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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Thank you for the awesome ride! 💜

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Cool. :)

4 years ago
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Thank you for taking us on 5 pre-wedding train trips and all the best to you and your wifey <3

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Appreciated. :)

4 years ago
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congrats, and thanks for the trains :)

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Thanks. And WTF on the gif. Haha. :)

4 years ago
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such high quality games. thank you

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Cool. :)

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Thank you!

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:)

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All the best for your future wedding. A couple of my friends' couples actually did get married even in lockdown, super-tiny family-only weddings that still looked awesome, and cost a fraction of what seems to be expected (at least in NA). I hope it goes great for you next year.

And thanks for the trains, some nice choices there.

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Yeah, we'll be splitting the ceremony and reception. The ceremony will take place this year, and the reception with guests in 2021.

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Sorry to hear about your wedding being delayed, but on the brightside, being able to save up for another year will make your married life have a much easier start.
Hope your fiance has gotten better since you first posted this.
And thank you very very much for the trains!

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Thanks for the thoughts.
Fiance actually got worse (hence the delayed train) and then better.
But will need follow-ups now. But all fine. :)

4 years ago
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May your delayed wedding be beautiful, we're all in this together even if some people are oblivious to that.

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Thanks. Much appreciated. :)

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Yowww. That's a lotta giveaways.

It's a shame that the pandemic has interfered with your wedding plans, but I suppose it will be all the more sweet when it finally happens now. I can only imagine how this might play with your nerves (and your excitement). Still, congratulations! Here's to your marriage, and your futures together. <3

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Thanks so much. :)

4 years ago
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Hands down the best train I have ever been on!
Glad to hear (read) that you're still able to see positives in this time.

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Haha. Thanks. The GAs have been a long time coming, and had a good excuse for them to leave the station now. :)

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Thank you very much

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Cool. :)

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Best of wishes for your wedding (when it will)! And thanks for the trains ^-^
Stay safe

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Much appreciated. :)

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Sorry to hear that. A friend of mine had to postpone his wedding day, too. It sucks, I guess.
Thank you very much for the trains!

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Not too big an issue. But not ideal. Thanks. :)

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bump!

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:)

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All the best for the both of you. I hope all goes well and you are able to marry early in the new year.

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Thanks. Appreciated. :)

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I wish you the best for the future!
Have a bump!

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Thanks. :)

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Bumf

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:)

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Bump. Have a nice wedding!

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Cool. :)

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Thanks for the thoughts.
We are all together moving forward. :)

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Bumpity bump bump! :D
Oh and gratz! :)

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Cool. :)

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Wish you great wedding and Thanks for the givs

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Thanks. :)

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Awesome trains, thank you for it. Hope your wedding will happens just fine ^^
Good luck!

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Thanks. :)

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Thank you for the quality trains! Good luck and best of wishes!

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Cool. :)

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Yea, having to postpone something like a wedding sounds pretty sucky. But, I hope that your wedding turns out awesome, when you do have it. =)

Thanks a lot for the trains.
Have a bump!

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Much appreciated. :)

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