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  1. I'm partly in the same boat. 

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    Apart from the camp upgrades, i've hardly crafted anything (outside of table covers, a mat for my sleeping area and some small things for the scouts).  The camp upgrades i felt were a necessity, seeing as we're living rough after the Blackwater incident.  I did feel that after the shootout in Valentine, and then the bank heist that i'd be locked out of the northern region akin to Blackwater.  Rockstar seem determined to make the crafting materials required to be perfect pelts, which does limit things.  If they put it as a "Good" pelt as well, i'd probably craft more.  I do hunt for the camp, bringing back a deer or two now and again.

    As an experience, it's worth playing Red Dead Redemption 2.  However it'll probably not be something i'll rush back to, unless i had nothing else to play.


  2. Found more KKK members dotted around Rhodes, so again i kindly disposed of them.  Also found the Suffrogette movement having a peaceful protest.

    The detail in this game keeps on giving. Watched a video that popped up in my YouTube feed showing that if you watch a dead body, it does decompose and get eaten by vultures.  Seriously, some of this detail is both amazing and weirdly iffy at the same time.


  3. Just made it to Chapter 3

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    Blowing up the KKK was a bitter sweet moment.  Quite enjoying Rhodes better than Valentine, cleared the bounty i built up before we had to leave to Rhodes.  Now i'm in earshot of Saint Denis, did hunt down the vampire and give money to the building of a church extention.

    Have got a pretty decent American Standbred horse, got some good speed upon it which is good for completing the horse challenges.

     

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  4. Took nearly 3 months, but finally got the electric meter changed in the flat from a token to a standard credit one.  3 months of back and forth phone calls, emails etc.  The electric company were adament in making sure we'd clear the debt of the property (wasn't our debt, but as i found out from the landlord it was building up without his knowledge as the last tenants vacated without telling him (so lots of debt built up including unpaid rent, gas and water))

    The gas and water were the easy ones, it was the electric that proved hard.  They went from trying to charge us nearly £300 to clear the debt to £100 "admin fee".  Between me and the landlord (and an ombudsman) we got the fee down to zero.  They removed the meter yesterday, so now we can shop around for a better supplier (we were on a tariff that allows us to change (both gas and electric, we're not tied to a contract on either))


  5. Managed to finish the upgrades to the camp last night, thanks to a treasure map i bought.  Also mangaged to get a few bits for my horse, a new gun for myself and stocked up on provisions in-camp to keep everyone happy.  Seems to work, overheard Dutch talking saying they've got money, food and guns.

    Found a random hut on one exploration trip South, had 3 or 4 random enemy NPC's who were drunk.  They went to bed, i killed all bar one.  They told me where more money was in the hut when i scared them outside.  And in Strawberry, one NPC let me pick anything up in the store as a thank-you for saving his life from an attack.


  6. 4 hours ago, MindFreak said:

    Attended a Raid for Giratina yesterday and got it on my second-to-last ball. Phew. It was at an Ex Raid Gym so I hope I get a pass for the next Ex Raid - however, they tend to be on work days around noon so I won't get my hopes up for being able to attend.

    I got a Ex Raid pass............for next Wednesday at 4pm.  If it was my RDO (Rota Day Off) i'd be able to go, but alas i cannot

    The Adventure Sync update is out for players of level 35 and above (at present).  So, get those candies earned and eggs hatched.  Perfect for Meltan candies.


  7. 1 hour ago, Goron_3 said:

    A lot will depend on how much of a system seller Pokemon Let's Go turns out to be. I have a suspicion that it may perform similiarly to the NSMB games, in that it will sell well to people who own the console already but may not become a system seller, especially compared to a next gen Pokemon RPG.

    I have a lot of friends who still play Pokemon GO and none of them plan to shell out £300 for a Switch and Let's Go. In a perfect world, we would be getting a traditional Pokemon RPG this year and LG in a few years time, when the install base was already massive and it didn't need to be a system seller.

    Smash will probably be the one to sell more systems over Let's Go.  Many people who pay Go in the raid group i'm in don't want to shell out £300+ for a Switch and Let's Go, however some have in preparation for it.


  8. 2 minutes ago, Ronnie said:

    Tips wise, remember to use your binoculars if you're trying to hunt perfect pelts. You can check what quality the animal is before you hunt it. Apparently there's also info you can learn about which weapon works best to get a perfect pelt.

    Sounds like you and I are at the same place. Did you loot money that was lying around in the camp after the mission and suddenly became Wanted? I kind of feel like I missed out on a lot of good stuff because of that. I did a fun one after that with Charles, which made me really appreciate the scenery.

    Yeah, tried looting the camp and came up Wanted.  Same happened on an earlier mission when i looted a shotgun from a cabin.  Hid over by the rocks, waited until the wanted cleared and resumed my looting.  Nearly have enough for another camp upgrade.


  9. Been on/off this all weekend.  So far, so good.  For me anyway, it's living up to the hype in places.  Loving the missions, the world and the characters i'm coming across.  Per mission i'm completing, i'm hunting rabbits and deer on my way back to camp.  Already got into a bar fight, and various people have attempted to kill me out in the wilderness.

    And faceplanted myself into a tree.

    Loving the game so far, plenty to see and do.  Certainly playing more this evening.

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  10. 1 hour ago, MindFreak said:

    Yeah, in the Raid group I'm using on Facebook, a lot of the active players are actually women. Funny how that goes - even though the average gamer is actually a middle-aged woman playing something on her phone.

    I have a problem with one player and one gym. She has three accounts and takes that gym back within minutes every time someone else takes it - we're talking all times a day, and the gym is not even in a place where you can get it from any apartment. So I tried addressing the issue on the raid group on Facebook and was surprised that others had the same problem with her at other gyms. However, the post was deleted within an hour by an admin - only raid relevant posts are allowed. I really wish I could do something about it. :/

    Only one solution is to report them to Niantic, probably find they are spoofing to the location.

    On the last community day, went around with a number of people in the Newport group.  Was pretty good, kept doing loops around from the river to the castle via the Salvation Army building.


  11. Smaller forums are dying off slowly.  N-E is one such forum, and it's down to a few things which include (and not limited to)

    • Social Media
    • Lifestyle

    They are the big two i think.  With lifestyle, that can fall with the fact that we've all grown older and life changes for many of us.  More responsibilities meaning less time for the hobbies we love.  bob pointed that out himself.  When we all joined up, most of us probably still lived at home with parents and didn't have a lot of responsibilites outside of making sure you got up, went to school/work etc.  Now many of us have moved into our own places and have responsibilities.  With that comes being more social with work colleagues, meeting new people and getting on with life.  That is unfortunatly the way things are going for many.

    Many members don't come on often anymore for the above reason, and a few other reasons which are personal to them.  You can't pursuade them to return, but many do when there is a direct or a big gaming event like E3 or a console reveal for a short while.

    Social Media (which includes YouTube here) is much easier to run a discussion about games.  The likes of facebook have thousands, if not millions of gaming-related pages for people to be able to discuss what games to play and all that.  Social media is also partially to blame for many gaming print medias being discontinued.  Outside of some of the big forums about, which are thriving still, a lot of others are dying off.  Many have moved onto social media platforms and members have followed, it is again how life is changing.

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