Fellow Aussies!

[Tom B-B]

Another G-Man here... 23.
Playing Magicka with the boys on base.
S'not bad...
After playing alot of Kongregate games, a little Marvel vs Capcom (winner takes a shot, tag in next opponent) and of course Minecraft.

 

[octafish]

Melbournian, Newspaper Photographer/Father, favorites are Jagged Alliance 2, Xcom, SS2, Planescape: Torment, VtM: Bloodlines, Arcanum, Ghost Recon, NOLF and Crimson Skies. Currently playing Baldur's Gate tutu on my netbook and Minecraft, NFS: Shift and GTA IV on my desktop.

Just out of curiosity, what was it like trying to get into that profession?

Honestly? It really isn't what you know, it's who you know. It really does pay to network. I was an assistant to commercial photographers for about five years and after I went away for my honeymoon for a few months my work dried up. Luckily I knew some people in newspapers and they got me through the door to an interview. They put me on as a casual, you use your own gear and there is no guarantee of work, I did that for two years, then got a full time position five years ago.

 

[Biosophilogical]

Queenslander. Uni student. I'm playing HeartGold, Resident Evil 5 and Monster Hunter Tri. And I'm re-watching Firefly. Not at the same time; I can't multi-task that well ... yet.

EDIT: Oh yeah, and I saw Wicked. To say the least, it was wicked!

 

[Ushario]

Aussie is a little unprecise do you mean Australian or Austrian?
since both call themselves aussie XD

I mean Australian's, I've never heard Austrian's being called Aussies before so that's interesting.

It's good to see there are a few of us kicking around the Escapist. One thing I really want to do is head to one of the Mana Bars, probably the one in Melbourne. I love Melbourne, it's the number one spot on my list to move.

 

[ten.to.ten]

Aussie is a little unprecise do you mean Australian or Austrian?
since both call themselves aussie XD

I mean Australian's, I've never heard Austrian's being called Aussies before so that's interesting.

It's good to see there are a few of us kicking around the Escapist. One thing I really want to do is head to one of the Mana Bars, probably the one in Melbourne. I love Melbourne, it's the number one spot on my list to move.

I absolutely love Brisbane but sometimes I wish I could move to Melbourne. I have a lot of family there and visit a lot, it's like a second home to me. It's really frustrating Queensland not having a relationship register for gay couples like Victoria does, you'd be surprised how much of a pain it can be trying to prove your relationship exists without something like that.

 

[Ambi]

Add me to the unemployed in Queensland list. Well, technically I'm employed by the loose definition used to generate government statistics because I sort through discarded/donated things at my mother's workplace once a week.

I don't play many games. I used to play AoE I&II, Alpha Centauri (only the demo version), and Croc on and off quite a bit growing up. I also liked Portal. I might get Portal 2 if I can convince my sister to let me use her computer.

Queenslander here. Surfers Paradise. Work at EB Games. Have around 450 games on Steam and 250 console games on all 4 consoles. So yeah, my taste is pretty diverse. I do tend to favour the japanese made games more then others.

Another Gold Coast resident, not saying what suburb though. How's being swarmed by thousands of obnoxious seventeen-year-olds once a year, living in Surfers?

Just out of curiosity, what was it like trying to get into that profession?

I know you weren't asking me, but sometimes you can get offered jobs in that area without official qualifications by doing well in competitions. I know someone who came 4th (or something) in NZ at C&C at xLan a few years ago and got offered one. I'm not sure how common that is, though.

I absolutely love Brisbane but sometimes I wish I could move to Melbourne. I have a lot of family there and visit a lot, it's like a second home to me. It's really frustrating Queensland not having a relationship register for gay couples like Victoria does, you'd be surprised how much of a pain it can be trying to prove your relationship exists without something like that.

What do you love about Brisbane? I should probably visit more parts of it before judging. I'd be okay with living there, but it doesn't so much have that lively big-city kind of feeling. Maybe it's just smaller, warmer, and generally more laid-back than Melbourne and Sydney.

I loved the atmosphere of Melbourne the few times I've been there, I've considered moving there as well, but then my friend got a girlfriend and I hardly see him anymore. I loved the weather, that perfect windy coldness where it's cold enough for old people to be huddled in their jackets, but not so cold I have to wear one. I also liked the architecture and infrastructure of it (although I don't know too much about it, it just looked nice), along with all the little things. It was busy with activists handing out pamphlets, strange people with peculiar instruments in the street, colourful graffiti-covered alleyways, hurried women tripping in their heels, warm looking bars crowded with people clad in business attire, little streets with cheap food outlets, terraced houses and other interesting old buildings...

And yes, it sucks about the registry thing. Queensland, the smart state? Laughable. It should come about some day, don't lose hope.

 

[ten.to.ten]

What do you love about Brisbane? I should probably visit more parts of it before judging. I'd be okay with living there, but it doesn't so much have that lively big-city kind of feeling. Maybe it's just smaller, warmer, and generally more laid-back than Melbourne and Sydney.

I loved the atmosphere of Melbourne the few times I've been there, I've considered moving there as well, but then my friend got a girlfriend and I hardly see him anymore. I loved the weather, that perfect windy coldness where it's cold enough for old people to be huddled in their jackets, but not so cold I have to wear one. I also liked the architecture and infrastructure of it (although I don't know too much about it, it just looked nice), along with all the little things. It was busy with activists handing out pamphlets, strange people with peculiar instruments in the street, colourful graffiti-covered alleyways, hurried women tripping in their heels, warm looking bars crowded with people clad in business attire, little streets with cheap food outlets, terraced houses and other interesting old buildings...

And yes, it sucks about the registry thing. Queensland, the smart state? Laughable. It should come about some day, don't lose hope.

I wish Brisbane had more of a big city feel to it too, but then again, I don't really feel that with Melbourne and I haven't been to Sydney enough to remember what that feels like. Being lucky enough have visited places like London, Hong Kong and some of the big American cities, any of them would make Sydney or Melbourne feel like a country town by comparison, so I've resigned myself to not living in a "big city", at least for now. What I do love about Brisbane is the climate, its affordability and the fantastic public transport system. Sure it might not feel like a big city but it has a lot of the big city comforts, and it may not have that cultural force that Melbourne does but it's beautiful in its own way.

Melbourne does have a wonderful feel to it and I agree with a lot of your observations. And thanks, I know it's going to happen sooner or later, just a pain in the arse waiting for that day. The "smart state" thing is bullshit, unfortunately.

 

[Faela]

LOL People saying they don't live in a big city when they are talking about Brisbane lol trust me, when you come from a little town in Central Queensland, Brisbane is plenty big enough lol.

 

[Hellz_Barz]

Aussie is a little unprecise do you mean Australian or Austrian?
since both call themselves aussie XD

Austrians call themselves Aussie? wow I never knew that.

I'm from Sydney and study in a games development course at the moment. I had a job in an office and then was testing soil at one stage, nowadays I just focus on studying though. Got my hands on shogun 2 a couple of days ago. Just won my first online battle cause I'm really bad at it.

 

[seleucus]

no way that austrians would call themselves aussies... they're too protective of their unique and completely non-german culture to create that kind of confusion. these guys stopped calling themselves germans because of that, and because of that umlaut over the o in oesterreich their equivalent would sound like 'erssies' for them anyways. of course thats all just unresearched speculation

 

[Don't taze me bro]

Sydneysider here.

I was an EB Games manager for a few years. I am currently a primary school teacher in Western Sydney.

I dabble in TF2, LoL and WoW. My favourite games include anything Castlevania, Jet Set Radio, Planescape Torment, Thief, and the Persona series.