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Welcome to your new unrelated thoughts.

Get comfy it is here to stay for awhile.

Dah dah dah dah, Inspector Gadget, dah dah dah dah dah... :P

Hey, I just approved an Inspector Gadget game...

Woohoo! New thread!

Is this the thread about hating on fireworks? If so, I'm in. I hate it. Hate hate hate. Not the pretty, colorful stuff they shoot into the air at new years eve, but the stuff that only goes BANG and that's it. It just goes on and on and on and on all day. I'm going crazy.

Half an hour into 2015. Not much different.

HAPPY OLD YEAR, EVERYBODY!

Happy 2015, RFG People! :)

Xmas is done. Put away the decorations.

I need to do the same.
Damn beard is chafing...

Hoping I can get a PS4 this week, after vehicle repairs and credit card payment.

Personal new highscore.
11 IPs on a single spam account.

Going to have to try and buy discount blue pills elsewhere.
Sorry guys and gals.

Now I know this is 2015, and many of you have certain expectations. Well, I'm sorry to be such a stick-in-the-mud so soon into the new year, but I'm gonna have to tell you the cold, harsh truth. And even though you'll be really bummed and curse my name for a while, ultimately it'll make you a better person.

And here's the horrible, unfortunate truth:

http://www.cracked.com/quick-fixes/4-reasons-well-never-get-real-hoverboard/


Don't even get me started on the Cubs' chances of making the playoffs...

I keep forgetting to bring this up...
But wasn't Tokyo supposed to get attacked by an Angel?

Shouldn't we be celebrating that those events didn't come to pass?

My home decorations aren't down yet, so the site decorations aren't down yet. I was planning on it tonight.

Decorations are down. Back to boring, non-blinking RFGeneration.

Reminder
CTRL+F5

I am stuck as Scorpi-Clause for an unknown length of time :'(

almost finished catching up on RFGen. so many posts after only missing a few days.

Can you not find your original picture?
Why not use your twitter one?
[img width=75 height=75]https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1718593471/mk_scorpion_avatar.jpg[/img]

I have it saved or in use all over the place.
But last i tried i couldn't upload it from my HD.

Rather than use the work around i want the problem figured out so that it does not cause problems for others.

You know, there is an alternative you could use:

[img width=75 height=75]http://i1273.photobucket.com/albums/y409/Zagnorch/izret-surp_zps990b85a2.jpg[/img]

Just sayin'.


And while we're on the subject, a certain RF Gentleman's ava has inspired me to get creative:


[img width=109 height=110]http://i1273.photobucket.com/albums/y409/Zagnorch/output_W2mhCu_zpsufpuyvdd.gif[/img]

[img width=109 height=110]http://i1273.photobucket.com/albums/y409/Zagnorch/output_RdWPwR_zpstcvwgxzg.gif[/img]

[img width=109 height=110]http://i1273.photobucket.com/albums/y409/Zagnorch/output_sgaUNp_zpssdqmweu7.gif[/img]


Which framerate d'ya think works best?

Depends on your motives.
The first one is the most nausea-inducing. The second one is the most entrancing.. and the third one looks the most like eyes that change colors.

what zcrich said, the slow third one isn't as annoying as the other 2, the fast ones would get to me after scrolling through a thread that russ posted in a lot.

Thank you for your input.

It's in Mr. Lyman's court, now.

Speed eyes
Hypnotize others eyes (ehhhh maybe not)
Hypnotized self eyes (ehhh could work on others too)

Izret and I are blowing up Twitter with a really fun hashtag where you name your junk after a video game.

Here's the top 10 between the both of us.
10. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
9. Big Bumpin
8. Thunder Force
7. Metal Slug
6. Serious Sam DD XXXL
5. Sword of Mana
4. God Hand
3. Mr. Driller
2. The Adventures of Bayou Billy
1. Silent Service

The rest of mine not on his top list
Work Time Fun
Every Extend Extra
Splosion Man
(Hopefully none of the ladies chose) Sanctum of Slime ( :vomit:)
Assault Heroes
Stanglehold
Black Knight Sword
GripShift
Facebreaker
Backbreaker OR Backbreaker: Vengeance
Time Killers
Rise of Glory
Muv-Luv

Apparently
Adventure Time Explore The Dungeon Because I Don't Know didn't count.

I decided to stop since i didn't want to spend the rest of the night flipping through my collection and the internet to remind myself of titles that could be used in potentially dirty ways lol

How could you guys overlook Shadow of the Colossus?

Especially when Wario is pointing right at it:

[img width=700 height=416]http://i1273.photobucket.com/albums/y409/Zagnorch/warioa10_zps6a7a77a7.jpg[/img]


Hey that reminds me... here's another euphemism to consider:

[img width=515 height=561]http://i1273.photobucket.com/albums/y409/Zagnorch/Score1-12-2015b_zpsa6b260ae.jpg[/img]


In any case, I'm glad to see you're giving it your all to maintain the site's sixth-grade maturity level. Keep it up, guys... er, so to speak.

Anthony - Family Game Night. I win.
Wife and roommate suggested Split/Second and Half-Minute Hero.

Too many dirty possibilities:

Bubble Bobble (for the inexperienced)
Demon Sword
Derby Stallion
Double Dribble
Gotcha!
Heavy Shreddin'
Infiltrator
Centipede (for the lesser man)
Millipede (for the least man)
The Mutant Virus...
okay, I'd better stop.

None of you thought of these?

[img width=512 height=384]http://www.rfgeneration.com/images/hardware/E-040/bf/E-040-H-00030-A.jpg[/img]
[img width=256 height=282]http://www.rfgeneration.com/images/games/U-069/gs/U-069-S-02440-A.jpg[/img][img width=256 height=236]http://www.rfgeneration.com/images/games/E-087/bf/E-087-S-00030-A.jpg[/img]

Or how about "Crisis Zone" or "Area 51"?

These were the rest of mine.

Heavy Rain
Donkey Dong Jr.
Iron Storm
After Burner
ChuChu Rocket
Shining Tears
Hard Drivin'
Snake Rattle N' Roll
Bloody Roar

If it's named Bloody Roar, you're likely doing something wrong.

Or you could be breaking the law.

[img width=130 height=256]http://i3.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/652/762/db3.jpg[/img] (http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/expand-dong)
Click it to learn more.

Careful now, gentlemen-- this could very well lead to...


[img width=600 height=408]http://2.media.dorkly.cvcdn.com/60/81/253e3808ffa4a46c42ef2918fde89203.jpg[/img]

If the first leaked Win10 picture i saw is accurate here are my thoughts:
"Windows 10 looks like the fucked up offspring of Windows 8 and the 'good Windows' that came before it."

Windows 10 is great  when compared to windows 8.

Is not leaving feedback a common thing on eBay now? I've been selling my collection and I've had three out of 30 sales leave feedback.

I think i got feedback about 2/3rds of the time overall

Seemed to be increasing last time i sold though.

For me it comes in waves. A string of nothing, then a string of good feedback.

a lot of times i don't leave feedback right away, even after receiving the item...i'm bad that way. but i get to it eventually, remember the system leaves you the option for quite a long time (not sure how long exactly) so those who haven't left any yet might still do it later.

I'm not to worried about receiving feedback. I mean no feedback is technically good feedback. I haven't bought or sold anything on there for 3 years so I was hoping for a little more since I haven't used the account in so long.

It used to do positive feedback automatically after 90 days if you didn't leave feedback...
In other news, here's what Asians think the genre for Bayonetta is:

[img width=550 height=695]http://www.rfgeneration.com/images/games/C-131/bb/C-131-S-00490-A.jpg[/img]

Climax Action...REALLY?  :speechless:
(Thanks Raidou for the image)

Action should come before the climax.

I take it that's Bayonetta's "O" face, then?  ;)

A few months ago my son sent a letter to my cousin/his students. My cousin/his students sent letters back. Might make a thread with some pics soonish.

I also got a little box of Kit Kats that are apparently exclusive to Shikoku
Did a quick search and turned this up for those interested:
http://www.japanmania-shop.com/candy-snacks/kit-kat/kit-kat-limited-edition-shikoku-citrus-golden-blend/

AGH! Spam bot attack!

Spam posts are easy to identify and ban. Not a big deal. ;)

For the computer geeks out there. I've seen this in the past, but it still blows my mind what people can do with old hardware:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWdG413nNkI

Performed on an IBM 5160, which was originally released in March 1983.

if any of you are also headed out for Amiibo wave 3 tomorrow. Good luck. I am heading out in a few hours to get to Target before they open to see if I can get lucky with a Mega Man or Sonic before they are gone. I missed out completely on the 6 I am missing and I don't intend to let any opportunity pass this time around.

My Gamestop apparently received no shipment of the new Amiibos (including the Shulk I pre-ordered).

I got some pics of the letters from Japan but won't link them all.
This was my favorite portion of one of them
[img width=540 height=960]https://scontent-a-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/1795478_10152559898116945_85795278388978_n.jpg?oh=0497bfd8b724e4a08ca1c14d4403cedc&oe=554CEAC8[/img]

It also was the only portion not translated by one of the kids.

http://imgur.com/a/S3k3C#0

It was strange.
I approve.

ARGHHHHH!!! Why couldn't this have happened?!

[img width=530 height=345]http://www.blogcdn.com/massively.joystiq.com/media/2011/06/true1.jpg[/img]

Because God hates you.

I think you're all right, though... for what it's worth.

Twitter locked my account because of some crap automation excuse. Most of my tweets are sent with an actual keyboard, the least automated part of a computer.

maybe you type too fast, you can't be human says twitter ;)

Maybe you've noticed.

Zagnorch has changed his avatar.

For, like, the ten millionth time.


He changed it to this:

[img width=461 height=367]https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8586/15884394494_e692a4e995_o.jpg[/img]


I recognized that as some famous rock star.

Someone very famous.

It's really kinda weird to do this, something straight outta Lynwood some might say. I'll admit, it is pretty funny for Zag to perform this way, it's as dangerous as running with scissors.



You can see him here at 21 seconds:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jgrCKhxE1s


In the end, really, it's all about the pentiums.

I don't think I've ever gotten this much attention over an avatar change before. Have you nothing better to do with your time, people? I'd tell you all to "get a life," but that'd be more than a little hypocritical of me.

Go here in case you care to read about what inspired my newest ava:

http://www.rfgeneration.com/forum/index.php?topic=119.msg218977#msg218977

Happy Friday the 13th!

[img width=598 height=337]http://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-8DHXuBO-uQs/VN47M-4wUsI/AAAAAAAGlGM/z9b3tLeAKAs/w598-h337-no/752-510fc417f394aa5492f133d7ff9f1115.jpg[/img]

I helped moderate! Feel my emeritus power spammers!

Oh spam bots... When will they learn?

Wait... smart spam bots would be bad...

For you toy/transformers lovers:

http://kotaku.com/transformers-most-fearsome-combiner-team-finally-gets-i-1685897663?rev=1423966493159&utm_campaign=Socialflow_Kotaku_Facebook&utm_source=Kotaku_Facebook&utm_medium=Socialflow

The Devastator is pretty sweet, but I don't like the vehicle modes, for the other Gestalt pieces.

Easter will be here before we know it, which means...

THE EASTER BUNNY HATES YOU!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcrg0B_yJAo

Miss me?

Didn't think so.

bbl

I thought the site seemed a bit quiet recently but I wasn't sure why...how long have you been gone? :P

About 2 weeks excluding the link for Sniper Elite V2 GwG.
I felt obligated to make time for that since it is such a good game and i hope everyone tries it out.

I don't collect board games but maybe I should.
[img width=700 height=700]http://i.imgur.com/vUoyXkN.jpg[/img]

I drove by the local game store and saw they closed down. It was ran quite badly and there are better places to shop around here so nothing of value was really lost.

Going to grab some sushi and wine and pack up all my games for moving with the wife tonight. This is going to be fun, sad and weird all at once.

I found a couple old TI83 Plus Silver Edition calculators while cleaning my room. If only there was someone out there who still wanted these things...

What a coinkydink: I've bought and flipped four TI-83 Pluses in the last couple weeks, and picked up a fifth earlier today.

[img width=390 height=580]http://i1273.photobucket.com/albums/y409/Zagnorch/strange%2083_zpssctdynm5.jpg[/img]

Never encountered a Silver-edition TI-83 Plus, though. Didja find a gold one yet?  ;)

No gold ones yet.
You want these two? I know one has a bad screen, not sure about the other one.

Leave for AZ in a few hours.
If i'm not back in a weekish then Tynstar probably BBQed me over the weekend and fed me to his other guests.

Just don't provoke him by incessantly touting the glaringly obvious superiority the Skylanders series has-- and always will have-- over Disney/Marvel Infinity series.

'Cuz that's MY job.

Sir Terry Pratchett has passed away.

[img width=426 height=426]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-XcG4fzEOXs8/VQGb90-nP7I/AAAAAAAAVys/uCsUL6JKR_A/s426/google_img20150312-3384-68gke7.jpg[/img]

:'(

Yesterday was a bad day. I'm sick, with all my fun games and systems packed away, and an icon passes on.

At least my old Discworld review is kind of blowing up, just from google hits.

https://whydidiplaythis.wordpress.com/2013/01/01/terry-pratchetts-discworld/

I loved how they sent him off on his Twitter account though.

There were a ton of tweets about him as well.

https://twitter.com/EricIdle/status/576105360437616640

I am alive still.
I feel like i am on the verge of death though.

Back to sleep now.

Back from work. Still feel like The Walking Dead.
I needed a vacation to recover from vacation.

Working Saturday to make up for lost time on top of it...

Hi guys.

Um... who are you again? I can't quite place the face...

:(

 :evilhappy:

20 minutes into Earth hour... I'm not turning anything off...

Some graffiti I encountered in the men's room of the local Savers:

[img width=625 height=614]http://i1273.photobucket.com/albums/y409/Zagnorch/pooping_zpsrdrto5yf.jpg?t=1427511930[/img]


I wonder what a certain western Canada-based game shop proprietor thinks of this...

So this weekend I saw this girl I haven't seen in years at the grocery store. I smile, get some smooth talking in, and part ways without too much thought after a bit of time and conversation. This is the 21st century after all, and I remember her name. I've been dabbling in Facebook again mostly to talk to the ladies, they all seem easy to contact after all. So I'm wanting to continue the conversation and run into a few hurdles.

I don't exactly remember how to spell her name, but its not a big deal, I'll look through her brother's page to find her. I spend about half an hour looking for her and come up empty. I mention it to a buddy I was with and he thinks he remembered that she deleted her profile.

A girl deleted her Facebook profile. I've found my white whale, and its time to go spearfishing.

SirPsycho is now.. SirStalker.

Here's your new official theme song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMOGaugKpzs

And this is how I'll feel if I catch the whale (booty).

[img width=492 height=480]https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/2236635075/imagepng_2.png[/img]

You feel like a black man with tattoos on his face?

EDIT
Oh i get it now. Zag said you were a stalker and they all have tear drops.
So you plan to kill her with a speargun.
[img width=700 height=524]http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs35/f/2008/296/6/9/Mosasaur_Hunter___Speargun_1_by_stroggtank.jpg[/img]

Wait... whale?! Are you calling her fat?!

"Man the harpoons," indeed...

I don't know what you guys are talking about but I'm all for this NFC Generation thing.

F5 your way to the future.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UBcF6n-skk

Is this only for the NFC Talk subforum? It's not working anywhere else for me. I've even cleared the cache.

same, though i see the header bar has changed everywhere.

Yeah, but only the left and right images.

UTC timing issue folks - should be completely updated now. Bickman set the images to update at 12am UTC, but the actual announcement for 12am EST. The announcement should clarify everything.

[img width=401 height=268]http://i1.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/248/670/411.jpg[/img]

... is all I'm saying.

[img width=540 height=960]http://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/10981434_815784198509826_8316871343703636793_n.jpg?oh=256dd9c66d83f795c8d9f89b7760e926&oe=55AD46E0&__gda__=1436539497_4054b1539ba07ad0ea649fa594b0b73d[/img]

Hey gents!

I did a big upgrade to my awoken warlock costume from Destiny.  New makeup, additional armor, vinyl pants, and new gauntlets really made a big difference in the overall look.  Now, if only the EL component would stop failing I would have an illuminated bond.  My hunter buddy is on the second build of his hunter, and it's amazeballs!  He's even collaborating with another artist for 3D printed weapons.

http://facebook.com/Glasshound

Immediately noticed the vinyl pants - that definitely cleaned up the look for me.
What kind of EL wire kit are you using? Those things tend to be fairly stable.

There is a fine wire poking out of the "rope" part, and all I need to do is solder it to the copper lead and it should be good again.

I dropped it and it completely separated.  It was wonky before.  My buddy was having some technical difficulties too.  His "Radiant Dance Machines" weren't illuminating either.

[img width=600 height=524]http://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xat1/v/t1.0-9/17903_754921611293241_4155183141949257315_n.jpg?oh=6d23d3afc40cbce13437d32e661be05e&oe=55A961AA&__gda__=1437979458_6bd859e047561a507c7db8fcecd20165[/img]

Otherwise, it's come a long ways since Halloween.

This post marks my 1000th post on here! :D
I am now a Sega Master System!

[img width=110 height=70]http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll222/mumboking/Screenies/RFGen1000Posts.png[/img]

Oh... you're not cosplaying as Nightcrawler from X-Men? Color me disappointed.

Speaking of color: it looks like you got a deeper tan... or blue, whatever... in the interim. You must be getting outdoors more often, huh?

I picked up a different type of face paint.  The light stuff was flaking off heavily after a couple hours.   I want to bring back the white wig, but I think it needs proper spikes to look good.

Do you think it's worth spending ~£21 to repair a ripped-apart Toshiba Satellite L500-11V (http://www.toshiba.co.uk/discontinued-products/satellite-l500-11v/)?
It was thrown out in the rain by a next-door neighbour (I think he said it's because it wasn't charging) either late last year or earlier this year.
After drying it, it didn't work at all. Not surprising. :(

Today, I decided to try turning it on again and somehow, amazingly, it booted right up into an Ubuntu Live CD I put in there. :o
It's even charging!

I'd need to replace the keyboard bezel/palmrest, trackpad, screws, speakers, RAM cover and HDD caddy. I've already got a spare 80GB (not huge, I know...) hard drive I could put in there.
There may be more to replace, but that's all I can see so far. One broken thing I can't replace is one ram clip, which limits me to 2GB RAM max.
It's still much better than the Compaq Presario 2500 (with a HP NX9010 motherboard and no WI-FI) I currently have.

I think it's worth fixing any computer, as long as it can be used.

not an amazing computer but if you can get it up and running for that little money then go for it, i don't see any downside.

I might be SOL with this... Seems the keyboard connector may have lifted pads. Cheapest motherboard I found was ~£60, much more than I'm willing to spend.

EDIT: Crap... I was going to attempt gluing the connector back down in hopes it still made connection, but the whole connector fell off with some of the pads... :'(

damn that sucks man, it was worth a shot anyway.

Yeah. I can still use it with a USB keyboard and mouse but that defeats the point of a laptop.
As for the trackpad, it's possible I might be able to repair it's connector... I might not even bother doing it now though.

FS 20$ OBO
Broken laptop. I broke it worse.

Nah, I'm keeping it. Actually, I've just installed XP on it for testing purposes.
I guess I could sell the parts separately, but I just can't be bothered.

EDIT: Hah, it hasn't installed network drivers! I guess it's time to grab a USB stick... after I finish my pizza, of course...

Russian spam! Russian spam everywhere!

[img width=660 height=495]https://i.imgur.com/jh7keGd.jpg[/img]

Assholes, all of them

Day 2 of sanding cabinets.
Everything still tastes/smells like saw dust.

Yummy!  Do you have a side of varnish with that?

I just realised that the member banners aren't updating...
[img width=468 height=60]http://www.rfgeneration.com/images/banners/generated/collection/mumboking.png[/img]

[img width=468 height=60]http://www.rfgeneration.com/images/banners/generated/collection/Izret101.png[/img]

Do they auto update, or are they updated manually?

I spend more time organizing my games then playing them.

Strange i should have 125 listed on here now.

Obviously in addition to the banner not updating i have taken a few years to get around to re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-updating my collection....

I need to audit my collection so bad, but I'm far too lazy to accomplish such a task this month.

Hey anime fans, I will be attending Anime Central 2015 in Rosemont, IL the weekend of May 15-17.  Shoot me a PM if you want to meet up, do game trades or something.

The site's running rather slow and was throwing up errors earlier. What's going on?

EDIT: Seems to be sorted. What was the problem?

Fine on my end.  Must be an overseas thing. ;)

No, it's been sporadically having errors.

I can relate to this.

This processor usage graph looks pretty... :)
[img width=688 height=523]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CEW0TrUWoAEMYmi.png:large[/img]

If I wasn't entertained by organizing our games, boy would my life be miserable...
If only the rest of my life was as organized as our media collection :P

Got stuck with my in-laws for an extra week last week thanks to a broken steering column in my vehicle, so not much gaming took place, and I also couldn't pick up the scanner like I wanted for the submission contest, but now that I am home, I will look over a few of the titles close to my computer and update a bit if they need it and will also look to get some playtime in soon.

The last time I sifted through my disorganized hoard of vidya stuff, it started off as a boring chore. But things got real interesting when I rediscovered stuff I almost forgot about. It's like an archaeological dig through your own recent past...


One would almost think there was a conspiracy afoot to keep you from competing in the contest...

...though I can't imagine why anyone would wanna do that to such a fine, upstanding citizen of this wonderful community of extraordinary gentlemen...  :evilhappy:

Just got back from Anime Central in Chicago.  I spotted some killer cosplay there, and had a good opportunity to show off my own.  Check out the entire gallery here:
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.775311629254239.1073741831.572978122820925

[img width=476 height=720]https://scontent-ord.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpt1/t31.0-8/s720x720/11206878_775311705920898_7533580400002274562_o.jpg[/img] [img width=405 height=720]https://scontent-ord.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xft1/v/t1.0-9/s720x720/11245504_775312052587530_501729732586200911_n.jpg?oh=6f0ee45628aa72759c90d941a5f868eb&oe=55C28E98[/img]
"awoken" warlock - Destiny

[img width=700 height=289]https://scontent-ord.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xta1/v/t1.0-9/s720x720/11265206_775312129254189_4457021628395709125_n.jpg?oh=f18d6c91cee1476ce2c1316878b5cc55&oe=55FDBD79[/img]
Geese Howard - Fatal Fury

[img width=700 height=484]https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xtp1/v/t1.0-9/s720x720/11262453_775312452587490_6515803695673764019_n.jpg?oh=0a33a8ab5ff382e7dc1c09be6abe50c6&oe=560DC510&__gda__=1438641287_2ed7385a278cf85e231a98ac64025dd7[/img]
Megurine Luka - Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA

On a gaming note, there was a serious lack of import games available in the dealer's room.  The most I found were VNs and eroge.  I did get to play Project DIVA Arcade for the first time at a place called Round 1 Arcade.

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http://www.facebook.com/Glasshound

I had everything carved into paths and stacks ready to be alphabetized and submitted too...with a house in my future in the next year, I am going to have to box it all back up and get it into storage for a move. Life has a way of things that I cannot understand...alas, I cannot control everything and must push forward. (It doesn't stop me from trying to control everything though)

And thank you, sir, for your words. If we are a community of extraordinary gentleman, I wonder which gentleman you think I would be, Mr. Gray. ;)

Was that the one played by Sean Connery?

No wait, I'm sorry, i didn't mean to reference the movie-- OH DEAR GOD PLEASE NOT THAT I BEG YOU

Today is Friday.  I'm out!

[geezer_mode]

Okay, what is it with these YouTube videos and on-the-spot news stories with the left 1/3rd and right 1/3rd of the video intentionally blurred? When did this stupid format become so prevalent?! KNOCK THAT BULLSH*T OFF RIGHT NOW, F*CKHEADS!!!  :grrr:

[/geezer_mode]

Every time I've seen that its because it was shot in portrait mode on a phone, so they need to do something to fill in the sides to make it fit your screen. The blurred part is just the video blown up/stretched out and lightened.

WELL TELL THEM TO KNOCK THAT STUPID SH*T OFF, GODDAMMIT! IT'S ANNOYING AS FU--

*AHEM*

Howzabout they just leave the left and right sides black... like a reverse letterbox format.

I hate my job.

These kids are getting that small town family bar experience that I had as a kid! Except without the bar, and the small town.

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I just thought of something... Where'd James (http://www.rfgeneration.com/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=242) go?
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Last Active: June 27, 2014

He jumps into chat on occasion.
But chat tends to be empty.

Holy cow, you're right!

James is still in Auckland, last I chatted with him. It has been a while, though.

Hi guys!

He lives!!  Welcome back.

My little kitten's back from surgery. He's too small to put an Elizabethan collar on, so he gets a small Dixie plate instead:
http://1drv.ms/1JkCUuR

Oh my goodness!  That cracks me up :laugh:

(https://static.squarespace.com/static/51b3dc8ee4b051b96ceb10de/51ce6099e4b0d911b4489b79/51ce618ae4b0d911b44979ec/1284236168193/1000w/megamind-poster3.jpg)

Might start bartending part time soon. There goes what little free time I had left.

What's "free time?" Please explain.

The time you fill buying all the fantastic shit you put in small scores thread :P

It's getting to be more like hours spent on my side job nowadays, seeing as how I resell a big portion of what I show off. Gotta finance the addiction, especially with a new Skylanders game dropping in a few months...

Hello, my name is Norch and this is my 5th time at Skylanders Anonymous.  I seem to be fine until a new Skylanders game is released.  Each night I rotate a Skylander to sleep in my bed with me at night.

Now that is just plain wrong...

...I can fit at least six at a time in my bed, easy.

:laugh:  But the vehicles will take so much space now.

What the-- vehicles in my bed?! What do you think I am, a pervert?!

Ummm... that was a rhetorical question...

Pretty wiped from the first shift last night. Wasn't supposed to start helping til next weekend.
Already was asked if i could start helping out other nights too.

Might.

What do you do?

Someone's been setting things on fire in town this morning... (News story. (http://www.kentonline.co.uk/maidstone/news/huge-fire-breaks-out-in-38212/)) :nono:

Still painting during the days picked up a shift bartending. Supposed to be every other Sunday starting next Sunday. After first night asked if I'd be willing/able to grab any other shifts.

Can you cut my hair?
"I'm busy. You know how to use the clippers."
Sure, but you won't be happy.
"You better not shave your head! I'll kill you! I'll run you over right in the driveway!"
I wasn't going to bic it. But I'm ONLY using the clippers.

5 minutes later...
"You should have just bic-ed it."
Do you want me to bic it? (her walking away) I CAN TOTALLY STILL BIC IT!

Should've just grabbed a bowl and the electric razor. Oh well.

Ummm... sorry if this makes me seem dumb, but... what the hell is"bic-ing it"?

[img width=500 height=500]http://www.gearxs.com/image/cache/data/2/bic3pack-500x500.jpg[/img]

EDIT
Bic it.

You are a student/office person you are probably most familiar with:
(http://staticx.ibncollege.com/wcsstore/ExtendedSitesCatalogAssetStore/708_70804_99_6156_NI/images/FULLIMAGE_86315.jpg)

If you happen to be a smoker you are probably most familiar with:
[img width=629 height=413]http://i.imgur.com/g5M4EBT.jpg[/img]

Bic-ing it AKA shaving your head completely bald with a bic razor. I could never go the Mr.clean route. Always prefer to have a little stubble left. Wouldn't want to be mistaken for Michael Berryman

I really am dumb. I've associated Bic with pens and lighters for so long, I'd forgotten they do disposable razors as well. I was actually visualizing you trying your barber skills with a pen and lighter-- which would make for a rather entertaining YouTube video. So what are you waiting for? get on it already!

Oddly enough, I recalled Bic putting out a short-lived perfume line a couple decades back.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28ZNQ4Aenbw



I understand going the shaved-head route as a way of coping with male pattern baldness. But if you can still grow a full head of hair, then just let it go, man. Flaunt it in front of your buddies who've gone the Patrick Stewart route in the 20+ years since you were in high school together. Announce to them that you had to increase your shampoo budget again this month, and then express how jealous you are that they don't have to deal with such financial hardships. Sure, you'll come off like a total @$$hole by doing this, but you know they'd do the same for you if the roles were reversed. That's what friends are for, you know.

And I'm gonna sound dumb once again, but... who the hell is Michael Berryman?

My first guess was "canadian"
I was wrong.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0077720/

If his meager IMDB bio is any indication, he sounds like a pretty interesting guy.

I've been the "hair on fire" route before. Nasty smell, though I barely felt it and absent-mindedly put it out.

Michael Berryman is the scary bald guy on the cover of the original hills have eyes

You obviously don't live in Detroit, where arsons stopped being news stories a couple decades ago.

Quicken owns Detroit now.

Shoulda been the makers of SimCity.

I really hate my job.

Get in line, pal.

You're not gonna get much sympathy around here.

That sucks bro. I don't love my job, but I am satisfied with it.

Oh, all right, you'll get a little sympathy around here.

But just a little.

I bought a boat.
If you thought collecting games was an expensive hobby, its got nothing on owning a boat. Not even including the cost of the boat itself, I've already spent more on it than I have in games in years now.
[img width=700 height=525]http://i.imgur.com/zasKgaD.jpg[/img]

Break
Out
Another
Thousand



2nd night tending.
From here on i think i go to every other.
Regular job in 6 hours.
WILL I GET ENOUGH SLEEP!?!
Tune in tomorrow to find out.

???

First half was BOAT acronym.

2nd half was brain vomit after BBQ and work...
BTW i didn't end up with enough sleep.
Didn't get enough last night either. In fact i should already have been out of the house and on the road.

Much more boat-selling than buying out here, seeing as the drought is gradually making all the inland bodies of water disappear.


I hadda fill in for a coworker who called out. 9.5 hours with a paid lunch break. And my workplace only allows overtime in extraordinary circumstances.

That's all I could think about when I was looking at it. Luckily, its pretty basic so its more like Break Out Another Hundred.

You can have some of our rain, I think its rained every day here for the last 2 or 3 weeks now. I probably should have bought a water tanker truck here, filled it with water and traded it for a boat out there.

Congrats on the boat! Looking at it, reminds me, that I need to get my boat out!

Had to drive 45 minutes one way to do 3-5 minutes worth of work to finish a job so my boss could bill.

Nearly at my destination i clipped the rear quarter of a Prius at about 1/80th of a mile an hour. No gas just forward momentum you have when releasing the break.

Of course since it was a prius i didn't have a rear quarter but a wrap around bumper. And it was scratched to hell. The shitty old Kia hatchback i was driving has next to no damage. In fact it was so low impact i didn't even knock off or damage the reflector.

There goes 2+ weeks pay i'm sure...

I rear ended somebody going about 1 mph a couple years ago. I drive a truck with a real metal bumper. No damage to me. I crushed the plastic piece of crap being spewed out of auto lines now though.

Yea pretty sure prius is 100% recycled plastic.

Comedy Central in this hotel is channel 69.

Comedy Central on Virgin Media here in the UK is channel 132 (133 for +1).
I haven't missed the point of your post.

I thought it was 100% recycled smug?

I'm not sure if douches are recyclable. But if they are you know where they end up.

Job still sucks shit.

I hear ya, bud. I hear ya.

nintendoage updated their site, it looks awesome imo...so...rfg powers that be, any hope of an upgrade here someday? :)

i know shadow was working on something a while back but haven't heard anything in quite a while.

Job sucks shit even more.

GINX TV, our video game channel is on channel 286 on Virgin Media

Just bought my and my wife's tix for Anime Overload in August. Never thought I'd see the day when not only I but my wife would go to an anime/display convention! Super psyched.

You ought to dress up as Captain Jack Sparrow, just to mess with the other conventioners.  ;)

Now look, I like you and all that, but I only have so much sympathy to give. Check back with me in three weeks, when a fresh supply is due in.

Wife sick + College puts a damper on things. I might have some time this weekend to add the chat window everyone was asking for, but we'll see.

apocalypse sky this morning due to all the wildfires in the province...the nearest one is no where near us though, at least 30 miles in a straight line.

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Best mate passed away in the early hours of this morning, it seems so unreal.

It dosen't seem that long ago since we're bunking off school to play Moto-racer, tekken and twisted metal, blasting around on motocrossers and getting chased by the police for riding in an old quarry. Then there's been loads of top nights out with masses of drunken stupidity and pranks and then bang its all over.  The dopey bastard who's been my mate for 20 odd years and the devoted father to his 2 kids is just gone. 33 is no fucking age.

Very sorry Seno. It's horrible to lose your best friend.

sorry for your loss, that's terrible. feel free to send a PM if you need someone to talk to, or jump in the chat.

I'm very sorry for your loss.  I also offer my sympathies, prayer, and PM if you are up to chatting. :|

Cheers for the support it's really appreciated, I feel better just venting a bit, I still trying to get my head around it.

Hey, isn't it almost free Slurpee day for you people with 7-11s nearby?

Yes.

On another note: job interview Monday morning. Need some redemption. This is not a test of faith.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_y9L5BUdHo

I thought you found a job, GrayGhost?

I did, and it sucks. Looking for a better one.

Good luck with the interview man.

Thanks. It went well but wasn't the right fit for me. Keep on keeping on.

I know the feeling.  I've interviewed for a number of jobs over the last 5 or 6 years, but none of them have felt right, so I've been at my current job 10 years.  At least what I have pays the bills :)

Good luck with your continued search!

I hear ya.

This is the last day of July of 2015.

Not in Australia it isn't.

Hey everyone. Been a little off and on with the site lately. Not like I've posted a ton since I've been here, but it has sort of not been on my mind as of late.

WARNING: This post contains bummers and stuff that may make you sad, but too bad. It has to be said at this point.

On July 16, my family lost a very wonderful woman, my wife's aunt. She was going through some very tough times and just couldn't take it anymore. We all tried. We visited her. Talked with her. She had a new grandchild coming in September. Her son was going to be visiting from the military tomorrow. She took her own life. There was no indication that she would even try something like it.

Last night, we lost a member of RF Generation. Alfador (Dustin Foote) took his own life last night. I don't know all of the details of what he was going through as we only talked infrequently, but he was a good guy.

If you at any time feel that you need to talk to someone, please feel free to contact me. If you want/need my info, send me a PM and I'll happily let you know how to get me outside of the forums.

If you don't feel comfortable with that and you need help, call 1 (800) 273-8255 or visit http://www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org/. Things really can get better. I was dealing with depression myself to the point where I was on medication. It takes time, but things can get better. I'll certainly be there to try to help if you need.

My deep sympathy, Adam.  I'm sorry for your family's loss, as well as the loss of Mr. Foote.

And I champion and second your offer to be there for anyone in need. I'm also always open to PMs, texts, phone calls or even visits anytime. Please never let any need be unaddressed, as anyone who reads this does not have to be alone.

Sorry to hear about Alfador. I talked with him a few months ago, and though things seemed a bit down he seemed to be doing okay. :'(

I'll also offer if anyone needs to chat. My roommate, after getting out of a desperate situation with her family, tried to commit suicide 3 times within the span of 4 months while living with us, and she eventually came to the decision to get rid of the medication causing those feelings, but it forced her to go through terrible withdrawal. Florida has what's referred to as the "Baker act" law, in which law enforcement officers will arrest someone they feel is a danger to themselves and transport them to a medical center for treatment. I've been forced to use it in the past, and knowing when and when not to call can be difficult.

...my family's been through a lot with it, but things have sorted themselves out now, and my roommate now has a healthy relationship with a new boyfriend for the first time in years and she's going to resume attending college this month. Things will eventually work out, but dealing with the feelings and situation can always be difficult, and it's only possible with a support network to back you up.

Hi all. I am back because I learned that Dustin (Alfador) left this world, and I am very sorry to hear that Adam and Ray had similar experiences.

In the RFG tradition, our community is strong. It's very sad that Dustin made a fierce goodbye, but he will never be forgotten. See you in the next life Dustin and Mike, neither of you forget that we will never forget, and we care about you both so deeply.

 alfador

Edit: In memory of Alfador, I added his avatar to the emoticon list. Always loved it.

I am saddened to hear about the loss of life.  I always have an open "ear" so to speak if anyone ever needs to chat, or message. 

R.I.P. friends you will be missed.

I will echo this.  I've never dealt with severe depression, but others in my family have, and it can be debilitating.  For those that have no built-in support system with friends and family, know that there are those of us on the site who care and are willing to reach out to help.

Sorry for your loss, bickman.  I've been fortunate to have never lost a family member to suicide, but I know many who have, and it's always hard to process.

Well said, both of you. Same here. If anyone needs to talk via PM or a phone call, I'd be here to listen.

I've been sick for like a week now, and as a result, I've been unable to sleep at all at night, and that results in being unable to talk to anyone as everyone is asleep. :P This in turn results in extreme boredom and me overthinking everything, sometimes causing a slight depression. Anyone have any suggestions towards fixing this?

If you're having trouble sleeping, exercise would be a good thing for you if it is not part of your regimen. Getting out for some fresh air and sunlight during the day will get your mood up too. It will definitely help with the sleep. Also, if you drink caffeine, cut that off around 5 PM. Sometimes a slight change in lifestyle is all you need. Good luck!

Running a pretty hot bath, using headphones and my phone's white noise generator, and/or getting into the dark and spending some alone time praying and meditating.  I've been known to do all three at once some nights/early mornings.

Also, feel free to gimme a text or even a call if you want. Never too late to be reached at our place, standing house rule. :)

Documentaries help me get to sleep.
Check my posts in the what are you watching thread for suggestions ;)

I pick up wherever I fell asleep at the night before

Thanks for the help guys. I finally fell asleep last night at around 11:30 PM EST. The exhaustion hit me like a hammer hits a whack-a-mole, and the moment I hit the bed, I was out. Woke up at 5:30 AM EST this morning, and I felt fairly good. :)

@Bickman, Sorry to hear the loss in your family. My thoughts are with you today.  I am also saddened to hear about Alfador.  I have people in my family that have had suicidal behaviors in the past, and I know how much I would miss them, if they were to die. 

If you need to talk about it, please PM me as well.

RIP Alfador. Lots of sad news on the last few pages here.

I don't remember creating a Windows 7 Ultimate virtual machine using "Partial Product Key: HYRR2"... But apparently I did. Huh.

Mumbo i need Win8. Stat.

Eww...
I'm not sure how I can help. I don't even know how I managed to create that virtual machine using an ACER OEM key (EASILY found online) and get it activated.
In fact, I tried creating another one yesterday but it rejects the key. I did however then try a little something I read earlier that day and managed to get it to (falsely) activate and then upgrade to an activated Win10. ::) (Not that it's much use in a virtual machine...)

insta-kills in the Guilty Gear games.

geez aksys... why not just put a "WIN" button on the controller

Sorry to hear about the losses. :(  Everyone take care and get help or talk of needed.

Are they easy to pull off? I remember that series being overly technical (for me anyways.)



But one of my games will only run in Win8. :-/ I need to take a step back finish it and then move back to 8.1 finish a little more and then move to 10... Maybe.

Job still sucks.

Wanna talk about it over a friendly game of chess?   ;)

Video chess? ;)

Find me an IT job in SE WI.

Audio chess is more challenging.  :P


Not much demand for that kind of work in my neck of the woods.  ;D

Audio chess?  How does that work?  What do you do Zag?

Audio chess would be simple, and it's how you used to play before the internet. You just set the timer, and call out your move tournament-style.

Ah, I never knew of playing that way referred to as audio chess.

THE SAN JOSE SABERCATS HAVE EDGED OUT THE THREE-TIME DEFENDING ARENABOWL CHAMPION ARIZONA RATTLERS TO MAKE IT TO ARENABOWL XXVIII!!! OH, WHAT A CLASSIC, GETTING THE WINNING TD PASS IN THE FINAL SECONDS, THE LAST OF FOUR LEAD CHANGES IN THE FINAL 2 MINUTES!!! DO YOU EVER SEE THAT KINDA ACTION IN AN NFL GAME?! ME NO THINK SO!!!


*AHEM* It just kinda sucks that they have to play the ArenaBowl in Stockton. Apparently, the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus has a little more pull than the AFL when it comes to booking venues...

ANYhoo, I gotta order a train ticket, and a couple ArenaBowl tix...


- BRB

This is what 40$s a month gets you for internet in hicksville japan.
http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/4608709898

Are you shitting me?   :speechless:

I hate hard drive errors... :grrr:
Got 2 bad sectors on a 750GB HDD, now Ubuntu throws a wobbler and won't load things correctly. :(
Seems the sectors aren't part of my data, so I have managed to back that up.
I'm currently using a spare 80GB HDD with Windows 10 Preview Build 10130 on it. At least I can do my daily internetting.

I used to hate Oasis because I thought the Gallagher bros were jackasses. Then I realized that doesn't matter because their music is astoundingly awesome.

Someday a lot of people are going to feel the same way about Kanye West.   

Nah, just the one who smashes watermelons with a sledgehammer. The other one's cool.

ROFL.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnvZQZyqO60

When did these get added to the news bar?

I don't notice the bar that often as I have the forum home page scrolled down to fit most of the categories in.

The first 3 were back after the site came back from the downtime and we had to restore the forum. The last one was just added recently.

No, I'm pretty sure all of them are recent ones... These ones, however, have been there a while:

"RF Generation:  We're rolling around at the speed of sound"

[img width=700 height=393]http://s3.amazonaws.com/gameplay-production/virtual_controllers/meta_images/000/006/248/original/sonic_adventure_2.jpg?1406664651[/img]

OPTIMUS, NO!

"RFGeneration: Where Bad Dudes save the President from ninjas."
"RFGeneration: Join the Silent Service Club!"

...it's not like you have a choice in the matter."

[img width=335 height=335]http://cdn.meme.am/instances2/500x/1874541.jpg[/img]

[img width=414 height=378]http://i1273.photobucket.com/albums/y409/Zagnorch/br14f_zps045887b6.jpg[/img]

Wondering who would win in an epic street fight of Console Vs. PC gamers

The mobile gamer, hands down. The mobile gamer has a free hand to wield an actual weapon.

But what about Wii users?

The arcade gamer has a plethora of light guns to arm themselves with.

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I thought plethoras only referred to pinatas?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mTUmczVdik

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lmnop?

Has your account been compromised?

That's not how to reply to that. You should have said, "I used the code and it worked! Thanks for the free game GrayGhost!"

Someone on another forum posted this on a thread and I just think of Zagnorch when I hear this.
Can anyone guess why? (No, not the "they don't stop coming" parts...) :P
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qvg9r5-BCOA

You know what sucks? Mold in your house.

56K warning!

https://goo.gl/photos/aTxwe3qS8hyNwkg28
https://goo.gl/photos/wyBm7mEaePAhS6WbA
https://goo.gl/photos/XhWzFbNkRG8PaQuR6
https://goo.gl/photos/bkECjUmiNUxTrCbi8

Good news? Floor has been replaced and is back in, just need to put up some false walls and doors and then we can move home.

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LOL

Damn man, that sucks.  I hope it works out for you.

The other good thing is that we have family that are willing to help us out. I spent 2 days with my wife's grandpa tearing out floor, another half day cleaning up junk, then this weekend doing plumbing and putting in the new floor. Definitely learned a bit more about how my house is built.

Also, we took the opportunity to put in a water line for our fridge (haven't used the ice maker or water in it ever after living there for 8 years) as well as take out a shower that we never used that will become a pantry. So, some good came out of it, just sucks that it had to happen like it did. It's also good that it happened now instead of the hottest part of the summer or when it's snowing outside.

... I don't get it.

Really?... ::)

All I know is that it's really, really, REALLY repetitive and annoying, and-- hey, wait a minute...

You're not repetitive and annoying, if you think that's what I'm trying to say. :)

That's great.  At least alot of positive came out of it.

I'm now running Windows 10 build 10547. The previous build I was using (10130) was due to expire at 12:59AM my time.
I'm not a registered Windows Insider.

About an hour before it expired, I rushed to find an iso of 10166, but after downloading that, I realised that would probably expire at the same time as 10162 (read (http://www.pagestart.com/win10tpbuildexp041215.html)).
I then rushed to download an iso of 10547 when I only had about half an hour remaining.

Phew...

why do you need to get ISOs of it, it's free for everyone isn't it?

I'm not upgrading an existing Win7 or Win8 install. ;)

The build I was using wasn't downloading new builds automatically, so I had to use an ISO to upgrade it.
Even this build won't download new builds itself, but that's because I'm not a registered Windows Insider. I can't be bothered to register.

These are preview builds, btw...

Job still sucks.

My boss forgot to text me with an address and list of touch ups for work today.
At 9am i get a call

"I forgot to send you a punch list..."
You forgot to send me an address too.
"So where are you now?"
My parents. (Picking up the check that he mailed last week instead of giving it to me since he was pissed that i didn't work Friday despite giving him well over a months notice.)
"You could have called me!"
I assumed you sent someone else.

Then he hung up on me.

20 minutes later he sent me over a list of items to repaint and the address and bitching about me not calling him.

Yay i get a day off!
Gave me time to take care of some stuff around the house and further contemplate quitting with or without another job lined up.

ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT! WE GET IT ALREADY! SHEESH!

SERIOUSLY, JUST CHILL FOR-- OH CRAP MY CAPS LOCK IS STUCK SON OF A BISCUIT EATER

It still sucks.

I got my check late again :D

I hear ya, bud... no matter how hard I try not to.  ::)


Too bad you can't run it to the bank before it has a chance to bounce.  ;D

Stupid national holidays...

It's Thanksgiving here in Canada land, but I got stuck working. The only good part, is that they are paying me double-time and a half, to be here.

i had monday off but was called in to work on sunday which i normally have off.

How is everyone?

I am trying to secretly buy a Gorf arcade cab.

You blew the secretly part.

The person i am keeping it a secret from does not come to the forums ;)

EDIT
Meeting scheduled. T Minus 20 minutes.

Edit 2
Unfortunately it doesn't exactly match the cosmetic description I was given. It does not appear to have any of the extra bulbs and whatnot and while everything appears to be getting power the monitor displays no picture and the speakers had no game audio pumping out.

I still want to try and grab it on the cheap and get it running for starters and maybe rehab it down the road.

Thinking about getting a new job, and there's a shop in town that presses vinyl records that's hiring.

All these records flowing around the site lately, and there's this job opportunity dangling in front of me. I could try the Pop-A-Shot headquarters too.

Meant to ask you if you tried re-seating the boards.

I saw a Nissan that I hadn't seen before today: A blue Nissan 100NX.
Like this one:
[img width=640 height=480]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/50/Blue_Nissan_100NX_%282005%29.jpg[/img]

Pretty sure I'd look like Hightower from Police Academy in that car...

[img width=476 height=343]http://i996.photobucket.com/albums/af82/simmo46/Capturepa2.png[/img]

Now why did I do that? I loved the TV Series and the Movie, but it just seemed so random when I typed it up at the time.

Before the week is finished i will likely have over 80 work hours...

In your lifetime?

The way this week went i almost wish that were the case.

Me too. However, it's due more to my workplace going out of business, and they're willing to give all the hours possible. I'll even get meal-penalty cash for not taking my scheduled meal breaks. They'll also pay out my accrued paid time off afrer I'm given the chop... which won't be till mid-November. Fortunately, I have some connections that'll get me a new gig that's a fifteen-minute walk a my house. And the bew job offers bennies and full-time employment.

Bummer, huh?

I think that's a new record...
There were 6 reviews in the queue for the same game - The Legend of Legacy. raffa submitted it as part of his New Releases updates on Friday, so I had to manually add credits for 6 Title Additions. Holy hell, that game's popular and hope it's a lot of fun.

Umm...
I'll let one of the other five answer that. Mom once told me if I don't have something nice to say...

We're trying to move my Game Room slowly out and make space for an office for my wife, so she decided to move her books out of my office and we replaced them with the magazine and strategy guide collection. Looks like I still have some more room to grow:

[img width=700 height=393]https://0bpbxa.by3301.livefilestore.com/y3pYdCFqi19Cu1qdmBzfcGcPHppCOIHDNfbUSnGM-a-MqM8SqJYih3Pi--81ieekZllxHDjZTrbK_ptWWqR0LYS9H9ENQWX1cu-DPP0C6GctclbpJPh0CCqIL8s_SloeAW8nwr9Mh61lTJdo2g33343TbePu5Kh_J9Zxr-K9z6BI58/WP_20151025_01_36_02_Pro.jpg?psid=1[/img]

Nick, how the hell do you display all of your Strategy Guides, or are they in a box somewhere?  ;D

That kind of isn't how things work.
But whatever.

Yeah, but they were valid submissions... You're right in that isn't how things work, as things should be reviewed before they pile up.

Life.  That's all I have to say.

Whoooooo another good 10 hour shift.
Tomorrow will likely be a sucky 10 hour shift since it is at the painting job.

shadow that game room picture isn't showing up for me, broken link?

It's stupid OneDrive. Let me move it.

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That is a LOT of strategy guides  :o

Nick, I believe, has more than I do, and a friend of mine has ~1800.

So when you add a strategy guide database you'll have it covered between you then

...yeah, us and Zagnorch. He scanned in all of his already though for Extra Media.

I have a relatively modest 300+ guides, myself. Got a fudge-ton of gaming mags, too.


Well, the RFG PTBs did finally cave to pressure to add toys-to-life game figures to the database. Maybe this could be the next big bone of contention?   :evilhappy:



I submitted mine during the last two submission pain contest periods for all NTSC and/or PC/Mac game platforms they were on, as well as "Greatest Hits," store-exclusive editions, Game-of-the-Year and other re-releases. For example, I submitted an image of my hardcover Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag for 20+ versions of the games. There were 4 different releases each for PS3, PS4, 360, and X-Bone for goodness sakes. A really cheap way to rack up big points for the contest, but it was within the rules, and I was playing to win, so why not go for it. 'Course, those rules could change at any time... hmmm...

Hey, speaking of winning contests: has my ringer shirt shipped yet?  ;)


- 'Late

Who the hell could actually play this thing??

[img width=360 height=155]http://www.edroman.com/featured/images/slash.gif[/img]

Jimmy Page

[img width=262 height=388]http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/simpsons/images/0/09/Otto_Mann.png/revision/latest?cb=20130930205930[/img]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5n1l-_UiWbs

bickman, how come some users can have Avatars larger than 80x80? I'd been meaning to ask you.

^MAGIC!^





So i had a couple weeks of crazy hours.
I was paid exactly zero hours of OT. And i was back charged for 3 brushes that i charged to the business acct since mine were destroyed when forced to use shellac and oil.

This whole post is probably TMI but since I spend a bit of time watching all manner of guitar videos on youtube.....



There is this video of a four neck guitar, the guy playing is a well known guitar guy, plays a lot of 2-neck guitars. This particular video is short and awful:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOjHhJd70f4





There is this one that doesn't show much playing and is really more of a comedy show but you can see a 6 neck guitar:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YgngXL7U1I




Cheap Trick famously used a 5 neck guitar, he actually plays it but not every neck in this video of Surrender:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eki1VQ6ddPU





A video I just found, looking up these others, of 8 people playing every neck of an 8 necked guitar:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w37MSOnRhhA





Here is one that is actually musically gratifying if you made it this far. This is more of a classical play style and one guy is playing both necks at the same time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qlFPAb3fpU



The guitar in the fist video is kind of an outlier as every neck seems to be the same, it's just something to look crazy and fling around in a stage show. Generally, multi neck guitars are for having different setups for each neck. Different strings, pickups, tunings, maybe one is a bass or one is fretless, stuff like that. Like the N64 controller, most people don't use it quite as awkwardly in practice as it seems at first glance. Most of the time when I see them people are using them either like the guy in the last video or like the guy in the Cheap Trick song where he plays one for part of the song and another for the chorus or something.









Your job always sounds like so much fun.

Yeah, for the most part I've seen the two-neck guitar mostly be just acoustic / electric and bass in one guitar.

I just submitted every colour of this: http://www.bigben-interactive.co.uk/bigben-products/gaming-accessories/flip-play-nintendo-3ds/

If I felt like it, I could add every colour of every product on there... Ah, too much effort. :P

I hope everyone had a fun and safe Halloween.

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Learned something new today - Disaster Report is part of the SOS series. I may have to find a copy now.

sooo.... it's Friday night and my gf wants me to visit for the weekend.  Its also her RPG game night, so I needed to keep myself entertained while they game.  I packed along half of my living room to play Destiny.  TV, PS4, Laptop w/ mouse, Astro headset.  I have everything set up across a queen-size bed and it looks like a scene from hoarders.


...and I can't connect to the wifi



*facepalm*
#firstworldproblems

Plan B

curl up with her mountain of plushies and watch Stardust Crusaders on my laptop. alfador

I like Plan B.

why not visit with the girlfriend?

Its RPG game night!

Another blessed day at work(painting. Part time gig is fantastic... and getting less part-timey).

I need to get something else full/part time lined up so i can quit without having to listen to my other half bitch incessantly about me only having a part time gig.

Sorry, I'll quit bitching.

I'm gonna have a NO-time gig in a few days, myself. But I do have one interview in a couple days. Still waiting to hear from several other outfits I've applied to...

I just want to play my Lethal Weapon 3 pinball machine!! 3 balls missing?!?!

If the coleco and intellivision flashbacks had cartridge slots I would buy them in a heartbeat

Pending the results of the drug test and background check, I'll be called no later than Tuesday to train for my new job.

You got one already?  One application, one interview, one job?!

Remember, I still hafta pass the drug test and background check.

[img width=110 height=96]http://i1273.photobucket.com/albums/y409/Zagnorch/RF%20Gen%20gifs%20and%20avas/WorryBilGif_zps68a15de2.gif[/img]

So your good unless you gave them your online moniker?

"I ate a satchel of poppy seeds, I swear!!"

"The FBI's been looking for this Zignatch character for years!"

You leave my good out of this.

On an unrelated note: on my last day at work, I bought a sh#tload of the now-defunct store's supplies, tools, and other specialized equipment for pennies on the dollar. I'll be spending the entire weekend posting it all for sale online for dimes on the dollar. It's easily the biggest "small score" I've ever picked up, but sinceit isn't vidya stuff, nobody cares...

Where did you work?  What did you do?

Obviously Zagnorch worked for Goodwill corporate. He spent his time cleaning out old warehouses and helping out with donation centers.

Actually, I helped clean out the store's receiving area and offices. I put aside everything I desired before it hit the shop floor for the customers to buy. I also bought the last three shopping cartloads of the store's groceries, which was mostly bottled water, energy drinks, meal-replacement bars, vitamin supplements, and... powdered baby formula. They just put what was left into three carts, and asked $20 for each cartload. BTW If anybody needs any St. John's wort or saw palmetto tablets, throw me a PM and we'll get a deal goin'...

Power just went out a couple hours ago. And it turned back on right in the middle of me typing this post.

The power of Chinese Jesus!

Taiwanese Board-Game Jesus, thank you very much.

I'm partial to Korean Jesus thanks to 21 Jump Street.

So on a hunch i bought a lead test kit after work today. Turns out i had been sanding lead paint for half a day without proper protection! Yaaaay!

Upon calling and complaining i was told someone else could be sent but i could "kiss my job good bye"

I say "K" and hung up.

Immediately got texts back peddling.

I can safely assume that as soon as there is the ability to let one person go i will be that person. Unless of course i get hired elsewhere and no call no show.

I didn't know Rev. Sum Myung Moon was into Johnny Depp...



Lead poisoning, huh? That would explain quite a few things.  :P

On a more serious note: just about every professional house painter I've met who's been in the business a least a decade is whacked out to some degree. Some are barely able to talk coherently, and a few are full-blown alcoholics. I wonder if the whole lead-based-paint thing has a little something to do with that? Well, aside from all the other chemical shizznit in house paint that they're exposed to every day...

{broad generalization}
It seems like general rule of thumb is trade workers are/were/become alcoholics or drug addicts. When i was in the union i wouldn't doubt if i was the only guy who could piss clean at the drop of a hat.
{/broad generalization}

As for the materials used being poisonous... Pretty much everything is.
I've sent out pics of some of the more dangerous stuff for laughs. Tynstar has gotten a few. Pretty much everything causes organ/nervous system damage and should be used in well ventilated areas and not come into prolonged and/or direct contact with you.

I got a kick out of the last time i used 0 VOC precat epoxy.
Something like 52% of the mixture was exempt from VOC laws. But it still had that "green" label slapped on the can.

Got an apology today after leaving early.

Apparently someone quit without notice.
Generally when that happens you don't threaten to fire someone else who wants to quit...

Always wear your PPE.

Doesn't help if you don't have the appropriate type.

I didn't have lead filter so my mask didn't matter worth shit yesterday.

If i were to notify EPA this whole house would be in lock down and lawsuits would be slapped on various people. It only takes one fuck up for the EPA to kill you as a small business.

Don't know why I didn't post this one when we were talking about multi-necked guitars earlier

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jY8wyKuLY2k




Re-hashing earlier conversations that everyone else has moved on from, it's what I do.

Another productive weekend.
Wonder what horrors the week hold for me.

I've decided to change my picture. :D

Listen to the calls.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jl3uBNmpf10

I tried a McDouble.
I forced my way thru half and tossed the other half in the trash.

Almost unbelievable how bad the dollar menu "meat" is.

Shoulda put up some real money on a double quarter-pounder with cheese. It's the only Mickey D's burger I really care for. I get a hankering for one a few times a year.

In other news: It's been close to 2 weeks since my job interview, and my would-be employers are still waiting for the results of my background check. I voiced this concern to a friend who works there, and he told me that there are four people who applied before me who are still waiting for their background checks to be completed.

Good luck!

Rally Racing is my favorite sport, but seeing as how I live in the States I only catch occasional highlights.

Earlier, my wife said something along the lines of, "You know that 'Bullet with Butterfly Wings' video? It's like some weird prediction from the 90's of the then future of cross-fit training"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-r-V0uK4u0

I just fixed the buttons on a cordless phone. :slick:
The buttons to answer and end calls were very unresponsive and have been for probably over a year. You had to jam them in as hard as possible to get them to work.

It turns out that there was a sticky substance on the underside of the keypad, mostly gooped up directly on the contacts for those buttons.
Looking it up now, it's apparently silicone oil: http://www.michaelshell.org/gadgetsandfixes/keypadsiliconeoil.html
I cleaned the keypad and now it's working much better. :D

:freakboy:

Something that just occurred to me... Why don't hardware pages have the Member Rating box on them?

http://www.avclub.com/article/billy-mitchell-loses-regular-show-lawsuit-doesnt-c-228906

Score another victory for Mordo and Riggs.

Santa is coming to save Christmas Brother!

Needed to grab a new vehicle.
Ended up with an 02 Escape. Looks good and drives good so far. Doesn't pull, hitch or make any scary sounds so i am off to a good start...
Going to put 75-100 miles on it tomorrow for work. Mix of highway and city so i'll be putting it thru its paces.

I know we discussed this, but that's how many vehicles now?

Hey, wait a minute-- that isn't the real Billy Mitchell:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvAG080spwk&list=PLx1UvnjqNsXEApT-6sa2c4qWP753LzjTe

Mine over last 10+ years
Sentra GXE (Tboned) 04? - 06
Grand Prix GT (Engine seized after many years of faithful service and cross country driving I think i managed to put over 150k miles on it) 7/7/06-13ish
Park Ave (Ebrake seized. Shortly after repair brake lines blew & battery was corroded to leads) Got it just before Too Many Games 2013 died a few months later
Cavalier Coupe (not worth repairing) 2013 - Dec 2015
Escape V6 (Current) Dec 2015 - FUTURE

Hers:
Neon (antifreeze and oil mixing somehow? I don't automotive knowledge.)
Gulf (Exhaust leak. Near death experience. Barriers now in place on that stretch of highway. I saved lives.)
Alero (Could have owned a brand new car with what she spent on repairs)
Spectra (See Alero brackets. Current)

Most of the vehicles borrowed by us while inbetween cars:
Monte Carlo SS
LeBaron rag top
Alero (she eventually purchased)
Grand Am - A COMPLETE FUCKING LETDOWN AFTER OWNING A GRAND PRIX
BMW sporty coupe something
Olds 88
Volvo luxury something
Big Ass Work Van - Surprising power.

Just had a 5 minute power cut...

Is this our very own singlebanana? :D
https://youtu.be/o8fHmLGKehk?t=1294
(Not embeded because unsure if timestamps work)

This didn't last long...
[img width=263 height=267]http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll222/mumboking/Screenies/leet_Posts_RF_Generation.png[/img]

Yes it is. He's a CGR supporter.

Hide me from the spoilers...

i have yet to see anything that i didn't gather from the trailer, but i've also been avoiding comments sections.

Figured it was time to decorate the tree - Ctrl+F5.

Job still sucks.

I won't be active online for a few days.

Merry Christmas!

 :xmas:

Merry Christmas, everyone!

Merry christmas!

We'll wish you a Merry Christmas in your absence.

Right, guys?

I said, RIGHT, guys?!

Of course!

You may have already noticed, but... I'm back! :D

Thank you! Merry Christmas to you too!

Happy New Year! (6 minutes late)

For all of those still living in 2015 as of this posting:

HAPPY OLD YEAR!

Happy New Year, everyone! I hope it is a prosperous and positive one for you all.

It's still Happy Old Year to me. Couple more hours to go......there's probably some over/under for me falling asleep beforehand.

:laugh:

New year new bots!

Happy new year RFG friends!!!

I should drop by more often. :(

He's back!

Back again. Sirgins back tell some friends.

4 days out of date sandwich... What could possibly go wrong?
Looks fine. Tastes fine. With mayo.

EDIT: Now a Honey Mustard Chicken roll. Also out of date.

Are you sick in bed now?

I feel perfectly fine, apart from the slight cold I already had. :)

I ordered something very expensive at a GameStop Store using they're Site-to-Home In-Store Option, and after about a week, the Tracking Number still doesn't work at all, and on the phone, they told me USPS would be handing it off to UPS for Delivery, which I know is a lie, as I have two family members in the USPS who say that can't/won't happen. Starting to get suspicious of this whole thing.

Took down the Christmas decorations (on the site). Wish it was that quick at home.

CTRL F5
Even easier for me to take them down!

I'm stuck with a Santa avatar like Izret now.

I'm stuck with the birthday boy's avatar, myself.

How exactly does that happen? I changed my avatar back in November.

I literally saved my exact avatar from the forum before I switched to Hulk Claus, and now the site is refusing to upload it as my new avatar.

Seems like a permissions problem. What do you see when you try to upload?

An Error Has Occurred!
Your attachment couldn't be saved. This might happen because it took too long to upload or the file is bigger than the server will allow.

Please consult your server administrator for more information.

That is why i am going on year 3 as Santa Scorpion.

If you have to ask, you'll never understand.

Are the images you're trying to upload 110x110? What size is the file, and format? I can adjust those types of settings in the Admin Dashboard, but if it's a permission issue (which is still possible) I'll have to have Bickman change some things on the server.

In case it helps, I successfully changed mine in November. It's a 110px by 110px 11.5 KB PNG.

It is the right size, since I literally right clicked and saved my Egbert Satan Pope as a PNG as it already was on the forum. My new avatar wasn't even resized, it was much bigger than 110x110 and the system seemed to just auto-resize it.

I can't reupload the original scorpion or use the link out to a copy of it online.

Um... I was just kidding around, guys. I'm fully capable of changing my ava without any problems.

On a more serious note: has anyone here bought some quick-picks for tonight's $1.5 Billion (with a B) PowerBall multi-state lottery pull? Although the odds of winning it are laughably remote, I figured what the hell. I bought five quick-picks at my fave 7-11, natch. The clerk told me that there were a few people who came in earlier and bought $300 to $400 worth of quick-picks. Is that crazy or what?

Apparently its just my old avatar that's messed up. Naked Koei dude works.

Super crazy.  There is a line out the door at the store in the office building I work at.  CRAZY!

It is insane. I didn't think it was possible for a lotto to jump 600 million between drawings, but that is exactly what happens when so many people buy so many tickets. People that normally play are going nuts buying 20-100 picks at a time, and people that do not normally play, (Myself included), are buying a few picks.

Hell, so many people I know have "lotto agreements" with me, my chances of getting something out of this have to be down to about 1 in a million instead of 1 in 292 million. Ha ha

Less than three hours until the Powerball draw...

Winning ticket sold in Chino Hills Cali.
Apparently one of the wealthiest and safest and all around elitest places in the US.

The rich literally robbed the poor, again.

All right, everybody, back to work.

So apparently i never posted anything in here about me applying and interviewing for a new full time job in the hopes of axing my current "full time" job.

My inside source tells me i am hired. I have not gotten an official call but if he is (once again) correct and i have the job this is what i will be doing:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electroless_nickel_plating

Strange... I use the app to scan a barcode. No results, yet it exists in the database with the matching barcode filled in.
http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=E-095-S-01910-A

This has probably happened to me before and I didn't notice it.

congrats!

It worked when I searched in the ID# field. No clue.

Also, yes, Izret got the job. :D

So, in the site statistics, what exactly is collection tie ratio and code monkeys murdered.

I assume the latter is some kind of humorous in joke :-)

Code Monkeys = Programmers, So Murdered Code Monkeys are Former Programmers

I see.
And collection tie ratio?

Number of items owned/number of collections.

I see. So it's average items owned

New job seems decent so far.

What are you doing now?

Nickel plating. There is a TON to learn.

I get the feeling that there are more spambots registered and waiting to start posting.
rkamaraambr (http://www.rfgeneration.com/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=12768) joined back in January but only started spamming today.

I seen that guy posted on one of my topic so i reported all of his comments there needs to be a big crackdown on spambots

We can update our registration for the Captcha - it's old, and spam bots can decipher it now I think. I woke up with 24 notifications this morning. :D

Heh... Yeah... I reported each and every post by the spambot... ::)

1 per bot is sufficient. We can remove all topics and posts it has made in one swift swing of the banhammer.

I'm finding this funnier than I should...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGuoR1V2nFQ

It's amazing how many games missing from the database you can find just by going through an old demo disc with the prospect of linking as related games

I can't wait until I am off the 90 day "probation" period at work. Then I am a "senior" employee and don't have to camp outside and wait to clock in.

As of now I can only clock in 7 minutes early because the system rounds to the nearest 15 min period and I'm not supposed to get OT yet.

He's close! This afternoon it looks like we will have a new number 1!

Congratulations FatherJack on becoming the number 1 submitter on this site of all time. In less than a year!

*Since we have started tracking submissions. ;)

Impressive never the less and his subs are greatly appreciated

A lot of them do that, I've seen them start posting a year or two after registering. That's why I'll generally check the members who have a birthday today, they usually change their birthday to the day they start spamming to get maximum exposure. And its a decent way to find spammers that made accounts but never post anything.

Earlier today, I saw someone on Gumtree (http://www.gumtree.com/) use the word "Malaria" instead of "Malaysia"...

Wow, I've just noticed... I've been a member on here for 5 years as of a few days ago...
:o

"HOW AM I DOING TODAY GARY BUSEY?!"

"YOUR DOING GREAT!"

"GOOD! THEN I'LL KEEP IT UP!"

Gary Busey, damn it! :D

Got a review at work on monday. It went very well.  ;D
Still in my probationary period but since i was asked if i could come in early every day this week for over time and i'm running (some) jobs with no oversight (unless i seek clarification) it is looking good  ;D

What do you do at the new job?

Primarily https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electroless_nickel_plating

And tending weekends.

Closing in on 70hrs
Still at work....

Also yes still working 7 days so I get to do more tomorrow. A month and a half straight work is starting to grind me down. Should be able to get Easter off at least...

Finally home.
Try and get a few hours sleep i guess...

Damn! I accidentally submitted an unfinished hardware addition.
Uh... Any way to cancel that one?

Completed my probationary period at the new job. I'm a legit employee now! Woot!

Congrats! Do you get benefits with it now?

I was already getting the insurance. I believe i can opt into the employer matched something something now too.
401k? Annuity? War bonds? I brought my big ass binder of job related materials home. Since i'm official now i'll try and find some time to learn exactly how everything works to maximize my benefits.

I had to sign off on an injury report because i tweaked my knee and took some ibuprofen.(I told them just write "Is out of shape. Will recover. They chuckled.") If it still hurts monday i was told let HR know and they will send me to the hospital to get it checked out to make sure it isn't serious.
SOOOO outside my entire work experience of no work/no paycheck, no paid holidays, no vacations, no sick time, no etc, etc
Barring my time in the union of course. Where they charged me thru the nose for tons of awesome stuff i never used. Like full coverage health, vision, dental. It only cost me ~8 bucks an hour.

The out of shape part is quickly falling to the wayside too. Haven't weighed myself since starting but i'm noticeably slimming down(all pants now need a belt) and bulking up. I should have Popeye arms in no time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Er5ajZS-wZk&list=PLBD38ADECFD19A556

Humorous comment in a submission from Ze_ro today. Made my day.
Navel Assault: The Killing Tide

My phone decided it didn't want to take a charge. So i spent the last hour messing around with different cables and power sources.

Seems like ejecting the SIM and SD cards stopped it from trying to load things long enough for me to get it into a stable spot to take charge instead of endlessly cycling on and off.

Thankfully tomorrow... today.... is friday. Only 2 more days until my day of rest on Easter :D

Happy Birthday to me! :party:

Happy birthday!

That scared me slightly... I just had a "Server not found" error.
Anything to do with the occasional site slowdowns?

mumboking, your custom title above "Nintendo 64" sounds like a piece of lyric from an Initial D song. That said, now I'm curious, did you make that up, or is it from something?

It's from Sega Rally Championship, though I'm sure it was inspired from Initial D, since it was popular around the time. Also, post #1000 Redd!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqoILv6DaAM


Dance to the heartbeat!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItjjWECjD_M

Ah. Cool. Post 1000 is it? Great. Now to write a featured article...Heh! Like that's ever gonna happen! XD

Exactly this. :D

[img width=500 height=240]http://gifrific.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Ill-Be-Back-Terminator.gif[/img]

Soon. With new reviews.

So this has still yet to happen.
I had made space at my parents to get it dropped off there.
Before me and current owner had a chance to move it weather got terrible so we postponed. Then my parents place got partially flooded including the area i WOULD have stored this cab.

It hasn't finished being repaired yet and Gorf guy is in spring cleaning mode and wants it out. I need to find a temp home for it soon :'(

Chilli cheese dogs from a vending machine for lunch.
What could possibly go wrong?

You could turn blue, become delirious, foam at the mouth, and have hallucinations that you're the fastest thing on Earth:
[img width=500 height=375]https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/a5/ad/d8/a5add8a75fa1cead7ff117c5cfadb0dd.jpg[/img]

Yay my inability to sleep paid off.

Apparently the cool German i bought some MK stuff from has a lead on a 360 MK9: KE Italian version.

Awesome. Always nice finding regional variants, and there are TONS for MK due to the violence and censorship.

2 hours to get inspection sticker. Ended up late to work. No bonus time for me this week :-/
Failed for exhaust and no access to seatbelts. Seatbelt thing never happened before so that sucked.

Guess I'm going to have to finally get all that cardboard out of my truck :-/

A parcel from the 'Norch arrived a few hours ago...
I'll put up some pics in the Small Scores thread later. :)

EDIT: Here (http://www.rfgeneration.com/forum/index.php?topic=15918.msg237946#msg237946).

Redbull and grenadine isn't bad.
I think it was mostly the bucket load of grenadine tho...

Hey now...

Decided to take a break from submissions and showcase my cornball sense of humor here for a bit. Facepalm away, my friends...


Q: What would you be if you ate one of these:

[img width=700 height=550]http://drainagekits.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/915-galv-steel-grate.jpg[/img]

A: Why, you'd be grateful of course!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zXDo4dL7SU


If Superman was the King of Lies, his arch-enemy would be Lex Truthor.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nx2FvEROSo


A dog's gonna do what a dog's gonna do... and that's why they call it doggy-doo.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ji-cT58rgNc



Thank you, and good night.

My day started out... strange...
Heavy rain and fog this morning.

I'm going with traffic 70ish down the highway. A white car pulls out of the fog from out of the breakdown lane causing me and all other drivers to slam on the breaks.
White car then drives erratically swerving from rumble strip to rumble strip for about a mile before finally coming out of the high lane across both lanes of traffic missing the off ramp and CATCHING FUCKING AIR BY LAUNCHING OFF THE GUARD RAILS INTO A TRENCH OF DEATH.

Nothing on the news last i checked. I think the guy(s) in the car are dead. The google maps pic is the spot they launched from.
I've seen my fair share of accidents and been in some rather bad ones myself. But i have never followed behind someone knowing that an accident was going to happen for that long only to finally see it happen. It is pretty surreal. Even looking at the picture the embankment doesn't look nearly as steep as it seemed when they went over it. I should have been able to see there vehicle from the road and yet i couldn't...

EDIT
Also yes i called it in as soon as it happened from the end of the off ramp. When i hung up i head to the toll booth and then started thinking that i should have pulled off to go try and help/further assess the situation. I'm torn still on if i should have tried to get to them or if i did the right thing by not creating a hazard for others by leaving my car on the side of the road.

Spammers hitting the blogs!

AFAIK you can't report those and they will not delete when i delete their profile/topics/posts so if you happen to see any please link me to them via PM.

I'm going to a baseball game tonight.

Its a perfect Saturday.

Wake up to find 224 pending submissions. The American users have been busy over night creating images.

Best get approving :-)

Vending machine panini. Surprisingly tasty.

EDIT
Also...
Coworker is looking to get exterior painted on his new place. I might pick up a brush again depending on how it looks.

Isn't your karma supposed to be a huge negative number, Izret? :P

Or was that someone else?

You get Karma for that comment. :)

Who it is seems to depend on the year.

I prefer when it isn't a huge joke.
I actually wish it would go a step further and let you see what posts got positive and negative karma while keeping the karma givers as anon.

EDIT Caught a spambot before it even posted. Wooo go me!

Duke's the designated whipping boy these days.

Driving through Eugene today I saw a guy selling stuff out of his truck by the side of the road. He had things like flags, shirts, buttons, signs.....proudly displaying the name "Trump." It was a lot of stuff and was pretty obvious to all going by. This is Eugene remember, only about 3 blocks from where one of the biggest and longest 99%er camps took place.

Since he was in a place were 100's of cars drive by a minute, and a fair amount of foot traffic, all I wonder is, did he have any interesting interactions with fellow humans today?

He may as well have just set himself on fire.

Yeah, sorry 'bout that.

No wait, I'm not sorry at all. Get back to work, peon!


You shoulda pulled over, got out of your car, walked right up to him, and told him that you're totally on board with The_8_Bit_Donald's 8-point plan to make RF Generation great again! That would have been YUUUUUGE. It's true! It really is. Don't forget to mention the whole Canadians-stealing-our-bandwidth thing. Nothing like a little xenophobia to bring people together, right? You know it, and I know it...

Portlandia wants to MAGA.

I just got a new phone. Picked up an LG V10, I'll see how it is over the next couple weeks. I'm thinking I'll wait until I move to build a new rig, so I don't have to haul the full tower. I'll take the parts I'm cannibalizing from my old tower.

Everyone I know with a V10 loves it.

I see you understand Eugene.....





I nearly drove down there today just to do that....and you're right I should have done it when I was there. Thing is, Eugene sucks....for driving in and parking. It's not a huge town/city, but it's like someone threw spaghetti at the wall and said, "That's the street layout!....after you randomly slap one-way's on half of them of course."

They do have some pretty good thirfting opportunities though, so there is that. And a really good bar-cade across the street from another game-store/growler-fill-'cade almost across the street from awesome beer store....I mean, it is still Oregon after all.

http://www.leveluparcade.com/
https://www.funagain.com/control/eugene
http://thebierstein.com/

Just caught the trailer for the upcoming Lethal Weapon TV series.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXZdEmvcFdU

It's not doing a thing for me.

This probably would've worked better as an HBO series...

I don't know if any of you have this problem or not, but I might as well put this here.

Using Firefox and Twitter isn't working properly?
Make sure dom.webnotifications.enabled in about:config is set to true.

I just did a Firefox refresh because I couldn't figure out what was causing Twitter to stop working. It only started doing this last night.
After setting all my preferences back to what I had them at before and reinstalling all my addons, it was working again... Until I set dom.webnotifications.enabled to false...

TA is supposed to autotweet my gaming accomplishments. I wonder if that is blocking it...

Episode of SNL from 89 is on. They made a joke about The Who being old at a 25 year tour.
25 years later they are still touring.

Some jokes are made funnier with time I guess...

Do you know the way to Stan Jose?


[img width=700 height=700]http://previews.123rf.com/images/lirch/lirch1101/lirch110100015/8543521-Little-penguin-and-three-sharks-Stock-Vector-penguin-cartoon-shark.jpg[/img]

What is with all these spambots popping up lately?

I haven't noticed 'em lately.

ANYway... have ya seen the trailers for the new Skylanders series coming out this fall?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RsVPm4Hby0

There's a spammer that got onto the staff page and sent me an email about link affiliation. Other staff might want to check the email address they've shared on the staff page if its public.

Speak of the devil...

Duke had the same problem. I didn't get one...

Those are some nice looking jackets.

A lot of them seem to head to "The Arena" to post their "I am the new guy/girl" spam topics with links to their sites.
I just don't get it...

*were
:P

Yes there has been a noticeable uptick lately.
If only there were some system that could aid in blocking them from registering.

captcha?

We have an old captcha. Just need to update it.


Arena doesn't have posting restrictions.

Two men walk past a deep well and decide to find out how deep it is. One man finds a rock and throws it in but no splash is heard. Looking around they find an anvil and throw it into the well. While listening out for the splash they have to jump sideways as a large goat runs past and jumps into the well.

Standing in disbelief they start to hear a voice shouting Mary Mary. A farmer appears and explains that he has a large goat called Mary that has gone missing. The two men explain that a large goat ran past and jumped into the well. That's impossible shouts the farmer, she was tied to an anvil.

I thank you, I'm here all week.

:laugh:  Keep 'em coming.

Guess who just turned on his new desktop?

Guess who's been fighting boot errors in CMD for an hour?

And a final guess at who fixed those boot errors by unplugging his HDD SATA cable and then plugging it right back in?

"Not me" is the correct answer. What do i win?

My 3001st post.


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Izret101 is officially regifting this to the next person.


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Make your own posts!

Your cat, Hector?

I leave for like 5 minutes and this page turns into an incoherent mess.

As opposed to...?

I'm trying to let others catch up....

Suffered from major dizziness and disorientation Friday night, which led to nausea and major chunk-blowing. Still had the disorientation all day Saturday, with a nice set of morning dry heaves. Managed to get an urgent-care appointment for Sunday, and discovered that my blood pressure was through the roof. Doin' a follow-up appointment tomorrow, and will miss at least two days of work.


Needless to say, I hope your weekend was a lot better than mine...

Dang. I hope you'll be ok.

Wow Zag, I hope you get that all sorted out quick. Feel better soon!

Work still sucks.

I can no longer complain.
Schedule is rough but work doesn't suck at either of my jobs :D

That's awesome!  I'm so happy for you if you can find a job like that.

Don't mind Izret - he's high from the chemicals and heavy metals they have him working with. He poured hydrochloric acid down his leg the other day.  :laugh:

zag - gotta get that Pokemon Go  for the exercise ;)

really though i hope you feel better soon!

If they make a Skylanders version, I just might consider it... or not. Ashamed as I am to admit it, I've started to grow weary of the franchise. I guess the honeymoon phase had to end some time. Only took me a little under five years...

In 40 years my family will come to me for stories on what it was like to grow up without a constant internet connection.

Android is so easy to transition to.... I might pull the sim out if my wp10 and pop it into one of the ghetto Samsung Galaxy phones I got when I upgraded my plan to activate my son's phone.

Perfect time to check out the series that started it all. I'm willing to bet quite a few of the places you have mentioned hiking will be or have Pokemon check in spots on them ;)

With my luck, I'll find nothing but poison types...

[img width=700 height=525]http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/pokemon/images/c/c2/James_Koffing_Poison_Gas.png/revision/latest?cb=20150728003621[/img]

I now have a retail version of Windows 10 Home installed instead of an old preview build. Now I know it won't expire tomorrow. :D

http://metro.co.uk/2016/07/12/koffing-the-poison-gas-pokemon-found-at-holocaust-museum-6002503/

I think I might be thrifting a bit too much; at just about every Goodwill or Savers I've hit over the last two weeks, I've either been asked by customers if I work there, or if I can direct them to a certain department. Thanks to my familiarity with the layout of every local thrift store, I can often help them with the latter inquiry... and usually do.

More people need to think like Werner Herzog who i know next to nothing about. (Yes i have been called uncultured swine on more than one occasion.)

"Sure, and the question — is this technology good or bad? — is an incompetent question. It's humans who are good or bad. Technology doesn't have any qualities, it has technical qualities, yes. The internet is fast; the internet has many ramifications worldwide, and so you can quantify certain things, but you cannot endow it with qualities like good or bad."

Work has gotten so unbearable and toxic that I am now getting stress headaches from the horrible environment.  I don't even want to play video games, it's that bad.  I don't want to get you guys involved with details but I just wanted to write something out and vent in the hopes that this may help.  Man, I hate that place.

.

The shrimp is back!

Wait, wait, hold the phone...

...since when did Alabama join the UK? Did they do a reverse-Brexit (Brenter?) vote or something?

(Moved to new thread (http://www.rfgeneration.com/forum/index.php?topic=17323.0))

Probably better as a new post if you're looking to get attention. Not everyone reads this thread. ;)

Holy Bat Balls!  I went through some more of my stuff and I have 9 NES zappers!  Time to sell some.

I found this on the ground in town today. It's a LEGO LED torch. (LEDs are in the feet.)
Not sure what happened to his head...
[img width=512 height=682]http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll222/mumboking/Photos/DSC_1499.jpg[/img]

Everything is not awesome...

It was so awesome his head asploded

hardly looked at RFG all summer, shame on me. attempting to catch up, i'm nearly 10 pages behind on the small scores thread alone.

haven't done much collecting this year, a few spurts here and there but on the whole i've been saving money for more important things, and collecting isn't a high priority unfortunately. it's been over a year since i last bought an N64 game :( and i'm fully aware that prices are just getting worse. hopefully in the next year or 2 i can get back into it once things settle down around here.

There's been an accident about 70 metres away from our house. When I last looked, there were two police cars and an ambulance on scene.
Sounds like two pedestrians have been hit by a drunk driver. At least one may need to go to hospital.

A group of ~12 people around my age are gathered around speaking to the police, drinking, smoking and being noisy.

EDIT: Emergency services have been there around an hour now. Not actually sure when they arrived.

EDIT 2: ~28 minutes later... Blue flashing lights still there. I think they're taking the vehicle now.

EDIT 3: ~23 minutes later... I think the emergency services have gone now.

The culmination of another exciting adventure tune in next week to see what happens nex!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBXiqE0gH-k

So this is what happened a few days ago:
Two teenagers on a motorbike were hit by a car. Apparently the air ambulance landed nearby. I didn't hear it though.
One teen was taken to Hospital with a head injury and remains in a serious but stable condition.

It's been overdue for a while, but it finally happened: a wildfire broke out near my neck of the woods, in the Santa Cruz hills. It started around Loma Prieta-- yes, that Loma Prieta-- early this afternoon. I first saw it when I walked out the front door of my workplace on break:



Almost looks like a volcanic eruption, doesn't it? It looked even more so a few hours later:




A view of the conflagration from my front yard:




A coworker of mine, who has a background in fighting forest and brush fires, told me that it will take at least two days to contain. Last I heard, it had already consumed over 500 acres and a few homes.

Welcome to California...

Judging from my view of it this morning, it appears the fire has calmed down quite a bit.


Looks like a low-hanging cloud bank, doesn't it.

Just waiting for this based on those pics:
[img width=340 height=226]http://movie.info/movie/Volcano_1997_9.jpg[/img]

Sorry to disappoint, but the fire's being pushed southeastward by the winds, away from the Silicon Valley's urban and suburban areas. Sadly, it's threatening to rip through the Uvas Canyon area, one of the most beautiful scenic routes the south bay has to offer.

If I start smelling roasted garlic in the air, I'll know that it's reached Gilroy...

I have to ask, what is the significance of Loma Prieta?  I have never heard of it.

It is near the epicenter of the 1989 earthquake, also known as the Loma Prieta quake.  It was most infamous for interrupting the World Series.

Speaking of epicenters: apparently the fire originated at a residence in the Loma Prieta region. My guess is that it was a propane leak/explosion. It didn't help that temps were in the triple digits up there at the time...

Oh, wait, then I linked the wrong movie...

[img width=616 height=347]https://severarules.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/2012-movie-new-image-71.jpg[/img]

Now that I heard of.

Is it the place TRex trashed in Jurassic park?

Speaking of earthquakes the American Heartland has been shaking.

Actually, I live in Cambrian Park.




Well, whose fault is that? It's not my fault, that's for sure. I have enough faults as it is.

A recent exchange I had with a friend:


"You're such an ass-half."

"Why would you call me an 'ass-half'?"

"'Cuz it would take two of you to make an ass-whole!"


 ::)

I am a real gamer. :P
[img width=512 height=512]http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll222/mumboking/Photos/IMG_-j0ano2.jpg[/img]

That dew looks radioactive.... I need to try that flavor.

Mmm, radioactive waste...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTyxxJbnj2M

It's the only flavour I've seen here. The bottle has most of the colour. I'm pretty sure the drink itself is clear.
EDIT: Turns out that is the regular Mountain Dew, only with a different name.
http://mountaindew.wikia.com/wiki/Mountain_Dew_Citrus_Blast

Someone told me that default Mountain Dew is supposed to be grapefruit flavor... but I'm pretty sure he was thinking of Squirt instead. ANYway, are there no other flavors available on the east end of the pond besides default flavor?

Mountain Dew contains tartrazine for its coloring, which was under investigation for a period of time in the UK/EU. It's the same chemical that had the rumor of reducing male potentcy that you see in a lot of other soda products here in the US. That's why "Energy" is mostly clear, and the reason behind the rebranding was to try to make it more appealing to consumers due to the high caffeine and sugar content.

They import the US versions sometimes, and they have others, but they're just not popular.

Oddly, I've had this conversation with mumbo before I think, when we were discussing the difference between lemon lime sodas in the US vs UK.

According to their UK website, there are no other flavours here.
https://www.mountaindew.co.uk/drinks

I found some info here: https://www.mountaindew.co.uk/questions

That's not something I remember. I could have bad memory though. ???

Oh? So I guess the ones I saw when I was over there were just imports then. Makes sense, as I was in a tourist area.

I had another dizziness attack last Saturday, and hit the local express-care clinic the following day. I appear to have something called positional vertigo, a condition that causes room-spinning and an urge to nearly blow groceries whenever I turn my head a certain way, typically upward. It's supposed to diminish with time if certain methods are followed and specialized exercises are done. Sadly, my periodic episodes take three to four days from which to recover, which has eaten up all my sick days at work, and now I'm on medical leave until further notice.

But enough about my happy-go-lucky adventures of fun and frivolity. How are y'all doin'?

Just getting over being sick, after being out in Hurricane Matthew looking for one of my cats (who fortunately came back).
Picture of finding him after him being out in the hurricane, and coming back the next day:

[img width=700 height=393]https://scontent.ftpa1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/14595689_10207906193232735_6618855322551434073_n.jpg?oh=b5359387563d3d2487765794b31327af&oe=587174B9[/img]

Glad you and your cat are okay! I heard it hit some areas harder than others in FL.

We got very little here, as it went NNW instead of NW, or we would've had much stronger weather. Just had a lot of wind and rain. About 90 minutes NE was where the road was taken out near the beach and the flooding was. I was up for 38 hours looking for him, and was out in the weather for about 16. Left the garage open, went to bed, woke up and found him in the Garage behind my Centipede machine.

I partied too hard on the party bus and strained my shoulder.

Hey now,


I know it's because of the angle, but it looks like you're tweakin' kitty's nose in that pic. Kind of an extreme way to keep him from drowning, don't you think?

Speaking of extreme:


That's what some all-night group action with Mama Hand and her five lovely daughters will get you.

I can relate...  :embarrassed:

I still have not recovered from RWX.

I think i might actually be on energy drink withdrawal. I feel the same as when i quit smoking. Giving up all these addictions kinda sucks. But more money and the benefit of improved health (eventually...) yay!
Never had the effects from caffeine. It has been awhile since i sucked down that many energy drinks in such a short time frame tho.

Also haven't had a decent nights sleep in nearly a week. Last night was solid but not long enough to make up for the nearly complete lack leading up to it lol

Got most of the pics off my phone.
Dumped them into OneDrive. Redownloaded them to my PC since Onedrive is garbage. Uploaded a slew to Twitter and then what i believe is all of them to Facebook.

Hopefully thread update or blog post tomorrow night.

Just going to leave this here:
https://twitter.com/RFGeneration/status/791288781626347520

Anyone here use twitter and steam? Might want to check that link ;)
Use one and not the other? Check the link. ;)

You can't trick me into joining social media even with your Steam keys!

RFG is all the social I need!

And I'm all the anti-social RFG needs!

...

What are you lookin' at?!

The burgeoning VR scene must be an interesting proposition for you given this condition.  Have you thought about either getting into or staying away from VR?

Got 2 hours sleep between jobs last night. 4pm-240am, drive home, unwind eventually fall asleep up for 6am home 530 pm.

I am pretty sure i am going to give up the second job.... It is impacting my real job now.

If its not imperative to you living (you know, being able to afford food and basic bills like the water and electricity), and ots causing too much extra stress, then in fact it really could end up being worse for you in the end. If it effects your health, and causes problems at your other job
And all I ever look at on social media is women. I have got complaints from my mom when I like a picture so I had to figure out how to make it so she couldn't see it. Because you hear about how nude pictures are not allowed on there, but many of the ones I have liked take it to the limit, they cover their breast and privates with their arm and hand. Sometimes even the edge of the nipple can be seen. And bare asses, they don;t care about those I guess. Seen plenty of back shots without and censoring.

And twitter is my fav for that because they don't care at all. I have many nude modals liked on there, and you are not bound by any rules as far as I know. Can even show sex on there, but I just prefer softcore. (I don't like any dicks in my pics!)

So, I use social media for porn.

Yes, the internet is FOR PORN.

This great technology has bridged our world and brought us closer together.

FOR PORN.

Yes yes yes, "Just go look at a porn website".

If I see a woman I like and the only place to see her is on Facebook or Twitter then I don't care. To me sometime its just as hot to see one push the limits as it is to see some professional studios pictures. Many of the ones I like on those sites are amateurs.

Lets put it this way, I like women, if its nude art, awesome, if its straight up porn awesome, if its someone I seem to only like, awesome, if its someone a million guys seem to like awesome. Wherever I can find women posting pictures, awesome. As I was saying, each woman is unique, if she can only be found on facebook doing almost nudes, fine by me I will still enjoy the pictures.

Hell, all I need to see is her beautiful face a good deal of times, the rest is just a cherry on top.


=)

This edition of TMI Magazine is brought to you by:

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A charity shop here has a Yamaha PSR-1700 for sale.
They have printed out an unended eBay listing and taped it to the keyboard.
This is the listing: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Yamaha-PSR-1700-electronic-keyboard-/381814619347 (BIN/Offer: £350)
The charity shop wants £125 for it.

Now, here's a listing that has ended and sold: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Yamaha-PSR-1700-keyboard-with-stand-/201660907225 (Bidding: £21)
That's a much better price. I'd happily pay that.

Charity shops pricing items based on current eBay listings is stupid.

Also, I got these:
[img width=512 height=409]http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll222/mumboking/Photos/0a1ca580-caed-4eb5-a0a2-07d814014221503211548.jpg[/img]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQuBdeuvMnY

@IndieGamerchick is handing out free steam games again tonight on Twitter.
Apparently she stopped doing it for awhile and was disappointed that the normal turnout of thousands of begging people was not there when she returned... So tonight might be the last time.

Doritos...
[img width=512 height=409]http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll222/mumboking/Photos/DSC_1657.jpg[/img]

...the Chili Heatwave is a sweet pepper version of the Nacho Cheese flavor. What the heck is the Cool Original? I thought those were supposed to be Cool Ranch, but they show salsa on the bag.

They show mild salsa on all the bags, it seems...

No more politics. Move on to something else, or I'll just delete it.

Here! Here! ...................  I mean "Not here! Not here!"  :D

My new Laserdisc player is way more interesting anyway.

Seconded!

Fascist!

On an ostensibly non-political note: the power on my block just went out. I'm using the light from my mobile phone to navigate through my house... and to type & send this post.

UPDATE: Power's back on, and not a moment too soon. Sure it was just for fifteen minutes... but it seemed like it was soooo much longer than that.

I'm moving into my new house tomorrow! :)

UPDATE: I've been in my new house for a few days now, and I love it. I haven't felt better in years! (Living in the previous house was a complete nightmare.)

The blog's timestamps show in what I assume to be the server's time zone and not my local time...

That's awesome!  Old house breaking down?

I would rather not go into the finer details, but I will say this: Whatever happens in that old house is not my problem anymore.

Kind of Las Vegas?  Too much partying? ;)

I am NOT going into it, so please quit asking.

I'm on a bit of a hunting roll lately. I need to find some time to take pictures.

It was a joke.  Relax.

Silly silly me........ I was thinking the kind with a gun for a second then I remembered this was a game collectors website.

Didn't you know?  This turned into the hunting forum?

Happy Thanksgiving!