Armchair General

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  1. Life

    Whacking the bell of one's trumpet anywhere may well ruin it I'd wager.
  2. By the way Lucien, do you need any donations to the ARMA server costs? 'Cos BRKL said he'd pay for it all.
  3. Sadly, work has got in the way of ARMA time (also both of my boys who have taken over my PC with Medieval, Minecraft and Civ 5). I apologise for my abscence. Are we moving to combined operations then? You realise there will be some serious patching that will need to be done, have you considered this?
  4. Show me your desk/gaming space

    El Muerte, there are both orange AND teal colours on your desk. Shame on you.
  5. A New Strategy Game for You - What is it?

    If you make Jane's Fleet Command 2, I'd be super pleased, which should hopefully serve as payment enough
  6. Life

    Don't beat yourself up Twig, anyone who has done a number of exams has failed the odd one or part of one. It's best to see these events as something to spur you on to do better next time, you said yourself that your focus was on other things so that'll be why, not because you're not cut out for that kind of stuff. I know from bitter experience it's a kick in the teeth, but chin up my man, you have to taste the bitter to appreciate the sweet :tup:
  7. To land properly Ben you need to press THE MIDDLE MOUSE BUTTON. Jeez I have to tell you that like, every week
  8. Elmuerte, I believe Herbert Schildt may be your father.
  9. BSOD AGAIN. TWICE. My GPU's are borked. I need to upgrade. Sorry for bugging out.
  10. Life

    Being a father, I have had some experience of this. In summary: It's fun for the first five minutes. Then the smudgey-ness of it all annoys you.
  11. Life

    Good luck Rodi Something will turn up to be sure.
  12. Obligatory comical YouTube thread

    Haha! That dude sounds just like Pirate's nerd voice! Do it Pirate, do it!
  13. Dudes! Ace fun was had by all! I loved the part where I had to download 3170 updates just to get banned from the server! Ha! It was great fun and the mumble chat worked excellently (I almost don't care what the game is, I just like to chew the cud with everyone). There are some hilarious bugs (Ben trying to drag me into the afterlife while Toblix tried to atone for his itchy trigger finger, my crow etc) - there's lots of mileage left in ARMA I feel (about thirty miles in a slow truck with extreme handling to be precise) See you all next week I hope.
  14. Pirate two, this is Armchair actual. Do you copy? Over. Armchair actual this is Pirate two. Solid copy. Send it.Over. Uh Sir, which method of internet comms will we be using? Over. Let me check with Godfather, but I think it will be Skype. Over. Solid copy Pirate two. I await your confirmation.Over and out.
  15. Hey man this thing is moving.At.Nine. Hundred.Meters.Ahead.! Hopefully I'll be around next weekend so I can run around not having a clue! You know where to get me Sarn't Poo.
  16. Civilization V

    Thanks. I whooped her poxy civilisation ages ago, I was just being a wimp before. I seriously enjoyed kicking her butt too, she's such a sneak and crapped on me loads of times. Rameses is next in line, he's another stab in the back artist.
  17. ArmA 2

    Threadsurrection! Check out the ARMA 2 thread in multiplayer forums. You too, could be a member of an elite squad of no hopers and ne'er do wells! This could all happen on a Sunday night near you.
  18. Philosophical discussions on trolling

    He's got previous for theft, robbery, kidnapping and impersonating a woman, but not trolling.
  19. Unnecessary Comical Picture Thread

    :tup:
  20. Street Fighter and Sexual Harrassment.

    This is exactly why we should act against 'casual' remarks (i.e rape jokes) - over time they become accepted as part of the culture and we should resist that as much as possible, frankly, fuck that. I've rage quitted many a game of Left for Dead because of arguments with ill informed knuckleheads, it was one of the main reasons I came to Thumbs in the first place (hence the other thread). Idiotic shit like this very nearly made me turn my back on internet gaming completely, I felt like I had outgrown gaming as I had no relationship to these people ganging up on the character Louis because he was the black guy for example, I mean what the fuck? Really? I'll be the first to admit that I make jokes about everyone and everything and have laughed at lots of inappropriate things but I know where the line is and I don't think it's hard to see where that line is drawn, is it? Anyway, good work Nach, even if it doesn't make an impact on this guy, it may make Capcom and others draw up some codes of conduct for people in the future or something Footnote: I think it's interesting that the recent furore over the avenger controller seems to have gotten more column inches than this shambles. I guess gamers could unite against a common enemy whereas this is the enemy within. Be nice to see some Wired.com or Forbes article though DENIAL...
  21. Unnecessary Comical Picture Thread

    Your apple is doomed! The eye of Puppo is fixed upon it.
  22. Life

    Don't thank me, thank PiratePoo I hope it does help you TP, good luck
  23. Life

    I'm saying: The medication gave you side effects all on it's own (the symptoms you describe are recognised side effects, certainly when treating anxiety disorder - see point 4) but also probably exacerbated your anxiety. Sorry, it's not clear because it's not a situation to which a definitive answer can be elucidated.
  24. Life

    I gleaned the above after talking with PiratePoo by the way, I have limited medical knowledge... ALWAYS TALK TO PIRATEPOO BEFORE FOLLOWING WHAT ANYONE SAYS EVER
  25. Life

    It's very difficult for me to make any meaningful interpretation not having taken a full history or examination or having access to previous medical records but... ALSO: YOU SHOULD ALWAYS TALK TO YOUR OWN DOCTOR BEFORE FOLLOWING ANY ADVICE OR ACTING ON MY WORDS IN ANY WAY. 1) The symptoms you listed are symptoms found in those with panic attacks and are common recognised ssri side effects which clouds the picture. A possible explanation is that you were experiencing a worsening of your anxiety (another common effect in early stages of taking ssri) this may well have been a transient effect if you had continued with medication for the recommended 4 weeks or so to achieve maximum effect. See 4.8 http://www.medicines.org.uk/EMC/medicine/25806/SPC/Sertraline+50mg+Film+coated+Tablets/ 2) This may or may not be of relevance in that usually if someone is able to sleep reasonably well and they wake up* with the problem - it probably suggests that it's more anxiety -i.e they are awake and then thinking about the things that trouble them. What I'm trying to say here (badly) is that it may have been more your anxiety than ssri side effect, but hard to tell (see below) *Unless you are waking at 0200, then again at 0400 thinking about it. 3) I'm trying but it's difficult from all the way over here with not much info! 4) Unlikely to be what caused your side effects - in fact, if you were given sertraline to treat panic disorder, what you describe, is well recognised - from the pharmaceutical data - "Panic Disorder, PTSD, and Social Anxiety Disorder Therapy should be initiated at 25 mg/day. After one week, the dose should be increased to 50 mg once daily. This dosage regimen has been shown to reduce the frequency of early treatment emergent side effects characteristic of panic disorder." From the same source as linked above In summary: My tentative, ill informed, advice would be to persevere with treatment and commit yourself to around 2-3 months of treatment, come what may. Only stop if the symptoms are so unbearable that they seriously interfere with daily functioning - you could do this in the knowledge that your symptoms are unlikely to get worse, infact, they are much more likely to recede in time. YOU SHOULD ALWAYS TALK TO YOUR OWN DOCTOR BEFORE FOLLOWING ANY ADVICE OR ACTING ON MY WORDS IN ANY WAY. EDIT: Normally, I would have PM'd the poster to check they were ok with talking about it on the forums in this way, but as TP has mentioned his troubles many times before on the forums and I have spoken to him in the past, I thought he'd be ok with it. If you want me to remove it at anytime TP, just let me know.