19 hour fasts aint easy Alex :mr-t:mr-t:blarg no water, no food, no cigarettes even - nada... and I love to smoke while I play wipeout. Besides, I swapped my TV for a 24inch monitor (finally got the beasty PC for video special effects).
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19 hour fasts aint easy Alex :mr-t:mr-t:blarg no water, no food, no cigarettes even - nada... and I love to smoke while I play wipeout. Besides, I swapped my TV for a 24inch monitor (finally got the beasty PC for video special effects).
Sad about that Terra but you're doing it right :) See you in another session.
Well i'm around and about if anyone wants to fly tonight :)
Hope you guys had fun (or, if still going, continue to do so ^^ )
@Mosh Food wouldn't be a problem lol, water however :P
Don't restart smoking when it's over, it's better for ya :) (If you smoke)
And wooot for the new PC, party time!! \(^o^)/
Cipher
@terra: i would say, don't stop smoking, if you love it, like you said. because something that you love to do cannot be bad for you ;)
btw, are you allowed to sleep during the day? that's what i would do to fight the hunger :D
I do miss the old days :)Quote:
Originally Posted by stinkleroy
well, I'm down to only smoking a cig after I break the fast at night after sunset - and it buzzes me out so bad, legs turn to jelly :D better than weed duuude.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cypher
During the day, I don't crave the cigs because I'm too thirsty for water lol. I feel so healthy now and it's only been 10 days. Blood pressure has dropped to normal levels and my adrenaline is.... uh, where is it? :D I feel detoxed. 20 days left. I'll be superhuman by the end of this.
Fruit is soooo good after a fast, and my taste buds :D can't explain man, childlike is the best way to explain it. I can taste EVERYTHING as it is meant to be tasted :)
I have to work :blarg fortunately I run a business which is my own, and so, I can take the odd power nap here and there, until the phone rings and brings me out of my stupor - and that sucks really badly. Today for example, I was in my office (I work from home) and decided to have a break, so I layed down on the recliner, put my feet up, dozed off for like all of 7 minutes or thereabouts, then the phone went off - unhappy client - and my throat was so dry when I spoke to him, I felt he may have thought I was feigning some emotion or something. I explained I was fasting and he was like "how do you not eat or drink for 30 days straight? are you even human?" I found that really funny and even laughed, but only ended up sounding like a horse being strangled. Weird schit man. The I explained that when a Muslim fasts, he doesn't eat or drink in the daylight hours at all... 19 hours in the peak of British summertime is a pain in the - well - just plainly painful full stop :D Can't wait for another ten years when it will be in winter when the daylight hours are shorter :) This is not easy. But necessitated, my body needs a detox baaaadly.Quote:
Originally Posted by JFtheBestJan
I think I'll pack up the smoking. It's not working out for me :D nicotine withdrawal though, is a real beeyatch. Just gonna have to try and deal with it. God give me strength.
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Just wanted to say thanks to Maccy, Kronic, eric and Ane for sticking it out on Friday night it was fun :)
Awesome to see our friends Xtriko and Zones as well, I hope you guys will come back to play with us again soon! I'll be back next Friday.
Alright I won't be around tonight for a Friday night flyabout as I have a BBQ to go to. I'm not sure if eric will be around or not, but I'll be back next week @ 7.30pm (GMT)
I won't make this evening either, Sis is coming over from Paris, nor the week after, cuz then it's the other way around :p
Cipher
There are still a few zoners playing at the moment if you want to join.
See you next time alex, AnECat :)
I just got a PS3 after a 6 year hiatus. Hit me up if you want to play Wipeout. My PSN ID is my username
Well come join us on Friday nights Nova, from 7.30pm GMT onwards. All are welcome!
You owe us some races Cipher ;) Hope you have a great time in Paris :)
Thanks eric, I will be there for sure next week, hope you had fun :)
I owe them indeed, the 19th, pinky promise ;p
& Thx, happy summer holidays to everyone! ^^
Cipher
Edit, noticed the threads got merged to the public section of the forum, cheers whoever did that ^^
Friday at 7Gmt you say? I may start showing up. Seems kinda like a bowling league thing.
dammit i'm screwed... no TV.
You got so hungry you ate it Mosh?! :p
As mentioned before, i won't make this week, next week though!! :D
Cipher
Well, I got the PC I wanted but wanted a decent monitor for it... so I sold the TV and put some extra cash in to get the monitor I wanted :D
I'll prolly get a new tv in late Aug early Sept when I can afford it. I'll be really rusty when I get back so i might have to start off in a the Icaras, coz she handles well... and work back up the beasty fish once I got my legs back :D
Formula Fusion though, hmmm... I got my eyes on that now, since I have a badass PC now. See specs here: http://www.wipeoutzone.com/forum/sho...148#post244148
What you think? :)
I hate selling stuff which i know i'll have to buy again sooner or later, meaning you'll probably lose a bit of money because you had to sell it as used, so i'd just keep saving up, but that's just me, see you in august/sep! :D
As for the comp, that's a beefy build indeed, can't beat me though XD (Only your video card is better (good pick btw, bang for your buck with the 970) mine's 4 years old now), then again, i did spend 3K on it lol
But it's a damn fine build, hope you thought of great cooling though with the 4GHz processor? (Running a 3.2GHz Hexa here, never goes over 40°C :D)
Also, this kinda totally off topic, Charlie's gunna come kick our butts, wonder if a "post your system setup" thread would be interesting on here (i freaking love computer building XD), then again, this is wipeout, it's not even related to computers lol, so mibi not
Here's my build if you fancy a peek; http://www.tonymacx86.com/user-build...dual-boot.html
(The ram's been upgraded though)
Cipher
That is one seriously sexy setup... very impressed.
A question Cipher, isn't the i7 4790k processor better than the i7 3930k?
Rest which I didn't mention is as follows:
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming5 G1
Processor fan: Zalman Shark Fin Blade GNPS10X optima Direct Touch Heatpipe
Power Supply: Zalman Goldrock ZM750-XG 750W
Bluray: Pioneer BDR-209DBK read & write
Oh and I forgot to mention the Ram is Ballistix by Crucial 8GB (got 4 of these)
I also have a MAC wired keyboard with numerical keypad like you lol.
I'm not too savvy on building computers to be fair, and got Andybob35 to help me understand all this malarky, which is still a bit like "what is that again?" for me, so I'm pleased you say its a decent setup :)
Also: SNAP :D my case is also white, looks like R2D2 disguised as a storm trooper :D
Total cost was around £1500 UK.
Also, sorry for offtopic guys... Cipher, you're right, a PC Setup thread would be interesting, and now you got me curious as to what Hellfire has :)
They're pretty evenly matched up and your single core performance is definitely much better, 4GHz vs 3.2 on mine, but having 6 cores reduces power consumption and heat generation quite a bit, that as well as having a way better multithreaded performance (obviously, 4 vs 6 cores), but also a big difference is the L1, L2 and L3 cache sizes, (basically CPU memory (to minimise I/O with SDRAM), the bigger it is, the more can be stored and accessed faster)
And, when turbo boosted, my hexa jumps to 3.9GHz, so it's no so far off, however, when you go turbo boost, it jumps to 4.4 (max), which if you compare, is an increase of 400MHz for you, and a 700Mhz for me, that's a difference of 300Mhz.. times 6 8D
It's much pricier though, there was another upgrade for mine, the i3930x (which has another boost to L3 cache size), but the price doubled lol
Not only that, but mine doesn't have integrated graphics (it relies on graphics card, without it, you have a brick), whereas yours does, but personally i prefer it like this, GPUs tend to get warm and as i mentioned in that build, i prefer running my system coooooool
And finally, mine's a bit of an odd socket (LGA2011), yours is more compatible, but the socket it has happened to perfectly match the mobo i needed/wanted (which now even has an upgrade, deluxe edition, which i kinda want xD)
My setup is hackingtosh (Running Mac OSX on a non-Macintosh Computer) compatible though, something that's not so easily done :p (Which was the main criteria when choosing my parts)
And mmmmmmmmmm-mm! I love my case, pure design pickings! Haha! Been wanting to create my own case nowadays though, but what i have in mind isn't cheap, so no go :p (Wipeout themed lol)
You never mentioned your GFX Card ram though (i hope you went with 2GB or more?)
Oh and that's a great cooler pick ;)
Charlie posted a pick of his setup not too long ago.... somewhere....
Cipher
ps we should totally stop being off topic in here lol, it's escalating quickly XD *stores away geek glasses he doesn't have*
pps i had a déjÃ* vue writing this
ppps and a déjÃ* vue of the déjÃ* vue lol
pppps would love to see pics of your build :p (but shoot a PM before the mods or charlie hang us by our computer cable cords LOL)
ppppps i should totally go to sleep as well
pppppps this is a long list of post scriptum, i wonder if it's still sensible :p
Just ignored all that PC stuff, sorry guys :p
I be around for the night, from 8pm this week, hope to see some people there :)
I will be online BUT!, I will be available in November coming! sorry.....:(
stevie :(
November! Stevie please try to join us sometime before then :p Would be great to race with you again, anytime.
Thanks to everyone who showed up on Friday night it was a blast, sorry I had to retire early due to my old wipeout injury of thumb blister but we will be back next week from 8pm GMT, I think 7.30 is a little early for some.
l also want to say thanks to all the participants last night. lt would be really cool if this 'thing' stays a thing. l got the feeling like l was participating in the last (and only for me) avalon event :)
:) my one is all healed up (I think) :D but then again, I havent played wipeout for a looong while now.Quote:
Originally Posted by stinkleroy
I'll be back - at some point.
Oh my thumb blister only appears when I play WO, I have small hands and sometimes it's a reach for the sticks when rolling. Do you play stick too Terra? You better be back mate, I will hunt you down otherwise ;)
Roll on Friday :)
i'm strictly dpad :D
If things go according to plan, I may be back as soon as the first week of August. latest, mid september. So many bills to pay :D and i'm trying to squeeze a small holiday in there somewhere too.
wipEout has to be done. Seeing the ps3 just sit there doing nothing is saddening.
Enjoy the Friday gatherings, :)
Hey guys, anyone has gmt+4 time zone for some evening games ? Or at least close to that ?
That depends on what you define "evening" really :P
Cipher
em... around 18-21 pm, no ?
that's 3-6PM CET, should be possible for me, you talking fridays or just any day of the week?
Shoot a friend request if you like ;)
Cipher
Currently, i can any day until 3 of august (with the possible exceptions of weekends). In fact, i can sit even until 23 pm by mine time. Could stay longer, but have to move back sleep time, cause im completely ruined now (didnt sleep today)
I know that feeling :P
But alright, fine with me, just pop me a msg when you want to play ;)
Cipher
Sure thing.
Have sent friend request.
And actually, at Russia there is some sort of sh~ with time shift, so i think im actually GMT +3, cause we have now same time with Bulgaria, but i've chosen +4 in settings as "typical" for Moscow.
You mean daylight savings time (DST)? :p
Yeah,w e have that too, so all good, still the same, but just pop a psn msg and if i respond, i'll be there :D
Cipher
(But not this friday/weekend :p)
Il be online over the weekend if anyone fancies a few races, probably afternoon/evening uk time. do many people still play? Its been a long time since I last played.
Hiya Geeza, long time no see. See my thread in the arena section if you fancy a race this Friday, we are still here :)
I can't do Fridays sorry, I'm sure il find a few pilots online on Saturday. I've missed this game so much and I can't wait to play!
Wicj times you are around megageeza? Saturdays l often fly too.
I'm online..
Online now for maybe a few hours