Lvl 51 - But how to spend Attribute points?

[Tannith]

Heh, blackouts is a euphemism for SA's load shedding wouldn't you say (I'm also from South Africa)?

Like the joke goes, "blackouts" is now politically incorrect. We must now refer to "previously lit areas."

But the best one goes like this:

"Eskom has made an announcement:

Eish, we have good news and bed news.

The bed news is thet weeth thees powa seetuayshun, the sheet is going to heet the fen.

The good news is thet the fen is not going to be wekking."

Eskom is in sy moer in, en lag of huil is al wat oor is. Ek kies om te lag... maar ek vloek lekker as die vokken krag uit gaan terweil ek M&B:W speel.

 

[Germanic Celt]

Heh, blackouts is a euphemism for SA's load shedding wouldn't you say (I'm also from South Africa)?

Like the joke goes, "blackouts" is now politically incorrect. We must now refer to "previously lit areas."

But the best one goes like this:

"Eskom has made an announcement:

Eish, we have good news and bed news.

The bed news is thet weeth thees powa seetuayshun, the sheet is going to heet the fen.

The good news is thet the fen is not going to be wekking."

Eskom is in sy moer in, en lag of huil is al wat oor is. Ek kies om te lag... maar ek vloek lekker as die vokken krag uit gaan terweil ek M&B:W speel.

We should call them Eksdom from now on. Luckily, Eksdom's blackouts have stopped the university students from tearing down the statue of Rhodes, because "eet was too dak".

Die ANC stel nie belang nie in die feit dat ons geen krag het nie. They almost support it (sorry, my Afrikaans isn't perfect, haven't learnt it properly yet).

I know what you mean, it's really frustrating when you've made progress but forgot to save when the power goes out.

 

[Tannith]

We should call them Eksdom from now on. Luckily, Eksdom's blackouts have stopped the university students from tearing down the statue of Rhodes, because "eet was too dak".

Die ANC stel nie belang nie in die feit dat ons geen krag het nie. They almost support it (sorry, my Afrikaans isn't perfect, haven't learnt it properly yet).

I know what you mean, it's really frustrating when you've made progress but forgot to save when the power goes out.

Ag, the Rhodes thing is mostly EFF's typical BS. At least they're good for *lots* of laughs (the SONA farce, anyone? I made popcorn and I was not disappointed). And actually, the ANC's taking note of the power problems more even than the DA, because they know damn well that regular load-shedding loses them votes and practically gifts other parties with those votes. Two things won the EFF the seats they have: load-shedding and to a lesser extent Nkandla.

Seriously: I love this place, I love the people, and I want us all to win. To do that we have to all stop looking over our shoulders and start working on *today*. Knocking over a very dead CJ Rhodes won't help. Blaming everything on apartheid won't help. If we want a brighter future (pun intended), we have to focus on fixing the fixable things today. Eksdom is fixable, but not when you have a bunch of a-holes spending half a planning meeting arguing over whether Van Riebeek is the one responsible for that cracked silo. Goddammit.

As for die Taal,, it's not my first language. That would be Zulu, even though I'm a whitey. Fun times in the country with 11 official languages.

 

[Germanic Celt]

We should call them Eksdom from now on. Luckily, Eksdom's blackouts have stopped the university students from tearing down the statue of Rhodes, because "eet was too dak".

Die ANC stel nie belang nie in die feit dat ons geen krag het nie. They almost support it (sorry, my Afrikaans isn't perfect, haven't learnt it properly yet).

I know what you mean, it's really frustrating when you've made progress but forgot to save when the power goes out.

Ag, the Rhodes thing is mostly EFF's typical BS. At least they're good for *lots* of laughs (the SONA farce, anyone? I made popcorn and I was not disappointed). And actually, the ANC's taking note of the power problems more even than the DA, because they know damn well that regular load-shedding loses them votes and practically gifts other parties with those votes. Two things won the EFF the seats they have: load-shedding and to a lesser extent Nkandla.

Seriously: I love this place, I love the people, and I want us all to win. To do that we have to all stop looking over our shoulders and start working on *today*. Knocking over a very dead CJ Rhodes won't help. Blaming everything on apartheid won't help. If we want a brighter future (pun intended), we have to focus on fixing the fixable things today. Eksdom is fixable, but not when you have a bunch of a-holes spending half a planning meeting arguing over whether Van Riebeek is the one responsible for that cracked silo. Goddammit.

As for die Taal,, it's not my first language. That would be Zulu, even though I'm a whitey. Fun times in the country with 11 official languages.

Ah, so you are actually good for this country? I used to have faith like you, but then I put the state of the nation on TV. Anyway, I plan to emigrate when I'm older, although the whereabouts of my destination I'm uncertain of.

Zulu your first language as a whitey? What province are you from?

 

[Tannith]

Ah, so you are actually good for this country? I used to have faith like you, but then I put the state of the nation on TV. Anyway, I plan to emigrate when I'm older, although the whereabouts of my destination I'm uncertain of.

Zulu your first language as a whitey? What province are you from?

From KZN, lifelong Banana Girl, proud Sharks supporter (but can they please get their game together naow? Please!).

I dunno that I'm "good for the country", and I don't have faith so much as hope.

When I'm stuck, I tough it out and make the best of it, and it seems that I'm stuck here. Even if I had opportunity to go elsewhere, I don't think that I would. I've been around, spent time in other countries, and the absolute, never to be doubted truth is this: every single country has their problems. I don't like the idea of trading problems for other problems. What we have here is a great deal of beauty that's to be found nowhere else. When I get sick of politics, I look at gorgeous pictures of this country. That may seem escapist and childish, but it's something that keeps the depression monkey in its cage (mostly).

 

[Germanic Celt]

Good, another Sharks supporter (despite that I'm from Gauteng, I still support the Sharks)

Everyone says the same thing; every country has problems. The problem with this is that some countries' problems are much more extreme than others. I understand that SA is a beautiful country, I've been to some lovely parts of it. However, I can't take the heat and the filth (as in the litter), plus South Africa's biomes don't suit me so much. They're beautiful, that's undeniable. The problem is that many other countries also have different types of nature, that's also beautiful. The difference is some of those countries aren't as troubled as SA.

 

[Tannith]

Good, another Sharks supporter (despite that I'm from Gauteng, I still support the Sharks)

Everyone says the same thing; every country has problems. The problem with this is that some countries' problems are much more extreme than others. I understand that SA is a beautiful country, I've been to some lovely parts of it. However, I can't take the heat and the filth (as in the litter), plus South Africa's biomes don't suit me so much. They're beautiful, that's undeniable. The problem is that many other countries also have different types of nature, that's also beautiful. The difference is some of those countries aren't as troubled as SA.

Re: rugby-- 

Re: emigration-- I'd never argue against someone else leaving. It's a very understandable choice. But it should also be an informed choice, which yours seems to be-- I don't think you'll be one of those people who just packs and goes anywhere-but-here.

Will offer this much:
~ forget the existence of Australia and likewise the UK, USA, and most of Europe;
~ don't bother with NZ unless you've got a gets-an-instant-job degree and a helluva lot of capital to back it up. If you have both then NZ is a very good place to go;
~ don't fall into the backpacking trap-- what little you earn will mostly be cash and illegal, and you'll spend it all just to go to the next place;
~ another (bad!) trap is any contract work anywhere in the Baltics and Russia, and in the UAE and Saudi.

Canada's a good option, but look to BC, on the west coast, where the winters aren't too extreme. If you don't mind learning another language, and have an electrical, engineering, pharm, chem, or med qual, there are several South American countries to consider as places to start earning way more than you can here. Save a nest egg, and go wherever you like after that.

I wish you tons of luck. Sincerely.

 

[3ntropy775]

Good, another Sharks supporter (despite that I'm from Gauteng, I still support the Sharks)

Everyone says the same thing; every country has problems. The problem with this is that some countries' problems are much more extreme than others. I understand that SA is a beautiful country, I've been to some lovely parts of it. However, I can't take the heat and the filth (as in the litter), plus South Africa's biomes don't suit me so much. They're beautiful, that's undeniable. The problem is that many other countries also have different types of nature, that's also beautiful. The difference is some of those countries aren't as troubled as SA.

Re: rugby-- 

Re: emigration-- I'd never argue against someone else leaving. It's a very understandable choice. But it should also be an informed choice, which yours seems to be-- I don't think you'll be one of those people who just packs and goes anywhere-but-here.

Will offer this much:
~ forget the existence of Australia and likewise the UK, USA, and most of Europe;
~ don't bother with NZ unless you've got a gets-an-instant-job degree and a helluva lot of capital to back it up. If you have both then NZ is a very good place to go;
~ don't fall into the backpacking trap-- what little you earn will mostly be cash and illegal, and you'll spend it all just to go to the next place;
~ another (bad!) trap is any contract work anywhere in the Baltics and Russia, and in the UAE and Saudi.

Canada's a good option, but look to BC, on the west coast, where the winters aren't too extreme. If you don't mind learning another language, and have an electrical, engineering, pharm, chem, or med qual, there are several South American countries to consider as places to start earning way more than you can here. Save a nest egg, and go wherever you like after that.

I wish you tons of luck. Sincerely.

Interesting to see other fellow South-Africans on here, thought I was just about the only one Coincidentally fellow Shark supporters too. I'm impressed...

 

[Germanic Celt]

Good, another Sharks supporter (despite that I'm from Gauteng, I still support the Sharks)

Everyone says the same thing; every country has problems. The problem with this is that some countries' problems are much more extreme than others. I understand that SA is a beautiful country, I've been to some lovely parts of it. However, I can't take the heat and the filth (as in the litter), plus South Africa's biomes don't suit me so much. They're beautiful, that's undeniable. The problem is that many other countries also have different types of nature, that's also beautiful. The difference is some of those countries aren't as troubled as SA.

Re: rugby-- 

Re: emigration-- I'd never argue against someone else leaving. It's a very understandable choice. But it should also be an informed choice, which yours seems to be-- I don't think you'll be one of those people who just packs and goes anywhere-but-here.

Will offer this much:
~ forget the existence of Australia and likewise the UK, USA, and most of Europe;
~ don't bother with NZ unless you've got a gets-an-instant-job degree and a helluva lot of capital to back it up. If you have both then NZ is a very good place to go;
~ don't fall into the backpacking trap-- what little you earn will mostly be cash and illegal, and you'll spend it all just to go to the next place;
~ another (bad!) trap is any contract work anywhere in the Baltics and Russia, and in the UAE and Saudi.

Canada's a good option, but look to BC, on the west coast, where the winters aren't too extreme. If you don't mind learning another language, and have an electrical, engineering, pharm, chem, or med qual, there are several South American countries to consider as places to start earning way more than you can here. Save a nest egg, and go wherever you like after that.

I wish you tons of luck. Sincerely.

*in whitey accent* "I'm going to Australia!"
USA was never really an option.
UK was meh, never concerned me.
Most of europe is quite large, there are a few countries (like Switzerland, Denmark or Norway) that sound nice.
Thanks for the tip.
The 'east' as it's called was never really an option either, but thanks for the tip.

You actually reminded me of how getting a job as a white can be rather difficult nowadays.

Yes, Canada does sound nice, but the cold could be a large problem as you say.
Anyway thanks for the tips (and possible locations) and thanks for the wish.

Cheers


Edit: 3ntropy775 it is interesting. I always thought that it was just me and a couple of my friends who played Warband, let alone go on the forums.

 

[Tannith]

Interesting to see other fellow South-Africans on here, thought I was just about the only one Coincidentally fellow Shark supporters too. I'm impressed...

I got my neighbour hooked on this game recently, and he has lots of friends who are apparently sick and tired of the MP scene in games like Battlefield and ARMA. So at some stage we may see more South Africans here, and those guys are all Sharks supporters.

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To Germanic Celt-- welcome, and see ya round here sometime.

 

[3ntropy775]

Interesting to see other fellow South-Africans on here, thought I was just about the only one Coincidentally fellow Shark supporters too. I'm impressed...

I got my neighbour hooked on this game recently, and he has lots of friends who are apparently sick and tired of the MP scene in games like Battlefield and ARMA. So at some stage we may see more South Africans here, and those guys are all Sharks supporters.

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To Germanic Celt-- welcome, and see ya round here sometime.

Have you ever tried M&B's MP online? I know we usually have a lot of latency issues with most games which makes it hard to join international servers and I sincerely doubt there is a South African server, supposing there is enough players even lol. I'm just speculating though as not having tried it myself.

EDIT: Either I'm hallucinating or something, but some profile pictures (including mine) has rotating cat pictures??

 

[Germanic Celt]

I go online pretty often, especially on the Rome at War shield battle. Latency is a big issue here, which makes me feel even more proud if I'm winning a deathmatch game online against people with double-digit pings (as opposed to me with triple-digits).
There isn't a South African server from what I've seen.

 

[Tannith]

I don't play MP as I have a Neotel 3G wannabe-internet connection (I take my PC to a friend's place to DL anything 1gig+).

Re: cats-- I think the site's been hacked...

*goes to contact a mod*

 

[Tannith]

EDIT: Either I'm hallucinating or something, but some profile pictures (including mine) has rotating cat pictures??

Nevermind. http://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php/topic,222648.330.html Happy April Fools!

 

[Germanic Celt]

Yeah I was also a bit shocked when I saw my picture was a cat in a VW....

 

[Tannith]

My cat is currently a Burmese dressed up as the devil, complete with horns. Not an inaccurate description of me, actually... 

 

[3ntropy775]

I go online pretty often, especially on the Rome at War shield battle. Latency is a big issue here, which makes me feel even more proud if I'm winning a deathmatch game online against people with double-digit pings (as opposed to me with triple-digits).
There isn't a South African server from what I've seen.

That's a pity I know that feeling all too well. Not to mention the dissapointment when you're so certain you fragged someone just to be struck with a lag spike and discovering afterwards that you've been killed instead.

I don't play MP as I have a Neotel 3G wannabe-internet connection (I take my PC to a friend's place to DL anything 1gig+).

Re: cats-- I think the site's been hacked...

*goes to contact a mod*

Seems like you're living the 3rd world country dream lol  I'm not too far ahead though. Probably doesn't matter since we're heading toward a national blackout and won't be needing internet anyway.

Nevermind. http://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php/topic,222648.330.html Happy April Fools!

Phew. My sanity is still in tact then. I think they're charming actually They make me feel all fuzzy.

 

[Germanic Celt]

The picture changes very often, mine stopped a while ago (I think? It did in my view anyway). Every time you refresh it changes.