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grimmmy

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Location: London

Posted: Thu, 8th Oct 2009 15:40 Post subject: Work and Travel and gaming	Quick Quote Quote

I need to moan and in parts its purely unjustified moaning. I work away from home lots, normally in a completely different country. Normally I don't mind this as its only the odd week here and there. However, my next trip I'm away for 5 weeks in 5 different countries. Bits obviously will be fun but ultimately, its still work and away from home means its silly long hours at the circuits and delays at airports. My complaint is that there's too many good games coming out while I'm away. So far I'm missing COD:Modern Warfare 2, Assassins Creed 2, Forza 3, Brutal Legend and Borderlands. There's no doubt more that I've missed. With such a drought over the summer, I've picked the worst time of the year gaming wise to go away . Sorry, just wanted to vent.

nouseforaname
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Location: Toronto, Canada

Posted: Thu, 8th Oct 2009 16:58 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

I wouldn't mind getting out of the country for work, I don't get to go outside Canada asus z170-A \|\| core i5-6600K \|\| geforce gtx 970 4gb \|\| 16gb ddr4 ram \|\| win10 \|\| 1080p led samsung 27"

grimmmy

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Location: London

Posted: Thu, 8th Oct 2009 17:11 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

Its fun at first but slowly grates on you. The pluses and minuses + You get to see some of the world (time permitting. I generally never see anywhere I go as I get stuck at a race circuit the whole time) + its a change in scenery from the office - you live out of a suitcase - you miss friends and family/ gets in the way of normal life. - you're constantly surrounded with the people you work with (ie. during work and during social) - food. Depending on the country depends on the state of the food. China = very bad, Argentina = average, Spain = Good (Food quality this is, not selection) - Hanging around airports becomes hugely tedious. Technically, I'm probably in the wrong job but after this lot I'm not travelling til March at the earliest. I'm sticking a holiday in the middle of this lot as well as it doesn't make too much sense to fly 13 hours just to fly back again in 5 days time.

nouseforaname
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Location: Toronto, Canada

Posted: Thu, 8th Oct 2009 17:24 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

mind if I ask what you do? ('stuck at a race circuit' caught my eye) asus z170-A \|\| core i5-6600K \|\| geforce gtx 970 4gb \|\| 16gb ddr4 ram \|\| win10 \|\| 1080p led samsung 27"

grimmmy

Posts: 1014
Location: London

Posted: Thu, 8th Oct 2009 17:40 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

I work for a company that does timing and TV graphics for motorsport. I'm a programmer there so at present I'm writing a new timing system for stuff like the WTCC. Its all pretty interesting stuff, just the travelling sucks. Intel Core i7-4790K 4.00GHz - 32GB Kingston HyperX - Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 7 - EVGA GTX 980 TI SC 6GB - Asus ROG Swift PG278Q

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