Pfft imagine not having a 480hz monitor
#š®āgame
spiral spoke
fading spade
Even if I had
My computer wouldn't make use of it
fading spade
I found the most pink gaming setup ever
deft bloom
that footrest is a stool old people use to sit on when they rub themselves with a sponge in the shower
rancid hearth
smh the rgb isn't pink
fading spade
Then it wouldn't be RGB xd
hollow zephyr
I found the most pink gaming setup ever
Jesus Christ
Although I personally donāt like it, thereās not enough contrast between the pink and the white, so it just kinda all looks like a blank slate.
spiral spoke
Disappointed thereās no pink Index in sight
lament minnow
hot spire
i mean
every sim you can just unbind all inputs to a device
if that option is to be belived it dosent support wooting
you need keyboard+mouse+joystick/gamepad
But the game is a ton of fun with twin stick
worldly flower
a
novel umbra
Then it wouldn't be RGB xd
The funny wall triangles are pink though
Also that chair looks uncomfortable af with that pillow
fading spade
orchid prism
Ughhh.... Warhammer 3 is so brutal. I finally get far in a campaign I feel mostly fine with...and then the goddamned dwarves decide to do an genocide and roll up with massive, impossible armies that I just can't beat back even with several of my best armies.
Also they're doing this in several parts of the world, and I literally have tree hubs everywhere.
fading spade
Im trying to download Valorant from the website and its just giving me a login loop
Press Play Now, asks me to sign in, I sign in, Press play now, it asks me to sign in
over and over again
feral ferry
Not terrible at all
Inferior in not having more games for Switch or XSX
Cause PS5 has so many games right
fading spade
The Xbox is also the better hardware, especially thermal management xd
feral ferry
Not to mention it doesn't look like a router
Also XSX has that really damn cool unintended feature I would buy that console just for
fading spade
waht feature?
feral ferry
Fam if I had a ping pong levitate next to me while playing games off of Game Pass
Sony can screw off 
fading spade
OH LOL
fringe salmon
xbox makes no sense if you have a pc, ps5 has games not on pc and is the stronger console anyway +psvr as an option
feral ferry
Xbox makes sense when you consider that a 500$ XSX is a lot cheaper than the PC rig you'd need to play the games in same quality
Yes Sony has exclusives, sadly
fading spade
Sony: Has exclusives
Sony: Trying to sue Microsoft acquiring ACtivision cause that would mean they would have a single exclusive franchise in 12 years
feral ferry
Sont
I dig it
Let em both stink in their own shit
As long as Sony gets humbled and Microsoft loses cash, it's fun
Neither of those companies matter to me, all my games are indies
fading spade
I just cant stand how fucking petty Sony are being recently
feral ferry
SIE is
I'd argue other Sony divisions are fine
They make nice TVs, cameras, phones, etc
The game division is just disgusting
fading spade
I just cant stand how fucking petty Sony's Playstation Division are being recently*
fringe salmon
Xbox makes sense when you consider that a 500$ XSX is a lot cheaper than the PC ...
hence I said when you have a pc
also doesnt matter if sony argues against MS with the worst arguments, we aren't microsoft we are consumers are mergers are bad for us lol
fringe salmon
you can tell that to yourself
feral ferry
It's not really that relevant of a company
fringe salmon
sure xD
feral ferry
You play any of their games?
fringe salmon
no but I know their montly active user numbers are high enough to be relevant
feral ferry
The only game I would moderately care about not to be ruined is Warcraft
Everything else could burn for all I care
fringe salmon
ok but you are not relevant in terms of general consumers
and with multiple hundred million MAU they are a relevant company
feral ferry
*Multiple hundred million CoD and Overwatch players
Oh, Acti owns Spyro and Crash Bandicoot
Well that's a bit unfortunate
Then again those franchises had their best games in '90s and '00s
fringe salmon
dont care about your petty squabble xD they are massive and relevant for consumers
fringe salmon
you do realize these things have follow up effects and matter for all game and not just ABKs
aka you beloved todd who also belongs to MS now
feral ferry
Todd's been doing well for now
TES6 could be terrific loss if ruined, but honestly, Microsoft isn't going to beat the dreadfulness of the Creation Club or Atomic Shop
fringe salmon
so why give them a chance to make it worse
feral ferry
Beth was struggling financially from what I remember
If Microsoft can cashflow them to give me more RPGs, then eh
fringe salmon
not talking about the zenimax acquisition
talking about doing even more M&A after that massive deal
aka buying ABK
basically unless you are MS taking their side vs sony makes no sense because it just hurts your own situation
doesnt matter how dumb sonys reasons are
hot spire
Yeah big studios make bland games
fringe salmon
more about endless mergers being bad for consumers all around
hot spire
Yeah the games sucking is the worst part
feral ferry
Starfield will not suck
deft bloom
huehue
hot spire
Starfield will not suck
Ehhhhhh
feral ferry
Hey I can hope
fringe salmon
nobody cares about starfield or was talking about it
feral ferry
Tbf they were both a bit eh
hot spire
Though they did manage to almost completely 180 76 from launch
feral ferry
FO4 setting was the worst thing, the gameplay was good
Idk why they fucked the story
FO3 imo is more fun than FNV
fading spade
I swear I have Secure Boot enabled
fading spade
it aint old
latest stable build
ok, apparently I dont have Secure Boot on
Oh
It was on "Other OS"
Why?
How?
Huh??
?
I enabled "Windows UEFI mode" and Valorant still thinks I have Secure Boot disabled
.-.
Third time I attempt to play this game and its a no go
fringe salmon
is secure boot just enabled or active?
fringe salmon
in bios you can enable it but it might not be active if other settings are missing
deft bloom
valorant does need tpm 2.0 with w11
fringe salmon
fading spade
Lemme boot into UEFI again aaghh
fading spade
fringe salmon
well if its not there look elsewhere in the settings
fading spade
tough jay
Valorant sounds like a pain
fading spade
I just wanna play the damn game with my sister .-.
fringe salmon
only pain if you have win11 without proper tpm install or so
fading spade
Windows 11 installed with no issues for me
So I assume it has the correct TPM
Wtf is FCLK Frequency?
fringe salmon
cpu stuff
fringe salmon
its only risky if you like remove the usb stick while its updating
fringe salmon
Valorant sounds like a pain
but thats how cheating is not as much of a problem compare to like csgo
so I take that trade any day
fading spade
you cant resize the Riot Launcher yet they still got the formatting incorrect and text gets cut off
tough jay
I wouldn't, but I also wouldn't want to run windows so it's either play in a game with cheaters or don't play at all
hot spire
but thats how cheating is not as much of a problem compare to like csgo
you dont know how easy it is to get val cheats
they just cost more lol
fringe salmon
I did not say they dont exist or are not sold
but making them or seeing them compared to csgo
fringe salmon
yes, meant using, hard to type while raiding lmao
still not perfect but its no tarkov at least lel
wouldnt want to play anything competetive with that many cheaters
hot spire
but pretty much anyone can follow a 10 min youtube video
and pay some cash
and have cheats
tough jay
I hope in the future, anti cheat will rely on other things than less ownership over your devices. Machine learning combined with logging seems like a good candidate.
Tech like TPM as used I find kind of nasty, giving the owner less control over the system on a fundamental level.
fringe salmon
I mean I think ML with logging is more intrusive because it can pattern match you like ads etc. xD
tough jay
It's not like you don't already log with an identifiable id anyway. In principle everything you do in game can be known by the server anyway.
Also privacy is not really my concern, it's more about control over my system and separation between game and rest of the system
tough jay
yea, but you really shouddn't want to use agressive anti-cheat anywhere else
fringe salmon
yeah
fringe salmon
if they would make a linux build and you can only use a specific kernel build or something I would also be fine with that lmfao
hot spire
it would next to impossible to do on linux due to security
fringe salmon
but people cheat too much so for any serious competitive game I would always prefer better anti cheat over bigger compatibility
tough jay
The ideal case would be a virtualized isolated environment, but sadly high performance gpu passthrough is not viable.
This would be ideal for both
fading spade
not to mention, most FPS games ban you for running them in a VM
hot spire
The ideal case would be a virtualized isolated environment, but sadly high perfo...
the issue is the host has full access to vms
and you get 90%+ performance for gpu passthough
vm is how all the early val cheats worked lol
hot spire
Spencer's out there playing Starfield
perks of the job lol
Phil is a gamer though and though
fringe salmon
you say perk, I say downside because he cant trash it or fix it with mods on release xd
hot spire
there are mods on xbox for a while now on skyrim
fringe salmon
not for starfield and certainly he aint getting them on launch when its broken xD
hot spire
id be suprise if it wasnt on launch
its a big feature of sse
and a big middle finger to ps4/5
sony put big restrictions on mods for ps
fringe salmon
but there wont be any mods for starfield before its even launched xd
fringe salmon
ok, how is he getting mods to fix the game when the game is not out is my point lol
hot spire
making them?
fo4 creation kit was only like a few months after launch
starfield will be that closer or better
orchid prism
The one where you walk in circles fighting things automatically? It's really good.
Way too RNG and grindy for me though. Got about halfway but loved the experience.
WITH a crt filter applied
feral ferry
What even are the functional differences that isn't just magical extra frames between 2 and 3
hot tartan
@orchid prism it's been awhile since I was here idk anybody else so I'll ping u idk where would be the appropriate place to post this but I've been enjoying my Lekker especially top-down arena shooter games where you have to move with WASD but it's impossible to play without 360 degree joystick. @meager stump I also used it in Overwatch but felt quite clunky as I'm forcing the game to register both joystick (WASD moving) and MKB (mouse aiming) at the same time. Does it add any latency or just straight bad if you use it for competitive games?
meager stump
<@158168189300244480> it's been awhile since I was here idk anybody else so I'll...
there's a setting in overwatch to force mouse and keyboard hud, so that it stops flickering between joystick and keyboard buttons
no extra latency since it's all done from the keyboard
hot tartan
there's a setting in overwatch to force mouse and keyboard hud, so that it stops...
as expected of Darren u already knew everything I need to know
meager stump
I'd also personally recommend the "Instant" analog curve, since that will give you the most realistic keyboard feeling of on/off movement, while still giving you the 360 degrees of flexibility in which direction you go towards (which is nice for hanzo/tracer/cassidy/etc.. for directional abilities)
If you aren't using 'Instant curve' out of preference, under the advanced settings of the analog curve you can also enable 'Snappy Joystick' which makes switching directions faster for the other more linear curves
meager stump
darren do you recommand continues rapid trigger?
feel free to enable it, it doesn't hurt (but I advice keeping it off if you use <0.5mm actuation for consistency)
it's great for people that prefer a deeper actuation point around 1.2mm, since it will continue to give rapid trigger properties until the key is fully released instead of only after 1.2mm
nice for MOBA/MMO/osu games where you do not want to accidentally press keys, but still want to benefit fully from rapid trigger when spamming the key
hot tartan
I'm till using Darren's Typing and Rapid profile he gave me awhile back
and Mixed Movement's default
tall anchor
ok I give it a try š
meager stump
no, that still looks like mine currently
I do have rapid trigger disabled on my crouch/sprint/walk keys
shift/ctrl
which I also found nice for typing as well
hot tartan
ah yes
deft bloom
noticed that I gotta have rt on for typing as well, otherwise I drop inputs for words like where -> wher
hot tartan
If you aren't using 'Instant curve' out of preference, under the advanced settin...
I'd take your advice but "Snappy Joystick" is on by default. Is it okay to leave them both on?
meager stump
I'd take your advice but "Snappy Joystick" is on by default. Is it okay to leave...
yea can leave both on, but doesn't do much on "Instant"
hot tartan
"Your keyboard is not in the first slot"
how do I fix that
locating the first USB hub or that's simply connect order
meager stump
how do I fix that
can check how many gamepads are connected by opening the app joy.cpl (if you're on windows)
disconnect all gamepads, and reconnect your keyboard
hot tartan
it worked! Thank you 
deft bloom
elige 100% has a wooting btw
hot spire
bleak pike
@hot spireits on Spotify š https://open.spotify.com/track/3ll9PUsB2KIliRoyGEUwFz?si=18da2a0daab74177
hot spire
why at me though lol
bleak pike
We talked about it the other day xD
feral ferry
Jack Black is a great pick for Bowser
Chris Pratt is not a good pick for Mario
fading spade
NOT AT ALL
feral ferry
You must be a delusional hamburger if you think Chris Pratt did a good job
fringe salmon
I like how the video implies nintento did something about the emulator on xbox
when microsoft said its not because of nintendo
fallow bronze
1 hour 40
fringe salmon
doesnt matter what the video says, the thumbnail paints a very clear suggestion
fading spade
Very rarely
Yep...
Well .. I don't agree to go software only but the other points
Bring your games to computer xd Nintendo aren't doing that
Their hardware sales are from Nintendo exclusives
Yeah
Switch is designed to play Nintendo games at full speed
Except Zelda ... That isn't full speed
I played it for about 2 hours
I wanted to see if I could get into that genre of game
Not really
orchid prism
That game is so fun to watch people break.
All the weird ways to can interact with various elements, the LAYERS of secrets.
deft bloom
TORILLE
fading spade
feral ferry
@bleak pike at your own discretion https://imgur.com/a/aGfiHtZ
Lady Empress is having some meltdowns, jesus christ
fringe salmon
think that belongs in meme rage not games talk because it's just internet shitposting
fringe salmon
no cracks from her are discussed because thats related to games due to drm being part of games xd
barren pewter
wow
she is...truly off her rockers
fringe salmon
dont think her sexlife is related to games xd
barren pewter
or lack thereof
nimble current
seems to be a pretty miserable person
people should just ignore her tantrums and let her screech into the void
feral ferry
people should just ignore her tantrums and let her screech into the void
But it's fun
bleak pike
<@171594634605232128> at your own discretion <:dogekek:846285268289323069> https...
Clearly cares
Ironically some peeps prob got turned on from this
barren pewter
mmhm
rocky zephyr
Who hurt this man
feral ferry
@meager stumpCould you deal with this?
tacit rose
@feral ferry yeeted
feral ferry
Cute
Thanks Cop
" Nintendo filed an application for a DMCA subpoena at a district court in California.
The application, if granted, would order Discord āto disclose the identity, including the name(s), address(es), telephone number(s), and e-mail addresses(es) of the user Julien#2743, who is responsible for posting infringing content that appearedā on the Discord channel in question."
I dunno if this would pass in Europe cause of the data protection laws
But in U.S? Yeah that's a bit different
How would Discord even have their name or address though, not even phone number is mandatory
orchid prism
Nintendo are old-school and not with the times.
Though they can probably get enough data from harassing the ISPs next, once they have IP and timestamps
feral ferry
Yeah once they get an IP address it's over for them
Unless, VPN 
Then you have to harass even more companies to find out who leaked your precious game's Art book
And then you find out the user was using a proxy from Seychelles and you are down another rabbit hole
orchid prism
Nintendo of all people would be stubborn enough to do all that just to spite someone.
novel umbra
the monster-pokemon lawsuit still is funny to me
feral ferry
Yeah idk what Monster thinks they will achieve with that
orchid prism
Publicity? Any mention even bad is good? That seems to be their rationale.
They also went after a game dev and others recently.
novel umbra
Publicity? Any mention even bad is good? That seems to be their rationale.
They...
yea but the pokemon franchise is older than the monster company
feral ferry
Seems that Monster first appeared in 2002, trademark I can find is only from 2007
Pocket Monsters is like, from 80s?
orchid prism
Also backed by Nintendo. None of these Monster lawsuits make sense from a legal standpoint.
Only thing they're gaining is notoriety for bad legal takes and being edgy.
feral ferry
I still don't get why Nintendo called the franchise "pocket monsters"
Trademark and copyright trolling shouldn't be tolerated honestly, fight them in court and bleed them dry
novel umbra
Pocket Monsters is like, from 80s? <:dogekek:846285268289323069>
mid 90s
novel umbra
96
feral ferry
orchid prism
orchid prism
Old news - But will be interesting to see where this goes.
feral ferry
TBA platform is old news?
orchid prism
Yeah. I think it's just placeholder.
feral ferry
For what, though
Switch 2?
Also this is a pretty weird way of calling the Xbox Series
still spire
Very atmospheric, like playng through a dream
crystal juniper
it'll sell well, i know a lot of folks planning to buy that bundle because of cs nostalgia
feral ferry
What not getting CS2 invitation does to a gamer
crystal juniper
i wonder what they'll price them at though, it better not be high with no effects
deft bloom
https://www.pcgamer.com/riot-will-let-you-pay-to-turn-your-valorant-guns-into-co...
lmao is this late april fools
novel umbra
nope
fading spade
https://www.pcgamer.com/riot-will-let-you-pay-to-turn-your-valorant-guns-into-co...
That game is basically reskinned CSGO anyway
novel umbra
eh
not really
it is very similar obv
but it's more like trying to build csgo out of overwatch
feral ferry
but it's more like trying to build csgo out of overwatch
It's overwatch characters with CS shooting mechanics
nimble current
with riot games trademark sweaty toxicity
feral ferry
Which is also why people generally get bored of Valorant
Supernatural characters with special abilities
novel umbra
It's overwatch characters with CS shooting mechanics
basically what I meant
feral ferry
Which you also have to pay for
deft bloom
valarante child game
crystal juniper
honestly both valorant and surprisingly overwatch are still doing extremely well
i thought overwatch for sure would be first to suffer but the ow2 thing has been able to hold the game population for awhile now
i have a peek at valorant and overwatch player counts every so often and they've been holding steady/growing for awhile now
fallow bronze
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-ORt8313Og
wow, that does look a lot better
ah its also been released 50ish minutes ago
https://www.cyberpunk.net/en/news/47875/patch-1-62-ray-tracing-overdrive-mode
fading spade
How badly could Valve get fucked over by Nintendo during their war against emulation?
Nintendo seem to think that Valve made the Deck as an easy way to emulate the Switch and that Valve are the ones pushing this use-case
orchid prism
Not at all.
The emulators don't have any illegal content or anything Nintendo can hit them with. And unlike others, Valve actually has lawyers and the budget to fight and win against Nintendo in court, if they even dared.
deft bloom
they have nothing
orchid prism
The entire point of legal emulators is that they are coded in isolation without access to the very much so protected code from Nintendo.
fallow bronze
can they buy nintendo?
orchid prism
Supplying BIOS files is obviously a no no, but emulators don't come with those to begin with.
fading spade
The emulators don't have any illegal content or anything Nintendo can hit them w...
Yeah, but Nintendo have already made it clear they think emulation is illegal despite what the law says
feral ferry
can they buy nintendo?
Nintendo isn't that rich
fading spade
Piracy is illegal, not Emulation but to Nintendo, they are the same thing
feral ferry
Would prolly cost less than Acti-Blizz
orchid prism
Yeah, but Nintendo have already made it clear they think emulation is illegal de...
Good for them - Let them prove it in court against someone who actually has money to fight it and don't buckle from threats.
deft bloom
valve small indie company
bleak pike
fading spade
Ever checked their worth?
no..
deft bloom
nintendo is like the 3rd most valuable company in japan at $95 billion meanwhile acti-blizz sits around $70b
so definitely worth more, but that's meaningless as it would never be possible to acquire it
fringe salmon
Nintendo seem to think that Valve made the Deck as an easy way to emulate the Sw...
is that in a law suit or where is that from
fading spade
Yeah, new one
They are currently attacking Valve for allowing Switch emulation to happen on the Deck
As if Valve are going to implement shit into SteamOS to prevent Yuzu or Ryujinx from running
fringe salmon
link please
hot spire
Nintendo's suits against emulators usually is using game footage or images for advertising.
fading spade
hmm
hot spire
While fair use protects comparison and compatibility use
You have to make sure the customer can't confuse the products
Which is Nintendo's case
Which is why I can sell a switch game holder and show pictures of the games inside even though those games are copyright
And I can call it a switch game holder even though Nintendo switch is copyright
Trademark*
But that's why they always put the little text that games aren't included
fringe salmon
no link to a law suit so I guess it came from youtube comments?
also I dont think they are at war with emulators, they care when emulators use their ingame stuff for advertisement as was said
and the xbox thing was not due to nintendo
hot spire
I'm pretty sure the emulator system still trying to clean up their image to buy Activision
They're trying to get all the Goodwill they can to Sony and Nintendo
fringe salmon
yeah probably
fading spade
Nintendo arent opposing Microsoft getting Activision?
fringe salmon
because microsoft is making sure they pretend to have everyones interest in mind and give them deals
fading spade
TBF, Microsoft did offer Sony to get another 10 years of COD on playstation
fringe salmon
which means nothing
fading spade
an offer that Sony promptly refused
fringe salmon
there is so many ways around that or make it not worth anything
fading spade
and then Sony continue to oppose Microsoft about OH NO, XBOX WILL HAVE EXCLUSIVES NOW AND THATS ANTICONSUMER
Sony have like 5 major exclusive series
fringe salmon
yes sony is going a good thing for consumers believe it or not
fading spade
huh?
fringe salmon
I dont understand why thats not obvious
deft bloom
sony is doing what is in their best interest, but in this case it happens to be good for consumers too
fringe salmon
M&A to make mega corporations like MS is becoming is bad for consumers
fading spade
you saying that Sony, who's exclusives are ONLY on Playstation, is less anti-consumer than Xbox, whos exclusives are on Xbox AND PC?
fringe salmon
I could not care less if sonys arguments are hypocritical
if sony has something you want MS get a different option to make it bad for consumers?
fading spade
there is no xbox game you cant play on PC
there are MANY Playstation games you can ONLY play on PS
fringe salmon
the argument should be MS should not get ABK and if you dont want sony to have exclusives then they should stop
you are making it worse for yourself as consumer if you say sony is wrong thats why MS should go ahead
hot spire
Yeah but Activision is in the Sony exclusive market
fringe salmon
unless you are microsoft you stand to gain nothing from MS getting larger and alrger
hot spire
So that point is moot
fading spade
huh?
hot spire
The merg will bring games to less systems not more
fading spade
yes, but Xbox still release all their games on Windows too
Sony makes games only for PS
hot spire
Also the only reason I want it to happen is so Ms can turn warzone into fornite
I want master chief in it
fading spade
Warzone is Fortnite for COD tryhards
fringe salmon
we already have years of COD performing worse on one console because they had less hardware support during development, now that xbox would own it, why would they make ps5 optimizations as before instead of now having it run better on xbox
hot spire
yes, but Xbox still release all their games on Windows too
But Xbox dosent make Sony games
bleak pike
Well, eventually after a million years ps games come to pc
hot spire
That's what you're missing
fading spade
I never said that
bleak pike
But Xbox dosent make Sony games
Ain't wrong
hot spire
Activision dose
bleak pike
Don't think Xbox could ever make a game remotely close to PS quality anytime soon.
hot spire
Not that Activision could either KEK
fading spade
Any game made by Xbox game devs / companies, is released on Xbox AND Windows AND Game Pass
Any game made by Sony game devs / companies, is released ONLY ON Playstation
Xbox is less anti-consumer
hot spire
Yeah
bleak pike
Any game made by Xbox game devs / companies, is released on Xbox AND Windows AND...
This isn't 100% true
hot spire
It Activision makes games for PC, Xbox, ps, and switch
bleak pike
Again, pc but we wait 10 years 
hot spire
And mobile
fringe salmon
the only thing a consumer should see: for me as pc and/or console user which outcome is better for me? and that answer is with >90% likelyhood MS not buying ABK
bleak pike
Well you're wrong.
hot spire
Hmmmm
fringe salmon
if you want to be "ha take that sony and your stupid exclusives take that, now I go and play my worse games" sure lol
bleak pike
Fuck Activision
hot spire
Would it be more fun to have master chief in OW2 or WZ?
bleak pike
Doubt Xbox will clean it up perfectly but I have hope they'll do something.
bleak pike
Would it be more fun to have master chief in OW2 or WZ?
Yes
fringe salmon
that's some temporary crossovers that I dont really care about either way but for new titles and all it will be worse
bleak pike
Bubble shield as an ability
fringe salmon
also thats not something you can only do when you buy ABK lol
you can do crossovers without owning the entire ip
bleak pike
Unsc turret as super
bleak pike
you can do crossovers without owning the entire ip
Safe to say destiny ain't getting an official crossover with halo now not that it stopped them from literally doing it anyway tbf
Still love my halo weps in d2
hot spire
Master chief and Illidia dropping in on treasure trove cove
fringe salmon
you have MS trying to push game streaming and games that make profit off of selling them on gamepass, they have a clear market plan and if they get all game studio to pivot to that to make money then you get shafted as consumer because it's limiting options and all
hot spire
Safe to say destiny ain't getting an official crossover with halo now <:havo:975...
Why not
bleak pike
Sony owns bungie
fringe salmon
mega corporations just are not the way to get the best consumer experience
hot spire
Yeah
And Snake is in smash bro
And Banjo
Plus Steve and Sora
Crossovers can still happen
fringe salmon
imo the biggest mistake the FCC and co are making is looking at the merger and saying it's fine and sony wont get hurt, when they should look if its good for the consumer
bleak pike
I see it as lesser evil takes over evil
bleak pike
Dumb I know
fringe salmon
you do realize bobby kotick is staying on board even if they merge?
hot spire
For a bit
fringe salmon
and for the consumer its not a lesser evil if abk is not standing alone
hot spire
MS will dump him
fringe salmon
the shit work situations and all is not something the consumer should take a hit for so they can sort it out
bleak pike
MS will dump him
This is what I believe
fringe salmon
him jiving with people is the only reason so many things happend
the only reason overwatch league started with the massive investments is because he was best buds with all the millionairs investing in it
hot spire
Phil is way more pro gamer/consumer than Bobby ever was
Phil is the reason we got gamepass on pc
bleak pike
And halo
fringe salmon
but thats still beside the point, consumers should not be ok with mergers as the only way horrendous C-suite people get removed from a company
bleak pike
Praise Phil
fringe salmon
yeah and microsoft if a publicly traded company so they will also have to make horrible decisions to keep shareholders happy
hot spire
Mcc on PC was Phil
fringe salmon
its not like valve where they dont have to listen to anyone
it can align but generally it's bad for mega corps to grow endlessly
hot spire
yeah and microsoft if a publicly traded company so they will also have to make h...
Not always
fringe salmon
sure if you have MS shares and bank on it making you money it makes sense to root for it
otherwise I just think it's weird as consumer to be on the side of companies that want to screw you for money
hot spire
You can make decisions that make less money that are pro consumer you just can't make decisions that lose money
fringe salmon
ehhhh
depends
because even making less money than stock price assumes is a negative
you can be making a profit but not keeping up with shareholders demands
hot spire
Just compare Microsoft's store policy for Xbox games digitally verse Nintendo
For Xbox all your purchases transfer between generations
fringe salmon
I'm not saying Ms is the worst or anything
but someone else making it worse doesnt mean you are doing your best
hot spire
Where is Nintendo's practice of reselling it definitely makes more money
fringe salmon
ideally it is a give and take and people are willing to pay more in the long run if you dont screw them over so you can sell pro consumer options as a good thing
hot spire
Or something even more simple like why does an Xbox controller even have Bluetooth
fringe salmon
but like, what happens if phil is gone
hot spire
Exactly
Phil is why we went from games for windows live to Xbox being a default part of windows
fading spade
Or something even more simple like why does an Xbox controller even have Bluetoo...
cause Xbox games run on Windows also and if the controller had some Xbox only way to pair then that would not work out too well for Microsoft since people would not be able to use their controllers to play these games on Windows
Hence the need for the USB Dongles that 360 controllers required back in the day
fading spade
they had to
I have one of them for my 360 controllers xd
it came with my previous computer actually
hot spire
Yeah
They still do
Did you not know that?
They don't need to have Bluetooth
They sell a wireless dongle for windows
They make more money on that
fading spade
the new Xbox controllers since Xbox One S and X have been BT
hot spire
It they still include Bluetooth on most controllers
hot spire
the new Xbox controllers since Xbox One S and X have been BT
They don't use BT to Xbox
hot spire
And you can buy the wireless adapter to not use Bluetooth with pc
So they don't need to have Bluetooth
fading spade
that adapter exists because the first model of controller didnt have BT
hot spire
It's only there as a value add for the consumer
fading spade
so you need it to use those on PC
hot spire
that adapter exists because the first model of controller didnt have BT
No it exists because it's better than Bluetooth
fading spade
hhm
hot spire
You can still use it with the controllers that have Bluetooth
And it supports a lot more controllers with one dongle than Bluetooth
fading spade
the only issues ive had with Xbox controllers and BT is on Windows, oddly enough
it never automatically re-pairs when I turn the controller back on
hot spire
Yeah you can wake PC with the dongle
fading spade
on Linux on the same computer, it did and on the Steam Deck
hot spire
That doesn't change the fact it doesn't use Bluetooth for the console and this dosent need it, it's only there to help the consumer use it with a different product
Sony uses Bluetooth to connect controllers
fading spade
Microsoft use BT for controllers too in the Series controllers and the second model of Xbox One controllers
bleak pike
Bluetooth controllers suck so bad though
fading spade
my new controller is so so so good <3
it uses a tiny USB dongle
so I just pick it off the charger and it reconnects in like a second, so eaasy
fading spade
Mac Mini emulation of PS2 games runs better using Software Rendering instead of hardware rendering, strange
simple wraith
Bluetooth controllers suck so bad though
Why
bleak pike
mine is fine
You use a steam deck and still think Bluetooth controllers are fine?
Then again you think cyberpunk is actually playable at 30-40fps
orchid prism
A brazil server for V Rising had so many unique IPs they overflowed the database permanently. Devs had to wipe the server completely and fix this for a future build š
fading spade
mine is fine*
*my Xbox One Controller on my desktop
Steam Deck sometimes has more input delay than my BT controller....
so that isnt a comparison
fading spade
wat
fringe salmon
steam deck has worse latency if your framerate is less than half because the hardware struggles
not on same framerates
fading spade
tbf. the only game I play with controller that requires precise input is Distance
some custom levels need so much finetune control its insane
m8.....I played Distance on the steam deck and computer
the deck had worse input delay
(maybe cause I was using proton for distance on the Deck at that time and I dont anymore)
fringe salmon
maybe when at the time steam deck was using forced v sync
fading spade
60fps
fringe salmon
what
the deck on launch for some weeks/months had a forced global v sync setting you could not disable
v sync adds latency
especially when you have two layers one in game and one globally lol
built in fps cap has similar issues iirc
but as an input method it does not have more latency since it does not have to transmit the input via BT lol
simple wraith
Or well latency
There aren't mega fast controllers like the BT mice we all use?
bleak pike
There aren't mega fast controllers like the BT mice we all use?
They don't use Bluetooth
barren pewter
was about to say
2.4ghz whatever
plus whatever proprietary crap xyz brand has slapped on
simple wraith
Lights peed
deft bloom
who peed
bleak pike
Xbox controllers use 2.4ghz too
simple wraith
So no one makes controllers with that wireless connection?
bleak pike
For the Xbox
bleak pike
So no one makes controllers with that wireless connection?
Xbox controller has two modes
deft bloom
very likely that she has done that today
bleak pike
Bluetooth and 2.4gh, however the 2.4 is proprietary
Hence adapters existing
Vastly superior.
simple wraith
So there's 2.4ghz cards for windows machines?
bleak pike
So there's 2.4ghz cards for windows machines?
You can buy a Microsoft adapter.
barren pewter
it's a little USB dongle
for your controller
to go with the one for your mouse, keyboard, headset and remote controlled vibrator
BECAUSE YOU CAN NEVER HAVE TOO MANY DONGLES
bleak pike
to go with the one for your mouse, keyboard, headset and remote controlled vibra...
Remote vibrators use Bluetooth
deft bloom
not mine
bleak pike
Or IR
deft bloom
8khz 5Ghz dongle for the fastest g-actuation
hot spire
So I lent my buddy my second t16000m
So I converted it back to right hand
Then lost the left hand grip
Contacted thrustmaster for replacement
6 euro for the grip
30 euro shippib to us
fading spade
oh... new raytracing stuff I cant actually take advantage of ;-;
fading spade
currentlyl at 6.7
fading spade
currently at 8.2
hot spire
I get 150 on average from steam
barren pewter
oh... new raytracing stuff I cant actually take advantage of ;-;
yeah
it's a wickedly cool tech demo
fading spade
yeah I saw!
barren pewter
although...I honestly expect it would look better if it were made from the start to be path traced
although I don't see that taking off until hardware that can do that, at least at 1080p and 60FPS is much less expensive and more common
because...jesus christ a 4090 to get more than 60fps at 1080p is a little much
although I remember RT on metro exodus when it launched
no one used DLSS because that was awful (1.x was a NOPE, massive blurfest)
so the 2080Ti was the one card that could actually do 60FPS at 1080p
I nearly bought one, an EVGA Black edition (1600 CAD at the time)...decided to wait when 3070 leaks were abound
fading spade
fading spade
Nearly
barren pewter
figure I'll revisit cyberpunk when they release DLC
for now...nothing much to revisit after 250 hours
fringe salmon
Are you downloading both via internet ?
Or are you using the local steam transport thing
fading spade
it seems local transfer doesnt happen if the game is updating on the other device
the update on the Deck is still not done installing
young crow
code compresses extremely terribly
orchid prism
Less so than already compressed textures and video to be fair.
fringe salmon
Steams compression is quite outdated at this point too
orchid prism
young crow
modern compilers are already taking care of compression, so to speak
deft bloom
stopped playing cyberpunk the week it was released, not only it was a bugfest, the game was actually pretty generic and shitty all over. maybe I have to revisit if there's a dlc coming
barren pewter
stopped playing cyberpunk the week it was released, not only it was a bugfest, t...
this might be the fallout player in me
but I found it ran extremely smooth when I actually started playing it two days after launch
generic, I will not disagree with
it really didn't stand out story-wise
setting was rather brilliant though
deft bloom
well I did play fo3 and 4 on release too, 3 gripped me pretty nicely but I stopped 4 halfway as well
yeah love the setting and all, but I feel like they could've done so much more with the world itself
barren pewter
without a doubt
and I hope they use the opportunity releasing a DLC has to actually do so
deft bloom
I was a fan of cdpr, since witcher 2 even, but the whole cp fiasco left a really sour taste
wait I actually like sour, some other taste then
deft bloom
noooo
barren pewter
I like sour, bitter, salt and spice
sweet is kinda...meh
orchid prism
I've enjoyed it immensively as empty as the overworld is.
deft bloom
I got to a point where I could just remote hack and kill everyone without even being near :e
teleporting cops, disappearing npcs and cars, crashes, all that jazz just drove me away
orchid prism
Did you uh... up the difficulty at all?
fringe salmon
seeing how Witcher 3 was on relase I expected this and waited xd
deft bloom
probably smart, though I really loved it even as a buggy mess
there's just something that pushed me away, sum of some stuff
like I know if I'm getting a bethesda game I can love it despite the bugs and all, if there's the something
got so many crashes in that game too I couldn't keep count
still played it through a million times, the hardest difficulty was pretty annoying tho
feral ferry
I just want Assignment Ada and Separate Ways at this point
They ruined the girl in RE4
barren pewter
Ada's voice is rough in the remake, yeah
feral ferry
I saw that Ada's VA was blaming the outrage to "sexism" or something like "toxic masculinity"
deft bloom
what else could it be
feral ferry
Feman, I don't think you realize you fucked the character
Peeps have expectations from like 20 or so years of Ada
You ruined every single one by making it bland
Obviously they don't fuckin like you
barren pewter
I saw that Ada's VA was blaming the outrage to "sexism" or something like "toxic...
wait wut
feral ferry
I'll hit up KiA to dig up the rest of her statement
barren pewter
look, people don't like the voice because it isn't faithful to the original
at least I hope that's the case
I personally hated it for that reason
barren pewter
...you've got to be kidding me
barren pewter
also Ada being kind is bullshit
Ada was always an ass who used Leon for her own reasons
did in 2
did in 4
would have thought a VA would know that...considering she delivered all the lines
feral ferry
But, I guess that's good news for the survival of the Redfield bloodline
This needs to be canon
barren pewter
look, people don't like the voice because it isn't faithful to the original
at l...
to be fair
most of my gripes and positives with the remake are just that
sometimes tasteful, sometimes tasteless
feral ferry
As a person who hasn't play any other RE beyond the original Nemesis
The PSX version
I don't hate her voice
barren pewter
As a person who hasn't play any other RE beyond the original Nemesis
change that
feral ferry
It's uninspired, bland, borderline boring
But it's not shit
But then I listen to RE2 remake's Ada
It's a difference beyond night and day
Why not just bring back the RE2's Ada
barren pewter
because a white person VA-ing a non-white is bad?
that delivery just was better
the original's delivery just was better
barren pewter
because a white person VA-ing a non-white is bad?
I'm genuinely confused as to how this is the case, btw
feral ferry
It's a shame Leon didn't actually say this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJSpnGU9jbQ
@barren pewter Eh, cultural appropriation I guess
Peeps just don't realize that it should not matter who takes the role
What matters is their ability to execute it well
Oh yeah also I saw this
barren pewter
honestly
dogshit VA statement is just tone-deaf
slim token
why is his hair not hanging the right way reeeeeeeee
barren pewter
DiVeRsItY
all the human characters in the mario games
throughout time
have been more deathly pale than myself
feral ferry
I genuinely don't understand
Diversity is good
Obviously
Then why not just silently make it the norm
We just have to headline it, stuff it into everything
People hate things that are just showed down their throats when they realize they are actually being choked by a massive flag of diversity
Just do it silently, nobody apart from assholes will give a shit
barren pewter
Then why not just silently make it the norm
to be fair
add in new mario characters that happen to be of colour
just throwing in a person of colour into a character with established traits over DECADES is just sickening
feral ferry
I mostly hate forced diversity
Where it doesn't belong
I don't really notice people's skin colour anyways
But it rubs me the wrong way if Julius Caesar is black
barren pewter
Where it doesn't belong
diversity belongs everywhere dawg
but it's not special, not forced
it just...exists
feral ferry
Like, what
barren pewter
But it rubs me the wrong way if Julius Caesar is *black*
WHAT IN THE FUCK
"we said cast a roman, not a roma"
oy vey
feral ferry
WHAT IN THE FUCK
Iirc they actually made a movie where Caesar was black
And Cleopatra was like, asian?
It was a clusterfuck
deft bloom
they made Mannerheim black and the whole of finland went nuts
feral ferry
What the fuck
What did Mannerheim do to them
Like, these are the scenarios where you make enemies with your diversity
Diversity where it doesn't belong
Keep it in Disney, Hollywood, indie films, wherever where it makes sense to cast a wide range of actors
But not where it shouldn't exist
barren pewter
or maybe just...be accurate
feral ferry
or maybe just...be accurate
We can't have that here
That requires logical reasoning
barren pewter
don't cast a black person for a live action representation of a white person in history?
I know how lame of an idea that is, but...yeah
deft bloom
orchid prism
Here's a hard truth for Y'all. People have been gender and raceswapping for as long as theatre has existed.
feral ferry
Here's a hard truth for Y'all. People have been gender and raceswapping for as l...
Indeed, even in greek times
orchid prism
The sheer amount of Shakespeare remixes in the weirdest ways is mind-boggling š
orchid prism
That we can agree on.
deft bloom
well, there's the point that women weren't deemed as suitable actors so that's why we saw men playing women at the start
feral ferry
Glorifying females who "fight against the oppressive european conquistadors"
Instead in reality they were enslaving their own africans for the europeans
Like come on
orchid prism
That one is pretty bad - It rewrote history and played it off as a historical movie.
feral ferry
That one is pretty bad - It rewrote history and played it off as a historical mo...
Hey are you sexist or something?
The female actress said "it's historical and it's real"
We can't have this sort of criticism
barren pewter
with performance mode
deft bloom
orchid prism
It's not a practical example for GAMEPLAY. They're showing off the FUTURE OF RTX.
barren pewter
just playing with standard RT settings and maybe DLSS Quality would likely look better
barren pewter
It's not a practical example for GAMEPLAY. They're showing off the FUTURE OF RTX...
a dead end pile of elitist bullshit being able to run a game at more than 30FPS?
orchid prism
a dead end pile of elitist bullshit being able to run a game at more than 30FPS?
For now - Yes. Tomorrow possible on lower end cards.
deft bloom
wow that's some quick performance patching
barren pewter
brief reminder that a 2060 can handle minecraft RTX pretty well
although
that's about the only thing a "low end card" can handle that's RT
barren pewter
although
that's about the only thing a "low end card" can handle that's RT
actually
probably
POSSIBLY
Metro Exodus enhanced with the help of DLSS
but that's it
orchid prism
Chicken and egg problem. Gotta have one to get the other - And sometimes you need to push HARD to convince the market, and be patient.
All you need is a halo product to show "look at this - This is mid range next generation"
barren pewter
haha what a funny
2080ti became 3070
then the 3090 became the...
well shit
it's still a pretty reasonable offering a gen later
priced pretty poorly for a halo product but cheap by current gen standards
fringe salmon
the cp Pathtracing demo is basically doing a crysis without making it an unplayable game
its a demo like 3d mark firestrike extrem on launch
the why bother is to demo the tech that will replace raster for light at some point so the faking of looks is easier, you are getting unlimited lightssources and can to stuff faster than with faked light
- it has a bigger effect when combined with HDR
which you dont really see on the DF video because alex has too many rtx cards in his ass to care about HDR untill nvidia markets it
I still hope we also get some sort of gameworks sdk to make use of the raycast options for AI or other raycast options and not just pure rendering
but tbh I dont quite know if that is already possible or if the current hardware options are just making rendering rays possible
fringe salmon
I mean anything below AA can be cross gen, anything AA/A not just being current joke is a bad joke
then again dead island was probably in the making for almost a decade so taht gets a pass from me lol
not my kind of game either way
but since I already give the series S crap for holding back games I gotta do the same for last gen lol
bleak pike
wheat kraken
i liked DL2
but I really wanna play DI2
I loved the stupidity of DI1 and Riptide
the bugs and everything made some good memories
rancid hearth
debating whether I should order or not
since it's amiami I don't actually have to pay until the release date
rancid hearth
idk amiami always has come out to be cheaper
amiami's price doesn't include shipping but you decide the shipment method
so it could come out cheaper
if I bought from amiami the only way the price is getting up to where tokyo otaku mode price is going to be if I used ems or dhl air shipping
and this is their premium price which is a subscription service iirc
tokyo otaku mode also charges shipping on top of it all
well yea
I'm just saying it adds onto the price
at most on amiami I've seen for shipping is 70$ for ems, and that was a foot tall 1/4th scale figure
for the average air shipped 1/7th scale you're looking at about 40$ max for ems
amiami is also good if you don't immediately have money to pay for it
since they only charge you once it's in stock
I don't like asuna, not because she's not a good character, but damn that smile has always been weird to me
and it's not just the figure
that's just her design
blue archive character
mobile gacha game
I recently got super hooked
has a pretty nice storyline
the game's also just fun to play
also animal ear nuns say no more
ye
barren pewter
...that would be "Off"
barren pewter
LOST THE CRYSTAL
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
how am I going to get high now
fading spade
IKR
fallow bronze
š¤
fallow bronze
honestly, they're shit at it, but the banter is something i keep coming back for
barren pewter
sounds like me playing Forza with my friends
3 of us decided it was a good idea to race bugattis in
...french rally cars tuned to the limits, which put them into S2
it worked
although I got destroyed on the straights because my car redlined at 243km/h
orchid prism
fading spade
the thing is, I only played this game for 26 minutes so far
xd idk wtf this is
I wish my internet was as fast as my SSD ;-;
tall anchor
do you like the game so far?
fading spade
ive only played it with friends
but its ok
doesnt scare me as much as other games though
hot spire
But furries would fuck it
feral ferry
*Early Obsolescence
Anyone know how that web-based remake for, what was it, Warcraft 3 I think? Is doing?
feral ferry
Server maintenance or such
rich steeple
Has anyone requested analog modifier keys similar to Box style smash controllers eg: https://www.hitboxarcade.com/products/smash-box.
For example, holding the y1 modifier key for this controller makes it such that y value is specifically the value needed for a perfect angled wavedash.
It would be awesome if wooting supported them.
hot spire
i dont think you can change analog curves with fn/action keys
bleak pike
I wish my internet was as fast as my SSD ;-;
Kek
I loved phas but it lost its scary factor after a while.
hot spire
I wish my internet was as fast as my SSD ;-;
i mean its the best lol
tough jay
For a game like diablo, not that I ever played the main games, I probably want to go through it once and then leave it at that, constant story updates are really not great for that.
barren pewter
mmmhm
I'm just shocked they seem to care so much about a game that was truly DOA
and wasn't really worth it even a year after launch
or a year after that
or last week when I dusted off my old xbox one and played again
it must make them money
but it's a sad excuse of a fallout game
feral ferry
And it's doing fine
A bit weird as a game, tried it, clunky
But it has a crap ton of content and is not a bad pickup
bleak pike
A bit weird as a game, tried it, clunky
It's horrid but more bearable than Skyrim.
Has a lot of players still
feral ferry
It's horrid but more bearable than Skyrim.
What the fuck are you talking about
It's okay, you have an opinion
Even if it's demented
bleak pike
Well, you are a Bethesda nut
spiral spoke
Why is Skyrim so bad lol
spiral spoke
oKaY bEtHeSdA nUt
feral ferry
I'd rather be a Beth nut than whatever pleasant is
deft bloom
:E
spiral spoke
The combat
What about it though?
bleak pike
It's shit
fading spade
Oh ffs
fringe salmon
but is it?
fringe salmon
what have they done recently that suggest that?
fading spade
Taking down almost every video about mods for Zelda BOTW
They took down another fan website that made guides for Zelda too
fringe salmon
ya
also isn the website things weeks/months old already
is it even about nintendo? xd
fringe salmon
yup, series S is limiting
severe compass
Splitting the XBox into two very different SKUs was a mistake. It just makes development harder, and will confuse customers.
Aren't some console games now shipping with 120 fps?
young hill
Eh you see that was mainly for like indie games
severe compass
Eh you see that was mainly for like indie games
If it was "mainly for indie games" Microsoft wouldn't enforce AAA game compatibility for it.
If a developer wants to make a game for the Series X Microsoft has dictated that it must also work on the Series S.
This whole console generation is being held back by this thing.
young hill
It is no doubt
But all I meant was 120fps seems unlikely on those AAA gamds
Maybe call of duty, halo, and Forza horizon
But cyberpunk hell f nah
Oh and eSports games
But yeah series s should have never existed in it's current form
It needed to be a streaming box if anything
severe compass
I brought up the fact that some games are now shipping with 120 FPS to contrast just how slow 30 FPS feels in our modern times
severe compass
When the vast majority of games are pushing for great, "ok" fucking sucks for an FPS game.
Like 480P is also "ok", but if most games are pushing 4K, and yours is limited to 480P people aren't going to be happy
Yes, but it's not dropping down to 480P unless the game is actually broken
wheat kraken
plenty of console games have 120fps
or well
i say plenty
like the 3 PS5 games i've played has it
that's a 100% success rate so far!
only a testing size of 3
but 100%
God of War Ragnarok, Hogwarts Legacy, and Ratchet and Clank
Yeah fair enough
deft bloom
nah gow didn't need more than 60, looked ass on hfr+vrr
novel umbra
Splitting the XBox into two very different SKUs was a mistake. It just makes dev...
no, the series S gave you a much more powerful retropi
severe compass
I bet 10,000 bucks There's going to be an Xbox Series X + X mid lifespan refresh and developers are going to pull their eyeballs out in frustration
orchid prism
On the contrary. They're already doing so since MS forces them to make all games able to run on the light model as is.
severe compass
What does the S in Series S stand for anyway? Slow?
haughty trellis
Silly
novel umbra
I bet 10,000 bucks There's going to be an Xbox Series X + X mid lifespan refresh...
Series XTX
feral ferry
I still can't believe that console users are like "60 fps so good omg"
Whereas PC people have been asking for 120Hz on consoles at least for high end TVs
severe compass
Problem is that a lot of parents have likely purchased the Series S for their kids. So cutting the console now is going to make headaches for Microsoft.
So for the time being it looks like MS will just buyout developers to force them to make Xbox games
