jdreyer wrote on Mar 17, 2023, 02:54:
How did the owner know the internet was down? Couldn't access his Ring cameras or something?

He was at the house when he noticed it was down and knowing I'd be there the next day it was simpler for him to have me take a look.

RedEye9 wrote on Mar 16, 2023, 18:01:

Burrito of Peace wrote on Mar 16, 2023, 13:18:
Slow on the snag but still faster than RedEye.

I'm building a fence around 3/4 of an acre so that's my excuse.

First day of house sitting and the owner said "can you check and see why my internet is down"
Antennae and router were unplugged. Maid was very thorough when she did a kitchen pass this time.


Tim Giveth and RedEye9 Snaggeth
under his eye

How did the owner know the internet was down? Couldn't access his Ring cameras or something?

WannaLogAlready wrote on Mar 16, 2023, 15:12:
Hey, you leave those poor Chinese alone !
Keep doing your thing Tim, you're doing the Lord's work.

Clearly the Chinese cash, does not come from the poor!

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roguebanshee wrote on Mar 16, 2023, 15:40:

Acleacius wrote on Mar 16, 2023, 14:25:
I wonder how long the freebees will last, once teenysweey is forced to divest all this free Chinese cash.

The amount of cash Fortnite rakes in (the worst year so far was ~$3.7b and it's been going for over 5 years) means that Epic doesn't need to worry about going under even if they keep throwing out weekly freebies for a decade or so.

I guess it's possible he might have risked all of their profits, each year on giving out freebies.
But has anyone every done anything like that and been successful?
I can't think of any game developer or publisher atm, but I could easily be forgetting or missed it.
Iirc, they own (not the poor ) about 40% and China is getting the big push out of the US, when it comes to access to persona data.
It's easy to throw 'other' people's money around.

Burrito of Peace wrote on Mar 16, 2023, 13:18:
Slow on the snag but still faster than RedEye.

I'm building a fence around 3/4 of an acre so that's my excuse.

First day of house sitting and the owner said "can you check and see why my internet is down"
Antennae and router were unplugged. Maid was very thorough when she did a kitchen pass this time.


Tim Giveth and RedEye9 Snaggeth
under his eye

Mar 23-30 Chess Ultra and World of Warships Ishizuchi Starter Pack

ForgedReality wrote on Mar 16, 2023, 13:21:

Burrito of Peace wrote on Mar 16, 2023, 13:18:
Slow on the snag but still faster than RedEye.

I'm building a fence around 3/4 of an acre so that's my excuse.

Build that wall!

Also snagged but probably won't play. Not the hugest of fans of turn based games. Anybody know if this is super spectacular and that I should actually play it eventually?

Its okay but the dlc and the inflated prices kinda kill the mood to play it for me these days. Long term, if you like it pick up the game on Steam and buy the dlc there via steam sales or third party sites. I got it originally on GoG which rarely has it on sale for as much as Steam keys go for. Epic will likely be the same situation as GoG. At least my copy is DRM free.

Acleacius wrote on Mar 16, 2023, 14:25:
I wonder how long the freebees will last, once teenysweey is forced to divest all this free Chinese cash.

The amount of cash Fortnite rakes in (the worst year so far was ~$3.7b and it's been going for over 5 years) means that Epic doesn't need to worry about going under even if they keep throwing out weekly freebies for a decade or so.

Hey, you leave those poor Chinese alone !
Keep doing your thing Tim, you're doing the Lord's work.

I wonder how long the freebees will last, once teenysweey is forced to divest all this free Chinese cash.

ForgedReality wrote on Mar 16, 2023, 13:21:

Also snagged but probably won't play. Not the hugest of fans of turn based games. Anybody know if this is super spectacular and that I should actually play it eventually?

It's okay. EGS continues its trend of giving away games I've bought within the past few years on sales, on Steam or GoG..

It's a Civ ripoff, but with way more focus on combat. Which should be great, especially with WH40K flavoring, but I found it kind of annoying, honestly. Enemies can retreat with 1 hp WAY too easily, and travel (at least for Space Marines) is too god damned slow to catch up and kill these guys before they run off to go heal next to 20 of their friends, half the time. To give you another hint, it's on sale for 90% off on Steam currently.

Also, there is a LOT of DLC, to get all the races, etc. It'll be fairly expensive.

Wasted opportunity... it's not bad, but it should have been great.

*EDIT* Hrm, Steam says I only have like 5 hours in the game.. maybe I should give it another chance? The TAU are on sale, I am tempted to buy them, illogically.

Burrito of Peace wrote on Mar 16, 2023, 13:18:
Slow on the snag but still faster than RedEye.

I'm building a fence around 3/4 of an acre so that's my excuse.

Build that wall!

Also snagged but probably won't play. Not the hugest of fans of turn based games. Anybody know if this is super spectacular and that I should actually play it eventually?

Slow on the snag but still faster than RedEye.

I'm building a fence around 3/4 of an acre so that's my excuse.

WAAAGH. Huh. What's it good for?

First !

Base game only, they got you !