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I mean we’ve all been fooled before but… seeing actual gameplay, like proper gameplay from YouTubers who are clearly playing in big servers, it looks like it’s exactly the game I want. Yes it will be a mess at launch but IF it runs as advertised a few months down the line I’ll be playing this for years.

Where I am, it’s not AA but not a million miles off, there are some truly harrowing stories, plenty of people who literally have to drink to stay safe, who need to be medically detoxed before they can start enacting the changes they want to make.

I’m in a group in Nottingham. best thing I’ve ever done. Been sober for 2 months now, and have every intention of staying that way. It’s all about emotional deregulation for me, always has been now I look inward properly. The best thing I can do is stay sober and try and never kid myself again I’m just doing it for reason x or y, I’ll only ever do it again because I can’t cope with the stress life is throwing at me and I’ll be using it as a way to cope.

Didn’t realise this new series of Dexter was a continuation of Harrison, which I really enjoyed, so just stuck it on. First episode was a winner.

Not sure but it’s a ridiculous contract.

The one thing I always am hopeful for with these games is that it will be a great game, it’s just that it might not be for 6 months after it’s released. If you look at battlefront 2, what an absolute disaster, and the love it gets now is almost universal. Same with BF4 to a lesser extent, that game was an absolute disaster at release but became a brilliant game… in the end. Hopefully they stick the landing, but when you’re as long in the tooth as me, I don’t mind waiting until it’s patched up and brilliant, it’s about the only studio I will have patience with in this regard, as I know I could potentially enjoy the game for years and years to come.

Watching the x files again for the 6th time or thereabouts. It’s the best.

Liam sounds properly mega, I listened to him do slide away at knebworth on his solo outing and bloody hell, his voice has done a full 180.

I saw a half hour clip of someone playing multiplayer on YouTube, it’s exactly what you’d hope for, classes, large scale, destructibility. Hopefully some good new maps, no doubt they will roll out the classics but I can’t wait for that, some truly iconic maps amongst them. It will almost certainly launch a buggy mess (has any BF ever not?), but that doesn’t bother me as much as some because DICE are proven to get it together after a few months (still not good enough, though). My one big hope is (other than it be what everyone wants, basically an upgraded BF4) is that they finally fix the net code, the amount of times I’ve dipped behind a wall or ran round a corner but then been shot dead by someone who can’t possibly have a line of sight is just too frustrating, not supporting old gen consoles so hopefully it’s the dogs danglies.

Totally understand the circumstances around his taking control were far from ideal and as much as I feel for him given all that, and I really do, his level of incompetence is just beyond what’s reasonable, he needs to either sell up or put someone in charge who knows how to run a football club. The sentiment went a while ago for me, we’re being so badly mismanaged it’s laughable.

I don’t get why he wouldn’t go Saudi myself, 2-3 years on 400k a month, I would.

I’ve been on non alcoholic beers for a number of months now. To contradict everybody else I don’t like the Guinness 0, it’s just a touch too sweet and it leaves a bad after taste after half of one to me. I like the corona bottles and the little Heineken cans. They are a godsend in the heat. Being a recovering alcoholic I don’t know if they are good long term, in regards to staying sober, but for now when the urge comes of a sunny evening they are an absolute god send, the not getting drunk and escaping reality part is a bit rubbish at the time, but when it’s past and you realise you don’t feel like the world is closing in it’s a great feeling. I’ll knock them on the head at some point and go for a healthier drink, water and smoothies, but for now it is keeping the demons at bay.

Makes sense why they did that cameo though. I really enjoyed the third season after thinking the second was incredibly forgettable. First season was by far the best, though.

My thing with death stranding was I just couldn’t get my head around the menus etc, I played a few hours and was just never exactly sure what I was doing when I was setting a mission up, did my head in so gave up.

When I moved in to my new place I got a deal where it’s basic tv, Netflix and 300mb broadband for 35 a month, over 24 months, think that’s a bargain.

Anyone seen smile 2 who enjoyed the first one? Any good? Keep meaning to watch it.

I was a chef for years, 70 hour weeks were common place, then I had a daughter, went down to your normal 40 hour week, but with the added pressure of a child and all that comes with it it was still a lot for me, mental health issues compounded this and I’ve been on a 32 hour, 4 day week for a while now. It’s brilliant, even when I have a busy weekend I always have that one ‘me’ day every week (a Friday), where I can catch up on housework, do a hobby, diy, sleep - whatever I want for at least half a day. The recharge it gives you and the mentality shift of always knowing it’s coming works miracles for me, if you can afford to do it, I couldn’t recommend it highly enough.

You’d be surprised. what gives it away as a scam is the time frame they give you.

Jumped out!? Guess when it’s not your time it’s not your time. Think he’ll have a bad case of survivors guilt, mind. Poor bloke.

How is it possible one person survives the crash and they just wander about afterwards? That’s crazy!

I’ve fallen out with a lot of people recently. I make no secret of some severe struggles I’ve had and it’s through these times you really realise who has your back and who doesn’t. I was in a relationship where I was abused for years and coming to terms with that has led me to realise my worth and what I bring to the relationships I’m involved in. I’ve fallen out with 2 close family members I have absolutely no intention of ever making up with unless they can apologise, basically for who and what they are as people and change, and that’s about as likely as Vardy bagging 20 goals for us next season, so I’m having to come to terms with a future without them, which is what I need to do for my own sanity and part of my healing process. I miss the good times but I don’t really miss them, it’s a strange feeling.

I’ve been back at work for a little while now, it’s very difficult but I am persevering. I can’t tell you how much a supportive and understanding partner helps, well has helped me at least, it’s like the massive middle jigsaw piece that was missing from my life that has all but completed the puzzle. I’m attending a recovery group for addiction, it’s really eye opening and helpful and going sober is and will continue to be the best choice I’ve ever made. The only real stress I have now outside of work and general life things from time to time is around my child, the mother has decided I’m not a fit parent, coinciding with me getting engaged, back to work, having a happy and stable home etc, just generally being in a much better place than I ever was with her. I can’t help but feel she is weaponising my daughter to get to me, and obviously to an extent it’s working, I just don’t know if I should simply show the powers that be how much better I am, or if I should also raise genuine concerns around my daughter I have in regards to the mother. I’m getting advice in the next week or two, if anyone has any experience of this and wants to send me a dm I’d appreciate it.

Probably Keller, Guppy, Flowers, Izzet of the lot when I was growing up, big gap then Wes, Riyad and Vardy.

Update from me sure a lot of you will be glad to hear. just moved in to a house with my fiancée and started seeing my daughter again. Nicest woman. Brink of suicide in Jan and now in may I have done a total 180. I know there is a long way to go, and chances of relapses are obviously high. My partner understands this, knows where I’ve been and where I’m at. It does get better, I’ve gone from the nuthouse to looking forward to the future with my new found sense of worth.

Another season, almost definitely his last, in the Championship on what will inevitably be a massive pay cut, or go to Saudi for 2-3 years and potentially treble his current salary? can’t say for sure, but imagine given the direction of the club and above factors, jumped.