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General Chat / Re: Who would be interested in a real-life forum get-together?

« on: April 06, 2014, 04:00:24 AM »

I recommend a meet in Australia. That should be easiest, right?

Can my wife and I sleep at your place?

Yes. I've got a blow up mattress you can use.

That reminds me.  Did you successfully do some Couch surfing here in the States?

I'm pretty sure that was RAB, I haven't been to the states as of yet. One day, everybody, one day.

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TalkBack / Re: Google Maps Allowing Users to Catch Pokémon

« on: April 01, 2014, 03:13:16 AM »

I'm at 110 and I can't think of anywhere else to hunt for Pokemon..

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General Chat / Re: Who would be interested in a real-life forum get-together?

« on: April 01, 2014, 01:04:37 AM »

I recommend a meet in Australia. That should be easiest, right?

Can my wife and I sleep at your place?

Yes. I've got a blow up mattress you can use.

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General Chat / Re: Who would be interested in a real-life forum get-together?

« on: March 31, 2014, 12:15:17 AM »

I recommend a meet in Australia. That should be easiest, right?

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General Gaming / Re: Twitch Plays Pokemon

« on: March 01, 2014, 11:23:20 PM »

Pretty much sums it up perfectly. I want to believe that Gold will be as good, and not just a rehash with forced memes and the like.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Nintendo Wi-Fi Grand Finale

« on: March 01, 2014, 10:06:21 PM »

I'd be down for some Mario Kart Wii if you guys ever get that going. It's really the only game I played online extensively.

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NWR Forums Discord / Re: Use one word to describe the person above you.

« on: February 15, 2014, 12:07:55 AM »

Schatzi

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NWR Forums Discord / Re: Questions for Answers

« on: February 13, 2014, 10:27:04 AM »

Q: What happened to your soufflé?

A: Six donuts and caramel slice.

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Movies & TV / Re: 2014 Oscars. Ranking the movies and your opinions on the 2014 movie scene.

« on: January 31, 2014, 12:50:43 AM »

Did you forget what the "greater-than" sign is used for, mate?

God, this whole argument is train a wreck.

I don't know how to train a wreck, do tell me more.

oh wow

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Movies & TV / Re: 2014 Oscars. Ranking the movies and your opinions on the 2014 movie scene.

« on: January 30, 2014, 03:16:04 AM »

I've never once said that The Wind Rises is better or worse than Frozen.

Neither did I. I called you a hipster douche because of your opinion on Miyazaki. That's it, broski. You jumped down my fucking throat because I obviously hit a nerve.

The Wind Rises > Frozen

Did you forget what the "greater-than" sign is used for, mate?

God, this whole argument is train a wreck.

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General Chat / Re: Justin Beiber is in jail in Miami!

« on: January 24, 2014, 08:59:19 PM »

He is a legal adult, NOT a kid. We need to make adults deal with the consequences of their actions. We have a generation of children in adult bodies. Doesn't help that his dad took him out drinking after he was released.

Sure, but the fact that I can't find a media outlet that doesn't have an opinion on this is ridiculous. I mean we have a whole fucking thread on it. Find me another 19 year old that this would happen to? This is blown way out of proportion.

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General Chat / Re: Justin Beiber is in jail in Miami!

« on: January 24, 2014, 08:51:16 PM »

It's hard to judge him, he's just a kid. I'm sure we've all done stupid ****, but this kid does in the the public spotlight. Everything he has done since he's been like 12 has been world news, I don't anyone on NWR can relate to that. Except maybe Khush, that guy's a pretty big deal.

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General Chat / Re: I'm eating foreign candy

« on: January 21, 2014, 11:55:47 PM »

Is the green Kit Kat Chunky the one with peanut butter?  That's another awesome bar we used to have in Canada that's now gone.

If their green one is anything like the green one we have here, it's mint.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Super Smash Bros. for WiiU (& 3DS)

« on: January 21, 2014, 07:45:44 AM »

Man, the cut scenes from the SSE were almost the best thing about SSBB! The one where Captain Falcon helps out Captain Olimar still gives me chills.

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General Chat / Re: I'm eating foreign candy

« on: January 21, 2014, 07:44:30 AM »

Maybe we should start up a candy exchange program.

Oooh... brilliant idea! I'd join in.

I'd be fucking down for this in a second!

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General Chat / Re: I'm eating foreign candy

« on: January 20, 2014, 08:07:37 AM »

Yeah we have Aeros in Australia too, but when travelling overseas I've noticed our chocolate tastes a little different to European and Asian chocolate (Sorry Americas, I haven't visited you yet.) Now I'm not sure if this is true, but I was told that the flavour difference is due to an additive or a recipe difference that is in all our chocolate that sort of stops it from melting so easily in our summers.

Doesn't work so well though we had a heat wave last week and I went to buy a Snickers from the supermarket and within minutes of leaving the airconditioned building I ended up with a sticky, nutty mess on my hands.

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General Chat / Re: NWR's WorldWide Test Kitchen

« on: January 13, 2014, 11:46:29 PM »

Vietnamese Phở Ba Serves 4

Ingredients
-200g sliced beef fillet
-400g of bone or chunk beef (for the stock)
-200g of rice noodles (glass noodles)
-100g of bean sprouts
-1 litre of water
-1/2 teaspoon of chilli paste (any will do, but I have a pretty dec recipe for this too)
-4 teaspoons of vegetable stock powder
-1 teaspoon of sugar
-4 star anise
-1 teaspoon of dried coriander or dried basil leaves or cinnamon stick
-2 inches of ginger crushed
-1/2 tablespoon of roasted crushed peanuts
-4 shallots
-1 tablespoon of vegetable oil
-2 tablespoons of lime juice
-2 tablespoons of fresh mint, coriander, basil (for garnish)

Method
Step 1: Making the stock
Add beef chunk or bones in a large pot with 2 teaspoons of the stock powder, 1/2 teaspoon of the sugar, ginger, dried coriander leaves (or basil or cinnamon), star anise, shallots and boiling water. Cook for 20 mins on high heat or simmer for an hour.

Step 2:
Marinate sliced beef fillet with chilli paste, 2 teaspoons of stock powder and a 1/2 teaspoon of sugar for a minimum of 30 minutes (maximum of 2 hours).

Step 3:
Place bean sprouts in each serving bowl. Soften rice noodles in boiling water for 20 seconds, drain then add on top the bean sprouts in the bowl.

Step 4:
Heat oil to medium hot, add marinated beef and cook for two minutes until the colour changes (or alternately you can just blanch the raw beef in in the broth once served, which is more commonly done in Vietnam and what I also prefer) then add on top of the noodles in the bowl.

Step 5:
When ready to eat add the strained broth to the serving bowl. Garnish with mint, coriander, basil, lemon juice and peanuts.

This is just your basic recipe, but it still tastes great. It's pretty open to interpretation and preference. I usually add a few vegies into the stock too, just stuff like carrots, bok choy and onions, that sort of thing. I've also chucked in a few more spices too, like coriander seeds or cloves. And obviously the longer you simmer the stock for the more flavoursome it'll be.

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General Chat / Re: NWR's WorldWide Test Kitchen

« on: January 13, 2014, 09:49:12 PM »

Went to Vietnam, came back with a kick ass Phở recipe. I had a lot of phở over there and this recipe is easily one of the best I've tasted.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: What If Nintendo Bought Rare's IPs? What Developers Would Make the Games?

« on: December 30, 2013, 05:07:31 PM »

Jet Force Gemini

Developer: Platinum Games
System: Wii U

Platinum Games have made the best 3rd person games this generation and just thinking about this is giving me a boner, but a really depressed boner because I know it'll never happen. Jet Force Gemini is the best game Rare made hands down and with a modern control scheme and maybe dropping the tribal collect-a-thon, it'd be a home run.

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NWR Forums Discord / Re: I'm not making it up, it's in the NEWZ, DEWD.

« on: December 30, 2013, 02:53:24 AM »

Nice use of brouhaha in that article.

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NWR Mafia Games / Re: Mafia LVIX: Jurassic Park! Sign-up Thread! Game begins Nov. 4.

« on: October 28, 2013, 07:17:02 AM »

I only just got your PM then Khush, and it seems I've missed the deadline which is a pity.

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NWR Forums Discord / Re: Replacements for Departed Forum Members

« on: September 11, 2013, 03:08:21 AM »

I'd probably rather Kytim or tendoboy to leave over you, but they post far less frequently now, which is nice.

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General Gaming / Re: Sony Playstation is making all the right moves go hard or go home.

« on: September 10, 2013, 02:35:11 PM »

And I think the Vita is a better system than the 3DS

lol

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NWR Forums Discord / Re: Fanboy euthanization station

« on: September 04, 2013, 03:10:37 PM »

And how gorgeous is this game? Seriously. It looks better than Uncharted 3.

I cannot believe he said that.

Gorgeous is a relative term. For instance, I wouldn't call your mom gorgeous but I'm sure your father once did...when he was drunk.

Congrats, Stogi. That might just be the lamest comeback in the history of NWR.

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NWR Forums Discord / Re: Official Unofficial "Worst Type of Brawl Player" support group

« on: September 04, 2013, 03:08:44 PM »

I think the worst type of Brawl player is one who cares about how others want to enjoy the game