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Rocsteady wrote:

Rocsteady wrote:Got a lot of travel coming up, anyone got good game recommendations? Thinking along the lines of Civ/Age of Empires style historical game if there's one that's good. Thanks

Mon lads eh, thought this was a gaming forum. Regret selling my switch now.

Civ Rev 2? It's still £9 though, which is a bit of a pisstake. I briefly played Freeciv a couple of years ago and it seemed alright.

Rocsteady wrote:

Rocsteady wrote:Got a lot of travel coming up, anyone got good game recommendations? Thinking along the lines of Civ/Age of Empires style historical game if there's one that's good. Thanks

Mon lads eh, thought this was a gaming forum. Regret selling my switch now.

Football Manager

Drumstick wrote:In case it's of use to anyone, Virgin have a promotion on at the moment which multiplies the data you would normally get for a simple only deal. I called them up to get their 10GB deal and am unexpectedly getting 50GB a month.

Got a link? Can only see 3G sims and no promotion...

Any idea how their data speeds perform in reality?

ignition wrote:

Drumstick wrote:In case it's of use to anyone, Virgin have a promotion on at the moment which multiplies the data you would normally get for a sim only deal. I called them up to get their 10GB deal and am unexpectedly getting 50GB a month.

Got a link? Can only see 3G sims and no promotion...

Any idea how their data speeds perform in reality?

Unsure about links - it's probably best to call them although be aware that they will try to upsell you on a new handset.

It's definitely 4G.

In terms of speeds, I just did a speed test online, it said 57.2mbps down and 25.9 up. Never had a problem with it myself.

Dowbocop wrote:

Rocsteady wrote:

Rocsteady wrote:Got a lot of travel coming up, anyone got good game recommendations? Thinking along the lines of Civ/Age of Empires style historical game if there's one that's good. Thanks

Mon lads eh, thought this was a gaming forum. Regret selling my switch now.

Civ Rev 2? It's still £9 though, which is a bit of a pisstake. I briefly played Freeciv a couple of years ago and it seemed alright.

Did consider that one, reviews don't look great for the price though.

Twilight Struggle is great, but some familiarity with the rules would help.

Drumstick wrote:

ignition wrote:

Drumstick wrote:In case it's of use to anyone, Virgin have a promotion on at the moment which multiplies the data you would normally get for a sim only deal. I called them up to get their 10GB deal and am unexpectedly getting 50GB a month.

Got a link? Can only see 3G sims and no promotion...

Any idea how their data speeds perform in reality?

Unsure about links - it's probably best to call them although be aware that they will try to upsell you on a new handset.

It's definitely 4G.

In terms of speeds, I just did a speed test online, it said 57.2mbps down and 25.9 up. Never had a problem with it myself.

Oh wow. I struggle to get 1mbps on giffgaff in London. Where are you based?

Is it a monthly rollover contract? What calls and texts are included?

Does the extra data deal last for a limited time or for the life of the contract?

ignition wrote:Oh wow. I struggle to get 1mbps on giffgaff in London. Where are you based?

Is it a monthly rollover contract? What calls and texts are included?

Does the extra data deal last for a limited time or for the life of the contract?

Based in Sussex. AFAIK: not sure what you mean by rollover but you pay month by month, can cancel at anytime, I am under the impression the extra data lasts until you change your deal with them, but you'd be better of ringing them to find out for sure.

Just did another speed test - 13.4 down / 3.78 up.

New Palm phone anyone?

https://www.verizonwireless.com/connect ... on-device/

I've just realised that Vice City is available in full on Android. strawberry float the historical stuff.

Winckle wrote:Twilight Struggle is great, but some familiarity with the rules would help.

Although actually that looks really cool too. Does it require a heavy timesink?

Rocsteady wrote:

Winckle wrote:Twilight Struggle is great, but some familiarity with the rules would help.

Although actually that looks really cool too. Does it require a heavy timesink?

Not really, a full game between two evenly skilled players (or against the AI) takes maybe an hour and a half. But you can stop playing at any point and reload it, also the multiplayer is asynchronous, so you can stop playing MP when you want as well.

You can learn more about the game at https://twilightstrategy.com/

Winckle wrote:

Rocsteady wrote:

Winckle wrote:Twilight Struggle is great, but some familiarity with the rules would help.

Although actually that looks really cool too. Does it require a heavy timesink?

Not really, a full game between two evenly skilled players (or against the AI) takes maybe an hour and a half. But you can stop playing at any point and reload it, also the multiplayer is asynchronous, so you can stop playing MP when you want as well.

You can learn more about the game at https://twilightstrategy.com/

Sweet, will check that out. Thanks man

Has anyone used a one of the Pocophon F1s? Hearing a lot of good things online about them. Only thing is you need to buy them from China/India.

Ideally I like to know the feel of a phone before I get one, which is annoying. But looks very good for the price.

Was going to get upgrade from my Pixel 1 to Pixel 3 for Christmas but having seen the reviews of Huawei Mate 20 Pro I think I'm sold on that one. 40 meg camera... Amazing.

Godzilla wrote:Was going to get upgrade from my Pixel 1 to Pixel 3 for Christmas but having seen the reviews of Huawei Mate 20 Pro I think I'm sold on that one. 40 meg camera... Amazing.

It does look good if you pre-order now before Friday you get a free watch and wireless charger.

BTB wrote:Has anyone used a one of the Pocophon F1s? Hearing a lot of good things online about them. Only thing is you need to buy them from China/India.

Ideally I like to know the feel of a phone before I get one, which is annoying. But looks very good for the price.

Probably heard as much as you, top spec CPU, not top of the range camera, not a premium finish but made by a pretty good manufacturer and reviews well.
There is risk buying as no warranty so you just need to decide if it is worth the risk. On the plus side, mobiles tend to be fairly problem free.

I highly recommend a gem of a game called Space Justice. I have been playing for about a week, its a shooter that works so well on mobile, one of the best mobile games I've played, everything about it has been well thought out. Has anyone played it?

Night Sight mode isn't even the fully released version but it is strawberry floating impressive stuff.

https://www.theverge.com/2018/10/25/18021944/google-night-sight-pixel-3-camera-samples?fbclid=IwAR0Cxwgc8uM9vil-SjPDrW8zbXSBh8JN5sqsadYmOIjDKGLY2Mp8PY7r-jA

Wonder when Apple will introduce it as a revolutionary feature.

Can't wait for Monday to find out more about the OP6T