🎮│game

[nimble current]

well yeah there's always the performance/visuals balance act, the payoff just isn't that great for the performance hit to me

[vivid wharf]

it's nice to be able to choose desired graphics options at least, just like it has been for years

[nimble current]

yes the RT looks better hands down, but its the worst performance killer out of all the graphics settings/rendering options you have to choose from

[marsh crater]

Reflections are hard without RT. People bitch about "lazy devs", but then some knock real-time relfections against screen-space reflections. Meanwhile, Duke Nukem was doing better reflections than screenspace in the 1990s. https://youtu.be/4wRSEmOLJ60

[fallow bronze]

Is it Rendering the scene twice?

[marsh crater]

Yep. The technique is called "planar reflections". Talk about a performance hit.

[vivid wharf]

I like how some stalker mods that add realistic optics simply render the game twice so you get 2x less fps

[marsh crater]

Apologies for the mis-ping Arc. Was going to say I agree with you though. Options to accomodate everyone is the best answer. But if you listen to just detractor's positions, we'd not even have pixel-shading.

[nimble current]

was probably easier to get away with in duke 3D at the time with the engine not being full 3D

[fallow bronze]

Yeah the rendering twice solution is cool, until you hit curved reflections

[marsh crater]

It may be me showing my age, or my weakness to shiny objects, but real-time reflections in a videogame is pretty magic.

It may not be obvious to everyone, but I play a lot of games just for immersion and escape - realistic graphics helps with the ability to immerse myself in the content.

[nimble current]

its kinda odd how little true mirror reflections you see in modern games

[vivid wharf]

I've come to appreciate RT reflections quite a bit after seeing comparisons of Gran Turismo 7 on PS5 vs PS5 Pro

Pro allows RT reflections in gameplay and after seeing that I'm really missing not having other cars reflected in the player's car

so it's just a personal thing of whether you appreciate more accurate reflections or not

[nimble current]

it was a pretty common effect in the late 90s/early 00s

[vivid wharf]

I can see how people can say "I see no difference" but it is there, but in a realistic manner, not "in your face" manner

[nimble current]

daylight scenes usually aren't the most flattering examples of what RT can really do

[marsh crater]

RT is about rendering accuracy. Sometimes it actually can "look" worse, if the lighting is a bit dulled in, say in some scene with clouds or whatever. But this is how it should look, without rasterization tricks.

[vivid wharf]

I wonder how bad consoles will struggle with gta 6, as this game looks like there's few traditional rasterization tricks used

people argue whether ps5 pro can run gta 6 in 60 fps, but I think in reality we will see the consoles struggling to run the game even in 30

[mellow garden]

It’ll be a 30 FPS game

[marsh crater]

Yeah, I can't tell if Rockstar will give a damn how GTA runs or not, tbh. They know it'll sell, and they generally have been about pushing the envelope, graphically.

[nimble current]

I played through the pathtraced half-life mod, it really highlighted their use of RT in the baked lighting of the original levels

the environments are for most part pretty accurately lit although static

[vivid wharf]

wouldn't be surprised if it dips to 20s, just like how it did with gta 5

[mellow garden]

Nah, it’ll probably be stable like RDR2 was.

[marsh crater]

Are you talking about the OG or the sequel? I've been waiting to try Half-Life 2 RTX, but I figured I'd wait till it's done: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aM_gzfAMdNs

Or is there a mod for RT in the OG I'm unaware of?

[mellow garden]

I’m interested in how the Series S version of GTA VI will end up.

[nimble current]

original

[marsh crater]

Nice, I'll have to search this up!

[nimble current]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrRmQhaxtF4

[marsh crater]

This one? https://www.moddb.com/mods/half-life-rtx

[nimble current]

xash3D I think yeah

[marsh crater]

Looks legit!

[vivid wharf]

Portal RTX was fun too

[nimble current]

I tried it on a 2060 and it could only just run it at a playable framerate with dlss

the half-life 2 mod is probably heavier still

[marsh crater]

I'm so glad they updated Portal with RT. It needs more attention, imo. The OG is a masterpiece, and the RT just adds the ability for a new generation to enjoy it.

[vivid wharf]

yeah I imagine it is, cause portal scenes are a bit more limited, but waiting for full version to come out

[nimble current]

got a 4060 now but its probably kinda ass at RT too

[marsh crater]

They've been taking their time with HL2 RTX, hopefully that means it'll be properly done. It'd be nice if they labeled the Steam page with demo though, since it's not close to the whole game.

[vivid wharf]

that's exactly why I thought it came out in full when the page launched lol

[marsh crater]

Same! I can't imagine why they phrase it like that...

It's also sad there's not been a community update since May either. Hope it's not dead.

[nimble current]

but yeah am kinda shocked nobody has attempted an RT mod for drg

huge dark caves and realistic lighting sounds amazing on paper at least

[marsh crater]

That would be cool. RTX Remix was supposed to become a thing, but I've not seen many successful projects from it, yet. https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/rtx-remix/

Actually, looks like it is getting some traction, from here: https://www.moddb.com/rtx

[sinful cobalt]

Tbh rt is still a gimmick for me, its cool if u can notice the difference between RT and Non-RT

But for me its not worth the FPS loss

[nimble current]

unless its a hectic action game that requires quick reactions and aim I don't need that high fps

some singleplayer games play just fine at like 40-50fps

[sinful cobalt]

I want atleast stable 60fps

[nimble current]

can also be game dependant, some games feel fine and smooth at 40ish while others are kind of a slog at that fps

[hasty shore]

wtf youre right

why isnt it inplemented by itself

[compact oriole]

either way you shuold get optiscaler to get fsr4 into more games

fsr3 doesnt compare

[novel umbra]

RT looks good there cause no RT is literally 0 effort

not even a simple screen space reflection

[orchid prism]

Jesus heck people are milking the new Anno game's demo for all they can.
How to get the perfect start in the DEMO
How to unlock everything as fast as possible - in the DEMO

[hasty shore]

Yeh the difference is crazy the game looks so good now

[maiden tulip]

@hasty shore make sure you have the global toggle turned on

Andnnot just the one for cyberpunk 2077

[maiden tulip]

Idk it's fucking stupid

Same thing with the nvidia transformer model

Why is it not the default i don't fucking know

[hasty shore]

yea

[hasty shore]

ikr lmao i missed out on good graphics with good performance cuz of it

[snow bobcat]

any IEM recommendations?, for gaming pretty much

[vivid wharf]

This New Strat is OP???? (Imagining Playing The Game Before It Is Released)

[hot spire]

the time limit is wild and the reason for it is worse

the demo isnt opmoized for large cities

but the FULL game is slated for release in 2 months

and they blame it on the demo being from june

the last anno was 2019, with the last dlc in 2022. they even annouced the game and release data in 2024, but less than 6mo from launch they couldnt even manage a SINGLE big city in engine

if in june the game was so bad that a single city is enough to kill perfomance that isnt good

[orchid prism]

Oh joy

[hot spire]

yeah

they should have just said they didnt want to spoil the game

[hot spire]

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/3274580/view/502835327731238477

as someone who playtests a lot of games, that isnt good

[orchid prism]

Hmm.

Definitely looks a tad bleak. You'd think they would hyperfocus on a good launch given niche audiences and recent disasters in the genre like Skylines 2.

[hot spire]

my issue with 1800 is drm. for sim games i like to make offline copies as mods/updates will break a save and youre screwed these days as you cant get old versions

[orchid prism]

DRM?

[hot spire]

anno 1800 has denuvo

[orchid prism]

Well...

[hot spire]

there is a single really old version that empress cracked when they were on a crazed rant

[orchid prism]

Ah that's what I was thinking of. Didn't know it wasn't kept functional

[hot spire]

they are really the only cracker for denovo minus a few other games years ago

but they havent done any cracking lately

[worn dome]

sometimes i dismiss and yet my enemies still just kill me, like i hear the sound effect pop, is this just desync?

[vapid lintel]

Her crazed rants are legendary

[hot spire]

if you include what game maybe someone other than yourself would know what youre talking about XD

[worn dome]

its valorant lmao, i dont know any other game where you can dismiss away

[small comet]

those words dont even make sense

[verbal nymph]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vw7GOZb8zkk ayy, something new gt 710 can play

[grizzled quarry]

Unfortunately 😔

[hot spire]

nah

screw that crazy

[grizzled quarry]

Gonna try elden ring on oled, feel like its gonna be gorgeous

Should be finished installing by now

[maiden tulip]

why not try a game with proper hdr

[grizzled quarry]

How do i even use hdr

[maiden tulip]

You turn it on in windows and use the windows calibration app

[grizzled quarry]

Is it worth having it on?

[maiden tulip]

https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9n7f2sm5d1lr?hl=en-GB&gl=CA

[grizzled quarry]

Even for games that dont have "proper" hdr?

[maiden tulip]

And then it just works

[maiden tulip]

Yes especially on an oled

That can do actual good hdr

[grizzled quarry]

Its not gonna look like shit on games without hdr/proper hdr

[maiden tulip]

You can disable autohdr

In windows

[grizzled quarry]

Does that make it only turn on w games that support it or what?

Completely new to hdr never used it once

[maiden tulip]

So it will only be on if you're playing an hdr game and if it's on in the gsme

Ye

[grizzled quarry]

Ill do that then yeah

But also elden ring is very pretty

[maiden tulip]

Make sure to calibrate with the app

[grizzled quarry]

So 1440p + oled gonna look insane

[maiden tulip]

Like hdr non calibrated it just sad and most people dont know

And just assume hdr looks like ass because for sone fucking reason the app is not built into windows

I feel like if it was and you had a little notification like

Hdr display detected would you like to calibrate

It would be so much easier for noobs

[compact oriole]

itd be even easier if fucking windows would set it up for you

[grizzled quarry]

So get the app and calibrate it, turn auto hdr off and just enable it in games that support it and im good.

?

[maiden tulip]

yep

[grizzled quarry]

Aight gonna do that right away then

[marsh crater]

If you have an Nvidia GPU and are using the Nvidia App, there's a feature that automatically adds HDR to games that do not support it, and it's pretty good unlike Window's attempt. You can toggle it if you have HDR turned on in Windows for your display (don't need to use Auto-HDR) in the Graphics menu under the Global tab.

There's also an option to do the same for video content - also works really well, imo.

[maiden tulip]

He has amd

[marsh crater]

Ah, not sure if AMD has anything similar, unfortunately.

[maiden tulip]

no not yet

[cyan pewter]

yes

[worn dome]

alhttps://youtu.be/fwNrQ-egEZw

cat8 ethernet for what bro

[hot spire]

your ethernet cable has 0% effect on that

[worn dome]

i get one shot not registering, but literally half my mag dumped in this guy and him not dying is crazy

esp when it shouldve one tapped him

[hot spire]

have you tried getting good?

[verbal nymph]

I can see that, but every other shot is a miss.

[round dagger]

Any Tarkov players here?

[vital wyvern]

Shots 1-5: Clearly missed.
Shots 6-9: Missed due to recoil (bad spray control).
Shots 10-11: Very close, but recoil and inaccuracy make these reasonable misses.
Shot 12: Likely didn't actually fire because Hiko was already dead.

[cyan pewter]

bro

ya missed

you missed 4/5 shots

[narrow junco]

thats a rlly funny clip tbh

[maiden tulip]

your internet is fine

you just suck lol

[round dagger]

I agree he completely outlined him lol

[rotund adder]

Whats are specs for cat8? 100gb/s?

[hexed matrix]

lol

[fallow bronze]

Who runs cat 8 at home

[hollow zephyr]

40gb/sec

but cat8 interfaces are hella expensive and it's generally mroe feasible to use SFP28 ports

or if you want to go super crazy, you can go QSFP28

I think right now the fastest hot pluggable networking interface that exists rn is OSFP which can do 800 gigabit

but those are prohibatively expensive LMAO

[pulsar prism]

Yeah cat8 is also very prone to being sold fake, it's also not worth it at all and is a pain in the ass to work with due to how shielded those real cables are

[hollow zephyr]

oh yeah they are stiff AF

LMAO

[round dagger]

Can you even get those speeds in a residential home?

[little cape]

i did try playing it with my gf but i would just fall asleep everytime

[rotund adder]

Yes if you pay internet company a lot

[novel umbra]

also it's not like cat8 gives you magically less latency than cat5e

[little cape]

just played the new helldivers update and first thing i see is mothra

i havent seen the dune worm yet

https://tenor.com/view/one-piece-one-piece-movie-6-one-piece-baron-omatsuri-baron-omatsuri-and-the-secret-island-op-movie-6-gif-13794598097003310170

[orchid prism]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpF90yYbawQ
Dear god. This is just so... so... so bad it's funny 😄

AI trailers, Using a ... kids band for a trailer using terrible editing. And the actual expansion is godawful 😄

[vapid lintel]

Ark fell off in 2017

[orchid prism]

Want to start a new game, but I'm stuck picking between several for one reason or another.

Vintage Story - Minecraft but more survival based, also eldritch horrors instead of creepers and whatnot. I want to dig in, but I don't want to spend a Rimworld amount of time cherry picking the mods that do what I want to do, so I keep holding off.

Elin - JRPG Kenshi. Very deep, very silly. But right now you can't make houses that are more than one floor, and I don't need to be hurt like that again anytime soon (Damn you Rimworld Tynan)

Rimworld - Not new, but I keep coming back to it. But like with Vintage story, I don't want to sit and sort mods for hours to find which are updated, which conflict and which don't exist and I need to tweak manually from elsewhere 😄

[vapid lintel]

Vanilla run Rimworld

Ez

[orchid prism]

[small comet]

helldivers 2 ez

[orchid prism]

It'll be a cold day in hell, before I play another third person shooter 😄

[hasty shore]

Play cp

This game is so peak

But why they had to off my boy jackie like that 😔

[orchid prism]

I've played 2077 to death.

[vapid lintel]

Perhaps it's time for the factory to expand.

[small comet]

mark still needed some sla.... i mean factory workers

[vapid lintel]

Valuable employees

[orchid prism]

Too many dimensions. I'll stick with Factorio 😄

[vapid lintel]

Dysen Sphere Program is excellent

[orchid prism]

It's fun - But I am not a huge fan of how they handle shrinking grids at the poles. Messes with my brain too much.

And the new enemies feel undercooked - The rewards aren't really worth the frustration of dealing with them.

I will concede that their approach to "production boosting" is much more fun than Factorio's "10% of getting a rare item" system, which just becomes an absolute nightmare to deal with.

DSP just goes "put the funky liquid into the machine and pesto!"

[fallow bronze]

Abiotic factor

[vapid lintel]

Ooeh that's a good one

[fallow bronze]

Feels like Hl1, but plays nothing like it

It's been keeping me captivated for way longer than I expected

[hot spire]

its pretty gopod

[hot spire]

dang that is wild

[hot spire]

its amazing how many games in my library are abandoned

[compact oriole]

https://i.imgur.com/SNAdiIt.png couldnt be me

[maiden tulip]

Cronos the new dawn is GOTY, saving hidden kitties gives you upgrades

10/10 dead space with time travel and kitties

[compact oriole]

did you finish it?

[maiden tulip]

Not yet

This is just all the cats i saved so fsr @compact oriole

Great game so far

[little cape]

KITTY

fuck i gotta upgrade my pc right meow

i gotta save da kitties

[maiden tulip]

Ur pc is fine

[little cape]

https://tenor.com/view/girl-slap-anime-mad-student-gif-17423278

i need UNLIMITED FPS TO SAVE DA KITTIES

[barren pewter]

guy finally hit the big leagues

[maiden tulip]

Silksong is very badly balanced

Fun but the difficulty is all over the place

Map sucks ass

Also why the fuck are the benches so far from bosses

[orchid prism]

That last one is a common complaint. Walking back to a boss should be snappy, not a chore.

[maiden tulip]

Yeah it's really making me not want to play anymore when i get killed by a boss like

I wanna get another shot instantly not fucking walk a while to get to it this isn't fun

[nimble current]

yeah stuff like that just kills the momentum and focus you just had

[maiden tulip]

yep you lose the beat that you had from like figuring out the patterns

And then you go to get into itnagain and get 1 tapped -.-

[sinful cobalt]

just uninstall that game

[cyan pewter]

you died before the bullets hit

the server already registered you as dead

[worn dome]

aint this game hitscan

smh desync

[cyan pewter]

its legit the same reason why some op shots dont hit when tracers on them but you died first

and devs have already explained that tracers arent 100% accurate to what the server perceives vs what the client shows

[orchid prism]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYjYmSniQyM
Neat

[compact oriole]

most bosses have a bench relatively nearby. by which i mean 20-30 sec runback when skipping mobs on the way

i read people complaining about some 5 min runback on a certain story boss and im like maybe explore

someone else said he rolled credits on the game and never even had 7 hp

game has tons of "secret passages" which also includes many upgrades, benches and shortcut to benches

[vivid wharf]

I got around 30 hours, and I can say some fights are so rage inducing

and yeah a certain story boss has an insane runback with a ton of parkour and mobs annoying you on the way

[proper basin]

That bird arena……

[vivid wharf]

just wait till you get to... nah aint gonna say

[compact oriole]

||the judge?|| cz he has a 30 sec runback or smth.

[vivid wharf]

yeah I nailed it after many tries, and found a little shortcut too, but the distance looks so overwhelming on the map

[compact oriole]

ye distances look crazy but the map actually isnt that big with the sprint

i also skipped all those shield jerks.. i dont have the patience to deal with them

[vivid wharf]

yeah

[compact oriole]

im 27h in. 7.5 masks, 4 or 5 full mana upgrades, 2 needle upgrades and i think i have all major mobility as well

[vivid wharf]

also the way the game can throw projectiles at you so perfectly is so insane

[compact oriole]

ye projectiles are crazy sometimes

[vivid wharf]

I gotta get that damage upgrade in cause there is a certain room that is going to murder my controller

[compact oriole]

you got 1 upgrade so far?

[vivid wharf]

yeah, I know where the next is but looking at the map it is locked behind a story fight, and I like to explore as much as I can before these, but it is getting so hard

so might need to just go there

[compact oriole]

if youre in the area that has it im pretty sure theres no story fight to get to it

[proper basin]

Dont like the ||throwing knife tool||

||spike ball better :) ||

[compact oriole]

youll get a ton more tools. tools are incredibly strong too

oh ye i use ||the traps|| as well

[vivid wharf]

I use the one where you throw 3 knives, also I have the || poison for tools || trinket

[compact oriole]

im enjoying the game a lot but truth be told boss design didnt keep up with the original so far. they put so many big versions of trash mobs as bosses into the game and a ton of arenas

[proper basin]

I’m still very early on in the game i assume, trying to find where the nail upgrades area since I’m at +0

[compact oriole]

theyre tied to main story progression

im wondering if theres gonna be silk spell upgrades

[vivid wharf]

I hope so cause sometimes these shits aint even enough to clear boss adds😭

maybe it is tied to nail upgrades

[compact oriole]

could be but the game doesnt imply it and also it would be weird your magic is buffed by the guy upgrading the needle. but who knows

[vivid wharf]

in the original I believe the upgrades were in the form of improved spell versions, and trinkets

so could be that

[compact oriole]

ye, you found upgraded version of the spells and there were charms buffing them as well

im sure theyll do smth similar, else theyll lose strength late game compared to needle and tools

[vivid wharf]

also I love the quest system, such a nice addition, makes going to previous zones and towns interesting

[compact oriole]

i wish some of em were less of a chore

man im in the steam forum right now. some guy is in act 2 and hes asking if they forgot maps cz hes missing maps for like 4-5 areas in act 1

how do you miss the maps..

shes there almost at the entrance in every region

[vivid wharf]

you can also summon her and buy all missing maps anyways

[compact oriole]

ye..

i think the main issue for people is that they dont realize how important exploration is

its the same issues people are mentioning all over again

[vivid wharf]

yeah both original and silksong have so many secrets, just gotta look

[compact oriole]

im super curious to see how much % ill have when i beat the last boss

[heady nymph]

Can sum one dm me how to get a pick up macros on Fortnite please

[compact oriole]

bro ever heard of google, youtube or AI?

[worn dome]

@cyan pewter u still play sb?

offline for a month imma guess not

[daring birch]

What games are good these days

Any good rts games? Stealth games?

[tired barn]

Anyone here plays siege

[maiden tulip]

Alien dark descent

Great rts and irs currently on sale

[daring birch]

Siege sucks

[daring birch]

Hmm. Is it like command and conquer

[maiden tulip]

Not quite

Its foot combat but its so fun

• you can play stealth if you want xD

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1150440/Aliens_Dark_Descent/

Steam

Aliens: Dark Descent

In Aliens: Dark Descent, command a squad of hardened Colonial Marines to stop a terrifying Xenomorph outbreak on Planet Lethe. Lead your soldiers in real-time combat against iconic Xenomorphs, rogue operatives from the insatiable Weyland-Yutani Corporation, and a host of horrifying creatures new to the Alien franchise.

**You are the commander**…

Price

$15.99

Recommendations

13623

Metacritic

75

▶ Play video

It's an amazing game

30 hours for my playthrough

[daring birch]

Oh ive played this

[worn dome]

im washed bro

[hardy merlin]

oof
The number on your screen is bigger than other people numbers on their screen

[vivid wharf]

lol just got exactly the same time

[worn dome]

unacceptable

[vivid wharf]

176 after that tho

[worn dome]

unless its fps

[worn dome]

208 after that 🫠

480hz oled owner btw

[little cape]

where do i try this

[vivid wharf]

https://humanbenchmark.com/tests/reactiontime

[vivid wharf]

damn im on ips 165hz😭

gotta upgrade some time

[worn dome]

im just washed asf

[small comet]

peak of humanity right here

[vivid wharf]

nah its totally fine

see, it's not 244ms at least

[worn dome]

are you 45 years old with 3 kids and a wife

jkjkjkjkj dont ban me

[small comet]

also also the site even explains some things about the time measured While an average human reaction time may fall between 200-250ms, your computer could be adding 10-50ms on top. Some modern TVs add as much as 150ms!

[little cape]

second time

[vivid wharf]

actual saiyan

[small comet]

and The average (median) reaction time is 273 milliseconds, according to the data collected so far.

[little cape]

im just a monke

[hardy merlin]

Give mean of 5

[little cape]

🐒

[worn dome]

i got 9 once

[worn dome]

and yet all three of us have gotten below 220

[vivid wharf]

5 tests

[little cape]

ima come for it

[worn dome]

or below 200 ig (we count 200 as below 200 now)

[worn dome]

is this guy tenz bro

i got 179 and didnt ss

fml

[hardy merlin]

[verbal nymph]

about average

[vivid wharf]

ha losers I got more

[little cape]

i need to go lower

switchy needs me

https://tenor.com/view/goku-training-goku-dragon-ball-z-buu-saga-gif-18422142648089244070

[small comet]

i feel like the more i do this the better results i get

although now im kinda stuck on 160

[small comet]

ah shit

[worn dome]

i would like to take back everything i said

[small comet]

i knew i was going the wrong direction

[worn dome]

wait this guy is tenz tf

[vivid wharf]

oneandahalfz

[small comet]

smth id like to see rather than just a click on green is reaction times from target popping up in a game to reacting to the target as in moving towards it

[little cape]

i average around 150-180

[small comet]

like one of those aim trainers

[little cape]

i'll do this again after my kovaaks training is complete

[small comet]

imo way more valuable data as it also accounts for peripheral vision and actual target detection

im 100% worse with reaction times in actual games

[worn dome]

dude im still waiting for the day val puts in a decent training range so i can actually practice holding angles

[hardy merlin]

I need that low reaction time to better hunt deer in Valheim

[worn dome]

i am a peek or get peeked guy so i peek them before they peak me boom i dont need to react fast while holding angle anymore

[small comet]

same i use my reaction time for hunting villagers in minecraft

[small comet]

lol

[vivid wharf]

you still learn to expect a change both here and in a game, so it's not always that relevant I think

[fallow bronze]

hunting deer.. man.. you just run up to them 😉

[worn dome]

honestly i prefer in game usually, whats the point of having a fast reaction time on a website if you cant hold an angle for shit (like tony said)

[small comet]

yeah the difference is sort of what change to expect. in the human benchmark thing its just prime your mind, focus and muscles on green=click

[worn dome]

hear me out just drop a bomb on them

[small comet]

in a game its more like a whole chain of things even during the reaction

its identify enemy has appeared in FOV, start move

and then a secondary chain of actually check its an enemy not a friendly

[verbal nymph]

plus bad aim, you can see them earlier, but if you're still going to miss you aint doing shit

[vivid wharf]

another point of where I have to apply quick reaction is when I rage in silksong and have to come to senses and not throw my controller into the wall

[worn dome]

like my friend has a 140ms reaction time and mine is almost 100ms more yet i can beat him in almost every single gunfight

[small comet]

hahahahah

[worn dome]

i heard silksong is super difficult

[worn dome]

even when im peaking him btw i usually still win cuz im him

[small comet]

my gf hasnt played since release day cause she wants her knuckles to heal

[worn dome]

lmao

[small comet]

i havent had the guts to ask how she hurt them in the first place

[worn dome]

i spent my entire bank account on an itx build and hvent hadthe chance to buy silksoung yet

[vivid wharf]

it is, I feel like it is much less forgiving than original

everything does 2 masks of dmg and you do so little dmg

[small comet]

dw you couldnt have bought it during the release time and the following hours anyway lol

[worn dome]

you can mod it to do normal

which is probably what i will do, i have never polayed hollow knight

[small comet]

my gfs first complaint was "your keyboards suck.... i cant do pogo anymore" now i dont know what pogo is but i know our boards dont suck

[little cape]

tell your gf to let the hate flow with in her

let it not hinder her but motivate her

[vivid wharf]

its like when you attack downwards to jump off of an enemy or an object

[little cape]

https://tenor.com/view/goku-prowler-goku-goku-mad-goku-dbs-dbs-gif-11120329515669448575

[small comet]

yeah well no clue when she told me since i never played hollow knight

[vivid wharf]

I would suggest playing the original first, but they are both good games with nice music and world/lore, so it's probably wtv which one you play first

but I'd say the complexity of movement and combat has improved since the og

[small comet]

i recommend just playing helldivers 2 instead

[worn dome]

how much is the original

[worn dome]

i have it

[vivid wharf]

less than silksong

[worn dome]

i hate the realism of it and also the ads omg

[small comet]

"the ads" you mean the main point of the game being a horde shooter?

[vivid wharf]

just get the emp shotgun, wtv it's called

lazy mode

[small comet]

na just friends and a difficulty you all are fine with

[little cape]

mothra too op

[small comet]

all difficulties contribute the same to liberating or defending planets

[little cape]

i havent seen the dune worm yet

[small comet]

its.... not the dune worm

its from hd1

[little cape]

i know i like to call it that

i have no right to say its name till i killed it

[small comet]

but fudge the biledragons

[worn dome]

no i hate how slow it is to move like the gun when youre ads-ed

[small comet]

dropped into a mission with friends on oshuane on d5 and immediately spawned 1. got a rupture and suddenly it was 3 or 4

[worn dome]

which is realism which is why i hate it

[scarlet marlin]

https://essential-japan.com/news/pokemon-is-getting-its-own-official-tamagotchi-style-virtual-pet/

[small comet]

another pokewalker

great

[scarlet marlin]

[compact oriole]

Try unmodded first. You can still mod it easier later

You play other hard games or souls likes?

[fallow bronze]

Vintage story is an interesting game. in the end it is too hardcore for me.
creating a basic armor takes a very long time. this is basically where i tapped out
You have to procure leather, then the tech level to make barrels, then the resources to tan the leather (which takes days)

the enemies are quite brutal as well.

and finding ores is.. tough

[orchid prism]

That's what I love about it. Well the monsters can be turned down, and I definitely do that. Might even replace the eldritch horrors with something more Tolkienesque at some point. Orcs n such.

[small comet]

so better than wolves but standalone game?

[orchid prism]

https://youtu.be/wPdEfE-q6Nw&t=1807
Raptor, a guy I follow plays on a server with a lot of people. There's an Elf civilization living in the hostile woods, and a full on Dwarf hold cut into the mountain. The level of detail some of the players do with the detailed cutting tools is amazing.

Timestamped for some shots of the dwarfhold.

[fallow bronze]

yeah i guess in a server env it is better.
i was doing solo

[orchid prism]

If you're using the hardcore...er settings, it's definitely better suited for playing with a few friends. But I don't mind being on my lonesome with some NPCs to fill up my little stoneage hut village atm

[fallow bronze]

it is not timestamped

[orchid prism]

Yes it is. Click the link - Discord can't into timestamps.

[fallow bronze]

oh jesusfuck

[orchid prism]

30:12 if you're lazy 😄

This is the first video. The second one they've turned the quarry in the mountain into a massive throne room, that they're slowly detailing.

[orchid prism]

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/zdCaW-f9l50

[compact oriole]

He's their marketing guy, not dev btw

Awesome bench tho

He's also publishing for another game that will be similar to HK, that you guys could look at

Called crowsworn

It's on steam

[orchid prism]

[hardy merlin]

I'm still waiting for https://store.steampowered.com/app/3751260/The_Blood_of_Dawnwalker/
Game from former Witcher devs

Steam

The Blood of Dawnwalker

14th-century Europe. Bloody conflicts sweep the lands, and the Black Death comes for the survivors. It's a moment of weakness - and that's all they needed. Vampires seize their opportunity to walk out of the shadows and claim what they've been denied for centuries: freedom, and the power that comes with it. Other creatures of the night foll…

Release Date

Coming soon

▶ Play video

[compact oriole]

Ye I'm waiting for that as well

[cyan pewter]

apex dead game

[trim rock]

Oh no

[compact oriole]

How many CCU on steam?

I think after they fucked around last year with their greed the game actually lost a ton of players

[grizzled quarry]

176k playing as of right now

Playerbase has been on the rise the last few months

176k on a Monday morning is crazy for apex considering how bad it was just a year ago

[worn dome]

Ain’t that shit more then marvel rivals

[cyan pewter]

double

[worn dome]

Damn gng

[worn dome]

Yes so you should give me ur hype

[cyan pewter]

https://tenor.com/view/despicbable-me-minions-uh-no-no-eh-no-gif-3418009

im gonna sell it and buy random bullshit 🔥

[sinful cobalt]

https://fixupx.com/Pirat_Nation/status/1965022313788973439

Pirat_Nation 🔴 (@Pirat_Nation)

Borderlands 4 performance (optimization) is poor.
︀︀
︀︀At 5:49, with RTX 4080 and Frame Generation ON, it achieves 60–70 FPS.
︀︀
︀︀Without Frame Generation, it drops to 30 FPS.
︀︀
︀︀The game also stutters and freezes, per a YouTuber with early access.
︀︀www.youtube.com/watch?v=2snH4hI5aWI

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FixupX · Sep 8, 2025, 12:00 PM

[verbal nymph]

To be expected for somebody who wants to sells it for $80

[sinful cobalt]

True

[trim rock]

Modern (UE5) game, of course it runs like shit

[novel umbra]

yea they just check every feature box

and then it ends up running like absolute ass

I just hope it doesn't have forced TAA

[verbal nymph]

I hope the next black myth games is optimised enough

[small comet]

guess again

[novel umbra]

that wasn't a guess

but that shit is really bugging me, peak has it as well for some reason and that isn't even UE

[small comet]

you know itll most likely have forced TAA

[fading spade]

The day that pc games have forced motion blur like consoles is gonna be the day I stop playing games entirely

[novel umbra]

TAA is kinda that

[fading spade]

-_-

[novel umbra]

just worse since TAA ends up just looking like a smear

[fading spade]

Yeh :/

[novel umbra]

and often the only way to disable it is to enable upscaling

which doesn't help

[maiden tulip]

1- pirate natuon bad

2- the guy was using an 11th gen intel cpu

Its most likely cpu bound

Like 99.9% of unreal engine games

[weak pivot]

The I

[fallow bronze]

With ghost trails!

[compact oriole]

man mr fucking died

did they do smth or did the hype just die down?

[compact oriole]

no surprise. bl3 had garbage optimization as well at release. i remember running around with 30 fps on that one green biome planet

[compact oriole]

games selling for 70 afterall. i think them seeing every other 80 game fail scared em lol

what did that r... say? "true fans will find a way" or smth

are we allowed to say the r word in here?

[cyan pewter]

eomm

and overall just you cant balance some characters

[compact oriole]

whats eomm

[cyan pewter]

like black panther, the fuck you gon do? take away his dash?
spiderman? stop him from swinging?

[cyan pewter]

engagement based match making

[compact oriole]

ye but thats just in casual mode, right?

ranked gotta be sbmm

[cyan pewter]

well yes but thats still a good chunk of the playerbase

[cyan pewter]

it is but its just so easy getting into higher ranks, 75% of players dont know what theyre doing

[compact oriole]

everyone calling for no sbmm until the game has no sbmm. but honestly im doubting thats the reason it died down. thats a high level reason most people dont even understand

[cyan pewter]

imo not having a seperate roll queue sucks balls

this that overwatch blah blah blah
if you dont have people dedicated to certain rolls and someone is forced onto it, its gonna suck

or people just wont play that role and you get comps that are 1 tank 4 dps and 1 healer

[compact oriole]

its still really popular tbh. but from what youre saying it seems they didnt pull some shady shit that scared people away so id chalk it up to just losing its initial hype

[cyan pewter]

i mean you can ask @little cape too
he just played a few games

[compact oriole]

i never tried it. im not really into that whole hero thing much and if i were id just play ow2 because its fps and i like its art style more

[cyan pewter]

ow2 also runs a shitton better than rivals

[compact oriole]

rivals runs badly? 😮

[grizzled quarry]

Very

[trim rock]

yes

[grizzled quarry]

It looks like hot ass too

And runs awful

[compact oriole]

im surprised. cz i thought itd run well cz it looks like ass

[grizzled quarry]

Same 😭

Then i opened it for the first time

The best part is people made cfgs to make it run a lot better

[compact oriole]

what gpu do you have?

and they banned it somehow?..

[grizzled quarry]

And they blocked the use of them afterwards....

[compact oriole]

[grizzled quarry]

6900xt

[grizzled quarry]

Shit is a joke

[compact oriole]

brother..

[grizzled quarry]

People make cfgs to make the game not run like ass, and then they block them and dont even fix it themselves

[compact oriole]

what is the nvidia equivalent to that card? i have no idea about amd strength until 9070xt

[grizzled quarry]

Like 3080ti ish

I think

[compact oriole]

thats wild

[grizzled quarry]

From what I've found on diff reviews w my same cpu its around 3080ti

And I wasnt even getting stable 165 on 1080 all low on rivals

[compact oriole]

its right inbetween 3080 and 4070

[compact oriole]

thats wild on that card..

[grizzled quarry]

I haven't tried ow2 on oled yet

Should do that today

Probably gonna feel incredible

[compact oriole]

looks and feels incredible. esp with a wooting kb on top, since game has no inertia

idk a game that profits from snaptap or what ever its called better

[grizzled quarry]

Yeah ow is generally just one of the best feeling games input wise

Always runs very good

Was one of the first games I tried when I got my 240hz ips and it felt great

Now add oled motion clarity and latency on top👀 👀

[compact oriole]

[orchid prism]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tmXErtkqNo
The Planet factory must terraform Expand.

[compact oriole]

man im looking at the borderlands 4 story trailer rn. how do all the villains looks so cool but the vault hunters are giga cringe millenial art style garbage

[verbal nymph]

because heroes are only as good as their villain

[compact oriole]

ye but these heroes arent good

they have the same lame art design as all the other millenial type characters weve been flooded with in recent years

theyre so forgettable because they all look samey

[maiden tulip]

so like... every borderlands ever?

I swear people try to claim omg borderlands never was the same after 2

[compact oriole]

not really since bl used to have more interesting and especially likable characters

[maiden tulip]

But i played every bl game and it's the same fucking shit

Same fucking humor

Same meh gunplay

Its really just nostalgia messing with people

[sinful cobalt]

i had fun in BL 1 and 2

[compact oriole]

wdym the humor completely died in bl3 cz it was so giga cringe new age shit

[sinful cobalt]

BL3 was meh

[maiden tulip]

It ALWAYS was cringe

[compact oriole]

handsome jack is also hands down one of the best game villains ever

[maiden tulip]

No

He sucks

[compact oriole]

[maiden tulip]

And is genuinely not funny lol

[compact oriole]

its ok to be wrong, i dont blame you

[maiden tulip]

Boring fucking villain and i'm sorry but the story sucks ass in borderlands

Always has

The only thing that makes those games good is coop

[compact oriole]

if that were true the game wouldnt have grown into the insane franchise that it is/was with bl2

[sinful cobalt]

the only reason i finished BL3 was Claptrap

[maiden tulip]

Welp it's just my opinion

Like legit

I couldn't care less about sny borderlands character

Yall gonna tell me lilith and roland are iconic characters? Lmao

Mordecai? Moxie? Fat ellie?

They're all forgettable af

And hyper generic

[compact oriole]

the story was never especially great but they had likable and a couple memorable characrters

[vivid wharf]

but you remember their names

[compact oriole]

name all vaulthunters from bl3

[maiden tulip]

i hated all of them and found the dialogue boring af

[vivid wharf]

[sinful cobalt]

my brain after reading Mordecai:

https://tenor.com/view/made-by-droopl-droopl-regular-show-mordecai-and-rigby-invincible-title-card-gif-4531673628639844775

[maiden tulip]

Because i replayed it for coop

Too many times

So i heard the same shitty dialogue

Too many times

Literally the only fun thing is shooting shit with friends and getting loot

That's it

[compact oriole]

bl3 vault hunter and main villain names?

out of those 6 characters i remember exactly 1 name

[maiden tulip]

Troy and some other shit

The twins

Idk i only played that one once

[compact oriole]

ok then you tell me about memorable and all being the same, when bl3 was the most recent one

[maiden tulip]

It was alright

[maiden tulip]

It's literally only because of repetition

Not because i care about them

Or find them likeable

If i make you play coop canpaign 6 times with different people yoy'll hear the shitty dialogue

And it gets stuck in your head

Whether you like it or not

[compact oriole]

ye ok but you playing it to death is different than saying its shit to begin with

i listened to some songs 500 times and now i dont enjoy em anymore

i can still recognize they were good songs

[maiden tulip]

The fact that i found borderlands to be boringlands without friends

Tells me everything i need to know

watching paint dry is more fun with friends than alone

[compact oriole]

it is absolutely a coop game. and it was good enough as that that you allegedly played em 6 times

[maiden tulip]

If you need coop to have a game stick it's a bad game

[compact oriole]

your argumentation gets worse by the second..

[maiden tulip]

Because it was dirt cheap and it ran on anyone's potato rigs

[compact oriole]

hd2 is a coop game that cant be played alone well

l4d alone is lame as well

most coop games work cz theyre coop

youre trying to judge a game by what it isnt and didnt try to be

[maiden tulip]

Borderlands has a story

And a campaign

It's only enjoyable with friends meaning

[compact oriole]

it was a coop shooter with an ok enough story. the point i was making is that the story and the characters got worse. the designs were more interesting than what they are now and the characters had more character and imo were more likable

[maiden tulip]

I could literally play with the dialogue muted

And skip every cutecene

And have the same amount of fun

[compact oriole]

wasnt for you then. but if you hate smth to begin with how could you appreciate the difference

[maiden tulip]

I enjoy the gameplay

And coop

The rest is just forgettable

[compact oriole]

ye, i agree thats 70% of their formula

[maiden tulip]

Like i literally cant tell you the plot of bl1-2

[compact oriole]

hunting vaults

[maiden tulip]

yes

[compact oriole]

[maiden tulip]

And then lilith dies at the end

Or some shit

[vivid wharf]

traversing lands on the border or smth

[compact oriole]

been a decade since i played bl2. i remember youre racing handsome jack for the vault

[maiden tulip]

Borderlands 3 you fight twins

[compact oriole]

and also his story and descend into madness where he was, i found pretty interesting

tales from the borderlands was also pretty fun imo. until they made the characters from that game absolute fucking clowns to be ridiculed in bl3..

and killed off a siren for a lil thief brat bitch that tried to be as unlikable as possible

[little cape]

what happened?

oh yeah rivals is a dog shit game

[cyan pewter]

rivals player count

[calm rune]

chill

[little cape]

the devs are just money hungry so theyre just trying to push out a lot of content and theres no competitive integrity

the gameplay isnt even fun all they care about is micro transactions

and then the matchmaking they put in their game is EOMM even though they made a video about it and lied to the community

if youre winning too much they force you into losing streak pairing you up with teammates with terrible win percentage that clearly got boosted. Game been out for like 9 months and the skill level in that community is terrible. Its like all ow2 community that got banned in from that game started playing rivals

balancing of the heroes feel terrible compared to ow2

I switched to healer half way through round 1. (plat 1/diamond 3 pc lobbies)

somehow we got that win due to my healing carry

[worn dome]

@cyan pewter lemme get the hype bro

[cyan pewter]

https://tenor.com/view/i-dont-even-know-what-that-is-randy-marsh-south-park-s22e1-dead-kids-gif-20327751

[maiden tulip]

another one

[worn dome]

pleaseeeeeeeeeeee bro

you dont even play it and i NEED term PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE

ill order u a pizza if u just give me ur stuff

[cyan pewter]

why dont you sell yours

[worn dome]

need it for heals

please rbro

[cyan pewter]

$100 and we got a deal

im not even at my pc and i wont till tomorrow night

also trading for irl money is kinda against the rules

[worn dome]

man u dont evenm play the game anymore

[worn dome]

ehhhh its fine no one cares

[cyan pewter]

i’m just waiting for the right time

[worn dome]

:/

please man

[cyan pewter]

https://tenor.com/view/rigby-cat-tong-car-gif-18327859063546042856

[cyan pewter]

how much are you missing

[worn dome]

like i have 100m

[cyan pewter]

and how much does a hype sell for

[worn dome]

700m

[cyan pewter]

wtf

[worn dome]

no scrolls no enchants

[cyan pewter]

oh

[worn dome]

mine is prob arnd 1.6b

[cyan pewter]

bro who tf is buying a clean hype

[cyan pewter]

i meant with enchants and stars

[cyan pewter]

aren’t maxed out terms like 500-600m no master stars

[worn dome]

dont think so

[worn dome]

yea arnd 1.6b

[cyan pewter]

give me a gold edrag and i’ll consider it

level it to 200 too 🙂‍↕️

wait

i can get a term and gdrag if i sell the hype myself

[worn dome]

you sold your term to buy hype but yea alr

[cyan pewter]

i sold term and edrag

but they both crashed

gdrag also did

[worn dome]

so just giveme ur hype

My pitch is u make kid happy and me birthday soon

[vital wyvern]

prove it and send birth certificate, pictures of all your credit cards and a picture if your passport

[cyan pewter]

ssn required as well for further confirmation

[clear osprey]

also your blood type, social security number and your mothers maiden name

[hardy merlin]

0Rh- and I don't have SSN

[worn dome]

U know what’s funny my dad fucked up my id so it says 2007 not 2010

2007 is my brothers birth year lmao

[worn dome]

Idk, don’t think Canada has one, wtf is a maiden name

[worn dome]

Don’t have certificate, no credit card, idk where passport is

[narrow junco]

maiden name is the name your mom had before marrying (her old last name)

[vital wyvern]

in canada they just let you choose what is written on your id???

[worn dome]

Oh she didn’t change names

[worn dome]

Guess so

Idk I was like 5

[vital wyvern]

to me you still are

[worn dome]

Ok I mimimimimi

[clear osprey]

idk I just work here

[maiden tulip]

fun fact quebec handles this differently. Taking your husband's last name is literally illegal

[orchid prism]

Quebec being extra spesjul as always eh

[maiden tulip]

well it makes sense

It's because the last name thing is seen as ownership

So they just... made it illegal

[orchid prism]

[maiden tulip]

I remember nico being very confused when i explained this to him

Lol

[orchid prism]

Meanwhile I have 3 last names. Gotta catch em all.

[maiden tulip]

Oh for kids its different

Kids can have whatever last name the parents choose

Or both

[orchid prism]

Oh I know - My point was that we don't tell people what to pick, through marriage or otherwise.

[maiden tulip]

It makes sense tho

[orchid prism]

Of course it's still more common than not to take the husband's name, but it is by no means dominant.

[maiden tulip]

Allows women to keep their identity

Whole point of this being added to the charter o( rights in 1981

[orchid prism]

They weren't not allowed it before. Now it's just illegal to do anything other than keep your name.

[maiden tulip]

It prevents social pressure/religion being used as a way to push women into it

[orchid prism]

Oh no - The pressure

[narrow junco]

i think the woman should come up with a funny last name and the man has to take it

while she gets to decide

[orchid prism]

[maiden tulip]

That'd be great lets see how many men would like this

[narrow junco]

i'd be down to have the last name glorpo

maybe even glorbo

[maiden tulip]

can moumou be a last name

[hardy merlin]

van Mou

[narrow junco]

yes

[narrow junco]

Mou van Mou

[compact oriole]

I'd be down to change my last name to hers if I like it more

[hardy merlin]

Last name Sure
First name Not

[vapid lintel]

Sure, NOT

https://tenor.com/view/not-borat-talk-conversation-gif-4797024

[vital wyvern]

hell, change your entire name to your companion's when marrying

[maiden tulip]

https://tenor.com/view/idiocracy-idiocracy-movie-movie-idiocracy-luke-wilson-gif-13326295852468392208

[narrow junco]

just start wearing their skin at this point

[vital wyvern]

so it's just two people called Emilie Beaufort

that would be funny af

[maiden tulip]

https://tenor.com/view/kirby-suck-kirby-vacuum-cute-nintendo-gif-16544038

[vapid lintel]

https://tenor.com/view/repo-repo-the-genetic-opera-opera-paris-paris-hilton-gif-5667625

[nimble current]

https://x.com/SmashJT/status/1964331262459728034

Smash JT (@SmashJT)

Visa is now openly trying to position itself as the leader of gaming. They just announced a new role, “Director, Global Gaming Partnerships,” paying nearly a quarter million dollars a year. The job is described as shaping culture, building global strategies with publishers,

X · Sep 6, 2025, 2:14 PM

now they trying to sweettalk huh

[orchid prism]

[compact oriole]

Sweettalk? This is a mission statement

They're saying that their first step worked and they're gonna try to shape shit even more

Mentioning the youngest gen of which most aren't even adults yet

[orchid prism]

Indeed. I see absolutely nothing in that post that addresses the outrage, only "let's do deals with big publishers and shape what they can and cannot do"

[hardy merlin]

how payments power the future play
Hello another step towards dystopia

[orchid prism]

I don't want new opportunities and strategies. I want you to stop telling sellers what they can and cannot do, as long as they're within the law. You're a service.

[scarlet marlin]

this is me every time I see her

[compact oriole]

Sherman best bug

[scarlet marlin]

https://tenor.com/view/silksong-hollow-knight-hollow-night-silksong-faridulasimanet-sherma-silksong-gif-171830693794769624

[compact oriole]

So fucking cute. Tried to find a gif of her singing with her tools clapping but no such luck

[hardy merlin]

SPOILERS

[compact oriole]

Well a version that isn't so scuffed rythmwise

That's like first 2 hours or smth

[scarlet marlin]

its basically the beginning of the game that you meet her

[compact oriole]

She reminds me of Myla from first game

[hardy merlin]

No ślimak
Spoilers

[vapid lintel]

I haven't played the original yet, how dare you spoil this for me

[compact oriole]

[orchid prism]

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/dUTdEG57_x0

[scarlet marlin]

[scarlet marlin]

@compact oriole how are you liking the game btw (: ? where u at

[proper basin]

OOOOOOOOO SHKADOOOOOOOO, AIII AI AI AI IEEEEEEEEEE, OOOOOOOOO SHADOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, AIIII AI AI AI IIEEEEEEEEE

[scarlet marlin]

me randomly throughout the day

[vapid lintel]

We've lost him.

[scarlet marlin]

||https://www.tiktok.com/@professorskadad/video/7547423337870331191||

here's your spoiler warning you nerds

[hardy merlin]

[vapid lintel]

I can't not click it

But now it's on me

Thank you

[scarlet marlin]

[proper basin]

Forever peak

[sinful cobalt]

RIP Haru Urara

[small comet]

rip who

[hardy merlin]

May she eat tons of grass and run around in horsey heaven

[sinful cobalt]

A racing horse

Too much Horse Girl Gacha

[small comet]

isnt there race horses dying every day

why is this one special

[scarlet marlin]

she did her best

[compact oriole]

I'm liking it a lot. Put 30 hours in so far and explored all areas fully in act 1 apart from |bilewater| once I've done that I'll progress the main quest with the markers I got my map

[sinful cobalt]

@outer pollen

[compact oriole]

Generally tho so far I have to say that boss design in hk was better. This game has lots of lower effort filler bosses.

Still great game tho. Can't remember the last time I put in 30 hours in the little time I had

[iron oak]

NOOO HARU

[compact oriole]

How far are you in and are you enjoying it too?

[compact oriole]

Yo did they fix the afk farm in bf4042?

Not seeing afk servers anymore

[pure bear]

my borther in fuck you are a payment processor
sybau and do the transaction

"shaping culture" from a payment processor how fucking dystopian is that

the only culture shaping these last years i liked was green mario

[compact oriole]

Green Mario?

[cyan pewter]

attack got muted for a week lol

[pure bear]

https://tenor.com/view/luigi-super-mario-n64-sm64-render96-gif-27115141

[hardy merlin]

Aftermath panic was absolutely glorious

Billionaires may have safety of money
But bullets don't discriminate

[scarlet marlin]

Im really liking in it too! ||I just triggered getting into Act 2, but I don't feel like this was the 'normal way' of getting through there. POTENTIAL SPOILER: I went through sinners road, bilt water and 2 other areas before getting to boss fight, which then ended me into act 2. I still have some early areas that I finish up completing. I love the exploring and the areas,

A few of things that I don't like is the amount of benches that you need to pay for, often for a high amount (I recently had to 120 rosaries for a bench, and thhe amount of mini bosses that just trap into a room and their main mechanic is; let me just spawn a bunch of other smaller guys. It gets boring and just annoying to deal with the same thing basically every time.'||

[compact oriole]

sounds like the most painful way to get into act 2 possible

ye im not liking all these mini bosses either. tons of aerial adds as well. seems like they wanna force you to use the tools. once you get used to using them most of those fights get a lot easier

[scarlet marlin]

It was pain but I went|| through 2 very cool areas as well so worth it. Now I can flex my rare achievement ||

[compact oriole]

ye i beat her yesterday as well

really cool fight and the reward seems cool as well

didnt get to try it yet

[scarlet marlin]

||honestly the parry is so cool! I almost did her no hit as well||

[compact oriole]

nice

i got another spell that i think you didnt get yet. liking that one

[scarlet marlin]

you mean the silk spells/abilities?

[compact oriole]

ye

[scarlet marlin]

I got 3 atm

[compact oriole]

spear, aoe and the one you said?

[scarlet marlin]

pretty sure yeh

I havent really gone into act 2 territory

[compact oriole]

ye, i have another one. you can get it after you get certain progression and its back in an act 1 area

no surprises, tons of "backtracking" after getting upgrades and story

[scarlet marlin]

yeah I assume I need a new base ability or something like a double jump

[compact oriole]

im not gonna say unless you ask, what it is. you may even have what you need already

[scarlet marlin]

nah dont tell me :)

exploring is the fun

[compact oriole]

ye

[sinful cobalt]

For what ?

[cyan pewter]

js look at his message history

i dont think they delated it
specifically on the 5th

[sinful cobalt]

The Bezos shit

[hot spire]

amazon return fraud maxin

you arent supposed to steal from the rich out loud

[sinful cobalt]

I mean

True

We should steal from the poor

[cyan pewter]

been stolen from enougf already
fuck off

[quiet vault]

what did i miss 😭

[cyan pewter]

yes

[hot spire]

competeting with tesla

its just streaming

[sinful cobalt]

Im still missing the apple car

[pure bear]

i hate this timeline

[trim rock]

Damn this new Forza's graphics and realism is insane

[pure bear]

what is this gibberish

[hot spire]

its porb the same app as lg tv

[fallow bronze]

lg made a car?

[quiet vault]

only concepts

[hot spire]

kia uses lg infdtainment

it runs the same os as the tvs

[quiet vault]

damn never buying a kia then

[hot spire]

why is that so bad

lg is better than samsung/roku

[quiet vault]

the tv one is so slow

[hot spire]

its not as nice as googletv

you using it on a basemodle tv?

[quiet vault]

c1

[hot spire]

on the oleds its way better than samsungs shit

[quiet vault]

my familys older samsung feels faster lowkey

but im using appletv nowadays anyway

[grizzled quarry]

Can't wait to hear my Xbox make fake engine noises

[quiet vault]

old consoles made fake jet noises

[bleak pike]

[hardy merlin]

New Star Wars?

[fallow bronze]

Dune? Destiny probably

[hardy merlin]

I dunno, the helmet on the top left looks very star-warsey

[bleak pike]

It's destiny 2

[fallow bronze]

You know callum

[bleak pike]

Pretty cool concept, it's just a shame the game is shit

[marsh crater]

Must be from this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwlUS_JcarQ

[bleak pike]

Ngl that's fucking cool hahab

Quite interesting though, they are making a Helldivers like mode

[keen scaffold]

most based background

[rotund adder]

Isint like destiny dead

It was dead when i left

So like 90k players

But 30k thats new low

[fallow bronze]

Still quite a bit

[compact oriole]

Still more than enough players to not be dead

[bleak pike]

Essentially

Game is awful now

Like really bad even I don't play it

I came tbh

[rotund adder]

Game was already dead with 90k people

So with 30k

It is much more

[bleak pike]

It died in 2023 for me

Also where are you getting 30k

It's end of season, it always drops low and rises again with new seasons aka today.

Still shit tho

[rotund adder]

It never been 30k at end of season

[rotund adder]

Steamdb

[bleak pike]

it always drops low

[compact oriole]

game makes you feel, like youre spiderman

man its crazy when devs are surprised it feels like they tried to make it feel

[little cape]

what level do i see the hive lord?

[bleak pike]

Which one

[little cape]

talking about hd2

[grizzled quarry]

😭 😭 😭

Avg cod player attention span

[autumn depot]

actually cooked

[sinful cobalt]

Tbh i just want to quit at the end of the match to find a new one early xd

[autumn depot]

so do I

[sinful cobalt]

I never really cared about the ending of a match

[compact oriole]

they showing the winners or smth in some prolonged screen?

[grizzled quarry]

Yeah

End of the match has like a 10 second screen of winning team

You cant leave during it either

[compact oriole]

gotta sell skins in an fps somehow

[grizzled quarry]

Just kinds forced into staring at it unless you leave before match ends (which makes you lose match bonus xp)

[clear osprey]

bro I used to leave before a game ends in snd just so I didn’t have to sit through it win or loss

[cold anvil]

so cuteee

they look so polite

[cyan pewter]

@worn dome why the fuck is this so expensive

[worn dome]

just hand over the hype

[cyan pewter]

found an identical hype selling for 1.45b

[worn dome]

u need hype as haeling weapon

[cyan pewter]

i did m3 just fine without it

idk about kuudra or whatevers new

ima list it for 1.4

actually

1.425b

14 days listing

lets see when it sells

@worn dome

[worn dome]

ok

[worn dome]

is it worth getting my profile reset but also i get 2.3b

plus a hype

[cyan pewter]

i think this ones alright

wasnt too expensive

@worn dome w speedrun lol

[worn dome]

real

[cyan pewter]

need to hatch the gdrag

[cyan pewter]

anyways this is what i got left

[worn dome]

pass

it over rn

[cyan pewter]

hoppin off for today

[worn dome]

pass it iover

[cyan pewter]

got classes early tmr

[cyan pewter]

i think i increase my mp with it

[worn dome]

no giv e it to me plkease

[cyan pewter]

cause lowk having under 700 is horrid

[worn dome]

trust trust

[maiden tulip]

i rescued all the kitties guys

[cold anvil]

Is this cronos?

Long screenshot

[maiden tulip]

yes

I love the game

[maiden tulip]

sorry my display big

[little cape]

the long screenshot is a must

i need it.

i need more cat pics in my life

[small comet]

@kindred wigeon uh dont post the same thing multiple times maybe. i released you from timeout though

[kindred wigeon]

Did I?

[small comet]

yes 3 times the same aim trainer vid

[vapid lintel]

3x the same link, got bonked by automod

[kindred wigeon]

wtf mb

[small comet]

all good dw

[kindred wigeon]

Sorry! Mightve been discord acting up or whatever

Thanks though!

[orchid prism]

[vapid lintel]

What game is this?

[orchid prism]

Software Inc. It's a "build a Microsoft" tycoon ish game.

You start in a garage, and the local neighbourhood animals roam.

[small comet]

and then you forget about your software bs and go play with cats all day

[orchid prism]

In another universe, Gill Bates never made a breakthrough software with Macroshaft, and instead became a cat café mogul.

[hot spire]

magnum screenshot for the monster display

[scarlet marlin]

https://x.com/NintendoEurope/status/1965762232962138333

Nintendo of Europe (@NintendoEurope)

Join us on Friday, September 12th, at 15:00 CEST for a #NintendoDirect! Tune in for roughly 60 minutes of information on upcoming #NintendoSwitch2 and #NintendoSwitch games.

Watch it here: https://t.co/nGNit1cLqQ

X · Sep 10, 2025, 1:00 PM

https://x.com/Dexerto/status/1965456730432700475

Dexerto (@Dexerto)

A Hollow Knight: Silksong fan has created a multiplayer mod for the game

This means you can now play with friends cooperatively and even engage in fun battles against each other

X · Sep 9, 2025, 4:46 PM

[compact oriole]

That's pretty cool

[vapid lintel]

This is neat

[scarlet marlin]

thats why PC is best

[iron oak]

pokemans

[scarlet marlin]

is there anything else to tell tho?