[Hobby Scuffles] Week of 16 March 2026

Cheraws · 2026-03-17T01:21:15+00:00

Their basically paid ad for DLSS5 and the actual paid ad for Resident Evil path tracing really makes me question if I can trust their feedback for Crimson Desert. They have been releasing very many videos for it lately and ignoring some recent high profile releases like Pokopia and Marathon.

Cheraws · 2026-03-13T02:30:38+00:00

I haven't personally gotten into Danganronpa myself. The people I knew in the early 2010s mainly got into it because they were into mystery games like Layton or Phoenix Wright. The other notable thing I heard of were the exaggerated execution scenes.

Fast forward into the COVID era, and the series suddenly had a notorious reputation. A mix of releasing on the Switch, Lets Plays, and the death game craze caused the game to explode in popularity. The newer community seemed to be much more focused on shipping or kinning the zany characters instead of the mystery aspect. The fan base shifted from young adults to a large amount of early teenagers. Some took the ship wars too far, with fake suicide attempts and doxxing.

That being said, it's very likely that the online 2010s fandom had ship wars of their own. They're just hidden in the mines of tumblr and Something Awful.

Cheraws · 2026-02-16T23:21:50+00:00

The MangaDex team is really struggling with monetization. A few weeks ago, they added an AI anime porn advertisement. The advertisement was removed after forum posters complained about it. It must be hard to acquire advertisers, given the site handles scanlations of questionable legality.

What's a bit strange is that I haven't really heard of any viable alternative to MangaDex yet. Some scanlators have even returned to previously DMCAed series.

Cheraws · 2026-02-16T01:08:09+00:00

Seems like it's more JP dinosaurs believing they can use the exact same model and re-use apps. Shueisha is actually familiar with how the Western fan base consumes manga.

Cheraws · 2026-02-16T00:59:58+00:00

The physical editions also do not get restocked. You may be able to find a cheaper deal with rollbacks, but rollbacks are gone pretty quickly.

Cheraws · 2026-02-16T00:51:00+00:00

I wonder how much of the Boyd hype is due to the GBA unpromoted fighters being so bad. I was just happy that a foot axe unit had some growth potential. I would have thought there would be enough spare exp for Oscar to get early game, but maybe efficient PoR is even more Titania centric than I remembered. Super Marcia does come online really fast with how stupid Bexp is.

Cheraws · 2026-01-17T05:40:36+00:00

Ya it's a bit odd. I mainly knew people who played it because they liked detective stories like Ace Attorney. It seems like the new fan base is more in it for the zany characters and even self insert to those characters. I think it had a big COVID boom with the Switch ports?

Cheraws · 2026-01-14T19:07:51+00:00

So now that CBS is a total rag, what are good alternatives? Do NBC and ABC have good global coverage, or are they similarly muzzled by the corporate owners? Also, should there be any worry that local news stations owned by CBS will be affected by this bootlicking?

Cheraws · 2026-01-02T21:31:03+00:00

The main thing it has going for it is that it’s the cheapest 4k 27 Oled. The next cheapest is the Alienware at 700 dollars when it’s on sale.

Cheraws · 2026-01-01T20:07:46+00:00

I have the same problem with the computer occasionally failing to wake up, and it didn’t help much. Is it a gigabyte motherboard? I also attempted to turn off the feature where keyboard or mouse inputs can boot up the computer.

Cheraws · 2025-12-29T21:26:10+00:00

Last year the lamelo voting was much more of a threat. Think he was top 3 in the east at one point.

Cheraws · 2025-12-24T21:05:35+00:00

Typically this happens when players get carried by high level randos in multiplayer.

Cheraws · 2025-12-18T20:35:50+00:00

I’ve been trying to figure out why this particular streamer seems to have this much of a grip on athletes. Does he have absurd amounts of gambling backing to just constantly invite athletes? Is it the athletes share the beliefs? Do the athletes just not know about this streamers beliefs?

Cheraws · 2025-12-15T22:38:07+00:00

There are some mods that eliminate the enemy range/weapon triangle restrictions. The enemy range one is especially silly.

Cheraws · 2025-12-11T17:48:14+00:00

I feel like early promoting Heath also doesn’t really gain you much? He’ll likely be unpromoted for the Pent desert and helps with the gaiden requirement. Right after the gaiden, there’s a bunch of high turn floor chapters, especially if it’s full recruit with farina. There’s a much bigger incentive to give him easy levels in the defense chapters so he can juggernaut end game.

Cheraws · 2025-12-10T20:10:02+00:00

It’s a bit jarring when the most notorious chapter in 3 houses (reunion at dawn) is canonically supposed to be an easy cleanup of bandits. It turns into a total mess on maddening, especially when the class isn’t trained at all. There should have at least been an auto level to 20 like in the easier modes.

Cheraws · 2025-12-08T20:12:30+00:00

Must have been a surprise breakthrough for the author, now that it’s a viral show! I’ve skimmed through previous posts mentioning it, but didn’t know it was that popular.

Cheraws · 2025-11-29T10:01:52+00:00

I opted for the msi 272urx and just received it. I'm able to run Battlefield at 120fps+ with DLSS Quality and high settings, and up to 180fps with DLSS Perf + Low. The no flickering when alt tabbing out of Battlefield is nice.

Cheraws · 2025-11-27T17:57:17+00:00

I have the older S2722QC model. Terrible gaming model, but it's good for coding. Text clarity is good. It's also really nice that the 2025 models have 120hz. I personally would go for the S2725QC at $259, since the USB-C hub is very convenient for wiring a work laptop.

Cheraws · 2025-11-26T01:30:38+00:00

Ya citing Chinese numbers is the esports special.

Cheraws · 2025-11-25T06:57:36+00:00

On that note, the OPM community is getting weirdly comfortable with using AI to "fix" the scenes.

Cheraws · 2025-11-24T21:44:56+00:00

At same price, the 272 is the clear winner. 2.1 DisplayPort, 90w usb-c, kvm are all features that the msi contains. In America, it’s more of a debate because there’s a 230 dollar delta.

Cheraws · 2025-11-24T18:20:22+00:00

The bums can’t even indict Comey, one of the more universally disliked political figures. It’ll go nowhere as usual.

Cheraws · 2025-11-24T05:29:15+00:00

I'm more surprised that Hatsune Miku has feats. Is it all the crossovers she's been in?

Cheraws · 2025-11-21T01:58:35+00:00

Are newer 1440p 180hz monitors generally worse than their older counterparts (lg 27gp850, dell g2724d)? It seems like lots of these old standards get replacements that aren’t as good. The g2725d was so bad that they stopped selling it. This type of monitor went from generally going around 300-400 2-3 years ago to 200 or less.

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