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AusGAF 8 - Worksafe Wankers
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Ruthless_Barbarian
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Thanks. No dogs, housemate will be keeping them because the current house has a big backyard and my new one does not. Plus living alone it will be hard to leave them alone all day.
reptilescorpio
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Wife was begging me to pre-order it at EB the other day. Hope there is a decent deal online.
Fucking Origin
Ask shaneus how his origin account security ordeal went.
reptilescorpio
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On a similar note have you got access back to your uPlay account Cod?
This is true. The Steam client has been terrible for me lately, commonly getting the "Steam is not responding" message, really frustrating.
Wouldn't be surprised, I just can't honestly be bothered with multiple 'platforms'. It is a thing of convenience I guess?
I guess cookie eventually got his Steam account back after a couple of months.
Heh, yeah. Somehow I'm still here! Just got my contract extended for 6 months today.
reptilescorpio
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Holy shit congrats! Hopefully things stablise.
Sutton Dagger
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This is completely unrelated to this current discussion, but it ties into what you said in the other thread and now I'm curious.
You said AusGAF has been racist towards other countries? I'm genuinely curious who you mean by that and if they were called out on it?
Ruthless_Barbarian
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Storm came early. Nice break from the heat.
Not "racist" towards other countries. The language was "shit on another country" and all it takes is one Choc post about Americans to invalidate any claims of innocence.
Sutton Dagger
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hmmm okay, that's fairly disappointing if that's the case.
Edit: My mistake, wording was clarified above. I don't feel so bad then, because I know Choc gets routinely called out for his Chocness
I have seen one explicitly racist Aus Gaffer, though I don't know if he is actually part of what I would call 'AusGAF'.
"Nopody's Nerfect"
Or whatever Lisa's "clever" cap was in that Simpsons ep.
Pobody you dumbo.
Fuck you
Also, that thread remained quite civilised (surprisingly so) until this overgeneralising post. That's where I'm up to ATM, but I can only assume it goes downhill from there.
Thank goodness we have two mods on our side
Also, that thread remained quite civilised (surprisingly so) until this overgeneralising post. That's where I'm up to ATM, but I can only assume it goes downhill from there.
Thank goodness we have two mods on our side
Fuck you
Also, that thread remained quite civilised (surprisingly so) until this overgeneralising post. That's where I'm up to ATM, but I can only assume it goes downhill from there.
Thank goodness we have two mods on our side
Oh boy, it's all downhill from there.
That's what I figured :/
Did cookie get his Steam account locked completely? I must've missed that story.
EA were fine with their customer service, but man... it's STILL fucking happening to EA accounts, with the hacking and the renaming etc. You'd think they'd have plugged that fucking hole by now. Christ almighty.
Did cookie get his Steam account locked completely? I must've missed that story.
Yeah, I think it was his banks fault in the end. He disputed one non Steam transaction, but the bank did a chargeback on a whole bunch of them, one of them being Steam. Steam disabled his account waiting for a letter from the bank who dicked around for ages. Steams fault for being zero tolerance, banks fault for it taking so long. If I remember correctly anyway.
reptilescorpio
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Which bank was this by the way? Would like to avoid this happening if I ever have to do a chargeback :/
codswallop
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No. Also yes. They told me the account name and I was able to change the password so I can use it.
However it was a stupid account name as I thought it wasn't permanently tied to the serial. They won't transfer games between accounts despite me proving I created both and won't rename accounts, so fuck them.
Also took around five weeks to get access back to the game and three more for them to tell me they couldn't help me.
reptilescorpio
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Ah at least you can play it finally. I know I avoided uPlay like the plague, still havne't even downloaded the free Ass Creed 3 I won! I should do that tonight!!
Oh hey Yag, turns out PS+ gets LEGO Batman on Vita since we don't get Mortal Kombat Vita for free locally.
Also Big Sky Infinity is the new free game today. PS3 and Vita versions!
So Rollercoaster Tycoon. Which are the good ones? I know the wife loved them but only the first 2 are by Chris Sawyer, with Frontier Developments (Braben) doing the 3rd.
EDIT: Oh fuck! San Andreas is up! Will wait for half price sale but sooooooo want.
EDIT: ALSO WHY DOES IT SAY MULTIPLAYER!?!
Oh hey Yag, turns out PS+ gets LEGO Batman on Vita since we don't get Mortal Kombat Vita for free locally.
Also Big Sky Infinity is the new free game today. PS3 and Vita versions!
So Rollercoaster Tycoon. Which are the good ones? I know the wife loved them but only the first 2 are by Chris Sawyer, with Frontier Developments (Braben) doing the 3rd.
EDIT: Oh fuck! San Andreas is up! Will wait for half price sale but sooooooo want.
EDIT: ALSO WHY DOES IT SAY MULTIPLAYER!?!
I pretty much see this as the way its going to go down. Western support outside of a few indies is going to be slim pickings and token effort test games. Every western publisher is positioning themselves to be the biggest and best ultra HD studio even if it runs all their contract devs into financial oblivion.
Next gen will be a bloodbath, but Nintendo is not going to walk away unscathed. They are the going to be colateral damage, unless the other systems end up being complete disasters.
I'd agree with most of this except UBI will probably try another exclusive or two, shit they had a Vita exclusive AC spinoff. Japanese support is probable but strangely atm there is even less announced Japanese games for it than western. You are also forgetting Square Enix as a western publisher
Ubisoft, Capcom, Namco, smaller pubs like Atlus/Rising Star and the like will support Wii U to some extent. Activision will put ports of the same old shit with maybe one game the entire gen that takes the platform seriously. Then they will port it to smartglass within a week.
Gamecube bombed but it wasnt obvious in month 1 that it would struggle.
Waggle took off because it was awesome for the demo games on Wii Sports. It was simple, accessible and for those who stuck with it, it delivered some incredible experiences.
Wii U is a tablet market chase - even if they don't admit it, it is trying to capture the public fascination with ipads etc and doing different things, but also not doing the things tablets do well.
I think the clear distinction was Wii was Nintendo being proactive and defining the market on its own terms. That strategy took balls and it paid off. Wii U is a safe, reactive move and it isn't yet clear it will pay off, and it quite possible will hurt them.
The issue is - do they go their own way and do another Wii next time, or do they jump into the spec war and try compete in the war of attrition that will inevitably follow.
This isn't a case of "doomed", but its a case where they need to work out what their identity is and play to it, fuck what the others do.
Their strategy in recent years has been to not announce games until they are within 6 months of release (some exceptions). I suspect a lot of third parties are being gagged until after the launch window is shut, so I expect to see announcements in March/April next year.
I expect most of next years games will be coming in some form, with a few notable exceptions. But the strategy is hurting them big time with respect to the 'core market' they say they are chasing.
As a 2 week Vita owner and a day one 3DS owner, I'd say its pretty evenly split. Vita has a killer lineup, and its great coming in to the system without the release droughts. Very happy I bought it, but fuck buying it at launch. Or any system for that matter. Vita taught me a valuable lesson: good things come to those who wait. Except Castlevania.
AusGAF IX - Port Arthur Class of 2013
It's one of the dumbest posts I have seen from someone on GAF for a very long time, and you have highlighted why. Of course there are racists and bigots all over the country. Listen to talkback radio, read newspaper comments, listen to conversations etc. Australia isn't a racist country, but it has a large enough number of racists and ingrained inequalities in the system we live in.
I maintain that the biggest victims of prejudice in this country are the various Aboriginal people and they absolutely need to be treated better in terms of opportunity and making up for the gaps that remain after the history they have gone through.
But scientific ninja's post was a load of shit, and I really expected better from someone like him.
Just saw that a minute ago. Also, I'm incredibly dirty that Castlevania Symphony of the Night is still unavailable on the Aus PSN store.
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Edit: IT IS!!!!
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Pipe down hillsong boy.
reptilescorpio
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Great day for releases out of the blue!
The fuck you talkin' bout spongey
shanshan310
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That thread is making me dizzy. People have said 'racist' so many times it doesn't sound like a real word anymore (if it meant anything anyway).
Congrats Not long to go now eh.
Congrats
Not long to go now eh.Planet_JASE
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I know, but $15? Geddouttahere.
Also, it may not be playable on Vita. People have reported that it's not n the Vita store and isn't recognised if downloaded through a PS3.
Racist is the new cunt.
You said thank the gods so I made a clever religious reference. Probably too high brow for you!
Yes, it's great! Definitely look into it, I'm sure they have some sort of good deal going right now, too.
Hillsong has one god duder
I was thinking that but thought you guys wouldn't!
Just saw that. Awaiting confirmation. Table is now in an indeterminate spin state.
Planet_JASE
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I have only seen one person comment that it was playable on Vita. That person was clearly being a troll.
Set your expectations low.
Lower.
Lower.
Yep. About there.
Set your expectations low.
Lower.
Lower.
Yep. About there.
reptilescorpio
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Oh shit, forgot that their current/last deal is $60 a month for line rental, unlimited download ADSL2+ ANNNNNNND an Xbox 360 with Halo 4 (or Skyrim, can't remember).
Fucking awesome deal. Pissed I signed up in September and missed out
Planet_JASE
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Only Japan... and US, I think.
You know, the game has been 6 years coming for PSN. Its a PS1 rom dump. If they update it down the line they will update that version I assume.
I'll probably end up nabbing it in the end anyway, seeing as Dracula X Chronicles isnt on the PSP store for vita either. Its disappointing, but last week I didnt have a vita and I would have got the game then regardless.
I'll probably end up nabbing it in the end anyway, seeing as Dracula X Chronicles isnt on the PSP store for vita either. Its disappointing, but last week I didnt have a vita and I would have got the game then regardless.
reptilescorpio
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Sleeping Dogs DLC Nightmare In North Point is only $4.25 on PSN for the rest of the month (only $3.60 for PS+!).
Also imma grab the Spyro 3 pack for $16 without a doubt
Also imma grab the Spyro 3 pack for $16 without a doubt
codswallop
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Look what arrived today!
Oh shit, forgot that their current/last deal is $60 a month for line rental, unlimited download ADSL2+ ANNNNNNND an Xbox 360 with Halo 4 (or Skyrim, can't remember).
Fucking awesome deal. Pissed I signed up in September and missed out
That's the one! Our family signed up in September as well, so pissed about that!
CrazedProfessional
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