☢┃stalker-general

[vernal lily]

Should I do that, but then I would need to download the Minecraft movie somewhere.

[charred nova]

its a dog shit movie but

if you watched it live

it was awesome

[shrewd needle]

https://tenor.com/view/a-minecraft-movie-minecraft-movie-minecraft-jason-momoa-jack-black-gif-8452391129206957473

[weary hedge]

Speaking of my movie theater was destroyed when that movie dropped 😭

[charred nova]

in my theater someone up ended an entier jumbo popcorn in the hallway

[weary hedge]

Actual shit was on the walls in the bathroom and toilet paper was used as confetti

[meager crag]

Ayo ain't that Adebayo from Peacekeeper as well?

[shrewd needle]

No idea; I don't watch Peacekeeper.

[meager crag]

https://tenor.com/view/me-atrapaste-es-cine-its-cinema-cinema-esto-es-cine-gif-17729711691959966457

[charred nova]

https://tenor.com/view/gojo-red-role-red-name-gif-15260008954042020278

[meager crag]

Fair, not particularly a James Gunn fan, but S1 was good. S2, not so much

[shrewd needle]

https://tenor.com/view/winner-chick-hicks-trophy-loser-hate-gif-5291298665464396580

[charred nova]

GUYS

[shrewd needle]

I'm done with hero and super-hero shit for ever. If I never see it again, it'll be too soon.

Only exception being Nolan's Batman and Watchmen.

[charred nova]

i just saw some insane news

ON TWITTER.COM

APPARENTLY

[shrewd needle]

WHY ARE YOU SO TYLENOL TODAY?

[charred nova]

a women got assault at twitch con

[weary hedge]

Invincible was the last super hero thing I watched. Honestly wasn’t bad.

[charred nova]

it was entirely caught on camera

[meager crag]

https://tenor.com/view/ichiban-yakuza-yakuza-like-a-dragon-kiryu-rap-gif-23157884

[shrewd needle]

I can't, man...heroes are over-rated and MCU ruined it further.

I love Watchmen, due to subversion and Nolan is...well, Nolan.

[meager crag]

Eggman's nudes?

[weary hedge]

I agree. Too much slop out there to thoroughly call the genre good anymore

Thank Hollywood

[meager crag]

Oh yeah, Marvel ruined it fr

Peacekeeper season 1 is alright

Although, let's be real here, James Gunn is just a sex addict fr

[charred nova]

i liked invincible

its pretty good

[meager crag]

Almost every episode has something with that in it

It's just dumb

[charred nova]

the boys is alright till season 4

season 4 is just terrible

[shrewd needle]

Oh, oh...Man of Steel was also good, because it was a much darker take and Superman wasn't America's hammer (till the end, at least).

But yes, major slop. I'm happy with watching villains win.

TBF, Joker was good (2019), and, uh...I guess that's it.

[kindred fable]

I wish it wasn't animated like shіt

[shrewd needle]

I think that's just Hollywood in general. Everyone sleeping with everyone.

[meager crag]

Ikr

It's dumb

[charred nova]

i think its good despite this goes to show how good it actually is haha

[meager crag]

Bro, try Batman: The Dark Knight Returns

[shrewd needle]

I bet the hippies who started the revolution in the 1960s didn't think of that. 😏

[weary hedge]

I forgot about the joker movie. That one was pretty damn good. Very refreshing take from the average shit DC was delivering. The new joker tho? Absolute joke.

[meager crag]

The Dark Knight Returns comics were the foundation of what Batman is today and the movies are peak fr

[shrewd needle]

Please no, why are you saddling me with more?

[charred nova]

tbh it was the 60s

[meager crag]

Because it's the best Batman in my opinion

[charred nova]

we should have just sprayed down hippies with agent orange

[kindred fable]

Yeah, I also liked it. Not the best writing in the world but very entertaining and it's nice to see that the story is always progressing

[charred nova]

its even got better voice acting than stalker 2

[shrewd needle]

No, I understand that, but heroes are exhausting; I can't stand super-heroes anymore, NGL.

But I shall look it up since you suggested.

[meager crag]

Hella

[kindred fable]

I mean... The bar is pretty low...

[weary hedge]

I didn’t mind. I found the story very engaging. They wrote the plot well

[charred nova]

yah i know

i could probably do it better

[shrewd needle]

Yea, new Joker was impressive. Just an average guy finally going over his breaking point and embracing it as-is.

Honestly, that's what I thought...for society, Arthur Fleck is a person with mental disorders and is slowly going sane, but honestly...the story is him actually BECOMING sane after coming off the medication and just being himself.

[shrewd needle]

Damn, he finally starts killing someone?

[charred nova]

till they tried to make joker 2

[tulip ingot]

Hey guys ...quick question ...

Anyone else having Problems with the canted sights on xbox ? I aim push the Button and ... the pda Opens up

[shrewd needle]

I haven't seen Joker: Folie a Deux, so I can't comment.

[wooden walrus]

someone mentioned it earlier today

people told them to disable mods, they said restarting the game solved it

[shrewd needle]

Mewtwo, probably; man's on XBone.

[meager crag]

No, although he's definitely more aggressive. Mind you, before this Batman, all the people knew was the old Batman from 1960s, so this was a totally different Batman and created the standard for Batman moving forward

[charred nova]

the one xbox player left

microsoft kill off xbox already

ITS OVER

[tulip ingot]

I am NEW to this discord
I tried disabling mods and restarting ... didnt fix it

[charred nova]

SONY WON

[wooden walrus]

#⭐┃nospoilers_general message

[weary hedge]

Exactly. The thing is Arthur fleck and the joker had fairly rough lives not to excuse any actions in the movie. But I saw a podcast Arthur fleck was in and it was really enjoyable to watch. Goes to show they know how to pick their actors for joker.

[wooden walrus]

I'm assuming you have no mods on right?

[near dew]

Ok so I think I passed the 2 hours so now I gotta lock in to make the most of my money. Also I finally got the guitar.

[shrewd needle]

Well, I haven't read much comics; I only have one thick book of DC, and that's it.

I'll check the comics out and see how it goes. And I can see why he'd be aggressive; honestly reminds me of Nolan's Batman going from the idealistic to the broken one.

[meager crag]

There's also two movies, so you can watch those

https://tenor.com/view/batman-vs-superman-fight-punch-gif-14498057

[shrewd needle]

Not seen the podcast, but the movie justifies it entirely. And Phoenix is impressive an actor.

If you haven't, check his Eddington too. He's the protagonist in there (well, of sorts; movie is not that cut-and-dry).

[wooden walrus]

nice, time to cash in on my commission

[shrewd needle]

Damn, knocking down Superman without Kryptonite? Now that's impressive!

[tulip ingot]

I tried both ... with mods and without ... its weird ...i start the game ... it works for 5 Minutes... as soon as i open the pda or the Menu it stops working ...

[weary hedge]

Phoenix aswell. Apparently his dad died from cancer and he’s struggled with a lot of mental health issues.

[meager crag]

You should watch it, it's peak fr

[charred nova]

probably just gotta wait for a patch

[shrewd needle]

Definitely will; putting it on the list.

[charred nova]

xbox version of the game is always bugged for a while when ever they update

or in case of the sensitivity issue it was bugged for like 6 months

[tulip ingot]

Probably yeah ... i just wanted to ask if anyone else is having the same Problems or someone tell me where i could Text the devs

[near dew]

Commission?

[shrewd needle]

Wait, it's one movie in 2 parts? I swear, it's confusing when they do that...

[meager crag]

Yeah, but the story also has an underlying story which continues over to the second

[near dew]

I love the movie even the sequel but Whats it to do with stalker?

[charred nova]

here is your 2 dollars

[shrewd needle]

And he put all of that into his acting...and it shows. Just perfect.

I've yet to watch his Napoleon, but soon, hopefully.

[charred nova]

thank you for another happy customer

[meager crag]

Multiple, in fact

So it's pretty kewl

[wooden walrus]

yes, gsc pays us for every sucker player that goes over the refund policy

[shrewd needle]

This place is off-topic as hell most of the times.

[weary hedge]

Exactly. I love when they pick people like that. It truly adds a lot of depth to the movies.

[shrewd needle]

Fair. Got them on the list, will chew through them with time.

[wooden walrus]

our job is to entertain them until they do

[meager crag]

Bro wishes

[shrewd needle]

That's if they know how to add depth. Most of Hollywood's lost that art, short of small companies like A24.

Eddington is by A24 too.

[near dew]

Who?

[wooden walrus]

if I say it enough times it will become reality

[charred nova]

make sure i get paid too

[wooden walrus]

the developers obviously

[charred nova]

gsc owes me like 15k dollars

and wont pay up

[meager crag]

https://tenor.com/view/guh-gif-25116077

[weary hedge]

Yup. There’s alot of scummy directors out there just tryna make the cut.

[charred nova]

we should have been getting paid 50 cents an hour

after all these years

thats up to 15k dollars

[meager crag]

Bro we're jannies

[near dew]

Ok well I’m one of the people who loved joker Folie a deux. One of my favorite scenes is the animated opening https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/462665455593848854/1429216447233655046/Me_and_My_Shadow_-_Joker_Folie_a_Deux_2024_Opening_Cartoon_Sequence__CLIP.mov?ex=68f5550a&is=68f4038a&hm=8e5a8ab8e996f615179ddb26e19e83ccc9dbc571c7dc69f55549bc34d7528a1f&

[meager crag]

We're literally fat neckbeards who are behind our PCs 24/7

[charred nova]

is this from the terrible squeal

[shrewd needle]

Directors be small, though. It's the production houses and the larger companies that force even the directors and such to cut down on vision.

NGL, there definitely are some bad directors, but most of the problem is the larger industry.

[meager crag]

And you expect us to get paid?

[charred nova]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1087312673487732826/1313403866917638204/togif-1.gif

[wooden walrus]

lemme know when you guys invoice them, I'll also pass my discord fee while we're at it

[drifting bear]

https://support.stalker2.com/hc/en-us

[near dew]

https://youtu.be/_r-mztvxAc0?si=2RTtdKMJOA4iUllk

[wooden walrus]

I don't do this for free ynow

[shrewd needle]

Well, like I said, I haven't seen it, so I can't comment.

[charred nova]

you are the only person in the whole world who watched it

[weary hedge]

Yeah that’s true. Money truly is everything when it comes down to things like this.

[shrewd needle]

https://youtu.be/_r-mztvxAc0

[near dew]

Thanks

[charred nova]

https://tenor.com/view/mr-skibidi-mafia-skibidi-gun-rifle-gif-5491297389730988033

[wooden walrus]

I went saw joker 2 with my boss and I loved seeing him just grow more exasperated with every song

[shrewd needle]

Reminds me of this quote by Will Smith.

[wooden walrus]

up to the point where he audibly said "please no please don't sing any more"

[near dew]

Btw for the opening they got a famous French animator to animate it. The guy who did the triplets of belvel

[meager crag]

https://tenor.com/view/keanu-reeves-the-matrix-bullets-stop-gun-gif-17396986

[near dew]

I unironically listen to the soundtrack

[charred nova]

this man is a scp or something

[weary hedge]

lol I like that😂

[charred nova]

lock this guy away

[near dew]

It’s one of the only jukebox musicals I think is good. Im the guy who did not like moulin rogue

[charred nova]

ME TOO BITCH I LOVE GREEN

GIVE ME MONEY NOW

[shrewd needle]

IDK anything about the Triplets of Belvel, TBF.

[near dew]

I probably spelled it wrong but yeah it’s a famous animated movie

[weary hedge]

https://tenor.com/view/american-dad-good-morning-usa-good-morning-morning-good-morning-america-gif-22170867

[shrewd needle]

You are already high on Tylenol, Jack...

[charred nova]

https://tenor.com/view/american-dad-good-morning-usa-good-morning-morning-good-morning-america-gif-22170867

[wooden walrus]

honestly songs weren't bad, and it was hilarious to go in expecting some blackpilled edgy incel fantasy and instead it being 2 hours of joaquin phoenix flipping double birds while dancing around the screen

[meager crag]

Funny, recent changes in movies seem to actually decrease their amount of green

[charred nova]

Yah thats why im rich and your poor loser

[wooden walrus]

it wasn't what I expected but boy did I mildly enjoy it

[near dew]

Ok tell me this. Would you rather watch the sequel or Emila Perez for a whole day?

[meager crag]

Bro legit played the "You're from India" card

[shrewd needle]

Oh, true. But the reason they did it is because they thought it'd be lush green.

But then the mindless woke and anti-woke crowds got so edgy, everything went down the drain.

The world was better before 2014. No joke.

[meager crag]

True

[near dew]

Seriously with Perez they didn’t give a fuck. At least I genuinely believe Joaquin Phoenix gave a shit about the movie.

[shrewd needle]

That's fine; you're rich in insanity, I'm poor in insanity.

Cope with that, Jack.

[north thistle]

Damn bro

Anywho who wants to hear my preaching about Monolith?

[meager crag]

I'd rather be poor of sanity than rich with insanity

https://tenor.com/view/hollow-death-elden-ring-ohhhh-60fps-gif-19982828

[charred nova]

i know i gotta cope with my high quality pc that i can afford with my mass wealth i get it

its hard

idk what im gonna half the time

[shrewd needle]

Damn, that was cringe. Imagine using PC specifications as a measuring stick.

[near dew]

Ok let me do an example. Here are two songs. One from emila Perez and the other from joker 2

https://youtu.be/VHyPL2fBTHs?si=0z74sFzXVybSCElQ

https://youtu.be/Y-GVjNCcAgY?si=wBeqG2SkyBKvP09M

Tell me which is better

[shrewd needle]

Neither.

The better...is always trance.

[near dew]

Trance?

[shrewd needle]

Damn, man don't know trance? 😔

[robust pendant]

Wait for deez nuts

[weary hedge]

Sleep it off

[north thistle]

Me a console player trying to understand what the fck you people are saying:

[charred nova]

fr bro should try leaving and getting more money

[shrewd needle]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYj7CUSCgB0

[meager crag]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-kitten-kitty-yeet-funny-gif-21938191

[shrewd needle]

You should try getting off the Tylenol and getting ||deez nutz||.

Right, Lion?

[north thistle]

“For Monolith so loved the world, He created the Zone.” - 1 Monolithians 1:3

[charred nova]

and he said all console players are broke ass losers

and so it was

[meager crag]

I never got either of those, so uh, yeah, nah, y'all wack

[charred nova]

advil is where its at anyways

[shrewd needle]

Cultured. 😏

[meager crag]

Nuh-uh, I'm a Dutchman

No such thing as cultured

[shrewd needle]

But yea, I'm happy with my 'not-so-high' quality PC, Jack.

[near dew]

Ok. Anyway can we at least agree Joaquin’s Joker has a great design? For once he actually looks like a clown and not just a blank white face?

[shrewd needle]

So...you're Davy Jones...very tentacly.

[meager crag]

Bro can't read my name apparently

Fancy that

It's even in red and it g l o w s

[shrewd needle]

So did Ledger's Joker, NGL.

[weary hedge]

They all have good designs besides suicide squads. That shit was an eye bleed 😭

[charred nova]

https://tenor.com/view/nikocado-avocado-ni-nikocado-nikocado-cry-nickacado-gif-27008263

[shrewd needle]

That is disgusting...

[charred nova]

i know its you

[near dew]

I mean I dunno if his black eye makeup counts. Too grungy. This joker looks more like an actual clown which Joker is supposed to be.

[weary hedge]

I wonder what this guy is doing these days 😆

[near dew]

At least we agree Jared Leto was a bad joker

[shrewd needle]

I'm not Nikocado...

[meager crag]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/445624130499248138/734667035065319434/connection_problem-1.gif

[weary hedge]

The worst joker.

[charred nova]

true cus hes probably got way more money than you

[shrewd needle]

Well, he does start out as a clown, unlike the others who're shown to start out as criminals. Origin story, after all.

[charred nova]

morb

[near dew]

Absolutely.

[shrewd needle]

Money ain't everything, Jack.

[meager crag]

Best Joker?

[charred nova]

https://tenor.com/view/jc-denton-deus-ex-gif-22280125

[meager crag]

Either Injustice 1 or LEGO Batman unironically

[shrewd needle]

https://tenor.com/view/jared-leto-careful-joker-gif-20156468

[meager crag]

[near dew]

In every adaptation he calls himself the clown prince of crime. He clearly keeps going with the clown aspect. I want more Jokers to actually do something with the clown aspect. Clown makeup, etc.

[weary hedge]

Ewww get this shit off my screen bro

[visual mortar]

this guy may be impoverished

[near dew]

Or he’s dhar mann

[shrewd needle]

Well, the Joker's a twisted version of the clown, so his clowning is generally lethal and his design is a satire on the conept of a joker, just like how It is a clown, but a twisted one.

[shrewd needle]

I'll be honest, I don't see the problem.

[shrewd needle]

At least I'm surviving. Can't ask for more.

[near dew]

Yeah but I mean in design. We’ve had half a century of the exact same design while even Batman has had various changes

[vapid galleon]

Cheeki Breeki everywhere!

[north thistle]

“On the third day, Monolith created the anomalies. Which shined bright within the Zone, reflecting His holy power.” - 1 Monolithians 1:4

[meager crag]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/524246444560089099/1059228754951540837/YRnrNuVm.gif

[shrewd needle]

TBF...if it ain't broke, don't fix it. 😏

Just shows how much better the Joker is...old is gold. But nah, I get your point.

[weary hedge]

He’s not grungey enough, too feminine and acts too high and mighty to be a joker for my taste

[shrewd needle]

https://tenor.com/view/joker-gif-11222361906370183659

[near dew]

Joker has stayed exactly the same until Joaquin went “Hey, he’s supposed to be a clown. Let’s make him look like one with little decals.” That’s why I love that Joker. He looks like an actual clown

[near dew]

See?! Actual clown makeup. Painted on eyebrows, clown nose and eye decals. Like a clown.

[shrewd needle]

Hey, we don't behaviour shame! Here's your re-education!

[visual mortar]

"behavior shame"? thats a new one on me

[meager crag]

Actually, Arkham Knight Joker was peak as well, but his humor was solely possible because he was actually dead

[visual mortar]

i will definitely shame weird acting people

[shrewd needle]

Right, no, I get your point, but that's the thing...Phoenix's Joker is an origin story, while the other Jokers are outright criminals.

But again, I get your point; he should tap into his roots more.

[weary hedge]

Listen I don’t got a problem with how people identify. It’s just not my cup of tea. 🤷‍♂️

[shrewd needle]

Watch the video first, you'll understand the joke.

[shrewd needle]

Dood...just watch the video, you'll know why I said what I did.

[near dew]

Her’s how I would do a Joker origin that lets him look like a clown. He dressed up like a clown for some rich guy’s kids birthday and they ran off with the money and, when at ace chemicals when he falls in, the makeup won’t come off.

[weary hedge]

Ah I see lol.

[shrewd needle]

TBF, Phoenix's fell into the chemicals of medications and went off his rocker.

That might just be ironic...falling into a vat of medicinal chemicals.

[near dew]

Right. Regardless of which type of joker he should embrace the clown look and put on clown makeup even if for the sake of being different from every other design.

[visual mortar]

uffghmmmnnn...... later

[shrewd needle]

Man can't even watch a 60-second short...shame on ya!

[meager crag]

Oi, no behavior shaming

[shrewd needle]

https://tenor.com/view/it-pennywise-chapter2-clown-evil-gif-14600739

That's your Joker, Bear. 😏

[near dew]

Also hot take, sympathetic Joker is better. Because the one bad day philosophy is terrifying. I know the whole point with Gordon is not everyone will crack that badly but Joker was half right. It’s like the message in ratatouille. Not everyone will become Joker but the one who becomes joker could be anyone

[shrewd needle]

Hey, I tried my best!

[shrewd needle]

Gordon himself is cracked, he's just too stubborn to give up.

Same with Batman and the rest.

[near dew]

Ok even that design I like. He has face makeup there. Also that movie did the spider body better by having him keep the clown head showing it’s become who he is.

[meager crag]

Okay, but let's face the facts here.

LEGO Batman Joker, Injustice 1 and Arkham Knight Joker, best Joker

And no, not the LEGO Batman Movie one

[shrewd needle]

https://tenor.com/view/pennywise-smile-it-movie-gif-12901823

[meager crag]

The game one

[near dew]

To me, joker who wasn’t always awful is more horrifying. A Joker who started off genuinely trying to be normal and a good guy is terrifying with the idea in a room of 10 people, one person will break that badly.

[shrewd needle]

NGL, LEGO is cringe.

[shrewd needle]

Exactly. Because the 'normal' guy was always predictable, but when he becomes unpredictable...no one can know what he'll do.

[near dew]

So I hated when that comic had him be an abusive pos not just because it confirmed an origin but also because I was subscribed to him starting off decent and good. Arthur will stick with me way longer because I can feel sympathy for what happened to him but also horror for what he became.

[weary hedge]

You must not have the tism

[shrewd needle]

I mean, I'm fine with actual LEGO, but LEGO movies...?

I just...

https://tenor.com/view/i-cannot-even-b99-brooklyn-nine-nine-captain-holt-gif-15578482

[meager crag]

I dunno bro, I honestly like the idea of how cheerful and mischievous this Joker is. It's nice to see Joker and Harley Quinn acting like a mischievous couple of kids and how Joker wants to help Lex because he wants to help others cause chaos

[near dew]

not a Lego guy and I’m autistic. So dunno what to say bout that

[meager crag]

Bro, I literally said "Not the movie one"

[shrewd needle]

I meant LEGO media in general; I got you when you said game one.

[near dew]

I did love how Joker two reversed the dynamic with Harley and Joker. Like genuinely interesting to have Harley be the manipulative abuser instead of Joker.

[weary hedge]

Ur cut from a different cloth of the tism

[shrewd needle]

TBF, they would be going shits and giggles over that kind of thing, so it makes perfect sense.

[meager crag]

Batman: The Telltale Series

[weary hedge]

Fking love telltale games.

[meager crag]

Vigilante Joker is honestly pretty based

[weary hedge]

Recently played the dark pictures series becsyse they are kinda like them and they did not disappoint fr 🗣️

[charred nova]

ERM PLEASE

[shrewd needle]

https://tenor.com/view/sunset-confession-i-hate-you-the-most-i-hate-you-forever-i-hate-you-gif-1807383246033295296

[charred nova]

GET ME MINECRAFT STORY MODE 2

[near dew]

If I ever get to do stuff for dc I’m going with sympathetic Joker who only did what he does because of the accident, Harley is the one who manipulates him and Joker is genuinely just a broken mentally ill guy who needs and deserves help. I’m surprised it hasn’t been done a lot more. Harley is a psychiatrist so she has the tools to manipulate people.

[meager crag]

Like, even if you're as nice as possible to him, he's just like "I tried to do good, but I just can't do it. I really want to, but I'm just wack as heck yo"

[shrewd needle]

Uh...but Harley is the one who got manipulated by the Joker?

[near dew]

Hell if the original animated series had that dynamic it would’ve been pretty woke for the time having Joker be abused by a woman in a time people were like “that wouldn’t happen.”

[charred nova]

SIR NO WOKE MEDIA IN MY CHAT

[near dew]

In the usual adaptations. So far two reversed the dynamic

[shrewd needle]

YOU ARE WOKE! GO OFF THE INTERNET!

[meager crag]

LEGO Joker and Harley still best

[charred nova]

if you could see the hidden channels oh man

[near dew]

Telltale and joker 2 made Harley the abuser in a breath of fresh air. I want them to do different things width the characters.

[shrewd needle]

I mean...with you around, I'm glad I don't.

[charred nova]

i gotta put the filter on to post here

[meager crag]

You're missing out bro, we've got a furry rp channel

[charred nova]

TRUE

where is the furry mod guy

[meager crag]

And that's one of the more tamer channels

[shrewd needle]

Furries... 🤮

[meager crag]

Nice

Hate speech bro

U can no do dat

[shrewd needle]

But furries!

[meager crag]

Yeah, so?

[wooden walrus]

I mean there's already furry stalker, it's called project silverfish

[meager crag]

It's still an official server

[wooden walrus]

it is literally stalker but with furries

[shrewd needle]

Fine, fine...

[meager crag]

You can hate them, sure, just not in the server

[wooden walrus]

well, scalies I guess if you are strict about it

[shrewd needle]

I'll just hate secretly.

[near dew]

Can you play as a Bear?

[meager crag]

Or, well, you can hate them, just not say anything that would be like "I'm going to kill them or torture them" or whatever lmao

[empty hare]

Hardcore Snork RP server?

Snurries

[shrewd needle]

Oh, no...that's just the exaggerated shit; I'm not stupid enough to actually mean it, don't worry.

[wooden walrus]

you can play as a number of anthropomorphic masturbatory material, I have no idea how wide is the gamut tbh

[shrewd needle]

Besides, GAU-8 Avenger costs more than my kidneys.

[shrewd needle]

Anthropomorphic WHAT?

[charred nova]

https://tenor.com/view/joe-gif-20430815

[meager crag]

What about someone else's kidneys? Probably worth more than yours

[wooden walrus]

I'm now playing escape from duckov where you can create your birdsona though

[wooden walrus]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2941710/Project_Silverfish/

[meager crag]

Anything can be that if you're insane enough tbh

[shrewd needle]

Damn, that hurt.

[wooden walrus]

may god have mercy on your soul if you genuinely didn't know about it

[near dew]

Heh I got thst used on me once when I talked about a racist Christian film

[shrewd needle]

Way too true, man...way too true.

[near dew]

Seriously my sona is a bear so if no bears then no deal

[shrewd needle]

No, I know that, I just...not on an official server... 😆

[charred nova]

we are not talking about racism in this channel

or any channel

[wooden walrus]

I mean it's not a bad game, but I did feel as if I was a happier person before knowing that game existed

[shrewd needle]

Can I be racist towards Burers for being dwarves and yet throwing tank-sized objects at me?

[wooden walrus]

(the demo is basically the pre-early access build and it's ginormous so you're welcome to try it out, it's not a bad stalker alternative tbph)

[meager crag]

Oi, no dwarf racism

We only hate elves here

[vapid holly]

And now you curse others with this knowledge

[shrewd needle]

Why?

[near dew]

Sorry sorry I was just talking about the movie. Now I hesitate to show the meme used on me

[vapid holly]

I was fine and blissful in ignorance

[wooden walrus]

why be miserable alone when you can just spread it

[meager crag]

Dem's da roolz, foo'

[vapid holly]

Good point

[meager crag]

You should become a politician!

[weary hedge]

Lmao

[charred nova]

uh we need to tell mol1t to just send them a cease and desist

[wooden walrus]

they would need to make stalker furry first though probably

[shrewd needle]

No, I mean why hate elves?

[meager crag]

If you're doing it specifically because it contains furries, would it be a "cease and resist" or a "cease and racist"?

[smoky hawk]

if its being compared to stalker then it probably has nothing to do with stalker

is the general rule

[meager crag]

Heart of Chornobyl

[smoky hawk]

I meant more like, Into the Radius

not at all like stalker, its called stalkerlike all the same

[wooden walrus]

uhh... yiff and fur-sist?

idk man I don't know enough to make a pun about it

[charred nova]

we need to get pirate software

he'd be an expert

[robust pendant]

I worked I blizzard for 7 years

[near dew]

Look I’m gonna try and see if the game has a bear race. Maybe they’ll let me smoke and play guitar too.

[charred nova]

I LITERALLY NEVER TALK ABOUT IT

[robust pendant]

Or maybe I bothered women for 7 years, who knows

[near dew]

I have a lore question though. In stalker is the entire world post apocalyptic or just “the zone?”

[robust pendant]

The zone

[meager crag]

Average Blizzard employee:

[shrewd needle]

The latter.

[wooden walrus]

demo should be enough to get your bearings

[weary hedge]

The zone is a failed experiment made by scientists.

[wooden walrus]

(back in the game babyyy)

[meager crag]

Yeah, just the Zone. The rest of the world is normal, although the existence of the Zone and the artifacts obviously affects the rest of the world as well, both politically and scientifically

[shrewd needle]

Man, I hate the Detention Centre basement...phuck Poltergeists.

[near dew]

Interesting. So everything else is normal? I guess it helps to stand out but then why would anyone willingly stay in the zone? I get temporary trips but living in the zone?

[charred nova]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y03L5KlXDLg&pp=ygUhcGlyYXRlIHNvZnR3YXJlIGJsaXp6YXJkIHN1cGVyY3V0

[meager crag]

Think about it this way, if the whole world would be like that, then how come there's such a steady supply of weapons and food to the Zone?

[near dew]

Fair

I guess I just thought “oh well they got used to it”

[wooden walrus]

it's always been nebulous. Like, in 2 they say artifacts lose power after getting them out of the zone. But I think in the first games it's not explicitly stated

[weary hedge]

Military would also not be as common and there wouldn’t be a big ass wall

[shrewd needle]

Very Blizzard.

[wooden walrus]

the existence of artifacts themselves implies that there would have been massive advances in technology on both cases anyway, regardless of artifacts losing their potency or not, but it's always been very glossed over

[meager crag]

No, artifacts worked outside the Zone in the Trilogy

The whole "loses power over time" thing is a new thing in HoC because poopy lore

[hallow shadow]

Some artifacts descriptions even state they are sought after, around the world.

[wooden walrus]

right, I didn't know if they specifically refer to them working outside or if they just didn't mention the not working thing

[meager crag]

In fact, some guy even got a Scarlet Flower outside the Zone and got his own harem

[near dew]

I just mean why willingly go into a radioactive area? With most ip the entire world is thst way so you don’t have a choice but you clearly do here in stalker.

[wooden walrus]

I mean that could still be the case regardless of whether they lose their anomalous properties or not, both in terms of material and in terms of value

[charred nova]

yah by removing this it makes the entire concept of artifacts being super valuable kinda dumb

[wooden walrus]

'cause stalkers make a killing with artifact trading

[charred nova]

since the idea for them being worth a ton was the their applications outside the zone

[hallow shadow]

Defense Contractors hunt for “Plasma”, and rich folks decorate their homes with “Mama’s Beads”

[meager crag]

Not really

[charred nova]

if they don't work outside the zone whos buying them

[meager crag]

At least, not compared with what the prices of the very first artifacts were

[charred nova]

AH YES 500K DOLLARS FOR THIS USELESS ROCK PLEASE

[meager crag]

It's still plenty, but yeah, not that much

[wooden walrus]

yeah what a silly concept

[weary hedge]

They also got you rubles. I don’t fully understand this koupon thing

[near dew]

Ok. Do artifacts shield radiation?

[charred nova]

you get what i mean

[wooden walrus]

imagine paying stupid amounts of money for what essentially is an inanimate lump of material

[meager crag]

Coupons are another retcon, but we all know why they actually added coupons

[robust pendant]

Do you really think sane people with nice families and lifes who've got enough parent attention go to the zone?

[charred nova]

i would say gold but

[robust pendant]

They are the most deranged creeps out there

[charred nova]

gold is useful for all sorta of stuff

[weary hedge]

Makes sense. I would also assume what ur pointing at

[wooden walrus]

it's never fully explained, in the original trilogy it's said they retain their anomalous properties, so ynow, they can absorb radiation, and heal you faster, and... idk protect you from electricity I guess

[near dew]

Fair I guess. In the movie the stalker is in love with the zone

[frigid hill]

gordonsf has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[robust pendant]

Dammit

[robust pendant]

There are weirdos who say "its not so bad after all/its a bit peaceful" NO DUDE GET OUT YOU ARE SICK

[meager crag]

But in-lore, coupons got introduced because it's a digital currency, even though CS (the EN version, at least) shows us that Scar had his money stored on his PDA, which means the creation of coupons was to fix a problem that wasn't a problem to begin with

[charred nova]

i feel like a magic healing rock would be pretty awesome to just about anyone

[wooden walrus]

in 2 it's more painted as if artifacts are seen as valuable despite them losing power in short term. I'm assuming due to their physical properties, research purposes, and however long they may still work outside of the zone

[charred nova]

fighting a war and get blown up

oh bro just go grab his arm and leg and hold this rock near him

he will be good as new

[wooden walrus]

right, I think that's the reason why they specifically mention artifacts not working outside the zone in 2

'cause otherwise you'd be implying that the world has been living with essentially magic rocks for 15 years and yet still functions more or less like ours

[weary hedge]

I see. So like you said just another retcon

[wooden walrus]

(ofc you don't see much of it but ynow, one would assume the world of stalker and ours are pretty on par technologically)

[meager crag]

Sorta. For the EN Trilogy, yes. Otherwise, no

[wooden walrus]

...with sircaa being an example of what you can do with applied artifact technology

[weary hedge]

What’s different about the UA trilogy. I’ve never played it.

Does it have English subtitles?

[charred nova]

not with out mods

[meager crag]

Well, the EN localization has more flavor, basically

[robust pendant]

I've worked at blizzard so let me explain this topic I've not heard before

[weary hedge]

Ohhh so like how china treats some games?

[meager crag]

For example, CS EN tells us that the first military response to the Second Disaster was the military sent towards the center of the Zone with nukes. OG localization doesn't mention these nukes though

So technically, there are still nuclear bombs in the Zone according to EN CS lore

[wooden walrus]

stalker has always been very loosey goosey outside of strictly the general premise of the zone

[weary hedge]

That makes sense, I wonder what is canon or maybe it doesn’t matter

[wooden walrus]

if only considering SoC, one could argue that the whole ccon thing is just a fever dream from strelok

[meager crag]

Technically UA, seen how it's made by a UA studio

[robust pendant]

At this point, not even gsc cares deeply about it

[meager crag]

But the EN version has more flavor, so yeah, that's the realer canon simply because I said so

[robust pendant]

Otherwise, those translations wouldnt have mistakes

I think even the ccon talk at the end of soc has considerable mistakes

[meager crag]

Yeah, HoC has too many retcons for me to even care lmao

[calm quarry]

nuclear weapons being lost somewhere in the zone is such a cool concept

[weary hedge]

That’s interesting tho. I had no idea there was a difference.

[charred nova]

no thats just retard

cus you'd think someone would mention them

[wooden walrus]

it's just a direct consequence of what really feels like a "Lost" move of just trying to complicate shit for the sake of complicating it

[charred nova]

if they existed

[robust pendant]

Actually, mods, am I able to retweet a discord message here? A big one

[meager crag]

Right?

Another CS W 🗣️🔥🔥🔥

[charred nova]

retweet this

[wooden walrus]

I mean the idea of nuking freedom is certainly enticing

[weary hedge]

I’ll have to replay the trilogy in UA. I wonder if such is possible on Xbox

[robust pendant]

I cant, cause I havent even played stalker 2

Checkmate liberal

Actually nvm, the message wasnt that big, give me a sec

[charred nova]

https://tenor.com/view/annoying-orange-knife-laugh-gif-13366571

[meager crag]

Even Duty members are against the idea of using nukes to fight the Zone. They recognize the fact it would just cause the fallout to blow over to the West, just like back after the First Disaster

[wooden walrus]

oh no no no

I'm not saying nuking the zone, I just want to obliterate freedom

[meager crag]

Same thing still applies ngl

[weary hedge]

[robust pendant]

Sorry, it was s bit long after all

But this is just ine of many mistakes and creative liberties the english translation had

[wicked magnet]

In Sircaa, you can see a picture of artifacts where they were made into lamps. If they degrade outside the zone, then not as quickly as it seems.

[weary hedge]

Ty. My ass needs more education on this topic

[robust pendant]

Hey, you are on the c con discord. Go there to the vanilla and lore channel and check pinned messages

Surdno posted a big wall of these

[wooden walrus]

I mean artifacts could still conceivably retain anomalous properties even if they lose their main joojoo

[meager crag]

I personally prefer the EN version fr

[shell flax]

I still don’t know where people got the ‘decay to dust in like a day’ all we know is eventually they run out of juice

[robust pendant]

I have mixed feelings, if you read the whole thing

[wooden walrus]

like maybe a nightstar stops making you bleed but idk it still glows or smth

[robust pendant]

Some good, some suck, some are 1:1

[vapid holly]

There’s a big difference between the Ukrainian and Russian localisations?

[weary hedge]

From what I’m looking at it’s Russian and English

[charred nova]

man maybe we should go ask ru stalker general

oh wait.....

[meager crag]

Nuked

[robust pendant]

Actually, sorry, my bad here. The mistake was gsc not updating the english translators about the changes they made to the russian dialogue

[weary hedge]

Okay so they didn’t go out of their way to make them different?

[robust pendant]

Seems like they didnt

[wooden walrus]

I can't believe they didn't take bigger care that the secret ending to the eurojank amalgam of at least 3 major aesthetic and literary influences which got delayed for years wasn't airtight smh

[vapid holly]

I thought they had replaced that with Ukrainian for the originals? Recently?

[weary hedge]

I’m not sure because I don’t speak either language.

[wooden walrus]

(the eurojank amalgam of at least 3 major aesthetic and literary influences that is just barely an excuse to cheeki breeki around and shoot lazily designed mutants mind you)

[robust pendant]

For the originals? No afaik, they are there. The changes are on EE

[vapid holly]

ah

[meager crag]

So, like

One thing I don't get about the whole "artifact duration outside the Zone"

[robust pendant]

Hey, who changed my name lol

Whoever was that, thanks

[meager crag]

If this is a thing now, then wouldn't there be less people in the Zone and less new equipment?

Seen how the economy woulld get nuked by this new retcon

[near dew]

There is no demo. It’s not a joke

[robust pendant]

Wait, thats a thing of S2?

[meager crag]

Yeah

[shell flax]

Scarcity and a rush to get the best quality would probably increase value

[weary hedge]

It confuses me aswell because then what would be the point of coming for financial gain?

[robust pendant]

Huh

Well, I guess its useful for black market/ecologists stuff

[shell flax]

And again we don’t know how long it takes

[robust pendant]

No matter how bad the product may be, theres always a market for it

And also, Im sure they not only sell artifacts

[meager crag]

Well, there's no scarcity nor a decrease of quality. Just that they no longer have an unlimited duration

[weary hedge]

But Koupons is a digital currency stored within the pdas?

[meager crag]

Basically this, yeah. Well, there's still the souvenir factor + things like hunting mutants for their fur or even to sell one as a pet

[robust pendant]

Thats a good question that I cant answer

[weary hedge]

The zone is practically Disney land or Chuck E. Cheese

[weary hedge]

Good point

[shell flax]

‘It’s become a kind of amusement park for scumbags’ - Korshunov

[meager crag]

So yeah, honestly, they could've introduced this retcon as a sort of big reset to make the Zone feel more desolate, but, well, that's obviously not the case

[vapid holly]

Isn’t the artefact loss off power gradual

[meager crag]

Missed chance imo

[shell flax]

Truthfully I blame the absolutely cursed development and just some not great choices

[meager crag]

Fr

[weary hedge]

Can’t even use the excuse of people killing eachother for money anymore🤣

[meager crag]

Bros should've hired SurDno, Matt and me for the lore department lmao

[shell flax]

I enjoy S2, but I treat it as a soft reboot

[weary hedge]

Bandits are no longer bandits

[robust pendant]

Frfr

Actually, one question, I didnt see EE credits, but did surdno and someone else who I cant remember get credited in there?

[near dew]

So I checked. Silverfish has no bears

[vapid holly]

Can’t imagine stuff like having to relocate half your studio after being invaded helps

[robust pendant]

Or was it an edit I saw?

[meager crag]

Yes

[robust pendant]

Yo thats really nice

[shell flax]

Be honest you would’ve gone insane dealing with this community as an actual job

[meager crag]

At least, not sure about the in-game credits, but I did see this

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1375350475238670386/1416087039169921185/image.png?ex=68f50753&is=68f3b5d3&hm=e37c4471ffb9d0bcfe3e3a6667db27ba95a0d85e6cb517745d2f393ce68a65f5&

[weary hedge]

Surdno a G

[robust pendant]

Yeah, exactly that image

[meager crag]

I'm a janny bro

[robust pendant]

Ascii, thats the other person

[shell flax]

Read the message I tagged again

[meager crag]

Fair, you're right

Being a janny isn't an actual job

[shell flax]

It ain’t a job unless I’m able to put it on a resume

[weary hedge]

Ngl the community as a whole is pretty cool. It’s the modpack side that tend to deteriorate it

[robust pendant]

You mean I cant put "stalker player" as a resume???

[meager crag]

Professional STALKER

[shell flax]

I’m pretty sure ‘Admin for the Stalker Discord’ would get you arrested without context

[vapid holly]

Nah you can put that on your CV, just uh not sure how well it’d look

[meager crag]

And I show up at the job interview with my STALKER hoodie as well

[vapid holly]

“Professional stalker of many years”

Ah yes,

One moment while we call the police

[meager crag]

https://tenor.com/view/saul-your-honor-my-client-nuh-uh-gif-11334700374005151603

[shell flax]

Imagine explaining a STALKER tattoo to a sixty year old manager

[weary hedge]

Biggest reason why I haven’t got one lmao

[meager crag]

Just cover your arms bro

[shell flax]

It’s why I’m just gonna create a merc suit, already found the vest and gloves I’m gonna use

Once the job market isn’t so catastrophically ass

[weary hedge]

Tattoo restrictions have started to die down but it’s still pretty bad here in America.

[meager crag]

https://tenor.com/view/explaining-stalker-сталкер-флинт-сигма-gif-15010663227243103228

[wooden walrus]

Seems like they had to take down the demo. Sadge.

[near dew]

Why? I mean I checked and no bears.

[meager crag]

https://tenor.com/view/sunset-penguin-gif-21369096

[wooden walrus]

According to the author, red cross logo and some music tracks being mislabeled as public domain

It's so weird how pissy the red cross has gotten in the past few years about the logo

[charred nova]

stalker 2 abridged

[charred nova]

wait what i thought gsc hated surdno

[charred nova]

this some kinda pychop

THE GOVERNMENT THEY ARE LYING TO US

[meager crag]

Bro, I've been telling you that from the beginning

https://tenor.com/view/conspiracy-theory-gif-10587157

[opaque niche]

[opaque niche]

You get two because you're getting too close.

[meager crag]

Right, because he's definitely more knowledgeable on this than me

[weary hedge]

https://tenor.com/view/vixenspiral-spiral-gif-24548484

[charred nova]

im busy clanking wrenches together i don't know shit

[opaque niche]

Censored.

[charred nova]

real wrenches

[hallow shadow]

Can I borrow a 10mm socket?

[meager crag]

Wait, they make 10mm super rockets?

What weapon even fires those?

[charred nova]

NO BITCH THE 10MM FOR ME ONLY

[weary hedge]

How’s the stalker 2 journey been going these days mewtwo?

[charred nova]

with out a 10mm terrible

[hallow shadow]

Sounds like a Torgue (Borderlands) gun, honestly.

[charred nova]

my car broke down

and ive been looking for a spare 10mm for 4 days now

[hallow shadow]

But.
10mm is just .40 cal.
So like. Do with that info as you will.

[hallow shadow]

I’ve literally got 3 in my box.

[weary hedge]

Lol

[hallow shadow]

Right behind my passenger seat.
Driveway.
Truck.

[weary hedge]

That boy keep that 10mm on em 🗣️

[hallow shadow]

Don’t rob me.

[weary hedge]

Thanks for sharing ur secrets

[charred nova]

i keep a lot on me

some of my class mates are afraid apparently

[hallow shadow]

I keep a 15rnd double stack of 9mm on me.

15+1 reasons why.

[weary hedge]

Nice thingamabobs

[charred nova]

thats enough to do just about anything

you could even build a bomb

with just what i have there

[hallow shadow]

Where in the hell is all of that gonna fit in your vest, private?

[weary hedge]

What the hell is that thick grey one?

[charred nova]

it doesn't it fits on my belt

[hallow shadow]

Did you think you were gonna bring the whole goddamn PX to the field?

[charred nova]

its a pair of vice grips

[weary hedge]

What’s that. I’m not much of a handy man

[hallow shadow]

Neat ass wrench.

[weary hedge]

Oh

[charred nova]

its gods great problem solver

YOU CAST VICE GRIPS on any rounded off bolt heads

and it will usually remove them

when used in combination with the blow torch

[fickle hill]

The leather utility belt

[meager crag]

WD-40?

Duct tape?

[charred nova]

tbh wd-40 isn't that useful

[meager crag]

Chewing gum?

[hallow shadow]

Astroglide?

[charred nova]

brake clean on the other hand

[weary hedge]

Where I’m from we lube that baby up and call it good

[charred nova]

if they made such a thing i would buy it

[fickle hill]

Explosive chewing gum at that

[charred nova]

I FUCKEN LOVE LEATHERMAN

[hallow shadow]

Brake cleaner will clean all the things.

[meager crag]

https://tenor.com/view/no-gif-12921606

[fickle hill]

I have the buckle belt

[charred nova]

wait dead ass?

[fickle hill]

Yeah got it off Amazon

[hallow shadow]

Gotta git you some CLP

[weary hedge]

Gun cleaner? 😂

[shrewd needle]

What's that cylinder with the rail?

[opaque niche]

Who said wd-40 isn't useful? I got a BS alert on my phone marked as urgent.

whodunit

[charred nova]

This?

[hallow shadow]

What you need is Denatured Alcohol.
That will clean anything.

[meager crag]

You mean the different screwdriver heads?

[weary hedge]

I just spit on it

[hallow shadow]

Oh bby

[shrewd needle]

No, the thing below the key-chain.

[charred nova]

uh compared to blow torch when it comes to removing stubborn bolts id rank it pretty low

never worked once for me

[shrewd needle]

Oh, wait...I'm confused, how does that even work?

[meager crag]

4th thing on the bottom of the table?

[charred nova]

blow torch has worked 100 percent of the time

[weary hedge]

Lmao

[hallow shadow]

Me no use leverage. Me use fire.
-Caveman

[charred nova]

fire ensures the bolt doesn't snap off

[hallow shadow]

“Problem? No. I ain’t got a problem. I melted all my problems”
-Jack

[shrewd needle]

Yes. Or second from the left.

[meager crag]

Yeah, like I said

[charred nova]

its vice grips

[meager crag]

Those are different sized heads for a screwdriver

[hallow shadow]

Vice grips go brrr

[shrewd needle]

Yea, I can see those on the sides, TBF.

[charred nova]

they are special leatherman flat bits

[weary hedge]

Had the same question. Mechanics use some neat stuff fr

[meager crag]

Bro, 4th isn't the same as 2nd of the left 💀

[hallow shadow]

Army issues you a Gerber multi tool when you go to Afghanistan.

It’s still got moon dust on it.

[charred nova]

looked into those

seemed cool but

i like the leatherman arc more

[meager crag]

Then yeah, what I said lmfao

[shrewd needle]

Ignore me; I swear, you both having the same colour is confusing.

[weary hedge]

Moon dust 🤣

[charred nova]

literally the only thing i don't like the leatherman arc is

its not spring loaded

ANNOYINGLY

LEATHERMAN MADE A VERSION OF THE ARC THAT WAS SPRINGLOADED

[meager crag]

Now show us your Swiss army knife

[hallow shadow]

I’m serious. That sand/dust gets everywhere.

[charred nova]

problem is

that tool is 2.5k dollars on ebay

[shrewd needle]

https://tenor.com/view/portals-portal-space-gif-4741395

[charred nova]

don't have one

[meager crag]

B r o

[weary hedge]

Oh I know, just haven’t heard that slang in a minute. The military loves to give us dirty shit😂

[charred nova]

swiss army knife is kinda useless compared to a leatherman

[shrewd needle]

https://tenor.com/view/not-important-important-leather-leatherman-leather-man-gif-6361270785269937621

[main jewel]

are there any s2 bandit jacket lovers here

[weary hedge]

https://tenor.com/view/smooth-gif-14161926957537695764

Karambit 4L

[charred nova]

This little guy is one of my favorites

Despite is insane price of 50 bux it’s worth it

https://pcpoodle.com/products/volty-switch-keychain-multimeter-leatherman-compatible

[weary hedge]

What is that? Looks like it has a little circuit board on it

[charred nova]

i can't even explain all that it does but

product page has all the details

[meager crag]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1266969153709805588/1305762550918549534/watermark.gif

[weary hedge]

Instant readings of what?

[charred nova]

voltage

its a volt meter

can also detect spark plugs sparkings

[weary hedge]

Ohhhh it detects voltage. That’s neat. Looks like it has a shit ton of uses

[charred nova]

yah

[shrewd needle]

Yea, it does say multi-meter here.

[charred nova]

its one of the most complex tiny things ive ever come across

[weary hedge]

That’s a neat thing to throw on ur keychain

[charred nova]

im always looking to add more

planning to also daily the hacksmith blade

once it finally starts shipping

and praying everyday leatherman brings back the crunch

the crunch i have is fairly sad and im not willing to pay the insane price for a new one on ebay

[meager crag]

Aw, that's too bad

You should try and cheer 'im up

[charred nova]

i wish i could

but leatherman wont give me new parts

[weary hedge]

Ima be real w ya. I’m pretty uneducated when it comes to electrical/mechanical stuff. My expertise lay in the medical field. 🤣

[charred nova]

since i don't have the original receipt of purchase

not that there would be one since this one is from 1999

[shrewd needle]

Oh, don't worry...I'm even less educated than you. 😏

[meager crag]

In that case, shouldn't you be called medivac instead of tec?

[charred nova]

if there was a way to attach sockets to my belt with out it being super uncomfortable i would

SADLY

no such thing exists

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IewMXUzt7U

[weary hedge]

Pfff I wish I was medevac. I’d have to go through different schooling for that tho.

[charred nova]

this guy made a thing i would actually pay a lot of money for

but its unfortunately a one off

[weary hedge]

Where does the Allen key get its name and who invented it?

[charred nova]

allen duh

[weary hedge]

Who dat

[meager crag]

Allen Duh?

Never heard of him tbh

[weary hedge]

Allen who?

[meager crag]

Honestly also first time I've heard of the surname Duh

[weary hedge]

William G. Allen

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_G._Allen

According to wiki he is know for being the first black man to marry a white woman in U.S.

[coral shadow]

that's wild

[carmine marsh]

was getting the dimond exo early patched?

nvm just needed to sprint jump

[weary hedge]

The one on top of the scientist bunker? It’s inside now, locked behind the story.

[carmine marsh]

damn :(

guess ill go to pripyat then

[weary hedge]

Yeahhh, pointless patch if you ask me but it be what it be

[daring helm]

Chat,i finally got a new pc,i can finally buy stalker 2

[fickle hill]

Walking handy man now just have the Commercial trucks with the endless boxes and you can be a moving house mechanic

Or pull one of the 80s rock bands and move in an ambulance

[carmine marsh]

got the operator and heading to the base for the guide and to stash my 2 extra armor sets

[hearty tendon]

[weary hedge]

We need bacon and eggs in the zone

[primal nimbus]

Bro I was about cook steak, leftover beans, and eggs in a moment

[carmine marsh]

I kinda wish they'd embrase some bugs, like being questioned how you got into pripyat without a pass if you do it early

[north thistle]

Baton

[primal nimbus]

Reuse the ‘get out of here, stalker’ line and they stop saying it once you get legal access

[north thistle]

“Idi ideast deroga, stalker!”

[misty salmon]

Guys I just got hot chocolate.. WITH NO DAMN CHOCOLATE IN IT

[main jewel]

so you just got hot

[weary hedge]

☕

[hallow shadow]

Anyone else experiencing a “time not passing” bug?
Vicky, of Malachite, keeps telling me her Mutant Part Orders are time sensitive, but I can never get her to refresh her Orders.
It’s been the same since I found her. (Haven’t found enough Bayuns to fill her last Order)

But no matter how much I sleep. She won’t change up.

Sonya also will not give me the Cluster mission, despite having worked for Beard/Sultan, and even Owl.

[wanton blaze]

So I only got the Cluster mission to spawn after meeting Faust in the old Clear Sky Base

[hallow shadow]

Really? I gotta do all that crazy story stuff I literally hate the Swamps.

[fickle hill]

Scared to meet shrek?

[wanton blaze]

It never appeared til after that point for me, on 2 different saves

[hallow shadow]

That’s as far as I’ve ever been. Never even gone to SIRCAA.

I’ve had the objective to go there. Just… Swamps takes so much out of me.

But I’m more concerned about getting Vicky back on a proper business rotation.

These 47 Snork Vertebrae do me no good if she doesn’t want them.

[shrewd needle]

Swamps are love. Swamps are life. Swamps are nightmare...

https://tenor.com/view/pennywise-it2019-clown-payaso-evil-gif-14705338

[hallow shadow]

Least favorite part of the game.
Like Farron Swamp and Shrine of Amana.

[fickle hill]

At some point I gave up waiting on vicky so I slapped all 167k coupons worth of mutants took my money and went on

[shrewd needle]

Who dat?

[hallow shadow]

Dark Souls places that notoriously suck.

[hallow shadow]

I literally just did that, then came here to complain.

[fickle hill]

Here you go you freak give me my money and I can leave

[hallow shadow]

“You know what, lady? Fk this. Just buy my shit.”
-Mewtwo

[weary hedge]

Farron swamps are hell. The enemy designs are awesome tho.

[shrewd needle]

My condolences.

[weary hedge]

Basically wendigos

[hallow shadow]

Those games aren’t really that bad. They’re tedious in the way Stalker is, really. An acquired taste.

Anyone trying to sell you “hardest game ever” has no personality.

[fickle hill]

Lets never Forget that Snorks are used to make new exos so I am looking forward for a new exo in the game

[hallow shadow]

They obviously didn’t play Stalker 2 on release.

[hallow shadow]

“Our armor will be crafted from your tissue”
-Cosmic Inquisitor, Shadow of Intent

[fickle hill]

[hallow shadow]

That’s always the most metal thing I’ve ever heard.
“Imma make a bulletproof vest out of you, bro.”

[shrewd needle]

Uh, how?

[hallow shadow]

Very carefully

[fickle hill]

I have no clue but that's what vicky told me

[weary hedge]

Wtf kinda duty propaganda is this

[shrewd needle]

Man, I phucking hate Teslas...

[weary hedge]

Do they sell them in India? (Genuinely curious)

Or are they a popular import if not

[fickle hill]

#📸┃screens_and_videos

Now I guess Duty has a meat grinder for snorks

Those war machines don't produce themselves

[shrewd needle]

Teslas are non-existent here. Not even one Tesla available.

Though one guy imported a Cybertruck and they were in talks to start selling here before the trade talks floundered.

[ebon blade]

I wouldn't say more than 2-4 hours typically, except rarely a few hours more on the weekends.

[shrewd needle]

I swear, X-18 is as creepy as it used to be in SoC. Except for the annoying Tesla ruining my life. 😒

[ebon blade]

Are you talking about the underground area, where Ward is holding the Spark prisoners in Garbage?

[shrewd needle]

Yea, though they're all dead.

[ebon blade]

There's one inside a room. You can see him through the window, if you enter
the place using the pipes to climb on and go through hole in wall, in the rear.

[shrewd needle]

Yea, on the second floor; already talked to him before-hand. Now heading out of X-18 after getting the recording of Diode and Nestor (and the Visiograph files).

[ebon blade]

I was disappointed when I returned, I could not get back into the underground.
However, any time you return, all the Ward there are now friendly and not hostile any more.

[near dew]

Hey so I know there’s a wish granting thing but why is it a monkeys paw or is it the movie explanation where it reads what your soul wants rather than what you say you want?

[ebon blade]

The book, the movie and the games are all three different things.

[smoky hawk]

have you played SOC

[shrewd needle]

And even the underground was only the first 2 floors. You can't go through this door either ways.

[near dew]

Stalker 2 is officially my first game really.

[smoky hawk]

do you plan to visit the old games

[near dew]

I know very little about lore

[near dew]

Maybe but I don’t mind spoilers

[smoky hawk]

||The Wish Granter is a honeypot made by the C-Con that lures stalkers to the center of the zone and brainwashes them, along with the barriers||

[shrewd needle]

Yet to get there; I'm still in the corridors.

Also, just had a creepy experience; a door opened up on its own with no one inside.

[near dew]

Ah. So what’s the point of ||the endings? Like what exactly happens?||

[smoky hawk]

||which? S2 endings or SoC endings?||

[shrewd needle]

Pooh: "I love honey."
C-Consciousness: "Let's make a honey-pot."
Pooh: Ooh, honey!
...
Pooh: "For the Monolith!"

[robust pendant]

More like Pooh: "I hate not getting honey"
C-Con: "Imma brainwash that hatred out"

[shrewd needle]

Well, that's what they wanted...to brain-wash the hatred out.

Too bad things didn't go so well and then Strelok murdered them.

[near dew]

||Soc||

[smoky hawk]

||80% of endings are illusions given to you by C-Con, the 2 other are you either joining or killing C-Con, S2 happens after all the 3 games||

[robust pendant]

||and the ending of CoP is strelok going with the military out of the zone to work for them as a scientist or smth||

Correct me if Im wrong

[near dew]

||So you didn’t get crushed, crazy or blinded?||

[smoky hawk]

||Bomb COP lore with a satelite cannon||

[robust pendant]

No

[smoky hawk]

nha

[near dew]

Huh.

[robust pendant]

Only if I could............

[near dew]

||Was the wish granting thing from the 1979 stalker movie real?||

[weary hedge]

Ahhh I see.

[smoky hawk]

in the movie, yhea, but this isnt the movie

[meager crag]

Well, seen how you're Gordon and not wrong, I won't have to correct you

[robust pendant]

Nice

[near dew]

Ok. I mean it’s vaguely barely connected so I figured I’d ask.

[smoky hawk]

no, its not

[meager crag]

Nah, it's not

It's just inspired by it

[smoky hawk]

loosely

[meager crag]

Aye

[shrewd needle]

Only one I've heard of, that is.

[robust pendant]

Ok Im gonna sound stupid, but I've just realised that you are the same person that unbanned me here lol

So uh, thanks again, its cool here

[meager crag]

Hello gonna sound stupid, but I've just realised that you are the same person that unbanned me here lol

Man, your parents must've really hated you to give you that name

[smoky hawk]

[meager crag]

[robust pendant]

My name is not even gordon

[shrewd needle]

6 million INR base price for this truck...IDEK why we need these monstrosities at all.

Kei cars FTW.

[weary hedge]

Fair enough. The cyber truck did leave quite the impression on social platforms. Tho teslas are ugly and their battery has a higher initial carbon footprint. The cars themselves are better for the environment. Still wouldn’t drop a band on one tbh.

[meager crag]

https://tenor.com/view/lava-groudon-pokemon-volcano-gif-14366045913567936559

[near dew]

Nah I wouldn’t waste money on that shitmobile

[robust pendant]

Thats me!!!!!

[meager crag]

Literally you bro

[shrewd needle]

I don't mind the looks, but a Cybertruck is suited for the USA where cars reign supreme and smaller cars + public transport don't exist.

Not here.

Also, looks like I was wrong; they recently launched the Model Y in India. They got 2 stores here and the Model Y starts at 6 million INR too.

[meager crag]

https://tenor.com/view/sunset-penguin-gif-21369096

[ebon blade]

https://tenor.com/view/argentina-argentinian-flag-pengu-penguin-gif-13238489299968434085

[weary hedge]

That’s cool. I always wondered if teslas branched out that far.

[robust pendant]

Make it a capybara and its irl me

[shrewd needle]

Yea, it was recent (like last month or so). But, since it's an import, it's a rich people thing.

No one paying 6 million for a car except for those. At least it's not a sports car that costs like...40-50 million.

[ebon blade]

I've seen them in the Malachite territory.

[shrewd needle]

People buying McLarens and Bugattis = rich movie stars and other rich people who have to angle around over speed bumps. 😏

[shrewd needle]

I got shocked 5 times by that POS in X18!

[meager crag]

Y'all ever seen a Jeep limo IRL once? Now that's just spending money to show off

[weary hedge]

Damn that’s recent. But makes sense. I don’t see them necessarily being popular in India. If they were cheaper, maybe.

[weary hedge]

Yeah, they look mad goofy

[shrewd needle]

That's not even the biggest problem. Teslas are obviously rich territory, but electric vehicles in general are problematic because we don't even have charging points.

Charge at home, at most. Like...yea, it's slowly changing, but in a nation of 1.5 billion people with every idiot buying a car + public transport + taxis + 2-wheelers...how the phuck are you going to charge them?

Hell, we got load-shedding for NORMAL usage. Imagine adding electric vehicles to that.

[weary hedge]

It was yellow too

[shrewd needle]

Am I supposed to be fortunate or otherwise that I never have seen one? 😆

[carmine marsh]

I cant afford a scope for my m701 because I spent something like 80k on my liberty

[meager crag]

That's completely up to you dawg

[shrewd needle]

The 700 has an integrated scope...

[carmine marsh]

damn i got scammed then

[shrewd needle]

I hate you so much for making me curious. 😆

[carmine marsh]

zombie must've stole it

[shrewd needle]

The Mk 14 (Mk 1 EMR) requires a scope...the Remington 700 is a normal sniper rifle with a non-removable scope.

[meager crag]

https://miamiuniquelimo.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/jeep-limousine-1.webp

[shrewd needle]

And I thought the Hummer limousine was bad...

[weary hedge]

Yeah, I don’t see a Tesla being practical at all. Honestly seems like a waste of money if they wouldn’t knock down the prices of the cars themselves. Because I know India suffers with air quality in most places so it could prove beneficial somewhere down the line.

[meager crag]

Honestly, it was either of them, I'm not 100% sure which

[carmine marsh]

prob just oxa then

[coral pond]

Did they ever solve that one glitch with the infinite bread, anomaly

I just got back into the game like right now

[weary hedge]

Nope. There’s still bread everywhere. I’m drowning in it as we speak

[coral pond]

So they didn’t fix it where you can get infinite money from it

[weary hedge]

[coral pond]

Idk if that’s a yes or a no

[weary hedge]

Perhaps

[shrewd needle]

Well, with OXA, you can just get a scope from another 700.

[shrewd needle]

Air quality needs to be solved by more public transport, getting private cars out.

Because while ICE cars are major emitters, EVs are no better due to lithium mining being a major ecological disaster of its own. And the electricity used to run those cars comes from fossil fuels or ever-more-squeezed renewables...

I swear, if they banned cars here, most of the traffic problems would be instantly solved.

https://tenor.com/view/langley-thanos-gif-20432464

Just like that.

[shadow token]

Is someone having like 50-60 fps and then as sson as arrive to zalissa gets 5 fps? I can barely move on menus

[weary hedge]

With how much people reside in India, I agree. It’s a cesspit of carbonation.

[shrewd needle]

Only in Zalissya?

[shadow token]

Yes the nearby areas work as expected

[shrewd needle]

Right? And why do we even need cars? Public transport is just fine, but no...every idiot has to drive.

[shadow token]

50-60fps

[shrewd needle]

No, I mean...if you move back out of Zalissya, does it fix the problem?

[shadow token]

With aa native fsr

Yes it fixes

[weary hedge]

Exactly. Which is why I chose to not when applicable. Ur not only doing urself a favor but society aswell lol.

[shrewd needle]

Do you use frame generation?

[shadow token]

No

[shrewd needle]

Exactly. And it's not like we've got it bad...transport's over-loaded due to number of people, but it still works. Even with packed roads, buses and such run so well, you'd be surprised at the effective efficiency even if not absolute.

But...unfortunately, not happening anytime, much less soon.

[shrewd needle]

Then...well, I have no idea, because people with FG had issues with frame drops, but otherwise...could be anything.

[shadow token]

I’m sorry but this optimization it’s unnacepteable

[weary hedge]

https://youtube.com/shorts/5_vqQl5ttuM?si=9_uiX3Qre63xdAX1

saw this the other day, absolutely insane bro.

[shadow token]

Devs should be shamed

[weary hedge]

Cap. You are a needle in a haystack

Get the spec requirements and you’ll be fine.

[shadow token]

Yes genius devs want to update the engine for performance problems

[robust pendant]

How much vram do you have, and what settings

[shadow token]

Game runs awesome

[robust pendant]

Might be vram or ram issue

[weary hedge]

Not for problems but for better performance in general. Also why are you giving me attitude?

[coral pond]

How often do vendors restock?

[weary hedge]

Every 2 sleeps in game for the most part. Depends on ur time of day. Somtimes 1 sleep

[shadow token]

I guess vram would be the problems seems like 8gb is not enough for this game

[robust pendant]

What settings

[coral pond]

Does the infinite bread money glitch still work?

[robust pendant]

But 8gb should be enough from what I saw on benchmarks, on medium-high textures

[weary hedge]

Couldn’t tell you lmao. Never used it

[shadow token]

I was using fsr native

I’m just confused about how can this village take that much vram

[robust pendant]

What settings do you have on textures? Epic? High? Medium?

[shadow token]

High an normal on shadows

[robust pendant]

Lower texture setting

[shrewd needle]

That's an express train, so somewhat justified.

This is the Mumbai Sub-Urban railway (that people use every day, travelling between 1-3 hours one way).

Ignore the music.

[shadow token]

I guess i should just take the upscaler at this point

I just hate that blurryness

[robust pendant]

Just lower textures, try it. With no upscaler for once at least

[weary hedge]

Wow. I just find it so mind boggling so much people are crammed in one area. You will never see anything close to that even in New York City.

In USA

[shrewd needle]

Average Mumbaikar trying to get into the train when getting to/from work.

And yes, I've been one of them, just hanging off (and almost falling off).

And yes, I know NYC is in USA... 😆

...and how crowded the NY Subway is.

You should see terminal stations here...especially south Mumbai.

[shadow token]

Fckn hll i was on hamster build with 50-45 with tsr and now trying again with text on medium i’m like 3 or 5 fps with native aa

Can’t barely move on menus

[shrewd needle]

Quit to menu and load back the save again.

Also, check Task Manager for memory leaks.

[robust pendant]

Seems like a leak, yeah

[wide veldt]

Its so weird working at walmart and hearing “the zone” and all i can think about is stalker 2

[robust pendant]

Also, next time, try to see benchmarks of a game before buying it

[shrewd needle]

The WalZone. Or the ZoneMart. 😏

[wide veldt]

The end of each shift is called zoning too

[shadow token]

I buyed this game nearly a year before launch, big mistake

[robust pendant]

Its not really your fault, but its something that could've been avoided

[shrewd needle]

Cities: Skylines moment.

[shrewd needle]

TBF, you chose to pre-order when you didn't have to. Pre-orders spoil developers and publishers.

[robust pendant]

Well, try everything on low. Everything

After restarting everything I mean

[shadow token]

Why? What’s the point of that

[robust pendant]

From there, check if you can go higher and not get leaks

[robust pendant]

So you see which is the settings that is making you do that.
IF it is the settings faults

[shadow token]

At that point just better to use updcalers than aa native

I think it’s just the native aa

[robust pendant]

Use upscalers too, but upscalers arent magic, you need to lower the settings too in this specific scenario

[shadow token]

I was playing very smooth with tsr upscaling on ultra quality at 70%

[robust pendant]

Well, dont play on ultra if you are struggling btw

[shrewd needle]

First...lower everything and don't up-scale at all.

[robust pendant]

You can play at high very nicely.
Even medium looks good. This isnt 2005 anymore where low settings suck

[shadow token]

but i try that native aa and was looking cool and get less fps but wasn’t too much, then i just arrive zalissa and barely can navigate on menus

[robust pendant]

Just try what we are telling you and then report back

[shrewd needle]

This.

Also, do you get the same problem in Rostok?

[shadow token]

Have to alt f4 for close the game

Jesus christ

[shrewd needle]

Not a big deal, honestly? Just reboot the game.

[shadow token]

Is not a better option to play witj things on high and the upscaler?

Or looks worse?

[shrewd needle]

No. Forget up-scaling.

[robust pendant]

Not if you are getting leaks

And no because you are essentially making graphics worse

[shrewd needle]

We don't even know if it's leaking, he's stuck on up-scaling.

[shadow token]

Never get a leak with upscalers

Even on zalissa

[robust pendant]

Cause you are, essentially, running the game at 720p

Just try native aa with the settings we told you

[shadow token]

Ok

[weary hedge]

Sorry I was looking for a YouTuber I used to watch that visited India.

https://youtube.com/shorts/3nme8mAof-M?si=9eJBBD2E-kYAriYi

I mean that is just incredible.

[robust pendant]

If nothing at all, even lowest, work, then use upscaler

[shrewd needle]

Nothing beats the internal ones, though...TSR is better than any external ones.

[shrewd needle]

TBF, Dharavi is a slum. The largest in Asia, so that's expected.

But yes, many such places (especially older buildings from a century or more ago that still stand because they were built better) are owned by a single land-lord and they're also built with common toilets.

[shadow token]

Tsr ultra on 70% playing at 1440p was the one giving me the best result

[shrewd needle]

Run at 1080p, don't use TSR at first. We're telling you to test, so test without TSR with everything on low.

Ad keep FSR off.

[shadow token]

But what should i pick fsr on native?

[coral pond]

How do I get money in stalker two? It’s really hard cause I’m bad at the game.

[robust pendant]

Wait a minute

You have a 1440p monitor and 8gb of vram?