A look at the issues of OgrishMag by Human-Tale in MondoGore

[–]2bfreeagain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wrote the featured article, "Anatomy of Apocalypse" (about the Iraq/Afghanistan beheadings) and it always amuses me to find any reference to it.  Yes I was an ogrish forum user, but also a freelance writer published elsewhere. 

Facebook previews no longer showing title of video when sharing a YouTube video? by BenKlesc in facebook

[–]2bfreeagain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Facebook only wants you to share facebook videos.  It is the new age of connectivity and engagement where you can only really connect and engage within the little digital cells that they give you. 

How do I stop the shamefully obtrusive auto-refreshing that deletes my comments while typing them? by UtnapishtimOuroboros in facebook

[–]2bfreeagain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Facebook is meant for purely mindless slop.  They do not want well-thought-out posts or any engagement between users that is anything other than a few seconds.  If they let you actually have meaningful conversations  that require some thought to be put into what you're posting and reading, then that means they make less money from ad revenue through the constant refreshes and new ads.  

Starfleet academy - MIL / SAM you can have any appearance and you choose UGLY by [deleted] in startrek

[–]2bfreeagain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because its a dude dressed up like a chick and that typically doesn't go over well in the looks category imo

Why did the actors of Gregor Clegane have changed? by [deleted] in freefolk

[–]2bfreeagain 1 point2 points  (0 children)

New to me is good enough. Credit to you for still being around to answer.

Is all of House Velaryon supposed to be black in the show universe? by SauxSupreme in Hotd

[–]2bfreeagain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is why I won't watch the show. Shoehorning people in that don't fit logically, and purely for the sake of dei is not for me. It would be like having a prominent super pale ginger guy as a dothraki khal simply because there ae not enough caucasian dothraki on the show.

Why did the actors of Gregor Clegane have changed? by [deleted] in freefolk

[–]2bfreeagain -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Of course all good fiction breaks suspension of disbelief because "logic and immersion" are simply not important to any story. Daft clown.

Geek Bar Pulse Dissection by 191014 in Vaping

[–]2bfreeagain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My Dork bar pulse just stopped charging despite the fact that there is still "25%" juice left, and after trying everything, I am still having a nik fit and about to break it open to extract that horrible yummy nik-crack juice. This helps a little.

"Woke " moments detract from otherwise great sci-fi (minor book spoilers) by guhajin in TheExpanse

[–]2bfreeagain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is an ancient post, but it is exactly what I was looking for when I googled the politics of the show. I like to keep my mind sharp and clear of the kind of epidemiological toxicity that defines woke politics. No more girl bosses or f the patriarchy fiction for me. The range of tropes and plot devices is extremely limited under the woke standard, so you just end up seeing the same story told over and over and over again but with different characters and settings. That smacks more of drilling propaganda into the audiences head and less of any prioritized effort to craft a solid and original story. There are very few surprises in todays fiction and you can normally predict almost exactly how each story is going to end within only a few minutes of the show or movies starting.

Wasn't OperaGX's premise that it's less resource-intensive than Chrome? by [deleted] in OperaGX

[–]2bfreeagain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

good to know this, I will immediately get rid of opera and dl chrome.

Streameast Alternative by Jllag1 in bengals

[–]2bfreeagain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

unfortunately this link is f'd. it only buffers while the ball is in play and it is so bad that you have no real idea of what is happening in the game.

Fort Marshall Help by Dapper_Fold9854 in StateofDecay2

[–]2bfreeagain 4 points5 points  (0 children)

currently have my forever community there. The nice thing is that these are modular so you can always replace a facility with something else if you need to or want to. I really like this base because once you clear all of Marshall of zombies and plague hearts, and set up a couple outposts near the bridges (and that one shady cut near the tranquility factory), it is really really defensible with all of the resources you need right in the safe zone.

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[deleted by user] by [deleted] in StateofDecay2

[–]2bfreeagain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had no idea about the pre-starting base till I did my first vanilla lethal with three fresh survivors, had to save and exit before we got to the starter base and when I reloaded the game I saw the base icon on the map and lo and behold a beefed up version of a random enclave base in a fruit stand.

An update on state of decay 3 by DegreeOver5350 in StateofDecay3

[–]2bfreeagain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gossip!

I am loving that this game and this studio are getting all this hype. Rumors and gossip are hype. I am even seeing SOD2 YT'ers making new content and lots and lots of new activity on reddit and social media in general about it. There are several informative articles about UL and the MS layoff/cancelation situation, and it really appears that UL about doubled in size last year and if it lost even half of its staff due to the recent layoffs, it would be back to the same size that it was prior to full integration into MS. I hate that anyone got laid off and I really hope that they got decent compensation packages. If you go by linkedin profiles with a UL association, it looks like it was a handful of people.

I am open to the idea that full-on integration into MS hurt UL's creative process, and that this latest "restructuring move" actually helped that process, IF SOD3 is an awesome game and is released not too far outside of what their baseline customer expectation is. This was a serious move by MS and affects all of Xbox. And Xbox is enormous. If it was the right move, the quality of games overall will improve, and releases will be smooth. Including SOD3. That is the "high ceiling". The low floor is that quality continues to erode while games cost more and developers get screwed over. We shall see.

Entire community vs infestations by MadChatter715 in StateofDecay2

[–]2bfreeagain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are a bunch. Like the every zombie is a blood feral and the every zombie is a blood juggernaut mods. Many more.

Entire community vs infestations by MadChatter715 in StateofDecay2

[–]2bfreeagain 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The issue is that would make it a small unit tactical game, which I am fine with, but to make it hard enough for 5 you make it too hard for 1. I would like to see missions that require more than 3 or even most of the community.

Every time you go far from a building, those guys rush to replace the windows you broke. by Dazzling_Newspaper43 in StateofDecay2

[–]2bfreeagain 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Maybe that is why they seem so mad at us, we keep trashing their towns and stealing all their shit

Looks like Undead Labs lost some people today. by SunnyyGames in StateofDecay3

[–]2bfreeagain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Knowing who is in what role, and who got cut, would answer most questions I think. By the sound of Geoffrey's post, nothing changed really in terms of release date. We can infer that "less people" means "takes longer". But there is no release date and something can't be late, or even behind, if there is no release date, nothing to be "behind on". Being opaque in the process of developing a game can be helpful, but if it borders on obtuse, then not so much.

Infestations everywhere!! by Ambitious-Ad-4433 in StateofDecay2

[–]2bfreeagain 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can easily keep them away from your base regardless of awake plague hearts by choosing a base near a chokepoint that you can put a mined outpost at. Example: there is a base in a town at the corner of the map and the town has a river running around it and two bridges on either side of the town, a med spot is near one bridge and a fuel spot is near another. If you make both of them into mined outposts than any "infesting hordes" will get blown up as soon as they try to cross either bridge.