jayseven

I'm finding that there are a lot of new, thought-provoking threads that, due to their quantity, I actually avoid at the moment as I simply do not have the time to dispense between them all in order to fully form the reply I'd deem worthy for the topic. But then this means that maybe one thread a day gets my undivided attention for a new masseev post, so in that way my posting has become less frequent, but each post is leaner. Right? Right? No? Ok. Anyway; this 'experiment' is still in progress, as has been said multiple times we needed to adjust to the 'new' 'style', and as some of you are reporting back you are indeed adjusting your reading habits. We are still drinking tea and discussing warbling frogs in the secret spy room for the cool kids, laughing at the trivium.

"Anyone got wood for sheep?" Yeah! So I found a neat little toyshop up my local high-street (why is it so high, anyway?) a couple of weeks ago -- to find a chess set for the n-e meet on the way to london, actually. Well they didn't have any chess, but I did spy the Kids version of Settlers of Catan!! I asked if they had teh grown up one, and they ended up ordering it in 'specially for me even though I didn't actually ask them to. Long story slightly-less-long; I took it to a juggling festival this weekend and introduced it to my mates there who proceeded to read the fucking rules and blow my miiind! For three years Catan (or Catalan, for those in love) was a staple reason to invite Dan over to our flat (lols), and the entire time we were doing it fairly wrong! So now I've taught teh game to noobs and I'm the fucking noob. These guys know the real rules better than me and it's... ok so I'm pretty OTT about it. Sorry. Also; Carcassonne on XBLA for me too -- enjoyable, very serene music, must play you (cube) online for achievement's sake :P This toy shop I mentioned also does a board games night once a month. I forget the name of a game that he recommended me, but I may well report back here with details -- in two months time etc BLAAGSjsadgasiuoinobodycares

You should be more specific about what kind of show you want to watch, but effectively all teh answers have been given. If you're after a supernatural drama than read JonSt's and Happenstance's posts. Also, we're still trying to encourage you to not make massive engulfing threads, so if you want to know what's out later in the year, or ask if anyone's watched buffy, then use teh relevant threads/make a new one. yes, I am aware I am being an arse.

ROFFLEOLOLOshit. urg. Fu. No. Should read messages in future. So fail.

I missed most of the scene that bookended teh opening scene as it was too quiet for me, but I didn't have any issues with the rest of teh film (my hearing difficulty means this is a frequent issue). I've never been to the Duke in brighton so I can't say for sure whether that cinema is known for it's sound faults.

TROLOLOLOLO! I was genuinely roffling when I used a mate's iphone to check teh scores on friday night. Sooo leet! Current dev values; 2x 8, 2x 9, the rest are between 10 and 15! Faaiiirly confident I'll get 15 for everyone by the end of teh season. Win!

Vote: Ellmeister

Took the plunge and bought the game. Just gotten past the end of the demo. Read a review in The Times which said the game's only 4 hours long, so I'll be playing it fairly sparsely.

She hid it because she wanted to forget reality, because she was happy with the created world they had together. I don't think she effectively chose one way or the other, and whether it is that she forgot or not, I think the point is that she was happy with where she was, with it being whatever it was. The spinning top got in the way of that and reminded her too much... I'm now not really sure of the amount of difference between what we're saying!

All my boys are staying on -- There was only really one player, 34-7 mf, that was questionable. Aside from him I don't expect any retirements for another 3 seasons. Next season I may even sell all of my 30+ers...

Dibbage!+2

I'm just going to lock this and we can pretend it never happened. If Chair actually wants to do a mafia then we can let him restart the sign-ups I, too, promised a mafia ages ago and if/when I finally get round to it I'll be making a new sign-up thread too.

And where is it?

The spinning top? We didn't see it enough times nor long enough to really say. Shorty; yeah it could've just been to emphasise the point of 'growing old', but they were aware they were dreaming, and were aware that it wasn't real from the start - hence the whole creating their own world. I think Molly just thought "I have everything I want here, why go back?" while Cobblerface preferred a reality out of his control, and always assumed that the delving deeper was to be a temporary thing. I'm sure there's a quote from the film that suits this -- something like the world in the dreams weren't of any value... Cobb and Molly altered their own appearance to maintain their youthful visage, while Saito didn't or couldn't - perhaps the difference being that Saito had his subconscious guards with him, and maybe they'd've turned on him if he altered the dream? Maybe he just... couldn't control his dream? I dunno.

"xbox 360 tournaments" I didn't actually check any of the sites i just copy/pasted the URL. I have no idea.

Now that Moshpit is gone I never do anything besides team deathmatch. Next prestige I may try and do that batch of challenges that involves doing loads of the different modes...

Lies. I stayed 'til the end of the credits for the lights to come on (nightblindness) and there was no such thing.

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One thing I've loved about finally being able to read this thread; people saying "can't believe people think this is complicated" only to evidently prove that they, themselves, didn't quite get it :P I loved it. Went with a party of 4 and was the only one to enjoy it, to 'understand' it and to not think it was too long. I think the script should be praised for not explaining everything immediately at the start, though faulted for the cop-out "oh, by the way, if you die here then LOL tough shit" to add extra TENSHUN!!!! What I think needed more understanding, and certainly not any demand for more character intel because as has been pointed out, Leo's perspective, whether the film was a dream in whole or part, was paramount. I don't like it when we have to have all relationships and characters totally explained to us. No, what I think was stupid was how the whole entering people's minds thing came about. There was a vague "oh, the military did this whole bunch of stuff.." stuff, but it never felt, for those brief moments we spent in reality, that we were witnessing an entire society that lives and deals with such powerful technology. Corporate sabotage appeared to be the only use. Earlier someone suggested a list of movies that were better than inception, including The Machinist. personally I think that's chosen for its cult status, and would happily argue that inception is far more thought-provoking. I could blabber incessantly about this. I went in knowing I'd like it, and was surprised by how much so! RE point 2: Not sure if that fits due to there being a brief 'flashback' of 'leo' and Moll strolling through DreamTown as an old couple, and he says to her "and we did [grow old together]" -- they knew they were there, yet they aged. I think the idea is that the limbo Saito went to appears to have been 'another level down', though, of course, I can't say for sure! I agree with your logic for the 4th point, and in regard to Jonnas's timeframe, I don't think they utilised the entire 10-hour flight to get the Job done, but still a nice observation. I think one maxim to remember of the film is "you never remember the beginning of your dream" so while we can assume that the beginning to each layer is somehow immediately subsequent to the previous layer, it is not necessarily so. The ending was obvious, but also mostly necessary. The extra focus on the spinning top wasn't. Leo's character had already accepted the reality and clearly cared little about whether the top would cease spinning or not, so why spin it? Personally I'd lean towards it not being a dream, because I'm a hopeless optimist... I think.

Once you've hit the weight you're happy with then look at the types of food you're eating. Maintaining the portion size is a good idea but just factor in a few extra hundred calories somewhere, or swap something for a similar food of higher calorific content? My ex-ex girlfriend is an expert at calorie counting. Only she's going the wrong way with it, and is the champion of eating habits. I'd post a few on here if I didn't think/know she knew about this forum (found it in her search history! Aah!)

I used to always have pred missile/harrier/chopper gunner as my set-up, maybe switching one of teh first two for a pavelow. I used to be fairly sound with them but for some reason these days I just suck with them -- unless I'm on wasteland, of course. Terminal is always a map where I'll get a harrier or two called out, but yeah underpass has been home to two of my more successful streaks, derail and estate the others. Starting to re-like karachi, and invasion is quickly becoming one of my faves too. Skidrow was always my favourite before but nowadays, without claymores or grenades or snipers or SCAR I just can't get a good streak going there. Rundown is sweet because I have a spot that I've never seen anyone else use that I always start out with, and I swear people have started to use it because of me :P Anyway! Must have another bash! 17 blast shield explosion survivals down... lord knows how many left...

Reminds me a lot of The Dishwasher, a game that I thought looked siiick... but I don't think I've ever bothered getting past the 3rd level. Looks overly repetitive and without charm.

I was pretty damn fussy as a kid, not even touching veg or fruit, but that just naturally faded away. I remember once, maybe 8 years ago or so, my mum said she'd give me a fiver/tenner if I ate a whole tomato. I remember vividly feeling like I was going to puke throughout. I basically never eat sweets or chocolate or biscuits. The amount of cider I've drunk in the last few years has battered my teeth so they are very sensitive to sugar.

I pluck long nose-hairs occasionally. I dread the day when my nose looks like it has a broom stuck up it... Oh, and by pluck I mean with my BARE HANDS, all manly n' stuff. Ahem.

Yeah it's frustrating to get so close! I've swapped ...quickerADS (forgotten the perk name!) for scavenger, just for those long killstreaks. Got a 20-streak last night amidst a bunch of very annoying games. What is this about a pavelow glitch? I've googled it and all I can find is that your killstreak continues going up even after you die, but that was a yahoo questions result from 5 months ago. Any mention of pavelows not adding to killstreaks (unless, as shorty says, you kill someone yourself first) are from december last year and beyond. Harriers nearly always get more than two kills so I guess it'd not be much harm just swapping to chopper gunner - I just suck with the chopper gunner.