FigMcLargeHuge
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- Comment on Game developers desperate for you to join their Discord "server" 1 day ago:
a bit like screaming into an avalanche
I like that, and might use that in the future.
Since you mentioned developers using it to coordinate with their community, I also have seen a pattern where the channel owner invites people to come chat with them and the other people involved. Then when someone invariably pings someone on the team they get scolded for it. Pick one, availability to the people you invited, or stay private. Can’t have both.
- Comment on Game developers desperate for you to join their Discord "server" 2 days ago:
On very busy channels, and this will probably sound weird, but it all just scrolls too fast to have a conversation. It’s like being in a room at one corner trying to talk with someone in another corner and the room is filled with other people all trying to have conversations using the same voice level. The only other analogy I could come up with is trying to have a conversation with a race car driver using his window mid race, and you just yell at each other every time he passes your corner.
Even when it isn’t flying by on a busy channel sometimes it’s just endless scrolling to find the beginning of the conversation or where you need to get it to get an idea of what’s going on. And their solution to that just made things worse in my opinion…
It has it’s purpose, and for my group it’s voice and being able to store notes that we can scroll back through if we need.
- Comment on Game developers desperate for you to join their Discord "server" 2 days ago:
If I’m not interested that means I’m probably not going to bring anything interesting for the discussion
Ever tried to have a discussion on discord? It’s the most infuriating thing I have ever encountered.
- Comment on Why do some gamers invert their controls? Scientists now have answers, but they’re not what you think 3 weeks ago:
Il-2 Sturmovich for the Xbox 360 didn’t have the correct controls, and I messaged the devs and they said they would work on it. Still waiting…
- Comment on Why do some gamers invert their controls? Scientists now have answers, but they’re not what you think 3 weeks ago:
For me it’s from flying remote control airplanes and it has a name - Mode 2.
- Comment on (Rant) Don't buy Rockstar games. 5 weeks ago:
Thanks. I was pretty bummed when they flipped that switch.
- Comment on (Rant) Don't buy Rockstar games. 5 weeks ago:
Well then can we flame them (rockstar) for turning off Linux support on GTA V Online? I know the exact same anticheat works on linux, because I am playing Dune online and it’s working just fine. So yeah, back to that, fuck rockstar!
- Comment on Are those of us who grew up on older games more attuned to latency? 1 month ago:
You left out 5 1/4 floppy disks that were actually floppy. Yes, I know there are 8" floppies but those were mostly business use and specialized drives that you didn’t really get in the home computer market. Atari, Commodore, Radio Shack, etc all had 5 1/4" floppy drive, and when I got my first box of floppies, it was $50 of early 1980’s money for 10 disks. And on my Atari they held about 90K wroth of space.
- Comment on GUNTOUCHABLES is Free on Steam, Today Only 2 months ago:
Thanks for the heads up!!
- Comment on Grand Theft Auto Games 'At Risk' From Being Pulled From Sale Ahead Of GTA 6 2 months ago:
[insert fake tears here] Oh no! Anyway…
- Comment on what video game deserves to be in a museum? 2 months ago:
Star Raiders for the Atari 400/800.
- Comment on what video game deserves to be in a museum? 2 months ago:
“Hey mother fucker!”
- Comment on 10 years later, no one has replicated Rocket League's mojo 3 months ago:
How about getting rid of casual Snow Day. I got on a year or so ago and you couldn’t even play Snow Day as they moved it to some rotating schedule where it was swapped out every other month with some other game mode. Who does shit like that?
- Comment on The Switch 2: Is it worth buying? 3 months ago:
A whole lot of negative replies about the Switch2, but for me it was a matter of timing. My og switch battery is failing, and I wanted to be able to play handheld or on the go again without having a huge battery pack strapped to it. So I picked up a Switch 2. I might even try attempting to replace the Switch battery not that I have a fully portable console again.
I don’t like that you cannot turn on the Switch 2 using the Home button on a original Pro Controller. That does piss me off quite a bit because I am not shelling out the cash for a Pro Controller 2. Other than that I do like the new speed with which it can play games.
- Comment on Is there any movie you are looking forward to? 8 months ago:
I am just an old fart who plays minecraft, so I want to see all the little inside jokes. Fan of Jack Black so that is another reason. And I could use a good funny movie right about now.
- Comment on Is there any movie you are looking forward to? 8 months ago:
I am not really sold on this one, as I think they are going to lose what made Tron so special, and it was the effects. They were just mind blowing at the time, and then the effects for Tron Legacy were up there, not as mindblowing, but they seem to have done their homework. They are really going to have to work to keep up the ‘legacy’. The soundtracks for both movies were also spectacular, so another very high bar they will have to get to as well. I will keep an open mind, but am not that optimistic at this point.
- Comment on Is there any movie you are looking forward to? 8 months ago:
I guess I am an outlier as I don’t see a single mention of the Minecraft Movie. I really want to see that.
- Comment on GTA VI Might Inspire Other AAA Developers to Price Their Games at $100 8 months ago:
I guess the real pisser here was that the online component worked just fine. They made an active decision to just cut off linux players which was a real dick move.
- Comment on GTA VI Might Inspire Other AAA Developers to Price Their Games at $100 8 months ago:
I played GTA V online with three of my friends, and had about 900 hours of play. Then one day, bam, they literally cut anyone using Linux off from being able to connect to the servers. It just leaves a real bad taste in my mouth, because I would have probably gone to RDR2 next, and might have even bought RDR on my Switch. Voting with my wallet is all I can do, and at this point it feels like voting for a president. My tiny little vote won’t really amount to much, but hey at least I can feel good about standing on my principals. Like someone else said, they have 30 year backlog of games, and I have similar. So not playing either GTA V online anymore or buying GTA VI won’t really affect me in the long run as far as hindering my enjoyment of other games so there’s that…
- Comment on GTA VI Might Inspire Other AAA Developers to Price Their Games at $100 8 months ago:
if it’s higher than $60,R* can lick my taint.FTFY
- Comment on GTA VI Might Inspire Other AAA Developers to Price Their Games at $100 8 months ago:
Well that’s a ripe take on this. Evidently you don’t know anyone who runs Linux and played GTA V online. Rockstar can fuck right off for what they pulled. Definitely didn’t earn any trust, and Windows users should be wary as well since they did that with no notice and no fucks given to a portion of their paid users.
- Comment on What advice would you give to your younger self? 8 months ago:
I had two giant servers sitting under my desk when bitcoin started up. I was trying to decide whether to put them to work mining bitcoin or using them for seti at home. Well I decided to go with seti. And I am actually complacent with that decision, because had I got into bitcoin I know that I would have some sort of anxiety over when I sold, or what I paid for something like a pizza. I know those people who are searching trash dumps for their old hard drives are just in a weird hell that I am glad I never put myself in that situation.
- Comment on GTA 5 Cheat Codes To Maximize Your Gameplay 9 months ago:
For all the linux and Steam Deck users who used to be able to play GTA Online here’s a cheat code for you: FuckRockstar.
- Comment on What are some video game quotes that is stuck in your head? 10 months ago:
I hunger!
- Comment on Thomas E. Kurtz, a Creator of BASIC Computer Language, Dies at 96 10 months ago:
10 print "R.I.P. ";
20 goto 10 - Comment on How many Nintendo Switches do I need for a family of gamers? 10 months ago:
If you have multiple profiles set up on one switch, before you start a game it will ask you which profile is playing. Any save info for that gaming session will be tied to that profile. Anyone with a Switch can use the physical media with the caveat that only one person can be playing it at a time. Now if you buy the games online, you won’t need the physical media, but the game is tied to the account. As for cost, well it can get expensive and my family usually reserved the large purchases for things like birthdays or christmas. If I had a nickel for every dollar I have spent on gaming systems over the years, I would be able to retire. :)
- Comment on Games to play with my late 40s brothers? 11 months ago:
Going to go out of the shooter box here and say Valheim. I am pretty sure it’s cross compatible with xbox and pc/steam deck. Might not be the thing though if you are just all wanting to pvp, but thought I would throw it out there.
- Comment on Is there as much enthusiasm for Trump online today as eight years ago? 11 months ago:
Yup. I probably shouldn’t ramble as much, but my point was that I am sure all of the “opposite viewpoint than you” people are off in their walled garden asking the same questions. Where that is located, well, you have got me. I wasn’t questioning the legitimacy of his question.
- Comment on Is there as much enthusiasm for Trump online today as eight years ago? 11 months ago:
I am not taking sides with this comment, but you could literally swap names of everything you just posted with (the opposite candidate) and there is someone saying this exact same thing somewhere on the internet. They are most likely sitting there posting about where all the Harris people went and how they moved to a saner platform to avoid toxic people… Everyone needs to remember that there is someone out there with a polar opposite viewpoint as you and it’s just as strong as yours. The internet and social media has made it much easier for everyone to wall themselves off into groups containing people with only their viewpoint. And now all of that has been fed to LLMs. This is going to be an interesting future we are walking into.
- Comment on Microsoft CEO's pay rises 63% to $73m, despite devastating year for layoffs 11 months ago:
Maybe they can come up with some technology that would someday take the position of CEO. Think of the savings…