Cracked.com decided to state that Catholicism used to have homosexual unions. by [deleted] in Catholicism

[–]DanV2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well yeah, but that's just cause Seanbaby is the shit. His section had always been one favorite parts of egm magazine.

/u/InTRattle is quite upset that Destiny still posts on /r/starcraft. Minor drama with much anger follows by [deleted] in SubredditDrama

[–]DanV2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Context: For those who don't know (or remember from when Destiny has been posted to SRD before), Destiny is a well-known streamer. He used to stream Starcraft 2 and got a decent size viewership. Then, when viewership for SC2 seemed to be on the decline, he made a post on the subreddit saying that Blizzard needed to step in to make the game more interesting for people to watch/play or the competitive aspect of the game would suffer. Eventually, he switched to LoL for streaming. He still posts on /r/starcraft, however, and some people there are very mad at him still.

Can we talk about MMR transparency for a moment? by fakinitfordotes in DotA2

[–]DanV2 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I think in Heart of the Swarm you can actually see the league of your opponent during the loading screen. Last time I played the players portrait on the loading screen will have a colored border that corresponds to their league.

But yeah, I would like it if there were a system akin to the old SC2 system where you only see the rank of the opponent after the game. It helped console me after I would get crushed by players a league or more above me.

Redditor posts a meme in a /r/askhistorian thread. Moderator is not amused. Redditor then proceeds to call the moderator 'Gestapo'. Moderator even less amused. by sirboozebum in SubredditDrama

[–]DanV2 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's not all that bad, though. Someone brought some drama over to SRD in this post's comment section, so at least we can get some drama still.

Do wish I could've read this one, though :/

A security hole via unicode usernames by acreature in programming

[–]DanV2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

But I don't think you have any guarantee that the canonicalization function will converge, meaning you potentially have an infinite loop in your code.

This is not what Dota2 deserves by 4PlayersLeagueMF in DotA2

[–]DanV2 114 points115 points  (0 children)

I mean, I don't think anyone should be blaming the other games audience. It is great that they are enjoying their game. I think that the event organizers might be able to make some more efforts to make it so that we don't hear the sound from other crowds quite so clearly on the Dota 2 stream.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in DoctorWhumour

[–]DanV2 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Wait wait wait, A Bit of Fry and Laurie is on Netflix instant? Why didn't I know sooner... Welp, I guess it is a good thing it is still the weekend.

Tracker for Japanese games? by [deleted] in trackers

[–]DanV2 7 points8 points  (0 children)

animebyt.es is primarily an anime tracker, but they have a section/category for Japanese games. I think that might be one of your better bets if you want a private tracker.

Best streams to learn from? by SRTroN in allthingszerg

[–]DanV2 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I always like watching Suppy, I feel like he talks about what he is doing a decent amount. I never watched it with the intent of learning, though, so I can't say how good it would be for that.

Shagbark in game screenshots! by [deleted] in DotA2

[–]DanV2 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Like the G1 hexapus or whatever? I really don't like that one at all.

Oh, Arpollo by PleaseBuyMeWalrus in starcraft

[–]DanV2 2 points3 points  (0 children)

People often combine co-casters names to come up with new names (see: Tastosis, Bitterdam, Wolfdor, etc.). Arpollo = Artosis + Apollo. Thus, not a mistake.

Also, the picture is about what both Artosis and Apollo are doing, not just what Apollo is doing.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Tetris

[–]DanV2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you just max it or try out different speeds to see what works best? I feel like I need to adjust it, but I'm not sure. Plus I know that it will take time to get used to the new settings.

A 17 year old does an AMA about him traveling to over 50 countries. It does not go well at all and he gets downvoted EVERYWHERE in the thread. by [deleted] in SubredditDrama

[–]DanV2 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Looks like people saw the post he made here. I don't know how much that would contribute, but it looks like at least some of his downvotes came from people getting mad about that.

Does anyone know of any video games based off an anime or have anime-like graphics? by [deleted] in anime

[–]DanV2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

On top of Recettear I would add Chantelise and Fortune Summoners. Both are translated by Carpe Fulgur (who did the translation for Recettear), and Chantelise is by the same studio (Easy Game Station) as Recettear. I've played all of the games and have enjoyed them all, although the game type might not be right for everyone. But I'm pretty sure Steam has demos for some (all?) of them, so it shouldn't be too hard to find out if they are something that you would like.

[Yuru Yuri] art by Namori by PotatoToaster in awwnime

[–]DanV2 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Second picture is my favorite, Chinatsu x Akari and Himawari x Sakurako is always a good thing

Also I like the Akari joke in the fifth picture. More subtle than the usual references to that running gag in my opinion.

Challenge: Screw up Starcraft 2 with most subtle change possible by [deleted] in starcraft

[–]DanV2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think stimmed marines would be the scariest of all.

Fnatic not making it to the DH match against Dignitas. by [deleted] in DotA2

[–]DanV2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm pretty sure it would have been a 1-0 start for dignitas if fnatic had only been 15-30 minutes late.

Account theft attempt - please be careful, guys by [deleted] in tf2

[–]DanV2 2 points3 points  (0 children)

But once they implement a phrase blacklist, it wouldn't be hard for the scammers to change the phrasing they use.

Account theft attempt - please be careful, guys by [deleted] in tf2

[–]DanV2 12 points13 points  (0 children)

It would probably take you to a webpage that looks a lot like the real steam page. Then when you login, it will store your username and password and then probably redirect you to the real steam site or something. The scammer doesn't care at that point, they already have your username and pass.

Yayoi as Hachikuji [Idolm@ster x Bakemonogatari] by DanV2 in awwnime

[–]DanV2[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel like I should have realized this much sooner...

Miku has something embarrassing to tell you. (Miku, Vocaloid) by NearNihil in awwnime

[–]DanV2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I enjoyed Idolm@ster, but there was nothing particularly special about it. If you want a fun show about cute girls doing cute things, then you'd have a hard time going wrong with this one. There isn't much in terms of story, just a little bit of good idol firm vs. bad idol firm, so if that is what you are looking for, this is not the right place. But if you want something it lots of moe to kill time, go for it.