⭐┃nospoilers_general

[finite dragon]

Oh damn

Yeah nah I never looked into duty killing stalkers

have you beat call of pripyat? @signal basin

[signal basin]

nah, still beating SoC for the first time

heard it's really good

[finite dragon]

Tbh duty killing stalkers sounded weird to me

First time i tried stalker, i feel something weird. You start with a bad weapon

then after doing some missions, the game becomes really fun

i think this is the only game i love

Tbh I loved stalker from the beginning

Faction warfare is fun lol

i don't know about clear sky. i stopped playing cs when i reach cordon

[signal basin]

stalker is just extremely painful, but really fun as well

[finite dragon]

for beginners, yes

Cordon was a pain

[quick dune]

nahh

cordon is the perfect place for rookies

[visual egret]

Why

[finite dragon]

Oh yeah

[quick dune]

there's only bandits as enemies

and occasionally military if u decide to kill them

[finite dragon]

I just mean in cordon there was a lot of walking from A to B

In my CS playthrough I only ever attacked military once lol

i mean you can meet a fat man lives in a bunker and get a work from him

[signal basin]

do the later stalker games change enemy respawning by chance

[finite dragon]

i will never forget my first time entering lab x18

even after watching a playthrough of lab x18, I'm still scared to go there

[signal basin]

x18 was the first one, right?

[finite dragon]

yeah

but don't worry there is nothing to be scared of

[signal basin]

yeah x18 wasn't too bad actually

some pretty good loot as well

[finite dragon]

Are labs the underground sections?

Or is it separate?

yeah?

I'm confused but alright lol

i think i beat soc 5 times already

not 3

[gusty trench]

Those veterans were supposed to be bandits. But yeah. Voronin has a quest of killing some Loners

[finite dragon]

By veteran does that mean long time duty soldiers?

yes

Oh damn

Duty isn't so based

Might convert to freedom

[signal basin]

freedom's the best one lmao

duty sucks

[visual egret]

nah just be a loner

[finite dragon]

That's probably the best option lol

[finite dragon]

you know what

everyone is bad

don't live

[sand oar]

I didnt know to expect scary stuff in stalker so i just ran through x18 like a normal building, then i hit the other lab later went to do the same thing and got scared so fast

[signal basin]

lmao

[finite dragon]

K gonna play SHOC

Or

Actually imma replay CS lmao

[pseudo rivet]

What's SHOC?

[robust forge]

Don't

[pseudo rivet]

[quick dune]

strelok was very SHOCked

[finite dragon]

Shodow of Chernobyl

I thought that was the acronym

[visual egret]

Shadow of Chernobyl

[finite dragon]

K I'm replaying CS on a harder difficulty as freedom

[hushed aurora]

SoC gang

[pseudo rivet]

SoC Gang

[finite dragon]

Sock

[still ridge]

English alphabet dictates it as SoC

[finite dragon]

I've seen it called both

[still ridge]

Well SoC is the correct acronym

[finite dragon]

Ik

Yeah, playing more attentive and already drifting from my likeness of duty

[grand pendant]

based

[visual egret]

yeah ik SoC is better but I seen someone ask what ShoC means

so I just explained

[finite dragon]

Then again

Why would the zone try to kill off strelok?

Is it fearful of him?

If so, then the zone must have some way to be deafeated

[visual egret]

Marked One tried to kill Strelok

[grand pendant]

C-Con isn't the Zone

[signal basin]

is misery any good?

[finite dragon]

Bruh

Scarce auto corrected to the sh word

And I got a strike

[grand pendant]

yep

@finite dragon nah, that's not what happened

[signal basin]

fair

and what was that one mod that made the game extremely painful

much like what HDest does

[grand pendant]

well, there are many that do that. Just in different ways

[signal basin]

but like the most well known one

[grand pendant]

doesn't narrow it down at all lol, but i'll go ahead and guess NLC7?

[signal basin]

i think it was that one

not sure

[finite dragon]

Least that was implied by the lebedev

[grand pendant]

i'll dm you what happened

[finite dragon]

Course he wasn't encouraging the destruction of the zone, although he was for the zone having some fear

[finite dragon]

Every mod is pain in its own way

[finite dragon]

Mf that monster at b205 is so hard to kill

[wintry sorrel]

anyone know how to turn on the dialogue that enemies shout during combat in Anomaly mod

tired of shooting at people NOT screaming at me

[signal basin]

playing stalker is masochism, but it's good masochism

[finite dragon]

I am gonna kill myself i swear

[robust forge]

Ok

[finite dragon]

Why tf does this mutant even exsist

[worthy cedar]

try to knife it

[mild owl]

Anybody else wondering about how are the devs doing?

Stalker 2 is the game I’m waiting on but recently checking upon dev interviews in other studios like dc project red or naughty dog made me think more about the people behind the project.

Btw, when do you guys expect stalker 2 to launch?

[tired anvil]

Idk about expected, but I want it to launch this year, preferably before winter

[mild owl]

I prefer 2023, I know it sounds like a lot of time but considering what we’ve seen idk if the game is well, playable yet since the only thing out is in engine stuff+models

[tired anvil]

In your opinion, how long do you think a game needs to be developed to be good?

[mild owl]

Idk, I just want to give developers enough time so they can rest/not crunch like cyberpunk or other tittles that prioritize launching over everything else

[tired anvil]

Well, they've been working on the game for over 3 years now and they haven't said anything regarding a release date. I think things will be fine

[mild owl]

We haven’t seen anything in terms of the game itself so it’s probably not ready for this year, considering that and the fact that gsc promises a large open world it does seem like a lot of time need to be into consideration

[tired anvil]

I mean, to say that we've seen nothing is a little bit of an understatement. They mentioned back in 2018 that unlike 2010-2012 they will keep their mouths shut to not work up any problems. I think they're still going heavily with that plan. Obviously seeing more would be nice, though I think we've seen enough to know that the project is still alive. To put it into perspective though, The Witcher 3 was made in 3.5 years

We don't know exactly how long S2 has been in development, but what we do know is that next month it will be officially 3 years since the announcement, of which they also mentioned that they started working before the announcement, but we don't know how long before that

[quick dune]

i mean it's good that they're not talking about it much

it would give people reasons to make videos on youtube saying "omggg stalker 2 come in 2021?? release date dev approved!!!?1"

if they talked about it

[tired anvil]

Yet even with minimal talking people came to that conclusion

[quick dune]

by not talking about it people might forget and not even ask about the release date

[tired anvil]

It certainly helps the time pass sometimes 🥲

[quick dune]

yes

i completely forgot

and i have no reason to ask since nobody can tell me and nobody will tell me

[languid fern]

Yeah, companies like this one, rockstar, from software,etc. Who don't talk too much about they game is a good sign. Look at cyberpunk, 30+ trailers and look at that game at release....

[quick dune]

not posting about those things on twitter constantly and uploading videos to youtube with their progress gives them more time to work on the game too

[languid fern]

True

[tired anvil]

Well, that's a bit of an overstatement

PR managers aren't devs, just PR guys

[quick dune]

kind of yea

but for a smaller team like gsc it would probably work like that

[tired anvil]

Smaller, how many people do you think are on their team?

[quick dune]

i dunno

[grand pendant]

what would you consider a small studio?

[tired anvil]

Yea because I already have the screenshot ready

You can just randomly guess how many they have and how many you would consider a small/medium studio

[quick dune]

i was saying that it's most likely not as big as rockstar, cd projekt red etc

[tired anvil]

Ofc, but still, any guesses?

[quick dune]

30? maybe

[tired anvil]

Add another 0 to that

“How is development going? Are you keeping up with your schedule?

Great) We have time!

I don't know if you can answer this, but how many people are there in the company?

About 300 people

Thank you for your answer)

[quick dune]

damn

[finite dragon]

Its launching this year doe

[tired anvil]

This was never confirmed

[finite dragon]

Go to Google and see

[tired anvil]

And where is Googles source?

It's a random guess

[solid dome]

Ey I need the ST2 logo in black and white, shall I ask McCulk?

I'm extra bored and doing a paintjob out of the already released art which will go on a truck

You know, Euro Truck Sim 2 stuff

[woven token]

i hope it will be this year and i think it will be released this year

[tired anvil]

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[frail spire]

300 people

inb4 20 codemonkeys and the rest are marketing

[finite dragon]

wait

how many ppl devved the old games

[tired anvil]

Around 200 in 2009 or so

[frail spire]

iirc all people are the same

save for u know, our lead writer

[tired anvil]

Idk where you got that from

But I have a lot of doubts

[still ridge]

Self publishing is making this much easier to say the least

[vast quiver]

anyone know any enjoyable yet time consuming mods?

i've already fully completed anomaly/coc

and NS

[tired anvil]

Misery?

[vast quiver]

already did that with sniper

[grand pendant]

Reborn Source got hand translated recently

[vast quiver]

what's it about

[still ridge]

I got wind of time

The translation is actually terrible

like we’re talking borderline unintelligible

[hushed aurora]

Idk it was pretty understandable for me

[still ridge]

I can get the vague idea sure, but the translations are very poorly done

[hushed aurora]

Which one did you get

Because i'm pretty sure the one i played was pretty decent

[grand pendant]

yeah, WoT got hand translated

[still ridge]

Standalone, I had already started a new CoP game and didn’t want to reinstall it

so I downloaded the standalone version, which saved time

[grand pendant]

look for carl kuwait's translation in moddb

[crisp current]

would someone send me the files audio from the "idi kom mne" lines or the duty monologue please?

cuz i dont have the audio file on this computer

[sharp spear]

i got some agroprom duty lines and military checkpoint in cordon

[finite dragon]

Ok which one of you leaked the xray engine again

[sharp spear]

i didnt

i nicked the lines from my friends

trol

[finite dragon]

Whoever leaked the engine

Could you do it two more times

)))

[sharp spear]

if you pay me

[past shuttle]

Those zone arts are incredible

Anyone agreeing with me?

[sharp spear]

yes

[finite dragon]

The Zone posses mortal danger! We are here to protect you from the Zone, not the Zone from you! Do not jeopardize your life, do not try to penetrate into the secured area!

[past shuttle]

The perspective towards military/military stalkers in the stalker trilogy:

SoC - Annoying/Aggressive
CS - Annoying/Aggressive
CoP - Friendly/Best buddies

[finite dragon]

They're not incredible. Not incredible at all.

They're fabulous

[woven token]

👍

[toxic coral]

I ran out of bolts, do you mind if I unscrew some from the brain scorcher?

[hazy helm]

The military are idiots who let everyone in,don't do their jobs,and sit and watch as others do the work whilst pretending to do smth
The government doesn't bother sending in good soldiers with good equipment so they also most of the times can't protect themselves from the zone

[pseudo rivet]

Nah man, the Stalkers in the Zone are simply those who managed to survive the Vist brothers around the Zone

I mean, think about how many times you've died thanks to Vova Vist

Most get arrested at the perimeter, those who make it through the perimeter are allowed to be shot on sight

Heck, the outposts even have mines

[hazy helm]

And yet the influx of stalkers grows by the number

[pseudo rivet]

Aye, they're mostly coming in groups, instead of going to the Zone individually

They're all "lucky devils", to be honest

[past shuttle]

[finite dragon]

whatever you say

we will destroy the zone

[pseudo rivet]

And the rest of the world with it

[finite dragon]

so there is no way to destroy the zone because if you try to, it won't do nothing except making the zone 5 times bigger

Yeah, duty is blue pilled

All attempts of duty trying to defeat the zone only makes it worse

you had a duty role

Ik

They have cool armour

but they have bad people

[pseudo rivet]

Actually a canon reason as to why people join Duty

[finite dragon]

Ye lol

But seriously I joined duty because I didn't really understand the zone

Not saying I do now lol, but I know more about it

Idk why i joined duty. I just think they're cool

[finite dragon]

I joined monolith cuz spiny guy saying oh monolith

[hazy helm]

Most likely the result of brainwashing

[finite dragon]

I joined mercs cause I like money

[high beacon]

excuse me good people, I just want to know. Will there be any plan for multiplayer campaign coop in stalker 2?

[hushed aurora]

NDA

Aka we don't know

[high beacon]

I see, I just saw dev's diary on yt and I am super excited 👍

[finite dragon]

I'd assume so since it has its going to game pass

But yeah no way of actually knowing

[high beacon]

I see, yeah, just in case devs have stated anything about it. bc I rarely online on discord 😂

None can beat sneeky breeky but with your friends

[finite dragon]

i liked mercs just because we never seen them a lot

and i forgot

worm food

[visual egret]

Mercs are cool

[finite dragon]

what's your opinion on military

[visual egret]

I don't like them I forgot I picked military as my role lol

[finite dragon]

How do I do jobs for freedom

I need their trust

you play soc or mods?

No im playing cop with gunslinger

[gusty trench]

[finite dragon]

you need to find magpie

Where he at

um spoiler: ||The freedom guy that tells you story about how to kill controller||

I dont wanna know

T

F

Do i

[gusty trench]

Complete such quests on their side:

1. Duty Warehouse
2. Yar's quest
3. Monolith survivors
4. Duty History
5. Hire the new guards for scientists bunker
6. Courier of Justice

[finite dragon]

The 3rd one is the i need to complete

I need to earn trust from freedom

do you have the pda from one of the duty?

No I dont think so but I will consider finding it

Well too bad because you need t give that pda to duty commander and you will gain trust with duty

[gusty trench]

You should complete the first one, the second one, the fourth one and the sixth one. You don't have to have a big amount of reputation for that.

[finite dragon]

I dont want duty trust doe

Alr alr

Thank u doe

yeah

This is my first playthrough ever

So this helps alot

Idk if you find my advice helpful tho

No it actually helps alot

glad to help

Tbh the only good thing from duty is that exo

So good

[finite dragon]

Uhm i gave morgans pda to owl, can i get it back?

[sharp spear]

you dont

lol

[finite dragon]

Well I messed up then

[pseudo rivet]

Yep

You messed up

[finite dragon]

So I can't activate dutys warehouse mission now?

[pseudo rivet]

Yup

[finite dragon]

F

[still ridge]

CoP

Duty in CoP is a meme

[visual egret]

Duty is a meme

[still ridge]

Nah duty is based and redpilled

In contrast, freedom is based and greenpilled

[finite dragon]

Freedom is basically casual stoners while duty is your dad that does cocaine and beats you

[lyric shell]

I hated freedom until my like... 4th or 5th playthrough, then it dawned on me. Those fuckers are the only thing stopping the monolith pushing past the barrier and taking (or trying to take) the bar.

They're not too bad now

[finite dragon]

Freedom is dope

Would freedom again

10/10

But the only faction I really hate is bandits

[lyric shell]

Military can eat poo poo. Minus their late-game suits, they look cool as hell.

[finite dragon]

Yeah

Tbh duty does seem like the new player faction

[robust forge]

It does

Yes

[finite dragon]

Yeh

Tbh one of the more forgettable ones is ecologists

[robust forge]

Excuse you?

[finite dragon]

Although they have crap ton of money

[finite dragon]

Am i not right?

[robust forge]

I mean

I'd forget Freedom faster than Ecos

Like

People in trashbags with fish tanks on their head

[finite dragon]

If u thibk duty u thibk freedom

[robust forge]

How can you forget it

[pseudo rivet]

Last Day is the easiest mentioned faction to forget

[finite dragon]

U dont see them at all

[finite dragon]

Is it even a real faction?

I'm talking base game

[pseudo rivet]

Canon as heck

[lyric shell]

was there ever a faction name for the guys before they became monolith?

[pseudo rivet]

No

But it's mentioned, so it's definitely real

[pseudo rivet]

The Monolith

[finite dragon]

Monolith is cool but they are unfriendly as hell

[pseudo rivet]

Should've seen them before 2011

[finite dragon]

But I like their methods

They brainwash ppl and revive dead pe

People

[lyric shell]

before they got brainwashed. It was a clan of stalkers that loved the zone, then went north and became Monolith

[finite dragon]

I don't know much about monolith besides cool uniforms and they're nuts

[pseudo rivet]

No, the Monolith already existed

They had the same uniform and same interests

[lyric shell]

wit

[pseudo rivet]

Just that they got brainwashed after making it to the CNPP

[lyric shell]

aye, and they became the monolith

there wasn't already guys there

otherwise they'd never had made it close

[pseudo rivet]

No, they already were the Monolith

[finite dragon]

If monolith wasn't that unfriendly I bet they would get along with freedom

[pseudo rivet]

Nah, they were seen as crazy zealots and were pretty territorial

[finite dragon]

Yeah, somewhat same ideals

Yeah

They want the zone to be free

In some way

Monolith wants thst too

[pseudo rivet]

Nope

[finite dragon]

Enemy of my enemy in a way

Yee

[lyric shell]

they worked with bandits in lost alpha

best unison

[finite dragon]

Bandits suck

They robbed me

[pseudo rivet]

Lost Alpha

[finite dragon]

So many times

[lyric shell]

yoooooooo, lost alpha is dyno

[finite dragon]

When I rescued that duty guy

They want even more money

[pseudo rivet]

Lost Alpha wack

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[lyric shell]

next you'll be saying CoP was the best of the series

[pseudo rivet]

Nah, CS is

[finite dragon]

CS is rad

Stalker mobile is the best

[lyric shell]

I don't mind CS, I really enjoy it actually, but I'd always say ShoC was my fav, by miles

[pseudo rivet]

ShoC?

[lyric shell]

Shadow

[pseudo rivet]

What's the h stand for?

[lyric shell]

dunno, always saw it abbreviated as ShoC, instead of SoC for some reason

[pseudo rivet]

Yeah

It's weird

They must've been driven crazy by the Brain Scorcher

[terse oar]

I gotta learn the stalker talk just started 2 days ago🥺

[pseudo rivet]

You'll learn soon enough

Including about Duty

[finite dragon]

Start by learning Russian 😂

Also why aren't there any women in stalker

[quick dune]

women don't fit in stalker

[pseudo rivet]

Oh, there is one

She's an illusion

[lyric shell]

Sid?

[finite dragon]

Ye ik

[quick dune]

an anomaly

[finite dragon]

It was some ecologist girl

[pseudo rivet]

Non-existent

[finite dragon]

The stalker-woman genocide

Zone dont allow women

Stalker sexsist

Cancel

Jk

I mean yeah

Stalker did come out in late 2000's

So not like woman in video games was a pressing thing

I'm suprised ppl arent gone mad about the game

Becouse of it

[fair crater]

sex 2 when?

[pseudo rivet]

Fr tho, although it's never confirmed, I assume it's due to the Scarlet Flower rumor

[fair crater]

femboy anomaly when?

[pseudo rivet]

Already exists

[fair crater]

[pseudo rivet]

We like to call it the Muted role

[fair crater]

ok mr dooty

[pseudo rivet]

Our favorite anomaly is the Renegade anomaly

[tired anvil]

Another woman convo?

[pseudo rivet]

Wooman

[tired anvil]

Get the non-canon video

[fair crater]

there is women in zone if you look hard enough

[lyric shell]

never seen a woman IRL, why would I see them in STALKER?

[finite dragon]

Eh, I think it's agreed apon that period of games are untouchable

[lyric shell]

[fair crater]

why is that woman so bald

[finite dragon]

Like you don't get mad at your grandparents for being kinda racist lmao

[tired anvil]

Thanks Crimson

[pseudo rivet]

[finite dragon]

I think she's blonde lol

[pseudo rivet]

And now she's a redhead

[fair crater]

why is there woman in my zone,not gamer moment

[past shuttle]

She is

Guys, calm down

[finite dragon]

Who's keeping woman out of the zone?

Woman in stalker? Send her to the parkinglot

[past shuttle]

A few women in the zone can be considered exceptions

[lyric shell]

There's children in the zone btw

[pseudo rivet]

The UN

[finite dragon]

My bets duty

[lyric shell]

[pseudo rivet]

That's actually canon

[finite dragon]

Pog

[past shuttle]

What is canon?

[pseudo rivet]

The UN is keeping women out of the Zone

[finite dragon]

UN faction when

[pseudo rivet]

[finite dragon]

[past shuttle]

How do you even know?

[fair crater]

children in zone, perfect for fetching small artefacrt

[pseudo rivet]

Lore

[finite dragon]

Blue helmet when

[tired anvil]

He studies the lore

[past shuttle]

The true comrade

[pseudo rivet]

Freedom researcher moment

[tired anvil]

He b

[pseudo rivet]

[finite dragon]

Sweatshop workers in the zone

[past shuttle]

Aside from jokes

[finite dragon]

Children in the zone, when you run out of screws

[fair crater]

zone owned by apple

izone

[past shuttle]

I don't see it as a problem that only a few females can be in the zone

[pseudo rivet]

Hold on, lemme grab my Scarlet Flower

[past shuttle]

I'm not saying stalker should just turn into Fortnite or some colorful game

There should be exceptions

[fair crater]

horni stalker

[past shuttle]

Such as in the real life

[quick dune]

no females

[past shuttle]

Don't you see exceptions in real life?

Let's be honest here

[pseudo rivet]

No, only malfunctions

[past shuttle]

I'm trying to look at this in a different angle

[quick dune]

w*men would be considered bugs if anything

[past shuttle]

Although I'm fine with the idea that no female should enter the zone

[finite dragon]

Eh

[pseudo rivet]

And we all know that bugs are only in mods

[past shuttle]

Because the bugs in vanilla are not bugs

They are anomalies

[finite dragon]

Some lead female characters would be neat

[pseudo rivet]

There are no bugs in Vanilla

[quick dune]

some of them are features

[pseudo rivet]

Only anomalies

[fair crater]

female in zone will create horni stalker

[quick dune]

yea nobody wants to be born in the zone

[past shuttle]

I can't imagine bandits in that situation, oh boy

[fair crater]

the slavic libido

[quick dune]

hell no don't do it

[past shuttle]

Bandits would be a serious problem for women in the zone if they were to enter into the area

A dialogue with a bandit in CS suggests this idea forward

I'm sure @pseudo rivet knows this dialogue I have mentioned

[quick dune]

no w*men

[fair crater]

dooty should kill any member that touch women lmao

[past shuttle]

Absolute chaos lmao

[quick dune]

dooty will kill them

[past shuttle]

That's the one

[wary cove]

[past shuttle]

He got it right lmao

[quick dune]

freedom moment

[fair crater]

sure he aint freedom?

[past shuttle]

No

[pseudo rivet]

No

[past shuttle]

Bandits are the real deal

Freedom is just chill about life

[pseudo rivet]

Bandits wanna chop some of dat mutant meat

[quick dune]

freedom doesn't go to the bloodsucker village for no reason

[past shuttle]

Bandits just be bad boys all day

[fair crater]

but hear me out

femboy anomaly

[past shuttle]

Most of them are criminals after all

[fair crater]

[past shuttle]

No please

Bad idea

[pseudo rivet]

They don't go there at all

[past shuttle]

Right

[finite dragon]

I don't think the zone allows much time for being horni

[past shuttle]

They just sit in front of the village

[pseudo rivet]

Inb4 Murk moment

[quick dune]

yes but i don't think anybody wants to see any degenerate stuff from the bandits in stalker 2

[past shuttle]

Or don't approach to the village at all

[past shuttle]

Right

[fair crater]

certain substance made from blood and retain blood properties would be a trade for the succers

[pseudo rivet]

Porn Magazines are canon

[fair crater]

[pseudo rivet]

[past shuttle]

Only simps use them anyway

No big deal

[quick dune]

i think people would get used to the lonely life

they chose that way

[past shuttle]

Almost all of the people in the zone

were hopeless about their lives at one point

[pseudo rivet]

Imagine jacking off to some woman you've never really met

[past shuttle]

Some make a living in there

Some just die off

[fair crater]

dooty stronk cuz nofap

[pseudo rivet]

You should do it like Poker did

[fair crater]

be like dooty

[past shuttle]

Some just disappear

[pseudo rivet]

Rape the male Stalkers in the Zone

[past shuttle]

Some live in there like a normal day

[fair crater]

hm

gay stalkers

[past shuttle]

But most of them were hopeless and in despair

[fair crater]

femboy stalker

[past shuttle]

You guys should take these factors into account

[finite dragon]

Yeah I suppose

[past shuttle]

No one's taking me seriously lmao

[finite dragon]

Since german soldiers got sex dolls

[past shuttle]

I see why you have become a freedomer

[finite dragon]

Bruh

[past shuttle]

Never mind it

[finite dragon]

That's a statement of fact

[fair crater]

i would like to trade a fleshlight for them with the price of a exo suit

[past shuttle]

Freedom are just cool and chill

[fair crater]

[quick dune]

bruh

[past shuttle]

I like both factions; duty and freedom

[finite dragon]

Yeah

[past shuttle]

I was once a dutyer

[wary cove]

Y'all need Monolith

[past shuttle]

Then became a freedom member

[fair crater]

me loner

[past shuttle]

Then here I am

[fair crater]

me want monety

me no fight

[past shuttle]

@fair crater Why aren't you a free stalker then? lol

[fair crater]

loner is free stalker

[finite dragon]

Freedom is better for the preservation of all within the zone and possibly outside it too

[pseudo rivet]

Why aren't you a Merc then?

[fair crater]

i dont want fight

[past shuttle]

Loners fight bro

[pseudo rivet]

Okay

[fair crater]

merc kill for living

[quick dune]

why aren't u an ecologist then

[past shuttle]

[pseudo rivet]

So, you're an Ecologist

Or a Shaman

[past shuttle]

He is pacifist

[fair crater]

ecologist are pussies

[past shuttle]

Lmao

[quick dune]

bruh

[pseudo rivet]

I mean, even Duty and Freedom have non-combative roles

[past shuttle]

Bruh

[fair crater]

[quick dune]

u literally said u don't want to fight

even ecologists fight

[past shuttle]

Ecologists fight only necessary

[finite dragon]

Stalker pacifist %

[fair crater]

they fight like pussies then

[past shuttle]

@fair crater Ecologists aren't fighters bro

They are more interested in the zone than the people

[pseudo rivet]

Calling chopper support doesn't sound like fighting like a pussy

[quick dune]

being an ecologist is easy money tbh

[past shuttle]

Bruh

[pseudo rivet]

Sounds like fighting to win

[past shuttle]

If you know how to handle yourself, that is

[quick dune]

searching for artifacts and documents with the support of the army

[fair crater]

ok now , being a loner is cooler

i win

[gray warren]

yo

[fair crater]

bye bye

[pseudo rivet]

Not even a chad Neutral

Dang

[past shuttle]

@fair crater You are free to choose your faction bro

[still ridge]

I’m back

What did I miss

[pseudo rivet]

Heya

Women

[leaden hamlet]

*Kruglov doing 17KG of Coke before grabbing his pistol and screaming "OOORRRAAA" at every Zombie he sees while firing wildly* 😆

[past shuttle]

@still ridge A space bubble

[fair crater]

dooty gei\

[still ridge]

the usual duty slander

I will not stand for this

[pseudo rivet]

Take a knee then

[still ridge]

Both duty and freedom are chad

[past shuttle]

@still ridge Cool pp

[past shuttle]

Approved

[still ridge]

This is the ascended viewpoint

[fair crater]

both of them are bad

[past shuttle]

Yeah

[quick dune]

gay?

[still ridge]

No u

[past shuttle]

Bruh

Lmao

No obviously

[pseudo rivet]

It's a matter of perspective, really

[fair crater]

be loner

be free

[past shuttle]

@fair crater You are still a merc though

[pseudo rivet]

Nope, he isn't

[past shuttle]

My mistake

[fair crater]

[past shuttle]

Lmao

My bad

Sorry

The color got me

[leaden hamlet]

Shaman Gang.

[finite dragon]

Nah, using what you have to it's fullest coward=pussy lmao

[past shuttle]

[finite dragon]

Huh

[fair crater]

look

i do kill

[past shuttle]

This is like a swear against DBZ fans lmao

[past shuttle]

Then the veterans are also ...

[pseudo rivet]

So, you claim you don't use the PMm?

Wack

[fair crater]

but in only kill the "bad vactions"

[past shuttle]

@finite dragon I don't like how you think, buddy

[finite dragon]

I was being sarcastic

[past shuttle]

Lmao

[finite dragon]

I'm saying calling in choppers isn't a coward thing to do

Just self preservation

[fair crater]

i hope we see Dee again in s2

[past shuttle]

Hey Crimson @pseudo rivet

I think I have a small suggestion to make for S2

[fair crater]

do we get to have Dee in S2?

[past shuttle]

But I'm not sure if it's noteworthy

[finite dragon]

I use the PKM and AS VAL

[fair crater]

do you guys think they would add Dee in S2?

[pseudo rivet]

What's the suggestion?

[finite dragon]

Lemme guess

[past shuttle]

As weapons degrade/get damaged, their weight slightly changes depending on their durability

[pseudo rivet]

Oof

[past shuttle]

That's my suggestion

[finite dragon]

Deez nuts

[past shuttle]

@pseudo rivet What do you think about it?

[pseudo rivet]

Wouldn't make sense

[finite dragon]

Would weight change?

[past shuttle]

Just a thought

[fair crater]

ahhh mlaaa

[terse oar]

The question is when is s2 dropping

[past shuttle]

I'm glad I shared it with you though

It seems it's just a bad idea

[finite dragon]

Suppose to be this year

[pseudo rivet]

NDA

With other words, we don't know

There are just fan theories

[rotund fox]

No it's not

[past shuttle]

@terse oar We have to be patient for it

This or the following year, doesn't matter

[terse oar]

Alright

[finite dragon]

Uhhhh

[past shuttle]

At least S2 will be released %100 percent

That's what I'm happy about

A project once abandoned returned

And I would like to see a mirror anomaly mod in S2 after S2 comes out, wouldn't be bad I think

[finite dragon]

First Google search of "when will stalker 2 come out" begs to differ

[leaden hamlet]

Yeah in 2045

[finite dragon]

Stalker 2 battlepass only for 9.99

[past shuttle]

A mirror anomaly would be so mystical and fascinating I think

[fair crater]

noe

now

how come the zone never strike the radbar?

[past shuttle]

Radbar?

100 Rads bar?

[leaden hamlet]

It was devastated and cut off during the events of CS...

[past shuttle]

Devastated?

[rotund fox]

From the official site:
When will the game be out?

We are not ready to disclose the release date just yet. Please follow the official social channels of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 to get the latest development updates

[fair crater]

[past shuttle]

Are you sure it was ''devastated''?

[rotund fox]

So yea, they're wrong.

[past shuttle]

I don't remember it being devastated though

[quick dune]

bro stalker 2 comes out in a month???????? confirmed by google!!!!111!!1

[rotund fox]

They should contact whoever put that there and tell them to remove it tbh

[leaden hamlet]

Pretty sure?

[fair crater]

when stalker come

i come

[leaden hamlet]

I mean a bunch of anomalies suddenly opening up in a populated place is probably pretty devastating.

[rotund fox]

It's kinda incredible how many people are still illiterate these days huh

[quick dune]

if stalker 2 will have w*men i'm surrendering to military and escaping the zone

[past shuttle]

Imagine the poor fellas stepping into those anomalies when that happened

[pseudo rivet]

Rostok was literally inaccessible during CS. There were a lot of guys there, but when the Emission hit, all paths leading from and towards Rostok were blocked, with the Stalkers at Rostok being blocked off from the rest of the Zone

[leaden hamlet]

New red paint job

[past shuttle]

Woah

[leaden hamlet]

Ah, so I was almost right. 😅

[past shuttle]

Stalkers being trapped in Rostok?

[pseudo rivet]

Yeah

[past shuttle]

That sucks a lot

Imagine if you were one of those poor guys

[pseudo rivet]

Nobody in and, unfortunately, nobody out

[leaden hamlet]

I'd eat the "YOU CAN'T GO THERE" guy first, not gonna lie 😁

[past shuttle]

How many days passed after the big emission hit for the Rostok to become accessible again? @pseudo rivet

Do you have an idea?

[pseudo rivet]

We don't know

Nobody knows

[rotund fox]

Imagine being trapped when you can just dig under the anomalies
-This post was made by digger gang

[finite dragon]

I wouldn't call providing a year a release date

[pseudo rivet]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[past shuttle]

Bruh

SoC?

Rostok is accessible in SoC

[pseudo rivet]

Less than a year then

[finite dragon]

Which the year was given on twitter

[leaden hamlet]

Up until the Third Big Emission wasn't it? No set time frame, but prior to SOC.

[pseudo rivet]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[finite dragon]

Google says 2021

The release date

[pseudo rivet]

And GSC says NDA

[rotund fox]

Where?

[past shuttle]

2011, September - CS
2012, March (?) - SoC

[pseudo rivet]

Everyone is just saying 2021 because of that cipher

[finite dragon]

It says on Google doe

Maybe that's why

[pseudo rivet]

Google isn't GSC

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[rotund fox]

Google (and people) are illiterate and are making stuff up out of thin air

[pseudo rivet]

You're trying to figure out the impossible

[finite dragon]

Google doesn't lie ig

[rotund fox]

As far as i know, GSC has never confirmed that the game will come out in 2021

[finite dragon]

Also let's hope stalker doesn't end up like cyberpunk

[pseudo rivet]

Google isn't the only one who is illiterate, Dushman

[quick dune]

yes when google tells me that the russian roulette is good then i believe

[finite dragon]

Yes

[pseudo rivet]

So, I just looked up release date

And I got this

https://gyazo.com/b12ab83dc0c04f923520db390d0701c5

Dang it, it's cancelled

Must be true

[finite dragon]

Oof

[pseudo rivet]

[finite dragon]

No stalker

[past shuttle]

Bruh

[finite dragon]

Oh well

Time to replay the trilogy for the 100th time again

[rotund fox]

And people

[leaden hamlet]

Google says my place of work is A) a school and B) demolished. I can confirm that 1) I don't work in a school 2) the place I work is very much still standing and 3) the two only options for buildings it can be referring to are also still standing or were demolished ~8 years ago. 😆

[pseudo rivet]

Aye

[past shuttle]

Can anyone tell me the date in-game in CS when you start the game?

[finite dragon]

E

[past shuttle]

Was it september 2011?

Can't remember exactly

[rotund fox]

8th september 2011 i think

[past shuttle]

Do you know the one in SoC?

The date in SoC?

[pseudo rivet]

10th, I believe

[quick dune]

gsc pranks us on 1st of april and confirms it

[pseudo rivet]

Don't know the time, though

[past shuttle]

Not stonks

I need the month

[pseudo rivet]

September for CS

[past shuttle]

That's for CS

I need the one for SoC

[pseudo rivet]

May for SoC

[finite dragon]

I wonder jf stalker 2 will have multiplayer

[past shuttle]

Alright

9 months Crimson

[pseudo rivet]

Cool

So then

When did CS end?

[fair crater]

i will wait

[past shuttle]

In that duration, Rostok became accessible again

[pseudo rivet]

[fair crater]

as long as they want

[past shuttle]

Oh boy

[pseudo rivet]

As I said, you're trying to figure out the impossible

[fair crater]

i want s2 to be EXTRA FRESH

[past shuttle]

Right...

But still

[rotund fox]

How come all the dudes in rostok didn't starve to death

[pseudo rivet]

They probably did

[fair crater]

DaDuty

[past shuttle]

I would assume 1 week after the big emission if I were to think about it

7 days

[pseudo rivet]

But when did that happen?

[past shuttle]

The big emission?

[pseudo rivet]

And the last emission

[past shuttle]

In the beginning of september 2011

[past shuttle]

I would say one week after the first big emission, even though it may be incorrect

Not ''even though''

[quick dune]

strelok very bad man

[past shuttle]

It is incorrect

Bruh

It is uncertain

[pseudo rivet]

Like I said

You're trying to figure out the impossible

[past shuttle]

The time when exactly the last emission in CS hits

[pseudo rivet]

Don't waste your time

[past shuttle]

We can't overlook the 9-month lapse though

[pseudo rivet]

They most likely died

That's just how it B

[past shuttle]

They were good stalkers

@leaden hamlet You here?

[leaden hamlet]

I am now, wassup?

[past shuttle]

We figured what possibly happened to the stalkers who were stuck in Rostok

There is a 9 month time difference

[pseudo rivet]

Oh, wow

[leaden hamlet]

Ded or cannibalism.

[past shuttle]

The difference is just too huge

[pseudo rivet]

I mean, for real

You don't know

We don't know

[past shuttle]

I said 'possibly'

[pseudo rivet]

We don't know when paths leading to Rostok opened again

[fair crater]

we can all wait

[past shuttle]

Bruh

[pseudo rivet]

Don't waste your time

Or ours

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[past shuttle]

K bro

Free xp go brrr

[leaden hamlet]

...So they dead or cannibalism? Or hopefully Barkeep grows his own mushrooms or something. 😆

[past shuttle]

Either way

[pseudo rivet]

Probably dead, but we don't know

[past shuttle]

They %100 died

Hm

[rotund fox]

Also why didn't duty stay at agroprom

[past shuttle]

Wait

I think there might be another possibility @leaden hamlet

[leaden hamlet]

I like the mushroom theory, personally.

[past shuttle]

What is that?

[pseudo rivet]

Probably to block access to the more Northern parts of the Zone

[leaden hamlet]

Or hopefully Barkeep grows his own mushrooms or something.

[pseudo rivet]

Also, their allies are now at the Agroprom Research Institute

[past shuttle]

The military...

[past shuttle]

Interesting

My idea was that they were 'vacuumed' into a space bubble altogether

Forester said that the big emission was so powerful that it had shaken the space itself

Anyway, we can't exactly know what happened to them

Such as life in the zone

[pseudo rivet]

Nah, access towards it is just blocked off

There are Space bubbles over at the Army Warehouses, though

Freedom even lost some of their men that way

[past shuttle]

Yeah

Some mercs even got pulled in there

Being stuck for days

Rostok is a bit far from the military warehouses

A very small possibility I presented, but you never know what hits you if you are a stalker

Always in trouble, always in misery

You either die or live, or just disappear out of the zone

Without anyone knowing where you go

What if the devs remention the illusionist in S2?

[tired anvil]

Which illusionist?

[past shuttle]

The mysterious controller named The Illusionist

I saw someone mentioning it in the suggestions channel

You see this mutant's name mentioned in SoC

@tired anvil

In the diary section I suppose

It's frightening to think about it being in the zone

What if it comes alive in S2?

[tired anvil]

@past shuttle which section of the PDA

[past shuttle]

Notes

Can't remember the exact name of the section

[tired anvil]

Dang

[past shuttle]

The section where you look for the local folklores

I think you know it, but you forgot the name of the section

Damn

[tired anvil]

So just folklore lmao

[past shuttle]

Still

Something mystical to talk about

[tired anvil]

I meant the name of the section

I'll check through it right now

[past shuttle]

It must be mentioned in one of the local folklores

[tired anvil]

https://stalker.fandom.com/wiki/Shadow_of_Chernobyl_PDA_entries#Local_folklore

ctrl+f. maybe I'm not looking careful enough, but I don't see a special one

[past shuttle]

@tired anvil The folklore named Duty Illusionist?

Did you read that one?

[tired anvil]

Just started right now

It's alright I guess

[terse oar]

[past shuttle]

50 duty boys

Barely killed a mutant, which is named The Illusionist

A mutant very similar to a controller in looks and appearance

Very interesting to read stuff there are

And then there is one that goes by ''Pathologist's supper''

[trim anvil]

what is the best stalker game to start out with?

[tired anvil]

Sounds more like just slang tbh

[tired anvil]

Shadow of Chernobyl

[trim anvil]

is it any good?

good story?

[tired anvil]

They're all good

[trim anvil]

alr

is there mods

[tired anvil]

So might as well go with the first one

Yea, but you don't need them for a first run

[trim anvil]

yeah

whats the first one than

is it

shadow of chernobyl

[past shuttle]

@trim anvil Start with vanilla

[trim anvil]

i will dont worry

[tired anvil]

First one is Shadow of Chernobyl

[past shuttle]

Shadow of Chernobyl
Clear Sky
Call of Pripyat

This is the order of the series

Play in this order and you will be amazed

@trim anvil The rest is up to you, stalker

[trim anvil]

lol

thanks @tired anvil @past shuttle

[past shuttle]

[upbeat pier]

My first tip if you play SoC for the first time.

Get you guts together before entering a place called Brain Scorcher

[tired anvil]

There's also a secret armour at the starting location

[trim anvil]

was is that

[verbal hemlock]

lol we wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t

[tired anvil]

Just a location in the game, you'll find out later

[verbal hemlock]

the brain scorcher isn’t toooo bad with having to gear up tbh

it’s ||CNPP|| that you really gotta make sure you bring enough meds

[hazy helm]

Last time I remember you mercenarys stay the hell away from it

[verbal hemlock]

look I’m a good merc

I’m one of Hatchet’s Crew aight

[upbeat pier]

You'll find out....

[trim anvil]

oh ok

[verbal hemlock]

you also say that as Clear Sky, the faction most open to working with mercenaries ||(Saving Leshiy’s Crew and working with Scar)||

[past shuttle]

Oh wait

I know that

Lmao

[hazy helm]

I didn't say you were bad guys just stating the fact you usually don't go poking around those places

[upbeat pier]

I haven't complete Brain Scorcher mission yet in SoC, because ||i was afraid of pseudogiant that charged onto me from darkness|| haha

[hazy helm]

Your income isnt really determined by what you find now is it

[verbal hemlock]

I go wherever the clients require

[past shuttle]

Contracted mercs

Do the job, get the 'mani'

[verbal hemlock]

The client is king, my friend

If the client says go to Radar we go to radar

[past shuttle]

Mercs are basically assasins in the zone lol

[hazy helm]

They usually do that yes

[verbal hemlock]

I hope S2 has more nuanced mercs instead of them just being hostiles like SoC, Anomaly, most Mods

Clear Sky and CoP gave them some more nuance (and detail as antagonists in CoP with Black’s detachments and their larger plan)

[past shuttle]

Nuanced mercs? Like?

I see

[hazy helm]

Mercs are pretty neutral,they are just doing their jobs

[verbal hemlock]

like have some more friendly ones, ones you can interact and work with/for, etc. Mercs should be more like loners where it’s more about each individual you’re talking to more than the faction

[past shuttle]

Unless you interfere with their 'jobs'

[hazy helm]

Even better than the military

[hazy helm]

Hey,see it has a short fuse

[verbal hemlock]

I’m cool with Mercs still being usually on edge, short fuse, etc, but they shouldn’t just be instantly hostile to the player, at least not always

cause most of the time they’re just better armed bandits than mercenaries to the player

[upbeat pier]

Mercs is basically almost the same as free stalker, just a bit rude

[past shuttle]

A bit more ''jumpy''

[hazy helm]

But loners are literally unaffiliated,most of the time the player intrudes into their jobs unknowingly and they respond accordingly

[verbal hemlock]

Fallout has had the same problem

Talon Company and the Gunners

they’re literally just raiders with better gear

the little detail and nuance they do have is cool but it’s basically nonexistent

[past shuttle]

I don't know Fallout, so I can't talk about it

[hazy helm]

Yhea,I was guessing that's who you were talking about

I was searching for the good fallout games and I didn't understand what you said

[verbal hemlock]

It’s basically the same situation as SoC. Talon Company and the Gunners are supposed to be these badass mercenary groups but 99% of them are hostile to the player on sight and they’re just basically raiders

[upbeat pier]

Good opinion, but we have a settlement that needs help. Here, i'll mark it on your map

[past shuttle]

I see

[hazy helm]

Fallout 3 or 4 aren't in the good ones category

[verbal hemlock]

I think every fallout game is in the good category but I’m in the small minority that enjoys every game in the series

At least Fallout 3 had a darker atmosphere a bit more akin to what I like, a-la more like STALKER and Metro

[hazy helm]

I tend to view the series as what the series was in the begining,and every Bethesda fallout fails in that retrospective,but this is stalker chat

[verbal hemlock]

My issue is that Bethesda has actually been incredibly respectful towards the lore, but not the themes

everyone talks about how Bethesda is lore inconsistent but they really aren’t

their problem is that Fallout has lost most of the darker themes and atmosphere from the first game, it’s a bit too colorful now for the most part

[upbeat pier]

I hate the fact that the main story of F3 and F4 is seeking your lost relative. It's boring and i want to play from other perspective. Good thing we have FNV

[hazy helm]

Fallout was always about the hope of the future,a civilation that manages to mend it's wounds after incredible tragedy,and how ppl evolve in such world,fallout 3 and 4 tells that there is no hope that it dies

They think it's cooky characters and world only in a bleak Watseland

Which is not

[verbal hemlock]

Fallout 1 is another story of what humans become after the apocalypse. Fallout 2 is meant to be the post-post-apocalypse, a lot more rebuilding and new civilizations. Fallout 3 then follows the former, New Vegas follows the latter. I honestly think it’s smarter to compare 3 to 1 and New Vegas to 2, rather than New Vegas to 3

1 and 3 are the incredibly dark post-apocalypse with atmosphere while 2 and New Vegas are about the new civilizations

That’s where my problem with 4 starts