☢┃stalker-general

[charred nova]

You got a collection of strange characters

[harsh jungle]

yeah

[meager crag]

Bro won the Autism lottery fr

[harsh jungle]

yeah it’s an autism group

[charred nova]

Yah most people just find me to be strange

[meager crag]

I mean

In all fairness

You are

[harsh jungle]

I am strange too tbf

[meager crag]

But you are the cool kind of strange

[charred nova]

[harsh jungle]

idk what kinda strange I am

[meager crag]

Honse

[harsh jungle]

Honse is what keeps the server running

and I must keep the Honse fans pleased

[charred nova]

I like having solutions

Why I carry around so many tools

[harsh jungle]

I take a lotta Honse photo

[meager crag]

Bro the kind of guy to take his toolshed to parties

Chicks dig that, after all

[harsh jungle]

get the Amish to carry the tools he’d

SHED

I can’t type

[meager crag]

You just did

[charred nova]

That’s what I carry with me every day

[meager crag]

Ayo based keyboard

[charred nova]

Not including pills wallets and other things

[charred nova]

It’s an ibm model f clone

Clone because a real model f uses a none standard keyboard layout

it predates the keyboard layout we all know and love

Basically it’s a model m

[harsh jungle]

I carry a glucometer on me

[charred nova]

But way more premium

It costed ibm like 500 1980s dollars to make every model f

[meager crag]

https://tenor.com/view/shock-shocker-shocked-black-guy-gif-27526370

[charred nova]

I carry Adderall

[meager crag]

I carry candy

Yummy

[harsh jungle]

mmm adderall

[meager crag]

Candy

[charred nova]

Adderall is gods productivity tablet

[harsh jungle]

I bring a whole ass 20 fl oz Mountain Dew zero sugar with me to the program

[charred nova]

Combine with monster

For max performance cocktail

[hardy totem]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-gif-19863752

[weary hedge]

https://tenor.com/view/homer-simpson-heart-attack-the-simpsons-gif-17872463

[hardy totem]

https://tenor.com/view/heavy-tf2-team-fortress2-uber-ubercharge-gif-25046063

[charred nova]

The weak die the strong produce

[weary hedge]

https://tenor.com/view/darwin-charles-gif-18451809

[vocal wave]

I just use 7zip lol

also rar had a whole bunch of security problems over those decades so 😄

I don't use that format

is there a place to share screenshots?

[raven monolith]

I think stalker 2 feels too easy and doesn't put enough focus on survival, and basically showers you with loot, first aid, and food all the time. I think the game could benefit from those items being rarer, and a crafting mechanic where you have to make medkits yourself using recipe books, more gun repairs and modifications, and making it harder to get good weapons, so that instead you have to modify and improve a bad quality gun over time. also feels unrealistic that the flashlight and NV doesn't require replacing batteries. would be also cool if artifacts' properties degraded over time to incentivize further artifact hunting and exploration.

[robust pendant]

Play gamma idk

At least I can say that stalker has been like that since the beginning

[steep maple]

So what started as a relativly simple fetch and grab Diamond Exo outside Yaniv, Turned into an epic pathfinding quest to enter Pripyat Early by a new route, fighting my way through a horde of gasmaskape mutants, Avoiding death by flashbang anomaly, avoiding death by poltergeist, and Assaulting a ? childrens ? school in pripyat to get MY Diamond Exo. At the end it was for the principle of the thing.

[robust pendant]

Actually yeah, you'll like misery

[raven monolith]

Stalker 2 feels like it caters to casuals too much instead of putting emphasis on realism.

[steep maple]

Did i mention a dozen and a half Monolith exo's ?

[raven monolith]

I played misery, that's why I wish stalker 2 was more like it.

[vernal lily]

muh realism

[robust pendant]

Or CoM or Last Day

[pale latch]

I suck blood from trans masc so I can take their estrogen they are not using >:3

[robust pendant]

Well, ig? But that was staker since the beginning. It was always "easy" and never put that much emphasis on realism

[steep maple]

It was always about the story

[robust pendant]

But I do agree that it would benefit with more complex mechanics, or difficulty

[vernal lily]

Add shart mechanic and have the game make you built a toilet. Just like ARK Survival.

[raven monolith]

having to play fan made mods just to experience the game the way it's meant to be played smh

[robust pendant]

It was never meant to be like that tho...

Unless you are joking and Im not catching the joke

[steep maple]

enemies never drop their nvgs right ?

Granted most should be broken, but still

[hardy totem]

Not to my knowledge

[pale latch]

We just trade hormones I take their estrogen and they take my testosterone it is a win win

[steep maple]

What nvgs would be best for this part of the game ? Main mission is answers come at a price. But im currently in Pripyat

[weary hedge]

If you haven’t, grab the pair at yantar dam

Just gotta keep ur eyes peeled 😉

[steep maple]

Thx, on my way

[hallow shadow]

Do you prefer the 3b or 3a?
I like the cool glow of 3b, but… I haven’t gotten my hands on 3a’s to see the difference.

[weary hedge]

No problem, let me know if you need help figuring out the code or want it straight up

[hallow shadow]

If you wanna figure out the code on your own, my hint is: “license plates”
The rest of the Yantar dam is straightforward.
Good luck, Stalker.

[hardy totem]

One of the more obnoxious puzzles

[weary hedge]

3B, my eyes can’t handle bright colors

[hallow shadow]

I really hated sprinting all the way up that fence line, just past Brain Scorcher.

For that 8 digit code?

Any new mods on console? Not to sound greedy. GSC did right by us, last week.

Yo, the OXA version of Clusterfuck looks sick

It’s literally just a different butt stock, and some other railing stuff. But dude.

We need a “Unique Uniques” mod, like Skyrim.

[tall depot]

me watching strider getting killed on the second playtrough:

[hallow shadow]

Those poor Nooners, dude. Gets me, every time.

[tall depot]

strider was the best guy around

[hallow shadow]

They just wanted to be good boys, and not bother nobody.

[tall depot]

he even tried shooting himself when he realised monolith is trying to controll him again

[hallow shadow]

“Always remember to take cover from an Emission, even when you don’t feel like it.”
-Strider

Such a sweetheart

He even gives you a gun.
That’s like… A wedding ring in the Stalker World.

[tall depot]

2 times

well the second is laying there but ofc is for us

[hallow shadow]

It’s love.

Strider died doing what he wanted.
Trying to be free.
That’s the best I can give him, and his boys.

[tall depot]

realistically he died choking us

[hallow shadow]

He’s just a silly guy

[tall depot]

i realised now i can take strider body with me

[hallow shadow]

Bring him back to the island.
Like Finlay carried Malenia.

[empty hare]

I've noticed a lot more crashes on xbox series s since the last update. Im using a handful of mods so i suppose that could be the cause but prior to this update i had zero issues on the same save with the same mods. I also noticed extremely low FPS (likely in the 15-20 range) in the Red Forest bunker, no idea what caused it but it persisted even after leaving

[hallow shadow]

Red Forest can also get laggy for me.

[empty hare]

It never was previously, although the last time i was there was in 1.3 iirc

[hallow shadow]

After leaving? You’re probably still reeling from Psi-related side effects on top of your FPS dips.

Red Forest is saturated with Psi-Problems.

[empty hare]

The psi-effects were definitely part of it, however i could also clearly tell the FPS was lower than usual

[shell flax]

Red forest only lags for me when the spawning decides to go REEEE and spam me with zombies

[hallow shadow]

Lowered FPS. I don’t stutter, but I feel slow.

[hallow shadow]

That’s the Red Forest Bunker. If you were hunting Dnipro, down there. That place just gets like that.

Bring Psi-Block, and have good armor.

[tall depot]

https://tenor.com/view/best-guy-around-meme-gif-7582423445354748873

[hallow shadow]

It’s a Psi-Radiated bunker packed with zombies, and there’s a Controller in the back.

The area outside will also have zombies, or Psi-phantoms. Depends on your Psi-Res levels.

[tall depot]

oh shot

[shell flax]

Nah, I usually drop them before that gets too much, I’m talking when they emerge from the bushes in swarms unprompted

[shell flax]

Free Dnipro in the bunker too

[hallow shadow]

I went in there with one dose of Psi-Block. Wearing a Merc Suit, running Special (AK)

After getting pissed about consistent crashes on top of cooling towers.

[lucid charm]

“Psi radiation isn’t real so it can’t hurt me”

[hallow shadow]

I funneled that rage into the most concentrated assault on the Red Forest Bunker.

[shell flax]

I wish we could get Moth’s merc suit variation, the one with wolfhound gloves instead of the ones that you have by default

[hallow shadow]

I didn’t know what I didn’t know, ok?

I learned my lesson quick

Still got my gun, tho.

Mama didn’t raise no bish.
Maybe an idiot, but not no bish.

Really? Like when you get yelled at by a Controller/Sucker?

Oh. It’s a joke.
I’m dead.

Literally, I followed the advice and would’ve died.

[tall depot]

they are soaked with psi repelant

[hallow shadow]

That’s what makes gauze hemostatic, dontcha know?

[broken zephyr]

@waxen marten can you answer my qyestion in #📜┃gsc-answers ? kind of excited to maybe play the game

[hallow shadow]

How do you make a baby Chimera fall asleep?
You r o c k e t

Yo, who just tags Mol1t?
“Pardon me, your majesty. We peasants were wondering if..”

[stark crescent]

what did i miss

how did that youtube drama end up?

dude is facing backlash and now says he was hacked? interesting development

so anyway, i installed hammers in my new car! yaay!

[hallow shadow]

Dave didn’t seem to have a reason to go off on GSC. Erratic behavior is a symptom that something may have been off.

[stark crescent]

well duh, its a gamer with always online syndrome, of course hes an emotional unstablle person

half the freaking internet is

[sharp gulch]

Hackers got to him and basically almost got his Discord account deleted, all while the hackers where impersonating GSC workers

[weary hedge]

He was worried it was because of accidental leaks in the past. But it’s all cleared up now.

[hallow shadow]

“He’s terminally online!”
-The Guy On Discord, Asking To Sip YouTube Tea

[lucid charm]

The irony being “terminally online” is only really used in online spaces

[sharp gulch]

I tell my sister shes terminaly online irl

(as a joke)

[stark crescent]

tomorrow im gonna install the fire extinquisher, and i bought a storage organizer, it should arrive tomorrow.

[hallow shadow]

I tell my sister she should’ve never had kids.

[sharp gulch]

Anyways, i wouldnt give Dave flack for this. He apologized as best he could after it cleared up. Imagine spending hundreds+ of hours as a video editor and covering game news as a hobby, only to wake up to what seems to be legit emails from GSC stating they will terminate your partnership and your discord account being deleted

[stark crescent]

the importance of two step authentication

[weary hedge]

Real. Especially when you have a role like content creation

[sharp gulch]

im sure he has it, there still ways around it. If some kids could do it to Twitter admins, they can for sure do it to some dude online. Also, you forget how intense the ZZ online trolls go

[hallow shadow]

Right? That’s what I’m saying.

All behavior exhibited by both parties, prior to the incident, was amicable.
Meaning, unless Dave truly whiffed one of his videos, GSC would have no real reason to yank his presence like that.

[sharp gulch]

He's the most prolific STALKER 2 new coveror in english/western market, and look at the result, now we're all talking about it and shaping some negative opinion on the matter

[weary hedge]

This is true, I’ve witnessed kids go harder than this over video games feuds

[hallow shadow]

GSC utilizes him as part of their media presence.

[vernal lily]

Damn, this situation still being talking about, thought it was done and over

[stark crescent]

also, i personally dont even care about a random CC, its just that yesterday, out of nowhere, 3 people kept yelling "dave did this. dave did that. this happened, that happened"

it was staged melodrama. no one cared about a single content creator out of the 20 or so thats actively aligned with this discord. then some random people create hype around a topic, thats only good for filling another hour of people who were bored.

[hallow shadow]

It is. No one is upset.

[sharp gulch]

he has the Content Maker role man, believe it or not it makes you a target for harassment

[broken zephyr]

i am afraid of nobody

just tryng to not get banned

[hallow shadow]

I’m just saying. My senses are tingling.
It was fishy. But not their fault.

[sharp gulch]

true but you cant transfer your own self awareness to other, some people trully care

[broken zephyr]

you wont be awarded for stayng in silence

[vernal lily]

daily dose of stalker official discord drama

[hallow shadow]

Don’t cut yourself with all that edge, babe.

[broken zephyr]

and you wont even be awarded for buyng 3050

[sharp gulch]

I talk to dave multiple times in DMs and watch his videos. I was invested (even though i hadnt heard of this till this morning)

[stark crescent]

they truly dont. hypes come and go. once someone isnt active no longer, you literally forget about their existance. because thats how the human brain works

[hallow shadow]

Just upgrade.

[broken zephyr]

no money.

[hallow shadow]

Then job.

[broken zephyr]

just bought motorcicle

[hallow shadow]

That’ll do it.

[broken zephyr]

vroom vroom

[hallow shadow]

I sold my old GXR

[broken zephyr]

aura

[hallow shadow]

She’s as old as my truck, but I haven’t seen that bike in years.

[broken zephyr]

old dosen't mean non-functionant

old school peak

[hallow shadow]

‘07 600 GXR

I loved that stupid bike. Up until I couldn’t take it with me to Korea.

[broken zephyr]

what you want to do in korea

afk

[vernal lily]

I have family in South Korea

[hallow shadow]

I got told to go to Korea. I was in the army.

But I loved Korea. Germany, too.
My favorite places to be.

[weary hedge]

Germany is beautiful

[hallow shadow]

Germany is an aesthetic.
So is Korea.

Then… All the Americans dropping like flies, because Germans don’t really use air conditioning.

Buy a fan, or open a window. Git gud.

Then, you go get yourself some tickets to Rock im Park

Get obliterated, and lose your shoes.

[sharp gulch]

Am in Germany

Country is absolutely beautiful

[hallow shadow]

Your silly American “county fair” has nothing on a Wolksfest.

[sharp gulch]

Volksfest, and yeah

although ive been to some nice county fairs in Minnesota

[hallow shadow]

My ex wife is from MN.

That place gets cold.

[weary hedge]

Especially Binz beach

[tall depot]

wow strelok has aura that disables granades near him and makes every weapon missfire

[vernal lily]

He really farming aura like that

[obtuse veldt]

You mean every important character at a certain point

Hell even Dalin has one (and he shoots you if you are against the ward)

Can't shoot the bastard back though :v

[obtuse veldt]

They say at times....

Old is gold

[broken zephyr]

fr

[obtuse veldt]

This statement can be proven to be true when certain things suck badly compared to modern ones (sequels, vehicles, equipment)

[broken zephyr]

rtx 3050

[broken zephyr]

respect

[obtuse veldt]

After 3000 series Nvidia is just recycling cards

It should be like... 3750 instead of 5050

Or 3650

[broken zephyr]

nvidia get more money if they make new card

[obtuse veldt]

I can't forget about the 1660 GTX as

[broken zephyr]

recicled card may sound same as others but technically new

[obtuse veldt]

The suckers keep buying cards with a performance improvement of... 10% and paying 200% of the cost?

Where is the math?

[broken zephyr]

i mean if i had the money i would like to get new card

i see some kids with the 5090 playing fortnite

[stark crescent]

Im still on my 3080 10g doing juat fine. Im not impressed enough by the 40 or 50 series. And my next card is probably gonna be an amd, cause they actually show bigger growth per generation than nvidia.

[obtuse veldt]

And then later see them either their accounts hacked, the computer compromised, slow as f... Or on very poor condition

[stark crescent]

9070 xt being as good as an rtx 5070 for a lower price. Its been a while.

[obtuse veldt]

And burnt ports too

That's a big no for 90 series

[broken zephyr]

fr

my first account was hacked when i was little i remember i was super sad

[obtuse veldt]

Planning to buy a 5070 ti super if the vram is hitting 24gb

[broken zephyr]

if my pc was compromised it wouldn't run even discord

[broken zephyr]

their daddy buyng everityng like he is elon musk

[obtuse veldt]

As previously stated, anyone who has some knowledge on PC specs is only aiming these days at vram above 16gb

Since most people are gaming at 1080p or 1440p

People hardly go 4k

[broken zephyr]

when i buyed my pc i aimed 4g

it was an error

[hallow shadow]

I be playing at 1080p. But I’m Series S.

1080p@120

[broken zephyr]

but i don't play that much so i really dont care

cloud gaming still exists

[obtuse veldt]

Games these days are either unoptimized or the GPU limitations can't match to 4k

[shrewd needle]

Who needs 4K? 1080p is more than enough.

[weary hedge]

https://tenor.com/view/spongebob-meme-i-need-it-i-don’t-need-it-i-definitely-don’t-need-it-thirsty-gif-17101453146721253330

[shrewd needle]

https://tenor.com/view/nfs-need-for-speed-nfs-carbon-need-for-speed-carbon-cutscene-gif-27586810

[hallow shadow]

It may not be a very high one, but 1080p is a standard.

[shrewd needle]

So is 640 X 480. And I remember the time when games came with that as a minimum resolution rather than 1920 X 1080.

Made running them a breeze because they didn't start out with the highest-end crap.

[charred nova]

Sounds like something someone who’s never games at 4k would say

Yet again bro has failed the wealth skill check smh

[shrewd needle]

Yea, well, I don't need it. It's just pushing extra pixels which require extra GPU power for no reason.

Can game much more comfortably at 1080p with a much lower price tag.

[charred nova]

Broke mind set bro

[shrewd needle]

Better broke than dead because can't handle anything lower-end. 😏

[charred nova]

Why would I be dead

[shrewd needle]

Because people used to the high life most often can't adjust to the low life. Eternal suffering.

"OMG, I used to play at 120 FPS. 30 FPS is unplayable!" - every high-end whiner ever.

Meanwhile I can casually play at 30 and 120 without complaining or being 'unable' to play.

If I get 120, nice. If not, who gives a shit?

Hell, I actually play at lower than 30 most of the time, but...point stands.

[hallow shadow]

It’s usually the folks with high end gear crying about “unplayable reeee”

Just upgrade, bro.

[charred nova]

if you wanna sit on a high horse go earn the right to sit on it

Grind those over time hours

[shrewd needle]

Nah...upgrades are for those with too much money.

[shrewd needle]

I'm not on the high horse, am I?

It's the people who want high-end stuff that are on the high horse, Jack.

"OMG, it's 2025! 4K is the minimum they should offer!" Self-righteous, high-horsed, arrogant, ever-demanding entitled people.

[weary hedge]

Lmao ur wildin amnesia

[shrewd needle]

Meanwhile, I'll play on 1024 X 768. That's a pretty low horse, Jack.

[charred nova]

Yah that’s my point

[shrewd needle]

I've met so many people who can't handle the slightest shit, I swear...

[charred nova]

If you stopped winging and complaining and worked harder

You could sit on the horse too

[shrewd needle]

How capitalist of you.

[charred nova]

Uh yah?

You expect everything to be free

[shrewd needle]

That's the thing, I can live without the horse. 😏

[weary hedge]

Wdym

[hallow shadow]

Paying to justify our existence is actually something that’s relatively new in human history.

[charred nova]

So you just wanna keep being a neet

Turbo loser mind set

[shrewd needle]

Since he's talking PC upgrades, I've, for example, met so many people who'll complain when their FPS drops from 120 to 90. Or when their frame-times go from 6 MS to 8 MS. Or they want the latest, greatest, photo-realistic garbage.

I'm like, "WTF is the problem, even?"

[hallow shadow]

Not discounting the risks and sacrifices inherent to the carrying mother..
If you factor out “medical bills”, people are given life for free.

[shrewd needle]

That's the neat part. Life was always free.

Humans invented and put a price on it.

[hallow shadow]

Humans are the commodity.

And it’s always the people not worth breeding with who are complaining about the population.

[shrewd needle]

Better than running in the eternal rat race, Jack.

[charred nova]

So you’d rather just be a jobless loser

Literal societal dead weight

[weary hedge]

Oh, I mean you do you. I think it’s an appreciated luxury to enjoy nice things but it’s not something I think people need by any means.

[shrewd needle]

IDK, I live in a city of 30 million people with barely any space to breathe. I'll definitely complain about the population.

[hallow shadow]

Not what I meant.

I’d be ornery, too. Living in a wasp nest like that.

[shrewd needle]

Right? That's my point; if you have luxury, it's fine, I'm not coming to your home and demanding you get rid of it.

But when people treat those luxuries as basic necessities and throw a tantrum when things don't go their way, it infuriates me. And having run across far too many people like that, I guess my patience wore off.

[charred nova]

I could make a really offensive job

But I will refrain

[shrewd needle]

At least I don't put people down for what they are. I can understand both the losers and the winners without hammering one side or another.

[hallow shadow]

On one hand, it is 2025. You’re not seeing that life can be luxurious.

But. On the other. “Money”

Bro was probably born with it.

[charred nova]

I will always blast people for being jobless losers or not even trying to do anything to better their lives

[shrewd needle]

Or goes about the illusion that everyone has the same conditions. And can do the same shit.

[charred nova]

Why wouldn’t it

[shrewd needle]

https://tenor.com/view/funny-jokes-laugh-very-funny-jokes-gif-8006636675585716814

[charred nova]

I mean bro

Your trying to grand stand about being a neet

[shrewd needle]

I've seen people work 12-16 hours trying to 'better their lives' and getting nowhere.

You just talk from an entitled perspective.

[hallow shadow]

Neet?

[shell flax]

Basement dweller essentially

[vernal lily]

Jack on a roll today

[shrewd needle]

'Working harder' doesn't really matter in a capitalist economy.

[hallow shadow]

Ahhhh.

[robust pendant]

One of the comical geniuses of my country said this while making a joke about police brutality: "Hippies are gay"

[charred nova]

Not In Training, Education, Or Employment

[hallow shadow]

The money you save today, is worth less tomorrow. So pay your taxes, today!

[charred nova]

Lmfao

[shrewd needle]

NEET = way to insult someone by saying, "Not in Employment, Education or Training".

Because that's the only way they can feel superior about themselves.

[meager crag]

Aye, was just going to correct Jack lmao

[shrewd needle]

This, Jack.

[charred nova]

Bro ups workers in my country can make 380k dollars a year

[shrewd needle]

"In my country."

That says a lot about your bubble.

[shell flax]

My states job market has been ass since 2020 but I’m still digging up every possible avenue to at least get something

[vernal lily]

Can't tell if what is being talked about is rage bait or not, with how much rage bait that goes on in this server

[charred nova]

Yah It does land of opportunity

UNLUCKY

[shrewd needle]

Sure, sure...whatever you say, Jack.

You ain't living the life you criticize, or...'blast', as you put it yourself. Your perspective's irrelevant.

And that's the high horse.

[charred nova]

Yah cus Im not giving up on my life

[hallow shadow]

No one is saying that.

[charred nova]

I don’t wanna die with out a cent to my name

[shrewd needle]

You still haven't answered this, have you?

[charred nova]

[hallow shadow]

You can’t take it with you, Jack.

[shrewd needle]

Yea, well, you ain't taking those saved cents with you when you're gone.

Not that I recommend wasting money, but man...'wealth creation' and 'wealth hoarding' is next level BS, honestly.

[robust pendant]

"being jobless" to "working 12-16 is a big breach" tho

[vernal lily]

So um, fellow stalkers, anything new going on

[shell flax]

I’d rather be miserable and have money to do something then sit at home in misery and depressed

[shrewd needle]

Still hasn't answered my question, TBH.

[meager crag]

Yeah, Jack giving up on life

Which isn't news tbh, but it B wat it B

[robust pendant]

give up everything, except playing stalker

[weary hedge]

Still finding new things in stalker 2 every day

[charred nova]

Been there not very epic

[shell flax]

Same, I found the duty last stand in cooling towers a few days ago

[charred nova]

Yah but my family can

[vernal lily]

Not like I am not doing the same, but I try to not make it worse on myself for the possibility it might get better.

[hallow shadow]

Ew. You have kids?

[charred nova]

Uh no I’m 22

[weary hedge]

Speaking of which I need to go get my hands on the recruit duty suit and see how to optimize it

[hallow shadow]

Oh. Good.

[charred nova]

But someday maybe

[hallow shadow]

Yeah, don’t do that.

[charred nova]

Regardless

I’m not gonna just submit to everything is pointless just give up mind set

That’s lame and gay

[hallow shadow]

No one is saying that.

[meager crag]

Dude, let's be real here

We're talking about Jack

[shell flax]

I’ve got the breast cancer gene in my family, if I want kids I’ll adopt, I ain’t putting a kid through that potential hell

[meager crag]

Not saying there ain't nobody interested in Jack, because bro is a Chad

[meager crag]

Just saying there are few actual good candidates for him

Because they're not good enough for him

[hallow shadow]

No one is saying “give up”.
You just don’t want to entertain the idea of “Change it up” because alternatives sound scary to you.

So you default to the only perspective you can point a finger at.

No one is saying “give up.”
We are saying “This is wrong”, and there’s a difference.

[shrewd needle]

Well...with his attitude, I doubt anyone would be.

But then people can choose wrong, so...I won't judge.

[charred nova]

That’s not what I’m saying at all lol

I’m saying the neet life style and mentally is extremely lame and gay

[weary hedge]

Real. My family has colon and lung cancer in the blood. I’d rather spend my time learning about cultures and life itself 🤝

[hallow shadow]

You’re strawmanning.
No one is advocating a neet lifestyle.

Youre assuming that, and attacking that.
How silly.

[charred nova]

[shrewd needle]

It's exactly why he didn't answer my question.

Being jobless or not is irrelevant; even if I get a job tomorrow and go out to work 16 hours, I'm never getting anywhere. No one is.

[charred nova]

He literally just confirmed what I said

That mentally is retarded

[robust pendant]

holy nihilistic

[shrewd needle]

But you never answered my question.

[vernal lily]

[shrewd needle]

It's not nihilism, it's reality.

[charred nova]

What do you want me to say life is pointless

Lmfao

[shrewd needle]

People work for scraps and never have enough for anything more than getting by.

So when they're barely getting by, how do you expect anyone to go anywhere?

[hallow shadow]

“Holy nihilism.”
Really? Right in front of all these statistics?

[robust pendant]

yes!

[shrewd needle]

These entitled folk don't understand how economic classes work.

Or why only the rich ever 'get anywhere'.

[robust pendant]

I'm just spewing nonesense really, cause I won't get in this convo

[hallow shadow]

People are poorer than ever, and working harder than ever.

It’s not nihilistic. It’s a simple number crunch. Math is an exact science.

[vernal lily]

I just want this convo to stop

[meager crag]

Both are the same thing!

[charred nova]

Never

[hallow shadow]

That’s. Wise.

[robust pendant]

Im so wise and good

[charred nova]

No join and help me win

I will promote you to officially based

[hallow shadow]

Groudon. The big happy land boi

[shrewd needle]

Well, when you put it that way, I guess it makes a lot more sense.

With that said, I'll ditch all my equipment and jump into a glass-shard anomaly endlessly.

[robust pendant]

Only if you finish Goldsphere with all of it's optional maps

[charred nova]

Wait a second

[meager crag]

No, that's self-destructive

[robust pendant]

it's about 70 hours btw

[charred nova]

Hold on just a minute

[meager crag]

That's just being dumb

[charred nova]

[shell flax]

This is why I don’t debate philosophy online

[vernal lily]

[weary hedge]

Where’s Tejas when you need him

[vernal lily]

For real tho

[charred nova]

My philosophy is I want stuff and If im gonna get that stuff I gotta work hard

[hallow shadow]

SUCKER GIF, INCOMING

[charred nova]

So I’m gonna work

[hallow shadow]

Maybe, Jack… The way things are is not the way things should be.

[hallow shadow]

Have you ever seen the Matrix?

[charred nova]

Eh I’m not really that upset

[shell flax]

I’m pretty sure if Tejas sees this nonsense we’re gonna see month long mutes

[shrewd needle]

Don't bother debating. Not worth it.

Besides, philosophy is unpopular.

[vernal lily]

Jumping into the fire anomaly immediately

[charred nova]

Get your self a trade job

And you’ll be alright

[shrewd needle]

It is what it is. 😏

[shell flax]

Tripling the prices of all possible ways to get Warhammer merch, 3D printed included

[hallow shadow]

I’ll weld them up out of steel rod for you.

Grind them. And clean them. You paint.

[meager crag]

Eh, who cares. GW doesn't care about their own lore anyways

[hallow shadow]

GW doesn’t even care about their customers.
“Pay us more, cause that’s the way it goes.”

[shrewd needle]

Well, customers do be willing to pay.

When suckers give ya money, ya take it.

[hallow shadow]

“Whales”

Those “un-broke” folk.

I’d rather just farm my Super Credits, like a real man.

“Hard work”, amirite?

[charred nova]

Just turn them wrenches

[hallow shadow]

I loved Angry Marines.

[meager crag]

Whoops, hate speech against something fictional? Where are my manners

[vernal lily]

I saw

[hallow shadow]

GASLIGHTING

[meager crag]

Psycho Warriors

[hallow shadow]

MOM! THE GUYS ON THE INTERNET ARE GASLIGHTING MEEE

[charred nova]

Propane or butane?

[meager crag]

Unless you actually meant Angry Marines

But those are just a 40k meme and not canon either

[hallow shadow]

Yeah huh!

[charred nova]

I still wanna try putting map pro gas in my lighter

Despite the risk of sudden hand removal

[hallow shadow]

Speaking of Canon, the Flood make the Tyranids look bad.

[vapid galleon]

https://tenor.com/view/drive-nightcall-film-ryan-gosling-gif-23819304

[hallow shadow]

I still wish S2 had more haunted shit in it.

Doom 3-style.

[charred nova]

Reddit says that I’d likely blow my hand off

Damn it

[hallow shadow]

I need teleporting radiation shooting demons, freaky voices laughing, stuff growing on walls

[weary hedge]

There’s a handful of good mod packs for the trilogy that implement this if you ever end up getting a pc. You’d enjoy them.

[meager crag]

While I appreciate the love for DOOM 3 (BASED), I don't think HoC would've benefited from that

[shrewd needle]

I loved Doom 3, NGL.

Later Doom games (2016 and later), not so much.

[hallow shadow]

You’re probably not wrong.
But a man can dream.

[meager crag]

Because DOOM 3 is based

[hallow shadow]

But the whole concept of “Noosphere” and “CCon” can kinda facilitate that.

[vapid galleon]

based

[hallow shadow]

Either way. I wish I could see it, just once.

[vernal lily]

Spider with gun on back

[hallow shadow]

OG Arachnids from Starship Troopers book (1959)

[charred nova]

Original trilogy will run on like a smart fridge

My laptop with integrated graphics can run if just fine

[shrewd needle]

Yea...shame they didn't make more Doom games like D3.

2016 and later are...meh.

[weary hedge]

Oh yeah same, I have a shitbox I use for that kind of stuff

[meager crag]

It does feel a bit janky at times and the level design can be a bit eh as well, but I like the more hellish representation it has

Most people play it like a horror game but you can still play it like a DOOM game

Heck, with how bad the shotgun is, it's encouraged

[shrewd needle]

I mean...I prefer a horror game and for Doom to be horror instead of power fantasy.

[shrewd needle]

TBF, last time I played it, I changed the shotgun spread to half. Not that it helped much, but at least the range became much more useful.

[hallow shadow]

I wish Doom 3 got a X/S Update.

Maybe some modding freedom. On console.
It’s old enough.

[charred nova]

Do I need to say it

[vernal lily]

nah

[hallow shadow]

I also need Half-Life one to get remade.

[charred nova]

I’ll give it a rest for now

[charred nova]

It already was

[shrewd needle]

Eh, after 2016, D3 was basically dead, since the fan-base somehow hates horror.

[shrewd needle]

Half-Life got re-made as the visually impressive but bad AI/dialogue Black Mesa.

[charred nova]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/362890/Black_Mesa/

Steam

Black Mesa

Relive Half-Life
Black Mesa is the fan-made reimagining of Valve Software’s Half-Life.

Black Mesa: Definitive Edition…

Price

$19.99

Recommendations

125320

Metacritic

84

▶ Play video

[shrewd needle]

Didn't really like it much, especially since enemy AI is 100% accurate (to the same extent as S2 AI) when firing fully automatic.

MP5 taking your health down at 800 RPM isn't funny.

[hallow shadow]

I feel like that was always the case.

But I literally played the first game as a kid. It hit different.

[shrewd needle]

Re-play it.

[charred nova]

Black mesa is considered in many ways an improvement

[hallow shadow]

I’d have to like. Buy a new copy. My new laptop could run it. But I no longer have disk/cd key

[charred nova]

Irons out some of the originals games short comings like the zen dimension

[hallow shadow]

Zen Dimension was a damn nightmare.

I was only 10!

[charred nova]

Well if you get a pc you can play it

[hallow shadow]

Or 11.

[charred nova]

Isn’t hard to run

About as demanding as half life 2 ish

[hallow shadow]

I have one that could. I just have to repurchase a game. And the nostalgia ain’t worth it.

[shrewd needle]

Play it on your Alienware.

[vernal lily]

Very funny guys

[shrewd needle]

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

[vernal lily]

At least make it accurate and add alcoholism to the name

[shrewd needle]

Well deserved.

[hallow shadow]

Dr Liver Failure

[charred nova]

Who has an Alienware

[charred nova]

Those exist?

[hallow shadow]

I hate these people.

[vernal lily]

Whoever changed said name I want to kiss you on the mouth

[meager crag]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/953307230273409076/1237143700119752714/1714059494_new_.gif

[hallow shadow]

I have an i7 I use for my CNC plasma table.

[charred nova]

https://tenor.com/view/do-you-have-any-idea-how-little-that-narrows-it-down-that-narrows-it-down-clear-now-its-clear-now-i-understand-now-gif-21256627

[meager crag]

Batman Beyond

Eh

Never liked Terry

[lucid charm]

Your what

[hallow shadow]

I don’t know, dude. My dad handed me a laptop and said it was to be used for the table. So that’s what I use it for. He said it was 2300$

So I use it for what he gave it to me, for.

[charred nova]

Like just so you know

[vernal lily]

Some dude on my campus that got theirs stolen shortly after caring it around with him

[weary hedge]

https://tenor.com/view/batman-beyond-joker-tim-drake-gif-2422765846019605062

[hallow shadow]

It’s in an Alienware case. That’s about it.

[charred nova]

Intel made 14 different generations of i7

[charred nova]

Thinkpad supremacy

[hallow shadow]

Dawg. I don’t do PC lingo. That’s just one of the stickers on it.

My other laptop is lower end. An i5, and its touch screen. I love that shit.

[robust pendant]

I wouldn't call it an improvement, more like a "more bombastic, cinematic, explosive, thrilling experience"

sounds better but there are some moments where it drags or don't feel as great as the 1st was

Still, 9/10 for me, great remake

whenever you get something, you feel like thats over and then the game surprises you with new cool shit. As well as the new Xen which is marvellous

[charred nova]

That’s best you can ask for

[hallow shadow]

I have a plasma cutting table.
I make art, and do other fix ‘em up jobs.
I weld, do wood, cement, concrete. Build boats.

[robust pendant]

oh, yeah, absolutely

[charred nova]

Can you put new floor pans in muh jeep

[hallow shadow]

No.

[charred nova]

What good are you then

[hallow shadow]

I can. But probably won’t.

[charred nova]

💀

Well I don’t have a jeep

Cus I’m not a white lesbian

[vernal lily]

My dad has a jeep

[charred nova]

Bro reminds me

I saw the most jeep jeep ever

[meager crag]

A Jeepmosine?

[hallow shadow]

May I have my name back, please?

[hallow shadow]

That shit gets old, so fast.

[robust pendant]

see? this is what black mesa needed that was cut

[charred nova]

Idk how people can drive around a car like that

[hallow shadow]

Holy shit. Fine. I’ll take it. Whatever.

[weary hedge]

can I sell unique weapons in SoC after I got better weapons or is it better to keep?

[meager crag]

Depends on the quality

[hallow shadow]

The Zone needs Chocobos.
I’m tired of all this running.

[meager crag]

It's not like you can repair them

[robust pendant]

sell them if you think you'll don't need them again

[lucid charm]

It’s usually better to hold onto uniques. First they have increased durability and accuracy, but also some missions assign you to retrieve and return them

[vernal lily]

I just can't help it but to keep almost every weapon I find

[meager crag]

I personally hold on to them as a sort of trophy tho

[robust pendant]

the fast firing ak for example is goated

[vernal lily]

Unless if it's duplicates, then I sell the worse one

[lucid charm]

Exhibit A of why the spitfire in stalker 2 should have been an AKM

[weary hedge]

right but ive found so many better

[meager crag]

This should've been the Spitfire tbh

[weary hedge]

this weapon carrys early game id say

[robust pendant]

then if you really need the money, sell it

I just drop everything because at the end of the day, enemies also got weapons

[lucid charm]

That’s so…plasticcy

[weary hedge]

not like I need the money so Im gonna put in some stash

[charred nova]

A less practical version of that crazy Soviet machine gun from the 70s

That could fire at nearly 2k rpm

[vernal lily]

Best to always stockpile till you need those extra cash

[charred nova]

From a 40 round box mag

Very helpful

[weary hedge]

fr some stuff rlly expensive

[meager crag]

I believe it was built upon an actual AKM, but I'm not 100% sure

Made by Dragon Dronet

[robust pendant]

Me fr

[shrewd needle]

What's this?

[meager crag]

Assault rifle used by Brotherhood of Nod Confessors during Tib-War III

[meager crag]

And Ajay, apparently

[shrewd needle]

C&C...fair.

[meager crag]

Good to see you downloaded that one from me

[still current]

[vernal lily]

What a fine day today is

[meager crag]

Bro is jinxing it

[steep maple]

Same, but no psyblock, and a stack of 14 grenades. You better believe that mutant learned something in its last seconds

[wooden walrus]

BBRROTHERR

[vernal lily]

[vernal lily]

Hello Ottomic

[dense condor]

will a 2070 super and a 3700x be able to run this game at medium 60fps 1080p

[wooden walrus]

it'll drop to 30 fps on settlements (on a good day)

[vernal lily]

1 fps if you make Sido mad

[wooden walrus]

it may be okayish outside of settlements, but maybe you'd get frequent dips to 50s

by which I mean it would run, just not very well, imo

#pc-specs can probably give you a more accurate estimate

[robust pendant]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPBzNz6sP-Q

With upscaler, yeah

you'll get almost always a bit below 60 otherwise

[dense condor]

thanks

[dull osprey]

sidorovich is a crook!

[harsh jungle]

hi again fellow stalkers

[dull osprey]

degtyarev is a fake STALKER

[harsh jungle]

huh??

is it cause of my pfp

[dull osprey]

nah, i just hate degtyarev

but his gun in STALKER 2 is good

[harsh jungle]

me and degtyarev are ✨ besties ✨

[vernal lily]

How dare

[weary hedge]

How’s my favorite honse poster been?

[harsh jungle]

good i think

my dog is playing with my brother I think

[weary hedge]

Oh good

What kind of puppers?

[still current]

[vernal lily]

[hallow shadow]

“We’re going on a trip, in our favorite rocket ship.
Zooming through the sky, these Bugs are gonna die.
Come aboard, my Super Earth Destroyer.
All those Bugs to grind, little Einstein”

[cosmic crystal]

🧍

[shrewd needle]

At least the game should run. What else matters?

[shrewd needle]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1311817583351169114/1430329132813652173/1761087439284.png?ex=68f9614f&is=68f80fcf&hm=fb04413ea24bb13fbf36147f23a7e1ed20e30ac02bc766c601faa107da419b73&

Never believe anyone either.

[vernal lily]

Not even yourself

[shrewd needle]

Only oneself.

[vernal lily]

Four more levels till I am granted image perms, but still feels so far away

[shrewd needle]

Welcome to the grind.

[vernal lily]

@charred nova Unfunny guy over here

[shrewd needle]

Also on the Stellaris Official Discord server.

[vernal lily]

@vestal lantern @meager crag

[meager crag]

Thanks dawgs

Good think I didn't turn in yet

[shrewd needle]

Also reported on the Stellaris server, hopefully out.

[weary hedge]

Mr beast?

[vernal lily]

Some telegram money scam

[shrewd needle]

No, 'crypto' scam.

[weary hedge]

Telegram, home to drug dealers and scammers

[vernal lily]

No one foolin me over there yet

I only had one funny guy try to message me

[visual mortar]

telegram scares me. thats where weird shit is

[vernal lily]

Such is life in the Zone

[meager crag]

How To Get Rich

Step 1: Give me your money
Step 2:

[visual mortar]

yeah never join the Duty telegram group

just schizoposting and politics

[weary hedge]

There’s stalker chats on telegram? 🤣

That’s cursed

[visual mortar]

hollow skull

[vernal lily]

I'm never touching that

[visual mortar]

Crimson funding

[meager crag]

Yes please

[visual mortar]

you are awarded with the Tampico Grant

[meager crag]

I need the money to buy a new flute

[vernal lily]

You play the flute?

[meager crag]

Aye

[vernal lily]

I almost ended up learning the flute

[visual mortar]

fluge

[meager crag]

Fleut

[visual mortar]

are you a whimsical forest druid with it

[vernal lily]

Parents made me learn the violin instead in middle school

[meager crag]

No, more like a drunken master

[meager crag]

Oof, bro didn't even get to choose his own instrument

[vernal lily]

Korean parents 🥀

[meager crag]

💀

Then the violin makes sense

[meager crag]

It's popular anyways

[vernal lily]

I think the only song I know how to play is this one called the Devil's Trill Sonata by Giuseppe Tartini

[meager crag]

Oof

[vernal lily]

Rest I seem to have forgotten by now

[dull osprey]

casual femboys (loners) vs. competitive femboys (monolith)

[meager crag]

You know the whole sonata or a part of it?

If you're able to play on that level, you should definitely expand your repertoire and play more bro

[hallow shadow]

I can play the drums. And sing.

[pine glacier]

Guys, i got the stalker drink

[dull osprey]

learn hard bass

[meager crag]

A great combo

[hallow shadow]

What is a hard bass?

I play metal and stuff.

[vernal lily]

Just the main parts of the Sonata, where it's easily playable with a violin. I don't really remember much.

[dull osprey]

mainly slavic genre of electronic music

[meager crag]

You still play?

[hallow shadow]

I don’t think I’ve ever been exposed to it.

[dull osprey]

y'know cheeki breeki?

[hallow shadow]

I’m ambidextrous, too. I keep beat with both hands.

[meager crag]

You probably have without realizing

[hallow shadow]

I play (mostly) with my left hand, on a right handed kit.

[dull osprey]

that's the name of a popular heh, song by (rest in peace) apartje.

[robust pendant]

Oh no, you've definitely been exposed to it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiFBgtgUtfw&list=PLqlhVdM3GfeYd9JPWTTOcfo2kGBjPwpch

[hallow shadow]

Oh. I see.

[robust pendant]

or this classic stalker video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnTW6fZz-1E&list=PLqlhVdM3GfeYd9JPWTTOcfo2kGBjPwpch&index=3

[lucid charm]

Hard bass is hard bass
But Slavic doomer rock is where it’s at

[hallow shadow]

I’ve heard something similar in Germany.
What did they call it? Turbo polka?

[meager crag]

Hella Kino

[vernal lily]

Not really. I sometimes pick it up, because I remember the notes by muscle memory. Don't remember anything else.

[hallow shadow]

I just dig breakdowns, and harmonic guitars.

[meager crag]

Can always try. It's a shame to let your invested time go to waste

[lucid charm]

There’s an air of loneliness to bands like Lithium that sings to me.
Same with Chikoi The Maid

[meager crag]

I've been play for, what, 17 years now I think?

[dull osprey]

i have a feeling you play a certain game named vrchat..

[hallow shadow]

I be playing old Born of Osiris and Shadow of Intent

[dull osprey]

i recognize the name groudon

[hallow shadow]

Some A Day To Remember, some Blessthefall

[vernal lily]

I suppose

[hallow shadow]

Some August burns red.
Some Oceans Ate Alaska and Oarkway Drive.

[robust pendant]

I live in a 3rd world country
There's no such thing as VR

[hallow shadow]

Then. I get all nostalgic and start playing Sum 41

[dull osprey]

ah, so its a different guy

[meager crag]

Honestly bro, none of those are ringing any bells for me

[robust pendant]

or just enter my steam through my profile, I haven't ever touched the pay button on vrchat

[hallow shadow]

It’s the name of a Pokemon.

[robust pendant]

A Day to Remember, Sum 41? No?

[dull osprey]

i don't poke mon

[robust pendant]

It's mostly 2000-2010 things

[meager crag]

Nope

Genre?

[hallow shadow]

Depends on age and style. Homie may just not have liked it.

ADTR is post hardcore. So like… Emo, but with screaming.

Sum 41 is a pop-rock version of Green Day.

[meager crag]

Eh

[vernal lily]

Not home atm, but might as well do a violin reveal. I think it's still sitting in my room.

[weary hedge]

Ur playlist is ⛽️

[lucid charm]

Trash?

[hallow shadow]

I wish I could play violin. Because Starship Troopers.

[meager crag]

DM me that shit lmao, I'll look it up later

[lucid charm]

I can’t tell what that is

[weary hedge]

Gas, as in good. I’ve got weird slang

[lucid charm]

Ohhhhh got it

[robust pendant]

wasn't Sum 41 a more hardcore-punk version?

[hallow shadow]

Me?

[lucid charm]

The west is sleeping on maidcore

[meager crag]

Hella

[hallow shadow]

I mean… I guess? Depends on the album.

[vernal lily]

Are we dropping playlists? I'll send mine lol

[hallow shadow]

Ain’t maidcore just nightcore? Which is just 8bit?

Or midi?

[lucid charm]

Nope, I’ll post some for you to listen to

[meager crag]

Nightcore isn't chiptune

[dull osprey]

why not hatsune miku core

[meager crag]

Because it's cringe

[lucid charm]

https://spotify.link/2C9PQxfVEXb

It’s Spotify, so click at your own peril

[meager crag]

I don't have a playlist, so I guess I'll just do w/e

[hallow shadow]

Oh shucks.

[meager crag]

Make Good Your Escape was a good band

Doesn't exist anymore sadly

[weary hedge]

Been using SoundCloud since 2017😂

[meager crag]

Crush 40 r da GOATS

[vernal lily]

https://spotify.link/OP7tPlnVEXb

Another Spotify link

[hallow shadow]

Im also partial to 80’s music.

[lucid charm]

Trust.
Luci Is Always Right

[hallow shadow]

But you gotta get you some “Shadow of Intent”
It’s metal about the Halo series.

[meager crag]

Genesis, Yes, Nektar

Radiohead

[hallow shadow]

Crash Test Dummies

Adam Ant
Adam and the Ants

[lucid charm]

I’ve found that I find it easier to listen to music when I don’t have to listen to some millionaire punkass complain about his problems, how down on his luck he is, or about how his girl left

[hallow shadow]

Camouflage

[weary hedge]

Africa is good

[hallow shadow]

Africa goes hard.

It took me a while to figure out most of those 80’s groups are European.

[fickle hill]

Does it take place in a desert?

Do they stage in a jungle?

[hallow shadow]

I swear it wasn’t until I was like 21, getting wasted. Someone told me Duran Duran and Depeche Mode were English.

“Yeah bro. Most 80’s bands are euro. You been under a rock?”

“Yes”

Nindjento

[weary hedge]

The Beatles go hard

[hallow shadow]

That is some fun stuff.
Got an old Nintendo game you miss? There’s probably a nice Nindjento of it.

I never got into Beatles or Beach Boys.

Or Journey

[weary hedge]

That’s surprising coming from someone from cali 😏

[hallow shadow]

Hot take, but they suck.

[weary hedge]

Journey is aight

[hallow shadow]

Styx.
REM

JESUS JONES AND HIS ONE HIT WONDER

“RIGHT HERE, Right now! Watching the world wake up from history!”

Dancehall Crashers

Steam powered Giraffe

Dresden Dolls

[meager crag]

10cc

[hallow shadow]

We Butter The Bread With Butter

One Dead Three Wounded

Madafaka

Then you get into Kpop, Chinese pop.

[meager crag]

No

[hallow shadow]

The actual ballad of Mulan? Kinda goes hard. For as old of a song that it really is.
(Historically, she would’ve existed around when King Arthur did)

No? You don’t like joy?

[meager crag]

I'm a moderator

You think I like joy?

[hallow shadow]

Ohhh my bad. Didn’t mean to step on your toes Mr Fun Police Officer Sir

[meager crag]

Don't worry bro, you can step on them as much as you want

[hallow shadow]

I have small feel.

So. You know.
small socks

[meager crag]

Socks for you, I guess

Dethklok

Trivium

Mastodon

[hallow shadow]

Dethklok was cool.
Trivium was a rollercoaster. I stopped following them after The Crusade

Not familiar with Mastadon.

But old Trivium still slaps.

Ascendancy was a nice album.

[meager crag]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMmg97mWcik

[hallow shadow]

Whichever album had “Gunshot to the Head of Trepidation”
Best song ever.

[meager crag]

Honestly thought Dethalbum IV sucked compared to their previous releases, also because how badly it was mixed

[hallow shadow]

Gosh. Trivium takes me back.

They, and Killswitch Engage were how I got into harder stuff.

I was like.. 13? 14? Skating to Trivium.

Learning how to play “Pull Harder on the Strings of Your Martyr” and “Like Light to the Flies” on the drums.

[meager crag]

No Pop Punk or Ska?

[hallow shadow]

Only ska I think I know is Dancehall Crashers?
Pop punk… Uhhh?
Chunk, No Captain Chunk and Settle Your Scores are my favorites.

[meager crag]

Y'know

[hallow shadow]

I don’t?

[meager crag]

Fall Out Boy

30 Second to Mars

[hallow shadow]

Oh. They’re… Not pink. But they’re poppy.

[meager crag]

Pan!c at the Disco

[hallow shadow]

I hate Jared Leto
Is voice bothers me.
As a singer.

[meager crag]

Etc.

[hallow shadow]

I was a kid when those guys were born. I barely listened to half those names, then.

[unborn steeple]

I can relate

[meager crag]

Thus Pop Punk

[hallow shadow]

You’re right. Still.

[gleaming ember]

decided to try S2 again after few updates. (last time i played at 1.3 update). how did my performance manage to get WORSE ?!

[hallow shadow]

I be a hater. Despite having guilty pleasures.
Fallout Boy did a sick Micheal Jackson cover.

[vernal lily]

Such is life in the Zone

[hallow shadow]

Sugar Were Going Down is like the second song I ever learned how to play.
First was “Downfall of us All”
Third was “End of Heartache”

[pseudo coral]

Are the rumors true is GSC going to update STALKER to new engine update from UE5

[gleaming ember]

from 45fps to 25fps. somehow worse with the same settings and pc LOL

[vernal lily]

Rumors

[hallow shadow]

New Found Glory
I dated the cousin of the bassist from Good Charlotte

Southern Maryland is weird like that.

[weary hedge]

The goal is early 2026 according to #📜┃gsc-answers

[hallow shadow]

Shucks.

I heard Q4 25. But. Things happen.

Speaking of.
I wish Quake 4 would get remade.

[pseudo coral]

Nice that's not long can't wait

[hallow shadow]

That shit slapped.

[meager crag]

How about City Pop?

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

Or Plastic Love

I Can't Stop The Loneliness

(SHAW)

[hallow shadow]

Plastic Love sounds familiar, but I’ve never sought any of this out. No.

But this kinda hits.
Not gonna lie.

[primal nimbus]

Shoutout to Dave and Gsc for their professionalism (and Dave’s accountability) about their situation

[weary hedge]

Things could change. Especially if the release of the PS5 port goes smoothly

[meager crag]

In that case, do

It's one of those popular songs everyone should've heard at least once in their life

[hallow shadow]

Shoutout to Kyne’sPeace (Author of Lootable/Craftable Zone) having a crash out because parts of the community are mindless consumers.

[meager crag]

https://youtu.be/EUsXAqFmbn4?si=uTF6y3U7nlvK9Udm

[vernal lily]

I've heard of Plastic Love

[primal nimbus]

Wtf

[meager crag]

https://youtu.be/6bALJxjL8jw?si=aoStv5fmCnb4NBEH

[hallow shadow]

Yeah, dude. Go check their mod channels.

[primal nimbus]

Oh god

[meager crag]

Now play it on violin

[ebon blade]

I got the Duty Recruit suit and the Wind of Freedom suit, and fully upgraded them,
along with the Ballistic helmet and the Mask-1 helmet upgraded for a comparison,
in a video I made. If you are interested in that, I'll send you the link for that in a DM.

[weary hedge]

Hell yeah, please do. Just hopped on stalker 10 minutes ago. Heading to that body you said was along the coast in the lesser zone.

[wild epoch]

Corundum Suit enjoyers

[hallow shadow]

Helldivers.
Oh. Wait.

[primal nimbus]

Framedivers.

[ebon blade]

Sent.

[wild epoch]

Sandbox mode when? To be noontide and then to be ||monolith, owners of the zone again||

This is meme, not serious

[primal nimbus]

Literally my life

[weary hedge]

Wow I didn’t even know there was a 416 in the lesser zone. That’s cool

Found that body you were talking about

[primal nimbus]

There was an HK416 next to Zalissya too

Body in the ruins of a house

[ebon blade]

That's why I fully explore a territory before I move on to the next.
GSC has sprinkled the Zone with so much to explore and discover.
I enjoy finding things, searching everywhere and getting new items.

[ebon blade]

Yes, search every building, every ruins, every attic in Zalissya. So many stashes and bodies in the Lesser Zone.

[ebon blade]

Arguing over who has this, or who has that, or doesn't have this, is pointless.
We are all different. Living in different countries, under different economies.
Some of us are too young to get a job. Others have a job but live with our parents.
Some of us are on tight budgets, paying a house payment or rent. Some of us have
PCs and others have consoles. If we have better than others, we should be grateful.
Just try to help other people and be kind to those less fortunate, unless they get
hostile, and in those cases, it's not worth the time and effort, arguing with them.

[primal nimbus]

Maybe I should search if there’s piles of 556x45 before going else where, on my next run.

[weary hedge]

Oh yeah, I forgot about this guy

[primal nimbus]

Just clear the Lesser Zone dressed as a Merc.

[ebon blade]

If you go out and about in the Lesser Zone, you can run into a lot of IPSF patrols.
Likewise you can attack the Eastern Checkpoint or the Decontamination Center.

[primal nimbus]

Aren’t IPSF armed with 9x19, 9x39, 9x18, 545x39, 7.62x54r, and 12 gauge calibered weapons?

[weary hedge]

Fair points. If only more people thought like this there would be less arguments had here. I try my best to make this a more welcoming place. 🙂

[ebon blade]

https://tenor.com/view/anime-nope-tired-sandbox-gif-13317275

[wild epoch]

Perfection

[primal nimbus]

Or are there IPSF armed with 556x45? Wait-

The Ward exists.

[ebon blade]

Are you saying you never killed an IPSF with 5.56?

[wild epoch]

Death to Ward, GLORY TO SCAR

[weary hedge]

Lol

[primal nimbus]

I’ve never encountered any IPSF equipped with 556x45 cal’d weapons

[vernal lily]

[ebon blade]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8jjJOJo2_M

[vernal lily]

That shiny hairline is going to scare everyone away

[harsh jungle]

late reply but she's a Portuguese Water Dog

[ebon blade]

And the neckbeard.

[harsh jungle]

he scares me

[weary hedge]

That’s adorable

[harsh jungle]

heres a pic of her demanding belly rubs: #🐺┃pets message

[weary hedge]

I like my ward medium rare pls😋

[ebon blade]

I watched him walk right into that Burner anomaly.

[harsh jungle]

we are allowed 1 war crime against the Ward a day

[weary hedge]

Curly dogos are so cute

[harsh jungle]

she is baby

[vernal lily]

Ngl at first glance I thought those were candles and a demonic circle

[harsh jungle]

and by baby i mean she is 5 but she acts like a baby

[weary hedge]

So does mine and he’s 3. He gets too much love 😂

[ebon blade]

https://tenor.com/view/animal-house-gif-19811783

[harsh jungle]

she does the tippy taps for popcorn

and is just in general crazy

[weary hedge]

Lol

Mine is a wiggler

[harsh jungle]

she is a lover and loves to give kisses

but she loves eggs mostest

[weary hedge]

What a sweet girl

[shrewd needle]

Talks about trust after sending Hog to kill me.

Especially since Dalin is at least innocent (unlike the rest of SIRCAA).

[primal nimbus]

Well, Iirc from a PDA, Hog just deemed it as extra points

Basically:

Dubny: “Bro, we have a controller situation.”

Hog: “It’d take a couple days for us to get from Rostok to there. Better pay us well.”

Dubny: “Sure. Whatever, man. Get it done. Kill the Controller and those affected.”

Hog: “Alright. Whole site, it is.”

(How I interpreted the conversation.)

So it sounded like Hog’s dead set on body counting.

Yeah, I blamed Dubny on my 2 completed playthroughs until I found that PDA in my current playthrough. Changed my mind entirely.

[shrewd needle]

He specifically told Hog to wipe any witnesses.

Meaning any of the unaffected Noontiders would remain unaffected and escorted back, while any affected + 'witnesses' would be terminated.

[ebon blade]

What's going on with his head? Some pictures looks like he's wearing a brown fur cap.

[marsh iron]

(I'd like to add in the Zone where most people would take any chance to kill or deem any Noontiders as dangerous, it makes sense for him to give that order to protect the name of Noon; it is very unlikely that someone like Skif, a loner, should come along to help and also be a symphazier of their cause)

(it is not a targeted hit on Skif)

[primal nimbus]

That kinda sounds like what I said

[shrewd needle]

Lighting issues.

[shrewd needle]

No, what I'm saying is Hog is only doing his job (and he would only kill those who he was ordered to kill).

It's Dubny that ordered murdering anyone else.

[shrewd needle]

Depends on how you play it; if you go to the WPS before, it makes sense. If you go to the WPS after going to the Noontide base (to get the inductor), it doesn't.

[primal nimbus]

As I mentioned, I just took it as Hog being a Merc and just going for extra points

[shrewd needle]

Different interpretations, I guess.

[primal nimbus]

True

[shrewd needle]

One thing's for sure, though...since doing Spark, I have to take Dubny's side...and now, time to go to war with both the Ward and the Monolith. FML...

[shrewd needle]

He's hoggin' the scope!

[ebon blade]

Hog survived the first headshot wearing his Exo.

[shrewd needle]

With Better Ballistics! I'm going to turn into Swiss cheese!

And Orbita's going to be turning it into a permanent nightmare. Well, post-Orbita, that is.

[primal nimbus]

IT’S HOGGIN’ TIME!

HOGS ALL OVER THE PLACE

[shrewd needle]

Expected; that's a tough helmet.

[primal nimbus]

Worm food.

[shrewd needle]

I'm at the SIRCAA Archive part; have to get it and get out and the helipad basically has infinite spawns... 😔

[shrewd needle]

I love how Hog just hired random Bandits to do his job.

[primal nimbus]

Meanwhile, Skipper:

[fickle hill]

Bro is Hogging the whole stadium

[primal nimbus]

Pretty sure he’ll kill them right after and report that he’s the only one left alive

[shrewd needle]

Skipper who?

[shrewd needle]

From behind...perfect.

[ebon blade]

https://tenor.com/view/hi-hello-hey-wave-greet-gif-18216500

[shrewd needle]

True. Full payment, zero problems.

Unless they're just his fellow Mercenaries masquerading as Bandits (to 'blend in' and get information).

[primal nimbus]

Pinging in #💬┃en_offtop

[primal nimbus]

Wouldn’t stop a man from a full repayment

[shrewd needle]

Ah, you can also upload in #📸┃screens_and_videos and I realized now, though that happens after the Monolith resurge, so forgot for a bit.

[shrewd needle]

Also, the 'absolute cinema' is why I brought this along.

Er...ignore the invisible parts.

[primal nimbus]

I don’t wanna deal with the cooldown

[primal nimbus]

YOOOO 7.62X39

[shrewd needle]

Fair.

[shrewd needle]

Yea, Better Ballistics fixes the normal PKM to 7.62 X 54, but leaves the Glutton 7.62 X 39.

And the PKM gets 75-round magazine, Glutton gets 100 rounds.

Time to Glutton the entirety of SIRCAA.

[primal nimbus]

That kind of greed disgusts me

[sterile radish]

are any new xbox mods expected this week?

[shrewd needle]

Hater. 😆

Not my fault; they got infinite spawns.

[shrewd needle]

You'd have to ask in #en-mods-general.

[sterile radish]

got it, thanks

[ebon blade]

@hallow shadow This guy should know.

[shrewd needle]

Are you near a helicopter tail?