Beamer wrote on Feb 24, 2023, 07:15:I scan through most major gaming sites as part of my job, but thanks for the weak attempt at a zinger.Rilcon wrote on Feb 24, 2023, 03:10:
Between cloutchasers on Twitter and clickbait sites like Kotaku, the controversy has only served to give this game a shitload of free press. Kotaku in particular is pretty amusing over how they cannot stop pushing out massive-ass articles with the most inane non-criticisms of the actual game; all they criticize is "JKR is a turd" or "game mechanics break the immersion of magic not being real". They could go over the technical issues (poor performance in the game's namesake area), low quality filler content, or by-the-numbers simple combat, but instead manage make the game sound amazing and keep giving it free advertising.
Sounds like this has had you reading a lot of Kotaku.
Quinn wrote on Feb 23, 2023, 10:03:AFAIK studios get a base amount just for being on the platform, and then more based on "performance".
How does Game Pass work exactly? Does the fact that I paid the monthly fee this month mean the damage is done, or do I need to actually install/play the game?
Jim wrote on Feb 21, 2023, 10:13:I mean, sure, but people aren't going to volunteer to die in the streets, not until shit gets so bad there's no other choice; just human nature. To the average Russian the war is a remote thing, the people on TV say it's going great, and nearly all the soldiers dying are from remote (mostly "not real Russians") regions. We are very far from things getting bad enough "at home" to expect actual discontent.
I'd rather people die in Russia trying to overthrow a corrupt government vs people dying in Ukraine for no fucking reason at all.
Timmeh wrote on Feb 21, 2023, 10:34:You never fail to say the dumbest and most worthless thing possible for the given situation.
What is really amazing is watching all the supposed liberals, democrats and lefties be all pro war now and fall in line hating Russia even though we have been the aggressor through nato advances and energy policy.
Xero wrote on Feb 21, 2023, 08:56:There are plenty of sane people left inside Russia, mostly younger people (I know plenty). But as was mentioned previously in this thread, speaking up does carry a serious risk of prison. Russian prison. And by speaking up, I don't mean showing up to a protest in person, just posting somewhere online is enough to fuck you over.
The problem with the "ordinary citizens" in Russia is that they're divided. You have those that do understand wtf is going on and guess what? Most of them have left or fled the country. Then you have the ones that remain who are probably as delusional or accepting of every word coming out of their propaganda machine.
eRe4s3r wrote on Feb 21, 2023, 06:31:I assume they do have offices there; makes it much easier to hire people from the EU, and much more attractive for new hires than Russia even before the war (except maybe St. Petersburg).
Their cyprus adress is a tax evasion or sanction evasion attempt
VaranDragon wrote on Feb 21, 2023, 03:20:The developers of this game are in Cyprus. Unless I missed some major news, Russia can't arrest people in EU countries (yet).
The developers of this game can declare neutrality, at best, since that is the most critical that they can be without being thrown in jail.
G.oZ wrote on Aug 8, 2022, 00:39:I have watched those videos, and heard him talk about all those things! And here's the really funny thing: I, a complete potato of a person, definitely not in any "top percentile", understood all of it, and knew about most of it before he made a public spectacle of the whole thing.
He has the intelligence to both understand and passionately talk about rocket science & particularly rocket engineering - there are multiple videos of him talking about it, including giving tours of SpaceX facilities - a company he founded - and answering many technical questions. To accuse him of being essentially a spokesperson regurgitating "bullet points" on "the technical bits" shows you really haven't actually listened to him talk about these things.
The Half Elf wrote on Aug 7, 2022, 23:22:Ah, very clever, make it out to be like I'm a little child personally offended by him. Very mature! Here's a reverse: how's his dick taste?Rilcon wrote on Aug 7, 2022, 23:07:G.oZ wrote on Aug 7, 2022, 22:54:Or he just reads the weekly company newsletters and gets someone to collate some bullet points for him on the technical bits. Nothing I've heard from the guy points to him being any sort of genius, just rich and investing it in tech-related companies rather than just yachts and vineyards, and ensuring everyone knows about who's behind the checkbook so he can overshadow the actual researchers, engineers, and scientists that do the real work.Scottish Martial Arts wrote on Aug 7, 2022, 22:33:The Half Elf wrote on Aug 7, 2022, 20:42:
Love or hate Musk, he's a pretty smart guy
On what evidence do you base this? He's clearly rich and he's clearly famous and he's clearly thin-skinned, but if he's ever said anything intelligent, he's good at hiding it.
If you ever listen to Musk talk about his actual companies and the tech behind the work, it is quite clear he's both intelligent and passionate about it. I am a huge fan of SpaceX. He has a pretty darn good understanding of rocket science (even if he might not technically be a rocket scientist) - and loves "geeking out" talking about it.
It's just rather sad he has personality flaws/issues which turn him into a giant douche a lot of the time.
So which beloved pet did he run over?
G.oZ wrote on Aug 7, 2022, 22:54:Or he just reads the weekly company newsletters and gets someone to collate some bullet points for him on the technical bits. Nothing I've heard from the guy points to him being any sort of genius, just rich and investing it in tech-related companies rather than just yachts and vineyards, and ensuring everyone knows about who's behind the checkbook so he can overshadow the actual researchers, engineers, and scientists that do the real work.Scottish Martial Arts wrote on Aug 7, 2022, 22:33:The Half Elf wrote on Aug 7, 2022, 20:42:
Love or hate Musk, he's a pretty smart guy
On what evidence do you base this? He's clearly rich and he's clearly famous and he's clearly thin-skinned, but if he's ever said anything intelligent, he's good at hiding it.
If you ever listen to Musk talk about his actual companies and the tech behind the work, it is quite clear he's both intelligent and passionate about it. I am a huge fan of SpaceX. He has a pretty darn good understanding of rocket science (even if he might not technically be a rocket scientist) - and loves "geeking out" talking about it.
It's just rather sad he has personality flaws/issues which turn him into a giant douche a lot of the time.
The Half Elf wrote on Aug 7, 2022, 20:42:They are obligated to and would get sued by their shareholders if they didn't. This little ordeal, where Musk decided to waive his due diligence and just rush into the purchase when Twitter called his bluff, negatively affected the company's stock value to the point it's their responsibility to shareholders to pursue the completion of the sale.
Has anyone else noticed that instead of Twitter saying "Ok pay us the 1 billion for walking away from the deal", that they are wanting to force him to complete the purchase?
WebSoldier wrote on Aug 7, 2022, 20:01:I took psychic damage reading this.
Give me a break, Twitter committed fraud! The twitter CEO definitely went into the sale with disclosing false facts and believing that the original price tag should be exist or lawsuit?!?! LOL HAHAHAHA! Have fun, your going to have a good lesson to learn! Be honest or don't bother trying to sell to Musk, never will happen!
G.oZ wrote on Aug 7, 2022, 17:01:This. Twitter has absolutely nothing to gain by paying any attention to Musk's desperate clownish ego-starved tweets. Let the child of slavers dig his own public grave.
Twitter should just play smart and ignore everything from Musk
Kxmode wrote on Aug 5, 2022, 22:34:Not having actually played, I sort of assumed DI does have various systems that give you a tiny boost/prizes for "small" mtx, and that most of the hoopla is based around people trying to "100%" the game as fast as possible, combined with it being as big of an IP as Diablo.
We can go off the evidence. If Farm Heroes and Candy Crush were crushing it, Activision-Blizzard would have implemented a similar nickel-and-diming "reasonableness" in DI.
Activision says that King titles like Candy Crush and Farm Heroes brought in over $680 million.
Cutter wrote on Jul 31, 2022, 18:31:This is pretty much the point where if someone like this is allowed on the site and apparently constantly treated with kiddy gloves, I just gotta dip out. The randos coming and going with their hot takes, sure, happens everywhere, but some posters have a longstanding history of this crap and after a while the place just stinks.
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WebSoldier wrote on Jul 31, 2022, 15:10:wut?
okay child or is a man child still living with your parents? Go ahead and change history to your liking.