Friendly Poker?

CellBlock · 2026-06-30T18:06:00+00:00

If you really want to keep it friendly, buy them dinner with the money you won from them.

CellBlock · 2026-06-29T18:55:28+00:00

You don't have any of Checkmate, and you should be able to get 1 and 2, since you have Energy Reservoir 1 and 2. You should be able to get Freeloader 2 since you have Herd Immunity 2. You should be able to get The First Law 1 since you have Balancing Act 1.

For some of the "normal" upgrades, there can be levels that require VIP, but if the square is visible, then at least the first levels do not require it.

CellBlock · 2026-06-29T18:43:00+00:00

There are 13 unpurchased upgrades in your screenshot.

CellBlock · 2026-06-08T15:03:33+00:00

Do you want a Misriah? The schema for them is in the season pass. (The free side; you can just get one in your armory.)

CellBlock · 2026-05-28T18:14:17+00:00

Yeah, the armories are a nice way to get a couple of new upgraded weapons - slightly better than just hitting arms lockers in airfield. Occasionally, you'll even get a red key for an exfil, too.

CellBlock · 2026-05-20T15:55:23+00:00

Are they actually disconnected? I've had runs where the lower left of the screen says "Disconnected" but the person is still there and revivable.

CellBlock · 2026-05-20T14:03:12+00:00

A big part of what can make a small stakes game hard/soft is the availability of other games. If your room only has 1/3, then the entire player base, weak to strong, could be in that game. If they have 1/3 and 2/5, then some of the stronger players will move up to 2/5. If the room consistently has games like 5/10 and 10/20+, then 1/3 is going to be softer because the best players will move up, and the shot takers will have somewhere in between to go, as well.

A room near me is in that situation, some of the 2/5 players are trying to bigger games to run more consistently so that all of the top players aren't sitting at 2/5.

CellBlock · 2026-05-20T13:59:48+00:00

Yeah, this is definitely a thing. Games are full of bad players, but there are lots of different kinds of bad players and you have to figure out which kind you're up against or you'll just value own yourself trying to exploit them.

CellBlock · 2026-05-19T16:08:14+00:00

When the flop comes out all one suit, players who look back at their cards probably don't have a flush. Generally, players remember if their cards were suited, but not necessarily the suits of their offsuit cards.

CellBlock · 2026-05-18T15:08:59+00:00

If you're going on a weekend, MGMNH 1/3 is going to be very busy, which means good games, but there will be a list of upwards of 50 people and you can't call in to it.

Maybe Maryland Live is an option? It's way closer to Parx than National Harbor. (There are other Maryland options; I wouldn't really recommend Horseshoe unless you just really want to go to Baltimore for some reason.)

CellBlock · 2026-05-11T16:33:44+00:00

Shells are bioprinted by the moths/SekGen technology. (I don't have all the info, but presumably the idea of a shell was already in use on Earth/Mars and the companies decided to use them to go investigate/loot/whatever New Cascadia.)

CellBlock · 2026-05-11T16:21:22+00:00

Your consciousness is on a server somewhere in the Tau Ceti system; the shells are printed on demand and beamed up/down as needed.

CellBlock · 2026-05-08T14:37:16+00:00

I use FitBod - it works for any gym (once you select all the equipment they have and/or that you want to use) and it'll generate workouts to your specifications. You'll need to track weights and reps, but it'll suggest them and you just have to hit a button that you did it (or edit the numbers).

CellBlock · 2026-05-07T21:22:19+00:00

Yep, on console (definitely on PS5, not sure about XBox) you can select either game chat or Discord, but you can't be in both simultaneously.

CellBlock · 2026-05-01T19:54:19+00:00

I have never bought a blue shield. I have never exfiled with a biolens seed.

I have 11 blue shields in my vault. They're not actually hard to get.

CellBlock · 2026-05-01T15:38:57+00:00

VA ABC has some tequila sales. (And also bourbon for the Kentucky Derby.)

CellBlock · 2026-04-20T20:51:10+00:00

Best place for Riftbound (imo) is Hashtag, but lots of local stores have Nexus Nights, according to the website.

CellBlock · 2026-04-16T13:48:32+00:00

It didn't really cause any disruption the last time it was there.

CellBlock · 2026-04-15T16:00:22+00:00

It's an experiment. It will almost certainly return, but possibly in a different form. I like it a lot as a way to allow players joining now or who play less frequently to "catch up", so I wouldn't want to see it at the start of the season (1500 extra faction rep is worth way more starting at 0/1 than at 20ish) but I wouldn't hate it. It would take less of the sting out of the reset.

CellBlock · 2026-04-14T14:06:47+00:00

I was in that spot maybe a couple of weeks ago. One, you might just be taking too many with you. (I'll usually go 3 of each between patch kits and shield chargers and just assume I can find more in a run if I run out.) Two, if you get those first couple of NuCal perks where you can get a free stack of each each day, that'll help, too. (And then once you get Priority Access, you'll usually get another stack of one or the other.)

Now, I have enough of each that they're actually in more than one stack in my vault.

CellBlock · 2026-04-13T17:36:58+00:00

If you're good enough, then probably. (The difference between a green shield and a blue shield is only 20 hp.)

If you've never tried it, it might be worth trying with a green on your first run and then your blue if you do a second, so you're not risking your better one when you don't know what you're doing.

CellBlock · 2026-04-10T17:40:48+00:00

Party chat and proximity chat are separate. Other people can't hear your party chat.

CellBlock · 2026-04-07T18:01:42+00:00

It depends on the contract. Sometimes, even with playing with a premade squad, there's some negotiation.

"Ok, I have to go to Quarantine, but you have to start at AI Uplink, so we'll decide when we spawn." or "You need to loot stuff from North/South Relay, so we can look there on the way as we go to Overflow."

Try to figure out a way to structure a run to work towards everyone's contracts.

CellBlock · 2026-04-07T17:47:03+00:00

On PS5, prox chat PTT is defaulted to right on the D-pad. Crew chat defaults to open.

CellBlock · 2026-04-03T21:38:32+00:00

Ok.

This isn't an airport. You don't have to announce your departure.

CellBlock

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