Fierce_LiNk

Whoa, no wonder you were shaking. Must have been scary. You didn't do anything wrong. In fact, you did very well by making sure she was ok and by showing obvious concern for her. You're a good man for doing this. I don't think this could have been prevented on your part. So, try to be at peace with yourself. It could have gone very, very badly, but it didn't.

I love it. I played a few games with Ine (we sat on her trampoline and played, haha), it's great fun. There's not too many people who seem into it, at least not many that I know.

When I was younger, I used to collect chess sets. I still have quite a few. I've got a hand-crafted wooden set that I received as a gift on my birthday. It smelled fucking wonderful. I have a glass set, and the actual chessboard for that is lovely. Its quite heavy and delicate, but such fun to play on. I've got a few other sets like a Simpsons set, a Star Wars Episode One Chess set. My most prized possession is the marble set. It was from Saudi Arabia, when I went there when I was an early teenager. Again, it was a gift. Hands down, the best chess set I have ever touched or seen. Love it. I'd like to get some more in the future.

The X-Files is a great choice. Plus, there are so many episodes that it will last you for evaaaaar. I love it. If you can find it, also get Dark Skies. I want to re-watch that. But, it's only a series long. That might be hard to follow. You might have to be naughty to watch that one. Nudge nudge wink wink.

How exactly is that not loud, if you can make out the song clearly from 3 metres away? Remember, these are headphones/earphones. They're supposed to allow only you to listen to the music. Its not a case of it being "easy to ignore." Its really annoying, especially first thing in the morning or when you're getting the train from work in the afternoon/evening. There was a bloke on the train the other week who played music straight out of his phone speakers. There were a few of us looking at each other, clearly annoyed, but also clearly too tired to get up and make a confrontation.

I don't understand that bit. Of course it's loud. I can hear the music you are playing through your headphones. If I'm sat next to you, then I probably will hear something. But sitting a dozen or so rows down the carriage and still being able to hear the stuff coming out of there. That's loud.

Yeah. You do. I don't. That still applies when I'm sat at the other end of the carriage and can still hear it.

It's ok, it's been quite a few years, so don't worry. From what my Mum tells me, he was very certain that he saw "something" that wasn't a man. It wasn't one of the troops, nor was it the enemy. He shouted out to it, but didn't get a reaction. The figure just kept moving. That's when he fired the warning shots, which woke up the guys he was with. I think he was the only one to have seen it, it must have vanished after the shots. As for UFOs, I was very into researching this stuff when I was a kid. I still love it now. But, for myself, I don't recall ever having an experience with one. Or, if I have, it's floated away in my memory. I do look up at the sky sometimes, just in case something is there. You never know.

The accidentally one killed me. Cillian's face made it. So, I saw this at the Duke of York cinema in Brighton. The sound was incredible, absolutely booming out of the speakers. Overall, there's not much I can say in this thread that hasn't been said already. I think I like it the more I think about it. For me, in the cinema I thought "yeah, good film" and then afterwards you replay bits in your mind and decide that it was better than good. The only single piece of criticism I have is with the director. I thought about seeing this with Ine in Belgium, because then we'd have subtitles and it might be easier for her to follow. In the end, we decided to take our chances and see this in the UK. Did anybody else feel that the volume for the music was incredibly high, yet the volume for the dialogue was lower than it should have been? It made it pretty difficult to catch what the characters were saying. Nolan also did this during the Dark Knight, where every scene appears to have music in it. Luckily it didn't hinder us with the overall plot, but it would have made it easier to hear exactly what was said in the conversations. Apart from that, I thought the film was great. The cast were strong, and I particularly loved Joseph Gordon-Levitt's character. I can see myself watching this again in the future, just to find these little "touches" that you might not quite see first time around.

It's unfortunate that he's not alive today, because there's quite a lot of questions I would like to have asked him on this subject.

The fringe is a bit too short. I can still see her face. Really don't like this woman. I don't even know why. I just know that I don't.

Those are great videos. There were newspaper reports about that pyramid. Here and Here Apparantly it wasn't covered by the media in Russia. And, there are supposedly only two pieces of footage which were taken. Hmm. Surely you'd have seen more people gathering together on the ground, taking pictures of the object, or standing and pointing? It seems odd that very few people seem to acknowledge it.

But we can't be entirely certain of what he did see. To give a bit more information, he was keeping watch/guard at night-time and saw something, after which he fired off warning shots. You have to take into account the fact that they (the troops) were all sleep deprived/worn out at the time, they'd seen many horrible things, and the fact that they were fighting in an intense war put a strain on them. I'm not saying that he didn't see a ghost, but I could see why he may have been mistaken with what he saw. Equally, I can also believe that it was a ghost. Why it was there, I don't know. But, he was kept safe from harm and made it through the war. But then the true meaning of a UFO is an Unidentified Flying Object. So, there's a difference between saying that they've seen that and saying that they've seen an alien space-craft. I think there's many more factors that can affect what you "believe" that you've seen, it's not strictly about intelligence or being sober. Is it a co-incidence that many sightings and abductions have reportedly taken place since films like Close Encounters of the Third Kind, or ET, for example? Or that the crafts that are being described are similar to the ones in these films? Of course, there were many reported sightings before this, but then over the years there's been an increase in the number of science fiction space films, ghost films, and such. I believe that in some cases (not all) that these films have contributed to these reports. That's why I think it's different from person to person. I like to look at each case/story and the details, because then you get a better picture of the whole thing. If somebody did tell me that they saw something, and were able to describe what they saw in detail, then I'd probably believe them. For example, Ine told me yesterday (might have been the day before) that she saw something in the sky as a child, and didn't know what it was. What I like is that she didn't label it as an Alien craft or something, she said she didn't know what it was. I think many people may have experiences like this, where they see things, but they're not sure what they have seen. I believe that many of these are perhaps taken as being Alien craft, when maybe they have come to that resolution a bit too quickly. But that's where I think we differ. I don't think its a simple case of either lying or telling the truth. People can be convinced that they've seen something, but like I mentioned earlier, if they've seen something in the past, it's very difficult to disprove what they've seen. We make mistakes, its in our nature to do that. Equally, it's difficult to prove that they did see something. Like Barney and Betty Hill. How can we even prove that they saw something and were abducted? How can we disprove it? Just for the record, I wouldn't actually consider myself a skeptic. But, also, behind each story, you need to look at the people telling that story. The more I read about Barney and Betty, the more I get a better understanding of them as people, and that makes me more inclined to read their story. With my Grandad's story, I'm torn, because of what was going on at the time in his life. So, I would class myself as somebody who is willing to believe, but wants as much info as possible. I also read somewhere that Neil Armstrong claimed he saw something whilst on the way to the Moon. There was an object that flew at the same speed as them, before advancing off at a much greater speed.

I have certain things which I have been told are "things that Jim says a lot." I ask "Are you ok/you alright?" quite a lot. At home or at work, "Do you need a hand?" My old housemates used to laugh at me for these ones. Whenever I make a mistake, I declare "Ohh noooo." Or, "nuuuuuuuu." When something impresses me: "Impressive, Starfox!" If somebody says something that I agree with, "Yeees." I've noticed that my eyes go wider and my voice sounds different when I say this. It sounds like a character off futurama. Zoidberg maybe. "Jammy dodgers are amazing." "Yesssss."

What do you think is the reason why you are not as engaged? The removal of How was your day?

Thread bump! Didn't want to make another thread whilst this one was full of useful info. I recently picked this us for a fiver, and was chuffed to bits. Just the standalone game, I mean. I'm using the guitar from GH3, and I'm a bit gutted to be missing out on the drums and stuff, but I probably wouldn't have the space to keep them anyway. My initial thoughts on the game are that I'm enjoying it very much. Love the setlist, and there's some cracking tunes on show. I must say that I prefer the presentation of the menus from GH3. The loading times seem quicker on there as well, but not by much. I'm playing the game on hard mode and the earlier songs don't feel as difficult as they were on GH3. Overall, it feels just that bit easier to get through the songs, whereas I had to learn and learn parts over and over in order to progress in the previous game. The song that caused me the most trouble so far is BYOB, but then I shot up from 18% through to finishing it in the space of a day. Saying that, it's a very fun game to play. Most of the tunes are fun to play, and it probably has a better range than the previous game. Saying that, I feel that they chose the wrong Muse song for this. Assassin is really quite boring and tedious to play on this. However, the drum parts look very fun, so maybe that is why it was included. In fact, maybe that's why the overall game is slightly easier, to make it more entertaining in band mode. It would suck if you got to 95% and then failed. Another thing that annoys me slightly is the star power aspect of this game. It feels more fluid in the previous game, whereas here you need to directly point the guitar towards the ceiling, wait a few seconds before star power is activated and then carry on. I've lost a lot of my streaks this way, so it makes me reluctant to use it. Overall, I'm finding it hard to put down. Its fun playing through some great tunes like Some Might Say, Everlong, Demolition Man, the Jimi Hendrix tunes, and so forth. I also like the customisable aspect of the characters and guitars. Thats a good touch. So, bar a few things here and there, I'm enjoying this very much.

Heh, yeah. Much of History teaching here is "yeeeeah, we were awesome in the war!" I wanted to learn more about the holocaust when in school. I still watch documentaries whenever I can on telly, because I think it's important to learn about that stuff. Its really horrifying. I think that would tie in nicely with the first thing you say in your post mcj, about not making the same mistakes again. I agree with Zell's post. So much happened in those few years. Part of the problem is that we're mainly told about things from the British perspective, things that directly affected us. The Battle of Britain, for example. There really is so much information to take in.

It's not the best name. It probably isn't the worst either. My favourite Zelda title is still "A Link to the Past." Haha. I love that. I think it's one of these names that you just eventually live with. I don't think many people were too happy with the name "Wii" at the start, but now nobody thinks twice about it.

I cannot stand mushrooms. They taste rubbery, they look like rubber and...they're just nothing. I may as well be actually eating rubber itself. They're horrible. You can't pay me to eat them. Anything thing is this Tim Westwood culture of crappy dance music. Especially when teenagers drive past in their cars with the music blaring out of their speakers. Also, people who sit on public transport with their mobile phone speakers blaring the music out. And, when they use headphones, the music is so loud anyway that you can easily make out what they're listening to. Stopppppp iiiiit.

When I'm at work, I tend to be "in the zone" so I'm constantly thinking about where I'm standing, what I'm saying, what I need to say next, what's going on around me, and a load of other stuff. It keeps me on my toes. When I was working in a call-centre, I forced myself to forget the previous phone call, or at least put it into the back of my mind, so that I wouldn't be tired when the next one comes about. At home, I tend to drift in between thinking a lot and thinking nothing. The moments when you can sit down and just listen to music, where you absorb the stuff without actually having to think, I like those. They're important. I've found that I need to be thinking positive at the start of the day and at the end of the day, because otherwise I find it hard to sleep. Or, my day then tends to drag on longer, where you seem to be aware of every second that drags by. I don't like those ones. I like my days to "roll." There's a difference, at least to me anyway.

I feel like I've been in my career for a long time now, even though I'm only just starting my first official job. I'm happy with the way things are, although it would have been lovely to have found a job back at home or even in Brighton. That would've been great, but new challenge - new location, so that might work out good for me. I'd like to climb the ladder and become a Head of Department, and maybe one day I'll have a pop at being a Head Teacher or something. That would be great. Although I can imagine it being very stressful.

Whaaaat? The first two are amazing games. This is crazy talk. I've got fond memories of playing some form of Tekken game at arcades. It might have been Tag Tournament, but before that actually made an appearance on the PS2. Then, I've also got lots of memories based on Time Crisis. Really quite fun to play at arcades, even though I suck.

If you had to make man-love to anybody off this forum, who would it be? Also, if Mickey Mouse is a Mouse, and Donald is a Duck. What the fuck is Goofy? Answer me that one. I won't take this bullshit answer that Goofy is a different breed of Dog to Pluto. Pluto doesn't even speak!

BOP EET! So, there are now three musical categories? Pop, Rock, and Dance. Where's best Reggae Artist?!