ClivePwned
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Try the OP of the stickied E3 thread, that has everything you need.
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AusGAF 11 - Twice the price, a year late but still moving forward
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Try the OP of the stickied E3 thread, that has everything you need.
Right. I did find an E3 channel which should make it simple and hopefully not bandwidth impaired.
As for Giant Bomb...its interesting I gave up on them around the time Patrick left as he was the only thing that kept me interested given the folks moving to NYC and not on the podcast. Well that and new people who I was not keen on.
So its the first year in a while where there isn't lots of podcasting for me to glom onto. I went from 1UP to Giantbomb in that respect and there isn't really anywhere for me to go now I don't think.
reptilescorpio
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I only follow GB during E3, nothing else really interests me now that Patrick is gone, yeah. Livestream reaction tends to improve the conferences I'm not overly invested in.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...GczlfQVUZ3F7SJ133eA9rO2Ac/edit#gid=1615982254
care of the spoiler free e3 thread: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1060231
Just came back from spending nine days in Sydney.. feels great to be back home at least, bit was definitely some of the most awesome times in my life.
Impressions
- Public transport is shit and expensive compared to Melbourne
- Melbourne is better
- The Sydney Aquarium is cool.
- Karaoke with friends was one of the most fucking awesome experiences ever
- Lots of drinking and good times were had at the various bars in Sydney
- N2 Gelato in Newtown is ORGASMIC.
- Newtown is the most awesome-ish hipster place ever if I had to move to Sydney I'd love to live there.
- Everything except for the coffee is so expensive in Sydney
Now I have two-weeks of placement, a assignment + exam to study for... a 2500-300 word talk to write.. then a 6-day conference in Adelaide then back to full-time study in July. Thank god for these past 9-days otherwise I would have gone insane.
Impressions
- Public transport is shit and expensive compared to Melbourne
- Melbourne is better
- The Sydney Aquarium is cool.
- Karaoke with friends was one of the most fucking awesome experiences ever
- Lots of drinking and good times were had at the various bars in Sydney
- N2 Gelato in Newtown is ORGASMIC.
- Newtown is the most awesome-ish hipster place ever if I had to move to Sydney I'd love to live there.
- Everything except for the coffee is so expensive in Sydney
Now I have two-weeks of placement, a assignment + exam to study for... a 2500-300 word talk to write.. then a 6-day conference in Adelaide then back to full-time study in July. Thank god for these past 9-days otherwise I would have gone insane.
Recidivus Crimen
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Not sure about the other Eastern cities but after spending a week in Melbourne. It's fair to say Melbourne is also better than Perth.
shanshan310
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Perth stores all close at 5pm, and don't open at all on sundays. Or at least that was the case when I lived there. Beaches were nice, about as nice as the east coast. And everyone was very snooty and pretentious about being better than the east coast
Sydney is okay but it's full of people from Sydney.
tbh i kinda want to live in melbourne for a while. also slightly more likely to get a job there I think than in sydney when I come back.
i'd also like to maybe spend a year in the US or the UK or something - somewhere english speaking (i can't deal with being beginner level at another language again) first tho. But probably can't afford to put off career stuff too long...
i'd also like to maybe spend a year in the US or the UK or something - somewhere english speaking (i can't deal with being beginner level at another language again) first tho. But probably can't afford to put off career stuff too long...
fuck you its my house fuck you its my house fuck you its my house its my house simon you woman beating rapist. its not yours i can kick you out when ever i want youve already bashed me 3 times tonight you woman beating rapist. help everyone hes locked me out of my own house
open the fucking door im not drunk this is my fucking house and im kicking you out right now,
i pay rent too you dog.
i can kick you out coz ive got majority on the lease . take a blood and alcohol test im not fucking drunk. how many times have you raped me. how many times have you raped me. how many times have you raped me. you've raped me at least 25 times, including up the arse.
hes raped me and hes beaten me and theres scientific evidence. hes raped me and bashed me 3 times, my arm is broken because of him
i fucking hate you, you're a woman beating rapist. how are you still alive. how is god allowing you to live
him: shut up ya drunk
her: im not drunk
him: i told the asian cunt down there not to sell you alcohol any more.
her: what ae you, are you better or worse? are you better or worse? get out of my house i dont want to see you again
him: stupid fucking whore smoking inside
her: NO
him: letting off the smoke alarm you cunt
open the fucking door im not drunk this is my fucking house and im kicking you out right now,
i pay rent too you dog.
i can kick you out coz ive got majority on the lease . take a blood and alcohol test im not fucking drunk. how many times have you raped me. how many times have you raped me. how many times have you raped me. you've raped me at least 25 times, including up the arse.
hes raped me and hes beaten me and theres scientific evidence. hes raped me and bashed me 3 times, my arm is broken because of him
i fucking hate you, you're a woman beating rapist. how are you still alive. how is god allowing you to live
him: shut up ya drunk
her: im not drunk
him: i told the asian cunt down there not to sell you alcohol any more.
her: what ae you, are you better or worse? are you better or worse? get out of my house i dont want to see you again
him: stupid fucking whore smoking inside
her: NO
him: letting off the smoke alarm you cunt
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Poor Holy, lol
shanshan310
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Jesus Holy, how long till you get out of that place?
I had a similarly crazy bogan lady call up and start harassing me the other day, because my uncle came up to visit for the week and she has some kind of relationship with him. Kept saying she was going to sue me and that I was going to kill him and steal the inheritance or some weird stuff. Also made a bunch of really low blows about my parents. Turned out she's a hell's angel and only recently got out of prison for beating up a cop. Not sure if I should be worried or not. I've never felt more grateful to be living in middle class suburbia :s
Bah, all the experience you're getting is building towards something. You gotta enjoy life.
I had a similarly crazy bogan lady call up and start harassing me the other day, because my uncle came up to visit for the week and she has some kind of relationship with him. Kept saying she was going to sue me and that I was going to kill him and steal the inheritance or some weird stuff. Also made a bunch of really low blows about my parents. Turned out she's a hell's angel and only recently got out of prison for beating up a cop. Not sure if I should be worried or not. I've never felt more grateful to be living in middle class suburbia :s
Bah, all the experience you're getting is building towards something. You gotta enjoy life.
ClivePwned
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What city/suburb are you in Holy?
I'm visualizing Christopher Walken reading the role of "Ya Drunk Cunt" and I'm gonna go with Dame Judi Dench for the role of "Woman with Facebook status listed as 'It's Fucking Complicated'"
Moving next weekend! I will miss the bogans.
and hot damn, that sounds.. fun... yes, community housing in middle class suburbs, spread the pain around! such fun.
Mitcham Melbourne! its not even a bad suburb. they just seem to plonk those bogans in a unit.
Darren870
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30yearsofhurt
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His wife must be sooooo proud of him. And a teensy bit terrified.
reptilescorpio
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Avalanches should sample this on a track for the new album. Aussie as fuck!
Welcome to Australia. That video is basically our equivalent of the "whoop whoop" exhaust pipe thing from the US.
Poimandres
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I'm getting kind of bored with Splatoon already. One ranked game type, one non-ranked, a handful of maps... that's all?
So I think it's clear that I need to buy a car and get my license. With work moving in October, Closer to home, It would be pretty damn beneficial to drive instead of taking public transport.
So, Does anyone here have any good articles, tips, anything that I can read up on to educate myself when it comes to getting my first used bomb?
So, Does anyone here have any good articles, tips, anything that I can read up on to educate myself when it comes to getting my first used bomb?
What's your budget cookie? Tips would be to get something with full service history so you know it's been looked after, and get a pre purchase inspection: http://www.racv.com.au/wps/wcm/connect/racv/Internet/Primary/my+car/vehicle+inspections/pre-purchase
evl: educate thyself and good luck
Whatever you do, don't listen to people saying shit like "oh, just get a Ford, those things last forever" (sorry Roulette) 'cos for every person who says that, there's someone who says "christ, mate, never get a Ford, those things are traps". Everyone's had different experiences. Personally, I've owned cars across four manufacturers, and they've all been great (including the Renault, a manufacturer universally bagged, mostly because they're French I think).
Whatever you do, don't listen to people saying shit like "oh, just get a Ford, those things last forever" (sorry Roulette) 'cos for every person who says that, there's someone who says "christ, mate, never get a Ford, those things are traps". Everyone's had different experiences. Personally, I've owned cars across four manufacturers, and they've all been great (including the Renault, a manufacturer universally bagged, mostly because they're French I think).
Darren870
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Phftt, easy solution for that!!
We have a 1999 Holden Commodore Station Wagon - $2500 Used
And a 2013 Suzuki Alto - $6500 Used.
I'd recommend the Suzuki. While its not fast, its great on gas, cheap, safe and reliable. Can get into a lot of little spots which is great for Melbourne.
Wouldn't recommend it for Syd though. Too many hills there and it def struggles a bit on them.
Partially true, but for a first car you'd want a fairly common make and model so you're not going to have any nasty surprises regarding parts and most mechanics can fix them easily enough. All cars have problems, even those will "bullet proof" reputations, but the difference between a Toyota and say a Renault is your local mechanic is probably going to be across all the common problems because that's their bread and butter. Corolla and Camry are good for that reason. Falcon on gas is too!
Both of my cars are weird brands, but I know what I'm getting myself into. My first car was a Corolla and honestly it was a bucket of shit that I had constant problems with. I'd still generally recommend them as a good default option though.
I stand corrected!
True dat.
Only if you dont have a good job, right Joe?
viciouskillersquirrel
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I made a thread in Off Topic asking for tech support, but nobody wants to actually help
Anyone here able to help me?
Anyone here able to help me?
Thanks for the links all. In terms of cost, I guess 10k is my max, Which is probably high for a first car by the sounds of it, But I can afford it without any issues.
I have been thinking of ford or toyota, I don't mind the look of the focus and I didn't mind the Yaris about a year ago when I was thinking about getting a car. I like the idea of something smaller than larger, like a hatchback or something similar.
@ Squirrel. It could be a GPU issues. As fred mentioned, Try safeboot and see what happens. You could try to run dxdiag from start > run and do a quick check, otherwise you could try reinstalling the GPU drivers. It might be worth completely removing them and then installing, just to make it seem like it's a fresh start.
I have been thinking of ford or toyota, I don't mind the look of the focus and I didn't mind the Yaris about a year ago when I was thinking about getting a car. I like the idea of something smaller than larger, like a hatchback or something similar.
@ Squirrel. It could be a GPU issues. As fred mentioned, Try safeboot and see what happens. You could try to run dxdiag from start > run and do a quick check, otherwise you could try reinstalling the GPU drivers. It might be worth completely removing them and then installing, just to make it seem like it's a fresh start.
viciouskillersquirrel
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It's a bit faster booting in safe mode, but still not zippy and it's still doing the multiple attempts at loading that driver.
The delay happens well before it asks for any login credentials, so I can't see what creating a new local user would do. My main account is a local user, btw.
EDIT: dxdiag hasn't detected any problems.
Things wrong with the new Doom:
1) Slow
2) Bullet sponges
3) Pointless executions that pause gameplay
4) Pointless slowdown that pauses gameplay on weapon switching, this is also a major issue for gameplay aesthetics in that it allows you to essentially pause to evaluate options. This isn't Doom.
5) Lack of enemies on screen at a time
I will add more as I process.
1) Slow
2) Bullet sponges
3) Pointless executions that pause gameplay
4) Pointless slowdown that pauses gameplay on weapon switching, this is also a major issue for gameplay aesthetics in that it allows you to essentially pause to evaluate options. This isn't Doom.
5) Lack of enemies on screen at a time
I will add more as I process.
ClivePwned
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there are a lot of things GoT TV viewers wouldn't want spoiled in the season finale. But there's a fair few things that people will be talking about online so to be forewarned is to be ready to jam your fingers in your ears and shout "la-la-la-la-I can't hear you!"
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ClivePwned
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I came into the stream during Fallout 4. fuck whatever else I was doing, back to Fallout 3 after this.
edit: Bethesda aren't fucking around
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I came into the stream during Fallout 4. fuck whatever else I was doing, back to Fallout 3 after this.
edit: Bethesda aren't fucking around
Jables Swan
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Can't wait for Fallout 4. Building a base doesn't interest me much but I'll reserve judgement until I play it.
Yah, but I think it was good that they stressed this was optional.
Looked pretty decent however.
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