BigJonsson
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HAHAHAHA. he looks trashed. Funny shit.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
You know, since I asked everywhere else, I figure I'd ask here as well.
Between a $65 1gb plan and a $75 6gb plan (from Bell), which one do you guys think I should get?
Between a $65 1gb plan and a $75 6gb plan (from Bell), which one do you guys think I should get?
BigJonsson
Member
Thats a lot of money to pay for a phone plan
firehawk12
Subete no aware
I'm an iPhone 5 sucker unfortunately. What can ya do?
AlphaTwo00
Member
LOLWUT. I have no idea. I swear I had a guy that I ran into 6 times now and I don't even know who they are. Either they're at snakes and lattes, 401games, or the numerous IGDA Toronto based things. Either way...awkward?
It's hard to say. On one hand, it's an orchestra, then on the other hand, it's a video game orchestra. As far as I remember, it's hovering around the same as the FF concerts as far as the cheering goes.
Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
What do you know. We are all important.
What's that say? It's not big enough for me to read....
edit: FINALLY, fucking Firehawk! Join the 21st century. Why do I have to goddamn pm you through GAF to get a hold of you.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Video Games Live encourages cheering, so maybe that's the standard people have no for these things. That said, it'd be boring if it was yet another pop-orchestra with polite clapping at various predetermined applause break segments.
BladeWorker
Member
I think you should switch to another provider who can give you unlimited talk, text, and data with voicemail for less than that.
Plans like that do exist, if you ask for em.
It looked perfectly fine to me. Then again, I installed the GAF image rescaler script a long time ago so I wouldn't have to deal with bullshit like that.
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/70184
4 months ago... did you go to the Playstation event at Bathurst & College (I think it's college)?
firehawk12
Subete no aware
On the big three for a completely new user though?
Online anyway, all the plans seem to be very similar. I don't want to be the RFD guy who calls in to complain to try to get some free feature either... I'm just not built for that kind of haggling. lol
I think there were at least a couple people I SP'd for a second time yesterday, where the first was at the Sony thing.
rather appropriately, yesterday was also at a Sony thing
BladeWorker
Member
I was in a different situation than you are, having been a "loyal" customer for close to 15 years with one company.
But, the approach that I would take is to let whomever you're calling know that you got an offer for (whatever it is) for (whatever the price), and because you know they're (some positive attribute) you want to give them the opportunity to win your business. See what they'll do for you. It's not complaining, it's letting them compete for your money.
It is possible to get a wholly unlimited plan for less than $60/month, all-in, from the big three.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
I hope that's something that I can do after a few years burdened by this contract!
A purely unlimited plan for 60 dollars sounds amazing though.
Yup!
Yup. Turns out I know someone who was in the choir. He loved the crowd, and I quote; "The audience was so good. We sing better when we hear that!"I honestly think the musicians appreciate the change of pace and just raw enthusiasm from the crowd. It can certainly be irritating to hear people shout junk in the middle of the performance, but if you're worried about them being offended, don't!
added_time
Member
If it wasnt for the cranes that shot would be amazing.
BigJonsson
Member
Thinking of going to Burger's Priest in the Beaches on Thursday, is that a good time to go?
I've been on weekdays and it's less busy than the weekends for sure. Just take note that they do not have seating at that location. You'll need to eat in the park nearby, on the benches across the street or in your car. Hopefully it won't be raining that day.
BigJonsson
Member
Plan to eat in Woodbine Park
I don't ever remember being in the Beaches area though, how is parking?
firehawk12
Subete no aware
There's a movie theater across the street, so there must be parking somewhere around there.
lunarworks
Member
I saw people camping out outside of EB Games at Warden and Eglinton this evening. For Borderlands 2.
Why?
Why?
BigJonsson
Member
Friend of mine did that, too. He's extremely excited for that game.
I pretty much outgrew midnight launch lineups after last fall's releases. Just didn't see the point in lining up for something that's (probably) well-stocked just hours later. There's really no incentive to doing it. The only thing I got was an Arkham City poster.
lunarworks
Member
Because they're not gonna run out of copies, and you're sitting outside a store all night in the barren wasteland of a shopping centre on Eglinton East.
BigJonsson
Member
firehawk12
Subete no aware
"Console peasants being forced to wait for a physical copy of the game in order to play at night" or something.
I'm trying to remember the last time I bought a game at midnight and played into the morning... the only thing that comes to mind is Halo 3 and GTA4, but I'm sure I did that with other games since then.
lunarworks
Member
Something gives me the impression you're camped out there.
Last time I did something like that was the PS2 launch. We showed up at 6am, and still got one.
BigJonsson
Member
Haha no, midnight launches for most games are a complete waste of time
I've only gone to a midnight launch for WoW, and I drove to futureshop, got the game and gears 2 as well, then went home............there had been people lined up for hours =/
I've only gone to a midnight launch for WoW, and I drove to futureshop, got the game and gears 2 as well, then went home............there had been people lined up for hours =/
firehawk12
Subete no aware
It's not about getting it, it's about playing it the second it comes out.
I mean, you might as well ask why people go watch movies at midnight when something like The Avengers won't "sell out" for months.
It's mostly irrelevant now, because PC and PS3 gets minute-zero releases. It's really just 360 people that are stuck needing physical copies anyway. lol
Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
Park at LCBO near there.
added_time
Member
I totally agree. It's strange behavior. The worst I've ever seen were some crazed Apple fanatics in line for the midnight launch of a slight operating system upgrade for OSX. Imagine lining up for that?!
Toronto photo of the day:
source
Haha reminds me of the midnight launch for Skyrim. I had to get a copy at Hillcrest.
Drove up there for 11:50pm and was out of there by 12:15. There were people lined up since 9:30 apparently.
On Thursdays parking shouldn't be an issue.You should find something on Queen Street. The LCBO is a good option too if you don't leave your car there too long. I heard they sometimes enforce since it's a popular spot to eat Burger's Priest.
added_time
Member
I saw it. It's not nearly as good as it could have been.
Although, this one part where this one businesswoman from Calgary complains about Toronto was great comedy in my opinion. She looked pathetic.
Overall though, they waste a lot of time on nothing.
So it's actually available completely freely? Interesting :O
Heh, I see. Based on your non-recommendation I probably would have skipped it, but given the above link I may as well check it out for kicks.
EDIT: that song in the first couple minutes! so good
EDIT2: I also have to come clean, having lived here my whole life, I was completely unaware of this supposed widespread "hatred" until I watched Corner Gas for the first time. I'm still not entirely convinced it's a real thing.
added_time
Member
For work I've traveled a lot... all over Canada and all over the world. The thing I noticed was that the opinion of Toronto from Americans and people in Europe was very positive.
The shit I had to listen to from Canadians on the other hand was the worst.. especially the way people in Alberta and Vancouver were talking to me. You would think I killed their mother or something.
Of course I *would* kill their mother since I'm from Toronto but I hadn't yet!
Yeah the difference between the international opinion of Toronto and the national one is staggering.
I don't think I've encountered anyone outside of Toronto who doesn't like Toronto. Then again, the furthest out (in terms of Canada) that I've been to is Montreal, and they probably talk shit, but I just don't understand them. :lol
Otherwise, I've only heard good things from Americans.
Otherwise, I've only heard good things from Americans.
I think the only time I've ever lined up for a game was for Smash Bros Brawl. That was mostly because we were going to have a SSB party at college and we had to make sure we'd actually get the game.
Aside from that, I've only lined up for the Wii. It was really cold.
Aside from that, I've only lined up for the Wii. It was really cold.
BigJonsson
Member
I've lined up for SNES (it was on sale so we went before the store opened) and Gamecube (at launch, for 20 minutes before the store opened at 10am or whatever)