Maalus

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[–] Maalus@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

Not really interesting. Gaming is often stressful and requires more though / action being put into it. Also there is the matter of skill - it's way more fun to see someone completely anihilate the other team, than to go out and get killed yourself. You can also go through a story based game without having to actually play, and you get most of the experience. You also need to count in people watching other people's guides, especially for strategy games. For other hobbies it's often about actually doing something and feeling the rush, or by occupying the hands and chilling out. You don't get the rush of driving a car by watching someone else do it. You don't get your hands occupied by seeing someone knit. Also, gaming provides instant feedback / dopamine. Watching it does that with even less effort.

[–] Maalus@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Bingo, that's the point. It's a statement on the value of art. At the end of the day, a painting is just a piece of linen with shit smeared all over it. You might as well just tape a banana to the wall and be done with it. But it also shows something else - art isn't just paint smeared canvas. It has meaning behind it and it evokes emotion.

So this guy eating it and pissing off 90% of people does the best thing that he could have done. Also, the remaining 10% know that it is not about the banana on the wall which was replacable. It was about the emotions - the outrage, the trolling. It is the same artwork - since art isn't just paint / just a banana.

[–] Maalus@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

Naaah. I made like 40 longtime steam friends because of playing on the same gmod server. Was lucky to find a server that had the most insane creators on it. You went onto any other server, they used what we made on that one. Drunk Combine, tanks, jets (including working VTOL), we had artillery that worked the same way it did in World of Tanks. 95% of the players there were insane at Expression 2 - which was a scripting / programming language that let you interact with the physics of the game in awesome ways.

I put the best 750hrs of my life into that server. It was called "Unsmart's" after the dude that hosted it. Closed down after a few years when the people moved onto other games. There was a shortlived revival, but it was more of a "reunion" than anything else. Still have everyone as friends and could probably get them together by pinging the group if I wanted to.

[–] Maalus@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Yeah because it doesn't cost them anything to say they "do their part" when they make token "commitments". It's not because the average person gives a shit. Give them a choice - $5 more an hour, or instantly and forever solve climate change and see how many people would choose climate change.

People complain about having to sort trash before throwing it out. Saying "most people care about the environment" is extremely naive.

[–] Maalus@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Oh so just like Discord, why would I need something new, I already have Discord.

[–] Maalus@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Like it or not, a regular person doesn't give two shits about that.

[–] Maalus@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Except you can buy season passes after they are released and no more dlc are planned.

[–] Maalus@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Season pass means you get all the dlc / expansions for a discounted price since you are buying "in bulk". So it is about as "buying it normally" as it gets. The difference Steam introduces now is that they need to state what will be in the pass and when it can be expected.

[–] Maalus@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Source? Show me the evidence and metastudy

[–] Maalus@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You can simplify every series that way...

[–] Maalus@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

Rage bait try hardrr

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