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[–] illi@lemm.ee 5 points 14 hours ago

That's my understanding, yes

[–] illi@lemm.ee 20 points 14 hours ago (3 children)

The age of Notepad having a paywall has arrived, with the simple writing software now prompting users to sign into a Microsoft account to access new tools such as Rewrite, a new feature that uses artificial intelligence to rewrite highlighted text.

It should be noted that you can still use Notepad without a Microsoft account, and users can go as far as removing the Rewrite icon completely from Notepad.

[–] illi@lemm.ee 3 points 2 days ago

Good to know! It's not that I knowingly avoided it to keep memories pristine, I just somehow never revisited it. But now I kinda feel like it

[–] illi@lemm.ee 6 points 2 days ago

They are getting bolder and don't feel the need to hide it at all. And why should they? It's only a "controversial salute" now. Next up, racism and xenophobia rebranding to "controversial views"

[–] illi@lemm.ee 9 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Waterworld was a damn cool movie overall. Last time I watched it as a kid though, but I keep the memory of a cool movie.

[–] illi@lemm.ee 77 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Mildly interesring? More like mildly horifying

[–] illi@lemm.ee 12 points 2 days ago (2 children)

By definition it is selfish I'd say. BUT! Huge "but" here, like you wouldn't believe - sometimes it is alright to be selfish. Sometimes you just need to put yourself first. This is most definitely one of those times.

[–] illi@lemm.ee 1 points 3 days ago

There are also countries where it is not - for example where I live last I checked downloading is legally ok, though some would say it is a grey zone moraly. It's the distributing of a copy without proper licensing deals and stuff that's illegal.

So downloading of illegal copies using torrents would be illegal in most cases as you would be seeding and thus providing the illegal copy to others.

Direct download is a-okay in the eye of law as long as it is only for your personal use

[–] illi@lemm.ee 1 points 4 days ago

Fair enough :D

[–] illi@lemm.ee 2 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Is it? Lost Ark and Crusade are great, but Temple of Doom? I remember not liking it that much.

[–] illi@lemm.ee 50 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Both Legs, hands down.

Congratulatioms, you have no limbs now

[–] illi@lemm.ee 2 points 6 days ago

I will provide a point of view of someone who is a bit more pro "live service game" concept.

While I agree these can be scummy it depends on the game. I see them as evolution of the subscription model on which most MMORPGs functioned back in the day (and few big ones and several niche ones still do). You used to pay monthly sub to be able to play the game, now you have the opportunity to pay for the season pass. Depending on specific game you get content for free (no neex to pay the sub to access the content) and alonv with the content they will launch a season pass which gives you some goodies for playing. Gives them engagement numbers and expectable revenue stream.

In the above model, I usually decide whether I like the content that they bring and if I would realistically play it enough to get majority ofnthe rewards from the pass (because, and this isnthe worst part - once the season ends in 99% of the cases the pass goes away and its rewards are gone forever if you didn't have time to earn them). Then there are also games like Destiny where the content is not free but tied to the pass, so you basically purchase x months of content (+the rewards from the pass).

There are many shades of season passes - some could be considered fair, some are alright, some are ignorable and some are bad. All of them are made to make money - which in a live service game is I think fair, as they need to fund the ongoing developement. It all depends on the way they want to takenyour money: can be used as a nice bonus you can purchase if you are enjoying the game - in which case I'm fine with it. It can be used so they want to manipulate you through various way to feel forced to purchase - in which case I'm very much oposed to it.

Though I think we all agree that the part when the rewards you purchased are only available temporarily is a scam and shouldn't be a thing - and I do realize I will be called out here for sometimes purchasing them. I try to view them as simply making a voluntary payment for the content I got from the devs. And the rewards tied to it a bonus.

 

Hey all, I was wondering what do y'all think about the game after the recent relaunch. What is the state of things? Is it worth returning and if so, does it make sense to start anew on new servers, or just continue with the old character?

I don't have the Angry Earth expac so mainly wondering if it is worth the additional buy in price.

 

I prefer podcasts with at least two people, infotmational but also with some fun banter in between. Couldn't find anything like that - not many active ones in general that I could find.

Podcasts that don't meet above criteria also welcome. Though would be best if it is active podcats that still gets new episodes

 

I didn't follow the game super closely but it looked nice. Shame we will never get to try it at least.

 

So I finally bit the bullet, installed a second SSD and put Linux on it to test the waters. Tested out GW2 as a non steam game via Wine and while it runs, it runs very poorly with constant frame drops. Did anyone else try? How was your experience?

I have Nvidia GPU which I gather might be the most likely culprit but was interested in what your experience might've been.

 

More details in a MOP article here

 

I thought I'd try GW2 after years of not playing (last I played was PoE era, bounced off fully before Icebrood saga) and finally managed to get into it!

I used to live and breath this game and while I was not what you'd call "hardcore" player, I knew about everything going on. Now I'm totally in the black which is weird. I try not to get it to me, I just play through the Icebrood saga story now and try my best not to open inventory and achievement tabs etc to not get discouraged. GW2 was always a bit convoluted, but with so much added in the meantime, it's much.

How do you deal with this? What would be your recommendations for me to "ease into it"? What should I engage after getting my groove back in the story? How to dip my toes slowly into buildcrafting? What new systems should I check out?

Bonus question: would you expect the xpacs to go on sale anytime soon? Next one should be around the corner by now, no?

 

I know many people were waiying for this so thought I'd share.

I don't play Albion much, fresh start might be interesting but not keen on regrinding stuff... How about you?

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