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  2. Posted

    1 hour ago, LazyBoy said:

    Was going to make a post on this. Desperate to play it, but no one to play with. Would anyone ever be up for an N-E game?

    Saw your post in le mafia thread and got it downloaded on my phone. Up for it if/when we get a decent crew?

     

    Who's in?? When??

  3. Posted

    21 minutes ago, Nolan said:

    Your first line reminded me of the semi-unrelated nine inch nails Pandemic line of shirts. Specifically this one, https://store.nin.com/collections/pandemic/products/stand-for-something-2020-tee. 
     

    As for him not bluffing and all.....well with all the other Republicans backing him he has gotten away with so much more than is legal. No one is holding him accountable. Anyone that tries is ineffective because the rest of the Republican Party stonewalls it. Like his impeachment, it went nowhere when it got to the republican held senate. 

    Ha! I felt similar to the t-shirt when we decided to become 'international law breakers' the other week - I get quite political etc on facebook but my heart truly sits with the pillar of the judiciary and rule of law and ethics etc.

    Why is it that we seem to be moving into this weird age of erosion of the idea of rules-based orders into this age of flout the rules unaccountably?

    What has happened to all the checks and balances that are supposed to be in place? Why are these things occuring in the UK as well as the US and other countries globally to? This almost concerted looking effort to move to authoritarianism?

     

    The impeachment was fucked tbh. I read Mueller - its bang to rights imo. I didn't really get it at first(I watched Sondheim's testimony too) how....it was wasted?? I recall more recently Bolton did his book and his interviews with ABC or something - and he said he didnt or wouldnt testify in the impeachment hearings because the Dems were messing it up by overpoliticising it - and I have slowly come round to agree since.

     

    There are limits on certain aspects and areas of society(curiously this was rather echo'd in the UK's 'Russia Report') such as Intellgence services and how far they wished to go/felt their remit went. Our so called 'governors' on both your side of the pond and ours did not step up and do their duty. Nobody seems to have a backbone for traditional morality and principles anymore now and its really weird to even think how we managed to get to here.

  5. Posted

    5 hours ago, Nolan said:

    It’s going. Anecdotal but I’m seeing absurd amounts of yard signs endorsing trump anytime I drive anywhere. 
     

    He has a lot of supporters still, and he has a lot of supporters who will follow through on voting for him. There’s also a good subset of people that literally do not care because at the end of the day they see it as “owning the libs” and it matters more to them that they upset someone else.
     

    He’s been setting up a narrative of how the election may be fraudulent and blah blah blah. Effectively just getting it into people’s minds that if he doesn’t win obviously he was cheated. Of course if he does win, well I’m sure the results were all 100% fine. 
     

    Gut feeling, the psychopath will probably win again. America has been divided and the conquering is in progress. 

    Its really quite crazy stuff to see in our lifetimes imo - especially from the USA. You guys need to get your house jn order and be prepared for him absolutely fucking off democracy and not transitioning(dont make the mistakes of thinking Trump is bluffing anymore and you can call it) - my hopes for justice/democracy as traditionally seen prevailing soon die more and mlre day by day.

    I can't say Britian is doing much better mind and thats one big question/scenario I am going to be curious to see - the British(until recent lawbreaking ;) ) are often considered for their democracy and eternal defense of it BUT;

     

    If Trump loses the vote and refuses to leave I am very very VERY curious to see how BoJo the Tories our geneeal governance etcetc. then decide to approach it - will they support abstain or object? Sadly the correct action is that last one but I genuinely am not sure this current govt/cabinet understand what the path of correct action actually is.

  6. Posted

    1 hour ago, Ike said:

    The £10 charge for store pickup was there last week, but it wouldn't let you pay if you selected that option.

    oh aye my post was not at all serious. meant to echo the echo; but this geniunely happened once before in the Bargains thread or so where 3 prople basically posted about the same deal...all also available at Game and seemingly nobody checking each others links:p

  7. Posted

    8 minutes ago, drahkon said:

    Good to know. Really hope @Ganepark32 sees this, as he's interesting in getting one.

    Seriously does anyone have the link to the topic where this happened before with Wiis or Wii Us or something? It was in the bargain thread or so?? I swear @Cube knows but I never remember who else was there :laughing:

     

    edit: got hopeful with a search but i only found my own 7 year old reference -.-

    https://forum.n-europe.com/topic/32240-wii-u-price-check/?do=findComment&comment=1507615

  10. Posted

    I dunno I still like it cos of the JRB throwback and the classic water level music - and some of the stars are a fun challenge! It's just the sub door and lack of sub that makes it a bit suck for getting around later - but it still isn't as bad as the last two :p

    (i think i dislike RR because and TTC cos you have to wait on rides or can only go with how the stage was set when you came on relatively - WDW maybe would be more annoying too if it didnt have its in level switches tho).

  11. Posted

    On 21/09/2020 at 11:41 PM, Julius said:

    Didn't get around to playing yesterday, but played some more 64 this evening. Grabbed another 15 stars, taking my total to 37 now; so far, I've just been going so far as getting the star for the red coins before moving on, because it feels like a good point where I know the level well enough to move on - and if I have to come back at some point for more, it's no big deal! 

    Today it was Big Boo's Haunt, Hazy Maze Cave, Lethal Lava Land, and I'm just at the end of Shifting Sand Land getting those red coins. Big Boo's was honestly really charming, with a lot of character, and some fun puzzles. Hazy Maze Cave looked a little bland, but had some fun Stars to get, and an area you can only traverse with a Long Jump was really cool (love the Long Jump!). Lethal Lava Land could get a little annoying as it's quite easy to find yourself falling in the lava, but got used to it after a couple of tries. 

    But screw Shifting Sand Land. So. Much. Sinking. Sand. It honestly felt a bit too much at times, especially when it came to traversing outside of the pyramid. And I've lost a lot of 1-Ups there too...

    Oh, and the camera has been pretty tough to handle, and on a couple of occasions I feel like I've been fighting the Lakitu for control. It is what it is, and probably the worst part today (as a newcomer) of a game that had aged really well in its mechanics and level design. 

    Still having a great time so far :peace:

    Tbh the whole chopping and changing in SM64 is what can make it really fun - tho how can you not like Hazy Maze Cave for its Metal Cap Funk??? It can be a horrible level at times(red coins annoying too; if you mess up). It too me a while to get used to Shifting Sand Lands originally but it later became one I actually quite liked(maybe that's because I'd just come from Dire Dire Seriously They Did Mean It With Dire Docks :p) but there's a few hidden little things you can get away with on it that can make it less annoying - tho maybe also takes out the challenge too. I really liked the Boss and Inside the Pyramid generally too tho iirc - tho maybe that IS cos I enjoy the fun of shortcutting :p

    Have you seen the rabbit yet? Also think you're really gonna like some of the upstairs levels when you get there!

  12. Posted

    4 hours ago, drahkon said:

    Calling "Mr. I'm so good at these Mario games you can call me 'Mr. I'm so good at these Mario games'", also known as @Glen-i
    Answer me this, my friend:

    In Super Mario Sunshine, is it possible to ignore all blue coins and collect all other shines? I.e. are blue coins actually needed to finish the game?
    IIRC, lots of blue coins are locked behind certain abilities/unlocks and because I'm a fucking nutjob, I only want to start collecting them once I have access to all of them.

    Absolutely yes. I am still baffled by the stupidity of the blue coins - collectibles in Banjo-Kazooie and DK64 worlds made sense but the blue coins are absolutely arbitrary, stupid, and completely irrelevant except I guess essentially being an 'extra quest' type thing. If anything I'd maybe say specifically ignore them all until you come to get them and then use a guide to do so.

    (so you wont spend ages going round looking for coins you accidentally already got and forgot)

  13. Posted

    On 18/09/2020 at 12:19 PM, Rummy said:

    As I'm layed up at my folks for a few days despite grabbing my ps4 yesterday haven't set-up and deciding to utlise Switch a bit. Just cracked into a classic I originally discovered via my sister on GBA which is on the SNES VC - Breath of Fire 2. I loved it on GBA but never played the SNES version(later tried to do BoF1 SNES-wise but found it lesser - we'll see if my tolerance has changed after this). It's been seriously ages since I played an old school RPG style like this because I tend to find turn-based boring but I'm feeling weirdly...excited for my adventure! Hopefully I'll finish it without abanoning it and actually write up my thoughts here! Otherwise probably also just working through some SNES VC - notable SMB3 atm via All Stars.

    It seems in my grave smartness to play BoF2 as I thought I had played it on GBA as a kid...that this has not actually ever been the case -.-

    Tho I think I played this a bit before I should have just gone in order lol(tho I will go back and do BoF after!) it is just proving a bit longer than I recall and I have a feeling I did not finish it when I was younger...still - its pretty decent an RPG so far but went a bit grindy in places to avoid too much challenge - tbh the Switch rewind is a godsend in saving a lot of time from messing up or just horrifically cruel RNG battle hits! Feels like its still got ages to go yet though.

  16. Posted

    On 18/08/2020 at 12:00 PM, Nolan said:

    Orange man is now actively and openly trying to sabotage the USPS, while simultaneously tweeting in all caps to “Save the Post Office”

    This is in addition to acknowledging they need funding and also saying he will veto any bill that comes to him offering funding to the USPS. It’s amazing. 

    I've seen the news that Cindy McCain(wife of John McCain) has endorsed Biden in an arguably unexpected move - hows it seem to be going down over there? I know Trump won't be happy lol

  17. Posted

    On 21/09/2020 at 11:11 PM, Deathjam said:

    Whew, it's been a looooong time since I posted on these forums. Probably due to not gaming on the pc these days and sticking to PS4 and chatting to the people I see over there during destiny sessions. But exciting times are ahead and it's left me wondering about other's opinions like right now, what are most people's TV situation? Has anyone gone out of their way to get a new tv for next gen? I wasn't going to, but then my OLED has been struck down with BURN-IN sickness. It's slight but I can see the Destiny lifebars when I am watching youtube and it really bother's me. 

    So coupled with a bit of self pity last week due to illness, I spent WAAAY too much money and bought one of LG's new 65 inch OLEDs that will support 120fps at 4k and the variable refresh rates tech. Has anyone else been 'forced' to do the same? Do you also have an inner voice telling you how much of a crazy fool you are? Or will the current TV suffice and there probably won't be much that actually achieves 60+ fps?

     

    Eyyy DJ! Good to see you again - I still remember your Blue link at that Smash-off at Gamestation once - didn't realise it was you til we came on here later tho!

    Funny enough been having the TV convo with my mate recently. I had one break recently but generally I'm still on old school standard non-smart LCD(no real 4k devices or needs atm) but I'm thinking once I have a PS5 I might start looking into new things. I really have NO idea of this whole TV market these days tho - who tend to be the trusted or respected brands these days? I used to have an affinity to Samsung but no idea if they are any good with their 4k and stuff.

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  18. Posted

    Oh. I don't neccessarily have an actual 'end' point - so I can see why that's an issue. I don't HAVE the answer to the question - I just like it as a question and pose it for the sake. I find it peculiar to consider the utilisation of a motif which...when you try to analyse its difficult(exactly as you're saying) to determine how it ends up here? Again tho for me this is more because my surname is Singh - akin to how the Sikh males all take it for their middle name because of its relation to Lion/Ruler/Governor akin to the Varna caste system. I did try to say its complex! I was a bit surprised when(a much older me) came to find out Simba as the name from Lion King despite as being as obvious as it was was akin to Singh as my surname. I literally just as a kid did not know or realise how much old cultures shared and flowed together - and in a topic about racism where cultural differences seem to divide us I'm looking more to consider what we share. Ideas cultures symbols motifs etc. I don't believe we were ALWAYS divided and I'd like to hope we won't always be. Unfortunately atm and probs due to perspective of being here - I don't/haven't got examples of similar sort of peculiarities in another culture to compare it to(say...I dunno...some really British animal that doesnt exist on another landmass becoming a national animal/motif? What if china or india has 3 badgers on their flag, assuming they never had badgers on their land? I genuinely dont know if badgers exist in those countries now tho or ever did).

     

    Etymologically I was just trying to kinda trace and show its history - I enjoy also studying how Buddhism supposedly travelled down the Silk Road from India and Hindu/Indus river links to develop and evolve into Buddhism - so it isn't neccesarily a question with an end point either of us can answer - and I like to hear speculation for that! lf we are using something in our identity that we don't readily own/have to hand - why? Where did it come from? Is it not an indicator or some shared history or union rather than division? I absolutely understand that it is a stumping question - its why I like it!

     

    As for the name - yes I think its actually worse than pulling down a statue. A statue to one person is a bit idolistic to that person - but a medal of an empire isn't quite so(even tho its often 'tied' to the regent and crown of the time) - its less ... hmm. All I can draw as a word is idolistic? As for the idea of not having an 'empire' any more(and the caller before me on LBC said very much the same) - is that a relative point just because it is smaller now than it once was? Or because we have less dominion or power over the rest of the world?

     

    How 'big' does an empire have to be to be an empire - and why can't or "don't" we have one anymore? I really don't take much issue with the ideas or language - I actually think keeping the traditions of it reflect the history better. I guess personally on the topic I just think behaviour changes are needed on the whole because they're more fundamental bottom-up things rather than some commitee renaming or changing the 'E' in an term like OBE MBE which feels more top down and probably won't actually reach the people who are most affected at the bottom levels by all these issues? I guess maybe that's it at a crux for what it is now - top down approaches just don't/won't work or last?

    Again this is not a simlpe topic. It has spanned lifetimes and generations. I guess sometimes I look at it like that too scale/scopewise. I don't have the answers or full solutions tho - if I did I'd ideally be running the world!

    To sign that off and break a loop of us going back and forth as you rightfully say - its not exactly totally topic relevant but I always enjoy this half silly video of the 'history of the world'. Mostly because it humbles me into thinking what we are doing now is so small a drop in a massive ocean of time - are we even making a difference?? If not then how?

    We probably have far more in common than that which divides us - but we need to leave history intact whatever it was in order to know that. I guess there us nothing to suggest a rename would erase that - but that's a whole other topic and longevity and why things last(ie why do some empires survive qhy do others not - but this getting into the macro over the micro of racial divisions).

  19. Posted

    49 minutes ago, bob said:

    Mate, the national animal of Scotland is the fucking unicorn, so I don't think we have to worry about lions not being from England.

    I would take it - but Richard didn't calm himself the Unicornheart(tho tbh in battle I'd be well happy to get stabby stabby stabby with the horny horny bit)

  20. Posted

    46 minutes ago, Will said:

    I don't think this counts as tit-for-tat erasure, nobody is saying we should forget the past, just that there might be better ways to move forward into the future. Absolutely we should keep the traditions and symbols where is makes sense to do so, but we can pick and choose how and when we use it. Personally I'm of the opinion we should continue with the good and the positive, and leave the rest for the history books.

    Oh yeah I wasn't saying that IS waht it is - saying I don't want that to be what it is. You change the name - but it isnt just a name is it? There's ceremony. The queen is involved. There's a whole medal/symbol that is centuries years old. Non-human idols and symbols. If a picture if worth a thousand words - how powerful or strong is a symbol? Should we be wary of erasing these ideas and symbolic measures that have evolved over time to represent old Truths?

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    I found it quite interesting, and yeah I had seen that quote before. For me it's not about whether people care or not about the particular item, it's the attitude that people take to it. It seems all that discussion did was create outrage on both sides. Outrage because your traditions are under attack, or outrage because your heritage is under attack, no middle ground and nobody wants to listen to the other side. I kind of see it in the same way as the other talk, make some positive changes and let's move to the future without the bad side of it all.

    We do, but we don't have to be chained to it. Like I said, I don't think it's about changing history, it's about the path we're on to the future.

    I'd be down for this too, I don't think the specifics of how it eventually changes are important, it's the act of moving on from the bad and maintaining the good that's important.

    The Three Lions are hundreds of years old and I really don't have a clue how the original individual crests came to be lions or what contact people back then had with them. My (very) limited understanding is that they may have originally been intended as European leopards and only later become lions. I don't particularly see the relevance though, do the three lions cause controversy or anything like that?

    Forget that 'discussion'. There is a LOT of concerted effort at creating disinformation and false controversy at the moment - another reason why we need to be wary smart intelligent and constantly educate ourselves to a point of Wisdom(I'm being lofty but it's a kinda base from the DIKW paradigm).

    IF the path to the future is not about changing or erasing history - why change it? Literally? Why change it? IS there shame? Are you a toddler who knows they were meant to go to the toilet but shat in the corner cos they couldn't hold it and hid it in shame? Why deny and change? Why not let it stand to the evidence of time? Obfuscation is not something I often agree with in general purposes - but it's a lot of the method of the world atm imo.

    Excellence idea - I like it because it keeps a lot of traditonal symbology intact.

    Hundreds of years old is fine - but Lions as far as I know only exist on the African continent now. Not even upon the Asian continent from which I draw my Yogas. My point IS - why if they never existed geographically upon this landmass in the last 'hundreds of years' are they a symbol for this landmass? Can you ever show me WHEN lions existed natively here - and if not then you must have to acknowledge that your very own symbology heritages and motifs are not even yours and taken from another geopolitical culture or time. Time and Space are laws of physics, and I don't even know when the landmass of 'the UK' was even still attached to that such that Lions would have been present for the currently surviving culture to have observred and preserved as a symbol of something with meaning. Call it a European Leopard if you like but how does that become a Lion when a leopard cannot change its spots? We don't sing 'three leopards on a shirt' do we? Plus if we got it wrong and we want to correct things why are we still calling them Lions and not Leopards?

     

    My issue isn't about it causing controversy - not everything has to to be relevant or worthy of discussion(and a problem now is people only want to seem to discuss things particularly as a point of outrage and ego) - my point is that Britain utilises a motif it barely even considers the relevance or lineage of; yet wants to also try and stand proud of the ideas and leagacy of Empires - as if that idea even belongs to them with exclusively rights. IF you steal from another people - or take/copy even - at least have the decency to acknowledge it. Imho.

     

    (...tep.)

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  22. Posted

    3 hours ago, Will said:

    The caller after you had a good idea to reform it:

    • CC - Contributor to the Community
    • CS - Contributor to Society
    • CN - Contributor to the Nation

    The top two would be voted on and the Nation level would be those people who sit in the House of Lords (or whatever new name you might give it). I quite like this concept, think it would work rather well.

    Why must we apply reform to old ideas in attempts to arrange history though? Why can we not do the work to move forward and enrich the words and terms themselves again? Do WE not have a responsibility to uphold legacies?

    Iirc there was a caller David before me(again calling in is weird cos you arent even fully engaged due to the distraction of engaging which is completely counterproductive) who did suggest changing the 'e' to 'Excellence' which I'd actually be far more down with. I think though these are far more ancient legacies than we are giving them worth for and we need to be careful with them and changing too hard original forms/symbology.

    Also re: Land of Hope and Glory you see my quote above. I have explained already I am actually quite a martial man - in mind body spirit and soul. I can tell you many things about war and conflict but I shant - my surname Singh has an ancient connection just the same to Simba of the Lion King and it means Lion too - it is a mark of belonging to the ancient Indic Varna of the Kshatriya - I will not preach her but those who wish to look further can do so.

     

    Tell me this with the above last point - why are there Three Lions on your English native pride? Can you show me the history or the evidence of the time that Lions were ever even present upon this geographical piece of land we now call Britain? If no - then do tell me please. Why is my namesake a symbol of YOUR national pride when you have never even truly experienced it?

     

    ;)

  23. Posted

    3 hours ago, Will said:

    Nice! funnily I've started listening to some of the clips from these shows as they come up as recommendations via YouTube. Really quite shocking how insane some people are that call in, glad you weren't one of that group.

    I agree with your general point completely, but I do think they should scrap the "empire" part of the titles. We don't have an empire anymore and I think people need to move on from the notion that we do, that it makes us special and that we can hold it as something of a good thing. I think having these honours is great, and they mean a lot to a lot of people, like you say let's be proud of the country and what people do within it, but times change and things need to move on. It doesn't take away from it in any way but does show we're making an effort to move on and be better people.

    Going to give the whole hour a listen to now, as I think it's a really interesting topic.

    Maybe not your thing @Rummy, but did you have any opinion on the controversy surrounding the last night of the proms use of certain music? Feel like it's kind of similar to this.

    Haha yeah some callers are absolute mentalists. JOB and Maj are great hosts(i genuinely only pay attention if/when my friends or my mum tell me). Mum says JoB will only ever let Maajid sit in for him if he's off too(for ref btw I had to read 'Face' by Benjamin Zephaniah in school but he is also an amazingly smart and talented orator - VERY deserving of honours).

    Next - its weird calling in(and the cut is diff to the reality; but de minimis). Also less than a minute before I was on my dad returned with my brother and I swear to God I was so scared he would walk into the dining room I was sitting in and rip a live fart of something on LBC and kill all my credibility I literally body-barricaded the room/door 🤣

     

     

    Without getting hard into the first part again I wouldn't want to kill 'Empire' because I am a man as I said to Maajid - I have had to study to regain my stoleb culture. I do not want tit for tat erasure. The British for whatever they are or may be or may have been(and in fact because of this, because Knowledge is Power) sit upon a lot of riches of knowledge and tradition. This includes symbology and ideas and institutions associated very much with ideas of OBEs MBEs etc(and just take me on this unless I can get a more seeing man than me in this thread - these are not exclusively British things they are modelled on what they stole and even more ancient ideas of 'Order' and may even serve a positive purpose in ways of lineage). I can go into this specifically and generally both but it gets very...subjective? As I said to Maajid I really have had to study very many things(and I do, as some here may already know - my breadth and depth is beyond many people I tend to speak and converse with generally). To truly explain me would need a whole biography though - that's how complex it is and I only have that complexity due to my skin and heritage. Just...don't be arrogant enough to believe that this whole world was 'white-built' just because 'whites' conquered the 'power structures'.

    I reffed Dave's "Black";

    "Black is...telling us we used to be Barbaric we had actual Queens....Studying for ages, appreciatin' the chance you got 'Cause black is in your blood, and you ain't even got the heart to stop....Black is strugglin' to find your history or trace the shit, You don't know the truth about your race 'cause they erasin' it...And standin' by your children when you haven't proven karma wrong...Black is my Ghanaian**** brother readin' into scriptures Doin' research on his lineage, findin' out that he's Egyptian"

    Trust me brother - I can preach to the Heavens and to the Hells; but sometimes people mistake my restraint for ignorance or weakness over the ideas of mercy and grace - and I can tell you some deepers bits of analysis I could make of Maajid too and his reponses to me(especially the heritage question) that probably glossed much past most - tho that's more about him than anything generally. He's a very good skeptic(dont @ me I learnt my parapsych module under THE Prof. Chris French I know skeptics and can teach a thing or two too :p)

     

    As for the proms? Hmm. Not not my thing at all @Will. However if the above didn't already imply - yes I very much followed it. A load of fluff and bluster over nothing. Left hand distractions. Find me and point me to an actual real person who cared and then give me the totals of actual real persons who cared. I have a most perfect quote for it you may have already seen around it - but if not I think it's an apt sign off to this post(dont worry tho - I am still well here for this convo ;) )

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    The Land of Hope and Glory - by Edward Elgar;

    "Alice and I went to the Coliseum tonight and they played Land Of Hope And Glory not once, but twice; the whole audience joined in. I could not. I regret very profoundly how this song has become an anthem to war."

     

    Edward Elgar 11 November 1918

    ***got a fee Ghanain brothers and sisters. I am NOT ghanain tho. Ghana is NOT Guyana  - despite what all the western folks insist to me after insisting on asking where I am from from ;)

  24. Posted

    Gonna be a total old man but I've been laid up at my parents for the past week and my mum is a bit of an LBC fan via J-O'B and also Maajid Nawaaz. The last hour today was about the idea of taking the 'E' out of the OBE MBE etcetc because of the ills of the 'Empire' and whether this should be done? One guy who rang in was honestly so in affinity and agreement with myself you would almost believe it was me.

    https://www.globalplayer.com/catchup/lbc/uk/b8FPiKG/

    https://vocaroo.com/1d0OoccNA8J1

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