Chatterbox Tuesday

scubar Why not go the route of a small* civil ceremony this year and a full ceremony + bells and whistles next year?

*Just immediate family with MrTiddles aa the bouncer, err usher, I'll officiate in my capacity as Elder of the Abbys

We did talk about that, but as there were only going to be 7 immediate family guests anyway, we didn’t think it was really worth doing.

neither nyself or the missus wanted anything extravagant.

Organised it in 2 weeks. Couple of friends at the registry office as witnesses. Then a meal with a small group of family and friends.

Easy.

My sister had the massive wedding event. I didn't have the money or the ability to handle the stress levels. My stag do was a few mates and a night out in some decent pubs.

Morning.

Rumours of my death have been greatly over exaggerated. I have been heavily engrossed in the phenomenon of 'Worving from home'. Since you all know how hard I worked whilst actually in the office, you can imagine how much more I've done whilst at home. 

On an unrelated note, I have played quite a few games of note over the last few months. . .

Warcraft. Finally spent so much time on it that I couldn't stomach booting it up any more. Only took 6 maxed and geared characters to break me. I'll still be back once the expansion drops but can stop for good any time I want. Honest.

Pathfinder: Kingmaker. A D&D type game, reminiscent of Baldur's Gate. Very good, very long and very picky about how you go about getting the best ending. A game breaking bug meant a restart at ~65 hrs in, but the game was good enough for me to happily do so. 4 *s.

Frost Punk. Post apocalyptic base builder. Pretty good but infuriatingly hard, even on low difficulty settings.

Risk of Rain 2. Missed out on the first but the second is a pretty good FPS rogue like. Later levels get stupidly hard though.

Space Haven. Space ship/ base building/ exploration game. Very good. Fairly steep learning curve but gets too easy toward the end. Still worth the traditional 4 *s though.

Persona 4 Golden. Finally released on a proper gaming machine. Hell of a game. Love it. Finished one play through and immediately started NG+ to try and max all social links (currently just up to Naoto's dunegon for those who've played). Also, Nanako is the cutest character ever put into a game and I will not apologise for using that word. I'm not going to divulge what I almost did at a certain scene . 5 *s, yep, 5. I also now have Persona 5 on it's way to me. If it's as good as 4 I'll be very happy.


The bad news is that, after 18 months on shifts, my 6 month secondment is coming to an end, meaning back to the joyful world of development and 9-5 for me. Currently on my final 12 off so can't complain too much.
The good news is, that means I'll be here more, spouting yet more rubbish into the abyss with the rest of the asylum. Bet you're all thrilled.


So, how's everyone been? Any flounces? How was the 'box reaction the the 'trans propaganda' of TLOU2? I didn't click with the first so it didn't interest me, but the fallout of the whiners* on Twitter has been fun** to watch. Have to admit, the gameplay does look good, however that is based off of SunhiLegends clips and that guy could make anything look good.


*Read, nobheads.
**Read, depressing.

@ Scubar, congrats/ commiserations* on getting married. Commiserations/ congrats* on the forced postponement.



*Delete as applicable.

Well he is young - perhaps da yoot wear wedding rings as piercings - dunno.

Don't @me with your cleansing of my spoken tongue you daft imperialist.

Morning fellow inmates.

Is it wrong to eat a kebab with no sauce, I think not.

OTTDM: The Lad outdid himself yesterday afternoon. Someone, not me nor Oldboy, put in a noise complaint about him. He did not take it well. Screaming expletives at the top of his voice for hours with an accompaniment of bangs and crashes. It was fun to see his mates escape one by one. The last one to leave said, 'OK mate, I'll come 'round tomorrow and sort that out for you.'. As he walked off he said, 'Fucks Sakeeee...'.

Top notch entertainment.

Quarantining Leicester seems like a pretty good idea.

I've been advocating it for years.

I am going to win the half yearly table by a mile.
Working during lockdown in a mostly empty office has been ideal for my productivity.

Also I would point out I got a strong second place in Fortnite. You only moved us up one position. I had killed one of the last two and slightly damaged the other. So 48 of the positions were down to my good play.  Only one position was down to you.

They're not bitter.

Yo and that.

Games: Titanfall 2. Played one game, got a 4:1 k:d, then sacked it off because no way I was beating that, I was on fire. Fragged three scrubs in under 5 seconds, I was absolutely on it.

OTTM: Christ exercise is boring. I'd literally rather be doing anything else, like chugging beers or stuffing my gaping maw with pizza. Which is how I got in this mess in the first place I suppose.

Sinister war dollies:I'm making a Genestealer cult army and kit bashing the hell out of it and enjoying it immensely.