IIRC, I think Star Fox's level design was Platinum's main input, whilst the control system was developed by Nintendo. I'm not sure which one you took issue with, unless it was both, so I guess you can take solace with that.
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BritGAF |OT6| Dark Souls? More like Arse Holes
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IIRC, I think Star Fox's level design was Platinum's main input, whilst the control system was developed by Nintendo. I'm not sure which one you took issue with, unless it was both, so I guess you can take solace with that.
BlazingDarkness
Member
Anyone watch Line of Duty final? That was amazing.
Line of Duty is so consistently good, easily better than the Night Manager, a shame there doesn't seem to be any particular place on neogaf to talk about short BBC series outside of the likes of Dr Who.
I wonder when American TV will steal Jed Mercurio away from us. He would be a good shout to take over True Detective I'd say.
I wonder when American TV will steal Jed Mercurio away from us. He would be a good shout to take over True Detective I'd say.
BlazingDarkness
Member
I totally agree, it's kinda frustrating that there's nowhere to talk about shorter UK dramas (not just BBC either) because I'm not sure there would be demand enough for any - and some of them are simply amazing
Maybe I should make a catch all UK drama thread
Lightning Count
Member
Where do you come from? (Where do you go, where do you come from Cotton Eye Joe etc) Moray
What's your job/current education/whatever the heck it is you're up to? Self Employed.
What do you hope to achieve before your futile existence comes to an end? As long as I live until Shenue 3 lands, I'm good.
Favourite daytime TV show? Wheeler Dealers
Fish or chips? Fish
Daddy or chips? Chips
What's your tipple of choice? Bourbon.
Favourite party snack? Dry roasted peanuts
Who is the best bald person? Patrick Stewart
What's your disappointing claim to fame? I am an amputee.
What's your perfect Sunday? Staying in video games playing.
Did you threaten to overrule him? Yes
Did you threaten to overrule him? No
It's a yes or no question minister, did you threaten to overrule him? Who gives a fuck really.
What's your job/current education/whatever the heck it is you're up to? Self Employed.
What do you hope to achieve before your futile existence comes to an end? As long as I live until Shenue 3 lands, I'm good.
Favourite daytime TV show? Wheeler Dealers
Fish or chips? Fish
Daddy or chips? Chips
What's your tipple of choice? Bourbon.
Favourite party snack? Dry roasted peanuts
Who is the best bald person? Patrick Stewart
What's your disappointing claim to fame? I am an amputee.
What's your perfect Sunday? Staying in video games playing.
Did you threaten to overrule him? Yes
Did you threaten to overrule him? No
It's a yes or no question minister, did you threaten to overrule him? Who gives a fuck really.
Musha_Soturi
Member
Welcome!
Pancakes R Us
Member
Hooray for the bank holiday weekend!
Anyone been watching Undercover on BBC1? 9pm on Sundays. I've found it pretty good. Interesting that it's on around the conclusion of the Hillsborough investigation, though I suspect that it's just a coincidence.
Anyone been watching Undercover on BBC1? 9pm on Sundays. I've found it pretty good. Interesting that it's on around the conclusion of the Hillsborough investigation, though I suspect that it's just a coincidence.
BlazingDarkness
Member
Yeah I've been watching it, it's a good watch if you ignore how dumb the plot is.
Pancakes R Us
Member
I quite like the plot
On a different note...
Leicester City, champions of England!!! What a hit.
Take a bow, son. Take a bow.
So glad that one of the little guys did it. Also, hooray for the guy that just won £25k offa £5 bet, hah.
I lurk here sometimes but I'm bored at Nando's so I might as well introduce myself!
Questions Round One!
Where do you come from? (Where do you go, where do you come from Cotton Eye Joe etc) East London.
What's your job/current education/whatever the heck it is you're up to? Fashion retail.
What do you hope to achieve before your futile existence comes to an end? Find something to do that I enjoy.
Favourite daytime TV show? Rocks & Co.
Fish or chips? Fish.
Daddy or chips? Daddy.
What's your tipple of choice? Sweet things. Beer is the devil.
Favourite party snack? Pistachio nuts.
Who is the best bald person? DMX.
What's your disappointing claim to fame? I left secondary school with the best results the school ever had, then dropped out of two different universities.
What's your perfect Sunday? A sunny day out with friends.
Did you threaten to overrule him? Yes no, maybe...
Did you threaten to overrule him? I don't know, can you repeat the question?
It's a yes or no question minister, did you threaten to overrule him? YOU'RE NOT THE BOSS OF ME NOW
Questions Round Two!
Best Muppet/Sesame Street character? The Count.
Can you do any impressions? Or more accurately, which impressions do you attempt, even if you can't do them? I can do a decent Scottish accent and a woefully offensive Japanese accent.
Which country would you like to visit? Japan!
Summarise your feelings on the Channel 4 series 'Sex Box', recently returning to screens, presented by are-you-sure-he's-not-made-of-plastic Steve Jones. At least it's not another talent show.
You're hosting a fancy dress party. What's your theme and what's your costume? Movies, and I'll go as Van Helsing.
What do you think of people who travel first class on trains? Wasteful.
Some pubs have board games or card games in them now. This might be a trendy thing. What games would be good to play in a pub environment? There's a pub near me that has PS4s and arcade emulators set up, so Rocket League!
Doncaster. Explain why? We got away with too much for too long. Someone had to take the fall.
Holy shit this took ages to format on mobile.
Questions Round One!
Where do you come from? (Where do you go, where do you come from Cotton Eye Joe etc) East London.
What's your job/current education/whatever the heck it is you're up to? Fashion retail.
What do you hope to achieve before your futile existence comes to an end? Find something to do that I enjoy.
Favourite daytime TV show? Rocks & Co.
Fish or chips? Fish.
Daddy or chips? Daddy.
What's your tipple of choice? Sweet things. Beer is the devil.
Favourite party snack? Pistachio nuts.
Who is the best bald person? DMX.
What's your disappointing claim to fame? I left secondary school with the best results the school ever had, then dropped out of two different universities.
What's your perfect Sunday? A sunny day out with friends.
Did you threaten to overrule him? Yes no, maybe...
Did you threaten to overrule him? I don't know, can you repeat the question?
It's a yes or no question minister, did you threaten to overrule him? YOU'RE NOT THE BOSS OF ME NOW
Questions Round Two!
Best Muppet/Sesame Street character? The Count.
Can you do any impressions? Or more accurately, which impressions do you attempt, even if you can't do them? I can do a decent Scottish accent and a woefully offensive Japanese accent.
Which country would you like to visit? Japan!
Summarise your feelings on the Channel 4 series 'Sex Box', recently returning to screens, presented by are-you-sure-he's-not-made-of-plastic Steve Jones. At least it's not another talent show.
You're hosting a fancy dress party. What's your theme and what's your costume? Movies, and I'll go as Van Helsing.
What do you think of people who travel first class on trains? Wasteful.
Some pubs have board games or card games in them now. This might be a trendy thing. What games would be good to play in a pub environment? There's a pub near me that has PS4s and arcade emulators set up, so Rocket League!
Doncaster. Explain why? We got away with too much for too long. Someone had to take the fall.
Holy shit this took ages to format on mobile.
Musha_Soturi
Member
Feebastic are you talking about Loading? Are you near Stratford?
Rubbish King
The gift that keeps on giving
Exammmss
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I am near Stratford! I'm not sure what the place is called, I've only been once, but they have boardgames as well as PS4 setups and an arcade game emulator on a projector. It'd be really cool except for how expensive drinks are...
Little Old Man
Member
Purchase a PS4.
Caught up to 2013!
Caught up to 2013!
Love your poster name.
Rubbish King
The gift that keeps on giving
So here's some interesting news.
At twenty something years old I got clinically diagnosed with ADHD yesterday. How weird is that
At twenty something years old I got clinically diagnosed with ADHD yesterday. How weird is that
Thank you! Couldn't think of anything when I was signing up and until recently I was using an MS Paint drawing of Feebas as my avatar for stuff, so I rolled with it.
Little Old Man
Member
Genuine question, what were the symptoms, and what tests are done to demonstrate it?
Musha_Soturi
Member
Sounds like Loading. I've only been to the Stratford one once, but I went to the Soho one a few times before it moved and to the Dalston one once.
I am not surprised.
Have you not met Tash? The symptoms were pretty obvious tbh.
NinjaBoiX
Member
Welcome new people!
Finally.
Rubbish King
The gift that keeps on giving
People kept talking in my lectures and it was paralyzing me with anger so I went to my doctor after already having done anger therapy, Cbt, been on SSRIs for depression and I lost my fucking rag.
A Dramatic Reading said:
He then asked me a bunch of questions, relationship with family, behavior in school, if I had any other problems... then he told me I might have this thing but he'd need to send me to an expert so he applied for funding to get me tested by a proper shrink in Southampton.
Meanwhile I get directed to my Universities Assisted learning place. They hook me up with an audio recorder and note book so when I get distracted by cunts I can simply jot down the time I got distracted and revisit it at a later time. They also tell me about methylphenidate (ritalin), what it does and that it is speed on the NHS. They also tell me that there is one person in Portsmouth and it's surrounding area authorized to diagnose me and prescribe me so it's pretty unlikely I'll be put on them.
Took several months on the waiting list but eventually I'm sitting up in Scum in front of this bloke and he asks me a whole bunch of questions about my entire life. I'd filled several forms, one for when I was a child, one for adulthood and then another one for stuff that were unrelated to symptoms like am I current or former crackhead.
He also wanted school reports and to talk to my parents which I said was out the question. My parents had enough grief when my sister ended up being sectioned, they didn't need to be told their son is also fucked and pick their brains on it.
It took several hours and he was super thorough, because I didn't want to let my parents know straight away he told me he couldn't give me a diagnosis, so he prescribed me ritalin and let me try it out and see what it would do to me.
When I started taking them I found an improvement with my concentration but more importantly I've been the most emotionally stable in years. SSRIs took my emotions away, these things seem to regulate them. All of my friends say that I've become so levelheaded and it's really calmed me for the good. I haven't lost my spark and still find myself being sociable as hell and boy it should not be taken with alcohol.
Symptoms for ADHD in adults are:
sense of underachievement.
doesn't deal well with frustration.
easily flustered and stressed out.
irritability or mood swings.
trouble staying motivated.
hypersensitivity to criticism.
short, often explosive, temper.
low self-esteem and sense of insecurity.
To a degree I suffered from most of these, although we never did go through symptoms to this degree a website decided to.
Symptoms for children:
Doesnt pay attention to details
Makes careless mistakes
Has trouble staying focused; is easily distracted
Appears not to listen when spoken to
Has difficulty remembering things and following instructions
Has trouble staying organized, planning ahead, and finishing projects
Gets bored with a task before its completed
Frequently loses or misplaces homework, books, toys, or other items
He asked me about every single one of these, of which most I also found myself almost always agreeing to.
The guy straight up asked me... why? Why has nobody asked this question before and well I straight up don't know, mum always used to blame hormones and the school used to pity me and equate it to the Vicars son acting out to shake off the bullshit I used to get at school.
I think it's a hilarious oversight in hindsight, I told my best friend and she was like oh...my....god.......it makes so much sense.
TL;DR Got diagnosed with ADHD tendencies and put on ritalin, after a few weeks when discussed my reactionto it he then diagnosed me fully and I feel over the moon that it wasn't totally my fault for how poorly my school years went, and now my life is being made so much easier.
Sorry for the life story old man, if I didn't answer your question properly let me know, I can be a little theatrical when trying to describe my life and I'm a terrible writer.
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
I better get to a doctor too then... fuck.
Snap. I lost my shit at work t'other day because the system wasn't working.
NinjaBoiX
Member
I think the problem is that society keeps setting an ever increasing precedent for labelling perfectly functional people with these "conditions" that are actually just completely normal and manageable personality traits. I feel like so many of these diagnoses are simply a clutching at straws response to a cry for help. Like, I better diagnose them with something otherwise I'll look incompetent.
The symptoms are often really generic and vague and ultimately something most people suffer from.
The symptoms are often really generic and vague and ultimately something most people suffer from.
lol
all well and good except for the bit where when you get diagnosed, you can learn to manage the symptoms whether through behaviour and understanding, through medication or a mix.
my mum is the same with "oh it's all just how brains work get over it" but that doesn't actually help anybody.
JonathanEx
Member
Plus it's really about severity, and how much those impact your day to day life, and is why it's best for medical professionals to make that judgement.
I mean I've got a mild form of autism, that day to day most people never twig on to, but only as I was diagnosed young I was able to get a lot of support to get me to the stage of being comfortable in more environments and able to cope better.
Brains are weird funny things anyway.
I mean I've got a mild form of autism, that day to day most people never twig on to, but only as I was diagnosed young I was able to get a lot of support to get me to the stage of being comfortable in more environments and able to cope better.
Brains are weird funny things anyway.
Meh. The diagnosis doesn't really matter. The treatment is what's important.
Rubbish King
The gift that keeps on giving
I get what you're saying geez, but that attitude is the one my mum had. She blamed hormones for both me and my sister.
I strongly believe that if I had been diagnosed earlier I could have had a much better time in school. When I got on Anti-depressants they seemed to dull the symptoms which is how I ended up being able to apply myself to something big and better with my brains because I was wasting myself on a fucking apprenticeship in a bar.
I remember just after I had formulated my University plan I rang Mikeside because I was so happy and I told him I was thinking I didn't need SSRIs and he reminded me that it was probably the SSRIs starting to work that had caused me to become a bit more driven and focused.
First year of Uni I got an average of around 80% I then stopped taking SSRIs in 2015, Summer, anger problems spiked like they used to with hoovers and my grades slipped down to treading water at 40%. I'm not saying it's the reason my grade average decreased but it could have been a factor.
As for my sister..well if my family had taken her threats more seriously maybe she wouldn't have almost died. So I'd probably encourage you to try and learn a little bit more about Mental health. When you were younger there weren't as many cases because there wasn't strong scientific data on it, now there's solid evidence and increased awareness. I trivialized it just as much for most of my life because my mum told me there was nothing "wrong" with me. When my other sister got diagnosed with dyslexia I used to say she was lying lol.
Everyone is different, innit.
Probably for some people, but I personally feel happier being able to quantify it. Relieved
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
I reckon it does to a degree. If you diagnose a broken leg incorrectly as, I dunno, gangrene or something, they'll give you the wrong treatment by lopping it off instead of putting in plaster. That'd be well shit.
mate, it sounds like you're starting to really get your shit together.
all I will say is that you need to keep doing the research and talking to professionals - learn everything you can so that you know as much of what's going on in your head as possible - you'll start to develop some instincts for how to maximize feeling normal in no time.
Good on ya, Tashington.
NinjaBoiX
Member
I'm glad you're turning things around Tash, good for you fella!
Im not sure that administering mind altering drugs on what is effectively an educated guess is the most healthy course of action either but you make a valid point.
The diagnosis dictates the treatment though, you can't have one without the other.
Your realise its a bit more sophisticated than that, right?
Diagnosing mental issues isn't just throwing darts at a vision board to see what sticks.
And those mind altering drugs are TREATMENTS. Sure, some doctors will be heavy handed with prescribing drugs, but that doesn't mean medication is the wrong answer, it means medications need to be considered and then reviewed against professional analysis of the effects on a per patient basis.
NinjaBoiX
Member
No mate, I assumed it was literal guesswork.
Of course I know it's a bit more complicated than that and often it can be really helpful. But I also know that a lot of people who take these drugs flit from one to another regularly due to adverse affects. I just think the potential to do more harm than good is sometimes forgotten about in favour of a knee jerk quick fix. It should be more of a last resort than an immediate reaction.
But I'm against medication in general anyway (within reason) and avoid it at all costs.
I guess we'll just agree to disagree.
dapperbandit
Banned
OH EM GEE
Quit being such a stick in the mud Ninj
Quit being such a stick in the mud Ninj
dapperbandit
Banned
Stuck face down in the mud with arms and legs waving frantically in the air
NinjaBoiX
Member
Ive been trying bro but the treatment just isn't working.
dapperbandit
Banned
Tell me Ninj:
Have you ever experienced doubt on a Thursday?
Have you ever been unsure of what to write in a birthday card?
Have you ever pushed a door when the sign said pull?
If so, you may need these psychoactive drugs, side affects may include age reduction and laser eyes
Nioh is good. It is basically just Dark Souls with samurai with Geralt from The Witcher but it does that really well and what it does differently works. Actually, thinking on it, I just realised the bloodstain mechanic in this is probably what counters my problem with weapon durability, huh. The similarity might be too its detriment in some cases though... (by which I mean I'm an idiot and had a hard time adjusting to its different control scheme).
It's way too hard for me though, couldn't even get to the first boss.
It's way too hard for me though, couldn't even get to the first boss.
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
Not tried it. Too busy with DS3. Looks like my bag though.
Currently swooning over new Radiohead songs.
Musha_Soturi
Member
Übermatik;202828443 said:
I tend to go Dominos mostly these days
JonathanEx
Member
As a man all about the sides, I tend to go to Dominos. Always googlin' an offer though. Never buy full price.
I live opposite a Pizza Hut though so that often influence.
I live opposite a Pizza Hut though so that often influence.
Pizza Hut seemed cheapest, so I took the plunge. £10 for a pizza and a side/2 dips ain't bad. Papa John's seems to be quite a bit more expensive, and not that great... but then there IS one 20 seconds away from me...
Oh well. I'll report back with my review on Pizza Hut's takeaway pizza.
*EDIT* Also hi. I never post here.
Oh well. I'll report back with my review on Pizza Hut's takeaway pizza.
*EDIT* Also hi. I never post here.