Downloading it now. My 5yo will be very excited to play new tracks. 16 more tracks for $16 is amazing value - thanks Nintendo!
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AusGAF 10 - Node Country for Old Men
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Downloading it now. My 5yo will be very excited to play new tracks. 16 more tracks for $16 is amazing value - thanks Nintendo!
Darren870
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Yea, I'll apply for a permanent one after 2 years. The work visa is temporary sponsored by my work so if they fire me I need a new sponsor within 90 days.
The missus is an Aussie though. So we were going to do defacto, but due to time it takes to process (12+ months) and cost, we thought it would be better to go this route. Despite me having bad experiences with companies sponsoring me in the past (in the UK).
But yea, another stress off our shoulders.
I'd go to Beta Bar with you if you wanted. Though, not tonight or new years. Though if you were in town.
so good! they ended up going up around 7ish pm.
looking forward to playing more over the weekend. the tracks seem much tighter, gotta be on ball with those consecutive corners.
edit: bonus adorable link
Valve thanked Gamers 4 Croydon in Left 4 Dead 2 for their role in getting an R18+ classifications for games:
http://www.kotaku.com.au/2014/11/ga...rs-4-croydon-in-r18-version-of-left-4-dead-2/
http://www.kotaku.com.au/2014/11/ga...rs-4-croydon-in-r18-version-of-left-4-dead-2/
codswallop
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endlessflood
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That's awesome. I should really check the Australian Kotaku site more often, Serrels does a great job there.
shanshan310
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Sigh, my appeal to have my exchange credits counted was rejected on the grounds that it wouldn't be "fair" to other students (the other students who got credit for the same courses that I didn't get credit for?) orz time to take it to the union I suppose.
ahahhahahahaah this is so embarrassing :|
UQ business school has ads all over brisbane but I've heard it's not very good compared to QUT honestly.. Not very practical etc.
Did anyone see the Cameron-Abbott joint press conference? Every time Abbott opened his mouth I cringed.
ahahhahahahaah this is so embarrassing :|
UQ business school has ads all over brisbane but I've heard it's not very good compared to QUT honestly.. Not very practical etc.
Did anyone see the Cameron-Abbott joint press conference? Every time Abbott opened his mouth I cringed.
ThoseDeafMutes
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Going to QLD on the 24th of Dec till the 29th.
I hate Queensland in the summer so goddamn much.
I hate Queensland in the summer so goddamn much.
bodyboarder
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Not as much as we hate having you.
Poimandres
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I'll take the case!
Sent you a pm
shanshan310
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The good guys is having a sale on tech things, if anyone was looking to buy a thing.
http://www.thegoodguys.com.au/buyon...mail&utm_content=TechFrenzy&utm_campaign=Wk19
Not even summer and it's gonna hit 40 this weekend :/ Hopefully the heat wave runs out of steam before you arrive.
http://www.thegoodguys.com.au/buyon...mail&utm_content=TechFrenzy&utm_campaign=Wk19
Not even summer and it's gonna hit 40 this weekend :/ Hopefully the heat wave runs out of steam before you arrive.
codswallop
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Oh yeah, that reminds me that I have:
Risk of Rain
Insurgency (x3)
Teleglitch
keys that have to be redemeed in the next few weeks, so if any AusGAF regular wants one, let me know.
Risk of Rain
Insurgency (x3)
Teleglitch
keys that have to be redemeed in the next few weeks, so if any AusGAF regular wants one, let me know.
Jables Swan
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I'll grab an Insurgency if someone still has a spare.
dishwasherlove
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Join AusGaf Steam chat and I'll throw my keys in there.
reptilescorpio
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Xbox One with AC Unity & AC Black Flag for $399 at Target. Shame Unity is shit, swap that to SSO & FH2 and I would buy the damn thing!
Yo Kritz! I thought I tweeted you an eBay deal last weekend that was 13 months for $40? I'll try and find a link.
Yo Cod! Can I have one of each of these pretty please?
Yo Kritz! I thought I tweeted you an eBay deal last weekend that was 13 months for $40? I'll try and find a link.
codswallop
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PMs sent.
Shit I don't remember - I'll check my notifications...
edit: nm found a $40 code that has worked
Bulbagarden
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Full Disclosure: I've taught undergraduate courses at both QUT and UQ's Business Schools, and I'm currently doing my PhD at UQ.
At the undergraduate level, they're roughly comparable for most areas. QUT likes to say they're the "university for the real world", but that's pretty much just marketing fluff, and the teaching and assessment is no more focused on being "practical" than what you'd do at UQ. Both have their strengths and weaknesses. For instance, UQ reigns supreme in anything to do with Tourism or Hospitality management, while a couple of QUT lecturers in Marketing got a national teaching citation this year.
At the post-graduate level, UQ wins hands down. No question about it. They're the top MBA program in Australia (and as far as The Economist is concerned, the top MBA outside of North America and Europe), and have significant better rankings than QUT on research output.
Gotta build the Aussie community up.
Insurgency.
https://www.humblebundle.com/?gift=HmhX6MeED8yUE2Up
Insurgency.
https://www.humblebundle.com/?gift=HmhX6MeED8yUE2Up
Have you played unity? It certainly has issues, but its far from 'shit'
ClivePwned
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Yeah, it's the way of things "Someone said it was crap so it must be so."
I've played the first few missions in Unity and I've been enjoying it a lot. Framerate seems to be creeping up with each patch (there've been two so far on PS4). It's definitely under 30, hovering in the mid-20's, which is about what we were getting at the start of last gen, particularly on PS3. It's certainly not unplayable.
CoD AW was almost unplayable online for me until the first patch hit (also two so far) but improved dramatically. So we can rightfully complain about games being released in a broken state. we can reasonably complain about patches, but at least when they're coming out as quickly as they are these days, things don't always stay (totally) broken for long, way faster than las gen.
That said, if it suddenly becomes as dull as AC3, I'm out and return to the franchise when AC:Rogue hits steam or current gen.
I've played the first few missions in Unity and I've been enjoying it a lot. Framerate seems to be creeping up with each patch (there've been two so far on PS4). It's definitely under 30, hovering in the mid-20's, which is about what we were getting at the start of last gen, particularly on PS3. It's certainly not unplayable.
CoD AW was almost unplayable online for me until the first patch hit (also two so far) but improved dramatically. So we can rightfully complain about games being released in a broken state. we can reasonably complain about patches, but at least when they're coming out as quickly as they are these days, things don't always stay (totally) broken for long, way faster than las gen.
That said, if it suddenly becomes as dull as AC3, I'm out and return to the franchise when AC:Rogue hits steam or current gen.
Both my gf and I have been playing it on PC this weekend. Pre patch we had 2 hard crashes during co-op, it was a bug when you reached a certain point in the city it would crash, that seems to have been fixed. Apart from that, we haven't noticed anything particularly bad, bit of pop in hear and there (haven't been lucky enough to see any horror faces unfortunately), the occasional levitating npc, certainly nothing game breaking, and for the most part it runs at 60fps. Some of the tech they are using is really damn impressive, especially the crowds. I am not going to pretend it's a fantastic game by any means (lets be real, this is the yearly assassin's creed game, you either like them or don't) but we are both having a good time so far and I would say we have both already got our $35 worth of fun already.
reptilescorpio
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I should have said 'shit compared to Black Flag in my opinion' since I was talking about buying it (and a console) rather than how it has reviewed.
I've watched about 5 hours of streams, I don't buy games until reviews hit.
What's the Minimum Metacritic Score Required to Purchase (MMSRP)?
reptilescorpio
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ThoseDeafMutes
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Amazon support never got back to me after their last "you should get a response in 1-2 business days". This morning I sent another message asking for an update.
They're offering me 20% refund on my 970 since I'm not eligable for the ubi code.
That's like 70+ USD. Fuck yeah!
They're offering me 20% refund on my 970 since I'm not eligable for the ubi code.
That's like 70+ USD. Fuck yeah!
reptilescorpio
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Whoa that's awesome! Makes for a damn cheap upgrade.
bodyboarder
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Amazon for the win.
shanshan310
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Was Amazon gonna start up in Australia soon or did I dream that?
And Australian retailers are wondering why people buy expensive hardware from Amazon and B&H. Our stores just have piss poor customer service.
Most photographers I know just bulk buy shit from B&H. The customer service there makes an assumption that if you are contacting them about a fault, you've probably troubleshooted the item and that there is likely something confusing or wrong about it.
Most photographers I know just bulk buy shit from B&H. The customer service there makes an assumption that if you are contacting them about a fault, you've probably troubleshooted the item and that there is likely something confusing or wrong about it.
There's been rumours for ages. I just think people won't use it as the prices will be higher. Even leaving aside paying get on everything, I assume Amazon would be buying from local distributors which is where most of the 'Australia tax' is.
You're really making me regret buying local!
Don't we have an Australian kindle store now? From what I gather it didn't look as competitively priced as the US one.
BananaArnie
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are we on 11 yet?
you guys are slow thesedays.
you guys are slow thesedays.
shanshan310
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aww man
I suppose I shouldn't be surprised. Honestly I was just so impressed with the range, delivery speed and free postage of amazon.jp but I doubt it'd be as convenient in Aus anyway.bodyboarder
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Wii-u's cheap anywhere?
How did you do that? Netflix has never worked on my Samsung Galaxy Tab.
Plus I think they were blocking refunds on XBLive.
ThoseDeafMutes
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I've been having major problems with split screen H2A actually. I only tried for 20 minutes before giving up. Basically, every time I hit start, the xbone goes "WHO ARE YOU?" and asks me to pick my account, even though I'm already signed in. This is with player 2 on a guest account.
No idea whats up with that.
No idea whats up with that.
Poimandres
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BRIS GAF BRIS GAF BRIS GAF
Meet up currently planned for the 29th November.
What does BrisGAF like to eat/drink? Ideas for a venue?
Meet up currently planned for the 29th November.
What does BrisGAF like to eat/drink? Ideas for a venue?
reptilescorpio
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I get the impression that Halo MCC is similar to the Aliens Colonial Marines debacle but without the lies.
Main developer outsources the majority of work to other studios (one of which was invloved in A:CM weren't they?) then they try and mash it all together but don't have enough time to make a lot of it work properly.
Unlike A:CM the content in MCC is compelling so with a few patches it should clean up the majority of the issues thankfully.
Main developer outsources the majority of work to other studios (one of which was invloved in A:CM weren't they?) then they try and mash it all together but don't have enough time to make a lot of it work properly.
Unlike A:CM the content in MCC is compelling so with a few patches it should clean up the majority of the issues thankfully.
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