The "whatever's on your mind" thread

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  • edited March 2012
    It's like graduating all over again isn't it?
  • edited March 2012
    Johro wrote: »
    It's like graduating all over again isn't it?

    Do I get to throw my hat!? I love that bit!

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  • edited March 2012
    Well kids, I'm in the hospital. Ain't this a bitch.
  • edited March 2012
    why wont my serial numbers for my telltale games (and the sims 3) work on steam
  • edited March 2012
    Johro wrote: »
    It's like graduating all over again isn't it?

    It really is. Despite my best efforts though, I can't seem to leave. This place... it calls to me.

    Are the Telltale forums Rapture?
  • edited March 2012
    Fawful has quit the forum for keeps after a ban.
    Rather Dashing has left the forum for keeps after a ban.
    Giant Tope has left the forum for keeps after a ban.
    Avistew got bored and left - rarely returning.

    If true, it's their choices, and that's OK. If Telltale ever puts out a decent adventure game again, maybe they'll be back. Or maybe not, but there will be other interesting people to banter with. Can't say I haven't myself thought of leaving 'til Telltale does something exciting again, but so far, there's still enough interesting things being posted that I keep coming back. I never would have gotten to experience the Majus Interview Adventure if I weren't still looking at this place!
  • edited March 2012
    i am thinking of getting mass effect
  • edited March 2012
    Considering moving out at the end of this year of uni.

    I already was aware that its going to cost me a lot to do so. I probably need to earn about £600 a month post tax to make it really feasable.

    I currently only earn £240 per month, without tax, (since I'm a student and earn less than £3000 a year, as I only work one day).

    That being said though, if I could get a decent job, and maybe find someone to share a room with, (best friend did pitch the idea last year when I crashed at uni. He probably wouldn't follow through with it though...), someone I could trust wouldn't just bail on me, then it could work out.

    You see I realised now, that I am never going to "grow up" as it were; to never find true independance, nor the drive to persue what I want in life if I stay at home all the time.
    I love my family, and I like being at home, but I realise that I don't have any of my own space, nor the neutral respect I need to really do stuff.

    I have to fit MY life around my families, and that is totally killing my focus.
    What I need is isolation.
    In the first year of uni, I was lonely and I hated the people on the floor I was in, (noisy idiotic food stealers! >:/), but the concept of having my own place to do whatever I wanted without someone butting in was just FANTASTIC. I loved it.

    Sure, I might have saved money by commuting, but I think in my heart, this whole university thing wasn't really going to work out.

    My old man complains a lot about no-one doing anything, and that "IN MY HOUSE, YOU DO WHAT I SAY OR YOU GO LIVE SOMEWHERE ELSE" and I think he's right.
    Respectfully I have to leave. I have to stop depending on others, its unsustainable, and it is going to eventually drive me crazy.

    I'm not a sponge or a slacker. I put a lot more effort into uni and work than most of my people my age do, but I lack the drive to apply that learning.
    And thats what I hate about uni. Sure I learn a lot of knowledge, but I feel its wasted without the means of application.

    I know HOW to do the essay or a report, but why should I need to prove I can make an essay or a report, when I have already proven I CAN already make one?

    Its boring and dull, the repetition of uni work, and I think that even if I have a degree, it wouldn't give me that much more leverage over anyone else.

    After all, work places want to know what EXPERIENCE and what SKILLS you have that you can apply to the workplace.

    My best friend seems to be doing great with his new job. Working really hard, which funnily enough, is not like him.
    Well not like his appraoch to uni and schoolwork.
    He was a "slacker" like me. We do a lot of learning outside that curriculum circle, stuff we could use.
    I've seen him put more effort into changing a DS case and fixing his laptops, than I ever did when he did his A levels.
    He got D's, but he's certainly not stupid. He's way smarter than me.

    Ideally if I move, I want to move closer to him. Sounds odd, but he's my best friend, the person who knows me 100%, and I would feel better and more driven if I could talk and meet up with him more.
    Sure I have my family now, but its different. There is a hierarchy there thats restricting.
  • edited March 2012
    Considering moving out at the end of this year of uni.

    I already was aware that its going to cost me a lot to do so. I probably need to earn about £600 a month post tax to make it really feasable.

    I currently only earn £240 per month, without tax, (since I'm a student and earn less than £3000 a year, as I only work one day).

    That being said though, if I could get a decent job, and maybe find someone to share a room with, (best friend did pitch the idea last year when I crashed at uni. He probably wouldn't follow through with it though...), someone I could trust wouldn't just bail on me, then it could work out.

    You see I realised now, that I am never going to "grow up" as it were; to never find true independance, nor the drive to persue what I want in life if I stay at home all the time.
    I love my family, and I like being at home, but I realise that I don't have any of my own space, nor the neutral respect I need to really do stuff.

    I have to fit MY life around my families, and that is totally killing my focus.
    What I need is isolation.
    In the first year of uni, I was lonely and I hated the people on the floor I was in, (noisy idiotic food stealers! >:/), but the concept of having my own place to do whatever I wanted without someone butting in was just FANTASTIC. I loved it.

    Sure, I might have saved money by commuting, but I think in my heart, this whole university thing wasn't really going to work out.

    My old man complains a lot about no-one doing anything, and that "IN MY HOUSE, YOU DO WHAT I SAY OR YOU GO LIVE SOMEWHERE ELSE" and I think he's right.
    Respectfully I have to leave. I have to stop depending on others, its unsustainable, and it is going to eventually drive me crazy.

    I'm not a sponge or a slacker. I put a lot more effort into uni and work than most of my people my age do, but I lack the drive to apply that learning.
    And thats what I hate about uni. Sure I learn a lot of knowledge, but I feel its wasted without the means of application.

    I know HOW to do the essay or a report, but why should I need to prove I can make an essay or a report, when I have already proven I CAN already make one?

    Its boring and dull, the repetition of uni work, and I think that even if I have a degree, it wouldn't give me that much more leverage over anyone else.

    After all, work places want to know what EXPERIENCE and what SKILLS you have that you can apply to the workplace.

    My best friend seems to be doing great with his new job. Working really hard, which funnily enough, is not like him.
    Well not like his appraoch to uni and schoolwork.
    He was a "slacker" like me. We do a lot of learning outside that curriculum circle, stuff we could use.
    I've seen him put more effort into changing a DS case and fixing his laptops, than I ever did when he did his A levels.
    He got D's, but he's certainly not stupid. He's way smarter than me.

    Ideally if I move, I want to move closer to him. Sounds odd, but he's my best friend, the person who knows me 100%, and I would feel better and more driven if I could talk and meet up with him more.
    Sure I have my family now, but its different. There is a hierarchy there thats restricting.

    long posts FTW
  • edited March 2012
    seibert999 wrote: »
    long posts FTW

    Pointless Comment FTW!
  • edited March 2012
    Me FTW!
  • edited March 2012
    The win is a lie.
  • edited March 2012
    DAISHI wrote: »
    The win is a lie.

    overused memes FTW, fluttershy is the best ponie, do a barrel roll
  • edited March 2012
    Rejoining this thread with an observation. Rules be damned, this is important, I am discussing unpersons.

    Fawful has quit the forum for keeps after a ban.
    Rather Dashing has left the forum for keeps after a ban.
    Giant Tope has left the forum for keeps after a ban.
    Avistew got bored and left - rarely returning.

    I am the only one of my original cabal left who hasn't abandoned the forum or ascended to Modhood.

    >Alcoremortis doesn't count. She joined my inner circle much later.

    I guess what I'm saying is... shit's lonely here, guise.
    Wait when did Dashing get banned?
  • edited March 2012
    seibert999 wrote: »
    overused memes FTW, fluttershy is the best ponie, do a barrel roll

    Objection! It's over 9000!
  • edited March 2012
    peter fonda and alec baldwin in a tomas the tank engine movie
  • edited March 2012
    Well good bye everyone. I resurrected an old thread so that's me banned.
  • edited March 2012
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  • edited March 2012
    seibert999 wrote: »
    sparkle sparkle sparkle

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  • edited March 2012
    seibert999 wrote: »
    sparkle sparkle sparkle

    Fuck yeah, sparkle sparkle sparkle!
  • edited March 2012
    Gman5852 wrote: »
    Wait when did Dashing get banned?

    Last week.
  • edited March 2012
    Last week.

    Can't blame you if you left.

    I'm considering abandoning the forums at some point too.

    (If more people leave and the games continue to stagnate that is. Also certain people on this board (who will not be named) are irritating the heck out of me at the moment, putting me off reading certain threads...)
  • VainamoinenVainamoinen Moderator
    edited March 2012
    coolsome wrote: »
    Well good bye everyone. I resurrected an old thread so that's me banned.

    OMYGOD four months old thread. And resurrected makes it a DOUBLE POST. Where's my ban hammer.

    Ah yes, here it is.

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    And BTW... talk about teh banned ends now.
  • VainamoinenVainamoinen Moderator
    edited March 2012
    Gman wasn't listening.
  • edited March 2012
    Gman wasn't listening.

    Didn't see that. Sorry.
  • edited March 2012
    Rejoining this thread with an observation. Rules be damned, this is important, I am discussing unpersons.

    Fawful has quit the forum for keeps after a ban.
    Rather Dashing has left the forum for keeps after a ban.
    Giant Tope has left the forum for keeps after a ban.
    Avistew got bored and left - rarely returning.

    I am the only one of my original cabal left who hasn't abandoned the forum or ascended to Modhood.

    >Alcoremortis doesn't count. She joined my inner circle much later.

    I guess what I'm saying is... shit's lonely here, guise.

    I totally count, I was here LONG before you, sonny!

    Also, they'll be back when King's Quest comes out, if only to put in their two cents about it.
  • edited March 2012
    K Bass! We nono say noting abot dat dere bane fella.
  • VainamoinenVainamoinen Moderator
    edited March 2012
    seibert999 wrote: »
    i am thinking of getting mass effect

    For a console, I hope?
  • edited March 2012
    Oh Mass Effect. Wor a gewd game n dat.
    Purdy fer itz thyme I cain sah.

    Mayo waz batter van dose scannery things in 2. Thats fer shirley! :3
  • edited March 2012
    For a console, I hope?

    for PC, on my Xbox controller
  • VainamoinenVainamoinen Moderator
    edited March 2012
    Mass Effect 1, 2 or 3?

    Actually, I find the games to work very well with keyboard and mouse. It's just that I sincerely hope EA goes to hell with Origin.
  • edited March 2012
    mass effect 1, 2 or 3?

    mass effect 1
  • VainamoinenVainamoinen Moderator
    edited March 2012
    That's very OK, EA hardly makes money with that first game anyway. ;)

    Limited online activations are a bitch though.

    The mechanics are a bit outdated nowadays (and were so already at the time the first game was released), the vehicle missions are tedious, but there's still a host of fun to have with this game. Have fun! ;)
  • edited March 2012
    i am buying it because before i play 2 and 3, i should play the 1st

    also, although the game i outdated by your standerds, it will be impressive in mine, probably since i only own last gen systems so i am use to last gen mechanics
  • edited March 2012
    I WAS going to give the series a shot on my PS3, but I can't find Mass Effect 1 for PS3. Is there even a PS3 version for that game?
  • edited March 2012
    Gman5852 wrote: »
    I WAS going to give the series a shot on my PS3, but I can't find Mass Effect 1 for PS3. Is there even a PS3 version for that game?

    NO, that game is an XBOX 360 exclusive (excluding the PC version)
  • VainamoinenVainamoinen Moderator
    edited March 2012
    Only ME2 was on PS3, and there was a comic-style introductory video in which those new to the series could catch up and repeat some decisions they missed in part 1. Try to find that!
  • edited March 2012
    Only ME2 was on PS3, and there was a comic-style introductory video in which those new to the series could catch up and repeat some decisions they missed in part 1. Try to find that!

    Or I could get the PC versions. I could care less about origin.
  • edited March 2012
    Gman5852 wrote: »
    Or I could get the PC versions. I could care less about origin.

    Well they are on sale on Origin right now. They are available on Steam too. But Origin is cheaper.
    Careful though!
  • edited March 2012
    der_ketzer wrote: »
    Well they are on sale on Origin right now. They are available on Steam too. But Origin is cheaper.
    Careful though!

    Don't see Mass Effect 1 on there which is where I would be starting.
    EDIT:My bad lol, good deal, but I'll have to pass for now. Should I get the ME1 on steam sometime in the future and then get say ME2 on Origin, will that effect saves/decisions?
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