KoboldCoterie

joined 2 years ago
[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social -1 points 2 weeks ago (12 children)

I didn’t get Trump elected, lol.

And this right here is our unresolvable ideological difference. You refuse to consider that by not voting for the better option, you're partially responsible for what we have now. Good luck with your revolution, I guess. We have nothing else to discuss.

[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 0 points 2 weeks ago (18 children)

What’s your plan B?

What's yours? Since letting Trump get elected was apparently Step 1, what's Step 2? Where are we going now? Come on, fill us in.

Or, alternately, stop putting words in other peoples' mouths and consider that what we have now is worse for everyone than the alternative would have been.

[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 2 points 2 weeks ago (30 children)

This wasn't the Democrats being failed, it was the whole country being failed. It wasn't about voting for the Democrats, it was about voting against Donald Trump, and there was only one way to effectively do that. Everyone who refused to do that got exactly what they voted for with Trump, whatever ends up happening, but rather than accepting that maybe this was the worst option, they're just posting memes about how everyone didn't push back against the democrats hard enough, so I doubt it'll sink in.

[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 27 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

It's assumed that you already have a pear tree; the partridges are just being installed into your pre-existing tree. Don't be greedy. Mature fruit trees are expensive.

[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (4 children)

One brother is on an Xbox One is on a PC One is on a steam deck with WiFi hotspot.

That's going to be the limiting factor.

Are you specifically looking for something to play against each other? There's some pretty good options for co-op games with crossplay, and that might make for a more friendly experience, but if you're in the mood for something competitive, options are a little more limited.

Some potential options:

  • Destiny 2
  • Monster Hunter Rise
  • The Ascent
  • Borderlands 3
  • Warframe
  • Remnant 2

If you all had a PC, you'd have a lot more options. Maybe two of you should consider going in on a Steam Deck for Brother #3 for Christmas!

[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 23 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

That honestly doesn't look like it would be bad to use. If you're holding it close to your chest, that seems like it would have your hands in a more natural position, so it's probably ergonomically better, for some people.

[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 32 points 3 weeks ago

So what you're saying is, tips are bullshit, and it's really just a shakedown? Got it.

[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 90 points 4 weeks ago

It's like that story about the family that moved to Russia and said "We didn't think it would be so hard to live in Russia when we didn't speak Russian!"

[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 7 points 1 month ago

Not only WoW, but most old MMOs were built around being social experiences. The really old ones (Everquest, most notably) were basically chat rooms with games attached. The gameplay was very slow, and you relied heavily on other players to progress, so you spent a lot of time just chatting with people, either in zone chat or in groups or in guilds. Over time, you started to recognize the same names showing up in the same places, or as you progressed, the same players would be progressing at the same pace so you'd keep seeing them as you moved from zone to zone.

It was also a lot easier to build friendships for otherwise socially awkward people. You had an immediate common interest and common goal (advancing in the game), so you had common ground to talk about, and a common activity to enjoy together, but during the downtime, conversation would often shift to other things - where you lived, how old you were, what your hobbies were... so you'd get to know people 'outside the game', too.

Nowadays, WoW and other MMOs are much more fast-paced, and much more solo play oriented. There's still group-required content, but it's very action-heavy; you don't have a lot of time that you're just sitting around chatting, and groups are much more short-term things. 15 or 20 minutes, whereas once upon a time, it was 3+ hours as standard.

I met my oldest friend in an MMO about 24 or 25 years ago... we accompanied each other to a few different games over the years, and now we aren't playing anything together, but we still talk. I flew across the country to attend his wedding a couple years ago. Similarly, I met my wife in WoW. Our first "date" was killing bugs in Silithus together. We've been together for about 18 years.

Old (as in, early-late 2000s) MMOs generated a lot of friendships; this isn't at all an uncommon story to hear from people who played them at that time.

[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 2 points 1 month ago

You're the hero the internet needs.

[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 3 points 1 month ago

Yeah, and at that point I'll also just wait for a 50% off sale, whereas I would otherwise have been a day 1 purchase.

I feel like this happens a lot, honestly - there'll be a game I'm really excited for, and either it's got some shitty DRM, or it's a timed Epic exclusive, or whatever else, and then a few months later when I could be playing it, I've mentally moved on to other things and I end up just buying it much later on deep sale if at all.

There's a lot of games coming out all the time; if I get past that initial hype period around launch without buying a thing, it's 50% or more off, or I won't buy it at all.

[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 20 points 1 month ago (3 children)

It's really a shame, because I was super excited for MH:Wilds, but the confirmation that it will include Denuvo killed my enthusiasm completely.

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