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1 minute ago, Spike said:

Rasenballsport Leipzeg is corporate megalomania? I guess I can see your point, averting the 'Red Bull' label but keeping the 'RB'.

It's like Japanese porn censoring vaginas. Everyone knows what's going on, and it's dirty.

Seriously Thomas, I will pay you if you send me one.

What annoys me most about RB Leipzig is that it's called RB Leipzig. Even their name tastes of stale, corporate megalomania.

But, as said, football in general is too far gone these days, so I can't bring myself to care.

8 hours ago, nudge said:

You are now banned from the Schland! thread 

See? No sense of humor. 

Finally a thread about my favourite Miley Cyrus album. 

26 minutes ago, nudge said:

Best language, best sayings, best beer 

Worst people. 

Just now, Tsubasa said:

Going to a wedding on Saturday, and I need something to wear. Can't be arsed to spend hundreds of Euros on a suit. You guys think a formal jacket and some matching pants/trousers would be okay too? I don't want to go all out for something I'll wear once in my life. Well, maybe on my own funeral too. 

Sure dude. I once rented a tuxedo for a wedding because there was a dresscode, and still a lot of people came just wearing jeans, nice shoes and a dress shirt. Speaking of, if you want to turn up all formal, just rent a suit instead of buying one.

Because people don't see a punch in the face as a proper alternative to a punch in the balls.

We have an American-style bar in Amsterdam that's actually pretty good. They have a huge selection of beer, and they're the only bar I've ever come across that actually serves mead.

I've been wanting to try bubble soccer for such a long while. 

4 minutes ago, Cannabis said:

It's great isn't it? It's literally Banjo Kazooie just with a whole host of new characters and levels, the nostalgia is brilliant. 

As for Rare I'm with you on that one too, for what it's worth I actually enjoyed Kinect Sports 1 & 2 but I hate how they put all their eggs in one basket where Kinect is concerned, hopefully they can bounce back with Yooka-Leylee and the upcoming Sea of Thieves. 

Well, Yooka-Laylee was made by a different company (Playtonic) that has a lot of old Rare employees, hence the new IP.

For now I just hope they can release some expansions for this game and possibly make a sequel.

Just now, Cannabis said:

I did, bought it for PlayStation 4 so that I can play it with the girlfriend. 

I love it and the fact that we're playing in one week shifts means that it'll probably last quite a while. Banjo Kazooie was one of the games of my childhood so it's great to have a spiritual successor out and about.

Yeah, it's crazy how similar this game feels, all the way from the music to the character design to the meta humor and gameplay. It makes me sad about how Rare was relegated to a Kinect shovelware factory.

As for Zelda, I'll get it for the Wii U in a few weeks. Looks really interesting. Free roaming is what the series has desperately been needing for a long time.

Did anyone get into the new platformer Yooka-Laylee? It's a spiritual successor to Banjo-Kazooie and the old collectathon 3D platformers of the N64 era, made by much of the old Rareware crew. So far it plays excellent, although reportedly it is quite short.

Still recovering from the festival I went to last week. Man, I have to get back to the gym...

lmao merkel whatcha doin

On 4/24/2017 at 2:06 PM, nudge said:

The problem that those who seem to recognise current problems turn out to be proper mental cases.

Seeing Schalke being outclassed by Ajax last night has made me realise how far they have fallen.

Yeah, some of the villages and outposts in Online are bigger than the hold capitals in Skyrim...

1 hour ago, Tanksie said:

 

Not generic layout wise, lore and world wise.

We went from 'Volcano covered in elves, who build cities on platforms out of the ocean, mushroom towers and out of giant ancient crabs' to "generic castle land with winter bits, swamp bits, a sweet elven city and each town is slightly different, gotta kill some demons' to 'you are in viking land, there are dragons. There are 4 cities and a handful of copy paste towns'

Just really lazy world building

I feel we had this discussion before.

The geography in Skyrim is quite diverse, even if it may look the same because it's all wintry. You had the highlands of the Reach, the autumnal forests around Riften, tundras, hot springs, both leaf and pine forests, and snowy wastelands, all modelled after realistic geography. I thought it was pretty sweet. It doesn't feel as outerworldly as Morrowind, but I think every hold did have its own feel to it.

The only thing that bothers me about Skyrim is that the towns are so small and uninteresting. Oddly enough, Elder Scrolls Online is the game that nails this, as each capital is a metropolis with tons of life and own character. Sentinel and any of the Elven cities are quite magnificent.

26 minutes ago, Tanksie said:

Didn't go in for Skyrim special edition, Didn't mind the original, but of the 3 I have played (Morrowind, Oblivion and Skyrim) it's the least deep, least interesting game. Should have remade/remastered Morrowind instead. Each one gets lazier and more generic than the last, hoping they turn it around next installment.

I play TES because of the adventure, not the RPG elements, so I don't mind that the latter is being "dumbed down". Also I wouldn't call Skyrim generic, as the dungeon design and layout is more varied and detailed than ever, and after all that's where you'll end up spending the most time. I replayed Oblivion recently and couldn't help but notice how 80% of the dungeons are indistinguishable dark caves.

Still Skyrim Special Edition...

By now I think I've discovered all locations and cleared most of them. There are still some quests left to do, but I also like wandering about the wilderness with a bow and arrow to see what I come across. I still discover new shit with my main character even at level 114.

Happy birthday, may beer flow your way! 

Britain and the EU in a custody battle over Gibraltar, who would'a thunk it?

Also, isn't it telling that the EU selected the Guy Verhofstadt (you know, the gap-toothed overweight Papist who looks like an elderly lesbian) as negotiator? One of the most rabid pro-EU politicians and opponents of Farage is going to negotiate on behalf of the EU. Diplomacy!