⭐┃nospoilers_general

[native ibex]

OH MAN, ARE YOU GUYS EXCITED TO BUY SOME NFT's?

[thin pulsar]

RUN CIVIL PROTECTION

[open lintel]

-warn @neat citrus weird.. threat troll

[iron heath]

Auttaja

Punishment(s) Ivan_is_sexy#4963: 926620601413648 submitted successfully.

Dec 15, 2021, 7:28 PM

[open lintel]

-slow 60

[iron heath]

Slowmode is now enabled in this channel with a chat delay of 60 seconds.

[solid cosmos]

Have fun guys

[signal basin]

this is orwell's future............

[native ibex]

Two plus two equals four

[spice pebble]

Mods are tyrants!!111

[open lintel]

this channel is for stalker chat, not all the trolling weird stuff going on

[cursive bobcat]

1489

[austere nimbus]

I love NFTs

[still ridge]

minus one that’s three quick maffs

[pseudo rivet]

Chad

[rancid pivot]

nineteen eighty four by george orwell

[finite dragon]

How bored can you be to attach bread to everyone's comment?

[ocean haven]

1986

[upper monolith]

1984 now available as an nft

[finite summit]

1️⃣ 9️⃣ 8️⃣ 4️⃣

[pseudo rivet]

Pretty bored, I suppose

[still ridge]

Not quite

[outer mist]

do they have a proper response already? because i have a lot of questions but for now im cancelling my preorder

[pseudo rivet]

Literally 1984

[spice pebble]

Why was this not done when the chat was at peak war lmao but now

[native ibex]

What have they done to Crimson

[jade wigeon]

I cannot wait for S.T.A.L.K.E.R 3 where I have to buy Chinese NFTs and have a social score of min 1200 to play it

[still ridge]

Not yet, it’s coming tomorrow I believe

[pseudo rivet]

To me?

[open lintel]

-mute @neat citrus 1h insults

[iron heath]

Auttaja

Punishment Ivan_is_sexy#4963: 926621090734096 submitted successfully.

Dec 15, 2021, 7:30 PM

[tired iris]

George Breadwell

[pseudo rivet]

Nothing

I'm still into children

[finite dragon]

Im half drunk rather 🍞 than pass out depressed

[still ridge]

based

[rancid pivot]

you may play from 9pm to 10pm or directly to gulag

[tepid ibex]

If you need bread, check the #🤨┃stalker_memes

[cursive bobcat]

what

[pseudo rivet]

What

[craggy crystal]

[open lintel]

👀

[ocean haven]

[thin pulsar]

You have now entered communist china -1000 social credit per “1984”

[native ibex]

A true discord mod

[pseudo rivet]

Of course

[finite summit]

Well boys, we did it. We pissed off the mods.

[outer mist]

no need for trolling, just protest with your money instead, im cancelling everything until they give me a good reason not to

[finite dragon]

What does the bread even mean lol

[finite dragon]

Life 🍞 🍞 🍞 🍞

[pseudo rivet]

Wait, did someone manage to piss off some mod in here?

Lmfao

[rancid pivot]

success! they now feel our anger!

[open lintel]

unlikely

[tepid ibex]

I could use some chleb with konserwa turystyczna right about now

[still ridge]

He’s OD

[spice pebble]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ENTFewnWoAEdKA8.jpg

[void vortex]

Be nice to the mods. It's not like we planned this

[finite dragon]

I mean you got a point the bread comes first no matter what in life

[still ridge]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ENTFewnWoAEdKA8.jpg

Have faith

[pseudo rivet]

Yo fr, what's the problem

[rancid pivot]

hlẹ̑b

[finite summit]

1984

[pseudo rivet]

Fair

[solid dome]

Proof, lmao
https://i.imgur.com/drcgWp8.png

[signal basin]

what are they even on, steam JUST banned NFTs

[ocean haven]

[pseudo rivet]

-mute @finite dragon 2h sorry bro love you

[iron heath]

Auttaja

Punishment JaniRistik#3082: 926621926223888 submitted successfully.

Dec 15, 2021, 7:34 PM

[spice pebble]

Thank u

[open lintel]

1984's now cost 1 hour mutes :)

[still ridge]

1984

[pseudo rivet]

Literally 1984

[open lintel]

LMAO

[wise bramble]

Sup guys, I'm KCRDR from Reddit

[solid dome]

@open lintel What up with the bread emoji?

[pseudo rivet]

'Sup

[floral shard]

1984

[austere nimbus]

i hate bread but love nfts

[still ridge]

What’s up KCRDR from Reddit

[open lintel]

uhh idk, there was a guy spamming it eh

[pseudo rivet]

Imagine loving NFTs

[still ridge]

Facts

[outer mist]

Players can be npc with this right? Meaning you can have a weird and immersion breaking name? If they want to go forward with this atleast have an option to completely turn it off, I dont want to see "PhatBloodsuckerTitties" as an NPC.

[rancid pivot]

i know my rights

[finite summit]

Imagine not loving NFTs

[still ridge]

Nah

[spice pebble]

The devs said a reasonable offer so nom

[still ridge]

Not how it works

[pseudo rivet]

I asked if it worked for mutants

They said "No"

[thin pulsar]

I’m murdering whatever fat ugly ogre pays for the character thing as soon as I see him in game

[pseudo rivet]

Ngl, I was kinda sad

[still ridge]

Basically, it just takes your face and puts it on a random NPC in the game @outer mist

[placid gate]

https://tenor.com/view/pedro-pascal-mandalorian-laugh-cry-gif-21495683

[void vortex]

What if it's sidorovich

[wise bramble]

The point is, maybe some people like the NFTs and such and that's all fine and dandy, but the thing I keep thinking about is... just why? Who asked for this? I just want a STALKER with better graphics and gameplay, why this?

[spice pebble]

Be truthful you'd want a child hip in the game perv!

[finite summit]

New mutant: Stalker fan mad about NFTs

[solid dome]

Would have been much cooler if it's for mutants but heavily edited model to make it extra creepy Rare mut!

[fiery pivot]

I’d love to be an npc but I’m not bidding my eth for it lol. A random sweepstakes with free entry is cool though. Nft is dumb

[still ridge]

Too bad it’s not gonna be a full body thing lol

I think just the face

[outer mist]

like i said i have many questions, but i guess thats not too bad but still it should not** be in the game

[pseudo rivet]

https://gfycat.com/faithfullightdairycow

[still ridge]

Yep

[void vortex]

Me seeing the custom NFT character

[still ridge]

Idrc, not a good idea and the practice shouldn’t continue, but it’s not worth all this

[thin pulsar]

Based real stalkers begin each and every anomaly game by unloading atleast 2 barrels of buckshot into hips chin

[jade wigeon]

Body type would fit whomever dropped the money on it

[wise bramble]

I'm honestly more sad than dissapointed. The (in my opinion) justified backlash against this decision is directed to my favourite game franchise

[spare token]

Basically the game it's a single use, you buy it and you forget about it, so.. probably GSC wanted to make something to make Stalker 2 alive

[still ridge]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/524246444560089099/920695006753353798/IMG_2517.png

[void vortex]

Kek

[ocean haven]

How to STALKER IRL, find nft npc, memorise face. Track them down. Now your a real stalker

[soft ice]

This game is going to have crypto stuff in it 🙁
Its so ironic that crypto retards bought up all the cpus and then injected themselves into a game that nobody can play because of cpu shortage

[still ridge]

Repost from #🤨┃stalker_memes

[thin pulsar]

Found another NFT supporter

[pseudo rivet]

A cope repost, ngl

[still ridge]

true

[vale quartz]

cope harder

[rancid pivot]

hey at least its running on unreal! even those with systems won't be able to play

[finite dragon]

You have unleashed the horde

[drowsy burrow]

do the devs not know that nfts are banned from steam?
or is this going to be another epic exclusive

[wise bramble]

918 replies in the STALKER 2 tweet lmao

[soft ice]

I hope nobody buys this game until they remove that stuff

[open lintel]

only if it's in the game itself tho no?

[finite summit]

NFTs are actually a good thing. Anyone who disagrees is just wrong

[outer mist]

hell yeah bro

[still ridge]

Bro nobody here is saying NFTs are a good thing

[spare token]

[still ridge]

nobody wanted this

[pseudo rivet]

I love China very much

[vale quartz]

1984

[rancid pivot]

report the game on steam for scam. enough reports and steam may notice and talk to GSC

[hushed aurora]

Adachi

[cursive bobcat]

literally 1894 by george cromwell

[still ridge]

https://tenor.com/view/john-cena-bbj-sepia-ice-cream-gif-22232753

[void vortex]

Can't wait to see your face in-game

[still ridge]

GEORGE CROMWELL

[wise bramble]

I just hope GSC realizes after all this backlash that this is not a good idea and retracts it

[soft ice]

Yeah nobody asked for this. I think having your face in stalker is kind of a cool idea but why on earth would they implement it like this

[still ridge]

We can only hope

[still ridge]

Money

[spice pebble]

Damn you know its bad when the devs own mod team disagrees, won't be suprised if there are some staff changes 😂

[spare token]

I wantedMercenary Scar to return back in Stalker 2, but instead I get NFT I never ask

[finite summit]

You don't have to wait. Just come over to my place

[finite dragon]

Based adachi pfp

[ocean haven]

George Washington 1789

[void vortex]

😳

[rugged river]

The ingame char has nothing to do with nft’s just make it a contest

[still ridge]

No devs on the server

Only CMs

[main obsidian]

teddie> all persona 4 character

[craggy crystal]

to be fair devs and mods are very different

[hushed aurora]

Aye, Based Adachi Enjoyer

[wispy walrus]

this has to be fake, right https://twitter.com/stalker_meta/status/1471123427373244421

[open lintel]

🤣

[still ridge]

We are in no way associated with GSC

[soft ice]

Yeah Fr they need to fix this

[open lintel]

apparently its real actually

[fiery pivot]

They ban “applications based on blockchain”

[open lintel]

their main twitter acc reposted and is following that acc

[wicked token]

Dont think so

[finite summit]

That's what Stalker 2 is going to be

[austere nimbus]

i love nfts.
saying this 3rd time

[spice pebble]

Hmm isn't this the official Stalker discord? You technically are.

[wise bramble]

Next announcement: STALKER 2 will have queues for playing singleplayer! For some ethereum you can play in less than thirty minutes!

[main obsidian]

I can see this becoming a copypasta

[graceful lake]

Stalker Metaverse? About to get sued by the ZUCC

[void vortex]

@wicked token hello doomer. Welcome to hell chat lol

[still ridge]

Oh good god

[spare token]

I wanted Scar to return back in S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 and what I get it's.. NFT :L

[soft ice]

Also kind of messed up that they developed a pc game for xbox and ported it to pc game. This means that pc stalker even will be essentially a console game

[wispy walrus]

None of our NFTs will be prohibitive, or necessary, for gameplay, nor will they add any benefit to the gameplay.

Our initiative is solely focused on facilitating the modding culture that has prevailed in the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series over the last 13 years. "this HAS TO BE A JOKE "

[finite dragon]

STALKER 2 VISUAL NOVEL

[outer mist]

i guess i have to stick with the old games and keep modding the crap out of those

[vale quartz]

they are doing everything in their power to destroy their reputation

[fleet wave]

Cosplay Scar and buy the NFT dubas

[open lintel]

oh wow, I thought that was rebel

[finite summit]

STALKER 2 BODY PILLOW

[solid dome]

Actual hell, where you obtained this from? Media?

[finite dragon]

everyone exited and joyful...

STALKER devs

• No game play
• pre-order non stop
• gUyS We aDd NFT

Predictions not confirmed yet i am gonna meme about it

• NFT based mods
• no mod support
• Dumb anti piracy which will prevent mods.

[wise bramble]

I honestly sympathise with the poor intern that's managing twitter right now lmao

[still ridge]

Nah actually

[main obsidian]

idk why they keep making this argument. so many people care about the environmental impact, as well as promotion of this scam-like nature of nft transactions.

[wispy walrus]

NFT based mods, the absolute state of stalker 2

[soft ice]

You get charged to get past loading screens unless you pay a small fee or subscribe to stalker pro plus digital deluxe edition

[spare token]

Ray of Hope will have microtransaction then

[rugged river]

Wait is nft real? It looks like it might be a fake account

[solid dome]

Lmao, correct. So much confusion in the answers, almost not bearable reading. Not even funny honestly?

[still ridge]

Ray of Hope will never come out

[still ridge]

Unfortunately

[wise bramble]

Worried by crashes? Now experience less-CTDs with ethereum!

[main obsidian]

I still find it so incredibly, hilariously ironic, how they promote NFTs, which are one of the prime reasons of why people can't afford the good enough GPUs necessary to........... play the game they are selling......... 🤔

[wispy walrus]

as i said, idk if its fake, but i hope this account is lol

[spice pebble]

Oh no.

[still ridge]

It’s not

[soft ice]

I hope it does. They just said something pretty recent l’y after 2 years of being silent, they posted new game play and it looks cool

[still ridge]

I wish it was

[solid dome]

I can see no modding happening tho they promised that to death. You think they'll do a Blizzard one here? Promised it, didn't even talk about after release. Full silence.

[fierce thorn]

I looooove nfts

[finite summit]

based

[quaint trout]

LMAO stalker NFT... Man, they could give this to the fans, make a competition out of it and do amazing fanservice.
What will they do instead? Sell it to some wealthy 's. Literally the last thing i want to see in stalker is the face of some spoiled middle-class brat. I'll instantly blast those characters out of the game.

[wise bramble]

Nah there'll be modding. What I'm fearing is: no gameplay trailer, NFTs announcement, 100+dollar preorder... the game is gonna be a mess

[spice pebble]

Mods soon with second wave of NFT haters https://c.tenor.com/869ay_WBSwMAAAAS/300-shield.gif

[wispy walrus]

lmao imagone thinking stalker 2 would have mod support, everyone laughed at me whenever I brought up the fact I highly doubt it'd have "real' mod support for the last few months. Now we're gonna have "NFT mods"

[rugged river]

Why are so many game companies trying to “please everyone when in the end they kill their game because they added things nobody asked for

[soft ice]

Don’t forget the fact that the game was DEVELOPED FOR XBOX AND PORTED TO PC

[solid dome]

Already messy, can't be worse

@wispy walrus Indeed. I too don't believe the "full/real" mod support

[opaque parrot]

So basically a pink haired emo kid with painted armpits will be in Stalker 2? Lmfao

[fierce thorn]

Hopefully we'll get mod nfts as well, i dont want the poor people mods

[still ridge]

Citation needed

[pseudo rivet]

Yo, that would be wack as heck

[quaint trout]

At this point i am seriously considering to cancel my preorder of the ultimate edition or just scalp it. It's honestly getting worse and worse day by day.

[still ridge]

Just the face

[pseudo rivet]

It really depends on who wins lmao

[glad temple]

Wait, it’s only three people who are going to get it

[pseudo rivet]

Yeah

[vernal magnet]

Wow that official tweet from GSC stalker meta saying they are facilitating 13 years of modding with this NFT stunt? Wow the audacity and disrespect

[still ridge]

Preorder never a good idea

[still ridge]

Yeah

Oh my god this is atrocious

[ashen axle]

KCRDR#3984 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[still ridge]

no swearing

[pseudo rivet]

That Metaverse account?

[vale quartz]

the audacity.... the audacity

[pseudo rivet]

Isn't that just a fake?

[spice pebble]

Lmaooio

[solid dome]

The guy/lady doing the Twitter account will be let go after this

[finite summit]

Well it does give some bonus stuff like artbook

[opaque parrot]

Imagine pasta Senpa from Uganda showing up in Stalker 2 lmaooooo
sees a Monolithian "THIS ONE IS AN EVANGELIST!"

[still ridge]

Unfortunately not

GSC follows it

[fierce thorn]

Don't worry guys the modders will fix the game after it releases

[pseudo rivet]

Lmfao

They don' goof'd

[still ridge]

They messed up big time

[pseudo rivet]

Imagine needing mods to fix a game

[rugged river]

You have to buy an nft to mod it

[outer mist]

My main question is; is there way to completely turn it off as in you cannot see those NPCs? If modders are the one who gonna take care of it then ill buy the game at a huge discount. I can wait, i have many games that can keep me busy.

[cursive bobcat]

https://twitter.com/stalker_meta/status/1471122768901124115 are they serious?

[wise bramble]

No gameplay trailer + 100 dollar preorder + NFTs = the game looks like a mess no doubt about that

[fleet wave]

Why does it even need to be a NFT? Couldnt you just have it as a regular texture. What does NFT add to this?

[solid dome]

Lmao x2. Kane, our savior, will relieve us of the neck pain. cracks neck

[pseudo rivet]

Honestly, yeah, if you really don't like the NFTs, just speak with your wallets and don't buy the game

[rancid pivot]

i'd take it at a five finger discount if they can be modded out

[pseudo rivet]

That's what I'm doing

[faint sorrel]

People just cancel your pre orders and move on, they will prob wake up and correct their decisions this way

[vernal magnet]

It is when you want collectors editions

[vale quartz]

meta theese nuts

[quaint trout]

I can always cancel and get my money back. Or auction it off on ebay for more money. I'm a diehard stalker fan, but idk what's going on right now with the devs 😦 I am really afraid this game will be the death of GSC as we know it. 😦

[soft ice]

I hope people boycott this game until they remove nft bull

[finite summit]

NFT makes it better

[opaque parrot]

@pseudo rivet Brother, we are in troubled times. We must purge the heretics from the company

[still ridge]

yes

[blazing tiger]

LMAO y'all mods are so desperate

[wise bramble]

For Christ sake they talked about NFTs even before showing how the HUD looks like lmao

[fierce thorn]

hopefully no one trolls the auction, surely that wont happen

[pseudo rivet]

Their screams shall be a confession of their sins

[vernal magnet]

These are uneasy times. I’d hold it to sell it. Don’t want to regret letting it go later if the game ends up being worth it

[solid dome]

Same. Nothing says "Fonk off" better than a tightly closed wallet.

[still ridge]

Yup

[finite summit]

did they?

[finite dragon]

Don't just not buy the game, but also shill against it very hard

[still ridge]

there was no HUD in the gameplay trailer

[pseudo rivet]

Yeah, what HUD?

[finite dragon]

Sadly, I didn't pre-order, so I don't get to feel the joy of sticking it to them.

[pseudo rivet]

We literally haven't even seen actual gameplay of the game

[lime lily]

There was a hud for the weapon modification, wasn't there?

[faint sorrel]

I already refunded my steam copy I suggest everyone does the same

[wise bramble]

Yeah that's my point, I said it poorly. Even before showing how the HUD looks like they show piss poor NFTs lmao

[outer mist]

we havent gotten a proper gameplay trailer now that you said it, they release this NFT sht first

[pseudo rivet]

Just a trailer with some gameplay

[spice pebble]

Pre rendered gameplay.

[finite summit]

literally 1984

[pseudo rivet]

Eh, not pre-rendered

[still ridge]

There hasn’t been a solid 10 minutes of gameplay

[wispy walrus]

buuuttbuuut NFTs are hip and cool, all the zoomers love getting fleeced of their hard earned money

[pseudo rivet]

More like the AI was dumbed down to GSC level

[quaint trout]

What's the chance for this? I invested 340€ into this mess. Best is just to jump on the release hypetrain and sell it for like 400€.

[vernal magnet]

Not pre rendered bro. I could see aliasing on the ingame assets

[opaque parrot]

If NFT bs comes through and I don't see Putin, Zelensky and Lukasenko then it's a fail

[soft ice]

@still ridge Stalker 2 was designed for xbox- Optimized for Series X logo
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S
Games built using the Xbox Series X|S development kit are designed to take advantage of the unique capabilities of the Xbox Series X|S. They will showcase unparalleled load-times, visuals, responsiveness, and framerates up to 120FPS.

This is from xbox. Com

[still ridge]

ok thank you

[rancid pivot]

xbox is just a win10 box

[fierce thorn]

Apparently they invite the shmuck that got the nft to scan him to put him in game

[wise bramble]

We don't even know how the PDA looks like? What about the map? How about the inventory system? Nah fam showing NFTs are better

[still ridge]

We know about the PDA

[spice pebble]

It doesn't look very honest though the gameplay trailers, no way the game will look like that lol

[still ridge]

It was in one of the trailers

[fleet wave]

Skif trailer

[still ridge]

yeah

[glad temple]

On UE5 absolutely it will

[vernal magnet]

That’s standard dev console box stuff. Doesn’t mean it’s an Xbox first game. UE5 is platform agnostic anyway

[solid dome]

Irony, irony, homie, the irony

[solid cosmos]

Now our pda is gonna have skiff bored moneky

[still ridge]

Lol

[wise bramble]

In action? Like actually managing your contacts, your map, your Enciclopedia?

[opaque parrot]

Skif turns out to be homeless dude from outskirts in Moscow

[fierce thorn]

The gameplay trailer doesn't look that hot, it seems almost similar to chernoblyte, but better

[finite dragon]

This nft scam will leave a bad taste on my mouth gsc

[spice pebble]

Everytime i see UE5 i just imagine computers blowing up in flames lol

[soft ice]

Yes, I’m trying to find the confirmation of the game being designed on Xbox and ported to pc

[still ridge]

Nah not all that

[wicked token]

AYY KEV MAN HOW YA DOIN

[vernal magnet]

It will easily look like that. It looked great but not too great I saw standard RTGI and PBR materials. Plenty of UE5 games coming with crazy looking game assets. It’s just a next gen title

[fiery pivot]

Yeah that meta tweet almost sounds like it’s implying some kind of NFT creation club. Hopefully they just worded that badly

[solid dome]

Nah that wasn't showcased. Simply the model itself with static and text afaik.

[rancid pivot]

there's very little functional difference between an xbox and a win10 box these days. they both run NT

[still ridge]

He is not doing well because of this

[pseudo rivet]

Yo, that would be amazing

[finite dragon]

They could make it sound better by removing NFT's entirely.

[pseudo rivet]

The community would hate GSC even more

[still ridge]

Yep

[wise bramble]

Was gonna choose between upgrading my PC or getting s***faced with my friends this summer in the beach. Now I know my choice

[pseudo rivet]

I'm all for it

[spice pebble]

Delete this msg rn, don't give them* ideas!

[pseudo rivet]

LMAO

[solid dome]

Steam Workshop but its full of... Oh no!... bacteria?

[rugged river]

I understand that they want more money from the nft craze, but they lose more money just because 99% of the population hate NFT

[pseudo rivet]

Hmm

[solid cosmos]

The year is 2035, you enter your local 7/11 to buy yourself a g fuel before your shift in the local crypto mine. The android working the counter says they only accept doge coin. You pull out your phone, draw a stick man in less than five seconds on a yellow back ground and then sell it as an NFT. From the sell you make 6 doge coin, about 5 million dollars in old world money. You go to buy the drink only to find out that from the time you closed your phone to the time you talked to the cashier the coins had dropped in value to only 3 dollars per coin and you now owe at least 10 doge coin to the robot for the gamer fuel. You leave the store, frustrated, and drive off in your Tesla

[loud quest]

This nft thing is real?

[pseudo rivet]

Sure, it's about the money

[fleet wave]

Even the PCGamer screenshot looked very good and not prerendered, but then this comes out

[fiery pivot]

New bandit coat skin, 5 ETH only 100 made!

[pseudo rivet]

But it's also a bit about trying something new

But one thing for sure

[wise bramble]

Hope they turn the guy that made the idea into a Boar

[pseudo rivet]

It's dumb

[soft ice]

Yes

[lime lily]

I wonder if they might be referring to that MetaHuman Creator thing that Epic is working on, that would actually be a nice thing. But yeah, I find it a bit weird that there hasn't been an announcement on the discord about this yet.

[pseudo rivet]

Afraid so

Lmao

Come on, Me

[opaque parrot]

You guys don't have slowmode?

[pseudo rivet]

Don't be Chinese

[solid dome]

Kekw

[pseudo rivet]

We do

[quaint trout]

I GOT AN IDEA! Kill the character oft he NFT owner, disrespect the dead body (teabagging, kniving, dragging in fire) and then send it to their social media. We can simply s***storm the NFT owners and ruin it for them! 🙂 ❤️

[pseudo rivet]

But I personally like the chaos

[signal basin]

can we assume that stalker 2 will be far more optimized with AMD gpus? because xbox uses rdna2?

[still ridge]

Based

[pseudo rivet]

Rule 3, by the way

[loud quest]

I mean if some idiot wants to get scammed by buying such nonsence - let him do it... Who cares

[rancid pivot]

oh yeah the NFT purchaser will never live down the hell that is having their face permananently plastered in game as a mark of how much of a whale they are

[vernal magnet]

The ole Halo strategy snaps fingers I love it

[finite dragon]

No. The only people that would really buy the NFT's are trolls, and they get off on stuff like that.

[wise bramble]

The good part is I'm not buying a new graphics card

[still ridge]

yeah lol

[soft ice]

I hope they turn him into Magpie 😂

[rugged river]

Cant wait to play roblox stalker

[still ridge]

Lmao true

[pseudo rivet]

I have to admit

[solid dome]

Geez, amount of laughable moments right now. My lungs will blow off my ribcage to bits!

[pseudo rivet]

I seriously considered giving all my money to GSC for that NFT

I wanted to have my face on a mutant

[still ridge]

LOL

be the face of a controller

[wise bramble]

Despite this colossal dissapointment, don't you guys just enjoy a good dumpster fire? I was all evening on Reddit/Twitter instead of studying

[still ridge]

That would be sick

[fleet wave]

Im still honestly baffled, arent NFT supposed to be waluable that there is only one of them? But the fact you have to have GSC agree to put you in the game is already limited, so the NFT has no purpose.

[spice pebble]

That would be hilarious

[loud quest]

Can I buy very large penis for my char?

[pseudo rivet]

I was thinking about having my face on an Antropomorphus Dendromutantus Vulgaris

[void vortex]

been good but busy )) you man?

[still ridge]

Unfortunately not

[solid dome]

He wanted to be Burer's adopted son. And HE WAS REFUSED CLARIFICATION!!!!!!!!!

[opaque parrot]

Oh Monolith, why have you left us...

[solid cosmos]

Get put in to game amd given seva suit so nobody ever sees face you paid 3k for

[pseudo rivet]

Just think of the possibilities!

[rugged river]

Its not an nft if you cant sell it so why call it an nft, just make it a competiton

[vernal magnet]

You can sell it before the games release

[finite dragon]

I cancelled mine man, This was the sign I needed to hold out and see what happens with release

[pseudo rivet]

It's literally bidding for getting your own NPC

Lmao

[solid dome]

Crimson invades the wood camp. Steals a bag of cocaine, retreats back to the caves to utilise the powder the best way possible.

[still ridge]

Good idea

[wise bramble]

The beating STALKER is taking on Twitter is brutal LMAO

[opaque parrot]

What's next? Siren head in Radar? Arnold showing up as leader of Duty?

[rancid pivot]

unreal engine + nft = questionable at best. unreal is unstable and slow.

[still ridge]

yeah

[pseudo rivet]

Honestly?

[loud quest]

NFTs are not suitable for valuables as you cannot store "art" itself in a blockchain, blockchain only stores the link to said "art" which can be easily deleted

[pseudo rivet]

Arnold being the leader of Duty would literally redeem the entire faction from being the worst to being the best

[vernal magnet]

It’s glorious. I love when people speak up

[finite dragon]

Just have prospective hopefuls fight to the death for the top 3 spot. The three survivors win and become NPC's.

[fiery pivot]

Next comes the Denuvo announcement!

[outer mist]

Ubisoft literally did the same a while ago and got a massive backlash, its so bad they have to unlist the video. I guess they didnt see it or werent paying attention

[still ridge]

FACTS

[fierce thorn]

if gsc didnt call it an nft they would have gotten no flak, its not even a true nft, its basically your character in game, they had no need to call it an nft

[solid dome]

What hashtag? I want to laugh for a bit.

[still ridge]

Yeah

[pseudo rivet]

(Wait, is Arnold even allowed? Isn't he a politician?)

[rancid pivot]

using denuvo turns piracy into a civic duty

[fleet wave]

Thaths what im saying

[wise bramble]

Just keep scrolling down https://twitter.com/stalker_thegame/status/1471148058708791308

[still ridge]

He’s more well known as an actor

[opaque parrot]

I though he WAS

[finite dragon]

Not anymore.

[pseudo rivet]

Dang

[fierce thorn]

he was the governor of california

[solid dome]

Oh that tweet almost thought things went global 😄

[pseudo rivet]

I remembered that whole "political" discussion and us asking if Arnold was even allowed to be posted

[vernal magnet]

bids on the EFT. > wins the EFT. > holds the EFT and refuses to have face scanned for game > Ultimate Chad

[opaque parrot]

Oh if Kane was there I'd sell my house for the game

[wise bramble]

Bids on the NFT > Wins the NFT > Sells the NFT, then buy it again > Repeat the proccess > Bankrupt GSC

[rancid pivot]

what if the winner is a lookalike for a well known and controversial politician?

[versed condor]

To be honest, an artifact that’s formed out of an audio system and makes noise could be an interesting addition if done properly. Carrying it would attract blind dogs to you.

[vague topaz]

What is very funny to me is that GSC doesn't seem to know his own community, which is made out mainly by east europeans, and from the little I know they are NOT as forgiving as the Americans, by a country mile

[soft ice]

What if the guy who wins looks like Hitler

[outer mist]

i dont think thats how it works, they got a cut when selling/buying NFTs

[spice pebble]

Idk whos the guy managing the stalker meta twitter but he is breaking ctrl c and ctrl v lmao

[finite dragon]

oh I would shave my moustache toothbrush style, if you know what I mean

[pseudo rivet]

That'd be pretty pog

[red tulip]

Oh yeah, they are really out of touch (and out of time).

[rugged river]

Even americans dont like nft’s at least not the ones rolling in dough

[cursive bobcat]

based??

[pseudo rivet]

It's like GSC said

[loud quest]

But why is it a problem to sell nft? I mean its ok to make money of idiots

[pseudo rivet]

Either this game will be amazing or it will be a total flop

[rancid pivot]

they've only had 13 years to think of good ideas

[still ridge]

Because then it can be used by some neckbeard who is a whale to have their face in the game

[wise bramble]

No real gameplay shown + designed for XBox + this + 100 dollar preorders... I don't want to be the bearer of but news but

[ornate horizon]

I'm sure everyone is sick if the NFT talk already but I felt that I had to get my voice out at the possibility of the devs seeing how the community feels. I've been into the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series since 2011, I've been waiting for this game for over 10 years now, and what has been released about it has filled me with endless joy about it. I love this series so much, it is near and dear to my heart and means a lot to me. With the announcement of NFT's in the game however, I am now severely disappointed. They won't affect gameplay and they're purely cosmetic, yes, however the environmental damage a single blockchain transaction has is astonishing. I don't want the devs to get hate for it, but I really hope that they actually listen to the community this time, just like they have for everything else before. I was going to buy the game before this, but now, I'm not sure. I will keep my eye on it definitely, as I said before I've been waiting for this game for a decade now, but I am really scared for the direction this game has taken and what that direction means for the industry as a whole.

[fierce thorn]

in your experience did you get into stalker from the beginning or later/trough mods?

[loud quest]

And you can shoot that face though

[spice pebble]

If this game flops for a small dev team like this, it will probably be the last stalker game ever or in a very long time

[soft ice]

Fr yeah

@spice pebble Its been 14 years since the last stalker game and the last game wasn’t a flop at all even

[fleet wave]

I genuinely feel betrayed

[pseudo rivet]

I'm glad you guys finally realized

[outer mist]

that nft suck

[pseudo rivet]

I mean, I never really had any hope for the game

[solid dome]

Hey you have your excitement levelled down to 0.001 like me? Two of us now, anyone else?

[pseudo rivet]

Didn't want to get hyped

[primal wraith]

so will the game be taken off of steam or?

[pseudo rivet]

But people will always get hyped and become blind of the dangers

[rancid pivot]

if we report it enough as a scam, maybe!

[ornate horizon]

that's all i have to say, i'm just really sad about it, i hope the devs listen to the community this time when they need to the most, out of any time, now is the time to listen to the community. I do feel kind of betrayed.

[pseudo rivet]

At least this has finally been a wake-up call

[rugged river]

They should make stalker 2 have every item an nft and make it battle royale and make it kid friensly and and…

[fickle bison]

no

[fierce thorn]

probably not because the nft stuff will be done before it gets on steam

[spice pebble]

Man you're supposed to be motivating us for the fame game 🤣 🤣 im starting to lose more hope

[soft ice]

Yeah me neither, I’m way more hyped for ray of hope honestly. Imagine a stalker mmo that looks and plays like a modern game

[pseudo rivet]

Sorry

[loud quest]

Not sute, its not really nft..

[versed condor]

So, can somebody tell me how this is so terrible? From my limited understanding, it’s basically people bidding on having their face plastered on an NPC. That doesn’t seem so different from when some Kickstarter games have a tier that lets people have their name or likeness used for a character. I get that it’s greedy and weird, but it seems like there are worse things they could be doing.

[wise bramble]

Dude I've been playing STALKER since I was twelve. I just finished college, broke up with my bf, bought my first car lmao. This feels like a genuine heartbreak

[finite dragon]

yeah, when I saw there was someone involved from epic game store I already knew it was bad

[pseudo rivet]

I may be a moderator on GSC's server, but I'm myself first and foremost

And I don't see HoC as a STALKER game

[still ridge]

Yup

[ornate horizon]

it really does, I've been into this series since 2011, i'm a hardcore veteran and yet i feel as far from the series as i ever have

[still ridge]

yet

[fleet wave]

Because NFT are incredibly harmful for both the environment and supply of GPUs

[vale quartz]

If only I could swear

[undone basin]

You are the best of the best

[loud quest]

Its not bad at all imho, Ill happily shoot some idiots face many times

[pseudo rivet]

Fair lmao

[solid dome]

Major feels for you then

[primal wraith]

just because im curious, but how does it hurt the supply of gpu's?

[wise bramble]

I'm genuinely sad for this god damn. This happening to my favourite franchise feels like such a letdown

[soft ice]

Yeah, especially considering NFTs and crypto and the cpu shortage they caused is the reason most people can’t play this game

[cedar oasis]

You are a pretty good mod ngl. Usually mods are fanboys and white knights of the game and defend it no matter what. And then this NFT crap happens and you're like "yeah it sucks"

[ornate horizon]

It's such a heartbreak honestly, out of anyone I would have never expected this to come from the stalker devs. I don't hate them, but like a parent, I am just very disappointed.

[pseudo rivet]

Lmao yeah

[rancid pivot]

mining crypto. the entire shortage is because of it. notice how the price of gpus matches the price of eth

[vale quartz]

The world was a better place before crypto and nfts

[solid dome]

Crimson is an exclusion, a rare kind. Once in a lifetime maybe. NO SARCASM INVOLVED HERE, PURE FACTS.

[pseudo rivet]

I mean, I've just seen so many games pull so much idiotic crap that I've just learned to never get hyped for a game

[loud quest]

Only if its on ethereum network

[ashen axle]

LazerWereCat#7914 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[soft ice]

Isn’t it people buying cpus to mine crypto in general

[spice pebble]

I just got warned and i did not even swear wth

[pseudo rivet]

Yo wat

Which word?

[jade wigeon]

CheekiBreeki

[loud quest]

You cant mine anything with cpu and gpu is only for eth

[wise bramble]

I'm laughing my ass off because I introduced my now ex-bf to STALKER by talking about how awesome STALKER 2 was gonna be. Expecting a message any minute saying what about this you dip****

[finite dragon]

In the same boat as you comrade, Think bailing this ship now and swimming as fast as I can is the most sensible option.

[pseudo rivet]

It's not just that. HoC just doesn't seem like a STALKER game to me. More like an Escape from Survariumlite

[spice pebble]

For sh*t apparently.. my sentence did not even have that word lol

[fiery pivot]

The PR disaster this is causing doesn’t seem worth it. I’m surprised they didn’t see it coming. I wonder what the contract with dmarket was worth lol

[versed condor]

I can understand that, thanks for replying.

[soft ice]

Im still holding out hope that gsc comes in clutch and fixes this and makes a decent game

Im still way more hyped for ray of hope or xrmpe

[pseudo rivet]

Oh yeah, the S-word don't B Gucci around here

[jade wigeon]

And to think I was mad with Halo Infinites multiplayer progression for cosmetics

[vernal magnet]

Blasphemous

[pseudo rivet]

Just use crap, I guess

Censoring isn't allowed either, but I won't bother too much about it right now

[loud quest]

People are overreacting though, let idiotscwaste their money

[pseudo rivet]

I can understand how you guys must feel lmao

[wise bramble]

Atleast the Mass Effect 3 original ending didn't have NFTs lmao

[quaint trout]

Yeah, i will most likely wait and sell it on release day for a higher price. First nerds will have it completed within a few days anyway, so we get some reviews.

[spice pebble]

I was in middle school when i started stalker now im in uni lol

[sour grail]

[finite dragon]

yeah, that argument doesn't work, because they will appeal to the idiots, in spite of the real community

[slender blade]

STALKER 2 better come with a free 3080 if they are really gonna be out here contributing to the rise in GPU prices

[vernal magnet]

Low key ironic since censoring is you know, censoring the original word thus rendering it unused.

[pseudo rivet]

Lmao yeah

It's more so about the form

[loud quest]

Yeah but its only face in game, how does it even bad

[pseudo rivet]

Company rules, not mine

Still, I do think it's easy to just use other words

[jade wigeon]

No, at this rate it better be a 3090ti ftw3 giga peener edition

[finite dragon]

Slippery Slope

[robust forge]

Crimson is just following orders

[wise bramble]

Never bought STALKER 2 + pirating in stolen laptop + stolen house + stolen solar panels + stolen sun solar energy + stolen water wheel + stolen neighbours river + charging phone with stolen water shower

[finite dragon]

I have been considering leaving gaming for a few years. Maybe focus on myself, learn a new language or something... Because gaming has become so terrible in the last few years. I can't remember the last game I played that I completely enjoyed.

[pseudo rivet]

Literally Order 66

[versed condor]

Probably a lot. Those real life loot box companies that sponsor youtubers apparently offer boatloads of money even if it is a PR death trap.

[vernal magnet]

Yea I gotchu I just thought it was funny lol.

[sour grail]

• ratio

[pseudo rivet]

Yeah, it is

[loud quest]

I agree its stupid, but theres no actual harm to the game

[finite dragon]

there was already harm to the game

[fickle bison]

Slippery slope has been used so many times, it honestly meaningless

[soft ice]

I play anomaly on a 1995 desktop running windows 98

[fiery pivot]

I could believe it. On twitter they had excuses/justifications ready to go like they expected to upset people. 🤷‍♂️

[jade wigeon]

Yeah I thought that about TF2 hats, then I tried playing Battlefront 2 years later

[pseudo rivet]

Actually, what do you guys think about Ward, that new faction?

Kinda curious what you guys think about it

[finite dragon]

But if we normalize it. It becomes harder to get people to rebel against it. And all of the sudden we have another annoyance that drives down the quality of games on top of everything else. Not counting all the other environmental and other such issues.

[wise bramble]

I'm honestly happy about the community backlash. Hope this helps somehow

[tame mist]

More factions is good

[slate pendant]

I cant believe they announced NFTs and 100+ dollars pre-orders before even showing us real gameplay. This is baffling.

[steep steppe]

Refunded NFTs can get my L

[fickle bison]

4chan janitors but the zone

[pseudo rivet]

Honestly, I just see Ward as a combination of Duty and Freedom

It's just a discount faction lmao

[soft ice]

True, it’s not especially y interesting or anything

[solid prism]

That is dangerous combination

[cursive bobcat]

i think it's breaking the balance between freedom and duty

[wise bramble]

We don't even know how the HUD looks like lmao

[spice pebble]

Is there any info about them? Did they also say what year stalker will be in?

[pseudo rivet]

Like, it polices the Zone like Duty, but it wants to use science to help mankind, like Freedom

[slate pendant]

they do it for free?

[outer mist]

we already normalize those battlepass crap, i hope not with this one

[pseudo rivet]

But above all, they want to control the Zone

[jade wigeon]

No HUD unless you get the NFT

[pseudo rivet]

And that is the only original part about them

[fickle bison]

NO MONETARY COMPENSATION

[versed condor]

That kinda sounds like Clear Sky.

[fleet wave]

Im sensing that ward is going to be somewhat fascist-y

[finite dragon]

I am interested. I always wanted Duty to be like that in the first place. I liked everything about Duty except for the desire to destroy the zone. Seems the Ward has the discipline of Duty without the stupid desire to attack the zone.

[grand pendant]

Clear Sky couln't police a swamp

[red tulip]

So uh, basically Clear Sky 2.0.)

[wise bramble]

Bolts are an NFT

[pseudo rivet]

Nah, Clear Sky wants to study the Zone to coexist with it

Freedom wants to study it to benefit humanity

[glad temple]

And for ganja

[finite dragon]

I wonder if Ward will have the close associations with the military or military support like Duty has.

[pseudo rivet]

Fair, even the Military wants to destroy the Zone. Ecologists are just there to study

[solid prism]

Maybe they're bringing another faction ideologicaly cclose to clear sky.Because cs is gone

[fickle bison]

Freedom wants free access to the zone, not to study it

[pseudo rivet]

It wants both

[jade wigeon]

INTRODUCING STALKER 2 Season Pass 1! Now only 10000 commies! That's a 30% off deal comrades!

[grand pendant]

thing is, they're not similar at all

[outer mist]

to benefit what

[pseudo rivet]

Humanity

[finite dragon]

I do not recall the military wanting to destroy the zone. Just contain it.

[soft ice]

Does anyone know if anomaly is still being updated and if so when will a new update be released? I think it would be really cool if they added a area next to limansk that contained the Duga-2 russian woodpecker and military complex around us as an actual explorable area, the player could visit, maybe the plot could be that the monolith are trying to set it up for use as a brain scorcher type thing and the player has to stop it so the complex can be covered in wires and machinery by monolith. Anomaly developers can make this the same way they make the truck cemetery and meadows level it would be so cool

[pseudo rivet]

Like, medicines, technological advancements, etc.

[earnest urchin]

Freedom is useless and should be turned into Monolith meat shields

[grand pendant]

yea they just tried to nuke the Zone to contain it

[fickle bison]

Honestly, I dont even care about the NFT thing, im not gonna cancel my ultimate edition pre-order and keep driving my 2008 diesel car and litter everywhere without recycling

[solid prism]

But they have weed

[outer mist]

i feel like they should be one of the last faction to do one of those

[pseudo rivet]

Yeah, let's see, the differences between CS and Ward are:

Clear Sky: Wants to study the Zone, so humanity can attempt to coexist with the Zone
Ward: Polices the Zone like Duty, wants to study it to help mankind like Freedom, wants to control the Zone like Ward

[finite dragon]

When did they nuke the zone?

[pseudo rivet]

It's all part of the lore

[grand pendant]

2006, tried

[pseudo rivet]

Never, but they tried to

2006

[fleet wave]

Freedom goes through big changes between CS and SoC

[pseudo rivet]

It was a massive failure

[solid prism]

So even the ward member don't really know what their cause is

[mossy violet]

It's not just bad for the game, it's bad for the world. Bad for the environment to even do this in the first place.

[pseudo rivet]

That's also how Duty got founded

[earnest urchin]

inb4 nuking the zone only powers it further like the Ceph from Crysis 1 nuclear strike scene

[spice pebble]

Try the anomaly discord for more info

[grand pendant]

besides, Strelok mentions wanting to destroy the Zone by helping the military or helping the military destroy the Zone. One of both

[pseudo rivet]

Just in case

[outer mist]

what area will be their main base though

[vague topaz]

Imagine getting a SJW with a fortnite outfit as a companion while walking in the zone. That's what I want in my STALKUR gwame

[pseudo rivet]

No clue

Wow, silence

[finite dragon]

I want my massive titties anime waifu on my stalker game please

[soft ice]

I like to sell crypto’s back and forth to my friends in order to create hundreds of tons worth of co2 emissions

[earnest urchin]

not sure whats your point there is nothing like that in the game. there will be only skins that make sense in STALKER world

[pseudo rivet]

https://gfycat.com/faithfullightdairycow

[outer mist]

since they are new, maybe their main base are probably somewhere in Agroprom

[pseudo rivet]

Hmm

Not sure

[grand pendant]

highly doubt they are at agroprom

[jade wigeon]

GSC Game World probably needs as much money as they can get to help deal with all the Rooskies at their borders

[spice pebble]

Honestly ward seems balanced but i have this weird feeling they will be mad evil

[pseudo rivet]

Way SoC ended, both Agroprom and the Dark Valley are swarming with soldiers

[fickle bison]

I wonder how much of STALKER 2011 plot are they reusing

[grand pendant]

in old S2 institute was evil.
Ward protects the Institute in current s2

[pseudo rivet]

Hopefully none

[vale quartz]

we live in the timeline where EFT will be a better stalker game than stalker 2

[pseudo rivet]

I just want to do what's best for the Zone

[spice pebble]

C concisouss wanted to help man kind but look at what they did

[grand pendant]

i mean it was a mistake

don't be too hard on them

[jade wigeon]

Nope, nuke the idea from orbit

[slate pendant]

Wait, they wont add coop into the game? When did they confirm that?

[pseudo rivet]

What do you mean?

[fickle bison]

the PC gamer article

[vague topaz]

option 1: they want to appeal to a western audience->my suggestion is on point. option 2: they want to listen to their community->no NFTs

[spice pebble]

If yall haven't tried EFT its anomaly on steroids, its amazing

[pseudo rivet]

A while back, I'm afraid

[finite dragon]

I just want a faction that believes in studying, but controlling the zone and is disciplined and has a good relationship with the military. Sounds like Ward might be the way to go. But who knows? Maybe I won't like them.

[vernal magnet]

EFT is nothing like stalker or stalker mods

[earnest urchin]

Sakharov the mastermind behind everything

[neon depot]

EFT mechanics with Stalker story/setting would be amazing.

[vale quartz]

NFT based game is not stalker either

[pseudo rivet]

Controlling the Zone, though

[outer mist]

its more like, i want a better and smarter companion than just a regular potato AI

[pseudo rivet]

I don't think that's possible

[spice pebble]

I mean EFP my bad, not EFT

[pseudo rivet]

Unless GSC is going to retcon

[fickle bison]

Anomaly and its consequences has been a disaster for the STALKER franchise

[finite dragon]

Well, containing is what I meant, I suppose. I do not feel it should be open to everyone.

[pseudo rivet]

In that case, there really isn't any faction for that

[vague topaz]

Funny enough, I just gained 2 levels in this server just by being enraged

[grand pendant]

studying the Zone for their own benefit is the closest. Whole point of Freedom is getting the same data but make it available for everyone, challenging the state's monopoly over the Zone

[pseudo rivet]

Even the Military wants to destroy the Zone

[spice pebble]

In attempt to help mankind the scientists instead created the zone? Am i wrong?

[pseudo rivet]

True

[solid prism]

Yeah

[vernal magnet]

I’m shocked I haven’t leveled up again yet

[pseudo rivet]

Nah, there are some people who believe the Group is the cause for all Emissions

[finite dragon]

When does the zone become the Zone? 2006?

[pseudo rivet]

So I wondered

[grand pendant]

yea

[vague topaz]

rage is a wondrous tool

[pseudo rivet]

April 28th, 2006

If I remember correctly

Some say June 10, though

[slate pendant]

The thing I was looking forward the most was coop with friends. Something STALKER needed real bad. There goes all the hype I had, Im definitely not buying this.

[pseudo rivet]

@grand pendant
What was the date again help lmao

[grand pendant]

it was June 10th, yeah

[vernal magnet]

Been trying to get veteran and extra roles for a minute. I want ma badges lol

[grand pendant]

that's a CoP date though

[pseudo rivet]

Heck June 10

[outer mist]

play l4d2 with stalker mods, problem solve

[finite dragon]

So, it possible that the military was initially trying to destroy the Zone, because 1. They were trying to contain an experiment that went wrong? 2. Because they didn't know what it was or how far it would go? and that after all these years with all these interesting things coming out of the zone, that maybe their objectives might have changed from destroying the zone to containing and monopolizing research and data from the zone?

[pseudo rivet]

We've got like 4 dates lmao:

Date from SoC encyclopedia:
2008, April 12, 14:33

Date from SoC early development, website and, apparently, survival guide:
2006, April 12, 14:33

Date from CoP English intro VA:
2006, June 11

Date from CoP English intro text and CoP Russian intro text&VA:
2006, June 10

[fickle bison]

STALKER was never about being a coop game, not sure why would it start now

[pseudo rivet]

Imo, stick to 2006, April 12, 14:33

[neon depot]

Stay Out is a decent alternative for a stalker coop fix. Granted I haven't played that for a while

[jade wigeon]

It will, they stole it from Halo 😆

[spice pebble]

It was never a multiplayer neither but here we are

[finite dragon]

I cannot imagine that the military mission would have stayed the same for 20 years.

[grand pendant]

12th of April, 2006 14:33 PM
10th of June, 2006
11th of June, 2006
12th of April, 2008 14:33 PM
13th of April, 2006
28th of April, 2006
these are all the dates i could find of the creation of the Zone in my notes, not even sure where i got 2 of them

[fickle bison]

tbf, older stalker games have multiplayer lmao

[pseudo rivet]

Bruh wat

April 13th

28th too

Okay, so I can explain the 28th one

[spice pebble]

Don't you dare call that multiplayer they released a multiplayer, like 20 people played that lol and it was beyond terrible

[pseudo rivet]

That's the release date of S.T.2

So that's just a dumb mistake

[grand pendant]

no, i had it way before s2 release date was announced

[pseudo rivet]

Wat

Lmao

[earnest urchin]

steam discussions just turned into twitter hivemind

[grand pendant]

like, months if not a year

[fickle bison]

discord server Clear Sky mp tournament when?

[outer mist]

Coop would really be a great feature, it can work like a companion the 2nd player can possess existing NPC or 1st player's current companion

[neon depot]

Are the servers even up still?

[grand pendant]

nope

[pseudo rivet]

You can still play MP in STALKER

[spice pebble]

Maybe the that's why they picked april 12 for rel date then?

[grand pendant]

they picked april 28

[pseudo rivet]

Release date was 28th

[soft ice]

Yes you can, i just played cop multiplayer with my friend a few weeks ago

[spice pebble]

Oh my bad then

[olive remnant]

)

[soft ice]

It is terrible but its fun for sh*ts and giggles

[stuck meadow]

CS multiplayer tournament, go go go!

[pseudo rivet]

I still remember my match with GSC

It was terrible

[safe delta]

What is this thing all the pc gamer mags are reporting with the NFTs??? Havent seen any mention of it from GSC or an actual rep.

[finite dragon]

strelok weiner nft

[pseudo rivet]

It's confirmed

Wait, lemme grab an article

[grand pendant]

ur mom bought it

[pseudo rivet]

https://wccftech.com/stalker-2-is-getting-a-metaverse-of-blockchain-nfts-and-weve-asked-the-developers-why/

By the way, before you ask, no, you can't be a Metamutant

I've asked and GSC said "No"

I was pretty disappointed

[safe delta]

Thats what I mean, only seen articles, but no announcement from gsc themselves?

[soft ice]

Yes everyone here just spent 2 hours complaining about it. Nobody is happy wiyn it

[pseudo rivet]

Might wanna check #🔍┃ask_gscarchive, they're responding to it

You'll probably have to scroll up, though

[finite dragon]

@azure nimbus actual game news pls

[vale quartz]

meta human theze nuts

[pseudo rivet]

Lmao

That dead account?

[sleek light]

"I would call our relationship with DMarket an organic partnership that has grown from a mutual love and understanding of the gaming community's needs and perspectives."

[slate pendant]

And? Are you telling me exploring The Zone with your friend wouldnt be the sickest sh*t ever?

[cursive bobcat]

@finite dragon

[finite dragon]

(thats the joke i didnt wanna waste the paid hours of actual gsc reps)

[pseudo rivet]

At least they'd get paid for doing something in that case

[coarse reef]

I wonder what they consider to be "the gaming community"

[vale quartz]

what are russian and ukranian ppl sayin' about this?

[pseudo rivet]

Is it about gaming, though?

[neat citrus]

Bad things

[solid dome]

GSC merged them to Steamworks from the dead Gamespy

[pseudo rivet]

Isn't it more about an experience now?

[jade wigeon]

I didn't want to be in a Dark Mirror episode gdi

[pseudo rivet]

A sort of movie with interaction?

[finite dragon]

its funny seeing people seethe and cope over this though as if it has any bearing on the game

[pseudo rivet]

It's more so about the principles than it actually affecting them

[sleek light]

Not us lmao

[glad temple]

Wait so some of the money is going to charity?
What charity accept crypto?

[soft ice]

I really hope ray of hope or xrmpe releases soon

[neat citrus]

You are stupid and fat

[pseudo rivet]

Honestly?

No hecking clue

[vale quartz]

those crypto virgins are the gaming community now

[pseudo rivet]

Might wanna ask in #🔍┃ask_gscarchive

[vernal magnet]

Because it does lol. It goes beyond what’s happening now. Look at the games industry as a whole. We didn’t just wake up in the current state of things randomly one day. We are boiling frogs. And companies are testing to see what we are willing to tolerate

[vague topaz]

as I said before, you're a funny man

[finite dragon]

dumb americans seething over nfts because "muh environment!!!"

[pseudo rivet]

America?

America?!

What environment?

[cursive bobcat]

Sergiy Grygorovych's wallet charity accepts crypto

[jade wigeon]

Typical weeb

[pseudo rivet]

Lmao

Don't start something you can't win

[vernal magnet]

Meanwhile Russians are also melting down over these terrible practices lmao

[finite dragon]

thanks for the (You)s

[vague topaz]

you're welcome

[neat citrus]

The Russians are probably sending death threats to the devs as we speak

[pseudo rivet]

Honestly

X

They're probably not happy about it either, though

[fickle bison]

I wouldnt put it past some russian to molotov sergei's Ferrari

[coarse reef]

death threats don't solve anything, just don't buy the game

[grand pendant]

you literally hate the games, you wouldn't get it

[vernal magnet]

You have anime PFP, your opinion is null and void.

[finite dragon]

i dont even hate the games its just a meme that makes vanillatards seethe

[worthy lagoon]

Not us

[glad temple]

Someone has the brain capacity of a rock

[finite dragon]

They no likey.

[grand pendant]

you do and you suck

[pseudo rivet]

So, if I'm using this, does that mean my opinion doesn't count?

[slate pendant]

Right now my only hope for STALKER coop is... Ray of Hope™️

[safe delta]

Well yeah.. NFT's doesnt really sound like a smart thing so I get it. I was just looking for a source other than just gaming mags saying its happening you know.

I for one dont enjoy the idea much either, smart for GSC to just make a contest or something to write/design characters and have them added to the game. Im sure there are alot of fanfic ready to use

[sleek light]

"We believe our community will benefit and appreciate everything the Metaverse will bring. This includes rewards, winning assets, trading, and the opportunity to earn and have fun at the same time. Indeed, there is a certain tension towards blockchain and NFTs, because lots of things have been done improperly in the space. We are taking this path as we would like to be amongst the first who will bring their community to a new digital era."
This just keeps better and better

[vernal magnet]

Not when you have opinions with logic behind them

[soft ice]

Im so excited for it fr

[pseudo rivet]

Lmao still reading it?

[worthy lagoon]

I will murder every NTF NPC, mark my words Stalkers, i call to action every veteran

[solid dome]

What is Daiz trying to say?

[hushed aurora]

It means you're drip, based GTC

[pseudo rivet]

Gaming ain't gaming

[vague topaz]

vanillatards... amazing terminology

[sleek light]

Yes

[pseudo rivet]

Lmao

Have fun

[vernal magnet]

Brain dead takes + anime PFP = yeet and delete. No exceptions

[worthy lagoon]

Vanilla players are chads, cope with it, i play STALKER since 2008

[finite dragon]

did you know the boiling frog analogy is actually fake? also idk if you noticed but sir gay grigoro vitch likes money and its most likely just being done by exects, not the actual game devs

[cinder plinth]

Hmm

[grand pendant]

he's dilating and seething

[vague topaz]

that was sarcasm from my part

[vernal magnet]

Nobody said it was the devs choice. But it was GSC’s.

[sleek light]

...My brain will melt from the amount of backstabbing
I'm a Pole, and even this amount of betrayal enrages me (and I should be used to it lmao)

[coarse reef]

NFT is the most dangerous anomaly that will unite all the factions in a common goal, duty, freedom, bandits, monolith

[glad temple]

More like 0

[ornate horizon]

if i do end up getting the game eventually i will spend my entire gameplay time bullying them, i'm a hardcore anarchist so beefed up military types telling me what to do, especially in the zone? they're gonna find themselves in worse company than mutants that's for sure.

[pseudo rivet]

Honestly

Filthy Frank is a good anime

[worthy lagoon]

I'd rather sub to GSC Patreon and have no reward, instead of paying an NTF in order to "support" the devs.

[solid cosmos]

Yeah that's never coming out

[coarse reef]

sounds like duty but slightly less bad

[pseudo rivet]

Exactly

[finite dragon]

sigh This game is going to suck isn't it?

[glad temple]

Yeah why don’t we do that

[pseudo rivet]

Yeah, it's kinda Duty and Freedom into one, along with a bit of themselves

[ornate horizon]

cool idea for a faction though lol, i like their designs at least

[vernal magnet]

True net code gonna be tougher than Diablo 2

[pseudo rivet]

Fr? I legit hate all the models in STALKER 2

The ones I've seen so far, at least

[sleek light]

"We think it’s a really special offer to the community and a great opportunity to “make the NFT thing right”. We are excited to see how it actually turns out."
Congratulations, they played themselves.
Their entire community is calling for vengeance lmao

[finite dragon]

you have my gun

[vale quartz]

GSC did some parkour today lmao

[pseudo rivet]

And you have my PMm

[glad temple]

Really? I think they look fantastic, the nft thing tho is still not cool

[vague topaz]

that's a better idea than what the majority of marketing people could come up with... and I'm not sarcastic

[pseudo rivet]

I honestly don't

[terse plover]

And my Mossin

[vernal magnet]

And my bread

[spice pebble]

Can't wait for some modder to replace the player model with the NFT one so we can copy his model

[pseudo rivet]

It looks more tacticool than actually practical

[coarse reef]

the character models look pretty wack but arent the ones they showed like a year old and work in progress

[pseudo rivet]

Made to look cool, not for function

[sleek light]

And my bolt!

[grand pendant]

boris basically had a NFT in lost alpha years ago

[magic coyote]

(people forget that some of the money earned will be used for charity.)

[grand pendant]

those guys were ahead

[slate pendant]

I would rather support the devs by... you know, buying the game. But no, MS backing them and 120 dollars editions dont seem to be enough

[pseudo rivet]

https://tenor.com/view/lordoftherings-fellowshipofthering-gif-18239785

[ornate horizon]

really? i think they're neat, it feels a little less stalker-y i suppose... but honestly the graphical jump between this game and the last is REALLY impressive, I think they'll look at lot better in the game itself but i can see why you wouldn't like them. I'm not a stickler for graphics honestly but just the sheer jump between what the last game looked like and what this one does kinda shocks me, but yeah, you're right about tacticool and not tactical lol @pseudo rivet

[finite dragon]

https://tenor.com/view/ltg-low-tier-god-you-should-kill-yourself-now-gif-23487049

[spice pebble]

How much is some?

[glad temple]

No charity trades crypto, don’t be stupid and fall for that

[fossil frost]

I drop this a second time since I think we have people from other timezones around now 🙂 (if that's to spammy just let me know)

---

Olla fellow comrades of the zone... I am currently trying to simulate some zone life. For that I'm trying to gather some data. Therefore I am trying to judge mutant "strength" (I don't want to get too detailed here) by thinking about how many non-rookie (not a rookie, but not a living legend) stalker said mutant can kill.

I would be glad if some of you would take the time and judge those mutants 🙂 if I have missed any - which I sure have 😮 - feel free to add them.
Try to judge them by the lore and not by gamebugs ^^

https://pollunit.com/polls/bfxqxt0lzvh7cz_old33cw

[pseudo rivet]

Honestly, graphics =/= models

[fickle bison]

Lets be real here, how long until people just move on from this whole NFT thing?

[pseudo rivet]

It's simply just that the models were made to be fashionable, not functional

At least, they look like that

[coarse reef]

i'm gonna play vanilla clear sky and join the bandits wish me luck

[solid dome]

He's gonna blow up!

[magic coyote]

-_-

[glad temple]

Hm? They look quite functional to me

[ornate horizon]

that's true too, yeah, they are different things. they do seem like they're less tactical looking and more just for pushing the hardware

[pseudo rivet]

Fr?

How?

[sleek light]

Two weeks, I'd say
Until the next patch of NFTs will come and things will blow up like Chernobyl in '86

[slate pendant]

https://tenor.com/view/ltg-low-tier-god-you-should-kill-yourself-now-gif-23487049

[neat citrus]

The guns in this game look good

[coarse reef]

honestly idc how the graphics look i want the game behind it to be good

[glad temple]

How is it not??

[ornate horizon]

i wonder how exoskeletons will look in this game though, i'm still really excited to see what the game has to offer despite the NFT stuff, but the NFT stuff is really disappointing to see.

[finite dragon]

I guess gsc went the path to appeal to anomaly kiddies smh

[pseudo rivet]

Lemme grab an example

[magic coyote]

sincerely this looks like twitter 2, a shame to see the community like this for a silly thing.

[worthy lagoon]

@glad temple #📜┃s2_suggestions

[neat citrus]

Turn off slow down chat thing tf

[ashen axle]

Enduar#2783 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[sleek light]

Because right now, what GSC did is basically put a torch into ant nest

[finite dragon]

do not speak out or you go to gulag

[vernal magnet]

This is a meme train never stops Comrade. GSC is going to be grilled for this long after it’s addressed or passed. They were super shady, donating crypto to charities? Get the F out of here

[neat citrus]

We can't sware?

[worthy lagoon]

Aye guys, read #📜┃s2_suggestions

[pseudo rivet]

We can't swear

[ornate horizon]

yeah i'm actually interested in what you mean, cause i kinda feel it too but haven't been able to realize what the issue is

[pseudo rivet]

Yeah, I'm looking for it heck

[coarse reef]

i'm gonna be seriously mad if deltarune is going to be the only good game i played for the past several years

[vague topaz]

You can't, this is a children friendly server for an adult only game. So be respectful

[fickle bison]

Better question, what would it take for GSC to just retract from the whole NFT thing and issue an apology?

[sleek light]

Imo, GSC should have hold some contest and the winners would be made into NPCs

[ornate horizon]

probably more money than the market is giving them, which is probably a LOT

[neat citrus]

You need to get better games then

[pseudo rivet]

Just a small example of what I've got at the moment, but what honestly is this supposed to be? Why can't it just be a normal patch? I don't see why they would do extra effort to add this to a suit. Just seems useless to me

[coarse reef]

for them to somehow make more money by not doing the NFT thing, the problem is there is a lot of money in NFTs

[fickle bison]

velcro is expensive in the zone

[worthy lagoon]

#📜┃s2_suggestions

[pseudo rivet]

Who says that the suits of the earlier games used velcro?

[ornate horizon]

LOL that's true actually why is it strapped on like that, it really doesn't serve a purpose as to why it isn't just a normal one, i guess it's just to look cooler maybe. i don't mind it too much but yeah, it definitely has a different feel to it, a more modernized one i suppose

[pseudo rivet]

Yeah

It's not even a sort of armband

[finite dragon]

i hope the guns feel nice

[pseudo rivet]

It's actually part of the suit

Let's see

Next example

[magic coyote]

because it seems that the stalker community is toxic and does not know how to see things clearly, they give more importance to an nft than to the game itself, a bit sad as it does not even affect the game as such and some of it is for charity.

[vague topaz]

because superheroes are a huge thing in the last decade

[grand pendant]

when you make a decision like this you know tou won't go back

[pseudo rivet]

This one is kinda easy

[sleek light]

Okay, real question here:
Is the Red Forest returning in STALKER 2?

[pseudo rivet]

Just look at the shoulder pads of the Duty suit

Same with the vest, tbh

[craggy jewel]

half the stuff in stalker isnt practical or makes sense, like, on those suits where exactly are they carrying magazines?

[ornate horizon]

lol that's true

[pseudo rivet]

True, but that's about the only thing

[neat citrus]

"Waaaaaaa game community meanie poop😭😭😭😭😭🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺waaaaaaaa"

[pseudo rivet]

As for the Freedomer

What the hell is that backpack vest?

[fickle bison]

ok but why is the Dutytard using a NATO weapon, while the Freedomtard is using a Warsaw pact weapon?

[sleek light]

Vest is the further evolution of the Vest from original trilogy
As for Freedom 'vest'... No comment

[pseudo rivet]

Exactly, I asked the same, but they said it's "just a model"

[worthy lagoon]

I do care, because if the developers do need money i will kindly give it to them, and i am sure the community will do the same, we do not want microtransactions neither NFT, we do want a game without any capitalism or tricks, that's just it, easy as that.

Learn from EFT

[pseudo rivet]

It's not a vest, actually. It's the straps of the backpack

[craggy jewel]

why would you use a closed cycle breathing system instead of a filter, you get maybe an hour of air? and both do the same thing as far as stopping you from breathing radioactive dust

[pseudo rivet]

And even then

Look at the shoulder pads of the Freedomer

It's just

Ew

[fickle bison]

I think the saddest part about the NFT thing is that people are using it as an excuse to shill Anomaly

[vale quartz]

EFT is a better stalker game than this nft bs

[pseudo rivet]

Also, no flecktarn

[coarse reef]

The shoulder pads ruin the whole outfit, it wouldn't even look so bad without them

[pseudo rivet]

Next up

Ward

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/611699079420051487/918498396338286663/731804a5-34bf-436b-99d2-c8c6379de846.png

[finite dragon]

Game didn't even come out yet and we're comparing it to EFT?

[pseudo rivet]

You know, the pants look pretty weird

[glad temple]

Not really, how i your character able to hold like 20 mp5s before actually slowing down? You act like stalker just started being unrealistic. Like a ton of the suits in OG stalkers don’t even fully protect the wearer

[pseudo rivet]

And that vest?

That vest is straight out of C&C3

Lmao

[fickle bison]

haha this goofy ass stalker is using reactive armor for pants

[coarse reef]

so tacticool

[pseudo rivet]

Backpack. Sure, it's unrealistic, but it's a game

[cursive bobcat]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgQcfZkOF6U

[neat citrus]

Saw that man in titanfall

[worthy lagoon]

EFT never did such thing and neither it does have microtransactions, NFT are pretty much microtransactions

[ornate horizon]

the fact that some of it is for charity doesn't mean anything. the amount of energy it wastes and the amount of greenhouse emissions it makes outright offset the good deed giving to charity is, plus the fact that the prices of GPU's are going up due to people buying them en masse to mine more crypto, which ALSO contributes to the pollution and environmental damage. it's not that it affects the game, it's that it affects the planet. I would think that with a game like stalker, one in which it's many themes is about the environment, the fanbase would be more aware of the damage that's done to it.

[glad temple]

Exactly, so why do these small things bring you out of it so much?

[pseudo rivet]

One second

[craggy jewel]

someone had a theory that freedom is dying in s2 hence their gear sucking, which could make sense, big redesign to get rid of the most iconic camo in the game, for seemingly no reason. and im not complaining about stalker being unrealistic now, im saying its weird to point out things like that now

[vale quartz]

lmao the charity is prolly like the 5% of the cut

[pseudo rivet]

Simply said, it's the form

[ashen axle]

!scroobo!#1111 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[coarse reef]

the bandits with long black hooded trenchcoats are peak character design, they will never surpass that

[pseudo rivet]

Sure, the suits not having ammo pouches is just what it is, but they didn't look like they were made to look cool

They looked like they were made to survive in the Zone

[cursive bobcat]

wasn't both freedom and duty dying in old concept of stalker 2?

[fickle bison]

honestly all STALKER suits are made to look cool

[glad temple]

Not to me, they definitely just looked cool

[pseudo rivet]

Okay, so remember the vest of the Ward duder?

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/611699079420051487/918498396338286663/731804a5-34bf-436b-99d2-c8c6379de846.png

[finite dragon]

MTX doesnt affect gameplay tho

[pseudo rivet]

https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/cnc_gamepedia_en/images/6/68/CNCTW_Telfair_Granger_BTS.png/revision/latest?cb=20180801164244

Dang, didn't embed

Nevermind!

[wispy walrus]

Freedom was moreso than DUTY, DUTY had a route where they'd become an official branch of the army, while Freedom basically fell to infighting no matter what from what I remember

[craggy jewel]

im unsure. as someone who plays airsoft in what i could think of would be the most practical gear for being a high contamination combat stalker irl, it would be torture

[ornate horizon]

looks like dragon ball saiyan armor lol

[pseudo rivet]

Don't care 'bout bots

Heck off

[spice pebble]

Aren't stalker clothing based on Gorka? Real life look alikes lol

[pseudo rivet]

Some, yes

But the ones of HoC just seem unrealistic as heck

Okay, last one

[ashen axle]

Vlad Mhail#4505 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[ornate horizon]

i like the pants squares as impractical as they are, i think they just look neat lol.... kinda dumb but.... idk.. it's enjoyably silly tbh also the chest armor looks pretty beefy which means cool cause idk anything about tactical stuff

[craggy jewel]

it seems so, which serve little purpose of protecting against radiation, seems like nobody in the stalker universe cares about radiation past a gas mask, except the scientists and seva suit wearers

[coarse reef]

amogus

[sleek light]

Hey, the middle one is most similar to the old Sunrise Suit design

[pseudo rivet]

Yes

[wispy walrus]

that's because it is

[pseudo rivet]

But still

It doesn't really seem DIY anymore

Lost that feeling

[ornate horizon]

LOL that's so true though

[pseudo rivet]

Also, again, tacticool

[coarse reef]

well the game also takes place in present day tho so it's not that unreasonable to think that the outfits would look more "tacticool"

[sleek light]

Agree to disagree

[glad temple]

Yeah I don’t see it

[pseudo rivet]

Of course, we also got the new Freedom model, but I honestly don't care anymore

[wispy walrus]

I dont believe we know the date it takes place

[grand pendant]

we don't know when it takes place

[pseudo rivet]

Yeah, we don't know when

[vernal magnet]

Lmao they are wilding in there

[craggy jewel]

definitely, needs more surplus gear, like the fanart often is. which is funny because looking back stalker has always had tacticool gear besides bandits and rookies. i would like more surplus gear and more environmental protection being thought of in the suit design

[ornate horizon]

that's true actually, i do like the DIY feeling some of the armor in the OG games had, it felt like stalkers there actually lived there and had to make a living off the land. made the zone feel lived in.

[coarse reef]

Oh i heard something about that, nevermind then

[glad temple]

Didn’t they say it takes place 10 years after stalker SOC? That would make it 2022

[wispy walrus]

if it takes place any later than 2013-2014, it'll be a little awkward, given cs, shoc and cop took place within a span of less than a YEAR. imagine 2 years let alone 8.

[ornate horizon]

yeah they recently said that it takes place years later i think in the new article but they didn't specify how later iirc. lemme check.

[pseudo rivet]

Honestly, I like what they did with the Sunrise bodysuit in the earlier games. It's made of some pretty cheap materials, but it's good enough to help you survive the Zone, because it was made FOR the Zone

[grand pendant]

years later? all i knew was that it was after CoP

[solid dome]

Silly. That's how community speaks. Silence brings nothing.

[pseudo rivet]

No clue, ngl

[craggy jewel]

i think theyre trying to kind of restart and put the strelok arc behind them, considering it seemed like a big mess with the clear sky stuff

[grand pendant]

a false insider said so long ago

[pseudo rivet]

Ew

False insider

[magic coyote]

silence would do more than ----- discussions

[wispy walrus]

the year is my main nitpick of anomeme, its like 2016-2020, nothing has changed, everything is the same, and no not really given the trailer flatout talks about strelok pretty much lol

[pseudo rivet]

Ngl, feel like I want to return to my original avatar

[grand pendant]

the strelok arch was a cliffhanger tbh

leaving it like that would be weird

[earnest urchin]

yeah but some of its really... weird like people don't even use brain in certain cases. not saying its good inb4 some braintard call me NFT supporter

[pseudo rivet]

There

[coarse reef]

it says in the pcgamer article that "Years have gone by since the events of Stalker CoP"

[grand pendant]

looking good bro

[pseudo rivet]

Thanks bro

[worthy lagoon]

I wish STALKER 2 had the same graphics of CoP....

[craggy jewel]

i mean im sure strelok will be mentioned and stuff, but what i meant is its not going to be a strelok centric game like the rest were, he had a big part in all 3 stalker games

[pseudo rivet]

I want Strelok to return to HoC

So I can hunt him down along with the NFTers

[ornate horizon]

It seems like the person they interviewed only said that time has passed, but not how much, it was the writer of the article that said years so take it with a grain of salt

[earnest urchin]

you can. its called potato mod.

[worthy lagoon]

No, UE5 is not Xray Engine, nothing can emulate Xray engine, remember that UE5 is nothing compared to Xray engine.

Xray>UE5.