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I want more (tier-0) life, fucker.
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I REFUSE to buy that Rebel Galaxy game off the epic store! (I'll wait for it to come out on playstation)
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Jul 29, 2019 21:44
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Scruffpuff posted:A good example is that I just got GTA 5. The game released in 2013, I waited until 2019 to buy it. I got it for 15 bucks, it includes everything, I can play the single-player game and it runs great, i just played “barbie vacation adventure“ on the sega genesis works like a charm these days! 
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Jul 29, 2019 21:52
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Zaphod42 posted:Lmao can you create categories or folders? whenever some software wont let me delete stuff, i create a folder “z trash“ where all bad thing stay till eternity.
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Jul 29, 2019 21:58
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Bumble He posted:can you create categories or folders? battle.net launcher has only few games, so all of them are shown all the time, even those that you don't own - they are just transparent a bit (or lighter or grayed out or something, forgot)
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Jul 29, 2019 22:10
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Some high fidelity FOIP action from BoredScammer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Td1r0FKwIw
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Jul 29, 2019 22:27
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Pixelate posted:But what a hole! Graceful, majestic
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Jul 29, 2019 22:28
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Scruffpuff posted:A good example is that I just got GTA 5. The game released in 2013, I waited until 2019 to buy it. I got it for 15 bucks, it includes everything, I can play the single-player game and it runs great, and I can play the online version in a solo session and just gently caress around casually and not give one flying gently caress about a single thing in their online store. GTA 5 also has a great launcher, it's a real good feeling loading up Steam to launch a launcher, it completes me
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Jul 29, 2019 22:31
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Who has the best launcher - Star Citizen or SpaceX? Answer - Battle Cruiser 3000 Kosumo fucked around with this message at 22:36 on Jul 29, 2019 |
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Jul 29, 2019 22:34
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skeletors_condom posted:Some high fidelity FOIP action from BoredScammer: It's a good thing they spent so much time on this feature, it was totally worth the 30 seconds of gaming news it generated before it became mostly used by people like Robbaz making comedy videos because it looks invariably creepy/silly!
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Jul 29, 2019 22:40
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Sanya Juutilainen posted:battle.net launcher has only few games, so all of them are shown all the time, even those that you don't own - they are just transparent a bit (or lighter or grayed out or something, forgot) Nah they're not grayed out any more. But they're not super intrusive, and you can click a little arrow so it only shows you the icons and not the names. 
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Jul 29, 2019 22:46
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An excellent thread: What happened to the damage model we were shown in 2015? 100% authoritative Citizen answers include: * It is in the game * It is not in the game but it is coming * It's in the game but they toned it down because the original was too much work * It's on the roadmap for Q4 * It is in the game but it only works for some ships * It is in the game but it only works on some servers * It is in the game but the damage on weapons is much lower than in the demo * It's totally in the game and it happened to me yesterday Whatever the answer is, some things are for certain: It's not Chris Roberts' fault, Citizens are 100% happy with the state that it's in, and they definitely have a good grasp of what is going on with development. If you disagree you are a FUDster troll and you must be downvoted.
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Jul 29, 2019 22:52
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Beet Wagon posted:Nah they're not grayed out any more. But they're not super intrusive, and you can click a little arrow so it only shows you the icons and not the names. THATS TOO MUUUUUUUUCH!
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Jul 29, 2019 22:55
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Kosumo posted:Who has the best launcher - Star Citizen or SpaceX? Press alt + Q + right shift to bring up yer options
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Jul 29, 2019 22:56
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What’s Derek smarts status here these days
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Jul 29, 2019 23:01
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I think I'll just play a bit of elite for a while
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Jul 29, 2019 23:05
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ED Profiler launches my elite launcher which launches Oculus which launches some Nvidia poo poo, after this firmware update I am up for adventure, brb just charging batteries for touch controllers
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Jul 29, 2019 23:08
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Alan Smithee posted:What’s Derek smarts status here these days Hard at work on the groundbreaking and hotly anticipated MMOFPS, Line of Defense!
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Jul 29, 2019 23:11
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3.6 has hit comedy video stage on the sub https://youtu.be/6N45FYO-iRE quote:Don't get me wrong, I love this game. I'm sure most of the bugs will be fixed but... alpha 3.6, even though it introduced some awesome stuff, is comically, a very frustrating experience!
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Jul 29, 2019 23:15
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Pixelate posted:3.6 has hit comedy video stage on the sub This game is comically bad. I know the faithful think of us as bizarrely fixated nutjobs but really I see it as watching one of the best sitcoms ever to be "made"
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Jul 29, 2019 23:33
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Zaphod42 posted:That was a bug that has been fixed, but it won't stop the army of gamers who already got their pitchforks. Best news I got today.
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Jul 29, 2019 23:43
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Bumble He posted:can you create categories or folders? No folders because there's only like 6 games. But you can't remove anything. And what's real fun, you can re-arrange to put things on the bottom at least... except they hard-coded that its BLIZZ TITLES and then ACTIVISION TITLES so you can't choose that an activision game comes earlier or a blizz game comes later. That's completely locked in. For instance, imagine the only Blizzard-Activision game you own was Destiny 2. Your launcher would still look exactly like this, even if you don't give a flying gently caress about world of warcraft or warcraft 3. Note that warcraft 3 remake isn't even for sale yet. That's a permanent ad for a pre-order. Its not the end of the universe or anything, I'm not about to throw a poo poo-fit. But its a pretty rear end launcher compared to even Steam, (and steam has SO many performance issues). I'm really not sure if Epic is worse. Zaphod42 fucked around with this message at 23:50 on Jul 29, 2019 |
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Jul 29, 2019 23:48
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peter gabriel posted:ED Profiler launches my elite launcher which launches Oculus which launches some Nvidia poo poo, after this firmware update I am up for adventure, brb just charging batteries for touch controllers My Rift keeps asking me to set it up after setting it up. That blue bar has now become an "ignore me" bar
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Jul 30, 2019 00:16
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I can't believe I made a joke about being mad at a launcher that is incredibly straightforward and presents your games to you immediately and you dorks are now actually debating whether to be mad at it or not 
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Jul 30, 2019 00:19
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Beet Wagon posted:I can't believe I made a joke about being mad at a launcher that is incredibly straightforward and presents your games to you immediately and you dorks are now actually debating whether to be mad at it or not Best launcher is the one throwing Kayak his toys. 
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Jul 30, 2019 00:33
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Beet Wagon posted:I can't believe I made a joke about being mad at a launcher that is incredibly straightforward and presents your games to you immediately and you dorks are now actually debating whether to be mad at it or not I kind of skipped over the pages but I'd guess it's because basically the whole games industry is poo poo and it's really easy to find anti-consumer practices wherever you look and the only choice is which of them you are going to get mad over
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Jul 30, 2019 00:37
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Sarsapariller posted:I kind of skipped over the pages but I'd guess it's because basically the whole games industry is poo poo and it's really easy to find anti-consumer practices wherever you look and the only choice is which of them you are going to get mad over All of them, ofc 
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Jul 30, 2019 00:40
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Beet Wagon posted:Nah they're not grayed out any more. But they're not super intrusive, and you can click a little arrow so it only shows you the icons and not the names. I find BattleNet launcher to be super annoying. Why do they include games that I don't own? And they constantly spam random events and other marketing BS:  It's not like it would cost them a large amount of money to let me hide games that I don't own. That's why I use bnetlauncher. Mind you, I am not particularly pro-steam or anti-EGS. But the cavalier attitudes of modern digital services companies is really annoying. skeletors_condom fucked around with this message at 00:55 on Jul 30, 2019 |
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Beet Wagon posted:I can't believe I made a joke about being mad at a launcher that is incredibly straightforward and presents your games to you immediately and you dorks are now actually debating whether to be mad at it or not The most intense debate lol  Comeon Beet, its been an ongoing conversation and now we're discussing that launcher since you brought it up. Its not really a debate.
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Jul 30, 2019 01:15
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skeletors_condom posted:I find BattleNet launcher to be super annoying. Why do they include games that I don't own? And they constantly spam random events and other marketing BS: wait the war chest skins are out? poo poo dude thanks
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skeletors_condom posted:I find BattleNet launcher to be super annoying. Why do they include games that I don't own? And they constantly spam random events and other marketing BS:  I didn't go there to buy those things, but there they are anyway. Like it or not, agree with it or not, but we're here now. It's not going to revert. Companies don't care about you; they care about your money. As long as the economy is driven by the lowest-common-denominator consumer, we're gonna have baited hooks in our faces. Which means forever.
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Jul 30, 2019 02:06
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The whataboutisms being thrown around to defend the EGS are a bit strange. The fact that other launchers have problems doesn't mean that you should just ignore it all. It's like Jim Sterling repeatedly shouting into the void about anticonsumer practices. Lots of people might ignore him, I tend to, but shining a light on these things and trying to prevent it becoming the status quo is a good thing. Yes, the EGS is taking more than it's fair share of abuse for problems that are not unique to it but the abuse of bad launchers is still warranted. Plus, changing one can lead to changes spreading and as the new guy trying to corner a market the EGS is most likely to make some positive concessions. It will even out again soon enough and go back to being a non issue, whilst it is up for discussion though people should point out all the ways these things are lovely.
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Jul 30, 2019 02:31
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Scruffpuff posted:
I did hear MS is redesigning the Xbox UI to be less annoying so its possible to change? Anybody can change! ADRIAN!
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Redundant posted:The whataboutisms being thrown around to defend the EGS are a bit strange. The fact that other launchers have problems doesn't mean that you should just ignore it all. It's like Jim Sterling repeatedly shouting into the void about anticonsumer practices. Lots of people might ignore him, I tend to, but shining a light on these things and trying to prevent it becoming the status quo is a good thing. Pointing it out won't change it. The only thing that will change it is if the company runs a calculation that proves without a doubt that not doing it earns them more money than doing it. If every gamer in the world stops paying for poo poo that uses shady practices, but other people fall for those practices, and those people make the company more money than the gamers did, then that is their new customer base and their original gamer customers can eat poo poo. Talking is worthless. Opinions are worthless. Emotions are worthless. Even lives are worthless once the lifeform's wallet is empty. I agree it shouldn't be "ignored" per se, but don't mistake paying attention and talking about something for making a difference. It makes none. Money matters to these companies and literally nothing else. When a company says "our customers' opinions are important to us" it's because the metrics showed that statement brought in money. Even when a company moves away from shady practices it's because a calculation showed them they'd earn more money that way. Edit: in fact let me use this analogy. A company is like a man who is standing in front of two paths. On the left path is a free $10 bill. On the right path is a free $5 bill and another man standing there. Assume only one path can be chosen. If the company's metrics show the likelihood of the other man on the path having more than $5 in his wallet, they will shoot the man, take his wallet, then take the $5 bill. Scruffpuff fucked around with this message at 03:05 on Jul 30, 2019 |
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Scruffpuff posted:Pointing it out won't change it. The only thing that will change it is if the company runs a calculation that proves without a doubt that not doing it earns them more money than doing it. If every gamer in the world stops paying for poo poo that uses shady practices, but other people fall for those practices, and those people make the company more money than the gamers did, then that is their new customer base and their original gamer customers can eat poo poo. Talking is worthless. Opinions are worthless. Emotions are worthless. Even lives are worthless once the lifeform's wallet is empty. I have the EGS on my PC because I don't really care that much so I guess I'm kind of part of the problem. Apathy lets people get away with anything.
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Jul 30, 2019 03:06
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Redundant posted:Absolutely. Capitalism is ruthless and only cares about the bottom line. Consumer outrage and bad publicity can sometimes threaten the finances enough for action to be taken though. Rarely, but it's still worth striking when the iron is hot and the company is less established. Don't get me wrong, just because I think this way doesn't mean I just go right along with it. All I do is try to avoid giving cash to amoral entities. If enough people did it, maybe things would change, but a million dumb dollars will always be more than 100 thousand smart ones.
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Rotten Red Rod posted:I'm not a programmer, but I would guess the huge amount of turnover causes it. It's likely that all that early work is completely worthless because the people who did it and could explain it are long gone, so the new guys have to start from scratch. Turn over is usually sign of horrid management, toxic work enviroment, unreasonable expectations, and large amounts of rework. People always greatly underestimate how long it takes to hire a person, get them in the door. Then they drain resources from the rest of the team asking loads of questions finding there feet and then 3-6 months after they have settled in they start actually becoming poductive. When people are churning every year your only getting like 50% of the hours you paid for and even less when using recruitment agents. When churn gets high and half the team is now getting brought up to speed by people who just got rear end the seat the comedy steps up. To the point I have seen clients put in multi million dollar work orders for projects that we have already done for them but they don't even know they already have it. And that is for fairly straightforward forward things.
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