Uses for "local only" accounts?

[general_koffi]

IS News Server.
Various local torrent trackers.
Various local DC++ hubs.
Gaming on SGS and Gamezone.
SGS's FTP with lots of game demos, patches etc.
Obvious surfing of local sites and use of local email.

 

[killadoob]

dude squash?

painting

roflmao

o m g

your moaning about gamers but you sit and paint roflmao
man you made my night

that is the funniest thing ive heard

how is painting any better than gaming?


so what did you do with your life?
i painted
i play games

yet you have something to say about gamers

rofl

social life? hmmm what do you socially?


omw your either really funny or a complete....

 

[Brenden_E]

dude squash?

painting

roflmao

o m g

your moaning about gamers but you sit and paint roflmao
man you made my night

that is the funniest thing ive heard

how is painting any better than gaming?


so what did you do with your life?
i painted
i play games

yet you have something to say about gamers

rofl

social life? hmmm what do you socially?


omw your either really funny or a complete....

Well, let's just say it's a sure thing I'm getting laid more frequently than you are.

 

[Brenden_E]

It all depends what type of game aswell, if you would want to.. face it, you wont play a game if you dont like it, if you enjoy something why not do it, you are at school, university, work etc the rest of the time, might aswell have some fun.

World of Warcraft requires alot of time if you are a true player, I play alot of WoW and getting my internet radio station together aswell to have shows about all different games.

Addicted to games, no life? hmm, those are not the words, a different life and having fun comes is more like it.

I agree that it's fun. But watching TV is fun for some people as well. If someone said they were watching 5+ hours of TV each day my response would be the same.

Personally I'm not a big fan or WoW. Not that it's a bad game, on the contrary. People I know admit that it takes over their lives because it's so addictive. But when you stop, step back and think about it for a minute - you realize time is passing you by. Is this really the *best* way to spend the little time you have? Remember, drugs are fun too - but it doesn't necessarily guarantee the best outcome in the long run.

What do you get from 5+ hours of games each week? I think killadoob clearly demonstrates how it allows you to articulate yourself with awesome expressions like ROFLMAO and O M G. That’s something to strive for.

Seriously though, instead of building up a killer character in a game, why don't you rather build up your own skills in real life instead? Sounds uber corny, but that's what it boils down to in my view.

This has gone way off topic, so I'll leave it there.

 

[Turbo_Aspiration]

Brenden_E, seems u feel insecure surrounded by geeksw n hav the urge to put down wat they do. Im not sure y playing squash and painting is better than gaming?

U speak of the little time we have.. Im not a gamer, but im not really sociable (u seem to put a priority on socialising) so I tend to spend more time alone or with a small group of (usually geeky) people than out doing "cool" stuff. I really dont see y i should spend the little time i have doing things i dont want to

 

[Brenden_E]

Brenden_E, seems u feel insecure surrounded by geeksw n hav the urge to put down wat they do. Im not sure y playing squash and painting is better than gaming?

U speak of the little time we have.. Im not a gamer, but im not really sociable (u seem to put a priority on socialising) so I tend to spend more time alone or with a small group of (usually geeky) people than out doing "cool" stuff. I really dont see y i should spend the little time i have doing things i dont want to

You read into that completely. In almost *every* reply I mentioned 5+ hours, and I mentioned that I have no problem with gaming (I play games myself). If it's wasn't clear, then let me make it clear. Spending that obscene amount of time on games is a waste of time in my opinion and nothing else.

If you took just 3 of those hours - 1 hour to do sport, one hour to learn to play the guitar, and one hour to read you'll be advancing your horizons so much further. And you'll still have 2 hours left to play games! Someone asked what I do with my time, so I told them. Spending time, in a small group regardless of the type of people you spend it with, is known as socializing the last time I checked. I didn't say anything about being "cool" or that socializing is the only thing you should do.

It doesn't look like I'm surrounded by Geeks, more like I'm surrounded by some very insecure folks who can't seem to take anything on merit. So forget I pointed out the obvious; go play 5 hours of games each day. I'm sure it's most rewarding...

 

[Saber]

back to topic pls?

erm... guys, posts have gone way off topic. I did not intend to start a thread that would result in ppl tearing into each other. Would you mind if we got back to the topic of usage for local only accounts?

I gleaned something interesting from a similar thread started by WillySA yesterday afternoon: http://www.mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php?t=55712

Gambit said:

I run a 30gig local openweb account and a 3gig telkom internet account side by side, routing all local traffic throught the local account and all international through the telkom internet account and it rocks.

I'm wondering how one could set up two accounts to run side by side like this, automatically routing local traffic through the local account and international through the international account. Any ideas?

 

[Bondizzo]

Brenden you are offending alot of us gamers, and most online games are social aswell, i think your just jelous at the lifestyle and fun us gamers are having

 

[Brenden_E]

Brenden you are offending alot of us gamers, and most online games are social aswell, i think your just jelous at the lifestyle and fun us gamers are having

The level of rationale here is astonishing. If I told an obese person that eating 5 burgers is too much and he should cut down (common sense), and he was thinking the way you are, he'd tell me that eating is social as well and I'm just jealous that he enjoys the food so much.

 

[masticore]

The level of rationale here is astonishing. If I told an obese person that eating 5 burgers is too much and he should cut down (common sense), and he was thinking the way you are, he'd tell me that eating is social as well and I'm just jealous that he enjoys the food so much.

That's YOUR point of view.

IMO, the sentiment towards you is : don't try enforce your view on how others should live their lives. People have an absolute right to choose what to do with their lives (as long as their actions do not negatively affect others.) I'm sure there are many poeple here who would consider painting a waste of time, yet they're not belittling your choice to do so.

Use it, don't use it ...

 

[Bondizzo]

well said

 

[Brenden_E]

That's YOUR point of view.

IMO, the sentiment towards you is : don't try enforce your view on how others should live their lives. People have an absolute right to choose what to do with their lives (as long as their actions do not negatively affect others.) I'm sure there are many poeple here who would consider painting a waste of time, yet they're not belittling your choice to do so.

Use it, don't use it ...

Actually that's the view of the majority. But since people here are quite clearly overly sensitive about their weight, I'll avoid mentioning it in future.

 

[killadoob]

rofl guys that are getting laid dont go around saying well im getting laid china

man your funny

dude seriously you need to get a new way of thinking

some ppl dont want to play guiter

if only everyone was as cool as you they might get laid more


brenden dude dont stop posting man

painting is a complete waste of time buddie

from the sounds of things you get laid more than me but with the same sex

guiter painting phew

 

[Wisemansa]

lol this is a funny thread for "Uses for "local only" accounts?" lol.......

 

[Freaksta]

Ye lol topic need a change but ye shame u poor people argueing about the biggest load of bull..... If he likes playing guitar and painting let him do that... It is more constructive than play 5hrs of pc.. But ye we all have our own preferences....

 

[Bondizzo]

lol painting constructive, if my mom saw me pianting at my age(21) she would be freaked, painting is so last century now its done on pc's, Brenden if you didnt know, gaming is a new sport

check what this gamer has accomplished
http://www.shoutwire.com/viewstory/33538/Dropout_Makes_Big_Bucks_Playing_Games_

 

[eye_suc]

strange... you interact with more people in your SQUAD in bf2 than two schmucks that play squash... i enjoy squash too, but not because it is better than gaming because it ISNT... it has its merits, but its apples and pears man...

painting? i for the love of the meatball gawd hope you mean paint your house

Local bandwidth? GAMES! and streaming video. music videos! and yes, then IS news server. other than that, brenden, we love you man

 

[IdlePhaedrus]

erm... guys, posts have gone way off topic. I did not intend to start a thread that would result in ppl tearing into each other. Would you mind if we got back to the topic of usage for local only accounts?

I gleaned something interesting from a similar thread started by WillySA yesterday afternoon: http://www.mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php?t=55712

Gambit said:


I'm wondering how one could set up two accounts to run side by side like this, automatically routing local traffic through the local account and international through the international account. Any ideas?

Try this http://antibody.za.net/extras/routesentry.php,

I haven't used it, but I do use antibody's SASA tool which works great...

 

[DAE_JA_VOO]

dude squash?

painting

roflmao

o m g

your moaning about gamers but you sit and paint roflmao
man you made my night

that is the funniest thing ive heard

how is painting any better than gaming?


so what did you do with your life?
i painted
i play games

yet you have something to say about gamers

rofl

social life? hmmm what do you socially?


omw your either really funny or a complete....

OMWWTH H4x n00b!!

1337 gaming skillz Log1t3ch MX518 FTWz0r uber 1337 n00bz0rs.

Dude, there's nothing to be gained form playing 5 hours of games a day, seriously. I hate squash, but i would rather play squash than waste away my life playing BF2 (or any other game for that matter). At least there's some SOCIAL interaction when you play squash. I spend about 5-10 hours a day browsing the net, but in those hours i learn ALOT. When you're PWNING FACE w17h ur uber 1337 h4x in BF2, it's just you and that Razer Diamondback or MX518, you gain NOTHING. You don't LEARN anything, you dont INTERACT with anyone.

 

[Brenden_E]

Finally someone caught the drift of what I was saying. And nowhere did I imply that playing squash is better than games - what I was trying to show is that you can do so much more in 5 hours.