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Not done a whole lot today again. Took a walk into the shops and went on a music downloading spree when i came back. Also got plans sorted for this weekend. Gonna be a killer. :-P :thumbup:

Haha. My primary school had a rule where no-one was allowed to bring toy guns in, but they meant like cap-guns and air-rifles and such, not tiny guns for an action figure or something. The world nowadays...

Downloaded the demo, definately be getting this when it comes out. It's a nice change from COD. Been sniping the most probably, unlocked the 2nd sniper rifle but the first is better. Forgot how fun it is blowing a hole in the side of a building instead of using the doors. Kinda annoying when i have a good sniping spot, overlooking one of the objects then someone rolls up in the T-80 and blows my half of the building away haha.

Think i'll download the demo today. Had enough of Cod:Mw2 so this fits the bill perfectly.

Not my thing but heard a good story about a guy that tried to text his girlfriend a video of him playing with himself, along with some saucy message. His girlfriend had supposedly got a new handset and number and the number he had saved had a couple of digits wrong so the video and message went to some random woman who received a series of all his naked videos and stuff. She ended up reporting it to who ever (phone company or the police) and the guy got into some bother over it. Not sure how true it all is (some of it sounds [developmentally delayed]ed to me) but i lol'd all the same.

Back home for the night, got another chance to play it. Kinda sick of Mw2 already, dunno what it is. Might be that my friends i normally play with aren't on as much. Had a couple of good domination games earlier, love how no-one notices C4 flashing next to the flag.

We definately hear a lot more about the muslim extremist groups. I remember watching a program about Westboro Baptist Church. Although it's not the same kind of extremism (Jihad/bombings/fighting or whatever), i'd still count them as an extremist group.

Goldfinger - Superman. Some nostalgia there for anyone that played the first Tony Hawks Pro Skater on playstation 1.

Probably something out some dodgy cafe at stupid o'clock in the morning that seemed like a good idea at the time. Oh, and battered (deep fried) pizza. Literally a heart attack in a box.

Had another tutorial today, there was only a handful of us down for this particular time which was pretty good. Finished early because the guy taking it got a "personal" call and had to leave. Going to see some bands at a live music night on saturday and sunday, ones through here but anothers in Glasgow so i'll need to get train through, crash at a friends after it and get the first train home. Should be good. :thumbup:

the new game mode call squad deathmatch or something is what I'm really excited about. 4 way battles between smaller squads. First squad to 50 kills win. Aha, thats sounds pretty good.

I'm in the same boat only it's week 3 for me. Christmas break sapped any motivation i had. :-P

Not as big a part as it used to be, at any rate. Brand new players have lots more guidance/warnings than they used to and with the addition of gravestones, dying isn't as big a problem as it used to be. Still, for a new player discovering areas for the first time (despite all the warnings/guides) i'm sure there probably is a sense of risk/adventure, just because it's something completely new.

Loved the first Bad Company, i'll definately be getting this. Hopefully there'll be more game modes than capture the area (or whatever it's called) and gold rush.

Tutorials are a complete waste of time. If attendance and in class quizzes weren't worth 25% of my final I would skip all of them. I honestly feel like killing myself when a TA tries desperately to explain something he can hardly grasp... good thing there's a hottie with a sexy raspy voice to keep me company for the two hours :thumbsup: I kinda know what you mean. 2 out of my 3 tutorials last semester were a waste of time. They were mainly meant to give us an opportunity to ask questions about assignments and stuff but most of it was spent chatting/ arsing around. It was all pHd students taking them as well, they knew their stuff but weren't as "pushy" about getting stuff done as the lecturers and Profesors are. There's practicals as well, which count towards our final mark. Prefer the tutorials though. :mellow:

Had a couple of class tutorials this morning, met some new people and had a laugh. :thumbup: Rabbie Burns day in Scotland so my friend and his flatmates are having a bunch of folk round for drinks and stuff then we're heading out. Probably get some deep fried haggis suppers from the chippy as well. And whisky. Lots of whisky. Not much poetry, surprisingly.

The egg question caught me out to be honest. :oops: Thought eggs might have went into the bread dough (or whatever it's called, i don't bake much/at all). Thinking about it now, it seems a bit more obvious. There's no excuse for not knowing the other two, however.

Gotta give it to Jagex, not seen anything cause this much hype in a long time. I'm gonna go with it being something to do with the sea slug quests.

Took today off. Couldn't be arsed sitting through this mornings lectures. Gonna lounge about the flat, eating pizza and singing badly.

I prefered Mark Lamarr, the original host before Simon Amstell. It went downhill once the legendary Bill Bailey left, as you said.

Had a couple of lectures and a tutor group today. Learning to use different geographic programs on the computer, for mapping and running scenarios and stuff. None of them are easy to use but it was quite interesting.

I think it's quite a good thing. People saying that they're overreacting or whatever but you've got to remember Jagex only passed the information on to the police. It was up to the police authorities wether to act on the information or not and they were either having a slow night or thought it was serious enough to pay the dude a visit. There was an incident over here where some nutter pulled out a replica ("toy") gun in a busy nightlife area, where people were queueing to get into bars and restaurants. Armed police arrived and only found out it was a toy after having a standoff and arresting the guy. It's the same with the suicide thing, there's no way to tell if they're for real or not.

Can't beat some friendly banter with the yanks over xbox live.

I don't seem to get embarassed too easily, can usually make a joke of whatever happened. If it's a friend thats got me into an embarassing situation or something (happens too often, to be honest :razz:) i'll laugh it off and get them back later. Usually.

:sad: Never easy losing loved ones. I seriously need to get my [wagon] in check. All those late nights over christmas break and a complete lack of motivation back at uni means my sleeping patterns are screwed. Also started smoking a bit more now than i used to, which probably isn't helping. I'd say i was a "social" smoker, like after nights out or something with friends, rarely smoking apart from times like that but have noticed an increase in the empty cartons in my bin and i haven't been out on the piss much since i got back. :mellow: