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    General Music Chat?

    in Music, Film, TV & Sports

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    I have very recently mostly thanks to Llama got into Devlin, and we went to see him live at my uni last week, he was f***ing awesome. Album I am most looking forward to this year will definitely have to Rise Against's new album, the name of which I can't remember. Also really pissed off that I checked their website the day after their tickets for their London gig went on sale only to find out they had already sold out =[

    What are you currently playing?

    in Gaming

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    Just Cause 2. This game is freaking awesome, I love the alternative methods of transport such as the parachute and grappling hook combo. And then there is the ludicrous weapons for example when you invade a military base and you can detach the mounted guns which, when detached, have unlimited ammo and destroy EVERYTHING.

    After Schooling...

    in Members' Lounge

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    I was always a pretty good student, really. Then when I hit puberty I sorta rebelled and went all 'f*** it' .Pretty much got nothing outta my GCSE's (exams which control your life when you're 15, 16) and then regretted it for an absolute age. It was coming up to the end of summer, and everyone I knew had found jobs, further study, or murdered their Grandparents for inheritance to tide them over. I hadn't, so I just threw myself into the local college to see what I could do... anything with computers being the fallback plan. Found out I could study Graphic Design, and voila. That was the master plan.

    Less than half a year later and I'd settled back into the same mentality. I'd get up, shower, get dressed, walk to the bus stop, watch the bus go past, walk back home and get in bed. Come 4 oclock I'd get up, go see the GF and walk back home at around 6 with my parents none the wiser. The perfect crime. Then my conscience caught up with me, so I officially backed out of studying, got myself a job and earnt myself some cash until the next academic year rolled around. THEN I got my ass in gear. 3 Years of studying later and I'm on my way to a degree in something I love with people I love beside me.

    TlDr: If you've got the brains, it's worth going the full 9 yards with your education. If you don't, there's plenty of things out there you can still do, love and be good at. Not a reason to get complacent or lazy, or to screw yourself over... but if you really want it, you should find it.

    Essentially the same thing happened to me, not surprising seeing as me and Llama spent quite a lot of time together growing up lol.

    After my GCSE's which were average I suppose, I took the 'expected route' and stayed on at my school to go through sixth form. I pretty much coasted my way through my GCSE's and didn't come out the other side too badly, I took this same mentality into sixth form and when exam time rolled round I was totally f***ed. I bummed out hard on my first year getting 4 E grades and 1 D grade at AS level.

    After a very sobering interview with one of our heads of sixth form, I decided to re-take my AS year and try to get some decent grades. I very nearly did the exact same thing, it was only when I realised that all of my friends (now in the year above) were getting university offers in and getting really excited about leaving for university that I thought it was about time i pulled my finger out of my arse and got down to some hard work, and it payed off, I came out of my second year of AS with 2 B grades, 2 C grades and 1 E grade (the E being in physics which I still maintain to be f***ing hard).

    I continued this studious approach to my education through to A2 and managed to come out of A2 with 3 C grades which was enough to secure me my place at my first choice university (university of Kent in Canterbury, England) where I am now studying computer science with a year in industry.

    Overall I would say that if you know deep down that you are academically capable then go for the academic route, because in the end when you put the effort in you realise just how rewarding it is when you achieve a high grade. But if you know academia is not for you, I wouldn't let yourself be forced into it, I have seen some kids whose parents have forced them into higher education and it has made them really depressed because they just can't cope with the demands of higher education.

    Apologies for my absence

    in Members' Lounge

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    I do apologise for my recent and prolonged inactivity on the forums, I guess i got really busy and caught up in my sixth form life, I remembered about the forums when I was talking to Llama the other week and he told me what was currently going on on here and I must admit I have missed posting here... I hope that we can get TGTAP back to how it was.

    Modern Warfare 2

    in Gaming

    Posted

    Yeah the M21 sounds amazing, I got 10 kill streak with an M21 build:

    M21

    G18

    Claymore/Flashbangs

    scavenger pro

    stopping power pro

    ninja

    did a very n00bish rook camp on Karachi and sent out an attack helicopter and then a pavelow with my killstreak rewards and then just picked a load off with the EBR. ended the round on a 22:3 k:d ration =]

    I find the shotguns in MW2 have insane range, or is that just me?

    The LCF chat topic

    in Gang Chat

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    Hey guys I have returned after a seemingly long break, having had the intentions to actually do well in school, unfortunately that hasn't happened yet, oh well I am back now =] How's everyone been?

    By the way can someone (probably Noru) PM the new password for our private forums please?

    cheers =]

    Official Playstation Discussion

    in Gaming

    Posted

    Seriously Ivan is right, Heavy Rain is truly amazing, the game has 20 different endings which could change at almost any time, I love the game so much. It is one of the first PS3 games that fully makes use of all of the PS3's functions, for example you use, regularly, all of the buttons, both analogue sticks and the SIXAXIS feature of the controller.

    Modern Warfare 2

    in Gaming

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    In terms of the 3 shot weapons like the M16, FAMAS, the Raffica pistol, they're strong enough without SP. Just need to make sure all 3 bullets hit, and then 1 or 2 squeezes of the shoot button and they're down. A weapon I haven't really used but is excellent with or without SP is one of the sniper rifles with the ACOG sight. The M21 EBR, quite lethal because its accuracy is the best in the game. Regardless of the stats which say other weapons are better, use that gun with the ACOG and it's like a more lethal version of the G3 from COD4.

    Hmmmm fair enough, personally I don't get on with burst fire weapons, if I want my gun to burst fire I will release the LMB, but I suppose it's down to personal choice...

    About the EBR, yeah I have found that it's very brutal, however I have a bolt action rifle fetish, I am not sure why I just prefer them to semi-auto rifles...

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