Small talk & Chit chat

That's an Aquacomputer.

The block you showed is an Alphacool, which I have never liked. Here is some Alphacool tat I was talking about.

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I mean really that looks like a bloody AIO pump.

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That's an Aquacomputer.

The block you showed is an Alphacool, which I have never liked. Here is some Alphacool tat I was talking about.

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I mean really that looks like a bloody AIO pump.

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You are right, for some reason i ALWAYS mix up Aquacomputers with Aquatuning (also german) who sells Alphacool products.

So I agree. Their older blocks are terrible, and very very ugly.
 
I would be nice if they carried on like that. Even their recent high end CPU block just looked really nasty. I think they need a new designer TBH. Maybe they have one, and that's where the sexy RTX block came from?

I think the only thing of theirs I have is a mini pump with a mini pump top. I used it to WC my Titan XP. And I gotta say it functioned very well. In fact no, my top in my Hellcat build is one of theirs too, because I got it for about £8 and it was exactly what I was looking for (just plain as balls)

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And it has the IO exactly where I wanted it (in the sides and the top).
 
I would be nice if they carried on like that. Even their recent high end CPU block just looked really nasty. I think they need a new designer TBH. Maybe they have one, and that's where the sexy RTX block came from?

I think the only thing of theirs I have is a mini pump with a mini pump top. I used it to WC my Titan XP. And I gotta say it functioned very well. In fact no, my top in my Hellcat build is one of theirs too, because I got it for about £8 and it was exactly what I was looking for (just plain as balls)

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And it has the IO exactly where I wanted it (in the sides and the top).

Looks like a swiftech DDC heatsink slapped ontop of the pump itself :D
 
You are right, for some reason i ALWAYS mix up Aquacomputers with Aquatuning (also german) who sells Alphacool products.

So I agree. Their older blocks are terrible, and very very ugly.
You are still mixing. :)
There are:

Aquacomputer They have that nice GPU block, one of the best CPU blocks and fancy pumps. Also makers of aquaero controler and aquasuite. They sell only their own products.

Alphacool whomake those ugly blocks. They also have everything else for watercooling and also sell only their own products.

Aquatuning who sell all sorts of water cooling products.
 
You are still mixing. :)
There are:

Aquacomputer They have that nice GPU block, one of the best CPU blocks and fancy pumps. Also makers of aquaero controler and aquasuite. They sell only their own products.

Alphacool whomake those ugly blocks. They also have everything else for watercooling and also sell only their own products.

Aquatuning who sell all sorts of water cooling products.

Thats what I just said :P
 
So around 6 months ago, I think I posted about it here, I got perma banned from the Ubisoft forums for asking a question about certain performance impacts of the various DRM's that Ubisoft implement, I showed a video that was from a long time YouTuber called Overlord Gaming who generally does long very indepth analysis videos on various performance impacting practises within games.

He showed that the DRM in use in AC:Origins, As an example, Actually impacts performance in various ways from min/avg FPS being lower than they should be, CPU usage being A LOT higher than it should be, To game loading and ingame stuttering, All in all it is a mess, He showed that an independent group of software devs or "crackers" completely mitigated all of these issues by disabling the DRM on legitimate copies of the game.

Anyway I asked about this and what Ubisofts actual answer is to this could be, Without having any sort of conversation I was instantly banned for and I quote -

"Advertising pirated software"

Which I was not, No pirated software or piracy was being advertised, I managed to get in touch with Ubisoft support about this but was told they have zero control over the forum admins actions and I should just make a new account as it has no baring on my actual Uplay account.

Anyway fast forward to today, I made a new account as per the instructions of the Ubisoft customer support person as the Ubi forums can be very useful for the myriad of eventual problems everyone has with Ubisoft games, 60 seconds later my new account was banned permanently, Again, But this time I got a bit of a nasty response to go with it -

"Do not make a new forum account or we will also ban your Uplay account."

It's amazing that in this day and age you can be punished for just asking a question and if you want to ask anything again in the future, You can be punished with the removal of purchased goods, Utter insanity.

/rant
 
That's just likely another admin.

While they have no control over them or their actions. It's still a crappy excuse. They can remove and replace admins as they wish. Provided they are community volunteers. If it's a third party company then Ubisoft can threaten them to stop.

Ideally they should be using their own internal team to run the forums and have community helpers.


I do doubt they can actually ban your uplay account. If they are working for Ubisoft and have that forum title they can most likely. If not then it's some fanboy nutjob just bullying people.
 
That's just likely another admin.

While they have no control over them or their actions. It's still a crappy excuse. They can remove and replace admins as they wish. Provided they are community volunteers. If it's a third party company then Ubisoft can threaten them to stop.

Ideally they should be using their own internal team to run the forums and have community helpers.

I do doubt they can actually ban your uplay account. If they are working for Ubisoft and have that forum title they can most likely. If not then it's some fanboy nutjob just bullying people.


I just find the fact you cannot ask questions without some type of punishment to be severely draconian.
 
Which is why Ubi should be controlling their admins and taking responsibility for their own forums. The fact they cannot handle it to me speaks about how they don't care.

This is why some companies moved to reddit. Its cheaper for them and more transparent for all involved which makes communication easier and quicker. Harsh mods get called out and replaced and your, for example Ubisoft account, cannot be touched because they are not linked in anyway.

Creative Assembly uses reddit more than their own forums as an example. Luckily they have good mods on their official forum but at least they take responsibility.

I'd just stick to reddit if there is one for whatever game you are interested in and Ubisoft has an active presence there.
 
I just find the fact you cannot ask questions without some type of punishment to be severely draconian.

As Terry Stone said of the new generation "You are allowed to say anything you like, so long as it makes them look right".

I think that sums up the world today perfectly.
 
Which is why Ubi should be controlling their admins and taking responsibility for their own forums. The fact they cannot handle it to me speaks about how they don't care.

This is why some companies moved to reddit. Its cheaper for them and more transparent for all involved which makes communication easier and quicker. Harsh mods get called out and replaced and your, for example Ubisoft account, cannot be touched because they are not linked in anyway.

Creative Assembly uses reddit more than their own forums as an example. Luckily they have good mods on their official forum but at least they take responsibility.

I'd just stick to reddit if there is one for whatever game you are interested in and Ubisoft has an active presence there.

Yeah I'm steering well clear of Ubisoft forums, Obviously this isn't their developers acting like this but their mods have some serious issues if someone can't even ask a damn question without being threatened.

As Terry Stone said of the new generation "You are allowed to say anything you like, so long as it makes them look right".

I think that sums up the world today perfectly.

Aint that the damn truth.
 
I've been banned twice online, one was an online tech site all i did was post and talk about a piece of software i was using no links no talk of price ect just stating that i liked its usefulness it basically allowed me to run 2 user accounts on one PC seperate keyboard and mouses dedicated cards for each instance it was really useful, don't even remember the name of it now but i liked it alot so wanted to share with people.

The 2nd time was Blizzard and Diablo 3 i have an illness and so i often don't sleep for a very long period of time, looking back they did me a favour but they banned me cause i was playing so much that they thought i was a bot, i was well known in the community and even when people contacted people higher up the chain the ban stood so even being legit and playing 48+ hours at a time will get you into trouble. No way of even having a conversation with them they were adamant that their software dectection had me 100% even thou i was having conversations in game inviting people in and out of party and being talkative when playing sheer madness really, but they done me a favour i sometimes sleep now :D

So yeah companies and their terms and ways of handling matters at times is pathetic and tbh there must be some form of legal way of getting treated correctly or at least fairly.

I mean they could have sent you a pm and deleted the post many ways they could deal with that in a better manner.

I was only angry at blizzard cause they said i was a bot and was cheating, im way too old a gamer to ever cheat in any game, been playing since i was 3 years old i don't need to cheat and games these days are often not much of a challange in general other than online i've not got the reflex's i once had when younger for fps games but it's nice when it go's well and i get serveral kills in a few moments of skill :)

I did get my own back on blizzard i have a high suspition diablo immortal came from one of my feedback rants on a 2nd account, i left them an essay in the tiny do you wish to add anything box :D

Don't you guys have phones was in my post when replying to them and that was a good year before they even announced it lmao
 
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I've been banned twice online, one was an online tech site all i did was post and talk about a piece of software i was using no links no talk of price ect just stating that i liked its usefulness it basically allowed me to run 2 user accounts on one PC seperate keyboard and mouses dedicated cards for each instance it was really useful, don't even remember the name of it now but i liked it alot so wanted to share with people.

The 2nd time was Blizzard and Diablo 3 i have an illness and so i often don't sleep for a very long period of time, looking back they did me a favour but they banned me cause i was playing so much that they thought i was a bot, i was well known in the community and even when people contacted people higher up the chain the ban stood so even being legit and playing 48+ hours at a time will get you into trouble. No way of even having a conversation with them they were adamant that their software dectection had me 100% even thou i was having conversations in game inviting people in and out of party and being talkative when playing sheer madness really, but they done me a favour i sometimes sleep now :D

So yeah companies and their terms and ways of handling matters at times is pathetic and tbh there must be some form of legal way of getting treated correctly or at least fairly.

I mean they could have sent you a pm and deleted the post many ways they could deal with that in a better manner.

I was only angry at blizzard cause they said i was a bot and was cheating, im way too old a gamer to ever cheat in any game, been playing since i was 3 years old i don't need to cheat and games these days are often not much of a challange in general other than online i've not got the reflex's i once had when younger for fps games but it's nice when it go's well and i get serveral kills in a few moments of skill :)

When did Skynet make machines that can play wow in a legitimate way for 48 hours.. Are you the T2000? :D
 
I have paranoid schizophrenia, so unless i take my tablets im not sleeping.

I worked in pubs for many years so my habbits and style of work are different to most done plenty of 52 hour shifts 120 hour work weeks at holiday camps and lots of other places it was more physical work that i done, when i was younger i was pretty dam fit to say the least.

but sleep for me has been an issue for a long time now had an accident at a foundry went into a shotblast machine and to say it was close is an understatment.

So a T2000 is what i would have become if someone hadn't hit that emergancy button and saved my ass, yea it's getting better :)
 
I've been banned twice online, one was an online tech site all i did was post and talk about a piece of software i was using no links no talk of price ect just stating that i liked its usefulness it basically allowed me to run 2 user accounts on one PC seperate keyboard and mouses dedicated cards for each instance it was really useful, don't even remember the name of it now but i liked it alot so wanted to share with people.

The 2nd time was Blizzard and Diablo 3 i have an illness and so i often don't sleep for a very long period of time, looking back they did me a favour but they banned me cause i was playing so much that they thought i was a bot, i was well known in the community and even when people contacted people higher up the chain the ban stood so even being legit and playing 48+ hours at a time will get you into trouble. No way of even having a conversation with them they were adamant that their software dectection had me 100% even thou i was having conversations in game inviting people in and out of party and being talkative when playing sheer madness really, but they done me a favour i sometimes sleep now :D

So yeah companies and their terms and ways of handling matters at times is pathetic and tbh there must be some form of legal way of getting treated correctly or at least fairly.

I mean they could have sent you a pm and deleted the post many ways they could deal with that in a better manner.

I was only angry at blizzard cause they said i was a bot and was cheating, im way too old a gamer to ever cheat in any game, been playing since i was 3 years old i don't need to cheat and games these days are often not much of a challange in general other than online i've not got the reflex's i once had when younger for fps games but it's nice when it go's well and i get serveral kills in a few moments of skill :)

I did get my own back on blizzard i have a high suspition diablo immortal came from one of my feedback rants on a 2nd account, i left them an essay in the tiny do you wish to add anything box :D

Don't you guys have phones was in my post when replying to them and that was a good year before they even announced it lmao

The internet has bought out the best in many walks of life. However, it has also bought about the worst.

I've been banned at least once on every single forum I post on. At least once. Why? because some one always has the button, and human nature predicts they can't help but adore the feeling of power. Most of the other forums I go on are self levelling. You know? a row will kick off, people will calm down and etc. All human behaviour. Some however? oh god, out come the mods "Do this or else I will swing my ban hammer !" and etc. LOL would you really say that to me down the pub if I said something you didn't like?

Power, the feeling of control, and the feeling of being right are not good for humans. They need to be taught that a lot of the things they say can and indeed are wrong or, that they should learn to acknowledge when they are incorrect and be humble. This week? I have seen it from one member. And I appreciated it. He or she will know who they are. Whenever I mess up? I admit it. I was taught how to be wrong.

The problem we face now as a society is that we are trying to make anything we don't agree with, or don't like, or are offended by go away. And every time we do that we just amplify the problem and we create far more problems than we can solve.

Another bad by product of this is that whenever these people have something they cannot avoid, or can't run away from, or can't hide that is bad they will fall to pieces. As they have no conditioning for the sort of real crap life can throw at them. We can all be idealists, and we can all expect things to go in certain directions. However, life itself does not work like that.

So now suicide in young males is through the roof. Why? because they have no conditioning for it.

Me? hah ! I got the pee ripped out of me from day one at school. First my appearance, then my size (I was small and we weren't rich because my dad died) then I got bullied and kids made fun of the fact I had a dead father. It was common place for someone to reach for the "Oh no you can't say that !" button.

Now I will admit I didn't like it very much. However, and there is one, I appreciated it. Why? because I would rather an asshole show his hand and then I know that he is an asshole than pretend to be nice to my face and crap on me when I am not around.

I could sell sand to the Arabs. Does that mean I want to? no, no not really. It means I have to lie, to pretend, to do things against my morals and all sorts of other things I refuse to do.

So I am very much a marmite sort of person, who people seem to love or hate. Some hate me because I have the ability not to make them feel good about something that they shouldn't feel so good about, some love me because no matter what given day they see or speak to me they know what they are getting is 100% genuine. And they appreciate that, as much as I appreciate it myself.

If I like something? you'll know it. If I dislike something? you will know it. I don't change my ideals or my story, I remain very consistent. I can't be bought, I won't be lied to and so on. I am a very *very* strong person. I have been through all sorts of real unavoidable crap in my life that I could not just hide behind a smile, and I feel a much better person for it. It's hardened me where I need to be hardened, and it has softened me where I need to be softened.

If people really think they can do this merry little dance through life and the bad crap won't catch up with them? good luck. Even hardened criminals will get to the point where they think about what they have done and have to live with it.

I don't go out of my way to upset people. Oh I could, very easily, and I have, but I am just me all of the time. If you like that? sweet. If you don't? well that's tough.

Nosser. Bipolar 2 and autism. Been on anti psychotics for a decade. You may be familiar with them as it goes (Quetiapine). And yeah, same. If I don't take my night time cocktail (Zopiclone along with Quetiapine) I won't sleep either.
 
I have paranoid schizophrenia, so unless i take my tablets im not sleeping.

I worked in pubs for many years so my habbits and style of work are different to most done plenty of 52 hour shifts 120 hour work weeks at holiday camps and lots of other places it was more physical work that i done, when i was younger i was pretty dam fit to say the least.

but sleep for me has been an issue for a long time now had an accident at a foundry went into a shotblast machine and to say it was close is an understatment.

So a T2000 is what i would have become if someone hadn't hit that emergancy button and saved my ass, yea it's getting better :)

Well at least you can deal with it and have help that's always a good thing, The worst I have is anxiety that creeps up out of nowhere mixed with a little OCD, Actual OCD not the typical people who say "Oh I clean my room a lot my OCD is so cute hehe", No, Actual OCD mixed with anxiety, It aint fun but talking with various people helps.

The internet has bought out the best in many walks of life. However, it has also bought about the worst.

I've been banned at least once on every single forum I post on. At least once. Why? because some one always has the button, and human nature predicts they can't help but adore the feeling of power. Most of the other forums I go on are self levelling. You know? a row will kick off, people will calm down and etc. All human behaviour. Some however? oh god, out come the mods "Do this or else I will swing my ban hammer !" and etc. LOL would you really say that to me down the pub if I said something you didn't like?

Power, the feeling of control, and the feeling of being right are not good for humans. They need to be taught that a lot of the things they say can and indeed are wrong or, that they should learn to acknowledge when they are incorrect and be humble. This week? I have seen it from one member. And I appreciated it. He or she will know who they are. Whenever I mess up? I admit it. I was taught how to be wrong.

The problem we face now as a society is that we are trying to make anything we don't agree with, or don't like, or are offended by go away. And every time we do that we just amplify the problem and we create far more problems than we can solve.

Another bad by product of this is that whenever these people have something they cannot avoid, or can't run away from, or can't hide that is bad they will fall to pieces. As they have no conditioning for the sort of real crap life can throw at them. We can all be idealists, and we can all expect things to go in certain directions. However, life itself does not work like that.

So now suicide in young males is through the roof. Why? because they have no conditioning for it.

Me? hah ! I got the pee ripped out of me from day one at school. First my appearance, then my size (I was small and we weren't rich because my dad died) then I got bullied and kids made fun of the fact I had a dead father. It was common place for someone to reach for the "Oh no you can't say that !" button.

Now I will admit I didn't like it very much. However, and there is one, I appreciated it. Why? because I would rather an asshole show his hand and then I know that he is an asshole than pretend to be nice to my face and crap on me when I am not around.

I could sell sand to the Arabs. Does that mean I want to? no, no not really. It means I have to lie, to pretend, to do things against my morals and all sorts of other things I refuse to do.

So I am very much a marmite sort of person, who people seem to love or hate. Some hate me because I have the ability not to make them feel good about something that they shouldn't feel so good about, some love me because no matter what given day they see or speak to me they know what they are getting is 100% genuine. And they appreciate that, as much as I appreciate it myself.

If I like something? you'll know it. If I dislike something? you will know it. I don't change my ideals or my story, I remain very consistent. I can't be bought, I won't be lied to and so on. I am a very *very* strong person. I have been through all sorts of real unavoidable crap in my life that I could not just hide behind a smile, and I feel a much better person for it. It's hardened me where I need to be hardened, and it has softened me where I need to be softened.

If people really think they can do this merry little dance through life and the bad crap won't catch up with them? good luck. Even hardened criminals will get to the point where they think about what they have done and have to live with it.

I don't go out of my way to upset people. Oh I could, very easily, and I have, but I am just me all of the time. If you like that? sweet. If you don't? well that's tough.

Nosser. Bipolar 2 and autism. Been on anti psychotics for a decade. You may be familiar with them as it goes (Quetiapine). And yeah, same. If I don't take my night time cocktail (Zopiclone along with Quetiapine) I won't sleep either.

The worst that happens here is "oh no here comes alien with a wall of text" but it's more often than not always fun to read and informative ^_^
 
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