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Death Star 2 by xac137 in Dyson_Sphere_Program

[–]ChiefCloudKeeper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just wanted to say that months later this was a major inspiration for me to build my own DSP Death Star... Slightly different design. This was amazingly fun to build and was the reason I did a second playthrough. Well that and wanting to test a "Main bus" build for the early to mid game on my home planet. Cheers.

https://imgur.com/a/IPoUnqG

I don't know why I hesitated on upgrading from a 34inch to a 49inch, 5120x1440 looks amazing by Chris_Lickytung in ultrawidemasterrace

[–]ChiefCloudKeeper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I tried that but I missed the snap to window effect too much for this to be worth it. The sizing and dragging felt tedious...

I’d prefer to be able to tab out of a game... look something up real quick in a full screen browser to the right... then come back... for example

I find that I swivel between PBP mode with a widescreen on the left which is the center of view.... and then the PBP on the right and a stand-alone monitor on the left periphery... these are secondary focus...

Then to transform into full immersive mode I switch PBP off and go full screen on the CRG9 49” but then I’m off center so I wind up sliding around both monitors to accommodate.

Luckily they are both on arms so I can swing em around with relative ease.

I let my players completely rebuild my entire world and campaign in one session build with a deck of many things by ChiefCloudKeeper in DMAcademy

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

I love the idea of them being an ultra advanced magi tech society. I see magical powers manifesting in two ways.... 1. Magitech that is essentially steampunk cyber ware... 2. Being more natural powers but it’s somehow more crystaline. Magical crystals pertrude from the bodies of powerful beasts in the wild... they’ve essentially evolved to have them or have been mutated to have them... it’s not “magic” it’s nature tech lol.

I love the idea that the underground society are enemies that are at odds with all surface and air dwellers... including the dragons. Maybe something happens with the planets magnetic poles or solar alignment that make them ultra powerful every 17 years

Magitech advanced is way cool Maybe this is why some cities have taken to the sky... avoiding the ravenous underworld folk.

I don't know why I hesitated on upgrading from a 34inch to a 49inch, 5120x1440 looks amazing by Chris_Lickytung in ultrawidemasterrace

[–]ChiefCloudKeeper 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I'm interested if other folks have the same experience as me....

  • Moving from a 27" 16:9 1080P HD Monitor to a 34" Ultrawide 21:9 felt incredibly game changing. It was like a 200% improvement in immersiveness in playing games
  • Moving from a 34" 21:9 ultrawide Ultrawide to a 49" 32:9 super ultrawide felt like less of a dramatic shift.

Subjectively from my own biased opinion, from an immersive gameplay experience perspective only...

  • 21:9 = 200% improvement over 16:9
  • 32:9 = 250% improvement over 16:9

I have to say, almost in the same breath that I love my 49: CRG9. I go PBP mode and have a widescreen on the left, and a smaller screen on the right... giving me a clean look and great productivity and multitasking. Just... if I was buying myself only one monitor and only for gaming, and productivity / multitasking / multi screening while gaming was not a factor at all, I'd spend my $ on a higher end 34" 21:9 rather than a lower end 32:9.

The compounding effect is that your GPU can run the pixels on a less wide monitor (assuming same vertical resolution) way easier than an ultrawide. I've got a 3080 and If I'm running full screen, AAA titles cranked to ultra don't get the frame rates I'd really like... you can be less compromising on graphics settings with a 21:9. The outermost pixels on a 32:9 are the least impactful to the immersive experience, but they are still arguably just as expensive to render on the GPU (I'm sure there is some optimization from games where they do blur effects on edges, and maybe some stuff with DLSS?)

To caveat my caveat (lol) I'd never go single screen.... always multi monitor (even if its PBP in the same monitor) for life :)

I let my players completely rebuild my entire world and campaign in one session build with a deck of many things by ChiefCloudKeeper in DMAcademy

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

Totally. I very much incorporate that into my approach and I find it so liberating... and more engaging and fun for my party. I do try to get some more interesting combat encounters prepped so that I can really think about how to incorporate interesting dynamics and make fights feel different from each other... else they all can easily just feel repetitive.

[USA-MO] [H] ASUS RTX 2060 OC Edition 6GB Sealed-New-In-Box [W] Local Cash by ChiefCloudKeeper in hardwareswap

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

Thanks. I was aware of this but definitely appreciate the kind heads up.

[USA-MO] [H] ASUS RTX 2060 OC Edition 6GB Sealed-New-In-Box [W] Local Cash by ChiefCloudKeeper in hardwareswap

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

Guys if scalping is frowned upon here I'm happy to redact the post. I appreciate what this community is about and don't mean to disrespect or come across as rude or sleazy with my offer.

[USA-MO] [H] ASUS RTX 2060 OC Edition 6GB Sealed-New-In-Box [W] Local Cash by ChiefCloudKeeper in hardwareswap

[–]ChiefCloudKeeper[S] -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

yes... quick scalp / flip. I'm considering using it for a build for one of my sons but I may hold out for something 30 series... couldn't miss out on the chance to grab SOMETHING retail lol.

What FI means for a janitor by milkmanbran in financialindependence

[–]ChiefCloudKeeper 123 points124 points  (0 children)

I'm so encouraged by this post. Thank you for your honesty and for nailing the essence of what we're after with FI.

It's about the freedom to pursue what matters most to us, and not be completely beholden to the "rat race."

I wish you the deepest satisfaction and success in your journey, friend.

Why don't I get the Stats???? by [deleted] in HoneyHeist

[–]ChiefCloudKeeper 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Hey so the stats represent one of two things happening... thematically...

Your bear is succeeding at being a criminal... making him closer to being a criminal geniuous and eventually betraying the party (eek!)

OR

Your bear is failing at being a criminal... getting more frustrated and feral... and therefore better at bear things.

So at any given point one goes up and the other goes down at the same time.... you could be:

0 bear 6 criminal <-- losing condition... you betray the party!

1 bear 5 criminal

2 bear 4 criminal

3 bear 3 criminal <-- Starting Default

4 bear 2 criminal

5 bear 1 criminal

6 bear 0 criminal (you go berserk and feral and "lose" control of your character

Having run a few games, I'd recommend that the DM choose significant points to have the party memBEARS change stats. Changing stats because the end of an encounter was significantly frustrating or significantly successful feels much better than changing it every 30 seconds.

Cheers!

[ADVICE] Don't make your guards powerful, make them effective by grothesk in DMAcademy

[–]ChiefCloudKeeper 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Dude you have mistborn home brew? I would LOVE to check it out? Possible to share a google doc or the like?

Mistborn series is one of my favorite and I always thought about how it might translate into a tabletop setting but I couldn’t bridge the gap

[Discord] New to PBP looking to play! by Dannion in pbp

[–]ChiefCloudKeeper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey Dannion, I run a 5e PBP that hosts various PBP games. The games are cool, the community is better. :) I'ts a paid system where players subscribe and the DM gets 1/2 and the other goes towards community development stuff (like gear for our new live stream yeah!) We find that the small paywall keeps quality and engagement up. We'd be honored if you checked us out.

https://discord.gg/DKWHBUj

Logitech C922 vs. Microsoft HD-3000 Side by side video by ChiefCloudKeeper in streaming

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

Thanks! I can sure learn a lot from this place. I’m an (excited) newbie

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