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AusGAF 6 - Ricki Lee is awful. Everything else about Australia is AMAZING [Free hugs]

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Salazar

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I concur, incidentally, about the upside of it getting cold, Shan.

So many nice clothes I spent irresponsible amounts of money on. My body is ready.
 
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Deeku

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I think it's cool. Those types of down jackets are really popular in asia and eu during winter because they keep you really warm.

It's a functional piece of clothing rather than a fashion statement. Way cooler than a crappy North Face jacket!
 
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shanshan310

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pfft, you guys.

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Dead Man

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codswallop said:
Hey Sydneysiders, I heard an interesting story on Friday. Not sure if it's common knowledge in Sydney... Apparently once a year the Harbour Tunnel guys park a car in the middle of the tunnel in the wee hours of the morning, set fire to it, then sit back and watch what happens. Just to see how drivers react and how their emergency systems hold up.
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If that was true, surely once a year there would be a story about a burning car in the HT?
 
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Fredescu said:
It looks like a poo.
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I was going to second this, but it looks like everyone else already had. Deek you're alone in this one.

Are people in Gaming seriously pissed about there being ads on XBL now? Seriously? It's like they've never watched TV, listened to the radio or been on the internet. Is this a common subscription in AusGAF too?
 
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Dead Man

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FallbackPants said:
I was going to second this, but it looks like everyone else already had. Deek you're alone in this one.

Are people in Gaming seriously pissed about there being ads on XBL now? Seriously? It's like they've never watched TV, listened to the radio or been on the internet. Is this a common subscription in AusGAF too?
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I don't know about you, but I don't pay a subscription fee for TV. Or Radio.
 
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legend166

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Omi said:
Contact ACA.
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Tell you what, I'm considering it.


Basically this is what happened. My mum was picking me up from the station. Her car pulled up as I started to walk across the pedestrian crossing. So she was stopped. I walked over the crossing, in front of the car around to the passenger side door and hopped in. This took approximately 3-4 seconds. There wasn't even a car behind us, so we weren't even holding anyone up.

Apparently a ranger was there and decided to take a photo. Bam, $265 fine and 1 demerit point for my mum. Of course I'll pay the fine if we can't get it waived.

Makes me want to become an anarchist.

What I don't get is that it's punishing the driver for the actions of the pedestrian. She had to stop because I was crossing. Once I decided to hop in the car, her options were to wait the 3-4 seconds, run me over, or drive away whilst I had the door open and run over my foot. As I was walking across, she signalled for me to go around the corner, but I was all "pffft, corner?"

I'm writing a letter.
 
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commanderdeek said:
I think it's cool. Those types of down jackets are really popular in asia and eu during winter because they keep you really warm.

It's a functional piece of clothing rather than a fashion statement. Way cooler than a crappy North Face jacket!
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*checks label on coat*

:(

/edit goddamn I just devour Mandarins. As bad as almonds.
 
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Dead Man

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legend166 said:
Tell you what, I'm considering it.


Basically this is what happened. My mum was picking me up from the station. Her car pulled up as I started to walk across the pedestrian crossing. So she was stopped. I walked over the crossing, in front of the car around to the passenger side door and hopped in. This took approximately 3-4 seconds. There wasn't even a car behind us, so we weren't even holding anyone up.

Apparently a ranger was there and decided to take a photo. Bam, $265 fine and 1 demerit point for my mum.

Makes me want to become an anarchist.

What I don't get is that it's punishing the driver for the actions of the pedestrian. She had to stop because I was crossing. Once I decided to hop in the car, her options were to wait the 3-4 seconds, run me over, or drive away whilst I had the door open and run over my foot.

I'm writing a letter.
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What? That makes no sense. Cars can't stop at crossing? Or a photo of you getting in a car is grounds to give the driver a fine? My head is full of fuck.

FallbackPants said:
I swear Foxtel has more ads than FTA TV and heaps of people pay for that.
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Maybe, but more people don't than do. Still doesn't mean people don't hate to pay for ads.
 
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legend166

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Dead Man said:
What? That makes no sense. Cars can't stop at crossing? Or a photo of you getting in a car is grounds to give the driver a fine? My head is full of fuck.
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Well I was the only one on the crossing. But either way she had to stop because I was walking across.

I mean, would this have been worthy of a fine if there was no pedestrian crossing? If someone is just driving down the street, and there is no traffic, are you allowed to stop and let someone get in the car? Or would that get you a $265 fine?
 
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FallbackPants

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Dead Man said:
Maybe, but more people don't than do. Still doesn't mean people don't hate to pay for ads.
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I totally understand that line of thinking, but Gaming seems ready to stab Bill Gates in the heart over it. It's a pretty minor thing. And it's not like it's the first time there have been ads in games.
Or like these are pop ups you can't not see. I couldn't even tell you what ads were on it. Actually I think there was an Avengers one the other day.
They mostly seem like ads for games or competitions aren't they?
 
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Dead Man

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legend166 said:
Well I was the only one on the crossing. But either way she had to stop because I was walking across.

I mean, would this have been worthy of a fine if there was no pedestrian crossing? If someone is just driving down the street, and there is no traffic, are you allowed to stop and let someone get in the car? Or would that get you a $265 fine?
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I get your description, how that is against the law is beyond me though. It is madness.

Fake Edit: Oh, I see that idiot Scruby was involved. Sounds like a clusterfuck
http://www.walk.com.au/pedestriancouncil/Page.asp?PageID=217

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I totally understand that line of thinking, but Gaming seems ready to stab Bill Gates in the heart over it. It's a pretty minor thing. And it's not like it's the first time there have been ads in games.
Or like these are pop ups you can't not see. I couldn't even tell you what ads were on it. Actually I think there was an Avengers one the other day.
They mostly seem like ads for games or competitions aren't they?
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LOL, can't even find the thread, so I don't know.
 
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Dead Man said:
What? That makes no sense. Cars can't stop at crossing? Or a photo of you getting in a car is grounds to give the driver a fine? My head is full of fuck.



Maybe, but more people don't than do. Still doesn't mean people don't hate to pay for ads.
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Police have been on a fine spree lately. my dad copped one a couple of months ago for "only stopping at a stop sign for 5 seconds" in a back street that no one uses. The cops camped out there in a plain car and apparently got a bunch of people. I kinda feel like they should be doing something worthwhile rather than fining people for stopping at crossings on empty roads.

Advertising has made commercial radio completely unlistenable (is that a word?). I just can't anymore. If you're paying for xbox live they really shouldn't NEED ads.
 
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Axiom

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evlcookie said:
Any reason why you are playing that and not dota 2? I'm pretty sure they are mostly similar and dota 2 is probably harder to get into. There's a fair few of us in ausgaf playing Dota 2 though, most of us are terrible :D
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Well for one I'm not in the beta.

Super MNC is MOBA third person shooter with a well-done TF2 aesthetic. I've tried League of Legends and didn't hate it, but the terminology and research needed before even hitting play was such that I was kind of done before I began. Even the interface (while simple) was an additional layer of abstraction due to my unfamiliarity with that style of game (RTS and Diablo) on top of the fact I'd never played a MOBA before.

With Super MNC I could pretty much play a Medic pumping a heal beam into people and hang back while I figured shit out and became comfortable enough to try other classes. There was still a barrier to entry with the terminology, but I'd already done that work with LoL. It also helped a ton that the game is newly launched F2P game in a very different style to other MOBAs and thus the game is awash with noobs and I'm subsequently far less likely to actively hurt the team I'm on.

I'll certainly give Dota2 a go when I can, but I had immediate fun with Super MNC and I can't say that about LoL. So I never went out there trying for a Dota2 key that someone who DOES already enjoy that style of game would probably appreciate more.
 
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Choc

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legend166 said:
Well I was the only one on the crossing. But either way she had to stop because I was walking across.

I mean, would this have been worthy of a fine if there was no pedestrian crossing? If someone is just driving down the street, and there is no traffic, are you allowed to stop and let someone get in the car? Or would that get you a $265 fine?
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uh that law is a law only enforceable by the police. A council ranger can't give out a fine for a traffic offence only parking offences. Just like they can't book you for speeding, driving in a bus lane etc

legend i'd just challenge that in court, what a load of shit

edit: shanshan for 5 seconds? wtf. in NSW you have to wait 3 seconds and fully stopped.

5 seconds = holding up traffic potentially
 
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Dead Man

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shanshan310 said:
Police have been on a fine spree lately. my dad copped one a couple of months ago for "only stopping at a stop sign for 5 seconds" in a back street that no one uses. The cops camped out there in a plain car and apparently got a bunch of people. I kinda feel like they should be doing something worthwhile rather than fining people for stopping at crossings on empty roads.

Advertising has made commercial radio completely unlistenable (is that a word?). I just can't anymore. If you're paying for xbox live they really shouldn't NEED ads.
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Bloody hell
codswallop said:
Plenty of stories don't make it into the media for lots of reasons. I don't read/watch Sydney news so wouldn't know, either way.


It's English, so make it up!
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True enough, on both.

As for this no stopping thing, I can't find it in the NSW Road users Handbook. Am I just missing it?

http://www.rta.nsw.gov.au/licensing/downloads/gettitestsdrivieduca_dl1.html
 
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Jintor

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shanshan310 said:
Police have been on a fine spree lately. my dad copped one a couple of months ago for "only stopping at a stop sign for 5 seconds" in a back street that no one uses. The cops camped out there in a plain car and apparently got a bunch of people. I kinda feel like they should be doing something worthwhile rather than fining people for stopping at crossings on empty roads.
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What? Bullshit, I was taught 5 seconds was on the conservative side at a stop sign anyway
 
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Danoss

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shanshan310 said:
Police have been on a fine spree lately. my dad copped one a couple of months ago for "only stopping at a stop sign for 5 seconds" in a back street that no one uses. The cops camped out there in a plain car and apparently got a bunch of people. I kinda feel like they should be doing something worthwhile rather than fining people for stopping at crossings on empty roads.
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Is that a QLD thing?

I thought the rule of a stop sign was that the wheels must come to a complete stop before the line. That's when you check it is clear to proceed, as stop signs are put in places with obstructed vision in at least one direction; I don't recall there being a time period designated for performing this check.

At least that is what I believe it is under NSW road rules.

Dead Man said:
As for this no stopping thing, I can't find it in the NSW Road users Handbook. Am I just missing it?

http://www.rta.nsw.gov.au/licensing/downloads/gettitestsdrivieduca_dl1.html
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I doubt you'll find it, as it is a crossing. If they don't allow stopping near a crossing, then the crossing is pointless.
 
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Choc

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legend166 said:
Well I was the only one on the crossing. But either way she had to stop because I was walking across.

I mean, would this have been worthy of a fine if there was no pedestrian crossing? If someone is just driving down the street, and there is no traffic, are you allowed to stop and let someone get in the car? Or would that get you a $265 fine?
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the rule is you can't park within 9 metres of a pedestrian crossing i think

she wasn't parked, it just happened to be concidence that Legend was walking over the road
 
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FallbackPants

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shanshan310 said:
Police have been on a fine spree lately. my dad copped one a couple of months ago for "only stopping at a stop sign for 5 seconds" in a back street that no one uses. The cops camped out there in a plain car and apparently got a bunch of people. I kinda feel like they should be doing something worthwhile rather than fining people for stopping at crossings on empty roads.
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Stopping for five seconds? That's ridiculous. I've always been told it's your wheels coming to a complete stop. And that can be for as little time as possible as long as they stop.


shanshan310 said:
Advertising has made commercial radio completely unlistenable (is that a word?). I just can't anymore. If you're paying for xbox live they really shouldn't NEED ads.
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Dead Man said:
LOL, can't even find the thread, so I don't know.
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It just seems like a really minor thing to be screaming bloody murder over. But yeah, I guess I understand. Whatever, I just wanted to see if this was a widespread annoyance or just one of Gaming's many over blown deal-breakers
 
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Axiom said:
Well for one I'm not in the beta.

Super MNC is MOBA third person shooter with a well-done TF2 aesthetic. I've tried League of Legends and didn't hate it, but the terminology and research needed before even hitting play was such that I was kind of done before I began. Even the interface (while simple) was an additional layer of abstraction due to my unfamiliarity with that style of game (RTS and Diablo) on top of the fact I'd never played a MOBA before.

With Super MNC I could pretty much play a Medic pumping a heal beam into people and hang back while I figured shit out and became comfortable enough to try other classes. There was still a barrier to entry with the terminology, but I'd already done that work with LoL. It also helped a ton that the game is newly launched F2P game in a very different style to other MOBAs and thus the game is awash with noobs and I'm subsequently far less likely to actively hurt the team I'm on.

I'll certainly give Dota2 a go when I can, but I had immediate fun with Super MNC and I can't say that about LoL. So I never went out there trying for a Dota2 key that someone who DOES already enjoy that style of game would probably appreciate more.
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Most of us have an abundance of spare keys so by all means grab one if you want to give it a shot. We've been playing it a fair bit and there's an even spread between complete noobs, those with some dota experience, and those with more dota experience so you'll fit right in. Also helps that we play inhouse games whenever we have the numbers with a fairly large % of those playing on mumble so you can always grab some help mid-game. Hop in steam chat and you'll nab a copy easy.
 
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shanshan310

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Sal/kpop people have you seen this?

FallbackPants said:
It just seems like a really minor thing to be screaming bloody murder over. But yeah, I guess I understand. Whatever, I just wanted to see if this was a widespread annoyance or just one of Gaming's many over blown deal-breakers
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Xbox live was already sucky. I guess people are pissed because they have to pay for it when PSN doesn't, and now they still get ads. Or something.


codswallop said:
It's English, so make it up!
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whooo!

I have to say though, learning Japanese has completely ruined my English grammar. I keep taking out the subject, and combining words together by mistake (eg. 飲むble - like edible but for drinks).
 
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