Posts by blackdog

Quote from Sprony

Renamed it.

The first time I have no interest in the sale. There are no dailies, no super deals, no voting, etc. Just deals that remain the same so it gives me zero incentive to log in and check what's changed.

I actually prefer this way really: I don't want to waste time chasing offers, plus I don't have it. I want to look at my wishlist and if there's something heavily discounted eventually get it.

Plus all that "encore" shit, sales that come back on the last day, maybe even higher discounts... if that day something happens and I can't log in then I miss on the opportunity.

Who cares about badges, gems and all that gamification rubbish. I want to play games, not play buying games.

I'm going to watch The Man In The High Castle, having the Prime subscription... but the pilot didn't convince me fully at the time.

Saw this yesterday, and was already published the day before (can't believe nobody on facebook posted it!) but hey, here's the first trailer of Civil War

Quote from Vilham

For the love of god report the flat to the council.

That had been the plan for when she was moving out, now that the fire brigade has been there and was going to report on the property as unsafe, she thinks there's no need cos Pandora's vase gonna crack right open.

I'd report anyway but she doesn't want to get involved, and since I wasn't renting...

Quote from Sprony

I really don't get this. Back when I lived in apartments I kept this little friend by the door in case neighbors were deaf to reasoning.

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Eheh, I really wanted to go out when that lunatic was talking shit, but I know Nicola would have disapproved, probably would have made things worse, some people thrive on confrontation. We think she might be proper schizophrenic... did I say that at some point throughout the weekend she smashed her boyfriend TV?

My girlfriend was planning to move anyway by January after the fire accident, the threats just sped up the process. And not much because of fear, at least I think the bitch is just delusional, but still you don't want to walk out to go to the toilet or to work and get someone in your face.

Hey, first round of sale is on, you guys buying anything? I'm tempted by a few things, even though I still have such a back catalog...

Should we change the title of this so it can be used every season?

Congrats and best wishes to the new staff. Thank you for your contribution to come.

The update log is a good idea, as well as the changes that have been planned.

Quote from Buddy

If you're serious about home cinema then get a projector+screen which is:

-Has better quality

-More reliable (dealing with a broken 250kg 65" inch screen is no fun:P)

-Allows for correct audio setup

-$ for " cheaper

I have done just that and have absolutely no regrets!

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I consider myself a cinema fanatic, but I'm not even renting an apartment, I live were I work so there's not much I can do here. Got lucky and obtained a much bigger room a few months ago (it's actually living + bedroom) but wouldn't be practical spend money for installing such things, I don't think the room would be ideal but also to consider that proper sound system would annoy the people below me as well

Alright since I don't get any specific suggestion I think I'll place the order tonight :hurry:

Quite like this light test in the last shot.

The bridge is something that I was thinking about back when you shared the shots originally, so I think it will be an interesting addition. No idea about how it will play out though.

Oh yeah, I wish I had that money to spend, but I don't... so I was wondering if a 4K would have been a better in terms of panel than a FHD, when price differs of just 50-100£.
Tried to find some reviews but there are so many friggin models that it's a lost cause, it feels.

I remember these screens. I like the geometry but I think you need to spend some time working on the lighting of the scene, especially in the central area the orange is too much and I think makes everything too gloomy/unpleasant. I'd throw in at least some white floodlights and use the color for more of an accent.

Quote from jackophant

Honestly, don't buy 4K. You're much better off getting a high quality 1080p screen like I helped my sister find recently.

That Sony 50" looks pretty good though

What did you suggested to buy?

On Curry's I found a LG 50" Full HD for 429£, tempted to get that along the LG soundbar + woofer, which comes discounted if bundled, final cost would be 529£.

Edit: friend of mine suggested this LG, which looks like the model after the one above. If there are no better suggestions I think I have a winner.

PS: I think to remember you talking about audio speakers to move around? I see that now they are all wireless these bars, and with Bluetooth they say you can play your music from any device.

So the last week-ten days have been something between a caricature of life and something out of a film.

Thursday a week ago, while on my way to see my girlfriend, she slipped during running club... shortly after I found out that there was some maintenance around London's railway so had to go a long way around taking me an hour longer in total. Got to my gf place on a taxi, picked her up and spent the night at the emergency. We finally went to bed at 5-5:30 with her wearing a cast.

I shopped for her the day after and got told off because: I took too long, got a couple of alternatives that she wouldn't have bought etc. Sunday on my way back the thing came up again via text so I couldn't take it anymore and replied point by point, so the rest of the day we basically didn't messaged because she was offended.

Also new flatmates entered the house that weekend and were noisy with loud music at inappropriate hours; during the week my girlfriend protested and after banging on the wall at midnight, the soon to be discovered crazy bitch that moved in, entered her room (wasn't locked) at 2:30AM waking her up screaming how could she dare bang on the wall.

This friday I got to my gf (no cast anymore) and these couple came back past midnight and were noisy again. Went to shower at some insane hour and the shower wiring caught fire: the fire brigade came and assessed that most regulations weren't respected and said they would report the property come Monday. Again we were able to go to sleep between 4-5AM.

When the landlord's errand guy came Sunday to talk with these people, he had an argument with the crazy bitch --who even threw his phone on the floor when he gave it to her to talk to the landlord-- and mentioned that they had been annoying to the other tenants, so after he left the bitch came to scream at my girlfriend's door that if she was afraid of her, she would have been terrorized by her boyfriend who's a drug dealer and has been in prison, he kills people for enjoyement.

Since the landlord wasn't going to call the police (we are sure he doesn't pay taxes), we contacted a friend and moved half of the things out by the evening, in a fashion that reminded me of one of the chapters at the beginning of Grisham's The Rainmaker. At 6AM we woke up to drink and noticed texts from the poor third tenant, an Indian girl, she was saying there had been screams all night and the crazy bitch had been taken to the hospital on an ambulance.

We moved the remaining stuff Monday morning.

Hey guys, Black Friday comes to a close and websites are going crazy.

Found this lightning deal on a Sony 49" 4K

also Argos has some interesting prices
From Argos I'd narrow to:
Sony 50" Full HD Smart 529£ (save 320£) | LG 49" 4K 549£ (save 220£) | LG 49" Full HD Smart (save 180£)

I would ideally spend up to 500£, could go up to 600£ if the product is really worth it and hugely discounted (eg 600£ after +30% discount).
I've seen some Bush 4K TVs that are incredibly crispy (they weren't that big though) so wonder if would be better off spending money on something like that, would anyway get Netflix/Prime through the X360 or Chromecast or the likes.

Any suggestions? A friend says that cost/screen quality LG is better atm. Also to just get a full HD the size I need, ignore smart functions and get a Chromecast. Of course I care about "smart" just that amount, it's just that at a certain budget, TV are usually smart.

Thanks for the insight @TheOnlyDoubleF, yes I can say that the difficulty curve is what put me off, can't remember where I'm at, think like 50th.

Although, to be fair, I'm not mobile gaming at all right now. For some time Fallout Shelter had me but I'm not starting any of the games I have. I'll make an effort to finish the additional levels of Monument Valley and try to get back into Hitman GO, although was annoying at some point I lost my progress (app was removed altogether without me deleting it :?) so… usually when I'm on a mobile gaming friendly situation (underground) I'm reading to catch up with long due books, and on the train if I'm on the phone I'm texting or reading, social networks etc. to the point that the still huge mobile gaming phenomena surprises me, after all I still see lots of people in London, and if they play they play Candy Crush or Asphalt

Quote from mr.P

@blackdog

tested around a little, could not find any issues,

Thank you very much for taking the time to look at this and sSorry for not getting back... but it's been one of the worst weeks ever.

My nVidia panel says my drivers are up to date v.358.91... although as soon as I powered on the computer there was a notification of new drivers and i read v.359 :?

If the problem doesn't go away is there a preferred way I should report this to Avalanche?

Haven't seen the video, but if the excuse for gaming is teamwork and social skills… that's ridiculous.

Like, what better place to get social skills of not in school dealing with REAL people? Working together toward the same goal? Learning that in real life in a team there will be always the parasite trying to delegate or not doing their job. Real world is not a Seal team where everybody has each other's back; if anything the best game for real social behaviour would be the multiplayer of Kane & Lynch 2 where everybody tries to back stab you.

Hardcore mode? Like some levels are not difficult already

technical question: how do you decide on the amount of levels to offer? I know you are using the Unity metrics etc, but it just seems you have loooads of levels, similar to most puzzle games… and I feel that most players just can't complete the game – at least that's what happened for previous puzzle games, despite how much I was liking them (eg cut the rope that is the one I sticked to the most)

Thank you @Thrik for all the hard work these years, hope that you'll manage to be more frequent around here like in past times. And especially thanks for staying on the technical side, it's a big responsibility, especially after the site has grown so much in recent times.

To @Sprony and @FMPONE a massive good luck for the future and big thanks for taking on such responsibility. Curious to see further developments.

Hurg on :hurg2:

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