1badmf wrote on Jun 8, 2021, 04:37:

Wolfen wrote on Jun 7, 2021, 21:20:

1badmf wrote on Jun 7, 2021, 21:13:

JeffD wrote on Jun 7, 2021, 15:52:
I really liked my ultra wide screen, but MOST games do not give you an improved experience where you get additional FOV, instead they crop the top and bottom REDUCING what you see over 16x9. Also cinematics are often displayed in 16x9. This is because UI elements like rendered weapons/hands/arms are modeled in a 16x9 view port and expanding outside of that could show broken or unintended artifacting of the models. Same with cinematics, they are framed in 16x9 and expanding outside of that could yield disappearing actors, or actors improperly animated because they were not intended to be seen.

not my experience at all. any game that says it supports ultrawide, doesn't stretch or letterbox the image, and that's most games i've played the last few years. in fact every game. i can't think of a single game in recent memory that was stretched or letterboxed dating back at least to 2014's dragon age 3.

Sometimes they mess with the FOV in a bad way. Outer Worlds comes to mind.

very rarely. MOST games, like jeff was saying? that makes no sense to me, that's not even close to the truth.

1badmf wrote on Jun 7, 2021, 21:13:

JeffD wrote on Jun 7, 2021, 15:52:
I really liked my ultra wide screen, but MOST games do not give you an improved experience where you get additional FOV, instead they crop the top and bottom REDUCING what you see over 16x9. Also cinematics are often displayed in 16x9. This is because UI elements like rendered weapons/hands/arms are modeled in a 16x9 view port and expanding outside of that could show broken or unintended artifacting of the models. Same with cinematics, they are framed in 16x9 and expanding outside of that could yield disappearing actors, or actors improperly animated because they were not intended to be seen.

not my experience at all. any game that says it supports ultrawide, doesn't stretch or letterbox the image, and that's most games i've played the last few years. in fact every game. i can't think of a single game in recent memory that was stretched or letterboxed dating back at least to 2014's dragon age 3.

Lord Tea wrote on May 29, 2021, 18:11:
Epic Games store exclusive. Thats great because it means i’ll get the game on Steam for under $10 as soon as available. No buy until these conditions are met.

Silent Bob wrote on Apr 7, 2021, 23:03:

Dev wrote on Apr 7, 2021, 22:20:
Ahhhh blockchain. The magic way to rake in millions from investors

And don't forget Atari Hotels. Coming soon!

The whole thing reeks of so much despiration that you can't help but laugh. Enjoy your trip to bankruptcy guys. Maybe the next owners of the Atari brand will have some better ideas.

Wolfen wrote on Mar 25, 2021, 17:25:

RogueSix wrote on Mar 25, 2021, 17:13:
I don't get it. TW Rome first came out in 2004. Which 2013 version is the newsbit referring to?

Rome 2 it appears.

RogueSix wrote on Mar 25, 2021, 17:13:
I don't get it. TW Rome first came out in 2004. Which 2013 version is the newsbit referring to?

Prez wrote on Mar 25, 2021, 15:39:
Medieval 2 was my personal favorite. Until the plague hit... then I hated it. But once the plague was over it went back to being my favorite.

Nullity wrote on Mar 23, 2021, 11:48:

Report: Discord is looking for a buyer, price tag could exceed $10 billion.

Nooooooo! Discord was such a breath of fresh air compared to, well, every other similar software (Teamspeak, Ventrillo, Mumble, Skype, etc). Anyone willing to pay that much money for it is guaranteed to restrict it, monetize it to hell, and ultimately ruin it.

That said, I believe the underlying tech is open-source, so hopefully someone would fork it or build an alternative.

MoreLuckThanSkill wrote on Mar 23, 2021, 18:12:

Cutter wrote on Mar 23, 2021, 15:05:
You have to be nuts to open a business in K-bec. Though I admit, Montreal bagels do rule.

Why is that? Seriously, I know you are Canadian, but compared to 'tech zones' in the US, land has to be way cheaper, better health care, probably far better housing/commute for the workers, comparable taxes, learn French on the side... not really any downsides, besides maybe the occasional Moose Attack or something.

jdreyer wrote on Mar 10, 2021, 22:44:

Wolfen wrote on Mar 10, 2021, 17:34:

eRe4s3r wrote on Mar 10, 2021, 13:01:
2 datacenter nodes burned down (as in, 2 separate datacenters in 1 building).. I am still laughing.. zero fire protection triggered, zero fire prevention triggered

This is what you get, when you pay for the cheapest hosting.

SBG2 Destroyed (12 of 12 containers destroyed)
SBG1 Damaged (4 of 12 containers destroyed)

And in case you are confused about "building" this is OVH, aka, they host in literal shipping containers
Stacked on top
With no fire suppression

Here a nice image of it

Not quite. But definitely not your top tier facility. haha

Looks like Ready Player One.

RedEye9 wrote on Mar 10, 2021, 18:32:

Wolfen wrote on Mar 10, 2021, 18:23:

eRe4s3r wrote on Mar 10, 2021, 18:01:

Wolfen wrote on Mar 10, 2021, 17:34:

eRe4s3r wrote on Mar 10, 2021, 13:01:
2 datacenter nodes burned down (as in, 2 separate datacenters in 1 building).. I am still laughing.. zero fire protection triggered, zero fire prevention triggered

This is what you get, when you pay for the cheapest hosting.

SBG2 Destroyed (12 of 12 containers destroyed)
SBG1 Damaged (4 of 12 containers destroyed)

And in case you are confused about "building" this is OVH, aka, they host in literal shipping containers
Stacked on top
With no fire suppression

Here a nice image of it

Not quite. But definitely not your top tier facility. haha

I am sure the customers are really happy all their data is now part of the (smoke) cloud though. Gives a whole new meaning to cloud hosting.

HAHA. Well as you may or may not know I am in China. I use VPN services from a few different companies. One of them was affected by this. I couldn't figure out why my web proxy service I use was acting nuts yesterday. They replied to a service ticket with this news. They aren't happy it seems.

Appears to have take hundreds if not thousands of sites with it.

Jivaro wrote on Mar 10, 2021, 21:18:
I know I can be truly na�ve sometimes, but holy shit.....it really is just a stack of shipping containers? I was sure that was a joke.

eRe4s3r wrote on Mar 10, 2021, 18:01:

Wolfen wrote on Mar 10, 2021, 17:34:

eRe4s3r wrote on Mar 10, 2021, 13:01:
2 datacenter nodes burned down (as in, 2 separate datacenters in 1 building).. I am still laughing.. zero fire protection triggered, zero fire prevention triggered

This is what you get, when you pay for the cheapest hosting.

SBG2 Destroyed (12 of 12 containers destroyed)
SBG1 Damaged (4 of 12 containers destroyed)

And in case you are confused about "building" this is OVH, aka, they host in literal shipping containers
Stacked on top
With no fire suppression

Here a nice image of it

Not quite. But definitely not your top tier facility. haha

I am sure the customers are really happy all their data is now part of the (smoke) cloud though. Gives a whole new meaning to cloud hosting.

eRe4s3r wrote on Mar 10, 2021, 13:01:
2 datacenter nodes burned down (as in, 2 separate datacenters in 1 building).. I am still laughing.. zero fire protection triggered, zero fire prevention triggered

This is what you get, when you pay for the cheapest hosting.

SBG2 Destroyed (12 of 12 containers destroyed)
SBG1 Damaged (4 of 12 containers destroyed)

And in case you are confused about "building" this is OVH, aka, they host in literal shipping containers
Stacked on top
With no fire suppression

Here a nice image of it

Xil wrote on Mar 10, 2021, 15:05:
While they might have a point with there being no alternative for the apple store, on android it is relatively easy to add other stores, heck they even could start their own....

Sluggabed wrote on Mar 5, 2021, 20:22:

Wolfen wrote on Mar 5, 2021, 20:20:
And here we go... digressing into name calling and insults. We don't change minds through this sort of behavior.

Yeh, logic.