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Skankhair posted...

For those who dont know hes basically the Donald Trump of gaming. He has a bunch of fake records and fake awards (including a fake Gamer of the Century award he says is from Namco but he had it made). In the last couple years his lies have been exposed and Twin Galaxies removed his records so he sued them. The problem is TG has good lawyers. The deposition (video below) is amazing.

I know the point of whether the stick was red or black seems like a silly detail, but the greater issue at hand is that the machine was running a MAME rom and wasnt an original board (there is other evidence of it being MAME beyond the non-original hardware; and being MAME means the game can be modified to make it easier). Also apparently if it was an 8-way stick not an original 4-way stick it makes certain motions easier to perform.

I feel like Billy probably was good at games in the beginning and I have no reason to believe his Pac-Man records were fake, but he lost his edge as he got older, but not his ego, so felt he needed to cheat to maintain his reputation. Kind of a bit sad really. He had a ton of fans at Twin Galaxies and could've maintained it just by being a little magnanimous in defeat, but his ego couldn't take it. Now, I am sure he is despised. Well, can't say he didn't earn it

ViewtifulJoe posted...

You know what I never got by the way?
There's a bunch of people who have Perfect Cherry Blossom high up on their ranking.

I don't get that. Game just feels slow. Stage 4 is slow and repetitive and the boss is a slog, stage 5 is slow and the boss is an even worse slog. That's enough to ruin it for me.

Yeah, I never understood the love for PCB. Lame story, characters & dialogue (like the only ones people even care about are Yukiko & Youmu and even thier exchanges aren't too memorable) uninteresting patterns and annoying stages with all the invisible enemies sniping at you. I hate the spastic bosses that move all over the place, forcing me to play Sakura A, I hate that Youmu feels like a two bit knock off of Sakura with the whole "za-worldo" gimick. Heck, even the music is full Zun trumpet to the point of parody and outside of a few songs, is a weak entry for him. And if that isn't bad enough, it is preceded by 6 and proceeded by 8, two of the best entries. Just not great

Nightmare_Luna posted...

the concept of an "endgame" is what ruined monster hunter

Why? Grinding for gear to fight bigger and badder monsters, so you can get even cooler gear has always been part of the series. It is largely the whole point of any ARPG.

The problem with Rise is that it is so piss easy that there is no point in putting effort into getting better equipment. What is the point of grinding for better gear when you never cart and kill the monster in 10 minutes already? They really will have to up the difficulty in any sequel if they are to retain interest. A lot of the scene deminished after Rise. There are no stakes to anything in it, so no point in anything

Tyranthraxus posted...

It's a win of 40%

Winnings probabilities for most games at casinos hover around winning about 49% of your bet across all games.

For example, I bet 100 roulette black, lose, I bet about 100 on black, I win 200. Total: I've won nothing I'm just back to square 1, this is a 50% winrate, however the exists of 2 numbers that are neither red nor black means neither of those bets actually have a 50% chance of winning. Over 1000s of games, the lost 1% adds up for the house, aka, house always wins.

Nobody would play a slot machine where you lost all your money every time you play. They're too smart for that, so they make you win a lot of times, you just win slightly less than your bet. They also do tricks like drop 5, win 6, drop 5 again, win 3. Overall you're down 1 from when you started but you'll remember that time you won 6 and keep playing.

Gambling is a dirty game of math and psychological tricks designed not to make you lose all your money at once but to make you play for so long that you eventually lose it all over the course of several days.

Slot machines in the US have to payback 80 cents for every dollar that goes into the machine. It can be paid out any way they want, fast or slow, but they have to eventually pay that out on average. But I would imagine frequent payouts would be the best to maximize player retention.

Opening CS lootboxes is the worse of both worlds. Not only are you usually going to only get about $100 on average for every $1,000 put in, but it is highly back loaded. Every skin you draw is virtually worthless, mere pennies, until you draw a knife or gloves, which tend to be around $500 on average. It is like a lottery more than a slot machine.

I am flabbergasted that the community allows it. Even something like trading cards you will have close to a whole set by opening a booster box (yeah, you will be missing quite a few mythics, but you will have a bunch of rares, uncommons & commons). Valve skins are like you spend a $100 and get 40 of the same exact 5 cent skins. It is the most inefficient way to get skins if that were the primary purpose.

Plus Valve knows what they are doing. They could set the odds to get the better stuff higher, but they keep it artifically low to create scarcity and therefore drive up the market. Yeah, they can say the community sets the prices, but they are responsible for creating the odds & therefore partially responsible for the price.

Lobinde posted...

To be fair, Suguri's easy mode is really quite hard as far as easy modes go.

Suguri is a weird for a shmup anyways. It is a lot of gauge management, dash cancelling and I framing through specific projectiles than traditional shmup dodging. It is kinda like Ikaruga where it is called a shmup but you throw the traditional shmup textbook out the window.

It's worse than gambling. You are better off going to a casino & playing the slots because at least you are usually getting a 80+% payout, often 90%. The payout ratios on the these skins are like 10%, often less. I don't see how anyone can have fun losing that often.

Yellow posted...

Haha

It's so ugly

I made an X on X, I X'd

At this point they're just letting him do whatever he wants.

Yeah, it is hard to make an x cool, but it a distopian sci-fi x not even a cool x marks the spot pirate x or something. Like you are going being chugging your soylent and browsing the X while working your 996 at megacorp type of x, not something fun and folksy. Not exactly making me to interested in using the platform

That was literally the concept of the Mushimisama: Futari. It is Mushimimisama, but with dinosaurs, a kid riding a dragon and ridiculous bullet cancels.

More interesting than a show about accountants at least

It was the VP of marketing insulting her customers by calling them dumb frat boys that wrecked the brand. Insulting your customers is generally not a good idea, this isn't Dick's Last Resort. If you insult your customers and dare them to go somewhere else you shouldn't be surprised if the accept. Especially, if you are essentially selling canned piss water. Makes it really easy to do so

It doesn't matter. AAA has been dead forever & anyone can make generic military shooter number x. Honestly, I find Steam's iron grip on PC gaming far more problematic. So much of the modding hosting, multiplayer functionality and peoples libraries are there. It seems all well and good now, but if they ever went darkside it would be very hard to detach from them.

Straight. First thing, he has sired a child, which typically makes him straight or at minimum bi and he kidnaps peach because he wants to make her is queen, also straight, albeit a bit rapey.

Mario saying "so long gay Bowser" as he chucks him is just a way of insulting Bowser in a really 90s way, which is appropriate given the game was made in the 90s. It would be considered quite rude in todays culture

Spark the Electric Jester ( )

Nukazie posted...

wtf is artificial intelligence assessment
jesus christ

A fancy phrase to mean we aggregated a bunch of outcomes from past cases from various keywords and slapped a percentage on it. It probably is not even AI, so much as it is basic stats and computing. People like slapping AI on everything now a days.

Gritty posted...

So AI makes even stupider critical decisions than human beings. What the fuck is the point of AI?

A human still had to decide on it. The "AI" just spit out a percentage based off past cases. It is no different than some KPI listed in a dashboard. The human still has to decide how to interpret it. I'm blaming this on a human, not the AI.

IdiotMachine posted...

I honestly don't see why this is such a big deal. Everyone knows politicians, celebrities, and the other rich and powerful do all sorts of drugs. Who cares?

That is my view on it as well. They know who did it most likely (I mean, there are cameras everywhere in the building), but it was a high status individual so they aren't going to town on them. Probably handle it behind closed doors I am guessing.

crayola555 posted...

I have never heard of child marriages in this country though. I'd think there would be at least youtube videos about this if it happens often

It would make for a great TLC show. I could only imagine how disfunctional such a marriage would be if it existed

A fancy word for a cutlet. Still, looks pretty good

EvilResident posted...

Dang. Long time of suspense.

I'm on the edge of my seat. Nothing gets the blood flowing like RMA claims

With how much the right talks about Hunter, you would he was the guy that was president, not some dude on the sidelines that doesn't even talk publicly. They are desperate for some type of whataboutism.

I checked out all my female coworkers and only one wasn't wearing a bra. Clearly false advertising

divot1338 posted...

Correct. But we all know he didnt buy any wine much less have the knowledge to buy two good ones.

Our man has the finest barefoot wine on the block

deoxxys posted...

Spelunky makes me so angry.

Played with my brother and we would kill each other so much.

Played with myself and still found so many ways to die on my own.

Farthest I ever got was the jungle level.

Yeah, Spelunky is a Rube Goldberg death machine. The crazy hit stun, knock back and bevy of pitfalls & spikes makes any potential hit the touch of death. I could only imagine multiplayer, sounds like a nightmare without good comms.

The Jungle is pretty difficult, thankfully the ice level after isn't too bad and hopefully by world 4 you are well stocked up, but, yeah, so many runs end up dying in that place. Certainly a massive difficulty spike there.

All these roguelikes and no one even mentioned Spelunky. It along with Issac practically invented the action rogue like genre, although Spelunky feels more fair and less RNG than most. Unfortunately the second Spelunky never captured the magic of the first, so the series faded to irrelevance

brestugo posted...

Yeah because you never hear about Hunter Biden....

/s

Agreed. The Republicans love talking about Hunter and the laptop. They are far from distancing themselves from it. This is just drawing battle lines between Desantis & Trump, although unless Trump is jailed or barred from running as a Republican, Desantis is a goner. Most of the Republican party is MAGA at this point of time and Desantis comes across as nothing more than a whiney, pathetic corporate shill. He is going to get eviscerated if he ever faces Trump.

Pizza tower is the hot new speed platformer. Game is fantastic, although the discount isn't great, so you can pretty much buy it at any time. Outward has a good discount and a fantastic deal at $10, but it is one of those esoteric open world rpgs that love to kick your ass, so isn't for everyone. Graze Counter for $3 & Hellsinker for $4 is pretty awesome as well, but not everyone is into shmups as I am, so may not be your cup of tea, but they are pretty non traditional, especially Hellsinker which is pretty out there in terms of thematics and mechanics. Very weird game.

Jeeze, tea in milk, bloody savages

papercup posted...

Prices are artificially high now because people were given about $1000 3 years ago? That doesn't add up son.

You do realize we gave far more than $1,000 a person: generous unemployment benefits, business subsidies, massive grants to NGOs & governments, zero percent interest rates. We spent trillions, about 5 trillion on Covid related measures and that is not even counting the zero percent interest rates as well, which also put a crap ton of money in the system. Our GDP is around 6 trillion and you don't think 5 trillion in spending isn't going to make a difference? How many bridges do you want to buy?

adjl posted...

Except that's not what's happening at all. In terms of actual purchasing power, the middle and lower class have been progressively getting poorer than they ever were, with no recent noteworthy increases in purchasing power that can be cited as causing inflation. At no point has a majority of Americans been in the position of having more money than they can spend, which is the phenomenon to which you're referring (surplus money=willing to spend more=companies charge more). The only ones getting richer are those that are already rich, who boast about record profits then in the same breath claim that they need to increase prices to stay solvent in the midst of such rampant inflation.

If you want a specific trigger, a large part of the current wave stems from the petrochem industry realizing that the war in Ukraine and subsequent sanctions on Russia were a good excuse to double gas prices despite there being no commensurate increase in the price of oil. They got away with that because the general public was happy to accept that war is disruptive, that established a new baseline for fuel prices much, much higher than the previous one, and cost increases to everything else trickled down from that because the world is cripplingly dependent on oil. Every other corporation then jacks their prices up further than is actually needed to cover the cost of petrochem executives' greed because "inflation" is enough of an excuse for them to get away with it (not that anyone can really do anything about it because there aren't really alternatives that aren't doing so), and you get a cost of living crisis.

We've had high fuel prices before. While it does hurt the economy and cause inflation, it has never caused inflation to this level. Corporate greed is an ever constant. What isn't constant is a global pandemic that shuts down the whole economy and trillions of dollars in aid to try to support the economy. The inflation started during the recovery. Deny it all you want, but it is beared out by the stats. They called in transitory in Q1 2021, but it obviously stayed.

It stems from the all the free money given in 2020 & 2021. People were showered in money just for existing and bought all types of useless junk & speculated like crazy (Bitcoin, stonks, homes, pokemon cards you name it). It raised the price level of everything & once a price level is set high, it is unlikely to come down quickly, since that is the new expectation that everyone bases thier pricing on.

Yeah, probably not a good idea sueing the company you are insider trading at

I'm surprised it wasn't the ram. 90% of the time you get a BSOD or the computer can't boot, it is the ram. I know you kinda tested it, but I would try a stick from your boyfriend's computer (assuming it is compatible) to be really sure. Also, what error do you get with the BSOD?

If it's a metric you care about then it is not exactly a pro abortion state. It's in a bit of legal limbo at the moment: illegal per books after 15 weeks, but the governor does not want to enforce the rules.

Never been a big fan of swimming at the lake. Never feels good smelling like lake muck when you are done. Loved it as a kid though

Even if Az passed some anti abortion laws, you can just go to California (or wherever else it is legal around there), if you needed one. It would not be a huge consideration I would have if I were moving somewhere

I like Japan for a lot of things, but thier porn is not one of them

TyVulpine posted...

Which is essentially what Trump did. He nominated several Justices to try to ensure he would "win" the 2020 election, even if he lost. But it blew up in his face.

I was mostly talking Supreme Court. While you can't ever have complete control over your picks once they are in office, you tend select the most politically fanatical to ensure consistent results. While picks have blown up in the face of the party occasionally, for instance, Roberts tends to be more wishy washy than most conservatives would want (and even then you can say it is mostly for show, since the Supreme Court is so conservative sided he kind of has to play devils advocate to the conservative side to give the allusion of things being fair), for the most part the Supreme Court consists entirely of political animals that vote in a manner consistent with party lines. I would say most of the picks have fulfilled thier purpose to thier respective parties, there isn't too many loose cannons on the Supreme Court now adays.

There isn't. I just don't see it happening politically, at least in the current environment. It tends to be easier for a president to nominate a crony to the supreme court to achieve his ends than face the scrutiny and derision of nominating himself. We would have to live in a political world with a vastly different view of executive authority for a president to consider nominating himself to the supreme court.

Sure, there is no rule against it, outside the rule of poor taste. Kind of funny in retrospect, but the constitution thought the congress was the most powerful branches, so there are far more limitations on it than other offices. You would not be able to be a senator and a supreme court justice, but you certainly can be a president and one

DKBananaSlamma posted...

Never tried Sonic 3 AIR. I played Sonic 3 Complete which was awesome though.

You should try AIR. It is a widescreen hack that uses the original rom data, so it doesn't have all the physics, hitbox, audio & graphical glitches that Origins Sonic 3 has. It is the definitive way to play the game on modern hardware and one of the most impressive fan ports I've played.

PowerOats posted...

Sonic 3 AIR

Pretty much. Origins Sonic 3 is hilariously broken. Everything from the physics to the sound is f-ed up in it. 1 & 2 are fine, although they are pretty much just ports of the mobile versions with less features, so will have most of the benefits/weaknesses of those versions. The package is pretty hit & miss overall

AwesomeTurtwig posted...

More like LOVE

Never simp. Plus, she's only into spidermen

papercup posted...

Yes, they do.
Because historically if you weren't white, you were treated terribly, so there are programs here that help minorities get into college because they otherwise would have a much more difficult time getting in than white people.

Although, ironically it was Asians in this case that were getting discriminated against when it came to admissions

bfslick50 posted...

I dont know if devastating is the right word to describe losing your pension in a scenario where children were left to die.

In this case it didn't effect him because he was already vested, but If you aren't vested it is often the equivalent of losing millions of dollars and that combined with the black listing you face will essentially ensure that you are in poverty for the rest of your life. It is ruinous in most people's cases, which is why a lot of police try to get desk jobs and low risk positions asap, so they never will be put in a position where thier pension is at risk. Pensions are a major problem for policing

hockeybub89 posted...

Back the blue even though they will never back you and have no obligation to

They do have an obligation to. They just can't get criminally charged/sued for not fullfiling it. They still can be fired and that is devastating for officers given the way the pension system works for them

Shadow_Don posted...

I hate this argument. Resource officers are armed and trained to deal with mass shooters.

On paper perhaps, but in practice SRO is just a cushy job they give to officers that are nearing retirement. It is considered a low risk job that a weaker officer can handle. The guy wasn't selected for the position because of his combat expertise, he was selected because he was an old man that wouldn't be too abusive to the kids

Rise_Makaveli posted...

Let him finish Hunter x Hunter first damn.

Dude's never finishing that. I feel like he going full GRR Martin on that series. Although, the anime at least ended on a high note, so it could be worse

TodorokiHayato posted...

So why can't the US just come with a false narrative and invade those corrupt groups? They've done it before to other countries, I'm sure they can do it again. That seems like a more practical solution than just accepting those power of evil as something ubiquitous.

It's pointless. There is too much money in drugs and too many people are on the take to ever fully eliminate the problem. Given how much a failure the DEA (aka, the drug employment agency) is, it almost feels best just to legalize them and call it a day.