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Off Topic / 10 years + 3 days

« on: November 21, 2017, 06:40:53 PM »

10 years ago (and 3 days) I signed up to the BLF. I dunno what compelled me to do it as a wee lad but I've stuck around since then.

It's kinda strange to think I signed up here when I was 10 and here I am at 20. Half my life has been spent here. I mostly just lurk nowadays and I've seen a fair amount of change. Some good, some bad. But still, 10 years is crazy. I still see some of the other old timers around so that's pretty cool coo

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Off Topic / How does incest work in a family tree?

« on: December 07, 2016, 07:54:07 PM »

Right we got distracted doing our assignment and were trying to work this out. I looked it up and didn't find a simple explanation, so here's hoping some people in the future find this thread and find a great resource.

Let's use this basic family tree for a family household:


If Child B had love with their Mother and had a child labelled Child D, where would it go in the tree?

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Games / A List of Must-Play Games

« on: July 04, 2016, 07:49:45 PM »

There are loads of classic/iconic games I've never ever played. I've never even played any of the original Mario Bros games or the original doom games. I'd like to compile a list of stuff that people categorize as "must play" so that I can play through them, and others can too.

When giving games, please provide it's genre, platform, and release date. (Original release date in the case of remakes.)

Todo: Alphabetize games, Different heading colours (Maybe graphics if someone feels like drawing some up), wikipedia links to every game, or would purchase pages be better?

Action
Beyond Good & Evil	PlayStation 2 & 3, Xbox Original & 360, GameCube, PC	2003
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night	PlayStation 1 & 3, Sega Saturn, Xbox 360	1997
Super Metroid	SNES, Wii & Wii U, New 3DS	1994
The Legend of Zelda	NES, Gameboy Advance, Wii U, 3DS	1986
Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight	PC	2016
Hotline Miami	PC, Playstation 3 & 4 & Vita	2012
Grand Theft Auto	PC, DOS, Playstation	1997
Saints Row	Xbox 360	2006
Shadow of the Colossus	Playstation 2	2005
Platformer
Crash Bandicoot	PlayStation 1 & 3	1996
Psychonauts	PlayStation 2, Xbox, PC	2005
Ratchet and Clank Series	PlayStation 2 & 3	2002
Sonic the Hedgehog	Sega Genesis, Xbox Original & 360, PlayStation 2 & 3	1994
Spyro The Dragon	PlayStation 1 & 3	1998
Super Mario Bros	NES, SNES, Wii & Wii U, GameBoy Advance, 3DS	1985
Jet Set Radio	Dreamcast, Gameboy Advance, PC, Playstation 3, Xbox 360	2000
Shovel Knight	PC, Playstation 3 & 4, Xbox One, Wii U, 3DS	2014
Yoshi's Island	SNES, Gameboy Advance	1995
Spelunky	PC, Xbox 360, Playstation 3 & 4	2008
Cave Story	PC, Wii, DS & 3DS	2004
Altered Beast	Sega Megadrive, PC, Xbox 360	2004
Paper Mario	Nintendo 64, Wii & Wii U	2000
Super Ghouls n Ghosts	SNES	1991
Mega Man X	SNES	1993
RPG
Mario & Luigi Bowser's Inside Story	Nintendo DS	2009
Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga	GameBoy Advance	2003
Persona 4	Playstation 2 & Vita	2008
Demon's Souls	Playstation 3	2009
Dark Souls	Playstation 3, PC	2011
Bloodborne	Playstation 4	2015
South Park the Stick of Truth	PC, Playstation 3, Xbox 360	2014
Deus Ex	PC	2000
Borderlands	PC, Playstation 3, Xbox 360	2009
Final Fantasy	NES, Playstation 1, PSP, Mobile, 3DS	1987
The Witcher	PC	2007
Baldur's Gate	PC	1998
Fallout	PC, DOS	1997
The Elder Scrolls	PC, DOS	1994
Monster Hunter	Playstation 2	2004
The World Ends With You	DS	2007
Strategy
Worms	SNES, Sega Genesis, MS-DOS, Playstation	1995
X-COM: UFO Defense	DOS, PC, Playstation 1	1994
Warcraft III	PC	2002
NetStorm: Islands at War	PC	1997
Roguelike/lite
The Binding of Isaac (Rebirth)	PC (Playstation 4, Xbox One, Wii U, New 3DS)	2011
NetHack	DOS?, PC	1987
Nuclear Throne	PC, PS4, PS Vita	2015
First Person Shooter
DOOM	DOS, PC, Xbox 360 & One, Playstation 3	1993
Half-Life	PC, Playstation 2	1998
Quake	DOS, PC, N64	1996
Halo: Combat Evolved	PC, Xbox Original & 360 & One	2001
Bioshock	PC, Xbox 360, Playstation 3	2007
Team Fortress 2	PC, Xbox 360, Playstation 3	2007
Rainbow Six	PC, Playstation, Nintendo 64, Dreamcast	1998
Sandbox
Terraria	PC, Playstation 3 & 4, Xbox 360 & One, 3DS, Mobile	2011
Blockland	PC	2007
Garry's Mod	PC	2004
Stealth
Metal Gear Solid	PC, Playstation 1	1998
Thief: The Dark Project	PC	1998
Second Sight	PC, Gamecube, Playstation 2, Xbox Original	2004
Racing
Gran Turismo 4	Playstation 2	2004
Forza Motorsport 6	Xbox One	2015
Super Mario Kart	SNES	1992
Trackmania	PC, Playstation 4, Xbox One, Wii, DS	2003
Lego Racers	PC, Nintendo 64, Gamecube, Playstation 1, Gameboy	1999
Need for Speed Carbon	PC, Xbox Original & 360, Playstation 2 & 3 & PSP, DS, Gamecube, Wii	2006
Beat 'Em Up
Castle Crashers	PC, Playstation 3, Xbox 360 & One	2008
Streets of Rage	Sega Megadrive, PC, Xbox 360	1991
Super Smash Bros	Nintendo 64	1999
Dragonball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3	Playstation 2, Wii	2007
Survival Horror
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl	PC	2007
Resident Evil	Playstation 1 & 3 & 4, PC, Xbox 360 & One, Gamecube	1996
Silent Hill	Playstation 1	1999
Dying Light	PC, Playstation 4, Xbox One	2015
Metro 2033	PC, Xbox 360 & One, Playstation 4	2010
Puzzle
Antichamber	PC	2013
Narbacular Drop	PC	2005
Portal	PC, Xbox 360, Playstation 3	2007
Shooter
Every Extended Extra Extreme (E4)	Xbox 360	2007
Other
Rollercoaster Tycoon	PC, Xbox Original	1999
Dwarf Fortress	PC	2006
Rhythm Heaven	DS	2008

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Off Topic / I'm 19

« on: March 09, 2016, 07:48:08 PM »

I completely forgot my birthday was coming up until a few days ago, now it's here, yay.

I'm 19 now, and I've been here since I was 10. Bit crazy to think about.

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Games / Giving away Rainbow Six: Siege weekend codes [4 left]

« on: December 18, 2015, 11:04:32 AM »

Tell me a joke. If I like it I'll send you a code.

This is a uPlay key. It gives full access to the game from 19th-21st of December.

Keys sent. Winners:

I would and it'd be about Mexicans


But that'd be crossing the border.

What did the Zen master say to the New York City hot dog vendor?
Make me one with everything.

A blonde woman walked into a salon wearing huge headphones. When it was her turn to get her haircut, the hairdresser requested for her to remove her headphones. The blonde said it was very important for her to keep them on. The hairdresser complied and started cutting her hair. After a while she was having difficulties cutting her hair around and under the headphones, so she just decided to pull them off. The blond suddenly turned red, choked and fell to the floor. The hairdresser was in utter shock on what just happened in front of her. Curious, she picked up the headphones and listened to it, to hear someone repeatedly saying the words "Breathe in....breathe out".

What's a Mexican's favorite sport?
Hurdling

I thought getting a vasectomy would keep my wife from getting pregnant, but all it did was changes the color of the baby.

You can preload the game, but won't be able to access it until 23:00 GMT tonight (4 hours after this edit)

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Games / Looking for a collection of stuffty games to stream

« on: November 07, 2015, 08:33:10 AM »

Doing an extra life stream later, want to play a bunch of stuffty games that would be fun to watch. You know the type.

I have no idea of any of these types of games, so I couldn't even provide an example.

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Off Topic / Looking for a laptop for university

« on: August 23, 2015, 04:06:18 PM »

I'm going to university in September to do software engineering, so I need a laptop to do work on. Since I'm living away from home, I'd like it to be able to handle some gaming as well.

Requirements:
- 4GB RAM
- Runs cs:go at decent settings & framerate
-  £700 / $1100 or less

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Off Topic / I'm legal now

« on: March 09, 2015, 08:00:10 PM »

Just hit midnight, so now I'm 18 and can finally drink (legally)

Cant believe I joined this place when I was in primary school. Time flies.

If any of you are feeling generous... :o
csgo skins also accepted ;)

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Games / Break_In [Kickstarter]

« on: February 16, 2015, 09:20:14 AM »

Click to see kickstarter page

My friend has started a kickstarter for his game Break_In. He has just created a basic concept demo for it for the purpose of the kickstarter. All objects, menus, GUIs, etc, are placeholder.

I am not directly involved with the development of this game, only testing.

I am promoting this here because I would like to see this game succeed and become a reality. All information can be found on the kickstarter page, but feel free to send him questions. I will answer whatever I can about it, though.

View the kickstarter here

Register for the demo here

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General Discussion / It's been a while, looking to get back into playing this regularly.

« on: December 23, 2014, 08:12:03 PM »

I haven't really played blockland properly in about a year or so. Occasionally I come on to work on a build but then I stop again for a few weeks. The little livestreams I did helped me stay in the game for a bit, but then I realised there weren't many fun servers.

So it's been a year, tell me what servers I should check out, what gamemodes are fun, addons to richard around with, all that jazz.

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Games / Extra Life - Team7200 [Over]

« on: October 21, 2014, 01:56:44 PM »

Click the banner to visit our website

What is extra life?
Extra life is a game related event where people do 24 hour livestreams to raise money for hospitals that treat sick children. Although individuals do this all the time, this is a big method of trying to do it simultaneously. More groups and publicity yields better results.

Why should I watch?
Last year, Team7200's extra life stream was a huge success, many viewers had lots of fun and had lots of compliments to give. We are hoping to bump up the entertainment value so everyone has an even better time. By having a stream we don't take seriously and donation rewards about making fools of ourselves, we're sure this can be accomplished.

We also have plenty of giveaways to hand out. Not just mediocre, cheap indie games, but copies of Payday 2, its DLC and even physical items. The top prize is a Payday 2 poster signed by Overkill themselves.

There is a lot more information on the website. Either click the banner at the top or follow the link below to go there.

When is it?
Our stream will begin at

Saturday the 25th of October
10AM GMT / 5AM EST

and will end 24 hours later. If enough people want it, we may do an hour encore.

Links

The Website
Donation Page
Steam Group
The Stream

If you have any questions, feel free to post them below.

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Off Topic / Framerate drops when streaming

« on: September 07, 2014, 02:15:44 PM »

When I stream, at random, the FPS will drop to about 10/20 for a few seconds and then return to normal. When this happens, the CPU temp decreases and the load increases, while the GPU temp stays the same and its load decreases.

This only happens when streaming and it didnt happen a few months ago, I dont know what the problem is. I used to be able to stream no problem.

Specs:
AMD FX-8120 @ 3.1GHz
16GB DDR3 RAM @ 1600MHz
AMD R9 280X
750W CiT Gold PSU
Nothing is over/under clocked

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Games / Trying to play some games takes down my internet

« on: September 06, 2014, 04:35:32 PM »

When I open the community server browser in cs:go or gmod, or the server list in bohemia games (arma 2, arma 2: OA, DayZ mod, DayZ standalone) and try to connect to a server the connection fails. I then close the game and go to chrome and try to open a webpage and I get the "page failed to load" or "cannot connect to the internet" and thus, cant load any pages. However, I can still send and receive steam messages most of the time, but steam occasionally goes down too. It's not just chrome, spotify and even mobile apps fail to work when this happens. It lasts for a minute or 2 then goes back to normal, until I try to connect to another server

This has been going on for a few weeks now and im sick of waiting for it to pass

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Off Topic / Best unity book?

« on: July 23, 2014, 04:13:42 PM »

I want to use unity and i was following a video tutorial but it wasnt great, and I thought about buying a book on amazon. I want to use C# for this. I saw some books on amazon, but either their reviews werent great, or the content wasnt great.

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Off Topic / Looking for a desk

« on: June 04, 2014, 03:35:53 PM »

I made this topic before, but it's too old. I stopped thinking about it but i thought about it again, looked around and cant find any

I want a desk that is black and is a corner desk. All the ones i've seen are too long at one side and it's annoying. I dont have much room in the corner i'm in. I made this diagram to show what shape the desk must be in, and the length of each side



Requirements:

• Black
• Corner desk
• Meets above size requirements
• No back panels
• Around £100

also dont be an annoying forgethead by posting a link to lmgtfy like the last guy