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Woo! Good morning TAY-etnam!
Go cats!
Good morning! I wasn’t expecting a new TAY today, but here we are!
I hope everyone has had a lovely weekend (esp if it’s still the weekend for you). I had my birthday yesterday – chocolate and champagne ^_^
Sadly, it’s probably the last time ever my birthday will happen on Easter Sunday.
Happy birthday for yesterday! <3
=O happy birthday!
I took pokken online and lost my first 10 matches due to hilarious incompetence.
But now i’m 50 fights in and my win ratio is over 50%. Charizard gives me headaches still, but I’m managing to beat the disgustingly spammy braixens and s.mewtwos.
I also ended up fighting people three times in a row without a rematch option (seriously, that needs to be in the game), which is great training. That happened several times.
Pikachu is pretty boss, but I want to pick up a more techy character. Gengar has really awesome, unpredictable mix ups.
I hope everyone enjoyed their easter. I just did some housework and some sewing so I didn’t do much.
Mornin’ all.
Weekend was busy. Worked both Saturday & Sunday. We were flat out, to the point where our cool room looked like it had been ransacked there was that much beer missing, likewise the spirit shelves. Like come on we were closed for one day and people panic the following day, god damn it.
Australians and their booze! 😛
My wife got my growler filled on Thursday and it’d gone by Friday arvo leaving me with no beer. So yes, Saturday I went and bought beer.
New TAY on a public holiday! wow! Belated Happy Easter if you didn’t catch my well wishes earlier elsewhere!
My easter was spent at home alone, and chocolate free (apart from a handful of chocolate covered liquorice bullets) so I treated myself to a copy of Mortal Kombat X Premium Edition!
Grabbed it for 75% off at Bundle Stars! $22.49US. Worked out to be about $31 AUD. Still pretty decent for the game and all DLC! (or most of it at least – haven’t checked if absolutely everything was included, but had the Kombat Pack etc)
Also did a bit more work on my art project, and wrote a verse for a song by Aus rapper NJE!
Hopefully he likes it enough to use it! I’m competing against a few others to see who’s the lucky person to be included in the track! *fingers crossed*
My mate’s going through a bad breakup. A never-ending, crippling, apocalyptic, breakup. As the closest friend the fella has, I’m glad to do my service as a bro and accompany him as he spirals into infinite loneliness. I didn’t quite expect to spend 3 hours straight with him as he talked about all the good times he had with his ex-girlfriend, though. Three entire hours. I counted every minute.
I don’t think I’ve ever spent three hours talking about one topic. I don’t think I’ve ever spent longer than a hour talking about any one thing, really. I’m sure whatever the topic was, it was related to food.
I’ll keep on.. keeping on, make sure the man doesn’t give into rampant alcoholism, but three hours. And that was just the first day. I need to rant, even if it’s a tiny bit. Or lapse into rampant alcoholism myself.
There was a period of time where I would just tell people to punch things or stab things as resolution to literally everything.
One time, out of habit, when one of my friends broke up with their long term girlfriend, I told him to stab her.
Pretty glad he didn’t take that advice though.
Pretty sure you talked about Batman V. Superman for an hour and half the other night, so it could be worse, I guess? 😛
Haha, I originally typed out half a hour but then remembered BVS, which I think we agreed we spent 40 or so minutes on? Truly a testament to its worth if it’s one of the things I’ve talked about the longest.
Need more people to play Smite on PS4. They added Australian servers but it can take a while to get into a game. I think my free extra code can still work.
Been playing through Dead Space 3 and man, this is just a huge shame. I wonder if I should just talk about everything wrong with this game even though I’m still playing it. I’m pretty sure every criticism I have wouldn’t change by the end. It’s still weighed down by lame microtransactions and co-op play. I can even see a great game underneath all this shit.
I will say that the game is very loud.
Hey @dogman, @tech_knight, @chuloopa and maybe @coldcamv (and anyone else interested in 40k in Vic). So I was thinking that instead of jumping to a point limit thing later in the year we could start an escalation league. Start at, say, 500 points then next time 750, then 1000 etc. That way starting fresh isn’t an issue?
That sounds interesting now tell me good sir..how do points work?
Basically everything in the game has a points cost (a basic space marine costs 15 points, you have to take a squad of 5+ etc) and you have some minimum requirements (basics are 1HQ – your army leader, 2 troop choices). 500 points is a very small combat force and you generally won’t see vehicles aside from troop transports etc.
Hey dude! What’s your email? We’ll start a side-email so it’s a bit easier to communicate amongst the group. Dogman and Loops also have plenty of Space Marine models to loan if you need a hand getting started 🙂
Its cameron.veitch at the hot mails
Well thats good to hear, I had a starter set thing nearly 14 years ago with a bunch of paint but fairly certain it all got chucked
Sounds like a plan to me, this way I can plan out my expansions as I go.
I’m getting there, all my Necron Warriors are mostly painted, just missing colouring for the guns and an oil wash, and also gotta still start on my Overlord and Stalker.
I’m fine for higher as long as I’ve got enough notice, but starting with 500 point matches sounds like a good idea. Plus a 500 point cap makes it a lot easier to learn/teach the rules. There may be the odd tank or maybe a monstrous creature, but with a low cap it’s hard to stray far from bread and butter 40k.
If the point limit is 500 I’ll probably crack and buy some Tau or Tyranids. I’ve got a bit of a mental block on painting organic stuff like skin, claws or bone so the Tyranids starter set might help me break that. I could definitely use the practice with white armour so painting up some Tau frisbees might be a smart idea.
I’ve got the Battle for Black Reach and Dark Vengeance sets, so if one of you guys has a copy of the Space Marine codex we can probably use models from those sets to build a 500 point demo army for Cam. If anyone can squeeze out 500 point Ork or Chaos lists from those sets that’d work too.
By the way, what’s everyone else playing? I’m working on my Eldar list. I didn’t get much painting done yesterday but I did manage to knock over a few of the annoying little painting jobs that have been holding me back (plus I did a ton of cleaning and unpacked the last of my stuff, so that’s a big distraction out of the way).
Since I’m benching my Orks for now (since they are absolutely stupid to play) I’m leaning at Skitarii or an IG armoured company. Probably Skitarii.
Also, for the record, most people seem to say Escalation League = no allied armies (which I’m happy with). Just something for all of us to keep in mind 🙂
Yeah. I’m not a huge fan of allied armies (unless it’s two people playing two armies as allies). Any other house rules? My 1500 Eldar list is technically three Detachments, which is legit but I’d understand if people felt it was excessive at 1500.
Yo Doggyman, what’s your email? I’ll send through my address and we can all discuss a good date to start.
[Edited to maintain my mysterious persona.]
Yeah I need to learn the rules of everything cuz this is my first time ever diving into 40K, so this low point count will help me a ton and the scaling up of the points would do great in terms of “What do I want to add to this army to give it extra cool stuff for the next ’round’?”
The next question then becomes “when do we want our first session to be?”. Ideally we want some weekend that will allow everyone to have a solid few hours to play to go over the rules etc.
My first thought was the weekend of the 16th or so (I believe that’s Supanova Mlb though).
And some more players might be good too! So if anyone knows anyone keen on having a go…
I might have some friends to bring along as they convinced me to finally to take the plunge, one is also going Necrons and one is going Tau (And he’s been the one teaching me to paint), but I’ll have to discuss it with them. Where will we be running it again?
My warehouse in Geelong. A few blocks from the North Shore train station, if that helps 🙂 I can give my full address on Twitter or some such!
You can email me it via sdcdragonman[at]hotmail[dot]com, but that looks simple enough to get to from my place, just time consuming to get there.
@wizz-fizz Interested?
Hey @dogman
Sounds great to me!
I’m still at 1/2 painted Dark Angels from the Dark Vengeance box, not sure how many points that equates too, still VERY new to the 40k universe
You’re not the only one, don’t worry you will be among rookies so we’ll be learning it together.
Then count me in!
Been hoping to come across something liek what you are all trying to organise!
I’ll come along any time I don’t have work or Uni deadlines.
I think Dark Angels from the Dark Vengeance box set (without the expansion) total to about 700 points). We should be able to hammer that into a decent Combined Arms Detachment.
So far using the models from the Dark Vengeance box set I’ve got:
HQ – Librarian (1x Librarian, upgraded with Psyker Mastery Level 2) 90 Points
Troop – Tactical Squad (4x Space Marines, 1x Sergeant)
Troop – Tactical Squad (4x Space Marines, 1x Sergeant)
-You’re forced to take some weapon upgrades, and one of the Sergeants is going use a regular Space Marine model, luckily that works since his stats and wargear end up the same. Including weapon upgrades both Tactical Squads add up to 185 Points.
Elite – Deathwing Terminator Squad (4x Terminators, 1x Sergeant, plus some optional weaponry already on the mdoels) 225 Points
If I’ve got the numbers right that’s 500 points exactly. The only real differences are that the Librarian has Mastery 2 and can choose which powers he takes, the Tactical Squad is split into two Squads to make the Combined Arms Detachment valid, and Veteran Sergeant Raphael is no longer a Veteran so he’ll just use the regular Space Marine stats like the other Sergeant. Everything else should read straight off the Quick Reference Sheet which is handy. The Tactical Squad is split into groups of five, and the Plasma Cannon and Plasma Gun Space Marines must be put in different Squads. Raphael can go in which ever Squad you think he’d suit.
With the exception of the nameless Space Marine Sergeant, which I think is confusing but still legit, there won’t be any need to play anything that’s not 100% accurately represented by the model. Actually, there are 7 Space Marines and the models come in pairs of two, so we can take the odd one out (the one with a seal on his shoulder) and make him the Sergeant. It’s only temporary anyway since when the point cap goes up you’ll almost certainly merge them back into one Squad.
I wont lie here and say that I understood that, but if it works and I can play, I’m still in :o)
Don’t worry, it’s a lot easier to explain in person and it’s looking to be pretty newbie friendly. Have you got an e-mail address we can reach you on? We’re trying to iron out the times/dates.
@dogman Sounds great
You can ping me at xxxxxxxxx
Haha, what.. That morning show ‘Today’ shared some thing on Facebook that apparently Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has thrown the idea around that the north coast of NSW from the border which is Tweed Heads to Evans Head just past Byron Bay should become part of Queensland & that the northern part of Queensland (Rockhampton & up) should bugger off & become it’s own state with the NT & northern WA.
I uh, yeah. Okay then. I’d honestly expect such a stupid idea from NSW premier Mike Baird or the previous one Barry O’Farrell.
It’s not the stupidest idea. As it stands, the NT wants to become a state, but the population density just isn’t high enough to justify that level of political representation. They have plenty in common with FNQ too.
That part I don’t overly disagree with. But with Northern NSW, it feels that was only said because we’re a massive tourist area especially Byron Bay & they’d want to make us part of the Gold Coast. It’s already bad enough that the local government want to merge our councils so we’re apart of the Lismore/Ballina region which is an hour or two away, which would make local issues worse 🙁
Yeah, that’s a tough one. Would it make accessing health services in Brisbane easier?
Honestly, not sure. We have pretty easy access to stuff either side of the border, doesn’t seem to matter where you’re from.
Afternoon errbody hows every little thing? My long weekend has been expensive and better than average. On Friday and Saturday I did pretty much nothing which was good. Sunday Cathryn and I went to Noojee to Toorongo Falls which is a walking track around 2 waterfalls, it was lovely. Then we went to my mates place and had dinner there before finally returning home to eat nachos. That night however Boe our puppy had an upset stomach and did so many shits it was insane!
Monday has been about relaxation amd playing Digimon Cyber Sleuth..good game would recommend.
Monday afternoon question. What game did you enjoy that you honestly thought “I wont like this” or flip of the coin what game did you think would be horrible but was actually good?
I might start training to do a 5km run.
Watch me regret this.
Whoooo! You can do it scree!
I reckon after 1 week or two, I’ll give up. Maybe I should DDR some too. >_>
Do it!
No really, 5km is very do-able!
and you can do a timed 5km every week for free with http://www.parkrun.com.auI’ll be doing laps of the park opposite my house with Sid, my fat dog
Take Sid to Parkrun too! He’ll love it, or I’ll send you a cheque for $20*
*Cheques will not be honoured.
Sid only runs when Sid wants to run. It’s on off lead dog park and I can keep an eye on him while I do laps
Going for a run in a dog park is a good way to get taken out at the knees fyi. I’d suggest running around the outside of the park.
It’s a big park and it’s not very crowded. A lot of the dogs are ones I know too, so I know if a ball comes my way to avoid them =P
What’s to regret? Worst case scenario you fall flat on your face and go back to square one. It’s not like you’re taking up shark punching. Most likely scenario is that you stick with it long enough to get at least a little healthier.
Unless I give up day one =P
Then don’t give up on day one. Duh. =P
Day two? =P
Went to my first ever football game yesterday as a friend borrowed some member passes ANZ stadium through work. While I don’t care for sports and had little interest in who won, being at the game was pretty exciting. Actually got me thinking about a membership since I can see going to games as just a thing to do. Probably won’t. But I thought about it.
Going to a game is always more fun than watching on TV. I usually don’t follow AFL, but I quite like going to watch the swans if we go with a group. I usually only go to Manly games if it’s a sunday afternoon game at Brookie, and sometimes Leichhardt oval.
I don’t watch footy on TV, but if I wrangle a live ticket? Hell yeah
Missed the Melbourne Victory game on Friday as was out of town, and then Saturday got to watch the Melbourne Rebels get destroyed by the Highlanders. Sigh.
Do love my sportsball. 🙂
“I don’t have a mouse on my iPad so how do I ‘click’?”
*Oldies Say The Darndest Things jingle*
Went to Canberra to visit friends, did Questacon, the War Memorial and the National Museum; haven’t been to the memorial since I was a kid and jeez, it’s a lot harder as an Adult.
Spent the whole weekend at My parents place in Barooga. Included a trip to the King Valley and Rutherglen Wine regions. $400 worth of wine between Anton and I.
Now to find somewhere to put it all.
Won a game of 7 wonders, Tiny Epic Galaxies and Patchwork. sucked at the other things we played.
ok. So wine and cheese night at yours then? 🙂
Highly Highly Probable. though with the amount of wine we have, it might have to be a sleepover.
Reposting because it’s fun
THE GANGSTER LONDON FIASCO
Starring
@cj as Georgio, from Eastern Europe. Chicken Fancier and former Fancy Fancier, Giorgio wants to make his fortune with fake passports provided by
@thecracks as Four-Toes, small time fence and petty criminal, part of the socialist left in the 80s- which is where he met
@beeawwb as Ryvre (pronounced River), hardcore animal liberationist and housebreaker. Ryvre puts the safety of animals ahead of his own, much to the frustration of
@redartifice as “Fancy” Phil, former boxer and husband of Georgio. A burglar with aspirations on something bigger, he just wants to get back at and get his prize chickens back from Georgio
With special guest stars
@blaghman as Dimitri and Devitri, Head and 2IC of the russian mob. Some say they’re the same man, but that’s nonsense, as Devitri has a moustache.
and
@alexpants as Carter Caldwell, senior figure in the Foreign Office
Highlights
Georgio Convincing Four Toes to buy chicken cages
Fancy and Ryvre getting into an argument about socialism mid-break-in
Four Toes non-specifically protesting at a nonspecific protest
Rubbish strippers at 10am
A Deal with the Russians, which always ends well
Carter Caldwell being too concussed to remember a safeword, though the photos came out well
A secretary with an NHS nose job
A second deal with russians
Chickens flying the coop
Ryvre practices what he preaches with animal protection, with disastrous results
A Standoff
Emergency medical care provided by Doctor Discreet, who is a veterinarian with interesting ideas about blood compatibility
A Mexican Standoff at a Russian club
And the outcome
Georgio, disappearing, plotting revenge
Fancy, tending chickens and teaching boxing in low-security prison
Ryvre, who would be a pariah except his dead, his coffin spat on by his animal liberation colleagues, and
Four Toes, smelling of roses, a british crime kingpin on the rise
What a Fiasco!
I died as I lived. Barefoot, shirtless, and hugging an animal.
Also… “That’s what happens when you try to fit a square cock in a round ‘ole.”
That’s like killing two analogies with a single analogy
Sounds like fun! looking forward to the next one!
Are you PAXing?
We haven’t got tickets yet. Although I was promised a PAX weekend, but that may lose out to Honeymoon
Well, if you do, a live Fiasco is a must.
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What a weekend! So much sleep – I think I’m almost back to normal… Just in time for next week’s insanity (Destiny patch, Division incursion, Dark Souls 3…) So, yea, had a relatively chill weekend with my parents in Byron Bay.
Spent a bunch of time playing Pokemon OR, because I wanted to start fresh so I had something to play while I was away from my consoles and PC… then immediately regretted it when I remembered my fast Blaziken and shiny Metagross… Oh well. Que sera, sera. 6 badges down, and have a pretty well-balanced team, tho I feel I should probably swap out my Dustox for a stronger poison-dealer.
BLOODBORNE
Playing through the DLC.
Fuck the Fishing Hamlet and its stupid Shark People
GAAAAAAAAH
Can someone please explain to me why BvS is copping so much hate? Me and the mrs watched it over the easter break and really enjoyed it =\
Hype it up to high hell = Too high expectations
I never bothered to go see it myself cuz the trailers spoiled a lot things (Even though I made a mandate to not watch trailers anymore, still got spoiled in a flipping gif)
I imagine people went in expecting at least the same caliber of movie as the Marvel ones. Considering there hasn’t been a truly terrible Marvel-made superhero movie (so far at least), DC had a lot to live up to. It seems BvS did not measure up a lot of people’s standards.
See I don’t get this cos I thought the movie more than met the standard set by Marvel. Marvel opts for simple/humorous stories while BvS went for more gritty complex and symbolic storytelling. Yes it was rough around the edges (the dream scenes were stupid) but I found it a breath of fresh air and the movie expected me to pay attention as opposed to glazing over until the next one liner or punch up. Case in point Marvel’s Scarlet Witch definition is she does weird stuff, BvS however just threw a lot of complex ideas and said you either figure it out or you don’t.
The only thing I thought dragged the movie down was Lex Luthor, the character was just jarring.
I don’t know I just felt like where Marvel constantly dumbs down tropes/characters for general consumption BvS was unapologetic.
I liked it. Batfleck 4eva.
Afternoon everybody, hope everyone had a great easter.
Updates:
Finished XCOM2, such a great game, though had to rush to the end as I wasn’t given any opportunity to delay any further. I’m really considering doing a Long War run in XCOM:EW, and with that I need to make a LOT of people to make this one possible, and I will be running this in Ironman too, so this’ll be really fun, or really horrible, either or.
Also finished the base campaign of Hammerwatch, pretty fun game with lots of treasure collecting from boxes/urns. Now playing the expansion campaign and the bosses are just unfair, you have to actually tank deaths to beat every boss in this campaign, not ideal. It’s mainly due to environmental effects that happen too quickly to avoid in the boss rooms, then you’re slowed to 10% movement speed so you get hit multiple times until you get out of the large slowing AoE field, lots of deaths happened cuz of this and wasn’t enjoying myself at that point. Otherwise, game itself is fun and challenging in a bullethell kind of way.
Oh, comments are working again?
Started playing Kirby Rainbow Curse over the weekend, since I couldn’t go through putting the new PC together like I’d planned to. God damn that game is gorgeous. I just wish I could play it looking at the TV instead of the slightly crappier-looking gamepad screen. Would be great if it could be played with Wii remote pointer controls. Also, the soundtrack is pretty great too.
Had the cousins and their partners over for dinner on Sunday, played a bunch of Finska and drank a bunch of sangria. It was pretty good sangria. Oh and we had these crumbed and fried stuffed olives that were amazing. Also amazing at retaining heat, god damn. For dessert there was a creme caramel which turned out to have left a layer of pretty good toffee in the baking tin, shame Mum didn’t realise til everyone had gone home. Or not, since it means more for us 😛 Also got to Skype with the third cousin and his fiancée over in England and catch up with them. Good stuff.
And now back to endlessly refreshing my inbox to see if my Rift has shipped yet. WHERE IS IT. I keep getting trolled by other things, like the TMNT game sent out some kickstarter messages and a game I bought for the Rift e-mailed out the code for it. Still waiting on the last of my PC parts to be ready for pickup too, so that’s another one I’m waiting for. Too much impatience for this.
Hmmm. Wrote a long post earlier and it failed to post. Boooo.
I shall sum up:
Good long weekend. Bought a PS4 wireless headset so Destiny folks expect me back soon. You know who you are.
Designing back room reno at the mo – got networking in there now and plenty of power. Need gaming/work PC setup, space to spread out, a workbench for my model/PC projects and Her sewing projects. Maybe a Console corner.
Also Elite: Dangerous… I have an Anaconda now. It’ll be tradaconda for a bit as I build up reserves and upgrade it… to an exploraconda. And then off on my largest expedition yet. And this time I’ll be logging it properly. Missed so much cool information by not tracking my progress in the game…
Your Anaconda don’t want none unless it’s got guns, hon.
Damn you, I’d gotten as far as “Your anaconda don’t want none unless you can trade its equivalent in currency and/or other trade goods, hon” before I hit refresh.
No guns, just run…
Netflix you weird. Using Getflix, to access US Netflix. Well now via the PS4 app it’s all “lol you’re using a proxy no content for you that’s not in Australia” yet when I go to the browser, shits totally fine. God damn it. Was working fine until err Saturday I think when I finished the last episode of My Name Is Earl, which isn’t on Australian Netflix.
Yeah, definitely a bit finicky on the platforms here, too. Browser: OK. App: Not OK. Unless it’s on the ipad, in which case OK.
Yeah pain in the arse. But oh well. Might cease Netflix again for a little while, since i’ve watched majority of what interested me at the moment lol.
Man, I can’t believe how terrible the NBN is. Ever since I got it my internet connection somehow got worse. My net crashes almost every night. At random times, whether it’s 5 minutes after the last time or 2 hours later, my net just ‘forgets’ to exist and I have to wait there for 2 minutes as it realises it’s supposed to exist.
If I disconnect my modem for 5 minutes and then reattach everything, I might be lucky enough to get uninterrupted decent speed for an hour.
That sounds like noise on the line destroying the signal-to-noise ratio and causing the modem to re-train to slower speeds over time in order to keep the connection alive. I used to get that issue with ADSL. Do you have proper FTTP NBN or Fraudband?
I had to upvote for Fraudband =P
It says it’s the NBN network. The broadband I had before didn’t have this many problems.
I mean, is it fiber to the home (original NBN), or fiber to the node (coalition mixed-technology fiber to the node NBN). Because if it’s the former, it should not suffer from line noise, but the latter can be affected significantly by the quality of the copper inside your house, from your house to the pit, and from the pit to the node. I called if Fraudband because it’s basically just them taking high-frequency cable and rebranding it.
Oh yeah, it’s Fraudband. It wasn’t even available in this area until about 6 months ago.
Complain and get them to come out and check the copper then, because that’s your problem.
Complain to who? The government?
Your ISP.
Yeah, I’m with @negativezero on this one. I’ve had “proper” NBN at 2 different locations and never experienced anything like what you’re seeing. Connection has always been rock solid and speeds consistent to what I’d expect from my connection tier (25/5). If you’re on an FTTH connection line issues could certainly be a problem.
Oooh, the british house of cards is on Gem tonight
Yessssss help support my paycheck! 😀
Started watching that new show ‘Flaked’ from Wil Arnett (Gob Bluth from Arrested Development) it’s a Netflix original. I kinda found it ‘eh’ first few episodes, but i’m on episode 5 now and i’m liking it, it’s a nice change to stuff i’ve been watching, even if it is pegged as a comedy, it’s humour isn’t as upfront as I expected it to be for some reason..
I haven’t gotten to Flaked yet but that’s how I felt about Bojack Horseman. And since both seem to be comedy series featuring Will Arnett basically reprising his character from Arrested development, I imagine I will come to like it just the same.
His character is way less moron in Flaked though haha
I regret the exercise! I can barely walk. I need help getting from a sitting position to a standing because I can’t do it on my own.
So much regret.
How the hell am I supposed to do it all again today?
Will power or something to that effect I believe lol.
I think pain trumps will power. ugh
I think you’re right haha
Make sure you stretch your aching muscles frequently today; it increases bloodflow to those regions and will help boost recovery times. Don’t push yourself to run on the day your muscles are getting used to a new routine (i.e. in pain) rest today, stretch and do light exercise (maybe a brisk walk?) and get back into it tomorrow 🙂 Also make sure to stay fed while your body tries to recover!
So I’m not actually supposed to try and do the running again today? I have been walking. It really hurts, but I’ve been doing it anyway
From somebody who has been injured starting a new running routine not once, but twice, you should not be running again immediately. Give yourself time to rest and recover. Personally I’d suggest run, wait 2 days, run again, wait 2 days. If you do that your “run” days will move (e.g. Monday, Thursday, Sunday, then Wednesday, Saturday, Tuesday, and so on) each week. As you get used to the running I find Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday works well as a 3x a week schedule.
That’s from my own observations. Now for recommendations from my health care professionals who are helping me recover / do things right.
Podiatrist: Make sure you stretch before your run and ice afterwards. Apply Deep Heat (or similar) before running, this will help your muscles stretch in as you run. Do not increase both frequency and intensity at the same time. Run on flat surfaces, not hills, until your muscles are stronger. Hills put too much stress on the muscles.
Masseuse: Stretch stretch stretch stretch stretch stretch.
My doctor said one day running, one day resting.
Go with your doctors advice, in that case. I’m an extreme worst-case scenario. Problems on top of problems.
That just sounds like the human body in general
Haha, yeah, but no, I have professionals telling me I’m screwed up. In the words of my masseuse we’re “fixing 20 years of built up problems” and my podiatrist saying that “individually each problem isn’t so bad, but combined [I’m] always 5 minutes from injury.”
It just reminds my of @welbot and also my Mum. It’s never one problem but several
I wouldn’t run today, just stretch and keep the sore muscles engaged (i.e light activity). If the pain dissipates tomorrow which it should I would go for a shorter run and then a full run the following day. Once you hit day 4 or 5 your muscles and body should’ve acclimatized to the new routine and you should be able to run to your heart’s content =P
I am not good at this running thing D=
Well given that you’re sore you must be doing something right! =P You can do it scree! I’m in week 2 of my routine from hell and seeing the results I want 😀
What stretches would you recommend?
Something which helped me – but might merely be a placebo – is getting in a cold shower for 30 seconds, making it really hot for 30 seconds, and then cold for 30 seconds and so on for a few minutes. It supposedly breaks down lactic acids better than ice baths
I think mine is more the small tears because I haven’t run since I was a kid
Getting back into cycling (something I haven’t done for a long time) and thinking its a good idea to commute to uni, I can empathize. I don’t know why I thought I could make it 40 km’s on a round trip each day
Our brains go “yup, we can do that” Then our body goes “oh god no we can’t”
Stardew Valley… What a timesink.
I’m avoiding reading any wikis or guides since it seems like part of the fun (for me at least) is in the discovery. Also means I’m not playing in the most efficient way, but hey, it’s fun.
I didn’t do anywhere near enough farming in the first season though.
Exactly what I would do, an also exactly why I haven’t bought it yet. I put stupid amounts of time into SNES Harvest Moon and know I’ll do the same when I cave and buy SV, but for now I have plenty of other games to play 😛
I re-started once I realized how much time I wasted not planting, planting, planting, planting, planting every day every day every day every day in the early game. Second run is going much better.
Bob’s burgers fans! When you think of Gene, do you first think of the burger suit or the blue keyboard?
My first thoughts are always of him IN the burger suit playing the keyboard! 😉
I think I can do both possibly. i can. =D
What about Bob, Linda and Tina?
Bob – Mustache
Linda – Glasses and hair
Tina – Glasses and hair. Or butts.
The only other thing I can think of for Tina is “Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh…”
Burger suit.
Or dog barks.
I can’t draw a dog bark.
Not with that attitude.
Keyboard with an attached speech bubble, picture of a dog’s head with it’s mouth open in the bubble?
A bit complex for the bookmark
Keyboard.
Keyboard for sure.
So XCOM Long War, really really cool so far 🙂
Haven’t been screwed hard yet, but then again I’m only still on the first month. Apparently I’m meant to expect getting thrown problems at me that I simply can’t deal with and will have to cut my losses to play the longer game of winning the war with my experienced soldiers, cuz rookies are just rubbish.
The combat and starting equipment is now really interesting and makes every soldier more unique in terms of what they should take with them. I really recommend it if you want XCOM with a brutal challenge and lots of strategic depth.
Also playing with the following – “Red Fog” and “Hidden Potential” Second Wave options.
Details below:
So Red Fog makes all enemies who take damage will lose stats for the rest of the mission unless you heal them with medkits. Sounds bad… except in Long War this also applies to aliens too, so you don’t have to focus fire on one alien at a time to bring down their overall threat levels, heck you can use grenades to damage a large cluster of them. Even not killing them, so long as you hurt them is a good thing. An enemy on 1HP is very unlikely to hit you compared to a full HP bar. This also impacts movement range AND grenade throwing range for both sides, so more reason to prioritise damaging as many as you can over killing one at a time.Hidden potential randomises character growth in stats, making each soldier more unique in the process, so you could have a higher than normal HP, Defence, Aim, Movement or Will stat or lower than normal too (As per the risk entailed when using this one), but this also influences what you give them. A guy with low Aim you could outfit with tons of grenades as you don’t need to Aim those to guarantee hits. Guys with high Defence maybe you’d give them more Armour(Yes Armour is a thing in this mod, reduces damage)/HP and ensure they’re up the front drawing fire as they can take hits while your high Aim guys are out of harms way to kill the bastards.
My best advice for Long War is to power your way to 40 ranks and get the squad size upgrade as soon as possible, the difference between 6 & 7 troops is remarkably useful especially when you hit late April and get your first terror mission. At most take one veteran per mission and ensure that each rook gets a kill where practical, ideally using AP grenades (remembering the damage falloff thing) since they can’t miss and do more damage than HEs. You can get more alien corpses and weapon fragments when you have 7 people shooting rather than 6.
It IS possible to take the landed troop ship which often happens in the first few months of the game but you need to be incredibly careful and sure of your tactics. Obviously taking your heaviest hitters is the best tactic, ideally only using consumables in cases of extreme need rather than convenience. The last thing you want is to get to the outsider pod and realise you don’t have any grenades or rockets left because you took out a cluster of sectoids. The only exception to the convenience rule is chyssalids, any time they cluster then take those fuckers out immediately, ideally with AP grenades. These missions are an incredibly long slog and conservation of resources is crucial to success, when I was doing my video campaign my average run time for a mission was 25-40 minutes but one of these supply barges took 2 hours… Oh and it should go without saying but ignore the bloody meld. I maintain that meld is always a trap (if there’s enemies then the trap is obvious, if there’s no enemies then the trap is complacency) but it goes double on landed barge missions. Taking a dedicated medic (as in carrying nothing but medkits) is a very handy thing in the extremely long missions, having 4-6 medkit charges means you can heal up the whole team right before you pop the outsiders (of course, if your sniper needs medical attention then something is really going wrong), no amount of smoke grenades will help if your troops are all moderately wounded before the largest fight of the mission and each will die if an outsider looks at them funny.
While on the topic of medics; they’re not engineers or infantry, I’ve got very strong opinions about the way they’re supposed to be used so I’m going on a bit of a rant… They exist to heal and nothing else . Wasting them on overwatch or support grenades is a profoundly foolish move and causes them to not be able to do the job they need to. I’ll break it down by level:
Field Surgeon isn’t a tactically useful skill but the wound timer is rather long and anything that reduces it is useful, especially if someone has only taken 1hp of damage, better to have them just be fatigued for a few days rather than wounded for 10 days or so. Suppression is quite handy though and that is one of the few times I sometimes take a non-medical skill on a medic. Ultimately FS is a skill with strategic rather than tactical benefit and if you have a strong roster then you can probably do without it, other units can suppress though…
Rapid Reaction is a great thing right up until overwatch becomes useless which it does around the end of the first year, enemies start getting bonuses to inbuilt defence and with the overwatch penalty and their defence you’re more or less betting on 10% shots, handy if you’ve got nothing else but it’s already so low you might as well pick a good skill that doesn’t end up useless. Smoke & Mirrors is an excellent skill and it’s a really sad thing that I can’t take it but… well… It’s up against Revive: Medics heal people, that’s it. Anyone who’s had a critical unit fall in battle will rapidly realise that no bonus smoke grenades will compensate for being able to get a squad member back into the fight rather than lying there not dead. No question that smoke grenades are useful and can stop the units going down in the first place but that relies far too much on good luck and… well not everyone is Beagle with his suspiciously freaky luck. Infinitely preferable to have a unit back on their feet rather than having the medic stand there useless and saying “Well, I’d LIKE to help you but… well… I have this smoke grenade you see…”
Ready For Anything is kind of okay if you want to establish a static firing position but that’s uncommon enough for the skill to feel like a waste, also overwatch becomes useless as I mentioned. Smoke Grenade is potentially useful but you can carry them as an item and it’s up against Paramedic. Being able to heal 2 units a turn is incredibly valuable, heal, move then heal again or heal then shoot. In many ways, Paramedic is one of those skills that shouldn’t need to exist because the design of the game is kind of stupid and things cost different amounts of APs depending on when you do them in the turn. For example you can shoot after moving but not move after shooting and there’s no difference in accuracy because… er… shut up! That’s why!
Opportunist/Dense Smoke/Combat Drugs is one of those pure preference things, Opportunist makes overwatch last a bit longer but it still ends up being useless, DS & CD are both moderately handy, eventually +40 defence is of minimal use but it’s incredibly useful before Muton Elites start showing up, +20 will is very handy when you get psykers and was the thing that helped me mind control an Ethereal so they’re both good in their own way.
Lock & Load is very nice but it largely is one of those “Shouldn’t need to exist” skills, why the fuck does reloading take 2APs if you stay still but only 1AP if you move then reload? The extra shot it gives you is very useful though. Bombard is very handy for support grenades (I should clarify that I’m not saying never take support grenades on medics, just don’t waste their skills on it) but it’s up against Sprinter. Think back to all the times you’ve been 1 tile short of being able to get into cover, heal someone, use an arc thrower etc, 3 extra tiles will solve that problem and give you the new problem of being 1 tile short of your new maximum range.
Extra Conditioning is very nice by the time you get it and boosts the health by tech level of armour so by the time you get it you’ll likely have armour good enough to get you 3-4 extra HP which really does help (unless you do that japan country bonus of the free master sergeant at the start of the game), bonus armour can be the difference between a chyssalid in melee range being an automatic kill vs a serious wound. EC is up against Packmaster which is really quite good and is a good pick much of the time because it does give you extra medkit charges as well as being handy for things like chem/smoke grenades. Saviour is my default pick though since it provides extra medkit charges as well as increasing the healing from medkits so you don’t have to use 2 to bring someone back to full health. It also means you can take one medkit as an item, end up with 6 healing charges and still have pocket room left for things like chem grenades or other support items.
Okay, rant over…
Yikes that’s a lot of details, thanks for that though 🙂
In addition to trike’s in-depth comment I would also like to add – Snipers good, aliens bad!
That’s common among all XCOM games, snipers are broken and always have been 😛
Well thanks to @redartifice mentioning bloodborne cosplay for pax I am getting more and more tempted to try that. Of course that lead me to get back into dark souls on the weekend. This is the abbreviated version as I lost the big one I had written yesterday.
More dark souls talk
Was previously blocked by the Anor Londo archers and I think @beavwa mentioned that you could cheese them with poison arrows. Cut to many hours of backtracking, relearning the game until I finally found the arrows and grind enough souls to buy. Then back through the joy that is Sen’s fortress and time to take out the archers. However it looks like the cheese strat has been patched out as when an arrow hits them I see a weird shield like glow around them.Figured oh well and I’ll have to try properly and did it 3rd attempt after dying so many times that I fully rage quit the game twice.
So finally got through to the next bonfire. Found the giant blacksmith, Havel’s set and and went through the fog door and met O&S and died without landing a single blow. Great start. Was late so that was were I left my game. I’ll probably explore a bit and see what else I can find before I really try and tackle the boss.
When I do tackle O&S what is quicker, the bonfire upstairs past the archers or the first one in Anor Londo near the elevator and running through the big doors that I have opened now?
I also spent the weekend trying out other weapons to see what I can use as I think I need a divine weapon before I tackle the catacombs. Does an Occult weapon work for that as I have an occult club now. Thinking I might also try and upgrade a halberd, was quite enjoying that. My primary weapon is the reinforced club. Not sure if I should upgrade the halberd, gargoyle halberd or I think I only need another level before I can use the giant halberd. Maybe upgrade one of those to divine or fire. Thoughts?
You should definitely Bloodborne cosplay. Something like the Constable Set would be fun and reasonably straightforward: http://bloodborne.wiki.fextralife.com/Constable+Set
Also, this dude has instructions to make a bunch of the weapons really easily: http://www.stormthecastle.com/ I used his instructions for my Saw cleaver, but he has stuff like Ludwig’s Holy Blade http://www.stormthecastle.com/how-to-make-a/make-ludwigs-holy-blade.htm and the Kirkhammer http://www.stormthecastle.com/how-to-make-a/make-the-kirkhammer-from-bloodborne.htm
I think the contingent is myself, @freezespreston, @thecracks, @sernobulus, and @cookingmama
We still have to nail down our 2016 pax attendance, but if we go I am pondering making a mini hunter set, and therefore a mini kirkhammer. ^_^ And while I do like the doll set, I also do like top hats and comfy pants. So many decisions.
Aw man we need a tiny hunter that’d be amazing
Might look at buying pants/boots/spats/shirt/gloves/hat this weekend.
I usually try to thrift what I can. Even just changing buttons or adding trim to an existing jacket or pants is much cheaper and easier than making from scratch.
Cheese that worked best over the weekend – run up to R/H archer (rolling through arrows on the last ledge to get there), then when you’re close enough for him to put his bow away, run back and he normally falls off trying to chase.
Yeah that one worked for me as well. That was what I was trying last time I played as well but never worked. Although that reminds me I never went back for the 2nd archer. Might have to do that
You don’t really need a divine weapon for the catacombs, since killing the necromancer dudes will stop the respawning, they’re mostly fairly easy to sprint to, and every time I’ve hit the catacombs I’ve managed to have at least one fall to their death with no input whatsoever from me. Also, the catacombs have the best weapon in the game (Great Scythe), so you should just use that. 😛ARGH! Why wasn’t this mode like this from the start!? WHY!?
I probably would have enjoyed the game a lot more!!
http://wccftech.com/new-details-fallout-4-survival-mode-pc-beta-steam/
Ooooh now includes DANGER!!! I’m in!
I didn’t use fast travel in Fallout 4 (or Skyrim) and getting the ability to call in a dropship felt like a real reward.
https://twitter.com/jerware/status/714640961171623936
Now that’s a peripheral.
That looks cool, and the game is awesome currently so the VR implementation looks cool. Having things outside the table affect the game on losing a ball and things is a nice touch
Pretty keen on checking out the game, it was one of the ones that jumped out of the launch lineup like “oh, that would actually be really awesome!”
I think I’ve had Zen Pinball 3D or whatever they called it sitting on my 3DS for years upon years and haven’t even touched it 😛
So the weekend, I actually took a break, which in and of itself is amazing. But 4 days without work was probably what I needed. Friday was fairly easy just spent the day at home doing normal stuff. I feel like we did something to give Tiglet socialisation but can’t remember what.
Saturday Mrs Tigs went sailing so Tiglet and I stayed home for Daddy Daughter day. Did some gardening, had a tea party, read, played, ate.
Sunday we went out for lunch and Tiglet discovered the joy of crispy taco shells
Then on Monday Mrs Tigs was sailing so Tiglet and I went t\down to watch and have a play at the beach. Got to see a high speed police chase as a bike went flying past at probably 130 minimum followed by the highway patrol that we had just passed earlier. So a bit of excitement on the way down. Was a bit of excitement at the beach as well when a huge wave came in and knock one of the kids down, bit hairy there for a moment before I got in and grabbed her.
So all in all a very enjoyable weekend.
Idyllic. 🙂
4 full days with my little girl, it was indeed
TAY RPG Pathfinder on tonight at 7:30pm AEST, 8pm ACDT, and 8:30pm AEDT. Starring:
@redartifice @tech_knight @freezespreston @beeawwb
You all stand at the entrance of the icy keep after easily slaughtering a few wolves. What else lies inside?
This is the last session before daylight savings ends so we’ll be back to more or less the same times for the future. Let me know if you guys are still available for tonight.
should be good to go for tonight, I don’t foresee running behind unless shit happens at work this afternoon
So what’d I miss?
a Merman. Possibly a magically altered one, he had a fish tribe charm.
Given Abelas’ opinion on both fish and the fish tribe, it will come as no surprise that we killed him.
Yay? \o/
Before I went to bed I realised I screwed up on my spell use.
I should’ve used my arcane point to increase the spell level, that way my damage would’ve been 8d6/4d6/2d6. Ah well, next time!
SO GUESS WHO’S GOING TO PAX PRIME? THIS GUY. ME. I AM. My friend got early access tickets a few hours ago. HNGNHNHGNHGN.
Woohoo!
PAX Prime Party \o/
(Assuming I can get tickets)
Woo, last lot of PC parts are (finally) ready for pickup!
Also, a friend got me a copy of Dreadhalls which I am now obligated to play through once my Rift arrives. I am… uh.
Shit.
Picked up Mr. Robot Season 1 on Blu-ray this arvo.
Just watched episode 1 and I’m loving it!
I might watch a few more eps tomorrow, can’t keep myself awake.
Also downloading Killer Instinct off the Windows Store, it’ll take a few days to download. :\
So (and this shouldn’t really be a surprise) it looks like Shadow of Mordor 2 is a thing – one of the mocap actors from the first game accidentally outed it on their resume. I don’t know about everyone else but I’m quite okay with this.
I still haven’t got around to the first one yet but definitely keen for it
So day 3. My legs and sides are still sore. I’m wondering if I should take an extra rest day, sticking with just walking, or should I actually run today.
First two options only. If you’re still sore your body needs more time to recover. This isn’t unusual as you’re just starting out. Ice the affected muscles. If you still feel like you want to exercise then just do walking. Listen to what your body it telling you.
Take it easy; this type of thing has to be gauged, and it’s hard to get a feel for your limits at the beginning of this whole ‘excercise’ dealio. Measure it out in parts- stretch a bit, walk a tiny little bit. Can you continue? Walk some more. Can you walk even more? Maybe then try to run a little. And from there… you get the picture.
I think if I tried to run, I might actually fall down =P
Haha, I guessed that would be the case. Def don’t run, then!
The first week, maybe two, you’ll feel it pretty hard after you train. You’ll also feel this way if you take long break. This phase is sort of just your body adapting. Just keep training regularly and it’ll pass. It’ll start getting hard to work out enough to feel like this. It actually becomes sort of a reward to feel this wrecked because it means you pushed yourself really hard.
On a semi-related note, it’s a common misconception when starting out that every workout has to be a victory like this where you crawled away with nothing left to give and felt it for the next few days. Realistically most of your workouts are going to be adequate, some are going to be failures and every now and then one will be a huge success. The trick is to not let it get you down when you do an ok or even bad workout. Obviously you don’t want to get comfortable half arsing it but don’t let it get you down when you get home and think ‘I’m not that tired, I could have done more’. You should go in every time aiming for good or great, and when you feel like you’ve got enough to get in a really good workout take advantage of it, but nobody reaches a personal best every time. Training is about the long game.
I plan on following the couch to 5 k program with alterations to accommodate feeling like crap. I will probably try to do some running, even if I only manage half a minute each time
I am feeling regret by proxy.
Also I thought my legs had recovered from Monday but suddenly they feel kinda sore again 😛
Aw, I’m sorry /o\
SUBTERFUGE
So the 5v5 team game I was in finished last night, with me as the victor (and an “in principle” victory for our side – the game can’t award medals to the entire side). Some thoughts: It’s great to have a team to work with because you leave your team borders unprotected and just have a shifting battle front. The whole strategy changes because you’re not worrying about diplomacy, you already know who is on your side, you just throw all your efforts in to attacking the other side. Working together also becomes more important because you try and plan simultaneous attacks to hit the front at the same time. It would be great if the team mechanic were part of the actual game (have emailed the developers with it as a suggestion) – and it sucks when players don’t play as part of the team they’re on (e.g. drop out early, stop playing).
SOOOOO.
SubTAYfuge 4: Why Can’t We Be Friends?
4v4 (or 5v5) team game? I promise it’s much less stressful than a standard game, and far less of a time sink because the diplomacy elements are removed. Just good old fashioned submarine warfare.
Given diplomacy is the most fun part of Subterfuge for me, I’m gonna recuse myself. Ask @finishedlast though, he may be up for it
I know we probably won’t get the numbers, just like SubTAYfuge 3 didn’t get off the ground. Won’t stop me asking though. 🙂
Public play is… interesting.
Started building new PC last night, then saw it was rapidly approaching 4am and figured I should probably stop.
*collapses*
So dark souls was interesting yesterday. Figured I would have a quick play before dinner. but ended up with Tiglet on my knee. She was keen to play with the controller for a bit but was then just watching and pointing at the screen.
So I spent the next 15-20 minutes running up and down the stairs near the giant blacksmith making sounds.
“Up the stairs” *attack wall x 2* “knock knock, nobody home. Down the stairs” *attack wall x 2* “knock knock” *backstep down the stairs* “boing boing boing”
Tiglet was just giggling her little heart out the whole time. She especially liked knock knock on the walls. Oh and we were playing peekaboo but hiding behind the shield. Wasn’t much progression done but it was fun.
Would’ve been hilarious if an enemy showed up on screen the moment you revealed yourself in the peekaboo game. “Peekab-AGH SHIT!” xD
Well that is why I was staying on the stairwell, didn’t want scary stuff for her.
Although I was downstairs at the blacksmith when she first was grabbing the controller so I high tailed it out of there before she could hit him and really stuff my game up.
She also loves to repeatedly press the chug gatorade button
Prepare to
dieknockSo… new Destiny news. Like the new infusion system, concerned the chroma system will end up spilling more crap into my post master, like that 335 gear can drop in KF…
In more interesting news, Linux user sessions running on Windows? No VM necessary? Bash running natively on Win10? *quickly verifies that it’s not April 1st anywhere, yet* Nope, not April 1st… *pinches self* Nope, not dreaming… Well, pending apocalypse aside, this is awesome! \o/
Can I post?
Yes I can!
No, you can’t.
Shows what you know!
I already knew I knew nothing!
Ya know what’s a really fun game? Bravely Second!
Pants thinks I hate it because I only ever talk to him about it when something annoying happens. But overall it’s good. Funny, too! My favourite new job is the Cowboy/girl (which is funny seeing as it had all that localisation controversy about it :P)
The music isn’t as good as the first game though. Missing Edea’s theme hard, man.
The music is really pedestrian, but it was always going to be a hard act to follow since Revo is an amazing composer that’s a perfect fit for the game’s style.
Seriously, comparing something like:
To
Night and day difference. The first game’s soundtrack sounds like a full orchestra. It has depth and body to it. Heaps of variation and interesting melodies. Ryo’s stuff for Second sounds like a competent musician banging on a keyboard.
https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Oculus+Rift+CV1+Teardown/60612
Holy engineering, Batman!
A cover of “Stand By Me” by Florence And The Machine is apparently FFXV’s theme song.
FUCKING BEAUTIFUL.
Does anyone know if Windows Store Apps must be downloaded onto the OS drive? I kinda want to get Quantum Break next week but that’s impossible with a 128 GB SSD that my OS is installed on
Looks like you might be able to change the drive it will install them to in Settings>System>Storage, but not sure if you can actually set up your own folder structure or anything.
Fantastic! Thanks for the info
Emotional / personal stuff within. Proceed at own risk.
So as I’ve discussed before one of the hardest decisions I made last year as part of the whole “new me” was to leave my fiancée – which was a tough decision but absolutely 100% the right one, and I *am* glad I made it. What’s weird is I never really felt down about it. Once I made the decision I was so wrapped up in keeping my eyes forward and all the things I had to do to re-establish a life on my own I don’t think I really grieved about it.I don’t know why, but today I emailed the wedding venue we’d booked to formally cancel our booking. And for the first time in 4 months, cried. Is it catharsis? Is it relief? I don’t know. What I do know is that since I’ve been on my medication I feel like I can safely process these emotions and talk about them without fear of spiralling. So I thought I’d share that. Because as I’ve said before, I can no longer hide behind my shields. That got me too close to the edge, and I no longer want to live there.
So yeah. That happened.
Could be either really, or both. Sorry, I’m not quite up to scratch on the story here, but I know a mate of mine had a similar sort of reaction when he broke things off with his fiance a few years back, he sort of had this wall up, maintaing that things were fine, and one day while we were in the car, I asked him one thing, and it started this stream of consciousness thing where it was like he couldn’t stop talking, like he was just venting months of pent up crap, and eventually broke down crying.
He eventually managed to tell me that he had been storing up a lot of crap, and didn’t know who he could talk to etc, that he wasn’t actually intending on telling me all of it, but once he started, he knew he had to vent it all or he’d drive himself mad.
Car trips can be good for that.
Yeah, lack of eye contact, and no escape makes it an easy place to let it all out.
It’s ok to feel sad for things that might have been. Especially when your life has taken a massive shift in direction.Make sure you say goodbye to those things that might have been. It will help you to keep walking your new path.
Crying isn’t a bad thing. Grieving isn’t a bad thing.
I am glad that you feel you can confront stuff that you couldn’t before. It’s terrifying but it is also relieving. No longer controlled by fear.
You are a good guy. You did the right thing and I’m sure she appreciates it.
Didn’t say it was bad, just that it happened. 🙂
And that’s not a bad thing
Sometimes things don’t hit you until you hit a trigger memory. It’s a good thing when you do hit them because it reminds you to feel whatever it is you need to in order to properly move forward. Attribute reason to the reaction if you want to, the important thing is you had your reaction.
Yep, that’s exactly how I’m looking at it. I hit a trigger and released the pent up emotion that needed to come out. Feel much better for it. 🙂
A TV sitcom once taught me that crying is like a shower for the soul. I’m glad I watched sitcoms as a kid.
Damn dood. I’ve been through it twice before myself, so I know what ya going through. (Not the leaving bit, having the other half leave)I was a damn mess inside for ages, but outwardly, needed to just keep pushing through and get on with life. The first time I kinda got it all out of my system straight up, but when LittleJJ left me, that really fucked with me on and off for a substantial amount of time.
At first, I was in such disbelief that it took a while for the balling to start, but once it did, it kept going for days. Then I’d settle down, and concentrate on getting shit sorted, and then I’d hear something, or see something that triggered it all again.
It’s never easy when you really had deep feelings for them, and especially if you’ve been together a long time. (I was with LittleJJ for 7 years, so that probably had a lot to do with it)
Nothing wrong with having a good ol cry though. It makes you feel weak and stupid and all kinds of things when it happens, but your body and brain will be better for it in the end.
The first time it happend (fiance left), I took a trip down to Melbourne by myself and just did my own thing for a week. I’d never been away like that alone before, so I think the drastic change in my doing so helped me a lot to focus less on the past, and instead, open my mind up to possibilities for the future.
The second time, I didn’t have that option, as not only was I running my own business, I had to deal with her mum living with me for like 3 months after she’d left 😐
If it wasn’t for people like @dkzeitgeist and @strange, I may have been messed up for much longer than I was. Even though I didn’t really feel like talking about it, I kind of forced myself to. Talking to family was inevitable, but talking to friends gave new things to think about, and also re-enforced the fact that I was surrounded by people who cared, and at that point in my life, it was really good for me.
Being stuck working from home in a house with the mother of the woman who just left me was a seriously fucked up situation to be in, but being able to talk with people outside my regular close circle of family and friends helped take my mind off it.
I’m here for you if you feel you want to just talk shit, or chill and play some games or watch a movie or whatever. I may not be up to going out, but you’re welcome to drop by if you want to do something different for a bit.
Sorry to hear it didn’t work out for ya man, but when you have doubts clouding your mind about things like this, and they just won’t go away, it’s likely for the best. Hope you start feelin better soon! Just don’t go drowning yourself in booze. That’s never really a good idea!
If you want my mobile # or address, dm me on twitter or fb and I’ll send em for ya!
So, a lot of guys, as they get older, aspire to attain a “salt and pepper” style of grey hair, like George Clooney et al…
I recently turned 30, and I started finding white hairs in my beard… Does this mean I’ll eventually turn into Gandalf?
I’m 33 and for the last couple years the grey has started to creep in to the beard and temples. Being a ginger though it’s not salt and pepper, it’s chilli salt. :S
34, and I found the occasional white in my beard. Not grey, but white.
But the beard was weird, because it also had plenty of red in it. And not just ‘sorta’ red but, like… pull it out and you would have a very, very hard time distinguishing it from copper wire.
No red on the scalp, only the beard. So who knows what white in the beard means.
This sort of copper wire? Or this sort?
Mine are the latter, though it really seems like surely they must just be picking up the red housing of the bathroom light sometimes.
Somewhere in between in colour, leaning toward the former, but much, much finer.
You too? Take a sample into any kind of light. You’ll probably be surprised.
When my uncle was in his early twenties, he had blonde hair, dark black eyebrows & a ginger beard.
Interestingly red hair in beards is more common than on the head because of the difference between follicles on the scalp vs. on the face, Expression of the mutant gene that causes red hair is “easier” in the face as those follicles naturally contain less eumelanine, whereas hair on the scalp needs more pheomelanine (or a complete absence of eumelanine) to be completely red.
Each “region” of hair on your body is generally coloured differently by varying expression of the genes involved. Which is also why the beard / temples tend to go grey/white first.
As a mutant with completely mutated MC1R genes I have read a lot about the science of MC1R mutations. MUTAAAAAAAANT. I could totally be an X-Man.
Whereas I’ll need some kind of doomsday machine to bring out my latent mutation… gotcha.
You found this out while doing research to determine why you don’t have a soul? 😛
I did, yes. Well, that and “why are my temples and beard going grey but the rest of my hair isn’t”
It must be inconvenient. You can’t sell it to the devil in order to become a rock star. 😛
Yeah but I ran in to the devil and he loaned me 20 bills. Spent the night in Utah in a cave up in the hills.
32 and balding faster than I’m greying *forlornly holds up a high five*
Was thinning at 18. Grew my hair long right then as I knew it was my only chance. By 25 it was thin enough to just shave the lot and that’s where I’ve been since.
Hair today, gone tomorrow…
I’m turning white everywhere. I figure this is better than losing hair, but I wish I could lose some of my hairs, as I now have more classification of ‘hair’ than I did in my 20s.
I now have to deal with ear hair, nose hair, errant eyebrow hairs wanting to grow straight out from my frickin’ face in an attempt to spear anybody wanting to come within a 5 feet of my eyes and a chest hair attempting to Jack-and-the-Beanstalk it’s way into meeting the love of it’s life, which is a hair in my beard I’ve taken to nicknaming Sally.
I accidentally ripped that chest hair out yesterday when it velcroe’d itself onto my neck whiskers. My own hair hates me and wants to kill me, when it’s not turning white on me or attempting to grow out of numerous orifices.
My 20s were so much cooler. I didn’t even have back hair then. Waxing was for ladies.
*sigh*
Also, I’ve been a stay at home dad for over a year.
This is how I feel I’ve changed in the last year: http://i.imgur.com/6h2aS1z.gif
…uhh alsohieverybodyIhopeyouarewellIpromisetopostmoreIhavetogomypeopleneedme
[hermit mode re-engaged]
Also…Tay is on page 3 by Thursday night? Is this a long weekend thing, or is the norm now? o.0
Pretty normal now, yeah. Can’t even remember the last time we cracked page 6 🙁
Hi Stan!
I get the ear hair & the nostril hair :-/
22 and I’ve got white hairs, ginger hairs, silver hairs and every possible colour of hear going on in my beard.
#rollingwithit
I was a blonde kid but puberty changed my hair Brown.
Then my beard grew in at 14/15, it was pure white. Over the years it slowly darkened & as I hit 30 the grey came in, but it doesn’t stand out *that* much because of the mix of black & blonde hair it’s always looked gray.
32, and have a few flecks of white in the beard which aren’t too noticeable as long as it’s trimmed. I have quite a bit of both beard and head hair that’s got blonde flecks through it so that tends to make the actual grey ones harder to see.
Also since I got to my 30s: hair fucking everywhere. Like it’s gone into overdrive. Even my head hair (which is super thick normally) now grows way faster than it used to.
I’m 37 and can’t grow a beard to save my life. Got long blonde hair though, and yet to see any grey. Dunno if I’m just lucky, or too lazy to bother aging. Not complaining!
I work for a few class acts.
Back late at the office, but who else is here? The managers 1-2 levels higher. Doing the shit-kicker work which is totally not in their job descriptions, because it needs to be done and they give a shit.
I don’t want to get all sappy and sentimental in gushing to ’em about how impressed I am with their continued integrity and work ethic, so I went and got them some caramello koalas. Same thing.
After the first line this could have gone either way
Urf, @sughly, I had to go through a whole process of finding new Tay.
Funky Sick 360 Dog Krammy Kramster (You won’t do it so I get to call you whatever I like) has decided to hold our birthdays and a Greenwarming at his place on the 9th of April with special guest Nintendo 64.
He even made a poster.
Behold!
http://imgur.com/VkRvA7t
For further details hit him up on Twitter I guess because I don’t know. I just want to drink myself silly and play the best Mario Kart and upset everybody by choosing Oddjob continually.
@beardymcmuttonchops @beeawwb @cufcfan616 @dc @freezespreston @gutsoup @janexo @jimu @lambomann007 @popdart5 @sernobulus @strange @sughly @transientmind @welbot @virus__
Which one of you is the half a man?
hehe that’d be Greenius!
Oh, @rocketman too, I guess.
I’d love to, but I’m working Saturday night and Sunday..
I should be able to swing this & I’ve still got plenty of rohypnol left since @sughly wants sleeping stuff.
YESSSS. I’m in!
Yep yep, twittering e is fine! —-> twitter.com/kramsdesign
I didnt want to put the address on the internets, I’m paranoid I guess??? So just DM me on twitter for the addy :3 Errr if I’m not following you there just hassle me and I will do so!
Oh p.s. we live super close to Garden City which is on the busway, so easy to catch buses there and walk down/ get a little lift (literally like 150m away though). Altandi station is the closest train, but not walking distance. No parking at my house but, you can like, park down the street where there is some I guess?? Most likely sleeping arrangements will be a bit random, so be prepared for the possibility of floor sleep! Or, bring a blowup mattress maybe?
@beardymcmuttonchops @beeawwb @cufcfan616 @dc @freezespreston @gutsoup @janexo @jimu @lambomann007 @popdart5 @sernobulus @strange @transientmind @welbot @virus__
Also @rocketman.
Add us to the list @Powalen sheesh!
CALM DOWN!
I’ll add you when I get home.
I GUESS YOU HAVEN’T BEEN HOME YET, HUH
😛
what are you talking about?
Tentative I’m in 🙂
I’m doing a full weekend of volunteering at GC Supanova so I’m probably not going to make it sorry.
More like, GC… lamenova
Ooh, message me your address, please! I should be able to attend this.
It was nice using your green plate 🙁
Might as well dm me your addy. Won’t know til the day if I’m able to come, but as long as I feel reasonable, I should be good. At least you’re nice and close to me!
We should be able to swing that. All good if I bring Ber along too?
NO!
(pssh course y’all are more than welcome!)
PC assembled!
…now to do all the annoying software parts >_>
https://ninite.com
Thank me later 😀
Neat. Where was this when I did my first PC back in 2013 😛
Why is there a 6am wake up, I wish I had never agreed to work this early Q_Q
I feel better today so I will probably resume running!
And then hate myself tomorrow =P
You’ve got this!
I feel confident toda, but I will probably change my mind later today
You’ll get there, everybody is behind you.
Also you’re totally accountable to TAY and since you’ve expressed a desire to run today WE WILL ALL KNOW if you don’t. If that doesn’t get you running……
Oh god! Stop following me!
Yeah, it’s like part of my motivation
I used to use runkeeper, which has some of that social media stuff. @cookingmama is on there too (I’ve moved to google fit because it syncs with my mi band) if you are looking for a way to log your runs.
I’m using couch to 5k
I’ve never looked at those intently, is the aim just to “do a total of 5k” or “5 km continuous pace running at a decent clip?”
Couch to 5k is freaking awesome! that’s how i got good enough to be able to do 5 Kms uninterrupted… Subsequently, now i freaking love running!
It’s interval running for a beginner, training you to be able to do 5k
Ah, right. I do that on my treadmill.
My brother got quite a bit out of “Zombies, Run!” a couple years back when he dropped a bunch of weight
I have a windows phone which Zombies, Run! No longer supports. It also only makes you run once every 20 minutes instead of 5 runs in 20 minutes
I use a combination of Runner Up and Endomondo. Runner Up seems to work better with my polar HR monitor, and is good for tracking runs – then it uploads the data to wherever I want – like Endomondo, Runkeeper, Strava, whatever. I have Endomondo premium so I can generate training plans if I want, and I get access to more stats. BUT Runner Up has better workout goals, like Target Pace. So it’s just about finding something with the features that suit you. The fitbit charge is pretty good at working out what I’m doing, so I don’t need to connect it to the GPS tracker apps.
I got up early this morning (5:30!) to supposedly meet some people down at the beach for a run. No one was around when I got there, so I ended up doing the 5k walk. I tried for a run and just felt super terrible – I hope I do better tomorrow for parkrunday.
Is another new PB on the cards?
Maybe @tigerion. It depends 100% on being able to keep running and not stop for the whole 5km.
You can do it scree! My body has been in perpetual pain since wed so haven’t gymmed for the past 24 hours, however now I’m super restless and going to hit the routine hard tonight!
At work.
Waiting for knock-off time so I can get home and play Killer Instinct.
I’m tossing up as to whether a new stick would be affordable for me, but I’ll probably check Play-Asia if push comes to shove.
This is I think the third or fourth week in a row that TAY hasn’t made it past 3 pages before the end of the working week.
It doesn’t even come up in the most commented lists any more. Have to hunt for it. 🙁
Is it time to ask @markserrels to re-post TAY fortnightly?
Well there was a public holiday and a day where commenting was broken so we basically lost 2 days of the week.
If we were going to ask Mark anything it would be to get TAY not to chew through mobile data so much, as that is where a number of posters have gone.
That would be a nice amendment…. TAY is a fraction of activity from when I first joined all those many moons back 🙁
I blame @dc.
I forgot you guys got Monday off too.
Yep so Monday & Tuesday were pretty much bust. Wednesday was low as well because people still didn’t know if they could post
So had the day of yesterday to sort out some personal stuff. On the less boring side my self-control finally caved in and I bought not one but two games! D=
So I’ll be playing Bravely Second and Yo-Kai Watch this weekend (damn that second game is so atmospheric! absolutely loving the first 30min I managed to play yesterday!)
Bravely Second is alright as well, just unfortunate the drop in quality of the soundtrack is so noticeable. maybe that’s not the best word.. perhaps it tries to hard to be the same?
I never got Bravely Default so I won’t notice the drop? 😛
You should 😛 ending is a little dumb but the soundtrack.. omg amazing 😛
It’s an enormous drop in quality.
The guys behind the soundtrack (Linked Horizon) put on a concert back in 2012 and it was amazing: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLl6gXdvkUeXyEcmFwoe8fQSnZEXI3tkE. Best way to experience the music from the games IMO. The in-game music is really good and basically these guys were the ones that recorded it so it sounds very close to the in-game quality but there’s not a huge gap between them like, say, comparing the in-game music for early FF vs an orchestral performance.
I think the drop in soundtrack quality is the biggest disappointment about Bravely Second.
EDIT: if you listen to only one track, “Serpent Eating the Horizon”, the final boss theme, is the highlight of the whole soundtrack. It’s a medley of multiple parts which blends in the four character themes and a bunch of other stuff. It’s IMO easily one of the top 10, maybe top 5 boss battle themes ever in games.
I always thought ‘Wicked Flight’ was the final theme, either way my favourite song of the set is the asterisk battle music ‘That Person’s Name Is’ I guess since you hear it so much and has such an awesome intro it just stuck with me.
… did you finish the game? Wicked Flight is the music when you fight
Airy. The true ending has a different boss.Friday. Still crook. In the office trying to do subnet calculations. Brain hurts.
Think I’m going to go home again.
damn man. manual calcs of subnets is something I haven’t done probably since college! Don’t envy you at all 😉
I’ve only got one thing to say after last night’s XCOM Long War play:
“Fuck you, Outsiders!”
Edit: It’s taught me to bring my A team for every downed UFO mission now, Rookies can’t bring that thing down, trust me, I tried 😛
BAHAHAHA!!
The description on this Cashies listing is just too awesome
https://webshop.cashconverters.com.au/item/2359408/x-men-origins-wolverine-bluray
I didn’t know CrimeConverters still existed. Very cool.
I have to admit, their webshop is seriously the best place to pick up games…. Regardless of shadyness.
My 360 finally RRoD’d, after being played about twice in the last 18 months. I should probably figure out the notoriously finicky manual release for the CD tray and find out what was last in there.
Out of curiosity what was the model version?
Not at home at the moment, so… ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I’ve had it for ages though – probably around this time of year in ’07, so it’s survived a few moves and 9 years.
So I just did my run. I found I was a bit tired and sometimes would only make 30 seconds before having to walk. Sid, however, did one lap and decided it was enough and headed to the exit. He checked to see if I was coming, and when he saw I wasn’t, he crossed the road before checking again. I was still running so he pretended to go home before heading back towards me. I ended up having to take him home so I could run in peace – And without laughter
I’m okay with swimming, cycling and walking, but running just wrecks me, and I get the laugh track without having the comedic sidekick.
Well, I was the one laughing, and while running, it’s quite hard
Extra abdominal exercises, right?
Unanticipated ones.
Running kills me too. I’m not quite sure why. Even when I was doing pretty well with fitness (I subsequently fucked that up 🙁 ) I could go multiple kilometers on a rowing machine or bike or anything but get me to start running and I’d be half dead in about 200m.
I freaking loved rowing when I did it. Which was in high school.
My trainer (when I had a trainer) used to get me doing sprints on it with really short recovery and I got really good at it.
He also used to get me to use the gym’s stair machine though and the existence of that machine is proof that the devil exists because he clearly had a hand in its design.
Quick question to the tecchies out there, what is the fastest, affordable way to link two PCs?
Gigabit isn’t fast enough for file transfer, the HDD RAIDs can transfer files at around 2500MB/s , so I am looking for a link that will be at least as quick.
The only cheap option seems to be 2nd hand infiniband cards, but I don’t know much about them.
Any other suggestions?
Have you tried putting one pc on top of the other?
#helping
Maybe play sensual jazz.
“Gigabit isn’t fast enough for file transfer”
What the fuck are you doing that gigabit isn’t fast enough?! You can get 10GbE cards and switches which would allow the communication but I question why you’d need to transfer data that fast.
I do feature film restoration, each print comes in at about 21TB each film, and I need to move them between machines quite regularly. I have RAID setups of 5x2TB SSDs in each machine as workspace, and 6x4TB spinning HDDs as storage space in each.
Moving even 10TB from PC to PC is an overnight process over gigabit ethernet, so I’d love to knoc that down to something more workable. 10GbE is still slower than the storage transfer rates, so I am looking for something faster.
There’s no current network interconnect that supports anything that fast AFAIK. 10GbE should be way fast enough for you though. 2500mb/sec is 2.5gb, and 10GbE is about 6gb/sec max I think. You’re starting to hit the limits of what copper can get though, 10GbE also can operate over fiber and I think you’re probably needing to look at fiber interconnects for what you’re wanting to do.
Anyone hear about that collision in the English Channel? Seems like a ship carrying red paint crashed into a ship carrying purple paint… supposedly both crews have been marooned.
RIP, Ronnie C. Truly a mastermind of English comedy.@haggis Are you still with us?? :O
I think he’s not able to TAY at work now from memory. Either that or he’s temporarily away.
So, with that, bring on the groans!
My New Years resolution is to stop leaving things so late.
If you’re struggling to think of what to get someone for a present, get them a fridge and watch their face light up when they open it.
What do you call a Mexican man leaving the hospital?
ManuelI needed a password eight characters long so I picked Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
How do you organize a space party? You planet.
I just saw a car with a “fur baby on board”
Either somebody is confused about the purpose of those signs or they have some really messed up priorities
I had a coworker who quite seriously, without a hint of irony (or self-awareness, or shame) engaged in conversation with a neighbour who had asked about her children… and my coworker proceeded to talk about her dogs, in response to questions about her ‘children’.
This conversation went for several minutes – questions about their ages and names and temperaments etc – before any clue was given that she was talking about dogs and not actual children.
Those people kinda scare me. But then again I wonder if they do have there priorities so messed up in regards to their ‘kids/pets’ that they would prefer the dog to get treatment before they do
Ugh. Someone called me a ‘fur parent’ once I felt like murdering them.
Holy sheeet! Today is a good day! My music has attracted the attention of yet another rapper! Last week I got a friend request from NJE, and today I got one from Edukate! Most of you likely haven’t heard of them, but for me, it means a lot! All cos I left a reply on a blog post he wrote! He ended up watching the video that I did this week. Got some amazing feedback! So hype!!!
Is the video post online?
yeah. it’s just a short one. Reason why is with the vid.
https://www.facebook.com/welbot/videos/vb.509169168/10154085373084169/?type=2
Squeeee!!
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10154102324144169&set=a.10150878376399169.429982.509169168&type=3&theater
Ooh, a new e-mail in my Kickstarter inbox!
Curse you, @shane!(but congrats!)
Fuck you Instagram. Get an email “we’ve detected some suspicious activity on your account so we reset your password..” Get your shit together and offer two factor authentication like Facebook & Twitter do then. Also had another email this morning from them that I had requested to change my password, all I can assume is there’s some twit out there with a similar username and was trying to log in with mine & couldn’t so they figured they’d reset their password, this happens every 6 or so months.
IMO any online service with the userbase size of instagram should offer 2FA, or should use logins from a company that does (google, MS, etc)
Aw yeah. Season 7 of Archer aired last night, I just remembered this!
Finally got my staff discount card yesterday. Only took 5 months for it to arrive. Oh well now I can go get a discount on an iPad at Big W..
I’ve been replaying Saint’s Row 2 over the last few days. That’s a good game.
Hola TAY! 😀
I’m going to hang out here for a while.
Nothing happening in my life at the moment. No Sir-ee, so STOP ASKING!
Everything is swell.
I haven’t gone crazy.
It’s all good in the hood.
I’m fine, seriously.
F*CK.
Is this what losing your mind feels like?
I feel giddy. But giddy with dread, kinda thing, cause I done f*cked up.
I mean I’m fine.
DON’T TWEET ME.
DELETE ALL YOUR TWEETS TO ME.
Hi crazy.
@SnrTaco
Hey! How’ve you been?
Long time no see!
How are the kids, the wife, the dog?
Put down, sent to the orphanage, divorced. All is well.
So what’s going on with you? 😛
NOTHING!
NOTHING IS GOING ON!
DON’T EVEN WORRY ABOUT IT HEY!
Ok so what didn’t happen then? 😛
Wait, your twitter is gone? Or just changed?
@Pablo__durr
Is my new handle, for… reasons…
I dun see why you think you fucked up. It’s not like you did anything illegal.
The post that kicked all this panic off wasn’t saying anything nasty, so I wouldn’t stress about it man. Was a bit strange that they included an actual link though. Sure it might get some unwanted attention, but I don’t think you should worry about it. Just ignore it.I am Pablo now…
Also, it’s Sunday and it’s page 4…
WTF?!?!