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AusGAF 6 - Ricki Lee is awful. Everything else about Australia is AMAZING [Free hugs]

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Gordon did break his leg, but I'm confident Cleary had him on the wing then.

Inglis was awesome at fullback, so devastating when he wound up to bust through; hopefully he pulls up okay, I want to see that next week vs Brisbane.
Correct, had him on the wing. And were were dominant with him, but he is likely one of the best fullbacks there is and for some reason coote gets put in. Upper management? No idea.
 
Xenoblade, so far, is amazing. I've only just cleared the first dungeon and have clocked up about 5 hours of playtime with doing side quests and the like.
Dunban's sister just died. That really sucks as I'd grown quite fond of her and her chavvy accent :(

And that MUSIC. Gorgeous.
 
Xenoblade, so far, is amazing. I've only just cleared the first dungeon and have clocked up about 5 hours of playtime with doing side quests and the like.
Dunban's sister just died. That really sucks as I'd grown quite fond of her and her chavvy accent :(

And that MUSIC. Gorgeous.

You playing on Wii or emu/dolphin? I really want to play this game I don't have a wii =/
 

Cohsae

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Xenoblade, so far, is amazing. I've only just cleared the first dungeon and have clocked up about 5 hours of playtime with doing side quests and the like.
Dunban's sister just died. That really sucks as I'd grown quite fond of her and her chavvy accent :(

And that MUSIC. Gorgeous.

I wasn't sure if I should get Xenoblade or The Last Story. Ended up going with The Last Story, which has been pretty good so far. One day I'll have the time to get through both of them. One day.
 

Deeku

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I wasn't sure if I should get Xenoblade or The Last Story. Ended up going with The Last Story, which has been pretty good so far. One day I'll have the time to get through both of them. One day.
I haven't played Lat Story yet, but you probably should have gone for Xenoblade.

Sunnies are ok, but I've never been a fan of Mcqueen stuff. Get some Tom Ford's instead!

Edit: oh wait, alexander mcqueen is the one I hate...carry on! lol
 

Kritz

Banned
$7 stines, in a pub, with after party from the ai con.

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And I have uni at 9am tomorrow.
 

Deeku

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King of Kong is on ABC2. I remember hearing about this like...in the 1up podcast days. Guess I'll finally watch it!
 
King of Kong fans that haven't seen Chasing Ghosts: Beyond the Arcade should check it out. It features many of the same people but is focused more on the people, the early arcade scene, the culture that built around it and where they are now compared to the centralised competition of KoK.
 

Cohsae

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l often have people ask me what my handle is, what my three initials are. l mean, come on.
l tell people, ''Look at me.'' What do you think my three initials were? lf you don't know, you're not looking hard enough.

T.l.E.?

So good.

Also, potential killscreen coming up..guys...if anyone is interested...
 

Salazar

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IMDB says that Michael Palin is one of the witches in the convention scene. In a green floral dress.

Cannot verify. If true, only adds to the unique splendour of this film.
 

Danoss

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So my house has shit all food in it. Plenty of condiments, nothing to put them on/in.

It's late, I have no decent delivery ideas (motorcycle limits takeaway options, plus I just washed it and it's raining) and I'm fucking starving.
 

Danoss

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Cereal had crossed my mind, but I do want something a bit more filling. I'm trying not to order pizza, I really don't want to, but it's looking like my only option and time is running out to order it.

Edit: Pizza ordered. FUCK.
 

Shaneus

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Well, back from the last day of the GP. It's been a long four days but holy hell, has it been awesome. Anyone with a passing interest in motorsports should definitely go for the full four days. First day was great to get bearings of where all the areas and showcases are, second for settling in, seeing FP1 and 2 and just getting buzzed for the race and the other two days for spectating basically the whole time.

Exhausted, but am on such a high right now I doubt I'll be able to sleep for a few hours yet :)
 

Frawdder

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Well, back from the last day of the GP. It's been a long four days but holy hell, has it been awesome. Anyone with a passing interest in motorsports should definitely go for the full four days. First day was great to get bearings of where all the areas and showcases are, second for settling in, seeing FP1 and 2 and just getting buzzed for the race and the other two days for spectating basically the whole time.

Exhausted, but am on such a high right now I doubt I'll be able to sleep for a few hours yet :)
I'm already planning on going next year, was considering it this year but left it a bit late to organise myself.

I think I remember you were sitting somewhere on the final corner, how would you rate the seats? Good viewing? I was thinking of either last corner or turns 1 or 2.

Anyway, good to hear you enjoyed yourself. As someone who attends the Clipsal every year (haven't been to an F1 race yet) it's great to experience the noise and the speed of the cars in real life as well as the atmosphere and everything else that goes on.
 

Choc

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Haha, dramatic music, Shepard rising from the ashes. Then instating a human to the council resulting in a clenched fist 'c'mon' moment from Capt. Anderson.

wait

even though we have all finished it i think, i believe that should be spoilered :p
 
Haha, dramatic music,
Shepard rising from the ashes. Then instating a human to the council resulting in a clenched fist 'c'mon' moment from Capt. Anderson.

Spoiler much? I don't see people complaining like they did against me earlier (ASoIaF, which wasn't even a spoiler technically). Damn bunch of 'you-know-what'. :X
 

hamchan

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Spoiler much? I don't see people complaining like they did against me earlier (ASoIaF, which wasn't even a spoiler technically). Damn bunch of 'you-know-what'. :X

ASoIaF spoilers have much more weight than Mass Effect 1 spoilers I feel. Plus you wouldn't shut up and kept posting more spoilers even when people told you to stop.
 

Frawdder

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Spoiler much? I don't see people complaining like they did against me earlier (ASoIaF, which wasn't even a spoiler technically). Damn bunch of 'you-know-what'. :X
Part of the difference was that a large number of us were reading ASOIAF for the first time and it was a often discussed topic on AusGAF when you decided to post your spoiler (I didn't see it thankfully).
 

Shaneus

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I'm already planning on going next year, was considering it this year but left it a bit late to organise myself.

I think I remember you were sitting somewhere on the final corner, how would you rate the seats? Good viewing? I was thinking of either last corner or turns 1 or 2.

Anyway, good to hear you enjoyed yourself. As someone who attends the Clipsal every year (haven't been to an F1 race yet) it's great to experience the noise and the speed of the cars in real life as well as the atmosphere and everything else that goes on.
Rate it very highly. About the only thing I'd change about the whole thing would be getting in earlier for tickets so as to nab premium seats in the Prost stand. Where my brother and I were sitting was perfectly fine (though I imagine anywhere along the stand would be alright too) dealing with the low-lying sun and the rain was a bit of a pain in the arse. Not a massive issue and certainly not enough to prevent us having a ball, but the extra few dollars would make a world of difference... being able to actually enjoy sitting in the stands rather than somewhat avoiding it when there wasn't something interesting to watch).

On the tram back to the train station, there was a kid with a video from what looked to be the Webber stand on the straight (or one of the ones on the straight) and you really didn't get to see much at all. Where we were, it was perfectly situated at the pit entrance and the start of the straight. You could see the last two corners and also where the DRS zone started.

To give you an idea of the view I had:
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(I have a higher-res one on my phone I think, but that's one I uploaded on the day and should be a good enough indicator of your field-of-view)
 

Frawdder

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Shaneus said:
Rate it very highly...etc.
Wow, that's a great view. Quite a bit happened on that bit of road over the course of the weekend.

I'm definitely going to sit on a corner, I once sat on pit straight at the Clipsal and it really wasn't a great spot to watch the race.
 
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Any recommendations here for cheap iPad pouches? Also, I probably need a new micro-fibre cloth, but I have no idea where to buy them / what's a reasonable price.
 

Clipper

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I'm actually quite pissed about that Mass Effect 3 spoiler. I haven't had time to start the game, yet.

Thankfully, I know the game has multiple endings and that was only one of them, so I think I'll be OK. But it is definitely not OK to be posting unmarked spoilers this close to release of a game, especially ending spoilers.
 

Danoss

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That's actually quite funny. Someone who played Mass Effect 1 should know that's what occurred in it. Shit, I only played a couple of hours of that terrible game, and even I can tell you that was the conclusion to that chapter of the series.
 

Clipper

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Its mass effect one :/
Ah, yeah, that's a lot less of an issue. It's been out for ages and I'm likely not going to ever play it anyway (I don't own a 360 and I don't want to bother with it on PC as I have 2 & 3 yet to play on PS3).

Still, it's best to at least put a warning there so people know to avoid it if they need to. And to know from which actual game it is from :p.
 

evlcookie

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Any recommendations here for cheap iPad pouches? Also, I probably need a new micro-fibre cloth, but I have no idea where to buy them / what's a reasonable price.

I think people love the crumpler pouch for the iPads and MacBook airs. Although I guess you want a case as well to throw In that pouch or just a naked iPad?

I don't know of any other pouches either, everything else is just a case.
 

Omikron

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Ah, yeah, that's a lot less of an issue. It's been out for ages and I'm likely not going to ever play it anyway (I don't own a 360 and I don't want to bother with it on PC as I have 2 & 3 yet to play on PS3).

Still, it's best to at least put a warning there so people know to avoid it if they need to. And to know from which actual game it is from :p.

We aren't very observant today are we? :p

7 posts up from my 'spoiler'.
 
I have never in my life seen so many socially inept, temporally frozen, porn-moustachioed, 80s mulleted, self-aggrandised bunch of mutherfuckers than I saw on King of Kong last night. It should have been called "The Land that Time Forgot For Good Reason Do Not Enter No Really We Mean It We're Not Joking This Is Your Last Warning No No No No You Have No Idea What You're About To Do." They should have had a small flashing banner at the bottom of the screen that said "the current year is 2007, it is just the inhabitants that are stuck in 1986." That would have made the movie less confusing for me.

I enjoyed it, though. But man, no one really came off looking good in it. Billy Mitchell and Brian Kuh both come off as as giant asses, with the former playing the role of lickspittle perfectly. Everyone else lived their lives overstating the importance (ha!) of their pasttime and accomplishments with comical hyperbole. Wiebe looked like he was a bastion of normalcy in the movie, and even his parent said they thought he could may been slightly autistic.

Would watch again.



Oh, and even though I'm yet to play any of the Mass Effects, that wasn't cool, Omi.
 

Danoss

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More hilarity regarding that Mass Effect 1 spoiler. Seriously, could it be any more bland? I think it just shows how shitty the stories are in video games, and how acceptable that has become, if people are that concerned over it. I'll spoiler this, otherwise everyone will jump on me for 'ruining' a perfectly terrible game, but this would sum up what Omi posted.

The protagonist achieves what he sets out to do. Close curtain.
 

Danoss

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Well someone spoiling a video game ending is like spoiling the book 'Spot Goes to the Beach'.
It's so obvious and pointless that it's even in the title. In case you're still not sure or are held in suspense of what amazing events may transpire, I'll put it in spoiler tags for you.

Spot goes to the beach.
 

Kritz

Banned
Oh well, I will stick to posting about football manager and games no one cares about ;p

Apologies to all.

To talk about the endings of things you can use the [/spoiler] tags. It will place a black bar over what you type within them. For example,

Actual Mass Effect 3 Ending Spoilers:
Shepard kills the entire population of the galaxy by destroying the mass relays. Every system near one is decimated, and any that survive enter a new dark age in which they have no means to access food and water to meet the demands of their uninhabitable, non-garden, overpopulated planets. Every single event that lead up to your final choice is rendered meaningless, and the only difference in endings is a different coloured galaxy death-wave.

In general it is good to use these spoiler tags regardless of the age or relevance of the story you are talking about. Also include a warning directly before the text stating what it is a spoiler for.

And to Danoss's point, the actual complexity of a story is irrelevant. Some people don't want environments, or mechanics, or even voice actors spoiled for them. It isn't about not being able to predict what's happening in the game, it's to experience something with no knowledge of it at all - or as close enough to.
 
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