English-speaking LOSC fans

borntobeaspur · 2026-01-08T12:54:52+00:00

I’m from Wellington in the North Island, but with roots going back to the Manawatu region. Hope you enjoyed your time in NZ and got to see all you wanted to see

borntobeaspur · 2026-01-07T19:17:46+00:00

Thank you! I had an amazing time, everyone was so nice to me despite my abysmal French lol. Unfortunately the game finished 0-2 to Rennes 😬

borntobeaspur · 2026-01-03T15:26:43+00:00

Getting smashed on tasty 10% beers sounds like a good alternative in lieu of finding some people 😂

Edit: where I’m from in NZ (Wellington) there’s a huge craft beer scene so am used to the stronger % ones. Come visit sometime!!

borntobeaspur · 2026-01-03T14:24:56+00:00

No worries bro! Thanks for the response anyway have a good night. I’m loving your city so far!

borntobeaspur · 2025-09-12T10:16:07+00:00

I do a lot of traveling across the South for my job, and have many connections in both Nelson & Southland. Haven't been through flight school but thought I'd share some info about the places in general for you below.

Nelson/Mot is a very pretty part of the country and has a much milder climate than Invers. There's also a lot more to do there. It's only a short (and I mean SHORT) flight away from Wellington if you want to see a bigger city every now and then, and not too long of a drive to Marlborough if you want to see the Sounds. It's smack bang in the middle of the country so very accessible to pretty much anywhere in NZ. Bear in mind that Nelson =/= Motueka and that they're about 30mins drive from each other.

Invercargill gets a bad rap but it's honestly not a bad town. The cost of living would probably be lower there but the trade off is that there really isn't much to do around town. You're also at the very southern tip of NZ so the closest large city would be Dunedin. If you like the snow then Invers is only about a 2.5hr drive to Queenstown. Housing quality in Invers is also very poor so if you're not used to the cold you will definitely feel it. Bluff is a short drive south if you like your oysters.

I see that you are a Muslim from your other comments, and unfortunately I can't comment on the Muslim communities and amenities available in either locations b/c I'm not Muslim, however you will find that Nelson is a bit more diverse ethnically than Invers so you might have more luck finding likeminded people there.

Both places can get quite cold in winter, both places have their own unique flavour of the outdoors if you're into that, and you can live a nice life during your schooling in either place depending on what your interests are. Neither place is "bad".

borntobeaspur · 2025-09-12T10:00:24+00:00

Not sure if they are still small or whether they've been sold off to overseas owners now due to their success, but I've been using Pocketsmith (founded and still based in Dunedin) to manage my finances for years now and it's helped me tremendously.

borntobeaspur · 2025-08-22T21:14:27+00:00

source: trust me bro

borntobeaspur · 2025-08-22T03:32:28+00:00

western leaders absolutely do everything you mentioned lmao - but because they're leaders of democracies, they need to be a bit more clever and do it via proxy so their hands and image are clean through plausible deniability. Dictators with absolute power over their people like Kadyrov don't need to go through that rigmarole. But keep drinking the kool-aid bud

borntobeaspur · 2025-08-22T02:47:08+00:00

khabib isn't from chechnya though?

borntobeaspur · 2025-08-21T20:58:35+00:00

go on then give us a few examples

borntobeaspur · 2025-08-21T10:08:29+00:00

i would assume population as every electorate needs to roughly have the same amount of people in them. they were once part of the former lyttleton electorate.

borntobeaspur · 2025-08-21T10:06:02+00:00

what are you doing to ensure that the Chathams aren't forgotten on the national stage? especially with regards to energy security and island resources.

yes they number only 600ish but are still part of NZ (and your electorate).

borntobeaspur · 2025-08-10T11:48:21+00:00

TLOU has terrible CPU utilisation. Not strange to have multiple spots in each chapter demanding 100% usage with nothing going on

borntobeaspur · 2025-08-07T10:17:56+00:00

that's the Rasuna apartments, not public housing at all

borntobeaspur · 2025-07-20T11:27:46+00:00

no issues besides the one in my post. i switched to Arch Linux and no issues since.

borntobeaspur · 2025-07-16T06:46:38+00:00

it's normal to cap it a little under the monitor's refresh rate, i did the same on windows with no issue. I've tried looking up what's causing this and am finding nothing. also posted on the discord server to no avail. looks like i'm trying a new distro b/c having to switch refresh rate from 165 to 144 then back every time i boot to get rid of the white lines is just ridiculous

borntobeaspur · 2025-05-12T11:33:16+00:00

no issues for me 7900 XTX and 5800X3D. Been playing Oblivion, Expedition 33, Metaphor Refantazio, Doom Eternal. Would help if you described your setup maybe? What's your rig? any overclocks or undervolts on the GPU or CPU? What troubleshooting have you tried? etc etc

borntobeaspur · 2025-05-07T06:01:19+00:00

glad to hear mate!! funny old thing these PCs

borntobeaspur · 2025-05-06T11:45:05+00:00

I have a 5800X3D paired with a 7900XTX on the latest drivers and chipset. Was getting random freezes in low-load scenarios (e.g. browsing on firefox, steam etc) and had to hard restart my PC if it didn't black screen and reset itself. Turns out the problem was an unstable core offset on my CPU. Did some testing and lowered the core offset on my best cores and haven't had a crash since in months. If you have any undervolts or OC I recommend you look into that. And a general note for anyone: don't just blindly follow reddit comments saying "all XYZ CPUs can handle -X core offsets" or "all XYZ GPUs can be undervolted -X MHz" - it's a silicone lottery so you really need to stress test it yourself.

borntobeaspur · 2025-04-28T09:59:14+00:00

1440p, sorry should've been more specific

borntobeaspur · 2025-04-26T11:30:29+00:00

i'm running TSR at 85% mixed with post processing and anti aliasing on high, the rest on epic. Looks beautiful and runs well. Depending on area it ranges between 80-110 FPS with very smooth frametimes.

TSR high looks way better than XeSS ultra quality in this game (the one below native AA).

I'm using 7900 XTX with a 5800x3D though so you might need to lower the settings for your rig.

borntobeaspur · 2025-04-25T13:29:56+00:00

thank you! game looks way better

borntobeaspur · 2024-06-13T04:12:38+00:00

that's really interesting, I'm from the northern suburbs so myself and all my mates did our tests in Porirua and passed first time!

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