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The Last Spell’s magic ruined the world, and I’m so here for it
Too many spells in games are just variations on the old reliable fireball. Wizard sends projectile towards target. Target dies. Perhaps they deviate a little in how quickly they die, or how large the area of effect is. Maybe instead of a fireball it’s a thunderbolt, or a poisonous gas, or a beam of light. Pish, I say. Pish! Where’s the real magic? Where are the cataclysmic spells that take days or weeks of preparation, and then change the world with a single fateful ritual?
These games could learn something from The Last Spell, a roguelite turn-based tactics game about defending your village each night from hordes of mutant beasts that emerge from the purple fog surrounding the entire world. Whenever I start a new game in The Last Spell, I always rewatch the excellent opening sequence, which succinctly sets a harrowing scene of magic pushed further than we’re used to seeing in most fiction in general, let alone games.
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A Google Doc ruined my Age Of Empires II binge
This year, I decided to make a New Year’s Resolution for the first time in my life. I’m 21 and my knees click, which means I must be turning into stone faster than someone having a staring contest with Medusa. So, I vowed to exercise a few times a week. Then, during my first week back at work, vid bud Liam told me to try Age Of Empires II. Never before has a New Year’s Resolution been abandoned so fast. I really wanted to stick with it. Promise.
But! After my first match, the following 30 hours vanished quicker than the Galaxy Caramels in a box of Celebrations. I became obsessed. I mastered AOE II’s low AI difficulties and quickly used the Advanced Techniques tutorial to learn build orders. Before I knew it, I had a Google Doc filled with step-by-step plans for various playstyles, the perfect strategies for any scenario. But that Google Doc ended up ruining everything for me. If that recent Xbox release with the good gamepad controls has you tempted to revisit Age Of Empires II on PC, do not make a Google Doc. You’ve been warned.
Christmas dinners ruined by rotten turkeys from Morrisons and Sainsbury’s that look like ALIENS and reek of rancid meat
UNLICKY Morrisons and Sainsbury’s customers have claimed gross turkeys ruined their Christmas dinner.
Families have been left fuming after they bought the “rotten” meat – and didn’t realise until shortly before their festive feats.
Jonathan Heard said his Sainsbury’s turkey was ‘slimy skin with yellowing patches’[/caption]
Another man said Christmas was ruined and he was forced to have beans on toast because of his gross turkey[/caption]
Brits have been taking to social media with disgusting images of their turkeys.
One person even said they had no choice but to settle for beans on toast after uncovering the “off” bird.
Adam Green shared a picture of the turkey he got from Sainsbury’s.
He wrote in a post: “Just got my Sainsbury’s turkey out the fridge to stuff it and prep it for Christmas dinner for the bird to absolutely stink!
“Gave it 15 mins to see if the smell would go only for it to get worse.
“Very disappointing considering it would’ve been the centrepiece.”
In response, a Sainsbury’s spokesperson said: “I’m terribly sorry about the poor quality turkey.
“Can you send us a DM and confirm your name, address and email please? I’ll look into this.”
Jonathan Heard had a similar experience, sharing: “Oh wow Sainsbury’s this is a pretty poor show!
“Fresh turkey dated 27th Dec and it’s bad! Slimy skin with yellowing patches and smells off.
“That’s going to put a downer on tomorrow’s Christmas dinner for 13.”
Another Twitter user said: “What the hell Sainsbury’s.
“My turkey is rotten, Christmas ruined, kids are crying. We now have to have beans on toast. An absolute disgrace.”
A Morrisons customer also had an unfortunate Christmas dining experience after finding their turkey had gone bad.
They said: “Morrisons really disappointed. Have opened my food to order Turkey this morning, and it’s off.”
A Morrisons spokesperson told the Mirror: “Our quality team taste test all our products.
“We have been taste testing our turkeys against our high quality and safety standards throughout the Christmas period – including our joints, crowns and whole birds – and we have rigorous standards, procedures and testing in place with our approved suppliers.
“Any complaints received from customers will be thoroughly investigated with our suppliers to ensure we satisfy our customers and meet our high quality standards.”
Last year shoppers also complained of “rancid” birds.
It comes as an online shopper revealed the bizarre substitution he was given after he ordered a 1kg chicken for Christmas.
The cook shared pictures of the strange replacement he claims ASDA made for the chicken he wanted.
Instead of the 1kg chicken, ASDA delivered a 5.2kg turkey Christmas turkey.
The shopper had already ordered a 2kg turkey crown from the store.
Now he has over 7kg of turkey meat to get through this Christmas.
Taking to Reddit with his snaps of the substitution, the shopper branded it a “huge win”.
The Christmas cook said: “It doesn’t fit in my roaster!”
One Twitter user shared a picture of his turkey which had a green tinge[/caption]
My bridezilla friend said I ‘ruined’ her wedding by being a woman in a suit – her text after was the icing on the cake
A REDDIT user has shared that her friend was completely opposed to her wearing a suit to her wedding.
After the wedding, she apparently received a text that was even more unbelievable.
A woman has shared the strict rules her friend put in place for her wedding[/caption]
Posting to the bridezillas forum on Reddit, a woman shared that her best friend of many many years had got engaged, and immediately asked her to be a bridesmaid.
The woman said she was “thrilled for about 0.2 seconds” until her friend said “Ha! Now I get to make you dress girly!”
Her friend had a list of requirements for the bridesmaids which included a dress and heels.
She listed off the rest of the requirements: “I had to grow my hair to at least bob length. I had to dye my hair. I had to get a tan (fake or sunbed) and I definitely had to use body make up to cover all my tattoos.”
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Next, she shared something that to her was a “gut-wrencher.”
“Anyone who knows me knows I am an absolute tomboy who feels deeply uncomfortable wearing dresses etc. But hey it’s the bride’s big day, right? I offered to do all except grow my hair,” she said.
“Not. Good. Enough. Apparently, I would RUIN HER PHOTOS with my crap short hair.”
The woman shared that arguments ensued as a result. There were multiple texts and group chats that were telling her she was being stubborn, and it was “for one day” and she should “suck it up.”
Around the time of all the drama, her dad was unfortunately diagnosed with a terminal illness. “We mutually agreed my dad was my priority and I stepped down from bridesmaid to guest,” she said.
Her friend, the bride, then asked her what she and her girlfriend would be wearing to the wedding, and she replied that they had tailor-made suits from a wedding last year and they would be “perfect.”
Her friend told her that she didn’t want everyone staring at the “two lesbians in suits” and that everyone would be talking about them and apparently taking attention away from her.
“I was gobsmacked. [Girlfriend] refused to even go. I told [the] bride unless she was telling all the guests what to wear she could f**k right off.
“I went to the wedding (didn’t want to be the asshole who didn’t show up tbh). It went swimmingly. An absolutely grand affair with no expense spared,” she said.
“I left after the first dance to get home to my kid (had been there for 8 hours at this point!) and was told the next day that at the end of the party the bride was sobbing that I left early and ruined her day.
“She also texted me to tell me the money I had gifted her was nowhere near the cost of hosting me.
“So we don’t talk anymore,” she concluded.
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Call of Duty: Warzone 2 “ruined” by one-hit Modern Warfare 2 shotgun
The Call of Duty: Warzone 2 meta could be “ruined” thanks to a shotgun in CoD Modern Warfare 2 that seems to kill in one hit at any range in the Activision and Infinity Ward FPS game, definitely a loadout to start levelling and building as we await Modern Warfare 2 season one and the Warzone 2 DMZ mode.
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