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Which group did you get in the end? I'm B which I'm OK with given how long I forgot to put my order in for. It will be a nice Christmas present for next year.

Anybody embracing this sort of thing and doing some interesting things with tech in the home? A number of years ago I had some of the original Hue bulbs and a Bluetooth thing to unlock my door for me, and that was about the limit of things back then. It looks like there are some really interesting things you can automate with sensors for pretty much anything you can think of now - it’s all pretty cool. I’ve been looking at Aqara sensors, Hue lighting, and smart locks but I'm sure there is even more fun stuff that can be done. Anything you lot are doing that is really cool with home technology?

Welcome to the club! I buy all of my games through PSN and there is usually a stand-alone version for the PS5 when a conversion has been done “properly” - I say “properly” as I’m sure many of these are just a PS4 Pro version labeled differently. All of the games have had to be compatible with PS4 Pro for a long time now so you’ll at least get that version with anything you have that is specifically PS4 only. PS5 specific stuff I think Miles Morales and Astro’s Playroom are essential. Once F1 2021 came out in the summer I haven't actually played much else so I need to do some catching up myself.

Finally have a decision in principle and it’s come in well above the general value of the stuff we’re interested in. Understandably not much has been coming on the market these last few weeks. We have a few properties shortlisted already and will get properly on the viewings early next year. Quite looking forward to getting properly into it.

I had a really busy afternoon and totally forgot to be ready for this on time. I have an order in at least but god knows when I’ll actually get one.

I want to get mine as soon as possible but need to figure out getting signed up with Doctors etc. and have them register that I’ve had the first two shots outside of the country. Hoping that’s not too tricky of a process. Seems very optimistic to me that they will be able to hit their timelines. I hope they do but honestly having come from Singapore I really don’t mind the restrictions we have here or if they increase a little. I’m already working from home and won’t be going out all that much between now and the new year.

I totally agree with this. This season has been a total mess as it comes to regulations and today was on a whole other level. I do (completely and totally) dislike Verstappen but would be OK with him winning it fairly. As it stands I feel like he’s won a manufactured title to ensure the next season of Drive to Survive ends in as much excitement as possible. Liberty have done a lot of positive things for the sport but today was an absolute joke. I don’t think I’ve ever been so pissed off with the sport as I am right now.

Really glad there are going to be more available, I’ll definitely be putting an order in!

I’m writing this to make sure that noting comes up on the main page as I just realized that I spoiled the race in my reply and that is not a very nice thing to do. I hope nobody saw it and that this is long enough to cover it up. My reply to the thread is in the spoiler tag.

Maybe on the COVID front it would be good to just start new threads on specific topics? I did quite enjoy some of the heated debates in that thread but it also overwhelmed some legitimate topics that would have benefited from some close discussion. It’s definitely something we need threads for at least.

Preparing for our move to the UK with some home office equipment: A couple of monitors A Wave-3 microphone with a few extra pieces. Have wanted this for a while so quite happy it was randomly 50 quid off.

Yeah, I’m sure it will be exactly the same for me. We’re not in a huge rush and the longer it goes on the more money we have, would just be nice not to have to waste too much money on rent.

I’m jealous! Have been thinking I’ll see if I can pick up a second hand one when I get back and do exactly the same thing.

Forgot to update on this. Details came back and it looks like we can get a mortgage as soon as we’re back in the UK for around about the amount we were expecting. As expected there are some issues with buying flats but they were within what we’re able to do so doesn’t actually cause us any problems. The flat we were quite keen on has been sold which is a shame, but lead us to look at some other properties. Currently really like a 3 bed semi which has had a big extension put on the back which adds a huge open plan living area. It also has a garden office at the bottom of a pretty sizable garden which is great as we wouldn’t need to use a bedroom for my office. The only downside is it’s a little further from town that we’d like to be. I’m pretty sure it will be long gone by the time we get back, but at least we have more ideas on the kind of things we’re keen on.

I need to kit out my home office and monitors are a pretty important part of that. Now is a good time to be buying with lots of good deals to be found - does anyone have recommendations for what to go for? Currently my top choices are: Dell Only 1080p Looks good Expensive USB-C LG Better resolution Nice stand Good price Too big Lenovo 4k Good price Way too big Not keen on the general look Any others I should consider? I’ll be using them with a MacBook Pro and usually have one in landscape and one in portrait. 24 inch is my sweet spot for size and I’d prefer as small bezels as possible. Having USB-C is very nice but not essential.

Either Leamington Spa or Warwick dependent on where we find a good place. Definitely around that area though.

Yeah I was pretty shocked when I saw the draft. Will have words with them. Think this is the first time I’ve been Pocket Gamer.

Started my new job and they wrote a nice press release about me: Press Release

It’s pretty much the same story as Ubisoft. These “leaders” have perpetuated a toxic workplace for years and now they’ve been called out on it they will do the absolute bare minimum to look like they’ve addressed it but in reality continue with he status quo. Given that most huge deals such as CoD marketing will be done at multiple levels of the company this will make it very hard for Kotick to remain in the position. I’m sure other partners (especially American ones) won’t be too far behind in condemning all of this. The shareholders only care about making money, as soon as Kotick has a negative push on that, which it seems is not too far away, he’ll be out.

Mortgage advisor will be sending me our options tomorrow - very excited to find out how everything is looking. We’ve been keeping an eye on what is available over the last month and definitely have a pretty good idea on what we’re looking for now. Hopefully our wants and the mortgages available will align for us.

May as well send some Pikmin off to complete them, they’ll just be back in the morning. I’m so annoyed, I thought the event finished later so instead of going out earlier I thought I’d walk around for a bit while the baby is put to sleep. Now I’ve done 8,000 steps and nothing to show for it.

I’m up to 3,500 steps on the challenge. When it gets a bit cooler outside I’ll walk around the condo until I hit 10k. Everyone else going to try and complete it?

Yeah for sure, really nice seeing what they’ve come back with and then sending them off on some other missions. Ah that would be awesome. If there were parts to collect that turned into something it would be pretty cool, maybe you can only get certain things from certain places and have to trade to complete the thing. Would be very true to the brand and actually add a ton of longevity to the game. I just saw this. I’m not sure if it’s due to being in lockdown so much and not walking but isn’t that an absolutely insane amount of steps??

I’m really quite enjoying this as something to do a few times a day and just grow my little gang of Pikmin. I think they’ve actually done a pretty good job of making something that fits with the IP, which I absolutely love. The UI could be a bit more intuitive but other than that it’s all good. I do wonder if this will have much longevity? Pokémon totally makes sense that people will spend years collecting the hundreds and hundreds of them but there’s like 10 Pikmin now? Not sure how much putting a Mario hat on different ones every so often will entice most people. Added everyone above and my code is 9921 2212 0532.

Wanted to take some pictures of the planes that fly over our apartment so got a zoom lens for my camera: Also needed a new portable hard drive as my current one is really unreliable, got this 1TB that should fit my needs nicely: