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[Rahk]

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I doubt I can explain the card counting thing well because it didn't really sink into my head either. I'd go back to try and understand it fully but it's a bit late for me to try. My basic processing of it was that there are 4 card decks with cards numbering from 2–10. If you add the value of the cards found in each deck, 2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9+10 = 55. Since there are four decks, 4x55 = 220. As the shared cards were revealed and after he saw what Sangmin had, Yohwan deducted the total from 220. So if the first shared cards were 5 and 6 and Sangmin's card was 8, he would calculate 220–(5+6+8) = 201. He'd use some of his chips to keep track of it as the rounds went on, but I don't recall how he did this exactly. Since he kept track of all the card values up until the end, the maths told him that after subtracting the final pair of shared cards and Sangmin's last card, it left a value of 2 remaining, so that was the card he must have. If that makes no sense, I apologise, but if if it does, excuse me while I give myself a pat on the back for my late night comprehension.

As for the end result, I'm glad Sangmin won. Honestly, Yohwan did not deserve to be there at all. He was terrible at the main matches, would make deals with people and break them immediately for no discernible reason, this includes himself and the strategies he would come up with and then not follow. Yes, he is incredibly strong in head-to-head matches, but that's as far as it goes. It was said that his partner wanted him to go on so he could improve his social skills and improve; he did not demonstrate anything indicating he was learning or adapting. In fact, he demonstrated the exact opposite by sucking any fun out of a lot of games for his fellow contestants and viewers by intentionally tanking in games and, in some cases, bringing others down with him.

ALL THIS GENIUS SPOILER

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As soon as Texas Hold 'em showed up I knew Yohwan had that game won considering he's a professional poker player. I didn't pay much attention to how he did it, but that was my understanding of the card counting. Basically adding up the sum of all the seen cards so he could figure out what the very last card was. The cards in the deck were 1-10, but it was late so I don't blame you.

I'm happy for Sangmin. Like Jinho said, I felt he played the most genius-like throughout the season, winning most of the games. A lot of the reasons he won is because of the deals he made, but I feel like that's a big part of the game and he was better than anyone else at being able to suss out who could help him the most and what he could offer them in return. He certainly deserved it much more than Yohwan.

 

[magenta]

For those who are interested I have a rough breakdown on what kind of positions are getting cut at Qantas thanks to a friend who works there;

1,000 from Avalon maintenance facility
1,500 executive positions
500 catering
2,500 general staff

 

[Rizzi]

You guys.
There are people installing the NBN on my street right now.
I am so hyped.

 

[codswallop]

In other news a dangerous looking stretch mark has got me starting C25K again.

Managed my first 5km this morning since I went away in May last year. Was supposed to be a 4.5km run (start 5km Monday) according to the program, but I felt pretty good so just ran a little extra. Feels good man.

 

[Shaneus]

Huh, so apparently my credit card account's been compromised. Got an email and SMS from CBA saying I had a charge for "Badoo" (which appears to be a dating site or something) at 5am this morning, apparently they do these sorts of "tests" before charging big money etc. They also said I had a bill for "Hoover", which I later noticed was "Hover.com" and was definitely legit (domain name stuff).

So bizarre, but I'm damn glad they caught it. Love to know how that info got out there. Only thing I could think of is that I've booked several things for my overseas trip on my card including plane tickets, tickets for the pinball festival itself, hotel and a universal SIM (none of which seemed shifty and all were done over HTTPS).

Way too many tag fishing threads in OT.

Yyyyup.

 

[Planet_JASE]

Sorry dude but those places make you put in a credit card number before you can register and get to the good stuff.

Gonna get me some strange usin' your money, yo!

 

[Jintor]

Boo! Would have preferred Lone Survivor because it's YOPO pretty sure

Brothers was hugely disappointing.

Brothers: A Tale of Emotionally Cloying Manipulative Bullshit

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I laughed so hard when the baby griffin died.

 

[Gazunta]

Nothing worse than game journalists who move over to game development.

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I give Viva Pinata Party Animals 7/10

ITT we have a safe space to admit that Penny Cook was a bit cute back in the day.

In other news, setting up OSCommerce in Wordpress is a fucking nightmare good lord now I remember why I just offloaded all this to Etsy or whatever.

 

[Ruthless_Barbarian]

Huh, so apparently my credit card account's been compromised. Got an email and SMS from CBA saying I had a charge for "Badoo" (which appears to be a dating site or something) at 5am this morning, apparently they do these sorts of "tests" before charging big money etc.

I had mine compromised back in November. Someone was trying to use my card to book hotels in the US (that's where the bank caught onto it) and had successfully purchased mobile credit for the Orange network in the UK. :/

Brothers: A Tale of Emotionally Cloying Manipulative Bullshit

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I laughed so hard when the baby griffin died.

Yeah I agree, but I didn't mind. The music and art made up for that, and it was only 3 hours long. Nothing to complain when it's free.

 

[Ozzy Onya A2Z]

You guys.
There are people installing the NBN on my street right now.
I am so hyped.

I strongly dislike like you sir, yes I'm just jealous. Enjoy mate.

 

[bodyboarder]

You guys.
There are people installing the NBN on my street right now.
I am so hyped.

Take your good news elsewhere.

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I'm so jealous

 

[Jintor]

Yeah I agree, but I didn't mind. The music and art made up for that, and it was only 3 hours long. Nothing to complain when it's free.

I bought it, but yeah, it was fine for what it was.

Didn't get any feels though, probably because I was cynically armoured from all the people saying "BEST THING EVER"

 

[Stackboy]

Watched the Wolf of Wall Street. Hilarious movie, 3 hours of naked women and endless drug taking. Has no chance of winning the Oscar purely because of that but at least a nomination acknowledges that it's a quality film. Also that Donna chick from Neighbours appears full nude in the film and is smoking hot.

Scorcese has done far better films about people who live a life of excess and get caught. See Goodfellas, Casino.

I hope DiCaprio doesn't get the Oscar for it. He's had far better performances. The whole film doesn't really have great flow.

Saw Bruce Springsteen on Wednesday night. Nearly 4 hour show. Tom Morella was playing guitar for him again on this Australian tour. Seeing him solo in a few songs took me right back to the 90's. So guuuuuuud.

Then some guy called Eddie Vedder showed up.

But seriously, 4 hours of Springsteen sounds like a lot, but man he kept it interesting.

Started The Last of Us again. First stealth combat encounter and my 2 AI partners alert the enemy to our presence. Ugh.

 

[Ruthless_Barbarian]

I bought it, but yeah, it was fine for what it was.

Didn't get any feels though, probably because I was cynically armoured from all the people saying "BEST THING EVER"

I was tempted to buy it for the same reason, but 15 bucks for a 3 hour game? Nope.

Every other game, indie or AAA (Bioshock Inf) tends to end up on PS plus after 3-4 months of release. I see no point in buying games unless they are an absolute must play for me on day one.

 

[codswallop]

Didn't get any feels though, probably because I was cynically armoured from all the people saying "BEST THING EVER"

I went into Brothers cynically and didn't enjoy the first part at all. From about the

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giant battlefield

section, I really enjoyed the atmosphere. Not too many feels in general though. I'm glad they ended it the way they did though, too many would shy away from that.

I was tempted to buy it for the same reason, but 15 bucks for a 3 hour game? Nope.

Was like $3.75 or $5 in a recent Steam sale anyway, that price is what I paid and about right.

 

[HolyCheck]

who won genius?

 

[bodyboarder]

Scorcese has done far better films about people who live a life of excess and get caught. See Goodfellas, Casino.

I hope DiCaprio doesn't get the Oscar for it. He's had far better performances. The whole film doesn't really have great flow.

Saw Bruce Springsteen on Wednesday night. Nearly 4 hour show. Tom Morella was playing guitar for him again on this Australian tour. Seeing him solo in a few songs took me right back to the 90's. So guuuuuuud.

Then some guy called Eddie Vedder showed up.

But seriously, 4 hours of Springsteen sounds like a lot, but man he kept it interesting.

Started The Last of Us again. First stealth combat encounter and my 2 AI partners alert the enemy to our presence. Ugh.

4 hours is a long concert, certainly got your money's worth.

 

[Jintor]

Was like $3.75 or $5 in a recent Steam sale anyway, that price is what I paid and about right.

yeah, that's what I got it for

 

[Rizzi]

I don't know how long it will take them to finish installing it. I must have delicious fibre.

 

[senahorse]

I really enjoyed brothers, it was on my favourite games of last year.

 

[Shaneus]

Holy shit, this is god-tier.

I really enjoyed brothers, it was on my favourite games of last year.

Would you say you got hooked on the brothers?

 

[reptilescorpio]

Yo yo yo X1 you be crushin dem blacks hard bro :/

Also this happened

lol can't breathe

Sucks that PS+ has been pushed back a week. Really wanted to dig into Smart As tonight!
Cool that the PS4 Dead Nation remake has interactivity through the stream! Hope to see more of this stuff in the future.

For those who are interested I have a rough breakdown on what kind of positions are getting cut at Qantas thanks to a friend who works there;

1,000 from Avalon maintenance facility
1,500 executive positions
500 catering
2,500 general staff

Poor Avalon

Fuck Qantas

Managed my first 5km this morning since I went away in May last year. Was supposed to be a 4.5km run (start 5km Monday) according to the program, but I felt pretty good so just ran a little extra. Feels good man.

Yeah I feel good after doing it. Hope to go again tonight and keep at it. Joints are sore as fuck today though! Consequence of gaining so much weight and doing Zero exercise I guess.

Huh, so apparently my credit card account's been compromised. Got an email and SMS from CBA saying I had a charge for "Badoo" (which appears to be a dating site or something) at 5am this morning, apparently they do these sorts of "tests" before charging big money etc. They also said I had a bill for "Hoover", which I later noticed was "Hover.com" and was definitely legit (domain name stuff).

So bizarre, but I'm damn glad they caught it. Love to know how that info got out there. Only thing I could think of is that I've booked several things for my overseas trip on my card including plane tickets, tickets for the pinball festival itself, hotel and a universal SIM (none of which seemed shifty and all were done over HTTPS).

Been using Paypal for eBay stuff?

Brothers: A Tale of Emotionally Cloying Manipulative Bullshit

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I laughed so hard when the baby griffin died.

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But he didn't die! He came back in the end! Maybe! They don't give you enough information to make that call because they used the same fucking texture colours so who knows! I assume it was the same one to make the point that the young boy made an emotional link with the creature

I'd say playing games like Gone Home and Walking Dead pretty much take away most of the impact of Brothers. Certainly fell flat for me despite knowing that it wasn't a bad attempt or anything, just LTTP.

In other news, setting up OSCommerce in Wordpress is a fucking nightmare good lord now I remember why I just offloaded all this to Etsy or whatever.

Now you can work at Etsy! You just improved your resume man!

 

[Shaneus]

Rep: Yup, but not the credit card. That's just the secondary payment thing. And you can't actually see any specific details other than last four digits etc. if you try to look at stuff in Paypal directly. Gonna check my PC over with AV stuff just to be safe when I get home tonight (though I've not installed or seen anything suss for donkey's).

 

[senahorse]

Holy shit, this is god-tier.

Would you say you got hooked on the brothers?

The reference is lost on me , I would say I had a great time with it, my gf thoroughly enjoyed it as well.

Also, both those Thief images look like crap /PC master race

 

[Shaneus]

The reference is lost on me , I would say I had a great time with it, my gf thoroughly enjoyed it as well.

Really?

 

[reptilescorpio]

PSA: Last day for free Toy Soldiers: Cold War for XBL Gold members

 

[senahorse]

Really?

lol, never watched the show, might have been past my time

edit: timing wasn't the issue I was 13 when it came out in 89 (in the US anyway), maybe it wasn't broadcast locally at that time

 

[codswallop]

Really?

Or we could mix the two...

 

[reptilescorpio]

If you were an OzGameShop customer in the past you can use this code (should have been emailed it)
PS4 controller for $60 posted
Destiny on PS4/X1 for $60 posted
Destiny on PS3/360 for $55 posted
13 months XBL Gold email code for $43.50 emailed
Ticket to Ride board game for $50.25 posted

 

[Dead Man]

If you were an OzGameShop customer in the past you can use this code (should have been emailed it)
PS4 controller for $60 posted
Destiny on PS4/X1 for $60 posted
Destiny on PS3/360 for $55 posted
13 months XBL Gold email code for $43.50 emailed
Ticket to Ride board game for $50.25 posted

PS4 controller seems a good price, it any good as a PC controller?

 

[Gazunta]

Apparently PS4 controller works on Assault Android Cactus on the PC and if there's other games you can play on a PC I don't want to know about it.

 

[Dead Man]

Apparently PS4 controller works on Assault Android Cactus on the PC and if there's other games you can play on a PC I don't want to know about it.

Heh

 

[Gazunta]

EARLY MARK IS THE BEST MARK PEACE OUT BITCHES *drops mic*

 

[Tommy DJ]

Serious post: the PS4 controller works fine on the PC with most games that I've played with. Download and use DS4Tool 1.2.2.

The only problem happens when you use the touchpad in certain games, like Metal Gear Rising. The game will assume you're using a keyboard/mouse if you have the touchpad activated so some buttons will be deactivated in the process.

 

[Ruthless_Barbarian]

Drunk guy outside Flemington racecourse threw a beer bottle at my car while I was at a red light! Lucky for me it didn't make a dint or mark on the door and unlucky for that guy because a patrol car was parked right on the corner and the copper caught hold of him right away.

 

[Dead Man]

Serious post: the PS4 controller works fine on the PC with most games that I've played with. Download and use DS4Tool 1.2.2.

The only problem happens when you use the touchpad in certain games, like Metal Gear Rising. The game will assume you're using a keyboard/mouse if you have the touchpad activated so some buttons will be deactivated in the process.

Cheers, probably worth a punt in that case. It should help with my backlog on steam at any rate.

Drunk guy outside Flemington racecourse threw a beer bottle at my car while I was at a red light! Lucky for me it didn't make a dint or mark on the door and unlucky for that guy because a patrol car was parked right on the corner and the copper caught hold of him right away.

Damn. It doesn't happen very often, but swift justice is fantastic to see when it does.

 

[raphanum]

Hey, AusGAF. JB HIFI has a shitload of ps4's in stock online and in store. I called up the Bourke Street store (Melbourne) and the guy on the phone said they have at least 100 left since Tuesday.

 

[Shaneus]

Apparently PS4 controller works on Assault Android Cactus on the PC and if there's other games you can play on a PC I don't want to know about it.

Works on pretty much everything. Follow what that guy above me did, it makes Windows see the pad as an X360 one. I played Castle of Illusion with it just fine

Drunk guy outside Flemington racecourse threw a beer bottle at my car while I was at a red light! Lucky for me it didn't make a dint or mark on the door and unlucky for that guy because a patrol car was parked right on the corner and the copper caught hold of him right away.

Damn. It doesn't happen very often, but swift justice is fantastic to see when it does.

Very much this. Glad to hear the cunt had it coming to him.

 

[bodyboarder]

Drunk guy outside Flemington racecourse threw a beer bottle at my car while I was at a red light! Lucky for me it didn't make a dint or mark on the door and unlucky for that guy because a patrol car was parked right on the corner and the copper caught hold of him right away.

I would have been out of the car so fast.

 

[raphanum]

Drunk guy outside Flemington racecourse threw a beer bottle at my car while I was at a red light! Lucky for me it didn't make a dint or mark on the door and unlucky for that guy because a patrol car was parked right on the corner and the copper caught hold of him right away.

Had some asshole throw a full plastic Pepsi bottle at me from a move car on flemington road. I was at the tram stop. Hit me in the head. No justice for me

 

[reptilescorpio]

Hey, AusGAF. JB HIFI has a shitload of ps4's in stock online and in store. I called up the Bourke Street store (Melbourne) and the guy on the phone said they have at least 100 left since Tuesday.

Can they sell me one for $400?

 

[markot]

Had some asshole throw a full plastic Pepsi bottle at me from a move car on flemington road. I was at the tram stop. Hit me in the head. No justice for me

If you want just ice just put some ice trays in the freezer for a few hours.













hurrrrrrrr

 

[Dead Man]

If you were an OzGameShop customer in the past you can use this code (should have been emailed it)
PS4 controller for $60 posted
Destiny on PS4/X1 for $60 posted
Destiny on PS3/360 for $55 posted
13 months XBL Gold email code for $43.50 emailed
Ticket to Ride board game for $50.25 posted

Shitty voucher won't work even after I logged in. Looks like if you remove yourself from their mailing list you can't use it even if you have ordered there before. Oh well, their loss.

 

[r1chard]

In other news a dangerous looking stretch mark has got me starting C25K again.

Managed my first 5km this morning since I went away in May last year. Was supposed to be a 4.5km run (start 5km Monday) according to the program, but I felt pretty good so just ran a little extra. Feels good man.

Great to hear, lads! Keep at it, it can be very rewarding

I ran my third 10k ever today, second for this February. I've had a great Feb actually, just over 128km for the month all up, running all but a few days (even if a few days were just a gentle 2-3km). I've been running for quite some time though - my first c25k was back in October 2011. I actually got up to doing a single 10k in Feb 2012 but then a whole lot of stuff stopped me running for a couple of months and knocked me back to square one again. I did c25k again though, but another lull in mid 2013 meant it's taken me all this time to get back up to a 10k run again. Feels bloody great to get to that milestone though

The biggest secret I learned about was dynamic stretches. I have a couple I do very briefly before and then just one I do after and it seems to help. I certainly don't have all the issues I used to have back when I did lots of static stretching after my runs...

 

[raphanum]

Can they sell me one for $400?

Prob not, lol. But at least they're a dollar cheaper than EB.

 

[The Giant]

Looks like sony is about to go another bunch of layoffs. Looks like my sister will lose her job in the VAIO department.

No more freebies for me. I was hoping to get a free ps4.

Edit: she's been transfered to another department. chances for a free ps4 is still on.

 

[markot]

The Ironicallity is quite high that Sony looks to be the most doomed of the gaming industry players whilst nintendo not so much.

Oh such ironicallity.

Such!

 

[roosters93]

The culture and discussions are one of the benefits seen by both the implementation of a one-off registration fee and rules which are enforced consistently and fairly. With a popular forum such as SA, the percentage of trolls and general scum becomes much more visible and invasive. If you want to be a big enough jerk to get yourself a ban, have another $10 at the ready to pay for access once more. It's not so much a disincentive to join, but an incentive to abide by the rules and provide a more pleasant environment for the rest of the community.

That's a pretty good justification for the fee. I didn't think of that aspect.

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Yooyoung absolutely helped Yohwan, that's where his blue 8 came from.

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Blue yes but not 8! And not her best card!
http://puu.sh/7dpNL/057d70a317.png

Now it had no effect on the result I believe but I wonder what she would have done if she had a better hand.

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I doubt I can explain the card counting thing well because it didn't really sink into my head either. I'd go back to try and understand it fully but it's a bit late for me to try. My basic processing of it was that there are 4 card decks with cards numbering from 2–10. If you add the value of the cards found in each deck, 2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9+10 = 55. Since there are four decks, 4x55 = 220. As the shared cards were revealed and after he saw what Sangmin had, Yohwan deducted the total from 220. So if the first shared cards were 5 and 6 and Sangmin's card was 8, he would calculate 220–(5+6+8) = 201. He'd use some of his chips to keep track of it as the rounds went on, but I don't recall how he did this exactly. Since he kept track of all the card values up until the end, the maths told him that after subtracting the final pair of shared cards and Sangmin's last card, it left a value of 2 remaining, so that was the card he must have. If that makes no sense, I apologise, but if if it does, excuse me while I give myself a pat on the back for my late night comprehension.

That makes sense now. thanks and congratulations

Scorcese has done far better films about people who live a life of excess and get caught. See Goodfellas, Casino.

I hope DiCaprio doesn't get the Oscar for it. He's had far better performances. The whole film doesn't really have great flow.

I agree that Wolf wasn't great. For its 3 hour length it didn't really say all that much. Several sequences felt to me like they were retreading earlier scenes without adding much more. I did think DiCaprio gave a great performance though.

who won genius?

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Jiwon

 

[raphanum]

Looks like sony is about to go another bunch of layoffs. Looks like my sister will lose her job in the VAIO department.

No more freebies for me. I was hoping to get a free ps4.

Edit: she's been transfered to another department. chances for a free ps4 is still on.

Can we be friends?

 

[viciouskillersquirrel]

The Ironicallity is quite high that Sony looks to be the most doomed of the gaming industry players whilst nintendo not so much.

Oh such ironicallity.

Such!

The reanimated corpse of Sony will limp on for the generation, I think, even as the company sheds all the divisions that keep losing it money. You watch - it'll keep shedding bits of itself until all that remains are a few key divisions, whereupon it'll get swallowed up by a Japanese electronics giant.