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BritGAF |OT6| Dark Souls? More like Arse Holes
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Musha_Soturi
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Also a permanent job offer is much better than a 4 month contract
dapperbandit
Banned
This is reassuring to hear.
I understand that, no question. Right now though I'd definitely rather have the contract. I've only been able to hold out this long because I can horde like Smaug but my rent is really taking its toll and I'd much rather have a kind of quick cash injection to balance things out in short order than a long term solution. The difference between the wages on offer is unreal.
But beyond money a 4 month contract just gives me a grace period where I can earn and look for my next job at the same time and without living like a grubby hermit. All this time unemployed has not been good for me and I've relaxed my standards too much. Essentially I'm just not happy with my pattern of life compared to how I was doing last year where I felt I was on top of my shit.
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
Says the Brit.
Sounds thrilling, haven't been to a harvester in years.
That'll be a hard ask, Game and HMV aren't selling it, well not when I looked a few weeks ago anyway... I would wait tbh, apparently although good once completed the game is absolutely dead.
Cool what about?
Nice dude congrats, size up the options and make a right choice, I would lean to perm position. Where is the IT based?
Done it before will do it again, get the choices and then play them off against each other in a fight to the death.
this
Retail version of Dying Light only came out last Friday.
show me your skeleton
Member
sir dappsalot, have you ever considered glamour modelling as an alternative form of employment?
that's my area as i am wild like a wolf
It's a TEDx event, with a loose theme on global pioneers and dare to dream. It allows for a wide variety of speakers to attend.
It's reasonable to hold out until you hear about the better offer. It's always so tempting to leap when offered a job but it's important to remember that an employment contract is a two-way street - you're selling them your time and energy and you're well within your rights to take the best offer you can. I don't know what it's like in your field but in mine it's quite common to get multiple offers, haggle and generally be awkward before signing. I don't think it reflects badly on you - probably the opposite.
show me your skeleton
Member
we have a 20 contract at maplin if you're after a really good career move.
LOL fuck, I didn't know that, bet retail was pissed at that all those lost sales, I can't imagine why they'd delay retail a few weeks? Piracy?
Oh rad that sounds awesome! I will take a spot as a pioneer of twitter trollin' cheers.
dapperbandit
Banned
Good advise all round, I appreciate it.
No. I'd give life modelling a go though.
No. I'd give life modelling a go though.
Only came out in retail last week. There's only £5 difference between what Game are charging and how much it is on the PS Store, but that's £5 toward something else.
To be honest, I'll probably do single player first (might do a Twitch stream) and then do multiplayer once more people have it. I just love a good zombie survival game. This should fill the void for now before Dead Island 2.
What I've seen of Dying Light makes it seem like the proper Dead Island 2 anyway lol, I mean, it's the same dev. The actual Dead Island 2 just kinda sounds like a waste of Yager's talents when Deep Silver could be trying to get an awesome flight game out instead of their weird reliance on Dead Island as a franchise.
show me your skeleton
Member
"draw me like one of your french ducks."
dapperbandit
Banned
Thing is, I really enjoyed Dead Island for what it was, and while Dying Light is pretty much the same (good thing, though) but in a different location, I'm keen to see what DS do with Dead Island 2. The trailer was great, as with all DS games, but it all comes down to how it looks and handles in-game.
I didn't care for Dead Island but appreciated what it tried to do (I still love zombie games idgaf) and it did well enough so a sequel makes sense but all that stuff between it is weird. Like there's the expansion thing people hated but there's also a moba and a hack and slash like what. That said though DS turned me right off Dead Island 2 by announcing preorder dlc shit when the only footage of the game was the cgi reveal trailer. I'm not even sure if they've even shown any gameplay yet since I stopped following it after that shit.
Oh, Riptide annoyed me. It's only DLC yet they charged full price for it, and it seemed like a step backwards from DI1. I hope they sort it out for DI2. As far as I know, no in-game footage has been shown at all, but I've been on somewhat of a media blackout for a while.
dapperbandit
Banned
Just been to see It Follows.
Absolutely brilliant movie. The concept is very simple but unnerving, it was nicely shot and has a fantastic soundtrack. Best horror film I've seen in ages. Seemed very self aware as a horror film as well, establishes the "rules" early on, it has jump scares but it doesn't rely on them.
Gets my seal of approval.
Absolutely brilliant movie. The concept is very simple but unnerving, it was nicely shot and has a fantastic soundtrack. Best horror film I've seen in ages. Seemed very self aware as a horror film as well, establishes the "rules" early on, it has jump scares but it doesn't rely on them.
Gets my seal of approval.
NinjaBoiX
Member
So the new manager of Mint Lounge walked out tonight, he couldn't deal with Tunji telling him off. To be fair, we had no gas canisters, no limes, not enough staff and no print rolls for the PDQ's, he's fucking useless. It appears his "experience" managing bars in the village amounted to cashing up the tills, delegating tasks to everyone else and pouring himself vodka and cranberrys all night.
He came in all full of bluster thinking he was going to remodel the place and everything. He wanted to paint to back wall pink, put flowery transfers around the dance floor and book gay asian belly dancers. Wut. I don't think you get Mint Lounge mate.
He's atrocious behind the bar too, last weekend he asked Elliot what bourbon was.
He came in all full of bluster thinking he was going to remodel the place and everything. He wanted to paint to back wall pink, put flowery transfers around the dance floor and book gay asian belly dancers. Wut. I don't think you get Mint Lounge mate.
He's atrocious behind the bar too, last weekend he asked Elliot what bourbon was.
show me your skeleton
Member
to be fair, nobody actually knows what a bourbon is.
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
Some kind of monkey, right?
Little Old Man
Member
It's a biscuit right?
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
The only biscuit you'll ever need.
Phone tech is getting smaller and smaller.
JonathanEx
Member
Doing a little visit to LEEDS LEEDS LEEDS, as I believe it's called. Any recommendations of places to see/visit/eat/drink?
Also a bourbon biscuit flavoured Bailey's sounds like a good idea.
Also a bourbon biscuit flavoured Bailey's sounds like a good idea.
NinjaBoiX
Member
I don't expect him to know the intricacies of its construction but he was literally flummoxed when someone asked for it. He had no idea what to serve him.
He's meant to be an experienced bar manager, that's really poor form.
(I only know this because Eilidh told me on Monday when I was taking the piss out of him, I still would've known what to serve the guy though!)
He's meant to be an experienced bar manager, that's really poor form.
Yeah, it's an American whiskey where at least half the mash is comprised of corn. They're usually sweeter than most.
(I only know this because Eilidh told me on Monday when I was taking the piss out of him, I still would've known what to serve the guy though!)
depends what you want on a night out. i would generally recommend the north side of town as it's grown a lot and isn't full of dickheads.
i'm out on a date night tonight, so if i see anyone who resembles dr who i'll say hello.
JonathanEx
Member
Cheers. Not really after a proper night out and clubbing and whatever, me and the missus decided we should probably do something as it's our anniversary weekend so having a weekend away that was definitely not organised this week. So just going round town, some decent food, etc.
I have one of my Tweed jackets and everything too.
JonathanEx
Member
More travel guides should make recommendations explicitly on amount of dickheads.
Birmingham's guide would just read 'AVOID AT ALL COSTS' on the first page.
JonathanEx
Member
We could call it PrickAdvisor.
Kickstarter it.
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
It'd be the only page.
Just make it a leaflet. No cover needed as Birmingham doesn't deserve one.
endorsed by fox news.
Dats racist.
I find it so weird that you're back in here posting after you got outed for grooming Jed's alt and posting "that's so hot, my cock is in my hand" re: the young teenage orgy.
Absolutely baffling that you'd come back.
toythatkills
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Why don't you take your bullying to PM instead of shitting up the whole thread with it.