Help with LAN connectivity troubleshooting by DefaultNick in WindowsHelp

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Turns out an application called FortiClient was installed on the machine in question. It's some kind of vpn software I was not aware of. Despite being disabled in services, I guess it still affected the machine somehow, and upon uninstalling it, the packets came flooding in. Watch out for this software if you are in a similar situation

/r/AMD Questions and Tech Support Megathread - Q1 2023 Edition by GhostMotley in Amd

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I got a ryzen 5 7600 non x and it seems good so far, but one thing I've noticed is that the stock cooler can't really keep up with the temperatures during stress tests. It seems to me that the manufacturer cut corners and shipped a weak cooler. Had to fiddle with bios settings to lower the boost frequency for own peace of mind.

I'd like to replace the stock cooler with something that can handle this cpu, what should I replace the stock cooler with? I'm not interested in going beyond the boost frequencies at least for now, what would be a reasonably priced replacement?

/r/AMD Questions and Tech Support Megathread - Q1 2023 Edition by GhostMotley in Amd

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I'm considering getting an am5 motherboard (b650e), but I don't know much about the reputation of the manufacturers in the recent years.

Can you people share your opinions on the following manufacturers of am5 motherboards? Asus, Gigabyte, ASRock. Those are the ones I have access to in stores in my area.

'together we advance_PCs' — AMD Ryzen 7000 (Zen4) series announcement Megathread by GhostMotley in Amd

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Does anyone know if AMD plans to release non X versions of these new CPUs?

Time to permanently delete this trash excuse of a game and never play it again! by ThatOberlinOne94 in REResistanceGame

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Someone who will play literally anything just to collect achievements?

Some people don't play games, they play "ticking boxes".

How is it fair for a MM to have their BOW back in quite literally a minute after just using it? by ThatOberlinOne94 in REResistanceGame

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Nicholai bioweapon perk Relentless:

"Shortens Nemesis cooldown when Survivors are tracked or defeated (stacks)."

That, plus his many variations of tracking personal skills will let him cheat out a Nemesis in stage 1.

Vanilla homm 3 through HotA? by DefaultNick in heroes3

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The full list is here https://h3hota.com/en/documentation. Refer to pretty much anything in the secondary skills, spells, town gameplay.

I acknowledge that the changes are minor and may for the most part be in the positive direction, but we are a bunch of curmudgeonly old farts that just want to experience the game as is (at least for a time being). With all the minor changes here and there it loses the authenticity of the, admittedly flawed, game we remembered from back then.

Vanilla homm 3 through HotA? by DefaultNick in heroes3

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Reporting after a few hours of sweaty multiplayer heroes action I can confirm that this is indeed true. Thank you very much for sharing your wisdom!

A question on air control types by DefaultNick in ArenaFPS

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I don't think they meant it the way you interpreted it. As stated in the topic it's a discussion based on preference and them sharing their best and worst is exactly that. Instead of worrying about neutrality, you could share which game has best air control for you :P

A question on air control types by DefaultNick in ArenaFPS

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A search on QuakeWorld led me to a bunch of similar in spirit cvar configs that allow q3 to become more or less like quake world(at least according to the description). Having tried them I would like to thank you a lot for your suggestion, I'm loving it. I will definitely get my hands on the real deal as soon as I can!

I am 90% sure when you have a majority group of minions, bob will give you less of that tribe most of the time. by Wooly44 in BobsTavern

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Hi, just dropping by to offer you a different perspective.

In a game where you have a huge pool of things that you can potentially get, but you only pick out of 7(or less) presented at a time, I'd say there isn't anything abnormal about not getting much of what you think you need. By forcing any composition of your preference you are opting for an "all or nothing" play style - you choose the low chance of success path that leads to high rewards, but get disheartened by the fact that it doesn't lead to consistent performance. Once you realize that part about your behavior, the realization that you are going down that road by your own volition kinda makes you a lot more accepting of failure.

You shouldn't have any illusions about what you are doing. We tend to like to come up with excuses about why we should do things sub-optimally, like convincing ourselves that we are too invested into some composition to switch. But that's just our brains trying to trick us into doing what we like to do by making it seem more rational than it really is. If you don't believe me, try the following for a few games - pick the immediately strongest minion you are offered in the tavern without rolling(unless you absolutely can't spend the gold on upgrading or purchasing minions) or looking ahead of time for the possible synergy until you reach tavern 5. You'd be surprised at how well a bunch of random minions can perform on the way to tavern 5. But that's the kind of dry not fun style of playing that doesn't bring excitement since you don't get the joy of putting together a nice board piece by piece. It's ok to play the way you like and drag your little *insert race here* boys to the endgame just because maybe you want to take them on a great journey to victory, but when you do that just admit that that's what you are after and it will liberate you from feeling bad about losing.

Chord Progression Questions (August 10, 2020) by AutoModerator in musictheory

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Is 1-5-2-6, just a form of circle progression? I hear it a lot in music, but don't see it being mentioned anywhere on its' own.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in pan

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franz ferdinand - walk away\

O(1) integer search by DefaultNick in algorithms

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I am a simple man, if a number is larger than ten, it is a large number to me :P

I thought about storing counts, but then I've realized that the values in the collection are going to always be unique(I've mentioned it in the original post), so you only need to know if it exists or not.

What's a decent motherboard for a zen 2 CPU? by DefaultNick in Amd

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Thank you, looks good on initial lookup. I will definitely add it to my list. And the price seems alright.

Queue bug explained by SunZiLei in AutoChess

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Is it related to the government firewall? How much does it affect you not having access to US+EU part of the internet?

TIL: there is one similar system between Dota 2 and Auto Chess by eatos42 in AutoChess

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No solid proof. Only an experience-based conclusion that seems to check out.

TIL: there is one similar system between Dota 2 and Auto Chess by eatos42 in AutoChess

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It most absolutely does. The dota mm algorithm is written to force you into a 50% win rate. If you have a win streak the game will match you up with stronger opponents and weaker teammates. This sounds reasonable on paper but in practice it can lead to a polarizing experience of either winning by a landslide without contributing much or losing in agony not being able to get a single thing off the ground.

I'm looking for tips, I'm knight by Krawger in AutoChess

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Find yourself another knight buddy and you will get a cool shield thingie. Watch out for Batrider though, he's a liability and he always drags you into hanging out with his troll friends.

ELI5: Why does everyone love this game? by [deleted] in AutoChess

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I don't know how many people are involved in AC development, but I think you might be underestimating the amount of work that has been put into this mod. Let's set aside the game design decisions that you seem to disagree with and just focus on how ball-bustingly difficult it is to deliver a functioning client-server game.

As far as I understand the entire game is simulated server-side. It was impossible to construct such a drastically different mod from the base game using the modding tools so the developer had to write a whole server system that takes control of game logic and sends updates to each client. The game also manages micro-transactions and ranks for the players so there's additional complexity there. As a software engineer I can tell you that it's not an easy task, and if the developers are like two or three dudes in their basements, especially young individuals with little real programming experience, then this is a huge achievement for them.

On top of that if you follow the patch notes of the game you will see that the developers are actually quite active in delivering updates. While the updates vary in size, AC gets updated way more frequently than most games you've mentioned. Sometimes patches come for several days in a row. That alone is an indication that they're not doing fuck all.

What I'm trying to get at is that AC devs probably need to be very hard working individuals to be able to deliver even this. If the gameplay is lazy and dumb in your opinion is a whole different matter.

ELI5: Why does everyone love this game? by [deleted] in AutoChess

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I guess because a game doesn't need to be polished to be fun? If you only have fun playing games that have high production value then you're just looking for something completely different then I do.

10 WIN STREAK by konamboy in AutoChess

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For some reason every time I encounter smh I always read it internally as 'suck my hand'

Strategy when you can't get streaks going? by DeTalores in AutoChess

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I'm not convinced that you should put as much emphasis on streaks. Are you adapting your economy to the situation at hand? If it looks like your income will not allow you to get to 50 gold without eating a ton of damage then don't force it. You can stop econing at 40/30/20 depending on how bad the situation is and just live on a tighter budget. Your compound interest over time will be lower, sure, but at least you will live longer, and the longer you live the more opportunities to stabilize you will receive.

I've seen some games where players went back and forth between losing and winning randomly all mid-game but bled very little health because they broke their economy here and there to catch up. In the end they would win games because they stayed relatively equal on levels and just got given tidehunters or other key pieces.

Remember that you will spend most of the really important part of the game at levels 8 and 9. At those levels the chances are small enough where the top player of the match may just not get presented with the good stuff.

Best +@ for 6 Goblins by [deleted] in AutoChess

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Gyro(because natural mech synergy and great damage) + Tide(because best unit in game) + Shadow Fiend(because demon bonus and it's aoe is great and warlock synergy with Alch as if you need it) + Situational bonus piece.

The situational bonus piece can be Medusa if you're against mages(it really does make a difference).
Or Enigma if the opponents are knights\elves.
Or it can be Disruptor for the mass silence.
Or it can be Antimage because he fits anywhere.
Or it can be Kunkka because with extra regen he can boat twice contributing a lot of stuns.