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Dizz posted:loot boxes loving suck and even if you want to argue that it isn't gambling, you can at least agree that it's rigged as gently caress to always give garbage and poop on each one. I do in Overwatch all the time. Admittedly I'm easily amused by a robot monk dressed as a purple C'thulu, but still.
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Elohssa Gib posted:I do in Overwatch all the time. Admittedly I'm easily amused by a robot monk dressed as a purple C'thulu, but still. Most Overwatch boxes are loving garbage and poo poo as well and it's pathetic they sell them for a buck a pop.
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Dizz posted:loot boxes loving suck and even if you want to argue that it isn't gambling, you can at least agree that it's rigged as gently caress to always give garbage and poop on each one. Loot boxes are fine for aesthetic things and for people without addictive personality problems. I'm okay with stupid outfits or gun skins to come in that do nothing. They're a problem when they lock pay-to-win game content and for people who have addiction problems.
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I have never bought Overwatch lootboxes because they are how lootboxes should work: meaningless pretty princess dress-me-up items with no effect on gameplay. Locking weapons or characters behind lootboxes sucks.
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sudonim posted:It looks like a bunch of kids getting off a bus that doesn't look like a school bus, which is a shame, because you have stop when a school bus stops in the opposite lane specifically so situations like this don't happen. A lot of countries don't have specific school buses, and in driving school they teach you to drive very carefully whenever you're passing a stopped bus because if it's not a child that'll dart onto the street/road from behind it like a loving maniac, it's a surprisingly spry old woman, or a drunkard doing this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXYpB40kwNQ
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Holy poo poo. quote:In 1970, Deacon began to write his autobiography with three friends. Ernie Roberts (who also had cerebral palsy), had been in hospital since the age of ten and was able to understand Deacon's speech. Roberts listened to Deacon's dictation and repeated it to another patient, Michael Sangster, who wrote it down in longhand. After proof-reading by Chris Ring, a student who visited the team each week, it was typed by a fourth member of the team, Tom Blackburn, who was initially unable to read or write but taught himself to type in order to help.
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https://deadspin.com/giants-fan-heckles-giants-players-tumbles-over-railing-1820411002 Giants Fan Heckles Giants Players, Tumbles Over Railing, Gets Tased By Security
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Bobby Digital posted:https://deadspin.com/giants-fan-heckles-giants-players-tumbles-over-railing-1820411002 Goddamn, that lede: quote:Sad to say, but this man had the most successful Sunday of anyone wearing a Giants jersey.
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Welp looks like the squeaky wheels got their grease https://www.ea.com/games/starwars/battlefront/battlefront-2/news/swbfii-changes-launch quote:So, we’re reducing the amount of credits needed to unlock the top heroes by 75%. Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader will now be available for 15,000 credits; Emperor Palpatine, Chewbacca, and Leia Organa for 10,000 credits; and Iden at 5,000 credits. Based on what we’ve seen in the trial, this amount will make earning these heroes an achievement, but one that will be accessible for all players. Now they can continue to give EA their money with the smug belief that they, the customer, are right.
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dumb. posted:Welp looks like the squeaky wheels got their grease Well since this is the schadenfreude thread: quote:For instance, during my review, completing the campaign earned players a unique loot crate that contained 20,000 credits. That reward is now 5,000 credits. A big change. What else is different? I need to find out. One thing I hope EA is addressing is Arcade rewards; after completing five challenges, I was alerted that I could no longer earn credits in this mode and that more would be available in 14 hours. "Yes we will reduce the cost of heroes by 75% and also some rewards by 75%" Bonus schad: EA will host an AMA on reddit on Wednesday.
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quote:after completing five challenges, I was alerted that I could no longer earn credits in this mode and that more would be available in 14 hours. hahaha god drat actual free-to-play mobile game "stamina bar" bullshit in a full price AAA release.
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Can you buy your way past it? I like reward schedule dampening where there’s no paid bypass (Destiny 2 has a good model) because it’s basically anti-poopsock design.
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Grey Fox posted:
EA should reconcile with gamers by giving them all an unlocked New Hope-era whiny Luke Skywalker.
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Subjunctive posted:Can you buy your way past it? I like reward schedule dampening where there’s no paid bypass (Destiny 2 has a good model) because it’s basically anti-poopsock design. I believe all of the loot crates that people are up in arms about can be bought with real currency. One of the big issues is that the loot crates contain serious upgrades that can give you a major advantage, and stuff like Luke and Vader were gated behind so much in-game currency that you'd need to spend 40 hours of gameplay never spending a single credit in order to afford one of them. It's not just "Gamers are whiny because they don't get content for free". EA's method was actually making Battlefront 2 a pay-to-win game where people could just drop a bunch of cash and have an immediate advantage over everyone else.
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chitoryu12 posted:I believe all of the loot crates that people are up in arms about can be bought with real currency. No, I meant the 14 hour reward lockout.
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If you find yourself opening a loot box that's your own drat fault gently caress ea also lol what is you doing buying into that poo poo
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Warm und Fuzzy posted:EA should reconcile with gamers by giving them all an unlocked New Hope-era whiny Luke Skywalker. Grind 10 hours cleaning droids before you can start gameplay (note: blaster and binoculars only, lightsaber is not unlocked)
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Fantastic Flyer posted:Gamers and game companies deserve each other Hell is other gamers
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Subjunctive posted:No, I meant the 14 hour reward lockout. I'm not sure, but I do know that you can always spend real money on premium currency (crystals) to purchase crates. So even if there's not a Farmville-style "Spend $20 to keep earning!" thing, there's still the incentive to spend more money. And since spending real money lets you get serious upgrades, anyone willing to throw money at EA can get an immediate advantage. War Thunder is a good example of doing microtransactions right. It groups you into specific matches depending on your vehicles so it's impossible for, say, a 1950s jet fighter to suddenly show up in a match full of 1930s biplanes and wreck everyone's poo poo. Premium vehicles are mostly reskinned and slightly different versions of existing vehicles that don't provide much or any upgrade over a basic model, so spending real money is more about bumping yourself up into higher ranks faster by speeding up research or getting new decals. EA has instead gone straight into pay-to-win where you either pay more money or you get stomped on.
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Goddammit enough with the loving gamerchat. SayNothing gets it: Feast your eyes on the glory that is Bill Dance: Volume 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iK_h-2kot6s Volume 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoQIljOKwpo Volume 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InpVTPK6o9Q ...and there's literally shittons more.
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Zamboni_Rodeo posted:Goddammit enough with the loving gamerchat. Bill Dance is great. It's me, I'm the goon who sometimes watches fishing shows. 
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KingSlime posted:gently caress ea also lol what is you doing buying into that poo poo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEU_XTV_2ZQ
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Bill Dance always reminds me of the Winnebago sales guy for some reason. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHmji3KSkX0 "Tony, do me a favor, will you please. Will you? Will you- will you do me a kindness?"
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Antioch posted:I have never bought Overwatch lootboxes because they are how lootboxes should work: meaningless pretty princess dress-me-up items with no effect on gameplay. Someone should make a mod which turns all loot box cosmetic items invisible and returns models to their default state. And which also adds "I can't see your stupid bling" to the usernames of people with it installed. Call it the Purity Mod or something for extra 
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Gorilla Salad posted:Someone should make a mod which turns all loot box cosmetic items invisible and returns models to their default state. Was a thing for TF2 in, like 2008.
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Bobby Digital posted:https://deadspin.com/giants-fan-heckles-giants-players-tumbles-over-railing-1820411002 Gotta love that professional culture where you can just beat a person who is already on the floor with three other cops on top of him because youre angry at them, seems healthy. 
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hmm indeed, almost like if the victim egged them on in an attempt to illicit said reaction not that we should be encouraging police heavy-handedness but I don't know if this is a very good case study (or thread) for furthering that discussion
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Memento posted:
Why do you want to destroy the sun so bad?
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Guy hasn't ridden a motorbike before, but he won't let that hold him back from buying one, It would appear he has crashed several times because he has several videos with poo poo like "crashing my bike after it was sold" or "the aftermath of my second crash". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wTGbO3y9CA Different guy crashing a new R6. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gdj4OMRslc Crashing a bike 4 hours after buying it. (really seemed like he has little to no experience too) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIfcvC3e3KY Crashing a bike without gear sucks, and this guy will show you why! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dw5Ccsv-XA
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Dizz posted:Why do you want to destroy the sun so bad? motherfucker knows what it did
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i have also never ridden a motorbike, its a nice streak that i dont want to break.
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funmanguy posted:i have also never ridden a motorbike, its a nice streak that i dont want to break. Same, for every idiot getting hosed up in fail videos there's twenty of us learning from the error of his ways
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Anyone who wants to ride a motorbike should watch the yearly "No Prisoners" compilation video. They are not for the faint of heart and people probably die in them. But you have to know how easily someone you had nothing to do with committing even a mild gently caress-up could cost you life or limb, let alone how bad one of your own gently caress-ups can end. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpdZgypOPdA
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Zamboni_Rodeo posted:Goddammit enough with the loving gamerchat. no https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fjZ3geBxZ4
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