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Sony and Microsoft in an arms race Nintendo still doing it's thing
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# ? Jan 31, 2022 19:14 |
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# ? May 26, 2024 08:22 |
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Destiny 2 is releasing a new expansion in a few weeks and they've got an unannounced IP they've been working on for 3+ years. Also they only split off from being owned by Activision in 2019. They were also something Microsoft had tried to buy a bunch of times. poo poo's weird.
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# ? Jan 31, 2022 19:14 |
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They bought themself out of Activision because I guess they smelt something rotten in the state of Denmark and it wasn’t the cheese and now it is public knowledge.
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# ? Jan 31, 2022 19:18 |
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Timby posted:I mean, this isn't exactly huge, I think. What's the last thing Bungie actually released, Destiny? And that has to be, what, seven or eight years old? They make a lot of money with DLC. They haven't had to release a new game because they just charge money for DLC over and over and over and over and ...
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# ? Jan 31, 2022 19:21 |
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How good is Crusader Kings 3, I got a new laptop coming
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# ? Jan 31, 2022 19:23 |
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Pron on VHS posted:How good is Crusader Kings 3, I got a new laptop coming So good. A lot easier to play too.
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# ? Jan 31, 2022 19:33 |
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FizFashizzle posted:I have a friend who was involved in the planning of that. Oral histories are overrated but I’d love to see a long one on that whole debacle
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# ? Jan 31, 2022 19:37 |
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GD_American posted:Oral histories are overrated but I’d love to see a long one on that whole debacle This post is also about Crusader Kings.
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# ? Jan 31, 2022 19:39 |
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This thread convinced me to ask for a significant raise/promotion and I just got word it went through today. 10% boost and double the EIP% bonus. Also my boss was good enough to register it as off-cycle so I am still eligible for the normal yearly bump. So yeah, thanks thread, for giving me the motivation.
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# ? Jan 31, 2022 19:47 |
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Quiet Feet posted:This post is also about Crusader Kings. Well there's this thing about someone who goes in depth in how they made a Horse Empress of a restored Roman Empire: https://imgur.com/a/K1utf
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# ? Jan 31, 2022 19:47 |
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Salvor_Hardin posted:This thread convinced me to ask for a significant raise/promotion and I just got word it went through today. 10% boost and double the EIP% bonus. Also my boss was good enough to register it as off-cycle so I am still eligible for the normal yearly bump. That’s a big dump! Congratulations my friend!
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# ? Jan 31, 2022 19:49 |
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Salvor_Hardin posted:This thread convinced me to ask for a significant raise/promotion and I just got word it went through today. 10% boost and double the EIP% bonus. Also my boss was good enough to register it as off-cycle so I am still eligible for the normal yearly bump. Hell yeah!
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# ? Jan 31, 2022 19:52 |
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Pron on VHS posted:How good is Crusader Kings 3, I got a new laptop coming its incredible Salvor_Hardin posted:This thread convinced me to ask for a significant raise/promotion and I just got word it went through today. 10% boost and double the EIP% bonus. Also my boss was good enough to register it as off-cycle so I am still eligible for the normal yearly bump. congrats. ive had the opposite reaction from my ceo, a hard no and even more work responsibilities on top of the 3 different jobs im already covering by myself. i applied to like 40 jobs in the last few days bc gently caress this poo poo. this is what i get for rolling the dice on a startup run by a tech guy, he's just 100% full of poo poo on everything he promised
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# ? Jan 31, 2022 19:58 |
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Kalli posted:Well there's this thing about someone who goes in depth in how they made a Horse Empress of a restored Roman Empire:
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# ? Jan 31, 2022 20:02 |
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There's also an event chain (though I think you need one of the expansions) where you can summon Cthulhu.
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# ? Jan 31, 2022 20:11 |
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Relentlessboredomm posted:this is what i get for rolling the dice on a startup run by a tech guy, he's just 100% full of poo poo on everything he promised *extremely sarcastically* whaaat? no wayyy
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# ? Jan 31, 2022 20:14 |
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Ornery and Hornery posted:*extremely sarcastically* whaaat? no wayyy yep. i just really needed a solid job after 2020 and wanted to stay in cannabis bc its a fun industry. at the time i figured he'd gently caress me over on compensation stuff but i think i was taken off guard how much he's having me run with zero assistance or additional compensation. im the sole person in charge of getting our final license, setting up all of our manufacturing operations, building all our COGs, sourcing every single thing in the facility, setting up a production system, managing construction on this facility and the next one, running security, providing all of our required reporting to the state and the town, etc im very tired. i took a sick day today after having to move 40 pallets in the frigid cold last week (our ceo did a handshake deal on our storage space after i told him not to and shocker it fell apart at the worst possible time) so everyone's just messaging me nonstop anyway and moved all the meetings to tomorrow bc im the only one besides the finance director who knows anything
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# ? Jan 31, 2022 20:23 |
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sounds like you should be the ceo e: or get a new job e2: i think im gonna try smoking reefer again e3: im rooting for ya buddy
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# ? Jan 31, 2022 20:25 |
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Ornery and Hornery posted:sounds like you should be the ceo ive thought about launching my own cannabis company, i do a lot of our product development too (which i genuinely love) but im so loving tired its hard to imagine doing more hyper stressful poo poo right now. just want a simple remote job where i can work normal hours and have time for my own side projects
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# ? Jan 31, 2022 20:26 |
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I definitely pissed off the COO but now the CEO is on my side and wants to see small quality of life feature updates come down the development pipeline instead of focusing purely on large-scale feature updates.
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# ? Jan 31, 2022 20:30 |
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Relentlessboredomm posted:ive thought about launching my own cannabis company, i do a lot of our product development too (which i genuinely love) but im so loving tired its hard to imagine doing more hyper stressful poo poo right now. simple remote job sounds so good. older I get the more I just want less stress. God, and working less than 40 hours a week sounds so good.
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# ? Jan 31, 2022 20:30 |
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Honestly doesn't move the needle much since really the only IP they have right now is Destiny? The only thing I really see swinging things is if someone buys Square Enix. Edit: in the Sony News release, they said they're allowing Bungie to remain an independent studio and can publish to other platforms if they want. seiferguy fucked around with this message at 20:37 on Jan 31, 2022 |
# ? Jan 31, 2022 20:34 |
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Ornery and Hornery posted:God, and working less than 40 hours a week sounds so good. Working on contract sucks, quite a bit, but one nice thing is that my boss almost never authorizes overtime, so I get to have a solid 40-hour week, and if I do have to work overtime, it's $60 an hour. Fuckin' A.
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# ? Jan 31, 2022 20:42 |
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Relentlessboredomm posted:yep. i just really needed a solid job after 2020 and wanted to stay in cannabis bc its a fun industry. at the time i figured he'd gently caress me over on compensation stuff but i think i was taken off guard how much he's having me run with zero assistance or additional compensation. This sounds like it sucks big time. If you're in a position where you don't absolutely have to have a job for a couple months, you could always quit and see what the CEO does then. Good luck on the job search.
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# ? Jan 31, 2022 20:47 |
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Ornery and Hornery posted:simple remote job sounds so good. amen. working in general blows, but just pay me a reasonable wage and let me work from home. ill still make the rich people richer, ill just be less miserable in the process. Bird in a Blender posted:This sounds like it sucks big time. If you're in a position where you don't absolutely have to have a job for a couple months, you could always quit and see what the CEO does then. Good luck on the job search. im about 6 weeks away from being able to do this so its a race between my mental health, other job options, and my bank acct to see what gives first
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# ? Jan 31, 2022 20:49 |
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Welp, girlfriend has covid and we spent the night together over the weekend. She also probably had Covid at her grandpa's funeral on Saturday, so she has a lot of phone calls to make.
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# ? Jan 31, 2022 20:55 |
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Winding down the first day of my new job and it is so far just a far better ran situation. My first day was a nightmare in my previous job. I did take a risk on this new job but it came with a great pay raise so I'm hoping it will work out.
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# ? Jan 31, 2022 21:28 |
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Relentlessboredomm posted:yep. i just really needed a solid job after 2020 and wanted to stay in cannabis bc its a fun industry. at the time i figured he'd gently caress me over on compensation stuff but i think i was taken off guard how much he's having me run with zero assistance or additional compensation. That sucks dude, your work scope there is insane, especially if it includes physically unloading pallets to boot. Ultimatum time.
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# ? Jan 31, 2022 21:38 |
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Relentlessboredomm posted:ive thought about launching my own cannabis company, i do a lot of our product development too (which i genuinely love) but im so loving tired its hard to imagine doing more hyper stressful poo poo right now. AND it's cannabis? man, might as well have bent over on your first day
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# ? Jan 31, 2022 21:42 |
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Dammit I just lost a tutoring gig I have had for a few weeks that paid really well because they want a female tutor for their daughter. Well jokes on them everyone knows women suck at math, if they didn't your daughter wouldn't need a tutor. I don't really think that, just salty about losing a gig especially when I already pulled her up a full letter grade and did more work than her actual teacher on developing lesson plans...
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# ? Jan 31, 2022 21:43 |
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Is it possible they want a female tutor because of puberty/sex ed talk? Can you flex your medical background here (awkward phrasing because I'm 90% sure you're a doctor but can't quite remember)?
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# ? Jan 31, 2022 21:50 |
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I was tutoring in math and chemistry, but I think its because the parents are religious (kid is in private christian school) and probably couldn't find a female tutor until now.
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# ? Jan 31, 2022 21:54 |
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Calmly explain to them that gender is a construct.
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# ? Jan 31, 2022 21:57 |
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Salvor_Hardin posted:Calmly
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# ? Jan 31, 2022 22:02 |
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The Glumslinger posted:Welp, girlfriend has covid and we spent the night together over the weekend. She also probably had Covid at her grandpa's funeral on Saturday, so she has a lot of phone calls to make. High five close contact buddy! I went with my kid and parents to Seattle this weekend, literally the first trip in 2 years that’s not camping, and my kid started feeling crummy on the way back yesterday, this morning’s home test for her was positive. So, technically I haven’t gotten my test results back yet but I’m going on the assumption I’m positive. I’ve thankfully never had to call partners about a potential STI exposure but I feel this morning’s texts to my college buddy sure gave me a preview.
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# ? Jan 31, 2022 22:02 |
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Kalli posted:I see your tweet and raise you https://twitter.com/Srirachachau/status/1488231205082337280?s=20&t=ZbRj12X9k4XIB7gKHjNJCQ
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# ? Jan 31, 2022 22:03 |
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Relentlessboredomm posted:yep. i just really needed a solid job after 2020 and wanted to stay in cannabis bc its a fun industry. at the time i figured he'd gently caress me over on compensation stuff but i think i was taken off guard how much he's having me run with zero assistance or additional compensation. So you're saying it's gotten worse? Get out of there man. Skwirl posted:https://twitter.com/Srirachachau/status/1488231205082337280?s=20&t=ZbRj12X9k4XIB7gKHjNJCQ I would've guessed like 7 years ago... But of course it had to be when Bush was still in office. Ahhhhh
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# ? Jan 31, 2022 22:09 |
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Kalli posted:Destiny 2 is releasing a new expansion in a few weeks and they've got an unannounced IP they've been working on for 3+ years. Destiny still makes them about 230 million per year. So while it's not a juggernaut like FF etc in terms of player numbers it's still a pretty decent earner. I think this is something of a planning for the future since their new IP is slated for release in 2025. Exactly what that new IP is no one really knows but when it comes to looter shooters its still kind of Destiny and Borderlands and then everything else - a lot of which were dead on arrival. I would assume it's something similar because even though mechanically destiny is pretty stunted it does have that secret sauce in the gun feel and player retention. Their biggest limits have been the engine for much of d2 so it could be just the next iteration but I've heard rumours of an arena hero shooter trying to be the next overwatch. I think if nothing else this gives Sony a studio it can get behind if times get lean with a proven earnings record which is kind of important when everything else is being bought up.
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# ? Jan 31, 2022 22:16 |
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BREAKING NEWS: Sony has bought Ion Storm
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# ? Jan 31, 2022 22:20 |
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Samadhi posted:BREAKING NEWS: Sony has bought Ion Storm Sony about to make Microsoft their bitch. Suck it down.
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# ? Jan 31, 2022 22:29 |