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UK/R.O.I GAF - Thread of geopolitical confusion
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bobs...onGaf
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Thought you were maybe talking about Hustle there.
phisheep
NeoGAF's Chief Barrister
Yeah, as soon as they mentioned that delayed-action stock market feed I started humming the theme from The Sting.
Still a nice surprise when Stacey turned up (not so much Danny).
yeah, for sure. The first couple of seasons were amazing though.
Just how dead are we talking? I was there just a year ago and they had proper big Afterburner Climax cabinets, Fighting Jam (Fist Of The North Star) cabinets, Japanese-style fighting cabs set up so you can't see what your opponent is entering, a shiny HD Virtua Fighter 5 cab, Outrun, drum machines...
Is it just shut or something?
Is it just shut or something?
StealthGoblin
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I thought I could afford University, but it turns out I couldn't, and this was before the financial crisis hit.
I did an Undergraduate Degree in Pharmacology, then a PGCE in Primary Education, then a Masters degree in Primary Education. The latter two I did mostly off my own back.
My parents had to lend me about £2000 over the course of just my Pharmacology degree to help me make ends meet. I was working at that time too during evenings and 16 hours at the weekend. I was part of the 'means tested' group that meant that I wasn't flat out disadvantaged, but the level of loan I got from the Student Loan Company was nowhere near enough to get me through. That group exists.
My family is by no means wealthy either. We come from a poor area in Thurrock. The interesting thing is that I am rather frugal with money and resources - like my parents.
Students aren't short sighted. They look at the system as a whole - including their life prospects after the course. For example the housing market is not friendly to students, particularly students looking for a place of their own. Job prospects aren't that hot in most professions either.
Its not just about getting through the course, but living with the debt and the prospects of no job and an inability to move out that students factor in when declaring that they cannot afford University.
After finishing my three courses I was personally in £32,000 of debt to the government and then at about £2400 to my parents. Granted, my route through University is not common, but I doubt anyone would dare to take that route now that things have changed.
phisheep
NeoGAF's Chief Barrister
Come, let's not get too London-centric. Last I visited, the Cunning Artificer was still there in Wincanton.
What was the arcade is closed off completely. What is left is a handful of machines on the basement floor. Machines were actually is use surprisingly so theres obviously a market left for arcades, it's just that no one knows how to tap into it.
Lets just say the first machine you see is the first House of the Dead randomly placed next to an escalator and let that be the summery of what it is like now.
Dabookerman
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I agree with this post. I'm happy to go Lincoln again and run up steep hill.
Hot Coldman
Banned
CHEEZMO;35274039 said:
(lol)
Oh god that is so depressing. I have so many memories of that place. Whenever I hit London I always make a point of going there. Guess not anymore...
That Namco place by the London Eye, but it's a bit shite if you ask me. Never had anything near the breadth of content, both in terms of genre and decade, compared to the Trocadero.
There are a few smaller arcades sprinkled about Soho and other nearby districts that cater to fighting game fans, but I've never seen them pull in decently sized crowds. Whereas I'd go into the Trocadero and get absolutely trounced at Street Fighter and just-about hold my own at Virtua Fighter, I've always been able to dominate what little competition there was at those smaller joints. The situation might be different now that Trocadero is shut down though.
Actually, one of my favourite memories ever was on a Tekken 5 (I think?) cab. It had a slot to put in a card so you could track your data and the like. Now, I don't play Tekken at all but I had a bit of nostalgia from playing Tekken 3 on the PSX years back, so I hop on a cab just to do an arcade mode run. A guy immediately heads to me, puts in his data card and challenges me. He had really good stats, too, but I just picked Hwoarang and hit kick repeatedly and won. He got really fucking pissed off at me for button bashing and being cheap and I just laughed at him.
Good times.
I'd be on a whole new level of weird if I started skulking around the third floor of Affleck's wearing latex gloves
CHEEZMO
Obsidian fan
I've only ever been in Afleck's once years ago.
I don't even know where it is.
You'd probably fit in, actually. Maybe they'd think you were a tattooist, lol.
I don't even know where it is.
You'd probably fit in, actually. Maybe they'd think you were a tattooist, lol.
true dat
Hot Coldman
Banned
Meadows, you've clearly forgotten who UK-GAF's patron saint is
Meadows, you've clearly forgotten who UK-GAF's patron saint is
nope!
it's:
Paul McMullan, NotW spokesman and all round scumbag
what a legend
Hot Coldman
Banned
cheezmo no-one knows who that is
also, why isn't he a horseman or something
also, why isn't he a horseman or something
Mecha_Infantry
Banned
Has anyone been to meat liquor? THinking about going since everyone is talking about it
Only thing though, the website makes it sounds awfully pretentious...
Only thing though, the website makes it sounds awfully pretentious...
CHEEZMO
Obsidian fan
Hot Coldman
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CHEEZMO;35276772 said:
Seriously, am I supposed to know? You're only like a few years older than me, he can't be all that
His smile is creepy
Hot Coldman
Banned
I know his name. I know literally nothing else about him. Wikipedia gives me no reason why I should, either.
Does this mean I have to hand in my UK-GAF card?
Does this mean I have to hand in my UK-GAF card?
StealthGoblin
Banned
phisheep
NeoGAF's Chief Barrister
No, it just means you don't know your big end from whatever the opposite of your big end is.
next you're going to be telling me you don't know what the demon headmaster is.
Hot Coldman
Banned
I know who the fucking Demon Headmaster is :lol I watched that all the time.
They have tea, just not PG tips. Tetley is a poor excuse.
I've been all over the midwest and NYC.. you cannot get Heinz Baked beans unless they are imported. The closest you can get is some crappy brand in a tomato-ey sauce that tastes nothing like a good tin of Heinz.
American KFC sucks. They hardly have any burgers, and no Zingers at all. They are all about Kentucky Grilled Chicken which is some manky, sodium filled, fake tasting chicken... and they don't sell chips at all!
CHEEZMO
Obsidian fan
CHEEZMO
Obsidian fan
A guy in Cali was talking to me about PG Tips yesterday. You sure?
I'll ask how he got hold of them.
killer_clank
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KFC fries are bad but when combined with KFC gravy they are godly.
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Hot Coldman
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Sit across from her in the library and wait until she takes out a 3ds
then post a pic of her to gaf
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