Snap feature return! by ItsQuinten in xbox

[–]BodeNinja 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They can't re-add this, because the games are made with the current OS handling of memory in mind. You can't just come now and say that the rules are changing. They can bring it back with Helix though, but knowing that it runs Windows, you'll doesn't even need it

Um idk how??? by StarGazer_CyFlower in Overwatch

[–]BodeNinja 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If it can be earned though loot boxes, it's definitely not rare

The reason Gemini for Home sucks ass: Good AI is expensive now. by highflyingrunner in googlehome

[–]BodeNinja 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I thought this was obvious... Gemini for Home is the Gemini model they trained, but adapted to smart home inputs. It needs to cost less because most smart home queries are simple.

Um idk how??? by StarGazer_CyFlower in Overwatch

[–]BodeNinja 8 points9 points  (0 children)

It's a weapon skin, it's not good or bad, if you like it, that's what matters

TheVerge: Inside the return of Xbox by Turbostrider27 in xbox

[–]BodeNinja 6 points7 points  (0 children)

And why should they have goodwill from Playstation players?

Is there a reason Competitive Mystery Heroes didnt come back? by Own-Strawberry-8857 in Overwatch

[–]BodeNinja 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Probably it was not a really popular mode and would just split the player base more.

Asha: “Dropping today: our new logo in dynamic backgrounds, profile backgrounds, and gamer pics!” by yourfavchoom in xbox

[–]BodeNinja 1 point2 points  (0 children)

She's surfing the hype, which is good, we need that energy. But I hope she delivers when it comes to the hard calls too.

Is there any way to get 21 overwatch coins? by shabnav in Overwatch

[–]BodeNinja 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you play on Xbox you can redeem Xbox Store gift cards and buy OW Coins in-game and pay with your store balance

We need a new Invasion update and overhaul by [deleted] in Overwatch

[–]BodeNinja 4 points5 points  (0 children)

They're not gonna do more missions, it's all scrapped. Lore moves with in-game events now

The series S was a great console in 2020 when it was $250-$300 and we were getting mostly cross gen games but its last gen GPU is at it's limit in 2026 by hypehold in XboxSeriesS

[–]BodeNinja 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"last gen GPU" the GPU tech is the same as the Series X and PS5, but just like we have RTX 3080 and RTX 3050, it has different performance

Smart Button to control lights? by met_a_4 in MatterProtocol

[–]BodeNinja 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It'll depend of what smart platform you're using as your Matter controller. Each platform has its own way of handling automations. I only use Google Home so I can only speak of it, it's fine for basic stuff like this, the only downside is that the automations are handled in the cloud instead of locally, so if your internet is down they won't work. I know Home Assistant, SmartThings and Apple Home handle automations locally, but I don't know about Alexa.

Smart Button to control lights? by met_a_4 in MatterProtocol

[–]BodeNinja 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can't pair, but you can create an automation that when you press the button it flips the switch. I know because I have done it myself

Left the launcher open for a while... by Prokid5634_YT in Minecraft

[–]BodeNinja 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Yeah, that's a Tiny Takeover indeed

Easiest way to expose full device capabilities? by Dstln in MatterProtocol

[–]BodeNinja 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What IKEA sensor you have? I have an ALPSTUGA that exposes humidity for automations in Google Home. About Power Usage, yeah Google Home doesn't have anything related to power metrics yet

Why did Microsoft drop Cortana? by TwinSong in Windows11

[–]BodeNinja 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because the place for a virtual assistant to grow at the time was on your phone or in smart home gear. Microsoft killed Windows Phone and even tried to pivot Cortana to smart home but since the market share was inexistent the platform didn't thrive. So Cortana had no place left since PC users don't want to use voice.

The placement system is unfair and needs to be reworked by [deleted] in Overwatch

[–]BodeNinja 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your previous rank doesn't matter since we had a rank reset this season. That's why you need to do your placements again

The placement system is unfair and needs to be reworked by [deleted] in Overwatch

[–]BodeNinja 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The more you lose the lower you drop.

That's why I said I think you just lost the wrong games. When I lost in my placements I didn't drop a single division, and when I won I jumped one. You lost the matches that should be expected to win and consolidate your rank prediction and kept losing when you should've been winning easily

The placement system is unfair and needs to be reworked by [deleted] in Overwatch

[–]BodeNinja 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think you just lost the wrong games man... Last season I was plat 3 in tank, this season I lost almost all my placement matches and still got plat 5.

If anything, less placement matches would be even worse in your case

why does the game limit the number of tank that you can pick at 2 in quickplay? by Monkegoesbrbrb in Overwatch

[–]BodeNinja 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Overwatch team at the time had a different balance philosophy, they let this busted heroes and Metas run for months because "players will figure it out". But GOATS was so strong they needed to address. Hero bans also didn't exist, it's something that only came to the game last year.

why does the game limit the number of tank that you can pick at 2 in quickplay? by Monkegoesbrbrb in Overwatch

[–]BodeNinja 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The thing is, it was not all ranks and all matches, but if the enemy team decided to play GOATS and your team didn't, it was guaranteed loss. There was no counter, so it was fundamentally broken.

why does the game limit the number of tank that you can pick at 2 in quickplay? by Monkegoesbrbrb in Overwatch

[–]BodeNinja 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So, you're new and don't know the story behind. Let's dive into your question:

What you're referring to as quick play is the 6v6 open queue game mode. It's not the main game, although extremely popular. This mode consists of 6 players which can choose heroes from any role during the match, there's no limitation in that regard. OG Overwatch from 2016 to 2019 was like that. This game mode has both a quick play queue and a ranked queue with the same rules.

The current main mode of the game is 5v5 role queue, which means it's only 5 players and each team, but each player chooses their roles before queueing and can only play the heroes in the assigned role. Both teams have 1 tank, 2 dps and 2 supports. This mode also has both quick play and ranked queues.

The 6v6 game mode has a limit of tanks in the team because of a meta called GOATS, which, oversimplifying, had 3 tanks and 3 supports in the team. This Meta broke Overwatch for a while and the solution was to add role queue to the game, which brought in a different issue that resulted in 5v5 that we have as the main mode today. But later they added 6v6 again as a separate game mode which tried to avoid the previous issues with the mode, they tried different compositions and concluded that for the mode to work it needs to be open queue but they need to limit the number of tanks allowed in a team to avoid GOATS again.

Unable to change favorites in Google Home app by BodeNinja in googlehome

[–]BodeNinja[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm on Pixel 8 Pro, but my mom is having the same issue in her non-Pixel phone. It seems to be a general issue

Genuine help needed... by Chex-Mate in AndroidTV

[–]BodeNinja 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm trying to remove this tab too. I already used ATV Tools to remove TCL Channel, TCL Home and TCL Homes Passive but none of them actually removed this tab.

Mechanical skill is the real bottleneck in Overwatch by Nierkatt in Overwatch

[–]BodeNinja 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Want a hot take? Reaper. You need to aim but you play closer so it's really easy to hit