General Arcade and Retro Chat - Insert Coin -

DinoRex

I remember getting one of these bad boys.



It sure could run the heck out of Nightmare Creatures, I'll tell you that much for free.

Shapey Fiend

Jack burton wrote: »

Is Ennis still the information superhighway capital of Ireland

Pretty much. Here's a picture I took earlier at lunch there's nice clear blue skies today.

The Last Bandit

One of the guys at work posted a picture of the Parcel Motel in Lucan, looks like every locker was broken into last night and cleared out

o1s1n

Holy **** :eek:

http://www.thejournal.ie/parcel-motel-robbery-dublin-3605354-Sep2017/

Just sitting here thinking of all the things I've had sent through Parcel Motel. Does not bode well, I'll be rethinking the delivery method for the more expensive stuff.

CiDeRmAn

o1s1n wrote: »

Holy **** :eek:

http://www.thejournal.ie/parcel-motel-robbery-dublin-3605354-Sep2017/

Just sitting here thinking of all the things I've had sent through Parcel Motel. Does not bode well, I'll be rethinking the delivery method for the more expensive stuff.

I wonder where the insurance liability lies with this.
I mean, as far as the retailer is concerned the item was delivered.
The shipping company who handled it subsequently never handed it over, so they are liable, I would assume.
Time to scour the fine print I'd say.

http://www.parcelmotel.com/terms/

According to this PM are liable up to a limit of €100 or value of the item, which ever is less.
You can take out extended cover for more expensive items, but it's not a common product, not known to me at least.

geotrig

yeah once the seller has delivered to your stated address i.e PM that not their issue , Pm will probably have to cover but will fight some claims id say .

id hate to be the thiefs that open my locker with some of the cheap tat i've bought and delivered there.

DinoRex

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

http://www.parcelmotel.com/terms/

According to this PM are liable up to a limit of €100 or value of the item, which ever is less.
You can take out extended cover for more expensive items, but it's not a common product, not known to me at least.

If they have any sense they'll cover the full costs. Would be too much bad publicity if they didn't.

Doge

Man, so glad I'm a lazy bastard and switched over to Parcel Wizard instead.

Inviere

Doge wrote: »

Man, so glad I'm a lazy bastard and switched over to Parcel Wizard instead.

Much prefer their service myself

Andrew76

Doge wrote: »

Man, so glad I'm a lazy bastard and switched over to Parcel Wizard instead.

What's the difference - they deliver to your door?

Noel82

Why does the NERD just shout these days? It's horrifically annoying to listen to him anymore

Mr.Saturn

Anyone heading to this one next month in Griffith College?

https://8bitconference.com/

Any idea what the crowd behind it are like?

Jack burton

Mr.Saturn wrote: »

Anyone heading to this one next month in Griffith College?

https://8bitconference.com/

Any idea what the crowd behind it are like?

I have a merch stand for the weekend up at it. From my experience the guy I was talking to is really nice. I dont know much else though

o1s1n

Jack burton wrote: »

I have a merch stand for the weekend up at it. From my experience the guy I was talking to is really nice. I dont know much else though

Lazersteak merch stand or hen night stripper merch stand?

My attendance on at this event hinges on the answer to the above question :pac:

Shapey Fiend

Noel82 wrote: »

Why does the NERD just shout these days? It's horrifically annoying to listen to him anymore

You talking Nerd cubed or whatever that Youtube channel is?

A lot of the more popular YT channels are very shouty. I'm guessing it's a combination of people watching videos on phones, tablets and laptops with crappy speakers. Even shows where they don't shout like Classic Game Room are mixed really loud.

Perhaps it's also just a symptom of there being too many channels with too many videos. People are literally trying to yell through the cacophany to grab peoples attention. A lot of kids are subscribed to 500 channels and just have stuff running on autoplay in the background while they're doing other stuff so it might jolt you back in like the way advertisements on TV are generally 10db louder than the shows.

Inviere

Shapey Fiend wrote: »

You talking Nerd cubed or whatever that Youtube channel is?

AVGN I presumed? A show that should have been retired several years ago imo. I like Rolfe, I think he's good at what he does, AVGN though has outstayed his welcome.

Shapey Fiend

I think Jack Septic Eye takes the trophy for most irritating by screaming TOP 'O THE MORNIN! into the mike on every intro. Lad seems to be making mad coin off it anyway he'll probably inherit the rest of Pewdiepie's audience whenever he does something really dumb and gets banned from Youtube.

Mr.Saturn

Also, while we're vaguely on the subject, is there anyone left that doesn't have a Patreon? Not begrudging anyone their living, but given seemingly everyone's got one and they're all doing semi-well, apparently, so it feels like there's a bubble about to burst.

I'd say theres definitely a youtube bubble. I cant see how the amount of money popular streamers are making is sustainable.
Maybe this Adpocalypse thing is the beginning?

Inviere

Mr.Saturn wrote: »

Also, while we're vaguely on the subject, is there anyone left that doesn't have a Patreon? Not begrudging anyone their living, but given seemingly everyone's got one and they're all doing semi-well, apparently, so it feels like there's a bubble about to burst.

Indeed, it's even spread to emulation circles. The RPCS3 team have now hit $3k per month via Patreon, allowing one of them to work as a full time graphics dev on the emulator. Cemu is another one that has made huge coin from Patreon (nearly $18k per month!) - and it shows too, Cemu is an incredible piece of software.

CiDeRmAn

I'll be supplying the consoles for the A&R section of the upcoming PlayersXpo.
Should be fun, a few to play but most on display.
I've made suggestions about printing out promo media from the time as well as having adverts running on monitors in the area.
We shall see

Shapey Fiend

I suppose the issue with being an independent artist(ic) person is you can probably do fine in the long run with direct sales or donations or merchandise but as the internet gets more full of content it's getting very hard for new people to build an audience large enough that you'd get a good Patreon income.

I think patronage is definitely the way forward in the long term though. I've been listening to podcasts that run off it for a decade. So does NPR. So do most religions. There are still 10 channels on my sky box with lads talking about Jesus and telling me to send em sponds. They created the model more than YouTube streamers really.

Like we're seeing with the emu development giving people money gets results. I'm getting a better sense of micro communities on the internet again now with Discord channels. It's like the old days of forums being really popular. These centralised social networking systems make people feel vulnerable and isolated. It's better to have niche places with less people, who build a rapport and a genuine sense of community instead of it being a game where one day you say something witty and get 10,000 retweets. I know a guy (NHOJ) does comics, regularly went front page on reddit, he said he got no patrons off it at all. It's his regular people who have some connection with him over time donate.

brianregan09

Looking for a Gameboy or Gameboy Colour lads if anyone has or knows anyone with one threw it up on the Marketplace but wasn't sure if I should mention here or not

CiDeRmAn

brianregan09 wrote: »

Looking for a Gameboy or Gameboy Colour lads if anyone has or knows anyone with one threw it up on the Marketplace but wasn't sure if I should mention here or not

You could put a wanted ad in the Marketplace, just follow the template and the rules.

Jack burton

o1s1n wrote: »

Lazersteak merch stand or hen night stripper merch stand?

My attendance on at this event hinges on the answer to the above question :pac:

I can do whatever you want sailor!

brianregan09

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

You could put a wanted ad in the Marketplace, just follow the template and the rules.

Yep I did I just wanted to mention it here dunno if that's the done thing or not , But yeah from playing my bartop arcade i'm falling in love with the little handheld all over again and I want to pick one up

Doge

Andrew76 wrote: »

What's the difference - they deliver to your door?

Yep all for the nice sum of €3.85.

omb0wyn5ehpij9

I dug out my SNES last Saturday and started playing Super Mario Bros 3.....I forgot how hard the last world is!

super_furry

Anyone heard anything about this 8-bit Conference thing at Griffith College? https://8bitconference.com/ Seems like it's a student organised thing and details on what's actually there seem to be a bit thin.

Jack burton

super_furry wrote: »

Anyone heard anything about this 8-bit Conference thing at Griffith College? https://8bitconference.com/ Seems like it's a student organised thing and details on what's actually there seem to be a bit thin.

Heard theres some guy selling some awesome T-shirts at it...theres rumours he may/may not be jumping out of a cake naked too.

They have a few posts up on Instagram about whos going to be there/ panels. I'm not sure of people attending, podcasts and youtube people I wouldnt be really familier with. Hopefully it will be good now