theglaze wrote on Jan 22, 2019, 18:15:

Beamer wrote on Jan 22, 2019, 17:13:
I make as much as 8 or so average families of 4. Am I smarter than them? I'd guess that, within that 64 people...

Wait a second...

RedEye9 wrote on Jan 22, 2019, 19:11:
@Beamer
You're being trolled.
But you probably already guessed that.

wtf_man wrote on Jan 22, 2019, 18:38:
I'd certainly like to keep most of what I earned.

If you don't want to keep what you've earned... then give it away... but don't force the rest of us to give it away. It's very easy to give someone elses money away.

wtf_man wrote on Jan 22, 2019, 12:50:

Go tell an A-list hollyweird actor / acterss that they can only charge what a c-list person makes because you think they make too much.

BIGtrouble77 wrote on Jan 22, 2019, 16:25:
I can't imagine that RDR2 won't eventually make it to the PC purely based on how well GTA V did on steam. The game will print money for the next 5-10 years if they do release it, I just think they are waiting long enough for PC players to break down and buy a console version first.

eRe4s3r wrote on Jan 22, 2019, 16:04:

Beamer wrote on Jan 22, 2019, 15:54:

Kain wrote on Jan 22, 2019, 14:51:
This isn't people tweaking the config files for the game. They are going into Nvidia Inspector and toggling very specific settings at the driver level to achieve this. It is definitely cheating. That said, no one cares because the game is a hot mess. Having played a lot of BF V, I can almost understand otherwise reasonable players wanting to do this. It is really hard to discern your opponents in this game. Poor color palette choices, camo and their hideous forced smearing anti-aliasing all contribute to major visibility problems. There are several Youtube videos that demonstrate this more effectively to outsiders, google them to see some examples.

Would you call some of the stuff here cheating?
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1315092927

Not asking leadingly, just curious.

If go in that direction you could also argue that tuning gamma settings via driver is cheating or that painting crosshair on screen via OSD is cheating...

I always ran BF4 with a selection of "super low" settings to fix the grass/bush/tree and clutter making the image and hence visibility dirty. But it was in-game settings for most part, aside from Gamma tuning which made the game look just less contrasty, which is great for visibility, high contrasts are the worst situation for visibility.

But in the end, it's the developer deciding what is or isn't cheating.

Kain wrote on Jan 22, 2019, 14:51:
This isn't people tweaking the config files for the game. They are going into Nvidia Inspector and toggling very specific settings at the driver level to achieve this. It is definitely cheating. That said, no one cares because the game is a hot mess. Having played a lot of BF V, I can almost understand otherwise reasonable players wanting to do this. It is really hard to discern your opponents in this game. Poor color palette choices, camo and their hideous forced smearing anti-aliasing all contribute to major visibility problems. There are several Youtube videos that demonstrate this more effectively to outsiders, google them to see some examples.

sliv wrote on Jan 21, 2019, 21:55:
No, empathy meter is just fine, thanks.

Stable job, until it's not.

It's funny how small business owners have the "worst mindset", compared to who? People who willingly go into a job having a single focused skill set that doesn't translate to anything outside of their seemingly stable job so when said job is in jeopardy they have no where else to go? Sounds like my mindset has a better chance for a future, but okay.

To say something is "obvious" means you believe your opinion is shared by everyone. It's not, so don't use 'obvious' when you very well could be part of a very small vocal minority. But you wouldn't know.

Kain wrote on Jan 22, 2019, 12:53:
The trouble with the NFL is that so many plays are subjective and its a very technical sport compared to say soccer where they have deployed tech to confirm goals and remove all doubt.

D-Rock wrote on Jan 22, 2019, 12:07:

Beamer wrote on Jan 22, 2019, 10:44:
Oh, wait, you mean the new politician that literally just took office. She's half your age and has accomplished more than you, but of course you dismiss her as just "that chick." Much like how yesterday you called another woman a "bitch."

Heaven forbid he decides to have an opinion on the matter. Your constant condescension is getting old. Must you be a part of every single conversation? I can't possibly be the only one who is sick and tired of your arrogance.

D-Rock wrote on Jan 22, 2019, 12:12:

Beamer wrote on Jan 22, 2019, 11:27:

You're thinking about it wrong.

Would it kill you to say "I disagree" versus calling everyone that doesn't fall in line with the rules of your special bubble "wrong"?

wtf_man wrote on Jan 22, 2019, 11:13:

Beamer wrote on Jan 22, 2019, 10:50:
I've been saying it here forever, but going back to something similar to Eisenhower's tax plan seems like a no-brainer. It's so odd to me that so many people that would benefit from it, and have no hope of ever making $10MM a year, seem to think it's a bad idea.

It's easy to say "take" what doesn't belong to you.

That said... going back to 24 tax brackets, everyone paying higher taxes, tax laws have changed where property is on longer considered "depreciation"... you are smoking some good stuff.

If anything... it should be a flat one bracket tax with ZERO deductions for EVERYONE. (except of course poverty level being exempt)

Yes we would mostly all pay a little more... but the asshats in congress wouldn't be paying 15% while the rest of us are paying higher percentage brackets. Everyone would be paying the same percentage, which is fair.

xXStellarDadXx wrote on Jan 22, 2019, 11:15:
I love Fortnite...Keeps the little annoying kids out of the good games...

Mr. Tact wrote on Jan 22, 2019, 11:04:
Apologies in advance for me being an ignorant old crony, but how do the credit card thieves get the real world money back out of the game after buying V-bucks on stolen cards? I'd guess there are third party sites which sell in game items for real money? Is that correct? Assuming so, is there a reasonable/legitimate thought process to allow this type of third party interaction with the game? Or it is simply pure greed motivation on the side of the game devs?

Cutter wrote on Jan 22, 2019, 10:40:
Media really needs to shut up about that chick. Her 15 minutes are up.

Timmeh wrote on Jan 22, 2019, 10:25:
Dice can go to Hell and shove their SJW POS trashed battlefield v game up their a$$ on the way down.

You could not pay to to play this pos liberal whack job pro nazi fantasy.

Frijoles wrote on Jan 21, 2019, 21:16:

Beamer wrote on Jan 21, 2019, 20:24:
It's not something I do, but if it's in the menu, it doesn't feel like cheating.

It's not in the menu though. If I understand the video, you have to tweak a bunch of driver configuration settings. Or run another little utility to set them for you. Sounds like cheating to me. Good riddance to them.