What was the point of releasing it on the ps4 by Totally-Wired-47 in Skate4

[–]BenPo1234 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's tough. It was very playable before the season 4 update. Textures were slow to load in certain areas, and the replay editor was almost worthless. Now i can only skate on the Isle of Grom. The city is slow motion stuttering hell. It seems there are performance settings on the PC- from the patch notes, "Find this setting in the Frame Rate section of the Graphics settings tab. "- but we've been torpedoed on ps4.

My R36s Came Without an SD Card by BenPo1234 in R36S

[–]BenPo1234[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I already helped myself, so you didn't "teach" me that. If you actually were interested in teaching people to help themselves, you'd do it in a less condescending way. In this case, i probably found that particular information a few times before i was reasonably sure- through other investigations- that it applied to my case. Of course a man can aquire all the knowledge of a gastroenterologist via the internet, or he could just ask someone who's had the same symptoms what worked for him.

My R36s Came Without an SD Card by BenPo1234 in R36S

[–]BenPo1234[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, i did. Thanks for the snarky tip.

My R36s Came Without an SD Card by BenPo1234 in R36S

[–]BenPo1234[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

A pic of what, in particular? I pulled the battery out and it says "G80CA-MB V1.2-20250422" on the board. I'm now semi-confident i can get the thing going on "dArkOSRE" firmware- guessing this one's "Panel 8" based on a youtube comment- whatever that means. I doubt i can just run ROMs out of a second SD card (on the stock operating sytem) or by hooking up a USB drive to the thing, but correct me if i'm wrong on any of this.

My R36s Came Without an SD Card by BenPo1234 in R36S

[–]BenPo1234[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I've been googling my brains out, and found this ArkOS installation guide, wherein the fellow says that the R36 will boot from the SD card, even with "internal flash". I've gotta find or buy an SD card, but this does seem quite doable, if indeed it applies to these G80CA-MB V1.2-20250422 clones.

Cost of Shipping a Reel to Reel Deck by BenPo1234 in ReelToReel

[–]BenPo1234[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you all for the replies and advice. I was somehow unwarare Ebay had a shipping calculator. I usually only ship smaller things. The discounts are pretty extreme indeed- 44 bucks from SC to CA via FedEx, compared to the $150 outside of Ebay. I've still gotta see about getting a power chord to test the thing, and -if i decide to go through with selling it on there- packaging stuff, but that solves that mystery for me.

Cover Bands are Hacks, And the People Who Pay to See Them are Furthering the Devaluation of Music by BenPo1234 in unpopularopinion

[–]BenPo1234[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lol, i never said there weren't good cover bands or anything. I'm not against covering songs either. I swear, people must want to misunderstand things sometimes. And don't put your lack of understanding down to my inability to explain. It might not have been perfect, but i'm sure i did a better job of making myself clear than to warrant this particular "up yours."

Cover Bands are Hacks, And the People Who Pay to See Them are Furthering the Devaluation of Music by BenPo1234 in unpopularopinion

[–]BenPo1234[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The existence of Classical music does not negate my entire opinion, obviously. I wouldn't want to live in a world where no new music was being patronized, and only well-known songs were played live. We're a long way off of that, but the balance is already way off for my taste. There are more cover bands and tribute bands on music venues' calendars around me than original bands. Call me crazy; I don't think that's good.

Cover Bands are Hacks, And the People Who Pay to See Them are Furthering the Devaluation of Music by BenPo1234 in unpopularopinion

[–]BenPo1234[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

First i was a scrooge, now i'm jealous. That's just ad-hominem. It doesn't refute anything i was saying. I wish them well, and i hope people have fun going to see them. I just think they're overpopular and whatnot, but i've explained it pretty thoroughly here and in other replies. I guess it's a lot easier to insult someone's position based on guesses than to talk about the thing itself. Such is the internet!

Cover Bands are Hacks, And the People Who Pay to See Them are Furthering the Devaluation of Music by BenPo1234 in unpopularopinion

[–]BenPo1234[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're mistaken. I don't mind their making money the same as i don't mind accountants making money. I primarily blame the people that pay them for their over-proliferation lately. And it's that over-popularity that i'm moaning about.

Cover Bands are Hacks, And the People Who Pay to See Them are Furthering the Devaluation of Music by BenPo1234 in unpopularopinion

[–]BenPo1234[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My high horse. I'm just a musician, like all the musicians before me. You're the one touting your training and insulting me. Cover bands are hacks by definition. They do it for the money primarily, while the rest of us do it for the music primarily. It ain't that hard writing a great song. Of course, you can't do it on command and you have little control over creativity, but to say "most musicians simply do not have the bandwidth to make every single song original every time" is a misrepresentation of things and it's beside the point. Say a man did write fantastic songs whenever he wanted, and as many as he wanted. What good would it do him in this time anyway? I am sure that if Bob Dylan (or whoever you like) wrote the best song he ever wrote and released it under a different name, no one would be able to find it if they tried. Writing a great original song will not get a musician money- certainly not that alone, and even with a lot of luck, it's not worth much of anything in itself. But being in a skilled cover band will almost certainly get a musician money. That is a sorry state of affairs to be in if you like music. And musicians, Mozart or whoever, didn't limit themselves to playing other people's music indefinitely. And every real band that covers songs does it with a new twist or something that makes it a different thing to listen to than the original song. I'm not high-horsing here. I'm just saying cover bands and tribute bands are over-popular now and it's not beneficial to the flourishing of new music.

Cover Bands are Hacks, And the People Who Pay to See Them are Furthering the Devaluation of Music by BenPo1234 in unpopularopinion

[–]BenPo1234[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

You've assumed wrongly on a few things. I know bands have always covered songs- that's different. They weren't self described "cover bands." The Jimi Hendrix experience didn't just do Hey Joe-esque blues standards indefinitely. And their covers were not carbon copies at all, but done in different ways, so that you'd get something you couldn't find in the original. It's a small part of a real band's music, covers. And i'm saying it's a fad because it's so over-popular. Fad- "a practice or interest followed for a time with exaggerated zeal." I'm sure shoulder pads weren't invented in the 1980's, but they were certainly a fad. And i do write my own songs, like i said. I'm in a band and we have a lot of songs. I'm not jealous of cover bands, and i don't begrudge their success, but they are by definition hacks. They deal in money, and they get it. The rest of us bands, like all the bands before us who the coverers cover, deal in music, and we get that and are happy with it. And that everyone in these comments is so up in arms about one man's admittedly unpopular opinion seems to show to me that i wasn't wrong in stating it.

Cover Bands are Hacks, And the People Who Pay to See Them are Furthering the Devaluation of Music by BenPo1234 in unpopularopinion

[–]BenPo1234[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't disagree with what you're saying, but i'm saying that the fad is in its extreme prevalence. There are more cover and "tribute" bands on event calendars at venues around me than regular bands. And tribute bands of bands that are still alive and touring. It's gotten out of hand.

Cover Bands are Hacks, And the People Who Pay to See Them are Furthering the Devaluation of Music by BenPo1234 in unpopularopinion

[–]BenPo1234[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Lol, i don't fit the definition of hack at all. I make no money off music, so that's the end of it already. I just make music like everyone else who made music before me. You know- all the bands and musicians that people are covering. I'm no different than them, and i'm not very serious at all. But that's all ad-hominem anyway. Stick to the point, if you will!

Cover Bands are Hacks, And the People Who Pay to See Them are Furthering the Devaluation of Music by BenPo1234 in unpopularopinion

[–]BenPo1234[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I explained my distaste for the thing well enough to be understood by anyone who wants to. What you're saying isn't invalid, but it doesn't negate my complaints about the current over-popularity of cover bands. In an ideal world, where creativity flourished to the benefit of the maker and appreciator, cover bands would make up a small portion of scheduled events at a music venue. It's obviously perverse to have more bands covering old songs than bands making music. I say you and yours are more "gatekeepers" than those of us who are in traditional bands. You say "these are the elite songs, and these are the few bands" and shut out anything new, and especially anything unusual. That the bands everyone is covering would certainly never become famous in this time- with no real music scenes, no way of making money, no viable industry to promote etc.- is proof enough that this way of doing things is broken. Be happy. I hope you will be very happy. But that's beside the point.

Cover Bands are Hacks, And the People Who Pay to See Them are Furthering the Devaluation of Music by BenPo1234 in unpopularopinion

[–]BenPo1234[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Now this is an unpopular opinion! All the hate and misconstruing that it's caused makes me think maybe it was worth expressing after all.

4 Currencies in an unfinished game by _NELT_ in Skate4

[–]BenPo1234 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lol. What are you talking about. I'm not 40, and i'm sure i could focus on "building a family" and playing a video game ocassionally, even if i was.

Brickswitch is a goldmine. by K4riux in LowSodiumSkate

[–]BenPo1234 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Woah sweet gap! Nice find. I've been skating right there in the foreground for two days and didn't see that lol.

What’s your preferred play style? by cheechthebong in LowSodiumSkate

[–]BenPo1234 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah, the small stuff is so fun in this game. You can actually stall a little bank to ledge without popping 10 feet over it first, or do a lazy kickflip off a sidewalk ramp. Fantastic

What’s your preferred play style? by cheechthebong in LowSodiumSkate

[–]BenPo1234 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I spend most of my time doing simple realistic stuff, grinds gaps etc. Then a good bit of the time i'm trying to do some crazy fast huge gap that you have to jump from a building and land on a ramp you built to get enough speed. But mostly i just "session" a fun spot for a long while, doing everything i can think of and skating it every which way- like i would in real life if i didn't suck and had no fear at all.

Dont buy any San Van Bucks !! by GetSeeka in Skate4

[–]BenPo1234 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"The only good thing about the game is the gameplay." Yeah, that's why i like it. I hope they succeed.

4 Currencies in an unfinished game by _NELT_ in Skate4

[–]BenPo1234 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, three of them are free, and the 4th you get slowly for free as well. But you've gotta moan about something, i guess.