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  1. So almost overnight I have an idea for a consultancy gig... if I am able to pull it together I think I could be in with a shout. I've had a chat with some friends who know what they're talking about and they agree the timing could be potentially massive... so I'm in a position where I could invest a lot of time over the next 3 months and potentially be in for a great little business.

     

    I'm so excited and terrified... I don't yet have the self-belief that I could pull this off - but at the same time I have some nuggets of confidence to know that I genuinely could do this, I just have to not let myself down.

     

    I need to keep the motivation up. It's so difficult not knowing anyone else with the same level of knowledge that I have who also has market experience - they would be able to tell me how foolhardy I am... Aaaaiii!


  2. Just came back from seeing it and I think it did a near-perfect job of rectifying the sour taste the most recent trilogy left.

     

    My two main points;

     

    The 'flashbacks' that touching Luke's sabre produced all seemed to make sense as if they were from luke's perspective, however the scene where young rey stands and watches her family (we presume) leave on a spaceship is 'filmed' from the ground perspective. This is the only doubt I have about whether Luke is her father or not, because surely his perspective is on the spaceship?

     

    The other thing; Ren. I think they did a brilliant job. At first fearsome and reminiscent of Vader... then he takes the mask off and appears to be an almost laughable teenager... but then it makes other things slip into place - like how he is treated by the general yet the general gets away with his life, and how he throws a tantrum with his sabre, and the fact that he never finished his training - and he walked with such an odd swagger prior to that reveal that I really started paying creedance to the jar-jar theory(!!!).

     

    Obv. he was heavily injured prior to the end fight but that served to give finn a nice "hey he's improved" scene, and to give a closer match to Rey (who is clearly a student of the Jedi history, knowing all the myth and lore and techniques but not fully being able to grasp things until she learns to focus a bit) before both go off to their dagobah-like swamps for some levelling up.

     

    I'm interested to see what Ren's going to do to 'finish his training' and I imagine the 2nd film will be slower (with a snow level :P).

     

    I know that this film had a LOT of fan-service, predictability and deus ex machina... but they combine to make this movie feel more genuine. The whole point of the force is that there's a level of deus ex machina throughout the movies - even with the splitting of the earth to leave rey and ren apart escalates this to being about fate rather than chance. They are destined to go and retrain and raise the relevant sides of the force up again so that, I'd guess, Luke can return and commit to properly spreading the jedi again.

     


  3. I spent about 20 hours before I went to Diamond City, because when I played FO3 I took a left out of the vault and just explored for about 40 hours before I even went to megaton. I had no idea how big the game was or how long the story would be.

     

    Once I got to Diamond City the game really picked up. There's some really solid quests that introduce you to different strains of the game's focus -- essentially living off the Minutemen stories is pretty damn dry. I guess it's more interesting for Americans who are a bit more clued-up with the actual historical relevance. Having been to boston fairly recently I was really all about finding the Freedom Trail - which i came across during the story but couldn't follow it - then the story kept being cool, then super cool, and now I've found some interesting places and I have 17 missions on the go, plus I found at least 15 places that I couldn't visit because I was following a mission...

     

    I guess what I'm trying to say is that with FO3 I had no idea how BIG the game was, and to go into FO4 knowing that it would be a game of similar scope I had lost a lot of the curiousity and joy that FO3's surprises gave me, and I made the mistake of assuming I knew what to expect this time round. The game gets better the more you do, I think.


  4. I still visit daily! I just don't post that much because I don't have anything interesting to say.

     

    A few friends of mine were talking about making an app for BISH a while back. Would make it a lot easier.

     

    I'd be happy to organise if there was enough interest.


  5. Doing the tinder thing for the last 2 days. Yes, i broke up with my gf - sorta probably permanently and my housemate convinced me it was a good idea. It's been hilarious.

     

    First two matches were bots. 3rd one must've unmatched me. 4th seemed ok but during chat she revealed she has a kid... so I dropped the "lol i'm blind" card but she's persisted -- so i've made the chat as boring as possible.

     

    I've come accross four people I know (swiped ONE right...) and given my phone to other people to swipe for me. I have no desire to actually meet any of these people but I guess there's the chance that one of them is engaging enough that I'd change my mind.

     

    Sooo many girls into rugby or the gym or horses..! Every profile tries to check the boxes; outdoorsy activity picture; social fun picture; picture of holiday...

     

    And the profiles where they pull the same duckface pose close-up with different hair that is trying to avoid the topic of "this is my body" but ends up leaving me think "she's probably really fat" -- and normally I wouldn't judge a person that way, fact is I don't want a girlfriend that I'm not attracted to. Sorry world. But I'm sure plenty of left-swipers saw me and judged me, so it's all good.


  6. Hm, I got one without pre-ordering. Not that I'm complaining :D

     

    Played for an hour, have to do some other stuff, though. :( Can't wait to see more. : peace:

     

    Edit: Playing on Very Hard was not the best of ideas :laughing:

    After I got the Power Armor I had to clear a town from Raiders.

     

    It was night and a freaking Deathclaw appeared to fuck me up. :shakehead

    I'm already in need of more carrying capacity...

    I had a similar thing. I decided to bung all my stash in a case on a table at sanctuary. Then I was trying to build roofs and accudentally dismantled the table the case was on and the case disappeared. I just quit the game. Haven't gone back in to see if my stuff is there or not yet :P

     


  7. Decided to get the game last night and played it today. I'm getting the same sensation as I got with FO3 -- that is, i kind of don't really know what I'm doing or where I'm going yet (well, i mean I know I can just follow the quests but I want to go explore!).

     

    I happen to have today and tomorrow off work, so I can invest a chunk ahead of my mates.

     

    Playing on PC this time so the controls aren't as intuitive.

     

    I've just done what drahkon's done and not far after that. Spent about 4 hours on teh game (but i'm a bit blind and slow). Eager to get quests piling up, but there's a new mechanic (you come across it earlier in teh game) which I'm... just generally unsure about. It is a whole extra dimension in many ways, and I don't know how crucial or important some aspects of it are, so I don't know how to manage my time yet. They seem to have removed weapon degradation to facilitate parts of this new aspect - but I'm not sure if that's a positive or not yet (it probably is).

     

    The custom character options are quite vast, and they've changed how they handle conversations with quest-relevant NPCs to fit more in line with the cinematic standard of games these days. I've not had too many dynamic conversations either - the conversation trees seem largely yes/no/sarcasm/more info, and while I've not played Witcher 3 I'm not anticipating the same level of consequence from my actions.... but I'm really only 3 missions in so who knows!

     

    The 'perks' system is laid out differently but ultimately the same. Only thing is I don't know how many levels you have, so I don't know how to manage this side of things.

     

    But I have faith in the game providing great story, plenty of easter eggs and moments. FO3 soaked in and refused to let go. I'm sure this will do teh same as I explore!

     

     

    I've heard about legit spoilers being around... so I may be avoiding a fair chunk of the internet for a few weeks!


  8. I was talking with my mates about jobs and CVs and basically I realised that I have no idea how to look for jobs that I can actually do. My job title is a misnomer... how the hell do i find jobs that I can do?


  9. Man, I've really started to hate having fun. I get stressed out about it all.

     

    So I'm going to a party in like 2 hours and I have no costume because Past Me left it to Future Me.

     

    Figured I'd suit up and fake blood it up. Found a 'recipe' to make fake blood out of ketchup and soy sauce. Didn't have soy sauce so used worcester sauce. Mistake. Tested it on small patch on back of shirt. Looked like a poop stain. Washed it off but tap went berserk. Decided to try to iron the shirt (my only white shirt) and burnt a massive stain onto the front of the shirt.

     

    So now I'm sitting here in a maroon shirt with a maroon tie on trying to think of a witty way to go dressed as "marooned" and failing.

     

    New plan is to just get drunk and try to remember that anybody who judges you for not dressing up properly on hallowe'en isn't worth thinking about anyway.

     

    Aaaaah!

     

    Anyone else have more successful plans (or, for those reading tomorrow, had a good night)?


  10. You hit the nail on the head.

     

    What's her contract? How long has she worked there? Has she actually been asked to move yet? What kind of work (for interest sake)?

     

    Not heard of a 14-mile limit before myself but if you have any source for that I would be interested. If she works for a recognised, large-ish company then I'm sure they've fully thought through the legal shit. The redundancy side of things is much more likely.

     

    Sorry, no experiences.


  11. Best of luck with it. It's well worth doing just to get a taster of what is involved in actually being a section leader. The least that happens is that you get a new perspective and discover your own ability to do new transferable skills. It's only a positive thing. Keep us posted!


  12. by this, i mean the management of other people - not dealing with management. Especially with new staff joining vs. historic staff as they tend to 'get it'.


  13. Yeah, that's next on our list once the furniture is in. It's already pretty cold.

     

    It's weird, the whole house feels completely transformed now that it's all carpeted/floored. Before, the walls etc all looked good, but it still felt like the shitty dump it was when we bought it. Now the floor/carpet is in, all traces of its former life have gone, leaving us with a really nice house (if I do say so myself).

     

    Looking at photos of/remembering how it was before, I'm starting to feel a real sense of achievement. In just under 2 months, we've completely renovated the place (bar the kitchen and bathroom, which require more money saving).

    That's pretty cool. I don't think i'd know where to start if I was in your position -- and I think I'd probably have left things for ages.

     

    Similar to what eevil asked -- did you budget for this initially? I'm a long way off of reaching my savings goal for a deposit but I don't really know how much to save for furnishing/decorating -- and I know that if I don't have the money to do it at the start then I'll just leave it forever.

     

    @EEVILMURRAY ; my sister and her husband bought a half-refurbed house extra cheap because the homeowners were essentially amateurs. The previous owners spent close to 5 years and at the end of it the house was miles off completion. My brother-in-law managed to get £20,000 knocked off the asking price as well.

     

    Two months later the previous owners came to pick up some post and they found that my brother-in-law had tiled the kitchen, gotten wooden flooring for the lounge, the upstairs was fully carpeted and all rooms painted... holes in the wall were plastered over and both gardens completely weeded and re-decked etc... but my brother-in-law is a tradesman and knows joiners, electricians, tilers.. the lot. Of course it costed him money but a) mates rates and b) he did a lot of it himself and c) a hell of a lot quicker!

     

    I'd factor that in when looking for somewhere. Do you know anyone with skills?


  14. Mine:

     

    2015;

    - go to New York DONE

    - Move out, and in with my lady DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT WOULD BE SENSIBLE CONSIDERING MORTGAGE OPTIONS HAVE APPEARED

    - Get promoted at least two more times (:P) HALF DONE

    - Start, like, saving and stuff. Be better with finances STARTED SO IT COUNTS

    - Be a better friend. Spent a year just wallowing and avoiding people BEEN MORE ACTIVE AND HAVE SUCCEEDED WITHIN MY LIMITATIONS

     

    ... so yah i'd say I've done as much as I thought I'd do. My the end of the year the 'saving and stuff' should be much closer to my goal, which leads to the whole moving-in stuff. On form.

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