger and they couldn’t grasp the emotions as characters concept so it was very confusing for them
She understood that they were all emotions in her head, but I’m not sure
the concept of the personality islands made sense to her (though she understood that the crumbling of the family island was a VERY BAD THING and got upset, so I’m not really clear how much she understood).She didn’t really want to discuss the film afterwards.
My three year old recognised that the imaginary friend’s sacrifice on the rainbow rocket was the emotional spike in the film. I kind of suspect that he understood the film better than my five year old, but he doesn’t have the language to express his understandingWent to a marriage equality rally on Saturday in Brisbane. 5000 people. Was craaazy. Then had dinner with Strange, Lambo, Nobs, Rockets and Blaghs. Was a good day.
…
Except now I’ve got the dreaded man flu. This is my lesson for leaving the house. DON’T DO IT.
*Parks a truck full of rare Dreamcast games and hardware down the street from @dc.*
Let’s see how long he holds to that advice, 😛
I’ve got the man-flu too! It must have been all those boy germs. D:
I’m not sure who to blame. Hospital people when I visited Freeze, LGBT people at rally or… YOU GUYS! *glares suspiciously* 😛
Isn’t it always @lambomann007 ‘s fault?
DAMN LAMBO! >:|
Feel better, Strangey!
You too, DeeCee! <3
It’s funny because it’s probably true…
Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture is out this week. Pretty excited. Pretty real excited.
Also started watching Bob’s Burgers. Someone probably should have told me it was good ages ago!
I’m really looking forward to Rapture. All I know is that it has great atmosphere and art style. I know nothing about the game itself other than it is kind of like Dear Esther (which I haven’t played).
Just looks like one of those games that will be fun to mosey about the world for a while. Relaxing! 😀
Bahahaha Bob’s Burgers is great
Would you kindly explain to me where you’re watching Bobs Burgers?
American Netflix. *gasp*
Found my old PS2 collection earlier in the week. Having more fun with those games than that on current generation consoles.
Currently working on Grandia 3. Had the game for years but I think it’s high time I played the sucker.
How is it? Grandia II was one of my favourite games on the Dreamcast (really excited about the upcoming PC re-release) but I heard that 3 wasn’t quite as good and I never got a copy and then it went out of print. The series creator died so we never got any more of them either, which sucks.
Didn’t know that! That explains why there has been no Grandia 4.
Anyhow, the copy I have (NTSC as it never came to PAL) is on two disks, and I’m still on the first one.
But I’m liking it so far. To sum up my experience so far, take the graphical enhancements of Grandia II with the humour of Grandia, take plot devices from the two and you pretty much get Grandia III.
In terms of playing the other games, I played Grandia on the PlayStation, Grandia II on the PC (definitely plan to reply on the Dreamcast due to the cut content on the PC).
One final side note, I know there are other games like Xtreme and Parallel Trippers but they don’t seem to be considered cannon.
There’s an upcoming port of the Dreamcast version coming to steam some time this month, this time with the addition of a Japanese dialogue option. Hyped for that.
Did a little looking around today and apparently You Yoshinari (Gainax / Trigger animator, Gurren Lagann, FLCL, Little Witch Academia etc.) was the character designer for Grandia III. Didn’t know that.
Hehehe, I knew of the port. Be interesting to see.
But it would be nice if the whole trilogy was made accessible. And maybe even with a new translation for the first game.
I kid you not, the translation was laughable at best because it’s bad in some areas and down right inconsistent in what themes were censored and which weren’t.
The shiny hunt grinds on towards conclusion. With this morning’s acquisition, I now have 26/28:
https://twitter.com/CannonFodderJnr/status/630501367921053696?s=09
My first critical capture too, which was nice.
I also did jury duty last week. I went and sat in a waiting room all day, and never got called out. Then I went home, and that was it.
Ugh shiny entei looks like a normal pokemon >.
So I Shadowran on Sunday. I swear my decker is either the best or the worst decker in all of Seattle. Frequently bashing his head at being denied by the firewall of an elevator but able to avoid all of the ICE at an Ares Macrotechnology factory. Overall though, the run was probably the quietest that it could have gone. Almost failed at the very start of the job because we forgot to grab faked entry credentials to even get into the factory but we made it somehow.
Apologies that I couldn’t make it for the Blaghs meat on Saturday. I hope everyone who went had fun. My Saturday night was with family celebrating my cousin’s engagement which was nice.
… I did not know that Shadowrun was set in Dystopian Future Seattle.
Apparently the original writers of Shadowrun back in the 80s picked Seattle because nothing really happened there. Then the 90s happened and people began to notice Seattle.
Still, dystopian future Seattle is not so better. Better than dystopian future Chicago, which was nuked, or dystopian future California, which is owned by the Japanese Imperial Government and the Japanese Zaibatsu megacorporations.
Shadowrun’s fairly late 80s though. Microsoft had been there nearly a decade by then and the other tech companies were ramping up. Plus it’s been a big area for tech for a long time thanks to Boeing.
I bet also that they wanted to differentiate themselves from Gibson’s Sprawl (Boston-Atlanta) and from Cyberpunk 2020 (Arcology in Dystopian Japanese Zaibatsu-run California).
What is it about Cyberpunk and Japanese Zaibatsu though? Zaibatsu ceased to exist after WW2, changing into Keiretsu which are more like traditional companies with subsidiaries. Though several of the big Zaibatsu (Mitsubishi, Mitsui, Sumitomo) still exist in name at least, I guess.
I have a feeling that Zaibatsus are an easy thing to use in cyberpunk because it’s the perfect real-world example of how a megacorporation can exist and control multiple functions and products in a society. The fact that the Japanese also came up with a name for them whereas large US corporations aren’t quite as noticeable and don’t have the same sort of single entity branding on everything, but rather the individual subsidiaries and different brand names for different products and services.
It’s kinda funny nowadays though because Shadowrun has cottoned on and now has several Chinese megacorps operating throughout the world. Back in the 80s and 90s this was almost inconceivable.
Going to try making the switch from Simplenote to Evernote. Why? Because Simplenote isn’t doing a good job of keeping up with the various board game pun names I’ve used on Twitter.
Morning everyone. Had a fairly quiet weekend. Played a shit ton of The Witcher 3 and have finally cleared up most of the ? points of interest in Velen (Skellige is another story though). I think I’m about half-way through the story.
I used my slow-cooker on Saturday to make a beef and red wine casserole. It was pretty good. Tastes better the day after.
Played some Tintin and Hamsterball with my 5-year-old and got my 7-year-old daughter started on Zelda A Link Between Worlds (she’s enjoying it so far – I’ve never played it).
We had an impromptu party on Sunday afternoon where the kids organised the party games (musical chairs anyone?) and we ate old-school party food like chips, Cadbury Snack chocolate, fairy bread and fizzy drink. Then watched The Little Mermaid 🙂
Played Destiny clearing the raids on hard mode for the first time and started a rewatch of Life on Mars and Archer.
Pretty low key weekend but it still went too fast. Thinking I might have to slip some additional leave between now and the week I’m taking off for Fallout 4 in November, but looking at my calendar I literally do not have the time. Every week has at least two things which cannot be rescheduled that would be very bad to miss. :/
Oh well, only 35 years ’til retirement.
Woo Archer! I’ve been watching it again now it’s on Netflix.
I immediately watched like 5 episodes in a row while I did some housework. No season 6 for now, which is a shame because it’s the only season I haven’t watched yet.
Hola Tay
I had a deaaaaaad weekend. Went to the Hungry Hippo on Friday, played Zombiecide (eh) and Machi Koro (Good, but last time I played it with the expansion which I think is essential).
Saturday went and gave plasma, tapped my right arm for a change and it went off without a hitch (unlike last time). Then played Dragon Age all day. Yesterday, decided to take a break from the Genghis Khan travelogue I’m reading and read The Martian, which is a pretty damn good piece of hard sf. Great set-up and interesting structure, and the protagonist is damn likeable. Can’t wait for the film.
A Monday morning question: So, you know what I’ve been reading, but what about you? What are you reading? If you’re not, want a recommendation?
Almost finished the Hydrogen Sonata.
Recommended me a next book?
Big sweep space Opera? Maybe try Saturn Returns by Sean Williams. Basically a dude who was once a terrible soldier with lots of alternate bodies wakes up in a single body with a memory gap and tries to work out precisely what happened.
Plus, Sean Williams is an Adelaide boy!
And a super nice guy to boot!
You were on a stall next to him, right?
Nah, he never showed at that one. He’s turned up at Aurealis Award ceremonies, though!
Woo Dumpling King meat!
My favourite thing about Munchy Koral is the comments section to this review of the expansion.
It’s just a game that gives me nothing. The tableau building is weak and stagnant marketplace (in the base game) seems to enforce lazy gamer syndrome where you just buy the same things over and over. The expansion is meant to help the latter a little but the former is still a huge problem. A particularly huge problem when Splendor exists to do a similar thing much, much better and without those pesky dice that insist on screwing me over at every turn.
Yeah, the fact that it’s a full market in the base game surprised me, and I didn’t like it as much, the randomness of drawing from the deck and having to snake stuff from other people was a good strategic element.
I’m not sure I’d buy Machi Koro, but the “Everyone’s a winner!” thing when someone rolls your number is nice.
Haven’t played Splendor. On the list.
We tried them both at PAX last year. Splendor got added to our collection and is one of the most played games since. I’ll probably never play Master Kancho again.
I expect I’ll play and acquire a few new ones at ConCentric in September
You hate games that involve rolling dice though, don’t you?
Splendor is a better game than Machi Koro but I like Machi Koro.
The game played between myself, Mr & Mrs @tigerion and @mad_danny was epic. Tigs bet the whole farm on one number and danny did the same on the other. Green buildings so required them to be the one to roll, and what eventuated was a sequence of about ten turns in a row where they each rolled each other’s numbers. It was amazing.
Just started reading 50 Australian Crimes Of The 20th Century, its abit full on but its good if you like crime and the like. Been tryna find a copy of the Martian but literally every book store I’ve been to are sold out.
I imagine it’ll get a film tie-in soon, but if you can’t wait, http://www.bookdepository.com/Martian-Andy-Weir/9780091956141 Book depository is the best.
Still on the Katherine Kerr series I was reading last time
Been working from home a lot so my commute reading time has been limited
I recently finished my 6th or 7th read of Cryptonomicon to hype myself to take another run at Quicksilver, with a view to finally finishing Neal Stephenson’s Baroque Cycle.
I then have a ton of other Stephenson novels I’ve been meaning to read for years.
I don’t tend to venture out of books/series/authors I already know. I want to read more sci-fi and fantasy novels but when I visit Dymock’s everything seems so blandly generic than I can’t bring myself to part with money.
Cryptonomicon I’ve tried twice and failed. Pity, because I’ve loved a lot of Stephenson’s other work (especially Anathem).
Try The Quantum Thief, by Hannu Rajaniemi, or Ancillary Justice, by Ann Leckie.
Both super interesting and certainly not generic
I’ll make a note of those.
What was your issue with Crypto? I know McGarnical hates it because some of the writing in the earlier chapters are pretentious/wanky/immature and has ignored my pleas that this is a reflection of the mind state of the POV characters and they grow and mature over time.
That said, there is a tad too much fixation on erections throughout the entire book which I am prepared to forgive, but telling people I love the book and then there being random passages where someone is plotting out his horniness levels on a mental graph or we need to be reminded it’s been awhile since someone last had a nocturnal emission is a tad difficult to justify.
I think I just hit a wall where it’s going “isn’t telecommunications great? Here’s how it works in EXPLICIT DETAIL.” I guess I’m just not that invested in the forward plot to stand the infodumps. Which is weird, because I lapped Anathem up and it had sections which were just two characters debating mathematical theory.
To be fair, I’m partway through his collected writings (Some Remarks) and 80 pages of that is precisely “isn’t telecommunications great? Here’s how it works in EXPLICIT DETAIL”
Admittedly there is a bit of dry business stuff frontloaded until Avi’s true business plan comes to light, I found that Lawrence Waterhouse’s WW2 adventures carried me through until the present-day Randy Waterhouse stuff became interesting.
On a second reading there’s a lot of nuance that I definitely glossed over the first time – which is also the problem I had with Quicksilver. I really didn’t get into it until near the end so I feel like a second reading will be very revealing and hopefully set me up well for the rest of the trilogy.
I’ll probably pick up Seveneves once my book pile clears a bit, but I’ve got two books coming in the post to add to my already creaking pile so it’ll have to wait.
Funny – I loved Crypto and found Anathem a real struggle.
I’m much more a mathematician than a computer geek, I guess (though I’d never claim to be a mathematician).
2/3 of the way through The Shadow Rising for about the 11th time. I have to be really careful with the book as I bought it new about 1993 and the glue is now getting very fragile. I have no hope of finishing the series before the Land of Madmen Con (Wheel of Time Con in Sydney in September) but if they repeat it next year I’ll be in like Flynn.
My copy of that fell apart on me ages ago from too many reads. Only have 1-2 and 6+ now.
Kind of sad to think that the series is done and dusted and there will never be more written, especially when the Sanderson books were so good. Basically reminded me what I liked about the series to begin with. Also the tantalizing bits of detail from the Age of Legends he worked in were fascinating. I’d totally read a spinoff prequel series.
Whatever happened to the WoT game Obsidian was supposed to be working on?
Dunno. I played a text-only MUD game back in 1995, an Unreal engine game demo version in ~2000 or so and heard about an MMO (but never saw or played it). I’d be over the moon if there were a movie (let’s face it, there’d have to be at least one for each book) or a GoT-like television series. I think the latter is looking more likely as long as greed doesn’t continue to get in the way.
I like the two Sanderson books I’ve read (been saving the last book for years now) but in my view he doesn’t hold a candle to RJ (not that anyone really could). RJ just had this way of getting inside the heads of the various protagonists and using the multiple POV to ‘flesh out’ the characters a bit more, letting the reader in on how they are seen by others. Some of my favourite parts are RJ’s treatment of Lan, whom you never really get a POV from in the series (maybe in the prologue?) and some descriptions of Rand such as where Mat is watching him leap about and Imre Stand when he’s learning the spear from Rhuarc, or where Rand refers to himself as ‘turning into a randy goat’. Sanderson is good, but different style and all that.
Jordan was an okay writer but he got so easily bogged down in that characterization that everything ground to a halt. He’d sort of gotten it back on track somewhat before he died but if he’d continued to be as on-point with his writing as he was for the first 4-5 books, then I think that 6-9 would have been a single novel.
Sanderson’s style is different. He focuses on stuff happening rather than people thinking about it. So the final book is straight up excellent cover to cover and has one of the most surprisingly satisfying conclusions you’ could ask for. I went in expecting to be disappointed at the end – how could it live up to the hype, I’d been reading the books since the 90s – but I was blown away by how good the end is.
There were a ton of WoT-themed MUDs back in the day. I lost a good chunk of time between the age of 12 and around 15 playing MUDs all night. Was online playing for so long that our dialup provider warned they’d disconnect us for excess usage if we didn’t cool off. Dad responded by moving us to another provider. I played on a few but the one I spent the most time was called IIRC The Creator’s Shadow.
There was an ‘official’ WoT game way back. Unreal engine shooter, of all things. They got a few things working well (I thought they rendered Shadar Logoth very well) but the story was complete tripe that showed the design team had probably started with some other thing and twisted the franchise over that. Had some utterly nonsensical things, like had you playing an Amyrlin Seat who could barely channel, or playing a Whitecloak general that didn’t have any aversion to using angreal to throw around magic all over the place. And apparently ter’angreal were mass produced in about ten different forms that coincidentally were usable by anyone and could chuck fireballs or call lightning in. Also how about the monsters that take several shots of Balefire to kill? 😐
Obsidian working on Wheel of Time sounded amazing but it’s just never eventuated. Somehow some shitty holding companies have gotten the TV and Games rights for the franchise and are intent on squandering them. 🙁
I haven’t read a book in a while. Haven’t felt like it. Intend to start reading some visual novels now that I have The Witcher out of the way though.
I have been reading a bunch of random manga in Japanese though, trying to learn to read it by doing it. Slowly picking up words as a result. Most of the time I skip over the characters I don’t know but the good thing with manga is that a lot of the time you can follow what’s happening without being able to read everything, just miss the details.
Once I move, one of my first things to do when I’m settled is to find a proper tutor and start formally learning again. I had decided to do so while I was in Japan (I felt like I was on the verge of some kind of the-world-turns-into-matrix-code style epiphany while I was there, like understanding was just out of reach) but then everything went to shit when I got back 🙁
Yeah, you tend to get reasonably sharp during immersion in a language. I could make out the gist of a lot of newspapers in Chile
Just about to start ‘Why the West rules the world’ again, I started with about 3 chapters and then started reading Console Wars.
Colonialism and slavery.
See, that doesn’t need a whole book!
There’s interesting explorations of stuff though 😛 like those decisions that could have gone either way, like the Opium War and the like. I do recommend it!
Who’s the Author? I read Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World by Niall Ferguson, and I found it absurd how much it was tied up in colonial apologetics.
An English Historian named Ian Morris. There’s a little bit on colonialism but it covers stuff like the great African migration, the Agricultural revolution, etc. It’s actually called ‘Why the West Rules: For Now’.
Hmm, I’ll keep an eye out. My book pile is ever increasing though. I’d actually ordered a history of Saladin and the crusades from the library on an inter-library loan a while back but didn’t even pick it up, so behind I was in my reading.
And I’m 2 books behind my reading target atm!
I’m the same :S
For me it’s games or books. No por que no los dos \(`0´)/
@highperformance I’ve had a couple linger around for longer than I’d anticipated- The Buried Giant and The Three Body Problem both took me much longer than I’d anticipated. I’ve got a couple on my list I should just polish off- Neal Stephenson’s collection, The Song of Roland chief among them.
Is the Three Body Problem in Mandarin lol?
@highperformance English translation by Ken Liu 🙂
I started playing Dragonball Xenoverse on the weekend (after watching @freezespreston’s brother play it). Don’t worry everyone, the universe will be saved by Freeza’s distant relative from Space Australia; Esky!
So many people have it on PC these days…I don’t even think I can count so high.
Five, I think.
I want to get it but probably on Xbox One. However, I feel like if I ever want to paly it online, the longevity will be on PC.
I’ll probably dither on this until it’s 28 cents in a steam sale two years from now, play it for 15 minutes then promise myself I’ll get back to it when I have more time.
im keen to co-op any time!
Chewy!
Esky is a very Dragonball-sounding name.
Trying to git gud on this game sometimes is a grind, do ALL of the sidequests and train with different people and you’ll be the strongest fighter in the whole Xenoverse!
*Goku style thumbs up*
Bloody hell this studying for my full license is getting difficult to focus on, first it was witcher 3 that consumed 2 weeks, now I’ve got a job interview to prepare for on Thursday, in 2 weeks Shadowrun Hong Kong is out and I’ve just read that Stasis is out on the 31st…
I don’t even remember what the fulls test was. I distinctly remember Ls, Reds, Greens, but…nothing after that. Which means it’s probably hilariously easy.
From what I can gather, the full test is a combination of the L’s knowledge & green P’s hazard, they seem not to care if you’re actually good at driving which feels somewhat counterintuitive at best. I’m thinking that I might end up redoing the online ones for the knowledge & hazard until I get them right.
The thing is if I get this job, I’ll have to get qualified to drive a manual as well so that might be another test, not sure how it works exactly.
Let’s not forget XCOM 2 =O
Yeah but that’s still a few months away at least, it’ll be a problem for whatever I should be doing in November. And probably December through to the next December…
I brought this up today (unrelated to this conversation). I’m sure as hell not forgetting about XCOM 2.
I completed Witcher 3 just the other week! Took me around 70 hours all up – glad I got the last 45-ish in with the new movement system though.
Feels like it makes some fights too easy though because you can respond a lot more smoothly.
I only got it a few weeks ago and haven’t played anything below 1.07 so I have a feeling I got most of the good stuff. Missed a few missions that couldn’t be finished but they were only small ones and the only one I was a bit annoyed to miss out on was the assassination attempt/childish prank thing with the werewolf fight
Alex Walker starts today as the new journalist in town. He’s good people that words goodly.
They should have you run a board game column once a week, gives them more views, introduces people to board games and gets you more published work if you wver decide to take a journalism route in life
I’ve been pestering Serrels to let me do that for about a year.
Should we set up a change.org petition? That might force his hand
Have they ever worked?
I’m a persistent sod, I’m sure I can make it happen eventually.
This could be the first one to work, imagine that on a resume
Has the hazing ritual been prepared?
MORNING EVERYONE!!
I leveled up my man card on the weekend – successfully changed two tap washers in the bathroom without flooding the house or breaking anything!
Bravely Default progress remains slow although pumped a few hours in over the weekend and progressed a bit. I think I’m a bit overlevelled for the content and gear now so using some of that cushion to level some jobs… which I’m starting to realise takes a bit longer than I expected… unless someone knows a good spot to grind our job points?
The real question is are they leaking from the rim if you leave it on?
Nope – and thankfully my dad taught me last year (with an outside tap leaking that way) that the thin slightly rough red washer needs to be swapped if that’s the issue and they seemed to be in alright condition when I checked them.
But there was a large black rubber washer sitting between tap spindle and the cover which was falling apart… but can’t for the life of me figure out what purpose it serves… plus didn’t have a replacement so need to swing by Bunnings and find something similar.
Assumptive question – do you know what the large black washers are meant to do?
I believe those are to stop waterleaking out of the tap body at the base of the tap
Don’t grind unless you’re stuck, otherwise bored.
I never did any grinding but I know @negativezero maxed all jobs.
@sunsoar77: I leveled everyone to 99 and maxed all jobs. It’s actually very easy to do. You need to do some grinding for a bit to be able to get +xp and +… JP? growth items for everyone. First job to max is the starter job (I forget the name) because the top-end one is an ability which increases the job xp you get. You want that for everyone.
Basically there’s an area you can go to near Florem where all the enemies are in packs of 5-6. With the right setup you can get a ton of xp in one go. You want to be able to use the Valkyrie’s attack-everyone skill and basically brave 4 times with every character and spam that. There’s a few other abilities that work too, like the sage’s kill everyone weaker than you ability (that works better later on). Then you basically speed the battles up to max, set encounter rate to high, put it on auto-battle and idly spin your direction input for 2-3 hours, swapping jobs as you go, and you’ll have everything maxed out.
Hey I’m playing through BD too, just hit chapter 4, just outside of Eternia (Still haven’t found He-Man) is a pretty good grinding spot, mobs of 3-6 dudes all weak to fire, you can get around 200jp and a couple thousand xp every fight (equip flametongues and use Valkyrie’s Crescent moon and you’ll get sweep bonus plus more xp and jp, couple that with jp boosting abilities and you’ll fly through levels). I leveled a bunch of jobs up in minutes instead of hours, seems to be a big step up from any previous dudes I’ve fought. Disregard if past chapter 4.
I’m level 30, first 4 jobs at level 8 (some nearly 9) and just finishing chapter 2 – so thanks for the advice. 🙂
What’s your FC? I’ll add you to the Abilink thingo. Mines: 4184-4682-4751 (also @zambayoshi if you want to add me and vice/versa?)
All you need is the advice given by Anonymous245678 in his/her post at http://www.neoseeker.com/forums/55240/t1980535-best-jobs-for-errybody/
Seriously, once you get that build going, nothing can threaten you (which makes the repeat boss battles quick and simple). The only bit of the build that takes a while to get is the Ribbon, but that doesn’t stop the build from working fairly early on.
For the last boss I used Edea as Templar/Pirate, Tiz as Ranger/Monk, Ringabel as Dark Knight/Black Mage and Agnes as Conjurer/White Mage (primary / secondary)
I finished it in a week, the week it came out & have no idea which jobs I used anymore XD
Yeah, dark knight is where it is at. With Tiz and Ringabel doing that monk strike that leaves them on 1HP then minus striking three times, then using tranquility to stop them from taking damage and getting their brave points back each turn, they don’t care about anything except raw damage, pumping out almost 40K damage each per turn. Poor old Edea is not really needed except when enemies get the jump on you or something goes wrong and she can eat damage until the rest of the party is rezzed.
Hey Everyone!
Hope you all had an awesome weekend. Mine was spent catching up on some old games that I hadn’t played in a while (COD:AW and a bit of GTA5). Mostly single player stuff as everyone I used to play online with seems to have stopped gaming.
If anyone is looking for someone to play online with (PS4 or PC) let me know and I’ll add. If there are any groups needing an extra man, let me know. If I dont own the game that you are all playing already, I’ll purchase it. Just keen for some online multiplayer. Will start off as a noob but hopefully prove somewhat useful.
Rocket league PS4 get in it, on it, around it, inbetween it and then around it again.
Also not sure if new or not to TAY so welcome incase you are new and if not, well, welcome to Monday
Rocket League…alright. I’ll download it tonight!
I’m a long time reader of TAY but new to contributing. Thanks for the welcome.
Sweet, as for other games you’ll have to ask other people if you don’t mind roleplaying @redartifice runs a little game called Fiasco where fun is had by all every now and again
#gitsomeredeye
Cant, Giovanni has a job interview as a cleaner and giovanni doesn’t like gloves..damn finger prisons
I’m just popping in to wish Alex Walker a great first day on the jerb at Kotaku AU. 🙂
You’re a good bloke.
Morning all. How are we on this fine Monday morning?
Not bad for an old humbugger who was forced to travel with Ekka attendees on the train this morning.
That would of been horrid.
I dunno if it was the earphones, but I was surprisingly calm
Maybe some of the Ecca people had been smoking some greeny and that mellowed you out.
I managed to complete Lost Dimension on the weekend, great little game.
Somehow a game with super average character design, super average plot, super average gameplay…let’s just say somehow super average every thing adds up to a whole portal fun.
I’m already well into NG+ and aside from getting a bum steer from a guide that got it all wrong, I’m really enjoying it. Can’t put it down.
Also over the weekend I was driven by Mr & Mrs Hellscream to see Mr & Mrs Freeze + spawnlings. Also Nobs was there.
How’s you!? Yes! YOU!!
Morning errbody hows every little thing? My weekend was busier than a bee in spring i tell ya hawhat
Cathryn had been in geelong for half the week seeing friends so Friday was finish off Blue Exorcist and get some Rocket League in night.
Saturday I watch a few live streams of RTX in the morning then had to go to the local football club to run the bar for their function they had on, they had Dave O’Neil perform which was pretty hilarious, after that I had to get into the city to catch a Vline train to Geelong to go see Cathryn and her friends, I forgot the footy was on in Geelong so the train was stupidely packed. We got Thai food for dinner played a shit tonne of uno then shit hit the fan (spoilers for those who don’t want to hear the shit)
Pretty much Cathryn’s friend was getting angry because she kept losing in uno and her dog kept trying to hump cathryn which was annoying Cathryn as they weren’t doing anything to stop it. When the dog finally settled down the girl and her boyfriend started yelling at the dog while it was sleeping because apparently the dog pisses itself while sleeping and cathryn said its asleep its fine don’t wake him and the girl cracked it telling Cathryn its their dog and they have a plan in place so don’t tell us how to look after our dog and cathryn said fine whatever which pushed the girl over the edge and made her flip the coffee table which had plates, cutlery, glasses, phones and the uno cards which set off a screaming match between Cathryn and the girlso we ended up leaving geelong at 2am and drove to doncaster and slept thereSunday we had Cathryn’s Poppy’s birthday lunch at China Bar ALL the fried rice and sweets and lemon chicken and dim sims and custard balls and pork balls *droools* after that we went to look around the shops then went home and watched netflix and thats the end.
A monday morning pop question when has someone gotten so angry they’ve flipped something and stormed off?
Oh man, if I’d been there I would have been giggling insanely while this argument was brewing – I love watching people make asses of themselves, especially over stuff that is pretty minor in the scheme of things 🙂
As for me, I once got so angry I picked up a coffee table and threw it onto the ground, which took a small chip out of a stone floor tile. I also slammed a door so hard it broke, then went full Hulk and ripped part of the door off and started waving it around. Then there’s the minor stuff, like punching a wardrobe door and putting my fist through it. I was an angry young man… Now I’m a snarky (yet mellow) middle-aged man! 🙂
A Texan guy I play Destiny with referred to me as his “favourite Aussie” on the weekend, which sounds flattering, but the only other Aussies he knows of to compare me against were Mel Gibson and Crocodile Dundee. Granted, he actually meant “Crocodile Dundee” the character rather than Paul Hogan himself, so maybe it’s a more favourable compliment than it initially seemed.
For some reason Steve Irwin didn’t enter into the conversation, presumably because he is beyond reproach and therefore an unfair comparison regardless of the circumstances.
Steve Irwin isn’t an Australian. He’s a God!
Also, bonus points for the Texan guy if he pronounced Aussie with a “zz” sound instead of an “ss” sound.
I’ve trained him well in that regard, he can almost say “Melbourne” correctly.
If only my mum could.
Mind you, it’s still not as irritating as when her and my Dad go and visit “Saint Kildas” on the “trolleybus”.
Bit the bullet and bought Pillars of Eternity, along with Worms Armageddon over the weekend.
Anyone else got a newly purchased game they’re getting into?
I’ve played through a 100 day cycle of The Swindle. It’s cool but I’m awful at it.
Also, Dragon Age. I’ve spent all my time in it durdling, barely moved the plot forward, but I’m enjoying the durdle.
On my first 100 days of The Swindle I didn’t even make an attempt on the final level. So pathetic.
I didn’t even get past the warehouse. After I got the hang of some of the systems I figured I’d just play out the 100 as practice.
Also, had some weird glitches where I was teleporting around the screen.
Currently pushing through Grim Fandango Remastered. It’s… bizarre!
It’s…amazing!
Hmmmmmm….. it’s pretty good, I’ll give it that. It has its hilarious moments too.
But I’m struggling with some of the game design things and puzzles. Probably to be expected, though. The only Lucasarts point and click I was ever able to complete was Indy: Fate of Atlantis.
I finished The Witcher 3 and am in a state of existential crisis where I don’t know what to play next.
Morning, TAY.
Went and saw the Dragon Ball Z movie on the weekend. It was… okay. Definitely didn’t hate it but didn’t really love it. Especially after the Battle of the Gods movie which was fantastic. Ah well. Jaco was the best bit about the movie for me.
Then Pants and I watched Edge of Tomorrow which was pretty good! Even better because we made fun of it throughout. I think we decided early on that the alien invasion in that movie is the prequel to Splatoon.
Speaking of Splatoon (segue!), Splatfest! In between yelling at my disgraceful teammates, it was super fun. My teams have won 3/3 Splatfests so far, so yeah. Not to brag or anything.
Also I watched a movie on Netflix last night called Advantageous. That was also pretty good. I think I liked the idea better than the actual execution, but it did keep me engaged throughout. It was about a woman spokesperson for a biomedical company who goes through their new treatment (moving your conciousness to a new body) to appeal to a younger audience. I liked it and it was interesting, but I wouldn’t really recommend it unless you like slow-moving, arty-farty movies 😛
Yeah but was it better than Dragon Ball Evolution though? (sorry if the mere mention of this film brings up awful memories)
btw, can I add your NNID Powalen? I wanna add more Aussies to my friend list, most of the people I’ve added from other forums/twitter live in Europe/America and are not playing at the most optimal time for me to join them.
That’s not saying much, I reckon you could favourably compare The Last Airbender movie to DBZ Evolution. At least TLA kind of followed a story whereas DBZE was “things happen because the script says so”. Like I’m not even sure why “Goku” and “Bulma” felt the need to visit “Roshi”. They just kind of turned up at his house because that’s the next thing that happens. Then “Roshi” starts referring to the Kamehameha as “air bending” like he’s not even sure which shitty movie he’s in.
…I actually kinda liked Dragon Ball Evolution 😛 In a ‘this is so bad’ kinda way.
And sure, go for it.
I assume your NNID is Powalen?
Yup.
How can you make fun of Edge of Tomorrow? That movie is excellent.
A movie doesn’t have to be bad to be made fun of!
It was less making fun and more having fun with it. It was a pretty cool guy. I went and reread the manga version yesterday too. That has to mean something!
Manga version is entirely different. Totally worth a read.
That was a great flick. Emily Blunt should be in everything sf, and Tom Cruise was fucking awesome.
Thirded.
Yeah, any film where you get to watch Tom Cruise die more than once can’t be bad.
On the weekend I watched Fantastic Four (more like, Craptastic Bore, amiright?). It was pretty shit.
I also watched Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection ‘F’. It was pretty rad. Don’t listen to @powalen above. He is wrong.
Played some GTA: Online with folks. Managed to do the Pacific Standard heist in about 2 hours with a $2,000,000 payout thanks to the weekly bonus. Now I’m broke again in game because I splurged on a Savage.
Destiny was also played. A wild @thecracks appeared and carried me through some strikes for loot and XP. Managed to reach Mars. Going to try and hit the level cap before Taken King because reasons.
I’ve got a mate who’s just started Destiny- you’re on PS4, yes? Mind if I hook you up? I’m kinda over it but I’m sure he’d appreciate some people to play with.
Sure. Yeah on PS4. PSN is “Cakesmith” (original, I know).
Tweeted at him so you’ll be in the loop
Do you have the DLC as well or just the base game? @miketarno also picked it up again recently (Xbox One) and is holding off on the DLC until TTK since he can pretty much buy the TTK upgrade and get the DLC at a huge discount.
Unfortunately it means no Crota’s End. On the upside, because he’s already level 31 we were able to do VoG on Hard his first time through. \o/
I do have the DLC. I have the season pass because I bought the game at launch will full intentions of playing it…and then moved house the weekend it came out and was without internet for 3 weeks. By the time I had internet again, everyone was so far ahead of me that I didn’t bother to play it.
Fair enough, I wasn’t sure if you’d only just picked it up or something.
It’s basically the same thing. In my first attempt to play it I got to level 6…
So you would more or less have finished Earth.
Yeah, I think I got to the Moon and stopped there.
feel free to find me on PS4 destiny too. I should be easy to find… 🙂
Morning, I suppose.
Had my mother stay up over the weekend (staying till tomorrow) as my youngest sister moved away to live in England on Friday night.
I give her a few months before she’s back.
Heard back from my middle sister that my Dad was trying to bad mouth me to her while he was down visiting them. She and her boyfriend (who had never met him before) almost started throwing punches, but stuck to verbally abusing him, which warmed my heart.
Been talking to a nice guy too, so plan on meeting him for a movie of dinner later this week.
Should be good! 😀
I know I go on lots of date-esque things, but the nerves never really go away :S
Also went out to a fancy dinner with my mother and my best friend last night.
I planned on gorging myself on all you could eat ribs, but they ran out of ribs before my stomache exploded 🙁
I was really hoping my best friend would invite his mum along too, (a) because she’s a cool lady, and (b) because I like making it look like we’re dating to embarrass him, so our parents meeting fulfills that brief :’D
All up, it was an ok weekend.
And thus end’eths the boring summary of the boring life of Liondrive.
You truly are, the bestest bester
Had my brother-in-law and his family over yesterday, so a great deal of the weekend was spent frantically cleaning up. I’d forgotten how relaxing it can be to not have all that housework hanging over my head!
So who wants to come over while my house is still (relatively) tidy? 😛
Saturday night’s dinner with @dc, @sernobulus, @blaghman, @lambomann007, and my other son @rocketman was fun. The food was overpriced and not great, the service was interminably slow, but the company was awesome. Six was a really good number for a dinner because we could all see and hear each other.
Yeah, was really great night hanging with you guys, though I think I might cross that place off from future meat venues. We’re so old, though. Meat was over by ten. Haha!
Oh, funniest thing happened at the Marriage Equality Rally.
The group ahead was chanting: “Hey hey, ho ho, homophobia’s got to go!”
The group behind was chanting something about marriage equality.
Somehow the two chants got mixed together and they were now saying: “Hey hey, ho ho, marriage equality’s got to go!”
It became an anti-marriage equality rally.
It was the best thing ever. I laughed.
The Anti crowd sure is getting crafty. Trying to take it down from the inside…
Hahaha! I thought the same thing! Sure hope that didn’t make the news! 😛
what i did on the weekend, by alex (age 23)
I’ve been making super slow progress in Witcher 3, but then you look at the amount of content and that’s sort of okay. Feels like a good game to pop into for an hour or so, do a sidequest or two, and jump back out. The loading screens giving you a ‘so this is what’s going on over in main plotline land’ every time you load up the game works well for that, too.
I’ve spent the last few weekends watching Pow play Splatoon but this week I finally got around to actually playing it myself. I don’t think I’m very good at it! I have trouble seeing the other players a lot, and I get pretty flustered and panicked trying to focus on what’s going on in front of me and checking the gamepad screen for other stuff. Most of my kills were accidents courtesy of the roller weapon – I wasn’t aware there was anyone there until after they were dead. But it’s a really creative game and pretty fun to play despite being a loser. Plus, that soundtrack. So good!
Also DBZ movie as mentioned by others. I’m still kind of amazed by the whole ‘I’m watching DBZ in a cinema’ angle, had a dumb grin on my face the entire time. My sister was with us and we used to watch the show together as kids so that was cool too. I get sentimental about the dumbest things…
Cool movie though! Needed less action and more comedy like that last one, but still really good.
Also also watched The Wind Rises, and started watching Archer thankyou based Netflix. And that was my weekend as defined by media consumption.
Then my parents came over, didn’t bring any food and drank all my tea. Lousy freeloaders.
I hate those loading screens with a passion. I’ve listened to them so many times because of dying (playing on Death March) and save scumming for dialogue choices…
Maybe it just hasn’t affected me yet then. Haven’t played all too much, really.
Ok that was weird.
A little after 11, lying in bed I hear a kind of boom and the window rattled. Thought it must’ve been a bird hitting it or something, I’d only just woken seconds before so was still kind of out of it. But a short while later, it happens again. And it’s definitely no bird. It was like the rumbling boom of the distant t-rex stomps in Jurassic Park, too long and deep to have been a car or truck passing over the speed humps outside. Plus those come in pairs, and they never rumble the actual house.
We had that once. Turned out someone had blown up a car in the carpark across the road. Very exciting. We got up and watched it burn.
We got up and watched it burn: The Shane W Smith Story
Earthquake? Mini-tremor?
Nearly a year ago while playing Destiny I had an experience like that. I’m playing away and things got really intense toward the end of a level and the pace is up and there’s loud noise and explosions and the ground shakes… and then I’m like, “I didn’t have it that loud, did I?”
Then the sound happens again. Explosions, ground shaking, whooshing sound. From outside. Stuck my head out the front door and there’s a glow on the horizon from something, loud whooshing and whining sound like an engine firing up and down and shaking the ground. Mind instantly goes to that scene toward the beginning of Lost where they’re on the beach with the wreckage of their plane and there’s an engine still live and firing up and then dying down. I thought there must have been a plane crash.
Turns out the local church was having a ‘mens conference’ and the entertainment they’d bought was a ute with an afterburning jet engine attached to the back. Freaked me right out though.
Church men’s conference freaks me right out even without the jet part of the story. 😛
Men UNITE! In other news I’ve seen that ute, was at a 4WD event I went to awhile back, good times
Had an interesting weekend – started playing Life Is Strange, and stopped after episode two because I get the feeling three will lead into four which will have a cliffhanger (I know your ilk, story game! :P) Nearly quit halfway through the first episode because “teenage melodrama” (which I was oh so glad to never have seen in my high school days – all the elitist pricks moved to the private school in the next town over at the start of seventh grade), but the whole time-bending thing is interesting, the impending doom is a nice bit of foreshadowing, and I kinda felt for Max – even though I never went through that shit at high school, I can’t imagine having that amount of animosity between social groups being good for anyone.
Plus, I kinda sorta may have given her a reputation for selling weed… and didn’t feel right about leaving her to deal with my poor decisions. 😛At that point, I pottered around trying to find something I felt like playing… eventually settled on continuing Far Cry 4, on PS4 (cos no way in hell I can spare 30GB+ to re-download it for PC). Oh god, after ten months of having Destiny as my only console FPS, it took a lot of getting used to. Controls are slow and unresponsive, I keep throwing meat at people’s faces instead of punching them, and it took me five minutes of fiddling with button presses to figure out how to get off a damn quadbike. That said, I’m now getting used to it, and have discovered that “bow + LMG” is a perfect complement to my playstyle – sneak around and kill people from a distance until I get discovered, then pull out the LMG and mow down everything. :3
On the Destiny front, my friend (who’d been searching for a Gjallarhorn for ages) finally got… three other weapons he’d been seeking forever – Atheon’s Epilogue, Word of Crota, and the Mythoclast. And I finally bought the last exotic for my collection from Xur – the Bones of Eao. My hunter now always has triple jump. Time to learn how to solo Crota’s End, I guess. 😛
Life is Strange \o/ (hi @strange!)
Your perception was right. Both Chapters 3 and 4 have massive cliffhangers. Can’t wait for the final one to be released. Sooooooooooo hype.
But I was like you during Chapter One. Not sold on it at all. I’m glad you didn’t quit!
I played both Crota and VoG on hard this weekend: Kabr’s Battlecage, Kabr’s Forceful Greaves, Atheon’s Epilogue, Plan C, Word of Crota. Still no Gjally.
I’m really hoping Bungie let us ascend raid weapons/armour to year 2, I’d really like to continue using my raid primaries and I’ve never had a full set of raid armour before so it would suck if I go to the trouble of ascending them only to have everything become obsolete right away.
Dammit, I still don’t have the VoG boots for my hunter or titan… :3
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but they’ve stated flat out that they’re not going to let us ascend Year One legendaries in TTK, period. But does that really matter? You’re still going to be able to go into VoG as a level 40 in full VoG raid gear if you want, now that light and level are being separated. As for raid primaries… I’d still hold onto anything with oracle disruptor in case you want to go back to VoG, but they won’t be as effective in the new content.
I’m honestly looking forward to being excited about getting new guns once more – haven’t been interested in weapon drops since I got my final primary from Crota’s End – just about everything in HoW is worse than my old raid weapons once ascended, so most new weapons are just “weapons parts” to me at the moment.
You make a good point, I’d forgotten that the light system is being abandoned in favour of being able to increase base level, so the armour becomes irrelevant except for str/int/disc.
I’ll miss my Confluence/Epitaph/Edict/Defiant/Word but they’ll still be useful in Nightfalls with a burn due to the insane modifier. I know they’ve said that we’ll start ditching old legendaries for new greens and blues, but I’ll believe it when I see it.
I only recently finished FC4 on PC and thoroughly enjoyed it for the romp that it is.
Used some of the Uplay points to unlock the watch_dogs silenced semi-auto pistol pretty early on and used it all the way through. Mostly ran with a full upgraded assault rifle, single hand grenade launcher and bow. Sometimes swapped out the bow for sniper rifles.
Always found it a good game to tune out while playing. Only suggestion, try not to get too hung up on all the side activities. I did ones that helped me progress mostly. Also got to level 10 in Arena to unlock the Bushmaster rifle which I used almost exclusively for the 2nd half of the game.
I’m probably a little behind the times, what with the last episode being today and all, but: True Detective season 2 seems pretty good so far. 2 episodes in, and there’s some interesting competing motives, some creepy shit, and some genuinely surprising moments.
Plus it looks like GTA V: The TV series. It’s a testament to the effort put into the game that nearly very shot in the show looks remarkably like somewhere I remember driving through in the game.
Someone on my Facebook feed reckons it’s outright plagiarising “The Big Nowhere.”
I haven’t seen the second season of the show or read the book, so I couldn’t comment. But even that claim killed a little of my hype :\
Without going into detail, that’s not particularly surprising. True Detective season 2 sits pretty heavily within established genre tropes. It’s very well done, but there’s nothing particularly groundbreaking going on.
That said, there are apparently quite a few glaring similarities. Season 2/The Big Nowhere spoilers, obviously: https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueDetective/comments/3bjuba/season_2_has_anyone_read_the_big_nowhere/
I’m saving all of True Detective up for one big binge watch. So don’t feel too bad.
It’s no season one but it definitely has its moments. That episode two ending cliffhanger..
Yeah, that may be influencing my judgement. Let’s see what I think after another 3 or 4 episodes.
Weekend!
GTA Online!
Splatfest!
Windows 10!
Rocket League!
Work!
Wait……work? Weekend is already over?
Shit.
ROCKET LEAAAAGUUUEEEE
@gingerchris86 we should do a Microscope! With @shane!
Yes we should, I’m back at home as of saturday. When is good for you guys?
Hmm, prob next week at this stage. Sure we can find some
test subjectsother recruits though…I am really out of it. I misread chlorella as cholera.
What is chlorella?
It’s a form of single cell algae that is meant to have health properties.
You wouldn’t want to read that wrong and injest the other one!
I misread your misread as coachella and thought they were bringing back hologram tupac again
So it’s not just me =P
Ok it just happened again. I thought I heard it but wasn’t sure, went out to ask Dad if he heard it but he said he didn’t. Then while talking about it, another one happened and it sounded like it shifted the whole roof. Wtf is going on.
Dad reckons it’d be from the army firing range at Moorebank or something, not sure where that is exactly but Moorebank’s like 10km away or so according to google. Surely nothing coming from there would be big enough to actually rattle the house all the way over here?
Maybe you’re going crazy.
I had this problem in Hong Kong. But it was the building site next store with a giant jack hammer thing for support beams. And not a Godzilla like I hoped.
Live tank fire might? Or artillery shells they can cause serious wreckage
Weekend: went for a 10km walk on Saturday to try and up my levels of fitness. I’ve signed up for the Bridge Run in Sep and need to get ready for it! Yesterday was a trip to Taronga Zoo for my nephew’s birthday.
Hope you said hi to JR and Gusy in the Nocturnal House. Some old faves of mine from the certificate 2 I did there.
Had a good weekend. Had my Grandmother’s 80th up in Brisbane, and it’s always nice seeing family. Had a weird moment where her siblings were making speeches, and because there was an age gap, and Grandma went to boarding school, the younger ones didn’t really know her until she returned home as a teacher – specifically, their teacher.
I also had a bit of smug pride because I recognised more of our relatives than my older sister, so HA, suck it Hannah. My memory’s slightly better than yours in this one area!
Also went and saw some BrisTAYbies, one day I’ll go to a big meat with lots of people in Brisbane. One day.
But it was nice to catch up with everyone, particularly getting to actually talk to DC this time, since he couldn’t avoid me.
Also, I regret looking at my phone, going “Yeah, Sunnybank is close enough to Sunnybank Hills” and then walking from Sunnybank station to a hotel four and a bit k’s away. I also regret the bit where I went “yes, I shall walk through this dark park at 11PM” and proceeded to get lost twice and I started jumping at shadows because I’m an adult.
My name is Chris and on the weekend I did a work then went to my first ever LAN it was ok I played company of heroes 2 and used the prisoners and then I played some payday 2 and DOTA 2 in Dota 2 I got a Slark and tusk outfit I wanted then I also play yoshi wool world but not splatoon cause I did not have wifi so I had to miss splatfest for the third time then I went home and did nothing then went to bed and now I am at work but finish in 40 mins and that’s what I did on the weekend thank you for listening to my show and tell.
This one time in class a kid came to school for show and tell and told us about how he watched his cat get run over that morning.
Ah small town New Zealand. So small town -ey
One time in 2nd grade I didn’t have anything for show and tell so stomped my feet a few times as I was leaving the house for school and asked my mum “does that look like tap dancing?” and she said “a little bit” and didn’t ask why so at school for show and tell I claimed I had been taking tap dancing lessons but there was a girl in the class who really did tap dancing and had follow-up questions such as “what class are you in?” and “where are your tap shoes?” and all I could do was stammer incoherently until my teacher let me sit back down anyway in 6th grade that girl later became my first girlfriend for a few months until we went to different high schools the end.
Truly Shakespearean
Come to think of it it was exactly like The Merchant of Venice.
Othello? Is that the new PC name for it?
That is one long sentence.
TAY RPG Pathfinder on tonight at 7:30pm ACST and 8pm AEST. Starring:
@redartifice @tech_knight @freezespreston @negativezero @beeawwb
After defeating the lich and being gifted with the hoard of Pagran the black dragon, the party has to explain to the caravan how they suddenly acquired chests filled with coin.
Please let me know if you can make it.
I should be okay to make it tonight.
Also, lightning bolt
I should be there
Suddenly acquired? Why, it’s all in a bag of holding.
No, this bag is not notably heavier now, what a strange observation you just made there.
Should be ok. Fingers crossed my upload issues are sorted out as well (they were when I checked yesterday, but who knows with Optus).
I’m glad I’m no longer with them with my new place
It’s still better than the alternative. The previous ADSL connection couldn’t even get up to ADSL2 speeds and uploads tended to be pretty dismal as well. So this cable connection, even with the occasional issues, is still better. I just miss my NBN.
Spent most of the weekend playing Splatoon. Thanks to the update, there was finally gear in the stores for me to buy and level. Also tried out squad battles with some friends, everything kept going wrong and we just kept getting steamrolled. I was still up when Splatfest started, so played that for a while. The balance was much better this time, I only had five same-side battles throughout the entire thing, around 12:30ish on Sunday. And that was out of I think 120 battles over the course of the day. Had a pretty good win/loss ratio, did my part for the South 😛 Although it seemed like all the good players disappeared and the retards came on late Sunday night, I’d pretty much tripled my losses then I think. Lame.
Also attempted to squad up with some friends, by hitting Join at the same time. And it actually worked, all three of us got in the same team! But then we got an error after that one match and couldn’t manage it again. I blame that fourth guy.
I played a bunch early Sunday morning (like 8am-10am) and it was so laggy I ended up rage-quitting. Based on how frequently I was getting shot by people facing the wrong direction, or flat out not shooting, I’m pretty sure I was stuck in Europe. Went back in the arvo and won about 90% of matches, and they were all fun and non-laggy.
HAI TAY! So went shopping this weekend *yech* and as a treat for going shopping I convinced the mrs to let me buy Bloodborne and Wolfenstein the Old Blood! Old blood seems to much the same as the new order however with considerably fewer story segments (so far anyways). I don’t really understand why I’m traipsing through what seems to be the whole damn castle just to escape. Hopefully the story catches up to the enjoyable gameplay.
Started Bloodborne; I’ve now killed 3 things with my stick and gun! Watch this space =p
BLOBCORN!
IT HAPPENED AGAIN!
Still a pair, this time much closer together. Help.
I’m thinking sink hole.
I’m assuming you’re complaining about women throwing themselves at you again.
*popcorn*
Any bridges being built near you? When they built the new Redcliffe one up here you could hear and feel them driving the huge support beams into the ocean bed from Boondal, which google maps tells me is about 7.5 klms away as the crow flies.
This just made me think of that Swedish(?) bridge where the cranes on the boat fell over then I started wondering what rivers were around here 😛
Damnit. They just lowered the asking price on my dream apartment but it’s still going to be a while before I’m in a position to make an offer. If I can get it cheaper that’d be great but every drop in price brings it closer to someone else. =(
Ok apparently it was the armyfolk. Artillery, like @coldcamv suggested.
https://www.facebook.com/SutherlandShireNews/posts/1047847851901291
That’s what they want you to believe.
Shooting 155mm HE shells at the mole people
Well we gotta do something to stop all these politicians trying to bill the taxpayer for unnecessarily expensive trips for short distances 😛
“Why was there a doughnut in the freezer?”
Dammit Pow, look what you’ve done to me.
You’re welcome.
monster!
@os42 I just noticed (in an email from Bungie) that my longest kill is 992 metres. 😮
Now I want to beat the km mark… Hmmmmm. Forgotten Shore seems viable… 🙂
Huh, didn’t see that… apparently I’ve killed something at a distance of 1363m… Forgotten Shore could break a km, or if you want to get even more ambitious, I know some crazy-long sight-lines in the Hellmouth 😛
Oh yeah, Hellmouth. Mars might have a good spot too.
CHALLENGE ACCEPTED.
Oh yea, Valley of Kings could be amazing, too. But the real question is how may misadventures have you had? :3
According to that email, I’ve died as a result of inanimate objects (or myself, I guess -_-) 708 times. I do know that at least five of those were due to running myself over. 😛298. 🙂
Haha, still got my ‘giefhawk and time to go to climbing. Oh well 😛
I’m really enjoying that a fruit & veg shop has opened over the road from work. I’ve eaten so many fuji apples.
Apples! What’s your favourite type? I like a good Fuji and am also partial to a pink lady.
Granny smiths
This is the correct answer.
Sundowners are pretty good
I generally stick to the pink ladies but Mrs Tigs was partial to Royal Gala so I still get those sometimes
Cider.
Whatever is cheapest on the day!
Red delicious. It’s right there in the name!
Fuji, jazz or punk lady.
So the sweeter/tarter varieties.
Yep… I like punk ladies.
/o\
I googled that hoping some smartarse had made a picture and all I got was studded iphone cases.
I think I’m lucky it didn’t come out Fuji, jizz or punk lady… That sounds like a very odd perversion.
Apples are good…yep..
I am disgusted at everyone here that no one made a “I prefer android” joke. You are all monsters and I bid you good day.
*walks out door*
*slams door behind self*
Pink Lady 4 lyfe
Royal Gala.
I blame indoctrination from my sister.
Pie!
A fresh one.
This topic has me thinking of a dirty joke so better not say more.
Gala, Fuji, Sundowner or Pink Lady depending on ripeness. Need to be really firm and crisp. Nothing worse than that outer crunch into mush. I find Red Delicious is usually really mushy inside, very rare to get one that’s still crispy. Granny Smith can be a crapshoot like that too. I’ve had bad Pink Lady apples before, they start to get a smoky taste when they’re a bit old that I’m not fond of. When they’re good though, they’re probably my pick.
I can’t keep eating the same type of apple for long. I need to keep switching. For a long time I preferred granny smiths but will happily eat most types now.
Hey gang,
Just a quick after work reminder/request to check out my game Messar Dreams, and throw a vote its way if you dig it. Thanks!
You finished your game? 😮 I didn’t realise!
Nah, it’s not done. But part one of Chapter One is up. Sort of a self-contained demo.
Ahhh. Well in any case, I voted!
Note for everyone else: Even though it requires an account to vote, there’s no email authentication. Just use any old email 😛
Good to know. Good to know…
*creates 5000 dummy email addresses*
PS: Thanks! Hope you get a chance to play it, too!
Only 11 votes. C’mon guys. You can do better. I know you don’t like signing up to things but do it for Shane.
I already voted
Hm, so…everyone else isn’t voting. How dare they?!
Gettem scree!
…With what and how? I know nothing about rallying the masses.
Says the lady who organises the Tay pax event
Only because if I don’t no one else will. D=
@scree thats still taking on a responsibility of rallying the masses that you could of refused, don’t sell yourself short 🙂
Yeah, well, this is my last one.
@scree really? Awww 🙁 well hopefully you’ve trained techie well so he can handle it for x years to come, who knows their may be more major meats now with RTX coming to aus
It’s @tech_knight ‘s last year as well. It causes us stress, so we’re leaving it to someone else
Sorry.
Would you like an installer? They’re easy enough to make.
I’m not allowed to edit the files now that the judging period is live. But that’s definitely something I’ll need to look into when the game’s getting closer to completion. Thanks!
Doesn’t mean you can’t package it all up and make it available elsewhere does it?
Well, I’ve done the necessaries to get the voting etc done, but will have to wait til I get home to actually play it. (Unless it works on iOS. WHY NO iOS VERSION? NO APPLE NO SALE wait it’s free?)
Just a PC .exe file at the moment. Its final release will (hopefully) be a multi-platform release. That’s still at least a year off, though (and probably way more)
Thanks for the vote! I appreciate it
I was joking!
I know. Just saying: the plan was always to put it out pretty widely when it’s done. I’d really love to get it onto Vita and/or 3DS too, but that’s way beyond my expertise 😛
Handheld!
You know it’s an interesting day when you use the words “evisceration” and “blood tank” in a non fictional context.
So…. Bloodborne. I spent the better part of the past hour running around every single nook and cranny I could find in Central Yharnam; surprisingly didn’t die except for one when I came up against one of those big hulking guys with a stone/club in their arms. Racked up about 6800 blood? I kept waiting for some kind of prompt letting me know I could spend the blood cos no matter where I looked in the dream I couldn’t find any prompt letting me do that. Anyways killed everything I could in central yharnam except for 2 werewolves on a bridge; by this point I had a small arsenal of molotov cocktails and took care of them with that. Making my way along the bridge and I get a bloody boss fight =@ AND I HAVE 7300 blood on me and haven’t upgraded once since character creation >.< Needless to say I was promptly executed with my hits doing 10-11 damage a piece. And lo and behold I respawn and the stupid vendor that’ll let me spend blood is there =@
Yeah, the vendor doesn’t appear until you’ve found a boss (finding a boss gets you 1 Insight, which is what unlocks the first vendor). Sorry!
Isn’t there also a consumable insight item to be found before the boss – would that work for the vendor unlock?
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm…. *shrug*
Sorry, I’ve no idea.
I think the first madman’s knowledge is down at the sewer/bottom of the cathedrally thing, so yeah, it should be possible to grab and use before fighting a boss.
Yeah… so I farmed up another 2000 blood killing stuff (fairly and surprisingly quickly I should add) and then fell to the bottom of the sewer and got killed by 3 rats. @#!$!@$#!%@!$!@#
Edit: Also what’s insight?! :O WHAT DOES THIS GAME NEED ME TO DO >.
Madman’s knowledge is an item
SPOILERS
If you want a shortcut to save you doing the whole first area over and over again, in the courtyard with the big dude banging on the door there’s a spot on the left you can drop down which will get you close to where you need to be.Of course it is…. When do I get a giant chainsaw?! Or a lightsaber?!
I think I’ve unlocked all the shortcuts in central yharnam i.e. I know the one to the bridge with the boss through the second floor of that building which lets you bypass the werewolves (I wasn’t kidding when I said I did a shit ton of exploring to the point where I had killed everything but the rats in the sewers and the boss).There’s one section near the clinic you start in which I’ve avoided as it has a big dude in armor with a cleaver; I cant seem to damage him so I ran away.
Yeah, fuck that guy. Not worth fighting him. I mean, you’ll get a bunch of echoes from him but there’s easier ways to grind.@redartifice It’s funny after dying and losing all my blood twice I actually know the whole map by heart (of what I’ve unlocked) and all the places I can get ambushed, it almost like muscle memory… =O
Anyways now to try and reclaim the souls I lost to those rats; how tough are they? They completely decimated me cos I fell and was prone for like 3 seconds.
@pupp3tmast3r they’re not super tough, but use pebbles to kite them
Yeah, I think a TAYbie tested that one out.
Yeah it’s a bit of a giveaway that it’s a souls game when you pretty much have to die a few times before you have a chance of even making progress, first with the lycanthrope in the hospital at the start and then getting the insight from the boss that you can’t escape from.
I’m pretty much at the same point, knocking around downtown yharnam & trying to get used to the combat so I can take on the cleric beast. Then I read last night that it’s supposed to be the second boss you fight, there’s someone called father gascoigne that’s a bit easier and you get some weapon upgrading tool from the area he’s in.
What I really need to do is work out the guns & get used to the idea that weapons have a charge up attack. I’ve gotten used to the transforming axe & am wrecking most things with it, even killed the big bastard with the giant axe tucked into a nook near where the first mob is but if I can’t work out the gun staggering then I think I’ll be stuck for a while.
If there’s one souls tradition that I wish they’d abandon though, it’s the whole “can’t see the boss when you’re locked on because the scenery behind you gets in the way” thing. Lots of obstructions on that bridge with the cleric beast and it’s so damned easy to see nothing but masonry for quite a lot of the time.
Ugh yeah the camera during cleric beast is a bitch… Father Gasciogne huh? THE QUEST BEGINS!
But first I need to make my way back to those stupid effing rats tonight and reclaim my 2500 blood =[ I’m actually getting used to my cane; the two weapon modes are very situational, with normal being perfect against close range enemies and the whip version being awesome against slower enemies like the crows. With regards to staggering I think it’s just trial and error, I managed to stagger the big guys with rocks once but I have no idea what the timing was for the gunshot that caused them to stagger.
I’ve got to say I really like the fast paced combat in Bloodborne; I could never get into previous souls entries for some reason but I’m just absolutely sucked into the combat in this game. Love the no blocking as well. It’s all in or go home.
If you’ve not killed the cleric beast yet, I found the best tool to combat it: A hand flamer!
There’s a guy you can talk to pretty much right next to the central yharnam lantern and after talking to him a few times he gives you the flamer (in the nice way). I’m not sure if killing father gascoine is required to get it or not, I didn’t think to talk to the guy again until I was just knocking about grinding some blood echoes out afterwards.
It might be worth pointing out since it took me forever to notice what with being a doofus and all, whenever you see a red lantern on a building it means you can talk to someone inside either by window or knocking on the door. There’s also a little girl who wants you to find her mum and who gives you a music box if you promise to help and that briefly stuns gascoine when used. It’s not something I ended up using since I only really needed help in the last stage of the fight with him and I didn’t get a chance to use it then because he’s too damned quick and cranking a music box takes a few seconds. It might still be handy if you’re in need of healing and can duck behind a tree in the earlier stages
Yeah haven’t killed him yet; did manage to kill of Father Gasciogne last night and made my way to the idiot with the gatling gun on top of a roof; got a bit lost in that area and ended up getting ganked/killed by an army of those stupid beasts in the cathedral under the gatling gun guy. 10000 echoes gone :'( NOOOOOOO
Heh I’ve not found the gatling gunner yet, sounds like he’ll be a fun one to play with. I dropped gascoine, found the gem tool thing just after him and then after a bit of exploring I headed back towards the cleric beast. I did find a rather creepy energy discharge/monster/thingy outside the church that picked me up & dropped me and I only just survived that. I decided to give that a wide berth since it was more phenomenon than enemy.
I did find some enemies that were more or less giants, I’ve seen one with a massive axe and one with a kind of ball & chain. It was a bit of a surprise when that enemy I saw & thought was about twice my size ended up standing up from the crouch he was in and was actually 4 times my size…
Oh and I helped out that bitchy old lady who calls you scum, got her to the church safely and she’s still calling me scum. Makes me wonder why I’m trying to help these ungrateful bastards.
Easily the hardest thing about the Souls games is learning to let go of your lost resources, I died so many times in Demons & Dark when trying to get back to my bloodstain that I stopped caring too much after a while. If I got back to them it was a nice bonus but if not, well, they were gone anyway.
Yeah I kept questioning with every step forward if I should just turn back and level up first but goddamn it I’m curious =P P.S. that gunner boss dude is a bitch; I haven’t made it to his boss area yet but he just makes getting through old yharnam an absolute bitch cos if you stay out in the open for more than 3 seconds he’ll start targeting you and you can take about 2-3 seconds of his shooting.
Yeah I found him this afternoon, got up to the top of his tower and guess what… he’s NOT a boss… He sure as hell hits like one, he’s got a blunderbuss which has a fire rate that’s at least as good as the hunter pistol and is incredibly hard hitting and then he has some kind of arm mounted blade like a cross between a sword & wolverine’s claws. I managed to chip off maybe about 1/4 of his health using fire paper on my giant +3 gem modded axe but then when I was reading up on him, I learned that he can apparently use blood vials to heal himself mid fight and that was the last thing that convinced me that I just couldn’t take him at the moment so I just spent the 10 grand on the seal for the gate near the church so I’m going that way now
So, uh… I had a whole bunch of people tell me the haircut looks great and that I should keep it. Even a couple of girls who aren’t people I know and talk with there [ed: at climbing].
What.
picture please 😀
Over here. Belt shot is like the only angle where it looks any good I think, but hey apparently not 😛
ooh! Rockin’. Really good cosplay too, by the way!
HARLI OUT OF NOWHERE.
Holy crap, Eats-A-Lot is back! How long have I not been paying attention?!
Hi Harli!
#HashtagsForHarli
haha, hello there!
Beard looks bad ass!
I wish I had a bad ass beard, getting into real estatr its either you came in with face hair that must stay the same forever or your clean shaved everyday there is no middle ground
Errr… How do I put this?
https://twitter.com/CannonFodderJnr/status/630639779734884352?s=09
https://twitter.com/CannonFodderJnr/status/630702226378391552?s=09
I caught ’em all.
https://twitter.com/CannonFodderJnr/status/630703165264953344?s=09
I swear I’m almost tempted to join you in jerkhood. I really get sucked into grindy stuff when it takes hold. I’m insanely stubborn when I want something done. Honestly wouldn’t know where to start though. You’re a madman.
You start with one.
Then you do more.
Pringles, etc. Or crack. Not sure which.
On a more serious note, I actually enjoyed planning out the process – after I missed a shiny Ho-oh at encounter 6, I had to replan how I was going to run a team to lock the battle down and make the outcome fairly close to inevitable (to 7 decimal places of rounding).
If you set a goal and do all the groundwork first, after all the mindless grinding when the big moment happens it is quite satisfying to see that premier ball click shut.
TAY RPG Pathfinder completed for another day. Starring:
@redartifice @tech_knight @freezespreston @negativezero @beeawwb
GM Summary: Getting lost in the dark, seeing a dancing rhino, and back on the road again with their new minotaur friend. Yep, sounds like adventuring.
I may have downed two Vodka Lime Sodas and purchased Donkey Kong Country on the Wii U eshop…
Send help… and another Vodka Lime Soda, please.
Someones getting fresh on a monday sebd some my way too
http://gathering-sky.com/ this is out on Steam later this week and looks kind of cool. Relaxing. Also that music.
Oops, I may have bought Rocket League…
Goodbye uni work.
\o/
Tonight in X-com one of my Mech-Troopers punched an alien so hard its corpse smashed through 2 walls of a spaceship. It’s my first time playing with the Enemy Within expansion and it is so great. Haven’t really bothered with Genetics yet but the mechs are so brutal. Just equiped them with Railguns and am just watching them destroy enemies.
My run is going pretty okay, although stupid North America pulled out of the Xcom project but I don’t mind. We will build a better North America once all this is done.
Unless Trump beats you to it! =P
Genetic manipulation is amazing for enhancing tactical gameplay, mechs are great for laughing at all the enemies playing tactically.
I love giving my snipers the leg implant so they can jump to roof tops xD All the EXALT missions become a lot easier with that gene mod.
Yeah, when I unlocked the Gene Lab and the Mec Lab the game pop-ups saying
Game: “You can now build a Mec Lab which will allow you to Augment your troops with robotic limbs which can be connect to giant mech suits you could also build-”
Me: “MECSUIT MECSUIT MECSUIT MECSUIT MECSUIT MECSUIT MECSUIT MECSUIT MECSUIT MECSUIT MECSUIT MECSUIT MECSUIT MECSUIT MECSUIT MECSUIT”
Gene mods are my favourite. MECs are fun and all but nothing beats getting a terror mission on the train yard map and having an entire team with the super sprongy legs gene mod. you don’t have to worry about the tight quarters, short sightlines and getting ambushed by a chryssalid platoon, you just hop on top of the carriages and down the other side, getting height advantage on anything you activate on the way.
Same with the shopf paper inc warehouse, no moving through one of 2 entry points into the building or around the alley with no cover on the side near the trucks, you just move up along the wall and hop it right next to the trucks and get the drop on any mutons or skinny dicks that happen to be there.
Once you play though EW enough that you’re starting to crave variety, definitely install the Long War mod, it’s amazingly good as long as you like a challenge. Nothing like getting a landed supply barge full of lids in april before you’re even off ballistics, even if you manage to unlock the squad size of 7 you’ll be up against the wall with that but if you manage to win… ooooh you get well rewarded for it…
Yeah that’s nice but you forgot, Mecs are Mecs so they are the best.
But you need jetboots to get anywhere unconventional with them, position is everything in tactics games… That said, I’ve played long war for so long I can’t really remember what the core game MECs can do, all I really remember is wading through the newfoundland council mission with a trio of flamer equipped MECs and enjoying myself mightily with Aliens quotes along the way.
Yeah, but Mecs are Mecs. I feel like you are missing the point.
The more I play it, the more I hate Underpass 2.0. It’s just… yuck. Chaotic mess of wide open spaces with all kinds of things blocking your sight, doesn’t feel like there’s any logical flow to it like all the others. Change it back pls.
In some ways I like it (like the trees in the middle – great for sprinklers – and the non-paintable ledge overlooking the middle) but in other ways I don’t (mainly the widened main entrance to middle with that steep ramp that goes nowhere)
Alt-Tab in Windows 10 seems to screw up my Rocket League.
Other than that, it works just fine.
@phoenix I might have to call it a night early. Sorry about that.
Is that why you left? It’s okay, I carried the team through 🙂
In continued random observations, it seems those extra four kilos that crept up on me back while I was working have gone and disappeared. Woo, I guess 😛
Probably why climbing’s gotten a little better lately, come to think of it.
I lost like 7kg after I started working!
HOW
What! I’ve put on 30kg since I started working…
Is your desk loaded with snacks?
Mine neither.
(I ate them all)
I eat all my work snacks too! IT’S WEIRD
What do you mean how, I was sitting around at a desk all day 😛
I’ve just started playing through the Ace Attorney: Dual Destinies DLC Case.
My client is a killer whale in a pirate hat who has been accused of murder, and his handler is a girl who makes aquatic puns.
I am so happy right now.
EDIT:
Oh man, and there’s another aquarium staff member who raps about fairy penguins. This is amazing.
Finally playing, jeez!
It’s a great case though.
I’ve only just started it, but it’s bringing the insanity to the party in the best possible way. Having a
killer timewhale of a timefun time thing.Sydney people!
What’s the plan for @blaghman’s thing? People hoping to just go for the weekend or are you taking Monday off as well? It’s September 12th, yeah?
Anyone live near the airport? 😛
What is this…planning…thing you speak of.
People almost always leave on Sunday, so a late afternoon flight is probably your best bet. I think the plan was for a group in a rental car, which would likely be picked up from the airport, but that depends on space, and things might have changed re. Freezey.
There’s usually some Sydney people down on Friday night, too, but if that doesn’t work I’m sure some people will come down on the Saturday.
All the times I’ve been to Can’d Meat I’ve gone down Saturday morning (leaving Sydney at about 9am-ish) and left Canberra around 1-2pm on Sunday. Car trip takes about 3 hours with a pitstop for lunch (safer to say about 3.5 for the trip home because you don’t want to rush a tired driver :P)
So am I planning my Sydney trip with Canberra in mind and you and or @alexpants as my travel buddies?!
AM I?!
At least @blaghman’s house probably offers cheaper fewd and accommodation than dem businessy hotels
Well we won’t be in Sydney so you don’t really have a choice 😛
Oh god… Started preparing my fitness level for the eventual fitness test when i apply for the ADF… (Kinda figured, even if i decided not to join up, being fit can never be a bad thing right?)
4 days in… the pain… it’s real!
FEEL THE BURN!! =P Have you got a recovery routine in place pixel? Also what’s your goal with your work out?
Yeah got a wind down routine, generally just based around stretches of the various muscle groups…
The goal in the end is just bringing my fitness level up to the standards set on the Defence Jobs website.
(They got 4 week fitness plan outlined here)
Which i’m following to the best of my ability… The walking/running is not a problem but the upper body strength is… well… lacking 😛
Focus on cardio early on. Muscle is not as important as a strong heart and lungs, and cardio exercise is easy to
dostart.That’s what i figured as well, so yeah the focus has been the walks/running… Checking my technique for push ups, i’m apparently absolutely terrible (harbour bridging, not going all the way down etc.etc) so i’ve been tossing around dumb bells instead to build a little bit of upper body strength first, then i was contemplating getting a few sessions with a professional further down the line to get the proper technique down pat.
Have you had any previous workout experience? Any muscle groups you feel are more developed than the rest from work/daily routine?
With your walking/running routine I cannot emphasize proper footwear and technique enough; especially if you’re running on hard surfaces (yes believe it or not there is something as incorrect running technique and it can wear down your shins/knees if done over a few years). If you’re jogging on a machine that’s less of a worry as it tends to happen more frequently on hard surfaces.Few things with the routine you’re following; it doesn’t account for personal existing levels of fitness and any personal health issues you might have. What you want to do before starting on any online routine in anywhere is to bring all the major muscle groups in your body to the same level of fitness so that you never have certain groups over-compensating in any workout (e.g. overdeveloped biceps will compensate when doing lateral pulldowns aka pull-ups and cause you to develop incorrect technique).
My recommendation would be to develop your core along with stamina and then start a routine of your choosing. Focus on the following – chest, back, thighs, calves, shoulders. These muscle groups are use utilized in some form or another in every single routine you are likely to take on board. Depending on your existing level of fitness I would look to starting with 6 sets a day and move up to 10. Workout daily if you can and listen to your body when you feel like a rest day (as opposed to following a fixed schedule). Make sure to get 8 hours of proper sleep whenever you workout and have a protein heavy diet to supplement the regrowth of your muscles.
My final bit of advice would be to implement a recovery workout routine in tangent with your workouts. Stretching should go without saying, a minimum of 5 minutes before and after a workout is compulsory as you need to ease your heart into and out of high/low rates else you risk permanent damage to your heart muscle. You might want to keep stretching even after 5min post workout until you feel your heart rate has slowed down sufficiently. A recovery routine as far as I’m concerned is something you do 3-5 times a week alongside your daily routing which works out your entire body very lightly. Example I swim 3-5 times a week with different strokes for 20-30min. The idea is to have a light routine in terms of effort but it should intense enough to get your blood flowing around your body to reduce the build-up of lactic acid and aid in the recovery process. You’ll find by utilizing this your muscle aches will only last a day at most and your strength will recover a lot faster.
With any routine always bear in mind the following – Routine, Rest and Diet. If you’re missing any one of those three factors you need to take a break and come back to it when you can commit the time/energy to maintain all 3. Also if you’re doing push-ups and situps pixel be very careful in your technique; free-form workouts are very easy to mess up and develop and incorrect technique which will likely damage you in the long term. Especially sit ups which have a high risk factor linked to your back if done incorrectly. Let me know if you need any other input; I can give you the routine I first started on when I started gymming like 2-3 years ago.
Spoilered for length.
That’s some genuine quality advise right there! Thanks man.
I’ve gone to the gym before, with personal trainer and all but it’s been a few years.
Prior to this my daily routine usually just involved walks at work, and walking the pups at home, so plenty of light activity 😛
But yeah as i stated, when i get a bit closer to deadline i’ll probably start going to the gym regularly again and get a professional to help me, to ensure i’m doing all the right things technique wise… At the moment, it’s definitely just building my core that’s important for me
Stupid @$#$! auto-refresh deleted my post in progress =@
If you’re looking to develop your core at home try the following exercises –
Calf/step raises – Keep the front half of your feet on a step and use your calves to raise and lower your body. You’ll want to do this at a medium pace to really let the muscle burn.Squats – I don’t think I could adequately describe the technique needed for squats so check out a few vids online; ideally you want to feel a burn/stretching of the muscle in your glutes/upper and lower thighs. Your posture will need to be amended to allow the majority of the workout to focus on those muscle groups (disclaimer – some people say it works when they make sure their knees don’t bend to be in front of their feet; while for others the opposite seems to work)
Push ups – Technique is absolutely essential for any bodyweight exercises so if you’re struggling with push ups trying applying the following to your routine. Tighten your bum throughout (this will force chest to do more of the work and stop cheating with your legs); keep your arms at shoulder distance which will equalize effort between your triceps and chest; keep your feet apart which will take some pressure off your chest. If you want to workout your shoulders as well try elevated push ups; by keeping your feet on an elevated surface (height of surface varying based on your comfort and desired result). The higher the surface the more the push up forces your shoulders to do the lifting.
Back/Lawnmowers/Pull ups – Now back muscles are a bit of a jigsaw puzzle because there’s so many smaller ones at mid-lower back and I’ll let a personal trainer get those ones up to shape. However you’ll definitely want to work out your lats as they’re needed for a number/if not all free-weight based routines. Now depending on your existing back strength you could either start with pull-ups or you’ll need to build them up with lawnmowers (look at vids for the latter and keep elbows close to ribs when doing the reps; slower is better). If you had access to gym machines I would start you with lateral pulldowns to develop technique and back raises which imo works out the upper and middle back.
Trying to get my shit sorted too. Lost 20kg late late last year/early this year, and realised I’ve put 15kg of it back on. Restarted my usual regime on Monday, and realising just how fast your good work can be undone. I never have trouble starting my regime or losing weight, I usually just plateau and then lose heart. Even though plateauing is normal.
Yeah i can definitely see the plateauing happen (that’s what happened to me in the past)
But this time i feel like i’m actually working towards something definitive with a set time line (gotta get there before November) so that seems to get my motivation up… let’s see how it goes in the long run 😛
Having a definitive goal like joining the ADF will help you get there. Good luck frond!
Do you have to do the beep test?
Because *shudder*.
If so best way to train for that is to do it occasionally. It’s a very different sort of fitness than just running. Just find a park somewhere and mark out 20 meters and you can download the test for free to play off anything.
I used to love watching my friends fall apart during the beep test. Sure it was hard, but I was a short distance runner so I was fine with it.
We’d then go for a road run and I’d melt into the road 😛
Something something because you’re short something
That’s just mean Pixel. I wanted to make a short joke but you took it away from me. =P
And a poor attempt at it too \o/
Pixel, ruining jokes since 1988
Yep!
Need to score higher then 6.5 (whatever that means) to pass the test for the Air Force (7.4 for Army and 6.2 for Navy respectively)
So yeah that’s going to be a thing as well 😛
A 6.5? I don’t think you have a lot to worry about. Even at my most unfit when I couldn’t even walk up a set of stairs without wheezing I still could get a 6.0.
That seems very low. Police needed a 8.7. Fire services need a 9.5.
This is just to pass the test for the application so I can imagine after 12 weeks of basic training they would expect quite a lot higher number…
It also depends on the profession you’re applying for etc etc but yeah, 6.5 doesn’t seem that high (is the score measured on the amount of shuttles completed?)
Score goes by every 20m run you do. You need to get from one line to another between beeps. Each level gets a little bit faster. Roughly 10 runs in each level (it starts less and increases as level does).
It’s not a lot of fun but you should smash 6.5.
That does sound do able! gives me a bit more confidence 😛
Still going to work my butt off from now till then though, mainly because i’m actually enjoying being able to do something pro-actively to prepare and no doubt it’s going to give me a bit of a leg up if i get in…
On a completely unrelated note, how are you feeling? out of hospital yet?
I’m out. Feeling pretty good. Just get tired very easily and having trouble with short term memory.
@freezespreston
Glad to hear it! Guessing you’re house bound though yeah? stay home and rest and all the jazz…
Hope for a speedy recovery my friend!
The way a beep test works is you start running at about 8.5 km/h, and do so for about 60 seconds. Each level keeps the time about the same, but ups the speed by .5 km/h. So for a 6.5, you’ve ruin for six minutes at increasing speed, and then completed 5 successful shuttles at stage six (Which I think would be something like 57 shuttles).
You’re forgetting the constant stopping, launching, acceleration, deceleration and turning which is what kills you. Anyone can continually run at low speed for a short distance.
No, no, I’m remembering them quite well, believe me. 57 turns over the course of 1,140m, assuming you run the exact bare minimum. Just stating the facts for context.
ADF + Beep test: When it comes to the testing, one of the things they evaluate is whether you keep going after the requirement has been met and how long you keep going. They don’t actually say what they’re looking for or what they interpret it to mean or how they value it… just that you can, and they’re watching.
Kind of a dick move. 😛
I remember you were keen on getting into the police force (I am too admittedly, having been binging on The Shield) but did you ever consider the ADF?
No, too attached to my family.
You want to be a police officer after watching The Shield? 😛
Well, I already have moments where I feel like I’m living the final couple minutes of the series end, so why not have the fun stuff in between, too?
Actually… that’s not a bad point.
*quits job, burns bridges*
Haha, there’s no gangland action here in Adelaide so I figured I’d be okay. It is interesting determining which character likely represents who I’d be in the line of duty.
Sadly, I think I’d be Dutch.
Honestly, I don’t think there’s any other choice for me 😛
6.5 is dead easy. I applied for ADF when I was seventeen, and practically walked it in. It is a very low entry bar.
I think “Shane Smith, Army Man” would be a very interesting parallel history.
In fact…
Just hearing the beep test tape makes my heart rate go up in terror 🙁
Getting in early for @pupp3tmast3r, a TUESDAY TAYDRENALIN SHOT
What’s your parallel life? What’s the path your life almost took, like @shane Smith Army Man, that for one reason or another never came to pass?
Probably the life where I didn’t man up one Sunday and drag myself out of the hole I dug in my early twenties with grief, drugs and questionable company. Shudder to think where or what I’d be now. Still a slightly questionable human being at times, but largely functional!
I briefly considered going to a Sports High School for Athletics when I was a young’n.
Didn’t, obviously 😛
I nearly became Shane Smith, Army M… oh wait, you already knew that.
…
Carry on.
So why didn’t you become Shane Smith, Army Man?
I aced the academic tests (to a record extent, apparently), met all the fitness requirements, and then borked the final interview so badly that I was branded as having “no leadership potential” and drummed right out of the process.
So I failed on the basis of personality \o/
Although I hold that this was probably the luckiest thing that ever happened to me, it set in stone sefl-esteem issues that will probably never fade away. #WhatADowner
But on the plus plus plus side, the stuff that I did after that (Creative Writing degree, meeting my wife, getting published, having a family) couldn’t have happened if I’d gotten into ADFA instead.
Alphonse.
I did a year’s work as a paralegal, focusing mostly on estates and conveyancing. I liked the work but the boss (and his wife) was such amazing pieces of shit that it ruined my thoughts of going further into it as a career.
If I accepted the ADFA acceptance…
If I had finished my Aeronautical Engineering degree…
If I had done any assignments at school….
If my wife and I had stuck to the original plan of a one night stand….
Lot more pivotal moments in my life. Some right choice some very wrong.
This to a Tee minus freezes wife but all the wchooling stuff pretty much If I actually tried in school I’d probably be a psychologist or something
At school I was heavily looking towards doing law, getting all the prerequisite classes and extra curriculars (debate team, Mock Trial competitions, etc) and applied with law as one of my top preferences for uni. Got accepted to 3 universities for law, and another 3 for Comp Sci. What I really wanted to do (at the time) thought was a Bachelor of Games Engineering, a brand new course (at the time) which fit with some pipe dreams I had. I didn’t get in to that one, so I rang up the uni (CSU Bathurst from memory?) to ask how I could get in. They said to do the first year of a CS degree somewhere else and then I could transfer in for my second year.
So at the time, I narrowed down my choices to the following 2 paths: Bachelor of Laws / Bachelor of Comp Sci double degree (which would have been my ideal, since laws related to technology and the internet were (and are) my passion) in Lismore, or Bachelor of Computer Science in Adelaide.
I’d been to Adelaide a few times before, and it was closer to Alice Springs (where I was living). What sealed the deal was that Lismore ended up having major floods in 2001. I didn’t want to move to some flooded rural town. So I moved to Adelaide.
I could’ve been an auditor in a shitty relationship with another accountant =O Thankfully I was struck by a bolt of lightning that fixed my brain and made me realize I hated accounting (aka shitty workplace). After I got rid of the workplace I also realized I hated my relationship!
Happy ending’s all around! =D (ok maybe I skipped the part where I met my mrs; fell hopelessly in love on a beach in the moonlight with dolphins in the horizon; that part actually happened; and lived happily ever till the present!)
I prepared to be a teacher leaving high school, botched my grades and couldn’t even meet the lowly TER for entry in to a bachelor of Education. And now here we are.
Being a robot that designed and built other robots/parts. I did some robotics in high school and that was very enjoyable, giving artificial life and watching it work based on what you designed it to do was really fascinating. If I went down that path I could’ve also gone a bit into medicine, help in designing artificial limbs for amputees as a start.
Wait…. you’re not a robot?! My life is ruined.
I’m currently a robot that fixes network and IT issues 🙂
I almost got a job in a museum back in 2013, but due to a miscommunication I thought they weren’t interested in me so I backed out of the application. Later found out they were very impressed with me (I don’t know why) so I would’ve been a sure bet. Super regret that one for sure. Not only because it paid better…but think of how cultured I would be.
You would have been caught acting out Dragonball Z in the exhibits somewhere.
But in a classy, cultured way.
Of course, I wouldn’t expect anything less from you.
In one reality I live up to my potential and my parents don’t view me as a disappointment!
hahaha, nah joking, my parents are chinese so i’m a disappointment in all realities
Had a letter from the Army sitting on my desk, eight years ago, the day I decided to settle down and choose a woman instead. (Who I broke up with later that year.)
Had I taken that job instead… three years later I’d have been out of the service after a crippling leg injury (from a motorcycle accident, not a war injury) curtailed an otherwise promising career.
With a generous disability allowance affording me plenty of free time, I moved on to tackling academia out of frustration with my physical shortcomings (and slow recovery progress) on the advice of a friend made during occupational therapy sessions.
Studying Law and Human Sciences in Canberra, researching the subject on Sexual Behaviour brought me into contact with a researcher and sex blogger in the US who enjoyed my writing enough to coerce me into collaborating on a writing project of erotic fiction which they then submitted to a publisher friend, earning us some niche, industry-specific fame, a tidy cut of royalties, and an offer to write more.
Five years later, my (much better-written) work has tapped into the same wellspring of bored/repressed housewife fantasizing that 50 Shades of Grey did, and I’ve branched off onto another contract with a larger publisher who could better-handle the surprising demand for my writing. I’ve purchased my first house in the US (to be closer to my regular research partner and a number of industry people), and am splitting my time between writing and research. As part of some very reactive community engagement (speaking in public debates and as a guest lecturer), I’ve found myself wistfully daydreaming about finishing my degree to practice law back home in Australia.
….. What happened to the alternate reality where the KGB almost turned you against Queen and country?! I WANT THAT ONE DAMMIT!
=p
Oh, and on parallel lives: I’d totally have an eyepatch and be a supervillain, but I’d never have a supervillain cat.
Actually, the change decision is not deferring my honours for a bit. If I’d taken six months off I’d have probably done better.
Or, possibly, if I’d not applied for my last job, I was contacted for an interview for a chemistry position. Except it was in Port Pirie, for the lead smelter, and I didn’t particularly want to move to Port Pirie.
Hmm… I’d either not be 13 weeks premature, or a very tiny 2-month old corpse.
13 weeks? Jaysus.
Early on in my relationship with my wife we had a small fight that for some reason gave me the strong feeling that she was not “the one”. I had this overwhelming feeling that deciding not to pursue the relationship further was the right decision for me and I should take this argument as an excuse to break it off. I fought this feeling and we got over it, because, and I cannot stress this enough, it was a nothing fight. Like, I think we were at karaoke with some friends and she expressed doubts in my ability to sing a song I wanted to sing, which caused me to get irrationally annoyed with her, which caused her to get annoyed with me. We moved past it, and I’d be amazed if she remembered.
A few months later I started university to do my teaching degree and met a girl in my Japanese class who seemed to have an insane crush on me. She always found reasons to hang out, and flirt, but it took me awhile to catch on because I am oblivious. When I realised she might have interests other than friendship, I took the first opportunity to casually mention my girlfriend, trying to make it as subtle as possible so as not to create a roadblock in the conversation. She seemed startled verging on humiliated and it was a few weeks before she was able to be casually friendly around me again like she had been before – coincidentally she began dating another classmate of ours for the remainder of the year, resulting in an extremely awkward breakup. I dropped Japanese in my second year so I didn’t see much of her, and the next year I dropped out of university altogether as by then I’d moved in with my girlfriend and we were struggling financially, meaning I had to start working full time.
I do not regret my decisions and I think I have a pretty good if not the best possible job/career and lifestyle combination if I take a stupid argument over 11 years ago as my starting point… but sometimes I wonder what would have happened if things went differently.
Maybe I would have finished my Japanese/teaching degree, maybe not. My mother was made redundant and I was a financial burden on her only working part time which was part of the reason my girlfriend and I moved in together in the first place. Could I have moved in with this other girl under similar circumstances? Would we have made it work and stayed together, or also had a bad breakup? What if I did finish my degree. Would I be successful as a teacher? I somehow doubt it. I don’t think I would be where I am. Would I be more or less happy with my life?
I ask these questions from time to time, but I don’t lose sleep over them.
Out of university I had two job offers. One lead me to where I am now. The other would have seen me in Adelaide working on image processing for spy satellites, trying to use heat signatures to automatically recognize camouflaged tanks and field artillery.
Had an opportunity earlier this year to go and work for the Australian Signals Directorate but decided I like the filthy lucre I get paid too much and now I’m moving to the US.
2014/15 – What if I had sacked up and talked to Violin Girl?
2014 – What if I’d actually contacted one of the guys who gave me their card after I showed them 4D Snake?
2013 – What if I had grouped up with my friend for the final assignment instead of Wingman?
2010/11 – What if I had sacked up and actually asked out Cosplay Girl like I probably should have done?
2008 – What if I’d stayed with Theatre Girl/we actually acknowledged we were going out, instead of getting back with my girlfriend and handling the whole thing incredibly poorly.
2007 – What if I didn’t fail those two units and could have graduated with the rest of my classmates 😛
2005 – What if I’d gone into some kind of engineering course instead of Computer Science like I probably should have?
2004 – Oh hey kind of a reversal one. What if I *didn’t* ask my friend to the formal, and just went alone instead. I mean I still kind of chickened out and asked another friend instead, but then they turned out to be busy so I had to go back and ask the first one anyway. But still, could’ve done nothing. I’d say it changed things for the better having done so.
2003 – What if I’d chosen to keep Italian on for the HSC instead of Music, which I’d later drop.
My takeaway from this is…You need to sack up and talk to women.
Oh, another one I touched on but didn’t explicitly mention. In a parallel life I ended up as a music teacher, for sure. Probably should’ve got onto that at some point.
Totally remembered AND planned ahead for things for my wife’s birthday today/tonight. I’m getting better at this!
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OH SHIT IT’S MY ANNIVERSARY THIS WEEKEND.
You’ve got five days! Well done!
Only 1 thing for it..
(Slightly NSFW)
http://i.imgur.com/wAkAP1a.jpg
This is a message for those going to PAX this year that have not booked accommodation yet and wouldn’t mind buddying up with me and Pants.
Wanna?
Probably going to be booking something in the next few days.
The nerdpartment with me, @freezespreston, @quiz_b and @thecracks is in Seasons Botanic Gardens, you should see if you can get a spot in the same building!
Gods I hope my boss isn’t a complete fuckface and let’s me have the few days off to go down to PAX.
Can you book the leave now?
Trying to. He’s been incredibly non committal.
Check your employee manual, but usually if you apply for it far enough out they’re pretty much obliged to give you an answer.
When is Army Guy taking over your store?
The day I return from Melbourne.
From what I’ve heard you say about him it’s way too late for him to not be one.
Yes. I have been super slack.
AirBNB was amazing last year for PAX. I should probably book my apartment again already … wonder if I can get the same place.
Hey man, how’s day 2?
Not too bad! I have my awful brand of instant coffee with me today. I’m happy. And buzzed.
You’ll have to come and hang out with the TAYbies.
…anyone else?
(I’m kidding 😛 Do you have any special requests or happy to go with what we choose?)
We will be going down Thursday morning and coming back Monday afternoon.
I’m happy with nearly anything, and I think that was my time plan as well.
Maybe. I haven’t organised anything yet. Though not sure what people from my other group are doing, and if there’s still guys looking for something there.
Hopefully going to be booking something tonight or tomorrow (more likely tonight) so if you want in, let me know!
Is there a particular place you’re looking at? Whereabouts/how much?
Anywhere close to the PAX venue, really. Do you have a limit on price? Won’t be staying anywhere too expensive but it’ll be a hotel/apartment dealy not a hostel. I can confirm with you before booking if it’s an issue.
Staying Thurs – Sun nights (leaving Monday afternoon)
Not sure on prices exactly, I can’t remember what I spent last time. Might’ve been around 200-250 for the four nights? And I think that was from getting in late after the prices jacked up, actually. So I guess around there would be comfortable, though the lesser the better obviously 😛
Just finished watching Season Two of Orange is the New Black with Mrs Shane. It was pretty good!
Vee’s death was a bit random, though. Didn’t really have much thematic/karmic justice to it. It was just a hit-and-run. Loved that Caputo’s second day as assistant warden had two escapes, a pregnancy confession, and a nun protest though!I hated Vee. Hated. Not because she was a good villain but because she was a terrible one. I mean seriously, she may as well have been running around shouting “ANTAGONISE!” What’s worse is that she made Suzanne/Crazy Eyes less interesting. Vee didn’t deserve a good death.If you liked the end to S2, then I think you’re really going to enjoy what happens in S3.Vee’s meddling and bullshit was one of the things I was wary of going into S2 as a “negative change” but overall I felt the show improved for it. I hated her for the reasons you stated but overall, despite how forced it felt, it added some much-needed conflict into the show which was surprisingly saccharine once Piper and Alex resolved their differences.The lead into S4 at the end of S3 has me similarly dubious but at this point I’ve resolved to just kinda roll with it. The fact my concerns never seem to play out has me confident the show runners know what they’re doing.
I agree absolutely with everything you said. Vee was not a well-written character at all, and the whole show suffered for it.But they had to replace Pornstache with somebody, I suppose. I miss that guy – he made for good drama, and got very short shrift (and kind of uncharacteristic besides) in season 2.As much as I love Janeway, I was kind of hoping Red’s slocking would be fatal. Her character hasn’t really had a whole lot to do at all since her rivalry with Pornstache dried up, and I feel like Piper not telling her about the family business was the cherry on top of her story.I like Red far too much for me to be happy about anything happening to her. I think there’s still more to be done with her character, though I’ll wait until you’ve seen S3 before I comment further – not that there’s necessarily anything significant looming, I just don’t want to inadvertently spoil anything tangentially related.Got access to the new place. Time to start moving boxes and getting all tired and cranky from physical exertion.
Bright side you can keep the puppy without any more future hassle =D
Moving sucks. Good luck.
Based on these specs, what games can I expect it to run?:
http://www.polygon.com/2015/8/10/9128997/steam-machine-portably-smach-zero-steamboy
Those specs are nebulous as hell, so far as I know. It’s some sort of integrated CPU/GPU solution (an APU), but it’s only popping out 720P, and 4 gig of RAM isn’t bad for a handheld device, so…
I’d say spec wise it should be able to run anything pre-2013 (or pre-current gen console stuff), hard to say if newer stuff will work or not without more knowledge. Also depends on OS because if it’s just running Steam OS then it will only be able to play things that it supports.
So lower spec last gen stuff give or take?
Not bad. There’s a whole bunch of older PC games I’ve always wanted to play but never found the time.
Be good if it supported my GoG library though. They just keep giving me stuff!
I just bought a Rocket League T-Shirt.
Send help.
Help, or someone to take it off you so I can have it?
Where did you buy this! I MUST KNOW
http://www.rocketleaguestore.com/
@coldcamv
I know where $45 of my next pay is going..one of those hoodies! Sucks they dont have my size in asphalt though
I went all the way to New York just to buy a Splatoon shirt, so I feel that. (Just kidding, I went to NY for a holiday with my family, but hey, Nintendo World Store was just around the corner)
Goddamit I’ve got the stupid GI Joe theme song stuck in my head D=
Hello, TAY.
Ugh. This guy! THIS GUY!
ily
THIS IS WHY I DIDN’t WANT TO POST IN THE FIRST PLAC-…
*See’s second line*
Thanks guy <3
So. Clingy.
Urgh.
Don’t be like that Stewie, you sound kinda jaded. Maybe some dank memes of ladies with puppies might cheer you up? 😀
NEVER! >:O
HELLO! o/
I fully intend to play your game, everytime I go to click on the link in TAY I’m at work. Are you winning the vote count yet?? Edit: I really like the art style, I saw a couple of shots with the female soldier which looked really gritty and edgy… like a Wasteland II or Fallout II style.
Hahahaha… no.
Also, see my edit!
Thank you! 🙂
Well I just voted for you.
Are you winning now?
That tipped the balance. Now I’m way out in front. Thanks, man! 🙂
High, Performance.
High-rize!
APARTMENTS.
Here is your page 4 reminder that I am needy.
http://contest.gamedevfort.com/submission/544#.Vclz1XIw-Uk
Came back from lunch to frantic emails of ‘nobody log out of your computers the network is eating itself and you won’t be able to log back in’
…
Oh noooo my computer randomly turned itself off what a traaaagedy guess I’d better go home early…
But how did you ready your emails if you couldn’t log back on…?
*cue Twilight Zone*
@transientmind I have replied to you in the Rockstar thread, but unfortunately a banned user decided to use sockpuppet accounts to mass-downvote one of my posts and put me into temporary moderation. Sorry about that. Hopefully they’ll be released soon.
Ugh. That’s one of the massive drawbacks to a civil conversation with conflicting viewpoints.
You’re interneting wrong 😉
I would just like to point out that when you used the analogy of lawnmowers all I could think was “Man, I wish someone modded in a functional lawnmower”.
Then I realised I wouldn’t use it in solo or online becuase I may or may not get banned 😛
Dead Rising style? Yes. Yes.
There’s a ride-on lawnmower isn’t there? Or am I thinking of San Andreas.
Not sure, but I meant the push style. I do know there’s a model for lawnmowers in the game (I saw on in solo last night) so it’d be possible if not for running the risk of bans.
You shouldn’t be banned for single player mods, Rockstar said they weren’t doing that. Whether that’s true or not is a different matter of course.
Yeah, but I’d love it in multi too.
Picture it: a fire fight between a bunch of players in a busy intersection of the city, and then a guy walks through the middle pushing a lawnmower, whistling nonchalantly. Everyone freezes and takes an obscene amount of time to process the situation. Then they all target the poor lawnmower guy, but it wouldn’t matter. I’d be too busy laughing my arse off.
I got a ‘red swingline stapler’ vibe from that =)
You have to be whistling “a-hunting we will go”
Whee, my secondary 808 arrived! Yay for backups 😛
I imagine your work room for all of this old kit looks like a 90s university storeroom.
That or a warehouse. Especially with all the boxes lying around at the moment.
So now you can program epic 80s-sounding drum duels?
And take 41mp stereoscopic photos 😛
Ooh, they had some NFC multiplayer game on the stock version that I forgot all about. Should see if I can download it back to my other phone and see how it goes.
So your 808 is just a phone and not one of the raddest pieces of late-70s musical technology?
Just the raddest of early-10s mobile technology.
I log into my hotmail account for a couple of seconds: 1 New Mail From Liondrive! 😀
Damned uni students and their me-me’s
They’re not even memes, they’re just hawt (and adorable!) 😀
You’re a bad man Stewie, there’s going to be a barrage of bikini models and adorable puppies heading your way soon enough.
Also a man whom is wearing nothing but undies is at very least 11/12th’s nakey not half nakey!
You’re lucky.
I was gong to send you one of a guy only covering his… stuff… with a teacup (and a kitten in a teacup!), but thought that that may be too nude XP
@shane Late lunch of chicken, cranberry and triple brie (none of that double nonsense here) made me start thinking about you. You’re a smartey-man games developer now. I’m curious: you started making a visual novel, but have you played many of them? Which ones do you like?
ACE ATTORNEY! ACE ATTORNEY!
I know they’re not really visual novels in the strictest sense.
Truth be told, I don’t think I’ve actually played a ‘proper’ visual novel. Not a one. I don’t know how similar or different my project is from the norm. I’m deriving game design inspiration from games like Life is Strange, Heavy Rain, Walking Dead, and Ace Attorney, and cramming it into a form I think I can work with.
The only ones I could even think of are Virtue’s Last Reward (and the others in its series), but I haven’t even played them.
For better or worse, I guess I’m thinking of the VN interface primarily as a shell for game mechanics that I’m deriving from other sources. Hell… I don’t even know if my game is an official visual novel.
#AmateurHour!
Interesting. Wouldn’t be the first time someone’s shaken a genre up by coming in with no preconceptions.
Do you have a halfway decent PC? Asking for reasons.
It’s halfway decent. A few years old now, but it was good in its day. I don’t really game on it, though, because the graphics card is definitely not a high-end one 😛
PS: It’s very kind of you to think that I have potential to shake a genre up. That’s encouraging and ego-strokey! 🙂
PPS: Triple brie. I am so jealous.
I actually went to buy double brie but both the double and triple from one brand were on special and I decided to splurge out the extra 40c and eat like an emperor instead of a mere king.
Obviously the bulk of Visual Novels are Japanese. That’s where it comes from, after all. There’s a few that are translated either officially or by fans, but the bulk of the official stuff is wall to wall pornography (‘nukige’) or just haremy dating sim crap (stuff like Shuffle). There’s some exceptions though. However most of these tend to innovate on writing, rather than on structure/gameplay:
– Steins;Gate is on PC and I think Vita now (maybe not in the US yet?) and it’s extremely good. Guy and his friends manage to stumble upon a way to effectively time travel. However changing the timeline has unexpected results. Gets pretty dark at times.
– Clannad had a big kickstarter push and is coming some time soon in English. It’s probably the high point for Key, who were one of the pioneers of the ‘crying game’ (nakige) that we get the ‘sad girl in snow’ meme from. It’s a sad game that ruminates on the importance of family and interpersonal connections. And it has all the feels.
– Corpse Party is somewhere between Visual Novel and Adventure game, but it’s more VN than anything else. Originally made in RPG Maker. First two on PSP with a third game in the series coming to Vita later this year, and the original version (with amateur voice acting and graphics) is coming to Steam at some point. Horror game where a bunch of students get together after school, recite a charm, and find themselves transported to a hellish, haunted, broken-down school they can’t escape from. You will never look at little girls with scissors the same way again.
– When They Cry is comprised of two separate series, Higurashi and Umineko. Both have multiple games. They’re very much novels as they have no decision branching or anything, and they’re essentially mystery / supernatural things. Higurashi was the first and is probably the more distinctive thanks to the anime adaption it got. The author’s style for both series of games is that it’s basically a time loop. Each episode has a few things set up differently or happen differently. There are some events which always happen but the circumstances change each time, and your job as the reader is to try and figure out how it all happens. I personally think that Umineko is the better of the two. A rich family gets together for their yearly reunion on an isolated island when a typhoon rolls in, stranding them for several days. They are never heard from again. Each game uses the basic facts about what actually happened to spin a series of locked-room murder mysteries, and then claim that ‘a witch must have done it’ because only magic could explain it. The reader is expected to piece together what really happened from the clues.
– It’s only in English already if you want a fan translation, and there’s an official release coming to Kickstarter soonish, but one of the consistently highest-rated Visual Novels of them all is Muv-Luv Alternative. Has an interesting origin – basically, the original Muv-Luv game is in two parts. The main part is Muv-Luv Extra, which is basically a stupid haremy RomCom. Once you finish the routes for the two main girls, you unlock the second game, Muv-Luv Unlimited. Unlimited has the same protagonist wake up to find himself in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Earth was invaded by an insectoid alien race, the Beta, who are slowly wiping humanity out. He ends up conscripted to serve in the local military (where alternative-world versions of the characters from the main game are officers and soldiers) and train to fight the Beta. Muv-Luv Alternative is kind of like a sequel slash expansion of Unlimited. Mech combat, lots of violence and gore and generally extremely dark. Very excited to see the kickstarter for that series. Note: there are sexytimes in all these games also. Note note: Don’t know if you watch much anime, but if you saw the Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse anime, the game’s much more like the first couple of episodes of that and less like the rest of it.
– Sekai Project have a few good ones up on Steam for fairly cheap. Planetarian is only a few hours long and packs in a lot of feels. Narcissu 1st and 2nd are up for free as well, and they say they’re doing an improved remake of all the games. People have had a lot of really good things to say about Fault milestone one as well. The sequel’s due fairly soon. I haven’t played it yet. Same for World End Economica which is also supposed to be fairly good.
There’s some good fan-translated ones around. My personal favourite, Aoishiro, is one of them. Mixed bag on that. Some stuff like Fate/Stay Night is very good. Others can be average. What gets translated tends to be stuff that someone takes a big interest in so that can sometimes cleave toward certain styles of game.
I think in terms of Japanese stuff, with Clannad and Muv-Luv picked up for localization and the Nitro+ stuff slowly coming over the remaining ‘holy grail’ games are the Type-moon stuff (Tsukihime, Fate/Stay Night etc.) and Baldr Sky.
Your VN is quite different in that you use 3D rather then 2D. You have your choices in the text box (I’ve only ever seen them as buttons myself). I’ve never encountered one with proper cutscenes and the subject matter is very different. I’ve only seen VNs that focus on romance.
Stupid question i know but i want to ask before it consumes me.
When designing a website nowadays should you look seriously at optimising it for smart watches or is that just being completely stupid?
Totally depends on the site and intended audience/purpose. A companion app might work better.
I should start calling you WebDevMama!
I agree with this. Unless you’re specifically wanting smartwatch-ers to use your site, it’s probably safe to ignore it until they’re a little more mainstream or create a separate app.
Optimising for smartphones though, definitely.
I wasn’t always a mama. Once upon a time, I was an Engineering undergraduate.
CookingEngineeringUndergraduate is a bit less catchy, but we can make it work.
Silly Red Engineering Undergraduate’s don’t cook
Completely stupid. Nobody even considers optimising for mobiles seriously 😛
Mobiles are yesterday Grandpa it’s all smart watches these days!
Give him a break. He’s only just getting used to cordless and number pad dialling.
Don’t bet on that
Ok maybe there’s a few decent guys out there who do put some effort in.
Cheers guys i know it was a stupid question but i wanted to cover all bases just in case.
I have an Apple Watch and I don’t think I can use Safari if that helps? I’, I totally echo @cookingmama’s sentiments in regards to the market segment whom should be using your website.
As the nurse at work said the other day (when I couldn’t work out the microwave), there’s no such thing as stupid questions, just stupid answers.
Which is wrong, of course, I ask some goddamn stupid questions, but I hope you appreciate the lack of help.
That depends, does your customer-base have a ludicrous amount of disposable income that they’d even consider getting a smartwatch? 😛
Personally I’d say no
It is the mining industry :P.
I doubt anyone would look at the site on a smart watch (our current site barely works on a mobile anyway and we get no complaints).
I just wanted to be sure to be sure. No doubt some years down the track it may be something to look at but i doubt i will be around to have to deal with it.
Now i have to work out the always fun Drupal v Joomla v WordPress argument regarding my new company website. Cannot wait.
Do many here read Ebooks primarily? Recommend a good place to buy them from?
Check out your local council library. Most now have a good catalogue of ebooks (and audiobooks) that you can borrow for free.
They just turn up in your email account from some guy named @redartifice.
For borrowed ebooks, @cookingmama is spot on- If you’re a member of any public library in SA, you can access their ebook collection which is delivered through an app called Overdrive. You can borrow and reserve books, and they’ll automatically delete when the loan period is up.
For purchased or otherwise obtained ebooks, I use a combination of Google Play Books and the Kindle app. They both have in-app stores, Amazon is usually cheaper but I prefer the google reading app so if the price is the same I’ll get it through there.
I read on tablet probably… 20% of the time? I’m too much of a sucker for physical books, and I like that I can lend them out to people.
That would be exactly what I am looking for…
…if I did not like to read on a Kindle Paperwhite.
Dammit.
Someone needs to make a tablet with an e-ink screen on the back like that phone concept a while ago.
I would by the shit out of that.
If you just want it for ereading, you may be well served by just buying a cheapie tablet off kogan.
After some googling I’ve discovered there exists e-readers that run android.
Might consider an upgrade.
@sunsoar77: dunno if you’re still playing Kantai Collection but you may wish to jump in at some point. Event is on. The first map looks like it’s pretty easy with the right composition and there’s lots of reports of some pretty rare drops even in easy mode, eg seeing reports of Unryuu, Kumano, Suzuya, Nowaki, Tanikaze and Tokitsukaze. Also all the Kongou-class Battleships. E2 also doesn’t look to be too hard depending on the spread you’ve got and will get you a chance at Shoukaku and some of the Agano-class Cruisers as well. Plus you’ll get one of the new ships added for the event, Kawakaze, if you beat the map. E2 would also be the first taste of the Combined Fleet mechanic which is quite fun.
This is actually going to be a thing.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Bobs-Burgers-Burger-Book/dp/0789331144
A recipe book for all the pun burgers featured on Bob’s burger of the day board.
I really want to see them try to sneak Louise’s ‘improved’ names in there somehow as a visual easter egg.
Yo @mrtaco are you able to confirm for realsies if you’d want to book accommodation with us? Pow and I are looking at places and the like. Apologies for rushing you!
Also not to dissuade you but we’re having difficulty finding a place within your budget. Unless you want to stay at the space hotel again (and I will die before I go back there again)
Nah, that’s cool. I’m happy to bow out if it’s causing you guys problems.
Okay, @mrtaco. We think we’ve found a place that we like the look of for $952 for 4 nights. 3 beds, 1 lounge (or we can request an extra bed for an extra $100) – so that’s 263 each for four nights. Good with you?
Well, hope you’re happy with that because I’ve booked it 😛 I’ll send you and @blaghman some details via Twitter.
(seriously though if you want to go with something else that’s totally fine – it’s already way cheaper than I paid last year :P)
EDIT: Did you delete your Twitter? 😛
I… didn’t. Did something happen to it?
Also geez, where the hell did you stay last year 😛
Hm… still seems to be there but I can’t private message you for some reason… Turned off in the settings or something? Maybe an email would be easier.
Anyway, all happy to go with this?
Shouldn’t be, I had private message stuff going with the Guacamelee guys. E-mail works though, I know how to drive that 😛
What’s your email again? @blaghman too.
Dammit Pow, you should have my email, you’re just being slack!
blaghman(at)gmail(dot)com
@blaghman But it’s so hard to remember.
Rocket League!
Finally hit silver rank and all of the sudden everyone I vs is allt better and everyobe on my team are alot worse
Are you on PC or PS4?
He’s a PS4 dude, part of me and @shane’s most glorious victory and most humiliating defeat!
In ranked 2v2? I need someone to team with! Teaming up with randoms is super unreliable.
Yeah dude, I know I cracked it on twitter about it when in 7 games 5 of them was 2v1 their favour because people woule just crack it and leave, im using the time currently playing just to train and get better at 2v2 really before the official season starts
I only just started playing 2v2 last week, but it really seems like the best version of the game. Way less chaos, way more teamwork, even with randoms.
I spent some time today PAX sewing. I now have a cool hat. It’s orange!
Trying to do well in everything at Uni is getting exhausting 🙁 I’ve barely had a moment to think in a week now. Thank god I have Thursday and Friday off.
Although those 2 days are probably going to be spent preparing a 50 slide presentation on stock market forecasting that I have to present next Monday :l Economics isn’t really my strong point so it’s interesting to say the least. Am pretty good at bullshitting my way through presentations though so it’ll be okay 😛
Also had to do a 20 minute presentation today with 3 other people on cloud technologies. I think we were the only group that weren’t shit. The teacher at the end was just like “Wow. I have no questions for you guys” and off we went. Every other group spent their whole 20 minutes fumbling through words they obviously hadn’t practiced and saying sorry for getting caught up. We had a no notes policy, works well 😛
Alsooooo had an intensive entrepreneurship class over the weekend (follow up class to the one I did first semester last year). We had to do 4 presentations and we thought for one of them me and one of the girls in the group would be a bogan couple and just wing the entire thing when we got down to present. My first thought afterwards was “fuck, we get assessed on that”. We had Summer of 69 playing in the background and swore our heads off. It was pretty great! I don’t think most of the class understood what we were saying (mostly overseas students) but the other Australians in the room were pissing themselves laughing the entire time and afterwards an American woman came up to us and told us we were hilarious and should do a standup routine of it, so… yeah 😛 (she also asked us where to get good pies from, incidentally)
UGHHHH SO BUSY THOUGH I JUST WANT TO SLEEP FOR A WEEK
What is it you’re studying Ben?
Information Systems (although it’s kinda turned into a blend of everything. I’ve done management, entrepreneurship, accounting, organisational behaviour which is basically psychology, sound engineering and a few other random business things)
Went and saw Commander Chris Hadfield live tonight, was really good. Lot of stuff that’s in his autobiography was recovered, but he’s a really inspiring speaker.
Got his (signed) photo book too, which is super pretty.
Just had some awesome rounds of squad battles with some friends. Took a while, but we really hit a good rhythm together and started steamrolling other teams pretty badly. Then we dropped to a team of three, and decided to try out how we go with Tenacity. Only to discover it doesn’t actually activate unless someone on your team is dead, rather than the opposition just having more players than you on the field. So that’s pretty shit. Losses for the most part, though we did manage to get a battle or two against other trios, and after having two pretty heavy losses and the others wanting to call it a night, I egged them on for one more battle. And what a glorious battle it was. Despite being a man down, just absolutely flattened the opposition in the Warehouse. Great way to end things 😛
Spent a few matches afterwards to level up the new jacket Judd gave me, and just now ended up hitting S rank. Woo!
Judd gave you a jacket?
Judd gives you a new gear piece every 5 levels starting at level 25!
I didn’t pick up my helmet til lv 28, had no idea it was waiting there for me 😛
I really need to organise to jump into some squad Splatoon stuff at some point soon…
Tenacity runs off having a difference in number of players on the field, whether by death or d/c. Maybe they’ve blocked it so you can’t take advantage of it in squad battles? I haven’t tested that bit yet.
Numbers recently hit level 10, so we were going to try out a squad battle too
Hey, feel free to add my NNID (also eRonin) if you wanna play together =) I’m in B+ atm, really enjoying ranked despite how frustrating it can be sometimes.
Will do!
I think I’m back down to C cause I haven’t played too much ranked yet, but gunna start getting more into it now squads have been added.
I don’t know if it does it with a d/c, haven’t had it equipped when that’s happened. But last night in our battles the icon would only glow when one of our guys was dead, never any other time.
Might could test out in a private battle, get some odd numbers going and see if it works there. Also force a dropout and see if it kicks in then.
It works for me on a d/c. I ran it for a few hours to see if it would work (there’s lots of conflicting stories about it online) and it does light up. Maybe it considers a d/c the same as a death, so having an empty slot before you start doesn’t count?
It kinda makes sense, otherwise you’d have nothing but 3 man squads running around with reduced spawn time and constantly charging special meters.
I don’t see the problem with that though, since constantly being a man down is a pretty huge disadvantage. I mean if they thought it was too much of an advantage rather than a field-leveler, they could just reduce the rate of special charge when there isn’t a dead player. Or they could just draw from the regular Ranked pool and fill that fourth slot with a random solo player. As it is, it’s pretty shit to play as a trio and needs to be fixed in one way or another.
Ughh i try to go to sleep at a good time but everytime i wake up i feel like I’ve had the shittest sleep. This sucks
#helping
1. Are you drinking around 8-12 glasses of water a day?
2. have you exercised during the day?
3. How long before bed do you eat?
4. Are you playing gaemz or using your smart phone within 30 minutes before bed?
5. Are you having caffeine within 3 hours of going to bed?
6. What do you consider a ‘good time’ to go to bed?
My advice for you so you don’t have to type a bunch of stuff out, and spoilered for size:
1. Definitely drink water all through the day, your sleep is significantly impacted by hydration levels. It’s like playing The Sims’ they throw a tantrum when they are bottoming out in a certain area (Like hydration, your body thinks you’re dying so it makes you wake up to drink water(.2. Exercising for around 20 minutes a day has been shown to assist in getting a restful, full cycle sleep as you produce more melatonin so as to allow your muscles to recover from the activity by sleeping longer and spending more time in REM Sleep.
3. Eating a high G.I right before bed is a surefire way to wake up in the middle of the night, foods high in sugar/carbohydrates will make your insulin spike and you’ll be waking up to eat again before you know it. Have a small glass of milk, some sweet potato around 2 hours before you sleep so you feel ‘sated’ before your sleep
4. Gaemz and smart phones before bed don’t mix, heightened brain activity before you sleep isn’t conducive to a full nights rest. Turn the console off around 30-40 minutes before bed and get into the routine of brushing your teeth and other stuff that takes up time before you go to bed.
5. Caffeine before bed is a killer, I used to eat so much chocolate before I went to sleep I’d wake up in two hours ready to eat/stay awake again… do not do it!
6. I’m genuinely interested in this lol. There are good and ‘bad times’ to go to bed in terms of your circadian rhythm and restful sleeping.
As an Exercise Physiologist the rate for such information shall be… $130, payable to H-Performance with bank details to follow.
1. Yes
2. If manual labour coubt as as exercise then yes
3. I ate a bowl of icecream about an hour before going to sleep
4. Not so much using but i did check to make sure my alarms were set before going to bed.
5. Nope I cut caffeine at 7pm at the latest
6. I try to be in bed asleep by 11 but last night I had work to do so went to sleep at 12
Will you accept IOUs?
Sounds like you’re pretty good for most part until number 5, no coffee after 4pm!! 12qm is definitely too late, anytime between 8-10pm bedtime is good for your circadian rhythm.
… Yes.
Its not coffee! its Coca-Cola with dinner
Man if I went to bed at 10 I wouldn’t sleep id be too like its still early haha
Ill get my IOU book
Cut the caffeine out by the afternoon and try to get into bed between 10-12; I guarantee even if you don’t sleep quickly the first night you’ll sleep a lot easier and faster the second night. If you stay up past 12 it becomes harder for your body to naturally fall asleep and get a good night’s rest (i.e. more likely to wake up or leave REM sleep)
That is a shitload of water to be drinking and I don’t know how anyone could have that much every day. How much is a “glass” worth? I used to take a 1L bottle of cordial to work and try to drink through that, but would still usually have maybe 1/8-1/3 left by the time I got home.
Very good point, I only say that because that’s what is recommended by the Australian Healthy Eating Guide. Did you feel awfully tired drinking the cordial through the day?
Yeah, I still needed my sneaky lunchtime nap to make it through the day without involuntarily passing out. But that seems more like a product of heavily air-conditioned environments as far as I can tell, rather than anything relating to quality of sleep.
I’m talking about the 1L of cordial :p
Should it have made me tired?
A sugary drink like a cordial spikes your insulin, usually when you see young children drink some they play like crazy and then crash on the couch afterwards or get grumpy.
It’s the same for us adults 😛
@highperformance Ah. It shouldn’t be too sugary, I try to keep it pretty well diluted. I just can’t stand the taste of plain water, I’d be drinking even less if I had to have it like that. Generally though I can’t say I’ve ever really noticed or felt a sugar rush and/or subsequent crash. Same as how coffee doesn’t really seem to do anything for me other than prevent the ability to sleep (not to be confused with making me feel awake or in any way energised).
Funny. I easily finish a 1L bottle in the course of a day and get through at least half of a re-fill.
Caffeine withdrawals, engage! *curls up under desk*
So glad I’m not caffeine dependent. *waits until nobody’s looking, snorts coffee beans*
Yup, completely clear here from that addiction. *Drinks from a thermos that has “Definitely Not Coffee” emblazoned on the side*
Im not an addict its the others that are addicts!
Getting tired of this phone being unable to keep up when im typing so it fills in the blanks with gibberish
I’m not addicted. I can quit whenever I want…
I just don’t want to!
*tenses to stop the shaking*
More coffee!
I’m not allowed caffeine any more. It’s been a week now and I’m not sure how I feel about it.
I’ve all but given it up several times before – as in no energy drinks, no soft drinks, etc – only caffeine intake is my green tea. And I always feel noticeably better for it. Always. But for some reason there always comes a day when I’m like ‘Buggrit, I’m tired – caffeine time.’ Then it commences wholesale again. Trying to remind myself how much better I feel without it and sticking to it. I also have a, we’ll call it a ‘thing’ where I have incredibly shaky hands depending on conditions. Several things exacerbate it, few as much as caffeine. But I like caffeine. I just don’t like what it does to me. =(
Life sans caffeine was so much better (I’m not even that bad at the moment, but I’ve been averaging a (very) strong coffee a day lately). But caffeine has a weird relationship with my headaches, where sometimes it helps, and sometimes it very much does the opposite, and so sometimes I spiral into mad dependency.
I find I get an absolute clanger of a headache on day two or three of caffeine abstinence. Usually lasts about 2/3 of the day, but that’s about it. I think once I’ve been off it for a while, feeling better becomes feeling normal, and then getting back on caffeine doesn’t seem so crazy. Before I know it, I’ve taken a nosedive off the wagon and I’m back where I started.
This is a pretty standard story for caffeine withdrawals. It’s a fun way to remind yourself that it really is a drug 😀
*Rick James voice* Caffeine’s a helluva drug. Yeah, I remember the screaming headache last time I quit.
Mine came down to doctors asking if I wanted to have another stroke or not. Kind of makes the decision easier.
Caffeine or stroke? Hrm, let me think on that for a bit.
Does that extend to tea as well?
Sometimes I find that it’s not even the caffiene that I’m addicted to, it’s just the habit of having coffee or soft drink. Eg, waking up and making coffee before anything else, or always having a coffee at the shops. And I find that quitting coffee for a while helps with sugar cravings too.
Makes sense. I found a similar thing when I quit smoking all those years ago. The habits rather than the act itself were the hardest to break.
Starting to get back into Mount & Blade (specifically, Viking Conquest). I’m currently 4 achievements off 100% and have finished Warband multiple times, and it’s still such a great game.
Can’t wait for M&B 2.
I’ve contemplated playing M&B a few times always thought it was MP only
Mount and blade was the first real sand box style game I played. I actually bought it from the devs directly when they were just starting out *hair flick*
Such a good experience to just set your character and then get dropped in the world with a ok, there is your character, click to move as your main quest.
Warband added a bunch of multiplayer stuff but the core of the game is still the SP experience
Warband actually made the solo stuff infinitely better too. It was a general tidy up and new features that the community was begging for. They’re pretty good at listening to their players.
Yeah.
I’m hoping that M&B 2 is the same big step up from M&B to warband.
The original game was janky as hell, but still had the core gamepay that made it great fun.
“Janky but great fun” is such a common way to describe the game…I literally just did it below 😛
Multi is fun but the really awesome stuff is in solo. It’s kind of like Heroes of Might and Magic in that you’ve got the overworld, you’re running around as one unit then switch to the battle screen for fights, but they’re real-time battles where one unit is one unit, not a stack.
It also allows multiple play styles; you can be a tactician sitting at the back of a fight ordering troops RTS style, lead them from the front (which is risky but god I love it), you can forego fighting and be a trader, or get an elite merc force and hire yourself out to people…lots of options!
Fair warning, it can be a bit dense and confusing starting out and can be a little janky in places (mostly due to age) but it’s a lot of fun. There’s also a crapload of great mods, and most official expansions started out as mods (Napoleonic Wars, Viking Conquest).
Finished Warband twice? As in become emperor and defeat everyone?
Wow, that’s dedication. Have not got there once yet.
Finished once as King of all, finished a few times as a Lord of a faction. And yeah…it takes bloody ages either way 😛
Yeah, have been plodding along in several 30 hour chunks every few months.
Might finish by Bannerlord. Maybe…
Uh, I feel like I should apologise, especially to @shane, @pixel_the_ferret_viking and to @tech_knight. I know I am helping, but I feel that perhaps I helped a little too enthusiastically. I’m sorry about that. I hope you can forgive me and know that my heart is in the right place. (at least I hope it is, or else I may be dying. #everypageispagesix)
Don’t apologise because there’s nothing to apologise for 😀
Everything is great, everything is awesome
Don’t apologise for helping, everything is cool when you’re part of a team.
Ugh, now it’s stuck in my head
Classic @Scree.
‘Oh look, bottom of the page. More interesting articles from across the network, this one looks good, I’ll just click on it…’ SURPRISE MOTHERFUCKER, TRENDING STORIES RIGHT NOW!
I know it’s been said, but sweet mother of sandwich, that shit is getting on my nerves.
You will never leave TAY.
At least not while you’re here, princess.
I host filed tabola to localhost which fixed most of the issues I had with it
Hacks!
Our savior @os42 to the rescue:
http://pastebin.com/N5uAybWW
Also to remove the auto-refresh:
http://pastebin.com/wuXh561J
I started actively avoiding other Kotaku articles last week and this week I don’t think I’ve left TAY once? This trending stories crap and the automatically loading pages as you scroll down on the main website just drive me insane; I like my websites static dammit :@
meh anyways I get all my gaming news from TAY and PCG now =P
Not sure if anyone has mentioned it yet, but the latest Rocket League update has finally added cross platform private matches!
Does that mean that if I get it on steam i can play with the PS peasants
Been looking at it but with the limited numbers on PC I figured I might wait until launch but if I can join the others platform players it could be worth it
The cross-platform play has always been there for standard online. Just now you can do private matches with friends across both.
That would be right, I’m 63 cents short of money in my wallet
!!!
…sooooo……Rocket League tonight?
@cakesmith @mythamphetamine @redartifice @shane @morkai @freezespreston @coldcamv @crazyguy1990 @blaghman @liondrive anyone else that owns it.
Can two people play split-screen online on the PS4?
Yes. You’ll both need PSN accounts, but as long as @alexpants is signed in first you can basically mooch off his PS+ (or so the Internet tells me)
Excellent, excellent. Everything is falling into place…
I’m seeing a movie tonight so probably won’t be home until 9:30ish…butt maybe!
You’re sidelined, pending a disciplinary hearing.
Hand over your keys.
Fuck. Yes.
I’m not doing anything else so why not.
I pity whoever gets me on their team.
If I’m on PSN, invite me in.
Ill try but no promises as I promised Cathryn we’d watch a movie
I’ve got a dinner, but if you guys are on when I get home I’m in.
YESSSSS. I’ll probably be on around 9:30!
Pick me!
DIRK SEARLES
My brother is about 1 area away from ringing the first bell.
I’m eagerly anticipating sweary facebook messages about Gargoyles.
Hehe, HahaHAHAHA, hehe
First time through for him I’m guessing?
Ayup, though:
https://twitter.com/redartifice/status/630708523089813504
If only I could be so grossly incandescent…
Anyone else loving the docos on Netflix? I just enjoyed the ghost army doco and would recommend it.
Watch the Nina Simone one, it’s great.
And Chef’s Table
There’s a documentary about spiders on there!
I will avoid that one like the plague.
Cathryn’s been loving the docos, shes pretty much watched nothing but nature ones but we did watch bigger, faster, stronger: a story of steriods and hot girls wanted because it was the featured one. I need to start watching more
I’ve watched quite a few war ones. I think we watched resistance as well.
I watched Blackfish, but that’s on Stan I believe.
Also on Netflix
While I’m still thinking of Viking Conquest, I’ve made some great friends in Denmark (particularly the king) and encouraged them to mass invade a city that keeps offending me. They spent 3 days running in circles before figuring out how to jump in boats and then proceeded to invade the wrong country.
@pixel_the_ferret_viking …is this why you left?
Please keep discussions here based on video games.
There’s a region called Friese to the Southwest of Denmark.
I’m now going to burn it down.
Sorry
Well…. Erhm… Yes
Jump in bost ja? Ja! *sinks boat*
I want to get something off my chest, whether someone reads it or not I’m not sure if I mind but I imagine this will hopefully make me feel better for having shared it. I’ve spoilered in case people don’t want to read my existential musings & ramblings.
On Monday I went with my partner to her Grandma’s funeral, she had lived to 100 years old which is an astounding effort. She left quite a legacy, she worked with some reputable big named companies, joined the war effort in the 40’s and also held some positions with David Jones all the while raising her two children as a single mother. What a beautiful person and what a legacy to have.Driving home I got to thinking about my own mortality and legacy, I didn’t want to talk to my girlfriend about it because it might be construed as selfish and she was grieving in her own way, but I feel it’s kinda human to think these things when death touches you in that way. It got me thinking about what people would say at my funeral, and what I would like my eulogy to read like. For example I’d think if I had to get up and eulogize my Grandpa I could talk about a bunch of stuff; Too me he has lived more than one life, he’s owned a tyre business, was a publican, a Victorian wood chopping champion, a VFL footballer, a high ranking Union Official, Single Dad to my Dad and Aunt… I’d go as far as to say he’s kinda my hero. I’m 26 and I’ve not done any of this stuff yet, my biggest achievement in life is probably raising $10,000 for a charity in East Timor on the back of training for and competing in The Worlds Toughest Mudder race. Which I think is a good start, but I don’t know where my next really cool thing is going to come from yet.
I do so many things in life where I start working on something, but I almost never finish what I’m working at. I start playing a video game… and then I never collect all of the collectibles, I might finish the main story if I’m lucky but I never go the whole way. I buy a book with the intent to read every page and learn from it, I get about 3 chapters in and then feel like doing something else. I’m usually really happy with this, I’m happy to just jump from thing to thing and enjoy learning new things. I never get a mastery of anything I do, I almost can’t physically say I’ve mastered anything. Finishing the post grad masters degree in Exercise Physiology was one of the most difficult things I’ve ever done, perhaps maybe just because I had to actually focus on it for a year rather than do it for a few nights in a row and then forget about it.
A saying that I’ve been taught since I was little from my Pa was that ‘You only leave this earth with one thing; it’s not your clothes, your house or your money. The only thing you leave with is your credibility’. I’m kinda sad at the thought that I’ll be eulogized as merely a friendly person who was mildly good a lot’s of different stuff and there’s no real standout contribution he’s made to his family, friends or even the planet if I died today. It should be easy for me to go and be inspired by this ideal and go do something inspirational, something that I could be proud of. But that doesn’t come easy, it’s not in my nature to work so hard at any one thing that I can sit down and be proud of. I hope though by putting this down somewhere I’ll remember that I do care and that I’ll be able to inspire myself to do more stuff that I can be proud of.
/End Ramble
Sympathies, friend. *good juju beam engaged*
Life rantings:
I try not to worry about my lasting legacy. I don’t think my life’s worth should be quantified by some societal standard or expectation of what I leave behind. Be it children, an impact on the world, whatever. I have no interest in children, nor do I have any sense of obligation to change the world in some measurable way, no matter how small. Doesn’t mean I don’t want to make anything better, just that I’m not placing any expectations.As a person, I figure if I conduct myself day to day in a way that lets me sleep well at night, that’s all I need. Entertain other perspectives as much as feasible, even if they totally clash with your own. I try to be as decent to my fellow man as I can. I endeavour to be as open minded as possible. I try and learn something new as often as I can, and I try to make an effort to travel at least once every few years so I can see the larger world outside my own tiny existence. I may not always succeed at all these things, but I figure if I’m making an honest effort and succeed at least some of the time, I’m doing OK.And if at the end of it all, I’ve got at least a handful of people that can stand up and say ‘He was actually a really decent person.’ And I don’t have too many regrets – we will all have some – I’ll consider my life a success.I hope with your last spoilered point I get to that point, I’m certainly far from perfect but I hope on the balance of things I hope I’d tip more towards the good then bad reasons people would remember me!
I think fond memories are the most important legacy for anyone to leave behind. Memories and stories.
Mate, you’re a good dude and the best thing you can do is to hold true to yourself and what you believe in. No-one else is living your life and you need to be happy so do what makes you happy. I think the biggest gift you can give someone in life is kindness, support and empathy and it makes a bigger impact on them then you realise.
It doesn’t have to be something life changing but just being there for people is a great thing.
The thing is, you have to be passionate about something to see it through. If you’re not, and your heart is not in it, then you find it hard to follow through. Just do what you can mate and you, not your actions will inspire others 🙂
Thanks mate, I appreciate that. Totally agree with you that all of those things are great, sometimes I get caught up in this thought of trying to do something that should leave me feeling proud.
I imagine it’s because I’ve not really felt ‘pride’ at anything I’ve done, I don’t know how how it feels. Like when I finished two uni degrees I never had a moment where I felt like I was proud of myself, I was just thinking about he next thing I was going to do.
Just a thought: if your grandfather had died at your age, probably no one would have had all that much to say about him either. You’re still young – arguably the biggest (and certainly the most impactful) part of your life is still ahead of you.
I think it’s normal to worry about that stuff, but I’d also argue (perhaps in opposition to my first point) that people might have more profound memories of you than you might anticipate. You’re a guy who, from what I can see, is plugged into a broader community in a very giving way. That’s the sort of stuff that always comes back around in goodwill.
Haha that is true, I think he did a few of those things though by 26. He is 70 so he does have a fair bit of a head start on me. Here’s hoping so 🙂
Nihilism answer!
No one leaves anything behind. Even your awesome granddad will only live on in the memories of a few relatives for a short time.There’s no point in stressing about some kind of arbitrary success state. The things that are really important to you, you will find a way to do. And the things that aren’t, you won’t.
Live as you want to live and enjoy the ride.
Sometimes I have this particular idealism when I’m doing stuff when I’m being selfish (Playing Xbox instead of cleaning some dishes, More self-centered stuff, etc.) and it feels damn good at the time. Then I think about how this will make me look in the eyes of those who I care about and then I invariably start doing the right thing again.
(For the record I’m straight edge, don’t hit people, gamble, murder lol).
I share your view good sir; all I aim to leave is the world in an ever so slightly better form than I first found it. Maybe through my kids or maybe through my interactions with people around me =]
I really liked I think it was smbc’s take on it
It takes 7 years to really master something, you you can portion your life into a bunch of mini lives, each of 7 years. So if you start at 11 your 1st life is your teenage years. You then start your next lift of early adulthood, what are you going to learn and master that life.
Over an average lifespan you get 11 different lives, it is up tyo you to live each one.
You are still you HP and probably only into your 2nd of 11 lives. You still have plenty of time to make your mark
I really like the sound of that living mini lives hypothesis, it makes me feel like I’ve got more time to do stuff. Thanks man.
You’re 26 – you’re overdue for your quarter-life crisis \o/
Seriously though, I don’t think it’s the list of achievements in your life that really matters, it’s the people who will remember you when you’re gone. You can have a eulogy that reads like a resume, or a group of friends and family talking about the fun times they had with you and how glad they were to have known you. I’d definitely prefer the latter. And talk to your girlfriend. Even though she’s missing her Grandma, she’s probably thinking the same things as you.As soon as I started typing I thought ‘Damnit this sounds like a quarter-life crisis’.
I’m not quite sure if it’s a passing feeling I’ve had for the past couple of days or if this is something that will make me think about changing my life in some profound way. I agree with you that making those sorts of memories are the best though, I’m particularly focused on doing it with my family but my friends I’m not so great at.
You’re 26?! Ha I hope I never get that old! =P #helping
Jokes aside performance in the eternal words of General William Westmoreland (I think) – “It is certain only with either fortune or discipline can catastrophe be avoided. Of the two discipline is the only one you can’t run out of”
I was much like yourself a few years back; losing interest in things as quickly as I gained them, never seeing my commitments through to fruition. However a little over a year ago my grand-dad passed away, and I grew up and was raised by him and he only ever repeated a single sentiment to me from as far as I can remember. “Once you become a professional in the career path of your choosing I will rest easy; you’re the last of my children I have to see to adulthood”. He never got to see that before he passed away. I’ve spent the past 18 months forging myself into the person I want to be, I’ve taken on challenges and implemented discipline in my daily routine to meet and exceed my personal expectations and I hope to continue with this mentality for the rest of my days. I relate whole-heartedly to how you say are with seeing things through to completion and questioning what you’ve left behind cos when I looked back at my life after my grand-dad passed away I felt like I had done nothing of note compared to his accomplishments in life. Sure I had done more than most of my friends; completed a degree, gotten a full time job and supported myself financially but the bars they set were too damned low. If I was ever going to become someone he could be proud of; someone I could say I was proud of I had to set new bars and meet them with the a level of determination that I never had before. Even now there are days I lapse back into the ways I used to be but it never lasts more than a few weeks before I snap myself back through sheer force of will.I guess what I’m trying to say is; if you feel you aren’t the best you that you should be all you need is the sheer force of will to pull it out of yourself. If I can do it; I’m absolutely certain anyone can.
I always figured you were around my age as well, how old are you? :S The power of the mind is a wondrous thing, I know that when I set my mind to something I’m sure I can do it. I’m still in the process of identifying what ‘It’ is, I’m hoping though once I find something that I need to see through I will.
I’m a full *counts in head*….. 4 months away from turning 26!! HA! =P
It’s crazy how much your own mind can hold you back or push you forward and how much easier it becomes to keep moving forward once you gain momentum in meeting your goals. For what it’s worth I spent two years just trying to figure out what I wanted to do with my life so it wasn’t exactly something I managed to change and focus in on overnight. I think the most important thing is to keep your desire and motivation going no matter what. Much like a gym/diet routine you’ll only stick to it if you enjoy doing it.
But here’s the thing, what would your Grandpa say to eulogize himself? When we think of others it’s easy to see what they’ve accomplished and the impact they’ve had on everyone around them, it’s very clear in a bullet point list, but even when we’re proud of our own achievements when we think about them things get muddy. We’re way to close to our lives to see them properly.
We don’t see the end result we see the fact we could have done it in half the time if we didn’t screw around every weekend. We see being a good boyfriend/husband/father as just something anyone in our position would do because we were living it moment to moment rather than actually trying to achieve some goal of making our families 250 points happier by 2022. If we donate a half a million dollars to charity every year we also see our budget where it’s clear that we can afford to do that, so we understand that while that may sound super charitable on paper it’s really not putting ourselves out.
When someone else gets married or has kids it’s this huge life changing event, but when we do it it’s just this thing that’s happening. We never picture the people who just got engaged taking a crap later that night but when we live it ourselves we have dinner, take out the garbage, have some pretty average sex, do all the other normal stuff we do every day of the week. When we see someone else do it they look like they’re going Super Saiyan but when we do it we’re still the same people we were the day before but with a different Facebook status.
It’s very rare to have the big, clearly defined, dramatic achievements we expect our lives to be full of. Everyone else sees the trailer version of our lives. We see the really long and boring extended directors cut full of direction-less unfinished plot lines.
That’s not to say you shouldn’t try to do more just that you shouldn’t be so hard on yourself for letting enjoying yourself be your motivation in life. I’d wager nothing your Grandpa has done was done so that you’d have something to say when he dies. He raised your Dad and Aunt alone because he loves them and that’s the hand life dealt him. He ran a business because he needed a job and probably wanted something he could pass down. I doubt he threw a dart at a list of hobbies and decided ‘ok, it landed on wood chopping, I’ll be a champion at that’. I’m guessing he had a hobby he enjoyed and he enjoyed taking it to the very top tier.
Likewise your partners Grandma’s legacy could just as easily be viewed as living her life like anybody else, bouncing around a few jobs and having some kids. Obviously her life was more than that, but the point is she wasn’t planning on the significant events of her life happening. The most important things in her life weren’t tasks she set out to master. The things you’ve been critical about yourself don’t clash with what you’ve told us about her life at all. At 26 she could have easily felt exactly like you do about her life, and yet here she is with a life you admire. 74 years from now some kid will probably be wishing he had a life half as satisfying as yours. =P
Reading this has put a lot of things into perspective to me, I literally don’t know what else to say except I feel it’s completely and utterly spot on. Thank you; very, very much.
See, you see it as something someone could benefit from reading where I see it as something I ranted about while on stuck on hold on the phone. =P Seriously though if it helped put things in perspective for you that’s great I’m happy to have helped.
Got a new keyboard.
Razer Black Widow Tournament Edition Chroma.
Has solid reviews, couldn’t find any one saying anything negative about it except for some high level MMO complaints which I’m fairly certain won’t affect me. Have heard fairly mixed reviews about Razer stuff in general but this thing seems nicely built. Keys feel super responsive compared to the old Saitek one I have. Need to give it a test run.
I’ve had two Black Widows and never a single complaint. I’ve got a Black Widow Ultimate from… 2012ish, which has never missed a beat, as well as a 2014 Black Widow Ultimate Stealth with the Razer mechanical switches, and that’s been perfect too. Had some Razer mouse issues before, but everything else of theirs I’ve owned has been great.
I had a Black Widow and I rapidly went from liking it to hating it over a year. Though the majority of my complaints are based around personal preference and hardware issues, don’t expect it to play nicely with any Logitech software.
Logitech fanboy checking in.
Fuck Razer.
Having several Logitech peripherals now and only one that isn’t fucking awful I’m never buying Logitech again, especially since their support boils down to “Don’t know, have you tried fucking yourself?”
That’s not just Logitech support, that’s the vast majority of peripheral manufacturers. You can’t really win.
Fixed it for you.
Fixedit for you.I don’t really know what I’m doing.
Yeah, I used to love Logitech – back when they used to make decent hardware. Then their products just went to shit. Right around the G15 re-release (the orange one) and the G19. Got sick of badly made peripherals that all seemed to die on me in less than 6 months. Were also disgustingly overpriced to boot. I’d have been happy with the premium if the products weren’t fucking terrible. Switched to Razer and have since owned about 5 of their mice, two keyboards, a headset and a 360 controller. Only issues I had was with the battery on one of the mice (the Mamba 4G, I think) dying within a couple of months. Rest of the stuff is still going strong.
Although Logitech’s recent product reinvention has produced some seemingly nice stuff. I got a G502 Proteus Core that impressed me. Really nice mouse. There’s also a mechanical KB of theirs, forget it’s name – black keyboard, blue back – that’s piqued my interest.
The G710+ is the mechanical one… I have one… And I love the ever living crap out of it!
Best keyboard. There’s a few of us with it now. I’m pretty sure @rize has one as well.
Sure do! It’s a champion.
But but I wanted to be a special little snowflake :'(
Then why did your kinsmen try to make all women blonde with blue eyes huh?
#LiterallyHitler…sAncestor
My Logitech progression has been:
Keyboard: G15 (blue) > G510 > G710+
Mouse: G5 > G9x > G602s
I used to use a Logitech G35 headset. It broke one day when I dropped it. Decided to replace it with a Razer…something (about $120). It worked for about a month before the audio quality went to shit and you’d get a constant static sound coming through the headphones. Razer support told me that I had to return it to the retailer. Retailer told me I had to go to Razer. After a couple of days back and forth with Razer, swore off them deciding it wasn’t worth the hassle over a ~$100 item and bought another G35 headset. Used the G35s until recently when I replaced them with a set of Audio-Technical ATH-M50x headset and a Blue Snowball mic.
This was after trying a handful of Razer mice that never felt as good as the G5. Luckily they then released the G9x, which is still the best mouse I’ve ever used. I did end up using 1 Razer mouse with my old laptop. It was an Abysuss or something like that. But for extended use I found it terrible.
Ups for the G9x – still probably the best mouse I’ve ever owned. I also own a pair of the ATH-M50x! Amazing headphones. Revelation after I was getting more and more disappointed with Sennheiser.
I still use my G5 and first release G15. They’re getting a little old and crusty, but are still perfectly functional.
My G5 and blue G15 were the last Logitech peripherals I used on my gaming rig. Got the G9x cheap, and ended up being my work mouse for like 7 or 8 years. Loved it. Started to go a bit dicky though and had to stop using it.
Last Logitech thing I bought was an MX518.
That’s not an indictment, I just haven’t had to buy a new mouse since 2010, and I’m happy with my crappy Microsoft keyboard.
Aaaargh, these keys are all slightly smaller than my old one so I keep missing keys and pressing the wrong one. Going to take a bit to get used to.
Also the noise. So much louder. Clicky clacky.
Also also, very minor quibble, the font used on the keys is weird. Like some quasi futuristic digital looking thing.
THERE WILL BE NO ANGLES IN THE FUTURE THAT AREN’T RIGHT ANGLES
Freeze is all right these days anyway.
Too soon?
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Nah.
WELCOME TO THE FUTURE!
MAN, MACHINE, THE FUTURE!
WELCOME TO THE FUTURE!
LIGHTYEARS AHEAD OF @rocketman !
I got one of those keyboards when I got my new computer, and it died after a week. Store didn’t have a replacement, so I upgraded less the refund cost. Can’t recall to what (will check when I get home), but it’ setter, IMO. Less clacky, bigger buttons, numpad, etc.
My wife
hatesdislikes my Corsair K70 (red switches) because of all the click clack she hears!I reckon it’s turned me into a better typist though and I think I make less noise on it now than I ever used to.
It’s shit going to work each day and using a cheapo keyboard though… Probably can’t justify dropping another $170 to have a second one at work as much as I’d love to.
http://play.typeracer.com/
Woop! 32 wpm.
I am a terrible typer.
Typist.
Good afternoon everybody.
Just got a rave review for Messar Dreams! \o/
You can check it out here http://contest.gamedevfort.com/submission/544/#.Vcq_dJd9XgD
While you’re there, why not drop a vote for the game, too… for old time’s sake?
Whee!
I’ve voted!
Only once? 😛
PS: Thanks!
Did you play it?
Which ending did you get?Not yet, took a bit to d’load on Sunday and I’ve not gamed at all since then. WIll give it a crack tonight- How long to get to an ending roughly?
I think it was around the 15 – 30 minute mark for me based of gut feel.
But I wasn’t watching time so really don’t know
Yeah, depends on reading speed, but I’d be very surprised if there’s more than thirty minutes between start and finish.
I died
Seems to be a common ending, from what I’ve heard.
You hesitated!Also, you didn’t give Larry enough courage with your earlier answers. He saves you if you did.Yep. Pretty much had the feeling that was how it played out. The baby is just a cheap shot to play, but well done. Stupid Larry, can I have the option in NG+ to slap him around.Protip: Maybe next time you should listen to your sergeant and follow orders. You were warned quite a few times about the consequences of disobeying orders. 😛And don’t worry, in the full game, if you want to screw Larry over, you’ll be able to get him totally killed pretty easily.Same here. I just wanted the baby to shut up! So annoying.
Haha, awesome.
It’s really useful playtesting something like this. Now that I know that’s the most common outcome, I can really focus on making gamers pay for making those choices. #sadist
So mean D=
Haha, I wouldn’t really do this.
What I will do (and what I was probably always going to do) is use it to guilt players out for
not following the orders they were given. It’ll be another tough lesson and foreshadowing for the choices still to come!That scene doesn’t end in death anyway. Sean will survive to fight another day.Well, I was guessing it was death because it was just black.Yeah, this build is borked, where it doesn’t seem to progress to the epilogue 🙁
Hm, have you checked on why it’s not going? Is something mislabeled?
No, it worked all right in my pre-compiling playthrough tests. Really have no idea what went wrong… oh well. I’ll just have to tinker with it.
That’s really weird, especially considering that it’s happening for everyone. Might require testing and tinkering.
Right, played
No, you can’t go to your baby, I know you’re HOLY SHIT LARRY YOU JUST SHOT A GUY Also I got karate kicked but survivedGreat work man, it was really good!
Aha, you
called on the unreliable loose cannon for help. Was that a sound decision? 😛Glad you liked it, man. Thanks for playing. 🙂
I’m kinda curious to fiddle with twine or something and throw a d&d flavour into it. Might have a play…
TyranoBuilder is 25% off on Steam right now, and are announcing a game dev jam starting on Monday!
(cc @scree)
I have Tyrano builder. I got it for free because I QA’d it =D
@scree, I know you’ve got it. Your cc was more to do with the game jam contest! 🙂
You should totally make your idea! The mother/daughter one. It sounds like it could be a really cool shorter game.
It’s difficult because I don’t have the assets (and I hate my drawing style).
Also, the pesky sewing thing =P
@scree
Check out these places for potential assets. Plenty available.
http://lemmasoft.renai.us/forums/viewforum.php?f=52&sid=cbcd0a793c6b6d822717b29557de82ca
http://steamcommunity.com/app/345370/discussions/0/611701360822466443/
I also recommended it as well. That’s a great review. Seriously, most VNs can be pretty boring. There’s another thing that VNs do, and it’s a redundant choice. It doesn’t matter what you pick, you end up with the same result.
That’s a video game thing in general. Most games present an illusion of choice, but keep the story pretty much on-rails (Telltale titles, for instance).
Heavy Rain is a good example of a game where all the choices you make feed into different endings, though. Life is Strange seems to be following a similar path, too.
It’s even more frustrating then the obvious good and obvious bad decision, because at least it has some difference occurring.
Agreed! And while we’re on the subject, I’m not a fan of the binary good/bad choices either. Life is deeply complex. A choice can (and often should) have both good and bad consequences all in one messy package!
Case in point: Life is Strange (Ch 2)
Answering the phone when Kate calls in Chapter Two pisses off Chloe in the short term, but ends up being a major factor in whether Kate kills herself at the end of the chapterAnother case in point: Messar Dreams
You can bolster Larry’s confidence with the right words. Focus his determination to be a good soldier, increasing his willingness to pull the trigger… but if you do this, and then get yourself into a precarious situation, he’s gonna come out all guns blazing and kill a baby. But then, in a different situation later on, maybe the outcome will be better if his confidence level is high…I’m thinking about stuff like this day and night. It’s become my new obsession.
I would love to see the behind the scenes, of how you organise this. I’m interested. Is it a flow chart? If I preorder, will you give me access to this stuff?
When I did mine in uni (it was in flash and was a massive joke game), it was down with a looping type structure. There were 3 answers and they gave you points. I think you would either get the good ending, the band ending or the gag ending.
I’ll keep all my documentation (and you don’t need to pay me for it, I’m happy to share), but it’s nothing as neat as a flowchart, I’m afraid 😛
I’m still interested as I’ve wanted to do a VN like how you’re doing for a while. I almost made one with Tyrano builder where you could rebuild or destroy one girl’s relationship with her estranged mother after they accidentally get on the same train carriage together. However, having one area is pretty boring I discovered.
@scree
Did you ever see a movie called Before Sunset? It’s one long conversation in pretty much real time, but the characters walk around Paris and see a whole bunch of stunning scenery along the way.
Is there a particular reason the entire game needs to happen on the train? Perhaps that can just be where it starts! 🙂
I was thinking it would stop the girl from just leaving
@scree
Not trying to muscle in on your story, but there are other ways you can keep them forced together. A lengthy train ride to kick things off (though the girl isn’t really trapped if she can just hop off at any platform), and maybe the mother can chase her if she leaves. Or invite herself around for dinner. Or she could stalk the girl if you want it to turn creepy. Turn up randomly at her house/work/events. Brought together by a third family member (perhaps a sister who’s on good terms with them both…?)
I dunno, that’s all just off the top of my head, and probably not much of it will fit with your idea. Hopefully it helps a bit, though.
Hm, I was thinking about it. I think I just liked the train background and it gave me the initial idea. I can think more about it. It’s possible that I could make it a cafe that the girl works at, something that she can’t actually leave and it’s set up by the boss?
Thinking I might have to get an Xbox One sooner or later…
HMMMMMMM…
I want Halo, because I’m a Halo tragic, but Crackdown will probably sway me, whenever it releases. Loved the first Crackdown.
I have an XBone mainly for Halo. Was a big time Xbox user through original and 360, but PS4 has dominated my current-gen playtime.
If anyone wants to Halo when it’ s out, hit me up.
Yeah, I’m in the ‘one day for sure… but not today’ boat.
Anything specific floating your boat right now?
I’d been looking at Sunset Overdrive previously, but Crackdown 3 piqued my interest.
Nothing else is that appealing to me at the moment other than those two games.
My expectations for Halo 5 are so low that it’s slipped well off my “to buy” list. Maybe one day I’ll read a summary of the story online so I know what happens. That’s where I’m at right now.
Crackdown 3 on the other hand might actually a system seller. I feel like Crackdown, while fun, never really got people excited. Crackdown 2 enjoyed such a lukewarm reception I completely forgot there had been one until Crackdown 3 was announced. So the idea that people might be legit excited for Crackdown 3 is either an endorsement of what it’s bringing to the next-gen gaming table, or an indictment of everything else currently available.
I’m going to buy one next year and play Halo 5 on it.
The end.
I’m super uninterested in Halo, to be honest.
Never got the big deal about it… :\
MASTAH CHEEF + CORTANA 4EVA <3<3<3<3
Tried to bring myself to stomach Trainwreck again…
Walked out after ten minutes.
Fuck that movie/5.
Why would you see it again when you hated it the first time? :S
I went with a group.
They wanted to see it. :\
Never socialise, ever!
I loved it.
Also, 10 minutes is not enough time to get a real feel for a movie.
Also also, why go if you already knew you hated it?
Thought I’d give it another chance and maybe it wouldn’t be so bad…
Uh-uh.
I’m curious what it is that put you off. Without going into it too much, the start of that movie is super deliberate.
Her character is annoying as fuck and unredeemable, the actual comedic elements are lacking, the secondary characters are bland, and the cameos are a waste of screen time.
Trainwreck honestly lived up to its name.
That’s kind of the point though. I mean, you don’t have to like it of course, but it’s a pretty basic romcom setup. As far as the comedy, Amy Schumer may just not be your style, which means you’ll never like this movie as it’s Amy Schumer all over. I’m not sure I can remember what cameos there even are that early in the movie, outside of LeBron James and John Cena, who are both way more than cameos.
I’m not saying you have to like the movie, but judging it based on the first 10 minutes is wrong.
I remember the entire movie from the first viewing, got dragged along to see it, and remembered that I hated it with a passion.
Last night:
Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture is intriguing. Not sure what to make of it yet. Not what I expected, but that’s not a criticism.
Now:
Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture is SO compelling once you work out who all the characters are and what’s going on. Real slow burn, though.
Really enjoying this game, but it’s the toughest walking simulator I’ve played in the sense of how long it took me to ‘get into it’… Now that I’m immersed I’m all hooked.
I bought it this morning, should be downloaded by now.
I did this based on what you and Cake said, so I’d better not be disappointed, or I’ll forget to have stern words at you.
Give it a bit. I wasn’t sure about it at first either. It’s not one I’d recommend to everyone either, so just cause I dig it don’t go out and buy it if your instincts are telling you that you won’t! XD (Though everyone should play The Vanishing of Ethan Carter. <3)
I like walking simulators, and I’ve been intrigued by this one for a while, I just want the opportunity to yell at you.
The only other walking simulator I’ve played is Gone Home (which I enjoyed) and I’m enjoying this as well.
A little sad I have plans tonight and won’t be able to play it.
Just dodge your plans, I used to do it all the time, until my friends stopped inviting me places…
I think you’d like The Vanishing of Ethan Carter! Now on PS4 as well! (And PC is getting upgrade patch soonish!)
Thanks ‘The Astronauts’ PR guy 😛
No more game buying for me for a bit though. I’ve realised I actually have a problem.
I was hooked after about an hour. Man, that game is heavy. The voice acting is amazing.
Spoilers for the first hour-ish (first little hub/town/area/thing)
Viewing some of the stories out of order is heartbreaking. I found Amanda in the home talking about her kids upstairs and then later found the story about her kids walking through the park. Just knowing what was going to happen to them…all the feels.That feeling of seeing the story out of order is so rewarding later on when you’ve got a better grasp of who’s who. Interesting way to tell the story. Love all the visual story telling around town as well!I did wander around a little bit too long in the first area getting angry at the game because I couldn’t figure out where I was meant to go. Turned out I’d missed the story you had to trigger with Jeremy on the bridge. Then the bell started ringing at the church. Oh god. That scene. It then became a case of “oh, just one more house and then I’ll go to bed”.Downloaded it last night. Looking forward to playing it over the weekend.
Wait, there’s a sprint button in Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture? WHY DO I FIND THESE THINGS AFTER I FINISH THE GAME.
(Hold down r2 and wait a few seconds as the character progressively speeds up, for folks still playing.)
Because you finished the game in less than 24 hours. That’s why DC. That’s why.
Ssssssh. 😛
Reminds me how I didn’t discover the sewer tunnel shortcut unlocking puzzles in Assassin’s Creed 3 until I finished the game. YOU MEAN I COULD HAVE DONE THIS 20 HOURS AGO AND BEEN FAST-TRAVELLING ALL THIS TIME?
I feel like I’ve seen a whole tonne of articles using the phrase “throwing shade” lately. As in maybe the last week or two. Hardly ever heard it before then.
Weird.
Lookit Gooky, throwing shade on article writers like he’s so on fleek.
..is this what being old feels like?
Yes.
Olllllllllllld.
I’m on your lawn and everything.
Plus the occasional dribbling down your leg…
…ew.
That sentence was just everything.
Everything af.
tfw Freeze replies to your post…
smh @ u, dont b so obvs
Talk to the hand, cause the face ain’t listening!
…
Kids say that, right?
20 years ago…
@freezespreston: Haha! The ’90s were super lame!
You mispelt awesome.
Your lingo game on point o|
What the hell’s he doing on his fleek?! Is that even hygienic?!
Not in the slightest, but #yolo
Don’t forget #fomo!
Okay, so, to take my mind off of Trainwreck…
What’s a film you thought you’d hate, but ended up really enjoying?
For me, it was Drag Me To Hell.
Started watching it on Foxtel with my Dad, but the power went out.
Picked it up on Blu-ray, re-watched it and loved it.
The juxtaposition of horror and humour, the great visual effects, and
an ending that lives up to its name.I anticipated being lukewarm towards Ant-Man, but I actually really liked how low-stakes it was.
I don’t tend to watch films I’ll hate.
Dragon Ball Evolution – Emmy Rossum is gorgeous. (*°∀°)=3
*dodges tomatoes*
Also, The Maze Runner. The trailer had me curious, but ultimately I was expecting it to be something along the lines of current teenage supernatural romances – you know, something crap.
Very pleasantly surprised.
I enjoyed that movie while simultaneously hating it.
My total Dragon Ball background is Z Abridged, so I only understood some of hate there for differences, but it was still a ludicrously dumb movie, that I enjoyed possibly purely because I was mocking it the whole time.
And geez, Emmy Rossum. Had a mad crush on her as Christine Daaé.
I fully expected John Wick to be a low rent action flick but it ended up in my top 10 of the year.
Similar happened with Terminator Jennyfist, except it’s never making any top lists. I just enjoyed it when expecting to hate it.
Robocop remake I expected to be a bit dodgy, but loved that!
It’s the second best Robocop movie.
If it didn’t carry the Robocop name, people would be far less harsh on it.
I think it was a pretty decent mash-up of the themes of Robocop 1 & 2, and the less said about Robocop 3 the better.
You’re spelling Termuhnaytor Genecyst wrong.
I thought it was to-be-de-termined-later jellymist
Going to have to disagree there 😛 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fxllegd9Vyo
Music and Lyrics.
Love Actually.
Gilmore Girls (show)
Friends (show)
Mrs Shane has a lot to answer for.
Bloody Gilmore Girls should not be as good as it is.
The other woman, thought it would be horrible turns out it was okay
I honestly had pretty low expectations for Tomorrowland but it was the only movie my friends and wife could agree on as my friends had already seen most things showing and my wife was dead set against seeing Mad Max for some reason. 🙁
Anyway, it got a bit heavy-handedly preachy at the end but for the most part it was very enjoyable. Not exactly at Pirates of the Caribbean level of movie-based-on-a-ride-at-Disneyland in terms of greatness, but enjoyable to watch.
I thought I would hate Pixels, but then I gave it a watch and – hahahaha just kidding I’ll never watch Pixels.
Othello, the Laurence Fishburne one. I was sitting down in class thinking ‘This is going to be boring af’.
Nek minit I’m quoting about the virtues of chivalry in Old English, to my friends. So very very good.
Reading through a bunch of Gizmodo articles, in the comments of all the NBN articles there is a user yelling at everyone saying we don’t need any better internet for various reasons and then he pops up in a Foxtel article arguing how important Foxtel is because our internet isn’t good enough for streaming sports…
Who said you didn’t have the skills to be a Private Detective!
Listen, I don’t see why we need to invest in penicillin, there’s no infection that can’t be solved without good ol’ fashioned amputation. Incidentally, have you visited my bonesaw store lately?
@mrtaco Got the email I sent this morning?
Looks like I did, haven’t checked it yet. Got a little preoccupied with things.
That’s fine. I don’t mean to rush you, just need to know if you’re coming or not. It’s 100% fine if you don’t want to, I just need to know soon otherwise (if you are) you won’t have a bed to sleep in 😛
@mrtaco 😛
http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2015/08/this-video-explains-how-to-properly-use-the-hyphen-en-dash-and-em-dash/
Also known as my enemy in video form. I’ve always embraced being as wrong as possible in regards to the various forms – thus why I use hyphens to break things up – but I’m not sure the article is correct for UK English. Spaced En dashes are fine for the breaking up of sentences, and then in the example it uses a spaced Em dash which I’m fairly sure is less common than the unspaced form in all cases.
———
Or as I call it, the Serrels dash.
@bdkiaf @tigerion @cakesmith @powalen @alexpants @crazyguy1990 @freezespreston @redartifice @coldcamv @shane @phoenix @mythamphetamine @morkai and anyone else who was interested:
Rocket League!
Seems like some people are busy till later and some aren’t. Should we say 8:30pm AEST start and as people leave/join we can adjust? If we end up with more than 8 at once I’m assuming it’ll be easy enough to get more than one game running.
Sounds good.
I’ll have my Playstation on, flick me an invite when any of you wish to play
Just a heads up: the update is 780MB for PC (not sure about PS4) so you might wanna sort that in advance.
EDIT: OK, Freeze has pointed out that the PS4 side of it is like 2GB…so you might want to get on that ASAP 😛
2.5 GB actually. I downloaded it earlier!
I won’t be home from work until 10:30pm AEST. If anyone is still playing I’ll be on Steam.
Download complete, at least I think it is. Hopefully it won’t need to update after the first run
Sorry, late comer, here. Is there a previous post I should refer to in regards to joining?
I’ll be on a little after 8:30!
Just waiting for the patch to download…
How are we doing this? We got a name and/or password?
edit: nvm
More SWTOR stuff that I’m sure no one is interested in!
I got back into playing my Imperial Agent. Finished the first chapter and finished a couple of planets into the second chapter.
Chapter 1 spoilers
Pretty interesting story, not great but it kept me interested. Currently playing through as a “get the mission done professional no matter the cost” which netted me a tonne of evil so far. However the end of chapter decision made no sence to side with Jadus. So I’ve netted a bit of light side back for that.Early Chapter 2 spoilers
Okay, this is where things get really interesting. Just found out the the Sith brainwashed me and can basically control me by using a code word.I am really liking the story so far. Might be my favourite depending on how it continues.
*whispers* I’m interested…
I would be too but I’ve been saving the Imp Agent storyline for last; everyone I spoken to has said it’s the best =O So I can’t click spoilers 🙁
Playing around with the new phone, I am really loving the old keyboard they had in FP1. It’s way better and so much faster to use than the one they have in FP2.
Sadly while that keyboard does seem to be in the OS somewhere and some apps still use it, there doesn’t seem to exist any kind of mod to reinstate it on FP2 🙁
Thanks for Rocket Leaguing it up tonight, folks.
It was a blast. 🙂
You dominated in goal, man. Wicked defence!
Awesome fun had by all!
That was fun, sorry for everybody that got stuck on my team
Thanks for sticking around for one last game crazyguy, actually helped more than you know. Having a bit more time and chance to hit the ball was good. Even if it was 9 1 or something like that
It was a trial by fire for you and @freezespreston and you both did admirably. If you jump into a 3v3 bot match on Rookie or Normal difficulty you’ll see how much harder we were making the game for you 😛
EDIT: I should also mention that the game is designed around 3v3 for normal play. 4v4 mode is literally called “Chaos”
I hit the ball thingy once 😀
As I recall it, you scored a goal too 😀
Jumped back into Destiny with @miketarno last night, did a couple of Nightfalls. Scored a purple engram which turned into a crappy rocket launcher, and a crappy scout rifle. Kind of makes me nostalgic for the 10 strange coins I scored last week.
Hey fronds of TAYness!
Hope everyone is well on this fine day!
It’s been a while since i’ve given a Pixel’s Mind (oh god not again) status update so i thought i’d share with whoever cares.
Spoilered for potential length:
So as you may/may not know i’ve been going to the psychologist since May in order to beat this depression.And i’m going to bullet point the things i’ve learned so far because there are so many insights i would never otherwise have seen:
– There are no bad emotions. Any anger/frustration and otherwise “negative” feelings should not be supressed but addressed.
– The only evil is avoidance. Avoiding something because it’s going to be uncomfortable or might hurt someone, but hurts youself in the process is… well not right. The only avoidance that should be going on is ethical/legal restraint. If something is bugging you, address it!
– Don’t hide from issues, it only propagates your own problems
– It’s easy to fall into a “default” state or emotion (in my case, sadness and other low moods, AKA depression). Learn to identify when this happens and learn to analyse if that truly is the feeling you’re experiencing. In my case, i masked a lot of frustration/stress and out right anger with sadness/withdrawal.
– Sometimes scary change is necessary in pursuit of happiness(aka life style)
– Care for others, but just as important care for yourself!
As you can tell my issues were very much so based around, not understanding or running from, emotions.
I’m still in the process of working through all of this, but in 6 simple sessions i’ve learned all of the above and more.
I’m happy to be able to say that my psychologist now considers me armed enough that i don’t have to return except for relapse prevention in 2 months time.
And holy crap am I feeling a huge difference mentally. Sure, i still have bad days, everyone does! But my recovery time has gone from taking days/weeks to mere hours. I can bounce back in no time, remembering the lessons she has tought me and it’s just fantastic!
So am i fully mended? Hell no, but my life quality has certainly improved, and i now know what i can/want/need to do to change things up.
So i guess what i want to encourage, is that if there’s anyone out there treading water, knowing they’re dealing with something, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD GO TALK TO SOMEONE ABOUT IT. Even if it’s something minor that’ll take 1 – 2 sessions to understand, a trained professional can do wonders with helping you along, AND THEY DON’T PASS JUDGEMENT! at least not the one i went to.
Don’t lead an unhappy life because you’re stuck in a rut, get some help, learn to work through your issues and get a better life you guys!
…Pixel confirmed as Sith.
Don’t they always look happy? THEY LOOK BLOODY HAPPY TO ME :-P… Always smiling and laughing…
Except for that Vader guy. But no one talks about him
seriously though I’m not saying “be selfish and ignore others” but more realise and recognise that you have needs too, that sometimes needs to be looked after as wellAbsolutely. Always strive to prioritise you and yours above others. You should also always make sure to be passionate about what you believe in. Passion gives you the strength you need to become a more powerful person, and through that, victory.
Through victory, your chains will be broken.
…the Force shall set me free I COULDN’T HELP MYSELF.
If he starts saying “Peace is a lie, there is only passion” I am getting the hell out of here.
Peace is a lie there’s only passionfruit
Through passionfruit, I gain oranges
Though oranges, I gain watermelon
Through watermelon, I gain yoghurt
Through yoghurt, the cooking’s almost complete
The apples shall set me free
*dives out window*
There’s some good advice there. I am currently doing…. none of that. Awesome.
The thing that stuck with me the most was 2 things:
Avoidance is evil
And
If you’re sitting around waiting on motivation it’s not going to happen!
I agree. “Waiting until everything is perfect” is a trap that can keep you stuck in a rut. A new job, new exercise, new eating habits, quitting smoking/drinking… Pretty much if you’re waiting for the right moment to do something, it will never happen. You just have to jump in and start making it work.
>_>
So The Hateful Eight looks rad.
Sam Jackson starring as Sam Jackson.
Less a fan of the title card, The H8ful Eight. Whhhhyyyy?
Gr8 h8 m8
I r8 8/8
I seriously cannot fucking w8.
Tarantino, Tim Roth, Sam Jackson, Michael Madsen, Bruce Dern, Kurt Russell, and a soundtrack by Ennio Morricone. Get in my face. It’s worth it on the strength of Kurt Russell’s moustache alone.
Also, Walton fucking Goggins. Love that guy.
I know it is, but that just doesn’t sound like a real person’s name at all.
Walton Goggins is AMAZING.
#TheH8fulEight
Because they h8 u, obviously.
I’d say it has something to do with Inglourious Basterds.
keeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeen.
Someone stole my office door. Not sure how to respond to that.
No, this never used to be a reply-fail. What are you on about?That will be a knock to your productivity
Continue to masturbate at work. They’ll put the door back quick enough.
Replace the door with a child door
I’ve spent the last 10 minutes trying to figure out how to leave so I can grab a coffee.
…
*dives out the window*
Do you mean they replaced your door with a wall? The dastards!
What a knob.
This might also be a relevant punsponse to @freezespreston’s comment.
So looks like I have a couple of days off! Got smashed by flu a couple of weeks back, and since then, had weird random issues and been feeling really lethargic and dead in the head.
From the looks of it, even though there are no known interactions between the meds they put me on, and my regular meds for my migraines, looks like they have been affecting each other in various ways. Only way to determine what’s what though, is to alter the doses and see what happens. Problem is, by doing that, I may end up with sudden onset of migraines or diarrhoea (or a number of other potential issues.) Thankfully, I finally have a boss who cares about his employees, so he told me to take a couple of days off using annual leave to sort it out! Could be in for a rough couple of days, but it’ll be worth it to get back to normality. I haven’t been able to shake the whole lot of this cold/flu off yet, which is not normal for me. Usually I get a cold for a half day or full day, then it’s gone. This has been hanging round for weeks now. Really over fighting this battle as you might imagine.
Migraines are the worst, one thing that helped me was lying d own on the floor and putting my head on the cold floor (Not sure physiologically if it’s indeed helpful or not).
I think it’s a little different for everyone. Even with me, my relief comes from different methods depending on the migraine. Mostly lying in a dark room is good for me, other times, sitting under a hot shower will bring me some. If I start to spew, then I find lying on the cold tiles in my bathroom can help too! Not been a very nice day for me so far. Adjusted my dose yesterday, and sure enough, by about 4pm yesterday, I could feel a migraine coming on. Thankfully it didn’t completely grab hold before I managed to get to sleep, or I’d probably still be vomiting this morning.
hmm
eeerm
The ISS is now growing lettuces.
Good, it’d be a worry if it was growing leeks! #dadjokepagesix #hi@strangeTopical
Messar Dreams! Who got which ending?
For those who are interested, here’s a list of all six endings.
1. Sean stands his ground in the house and lets the baby cry. Result: no one dies, Sean is complimented for doing his job. Larry is inspired.2. Sean calls out for help from Larry. Larry shoots a man. Steph shoots the woman, and tells Sean to go home, he’s out of his depth.
3. Sean lets the woman get her baby. She pulls a gun, Sean shoots her. The man and baby survive.
4. Sean lets the woman get her baby. She pulls a gun, Sean and Larry both surrender. The man and woman are shot to death by Steph, who tells Sean to go home, he’s out of his depth. The sergeant is VERY pissed off.
5. Sean lets the woman get her baby. She pulls a gun, Sean hesitates, and is knocked down by the man. Larry has a low level of confidence and hesitates. The woman shoots Sean, and she and her husband are both killed by Steph and the sergeant.
6. Sean lets the woman get her baby. She pulls a gun, Sean hesitates, and is knocked down by the man. Larry has a high level of confidence, and opens fire. He saves Sean, but kills the entire family, baby included.
The most common ending reported seems to be number 5. That’s the one Mrs Shane got too, by the way.
Conducting research which might aid the balancing of the choices in a revision and/or determine the future course of the story.
Hm? You didn’t list the ending I got…
7. Everyone gets eaten by a shark.
YOU FOUND THE HIDDEN SHARK ENDING. I didn’t think anyone would. *throws streamers*
I found the shark ending but I punched it and it went away.
(I actually haven’t played your game yet so hopefully I didn’t spoil the hidden shark ending :P)
I was recently asked where I saw myself in 5 years. I can’t answer that, I don’t have 2020 vision! #page6
I loaded up Witcher 3 last night after a bit of an absence only to find Geralt was naked. Apparently the gear I’ve been wearing for ages now is suddenly too high level for me. So currently wandering around pantless as pants are seemingly too complicated for Geralt to wear.
Frustrating thing is I’m currently searching for the Wolf School gear to replace his missing pants but have died about 4 times now because stupid high cliffs and narrow paths.
Adventurer with no pants… High cliffs, narrow paths… Is this Geralt or Lundgredolph?
Why are pants so difficult?
*bursts through ceiling*
You rang?
STOP BEING SO COMPLICATED!
No. Your frustration fuels me.
Apparently in the latest patch there’s a potion you can make now which lowers gear requirements for an hour? I haven’t tried yet. Not going to reload Witcher 3 until New Game + and the expansions.
TALES FROM THE BORDERLANDS
http://au.ign.com/articles/2015/08/12/tales-from-the-borderlands-episode-4-hits-next-week
That’s right: next week! Perfect to break up the wait until the final eps of Game of Thrones and Life is Strange.
There’s something really cool about being ‘subscribed’ to a whole bunch of episodic games. I am a massive fan of always having something new coming really soon.
\o/ BRO!
BRO BRO-BROBRO!
BRU!
IRNBRU
I’m so behind. Still have to play ep 3 of this, ep 3 of GoT, ep 2 of Life is Strange, the rest of Anna’s Quest, the rest of Broken Age, Broken Sword 5, Anna’s Quest, Walking Dead S2…
I’m really bad at finishing Adventure Games.
I’m yet to start TFTB, I think I stopped at episode 3 of GoT and I’m not even sure what it’s up to. At least 4, maybe 5? I still haven’t bought Anna’s Quest or Life is Strange but they’re high on my to-do list. I own Broken Age but haven’t played it. I own 3 and 5 and can’t get to them til I finish 2 which I started months ago. Started The Blackwell Deception and keep telling myself to finish it so I can finally buy/finish Epiphany.
Blaaaah.
I’m kind of the opposite. The first episode gets me really excited for something I’m not actually going to be able to complete until 6-12 months later. Play it over a few times in a desperate desire for more, seeing different types of results from choices, until by the time the series is finished I can’t remember what happened in Ep 1 and start replaying it, at which point the flood of ten different replays comes back to smack me in the memory and I’m over it.
Episodic game releases are terrible for me, and my latest policy has been to avoid them until the game is done being made.
Aye same here; I hate episodic anything. Even with TV shows I prefer to watch everything once the story is completed or once all episodes are available.
I used to be like you, but I am totally converted.
I hear your pleas for help; we’ll rescue you shane!
Guys I’ve hit a bit of a dilemma and can’t seem to google my way out of it. I’m trying to figure out a sleek/modern means of storing my games/books/comics (I have about 5 archive boxes full; possibly 8 if I take account of the ones in my garage). I’d like to make them part of the decor for the apartment; not just my study and I was wondering if any of you peeps had any solutions you might like to share?
Best I’ve come across so far have been bookshelfs decorated with the collection and collectibles acting like sort of a display case or stored in designer boxes. Ideally I’m looking for a minimalist design that would go well with modern/industrial decor.
Gimme ideas!
A minimalist approach would require you to give them all to me to declutter your place.
Unless I can put you on display in my living room carrying my collection I don’t think that idea works =P
Send all your stuff to me and I will send a photo of your stuff on display.
Comics are hard.
Books, Bookshelves? take cues from you local library.
Open box.
Stand in middle of lounge room.
Spin in a circle as fast as you can holding the box tipped out.
Room is now decorated.
Ikea used to make a shelf set called Benno that was perfect for games and DVDs/BDs. Discontinued a while ago.
I have the bulk of my collection in plastic tubs but I think if I were building a proper storage solution I’d just use standard Ikea Billy shelves. Maybe add some lighting if I’m feeling extravagant. Simple, cheap and unobtrusive. Games and books are at least fairly regularly size.
The big storage issue I’ve run into has been board games. Finding a shelving system that works for board games is a pain, especially since most boxes are quite deep.
IKEA KALLAX (formerly known as EXPEDIT)
Massive storage potential with the use of the insert boxes, drawers, etc, or you can leave cubes open for display, and there is even LED lighting that you can attach.
LONG LIVE EXPEDIT. WE SHALL REMEMBER THEE. _o/
Yeah that’s kind of what I’ve settled on; going to grab the 8 slot version and see what I can work with from there =D
To be fair, Kallax is not quite the same as Expedit. Expedit looked nicer thanks to those thicker outer walls.
They are very nice shelves though.
If you were to store your bread in the microwave you wouldn’t have a problem with space.
Dead serious, on the book podcast I listen to they talk about one of their colleagues who has an apartment so overflowing with books she stores some in the oven.
Modern industrial..get some cinder blocks and wood she’ll be right
Which of those two suggestions is meant to be modern? =P
http://www.siliconera.com/2015/08/12/replica-divergence-meter-from-steinsgate-coming-to-a-world-line-near-you/
We wants it. Especially if those are real Nixie tubes. I love the glow and faint hum of Nixies. They chew power like crazy and get really hot and everything but they look so fucking rad.
Could you afford it if they were Nixies?
I’d find a way to afford it. The cost for Nixies depends on how big they are, it’s only the really big ones (IN18) that are stupidly expensive.
Now that Rocket League allows cross platform private matches, would there be any interest in a TAY Rocket League league?
Can you do a private league?
Not built into the game, but https://rocket-league.com/ has the ability to create and manage a league.
I’m in
Absolutely.
Yes.
Shite yeah. Let’s get it going.
TBH, I just want to play with friends. But if a league is how we get that happening, so be it!
I just want to play as much Rocket League as possible. I think a league could be interesting, teaming with the same player each week against another set team of two is a whole lot less chaotic than 4v4.
As of right now, we’re three players short of the minimum requirement of four teams.
Make that two short.
Count me in as well
I can team up with Freeze, and in honour of our fatherhood status we can be the terrible twos
@cakesmith @mythamphetamine @morkai might be interested.
I think @serrels is a Rocket League fan too.
Edit: crap, that’s his Twitter @. sigh.
@markserrels ?
Hello.
Same here. I’ll take league or non-league League!
I said from my very first post regarding rocket league that I long for the RockeTAY League and now we can do it so thats a yes from me
@redartifice @rize @crazyguy1990 @shane @freezespreston @tigerion @coldcamv
We have enough to start a league, but can add more if there are more people interested in participating.
In the interest of fairness, I was going to go with randomised two person teams, that cool with everyone?
Affirmative!
s’cool with me. If we need more I have PS mates I can add in.
Lets do it
I’m in! \o/
Room for one more?
You’re in!
I broke my desk last night, who knew fiberboard can’t hold a screw worth a damn?
What’s up? – Four Non-Blondes
😛
Google. Facebook. My grandson Nathan.
Your Grandson?
#mostinterstingmanontay
Technically a second generation clone that was rapid aged with the singular purpose to assassinate it’s progenitor. Grandson works too.
We were able to mediate without much violence or collateral damage. Turns out we have a lot in common. We came to an Arrangement.
… Am I your grandson?
Shotgun drunk uncle
What a twist!
Thanks to Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture (which features what is most likely garbage number patterns, but I like to look for meaning) I spent a lot of last night and this morning thinking about cryptography, and just did a whole lot of research about the Enigma Machines, which are so cool.
(Fun (?) fact page six: Their biggest mechanical weakness was that they could never code to the letter that was hit (so an A would never be an A), but their biggest weakness overall was that every message would start with a three letter code repeated twice in the daily code (so it could be ABCABC, which would have the output of GYYRAH or something, but would tell the operator that this message was coded to ABC) which meant that it was relatively easy to crack backwards and work out the daily setup)
And now I’m trying to work on codes that are relatively easy to crack, but that rely on more sophisticated methods than a simple replacement cipher.
2016 210429 142626 282719142328 3730372922 2125 22 2941394445 4842333549515335554150435360
…it’s not rot13…
I give up.
Yeah im put..rot13 or bust
Yes
You should probably stop before you get in trouble with the government for making it more difficult to read your communications.
Hmm, I wonder if there’s anything where I can use “Suck a dick” as the basis for the encryption key…
What are you talking about? He’s embedding the key to understanding right there in the message. It’s quite frankly the clearest he’s ever been 😛
80085
(¬‿¬)
I’ve developed an interest in cryptography but I don’t know where to begin. I wish there were like puzzle books that could gradually teach you these skills without you just studying various encryption functions and using math and shit, but I guess any such knowledge of cryptography would be hilariously outdated, so I’ve resolved not to bother.
I can break substitution ciphers but any idiot who can count will figure that out eventually.
……… Clearly the answer is 42.
None of that appears to be a valid credit card number…
If you are interested in this stuff I highly recommend The Code Book by Simon Singh.
He’s written a bunch of other books I keep meaning to read too but something something lazy.
Seconded. Excellent intro to the history of crypto.
717
Wow: http://www.maxi-geek.com/2015/08/playstation-plus-members-can-vote-for.html
PS+ members will be voting for their free games in September! Intriguing!
Voting link: https://www.playstation.com/en-au/explore/playstation-plus/vote-to-play/
I’ll be voting for Grow Home! \o/
What we got here is a failure to communicate.
grow home, you’re dunk.
That’s the way I’m leaning, too. Still gotta read some more reviews.
I’m kinda keen to try Armello. I recall hearing @rize and @beeawwb saying positive things about it a while ago.
Yessssssssssss.
It’s really, really fun and the art is stupidly good.
I vote for Uncharted 4.
I vote for Zelda WiiU
Can I just say, the correct answer is Armello. Excellent Aussie made “board game” pitched as “imagine Magic: The Gathering meets Final Fantasy Tactics,” and “Game of Thrones meets Kung Fu Panda,”
Armello is going to be my pick, sounds super intriguing.
It’s so far up your alley you could probably climb on to the fire escape from there.
So far up my alley it’s less of an alley and more a major thoroughfare
Your assessment is both thorough AND fair.
OK, that one was good.
The only thing that puts me off Armello is the boardgameyness, with its multiplayer focus instead of a single-player campaign with persistent stats in the RPG gamification I’ve come to love.
I prefer a narrative focus to systems focus, which is a big part of why I can’t stand MOBAs and competitve team FPSes and all the other match-based games that take the IP I love and bastardize it into something for esports.
Yeah, I hear that. There isn’t really any narrative focus; the devs have said they prefer an emergent, dynamic narrative rather than a story mode.
Hell, I was even considering it for my 3 2015 exceptions based on what I played at PAX 2013, which was gorgeous, but seeing how they went with their focus I have pretty much written it off as a nice idea that will never happen.
(Edit: MAY never happen. Saw just now a Steam Community post from the Devs indicating that they actually have two separate teams, one of which is a single-player team, working on AI, questing, and anything else that may improve the experience. So that’s… promising.)
That may only be referencing the quests you can do during a match, which are basically incentives to go to certain tiles for bonuses based on a choice. They’re a good feature, but probably not what you’re after (they’re small scale “per match” stuff).
I haven’t played or paid much attention but it looked like it was sort of an evolution of Heroes of Might & Magic?
This ^
I loved the artform; the concept; the gameplay but I wish they had a single player game with more depth and progression.
Well yeah, All three options are incredibly underwhelming but Armello is marginally more interesting.
Does this mean they’re actually going to fucking finish the game at some point? It’s been in alpha/beta for so long I stopped caring about it (kickstarter backer, uninterested in playing a half-baked game)
EDIT: Also on the other hand, as a Kickstarter backer I already paid for Armello. I’d rather get a different shitty boring indie game I’ll never play from PS+.
They’ve been very vocal about the fact that it’s being finalised for release right now.
Stopped paying attention / caring about a year ago.
You’re caring enough to gripe about it at the moment. Are you unhappy with the way the game has turned out or is it about time?
I haven’t even looked at the game since it was funded aside from having to stop one of the guys pitching me on it at PAX. It’s more that it felt like it’s taken a long time. Especially since it’s been in a playable state for a while.
Don’t you read your Kickstarter updates? (Yeah, no, me neither)
The Road to v1.0… and BEYOND!
See above.
I’ve backed a lot of Kickstarter projects. I can get upwards of 5-10 updates a day sometimes. Don’t have time to read most of them. I only care when the game is actually released. No anticipation, not even the remotest amount of interest in being involved with development. I gave them money to make the game they pitched. Beyond that, I don’t care as long as I get my stuff.
Yeah, I know, I’m exactly the same. I get heaps of updates and almost never read them. Hence linking. 🙂
But as I also said, being a KS backer means I already paid for the game. Fairly handsomely too, IIRC, because I wanted to support a local Melbourne developer. Makes me less inclined to vote for it on PS+.
That said, the other two games are kind of shit and I think I own Grow Home anyway.
I really should play some more Armello
Would anyone vote for Zombie Vikings?
Well, it’s written by Zach Wienersmith.
NegativeZero’s Kantai Collection Update That No One Reads
It’s been quite a while since I posted anything about what I’ve been up to in the game. A month or so I think? Anyway, during that period I spent quite a bit of time preparing for the next event. Unfortunately still not fully prepared yet but I certainly progressed a bit. Got Akagi and Kaga to level 80, Mutsu and Nagato to 70, leveled Fubuki from 30 through to 70 for her Kai-2 upgrade, leveled Bismarck to 75 and got her to her Drei upgrade, Chikuma from 25 to 70 for her Kai-2, and Littorio from 1 to 60, upgrading to Italia on the way through. Also started running Shoukaku and Zuikaku in PVP because rumor has it they have upgrades on the way, and I’ve gotten both above 75 now. I also finished grinding Jintsuu to 65, Choukai from 45 to 65 and Maya from 14 to 70 for their respective Kai-2s, and during the period since the last event I finally got U-511 to her upgrade to Ro-500 where the cuteness goes up 1000%. And I managed to fill some empty slots in the fleet, picking up Musashi (still haven’t leveled her much due to cost), Noshiro (finally!) and obtained my white whale, Taigei.The battleship and carrier leveling was really just a side-effect of leveling the cruisers and destroyers I’ve been working on. After last event the big areas I felt I was lacking in were Aviation Battleships (fixed by leveling Fusou and Yamashiro to 80 for their Kai-2 remodels a while back), lack of solid Anti-Air Cut In (fixed by getting Maya to 70), lack of a good second Aviation Cruiser (Chikuma ready to back Tone up), lack of solid slow battleships (Nagato and Mutsu up to 70), over-reliance on the Kongous (now have Italia and Bismarck for more options) and a lack of solid Light Carriers (did not address this issue in time – wanted to get Junyou to 80 for her Kai-2 but only managed to get her to 65).
Anyway, the event started on Monday. It’s a huge event, seven maps in all, making it the longest ever I think. Based around the Solomon Islands campaign, much like the old 2013 event which was the first one I participated in.
There’s ship locking and it’s complicated. Four different fleets have to be prepared – E1 and E2 are covering the initial invasion of the islands, E3 is the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal and E4 is taking out Henderson Field. E5 sees you deploying a special fleet to patrol the Indian Ocean, and E6 and E7 are a two-part recreation of the cancelled Operation FS to take Fiji, Samoa and New Caledonia. Ships sent to E1 and E2 also can go to E7, those sent to E3 can go to E6 and E7, E4 can go to E7, and E5 are locked out of the rest of the event. This means things are really tricky. I’m not 100% sure I have enough ships for everything. There’s also some ships which guarantee better branching in the map, which is super helpful.
My plan so far has been to use a weak mid-level fleet on E1 and E2 to save my stronger ships from being used up. Because of branching rules, my super inexperienced, unimproved level 14 Kikuzuki found herself tasked as the flagship of the first fleet. The rest of the fleet I padded out with BBV Ise (29), CL Yura (50) and DDs Hatsuharu (47), Akatsuki (45) and Harusame (37). Tried hard mode to begin with and didn’t have any real problems despite the low-level fleet. It turned out that with Kikuzuki leading you ended up going straight to the boss through the shortest path. Boss node was simply a Destroyer Princess backed by 5 destroyers. Hatsuharu was the star here for some reason. Despite having the same stats as everyone else she hit like a truck during night battles. On the last kill however, I sortied twice but simply couldn’t take out the boss for some reason. Had a look and realized that Akatsuki hasn’t had any improvements done so her stats are poor, plus I felt I needed a bit of extra firepower, so I subbed in heavy cruiser Atago (50). Kill was still a bit touch and go, but the most appropriate thing possible happened: Harusame got the final kill. For those unfamiliar, the Destroyer Princess is believed to be a corrupted/infected version of Harusame. Same hair style, same hat, same voice, and the completion reward for the map of the first event that Destroyer Princess appeared in was Harusame. They’ve gone all in on the Abyssal-Bosses-Are-Corrupted-Shipgirls route.
The only drop in E2 that I’m interested in is Nowaki. Alas, no luck during the run. I will return once the event is cleared, perhaps.
Anyway, took largely the same group to E2. Combined fleet for E2 though so needed to pad things further. Using a surface combat force, with the main fleet comprised of BBV Ise (now 31) and Hyuuga (27), CA Atago, CAV Suzuya (45), CVLs Shouhou (51) and Zuihou (39). Escort fleet is CA Prinz Eugen (45), Yura, CLT Kiso (71) and DDs Harusame, Hatsuharu and I’ve subbed in Murasame (51) for Akatsuki since Murasame has maxed stats. First sortie ended badly on the third node with one of the Destroyers taking an unfortunate hit, but the subsequent two runs have resulted in two kills. Not convincing (I’m finding that Ise and Hyuuga don’t hit enough, probably a lack of levels) but I don’t need it to be, I just need them to kill the boss. This is still on hard mode though so I’m very happy with progress – two more kills to clear it. Want to get through E2 ASAP as it rewards a Destroyer I want (Kawakaze) and I expect E3 to be extremely hard.
For E3 I need a new combined fleet and apparently need it to be pretty strong. Apparently for this one I need 2 heavy carriers, 2 light carriers, 2 battleships, a light cruiser, 2 destroyers and 3 other ships (probably best to be heavy cruisers). Plan here is to send probably Hiei and Kirishima, Shoukaku and Zuikaku, Chitose and Chiyoda, plus Myoukou and Haguro, Kitakami, Akuzuki, Fubuki and Jintsuu. And drop difficulty to Medium. I’m half tempted to drop to easy, even, based on the horror stories I’m hearing, but one of the boss drops on E3 Medium and Hard is Isokaze (who I really want) and it also drops new Seaplane Tender Mizuho. I want her too.
E4 is thankfully only a single fleet. Plan there is to use Kongou and Haruna for routing, then back them with Shigure, Yuudachi, Choukai and a Reppuu mule light carrier, probably Hiyou or Junyou. I may drop difficulty for it to Easy, The reward difference between easy and medium is small and the ships that drop in E4 that I want (Takanami and Umikaze) drop in all difficulties. Though that said I’ll try Medium first as theoretically I should be able to clear it.
Anything sent to E5 is basically gone forever. Again, not worried about difficulty. May do it easy even – it always rewards Libeccio, plus the two drops I want there (Sakawa and Roma) are again both available in Easy difficulty. Apparently sending Akitsushima, a CV, DD and 3 CAs gives you the best routing. My Akitsushima is not quite Kai-2 though. Plan here was to send Akitsushima, probably Souryuu or Hiryuu, one of my spare destroyers (Verniy most likely, maybe Ushio, maybe a lower-level like Hatsushimo or Ayanami) and throw the rest of my heavy cruiser fleet at it, which is Maya, Tone and Chikuma. However in saying that I realize I probably screwed up with my E2 fleet and should have had Tone and Chikuma there rather than Atago and Eugen. If I end up doing this one on easy (likely) then I may send a few of the CAs to E3 deliberately to get them tagged with E3/6/7 and make sure they’re not locked to E5 (ships lock to the first set of maps they’re sent to, easy mode ignores locking).
This breakdown actually leaves me in a pretty solid position for E6-7, and that’s good because at least E6 I need to attempt on Medium again. Medium and Hard both reward a new item, a steam catapult, which will apparently be needed to upgrade Shoukaku and Zuikaku. Getting one here will give me a leg up so really want to get one. E7 I’ll be doing on easy mode though unless some stuff is reported dropping there that I must have. E7 sounds hellishly difficult regardless. Reward (Teruzuki) is worth it though. More 10cm HA + Fire Director guns. If I can make the above setup work I’ll go into E6 with three out of Akagi, Kaga, Souryuu and Hiryuu untagged and available, plus a spare CAV (probably Tone) and eight unused battleships (Yamato, Musashi, Fusou, Yamashiro, Bismarck, Italia, Nagato, Mutsu). Also should have one high-level destroyer and maybe a couple of mid-levels available.
I think overall I’m in a good spot. The big issues I’m noticing with my fleet this time around for once isn’t a lack of good Destroyers (though I really wish I had Akatsuki and Ayanami at Kai-2, I’m working on them already). Lacking some solid high-level CVLs is a big issue (I’m going to feel the bite of not having Junyou Kai-2 I think, the extra evasion she has at Kai-2 would make a massive difference) but I simply ran out of time this time. Also the big other issue I’m seeing with my fleet is a massive lack of Heavy Cruisers. I have just enough – by stretching into reserves and running Prinz Eugen, Suzuya and Atago – for all the maps. I really wish I had a couple more high-level ones. I had actually started on Ashigara (I like Nachi more, but Ashigara has 3 x 20.3cm 2nd Year guns which makes her a higher priority) but she’s very low still at 19, too low to be useful. All the rest are even lower though – Mogami and Nachi is highest at around 12 and 8, and I don’t think that Kinugasa, Furutaka, Kako, Aoba, Mikuma and Kumano are beyond 5. Actually I’m not even sure I have Kako or Furutaka any more, may have scrapped for space since they’re such common drops. Oh well. Something to plan ahead for next time. I also feel like I could have done with a spare high-end carrier for extra options. If there’s another event with a setup like E5 where one group gets split away permanently, having a lone carrier would be helpful. I do have 3 other carriers – the Unryuu class – but they’re low levels (Unryuu at 44, Amagi and Kisaragi both at 11) and their aircraft slots are poor until you remodel them at 50, but remodeling requires a blueprint and I can only accumulate blueprints at a rate of about 1 every 2 months right now (can clear 1-5, 2-5 easily, 3-5 with difficulty, 4-5 never, and haven’t unlocked 5-5) plus I used my last one on Chikuma so even if I power leveled Unryuu right now she’d not be useful. I still may consider sending her to E5 though if she can field enough planes to make it worthwhile. We’ll see.
Unrelatedly, the music in the Event maps reminds me of some other game and I’m not sure what it is.
Later game Witcher 3 spoilers
Been sent to recruit allies for the battle at Kaer Morhen. Still have a few people to see but got the trophy for recruiting all possible allies. Kind of spoils the responses of the rest and makes you resent having to chase them all down now if it’s pointless.It’s about the stoorrrreeeeee!
I think my game stopped recording achievements about 2/3 through (PC). Who were all the possibilities? I recruited
Keira, Triss, Ermion, the Snake School Witcher from TW2 who’s name escapes me & Zoltan. Also Lambert I guess? Not sure if you had to do his quest to make him available or not.Yeah, I had those. I also had:
Roche and Vess, and Hjalmar plus the two surviving members of his ill-fated giant-slaying expedition.Oh, I had both of them too.
Played it through the GoG client. Doesn’t give achievement pop ups
Ugh, eBay thing arrived damaged. But the thing about getting refunds on damaged goods takes you to a spot about returns, and I don’t know that I want to actually return it. I’m just pissed that the three-times-more-expensive-than-it-had-to-be shipping seems to have bought sweet fuck-all.
At work we have a technical form that we get new partners to fill out to give us a basic understanding of their system.
One of the questions on the form is something along the lines of “Do you do [this]?”
There are 2 options. Yes. No. It’s all very straightforward.
I sent this to an onboarding partner today yesterday. Today I got an email back regarding the above question.
“If we do [exactly what the question is asking], what do we put as the answer?”
Wait… do they do this or that? I’m very confused here.
I know you’re being a smartass, but fixed it up anyway 😛
It’s funny you mention this because I’ve had https://xkcd.com/627/ up on my wall for a while, but today is the first time I can see that anyone’s read it.
(“Wait… is this for serious?”)
TALK AMONGST YOURSELVES ON KOTAKU AUSTRALIA
Wait… do they do this or that? I’m very confused here.
Hey, Fallout Shelter is out on Android today…eventually…
Pfft. Old hat by now if you’re not on a lame OS. Words of wisdom: drop that zero and get with the hero.
Nah, I like my freedom.
Oh, I thought you said you were using Android 😛
I honestly don’t get this. Explain how iOS is more open?
Haha, wasn’t supposed to be implying. that at all. Was meant to be a dig at the idea of buying into Google’s ecosystem being equated to “freedom”.
Definitely ain’t no love for Apple here 😛
Yeah, but I have more choices for a lot of stuff that replaces Google’s software and hardware compared to what an Apple user has. They’re in a crowded Turkish prison and I’m in minimum security Canadian 😛
And I’m… on some kind of tiny little island out in the middle of the Pacific.
Incredibly isolated but at least the views are great 😛
Yeah, how goes all those humble bundle games on ios?
lalalalalalai’mnotlisteninglalalala
So uh. Is there any group accomodation going for PAX? It’s about time I started looking but figured I’d check here first.
I have money am toilet trained and last time I went to PAX I slept on the floor of a kitchen so I’m also low maintenance, some beard grooming required.
Did you ask Gorzy?
He rang while I was driving. Cops saw im in prison now.
Why did you answer? You idiot. =P
@haggis Page 6 is nearly over!
@redartifice @rize @crazyguy1990 @shane @freezespreston @tigerion @coldcamv @cakesmith @markserrels
We now have enough players for five teams, if we could get another two players on board that’d be perfect. As soon as we have enough players I’ll generate teams and we can get this thing going. In the meantime, it would be worth signing up on https://rocket-league.com/ as that’s what we’ll be using to manage the league.
Signed up as Rize.
Done and done.
And I mean done.
User name is FreezeSPreston.
I’m in.
User name is Crazyguy1990.
I’m up for adding numbers.
Signed up as Blaghs.
Done like a well done piece of meat
ColdCamV is the name centering set up shots are my claim to fame
Signed up as Rhynn.
Currently two people short of a nice even number of teams, hit up anyone you think might be interested.
I might know a guy… I’ll check with him, see if he’s interested.
I’m in as Shane.
Registered as redartifice. Will let my mate know too
Suggesting FatShady and McGarnical. They were both online last night!
@fatshadylive @mcgarnical Any chance either of you are interested in filling the final spot?
I am not sure what this even is about or if I can actually commit to anything but yes im in I think????
TAY Rocket League league! You’re basically committing to being paired with a teammate and playing a best of 3 round once a week. You’d arrange the time with your teammate and the team you’re playing that week. Still sound like something you’re interested in?
Yeah man. sounds cool. registered on that site as FatShadyLive also. I suck though so good luck to anyone stuck with me 🙁
Shimoneta is amazing.
Haven’t laughed this hard whilst watching an anime since I watched Binbougami ga! all the way through.
I was pretty iffy on it at first but holy shit, they run with it hard. I feel like it also took a couple of episodes for it to hit a good comedic rhythm too.
Not the funniest anime I’ve seen but it certainly gets the laughs.
@shane If I seriously consider entering the competition, I need more details.
It comes with a frozen Yoghurt that I call Froghurt
I like frozen yogurt, provided it’s not cursed
How do you feel about potassium benzoate?
Isn’t that bad?
If it’s in the topping, at least.
There are no details yet, unfortunately.
Watch this space: http://steamcommunity.com/app/345370/discussions/0/530649887197283809/
I hope my idea fits the theme.
Timeline of my day so far.
Get up check the googleplay store for fallout shelter. Nope not there. go to work and spend about 1 hour working. Check again for fallout shelter. No luck go back to doing work. Hour later check again. No luck. and pretty much rinse and repeat every single hour.
Why can they not just release it already DAMMIT.
Was playing Rocket League online with @Tigerion, we were on Red Team.
After he left early in the match, we went down 1-0.
I then proceeded to score a double hat-trick and get an assist for a teammates goal, giving us an 8-1 victory.
I’m so proud that I’m putting it on Youtube.
It’s right here.
Sorry for dropping out, my daughter attacked me and I left the match after the first one finished but it seemed to drop me back in
Great work on the smashing come back
That’s okay.
They didn’t put up much of a resistance, honestly…
@cubits Damn you and your blaster *fist shake* Numbers said it was cruel how I used the killer wail on you though, so, sorry.
@doc_what Sorry for killing Tamz and you. Good game though!
The blaster class is a beast against rollers, you should’ve caught me when I was levelling the splat charger! :p
I was recording last night too, you may end up in the “master blaster” compilation as a splat.
D= nuuuu. Also, numbers added you
http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/news/43506/Tim-and-Eric-announce-2015-Australian-tour
*squeals*
You guys should like all pitch in and get me plane tickets as a birthday present or something 😛
I well and truly hate the new Urchin Underpass. Especially after tonight’s session, would’ve come up at least 80% of the time and was a loss nearly every single time, save for near the end where things started turning around. Plummeted from S Rank all the way down to mid A Rank, with only a couple of Warehouse plays saving me from dropping from A+ a few times before it finally took. Bleh.
At work… want to go back to bed… how do I morning?
Remind yourself it’s Friday. Kick back, because it’s almost the weekend. Fuck the fucking fuckers.
*drops mic*
Pokemon shuffle rant
Fucking Phione man. FUCKING PHIONE. I have not encountered the bloody thing in pokemon shuffle and it’s seriously ruining the game for me. Even more so because I spent fucking money on jewels to get more hearts. 38 hearts and nothing. Not one encounter. Meanwhile I want to murder Furfrou and Gible because I’ve encountered them so many times. Apparently the chances of encountering Phione go up the more hearts you use well…I dunno if I believe it. I know that my feelings are shared by a lot of pokemon shuffle players, but this just may be the thing that stops me playing. I have 3 days left to catch it.I don’t Pokemon Shuffle, I Melbourne shuffle
*does 90s dance*
Everyday Red’s shuffling.
Welcome to the world of freemium games
Well, I caught the bastard. I really enjoy it and I kinda wish it was a proper game
BTOOOM! showed up on Netflix and I decided to watch it for two reasons:
1) It’s called BTOOOM!
2) See 1.
I made it about halfway through the first episode before switching to the dubbed version. Reading subtitles took more attention than this show is worth. The dialogue in the dub version is stilted and terribad. The action… eh, I guess if you want to watch Battle Royale combined with an online FPS it could appeal to some.
The short version of the show is simple: some people are on an island playing a real life version of a shitty online game where you throw bombs. The main character is good at the video game it’s based on. The only girl on the island has two characteristics: giant boobs and everyone wants to rape her. That’s literally her character.
I’m going to keep watching because it’s called BTOOOM!
…you need a day job.
Please, give him one. He really needs it.
We did advertise for one last month, but I think it’s being offered to someone.
If he’s at the point he’s watching BTOOOM then times are desperate indeed.
I’d take a night job.
I remember watching maybe half of that show and then giving up. It wasn’t very good. Also very much not a fan of rape as character development. :\
I just skimmed the wiki and it looks like every female in the show exists to get get raped. Seriously, every female character description includes the words “raped by x”. The fuck is this show?
Apparently so.
About half of those characters only exist in Himiko’s backstory in episode 2. They hate her and signed her up for the game because she didn’t get raped when they did and instead ran off to tell the cops.
It is not a good show. It’s still called BTOOOM!
It’s just… there are so many other things you could be watching that actually had some redeeming qualities.
You know how sometimes you just want to see how bad something can get?
That’s the problem. BTOOOM isn’t even bad enough that get that sort of enjoyment out of it. It’s aggressively mediocre.
I thought it was pretty terrible.
@trjn: oh it’s a bad show.
I’ve seen far worse though.
It’s like Lost for eSports geeks.
I’ll be impressed if you can get through the full season. I think I only made it about 3/4s the way through before one day I forgot to grab the next one and didn’t bother. Netflix might make that much easier by having it all… there.
I made it through the season, mostly to see if it could possibly get any worse. Good news! It couldn’t!
So its the shitty version of SAO then?
Went to a Game of Thrones quiz night last night.
Unfortunately out team, the Crows before Hos, were beaten by our archrivals, the Hos before Crows (No collusion in those team names, but the second we found out we were instantly enemies)
Came 4th in the end, so yay!
I love trivia team names
For our regular one, we’re usually a variant of “Dumbledore’s Army”
We’ve been
Dumbledore’s Book Group and Dumbledore’s stunt doubles. I’m agitating for Dumbledore’s Spin Class and Dumbledore’s Bridge club
We have some great ones that come through out place
Current favourite at the moment is Quizlamic extremists and I also like “I thought this was speed dating”
Raiders of the lost arcadia was pretty good (The Arcadia is the pub that hosts our trivia night)
Dumbledore’s 70’s Disco Funk Swing Club.
Dumbledore’s Key Party
In Game of Thrones trivia, you win or you die.
Finally getting around to finishing Delta Episode on Alpha Sapphire, and once that’s done I’ll start my Omega Ruby playthrough. Might try and get some shiny legendaries on OR. Thanks, @beavwa. I blame you.
So I go over to my partner’s place for dinner last night.
I walk in, & she’s just staring at me with a deer-in-the-headlights / mischievous grin sorta expression.
What’s up?
…
What?
Whaaaaaaat?
*a giant rooster walks in to the dining room*
WHAT.
I bought a rooster!! 😀
Oh god. What?! Wh… no, I dont want to know.
anyway, this guy is named Cluck Kent. He’s a bit old & was hand-raised, so he’s super friendly.
Anyway. Apparently the guy in the shelter where this rooster came from said that he doesn’t crow. & if he did, and as a result he couldn’t be kept, he could be brought back.
Growing up next to a family that raise chickens, I was a bit skeptical of the no-crowing claim.
Anyway… 4am this morning, we discovered that this guy does indeed crow. loudly. & a lot.
So yeah. sad, coz Cluck was friendly & adorable, but seriously… fuck waking up before sunrise to a rooster shouting in your ear.
tl;dr I’m really tired because rooster.
Lol.
I got woken up at 3 by one of the neighbourhood cats doing a dance on my roof.
Considering buying mousetraps and catnip to teach the bloody things a lesson, but it might get the birds and the cats wouldn’t learn anyway.
Tin roof? Car battery and jump leads should sort you out 😛
Broken glass glued point-up to the tiles otherwise.
Oh evil! I like!
Sounds like…
(•_•)
( •_•)>⌐■-■
(⌐■_■)
A bit of a cock up!
Yeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah
Cluck Kent. Amazing.
Well, that’s tonights dinner sorted
D=
Are you in a suburban area? Most councils won’t let you keep a rooster because of the crowing.
yeah, I thought that’d be the case. she took him back first thing this morning.
but as i was looking up the council regulations, I noted that while roosters aren’t permitted, you can have 15 hens. this makes me so happy 🙂
Oh yes, chickens are Awesome. They eat scraps and give you lovely eggs!
Just looked into Twitch plays Dark Souls.
Currently they’re changing all the key bindings.
They’re still stuck in the first room you start in. Can’t even open the door.
They just killed the first Hollow Zombie!
Jesus, they were doing that half an hour ago when I looked! 😛
Anyone else have those passing moments at work when you think “Why am I doing all of this…?” and just get stuck in a mini existential loop at the desk.
Just stuck here in my loop and can’t jump out of it… have work to do but just… I… don’t know… Can’t tell if it’s something else bothering me or just an out of whack week.
Been stuck in that for months now… Hence the reason for my decision for major change in life style 😛
I’ve had seven years made up mostly of those moments. And counting…
Wait, this isn’t meant to be a default state of being?
Me, but it’s not a passing moment. I am getting swamped with work, we really need another guy so I’m just doing what I can, browsing Tay on mobile, essentially waiting for one of the big wigs to hire someone else or make a decision before I do.
So, HBO and Sesame Workshop have entered into a five year deal. Hopefully that means we see more of this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhWUFXvaZjo (though it’s honestly not that great a skit), and maybe they can leverage some assistance to get us more Muppet episodes (a la Angel) of HBO shows.
I can’t wait for the Muppet rendition of The Wire.
“Five-O! Five-O”
——
Hey, these hoppers needa tell me, wha’s the count?
1! vial of crack, ha-ha-ha. 2! vials of crack! Ha-ha-ha
——
The Fuck did I do?
Well, Officer Mc Nulty, you didn’t share with your friends! Sharing is an important part of being a police officer!
——
Muppets Game of Thrones crossover is going to be a thing!… I hope
Edit – apparently I needed to watch the link like the cool kids… So my vote goes to a Band of Brothers crossover
(click the liiiiiink)
Well that’ll learn me for taying at work and ignoring links 😛
The recent Sesame Street parodies have me very confused as a parent. Sesame street is a show for preschoolers, so they don’t get any of the references. Which means skits like this must be written for the parents who are watching, except that the jokes are so bad that they’re not really funny or clever. It’s name dropping for the sake of it (which is what the Simpsons has degraded to as well). I guess they just have to do whatever it takes to keep people watching.
Sesame Street has always had stuff for parents.
Yeah, but it’s usually in the form of celebrity cameos, which is fine. It’s the overly-long parodies that I have a problem with. They just don’t fit.
THIS. So much.
a FRIDAY TAYDRENALIN SHOT for @pupp3tmast3r
How do you make your coffee/tea? What blend, what technique, what’s your no-go?
I dislike coffee, probably because I make myself about five instant cups every work day; one teaspoon coffee, two teaspoons sugar, no milk.
Dammit red you’re beating me to these taydrenalin shots before I can annoy you to come up with one! =P
Two spoons coffee; 1 spoon sugar; 75-80% boiling water; 20% milk. Now leave me alone to sip my coffee =@
Instant is awful and a no go. Luckily I usually get free coffees from Michel’s near me.
Coffee – flat white no sugar no flavour syrups.
Tea – green no sugar no additives.
Currently I’m using… a world blend, I think, it’s from Oxfam, not because I particularly care about fair trade, but because it was on special and I didn’t want to buy a huge bag of coffee grounds for an experiment.
And I cold filter, so I let it sit overnight in the fridge in water, filter out the grounds (which I do by pouring it through this little filter I own, because I don’t have a press and I’m too lazy to buy filter paper >.>), then the coffee-water is mixed more or less equally with water, with a dash of milk.
Need to start experimenting further. Try some chili in there, I did a bit with vanilla extract, so maybe continue that, that sort of thing.
I’ve never had coffee! And I don’t really like leaf water.
I prepare my hot chocolate with lots of milk and minimal water, and then nuke the sucker.
You’ve NEVER had coffee?
The fuck?
Never really liked the smell when I was younger, and now I’ve got a very precarious later-night-work/sleep routine that I really, really don’t want to mess with.
Caffeine flushes through your system in like four hours, so you could quite easily have a morning coffee.
I don’t really feel the need. I function fine without it, and there’s nothing in the smell of it that makes me want to give it a go.
And TBH, the morning goes a lot faster if I’m not entirely awake anyways 😛
You are a strange unit.
Hi @strange!
This is probably for the best.
All starts with good quality loose leaf green or white tea.
My two unusual steps are to pre-heat the tea pot (just hot tap water and tip out just before adding boiling water), and also fill with boiling water to about 80% of what you need and give it a blast of cold water from the tap before adding tea leaves. Could probably skip the last one if I had a fancy kettle that let me heat water to somewhere under a boiling.
Also – none of this keeping the tea leaves together with an infuser – straight into the pot so they can mingle and be freeeeeeee!
Having a good tea pot helps too… I’ve got one of Yum Cha type white ceramic ones that kinda strains out the leaves as you pour.
A good tea pot can be very hard to find, and there are few things worse than a teapot that drips when you pour. Catering tea pots (large stainless steel) are actually pretty good!
And you have to have a tea cosy.
For coffee it’s a Farmer’s Union Iced Coffee or its nothing.
Tea, I use bags for convenience. A Twinnings Irish Breakfast in the morning, 1 sugar.
For something stronger an Assam Bold with 3/4 sugar and a drab of honey.
FUIC!
Coffee strong with milk. Ideally from a plunger but I will have ‘better’ instant stuff
Black tea with milk is just a standard drink for me and don’t get to fussed about it. Will have nice teas as well, not really a fan of fruit infused tea. Although I am having a Chamomile and spiced apple tea right now which is rather nice.
When I’m at home instant will do, or the sachets of coffee.
I usually buy my coffee though.
Worst thing you can do is burn the coffee.
Grind the coffee too fine and it takes too long for the water to filter through, burning the coffee.
Grind it too course though and the water runs right through so you don’t get a nice coffee taste.
It’s gotta be just right.
Coffee?
Preferred an Ethiopian blend, pre ground because lazy…
Inverted Aeropress method with blooming the grounds first for 30 seconds, then add near boiling water (let kettle stand for 5 minutes after boiling) let steep for 1 minutes then press through… Bliss
I got a really respectable crema on mine today from a very similar method
Crush it, line it, snort it with a 100 dollar note.
😛
Actually, it’s just one of those Aldi pod machines and a milk frother, but it does the trick. 🙂
I have the Aldi machine, and it does a good enough job that I don’t feel like I need to go out and buy coffee. My favourite is Valetta.
I drink the 11 strength exclusively.
T2 green tea. Japanese Sencha/Gyokuro/Matcha. Sencha for daily drinking, Gyokuro/Matcha for special occasions. Use one of the infusers you just drop in the mug and it rests on the edges. I put in a small splash of water in the mug before boiling water, so it doesn’t burn the tea. Usually let it sit for about 3 minutes on average. Works out perfectly every time.
When at work, the cafe down the road’s Korean proprietors make this really nice Korean rice tea I buy during the week.
Have you tried Genmai cha (toasted rice green tea)? It’s my favourite green tea blend.
I have, but it’s been a while. Was back when I first started drinking tea, was a little odd at first. Will have to go back now I have a taste for it.
Half a spoon of sugar, whatever tea is in cupboard/was on sale in supermarket, burn hands with hot water, cry for three minutes, add sin-against-nature lactose free milk, cry for four minutes, hurl teabag out window, drink.
Don’t even get me started on coffee.
Instant, in cup, one equal tablet and water. My palate not sufficiently advanced to make the effort early in the morning. From a cafe, tho, vanilla lattes are my bomb.
When I’m at home, usually that oxfam fair trade stuff in a french press. I actually quite like that coffee.
recently, I was given one of these things & it’s brilliant. haven’t had a chance to use it on the go, but I like that prospect.
at work, I head over to the local cafe & get a large strong cap. the barista there is pretty damn good.
biggest deal breaker for me is if the barista makes the milk too hot & it all tastes bitter & burnt. I’ll happily take instant coffee over burnt any day.
That little thing looks neat, but I am loving my Aeropress
Coffee, depends on mood. Prefer espresso to press. Depending on the blend may have black or have as a latte (low fat milk). That said I am an awful person who uses and enjoys nespresso pods and that’s the bulk of my coffee drinking now because the other way was just too much work (wait 15 mins for the thing to warm up properly, store beans, etc, plus my old ‘proper’ espresso maker was a piece of shit that could only make one or two shots before you had to turn it off and let it cool down before opening it to add water). Nespresso has proven to be ‘good enough’ for me plus I can operate it while half asleep.
For tea, I don’t care as long as it’s unsweetened and without milk. Have one of those fancy kettles that can brew stuff for fixed times at specific temperatures and keep it warm and everything, but I hardly ever use it since cleanup is a pain and it tends to make too much.
Used to drink a lot of green tea. Should probably get back into that.
At home – 50/50 espresso and milk, no sugar. Sometimes instant if I’m out of pods.
Out and about – large skim FW with 1 sugar.
Tea anytime!
I generally try to avoid full cream milk and any flavoured coffees, not that I don’t like them, but because I don’t need to drink the extra kilojoules.
Coffee – Would never drink it if we only had instant. I generally use a plunger or percolator. Sugar amount unknown, I just pour in enough to be unable to see the bottom of the mug. No milk. Then if I was at my Nanna’s, I’d put in some liqueur – licore strega is the best, but I’d also use fiore d’alpe, sambuca, amaretto, nocello, kahlua, another couple I forget… oh, there was this choc mint one too. At some point I decided to try and put in a teaspoon of cinnamon, and that was awesome. It’s not the same using the cinnamon we’ve got from Costco though, that stuff’s pretty crap.
But yeah, I hardly ever have coffee at all.
Tea, same deal with the sugar. I do have that one with milk though. Earl grey, when I first had it I was like “ooh, this is almost like lemon iced tea”, so I kept having it 😛 Hardly ever have tea either, but it’s a little more common if I want something warm on a cold night.
I have a vintage Corning ware stove top percolator. It actually makes pretty good coffee!
I swear we used to have a little single-serve one, but I have no idea where it’s ended up. Or if I’m just imagining it entirely.
@redartifice @rize @crazyguy1990 @shane @freezespreston @tigerion @coldcamv @cakesmith @markserrels @benny @jacksonwryan @phoenix @blaghman
Rocket League league
One more player and we are go! Most of you have, but it you haven’t already please sign up at https://rocket-league.com/ as we’ll be using that to run the league. I expect we’ll have the last player today, teams will be generated as soon as we do. You’ll then need to create your teams on the website and join the league, but we’ll deal with that when we get there.
Not to mention coming up with super awesome team names!
The most important step.
Signed up as Tigerion, not sure if you need to know that or not
Signed up as Cakesmith (surprise!)
Registered with username fbzbenny
all over it as the science-man sciencejayz
I’m signed up as Shane.
Also just purchased the DLC pack, so I’m gonna be burning out all over this tourney.
Is it bad that I would totes watch some of these?
http://www.cracked.com/blog/10-gritty-reboots-we-cant-stop-hollywood-from-making/
I would say close to half of them I would at least be interested in
Yes, no, duh of course, heh why not, ew… hell yes, hm no, fuckyeah!, why hasn’t that been made yet?, ewwwwwwwww… yes, yawn no.
Anybody on here understand calculated fields in Pivot Tables? I rarely use them and Google isn’t helping with answers relevant to what I’m trying to do. You think it would be simple…
I have an extremely simple Pivot Table which shows regions and sub-regions as Rows, and then has 2 columns of Values. Nbr Expected (which is a Count of the field”Position”) and Nbr Delivered (which is a Count of the field “Delivered”, and has 2 possible values. Blank, or Yes.) – I want to add a third column, % Delivered, which would be Nbr Delivered/Nbr Expected. Now I could add a formula to one of the blank columns outside the table but that defeats the purpose of a Pivot Table, because I wouldn’t be able to sort / filter / expand / contract the data. I’ve tried a Calculated Field =COUNT(Delivered)/COUNT(Position) but that returns “1” no matter what I do. Thoughts?Is this where you put a bunch of calculators on a table and catapult them off using a pivot in the middle?
I’m good at that.
That’s a field of catapulted calculators, not a calculated field. Common mistake.
You have to mark it out first, right?
Change the values for Delivered to 1 and 0 (rather than Y and [blank]), and a whole new world of options will open up for you.
You can now express it as a SUM. Then you would express the calculation as =SUM(Delivered)/COUNT(Position).
Now the results all say 0 instead of 1. Also the field label is saying “Sum of Test”, which seems wrong somehow. Like, why is it trying to Sum the calculated result?
Edit: Sorry, I refreshed the data (whoops) and now the “Sum of Test” field is showing the same results as new the “Sum of Delivered” (Nbr Delivered) field. E.g. 10 Expected, 9 Delivered, 9 “Sum of Test” instead of 90%
All right. Let’s try this: https://www.dropbox.com/s/z1pxy923pw1p7mj/Excel.png?dl=0
This has sample data and a sample Pivottable that calculates the %.
Thanks! I didn’t do it quite the way you did (since my copy of Excel doesn’t have those display options) but you DID put me in the right frame of mind to hit the solution. I added a new “Expected” column to the raw data, with “1” for each row, and then changed the calculated field to be =Sum(Delivered)/Sum(Expected). Worked perfectly.
Awesome!
I wish I could do this sometimes… Some of my biggest reports simply come back with ‘Completed’ or blank as a status for 1600 rows. Could add an IF column to spill back 1 and 0… but then someone dumping in new data is likely to overwrite the formula or delete it and the whole thing will come unstuck.
Instead I just direct people to dump new data and have a separate summary worksheet do a bucketload of COUNTIFS to arrive at a % – then lock down the summary page and it can’t be broken.
I’m lucky with a lot of my datasets because they do give us results in that format. E.g. Nbr Claims is always a 1, Nbr Cancelled can be 0 or 1 so % cancelled is Sum/Sum. In fact, I’d have saved myself a LOT of trouble if I’d just looked at some of our data warehouses when designing this table by hand (I’m tracking the number of people who send me an email with data) to see how they do their % calculations.
And 1600 rows would be a small report for me. 😛
Let me preface this with: I hate calculated fields.
My somewhat limited experience would tell me that your field is counting all the values in ‘Delivered’ and ‘Position’ and because your table has 1 instance of each at each row it’s just doing 1/1 each time (even with blanks which pivots seem to handle differently to functions).
You could try adding your NbrDelievered to Values and then change field settings and in ‘Show Values As’ pick % of Parent Row Total or set it as a % of a separate total or field?
Nbr Delivered already is in values. I tried doing various combinations of “Show Values As” but I haven’t seen any “Parent Row Total” (I’m running Excel 2007) though.
So during the time I’ve been sick I managed to finish Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, I’d say, definitely in my top 3 of best games of all time that I’ve played. By the Omnissiar, such hype in the last boss fight, even more so than the others, which give a lot of hype themselves.
Also, Blade Wolf, my favourite character by far now, absolutely love that guy
Dear @freezespreston
Good to see you’re doing a lot better.
What a stroke of bad luck you’ve had.
I’m relieved that you’re all right.
I hope your other half is holding up too.
Love,
Stewie
#EveryPageIsPageSix
IT’S LETTER WRITING PAGE 07! >:O
It took me a minute…
You’re improving.
I spent an entire uni lecture brainstorming! 😀
Time well spent.
You already used the ‘all right’ joke, I saw you!
It’s hard coming up with stroke jokes, Transient! :O
Any help would be great! 😀
So tired… I may have spent a few hours last night playing Hacknet when I should have just gone to sleep. Upside is, that game is pretty cool. Especially loved how the game handles failure.
Failed to break into a system in time, got traced and had my machine* hacked and rebooted. Turns out the hacker deleted my x-server (ie. the GUI), so my machine crashed and rebooted into a pure terminal… Found a petulant typo-riddled message about me relying too much on the GUI. However, turns out he didn’t delete his logs, so I found the IP of the proxy he used to get into my system, found my way in, and stole his x-server file. Rebooted to a new GUI! \o/ Onwards!Also, one of the missions involved
finding my way into KFC’s systems and stealing their 11 secret herbs and spices recipe… and I may have published some of it in large letters on their main website before I left… >:D*any references to “my machine”, etc, are the in-game server you use as a home base, not the actual machine running the game. Obviously.
The more I see about this game the more I’m interested in trying it. I absolutely LOVED “Uplink” back in the day, and this just seems like a modern, more in-depth (i.e. less accessible) version of that.
I couldn’t really get into Uplink, so can’t really compare, but this is extremely intuitive (well, I use Linux terminals on a daily basis, so that may not be saying much), and the story grabbed me pretty quickly.
There are a couple of things I expected to be there that aren’t (or don’t seem to be) – routing your attack through a proxy, for example, to give you more time on the trace; hardware upgrades don’t seem to be in the game, either. But it looks like as you progress, you get access to better software tools to exploit a wider selection of weaknesses, and attack more efficiently, instead of upgrading your hardware. I’m only 2-3 hours in, and have about eight or nine tools to attack different systems in different ways.
Awww, no proxy routing? That was one of my favourite parts of Uplink. Creating huge maps of proxy routes and then the race to get back to the central public server to erase your logs in time before you were found out.
I guess the terminal side of things is what I consider “less” intuitive, since I don’t use them (any more, it’s been many many years) and would have to learn that side of the game from scratch. But a challenge is a good thing.
Yea, this is a terminal-heavy game (and encourages you to not get too comfortable with relying on the GUI). It’s got a pretty good tutorial to start you off, then points you to “education” servers where you can read up on things you can do; and there’s three pages to the terminal’s “help” command, to give you a rundown of how to use the terminal. Haven’t fully looked through the final version, but the alpha even had an “opencdtray” command, which would open your actual CD-ROM drive if you’ve got one… and would apparently work in pvp. 😛
As I said, I’m not very far in, from what I can tell, so proxy routing might still be a thing, but I’ve not seen any mention of it thus far.
Got a whole romantic dinner thing planned out for tonight for my anniversary. What could possibly go wrong?
*vomits*
Oh, get fucked…
I hope you’re actually sick and it’s not just nerves!
After Freeze, the simple tummy bug won’t fly for an excuse. 😛
I feel like my week long whining about man flu shows we haven’t put any thing in perspective after Freeze. 😛
I have a boo boo #helping
Oh, it won’t be stopping me! I’m just going to take a bunch of drugs and see if they do something positive…
There’s only one thing for it.
Tough it out.
Edit: HAPPY RIZEAVERSARY!
If Rocket has taught us anything, it’s that you’re supposed to vomit on the people you like.
For me? You shouldn’t have!
Headlining
Trump Vows To Beat Up Black Lives Matter Protesters If They Try To Speak At His Campaign Events
http://thinkprogress.org/election/2015/08/11/3690661/trump-vows-to-beat-up-black-lives-matter-protesters-if-they-try-to-speak-at-his-campaign-events/
And yet even after everything his lead is just widening. Saw something saying he was at 39% while his closest rival Jeb Bush is at 11%.
With the context of the people who interrupted Sanders’s speech in Seattle, I could nearly endorse violence. They made me so very angry. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BnbwUT7lBg So fucking rude. Yelling “let us speak” while being told that they would be allowed to speak. Be polite you guttersnipes.
But I still think that Trump is mad, and it’s not like I endorse actual violence, and I can’t believe that anybody would support someone who actually said that, but yeah.
But can you imagine how amazing and horrible international politics would be for four years?
Aidan would simultaneously implode, explode and self combust.
At least Australia would stop being the laughing stock of the western world for a while.
Come back here “Switch to Desktop” button! :O
LET ME LOVE YOU! :’O
Relevant – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crrOl0egI00
Windows+D?
15 minutes..FIFTHTEEN MINUTES ive spent standing at this damn bunnings paint counter to get 2 litres of paint mixed, hell I coulda done it myself because NO ONE HERE WILL! It is completely unstaffed and I asked a passing staff member if he could get someone for the paint shop and he said the guys currently on lunch AND NO ONE ELSE KNOWS HOW TO USE IT! ARE YOU KIDDING ME!! I CAN USE IT AND IVE NEVER WORKED WITH A DULUX MACHINE!!
GAHHHH Bunnings
So did you do it?
I got the paint can and was looking over the screen when a bunnings guy eating popcorn chicken came up and asked if he could help me so I told him what has been happening and lo and behold he was the paint guy! The entire time he was mixing the paint he was eating his popcorn chicken
Depending on what this means I might be skipping Battlefront all together – http://www.pcgamer.com/ea-skipped-star-wars-battlefront-campaign-because-nobody-would-play-it/
If they still have the galactic campaign like they did in BF2; fine but if not this just lost my purchase.
Shit, looks like my enthusiasm for this game has died a lot. As you said, I hope they keep the Galactic Conquest mode.
The entire reason I was looking forward to BF was some Galactic Conquest with irl friends or TAYbies.
I spent so much time playing Galactic Conquest single player in Battlefront 2. Kinda sad when you think about it …
http://www.ibtimes.com/star-wars-battlefront-dev-updates-galactic-conquest-game-details-amd-may-bundle-game-1959771
Looks like confirmation that there isn’t going to be a galactic conquest mode. Yep definitely bargain bin game now.
Whoops. I was on the fence (mainly because STAR WARS), but it just became a no-deal for me. Sorry EA.
So basically they only want sales in the first month or two then when multi numbers die off have zero reason to purchase the game?
Why bother about sales 2-3 months after release; 3 months after release you announce the sequel; then spend 6-9 months on marketing, conventions, interviews, E3, gamescom, etc and then release the same game with new maps for full price. Claiming some stupid new feature like smoke effects or hair follicles as justification.
I would have liked a solo story (or Conquest again) but I’m still going to be picking this up. The solo stuff in 1 and 2 were fun but the AI was always shithouse. For better or worse, players take care of that.
The AI was really lacking in the Battlefront games compared to other FPS games. I still think with proper AI difficulty settings Galactic Conquest could be a tonne of fun.
Oh, for sure. Especially because previous BFs had (at a minimum) and interesting perspective on the Star Wars story, particularly playing as the bad guys pre and post Order 66.
This is a surprise to you? I thought that it was always known to be MP-only from the outset? It’s why I was utterly uninterested in the first place.
Wasn’t overly concerned by single player but galactic conquest mode was a make/break for me. After doing some digging I see it’s not included in the game so 0 hype for it now.
Honestly, I genuinely thought from the E3 trailer that some of it was multiplayer and some of it was campaign. I really do remember hearing something about a campaign, but I guess I was just imagining it.
Yeah, I’m out. SP is a must for me.
Dear all,
Here is a pre-weekend reminder:
Play Messar Dreams!
http://contest.gamedevfort.com/submission/544/
Rocket League league
Teams are finally here!
Team 1
@RedArtifice
@Tigerion
Team 2
@Benny
@FatShadyLive
Team 3
@CrazyGuy1990
@Shane
Team 4
@Phoenix
@Cakesmith
Team 5
@BDKIAF
@ColdCamV
Team 6
@MarkSerrels
@FreezeSPreston
Team 7
@JacksonWRyan
@Rize
Team 8
Finishedlast (@finishedlast on Twitter)
@Blaghman
Arrange with your teammate to create a team on https://rocket-league.com and join the league via the link below!
https://rocket-league.com/league/550
The setup makes you pick a platform, so ignore the fact it says PS4. If you need a PS4 handle to join, just use your Steam name.
Edit: I just realised you need a passcode to join, since it’s private. Hit me with a dm on twitter to get that.
I hope vids get uploaded because this looks like something I’d enjoy watching
Fortunately Rocket League has made it just about as easy as possible to share your replays!
Splendid! 😀
Now we just need a few TAYbies doing some american-style commentary 😛
What about an American doing TAY-style commentary?
Definitely needed
Is it too late to join in? I might have some play time tonight
Think there is even numbers at the moment so you would probably need another player to form a team. Although you probably could act as a sub and play if somebody can’t make the team on the night it is needed.
If you are just interested in playing outside the league I’m sure people will be on tonight
AW YEAH TIGS
we need a quiz-worthy name.
E=mc2?
Aww yeah, although I need one of those training montage thingys right now
Time for a brainstorm on team names
Brain blurt
Learning by cosmosisTeam of Cunning Artificers (Street of Cunning Artificers)
Rocketing the Casbah
Jailhouse Rocket League
Fearful symmetry
A rocket league of our own
Red Rocket Deli
Sky rockets in fright
Two men and a baby
Where’s the ball
VicSa Victors
The red rocketiglet
The hunt for red rocketeer
I feel like I can name the team “team finishedlast” and then we can both live up to that name.
Oh god, @markserrels I am so sorry.
Team name: Steel-cut Strokes?
(Too soon?)
Holy shit.
Savage
Let’s kill it @rize
I feel like I should change my display pic to Chewy (or Greedo).
So who shoots the goal first?
@cakesmith is Chewie.
Lando though
@cakesmith \o/
We need a team name!
4BD? (stands for Four Ball Drive)
The Rockettes?
Rocket Cakes?
Ball Chasers?
Crash Test Dummies?
Apollo 11’s? (or 13’s?)
or maybe we could be the Challengers? (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Challenger – logo could be an explosion… too soon?)
… I’m no good at this.
benny+fatshadylive
@crazyguy1990 \o/
We need to start brainstorming names and logo ideas.
Only name I can think of right now is Goalsplosion…
How about the Car-razyGuys! As soon as you approve, I’ll create the team, and we can join it.
@crazyguy1990
Sign up here: https://rocket-league.com/team/2035
Passcode:
No longer needed!We can work on the graphics, description, team name, etc at a later date.
Yay!
Yeah buddy Cold and @bdkiaf taking on the world!
We need a super awesome name!
@blaghman – have created team finishedblaghman at rocket-league.com
@bdkiaf – should the ‘join league’ button be greyed out or does the team need to be completed first?
It’ll be greyed out until you have two team members, so as soon as Blaghman joins your team you’ll be able to join the league.
There was a flyer in the mail, for a circumcision clinic. Claims a “virtually painless technique”. I don’t want to be the one to test that claim.
Also this takes junk mail to a whole new level 😛
I think the perfect response is Tina Burger’s “uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh…”
huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh
Yes. Yes.
Been waiting for a painless technique to come around?
I’m going to leave this particular area of myself to be a mystery to be revealed only to very lucky TAYbies and/or members of the public and police if the event is important enough.
You.
Me.
A bar.
Burgers.
Onion rings.
Scotch.
10 minutes.
I’ll find out.
Lions on the case
I’ll be on something *snaps finger*
You know when they decided to fiddle with the site design last it would have been nice if they’d fixed the replying to first comment of page redirects you to the previous page bug.
Twitch Plays Dark Souls is just so incredibly stupid that I can’t even find it funny.
They’re never going to get anywhere.
It’s not funny, it’s just pointless.
Surely they’re making some prog- OH GOD THEY’RE STILL IN THE ASYLUM
Them still being in the asylum doesn’t surprise me, it was when I went back after lord knows how many hours, and they were just rolling into a corner. :/
I don’t know. It makes me look like I am literally the greatest Dark Souls player to ever exist in comparison.
Road Redemption is a pretty cool game.
Here’s hoping it makes it out of early access.
Holy Shit, Xur Is Selling Gjallarhorn
Posting here in case somebody checks TAY and not the main site. If somebody want to tag the destiny peeps go for it
@miketarno for one, unsure of PS4 peeps. @mashaa2398 ?
I can’t figure out his Kotaku username but I checked his twitter… he knows.
@masha2932
GJALLARHORNS FOR EVERYONE!
Get it now before it becomes utterly obsolete and uninteresting next month!
Hey guys I bought the Aussie bundle but there’s some games I don’t want.
Once bitten, twice dead!
Deadnaut
An assassin in Orlandes
Curse of the assassin
Stargazer
8-Bit Adventures: The Forgotten Journey Remastered Edition
Let me know if you want them
Hiding in Dare Girl’s bedroom trying not to make a sound while she teaches a clarinet student. This is painful to listen to :p
In other news, Ant Man was cool.
Can only assume Ant Man is the nickname you’ve given your penis and you’re happy it didn’t give you away.
I thought it was some new sex act the kids were doing. First it was the “Splatoon” now it’s the “Ant Man”
Remember when everyone was talking about the “Dark Soul” and how difficult it was?
DEVIANTS! ALL OF THEM!
Praising the sun takes on an entirely different meaning now.
And now apparently the ‘Splatoon’ ends in a rainmaker O.0
@mrtaco @powalen
Any of you two aware of any upcoming surprises regarding the Club Nintendo closure, end of September? Or has everything already been announced and exhausted? I have a measly 1700 stars to discard, and I’m thinking of just grabbing a Wii U copy of A Link to the Past. Unless..
http://www.vooks.net/new-club-nintendo-rewards-arent-done-not-in-europe-at-least/
Of the returning stuff there, we just saw the Mario Kart trophies (which disappeared overnight) and still haven’t seen the Luigi diorama nor the Zelda case. Not sure about the coasters. And of the “coming soon” stuff at the bottom, I don’t think we’ve had the card matching set or Kirby’s Dream Blanket, nor the Club Nintendo coin.
Oh wow, still haven’t had the diorama? That thing is rad. Doubt it’ll be 1700 though.. 😉
Europe Club Nintendo is showing the trophies for a steep 5000 each.
Nobody knows.
I thought I was safe ages ago so I bought a bunch of download games but then they brought out another wave of merch 😛
I guess if you just want a game anyway you may as well wait until the last few days just in case.
Good call, most of the games I can purchase on eShop for around $10 anyway.
Yeah, I figured I might buy the games (since I’m at least somewhat interested in NES Remix) but all that is purchasable on the eShop anyway, so I’m thinking I should at least get something “exclusive”.
Not that I’d listen to the soundtracks or anything else would do anything other than collect dust :P…
Ooh, new Splatoon mode – Rainmaker.
Not bad, it can be over pretty fast if a team isn’t holding it together. I think I like it better than Tower Control.
DEVIANT!
Games I’ve Finished This Year:
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
The Swapper
Grim Fandango Remastered
Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition
The Order: 1886
CounterSpy
New ‘n’ Tasty: Abe’s Oddysee
Cities: Skylines
Pillars of Eternity
Broken Age
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Batman: Arkham Knight
Anna’s Quest
Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture
Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris
Broken Sword 5
Games in-progress:
Life is Strange
Tales from the Borderlands
Game of Thrones
Yoshi’s Woolly World
Dreamfall Chapters
I forgot to take notes, so I’m just going to assume I’ve finished about seven.
Edit, at a guess:
Grow Home, MGS Ground Zeroes, Valkyria Chronicles, Sunset, The Witcher 3, Arkham Knight, Anna’s Quest, Plug & Play, Dying Light, Grim Fandango, Captain Toad, Splatoon, Bloodborne, AssCreed Unity, and maybe The Talos Principle, can’t remember how soon I played that after buying it.
Probably a coupla other console games in there that I’ve forgotten.
But lists, man. Lists are the future!
I have this issue where I trust that my mental list will work flawlessly, when time and time again that’s proven to be false.
Do the @dc list! Then you can look back at past years and be like daymn!
Games finished in 2013:
• BioShock
• Catherine
• Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition
• Deponia
• Device 6
• Dust: An Elysian Tail
• Dynasty Warriors 8
• Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon
• FTL
• Gone Home
• Grand Theft Auto V
• Gravity Rush
• Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary Edition
• Hotline Miami
• Kingdom Hearts Final Mix
• Kingdom Hearts Re: Chain of Memories
• Little Inferno
• Luigi’s Mansion 2
• McPixel
• Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate
• Need for Speed: Most Wanted
• Ni no Kuni
• Okami HD
• Papers Please
• Persona 4: Golden
• Pikmin
• Pikmin 2
• Pikmin 3
• Pokemon White 2
• Pokemon Y
• Proteus
• Rayman Fiesta Run
• Rayman Jungle Run
• Rayman Legends
• Remember Me
• Ridiculous Fishing
• Sine Mora
• Sleeping Dogs
• Sound Shapes
• Super Hexagon
• Super Mario 3D World
• Super Meat Boy
• Super Metroid
• Tales of Xillia
• The Cave
• The Last of Us
• The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds
• The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
• The Walking Dead: 400 Days
• The Walking Dead Season 2 Episode 1
• Thomas Was Alone
• To the Moon
• Torchlight II
• Trine
• Trine 2
• Uncharted: Golden Abyss
• Where’s My Water?
Games finished in 2014:
1. Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag and Aveline DLC
2. Attack of the Friday Monsters
3. Bayonetta 2
4. Beat the Beat: Rhythm Paradise
5. BioShock Infinite
6. BIT.TRIP Presents Runner 2
7. Bravely Default
8. Broken Age Act 1
9. Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons
10. Child of Light
11. Costume Quest
12. Dark Souls
13. Dark Souls II
14. Destiny
15. Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze
16. Dragon’s Crown
17. Fantasy Life
18. FEZ
19. Final Fantasy X HD
20. Final Fantasy X-2 HD
21. Fire Emblem: Awakening
22. Flower
23. Gears of War: Judgment
24. Guacamelee
25. Gunman Clive
26. Halo 2 Anniversary
27. Halo Anniversary
28. Hyrule Warriors
29. inFAMOUS: Second Son
30. Kid Icarus: Uprising
31. La-Mulana
32. LEGO MARVEL Super Heroes
33. Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII
34. Mario Kart 8
35. Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
36. Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes
37. Octodad: Dadliest Catch
38. Pokemon Alpha Sapphire
39. Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright
40. Psychonauts
41. Pullblox World
42. Resogun
43. Risk of Rain
44. Rogue Legacy
45. Shovel Knight
46. South Park: The Stick of Truth
47. SteamWorld Dig
48. The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
49. The Last of Us Remastered and Left Behind DLC
50. The Night of the Rabbit
51. The Stanley Parable
52. The Walking Dead Season 2 (Episodes 2-5)
53. The Witcher
54. The Wolf Among Us (Episode 1-2)
55. Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call
56. Tomb Raider
57. Toukiden: Age of Demons
58. Transistor
59. Trials Fusion
60. Valiant Hearts
61. Year Walk
62. Ys: Memories of Celceta
DAYMN!
2014:
The Wolf Among UsThe Walking Dead 2
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
inFamous: Second Son
Botanicula
Moebius
Tex Murphy: Tesla Effect
Murdered: Soul Suspect
Mario Kart 8
Wolfenstein: The New Order
South Park: The Stick of Truth
Valiant Hearts: The Great War
The Last of Us Remastered
Diablo 3
Destiny
Transistor
LIMBO
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments
Costume Quest 2
Alien: Isolation
Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers
Dreamfall Chapters: Book One
Tales from the Borderlands – Ep 1
Dragon Age: Inquisition
Game of Thrones – Ep 1
2013:
Pikmin 3*The Last of Us*
Tomb Raider*
BioShock Infinite*
Zombi U
The Cave
The Night of the Rabbit*
A New Beginning
The Blackwell Bundle
Ico
Shadow of the Colossus
To the Moon
Dear Esther
Remember Me
Ni No Kuni
Deadlight
The Walking Dead: 400 Days*
Gone Home*
Rayman Legends*
DmC
GTAV
Beyond: Two Souls*
Batman: Arkham Origins
Deus Ex: Human Revolution – Director’s Cut
Wind Waker
Enslaved: Odyssey to the West – Premium Edition
Goodbye Deponia
Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag
Super Mario 3D World
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons*
2012:
DeponiaChaos on Deponia
Gemini Rue
Resonance
Primordia
The Walking Dead
Anna’s Quest: Winfriede’s Tower
Egress
Mass Effect 3
Sleeping Dogs
Scratches
Spec Ops: The Line
Dishonored
Borderlands 2
Kingdoms of Amalur
SSX
Alan Wake’s American Nightmare
I Am Alive
Beyond Good & Evil HD
Rayman Origins
Max Payne 3
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
The Force Unleashed
Batman Arkham City (PC)
Quantum Conundrum
The Dig
Beneath a Steel Sky
Is * for favourites?
@greenius: Oh yeah, was gonna write about my favourite games of that year, but didn’t get around to it. Had marked my favourites. Haha!
Never too late! 😀
FINISHED
[*]Diablo III
[*]The Last of Us
[*]Swapper
[*]Octodad: Dadliest Catch
[*]Infamous: Second Son
[*]Infamous: First Light
[*]Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor
[*]Game of Thrones: Iron from Ice
[*]Game of Thrones: The Lost Lords
[*]Rogue Legacy
[*]Tales of the Borderlands 1
[*]Thomas Was Alone
[*]Transistor
[*]Uncharted: Golden Abyss
[*]Kick and Fennick
[*]The Walking Dead Season 1 (PLAT)
[*]Beyond Two Souls (PLAT)
[*]Batman Arkham Origins: Blackgate
[*]The Walking Dead: 400 Days
[*]The Walking Dead Season 2
[*]Tales of the Borderlands 2
[*]Proteus
[*]Game of Thrones #3
[*]Bloodborne (PLAT)
[*]Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
[*]Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Justice For All
[*]Game of Thrones #4
[*]Murdered Soul Suspect
[*]Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Trials and Tribulations
[*]Tales of the Borderlands 3
[*]The Force Unleashed
[*]Ace Attorney: Apollo Justice
[*]Anna’s Quest
[*]Wolfenstein: New Order
[*]Life is Strange: Chapters 1-3
[*]Journey
[*]Game of Thrones #5
[*]Life is Strange: Chapter 4
[*]Rocket League (PLAT)
[*]Ace Attorney 5: Dual Destinies
[*]Phoenix Wright: Turnabout Reclaimed
CURRENTLY PLAYING
Tearaway
Metal Gear Solid
Metro 2033
Grim Fandango
ABANDONED
[+]Fez
[+]Surgeon Simulator
[+]Apotheon
[+]Lords of the Fallen
[+]Gravity Rush
[+]Oddworld: Abe’s Odyssey New and Tasty
[+]Space Marine
You’re having a productive video game year! 😀 (I’ve decided that episodic games only get one entry for me now.)
For my list, it seems inconsistent, but I’ve decided that if I play them separately, they get a separate entry, but if I play them together (Walking Dead seasons, LiS 1-3), they get one entry). Complicated rules go hand-in-hand with lists!
I usually split up DLC too unless I play them together, or it’s significantly different or long enough on its own…
Rules ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I haven’t been keeping a list but finished The Witcher 3 last weekend and played through all of Shadow Warrior this weekend.
Diablo 3
Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture
…I think that’s about it.
Games finished in 2015:
• January
1. The Wolf Among Us (Episode 3-5)
2. Halo 3
• February
3. Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris
4. Captain Toad
• March
5. Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate
• May
6. Broken Age
• June
7. Splatoon
8. Her Story
• July
9. The Swapper
10. Bloodborne
• August
11. Journey
12. Jetpac
13. Banjo-Kazooie
14. Cobra Triangle
15. Battletoads!
Holy cow that game is difficult! I was playing with extensive cheats (rewind, save states, infinite lives) and still struggled in parts. SHEESH!
Now do it with 3 lives and 1 continue.
But I get to keep the rewind function and save states?
😛
Quite a few of these I’d beaten previously, so I’m not sure if I should include them.
Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas
Blast Corps
Arkham Knight
Sonic Adventure
Mass Effect 3
LEGO Jurassic World
Devil May Cry Definitive Edition
Shovel Knight
Battlefield: Hardline
Halo
Saints Row: Gat out of Hell
Saints Row IV
Resident Evil Revelations 2
Resident Evil HD
Limbo
Sleeping Dogs
LEGO Batman 3
Dragonball Xenoverse
Final Fantasy XIII
I’ve been pretty slack lately so the recent games have completely trailed off.
Max is asleep now.
She was meowing and wanting to play, and now she’s tuckered out.
@freezespreston
Aw, only got 120wpm or so when I hopped into TypeRacer 🙁
I usually mess up in TypeRacer because I type too fast and end up too far ahead of an error so spend most of my time holding backspace to backtrack :P. I should use CTRL+Backspace more now… pretty nifty!