Moneo
@Moneo@lemmy.world
- Comment on This world is cruel… 4 weeks ago:
HNNNGGGGGGGG
- Comment on Serious statement: I don't understand the argument that not voting for Harris was the morally correct thing to do, because of Gaza. Why does anyone believe this? 1 month ago:
Make that argument to the family members of people experiencing the genocide, I would imagine they will laugh in your face. These people are enduring unimaginable horrors, their children are being brutally murdered and libs keep telling them to suck it up because actually this is the lesser of evils.
It’s a pathetic fucking argument.
- Comment on Serious statement: I don't understand the argument that not voting for Harris was the morally correct thing to do, because of Gaza. Why does anyone believe this? 1 month ago:
Imagine thinking “stop committing a genocide” is perfection.
Liberals are amazing creatures.
- Comment on There are Minimum Wages, Why Not a Maximum Wage? 1 month ago:
Billionaires have very little taxable income. We need a wealth tax.
- Comment on Is overwatch 2 really that bad? 3 months ago:
I don’t mean to be a dick but without giving actual reasons all you’re saying is “I preferred ow1”, which is kind of what my original comment was referring to. Tank synergies is definitely something that was lost with ow1, rein/zarya and dive comps were very fun and definitely something I miss. But it was also a major source of balance issues and player frustration.
Two tank team composition was a consistent balance issue and severely restricted the design of tank heroes. Sigma is a really fun and interesting hero, but when he was added overwatch entered a prolonged two shield meta which was incredibly boring. The devs added a cool hero, and he made the game worse. Not only did he make the game worse, but there was no obvious or easy solution, because sigma wasn’t the problem, two shields was the problem. In my opinion that exemplifies how bad of an issue the game was facing and justifies the changes made.
There’s nothing wrong with preferring ow1 but the person I responded to called it “a terrible game compared to the original” which is just blatantly incorrect in my opinion.
- Comment on Is overwatch 2 really that bad? 3 months ago:
I agree. I was a die-hard ow1 fan and quit because of the absolute disgrace that was the transition from OW1 -> OW2. I have every reason to hate OW2 but I don’t because it’s a fine game and improves on OW1 in every way that is important to me (gameplay and balance).
- Comment on Is overwatch 2 really that bad? 3 months ago:
In my opinion, anyone saying OW2 is worse than the original is saying this for personal reasons and not trying to be objective. OW2 is, in my experience, much more balanced than OW1. Many of the more frustrating aspects of the game have been fixed or removed, and most of the characters added since OW1 seem fun to play and not frustrating to play against.
There are very many valid criticisms one can make of Blizzard. The history of being a shitty workplace, the objectively awful decision to make OW2 a sequel, the treatment of Jeff Kaplan by execs, the monetization, and probably more. None of those criticisms (except monetization to a limited degree) have anything to do with whether or not OW2 is a bad game or not.
But I’m speculating since the person you responded to has not elaborated on any of their views.
- Comment on Is overwatch 2 really that bad? 3 months ago:
Why? I played OW from beta, stopped playing after all the shitty workplace accusations came out, then played again for 10 or so hours last month.
I didn’t play much competitive (in my recent sessions) but the game seemed like it was in a pretty solid place. The only “major” issue I can think of is that the tank role is incredibly important, which creates a bit of a toxic environment where people are scared to play tank because they get flamed if the team gets rolled. But I think the downsides are worth the benefits, with tank being so important it’s become the core that the rest of the game balances around. Healers have more agency and dealing damage/contributing to elims is a vital part of the role. A lot of the frustrating/cheesy aspects of the game have been removed, scattershot, damage-doomfist, mercy 5-man-res, goats, double shield.
Again, I took a long break from the game, but before that I clocked a lot of hours in competitive. Personally the game feels about as balanced and enjoyable as it’s ever been.
Obviously the monetization is gross and that entire side of the game sucks now but that’s an entirely different conversation.
- Comment on What games popularized certain mechanics? 3 months ago:
I miss u bukkit ;-;
- Comment on Why are weather apps so bad at telling you the current weather? 4 months ago:
No shade but I could not take the premise of that book seriously. The idea that any complex system could be mapped thousands of years into the future is so incredibly unrealistic to me that I was unable to suspend my disbelief.
I’m a massive Dune fan though so I have no leg to stand on. Hold on a second while I re-calibrate my metabolism and use my genetic heritage to recall events that happened 30000 years ago.
- Comment on Why are weather apps so bad at telling you the current weather? 4 months ago:
It’s not that surprising to me. Chaos theory is not well known/understood and we are accustomed to seeing weather reports from childhood, it’s not odd to expect them to be accurate.
- Comment on Growing Old 5 months ago:
Mister, this is a Wendys.
- Comment on Factorio: Space Age Expansion Releases October 21 5 months ago:
Everything I’ve heard coming out of this studio is great.
- Comment on Uber is locking New York drivers out of its apps and blaming a city pay rule 5 months ago:
My province (BC Canada) is in the process of implementing regulations that force a minimum wage, but only when the driver is “on the job”.
My first thought was that uber will just prioritize the fastest (aka most reckless) drivers. This kinda proves that point… I guess we’ll see where this all goes.
- Comment on How long would it take to create a Pyramid 5 months ago:
I both anticipate and fear the expansion.
- Comment on Neil deGrasse Tyson reads his peer review of Terrence Howard's mathematics theories 5 months ago:
Terrence sent his “paper” to NDT. Idk whether or not he was requesting a peer review but he spouts this stuff publicly constantly, he can’t be upset that people are refuting him publicly.
- Comment on When does investing become gambling? 5 months ago:
You can dress it up in whatever language you want but when nobody is able to consistently beat the market it looks a hell of a lot like gambling.
- Comment on Slander, extortion and doxxing - beneath the surface of TF2’s bot crisis 5 months ago:
People are being harassed and doxed by a group of people that have turned one of their most popular games into a fucking cesspool. They need to either throw in the towel and drop support for TF2 or wage war on these losers.
Hire a dedicated team, involve the police, I don’t fucking know. The current state of TF2 is an absolute disgrace, it’s fucking pathetic.
- Comment on Slander, extortion and doxxing - beneath the surface of TF2’s bot crisis 5 months ago:
The fact that they’re letting this shit happen to one of their own communities is extremely disappointing. They should take it personally that some a group of people are using their game as a tool to harass people, but they don’t give a fuck.
I have lost so much respect for Valve over their handling of TF2. I’ve gone from a fanboy to a hater.
- Comment on Paradox Interactive has completely cancelled "Life By You" 5 months ago:
Plenty of developers continue to develop content for years after release without selling overpriced DLC. Y’all are coping.
- Comment on Paradox Interactive has completely cancelled "Life By You" 5 months ago:
$60 CAD and sales do not justify the base price. Nothing you’ve said has remotely convinced me any of their DLC is worth what they’re charging.
You’re not going to convince me this shit isn’t predatory and vice versa. Later.
- Comment on Depending on how you count 5 months ago:
hehe thx
- Comment on Paradox Interactive has completely cancelled "Life By You" 5 months ago:
Just because you’re able to spend $60 on 3 DLCs instead of whatever the 62 DLCs cost, doesn’t mean those DLC are worth what you’re spending. I can buy a single banana instead of the full bunch if I want but if they cost $10 each I’m not getting a good deal.
The fomo is because I’ve already invested in the base game. I can ignore content about games I haven’t bought yet but if I want to watch tutorial videos that have every DLC I have to filter out all the content I haven’t paid for. I can’t engage with the community on equal footing unless I spent 4-5x the price of the base game on overpriced content. That is not an enjoyable experience and has left me with a bad taste in my mouth when it comes to Paradox games. I don’t want to navigate the cesspool that is their monetization strategy so I simply don’t buy their games (I pirate them :^) ).
- Comment on Depending on how you count 5 months ago:
Why is it depending on how you count?
- Comment on Paradox Interactive has completely cancelled "Life By You" 5 months ago:
All my homies hate paradox.
- Comment on Paradox Interactive has completely cancelled "Life By You" 5 months ago:
Using the floor as a bar.
- Comment on Paradox Interactive has completely cancelled "Life By You" 5 months ago:
They sell you 15 minor features for $10 each and then every tutorial/gameplay video you watch has 5-10 features you’ve never seen before. It fills you with fomo and when you do cave you end up spending $80 to make a $40 game slightly more interesting. It’s predatory as fuck, paradox can go fuck themselves.
Sorry, I really hate paradox.
- Comment on When does investing become gambling? 5 months ago:
If you’re talking about stock picking, hard disagree. Emotion has nothing to do with it whether or not it’s gambling.
If picking stocks was anything but a gamble portfolio managers wouldn’t have such a god awful track record.
- Comment on Why isn't jerking off more valorized as an easy dopamine hit that's also literally good for you? 6 months ago:
Ah yes, feminism, an ideology that consists solely of extremist views. I’m not even well versed in feminism and I know that Andrea Dworkin is quite extreme and is a polarizing figure.
If you have reduced feminism to the views of a single extremist than you really need to get your shit together.
- Comment on America’s Commute to Work Is Getting Longer and Longer 6 months ago:
The point is that we already have tons of cities that are way too sprawly. Adding more cities is way harder than retrofitting the ones we have.