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piln
High Emperor
Joined: 22 May 2003
Posts: 906
Location: Leeds, UK |
| What's happening in the real world? |
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Hello (again) everyone, I've been away for a bit to take care of real world stuff again. Just as I clicked on "new topic" to say hi to everyone, I realised I don't really know a lot about the real lives of many of the people here. If anyone's interested, we can use this thread to discuss new developments in your real-world situations.... I'll start! 
I got a new job... forum moderator! It's for a mobile phone company here in the UK, I have to edit text messages for cussin' and libel before publishing them. The messages come in so slow, I'm basically getting paid to watch TV (TVs at every desk!), read, post on RPGDot, do university work, etc.... hope my bosses aren't monitoring this!  
Speaking of university work... me and my fellow students have to make an "interactive movie," combining film, CG animation and some programming. Instead of going for the traditional (ie, rubbish) approach to interactive movies, we're trying to make a game where the player takes the role of a computer hacker who has to guide a sneaking accomplice through a building, using his hacking abilities to protect the sneak, unlock doors, distract guards etc. Bit like the old Max Headroom movie, if anyone saw that.
And I know this is veering away from the real world a bit, but my new job prompted a spending spree... so I've updated my PC and bought a Gamecube and PS2. Eternal Darkness is fantastic! |
Sun Mar 21, 2004 11:51 pm |
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Korplem
Swashbuckler
Joined: 23 Dec 2002
Posts: 853
Location: Pearl Harbor, HI |
... real world? 
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Mon Mar 22, 2004 2:20 am |
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piln
High Emperor
Joined: 22 May 2003
Posts: 906
Location: Leeds, UK |
lol... lucky you  |
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Mon Mar 22, 2004 2:26 am |
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corwin
On the Razorblade of Life
Joined: 10 Jun 2002
Posts: 8376
Location: Australia |
Glad to see you back Piln. Sounds like your real world is very much a computer world. Like many, I come here to escape the real world with all its hassles. That way, I get to enjoy more hassles with/from the people here!!
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Mon Mar 22, 2004 7:29 am |
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TheLonePaladin
Mighty Warrior
Joined: 27 Feb 2002
Posts: 1808
Location: San Francisco, CA |
i spend my time perfecting the art of war, awaiting the day the Valkyries shall escort me to the glorious halls of Asgard.
oh and midterms were last week.
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"Though the gates that stand between the mortal world and the immortal Realm of Chaos are now closed to me, still I would rather die having glimpsed eternity than never to have stirred the cold furrow of mortal life.
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Mon Mar 22, 2004 9:39 am |
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MageofFire
Griller of Molerats
Joined: 03 Oct 2003
Posts: 1594
Location: Monastery of Innos |
I'm currently enjoying a four-week break from school. My school is a year-round Charter School of about 250. I've been sleeping until twelve, skateboarding, watching movies, spending nights at friends' houses, playing Gothic 2, Call of Duty, BF 1942, and Halo, and reading The Princess Bride (do not let the name deterr you, it is funny as hell).
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Mon Mar 22, 2004 6:04 pm |
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Graham 2
High Emperor
Joined: 29 Jan 2004
Posts: 795
Location: Preston/England |
I'm currently trying to learn Blitzkrieg by Yingwe Malsteen on my guitar.
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Mon Mar 22, 2004 6:08 pm |
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Iron Man
Dazed and Confused
Joined: 07 Dec 2002
Posts: 773
Location: Location Location |
Well I'm getting ready to go away for a week with the cadets. Apart from that, nothing much.
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Mon Mar 22, 2004 9:51 pm |
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Seth
Last Man Standing
Joined: 23 Jan 2002
Posts: 1008
Location: Faerun |
Well… real world…hmm. The best description I can come up with about my current situation. Imagine the fraction of a second before s*** hits the fan and you still hope that you will somehow avoid being splash.
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Tue Mar 23, 2004 1:06 am |
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Val
Risen From Ashes
Joined: 18 Feb 2002
Posts: 14724
Location: Utah, USA |
I'm in the middle of spring cleaning. I'm also doing research for a paper I'm writting on migrating domains from Windows NT to Windows 2003. I just finished a major update to my website. And I should really study for my next test, but my new digital camera is just begging me to browse it's manual.
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Tue Mar 23, 2004 1:34 am |
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Namirrha
Noble Knight
Joined: 03 May 2002
Posts: 218
Location: Utah County, Utah. |
Finished midterms as of tonight (4 over the week). Praying for finals to come so summer can begin. Then I'll take a few courses, do lab work, learn Japanese, and work with my programmer friend and the resident artist, my brother, on a computer game mod.
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Tue Mar 23, 2004 8:42 am |
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goshuto
Wanderer
Joined: 29 May 2002
Posts: 1142
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Hopefully I should finally get my Master's degree next month.
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Tue Mar 23, 2004 2:22 pm |
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piln
High Emperor
Joined: 22 May 2003
Posts: 906
Location: Leeds, UK |
Good luck to everyone with exams and the like.
@corwin, cheers, it's good to be back, and you're right - what with work, studies and hobbies, I'm spending pretty much every waking moment in front of a TV or monitor. Actually, tonight I have something different to do, I have to draw storyboards for a load of movie scenes in our uni project, so I have an opportuity to turn away from the screen and go low-tech (ie, use a pencil)!
@goshuto, what's your Masters in? And good luck, btw - is your work for it finished? |
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Tue Mar 23, 2004 7:22 pm |
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goshuto
Wanderer
Joined: 29 May 2002
Posts: 1142
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Originally posted by piln
what's your Masters in? And good luck, btw - is your work for it finished?
Computer Graphics. Thanks. 99% of the work is done, thank heavens. 
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Wed Mar 24, 2004 2:12 am |
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Val
Risen From Ashes
Joined: 18 Feb 2002
Posts: 14724
Location: Utah, USA |
I attended my precinct's caucus meeting this evening. I was so tempted to... "educate" some people.
What I wouldn't have given for my chipper/shredder....
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