general-chat

[merry palm]

but i work with kids!

[limpid flicker]

OMG you're 90.

[merry palm]

way better than than swear words hahaha

i am both 90 and a toddler on sugar. at the same time.

always

[limpid flicker]

The only time I hear people say "Heavens!" it's people whose parents remember the civil war.

[merry palm]

lol

[limpid flicker]

One of my exes, she would always say "gosh" when surprised. One time after we were through I commented at a gathering how much it amused me. She turned to refute my assertion, but was taken aback to realise that everyone else in the room agreed.

[limber carbon]

I mask my swearing with other words like " apples and croutons, I can't believe they did that"
or " beef chicken stew, I had no idea that level was so hard"

[merry palm]

lol

i startle very easily so i trained myself to not swear to that lol

[limber carbon]

When I'm with friends, it does come out when I'm exasperated at sth, usually a delay

[limpid flicker]

I concealed my amusement when we were together. It never got out of the phase where I was trying real hard to stay in her good graces.

[merry palm]

yeah thats no good

[limpid flicker]

Many years ago, not meant to be, glad to not be with that one.

[merry palm]

tipsy me tho.. much more swearing 😂

[trail harness]

alcohol tends to loosen filters a bit

that's one reason I prefer to avoid getting drunk

[merry palm]

I still think its funny to shock people when i swear, so i won't be changing that about myself lol

[night locust]

My controller just broke but is it possible to use keyboard and mouse on Xbox?

[merry palm]

sometimes.

[limpid flicker]

In certain games, but not others.

[merry palm]

not often

[lean hornet]

parmesan

[night locust]

oh alright thx

[trail harness]

You definitely need a functional controller

[night locust]

Ah

[merry palm]

time to listen to the same song on loop for hours

[maiden sequoia]

[trail harness]

kb and mouse is good for text input situations on console though

[night locust]

Alright thx tho

[trail harness]

typing with a controller is pain IMO

[maiden sequoia]

😂 True.

[trail harness]

typing in VR is even more pain

[maiden sequoia]

💀 for real

[trail harness]

ik because I tried to use Discord in VR once

[limpid flicker]

I wonder if we'll ever get the ability to use our full hand in VR. That way you could see your hands while you type.

[pseudo kernel]

I can very quickly type on controller without the keypad.

360 days really taught me to type quick lol.

[limpid flicker]

If I can't see that I'm on the home row, that's a problem. I type by touch once I find the home row.

[merry palm]

you can now.. but like.. that requires a very expensive specialized controller thing

[limpid flicker]

I see!

[merry palm]

not really something for public sale and not something they design games for bc... well its unreasonable

no sense in it , yk?

[limpid flicker]

Totally. If it costs like $500 per hand or something... XD

Or hey, even 500 for both on top of the cost of the PC / console and the headset, AND the game...

[merry palm]

yeah full hand haptics are $$$$$

[halcyon stratus]

Uhh I had a single full hand interface in college and it was like $200 then.

[fiery python]

Oculus Quest can do full hand tracking and supports virtual typing.

[merry palm]

lets adjust for inflation?

[limpid flicker]

$200 for a hand is a lot... but not as bad as I expected, maybe.

[merry palm]

it does and doesnt

ive used the hand tracking in oculus and its like.. .. eh

you dont get the feedback obviously.

it cant tell you that you are touching a thing

[halcyon stratus]

sure, if we adjust for inflation we also have to adjust for "literally the very first time it was done and now it is many years later so would be hella cheaper" lol

[merry palm]

and its not .. great

[fiery python]

No, there's no haptics, but there's decent tracking.

[halcyon stratus]

because just saying "something that was $200 in 2000 would be $350 today" completely misses all the tech advances that have happened since then

[merry palm]

yeah that only really works if they are making is a huge public thing thats being used in the greater commercial environment and would come down in development costs.

but ok

sure

[halcyon stratus]

it was literally 5 flex metal sensors and a dozen IR LEDs....

[merry palm]

cool

great

you can be right

[halcyon stratus]

or we can assume "tech doesn't evolve" lol, even though the tech coudl be replicated at home (not "playstation vr2 quality" obviously) for about $50 with more resolution than that $200 thing in 2000 lol

[trail harness]

imagine a keyboard with vibrating keys

[fiery python]

That's pretty much what the haptic response on mobile phones is when typing.

[halcyon stratus]

Kinect had discrete finger sensing didn't it? just not actually used?

[fiery python]

Dunno about Kinect, I barely used it.

[limpid flicker]

I'm not sure if I literally ever used it. We had one, the 360 model. I didn't care about it at all.

[trail harness]

I guess it just didn't Kinect with a lot of people

[weary mica]

Used Kinect a lot back in the day, mostly for daily exercises. Loved it.

[halcyon stratus]

wow, you can build a great one for $150, wayyy more accuracy than what I had... these flex sensors actually do more than just 'open / closed' they are proportional

kinect was dead the second it became an optional accessory

[austere lake]

bro i found a tier 100 discordian

he has like every discord badge

[dreamy scaffold]

yo

who wanna trade i give u two months of xbox game pass and someone gives me nitro

[halcyon stratus]

in exchange for something free, I will give you something that costs money?

this sounds like the deal of a century!

(also: no trading on this server)

[dreamy scaffold]

how is it free

[weary solar]

#rules 💵 13. No buying, selling, or trading items/codes on the server. Do not ask for codes, handouts, or freebies either.

[fiery python]

You got the code from Nitro for free. That's how it's free.

It's also a trial code, so it's worthless.

[dreamy scaffold]

so if u have nitro u have the code too

[fiery python]

Yes, everyone with nitro got one.

[dreamy scaffold]

i do t have nitro tho

[fiery python]

We've had hundreds given away for free in here.

[limber carbon]

Nice design. I would swap out the Nano with the latest ESP32C3.
We have something similar trying to control a UR5e.

[fiery python]

Well, the code you have came from Nitro in some way. Whether you got it directly from nitro or someone gave it to you. Either way, doesn't matter, you're not trading here.

You're welcome to give it away for free.

[dreamy scaffold]

i guess so

[long maple]

is it April yet cant wait for the promo to end

[dreamy scaffold]

does any of u want it than?

[fiery python]

You can post the code in #xbox-game-pass

[cinder veldt]

Watch it get extended 😆

[dreamy scaffold]

nah i need to know who got and i want to give them by hand

[long maple]

its been running since October 2021 lol

[cinder veldt]

Been a while

[fiery python]

We've had hundreds posted in here for months on end. It's nothing special or some huge gesture.

[dreamy scaffold]

GJJ6C-3T4T7-3H2J4-TYCJ6-PDPWZ

[fiery python]

Not where I said to post it, but okay.

[wanton python]

is that an xbox code

[dreamy scaffold]

whoever gets it pls ping me atleast

[dreamy scaffold]

yes

[indigo scaffold]

I feel bad for you guys every time I enter this server it’s either a new stupid thing or an old stupid thing😭

[opaque rock]

Hey

[opaque rock]

I feel you

[dreamy scaffold]

so will i get different gift each time a new one drops out or do i have to get nitro again to get another gift

[fiery python]

You only get the gifts if you have nitro.

No

[dreamy scaffold]

but i dont have nitro?!!

[fiery python]

Don't try and advertise your server.

[weary solar]

#rules 📢 7. No self-promotion or advertisements. This includes unsolicited references and links to other social media, servers, communities, and services in chat or direct messages.

[wanton python]

was that game pass

[opaque rock]

I'm not advertising my server I wanted to see what yall thought of my color, pfp and banner.. damn

[dreamy scaffold]

yes

[fiery python]

Yes you are.

You can change your bio too.

[opaque rock]

okay..

[dreamy scaffold]

did anyone redeem the code??

[wanton python]

my dad would be mad because of reccurring payment

[dreamy scaffold]

what?

[wanton python]

it makes me pay after the code

[dreamy scaffold]

damn how ?

[fiery python]

No it doesn't.

It's asking you for a payment method to use after the trial ends.

[opaque rock]

Yeah

[wanton python]

thats my dads credit card

[opaque rock]

It won't actually charge the credit card rn

[dreamy scaffold]

i would use my paypal account that has 0 money

[opaque rock]

Use a dead gift card with a couple cents on it

[dreamy scaffold]

idk how to use it i didnt put a real credit card idk how i worked it out

[wanton python]

i would send an actual gift card instead of game pass

[dreamy scaffold]

GJJ6C-3T4T7-3H2J4-TYCJ6-PDPWZ

[fiery python]

Post it in #xbox-game-pass where I told you to post it. Otherwise it will move out of chat quickly in here.

[dreamy scaffold]

hey wait if i use this gift card myself can i install mc in my iphone ?

[wanton python]

used it

[queen lotus]

Using a fake card can get your account suspended or ban. If you’re worried about the auto renewal, use those services that cancel for you.

[dreamy scaffold]

YAYYY

do i get an email now that u used it

[fiery python]

No

[fiery python]

Or just turn it off in the account settings. It's not difficult.

[heavy oar]

I got Atomic Heart

[wanton python]

no

i dont think so

[shell heron]

BLODDY ROBOTS TURNED HOSTLE, IM GONNA SCRAP THEM

[dreamy scaffold]

wait so ur telling me i had that code since 2021???

[heavy oar]

They are so strong, I've had to heal so many times already 😭😭😭

[shell heron]

im playing on easy mode since its my first time

[heavy oar]

I'm playing on medium

[dreamy scaffold]

what game is this?

[heavy oar]

Atomic heart. Very good game. Unrelated, I also started sea of thieves last night

[dreamy scaffold]

is it available on mobile?

[heavy oar]

No

[fiery python]

Yes

[trail harness]

Crispy Critters Atomic Heart is a cool game

[crimson scarab]

hey guys I won xbox ultimate 2 months in a giveaway but i own a ps4 so it's of no use to me. if someone wants to exchange ps plus 1 month for xbox game pass ultimate 2 months, dm me

[weary solar]

#rules 💵 13. No buying, selling, or trading items/codes on the server. Do not ask for codes, handouts, or freebies either.

[versed swan]

you can also use on pc and mobile

[heavy oar]

Is g fuel any good?

[crimson scarab]

what benefits can I get on mobile?

[versed swan]

you can play most gamepass games through cloud gaming, you also can get all champions in league of legends wild rift

[crimson scarab]

ahhh I have a trash mobile

sorry for the rule btw

[buoyant rover]

If you mean healthy and affordable, then NO

Tastes like sugar in a packet

[heavy oar]

There's no sugar in it

[buoyant rover]

Oh yes there is lmao

[heavy oar]

It says on their website that it's sugar free

[buoyant rover]

Any company could leave out as much as they can with good lawyers, law school will teach you that

[limpid flicker]

This silly game! It will only give one achievement per run of a level, even if you qualify for more than one! XD

[heavy oar]

You're legally required to say sugar contents in Canada at least due to the act that added the nutrition guide to products

[fluid creek]

That's not how it works. Stop spouting nonsense

[buoyant rover]

Canada’s food guideline/restrictions are much more detailed than in the United States.

[heavy oar]

I live in canada

So I should be okay. I also hear that G Supps is good

[limpid flicker]

Here in the UK there's very tight regs on sugar content. Above a certain amount you have to pay an additional tax. As a result of this, companies have switched to more artificial sweeteners here.

[buoyant rover]

To pass a health check is very easy in the United States. It can’t have carcinogens (cancer causing products) but they can pretty much have as much sugar as needed. They take the risk of lawsuits

[trail harness]

except in cali everything known to man is a carcinogen lol /j

[cobalt shard]

Today is my birthday

[limpid flicker]

Happy trip around the sun day.

[umbral kestrel]

i just got a triple double decker ultimatum combo on wario blast

[limpid flicker]

That sounds more like a serving of ice cream than anything else.

[buoyant rover]

California is a very overrated state lol

[shell heron]

yum

so, who here has destiny 2

[tired hare]

does microsoft rewards prizes reset?

can i play gta online without gta 5?

[cinder veldt]

If it’s perhaps the series version and you bought it standalone

[tired hare]

i bought only gta online gta 5 not included

[cinder veldt]

Then yes?

[tired hare]

thank u

[rancid frost]

Can I still use gift cards on the Xbox 360? It’s the only system I have and I got a card today

[wanton python]

dont think so

but idk

[rancid frost]

Is there anyway I can put the money on my account and use it on the 360

[wanton python]

idk

[fluid creek]

If you don't know,don't answer

[wary mural]

What’s a good game for 30 dollars

[limpid flicker]

A bargain.

[queen lotus]

3 months of gp or 2 months of Ultimate. And then tryout the large library of games.

[wary mural]

I have both of those

[limpid flicker]

Then are you sure you wanna buy more games rather than play some of the Game Pass library? If you're not playing it, that's kind of a waste.

[wary mural]

I’m just asking for games not on game pass that are good for 30$

[tight trail]

Yo

[rugged ginkgo]

Seu boiola

Caximia de traveco

[tight trail]

Anyone down for sum gangbeast

[tired hare]

🤓🤓 @wet ocean

[rugged ginkgo]

You are a corolla 2007

[cobalt shard]

Who plays forza

[sage ice]

millions play it

[sterile sequoia]

Check games on sale most of the times games like rdr2 or ubisoft games are in sale for around 20 bucks

[rugged ginkgo]

I'm a Flamengo fan since 2017

[sterile sequoia]

Cool

[rugged ginkgo]

Meu pau no seu COOL

[weary solar]

#rules 🔤 2. Use English only. Communicate in English, but be considerate of all languages.

[rugged ginkgo]

Vai toma no seu COOL

[reef dust]

i have my headphones plugged into my xbox however sound is only coming from my monitor and i can hear myself through my mic

[queen lotus]

Audio settings to auto mute tv/monitor when headset is connected

[reef dust]

but i cant hear anything through headphones other than myself in the mic

[fluid creek]

it's not optional.

[reef dust]

omg how do i get audio through my headphones

[tired hare]

Change the output device

[rugged ginkgo]

I apologize, I'm Brazilian and my English is poor.@fluid creek

Now I'm going to travel to CUBA 🇨🇺

[dark sparrow]

Cat castle so beeg

[inner arrow]

Can never big enough for our cat overlords

[dark sparrow]

It's probably not very sturdy tho tbh

[modest vine]

My mum has one very similar for her three cats, they love it.

[bright gale]

guess

[mellow roost]

🙌🏻

Every time I see this emote all I hear is 🎵 CREAM! Get the money, dolla dolla bills y'all 🎵.

What is this emote supposed to be for? How is it used?

[merry palm]

idk .. hooray party?

https://tenor.com/view/party-dance-party-hard-hands-up-mic-gif-15405729

[cinder steeple]

Yo no hablo ingles

[tired hare]

i have xbox pass

2m who want it, dm me asap

[sage ice]

just leave the code in #xbox-game-pass

[queen stump]

https://tenor.com/view/up-top-high-five-jake-peralta-amy-santiago-brooklyn99-gif-13243290

[surreal timber]

hello

[tired hare]

Hi

[mellow roost]

https://tenor.com/view/wu-tang-wu-wear-cream-dolla-dolla-bill-yall-fortnite-gif-25622820

[chrome pendant]

I'm so sorry if this isn't the case but that looks like Fortnite

[olive igloo]

Car meet tonight at 8:30 pm CST. off-road vehicles only! Hope to see everyone there. Message me on XBOX Old Gen saying Car Meet for the invite.

[cinder veldt]

Car meet where

[halcyon stratus]

i fear he's talking about like Forza or something and not IRL

[cinder veldt]

Still never mentioned game

[tired hare]

Awesome! I can’t wait to see you in [video game title here]

[halcyon stratus]

[Test Drive 2: The Duel]

[frozen nebula]

dm to buy xbox game pass ultra

[weary solar]

#rules 💵 13. No buying, selling, or trading items/codes on the server. Do not ask for codes, handouts, or freebies either.

[merry palm]

racing with ryan game

obviously

[tired hare]

I genuinely wish you are right

[trail harness]

I still think its funny that this game exists lol

[merry palm]

i gave up on gaming for the day and got tacos.

[versed swan]

i will maybe play something not roblox today

i am hoping that something is mgs hd collection or mgrr whenever my dad gets my $50 back

[mellow roost]

It is Fortnite. 😄

[crisp echo]

Hello guys

[merry palm]

keep chat family friendly pls and ty

[crisp echo]

np

[merry palm]

[crisp echo]

[limpid flicker]

Hope they were good. 🙂

[merry palm]

mhm

and i got some extras for tomorrow

soft tacos reheat alright

[limpid flicker]

Sadly for me, taqueria are not a common feature of life this far from Mexico.

[merry palm]

yeah.. i have heard uk mexican is sad times

that might be what keeps me from ever living there /j

[crisp echo]

tacos

[limpid flicker]

Angie and I did go for Mexican food once, and it was OK. It was a sit-down restaurant though, and it cost more than most other comparable options. Worth trying, but not something to do often.

[halcyon stratus]

were they fancy tacos, or still just street tacos?

[merry palm]

I am lucky that here there is a wealth of food options. but mexican and south/central american things are everywhere

i keep hoping an Ecuadorian spot will open up.. still missing their food

[vast ermine]

I think the most underrated Latino food is pupusas

[limpid flicker]

We didn't actually get tacos. I got enchiladas. I don't remember what Angie got. We also started the meal with nachos and I had no idea you could put so much stuff on top of nachos.

[halcyon stratus]

there is a pupusa place near one of the airports I use a lot. I eat so. many.

[limpid flicker]

One time I visited America I developed a taste for Chalupas, and you can't get those here that I know of. 😦

[merry palm]

i need it

[vast ermine]

Ik, but wish it got more love compared to empanadas and burritos

[halcyon stratus]

they are wayyyy more difficult to make. same with (good) tamales, so yea, rarely see them

[opaque rock]

Pupusas are so good

[merry palm]

i just want a reliable source of menestra, that i dont have to make.

i can but it takes so long.

[limpid flicker]

Is it just me or does that sound like a drug name?

[merry palm]

bc its addictive /j

😂

[vast ermine]

That reminds me of Taco Navajo, once ate that in Utah

[opaque rock]

Ik this is random but can yall rate my profile to see if it's good or not

[limpid flicker]

I can imagine someone getting a prescription for menestra, 200 mg 1 / day.

[opaque rock]

If it says something about a server then js ignore it

[merry palm]

its a type of bean stew

so so good

[limpid flicker]

In that case I'd probably like it. Bean stews are good eating.

[merry palm]

it taste much better than the pics look lol

menestra with rice and patacones

[opaque rock]

Where are you from if you don't mind me asking?

[halcyon stratus]

This place had like super papusas

[merry palm]

I live on the west coast of the US

[halcyon stratus]

two cheese filled papusas with cheese and meat and salad sandwiched in th emiddle

[opaque rock]

Oh cool

[merry palm]

yum

[halcyon stratus]

And also then just regular ones filled with cheese and beans, or a few other types of meats

[opaque rock]

Isn't that called a revuelto pupusa

[halcyon stratus]

idk

[opaque rock]

I think it is because revuelto means mixed/scrambled

[halcyon stratus]

their menu the revuelto is specifically pork, bean, and cheese.
the bean and cheese one they call a pupsa de frijol, the chicken bean and cheese is just a pupusa de pollo

[vast ermine]

I love this plating

[halcyon stratus]

and the super pupusa picture I posted they just call a "pupusa burger"

[opaque rock]

It looks vry good

[merry palm]

https://tenor.com/view/disney-winnie-the-pooh-hungry-food-gif-5184412

pls give

[fresh wind]

are the games in Rare Replay any different from their standalone versions?

[halcyon stratus]

no

[fresh wind]

word thanks!

[serene reef]

im playing wo long and it’s my first souls like game

i almost threw my xbox out the window at the first boss

and it’s all very confusing but fun so far

[fresh wind]

I had no idea it was souls-like

[limpid flicker]

XBOX is expensive, and the warranty does not cover defenestration. /j

[mellow roost]

How are you playing it when it doesn't come out for like a week?

[inner arrow]

Demo

First two levels. Save takes over to the full game

[mellow roost]

Ah, I see.

[limpid flicker]

So many Soulslikes. I need someone to make a list of all the games I need to not play.

[halcyon stratus]

Double-word score!

[merry palm]

i feel like people are calling any difficult game soulslike

idek what they mean anymore

[serene reef]

isnt a souls like when it has dark souls elements

[limpid flicker]

Well, I know what I would mean by it. Typically a game with hard bosses, slow, methodical combat, and you lose a lot of your accumulated XP / currency when you die.

[cinder veldt]

It’s when it’s not a game for me who rages 😛

[merry palm]

minecraft

[serene reef]

also idk why wo long needed jiggle physics but im here for it

[merry palm]

i joke but seriously lol

[vast ermine]

So if a game has a bonfire with a sword in it's souls like?

[cinder veldt]

That does sound an awfully lot like minecraft

[heavy oar]

Big sleep when I haven't slept properly in 4 days and I am running on coffee and a prayer (I am healthy I swear):

[serene reef]

minecraft is souls like :O

[long tusk]

Hiiii

[kindred rivet]

Jedi fallen order kinda got the souls like name for its "bonfire" though id say its short of being a souls like

[heavy oar]

I swear when I die in mc when I have a lot stuff I rage so hard

[limpid flicker]

Do you really lose anything on death in Jedi Fallen Order? I couldn't tell.

[merry palm]

i mean. based what elden ring was like.. there are a lot of games like that (not that hard but still)
off the previous games that would make more sense ig?

[kindred rivet]

No

[merry palm]

its up there with people calling every open world game a botw game lol

[limpid flicker]

It would be horrible if in Souls you dropped all your weapons and gear when you died. That would make it so much harder.

[kindred rivet]

But i think it came from elements like that and how they handled encounters and bosses

[idle spear]

Well I actually enjoyed Jedi Fallen Order so that was the main difference

[limpid flicker]

You know, like Minecraft the inspiration for the genre. 😛

[halcyon stratus]

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

[merry palm]

ty

[heavy oar]

Dying in late game mc is arguably worse than any other game

[merry palm]

this is what totems are for, but yeah

[halcyon stratus]

not if you have a 'tombstone' type mod, lol

[merry palm]

totems of undying are worth farming

[kindred rivet]

Style i think goes a ways too with giving its comparisons

[limpid flicker]

That totem is a Minecraft item? I don't know the game well.

[halcyon stratus]

I died one time - in the middle of the ocean a "very very" long way away from our home.

We then spent 2 or 3 hours getting back to that spot, and building a way to get down to the ocean floor to dig up my tombstone and recover all the gear.

It was very stressful since there was a time limit, but also quite fun

[merry palm]

yeah dark fantasy mixed with high difficulty is what i would put as soulslike

[limpid flicker]

When I play Minecraft I usually turn on Peaceful and just try to build a giant fortress / town.

[kindred rivet]

The botw stuff with every open world game seems more absurd lol

[limpid flicker]

I would enjoy a Minecraft variant which a) doesn't have creepers at all and b) is more about building a town. Maybe something similar to My Time at Portia.

[trail harness]

Its an item called Totem of Undying and it breaks when you would otherwise die

[merry palm]

i just farmed totems and for late game stuff carried like a handful at all times lol

[halcyon stratus]

that's just minecraft with the mobs disabled...

[merry palm]

except the hecking cave spiders. i hate those sm

[halcyon stratus]

creative mode doesn't have to mean that you just "cheat in" all the materials, you can still mine for them....

[merry palm]

i like peaceful mode. its nice

[kindred rivet]

Maybe they mean literally just creepers lol

[trail harness]

They should add peaceful mode with hunger

[limpid flicker]

You say that, but what I want (and maybe it would be possible to write a mod for this) would be some kind of mechanic where if you build your town right, more people move in, open shops, things like that. Even if this game isn't really Minecraft, can you understand it?

[merry palm]

sol

[halcyon stratus]

oh gotcha, yea

[merry palm]

try out minecolonies

you might like it

[limpid flicker]

Is it on XBOX or PC only? Neither is a deal breaker. Or is that a mod for MC?

[foggy dagger]

anybody know what to do if i got botted 500 followers by someone random

[merry palm]

its a mc mod yeah

pc

[trail harness]

For Java edition

[limpid flicker]

Right so I assume being a mod it only works with Java... yeah.

I haven't started Java MC in a while. 🙂

[merry palm]

i dont ever touch the other version tbh

java is what i am used to lol

[trail harness]

Java is my favorite version of MC

[trail harness]

When did you get it? I bought MC in Oct 2010

[foggy dagger]

anybody know what to do if i got botted 500 followers by someone random

[cinder veldt]

Java is just perfection to me

[sage ice]

idnore them

[limpid flicker]

What I am describing is basically the game that I dream of, the game that had I the skill I would build. Let me describe it more fully.
You start out with a house. Just a house. Lots of empty land. It's yours, that's where you sleep. Nearby are mines, and dungeons, and fields. You farm, you mine, you fight monsters, you build more houses, you build items. People move in. They tell you what they need. "I'm a blacksmith and I need a furnace and an anvil!"
Once you give them that stuff, they start making weapons and tools and armour that you can't make for yourself. You bring them ore. They make better and better stuff. Etc.

Except that there'd be a dozen or more professions, each making their own things, and asking you for raw materials.

[trail harness]

What I want is something like Minecraft but with a RuneScape like skill system. Fortunately that exists lol.

[limpid flicker]

You make basic stuff yourself, but the NPCs make fancy stuff that will be really good for you.

It's a lot like Portia, but not exactly Portia.

[limpid flicker]

As a mod for MC, or another game? Inquiring minds need to know.

[trail harness]

Another game. Its called Total Miner.

It even has stats for combat like RS does

[limpid flicker]

In this game, the ultimate goal would be twofold. 1) To keep your town happy and prosperous, and 2) to defeat the monsters deep in the mines and dungeons. I'm going to go ahead and postulate that these monsters give off an evil aura that keeps people away, so the more of them you clear out, the more you push back the evil feeling and give people land to expand into.

Yes, this idea is derivative of many other games, but there hasn't yet been the perfect one.

[mellow roost]

I'd say Wo Long so far is a whole lot more like Sekiro than it is Dark Souls.

[limpid flicker]

nods sagely, pretending they know how Sekiro is distinct from Dark Souls.

[gusty jewel]

Hello, I have a question. Once your controller dies, Are you able to use the USB-C port on-top of the controller and plug it in the console or some place and wait for it to charge? Or not?

[mellow roost]

Actually it's a lot like Sekiro.

[regal shell]

Only if you have the official play and charge kit battery pack

[gusty jewel]

Alright, Thank you.

[regal shell]

Unless you have an elite 2

In that case yes battery is built in and rechargeable

[tired hare]

hey guys should i get a series s or series x

[merry palm]

both are good. do you care about discs ?

[limpid flicker]

Total Miner looks pretty great, and surprisingly, I played the earliest version of it when it was on XBLIG.
I hope for a port to current XBOX.

[tired hare]

no

[gusty jewel]

Me personally, I'd go for the series s if i'm on a budget and dont really care about discs. Otherwise, go for the series x

[trail harness]

Development on ot recently resumed on Steam

[tired hare]

i have a 4k 60 tv with hdr so idk which one

[trail harness]

And its a great game IMO.

[merry palm]

there are other differences but yeah same
thats what i would do too lol

but i dont have a nice tv

[tired hare]

im probably gonna play more story type games on my xbox and leave my fps games for my pc

[fresh wind]

Anyone else eat dinner?

[gusty jewel]

Then the series s is fine imo.

[tired hare]

would it do 4k 60 fps?

[merry palm]

https://www.xbox.com/en-US/consoles/compare

[fresh wind]

If so what dishes do y’all recommend?

[limpid flicker]

Steam is fine, but I want an XBOX version... 🥺

[halcyon stratus]

X has more storage, native 4K, and a generally better video card. Also a disc drive.

[gusty jewel]

I don't know, Since it's advertised on 1440p 120FPS i think.

[fresh wind]

The X is the real deal. Get the S if you’re trying to save.

[merry palm]

the x has more flops. which i dont actually care about but it fun to say lol

[tired hare]

does that make it worth it? i wanna go with the xbox all access thing and the series x is only £8 more per month

[limpid flicker]

Series S will never render at native 4k. It can't. However, the image can be upscaled.

[trail harness]

FLoating Operations Per Second

[tired hare]

ive read that before, is that upscaling done by the tv or the xbox

[merry palm]

s is also nice and small. which is a perk for me lol

[halcyon stratus]

Worth is up to you. But if you own a 4K tv and can afford an X I’m not sure why you wouldn’t get it. There is literally no downside

[limpid flicker]

Megaflops! Gigaflops! Teraflops! Petaflops!

[merry palm]

all the flops

[fresh wind]

The X is barely that big tho. Compared to PS5 esp

[tired hare]

true. ill just go with the x then

[gusty jewel]

If you really care about the 4K display, discs, power and more. Sure.

[halcyon stratus]

S only upscales to 4k. It isn’t a native image. It will simply not be as good of a picture in /some/ games.

[merry palm]

some people dont have space
so small is a good thing

[tired hare]

i have a lot of space on my tv cabinet

[trail harness]

To people who complain about current gen console sizes: try picking up an OG PS3. That thing was absurdly heavy lol.

[tired hare]

the series x right now is like 4kg

[trail harness]

I love my OG PS3, but its a heavy console for sure.

[limpid flicker]

As I understand, the XBOX does the upscaling, but it can't be as good as native 4k.

[tired hare]

fair im just gonna go with the xbox series x then

[gusty jewel]

If you ever decide to go for the series s, make sure to be strict on the games you download. Since you only get 360GB of usable storage i think

[tired hare]

only 360gb?? wth

[gusty jewel]

system os takes up alot of space

[cinder veldt]

And also conversion rate

[limpid flicker]

You can expand that later with the cards, and last gen games will go on a USB HDD.

[gusty jewel]

aren't expansion cards like $100+?

[limpid flicker]

You're not wrong, it's an option though.

[halcyon stratus]

By the time you’ve bought the fancy expansion card you could have bought an x lol

[trail harness]

I've compared the expansion cards to equivalent performing PC SSDs, and found that the expansion cards while expensive are in fact NOT overpriced.

[gusty jewel]

Fr

[trail harness]

I'd personally go for an X and later an expansion card for the X

[tired hare]

to be fair, with the s and the expansion card you would have around 1.3tb while the x standalone only has 800

[gusty jewel]

It's not that their overpriced, Its how a series s + an expansion card is almost near the price of a series x

[limpid flicker]

Considering that last gen games go on USB HDD I don't find the squeeze too bad, but I have a Series X and a 1TB card.

So my space situation doesn't suck.

[tired hare]

overkill for me tbh, i probably would just get a series x for me

[sage ice]

but a series S + a card would have more storage than the series X (except the 512 card)

[merry palm]

the trick is.. to only play indies /j

[tired hare]

how much is the 1tb expansion card?

[merry palm]

300 tiny indie games

[gusty jewel]

atleast $100, here in canada its $280 in amazon

[trail harness]

time to look for the worlds largest indie games /j

[limpid flicker]

There are two of us. It's still overkill, but sometimes it's nice to have enough to mess around.

[tired hare]

bruh the 1tb expansion card is $300 and the 2tb one is $600

[desert sonnet]

bruh

[trail harness]

No Man's Sky and Trailmakers are up there with my favorite indie games right now

[vocal gorge]

SSDs go brrr!

[sage ice]

gaming is not a cheap hobby

[limpid flicker]

In my money, it is £184.99 - that was a big investment for me, and I really hope it lasts well.

[tired hare]

thats the 500gb one not the 1tb one

[limpid flicker]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Seagate-Storage-Expansion-Solid-State/dp/B08K48F6QZ/

[tired hare]

oh its on sale

[trail harness]

Good news for you... SSDs are very reliable, especially compared to HDDs. Chances are good it will outlive the console.

[merry palm]

I do hope that they get more places able to make those cards over time

[gusty jewel]

i was planning to get a series s and get forza and halo. but i searched up and forza was 103GB and halo was atleast 100GB.

[limpid flicker]

Seems to always be on sale? Looking at my order history it was that price when I got one too. Hasn't changed a penny since then. I apologise though, I didn't notice it was on sale.

[gusty jewel]

Then planned to get an expansion card but with Forza, Halo, Series and the card combined: It was atleast 700 CAD

[limpid flicker]

It sucks a little that some games are so large. Won't disagree with you. 😦

[trail harness]

I just found a stellar deal on an SSD... 2 TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe drive for $169

[limpid flicker]

Games are only gonna get bigger, sadly. Technology marches forwards.

[final cove]

Girlfriend found the expansion card for a steal for my birthday and it took my S to the next level

[vocal gorge]

1TB (technically less) definitely isn't enough these days and these SSDs being as fast and optimized for the console as they are also add to what makes it so expensive

[limpid flicker]

Damn. See, that's love. 😉

[cinder veldt]

That’s the typa deal I want when I’m building the school PC after summer

[final cove]

I swear man. When I opened the gift I just looked at her like "babe, tell me you didn't pay full price for this" and she was like hell no. I got a connect 😉

[trail harness]

this is the SSD

[nova willow]

Should I bother getting a curved monitor will it help improve my skills in som way?

[final cove]

Nah

[limpid flicker]

My partner is absolutely addicted to bargain hunting. She always finds the deals for both of us.

[final cove]

It's pretty sweet huh

[wild estuary]

Hi, i cant downoload spotify in my xbox anyone helps me? All other apps 400mbs+ but spotify 100kbs

[vocal gorge]

similar deal here in the UK but less than £160 for a 2TB WD Black SN850X, only one of the fastest gen 4 m.2 NVMe SSDs on the market. Though gen 5 is coming and that'll soon make gen 4 look slow

[nova willow]

Is there some downsides to curved?

[sage ice]

just let it finish, slow doesnt mean you cant download it

[buoyant rover]

this^

[final cove]

Yeah they're really expensive lol

[limpid flicker]

It's pretty cool, though sometimes she's like "<This Game> is 70% off" and I'm like "I'm not gonna play that." and she's like "Me either, but it's such a good deal! I had to tell you!"

[final cove]

Like the bargain hunter in her is screaming lol

[halcyon stratus]

You gotta spend money to save money!

I am 74% certain that’s how the saying goes!

[limpid flicker]

Or with food. "What even is this?"
"It says on the pack <something or other>."
"And what do you do with it."
"No idea!"
"Do you like it?"
"Like? It's half off!"

Not that it's bad food, it's just something we never tried and dunno how to cook yet.

[trail harness]

My PC is gen 4 PCIe so I don't care for gen 5 for now

and gen 5 will be mad expensive for a while anyways

[vocal gorge]

I know they have only just launched and I probably shouldn't but I'd like to get my hands on one of the new gen 5 m.2 SSDs while I upgrade my CPU and if I don't now, the motherboard I have in mind supports gen 5 on both the m.2 slot and PCIe x16 slot so I'd be ready for whatever AMD, Intel and Nvidia release next

[vocal gorge]

for sure, think it is $500 for a 2TB gen 5 m.2

[trail harness]

I have 128 PCIe lanes so I can just spam install a ton of gen 4 drives to get mad speed anyways

and RAID 0 rofl

[halcyon stratus]

i know you're kidding about raid 0'ing all those 😉

[trail harness]

I'd do at least once just to benchmark it tbh

[mellow roost]

😂
https://twitter.com/joshcarlosjosh/status/1629246309227175936?t=v9_Wxlrga291-wcoAONeUQ&s=19

J.R.R. Jokien 🗡️🏹🪓 (@joshcarlosjosh)

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Twitter · Feb 24, 2023, 10:26 PM

I've never thought about it before but I can't really think of anyone else that I feel would encapsulate Tom Bombadil.

[merry palm]

yes but also like.. idk that even he could pull it off

but yeah it would be funny

oh heck.. 2 of my fave artist are touring together and will be here in december

why do i ever look at concerts in my area? i want to go to them all

[trail harness]

You know what I'd love to see? Half-Life 2 with portal gun... and shenanigans involving props falling on combine

[cinder veldt]

I bet it exists

[trail harness]

probably. I know I had fun finding different ways to kill the turrets in Portal lol

one of my favorite being redirecting lasers at them

[fresh wind]

every game under the sun: gets remastered

[trail harness]

Some games should be left alone and not remastered... especially the ones best left forgotten.

[fresh wind]

most games from the Ps3/360 era are not old enough to be re-released or remastered

[trail harness]

not true

Textures can be massively upgraded for those games

[limpid flicker]

And yet some of them have been. Several.

[fresh wind]

the prior generation on the other hand has literally hundreds of games locked away left to rot

they have and yet, barely looked that old to begin with

[trail harness]

lol even some PS4 games have been too. Like Persona 5 Royal getting remastered to 60+ FPS. That was great though ngl.

[fresh wind]

been playing Ninja Gaiden Sigma and Perfect Dark Zero. All you need is a 4k upscale and 60fps and it's good to go. MUddy textures can be charming

[thick pilot]

Does Xbox not have 100% achievements for games?

[fresh wind]

of course, in my opinion

[thick pilot]

I’m looking through the acheivments to see what percent have completed them all but I can’t find one

[trail harness]

OG Perfect Dark was better than Zero IMO

[fresh wind]

Joker, 1000000%

Zero is actually kinda bad lol

[trail harness]

The combat sim mode in particular was epic in the N64 game

the customization you could do was unparalleled and still not many games can match it

[fresh wind]

im always a bit sad thinking about PD because by the time it dropped, my friends moved on from the N64

[trail harness]

At least it found its way onto the Xbox 360 and as a backwards compat title so you can play it on One and Series too

[fresh wind]

all had had their fill with goldeneye for years, and PD wasn't "it". I freaking loved it though.

[cinder veldt]

It should say there

[thick pilot]

I can’t find them anywhere

[fresh wind]

The Perfect Dark on Gamepass from Rare Replay is :chef's kiss:

[trail harness]

Perfect Dark ruined Goldeneye for me personally

[thick pilot]

Maybe I’m just being stupid but I’ve checked several games and I haven’t found one

[fresh wind]

No doubt it was superior in every way

[cinder veldt]

Or well it’s in percentage

[fresh wind]

maybe a less exciting campaign, but the leap in quality otherwise was dope

[trail harness]

the weapons were much more interesting too

[thick pilot]

But I meant is there a 100% trophy even like a platinum that ps has

[cinder veldt]

No, that’s up to the game

[thick pilot]

Ffs

I know AC origins has a plat but I can’t find a 100% one on here

[cinder veldt]

Because there isn’t one

[thick pilot]

That sucks, why have 100% trophy’s for every other platform but Xbox

[cinder veldt]

Nintendo has it??

[thick pilot]

I don’t think the games even on Nintendo, but I meant steam and ps have one

[cinder veldt]

Steam offers it, are you sure it’s not like game specific there too?

[trail harness]

its a steam feature

[thick pilot]

Nvm Xbox just doesn’t want to do 100% trophy’s apparently

[cinder veldt]

Oh the perfect games feature, well I wouldn’t really call that a 100% achievement tho, just a stat

[thick pilot]

I googled it and ‘Jason Ronald’ said something about it but basically said no

[trail harness]

also you see this

[thick pilot]

Kinda sucks as it takes half the fun out of trophy hunting if you can’t even see how many other people got all of them

[trail harness]

serves the same function though really

[cinder veldt]

Yeah I know steam has that stat and it shows that, but imo it is just a stat, which you can kinda get on xbox

[thick pilot]

I’m pretty sure on steam you get an achievement if you get 100%

[trail harness]

no you dont get a separate one

[thick pilot]

I did on GOW when it was released I thought

[trail harness]

certain games might give one but Steam itself doesn't

[thick pilot]

Ohh fine

[trail harness]

I'm pretty sure the platinum trophy/achievement thing is unique to PS

[thick pilot]

Damn that sucks fr as I want to trophy hunt but without plat trophy’s/seeing how many other people got 100% makes it a lot harder

[cinder veldt]

Let me present trueachievements website

[desert sonnet]

trueachievements.com presented by Swagus

[cinder veldt]

amazing website that let’s you see for example stats that xbox don’t show you, and view achievement guides

[thick pilot]

I really wanna know how many people have 100% hitman as I have almost 10 days in game time and I’ve only got 66% of the trophy’s

[cinder veldt]

Check trueachievements

[thick pilot]

Ohh I used to use this website just to look at games lol

[cinder veldt]

Oh btw which hitman?

[desert sonnet]

Use discount code SWAG10 to get 10% off your next achievement!

[thick pilot]

3, the achievements include all the games (I think) and they have all merged together recently anyway

[cinder veldt]

Oh nice, I’m only at like 45%

[thick pilot]

I’ve spent ages trynna get all the masterys done and I’ve only got H1 left. Done all the escalations, and featured contact things and apart from a few masterys left I have every item

I’m also grinding freelancer a lot now but Ive killed myself and lost over 100K by accident so many times today so I’m going crazy

[cinder veldt]

I’ve been grinding GTA and fortnite so no time for hitman

[idle spear]

I’m pretty addicted to overwatch again now. Already rinsed the battlepass and on competitive for the gold skins

[merry palm]

im grinding uh.. powerwash simulator.

[cinder veldt]

My friend also rinsed the BP, I might buy it also

[idle spear]

Yeah I’m LV 125 on BP atm. Been on it a lot recently

Been having fun in open queue recently. Nice having the flexibility to change your role

[raven ridge]

I got a new iPhone today

[trail harness]

Imagine micro transaction achievements ew lol

[open flume]

with how people are hooked on achievements, i wouldnt put it past companies

would be fun to watch who pays for them

[merry palm]

like yk.. a whole bunch of mobile games already do

[fallow moat]

Rank 148 on the Destiny 2 season pass and there’s a new one on Tuesday

[buoyant rover]

I still to this day can’t decide if making Overwatch transfer to Overwatch 2 was a good marketing decision. It became free to play with more users but the content and pretty much all of the heroes are the same. (With a couple new ones) Regardless, I’m glad to see people enjoying the game still!

[idle spear]

Yeah maybe, I like some things and not others

[fresh wind]

OW2 is a monetization overhaul

[buoyant rover]

Remember…Blizzard’s slogan is “want more heroes? Great! Let’s nerf Genji!”

[fallow moat]

Oof…

[shut plaza]

ugh why is google getting past my ad blocker

[open flume]

google has no regard for your wants

[tired horizon]

Ez noob

[merry palm]

it knows my wants too well, in fact lol

[trail harness]

update your filters if you haven't yet

[merry palm]

those ads are too good

[shut plaza]

i’m using a dns based adblocker

[trail harness]

thats why then. That won't block all ads.

[shut plaza]

since that way it blocks ads in apps too

[buoyant rover]

I’ve never used ad-blockers surprisingly

[idle spear]

Try ublock origin. Probably the best one

[trail harness]

a lot of the web is borderline unusable without it

[merry palm]

i use them on devices i use at work.

not at home

i like seeing some of the amusing choices of ads lol

[desert sonnet]

I use ublock and uhh.. waht else do I use oh and Brave

[trail harness]

I use Adguard

[shut plaza]

100%. Ads are extremely intrusive at best and huge privacy violations at worst

[trail harness]

and/or kill your browser's performance

[desert sonnet]

I wish they had an adblocker for roku/fire stick and smart tv's.

[idle spear]

Yeah and on console for YouTube and twitch lol

[trail harness]

Ads on the web got bad enough that even Apple relented eventually and allowed ad blockers onto iOS. They didn't allow them at first.

[idle spear]

The amount of ads on the YouTube app for console makes me just not even use it anymore

[shut plaza]

i wish Apple made iTunes for Linux

[idle spear]

Yeah thankfully. Reader mode is good as well on safari

[desert sonnet]

I don't mind ads on youtube if they're maybe 15-30 seconds but they got out of control when they would play whole episodes of a random podcast playing as an ad. I was watching a vod from a streamer on youtube and in the middle, a 30 min ad for a religious thing started playing. I was so annoyed cause I'd have to reach out for the remote to skip it every 10 min

[shut plaza]

I just have YouTube Premium and use Sponsor Block

[idle spear]

I’ve had non skippable ads longer than the videos themselves sometimes, and then there is usually an ad in the video as well

[trail harness]

oof

[merry palm]

once or twice ive gotten whole movie ad like.. ok thanks but i would rather get to pick when i am watching a movie lol

[idle spear]

£16 a month just for no YouTube ads is also insane. Like maybe £5 at most I’d pay for that.

[buoyant rover]

Not to mention Twitch…every time you log in, BAM! You are greeted warmly with 4, 30 second ads

[merry palm]

short ads dont bug me, if the creators are paid for it. but how that works/if it does kinda seems unclear

i would 100% watch a few ads to pay money towards my faves

[idle spear]

Twitch only used to show 1 advert at the start of stream but now it’s like every 3 minutes. Super annoying

[buoyant rover]

Reason why most streamers are moving to YT

[merry palm]

?? are they?

[idle spear]

Easier to block the ads on YouTube at least

[halcyon stratus]

YouTube shows a trillion ads if you don’t have premium

[trail harness]

I have not heard anything about a mass exodus from Twitch tbh

[buoyant rover]

YouTube is a more supportive company for streaming. Twitch doesn’t care if you are making the most money for them or not (Ludwig for example)

[idle spear]

You have to use a VPN on twitch for a location with no ads

[merry palm]

yeah same. I know some do both but they are usually a more fam friendly stream on yt and then their regular stuff on twitch

[halcyon stratus]

YouTube has banned some great content creators because they can’t get the stupid bots under control

[merry palm]

but i dont watch everyone to have a consensus

[trail harness]

a lot of videos I favorite on YT eventually get taken down for one reason or another I've noticed

[halcyon stratus]

YouTube also demonetizes videos faster than you can say “jalapeño popper”

[trail harness]

I've had entire playlists go poof from it

[shut plaza]

I wish more people used Mastodon/other decentralized social networks

[buoyant rover]

Yup. That and Copyright are major problems. YouTubers are getting demonetized for using their own audio and lyrics because it has been widely flagged.

[desert sonnet]

I feel like you'd have a better chance at success with Youtube than Twitch at least. Twitch has soooooo many dang streamers

[merry palm]

tbf like.. same on youtube

[buoyant rover]

Twitch lets steamers get away with anything. I’m not going to mention specifically what, but let’s say it isn’t exactly family friendly material

[merry palm]

plus they are entirely different markets

yes same people watch both. but generally feels like its for different things?

[desert sonnet]

I'm more referring to gaming streams

[merry palm]

yeah twitch is a lot less family friendly lol

youtube is much more strict with it, from what i have seen

[buoyant rover]

perfectly said

[halcyon stratus]

That’s actually not true. One of my former coworkers works on their trust and safety team.
Lots of stuff gets taken down and many people get banned.

[limpid flicker]

Do you feel like we've passed "peak streaming" already?

[merry palm]

so for certain games and audiences you tube makes way more sense. like minecraft streams from family friendly streamers is a lot simpler than say.. CoD with a rager

[desert sonnet]

Like let's see.. Twitch has 10s of thousands of people watching games live right now for various genres. Youtube has.. just 8 gaming streams with over 1k.

[idle spear]

I miss the old days of JustinTV and Ustream 😅

[limpid flicker]

https://tenor.com/view/theres-a-name-ive-not-heard-in-many-years-gif-25204373

[desert sonnet]

Ooo I streamed on JustinTV!

[open flume]

i was on ustream lol

[desert sonnet]

Biggest viewer count I had was about 50 lol

[limpid flicker]

JustinTV literally became Twitch, though... it was a rebranding.

[idle spear]

JustinTV was pretty cool. I remember when there was not many people streaming games back then

[open flume]

mixer was my largest across all the places ive done shows on. 3,400 something

[buoyant rover]

Interesting! Is it manual or the bot system similar to YT? If you know the answer, I’m just wondering.

[merry palm]

mixer

[desert sonnet]

Did they tune in thinking you'd be an actual penguin? 😛

[open flume]

man i let a lot of people down

[merry palm]

youtube does have a good amount of streams but they feel kind of tricky to find

[limpid flicker]

How did Mixer fail, when it had one of the most popular streamers of the era?

[open flume]

you pokin a bandaid there sol

😄

[halcyon stratus]

I don’t even know how you got to it. It might have been Xbox only, or maybe windows app? Idk lol

[limpid flicker]

Whoopsie. 😅

[open flume]

it was a website you madman 😛

i have [strongly worded emotions] about what the challenges with Mixer were, and zero of them had anything to do with the talent on the content creators or folks working on the platform

[limpid flicker]

It was nice that the streaming platform was a first-class citizen on XBOX, back then.

[halcyon stratus]

Too many people stream thinking they are going to make it big. Rather than just streaming for friends for fun.

[shut plaza]

god what’s up with the matchmaking

[desert sonnet]

They shoulda called it Pixer and hope people who spelled Pixar wrong, would stick around

[foggy skiff]

hi

[limpid flicker]

Yeah, Tacti. The happiest person I know on that site, she streams hoping to get a few cool people watching, and doesn't expect to hit big.

[upper meteor]

I hate when people quit

[shut plaza]

i hate when people feed kills to the enemy…

[upper meteor]

My teammates in btb most of the time lol

[idle spear]

I usually only watch the Retro category on Twitch as I like seeing games I’ve never heard of sometimes.

[buoyant rover]

Has anyone tried Brave? The ad-blocker? It has some pretty good ratings and I’m looking for something for my work phone

[merry palm]

i have feelings about brave.

[foggy skiff]

I hate when people kill poor, innocent brahmin

[merry palm]

they do crypto stuff

[buoyant rover]

good feelings..?🥲

[idle spear]

It’s just another Chromium browser like Edge and the others

[merry palm]

nope

[upper meteor]

Yeah I don't know who would do that

[mellow roost]

Just use Firefox. You can install uBlock and Dark Reader (if you need it) and you're golden.

[shut plaza]

I use Firefox. Even though it’s not that great privacy-wise, it’s the only one that isn’t Chromium these days…

[merry palm]

if you like crypto and nfts ig thats a good spot for you

[mellow roost]

I don't know of any privacy issues with Firefox.

[limpid flicker]

Firefox is my favourite, always and forever. At least, until they wreck it. 😛

[foggy skiff]

yesterday, I learned there is an arena in Phoenix called The Footprint Center

[idle spear]

Or if you are a mad man you can always go with IE11

[mellow roost]

I learned that today when you said it. I've never heard of it. 😄

[limpid flicker]

If you speak these words, a great and terrible curse may befall ye.

[merry palm]

i got tired of them constantly pushing it and swapped to another browser lol

[foggy skiff]

so I bought a bottle of Peepsi

[shut plaza]

and of course right after this match it gives enemies that should be playing ranked instead of ruining social…

[desert sonnet]

Ohhh btw, did you all hear how they made a Bored Apes NFT game?

[foggy skiff]

I try to stay away from NFT news

[desert sonnet]

Well good thing I'm here Coffee. To bring you all the latest in NFT news

[foggy skiff]

k bye

[desert sonnet]

😏

[halcyon stratus]

AI Art is 2023 NFT

[limpid flicker]

Does it have the same carbon footprint?

[desert sonnet]

I still don't know which site and how people are able to generate those if Simpsons was released in the 1960's videos

[buoyant rover]

See that’s the thing about casual matchmaking. Good players don’t want to play others on their skill level, so they swap to casual and play others generally worse than them.

[mellow roost]

You'd be right if that's actually how it worked.

[merry palm]

if you are winning all the time, its bad matchmaking lol

[versed swan]

no but it breaks about as many copyright laws

[merry palm]

same as if you were losing all the time

[shut plaza]

ofc

[merry palm]

unless you are the worst player

like meeee

[desert sonnet]

https://tenor.com/view/boo-boo-this-man-patrick-star-mr-krabs-thumbs-down-gif-17677514

git gud tes

[trail harness]

In H3VR I'm the wurst player

[merry palm]

lol i dont like those types of games, so im not mad about it

[buoyant rover]

Literally the only fps where I’m above average is Halo😭

[mellow roost]

First-person shooter shooter. /j

[buoyant rover]

🤣

[lunar tartan]

The peepsi isn’t that bad 👀

[mellow roost]

I'm pretty terrible at Halo, honestly. Same goes for any game with a really long TTK.

[plain parrot]

single player shootin is the move

[desert sonnet]

I remember during one game of Awesomenauts, my team was losing. I remember thinking "god.. my teammates suck.. how are we losing with only 5 min into the game?" Then I looked at the stats and saw how bad I sucked compared to my teammates lol

[buoyant rover]

this tbh

[plain parrot]

nobody can make fun of me for tripping the alarm ten times in goldeneye

[trail harness]

TTK?

[mellow roost]

Time-To-Kill.

[buoyant rover]

And you don’t have incoherent children yelling at you to “touch grass.”🥹

[trail harness]

I eat grass sometimes. Corn specifically.

Corn is a grass technically lol.

[mellow roost]

I turn game chat off. Racists and the other dregs of society have already ruined it.

[buoyant rover]

If there is a chat feature in the game I’m playing… I just send them the link to “how to uninstall a game on Xbox” by Microsoft support and turn off game chat

[serene kraken]

Hello everyone

[halcyon stratus]

Not as much but actually would be pretty high. Those compute cycles on the ai things aren’t low…

[half hazel]

atomic heart is pretty fun ngl
tho the main character wont shut up

and quite frankly
rude lmao

[upper meteor]

I can help you get better at halo if you want, just drink hot oj!

[merry palm]

ikr! its weirdly good

[sage ice]

its a trap Kylie

[merry palm]

i expected it to be awful

[buoyant rover]

Changing it to Russian or German I tend to focus a little more on the actual gameplay than hearing P-3 curse at Charles for no apparent reason

[serene kraken]

As long as they don't say "every road leads to hogsmeade"

[half hazel]

charles after being insulted for the 1000th time:

[buoyant rover]

Poor Charles. People tend to look over at the twins for the nice… details

[lunar tartan]

Same!

[mellow roost]

Yeah the main character's dialog is grating. Borderline Forspoken nonsense. Tries too hard to be this chip-on-shoulder tough guy edgelord that he ends up sounding like someone you could knock over with a stiff breeze.

[merry palm]

the move coke is also pretty good

[half hazel]

p3 looks like my old math teacher

not even an insult
he legit looks like him 😭

[mellow roost]

What's worse is that...like...literally all other dialog in the game is fine. It's just the MC that sucks.

[half hazel]

the MC voice actor sounds like the male v from cyberpunk at times

[marsh crag]

I have a question

[limpid flicker]

I can't accurately picture my teachers anymore. I have this vague idea of what they were like, but the details... all gone. I only just now realised.

[marsh crag]

How do I connect discord to my Xbox series s

[mellow roost]

[tired hare]

You'll need a phone to scan a QR code and a xbox account connected to your discord connections list

Then follow the instructions listed when you scan the qr

[marsh crag]

Ok thanks

[tired hare]

No problem

[mellow roost]

It's the first result.

[half hazel]

i am close to getting my first pcvr headset

[tired hare]

how do you have your discord like that black color

[merry palm]

android feature

extra extra dark amoled mode

[tired hare]

Oh

[merry palm]

I think it looks weird but a lot of people like it

[halcyon stratus]

Mobile in general

[merry palm]

all the dark modes look weird to me, in fairness

they need to give us more color choices

[mellow roost]

Should honestly just go the route of...pretty much any third-party app worth using for social media: give you a color wheel for each UI element.

[merry palm]

there arent that many apps that do that...

what app does that?

[desert sonnet]

They should also give us ads. Not enough of them imo

[vast ermine]

Damn DC United is good

[mellow roost]

Boost (third-party Reddit app) does, it's nice. First one that comes to mind.

[merry palm]

i was gonna say.. none of the big apps i can think of do that lol

a lot have a few more options but its like.. still a list of choices

[plain parrot]

kinda world we live in where i cant make the background of my apps MS Paint blue

[mellow roost]

This is a whack post but it was the only safe-for-server result on the front page. I got purple accents, dark blue hyperlinks, black/grey/white everywhere else.

[merry palm]

most seem to only have like.. dark, light, maybe a high contrast weird colors option

[mellow roost]

Unfortunately. Having a color wheel is so nice.

[merry palm]

let me change the highlight color discord

a nice blue would be so much bettter

less stabby

[mellow roost]

Genuinely don't understand why it has to be this ugly yellow.

I'd go for lime green myself.

[merry palm]

fair

but this yellow is awful, especially on mobile

[mellow roost]

Yeap.

[merry palm]

on pc i can turn it way down, but mobile is.. behind the times lol

[mellow roost]

'Course it is. 😮‍💨

[merry palm]

if i could do this on mobile, i would not get mad about pings ever.

[broken tusk]

Saw a game at a thrift store for 360 but didn't know if I wanna get it. Aliens Colonial Marines

How is that game? And should I go for it

[plain parrot]

no

[mellow roost]

Oh Lee just got superdark Discord on iOS. Interesting.

[lunar tartan]

I’m so happy

[merry palm]

nice!

good for you

[mellow roost]

I didn't even know it was available on iOS.

[lunar tartan]

This is even nicer on my head 😂

[plain parrot]

OMG its actually on ios now just done it

[mellow roost]

That's why everything has to be dark/black. Anything brighter is too much for goblins like me.

[broken tusk]

Why not?

[mellow roost]

Blackout curtains, black paint, no light but the TV.

Yes please.

[halcyon stratus]

It is broken on iOS though, it won’t follow the system scheme of you are in oled mode so I don’t use it

[native fern]

I hope the forest comes to Xbox

[mellow roost]

Isn't it coming out for Xbox?

[plain parrot]

just avoid it haha. less said the better. if you want a good aliens game try AvP 2010 if you haven’t already

[native fern]

oh wait it is?

[broken tusk]

Is Colonial Marines bad?

[halcyon stratus]

I don’t think so

[plain parrot]

its horrendous

[mellow roost]

It's either The Forest or Sons of the Forest. I could have sworn I saw something about it. I'll go check.

[halcyon stratus]

I shared a link from their site this morning that said it wasn’t

[broken tusk]

How so?

[halcyon stratus]

Sons of the forest that is

[mellow roost]

Oh, I must have misread the articles.

[plain parrot]

glitchy, boring, falsely advertised, the works

[broken tusk]

The story?

[plain parrot]

boring

[mellow roost]

Yeah I wasn't gunna say it but I have never heard a single good thing about Colonial Marines.

[broken tusk]

So bad story and boring gameplay

[plain parrot]

yes

[mellow roost]

In fact I've seen it on lists of the worst games ever made. 😂

[broken tusk]

Can't be worse of a 2013 game than ride to hell

[halcyon stratus]

Oh it was a random “gaming news site” so I guess who knows

[fluid creek]

@ornate shell

[merry palm]

is it bad enough to reach the so bad its good territory?

[plain parrot]

thinking about Colonial Marines just makes me think about how good AvP is in comparison

[broken tusk]

Ride to hell still the worst 2013, worse than colonial marines

[plain parrot]

Ride to Hell at least has comedic value

[mellow roost]

Nah, that's like Sonic Adventure. Colonial Marines, from all I've seen (I can't even remember if I've played it but I feel like I might have), is almost entirely irredeemable.

[broken tusk]

For how trash it is

[merry palm]

thats tragic

[mellow roost]

Let me put it this way: IGN gave it a 4.

That's really saying something for IGN to rate something so poorly.

[broken tusk]

For colonial marines? And as for ride to hell

[buoyant rover]

There have been some games with lots of potential like Hyperscape that I miss

[plain parrot]

Aliens has a good track record of games but that one massive brown stain is hard to ignore

[merry palm]

what are the redeeming features? bc a four is still like.. halfway up the scale nearly lol

[mellow roost]

I imagine it's playable at the very least, which is a couple points by itself.

[broken tusk]

And movies?

[plain parrot]

ehhh

[fluid creek]

I really want @ornate shell to tell y'all about the ACM review he wrote

[mellow roost]

Oh god I need to hear this. Is it funny?

[tired hare]

what do you guys hinkk about gog.com

[mellow roost]

GOG is the last bastion of the olden days.

[merry palm]

i have games on there i will never touch bc i forget it exists a lot

[broken tusk]

So ig I won't get colonial marines

[mellow roost]

Took another sip of Peepsi and it tasted like sunscreen. I think it's too flat now.

[fluid creek]

It's pretty good. That's why I keep tagging him lol

[tired hare]

i switched from steam to gog because of the preservation

[broken tusk]

If colonial marines is bad if I play it, I'm not gonna get it

[mellow roost]

That went flat so quick. I wonder why that happened. 🤔

[fluid creek]

I had Move Coke

It also wasn't crazy

[desert sonnet]

Theres another new coke flavor?

[merry palm]

it was better than the dream world

[mellow roost]

I'll have to see if I can find Move then.

[merry palm]

dream coke was just weird

[fluid creek]

Safeway had them Trippy

[plain parrot]

girl like me was rockin with alien vs predator on 360 big style

[fluid creek]

In display cases

[tired hare]

i like that gog is drm free

[broken tusk]

I got aliens vs predator on series s

[lunar tartan]

iOS is always super late for the game on stuff when it comes to things like superdark mode 😂

[fluid creek]

Dream Coke was baaaaaad

[mellow roost]

The dream one was the one that tasted like the inside of a blacksmith shop, yeah? Or was that Starlight?

[fluid creek]

Starlight was good

[tired hare]

you own games on gog

[fluid creek]

Don't slander it!

[mellow roost]

Either way, I don't recall liking the dream one either.

[desert sonnet]

I liked both of them. I still need to try that pixel one

[broken tusk]

I didn't get Colonial Marines, Mettle

[lunar tartan]

Starlight tasted weird to me

[tired hare]

i like coke zero sugar

[broken tusk]

I got a better gearbox game on 360 anyway, borderlands 1 goty

[mellow roost]

Definitely a better choice.

[tired hare]

is gog okay

[mellow roost]

Yes. GOG is good.

[tired hare]

Man I really wish friday the 13th the game really had start to get more updates

thank you

[mellow roost]

It's run by CDP, under which has the makers of Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077.

[tired hare]

and you own your games on gog forever

[plain parrot]

Lawsuit really shafted Friday game

[mellow roost]

Yep, and there's no DRM, which is a massive plus. Each game comes with little goodies and can install on almost anything.

[halcyon stratus]

Strawberry pepper goes flat fast too

[gusty jewel]

Which console did you guys choose? S or X?

[tired hare]

Yeah I know : Would be nice if they atleast released the Space UPDATE

[fluid creek]

I haven't found this yet

[plain parrot]

Jason X would go crazy

[fluid creek]

At least not in single bottle

[merry palm]

i had a single one. it was fine

nothing exciting

[mellow roost]

Got an X for myself, and an S for my partner.

[tired hare]

why does xbox only publish on steam and not epic store gamesplanet gog etc

[plain parrot]

Two S one X brudda 🏂

[long maple]

X is mine and my son got the S

[halcyon stratus]

What

[tired hare]

i grew up on wildtangent but their drm is really strict

[merry palm]

https://tenor.com/view/i-have-a-question-questions-trixie-toy-story4-pixar-gif-16233885

[fluid creek]

That's ganley in a nutshell lol

[opaque rock]

I got a series s

[merry palm]

oh ok. at least its not just me

[brave wasp]

I suffered much but I beat the Wo Long demo, lol

[gusty jewel]

It warms my heart to convince SM64 Mario that hes an AI thats liked by lots of people, he is really happy rn

[tired hare]

i grew up with wildtangent games

[fluid creek]

@ornate shell when you get away from RÉ or whatever, come tell chat about aliens colonial marines. Make sure you tag @mellow roost too

[plain parrot]

bad games that have nothing funny or noteworthy are way worse than most infamous bad games

[final cove]

Series S to go alongside my PS5.

[buoyant rover]

Series S is honestly the best console I’ve ever seen! Portable, somehow overheats less than the X (in my experience) and competes for graphics and performance at the same time

The price is also literally cut in half

[gusty jewel]

yeah

[plain parrot]

when I took the Series S out the box to replace my One S it looked like the One S had shrunk in the wash

brilliant wee thing

[outer haven]

The only thing I remember from Colonial Marines was the Raven level

[gusty jewel]

Would the series s suffice for elden ring?

[desert sonnet]

Mmmm I ate some good chicken

https://tenor.com/view/leeloo-microwave-the-fifth-element-chicken-good-gif-19497229

[wicked flax]

🐔

[halcyon stratus]

I am boycotting taco time.

[merry palm]

i want to rewatch this. love this movie

[halcyon stratus]

I got a taco salad and the stupid thing didn’t come in a taco shell bowl.

[upper meteor]

Hi boycotting taco time, I'm Icky Spartan

[mellow roost]

Yes.

[halcyon stratus]

I was so angry at my dinner that I can’t even facepalm or sigh about that joke

[light glade]

Should I play atomic heart since I installed it

[lunar tartan]

https://tenor.com/view/taco-taco-time-fortnite-gif-19563377

[native fern]

should you even ask that question, why install it if you don't wanna play it

[light glade]

Because 8 tb hard drive allows me to

[tired hare]

how much was that :0 because looking for one that is even just 1tb it’s like 199 lol

[light glade]

I think it was either Paul or anchel or maybe tacti gave me a link to it in here at one point

[mellow roost]

I wasn't aware I joined the military. 😂

[lunar tartan]

🤦

Instead of mashed taters replace that with oatmeal and it’d be more exact 😂

[obsidian kayak]

https://youtu.be/tBY6XUf3rxs anyone play this? Looks fun

[long maple]

yes great game

[merry palm]

it is so so good

[lunar tartan]

The emote I sent is called taco time I believe. Just for you tact 😂

[merry palm]

i want it on gamepass so more people see how phenomenal it is lol

[obsidian kayak]

It’s like $3 right now

[merry palm]

i bought it when it came out on epic lol

[obsidian kayak]

Sorry for mention.

[halcyon stratus]

If it was me then I would have suggested one of these:

• WD_BLACK 5TB P10 Game Drive for Xbox https://a.co/d/1SeZ5u4
• Seagate Game Drive Hub 8TB External Hard Drive https://a.co/d/ioKKO5S
• Fantom Drives Gforce3 Pro 4TB 7200 https://a.co/d/85rJfI4

[merry palm]

ack

ty amazon

😂

[sage ice]

wall of text

[halcyon stratus]

i'm still mad and I've been home for 15 minutes

[merry palm]

it was fine and then they embeded haha

[tired hare]

Woah nice

[halcyon stratus]

i thought multiple links wouldn't expand, good lord lol

[lunar tartan]

That taco shell bowl is the best part of taco salads 😭

[tired hare]

I think I’m gonna go for number one, for space reasons.

Thank you!

[obsidian kayak]

🙂 I hope I like it lol

[merry palm]

i loved it

[tired hare]

I’m tempted

[versed swan]

that game sounds very familiar, who made it?

[halcyon stratus]

remember! You can't play Series S|X optimized games from these drives.
They are for playing legacy games or storing S|X games

[long maple]

yeah I have the P10 and have owned 8TB in the past too