☢┃stalker-general

[echo nimbus]

Mods aren't rlly mods in this server

[vestal pine]

Exactly.

And true staff doesnt care

So take responsibility.

[smoky hawk]

you know this would probably weight more if you didn't try to gayop in the gamma server to get people to annoy the other moderator

[vestal pine]

Nah im just seeing how useless that server is too

[smoky hawk]

I don't even understand why you went after Rahmi, did you ever speak to him?

[echo nimbus]

The mods in this server r basically like normal members but meme alot

[vestal pine]

I did?

Oh did i ping the wrong person…

[smoky hawk]

*the server told me to f off after I asked them to ping a person for not liking gamma, why are they so useless? I NEED A PERSONAL ARMY * NOW NOW NOW NOW

https://tenor.com/view/chris-chan-now-meme-rancid-gif-15789846481102054512

[charred nova]

We are here to own the chuds that is all

https://tenor.com/view/1984-george-orwell-george-orwell-1984-1984-chips-1984-ruffles-gif-7144052804264359069

[vestal pine]

I just did that tho bc i saw a funny mod complain to himself about me saying that

Now that was absolute cinema:insert gif here

[echo nimbus]

Or get bullied by disgruntled stalker 2 players

[charred nova]

No we support those players

[echo nimbus]

💀

[limber spruce]

I don't

[charred nova]

Some of them got a point

[vestal pine]

And who are you

[echo nimbus]

But mostly the mods sit with an h stalker 2

[smoky hawk]

we mostly just ban scammers tho

[limber spruce]

I agree, but still I enjoyed the game nevertheless because it's a part of my favourite game franchise and all the things that are generally worse than in prequels are precedents that are to be done better in updates

[echo nimbus]

Scammers? 😭 the lore is wild

[vestal pine]

See that’s good. Thats a third of your job

[smoky hawk]

yhea, bot's not really wild, just posting scam links and such

[echo nimbus]

The graphics r good minus the absolute tank on ur system

[smoky hawk]

job? brother, this isn't my employement

[echo nimbus]

Can u set up an autobot/mod for that or no (just curious idk how discord works )

[charred nova]

We do this for free

[vestal pine]

The other parts are helping when needed and keeping people from tearing eachother to shreds

[charred nova]

If we paid it’d be different

[echo nimbus]

That's legit the drama this server goes through on the hourly basis 💀

[vestal pine]

Do you know why im saying this?

[smoky hawk]

we already have it

[vestal pine]

A mod was spamming pictures to annoy me and then he sent nsfw.

[smoky hawk]

drama? never been in a internet drama
might I consider grass? maybe looking out the window?

[limber spruce]

I liked how the story turned out in the end, I find it question-provoking and thrilling, minus the unexplained story gimmicks

[smoky hawk]

the worst part of S2's story is the inconsistencies beetween routes, aside from that, it's pretty good, I like the clear sky twist despite being a retcon

[vestal pine]

The graphics are good but from that glitch screenshot i shared shows that fog and light rays make it even better

[echo nimbus]

Ik so hopefully action is taken but again the mods in this server are an interesting bunch lol

[limber spruce]

+1

[echo nimbus]

Skif needed more personality tho imo

[limber spruce]

I agree, but it's the case of an accelerated development cycle

it still needed another year or so

Because you still can see some moments that are just there

[smoky hawk]

what Stalker 2 needed was to cut all Voice Acting and base it all on reading and conversation windows

[echo nimbus]

Also if we got more faction related stuff imo that'd be cool

[smoky hawk]

imagine all the stuff we missed bc VAs got lost...

[echo nimbus]

[limber spruce]

well, it's not completely missed, they're pretty much TBD

but still, yeah, sad we didn't get it on release

[echo nimbus]

More importantly if the game wasn't buggy as hell it'd be good lmao

[smoky hawk]

I mean yhea but removing VAs would ensure we get more since a writer can easely learn the basics of scripting

[vestal pine]

End game kinda sucked and there not near enough weapons or fun things to do

[smoky hawk]

it would ensure a faster prototyping and put in the game model

[limber spruce]

I experienced more bugs in baldur's gate 3 release to be entirely honest.

[smoky hawk]

the fact that VA is all but required nowadays is such a sad thing considering it is also the deciding factor on how word dense things can be

[echo nimbus]

I encountered none 💀 ig it's person to person w a lot of bug

[vestal pine]

Hey guys speaking of which i wanna try one of these “good” mods. Whats the best standalone stalker game

[regal bridge]

My last playthrough didn't have too many bugs... worst one was having to Parkour to into Skadovsk

[charred nova]

Imbr most the the English Va in stalker 2 is just bad

Emotionless dialog

[echo nimbus]

Skif has some good voice acting imo

[vestal pine]

Except cutscenes. But they would lag sometimes.

[charred nova]

And or the emotion of the dialog vanishes between dialog options

[limber spruce]

Yeah, it's a subjective matter, still I was pretty underwhelmed by the bg3 release

[vestal pine]

Also the walking sucks.

[smoky hawk]

start with OGSR 1.0.11 or Spatial Anomaly

[limber spruce]

I'm glad your experience was better than my, because it's a fantastic game

[echo nimbus]

oof feel bad for u I had a blast and did like 6 playthroughs

[vestal pine]

Which one got more guns and is overall more fun

[smoky hawk]

OGSR

[limber spruce]

Not sure who do you mean, but I like shoc

[vestal pine]

And how do i install it/find it

[smoky hawk]

its standalone

look for it on moddb

[echo nimbus]

Lowkey I had no issues w stalker 2 until my save was destroyed cuz I couldn't progress 💀

[regal bridge]

IMO, STALKER 2 is now a pretty good game, but a few things destroy its mass appeal

Like all the walking

[limber spruce]

oof, feel bad for you. it's a long game as is

[smoky hawk]

not matter how much you ask they wont add vehicles to the game

[echo nimbus]

I was in pripyat w like 3 missions to go so I just restarted the whole thing so far in garbage rn

[vestal pine]

Are there any good ones that have a more modern weapon model and animation? Doom 3 been giving me a headache recently

[echo nimbus]

Someone should make a skif on steroids mod and give him 500 percent movement speed

[smoky hawk]

if you wanna play slop you can just ask the youtube algorithm

[vestal pine]

Thats why gamma is good in the first place

Simply bc the guns are satisfying to use

[limber spruce]

All you got. Take it or leave

[smoky hawk]

peak

[echo nimbus]

Lmao

[smoky hawk]

New Arsenal 7 is peak

[vestal pine]

And whats that?

[smoky hawk]

nothing beats it

[limber spruce]

infamous soup mod

[charred nova]

This looks like 3dfx graphics mode idk why

It’s got that crusty 2000s texture look

[vestal pine]

Just give me the best one that looks the best and has good feeling guns

[limber spruce]

Yeah, static lightning goes hard af

[vestal pine]

Legit looks like caravan shotgun

[limber spruce]

gunslinger cop mod

[vestal pine]

Also tho u should try gamma with the saturation turned to 1.3

[smoky hawk]

New Arsenal 7 is the I want guns master

[vestal pine]

Just give it a small try

[smoky hawk]

is this a new insult or smth?

[charred nova]

Usas12 when

[vestal pine]

No. It entirely changes the game lol

[smoky hawk]

to be awful slop yhea

[vestal pine]

Quite literally changes it

[smoky hawk]

I could play smth good

[vestal pine]

Then go play cyberpunk

[limber spruce]

Soup mod

[smoky hawk]

2077? that game sucks man

[vestal pine]

Egg copter

[charred nova]

https://tenor.com/view/1984-george-orwell-george-orwell-1984-1984-chips-1984-ruffles-gif-7144052804264359069

We could play satisfactory

[vestal pine]

https://youtu.be/VQTMsba73rw

[smoky hawk]

push my buttons and Ill boot Return of the Scar up

[limber spruce]

man that mod was a wild ride

[vestal pine]

Im 300 hours in,second playthrough,and bout to 100%

[limber spruce]

especially the sex scene in the second part LMAO

[vestal pine]

the updates have made the game a lot better content wise

[charred nova]

Wait what

Lmfao

[limber spruce]

you don't want to see it

[smoky hawk]

if a video of a random man smashing his controller in autistic fury is supposed to make me play it? it failed, it looks worse than I remember

[vestal pine]

Me?

[smoky hawk]

https://tenor.com/view/max-payne-sorrow-sad-tragic-why-gif-25206915

you remind me

[limber spruce]

which reminds me of reborn doppelganger

[charred nova]

https://tenor.com/view/max-payne-sex-gif-22116456

[smoky hawk]

that is my second plan

[limber spruce]

That's the funniest part, because soc modding is ogse here and there
cop modding is mostly gunslinger
standalone modding is freeplay slop
and cs modding is just like return of the scar and reborn

https://tenor.com/view/the-walking-dead-shane-crazy-angry-mad-gif-3000418893507148809

[smoky hawk]

tbf, most ppl know CS modding from Caesar and Dead Sky

[vestal pine]

Ok so what standalone (or standalone with mods) should i download. Im playing doom 3 so i need an actual smooth modern gun experience

Bc doom 3 is jarring

[vestal pine]

Counterstrike mod??!

[fathom gate]

Hi guys, recently started streaming Stalker 2. been only 2 episodes. What advice would you give to someone who has never played stalker series before.

[vestal pine]

Dont ask here…

[limber spruce]

cs is clear sky abbreviating

[limber spruce]

enjoy the game, play it at your own pace and don't listen to the backseat

[charred nova]

ERM SIR

[vestal pine]

Run while you still can

[charred nova]

NO GAMMA SLOP OR ANOMALY SLOP

[limber spruce]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-cat-e-cat-meme-cat-face-gif-23642589

[charred nova]

https://tenor.com/view/uni-cat-gif-16508948274886257497

[echo nimbus]

Slop that a large number of ppl enjoy

[charred nova]

Yah people love slop

Why you think people love cod

They fucken LOVE SLOP

YAHHHH

[limber spruce]

my brother in christ

[echo nimbus]

People don't love cod its just a cult

[limber spruce]

nobody even mentioned anomaly in the span of few hours

[echo nimbus]

Just like ea sports

[limber spruce]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-cat-e-cat-meme-cat-face-gif-23642589

[shrewd needle]

I think CoD has better ballistics than S2.

[vestal pine]

T-t-t-rhino… want to know wh-why it shouldnt exist

[echo nimbus]

Yeah but they also release the same shit yearly ( with a few add-ons unlike ea sports) and make millions

[pine solstice]

Would anyone be able to make a mod that makes a gun or something sell for a crazy amount?

[shrewd needle]

Would still take the better ballistics.

[vestal pine]

Stalker 2 just got no guns

[charred nova]

Yah we have conditioned the chat to be afraid of being it up

[shrewd needle]

Meh, it's just a revolver; replace it with that RSh or something and it's still good.

[charred nova]

The conditioning is working

https://tenor.com/view/1984-this-reminds-me-george-orwell-birkebeiner-esdeath-gif-26320157

[echo nimbus]

💀

[shrewd needle]

Yea. And the fact that they sell the same shit each year and still make millions shows the problem with gamers.

Totally deserving to get ripped off.

[spiral umbra]

why is the performace in this game so inconsistent? one second ill be solid 60-70 fps that hasnt changed for 30+ minutes and suddenly it will be 5 fps until i restart the game

[shrewd needle]

Because performance optimization and bug-fixing are a lost art.

Along with Unreal's own issues.

[charred nova]

More like skill issue

YOU HAVE FAILED THE WEALTH SKILL CHECK

[shrewd needle]

Also, just quit to main menu instead of restart game. Should fix it.

[spiral umbra]

the game just doesnt want to use my cpu lol it will be 40-60% usage at higher fps but when i dip down it just REFUSES to go above like 10% utilization

ue5 sure is something

[shrewd needle]

I know; I have that too. Like I said, quit to main menu and let it stabilize before loading save again.

[spiral umbra]

takes me 20 seconds to even get to the button lol

[shrewd needle]

OK, not that bad for me, only FPS drop.

[spiral umbra]

Well it sorta is the fps for me aswell its just that in the menu it still is at like 3 fps

[shrewd needle]

Hmm...that's worse. It generally stabilizes for me in the main menu at 60 FPS, then I can head back in.

Check for memory leaks too.

[inland mantle]

I really hope that if they add a master difficulty that changes damage to be realistic, more survival themed stuff etc that they redo enemy distribution. I can’t imagine the faust fight with BB right now, nevermind with a master difficulty

[inland mantle]

I used to be a cod player up until black ops 4, didn’t enjoy that. Didn’t mind Cold War, the rest are dogpoop SBMM death simulators by Peter griffin with a nube tube. Haven’t played battlefield since 4, figured I might try out the 6 beta and see how it is

[spiral umbra]

it might just be the amount of ram i have aswell i only have 16gb so having a other programs in the background will do that

[charred nova]

Hyped for the beta

Hope it’s good

[naive summit]

shotgun in close quarters is not OP feels lack luster like where do my buckshot balls go? like spread is unrealistic af

[charred nova]

https://tenor.com/view/1984-george-orwell-george-orwell-1984-1984-chips-1984-ruffles-gif-7144052804264359069

[naive summit]

feels like throwing ammo at them with hand rather than firing ammo at enemy

[spiral umbra]

i just LOVE when they tank my point blank 12 gauge

but a single 9x18 round will 1 shot them

[inland mantle]

Same here. I pray that it’s a realistic shooter with no slide cancelling bunny hopping 360 no scope BS

I need a new arcade shooter that’s actually good

[charred nova]

I played the alpha didn’t like it much

Beta looks way better though

So we will see

[olive scarab]

Hey everyone I was wondering if you could help me with something.
I want to make stalker related content but all the stalker stuff I see online it’s like they’re flying in the sky spectating the map.
I’d really like to do this because it would help me make better videos, is there any sort of mod or command that can enable me to spectate to record it like that?

This is for the OG trilogy by the way

[shrewd needle]

I ran the game on 12 GB of RAM; it's not because of that unless memory leak.

[spiral umbra]

it most likely is dont think ive ever played this game without one

[shrewd needle]

Well...then IDK.

[echo nimbus]

Agreed same thing with gamers doing pre-orders lmao honestly I wish pre-order bonuses were just not a thing

[inland mantle]

The beta LOOKS amazing af, but we’ll see how it feels to play

A ton can change between alphas and betas, and not always for the better

[charred nova]

https://tenor.com/view/uni-cat-gif-16508948274886257497

[echo nimbus]

If u get ue engine cheats (a mod) there's alot of commands you can run

[echo nimbus]

Like cosmetics!

[inland mantle]

The devs stated that there aren’t going be any cod like skins, that they are all going to be more or less grounded. The current ones are just faceless plain Jane skins, but I imagine it’ll probably get more unique operators but still lifelike

So we pray. I don’t wanna see Barney coming at me with an ak

[echo nimbus]

You might get scar on Crack yapping about the zone

[charred nova]

https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/65c25d820483234984d9a275/0fceaf4b-596c-4bdd-a7f5-fcff5adc0e83/HAT+ICON+OPTIMIZED.gif?content-type=image%2Fgif

[inland mantle]

I’d pay for that skin

[echo nimbus]

Lmao

[inland mantle]

Jk lol I don’t buy any skins. They pose 0 usefulness in eliminating enemy operators

[echo nimbus]

But you get to see your skins hands in first person

[inland mantle]

Let’s unite as gamers and petition elbow to fingertip skins

[echo nimbus]

Yeah cause triple a companies are all indie devs and need the money

[obtuse veldt]

Magic Vodka from bartenders when??

[inland mantle]

Companies like rockstar sure act like they do

[echo nimbus]

Cause they are

[inland mantle]

Rdr2 pay 99.99 cad for 250 gold bars that you can’t use cause there no content 🤡

[echo nimbus]

💀

[inland mantle]

Oh wait but you can gold all your guns!

[echo nimbus]

Is that actually a thing w the gold bars

[inland mantle]

Sadly yes

[echo nimbus]

💀 is it for online?

[inland mantle]

Rdr2 could have been just as big if not bigger than gta with the right support but there’s still major bugs from day one and they quit making content. It could have been huge. And yes that’s for online

[shrewd needle]

Same, but can't blame companies...it's just more money for them. Gamers are...well, big-brained.

[inland mantle]

I’ve got a collective 98 days of online play, and most of that is PvP because there’s not much to do. There should’ve been more roles, homesteading, farming, actual outlaws shit but your always forced to be the goody two shoes of brokeback mountain

[echo nimbus]

Red dead online could be peak

[inland mantle]

It really could have. If it got the same effort as they give gta 5. Like it doesn’t even have next gen support lmao

[echo nimbus]

💀 yeah well the ppl who complain abt microtransactions r the ones that buy em so checks out

[inland mantle]

Supposedly next gen update later this year though. Doubt it will bring new content though

But hey I’ll play the story again in 60fps and raytracing I guess

[obtuse veldt]

You want flying pegasus at this point huh?

[inland mantle]

Screw that I want Leonardo devincis first flying horse with a maxim gun and tactical Molotov dropper

Oppressor MK2 cowboy edition

[obtuse veldt]

LMFAO

[inland mantle]

Fr though why no purchasable flat deck wagons with maxim guns so posses can wreck people

[shrewd needle]

Exactly. As always, it's a demand problem, not a supply problem.

[obtuse veldt]

You know ever since they started with the futuristic bs, the game lost any sense

I hated that bike for years, until it got nerfed... 5 years later!!!

[shrewd needle]

Griefing 101.

[obtuse veldt]

Once you shot the filthy rat out of the bike, he was an easy kill

[inland mantle]

I remember when that thing had the ruiner missiles 💀 you couldn’t leave your house. At least most vehicles now can have a jammer put on

[shrewd needle]

Problem is shooting them off.

[obtuse veldt]

explosive sniper

[inland mantle]

I grief enough with a slipper sniper/shotgun bola combo

[shrewd needle]

Not happening one-handed.

[obtuse veldt]

[echo nimbus]

We need the money

[shrewd needle]

I got too addicted, so I just stopped playing. And the online grind is too much for me.

Honestly, GTA V single player is garbage; the MP is what SP should've been but with AI instead of other players.

[inland mantle]

Just one more score, Arthur and then we’re off to tahiti

[echo nimbus]

Somehow my 10k usd wasn't enough actually I'm p sure no amount of money is enough

[shrewd needle]

It's never enough. Welcome to capitalism.

[obtuse veldt]

I liked more the SAMP model

too many fun for the game modes and the parkour

[shrewd needle]

Never played, so can't say, NGL.

[obtuse veldt]

And an actual anticheat working

Pull out a minigun, rpg, homing launcher, explosive? Banned

[echo nimbus]

But hear me out the cyberpunk multi-player will be fire

[inland mantle]

Yeah same, got 98 full days playing 💀 it’s all I played for a while. But then got to level 310 and nothing to do but PvP constantly. Got to the point I was so sweaty taking on cronus zen using posses alone and winning. That’s not good 😂

[obtuse veldt]

noclipping? banned

[shrewd needle]

Uh...but those weapons are already in the game?

Like...getting banned for pulling out the Minigun sounds stupid.

[obtuse veldt]

Yes, but you are not supposed to use them in pvp servers

[shrewd needle]

WTF?

[obtuse veldt]

Cause they are too OP

[shrewd needle]

What's even the point, then? Like...what?

[obtuse veldt]

that was on the SAMP case

You know as soon someone pulled the minigun you are dead

[inland mantle]

Are you meaning FiveM servers? Cause public lobbies free game

[shrewd needle]

Didn't play RDO, but GTA O was grating, NGL. Like, I liked the missions, but having to do actual MP and co-ordinate with other players and not get griefed is a joke.

[obtuse veldt]

Public lobbies are free game

problem is on servers you are not supposed to use these weapons

[shrewd needle]

No, he means San Andreas MP. The custom one made by the community.

[frigid hill]

tfosl125 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[inland mantle]

Ohhh gotcha, yeah

[shrewd needle]

Server skill issue. You should be able to use any weapon you want in PvP as long as you're not actively griefing people.

[obtuse veldt]

Believe me boi, a minigun shoots so fast 3-6 bullets kill you

there is no defense against that, and headshots are DISABLED

[inland mantle]

Exactly, make them skillless kids cry and salt the earth with their tears

[obtuse veldt]

And the vehicle got wrecked in a second

[shrewd needle]

Well...that's GTA for you.

[obtuse veldt]

Not only to mention the sync back these days...

[shrewd needle]

TBF, it's not fun in GTA: O, but mostly because they're actual cheaters...and not just OP players.

[shrewd needle]

Kind of glad I don't do SA: MP either, then, NGL. I'd be pulling out the M134 at every opportunity.

[obtuse veldt]

Samp parkour was fun ngl

[inland mantle]

Yeah cheating is no bueno, but using whatever you have available to you in game to win? Absolutely

[shrewd needle]

I can imagine, especially considering the vastly increased movement compared to VC.

[obtuse veldt]

Every server had their set rules and any tactic inside the server was allowed

[shrewd needle]

Problem is that there's more cheaters than OP people, it's not even funny.

[obtuse veldt]

But miniguns and RPGs were mostly banned, grenades and molotovs were allowed

[shrewd needle]

And the funny part is GTA: O encourages co-operative play, but it's either a deathmatch or cheating in actual gameplay. Because people are idiots.

[inland mantle]

Like do you have any idea the amount of rdro players that messaged me absolutely raging because I kept killing them over and over after they started the PvP because I used deadeye and snipers and shotguns, whilst they had 0 cards equipped. Use what’s available lol

[obtuse veldt]

Problem is also with these... stupid ass idiots back the initial heists asking for 25%

[shrewd needle]

TBF, I'd be cursing you too.

[obtuse veldt]

Like you didnt help me with setups, you have 0 sense of self preservation, you suck, etc.

[shrewd needle]

And they don't pull their weight. Like, even I kept dying a lot, but that's because I have trouble with spatial orientation...but the people who don't do ANYthing asking for a cut is just ridiculous.

[obtuse veldt]

And they dont heal either too

like you can actually heal back

[shrewd needle]

Wait, you can heal others? Da phuck?

[inland mantle]

The hate was insane though. I’d get messaged constantly from pvp. Had a guy pull up my irl town and street and say he was gonna find what house I was in like what 💀

[obtuse veldt]

using food/armour in your inventory

[inland mantle]

Had internet cut multiple times too

[obtuse veldt]

to restore to 100%

[shrewd needle]

Should've just pulled deadeye on him IRL. 😏

[shrewd needle]

Damn, for real?

[shrewd needle]

No, I mean healing others.

[obtuse veldt]

ah ... thats not possible their fault for being idiots and not using food/armour after being depleted in combat

[inland mantle]

Yup, rockstar servers for rdr2 are peer to peer with 0 security. Unless you have a vpn, if you pvp then your at risk of being ddossed

[shrewd needle]

I can understand his frustration...but not what he did.

[obtuse veldt]

This happened to me once, i had to retaliate

Went searching for a white hat hacker to track the idiot who downed my ISP

[shrewd needle]

TBF, the interaction menu can die. It's unwieldy to use, especially in combat. Just give me hot-keys!

[obtuse veldt]

there is hotkeys nowadays with the weapon wheel to heal/armor quickly

[inland mantle]

The thing is though, I never start PvP with players. I always mind my own business but got insane at PvP from others starting it, who would get mad that I retaliate and send them to narnia

[shrewd needle]

I mean not even that; just direct keys like how CoP and S2 have quick keys for stuff.

[obtuse veldt]

Asked him to breach his PC and kill his CPU and GPU by overclocking them by a crazy ammount bypassing the security parameters

[inland mantle]

Been accused of cheating many times, like no justbslippery card so your pea shooter can’t hit me and I’ll just snipe ya

[obtuse veldt]

trick wasnt cheap though... but had to sent a bloody message

Usually cheaters have a lot... of backdoors

[shrewd needle]

I'd say that scares me, but, uh...well...can have a lot happen to you these days, so it's almost expected.

[shrewd needle]

Yea, but constant PvP can be annoying.

[obtuse veldt]

Like that was personal ngl

PvP cheating or griefing, screw it im moving out

Attacking my ISP? ok you will start crying

[inland mantle]

It’s criminal for online games not to have security nowadays. What if the one guy that pulls your location is actually a motivated unhinged psychopath

[obtuse veldt]

P2P connections should be illegal

And beside it, lots of lag

hosts with crappy network = DC

or a crappy CPU

[inland mantle]

Yeah but it’s always people who start the pvp, I’d kill them enough times they’d spawn super far from me, and I’d already be minding my own again and they come back for more. So I repeat kill until they just leave the server

They don’t know when to quit what they started

[obtuse veldt]

I just kept killing them over and over...

Until they go pussive mode or ghosted me

[inland mantle]

And then rage at you for being good at PvP

[obtuse veldt]

But if they go pussive mode i wont let them get in a vehicle

i just blow it with explosive shots as a way to give them the middle finger

i know i cant kill them, but i wont let them go anywhere

[inland mantle]

Atomizer to constantly knock them over

Can’t kill them but can knock them around

[obtuse veldt]

And at that point, they quit

ITs like... these idiots have 0 common sense

Attack a level 700

And not expect retaliation?

While being 150-

[inland mantle]

Man remember the real early days when everyone was on a mic in public lobbies? The screams of kids getting their shit handed to them constantly 😂

Now nobody on public mic, just private parties

[obtuse veldt]

Like nowadays i can perma go invisible

on radar that is

inmediately and keep killing them

[inland mantle]

Online gaming over the years has just felt so much less enjoyable each year overall though. The games got better in graphics but quality had gone down and can’t say anything on mic without offending someone and getting banned. Early days of cod kept you in groups and could be on mic and make friends and now you get put in a different lobby after each game

It sucks nowadays for online

OG modern warfare and black ops lobbies were the shit

[shrewd needle]

No, screw centralized connections. I'd rather not depend on some random company that'll go down some day and make me unable to play the game after.

[obtuse veldt]

that too

[shrewd needle]

OK, that's a fair point, NGL.

[inland mantle]

Ain’t trolling if they’re the ones who keep coming back. I try to help newer players to the game that are level 70 with nothing, but they shit on sight and don’t give up. Rdro toxic af

[obtuse veldt]

GSC, when a GTA based on the zone?

[shrewd needle]

This is because it's inversely proportional; back then, games used to get better mechanics rather than better graphics. Now, it's reverse.

[shrewd needle]

Can agree; if they're just going to act like shit, might as well put them in their place.

[inland mantle]

If only they got both nowadays, it would be prime. But they also gotta bring back the good ole public mics and not ban players because they said a bunch of bad things that a 6 year old heard on an m rated game

Like it’s not up to the company to make that call, it’s for parents not to let their greasy misbehaved kid play a M rated game, let them talk shit and then get mad that a guy told the kid off

GTA is apparently going to have age verification in 6, whether that’s true or not idk but whys that rockstars call. Make parents accountable for their crotch goblins

[shrewd needle]

TBF, cyber-bullying is a real problem and while I have no sympathy for shit-stirrers, those who don't and get affected need a way out.

[shrewd needle]

Parenting is a lost art in 2025, unfortunately.

[inland mantle]

I don’t hate kids, don’t have any of my own but am a stepdad, but parents need to be accountable. Don’t let children play N rated games online nowadays, it’s not 2012 it’s dangerous out there. But don’t censor adults speech on an adult game

[shrewd needle]

That, I agree with.

[inland mantle]

Age verification is a very slippery slope, cause I’m not going to put my ID on a third party site online just to play a game

Instead they should have questionar’s at first login that only an adult can answer. If a kids dad did it for them so they can play, that’s not our problem

[lean pecan]

I was ambushed by some bandits that accussed me of murdering max janitor but i cant find the key to the locked door in there

[smoky hawk]

the solution is to ban all british people from thje game

[inland mantle]

Something to distinguish an adult from a kid, it’s not hard

[inland mantle]

What are your feelings on British console players

[smoky hawk]

they can attain salvation thru escaping their abusers

[shrewd needle]

Agreed.

[shrewd needle]

Yea, but parenting is a lost art.

These days, parenting is about buying your kid a smart device and letting them rip through life like a redneck on a Harley-Davidson.

[shrewd needle]

But what if they are the abusers?

[echo nimbus]

There's obviously people who do have the skill of parenting it's honestly just as a society values are different now sadly (or maybe not sad depending on ur view of things ig?)

[shrewd needle]

People with the skills of parenting are rare.

And yes, society has changed, not for the better, but let me not say that lest I get called as the 'moral policing unit'.

[echo nimbus]

Lmao 🤣 god forbid we encouraged good practices

[somber rose]

banning pornography is based, limiting speech is unbased.

[shrewd needle]

IKR? And then people are like, "Your good is not my good. Don't police me, don't impose your morals on me" and bla, bla, bla.

It's a cycle, NGL. Same old, same old. Best to just...be apathetic to the noise and focus on ourselves.

Insert 'this is fine' GIF here.

[meager crag]

https://tenor.com/view/this-is-fine-fire-house-burning-okay-gif-5263684

I gotchu fam

[echo nimbus]

This would be true if their children didn't end up being absolute menaces to society to normal children but yeah nothing anyone can do especially in america where free speech and I'll do what I want is king lol

[shrewd needle]

Truly appreciated. 🙏

[shrewd needle]

It's just apathy, "I only care what happens to me, everything else is irrelevant."

[charred nova]

[meager crag]

I guess it depends on country/culture. I feel like the current day economy is more so focused on both parents earning money, so the kids instead get a sitter or go to their grandparents and thus don't have that great of a relationship with their parents nor much of a role model

[echo nimbus]

That's the American mindset 👏

[meager crag]

That and/or peer pressure from other kids

[somber rose]

Amnesia is Indian

[echo nimbus]

Huh

Oooh

[shrewd needle]

Capitalism moment. Also, inflation moment.

[charred nova]

We can have socialism and live it up like Venezuela

[meager crag]

Capitalism moment fr

Ah well

[echo nimbus]

[shrewd needle]

I'd rather Venezuela than pay $2000 for rent.

[charred nova]

There doing great with that while socialism thing

[meager crag]

We meeting up with Rebel?

[somber rose]

I pray I get to work for the Chinese Collaboration Government in America

[charred nova]

2000 for rent is even bad lmfao

[echo nimbus]

U could have capitalism w a conscious or morals but that usually doesn't work

[shrewd needle]

Yea, that's what companies like BREIT do. Capitalistic, BTW.

[charred nova]

That’s very affordable

[shrewd needle]

$2000 for rent is 'affordable'? WTF?

[charred nova]

That’s extremely affordable

Uh yes

It is

[echo nimbus]

Depends on what ur getting ngl 🤪

[meager crag]

Conscious? You're asking for too much bro

[shrewd needle]

That has to be him trolling.

[charred nova]

I make Jack shit

And I could easily afford that

[meager crag]

Handsome Jack shit in fact

[echo nimbus]

Or u could go to Korea and become ultra capitalist then u have like 0 homeless ppl

[shell flax]

The average rent in the US is like, 1600 or so lmao

[shrewd needle]

And zero culture.

[echo nimbus]

What 💀

[charred nova]

There is tons or culture in Korea

[shrewd needle]

And Jack says it's fine. Like...what?

[charred nova]

Are you joking

[charred nova]

It literally is

[echo nimbus]

I'm korean and lived in korea for over a decade the culture is so different compared to the usa lmao

[somber rose]

Culture involves passing things onto your children, which Korea doesn't have

[charred nova]

You just don’t understand people here get paid way more

[shrewd needle]

Too busy being capitalist to focus on culture, I mean. Can't participate in anything cultural when you're too busy being a cog in the machine.

[shrewd needle]

Depends on the job. Not everyone works as a CEO. Many live pay-cheque to pay-cheque.

[charred nova]

You could afford that working at McDonald’s

Your entire world view is skued buddy

[shrewd needle]

You're making what, $10 an hour at McD?

[somber rose]

This is ragebait that even I find impressive

bravo

[echo nimbus]

That's not even true 💀 they obv have time to do things or kpop and amusement parks wouldn't be such a large thing in korea (korea has a shit ton of flaws and I wouldn't recommend anyone having kids in that country)

[charred nova]

I make 20 bux an hour

[shrewd needle]

$80 a day, that's $2400 a month.

[charred nova]

And I could afford that

[meager crag]

Every day is a school day

[somber rose]

Apartment complexes require you to make 3x your rent at least.

[shrewd needle]

So that's $160 a day, which is $4800 a month.

And you're fine with dumping half of that into rent?

Definitely bait.

[somber rose]

So to afford a 2000 a month apartment you'd need to make 6k a month

[charred nova]

If it’s that or homelessness sure

[echo nimbus]

More like no use of compalning cuz nothings going to change

[somber rose]

So 35 an hour

[shrewd needle]

Yea, so you don't find the need to REDUCE the rent, but instead to say that it's just 'fine'?

WTF, Jack?

[shrewd needle]

Yea, unfortunately...it's just going to keep adding more zeroes without an appreciable change to QoL.

[charred nova]

I know someone who does it she’s perfectly happy

[echo nimbus]

Remember just take more debt so the younger generation suffers just like polluting and not caring abt climate change

[shrewd needle]

Well, I'm not and I'm glad no one here is stupid enough to be paying a 5090's worth of money on rent, of all things. Per month, that is; I could understand if it was yearly, but $2000/month is insanity.

[inland mantle]

Then you live in Canada where roughly 42.3 percent of your cheque goes to taxes, and then taxed on every individual item you buy

[charred nova]

It’s literally a matter of perspective

[shrewd needle]

Half your income going into rent is not perspective.

[charred nova]

People leave India on mass

Because they can make way more money else where

[shrewd needle]

I'm glad we in India don't have such a pervasive culture of debt, fortunately...but it's changing, unfortunately.

Now it's becoming normal, especially in over-crowded urban areas, to take a loan for homes, cars and what-not (that they don't even need).

[somber rose]

now you're baiting me, friendly fire

[charred nova]

They literally have the highest emigration rate

[somber rose]

I know. I am visibly shaking

[charred nova]

🥀

[shrewd needle]

They're stupid. Instead of staying here and changing the conditions here, they'll just run away like a bunch of cowards. Skill issue, honestly.

[somber rose]

based, enact Strelok's ending in India please.

[charred nova]

No they’re not cowards

They’re smart

[inland mantle]

How deep into the immigration convo are we allowed to go

[charred nova]

Okay

[somber rose]

This is a trap for me

[charred nova]

Let’s stop

[shrewd needle]

They are. If you have to emigrate to change your QoL rather than change things at your home, you've got skill issues.

I don't throw my home away if something's wrong, I fix it.

[charred nova]

https://tenor.com/view/1984-george-orwell-george-orwell-1984-1984-chips-1984-ruffles-gif-7144052804264359069

NO MORE TALK OF MIGRATION

THE UK GOONS WILL COME FOR ME

[inland mantle]

Same. As a Canadian I have a list of things to say but i shan’t

[shrewd needle]

I mean, you started, but well...meh. Stellaris calls.

Actually, Colossus calls. Need to wipe a few planets.

[charred nova]

51st staters

[inland mantle]

For the love of god I hope so

[charred nova]

I’m joking

[somber rose]

https://tenor.com/view/grenade-german-ww2-wehrmacht-granate-gif-19355339

[echo nimbus]

💀 u want to join orange oompa loompa land? (Joke)

[shrewd needle]

Don't worry, God doesn't love you. 😏

[charred nova]

God loves me

[inland mantle]

Do you know how many people in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta want to become us states?

[echo nimbus]

💔 what is this bait

[charred nova]

He thinks I’m based

[shrewd needle]

It's already gone off the rails, so...

[echo nimbus]

Lmao

[meager crag]

Of course you're not based

[inland mantle]

God loves us but the WEF doesn’t

[charred nova]

God said he’d let me marry his daughter he thinks I’m that cool

[meager crag]

You're talking about @oak junco obviously

[echo nimbus]

Whose his daughter

[somber rose]

I just think "stalkers in the zone" should not be allowed to exit the "zone" into the mainland.

[charred nova]

Idk

[shrewd needle]

I mean...everyone except the Punjabis hates Canada.

[meager crag]

Bro doesn't have a daughter bro

[echo nimbus]

U might get catfished

[oak junco]

[meager crag]

Behold, the Punished Based

He was too based, so he got punished

But not as based as to be deemed too based for this server

[inland mantle]

Canada itself isn’t hated, it’s our government and the actions that they take are. And believe me, most Canadians don’t agree with it, contrary to what the gov says

[meager crag]

[echo nimbus]

[charred nova]

He rides the fine line

[shrewd needle]

I know, was just a joke on how 'Canada doesn't exist, it's only USA'. Based on various other people and even GTA V constantly shitting on Canada.

Also, didn't things change after Trudeau went out?

[meager crag]

You're telling me people don't agree with lizard folks? Crazy

[echo nimbus]

At least it's better than France

[shrewd needle]

Quebec...

[meager crag]

Please censor that word

[shrewd needle]

Canada is half-French. The French are taking over.

[meager crag]

Censor it fr

[echo nimbus]

My bad I forget we need to censor frane and jb in 2025

[inland mantle]

Most Canadians want to become part of the states because we have 0 military funding, money being sent everywhere else, social assistance programs being scrapped, overinflated immigration population, an absurd amount in taxes meanwhile we have shit roads and no healthcare, gun laws that make even Germany rofl, the list goes on

[shrewd needle]

Much respect for you, but cope. 😏

[echo nimbus]

Bruh my * are tweaking 😒

[meager crag]

All is lost

[shrewd needle]

That's TMI.

[charred nova]

I’m tweaking

[somber rose]

We do not want to annex you please do not advocate for it

[shrewd needle]

Throw out all the Punjabis back to India. Problem solved.

[meager crag]

Hi tweaking =)

[inland mantle]

Yeah, got even a bit worse 😂 it’s been going downhill since Harper, conservative PM lost the election against JT

[charred nova]

If I could say what ever I wanted

Man…

[somber rose]

based and red dot pilled

[meager crag]

I mean, you can

[shrewd needle]

Yea, but since Trudeau left, didn't things get better?

[meager crag]

There's nobody stopping you

Except for me, but why should you listen to me?

[shrewd needle]

Don't worry, he doesn't.

[meager crag]

Exactly

[charred nova]

Pffff

[meager crag]

So we've got nothing to worry about

Or everything

[charred nova]

https://tenor.com/view/goon-gojo-anime-jjk-gojoedit-gif-14620067965573893258

[inland mantle]

Nope. He got rid of the carbon tax, but then raised fuel prices. He’s sent even more money to other countries and now is advocating for recognizing Palestine as a sovereign state. No Canadians want anything to do with that, it’s not our business

[inland mantle]

Take us please

[echo nimbus]

UK mfs when they age verification to goon

[meager crag]

Cringe, not kek

[somber rose]

no, From the River to the Sea

[shrewd needle]

Ah, so following in the USA's steps (but inverted since they support Israel)...I guess Canada picked up the wrong terrorist to call a freedom fighter. 😏

[shrewd needle]

UK lost ever since they Brexited.

Now they can't handle it but they can't do anything about it.

[shell flax]

Ah, I see Pandora’s box opened again

[charred nova]

No more goo

[echo nimbus]

We will take u for poutine

[charred nova]

STOP GOONING

[meager crag]

Oi, you've got a loicence for that, maid?

[charred nova]

https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/65c25d820483234984d9a275/0fceaf4b-596c-4bdd-a7f5-fcff5adc0e83/HAT+ICON+OPTIMIZED.gif?content-type=image%2Fgif

[shrewd needle]

I mean, it's better than gooning.

[meager crag]

[echo nimbus]

Stop the goon 😤

[inland mantle]

Yall take us in you can have all the poutine you want

[meager crag]

Goonn't

[echo nimbus]

Yeah well u prob don't like washington state cuz we r basically u 💀 💔

[shrewd needle]

I don't think the USA can afford Canada...can they?

[lucid charm]

Waiting for more mods to come to xbox…how are we today?

[shell flax]

Political debate isn’t much better, brother

[meager crag]

Oh yeah, absolutely not

[shrewd needle]

Oh, I agree; was just a couple of questions, but I agree.

[lucid charm]

And i come back to goontalk

[echo nimbus]

Listen we have 33 trillion in debt or smt and some wise guy said debt is money 💰 🤑

[meager crag]

Cultural stuff is kek, politics is cringe

[shrewd needle]

Man, if debt was money, I'd go to a bank right now.

[meager crag]

Nobody likes lizard people

[echo nimbus]

What's that I have no clue what that means

[shrewd needle]

Jack is the lizard guy; that's why he's got to call himself handsome.

[meager crag]

Wowzers

Jack? A scalie? Inconceivable

[shrewd needle]

No other way he'd be accepted anywhere.

[inland mantle]

Absolutely, you take BC, SK, AB and MTB, you’ve got the four provinces that fund this whole country, now able to use those resources internally instead of selling them to other countries like we do. Sell crude oil to yall, you refine and sell it to Europe and we buy refined oil for 2x as much

[meager crag]

[shrewd needle]

It's always the hidden ones.

[lucid charm]

1 that’s racist against stupid disgusting filthy lizards
2 only good lizard is a garden tool

[echo nimbus]

We dont want oil it taste bad

[meager crag]

Nuh-uh

[shrewd needle]

So...basically money laundering for the oil companies while the government treasury keeps losing money...

[inland mantle]

Not cooking oil 🤦‍♂️

[inland mantle]

In a nutshell yup

[echo nimbus]

Ik that but we only want ur poutine

[spiral umbra]

MTB?

[inland mantle]

Canadas broke and in extreme debt. We send money to everywhere else but our citizens, don’t use our resources to be self sustaining, take in immigrants who have 2/3 of their wages subsidized by the government promoting job losses for citizens etc

[inland mantle]

Manitoba

[spiral umbra]

ngl forgot mantioba existed

[shrewd needle]

Same here, but instead of money going elsewhere, it goes into the pockets of our politicians.

Corruption 101.

[echo nimbus]

America but w the military 🪖

[somber rose]

You're part of our empire, America cannot run out of money, so you can't either. Have you considered declaring yourself an ethnostate and exterminating smaller populations? That seems to guarantee US funding.

[shrewd needle]

Yea, but the USA too busy defunding the education and funding military.

I think Canada got neither. 😏

No offence to Biohazard/other Canadians, BTW...

[echo nimbus]

Education in the usa is like my girlfriend it's not real

[spiral umbra]

? im confused on what you mean by this

[shrewd needle]

Too true. 😆

[inland mantle]

Canadas out of money lmao. Blue collar work is usually around 25 an hour without college education, and almost half of your wages go to taxes, and then your taxes on every other dollar on items in stores which are inflated at prices

[shrewd needle]

NGL, I'd kill for 25 an hour. Without taxes, of course.

[somber rose]

25 canadian, it's like robux

[echo nimbus]

America spends all their money on the army and none for citizens

[inland mantle]

We don’t. They are even getting rid of school libraries for the most part, with only access being with a teacher. And only certain content allowed

[somber rose]

I was laid off due to outsourcing last year. Everyone is pretending it's AI

America is in a hole rn, ngl

[shrewd needle]

WTF? No libraries? But then what will John Wick use to break necks? 😏

[echo nimbus]

The world is ngl

[inland mantle]

Military is 💩 some of the best training in the world, with absolutely no gear, tanks, jets, ships, nothing

[shrewd needle]

So let me guess, if someone invaded you tomorrow, you'd be screwed...basically.

[somber rose]

I crave civil war, at least in a militia I won't have to pay rent

[spiral umbra]

depends mostly yes

[echo nimbus]

America will invade Canada for ur food 🥶

[inland mantle]

Still using the ancient C6 assault rifle that’s got a shaky stock and forestock that feels like it’ll fall apart

[shrewd needle]

They got no food either.

[echo nimbus]

Canadian food is fire

[inland mantle]

I’m starving man send food

[echo nimbus]

I sent a bunch of Americans to eat it all

[shrewd needle]

I got no food either.

[somber rose]

Naan is okay

[shrewd needle]

That looks like an antique LMG...from the '60s.

[shrewd needle]

I thought Americans only ate junk food?

[echo nimbus]

Just come to America where we have an absurd amount of food waste plus a very high obesity rate

[spiral umbra]

nanaimo bars, and tourtiere are probably my favourites

[meager crag]

Weird name

[oak junco]

Thats not canadian

[somber rose]

Is basically now, GG

[echo nimbus]

Pov stereotypes but u aren't wrong

[inland mantle]

Nothing better than moose that’s been slow roasted 8 hours without potato and onion, and mashed potatoes from the roaster with gravy made from the moose drippings and corn and peas

[shrewd needle]

Not even stereo-types but the processed food that's consumed en masse there.

Also other junk that's bad for health.

[echo nimbus]

I'm ngl I do not like peas

[oak junco]

You're American right?

[somber rose]

si senor

[oak junco]

Rip

[echo nimbus]

Processed doesn't always mean junk food

[meager crag]

Stamppot, my beloved

[somber rose]

Living in the Imperial core also sucks

[meager crag]

It's simple, but it's my favorite

[echo nimbus]

But tbf if the eu is banning our products its not a good thing lmao

[shrewd needle]

Processed food is junk because it's made to taste good and be addictive, not be healthy.

Ain't beating something home-made.

Also canned food = 🤮

[echo nimbus]

Milk is processed bruh

[blazing fox]

"Ground-unit to Air-unit, requesting aid in Cordon, south-West of the farm. We are being assaulted by a pack of dogs!"
-Senior Private Mostovoy

[echo nimbus]

Spam is good bro

[shrewd needle]

And it's shit, NGL; I wish we had a proper stable nearby so I could get fresh milk than processed in plastic bags.

Screw plastic.

[inland mantle]

Exactly why in this house we hunt our meat. Tastes a whole lot better and you feel healthy after eating it

[shrewd needle]

We're vegetarian and unfortunately, live in a concrete jungle, so...

[echo nimbus]

Wdym shit 😭 if u had raw milk there's a higher chance of infection

[stark crescent]

processed milk is better than fresh milk tho?

[somber rose]

despite my city's homeless population I'm not allowed to do this anymore

[spiral umbra]

??

[shrewd needle]

Beats detergent and water being mixed in your milk.

[inland mantle]

Yall can’t hunt to eat?

[somber rose]

No, they coddle the homeless

[inland mantle]

No room for a garden?

[echo nimbus]

Where r u getting this info cuz this is just straight up misinformation I feel like

[stark crescent]

raw milk carries all the bacteria thats living on the udders of cows. you know they cant reach udders to clean them right? they are covered in their own feces

[shrewd needle]

In a 400 square-foot apartment?

[stark crescent]

humans are frail beings. we cant even drink normal river water without catching atleast 10 different types of worms

[shrewd needle]

Uh...I'm pretty sure that's why we boil milk.

[inland mantle]

No access to rentable plots for gardens there?

[echo nimbus]

Tbf if they were grown in "normal" / sanitary conditions it would be less of a risk raw it's just america loves profit

[somber rose]

This doesn't exist in the vast majority of places

[spiral umbra]

?

[shrewd needle]

It's Mumbai...we don't even have space for PUBLIC gardens...hell, a public park I know got demolished for a metro.

[stark crescent]

its more complicated than simply boiling milk, but yes. we process milk to make it normally drinkable and to add to its longevity.

[shrewd needle]

What?

[inland mantle]

Fair enough, I’ve always lived in a small country town. Hate cities cause there’s no freedom. Convenient though for shopping

[spiral umbra]

you seem a bit insane have you considered being checked out?

[meager crag]

We've got raw milk at our local farms. You see things like that, eggs, even cheese sold pretty commonly, or, well, sorta commonly

[inland mantle]

I like being able to take a quad and rifle out from my house and get food

[shrewd needle]

Yea, but the way they do it, it tastes like shit. And I've even drunk milk that almost smells and tastes rotten.

[shrewd needle]

Excuse me?

[somber rose]

The countryside has a high barrier of entry in regards to cost. In most of America the only people who live there are over 50.

[echo nimbus]

Eggs r good my neighbor has a chicken farm and i sometimes get them way better than store bought (might be placebo)

[stark crescent]

of course normal milk tastes like shit. why else do you think we add flavors to it first chance we get?

how the hell do you think choclate milk started to exist.

[shrewd needle]

...

[meager crag]

Dunno, isn't always placebo. It's also a matter of living conditions

[shrewd needle]

Normal milk doesn't taste like shit; I can drink milk just fine without mixing things like chocolate or whatever into it.

[inland mantle]

Same with here for those who live out of the town. Small town isn’t bad but if you want an acreage nearby it’s expensive

[stark crescent]

cows got gut bacteria that transforms greens into sugar. we humans dont have that. milk to humans literally tastes different than to animals

bloody hell mate, tis like i have to teach you basic elementary stuff here

[meager crag]

Milk > Chocie milk, ngl

[plain fiber]

Hey folks.

[somber rose]

Are you lactose intolerant

[meager crag]

'Sup Tim

[stark crescent]

not at all. i can drink milk normally

[spiral umbra]

every single flavored milk tates horrid

[shrewd needle]

I mean, I know what we drink, so...you know...regardless of what you 'think' you can teach me, it is what it is.

[inland mantle]

Yup only milk that’s actually health for human consumption is goat after the breastfeeding stage

[somber rose]

how common is drinking the cow pee thing

[plain fiber]

Chocolate milk tastes good, strawberry is...not great.

[meager crag]

Hmm, not horrid, but just worse imo

[spiral umbra]

quite a bit worse but yeah

[meager crag]

Like, it's not bad, it's just that the real deal is better

[echo nimbus]

Ik they got roided up cows bro

[stark crescent]

any milk other than human breast milk isnt good for human consumption, and even then, its advised not to breast feed tiny humans after a certain age 😅

[shrewd needle]

A bit of sugar makes it savoury enough, NGL.

[meager crag]

Now use it with cereal

[plain fiber]

Good luck finding goat milk that isn't expensive and sold anywhere other than a health-oriented store.

[meager crag]

Indeed, add sugar as well

[shell flax]

This reminds me of a place I saw that sold pre made cereal milk

[spiral umbra]

too much work

[shrewd needle]

There are health-oriented stores now?

[plain fiber]

Just be like Skif and chug an entire can of condensed milk in under 10 seconds.

helth

[stark crescent]

but we are humans. we eat and drink literally everything thats bad for our body. chemical preservatives kill our kidneys. sugars turn us fat. but we sure as hell love shoving them down our throats.

[shrewd needle]

NGL, would.

[plain fiber]

We've had them in the US for decades.

[meager crag]

Two small spoons of sugar and you're more than good tbh

[shrewd needle]

Exactly.

[shell flax]

Lactose intolerant or not, you’d be shitting violently after that

[inland mantle]

Goat milk is fine because it’s easier to digest because it has smaller fat globules and is a soft protein and low lactose

[steel yoke]

In my Ukrainian childhood I’ve sometimes drunk milk directly from cow, I mean even without boiling it. It tastes really good, but different

[shrewd needle]

Interesting; everything here tends to be mediocre, including health. And adulterated.

[plain fiber]

Sounds like you're not Slav enough.

[somber rose]

those were male cows Ruslan we've talked about this

[spiral umbra]

i feel like either your spoons are REALLY small or thats quite a bit of sugar

[echo nimbus]

R u guys talking abt putting sugar in milk btw 💀

[shrewd needle]

I'd honestly prefer it if we had proper cow/buffalo stables here; could just get milk from there and boil for use.

[spiral umbra]

sadly we are chocolate milk to be specific

[shell flax]

Better then my buddy who carbonated his milk one time

[somber rose]

sparkling milk

[echo nimbus]

HUH IK RHAT SHIT TASTED NASTY

[shrewd needle]

For taste, since plain milk can be problematic for many people due to lack of enough...savoury taste.

[meager crag]

Honestly, it's still on my to-do list (getting fresh milk, that is) despite me literally living next to a farm selling that

[inland mantle]

There’s people that add more sugar to Pepsi 💀

[stark crescent]

your sweet tooth depends on how sugar you are used to. shocking.

someone who hardly eats anything sweet, finds even the smallest things quite sweet, while someone who is used to eating sugar, will still not taste sweetness with alot of sugar.

[frigid hill]

eturboisgod has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[meager crag]

Oof

[shell flax]

Essentially spoiled it immediately lmao

[echo nimbus]

I never had an issue but honestly warm milk and honey is so good once in a while

[plain fiber]

I've had raw milk before. It was at a B&B on a farm in Upstate New York and they had a pitcher of it in the fridge. It was delicious.

Probably wouldn't do it nowadays though since I've heard about it potentially being a vector for bird flu, at least in the US.

[spiral umbra]

...

[meager crag]

Regular tea spoons

[echo nimbus]

So did he drink it

[stark crescent]

its why someone from india, that eats alot of curry, is more used to spicy food than someone from europe, that is more used to bland food.

[shrewd needle]

Yea, but honey is expensive and pure honey is unavailable unless you have your own bees...

So might as well sugar it.

[shell flax]

Yes, with a swig of rum lmao

[echo nimbus]

Ew lmao 🤣

[shrewd needle]

Most commercially-available honey is basically thick sugar syrup.

[echo nimbus]

What is pure honey vs the honey I buy at the store 💔

[shrewd needle]

This.

[echo nimbus]

Ooh 💀

[steel yoke]

I would say, do it, no need to wait)

[shrewd needle]

Pure honey is something else. Just...chef's kiss.

[stark crescent]

you should try anise one time. its naturally sweet. its not sugar. its a plant. but add it to milk, and the milk will taste sweet.

[shell flax]

As someone who’s had both, it’s a placebo effect usually

[shrewd needle]

Stevia too, I think?

[plain fiber]

I'm from the Northeastern US and will sometimes eat ghost pepper hot sauce by the spoonful.

I'm also white AF, nothing (or almost nothing) other than European when it comes to my ethnic ancestry, at least as far as I know.

[echo nimbus]

Most things in life are regarding food imo

[meager crag]

Actually, do any of you usually buy locally produced food? Like honey, milk, eggs, maybe even fruits or vegetables and the like?

[echo nimbus]

R u sure ur not a masochist (joke btw)

[plain fiber]

There's also monk fruit extract.

[stark crescent]

truie. stevia as well. but anise is more widely used

[shrewd needle]

Anise seeds or leaves or something else?

[echo nimbus]

I have a garden 😊

[stark crescent]

seeds, crushed to powder. so, anise powder, more exactly.

[shell flax]

My neighbors have bees and i got a bottle from em, barely any difference between store bought and fresh I won’t lie lmao

[plain fiber]

It tastes so good, I can't help myself.

[meager crag]

Very based

[echo nimbus]

Bro 💀

[shell flax]

I need to go to the farmers market this weekend and get about two pounds of honey though

[shrewd needle]

The prices are making my eyes water; it's unaffordable.

[echo nimbus]

They closed the farmer market next to us 😅 rlly sad abt that

[plain fiber]

I like heat as long as it has actual flavor. If it's just pain I don't want it.

Like, if you've ever watched Hot Ones, that one hot sauce, Da Bomb: Beyond Insanity, apparently tastes like shit because its heat comes almost entirely from capsaicin extract iirc.

[shell flax]

Mine is a community run one, so no building to close thankfully

[plain fiber]

It's pretty cheap here in the US.

[shell flax]

You can get reapers for like, 10 cents a pepper

[echo nimbus]

U eat ghost peppers man 😭

[shrewd needle]

$1.25/100 grams here... 😔

Whereas normal sugar = close to $0.45/KG.

[shell flax]

Also fresh honey comb

[echo nimbus]

I had it once it was alr ngl

[meager crag]

Our neighborhood sells pears around autumn for cheap, so we can eat a ton of stewed pears. That stuff with some potatoes and a meatball is amazing. Sometimes people even put them in a bag and give them away for free

[steel yoke]

Absolutely. We have special drink in my family for getting over a caught. It is milk, honey, some butter and a bit of brandy. May be it is traditional, may be not. Not sure if it really helps against the caught, but as a child I loved it, mostly because of brandy but not only. Just tastes really good

[plain fiber]

Well okay, relatively cheap for what it is then. Besides, it's sold in decent-sized bags in stores where I live, and I think they're like....$10? I'd have to double-check.

[echo nimbus]

Send

[shell flax]

Corn, peppers and honey are the big ones here

[shrewd needle]

Send some here. 😏

[plain fiber]

They have a good flavor. My favorite hot sauce is made with ghost peppers and habaneros. It's delicious.

[echo nimbus]

I'd prob spit it out due to brandy I do not like alcohol but sounds delicious ngl

[shell flax]

I’ve seen homemade baked goods as well, from cinnamon rolls to fresh sourdough bread

[echo nimbus]

I will never try a ghost pepper 🌶

[shrewd needle]

Home-made always good.

[meager crag]

How is bro Healthy?

[echo nimbus]

Sourdough is good

[meager crag]

Never had tbh

[steel yoke]

Yes, I’m a bit anxious about raw milk nowadays as well. But those were the days in 80s)

[shell flax]

It’s good, pick some up some time, great for sandwiches

I’ve ascended

[shrewd needle]

Home-made ascended you.

All praise home-made food.

[meager crag]

Another thing on my to-do list is to buy some potatoes grown in clay ground. They're apparently sweeter, so I'd like to try them

[shell flax]

Hunting is a big thing around here too, so once season picks up (and I get myself a rifle) gonna need to find a butcher shop to see if I can snag anything after I get my two

[meager crag]

Congrats on Veteran dawg

[shell flax]

Thanks

[steel yoke]

Not getting into the thing, that warming even good honey up makes it to loose its qualities

[shell flax]

Caramelize it for mead

[shrewd needle]

I know, would never warm honey.

I was talking about how basically everything sold commercially is adulterated.

[meager crag]

I honestly feel like honey can be a good ingredient to experiment with. Opinions/experiences?

[shell flax]

Honey, water, nutrient, yeast boom, give it some time and you’ve got home made booze lmao

[plain fiber]

Me? One of the assistant mods gave me this tag because I mentioned going to the gym five days a week.

[meager crag]

Wasn't that me? Or was that another title?

[plain fiber]

Oh, maybe it was you. I can't remember who it was, all I know is tha they were a mod.

[shell flax]

Also Tim, you ever thought about making home made hot honey?

[plain fiber]

I have not.

I did buy some hot honey barbecue sauce from Aldi a few weeks ago. That disappeared very quickly.

[shell flax]

I’m growing habs rn for that

[plain fiber]

Also tried some hot honey cheese they were selling. Wasn't very great, too much honey taste, not enough cheese and heat.

[meager crag]

Ever had spicy honey mustard? That stuff is great, although you can buy it absolutely nowhere

[plain fiber]

I've never seen that unfortunately, that sounds great.

[shell flax]

Once we get the bigger garden set up though, I might try and grow some ghosts, scorpions and reapers

[plain fiber]

Hmm, Aldi is selling a bunch of hot honey stuff (I believe it's for the Summer). Next time I go, I'll see if they have anything like that.

[meager crag]

Same with spicy joppie sauce, it's sold literally nowhere, but it's great

[shell flax]

Also might try and brew some fall themed mead this year

[plain fiber]

Oh so, I'm looting Duga right now, and those instakill snipers that surround almost all of the perimeter piss me off.

Absolutely no warning, half the time I don't even hear a gunshot. Hell, the game wasn't even telling me I had died by gunshot, just "Lost to the Zone".

[plain fiber]

Never heard of that before. What's in it?

[meager crag]

It's a Dutch thing and it's pretty great. It's normally not spicy, but there is a spicy version of it as well

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joppie_sauce

[shell flax]

I’ve also thought about getting a distilling license in the future, make some Shine or something

[meager crag]

Usually eaten with fries and snacks

Samurai sauce is also pretty good, as far as spicy sauces go

[plain fiber]

based on mayonnaise with mild curry spices

*insert "I NEED IT!" Spongebob GIF here*

[meager crag]

Yeah, it's great

And expensive if you buy it from a shop

Believe it's currently 5 smackeroos for an 850 ml bottle

[plain fiber]

All this talk of delicious food and condiments makes me think of a GIF. Would it be possible to give me image/GIF perms for like 1 minute? If not I can just go post it down in #💬┃en_offtop and link it here.

[meager crag]

Nope, we can't

Literally can't

[plain fiber]

Well the GIF isn't there anyways, so it doesn't matter.

[meager crag]

Perhaps this convo would've been better for #💬┃en_offtop in the first place

[plain fiber]

It might be better to just end it since it seems you and I are the only two left speaking and I was gonna go play some S2.

[meager crag]

Aite fair, enjoy your game

[fierce nexus]

[stark crescent]

what is the reasoning behind not allowing images here

[meager crag]

Probably to prevent people from posting/spamming NSFW stuff

Although I do feel like higher ranks should be allowed to tbh

[shell flax]

Ngl I thought it was because of the Snork incident

[meager crag]

Oh no, it's been like this for ages

Or forever, as far as I know

[obtuse veldt]

Wait a snork incident?

[stark crescent]

alot of the time a conversation here led to wanting to send a image, video etc but then you would have to go to the images channel to send your image so if it came to it you'd have to move again to screens-and-videos and then you get yelled at in that channel for having a conversation in it.

[obtuse veldt]

WTF?

[meager crag]

Some people got put into the horny asylum because a jail was too good for them

[obtuse veldt]

But if you put people togheter in the Horny jail, you are not punishing them, you are rewarding them ._.

Now the asylum its a different matter though

[meager crag]

Yeah, we usually just posted it in #📸┃screens_and_videos and then continued talking here

[stark crescent]

which kind of ruins the flow of the conversation, doesnt it

[meager crag]

Although if you did talk there back in the day, it wouldn't be that big of an issue, seen how small the server was

[meager crag]

True, but it's kind of a "better safe than sorry" thing

Same with GIFs

Pretty sure this became a thing after Day 1

You know how launches go

People spamming swastikas and the like

After which journos made articles about the situation

Which, in turns, brings us where we are now

Image permless

[shell flax]

Actual journos or the vultures who call themselves that?

[meager crag]

What's the difference?

[stark crescent]

IGN being notorious at doing that

[shell flax]

True

[meager crag]

I don't remember which journo outlet it was tho

There were obviously multiple

Probably some small timers tbh

Luckily #💬┃en_offtop has image perms, so it's technically a better #☢┃stalker-general, seen how this chat just gets used for offtop most of the time

[meager crag]

Man, that Snork is smoking

[obtuse veldt]

Dont you mean, in heat?

[meager crag]

No, I don't

[shell flax]

https://tenor.com/view/get-rekt-boi-elmo-shot-execution-gif-15314352

[meager crag]

Poor Elmo

He's already got it hard enough

[charred nova]

The Elmo incident

[meager crag]

Ikr

[obtuse veldt]

[fierce nexus]

Stalker 2 is far better than the originals in every way

[obtuse veldt]

@fierce nexus

[fierce nexus]

Uhhhh

[obtuse veldt]

wait, you cant ban?

[fierce nexus]

I did

I ain't clicking those links tho

[somber pecan]

😬

[obtuse veldt]

well guess time to call a senior mod then :S

@meager crag

[meager crag]

Bruh

[smoky hawk]

just delete them

[meager crag]

Aye

[smoky hawk]

hes already banned anyway

[meager crag]

Nuka was probably on mobile tho, so I understand why he didn't delete them

[meager crag]

Thanks for the shout

[fierce nexus]

I did ban tho

[meager crag]

Pretty sure you can purge all messages with a Discord ban, even on mobile

[somber rose]

Woah, I found the testroom in Stalker 2

https://i.gyazo.com/b3a700119ede6d9cae5a01fd5850750d.jpg

[meager crag]

Inb4 it has an NPC with my name they used as target practice

If not, then I'm disappointed (and offended)

[fierce nexus]

Maybe

[plain fiber]

It'd be nice if this was the case. Like, if you've been here long enough and haven't been banned, it's probably safe for you to have more permissions.

[somber rose]

There was no one there other than a generic freedom patrol

[shell flax]

Steam S2 has corrupted three times

[plain fiber]

Your saves? How?

[shell flax]

I have no idea, trying to figure it out

[graceful dirge]

Wow can you send map location?

[somber rose]

Due north of Generators, across the Pripyat river. Outside the map on an island

[graceful dirge]

Sweet, I actually have a save out just little bit north of the generators was exploring the complex on a bugged save where I'm invincible, definitely gonna check that out thanks

[plain fiber]

I think there are two or three dev test areas.

[somber rose]

Oh?

[plain fiber]

Yeah, just look it up on YouTube.

[plain fiber]

bugged save where I'm invincible

How'd that happen?

[cold wadi]

best settings for clearest image?

[acoustic orchid]

Where is this 😂

[graceful dirge]

Attempting to run out of the map by the Tornado arch-anomaly in Yaniv by jumping on some crates and then to the gantry & over the train, and then spam-alternating heal + antirad until I got far enough out that there was no more radiation kill boundary. Upon jumping off of the roof at Jupiter plant, I realized that I was fully invincible. I don't really have a definitive answer as to how it happened & have not been able to replicate it. But I have loaded those saves & even some of them preceding that out-of-bounds moment somehow & they are also bugged & I'm invincible on, this happened pre-1.4 and am still invincible on those saves and more made from those even now in 1.5.2. The only way I have found to turn it off is by fast traveling but it's on my 100%'d playthrough so I just use it for like out-of-bounds exploration or if I really wanna feel like Terminator lol

[shell flax]

https://tenor.com/view/himym-barney-suicide-gif-20743087

Gonna scrap my mod list and try again later

[echo nimbus]

What happened

[shell flax]

Whole game ate itself

[echo nimbus]

💀 like save died?

[shell flax]

Yep

[tardy rain]

there's something fucky going on if your saves are actually being corrupted, that's really uncommon outside of removing mods from an existing save. Even that doesn't corrupt the save, it just makes it incompatible until you restore the mods that existed when it last ran

[shell flax]

It’s almost certainly something I did last night but I’ll just do a clean install and go from there

[tardy rain]

dont bother with the reinstall, clear AppData first

if that fails, delete Binaries/Win64 and verify files to redownload the required parts

and back up saves beforehand

[shell flax]

Will do

[tardy rain]

there's no point wasting a couple hours downloading hundreds of GB of perfectly functional files

[ebon blade]

https://youtu.be/MJdu6MCjdXY?si=K-MwoKpcysxlApkj

[junior geode]

quick question. why is the enhanced editions so disliked?

[charred nova]

They censored the game and most of the visual upgrades are considered downgrades and or worse than already existing visual overhaul mods

[inland mantle]

I was thinking about buying the enhanced trilogy. Does console at least have mod support and mods to better the graphics?

[charred nova]

No

It has basic graphics mods from what I know

[inland mantle]

Oof

[charred nova]

There is no gamma on console

[inland mantle]

Didn’t think gamma would be, but not even world and gear textures?

[charred nova]

Oh maybe

But I’d imagine it’s just meme textures

[inland mantle]

Gunslinger might be on console? AFAIK that mods pretty lightweight, just redoing animations, some graphics and balancing

That’s for cop

[charred nova]

Nope

Basically any notable stalker mod

Is pc only

https://mod.io/g/stalker-soc

[inland mantle]

Oooof lol. Def not buying the enhanced trilogy then, stick with the OG on consoles

[charred nova]

It’s the same mods dude

[inland mantle]

No I mean if we already have the OG no point buying the enhanced edition since graphics are worse and no good mods to replace them

Stick with OG with no mods over worse graphics

[charred nova]

Technically your already owned

Because the only uncensored versions of the games are only on pc

https://tenor.com/view/laughing-cat-catlaughing-laughingcat-point-gif-7577620470218150413

[inland mantle]

Then I shall play the trilogy after I build my pc

Another L for console

[still current]

Yes you did it gave me a good laugh tbh

I mean, what was the point even

[fierce nexus]

They censored Ready or Not on PC as well if that's what you're on about

[vestal pine]

Idk but thats kinda funny

[spiral umbra]

Voll is a man with a fetish now :(

but i think some of the stuff is still there im not really sure

[still current]

Kinda

[charred nova]

No stalker trilogy

[fierce nexus]

That too, cheez it man

[charred nova]

Nah the originals aren’t censored

[fierce nexus]

I didn't say they were

[somber rose]

THE INTERNET IS OUT

[fierce nexus]

Bro's in the dark

Pray for bro

[primal nimbus]

Bro’s lost to the Zone

[fierce nexus]

[primal nimbus]

He was a good Stalker

[somber rose]

wow you're at this again

[charred nova]

Gottem

https://tenor.com/view/1984-george-orwell-george-orwell-1984-1984-chips-1984-ruffles-gif-7144052804264359069

[strong onyx]

The visuals on PC got a major downgrade which is worse imo.

The community manager then says they didn’t do that, which is a lie.

The fact that they did it is admittedly pissing everyone off, but what is making everyone even more angry is the fact that VOID (avoid????) is lying about doing it.