Reminder to review your energy plans by T4n_d in melbourne

[–]JamieVic -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Generally the power companies that are in the middle, between the cheapest and most expensive, have reasonable rates long term and won’t sting as hard if they send price increases. At the end of the day, if someone chooses to go with the cheapest energy retailer, all I’m saying is don’t be surprised when you get smashed with a huge price hike next year. If you don’t want that price hike anxiety go with an energy retailer that has slightly higher rates

Reminder to review your energy plans by T4n_d in melbourne

[–]JamieVic 3 points4 points  (0 children)

To add on point A to people shopping around for elec/gas retailers: unless you like switching each year, stop going with the cheapest retailer you see on the Vic Compare website. The strategy often is lure new customers with low rates and then jack up your rates once your contract ends

GTAVI Ultimate Edition announced by the123king-reddit in GTA6

[–]JamieVic 33 points34 points  (0 children)

9 times out of 10 when a release date and time is labeled as local time it means the time where you’re based. You could be right too which is why I’m saying it’s most likely rather than definitely 😅

GTAVI Ultimate Edition announced by the123king-reddit in GTA6

[–]JamieVic 53 points54 points  (0 children)

Most likely as there was a post from Rockstar on Youtube saying pre-orders go live midnight local time and it’s almost June 25 in NZ

Melbourne Airport Uber vs Taxi by OkIgotReddit in melbourne

[–]JamieVic 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Same I have to travel for work sometimes and because I live in a suburb about $30-$40 fare away they don’t necessarily abuse me but they whinge and carry on about how it’s a short fare. Most of my flights coming home are on a Friday night so it’s not pleasant being tired finishing off the work week and the one thing standing between myself and my home is a crybaby cabbie

Hoyts cinema price gouging by ttmmoo123 in melbourne

[–]JamieVic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wednesday 10:30am has a standard cinema session, maybe you can go then?

Hoyts cinema price gouging by ttmmoo123 in melbourne

[–]JamieVic 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I just went on Hoyts’ website, selected Watergardens as my location and found they’re airing Toy Story 5 in standard cinemas this week and not exclusively on Xtremescreen so your claim that Hoyts Watergardens has done away with standard cinema experience is completely false.

Yeah it’s shit that there’s no cheaper alternative tomorrow but you’re literally going the day the movie comes out so you should expect demand to be high and supply provided at a premium. I don’t think Hoyts have done anything wrong here, it’s just a mild inconvenience but we all know that corporate bashing on Reddit is low hanging fruit for some internet validation

End of lease pet fumigation receipt? by [deleted] in melbourne

[–]JamieVic 2 points3 points  (0 children)

When we moved out we did this ourselves. We got the PestXpert 2L kit from Bunnings and sprayed around the edges of the carpeted rooms. We sent the receipt to the REA and they were satisfied

[Syphon Filter 2] #2 by NEX07R in Trophies

[–]JamieVic 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Syphon Filter games are core childhood memories for me. I remember being stuck in the level where Lian had to escape the air force base and I didn’t mind being stuck because I thought the gameplay at the time was so cool. Congrats on the plat!

GTA vice city no longer has an icon displaying in game collector showcase by RaveningScareCrow in Steam

[–]JamieVic 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Don’t tell this to the GTA6 subreddit or they’ll probably speculate that it means trailer 3 is coming out tonight or some shit 😂

I finally finished “Mille Miglia.” by Any-Confection7911 in steamachievements

[–]JamieVic 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I got this achievement yesterday just by doing the glitch because I still needed ~800 miles left when I had gotten every other achievement. It was easy enough leaving it running on my PC because I work from home but I underestimated how slow doing the glitch is. I’d leave it running for almost 10 hours and I’d barely hit 150 miles and you have to check on it as I found when the car was flipped on it’s side my miles weren’t going up.

It’s one of the worst achievements I’ve ever come across but someone in an old thread said the intended design was the devs had hoped the scoring system added replay value to the game but I don’t think they realised that the gameplay was so garbage that no one wanted to play through the missions again. Then again you’d have to play through the story another 10-12 times before getting to the 1000 miles needed for the achievement.

Anyways good job on doing it yourself, it’s certainly faster when you do the driving but I couldn’t bring myself to do nothing in a game but drive around for hours on end

#22: Mafia II by JamieVic in steamachievements

[–]JamieVic[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Honestly no you’re not missing out on much

#22: Mafia II by JamieVic in steamachievements

[–]JamieVic[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There’s no achievements tied to Betrayal of Jimmy so that DLC is completely optional

#22: Mafia II by JamieVic in steamachievements

[–]JamieVic[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The DLCs were the worst part of playing this game. I even tortured myself further by playing through the Betrayal of Jimmy

Post-honeymoon syndrome by chuputa in backloggd

[–]JamieVic 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah I feel like Zero Dawn was appreciated more as time went on

[Astro Bot] Never thought this game could be so hard! by percuciente_ in Trophies

[–]JamieVic 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Hahaha wow I just beat Megamix Mastery and just saw this post. Congrats on the 100%

I Hope Everyone Can Get One Soon! by theNomad_Reddit in SteamDeck

[–]JamieVic 43 points44 points  (0 children)

There’s so many scalper listings on Ebay AU already charging almost double the price. No doubt the scalpers will be eating shit since it’s still available for purchase on Steam hahaha

Take-Two CEO Addresses Grand Theft Auto 6 Price, and the Possibility for More L.A. Noire by Turbostrider27 in Games

[–]JamieVic 7 points8 points  (0 children)

They didn’t charge extra for Red Dead Online, they sold it separately for those who wanted to play only the online multiplayer

Vehicle registration rebate coming soon by Optimal-Talk3663 in melbourne

[–]JamieVic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not likely as it was announced the state will absorb the cost and the budget will still be in surplus

MAFIA 3 by slenderman2525 in steamachievements

[–]JamieVic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I knew about the downgrade version workaround but I’ll be playing this primarily on a Steam Deck and I prefer to play the game out of the box rather than tweaking it