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I just completed it =D

I would now go on to say how awesome it was, but if you know what Portal is, you probably know that already anyway. Atm, I’m downloading Portal: Prelude, and the Flash Map pack, both of which I’ve heard good things about, so that should be fun.

Rik.

My ne laptop finally came. On Tuesday, but the Vista CD I ordered didn’t come till Friday so I couldn’t really use it until then, as Ubuntu didn’t like any of my hardware, and refused to install drivers. Anyway, it’s working now; I spent most of today trying to download and install TF2… until I was informed that I could copy my game files from my old computer and use them… this turned out to be infinitely quicker (though it ws a little annoying that I had waited over nine hours for Steam to download it (It consistently reported ‘5 Hours remaining’)).

TF2 is soo much better when you have a decent PC (Dual core 2.7GHz, Nvidia 9600M, 4Gb RAM) to play it on. No fps lag, instant control, and a better sense of being in the game. Oh, and the fire is beautiful. ^_^

All in all, my laptop is great. Well worth the £650 I paid for it.

Now for other stuff… remember that engineeering scheme that I talked about in the unusually long post earlier that nobody commented on? I didn’t get into it. I was a bit gutted, tbh.

Also, lots of my friends have gone on this expensive trip to Vietnam that I couldn’t afford to go to. (£1800!!) Though I was kinda happy that I’d saved £1800, I really did want to go on it. Seeing them leave school early, with their custom Vietnam themed shirts was a bit disappointing.

Add to that, my grades weren’t good. Straight B1s, except a B2, B3 and a C2. Hopefully, my mum won’t find out. >_>

All in all, not the best week ever. Really the only highlight was being able to play the games I already owned properly for the first time (Playing as a heavy on my old PC was lag lag lag lag shoot lag shoot bang lag lag shoot lag shoot die lag lag doctorrr!!), which was nice. ^_^

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What?

Seriously, what?

If you don’t know what happened, go here: 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/nottinghamshire/7636821.stm

What?

I don’t get it. 

Why would a simple argument about Advance Wars Tactics between a moderator and a lesser member provoke  the lesser member into flying over 1000 miles, going into his home, and stabbing him? Was he that angry, that he didn’t cool down in the five or six hours it took to get there?

Seriously, some people, are fucked up. 

And, no doubt some of the media are going to completely misunderstand this and blame in on the ‘violence in the games of today.’ I’ve already heard BBC news infer that Advance Wars was a violent game, calling it a ‘war game’, and showing scenes of the trailer which show vehicles exploding and infantry flying back… Advance Wars is basically chess. Just as violent, just as tactical. Are the media blaming knife crime and murders on chess? No. I don’t understand why the focus is on games specifically - the guns etc found in games are exactly the same as those traditionally given to small boys playing ‘war’. 

I don’t get it.

RIP Matt Pyke - I never knew you, but I kinda wish I had.

UPDATE:

Apparently the guy was jealous of Matt’s girlfriend. I suppose this makes more sense… but still.

The awesome power of the Charizard hat?

(this is not me in the photo, btw.)

Aaanyway..

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