Originally Posted by Sprung
Vagrant Wizard
Cookie Thief
Yeah, I hated my A Levels in general. English was alright obviously but everything else was horrible. I wasn't interested in what I was studying, I didn't know what I wanted to do with any of it, I had no interest in going to university, I couldn't concentrate on my work and my marks went to shit. There was other stuff as well but that's the bulk of it.That's like how I was doing graphics A Level at sixth form. Loved the first year, absolutely hated the second. Not even interested in doing anything graphics related anyway.
Ugh. That wasn't a good time for me at all.
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Yeah all the teachers ranted and raved about was the people that were going to university. Made the ones that weren't feel inferior and stupid. I hated it.
Vagrant Wizard
Then the kids going to uni realized that they were in debt, and you weren't.
Cookie Thief
I wish I'd stayed in 6th form instead of going to college. That's my biggest regret about my A Levels. I got back in touch with an old friend recently and she'd had the same problem as me, except she'd had the common sense to leave the college after the first term and go back to our old school. Even though she had to do twice as much work during her first few months back in order to catch up with everyone else, her marks instantly improved.
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Educations man, they're overrated as fuck.
beepboop
So apparently, I've been playing minecraft for over 2 hours straight now.
I did not know this.
This game is evil.
Vagrant Wizard
Stop playing
Jackass Penguin
Inferno better sit down for this...
http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/118/1188829p1.htmlXbox 360 Being Phased Out of Japanese Shops
Is Microsoft's console dead in Japan?
UK, August 18, 2011
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by Keza MacDonald
IGN UK
Edge is reporting that retailers in Japan are to stop stocking the Xbox 360, essentially ringing the death knell for the console in the region.
The retailers in question cite the console's continuing poor performance as justification - the Xbox 360 has suffered a 46.7% year-on-year drop in sales, and has sold just 72,721 in Japan since January. That's less than a tenth of what the PS3 has managed. All in all, the Xbox 360 has sold 1.5 million units in Japan since launch, as Microsoft reported in June.
Geo, one of Japan's leading game and anime retailers (and a real geek's paradise), is "drastically scaling back its Xbox 360 business", according to the Edge report. It is also claimed that other retailers are going to stop stocking it all together: at Yamada Denki, Tokyo, the report states that "the company is removing hardware and software from the majority of its stores nationwide, and is selling off its remaining stock at a heavy discount. It will still sell the console and games, but only in selected stores where the system continues to be sufficiently popular."
Anybody who has been to a Japanese games store in the past few years will have clocked that the Xbox 360's presence is barely noticeable, with games relegated to back shelves and bargain bins. The console's most high-profile exclusive in the region, The Id@lmaster 2, a game in which you train up a nubile pop starlet, has now been ported to PS3, which is certainly a contributing factor in the console's failing fortunes.
This does not have good implications for Microsoft's future in Japan, as any successor to the Xbox will have to struggle against retailers' perceptions. However, Microsoft remains committed to the region - the company recently appointed a new boss of the Japan division, Takashi Sensui. But will he be fighting a losing battle?
beepboop
I can't!Stop playing
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Like I care about this?
Jackass Penguin
Deadbox 360, yo.Like I care about this?
Next year they will be $49
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Still don't care.
Super Moderator
Only dead in Japan, yo.
Selling the 360 in Japan is kind of like selling ice cubes in the arctic.
Plus, the japanese are hardware freaks. The failure rate was always a massive deal breaker.
It's been a niche console pretty much since launch. Which is why you get some pretty off-beat games winding up on there.
The other part being Microsoft's poorly planned attempt at dethroning japanese consoles on their own turf.
Turns out it takes more than a couple HD Visual Novels and a lifesim or two to break through. Who knew?
Vagrant Wizard
NUH-UH! STOOPID NINTENDOO AND SONEY!
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