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Radia: Jul 14, 2021; And someday, together.. We'll shine.

HopperUK posted:

Does it just run on modern systems? And why hasn't it been remade, goddamn that's a good game.

i still pick up the Genesis one on rare occasion, it's fun as gently caress even if learning to Duel Goodly is a cheat code

# ? Jun 20, 2023 01:26

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# ? May 27, 2024 08:42

Danaru: Jun 5, 2012; 何 ??

I WAS TOLD WE'D CRUISE THE SEAS FOR AMERICAN GOLD

# ? Jun 20, 2023 01:27

lobster shirt: Jun 14, 2021

HopperUK posted:

Does it just run on modern systems? And why hasn't it been remade, goddamn that's a good game.

yeah the steam version seems to work mostly fine on my computer. only issue ive encountered is that if you alt tab out of the game, trying to get back to it crashes the game.

# ? Jun 20, 2023 01:28

Danaru: Jun 5, 2012; 何 ??

lobster shirt posted:

yeah the steam version seems to work mostly fine on my computer. only issue ive encountered is that if you alt tab out of the game, trying to get back to it crashes the game.

Playing in windowed and using the program Borderless Gaming (phone posting, no link sorry) generally does a fantastic job of fixing stuff like that. Games back then loving hated getting alt tabbed

# ? Jun 20, 2023 01:31

RyokoTK: Feb 12, 2012; I am cool.

lobster shirt posted:

ive been playing sid meiers pirates (2004) today

drat I forgot about this game it fuckin rules

# ? Jun 20, 2023 01:33

Kchama: Jul 25, 2007

FirstnameLastname posted:

is Diablo 4 fun in the way diablo 2 is and not 3

like, do the abilities feel fun and powerful / are they not all WoW spells like in D3

also are tge boss fights cool

WoW actually swiped its spells from D3, not the other way around. (This is traditional for WoW, taking all of the ideas from Diablo 1 and 2).

# ? Jun 20, 2023 01:35

HopperUK: Apr 29, 2007; Why would an ambulance be leaving the hospital?

Got my Starsector key back already! Good service, drat

# ? Jun 20, 2023 02:01

Ibblebibble: Nov 12, 2013

I was reminded today of a goon who got so mad at a bit of bad UX in a gacha game that they tried to get a customer service rep fired over it.

Boris Galerkin posted:

I�m at the point of the game where there�s just nothing to do. Commissions take less than 10 minutes. Then 4-5 artifact domains every other day. And then� that�s it.

Oh and there�s �talk to Tubby 7 times because you keep forgetting to learn a blueprint or something� and god drat I loving hate that bird. I hate her so much I�ve been contacting CS every day and then when the CS person responds I�ve been rating them as �unhelpful� and �1 star� cause they haven�t fixed the god drat issue.

Boris Galerkin posted:

Then they can bring it up with management when they get chewed out.

Not my problem.

It creates more visibility for the issue which is what I want.

My rationale is complaining about it to CS gets me a canned �I�ve forwarded this to the devs� message which most likely means it�s put in a box somewhere where it won�t be addressed forever. I understand that anything under 4 out of 5 stars is like getting an F and that�s not my problem. I want those CS people to get warned/a talking to about having to improve their numbers. Then they can complain to their management about how the only reason they are getting 1 star is because of the loving BIRD. And if this keeps happening to different CS staff day after day after day then maybe they�ll (the management) will realize that the bird is the loving problem, and push harder to get that loving bird silenced. And if not? Oh well. Not my loving problem. The questionnaire asks if the CS was helpful which I answered truthfully no because they weren�t. And because they weren�t helpful they get 1 star.

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# ? Jun 20, 2023 02:45

Hot Diggity!: Apr 3, 2010; SKELITON_BRINGING_U_ON.GIF

lobster shirt posted:

ive been playing sid meiers pirates (2004) today

An all time great game imo

# ? Jun 20, 2023 02:48

Charles 2 of Spain: Nov 7, 2017

Uh, do they think the person they call up is also making the game?

# ? Jun 20, 2023 02:48

silvergoose: Mar 18, 2006; IT IS SAID THE TEARS OF THE BWEENIX CAN HEAL ALL WOUNDS

Charles 2 of Spain posted:

Uh, do they think the person they call up is also making the game?

no, they legitimately thought that the cs rep would get a bad rating and tell their manager why, who would tell the devs why, who would change it

it was an extremely dumb post

# ? Jun 20, 2023 02:51

Danaru: Jun 5, 2012; 何 ??

Ibblebibble posted:

I was reminded today of a goon who got so mad at a bit of bad UX in a gacha game that they tried to get a customer service rep fired over it.

# ? Jun 20, 2023 02:51

Radia: Jul 14, 2021; And someday, together.. We'll shine.

Ibblebibble posted:

I was reminded today of a goon who got so mad at a bit of bad UX in a gacha game that they tried to get a customer service rep fired over it.

you shouldn't be allowed to use customer support if you haven't worked at least 5 years in the service industry

# ? Jun 20, 2023 02:55

aw frig aw dang it: Jun 1, 2018

Ibblebibble posted:

I was reminded today of a goon who got so mad at a bit of bad UX in a gacha game that they tried to get a customer service rep fired over it.

what the gently caress

# ? Jun 20, 2023 02:57

Danaru: Jun 5, 2012; 何 ??

So many flashbacks to getting 1 star CSATs saying "the support was great but I'm still mad it broke in the first place" or getting one star because the carrier's tech support wiped their loving phone because that's all they do before punting it up to us at tier 2 god

# ? Jun 20, 2023 02:57

RyokoTK: Feb 12, 2012; I am cool.

If you use Doordash or similar almost all negative reviews of restaurants are because of delivery issues and it�s a bummer to see.

# ? Jun 20, 2023 02:59

Radia: Jul 14, 2021; And someday, together.. We'll shine.

RyokoTK posted:

If you use Doordash or similar almost all negative reviews of restaurants are because of delivery issues and it�s a bummer to see.

it really bums me out. really, really bums me out. that poo poo is so obnoxious. these gig economy apps are loving up literally any sense of authenticity and engagement with anything and while it is just a reflection of where society's going it sucks

eat arby's

# ? Jun 20, 2023 03:04

ParserGirl: Jun 3, 2005

The first time I played Diablo 2 online was when I carried my tower and my CRT monitor up a few floors to my friend's dorm room where we all had an honest to goodness LAN party. It was 2002, and in order to buy the game at a local Wal-Mart I had to show my driver's license to prove I was (just barely) over 18.

# ? Jun 20, 2023 03:08

Ibram Gaunt: Jul 22, 2009

The gacha goon also was throwing a fit that we didn't get compensated "enough" for a livestream being delayed a day due to an earthquake, looking up magnitudes and saying it wasn't high enough to warrant it etc. Then someone did a "this you?" And posted the customer service thing and he never posted in the thread again lol.

# ? Jun 20, 2023 03:08

Runa: Feb 13, 2011

Ibblebibble posted:

I was reminded today of a goon who got so mad at a bit of bad UX in a gacha game that they tried to get a customer service rep fired over it.

should've been banned with "you have been rated 1/5 stars for posting quality" as the reason

# ? Jun 20, 2023 03:15

Kchama: Jul 25, 2007

That was the guy who was confused how people on a boat on the ocean got wet, because he didn�t understand how water or boats worked. He�s always been the dumbest person in every room.

# ? Jun 20, 2023 03:18

mycot: Oct 23, 2014; "It's okay. There are other Terminators! Just give us this one!"; Hell Gem

Kchama posted:

That was the guy who was confused how people on a boat on the ocean got wet, because he didn�t understand how water or boats worked. He�s always been the dumbest person in every room.

You have to elaborate on this one. Like in a movie or in real life?

# ? Jun 20, 2023 03:20

Autisanal Cheese: Nov 29, 2010

Plebian Parasite posted:

You were an ok admin, I'm sorry that Kaysette put you in this position.

Seriously, sad to see you go as admin sex ghost. You would normally be one of the most level headed posters in any thread and that's a loving achievement especially for someone with a star. Totally hosed that a mod out of their depth can cause this kind of situation.

# ? Jun 20, 2023 03:20

Vincent Van Goatse: Nov 8, 2006; Enjoy every sandwich.; Smellrose

Oh God he's yelling at customer support for Genshin Impact of all things. Yeah, a globally popular multiplatform game's devs will surely pay attention to one moron whining about a bird.

# ? Jun 20, 2023 03:23

Ibblebibble: Nov 12, 2013

Kchama posted:

That was the guy who was confused how people on a boat on the ocean got wet, because he didn�t understand how water or boats worked. He�s always been the dumbest person in every room.

Now I gotta hear this story.

Also sad to see you go, Sex Ghost, you were alright.

# ? Jun 20, 2023 03:28

The Saddest Rhino: Apr 29, 2009; Put it all together.
Solve the world.
One conversation at a time.

Waking up catching up and now wondering if video games are win or fail

# ? Jun 20, 2023 03:32

Kchama: Jul 25, 2007

mycot posted:

You have to elaborate on this one. Like in a movie or in real life?

Boris Galerkin posted:

Look I still don�t understand how you get wet on a boat unless it was raining or something. I feel like if you�re getting wet on a boat then your boat isn�t doing it�s job. Unless you�re talking about like kayaks or something but that�s a different story compared to an actual modern day boat that a military would use. Like when I�m on an airplane I�m not exposed to the outside environment at 30k feet up, I don�t understand why I would be exposed to the sea when I�m on a boat at sea level.

Despite what my avatar says I�ve never been on a boat.

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Context: He was confused why people were talking about getting wet in an hypothetical amphibious landing in a war and when people tried to explain that you get wet on boats and you ESPECIALLY get wet when getting off a boat to wade ashore. And declared that this fact is �military porn�. Also, if you get wet on a boat, then the boat is �broke�.

It�s what his AV is making fun of.

# ? Jun 20, 2023 03:32

Charles 2 of Spain: Nov 7, 2017

Call the customer service department of that boat

# ? Jun 20, 2023 03:40

Nuns with Guns: Jul 23, 2010; It's fine.
Don't worry about it.

Kchama posted:

Context: He was confused why people were talking about getting wet in an hypothetical amphibious landing in a war and when people tried to explain that you get wet on boats and you ESPECIALLY get wet when getting off a boat to wade ashore. And declared that this fact is �military porn�. Also, if you get wet on a boat, then the boat is �broke�.

It�s what his AV is making fun of.

I watched Saving Private Ryan once and I'm pretty sure none of those guys in the D-Day landing sequence got wet ergo...

# ? Jun 20, 2023 03:42

Deathslinger: Jul 12, 2022

Kchama posted:

Context: He was confused why people were talking about getting wet in an hypothetical amphibious landing in a war and when people tried to explain that you get wet on boats and you ESPECIALLY get wet when getting off a boat to wade ashore. And declared that this fact is �military porn�. Also, if you get wet on a boat, then the boat is �broke�.

It�s what his AV is making fun of.

I was "on board" with this probe until I saw who issued it

Cinci sank harder than OP's boat could ever possibly manage

# ? Jun 20, 2023 03:50

Radia: Jul 14, 2021; And someday, together.. We'll shine.

Kchama posted:

Context: He was confused why people were talking about getting wet in an hypothetical amphibious landing in a war and when people tried to explain that you get wet on boats and you ESPECIALLY get wet when getting off a boat to wade ashore. And declared that this fact is �military porn�. Also, if you get wet on a boat, then the boat is �broke�.

It�s what his AV is making fun of.

this is truly powerful...

# ? Jun 20, 2023 03:55

UHD: Nov 11, 2006

Kchama posted:

Context: He was confused why people were talking about getting wet in an hypothetical amphibious landing in a war and when people tried to explain that you get wet on boats and you ESPECIALLY get wet when getting off a boat to wade ashore. And declared that this fact is �military porn�. Also, if you get wet on a boat, then the boat is �broke�.

It�s what his AV is making fun of.

oh my loving god

# ? Jun 20, 2023 04:00

Leraika: Jun 14, 2015; Luckily, I *did* save your old avatar. Fucked around and found out indeed.

Sorry to see you go, sex ghost. I didn't know you before your adminship but I thought you did a fine job with what you got handed and am utterly unsurprised you burnt out, given what you got handed.

# ? Jun 20, 2023 04:01

Arivia: Mar 17, 2011

Nuns with Guns posted:

I watched Saving Private Ryan once and I'm pretty sure none of those guys in the D-Day landing sequence got wet ergo...

They certainly did, wet with piss and blood

# ? Jun 20, 2023 04:21

pentyne: Nov 7, 2012

Drinkslinger posted:

I was "on board" with this probe until I saw who issued it

Cinci sank harder than OP's boat could ever possibly manage

cinci zoo sniper posted:

for a canonical reading, please flip on greenpos and put the following song on in the background

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNc95hq5hwY
code:
===== qcs psa =====
so, i've been named in a few qcs stories in recent days, and would like to set the record straight for those who are interested in reading

1) statistics post in the jeff guidelines thread

featuring the forbidden crime of ~using microsoft excel~, it was a poorly written, terse post that defended the people whose head it went over, by large, who ironically then tried executing me for it. i had admitted as much, posting whole 6 clarifications for it in the thread, but the illustrious moderation of qcs still saw me likened to a serial transphobe for doing maths, going into a subsequent crescendo of this being equated to Radia getting doxxed. without these nuclear comparisons seeking to drive me off the website, we could've talked more about it.

2) Lady Radia getting doxxed by freeasinbeer

this was hosed up, but also in no way am I going to assume responsiblity for a crazy moron posting a screenshot of their conversation with Radia, that featured personally identifying information of Radia.

3) Lib and let die's alt account being connected to their main account

correct, i did name in a post their alt as LALD to inform the d&d feedback thread they were making GBS threads up of whom exactly the thread is dealing with. now, this has a lot of exotic rumours floating about it, as is par for the course when qcs moves into the phase of killing someone as a poster, which admins usually avoid moderating. Fritz tried, bless their hooves, and got burned for it by the same rubbish, when it should've been multiple senior admins, or just a closed thread.

but i digress, and would like to instead address a few increasingly popular, libellous rumours, in an effort to clear the account of other modmins on this subject. for clarity of reference, lald got doxxed in autumn 2022, and registered the alt account after getting banned in cccc, mid-march 2023. so:

mods can see ip addresses - false, only admins can
lald had made anti-doxxing arrangements with admins - false, admins can clarify this further
i edited the autoban before gassing - false, here's proof that mod edits carry over
admins told me that the poster was lald - false, it was ordinary deduction

to prove the latter, which is standard fare for modding hot d&d threads, here's the logic. inevitably, the first point does name the account again, but the identity of it is already public knowledge, and this doesn't add any further information to my call-out, which lald had then confirmed from their alt account.

to be fully clear, i feel no remorse about flagging lald's behaviour publicly for the feedback thread. the point i'm making here is that this disclosure required no effort and was something I could do alone, as lald is a dim poster with unmistakeable grudes and posting patterns, like the permabanned sexpig

also, to be fully clear, i am not enjoying any modmin support on my interaction with lald, and have already been demodded for it accordingly, with a side dish of attracting attention with (1) used in the reasoning
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===== message to the dnd ukraine thread =====
it's been a great ride, and administrating a charitity drive of $45k to people suffering immensely will unmistakeably be the high point of my life as a poster. in general, thread has a++ reputation on the mod forum, and largely self-regulates, so i trust that it can sustain itself without external influence.

external influence is a problem, however. as seen in qcs, politics-based tensions are running quite high, and i was the sole outspoken advocate for ukraine threads remaining in mod forum, since Kit's demodding. multiple modmins have specific aspersions for ukraine discourse on sa, rooted in ther disinterest in putting the effort into moderating it well, so it may get ugly.

ugly as in you may have post in qcs. as seen by the bm thread, qcs threads have real influence, but as seen by the same thread, the violent content posting thread, and the jeff thread, it's also no longer a meaningful improvement over the old "kill or be killed" qcs. my suggestion is to just repeat the same point politely and repeatedly, if it comes to it, without making political accusations against anyone.

at least i can rest easy in that i'd like to think i've meaningfully contributed to quite a few massive pieces of poo poo getting permanently ejected from the website for their derangement over ukraine

also, to address the lore over how i got modded, resigned, and volunteered to mod again

getting modded - assorted modmins wanted to overrule me and let pegleg post freely, so i took the star to get access to mod forum and yell at them, dropping multiple pages long post on landing. stayed because some problem posters were immune to sixers, when ultimately it turned out that hardly anyone is immune to being knocked offline for a day+

stepping down - almost burnt out with the dubmass idea to write summaries, which made me reflect on the thread, well, being calm

getting re-modded - admins tried making GBS threads the the thread up again by just closing the gbs ukraine thread without warning even gbs mods, instead of banning long-known pieces of poo poo

basically, this loops back to the ugly bit - no old admin is interested in understanding or moderating politics discourse on sa. the same gbs thread closure could've been, e.g., averted by admins having a functional review process in place, and spotting early that there are problem posters who Kit did not ramp as harsh as the mod forum consensus would likely have these posters be ramped.
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===== closure =====
my posting persona at this point is quite toxic, meaning that yet another time qcs hooting and hollering reigns triumphant. coincidentally, i mean to cease posting on sa, in particular to avoid attracting undue attention to the thread i would care posting in the most, the bookmark-browsing j4g that i am.

however, it's also fair to see admins interested in having me gone from the website, since my interaction with lald may have consequences regardless of my intent, admins' inability to properly inform lald of available recourse, and lald's inability to refrain from throwing tantrums against discendo vox and their many other forums enemies from d&d. further reviews of punishment have similarly happened before anywya

all in all, as with my modding term, this comes ironically short to an anniversary. would-be 1 year of modding when ir resigned the first time, and would-be 10 years of posting on sa. it's been a fun ride, and i'll definitely miss my favourite threads - d&d ukraine because the plight of ukrainian people is close to my heart, d&d chat thread where i could discuss food with like-minded gourmands, yospos terrible programming thread for teaching me a lot about my job, and yospos apple thread because friends don't let friends use a anroid. also big thanks to the photo forum for showing me how to buy a used camera in europe, saving me half a grand.

without further ado,
yospos bithc

ps. you can find me here if i'm further necessary

pps. i think docbeard and pog senator are good sad iks. the pink rear end goon too is decent enough. lmao @ everyone else "moderating" it tho, in particular the admin team with reservation made for no one but Fluffdaddy, Fritz, and the sex ghost, who all do care about it being something more than what late QCS was

ppps. ukraine thread posters with lego and barbie avatars, sorry. i was counter-whaling whoever was the piece of poo poo spamming thread with red texts at the time, out of my pocket, and the "free forums avatars" gallery i was copy-pasting everything from to beat the hooligan on the clock had the most insane mix of things possible

pppps. feedback to jeff, in addition to dismal opinion on moderation in sad � your inability to take firm stances on timelines shorter than "years" will keep causing issues, since people will abuse it. also, it's kind-of cringe to have mods come into mod qcs making GBS threads their pants because they got anxiety from reading sad and want to repost some goon telephone crap

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