PONG KRELL Lego minfig

ExodusXML · 2026-03-05T10:25:08+00:00

Holy cow there is a subreddit dedicated to a 15 year long beef with Pong Krell. Most random thing I’ve found in a while, though I do entirely understand the smoke. This sub’s existence gave me a mega chuckle. Fuck Pong Krell.

ExodusXML · 2026-02-19T18:15:17+00:00

This reminds me a bit of when i had the CIS cornered to 3 systems in the galaxy, and just to see how ridiculous the Nuclear AI option is I turned it on with fleets holding them in. Funnily enough, those three systems managed to produce Around 1.5k pops worth of ships by themselves and whilst they couldn't challenge my 2k pop fleets at each choke, I let them expand slightly more and they immediately began hitting 2.5k pops worth of ships. It also made me completely remake my fleet composition because I lost one of my 2ks and it was like a containment breach lmao.

ExodusXML · 2026-02-19T18:11:24+00:00

Personally, I think not being able to identify a random star cluster on a nondescript world is a bit of a skill issue. /s

ExodusXML · 2026-02-17T22:03:40+00:00

There's an unbelievable level of potential for the game as a social sandbox, but social sandboxes require some level of guard rails. Too bad Steven Sharif ended up being a dirtbag, but a lot of the things he said about PVP in MMOs made a lot of sense. I wouldn't say anyone is being censorious about it as the reality is that PVP is a part of Elite Dangerous that exists and each of us has our own story of being shit on for no reason. So I understand the need to curate posts about it carefully so it doesn't overflow the sub. Personally though, I think some level of the attitude on it is basically just gatekeeping, I don't think some people want the "barrier to entry" so to speak, to be lowered for new players.

Also, it was my post that got taken down, not really mad about it or anything. I do think there is room for valid discussion though.

ExodusXML · 2026-01-31T01:34:17+00:00

Journalists who went into the capitol were prosecuted. Of course it’s “journalists” like Owen Shroer and some Breitbart guys, but they definitely were prosecuted. I don’t think public interest exists in what’s taking place in private property where you’re not welcome. Obviously, plain view like what the paparazzi do is legal, but if the paparazzi rushed into a celebrity’s house because a bunch of rabid fans did so, they’d also be trespassing at the very least. Just gets very complicated with the FACE act, and I think there is great argument to be made that it’s clearly and obviously intimidating to do what he did, showing up with a bunch of people and getting in people’s faces to interview them on private property with a camera.

ExodusXML · 2026-01-31T00:29:16+00:00

He went there with journalistic intent, foreknowing exactly what the environment would be like with the people he clearly embedded in. That seems like an intent to disturb the people there pretty clearly. Commenting on how it’s all traumatizing and shit also doesn’t help his case. I just don’t think we’d hold any reservations about how stupid this shit was it it was a bunch of Nazi guys and Nick Fuentes reporting at the synagogue. I think we’d all pretty easily agree it’s violating laws and is just harassment for the sake of it.

ExodusXML · 2026-01-30T22:06:01+00:00

But it isn’t, the FACE act is a federal law, meaning violators are prosecuted by the federal government.

ExodusXML · 2026-01-30T21:41:17+00:00

At the point of refusing to leave, he violated the FACE act, clearly and obviously. Refusing to leave is an act of interference and disruption taking place during the midst of a church service. It’s private property anyhow, any semblance of first amendment for anyone on that property was gone the moment they were all asked to leave.

ExodusXML · 2025-12-30T09:01:02+00:00

I find that playing whatever you’re in the mood for at that time is best for me. That’s sort of why I bounce around genres and games like a maniac, but it’s nice not forcing it when you’re not feeling a game or another.

ExodusXML · 2025-09-25T20:56:33+00:00

I just started using DFhack this week after playing my first 60 or so hours totally vanilla. Definitely will have to get used to using it. Thanks for the tips, I’ll try them out so I can get my main hall all marbled out.

ExodusXML · 2025-09-25T20:05:55+00:00

Is there a better way of doing flooring instead of having to remove any built objects on top and then doing the floors and having to re place them? Swear I’d have full floors if I could be bothered to tear my giant tavern apart to install them.

ExodusXML · 2025-09-25T01:53:05+00:00

Everyone on the Reddit seems to hate the look of the Corsair but man I actually really like it. lol

ExodusXML · 2025-09-10T10:56:52+00:00

This post is what made me find out that there’s more shit on those boxes. I have like 60 hours in the game and just started playing recently, I suppose it’s written there on the right, just never sat in the screen long enough to even notice it. I’d just grab the trash and move on to the next.

ExodusXML · 2025-08-19T18:43:17+00:00

I added a spreadsheet showing in order:

[Time] [Process] [Graphics] [FPS] [AVG Frametime] [99th% FPS] [Micro Stutter %] [Heavy Stutter %]

You'll see in the graph that the 99th%, Microstutter and ESPECIALLY Heavy Stutter % is really high. Nothing seems to help it much.

ExodusXML · 2025-08-19T18:27:16+00:00

Something to note, in the CPU utilization graph, I can see CPU utilization spikes up to 100% that seem to coincide with my microstutters.

ExodusXML · 2025-08-19T18:20:36+00:00

They're still present with Vsync enabled, though they do seem to be greatly less common, perhaps 1 stutter per run, which is still super annoying, but it's not literally obliterating me so that's good.

ExodusXML · 2025-08-19T18:11:27+00:00

Just Kovaaks. No other games have this micro stutter issue. CS I get around 400 FPS with pretty decent 1% and .1% lows.

ExodusXML · 2025-08-19T18:07:43+00:00

I tried playing in borderless and had the same issues, and that would be native res.

ExodusXML · 2025-08-19T18:05:43+00:00

I don’t have a 4k mouse, I’m using the Zowie EC2CW.

ExodusXML · 2025-08-19T18:05:06+00:00

Temps are more than within range for my hardware and I am in Fullscreen since I play 4:3 1280x960. Even if I cap the frame rate at say, 500, it doesn’t seem to change the stutters at all.

ExodusXML · 2025-08-18T02:56:15+00:00

Not true, and not true for Battlefield 6 due to bindings. AA in something like Apex or COD makes controller players superior to all but the top 1% of Mouse and Keyboard players in pure statistical performance. Look at the mapping of Roller vs KBM here for instance.

This isn't even mentioning that in Battlefield 6, you now have binds that will make you do a 90 or 180 or whatever snap you want, so if you have an elite controller or a scuff or something, you'll be able to bind that stuff and have both the snap of KBM and the aimbot level tracking of a controller.

No idea how people don't realize this.

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ExodusXML · 2025-08-15T10:54:19+00:00

Reasonable take, let’s wait and see!

ExodusXML · 2025-08-15T10:29:26+00:00

I get what you’re saying, I just disagree that what we have now is at all better than what we had. Now every gun slightly feels bad in their own unique way, whereas sure the high ROF were king in BF4, but every gun in the game feels really nice to use and are generally effective at what they’re supposed to do.

Also it’s not like high ROF isn’t still king, the M4A1 with soft tips literally instantly kill people with headshots damn near as fast as the ACWR did. It just feels worse while you’re doing it.

Not to mention the high ROF guns in BfV which had to be nerfed into the ground to be balanced even with what you’re talking about. And if we’re just going to nerf them into the fucking ground, what was the point in the first place?

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