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#lounge
summer cedar
I mean, I need the bare minimum for wielding a crossbow, but other than that.... HP!!!!
sweet!
how good is dodge?
I mean evasion?
ikr!
That was my gripe with evasion in PoE 1, too.
Keeping it reliable was a pita.
You know, the mobs in the Cemetery of the Fallen have shield reflect.
All my crossbow fragments were reflected back at me.
I had to roll BEHIND them and fire.
I think the thorns build is quite reliable with a shield.
fathom wadi
I had to roll BEHIND them and fire.
excavation mobs with shields were always a pain too. Did they apply the 360 block to mobs too in poe2?
summer cedar
no, you can hit them from the sides and also in their mid-attack animation.
fathom wadi
nice
yeah I got a copy but I've only played 2 hours so far. I decided to wait until more of the community have figured things out. I don't fancy getting stuck in reroll hell because of changes.
I've had this week to relax so I accidentally stumbled upon Warhammer 40k - Rogue Trader. I need to step away from that game or I'm gonna lose another 150 hours before I get back to doing all the setup for a Fab plugin release.
summer cedar
Then ignore the following post:
Bladedancers are absolutely awesome in how they can 'decorate' the landscape with BLLLUUUUDDDDDD!
fathom wadi
i went for a pyro psyker so I just melt people 😄
summer cedar
oh yes. Navigators are cool, too!
GAZE... MELT! WIN!
I need to replay the whole game, though. 😦 The latest patch added SO MUCH content.
fathom wadi
I had it on my radar at one point, then I think Baldur's Gate 3 overshadowed it and pushed it out of my memory. Glad I found it though. It's been a while since I enjoyed a good 40k game
fathom wadi
it's always baffled me that they haven't sequenced The Horus Heresy properly in a video game yet
soft night
fathom wadi
I've been hoping that the 40k series with Cavill starts with it. There is so much intro stuff that is mind blowing and could setup the extra demand a movie/tv series needs to sustain
I mean everything really branches from there as it is
the effects budget would be insanity though I bet.
I guess. Never thought about it really
I only ever dabbled in classic warhammer. Tyrion and Teclis storyline was kinda cool but I dipped when Teclis lifted an entire mountain and dropped it on an army.
summer cedar
@zinc matrix I have created a light bolter in PoE 2. 😄
I am happy.
I shall whip myself in devotion to the Golden Throne.
fathom wadi
May your welfare Emperor sit idle in his tomb of psychic cowardice as the warp burns closer to the very soul of the imperium !
summer cedar
Better than your meek and treacherous gods who hide behind their unworthy minions, feeding them to the glories of the heavy bolter!
In other news, welfare tax shall be increased by two bodies per household, per day throughout the imperium.
fathom wadi
Meanwhile the Tau sit doing algebra and calculus and the Necrons roam around like a goth George A Romero army
summer cedar
The Necrons are the Star Trek Borg in the Imperium.
We need plot armour to win against them, ultimately.
soft night
from this gif i think of blue man with cybernetic future? where also Deja is fully build robot
broken sigil
lol
errant raven
We need plot armour to win against them, ultimately.
Named space marines:
Okay what the absolute fuck is the skill tree in poe 2
That's a damn rain forest
Several trees
soft night
summer cedar
Okay what the absolute fuck is the skill tree in poe 2
That's only one of the skill trees.
summer cedar
I have seen five skill trees altogether, if I remember.
There MIGHT be a few more, but I don't remember, or I never went that far to the end game.
errant raven
Poe 1 installed, and some random bundle thing that came with ps+ extra. Gonna play after my belly settles
summer cedar
Use a guide for your first build.
unborn lotus
the great VR comeback
errant raven
Use a guide for your first build.
I'll wait until I got atleast 30 points or so accumulated
summer cedar
you will suffer for no reason.
errant raven
Unless respeccing perk tree is a waste of material
summer cedar
just use a guide.
errant raven
Also
Cole train, favorite character from gears of war
His VA, just found out is Lester Speight
Better known as Terry tate: office linebacker
errant raven
just use a guide.
I like big swords, what class do i pick. I havent launched the game yet
errant raven
[Insert disappointed mexican dad sigh]
Any Ultra weapons
You know, supersized versions of regular weapons
Just bigger great weapons
summer cedar
Same answer. Check a guide.
That's what they are there for.
Otherwise, you'll screw up.
errant raven
I just wanna know if they're in the gammmmmee mannnnnnnnn
I'm gonna spend the next 24 hours trying to name my god damn character man
Hodd Toward wasnt taken
Wow, that really is a pretty massive skill tree...
Is it just all the classes trees combined into 1
summer cedar
Is it just all the classes trees combined into 1
That isn't a class tree. It's the passive skill tree that all the professions can use. Each profession has three classes to choose from later on. Each of those classes has its own tree.
summer cedar
Also, there are empty sockets at the ends of that passive tree, where you can slot node gems to expand it further, according to the skills you need.
errant raven
summer cedar
Hence, #lounge message
Also, did you make your character in the League, or in the Standard?
errant raven
What do you mean
summer cedar
when you made your character, you had to choose from standard, current league, SSF, hardcore, etc.
errant raven
It just took me to character selection, told me to pick, so I did
Well actually I hit the create account thing amd that took me to character selection. Didnt get any other options
summer cedar
Well, it won't matter for now. You can figure that out once you get a hang of the game.
errant raven
Guide didnt mention what to take from tarkleigh
summer cedar
The support gems you get as quest rewards will also be available for purchase from the vendors after that quest.
so pick what is good for your attack gem.
errant raven
How do I get scrolls of wisdom
One got consumed when I I looted stuff off some corpses
wispy rain
Whatchu guys playing?
wispy rain
Just lying on the couch... Not as exciting
summer cedar
You could use your brainchip to play Counter Strike on the couch.
wispy rain
Oh wows poe2 is hot off the press
errant raven
I'm going back to eldennring till I watch more poe guides
This is too much to absorb at once
errant raven
Link me off to a credible poe tuber
summer cedar
Tuber is not good for beginners.
Reading is better.
summer cedar
smart people, usually
summer cedar
I'm smart
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZMJyAnks0c - This might be nice for you.
You can use a big weapon.
Also, you don't have to read.
summer cedar
That isn't min-maxing. It's surviving.
Min-maxing comes later.
Path of Exile 1 is complicated. 😄
errant raven
I just dont want weak build, I want strong man big sword
summer cedar
I just dont want weak build, I want strong man big sword
And you don't have to read with this video.
errant raven
With 600+ passive nodes to choose from, I'm not taking any chances man.
And whatever else trees in the game are
Man it sure is windy outside
Felt like a damn shockwave from a big bomb
summer cedar
You never know, bro. Them drones be strong, stealthy, invisibly like.
summer cedar
Them aliens send those drones against us good folks.
errant raven
All that wind is being pushed through the nights right into us
summer cedar
Valley concentrations are intense, yeah.
We get pretty strong winds here at times, with accompanying dust. bleh.
How hot are your summers?
40C here. 104F.
errant raven
Like peak is 92-95f
summer cedar
hopefully dry?
errant raven
But its humid. Between 80-100% humidity
summer cedar
Shit.
errant raven
Often barely ever below 90
summer cedar
It's relatively dry here most of the time. 25-30% all day, except for two hours, one in the morning and evening each, when it shoots up to 60%.
No clue why that happens. Should've studied meterology at some point, dang it.
summer cedar
because of all the Mt. Dew we drink?
summer cedar
I know. but I didn't know the word.
Holy shit. Explosive shot is nice! (Crossbow, PoE 2).
summer cedar
what's this skate drama thingy?
errant raven
One of the biggest influential channels for skating turned out to be a scientology money farm
summer cedar
ack
errant raven
Braille skateboarding
90% of the brand, including producers/camera men were scientologists
And the creator of the skate brand, Aaron Kryo, destroyed the skate warehouse and stuff
summer cedar
le sigh
errant raven
6 years lol
How awesome is it that 6 years later at the same time I subscribed to them, I get disappointed by them
summer cedar
serendipitous
errant raven
Well not exactly the same time, different month and day, but time wise
errant raven
serendipitous
What's that mean
errant raven
I've been subscribed to these guys for a while now too
The video I watched by moist critical that got me to subscribe was a glory hole parody ad he made
cursive crypt
the great VR comeback
What VR you have? 🤔
unborn lotus
What VR you have? 🤔
Quest 2 😁
proud jay
about 40
errant raven
40 what
summer cedar
green
errant raven
I was right to fear the room in irythyll dungeon that has the 7 jailers in it
They destroyed every boss except a few gimmick bosses and gael
And also gravetender. But they got gael, gravetender, and halflight to one hit.
They one shot midir
summer cedar
which game is this?
daring ice
tulip orbit
any 3dmodellers with blender skeletal meshes exp around? Making a gun turret, but its currently comprised of several seperate meshes. To get into UE properly, does it have to be joined to a single mesh?
well the import dialog has a "combine mesh" option, so it should be fine on that front...
I'm not far from a test, so I guess I'll try it
seemed to work fine, once I fixed the root bone... now to attempt animating it
tulip orbit
think I got it now
soft night
cursive crypt
think I got it now
Nope?
Skelmeshes are imported at once, I have forgotten the options tho.
errant raven
Yes
I woke up with my cats ass in my face, where her ass was when I woke up, her head used to be there before I went to sleep
tulip orbit
Nope?
Yeah I got the turret working, I had to get a local aim rotation cause if I transform the turret bones in any way other than bone space, it goes all wierd. Possibly have the bones rotated wrong in blender? I dunno
but now I'm having issues getting the weapon as a whole attaching to the mesh in the proper spot
errant raven
Wooo one shotting everything until good passives are 100% necessary
tulip orbit
I thought I had it working with the last weapon, but not sure what was going on to get it to look right...
cursive crypt
I thought I had it working with the last weapon, but not sure what was going on ...
There is an weird bone shit when Blender -> UE. I recall figuring it out before, but I forgot it 😅 iirc, one of the axes was swapped and Blender is using two point to describe a bone, not one as UE and this was further shit. On other hand you may try the UE Blender plugin, it might work.
These months I work on the backend so my front end skills degraded.
errant raven
Holy shit, Daleks from dr who are literally just the imperium of mankind
I dont have a ign account, they too bad at rating games
I'm joking, its Hodd_Toward
cursive crypt
Ah, yes, the Y was inverted. And some other FBX poo, like scale 🤔
errant raven
It's okay, I'll eventually find one of those
I dont think I can use a bow
Any time
It's a Saturday
Yeah Saturdays I take breaks from sitting on my ass, to lay on my ass. I love Saturdays
Yes woohoo
Settlers league, what's that
Apparently I'm in that or whatever
errant raven
Where do I go for the trading thingy
tulip orbit
lol, I adjusted it, and now all the parts are rotated out of edit mode
errant raven
I'm online now
Hownto party up
That is not me
It did not
Poe 1 sont have it
Yee
Still no pc
tulip orbit
yeah, Eh, I've got the gun ingame and working, so I'm not too worried about that now. Just woke from a nap so head still fuzzy. My concern now is the gun actually getting mounted properly when it spawned in
but thanks for the help and suggestions
I think the scale on my particle fx is off
errant raven
Poe 1 seems pointless to play
There's a semi massive channel on youtube for elden ring called OnlyWaifu.
Bad takes, obviously never played any other fromsoft game.
summer cedar
Holy light bolter.
He's level 34. I've been levelling pretty fast.
In Act 3 normal right now.
summer cedar
😄
They know they can hit your bell, right?
Also, as a monk, you can swap to a crossbow with rapid shot to REALLY hit the bell fast.
Like 14 attacks per second fast.
You don't need to hit the swap button either.
So long as you have rapid shot clip loaded and the crossbow shot skill in your quickbar, just use it.
Your character will automatically swap.
I am trying to build a rapid shot crossbow with as many status ailments as possible.
Getting a crossbow with a high physical damage at my level is a challenge.
This is why I need 521 STR by the way.
And I have TWO of those.
Balancing downside, STR X 3 required.
He needs to do it faster for T8+.
Yeah, waystones instead of maps.
I think T1 to T5/6 might be whites.
T7 to T10/11 might be yellows.
Everything above that'd be red.
I am not using grenades. So, no.
You can load just what you want.
Yeah, Rapid Shot skill.
Explosive Shot is ridiculously powerful, too.
But I am not bothering with the extra skill slot and duplicate gem ascendancy. I am going for the attribute boosts and focusing on STR.
This is going to be one TANKY gemling.
@zinc matrix All of you got your first ascendancy points, right?
Perhaps your second set of points, too?
It's harder as a group.
urf.
I love crafting in PoE 2, though.
They really made it fun with the good currency drop rates.
They need to do something creative with the attributes, though.
Right now, with a node that allows you to use your highest attribute for all requirements, there's no need to take anything except strength.
And since strength gives life, that gives it even more importance.
I like their thought process on this, allowing everyone to build decent defences and survivability, but there needs to be more twists and turns with the attribs. Some reason to choose dex and int.
soft night
soft night
errant raven
@zinc matrix should I bulldoze my way to the dragoncrest talisman and fight Melania crippled of miquella
brittle holly
Ooh new season https://youtu.be/ByCxxZOwQUI?si=gVyGufs4Qrb_ub0L
cursive crypt
Ooh new season https://youtu.be/ByCxxZOwQUI?si=gVyGufs4Qrb_ub0L
Was the first good? It is in the todo list. Looks like some mini series of brittish humor.
brittle holly
Was the first good? It is in the todo list. Looks like some mini series of britt...
Yeah it’s fairly funny as British humour goes
cursive crypt
Will put +1 to the priority then.
Tho we just started with Fargo, which I already watched, but completely forgot.
Is that some zoomer's mobile game?
Peak design.
So, an average supermarket?
Having waifus is never balanced.
errant raven
Haha eletrical socket just went boom
I'm no electrician but I'm trying to fix a wall plug myself
No idea why my fingers turned black, didnt get electrocuted
Fo tingle tho lol
cursive crypt
You just short circuited it? Either the conductors isolated themselves fast enough, your fuse blew up, or something worse.
errant raven
Short circuit
Put some of those wire caps on to separate em, secured em in place with electrical tape, now it's working just fine.
unborn lotus
Did you not turn off the breaker first?
errant raven
Yaknowwwwww
Didnt feel like waiting 5 minutes for the wifi to kick back up
Also it wasnt a wall socket, just a plug you plug into it
The lil thing on TVs and stuff, with the two metal prongs
summer cedar
Tankhead
Screenie is from a YT video.
Looks interesting.
You do see the head.
It's hovering, bottom-left.
Detachable head for extra thoughts.
errant raven
You just short circuited it? Either the conductors isolated themselves fast enou...
Is this safe and proper fine electrical work
Wire nuts and electape looking good?
Just gonna wrap her back up, make it look neat again
cursive crypt
If this is going to be under stress, like pulling/stretching, you need more.
summer cedar
Looks like it. But, the writing is not pious enough in the number of lines.
You must enhance it with even more writing.
errant raven
Front and back
summer cedar
line spacing is blasphemous
empty space is heresy.
every inch must be flooded with devout words.
summer cedar
you may use a chisel and a hammer instead.
errant raven
That's even worse
summer cedar
a needle and thread is also permissible, so long as the thread is soaked in piety.
translated, blud.
I am desperately clawing my way to 521 strength; the Emperor grant me muscular grace.
errant raven
If this is going to be under stress, like pulling/stretching, you need more.
Yeah I had it wrapped in more, this is just to show it's in wire nuts.
summer cedar
@zinc matrix Meow! 🐱
From Kong I have come,
To King I have become.
Both 2-h maces have + melee skill mods. My normal attack is 30,000. 😄 That's without rage.
errant raven
When you gonna touch some grass man
summer cedar
When you gonna touch some grass man
Do you mean go outside? or something else?
summer cedar
I already did.
We went to a three star hotel today.
Had amazing Hyderabadi biryani, spiced soya chunks, dal fry, etc.
Then went and saw all the amazing Christmas decorations. 😄
errant raven
I have no idea what any of that is except Christmas decorations
summer cedar
most of that is food, minus the decorations. 😄
errant raven
Well I know its food
summer cedar
why? it's useless.
errant raven
Because it is fun
summer cedar
that's what expensive computers, and video games are for. 😄
errant raven
Ubisoft environments are beautiful
summer cedar
Did you look at Tankhead?
errant raven
But, they pale in comparison to real life
summer cedar
It was released on EGS.
Splattercat played it today.
Very nice. The devs have actually optimised it and it's just their first game.
errant raven
What , what and who
summer cedar
TANKHEAD
errant raven
What is tank head
summer cedar
One word. A game.
summer cedar
it's in that genre, yes. But, what's more important is..... TANK
TANK
You can see it on Splattercat's channel. It's a nice video, too.
errant raven
This is just a game about mortal engines
graceful sequoia
reminds me of tank, I guess he left, that sucks
cursive crypt
He had a bit of rough edges, but otherwise an okay fella. I recall he said leaving for indefinite time 🤔
proud jay
@broken sigil if you still need to convince people to play titanfall 2, it's on sale for 3 bucks atm
fluid bloom
this is why I bought a laser level
cursive crypt
ngl, it looks cool, does it cuts legs?
median wraith
this is why I bought a laser level
hahaah
narrow sorrel
Hi. do you know about memes? Can anyone remember those super mario memes from first level of the first game where mario touches the goomba and the whole game breaks. Looks like it was done with blender in 5 minutes and they were really low quality.
cursive crypt
fluid bloom
broken sigil
<@261183265438695424> if you still need to convince people to play titanfall 2, ...
😆
I need to get back into titanfall, haven't played it for a while
soft night
ham is so good
pearl elk
Titanfelloff
zinc wagon
https://tenor.com/view/titanfall-2-gif-8938075467642203347
do you ever actually talk in this chat? everytime you just post gifs i never actually seen you say anything lmao
the fact that you've been doing this bit for this long is pretty impressive though lol
brittle holly
do you ever actually talk in this chat? everytime you just post gifs i never act...
He does sometimes but there’s a bit of a lang barrier
And also prly some mental health thing, so we tolerate it 😄
white oxide
this is why I bought a laser level
then the cat goes and jumps on it
mild gust
summer cedar
He does sometimes but there’s a bit of a lang barrier
Only a tiny bit.
I am pretty sure that Janisku can speak decent English when he wants to. 😄
soft night
well this is interesting footage https://x.com/Texasbrn/status/1870998736945750046
Twitter
summer cedar
It's the Aquarians!
To arms, brothers!
Worship the Heavy Bolters!
Load the ammunition!
Chant the sacred psalms of purity!
soft night
manta rays
cursive crypt
the fact that you've been doing this bit for this long is pretty impressive thou...
Janisku is bae in lounge, and only positives can be said. Respect 🙏
mild gust
But a ploy to steal affiliates
errant raven
Who could've guessed
Howd it take so long to find out if they (content creators) weren't getting affiliate money. Knowing full and damn well they would have some side cash coming in from some of their viewers through it
errant raven
Also, just found out that Young sheldon (a spin off) got a spinoff show about Georgie Jr and mandy.
summer cedar
Has anyone used Affinity products, Designer, Photo, and/or Publisher?
unborn lotus
I have a friend that swears by them
summer cedar
I liked the reviews. They have a universal license that drew my eye. One time purchase.
errant raven
@zinc matrix I got 5 invasions within 2-6 seconds back to back in ds3. Which was a better result than it was in elden ring when I did invasions in elden ring
I also just dropped extra +3 and 2 rings to people. And extra armour sets (ringed knight)
Gave one person Solaies set
proud jay
any of you guys played Get To Work?
finally completed it yesterday in 14 hours and 25 min
then did rerun in 1h9m lol
and then another run in 31 min
summer cedar
No. Is it good?
tulip orbit
I'm gonna play that in about half an hour, should take me 8hrs to complete
then I get to do it again tomorrow
cursive crypt
I'm currently playing, Watching Dumb in a Monitor V.2
proud jay
No. Is it good?
I like it
the fact that I completed it 4 times already says enough
just beat it in 26:13 now
oh yeah baby
summer cedar
I'm currently playing, Watching Dumb in a Monitor V.2
What's this game?
unborn lotus
I'm currently playing, Watching Dumb in a Monitor V.2
Im playing V3, cant believe how dumb the guy is now
cursive crypt
My, kbd case is wooden 🤔
But the caps is a new thing. I would miss the light if I ever used one tho.
soft night
ben yeah saw like pyramid on one time
celest musk
yea, when you have machines for probably >$100k
cursive crypt
Kinda chill clip, I liked it.
queen isle
zinc wagon
And also prly some mental health thing, so we tolerate it 😄
ah that explains things 😅
and i dont tolerate it, i actually like them. just kinda brings a nice vibe to the conversation lol
like he provides a fitting backdrop
carmine frigate
with the twitter compression i would be able to see AI artifacts if it had 16 fingers.
errant raven
Kinda, I'm not sure if what I got invaded by was a Npc or not, but they was using the sellsword twin daggers or something like that
The phantom support guys for host of embers were using unique stuff, and so were hoe's
errant raven
No it was up towards anor Londo
Ive ran that route 5 times, first time being invaded there. So it might've been a real player. They just fought like an Npc
tulip orbit
pale scarab
tulip orbit
yeah I only just used it briefly last night and I'm not a fan
narrow sorrel
I found the lq mario videos! 😄
celest musk
still no wishlist...
is it really so hard to add a array field to the user data table which holds the wishlisted items?
narrow sorrel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4P28bjjgGA no need to thank me, i know its good.
upper gazelle
hey yall
white oxide
it looks SOOO much bigger walking the foundation mold than it did when we wired everything out with string
cursive crypt
it looks SOOO much bigger walking the foundation mold than it did when we wired ...
At the end, is this a villa or?
errant raven
Man I actually got invaded quite a lot
But it was only "fuck you" builds
And its only in areas where theres a ton of environmental enemies. Dudes really trying their best to be as obnoxious as possible
mild gust
Isn't that the point of invading
errant raven
Yes but no
Most people just wanna pvp because the game is easy but the combat is fun.
Some just wanna be obnoxious as hell
They're not even good at pvp. I could've killed both who invaded me, but I was in a rush to go grab another set of ringed knight armour and both ringed knight weapons
mild gust
You'll get em next time
pearl elk
yeah I only just used it briefly last night and I'm not a fan
Im more of a propeller than a fan
soft night
mery unrealmas
tulip orbit
wtf. just imported the third person char from another project and some anims, when I clicked on an anim it said it had no skeleton so I selected the only manny skel I had...
I'm a little scared by that...
rocky barn
I wish all of you internet friends peaceful winter solstice celebrations sunny snowflake
errant raven
Dont be weird bro, its 2024, call it fuckin Christmas.
tulip orbit
well in that case, merry fuckin Christmas
summer cedar
I wish all of you internet friends peaceful winter solstice celebrations sunny s...
Happy holidays and a very Merry Christmas to you and your family, too.
May you enjoy delicious cake and sweets, and optionally - for Ambulance - drugs.
soft night
errant raven
Here I was playing master duel, i only needed one more win to get 100 gems for the 600 I needed to buy this fomo bait duel field.
First game this dick head just so happens to run super polymerization. Proper outplayed, okay cool next game.
Next game I played a prick shithead running yubel (whole premise of that is that their monsters cant be destroyed by battle, but if they're destroyed by called effects and sent to the graveyard they can just be brought back to the field instantly. Each monster has their unique effect too). Physically could not do anything against it
summer cedar
Hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas, good food, warmth and sweets, and lots of happy gaming.
The Christmas trees in the temple town. The second and third pics are the same tree.
errant raven
Its December 25th in europe ain't it
What happens tomorrow for us outside in europe
summer cedar
Doubt it. It's 24th here still. The trees were put up three days ago.
errant raven
Dont tell me, it might mess up the time line
summer cedar
They'll be up till the new year. 😄
summer cedar
We don't get snow here, thankfully. No one has any experience with it and half the town would be in the hospital by the next day / probably most of the country.
soft night
it ssnowing right now
soft night
it rained yesterday
summer cedar
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/sGtHyAoXxPw - Christmas events from the prayer hall. These are very short clips stitched together from the 2-3 hour long event.
They'll probably be doing a lot of this over the next few days, before New Year's events.
soft night
after rain it was suprisde it snowed, as some times winter got very slushy weather
errant raven
after rain it was suprisde it snowed, as some times winter got very slushy weath...
Get flavored syrup for free unlimited snow cones
soft night
windus i watched one documentary episode what covered gagnes, how it is so dirty in downstream when its clear on mountain
summer cedar
windus i watched one documentary episode what covered gagnes, how it is so dirty...
Because almost a hundred million people live in that area downstream. Also, 'downstream' is a bit of a broad ranging term for that river. It covers a huge area at base level.
In the place you mentioned, industrial sewage is also dumped into it. There're religious rituals that involve dumping things inside it, too.
You can go further upstream and still be technically 'downstream', where it is quite clean and nice. Those places are away from the temple and industries.
white oxide
windus i watched one documentary episode what covered gagnes, how it is so dirty...
welcome to silt
erosions little friend, and the source of all river deltas
soft night
erosions little friend, and the source of all river deltas
more like when people make the dump to river all kind of dump
fathom wadi
or it's the Morlocks from H.G. Wells' The Time Machine, and we are all hyponotised to consume and become their food.
white oxide
why is GTA 6 spending a year as a console exclusive? isnt a good chunk of their playerbase on the PC?
summer cedar
The Sai organisation in my town sent a group over there to build an area for devotees, where the river would be clean - I think upstream from the regular place.
The government organises cleaning campaigns and things improve for a few days. But, 100 million people + industries + religion won't move anywhere else. So.... not really.
But, you can always go upstream, away from the crowded places, if you want to see a purer river.
celest musk
why is GTA 6 spending a year as a console exclusive? isnt a good chunk of their ...
i feel like GTA may be one of those games which get a pretty good deal with Sony in the first place, which may make it worth to consider it as an option
it's a mutual interest with 0 piracy for rockstar and better sales for the consoles for Sony
fathom wadi
The exclusivity isn't the real question for me.
It's "What motivation do I have to spend half a grand on a console, then pay monthly to use it, to play perhaps one or two games a year" ?
white oxide
its on both xbox and ps a year before going to PC
white oxide
The exclusivity isn't the real question for me.
It's "What motivation do I have...
this
tbh by the time it gets to PC it may end up being a dead game
celest musk
and i think rockstar is just used to it?!
they make console games since GTA3 (maybe even before?!)
white oxide
they need to get with the times
fathom wadi
although I do prefer the xbox series X in general, it's still not enough for me. If the xbox did more PC related stuff better I'd likely use it more.
white oxide
given how many games this year alone have flopped miserably with such huge budgets
celest musk
also i feel like console players are more likely to buy their shark cards
white oxide
concord being the most spectacularly
celest musk
which gives them some extra cash without actually selling games
white oxide
and they cant sell on all 3 stores at once to get even more
celest musk
GTA Online rakes in about $800 million yearly from Shark Cards alone. according to google
fathom wadi
one solid advantage to the console version will be if you want to do the multiplayer. PC multiplayer for GTA was a truly horrendous experience
ashen marlin
getting ready to make some Chocolat Cheau 🙂
white oxide
pc for mp was terrible because they put zero effort into not making it so
like the stupid bikes
and zero anticheat beyond "games files have changed"
celest musk
the opressor never was an issue, the cheaters are
fathom wadi
I mean specifically the cheating side of things.
white oxide
they took like 10 years to add battle eye and that almost overnight killed the cheating
celest musk
lol, they did nothing
cheats have been back few days later!?
the issue is their P2P protocol, which they aren't going to fix by slapping battleEye on the client
ashen marlin
do you guys know that the GTA franchise is the single most attacked franchise of any other thing online?
more than banks. government websites, airlines, etc
white oxide
you have a game focused on being a criminal
fathom wadi
considering how rough the grind is for GTA:O and how much time gets wasted by some dude throwing tanks from a rooftop or doing kamikazi dives before taking off immediately to do it again, it's a tough game to get your progress in optimal time. If it were other players legitimately blocking you I wouldn't mind. But hacking crosses lines.
ashen marlin
dont konw if its mad kids, or foreign actors, or what
white oxide
what else do you expect
ashen marlin
lol true
ashen marlin
considering how rough the grind is for GTA:O and how much time gets wasted by so...
hacking would be putting it lightly
white oxide
Im fine with hacking as long as its not detrimental to others
celest musk
dont konw if its mad kids, or foreign actors, or what
which interest would a foreign actor have if their enemies sit in front of the PC all day long
if someone should be interested in hacking GTA it would be your own government if they would give a f...
white oxide
I usually only hacked to remove the annoying cops or to give my friend free cars
ashen marlin
which interest would a foreign actor have if their enemies sit in front of the P...
because the money to put forth a 40gbit+ attack is beyond a mad script kiddie
celest musk
but the motive for some foreign country isn't there
white oxide
and the unlimited ammo because rockstar made the smallest pullets worth like a full mission to refil
ashen marlin
which is what makes me wonder who with legit money is doing this and why? is it those silly cards?
ashen marlin
but the motive for some foreign country isn't there
wouldn't be so sure on that
celest musk
so which motive do they have?
ashen marlin
sorry, let me back up. not at a governmental level, but high paid/connected foreigners with access to bandwidth/botnets
fathom wadi
blackmail by security
ashen marlin
i'm not saying thats all it is, but just saying that mad kids don't have money or know how to launch a massive attack
celest musk
ok, but why?
fathom wadi
money
ashen marlin
this was bigger than the wells fargo attack and others
i'm trying to remember when we had the 1tbit+ attack for first time if it was them...
white oxide
could be some uber wealthy 20 something with a trust fund who simply got angry at the hackers and decided to petulently attack the game
celest musk
i kind of doubt that since the network was kind of stable when i used to play GTA Online
it's more that there are just a shit ton of cheating kids out there
ashen marlin
there is that
celest musk
and toxic people
fathom wadi
This year the MGM Casino in Las Vegas was hacked. The hackers blocked all monetary transactions leaving people unable to get their money out. They asked for millions and MGM immediately paid it. The offsets of profit vs fighting the criminals who exploit your weakness are an accountable situation to develop stragegy. Paying is often the best one.
ashen marlin
so you saying its mostly anger based?
white oxide
im fine with hacks, its toxic hackers that are the problem
ashen marlin
This year the MGM Casino in Las Vegas was hacked. The hackers blocked all moneta...
venetian also got hit $90m ransom
celest musk
🤷 often it seems so, since they try to jail you etc. and enjoy bothering players (tho that probably is only a small group of cheaters, but it's them who stand out)
ashen marlin
the ultimate crossing the line for me is when people get swatted
those responsibl,e for that should rot in prison
especially if somebody was killed
oh wah you head shotted me in cod, let's try to get your whol efamily killed? gtfo
celest musk
yea, welcome to this clown world
ashen marlin
luckily, i know all the guys that would try to swat me in my city lol
as inthe actual police forces
unless it was federal
celest musk
for a moment i was worried those mental ill players are your friends 😄
ashen marlin
i was worried that would come out that way lol
i've driven by a few places that were in the process of active swats
the urge to record is strong, but you should probably gtf away in case stray bullets fire
ashen marlin
yeap
also considering some people behind that door may have nothing to lose
which is a dangerous scenario. i appreciate cops, but i would never want to be one especially in this day and age.
white oxide
still, there are ways to mitigate the online issues
white oxide
any game where theres any sort of low bar for entry and can foster agression will get hacked like crazy
very few hacks in something like nebulous
ashen marlin
yea man im talking outside the norm and move the needle statistically 🙂
i can also go back and replay a full attack byte for byte and analyze if needs be
celest musk
yea, the more intelligence is required to master a game the less likely it is to find toxic people, and in general PvP tends to be more toxic than PvE games
ashen marlin
yup
white oxide
ive noticed that mp hacks in strategy games tend to either not exist or are easily patched
celest musk
my personal experience
ashen marlin
which also means when you have less younger crowd
fathom wadi
I wonder how much Hello Kitty games get hacked
ashen marlin
i used to play Eve online which...was kinda a tough game. but i really dont recall bad downtime or hacks, and way less kiddies
white oxide
ye
ashen marlin
you have a better chance of encountering a 12 year old with adhd on fortnite than eve
fathom wadi
yeah its all 40 year olds with adhd on Eve
white oxide
its straddling the line bwteen kids with mommy's credit card and the complexity to not draw in toxics that is the true hard part
ashen marlin
also ccp was i think the first company to do this game cluster type setup similar to 'cloud' before cloud was a thing. they never really revealed th eir secret sauce afaik
ashen marlin
yeah its all 40 year olds with adhd on Eve
^^
white oxide
EVE was fun for a short while, but it really is a stock market sim with a space game skin
ashen marlin
yeah its all 40 year olds with adhd on Eve
totally me but i still have a good job so 🙂
ashen marlin
EVE was fun for a short while, but it really is a stock market sim with a space ...
yea man, cargo ships across 50 jumps in low sec space, good times!
fathom wadi
it would be me too but my personal adhd won't let me start Eve so late in the game.
ashen marlin
they changed a lot but its hard to come back, but you CAN if you're willing to use some real $ and get the catchup boosters
great, now a tiny voice in my head say let's check out the latest with eve. thanks alot
fathom wadi
same happens to me since I discovered Warhammer 40k Rogue Trader. It's absorbed all my time in the past 4 days
ashen marlin
because of my adhd and work schedule i can't really play long drawn out games anymore. dip in , dip out. i play smite, pubg, and apex mostly
white oxide
like the actual gameplay isnt, its the mechanics and balancing + ai that is
ashen marlin
used to be big in wow
ashen marlin
like the actual gameplay isnt, its the mechanics and balancing + ai that is
well the devs know their audience i guess heh
fathom wadi
same. I used to do years at a time in mmos. Now I treat Unreal like the best MMO. Grind every day, level up.
its xmas tho. time for games 🙂
ashen marlin
speakin of, i get to be a last minute shopper and get a few last minute items at store
ttyl guys
fathom wadi
gl hf and happy xmas
white oxide
I mean my RTS project is simple and theres tons of "hey this game does this" to pull from and change but theres no actual project really similar to what im doing so its hard to make it up
celest musk
i feel the same, whenever a game get's repetitive i tend to close it and decide to work since the energy may be better used for that 😄
ashen marlin
i'm doing a variation on this with girardelli chocolate https://downshiftology.com/recipes/best-hot-chocolate/
white oxide
we need more media with 90's styled weirdly dressed bad guys
when this was the top 2 bad guys for a show and they didnt give 2 shits about how it looked:
but as impractical as the uniforms were, you have to admit they were peek style;
soft night
fleet tangle
Merry Christmas
median wraith
Merry Xmas you all
celest musk
oh it's that day of the year again
zinc matrix
what is a good, databaseless, alternative to wordpress? I want to publish articles and my site is mostly text and images
soft night
what you mean by databaseless?
zinc matrix
no sql
wordpress is very easy to type text and publish. But databases require a fast dedicated server, else there is always a visible load page time
celest musk
doesn't wordpress allow to output static html?
so you could run it local with a DB, but export static pages for your website
soft night
the new way could also be just csv files
not use of noSQL but there is document DB implemention for relation database but you could test this with aspnet core CMS one https://try.orchardcore.net/
celest musk
pearl elk
Merry Christmas loungers
tulip orbit
that musta been one hella of a poo
ashen marlin
lol just introduced my kids to 'star wars kid'
i forget the things that used to be just known things
they have no idea about
mental veldt
Merry Xmas all - including K&S
summer cedar
Merry Christmas and happy holidays to everyone! 😄
high lance
Merry Christmas
summer cedar
lolz. I imagine they shot each other the next moment.
This year, the naughty WILL be reformed.
errant raven
A sister of battle, a primaris ultra marine, and a imperial soldier walks into a bar..
summer cedar
Only if the bar has insurance.
white oxide
bartender says "NEVER AGAIN YOUR SHITS!"
white oxide
what are the chances someone puts a fully working PS4 in a storage unit, in the box?
idk how valuable or popular those might be today
the unit im looking at has a PS4 box in it, in good condition
like not simply re-used for other stuff which usually destroyes those
mild gust
Could be modded too
white oxide
dunno, its in a storage unit im bidding for
mild gust
Gl!
summer cedar
FIGHT FOR IT!
Assemble your legions and march upon the unit.
Come snow or richer bidders, that PS MUST be yours!
✊
white oxide
i dont even know if it is
i want the dresser more
even if im going to have to sand it down and repaint it
who the fck paints a dresser navy blue
the box has minor damage, like someone doesnt know those were expensive or dropped it:
I mean if it is a PS4 that should pay the like $30 ill likely end up paying for the unit
white oxide
lol
summer cedar
The unholy taint on it must be cleansed and repainted with holy unguents.
white oxide
ill probably paint it black or a creamy white
match everything else in my house
the hard part is those details on it
cant simply use my belt sander
summer cedar
a more intricate sander then?
white oxide
hand sanding
summer cedar
Ah, manual labour for the dredges in the decks below.
white oxide
hehe
normally id resell this, and i may if i find something better come across my dash
its fairly big
summer cedar
Big = spacious
Looks like you could fit quite a few prisoner... er, clothes in there.
white oxide
based on the unit size, its about 5 feet long, 2-3 feet deep, and 3-3.5 feet tall
white oxide
it might be a bit too big for my room
summer cedar
Alternatively, you could retool it to be a computer desk.
white oxide
its 10x12 and has to fit a queen bed in
summer cedar
The appropriate number of holes to let the wires through....
white oxide
my computer desk is far far bigger
summer cedar
ah....
summer cedar
🤔 another option is to attach this dresser to a pickup truck and use it to smuggle drugs.
white oxide
NO
summer cedar
in the name of charity, of course.
white oxide
worst case it doesn't fit and i resell it, best case its nice and i keep it
theres another bid i hope i actually lose, i didnt realize how far it would be
summer cedar
After you paint it black, yes.
white oxide
maybe a light creamy white
summer cedar
Why did you bid on something you didn't want?
white oxide
I do want it
summer cedar
not the dresser; the other thing you hope to lose.
white oxide
has 2 apprently recent samsung washer/dryers there
summer cedar
oh
white oxide
but its like a 45 minute each way to go get it
in a truck thats doing good to get 12 MPG
summer cedar
that's okay. It's a one time trip, or at most two time.
You can suffer for electronics.
white oxide
true but thats like $30 in gas
summer cedar
Want to cycle your way there?
white oxide
and assuming it doesnt over bid me like crazy
plus i need to store the stuff for like 6 months or resell it
summer cedar
If someone overbids you, you can always give up, right?
summer cedar
right.... you pay your bid.
by the way, how do you find out about these warehouse bids?
Local paper, or grapevine?
white oxide
summer cedar
Totally. I remember watching a documentary/video about this.
white oxide
my boss likes me because i live in walking distance, so i can be on call literally on 5 minutes
summer cedar
People get good stuff out of these auctions.
white oxide
yeah
summer cedar
The boss must pay in gold doubloons, for calling you at any and all times.
white oxide
im hoping when my disability comes in, i can start flipping this stuff
boss lets me for free pick the best out of any of these units going to auction
summer cedar
noice!
white oxide
normally you have to fully empty the unit
summer cedar
perks of the job.
white oxide
ive gotten like $2k worth of shit out of this so far
including a 10x4 model train set
sold that for $350 to an autistic kids family
summer cedar
🐱
white oxide
the cost to MAKE one is like $3k
white oxide
its missing any buildings but the tracks worked, took 30 seconds to do a full loop, and had plugs for everything needed
I added a bunch of things to turn it into a table vs just an on the floor thing
we have a full car worth of garage that i keep
the worst furniture i find gets ripped up and either turned into firewood or raw materials for patches
like i found this set of book shelves which had the most horrible shelving, but the actual case was made of 1 inch think heavy grade oak
destroyed the shelves, dismantled the case, and now it lives on as my cats litter box cabinet
summer cedar
This is what Indians call 'jugaad' in Hindi.
which means jury-rigging in English, essentially.
Nice.
white oxide
we call it "flipping"
turning shit into useful stuff
requires some serious skills though
summer cedar
If you're serious about it, you learn.
It's how all of us do it.
Less for making useful stuff, more because it's a necessity in many cases.
white oxide
have to know upholstery, cabinetry, some masonry, welding, etc
summer cedar
That's becoming less relevant these days, with more goods easily available via e-commerce, but there are cases where you need to flip.
white oxide
it helps when its GOOD stuff, and im not trying to make new build prices
i wanna make a profit and get a dominos pizza
summer cedar
In my house, it was recently about electric cables, sockets, and something else.
I upgraded my pure sinewave UPS after the previous one's fuse holder had a short circuit.
The new computer was too powerful for the old one's peak load to sustain it.
The new UPS is heftier, but the sealed batteries are four years old and slowly giving way.
I'll probably change them by the end of 2025.
white oxide
I hope when i start getting some funding to help this, i can go buy one of those self build storage sheds and turn that into my workshop
summer cedar
that reminds me of that russian engineer dude's workshop.
the guy who is making the iron man suit on YT.
summer cedar
Ah, his channel's name is Alex Lab.
white oxide
3.6 if i want a floor
summer cedar
who needs a floor?
sinkhole is fine.
floors are overrated.
if people'd simply use their anti-gravity boots, we'd be kosher.
And he's still at it.
Apparently, he's avoiding social media to focus on learning casting, to make that helmet very light.
I think he's been working on this project for two years or more, now.
white oxide
Id like the floor because the ground here is SHIT
its high in clay so when it rains it expands and contracts. and it stays wet for weeks
in a few minutes your boots weigh like 3x their normal because they are caked in this shit
summer cedar
couldn't you save money by pouring some concrete/cement yourself?
or doing the cement tiles yourself?
white oxide
"cement" cement in 10x20 is like $2k
this is a wood base
maybe i can get pops to let me put it on the old barn sight
summer cedar
what about the road asphalt/concrete?
wouldn't that be available somewhere a bit cheaper?
white oxide
not as cheap as the wood floor that comes with it
white oxide
like $600
summer cedar
keep the woodpeckers at bay then.
white oxide
lol
summer cedar
actually, are borers a problem?
white oxide
ill probably put it on my barn site so I can better keep it dry
nope
nothing lives in the ground in texas
summer cedar
ah.
we have borers here.
So, either treat the industrial wood before you use it.
OR spend on sheesham wood.
the latter is F@#$ing heavy and expensive.
white oxide
throw one of these in the window for airflow: https://www.homedepot.com/pep/GE-6-000-BTU-115-Volt-Window-Air-Conditioner-for-250-sq-ft-Rooms-in-White-with-Remote-AWCS06BWT/328055533
summer cedar
throw one of these in the window for airflow: https://www.homedepot.com/pep/GE-6...
We haven't used window units for a long time. Most ACs here are split ACs, these days.
white oxide
yeah they are rare here
summer cedar
Speaking of which, the 5-star rated ACs save SO MUCH energy, man.
I reduced my electricity bill by 60%.
white oxide
but cheap and GREAT for small spaces
summer cedar
alternatively, you could trap ten hamsters to run wheels that make fans spin.
if you trap civets, then you also get to make civet coffee on the side.
summer cedar
indeed. civet poo makes the world's most expensive coffee.
white oxide
also electricity is cheap
summer cedar
yeah thats animal abuse here
shh. just don't tell anyone.
electricity must be near-free for everyone.
We MUST have MOAR POWAH!
white oxide
summer cedar
I think we are building six more nuclear plants in India.
white oxide
I think we need thorium plants all over the US
way way safer and they dont need a lot of supplies
summer cedar
SMRs are easy to manage, I read.
errant raven
One shouldn't do deep squats with a chop stick in their pocket
white oxide
well, time to make tons of money flipping storage units
summer cedar
🤑
white oxide
buy me a shed workshop
white oxide
I will build a very pretty workshop
and functional
theres power, and water out to where i want to build it
and I have the skills to install it. even if i fcking HATE plumbing
only insane people enjoy plumbing
summer cedar
insane people enjoy plumbing with running water.
white oxide
i mean installing it
summer cedar
I know.
white oxide
its always a nightmare
summer cedar
they do it while the water is running.
they are nuts.
it's like a machismo demo.
WE CAN HOLD THE WATER BACK!!!!!!!! 💪
And then.... reality hits.
white oxide
thats going in the house
summer cedar
You don't have room, you said.
white oxide
sturdy is never an issue of mine, the problem is making it small enough
summer cedar
Fine. Add TWO floors to the basement.
white oxide
we have storm shelters but they are always small and expensive
summer cedar
You can then work UNDER the flooded one.
Now that you mention it, I have never seen basements in Indian houses either.
Not in bungalows, row houses, nothing....
It's not like we have floods to worry about much.
white oxide
its a structural thing
houses weigh a LOT
that shed, simply without paint or shingles weighs over a TON
paint would likely be something in the order of 100 pounds and shingles at another 300 pounds, minimum
errant raven
Why do I always find out about shit days to months after it happens
white oxide
????
white oxide
ah
errant raven
Also game awards
Swear to god I've never heard of astro bot until 4 days after the game awards
summer cedar
It's a big world out there.
errant raven
Didnt even bother watching the thing either
white oxide
well i got outbid for the dresser
white oxide
you win and lose some
errant raven
Without game informer and e3 how am I supposed to know what games are coming out
white oxide
i could still have it if i really wanted to drop a lot more
and i was hoping to get outbid with the washing machines...
summer cedar
Did you get the latter?
errant raven
Why are you at a auction house for furniture
white oxide
storage unit auctions
errant raven
Why waste your time at those
white oxide
im building my house and $20 for a nice dresser is a good deal if i can clinch it
errant raven
Find yard sales man
errant raven
Those storage auctions are scams
white oxide
yardsales here ask like $160
errant raven
Still cheaper than original msrp
white oxide
they arent lol. I work for a storage company
its the site we use.
id never trust ebay or other shit
its the only site fully vetted to follow all the rules of the TSSA
$20 vs 160, which is cheaper my man
plus theres usually a bunch more stuff
if id won the bid for the dresser, there was also a bookcase, bar stools, some power tools, and a PS4 box which may have one inside
for $20
plus a bunch of other boxes
errant raven
The problem is, theres other people like you there, all there to get stuff cheaper, which drives up the prices until its overpriced for 9/10 people and that tenth one gets it for a worse deal than before.
Yard sales, you can haggle and bring down the original deal for a better one that suits both parties
white oxide
its like 2 minutes lol
and its less waste of time, gas and money than hunting for yard sales
errant raven
You dont have to drive around. Its 2024. Were plagued with social media and internet advertising
white oxide
and half of the time they arent accurate or "oh that was sold yesterday"
errant raven
That's facebook marketplace
white oxide
and still, thats $100+ for the single item not all the stuff in the box
errant raven
I'm talking about the page on Facebook dedicated to yard sales
Majority of the stuff in those boxes is just useless junk, that's why it's in a storage unit
And abandoned
Or the owner died
pearl elk
In the storage unit
errant raven
You'll find a lot of cool cheap shit at goodwill or yard sales. It really is much better
white oxide
and in 4 years of doing this, i have been burned only once
the people running the units messed with stuff and rearranged it to clearly hid that 2/3 of it was empty behind all the stuff.
which got them in a shitload of trouble with the TSSA
and they changed management hands VERY fast
goodwill also rarely has what exactly im wanting, and in general the people are shit.
ive made over 4 years, like 8k in profit from these things
reselling the shit from goodwill isnt usually a profit enterprise
$30 for $450 worth of stuff, on average. not a bad ROI
one of my bids rn is for a bed frame, its clearly oak, with decent quality grain, based on relation to unit size its a queen frame, and much nicer than my current one. so ill buy it, repaint it, after sanitization and sanding. and have a much nicer frame
errant raven
How do you know its $450 worth of stuff
white oxide
on average
once found a unit with a bunch of jewelry in it
tracked down the family, returned it, they gave me $100 for a reward
most of it was stuff of sentimental value, bunch of signet rings, some actual wedding bands, and such
sometimes i get really good stuff. sand it down, repaint it, and rich kids who wanna buy from those yard sales just gobble it up
white oxide
a few times you might find people bidding stupidly for trash because something interesting is in there.
morons dont realize that you have to take it ALL and then either use or dispose of it
I give all the clothes i find to a local youth homeless shelter after washing it, they can use it better
any stuff i cant rework i give to the local soup kitchen/thrift shop
summer cedar
tracked down the family, returned it, they gave me $100 for a reward
you're a hero. 🙂
white oxide
yes, i could have made a few grand off that.
summer cedar
Did you then break into that family's house and steal ALL their other jewellery?
white oxide
and i admit if it was like some simple bracelet or necklace, id have sold it
but rings, and anything obviously sentimental ill return
also any personal documents found (its the law)
summer cedar
oh. You're not being a hero then.
Just staying out of jail.
Well, that's still heroic.
summer cedar
sell it to passport forgers.
white oxide
but i know id want that back if someone found my family heirlooms