Welcome to today’s daily kōrero!

Anyone can make the thread, first in first served. If you are here on a day and there’s no daily thread, feel free to create it!

Anyway, it’s just a chance to talk about your day, what you have planned, what you have done, etc.

So, how’s it going?

  • @DaveMA
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    27 months ago

    And having to watch like 3 ad breaks in a 23 minute show.

    My kids only know what ads are because we visit the grandparents, they love them lol.

    No internet before 9PM is crazy!

    My Auntie and Uncle had a second phone line for internet! Unfortunately they lived in another city, but my Auntie used to play Quake 2 online and introduced me to it. I remember being on a 56K modem and you’d often come across people on what I think they called a T1 connection? They would normally clean up. Hard to say if the faster connection helped them win or the more dedicated players would have the better connections, but I’m guessing a little of column A, a little of column B.

    I don’t really play twitch games or even online ones anymore, but over the years I’ve played the occasional game of Quake 3 for nostalgia’s sake.

    • @eagleeyedtiger
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      7 months ago

      That sounds familiar. I think T1 lines were more common with businesses or universities, not sure how common they were in residential here? I was pretty young then so I would have had no clue. I do remember seeing those with much better ping than what I could get on our connection.

      I don’t have much time for online either nowadays. I still get the urge to try playing once in awhile and realise how terrible I am at shooters now 😅

      • @DaveMA
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        27 months ago

        Haha oh boy am I bad at shooters. Well, all games really. I play them on easy and treat them like an interactive movie.