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@Rumelylady and I had the pleasure of meeting up with @RenFenggeamd @TurboR56Mini while working the PAX Unplugged convention for our streaming site Six Sides of Gaming! So awesome to finally meet you both and we can’t wait to do it again.. hopefully with less “having to work” on our part. 🤪

I keep seeing that it was the Dutch's first F1 title? I thought Masi was Australian?

Nice one Phil. I maxxed my farming yesterday so can make any seeds and get 3x when harvesting. So I think my current plan is to try and extend the farm so we’re growing enough crops we don’t have to constantly go out hunting. I’ve been a but jack of all trades outside of that, putting some points in to mining, hunting and pummelling so I could do the basics of each. I was going to focus on mining but not sure that necessary right now with you and Dave on it so might put points elsewhere. Engineering and traps would probably make the most sense but depends what others have spent their points on already.

So far, with regards skills, I've concentrated on those that help with mining. So, Miner64, Motherload, Sexy Dinosaur are all up to level 3. To go further on those I have to level strength up to 5. I'm also levelling up some associated skills like advanced engineering, plus a few to help my survival a bit better. But yep, mining and engineering are what I'm focusing on.

Mercedes didn’t pay a penalty, they gambled sure and it was the right gamble as had the rules been followed as written and as enacted at every safety car grand prix for the last 20+ years it would have been a safety car finish. Michael Masi just decided YOLO threw the rule book out and made it up. Even the denial of Merc’s appeal admits they didn’t enact the whole rule. The decisions, or lack thereof, at Brazil and Jeddah were questionable enough. But at least they were subjective decisions on the application of the rules and penalties. This was just totally disregarding the rules for entertainment and it makes a mockery of the championship and F1 being a sport. Sport and competition only works if everyone is playing to same rules and knows what the rules are. To change them 2 laps from the end of the last race is just farcical. I joked in the gt sport whatsapp group that at least Masi isn’t as bad as Belestre. Having thought about it some more though is it too late to dig him up and reinstate Belestre? He was biased as all hell but at least he was consistent in his bias, was competent and did some good for the sport. Since the liberty takeover my interest in F1 has wained as it’s moved from a sport to a spectacle to the point most weekends I only watch the 5 min highlights posted on youtube. At this point I think I’ve given up entirely. Still Merc have given notice of their appeal of their appeal so we’ll see what happens. Though I hold no hope of the result being overturned. Maybe I should take @Diddums advice and get back in to bike racing.

Fear not, if you can’t find a PS5, you can pick up a coloured plate and new controller instead!

Battlefield 2042 is not battlefield it's a cash cow. No amount of "tweaking" will fix the glaring omissions from what made battlefield so good and so different. If what you see and read about player retention is true then that is all you need to know. Let's be honest there are people out there that enjoying playing with turds😉

A new 'Brawler Royale' game where up to 40 players can play in a single to knock their opponents out. It's out on February 8th for ALL platforms. There is also an early access available for all platfoms - sign up below! Trailer Official Gameplay EARLY ACCESS SIGN UP LINK - http://www.rumbleverse.com/ It looks like its something fresh to the BR genre and i'm glad we can get to try it out before we buy too. Be good to try out the early access together perhaps as well.

I'm basically going the same route as Phil but I'm a step or two behind him as I got a chemical workstation schematic so levelled up for work bench. We need 3 bottles of acid and glass beaker to be properly into gunpowder for bullets. Leave them in the workbench and let me know 👍

A shake-up was not needed in the slightest and isn't what most people wanted because it removes Battlefield's core design and identity and places it into the generic and saturated territory. Portal isn't a 'gamechanger' either - it is LITERALLY the normal/proper Battlefield experience that people expected and ultimately wanted. The fact it is so popular and the best part of the product just shows how flawed 2042 is. Portal is true Battlefield and the 'experimental' 2042 portion should be the tacked-on mode. DICE really got it arse about face and everyone who made these critical design decisions have left the company a week after release and the game is now under new management. Battlefield's traditional design is timeless and unlike Call of Duty, it doesn't need to evolve in any respect other that in terms of visuals, the engine and content. There was absolutely no need to tamper with the design aspect and the only reason they have done so is for revenue streams and PR - two elements that don't benefit the game or gamer.

I don't understand the decision to be fair. If I want to play with my friends on PS4 in 64 player games, then surely that's my choice to have a "lesser experience"? I've been playing 64 player games for years anyway 🤷‍♂️

I think that’s where everyone has a problem. People would moan if Masi had made any of those choices because their favourite didn’t win. However no-one would have the right to appeal because the rules were followed. Though Article 15.3 to me reads as the Race director has authority over the clerks use of the safety car. Not the race director has carte blanche use of the safety car. If rhe FIA stick to but 15.3 then it opens a whole can of worms everytime the safety car is used. It will become a lottery and open to appeal every single time.

Exactly my thoughts. Let's say it took another 90 seconds to clear the track from the accident - that meant the race would've finished with the safety car still in play and actually crossing the line first to 'win' the race itself! It would have gone down as the biggest anti-climax in sport history especially under the circumstances. I'd definitely freeze the lap counter for situations like this but I imagine it would add a technical and tactical headache for teams regarding tyre management if there was a potential extra 10 laps possible. This definitely would be better than finishing under 'improvised' decisions. One thing is for sure though, Netflix have already commissioned a film..

You point out exactly the issue unfortunately Bob, that Masi had multiple options to him, now they've used the Article 15.3 "Do what the fuck I want" badge out in the open. He chose the worst option from a Sporting Code perspective. When the crash happened at a high speed corner, he could've chosen to red flag the race. He could've chosen to start with the cars where they were as it was safe. He could've chosen to let the other final cars pass. He could've finished it behind the safety car. But he didn't. Regradless whether you like Hamilton or hate him, you have to factor in the moment where Masi clearly knew Verstappen was on Soft new tyres and Hamilton was a sitting duck on Hard old tyres. If he wanted a spectacle that was fair, red flag it at the 4 laps left both could be on Soft tyres and next to each other for a 4 lap shootout. "but, but thats just given the balance back to Hamilton, Lee". No it isn't. Hamilton was clear of Verstappen through the entire race. He got closer due to Virtual Safety Car and got new tyres and then the real Safety Car got the best tyres. Hamilton would've lost his lead but the fairness would've come from the tyres and a potential Grid Restart. Horner using the late Niki Lauda's words after theresult from the stewards came in late yesterday was just sickening imo. A Mercedes consult until the day he died, that was a stab at Merc and using Lauda's words just shows how much of a **** he really is. I didn't want Mercedes to appeal because whichever way you look at it, its a Lose/Lose for them. No way they would turn over those celebrations but what could Merc do as if it was anyone else you have to raise to the stewards when rules are broken. I always think about you have to be careful and considerate when you speak of others in positions as it could be yourself under scrutiny one day - but i have an overwhelming emotion to say out loud that everyone should be accountable for actions. If this challenge and appeal lead to at least one thing, I would expect it to be for Michael Masi to be held accountable for his actions. Charlie Whiting must be turning in his grave watching that. I really have to admit, this year has been superb. Great respect for both drivers to give us this championship, regardless of what I think of them. But the first time in years, yesterday left the worst bitter taste in my mouth for this sport and even waking up today, I can't shift it. It was the most immoral thing to do because everyone then knew EXACTLY what was going to happen on that final lap. I wanted Verstappen to win on merit. That way, even though I'm passionate that his driving skills are too dangerous, I could at least understand that he won perfectly on merit of his own doing. This wasn't his doing though. I'm hoping next year Lando Norris and McLarten have a great year but I'm honestly still feeling sick to the stomach on whether I want to watch racing with those decisions happening.

Problem with the situation was , so many people watching, formula 1 getting more interest than forever, and you end up having to finish the championship with 5 laps behind the safety car…..that would have been even worse than what they did ! Maybe they should halt the lap counter if the safety car comes out with less than 10 laps to go?

Shake ups sometimes are needed and lets hope that this will give the franchise what it needs, although I don't think they were as far off the mark as some of the biggest critics say. This game has a great foundation and just needs continued tweaking, just like most successful live service games. Portal has the potential to be a gamechnager. I do wonder if they could just be a little more vocal after these changes with the consumer. It won't mean all the changes people think they want will go in the game but it helps manage expectations. The bigger issue outside all of DICE's problems are more EA and the continued stubborness not to remove the cross-gen restrictions stopping PS4 play with PS5.

This made me chuckle 🤣 Yeah, great games everyone. Definitely a different FG Friday feel for sure. Nice to see so many of us work on different stuff like we really chipping in to get a cool start to the game. I've started on Food this time round rather than engineering as I know Anna and someone else was working on that. Pretty sure @crispymorgan was working on medicine too. Weird we can't do more than one quest at a time now, unless thats a bug perhaps? I think the funniest thing that happened on my screen was Dave @Plumbers Crack standing with us at one of the next Quests and just looked like he had enough and dropped dead (like in a proper CBA way) and everyone was so confused. Apparently a Zombie was near and kicking the shit out of him, much to hilarity cos none of saw him! 🤣🤣 Hoping we get lots more stories up here of any time you all pop on. 👍 Also looing forward to getting @Macca89 and @G_dub52 on too!

Now that looks like fun! Not like getting stuck on a drum on that stupid Fall Guys shite 🤣