off-topic

[full terrace]

Why not?

[fickle trout]

I feel bad for her. Like how does someone get allergic to themselves 💀

[fickle trout]

That would be mean 😂

[full terrace]

What if I liked it though?

[hollow tree]

Oh I gotta eat

[fickle trout]

Why would you like it XD

[hollow tree]

I feel like ima throw up if I don’t

[rough fractal]

Starving

[hollow tree]

I haven’t eaten for like 27 hours or something

[fickle trout]

I think you're disturbing chat Bronze XD

[rough fractal]

Need protein

[full terrace]

I had this conversation with someone not long ago.... You poor, innocent people 😂

[fickle trout]

Lol

[night plume]

https://tenor.com/view/eggman-eggs-ovoid-man-ovoid-plan-dr-robotnik-gif-16425404

[small berry]

eat.

[rough fractal]

Please go eat

[hollow tree]

Soup and a sandwich count?

[small berry]

sorta

[hollow tree]

That’s all I want

[small berry]

go for it

[full terrace]

Absolutely, since they're the best foods

[rough fractal]

I want vanilla ice cream mixed with peanutbutter

[night plume]

Made a pretty yummy egg soup the other day 🤔

[hollow tree]

Oh I don’t think I can do dairy today

I’m praying I have a decent soup in the cupboards I don’t feel like going to the store

[rough fractal]

Chicken soup or spicy soba with a slice of ham

[hollow tree]

Chicken soup sounds manageable

[rough fractal]

Yesssss

[small berry]

Sam has amused us

[hollow tree]

Let’s raid the cupboards

God I could go for some Chinese chicken noodle honestly

[small berry]

https://tenor.com/view/do-it-what-are-you-waiting-for-determined-angry-gif-5247874

[rough fractal]

Yeah some nice angel hair noodles would be great in green broth

[hollow tree]

Bro I’m broke

[rough fractal]

I'm broke too haha I'll take noodles any day

[hollow tree]

They do chicken and sweetcorn soup I wonder Hm

Mushroom soup is awful for the record

[rough fractal]

I personally am tired of tuna and lemon

[full terrace]

I can do a good egg drop soup

[hollow tree]

I’ve never done that I don’t even think I have eggs

[night plume]

2 cups of water, bring to boil.
Add 1 tsp chicken bouillon OR 1 bouillon cube.
Add 1 tbsp of soy sauce.
Optional: add seaweed.
Boil for a couple minutes.
Scramble 1 egg in a bowl.
Remove pot from heat, gently pour egg into soup. Wait 20 seconds, stir lightly. (Heat of soup will cook egg almost instantly)
Serve.

[hollow tree]

Eggirl is outta eggs call 911

[night plume]

Do not add parsnips to the above recipe xD does not mix well lol

[small berry]

waiting for the tv show

[full terrace]

You monster

[night plume]

I have parsnips I need to get rid of, was hoping they would stew down xD

[full terrace]

Well how'd you cut them?

[night plume]

Tv show?
Mud Cooks?

I used to jokingly do a Halloween cooking text show.

[small berry]

Mud cooks sounds amazing

[night plume]

Very small, boiled them in the bouillon soy sauce mixture until soft.

[full terrace]

That's what I would've done 🧐

Well I'll take your word for it

[night plume]

Wasn't a good flavor combo :p the parsnips kept their raw flavor in the soup and wasn't good.

I will have to try pan fry next, seems the next biggest recipe on Google.

[full terrace]

Yeah, parsnips are bitter, no? I think I'd clash with the umami flavor of the soup. Id have used dried peas if you needed a veggie

[night plume]

I am trying to use up the parsnips xD
Wait a second....

[small berry]

parsnips are good in salty meaty stews

[night plume]

WHAAAAA?????

[full terrace]

Slow on the uptake eh? User name checks out

[night plume]

They were really good in the beef stew, loved them there.
Since soy sauce is so salty and so is chicken bouillon, I figured they would go really good in this soup.

I didn't expect the 2 to cancel the salty xD

[rough fractal]

Dandelion tea sounds lovely rn

[full terrace]

I don't think I like parsnips honestly. I prefer oven roasting my root veggies and parsnips sit at the bottom with radishes

[night plume]

I've never had dandelion anything, how is it?

[full terrace]

I don't like butternut squash generally either

[night plume]

I am trying out different veggies, slowly. I am very picky and just seeing if I can find something to hide in foods xD

[full terrace]

What makes you picky, if I may ask?

[night plume]

Got older, taste buds changed, and now I fall to my knees in the kitchen and go, "WHYYYYYY??????"

I remember a lot of things I used to eat. Try to eat them now and I dislike them to the point I'd rather not eat, very annoying.

[full terrace]

You sound like my Dad right now ☠️🥲

[night plume]

It sucks xD

I remember liking a lot of foods when I was younger and now I go out to eat and have a long list of, "remove this, remove that" to the point I will check the menu of a place b4 I go. Pointless to go to a place if I am having the dishes changed bc I am picky xD

[small berry]

the better you cook the more picky you become I think

[hollow tree]

Alright ashes all paid for in in the negatives now but I can’t stand the thought of him just being in the vets

[visual mirage]

I cannot believe we have been played as fools for ... for years! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPfw2qpH4ZU

Read: scams for computer hardware date back quite far... and some of these "hardware" are now out on online markets once again.

[night plume]

I should have made coffee 🤔

[visual mirage]

That card in the video.... put simply, it's an on-board integrated GPU that was plopped onto there ... and runs worse than what its competitors were.

Oh, yeah. If any of you are wondering, he does answer the question if it runs Crysis.

[night plume]

I can agree with that, but, I don't like a lot of foods in general anymore.
I won't eat majority of vegetables in any way, a lot of fruits I don't eat anymore, luckily, same goes for sweets xD

[hollow tree]

I got soup and a sandwich

Just tomato soup

[hearty sonnet]

Winning combo

[hollow tree]

I’m a loser today

[sick flame]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1104399808841662525/1280939548578418799/image.png?ex=66d9e76b&is=66d895eb&hm=e5c9993dbc3c11ab6bb065f4f4c56f97aef179e1b084f109dbeb193f5e4e516a&

[night plume]

O.o

[queen vale]

Bots VS Bots - people will just cheat it

[night plume]

I'll play it. I just don't understand the instruction of how

[queen vale]

https://www.chess.com/news/view/discord-bots

[night plume]

This is hard to do while trying to work xD

[sick flame]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1273013846117843060/1280950838159999028/image.png?ex=66d9f1ee&is=66d8a06e&hm=16ef95287e47dba9c4cf4949e8b4aff77dbd96cad68d2ecfc8b9dee39ffbb2cf&

[night plume]

Bad win, but I won. I'll have to do it again after seeing how I sign in

[humble parrot]

Bruh

[night plume]

I do not feel bad taking every one of Wumpus' chess pieces now o.o

[rough fractal]

Your not a loser today your just experiencing a bad day those are always temporary 😉

[hollow tree]

I hope so this all feels pretty permenant

[tough comet]

https://tenor.com/view/ffxvi-final-fantasy-xvi-ff16-final-fantasy-16-joshua-rosfield-gif-11468797241588432463

[rough fractal]

You might feel like that and seems like no light at thr tunnel but that doesn't mean the light behind you is gone, there's always a bright side to things and it can always be worse, you can do this

[hollow tree]

I hope you’re right

[small berry]

https://tenor.com/view/get-real-ai-generated-scary-gif-23612840

[indigo kite]

Goodnight everyone, I hope you all have a good day, afternoon or good rest ❤️

[small berry]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pYqXrFx6S8 Here, have some cool 3d models

[frozen bluff]

Good evening y'all, hope you guys are doing alright today

[quartz magnet]

heya Cynic

[frozen bluff]

Hey there Caos, hope you're doin alright tonight

[quartz magnet]

https://tenor.com/view/bunny-toilet-take-a-seat-bugs-bunny-gif-17815800

[peak folio]

poop with friends

[frozen bluff]

Competitive pooping

[quartz magnet]

https://tenor.com/view/competitive-shitting-cats-two-cats-toilet-2-cats-gif-16736555535898909183

[rapid marsh]

https://tenor.com/view/national-puppy-day-puppy-in-toilet-dog-in-toilet-puppy-mobile-moving-toilet-gif-909333187977455111

[icy pecan]

https://tenor.com/view/funny-meme-public-weird-gif-11126868111164642824

[fluid tendon]

pee pee poo poo

[small berry]

https://tenor.com/view/skibidisigmapomni-gif-334922483399417682

[sage basin]

When does this become memes channel?

[icy pecan]

Now

[small berry]

https://tenor.com/view/the-rock-dwayne-johnson-hehehehah-ai-eat-gif-7918308610889535019

[sage basin]

It looks like someone bread, rock Johnston with a bulldog and a horse

Wait, did I get his last name right or wrong? I forgot I’ve been so long since I seen that guy.

[small berry]

there's several things wrong in that sentence

but anyway, time for bed

https://tenor.com/view/cat-sleepy-gif-20263057

[sage basin]

What do you mean?

[lofty wind]

https://tenor.com/view/mig15-mikoyan-gurevich-soviet-union-mig15goes-zoom-planes-go-boom-shut-up-gif-25342261

[rapid marsh]

https://tenor.com/view/jarvis-gif-3916153138159287165

[quartz magnet]

@dawn garnet we got #1203411337636745296 to sharing any art
#fan-art-ファンアート is for pocketpair related stuff only

[indigo kite]

Good morning everyone, hope you all have a good morning/afternoon or sleep when you turn in 💖🥰

[quartz magnet]

mornin, Light

[fringe raptor]

Hiya!

[sick flame]

https://variety.com/2024/gaming/news/harry-potter-hogwarts-legacy-sequel-game-warner-bros-1236130719/

[wicked cove]

Hi guys

[queen vale]

https://tenor.com/view/hello-money-giveittome-mr-krabs-spongebob-gif-4184913

When asked about the Franchise and it's plans for the character Warner Bros CEO replied with the above statement

[wicked cove]

That CEO Is you modern ceo so yeah ,that studiò are dommed

[sick flame]

Waiting a GTA 6 price going up kekw

[queen vale]

I'll bet a cookie it'll be like £70 starting price

[sick flame]

possible

[queen vale]

They know the market will pay it, then in a month or two do a sale for it at like £50 for a few days

[snow thistle]

Depends if they ship it with GTA6:Online day 1

[queen vale]

I'd genuinely be suprised if they didn't

[snow thistle]

But I can definitely see GTA6 setting the new pricepoint for AAA games

The pushback will be very loud but ultimately won't affect their sales at all

[queen vale]

I agree, and the purchases in GTA 5 are one of the few I've made for a game where I actually regret it long term

I mean I regret buying some games, but normally the in game purchases I tend to rarely actually have buyer's remorse for

[wicked cove]

I wonderif most aaa game Company realize then overpirced buggy and glicthy game or very ugly One make peoples angier

[fresh shard]

"we have to pay our employees"

[queen vale]

They don't care as long as the £/$/etc number keeps going up

[rapid marsh]

This is true, there will always be those who “must buy” every title right then and there.
Pokémon is an damned example of this 💀

[wicked cove]

Tell those Who plusblished concord

[queen vale]

(Don't forget the CEO bonuses 😢 )

[wicked cove]

Oh wait,my bad

[fresh shard]

implying that Sony cares

[rapid marsh]

I was going to say- visions of mana. 10 cent pulled a fast dirty on that.

Sold decently well, had good reviews.

[fresh shard]

whats going on with visions of mana? i see a lot on my FR playing

[rapid marsh]

10cent went and nuked it.

[queen vale]

All the cash they spent, I imagine they'll try to tax write off

[wicked cove]

Yeah they closed immediately the studio at luanch becuase they wanted to Remain to the Classic standard on why that series is loved

[rapid marsh]

10 cent couldn’t nickle and dime players with visions of mana, so they shut the studio down.

[wicked cove]

But if we gonna talk about best games of 2024 , Palworld & black myth wukong are two of the top 10

[queen vale]

Visions of Mana's a Square Enix release on Steam having a look at it, what's happened?

[wicked cove]

Thought in a bit worried about japanese game studio deciding tò call for "western " ideas game.

[rapid marsh]

We all know a mainstream AAA titles going to win it, despite being trash.
It’s between palworld, wukong and helldivers 2 really.

[wicked cove]

I. Guess the awards are rigged

[queen vale]

Oooh, here we are

Ouka Studio, the devs behind Visions of Mana, has been gutted and is planned to be shut down
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-08-30/tencent-netease-rethink-japan-approach-as-game-strategy-stalls?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTcyNDk3ODYwMSwiZXhwIjoxNzI1NTgzNDAxLCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJTSVVYOExUMVVNMFcwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJBRDcxOUY5NDBGRTk0MzNBOERCNzI2OEJDOTY3NzY3QyJ9.NXgxdAhnQilzn9xmn3yS-AAgzBHV84_10DD-MHWBs7M

https://www.reddit.com/r/JRPG/comments/1f4jcyy/ouka_studio_the_devs_behind_visions_of_mana_has/

[fresh shard]

im reading the article, tencent not involved, they just following the same mindset

[queen vale]

"Tencent Holdings Ltd. and NetEase Inc. are reconsidering or scaling back many of their investments in Japanese studios, after years of spending yielded few hit games and the Chinese market staged a comeback.

NetEase has cut all but a handful of jobs at its Ouka studio in Tokyo, according to people familiar with the matter. It intends to shut the Shibuya outfit, which had opened with much fanfare in 2020 and gone on to hire veterans from big names such as Capcom Co. and Bandai Namco Holdings Inc. The few that remain will oversee the rollout of its final games, before the studio winds down."

[fresh shard]

gist is china is pulling out of japanese interests

[queen vale]

I'll freely admit to not being as clued in on that genre of games so didn't even realise China had interest in the Japan games market

[rapid marsh]

Adjusting games for a “western market” strips Japanese games of what we “western” gamers love about their games though.
We don’t give a damn for “correctness” we give a damn about the shiny things, fun game play, and that special touch.

And yes. The game awards are always rigged :p

[rapid marsh]

China always has an interest in markets with profitability

[queen vale]

That's fair

[rapid marsh]

As an example, 10cent owns 51% controlling stake in Supercell- ergo- clash of clans.
The amount of micro transactions in that is insane.

Pay gems to speed up building construction, troops training, hero upgrades, research, revive hero’s instead of waiting on them.
Oh, pay gems for equipment upgrade materials and buy the “legendary purple” gear. Or pay real money for…. Wait for it…… hero skins. Oh, and gems to increase your builder slots.
And real money for ingame items packs.

And season battle passes, with no way to use ingame currency to purchase them, only real money.

Lots of micros.

[queen vale]

I strongly dislike that kind of gameplay loop, but it's apparently a big enough and addictive enough draw to be profitable

[rapid marsh]

Yeah, sadly though, I remember what the game was before 10cent turned it into miccrotransaction hell.

[lament rose]

#off-topic-memes message
what does it say?
can someone translate for me?

[humble parrot]

Good morning

[queen vale]

Apparently it says 'No Bro'

[lament rose]

thanke

[teal iron]

This was known already

[small berry]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-pilot-pilot-tanja-norn-air-force-air-battle-gif-4287020716317986210

[frozen bluff]

Morning y'all, hope you guys are doing alright today

[night plume]

I am highly confused

[icy pecan]

https://tenor.com/view/loading-cat-help-gif-26762519

But a dumud

[night plume]

They updated Adobe PDF application at my work (idk what it is called specifically, it was Adobe Pro, now it just says Adobe). The update has the print and save buttons next to the close button....
You can accidentally hit close when trying to save or print now....

[queen vale]

Yeah, Adobe don't care about actual usability of their app unless it hurts their monetization.
People closing and opening a tonne will make their metrics of "Usage" skyrocket

[night plume]

There is a giant bar of useless, empty space at the top. They took the toolbar that was up there and have it floating now....
I keep trying to dock it up there but am not having any luck yet.

:O did they give me pro back? Am I allowed to do my own work again!?

Fixed it! Seems we reverted to an older version. The floating toolbar was so ill received they added a "revert to old interface" button for those who couldn't stand having a toolbar over their work.

[night plume]

But, no, I was not given pro back :( the new interface just said pro on it.
Guess my boss gets to continue finishing my work xD

They asked me for feedback as to why I didn't like the interface o.o
I wanna pretend to be a keyboard warrior!

[queen vale]

"It's shit, you should be ashamed for implementing it, ashamed for even considering it, I award you zero points, and would provide a negative value if I could. "

[small berry]

"How would you rate your happiness with our product"
"There's no negative values in this scale"

[night plume]

Calling them an idiot for the save and print button and for not giving a docking option for the floating toolbar.

I liked the floating toolbar until I needed to edit the document, then it was on my document. It was in the way of everything and needed to be docked when using another feature.

Also telling them it is stupid for removing the top option bar (file, edit, view, help etc). They combined most of those settings into 1 button and scattered the rest.

I wouldn't mind attempting to learn the new interface if it weren't for the glaring issues I had in the first 30 minutes of trying to work.

[small berry]

Apparently people didn't like the visual style of the Minecraft movie?

wai

[tranquil obsidian]

realism sorta doesn't fit the style

[small berry]

what's realism?

it's cubes

[night plume]

I was expecting a more cartoonish world to be honest

[tranquil obsidian]

exactly

[queen vale]

So I just looked for the trailer, and they have fucking flying pigmen using Ghasts as high speed hot air ballons in what looks like the overworld in the first 30 seconds

[small berry]

I see it, I know it's minecraft, idk what the big deal is

It's like most people would have rather they used the engine to film the actual movie, for gods sake

[night plume]

The plot of the movie is: the ender dragon is terrorizing the overworld. A girl and her friends must stop it

[queen vale]

I honestly want to watch it even less now after seeing the trailer. That's impressive.

Oh fuuuuck - On the official trailer video, like the 4th comment

@RTGame
21 hours ago
I can't believe I might have to apologise to Minecraft Story Mode

[night plume]

It's because we were all expecting a cartoonish movie. Not an actual film that they tried to take real creatures and make cubes.

We expected the actors to be more game character like, or running around a virtual world or they were minecraft avatars.

[small berry]

Is it not cartoonish?

I don't get it

[night plume]

Not to me. It looks failed horror to me

[small berry]

Idk, I think there's no way to please anyone with this

[peak folio]

Oh no I was pushed a test build that had that months ago and I immediately reverted it and railed them in the feedback because the floater kept covering parts of the document with no way to dock it.

[queen vale]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PE2YZhcC4NY

It's a bad mix of both styles. The world is too cartoonish and the actors too normal, especially against the astetic of what Minecraft is - it's like someone put a really, really shit texture pack on

[night plume]

I was expecting almost the entire movie to be CGI minecraft. I was confused there were normal people, confused that Jack Black was just Jack Black in a blue shirt

[small berry]

I saw the graphic style and I thought, great, it looks like minecraft with a high def texture pack that's adapted for a movie

[peak folio]

Steve Black

[night plume]

I just sent the negative feedback. This build was from 2022 and not liked from what I was finding online

[peak folio]

Oh it’s ass

if you can revert it do it cause it’s literally unusable

[night plume]

Some of the other functions of the interface may have been decent, but that toolbar floating, save/print button, and lack of my normal file bar at the top was too much for me.

And, I need to use the comments section to draw lines. I have to click comments to open the comment bar, click escape TWICE to turn off the comment feature, then it will me use the comment panel -.-" that was another thing that was driving me up a wall.

[quartz magnet]

mornin

[full terrace]

Good morning! I've got a lovely cup of pumpkin spice coffee today

[night plume]

I either wanted real people falling into actual minecraft, or the actors finding themselves in minecraft as their avatars, or a creepy realisticish cartoonish world where we saw Steve in the same style tell his journey

Morning.

Oh yeah, I was going to do the breakfast thing o.o

[small berry]

I guess there's no way to make a movie where most people think they know what they want tbh

Writers don't have mind powers

[full terrace]

I had a slice of a pumpkin cake roll with my coffee 🥰

[small berry]

I saw them butcher the Warcraft lore but still I enjoyed the movie and I was glad they made a movie of it, I think it'll be the same here

probably better than the warcraft movie

which is not hard

[night plume]

I am very, very, very simple: STAY THE F AWAY FROM MY VIDEO GAMES YOU STUPID IDIOTIC POOR EXCUSE FOR WRITERS

[full terrace]

I wanna say I liked the Warcraft movie, but I can hardly remember it

[small berry]

It had very little to do with Warcraft for my taste

Frozen throne had better stories in its cinematics

[full terrace]

What about Sonic? That movie was actually pretty good and I don't even care for that franchise

[humble parrot]

Morning Caos

[night plume]

https://tenor.com/view/uhh-okthen-nvm-sad-gif-7234486

[queen vale]

Only after they got absolutely rinsed for the initial visuals and had to literally re-draw him

[night plume]

But they at least listened

[queen vale]

I'm pretty sure the outcry was so loud they listened from Mars

[humble parrot]

It feels like another copy of jumanji, zathura, etc.

[small berry]

The jumanji movies were decent

[humble parrot]

I meant the old one

[night plume]

Zathura I didn't like.

[small berry]

The old one was better

[queen vale]

Samuel Hayden himself heard the anger

[humble parrot]

As for how it looks

[small berry]

Idk how they made the original movie more spectacular visually than the new ones tbh, with Jumanji

[humble parrot]

It's as if the Mario movie was live action

[small berry]

Barbie?

[full terrace]

Speaking of.... I thought that was pretty good too honestly

[humble parrot]

The thing with Barbie is that it's regular human bodies still

So it doesn't clash much if at all

[small berry]

Really, why is the original Jumanji one of the most stunning movies visually and the new ones are just "drop film crew in jungle"

right, they used diegetic animations for a HUD, it didn't impress me

[humble parrot]

SFX were really complicated back then

[full terrace]

Now you can click a phone screen and blow up the moon 😆

[unborn mauve]

................why they just didn't turn them into actual caracter models?

[queen vale]

Because the character models don't fit diversity requirements

[small berry]

Cause actors tend to hate acting with a motion tracking suit

[unborn mauve]

like, i didn't know....the minecraft Telltale game?

[small berry]

Specially OGs like Momoa and Black

I can imagine the actors arguing their acting would be better without a suit

so directors allowed it

[queen vale]

Their acting could be legendary, it still looks like a vislau dumpster fire

[small berry]

probably they said "If I have to wear a motion tracking suit, I'm not doing it"

[queen vale]

visual*

[small berry]

I haven't seen the movie yet, I don't know if I can agree with that right now

[queen vale]

If the trailer repsesents the end movie, as it should do, I have seen enough >.<

[small berry]

for me, everything you guys have mentioned are not a dealbreaker

the movie can still be good

if the story had nothing to do with Minecraft for instance, I would be mad

If they don't use creepers, pigmans, maybe iron golems, I wouldn't like it as much

[queen vale]

So far I saw a Creeper, Pigman in the trailer

[small berry]

I'm not a particular fan that Steve is not an ingame character, idk why it has to be the jack black in his skin suit

but just in the case of Steve

I'm guessing we'll have plenty of villagers

[quartz magnet]

i can already imagine the kind of comments if they decided to simple use the game models.
"thats so lazy" or "this is just youtuber quality level movie" or something

[small berry]

Maybe this is cause I'm not a fan of jack black

[queen vale]

That won't help any

[night plume]

I would have loved if it was a spoof movie and they were all in cardboard costumes.

[full terrace]

I thought it was already

[queen vale]

https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/006/569/title.jpg

[night plume]

XD

[small berry]

Will the markets bounce before Fridays job report, move neutral or just dump

stay tuned

[peak folio]

Hard to say

Not sure this dip is done, lol

[night plume]

On the topic of Youtuber quality movie: I have been enjoying youtuber content and youtuber made things more than big budget items.
It feels more thought and care goes into what I'm watching. Makes me wonder what sort of things they could make with a budget.

[lilac junco]

Oh man now that is a guy I haven't seen in ages. Dude's a legend~

[small berry]

everyone expects it so it might not happen

we're living in the most bizarre financial situation ever

[peak folio]

Just remember everything is rigged af

[small berry]

We're gonna get the worst results for the world economy and everything will just pump nevertheless

[full terrace]

We live in a capitalist dystopia 😔

[small berry]

PSA: The yield curve has uninverted

Also known as Danger Zone, Swan Situation

[teal iron]

gini coefficient of 1 i swear

these corpos trying to push it above 1.0

[full mountain]

[small berry]

I just can't wait for tomorrow

it's like my favorite movie is going to premiere or something

I'll be having an Argentinian Asado with workmates watching the world either burn on pump irrationally

[teal iron]

economists realizing that money is fake and they can just make up new numbers whenever they want:

https://tenor.com/view/capoo-cat-work-gif-23725283

[full terrace]

This is how I feel at work right now LMAO

[small berry]

We've been like this since modern banking

[teal iron]

I'll bank you

[small berry]

everything is correlated, everything depends on liquidity, not real profit

[peak folio]

linuxusersinstallingawebbrowser.gif

[teal iron]

i love the one that's linux users installing a web browser and the guy is just installing it like any other computer

[bitter rover]

I mean yes , but no.. I mean that is cooking the books and as Little Finger/Peter Bailish (GoT says) they are just numbers put whatever you want there .

[full mountain]

"how can we make money... faker?"

Crypto

[teal iron]

See, it's not faker, it's just that some people were tired of the federal government being the ones who got to make up numbers and decided to make a system where they could make up numbers instead

[full mountain]

And also it's alot easier to dupe peeps and get away with the dupe

[teal iron]

that's because when the federal government makes up numbers they dispatch "police" and "agents" to bully anyone trying to dupe those numbers
To make their numbers look legit

Crypto has no such niceities

[bitter rover]

Goes back to Barter system

[full mountain]

https://tenor.com/view/based-kneel-dark-souls-gif-24182729

[peak folio]

USD is the biggest scamcoin by far.

[teal iron]

You. You get it

[small berry]

TIL Mia K. had a hockey puck slam into her chest rupturing her implant while she was watching the match

[full mountain]

This, but while still shitting on the rest of crypto

[sick flame]

https://tenor.com/view/family-guy-css-open-window-annoyed-pissed-gif-12014506

[peak folio]

Cascading window blinds

[small berry]

I like Black Swans

I might have a short position open and I might be asking for one to come around and say Hi

[peak folio]

https://x.com/baldursgate3/status/1831688936281739295

Baldur's Gate 3 (@baldursgate3) on X

Patch 7 is now live on PC!

😈 New Evil Endings Cinematics
👥 Split Screen Improvements
💀 New Honour Mode Legendary Actions
🛠️ Official Modding Tools
Plus game improvements and bug fixes!

Read the full patch notes: https://t.co/DmlF8cUM5a

Twitter · Sep 5, 2024, 1:40 PM

[full mountain]

Yoo, mods?

[peak folio]

Mods already exist but not officially supported.

[olive seal]

https://www.gamesradar.com/games/fps/concord-is-now-filled-with-players-throwing-themselves-off-the-maps-as-quickly-as-possible-in-a-desperate-attempt-to-unlock-the-shooters-platinum-trophy-before-it-goes-offline/

[olive seal]

Damn kinda want to hunt for the achievement as well 😅

Good morning yall!

[full terrace]

Howdy

[small berry]

howdy

[olive seal]

Can tacos be breakfast?

Well more like a beef burrito

[small berry]

yes they can if you pair it with guacamole

[olive seal]

That’s smart, will ask for one with guacamole 🥑

[full terrace]

Any food can be any meal if you have an open mind

I personally had a banana

[olive seal]

I think bananas arebreakfast tho

Tacos and the like are usually for night meals rarely breakfast

[hearty sonnet]

https://tenor.com/view/faith-faith-game-father-garcia-john-ward-handshake-gif-12170138950835710072

Eggs for dinner are great

[full terrace]

I can make a lot of good egg dinners 😆

[hearty sonnet]

Full-blown english breakfast for a midnight snack would be great too, but would likely be a bad idea lol

[full terrace]

I just have a PB&J 😅

[olive seal]

Says who?

[olive seal]

Those are amazing i could eat them the whole day and be happy

[full terrace]

I can make them a variety of ways

[hearty sonnet]

Says anyone with any sort of digestive system who is planning on going to sleep that night

If you needed to stay up all night, a full english would be amazing

[olive seal]

Isn’t peanut butter and jelly really straightforward!?! What you mean you have different ways of making it???

[olive seal]

I take sleeping pills given by my doctor so i don’t have to worry much about that 😅

[full terrace]

Changing any of the ingredients and preparing it different ways. Anything can be made in different ways

[olive seal]

Its literally bread and peanut butter and jelly

[full terrace]

My favorite way is pan fried using mayo lol

[olive seal]

Mayo on a peanut butter and jelly sandwich???

[hearty sonnet]

I drink a beer & use melatonin to sleep like a baby lol

[full terrace]

My body is weak so falling asleep is easy on it's own as long as I'm not anxious

It's staying asleep that's the hard part 😆

[full terrace]

I quit taking melatonin cause as my pills increase, I feel more and more off put taking other things 😅

[olive seal]

I struggle to fall asleep but once I’m asleep nothing can wake me up, unless you say my name

[olive seal]

Every night? Is that healthy???

[hearty sonnet]

Yeah, if I was taking legit sleeping pills I'd probably not take Melatonin

[hearty sonnet]

Yes

[full terrace]

I'm sure if someone stabbed you, you'd wake up... Or you'd never wake up again

[hearty sonnet]

A beer a day isn't gonna kill you hahaha

Also I need the calories, I should be drinking like two beers a day

[full terrace]

I've been there. One of meds helped me with weight gain though so I'm doing better on that front

[olive seal]

Let’s put it to the test, I’ll dox myself please do it

[hearty sonnet]

Yeah my ADHD meds make me lose weight & kill my appetite

Also I walk my dog for an hour every day split between 2-3 walks

[full terrace]

I'm probably going in for ADHD and OCD meds tomorrow 😅

[olive seal]

From my understanding, alchojol even in small amounts is not good at all. Like those once a week wine thing is a lie and it’s not healthy

[hearty sonnet]

I also have OCD, I feel like my ADHD meds help with that as well

[full terrace]

Yeah I personally don't have the energy for it. I can't drive and I have to use a cane to walk long distance

[hearty sonnet]

My OCD can get bad yo

[full terrace]

Tbh I know next to nothing about any of that stuff. I only just got diagnosed Monday with like... A lot lmao

[full terrace]

Same which is why I went to therapy in the first place

Or second place since it's my second time?

[hearty sonnet]

Yeah, it's good to understand more about that stuff and yourself, and therapy is the way to go

[olive seal]

I have a ton of mental illnesses, and was a germaphobe so I kinda get ocd

Also my suicidal thoughts are supposedly ocd as well

[full terrace]

For real. I actually didn't even guess I was OCD until I went. I thought I was just crazy LMAO

[hearty sonnet]

I don't have those, but in a dangerous situation or like a war, my OCD would definitely get me killed

[undone osprey]

Damn those sandbags arent aligned correctly Proceeds to get shot in the head JK

[olive seal]

Let’s hope we don’t experience a war then 😅

[hearty sonnet]

For real tho haha

[full terrace]

I dunno what even would happen to me. Due to my physical issues, I can't deal with a lot of my compulsive thoughts so I end up not acting and it hella stresses me out which leads to more physical issues

[olive seal]

Imagine stopping a mid fire fight for that 🤣

Like “ wait wait, let me fix those real quick “

[undone osprey]

Mine not as bad but ill be the guy who stay up late just to sorting bullet

[full terrace]

Well they gotta be aligned so you don't get shot in the head

[olive seal]

Sorry Shelly I don’t laugh at others people disorders, but that was too funny to imagine 😅

[full terrace]

Tbf, most other people's disorders are funny to a degree

[humble parrot]

Laugh at everyone equally

[hearty sonnet]

It's kinda funny lol, plus I'm not in the army anymore so the chances of me dying in a war went down to basically zero

[olive seal]

Wait that’s true, how did youmanage that in the army?

[hearty sonnet]

But not completely zero

https://tenor.com/view/soviet-union-tanks-red-alert3-red-alert3tanks-soviet-tanks-invades-europe-red-alert3soviet-tanks-gif-25380566

https://tenor.com/view/paradrop-conscript-kirov-reporting-airplane-air-raid-gif-6366458944690278482

[hearty sonnet]

I managed it, that's all I can say lol

It's different when you have people yelling at you

[teal iron]

I'm just gonna say it
Of Their Own Accord from Modern Warfare 2 (2009) was peak immersion

[olive seal]

Damn that sounds like it sucked

[teal iron]

I think it was
Wolverines, Exodus, and Of Their Own Accord

[full mountain]

No loose ends

[teal iron]

The opening mission in MW3 wasn't as good imo and anything in the new games just sucks

[hearty sonnet]

Is that GIF from MW2?
I played MW2 and don't remember that, I found that one by searching Red Alert 2 lol

[teal iron]

no but it made me think of it

[hearty sonnet]

Ooo

I played MW, WaW, MW2 and Black Ops

[teal iron]

I played MW, MW2, and MW3 as a kid (very responsible parents ik)

[full mountain]

WaW was a kick ass campaign

"This is their land, their blood!"

[teal iron]

I didn't like black ops but i don't remember why and I lost interest in the franchise later

I generally prefer modern warfare games
Battlefield 4 my beloved

[hearty sonnet]

WaW was awesome

[teal iron]

Yeah Battlefield 4 probably competes with MW2 in terms of immersion and stuff now that I think about it

ok well
take that back
Activision knows how to tell a story from the first person battlefield 4 just doesn't compete

[hearty sonnet]

I loved the Black Cats level in WaW

It had wicked OST

[teal iron]

but the plot design, characterization, and frightening proximity to a alternate reality hit the same

and battlefield 4 lets me drive a tank so like
tough call

NOt ONLY can I drive a tank, but I can go into settings and make the tank's interface display pink instead of traditional white or green

[hearty sonnet]

https://youtu.be/qqA46bO4VDI?si=0ICoxn_z2LpJ5KnL
I don't remember it being over 15 mins long but I guess it was lol

[teal iron]

HOWEVER
Modern Warfare 2 has the predator missile segments

which is like
Peak power fantasy design

[full terrace]

I don't miss those days lol

[hearty sonnet]

I do and I don't 🫠

[teal iron]

I love wasting $50,000 to blow up one singular man from the sky using state-of-the-art Air to Ground Missiles fired from an overpriced drone

and then waiting a mere 5 seconds to do it again as many times as the game will let me before the drone is supposedly shot down

[fiery scarab]

RED ALERT 3 MENTIONED

[olive seal]

Ribbon you were a kid when you would do this? 😭

[teal iron]

Uh yeah

is there something wrong with giving a child access to the controls of expensive and advanced military equipment?

[full terrace]

It's the most effective way to get stuff blown up imo

[full mountain]

Bf4 had a shitty campaign but the multi-player fuckin' SLAPPED

[teal iron]

I think the campaign was alright it mostly suffered from the characters prodding the SILENT PROTAGONIST for them to say something

and you just stare at them like 🗿

[full mountain]

WreckerField 4

[teal iron]

but yeah I was playing halo 3, modern warfare 2, the works as a kid

[full mountain]

Imo BF3 and Bf4 had wack campaigns, but the multi-player is where they shined, God BF multi-player is unforgettable

[full mountain]

Noice

[teal iron]

I think as we speak my xbox account has my age as like 30 or something because my older created it and put in 18 as the age when I was still barely 10

[full mountain]

I never played halo

[teal iron]

I played battlefield more recently

[olive seal]

Halo was amazing

[teal iron]

I got the original Bad Company as a birthday present but could never get very far because I was bad at it or something

[olive seal]

After halo reach it kinda has died down a bit

[full terrace]

I thought you were 30 😅

[teal iron]

i'm 23

[olive seal]

She like 20

[full terrace]

I feel so old now ☠️

[teal iron]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/855755616314982440/1271407774198398976/Lullu_spin.gif

[olive seal]

Im 24 so we had the same childhood 😅😭

[full terrace]

When's your birthday?

[teal iron]

did you also play Super Mario Sunshine when you were like 6

[full mountain]

I did

[olive seal]

Actually I never really played Mario games apart form Mario kart 😅

[hearty sonnet]

I am a huge Mario fan haha, also Donkey Kong

[olive seal]

March 19 2000, I take cash as gifts 💙

[hearty sonnet]

And Kirby

[teal iron]

I loved donkey kong and I still ove kirby

[fiery scarab]

oh it's true it got awkward at times, Recker (Hecker? Don't remember right how his name spelled) just not saying anything when Irish stared him the moment one of the squad fuckers died (the one guy securing the chinese VIP), the russian guy I think when he also stared at you at one point I think... it's moments like that already crumple a campaign not so strong ya know

[teal iron]

Wearing a kirby shirt as we speak and I have a kirby hat

[full terrace]

I feel less old now. I generally do cash as gifts 😆

[olive seal]

My childhood was more pokemon marioksrt halo cod etc etc

[teal iron]

I think my first kirby game was Squeak Squad I got it when I was 7 and I loved it SO MUCH

[hearty sonnet]

https://tenor.com/view/descent-float-kirby-sad-gif-13854590

[full terrace]

I still do Pokemon lmao

[teal iron]

But I think my favorite was Return to Dreamland because I played it with my little brothers

[full terrace]

I don't remember a lot of my actual childhood when I think about it

[humble parrot]

The lawyer?

[olive seal]

Kirby in irl would be like the size of a walking gum

[fiery scarab]

and I kinda liked the campaign of BF4... BF3 still is the better one for me honestly, way more impactful and God I love the squad you had in there, they were kinda charming, Montes specially

[hearty sonnet]

Kirby IRL could end the world

[teal iron]

imagine a kirby movie with like even a fifth of the villain roster as antagonists

[hearty sonnet]

Kirby can canonically punch a planet in half

[olive seal]

I stopped after x and y, tried sword and shield but so much has changed

[fiery scarab]

Gen 7 was and still is my favorite generation, I love the game

the cutscenes do drag on for quite a bit but the story telling is something I liked

[full terrace]

White 2 was my favorite game I think

[olive seal]

Mine were pokemon black, I absolutely loved that game

[full terrace]

I enjoy Violet but I can understand why so many people have problems

[teal iron]

YOOOOOOOOOOO

[fiery scarab]

I'm playing Ultra Moon currently, the retelling of the story is odd but it pads it a bit more I guess? I still have to finish it

[olive seal]

I tried passing black two and would get really close only to leave it and restart months later 😭

[teal iron]

https://tenor.com/view/pokemon-primarina-sun-and-moon-gif-13384450

[olive seal]

I tried like 4 times

[fiery scarab]

PRIMARINAAAAA

Fr I love how I always fixated on Torracat

[teal iron]

Lunaris be my beloved but I will always Bee Primarinabee

[hearty sonnet]

I remember pre-ordering Black 2 & I got a free Genesect for it

[fiery scarab]

Primarina is lovely dude

[full terrace]

Do you still have that Genesect?

[olive seal]

I would hack the heck of that game and give free “legit” Pokémon’s

[fiery scarab]

HOLY FUUUUUUCK

[hearty sonnet]

Yeah I still have the game, but it's in storage in another province with like 90% of my stuff, will be getting it shipped across the country hopefully soon

I don't play Pokemon anymore tho

[fiery scarab]

the legit Pokémon being level one legendaries:

[full terrace]

Damn 😭

[hearty sonnet]

I remember the Genesect was lv.15 and wouldn't listen to me for the first little bit of the game haha

[fiery scarab]

LOL

"man this Pokémon sucks it doesn't behave with me why"

[olive seal]

Back then you could do it a phone app, that would check if it would be taken as legitimate and I would changed the capture location and everything

[hearty sonnet]

But it was my fav Pokemon, before him was Scizor, and they're both Bug/Steel so it was an easy transition lol

[olive seal]

I always wanted that Pokemon but never had it cuz you had to trade to get it 😭

[fiery scarab]

one of my cousins is really into Pokémon and he asked for me to inject a Lucario event distribution (he really loves Lucario)... oh boy he doesn't know the truth about not not even beating the first gym and attempting to use a level 50 pokémon

[full terrace]

I'm a huge fan of ice types

[fiery scarab]

OH and thats an Ultra Sun save, I downloaded for him just so he could play while we were on a trip xD

[hearty sonnet]

I was always a fan of Water, even in Palworld I like Water best, but I also liked Poison, Bug, and Ghost

[olive seal]

Fire and ghost are the best types

Although darkrai is my fav and he dark type 😅

[fiery scarab]

ice types are really neat, Cubchoo and Beartic, Sneasel and Weavile, Frosslass and Glalie (the frozen meatball)

[full terrace]

Now that I'm off work, I'm gonna read a story

[hearty sonnet]

I remember I beat Pokemon X with an all water team lol

Just cuz

[full terrace]

I enjoy using Froslass in my competitive teams. If it wasn't for my health, Id have gone to worlds

[fiery scarab]

damn dude

[full terrace]

I love putting Darkrai and Sableye together LMAO

[teal iron]

Water is kinda peak yeah

But we all know Fairy is the Best Type

[fiery scarab]

I hope you get to Worlds one day, believe in yourself if it's a dream you wanna make it.

[teal iron]

[full terrace]

Careful, your bias is showing 🤭

[fiery scarab]

bullshieet dark types are the best

[teal iron]

https://tenor.com/view/mega-gardevoir-moonblast-moonblast-pokemon-gif-26185414

[fiery scarab]

God they so cool and sliick

[olive seal]

Fairy is man made

It didn’t exist in the good old days

[fiery scarab]

yah I know your type is super effective against my favorite blaah blaahh

[teal iron]

your mistake was saying something negative about fairy in range of moonblast

[full terrace]

Sounds like you're talking about Ice types

[fiery scarab]

They got more swag than you fairies (haha get it move swagger hahaha imma kms)

[olive seal]

Moonblast is amazing

[full terrace]

I wish there was an Ice/Fairy Rabbit 🥲

[fiery scarab]

oh lol I like ice types, just mentioned a few back xD

[full terrace]

I know, I responded to you when you did 😝

[fiery scarab]

unironically my favorite Pokémon isn't a dark type... at least not anymore

[hearty sonnet]

I remember back in the day, I was fixating on the move "Splash" because I was convinced it did SOMETHING but that something was secret, so I tried a ton of different things

[fiery scarab]

AHH lol

[full terrace]

Z-Splash was OP

[fiery scarab]

it only took seven generations for that to become true

[hearty sonnet]

I tried Splash + different held items combinations with Magikarp & Gyarados hoping something would happen

[olive seal]

🤣

[hearty sonnet]

Hoping for a breakthrough so I could be the one who found it out lol, Pokemon has always had it's secrets & urban legends

[full terrace]

Did you figure out the secret?

[hearty sonnet]

Nope

[fiery scarab]

look fr my favorite used to be Zoroark because the movie got me hooked, it's a raging fuck that looks amazing and screams and shapeshifts (and of course, furry motivations) but THEN last year, I have a new favorite

[full terrace]

You'll find it one day

[hearty sonnet]

Those days are long gone

[full terrace]

Ofc, I already know it but I'm not gonna tell ❤️

[fiery scarab]

genuinely, this lil'guy stole my heart when I decided a goal to make a box full of them and shiny hunting for multiple of them as well

https://tenor.com/view/pacham-panda-kawaii-gif-19167062

PANCHAM MY BELOVED

like come on it's the panda and I love pandas so much lmao, and he's so adorable

in fact I just finished a drawing of him!!

[hearty sonnet]

I get the feeling......................
............................That you like Pandas

[olive seal]

Omg I had forgotten about that Pokemon, I take darkrai back

[fiery scarab]

You damn right

[hearty sonnet]

Based

I, too, like Oreo Bears, and Bears in general

Mighty creatures, but Pandas are cute & silly also

[olive seal]

Oreo bears???

[hearty sonnet]

White & black

[olive seal]

Ohh nvm i thought you meant actual bears in the shape of Oreos

[hearty sonnet]

Nay

There's no evolutionary or survival advantage gained being shaped as a flat disk

[olive seal]

I meant it the other way around but my mind hasn’t been working right lately 😭

[hearty sonnet]

https://tenor.com/view/epic-sax-guy-moldova-eurovision-saxophone-solo-gif-21817307

[fiery scarab]

holy fucking shit I just realized that having Robinquill out when you're mining ores make your pickaxe deal more hits too

since it's critical damage and it's ability boosts it

[olive seal]

I just made the connection his name is pandie like pandas 😭 took me a bit 😭

[small berry]

https://tenor.com/view/seal-sax-spin-cute-gif-8848340

[peak folio]

[hearty sonnet]

Aw man I want that emoji

[fiery scarab]

Lmaoo and I thought I was a lil slow thinking

[olive seal]

Wowow you talking to uni graduate here, top in high school and from good uni . I was not the top in my uni but still . I am very smort just brain failing lately

I think my medication makes me like Stewie from family guy

https://tenor.com/view/stewie-griffin-funny-family-guy-gif-13184847

[olive seal]

Yep, I think that’s it

[small berry]

https://tenor.com/view/shark-fight-epic-sea-cat-gif-15656758103043181403

[peak folio]

The health information you give us as part of the UnitedHealthcare Rewards Program is generally not shared with your employer (or your spouse's employer, if you get your health benefits through their employer's plan), …

What do you mean “generally?”

[fresh shard]

lingo for they'll supply the information on request

[night plume]

You can check boxes in doctors offices that allow them to request information or send information between other doctors if it pertains to what you are seeing them for. I think when you check that, they can request the information from something that says, "generally do not share" if they deem it relevant to your care.

I think, I am not sure.

[olive seal]

It’s more like under special circumstances it will be shared but normally won’t be

[night plume]

It also covers them if they are forced by law to share it bc you signed something that requires everything medical.

[peak folio]

HIPPA or something like that

What this reward program pertains to is a $1000 benefit for getting not only biometric screenings but also step and sleep trackers.

So extremely personal stuff about where and when (and how) you sleep.

[night plume]

I wish my work would do one of those programs. It can reduce your insurance payments

[peak folio]

Usually it just replaces their contributions that are normally automatic. 😆

Ofc while everyone says they don’t violate HIPAA rules idk know good this whole thing actually is.

Anecdotally they certainly try.

[night plume]

I had a dr office put me in collections when they failed to put the bill to my insurance properly. I went into the office, asked for them to print out a mountain of papers, they declined, I loudly stated to my partner, "Per HIPPA, they must present me with any medical information I ask for under my account. I was denied and it is on camera. We can talk to the lawyer now." Waited 5 minutes and suddenly someone wanted to talk to me to straighten out the issue.

The collections at a different doctors office told me to do that xD

[peak folio]

Oh yeah if they screw up billing it’s a nightmare.

[night plume]

They were supposed to put some paperwork through to my insurance to be accepted and never did. My insurance called them for 3 weeks on my behalf, majority of the calls I was on the phone with them. They said they would, "get right on it."

My insurance finally told me that they should be covering the bill in full, but there is nothing more they could do.

But, I learned a new trick to get things done.

[olive seal]

Meanwhile Mexico has free healthcare for every citizen

And Canada

[night plume]

https://tenor.com/view/bait-thats-bait-tom-hardy-mad-max-gif-5055384

[olive seal]

En Europe and basically any 1st world country

And*

[clever jungle]

How’s everyone’s day today?

[olive seal]

Horribly, lonely sad, depressed, anxious, poor, but alive sadly

[night plume]

Day isn't bad. Feeling pretty awake which is unusual o.o Hope it continues so I can finish the meal prep when I get home.
Yourself?

[quartz magnet]

heya Max. im okayish. had better days before, but had worse too
how about ya?

[tranquil obsidian]

🐀

[small berry]

damn those are some cool rat emojis

Mals one is perfect

[sage basin]

I bought something directly from the UK for the first time

[tranquil obsidian]

i buy stuff from the UK all the time

[small berry]

I almost buy stuff directly from the UK then realise I'm on the wrong Amazon url

[fiery scarab]

LOL it's chill

and I'm at uni too, not a graduate YET but ya know

[sage basin]

I bought some color pencils, too bad I couldn’t pay extra to get it here faster

[fiery scarab]

and go easy on yourself too bud, you may not be having a good day at all but I really wish brighter days come up ahead. you'll be okay and overcome your struggles. believe in yourself, love yourself, and it's a miracle to be alive for one more day even if it doesn't seem like one. take care and always do your best.

[night plume]

When I do international shipping, it seems to get here faster on the regular shipping than the expedited that I paid extra for.

[small berry]

https://tenor.com/view/international-kriegsspiel-society-kriegsspiel-iks-ks-courier-gif-24399648

[indigo kite]

goodnight everyone ❤️

[night plume]

I know you don't like replies, but wanted to check up on you o.O you normally have a full message for goodnight.

[indigo kite]

im fine, i just missed my moment of messaging

[brisk tide]

I smell people

[small berry]

how do they smell?

[night plume]

Okay, wanted to be sure ^.^ I get worried when people change typing habits xD it is how I tell people's moods/how they are doing. Sleep tight and sweet dreams.

[brisk tide]

Like people, I don’t even know, people smell weird. I am not people I am just a thing of a thing that was born from a thing.

[small berry]

What are you going to do about the smell?

[queen vale]

Depending on the people, they can smell warm, cold, musky, wet, coppery, sweaty, and many many other interesting scents

[brisk tide]

Eat it

https://tenor.com/view/popcat-pop-cat-lawyer-cat-cats-gif-20341300

[small berry]

https://tenor.com/view/skeletor-laughs-in-evil-laughing-myah-myaah-dasmemeistgut-gif-5356566587527840753

[tough comet]

https://tenor.com/view/shrimp-rave-band-music-doot-gif-7779602259980174138

[sick flame]

https://tenor.com/view/shrimps-shrimp-beach-beach-day-beach-party-gif-26475056

[small berry]

https://tenor.com/view/leprechaun-simpsons-dancing-gif-16793395

[peak folio]

📍
🦐

[lofty wind]

https://tenor.com/view/go-away-half-life-disappear-throw-trash-gif-16188413

[night plume]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1119258208427573348/1281352365211123832/20240905_072122.jpg?ex=66db67e2&is=66da1662&hm=766df52c31a0704e3357044033ba100e3ecec1479838a3456a88040c64d98105&

A shrimp peek

[small berry]

or how kids call it these days, a shrimp peak

[night plume]

I have been sending that pic around all day, and I think this is the first time I haven't made that typo...

[small berry]

https://tenor.com/view/laugh-mock-lol-hysterical-rofl-gif-5078082

[grand falcon]

https://tenor.com/view/its-shrimple-shrimp-funny-haha-meme-gif-9312733212572166512

[sick flame]

palworld shrimp pal

[peak folio]

Acupuncture shrimp

Maybe I should pull that out of memes

[lofty wind]

from palworld?

are you certain?

[small berry]

https://tenor.com/view/shrimp-king-gif-5674455

[median bear]

https://tenor.com/view/shrimp-frying-pan-seafood-frying-shrimp-food-gif-21674480

wasn't active on this server for a damn while

how y'all doin?

[humble parrot]

https://tenor.com/view/suck-noodles-noodle-cat-gif-5722648

[median bear]

https://tenor.com/view/orange-cat-staring-orange-cat-staring-cat-gif-13724146065807985297

[humble parrot]

https://tenor.com/view/orange-cat-orangecat-crazy-gif-19119562

[fluid tendon]

kitties!

[median bear]

yaa

[humble parrot]

https://tenor.com/view/hiya-good-morning-gif-27661201

[median bear]

btw bruh you remember im doing 3D stuff right?

[humble parrot]

Hmm, sorry, It's been a while and I'm kind of forgetful

[median bear]

ahh you good no worries

anywho im working on a massive project to punish myself for neglecting 3D art for so long lol

[humble parrot]

🤔

What kind of project

[median bear]

still very much in the work and far from done but that's what i got
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1207727471726956555/1281106832684875797/0001.png?ex=66db2bf6&is=66d9da76&hm=15ac5db25323392b2a65c9475ea6877f7e990aed52715c1f6789d09d11655f1d&
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1207727471726956555/1281366265646153909/image.png?ex=66db74d4&is=66da2354&hm=6b336224e64a60720030ee385ed5dff4e9e545383a40cebe6230c9cf51b6b369&

placing each diamond and circle by hand

[humble parrot]

Are you modelling the atoms in it

Damn

[median bear]

it was a normal Stormtrooper helmet when i started lol

[humble parrot]

That's gonna end up being a being few dozen million verts...

[median bear]

before and after
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1207727471726956555/1281367618376171595/image.png?ex=66db7616&is=66da2496&hm=26111374c07e78fe94fd9a712306d1978bde69c18c672002918135338eae0a5b&

[median bear]

ohhh you bet

and i got an active boolean on each diamond

around 2K diamonds so far and still going

[humble parrot]

Damn

Must have a beefy card to render all that

[median bear]

RTX 3060 and it's hella struggling haha

[humble parrot]

Last time I tried a few million verts in unity, it ended up poorly

[median bear]

i mean the worst part is the CPU that's the one that calculate verts and boolean cuts

im scared ill burn it by the end of the project

[humble parrot]

If it reaches it

[median bear]

def not an excuse to get a new one

[humble parrot]

[small berry]

Wait the rings of power season 2 is season 1 remake?

What the f

wtf.

I don't get it

nvm, it's just a 20min flashback with the new male protagonist? is it the same guy? I'm still lost

[night plume]

Didn't watch any of it, it didn't look very interesting

[small berry]

amazing visuals

the rest is just confusing

[sage basin]

I want to play dragon block c modded Minecraft but with a group but from the beginning

But I don’t really know anyone

[clever jungle]

what is dragon block c?

I have not heard of that pack before

[grand falcon]

tell me i dont need it 😔

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/859276407397285949/1281439555165360129/image.png?ex=66dbb915&is=66da6795&hm=12a31fe3e719a91f56dccc71be92611a5991bf35e0728ce7f98df4a3f59f0d48&=&format=webp&quality=lossless&width=787&height=525

i just saw one of the new creatures added in with the new update tonight, which is called the cosmo

IT LETS YOU BE SPIDERMAN IN ARK

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/743195822769831958/1281434660680761344/image.png?ex=66dbb487&is=66da6307&hm=8f7d4b51a91c2e5af568bc508b05db26b4f9679f3ddbd8191326efee2b563345&=&format=webp&quality=lossless&width=825&height=394

this little spider has 2 modes

:shooter mode: and "swing mode".......shooter mode lets you shoot balls of webs like spiderman, and swing mode.....lets you swing like spiderman

[tough comet]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-eye-twitch-cat-eye-twitch-cat-camera-gif-26361958

[simple aurora]

Any Linkin Park fans out here? What do you think of their new lead singer?

https://fixupx.com/linkinpark/status/1831858067287503147?t=zXdv_HdhMsX2MAJ5X6G1mg&s=19

I think it's a neat new chapter for them.

[kindred sleet]

Sigh RIP chester cannot be replaced but good for them

[simple aurora]

Well if they want to continue on it has to be done.

It's either disband in honour of him or evolve for the future.

Not to mention there's also the matter of the band mates' careers.

[small berry]

Mornin

[small berry]

I dont think LP should have kept moving, but Idk what Chester wanted

[small berry]

Friday jobs report ! Rejoice !

https://www.tmz.com/photos/image_jpg_20240905_c84476a4b0034ab68ca5fced38f6ecce/

[queen vale]

Just your standard Rap video intro right?

https://tenor.com/view/big-shoe-lmfao-big-shoe-lmfao-gif-21655557

[hollow tree]

Happy Friday guys

[sharp current]

https://youtu.be/pjU-9zARKhw

[humble parrot]

Good morning

[small berry]

Buenos dias Az

[humble parrot]

Hello Nerzul

[frozen bluff]

https://tenor.com/view/die-thy-end-is-now-gif-7461731436631923081

[grand falcon]

Any tech nerds in here? I need a little bit of help

[small berry]

https://tenor.com/view/computer-nerd-typing-meme-gif-23328185

[peak folio]

https://tenor.com/view/ninja-turtle-typing-texting-chat-chatting-gif-11350880529556564700

[grand falcon]

Sooooooo is that yes or nah, that your a tech nerd?

[peak folio]

What’s your question?

[grand falcon]

Well, I did a tiny bit of research, trying to figure out what I need, and I've came across 2 things so far

A "KVM" and a "USB switch"

What I'm trying to do, is hook my keyboard and mouse into both my PC and my PlayStation, that way if I play a game on my PlayStation and need to use a keyboard and mouse, I don't need to unplug/plug it in each time

Which do I need, and is that how they work?

[peak folio]

KVMs can do that though they are also used to share a display.

[grand falcon]

Share a display? How do you mean?

[peak folio]

The same way they share a keyboard and mouse.

KVM basically keyboard/video/mouse

[grand falcon]

So I don't need a KVM then

Because I use a video capture card and OBS to see my PlayStation, switch and other stuff on my computer

[peak folio]

Yeah, the KVM would just ruin your video though you don’t have to plug in your display to it.

A simpler USB switch will do and be cheaper.

Especially with all the copy protection nonsense digital video outputs have these days.

[grand falcon]

Alright

And does it matter what type of USB switch I get? Or no?

[peak folio]

Just make sure the usb can actually switch hosts and not be a simple hub sort of “switch”. 😅

[grand falcon]

What do you mean?

Like I know what you mean like with the switch, because I saw some that have a button

But what do you mean by a hub

[peak folio]

The word switch is interchangeable with a couple things these devices do so watch out for that.

Like with ethernet devices you have hubs and switches with the only difference being how they function internally.

So you don’t want a USB hub that’s labeled a “switch” for whatever marketing reason, but doesn’t actually do what you want it to.

[grand falcon]

Alright, I'll try and keep my eye out for that

I'm about to run up to micro center to see if they got it

Then if not Walmart, then if not there best buy

[peak folio]

If Microcenter doesn’t have one I’d be surprised if the others would.

[grand falcon]

I saw a few on the Walmart website, so I know they got it, but I don't trust Walmart electronics

[bitter rover]

i use this one personally https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07XHL5399/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1

[grand falcon]

I got an elgato capture card from Walmart, and it didn't do what I was wanting

[bitter rover]

I have found 2 so far in the goodwill outlets (bins) sooo... take from that what you want regarding use and quality

[peak folio]

https://www.microcenter.com/product/665084/ugreen-usb-20-switch-selector-2-computers-sharing-4-usb-devices

They might stock these at your location.

The walmart website carries a LOT of things the stores don’t.

[grand falcon]

Ya the issue I had with it, was it had multiple HDMI ports, which is what I was looking for

But, you had to use a remote to swap the HDMI, which I was trying to get rid of the need of a remote (for my TV), so I would be getting rid of that one but be replaced by another

So I ended up getting these smaller video capture cards, and I'm able to swap HDMIs by pressing a keybind on my actual keyboard

I'm trying to make my set up, as lazy as possible 🤣

Like all my games I have on discs, I'm rebuying as digital copies, just so I don't gotta take out discs and stuff 😂

[bitter rover]

:huh: im the opposite, im buying all the disks so when they pull the wii/3ds/360/ps3 stores offline. i can still play them 😄

[grand falcon]

Well ya I'll still have the discs but they'll be in storage and stuff

[peak folio]

Soon you will have to rebuy all your games for neuralink so you don’t have to sit at a computer.

[grand falcon]

Nah I ain't getting no neural link

That's how you become a cyberman

[peak folio]

https://tenor.com/view/patrick-stewart-cyborg-serious-scary-gif-1000347867466686561

[grand falcon]

https://tenor.com/view/doctorwho-petercapaldi-twelve-cybermen-sad-gif-5129642

That's dead ass where we are heading

We'll get the neural link

And then whenever it's military recruitment time or war time or whatever

They'll send out a program on those neural links, and we'll become mindless soldiers

And then eventually, they'll start making metal armor

[peak folio]

https://tenor.com/view/neuron-activation-neuron-gif-1455356329209493514

That sudden desire to fight for managed democracy

[grand falcon]

Lmao

[small berry]

Digibyte scamcoin meme

[peak folio]

Blame Discord’s gif keyboard. 😔

[small berry]

indeed, those crypto projects literally invaded tenor to get their memes up and promote the shitcoin

[teal iron]

https://tenor.com/view/democracy-helldivers-intensifies-freedom-helldivers-2-gif-1202998951342753696

[small berry]

https://tenor.com/view/buy-the-dip-stonks-wsb-wall-street-bets-stonk-market-gif-22002672

[tough comet]

https://tenor.com/view/rowan-atkinson-mr-bean-bean-oh-oohhh-gif-22134995

[grand falcon]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/859276407397285949/1281621556845350973/IMG20240906102619.jpg?ex=66dc6296&is=66db1116&hm=07d8a6dbcd30f53d9e38245166574c1b159c85605ecd76bfbf1afb6e318e5067&

That's the one I ended up getting

Shiiiit

I just realized, I now need a USB combiner thing

[peak folio]

Yeah I see that. 🤣

[tough comet]

wait, you could share among 4 computers?

[peak folio]

Four computer? 🗿

[bitter rover]

4 relatively close computers, looks like a cheap kvm alternative

[grand falcon]

Well, no

It'll be plugged into my computer, ps, and Xbox

[peak folio]

Ahh so you need at least 3

That makes sense then.

[tough comet]

but could you use 4 computers?

[peak folio]

For what reason?

[grand falcon]

But what I just realized is, you can plug 4 devices into it, and it'll be able to swap between 4 computers/devices

But, as you can see, each plug is 1 "channel" so I need like a USB combiner, so i can have 2 things in 1 channel

[bitter rover]

ok keyboard mouse. what other items could be used split between PS/xbox/pc.. I mean ps/xbox don't have drivers for a video capture device ... outside of official ones.

[grand falcon]

Well, I already have video capture cards set up for all my devices

[peak folio]

All four USB peripherals will move to whichever computer is active.

[grand falcon]

Oh?

[peak folio]

That would be the point.

Otherwise this device would be doing literally nothing.

[grand falcon]

True lmao

I'm tired as hell 😂

Wasn't thinking 🤣

I was up all night, watching the new ark update

[bitter rover]

I mean as a KVM solution, for say like an imaging workbench that would be great... but i don't think it will help you that much

[peak folio]

The giant remote button is a nice touch. You can tuck away the switcher itself to hide the rat’s nest of wires and still be able to toggle systems.

[grand falcon]

Ya that's why I got this one specifically

They had one for $10 but the button for it was on the actual device

I was like "uhhh do you got one with a wired button"

But ya the cords on this thing are long as hell 😂

[bitter rover]

it could be I am not conceptionalizing what your doing exactly with said device 😄 so I could definately be wrong

[grand falcon]

I'm using it, so if I'm playing my PC, and I'm like "I wanna play my PlayStation now"

I can press the button, so that my keyboard and mouse will control my PS5

[bitter rover]

in those situtations i could see it work. I know there is about 100 ish games that work with keyboard mouse on xbox. wasn't sure about the list for ps5.

(I just use their wireless controllers personally :D)

[grand falcon]

I mean, I'm buying ark on my PS5, because my computer can't handle the new ark apparently

And I know I can use keyboard and mouse for ark on PS5, so that's mainly why I'm doing this 😂

[grand falcon]

Ya but Xbox/PlayStation controls for remotes on ark......are ass

[bitter rover]

you know what you should do with the 4th port?... Homelab :nod:

[grand falcon]

What's homelab

[bitter rover]

https://linuxhandbook.com/homelab/

[peak folio]

That’s a bit excessive

[grand falcon]

I'm reading it and it seems very confusing 🤣

[grand falcon]

Excessive you say?

Now I'm really interested

[bitter rover]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/225953628498?_nkw=dell+server&itmmeta=01J73WT6HKWFCRXGJMWBKTTM7J&hash=item349be2c152:g:lEkAAOSwO6JjjkMb&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAA0HoV3kP08IDx%2BKZ9MfhVJKmR1G%2FcpdamAOodeaeKlmk9witu4YwHzLvVtQeErZDA%2BYafwoIRH%2FIK4jED4hdES9s1uQ8qlqgqW6r38gMgmx%2B%2FOR9KPHw2i5IbcN2uMRUAm9P%2FffBodfN4xzw%2BPmhY57Dw9fIoVYIh%2FntDMg%2Bn7zZMNsFulHJv56N%2FSRigiRuzDHngJFQ4nIe%2FA6EFRKoBrTSmw2kom7L1A3NV2NKqli%2F16mJHcBUaE5aouAb19U6gP6ra0THzNNP8KbzUOYP0DDk%3D|tkp%3ABlBMUPDo6Py4ZA

This would be excessive 😄

[grand falcon]

What's that 👀

[bitter rover]

rack mounted server, with a ton of space/ processors to do "whatever" you wanted to. like run palworld/ark servers.

also don't worry about rack space, just build a lack rack

[peak folio]

lack rack

Like ikea rackmount?

[bitter rover]

Ikea Lack end table. just happens to be the right width for rack mounted servers https://www.reddit.com/r/Ubiquiti/comments/vvzhym/799_ikea_lack_rack/

[peak folio]

Wow, probably a lot cheaper than even those roll arounds.

[bitter rover]

yup. and you can put wheels on it if you really want, also if you end up messing up the first time... its like 15 bucks

[peak folio]

The Ubiquity rack looks classy though.

[grand falcon]

Btw, does GameStop help install SSD cards in PlayStations?

Because I have no idea how to do it, and I desperately need one

[bitter rover]

Super easy, just make sure you have one with a PS5 low rise heatsink or a ps5 heatsink on a non heat sinked one

just slide off the case. then 1 screw , slide it in and connect

[peak folio]

Yeah it’s real easy to do.

[grand falcon]

Huh????

Wtf is a heatsink

[peak folio]

https://www.playstation.com/en-us/support/hardware/ps5-install-m2-ssd/

[bitter rover]

https://www.temu.com/goods.html?_bg_fs=1&goods_id=601099513712690&sku_id=17592198093323&_x_vst_scene=adg&_x_ads_sub_channel=search&_x_ads_channel=google&_x_ads_account=1213016319&_x_ads_set=19694142866&_x_ads_id=141345685810&_x_ads_creative_id=648389974220&_x_ns_source=g&_x_ns_gclid=Cj0KCQjw0Oq2BhCCARIsAA5hubUyf_svPZy_voSlXT9Qd6Z4sTCO7rT1s-zi_JcC8t9bVLtOoDTqZXwaAgnAEALw_wcB&_x_ns_placement=&_x_ns_match_type=e&_x_ns_ad_position=&_x_ns_product_id=&_x_ns_target=&_x_ns_devicemodel=&_x_ns_wbraid=Cj8KCQjwreW2BhCRARIuAEiZJEAv0DXPiyyp-7miNUHWCelGnsfsHKXhOOoQ7ipRu8pyd8WvMvqU0-dLmBoCVbQ&_x_ns_gbraid=0AAAAAo4mICFsQ2RPMBG1KJjPmKkP7gAUf&_x_ns_keyword=temu&_x_ns_targetid=kwd-4583699489&_x_sessn_id=x7xvixixdg&refer_page_name=bgt_order_detail&refer_page_id=10045_1725635419715_ey9zjc8qhq&refer_page_sn=10045

that link lol

[grand falcon]

Well I was just gonna get the actual PS5 SSD that GameStop has

[peak folio]

That’ll be safe.

Not just any SSD will do it needs to be a fast one.

[bitter rover]

https://tenor.com/view/well-yes-but-actually-no-meme-aardman-the-pirates-pirate-gif-26563702

most 4.0 + work fine

[peak folio]

They know people done understand PCIe lanes and versions and all that nonsense so the PS certified just makes it easier.

And of course SATA m.2 exists as well

[grand falcon]

The hell is that

[peak folio]

Just destroy the thing trying to install it.

[peak folio]

Something definitely incompatible with a PS5. 😆

But they look quite similar

[grand falcon]

Y'all just speaking a bunch of gibberish,

These words aren't real words

[peak folio]

Yeah, so just get whatever Gamestop carries for the PS5 and you’re good.

[bitter rover]

using western digital Black sn850x NVME 2TB myself

[peak folio]

I have the same

[grand falcon]

See half that ain't even words and a quarter of that is numbers

[bitter rover]

yup defintatly get the gamestop one

[grand falcon]

Lmao

I know like the bare minimum about technology

Even my Grandpa knows way more then me

[peak folio]

Also a PS5 branded version of that exact drive. https://www.gamestop.com/pc-gaming/pc-components/hard-drives-ssds/external-hard-drive/products/wd_black-1tb-sn850-nvme-ssd-for-playstation-5/349243.html

[bitter rover]

well besides 2tb vs 1tb.. but love it. slap a heatsink on it, brand it ps5 and upcharge it hard, they know their audence

[grand falcon]

My grandpa has this little computer thing

I forgot what the full name is, it's like "pie something" of "something pie"

[peak folio]

I think the costed the same when I first saw them. The regular one has a heatsink option too.

The 2tb one didn’t turn up in that search but it was a thing.

But yeah the stores literally have a gamestop branded one.

Now I’m curious to know who manufacturers that one. 😆

[small berry]

raspberry pi

[grand falcon]

God damn it.......so much time has passed

And recruiters are STILL trying to get me to join

They are like psycho ex girlfriends

You tell them no, but they don't listen

[rough fractal]

Need blue berrie pie

[small berry]

https://tenor.com/view/blueberry-pie-vanilla-ice-cream-dessert-pie-gif-4502255602163466579

Embed fail for a blueberry pie?

[peak folio]

What about blueberry pi?

[small berry]

"Blueberry Pi (Open-Source Hardware): A DIY single-board computer project, inspired by the Raspberry Pi, featuring an Allwinner V3s SoC, 64MB of RAM, and various interfaces (Ethernet, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, camera, audio, and more). This project aims to provide a cost-effective and simple way to build a single-board computer."

[peak folio]

Explicit culinary activity

[grand falcon]

Im making hashbrowns

After I eat, I'ma go set up my USB switch and stuff

[small berry]

I think I prefer I think it was how android did it? naming updates as candies

who named updates as candy

[tough comet]

https://tenor.com/view/blueberry-pie-vanilla-ice-cream-dessert-pie-gif-4502255602163466579

[small berry]

You posted the same embed fail as I did

laugh at these users

[tough comet]

https://tenor.com/view/clown-clown-photo-clown-pov-gif-23697838

lol

[small berry]

https://tenor.com/view/supercombo-offer-paratodos-gif-20986171

All gifs are ded wtf

Is this the Prophesied Gif Apocalypse?

Are we supposed to call them Jifs now?

[tough comet]

[small berry]

https://tenor.com/view/oh-no-planet-of-the-apes-gif-4887024567657918299

[grand falcon]

https://tenor.com/view/skillissue-skill-issue-gif-22125481

[small berry]

wait holop is tenor dead

nvm its not

https://tenor.com/view/aa-aaa-cat-hi-gif-14227049

[humble parrot]

🤔

All these epic embed fails

Discord is acting up again

[tough comet]

https://tenor.com/view/angry-angry-cat-mad-cat-mad-death-stare-gif-2007099240114134459

[small berry]

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the gifs that we're posting are showing up as 404, but tenor is up

and those gifs probably exist, Discord is doing something

[tough comet]

reading the links name is good enough

[small berry]

We shall call all Gifs Jifs and we will be able to post memes again

[grand falcon]

https://tenor.com/view/stinky-your-stinky-something-smells-stinky-gif-2108678598210395825

[tough comet]

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[rocky vine]

yeah all tenor gifs across all servers don't work, even in DMs

[small berry]

how does that 41% +5% apply?

white numbers go first then green?

or white is base and green is add

[snow thistle]

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[small berry]

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And we're back !

[tough comet]

https://tenor.com/view/gasoline-fire-on-yes-please-gif-21522864

[tough comet]

the white is all the added damage bonuses, the green is tellin you it has 15% more damage for the pickle.

https://tenor.com/view/blueberry-pie-vanilla-ice-cream-dessert-pie-gif-4502255602163466579

[peak folio]

[small berry]

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How far can we dump today

will bitcoin dump to the infamous 40k price tag

honestly this was so predictable I feel so dumb for not realising what was going on earlier, doesn't matter where in the macro bitcoin is, everytime it goes up 150%+ it will lose 45% of that unless we in the banana zone

All the pieces fit together now

it's completely irrational, there's no planning or factoring in new stuff, if it goes up, it will go down

like Nvidia, it's not that it's not doing good enough, but it went up like almost 200% this year, it has to go down

it's like the inevitability of gravity applied to finance

something with a large enough marketcap can't simply go up 1000% in a year, gravity will pull it down, no matter how revolutionary or profitable

Nvidia is like one of the most profitable companies on Earth and even them can't pull a 200% in a year

I'm guessing it has to do with money flows, it becomes exponentially harder to bring in new buyers that outweigh the profit takers making the amount of money needed to push the price even higher practically infinite thus unsustainable

[sick flame]

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[small berry]

Nitro strike?

Ew.

[teal iron]

these are way too ugly to be real

they also won't shrink down well at all

[sick flame]

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[small berry]

is it or is it not consecutive nitros?

do you lose the "strike"?

[sick flame]

is a nitro strike

[small berry]

it doesn't call it that and it doesn't really imply that

loyalty reward tiers, will evolve visually the longer you stay subscribed

that might not require it to be consecutive if my english is good enough

but if it is a "strike"

I think it's predatory

how many kids use Discord? why is it becoming increasingly monetized with schemes that are particularly effective with kids

[teal iron]

Well I guess I'm gonna have to unsub every 5 years because the fire badge is so hideous

NOT THAT I'LL EVEN GET THEM because this will be ONLY FOR NITRO+ (the $10/mo version) and I HAVE NITRO CLASSIC

[sick flame]

[small berry]

I never thought I'd grow to slowly hate gamification

[tough comet]

https://tenor.com/view/shrek-like-that-will-happen-gif-14783019212194612503

[peak folio]

Investors want their $1bn back

[teal iron]

Someone needs to tell them that they aren't gonna get it

[heady light]

they should add a special badge of honour not being nitro for 1/3/5/10 years

i would actually respect someone who has been turning down the free month of nitro from amazon/epic/xbox/whatever

only reason i see anyone caring if someone else has been paying nitro every month is if theyre looking for an easy mark to scam

[sick flame]

[small berry]

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[peak folio]

So uh… speaking of…

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[small berry]

Ayyyayayayay

a trail of damage of 8 years is wide and clear

[peak folio]

That could have been a pretty kickass crossover

Ofc I still opine that the concord was killed single handedly by the character designs.

[small berry]

I honestly would have liked to hear about it before hearing it was dying

I stopped playing Overwatch entirely around the time I should have heard something about it, so I would have been interested

I personally can't say if the bland characters would have been enough to turn me off if the game was good

[peak folio]

https://seasonedgaming.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Characters-1.jpg

[small berry]

But to be fair to the critics, a game like that tends to need a meta for it to be enjoyable and launches are more often than not chaotic and not a good reflection of the game

[peak folio]

Not so much bland as they are… off putting.

[hearty sonnet]

And a few of them look like they need to lay *off the pudding * 😆

Bottom far-right character could actually use some more pudding

[teal iron]

Actually you know every single video I watched (quite a few) said that concord's gameplay is completely fine, like it's a pretty good hero shooter in terms of gameplay

to my knowledge there was absolutely nothing wrong with the game on a technical level

[hearty sonnet]

So what was the issue with the game?
Was it just not original?

I still don't know anything about it

[teal iron]

it's just that hero shooters are so oversaturated that charging $40 for one in 2024 isn't commercially viable

[hearty sonnet]

Bluh

[teal iron]

and "perfectly good" isn't good enough when most people already have an overwatch addiction

[queen vale]

I heard it was mediocre mechanics, nothing new or interesting that hasn't been done before, and the £50 starting price VS Overwatch 2 being F2P is a bad fight to have.

[hearty sonnet]

Yeah lol I get that

[small berry]

I mean that's pretty logical, oversaturated market, needs either a long open beta or free to play

[teal iron]

Like if Overwatch didn't exist, concord would be at least doing ok

[queen vale]

Oh and some people are blaming DEI and Woke for it failing

[small berry]

Concord should have gone the long open beta route

[hearty sonnet]

Oh lol OW2 is F2P, I didn't know that, they probably should've known better lmao

[teal iron]

it might not be the next Helldivers 2 or Palworld but it wouldn't have flopped

[peak folio]

That’s my impression too.

https://static0.gamerantimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/overwatch-2-heroes.jpg

[hearty sonnet]

Pudding Divers 2

[peak folio]

This cast is immeasurably more attractive

[queen vale]

The "Open Beta" had less than 2500 people involved from what I understand too

[small berry]

No doomfist in the pic, I'm happy

Hamster is there so I don't like it

I retract any ounce of happiness

Doomfist and Hamster singlehandedly killed OW, change my mind

[peak folio]

Compare this to concord though…