Next Announcement 2017 Thread

[Gucci Piggy]

Yeah, announcement today, announcement Monday, and the big poster whenever it was initially planned to come out (Tue/Wed imo).

[billum]

4 minutes ago, mjsell said:

Haha if you looked up the term optimism, this sentence could be used as a great example.

Ha, thank you I'll take that as a compliment #consistent

[Matt42]

We are almost there guys  

whats good is the wait hasn't seemed as long as last year or 2015 - that reaaaally dragged.

[big__phil]

2 minutes ago, Mattty said:

Passed my driving theory yesterday so I can go back to watching this thread all day and night now. Must be an announcement today

Ah, the memories. Do they still let you click on everything during hazard perception?

[Mattty]

Just now, big__phil said:

Ah, the memories. Do they still let you click on everything during hazard perception?

I proper aced that section, like I could have left the last 4 questions and still pass. So I guess the answer to that is yes

[zeppelin]

3 minutes ago, Mattty said:

I proper aced that section, like I could have left the last 4 questions and still pass. So I guess the answer to that is yes

I remember getting 50/50 on the multiple choice bit, and then not doing very well on hazard perception; I was too concerned they'd pull me up for clicking too much that I didn't click enough! 

Still passed, mind. 

[big__phil]

1 minute ago, Mattty said:

I proper aced that section, like I could have left the last 4 questions and still pass. So I guess the answer to that is yes

Haha nice. I didn't revise for mine at all, yet somehow hit the pass mark. Fuck knows how, I was useless. It wasn't for some time after my theory (I was still learning) that I was informed that national speed limit is 60, not 50. I must have pissed everyone off behind me pootling along at 50.

Also after I passed my exams I was waiting at a green before turning right for AGES, because I was waiting for the green arrow to light up. Again, it wasn't until a couple of beeps that I realised that I could indeed drive through a green light. Who knew?

[big__phil]

2 minutes ago, zeppelin said:

I remember getting 50/50 on the multiple choice bit, and then not doing very well on hazard perception; I was too concerned they'd pull me up for clicking too much that I didn't click enough! 

Still passed, mind. 

Beware of "rhythmic clicking"!

[Mattty]

1 minute ago, zeppelin said:

I remember getting 50/50 on the multiple choice bit, and then not doing very well on hazard perception; I was too concerned they'd pull me up for clicking too much that I didn't click enough! 

Still passed, mind. 

All that matters I guess. 

46/50 on the multiple choice. I think I revised too much to the point where I felt under a lot of pressure. All sorted now anyway. Gimme that Arcadia announcement

[zeppelin]

1 minute ago, big__phil said:

Beware of "rhythmic clicking"!

I've heard that if you spell out "Let me pass" in morse code with your clicks then you don't even have to do the practical. True story. 

[Mattty]

3 minutes ago, big__phil said:

Haha nice. I didn't revise for mine at all, yet somehow hit the pass mark. Fuck knows how, I was useless. It wasn't for some time after my theory (I was still learning) that I was informed that national speed limit is 60, not 50. I must have pissed everyone off behind me pootling along at 50.

Also after I passed my exams I was waiting at a green before turning right for AGES, because I was waiting for the green arrow to light up. Again, it wasn't until a couple of beeps that I realised that I could indeed drive through a green light. Who knew?

Bet I do that in my practical 

[big__phil]

1 minute ago, zeppelin said:

I've heard that if you spell out "Let me pass" in morse code with your clicks then you don't even have to do the practical. True story. 

I friend of mine hit a wall on the way out of the car park at the start of the practical exam. She asked if that meant a fail, to which the answer was yes. She stopped the test. Quickest fail ever? She did eventually pass, on her 6th attempt.

Sure you'll be fine though, @Mattty.

[p.pete]

32 minutes ago, big__phil said:

I friend of mine hit a wall on the way out of the car park at the start of the practical exam. She asked if that meant a fail, to which the answer was yes. She stopped the test. Quickest fail ever? She did eventually pass, on her 6th attempt.

Sure you'll be fine though, @Mattty.

Waste of a learning opportunity that - I'd like to think I'd keep going, knowing I'd failed but wanting to experience what I'd paid for.  On the other hand, if I was the examiner I think I'd have stopped it!

[Hugh Jass]

1 hour ago, big__phil said:

Ah, the memories. Do they still let you click on everything during hazard perception?

My memory of hazard perception was just hammering the mouse like it was the F5 button on T-Day. Still passed though.

[MetaKate]

Tickets have started dispatch today- I'm hoping we just get the full lineup drop tomorrow. A nice weekend treat. 

[jparx]

I reckon we'll get it all on Monday. Bank Holiday treat init.

Either way, we almost definitely will have it all by the end of next week and that's just terrific.

[MetaKate]

1 hour ago, big__phil said:

I friend of mine hit a wall on the way out of the car park at the start of the practical exam. She asked if that meant a fail, to which the answer was yes. She stopped the test. Quickest fail ever? She did eventually pass, on her 6th attempt.

Sure you'll be fine though, @Mattty.

I had just recently started wearing glasses for my first exam. Had them on top of my head when I pulled out of the parking lot. I noticed as I approached the first stop sign and tried to sneak them on. I thought I had gotten away with it as he took me through the whole exam only to find out afterwards that I failed immediately 

[eastynh]

12 minutes ago, MetaKate said:

Tickets have started dispatch today- I'm hoping we just get the full lineup drop tomorrow. A nice weekend treat. 

After the events of this week the line up would be a welcome distraction.

[DareToDibble]

2 hours ago, big__phil said:

I friend of mine hit a wall on the way out of the car park at the start of the practical exam. She asked if that meant a fail, to which the answer was yes. She stopped the test. Quickest fail ever? She did eventually pass, on her 6th attempt.

Sure you'll be fine though, @Mattty.

On the other side of that coin... One of my friends was about 10 minutes into his exam when someone crashed into the back of him, totally their fault.  Got a pass as the examin didn't see anything in that 10 minutes to give him a major or however many minors it is to fail.

What I'm saying here.. Is ideally you want to get involved in a non-fault crash on your test!

 

After that good deed of telling people a trick to get us all driving licences I think I deserve an announcement, Eavii...

[Gucci Piggy]

1 minute ago, DareToDibble said:

On the other side of that coin... One of my friends was about 10 minutes into his exam when someone crashed into the back of him, totally their fault.  Got a pass as the examin didn't see anything in that 10 minutes to give him a major or however many minors it is to fail.

What I'm saying here.. Is ideally you want to get involved in a non-fault crash on your test!

 

After that good deed of telling people a trick to get us all driving licences I think I deserve an announcement, Eavii...

My uncle spent his entire test sat in a traffic jam. Couldn't ask for it any easier.

[Mattty]

10 minutes ago, DareToDibble said:

On the other side of that coin... One of my friends was about 10 minutes into his exam when someone crashed into the back of him, totally their fault.  Got a pass as the examin didn't see anything in that 10 minutes to give him a major or however many minors it is to fail.

What I'm saying here.. Is ideally you want to get involved in a non-fault crash on your test!

This sounds like the best route down for me. Does anyone here hate me enough to drive up to Sheffield and plough into me whilst doing my practical?

[Gucci Piggy]

7 minutes ago, Mattty said:

This sounds like the best route down for me. Does anyone here hate me enough to drive up to Sheffield and plough into me whilst doing my practical?

I'm in Doncaster so just gimme a shout when you need it done.

[Mattty]

Just now, Will-2609 said:

I'm in Doncaster so just gimme a shout when you need it done.

My man

[Sasperella]

2 hours ago, big__phil said:

Ah, the memories. Do they still let you click on everything during hazard perception?

No! I passed my theory test, but only because I did well on the multiple choice. I got zero on one of the hazard perception questions, which is what happens if you click too much - and I think in general only just got the required number of points in that section to pass . I still don't get it though....it was a clip of driving down a street with cards lining both sides. Surely everything is a flippin' hazard!

Edited May 25, 2017 by Sasperella

[tjfish]

PLEEEEEEAASSEE SOOON!

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