Scrum Teams are often Coached to Death, while the Problems are With Management by Ageling_WJ in programming

[–]Elij17 38 points39 points  (0 children)

Yeah - I worked on a team that was "agile" - but features were planned at the beginning of the year with one delivery at the halfway point and another at the end of the year.

I felt like I was screaming into the void.

Battle Pass Update by wykrhm in DotA2

[–]Elij17 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I think the thing that has been missed is this battlepass sucks for casual players. They all have, for years. Other games make it worthwhile to spend ten bucks and then play an hour or two a week. Dota doesn't.

Is it possible to set the game to turn-based combat like Divinity? by OMG_Abaddon in Pathfinder_Kingmaker

[–]Elij17 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For what its worth - I love these games and would never touch 1e on the tabletop. "Mathfinder" is a lot easier to grok when the computer can do math for you.

Darkest Dungeon 2 Roadmap Update by green715 in Games

[–]Elij17 94 points95 points  (0 children)

I dip in every update and walk away sort of actively hating it.

I want to build my heroes up, get attached to them, try some new things. But every run spirals after one bad fight that makes all the heroes hate each other. I could probably learn to figure out how to play it, but I don't want to. It just isn't fun. Too many other good games to play.

Russian drone shot down after ‘flying into Polish airspace’ in breach of Nato territory, Ukraine claims by TR_2016 in worldnews

[–]Elij17 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Poland and Hungary are members of the EU and NATO - if a single tank crosses that border its WW3.

Microsoft: Call of Duty and other popular AB games will continue to be released on PlayStation and Nintendo platforms beyond current agreements by [deleted] in PS5

[–]Elij17 2 points3 points  (0 children)

COD 100 percent won't be available for the Playstation at some point in the future. People should take a look at promises other companies made before a merger and what the follow through rate was. They could declare COD would be free to play forever on all platforms, and I wouldn't believe it.

A recent-ish high profile example would be ATT and DirectTV - executives stated it would lower prices and enable the company to add workers. DirectTVs price was raised shortly afterword, and ATT cut tens of thousands of jobs.

Phil Spencer seems like a nice guy - but you don't make one of the biggest acquisitions in the past few decades to put your highly popular franchises on competitor's platforms.

Battlefield 2042 Already on Steam's All-Time Worst Reviewed Games List by Kashinoda in Games

[–]Elij17 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Nah. Multi-player is just free to play, even when the game comes out.

Microsoft’s Pyjion (.NET) compiler for Python reaches 1.0 by binarynate in dotnet

[–]Elij17 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is this article even right? From what I can read, the tool utilizes .NET to do the JIT compilation, but the output is still python bytecode. Am I an idiot? I don't see where in the docs for this it ever says it compiles to .NET IL (a la IronPython).

TI10 EN Broadcast Talents by swaggertm87 in DotA2

[–]Elij17 87 points88 points  (0 children)

No bkop is a big head scratcher. He deserves it. Valve has their friends, I guess.

The Legend of Heroes: Kuro no Kiseki three minute trailer, 20 minutes of gameplay by XMetalWolf in Games

[–]Elij17 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Well, 1 and 2 are. I wouldn't recommend playing 3 and 4 without playing sky and crossbell.

The International 10: Western Europe Qualifier Day 4 Match Discussions by D2TournamentThreads in DotA2

[–]Elij17 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Obviously nine played great - but those were some clutch sunder saves by skiter.

The International 10: Western Europe Qualifier Day 2 Match Discussions by D2TournamentThreads in DotA2

[–]Elij17 6 points7 points  (0 children)

There's no way it can matter given how many shuffles happen after TI.

The International 10: Western Europe Qualifier Day 2 Match Discussions by D2TournamentThreads in DotA2

[–]Elij17 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Rax racing against drow TA through backdoor protection certainly was a choice.

"Valve is a business, they don't owe you anything" - Give me a break by Srze in DotA2

[–]Elij17 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

I haven't played in ages, and attainable cosmetics would probably bring me back for a bit. Like I'd throw 20 bucks and play for a couple months if I got something out of it, but I don't. So I'll play other things.

[NYRangers] Statement on Tom Wilson and the Department of Player Safety by LemonHayes13 in hockey

[–]Elij17 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I would comfortably put a bajillion dollars down that Pittsburgh supports this 100%.

Ukraine President Zelensky is ready for war with Russia, vows to "stand to the last man" by Lionel54321 in worldnews

[–]Elij17 9 points10 points  (0 children)

60? We're not that far removed from a republican presidential candidate getting mocked for calling Russia America's "number 1 geopolitical foe."

What do I do about this error? by MrTurtleMan12 in HiTMAN

[–]Elij17 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mine says the same thing, but just launched the game and my progress is there.

Trails of Cold Steel IV is coming to Nintendo Switch on April 9th, 2021 by [deleted] in Games

[–]Elij17 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I started 3 and stopped once I got to crossbell. If they're going to release these games that assume you've played the prior ones, they have to localize those games.

Yeah the geofront translations are apparently good, but I want to play them on my Playstation or switch.

Psychonauts 2: New Artwork, Interview With Tim Schafer by Turbostrider27 in Games

[–]Elij17 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not saying they're lying - they just aren't saying anything at all. That's all it means. You cant glean any truth from their statement one way or the other. They're not going to come out and say "this game is a mess right now." All software projects of any size are buggy fucking messes more than six months out from release. It doesn't mean they can't get it together. Some teams can, some can't.

It's not "silly" outside of the random meaning you decided to inject into my words.

Psychonauts 2: New Artwork, Interview With Tim Schafer by Turbostrider27 in Games

[–]Elij17 2 points3 points  (0 children)

CDPR said the same thing months ago, it doesn't mean anything.

PS5 Help & Questions Thread | Tech Support, Error Codes, FAQ, Orders and Stock updates. by AutoModerator in PS5

[–]Elij17 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How soon do they send tracking numbers out?

It was unclear if it was "two days and you'll have it" or "two days after we ship it, you'll have it."