🎮│game

[heavy badge]

i mean its not really a problem tbh. I just camp with db and flechette and slugs and they run into my iron sight

walking lootbags

[hardy merlin]

Ah, I'd love to run Factory again with some SMG with 3 flashlights attached to it
Sad game went to shite

[pulsar prism]

Seems to be a few similar games popping up, maybe one of them won't suck

[heavy badge]

https://medal.tv/games/arena-breakout-infinite/clips/iwoPlFAAvI_q0mni_/6Zk2AfLNkmOl?invite=cr-MSxXYXUsMjY0OTQxMzc5LA

free full gear

[hardy merlin]

The Cycle: Frontier was quite good for extraction shooter lite, but too many cheaters and not enough people

[heavy badge]

but thing is arena breakout is full of the biggest tryhards ive seen
There are always chineese 4 man squads

Its like rust with chineese zurgs

they arent common but they suck when they are there

[hot spire]

https://www.techspot.com/news/104367-firaxis-preserves-10000-pc-sid-meier-used-develop.html

deskpro 386 is a solid pick

[heavy badge]

tier 7 ammo

basically armor = useless

[dawn sluice]

finally

[dreamy rain]

Nawr

[trim rock]

Arena Breakout: Infinite just feels very sus to me since it has a sus looking anti-cheat and always runs as admin

Unless they fixed that..

[sinful cobalt]

Ah yes the Chinese spyware

[small comet]

that weapon parts system reminds me of op7

[hardy merlin]

It's so blatant Tarkov ripoff

[orchid prism]

Real men run all games as admin.

Show that pesky OS who's the boss.

[scarlet marlin]

[outer pollen]

wait look

The cosmos artisan keycaps

tiny witch hat on frog

[scarlet marlin]

aaaaaaaaaa

cute

[outer pollen]

I want all three just really hoping they're not an arm and a leg

[near osprey]

Does the 60he come prelubed or?

[orchid prism]

Yes. All switches we sell are prelubed, whether preinstalled into a keyboard or otherwise.

[near osprey]

Okay

Because I got a lubricant set with my new 60he and was just wondering because I don’t actually have the tools with it

[heavy gull]

toolkit is seperate from the lubrication set (https://wooting.io/product/blank-switch-toolkit?Option=Switch+tool+set)

[near osprey]

But I shouldn’t need it yet as I’m assuming the lube kit is just for later on if it needs to be redone yea?

[unkempt ocean]

ya

unless you like overlubed switches

[orchid prism]

Jeeeeesus. Firaxis basically copied Humankind wholesale for Civ 7. If that isn't the ultimate insult, then I don't know what is 😄

Yeah so you kind of fucked up all of the new stuff you wanted to add to the genre - We'll show you how it's done

[hardy merlin]

EA is desperate, holy fuck https://www.ea.com/games/apex-legends/battle-academy-sale-2024
I've never seen so many Loba, Horizon and Wraith skins at one time

[bleak pike]

https://www.humblebundle.com/games/resident-evil-decades-horror-village-gold?hmb_source=&hmb_medium=product_tile&hmb_campaign=mosaic_section_1_layout_index_1_layout_type_threes_tile_index_1_c_residentevildecadeshorrorvillagegold_bundle

Decent bundle

[bleak pike]

Hawt

[clear osprey]

umm they’re not an arm and a leg sir they’re keycaps 🤓 ☝🏼

[outer pollen]

[clear osprey]

this game slaps

[still spire]

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2515020/view/4274565771147586592?l=english

This speaks well of the port, the fact that after like 2 days they are patching some of these very specific bugs

[fringe salmon]

its so funny seing the people who have no idea about the 14/16 team assume that was the final demo builds vs most 14 players who knew something like this would happen just from the DT benchmark updates alone lol

[still spire]

Well, it's more so that other FF Singleplayer PC ports pretty much never received a patch, and are in a sorry state.

So to see a full fledged, 2 hour demo, getting updates, and being all around a fairly decent port, is shocking

[novel umbra]

I mean was the same with the ff15 pc port

[still spire]

FF15 PC port is still broken til this day without mods

If you don't use SpecialK, you get unfixable stutter and graphical issues.

https://steamcommunity.com/app/637650/discussions/0/1697167168518535998/

[fringe salmon]

idk any other games besides 14 16 and 7:r so this is completely in line with my expectation

[still spire]

??? But FF7R is a terrible PC port that never got patches. FF16 is looking like the first one they are actually trying to do a decent job with.

[fringe salmon]

yeah and its a wholy different team working on it

[still spire]

Yeah, I know. It's not XIVS team though, it's just Yoshi P as the director

[fringe salmon]

it's still CU3 overall vs whatever unit oversees 7

[novel umbra]

it used to apply physx stuff on basically any entity that was loaded in

[still spire]

It's a good sign is all. They left every other FF PC port to rot.

[novel umbra]

which did get fixed

[orchid prism]

What's wrong with FF7 now?

And which disc?

[fringe salmon]

go back to sleep old man

[orchid prism]

I refuse to call them by anything other than discs. It's one game of three discs, stretched to three, separate releases, which roughly correspond to the disc changes.

They're discs.

[still spire]

https://tenor.com/view/signalis-signalis-game-gif-5833267168442234351

Oh by the way, neat thing about FFXVI's PC port, it includes the ability to take .jxrs, the first game with an option to take HDR screenshots.

Even though the game has no real tweakable HDR settings, it's forced on by default and targets 1300 nits instead of allowing you to properly adjust, the fact you can save screenshots as .jxr so HDR metadata saved is really cool to have natively.

[orchid prism]

Right right but what about FF7R?

What's wrong? 😄

[hardy merlin]

[orchid prism]

[still spire]

What's right is an easier answer.

[orchid prism]

[nimble current]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2760580/Mars_Attracts/

Steam

Mars Attracts

Guess Who's Ack, Ack Again...Mars Attracts is a theme park management game set on Mars. Play as the devious Martians from the cult-classic universe of Mars Attacks™ and build your amusement park empire, abducting humans from across history to display in customizable enclosures for the entertainment of curious Martian guests. Study humanity in th...

Release Date

2025

▶ Play video

wasn't expecting a fever dream project pitch for a game based on an old 90s scifi slaptstik

but am here for it

[junior coyote]

I m a chronic fps player, i played cyberpunk for a change of pace, felt pretty boring and visuals didnt seem pretty exciting at all, what game should i play?

[vital wyvern]

more skinner box dopamine machine FPSs I guess

[orchid prism]

If Cyberpunk doesn't excited you visually, I don't know what will tbh.

That game assaults your cornea 😄

[nimble current]

got back to playing snowrunner and valheim again

[vital wyvern]

for me cp2077 was so impressive and immersive I often just walked to places and drove with the traffic just to admire and take in the world haha

[nimble current]

interesting timing for its sequel to be announced within days of my return playing

[orchid prism]

I'm working on some minor mods to Victoria 3 do a proper Mormon playthrough. Make Deseret great again.

[junior coyote]

my situation is pretty sad ngl, i m mentally messed up rn irl due to some issues so i went ahead and bought cyberpunk, thats an investment, now my net is slow so i had to wait 2 days for it to download and install, thats another investment, and after that it feels like futuristic garbage (the theme, not the game)

ig i cant play any games at all

[orchid prism]

[vital wyvern]

I mean that's okay, sometimes you just don't enjoy the thing everyone else seems to enjoy and that's alright

[junior coyote]

I have been scrolling thru the steam library like hell to find a good game that i would enjoy, didnt find one, bought cyberpunk cuz its recommended by many…i dont understand

[vital wyvern]

take some time to really hone in on what you like instead, or simply take a break from gaming altogether

[junior coyote]

I never played story based games, then i got rise of the tomb raider, it felt so majestic, i would put its visuals above cyberpunk ngl

[nimble current]

I tend to drift towards more leftfield titles, tho I def plan on picking up cp2077 once I finally got a nasa-tier setup to run it on

[junior coyote]

Maybe futuristic garbage dystopia theme isnt for me

[vital wyvern]

I think what would help also is not stressing about enjoying them.. if you don't, you don't, come back to gaming when you feel like it. there's no reason to force the issue or anything

[hardy merlin]

Dorfromantik, can recommend, try it out

[junior coyote]

Thing is gaming is a coping mech for me rn

[vital wyvern]

it's not a very good coping mechanism if you can't lose yourself in there and are instead stressing about why you can't enjoy them

[junior coyote]

I mean i just dont u derstand what game genre is for me

[hardy merlin]

Ok then, what games do you enjoy?

[junior coyote]

When everything else fails i just download fh5 and play it for 2 days and delete it again

[nimble current]

showrunner is kinda like asmr to me, plan your route, drive thing from point a to b while tackling the environment so your trucc won't tip over

[scarlet marlin]

I love that

[junior coyote]

The thing is, i dont

[scarlet marlin]

so comfy

[nimble current]

kinda relaxing, focusing and frustrating all in one

[junior coyote]

I played minecraft in 2016, for 2 years, never felt it was something everyone should atleast experience once, it didnt felt amazing at all

Its not that games like cp2077 are bad…i just dont seem to enjoy them

[hardy merlin]

Hmmm... Maybe what you played the most then lately?

[orchid prism]

When in doubt try a free game.

Or five 😄

[junior coyote]

The only thing i m excited for rn is cod bo6 rn, cuz most probably it will be my first cod purchase

[nimble current]

loved minecraft back in the early days, like 2011-2013

nowadays I get bored rather quickly

[junior coyote]

Yea i just end up booting valorant when i m bored

It gives me that mental torture

[hardy merlin]

I though the same about Minecraft too

I'll just play like an hour of Minecraft
That was quite fun
Why it's 4 in the morning?

[scarlet marlin]

me with bg3

instead it became 6:30AM

[hardy merlin]

That's why you didn't get enough sleep

[junior coyote]

brother may i have some oa- i mean some really good game suggestions?

[scarlet marlin]

well it was during the time I had no work, so I could get all my sleepies during the day

[scarlet marlin]

really good game is personal. depends on the genre youre looking for more I think

[junior coyote]

May i have some genre suggestion?

[hardy merlin]

Oh boi, there's a lot of genres nowadays

[junior coyote]

Oof, ig my gaming days are done for

I will just finish all the souls games again

[hardy merlin]

Nah, you just need to find something you enjoy

[orchid prism]

You gotta play some of that cottage core cyberpunk indievania puzzleup

[scarlet marlin]

a recent souls game is lies of P that you might enjoy

[junior coyote]

I have sort of ruined everything for me, when i started souls games, i had to use hp mods to get them over with (i m scared to play games alone, not in fear, but in lonliness) then i played them so much that it just…feels like i m not even playing, i always find myself modding to resurrect the main bosses and finishing them again and again

[junior coyote]

I think i m not looking for story games anymore

[scarlet marlin]

I like cult of the lamb if youre into roguelike/lites combined with like a basebuildinging/animal crossing vibe where you need to take care of your followers

[hardy merlin]

I thought I hated gaming nowadays, but that's mostly because I played a lot of competitive games with friends
Now I only sometimes play Dota with a friend when we want to mess around in multiplayer, but other than that I prefer singleplayer games

[scarlet marlin]

well you can just skip the cutscenes and kill everything

[junior coyote]

seems like i need to download all those games back again

Thats the thing, theres nothing but killing, theres no story

U explained it urself

[junior coyote]

Yea compitetive games have ruined me

[nimble current]

yeah I basically stopped playing pvp some 3-4 years ago

[trim rock]

Yes, quitting Dota 2 was one of the wisest decisions I've done

[junior coyote]

Ig theres nothing except pvp that hits the skill wall for me, hence i couldnt enjoy stuff

[hardy merlin]

Maybe Raquel be onto something
Maybe roguelites? Roboquest, Dead Cells, Balatro, Hades, Risk of Rain, Vampire Survivors, Crypt of the Necrodancer?

[junior coyote]

The thing is….i m scared like hell of lonliness, thats why i wasnt even able to play tomb raider (my first singleplayer story game) more than 2 hours when i first tried

Had to raw dog it next time i played

[nimble current]

kinda got tired of all the sweat and toxicity among pvp communities, also the game I played kept getting worse and worse by the company behind it

[junior coyote]

Thats the state of every multiplayer game

[scarlet marlin]

dont let other people/factors take control over your enjoyment of playing games and dont overthink it

[proper basin]

this is the way

[trim rock]

Although I say that, been enjoying Deadlock a bit lately.. but that's probably because it's currently in the phase of being figured out, not completely full of people getting immediately angry if you're playing wrong

[proper basin]

[junior coyote]

I just cant seem to find stuff to play aaaaahh

[scarlet marlin]

sometimes its not that deep, just spend some time gaming and enjoy your time, nothing more nothing less

time enjoyed is not time wasted

[junior coyote]

ig i will rawdog cp2077 till i start enjoying it

[hardy merlin]

Stardew Valley
During my first playthrough I wasn't outside for 4 days

[junior coyote]

I dont know how that game works? I wasnt able to figure it out

[fringe salmon]

Try the free trial version of FF14

[hardy merlin]

You have a farm, grow stuff on it, talk with people in the village, fish...
Stardew Valley is great, because there's no wrong way to play it, just do whatever you enjoy

As for CP2077 - really cool game, just has a bit slow start
But I really enjoyed doing gigs, small missions you can approach in different ways

Oooooooo
I know
Metal Gear Solid V
Great sandbox to play around and do whatever you want to do

[fringe salmon]

Wait I realized now I can suggest both FF14 and FF16 free versions on pc the meme grows

[junior coyote]

Hmm maybe i m upset cuz of the start, havent played much, only 2 hours, maybe i should invest more time

[nimble current]

for a sandbox building game having a 2D engine/perspective is kind of a turnoff imo

[hardy merlin]

Probably
CP2077 is really enjoyable if you stray a bit from main questline

[hardy merlin]

Terraria?

[junior coyote]

Nudity is kind of a deal killer for me in both games and movies

Like i have people coming around me :-:

For now, i will try to play cp2077 without any excuses

this emoji feels like a fnaf jumpscare, why? Lmao

[hardy merlin]

Five Nights at Wooting's

[scarlet marlin]

har har har

[proper basin]

beatboxing

[sinful cobalt]

I think u can turn off nudity in cp77 but im not sure

[orchid prism]

You can censor it.

In fact I believe that's the default.

[fading spade]

Yeah....this is accurate

[orchid prism]

Strong words coming from the Irish

[fading spade]

Yeah, we dont have trains

well, we have trains but they only go towards Dublin

and Dublin has trains that go along the same road that normal traffic does, so it gets stuck in traffic all the time

[orchid prism]

To be fair the London Underground moves almost the entire population of Ireland daily.

[fading spade]

yeh xd

thats not hard to do XD
Ireland population is smol

[orchid prism]

On par'ish with Denmark.

[nimble current]

london the oligarchs theme park

[sinful cobalt]

cool but i dont have access to that GPU driver rn

[nimble current]

it needs a driver from last week or what

[sinful cobalt]

its the next gpu driver update but its not out yet

[orchid prism]

IGNORE

[nimble current]

so game is bricked for everyone not running drivers from the future?

[sinful cobalt]

i can just ignore it and it works

[nimble current]

so it does meet the requirements after all

[sinful cobalt]

yes

[nimble current]

activision you dirty liars smh

[sinful cobalt]

indeed

[orchid prism]

Recommended

[proper basin]

Prob a thing for the black ops 6 stuff

[sinful cobalt]

yeah its for bo 6

[proper basin]

Oh they’re already doing the menu change, i thought that would be later on

[sinful cobalt]

i mean 8 days and the closed beta starts

[nimble current]

playing on not recommended settings? sounds risky

[proper basin]

I enjoy the risk

https://tenor.com/view/risk-game-board-game-gif-10565650

[small comet]

lets hope the campaign is worth 200eur and 5tb

[nimble current]

if I can't play as nicki minaj am not buying

[small comet]

oh blops isnt even out yet

well then

[nimble current]

imma be honest I haven't heard a single song of hers

or I might have in some store or something and not knowing

[brittle robin]

hi guys does anyone know whats the best snappy tappy socd profile code settings for valorant

[still spire]

https://youtu.be/cHgBYTdhKEE

[silver garden]

I still wonder why new games need driver updates.

[orchid prism]

Because nVidia and AMD help finetune their drivers for specific games.

There's a reason you see a massive NVIDIA logo on game start.

[silver garden]

Yes but what are these games doing different from all the previous games? Especially those made on the same engine.

[orchid prism]

THAT is a question to ask a game developer.

[silver garden]

I have a feeling I already know the answer.

[fringe salmon]

It’s because unlike for cpus you don’t target the hardware instructions directly you write shader code that the driver translates to how the hardware executes it

So if you use something like work graphs that are a new feature in dx12 the driver need updates to translates it properly

[vital wyvern]

having a person who actually knows something about the topic at hand answer a question on discord

unheard of

[silver garden]

https://fxtwitter.com/ShitpostRock/status/1826593159583035635

[bleak pike]

Me

[little cape]

no shot theyre actually doing that type of operator

professor x type shit

[hot spire]

dont they have one with fake leg/legs?

[little cape]

idk its been a while since i played that game

[fading spade]

😍

ayoooooo

[silver garden]

Don't get too excited You will be playing against bots.

[little cape]

how you apply? on their steam page?

[fading spade]

thats fine

[fading spade]

Yeah, on the SP2 page

[little cape]

ty ty im going to request access

😎

[fading spade]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2918300/Splitgate_2/

Steam

Splitgate 2

Ready to step into the spotlight? Eager to hear 100,000 fans screaming your name? Seeking fame and admiration? Then join the Sol Splitgate League, where the future is bright–it takes a team to bring home victory, but only one person can top the leaderboard.Play together. Stand alone.Suit up and portal into the action as an elite Ace in Splitgate...

Release Date

2025

▶ Play video

its only 7gb

the logo is neat

[drifting rose]

welcome to 2006

[fading spade]

it was 15 earlier... idk wtf happened

[nimble current]

15mbit?

[fading spade]

15MB/s

same units as the 1.2 in the screenshot

[hot spire]

gotta smoke 2 cigs at the same time

[outer pollen]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2853730/Skull_and_Bones/

Steam

Skull and Bones

ENGAGE IN SPECTACULAR NAVAL COMBAT Prepare for devastating battles by crafting a dozen different ships and equip your fleet with powerful loadouts. Unlock stronger weapons as you progress and customize your ships to reflect your unique pirate playstyle.SAIL INTO A DANGEROUS HELL IN PARADISEVoyage into the Indian Ocean and explore a vast open wor...

Price

$24.00

▶ Play video

60% off wtf lol

Wasn't this the first quadruple AAAA game

[proper basin]

Not even worth 24 usd

[hardy merlin]

[proper basin]

Which game is this

Ff16?

O wait nvm

[hardy merlin]

Hunt Showdown

[proper basin]

Should have looked at the API

[hardy merlin]

I think I may have hit bottleneck guys

[proper basin]

Hmmmm..,

[burnt wing]

You hit bottle neck

Me ane Rei hit a crashwall

Last night.

[small comet]

yes the AAAA stands for the amount of 20% discounts you need added for it to maybe be worth it

[burnt wing]

Mango knows.

3070Ti brick wall

[outer pollen]

Lol

[outer pollen]

I do like how pretty it looks now for sure

[heavy gull]

62c on the cpu, man what a sight

[proper basin]

Asynchronous heat

[heavy gull]

lol

[burnt wing]

Anyone got a stable curve for a 3070ti for streaming.

[fringe salmon]

stock

[small comet]

yes you go and use the cc to tune the curve and install a 40series card

[burnt wing]

I concur, but that doesn't help me help bro choone his gpu before he upgrades and gives it to the Missus.

[small comet]

ok ez fix

use the double cc tune and buy 2 new 40series cards

[fringe salmon]

the only thing stable is stock the rest could be "stable" for 90% of tools except what you use

and each chip is different and can handle more or less

[small comet]

also just dont play games on max and streaming will work fine

[burnt wing]

https://tenor.com/view/iota-iota-foundation-rick-and-morty-morty-im-in-gif-21733730

[small comet]

not like viewers will get source res

so just 1080p stream at 3mbps and play on medium preset or such

[burnt wing]

Yea we were gaming at 1440p Ultra FPS Unlimited.

[small comet]

yeah maybe dont for streaming

[hardy merlin]

A big hunk of Amelinium

[burnt wing]

Amyliminium.

[small comet]

or option 2 is have a deidcated stream pc with a caputure card

[burnt wing]

So basically I need 2 4090s for 1 pc

maybe I just OC Tune for 68C in the meantime...

[heavy badge]

solo'ed a 3man at the cost of my friend's life

[fading spade]

dafuq?? how do you get an achievement you cant know the requirements of?! Tell me the secrets xd
@hardy merlin Muse Dash btw

[hardy merlin]

https://tenor.com/view/kuzco-yzma-chat-cat-mwahaha-gif-24314206

[novel estuary]

the person unlocking the achievement can see the requirement afterwards. but getting it in the first place is either luck or looking it up online

[fringe salmon]

.. most achievements are hidden so they don’t spoil you the games like when it would tell you beat the hidden boss called <secret name>

You see it if you have the achievement yourself

[hardy merlin]

Nah, you can see it in Global Achievements submenu

[fringe salmon]

Yeah you can view it if you want

[hardy merlin]

But not in Personal Achievements submenu for some reason

[fading spade]

dafuq is this?!

[proper basin]

Good achievement

[novel estuary]

seems like valve didn't expect developers writing their newest novel in the titles

[burnt wing]

https://tenor.com/view/koth-king-of-the-hill-hank-hank-hill-tell-you-what-gif-22194602

[fading spade]

when it says "try" does it actually mean try or do I have to beat the level?! XXDD

[proper basin]

I mean it says play

Not complete

[fading spade]

:/ whats the easiest level 11 song? XD

I need to unlock them all....UGH

only two left

and i have no idea how to do the first one

[outer pollen]

Get a perfect run but only do 1 great

[hardy merlin]

Usually followed by ragequit

[proper basin]

https://tenor.com/view/csgo-banging-table-angry-mad-rage-quit-gif-17478101

[fading spade]

Getting only perfects is impossible for me

I've never had 100% accuracy so far ....
:'(

[outer pollen]

I've only done like 2 songs

[fading spade]

What ones? Xd

Maybe I can do it on fireflies in easy mode

[outer pollen]

I'm at work now let me see if I can check on the mobile version

[outer pollen]

I had a screenshot try this one

[fading spade]

I can't sign into my peropero account on the android app ;_; idk why it doesn't work

[outer pollen]

I've never tried it on the phone :c

[fading spade]

Is tricky....

Even on tablet with 144Hz
I had a rough time xxdd
Maybe if I got used to it
I see so many players on tablet and they pros

[proper basin]

I just like getting fcs on 7/8 difficulty

9 i have to really lock in

[outer pollen]

vv only easy for me

[fading spade]

I hate that SteamGridDB's plugin needs to restart steam in order for the app icon to apply :'(

[proper basin]

I be jamming tho

Always been easy for me to jam and do inputs

[fading spade]

I went to change the cover art for YouTube in my steam library and found this :')

Got YouTube Music working within Firefox

Found a really awesome community controller profile too 💜💜

[outer pollen]

Kuromi Melodytchi

[proper basin]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1274512002793996289/1275116890674696366/the_looker.gif

[fading spade]

I love this resource pack 😍

The sky is so pretty in it 💜

[hot spire]

https://ytmdesktop.app/

[fading spade]

They no longer offer the AppImage
And I can't install RPM on Bazzite because it's immutable

[hot spire]

cant use snap?

[fading spade]

Id rather not ....

Snap store constantly has viruses and malware cause Canonical don't have any moderation on it

[hot spire]

then only install that app lol

[fading spade]

Yeh
You have to add the whole repo for that
And all the snap daemon packages and shit

[hot spire]

isnt bazzite fedora?

fedora has snapd in main

[outer pollen]

What's the name?

[fading spade]

That app doesn't block ads anyway
I tried it on my laptop before

[hot spire]

yes

quit pirating music

[fading spade]

If I had a consistent income of money, I'd happily pay

But RN I need my money to maintain being able to have a car
Cause petrol and tax and insurance is hella expensive

[hot spire]

so being poor makes it legal to steal?

[fading spade]

Idk temporarily

[outer pollen]

Ohhhh tyty

[fading spade]

I found this when searching resource packs in prism launcher

Idk where you could download it if you don't use that launcher
Haven't looked

[proper basin]

i remember a toontown resource pack that had a similar very pretty sky texture

[quiet vault]

🤔

[outer pollen]

[little cape]

anyone run into the man eater in lethal company?

[little cape]

they did this for mc donalds

[outer pollen]

Yeah it's going on right now I think

I'm gonna try and get my friend to get me one of each to put them on my dashboard lol

[little cape]

still?

damn might have to pick up dark magician

[calm rune]

bro said steal, steal what? lol

[calm rune]

US?

[hot spire]

blocking ads is theft

[calm rune]

Are you trolling?

[hot spire]

it literally and legally is

youtubes terms require you dont block ads, so if you block ads and use the site you are stealing the content

[calm rune]

I'd like to see any court enforce that law

[outer pollen]

Yeah lol

[rancid hearth]

legally youtube doesn't own the copyright on the content, so it would be up to the digression of the creators

[outer pollen]

https://x.com/VALORANTLeaksEN/status/1826785254285177314/photo/1

VALORANT Leaks & News (@VALORANTLeaksEN) on X

Agent 26: VYSE // #VALORANT

Twitter · Aug 23, 2024, 12:55 AM

Hype

[rancid hearth]

regardless it'd be massively impractical to enforce

[hot spire]

that actually own the rights to distrobute it

[orchid prism]

The ads pay for Youtube's servers, and any potential artist compensation for a listen (at least on paper)

[small comet]

i mean not on paper thats how it works

[hardy merlin]

Last time I checked Youtube TOS is not the law

[small comet]

they all just mainly pay like ass per stream

[scarlet marlin]

its so cute aaaaaaaaaaaaa

[calm rune]

Do you even use an adblocker?

[hardy merlin]

How can anyone use web nowadays without adblocker?

And I'd be way more likely to not use adblock on Youtube should they be fair with their users, serve less ads, so that it covers actual costs of running the website, run only verified ads and not scam bs
Instead they're choosing to be greedy bastards, so I have no reason to play along with them thank you very much

[orchid prism]

Due to how Youtube and Alphabet are structured, the money doesn't come directly from where it's expected to. So "on paper" 🙂

[outer pollen]

[maiden tulip]

I used to let ads through because they weren't obnoxious back then

And i believed in the whole hey its how i pay for my access

Back then it was fine

Nowadays its hell

[still spire]

https://www.reddit.com/r/nier/comments/1ez5aw5/my_cosplay_posts/ Lmao, Yoko Taro addressing all the people shitting on Nier cosplayers for being too risque.

Yoko Taro, you are a chad indeed

https://store.steampowered.com/app/373600/Weapon_of_Choice_DX/ Also this game is free

Steam

Weapon of Choice DX

The world is being taken over by gene-combining beings from beyond the stars! Hideous new creatures are popping up everywhere, and it's up to the Solus Operatives to grab their unique weapons and split some disgusting alien skulls!High-resolution and carefully hand-drawn art style breathes life and originality into this bizarre game world. Dynam...

Price

$5.99

▶ Play video

[novel umbra]

https://tenor.com/view/christopher-walken-fatboy-slim-weapon-of-choice-dies-jumps-gif-27119412

[cursive dragon]

At least Tidal is paying more to artists and has better plans compared to Spotify

The only downside, applications like Discord only has Spotify as connections

[small comet]

the only downside is tidal has way less than basically all other platforms

all it has is better quality

[hardy merlin]

I mean in last few months I saw there's a lot more new niche songs, which were only on Spotify

[cold anvil]

ps4 emulation is getting better and better by the day which I think is cool :D
https://youtu.be/H-LlR8keAcE?si=dkIXLRTS3wW1tWaN

[hallow lantern]

after too many hours

[hardy merlin]

Gotta drop 33 places

[hallow lantern]

fr 😂

[ripe tulip]

Willing to bet not even 2% of the people who use the internet has an adblocker

[orchid prism]

I feel bad for anyone who watches Youtube or Twitch without.

[proper basin]

Agreed

[drifting rose]

or uses the internet in general. it's like popup blockers in olden times. had to use 'em if you didn't want shit

[orchid prism]

You ain't wrong. Every time I open an article linked to me on my phone, I am reminded by I don't use my phone to browse the web or watch Youtube 😄

COOKIES!?
YOU HAVE TO ACCEPT 1500 ADVERTISERS WITH ONE CLICK, OR DISABLE EACH ONE INDIVIDUALLY
DID YOU CREATE AN ACCOUNT?

OH HEY HERE'S A VIDEO FROM SOMETHING ELSE WE'RE GOING TO GLUE TO THE TOP OF YOUR TINY SCREEN AND AUTOPLAY

DID WE FORGET TO MENTION 30 BULLSHIT ARTICLES WRITTEN BY AI THAT HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS ONE?

[drifting rose]

IF YOU INSTALL OUR APP WE CAN SERVE YOU ADS EVEN EASIER

[proper basin]

POP UPS? WE GOT EM!

[ripe tulip]

My grandma keeps clicking on those sketchy links on a weekly basis

[orchid prism]

Just look at PC Gamer.

[ripe tulip]

[orchid prism]

They are one of the very few who actually offer a "no to all" option. Most sites don't.

[drifting rose]

also what I find curious is that back then, nobody argued against popup blockers

now we have people going "gosh you're a pirate"

I mean if that stuff doesn't bother you, more power to you I guess

[proper basin]

I cant stand todays ads

[heavy gull]

these 2 and an adblocker are all i need to browse without getting a headache

[cursive dragon]

"If buying ain't owning, then piracy ain't stealing" - Outraged people

[hardy merlin]

I mean

They right doe

[still spire]

https://twitter.com/BlackMythGame/status/1826985302592049599 with 8 million of them being on PC

Black Myth: Wukong (@BlackMythGame) on X

Black Myth: Wukong has sold 10 million copies across all platforms.
(Data as of 21:00 Beijing time, August 23, 2024)

Thanks to all players worldwide for your support and love.
Have a great gaming weekend!
#BlackMythWukong

Twitter · Aug 23, 2024, 2:10 PM

https://x.com/Genki_JPN/status/1826926231667060743

Genki✨ (@Genki_JPN) on X

PS5 consoles are selling out in China due to the high demand for Black Myth Wukong! via @DanielOlimac

Twitter · Aug 23, 2024, 10:15 AM

[ripe tulip]

This saying is so stupid lol

Piracy is not even considered stealing in the first place

[still spire]

LEgally, yes

[orchid prism]

A quick reminder that you're on a US social media platform. Admitting to, condoning or sharing pirated material is no bueno.

[hardy merlin]

Sailing aside, adblocking isn't it, and whoever came up with it must've been freshly after lobotomy
Big corporations can do whatever, shove whichever ads they want and we should just accept, like that? Hell naw. I could sorta understand if YouTube or whatever was really hurting because of this, but they report new record revenues each year. So, sincerely, fuck'em all, Imma block ads.

[rancid hearth]

tidal is now cheaper than spotify last time I checked

[ripe tulip]

Does tidal finally have true lossless instead of their lossy mqa lol

[rancid hearth]

they removed mqa not too long ago

[trim rock]

Yeah I think it does FLAC now

[rancid hearth]

entirely, they don't offer the "master" tier anymore

[small comet]

that doesnt make them have more selection though

[rancid hearth]

I'm saying this as a point they have against their competition, not saying they have more selection

[small comet]

idk if price matters to most tbh

[rancid hearth]

you said all it has is better quality, it's just rebuting that

[hardy merlin]

50M year ago vs 110M now, huge difference

[rancid hearth]

for those who already have all their music on tidal, it's a great swap since it's not only cheaper, it gives better quality

[small comet]

in that case yes

[drifting rose]

most of the music I want to hear I found on quobuz, check it out

[small comet]

although i also had other issues with tidal i just cant speak to directly as of todays tidal like their music suggestion being shite

[hardy merlin]

Iunno, a lot of songs I listen to wasn't available year ago, now all are there

[ripe tulip]

I have apple music for free so I just use that

[hardy merlin]

Not available in PL

[rancid hearth]

the closest thing to offering most of my music on streaming is Apple music
apple music tends to have a lot of Japanese artists that just don't appear on other platforms

Amazon music is at second place, but their mobile app is terrible, like bad bad

[small comet]

amazon musics desktop app is even worse

[hardy merlin]

Mora
But Tidal used to serve 16b44.1 and 24b48 tracks alongside MQA

[ripe tulip]

Trails in the sky OST on apple music is enough for me

[rancid hearth]

Mora afaik is only available in Japan

[drifting rose]

racists

[hardy merlin]

Yeah, playing around with VPN was annoying, but it was few years ago

Anywho, I have my more popular stuff from Tidal, more niche stuff from... other sources, everything on drive

[rancid hearth]

Local files are the way to go with niche stuff

just a pain when it comes to a large library

[ripe tulip]

Not for me

[hardy merlin]

If it's less than like 512G or so it's fine

[rancid hearth]

anything higher than the average microsd will be annoying to have
otherwise will have to pick and choose what you absolutely need on it

[ripe tulip]

I have a NAS that has plex/jellyfin on it so it’s generally not a problem for me

[rancid hearth]

and bless you if you have to buy a phone without a micro sd

[drifting rose]

you either embrace it till it becomes a hobby of its own, or you suffer

[hardy merlin]

That's why 512G, SDs are quite cheap

And hell naw, I won't buy a phone without SD slot

[drifting rose]

I had one, it was farcical, not anymore!

[rancid hearth]

the issue with that is you're limited to having to use the player app for those
Plex also doesn't support lossless, not sure about jellyfin, only way you can actually use other players is if you can mount a drive onto your phone

[hardy merlin]

Poweramp will talk to NAS just fine on a phone

[ripe tulip]

Plex supports anything your device supports

Idk where you got the “plex doesnt support lossless” from

[rancid hearth]

Plex will transcode audio

even if you change your settings

[ripe tulip]

It does not transcode flac for me

I have no clue what you’re doing lol

When was the last time you even used it

[buoyant osprey]

How to save lots of space: don't store audio in meme resolutions like 24 bit 192 kHz.

[orchid prism]

.wav

[rancid hearth]

like 2019

[ripe tulip]

My nas has 100TB so it doesnt matter 😎

[hardy merlin]

16b44.1/48 gang

[rancid hearth]

I only like storing meme formats for the music I like the most

everything else is 24bit/16bit 44.1/48

[ripe tulip]

Not like it matters much anyways

[rancid hearth]

I mean past CD quality the benefits are little to none

[drifting rose]

or buy more space and enjoy storing meme resolutions that get downsampled during playback 😎

[hardy merlin]

Resampling that 192k to 44.1

[ripe tulip]

the benefits between the latest LAME and other lossy encoders arent that much different from lossless too

[drifting rose]

mp3 is still widely used for a reason, it's good enough, like JPEG

[rancid hearth]

good enough*
depends on what you're using it for, you wouldn't use jpg for storing logos for example because it struggles with sharp edges

mp3 is good for music it was intended to work with, generic pop music and such
if you're listening to anything that has more going on with it, it will start to be more noticable

[ripe tulip]

I actually don’t know what site uses mp3 actually lol

[drifting rose]

good enough for the intended purpose, which is storing music for playback. for archival, I would never advocate lossy formats

[ripe tulip]

Nah the latest LAME encoder makes mp3 extremely good for what it is

[drifting rose]

matter of bitrate, I stop noticing anything at lame preset -V2 and higher

[ripe tulip]

The old days of mp3 are something else

[hardy merlin]

Golden hammer, CBR320

[drifting rose]

I call that "from russia with love"

bonus points if it isn't joint stereo

[hardy merlin]

Ah yes, good old times of downloading mp3s from Google

[orchid prism]

good old times

I literally had to google "youtube to MP3" yesterday to download a track that isn't on Spotify yet 😄

[proper basin]

New headaches call for old solutions

[rancid hearth]

ew, youtube to mp3
double compression at best

[pure bear]

spotify was down earlier when i wanted music in the lab

[orchid prism]

When Youtube is the only source, you make do 😄

[hardy merlin]

I guess I'm too used to yt-dlp

[ripe tulip]

You can use yt-dlp

[hardy merlin]

[rancid hearth]

yea, yt-dlp is great

[orchid prism]

You're too young more like. All that silly linux nonsense

[hardy merlin]

https://tenor.com/view/hacker-typing-hacking-computer-codes-gif-17417874

[orchid prism]

I am lazy boomer. I need track, I just google how to download - since all Chromium browsers ban YT music downloading 😄

[rancid hearth]

There are gui's for it, so it's not difficult to use

[orchid prism]

I could go out and buy a new set of knives.
Or just cut harder with my rusty one. 😄

[rancid hearth]

or sharpen the knife you already have

[orchid prism]

Maybe if I needed to download a song more than once in a decade, I'd consider looking into it 😄

[drifting rose]

what the fuck !! 📢 UNLICENSED USE DETECTED!!!
🚨 🚨 🚨 POLICE !!!!! 🚨 🚨 🚨

[orchid prism]

https://tenor.com/view/ace-attorney-phoenix-wright-objection-capcom-gif-20965907

The piece is not available anywhere else - yet

[drifting rose]

https://tenor.com/view/krown-crypto-cave-shitcoin-police-gif-20564437

it's kinda funny how people went back to console programs, versatility wins

[hardy merlin]

11 out of these are .mp3s

[fallow bronze]

Wdym? We never left :p

[rancid hearth]

one of the reasons why youtube is so bad for audio, and this is a far major difference than people think
those upper frequencies even if you're deafer in those regions still hold upper harmonics and can absolutely change the perception of detail regardless of bitrate

had a convo about tuning in the HP.com server about tuning in the upper frequencies for headphones

[drifting rose]

I should check if I hear anything in these frequencies with headphones

[torn glen]

guys i just got kicked from a csgo deathmatch for input automation lmao is it cuz of socd????

[drifting rose]

this is where I stop hearing anything rofl

yep I definitely shot those ears

[hardy merlin]

#⏬│rappy_and_snappy message

[ripe tulip]

Tell google to use an updated encoder

[drifting rose]

I will never good at hunting bats 😔

[ripe tulip]

Could also just be a different master entirely

[rancid hearth]

won't fix the amount of audio they already desecrated

not to mention they also are working on a new encoder for youtube music

[ripe tulip]

Wait are we talking yt or yt music

[rancid hearth]

youtube, I was just mentioning yt music for that specific part

[ripe tulip]

But why

[rancid hearth]

but for songs that were not uploaded for youtube music specifically, will have that same cutoff

[ripe tulip]

Opus is already good

[drifting rose]

https://onlinetonegenerator.com/hearingtest.html

post ur hearing loss !

[ripe tulip]

Lossy files will always have a shelf

[rancid hearth]

that depends on bitrate

[ripe tulip]

No, it will generally have a shelf with some blocking at some point

[hardy merlin]

[drifting rose]

hory shit

[hardy merlin]

I may be blind but at least I can hear stuff

[rancid hearth]

headphone tuning can also have a effect on this kind of thing

[hardy merlin]

Just your garden variety m50xs with ka17

[buoyant osprey]

Basically same as me.

[proper basin]

hoping theres no audiologists in chat lol

[drifting rose]

it goes away in a linear fashion and mirrors a hearing test I did 14 years ago with speakers, I must have shot them attending death metal concerts in shitty bars at a young age lel

[ripe tulip]

Btw make sure your flacs are real lossless!!!!

[hardy merlin]

If you lose them they aren't FLACs anymore

[drifting rose]

https://www.free-codecs.com/download/lossywav.htm

[ripe tulip]

Some masters are actually lossy

[drifting rose]

definitely don't troll your friends by putting their flacs through this!

[quiet vault]

i upscale my mp3s to lossless flacs

[ripe tulip]

And official sites distributes them as flac

Qobuz has a lot of these actually

[drifting rose]

it does not show up in spectrograms! enjoy your new paranoia

[hardy merlin]

What we really need is an AI model which will upscale update our mp3s to flacs

[fringe salmon]

I just rename my mp3 files to flac files and it’s instantly done idk why people bother converting that takes a long time

[rancid hearth]

https://www.audiocheck.net/testtones_sinesweep20-20k.php

[drifting rose]

actually, it vanishes into a permanent buzz I have at that frequency. I never really thought about it, but is this tinnitus?

fascinating, I thought it was normal

[ripe tulip]

I have a permanent buzz in my ears 24/7

😎

[drifting rose]

I have one too but he's liquified

[ripe tulip]

What would he do for $100

[rancid hearth]

This is a cool test
https://www.audiocheck.net/blindtests_frequency.php?frq=17

I was playing the 20k-22k one and was wondering why it was so difficult, was holding a confidence of 95% at the 15th question
I'll do 100 tests later since my hearing kinda sucks in the morning

There are also studies that show that caffeine does have a effect on our hearing

[grizzled bramble]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1043810/Tactical_Breach_Wizards/ Looks decent

Steam

Tactical Breach Wizards

Tactical Breach Wizards is a turn-based tactics game in which you lead a team of renegade wizards in kevlar, as they unravel a modern conspiracy plot and/or find the most stylish way to punch a Traffic Warlock through a 4th story window.It's a story-driven campaign of about 14 hours, in which you...Combo spells for satisfying resultsEach of your...

Price

$17.55

Recommendations

361

Metacritic

87

▶ Play video

[hardy merlin]

@fading spade @proper basin https://steamcommunity.com/games/774171/announcements/detail/4239662874033455123

[proper basin]

I saw, more jams

[hot spire]

https://youtube.com/shorts/UC51TIyBglI?si=9q2U5GK0ZN_4X2vq

[scarlet root]

Do you guys know when we can use the new Valorant agent?

[fringe salmon]

no

[quiet vault]

great game

[buoyant osprey]

Always felt bad for developers of games like these. Imagine going to work every weekday over several years putting a large part of your life into a game you know from the very start is going to not go anywhere.

[quiet vault]

true

i mean they started development like 8 years ago

[buoyant osprey]

That's why I don't think I could ever manage to work at a big video game company (no idea how big those are though).

[quiet vault]

but nowadays this kinda game could probably only get popular as a f2p

[trim rock]

Just you wait it's REALLY popular on PS5!

[silver garden]

I stop hearing at 18khz but it comes back at 19khz.

On a different website the highest I could go was 20900 iirc.

[hot spire]

could be your sound chain

[silver garden]

Yes probably some resonating frequencies.

[buoyant osprey]

Your headphones.

[silver garden]

Focal Utopia

[buoyant osprey]

I meant that it's caused by your headphones.

[buoyant osprey]

Yes. I was agreeing.

Over-ear headphones are always pretty messy.

[buoyant osprey]

How many of those players do you think are people who just wanted to see how silly it is?

[cold anvil]

Youtube is testing on implementing preloaded ads that are actually part of the video itself to force people to stop using ad blockers

[orchid prism]

It's a neverending arms race.

[cold anvil]

Was using chrome with an adblocker until all of a sudden I started getting 3min unskipable ads 😭
I was able to skip them by turning off my ad blocker

[proper basin]

Nothing better than YouTube wanting me to watch the scam ads they keep pushing lol

[cold anvil]

Thats when I decided to switch to brave browser

[drifting rose]

yeah it's rapidly becoming the only option for uncucked chrome

[fading spade]

downloading now :D

Are the new ones the "Lets Rhythm Jam" maps?

[hardy merlin]

Haven't played yet

[fading spade]

oh they are :D

6 new tracks

[little cape]

https://youtu.be/xr-VJ3123Gw?si=RpQRdFsh7BFJ5VpG

https://tenor.com/view/wheelchair-tricks-moves-half-pipe-skate-park-gif-5593990

[fading spade]

OK THIS SONG IS FUN 💜

[fading spade]

HEK so much more score, though you nearly die at one part cause it goes like 20 seconds without any notes

[quiet vault]

they must be cold

[green dune]

Yay.

[green dune]

What's the gameplay like?

[fading spade]

its my fav rhythm game in terms of gameplay :D

welp, this song is not possible to beat with her

[outer pollen]

[umbral whale]

how does i setup analog input for trackmania? i tested the racing profile but it didnt work

[fringe salmon]

#1019723042244534282

[green dune]

Don't they consider it in bad taste?

[fringe salmon]

think that was for something specific idk dont follow the game closely

[green dune]

Wirtual said something about people being mad that he used his for a map.

[fringe salmon]

I only remember watching him during deep dip2 and he said he isnt even using the analog mode at that time so no clue

[green dune]

The minimum input drama is interesting.

[hardy merlin]

Hyouryu is amazing!
Pastel Lines is probably my favourite, Arcade ViruZ is great too, rest is kinda meh
But I don't like they filled pretty much all the maps with health checks, Hyouryu 8* you can't pass with Little Devil even with 100% Perfects

[trim rock]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1422450 aand now everyone's allowed to talk about it

Steam

Deadlock

EARLY DEVELOPMENT BUILDDeadlock is still in early development stages with lots of temporary art and experimental gameplay.LIMITED ACCESSAccess to Deadlock is currently limited to friend invites via our playtesters.

Release Date

To be announced

▶ Play video

[hardy merlin]

[fringe salmon]

well anyone except the verge since they are still matchmaking banned, though I guess they can still talk about it

[proper basin]

[orchid prism]

I mean they're obviously going to have more than one account 😄

[fringe salmon]

does steam tos care about ban evasion?

[green dune]

Technically I think so.

[hardy merlin]

Still needs a lot of polishing, and I mean a lot

[orchid prism]

As long as they don't share their account names or screenshots from THAT account, they're probably going to be just fine.

[ripe tulip]

Oof

[trim rock]

Cause PC players don't like quality all the players are on PS5! /s

[outer pollen]

Sorry bro we have Half Life 2

[silver garden]

I still had a small hope that the game would be cancelled. Guess now.

[hardy merlin]

I hope it follows Artifact
Mixing hero shooter and MOBA is not a good idea

[normal needle]

dragonmaid😎 👍

[green dune]

Not really.

[normal needle]

😦

i only really play yugioh for fun so

[charred falcon]

When you get a ban it tells you to use another account to play iirc

[novel umbra]

It's a third person moba

Idk what makes it a hero shooter to you

[silver garden]

It has heroes that shoot each other.

[novel umbra]

So like any moba?

[silver garden]

Remind me please. Does deadlock have range limit and are there any melee heroes?

[outer pollen]

[novel umbra]

Are those what makes a moba a moba?

[outer pollen]

https://x.com/ValorINTEL/status/1827163944219189621?t=6uoR6OPFNCExDm_aBfQn_g&s=19

Valorant News (@ValorINTEL) on X

NEW BUNDLE - Nocturnum // #VALORANT

Includes:
▪️ Phantom
▪️ Bulldog
▪️ Marshal
▪️ Classic
▪️ Melee (Scythe + Dagger)

Twitter · Aug 24, 2024, 2:00 AM

Insta buy

[cold anvil]

Depending on variants and animations 50/50 for me

Hopefully we get early gameplay soon

[outer pollen]

Dude the animation is cool for the knife

https://x.com/ValorantUpdated/status/1827165205660303430?t=Raj1lxNEW5_4DtMGSaGveQ&s=19

Valorant Updates (@ValorantUpdated) on X

NOCTURNUM PHANTOM + FINISHER | #VALORANT

Twitter · Aug 24, 2024, 2:05 AM

[outer pollen]

https://x.com/ValorantUpdated/status/1827164941343687097?t=2gjl8DsrndY73LYdFKmOgQ&s=19

Valorant Updates (@ValorantUpdated) on X

Nocturnum Melee Showcase | #VALORANT

Scythe that can transform to a Dagger on inspect animation

Twitter · Aug 24, 2024, 2:04 AM

[buoyant osprey]

Valorant putting out shitty updates in hopes of not losing to Concord I see.

[cold anvil]

Obvious bait lol

Or just hating to hate 🤔

[outer pollen]

Bro concord doesn't have Deadlock

https://tenor.com/view/garn-47-car-gif-6360379418477262515

[buoyant osprey]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1193925771870355506/1276729186144489512/1724418760060019.gif

[cold anvil]

I need that knife ngl

[outer pollen]

Looks sooooo good honestly

[cold anvil]

I swear they somehow make a better knife almost every big new premium bundle they make 😭

They really on that grind with the creative team to make money

[outer pollen]

I'm debating if I should even get the champions bundle at this point

[cold anvil]

Its good I just dont like the kill sfx and the one when you ace

Idk how to explain it?? It sounds ugly to me

[outer pollen]

That's fair I think this bundle comes with a phantom too that's why

[cold anvil]

It does

But tbh Ive been looking for a knife

I should have some money left once I sell my switch and buy the 80he mods

So hopefully I’ll be able to buy it by than

[outer pollen]

I love my switch but don't use it anymore as well

[cold anvil]

I love my switch aswell I just noticed I barely used it in the last year and I didnt wanna have it just dusting

I bought it last summer since my launch year switch broke

I just feel like I’ve already experienced everything it already has to offer

[outer pollen]

I have a lot of switch games I love cartridges

[cold anvil]

Damn

Thats an insane collection

[outer pollen]

Let me remove my siblings in the background lol

[cold anvil]

Aight

[outer pollen]

Yeah I went crazy

[cold anvil]

My one regret is not finishing tears of the kingdom, i also had scarlet but I dont regret not finishing it.. it ran like ass and was unplayable to me

Depending on how the switch 2 goes I’ll revisit some of these games

[outer pollen]

I hope we get one

[ripe tulip]

physical > digital
Indeed

[cold anvil]

Any day

[ripe tulip]

It’s what I like about the switch and ps

Meanwhile xbox don’t even have the games on the disc for like 99% of the games

[cold anvil]

Didnt xbox also have some disc games require to be connected to the internet to download?

The day consoles go all digital is the day the console industry becomes dead to me 💔

[ripe tulip]

Almost all of them require to

[cold anvil]

Really??? Why would xbox do that

[ripe tulip]

What I meant by not having the game on disc

Is that none of the contents are on the disc itself

[cold anvil]

Oh so its just a key :/

[ripe tulip]

Digital push

It’s going to happen eventually

[cold anvil]

These companies really dont care about preservation.…

:(

[ripe tulip]

Of course they don’t lmao

They don’t give two shits

[cold anvil]

I swear every corpo just want profits and stock holders to be happy 😭

[ripe tulip]

They want to be as profitable as possible

[cold anvil]

Yeah its the point of a business but it sometimes blinds them yk what i mean?

[ripe tulip]

I wouldn’t really call it blinding. They know exactly what they’re doing and risking it for profit

[cold anvil]

Like sony, no games on the ps5 cause they’re focused on making big triple A cinematic games with hyper realistic graphics and not funding smaller projects like they did in the ps4 era

[cold anvil]

Oh i see

[cold anvil]

This is still an issue though, theres only like 5 new games on the ps5

[ripe tulip]

The budgets and time to create those games are getting bigger and bigger

[cold anvil]

Thats the thing it doesn’t have to be this way, smaller projects can be good

[nimble current]

I kinda assumed console game sales were largely digital-only these days like on pc too

[cold anvil]

No seriously tho the games are either ports, graphics upgrade, remaster/remakes of an old game, on pc, or just straight up releases along with a ps4 version for some reason

[ripe tulip]

It is

Physical is dying due to digital convenience

No one really knows that you own a license to digital goods, but I also don’t think they care at all lol

[nimble current]

tbh I don't miss the cds/dvds as such having grown up with trays on trays full of the damn things

but I would still like a physical hardware backup

[ripe tulip]

I do actually

I dump/rip every game/music I had

[nimble current]

waited many years for flash storage to be affordable enough to replace any prior optical or tape format only for the industry to do adapt the now very obvious gold printing subscription "ownership" services

you can sell people a product without having to actually make and sell them anything, for a business that's basically the golden goose of product distrubution

[formal dragon]

or when they stopped working

[outer pollen]

Brooooo @cold anvil

https://youtu.be/HRDu5M-0548?si=0RGodqVE2yru5O-X

When you kill an agent their ultimate symbol gets added to the gun

[granite nexus]

guys should I turn on socd for valorant

I feel like I have faster deadzoning but also I’m less familiar with the pattern

[fringe salmon]

try whatever works best for you

[bleak pike]

@fringe salmon any laptop news

Shit, wrong chat.

[fringe salmon]

sir this is a wendys and the wrong channel

[heavy gull]

lol

[proper basin]

RIP animal crossing pocket camp

Ending service November 28th

[orchid prism]

RIP? They're releasing an offline version

[proper basin]

Oh I’m blind

[gilded vector]

Are there any games other than CS2, Valorant, or Osu that really benefit from rapid trigger?

[pure bear]

noita

[proper basin]

Celeste

[gilded vector]

Ooh good one.

I've never played that, but it's a metroidvania, right?

[proper basin]

Which game

[gilded vector]

Celeste?

[proper basin]

Nah thats a linear platformer, still highly recommend though

Very good ost

[gilded vector]

What's the diff?

[pure bear]

metroidvanias have back and forth interconnected maps

they are very much not linear

[gilded vector]

Oh I see.

[sinful cobalt]

gris my beloved linear platformer :3

[gilded vector]

That's neat.

[proper basin]

I love my linear story based indies

[gilded vector]

I've never played a 2D platformer of either kind on PC. Sounds fun now that I think about it.

[sinful cobalt]

https://tenor.com/view/limbo-game-cinematic-platformer-monochrome-video-games-gif-22386513

[proper basin]

I love the Ori series. Those games are

[sinful cobalt]

fun fact the spider in Limbo was purring

for no reason

[gilded vector]

I really only bought my 60he because I fell down the CS2 rabbit hole, and then Valorant too. Wondered what other reasons to have one were.

[proper basin]

I use RT for everything i play now, it just feels nicer having that faster response

[pure bear]

it's nice in general yeah

[green dune]

Check this funny play out: https://youtu.be/b0CdC6oQpjY?t=205

[orchid prism]

Okay uncle Robert. I also watered your cows, and cut your chickens.
500 Farmbucks for you.

[vapid lintel]

Fun fact, in 2022 humanity slaughtered 2600 livestock per second

Doesn't even include fish

[ripe tulip]

Yum

[orchid prism]

Gotta get that XP grind.

[proper basin]

Real life mob farm

[green dune]

So apparently Mojang is breaking redstone pretty hard?

[cold anvil]

Do you know how much it’ll cost?

Like just the knife skin

[buoyant osprey]

Wanted to play Minecraft then I remembered how I lost my account due to the dumb piece of shit Microsoft merger. 😡

https://tenor.com/view/you-will-own-nothing-and-gif-21597694

[orchid prism]

You had like two years to fix that.

[fringe salmon]

Idk man you had years to merge that

Is it great or needed? No.
Is it something you can just do in 5 minutes with an empty account so all it does is add another account to a list? Yes

[buoyant osprey]

My Mojang account was on an ancient dusty HOTMAIL with cobwebs that I hadn't used for many many years.

[fringe salmon]

Could’ve changed email before then

Or told support via proof of purchase it’s you and they merge or something along that

[buoyant osprey]

I didn't play Minecraft anymore, that's why. I quit around the time Mojang accounts became a thing.

[heavy gull]

fellow hotmail user

[fringe salmon]

So you’re saying for the two years it was possible or even more if you factor in the time when it was announced, you never once heard about it?

[buoyant osprey]

Yes. Because all mails about it were directed to an ancient hotmail account I hadn't used in many many many years.

[orchid prism]

Obligatory "do you live under a rock?" question here.

[buoyant osprey]

I live under wood.

[fringe salmon]

yeah I just find it odd to never have heard about it if you are online on any platform in any amount or have anyone who played it as acquaintance

[drifting rose]

me too but I let it expire on purpose

[burnt wing]

Nobody told me that.

Mojang never DM'ed my HotMail.

[buoyant osprey]

I don't know anybody who plays Minecraft or talks about it. Nor did I browse any Minecraft adjacent communities. So yeah it went under my radar.

[small comet]

not needed cause it doesnt matter from where to where you kigrated. as long as you can log into the mc account

i also migrated 2 accounts i had with emails i forgot the pw to

[fringe salmon]

I mena I also didnt browse any minecraft adjacent places but still saw it on either youtube news or some discord like this channel or twitter retweets etc. so I'm just surprised you havent ever seen it

[small comet]

ye prob one of the biggest happenings in recent years that everyone talked about

[digital dawn]

I think the microsoft merge was in fact stupid but not hearing about it for 2 years straight despite the entire internet talking about it for those 2 years is wild.

[fringe salmon]

it was talked about before so it's even longer than 2 years

[burnt wing]

I was happily logging into minecraft with autolog

Until it didn't work

[digital dawn]

now tbf it’s pretty dumb that there was even a deadline in the first place

[burnt wing]

What's dumb is you're not allowed to modify the microsoft folder that it's downloaded to from the store.

[fringe salmon]

how does that relate to the account merger

[burnt wing]

My gerudoku made vanilla fun.

Plus i'm not able to modify the pack folder for the capes that I earned.

[fringe salmon]

still dont understand how does that relate to the account merger

[burnt wing]

I want my alpha cape.

[buoyant osprey]

Minecraft is shit anyway.

[digital dawn]

true

[buoyant osprey]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZ9lNZrNhwQ

[digital dawn]

modded minecraft can be pretty good tho

[digital dawn]

not sure if notch is the sorta person you wanna be worshipping lmao

[fringe salmon]

no, but 12 years ago he seemed more normal

[little cape]

i used hero deck back in 2022

[burnt wing]

Whats wrong with notch?

Guy made a game that is loved by all ages.

And Microsoft has to make people vote on a design the can crap out in a day.

[buoyant osprey]

Remember when Minecraft was considered highly cringe in the early 2010s?

[burnt wing]

No

[last schooner]

so was anime now look at it

[burnt wing]

All those women who called me cringe live with their parents.

And couldn't make it as teachers in school.

[fringe salmon]

well ever after he got money he was very vocal on twitter with very bad takes and there are reasons why his mentions in minecraft got removed

[burnt wing]

Guys allowed to believe what he wants.

He sweated so microsoft could milk peoples parents.

[fringe salmon]

yes and we are allowed to judge what he talks about

[burnt wing]

Yeah we call biting the hand that fed you.

[fringe salmon]

no we call that holding people accountable

[burnt wing]

Go birth a kid. Let them have different ideals than you. See the difference in norms.

Accountable vs cultural differences are different.

[fringe salmon]

if I have a kid that spouts transphobic bs I would still hold them accountable?

[burnt wing]

Nope

Let them have their freedoms

[fringe salmon]

freedom does not mean that you shouldnt expect consequences for your actions

[digital dawn]

brother... maybe do some research before you white knight notch. dude would just randomly post racist and transphobic tweets.

like you aint gonna get a cut of notch's money, its ok you can call him a bad person

[burnt wing]

So he's just a racist and a transphobe. There's many of those.

Chic-Fil-A has their stances. I still eat their Food.

[fringe salmon]

So you condone that behaviour, good to know

[digital dawn]

I want to end this argument as its going nowhere, however just because theres a lot of racist and transphobes doesnt make his behavior ok.

[burnt wing]

His behavior might not suit your likings thats fine you're allowed to internally disagree.

Personally I appreciate minecraft. So hes okay to me.

Same as people may or may not like me. I might not be a nice or know how to exclude a vulgar vocabulary as a mechanic. Still wont stop me from doing my kindness.

[fringe salmon]

Ignoring that someone wishes bad things for people because they made a game you like isn't wisdom but indolence. And with that I'm done with this topic too

[sudden prawn]

Deadlock looks interesting, but I've never played a moba

[autumn depot]

to hold someone accountable would mean that there is a set of rules you need to follow, who gets to decide what is wrong and what isnt?

[severe marten]

anyone got an invite for deadlock?

[fringe salmon]

seems quite simple, if you dont respects someone elses dignity I dont think it's difficult to say they arent a good person just because they were part of a fun game

thats not a law thats minimal decency

[hardy merlin]

Sure, add me on Steam, I'll send you in 10 min

[severe marten]

sent, my name is Cole

[sudden prawn]

What's your first impressions?

[hardy merlin]

[severe marten]

thanks!

[orchid prism]

https://tenor.com/view/human-sacrifice-human-sacrafice-sacrifice-gif-22016150

[digital dawn]

who's it gonna be

[orchid prism]

Sahir obviously. Is ... is that not what the suggestion was for? Tuesday's menu?

[vapid lintel]

Tourist Taco Tuesday

[severe marten]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/727946110399938666/1003826296280858624/thedoginmyhands.gif

[hardy merlin]

I... don't quite like it
I like characters, they are diverse enough in skills to not be boring, I love the style, sorta magica-steampunk
But I don't like teamfights, they are chaotic and unreadable, denying mechanics are weird, and the whole game has weird pace, it's really slow on the start, but very fast in the late-game

[burnt wing]

So its just arcane, but league of legends?

https://tenor.com/view/always-has-been-among-us-astronaut-space-betrayal-gif-23836476

[hardy merlin]

It's Team Fortress 2, but Dota

[fringe salmon]

It has enough if they adjust more things to become a good game but it's going to be hard because its a very specific sort of gameplay

[burnt wing]

Thats just TF2 capture point then.

[sudden prawn]

Damn, thanks for your take

[buoyant osprey]

I also tried it and didn't like it.

[hardy merlin]

Yeah, it just need some polishing, make teamfights more readable, some small changes in pacing and I'd really like it

[burnt wing]

They need faster fps games.

Faster in terms of mobility.

[fringe salmon]

assuming it gets enough changes as a game form early/pre-alpha would get they can make it good until a launch verison, if it's less changes I dont see it sticking

[severe marten]

is the invite supposed to be instant or whenever its approved

[sudden prawn]

High level tf2 move insanely fast

[hardy merlin]

2 hours or so

[burnt wing]

War Thunder, but Moba.

[hardy merlin]

Mobility is quite good, 2~4 dashes/double jumps, jump-after-dash mechanic, it's really nice

[burnt wing]

ninja parkour

[sudden prawn]

Ninja play for free

[small comet]

get rekt AC poket camp lovers... you have to buy it

[vapid lintel]

I ain't reading all that

[buoyant osprey]

I've been playing Kotor 1 lately. I enjoy it, but it's worse than I remember (haven't played it in yeaaaaaars). Dialogue is so much better in the sequel.

I'm being a meanie for this character and it's just very poorly written a lot of the time.

[vapid lintel]

Yea KOTOR II is much better

Especially with the expansions

[maiden tulip]

Its fair imo

[orchid prism]

The... the expansions?

[burnt wing]

They made a kotor 2?

[orchid prism]

Well.. they made 80% of it in true Obsidian tradition 😄

[vapid lintel]

Am I misremembering that The Sith Lords was an expansion to KOTOR 2?

It's been many years since I've played them

[orchid prism]

That's uh... that's the name OF KOTOR 2 😄

[vapid lintel]

Huh my mind is playing tricks on me

[buoyant osprey]

[buoyant osprey]

Though maybe you can argue that the content restoration patch is an 'expansion'.

[burnt wing]

Im waiting for DnD the Mmoprg to come back.

[buoyant osprey]

I'm also using the content restoration patch for kotor 1 though I'm not even sure what difference it has made so far. I know there's less to restore for this game than the sequel.

[burnt wing]

It was so jank, but so good.

[vapid lintel]

Maybe that's what is in my head

Other than hot air

[burnt wing]

My belly is full of brisket.

And funnel cake.

[vapid lintel]

I haven't played KOTOR II in 6 years according to Steam

Oh god it's 2024, make that 7 years

[buoyant osprey]

'member the kotor remake?

[vapid lintel]

The one that never was?

The one I dreamed of for a decade?

[buoyant osprey]

It's still being made afaik.

[orchid prism]

I tried to a couple of years ago, but it would CTD at a specific point every time - most likely due to some HD mods I had running. Gave up on troubleshooting it after a few days

[buoyant osprey]

An issue both kotor 1 and 2 have is that when you run at more than 60 fps you will lose the ability to move when combat ends.

I think the higher your framerate the longer it lasts.

I'm playing at 85 Hz and it's maybe for a second at most. But before at 144 Hz I think it lasted for a very long time and was annoying.

[orchid prism]

Unless you unlocked the FPS somehow, that's not going to happen though.

[buoyant osprey]

Game supports 85 Hz natively I know.

85 is the highest I have seen in the game settings.

[orchid prism]

I am about 80% sure I did 144hz with no issues

[buoyant osprey]

Though it's still weird that the game supports more than 60 natively and yet has this issue.

Just 2003 things I guess.

[buoyant osprey]

Game is tiny. If you want you could always reinstall and try.

[orchid prism]

Already going through my GOG library as we speak.

[buoyant osprey]

This issue exists in both 1 and 2 so it shouldn't matter which one you try.

Inb4 it's only an issue for the Steam version and GOG runs fine.

[orchid prism]

Oh turns out I have it on both. Steam is easier and faster 😄

[buoyant osprey]

Okay so after you launch immediately head for combat. If playing Kotor 1 that should be like 1 - 2 minutes into the start.

[orchid prism]

Same with KOTOR 2.

[buoyant osprey]

And then you'll notice when it ends your character is 'stuck'.

[orchid prism]

Station droids

[buoyant osprey]

And if I remember this duration seems to depend on the refresh rate. I remember replaying kotor 2 a few years ago and it felt so long at 144 Hz.

[still spire]

https://fixvx.com/deckwizardyt/status/1827393391371456649

[pure bear]

are the textures coming too?

[burnt wing]

I want GunZ3

And an S4 League Reboot.

[still spire]

S4 League was the tits

[buoyant osprey]

https://www.reddit.com/r/kotor/comments/zp0bir/i_cant_move_after_combat/

[burnt wing]

Show people what sweaty arrythmia was.

The issue was that the skill floor for a lot of these shooters is easy.

And that's all people want.

[still spire]

https://youtu.be/MR6YwCr2mOI Though I played in like the 2008 era

[burnt wing]

Dude

People would mald if the went from CS2/Cod/destiny to S4 league.

People complained that skill jumps were to hard and dash cancels were cheating lol.

S4 league made you feel like jackie chan with a gun.

Vertical wall flips, ziplines and dying if you fell out of bounds.

No wall clip saves like modern parkour shooters.

[fading spade]

.....bruh wtf?!?!

[still spire]

https://x.com/AndresPlays93/status/1826725300547584211

AndrésPlays 🎮 (@AndresPlays93) on X

Black Myth: Wukong feels like this generation's Ocarina of Time, and you can't argue with that. Finally, the "adult Dark Souls" we've been waiting for all these years.

Twitter · Aug 22, 2024, 8:57 PM

[fringe salmon]

loooooooooooooooooooooooooool

good bait

[still spire]

Well I finally got invited to deadlock, gotta sleep though, but they made a weird choice of having FSR be a requirement, no native res.

[burnt wing]

?

Its an xbux

[fringe salmon]

you have native if you just set it to max render target or something, forgot the settings

[hardy merlin]

You can turn off FSR

[pure bear]

i swear i cant tell whats real or satire anymore

[burnt wing]

Game is hard:
Omg its darksouls.

[orchid prism]

Considering the game is nothing like a Souls game... heh

[burnt wing]

Its more like ninja gaiden games.

[buoyant osprey]

Souls is when you kill bosses or something

[pure bear]

i could see some game journalist who died to asylum demon writing this

[orchid prism]

[burnt wing]

@orchid prism ever play Red Ninja?

[small comet]

i know game journalists who couldnt finish the cuphead tutorial