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AusGAF 11 - Twice the price, a year late but still moving forward
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ClivePwned
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If you like blowing things up, Guerrilla is great. After the first few hours, you don't even bother equip guns, just demo charges. The only thing I dislike about Guerrilla, is that you need to play it on casual to get the most enjoyment out of it. Also, the final level is the last game I remember needing to use cheats to finish.
apart from the poorly set up difficulty, its a blast.
Learn to be bored. Nothing wrong with idle time. If you don't believe it, try spending a month in port hedland. There's no other alternative except drinking yourself into oblivion.
Since moving further out of the city I have enjoyed listening to music in the car a lot more.
Just more time really, helps with prog rock and DJ mixes.
I'm rotating the new Steven Wilson, some Yes albums and side projects and some Gaudium albums.
I could never get in to Dream Theater. I get that they're technically brilliant, but I'd rather listen to some nice soulful playing instead of super fast scales. Also the singers voice just doesn't do anything for me.
I could never get in to Dream Theater. I get that they're technically brilliant, but I'd rather listen to some nice soulful playing instead of super fast scales. Also the singers voice just doesn't do anything for me.
reptilescorpio
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New thing.
i have a room with a stereo and a couch in it.
I often sit here and listen to new albums in the dark
kendriks was a treat last week
Pitch Perfect is pretty awesome.
You want SmartDNS things like Getflix if you want to get past geolocking of media streaming sites as there's little if any impact on speeds for those things. If it's just for obfuscation then your best bet is a VPN with an Australian server (as an option) for minimal speed loss. Any decent VPN like expressvpn makes it painless to switch between regions in the case internet filtering ever happens here. (outside of piracy ofc *twiddles thumbs*)
I don't understand ‘bored’ either. In most cases it's not so much the lack of anything to do, it's the lack of interest to engage in any of them. Even then, it may instead be the possibility of something better delaying any decision being made.
Often there's isn't that one perfect thing to suit the moment when you're looking for it. I find that if I don't make a decision early on in that particular mode, the time is spent continuously searching until there's no time left to fill.
The most important thing is to make a decision. Rule out the obvious like things that would take too long, things you always do at another time (horror related things when it's dark and you're in the appropriate mood) and then choose something from what remains. Anything. That's the hard part done. After that, I have always enjoyed the time spent doing whatever I chose.
It's the problem with being spoiled for choice. The solution is like when you're playing a new board game and the best choice amongst many is not apparent or would take longer than appropriate to calculate. Eliminate the obvious bad/wrong ones and then choose randomly. Roll a die, flip a coin, use a random number generator or something to help you. The choice itself is not as important as it is to simply make one.
I can understand that a long day can sap you of the will to do much at all. That's something a little different, especially if you're mentally drained. Exhaustion doesn't really qualify as boredom.
One thing I won't buy into is there being ‘nothing to do’. That's rubbish. If there's pen and paper handy, you can draw, write, design, whatever. Constructive stuff is the best because you keep occupied and entertained, and there's the satisfaction of having diverging to show for your time. Even if it's not complete (whatever it is), you've got something to look at and inspire you to complete it and/or improve upon it.
That's a long rant, but I was filling in time waiting in the doctor's office. Figured if lazy old Danoss and his ADHD brain can focus on something and get it done, anyone can.
VPN does both just fine, at least it does for me. Outside of the odd speed drops, there's not much noticeable speed hit due to the VPN overhead (not sure what the term is, if there is one, but I figured that would do the job).
I will recant my previous statement of no one VPN provider offering access to all Netflix regions. It seems that PureVPN, listed in the PDF you linked earlier does. $49.95 for a full year (and a noted further 10% off with code CWC2015) is reasonable. ExpressVPN does too.
Often there's isn't that one perfect thing to suit the moment when you're looking for it. I find that if I don't make a decision early on in that particular mode, the time is spent continuously searching until there's no time left to fill.
The most important thing is to make a decision. Rule out the obvious like things that would take too long, things you always do at another time (horror related things when it's dark and you're in the appropriate mood) and then choose something from what remains. Anything. That's the hard part done. After that, I have always enjoyed the time spent doing whatever I chose.
It's the problem with being spoiled for choice. The solution is like when you're playing a new board game and the best choice amongst many is not apparent or would take longer than appropriate to calculate. Eliminate the obvious bad/wrong ones and then choose randomly. Roll a die, flip a coin, use a random number generator or something to help you. The choice itself is not as important as it is to simply make one.
I can understand that a long day can sap you of the will to do much at all. That's something a little different, especially if you're mentally drained. Exhaustion doesn't really qualify as boredom.
One thing I won't buy into is there being ‘nothing to do’. That's rubbish. If there's pen and paper handy, you can draw, write, design, whatever. Constructive stuff is the best because you keep occupied and entertained, and there's the satisfaction of having diverging to show for your time. Even if it's not complete (whatever it is), you've got something to look at and inspire you to complete it and/or improve upon it.
That's a long rant, but I was filling in time waiting in the doctor's office. Figured if lazy old Danoss and his ADHD brain can focus on something and get it done, anyone can.
VPN does both just fine, at least it does for me. Outside of the odd speed drops, there's not much noticeable speed hit due to the VPN overhead (not sure what the term is, if there is one, but I figured that would do the job).
I will recant my previous statement of no one VPN provider offering access to all Netflix regions. It seems that PureVPN, listed in the PDF you linked earlier does. $49.95 for a full year (and a noted further 10% off with code CWC2015) is reasonable. ExpressVPN does too.
As much as I'm enjoying bloodborne I can't get over how long the loadscreens are and there is no way that the fps is 30 for 90% of the time, the early sewer section was a nightmare to play though. Regardless of those flaws the game is pretty great
Messed around with pillars of eternity for a while, and what I've played has been soo enjoyable. Started with a rogue but that didn't really work out so re-routed a monk. Has anyone had any clipping issues in combat, I can't figure out if it's purposefully done so or of it's a bug.
Messed around with pillars of eternity for a while, and what I've played has been soo enjoyable. Started with a rogue but that didn't really work out so re-routed a monk. Has anyone had any clipping issues in combat, I can't figure out if it's purposefully done so or of it's a bug.
I dunno man, is there such a thing as a 1/4 life crisis? I might be having one of those. I'm not sure how you get over those. Midlife crisis you buy a motorbike... so what's half a motorbike? A shed?
I should build a shed.
You should, sheds are awesome. On the one hand I don't think a midlife crisis is a real thing, but on the other hand I just spent $1000 on plywood, epoxy resin, and fibreglass to build a boat. So if it's a real thing I'm right there with you.
Sheds are awesome. I miss having one. Soon though, once I get a place of my own.
Poimandres
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Maybe consider investing in better games? Just a thought.
I bought a motorcycle when I was 24. Does that mean I'll be dead before 50?
Nothing wrong with getting one if you want. They're a lot of fun. Even your average trip around town is 10x better.
It's a terrible show, but I use Sleepy Hollow as background noise when I'm painting miniatures because it doesn't matter whether or not you pay attention. One of my friends calls these shows painting shows and I've started to do the same. Anyway, in one episode the guy has to ride a motorcycle because of arbitrary plot reasons and, after getting off, points at it smiling like a little kid and says I want one of these!. I giggled because I knew exactly what he meant. It is absolutely childish glee. If you haven't ridden one, you cannot know the feeling.
I'm big on safety (as is any rider worth listening to) and will have helmet, gloves, and jacket with me everywhere I ride. A couple of times I've needed to take the shortest trip, like up and down the street to heat up the chain for cleaning, and only wore a helmet. Man, it just amplifies how awesome the feeling is. Even at that low speed, the way the air feels as it wraps around you is just incredible. It's a nice reminder, but not something to be done all the time.
A shed is cool though. The flat-pack ones can be a pain in the arse if you're going that route. They're not Ikea and some of the cuts can be off, making the experience a little more frustrating than fun. If you're building from scratch, I'm right there with youdoing that stuff is fun. Seriously, I'd offer to help if I was nearby. Building stuff and a good excuse to use cool power tools is all I need (belt sanders need not apply).
Oh yes! Pictures please! Or let me know if you want an internet stranger to help. I can bring my own respirator to protect my lungs from those glass fibres and sawdust. I don't know whether midlife crises are a thing, but I know that building stuff is immensely satisfying.
Nowhere near the same level, but I just finished putting together some MDF boxes to act as buildings for a miniature wargame. Just need to print some things out and stick them on so they look more building-like. All I did was basically glue and clamp them while they dried, but it's enough to get that feeling of satisfaction after doing that 18 times.
Here I was thinking that Mutes was the only guy from Tas.
All the time. I used to do that with my record player quite a lot, but I decided to leave it in Newcastle because my dad likes to use it. I've been meaning to get another but it's not really appropriate for a studio apartment. Maybe in the next place. For now, I just plug in my headphones.
I've been having heaps of fun with it, but man, those loading screens. Framerate hasn't been bothering me too much except for when I'm playing with someone else, honestly. What really annoys me though is that you can't teleport from lantern to lantern, you have to go to the
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itllgrobak
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Looks like I've got 500 gigs to play with every month, up from 200. Thanks Telstra!
Shame I didn't know about this last week before I ordered Bloodborne, still haven't gotten it yet but auspost Tracking suggests the postie will be bringing it on Monday.
Gonna go 100% digital from now on.
nice to be able to say that without being sarcastic.
Gonna go 100% digital from now on.
I wonder what's happened to my grandparents who I think are on a 2gig plan lOl
It always gets destroyed come Christmas time... within a few hours of people arriving to stay for the week.
Also, why are you up at this silly hour on a saturday.
itllgrobak
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According to this list a lot of 2gb plans got upgraded to 50gb last Sunday.
I'm always up this early, only time I can play games/read/watch movies in peace
Right there with you, nothing like the peace and quiet of the morning.
It was about 2 months ago too.
I'd never played an smt/ persona type game until recently (conception 2)
So I bought smt4. Quite enjoyable! Monster hunter then majoras mask and pokemon shuffle distracted me from it... but ill go back one day.
I may just take you up on that offer at some point. It's going to be a few years in the making. I haven't decided on a respirator yet. Either one of these: http://www.duckworksbbs.com/tools/resp/ or just whatever happens to be at Bunnings when I've procrastinated for too long and finally need one.
The only pic I have at the moment is this:
Nice. What were you cutting the MDF with? Sanded by hand? I've been watching a lot of youtube woodworking videos and kind of get the bug of wanting to try something, but even the "woodworking for beginners" type channels use a bunch of tools that I couldn't really justify buying yet.
Fuck, I would be all over that but I just bought Pillars of Eternity.
ClivePwned
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Welp.
Christmas is cancelled
What will we play now if not for zelda
Welp.
Christmas is cancelled
What will we play now if not for zelda
Nintendo really do have a current gen console?
reptilescorpio
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Yeah I expect it's shifted to NX.
All the other games. Or the backlog. Or just spend time with family as usual! I never get any gaming done over the holiday period sadly.
Welp.
Christmas is cancelled
What will we play now if not for zelda
All the other games. Or the backlog. Or just spend time with family as usual! I never get any gaming done over the holiday period sadly.
ClivePwned
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Nah, Zelda being retooled to add chromatic aberration.
BananaArnie
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According to this list a lot of 2gb plans got upgraded to 50gb last Sunday.
I'm always up this early, only time I can play games/read/watch movies in peace
...choc?
ThoseDeafMutes
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We went from 500 -> 1000gb, which was pretty awesome. Good timing with netflix.
ThoseDeafMutes
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I'm not sure why you'd want to. PoE is already with us and Hearts of Iron 4 is coming out in a few months.
PoE is god tier, having so much fun with it.
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