Callum

Come here and just rant for as long as you'd like about how crappy your day has been. Has your manager been an absolute *********** in work for the last nine dreaful hours? Has your Mother In-Law been over for lunch and you already want to claw your eyes from their sockets? Have the kids ran you riot for the whole 15 hours they've been awake and you're approximately five minutes from collapsing in stress? We want to hear about it! Let me begin: I work in the busiest Costa Drive Through in the WHOLE of Europe. We make over £8000 a day in our store sometimes and have collectively around 30 members of staff. Apparently, however, we dont want to put too many on a shift at one time because hey, who needs the right amount of staff anyway. We also ran out of Medium Takeaway Cups. How on EARTH does the largest drive through coffee shop in an entire continent run out of regular takeaway cups? How?! We also ran out of bin liners, so had to buy a load from the shop - but we also ran out of heads for the Mops! We literally started putting dirty mop heads in our dishwasher to reuse them so we could clean the floors... disgusting I know. And to top it off, I spent two hours on my own on the coffee machine making drinks both for cars in the drivethrough and customers in the cafe section. The shift runner decided 'Hmm I recon if I shut down the other machine and send half of our staff home early, Callum might actually have a nervous breakdown from his workload and that would be amusing to watch'.

Hey @Pepper-Head glad to see you've arrived here! Oh jeez Simon is an incredible artist! His Summer Harvest collection... wow. I think I may actually have to buy the piece with the metal guy with flowers in his mouth (idk how else to describe!).

Thanks for sharing that - it's about 2:30am right now so I will certainly take a look over that tomorrow when I wake up. Do you plan on selling a lot of art through these forums?

Love this little guy! My new favourite! Thankyou very much for contributing these <3

I like the Community Playthrough idea too - it could also be integrated with the Pet Evolution theory by where your pet gets X amount of Power for participating each month? This little suggestion could really prove fundamental to smaller, newer games getting some players and traffic through on their site with a bit of reviewing too.

This is perhaps the most exciting suggestion I have read here! Absolutely brilliant idea which I really really believe is going to give these forums a unique edge and a lot of encouragement for participation etc. I am going to be contacting as many artists as I can to get involved, especially once we have decided things such as image resolutions and some ground rules for submissions, because this is going to be such an exciting oppourtunity. I think the idea of Premium Adoptables is a genius idea, and could also allow us to perhaps run some charity events maybe in the future? I.E Purchase this Pet which has a big pink bow on it's face and the money received will go to Breast Cancer Charity #337 etc. Exchanging art for a bit of promotion is always a good incentive too! And the Unique Evolution system would be absolutely brilliant in getting people to do some things which may otherwise seem like far too much effort.

An automatic system screams loopholes for abuse of glitches, but if the system was written well enough then it is a fantastic idea (although I personally am not sure how easy a cross-site integration would be). A manual system screams neglect is imminent and that especially for larger sites, this is going to be a right headache. Pros and Cons to both systems I think - but overall I love the concept and would love to see it running efficiently in the future

We could always introduce somewhat comical threads that people can post on with pretty chill titles etc. Needs a little more thought than what I am capable of giving it at 2am, however something like 'Official:// Rant About Your Crap Work Day', or something similar. It's something I know I would be inclined to read on for a laugh, and if the titles are pretty relatable to the majority of people's everyday lives then they are likely to be posted on regularly too. @Digital

Ooh I'll take a look through my old wordpress stuff and see if I can find the little article I wrote about Pokemon GO back when it had just been released. I was a bit of an avid player for the first month or so but lost interest surprisingly quickly and don't even have the app anymore. The game used way too much battery for my poor Samsung anyway haha! @Digital

Ooh these are very cool! Best of luck in selling them. Can I ask if you have a DeviantArt page or portfolio elsewhere that we could see? Many thanks!

My apologies guys a few days after launching this one some big-time real life drama occured. All dealt with now and I will extend the deadline for this to make up for doing so!

What does HL3 stand for? Not really explored many other of Bethesda's games tbh. @N_E_Wunn

Welcome to the community! I am Callum and one of the moderators here - I look forward to seeing some of your art.

A question which has been brimming on the minds of almost any gamer for the last four years is 'WHEN will we see the next episode of The Elder Scrolls?!?!?!'. Bethesda have been very shady on such information, however have made it clear we aren't likely to see this high-demand game for another few years at least. They are currently working on two other projects, both of which are larger than Skyrim or Fallout ever have been, and these will take priority before TES VI is even put into development. It's safe to say, however, that with Skyrim being one of the most successful games of all time and both Skyrim and Oblivion winning so many awards each, the likelihood of Bethesda not making the next episode at all is very very slim. Why not throw some rumours you've heard around down below, or maybe talk about your favourite moments from the previous TES. Mine probably has to be riding Shadowmere up mountains and then shouting him straight back down again... that horse was indestructible!

I wouldn't consider myself an actual writer, so to speak, however I find taking regular breaks and not bothering to try too hard if my mind's elsewhere is the best way to stay focused with a clear sense of purpose. Also, maintaining a constant awareness of format, purpose and audience should help too. Perhaps try having a couple of post-it notes around with some ideas around those 3 topics before writing may help? Any other advice?

THE BIG TGL LAUNCH GIVEAWAY PRIZE: $10 Amazon Voucher x 2 Welcome to The Big TGL Launch Giveaway! We are celebrating the release of this all-new site by giving away two $10 Amazon Vouchers to two lucky members. Entering is not at all difficult, and you can enter in either of the following (or both) ways: Link your TGL Account with your Twitter Account, follow TGL and then Retweet our Giveaway Post. Link your TGL Account with your Facebook Account, like TGL and then Share our Giveaway Post. We are looking to grow our community as much as possible to ensure that the best achievable service is provided to all of you avid game players, hard-working game developers or budding artists and programmers! By sharing the post around social media, our community will soon expand and before you know it this place with be lively and booming with rich content being released faster than you could ever desire. Without the support of our members there will be a minimal chance of this site succeeding - so, it's all down to you guys. Hopefully I'll see you around, and feel free to message me if you have any questions about the giveaway or otherwise. Callum Marketing Co-ordinator Winners! Congrats to @Pepper-Head and @PaulSonny. Runner up is @Hare