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Thought I'd sign up, after seeing this place as a suggestion on OcUK's forums. I play PS4, not been online for a while though, as the weather has been too good to game! MP games owned that might be relevant: GTAV, Division, CoD WW2, R6 Siege - probably more, not really played much of GTAV online, a few heists when they came out, but that's it. Division, done a bit on that, but not much in the DZ, a few of the big raids with randoms mainly. CoD WW2 I played a lot of when it was out, but then prestige'd and lost my guns And R6 - unlocked most of the original operators, but too lazy to work for 250k points to get the new ones. Anyway, I'm TheScort on PSN. Off of the PS4, it's mainly riding bikes for me - not pedal power, engine power 😄 That's when the Wife isn't giving me things to do around the house or garden - and at this time of year, I try to duck out of as much of these jobs as possible; certainly with my new bike - Triumph Street Triple RS if anyone is interested. Work in IT, and have done for the last 17 years, though still not specialised in anything, happy to be a jack of all trades. Have two dogs (border terriers), own home (thanks to the bank of Mum and Dad!), and have had three motorcycle accidents - one pretty serious back in 2008; car hitting me and busting me up, leading to 10 days in hospital (4 in intensive care), and 13 weeks off of work - 8 of which were non-weight-bearing.

Hi all. Thought I'd sign up. Currently downloading GTA V on PS4 for Friday fun. Gaming on PC and PS4 here. https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198004609618 CaptConfusion on PSN Narj#9558 on Discord. Cheers ears!

NO, FORK HANDLES 😂😂😂 There's been some superb British comedy over the years. Great idea for a thread Dave @Plumbers Crack 🖒

Crawford nearly lost it at one point! Via the FG App

I have been doing the same on the clan sections of reddit, but sadly I have gotten zero traffic from it. I am going to jump over and try to do the same on the Xbox sections here soon.

Welcome aboard[emoji106] Sent from my SM-G955F using Tapatalk

Like we needed more northerners 😋 Welcome, me old china😎

Welcome to FG Space! Don’t trust these guys when they say GTA fridays are a blast, it’s a clusterfuck of crashing, cursing and raging. (The only people laughing are the ones who make you rage.) In all seriousness though, it’s pretty fun if you don’t mind your bloodpressure rising above healthy levels. Enjoy your stay here man!

I has made my presence known on said forum by drawing attention to a certain penchant for pink motors, innit Sent from my SM-G955F using Tapatalk

@GazzaGarratt I really don't think I'll jump into Destiny again. Bought Destiny 1 CE and the box was damaged like they all was 🤨. I lend / borrow games from hairdresser, he currently has EG but I miss the game. Getting Plat wasn't all that bad also, I was the first person to discover what was required for one of the trophies. Soon as I told people, the game was being platted the next day. @Diddums isn't allowed to win? 😂 will have to see what we can do about that . I don't mind what you call me, my real name is.... Harold 😟. I'm not old though! only 27! It worked out weirdly for me when I was born, in a unique sort of way. Named after my dad but was actually born on my mums birthday! What a combo!

I'm aiming to get the legendary set on all three characters and max my Triumphs score. If I still have time after that I'll go for masterworking the armor, but those seem like some tough goals to complete.

Fine, you're right. I can't even be a moody bitch without you lot moaning at me. I'll shut up.

I don't think there's a thread for this, so post any comedy classics you find here. To start here's Father Jack....

Alright! So I initially heard about you guys via Diddums posts about GTA over on OverclockersUK. Not actually joined any game nights but am currently reinstalling GTA to give them a go! You'll have to forgive me though if I don't use my mic as I tend to be a little shy 😶. Primarily I'm a PC gamer but still play my PS4, PS3 and VITA that I play and a 360 boxed away. I buy more games than I can play, on Steam obviously because they are so cheap 😂. Don't usually venture into MP games as such anymore but think it would a good thing if I do, could actually help me. Play a variety of games but just to name some; Virtua Tennis 4 on VITA to Everybody's Golf on PS4 and even The Golf Club 2 on Steam. I love Monster Hunter World also! Can't wait for the release of Spyro later this year. Bit of a boring part of the post; I do cross stitching as a hobby, a long with running and photography (still a complete noob). If I join on a game night, I may end up cutting it short as I have a 2 year old always demanding things. So hey! Oh yeah and my PSN and Steam is Spacedeck, so feel free to add me!

I think a couple of forumers, besides me, have Arma 3 so this is pretty cool:

Hello mate, welcome aboard, always good to see new faces here!

Welcome mate!

Welcome mate!

PC wise I've got L4D2 but haven't played in ages so will be a bit pants. I've got Borderlands 2 but again haven't played for a while. Some other stuff I've got: Broforce, Divinity OS2, GTAV, Rocket League, Torchlight 2,.

I knew it wasn't, but that didn't stop me. Lol Via the FG App

Nice one, GTA Friday is a blast[emoji106] And a PC player too, awesome[emoji41] Sent from my SM-G955F using Tapatalk

Welcome

You’re in

The inner me says 'what's the worst that can happen'. Just worried about answering that. Although, preordering is tempting just to try it. I still have some faith in Treyarch.

As you asked, I have now put some non gaming info on 🙂

Hello mate, welcome to the forum. I saw your post on OcUK, good to see you over here. I'll add you on PSN this evening if I'm on, otherwise I'm sure some of the others might get there before me.

I feel like I just heard a thousand AA batteries cry out all at once.

Get a sponge ready, Lee gets all drooly over old console systems

Hi Space..enjoy your stay!

Nice to have another Yorkshire man on the forums.

The first games we saw of it had ridiculous QSing again. So there's that bullshit. And it's Activision not EA. But both are cunts.

Welcome to our forum.

Thought I recognised the accent! I'm from Burnley myself, although living and working in West Yorkshire now. Welcome dude! Via the FG App

Steelers, superbowl bound. Via the FG App

Easy orb farm

Lovely. We need more PC players. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Welcome mate, another PC player is always a good thing[emoji106] Sent from my SM-G955F using Tapatalk

Ahh, I'm sure they'll be enough around to try Prestige Nightfall Dave! Scorched armour starts at 200. First impressions is the idea of the objectives on the armour are really good. Bit confusing to start with but if read carefully there are multiple activities to do for each objectives, even on the same piece of gear. I'd go for that type of objective based progression.

That dog 🤣🤣🤣 Did they just slide a table across the floor and render it as a dog? I can't help but wonder what bullshit this one's gonna have. Didn't see any jumpy shit so it could be decent. And fuck off with the beta bullshit, it's not a fucking beta, stop using that as a marketing trick. I fucking hate EA. Cunts. See you all online then.

The Lou hahaha. It’s loo Matt we aren’t French

Beta trailer plus Blackout snippet at the end

The Real-World Myths Behind Destiny 2’s Exotics Be it the Goblins and Minotaurs of the Vex or the Phalanxes and Centurions of the Cabal, the Destiny universe is filled to the brim with references to history and mythology. With Bungie’s reveal of new exotic weapons and armor arriving in Destiny 2’s Forsaken expansion, we thought it was time to run through some of the myths behind Destiny 2’s exotics, including two of these new additions. Antaeus Wards Announced yesterday for Destiny 2: Forsaken, the Antaeus Wards are exotic titan boots that reflect projectiles while sliding and are perhaps Destiny 2’s coolest mythology tie-in. According to Encyclopaedia Britannica, in Greek mythology, Antaeus was the son of Poseidon and Gaea (a.k.a. “Mother Earth”). Antaeus would challenge everyone he met to wrestling matches. He was virtually undefeatable because – get this – he was invincible as long as he was touching his mother, the Earth. Bungie, you geniuses. Oh, then Heracles came along, picked Antaeus up off the ground, and crushed him. This was before Bungie nerfed the Grounded modifier, after all. Sleeper Simulant All of the “IKELOS” weapons, including Sleeper Simulant, reference Icelus (pronounced like "Ikelos"), another name for Phobetor, the Greek personification of nightmares. According to Destinypedia, Subroutine IKELOS represents the Warmind Rasputin’s efforts to arm Guardians with special weapons like Sleeper Simulant. This could mean that Guardians (or the weapons Rasputin gave them) are supposed to represent the Darkness’ nightmares. As a bonus mythological nod, the flavor text for IKELOS_HC_v1.0.1, a legendary hand cannon Guardians can acquire through the IKELOS weapon questline, reads “Subroutine IKELOS: Status=reinitiated. APOTHEOSIS: Status=active…” Apotheosis is the term for elevating something to divine status, so Rasputin’s power-hungry tendencies make a lot of sense. The Jade Rabbit The Jade Rabbit (the cultural symbol, not the gun) is a common figure in East Asian myths, as detailed by Shen Yun Performing Arts. One Chinese myth, according to Shen Yun Performing Arts, tells of a time when the Jade Emperor disguised himself as a beggar, and various animals began offering him food. Knowing that grass – the only thing it could gather – was inedible by humans, a rabbit threw itself into the Jade Emperor’s fire to sacrifice its own body to sustain the man. The rabbit didn’t die, however, and the emperor honored the rabbit’s sacrifice by sending it to the moon. There, the rabbit works to create magical elixirs for the moon goddess Chang’e. This is said to explain the dark outline visible on Earth’s moon, which somewhat resembles a rabbit using a mortar and pestle. Destiny’s The Jade Rabbit has some association with the moon, as the original Destiny’s Jade Rabbit emblem was found in a chest there. The Jade Rabbit’s lore description also references the Jade Rabbit myth, as it reads like an advertisement for the fictional “combat elixir,” “Immortalia.” Two-Tailed Fox A new exotic rocket launcher revealed yesterday for Destiny 2: Forsaken, the Two-Tailed Fox fires two rockets at once. The Two-Tailed Fox seems to be another weapon from Daito, the fictional weapon foundry that created The Jade Rabbit. This makes sense, as its name references another East Asian myth: the kitsune, which are shape-shifting Japanese fox spirits. Every 100 years, a kitsune grows an additional tail, according to Mythology.net. This means Destiny’s Two-Tailed Fox is probably just a little tike, at least by kitsune standards. D’aww. Like other mythological foxes, however, kitsune can also be dangerous and tricky, just like two rockets flying at you from one gun. Hallowfire Heart The Hallowfire Heart ornament, Vulcan’s Heart, is awesome for two reasons: First, it looks cool. Second, it’s a mythology reference. Vulcan is the Roman god of fire and fiery things, like volcanoes and forges. In Greek mythology, Hephaestus (Vulcan’s Greek equivalent) forged weapons and armor for the gods and was symbolized by a hammer. All of this fits perfectly with the Sunbreakers’ super abilities, Hammer Of Sol and Burning Maul. Raiden Flux Raijin, also called Raiden, according to Mythology.net, is the Japanese Shinto god of lightning, storms, and thunder. Raiden Flux’s intrinsic perk, Synapse Junctions, extends the Hunter’s Arc Staff super ability with quick, successive attacks, turning the subclass into a veritable lightning god of its own. The exotic’s Thundergod ornament, which resembles futuristic ninja garb, further solidifies the chest piece’s connection to Japanese mythology. Khepri’s Horn The exotic helmet Khepri’s Horn gives your titan a crusty old beetle face, and allows you to shoot a blast of fire forward whenever you deploy your titan’s barricade. This item references Khepri, the “morning form” of the Egyptian sun god, according to Encyclopaedia Britannica. Khepri was associated with the scarab beetle, often depicted with a beetle for a head, and was believed to “roll the disk of the morning sun over the eastern horizon at daybreak” like a scarab rolling a ball of dung. Destiny Game Wiki User SidSixT The Dragon’s Shadow This hunter exotic’s ornament, Tiamat, references the Mesopotamian creation goddess of the same name. Encyclopaedia Britannica says that Tiamat was the goddess of salt water, who mated with Apsu, the “the watery deep beneath the earth,” to create the other gods. Tiamat is often depicted as a dragon like the one on The Dragon’s Shadow. The face on the Tiamat ornament looks more like some kind of lion-creature, but maybe that’s Destiny’s version of Tiamat? Who knows. The thing about myths is that they’re up to interpretation. Prometheus Lens Prometheus is one of the most famous Titans of Greek mythology (not to be confused with Destiny’s titans). He brought fire to humans after Zeus hid it from them, for which Zeus punished him by nailing him to a mountain so that an eagle would eat his liver every day, which would then regrow just in time to be eaten again. The lore of Destiny’s Prometheus Lens has two possibly parallels to the Greek myth: First, it apparently contains a crystal that creates a fiery laser, created by the Cryptarchs for use by Guardians. Here, the Cryptarchs are Prometheus, giving fire to the Guardians. The lore also alludes to Cayde-6’s desire to obtain the weapon, telling one of his hunters, “Get me one. I don't care how you do it.” The Cryptarchs then deny the hunter, shooing them away. In this scenario, the hunter would be Prometheus, Cayde-6 would be humanity, and the Cryptarchs would be...Zeus? But then humanity would never have gotten the fire back... You can only analyze things so much before they stop making sense. Orpheus Rig These hunter boots reference the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, well summarized in this TED-Ed animation. Orpheus, “the greatest of all poets and musicians,” was set to be married to Eurydice, a wood nymph, when she was killed by a snake (hence the snake on the side of the Orpheus Rig’s left thigh). Overwhelmed with grief, Orpheus resolved to go ask Hades, lord of the underworld, to bring Eurydice back to life. Orpheus’ beautiful songs got him past the underworld’s three-headed guard dog and other barriers with ease, and Orpheus convinced Hades and Persephone (Hades’ unwilling wife) to let Eurydice return to life on one condition: If he turned around to see Eurydice before they made it out of the underworld, he would lose her forever. This is a Greek myth, so of course Orpheus turned around. The TED-Ed telling says he did so while both of them were still in the underworld because he was just so worried that she wasn’t actually there. Some tellings, like the one in the Let’s Talk About Myths, Baby podcast say he made it out, then looked back in excitement before Eurydice had a chance to exit. Either way, she was lost, and Orpheus could do nothing to get her back again. As the Orpheus Rig’s item description reads: “Never, ever, look back.”

Loved Father Ted back in the days 😃 There's plenty to choose from, and Fawlty Towers is epic. Along most of the Blackadder series!