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In Training
Jun 28, 2008

GOTY contender Guilty Gear Rev2 releases in May.

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Sakurazuka
Jan 24, 2004

NANI?

Oh yeah I forgot about that because I can just buy a £20 upgrade this time.

Countblanc
Apr 20, 2005

Help a hero out!
it's International Tabletop Day ya'll, go play some board games

if you want to find a local place to play, use this site: https://www.tabletopday.com/ bring your friends!! playing in person with strangers can be cool but mixed groups are a great way to meet new friends and still be comfortable

if you want to play board games online use one of these:
- https://en.boardgamearena.com/ - has a bunch of really good games, all of them are "rules enforced" meaning you cant cheat (which is good for learning)
- http://www.brettspielwelt.de/?nation=en - super ugly old site that has some games BGA doesnt have. its so old lmao. classic tabletop gamers will get this
- tabletop simulator on steam - pretty janky, last resort tbqh.

if you cant play games today you should check out the board game thread here which is a great resource, esp the OP, and find games to play with your friends later: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3687728

it's also a day for RPGs! but there's no consolidated rpg resource to link really so just check out the trad games subforum if you want, there's threads for tons of different systems and a handful of general rpg threads if you want suggestions.

happy gaming all

Snak
Oct 10, 2005

I myself will carry you to the Gates of Valhalla...
You will ride eternal,
shiny and chrome.
Grimey Drawer
I don't understand how trackmania is so good.

It shouldn't be as good as it is.

Ostentatious
Sep 29, 2010

Is dota a tabletop game, if not then not interested

Snak
Oct 10, 2005

I myself will carry you to the Gates of Valhalla...
You will ride eternal,
shiny and chrome.
Grimey Drawer
I too would only be interested in Dota if it was a tabletop game.

Ostentatious
Sep 29, 2010

drat it I drew the racial slur card

Snooze Cruise
Feb 16, 2013

hey look,
a post
i just thought of a dota theme munchkin game and i threw up

tap my mountain
Jan 1, 2009

I'm the quick and the deadly

PantsBandit posted:

New Gorillaz album owns

Yeah it's good, it convinced a friend of mine to listen to Danny Brown

Captain Invictus
Apr 5, 2005

Try reading some manga!


Clever Betty
Gabocarina, a little-known Youtube cover artist, did a request for me and covered Smiles and Tears on his keyboard, acoustic guitar, and ocarina. It's very good, I invite you to listen to it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DU9DE69wwos&hd=1

God, KC Green's TF2 comics were the loving best.

a kitten posted:

Mario doesn't die.


this is also very good

Motto
Aug 3, 2013

https://twitter.com/Kotaku/status/858365459468607489


lmao pro gaming posted:

There’s a bug in Melee that only technically malfunctioning controllers can avoid. The malfunctioning is rare, volatile & causes other issues

Due to this malfunctioning being a necessary criterion as long as we don’t employ Magus’ smash turn fix code, only about 1-3% of GCCs are viable for players like @ArmadaUGS and @MVG_Mew2King, since that’s how few have said malfunctioning (PODE) to a sufficient degree.

a kitten
Aug 5, 2006

RE: Tabletop gaming.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cx8sl2uC46A



did i originally find that in this very thread? I honestly don't remember. It's funny anyway!!

Kai Tave
Jul 2, 2012
Fallen Rib

Snak posted:

I too would only be interested in Dota if it was a tabletop game.

There's this game which is actually supposed to be pretty decent but it's also constantly sold out, I haven't actually played it or not but it's gotten fairly positive reviews. It doesn't actually play like a MOBA though, it's more like the game Robo-Rally if you've ever played that.

Ostentatious posted:

drat it I drew the racial slur card

No, that's Cards Against Humanity.

spudsbuckley
Aug 29, 2008

by FactsAreUseless

(and can't post for 5 years!)


Hardcore fighting game people are one of the worst things about gaming.

Guy Mann
Mar 28, 2016

by Lowtax
If you can't play some tabletop games yourself, at least listen to some Adventure Zone.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LX-n_lJlJ68

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWPH9JyKCgw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yz5rDb7-kLk

raditts
Feb 21, 2001

The Kwanzaa Bot is here to protect me.



This isn't the #1 dumbest loving thing I've ever read on the internet, but it's definitely up there.

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


If your esport relies on broken controllers you should probably reconsider it

exquisite tea
Apr 21, 2007

Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."


Competitive Smash is the most pointless thing in the world because the entire scene is predicated upon playing the game in the least fun, most predictable, least exciting way imaginable.

CharlieFoxtrot
Mar 27, 2007

organize digital employees



It really seems that unlike every other FGC, Competitive Smash actually hurts the brand and Nintendo should just shut it down

exquisite tea
Apr 21, 2007

Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."


I don't think it was ever Nintendo's intent for the game to be played competitively, in fact everything about Smash kind of screams "you shouldn't take this too seriously."

But wherever there is a competitive element to anything, no matter how small, you'll find a subset of people who will fixate endlessly on that small thing and become super elite about it.

Mordja
Apr 26, 2014

Hell Gem

exquisite tea posted:

Competitive Smash is the most pointless thing in the world because the entire scene is predicated upon playing the game in the least fun, most predictable, least exciting way imaginable.

Competitive Melee particularly because the game is a technical mess, the same few characters dominate in the same few ways, the only legal stages are pretty boring and kind of bewildering (that Pokemon Stadium stage? Really?), and yes, I do have friends who were big into the local scene and deride the newer games almost sight unseen.

Help Im Alive
Nov 8, 2009

CharlieFoxtrot posted:

It really seems that unlike every other FGC, Competitive Smash actually hurts the brand and Nintendo should just shut it down

that would make a lot of people mad and they would be very loud about it (probably idk)

Poops Mcgoots
Jul 12, 2010

Help Im Alive posted:

that would make a lot of people mad and they would be very loud about it (probably idk)

Good.

Baku
Aug 20, 2005

by Fluffdaddy

spudsbuckley posted:

Hardcore fighting game people are one of the worst things about gaming.

tbf most of them hate smash bros people as much as everyone else, some even for good reasons

haveblue
Aug 15, 2005



Toilet Rascal
Do the pro SSBM players have a plan for the not-too-distant future when it's no longer possible to replace the hardware their game runs on after it breaks entirely?

Real hurthling!
Sep 11, 2001




haveblue posted:

Do the pro SSBM players have a plan for the not-too-distant future when it's no longer possible to replace the hardware their game runs on after it breaks entirely?

Dolphin

Snak
Oct 10, 2005

I myself will carry you to the Gates of Valhalla...
You will ride eternal,
shiny and chrome.
Grimey Drawer
Does anyone know, or have a link to an explanation of, how Trackmania's physics engine works? Google is failing me really hard on this one.

Ostentatious
Sep 29, 2010

What ive learned of the quake playerbase:

1. Do not know how to gain/use map control

2. They really hate overwatch because it is a "low skill game"

3. Are bad at quake

Snooze Cruise
Feb 16, 2013

hey look,
a post
woah be careful... they might quake with anger if they hear you say that wakka wakka

Motto
Aug 3, 2013

Smash has fun enough core gameplay that it's cool however you play it and comp play is theoretically neat, but the players are all insane.

Motto
Aug 3, 2013

A bunch of my freshman dormmates were smash players, which was fun until I realized that was next to all they ever talked about

CharlieFoxtrot
Mar 27, 2007

organize digital employees



In college I was walking around the dorms and there was a Smash run going on. I played on the Link stage and lost in 90 seconds.

That's my Smash-playing career in its entirety

Snooze Cruise
Feb 16, 2013

hey look,
a post
Smash was the only 2d fighter at the fighting game tournament my college ran and everyone either played as kirby or star fox.

The finale was two kirby's, they were the true heart of Smash.

Baku
Aug 20, 2005

by Fluffdaddy

Snooze Cruise posted:

Smash was the only 2d fighter at the fighting game tournament my college ran and everyone either played as kirby or star fox.

The finale was two kirby's, they were the true heart of Smash.

as someone who had friends who played fox in smash all the time in high school, I commend those kirby players

CharlieFoxtrot
Mar 27, 2007

organize digital employees



Competitive Mario Party would be a more interesting esport, I think

Baku
Aug 20, 2005

by Fluffdaddy

CharlieFoxtrot posted:

Competitive Mario Party would be a more interesting esport, I think

clearly you've never played mario party

Motto
Aug 3, 2013

Mario party is a fun vacuum

Motto
Aug 3, 2013

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdD8Lqc42ss

tap my mountain
Jan 1, 2009

I'm the quick and the deadly
Mario Party is just the kid's version of fortune street

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Snooze Cruise
Feb 16, 2013

hey look,
a post
Mario Party is a bad game, great experience generator if you like suffering

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