garretble
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- Comment on [Game Thread] 19 DEC 2024 1 day ago:
Thunder need a good win tonight after whatever that was on Tuesday.
- Comment on [Game Thread] 17 DEC 2024 - Bucks vs Thunder - NBA Cup Final 3 days ago:
At least the Thunder had their worst game of the season at a time when the stats won’t matter.
- Comment on NBA announces revamped All-Star tournament 3 days ago:
I’ll take seeing something different for sure!
- Comment on Can the public expect to get to see Luigi Mangione's 3 page manifesto in its entirety in a reasonable timeframe? 1 week ago:
I read it yesterday from a link a friend shared - if it is the right document, that is. It seems like it is.
- Comment on What are some great games that require you to bust out a notebook and pen? 2 weeks ago:
Animal Well.
- Comment on Indiana Jones and the Great Circle - Launch Trailer 2 weeks ago:
Troy Baker sure is Troy Bakering in this one.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
The moment you stop having a sub for something like FF14 (which has no in your face upsell garbage in-game), you turn in to something like LotR: Online (which when I played that briefly was FILLED with windows trying to get you to buy gold or other nonsense).
You pay a sub so the servers stay online. So the writers/coders/management get paid. In the case of FF14, so the game can continue being great.
- Comment on NBA efficiency chart by Kirk Goldsberry (last 10 games) 3 weeks ago:
Every time I see one of these charts and it shows some team being bad at either defense or offense, somehow the next game we have with them they turn into the greatest team in the league.
- Comment on [Game Threads] 19 NOV 2024 4 weeks ago:
Alright, Thunder, you need to get back on top of things.
I know you have several people out, but you can do it.
- Comment on 'My personal failure was being stumped': Gabe Newell says finishing Half-Life 2: Episode 3 just to conclude the story would've been 'copping out of [Valve's] obligation to gamers' 4 weeks ago:
You can’t say anything bad or joke about him. He’s god around these parts.
A lot of these people will probably also say “billionaires shouldn’t exist” but for Gabe he’s “our” billionaire so it’s fine.
- Comment on 'My personal failure was being stumped': Gabe Newell says finishing Half-Life 2: Episode 3 just to conclude the story would've been 'copping out of [Valve's] obligation to gamers' 4 weeks ago:
“I was just stumped,” Newell said, sipping a drink on one of his many yachts. “Maybe I’ll get unstumped with my next yacht purchase.”
- Comment on question(s) about etiquette in MMORPGs 5 weeks ago:
For FFXIV, specifically, if you are looking to add some friends I’d say start by hanging out one of the three starting cities (Gridania, Limsa, Ul’Dah) near the Aetherytes. Often people are just hanging and chatting some there. Limsa, on my server at least, seems to just be filled with people all the time hanging out. And you may even see some open calls for people to join Free Companies (Guilds). Those people are actively looking for new blood, so you could start up a discussion with them and see if their group is something you’d like to join. By doing so you may be able to get several friends pretty quick that way. Just remember that you owe nothing to those folks, and if the free company vibe doesn’t feel right once you get in, then bounce.
But commenting on someone’s look is fine, too! People work hard to collect or craft certain pieces of gear and dye them to make their character the way they want so if you notice something cool chances are they will be happy to talk about it.
There was one time last year during a Live Letter (this is a live streamed event the producers of the game do a few times a year) I went to Limsa and said to anyone who could hear it that I’d be “over by [a specific bench] to discuss the Live Letter” and lots of people I didn’t know gathered around and we all had a fun chat about the event as it streamed.
Or even if you have questions, say them out loud in a crowded space and chances are someone will help. FF14 is notorious for people NOT being trash, so most often you’ll find helpers before finding jerks.
And I promise that you can’t out-weirdo the weirdos that run around pretty much any game, so try to not worry about that.
- Comment on Castlevania Anniversary Collection & Snakebird Complete are free to claim on the Epic Store 5 weeks ago:
This continues my streak of buying zero (0) games from Epic but still having a sizeable library there.
- Comment on [Shams] Thunder: Chet Holmgren suffered a right iliac hip fracture and a return to play protocol will be provided in 8 to 10 weeks. 5 weeks ago:
Well that sucks
- Comment on [Game Threads] 08 NOV 2024 1 month ago:
Thunder are only up by 24 at the half. Hopefully they can keep this up.
- Comment on Ubisoft boss says it knows players think it has an 'inconsistency in quality,' so it delayed Assassin's Creed Shadows to flip that script 1 month ago:
Outlaws looked great, and had you go to interesting locations, and fly in space. There were no towers to open up maps. The outlaw system wasn’t super amazing in the end, but it didn’t detract from anything.
I don’t disagree it has a reputation, but Outlaws was a fun break from the super boring Assassin’s Creed games of late.
- Comment on Ubisoft boss says it knows players think it has an 'inconsistency in quality,' so it delayed Assassin's Creed Shadows to flip that script 1 month ago:
It seems like to me some of their games simply just need another two months in the oven.
There were lots of little bugs in Star Wars Outlaws, but I found that game to be really fun, and largely pretty solid. But then they dropped updates a month out or so that fixed a lot of those little bugs. I wonder if they had just had that extra month to polish it up if it’d have gotten slammed as hard. People may still have wanted different things storywise or whatever, but on a technical level just one extra month could have helped.
- Comment on [Game Threads] 04 NOV 2024 1 month ago:
👀
Thunder with a sneaky 7-0
- Comment on [Game Threads] 04 NOV 2024 1 month ago:
We must keep the streak alive tonight. 7-0 incoming (hopefully).
- Comment on [Game Threads] 02 NOV 2024 1 month ago:
Let’s gooo! Hoping for that 6 - 0.
- Comment on The NBA rookie class is off to the worst start in league history 1 month ago:
Bronny over here like: 👀
- Comment on [Game Threads] 30 OCT 2024 1 month ago:
I forgot to look for this thread yesterday, but, yes, the Thunder are too good maybe? The league should investigate them for the crimes of organically putting together a great team where everyone is on board, has each others’ backs, and no one is a prima donna.
They can’t keep getting away with it!
- Comment on Raptors and Sixers combined for 99 FTAs tonight. 2nd most ever since 2010. 1 month ago:
Geez how long it it take to play the game if they were on the line every ten seconds?
- Comment on [Stats] Shai and Chet join the joint 25/5/5/3 club 1 month ago:
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- Comment on [Game Threads] 24 OCT 2024 1 month ago:
I don’t want to overreact, but just give the Thunder the trophy now.
- Comment on NBA Emirates Cup Court Designs 1 month ago:
Oof, still not super excited about that Emirates part of all this.
- Comment on Marvel's Midnight Suns is criminally underrated 1 month ago:
I happen to have a friend who works at Firaxis and worked on Midnight Suns. I am really happy for him/them that game came out as well as it did.
The overworld running could certainly be better, but overall that game is super good. I really like the turn from Xcom of a somewhat fake 97% to hit (where your character right next to an alien will still miss) to simply having everything hit but it’s restricted by the skills you have at hand in that moment. I’d be more excited about a Midnight Suns 2 than Civ VII, honestly.
- Comment on NBA Season Tips Off Tonight! 1 month ago:
It’s that time again, fam. That time where we all stay up way too late watching basketball every night!
- Comment on Smash Bros. Creator Masahiro Sakurai Quits YouTube With Final Video Teasing Mystery New Game 1 month ago:
“Bro I can’t wavedash in Ultimate.”
- Comment on [Shams] Embiid and Paul George out for opener 1 month ago:
Yep, basketball season is back!