Well I got Stadia
#🎮│game
feral ferry
feral ferry
I wonder if it works without the VPN now
placid garden
hahahaha weaseled
I'm probably going to wait a few more hours
then hop back in and see if things have settled
feral ferry
Holy shit it feels Stadia renders everything at 0.25x the scale
480p or some shit
I didnt realize it was that bad
The input lag though is non-existant
ripe tendon
Did Destiny 2 do anything cool or exciting with this new update or just the same ole Destiny shit?
feral ferry
Right so how do I cross-save? @bleak pike
In the middle of the tutorial
I didn't even get a chance to create my account, Stadia did it for me
placid garden
Twitter
feral ferry
Too bad Stadia utterly sucks 
But I didn't have any input lag
Which was I heard one of the main disadvantages
It was like I was playing natively
placid garden
they probably optimized it well now
feral ferry
What was horrible, was the graphics
Boy it was rendered at 480p or something and upscaled
Also I can't turn off the motion blur
So fuck that
ripe tendon
That'd be a real kicker if it both looked like shit and had input lag
feral ferry
It used to
ripe tendon
I don't remember what I used for the AC: Odyssey freebie but it worked amazing which I was surprised about
There was occasionally pixelation but input was fluid as can be and most of the time it looked great
Looks like it was Project Stream, aka early Stadia, so that's a bummer for current Stadia if it's that bad
ripe tendon
Your downstream good?
feral ferry
600 down 200 up
ripe tendon
ah yeah that should be enough
frosty dew
thats quite a line you got there...
feral ferry
It plays well, I just wish it didn't look like someone smeared oil all over the display 😄
ripe tendon
Our services is 1G up/down but via project stream test I get 600+ actual
fringe salmon
for higher bitrate you need to upgrade form the free tier
fringe salmon
o
feral ferry
Then again my display doesn't do HDR so I guess?
But I don't think that's how it works
It should be relayed already HDRed or I'm guessing wrong?
fringe salmon
yeah but you still wont see the benefit from it without an HDR dispaly
feral ferry
Roger
ripe tendon
If you have a Chromecast Ultra can you just sub to Stadia or does it force the controller on you?
ripe tendon
Well I assume you're doing it on PC
feral ferry
Yeah I just VPNed to make Stadia think I live in Sweden
Get the subscription, play on Chrome
ripe tendon
Sweden as opposed to?
ripe tendon
Which isn't supported?
feral ferry
Nop
feral ferry
I disabled the VPN right after I got the subscription
Works perfectly fine
200 mb/day free VPN quota
feral ferry
It actually is a lot though they might have optimized the thing a little bit more
It sucks through your resources really fast
Or it used to, I dunno rn
I'll check if network monitor took measurements
This can't be real
I played for good 20 mins or so
feral ferry
It would destroy any American's quota
ripe tendon
I mean the VPN but yeah with our shitty caps for sure
Thankfully ATT gigabit has none
ripe tendon
uhh 70?
ripe tendon
that's unbelievably low
feral ferry
frosty dew
i pay about 50€ for my 50 Mb/s down, 10 up
feral ferry
Oh you poor souls 😄
frosty dew
it's also the fastest i can get here. most providers dont even offer higher than 16k connections in my town
ripe tendon
We're actually quite lucky in our area to have this availability. A ton of places in the US are shit for internet options, if they even have any
rural US blows goats
orchid prism
Is it 10mbit upload though? 
feral ferry
But the provider is so-so and very second class
No one here really lists the upload speed
So you are getting fuck knows what
orchid prism
Well there's a major red flag. 😆
ripe tendon
Also if anybody happens to be buying BL3 season pass 2 for steam go buy an epic key instead and swap me since I'm stupid and bought a steam key by mistake.
feral ferry
Fucking hell even Telia which is owned by I think either Comcast or ATT doesn't list their upload speed
orchid prism
frosty dew
frosty dew
(didnt bother closing down a stream i'm watching rn)
feral ferry
Yeah I don't think legally internet companies are required to list their upload
But I pay 15$ for my 600 down and I think 200 up
I only learned of the 200 up after signing a 12 month contract
placid garden
I get 250 down and 10 up for $60 
bleak pike
proper cargo
That pistol walking makes it look like some off brand call of duty
ripe tendon
I thought it was gonna be a Metal Gear Survive thing
ornate cedar
The magic smoke. them pixies are mad
proper cargo
Lol
Alright. Im gonna be honest here. A honest review for a honest game.
Friendship with Benefits is the best sexual visual novel ive ever played. I dont own many, but the sakura games was always my depiction of quality fap material. And this guy crushed that idea. This game is made by just a single person and it outdone a whole japanese team.
orchid prism
Damn pony pron!
proper cargo
Im not a brony. Im just a really horny person. But i recognize quality work.
Esepcially when a single person outdoes a whole team that is doing it for far longer.
fading spade
wat game?
placid garden
proper cargo
i know the nature of the game. but trust me, its quality work. the story is good, the freeplay is really a much appreciated addition. even the music is good.
you would never think a single person could come up with quality work. mostly its that trashy cheap stuff you find on steam, but not this
fading spade
everytime time...
proper cargo
your borderlands 2 keeps validating?
fading spade
yeh... :/
proper cargo
maybe ask on the steam forums
fringe salmon
let me guess, windows/linux switching
fringe salmon
oh theres the issue 
proper cargo
using linux to game?
proper cargo
i use windows period. i couldnt really tell a situation that would favor linux over windows if ur a gamer.
fading spade
cause not enough space on Linux drive for GTA V
cause other games and work stuff and things
I have just work stuff for a single project on windows too :')
fringe salmon
nah, windows big evil, linux savior of all humanity, must use linux for gaming
ornate cedar
yes yes
fading spade
where TF does steam store screenshots?
ornate cedar
probably somewhere in ~/.local/share/Steam
proper cargo
uhh....
view - screenshots - view on disk
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\userdata\47979420\760\remote\377160\screenshots
however, each game has its own folder
barren pewter
ornate cedar
ahhh, those memorable moments
ornate cedar
That is where they store all those items
all those thousands of units of all the items on the recently oofed raiders
fringe salmon
.. yes its called random loot
ornate cedar
That is why they,the enemies, lost. the good gear keeps em alive
fossil solar
The gamer juice
ornate cedar
it is filled with death rods
fading spade
Rods that penetrate you and make you die
ornate cedar
Your health only goes down with those
proper cargo
getting penetrated by rods does have that effect
proper cargo
i wouldnt know, never have been penetrated by rods before. cant say i want that experience 😅
@fading spade the opposite is true as well. in borderlands 3 they had this event where you got nothing but legendary gear. eventually it just got boring getting a gun that just...they all work but....
its boring!
fringe salmon
man if you are salty about getting bad loot from the first enemy that is more than a bandit, the game is not for you
proper cargo
thats borderlands XD
fringe salmon
no thats called random weapon stats, not sad
proper cargo
its really random what kind of loot you can get
sometimes the most random enemy you shoot drops the best gun you will use for hte coming 5 levels
fading spade
you thjink they would make boss loot better than what you have already
fringe salmon
no
proper cargo
hell, in borderlands 1 htere was a sniper rifle called the elephant gun. it had no scope, but its damage made it viable for up to 10 levels.
you just got it for advancing to the next map
fossil solar
You’ll have to kill the miniboss a couple dozen more times to get good drops
That’s just how it be
fading spade
-.-
proper cargo
interesting. the songs used in that...sexual visual novel i play are easily found on youtube. uploaded by its creators even. increase the speed of them and they make good lofi beats
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTQyiG_Tasw like, play this at original speed and its...too slow. play it at 1.35x speed and it changes into something more atune to current day lofi
fading spade
proper cargo
That ghost is a ghost
And i need to go to bed cause i need to wake up in 5 hours. I knew that porn game was a bad idea
placid garden
playing ghost game i see
fading spade
placid garden
🤔
slim token
fading spade
fossil solar
slim token
i cant believe you've done this
ornate cedar
Someordinairygamer will sleep really well with that lmao
fossil solar
Like it or not but that’s minecraft’s endgame right there
Fully voxel based destruction
ornate cedar
That is what the ender dragon was hiding
placid garden
is that a new ghost model lana
ripe tendon
Godfall on the lowest settings uses 99% of a 1080 for 80 fps standing still*. Oof
bleak pike
@placid garden They added that ghost a week or so ago
proper cargo
Sus
placid garden
never saw that in the game yet
placid garden
i hate baby ghosts
fading spade
how you running so fast?
placid garden
hold shift
fading spade
yeah, I dont move that fast when running
fading spade
maybe you have higher FOV?
placid garden
yeah I do have a higher fov
fading spade
whats it at?
fading spade
ahh right
placid garden
i just want to be able to see stuff better so thats why
fading spade
yehhh
placid garden
i still want to see that lady ghost model
fading spade
you mean the karen? xd
fading spade
uh, one moment
we all saw the top photo but the person who took the photo saw the bottom one
fading spade
yeah... xd
placid garden
i don't like the look of that model
fading spade
we were watching through the camera in the van except the person who took the photo and we saw a black shadow behind him and yelled to turn aronud
placid garden
fading spade
this too
placid garden
noooooo
fading spade
I walked into that room, and she just appeared right there beside the door I came in from and just vibrated
placid garden
get out of my room, I'm playing minecraft
fading spade
:')
placid garden
is this one wearing PJs
placid garden
they finally got some spooky models
the others just seemed out of place lol
yeah i never do dirty sink
fading spade
I didnt save the photo I took ;-; it was a tall black curved figure
no one else in the game saw it
placid garden
if it's from your last job it might be on the photo wall
fading spade
oh, idk
placid garden
i hate the basement levels
hot tartan
Internet connection quality, latency, packet loss, jitter etc
I don’t know if other games have these kind of useful tools
feral ferry
You mean "Pay us to add +1 score per every thousand you give us"?
Yeah just a way to get more money from ISP's for free advertising
hot tartan
I mean with that attitude Wooting might as well be a fluke
drowsy anchor
tbh i wouldnt be surprised if its legit but i wouldnt bother switching unless your internet is garbage
hot tartan
Some people just wanna write useful blog and publish useful data
feral ferry
Dunno Speedtest provides enough data for me
hot tartan
@drowsy anchor yeah the Mpbs/$ is YIKES between residential and business
Not that it matters too much if all I do is gaming
fringe salmon
Speedtest shows your connection to the test server, not an actual server you play on unlike this one which makes it nice
hot tartan
Speedtest shows your connection to the test server, not an actual server you play on unlike this one which makes it nice
@fringe salmon this is why I was wondering if any other game public something familiar
Since data to Riot server alone is kinda biased
drowsy anchor
hot tartan
Also will solve @feral ferry ‘s problem about marketing
That means you have the best ISP in your region
At least to Riot server
fringe salmon
Unlikely, monitoring it in a way where you can display it to endusers seems like it should add a decent amount of cost overhead that doesn’t make sense for most games
hot tartan
Basically Riot collect network connection of their gamers
feral ferry
then sell it
drowsy anchor
yeah
hot tartan
Wait what’s U-verse
hot tartan
Business?
placid garden
that's what they call their service
it's residential, I think they use that same name for business?
hot tartan
Does the price difference from regular AT&T
Seems like AT&T U-verse is slightly better than regular AT&T
drowsy anchor
uh idk thats the best internet i can get where im at since its pretty crappy where i live
max i can get is 50mbps down
20mbps up
hot tartan
@drowsy anchor if you scroll down there’s comparison graph with time and stuff
How much are you paying a month
I’m paying like $100/month for 500 down 15 up
Comcast
drowsy anchor
hmm i can look
placid garden
i get 250 down and 15 up for $60
placid garden
i don't understand how windstream is relevant anymore
hot tartan
All these price comparison goes out the window
placid garden
they still use ADSL while spectrum uses cable
hot tartan
How
hot tartan
Riot has EUW server
trim rock
Yeah you need to use the location selector, because LOL has this completely stupid region locking system
hot tartan
Or is the data only published NA
small comet
no i can see na data cause im not in na rn
placid garden
damn
hot tartan
Welp that’s 10ms
placid garden
what are these numbers
drowsy anchor
hmm well i cba to look how much exactly my internet costs but its about $35
hot tartan
$35 for 50 down 20 up
small comet
now i wonder how 8ms ping, no packet loss and no jitter cant be a 100/100
hot tartan
But most importantly 22ms ping
drowsy anchor
you need zero ping for 100/100 probably lol
so its probably impossible
i bet thats how its done atleast
small comet
my theory is this is to hide the fact the german telekom bought this result
hot tartan
you need zero ping for 100/100 probably lol
@drowsy anchor cause I don’t think the ping is accurate
hot tartan
Says 30ms for me but in game it’s actually like 41ms
drowsy anchor
yeah mine says 22ms but ingame it can be up to 100ms
small comet
or they get a test connection to an isp server
small comet
hot tartan
Some companies have high score average but shitty during traffic hour
small comet
yes but even this seems unrealistic imo
fading spade
how to have fun with Endermen and lightning
/execute at @e[type=minecraft:enderman] run summon minecraft:lightning_bolt ~ ~ ~
hot tartan
Well it’s connection to the game server
drowsy anchor
hmm blue att vs orange att uverse
hot tartan
Your customers might have problem because they’re streaming video
small comet
na usually cause the routers wont log in
hot tartan
Since games like LoL takes up little bandwidth
small comet
telekom is purely vdsl based in 99% of germany
cause they are too dumb to get fibre out
its why most cities get fibre from some local projects
drowsy anchor
yeah idk
hot tartan
Do you know if any other company does this kind of tool?
Wait ima try Speedtest ranking
No good... Speedtest doesn’t even include my rural City 🤣
frosty dew
i thought speedtest usually connects you to like the closest bigger network hub area.
like, you know. where a bunch of servers of different services are located
hot tartan
I’m trying to rate ISPs in my rural city
Speedtest only rate big cities
Also nice stuff like Verizon fios and Google fiber only come to big cities
Sadge
frosty dew
you got internet service providers in your rural city?
lol.
next one i got is in a city about an hour driving of here.
nobody else ever heard of them like even just a few minutes further down.
but somehow the internet they provide is damn solid.
and the fastest i can get here. compared to only 16k by either Telekom, Vodafone, or whatever. 
lone oasis
anyone want to do APEX with me?
fringe salmon
I want to, but the game still refuses to switch to 16:9 when I limit my resolution, dont want to play it when stretched
orchid prism
As soon as I get my PC on AMD I can game again.
Right now my setup is jank af...
@lone oasis 
fringe salmon
honestly surprised that Apex is the first game I have issues with on 21:9
fringe salmon
3440x1440@100hz
fading spade
oo
hot tartan
Apex is unoptimized af that’s why
fringe salmon
the performance is not the issue xD
I just dont understand how it can overwrite what I set in the driver menu
lone oasis
all that damage and 1 kill
ow lol no one in my team was knocked down either
mine is native uw?
fringe salmon
uhhhh that is really weird
it stretches mine to 21:9 but only gives me 16:9 option O.o
fading spade
a lot of games show 16:9 still but still work fine at 21:9
I noticed that, the only game I saw that actually says 21:9 was borderlands 2
fringe salmon
are you sure it's not stretching it? would be very weird for a competetive game to allow higher FOV
fringe salmon
that is very confusing that it allows higher Fov 
hot tartan
are you sure it's not stretching it? would be very weird for a competetive game to allow higher FOV
@fringe salmon not really “weird”. The game just have to support it and scales properly
fringe salmon
weird as in it would give you an advantage based on the resolution you play at
and I'm certain in shooter games literally seeing more is a bigger advantage than have a 240hz screen vs 144 or whatever
hot tartan
🤷♀️
Ninja plays ultrawide
Also most of the time stretching properly isn’t a problem but UI scaling is
Say you can keep your UI small and neat while still being able to enjoy extra FOV it’d be the best
But the game has to support that kind of UI scaling
orchid prism
I doubt it. Most "competitive" games block ultrawide and stretch 16:9 to keep it "fair"
placid garden
huh, that's interesting
fringe salmon
thats why its so confusing to me apex isnt doing it
thats why I was trying to make it 16:9 xD
orchid prism
I will die on that hill if only to annoy eSports journos for the rest of my inhuman life 😛
fringe salmon
orchid prism
Jooouuuuurnoooooos
orchid prism
With three parts already no less.
fading spade
feral ferry
Oh, mom!
Fancy seeing you here
Wait what do you mean I can't play Minecraft?
MOM IT'S MINECRAFT
placid garden
grudge lady
lone oasis
@fringe salmon so when do you want to play :p
fringe salmon
well, tomorrow should work then lol
need to see if I get good fps but I think thats doable
fading spade
placid garden
lone oasis
ooh had another great game
fading spade
Oof
fading spade
The last game I played tonight, I walked into the side door of the farmhouse to retrieve the video camera
IMMEDIATELY the doors get locked, the ghost is in hunting mode and I die .-.
I was barely half way in the door
Fucking mad
placid garden
you dont have to retrieve it
placid garden
even on the tripod its still ok
never had to rebuy
as long you dont die
you die, you rebuy
fading spade
Oh...
placid garden
if you're playing with somebody else and you don't do professional
you can get money back to buy back some of your gear
so it doesn't hurt as hard
fading spade
I have shit tons of money
I haven't spent much
My friends mostly buy everything xdd
placid garden
yeah i mostly bought it for my party
sometimes I feel reckless and dive in if its intermediate
if professional, im out
fading spade
Xd
fading spade
Never seen that one before
placid garden
that's the common model I've seen a lot
the one you've been seeing is like
rare for me
placid garden
hot tartan
Ghost burster experts over here
feral ferry
A very serious question to VR owners, if there are any
@obsidian monolith I think you had one
How does VR porn do? Is it noice?
obsidian monolith
i'd say it's noice
wheat kraken
VR Porn is just too much of a hassle. I've not found a way to just stream it And I'm not waiting to download it, get a vr player for it, play it just for the experience
Also I'd like to try Phantophasmia but I can't bring myself to play it. Plus I have like no friends who own it anyway
feral ferry
I have no friends to begin with so no Phasmophobia to me
proper cargo
I tried vr porn once at the beginning of vr. And its weird. You saw the girl fucking a dick that looks like its attached to yours but it aint your dick. I was more confused than horny
I think its better if you simply play a vr porn game rather than porn.
obsidian monolith
jesus
ripe tendon
Can't do it until resolutions become insane
Shit looks horrendous esp for somebody who refuses to pay or take the time to torrent something
I heard
obsidian monolith
you heard
ripe tendon
from a friend
bitter grotto
your friend down there?
orchid prism
Time to see if overclocking helps game performance at all xD
#GPUwasTheBottleneckAllAlong
1fps gained xD
Whooo....
fallow bronze
what did you overclock?
orchid prism
My 5600X
fringe salmon
whats your ram at
orchid prism
3600
bleak pike
VR porn is pretty mad @feral ferry
Especially the full on games
Just a lot of effort
fossil solar
They’ll just shift to AR
It’s a win win for everyone
Clients can be pretend to be having fun with anyone, and working girls don’t have to do so many hard drugs to stay in shape.
proper cargo
Artificial reality. Just sit in a chair and watch a girl giving you a blowjob
Why settle for AR. Holographic imaging with touch.
No! A holodeck.
Imagine porn in star trek with a holodeck.
Computer. "Bleep" search old fashioned game, genre, visual novel, "sakura succubus" and project a real life version of it that plays on this deck with AI characters.
Damn man. Next level porn addiction.
Dont need a girlfriend if you can simply program your own.
bitter grotto
it's augmented reality not artificial
hot tartan
Time to see if overclocking helps game performance at all xD
@orchid prism the real question is WHAT GAME
orchid prism
Valhalla definitely didn't care about a faster CPU 😄
hot tartan
Seriously speaking the main reason why VR didn’t hit it off was because you need to know when somebody walks in to close the damn video
Valhalla definitely didn't care about a faster CPU 😄
CPU or GPU?
Isn’t solo gameplay the main reason of porn?
No like
Normal porn included
Isn’t single player the main point
proper cargo
Jacking off to a woman on screen or jacking off to a woman that sucks the dick of the point of view guy you are supposed to be
hot tartan
Wait I forgot to type THE WORD
proper cargo
Vr is expensive. For the good gear, you need a headset that is worth a console. And that is without a pc or console.
hot tartan
Nonononono
hot tartan
VR porn doesn’t make sense. But support VR game industry everyone
obsidian monolith
looking at the quest as example
hot tartan
It’s new so it’s expensive. But if you don’t support it we won’t get SAO games any time soon
obsidian monolith
well remember when vive was new
proper cargo
850?
proper cargo
Yea. I bought mine for 650. Enjoyed it for half a year. Then sold it for 600. So 50 bucks spend for half a year of vr. Not bad.
hot tartan
Vr is expensive. For the good gear, you need a headset that is worth a console. And that is without a pc or console.
@proper cargo companies are moving into standalone headsets that don’t need PC or console to function
proper cargo
Samsung cardboard?
obsidian monolith
had the DK1 back then aswell
used it for quite some time and dropped it, decided to get the quest 2
it's quite a jump
hot tartan
Yea. I bought mine for 650. Enjoyed it for half a year. Then sold it for 600. So 50 bucks spend for half a year of vr. Not bad.
Insane flex
obsidian monolith
visually
hot tartan
Where did you sell it
fringe salmon
... you literally posted a screenshot of a standalone
the quest works without a pc
proper cargo
Marktplaats. Ebay for netherlands
obsidian monolith
yes wifi 6 preferably
hot tartan
In a world where you can use everything for a year and only pay 10% it’s cost...
obsidian monolith
yet it works
fringe salmon
you clearly never used a wireless VR setup then
hot tartan
Use Lekker for a year then flip it for $180
proper cargo
Not for 2080ti owners
obsidian monolith
i get on my local wifi 5 network 14ms latency from my pc to the quest 2, good enough i'd say
proper cargo
Hahahhhaa
I mean, you buy a used car for 6k. After a year you sell it for 5k. Technically, that car only costed you 1k. I mean. Thats smart.
hot tartan
Btw how do you tell if you’re using WiFi 7
fringe salmon
by looking if your device supports wifi 6 aka 802.11ax
hot tartan
Xb6 of Comcast
fringe salmon
ax is wifi6, ac is 5, n is 4
obsidian monolith
ouch
fringe salmon
well from what I hear about comcast that might as well still be running wifi3
obsidian monolith
wifi 6 is apparently still a shipwreck when it comes to consistency
except you get yourself a proper setup which costs plenty
obsidian monolith
sounds like a dream
hot tartan
Nah it’s out on trial market
Some people have it
People in my area literally never heard of it again after corona
That article was back in January
Sounds like Lekker
Yeah who needs WiFi 6 when you had 5G
/s
obsidian monolith
lmao
the good thing is more and more mainboards start to support it
so you don't need to think about pcie cards and so on
someday we should be able to have a local network speed that exceeds 2.5gbit
or mainboard manufacturers finally start to ditch the 1gbit port and put something proper on it 
hot tartan
Anybody knows how internet works? What is handling all the traffic
obsidian monolith
what is internet
hot tartan
For example phone companies charge you for data
obsidian monolith
the reason im paying 120 bucks per month for 250... mbit
hot tartan
Now everything go through internet is so free that you want bigger bandwidth to make use of the freeness
hot tartan
Remember when international texting costed a fortune by letters
Now we spam on discord for free
placid garden
yeah now we got a shitton of undersea cables and instant messaging
hot tartan
How does that work
placid garden
instant messaging or the cables?
hot tartan
The freeness of data
That’s true
But some ISP have uncapped data
You pay for the bandwidth
fringe salmon
*most ips that are not in the US have that
hot tartan
This could turn into something evil
fringe salmon
data limits are arbitrary to make money for no reason in the current infrastructure
hot tartan
don't live in the US is my advice lul
I used to live in Vietnam and data was never unlimited
That means all telephone companies are evil?
BURN THEM ALL
placid garden
my ISP has unlimited caps
hot tartan
@placid garden are you in US?
placid garden
yeah
hot tartan
I’m using Comcast and it has 1TB/mo cap
placid garden
I don't live in the city so I don't have to get capped
yeah I know comcast has caps
i use charter spectrum, and they've been thinking about doing away the unlimited data
kind of sucks since that's what drawn us into their service in the first place
hot tartan
In 2020 I realized all the telephone companies back in the 1900s are greedy fucks
Now I have to build I time machine to burn them all down
Maybe you missed it
In US most go for unlimited but limited plans exist
Same to Aussie
Aussie have it worse imo
hot tartan
mobile plans here are unlimited to a certain limit
@placid garden it’s not really unlimited when you’re limited
Don’t buy marketing scheme
placid garden
yeah, its understandable that they have to throttle it though
hot tartan
They don’t
Fleimi just explained it perfectly
The hard cap was so that businesses will actually buy “business-grade” internet
Without that cap nobody gives a f about business internet
Explains why upload throttling is stupid
And optic fiber drives ISPs nuts
Like, they ain’t happy with Google Fiber AT ALL
US can’t really have nice things when these big wigs exist
placid garden
i'd love fiber but they want to stay on the same old stuff
hot tartan
Same thing to oil industry vs electric cars
i'd love fiber but they want to stay on the same old stuff
EXACTLY why US is a first world country but lacks most current techs
Costs money to change
And big wigs don’t like losing their income
placid garden
yeah, most rural parts of the country are still running on.. DSL
although the suburbs have been getting cable which is a better improvement, but it doesn't hold a light to fiber optic
fading spade
the new COD zombie song references to "ALways Running" :D
fringe salmon
it also is a buggy mess and was given to a youtuber 4 days in advance so the easter egg was found before the game is released and I once again am extremely disappointed in this shit company
fringe salmon
idk some noah guy
small comet
i dont even follow the new cod anymore
fading spade
same :') I just like some of the songs
fringe salmon
but hey, small indie company, it's normal that for like 5 releases in a row it's been a massive shitshow
sand merlin
I'm actually surprised that the ps5 is that big
fading spade
There are people saying that once mojang accounts are transferred to the microsoft account
That you can play with bedrock players
That's BS
They are too different to allow cross play
Also, Mojang confirm if too
https://help.minecraft.net/hc/en-us/articles/360050865492-Minecraft-Java-Edition-Account-Migration-FAQ
fading spade
Hmm....
fading spade
Lol
bitter grotto
Jsshebdz
bleak pike
java edition for sure not
bitter grotto
Fucking linking to Microsoft accounts
fossil solar
fossil solar
small comet
@fading spade they literally wanna write shit so bedrock and java can play together
rich parcel
Has anyone tried using the Xbone PC dongle with the new controller?
feral ferry
The what now
I don't think anyone here has a Series X
At least no one to my knowledge boasted about it
rich parcel
I ordered a controller, and have no idea if i'm going to have to buy a new dongle as well
feral ferry
Prolly not if it's USB-C
small comet
to my knowledge all controllers have their own dongle
between the 360, one and new one
rich parcel
hmm
small comet
ok seem its only 360 and then a dongle for newer
feral ferry
rich parcel
The Xbox Series X controllers are backwards compatible with the Xbox One from what I've heard.
small comet
yes
feral ferry
To me that looks like a normal USB-C
small comet
i just found out aswell
feral ferry
Then it'll work
rich parcel
Cool
feral ferry
"the Series X and Series S controllers are compatible with Xbox One games, the Xbox One console itself and PCs. You can also use your Xbox One controllers on your Series X and Series S."
rich parcel
Nice. Well they didn't change much. I was hoping for haptic feedback but that's a big old nope.
I imagine they'll probably have it on a new pro controller or something
small comet
The best and easiest way to connect the controller to a PC is through a USB 3.0 connection. You can purchase a USB-C cable that can connect into the top of the controller and slot it into the PC through a spare USB port.
The only other way to go about connecting the controller to a PC or laptop is through Xbox Wireless, which may require the additional purchase of an Xbox Wireless Adapter from the Microsoft Store.
Haven't gotten the controller yet
rich parcel
That's all I have, so i'm fine with that
small comet
altho i guess ud also be able to use a c slot
with c to c
really need to order some more 360 controllers
rich parcel
I have the Gears of War xbone controller, and a Razer Wildcat.
Wanted the new white one to match my setup
then people who come over can use the Gears one.
better than trying to find my Wildcat and an extension cable every time
I think you can have multiple controllers on the dongle. Though I've never had an opportunity to try
young crow
gaming
rich parcel
noice
I kind of want one, but I know i'd just play the games on PC instead
BUT, I'd probably use the hell out of backwards compatibility.
I need to know if I can play Tenchu Z on it
then I'm sold
I know Fable 2 is playable
young crow
god that’s some buggy software
rich parcel
I just want it for the potentially higher res
rich parcel
hmm
small comet
and for newer consoles i have a 62" 4k tv
rich parcel
I'd probably end up using my monitor for the new consoles
even if they don't support ultrawide
Alienware AW3420dw
I have a 55" 4k Vizio but the ghosting kills me. Wish I would've spent a little more on a better TV
Depends on the game I guess, but The Witcher 3 looked disgusting on it. Spiritfarer was really nice. Elite Dangerous looks pretty nice too.
young crow
nice download speeds microsoft
rich parcel
Beautiful
rich parcel
I wonder why they measure it in Bits and not Bytes
rich parcel
That'd be the main reason I get one
I already pay for the Game Pass. Might just upgrade to the All Access with the included Xbox when it's available agian.
again*
not a bad deal for $20 more a month
I wish Sony had a similar deal, I'd definitely get one
rich parcel
Oh damn. They have FF8 remastered on it now
Anyone play Phasmophobia?
Most repetitive game ever but I love it
Only ever played it in VR
rich parcel
Can you use the old disks in the Series X for backwards compatibility?
young crow
still much cheaper to get a used disc than to buy the game for the full price
rich parcel
Definitely
How about original Xbox games?
Like if I wanted to pop in Fable: The Lost Chapters
orchid prism
Select games only...so until you jailbreak it and we get the patches games in. Not a super fun time.
orchid prism
Basically the same support list as the One.
rich parcel
That's still a pretty good list
Even Conker, damn
Jedi Academy is on the Xbox? in my head it was WAAAY older than that
Then again the consoles are way older than they are in my head to begin with
rich parcel
Xbox 360 was 15 years ago.... damn
does that make it a vintage console?
I feel old
young crow
in my head vintage is pre 90s
young crow
idk, calling n64 vintage is a bit of a stretch for me
rich parcel
I'm 27
young crow
i’m younger 😛
rich parcel
haha
I just remember going bananas with my cousin when he got Ocarina of Time in the mail, and sitting glued to the TV while he played it
orchid prism
i doubt series s/x will get hacked
@young crow It's rarely about the goal and more about challenge.
young crow
microsoft offers a really good buck though
eh, doubt a single exploit will go public
retroarch can just be installed in dev mode anyways, don’t really care about it getting hacked
orchid prism
I just want control over my console. Even if it costs me online access.
Always been my prime requirement. Going back to the Xbox OG.
Which basically kick-started the HTPC.
small comet
but xbox one also had the dev mode
rich parcel
My current PC is probably going to turn into an emulation station whenever I upgrade
young crow
i almost regret buying the console now, refuses to output audio via hdmi half the time for some reason
rich parcel
If a 5600 and 3080 ever go in stock when I have the money to spend
Wot
a crazy thing to happen
orchid prism
but xbox one also had the dev mode
@small comet Does Dev mode allow you full hardware access though? Typically these don't get full GPU resources and such.
small comet
it literally just turns ur xbox one into a dev kit
young crow
it very likely does
small comet
including all the agreements u give
orchid prism
👍
small comet
and u have to switch back out
meaning u cant play retail shit while in dev mode
this also makes dev kit units almost useless
except for some deeper details like frametimes etc
which id assume are still bound to some special dev kit
small comet
?
young crow
didn’t even edit the strings to include series s/x
orchid prism
It isn't free on the new ones.
small comet
and yes actual devkits seem to have extra ports for serial shit
orchid prism
30$
small comet
which the retail consoles dont have
small comet
so everyone signing ndas now just to emulate on their console?
orchid prism
young crow
yeah series s/x both just run the same os as the one
dev mode shows 10.0.19041.5082 build
which is xbox one os, according to google
small comet
which is understandable
cause its basically a hardware upgrade
plus the os is rather similar to windows
feral ferry
Destiny 2 fails to captivate me
Feels like a weird claustrophobic backpedaling shooter
young crow
god the loading times on this console are comically short
rich parcel
I played destiny 2 for a couple hours and couldn't remember what happened. Haven't played it since.
Has the same level of complexity as Borderlands for me.
Don't care for either of them in the slightest
It'll be nice when the storage tech comes to PC. Already have a nice M.2 and plan on getting a 3080 when I can.. So hopefully I'll be good to go when it's implemented.
idk if it's an OS thing, or a GPU architecture thing... Haven't looked into it too much.
unless it's gonna be a chipset thing... oof
feral ferry
@rich parcel Afaik it's a Windows thingy
But CPUs need to add support or something, I'm not fairly sure
rich parcel
bigger oof then, if it's a CPU thing
ripe tendon
I remember playing Destiny 2 and absolutely loving the intro mission then never being captivated by it again in any way. 😦
feral ferry
What pissed me off is the recycling of the same area what, 3-4 times?
Same area, same approach, but just different context of why you have to go there
And that's just the tutorial
Also running around collecting "electric orbs" in a fetch mission is kinda 2000s ngl
ripe tendon
Yeah that got old. And then the part where you wanted to do raids but they were like "nah, you gotta queue with clan members to do that."
feral ferry
I do Warframe sorties solo
Those are the "high end missions"
And they are perfectly soloable
rich parcel
I thought the game was very pretty. But if I can zone out and still complete missions/levels it's not a game for me
feral ferry
I just don't play with other players
I enjoy some challenge 😄
But yeah the "Tower" hub reminded me of Horizon Zero Dawn in a way
Very pretty hub
Apparently I reached level 20 but no one told me about it
In general the gun system feels weird
rich parcel
I played Boringlands 1 a lot when it came out. haven't been able to stand anything like it, or any of them since
feral ferry
Boringlands
I played it for a few hours I think
It was alright until I came across the shielded enemies
Why the fuck I can't shoot with a sniper rifle through the cracks in the shield?
The broken ass hitboxes pissed me off
rich parcel
Bullet Sponge != difficulty
ripe tendon
I don't mind BL3 so much but I definitely gotta be in the mood for mindless shooting.
feral ferry
Nah the shield hitbox was much bigger than the actual game model
And that seriously pissed me off
If you label yourself as an FPS work on your hitboxes
ripe tendon
That's damn near every modern FPS though
feral ferry
If a body part was sticking out from the shield protected area and you wanted to shoot at it
rich parcel
yeah
feral ferry
Shield hitbox would still protect it
ripe tendon
either shit hitboxes or if it's competitive it has shit servers or hosting
rich parcel
Also, it really sucks when semi-skill based games devolve into a boringlands type experience
like Monster Hunter World
these days I can completely zone out and be just fine
barely have to pay attention anymore
it was one of my favorite games
Tempered Ruiner Nergigante being easy mode ruined the game for me. Haven't played it since.
feral ferry
Dunno I have yet to find the perfect game
ripe tendon
and you won't
feral ferry
It would have to keep throwing something new at me and keep me on the edge
Either keep me on the edge or give me a limitless sandbox
ripe tendon
unless they come up with some insane game where AI reacts and adjusts things constantly to your specific needs
Then sure, maybe
rich parcel
I think they just need a game with AI that just watches how people play, and creates ways to counter it
but yeah. Probably far off from that
RTS's will probably be the first to get that
Imagine something like Dank Souls with an AI enhanced difficulty level
young crow
@rich parcel tried inserting a compatible 360 disc
it just instantly downloads the "enhanced" version
rich parcel
I guess that's acceptable
young crow
no need to search for it in the store etc
rich parcel
define "enhanced"
orchid prism
That's very nice of them.