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Rubbish King

The gift that keeps on giving
Congrats Tash, you've line up a shot. Now you've got to kick it in.
Nice :p

...good luck at your interview!
Fankyhooo <3
Good luck with your interview Tash. What's it for?
Customer Service assistant or marketing assistant in a kinda Ikea'y thing that does room installations ^_^
Good luck Tash!
Cheers man!
If i fail can i have your job?
Shame it's missing Portsmouth:

'Portsmouth is....a dump'

Get out.
 

TCRS

Banned

"A first-rate city with a second-rate country attached."

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noffles

Banned
Thoughts? yay or nay?

Yay all the way.

It improves and builds on Bioshock's foundation in so many ways.

I can't remember if it was Coldman or Suiaryu who was pessimistic about whether or not the open combat arenas with the skyrails would feature prominently, but they were wrong. There are plenty of those little arenas.
 

Hystzen

Member
I am a grownup with limited time, 2 hours game time a week is good for me! I just killed that Raven dude in the tank, how far through am I? That fight was a bitch as well.

I played MGS many years ago (this is the same copy on PC in fact) and it's funny both how much I remembered and forgot. In a lot of ways it was an incredibly ambitious game for the time. When you consider how early it was in the era of 3D games it's still very impressive. Wordy as fuck though, I think it would actually be 2 hours long if I skipped all the nattering on the codecs. Plus lol at all the super heavy handed sci fi ideas, Kojima has all the subtlety is a brick in the teeth.

Tank Raven is quarter way point, I think the HinD is halfway marker
 

SKINNER!

Banned
Damn, £90 to remove a tiny bit of dust on the sensor in my digital camera. Fuck...that! Gonna have to either put up with it and remove the light black dot on pics in photoshop OR grow a pair and open the camera up...
 
NinjaBoiX, you can't drop this bomb on us in the previous thread and not have a video...

NinjaBoiX said:
Suzanna Reid on BBC news is hot. I'm mean, she's no Sian Williams.

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Just thought I'd share. Good morning britGAF.
 
What did you go for in the end?

Pretty much what I listed last night, but I changed the case to a Corsair Obsidian 550D Black as it allows easier access etc.

I thought long and hard about an SSD but I can't justify it right now, that'll be added in the coming months.

I went with Scan as part of their service includes setting it up upon delivery which is less hassle for me.
 

kharma45

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Pretty much what I listed last night, but I changed the case to a Corsair Obsidian 550D Black as it allows easier access etc.

I thought long and hard about an SSD but I can't justify it right now, that'll be added in the coming months.

I went with Scan as part of their service includes setting it up upon delivery which is less hassle for me.

Sweet. Post some pics in the I need a new PC thread when it arrives!
 

PJV3

Member
NinjaBoiX, you can't drop this bomb on us in the previous thread and not have a video...

We must congratulate the set designer at the BBC who lowered the desk height for breakfast news. The Female anchors are always worrying about panty flash.

Suzanna Reid has a youtube section devoted to it, complete with slo-mo action replays.
 
We must congratulate the set designer at the BBC who lowered the desk height for breakfast news. The Female anchors are always worrying about panty flash.

Suzanna Reid has a youtube section devoted to it, complete with slo-mo action replays.

Some of those videos feel like conspiracy nuts finding something that isn't there. At least their craziness is being to harmless use :p
 

PJV3

Member
Some of those videos feel like conspiracy nuts finding something that isn't there. At least their craziness is being to harmless use :p

it is amazing the amount of effort they put into it, and it's mostly shadows, the set designer needs to install some L.E.D's around the desk.
 

Jedeye Sniv

Banned
We must congratulate the set designer at the BBC who lowered the desk height for breakfast news. The Female anchors are always worrying about panty flash.

Suzanna Reid has a youtube section devoted to it, complete with slo-mo action replays.

I'm mildly disturbed that you know about this. But also grateful that such a thing exists.
 

Rubbish King

The gift that keeps on giving
Walked past the building but I'm half an hour early... Its cold.

I've discovered an entire town I didn't even know existed.. Weird
Wear a suit...even for an induction.

Congrats though, hope it works out
It's alright, they said specifically not to wear one so I'm wearing the smartest casual clothes I own
 

wetflame

Pizza Dog
Somebody signed up for eBay with my email address and bought “3.1L, 3.14L Buick Chevy Oldmobile Pontiac Head Gasket Kits”. This always happens. I have (my.name)@gmail.com and people always end up sending stuff to (myname)@gmail.com because they don't know their friends email addresses, or sign themselves up with my email address because they don't know their own. I've been asked to judge spelling bees, been berated for not telling someone that my son had died (I have no children), been told to return an OHP to a Portuguese photography studio, been snootily asked when I'm going to trim hedges, all sorts of stuff. It's fairly amusing for the most part. This eBay guy doesn't even have the same name as me.
 

Mikeside

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Somebody signed up for eBay with my email address and bought “3.1L, 3.14L Buick Chevy Oldmobile Pontiac Head Gasket Kits”. This always happens. I have (my.name)@gmail.com and people always end up sending stuff to (myname)@gmail.com because they don't know their friends email addresses, or sign themselves up with my email address because they don't know their own. I've been asked to judge spelling bees, been berated for not telling someone that my son had died (I have no children), been told to return an OHP to a Portuguese photography studio, been snootily asked when I'm going to trim hedges, all sorts of stuff. It's fairly amusing for the most part. This eBay guy doesn't even have the same name as me.

Gmail doesn't differentiate between username and user.name

My email is mike.a.waters but if I sign up to something with mi.ke.awat.ers it still comes to me
 

noffles

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Somebody signed up for eBay with my email address and bought “3.1L, 3.14L Buick Chevy Oldmobile Pontiac Head Gasket Kits”. This always happens. I have (my.name)@gmail.com and people always end up sending stuff to (myname)@gmail.com because they don't know their friends email addresses, or sign themselves up with my email address because they don't know their own. I've been asked to judge spelling bees, been berated for not telling someone that my son had died (I have no children), been told to return an OHP to a Portuguese photography studio, been snootily asked when I'm going to trim hedges, all sorts of stuff. It's fairly amusing for the most part. This eBay guy doesn't even have the same name as me.

You must have a fairly common name, James. Or should I call you, Mr Smith?

...I'm implying that James Smith is a common name. >_>
 

wetflame

Pizza Dog
Gmail doesn't differentiate between username and user.name

My email is mike.a.waters but if I sign up to something with mi.ke.awat.ers it still comes to me

Oh yeah, I know that. I'm just saying that because it's a pretty common name and because of not differentiating between with dots and without I end up getting a whole bunch of emails.

You must have a fairly common name, James. Or should I call you, Mr Smith?

...I'm implying that James Smith is a common name. >_>

I do, I think. My first name's Mike and my surname is another first name, so maybe I get people who are trying for first and middle names too.
 

Rubbish King

The gift that keeps on giving
Fuck shit cunt wanker another fucking commission based sales job, why do they lie.. WHY

They didn't even bend the truth they flat out lied about the jobs.
They think I'm coming in on Thursday for training.

Fat Fuckin chance
Portsmouth is nice .. you just have to avoid certain parts!
Where abouts are you? Are you in actual Portsmouth or the vastly superior Southsea?
 

Miles X

Member
Fuck shit cunt wanker another fucking commission based sales job, why do they lie.. WHY

They didn't even bend the truth they flat out lied about the jobs.
They think I'm coming in on Thursday for training.

Fat Fuckin chance
Where abouts are you? Are you in actual Portsmouth or the vastly superior Southsea?

The outskirts, I say Pompey as that's nearest biggest city and where I was born.

Southsea scares me!
 

Seanbob11

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Fuck shit cunt wanker another fucking commission based sales job, why do they lie.. WHY

They didn't even bend the truth they flat out lied about the jobs.
They think I'm coming in on Thursday for training.

Fat Fuckin chance
Where abouts are you? Are you in actual Portsmouth or the vastly superior Southsea?

Where are you finding these jobs?
 

disco

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Where do you live: London
Where are you from: Lancashire
Occupation: Student
University: RCA
Favourite Sport: n/a
Political party of choice: :S
Favourite thing on the box: Gogglebox
Favourite crisp flavour: Roast Chicken
Favourite biscuit: Bourbon
Favourite Pokemon POST 151: Froakie
Beano or Dandy: n/a
 

Ding-Ding

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The outskirts, I say Pompey as that's nearest biggest city and where I was born.

Southsea scares me!

Reaching out to PortsmouthGAF, like I have said I was born there (St.Marys) but never have been back to Leigh Park where my family lived for a short time.

Only way my Dad described it was if someone was released from prison, they were probably dumped in Leigh Park...

Is that the case or is he bullshitting me?
 

Rubbish King

The gift that keeps on giving
Where are you finding these jobs?
This particular one there was a recruiter outside a jobcentre taking down names for marketing,sales and customer service.
I immediately asked how they pay and that if it's commission based that i am not interested

She said you'd be paid hourly minimum wage or whatever and you'd be answering phones in a customer service officey thing.

That was not discussed at all at this induction, as soon as I got there i knew what was going down, just by the fact there were people from all walks of life

and not in a good way.

It's a fucking disgrace, and the worst part is, is that at the end when he asked each person individually if they wanted a job and to start training on thursday, i said yes even though i didnt want to, and the girls next to me had the balls to actually enquire to where the fucking jobs we were told about were featured in the presentation, the guy looked pretty fucking stumped and surprised and said the jobs had been filled


OH RIGHT, THEY FILLED THEM IN LESS THAN 5 HOURS, fucking bullshit
The outskirts, I say Pompey as that's nearest biggest city and where I was born.

Southsea scares me!

How come?
 

Rubbish King

The gift that keeps on giving
Reaching out to PortsmouthGAF, like I have said I was born there (St.Marys) but never have been back to Leigh Park where my family lived for a short time.

Only way my Dad described it was if someone was released from prison, they were probably dumped in Leigh Park...

Is that the case or is he bullshitting me?

Leigh Park, Hampshire

Once the largest council estate in Europe, Leigh Park has a long tradition of chavness and could well be the origin of all Chavs apon this Earth. (were there any evidence that anyone&#8217;s moved out since 1959)

From the youngest creole-wearing babies collecting fag ends outside the chippie to the wrinkled hags in leggings pushing Netto trolleys home, Chav is and always has been at the heart of Leigh park.
On the outskirts of Ports-muff this top Chavtown offers the discerning Kev everything they might wish for.

For the teen-townie who hasn&#8217;t yet got their own council flat, theres plenty of chip shops, offies and newagents to hang round outside, though favourite spots include Point 7 and Park Parade, the towns main shopping precinct. This is the ideal place for shouting at old ladies, asking grown ups to buy you White Lightening and meeting and mating with other Parkies. Here you&#8217;ll find the main shops every chav needs to visit on the way home from the dole queue. For some everyday shoplifting and the latest Now album theres Woolworths and there&#8217;s New Look, Peacocks and Bewise for the less-brand conscious scum (the rest get their rip off Tommy Hilfiger from the market or a bloke down the Wheatsheaf) Plus theres Iceland, Kwiksave and Netto a short shopping-trolley-push home. For better shoplifting and Argos Jewellery Pompey is only a short bus ride away, where parkies can mix with Chavs from as far as Waterlooville, Paulsgrove and Gosport by the fountain outside the Cascades Centre.

For those over 15s not hanging around outside Alldays with their younger siblings & mothers of their children may I recommend excellent drinking holes such as the aforementioned Wheatsheaf, the Swallow, the Greyhound, and the Warren (bricked up windows- quality!) Though it is not unusual to stroll along Middle Park Way with a can of Stella. At Weekends the chavs get in their Ford Escorts and go down town again (Portsmouth) and usually end the night drinking in Guildhall walk with a dance at Flares or Route 66 and a shag round the back of Wetherspoons.

As every Parkie has at least one child by their 20th birthday Leigh Park is a very family orientated community. Everyone is related in some way and little Bianca will always have a half-sister somewhere on the estate to play with. This may be a barrier to outsider Chavs wishing to get a council exchange here, but enough sportswear should assure any potential parker-partners their distinct gene pool is safe from dilution.

Also Recommended in the Hampshire&#8230;
Lots of parts of Southampton, though most true chavs visit Shirley high street at least once a day from the surrounding Shirley, Millbrook and Lordshill.
Lots of parts of Portsmouth- everyone saw the pride of Pompey, Paulsgrove on the news with their paedophile riots, but what about Somerstown, Buckland and Stamshaw?
These are relative pockets of Chavscum in relation to Leigh Park and their proximity is evidence of how the menace could have spread out from Leigh Park like man out of africa.

lol source
 

Ding-Ding

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And now I understand why my parents checked out of there as fast as they could (they ran a newsagents there and we lived above it)
 

Rubbish King

The gift that keeps on giving
And now I understand why my parents checked out of there as fast as they could (they ran a newsagents there and we lived above it)

Everywhere has its rough areas though bro

I like portsmouth more than where i used to live (torquay/Dawlish, Devon)
 
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