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So what if I really needed a doctor, but I had an apple
just plan on eating that apple over the course of multiple days
What if I already ate the whole thing
that way it's an apple per 2 days, which doesn't keep the doctor away as far as we know
hmm
nothing says that 2 apples a day keeps the doctor away
so maybe have a second?
I'm pretty positive they don't simply cancel each other out
I have internal bleeding
that's where the blood is supposed to be
Okay, Peralta.
Who's that
Brooklyn 99. Andy Samberg's character is hit by a car (I think, been a few years since I've seen the episode), and when he's told that he has internal bleeding he gives Swan's above line.
Neat
yup lmao
Someone is getting fired
With Jack Dorsey personally throwing the guy off the roof
Can we appreciate XXX being so generous to give money away without being encumbered by his own murder?
They could at least have been half clever about it and not used the same address for each of them
I'm 3 time zones east of my house
but everybody where I'm staying gets up/goes to bed approximately 3 hours later than any reasonable time
do people actually fall for that
yeah it seems silly, but people can be quite silly over on the internet.
elongated muskrat's fan club in particular is always eager to throw money at him
@granite hemlock what's your profile picture from? It looks neat
Drawn to order by a friend 🙂
There's actually a channel for that! #self-promotion
That way you won't get buried under discussions here @golden eagle
yes, please repost that in the self promotion channel!
Aww
Good morning y’all how we doin
Sleepy as hell but doing alright
I stayed up my normal amount (actually a bit earlier than usual) but woke up super early
Oh dear
so who watchs hunter x hunter?
God I have got to get back to that show
I managed to get through the exam arc and loved it
But I haven’t seen any more
XD
it gets gud
i was up to six am last night
woke up at 11
and started watching again
also i was watching it at like 6 pm
when i started
wow guys the new hades update looks great, love the secret boss 😊 https://gyazo.com/693304205ded5ee135341d04143a01b9
yo @forest minnow feel free to post that in one of the relevant hades channels this is the off-topic section of the discord
Which one do you think is best @hexed hollow ?
probably #h1-discussion I think @forest minnow
https://gyazo.com/814b591f950a053571f88030a5060ade
eyes of sgg's Ares
where did you find this photo of me
XDDDDDDDDDD
It’s just tizo
True
are we back
those heads look more like cats than dogs
a bit
cerberus had a bit of a glow up
uh its titan quest
specifically the immortal throne expansion
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its more in the vein of like diablo/torchlight edit also I forget we have a game channel I was kinda just lolposting bc charon and cerb more than anything, mods don't eat me
oh to be a spoiled foal getting cuddles https://twitter.com/3liza/status/1229642971512897536
@subtle vessel like what games for example, dead cells def favours ranged to me since most melee weapons are utter garbage marksmans bow and whips carried me to Bc3 and when I watched BC5 runs they also went ranged...crypt of the necrodancer range is always better, spelunky shotgun is the best weapon u can get, mystery dungeon games range is always better ect
I'm just curious
Dead cells definitely gives more favor to melee weapons now even if some stuff like quick bow is extremely neat to utilize
Enter the Gungeon has wide choice of close range guns that just blow off enemies compared to more sniper-ish choices
The Binding of Isaac also commonly favors "melee" items like Sac Dagger/Mom's Knife
Other games like Son of a Witch, Lost Castle, and a bunch of platformers I confused for roguelikes
I guess it's just that ranged feels a lot more safe than melee feels faster
to be fair I haven't played deadcells in a long time and also not the dlc so maybe the weapon pool got better?
the main issue was that most melle weapons were just slow which was....bad
It definitely did get better
okay that makes sense
I remember watching pre-dlc and it was awful situation
yeah u just prayed that you would get one of the few weapons that worked
to be fair I do not know son of a watch or lost castle I didnt wanna include isaac because it has no true melee I feel
since its a shooter
i keep hitting the filter for extrements
Tbf survival weps are still slow, but at least they oneshot regular enemies now p much
oh yeah i also played nuclear throne a lot and melee was def great there
so i guess it depends sksksks
Also, well, there is no true true melee, but there are a few wannabes like mentioned knives
Sac dagger is something special for just an orbital
tru
And yeah nuclear throne melee is good example as well
Although it mostly achieves that by being projectile deflector
Which is more and more required as you go into loops
in the end I'm glad hades already has lotsa balance regarding weapons 😌
For how insane the combinations are at times having so smooth balance feels almost like a dream
says the guy who mains nemesis and doesn't even look on other sword aspects other than ||arthur|| from time to time

yeah its what keeps me invested rn
I dropped deadcells back then specificially because the pool was so bad
I got stuck after BC2. Couldn't advance in months, not even past the first bosses. The newest upgrade stated that the difficulty curve had been smoothed, but I had no luck.
BC 2 is just Legendary Forge test from what I could tell
Was stuck there as well, after breaching out got BC3 run first try
Gonna move to #video-games
Precious 
@cedar rock , the feedback I posted in #hades-feedback only has :thumb_down: , can this be fixed please?
(didn't want to ping the whole mod staff, sorry)
Odd, I see both emojis on that feedback
It shows up weirdly sometimes
Anyone have recommendations for a decent free video editing software? Got a Hades video I want to make and my only budget is free time.
DaVinci Resolve is good, the learning curve is not that steep for very basic editing
If you just want to do very light editing (apply filter, cut, trim, omit audio, etc.) you can use avidemux
Which is extremely fast and easy as it doesn't rerender the video, and it can convert video formats, too
Basically, just put text over the video.
Resolve is fairly easy to do that
there are tutorials online, I did that once, learned it in like 10 mins
it's overkill but it does the work
Thanks!
Helloo
I can't actually play Hades because I don't have a computer but my friend loves it and the art is gorgeous so I thought it would be fun to at least be in here ^^
welcome!
The game art is so pretty
If I could draw humans well enough, I'd probably do fanart lmao but my human skills are severely lacking
I'd be cool if it eventually came out on mobile or something, I'd love to be able to actually play it lmao
Bastion and transistor by the same studio are on the phone if you want something to do while you wait
Bastion and transistor are also on the switch and maybe ps4 (not 100% certain)
i think bastion is also on the xbox
Transistor is definitely on PS4.
I wanna say Bastion is as well, but I do know it's on both 360 and Xbone.
if it's on xbone i can't imagine it not being on ps4
Well, Bastion originally released on 360, there's some Xbox history.
Yeah, bastion was originally published by Warner Brothers, someway through last year SG gained (regained?) publishing rights for Bastion
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I haven't had brownies in a very long time (because of the amount of butter they have) so I might try this out sometime soon. Thanks for sharing 
I don't have brandy right now but I might use Anisette (not sure if that would work but I do use Anisette in some cake recipes)
I just put vanilla because I'm boring and lazy
Randomly made a batch last night because i keep an emergency stock of the ingredients
Hecking. Brownies. 
This has walnuts and extra chopped choc
Also the recipe is for aus/uk cups and spoons so watch out for that
Where are the grams?
Also the recipe is for aus/uk cups and spoons so watch out for that
@north hamlet Oh, this is good to note. Will have my calculator ready for that
@faint panther if you insist i can bust out the scale and cups
Hahaha, no, you're good, thanks.
flops
Someone in my social circle thinks they have covid
and now I'm booted out of the office until ?????
Usually it's 2 weeks in isolation, no?
Well, the thing is that if she does have covid, and I catch it like, another few days from now, I end up out of commission for another 2 weeks or whatever
doesn't really feel like a holiday if I'm stuck at home
not with that attitude :p
@north hamlet I know this is belated, but uh... dumb question. What does that recipe mean when it says to "line the pan?"
put a non stick layer in
in my case i use non stick baking paper
you can also butter and flour
or use some kind of oil spray thing
Ah, I see. 
mmhm brownies 🤤
also all baking questions sound dumb
Might try and grab ingredients and try the recipe on my next day off work.
there's a heap of assumed knowledge
Hahaha.
I don't honestly know what it means by folding at all.
very easy to knock all the air out
you get a large flat stirring stick and you flip the bottom of the mix over the top of the mix
Like I said, most I've cooked is Kraft mac'n'cheese that's got the instructions on the little box. 
imma see if i can find a video or something
also this recipe uses aerated eggs as leavening
if you don't have an electric mixer that'll be a huge bother
i can get you a recipe with different ingredients if you don't have one
this is what folding is like
do that a few times then turn the bowl
and repeat
make sure to be gentle
Ah, I see. Aerated eggs?
There's a lot to this recipe, lol.
yeah, if you're too rough with it you will lose the airation
I believe we have an electric mixer..? I've only really seen it used to mix cookie dough, but.. we have one?
yeah, hand whisking egg whites to any form of peakage is a pain 
it's the worst
this recipe doesn't need peaks at least
it just needs to be thick and airy
since you don't have to separate the eggs
ayy nice 
also you can melt the butter and choc in a microwave
much easier than double boiler
Ah, right. Took me a minute to process the word "leavening." Yeast is the most common one, yeah? The recipe you shared mentions the lack of that, so one should not expect the brownies to rise much.
and less cleanup too
brownies in general don't have that much
the supposed origin is cake where someone forgot the baking powder
that makes all too much sense
I see.
Brownies are often desired very dense.
fudgy brownie best brownie
agreed
Is it a thick n' fudgy that floats your boat? Or maybe it's a tasty cake that wets your whistle? Either way, I think we can all agree I shouldn't do voice-overs or write video descriptions this late at night. Well I hope you at least learned something you can bring into you...
YESSSSSSS.
now I want brownies, rip
this vid covers all the basics well
I made the second recipe, they were fantastic.
the one i shared is similar
I'm 99.9% sure all the binging with babish recipes are great, except the ones where the basis of the recipe is doomed to fail from the start
very dense with a crisp crust
Yes!
I believe a sibling of mine has made brownies, so I may rope them into helping, lol.
I will, thanks for the tips! I'll have to convert the measurements to pleb cups & spoons tho. 
Didn't even know UK/Aus had different ones, tbqh.
I once tried to make cinnamon rolls but with a chocolate pastry and brownie batter in the middle.
It did not work out.
Pastry was too dense and brownie batter has to cook too long.
oof
I think I'm gonna fix the pastry and then replace the brownie batter with like, Nutella or peanut butter.
Or Nutella and peanut butter.
good idea
That page is handy, thanks!
Imperial units make me angry.
Sounds like you're within 2.54 centimeters of going berzerk :3
There is a very fitting video about this matter.
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Noel Joel, our education ambassadors snowy owl, has VERY dense feathers. Its a must in the Arctic! But it also makes her feel like a marshmallow, soft and fluffy goodness!
it's so fluffy im gonna die
I understood that reference
amazing camera angle for an amazing being
Off topic but the entirety of the supergiant art team are my heroes
Imagine doing art. Couldn't be me
@serene tulip You dropped this ^
Oh lol
my friend wanted to share some pics of the moon taken some time ago.. it's been 51 years since people first landed there..
this one is the fullest possible
https://gyazo.com/042100d18681bc7cf1dbcadfa151328a
It's awesome! Just yesterday I've been watching a documentary about what it took to finally land on the moon. So Many preparations, some avoidable failures, deaths of great pilots as well... It's an amazing story, but also really sad.
All of my clear records have been wiped in this last hotfix!!
ah true - sorry about that. too many categories
nw, hopefully someone there can help you with it 
@scenic merlin Submit a report about that in-game with F10 please - out of curiosity did you just switch God Mode on or off?
yes, actually. I just switched it on and off to see what it did. I guess I now know what it does - it deletes your records D:
It shouldn't delete them - god mode records are counted separately from "standard" mode records. Clearing a run with god mode off should restore them
ah that is a relief!
I was especially proud of my 19 minute 16 heat run (im sure many people have done way better, but I was still proud of it)
blarg
Hello everyone!
what up oce
Work is being dumb :<
I got really defensive at our standup today because my boss's boss kept trying to solve problems I already solved
and I was just like, "Dude, please, I know this, please stop, its already accounted for in revision 5"
"you and I literally talked about this yesterday"
Oof
hi uhhhh i'm considerin starting t'stream on twitch, i was wonderin if anyone has any particular suggestions for streaming software. should i jus use twitch studio or is there somethin better?
OBS is what most people use
OBS is open source, free and has plenty of tutorials on how to get it setup
so I'd use that personally
okay, i'll look into it, thanks
yeah
I use OBS for all sortsa stuff
like secretly recording zoom meetings >.>
what movie should I watch?
what genre are you thinking?
action/adventure or somethin' like that
a bit of a lighter one, but Mune is pretty good?
dunno that it's properly action/adventure though
looks good
What's worth recording in zoom calls anyhow
its like taking notes but I don't have to write anything down
Fair enough
Sorry for bothering, I bet someone already asked this one: Ashley and Darren won't be at https://gmfest.com/, right?
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Hey gang how it do
good gang, how are you mate
same dude, I have a health class though lol :/
Eh at least u got somethin to do
I kinda wanna write but
My brain’s in a bit of a funk
Good news
I have exercised and am no longer bored
Bad news
I’m tired as all hell now
What gaem?
oh no
Accurate
Untitled Goose Game merchandise?
has anyone experienced that.. you play a game and watch a movie.. and some moments, that should be emotional, cause only slight sadness or something like that
and several years later you play/watch it again and then after the same moment you can't stop crying for hours and hours
has anyone experienced that.. you play a game and watch a movie.. and some moments, that should be emotional, cause only slight sadness or something like that
and several years later you play/watch it again and then after the same moment you can't stop crying for hours and hours
@mild pelican
Just happened to me yesterday
Watching Coco after 3 years :,)
that's a heavy one.. yes
When you wanna see the supergiant music in concert from the announcements but u are an American and U dont want to/can’t fly internationally rn 😔
that concert is being livestreamed from memory
coco is really good
Also, let's be honest
America isn't in the situation to make Live concerts
No offense
Neither is a good chunk of the world to be fair
@mild pelican
Just happened to me yesterday
@fervent zenith
Every game about being a parent, before and after you become a parent yourself
A moose stealing apples from someone's backyard taking out an automated lawn mower https://t.co/aHSDF1m0eE
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That moose was ready to Roomba.
🎶 And even when the hoof is strong / mow the lawn, mow the lawn / just to make it through 🎶
underrated beast
i have had 3 hours of sleep
i was up 20-23 hours yesterday and i woke up at like 8:30 am it is now 11:20 pm
is this bad on a scale of 1-10
7/10. You will feel light-headed. But this little of a deficit can be remedied with ample sleep.
It's better than no sleep at all..
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Good morning!
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awesome.. my friend's mother forbid her to go out to take last look on Neowise comet
just great..
stupid windows facing south
like there were not enough problems recently
there is still a chance for tomorrow, but it's uncertain if there will be no clouds.. and even then, if it will still be visible without optics
Good luck!
thanks
Im so mad at Hades...
the god, the place, or the game
This server has one of my favorite animated icons, so well done.
@north hamlet I'm so tempted to get that patch and put it on a beanie 
if you did i would be quite jealous
the aggressive birb one?
ooh do it
Morning ^^
Afternoon
Evening
Hi
it just happens to be almost tomorrow where I am
Oh, I figured it was timezones at work, but I still wanted to use that to avoid the ever mundane "Hello"
I have to stand out in some way, after all 👀
They really be, hanging out with people I met over Discord is always inconvenient because of them
waking up as others go to sleep is the worst, as trying to find a common time becomes that much harder
No kidding, at some point or another either party seems to end up compromising and staying awake at night. Usually me 💀
How are things on your end?
pretty alright thanks
starting to get ready for bed
hope you're doing well
Ah, good. I hope you sleep well and that I catch you with some more time next time
Me myself, am suffering because me and summer heat just don't get along. But such is life sometimes
Nothing but fire and brimstone. 🔥 👀
Take care 👋
@hexed hollow darn i missed you, wake up to dogy https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/721052413854875790/737064309422555147/20200726_160724.jpg
@opaque quail your icon 👁️__👁️
EXTRAnatural?
No you're fine 😄
She's just an amalgamation of emojis I've used a bunch over time, essentially. I'm not a powerlifter..... yet? 
@opaque quail since you're here (hopefully), would it be possible to make a Weekly Challenger role, so that people who participate in Hades Weekly Challenges can get pinged? :)
One way or another it's a strong presence to be sure 👀
Sure! We generally keep permissions for role pings off, but I'll talk to Peach and we can coordinate so it's only able to be pinged for the new challenge. 🤔
Yeah Spook I.... well I have the full context so I don't find her creepy. But reactions from some friends have already been kind of 
But.... I love her. :c
Ah, the whole tragic backstory of the power dancer
They'll one day understand the weight of her burdens and drama, that got her to where she is now
I didn't know you guys had Weekly Challenges for Hades, that ought to be fun
Ah, the whole tragic backstory of the power dancer
It's not a story the Singers would tell you. It's a dancing legend
I understand. This tale is one too powerful to those uninitiated, the ears of the people weren't ready, and thus it was shifted to a secret code
@queen rover try the current one :) https://www.hades-fansite.com/hades-weekly-challenges/HWC08
@indigo walrus The role has been added as Hades Weekly Challenge! The next time a challenge is posted up Peach will be able to use the role.
Oh, thank you. I'll give that a look 👀
Would be a good way to get back into it
does that mean we can add the role ourselves in #bot-commands ?
That's correct Onyx!
@opaque quail NOOO ppl think shes creepy???? lmao
Only one that I've talked to!! I think people are mostly surprised. Though I guess my previous icon WAS kind of a less obvious version of her since the colors were so blocky.
She's evolved past mortal understanding I guess. 😄
No wonder she's beyond understanding, but that is cool looking
Is this the work of an enemy stand?
Looks like something out of either JoJo's or Asura's Wrath.
Arm goals
Oh, you're the one that drew her?
yeah 
Somehow looks like a Simspon interpretation of a legendary super saiyan
With ghost arms
You know how aasimar can like bust out their wings on cue. I can do that but it's arms.
yeah, i had to use tge green from
bc yellow hair was toooo much
Maybe it could have been something like a golden idol with all that yellow
A shining example of what we should aspire to be
oh my god what is going on here
Lots of arms
We have discovered the Atlas that will hold the server on their shoulders, protect it from those who would harm it
Arms, arms, and arms
at this rate cait could bench press half the server, at least

Caitlin has become the god of arms
do you see the resemblance
Technically that means she absorbed part of Ares' domain
literally armed!
It's just not the same without the ghost hands
you leave ares out of this
They're a big part of the appeal, a symbol for the invisible hand that guides us
Is it time to give Ares the ghost hands?
Im just saying
As a god of war, that means Ares is also the god of arms
Or any kind of weaponry, really

He'd be into it. More ways to overpower his enemies, more weapons to hold
Also, the previous icon looked like the dancer had wings made out of strong arms
And I always wanted to call it a "batterfly" but never saw the opportunity
It does have a pretty interesting quality to it. I'm glad I logged in today to get to know all of this deepest lore
I thought this was a pacifist server.
||People can't stop Posting their guns||
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It's all about deterrence, of course. A gun on display keeps another sheathed. We must obey the way of the arms
I hope I'm not getting tiresome, it's just today's being rather uneventful
Man there’s layers to the Caitlin lore huh
caitlore 
Where’s the Cait wiki
damn i thought the previous caitin image was just a bunch of cool gradients
You have now been armed with knowledge of the truth, use it well
That's a lovely parakeet you have there. Look at it, all nice and proper 
Guess Volus aren't only biotic gods but also have excellent taste in pets
he's my friend's actually
she has a taste
and she also has chosen my doggo for me last year
Oh, yeah? Props to your friend, then. Looks like he's well cared for
Cayde, the cunning muzzle
https://gyazo.com/6605e673207eca56c1efdfa50c08639a
That's the doggo she chose for you? Is it a white labrador?
yes, a golden retriever
it's not easy to get a good pic of him, he always gets too excited and wants to check out what's going on with the phone
https://gyazo.com/8679b3b82bbd03b20099d891a397204d
Yeah, from what I know of Golden Retrievers they can be pretty playful
It's a good breed, they're aesthetic and rather gentle
You've been caring for him since last year, then?
yep
we always wanted to keep one someday
and there was the opportunity
these guys are the faces of happiness
My parents used to breed goldens when I was a youngin'
So I've known quite a few of them
they're good dogs
brent
bront
brick
Heh
hmm
Let me know what do you think about it, mostly about placement for RT/LT buttons
yeach, these should be analogue
I don't think I fully understand those buttons myself either
You can pull up on them too? 👀
pressure sensitive, like on xbox RT/LT
That seems a bit awkward? I'd have to feel it to be sure, obviously
Hm, I see
Why not have them be like regular pressure triggers? Instead of at a different angle?
ok
While I understand that it lets the index fingers focus on the regular shoulder buttons and the next-to-index-fingers go for these it seems like they wouldn't be all that convenient for actual playing
I have Switch, and using Lite version I tried to find best solution
Grabbing my Switch to try out the position it seems you'd have to switch the weight a bit towards the index fingers to press and depress comfortably
All Engines Full, Coast, Full Brake, Stop, Full Reverse, dunno why you'd need analogue
Assuming it would be like for a shooter game where you'd be expected to press them time and again over mostly holding them for a longer period of time
Though maybe with the physical button the grip is different and it's more comfortable, idk
The only thing I'm worried about is the angle, it looks like you'd have to be pulling up with your middle finger, instead of pulling back like a traditional trigger/shoulder button setup
I added the antislip panels , just due of that
oh wait.. just realized it's not switch lite
I also had idea like that https://imgur.com/OTNUNmG
but I think it should end up that a button with 2 function should be bad
i think triggers are good.. for this kind of finger placement, index fingers should be directly above them
Thought: Spring loaded sliders on the back
if it will be like middle mouse button.. then it's interesting
@mild pelican I didn't thought about it like that hmm
but still I think that I could click it from time to time accidentally
So I was looking for another idea
well, either that or it will be hard to press
just thinking
Honestly Ill just say it
The vita was the best handheld design and blows the Switch out of the water
You mean someone had a Vita?
and second thing, what do you think about using a ball instead right joy-stick

Its actually a really good handheld
I had one too, I loved the thing
Balls are pretty impractical
Even if propietary mem sticks were a pain
like in old mouses, that could make shooters way way more precise
the ball would have to have a return to home
Balls for those fingers at that angle I'd agree would be a little impractical
Though for aiming on console we already have the whole gyroscope deal, no?
Because you dont have a return to default
Though for aiming on console we already have the whole gyroscope deal, no?
@queen rover on switch even when its nice, it often works bad, but i think that the Switch just using rly bad sensors
another ball at the back? above middle finger or something?
So the advantage of being able to scroll beyond a limit
Comes with the big downside of making it so once you have strayed off, wrestling control back is a major issue
If you want a return to home to make the ball more practical. Hm. I'd imagine a button or pressing down on the ball itself maybe?
Makes for awkward third person games
Ah, I understand. I admit I haven't played many shooters on Switch. Though the tech itself is interesting, just needs some refining
i know.. stylus.. new word in portable fps
Shooters on consoles suck, but I also honestly dont think there is a good solution
On Super Hot it was a mess, on Botw it was not bad.
And Id rather not sacrifice more genres for the sake of one that should be played on PC anyway But thats just my opinion
Anyway, I dont like the switch design very much
but it will be a pain to port on portable
SuperHot now sucks
Having the left analogue stick be above the D-Pad is just baffling to me
It's the epitome of pretentiousness
for xbox users it's okay
The more blocky design doesnt feel comfortable
idk how
SuperHOT iS The moST INNovATive SHOoteR I'Ve PLayed In yEArS!
And the button size and button to analogue stick ratio is just off
What did they do with Superhot? I remember trying it out on VR and it being pretty cool
Oh, yeah. I don't find the Switch comfortable myself either. Those joycons are just too tiny. Can't stand to play on it unless I use a full sized controller
Anyway, enough of me dunking on the switch handheld mode for 10 minutes
We must continue to criticize the Switch. The Wii U didn't deserve to be buried like this 👀
What did they do with Superhot? I remember trying it out on VR and it being pretty cool
@queen rover they just overloaded the sensors. moving without rotating 30cm to the left also made your character move, and after 2 moves it lost track and in a moment the character was looking in to the sky... so bad implementation on switch
stopped playing after 4min haha
Ah. That sucks
Reminds me of my Skyward Sword experience
I have no opinion on the Wii U
I never had one, I never played one, and I barely know what it looks like
why would they do that.. like.. it's not a vr version
Maybe it's like early Wii titles. They have all these gimmicks to use, might as well use them 🤷♀️
Technically the Wii still hasnt really died
Is it still getting those dancing games?
Switch has outlived Wii U i believe already
Yes
Who even keeps buying them? They have like yearly releases
Just Dance 2020 was released on the Wii
Has the Switch been out that long?
Well the Vita still getting new games
Retirement homes apparently
it also got store update
i still have a feeling that Switch was released this or last year
So its not suprise that wii u still getting some games
Or was it rehabilitation centers?
I'd believe that. Some of the easier dances would be good light exercise for the elderly
Though I don't think they'd be able to pull off the cossack dance
I mean hell Im young and I cant pull off the cossack dance
Fair point. Don't think I can either
Anyway, shame about the Vita
Good handheld, but came out at the wrong time
If it came out just a bit later it wouldve done much better
At that time phones werent yet powerful enough to replace the "convenient low-power games" niche that the DS and 3DS relied on
And as a result, high-powered but less practical handhelds like the vita did not have a niche yet
Years later, that niche appeared due to phones getting stronger, and thats where the switch fits in
on the topic of the wii ive heard rumours that like places such as nursing homes that utilize tech gadgets to help keep residents in shape still make use of wiis, but i heard this a few years back and dont know offhand how reliable that is 🤔
on wait thats sorta mentioned LOL i am very good at reading
i at least like to believe this is the case though because its wholesome
phones are still not good for serious gaming
too few buttons
something to waste some time - yes
And thats where the Switch now fits in
I rly think that there should be new console for Sony or MS. Atm Ryzen mobile CPU have over 2.1TFlop of power, its more than ps4 which had 1.84. With ARM cores it should work at 8W.
Or the Vita would
Microsoft never dabbled in handhelds
Sony has officially given up on them
still microsoft have a lot of experience in mobile devices
actually.. mobile games today filled a niche, that was held by flash games several years ago
Even with phones being viable for more proper games I'd say a handheld still has a market to exploit. Phones going largely F2P leads to them being used as an ad revenue/MTX farm
IIRC the Vita itself is still pretty popular in Japan
Or was last I checked, at least
it is, its got a huge vn market still
there will be still a big question: what kind of games should be there to play on them
Yeah it does have a niche
honestly vita never got great marketing outside of jp either
More powerful games on the go
Mostly in settings where you dont have access to a proper console or PC
there will be still a big question: what kind of games should be there to play on them
@mild pelican Supergiant games 😄
But do have enough time and free space to play a proper game rather than a mobile one
But that niche came after the Vita already effectively failed
Well, "failed" is a harsh word
Fell below expectations
No need to mince words for a handheld's sake. It doesn't have feelings
again, it didnt get good marketing either. cant expect a product to sell if youre not pushing it much to begin with. sony gave up on the vita outside of japan pretty quickly
But yeah, I don't think it did all that poorly, even if it wasn't successful
Bastion on the go with your Vita™️, only game you'll ever need
The vita was fairly popular in japan, yes
And it still gets visual novels
But again, it still was below expectations
Marketing is one thing, but even with better marketing I doubt it wouldve done all that much better
Can't appeal to a market that isn't quite there, huh?
again, it didnt get good marketing either. cant expect a product to sell if youre not pushing it much to begin with. [...]
@tranquil bay Mobile console atm would mean using ARM cores and AMD gpu. So on the GPU side it could be easy to port , on the CPU side -- well most of engines actually support ARM uarch including UE, Unity and a lot of custom free engines.
Vulkan would become standard for these games , with a lot of support from AMD
as the Vulkan is supported on ARM
Yuup
A market that didnt exist yet at the time, essentially
Granted right now there is little point to handhelds
Due to, yknow
I'd say Switch has that covered on that front, yeah. Only other competitor was Sony and that was more of a half-hearted attempt, so I doubt they'd get in there now
Anyway, we wont ever get a new Sony handheld I expect
And microsoft never tried their hands at it
Though maybe we could get another strange phone hybrid like, what was it? The N-gage?
Microsoft will try X-Cloud, but its not the same, I dont always have connection and data pack are a mess
Samsung will have integrated Xbox /X-cloud app in Note S20
And microsoft never tried their hands at it
mobile gaming device with Windows Mobile
pls no
@fringe sparrow well idk about where youre at but in my area vita stopped getting talked about after like a year and just kinda got pushed to the side in stores. thats what im talking about, not specs. please do not talk to me about hardware specs that stuff goes over my head lmao
As someone with the worst internet connection you can imagine I really don't look forward to the possibility of games being streamed becoming a trend
Stadia XD haha
opelit is too knowledgeable for us uncultured mortals
good thing stadia tanked itself
The vita lacked a niche, and as a result it lacked software support
There werent that many games coming out for it outside of Visual Novels and maybe JRPGs
It had a lot of good games, but that dried up quickly
like it was a given stadia wasnt gonna be the revolutionary thing google was sure it would be but its still quite amazing to see how badly they tanked themselves
Base model did not have internal memory, 8GB card cost a lot, I do think Vita could live pretty well if not these cards..
even today 32GB cost 50$ its crazy
ohh yeah i forgot about the card debacle with the vita
I already take enough issue with digital libraries and you not really owning the copies you buy, last thing I need is the need for a constant connection
Yep, the infamous propietary mem sticks
The switch costs more than a Vita + memory card did
Though it seems they changed that with later models
That probably wasnt a dealbreaker
it wasnt a dealbreak in itself, it was just kinda everything added up
it certainly didnt help
The switch costs more than a Vita + memory card did
@hasty kernel yeach but Switch have more function , like dock mode. and overall
Btw Switch is expensive due of Nvidia
I mean for those who only care for the handheld portion, dock mode is pretty irrelevant
there is always Lite
Nvidia want over 50$ for each chip which doesnt include wifi, energy chip, bluetooth and more
Still, Switch can be presented as more of a mainline console, whereas a handheld is more of a side dish to the company's, well, main platform, like say a PSP to a PS2
atm any mobile chip does have integrated wifi, BT, energy chip, etc
So you can get away with making a Switch more expensive
and Snapdragon 845 for example cost 34$ , with all these wifi etc integrated.
I mean Switch could easly cost 50$ less with even top chip from Qualcomm
Switch became possible, bc nintendo's stationary consoles were not so powerful, somewhere around PS2 level.. and mobile devices on the contrary, got powerful enough in years.. and now they are somewhat equal
they understood well that it's not good enough to rival with PS and XBOX without something that would make their product better in comparison with them
why not take an empty niche as well
Lite came out much later, is the thing
Yeah basically
A switch is a console whose weak power is excused by it also being a handheld
and it's still possible to run AAA-games with it..
in semipotato mode, but still
like.. Crysis was considered not good enough as a PC remaster
but a perfect Switch version
It does bother me how half of the Switch's library seems to be ports
Well
Old AAA games
And even then often not well
It cant compete with the PS4 or xbone
But it doesnt really try to
some exclusives would be nice..
well, for some people Zelda BotW is already a systemseller
Oh, they did the smart thing by appealing to their own niche, by all means
No need to enter the Sony vs Microsoft wars
Look at it on the bright side, we got SMT V news at long last
i've just remembered.. one of the kickstarter goals for Hollow Knight was a Vita port :c
Personally I have no desire to get a Switch yet
Because there are 2 or 3 games I would get on it
Of which 1 isnt out yet
I only have one because of my siblings, myself. I have no interest on open world games, like at all, so BotW didn't appeal to me like it did for others
But I do like how that game rewards your creativity
For me its Astral Chain, Bayonetta 2 and Bayonetta 3
Animal crossing, however..
Maybe Xenoblade, but I wasnt sold on the combat
But yeah
Til we get an AA7 announcement
Im not getting a switch
So come on Capcom
Do something already
also.. with all that covid stuff it's not like a portable gaming console will be useful for a while
Yeah I mentioned that above
What I really want on Switch though
No reason to make one right now
Trauma Center
Animal Crossing was one hell of a system seller thanks to Covid, though
Maybe show Franziskas and Adrians wedding
one guy i know bought Switch exactly because Animal Crossing got him hooked
now got Zelda and SMB.. and some ports
well.. he is rich.. and he has to go to work
Oh, yeah. Switch has DMC1 and 3 as ports
Should be hell to play that with joycons, though
he is capable of bying something like 50$ ship in Star Citizen
I can believe his wealth with that statement
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with average salary in this city being around 500.. 200 of which goes to taxes
Where are you from
eastern europe
Well, I'm from Poland and $500 still seems low, that's why I ask huh
Poland is rly poor
Good old capitalism
it's ironic that some people see this country as communist
one dude said.. that communism is when there are no money at all.. well, in this case he was somewhat right..
anyway..
Well, yes, communism is defined as a moneyless society, among other things
Its something of a hypothetical utopia
Which requires conditions that do not yet exist
i mean, it requires a societal change, but all the resources and technical know-how is already here
it's just being held in a stranglehold by a few rancid bastards
I know this is a whole tangent, but strictly speaking I would argue that we do not yet have post-scarcity as it would require
no we're way post-scarcity, capitalism just demands it be manufactured to produce suffering to keep the wheels greased
Im not even sure we have the resources to produce everything in abundance, but the problem is that it must also be easily available
we have all the necessary technology
Currently logistics are the biggest barrier of that
it's 100% rulership that's in the way
i'm also not sure that every society is ready.. some things can't change for centuries..
Just in terms of food, the supply chains needed to actually carry that food everywhere means that it cannot be done "easily", and still require a lot of labour to be done
it's never going to happen, but it would be extremely easy to do
The general view is that automation is required to finish that logistics problem
yeah, and automation's a matter of a decade tops to solve
it can be easy in some kind of small society.. around 20-50 people
Eh
The thing with predicting future advancements
Is that theyre really hard to predict
no society will ever be "ready" to shed capitalism, b/c the ruling class of amerika is always going to insist on it
A guy I know told me his engineering professor told his students "Cold fusion is 10 years away, and has been for the last 40 years"
but every society already needs to get the transition done
cold fusion is impossible, we're talking about upscaling things that already exist
Its not actually impossible, we just dont know how to do it
we've been told for 20 years that our oil reserves will be enough for next 50 years
i mean, look, if you wanna keep bringing up examples to prove it's not possible, fine, you want to believe that and i can't change your mind
there was one guy, that managed to make a working cold fusion reactor, but he was killed by a titan from another world
Nah
Im just saying its not as easy as "its only 10 years away"
A lot of the time we hit obstacles we didnt even know existed
sure, and if we don't cease fossil fuel use in the next 5 years, none of this matters anyway
which we won't
so it doesn't
I suppose that I can agree with, we do need to stop that faster than we are
Ironically the Covid pandemic at least helped slow it down by making flights far less common
civilian flights, yes, and that amounted to i think it was a 17% temporary reduction in emissions
especially our country.. its whole economics is build upon oil export.. and with today's prices and foolishness of managers, it's not even profitable now
yep
Well a few years back we basically hit a brick wall with it
Or rather, a combination of 3 brick walls
Admitively the metaphor breaks down with 3 walls, since Im not sure how that can work
Anyway
The 3 walls are power wall, memory wall and ILP wall
The first 2 are pretty simple
More power means more heat, and more heat means you require more cooling
And we kinda hit the limit of the cooling being actually feasible
The memory wall is that processors still require instructions and data to operate, which they draw from memory
Which comes with latency
And memory speed doesnt improve nearly as fast
So now memory is the bottleneck, and you just cant really get any faster simply because the processor has nothing to work with
The ILP wall has to do with instruction-level parallelism (hence the name) and from what I remember is about how were getting diminishing returns now from increasing parallelism due to increased complexity
So Moore's Law has effectively hit a brickwall, which you mightve noticed when looking at processor speeds lately
Its still improving, but much slower
And stuff like that happens in a lot of advancements
We suddenly hit an obstacle of some kind that makes progress much slower
Thats why futurecasting in science and technology is kind of a crapshoot
well, the author of the theory has come to that same conclusion a while ago afaik
it also held up for, what, 30 years? 40?
He did, in 1997
Impressively he even got the timescale right
He predicted it to happen around 2017
Which is pretty close to accurate
50 years, ish
Unlikely
They will still have minor improvements, and technological tricks to increase efficiency for specific tasks
Theyre not gonna let some measily wall to get in the way of profits
maybe, just maybe.. developers will look back at the obsolete, abandoned technique..
code optimization
Sometimes there isnt much more optimisation you can do
Sometimes the guy who wrote a piece of code left, and no one actually knows how or why it works
Sometimes the guy is still with the company, and still no one actually knows how or why it works
a little is better than none.. with all the modern powers people don't really care about it
who need codes like
bool statement if (statement == true) return true; else return false:
it's a simple example, people can do more layers
God I already forgot everything I learned in the class on compilers
But I believe that compilers will usually simplify that, so it doesnt actually lose any time
now that i remembered that in our university we used a compiler released in 2006 and hacked for being licensed for next 100 years
i'm not really sure
But yeah, technology is cool, but hard to predict
Sometimes things that you think youre on the verge of figuring out are actually still decades away, at least
Sometimes things you thought just couldnt be done are accidentally figured out a few years later
2015 in Back to the Future 2.. now is a past..
half of the technologies actually came true
but only a half
No hoverboards :S
But yeah, post-scarcity would be nice
Capitalism sucks and all that
looking at the frozen meat section while ordering groceries and there's okra there?
they've also decided that yorkshire pudding is a vegetable
sometimes it's not easy to figure out what is where
how in the world am i supposed to know that sugar should be found in tea/coffee section?..
weird, usually here it's in the same aisle, but has its own section
or with baking goods
still makes more sense than telling me a paratha is a kind of whole roast bird
sometimes layouts are even differant between differant supermarkets of the same chain, and it's all very confusing
happy birthday!
Thank you!
any plans for it?
Video games, donuts, takeout, and more video games
oh nice
nice ^_^
Mmm donut
i miss donuts
Happy birthday, but please don’t evade the swear filter 😅 @obsidian timber
I wasn't trying to. That's just what I use when I'm saying it in a joking manner.
So my boss doesn't want me taking mass transit to work
but I can't borrow my brother's car literally every day
its a bit beyond my comfortable biking range
but its downhill the entire way
so I'm wondering maybe I bike there, and lie about taking mass transit back 😛
there's a huge second corona wave coming. If you wanna take the risk (and possibly die from covid) - take the public transport. If you don't wanna take the risk - bike up that hill. It'll get easier every day - i promise 😉
yeah whatever you decide to do, it'll only be for a couple weeks before everything collapses
I would recommend not taking the public transport since you getting sick would put you and your coworkers and your friends and family at greater risk
And i would especially not lie to them about how much potential exposure you've had
Because then they wouldn't even know to avoid you if they're really worried about getting sick
If you live in a place where covid cases are pretty under control though it wouldn't be as much of an issue
second wave.. has first one ended already?
@serene tulip dumb question, but did your boss tell you to work from home or present you with some alternative transportation options?
Or did they just toss a "no public transit" carelessly into the void?
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well.. my friend managed to see Neowise at last
in last days
although it's hard to make a picture with that kind of camera, or without tripod
it can't focus itself properly
Cheers to that!
Astronomical photography is on another level - most regular cameras can barely take proper pictures of the moon without the right objectives..
that's true.. however my friend did a few pics with the same camera.. i've posted them a while ago
Hm. I didn't take notice of those.
hear people you don't know?
addresing to you?
how bold one should be for that
also.. from people present here, who managed to see the comet? what did it look like?
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That would require being competent at anything, so nope

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only one part of a game holder
took 9 hours though
hope the rest does not take as much
you made that?
3D printed it
gneat
I see you have Bloodstained
There are various people with animated profile pics around. How do you make it work? Simply uploading an animated gif didn't seem to do the trick for me.
You have nitro?
is anyone here following the ?internet phenomenon? of blaseball?
what's blaseball?
what isnt blaseball tbh
fun
lost all my money in the post season today it’s fine
i should clarify that i have no idea what blaseball is
twitch plays mlb 2k20?
Sounds like the webcomic "17776"
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