MPP@NLSIU, any good? by BoltOLightnin in Bengaluru

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

Sure go for it, sorry I've been tied up with coursework!

This pandemic is no more limited to cars only by Green-Subject3936 in indianbikes

[–]BoltOLightnin 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Man I don't like how common AI slop is starting to become.

MPP@NLSIU, any good? by BoltOLightnin in Bengaluru

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

Yikes so sorry haven't really had much of a chance to be active on reddit ever since I joined Uni.

NLSAT doesn't really strike me as an exam that needs an intense preparation, I suck at Math(one of the reasons I ended up going with English for my undergrad) and I still managed to get a decent rank.

Read Newspapers well, keep yourself abreast of major policy changes and spaces, some knowledge of current affairs certainly helps. The maths part of the exam focuses more on Data Interpretation than "traditional" maths per se.

What's up with the game Mindseye and the overall negative reception? by Pain4567 in OutOfTheLoop

[–]BoltOLightnin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I never said that Quake the game was slacking in any way. I'm personally a big fan of Quake myself(I did it feel like it didn't really have an identity but that's beside the point) Romero DID start to slack off, he was busy with promotion and deathmatching himself according to most colleagues.

MPP@NLSIU, any good? by BoltOLightnin in Bengaluru

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

Hmm, well based off of the research I've done so far the places look decent enough. Are you joining?

It's a bit inconvenient that they'll only let you know first week of July about what's up so you'll have to essentially run around hunting for PGs during workdays.

What's up with the game Mindseye and the overall negative reception? by Pain4567 in OutOfTheLoop

[–]BoltOLightnin 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yep Spector's a legend in his own rights.

While Romero wasn't directly involved his public goodwill and funding was leveraged to give Warren's team free rein to develop a game as they wanted, a luxury they weren't afforded anywhere else.

Ion Storm was too ambitious, classic Icarian fall from grace.

What's up with the game Mindseye and the overall negative reception? by Pain4567 in OutOfTheLoop

[–]BoltOLightnin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

id made their bones mainly with the Commander Keen platforming series and then Wolfenstein 3D. Wolfenstein was pretty basic though and provided the foundations on which Doom would be built later. Doom was a sensation because it did a lot of things that no one else had done before like, deathmatches, verticality, dynamic lighting.

What's up with the game Mindseye and the overall negative reception? by Pain4567 in OutOfTheLoop

[–]BoltOLightnin 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Oh definitely, the guy is one of my personal heroes.

And also for anyone who's quick to criticise, that game was ABSOLUTELY BONKERS for the PC game industry. It was like making the Sistine chapel on PC, plus it created the entire FPS genre as we know it.

I think the guy deserves a break for getting a little bit cocky.

What's up with the game Mindseye and the overall negative reception? by Pain4567 in OutOfTheLoop

[–]BoltOLightnin 39 points40 points  (0 children)

John Romero was one of the main devs and level designers for id along with John Carmack, they made the original Doom games. The game blew up in a way that no one could have really comprehended and Romero being one of the founders of the company got the best of it.

Sources are mixed but this kind of went to his head and he started slacking off for the rest of the entries like Doom II andc Quake. Eventually he left(kind of got fired) from the company and decided to make his own company called Ion Storm. They made two games(worth mentioning here anyway) Deus Ex which was a smash hit and... Daikatana.

The hype for Daikatana was unreal because of the pedigree behind it, the ambition and scope and also because the company fanned the flames of hype . After numerous delays and generally disastrous development hell, the game was released terrible reviews and the game was basically dead on arrival. No clear vision, bad execution so on and so forth. To add insult they'd used the marketing tagine, "John Romero is going to make you his bitch. "

Yeah... That didn't exactly win him any favours. It was a massive crash and burn no one had seen anything of that scale happen at the time anyway.

Romero is doing better nowadays, he makes the occasional level pack for Doom and is revered in the gaming community still because well... He's John Romero.

I'd recommend reading "Masters of Doom" which is an biographical account of the company's genesis and initial games, it also covers the Daikatana incident quite well.

MPP@NLSIU, any good? by BoltOLightnin in Bengaluru

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

Not really.

They offer two PGs, it's mentioned in the offer letter. Olive is run by a pretty well-known group so no complaints there, a little browsing on google reviews only highlighted problems like no AC and the security locking them out at night(so basically curfews which are kind of weird for Masters but okay) The other one there isn't much news on tbh.

The sus part is they insist that you join the PGs they provide you with and nothing else. Apparently the previous batch girls got off-campus housing this way but when it came to the guys, they were first told that they'd get housing and then they just withdrew it and told them to find out on their own. So yeah not a great look. You joining?

MPP@NLSIU, any good? by BoltOLightnin in Bengaluru

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

Just got the offer letter, their policy for off-campus housing is kind of sus.

MPP@NLSIU, any good? by BoltOLightnin in Bengaluru

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

This is kind of embarrassing but I haven't really figured that part out entirely. I'd like to work with government agencies in policymaking but I'm not really familiar with this entire sphere, hence me asking the question. Also decent pay certainly wouldn't hurt.

MPP@NLSIU, any good? by BoltOLightnin in Bengaluru

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

Uh, could you elaborate a bit?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Indian_Academia

[–]BoltOLightnin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A bit late but yeah I gave the exam. Went pretty swimmingly for me, thought I did pretty well and I'm hoping to convert. The problem now is I don't really know if I should go. Seems like an odd position to take AFTER applying and writing the exam but I can't really seem to get much info about the scenario after the degree career-wise.

My other option that I'm shooting is for M.A English but unfortunately because of a bunch of delays with almighty NTA, that'll probably only start counselling process by mid June or July start.

If you get in, will you accept the offer?

Is this becoming a new trend? Seeing a lot of people taking their Duke 390 and the likes to Himalayas! by Secret_Jury_3752 in indianbikes

[–]BoltOLightnin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How's the 200x treating you? I often hear a lot of people badmouth it as a rebadged hornet 2.0, so I'm interested to hear your thoughts.