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AusGAF 8 - Worksafe Wankers
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OH YEAH, THE FOOTY IS BACK!
Channel 9 has really increased the production vales of their presentation (I think they've borrowed a bit from how the NFL is aired). Some of the camera angles have been hit or miss, but that hasn't been too frequent so far. One thing that I'm impressed with and I hope they continue is that the crowd is much more audible. It used to be rather subdued, making it feel a little stale, now it is so much better.
Channel 9 has really increased the production vales of their presentation (I think they've borrowed a bit from how the NFL is aired). Some of the camera angles have been hit or miss, but that hasn't been too frequent so far. One thing that I'm impressed with and I hope they continue is that the crowd is much more audible. It used to be rather subdued, making it feel a little stale, now it is so much better.
viciouskillersquirrel
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It's pretty good, but it's been surpassed. Shanoa's butter-smooth movement spoiled me.
It's horrid.
But Sam Burgess just ran at Sonny Bill and flattened him. That's my night made.
bodyboarder
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I didn't think nine showed the footy on a Thursday night, or is it only down south?
It's a new thing for the opening 4 rounds this year, and one in the 7th round. 5 days of footy each of those weeks, no complaints here.
Edit: Now the game's over, I spoke too soon about Channel 9. Karl Stefanovic has no reason to be anywhere near Rugby League. Also, could Tom Waterhouse please leave or drop dead? I don't care which.
shanshan310
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I finished tomb raider and it was greaaaaaaaat. The locations were so beautiful I wanted to cry. The puzzles were also pretty fun, though I would have liked more. A lot of reviews really panned the story for being unbelievable, and I kind of agree but for different reasons. Spoilers ahead:
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booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow.
The main problem, sited as being Lara's switch between being upset about shooting a deer and then shooting a bunch of dudes, didn't really register with me at all. They were bad guys, iunno. Lara's friends, on the other hand, were so goddamn ridiculous it snapped me out of the immersion whenever they appeared. They are all awful caricatures of popular stereotypes. There's one scene where Lara bursts in and kills a few guards to get to her friends (they're trapped in a cage). Despite not having known if she was alive until then, they spend the whole time saying dumb stuff like "damn guurrl, that was kick ASS!" (Angry black mother character). I gave 0 fucks about saving any of them. There was a hilarious bit though where the friendzoned character unnecessarily tries to sacrifice himself for Lara, and she just gives him a peck on the cheek. Ice cold.
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booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow.
CrazedProfessional
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I would buy Tomb Raider but I am poor and Bioshock is calling me like a starving cat hanging off an apartment ledge.
codswallop
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Would've maybe jumped in with you chaps playing L4D2 tonight but I didn't notice until 9pm that I didn't actually have it installed. All good now, so next time perhaps...
Box of Bunnies
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Just a few more weeks to go.
shanshan310
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Aww man. I wanna buy sim city
even with the tiny tiny city lots.On PC yeah. Unfortunately boyfriend?! bought it and waking him up for answers only yielded a "who? .... I don't know". I think it was on steam. It looks great on PC (apparently much better than console), but it is kinda short so it might be worth waiting until reptile finds a good deal
reptilescorpio
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FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFU :/
Just finished up. I'm keen for some more over the weekend.
It looks great on PC (apparently much better than console), but it is kinda short so it might be worth waiting until reptile finds a good deal
PC games are awesome!
Although I can't really link to deals here as most of the good ones are through keysellers and it is near impossible to guarantee that none of their games for sale are Russian keys.
GMG, Impulse, Gamersgate, the Eurogamer one, are fine though.
Beat The Bomb has the PC retail edition for $37.50 delivered but not sure where it is from, all their stuff is usually UK stock though.
Box of Bunnies
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"I'm not an apologist for Rugby League players" Ray Hadley says as he plays apologist.
shanshan310
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FYI bris-gaf, translink is messing with all the buses :/
http://translink.com.au/travel-information/service-updates/seq-bus-network-review/
http://translink.com.au/travel-information/service-updates/seq-bus-network-review/
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
Well fuck, 20 days early? We don't have code yet :/.
Yes, well, apparently someone had this copy ahead of us...
Speeding down 40% for SA
But...
http://www.dpti.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/87382/pinkbook2011.pdf
2008:
Crashes 21468
Fatalities 99
2011:
Crashes 22938
Fatalities 103
Not really seeing a reduction in crashes or fatalities. Definitely time for a new focus rather than just 'speed kills'.
But...
http://www.dpti.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/87382/pinkbook2011.pdf
2008:
Crashes 21468
Fatalities 99
2011:
Crashes 22938
Fatalities 103
Not really seeing a reduction in crashes or fatalities. Definitely time for a new focus rather than just 'speed kills'.
reptilescorpio
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Managers out of the office for the day? 4 day weekend!
Just make people do more fucking training. Also harsher penalties for actual shitty driving. Also don't let old people drive ffs.
(I'll play it once and the wife will play it twice and then it will never be played again)
Nvidia even came out and appologised for the issues. Eidos must have rushed them a bit too much before release, Nvidia were meant to be getting better with this kind of shit, probably spent most of their time with Crysis I bet :/
But gotta fill those coffers buddy!
Just make people do more fucking training. Also harsher penalties for actual shitty driving. Also don't let old people drive ffs.
$15 like I thought, sounds good to me!
(I'll play it once and the wife will play it twice and then it will never be played again)
codswallop
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2-day weekend.
As I said on twitter, this kinda makes sense depending on their implementation of the centralised saving / multiplayer stuff.
My guess is it constantly syncs data back to the central server every n in game time periods, if you have the speed cranked right up, it probably smashes the servers and they can't cope very well.
FormallyMegadrive
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I don't understand why it wasn't just every n seconds/minutes and it does a delta on the save game data to see if enough has changed or something, I dunno. Surely that's a better implementation than every n gametime cycles.
Tell that to devs that likely are given requirements at a late stage post the majority of the game being finished / completed.
reptilescorpio
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I thought the always online tracking stuff has been talked about since almost day one with Simcity? I remember saying NOPE NO BUY BUY to it months ago.
I agree. But then it's a business decision. Not a decision to make the game better. They simply don't want to improve their DRM or pay for more servers.
"Hey guys! We removed some feature of the games so a few more people can get on and play it! If things are still shaky tomorrow we can remove the ability to save cities, that should ease the load and get 10-15 more people online to play their single player game!"
EDIT : Also it's the fastest one they took out? That sucks even worse because now it would play like a f2p mobile game but without the option to skip sitting around waiting.
Yeah but you get like 4 fucking weeks off over the Christmas period in exchange don't you?!2-day weekend.
I see Amazon has pulled it from their marketplace lol
I agree. But then it's a business decision. Not a decision to make the game better. They simply don't want to improve their DRM or pay for more servers.
"Hey guys! We removed some feature of the games so a few more people can get on and play it! If things are still shaky tomorrow we can remove the ability to save cities, that should ease the load and get 10-15 more people online to play their single player game!"
EDIT : Also it's the fastest one they took out? That sucks even worse because now it would play like a f2p mobile game but without the option to skip sitting around waiting.
codswallop
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Four or five days, yes. That doesn't help me now when everyone else is having a long weekend!
Edit: Fucking hell GAF, stop crashing when I try to post.
I think people were assuming it would work alright. Apparently that was overly optimistic. "Launch day for every game is ALWAYS a clusterfuck!" Sure, but should it be?
FallbackPants
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I was also a fan on the new stuff at the start and then realised it was pretty horrible. The new graphics and stuff are good. The ex players walking on the field talking about the players they think will have an impact (who at best kind of did) was terrible and Karl can fuck right off.
Except for his mention of the old BRL. Clydesdales for life yo.
Oh did the stream work? I was suffering through Channel 9 delay and on an internet ban to overcome it.
FormallyMegadrive
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From what I've been reading in the SimCity thread, people have already been having major issues with servers losing progress or entire cities just being fucked.
Plus, because it's all online and connected you can't just save and reload from that earlier point later on, so if you screw up your city you have to abandon it or demolish the whole thing...
Also, SimCity 4 Deluxe is in the top 20 sellers on Steam atm :lol
codswallop
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That happened to someone at work. They reloaded after a break and their city was just missing.
I saw a screenshot where someone was trying to load their city and it either gave them the option to rollback (it didn't specify how far or how long) or abandon. No other option to quit and try later. Nice work.
The whole move to 'cloud' saving and online integration is the correct one, but the implementations have largely been pretty bloody terrible.
Saves / content / etc should always be local, with the cloud being there for backup / major restore points etc etc, not as the primary source.
But what would I know, I am a consumer.
Saves / content / etc should always be local, with the cloud being there for backup / major restore points etc etc, not as the primary source.
But what would I know, I am a consumer.
codswallop
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