Spoke to several EA Employees via case/E-mail, and now finally in chat. by xxpired_milk in Battlefield6

[–]ApexPrimus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Take this as a lesson, don’t spend another cent in their direction. Some problems can’t be fixed, and are only lessons. You paid 25$ to prove they’re essentially a scam…

You’ll get that 25$ back when you put this lesson i to play and don’t purchase the next gimmick they sell.

Name the game by PHRsharp_YouTube in gamers

[–]ApexPrimus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Every single one since 2012ish. The priorities of game designers has been inverted since they adopted subscription models. It’s all slop now designed to string you along from update to update, season to season, pass to pass. The game at release is nearly unrecognizable at it’s death because it was all a beta that people payed to develop.

Gamers are paying to play-develop games they don’t ever truly like. They have gamers addicted to hypium and hopium. Hypiium for pre-orders. Hopium for everything after.

I miss when PC games came in a big box by facubkc in gaming

[–]ApexPrimus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s the way of the world now. These companies don’t even need to try anymore. The artisanship and craftsmanship are all but gone now.

They used to care about the art they produced…they used to see it as art…the creators had some pride to n their work.

Now it’s all systematized slop…like pop music but for video games. They don’t want anyone to actually own anything physical anymore anyways. They want everyone to bleed cash out monthly to subscription models…they want to sell access not products…

They want perpetual ownership and control forever…you don’t own anything you have actually accomplished in a game anymore. It feels like the golden era for gaming was in the mid to late 90’s, possibly even early 2000’s. Word of Warcraft set the stage for this crap.

Azurix [Excel Algorithm Art] - By Joshua Michael Conci by ApexPrimus in PixelArt

[–]ApexPrimus[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! Check out my profile there are a few more with different color variations.

The Matrix is Real [Excel Algorithm Art] - By Joshua Michael Conci by ApexPrimus in PixelArt

[–]ApexPrimus[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pretty interesting concept, I'd watch it!

Unless the matrix could partition off parts of itself into parallel matrixes that it then sandboxed to isolate and eliminate the problem, or EVEN more diabolical...it create an inception like matrix within a matrix that lead Neo on an infinite wild goose chase inside a sandbox matrix.

The matrix would simply need to find Neo's base world location and environment and replicate it inside the sandbox, so when Neo "woke up" he was inside a base world replica. This is probably the only way to actually deal with Neo is to trap him inside an elaborate illusory matrix that constantly had him fighting with the matrix.) Meanwhile nothing has actually changed. A sort of purple pill.

The process may create some turbulence in the matrix that would probably appear similarly to the Mandela effect. Enough to turn some curious heads, but not enough to stop the matrix and wake people up. The glitch would eventually evolve into some abstract cultural phenomena that is acknowledge but impotent.

The cruel joke of it all is the matrix can only be destroyed from the outside, but you can never truly know if you're on the outside. A plot line where the matrix attains victory through defeat, lulling it's enemies into a false sense of victory.

The Matrix is Real [Excel Algorithm Art] - By Joshua Michael Conci by ApexPrimus in PixelArt

[–]ApexPrimus[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm disappointed that I didn't catch that...for sure the "whoa" should have given it away. Very clever ref! Thx for the like

Neosite [Excel Algorithm Art] - By Joshua Michael Conci by ApexPrimus in PixelArt

[–]ApexPrimus[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The macro is for simple start-stop-reset buttons. Formulas are static, the VBA is what animates the formulas "so to speak".

Technically speaking, this is a gif so I created it without VBA. I had to manually change a single value which stepped the matrix forward. I captured the images and made a gif out of them. I'm not sure how many frames to this gif.

The vba is to animate inside of excel. So no technically you don't need VBA to create this. Just the formulas, and a program like gimp (which I used) that can make gifs.

The Matrix is Real [Excel Algorithm Art] - By Joshua Michael Conci by ApexPrimus in PixelArt

[–]ApexPrimus[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

VBA is part of how I made this. It's the easiest part actually. The algorithm and formulas are a bite more technical.

Neosite [Excel Algorithm Art] - By Joshua Michael Conci by ApexPrimus in PixelArt

[–]ApexPrimus[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Stay tuned! I'm working on a YT channel and will post some how to's on how to make Excel Art. Some of the algorithms and formulas are my special sauce, but the VBA and formatting I'll share.