Things that suck hard.

[alienware]

AKA - the moaning thread :lol:

So today was my fiancee's op. We had to be at the hospital at 6am. Problem is that hospital is in Southampton, 50 miles away.

Due to the nature of her op (cerebral angiogram) she couldn't drive there. £55 one way in a taxi.

Got there and realised I had forgot my cigarettes. So in we went. Her op was supposed to be at 8am. The nurse came over at 10:30 and said that it would be delayed until 12 mid day. By now my fiancee is getting hungry and thirsty. She can't eat anything nor drink anything.

So around 10:30 I've been without a cigarette for over four hours and I'm starting to get a bit annoyed so I tell her I'm going to find some fags. Expecting it to be a five minute task, of course.

Even though there is nearly every shop (and even a Burger King FFS) in the hospital no one sells cigarettes. So I ask the miserable old bag in WHSmith where I can get fags from.

She takes great effing delight and serious glee informing me that the nearest shop that sells cigs is over a mile walk away, uphill.

Now I'll admit I'm not very fit but walking is OK for me as years ago I lived in London and walked everywhere.

Just one problem.... I'm wearing a pair of Aligator skin Timberlands I've had for years and I haven't broken them in yet...

So I make the walk there OK. Not even out of breath but today was pretty damn humid so I was sweating. Walked back and about five minutes in my feet start burning and my shins start burning too. Realising that it was down to the fact my boots weren't broken in I start walking funny and by the time I got back my ankles were now killing me too.

During the day I had to make several trips down to the shops in the hospital and by the time I got home I couldn't even walk.

Took off my boots and the two and eight my feet are in

My right foot's ball is just one enormous burst blister that my sock had stuck to and the left foot has three 1" blisters across the ball.

I even have blisters on the top of my feet :lol:

Oh and it cost £65 to get home again.

 

[SeekaX]

inb4 yo momma.
things that suck:
- the course the gaming industry takes
- the rise of tablets
- society (i am stoopid that means i am cool)

i hope your foot gets better and your fiance does well

 

[NRG!]

That's a cheap taxi

 

[Cru]

oh i know the waiting part at the hospital..
got lucky once though. operation was supposed to be at like 9am, was at the hospital at 7am i think, they told me i have to wait till 2pm.
so i was pretty mad at that point, but a nurse came along and gave me some pill, no idea what exactly it was but i dont remember what happened after taking that thing
so i basically didn't have to wait

 

[SeekaX]

oh i know the waiting part at the hospital..
got lucky once though. operation was supposed to be at like 9am, was at the hospital at 7am i think, they told me i have to wait till 2pm.
so i was pretty mad at that point, but a nurse came along and gave me some pill, no idea what exactly it was but i dont remember what happened after taking that thing
so i basically didn't have to wait

you took the blue pill didn't you? stuck in the matrix forever

 

[alienware]

you took the blue pill didn't you? stuck in the matrix forever

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfJoc4wcDAE

 

[SPS]

TBH Alien I would find it pretty ironic if a hospital sold cigarettes :lol:

- the course the gaming industry takes

That's a bit vague, explain?

 

[SeekaX]

TBH Alien I would find it pretty ironic if a hospital sold cigarettes :lol:



That's a bit vague, explain?

DLC, microtransactions, a release once a year, moneywhoring in general, quality gets worse, focus on graphics, etc.

 

[SPS]

DLC, microtransactions, a release once a year, moneywhoring in general, quality gets worse, focus on graphics, etc.

Interesting, what do you dislike about microtransactions?

 

[SeekaX]

Interesting, what do you dislike about microtransactions?

paying for something i should already own? pay 2 win?

 

[MrKambo]

things that suck hard......

the fact its 17 degrees outside and im stuck at work

 

[FredEx]

Took my mom to her cardiologists yesterday. She is due a new pacemaker and they wanted to do a stress test first. In May they upgrade her. It was supposed to be just 2 hours. About 5 hours later we got home. The doc's office is just 1.5 miles from us. I'm diabetic and had to leave to eat or else they could have put me on a bed and rolled me next door to the hospital. My mom had not eaten in about 20 hours when we got out of there. She does not eat a lot and I took her to Burger King for a Whopper with cheese and she inhaled it. It is also just 1.5 miles from home and she had it half gone before we got home. Never seen her eat like that.

AlienALX, hope your lady is doing well and you are healed up quickly.

things that suck hard......

the fact its 17 degrees outside and im stuck at work

We are at about -2 C this morning (7:32 am here as I type) and they are talking more rain and SNOW! Snow? Really? This shit should have stopped a month ago!

 

[MrKambo]

We are at about -2 C this morning (7:32 am here as I type) and they are talking more rain and SNOW! Snow? Really? This shit should have stopped a month ago!

SNOW!!!! its freaking April

 

[SPS]

paying for something i should already own? pay 2 win?

Well technically it depends on the business model, microtransactions don't state that they provide a way to make it easier to win. Microtransactions are good when used suitably.

Guild Wars 2 for example, it provides them with extra funding which they need and at the same time it means there's no reoccurring fee for players. IMO they have it perfectly balanced as I've never felt the need to spend money to progress in the game.

However I do see where you're coming from, as some games completely go overboard and like you said, you need to pay to win.

 

[alienware]

AlienALX, hope your lady is doing well and you are healed up quickly.

Thanks Fred. Yeah she's doing really well. Back to playing Stronghold Kingdoms this morning

 

[SeekaX]

Well technically it depends on the business model, microtransactions don't state that they provide a way to make it easier to win. Microtransactions are good when used suitably.

Guild Wars 2 for example, it provides them with extra funding which they need and at the same time it means there's no reoccurring fee for players. IMO they have it perfectly balanced as I've never felt the need to spend money to progress in the game.

However I do see where you're coming from, as some games completely go overboard and like you said, you need to pay to win.

when i pay 60€ for a game and need the community needs to pay for the servers i see absolutely no need for that crap, their wallets are full enough.
microtransactions are only okay when it's a f2p game and when it doesn't destroy the gameplay. that means everything besides skins and useless bling crap can be achieved without paying extra.

 

[SPS]

when i pay 60€ for a game and need the community needs to pay for the servers i see absolutely no need for that crap, their wallets are full enough.
microtransactions are only okay when it's a f2p game and when it doesn't destroy the gameplay. that means everything besides skins and useless bling crap can be achieved without paying extra.

So what happens when the sales slow down but the community want more, how do they pay for RnD, invest in brand new technology? The games industry is expensive.

 

[WeskerPG]

things that suck hard ok : 3 words

R L Brothers

 

[SeekaX]

So what happens when the sales slow down but the community want more, how do they pay for RnD, invest in brand new technology? The games industry is expensive.

give them mod tools. you need to put next to no work into it, it's dirt cheap and the community is happy.
let's just take BF3 as an example. i take that one copy costs 30$, so it's even less than it really costs.
i estimate about 20 million sales.
so that's 600.000.000$
you don't want to tell me that creating a game in 2 years, running a couple master servers and the ads take up that amount of money.

 

[alienware]

TBH Alien I would find it pretty ironic if a hospital sold cigarettes :lol:

True but the place was littered with places to buy junk food as well as numerous coffee outlets.

Maybe as a smoker I've got a chip on my shoulder, but as a nation of drunks and gambling addicts (just turn on your TV and watch a few adverts) we can be extremely critical at times.

I mean christ, how many programs do you see about fat people costing the govt millions of pounds in surgery? there was even a program on the other night about people having sex change ops on the NHS.

So, it's absolutely fine by our government to -

A. Drink excessively and binge drink on the amazing supermarket deals on alcohol and -
B. Stuff our fat f**k greedy faces causing heart disease cancer and god knows what, all of which is a serious strain on the NHS as it's always poor people who are fat and unhealthy.

I don't drink or eat crap. My only vice is smoking which I pay a handsome price for.