Hi all,my name's is Gaz.With thanks to the good lady for the i-pod at xmas.
Started searching podcasts to listen to at work & found this diamond.
Been listening to mlg since Feb.
I'm 39 so i've been into gaming since seeing space invaders in the local arcades.
Got into computers at school with my primary showing bbc's computer programme,and they got a bbc micro.
first micro was zx81,couple of years later a spectrum+.
Started to do programmes in basic & tried to do machine code but got bored withthat it.
loved playing games on the speccy.
With getting older & leaving school i got a job on the local pier.
Spent 9 years their playing loads of different games throughout the years.
In that time i didn't get into home gaming with it all being in my job place.
So when i left that job i got a gameboy,then a nintendo off a family member.
Haven't looked back.
Had a snes,psone & share with my son a xbox,psp & xbox 360.
More of a casual gamer hard to get chance with my lad on the 360.
When i get on it i like playing fifa10,forza 3,cod mw3 & far cry2.
Not been able to get any games lately.
But i certainly enjoy the guys going on about everything thats gaming & the other balls deep stuff.
Really looked forward to talking to the community.
23:12 Jul 26th 2010
CherryScones
St. Helens, Merseyside, UK
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Hi Gaz welcome to our lovely forums and what a great intro. The only thing you missed off was your biscuit and beverage of choice. Its a kind of initiation that all newcomers have to do lol but we won't torment you on it unless you say twiglet or something daft like that ha ha.Â
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05:30 Jul 27th 2010
guernica2
Royal Berkshire
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Good man Gaz. Nice intro. Welcome to the forums. We're not a bad bunch really!
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You need to get your boy off those machines and get yourself some game time.
"I fractured my thumb on the mute button, but I think I made my point." Jeff 'Joker' Moreau
06:44 Jul 27th 2010
tridentmorph
Portchester, Hampshire
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Post edited 12:14 – Jul 27th 2010 by tridentmorph
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Quick tip, I find the best way to keep the kids off the console is to lock em in the shed, they love playing with the tools and rat poison and after  few hours they tend to quiet down to an occasional soft sob.     Hope that helps.
09:17 Jul 27th 2010
BROTHER BROWN
Jam Butty Mines
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Hi im glad you found me to Gaz.
Welcome to M.L.G you sound like your going to be a fine addition to the community.( your in that sensible age group )
Thanks Morph im going to have to remeber the shed trick.
09:37 Jul 27th 2010
bob destroyer of worlds
Fife, Scotland
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Hi Gaz weclome to MLG i hope to see you on the boards
13:29 Jul 27th 2010
Adamski UK
Warwickshire
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Welcome aboard the good ship MLG Gaz!
A great pedigree of gaming. Same here with the rare gaming windows…got take what you can get!
But that means you can spend more and more time on HERE!
For instance, you could have a go at the MLG100 Podcast Picture Quiz….
Oh, and you could send a friend request to the 360 tag "amidlifegamer"….don't let your kid chat to anyone on that list though…unless you want to taint his view of the world.
Hi Gaz, welcome to the forums hope to hear lots more from you, I know what you mean about the kids luckliy we have a motorway nearby where they play real life frogger lol! only kidding.
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15:42 Jul 27th 2010
Vintage-Lofty
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Alright Gaz nice to meet you buddy.
You make pie (good for you).
Hang on a minute though your 39 and you don't own a ps3 you haven't lived Gaz, sell something of value quickly an hop on board the fun train. Until you do ill see you on the board's.
18:14 Jul 27th 2010
Hugo Rune
Cambridgeshire
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Hey hey, you sound like you'll fit in just fine.
Squeeze your offspring off that console and jump on line with a few of the guys.
19:51 Jul 27th 2010
GazZX71
Fleetwood,nr Blackpool
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Many thanks to all your replies.
Yeah forgot about the biccy bevvy q&a.
Biccy probably Plain choc digestive,reason is no one else likes them.
But i could go through a box tea time assortment easy.
Bevvy non alc a good strong wet cup of tea.
Alc,JD & coke.
The pier i worked on was Fleetwood it burned down a couple years ago.
But i left their in '96.And it had been closed for a couple of years.
Oh and trying a 13 yr old son who's nearly my size off the xbox 360 is getting harder.
Can't see him staying in a shed for long without kicking it in.
Speak to you soon guys.
21:00 Jul 27th 2010
Vampire Azrial
Birmingham, UK.
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Personally I like to keep the kids in the cellar, nice brick wall, so nobody can hear the screams, also hobble the little buggers first, a nice block of wood between the ankles and a sledgehammer works wonders, stops em trying to kick the door in then, anyway, welcome to the forum, sell one of the kids to medical science and buy a PS3 and I'll see you online, if not, I'll see you on the forum, toodles!
Master of speling mitakse
21:51 Jul 27th 2010
oldroo
That weirdo from the internet.
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I think you need to encourage the boy to play more games, but make the bugger get a job so he can pay for them himself. With any luck you'll end up with a stack of new games, and a kid who's too tired to play them.
Welcome!
09:35 Jul 28th 2010
bob destroyer of worlds
Fife, Scotland
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I have just realised there is loads of really great parenting advise on this forum  which i need to take note of for when i have kids. I have always thought of investing in chloroform when i have kids and a trank gun for when they get older. It would turn borring old bed time into a fun big game hunt. Just wondering what everyone thinks of my ideas
09:47 Jul 28th 2010
Vintage-Lofty
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Don't have kids bob, stay selfish like me.
10:55 Jul 28th 2010
bob destroyer of worlds
Fife, Scotland
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ahh if only that was possible the mrs does want kids and my dad loves to put on the sob story how he wants to see grandchildren. But we have agreed not for a few years yet. since our 1 bed flat has barely enough room for our books,dvd, and games collections
17:53 Jul 28th 2010
Vintage-Lofty
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It would probably be best if you didn't just take her word for it though Bob, get something writin down, always use protection and don't take drugs.Â
19:41 Jul 28th 2010
Malc
SE London
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Welcome and dont forget to buy Gears of War 2 and left for dead 2
20:47 Jul 28th 2010
GazZX71
Fleetwood,nr Blackpool
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I did have Gears 2,i got rid.I finished it & could never get going in multiplayer.
Always fancied getting left for dead 2.
14:25 Jul 29th 2010
GazZX71
Fleetwood,nr Blackpool
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This is what happened to My old workplace.
Our beloved Fleetwood Pier.
16:15 Jul 29th 2010
BROTHER BROWN
Jam Butty Mines
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Theres a chippy in Fleetwood that does the best fish ive ever tasted but for the life of me i can not remeber the name of it. The feller who runs it used to be extra on tv hollyoaks etc and the chippy has won lots of awards. Any ideas Gaz?
16:53 Jul 29th 2010
GazZX71
Fleetwood,nr Blackpool
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Well if the fella is a scouser? it's called Shakies.
The other chippy that has won awards is Pisces chippy.
22:20 Jul 29th 2010
mikeydredlox
South Yorkshire
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eyup Gaz, nice to have someone else on who remembers the zx81, little useless box of shite though that it was
welcome to MLG
ditto on the plain choccy digestive, my 2nd choice of tea accompanying comestible, when 1st choice of chocolate flapjack was relegated to the cake tin
09:26 Jul 30th 2010
BROTHER BROWN
Jam Butty Mines
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GazZX71 said:
Well if the fella is a scouser? it's called Shakies.
The other chippy that has won awards is Pisces chippy.
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I think he was. The chippy is at the end of the high street ( if it is the high street )Â just around the bend its also got a restaurant bit up stairs.
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 which i need to take note of for when i have kids. I have always thought of investing in chloroform when i have kids and a trank gun for when they get older. It would turn borring old bed time into a fun big game hunt. Just wondering what everyone thinks of my ideas
