Everything posted by Elerond
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The Funny Things Thread
Pizza thief caught in the act
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Drama in indy gaming and games journalism part 2
I did same, then checked from internet archives, but when I didn't find it I checked reddit threads about it and found those links.
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Drama in indy gaming and games journalism part 2
It would be something radical if it wasn't photoshoped Here is this and lot of more similar photoshops http://imgur.com/a/y8jII This is article that reddit about picture says is original source for 4chan edits. http://kotaku.com/5914348/three-words-i-said-to-the-man-i-defeated-in-gears-of-war-that-ill-never-say-again
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F-Secure deleting my beta V.278
I would guess that F-Secure falsely identifies bb's exe because it don't have digital signature to prove its legitimacy. I would recommend to mark it safe.
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Capitalism & Socialism
Nazis called themselves National Socialistic party/movement for reason. They run in election agenda that had many socialistic elements in it, like unemployment benefit, public jobs for unemployed, child care, free public schooling, etc.. They were also nationalistic party/movement as they agenda included also such things like jobs only for Germans, rising German's national pride, getting Olympics in German, lessening rights of non-German people, which include Jews, colored people, disabled people, sexual minorities, etc.. They also opposed full communism and communistic parties, which were national cancer according to their agenda. Their socialistic agenda worked in depression suffering German and worked even better when Hitler's motorway projects and benefit programs prove to be very effective to rise German from depression and lowering unemployment rates. And when Nazis got power they started periodically implement their nationalistic agenda and undermine their opposition, so that they gained absolute majority in German's government which enabled them to kill democracy in German and chance it totalitarian state. And after that change they ceased to be socialistic or nationalistic party/movement and changed to work to benefit Hitler and his elite. So in sort, Nazis had socialistic tendencies at least when they worked their way to power, but those tendencies got pushed back when they secured their authority over German, but they never wanted to abolish private industries or ownership and they saw capitalism as main way to do things and they actually opposed parties and movements that wanted to do so. For them socialism was way to fix problems in German, which made them popular in German, so popular in the fact that Germans relinquished voluntary of their democratic power and gave Nazis totalitarian rule over themselves. Class struggle was never on Nazis' agenda, but instead their struggle as I already said was against non-Germans (which they had quite wide meaning), which makes them fascistic party/movement instead of socialistic or communistic, which of course don't mean that they didn't had socialistic tendencies, which they had as I already mentioned. So what we learned from this was that political parties/movements/ideologies can't be painted with one brush, because it will give you in accurate and corrupt picture of the reality.
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Hey Obs: Any word on GOG keys for Wasteland 2?
I think you're missing a "not" somewhere in there. That seems to be case. I first wrote it is good customer service to solve such problems before launch, but then decided to use current sentence, but it seems that I forgot edit some parts of the sentence.
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Hey Obs: Any word on GOG keys for Wasteland 2?
That is true but then why are they part of the regular retail version? Digital Deluxe I understand, but regular? And then going back and actually removing the wallpapers from my crappy KS version after they were initially part of it? And that wasn't really the issue, I was prepared to pay for the digital deluxe upgrade and I did....only to find I don't actually have the digital deluxe....that I'm still missing chunks of content. Arguing technicalities is not the way to keep my loyalty. After they said GOG would fix the issue I pledged $50 more but now I'm losing my patience. I think that reason for their problem is that they offered three basic digital tiers during their kickstarter (lowest: game+manual ($15), middle: game+manual+sountrack+art book ($30), highest: (game+manual+soundtrack+artbook+novellas+beta($55)), but then decided to go with two tiers on digital retail market by dropping lowest one that they offered during KS. But now they are facing problem that if they give lowest tier backers lower retail tier, then they would take value off from those that backed in middle value tiers during KS, which is why they have created pseudo retail tier that is offered only for the backers, which causes problems for sellers when it comes to upgrading that version. You are right that it is good for customers/backers to have such problems.
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Hey Obs: Any word on GOG keys for Wasteland 2?
Yeah....except I got the bloody copy with a $750 as part of a TTON pledge and the soundtrack and artbook are a pretty bloody big deal to me....sure I could buy them separately but I felt like they were abusing my kindness at this point....the least they can do is ensure I have the regular retail version and it's not so much that's it's hard to find those wallpapers, it's the fact they went out of their way to remove them from the KS version that adds insult to injury. But Wasteland 2's sound track and art book weren't part of TTON's rewards even in $750 tier (which was also tier I backed it), only DRM-free digital copy of the game and digital game manual.
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Hey Obs: Any word on GOG keys for Wasteland 2?
I'm confused, which edition are you talking about? You obviously don't have a key from PoE as they are not released yet, so is this some kind of version from the TToN kickstarter? In particular, how much bloody money do you have to throw at Inxile to have access to a wasteland key? Is buying the physical collectors edition not enough? I'm a bit sad that I can't play it this weekend. I've spent quite some money on both PoE and TToN, and I can't access wasteland from both sites. I do hope they'll release PoE on time on GoG, because my physical copy surely won't reach me at the release date. From TTON side go here: https://torment.inxile-entertainment.com If your pledge has a copy of wasteland 2 ensure you have your tier/add-on selected under your Account -> Rewards and then you can click on "manage Keys"......but prepare to be disappointed if you care about extras like art, soundtrack, novels/lore, etc. You get the sham edition. Don't expect better edition from PoE Wasteland 2 code. Only rewards that are missing compared to Digital Classic Edition are sound track, concept art book and wall paper package (that in my understanding are same that you get from game's homepage). Version which you get free with T:ToN and probably with PoE is same that people that backed Wasteland 2 with $15 dollars get. Version that has sound track and art book cost backers $30 (although this included two copies of the game and some KS only portraits) .
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"Moderate" Muslims Had a Peace Conference in Norway...
Says who? I know several Christian churches that openly allow gay people as part of there congregation. For them the most important message in the bible is one of peace, being a good person and loving your neighbour. They don't practice intolerance They may not be intolerant, but the religion is. Christianity is very clear on homosexuality; it is forbidden. As I already said though; the religion is dying so it doesn't really matter. Christianity refers group of religious with similar beliefs not singular religion which is why Christianity isn't clear in that matter or any other which isn't one of the core beliefs (inclusion of New Testament bible and keeping it as main holy book, holy trinity, virgin birth, baptism, Holy Communion/Lord's Supper, etc.) that identifies religion to belonging in Christian religions. Bible has passages that seems to forbid certain sexual acts between two men, then it has very obscure passages that may or may not refer sexual acts between two women, but that is more how one wants to interpret what Paul says in his letters. But bible is full of things that it forbids to do that are accepted by most Christian religions in these days. Each Christian religion has their own teaching about homosexuality, which differ from forbidding to acceptance. Same is true also for Islam, meaning that Islam is only umbrella term for multiple religions that share set of common beliefs and each of those religions have their own interpretation what is Muslims should and should not do and what kind behavior and acts are accepted and what are forbidden.
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Wasteland 2 Kickstarted
I would say that in full game Awareness is attribute that you need at least for some characters, because it boost your combat initiative and hight initiative characters get more turn, like for example character with Awareness 10 has twice as many combat turns than character with awareness 2 has. Character with awareness 10 also most likely acts first in combat. Although speed is valid option for awareness, even though it don't give you as much initiative points as awareness it gives you action points, giving characters ability to do more in their turn. Intelligence is also quite important attribute, because higher intelligence character's get more skill points and action points in following degree intelligence 1-3 (2 skill points per level, int 1 causes 1 ap) intelligence 4-7 (3 skill points per level, int 6 gives additional 1 ap) intelligence 8-9 (4 skill points per level), intelligence 10 (5 skill points per level and additional 1 ap), and with higher intelligence you can read higher level skill books meaning that skill difference will be even bigger. Coordination is ok ability for character with ranged weapons as it gives you most AP/per attribute point spent and every attribute point gives character +1% to hit (which isn't that great when one level in weapon skill gives character 25-35% depending on weapon for the first skill level (2 skill points) and then 4-10% for per additional skill level, maxing skill takes 44 skill points) Strength is valid option to character in at least some degree as it gives health, carry capacity and melee characters and action points in same rate as intelligence. For melee character it is recommended as it also gives melee critical hit damage bonus. Charisma is good for leader character it gives radius bonus to leadership skill and xp bonus, but other characters it seems to be attribute that you can dumb down as -10 % to xp (dumbing from 3 to 1) rewards don't seem to have too much negative impact in xp gain. Luck is quite random attribute, it can be very effective or absolute waste. So I would only recommend if you find enjoyment from unpredictability. Dumbing it down isn't dangerous, but it removes your change get random benefits that can be very good.
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Wasteland 2 Kickstarted
First ending found after 11 hours of playing, although ending was bit tragic and works as example why you should not let new recruits ever wander around military base without escort
- Update #83: Backer Portal, Backer Beta, and Wasteland 2 Keys
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Drama in indy gaming and games journalism part 2
Producing quality critique is quite difficult and time consuming job, especially when you want articulate things clearly but not too simplistic way. I know that I am don't have needed talents currently and my point of view towards games is probably too close to produce wide social commentary about them. Which is why I revere people that can do such critique. I also would point that I don't want to silence Sarkeesian or any other critic/person, but I think that she probably gets more attention for her arguments than what their merit is, although I admit that Sarkeesian is quite lone flag bearer when it comes to feminist/gender based critique towards video games, which I feel is problem and one of the reasons for current situation, as it rises one point of the view to be too dominant.
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Drama in indy gaming and games journalism part 2
As for Sarkeesian's popularity... for all the screaming and flailing and dismissiveness of her detractors, she does have a point. A point she often doesn't manage to get across, but there are limits to what you can expect from liberal arts majors, after all. Sarkeesian used exact same format that she uses in Tropes vs. Women in video games video series in her previous Tropes vs. Women in Movies series, meaning that she picks trope and then picks movies/games/whatever that in her opinion uses that trope and but sometimes in middle quotes from social studies and finishes with jokes how Hollywood writers/game developers should stop using such tropes and treat women as human begins and that is all that she does (although in her newer videos about games she has started to put disclaimer in that criticizing thing that you like don't mean that you hate it or something like that). Her tropes vs. women in movies wasn't popular series before her Kickstarter for tropes vs. women in games series, which got her popularity not because people suddenly understood her brilliance, but because she and her campaign got attacked for some reason by group of people that did it in very public and toxic way that she become headline not only in gaming news but also in many major regular news sites, which caused people to support her regardless what she was representing. And after getting that initial popularity she has succeed to keep hold on it, which gives her much greater value as critic that I would give her. So in end of the day she has loud voice in gaming critic because of her loudest opposition and their behavior not because of quality of her arguments or her supporters. And I am not any more sure that she could lose her place in spotlight anytime soon even if her opposition stops using idiotic tactics.
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Adventurers Hall Questions + a little extra
Rather marginal indeed. Assuming all classes/characters are more or less equally useful, removing one party member makes the party weaker by 1/6. So I believe that 1/6 of 100% would be more appropriate; ~15% bonus xp per empty party slot. 15% is not even close to the split-XP method in IE games, but has some impact, unlike 5%. We probably should also take account also factor that character's that aren't in your party earn experience by doing activities in your stronghold, that benefit you (at least I think this is the case), unlike in IE games where characters that weren't in your party didn't earn experience and couldn't do anything that benefits you.
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2 rings, an amulet and a cloak!
I most certainly never said that "all other crpgs" do this. Further, as I explained to Gromnir, you never asked for my reason for wanting this. You asked the point of the thread. If you wanted to know former, than that's what you should have asked. I went ahead and answered the question you actually asked. http://forums.obsidian.net/topic/68606-2-rings-an-amulet-and-a-cloak/?do=findComment&comment=1511166 I would say that this is implies that every other CRPG do this in such degree that exceptions only verify the rule if my asking point of this thread don't mean that I ask why people want or not want thing that thread is made for. I know that your utterance was hyperbole, and so was mine, but I also would say that your hyperbole gives misconception about rpgs and crpgs, as I would say that majority of non-d&d crpgs don't use two rings, an amulet and a cloak item slot system as such. I would also say that you didn't answer to my question with any meaningful way, as I asked "Is this thread point that there should be one item slot more for characters in PoE?", which means that are people in this thread arguing that there should be more item slots in PoE or do you them want to change one existing item slots that aren't ones mentioned in the topic to those that are mentioned in the topic or do people want to remove armor, arms and boots item slots and only to have those item slots mentioned in the topic. Your answer "The point of the thread is that each party member should be able to equip 2 rings, an amulet and a cloak." to my question didn't give me any specifics on what you want which is why I asked my question again this time phrased differently so that it would rise more specific answer as it did. And then you started for some reason to insinuate that I have done something wrong and insult me.
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2 rings, an amulet and a cloak!
That is true only partially. As in case of PoE such slot would not bring additional items that character could wear, but instead it will remove need to choose between good cloak and amulet. It would also mean that characters could two such items that are designed with mind set that characters will only wield one of them at the time, meaning that amulet-cloak combinations would become much more effective in the game than what they currently are or they get balance nerf meaning that player has to wear both amulet and cloak to get same effects that they currently get, meaning singular items become less meaning full or that every item in the game will be nerfed so that balance between items will be on same level as it is now, but also meaning that items in game will have less effect on characters overall performance.
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Torment: Tides of Numenera
As both games have their soundtrack composed by Mark Morgan and T:ToN at least tries to be spiritual successor for the PS:T, I wouldn't be too surprised if Morgan has used/will use some of his tracks from PS:T in some way in T:ToN.
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2 rings, an amulet and a cloak!
I've already explained the point of the thread as clearly as possible. I'll leave the balancing to OE. I asked point of thread because you don't actually give any rational point for it in whole thread, closest one that I find is that you feel that two rings, an amulet and a cloak is something that all other crpgs do (which is not true), which is why asked is reason behind this thread actually that you want more magic items and then I made additional question to remind people that adding more magic items for characters influences games balance and tried to inquire what kind balance changes people would prefer if characters in PoE would get more item slots. I also would point out that any of my questions, excluding one which I asked you specify that you want more item slots for the characters, weren't directed to you but anybody that reads this topic especially for those that seem to think that it is something that PoE should include. For me whole point in this thread is item balance that seems to be different from what it was in IE games and so people are asking Obsidian to change PoE's item balance to be similar than what it was in IE games, which is why it is important that people tell do they feel that amulets and cloaks are underpowered or overpowered in PoE, so that Obsidian can adjust item balance to right direction. I don't actually care one way or another, which is why I would recommend Obsidian to take easiest and fastest road and focus on other aspects of the game.
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Drama in indy gaming and games journalism part 2
A bomb threat would go beyond the interests of Anita and become a public interest. AKA not only would the threat be taken seriously with police watching it, but her neighbors and community would be alerted aswell. No one in their right mind would privately handle a volatile weapon like a bomb without alerting anyone within a radius potentially vulnerable to it. The town I live in Germany got BOMBED TO SH** in WWII. They STILL find old bombs and everyone gets evacuated. An entire quarter of town gets sealed off, it goes all over the news and the police go door to door ringing doorbells and evacuating people. I highly doubt that Anita's neighbors wouldn't be warned, ESPECIALLY if she lives in a condensed area with lots of apartment buildings like San Francisco. Only bomb threat that I have read is against Game Developers Choice Awards, because they nominated Anita as receiver of Ambassador Award, according to Kotaku's editor Stephen Totilo, bomb threat is confirmed by GDCA organizers and SFPD, and that SFDP's Explosive Ordinance Disposal Division sent unit to check Moscone Center, where GDC was held and that GDC organizer hired additional security to conduct bag checks. http://www.kotaku.com.au/2014/09/bomb-threat-targeted-anita-sarkeesian-gaming-awards-last-march/
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2 rings, an amulet and a cloak!
Is point to also make cloaks and amulets less powerful or rise maximum total power level of items that characters can carry?
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2 rings, an amulet and a cloak!
They already can, as you can equip an amulet or a cloak in neck slot, so I take that you mean that you want one equipment slot more, for all the party members.
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2 rings, an amulet and a cloak!
Is this thread point that there should be one item slot more for characters in PoE?
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Are they even listening to our feedback?
I disagree. BG Exploration = SPACE TO EXPLORE Not monsters every 5 metres and really limited navmesh/corridor style wilderness areas Luckily Stormwall Gorge "feels" a little bit more BG, but Dyrford Crossing is a VERY IWD style area. I meant that there need to be encounters or some other interesting content in the maps that aren't tied to quests/tasks outside of that encounter/content, to make exploration feel worth while thing, as completely empty maps or railroad maps aren't very interesting to explore. As in former case there are little if any excitement in exploring map and latter one there aren't much of exploring to do as you are on set path that you can't depart at least in any meaningful way. I didn't offer any opinion how dense that content should be or has Obsidian succeeded with their content in beta, but that I think content and encounters that aren't part of larger quests and tasks is something that Obsidian should aim and what I think they already are aiming towards.