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[Jintor]

lol Bennett getting shit from all corners

 

[Shaneus]

Youtube seems to be blocked at work.
I will assume it is about banging heads on coffee tables.

Sort of.

"Dad, what's the point of this story?"
"I like stories."

Man, that really wasn't worth it ahaha

 

[VOOK]

Surely he's just click trolling?

 

[evlcookie]

The conversation over the past half-page or so takes me back to the days when I surfed on a 28.8k modem and GoEureka was my default search engine. Do you remember the anticipation you felt as you waited for a picture to load one pixel row at a time?

Those days were magical, in a primitive, gross kind of way.

Did you know that if you moved your mouse back and forth quickly that the image would load faster?

We did in highschool! Although it only worked sometimes D:

I remember 56k using goconnect along with the hide the fucking bar "addon" doing things that can't be mentioned in this thread.

The good ol days!

 

[reptilescorpio]

The ex editor of Games.On.Net is now running GameSpy and this is his latest article
Gamespy: Should Diablo 3 have been first person?
Oh dear.

Am I right in recalling that Games.On.Net wasn't very good? For some reason it sticks in my mind that they wrote a bunch of low scoring reviews for hits.
Article was bad. He should feel bad for trying to write it.

 

[Echoplx]

Fuseboxes kids won't ever have experiences like that

 

[elfinke]

Dark Souls looks so fucking amazing. Productivity is pretty low today anyway (a week off plus an assignment has had that effect), but having found a solid stream of someone playing it has pretty much ended me.

 

[BanShunsaku]

I remember a mate once bringing around a floppy disk filled with fake nudes of Gillian Anderson and Alicia Silverstone. That was a magical day.

 

[viciouskillersquirrel]

Fuseboxes kids won't ever have experiences like that

Of course not - they'll have broadband!

 

[codswallop]

I remember 56k using goconnect along with the hide the fucking bar "addon" doing things that can't be mentioned in this thread.

The good ol days!

Pfft. Our high school only had one internet-enabled computer. And shit loaded so slow everyone just used IRC on it. If it was available.

Warcraft II and Mechwarrior 2 on modem-to-modem connection. Now that's the good ol' days. Except when it crashed you had to call the person and arrange it all again... Maybe notsomuch.

 

[jambo]

Am I right in recalling that Games.On.Net wasn't very good? For some reason it sticks in my mind that they wrote a bunch of low scoring reviews for hits.
Article was bad. He should feel bad for trying to write it.

Back in the day the Internode Gaming Network was mostly run by a group of Internode guys and some community members. It was very laid back and more of a community gaming orientated site and not as much about news and reviews.

A few years ago they re-branded it to Games.On.Net and eventually got Bennett on board. He made a lot of changes, adding a lot of new weekly features and tonnes of reviews and video content. While it was good to see GON growing a bit and getting more hits, quite a large chunk of the community, mostly people who had been around since near the beginning, started to complain about the quality of some articles and some of the crazy review decisions.

For example, Gran Turismo 5 got a 3/5 from Bennett and his review pretty much only covered the negative aspects of the game. There was a huge thread on the forums about it filled with quite a lot of backlash.

They also split the reviews up in to 2 categories: Uber Reviews and 2-minute Reviews. It was all well and good, but then sometimes a huge blockbuster AAA game would come out and get a 5 paragraph 2-minute review instead of a 2 page Uber Review.

He also didn't seem to handle the criticism very well. He would be snarky and act like a smart arse when people would question or criticise him and he often used Twitter to have stupid arguments with people.

I think his main problem is he gets locked in to certain games or genres and then compares everything to them instead of looking at games objectively.

 

[Gazunta]

Do I need to post that Samantha Fox comic again, sheesh.

Man I tell you what, I am LOVING listening to Brisbane traffic reports and smiling about how fucked it all is. Cruisy commute I have now <3

 

[viciouskillersquirrel]

I remember a mate once bringing around a floppy disk filled with fake nudes of Gillian Anderson and Alicia Silverstone. That was a magical day.

For whatever reason, those two names blurred together and I read them collectively as Julia Gillard. I don't know why.

 

[Echoplx]

For whatever reason, those two names blurred together and I read them collectively as Julia Gillard. I don't know why.

This post made me google 'Julia Gillard nudes'

This could be interesting.

 

[Agyar]

Dark Souls looks so fucking amazing. Productivity is pretty low today anyway (a week off plus an assignment has had that effect), but having found a solid stream of someone playing it has pretty much ended me.

From the media I've seen, it really does look like an updated version of Demon's Souls. Graphics, models, animation, even the UI are all very familiar. I got some enjoyment out of Demon's Souls but couldn't find the time to properly progress through the game before other things came out and it fell by the wayside.

Dark Souls looks more interesting to me because of the open-world aspect. The atmosphere in Demon's Souls was great but the gauntlet-style levels left me cold, especially when I felt the game needed an in-depth knowledge of some very complicated systems (tendencies especially, not to mention skills and equipment gathering). It's hard to really immerse yourself in it when you're having to play it and a wiki at the same time to get anywhere.

I may give it a whirl but if it requires the same level of wiki-fu, I'm afraid I may not stay for the long haul.

 

[Deeku]

For whatever reason, those two names blurred together and I read them collectively as Julia Gillard. I don't know why.

Same lol

I've heard this Bennet Ring name before. Isn't he like an IGN AU person?

 

[Echoplx]

Well shit. Not one attempt at fake nudes, all I found was this

 

[Agyar]

Back in the day the Internode Gaming Network was mostly run by a group of Internode guys and some community members. It was very laid back and more of a community gaming orientated site and not as much about news and reviews.

A few years ago they re-branded it to Games.On.Net and eventually got Bennett on board. He made a lot of changes, adding a lot of new weekly features and tonnes of reviews and video content. While it was good to see GON growing a bit and getting more hits, quite a large chunk of the community, mostly people who had been around since near the beginning, started to complain about the quality of some articles and some of the crazy review decisions.

For example, Gran Turismo 5 got a 3/5 from Bennett and his review pretty much only covered the negative aspects of the game. There was a huge thread on the forums about it filled with quite a lot of backlash.

They also split the reviews up in to 2 categories: Uber Reviews and 2-minute Reviews. It was all well and good, but then sometimes a huge blockbuster AAA game would come out and get a 5 paragraph 2-minute review instead of a 2 page Uber Review.

He also didn't seem to handle the criticism very well. He would be snarky and act like a smart arse when people would question or criticise him and he often used Twitter to have stupid arguments with people.

I think his main problem is he gets locked in to certain games or genres and then compares everything to them instead of looking at games objectively.

I used to read Internode Gaming whatever/games.on.net when I was with Internode and played stuff on their servers a lot but I stopped including it in my gaming news feeds because they never, ever quoted sources for anything. It was infuriating, because they were constantly re-publishing information without giving any credit or links for further information.

 

[jambo]

I used to read Internode Gaming whatever/games.on.net when I was with Internode and played stuff on their servers a lot but I stopped including it in my gaming news feeds because they never, ever quoted sources for anything. It was infuriating, because they were constantly re-publishing information without giving any credit or links for further information.

Yeah it was pretty amateur back in the day, annoying as hell.

TBH I only use the forums, the file mirror and the gaming servers. I don't really pay much attention to the news articles.

 

[BanShunsaku]

Do I need to post that Samantha Fox comic again, sheesh.

Man I tell you what, I am LOVING listening to Brisbane traffic reports and smiling about how fucked it all is. Cruisy commute I have now <3

I'll see your Samantha Fox, and raise you a Sofie Formica.

 

[viciouskillersquirrel]

Well shit. Not one attempt at fake nudes, all I found was this

I refuse to believe this. Rule 34 alone makes it an inevitability. Just like without looking, I would put money on the fact that somewhere on the Internet is a site dedicated to equivalent photographs of the Queen.

 

[Deeku]

From the media I've seen, it really does look like an updated version of Demon's Souls. Graphics, models, animation, even the UI are all very familiar. I got some enjoyment out of Demon's Souls but couldn't find the time to properly progress through the game before other things came out and it fell by the wayside.

Dark Souls looks more interesting to me because of the open-world aspect. The atmosphere in Demon's Souls was great but the gauntlet-style levels left me cold, especially when I felt the game needed an in-depth knowledge of some very complicated systems (tendencies especially, not to mention skills and equipment gathering). It's hard to really immerse yourself in it when you're having to play it and a wiki at the same time to get anywhere.

I may give it a whirl but if it requires the same level of wiki-fu, I'm afraid I may not stay for the long haul.

Yeah, I wiki'd my way through Demon's Souls as well. Mainly for weapon choice and upgrade path. I never got that pure bladestone drop though;_;

I still thoroughly enjoyed the game, but I'm glad the extensive wiki pages exist.

 

[Rezbit]

I remember a mate once bringing around a floppy disk filled with fake nudes of Gillian Anderson and Alicia Silverstone. That was a magical day.

I remember blowing up thumbnail sized naughty pics until they were pixellated on an old yellowing CRT.

I also remember my mate who was the first to get a computer (a 486 or something) had Leisure Suit Larry. That seemed pretty raunchy.

 

[Shaneus]

I remember blowing up thumbnail sized naughty pics until they were pixellated on an old yellowing CRT.

I also remember my mate who was the first to get a computer (a 486 or something) had Leisure Suit Larry. That seemed pretty raunchy.

You haven't seen old porn until you've opened up a 256-colour JPG that's been dithered to display on a 16-colour screen. Never mind the fact that said image would take around 10 minutes to decode on an 8MHz machine.

Desperate times, my friends.

 

[Jintor]

Oops, I've sliced my finger open again

goddamn tech editor scissors

 

[BanShunsaku]

You haven't seen old porn until you've opened up a 256-colour JPG that's been dithered to display on a 16-colour screen.

And then, in my case, printed on a mono dot matrix printer.

Desperate times indeed!

 

[jambo]

You haven't seen old porn until you've opened up a 256-colour JPG that's been dithered to display on a 16-colour screen.

 

[reptilescorpio]

And then, in my case, printed on a mono dot matrix printer.

Desperate times indeed!

Jeez. I found my stash of crappy print outs when I went back home last month in the cavity underneath my desk drawers. Shit was super low resolution and washed out as hell. Still got me aroused so it stands the test of time.

 

[Fusebox]

Of course not - they'll have broadband!

Broadband and a hover-parent!

 

[Shaneus]

And then, in my case, printed on a mono dot matrix printer.

Desperate times indeed!

Somehow, I had some pictures that were already in black and white anyway, so they actually printed out pretty well. Ahem.

Edit: I now have (a portion of) this as my iPhone wallpaper:

Everyone else should, too. It looks awesome. Unfortunately I couldn't fit both a horstachio *and* fizzlybear on the screen at the same time.

 

[HolyCheck]

Optus tech came by this morning, left, I set my downloads going to test it and was getting 1.3megabytes per second, the tech could hear the joy in my voice.

Theres more joy too in that I'm pretty sure my profile is currently only set to 16MBps so theres even more room for improvement

Going to be a fuuuuuuuuun weekend

 

[jambo]

Internode ADSL2+ still?

You could try the High Speed profile, should kick it up a notch!

 

[Shaneus]

I download at an average of 3.0MB/s.

 

[VOOK]

Optus tech came by this morning, left, I set my downloads going to test it and was getting 1.3megabytes per second, the tech could hear the joy in my voice.

Theres more joy too in that I'm pretty sure my profile is currently only set to 16MBps so theres even more room for improvement

Going to be a fuuuuuuuuun weekend

I recommend lube.

 

[EatChildren]

$400+ electrical bill and a half hour walk (plus train ride) to check out a place in Thornbury. Plus I'm tired as fuck and pretty sure I'm getting sick. And I have no money.

Yesterday owned and today sucks a fat one.

 

[leca]

Aside from trawling ausgaf and rarely posting, I do read most things here. Gets me through the day .

Damn that shipping boat is insane Jambo, got a link on the Lego shop?

I used to read Internode Gaming whatever/games.on.net when I was with Internode and played stuff on their servers a lot but I stopped including it in my gaming news feeds because they never, ever quoted sources for anything. It was infuriating, because they were constantly re-publishing information without giving any credit or links for further information.

Yeah it was pretty amateur back in the day, annoying as hell.

TBH I only use the forums, the file mirror and the gaming servers. I don't really pay much attention to the news articles.

I can't really disagree with you at all Agyar in regards to crediting sources. Also used to irritate me

News is pretty solid these days, is a fair assumption most people on gaf are not the target audience for the news covered anyway. Content sure, delivery (or timing) - not so much.

I'm happy to let you guys know if we are running competitions or events here (AusGAF) if you want. My intention is not to advertise but simply let gamers in Australia actually have access to some decent prizes for a change. For the most part we a strictly PC gaming community.

If you do have any issues with the editorial content or sources just hit up Tim Colwill directly. He is the Editor these days and took over after Bennett moved on to GameSpy. Tim is always happy to have a chat

As for the free/public files and our servers Jambo mentioned. Yeah, we nail that one.

 

[Echoplx]

$400+ electrical bill and a half hour walk (plus train ride) to check out a place in Thornbury. Plus I'm tired as fuck and pretty sure I'm getting sick. And I have no money.

Yesterday owned and today sucks a fat one.

I know that feel. My last bill was around 400, kinda ridiculous.

 

[HolyCheck]

Internode ADSL2+ still?

You could try the High Speed profile, should kick it up a notch!

Yeh! I don't have the power to switch my profiles yet, that's still in Internodes hands, so the next step is to talk to them and.. point out that i've paid for 2 months of internet and all the set up fees.. and am only getting proper internet now...

I download at an average of 3.0MB/s.

ooOoOoOers!

$400+ electrical bill and a half hour walk (plus train ride) to check out a place in Thornbury. Plus I'm tired as fuck and pretty sure I'm getting sick. And I have no money.

Yesterday owned and today sucks a fat one.

Yet to get my first electrical bill since I moved to Melbourne, but the 3 month mark from when my services got switched on is in about 5 days, so I expect it soon!

 

[jambo]

Yeh! I don't have the power to switch my profiles yet, that's still in Internodes hands

Really? That's odd, you should be able to change it under your account settings at www.on.net

so the next step is to talk to them and.. point out that i've paid for 2 months of internet and all the set up fees.. and am only getting proper internet now...

Hopefully you can get all of it credited forward, they're normally pretty good about it.

 

[Shaneus]

ooOoOoOers!

I also pay $130 for it and still live in Geelong. I take every victory I can. That said, 1.3MB/s is pretty good for ADSL2, isn't it?

 

[HolyCheck]

Really? That's odd, you should be able to change it under your account settings at www.on.net



Hopefully you can get all of it credited forward, they're normally pretty good about it.

Yeah internode I have no doubt will be cool about it, I havent even played the plz go look at my usage history on both parents accounts for proof that I will likely upgrade plans lots.


My Services

ADSL usage & stats
Purchase Data Blocks
Change ADSL plan
Relocate ADSL service
Show logged-in services
Network Firewall settings

Unavailable for your account:

Agile ADSL2+ profiles
Migrate to Agile DSLAM




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSk6hxGnVwg&feature=player_embedded <--- this thread over the last few days

I also pay $130 for it and still live in Geelong. I take every victory I can. That said, 1.3MB/s is pretty good for ADSL2, isn't it?

Yeah It's the fastest i've ever had in my life lol. But yeah it will go up. i'm about 600m from the exchange via cables

 

[jambo]

I used to get 1.8 MB/sec on ADSL2+ in North Adeliade.

Now I get 550 KB/sec

=[


EDIT: Leca reminded me that you're on Optus gear Holy, so no ADSL profiles =[

 

[Yagharek]

I don't understand the Bennett hate, Diablo III would be great if it were made into an FPS. While we're at it, so would lots of games:

The Sims, Fifa 2013, Final Fantasy 7 Remake, Tiger Woods PGA Tour, Tetris, Braid, Kirby's Mass Attack, Outrun Coast to Coast, Civ IV, Microsoft Train Simulator and Disgaea are all prime examples of games that would be much better if you were looking through the main character's eyes wielding a shotgun.

 

[Shaneus]

I used to get 1.8 MB/sec on ADSL29 in North Adeliade.

Now I get 550 KB/sec

=[

Same spot or have you moved?

BTW Because my area was connecting to a RIM, the best I could *ever* get was (from memory) around 300kb/s. Pretty sure I've earned the right to have a fat pipe.

I don't understand the Bennett hate, Diablo III would be great if it were made into an FPS. While we're at it, so would lots of games:

The Sims, Fifa 2013, Final Fantasy 7 Remake, Tiger Woods PGA Tour, Tetris, Braid, Kirby's Mass Attack, Outrun Coast to Coast, Civ IV, Microsoft Train Simulator and Disgaea are all prime examples of games that would be much better if you were looking through the main character's eyes wielding a shotgun.

Never mind every single Sierra game. Navigating that tentacle maze in Space Quest 2 would be a cinch.

 

[Dead Man]

I don't understand the Bennett hate, Diablo III would be great if it were made into an FPS. While we're at it, so would lots of games:

The Sims, Fifa 2013, Final Fantasy 7 Remake, Tiger Woods PGA Tour, Tetris, Braid, Kirby's Mass Attack, Outrun Coast to Coast, Civ IV, Microsoft Train Simulator and Disgaea are all prime examples of games that would be much better if you were looking through the main character's eyes wielding a shotgun.

Now I want Tiger FPS tour. I just want to shoot Furyk in the knees.

 

[jambo]

Same spot or have you moved?

I moved just over 2 weeks ago, keep up! =P

I'd love to move back to North Adelaide or somewhere near town at some point, for both the convenience of being near work and town and the uber fast Internet!

 

[Dead Man]

I moved just over 2 weeks ago, keep up! =P

I'd love to move back to North Adelaide or somewhere near town at some point, for both the convenience of being near work and town and the uber fast Internet!

Where did you move to?

 

[HolyCheck]

I don't understand the Bennett hate, Diablo III would be great if it were made into an FPS. While we're at it, so would lots of games:

The Sims, Fifa 2013, Final Fantasy 7 Remake, Tiger Woods PGA Tour, Tetris, Braid, Kirby's Mass Attack, Outrun Coast to Coast, Civ IV, Microsoft Train Simulator and Disgaea are all prime examples of games that would be much better if you were looking through the main character's eyes wielding a shotgun.

Almost happens in the tiger woods games (not sure about current, havent played one since like 2006) where theres the SPEED GOLF!!!! you hit your ball then it goes to FP mode and you run to your ball so you can hit it again

 

[Yagharek]

Never mind every single Sierra game. Navigating that tentacle maze in Space Quest 2 would be a cinch.

Not to mention the first Goomba in Super Mario Bros. It would never take another life.

 

[jambo]

Where did you move to?

Ascot Park.

At first we were like "ugh ...Ascot Park?" but the house is new (2009) and the street is actually really nice so we went for it.