-Flashback- Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 In this thread you can share any story of just about anything in your life that is complete nonsense or ticks you off. I start: You know what's bollocks? Regional lock. It's always the same thing. Every... single... time! What's the point of doing this? stoooooooop! ;_; The hardware and software developers throw us the bulls!%3 excuse that they use region lock on DVDs, Blurays, video game consoles and other electronic devices of this kind because they say that "some products are not meant to audiences outside the region they were released in." That's a crock of s#%t Today's audiences have very different and specific tastes. They look for specific products, they want to see everything as much costumised as possible and they are getting more and more demanding about this as years go by. If I live in China, why couldn't I import a video game from Japan if I liked it for example? I understand that some companies try to protect their products by cutting the imports from cheaper countries and avoid losing money that way (for example iphones are cheaper here in China than in Europe), but giving us the cultural taste excuse is just low. Everytime I try to get any electronic device from my country to work here in China, it just won't. It's frustrating. Try living in a region with a different system and you will see what I mean. Darklord Rooke 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiddle Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Well, I mean, to be fair... Kosakyun, krill, Tenkuru and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jibril Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Well, I mean, to be fair... I fucking LOL'd Did not see that one coming. 10/10 best thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Flashback- Posted January 18, 2015 Author Share Posted January 18, 2015 Heyyy piss off guys. Getting things to work here in Antarctica has to be difficult too. With all the regional lock shiz and stuff. Like, yeah. Of course you first world kiddos have no idea what that is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funyarinpa Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 For me, it's homework I just hate it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasDice Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 - To see 30-unskippable minutes of copyright warnings, as thanks for buying a DVD. - How disgusting websites look without adblock nowadays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funyarinpa Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 - How disgusting websites look without adblock nowadays. I got 91 ads blocked on a YT page once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havoc Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 - the massive increase in ads over the years. - the way copyright and regional locks have not evolved allong with the world and the internet. I mean seriously they are outdated as hell, those copyright laws predate the internet. - how we still ALL have to work and pay for things despite it techically being possible for more than half of the work not having to work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DimDito Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 You know what's bollocks? The fact that imgur is blocked by my ISP, and that 90% of all images on Fuwanovel are imgur. I had to jump my DNS and use a relay server just to look at Fiddle's sodding image. Or any image on Fuwa for that matter. That's just ludicrous. It's way too cumbersome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flutterz Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 You know what's bollocks? The fact that imgur is blocked by my ISP, and that 90% of all images on Fuwanovel are imgur. I had to jump my DNS and use a relay server just to look at Fiddle's sodding image. Or any image on Fuwa for that matter. That's just ludicrous. It's way too cumbersome. Okay, the other things in this thread aren't bollocks. THAT is bollocks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewy Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 My steam account got blocked because I logged in my new laptop and the email it was linked to is also blocked because it was opened on a different laptop and the recovery email was blocked due to inactivity...... WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK krill 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havoc Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 My steam account got blocked because I logged in my new laptop and the email it was linked to is also blocked because it was opened on a different laptop and the recovery email was blocked due to inactivity...... WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK ......What the hell did i just read..... So now what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewy Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Rip steam account Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosakyun Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 What's bollocks? The fact that girls have a special spot inside the train station while men don't. I mean, c'mon. I'm not badmouthing the girls or anything, but c'moooon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyrael Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 - No good anime streaming services outside the US (gimme some Crunchyroll dammit!) - Download limit of 150 GB per month and having to pay an outrageous amount to increase it - Having a mother tongue that is only spoken in 1,5 (tiny) countries in the world (Dutch) - 3D women Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosakyun Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 - Download limit of 150 GB per month and having to pay an outrageous amount to increase it >150 GB I only have 15 GB. Enjoy what you have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyrael Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 >150 GB I only have 15 GB. Enjoy what you have. How do you watch anime with that kind of limit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosakyun Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 How do you watch anime with that kind of limit? I can't watch it the whole day, honestly. If I had 150 GB though, I wouldn't be counting the number of days I had 'till the limit restarts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Flashback- Posted January 18, 2015 Author Share Posted January 18, 2015 I can't watch it the whole day, honestly. If I had 150 GB though, I wouldn't be counting the number of days I had 'till the limit restarts. You know what's ever more bollocks? Here in China all the western video websites where the anime series are hosted are either painfully slow or blocked. Even with a VPN they load painfully slow. So I got 2 choices: Either I download the whole series to my hard disc and take up a lot of space or I can always watch them in Chinese sites with Chinese dubs or subs from Japanese... which is not recommended if your Chinese level is "hello, how are you, fine, thank you". So enjoy what you have :> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havoc Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 - No good anime streaming services outside the US (gimme some Crunchyroll dammit!) - Download limit of 150 GB per month and having to pay an outrageous amount to increase it - Having a mother tongue that is only spoken in 1,5 (tiny) countries in the world (Dutch) - 3D women ...? You live in belgium and you have a download limit, are you shitting me? I am basically your next door naughboor and i dont have a download limit at all, i have a 50mbs per second connection for unlimited amounts of traffic. Why in goods name do you guys have a download limit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewy Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 - No good anime streaming services outside the US (gimme some Crunchyroll dammit!) - Download limit of 150 GB per month and having to pay an outrageous amount to increase it - Having a mother tongue that is only spoken in 1,5 (tiny) countries in the world (Dutch) - 3D women Crunchyroll is actually pretty bad.... Unless you have a premium account, it is just ad spam galore. I mean the video stop and they force an ad on you... I do feel sorry for the 3D women part but it's nice walking around and speaking a language that people don't understand. I know English and chinese but if I swear in either, people always know... Even when I go overseas.... There is always someone who understands English or chinese near you. I can't watch it the whole day, honestly. If I had 150 GB though, I wouldn't be counting the number of days I had 'till the limit restarts. But....but....that means.... You have a decent amount of life.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewy Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 You know what's ever more bollocks? Here in China all the western video websites where the anime series are hosted are either painfully slow or blocked. Even with a VPN they load painfully slow. So I got 2 choices: Either I download the whole series to my hard disc and take up a lot of space or I can always watch them in Chinese sites with Chinese dubs or subs from Japanese... which is not recommended if your Chinese level is "hello, how are you, fine, thank you". So enjoy what you have :> I just came back from china. You have my pity. However, some anime sites worked while I was there that had English sub. That weren't that slow. I ranted about the same thing on another thread but havoc thought I was joking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Flashback- Posted January 18, 2015 Author Share Posted January 18, 2015 I just came back from china. You have my pity. However, some anime sites worked while I was there that had English sub. That weren't that slow. I ranted about the same thing on another thread but havoc thought I was joking You have to tell me which ones The fastest I could find was some Russian video website. I'm guessing it has to do with the geographical proximity to China. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewy Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 You have to tell me which ones The fastest I could find was some Russian video website. I'm guessing it has to do with the geographical proximity to China. Well I tried so many I forgot.... Honestly .... Maybe chia anime, gogo anime, pinoyanime, animeflavor, were a few that I tried. But I can't really remember ( I tried 20 or so...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinovaA Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Things that are bollocks: - My ISP and everything they stand for. - I spend three hours everyday commuting between my University and home (total). - The fourth disc of my Clannad After Story dvds just kinda vanished. Like all four of them were there before I last looked, but then when I looked again (cause I wanted to watch it...again) they weren't there. Not in any of other cases either! Just kinda... poofed. o-o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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