River Of Slime |OT| Mission: Impossible

[GreatSageEqualOfHeaven]

Jesus, that's worse than a Nintex post, congrats.

I guarantee you there's going to be a twitter thread or gamasutra article blaming "toxic pc gamers" and pirates for ooblets not making the money they think it should before theres a "maybe signing up exclusively to a smallfry retailer instead of being in every big multinational chain was a business mistake" comment

[Coffee Dog]

I wasted all the anger I have for EGS on Origin in 2012. Pubs throwing their money around to try to get you to use their launcher is something I've been dealing with for years - I just don't understand what line is crossed with EGS that Bethesda/Blizzard/EA haven't already been crossong with reckless abandon.

Frankly, I prefer Epic's method because they have the decency to not buy studios and instead just focus on individual games. Damning a studio to Bioware's fate is a thousand times worse than temporary exclusivity, but everyone cheers for Microsoft's acquisitions of soon to be exhumed studios like Obsidian and Double Fine, so I don't understand what exactly is so uniquely repulsive about Epic.

[Tasty]

the biggest take away, become egs-exclusive
get money, and ridiculous exposure, I mean seriously, who the hell heard of the game before that thread?

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It was actually hyped up as the PC Animal Crossing/Pokemon (@tasty  )

Even Animal Crossing without the Animal Crossing aesthetic is just another life sim game. It's probably the only game/series where I consider the aesthetic and idea of the game to be more important than the raw gameplay mechanics.

In addition, who has the time to maintain two zen gardens at once? One should be all you need.

[Lonewulfeus]

I wasted all the anger I have for EGS on Origin in 2012. Pubs throwing their money around to try to get you to use their launcher is something I've been dealing with for years - I just don't understand what line is crossed with EGS that Bethesda/Blizzard/EA haven't already been crossong with reckless abandon.

Frankly, I prefer Epic's method because they have the decency to not buy studios and instead just focus on individual games. Damning a studio to Bioware's fate is a thousand times worse than temporary exclusivity, but everyone cheers for Microsoft's acquisitions of soon to be exhumed studios like Obsidian and Double Fine, so I don't understand what exactly is so uniquely repulsive about Epic.

Obsidian has been on death’s doorstep for awhile now, if Microsoft gives them even 5 more years to put out games I’ll take it cause obsidian games are awesome.

[Tasty]

Kind of a weird IP to make a life sim game out of.

[Tasty]

Jesus, that's worse than a Nintex post, congrats.

Really? At least it didn't involve some weird tangent involving forum posters.

[Tripon]

https://twitter.com/notaxation/status/1157118022043049984
https://twitter.com/notaxation/status/1157116652971970560
 

[GreatSageEqualOfHeaven]

I wasted all the anger I have for EGS on Origin in 2012. Pubs throwing their money around to try to get you to use their launcher is something I've been dealing with for years - I just don't understand what line is crossed with EGS that Bethesda/Blizzard/EA haven't already been crossong with reckless abandon.

Frankly, I prefer Epic's method because they have the decency to not buy studios and instead just focus on individual games. Damning a studio to Bioware's fate is a thousand times worse than temporary exclusivity, but everyone cheers for Microsoft's acquisitions of soon to be exhumed studios like Obsidian and Double Fine, so I don't understand what exactly is so uniquely repulsive about Epic.

Fundamentally, epic are spending money to deny access to a title to people, not spending money to create a title from scratch in the first place.
Most of the games they've done this with so far have been things fully funded by things like kickstarter, and then epic have swooped in at the last minute to add an exclusivity clause, and its usually not with the developers but with the money men publishers.

MSs acquisitions are at least going to ensure that the studios in question survive to get at least one game out, and is going to be paying wages for people throughout that period, giving them plenty of time to see the warning signs and move elsewhere.

Its the difference between Sony co-funding development of SFV, or Nintendo co-funding Bayonetta 3, versus MS moneyhatting Laura Craft 2: Tom Braider to cock block sony for 6 months.
In an ideal world none of those would be exclusives, but an exclusives better than the game not existing at all.
Making something that was never going to be exclusive into an exclusive a month before release is a dick move.

[Coffee Dog]

I wasted all the anger I have for EGS on Origin in 2012. Pubs throwing their money around to try to get you to use their launcher is something I've been dealing with for years - I just don't understand what line is crossed with EGS that Bethesda/Blizzard/EA haven't already been crossong with reckless abandon.

Frankly, I prefer Epic's method because they have the decency to not buy studios and instead just focus on individual games. Damning a studio to Bioware's fate is a thousand times worse than temporary exclusivity, but everyone cheers for Microsoft's acquisitions of soon to be exhumed studios like Obsidian and Double Fine, so I don't understand what exactly is so uniquely repulsive about Epic.

Obsidian has been on death’s doorstep for awhile now, if Microsoft gives them even 5 more years to put out games I’ll take it cause obsidian games are awesome.

I mean, if Josh Sawyer leaves who else is still even there? The team on Outer Worlds and that's it? The studio's had problems for years and they had a lot of talent slip through their fingers in the past five especially.

I feel the same way with Double Fine. Schaefer always wanted to release a wide variety of titles to support the company and they just couldn't generate enough revenue. Getting bought is a total admission of failure. At least this way he can release 2-3 more big budget titles and wrap up his career on a high not. It neatly avoids his last titles being made on shoestring budgets and remembered by noone, like Broken Age. And then he'll retire and leave the company and they will be utterly, totally fucked while microsoft devours them, but at least this way they get benefits in the meantime.

[GreatSageEqualOfHeaven]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/showtimes-halo-tv-series-casts-its-dr-halsey-cortana-spartans-and-more.132620/post-23283435



Why are half the announced cast British? I know I dropped Halo early on in the series, but isn;t it very, very, very, deeply, deeeeeeeply american?

[Lonewulfeus]

I wasted all the anger I have for EGS on Origin in 2012. Pubs throwing their money around to try to get you to use their launcher is something I've been dealing with for years - I just don't understand what line is crossed with EGS that Bethesda/Blizzard/EA haven't already been crossong with reckless abandon.

Frankly, I prefer Epic's method because they have the decency to not buy studios and instead just focus on individual games. Damning a studio to Bioware's fate is a thousand times worse than temporary exclusivity, but everyone cheers for Microsoft's acquisitions of soon to be exhumed studios like Obsidian and Double Fine, so I don't understand what exactly is so uniquely repulsive about Epic.

Obsidian has been on death’s doorstep for awhile now, if Microsoft gives them even 5 more years to put out games I’ll take it cause obsidian games are awesome.

I mean, if Josh Sawyer leaves who else is still even there? The team on Outer Worlds and that's it? The studio's had problems for years and they had a lot of talent slip through their fingers in the past five especially.

I feel the same way with Double Fine. Schaefer always wanted to release a wide variety of titles to support the company and they just couldn't generate enough revenue. Getting bought is a total admission of failure. At least this way he can release 2-3 more big budget titles and wrap up his career on a high not. It neatly avoids his last titles being made on shoestring budgets and remembered by noone, like Broken Age. And then he'll retire and leave the company and they will be utterly, totally fucked while microsoft devours them, but at least this way they get benefits in the meantime.

Avellone is still there I believe.

Edit: he’s freelance now :/

[VomKriege]

Yeah, to use a favorite from ERA, Epic moneyhats have terrible optics. Especially snatching titles that were crowdfunded and already fairly deep into development, leading to explicit commitments (providing Steam keys) being breached on top of a lot of non legally binding but heavily perceived as implicit trust between devs and funders. I guess the devs in question share some of the responsibility for that, ultimately no one forced them to take the deal.

Unless I'm mistaken, a number of features present in Steam have been promised by Epic for the EGS and they're hilariously late on their planning. Considering how much money they throw around, it's kinda lame and it certainly gives weight to the idea that as of now you're also getting a much more downgraded service from the Steam standard.

[Tasty]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/showtimes-halo-tv-series-casts-its-dr-halsey-cortana-spartans-and-more.132620/post-23283435



Why are half the announced cast British? I know I dropped Halo early on in the series, but isn;t it very, very, very, deeply, deeeeeeeply american?

Spider-Man has been British for the last two versions. Superman is British too. And this has been a growing trend for about 10-15 years I think, and my gut feeling is it coincided with the rise of BBC America.

Compared to Americans, Brits place a higher amount of respect on acting, theater, and drama for children. You're going to get more hockey players from Ontario than Florida.

[VomKriege]

riotous:"UGH I hate having to dealing with the OPPRESSIVE sun in the sky, time to unwind"
*loads up Facebook on iPhone 23S*
riotous:"The news is so depressing, please save me ABUELA HILLARY" :'( :'(
riotous:"God fucking damn it this new update isn't satisfying to us millennials , let me log onto the Bire and see what's up." 
"Oh shit, this motherfucker is making me so mad , I'll compare him to Nintex" ( )
Nintex: "Hey I'm home, how are you doing, you're not talking shit about me again-- are you?" 
riotous:"O-o-of course not!"
Nintex:"Good, because I'm going to go upstairs to bang your mother. If I come back and see you talking down on my name, you're going to be tied to a chair while I fuck your mom over your childhood race car bed."
riotous:"Oh, not again!" :'(

 

You can almost taste the Heineken.

[Tripon]

Yeah, to use a favorite from ERA, Epic moneyhats have terrible optics. Especially snatching titles that were crowdfunded and already fairly deep into development, leading to explicit commitments (providing Steam keys) being breached on top of a lot of non legally binding but heavily perceived as implicit trust between devs and funders. I guess the devs in question share some of the responsibility for that, ultimately no one forced them to take the deal.

Unless I'm mistaken, a number of features present in Steam have been promised by Epic for the EGS and they're hilariously late on their planning. Considering how much money they throw around, it's kinda lame and it certainly gives weight to the idea that as of now you're also getting a much more downgraded service from the Steam standard.

Yeah, one of the reasons why people list that there needs to be competition to Steam is that it'll force Valve to provide more resources and provide better customer support to Steam. Releasing an inferior version isn't going to do that.

[Kara]

  today on The Bore: is money fungible

[Joe Molotov]

riotous:"UGH I hate having to dealing with the OPPRESSIVE sun in the sky, time to unwind"
*loads up Facebook on iPhone 23S*
riotous:"The news is so depressing, please save me ABUELA HILLARY" :'( :'(
riotous:"God fucking damn it this new update isn't satisfying to us millennials , let me log onto the Bire and see what's up." 
"Oh shit, this motherfucker is making me so mad , I'll compare him to Nintex" ( )
Nintex: "Hey I'm home, how are you doing, you're not talking shit about me again-- are you?" 
riotous:"O-o-of course not!"
Nintex:"Good, because I'm going to go upstairs to bang your mother. If I come back and see you talking down on my name, you're going to be tied to a chair while I fuck your mom over your childhood race car bed."
riotous:"Oh, not again!" :'(

 

highly cursed post   

[headwalk]

i can't tell if epic mandate some sort of sweeney vetted fart wafting from the dev in the general direction of anyone who isn't into it as part of the deal, or those are just the sort of people who go in for it.

that ooblets blog had the exact ratio of cardigan wearing cat person memespeak and bloated self righteous condescension that i'm 100% whoever wrote it is a nonce.

[VomKriege]

Ban & Piss, the last novel from Evilore

https://www.neogaf.com/threads/neogaf-ban-review-justice-project-off-topic-edition.1463407/post-253320148

I'm not an Iain Banks Culture AI Overlord, haha.

Besada for example seemed to want to do the right thing and started out more like Mumei than Bish, well-intentioned softy, but when people started paying a lot of attention to him and talking about him off-site, he tilted and doubled down on viewing everyone as an enemy and felt he needed to take matters into his own hands etc. and ended up banning like >1000 people in 2017. I think his year-on-year ban count was 1300-something by October.

Edit : from 2018. Brain fart on my part. Still 

[GreatSageEqualOfHeaven]

Besada for example seemed to want to do the right thing and started out more like Mumei than Bish, well-intentioned softy, but when people started paying a lot of attention to him and talking about him off-site, he tilted and doubled down on viewing everyone as an enemy and felt he needed to take matters into his own hands etc. and ended up banning like >1000 people in 2017. I think his year-on-year ban count was 1300-something by October.

interestingly, shower goblins response to being dunked on by voat was to subscribe to their newsletter and world view

[VomKriege]

Leaving in droves : From OP to user requested ban in 60 seconds.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/famous-woke-game-overwatch-adds-a-person-with-mental-problems-then-gives-him-an-asylum-inspired-skin.132441/

[VomKriege]

Are mental asylums even a thing in like 70 years when Overwatch takes place?

[Boredfrom]

Leaving in droves : From OP to user requested ban in 60 seconds.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/famous-woke-game-overwatch-adds-a-person-with-mental-problems-then-gives-him-an-asylum-inspired-skin.132441/

 

Lulububu was a pretty awful poster but her autism seemed genuine and not malicious. Hope she keeps the permanent ban, though.

[Boredfrom]

Evilore about Besada:

Everyone was disingenuous, everyone was bigoted, everyone was evil, etc. It all became a feedback loop where he created his own enemies and then constantly checked off-site message boards to see what people were saying about him and whether he was being "doxxed." He was never really doxxed. People said shitty things about his appearance though. He wanted me to call the FBI.

Why not kicking off of the staff? He sounded like a liability.

[team filler]

fatties gotta stick together 

[BIONIC]

I liked that post but...

1) I like the sun
2) I'm not a millennial
3) My Mom has been dead for years
4) My parents would never buy my a race car bed, I barely even had any toys

Just helping you out to be more accurate next time.

5) It doesn’t highlight my magnum dong

[Himu]

Again with "nourishment" (gag)
Maybe some background: literally no one commented on how much she eats, per se, but another coworker confronted her because she left a TON of dirty dishes in the office kitchen and how if she doesn't clean she won't be allowed to use it. This kicked off some major drama from her about how she needs to eat and has rights to the kitchen, blah blah blah.

[GreatSageEqualOfHeaven]

Leaving in droves : From OP to user requested ban in 60 seconds.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/famous-woke-game-overwatch-adds-a-person-with-mental-problems-then-gives-him-an-asylum-inspired-skin.132441/

 

Lulububu was a pretty awful poster but her autism seemed genuine and not malicious. Hope she keeps the permanent ban, though.

they're totally gonna kitsunelain it

[Boredfrom]

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I hope that person enjoys their Diabetes.

[Himu]

Lol

All of these things can be abused and aren’t inherently bad. You can like Netflix marathons but it’s not realistic to have one every damn day. What gets me is that they’re *this* close to pinpointing why they’re fat.

They’re right. Sugar is fun to have every now and then but you’re getting a Starbucks frap every day. Just like a vacation is something you partake in only a few times a year. They’re that close and yet they missed, hard.

What’s dangerous is they say they have “clients”. This person out of touch with reality on food is giving dietary advice for a profession. Kill me.

[Himu]

That’s enough for today

Pathetic. At least they made the sex part of the brain the smallest part

[HardcoreRetro]

Your body does need sugar though?

[Himu]

Your body does need sugar though?

Not in 50 gram servings lol

[SantaC]

Rocky! 

a big FU to era for rockys release.

[HardcoreRetro]

Those are called added sugars. How the fuck do people who's entire lifestyle revolves around shoving as much shit in their mouth as possible not know about natural sugars and added sugars.

[Himu]

Those are called added sugars. How the fuck do people who's entire lifestyle revolves around shoving as much shit in their mouth as possible not know about natural sugars and added sugars.

They’re addicted to sugar and food.

[VomKriege]

I think I just threw up in my mouth.

Maybe the universe will even things out and he’ll marry some chick who just wants his money and then takes him to the cleaners in the divorce. lol

He's already married & has a family

https://www.resetera.com/threads/the-verges-senior-editor-ninja-was-paid-us-50-million-to-play-video-games-exclusively-on-mixer.132613/post-23286317

[nudemacusers]

Forum is just ceaselessly angry about petty shit omg

[Joe Molotov]

Forum is just ceaselessly angry about petty shit omg

Yeah, well maybe you'll marry some chick who just wants your money and then takes you to the cleaners in the divorce. lol

[headwalk]

i don't require sugar as aspartame has replaced the glucose in my system.

[team filler]

sprinkle a gram of sugar in my asshole and lick it out 

[Flannel Boy]

Your body does need sugar though?

The brain needs some glucose even in ketosis* (glucose, not sugar which is both glucose and fructose), but this glucose can be obtained through gluconeogenesis, which is a pathway that breaks down fat and protein into glucose.

*I rarely do keto now and think it has no advantage for weight-loss or body composition. I am still convinced it has advantages for brain ageing.

[EightBitNate]

RE thinks Tulsi Gabbard is a Russian bot in their debate thread.

[VomKriege]

Forum is just ceaselessly angry about petty shit omg

Yeah, well maybe you'll marry some chick who just wants your money and then takes you to the cleaners in the divorce. lol

Oh my god. What happened!? This thread was so civil this morning with what I felt was honest and respectful discourse for at least a few hours. I come back this afternoon and it's devolved once more into "I will dominate you with wit, snark, and obvious brilliance". Jesus H. Christ, folks! CALM DOWN! If you wouldn't say something to someone in the real world, then don't say it here. Period. Simple. It's not worth it. No matter what you or the other person has to say. It's. Not. Worth. It.

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https://www.resetera.com/threads/we-need-to-talk-about-how-toxic-discussing-the-epic-games-store-is-when-it-comes-to-accusations-and-insults.132551/post-23286786

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[VomKriege]

From what ive seen Epic discussion is definitely the worst here. Even Youtube comments arent as wild as ERA when it comes to EGS. That suits me just fine because many of the same names that dogpiled me for years on GAF for my views on Steam are the ones melting down over EGS. The cherry on top is that sometimes they use some of the same arguments i made for my Steam boycott.. the very arguments they themselves ridiculed years ago. i dont really engage any longer because of bans. So now i just have some laughs when im having dinner content that ive lived long enough to witness vindication.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/we-need-to-talk-about-how-toxic-discussing-the-epic-games-store-is-when-it-comes-to-accusations-and-insults.132551/post-23280828

[nudemacusers]

Forum is just ceaselessly angry about petty shit omg

Yeah, well maybe you'll marry some chick who just wants your money and then takes you to the cleaners in the divorce. lol

Yikes, I just went to the cleaners yesterday. Shaking rn.

[Potato]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/if-gender-is-a-social-construct-how-can-we-explain-gender-identity.132584/post-23278255

If a kid can't be trans than a kid can't be cis.
Spoilers: they can be

Gender roles are literally one of the first things we teach our kids

That's not how this works, that's not how any of this works.

Also, what kind of asshole teaches their kids about gender roles FIRST. like, what the fuck. I was teaching my daughters how to talk, and not shit themselves before they ever learned about gender roles. FFS.

There's your problem. REEE denizens have not yet leaned to not shit themselves.

[Tasty]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/we-need-to-talk-about-how-toxic-discussing-the-epic-games-store-is-when-it-comes-to-accusations-and-insults.132551/post-23286888

I wonder if it's even possible to have a civil discussion about EGS at this point. Hell, a civil discussion about almost everything is impossible on the internet.

Uh no it's completely possible, if you put in the work of finding them and stay respectful of the rules (or don't and get banned by functional moderation.) Either way it's definitely not "impossible."

"Civil discussion is difficult at scale" would be more accurate, but that's also fairly well known at this point.

[VomKriege]

https://twitter.com/GrossieGore/status/1156988124448382976

Mate. Mate. Enough. Brah. When is enough enough brah ?

 

[stufte]

RE thinks Tulsi Gabbard is a Russian bot in their debate thread.

Of course they do. there's also a ton of blue checkmarks on twitter spouting the same shit.   

[VomKriege]

https://www.patreon.com/OniLinkPlus

We're honestly not expecting anybody to contribute

[nudemacusers]

https://twitter.com/GrossieGore/status/1156988124448382976

Mate. Mate. Enough. Brah. When is enough enough brah ?

 

What a fukkin dweeb

[nudemacusers]

https://www.patreon.com/OniLinkPlus

We're honestly not expecting anybody to contribute

Imagine getting 25 subscribers only to check ur back account and realize they’re all ur alters

[stufte]

[Lonewulfeus]

A lot of this "smelly gamers convention" thing is starting to make sense....

Here's a shocking thing to you: there are probably plenty of people near to you everyday who don't use a washcloth and you don't notice any difference in them despite sitting on your high horse. The smelly ones, for the most part (with mostly the exception of certain diseases) are people who actually don't wash themselves at all or who don't change their clothes.

Honestly, some people are completely out of touch with reality. Like, if you travel and don't get to use your wash cloth, do you suddenly start smelling?

[nachobro]

hotels have washcloths tho

[EightBitNate]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/the-outer-worlds-new-previews-and-impressions.132562/page-3#post-23286848

Is that your channel or something?

Someone with the same avatar as you replied to the video two minutes after it was uploaded and only had 19 views.

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I’m sure ManaByte knows a thing or two about shilling

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[Lonewulfeus]

hotels have washcloths tho

Yea I use a loofa at home and the provided washclothes if I’m traveling.  Era gonna era though.

[Potato]

Wash cloths are for chicks, or blokes who don't have the balls to tell their woman they aren't using no damn cuck wash cloth.

[nudemacusers]

I use a washcloth.