☢┃stalker-general

[weary hedge]

I will never understand the hype behind that kind of music. I’m sorry😂

[shrewd needle]

That's 'cause most of us are boomers. Almost boomers.

[meager crag]

Or play Clear Sky

[hallow shadow]

PASCO COUNTY
IS THE BEST COUNTY
FOR YOU AND ME

[exotic glacier]

Yeah, it was messed up.

[hallow shadow]

Nu Metal has its place.

Just not in my ears.

[shrewd needle]

I'd love to, but CS Lymansk is too linear and lacking exploratory material.

[shrewd needle]

Always hated it. I still get shudders at times.

[hallow shadow]

But Korn ain’t metal.
It’s 90’s Industrial Rock.

[weary hedge]

Right😭

[meager crag]

Time to ruin my life

[shrewd needle]

Well...at least I warned ya! 😏

[hallow shadow]

Yo!
Why is Burnt Forest so effing haunted?

[weary hedge]

Too much of an instrument mess for my taste plus if I can’t understand the words I don’t want it

[hallow shadow]

Skif is now Ghostbusters.
Dammit.

[exotic glacier]

2 things... The zit. The pencil.

[shrewd needle]

That's the point of the map. It's completely burnt out and inhospitable.

[plain fiber]

Burnt Forest needs a neutral base or something. Looting the Southwest of the map is such a pain the ass.

[shrewd needle]

The pencil made John Wick look tame...and JW is brutal as shit.

[hallow shadow]

I learned that, this morning. Before I went to bed.

John Wick is tame.

[plain fiber]

Tool - Sober, now that's a great music video.

[hallow shadow]

Back in my day, he was called Jason Bourne

[plain fiber]

Oooh, also Static X - Push It.

[shrewd needle]

I mean the way he kills people. Bourne is efficient; Wick is brutal.

[exotic glacier]

I'm with stupid is great

[hallow shadow]

Wick gets headshots, and almost always gets his ass kicked.
Which is par for almost any Jiujitsu guys.

[meager crag]

Mid music tbh

[shrewd needle]

Well...it's all about the video...never much cared for music.

[meager crag]

Oh

Meh as well

At least it's fake

[weary hedge]

Old music videos were something else

[shrewd needle]

Still shakes me. And I watched it more than a decade ago.

[meager crag]

Oh, of course I'm getting Dethsupport as the next video

Lmfao

[hallow shadow]

SHOEBODY DOO BOP
SHOEBODY DOO BOP
SHOEBODY DOO BOP
SHOEBODY DOO DOO DOO DOO

[shrewd needle]

I never been much into songs; always been an instrumental/trance person, so...that's a lot better, NGL.

[exotic glacier]

Try blitzkrieg bop.

[shrewd needle]

Why did I read that as Scooby Doo Bop?

[hallow shadow]

“Shadow of Intent” makes good instrumentals.
Most of their music is about Halo lore.
Their Elegy album is dedicated to the early parts of the war in Ukraine.

[hallow shadow]

I’m not my parents.
But that song is catchy.

[shrewd needle]

I'm always up for good soundtracks.

[exotic glacier]

Jean Michelle Jar is great too.

[hallow shadow]

The older album, “Primordial”, and “Reclaimer”.
Those are Halo albums.

[weary hedge]

Halo lore goes hard

[shrewd needle]

Instumentals?

[exotic glacier]

Oh and gigi augustino

[hallow shadow]

“The Prophet’s Beckoning” it’s a song about the day the Covenant found Earth.

[plain fiber]

Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory.

[exotic glacier]

Yes

[hallow shadow]

WOW IM 16 AGAIN

[weary hedge]

I miss the covenant. I need to replay the series

[shrewd needle]

Play for me too.

[plain fiber]

It's on Steam, go buy it and relive your memories.

[stark crescent]

wtf is this false advertising again

[weary hedge]

You play it too

[hallow shadow]

You gotta listen to that album.

“Reclaimer” by Shadow of Intent (name of a covenant ship, by the way)

Think Lorna Shore but they play more than one note.

[plain fiber]

I like Sun//Eater.

[meager crag]

Helldivers players rn

[stark crescent]

that new announcement. pre order stalker 2 on ps5 for extra digital goodies. why are they showing artwork of the veteran without a scope? we cant get the veteran without a scope. why would they make artwork like that?

freaking AI art

[weary hedge]

Helljumpers*😏

[shrewd needle]

I can't even update STALKER...you expect me to play the MC collection? 😔

Though I do have it on the list and when I can, definitely.

[meager crag]

You also forgot the new skins

[hallow shadow]

I’d still make it fit.

[plain fiber]

We might be getting Veteran without a scope. I think I remember weapon attachment reworks being listed on the Q3 roadmap.

[shrewd needle]

LimHalousine. 😏

Yes, y'all can hate me for that.

[meager crag]

Wolvesine fr

[weary hedge]

Because of internet or?

[plain fiber]

And somehow it still bounces like it's on the freaking moon.

[hallow shadow]

Warthog Extended Cab?
No.
HIPPOPOTAMUS

[shrewd needle]

No space. Lost an HDD, so am extremely squeezed.

[meager crag]

Oh right it's the Warthog

I'm dumb lmfao

[hardy totem]

ROFL

[meager crag]

Wolverine's the other one

[shrewd needle]

https://tenor.com/view/a10warthog-plane-brr-gif-27117334

[exotic glacier]

Lads, what halo game released around 2005. I remember playing a great demo back then.

[plain fiber]

Sympathy potato for you. 🥔

[weary hedge]

Damnnn. I don’t know if you can get them separately but the original 3 plus reach are fairly small

[hardy totem]

BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRT

[plain fiber]

I think 05 was 2?

[meager crag]

Thanks, part of my favorite meal

[shrewd needle]

Yea, but isn't the MC Collection a whole thing together?

[hallow shadow]

A-10’s go hard.

[plain fiber]

I'm wrong, Halo 2 was 04. Halo 1 was 01.

[shrewd needle]

Yes, well, you can't have a CAS aircraft going soft.

[hallow shadow]

Yes. MCC is Halo:CE, H2, H3, and H4

[exotic glacier]

Good times.

[weary hedge]

Yeah it’s like 100+ GB tho cause they crammed all the multiplayer stuff in aswell

[plain fiber]

Halo 3 was 07.

[hallow shadow]

Also comes with Reach, and ODST, if you buy them.

[shrewd needle]

Right, so that's what I'm saying; can't fit all of that together.

If they were separate games, maybe. But Microshaft moment.

[hallow shadow]

Just upgrade, bro. 😛

[weary hedge]

Just start by playing halo reach separately

[shrewd needle]

I shall bonk you with the Deadpool controller!

[plain fiber]

2 TB SSDs are pretty cheap.

[shrewd needle]

Wire me the monies. 😏

[plain fiber]

I can't, I'm saving up for my own PC build.

[shrewd needle]

Isn't Reach MP? Or did I mix shit up?

[plain fiber]

Reach had MP, but it had a single player campaign too.

[hallow shadow]

I mean, my series S only has 500Gb, but I have the 2Tb expansion card.

[shrewd needle]

But you're on a console and limited to what MS feeds you, though.

[hallow shadow]

Reach is both.
That MP was groundbreaking.

[weary hedge]

Reach is the first game lore wise. It’s got multiplayer and arguably one of the best campaigns

[hallow shadow]

Everyone got filtered by the reticle blooming.
No more fixed shots.

[hallow shadow]

That, too.
Reach happened before Halo:CE

[plain fiber]

I missed out on so much peak Halo MP since I couldn't run 2 for a while, and then every game since then was console exclusive.

[shrewd needle]

Right, but I'm asking if you can buy/download individual games in the MCC, or do you have to get the whole 100 GB?

'Cause I have no idea how MS garbage works, so I want to be sure.

[weary hedge]

You should. I don’t know if they do on steam tho

[meager crag]

So, the new ODST Warbond is primarily stealth focused. Are the Orbital Drop Shock Troopers stealth troopers in the lore as well? Seems pretty odd for "shock troopers" IMO at least

[plain fiber]

Granted, I played tons of Halo CE multiplayer, but nothing beyond that.

[hallow shadow]

Honestly.. I’m not on PC and wouldn’t know.

In Xbox you have to have them. Only optional are Reach and ODST.

[shrewd needle]

Fair enough; I'll see how it is and then get if I can.

[hallow shadow]

Sold separately

[shrewd needle]

That shucks. 😔

[plain fiber]

Oooh, anyone remember F.E.A.R.?

[weary hedge]

I’ve still got my disk and it works 🥲

[meager crag]

https://tenor.com/view/fear-game-clone-soldier-death-gif-19548609

[hallow shadow]

I get no discs… Series S

I had to buy them all over again.

[shrewd needle]

What...even happened there? 😆

[plain fiber]

Lol, wtf happened there? Did he collide with the physics object?

[weary hedge]

Tufffff

[shrewd needle]

You bought games twice?

See, this is why PC. Buy once, make ISO for backup and play forever.

[hallow shadow]

You can’t install the whole thing?

[meager crag]

https://tenor.com/view/funny-animals-goats-gif-8683698

[plain fiber]

Or buy it on GOG and keep the installer exe on a USB drive.

[shrewd needle]

I don't have 100 GB to spare right now for Halo.

[weary hedge]

https://tenor.com/view/halo-re-emile-gif-26350806

[meager crag]

That was meant as a reply to you

[shrewd needle]

Depending on game.

Can't store CP2077 or S2 on a USB. 😔

[plain fiber]

Oooooh, anyone remember Freelancer?

[meager crag]

Discord didn't seem to agree with me tho

[hallow shadow]

Noble Team went so damn hard, dude.

[plain fiber]

No it did, it's properly highlighted for me.

[shrewd needle]

https://tenor.com/view/halo-re-emile-gif-26350806

[weary hedge]

They don’t make em like they used to 😔

[meager crag]

O, weird

[hallow shadow]

Infinite was a disappointment.

[meager crag]

It doesn't show as a reply to me

[shrewd needle]

Right, Infinite is the MP...forgor.

[plain fiber]

Damn you Microsoft for sitting on the Freelancer IP and doing NOTHING with it for the past 20 years.

[hallow shadow]

It has campaign.
Sold separately.

[plain fiber]

Shit, how do I embiggen text again?

[shrewd needle]

With a hash and space.

[hallow shadow]

Double asterisk

[plain fiber]

Thanks.

[weary hedge]

Infinite wasn’t bad it was just stale asf. Better than 5 tho…

[shrewd needle]

That's bold, not text size.

[plain fiber]

Bold technically.

THIS IS WHAT I WANTED.

Enclosed double-asterisks gets you this.

[stark crescent]

another question send that will probably be left unanswered. why is the veteran depicted without a scope in the AI made artwork. so many questions left unanswered

[hallow shadow]

I played 5 just to know.
But mostly for the MP.

I was in the army when that came out.
I was an Onyx-Ranked SWAT player, and I never played that game sober.
Always drunk. Always SWAT

[shrewd needle]

• # Big Size.
• ## Medium Size.
• ### Small Size.
• **Bold.**
• *Italics.*
• _Italics._
• __Underline.__
• ~~Crossthrough.~~
• ||Spoiler.||

[weary hedge]

I WANT SOME TACOS🌮

[hallow shadow]

Gir? Is that you?

[stark crescent]

 ALL YOUR BASE BELONG TO ME

[plain fiber]

What do you mean AI? Also it's entirely possible we'll get the option to remove the scope from the Veteran. I think I remember the Q3 roadmap or something in #📜┃gsc-answers mentioning reworks for weapon attachments.

[weary hedge]

Hell yeah the mp wasn’t bad but i mainly played the games for the story

[shrewd needle]

How colours? And how bold code like that?

[stark crescent]

copy paste the message lol

certain colors have certain codes to them

[shrewd needle]

Yea, but is there a list?

[plain fiber]

~~crossthrough~~

[stark crescent]

should be somewhere. tho alot of lists are outdated. half the codes dont code any more

[shrewd needle]

Added.

[shrewd needle]

What are those codes called, though? So I can search.

[stark crescent]

This one is red

[plain fiber]

Also ||spoiler blockout||.

[stark crescent]

and this is pink

this is my sample text

[weary hedge]

||i farded and shit came out||

[shrewd needle]

https://www.lihaoyi.com/post/BuildyourownCommandLinewithANSIescapecodes.html

This is an ANSI escape sequence with colours.

[stark crescent]

can also do multiple colors, but then you get into actual scripting

RESPECT MY AUTHORITAH!!!

RESPECT MY AUTHORITAH!!!

the difference between normal and bold is the 1 or zero. so 0;31 is normal red. 1;31 is bold red

i only done a little research into it for funsies. so dont expect me to explain it too well

[weary hedge]

GOD BLESS AMERICA 

AND GOD BLESS THE ENCLAVE

[plain fiber]

Anyone remember the Sonic Paradox shorts?

[shrewd needle]

Time to dive back into getting out of the Lesser Zone.

Also, is it worth going to war with the IPSF outpost near the Northern Checkpoint?

[north flicker]

Hi all! I am interested in playing S.T.A.L.K.E.R., but which game should I start with? S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 or old one? Thanks.

[potent yew]

Still tho

[shrewd needle]

Fukushima didn't explode, TBF.

[shrewd needle]

Start with the trilogy; Clear Sky, then Shadow Of Chernobyl, then Call Of Pripyat.

[weary hedge]

W

[keen lagoon]

I second this, if you want to learn the lore and stuff, otherwise Stalker 2 is meant to just jump into for first timers

[meager crag]

Dead faction

[north flicker]

Are those different stories or just editions?

[keen lagoon]

Games*

[weary hedge]

Sadly. I wish we got to see them in 4

[shrewd needle]

Different games; all part of a trilogy. SoC released first, but CS is the prequel.

[meager crag]

Definitely the Trilogy. I suggest starting with Shadow of Chernobyl, then Clear Sky and Call of Pripyat. Mind you, this is not the chronological order, but it is the order that makes the most sense for you to learn the lore and the like

[meager crag]

They're in F4 actually

[plain fiber]

Disagree, do them in release order. The way you suggested may be chronological order, but you're going to suffer on the gameplay side of things when jumping from CS to SoC.

[meager crag]

[shrewd needle]

I mean, I did them chronologically and yes, the gameplay was different slightly, but no suffering.

[weary hedge]

Now they are with the content they added awhile back but that doesn’t count

[meager crag]

The lore tho

[shrewd needle]

Chronological = best for lore, no?

[meager crag]

Fair I suppose, although they are canon

[shrewd needle]

Also, I love SoC in that it had polymer parts for the AKS-74U...wood never looked good.

[tawdry sky]

Does anyone know why Asians didn't like the game that much?

Steam enabled reviews language breakdown.
Ukrainian - 96%
Russian - 82%
Chinese - 49% ???

[meager crag]

Basically that, yeah kek

[weary hedge]

Is it? I thought it was just extra side content

[meager crag]

Some of the CC stuff is obviously not canon, but some of it is

[shrewd needle]

TBF, CS doesn't tell you anything about the Zone...only that you have to stop Strelok.

Lebedev's words are 50-50, NGL.

[weary hedge]

Either way I’d take them over any faction we got in 4

[meager crag]

Then again, what is canon in Fallout?

[keen lagoon]

only that the bombs go off

[shrewd needle]

Falling out with Bethesda. 😏

[meager crag]

If only there was an independent ending fr

[weary hedge]

The older games were actually pretty good with writing their story

[stark crescent]

every ending where the protagonist dies, is canon

fallout is kinda like the cyberpunk before cyberpunk. there is no wholesome ending. everyone just dies

[plain fiber]

Fair point. I just think it's more enjoyable going from SoC to CS.

[keen lagoon]

well fallout is more a in the life of this random person who has plot armor and daddy issues

[plain fiber]

It's probably just not that popular in Asia.

[shrewd needle]

No, I understand. But I preferred SoC a lot more, so I wanted to go through it after.

CS is kind of a grind with the factions and upgrades and what-not. CoP was so much better.

[meager crag]

F1 and F2 are connected fr, Tactics was obviously inspired by games but not sticking to the original lore. Then F3 came in and took some parts of Tactics, which technically would mean all of the games are a separate canon

Honestly tho?

Tactics Lore Gang

[plain fiber]

FO:NV is like...side canon or something. All of Bethesda's canon is in the Northeast, whereas original FO and NV are on the West Coast and Southwest.

I think they're treated as separate canons basically.

[weary hedge]

I highly appreciate how they laid out 1 and 2 and I’ve got nothing against doing spin offs in the other games. Besides 4 it just sucks at everything besides being sandboxy

[meager crag]

Remember when the BoS actually policed technology and shared it with those they trusted?

Instead of the isolationist hoarders

[shrewd needle]

Xenophobic Fallen Empire be like...

[weary hedge]

Yes that is exactly why I can’t like them anymore

[meager crag]

Lyons' BoS my beloved tho

[north flicker]

There is a discount for buying S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Legends of the Zone Trilogy, which includes three games. Should I buy it?

[weary hedge]

I love how that chapter handled things

[hallow shadow]

It could also be a censorship issue.
If I remember correctly, Japan wasn’t happy about parts of Fallout.
The whole “nuclear disaster zip code” might rub some places the wrong way?

[meager crag]

If for PC, then yeah. It has the original games, which are actually better than the new Enhanced Edition

[hallow shadow]

Also, there be bad words.

[meager crag]

Like, they're still BoS and still hoard technology, but they do help others, although they don't share it with others. The only thing they share is water

[plain fiber]

Sure. Try playing through the original versions of the trilogy though. If you do decide to follow Amnesia's guidance, just know that there were multiple gameplay and visual improvements added in Clear Sky that won't be there in Shadow of Chernobyl.

[hallow shadow]

Or they’re smart enough to know that vanilla ballistics are jank.

Also, they want more MOBAs

[north flicker]

thanks.

[weary hedge]

Which i mean makes sense. That kind of technology doesn’t need to be in everyone’s hands. But purified water is like gold in the wastelands so that goes a long way

[plain fiber]

Never saw the appeal of MOBAs personally. Could never understand why people lose their minds over LoL and DOTA so much.

[hallow shadow]

I’m just not smart enough to, or coordinated enough to, play those games.

[meager crag]

Yeah, but like, the new Bethesda BoS is like "Bro has a laser pistol? Give it to us... or else..."

At least the original BoS shared their stuff with those they trusted

[hallow shadow]

Yeah, that’s the FO4 BoS.

[meager crag]

And NV

And Outcasts, obviously

[hallow shadow]

Those guys deserve failure drills.

[hallow shadow]

Outcasts had drip.

[meager crag]

True, they got undercooked fr

[tawdry sky]

Well, I don't think popularity correlates that well with how many positive reviews it has in relation to negative ones

[weary hedge]

I also don’t understand why maxon is the way he is? He is very appreciative of lyons and the other sentinels in 3. So something had to of happened and I want to know what

[shrewd needle]

https://tenor.com/view/fallout-celebrate-brotherhood-of-steel-bos-gif-6760099059263691768

[hallow shadow]

I hope some Mod Author makes Desert Ranger Suit for the Zone.
I need trenchcoat armor.

[meager crag]

And knows the Codex by heart. Now he actually goes against it. Not even a single Codex quote in F4

[weary hedge]

Exactly bruh. I NEED answers

[meager crag]

Not even a single mention of the Codex

[hallow shadow]

Wasn’t Maxon a Synth?

[meager crag]

No, a cyborg

Which is ironic tbh

[hallow shadow]

Or was that Danse?

[meager crag]

Danse is a synth, yeah

[hallow shadow]

Bro was half clanked-out, and still hated them?

[meager crag]

Yup

[hallow shadow]

“No, these are just prosthetics! Not like that!”

The way they talk about my Curie makes me mad.

[meager crag]

One thing F4's BoS has way more than any other BoS though

Brotherhood

[hallow shadow]

FAILURE DRILLS FOR EVERYONE

[weary hedge]

It’s frank horrigan all over again

[meager crag]

Like, true to their name

[weary hedge]

Except frank was a badass

[primal nimbus]

“Your ride’s over, Mutie.”

[meager crag]

https://modiphius.net/products/fallout-wasteland-warfare-enclave-frank-horrigan?srsltid=AfmBOooH9p7u6MI9KpY7CyaDv8HPhLERXvCa49Qm1U7lArz0U3vV1IP0

[primal nimbus]

“Can we talk this out?”

”We just did.”

American anthem intensifies.

[weary hedge]

My wallet is begging for mercy rn

[hallow shadow]

When I met the Freedom Bartender, I totally expected to be able to buy a little baggie of weed.

[plain fiber]

We talking about Fallout or S.T.A.L.K.E.R. here?

[hallow shadow]

Skif could use a joint.

[primal nimbus]

Eyyyyyy Ganjaaaaaaaa

[hallow shadow]

“His weed really was magical. It made him, and my Koupons disappear.”

[plain fiber]

You can in MISERY and any other mod that uses it as a base e.g. Anomaly/GAMMA.

[meager crag]

Honestly wouldn't know. Maybe local forums have an answer?

[primal nimbus]

My favorite Ganja line:
“You can get higher than high.”
(Clear Sky)

[meager crag]

Honestly bro, Wasteland Warfare is expensive compared to 40k models. At least you need less of them, but still

That and it's resin as well

[plain fiber]

Just had to clean a dead fly out of my fridge. No idea how that got in there.

[hallow shadow]

There was an old YouTube video, from Halo 3 days.
“You cannot get this high, on drugs and lifestyle, alone!”

[meager crag]

RIP fridge fly

[weary hedge]

"Honor, courage, semper fi"

** "One Enclave. One America. Now... and forever."**

[tawdry sky]

stalker

[meager crag]

And hella dead

[primal nimbus]

Going to the Freedom base in Clear Sky feels like your average trip to an Amsterdam district

[hallow shadow]

Blegh. The Enclave.

[meager crag]

Just think, anything's better than Caesar's Legion

[plain fiber]

I don't know why it's not as positively received. Maybe a cultural thing? Maybe something else? I don't think anyone else has even noticed or cared.

[meager crag]

Anything.

[weary hedge]

Reduced to atoms. Hopefully we see em in the next one tho…probably not 😂

[meager crag]

Glory to Atom

[primal nimbus]

How to sum up FNV:
Financial slavery vs Literal slavery

[plain fiber]

Speaking of resin, I've really fallen in love with Casio watches.

[hallow shadow]

Well… You’re not wrong, but the Enclave is a definite antagonist.

[meager crag]

Grand Zealot Richter approves

[hallow shadow]

That’s cause the NCR got watered down for the game.

[plain fiber]

More like:

Bureaucracy & taxes vs literal slavery & fascism

[meager crag]

Can we talk to you about our saviors, the Railroad? 🚂

[hallow shadow]

I’m not some sort of bootlicker, but I hate the way the NCR was portrayed in NV.

[weary hedge]

They’ve got that evil eerie aroma. I love the whole idea of government remnants forming a super militia

[primal nimbus]

The better option:
Betting on the House.

[plain fiber]

Hell no, House is a bastard and is a living embodiment of every problem you can get with capitalism.

[hallow shadow]

I still remember the old guy in megaton. “People comma we the!”

[primal nimbus]

At least he saved Begas

[meager crag]

https://modiphius.net/collections/fallout-wasteland-warfare/products/fallout-wasteland-warfare-ncr-core-box

[primal nimbus]

Heck it. I’m keeping it as Begas

[plain fiber]

You can go for an independent Vegas too.

[hallow shadow]

House wanted to save himself.
I opened his silly airlock.

[plain fiber]

It's a mixed bag obviously, but I still feel like the NCR ending is the most positive one.

[weary hedge]

The only right option is independent Vegas

[plain fiber]

Independent Vegas is my second preferred ending.

[hallow shadow]

It’s OUR Wasteland, Comrade.

[meager crag]

Me, an independent NV enthusiast between all the NCR, Legion and House apologists

[plain fiber]

Lol.

[weary hedge]

So true 😭

[plain fiber]

Hey now, I'm not an NCR apologist, I just think that they're probably the best choice for stability in the region. Independent NV isn't a terrible option either, though that one is really dependent on the individual outcomes for quests regarding factions/locations.

[meager crag]

NCR Gang btw

[meager crag]

Anarchy

[hallow shadow]

“Stability” is a matter of perspective.
Some people appreciate a Boot, some don’t.

[weary hedge]

Realistically they absolutely are

[meager crag]

• people can refuse to join the NCR

(Even though they annex territory fr)

[hallow shadow]

Yet, the NCR deploys anyway.

They really did try to care for a wasteland that didn’t want them.

[weary hedge]

Better than ending up in slave trade within Caesar’s legion 😂

[meager crag]

But despite the taxes, it also means your town gets connected to caravan trade routes, so it's also good for income. And you get troopers defending the town

[hallow shadow]

I hate Legionaries.
Especially the real people who unironically like them.

[plain fiber]

I'd rather pay taxes than get enslaved or murdered. The NCR isn't perfect, but at least they're trying.

[hallow shadow]

I’d rather not have to do either of those things.
Taxes are theft.

[plain fiber]

Yeah, bureaucracy sucks, but that can be worked on and improved.

[meager crag]

We just need to resurrect Tandi

[plain fiber]

Should we get into this now?

[hallow shadow]

I’m trying to be a good boy.

[weary hedge]

Small price to pay for salvation in a dirty rotten world

[plain fiber]

I'm just not sure if I have the energy for a serious discussion right now.

[hallow shadow]

I’ve got a 10mm Pistol, and a 45-70 lever action.

I don’t care how many IRS agents the NCR sends.

[plain fiber]

NCR's IRS equivalent probably has a hit squad. Doesn't the real-world IRS have their own tactical team?

[hallow shadow]

It’s paying for a subscription that I don’t want.

[weary hedge]

Yes. It would not be pretty lol

[hallow shadow]

Nowadays, yes.
There was a surge in hiring, and weapons training.

[meager crag]

>Fallout fans when NV comes up
>Instantly start discussing politics
>Discussion turns into a shitstorm as quickly as the discussion actually started

[hallow shadow]

Because… Taxes are now armed robbery.

[hallow shadow]

My bad.
I’m just a disillusioned Vet, and ashamed of service.

[plain fiber]

To be fair....New Vegas especially is one of those pieces of media that specifically involves and talks about politics.

[hallow shadow]

I’m grateful for what the army taught me. I’m just ashamed of what it asked me to do with it.

[weary hedge]

https://tenor.com/view/alf-aint-life-funny-life-funny-gordon-shumway-gif-14022285082552724436

[hallow shadow]

It is a Fallout game.

“Corporations like these drove the last nail into the coffin of humanity”
Paladin Danse

[plain fiber]

Yeah, Fallout is supposed to give the player pause and maybe do some self-reflection of themselves and the world around them.

[meager crag]

I've only got one thing to say

[hallow shadow]

Most people just power trip.

[plain fiber]

I mean, I like to do both.

[weary hedge]

Real

Let’s talk about the dark beauty of 3

[plain fiber]

Where are the Legion simps?

[hallow shadow]

The politicizing was heavy in FO3

[hallow shadow]

We used to have one, on the server. But he left.
I was always arguing with him.
Decanus.

[plain fiber]

Fallout 3 had great DLC. I loved that one that took you to the Lovecraftian island.

[weary hedge]

Patriotism*

[plain fiber]

I'm aware. He ended up getting muted.

[hallow shadow]

Point Lookout? I used to live a little north of that place.
WAY far from DC

[plain fiber]

*Nationalism

[hallow shadow]

He straight up left.

[plain fiber]

Yeah that's it.

[meager crag]

Yeah, got salty and left

It do B wat it B

[plain fiber]

Well yeah, probably because he got muted.

[hallow shadow]

He wanted to be a Mod? Poor guy.

[meager crag]

He did?

[hallow shadow]

Yeah. He really wanted to be a Mod.

[meager crag]

[plain fiber]

Lol, he's the last kind of person who should be a mod.

[weary hedge]

Vulpes?😂

[hallow shadow]

I’d like to, but… I don’t know enough about these games to do that.

[river chasm]

Usually the people who really want to be a mod are not the people who should be one

[weary hedge]

That was a spicy individual

[hallow shadow]

I also have a record.

[hallow shadow]

Decanus was PROFESSIONAL Rage Bait.

[meager crag]

Tbh, we usually approach people in DMs if we have discussed them being a suitable candidate

[weary hedge]

Ahh it was decanus

[hallow shadow]

I would know. It’s how I got muted (the first time)

[plain fiber]

Get someone who's worked in customer service or hospitality. Like, if you've done at least a year in either retail, call center, hotel front desk, etc., you're eligible to be a mod. 2 years or more and you're automatically qualified to be a senior mod. 3-5 years and GSC considers you for a CM role.

[weary hedge]

Sums up being a legionnaire supporter 😂

[chrome jetty]

The NCR supposedly won either way if we base on F4 lore, Kellogg's memories but Bethesda just likes fucking up the lore and trying to demolish Obsidian lore as well

[hallow shadow]

I was military police.
I ain’t here to crush fun.
I’m here to keep fun safe.
There’s a difference.

[meager crag]

Oh nah, that was the creation of the NCR actually

[visual mortar]

i work in it support does thet count

[chrome jetty]

It was after wdym?

After NV

[visual mortar]

hi cribble

[hallow shadow]

I forgot Kellogg literally went all over the place.

[plain fiber]

Yes, especially if you're talking helpdesk.

[meager crag]

You mean that flashback in Kellogg's memories, right?

[weary hedge]

You see the show trailer? It looks like legions ending is canon

[chrome jetty]

Yes

[meager crag]

'Sup cutie

[chrome jetty]

Exactly, that's why i am saying that Bethesda is fucking up the lore and attempting to destroy Obsidian lore

[meager crag]

Yeah, that was actually the creation of the NCR. The radio duder talks about all the territories voting in favor and them becoming their own states

[meager crag]

Luckily, the show isn't canon

[visual mortar]

Kellogg as in cereal guy? he was actually insane. believed that meat was evil because it made you horny. he also believed in a bunch of eugenics

[sweet swan]

isit better to kill the ninth or save him at the beginning

[weary hedge]

Breaks my heart because that means we probably won’t see boone 😟

[meager crag]

Bethesda likes to believe there's a canon, but they don't even realize there IS NO CANON

[visual mortar]

[meager crag]

Simply because they retconned the BoS in F3

[plain fiber]

He also thought that bland foods like corn flakes would make you less horny...somehow.

[visual mortar]

he said that protein should only be had from nuts

[plain fiber]

nuts

[weary hedge]

I needs someone to make sense of this tragedy. How have we strayed so far from the path we were given😔

[hallow shadow]

Oh yeah! The Eugenics dudes are usually the ones who don’t deserve to breed.

[meager crag]

https://tenor.com/view/nuts-batman-keaton-lets-get-nuts-joker-gif-13984848

[chrome jetty]

Nothing made by Bethesda is canon tbh

[hallow shadow]

Because Bethesda RetCons themselves, consistently.

[plain fiber]

A reminder before someone inevitably asks: New Vegas was made by Obsidian, Bethesda only published it.

[weary hedge]

Facts. Elder scrolls is just as big of a mess

[plain fiber]

I love TES personally.

[weary hedge]

Oh I am the biggest fanboy you’ll meet of the series but god damn the story has some gaps

[hallow shadow]

TES is fun, for what it is, but sometimes I feel like they forget to take notes on what already exists/got unexisted

[plain fiber]

Pretty sure TES lore has an in-universe explanation for any story gaps or discrepancies.

[hallow shadow]

“Magic”

[meager crag]

I personally see it as an isolated canon case. Where F1 and F2 are directly connected lore-wise, Tactics was clearly inspired but not beholden by the original lore. With F3 considering parts of Tactics canon and with the game going with Tactics' new direction of the BoS, it started the first "serious" retcon

After all, F2 shows us that Tactics' original BoS lore isn't true

[plain fiber]

CHIM, also all of the in-game books being potentially unreliable narrators, etc.

[hallow shadow]

I love me some Tactics games.

[weary hedge]

There’s alot of good plot lines you can delve into outside of the game but they poorly portray them within Skyrim. Morrowind was peak with this oblivion did okay

[meager crag]

I love F3, but the BoS ideology retcon do B kinda wacky

[plain fiber]

I still need to play Morrowind. Oblivion was awesome, Skyrim was eh.

[weary hedge]

You really should. They do great with story telling and go into depth with a lot of things. One thing I love about Skyrim is the snow elves aka falmer. I thought their story was awesomely tragic

[plain fiber]

I do know that Morrowind straight-up allowed you to soft-lock your own game if you killed an essential character.

[hallow shadow]

The Falmer got boned.
I’m so glad dwarves don’t exist, cause I’d be racist.

[plain fiber]

Isn't there only one confirmed living Dwemer, and he's only ever found in Morrowind? (Or the DLC, can't remember which.)

[weary hedge]

Yeah you can spend hours on a quest line just to get the middle finger 😂

[meager crag]

But honestly bros, Tactics lore > Fallout lore

And vibe too fr

[hallow shadow]

I like the gameplay.

[weary hedge]

The nords really screwed them over

[hallow shadow]

Final Fantasy Tactics, Fire Emblem, Wasteland, Othercide

[meager crag]

Like, Tactics is like "Vaults didn't have experiments, they were legit shelters and almost none of them actually made it"

[weary hedge]

I need to go through tactics again and thoroughly play it. Last I did was kind of a rush

[hallow shadow]

The “Vault Experiments” was lost on me, as a kid.
Opened my eyes, when I was older.

[meager crag]

And according to Tactics, the Brotherhood of Steel was actually created by military Vault Dwellers

[hallow shadow]

That… Makes sense.

[weary hedge]

Which vaults and why. How did they come to this conclusion?

[meager crag]

No clue, it's not said which Vault they originally came from

And they probably didn't, they likely just made up their own (superior) lore

[weary hedge]

Ahh typical

That’s an interesting theory tho. I would like to see the early stages of it

[meager crag]

After a while, they left the Vault and went on scavenger hunts through other Vaults that didn't make it, striping them of all sorts of technology which was then studied and replicated

With said knowledge, they started policing the wasteland, fighting mutants and bandits and the like

And from there, it basically goes into the BoS' story from F1

[weary hedge]

Interesting. That would actually add up

[meager crag]

But this is, of course, a different take on Fallout. It basically takes parts of Fallout and twists it into its own canon

[north flicker]

For the Shadow of Chernoobyl: Which level should I play: Novice, Stalker, Veteran, or Master? I think I'm good at aim because I played CS2 and Valorant.

[meager crag]

Up to you, honestly

Although it's tradition to start on Master

[plain fiber]

Stalker is fine. I like playing on Master personally but any difficulty is okay.

[meager crag]

You can always lower or increase it later in the options

[plain fiber]

CoP had a Last Stand mechannic?

[north flicker]

Last stand means one life?

[meager crag]

It means a shot that would normally kill you doesn't

[plain fiber]

☝️

[meager crag]

But it's only for one bullet, I think?

I never tested it tbh

[plain fiber]

Me neither.

[hallow shadow]

A game that has to mitigate one-shot.. That sounds rough.

[meager crag]

You can watch the intro. It's all said in just the intro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhNW_qy4Luk

[plain fiber]

It didn't have to. Tbh, I have no idea why that mechanic existed.

[meager crag]

Every game has a Gaming Journalist mode for a reason

[plain fiber]

I'm taking the rest of the week off from studying as a reward for myself. Just finished module 3 of the Core 2 prep for the A+ prep course I'm taking. Only two more to go.

[shrewd needle]

Bayuns and dogs can die...in all games. 😡

[plain fiber]

I'm off, later folks!

[hallow shadow]

If their input reading was nixed, they’d be better.

[meager crag]

Bye off!

[shrewd needle]

Later, off. I'm AMNeSia; we'll see ya again.

[hallow shadow]

But, literally, every time I hit the left trigger to ADS, they know that, and immediately jerk into a different direction.

[weary hedge]

Thank you. I’ll have to boot it up again tonight. It’s been a decade since I’ve touched this

[meager crag]

Fallout 4 gameplay in a nutshell fr

[hallow shadow]

It’s worse than Souls Bosses knowing you’re trying to heal
flashbacks to Pursuer

[meager crag]

Absolutely hate it

[hallow shadow]

I wish I could just VATS these dogs, dude.

Or make a mod to remove them from the spawn pool.

[shrewd needle]

Ah, nice...I run around dealing with the 2 Bayuns and multiple dogs and die to an anomaly... 😡

[hallow shadow]

Same with the rats.
Crouching to hit them with a knife doesn’t work as reliably as it should. Because they fit under Skif.

GSC just be giving us middle fingers, sometimes.

[shrewd needle]

And people thought psy-dogs were bad.

[north flicker]

my pc frozen after launching game

[weary hedge]

Stalker is a game about suffering after all.

[hallow shadow]

Psi-Dogs are bad, bro.

They were my second round in the arena…
Every enemy that uses “summons” is the cheapest shit.. Poltergeist?
Hiding, but their objects have accuracy.
Psi-Dogs? Good luck finding the original.
They all just hide.

Peak artificial difficulty.

[shrewd needle]

They're in the originals too, so...

[weary hedge]

War. War never changes.

[meager crag]

Men do

By the roads they walk

And this road has come to an end

[shrewd needle]

Oh, and best part...Bayuns won't even charge at other NPCs... 😡

[weary hedge]

😂

[shrewd needle]

Dood, it's unfunny when you've got the light Mercenary suit, a bunch of 4 Bandits, 2 Bayuns and multiple dogs... 😆

[hallow shadow]

I don’t know if these guys play their own game.

[weary hedge]

Damn ur in the trenches brotha

Spray and pray till the demons go away

[shrewd needle]

It just got better...I ended the one Bayun (the other seems to have de-spawned)...then went south to find the Bandits along with a friendly NPC and got stunned by a grenade.

As I'm picking corpses clean, a Bloodsucker spawns in.

This is not even trenches but everyone fighting each other in the open, like chess, but without strategy. 😆

And I died...and because of being unable to save in combat due to stupid decisions...

[meager crag]

That thing is sure to deliver explosive results

[weary hedge]

The game is trolling you

[meager crag]

Is there even any point in using the automatic Laser Musket lmao

[weary hedge]

If you not using the unlimited crank wtf you doing

[meager crag]

True

But at that point, a Gauss Rifle is still more cost effective

[weary hedge]

Yeah might aswell. I only use the musket cause it looks sick and you can turn it into a meme

[shrewd needle]

Look at the number of dead bodies...

[weary hedge]

Are you using Shay’s living zone?😂

[hallow shadow]

I forgot I need to remove that from my LO.

[hallow shadow]

I think he’s on an older version of the game, entirely.

[harsh plover]

Guys does the ps5 update like graphic boost will come to Xbox too?

[hallow shadow]

Asking for bugs, wondering why it itches.

[weary hedge]

Yeah you’ll never run into things like that on vanilla. At least I haven’t

[shrewd needle]

Yes, I am.

[harsh plover]

The chat is not even dead and yet no one responds

[shrewd needle]

It's not a bug...bugs are where I go to Rostok, open my crate, game has a memory leak and everything crashes.

[shell flax]

Probably to Series X if it does

[hallow shadow]

So, the new update fixed spawns.
Shay’s Mods alter that.

[shrewd needle]

Maybe because people don't know?

[harsh plover]

Finally thank a

[shrewd needle]

I know that. And I explained that day why I haven't updated.

[shell flax]

It was two minutes, calm thyself

[hallow shadow]

Not saying they break it.
They alter it.
Shay’s mod ain’t bad.
But it reverses the work of the update.

[frigid hill]

zevtec has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[shrewd needle]

Wolf'd.

[harsh plover]

What was that?

[shrewd needle]

IKR? Kids these days got no patience.

"OMG, I've waited for 10 seconds, why won't anyone answer me?"

[weary hedge]

[shrewd needle]

Bot. Censoring words.

[weary hedge]

I called you an impatient little poopy head

[harsh plover]

ok

[shell flax]

Shitter is uncensored

[weary hedge]

I never know what is and isn’t. My freedom is limited 😂

[shrewd needle]

Maybe 'cause it's your duty to get Wolf'd? 😏

[weary hedge]

We might aswell get engaged at this point

[shrewd needle]

https://tenor.com/view/stalker-duty-stalker-dance-gsc-gsc-gameworld-gif-22307630

[shrewd needle]

It all mixed in, BTW. Hlynka in Garbage has those 2 Bayuns and multiple dogs spawning in the locked room.

Except I wasn't aware there were enemies around and, uh...the rest is history.

https://tenor.com/view/ice-age-buck-killed-lived-gif-15067159880809866385

Foliage, though...enemies can see right through and you can't. 😡

[north flicker]

Does this server have support? SOC has crashed. -_-

[shrewd needle]

#⭐┃trilogy-general...

[weary hedge]

lol SLZ is wild 😂

Surprisingly I’ve only come across large amounts mercs and military getting into gunfights. Not a whole lot of mutants

[shrewd needle]

Isn't it modular, though? So you can increase spawns as you want...some of them have more humans vs. some being more mutants.

This is me, currently.

[weary hedge]

Really? I’ve only tried gold. I dont know the difference

[shrewd needle]

https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/446

[weary hedge]

Bettt preciate it

[shrewd needle]

Anytime. 🫡

[shrewd needle]

In this, you can see that I've got maximum for most (AFAIK; I don't remember exactly but there's a PDF).

Problem is they only spawn when I'm not travelling.

[sharp spear]

any updates for dlc?

[meager crag]

Afraid not

[hallow shadow]

If you download the game, you can access the content?

Burnt Forest is DLC.
Change my mind.

So… Do other mutants come in different flavors, like Poltergeists?

Are there acid chimeras? Or fire bloodsuckers?

[echo nimbus]

Burnt forest is a vibe but has like almost no content in it imo

[hallow shadow]

It’s just filler, but like.. I really enjoy this “We Don’t Go To Ravenholm” feeling.

[weary hedge]

Sadly no. Some more variants would be cool to see tho

[hallow shadow]

I wasn’t asking in hopeful curiosity, it was borne out of fear.

“Should I be worried?” Vibes.

Cause I was last night years old when I found three different Polters in one location.

Those things had Brain Scorcher on lockdown.

[weary hedge]

Brain scorcher use to be a terrifying place to explore. It used to be flooded with snorks, zombies and controllers

And a bit of monolith

[hallow shadow]

It looked like it.
Whole place was covered in bodies, Snork heads on pikes.

I thought I missed a war, or something.

[weary hedge]

Basically. When the brain scorcher was active it was a place everyone HAD to avoid or else you’d add to the pile of zombies and snorks already there

[hallow shadow]

The “lucky” ones became Monoliths, I guess?

There was some semi-decent loot, though.

[weary hedge]

No the monolith were guarding the thing because it helps brainwash stalkers

[shrewd needle]

Poltergeists have variations. You can find all 3 variations at the 'Scorcher'.

[hallow shadow]

That’s where I found them.

I peed a little.

[weary hedge]

I know I was saying no to the rest of the mutants

[hallow shadow]

Yeah. My question was if other mutants came in different flavors.

[shrewd needle]

Ah...fair. It's weird, because you had Bloodsucker variations (at least appearance) in the trilogy and S2 has just one type.

[weary hedge]

Which is weird because they gave the others different “visual” looks but that’s as far as that goes

[hallow shadow]

The only identifying feature of the Polters is the color of their fart cloud.

[weary hedge]

There’s a lot of cool new mutant concepts I wish they’d add. There’s alot of potential

[shrewd needle]

Actually, the chemical, electric and fire poltergiests can cause anomalies to spawn on your head for a bit.

[hallow shadow]

I don’t like how all human mutants sound the same.
Whenever you hear one “roar/scream”

[weary hedge]

I believe the fire one spawns a spew of fire at ur feet

[hallow shadow]

Unless it’s a literal animal, you can’t tell the difference until it’s in your face.

I hate thermal anomalies.
So effing gimmicky.

[shrewd needle]

There's one in the Burnt Forest cellar too.

[hallow shadow]

I never have thermal artifacts.

[shrewd needle]

Should use the artifact spawning RNG to get some.

[hallow shadow]

Cause no. That lava spew BS is silly.

[weary hedge]

https://youtu.be/4p2nkuCVZtU?si=FuAFlWBZTT8VNNOF

watch this video. It explains them perfectly in an interesting way

[hallow shadow]

Absolutely drains my durability.
I was in Garbage, near the Brood. There’s a thermal artifact.
Never found it.

[shrewd needle]

Man would've loved the trilogy, eh? 😆

[hallow shadow]

I’ll check it out, but I still can’t tell if I’m hearing a Snork/Sucker/Controller until I’m getting whooped.

[shrewd needle]

Artifacts spawn after every emission on a chance...it's more likely to get one after restarting the game, or at least moving to another area and back.

Besides, as I said, you can grind.

[weary hedge]

It’s good to know the backstory of the things you are killing

[shrewd needle]

By playing the trilogy.

[weary hedge]

I can not preach this enough lol

[shrewd needle]

Also, look what I found.

The grind was short, fortunately, but I can FINALLY use artifacts!

[harsh jungle]

noice

[weary hedge]

Huuuuuge

[shrewd needle]

Yep. Of course, the RNG is still RNG, so getting a Hypercube and Compass will be PITA.

[unreal basin]

You always get em when you least expect it

[hallow shadow]

That was cool.

[dry siren]

new fit new start

[hallow shadow]

I found a Compass, last night.

[dry siren]

i love you

[hallow shadow]

Uhh.

[dry siren]

my favorite artefact

[hallow shadow]

It is pretty neat.

[dry siren]

it's a damn shame there's only one in Clear Sky

it's so useful for running around whilst doing faction wars

[shrewd needle]

Too true.

[hallow shadow]

I just need to find Liquid Rock, and Thunderberry.
Everyone keeps telling me I need those.

[weary hedge]

The zone is capable of crazy things huh. It’s phenomenal we are basically having to fight a bunch of failed experiments

[shrewd needle]

You do. That LR is what I found above.

[hallow shadow]

But right now, I’ve got Compass, Gravi, Rosin, Rat King

[weary hedge]

He lives!🫡

[dry siren]

and destroys duty

with a TOZ-34 in one hand and a beer in the other

[shrewd needle]

Well, they kept the Zone secure from intruders. Not exactly failed, eh? 😏

[weary hedge]

They make good target practice

[dry siren]

stupid wannabe do-gooders

[shrewd needle]

Shame you can't use the Compass without the LR...heavy-duty radiation.

[dry siren]

bandits have better music and cooler threads

[hallow shadow]

All Duty does is compare themselves to Freedom…
Freedom doesn’t even think about Duty at all

[hallow shadow]

My Falcon has a lead container.
I don’t get rads from my compass.
The symbol doesn’t even blink.
It doesn’t register.

[weary hedge]

“Look at me I kill mutated animals and humans. Im the real hero of the zone” pfffft

[dry siren]

yeah duty is like that one ex that somehow gets pissed at you even though you havent said or done anything to them in years

[hallow shadow]

The average Loner does that.
Duty ain’t special.

[dry siren]

and freedom is the alcoholic stoner ex husband that watches adult swim until 4am

[hallow shadow]

That’s uhhh.. Really specific, there, buddy.

[weary hedge]

Interestingly specific comparisons 😂

[dry siren]

yeah it's from experience

[upper dust]

[dry siren]

jarhead

[hallow shadow]

Skif

[dry siren]

strelok

[weary hedge]

YOU ARE NOW GREEN

[dry siren]

YU ARE GRWEEN 🗣️💦

"i got lost on the way to college" 😡

[weary hedge]

Good ass movie

[dry siren]

hell yeah

jarhead 2 was pretty meh though

[weary hedge]

There’s a 2nd one?😂

[hallow shadow]

Is Jake in it?

[dry siren]

yea that's how unremarkable it is, nobody knows it exists 😭

[shrewd needle]

• Me: Tries to sneak in bandit base with Chornozem (Non-Ward path).
• Sun: Decides to shine brightly from behind me, thereby making my scope unusable because RT reflections.
• Me: Raging over dying from being unable to aim.

[dry siren]

no it has nothing to do with the first one

[hallow shadow]

It’s all just GWOT propaganda, anyway.

[shrewd needle]

Ah, fair.

[hallow shadow]

Stealth is a joke in this game.

I was so mad at Korshy for sniping Chorno.

Like, BRO! I didn’t want folks to die.

[dry siren]

the 2nd jarhead is mostly action, no downtime goofiness

[weary hedge]

|| average government lapdog ||

[weary hedge]

That’s what made the first one good 😔

[hallow shadow]

Yeah. It’s the one part of my Ward-Playthrough I’m not particularly happy with.

[dry siren]

IKR

cleaning out the porta-shitter was the most riveting scene in film history

[shrewd needle]

Stealth isn't an option in the non-Ward path...and, in this case, the problem is the graphics.

Scope glass actually reflects everything, so the reticle is basically invisible. 😆

[weary hedge]

Several likable characters with emotion and struggles built into them

[weary hedge]

diesel fuel oorah

[shrewd needle]

It makes sense later.

[dry siren]

yea yk, almost like character development wins over flat-faced stunt double grunts

[weary hedge]

Real shit

[dry siren]

that's what made Full Metal Jacket so neat

[weary hedge]

This one is an emotional roller coaster

[dry siren]

and the most beloved Gunnery Sgt of all time

[shrewd needle]

"Character development? What is this, an AA meet? Real men have characters made of blood, sweat and bullets alone!"

[dry siren]

killed by a sentient sack of potatoes

[weary hedge]

No real human acts this way😂 unless it’s some spec ops agent programmed to cut all sense of emotion

[dry siren]

even Half-Life HECU grunts are more fleshed out

[shrewd needle]

That's the joke. It's a drill sergeant turning their recruit into a cold-blooded killer. Also, part of it was Bill Paxton casually recommending war in "Edge Of Tomorrow".

[weary hedge]

So true lmao

[hallow shadow]

I need an HEV suit for Skif.
His “mask” can just be Gordon’s glasses.

[shrewd needle]

https://tenor.com/view/did-you-just-interrupt-me-private-master-sergeant-farell-edge-of-tomorrow-did-you-interrupt-me-army-gif-3210483472631869639

[dry siren]

"major fracture detected"
gets ripped apart by whirligig

[shrewd needle]

The best part is Paxton actually plays a nicely subverted version. He never once raises his voice and still tears everyone to pieces.

[weary hedge]

tis but a scratch

[dry siren]

a mere dent

[weary hedge]

What movie is this?

[shrewd needle]

Well, considering Freeman died in the Zone, maybe the HEV suit can be a special item.

[shrewd needle]

#☢┃stalker-general message

[hallow shadow]

What?

[dry siren]

dude have any of you guys have played Battlefield 3?

[shrewd needle]

Gordon Freeman died in the Zone. Easter egg in SoC and S2.

[hallow shadow]

Freeman is a GSC lore character?

Where the hell do I find him, in S2?

[dry siren]

yea he's near the jupiter factory in SoC i think

[weary hedge]

Wtf is this Hollywood looking garbage 😂

[dry siren]

he's got a Black Kite too

[shrewd needle]

Not lore, only Easter Egg...

He's at Rostok.

[weary hedge]

I’ve played them all

[dry siren]

ROSTOK

[hallow shadow]

Where, in Rostok? I’m about to go pay some respects.

[shrewd needle]

SoC doesn't have Jupiter Factory; Freeman is in Wild Territory.

[hallow shadow]

The left side of the facility?

[shrewd needle]

Remember the map I showed you that day?

[dry siren]

sorry i keep getting my big grey buildings mixed up

[dry siren]

you gotta admit, the marines in 3 are pretty cool

[hallow shadow]

I don’t have it saved. I’m sorry.

[shrewd needle]

Oh, trust me...it's a good movi. Cruise goes from a subverted version of himself to an actual hero in this one. And Emily Blunt and Paxton make it chef's kiss.

[weary hedge]

I like how they portray them in most of the games

[dry siren]

they feel way more grounded compared to COD

[summer hamlet]

hi, if some one can help me in #❔┃seeking-for-advice I would be glad

[shrewd needle]

#📸┃screens_and_videos message

[weary hedge]

That’s not saying much. COD makes them very cheesy and main character like

[shrewd needle]

Look for a large tunnel beyond the helicopter.

[hallow shadow]

Bet. Burnt Forest Safari can wait.

I need to visit a real hero.

[weary hedge]

I’ll have to add this to my list if it’s as good as you say it is

[shrewd needle]

In S2, there's only a skeleton.

[dry siren]

BF Bad Company 2 🤤

[hallow shadow]

“The right man in the wrong place can make all the difference in the world”

Then how do you know it’s him?

[weary hedge]

Fkn love this game

[hallow shadow]

I could call every skeleton Dr Freeman.

[shrewd needle]

Think Groundhog Day meets non-hero levelling up meets Tom Cruise's usual action fare.

It might not be the best, but it's certainly truly good.

[hallow shadow]

Edge of Tomorrow?
It’s… Alright.
Tom Cruise still manages to be the best biggest hero guy.

[weary hedge]

I’ve been needing another good military title so I’ll give it a shot

[hallow shadow]

Like every movie he’s ever in.

[shrewd needle]

Well, there's only one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yOu3gIgN2M

[hallow shadow]

It’s a cool concept, though.

[shrewd needle]

The map location is posted at the end.

[shrewd needle]

There's also that guy from, uh...Harry Potter, what's his name? That professor with the fake eye in a strap...

[weary hedge]

I hate the hero guy stuff unless it’s for a real cause with a good amount of common sense behind it

[weary hedge]

Mad eye moody??

[shrewd needle]

That's the thing...in most action movies, Cruise starts out as the cool hero, but in this one, he starts out as a coward.

[shrewd needle]

Yes, that actor is in this one too. He's basically the general and the highest authority in the movie. Not a lot of screen time (for plot reasons), but he does it nicely too.

[weary hedge]

I’m sold. Love that actor. Might have to watch this tonight lol😂😂

[shrewd needle]

Won't regret, that's for sure. Last 20 minutes might feel like a cliched ending (heroes win and all that), but the rest makes up for it.

[weary hedge]

Bet. I’ll let you know what I think

[shrewd needle]

Meanwhile, I'll get through the railway yard...Chornozem and the rest...lack of saves is killin' me.

[weary hedge]

You have limited saves?

[shrewd needle]

No, saves are 10,000. But being unable to save in combat means having to fight all over again when you die.

Also, I think I might've accidentally offed some Freedom folk. 😔

[hallow shadow]

Yo. Who’s this Moth guy?

Should I kill him?

Nah. He can pay me.
Cause I don’t like Sidorovich, and it’s not like having Mercs after me is anything new.

[weary hedge]

Ohhhhh

Damn rip to the freedom boys

[primal nimbus]

Spared him and not extort him. Wanna be in graces with Mercs, outside of the random moments I ran into them.

Not have a chance of Mercs getting aggro forever

[hallow shadow]

He says “every Merc is gonna hear about this”

[placid estuary]

Has anyone picked up on the revolver inspect animation in the new trailer?

[hallow shadow]

I can’t find Freeman.

[primal nimbus]

Yeah, I did that in my first playthrough and watched a short detailing the what if of not extorting him

[hallow shadow]

I extorted him.
Oops.

[primal nimbus]

He’s just one scientist. How could you not find him?

[hallow shadow]

The map I was shown, is different from the one in the video.

[weary hedge]

Aren’t mercs agro towards skif regardless?

[primal nimbus]

Yeah, the Mercs won’t come looking for you if you did not extort him.

After all, Skif basically went: “What’s the point if anyone in the Zone can do the job?”

[primal nimbus]

In this regard, think Mercs being more frequent

[weary hedge]

Really so it adds spawn points to the game? That’s cool

[primal nimbus]

“It’s all business. I’m sure you guys understand.”
-Master Goose 1

[weary hedge]

I typically spare him because mercs are chill so I wouldn’t know what happens

[primal nimbus]

Mercs are on business. They can make you be a part of it, in a way you won’t like.

[weary hedge]

Indeed. I understand their reasons

[hallow shadow]

I FOUND HIM!
Amnesia, your map is a little wrong.

The video depicts a different place.

[weary hedge]

If only u could use the crowbar 😔

[hallow shadow]

There’s a mod for that.

On console.

[weary hedge]

I know I’m sayin in vanilla. I’m trying to obtain 100% achievements for now

[hallow shadow]

Ahhhh. That’s fair.

But, I found him, and a Flash artifact.

But. That’s after I reloaded the save to fix my Merc problem.
I found a Sparkler first.

[hallow shadow]

I’m so glad I found Freeman.
Best artifact ever.

[weary hedge]

Hell yeah

[hallow shadow]

WHY ARE THE NPCs GLOWING PURPLE?

[harsh jungle]

you mighta taken berry mentats idk

[hallow shadow]

#📸┃screens_and_videos message

[hallow shadow]

Like Dr. Mobius?

[harsh jungle]

like the fallout drug

[weary hedge]

Gmod unloaded textures be like 😂

[hallow shadow]

I mean. These dudes are kinda whacked.
Lemme take a smoke break.

Closed and I’ll reload it when I come back.
Hopefully the Ward isn’t channeling their inner Tinky Winky anymore.

Then it’s time to go give this Loner a spare scanner.

And resume de-haunting the Burnt Forest.

[hallow shadow]

Well yeah, but Dr. Mobius (New Vegas DLC) admitted to having an addiction

A floating brain, going ham on breath mints.

[harsh jungle]

i havent played new vegas in a bit lol

[hallow shadow]

But.
That purple stuff is probably just because I was at Rostok, and my poor Series S just hates that place.

I’m glad she held together long enough to find Freeman, though.

[harsh jungle]

my old laptop hated anything and everything

[hallow shadow]

Old World Blues.
The “evil guy” is just a Mentat-Junky.
The whole conflict is because Mobius is zooted on Tictacs.

Robo-Scorpions?
Mentats.

[harsh jungle]

my 76 character was a mentats junkie for a while till i went full bloodied

i obvs havent played since the most recent fasnacht

[hallow shadow]

Isn’t bloodied just a “I’m almost dead” build?
I haven’t touched 76 since release.

[harsh jungle]

yea

i get my ass handed to me in raids (obvs havent done many of those since those came out) so ive had to switch to a full health power armor maniac

[weary hedge]

Can’t you become a goul in that game now? I haven’t played since launch lol. I remember it had a battle royale mode so I never touched it again 😂

[harsh jungle]

yea you can

[hallow shadow]

I hear Bloodied is META.

[harsh jungle]

i havent become a ghoul tho cause itd make my character look ugly

[hallow shadow]

Look good, feel good.
“Fashion-Souls”

[harsh jungle]

he is a very disgtinguished gentleman and he has ✨ standards ✨

[hallow shadow]

“What’s wrong, Smoothskin? Afraid you’ll like it?”

[weary hedge]

Beef jerky people

[harsh jungle]

i got one friend to play but their game keeps crashing and they keep getting lost in Nuka World on Tour

[hallow shadow]

But still people.

I have the game. But I don’t know if the expansions are free.

But I have zero idea how to stay viable in that mess.

[harsh jungle]

all expansions are free, scoreboard free

[weary hedge]

I have yet to understand the game

[harsh jungle]

like 3 months to beat the scoreboard if theres anything youd like on it but would need fallout 1st to get some of them rewards

[harsh jungle]

i do not understand the game and ive been playing since 2020

tho recently its been more on and off if theres a seasonal i can easily afk

[hallow shadow]

I did a couple Mothman events, and called it quits.

[weary hedge]

I remember seeing something about how it’s become an nft trader like game and I was speechless 😂

[charred nova]

https://tenor.com/view/akira-job-application-get-a-job-akira-job-application-gif-8274337411388777231

[harsh jungle]

i saw what was deleted

[harsh jungle]

and by afk i mean rubberband an xbox controller

im not supposed to apply for jobs till the agency or w/e gets funding

[charred nova]

what agency

are you some kinda GLOWY

A FED

[harsh jungle]

mass ability got road to responsibility to help but theres no fed fundign

so instead i get to go out to town with other autists and be social for six hours for four days a week

[charred nova]

mass ability

so they give you super power

[harsh jungle]

i wish

[charred nova]

DAMN IT

[harsh jungle]

my only superpower is Honse Posting

and sending my mom the same reaction image whenever she sends me something cringe

[charred nova]

my daily social interaction is trying to explain to my buddy at work the latest internet drama

he never gets it but sometimes he reacts in shock and horror

[harsh jungle]

i think theres a bagger at one of the grocery stores thats also autistic that keeps flirting with me

buddy im not interested

he asks if im autistic and i just tell him no

[charred nova]

this is problem right everyone saying there autistic but like how autistic

[meager crag]

My only superpower is having embedded links and files here

[harsh jungle]

im like Asperger's autistic

[hallow shadow]

“How” autistic isn’t the right question.
“What” autistic.
We exist on a spectrum.

[weary hedge]

What’s that

[hallow shadow]

That is the AAA version of Tism.

[charred nova]

so your like louis rossman

[harsh jungle]

no im like satoshi tajiri

[weary hedge]

What do this mean😂

[harsh jungle]

except i didnt create any video game series and not interested in bugs

[hallow shadow]

Asperger’s is an intense form, and manifests in some pretty hardcore ways.
I don’t have it, but I’ve seen it.
I have no real place in trying to define it.

[charred nova]

isn't the proof he has autism entirely tied to a my space profile that is claimed to not have actually been him

[harsh jungle]

idk

[weary hedge]

So just a more intense autism? Is it still considered autism?

[charred nova]

yah don't mean to burst your bubble but pretty sure he isn't or if he is we don't have any concrete proof of it

[hallow shadow]

Elite Autism.

[weary hedge]

Word

[charred nova]

my autism makes me look for problems

and then become enrage by said problems

[hallow shadow]

Pattern recognition

[harsh jungle]

just checked his wikipedia page it doesnt say he has it

[hallow shadow]

Justice/disparity focused

[weary hedge]

Mine makes me too curious for my own good. I can never get enough information

[charred nova]

yah it was a rumor from the early internet that linked back to a my space profile

but all leads to that account point to

it was just a fan account

[charred nova]

same

its what i miss about my old job though

we had a crew of 3 people

[weary hedge]

I’m sure that can be put to good use but when I’m playing a game I can’t help but stop and question things that are probably just a waste of time

[charred nova]

and the guys from the other shift were some of the wretched fuckers ive ever met

but honestly i loved it

hatred of your co workers increases work efficiency

[harsh jungle]

my old job told me i was too slow and never gave me more hours to speed up

[weary hedge]

Couldn’t agree more

[charred nova]

id double dip on adderall

and grind out 3 days of work in a single 14 hour work day

gotta put those wretched 1st shifters in their place

[harsh jungle]

they didnt give me hours for a MONTH or so and didnt call me to tell me i was terminated or w/e

[weary hedge]

Nothings better than a fast hard paced job. probably my adhd talking

[charred nova]

I AGREE

[harsh jungle]

i was cursed with both aspergers and adhd

[charred nova]

the harder they pushed me the more enjoyment i got

please complete this 3 day multi man job in 6 hours

buddy you just made my day

[weary hedge]

Hell yeah 😂

[harsh jungle]

i cant complete stuff if its interesting enough to me

[charred nova]

ill never forget it like

[weary hedge]

That stuff feels damn good to get done too so it’s a win win

[charred nova]

we had never worked on this machine type before and my boss comes over to me on a sunday and is like so man i know we said to do x y and z but apparently we need B done by tomorrow and by tomorrow i mean today

and while we were doing it bro

so it had these massive stabalizer bolts

like the size of your arm

and you needed to remove them

to install shipping stability brackets

and someone fucked up installing them so one of them got completely stuck inside the machine

me and my buddy peeled all the skin off our hands removing that bolt

BEST DAY OF MY FUCKEN LIFE BRO

[weary hedge]

That’s gnarly😂

Sounds like a good ass day

[charred nova]

like we were pulling so hard we managed to rock the 5 ton machine

lmfao

[charred nova]

you should do assembly

[hallow shadow]

I dread the fear of it all being over.
I have so many games that I’ve quit at the very end.

Or, I’ll just dump the game partway through, because I feel like I “know too much already”

[charred nova]

for me it was an infinite feed back loop

[hallow shadow]

How so?

[charred nova]

completing the task means i can do the next task

and the next one and the next one...............
-# it never ends

[hallow shadow]

Ahhhh. Das ist nicht mich.

Completion, once, means I never want to see it again.
It won’t be fun, twice.

It genuinely blows my mind when some folks say they replay games.
Unless it’s a “comfort zone” thing…

[charred nova]

that was the fun of the job since we were fucntionally 3 departments in one

you never really did the exact same thing more than once

[hallow shadow]

Hmmm.

Adaptation is like a kink for me.
I feel that.

[charred nova]

we were suppose to verify work completion

and if the work was not completed or completed wrong

fix it

[hallow shadow]

Oh, BET!

I love pointing unfinished shit out.

[charred nova]

I KNOW

[hallow shadow]

Not even to be mean.
Just, hey man.
This ain’t right.

[charred nova]

because then i could angry at the person who did it

which made it even more fun

[hallow shadow]

I only relish it, when I know I’m effing right.

[charred nova]

many of the scars on my arms are ironically from doing just that

sticking my hands into rats nests of wires to learn the person before me did not flush cut his zip ties

[weary hedge]

I could never. I love stories too much to drop them. I also get attached to characters

[hallow shadow]

Otherwise, I get slapped with the guilt of
“What if I messed up? Wouldn’t I want Grace?”
Then, inner me is like: “No, we want honesty.”

[charred nova]

and now when i pull out my arm the sharp ends on the ties slice the shit out of me

[hallow shadow]

Ok. That’s worthy of Tistic Rage.

No qualms.
Destroy the failure.

[charred nova]

believe me, me and my fellow tiny men tried very hard

[hallow shadow]

But that’s part of it, and a drawback to the Tism.
The connections we make with these digital persons is absolutely unreal.

[charred nova]

like bro

our boss was the most retarded retard ive ever met

dude did not have a fucken clue

my real boss was like ask him about this problem im sure he knows

[weary hedge]

Depends how you see it🤷‍♂️

[hallow shadow]

Playing Cyberpunk was so effing sad.

[charred nova]

im like hey man whats the deal with all these sub assemblies that lead to no where and or are labled to be the same but contain a random assortment of things all of which arent the full and complete list of parts we are suppose to send with the machine

he had literally no idea what i was talking about

[hallow shadow]

I never finished it.
I felt so.. Called the eff out.

Also, I hate GTA-style gameplay loops.
But that’s beside the point.

[weary hedge]

Same but that game taught me a lot of valuable lessons. It was like I was living someone else’s life

[hallow shadow]

Not for me.
I’m highly justice oriented.
Games like Stalker 2 and Cyberpunk get me effing enraged.
Because everyone is a gotdamn betrayer, and a phony, and selfish and I’ll just wipe this zone clean and instate an irradiated nation of love.

[harsh jungle]

strelok has the tism

[charred nova]

what drove me so crazy though was everyone thought he was the greatest guy ever for the longest time

and only after i was gone did people finally starting see what i saw

[hallow shadow]

He’s also probably going to get a failure drill, if I can help it.

[charred nova]

and explained to many many people

that he was a slimey snake and his second in command was even snaker than him

SECOND GUY BRO

[hallow shadow]

That’s the worst.
When things burn down, after you’ve tried to bring them to attention.

[charred nova]

STOLE MY FUCKEN SHIT AND LIED TO MY FACE ABOUT IT

[harsh jungle]

i dont like snakes

[hallow shadow]

They taste good.
That’s all I say about snakes.

[charred nova]

someone stole it out of his desk and gave it back to me

and i nearly lost it bro

[weary hedge]

They aren’t just about bad things tho. It’s about life through different lenses of reality. It’s a cycle of emotions good and bad

[charred nova]

i could not fucken believe this fucken confused moron had the fucken audicity let alone the fucken capacity to steal from me then lie to me about it

[harsh jungle]

id be pissed if i lost my apartment too, tbf

[hallow shadow]

And couldn’t even claim it on insurance.

[charred nova]

thats like the thing for me

it makes my tism go wild

stealing

[hallow shadow]

I’m not about to be the only victim.
Hell nah.

[charred nova]

i just can NOT fucken handle it

[harsh jungle]

understandable

[hallow shadow]

But I’m indoctrinated.
Weaponized autism.

[weary hedge]

Stealing ain’t something people are supposed to handle. There’s alot of scum roaming the earth thinking only for their own gain

[hallow shadow]

I lose my shit, and start legitimate plotting.

[charred nova]

i mean its different for me idk

that shit sends me into a blind rage

like my boss stole my toolbox as a joke once and i nearly snapped and did something extremely bad

[weary hedge]

Like murderous intents bad? Or just I want to knock this mf out cold bad

[hallow shadow]

Bad bad.

Autistic rage is an unfair beast.
For all the bleeding hearts we have.

[charred nova]

my capacity for rational thinking was vaporized

in that moment

[hallow shadow]

That one straw is the end of it.

We lock in on what we know is right, and endeavor to bring it about.
It’s an absolute nightmare trying to calm a Tistic down.

[charred nova]

we laughed it off after but i could tell he was rattled
-# i do feel bad though cus it was just a joke

[weary hedge]

I’m starting to think my tism might not be as bad as I was told

[hallow shadow]

It’s a spectrum, and manifests differently.

There will be some Autists who outright would say I’m wrong.

But “I’m not like that” ≠ “That’s not autism”

[charred nova]

like ive only been that angry twice in my entire life

first time invovled my ex

second time was that moment

[weary hedge]

Gotcha. I mean the farthest I’d take my emotions in the same way is if I saw someone picking on someone with ill intent but that’s about it