Positive Events & Occurences

[Akuryou13]

Didn't get much from that hurricane.I heard they overreacted pretty hilarious to the thing, though. evacuating a chunk of new york city and all. all for a category 2, which is really just a basic thunderstorm with slightly accelerated winds.

[Xinos]

I don't know if they overreacted. It's just really hard to predict exactly how hard it will hit. If the storm is 2 degrees off what they predictrd that makes a big difference. According to the newspaper this morning some people were disapointed with the hurricane because they had prepared so well :s

[Akuryou13]

I don't know if they overreacted. It's just really hard to predict exactly how hard it will hit. If the storm is 2 degrees off what they predictrd that makes a big difference. According to the newspaper this morning some people were disapointed with the hurricane because they had prepared so well :sit was still a category 2. I've literally had thunderstorms worse than a cat 2 hurricane. hurricane's just last longer.

[FutureWorm]

I heard they overreacted pretty hilarious to the thing, though. evacuating a chunk of new york city and all. all for a category 2, which is really just a basic thunderstorm with slightly accelerated winds.

a couple points. first, they had no way of knowing that it would be a category 2 hurricane by the time it hit new york. if it had been stronger, there could have been major flooding and evac issues if they hadn't already evacuated earlier. secondly, new york is not prepared to deal with hurricanes in the same way as cities near the gulf, because it is normally not a concern. same reason that when that moderate blizzard hit washington dc last year, everything shut down, while a similar storm in minnesota would be seen as business as usual.

[thomasp]

Woo, I finally have internet again after a week of living in the primitive world after moving house :D BT (British Telecom) are a load of incompetent morons who don't communicate, ending up with me having two orders for internet, none of which were being progressed...

[bonz]

http://img844.imageshack.us/img844/5498/220pxmarriedwithchildre.jpg

It's much more fun than Al Bundy makes it look though. :D

[Akuryou13]

It's much more fun than Al Bundy makes it look though. :Dis that even possible?

[MtlAngelus]

:eek: http://fakepage.com/fakeimage.jpg

[bonz]

New car on Wednesday!
Citroën Grand C4 Picasso Seduction with an 82kW Diesel engine and 7 seats. :D
Only 19.690€ instead of 29.000€.

http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/5469/ps0085640x480.jpg

[Zero72]

Snazzy. I don't know much about Citroen, though. Just what I've seen in Gran Turismo 5, which is to say, rally cars and insane Batmobile-looking supercars.

[SargeMcCluck]

Finally got an android. Samsung Galaxy S2.

[FutureWorm]

New car on Wednesday!
Citroën Grand C4 Picasso Seduction with an 82kW Diesel engine and 7 seats. :D
Only 19.690€ instead of 29.000€.

http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/5469/ps0085640x480.jpg
that's like a dad car

[bonz]

that's like a dad car
Well, I am a dad. Two times. :)

[FutureWorm]

right, that's why it's appropriate

[bonz]

right, that's why it's appropriate
Nah, that would be appropriate:

http://img849.imageshack.us/img849/8941/thehomercarsimpsonspowe.png

[Muzer]

I got off my lazy **** and reinstated BananaWorm.gif :D


Thanks xxDangerxx!




EDIT: er - a r s e is a bad word now? :p

[Akuryou13]

EDIT: er - a r s e is a bad word now? :phas been for years. ass, however, is fair game.

[thomasp]

has been for years. ass, however, is fair game.
Yes, because "donkey" is such a long word to type :p

[Akuryou13]

Yes, because "donkey" is such a long word to type :p Yes, because we all don't know what I was talking about :p

[Zero72]

So! I guess I'm going on a date tomorrow night. Like, an actual date, with a girl, like other human heterosexual males apparently do sometimes. That's pretty neat!

I have to drive a little over an hour to get to the location, but we're gonna eat stuff and do bowling (in which she will thoroughly devastate me, I have no doubt) and then catch Real Steel. Whee!

[Akuryou13]

So! I guess I'm going on a date tomorrow night. Like, an actual date, with a girl, like other human heterosexual males apparently do sometimes. That's pretty neat!

I have to drive a little over an hour to get to the location, but we're gonna eat stuff and do bowling (in which she will thoroughly devastate me, I have no doubt) and then catch Real Steel. Whee!Congrats! I have yet to accomplish this since joining the ranks of the college educated. Apparently I am inhuman.

[Zero72]

Oh, well, I guess I should definitely mention that okcupid (www.okcupid.com) made this possible. It's free, and seems to have gotten me a promising result literally overnight.

e: It went alright.

[SomePerson]

"alrigh"t, is that all?

If you're getting devastated at bowling you have to make her think you're letting her win but act like you're trying not to let her know :P

[Akuryou13]

"alrigh"t, is that all?

If you're getting devastated at bowling you have to make her think you're letting her win but act like you're trying not to let her know :Pand if you're so good at meta bull**** that you can pull that off, you have to then go get a job in politics.

[BetongÅsna]

Nah. As long as you manage to get at least one strike, then give her a knowing look, she'll believe you could do that ever time.

[bonz]

Hit a strike, then immediately stumble into the gutter and break your ankle.
Then exclaim: "Oh no, I will never be able to bowl again!"

Or you could go for a Tom & Jerry style bowling accident:

http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/1151/49672476.jpg

[BetongÅsna]

I'm having trouble telling exactly what angle those balls are coming in from...

[Akuryou13]

I'm having trouble telling exactly what angle those balls are coming in from...If memory serves, they were flying in from top left.

[BetongÅsna]

That would make sense, in a Tom & Jerry way.

[bonz]

If memory serves, they were flying in from top left.
Nah, they were returned back and coming up that inclined rail hitting Tom in the ass.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOEVT8eO6EE
At 5:48.

[SupSuper]

I'm not sure how positive it is that we're estimating the advanced bowling physics involved in a Tom & Jerry cartoon (specially when the joke was "heh it looks like he has balls coming in/out of his butt). :p

[Akuryou13]

I'm not sure how positive it is that we're estimating the advanced bowling physics involved in a Tom & Jerry cartoon (specially when the joke was "heh it looks like he has balls coming in/out of his butt). :pI wasn't arguing the physics, just trying to remember what was going on in said cartoon :p

[BetongÅsna]

I'm not sure how positive it is that we're estimating the advanced bowling physics involved in a Tom & Jerry cartoon (specially when the joke was "heh it looks like he has balls coming in/out of his butt). :pAnd I think it's tremendously positive.

[Alien King]

I have a white board in my room.

[SomePerson]

That's a pretty positive occurrence indeed!

[bonz]

I have a white board in my room.
For writing down brainstorming ideas in the morning, whether to go to the toilet or make coffee first?

[Alien King]

Actually I was thinking of it as a means to condense the phallic symbols, courtesy of my housemates, to a single local region.
Oh and also Maths.

[bonz]

Actually I was thinking of it as a means to condense the phallic symbols, courtesy of my housemates, to a single local region.
Oh and also Maths.
If you really want to look scientifically geeky, you install a large glass window and write your formulas on the inside with marker pens.

[MrBunsy]

Oh and also Maths.

Whhhyyyy?

Also,
/me is the proud new owner of one thousand envelopes.

[Alien King]

Whhhyyyy?

I now hate Physics. Like, really really hate.
I half failed the Physics half of my course last year but did pretty well in the Maths half given the little amount of revision time I left my self.
So I've decided to do as many Maths modules as I can for, what is now, my final year whilst taking the bare minimum of Physics modules; unusual for a Maths&Physics student.
On the upside to getting downgraded from a four year Master's to a three year Bachelor's degree, you get a lot more choice in the third year and I never need do a physics project.

[MrBunsy]

Fair reason I suppose.

I found any maths modules I've done at uni have got more and more abstract and less and less interesting. Numerical methods is the only exception and I'm not even sure that counts as maths.

Does that mean you graduate this coming year?

[Alien King]

Yes.
And I have the opposite problem; the more and more abstract the Maths I study gets the less and less interesting everything else becomes.
Although I'm not so sure about Set Theory...

[SargeMcCluck]

I'm now in the 25-34 age bracket. Hooray.

[Zero72]

Welcome aboard?

[SupSuper]

Get off my lawn you old whippersnappers.

[Zero72]

you darn disrespectful kids with all yer jungle junk music

[Xinos]

So Payday got released on PC yesterday!! It was also released on PSN in the US two days before that. The response has been great, reading peoples comments on the Steam forums really makes all the hard work worth it. A few days ago the forums were raging over the delayed release (we were supposed to release Oct 4), and people made up all kinds of weird things to get angry about. Like somebody raging and telling people not to buy it because it doesn't have ragdolls (which we do), or that Sony had delayed the game just to get more money from pre-orders. Genius! And for the past couple of months practically everybody on the internet 'knew' that Payday was a Source mod. Heheh, but what do you expect from the internet?

Also, 8.0 on gametrailers.com! Now I wouldn't mind going into hibernation until spring ;)

[Akuryou13]

congrats on the successful release! I would pick up a copy myself were I not so broke :p

[Squirminator2k]

Anyone feel like helping me get my webseries funded? (http://tinyurl.com/PCkick) Watch the pilot, and if you don't hate it consider pledging a bit of money. Cheers.

[SomePerson]

Seeing these guys live tomorrow :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooTyuRd9zSg&feature=relmfu

[SargeMcCluck]

I found out how I did in my winter exams - I managed 100% on several of them, and got VG on the lot (note to non-Swedes: that's the top grade this uni offers). Hooray!

[Squirminator2k]

Today I cut the PortsCenter budget down from $7,000 to $3,940. Which is pretty bloody impressive if I do say so.

[thomasp]

You should work for various governments around the world, with budget cutting skills like that!

[Squirminator2k]

It was easy once I trimmed all the hookers and blow from the "Equipment" list.

[SupSuper]

It was easy once I trimmed all the hookers and blow from the "Equipment" list.
Well now I don't know if I wanna watch the show anymore.

[Squirminator2k]

Also: I had a job interview with Quantum Mechanix (http://qmxonline.com) last week, and yesterday I was offered the job. I said Yes.

So I have a job now.

[Akuryou13]

Also: I had a job interview with Quantum Mechanix (http://qmxonline.com) last week, and yesterday I was offered the job. I said Yes.

So I have a job now.Congrats!

if I may ask, what's the job involve? seems the website is a replica company? Are you then creating/designing/whatever replica products yourself or are you more in the business side of things?

[Squirminator2k]

oh, they don't just make replicas... :)

I'm more involved in the business side, yeah. Some creative, though. I'm never going to get to sketch or design a thing, largely because I have the artistic talents of a recently concussed potato, but there is, uh, creative writing potential.

[MtlAngelus]

A Flurry replica would be pretty damn cool. :p

[Squirminator2k]

Wouldn't it just? Not likely to happen, though... :)

[SargeMcCluck]

Hooray! I finally got a Steam Android beta invite. Now I can buy games I'll end up never playing on the move!

[Squirminator2k]

What an age we live in.

[bonz]

Hooray! I finally got a Steam Android beta invite. Now I can buy games I'll end up never playing on the move!
I got into it too and also have a tradeable gift copy, if anyone wants.

[Squirminator2k]

I'd love to get into the beta, if your invite is still available.

[MtlAngelus]

I thought it had gone public already?

[Cyclaws]

I thought it had gone public already?

I believe it did yesterday.

[MrBunsy]

*has a job offer from Detica (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detica)*

:D

I'm waiting to hear from Roke (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roke_Manor_Research_Limited) before I decide though.

It's a good time to be an electronic engineer!

[KRD]

I'm waiting to hear from Roke (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roke_Manor_Research_Limited) before I decide though.


Omfg, those people made Hawk-Eye.







They must be burned.

[MrBunsy]

Omfg, those people made Hawk-Eye.







They must be burned.

I know almost nothing about Hawk-Eye, you not like it?

[KRD]

I think it's a technical marvel, but in tennis at least, implementing it in the bigger tournaments certainly made opinions clash. I guess that's in part down to the rules surrounding its use, but among the players I like, there's a few that aren't too happy to have to rely on it for other reasons as well, most notably Federer here. :(

This sums up my personal doubts pretty well (especially the bit about unchallengeable truth):

In 2008, an article in a peer-reviewed journal[25] consolidated many of these doubts. The authors acknowledged the value of the system, but noted that it was probably fallible, and that its failure to depict a margin of error gave a spuriously accurate depiction of events. The authors also argued that the probable limits to its accuracy were not acknowledged by players, officials, commentators or spectators, who treated it as depicting unchallengeable truth. For instance, they argued that Hawk-Eye may struggle with predicting the curved trajectory of a cricket ball after bouncing: the time between a ball bouncing and striking the batsman may be too short to generate the three frames (at least) needed to plot a curve accurately. The article also argued that Hawk-Eye's depiction of line decisions in tennis ignored such factors as the distortion of the ball on bouncing and the less-than-complete precision with which the lines on the court are drawn. The makers of Hawk-Eye strongly attacked many of these claims, but the authors have not withdrawn them.

Npm.

[MrBunsy]

Sensible enough complaint! Someone somewhere should be able to calculate the margins of error. Ah well, Roke sold the whole thing so if I do work for them it's not my problem either :P

[Xinos]

I've gotten myself an apartment in town! I won't be able to move in until April though as the owner of the apartment has rented it out to somebody else at the moment. But I will be closer to work which cuts my daily traveling time from two hours to one :)

[Squirminator2k]

And so begins week two of my new job. And I love it.

That is all.

[SargeMcCluck]

I was very late for a test - 77 late for a 90 minute test. I still managed to pass!

[Squirminator2k]

Wow. Not bad!

[Akuryou13]

Impressive!

[Xinos]

Was it an invisibility test?

[bonz]

Maybe a double-blind trial, researching laziness in university students.
SargeMcCluck was in the negative control group.

[SargeMcCluck]

Update: He noticed he'd had a mistake in his answer sheet, he corrected it, and I got one more point. Top score! :D

[Squirminator2k]

Seriously? Nice!

[MrBunsy]

*has a job offer from Detica (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detica)*

:D

I'm waiting to hear from Roke (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roke_Manor_Research_Limited) before I decide though.

It's a good time to be an electronic engineer!

Heard back from Roke: I shall be working for them soon :D

[Akuryou13]

Heard back from Roke: I shall be working for them soon :DCongrats!

My most recent positive occurrence is that of my critique going fantastically today. I got glowing praise from my professor and fellow students, but it may have been because of the utter trash we spent 20 minutes tearing apart just before critiquing my work. I'm definitely happy I was NOT that guy.

[Xinos]

Heard back from Roke: I shall be working for them soon :D

That's great! I hope have fun and learn ****loads ;)
Do you need to move for the job?

[MrBunsy]

That's great! I hope have fun and learn ****loads ;)
Do you need to move for the job?

Nope :D In a little town just outside the city where I'm at uni, so I'll just rent a house nearer a railway station when I graduate!

[Babylon]

I returned. Can't get more positive than that!

[bonz]

I returned. Can't get more positive than that!
Actually, it's the exact opposite.
Shows your addiction of 10+ years. With a relapse after 1.5 years of withdrawal.
;)

[Babylon]

Actually, it's the exact opposite.
Shows your addiction of 10+ years. With a relapse after 1.5 years of withdrawal.
;)

I can't deny it, I have a slight addiction issue... :D

[SargeMcCluck]

Won some free DLC. Hooray!

[Akuryou13]

Back in early January I mailed off an application to get into CalArts' Character Animation course.

Today, I got my acceptance letter. :D I flailed around madly for about 5 minutes upon reading that I was accepted, and now I'm starting the planning of setting up a move to Valencia, California, right outside of Los Angeles.

Pixar, here I come! :cool:

[Squirminator2k]

Congrabbleations! You're gonna be north-ish of where I am, so you have minimal excuse not to hang out.

Unless you just don't like me.

*sob*

[Akuryou13]

Congrabbleations! You're gonna be north-ish of where I am, so you have minimal excuse not to hang out.

Unless you just don't like me.

*sob*lol, I thought about that, actually. we'll definitely have to meet up!

[SargeMcCluck]

Ice creeeam sandwiiich!

Woo.

[Squirminator2k]

lol, I thought about that, actually. we'll definitely have to meet up!

What's your vehicle situation like?

[Akuryou13]

What's your vehicle situation like?as of now, I own and am paying off a car (09 Chevy Cobalt). My finances during the move may or may not dictate its sale. As things are now, though, I've got a decent set of wheels.

[Squirminator2k]

Good. You can drive down to see me, then. :D

[Akuryou13]

looks like a 30 mile drive, give or take? seems like I could be in LA somewhat often at that distance, so yeah, I imagine we'll be seeing each other from time to time.

assuming, of course, I can indeed afford to keep the car. God only knows how expensive this move is going to be, and what my financial situation will be while at CalArts.

[bonz]

assuming, of course, I can indeed afford to keep the car. God only knows how expensive this move is going to be, and what my financial situation will be while at CalArts.
And how often you're gonna get mugged per day on the vicious streets of L.A.. :eek:

Ben can surely teach you the safest way to stick up your hands while handing over your wallet.
And ways to convince your robber that you're really completely out of money this month already.

[Akuryou13]

And how often you're gonna get mugged per day on the vicious streets of L.A.. :eek:

Ben can surely teach you the safest way to stick up your hands while handing over your wallet.
And ways to convince your robber that you're really completely out of money this month already.lol, this is why I'm living OUTSIDE of LA. buffer zone.

and if I DO get mugged while visiting Ben, I can come up with some amazing guilt trip that'll force him to pay me back! :cool:

[Xinos]

Hells yeah! Good job dude. Bah, you don't need Pixar.. You'll have your own animation studio called Akumation. *claims 1% royaltes on all productions Akumation produces for coming up with the name*

[Akuryou13]

Hells yeah! Good job dude. Bah, you don't need Pixar.. You'll have your own animation studio called Akumation. *claims 1% royaltes on all productions Akumation produces for coming up with the name*lol, Akumation. That's hilariously awful! it almost HAS to be made!

[bonz]

Hells yeah! Good job dude. Bah, you don't need Pixar.. You'll have your own animation studio called Akumation. *claims 1% royaltes on all productions Akumation produces for coming up with the name*
Dissatisfied with "Xinart" yet? :D
lol, Akumation. That's hilariously awful! it almost HAS to be made!
Do it!
Maybe you get bought up by Apple or Disney too.

Also, you should produce Ben's Jump Leads and other stuff.

[Akuryou13]

Yo Ben! Is there an airport in the area other than LAX? I just can't imagine the LA area only having the one, but nothing else is showing up in my searches, and I don't wanna pay $400 for the tickets if I can get them cheaper elsewhere, ya know?

[Xinos]

Dissatisfied with "Xinart" yet? :D

It was always dumb, but short and easy to remember. I was tired of 'Xinos' long before I registered the site. It seemed cool I guess back in 2000 when I was playing Quake 3.. But it doesn't mean anything. I even dislike typing it into the login field now :p

I've just always hated coming up with names, there are few things more difficult.
Naming worms was always a source of agony too.

[Akuryou13]

But it doesn't mean anything. I even dislike typing it into the login field now :p I'm running into that issue with my Xelioth name now. It's derived from a game word, and it really doesn't mean a darn thing, but I've been using it for so long I feel like dropping it would just be difficult to do....

[Xinos]

If I change name now, where will all my internet fame go!?

[Akuryou13]

If I change name now, where will all my internet fame go!? more along the lines of: what the hell would I change it to? and then I'd have to go through and change every account I have everywhere, practically. it's more of the former, though. I don't have anything else in mind.

[Melon]

You all need to come up with awesome names like "Melon".

The people that call themselves Melon are obviously the smart ones.

[Alien King]

It was always dumb, but short and easy to remember. I was tired of 'Xinos' long before I registered the site. It seemed cool I guess back in 2000 when I was playing Quake 3.. But it doesn't mean anything. I even dislike typing it into the login field now :p

You think 'Xinos' was dumb? I can't even imagine how I thought 'Alien King' was a good idea!
And 'Xenomortis' is pretty stupid too (handle I've used for a while now), but I've gotten used to being called Xeno on ventrilo and such and I can't imagine being called anything else now...

[SargeMcCluck]

Hi. I'm SargeMcCluck. >_>

Although since I started WoW many moons ago, I've gone by Lokar. I like it. Although many other people do too, as I can't use it when signing up anywhere anymore. I generally take Lokarta instead, in that case.

[SupSuper]

Pch, I've been using this nickname since I witnessed the invention of this thing called internets many centuries ago. It means jack all, makes absolutely no sense and nobody in their right mind would use it. Perfect. :cool:

[Zero72]

Been a while since I said it, but Zero is the John Smith of the internet.

And I'm named after a Mega Man character.

But could have been named after practically anything.

Or just have no imagination.

Which I guess is a lot of why I usually go by Zeor now, since pretty much everybody was just calling me that full-time anyway. It means approximately nothing and a lot of people mispronounce it. It's great. And I don't usually have to put a numeral after it.

In the event that it is taken already, I sometimes tack Dangerpants (http://steamcommunity.com/id/zeordangerpants) on the end.

[philby4000]

I came up with my username many years ago when windows 95 was new and exciting. My dad was setting up individual login profile for everyone in the family, and he asked what name I wanted.

I said 'Phill B'.


I have no earthly clue why I chose to go by 'Mr. Bantry' on a couple of sites. Although I liked the Mister so I generally use 'Mr. Phillby' these days.

[bonz]

OH!
You are all the guys filling up my Steam friends list! :D

I was nicknamed by friend after this infamous creature of the 1990s:
http://i.imgur.com/mou46.gif
"Your best friend on the internet!" HAHAHA!

The other name I use most often is globefish23.
Pretty good, since most English speaking people would call the tetraodontidae family of fish "blowfish" or "puffer fish", but rarely globefish.
And adding '23' makes it most definitely unique.

[thomasp]

I lacked imagination when I first registered on the interwebs 11 years ago, and I still lack imagination today!

[MrBunsy]

I am the only one who still likes the nickname I chose nearly 10 years ago? :P

[Zero72]

As much as I have periodically wondered what else I would have named myself, I'm still alright with Zero/Zeor. :p I don't like numerals anymore though.

[Alien King]

OH!
You are all the guys filling up my Steam friends list! :D

Now, I know that we've had several rundowns on who's who on Steam...

[philby4000]

One of these day's I'll actually set up a steam account.

[FutureWorm]

imagine the concept... of a worm... from the future

suffice to say i haven't used this name anywhere else, ever

[bonz]

One of these day's I'll actually set up a steam account.
This might interest you:
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=851573

[Xinos]

Dell sent me a new monitor today. It's a slightly newer model which I guess that's good. But it doesn't look as cool! (Awesome hard edges (http://i.dell.com/das/xa.ashx/global-site-design%20WEB/8096eac8-ae10-3e2a-87e1-77c90b48e367/1/OriginalPng?id=Dell/Product_Images/Peripherals/Output_Devices/Dell/Monitors/u2311h/hero/monitor-u2311h-left-hero-504x350.psd) vs Conformist beveled edges (http://i.dell.com/das/xa.ashx/global-site-design%20WEB/dd7d9d71-efa7-e345-6439-5a54a159c091/1/OriginalJPG?id=Dell/Product_Images/Peripherals/Output_Devices/Dell/Monitors/u2312hm/hero/monitor-u2312hm-hero-504x350.png))

I'm supposed to put my old monitor back in the new box this one came with, but it proving to be very difficult. I don't know what kind of black magic they used to pack this thing.

[bonz]

(Awesome hard edges (http://i.dell.com/das/xa.ashx/global-site-design%20WEB/8096eac8-ae10-3e2a-87e1-77c90b48e367/1/OriginalPng?id=Dell/Product_Images/Peripherals/Output_Devices/Dell/Monitors/u2311h/hero/monitor-u2311h-left-hero-504x350.psd) vs Conformist beveled edges (http://i.dell.com/das/xa.ashx/global-site-design%20WEB/dd7d9d71-efa7-e345-6439-5a54a159c091/1/OriginalJPG?id=Dell/Product_Images/Peripherals/Output_Devices/Dell/Monitors/u2312hm/hero/monitor-u2312hm-hero-504x350.png))
Also, you're missing one whole monitor! :eek:

[Akuryou13]

Took a trip to the Los Angeles area this past weekend in order to check out CalArts during an accepted student event.

The school looks absolutely fantastic. The student work far exceeds anything from the other colleges I've looked into attending, and I've looked at some BIG names. The hallways were lined with job opportunities for illustrators of every kind, and we were warned during the talks with faculty that we could well get offered jobs far advance of graduation, but that we should ensure we do indeed graduate. The fact that they actually warned of that speaks volumes to me.

I'm still not sure how I'm going to afford it, but I am NOT letting this slip through my fingers! I am so freakin stoked!

[bonz]

I'm still not sure how I'm going to afford it
Ask Ben about his shady businesses. :D

[Xinos]

So I moved into my new apartment last Friday. Woot! The previous owner took down the wall that separated the small kitchen and the living room, making it one bigger room instead (it's apparently called a studio apartment). But I guess that's fine.. I prefer having more than four walls, but I can't really argue with the price and location right now. I will live like a student my whole life :cool:. My travel time has been reduced from two hours a day to one, which was an instant win.

Also, Overkill got acquired by Starbreeze today! I could not have guessed that would happen when I got up this morning. But the best part is that we do not have to move anywhere and it should be business as usual. Actually the best part will be getting a Starbreeze hoodie.

Edit: Boring details

[SupSuper]

So I moved into my new apartment last Friday. Woot! The previous owner took down the wall that separated the small kitchen and the living room, making it one bigger room instead (it's apparently called a studio apartment). But I guess that's fine.. I prefer having more than four walls, but I can't really argue with the price and location right now. I will live like a student my whole life :cool:. My travel time has been reduced from two hours a day to one, which was an instant win.

Also, Overkill got acquired by Starbreeze today! I could not have guessed that would happen when I got up this morning. But the best part is that we do not have to move anywhere and it should be business as usual. Actually the best part will be getting a Starbreeze hoodie.

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Wait, you work for Overkill? I can't recall if you mentioned it before and only now did I connected the dots because I'm a derp, because I can't find any reference to it before, but either way that sounds pretty cool.

Also, on behalf of every player, **** you all for Heat Street. :p

[thomasp]

I now have a private pilots license :D

[SargeMcCluck]

I now have a private pilots license :D

That's fantastic! Well done old man.

[Squirminator2k]

Woo! Way to go, T-Plane.

[Xinos]

Wait, you work for Overkill? I can't recall if you mentioned it before and only now did I connected the dots because I'm a derp, because I can't find any reference to it before, but either way that sounds pretty cool.

Also, on behalf of every player, **** you all for Heat Street. :p

Heh, Heat Streat is tough. I won't take any responsibility for what the level designers do, but I'll be glad to pass that comment on to Jochum :p. I think the problem with that level is how open it is. The game works best in corridors and small spaces. I also think the AI is too good at spotting parts of you sticking out from behind cover, making open areas extra unfair.

I've mostly made comments about Payday during last E3 and when we released. When I got the job (an internship at the time) the company didn't have a name yet except for the temporary name "Super Sledge". Seven Figures was also a possibility.

[SargeMcCluck]

Woo! Way to go, T-Plane.

T-Plane? You've gone native on us, Ben!

[Akuryou13]

One of us! One of us!

[Squirminator2k]

It was a sort of a joke, you see

[Akuryou13]

It was a sort of a joke, you seebut one very much american. You have been assimilated, sir! :cool:

[FutureWorm]

i think i rather nailed my interview today with a theatre group in new york. we'll see what happens next

[BethanyTeam17]

i think i rather nailed my interview today with a theatre group in new york. we'll see what happens next

Congrats! I miss New York :( lovely place

[Squirminator2k]

I've never been to New York. Would be nice to visit some time.

But anyway - today's my birthday, and to celebrate Dave released a new publicity shot for Red Dwarf X (http://ganymede.tv/atspeed/2012/04/first-publicity-shot-released), and Howard Goodall revealed he's working on the score to the series, too (http://ganymede.tv/atspeed/2012/04/howard-goodall-composing-rdx). WOO!

[BethanyTeam17]

But anyway - today's my birthday
Happy birthday!

[FutureWorm]

i got the internship yeaaaaaaaaaa

[Akuryou13]

i got the internship yeaaaaaaaaaacongrats !

[Squirminator2k]

Happy birthday!

I could push my luck and ask to be let into the Worms Revolution beta for my birthday. I could... but I won't. :)

[BethanyTeam17]

I could push my luck and ask to be let into the Worms Revolution beta for my birthday. I could... but I won't. :)

Well, it's not even your birthday anymore! You'll have to apply the old fashioned way like everyone else :)

Congrats @FutureWorm on your internship.

[Squirminator2k]

CURSES!

In which case I'm going to travel back in time to apply for the beta for Worms: The Director's Cut. Maybe I'll catch some of the bugs Andy missed (http://worms2d.info/Tricks_and_glitches_(First_generation)).

[Squirminator2k]

Along similar lines, Andy just revealed that his personal build of WormsDC is all the way up to v1.5. The current and, to date, only patch for the game takes it up to v1.05.

There are more fixes, and there is new stuff.

I may weep openly.

[bonz]

Along similar lines, Andy just revealed that his personal build of WormsDC is all the way up to v1.5. The current and, to date, only patch for the game takes it up to v1.05.

There are more fixes, and there is new stuff.

I may weep openly.
How about convincing him to join in on that upcoming streaming session of yours, showing of the new features of his 1.5 build?
Also, I want that 1.5 build.

I'm joining in on the open weeping now.

[Squirminator2k]

I'd already sent him a message asking if he'd be interested in joining in via Skype for a Q&A session. No response yet. I doubt I'd get v1.5 before the weekend, so the stream will have to make do with v1.05.

[bonz]

I wonder if Andy would get a green light from T17 to host the v1.5 version on Dream17.
Surely, an update for a 15 year old Amiga version of Worms couldn't possibly conflict with the upcoming Worms Revolution, could it?

[Squirminator2k]

Well, we still have v1.00 and v1.05. I can't see Team17 complaining about us hosting a v1.5 patch disk, though I've been wrong before.

Ultimately it depends on whether Andy's willing to release it or not, which is entirely his call. I have, of course, been politely pestering him for the better part of four years to release his latest build to me, though in fairness I only started because he told me he was going to in the first place. :)

[Squirminator2k]

Speaking of WormsDC, look what I finally finished (http://benpaddon.tumblr.com/post/23217115630/i-spent-far-too-much-time-working-on-this-last).