So, today is my wedding day. At least, it's supposed to have been. The reasons are obvious - due to the COVID-19 outbreak, there are restrictions on large gatherings around the country (and even the world). While some restrictions were lifted, the hard lockdown, which only lifted a few weeks ago, meant that no planning could be done prior. Thankfully, the venue were really awesome in allowing to reschedule to a future date of our choosing, which will most likely take place in early 2021.

This may turn into a fairly long catch-up, so if you're not interested, you're welcome to skip to the end where the train is departing from.

There has, however, been some positives during this time. Both myself and fiancé were able to work from home during the lockdown, while also still receiving our full pay. She's gone back to work as of last month, while I'm most likely to continue working from home for the remainder of the year because of underlying conditions from my youth that may put me at higher risk. Prior to the lockdown we were saving for multiple projects, including the wedding and buying a house, which is also not likely to happen until later in the year.

The biggest upside for us is that we've been able to save over and above our normal amount each month, so we've been trying to do our best to help the community. In the first week of the hard lockdown, my work laptop crashed. Thankfully, I had the Acer Predator Triton 900 with me for review, which I could work from. However, the PR collected the unit in May, so I ended up having to use my PC, which is connected to our living room TV for work - after a few days of this my fiancé got annoyed and so we decided to buy a laptop. Long story short, we ended up buying a decent ASUS G15 Strix gaming laptop - mostly thanks to the extra money saved working from home. What's interesting about this is that I bought a gaming PC in November last year. Before that, I didn't upgrade my previous CPU and GPU for over 9 years.

Initially, I wasn't planning on doing much today, as we were supposed to have our own mini-celebration for the day, but, as it turns out, my fiancé got very sick and has been unable to do much for the past day and remains in bed. This actually gave me a bit of time to myself, so I decided to create a train. I really wanted to create something epic, but I didn't realise the effort it would take to do so. Having spent 3 hours gathering all the games and links, trying to make sure they're all in working condition, it took me another hour to create the train, which is only a quarter of the collection. So, we now have 5 separate trains, but they'll be departing at different schedules. I hope you guys do enjoy it.

I know it's been a difficult time for many, and don't write the above to show-boat. I just wanted to share my change of fortune over a few years ago when I wrote on here, heavy in debt and having to cut quite a bit of activity - also why I wasn't able to upgrade any of my tech for years. We'll continue to give back to the organisations in our local area to assist while we're all still dealing with aspects of the COVID-19 effects.

TL;DR - Today was supposed to be my wedding day, but due to COVID-19 restrictions, it's to be moved to 2021.

Arrival Time - 9pm SAST, 20 June 2020

As always, a few disclaimers:

  1. As stated previously, there will be multiple trains, so keep an eye out for those.
  2. If there are any used keys, keys no longer valid, etc. they, unfortunately, won't be replaced. My apologies for that.
  3. If there are any issues within the train (broken tracks, etc.), please just drop a message in the comments.

I didn't really wanna add this, but ... since the last time I did a train, I was banned for 3 days for "begging" on SG. Honestly, I wasn't really. But, there no indication to the moderators that it was a joke, and rules are rules. Fair enough. It's worth noting, for perspective, that I'm moving towards 2,000 games in my Steam library, so I don't really need to be begging for games. But, like I said rules are rules. What I didn't appreciate, however, was some SG users taking the opportunity to go to my Steam page and leave some obscenities because of it. I was considering just closing my account, not wanting have to deal with any of it again. At the same time, I've been part of this community for 7 years now, I've interacted with various people and continue to do so and don't think their stupidity should impact that.

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Best wishes for the wedding.
and thank you for these wonderful giveaways.

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Much appreciated. :)

4 years ago
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It's too bad that the wedding is postponed but congratulations and best wishes! 😄
Also, thanks for the trains! 👍

4 years ago
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Thanks so much. :)

4 years ago
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Hope your fiance is feeling better, and that your wedding next year is a wonderful celebration. Thanks for the trains, and for spreading some joy!

4 years ago
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She's recovering, thanks. :)

4 years ago
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Thanks! Put in for a few of these! All the best for you and your fiancee, as well; I hope that your wedding is every bit as wonderful as you've hoped!

4 years ago
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Thanks. Appreciated. :)

4 years ago
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Bump~ Thanks for the train!
I wish you and your fiancé the best and for her to recover soon!

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Much appreciated. :)

4 years ago
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Best whises, have a good life! :)

4 years ago
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Much appreciated.

4 years ago
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Best wishes!
Although I have to ask stupid question xD Why laptop?

4 years ago
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The laptop is for work - and side work.
But because my gaming PC is connected to the TV, it made sense to get a gaming laptop when I wanna game and the misses is watching something.

4 years ago
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Still don't get it :) I would buy second PC instead. Unless you want to take it with you to other places later xD

4 years ago
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Yes, the idea was to be have something portable.
So when I go back to work I also have a unit available.
But I agree, financially speaking, a gaming laptop doesn't make sense compared to a desktop PC. :)

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Take care of yourselves. Getting back on your feet should be your top priority. Also, here is hoping that you both will be able to plan a nice wedding and that it will all go smoothly for you two.

4 years ago
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Thanks for the well-wishes. :)

4 years ago
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So glad you were able to reschedule!
Thank you for the giveaways, and best wishes for you and your fiance!

4 years ago
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Thanks so much. :)

4 years ago
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Sorry your wedding had to be rescheduled. Hopefully, you get that and your new house soon enough. Best of wishes to you and your fiancé!

Also, thanks for the trains, of course!

4 years ago
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Thanks for your well-wishes. :)

4 years ago
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Congrats

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Thanks. :)

4 years ago
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❤️❤️❤️
I wish you and your future wife a lot of happiness

4 years ago
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Much appreciated.

4 years ago
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Well, at the very least, it will be very memorable. ;-) Congratulations!

4 years ago
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Haha. We'll definitely have a story - and so will the whole world actually. :)

4 years ago
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Thnks for the trin. I wish you wonderful life with him/her.

PS. My letter before b is not working

4 years ago
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Thanks.
Haha, that's a bit funny - apologies for laughing.

4 years ago
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Thanks & bump.

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:)

4 years ago
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Thanks! Best luck next year with the wedding!

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Thanks. :)

4 years ago
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Congratulations!

4 years ago
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Thanks. :)

4 years ago
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Good luck with your wedding whenever it's going to happen! I wish you both love and happiness!

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Much appreciated. :)

4 years ago
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dwnq

4 years ago
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Not sure what this is.

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Glad to hear that things are going well for you two! Keep it positive, and I hope your fiancee recovers quickly. Hopefully when you do have your wedding, it'll be all the more memorable. :)

But with regard to your blurb at the bottom, could you explain what exactly happened? You were banned for begging? I didn't see any begging in your post - did I miss something? Regardless, people leaving you nasty messages on your profile is uncalled for - I'm glad you were able to ignore those jerks and they didn't chase you off, but that really shouldn't have happened in the first place. I hope you never have a situation like that again, and it's just positive interactions on SG in the future.

Oh, and thank you for the giveaway! :)

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Thanks for the well-wishes. Appreciated.
In terms of the ban - there was a free game been given away a few months ago.
I made the joke (deemed not a joke) that I missed the giveaway but wanting a key.
So I was banned for 3 days as a result. Guess I shouldn't make jokes that can go both ways. ;)

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Ah, I see. I can understand why they could view that as begging - sarcasm doesn't come across very well via text. I don't understand why people would leave you nasty messages for that, that seems really inappropriate and mean. /boggle

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Problem is that those type of people for some reason always rise to the surface, while the rest of the good ones, you don't hear anything from them. So yeah, idiots are frustrating.

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Bumping again for some quality trainage.

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Appreciated. :)

4 years ago
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Congrats and Thanks!!!

4 years ago
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Thanks. :)

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The plan may be not on schedule but still on track.
Thanks for your generosity ^^ hope the situation will become better soon

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Much appreciated. :)

4 years ago
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Best of luck for the future shindig and here's hoping you can save even more and make the house and the wedding exactly as you want them

4 years ago
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Thanks for the well-wishes.

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Best wishes and thanks!

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Appreciated.

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Closed 4 years ago by Ph03n1xSA.