Brute Force Competition 2022

[czc]

At least a topic for last week 18 - 24 April:

No Water or No Power

In my situation, no water is much simpler to manage. I haven’t had water since the 12th. If I had no power, I still wouldn’t have hot showers, dishwasher, washing machine, and the stuff in the freezer would be ruined. I’d also be really really bored.

[Solitude]

Last Week
@GregRedd - 3
@Wyvern - 1
@Beo - 1
@czc - 1
@DarthMol - 1
@DieGrootHammer - 0

Standings
@GregRedd - 36
@czc - 28
@DarthMol - 18
@Wyvern - 13
@Beo - 12
@DieGrootHammer - 10

Luckily next week Monday is a public holiday so should be able to get to this quicker.

[czc]

@GregRedd is like the Energiser Bunny. Just keeps going and going.

[GregRedd]

Week 25 April - 1 May

Topic

Ubisoft disables online services for 90 old games

Without much fanfare (or notice!) and number of Ubisoft titles, including some classics, have lost their online multiplayer services. Online features for some classic titles such as Assassin’s Creed 2, Rainbow Six Vegas and Far Cry 2 are being removed for players with immediate effect. The short article on the Ubisoft site does not indicate any reasons for the changes: The online multiplayer services for the titles listed below have now been shut down. The offline features for each game remai…

Article

Top Game Releases for May 2022

[Wyvern]

At the rate Mr Redd is going, we wont be able to catch up

[czc]

Week 25 April - 1 May

Topic

Best Birthday

I think the best way to celebrate a birthday is to go away on a quick getaway. Somewhere remote, braai everyday, relish the days from sunrise to sunset. Granted this is not always possible, but its awesome to do. How do you prefer to celebrate your birthday?

[Solitude]

Last Week
@GregRedd - 3
@czc - 2
@Wyvern - 1
@Beo - 0
@DarthMol - 0
@DieGrootHammer - 0

Standings
@GregRedd - 39
@czc - 30
@DarthMol - 18
@Wyvern - 14
@Beo - 12
@DieGrootHammer - 10

[GregRedd]

Week 2 - 8 May

Article:

Hardspace: Shipbreaker - Pay Your Debt or Die Trying

Topic:

Embracer Group to acquire Eidos, Crystal Dynamics and Square Enix Montreal

The Embracer Group AB has entered into an agreement to acquire the development studios Crystal Dynamics, Eidos-Montréal, Square Enix Montréal, and a catalogue of IPs including Tomb Raider, Deus Ex, Thief, Legacy of Kain and more than 50 back-catalogue games from Square Enix Holdings. In total, the acquisition includes ~1,100 employees across three studios and eight global locations. The total purchase price amounts to USD 300 million on a cash and debt free basis, to be paid in full at closing…

[czc]

Week 2 - 8 May

Topic:

Malwarebytes doesn't seem to like excessive notifications

@czc Not actually pinging you. Just testing malwarebytes

Article:

Aquatico

[Wyvern]

Give me an hour and your article can be added. I doubt i will even make the post count this week.

[czc]

I believe you are already over 30 posts.

[Wyvern]

I actually cant believe it, felt like I was away from here so much this week. Its just all the chaos at the moment

[DarthMol]

Save Room: An Organisational Puzzle Game

[Solitude]

2 to 8 May
@GregRedd - 3
@czc - 3
@DarthMol - 1
@Wyvern - 1
@Beo - 0
@DieGrootHammer - 0

Standings
@GregRedd - 42
@czc - 33
@DarthMol - 19
@Wyvern - 15
@Beo - 12
@DieGrootHammer - 10

[GregRedd]

Week 9 - 15 May

Topic:

The FIFA is Dead! Long Live the FIFA!

[FSaIIqbXIAM6JNT] EA is calling it quits with FIFA at the end of this year. The king of football titles will be changing its name from 2023. FIFA 23 will be the last in an amazing 30-year run of FIFA branded EA Sports games. In July next year, EA will unveil the rebranded franchise: EA Sports FC. The final FIFA branded game will be this years’ September/October release of EA Sport FIFA 23. This after EA and FIFA failed to reach a new licencing agreement. Some reports are suggesting that FIF…

Article:

From Controller to Remote: Video Game TV Shows

[Solitude]

9 to 15 May
@GregRedd - 3
@czc - 2
@DarthMol - 1
@Wyvern - 1
@Beo - 1
@DieGrootHammer - 0

Standings
@GregRedd - 45
@czc - 35
@DarthMol - 20
@Wyvern - 16
@Beo - 13
@DieGrootHammer - 10

[czc]

Apologies, I forgot to post the thread I made for 9 to 15 May.

Disposal of electronics

Where is the correct place to dispose of old electronics? The old CRT style TV finally conked out and I need to dispose of it somewhere responsibly. I don’t just want to leave it on the roadside like some people do, you can physically track the progress of it being destroyed as people break bits day to day.

[Solitude]

Fixed!

[DarthMol]

Merge Mansion

As an alpha male gamer I like beer, I like braais, I play competitive shooters and take part in hardcore sim racing and then in between I like to help Maddie and her granny restore the Boulton mansion by merging flowers, butterflies and clean supplies… [image] Merge Mansion is a casual mobile game in the merge game style with a very generous free to play model. There are no annoying ads at all and all gold and gem currencies can be earned in game. The is an energy system and sometimes you hav…

[czc]

My topic for 16 - 22 May

All sorts of Smart TVs

Do you have a smart TV? What brand is it? How do you like it? I have a Hisense TV that runs on some weird thing called Vidaa. It doesn’t seem to have an app store but international youtube videos show that it does. So it has a bunch of pre-loaded stuff that is useless. The work around I’ve found is to use the cast feature from my phone.