Gamesradar UK forum closure

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Wow. When I initially had the idea for Waves, I didn’t think one of my first posts would be about the demise of the Gamesradar UK forum.

While it seems a waste to destroy the community, undo all the hard work people have put into the place and erase all that history from the internet, to be honest I feel that for the people who run the Gamesradar main site, it was the best thing to do. I saw this closure coming two years ago, although I was sure it would happen within weeks or months, not years.

Retarded SQL things

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This was originally posted in the Bloggers section on the now-defunct Poopgang forum. And I'm back to thinking that the £80 paid for two years hosting was a waste again. I've just spent an absolute age trying to work out why the RSS feeds aren't working properly and why the SQL stupid things were being retarded. I really have little…

Ah, Rez was good

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This was originally posted in the Bloggers section on the now-defunct Poopgang forum. Finally unlocked the last custom colour scheme for Direct Assault on the PS2 version, it was literally years ago that I 100%ed the Dreamcast version, seems a lifetime ago. I always forget how hard area 2 is to 100%... Listening to the soundtrack is one thing, but…

I just don’t know what to do with myself

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This was originally posted in the Bloggers section on the now-defunct Poopgang forum. Since the courses have been cancelled I've been wandering around for a week just not knowing what to do or how to get things back on track. Applied for a couple more jobs, got turned down, what the fuck? Ah, bollocks to it, I'm going to play…

Bomberman Tournament!

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This was originally posted in the Bloggers section on the now-defunct Poopgang forum. I was going to go and "pwn" some "nubs" at Gamestaion today, they were doing a Bomberman tourney with "Prizes Galore" on offer. Being the grizzled Bomberman Online veteran that I am, I'm sure I would've put those little buggers in their place and walked away with…

I have a dream

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This was originally posted in the Bloggers section on the now-defunct Poopgang forum.

I was going to do an entry yesterday talking about some Random Fury members and how much I appreciate them wanting to voluntarily play under the RF banner, but Jane came in and I got side-tracked. It’ll have to wait now, as I have something else to say.

Whilst Orca is designing a Flash based Halo 2 Random Fury site, featuring profiles and such of all the members, all the map strategies and tactics, any guides or FAQs that have been written, I’m also looking to learn website design at a local college in September, which will be free thanks to me claiming Jobseekers Allowance.