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Since February 24, 2020

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Re: Cities: Skylines II: Beach Properties and Modding Announced
Mar 18, 2024, 14:01
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Re: Cities: Skylines II: Beach Properties and Modding Announced Mar 18, 2024, 14:01
Mar 18, 2024, 14:01
 Quboid
 
HoSpanky wrote on Mar 18, 2024, 13:50:
Did they sort out the miserable performance issues with the game, or are they pulling an Ark: Survival Evolved here, and selling DLC before the game is playable?

It's improved a lot, but it's still got a way to go. This update will have more improvements but even still it's not going to worry your 240hz monitor.

FWIW, this DLC is art so it's not time spent when they should be fixing stuff. It's still not a great thing to do imo, but at least it's not actively harming the more important but less profitable coding stuff. (Having said that, fixing the coding stuff is probably worth more to them than a cheap asset pack but whatever...)
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Re: Cities: Skylines II: Beach Properties and Modding Announced
Mar 18, 2024, 13:20
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Re: Cities: Skylines II: Beach Properties and Modding Announced Mar 18, 2024, 13:20
Mar 18, 2024, 13:20
 Quboid
 
For clarification, the modding/editor are not part of the paid DLC.
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Re: OotB: Happy St. Paddy's
Mar 17, 2024, 15:56
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Re: OotB: Happy St. Paddy's Mar 17, 2024, 15:56
Mar 17, 2024, 15:56
 Quboid
 
Thank you for calling it St. Paddy's. I've seen a few people call it St. Patty's for some reason. Paddy means Patrick, Patty means Patricia, so St. Patty's Day would be the 25th of August and yes, I did have to Google this.
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FCC quadruples requirements for basic broadband service
Mar 15, 2024, 20:56
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FCC quadruples requirements for basic broadband service Mar 15, 2024, 20:56
Mar 15, 2024, 20:56
 Quboid
 
What does that actually mean? ISPs' marketing material has to follow this definition?
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Re: Issues & Activism
Mar 11, 2024, 17:39
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Re: Issues & Activism Mar 11, 2024, 17:39
Mar 11, 2024, 17:39
 Quboid
 
Prez wrote on Mar 10, 2024, 12:07:
I can't tell if half of the replies here are idiots or making fun of idiots but I know you're no fool. What do you mean by far left trolls?

Toothless and inconsequential "activists" who "stand up" to something by doing nothing but saying something that everyone sane already knows to be true. But aren't I wonderful for saying it? Right guys? It's kinda sickening if you ask me. It's not a "hot take" to say that being shitty to women and decent people who defend them is wrong. I would say it was "virtue signaling" or "white knighting" but those terms were co-opted by misogynists years ago.

The comment about him being a "far left troll" was my way of implying that it's easy for everyone to assume that only far right trolls were in support of gamergate but if you paint the people who erroneously assume that with the same broad brush all of a sudden it's controversial.

The movement and the whole nontroversy that was gamergate was misguided, sure, but some people were genuinely sick of games journalism being so pathetic. Them circling the wagons and "standing up to far right trolls" the way every games journalist did was just avoiding the uncomfortable truths that people latched onto the movement for in the first place. It was and still is the biggest strawman in gaming.

I know I just pissed off half the board, but I don't really care. You bring that stupid shit up I am going to say what needs to be said.

Thank you for replying. I don't really agree, but I appreciate a sensible take.
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Re: Issues & Activism
Mar 10, 2024, 07:11
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Re: Issues & Activism Mar 10, 2024, 07:11
Mar 10, 2024, 07:11
 Quboid
 
Prez wrote on Mar 9, 2024, 14:45:
I tend to ignore far right trolls and the far left trolls who write articles about them. I'm not sure that there's a better way to deal with the problem.

I can't tell if half of the replies here are idiots or making fun of idiots but I know you're no fool. What do you mean by far left trolls?
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Re: OotB: Look before you leap
Feb 29, 2024, 21:43
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Re: OotB: Look before you leap Feb 29, 2024, 21:43
Feb 29, 2024, 21:43
 Quboid
 
Beamer wrote on Feb 29, 2024, 17:18:
Quboid wrote on Feb 29, 2024, 16:53:
RogueSix wrote on Feb 29, 2024, 12:01:
Millennials on course to become ‘richest generation in history.’

And the whiniest, too, but Gen Z is giving them a run for their money. Outcome uncertain but it is a very close race so stay tuned!

How often do older generations (which you might not be a member of, I don't know) unironically complain about younger generations? Ask some service workers what generation is the most rude, the most demanding, and the most easily offended. You might not like the answer, but try not to get angry at them and demand to see their manager.

The lack of self awareness is brutal to me. All of these people complained about older generations misunderstanding them and generalizing them as whiny and weak, and then somehow, they do it as adults.

Some self-awareness and an interest in learning from history would be fantastic.

It never ends. I've seen a millennial who frequently complains and mocks boomers for their attitudes to millennials, and then call gen-z the Tide-Pod generation because a few idiots ate them. Humans are idiots.
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Re: OotB: Look before you leap
Feb 29, 2024, 16:53
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Re: OotB: Look before you leap Feb 29, 2024, 16:53
Feb 29, 2024, 16:53
 Quboid
 
RogueSix wrote on Feb 29, 2024, 12:01:
Millennials on course to become ‘richest generation in history.’

And the whiniest, too, but Gen Z is giving them a run for their money. Outcome uncertain but it is a very close race so stay tuned!

How often do older generations (which you might not be a member of, I don't know) unironically complain about younger generations? Ask some service workers what generation is the most rude, the most demanding, and the most easily offended. You might not like the answer, but try not to get angry at them and demand to see their manager.
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Re: OotB: Duh!
Feb 28, 2024, 16:20
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Re: OotB: Duh! Feb 28, 2024, 16:20
Feb 28, 2024, 16:20
 Quboid
 
Was this site down for a while for anyone else? It was unavailable for me for at least 30 minutes, only just came back. Everything seems to be working fine now so it looks like no damage was done.
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Re: OotB: I'll drink to that!
Feb 25, 2024, 18:01
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Re: OotB: I'll drink to that! Feb 25, 2024, 18:01
Feb 25, 2024, 18:01
 Quboid
 
Like most TV / movies / music, SNL hasn't been good since [insert years when I was between 15 and 25]
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Re: HELLDIVERS 2 Hits New Peak; Adds CCU Cap
Feb 18, 2024, 17:45
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Re: HELLDIVERS 2 Hits New Peak; Adds CCU Cap Feb 18, 2024, 17:45
Feb 18, 2024, 17:45
 Quboid
 
thestryker wrote on Feb 18, 2024, 16:00:
The problem Arrowhead has is their current choice is between people not being able to get in or people randomly not getting rewards. While it's frustrating I think they made the right choice, and honestly I haven't been trying to play this weekend because of it. I do think it's a giant red flag for anyone looking to buy the game until it has been resolved.

As was said before the Galactic War requires a master server keeping track of mission progress so host it yourself is absolutely not an option. I suppose they could do an offline, but then you'd never get anything for your runs so kinda blows up the point behind that one too.

Doing runs should be fun regardless of the wider context, no? I understand that a private server wouldn't tie in to the wider conflict, but it should be an option and it should be fun in isolation.

I understand their problem here, after all it's not that different to what all centralised games have. It's just not usually as public and it should be handled a bit better but being a surprise hit has got them scrambling. Also I'm sure they have an eye on the CCU numbers in a month and beyond when it calms down a bit. If they can expand the servers for a short while at a reasonable cost then great, but if I was them I'd be wary of investing in infrastructure for 500K+ players if that would result in costs that would take months to be worthwhile. Just this year we've seen Lethal Company, Palworld, and Enshrouded each lose around half their CCU or more and that's absolutely not to say they are dead games or failures, far from it. That's just the way of things.
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Re: Videogames as a Military Recruitment Tool
Feb 14, 2024, 16:51
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Re: Videogames as a Military Recruitment Tool Feb 14, 2024, 16:51
Feb 14, 2024, 16:51
 Quboid
 
DarkCntry wrote on Feb 14, 2024, 16:44:
We really shouldn't be a society where "doing your part" is literally the only way to make sure you have support.

Service guarantees citizenship. Would you like to know more?
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Re: OotB: Day late and a dollar short
Feb 12, 2024, 00:13
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Re: OotB: Day late and a dollar short Feb 12, 2024, 00:13
Feb 12, 2024, 00:13
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Burrito of Peace wrote on Feb 11, 2024, 23:17:
Prez wrote on Feb 11, 2024, 22:56:
I thought it was a good game. Never cared too much about commercials, but the Arnie one was kind of funny.

The only highlights, commercials wise, was the ubiquitous Budweiser Clydesdale commercial and the Doritos Dinamita commercial.

I am glad KC won, though, just so the RWNJ will lose their shit for the next two weeks straight.

It picked up in the 4th and 5th quarters, when BoP first commented it was a snooze-fest in my wildly inexpert opinion.

Biden['s intern] is having fun: https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1756888470599967000
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Re: OotB: Staycation
Feb 8, 2024, 20:25
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Re: OotB: Staycation Feb 8, 2024, 20:25
Feb 8, 2024, 20:25
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Prez wrote on Feb 8, 2024, 18:55:
You made my head hurt for a second there Cutter. But it was a reduction from 9.7 to 8.1 per 10000 when the drugs were taken. Still, it always seemed beyond useless to report associations without establishing causality. To me it seems about as scientific as saying cows are associated with reducing crime because the prevalence of cows is higher in lower crime areas.

Still, the numbers given don't really add up.

270,000 participants: 1,119 people developed Alzheimer's - 0.4144%
148,500 took the drug: 749 people got it - 0.5044%
121,500 didn't take it: 370 people got it - 0.3045%

Once researchers adjusted for other factors that could affect the rate of Alzheimer’s disease, such as age, smoking status and alcohol consumption, they found that people who took erectile dysfunction drugs were 18% less likely to develop Alzheimer’s than people who did not take the drugs.

I think this is key, but this also means that the info we're given in this article is effectively useless. "Hey if you take these numbers and alter them in unspecified ways, you get different results!". Yeah ok, cool. I'm sure the actual research paper will be more specific on the other factors but this article is too vague.
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Re: Saturday Patches
Feb 3, 2024, 15:43
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Re: Saturday Patches Feb 3, 2024, 15:43
Feb 3, 2024, 15:43
 Quboid
 
Prez wrote on Feb 3, 2024, 12:47:
This Starfield mod changes almost everything in the game

Almost there...

It's encouraging that they've narrowed in on what exactly needs changed with Starfield.
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Re: Morning Metaverse
Feb 2, 2024, 17:37
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Re: Morning Metaverse Feb 2, 2024, 17:37
Feb 2, 2024, 17:37
 Quboid
 
VaranDragon wrote on Feb 2, 2024, 06:37:
I'll probably get (rightly) called a codgery old fart for saying this but people need to grow a few hairs on their chest or GTFO. It's like every new generation is a more delicate flower than the last one. FFS our grandfathers fought in a World War, came home, and raised the boomer generation. Now we can't stand a little vitriol online.

I don't think it's generational, there are plenty of other codgery old farts who are incredibly thin-skinned too. There's something in human nature where we can see 10 compliments and 1 insult, and we focus on the insult. Specially thanks to social media, many of us end up in that situation a lot more often than is healthy for this nature.
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Re: ItB: Undead
Feb 2, 2024, 13:53
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Re: ItB: Undead Feb 2, 2024, 13:53
Feb 2, 2024, 13:53
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I feel like in reality it will be "wow The Last Of Us TV series was super popular, lets rip that off!".
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Re: Morning Metaverse
Feb 1, 2024, 16:03
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Re: Morning Metaverse Feb 1, 2024, 16:03
Feb 1, 2024, 16:03
 Quboid
 
DarkCntry wrote on Feb 1, 2024, 15:56:
Prez wrote on Feb 1, 2024, 12:13:
Pokimane's main reason for leaving Twitch- 'So much manosphere, red pill bulls---.'

She's not wrong; there is a lot of toxic masculinity on social media sites. Frankly I don't know how young pretty girls can stand the constant harassment. Then again, the irony of her complaining about it now that she is incredibly wealthy because she knowingly benefitted from Twitch targeting those same guys in her quest to 'make it' isn't lost on me.
Furthermore, she cultivated a whole identity around that same toxic masculinity with the people she collaborated with consistently...

What shouldn't be lost is that she's also partially responsible for how Twitch is today due to her popularity. I mean, she decries the imbalance in how Twitch handles enforcement while at the same time being one major example of it over the years.

Who did she collaborate with?

I'm not sure where she's going to go that is any better. They're all cesspits, and if your Twitch chat is toxic, get better mods.
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Re: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER Driver and Reviews
Feb 1, 2024, 13:11
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Re: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER Driver and Reviews Feb 1, 2024, 13:11
Feb 1, 2024, 13:11
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Ozmodan wrote on Feb 1, 2024, 11:39:
Quboid wrote on Jan 31, 2024, 17:07:
Beamer wrote on Jan 31, 2024, 14:09:
Darks wrote on Jan 31, 2024, 14:03:
Don't bother with this card. Steve are Gamers Nexus tested it, and its a whooping 1.8 percent faster the the 4080. Only good thing he had to say was the price.

1.8% faster for $200 less seems like something you should absolutely "bother with" if you're looking to upgrade from an older generation.

This is my takeaway too. It's barely an upgrade on the Geforce 4080, but it is a significant price drop and turns the 4080 from one of the worst value cards into one of the best in terms of price-per-frame.

How is 1100-1200 a super value? Considering the few available the cards are sold soon after arrival. A decent graphics should never cost more than $600 and these are way over priced still.

I would never call a $1000 card "super value", but the graphics of price:framerate I've seen show the 4080 Super being one of the best of the high-end ones.

You probably can get a decent card for $600 anyway. The 4080 Super isn't aiming for the "decent" market.
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Re: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER Driver and Reviews
Jan 31, 2024, 17:07
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Re: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER Driver and Reviews Jan 31, 2024, 17:07
Jan 31, 2024, 17:07
 Quboid
 
Beamer wrote on Jan 31, 2024, 14:09:
Darks wrote on Jan 31, 2024, 14:03:
Don't bother with this card. Steve are Gamers Nexus tested it, and its a whooping 1.8 percent faster the the 4080. Only good thing he had to say was the price.

1.8% faster for $200 less seems like something you should absolutely "bother with" if you're looking to upgrade from an older generation.

This is my takeaway too. It's barely an upgrade on the Geforce 4080, but it is a significant price drop and turns the 4080 from one of the worst value cards into one of the best in terms of price-per-frame.
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