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The good, the bad and the ugly of the last week (6 February 2015)

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Vader vs shredder

Now that we’re in February, my local stores are filled with chocolates and stupid presents for people to buy the people they love. I don’t celebrate Valentine’s Day, although I accept chocolate any time of year. Of course, with Eskom doing all this load shedding they are already creating such a romantic mood – see, they’re doing it for us. Candle-lit dinners everyone!

Best Story

It was a nice week in gaming – plenty of cool news. We’re finally hearing more about Bloodborne details, Homeward Remastered isn’t going to rely too much on nostalgia and Final Fantasy XIV might be coming to Xbox One soon. But I think the best news was that Mass Effect won’t be following the Dragon Age template and Ubisoft restored fraudulent Far Cry 4 keys.

Worst Story

There were also some less than happy stories, this week. Battlefield: Hardline won’t hit 1080p on consoles – something that actually matters when you’re using precision aiming to kill something in the distance. The worst story, though? A LoL tournament thought it was okay to discriminate against LGBTQ players. They later backtracked with the world’s weakest apology.

Best ION

Yolandi13

Finally, a Homegrown Hottie who is a real hottie! Plus, the photographer didn’t feel compelled to smear vaseline over his lens for the picture. Miracle! I still loved Geoff’s Taco ION, but I’ve gotta give this award to the beautiful lady.

Most Comments

There’s an unexpected winner this week. Umar grabs this with his Life is Strange episode 1 review. Well done Umar!

Least Comments

It seems no one cared about my preview for Codename S.T.E.A.M. but that’s fine, FINE you hear me? I can take the hint.

Batman of the Week

Batman undies

We all know that Geoff is more legendary than we could ever be. However, his consistent habit of swooping in and stealing Batman is insane. Curses Geoff, curses!

Best Header Image

Amuugabi

The Mugabe meme was lots of fun to play with, but I think Darryn’s made me laugh the most.

Best Comment

Matewis Jubilai grabs this one for his awesome description of his Homeworld victory.

Still remember my finest multiplayer moment with the original at a lan party: I sacrificed all of my small fighters and bombers in a massive suicide attack of my buddy’s, say Kevin, frigate/battleship fleet. He was far too impressed with how he was butchering my attack to hear the one thing you have to always listen out for : “Mothership under attack”. I had teleported every single one of my, at least 30-40, ion frigates to his mothership and was slowly ripping it to shreds. Kevin’s sister even walked by and he gloated to her in front of me about how he was busy wiping out all of my ships. Then, as the last of my fighters disappeared into a fireball, and with a supremely smug expression on his face, he heard the crackling over his com : “Mothership destroyed” 😀

Bonus Content

This video is still making us laugh far, far too much.

Last Updated: February 6, 2015

110 Comments

  1. So Hard (Umar)

    February 6, 2015 at 12:33

    Haha….99 comments…Well clearly I have 99 problems but being hardline ain’t 1

    Reply

    • Hammersteyn

      February 6, 2015 at 12:38

      You’re so hard!

      Reply

      • Tosh MA

        February 6, 2015 at 12:50

        That’s what she said? O_o

        Reply

        • Ghost In The Rift

          February 6, 2015 at 12:50

          0_O

          Reply

        • Admiral Chief

          February 6, 2015 at 12:58

          *That’s NOT what she said

          Reply

          • Tosh MA

            February 6, 2015 at 13:03

            Women don’t turn you on? Well I suppose that makes sense.

          • Admiral Chief

            February 6, 2015 at 13:07

            How did you get from that to this?

            I worry about you sometimes

          • Kensei Seraph

            February 6, 2015 at 13:10

            Exactly.
            What proof do we have that Tosh MA is actually a man?

          • Spaffy

            February 6, 2015 at 13:10

            Cause he can be a dick sometimes?

          • Kensei Seraph

            February 6, 2015 at 13:13

            Are you sure that she isn’t just being a b*tch?

          • Admiral Chief

            February 6, 2015 at 13:13

            Oh snap

          • Tosh MA

            February 6, 2015 at 13:14

            It’s that time of month ok. Leave me alone.

          • Admiral Chief

            February 6, 2015 at 13:11

            XD

            Your argument, it seems valid

          • Blood Emperor Trevor

            February 6, 2015 at 13:11

            Besides MA being the first 2 letters of man?

          • Admiral Chief

            February 6, 2015 at 13:11

            Well MA means mother, so, there is that

          • Tosh "Did he just say that?"

            February 6, 2015 at 13:31

            MA meant “Mission accomplished.” But fine, new name.

          • Blood Emperor Trevor

            February 6, 2015 at 13:47

          • Tosh MA

            February 6, 2015 at 13:10

            Well if your experience is that she didn’t say that to you, then that means you weren’t hard, which means you weren’t turned on by her, which means you’re not into women.

            It’s basic logic dude. Sometimes I worry about you.

          • Admiral Chief

            February 6, 2015 at 13:12

            I was correcting what YOU said, geez, your logic makes as much sense as an Eskom boardroom

          • Tosh MA

            February 6, 2015 at 13:13

            See, in MY experience she always says its hard. So your correction leads me to assume that YOUR experience is different. And the only logical conclusion is that you weren’t hard.

          • Spaffy

            February 6, 2015 at 13:08

            That’s what HE said? o_0

      • Spaffy

        February 6, 2015 at 13:05

        There’s a penis joke in there.

        Reply

        • Tosh MA

          February 6, 2015 at 13:06

          The joke is the penis isn’t in there. 😛

          Reply

      • So Hard (Umar)

        February 6, 2015 at 13:56

        I’m SO HARD. so so hard!….uhm….

        Reply

  2. Hammersteyn

    February 6, 2015 at 12:42

    • Admiral Chief

      February 6, 2015 at 12:45

      XD

      Reply

  3. Hammersteyn

    February 6, 2015 at 12:43

    Nice one Matewis Jubilai!

    Reply

    • Matewis Jubilai

      February 6, 2015 at 12:50

      Thanks dude 😀
      If only every week could be this awesome: monday morning I even bought a KitKat of which, ALL FOUR pieces were solid chocolate! (sniff)… it was such a special moment :’)

      Reply

      • Hammersteyn

        February 6, 2015 at 12:51

        Never had that happen. Best part is you dont have to share

        Reply

      • Admiral Chief

        February 6, 2015 at 12:51

        WHAT?

        AMAZING
        HAI HAI

        Reply

      • Captain JJ the crafter

        February 6, 2015 at 12:52

        I had the same thing with one of those KitKat Chunky bars. Difference is that I don’t like KitKats, so I was so happy about it 🙂

        Reply

        • Tosh MA

          February 6, 2015 at 12:52

          If you don’t like KitKats, why did you have one?

          Reply

          • Captain JJ the crafter

            February 6, 2015 at 12:53

            Someone bought it for me.

          • Tosh MA

            February 6, 2015 at 12:56

            Fair enough

        • Matewis Jubilai

          February 6, 2015 at 13:05

          A solid chunky? Dang… I need to do some research – I think there are places where one can buy factory rejects. Perhaps some sort of Nestle/Cadburys black market

          Reply

          • HvR

            February 6, 2015 at 14:26

            There used to be a place in Cape Town where you could buy reject Crunchies. They had a high break during manufacturing ratio so lots of reject. R10 bought you a grocery bag full.

      • Ghost In The Rift

        February 6, 2015 at 12:53

        You got some weird luck dude, why didn’t you go buy a lotto ticket?..XD

        Reply

        • Matewis Jubilai

          February 6, 2015 at 12:54

          (facepalm) 🙁

          Reply

      • Captain JJ the crafter

        February 6, 2015 at 12:53

        That must be the first Fortuner ever to not be right on your ass all the time.

        Reply

        • Spaffy

          February 6, 2015 at 13:06

          XD

          Reply

      • Sageville

        February 6, 2015 at 12:58

        That’s like finding the holy grail of chocolate….

        You gonna get such withdrawl and normal kit-kats will just never cut it.

        Reply

        • Matewis Jubilai

          February 6, 2015 at 13:03

          Yeah, I’m laying off buying KitKats for a while 😛 For the time being Tempos are taking their place.

          Reply

          • Admiral Chief

            February 6, 2015 at 13:08

            Man, I love Tempo’s. However, the last box I bought seem to give me headaches…

          • Matewis Jubilai

            February 6, 2015 at 13:20

            “box” 0.0

            see, that is why I stay away from the candy section in Makro 😛

          • Admiral Chief

            February 6, 2015 at 13:24

            I know man, but its part of my groceries, box = R4 per tempo vs R7-R10 at the shops

            However, I think I’ve reached my saturation point of my favourite chocolate, which is a sad day indeed

          • Blood Emperor Trevor

            February 6, 2015 at 13:29

            I did that with a big packet of Fizzers 😀

            Why pay R2 for 1 in a shop when I can buy a bag & pay 90c each?

          • Admiral Chief

            February 6, 2015 at 13:32

            MMMMMM, dat green one!

          • CAE9872

            February 6, 2015 at 14:19

            Ahem I do like a Temp though – been ages since I had one though. I will always remember the advert for that back in late 80s. So anyone remember the band and song that played in background to that ad??? You get 10 free interweb tokens.

          • Matewis Jubilai

            February 6, 2015 at 14:24

            The only old chocholate bar add that I can remember is the TEX add, where the guy shoots holes in the billboard 😛

          • Admiral Chief

            February 6, 2015 at 14:26

            BEST! SO glad SOMEONE still remembers that.

            I tell the kids these day about that and they look at me like I’m insane

          • HvR

            February 6, 2015 at 14:28

            The ad or Tex chocolate, because PnP sell Tex. Just very expensive (for some reason R3+ more than the other brands) for what you get.

          • CAE9872

            February 6, 2015 at 14:29

            I love me a Tex.

          • CAE9872

            February 6, 2015 at 14:28

            Yeah I remember that. Was like a Western type getup?

          • Matewis Jubilai

            February 6, 2015 at 14:37

            That’s how I remember it yes, with an Indiana-Jones-esque character. Can’t seem to find it on youtube 😛

          • CAE9872

            February 6, 2015 at 14:46

            Haha me neither.

          • HvR

            February 6, 2015 at 14:29

            Real MERICA!!! dude. Bronco, 5 o clcok shadow 1876 winchester

          • Matewis Jubilai

            February 6, 2015 at 14:58

            If only I could find the advert then I could tell you! But I think that that add only now exists on some random VHS tapes in people’s attics, and somewhere in the Nestle headquarters basement 😛

          • CAE9872

            February 6, 2015 at 14:17

            Good thing I read that a second time – if you scroll past a little too quickly it reads as “Tampons” and I was getting worried.

      • CAE9872

        February 6, 2015 at 14:16

        You lucky little s**t – COTW and afully filled kit kat. You should have gone to a casino right there.

        Reply

  4. Admiral Chief

    February 6, 2015 at 12:44

    Shredder vs Vader….poor poor Shredder

    Reply

    • Matewis Jubilai

      February 6, 2015 at 12:52

      This one might from Turtles in Time might put up more of a fight:
      But either way, agreed, poor poor Shredder 😛

      Reply

      • Admiral Chief

        February 6, 2015 at 12:58

        Indeed, the new Shredder will last 0.5 seconds longer

        Reply

  5. Admiral Chief

    February 6, 2015 at 12:45

    I wonder how many “load-shedding-babies” will be born in 9 months or so

    Reply

    • Spaffy

      February 6, 2015 at 13:06

      Aren’t all babies born due to “load” shedding?

      Reply

      • Admiral Chief

        February 6, 2015 at 13:08

        Huehuehue

        Reply

      • Admiral Chief

        February 6, 2015 at 13:08

        More like load injection

        Reply

        • Blood Emperor Trevor

          February 6, 2015 at 13:09

          Because you’re a PRICK! 😀

          Reply

      • Blood Emperor Trevor

        February 6, 2015 at 13:08

        That would explain why kids are called “little shits”.

        Reply

        • Spaffy

          February 6, 2015 at 13:09

          You’re doing it wrong. XD

          Reply

        • Kensei Seraph

          February 6, 2015 at 13:09

          Hahaha.
          I know I shouldn’t laugh but still.

          Reply

  6. Captain JJ the crafter

    February 6, 2015 at 12:51

    I loved that comment. Win for Matewis.

    Reply

    • Tosh MA

      February 6, 2015 at 12:52

      Likewise. Just reading that made me smile so much!

      Reply

  7. Kensei Seraph

    February 6, 2015 at 12:59

    Darth Vader versus Shredder.
    Why does a movie not exist for this?!

    Reply

    • Admiral Chief

      February 6, 2015 at 12:59

      Movie will be too short

      Reply

      • Tosh MA

        February 6, 2015 at 13:02

        Tom Cruise short, or Darryn short?

        Reply

        • Admiral Chief

          February 6, 2015 at 13:02

          The love child of TC and DB short

          Reply

          • Tosh MA

            February 6, 2015 at 13:05

            Thanks for the nightmares. XD

      • Kensei Seraph

        February 6, 2015 at 13:05

        Then it should be a 26 episode crossover series with an epic plot, hidden overtures and which should culminate in an even more epic 15 minute fight with Shredder throwing around ninja techniques in order to confuse and disable Darth Vader.

        Reply

        • Admiral Chief

          February 6, 2015 at 13:09

          You have too much time on your hands…(:P)

          Reply

          • Kensei Seraph

            February 6, 2015 at 13:12

            I’m working in a program that uses javascript code but doesn’t use standardized commands.
            In the one part you can use .setValue but in the other part it throws an error saying .setValue isn’t a valid function.

            How the *%&# and I supposed to dynamically set values if there is no function for it?!

          • Admiral Chief

            February 6, 2015 at 13:13

            LMGTFY

            😛

          • Kensei Seraph

            February 6, 2015 at 13:20

            Good luck with that, while you’re at it you should enter the Lotto because you have a better chance of winning.
            The only thing Google finds is the PDF guides that come with the program and standardized javascript code that is not used in this program.

            Admittedly the program has some beautiful example code.
            You just need to figure out which part of the program it works with (spoiler, it’s the wrong part) and then once you’re ready to test it you have to spend 2 minutes publishing it and testing because the best it can do until something errors out is to tell you if you have the syntax correct. Which it does while you’re in the middle of typing in the line of code so of course it’s incorrect and it throws an error message box which interrupts your typing.

          • Admiral Chief

            February 6, 2015 at 13:23

            I think I found your problem, this little line of code:

            set.Kensei.NoobCoder=True

          • Kensei Seraph

            February 6, 2015 at 16:05

            I fixed it… sort of.
            Now I just need to port the functioning code from place A to place C (where it won’t work) or figure out if it’s possible to call a function that is in place A from place C.

      • Kensei Seraph

        February 6, 2015 at 13:08

        It would of course feature Bebop and Rocksteady.

        Reply

      • Matewis Jubilai

        February 6, 2015 at 13:09

        Just give it to Michael Bay 😛 Speaking of which, I still need to see the new Turtles movie

        Reply

        • Admiral Chief

          February 6, 2015 at 13:09

          It is actually, not bad

          Reply

        • Blood Emperor Trevor

          February 6, 2015 at 13:09

          Watch it, it’s fun!

          Reply

          • Matewis Jubilai

            February 6, 2015 at 13:11

            I need some context for your endorsement : did you see the 1990 and 1991 live action turtle films?

          • Admiral Chief

            February 6, 2015 at 13:13

            If you liked those, you might just like the new one

          • Matewis Jubilai

            February 6, 2015 at 13:15

            Great!, then I’ll rent it one day, along with the 1990 and 1991 films, just for in case 🙂

          • Blood Emperor Trevor

            February 6, 2015 at 13:14

            Nope, and I never watched the cartoons much either – I did however review it:

            http://www.themovies.co.za/2014/10/13/we-review-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-hilarity-in-a-half-shell-for-kids/

          • Admiral Chief

            February 6, 2015 at 13:15

            #ShamelessSelfPromotion

          • Blood Emperor Trevor

            February 6, 2015 at 13:16

            #TooLazyToPostTheWholeReview ;P

          • Admiral Chief

            February 6, 2015 at 13:17

            #LazyBugger
            #YourFaceIsSilly
            #TooManyDamnHashtags

          • Blood Emperor Trevor

            February 6, 2015 at 13:18

            Energy efficient thank you very much!

  8. Shas 'O Norm

    February 6, 2015 at 13:41

    Congrats to Matewis Jubilai

    Reply

  9. Lardus-Resident Perve

    February 6, 2015 at 13:44

    Best ION for a while now! I would rather look at her pictures in a respectful way than look at “exotic dancers” at the moment

    Reply

    • Admiral Chief

      February 6, 2015 at 13:57

      Are you looking at exotic dancers at the moment?

      Reply

      • Lardus-Resident Perve

        February 6, 2015 at 15:36

        Unfortunately not. I have not been to any of the establishments since approximately March/April last year! They ladies are apparently suffering without me hehe

        Reply

  10. CAE9872

    February 6, 2015 at 14:14

    Nice one Matewis – that was damn good read. Poetic (justice).

    Reply

  11. ReaperOfSquirrels

    February 6, 2015 at 14:18

    PSA: BT Games is having a pretty cool “Clearout-Sale”.

    For example – Borderlands 2 GOTY for PC is R49.90

    Reply

    • Admiral Chief

      February 6, 2015 at 14:25

      WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?

      Reply

      • ReaperOfSquirrels

        February 6, 2015 at 16:58

        Sorry? What was that? I didn’t hear you.

        Reply

  12. CAE9872

    February 6, 2015 at 14:23

    Oh and I have been here for about a year or so. Can someone explain what Batman of the week is for. I obviously missed that memo when it went around. I keep seeing it and ignoring as I have no idea what it relates to/for.

    Reply

    • Admiral Chief

      February 6, 2015 at 14:25

      BotW is for the staff member who generated the most traffic on the site (all fancy mumbo jumbo behind the scenes magic to calculate)
      Cabbage of the week is for the loser (however that seems to have died down)

      Reply

      • CAE9872

        February 6, 2015 at 14:27

        Tah very much – now I know both.

        Reply

      • Kensei Seraph

        February 6, 2015 at 16:03

        I thought CotW went to the person who got the lowest traffic between Matty and Alesandro.

        Reply

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    February 7, 2015 at 23:53

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