Anyone see the Angola v Mali match? Quite extraordinary

Angola were 4-0 up with 11 mins to go. Final score....4-4 :ices_rofl

Funny old game

Quote from StableX :

what does this mean? oooooh!!!!

I'm sure i read/heard that it would be the Lotus. Dont get too excited yet...

..you never know though

^^^^

Funny as f**k......

Quote from jibber :

Sometimes you guys take movies way too serious... movies which shouldn't be taken serious, movies which are just entertainment.

I've seen 2012, the story was terrible, the realism a joke, but it was good entertainment. Same with Avatar... one of the most bland and "worn out" plots i've seen recently, but it was simply a blast to watch. Not everything needs to be deep and have a powerful story behind it, blabla... get over it and try to just enjoy the show maybe?

Well from my point of view i don't think i'm taking any of it too seriously. That doesn't stop me from finding Avatar extremely overrated, and 2012 the worst film of last year, and possibly one of the worst I've ever seen. (2012 was so bad it's the only time I've ever left the cinema before the end of a film. )

Avatar was quite enthralling visually for 45mins. +The novelty wore off quickly though, and by the 1.5 hour point i was dying for the film to end to end. I just found it dull. Trust me, i was just there for the ride for both of those films, but neither did it for me.

As you can see from my earlier post, Inglorious Basterds was my favorite film of last year, so needing a "deep and powerful story" isn't exactly high on my list of must haves when it comes to whats makes a good movie. (though a great story and something that doesn't insult your intelligence is always a nice bonus)

The real test of what makes a good film for me is whether I'll buy it on DVD/Blueray having already seen it, and will it get many repeat viewings over the years. 2012 i have no desire to see ever again... Avatar i certainly wont buy. It has to be seen on a huge screen, preferably IMAX in 3D. That is what makes it the "experience" it is. I think once people sit at home and watch it on their TV's they will see how very average a film it really is.

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Quote from Zay :

Hey guys.
Just wonderin if anyone has seen 2012 yet? I want to get it but want to make sure its good.
thanks,
zay

By far the worst film i saw in 2009. Absolute garbage.

Quote from Boris Lozac :

Jesus F.. Christ people... find some place where they buy biterness, you will become millioners.. :banghead:

Calm down Boris. Why is it so hard for you to understand that a lot of people didn't rate Avatar? No ones being bitter, we just though it was a highly overrated film. We cant all be the same you know.

Quote from Electrik Kar :

I haven't seen Fern Gully, but I hear it's almost a direct lift from there...

I haven't seen Fern Gully, but Avatar it seemed to be a complete rip off of Dances With Wolves with lots of special effects to me.

I have to agree, for sheer entertainment Inglorious Basterds was the most entertaining move of 2009 for me.

The top 5 films i saw last year (not necessarily films released in 2009) were, in no particular order:

Inglorious Basterds
Session 9
Moon
El Orfanato (The Orphanage)
Oldboy

with honorable mentions going to
District 9
Slumdog Millionare
Frost/Nixon
The Hurt Locker
Croupier
The Escapist
The Wrestler
Gran Torino
Watchmen
Zombieland
Taking Woodstock

I'm sure I've missed some gems out..i watch so many movies i cant remember what I've seen

Biggest stinking turd of a movie goes hands down to 2012. Utter ,utter crap with no redeeming features whatsoever.


Not a film, but i finally got round to watching all five Seasons of The Wire, usually 2 or 3 episodes at a time. It plays out like a 60 hour film anyway Just the best TV series I've seen.

Quote from de Souza :

Session 9.

Great film. Watched it for the first time a few months ago. Definitely in my top five films i saw last year.

Change ISP. I was with Plusnet for a few years and it was nothing but hassle with every sim i raced. They have the worst traffic shaping system I've ever come across.

After spending many more hours than a customer should have to, getting port info for all the sims i used in order for them to allow it on their system they would eventually (after several weeks usually) sort things out, only for things to go tits up again withing a few months. LFS was the worst case for the reasons you've stated, so many different ports being used.

I cant speak for other ISP's on their shaping, but since I've moved to Virgin I've had no problems with any game. As far as i know they don't shape traffic, they just throttle your bandwidth if you use more than the FUP allows depending on your package, which i have no problem with as i never get close to the limits.

(Basically on their 20Mb cable package there is no traffic shaping. You are limited to 7GB usage between 10am and 3pm and 3GB between 4pm and 9pm. Outside of those hours you can max you connection out 365 days a year and they wont bat an eyelid. If you can work within those limits then it's a perfect service in my experience. I've never seen anything less than 18Mb speeds at any times,never had no service and never had a dropped connection. They obviously have plenty of capacity, unlike Plusnet)

Plusnet had decent customer support guys and they were helpful enough, but the system they work with was more hassle than it's worth. I've now had a completely hassle free 14 months with Virgin and it's an absolute pleasure to use the internet again. It just works 24/7 whatever you are doing. I've had no cause to contact their support for anything since I've been with them. Plusnet were bad for my health. I spent more time in their support forums than gaming it felt like. They are (were? not checked their prices lately) also very expensive for what you get.

If you want hassle free gaming then I'd seriously look into another provider. Do your homework though. I'm sure there are many ISP's that are as much hassle as Plusnet out there.

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No, because I'm not a violent person.

Punching ****wits rarely makes a difference anyway. All you end up doing is killing off a few more of their already limited braincells.

There's 2 FF1600 leagues at race2play as well starting in Jan that are open to demo racers http://www.race2play.com/sim/show/14

Quote from unseen :

Just watched Primer. A rough little diamond, that provides more questions than answers (which I love in a good film). Definitely worth a watch, then another, and another, etc.

Yup, I've just watched it as well. This is more like my kind of movie. I'm going to watch it again tomorrow. I love films that make you want to watch them again straight after seeing them.

Thanks for another fantastic recommendation DWB

Quote from Shotglass :

or maybe its because the movie is rather uniniteresting and unimaginative once you look past the cgi and the rather gimmicky 3d

I quite often think you talk out of your arse, but I'm right with you on this one

It's a good experience, but it's a crap film.

Crappy acting, cliche after cliche, terrible dialogue, poor story.

Technical wizardry (and there's no doubt it's technically excellent) does not make a good movie.

Quote from xaotik :

No shit man, I'm still buzzing about Syndey 2000 - go Cameroon!!!

ROFL

There are a ton of skins at Race Sim Central, but it's down at the moment.

Here's a lovely set of Classic F1 skins for the FTarget http://rsracing.forumotion.com ... cal-f1-skin-pack-t175.htm

And a load of skins from all the drivers in last seasons championships at GPC which quite a few of the people you'll meet online will be wearing
http://www.gpchampionship.com/ ... e=downloads&menu=home

I am Captain Penis, the evil,evil wizard, destined to kill your mother.

Quote from birder :

Due to getting bored of waiting i recently purchased v1.1 of nKpro for 19e and its latest physics are better (imo) than LFS but there are 12 servers and the most i have seen on them at one time so far is 7 players, normally its 1.

There is indeed very little pickup racing going on, but head over to Race2Play in the new year if you want some top quality league racing. They are running championships in all the cars except the FF1800. The F2000 and FTarget leagues have really taken off. More and more people are discovering nKPro and race2play are doing a great job of promoting it and organizing races.


As for the OP. It's obvious that the old school LFS racers have all moved on to sims that deliver what LFS promised to be but never quite made it. It has now fallen behind the competition by a considerable margin imo.

There is a new crowd here these days that don't particularly want the most realistic and "hardcore" (apologies for that expression...i cant think of another ) sim experience. All you have to do is look at the names in iRacing and nKPro and you'll find all the old, good LFS racers.
Having fun in sim racing means good, clean racing in cars with the best physics (and some nice visuals as a bonus) doesn't it? That's why a hell of a lot of the old school have moved on.

I've no doubt that a visual makeover, the new tire physics, updated track surfaces and some new content would bring a lot of them back. Until then your stuck with the current LFS crowd and it's dated game mechanics. Live with it or find yourself another sim.

Quote from Mackie The Staggie :

4) The REAL crime here is the lack of social, affordable housing available.

..and lets not forget the complete wankers that made this family's lives such hell that they to leave their old home.

It makes you ashamed to be British when your fellow countrymen (and women) treat people like they do.

Don't like the council paying for them to live in such houses? Don't drive them out of the accommodation they are already in then.

Anyone see Panorama a few weeks ago where a Muslim couple went and live on the Southmead estate in Bristol for a few weeks and filmed it all with hidden cameras? It was an absolute disgrace the way they were treated.


Quite frankly I'd be more than happy if they got rid of all the racist chav scum on the estate and filled the place up with asylum seekers.

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Quote from Greboth :

Wondering though what games does everyone play? I have tried all the play lists but I keep returning to free for all. Just generally find it more fun than the others, don’t know why.

Hardcore S+D is the game of choice with a bunch of mates and ventrillo/teamspeak.

Quote from obsolum :

Opeth - Face of Melinda

That's full of win!



Watching (and listening ) to the new Metallica DVD 'Francais pour une nuit'

What a stunning place for a concert.

Quote from ColeusRattus :

...... but I loved the Batserds. Don't know why, I simply loved it, especially Christoph Waltz' performance in it.

You loved it because it was a great piece of entertainment i guess It had everything, a good story,drama,action,comedy,the usual Tarantino cartoon violence, some outstanding performances. Every scene with Christoph Waltz was amazing.. a top quality movie villain if ever there was one.

I understand people have different taste, but for BlueFart to find a bit of fiction disrespectful is beyond me. I have no idea why he even watched the movie. It's a Tarantino film... what was he expecting?

Quote from BlueFlame :

Oh, so it's supposed to be art?

Nope, it's supposed to be fictional entertainment. It was a bloody good 2 1/2 hours of exactly that.

Quote from BlueFlame :

Yea, I get that it was tongue in cheek cartoonish, but why do it on a WW2 platform, making a mockary of an event which took and changed a hell of alot of lives? I find it disrespectful.

Wow, ridiculous overreaction of the month award is yours. Grats. Have a cookie.

Hmm, he was back, but now he seems to have gone again.

I'll be waiting for his next "i'm back again" thread with bated breath.

Quote from Danke :

Is there a way to put the Osella in the full version of nkp and run the regular tracks?

Simple answer.... No. That Hillclimb that's doing the rounds is a really early version (based on 1.02 or very early 1.03 code) Theres no way for it to work in v1.1

Whilst it was nice to see the car and track after all this time i don't bother driving it. I'm happy to wait for the proper updated version in v1.2, It'll be loads better.

Quote from tristancliffe :

It was? I've played 1.1 online and I'm sure I hit something that was, apparently, there. But it could be my memory playing tricks again, as it's been a couple of months.

It's your memory Tristan

I've not seen anyone complain of hitting an invisible object in 1.1

Quote from Shotglass :

last time i opened the server browser (may have been an older version) the pings were as far as i can tell random numbers that were in no relation whatsoever to how fluid the connection would be

See, your living in the old days Nothing wrong with the lobby ping reading anymore or the netcode, and collision detection isn't bad at all either.

So lets stick to current facts from now on if you don't mind

I'm sure there's still plenty of things you can slag off nKPro about, but multiplayer functionality isn't one of them