OT: Jets Lounge: Now buying Kaopectate in bulk.

[Jet]

Well I just got on part time at my GFs work. LA Fitness. It's a start and working in a gym is something I've wanted to do for awhile. Now hoping for UPS to call and set up an interview.

Congrats!!

 

[Positive]

I have Black Ops for my multiplayer fix, and strangely enough a bunch of my friends are playing GTA again all of the sudden. I was going to wait, get Battlefront next week and hold off on Fallout for a month or so but I think I'm going to get Fallout for my single player needs and wait on Battlefront. Lots of my friends are taking a wait and see attitude on that game and I don't want it to be another Titanfall (multiplayer game that none of my friends play)

I'm torn between CoD, Halo 5, SW: Battlefront, Divinity Original Sin, and Fallout 4.

I never played Titanfall much. It looked great but likewise - no buddies playing it and no single player campaign.

Ended up trading it for Destiny, which I ended up hating after two months of play. Last-gen textures running at 30fps, terrible grind of an advancement system, a meagre selection of 'loot', (and everyone uses the same thing anyways), and a huge lack of content. The base game you can burn through in maybe 10 hours, then you can look forward to grinding the same maps over and over to 'level your gear'. If you chip in another $60 or whatever for the expansions, then it almost becomes 'ok' content wise. The shooting mechanics are fun. Everything besides that is horribly ill-conceived or an afterthought. I rant about Destiny the same way people rant about Pavelec. I don't understand why people like it! Yes this thread isn't about Destiny but I'm gonna bring it up anyways!!!

 

[KCjetsfan]

What killed me about destiny was the lack of in game matchmaking. The gameplay/ shooting mechanics were great

 

[Derfel*]

I'm torn between CoD, Halo 5, SW: Battlefront, Divinity Original Sin, and Fallout 4.

I never played Titanfall much. It looked great but likewise - no buddies playing it and no single player campaign.

Ended up trading it for Destiny, which I ended up hating after two months of play. Last-gen textures running at 30fps, terrible grind of an advancement system, a meagre selection of 'loot', (and everyone uses the same thing anyways), and a huge lack of content. The base game you can burn through in maybe 10 hours, then you can look forward to grinding the same maps over and over to 'level your gear'. If you chip in another $60 or whatever for the expansions, then it almost becomes 'ok' content wise. The shooting mechanics are fun. Everything besides that is horribly ill-conceived or an afterthought. I rant about Destiny the same way people rant about Pavelec. I don't understand why people like it! Yes this thread isn't about Destiny but I'm gonna bring it up anyways!!!

I hate the fact that I "grew up" and shed myself of my gaming PC in exchange for a work laptop. Now I'm stuck playing games 5-6 years old. Ergh.

 

[Duke749]

Congrats!!

Thanks man! Hoping things can work out.

 

[Positive]

I hate the fact that I "grew up" and shed myself of my gaming PC in exchange for a work laptop. Now I'm stuck playing games 5-6 years old. Ergh.

I used to love building and upgrading my gaming PC, but haven't owned one for 7-8 years now. I have a laptop I use for work and play Diablo 3 on every now and then, but other than that, all of my gaming is on mobile or consoles. I spend all day at work in front of a Windows machine with my hands on a mouse and keyboard...I guess I just don't want to do the same when I get home. I still like games but I kinda drifted out of the PC Gamer hobby.

 

[sully1410]

I hate that I don't have time for video games. Makes me jealous.

 

[JC Numminen]

Interesting morning:

Guess I forgot how to drive with snow was coming down our gravel road to the highway. Nothing seemed icy. Was going probably 70 km and started slowing down... But just kept on sliding. On my right was a car coming that I didn't think I could beat if I tried to go straight across the road. So my last option was the ditch... Which had a big culvert hole in it. Didn't roll but did some nice damage to the back end of my truck. Still drivable but will not be cheap to fix.

Am a little shaken up with the thought of not being able to stop and maybe being t boned at 100 kmph though.

 

[YWGinYYZ]

Glad you're OK, JC. Vehicles can be fixed - people: not always.

 

[nobody important]

I'm a staunch advocate of winter tires. It's been a nice fall but it's getting about time. They're going on tomorrow.

 

[sully1410]

I'm a staunch advocate of winter tires. It's been a nice fall but it's getting about time. They're going on tomorrow.

I've never had them tbh. Calgary is the worst for winter drivers because it is like everyone forgets, which is normal because that always happens...but we get Chinooks which make the snow melt away and the roads dry. Which is awesome...however, inevitably that snow comes back and even though we just had snow two days ago everyone had forgotten how to drive on it.

Absolutely ridiculous.

 

[Derfel*]

I've never had them tbh. Calgary is the worst for winter drivers because it is like everyone forgets, which is normal because that always happens...but we get Chinooks which make the snow melt away and the roads dry. Which is awesome...however, inevitably that snow comes back and even though we just had snow two days ago everyone had forgotten how to drive on it.

Absolutely ridiculous.

Having lived in Winnipeg where they don't tend to clear roads completely of snow (if at all), this Calgary driving business will be fascinating!

 

[buggs]

I'm a staunch advocate of winter tires. It's been a nice fall but it's getting about time. They're going on tomorrow.

Big fan of winter tires. Never used to have them, applied my father's approach of "all season's are good enough". Then when I started commuting out of town for an hour a couple of people I initially car-pooled with had them and the traction differences were even noticeable as a passion. I've been driving on them for 18 years now (no, not the same set) and usually put them on a little early.

I know it's enjoyable to make fun of our American counterparts when they get snow in areas that usually don't experience it that much (Texas, Louisiana, etc.) but that first day here is pretty terrifying too. We should at least know better.

 

[JC Numminen]

Glad you're OK, JC. Vehicles can be fixed - people: not always.

Yup that was my thought. Could of done without finding the culvert hole though

But thank you!

 

[rahzar]

Interesting morning:

Guess I forgot how to drive with snow was coming down our gravel road to the highway. Nothing seemed icy. Was going probably 70 km and started slowing down... But just kept on sliding. On my right was a car coming that I didn't think I could beat if I tried to go straight across the road. So my last option was the ditch... Which had a big culvert hole in it. Didn't roll but did some nice damage to the back end of my truck. Still drivable but will not be cheap to fix.

Am a little shaken up with the thought of not being able to stop and maybe being t boned at 100 kmph though.

Similar thing happened to me last year. Was driving on the highway, coming over an overpass. Roads were clear and I was doing around 80-90 km/h. Went into the left turn lane and hit ice. Wasn't slowing down and my options were to either plough into the car stopped at the light, or hit the shoulder. Decided on option 2 and went onto a big pile of packed snow. Luckily, no damage, and while waiting for CAA, a nice couple stopped with a massive truck and he pulled me out. Felt horrible, since I had no money to give him, but he didn't seem to mind at all.

 

[sully1410]

Similar thing happened to me last year. Was driving on the highway, coming over an overpass. Roads were clear and I was doing around 80-90 km/h. Went into the left turn lane and hit ice. Wasn't slowing down and my options were to either plough into the car stopped at the light, or hit the shoulder. Decided on option 2 and went onto a big pile of packed snow. Luckily, no damage, and while waiting for CAA, a nice couple stopped with a massive truck and he pulled me out. Felt horrible, since I had no money to give him, but he didn't seem to mind at all.

Similar thing happened to me a few years ago in highway 22 heading from stonewall to the perimeter highway. I had driven towards the highway to get to the city 20 minutes before hand to pick up some friends for a party at my house(my parents were gone, but like the responsible young man I was...I had obtained permission first. Seriously.) And I was driving back on the same highway, heading towards Stonewall. Everyone was going like 70...so I was like...****, and tried to pass. I skidded on the road and headed towards the ditch. I tried to correct and then slide towards traffic. I corrected again to go back to the ditch, spun too far and flipped the car.

What's funny about this, is that my friend's gf had her seat belt undone and was poking and prodding at him. I told her to buckle up not a minutes before this happened. She probably would have been dead.

 

[Huffer]

I find the lack of single-player campaign disturbing.

Most of the gaming I do nowadays is either co-op games, or story-driven single-player RPG's. I'm pumped about the Star Wars movie though so maybe I'll pick up Battlefront regardless.

Agreed on the lack of single player campaign. The explanation seemed like a cop out to me as well.

 

[flyingkiwi]

I've never had them tbh. Calgary is the worst for winter drivers because it is like everyone forgets, which is normal because that always happens...but we get Chinooks which make the snow melt away and the roads dry. Which is awesome...however, inevitably that snow comes back and even though we just had snow two days ago everyone had forgotten how to drive on it.

Absolutely ridiculous.

One of the first things I saw in Canada was a minivan completely overturned in the ditch between the highway lanes heading west out of Calgary. The paramedics were moving slowly. It wised me up real quick to how dangerous your roads are.

 

[Derfel*]

One of the first things I saw in Canada was a minivan completely overturned in the ditch between the highway lanes heading west out of Calgary. The paramedics were moving slowly. It wised me up real quick to how dangerous your roads are.

 

[sully1410]

One of the first things I saw in Canada was a minivan completely overturned in the ditch between the highway lanes heading west out of Calgary. The paramedics were moving slowly. It wised me up real quick to how dangerous your roads are.

Yea they get pretty treacherous.

 

[Gnova]

One of the first things I saw in Canada was a minivan completely overturned in the ditch between the highway lanes heading west out of Calgary. The paramedics were moving slowly. It wised me up real quick to how dangerous your roads are.

I'd much rather drive on roads where driver skill makes them safe or unsafe than ones that the road conditions are great but the drivers are ****ing insane.
Hello Morocco.

 

[allan5oh]

Just when I thought life was getting better. My hip has been hurting like hell since late August. Been home from work because I cannot be on narcs while working. Just stopped them a few days ago and physio is going good. Strengthening my right leg and stretching out my left (pain is on the left).

Today I went to get up, used my right leg, and kapow knee blows out. Big time pain on both sides, mostly inside. Now I can't put weight on it or straighten it. Can't do physio either. At least I'm still on Diclofenac for my hip which should help with my knee.

 

[Tom ServoMST3K]

 

[CorgisPer60]

But they're dated and horrible now. I mean, great for getting your nostalgia fix, but holy ****, were they slow games.

 

[Derfel*]

It feels good to work again.