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  1. Posted

    The Absolute Armchair Lawyer in me read Pannick's art 50 arguments read the illegal proroguement of uk parliament read the uk 'russia report' but also I read all 440+ pages of the Mueller report(as well as watching some of the 'impeachment hearings' particularly Sondland's testiominies) and so I come with this...;

     

    There's a few subtle and also not so subtle intricacies to this piece I am linking(and tbh in the face of national security/me not understand all the jusitifications of redactions i cannlt be sure) but this is gonna be fucking hilarious if they crack ANYTHING with it - even unredacting parts of Mueller as it will incriminate Trump further ideally but also if not I feel White House will argue Twitter is not legit as a Presidential expression - hopefully then it'll give twitter and social media companied grounds to shut Trump up. My legal is obvs self-taught and rocky so only just reading this and considering implications but its gonna be hilarious if he is hoisted by his own petard.

     

    Let it hopefully be a lesson people - do not give too much of absolute power to your leaders; it may become a double edged sword against themselves AND you the people(tho again I don't think judiciary will risk national security - but i dont know exactly what s302 redactions encompass yet...)

    https://lawandcrime.com/awkward/court-filing-demands-completely-unredacted-mueller-witness-interviews-cites-trumps-tweets-declassifying-any-and-all-russia-docs/

  2. Posted

    20 hours ago, Sheikah said:

    I've had time to watch the PS5 teardown video more closely now. One thing that struck me throughout is just how much more smartly (and painstakingly) designed the PS5 is compared to the Series X, which we saw torn down by Digital Foundry a few months back.

    Not looked at this at all yet but veru curious is it not? Wasn't the PS4 and XBone basically constructed with more of an off-the-shelf parts model? Curious but good Sony have gone the other way into pushing custom tech and boundary edges with it - for the faults many would have with Nintendo they were always very much into squeezing tech with their approaches it seemed(sadly often just had gaps and often left a lot of gaps/security vulnerabilities in their consoles though).

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  3. Posted

    12 hours ago, Sméagol said:

    Funny enough I was actually going to use my pi, to host custom forums for the mafia members, as a challenge and exercise for myself, as I totally forgot how we dealt with that "back in the day" (on mafiascum where I went afterwards it's integrated in the main forums), but I'm not quite ready to use it to this extent.

    Ironically I realised the same dilemma re: mafia side talk - I think generally folks tended to setup throwaway .tk forums and stuff back in the day I think? I'm not sure whats still out there but I'm thinking surely a discord can be worked out? I've only really joined Discords so far but surely a protected discussion can be made?

  4. Posted

    1 hour ago, Cube said:

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-54412581

    So because they seem to be relying on a single Excel spreadsheet (presumably either an old version or running on a non 64-bit computer) for the entirety of the coronavirus data, 16,000 cases were missed last week.

    Apparently the solution will be using multiple Excel sheets.

    Are you actually fucking kidding me.

    And people ask me why I got depressed and stopped working for the fucking NHS. Saw all this shit coming.

    Literally that is such a basic overisght I even would have known to catch it when I was 17. Who are these jokers and why are they getting our money. They don't know an arse from an elbow anymore. God save this country, Jesus.

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  5. Posted

    On 03/10/2020 at 10:53 AM, Glen-i said:

    I've found a way to quickly end the match, and I'm dying with laughter.

    There was 4 of us left, all of us were good at this. No-one was dying, and then I got to 1-2's warp zone and saw an opportunity to go to 6-1.

    "Sweet! New level to unlock!" So I took it.

    6-1 is the level where Lakitu is, and there's lots of high platforms, so a Fire Flower can easily pick them off. So I went through it, killed the Lakitus and a bunch of Spinys to boot. I got to the flag and 1-1 was next.

    "Let's see them get through those Lakitus" I said.

    Yeah, they did and it had a side effect I didn't foresee...

    You see, with 4 people left, everyone was targeting "Attackers", Hey, I said that tactic would end the match, can't guarantee it'll help you win.

    MATE

     

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  6. Posted

    40 minutes ago, Vileplume2000 said:

    And because of this thread I've now started His Dark Materials #1: The Golden Compass (so I guess I have the US version because of the title). 

    Obvs I'm v. passionate about the series - will love to hear your thoughts as you go along mate; I may not comment too mich til you finish whole trinity tho.

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    10 hours ago, darksnowman said:

     

    Yeah, I've died several times from over/ under correcting on jumps. I would say they tinkered with it to up the chaos; it isn't maddening to die and retry. Swimming is strange too. There seems to be a current in places--was it like that in Mario 2: Lost Levels? I'm thinking of firing up the NES app to see how the games feel there. This is definitely different to Mario Maker 2, that's for sure.

    Most of my deaths are usually physics related - I started to wonder could it be this is 60hz when most of us grew on 50hz? I don't know much about those things but a 5/6 ration aint exactly small - does it mean the game runs faster than we are used to?

    (totes sucked so hard this morning. dying first 5 like 5 times in a row....dont do drugs kids :p )

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  8. Posted

    19 hours ago, Ike said:

    I more mean will it play it straight from the disk or will it download the digital version ala Xbox One backwards compatibility, will they run better, etc. But I guess they haven't said anything yet. I'm in 2 minds on keeping my digital only preorder.

    yeah tbh as I'm just getting a ps5 because I'll eventually be getting a ps5 if just love it being mad good fast on loads and stuff over ps4. I got fed up playing some big games with long transition screens between.

  9. Posted

    On 20/09/2020 at 8:51 PM, Julius said:

    I wanted to avoid mentioning it in the original post but, yeah, with the timing of it, it would (unfortunately) make a lot of sense if that were to be the case. Certainly wouldn't blame him if that were the case, either.

    Can't imagine what it must be like to be a creative like this, to build a career for yourself, and then have the company you've worked so hard for (likely) be guilty of a number of egregious things. Add onto that how poorly they've handled things the last few months, and I'm surprised he wasn't out sooner. 

    I'm gonna be honest I'm here just because I noticed changed title so I'm catching up and reading articles(i know little of the industry and ubisoft atm) but seeing a guy jump from a company during an apparently massive sex scandal?

    I presumed guilt. Maybe unfair(but hell what does my judgement do or affect him here so its just a ting) but I had presumed when all you guys were talking about him leaving you were implying his guilt as well lol

  10. Posted

    5 hours ago, Glen-i said:

    One thing to keep in mind with Wind Waker. While the rings of light that Treasure Charts get you will have stuff from the item pool, the other rings of light that need no chart won't. So you don't need to haul up every chest in the ocean to make any progress. (They still have rupees though, so it's a decent way to make some cash)

    I find Wind Waker to be a much more exciting randomiser than OoT because it's item pool has a lot less junk chests (Although that's entertaining in it's own way). The only downside is the various sea platforms can be hard to keep track of. Might be worth writing down which ones you've looted and which ones you need to come back to. (Especially with the Boomerang, which is the way to destroy cannons and possibly make chests appear)

    I was enjoying my time with the Random Waker until the game crashed and I realised I hadn't saved in over two hours. There was no way I could remember what needed to be done again and I was too heartbroken to continue (I was almost done). So yeah, save often. Don't be me.

    I think enough time has passed for me to ask @Dcubed to reroll the seed and give me another crack at it.

    Quick Q about chests and the logic without me having to delve through - where do the dice isles stand? or are all map/'charty' chests just all mixed in together?

    Also have they gone crazy enough to make it so(presuming people bother) that Fishman when shot gives a random or even a leading hint to a charted map section?

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    @Sméagol where you at with this? Not pushing but I gotta say it got my mind working again and I yesterday hit an idea I'd love to try - don't wanna take wind from ye sails and steal all the crew but if you want a bit of time and don't mind I've been scratching some ideas for one I might try running.

     

    Obvs loose and dynamic atm so not likely to start tmw(and I'ma probs do some more reachout to old mafia guys too see if they'll come back) and I suck on the creative side for writeups(as my theme will maybe illustrate lol) - but I don't wanna steal any pre-emptive thunder or burn folks out before this!

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    ahh soz @Glen-i; i keep mugging you off bro dont mean to. think its safe to say i wont be about this now! i did a teeny bit of single yest to prep; just first world and a piece of second? how does online work re: saves? is it the host's? shared? ive imagined its pretty regular emulation and p2 is just a guest on your tings like they would be someone popping round your house?

  13. Posted

    On 02/10/2020 at 9:19 AM, Rummy said:

    Very playable so far; enjoying trying to squeeze out best plays and thinking about targets/targeters(i love focusing 'attackers' when like 5 people are on my case - just to add to all the potential pandemonium :p)

    Now you can't say I didn't warn ya...:p

    4 hours ago, Glen-i said:

    You see, with 4 people left, everyone was targeting "Attackers", so every enemy that's killed gets multiplied by 3, and they can be sent back...

    Had been lols just reading - I was lookng at 'stats' (btw why isnt friend stuff easily viewable??) and enemies defeated and I did notice spinies and lakitus who I haven't even encountered at all yet - I mean hammer bros. is one thing but lakitus ans spinies are gonna be madness without koopas or fireflowers!

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    Ahhh fair dos. Yeah trying atm not to 'hunt' for content just for completion but I know with Mario if I know something I'll end up doing it(still remember getting that full 96* on SMW almost all by myself as a kid cleaning up the remnant ends - now I can't avoid sekrits!!!) so I kinda wanna know but not know lol. Level stuff sounds kinda what I was forming.

    I think as things progress and the variety with it as you mention the 'meta' may start to change a bit. Its difficult to think in the moment of this(and ill be honest...my most played levels of my SMB career is 1-1 1-2 4-1 4-2 8-1 8-2 8-3 8-4 as I am sure is the case for many others) but a few good pipes or vines could be rather useful things to have awareness for as potential outs and escapes from an upcoming hoard of Bowsers or so. I found one in a level the other day - annoying I didn't know WHAT level it was to have a decent cue with which I could commit it to memory so I have to hope my old man brain just visually recognises the block next time 🤣

    Honestly this is a really curiously crafted product and its surprised me more in what its doing than I expected. Its totally Mario yet absolutely NOT Mario.

     

    EDIT: wayooooo! finally just took my first win in standard 35 battle. Curiously did think to drahkons point(and with fire flowers potentially on hand at all times its a bit crazy) but also....I was on 1-4 maybe and I tells ya - getting a nice shell and clean run on some of these things is a killer play for time on clock and smashing other folks with stuff on their screens. I may actually start not killing koopas unless i have too....

    (Also....I totes took a conviniently cheeky pipe out that probs saved me from a lot of crap in my final 2 man standoff 🤣)

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    7 hours ago, Glen-i said:

    I'm playing this in ways that make no sense in normal SMB. Got a Fire Flower and 2-2 shows in the warp zone? You're damn right I'm going there and flooding my attackers with Cheep Cheeps and Bloopers!

    Haha yeah its curious the way it twists the PoV. I did exactly the same thing myself(been trying to 'select' hammer bro stages at the start so I can later kick them into others - as @drahkon mentioned it really is and always has even since 35 years ago been about dat fire flower game and Ima hype dat shit with. hammer bros and bowsers all over your screen!) in my earlier plays yesterday morn. Do hope after I get a step back reprieve into 1-1 or 1-2 tho cos when you packing you gonna get some heat back and those are manageable fields.

    I don't wanna lookup too much cos I'm enjoying teasing out strats and efficiency but I presume now the level 'variety' is essentially that when starting everyone picks a level - and the game then pools them into 35 and sticks them in some sort of order? The thing being atm most only pick 1-1 through like 1-4(probs because it doesnt seem at all explained what the pick does?) and so these levels seem to be flooding it?

    Basically I'm confused how 'the pick' works as well as how it decides you able/worth of unlocking 'new' levels to choose on the pick screen?

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    I've had/seen a few long ones but the game seems to have a ramping mechanic that forces stuff(i mean me and p2 earlier were all fire flowers but me getting a legit castle bowser and him trying to firefight it himself to return it to me actually messed him up) but I have a feeling it may end up evening out as MMR algorithms steady themselves hopefully. Mostly I die to falling in holes tbh. Got super annoyed/mugged of with an earlier game in @RedShell's vein where I knew my clock was ticking when I was in 3rd just ticking ticking tickinh and I just *couldn't* kill enough - especially cos the others wouldnt target me! It's a strange game to me so far - not saying its super deep but it has edges to it that seem to balance it in nice ways sometimes(ie i didnt like to target 'least time' people because its gives them more time potentials? but when i was running dry in another game I did it hopefully just to draw their ire that they might 'attack their attacker' - and by golly gum it worked and i had more stuff to kill!)

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    Awww yisss...after MUCH pitfalling I managed to survive to 1st in a special battle - which maybe means I'm very bad at Mario as I can't seem to take a 1st in the Normal Battle! Very playable so far; enjoying trying to squeeze out best plays and thinking about targets/targeters(i love focusing 'attackers' when like 5 people are on my case - just to add to all the potential pandemonium :p) - also tried to intentionally bait someone earlier because nobody was targetting me and my clock was super lol cos i didnt have enough things to kill :(

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    Just grabbed it after seeing @Mokong posting on fb - had a few gos and enjoying it! Need to grtet used to the SMB1 mechanics - keep dying to a few stupid jumps! Played regular but then a bit of special more - highest I've managed so far seems to be 8th and no better.

    Interesting idea/concept and I can see little bits of depth in it(targetting your targetters; using R stick to hope to pick off some people - i imagine hitting 'most coins' before dropping a legit bowser may be a cool way to rob a guy!). Died a few times thinking I should have used more coins or more stupidly....fallen into a hole with 300+ seconds on my clock -.-

    Can deffo see myself persisting at least for a bit to try and get that 1st place! So difficult sometimes to decide between patience or progress though!

     

    edit:grr....error'd out when im pretty sure the other dude was gonna die! not sure quite how the level cycling works but I had a good run of just getting back to 1-1 and 1-2 with just a whiff of 1-3. Maybe it's cheap for now but gonna stick with the levels I know :p

  19. Posted

    3 hours ago, Sheikah said:

    I think it might be more of an issue to do with overall stock levels. It's rumoured that up to 80% of the consoles they've manufactured are the disc version so they must have believed the digital version would have fairly limited appeal. The digital model has also sold out everywhere which suggests demand is there for it.

    I was pretty confident that the PS5 would sell out across the board (unlike the PS3/PS4) just because of how well the PS4 did this generation, and video games becoming more popular during the pandemic. I'm guessing they just couldn't produce more consoles in time.

    ahhh fair; makes me feel better they werent trying a digital grab by cashing in on desperate demand - and its just market forces. I'd agree same re: you to Bob's point - I doubt there's too many 'multiple' pre-orders causing problems and I imagine its a pretty kind of accounted for thing now in places.

  20. Posted

    On 29/09/2020 at 2:11 PM, martinist said:

    I registered interest then pre-ordered. I few weeks later they sent me an e-mail asking me to confirm my pre-order which I did.

    Then yesterday I get an e-mail saying:

    We have received the allocation details from Sony and, unfortunately, we regret to inform you that we will not be able to fulfil your pre-order on day one/release date.

     

    But we value your custom and we would like to ask you to keep your pre-order with us. 

     

    What could happen next:

    • Sony may notify us of additional stock with extra allocation for day one and you have already reserved your place in the queue;
    • Some customers may cancel their pre-orders and that may allow yours to be next in line.

     

    Also we would like to know if you would be happy to swap your pre-order for a digital console, if they become available and as you are in the queue, you will have the priority (please let us know on our website Live chat/messenger contact channel).

     

    We apologise for this unfortunate news.

     

     

    I guess they're selling to the first guys that pre-ordered or confirmed their pre-order. I'm hoping I get it around  early January in the second shipment maybe.

    Do any folks reckon Sony might have underestimated disc-model demands?

  21. Posted

    16 hours ago, Will said:

    It's really amazing that these two are the best America can come up with. They manage to make the UK politicians look positively competent. The next few months are going to be very messy, and given Trump is already sowing the seeds of an unfair election things are going to get really bad no matter which way this goes.

    Yeah was an absolute shocker of a shitshow tbh. I favoured Biden but still was wank all round. I've just been watching this though which has been quite interesting a take(~1hr);

     

  22. Posted

    Played a few random games online - agree its probs better with the discord chat but had some fairly acceptable games - just a bit difficult to chat and sometimes end up very quick finishes. Helpling me learn/practise tasks and ship layout tho - also getting used to a few people's classic mafia tactics :p

  24. Posted

    Feel like the fates just woke my dead ass up - anyone gonna be following the debate live? Not sure where to get it in the UK and think it kicks off in 14minutes butseeing as I'm up I mqy give it a crack! Seen a few funny bingos/drinking games knocking about but even for me I'm not sure I'm gonnna chance those yuge chyynnaaa risks right now ;)

     

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