Prez wrote on Jun 19, 2018, 09:48:

El Pit wrote on Jun 19, 2018, 08:17:
I would love to hear what Prez has spent - I myself don't even dare to find out what I have spent.

TotalSpend 2018-06-19 $32,659.04

I need help...

RedEye9 wrote on Jun 18, 2018, 14:31:

Beamer wrote on Jun 18, 2018, 13:40:
Do you guys get so offended when someone says that gambling addictions exist?

Or do you accept that while 99.9% of the population can gamble just fine, there exist some people for whom its massively addictive and problematic.

From there, can you admit that the people we occasionally hear about, such as the 9 year old that died playing mobile games earlier this month, or the people that die playing CS, have some sort of addictive issue?

And, lastly, can you name other areas like gambling and gaming in which the addiction is so high people will be unable to do anything else? I've never heard of anyone playing soccer to death, or having their lives ruined because they just needed to build one more birdhouse. Sure, we see it with substances, or with porn, but, I mean, those have classifications...

Then again, I do think I've seen at least one person in this thread try to claim that alcoholism doesn't exist because he can handle his beer just fine.

An addict/alcoholic is the last person to recognize they have an issue.

Beamer, thanks for a breath of reality filled fresh air in a thread tilted towards putrid negativity.

Mordecai Walfish wrote on Jun 17, 2018, 21:38:
Wasn't the Lone Wanderer a protagonist for another Fallout game even? What does that even have to do with 76?

jdreyer wrote on Jun 18, 2018, 03:22:
Huh, JWE has mostly positive reviews. Didn't expect that.

NamecaF wrote on Jun 16, 2018, 00:04:
Trial by social media is a fucking scourge. Fuck you lefties.

Beamer wrote on Jun 15, 2018, 10:14:
I just don't see a point in criticizing a major publisher for wanting their franchise to stay relevant. There will always be devs interested in niche, but Activision, EA, Ubi, etc., can't afford that with their biggest titles.

Beamer wrote on Jun 15, 2018, 07:49:
Point 1 is moot. None of these people whine about anything other than women. There's plenty in the game not historically accurate, but it's the women they focus on.

Rigs wrote on Jun 14, 2018, 22:50:
I'm seriously hyperventilating over HALO Infinite. It'll probably be nothing what I imagine it is but for now I'm really looking forward to it. Ever since HALO was originally announced way way back when it was a MAC RTS then 3rd person then FPS, my mind has just gone nuts with the concept of a ringworld. I can sit for a long time and ponder just the weather dynamics of it. Like how does that even work? There's no moon, it's not a sphere, so there would be no tides and there shouldn't be waves on the oceans yet we've seen waves on every large water biome on a HALO. Clouds, weather systems, a jet stream - cyclones?! HOW? Just that one little bit hasn't even had it's surface scratched in 15 years, both in-game nor the extended lore. And it looks like this time, we might just get some kind of explanation for some of it. It also looks like it'll be open world, a dream come true if it happens, at least for me. And based on the fact we see Master Chief's original armor style come back, I'm betting here and now that it has either time travel and/or flashbacks involved OR it's a prequel. There's a new book coming out (name escapes me ATM) that is going to explore MC's early campaign against the Covenant, long before the Fall of Reach. I think this is a clue or a sign that we're going back to that time period. Which is fine by me. The one glaring flaw in the 'prequel' hypothesis is that the HALO's hadn't been found yet, so MC wouldn't be on one with UNSC soldiers.
=-Rigs-=

Beamer wrote on Jun 14, 2018, 15:26:

VaranDragon wrote on Jun 14, 2018, 13:35:

Beamer wrote on Jun 14, 2018, 13:23:

Slashman wrote on Jun 14, 2018, 12:02:
For me it comes to down the fact that there is nothing I really want from Microsoft except non-exclusivity of their games on the console side.

Just make your games and then port them to PC and sell them through Steam, GOG and other established retailers.

What MS keeps trying to make fit is some kind of return to Windows Live that nobody liked or wanted. Your store will never be the cool thing you want us to believe it is. Stop getting involved in aspects that don't matter to us. We have GOG, Steam, GMG and a host of other, better digital retailers.

All MS has to do is decide if they want PC gamers to enjoy the same games they are putting out for console and if so, then just stop getting in the way of that. We don't want your shitty store and its front end.

Do you hold others to this standard?
Must EA sell through Steam?
Must Ubisoft sell through Steam? They do, but it all launches through uPlay, so all you did was use Steam as a payment processor.
Must Valve sell through Origin and uPlay?

No one seems to complain that you can't buy CS:Go on Origin.
And yeah, I get that Steam is a pretty good webstore and the rest suck, but Steam wasn't always that way. The others, if they get use, won't always suck.

But the arguments that Microsoft is wrong for wanting you to use its storefront falls apart unless you're equally angry at Valve for not selling on Steam or Origin.

Except none of those stores you mentioned require a Windows10 OS. There is literaly no reason why MS's storefront, games, or DX12 for that matter need to be locked down to one specific platform. None at all.

Did the reply I quoted mention Windows 10?
No?

Then I probably wasn't dealing with that complaint. If someone says they hate McDonald's because it's low quality, because the beef smells kind of rancid, but primarily because they have parking lots, and I ask if they hate all places with parking lots, do you think I have no problem with beef that smells rancid?

Beamer wrote on Jun 14, 2018, 13:23:

Slashman wrote on Jun 14, 2018, 12:02:
For me it comes to down the fact that there is nothing I really want from Microsoft except non-exclusivity of their games on the console side.

Just make your games and then port them to PC and sell them through Steam, GOG and other established retailers.

What MS keeps trying to make fit is some kind of return to Windows Live that nobody liked or wanted. Your store will never be the cool thing you want us to believe it is. Stop getting involved in aspects that don't matter to us. We have GOG, Steam, GMG and a host of other, better digital retailers.

All MS has to do is decide if they want PC gamers to enjoy the same games they are putting out for console and if so, then just stop getting in the way of that. We don't want your shitty store and its front end.

Do you hold others to this standard?
Must EA sell through Steam?
Must Ubisoft sell through Steam? They do, but it all launches through uPlay, so all you did was use Steam as a payment processor.
Must Valve sell through Origin and uPlay?

No one seems to complain that you can't buy CS:Go on Origin.
And yeah, I get that Steam is a pretty good webstore and the rest suck, but Steam wasn't always that way. The others, if they get use, won't always suck.

But the arguments that Microsoft is wrong for wanting you to use its storefront falls apart unless you're equally angry at Valve for not selling on Steam or Origin.

Beamer wrote on Jun 14, 2018, 11:45:

What's the difference between UPlay and Microsoft's store?
Honest question. I'm familiar with UPlay, not with Microsoft's. They seem more or less the same to me.