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Old 01-12-2016, 22:17
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The fact that lots of people are picking apart his comments on his sexuality probably means they were valid.
I'm certainly not underestimating the prevalence of homophobia in society, there's still far too much of it about. However I should think fashion is less so as there do seem to be a lot of gay men working in that field.

But I don't work in fashion and I don't live in Ireland and I'm not Dillon so what do I know.
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Old 01-12-2016, 22:18
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Dillon all smiles which makes a change from looking grim on the main show. A sand tank for him with monster gloves as a pressi

Sofi is gutted!
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Old 01-12-2016, 22:19
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No she is an efficient hard working purposeful person who doesn't waste time and who has made a great success of her life as a result.
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Old 01-12-2016, 22:22
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Sofi got nothing from the games expert, which doesn't surprise me, as I don't think many of them have ideas to encompass all ages and genders!
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Old 01-12-2016, 22:27
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Very good prospects for Sofi from LS.
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Old 01-12-2016, 22:28
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Fired from the audience
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Old 01-12-2016, 22:29
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Team Sofi framed picture pressie.
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Old 01-12-2016, 22:30
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If the 1st guy got hired from the audience then Sofianne or whatever should have been hired as well. Both were equally bad.
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Old 01-12-2016, 22:32
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Rhod's show wasn't bad

See you all next week, I hope, but will bring the laptop with me
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Old 01-12-2016, 22:34
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If the 1st guy got hired from the audience then Sofianne or whatever should have been hired as well. Both were equally bad.
Interesting point, but maybe the audience liked one more than the other.
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Old 01-12-2016, 22:37
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Interesting point, but maybe the audience liked one more than the other.
I definitely preferred Dillon to Sofiane.
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Old 01-12-2016, 22:40
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I definitely preferred Dillon to Sofiane.
Wasn't keen on either of them, but with age like wine they will improve
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Old 01-12-2016, 23:14
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not read the whole thread but thought the issue around the game play where dillon disregarded alana's ideas by saying it would over-complicate things was kinda over-looked

they were trying to come up with a puzzle game and dillon didn't seem to want there to be anything "puzzling" about it and the game ended up more about how it looked rather than how it was to play
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Old 01-12-2016, 23:53
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They record all the exits up front, so the comments they make don't actually relate to any of the tasks.
No, they record the walk to the taxi upfront but the comments in the taxi are made after they've been fired.


That's why they all wear a big coat and scarf for both bits, to cover the fact they are wearing different clothes.
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Old 02-12-2016, 02:43
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Mark Halliley is losing it a little...I was disappointed not to hear a line along the lines of "Tonight, the experts feedback and the public vote...tomorrow, a reality check in the boardroom"

Sugar claiming he isn't really a gamer...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amstrad_Mega_PC

Cheeky game of Sonic The Hedgehog instead of looking at that boring work spreadsheet anyone?
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Old 02-12-2016, 03:38
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Aw, Jessica, she obviously got on well with Dillon. She really wanted him back.

I know Jess is as mad as a box of frogs, but I do like her. I bet she'd be great fun to go on a night out with.
She charmed the gaming experts!
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Old 02-12-2016, 09:38
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I reckon next week Lord Shuggs will move Trishna over to join Alana and Grainne, leaving Courtney, Francis and Jessicca in the other.

That way, he can pick off either Courtney or Alana, depending on which team loses.

That said no one is outstanding. I had thought Grainne was front runner, but last night it felt like she thought she had done enough previous weeks, so sat back. With 4 a side if someone takes a week off you've lost 25% of your team. She needs to do better next week, or Alana might survive over her (if their team loses)
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Old 02-12-2016, 10:27
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This was one of the most ridiculous tasks ever set in TA. I worked 15 years in the computer games industry. You cannot expect people to come up with an idea with some originality, design a game, design the characters, learn to play it convincingly and then pitch it convincingly in two days Two months would be pushing it. It is outrageous to attack them for not being creative in this context. Some of us remember the awful and derivative output of Sugar's very own Amsoft label in the 1980s. Even then a reasonable 8 bit game took many hours of development from people who were experienced in both design and coding.
And what did any of this have to do with VR? If the task had been to design a simple app for kids to run on a phone it would have been a little more relevant to the skills the contestants are supposed to display (but not much).
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Old 02-12-2016, 10:50
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Some of it probably depends on whom the BBC can get onboard to help (for as little cash as possible).
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Old 02-12-2016, 12:39
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I thought it was a great task - one of the best ever in terms of creativity. I though both most teams did well although I thought 'Magic Shells' as a title sounded better than the other team's 'Gordon can't find Badger' or whatever it was! I liked both game concepts, both had potential, I reckon. I don't think there is much expertise when it comes to inventing games. If an idea works it works, I don't think the experts know what makes every game a hit! An underwater shell game could work given enough tweaking of gameplay, perhaps.


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This was one of the most ridiculous tasks ever set in TA. I worked 15 years in the computer games industry. You cannot expect people to come up with an idea with some originality, design a game, design the characters, learn to play it convincingly and then pitch it convincingly in two days Two months would be pushing it. It is outrageous to attack them for not being creative in this context. Some of us remember the awful and derivative output of Sugar's very own Amsoft label in the 1980s. Even then a reasonable 8 bit game took many hours of development from people who were experienced in both design and coding.
And what did any of this have to do with VR? If the task had been to design a simple app for kids to run on a phone it would have been a little more relevant to the skills the contestants are supposed to display (but not much).
All the tasks involved in creating some new product are rushed and have zero research and development time. It's one of the more superficial aspects of the show. A working demo was good enough to give an impression of the games. I'm sure the gaming experts took the zero R&D time into account. They judged the games on the early demos and considered their potential if made into completely finished games.
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Old 02-12-2016, 16:42
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Does anyone know where Sofiane comes from originally? I remember the story about how he taught himself English from scratch (which I don't believe) and how he arrived in the UK with something like £100.
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Old 02-12-2016, 17:09
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Does anyone know where Sofiane comes from originally? I remember the story about how he taught himself English from scratch (which I don't believe) and how he arrived in the UK with something like £100.
I believe he is from Algeria and has a French passport.
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Old 02-12-2016, 17:42
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I believe he is from Algeria and has a French passport.
Thanks. I assumed it was Algeria or Morroco because of his name, but I checked on the BBC website for confirmation but couldn't find anything.
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Old 02-12-2016, 20:54
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Just watched. To start I didn't think Dillon was gay, on the you're fired programme he seemed very very camp. Was he hiding it or cameras hiding it?
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Old 02-12-2016, 21:09
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I just watched Dillon on You're fired' I didn't know he was gay but is he acting more and more camp?
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