Bits and Bobs 36

Dimrill · **Posted:** Wed Oct 03, 2012 17:22

I think I may be part wombat.

ApplePieOfDestiny · **Joined:** 17th Dec, 2008 **Posts:** 8293

TheVision wrote:

Just had a text off the wife. She writes:-

Quote:

An Indian man just rang here claiming to be from Microsoft telling me that I had a virus on our computer! Oh no! I cried! Tell me what I need to do..!

He then proceeded to ask me to click on a variety of buttons before asking me to click on something along the lines of c p j k button. So I said OK!

To which he said ha! You're taking me for a fool! There is no such thing as a c p j k button! Wha..?! X x

They're on to us!

I think he's doing it wrong.

Dimrill · **Posted:** Wed Oct 03, 2012 22:17

XCOM developer failing to sell his game to people.

Surprisingly noone says "No Julian Gollop? Then fuck off."

WTB · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 14497

Some scrotum keyed our Ka last night. Haven't the heart to tell Mrs Bulge. She'll notice it eventually I guess. We really need to move soon. Definitely moving before I get a new car.

WTB · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 14497

And happy birthday Grim...!

Goddess Jasmine · **Posted:** Wed Oct 03, 2012 22:38

WTB wrote:

Some scrotum keyed our Ka last night. Haven't the heart to tell Mrs Bulge. She'll notice it eventually I guess. We really need to move soon. Definitely moving before I get a new car.

This is part of the reason I have a crappy car. Can't wait to move myself!

WTB · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 14497

Fortunately the Ka is rubbish as well! It won't make it through the MOT next year so it only has about 9 months left. But still! It's her car as well so it angers me even more.

I mean, it'd annoy me if it were my own car, but, you know what I mean!

GazChap · **Posted:** Wed Oct 03, 2012 22:53

Dimrill wrote:

XCOM developer failing to sell his game to people.

Surprisingly noone says "No Julian Gollop? Then fuck off."

Brilliant. Fair play to the guy, he loves the original (and the remake) and you can see that passion dripping in every video/interview he does.

sdg · **Posted:** Wed Oct 03, 2012 22:53

The morning after Jen had just moved into a new flat in Glasgow six years ago, we came out in the morning to find the close door and the car had been graffieted. Is that how you spell that? I doubt it, it looks wrong. Anyway, yeah. That was weird. That was in Dennistoun.
Another time, we woke up to find burnt out cars sitting upside down on our street. Turned out that was for a film shoot though. That film where they put a wall up on the border and people live in gangs or something? Think it was the people who made dog soldiers, not sure though and I've never seen it.

WTB · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 14497

Haha!

metalangel · **Posted:** Wed Oct 03, 2012 23:06

GazChap wrote:

Brilliant. Fair play to the guy, he loves the original (and the remake) and you can see that passion dripping in every video/interview he does.

Really? Because he explains it to those people like a 'bro' who's just been introduced to the game himself.

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 11128

sdg wrote:

That was in Dennistoun.

There's your explanation right there.

sdg · **Posted:** Wed Oct 03, 2012 23:13

Bamba wrote:

sdg wrote:

That was in Dennistoun.

There's your explanation right there.

Lol I know, it was a bit of a culture shock for Jen since she'd lived, worked, studied and played in the west end for her entire four years in Glasgow prior to that.

GazChap · **Posted:** Wed Oct 03, 2012 23:20

metalangel wrote:

Really? Because he explains it to those people like a 'bro' who's just been introduced to the game himself.

Really? He pretty much describes how X-COM is (or rather, should be) to people who are used to modern games. The whole "you can play for 10 hours and then lose" thing just isn't something most gamers are prepared to deal with these days, so the fact that he's trying to sell it based on that is amusing and interesting.

Have you seen any of the other interviews and videos he's done? The man's a machine, he's been full on for the last few weeks about the game, and you can tell it's no PR bullshit, he genuinely wants to release an X-COM game worthy of the original.

He also made the rest of his team play the original game every Friday while working on the new one, just to make sure they "got it."

Based on the demo (which, when you hack it to be the correct difficulty setting, is far better) I'm very optimistic about it. I always said "All someone needs to do is remake X-COM exactly as it was, just with updated graphics" but this looks like it might challenge that thought in my head.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Wed Oct 03, 2012 23:27

Happy birthday Grim... x

metalangel · **Posted:** Wed Oct 03, 2012 23:44

GazChap wrote:

metalangel wrote:

Really? Because he explains it to those people like a 'bro' who's just been introduced to the game himself.

Really? He pretty much describes how X-COM is (or rather, should be) to people who are used to modern games. The whole "you can play for 10 hours and then lose" thing just isn't something most gamers are prepared to deal with these days, so the fact that he's trying to sell it based on that is amusing and interesting.

He explains it in lowest common denominator terms! Nothing to grab your imagination or attention is said, it's all 'yeah, dude, you totally get to like order these guys around and tell them to blast shit and junk'. It sounds terrible.

I'd have said, "You start with a map of the world, where you build a base to research better weapons. When the aliens come, you send a fighter to shoot down their ship, and then direct the individual soldiers as they try to capture the aliens and their technology". None of this beefcake mugging for the camera.

Quote:

Have you seen any of the other interviews and videos he's done? The man's a machine, he's been full on for the last few weeks about the game, and you can tell it's no PR bullshit, he genuinely wants to release an X-COM game worthy of the original.

He also made the rest of his team play the original game every Friday while working on the new one, just to make sure they "got it."

I've just watched this one and while he lacks in charisma and delivery, he at least talks more about what the game involves than that monosyllabic crap in the game store.

Curiosity · **Posted:** Wed Oct 03, 2012 23:52

sdg wrote:

Another time, we woke up to find burnt out cars sitting upside down on our street. Turned out that was for a film shoot though. That film where they put a wall up on the border and people live in gangs or something? Think it was the people who made dog soldiers, not sure though and I've never seen it.

Transpotting?

Dimrill · **Posted:** Wed Oct 03, 2012 23:59

Hmm. Cliffy B's left Epic.

Warhead · Noob as of 6/8/10

zaphod79 wrote:

Captain Caveman wrote:

At 45, I'm the oldest fooker here and bloody proud of it too.

My mental age is barely out of the 'tweens' if that helps?

I'm pretty sure Warhead memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=643 / viewtopic.php?f=3&t=6179&p=443377#p443377 is older
(and I'm glad your both here because I'm probably next in seniority / senility )

I am currently 58.

MaliA · **Posted:** Thu Oct 04, 2012 8:18

Did anyone watch Daybreak this morning? There's an ITN outside braodcast van parked outside work! Exciting!

BikNorton · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 10094

Dimrill wrote:

Hmm. Cliffy B's left Epic.

Are they renaming themselves "Fairly Expansive"?

MaliA · **Posted:** Thu Oct 04, 2012 9:26

It feels like someone has taken a balloon and carefully threaded it into my left sinus cavity and is now steadily inflating it. This is horrible.

MaliA · **Posted:** Thu Oct 04, 2012 9:46

I don't know about you, but building a car starting with a Formula one engine and then strapping hybrid rockets to it is a great idea.And should be encouraged.

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

MaliA wrote:

It feels like someone has taken a balloon and carefully threaded it into my left sinus cavity and is now steadily inflating it. This is horrible.

www.man-the-fuck-up.com

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49232

You're doing it wrong

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

Craster wrote:

You're doing it wrong

Asplain.

MaliA · **Posted:** Thu Oct 04, 2012 10:27

Mr Kissyfur wrote:

MaliA wrote:

It feels like someone has taken a balloon and carefully threaded it into my left sinus cavity and is now steadily inflating it. This is horrible.

www.man-the-fuck-up.com

I'm a highly tuned machine, man. You don't understand. A human Stradovarius. Balanced bewteen perfection and disaster like a gymnast on a razor blade. my tolerances are tight as a drum.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49232

Mr Kissyfur wrote:

Craster wrote:

You're doing it wrong

Asplain.

Well, for one, it's http://www.man-the-fuck-up.co.uk and for two, it links you right back here, which is the point.

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

Craster wrote:

Mr Kissyfur wrote:

Craster wrote:

You're doing it wrong

Asplain.

Well, for one, it's http://www.man-the-fuck-up.co.uk and for two, it links you right back here, which is the point.

That wasn't what I wanted to do, though. I didn't realise there was a rule about how to man people the fuck up. You should add that to TEH ROOLZ.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49232

You should man the fuck up.

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

Craster wrote:

You should man the fuck up.

So should your mum.

Cavey · **Posted:** Thu Oct 04, 2012 11:27

Warhead wrote:

zaphod79 wrote:

Captain Caveman wrote:

At 45, I'm the oldest fooker here and bloody proud of it too.

My mental age is barely out of the 'tweens' if that helps?

I'm pretty sure Warhead memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=643 / viewtopic.php?f=3&t=6179&p=443377#p443377 is older
(and I'm glad your both here because I'm probably next in seniority / senility )

I am currently 58.

Bloody hell mucka, you're almost old enough to be *my* dad.

Good on ya mate.

TheVision · **Posted:** Thu Oct 04, 2012 11:31

I seem to be getting quite a few of those PPI/nuisance texts recently.

Isn't there a number I can forward them on to to get them blocked or something? I remember reading something like that a while ago. I'm on Orange if that helps...

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22288

TheVision wrote:

I seem to be getting quite a few of those PPI/nuisance texts recently.

Isn't there a number I can forward them on to to get them blocked or something? I remember reading something like that a while ago. I'm on Orange if that helps...

http://www1.orange.co.uk/about/contact/spam/

"If you get spam messages, please forward them to 7726 free from your Orange phone. By doing this you are helping Orange to collate information to help reduce spam messages being sent to you and others."

TheVision · **Posted:** Thu Oct 04, 2012 12:23

Excellent! Thank you.

BikNorton · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 10094

Trying out Nokia Xpress for Lumia. It's like Opera Turbo, but for Lumia.

It's slower on my WiFi but I imgine it'll help with Orange's shitty network.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38489

Two new first years with funny names so far: Bernie Furness and Wei Wee.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Thu Oct 04, 2012 15:30

Dimrill wrote:

Hmm. Cliffy B's left Epic.

Cliffy Biro?

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

DavPaz wrote:

Two new first years with funny names so far: Bernie Furness and Wei Wee.

This last week we've met, entirely separately, a Bunty Pilgrim and a Pilgrim Bert.

nickachu · **Posted:** Thu Oct 04, 2012 18:01

How did this make it through gmails spam filter

Quote:

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WTB · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 14497

Manchester. Where's good to drink and eat?

Kern · **Posted:** Thu Oct 04, 2012 18:51

WTB wrote:

Manchester. Where's good to drink and eat?

The Rovers' Return.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38489

Cask is good for booze. No idea how to get there. I was pretty drunk.

Dimrill · **Posted:** Thu Oct 04, 2012 20:01

McDonalds. A pub.

WTB · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 14497

Manchester sounds fucking shit.

MaliA · **Posted:** Thu Oct 04, 2012 20:34

WTB wrote:

Manchester sounds fucking shit.

Find the BeeX does Manchester party times topic.

nickachu · **Posted:** Thu Oct 04, 2012 20:36

WTB wrote:

Manchester. Where's good to drink and eat?

Probably depends on what order you do those things.

WTB · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 14497

Probably going for a pre-lash curry, lash, post-lash overpriced suspicious meat.

It's a stag do. We're going to Go Ape beforehand. Should be fun.

ElephantBanjoGnome · **Joined:** 22nd Dec, 2010 **Posts:** 8175

Hi. Have I missed anything?

Kern · **Posted:** Thu Oct 04, 2012 21:42

ElephantBanjoGnome wrote:

Hi. Have I missed anything?

No, the cottage is next weekend. Still time to book a bed!

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