Whats Rocked And Sucked?

[Dark Drakan]

Rocked

• Going to be able to fit some gaming in tonight (if Ava behaves) as my wife is going out.
• Had some overtime last 2 weeks so finally starting to claw some money back.
• Last working day of my week today.
• Weather is improving for next 2 weeks (hopefully we get an actual summer this year).

Sucked

• Situation with Lionhead and Fable Legends.
• Still 5 hours of work left.
• Ava is ill.

 

[Dark Drakan]

Rocked

• Steam Summer Sale is ongoing.
• Last day of work for the week.
• Should hopefully get some relaxing time tonight.
• Ava is still sleeping really well 5.30pm/6pm to 6.30am/7am usually.
• Hoping to get some gaming time soon.
• Patch 0.60 was released for DayZ and I hear its a good one.
• Loads of games to play in my collection at the moment.
• Quite a few new people registering here.

Sucked

• At work currently.
• Havent had ANY gaming time for weeks.
• Just had to pay car insurance and tax on day of Steam Sale starting.

 

[Angel]

Rocked:

• Tattoos on Thursday

Sucked:

• Teenage daughter's birthday is fast becoming the most expensive one yet...dreading her 16th next year.

 

[Dark Drakan]

Rocked

• Managed to pick up an Xbox One S for £199, at that price I couldnt say no.
  
• Off to watch Chuck Mosley (formally of Faith No More) on Wed.
• Still got LOADS of games to finish.
• Some time off work coming soon.

Sucked

• Summer is over.
• Not much time to game but slowly getting more.
• Got work at 6am after the Chuck Mosley gig.
• Ava is teething and got a cold at same time.

 

[Dark Drakan]

Rocked

• New games from some of my old favourite former studios Westwood Studios, Lionhead & Bullfrog are all being worked on.
  
• Day off work tomorrow.
• Loads of new games to get through.

Sucked

• Cold weather is back.
• Paternity pay over Christmas has decimated my bank balance.
• Very little time to actually play games currently with 5 week old baby and nearly 2 year old.
• Been working overtime for 4 weeks with a newborn so not had much sleep.
• Got a trapped nerve in my spine at moment too.

 

[missyrita]

Rocked

• New games from some of my old favourite former studios Westwood Studios, Lionhead & Bullfrog are all being worked on.
  
• Day off work tomorrow.
• Loads of new games to get through.

Sucked

• Cold weather is back.
• Paternity pay over Christmas has decimated my bank balance.
• Very little time to actually play games currently with 5-week old baby and nearly 2 year old.
• Been working overtime for 4 weeks with a newborn so not had much sleep.
• Got a trapped nerve in my spine at moment too.

Looks like you are having a productive 2018.

 

[Dark Drakan]

Looks like you are having a productive 2018.

Yeah it already feels like we are months into the year rather than weeks. :lol:

 

[Dark Drakan]

Rocked

• Could potentially be a new Fable game in the works leading to more people coming back here.
  
• Last early start at work for the week today and early finish too.
• Weather is starting to warm up from Sunday.
• Had some time to play Shadow of War yesterday.

Sucked

• Still got trapped nerve in back (though slightly better than it was).
• Freezing today and heating at work sucks.
• My daughter is ill and wife is having to deal with aftermath while im stuck at work.

 

[Zarkes]

What's Rocked:
Fable 4 news!
Just got a fitness club in town only 10$ a month.
Enjoying the mod suite Bethesda has introduced to Xbox.
Finally got my surround sound up and running with one remote.
Taking visceral for anxiety and it's doing wonders for my mental health.
Met up with an old friend from my school days and had a drink he's going to help me get my Pc and invited me to join a D&D club.

Whats sucked:
Been couch ridden for a while and only just now getting better.
Both cars need to go to the mechanic.
Lost faith in Bungie as developers.
Have some sort of joint pain in my left ankle and an unusual high heart rate might have to see a doctor about it.
Currently penniless.

 

[Dark Drakan]

Rocked

• Seeing a Dragon Ball game sell really well and receive really good reviews.
• Got some time to game this week finally and been enjoying some Shadow of War and Life is Strange: Before The Storm.
• Mornings are getting lighter so wont be pitch black when im setting off for work soon.
• My wifes blog etc is doing really well and shes finally making money off it.
• My daughters 2nd birthday in 3 days.

Sucked

• I shall also be another year older in 7 days. x_x
  
• My car is having issues again with another oil leak and been told that it would be expensive fix this time and with car being 10 years old it might be worth doing the cheaper temporary fix and getting rid soon.
• Been expensive 3 months already.
• Weather is getting colder again... roll on summer.

 

[Gikoku]

Rocked:
- My new mouse and case fan came in the mail, so I can finally start posting without headaches again.
- New mouse works great!
- Fable IV being in the pipeline is finally a reality again.
- Enjoyed my time with Kath over in Scotland.
- Crypto-currency is beginning to see another crash. <3
- Playing Deus Ex: HR again properly, I forgot how awesome it is, hope Mankind Divided is a worthy successor.

Sucked:
- Wishing I didn't have to say goodbye to Kath again, the time there just kinda flew right by.
- Crypto miners ruining PC gaming & building for everyone.
- The snow just keeps on piling outside, I'm sure all those kids love it though.
- My cat's eye hasn't gotten any better while I was away, still need to get him to the vet again and try some different medications.

 

[Dark Drakan]

Rocked

• Got Dragon Ball FighterZ for my birthday (so I’m told).
• Last day of getting up early for week today.
• Looking like some great games coming this year.

Sucked

• Haven’t had much time to get through games recently.
• Internet connection has been a little off in last few days.
• Another year older.
• Working on my birthday & up early.
• Wife hasn’t found where she put the game yet so don’t actually have it in my hand.

 

[Dark Drakan]

Rocked

• Managed to finish off some games in my collection in last few weeks and make progress on others.
• Its Friday so 3.30pm finish today.
• My wife has been doing well with her blog and getting quite a lot of paid work and sponsored content.
• Fixed my frozen pipes and none draining bath without need to pay someone (unlike all my work colleagues and friends who had to pay people to come out).

Sucked

• The weather, snow and ice everywhere and heating is broken at work. Might as well work in a freezer as you can see your breath in my room.
  
• Havent been able to travel too much in last few days.
• Youngest child was almost sleeping through night but cold weather seems to have thrown her off again so getting up at 2-3am for a feed and awake again at 5.30am before work.

 

[Dark Drakan]

Rocked

• My wife purchased Far Cry 5 for me randomly yesterday.
• Only 1 full working day left this week.
• Feeling better than I did yesterday after a bug hit me in the afternoon.

Sucked

• Felt awful yesterday and overnight with random illness.
• Have only had about 3 hours sleep a night for last 4 days.
• Working bank holiday.
• Havent had any gaming time in last week or so.
• Kids are ill too.

 

[Angel]

Rocked: Vietnamese coffee, Ant Man and the Wasp movie, illicit KFC and The Meg is coming out soon

Sucked: still too hot, electricity bill is fleecing me and I've sabotaged my weightloss quite a bit lately...

 

[Dark Drakan]

Rocked

• Actually enjoying No Mans Sky
• Almost potty trained 1 of my daughters
• Been enjoying the sunshine

Sucked

• Youngest has been waking up in night and we have averaged 2-4 hours sleep a night for a week now. Plus she’s still in our room & trying to find way to put her in with my other daughter without them disturbing each other.
• Absolutely broke at min too and my wages didn’t even get me out of my overdraft this week.
• Car MOT is due & likely needs work before it will pass.
• Had to cancel holiday due to no money and need some work doing on my house too.
• Not had much time for gaming again lately.

 

[Dark Drakan]

Rocked

• Red Dead Redemption 2.
• May actually have some cash to buy Christmas presents from this week.
• Command and Conquer Remasters announced with Petroglpyh and Frank Klepacki!
• My youngest childs first birthday soon.
• New Dragon Ball Movie out in couple of months.

Sucked

• Its Monday morning again...
• Only had chance to play Red Dead Redemption 2 for 2 hours since launch so far.
• This year has flown by.
• Havent had chance to get to the cinema for about a year now.
• Steam Sales soon and Christmas and I have barely cleared out my gaming backlog from last ones.

 

[Dark Drakan]

• Only had chance to play Red Dead Redemption 2 for 2 hours since launch so far.

Had to respond to my own comment here, still only managed this 2 hour session on Red Dead Redemption 2 and its coming up to 2 years later. >_<

Rocked

• Weather is getting better.
• Saved decent amount of money since lockdown.
• Should be able to buy new CPU and GPU in a couple of months.
• Loads of new games to get through.
• Finding more time to get on the forums and post while there isnt much to do at work.

Sucked

• Lockdown, cant go anywhere, cant see anyone, just work and then home and dont even have time to game.
• Kids cant go to school and we refuse to send them back early and put their health at risk.
• Not much work to do at work at moment and that means the days are dragging.

 

[Angel]

Rocked: school is back in just two days and I get some semblance of a life back after 6 months of home schooling horror

Sucked: Bill of the electric. Y u so high??

 

[Dark Drakan]

Rocked: school is back in just two days and I get some semblance of a life back after 6 months of home schooling horror

Sucked: Bill of the electric. Y u so high??

Rocked

• Kids finally back at school
• nVidia finally unveiled the 3000 series GPUs
• Put a few hours into Shadow of War after owning it for years and enjoying it
• Made a decent amount of cash selling items on eBay to fund all my PC Upgrades

Sucked

• Kids have cost me a fortune in new school uniform, suits for college and new uniforms for dance classes etc
• Deaf in one ear for 13 days so far but seeing a specialist tomorrow so hopefully something can get sorted