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Think i've tagged you all in the OP now. Looks like we have a right good bunch of us so should be good fun. I'm thinking we can do something like Monday Night Football (pretty original, yeah? 😎) but maybe to start, i'll put on an event on another day this week and lets see how many we can get there. Position wise, i'm happy to be a Defender because not many people want to do that role I imagine. Formation wise, i'll let you guys lead the way on what works best. Maybe we just try a few different ones as its likely been a while for many of us to play in this type of way.

I do too. Maybe cos we have to admit their style of play shook everybody years ago. For me it was more because they had annoying players back then. Ronaldinho, Xavi, etc. Players that really should've been shown the dirt when the time was right to put a tackle in but people seemed to be in too much aura about them. And then there is Messi. I just wish he'd have tried it at another place, it might've have stopped the Ronaldo/Messi debate. I still can't believe Man City blew it last night too. That club is destined not to win it. Didn't think Sterling misses chances like the one in the 85th minute.

Watched RockNRolla, a Guy Ritchie film way back from 2008. It was very Lock Stock / Snatch esque, slightly cheaper version but it still worked. Way back then, Gerard Butler, Idris Elba and Tom Hardy we're clearly not as big as they are now so it was pretty cool to see them all together. Thandie Newton too 👀 Sarcastic, action movies work for me.

Oh my, i think we all bought this randomly one evening didn't we? Then ended up never really ever playing it i'm sure. Happy to have a look at it with you guys!

I don't mind that idea. Although, you'll then see how little i'm doing of late 🤣 Profile link below: Strava Runner Profile | Lee Garratt WWW.STRAVA.COM Lee Garratt is a runner using Strava. Join Strava to track your activities, analyze your performance, and follow friends. Strava members can plan routes, participate in motivating challenges, and join clubs. Get started...

Need a separate thread on this, so we can add requests on what we'd like on our own server - everyone note that to make it fun we should promote it and tell as many peeps as possible because otherwise you'll miss out on part of the danger of stumbling across someone on the server. Also, i'm back! 😎 Just got back into it a little. I see the base hasn't changed really so i've took the time out to make sure there's no holes - i'll need people to check that out when possible. Some fairy lights are hooked up so you have something fancy to look at too. I see @crispymorgan has worked at finding a lovely Mustang for himself which is pretty special i'll admit....so I took some time out to find something for you all at the FG Base 😎 Don't worry Crispy, your Mustang is left to its own devices. @Dylanimo16 has been a saviour of late and been great to chat and party up with him. Lots of useful info. The biggest one I stumbled on this morning. As this server has only Expansion Base building turned on and not vanilla building as well, the sheets of metal are basically worthless we believe. Shame that. I might have also stumbled across our first raid item, an RPG. Brought back a launcher for it too last night. I love to finish off the ramp but it isn't essential. One side is done and you'll find the latest modded cars on the server are awesome through the forest. No drama whatsoever. Only downside is the Sarka Car has gone, weird overheat issue but changed batteries and it didn't work. all parts were pristine too, made no sense. Ah well, the upgrade I found at the base was worth it. Objectives for me? Build the base better, nails and hammers, raid a nearby neighbour, go into the toxic zone to get some serious Tisy Military Phat Lootz. Let me know if you think this'll be cool.

I'm sure he's still cod-eyed from the whole weekend of becoming 21 again! 🍻🤪

Yes, we're on holiday. So what do you watch with the family at night? Kindergarten Cop of course! Don't hate me, its an awesome family film, even if it was badged as a 15!?!

Yeah, I'm with you on that. Its why I've never been drawn to it alongside seeing an enemy grow up into something im supposed to not like. Sometimes making things a little too real in superhero land just doesn't quite work out. Sorry for liking the stereotypical too much 🤷‍♂️

Ffs, @J4MES OX4D has already got my answers! I can't see the base version with no games being near 500 as it'll put too many off it. PS4 - £419 Xbox - £409 But we all know its the bundles that cos 779 that everyone will have to go for 🙈

The PS4 era for me personally was the moment I finally got back into games after having far too much time off of the hobby I love probably the most. Mine aren't in any order. They all have their spots for their own reasons, rather not spend time comparing them. 1. Destiny (1&2) - The game that brought me here, the game that, like Tommy says above has just the most smooth FPS experience I've ever had on a PS4. I grew up loving Halo and that space exploration, super hero feeling with proper guns. Having a solid and large PvE game to play with friends but also PvP mixed in to it gave me everything I ever wanted but didn't know yet. An easily accessible live service game on a console with a world full of activities to do with your friends. I'm super glad it's still around and hope it stays for a few more years yet 🤞 2. Overwatch - a simplistic cartoon FPS game playing control or deathmatch pretty much cant be up there surely? After not loving the initial quickplay learning curve to rank 25 so I could play Competitive mode the game absolute was the best PvP experience for a number of years. The balance of each player has unique weapons and how we all could join up to make different teams to take on the next point was refreshing to play. Frustrating at times, the best games make you want to keep playing even if we'd lost 7 in a row. One more loss wouldn't hurt, right? 3. Rainbow 6 - Tactical teamplay is something I really enjoy and ever since SnD is my favourite gamemode of the CoD era, to have a game mostly centered around that was just down my street. Steep learning curve but as we persisted the game turned into an elite Overwatch you could say. It wasn't for everyone, but trying put unique characters abilities and clutching some seriously tense games meant it had to be up there. 4. CoD Black Ops 3 - Until the most recent CoD, this was the one CoD that I played with FGers the most and we played it to death. The extra backpack jumps and wall running I think worked perfectly in this game, after all all CoDs shouldnt be the same. The 'Ultimates' gave an extra flow to a game but not game breaking, and I seriously enjoyed levelling up weapons which is something I've never really got my head around in any CoD. I'm sure we also built up a ridiculous streak in SnD too! 5. Rocket League - The first PS Plus free game that really made the offering any good imo. It was that successful the traffic broke the servers initially, something we've seen recently with Fall Guys. Again, a simple concept of cars and football mixed together yet the balance and smooth gameplay was what made it. A game anyone can pick up and play but a hard one to fully master. 6. CoD Modern Warfare / Warzone - For me, its the best CoD we've had for years and specifically Warzone has created a brand new take on the Battle Royale mode which makes it way more fun than any other BR I've ever played. This is mainly down to it feeling not like a BR game in how we play it. Plus, with it being free and crossplay its opened it up to way more people. I would've loved it to mark the change away from yearly releases for CoD but you can't have everything I suppose. 7. Horizon Zero Dawn - Out of all the exclusives, this one won out for me. Whilst I didnt get too far because I'm always drawn to MP games that doesn't mean it was still a great game. Maybe because it was one of the first exclusives to come out on the PS4 that helped it do so well but the story and the graphics were amazingly good alongside some fantastic gameplay that felt unique but relevant to today's open world mechanics. 8. GT Sport - hey, I was close putting DriveClub at one stage even after bumming hard at launch. J/k, I looked at this pretty late in the year so picked it up pretty cheap. How wrong I was to wait so long for another GT game. This one absolutely hits the spot. Driving in this game is a very good experience and its in the list too for its continued free updates it keeps getting. 9. GTA V - I've not played the campaign on this much but for the amount of lolz we've had on an FG Friday with GTA Races alone it has to be in there. Over the years the amount of different activities they've added to this in GTA Online is crazy and its still going strong. The online co-op heists were also legendary not to miss out on. 10. Fortnite - had a quick look on what I played and its hard to ignore this game even if I didnt play it much. Like Didds said before me, they've set a benchmark for live serviced games on how they update the game so quickly and really put Battle Royale on the map, far more than PUBG did. Its also worth saying that whether you disagree or not, the fact the PS4 has had so many exclusives and deals in their favour adds to the dominance its really had over the last 5-7 years. Phew, glad i'm on holiday cos this took me far too long to do!

There is still a following online, I didnt think it was but I follow a few game devs and community managers when it comes to games to try and hear whats the latest with all games. Its surprisingly has more than you realise. Many loved the game basics based around flying mechs. How I see it, is that if they do spend ages on it, make it available for free or next to nothing then what have we all lost? A pint? I can live with that, maybe not a full crate though mind 😉 Destiny kind of has a huge market in gaming all to themselves and even people like me who really enjoy Destiny for what it is, would love to see more of these games out there. More competition pushes other game devs to out do each other. And for a fiver, I won't lose sleep over it if its utter shite still.

Watched The Mask for the first time in ages. Whatever you think of Jim Carrey, you have to admit he can do so many random faces and actions its mental. Also, it reminded me of where the hell did Cameron Diaz go?

Glad you could make it mate, lets hope you guys can kick on build that mofo of a base high to the sky without me this week 😎 Did you manage to get to base after I got cut off or you still not made it yet?

Lol, we had to go faster cos @crispymorgan was getting the nod as it was nearly 1am and you could sense his anxiety as he didn't want to go fast but had no choice 😂 @ChaosGladiator I think its cos they're so rare that you feel under pressure not to fuck up. @poisnouspancake Caleb advised me that I hadn't fucked the other car up at all, it was cos they have invisible branches in some roads. Believe what you want to believe but im going with that! 😂

Bad news - Aida 4x4 needs another wheel now. Good news - We've found a Sarko! I've put it near the base so anyone can use it. People might wanna get on and build a garage where it is as its probably a better spot next to the road. Unfortnately, I can't help you with that this week but i'm sure between the bunch of you, it can move on at a pace 😎

Any back story/recent info @J4MES OX4D ? I genuinely haven't seen any of it, maybe cos i don't get drawn to her programmes in the first place! I don't normally check trending threads either, however i'm finding myself do it more and more to my own annoyance so perhaps she'll pop up soon?

Poor game. Neither team wanted to lose. We sold Raya to them and he was always vulnerable to a throwaway goal and the first was just that. However, it took some great know-how to give it a go and it worked, fair play. Very strange that a team as good as Brentford can't get past this last hurdle. Props to Scott Parker though, I dont think anyone felt he'd last long or/and steady the Fulham ship back straight away. Football is a funny old game. I don't think they'll get rid of anyone. Stones, Ake and Laporte are the 3 main centre backs with Otamendi a full back. Although, for me he's too much of a liability right at the top.

The free PSN game this month is also out on Steam too - and its the best party game out in ages! With all the praise I could give it after a few go's, the only one huge MAJOR disappointment from this game is that the party system is 4 players MAX, including no Private game mode. I couldn't quite believe it. The game is literally hilarious and it would one of the most easy accessible games for things like FG Fridays or for people struggling for a game to find to just kick back and have a great night. There's many modes to get past in this Total Wipeout/Takeshi's Castle type game to be the last one standing and its always the simpliest of games that make the most impact. I really truly hope max players can be extended in the coming months as you can absolute then count it will be an FG Friday game for sure. Anyone that has a Playstation Plus though MUST pick this up this month, do not miss out on a free bargain! Probably the best free game offering since Rocket League.

Great to hear a few more thoughts on this too, thanks @RenFengge and @Leaner72 . Sorry haven't been around for some this week as life got the better of me. Once i'm back from hols hopefully we can get some in the event planner and see how we can get on. Might try and organise some if I have a nice evening to myself on hols next week 😁 Charlie! Nice to hear from you mate. Absolutely will help for sure, I know you've pretty much done the rounds on them all! Hope life is treating you well buddy. 👍

Ace to hear so far everyone! So thats @Dan94 , @ChaosGladiator , @LordBaguette , @phil bottle and @jordie1892 already in! I've reinstalled so when i'm back from hols in a week's time i can get some games in maybe we can find a night to all get on and give it a bash? Seriously though, i'm hoping this'll be a great laugh together, if we win, awesome. If we get smashed, well remember if you're having fun you've already won 😎 Thats whats good about you bunch of reprobates ❤️ Make sure if you see or speak to a few more that has played footy games in the past let them know, if we could ideally play at least once a week on Pro Clubs it'll definitely help get used to the gamemode again. P.S. I actually love the kit above that much that it even could be a merch spot in time....you never know 😎

So, this game keeps on giving to me. Fuck knows how on earth its become my main game for the past 2 weeks but i've certainly enjoyed the experience way more than expected, especially more so cos a group of you guys have been on to chat to along the way. A recap of the last few nights. Tl:dr - Some good, some bad, me in trouble, me sorry 😬 Met @poisnouspancake Caleb the other night and he's a good lad, even if he's taken the past 3 days, dying multiple times just to get to homebase. Its a bit like Rich @tronic44 has only ran across the map the two times hes played only for him to run out of shit and die. FML. One day, you will get there Richyboi and we'll throw a camp party 💃🕺 I've done more marathons as we ran out of nails for the base because it really needs fortifying alot more. Probably our bad for getting 47 Car tents and sticking them on a slight gradient in the woods. At least though we're doing it properly, not like the rest of the bases we've seen that use existing structures like castles or buildings to use as a base. If we're in, we're ALL IN. Anyway, we went to Sosnovka for some multiple airdrops. Seems a hotspot for them to drop of late. Out of the 4 i've seen drop though, 2 have despawned as soon as we've got there and seen the smoke (WTF), one was a military drop so lots of bullets and a few guns back at base for you guys, and one basebuilding drop (YAY!) I went to log off a few nights ago cos the wife asked to watch a film in bed. I told her in a few minutes cos i needed to get to a save point...I still had 5,000 miles to run to the drop 🤣 Good job i did because i grabbed 6/7 boxes of nails from it and immediately logged off. As i've stated a ramp for our car on the side of the base, we thought we'd take the car for a spin to get Rich as he keeps being unlucky and spawning MILES away. Anyway, yes @crispymorgan might be right in that we probably should build a shed at the road at the bottom of the hill for it, but i still love the idea having a raised garage on the side of our base to secure it and also get in. Crispy lagged out and had the car on its bonnet once, luckily no damage it seemed...thats when i took over cos i needed to get Rich and (finally!) Dylan @Dylanimo16 jumped on so he was on the way. On the way to Dylan on a straight round the car swayed, a massive sound took place and I blacked out. Fuck. I thought i messed it up. 2 minutes later though the screen just came alive, the car was in the middle of the road, nothing around it and barring the engine light was amber everything was fine - or so I thought. Grabbed Dylan and raced along the coast to Rich, Yay! As we started our way back from near Elektro, we stopped at another car Dylan thought it could be another one for us. I turned the engine off. Bad move. Went to restart it after we realised it was just a fake car with no parts and I coudln't restart it. Radiator ruined. Spark Plug ruined and weirdly one tyre said it was fucked but it looked okay. We went to find stuff on the long way back to base and Dylan has another radiator but we need a car battery and spark plug 13,000 miles away to bring it back to the car. Man, i'm so sorry. Took me and you guys searching for shit and after finally finding one I gone an fucked up badly. Heres hoping its still there and we can fix it at some point. The harsh reality of not getting too attached to loot/cars really kicked in for me. So, some base building to do for us all, rescuing the car or getting a new one, and working out how to raid some of our closest people me thinks. GGs all so far @BO7H B4RRELS @phil bottle @tronic44 @poisnouspancake @Dylanimo16 @crispymorgan P.S. NAILSSSZZZZZ!

Hi Adam! I'm Lee, welcome to the FG family my friend. Are you solely an Xbox player or do you dip across different platforms at all? Be interested to know what you're gonna go for next gen...that is if you do! Take a look around and hopefully we'll see you in other convos or online at some point soon. Hope you enjoy your stay pal 👍😎

I've missed this thread!! 🤣🤣

Incredible, crazy scenes. Must be horrible and scary as hell to have been there when it happened. For a moment I thought everyone was gonna get sucked it to start with.