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I took the math that was required for my degree (4 levels of Calculus, 2 levels of Discrete), how much of that I retained is another story. I guess I would say basic-medium since I can do a lot of the everyday math in my head before I need to break out the calculator.

BlackScythe0 posted...

Did you play it when it came out? Just curious if that impacts your view, because I loved it when it came out but found it unplayable when I tried to play it a few years back.

I admittedly played it several years after it came out, but I don't think it was that it felt dated. I played Daggerfall and Arena only like 5 years back and while I thought Arena was fine, I LOVED Daggerfall. Easily the best Elder Scrolls game ever.

The problem was that the game felt...linear. Hard to really describe. Essentially it comes down to the "Todd Howard" philosophy. Arena and Daggerfall had a lot of content to them because the developers auto-generated the world and instead spent all of their effort on the side quests and gameplay. With Morrowind, Todd insisted on "hand-crafting" the world, taking away resources from the side quests and gameplay. Worse still, the world is essentially hallways separated by hubs, so it feels even less realistic then the auto-generated world. With Oblivion and Skyrim, they started the shift back which is why I like those games more.

My hope (although I know it probably wouldn't happen) is that they go back to auto-generating the world in Elder Scrolls 6 and instead pack the game with thousands of quests and tens of factions you can join. Just make it absolutely massive.

Morrowind is the only (main series) Elder Scrolls game that I just flat out refused to play beyond an hour or so. I even beat Arena as obtuse and confusing as that game is. Morrowind just sucks.

sabin017 posted...

You say Toriyama's characters all look the same, but here's the same character:
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/6/62b41b5a.jpg

Now post a picture of every SSJ3 transformation and tell me they don't look exactly the same.

As much as I am a fan of Dragon Quest, I feel like the series went down-hill for me when the "Americanized" art was phased out. Still like the gameplay, but the art style kind of sucks. If they took the art style of Final Fantasy with the gameplay of Dragon Quest, that would be almost a damn near perfect JRPG for me.

faramir77 posted...

Uhh

It was one or the other, right

You didn't put the ass thermometer under your tongue afterwards, right

Not into A2M?

Prude.

I don't think I have ever played any game over 1000 hours. Hell, I don't think I have played any game (barring a few "idle" games) for over 200 hours. I get bored of them long before that. Looking at my Steam library, Yakuza 5 might break the 200 hour mark if I ever finish it. 150+ hours in and still haven't beaten it, although pretty darn close.

That said, I have probably beaten over 1000 video games in my lifetime.

I never liked early 3D platformers, Mario 64 included. Even most modern ones have a hard time finding a good balance between exploration and action, and most times just stick to the exploration stuff.

Crash Bandicoot probably did it the best of the 90's ones, although I would argue it doesn't take advantage of the 3D elements as much as it could.

Worse I would say is "I wish I was back home" if my flights get moved/delayed/canceled (which is almost a certainty since my airport pretty much always requires a connecting flight to get anywhere notable). Last thing on my mind when I am on vacation is work, which is how it should be.

Wanted to be a video game programmer. Gave up on it in college when I realized it was a crappy job and that traditional programmers make way more money.

20 years later and I lead a team of programmers and occasionally get the chance to actually write code again myself. To be honest, couldn't imagine myself doing anything else.

Main numbered series: Traditional series, chronologically take place in order (0 - 6)
Kiwami: Remakes of 1 and 2 to be more like 0 and the latter games.
Like a Dragon: Continuation of the main numbered series, but with a new protagonist. Plays more like a traditional JRPG rather then a beat-em-up. Also what the main numbered series is called in Japan (and what the development studio's name translates to from Japanese)
Issen: re-imagining of the main numbered and Like a Dragon series, but in feudal Japan instead of modern times.
Judgement: Spin-off series in the same universe, but no relation to the main series.

I think that covers everything I know. Feel free to ask clarifying questions.

We have established long ago that you are a Zeus alt.

https://www.pricecharting.com/game/playstation/the-misadventures-of-tron-bonne

Complete.

Zeus has boomer energy right now, LOL!

ConfusedTorchic posted...

try it

because all you're doing would be filling a form out to schedule an in-person consultation i'd wager

I mean, I got a mortgage through my bank 12 years ago. I did it entirely online with the exception of closing. They did call me to get verbal approval to run a credit report, but I still didn't go into a bank branch. And that was before my bank had a phone app. So yea, little more than "filling out a form to schedule a in-person consultation".

ConfusedTorchic posted...

straight up none of them except for paying utilities can be done online

maybe a personal loan, but you're not getting a mortgage/commercial/agriculture loan online lmfao

The banking app for my phone literally has buttons for each of those.

Johnny_Eagle posted...

I would've thought Google could just tell Youtube not to crack down on ad blockers. Guess that shows how little I know about how these things work...

Having worked for a "large corporation" before (yet still about 1/10th the size of Alphabet Inc), I can tell you it is amazing how little divisions of the company talk to each other, and how rare it is to have them all on the same page. We literally had two competing platforms running concurrently under the same umbrella for 10 years before the executives said "Wait, why are we competing with ourselves?" and approved consolidating them into one thing.

ConfusedTorchic posted...

ah yes, 90% of banking is...moving money from checking or savings, or withdrawing money

Or opening an account, depositing a check, requesting a loan, etc.

All stuff most banks let you do online nowadays.

Because 90% of banking can be done online or at an ATM, so why go into a bank branch?

I think the last time I went into an actual bank branch was when I needed to get a certified check to buy a car with, and that was almost 10 years ago. I opened a Roth IRA with my bank 3 years ago and was able to do it all on my phone.

It is the cost of freeze drying, the commercial freeze dry process is ridiculously expensive compared to the home process. So rather than buying those, just get your own and freeze dry everything yourself.

adjl posted...

The annoying thing is that Disney should retain full copyright control over everything they've made. They're not wrong to have fought for that, they just fought for it the wrong way. If they'd fought for "we're still using that thing we made, so nobody else should be able to use it until we're done instead of some arbitrary time limit" instead of "we're still using that thing, so we want the arbitrary time limit extended," copyright law would be in a much better place.

Though even 20 years is longer than I think is reasonable to wait these days. With digital distribution, I'd say even 2-3 years without the product being officially for sale (or a clear plan for when it will be on sale, to account for potential hiccups in developing an emulator or something) or otherwise commercially available (e.g. streaming) should qualify it for public domain. There's absolutely nothing stopping Nintendo from keeping the eShops running for the 3DS and WiiU, especially if they just use the same storefront for all systems moving forward. Subsequent to that, there's absolutely nothing stopping Nintendo from making their entire historical library available. That they aren't selling it means only that they've chosen not to sell it, and if they're choosing not to sell it, they have no basis for objecting to people pirating it.

I would be good with that, but I think in order for it to happen the whole "Company X owns the copyright and company Y owns the trademark" stuff needs to be worked out as well. That is another thing that makes games go into sales "limbo". See Prey (2006), which Bethesda owns the Trademark and 2K owns the copyright. Oddly enough, the other example I used to point to (Wolfenstein 2009) is now a non-issue since Activision owns the copyright and Bethesda owns the trademark. Now it is all under Microsoft.

I thought sigma just meant someone lower than a beta?

adjl posted...

Personally, I think copyright law should be amended to formally identify abandonware by making any media that hasn't been officially for sale for more than a couple years automatically pass into public domain. In the age of all-physical media, that would have been unthinkable, but digital distribution means the only cost to keep any given work available for sale is the storage cost (which is already being spent in the vast majority of cases because copies are being kept). That means the only reason for old media to be removed from sale is if the publisher doesn't want to sell it anymore, and if the publisher doesn't want to sell it anymore, there's no harm in pirating it. But that would require copyright law to A) Realize that it's not the 19th century anymore, and B) Care about consumers and artistic preservation more than corporate profits, and neither of those are overly likely.

Blame Disney. Before they started trying to get copyright to last forever, things used to fall into the public domain after 20 years. Now that it takes 96 years for things to fall into public domain, they finally realized "Oh wait, we want to fight for TRADEMARKS, not copyright. My bad..."

On a scale of highly likely to 100% certain, what are the chances you have covid by the time you get back home?

7 is really bad. It always felt slow and boring (which the 8-bit games had a bit of as well, but they covered it up really well). The biggest issue is the sprite size. The sprites felt bigger than they should be, which to me has always been the hallmark of a bad game. It means that you get less chance to react to situations and instead have to rely on memorization. Something that has always been the opposite of how Mega Man is supposed to function.

The bosses being unmemorable (which is saying something when I can easily name memorable boss fights in every other game) is just the icing on the cake. About the only "memorable" fight is the final boss, and that is only because how horrible it is.

manhookcardoor posted...

Why? I think learning a natural instinct about numbers can be helpful in understanding math and why it works. I sort of tought myself common core on my own as a way to get answers quicker. As a kid.

Because simply put, not everyones brain works that way. To me, breaking a problem down like that makes it more complex and daunting. For me, looking at a problem as a counting machine makes way more sense. Essentially, the visual method (4+4 = 5+3 = 6+2 = 7+1 = 8+0 = 8). It is also something that can easily scale up when talking about bigger problems.

Now am I going to look at that and go "Everyone should learn math that way"? No, or course not. And that is my point. It works for ME, not everyone. Common Core works for YOU, not everyone.

I don't have a problem with it as a way of learning math, I have a problem when people teach it as the ONLY way to learn math.

ReturnOfFa posted...

Had 1000 conversations with Americans/Canadians where 'someone in the family' told them they were 'part Native American'. It seems like BS to kinda absolve oneself a little lol.

My aunt is convinced that my family on my mom's side are decedents of Sacagawea. My aunt is also a fucking moron.

My grandparents were both Amish. How in the 9 hells was Sacagawea getting it on with the Amish?

No, it isn't required anywhere around here. I am fine with doing it if you are sick, and any time I see someone wearing one in public I just assume they have a cold/flu/covid.

Aren't those icons organized by popularity? Probably means that XBox Series X isn't as popular as the other 5.

Maid of Sker

Interesting game, but not interesting enough I feel like playing the sequel once I am done.

Devil_May_Cry posted...

This is over my dumb head. I bought a used Dreamcast years ago and just burned blank cd games and they ran fine

I can't go into details for obvious reasons. However, breaking the copy protection is done when the game is ripped, not when you burn it.

Revelation34 posted...

Dreamcast also had no copy protection so they screwed themselves that way. I remember somebody claiming to be a grandmother and downloading every Dreamcast game for her grandkids off of IRC.

Common misconception, the Dreamcast had copy protection, pretty strong copy protection in fact. The problem was that the SDK for it was hacked shortly after the system was released and it was pretty easy to circumvent once you knew what to do.

It was the system that ultimately made me a Nintendo fan again after the abysmal N64.

That said, I don't know if I would consider it a top tier console. The only reason I even considered getting it was Smash, and even though I had most of the "important" games on it , none of them are ones that I am eager to go back to anytime soon. They were fine, just nothing I consider "classic".

ConfusedTorchic posted...

who the fuck has a bureau in the 21st century

A person of culture and style.

I slept during trick or treat hours this year, didn't get waken up once. I might stop over to target during my lunch break and see if they have any Reese's variety packs left.

Yellow posted...

Sweet potatoes do make me irrationally upset tbf.

Maybe because their popularity could directly be associated to Columbus. In fact, it is about the ONLY thing that can be attributed directly to him.

The author is going to throw out their back with the amount of grasping at straws they are doing.

They give me paper I can use in my charcoal chimney starter. Beyond that though, they are quite useless.

Funny thing, is I tried going to the website on the back of the ads and opting out of them. No dice.

ConfusedTorchic posted...

you didn't even need to shorten the url

It gave me the 80 character limit warning when I tried to quote your post, so yes, I did.

Metalsonic66 posted...

Is it on Switch yet?

https://tinyurl.com/ycx2rhdh

Yes

(Link is Nintendo's list of online retro games)

"Oh, you want to move a message to another folder while you are reading it? Sorry, we don't let you do that anymore."

...did they seriously just turn Outlook into Exchange?

adjl posted...

As opposed to what, voting for a third party that has absolutely zero chance of winning?

They have zero chance of winning because everyone believes they have zero chance of winning. If people would actually get out of the mindset of "one or the other" then it wouldn't be a problem.

You should know, you are Canadian. You actually have the luxury of a choice when it comes time to vote.

Solid_Sonic posted...

Well that I get but the point remains that he conceded authority over the site, much like CJay did.

Although I do wonder if it's all that he says it is or if Fandom's intervention had some hand in it.

From my understanding, the Fandom acquisition was different from the others in that they wanted to integrate the "management" of the site into their group rather than just making a separate group under their umbrella. That is what SBAllen was talking about last year when he introduced DToast as the new site "Admin".

Pure speculation, but I assume SBAllen left because he didn't like what Fandom was expecting from him. He would much prefer to actually run it as its own entity like it was under CBS and Red Ventures rather than integrated into the rest of the Fandom monolith.

Something to do while working. Or having a bout of insomnia. Or just bored in general.

If I wasn't here, I would probably just be browsing Wikipedia.

sugardaddy.com

I have had a Macbook for the last 7 years and I can say without a doubt it is the most frustrating 7 years having to deal with driver issues, incompatible programs, and just overall idiocy from the Apple R&D department. Can't wait to go back to a windows laptop the first chance I get.

Edit: And it is always funny how the people who insist beyond all reason they need a Mac for work are the ones that have to spend over half of their work hours trying to figure out how to do the stuff that everyone takes for granted on a Windows machine.

funkyfritter posted...

I don't think the switch to digital-only will come until consoles can figure out how to reliably carry over your purchases from one console generation to the next. Backwards compatibility would be a huge technical challenge, so I expect streaming games to be the breakthrough that leads to them pulling the trigger.

They already cracked that nut:

The Last of Us on PS3, on PS4, on PS5, on PC, etc.
Nintendo re-releasing their entire WiiU catalog on Switch
GTA V being on a million different systems over 3 console generations.
All the remasters/remakes/HD Editions/Master Collections
And so on and so on.

There are so many Chinese places here, a Panda Express opening at this point would just get lost in the shuffle. Lots of them even have the Panda Express style service.

Metalsonic66 posted...

Maybe Newgrounds will have its Renaissance

This post made me log into my Kongregate account for the first time in like 10 years. It still works! And my avatar is still a Russian pre-teen girl holding a teddy bear and a pink AK-47. LOL!