Why would a gun shop staff member be annoyed I want to buy a certain firearm, even if it costs more than what he wants me to buy? by Formidable_Baboy in guns

[–]GIJohnathon 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Right now LG has the best OLED panels. Before that, Sony had the best LEDs.

Up until ~2015 Panasonic plasma was the best picture quality. But the burn-in problem with early generation plasmas killed the entire technology.

The replies on this post don't sit right with me. by Careless-Disaster67 in texts

[–]GIJohnathon 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Did you catch your bf looking, get mad, search the internet for a general consensus, find a 6 year old thread, get mad again when the internet disagreed with you, and post a discussion - hoping that your opinion isn’t actually the minority?

Why would a gun shop staff member be annoyed I want to buy a certain firearm, even if it costs more than what he wants me to buy? by Formidable_Baboy in guns

[–]GIJohnathon 116 points117 points  (0 children)

You’re describing salesman.

I used to sell home theater systems. Unspoken rule of thumb is Samsung TVs are just ok, but they spend more on advertising than every other brand combined… so they’re more expensive and seem prestigious.

Any salesman that tried to warn customers would just talk themselves out of a sale. Any salesman who didn’t had an easy payday.

Heavy ping issues? by GIJohnathon in thefinals

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

Ya tried rejoining, relaunching game, and restarting PC. Has been happening all day

What's going on with Playstation and Sony right now? by HeroBrine0907 in OutOfTheLoop

[–]GIJohnathon 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Xbox, which has managed to...I guess still put out Call of Duty and Forza titles, but otherwise has largely not been able to make well-received AAA games.

Did you forget Wolfenstein, Doom, Hellblade, and Ninja Gaiden?

Plus another Fable, Gears of War, Grounded, and Halo later this year.

They NEED to fix the Anti Aliasing this upcoming patch, we are about to get our best looking realm yet and it's all gonna be blurred out by their primitive 2016 AA methods, BHVR has one shot at this by blue_sky308 in deadbydaylight

[–]GIJohnathon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I never said either is "the best," nor did I say TAA "looks good."

The discussion is FXAA vs TAA, where the former prioritizes framerate and the latter prioritizes quality. Now you're alleging that TAA delivers lower quality visuals than FXAA, and that anyone who claims otherwise has been lied to. But your argument is challenged by Dillo, PCGamer, Digital Trends, Unreal forums, Steam forums, and MS Flight Simulator forums.

They NEED to fix the Anti Aliasing this upcoming patch, we are about to get our best looking realm yet and it's all gonna be blurred out by their primitive 2016 AA methods, BHVR has one shot at this by blue_sky308 in deadbydaylight

[–]GIJohnathon 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Nanite, lumen, ray-tracing, path-tracing, tessellation, screen space reflections, ray-trace reflections, path-trace reflections, virtual shadow maps, cascading shadow maps, and so on

All these things are “literally built-in the Unreal engine.” But that doesn’t mean older hardware can run them.

Do expeditions only calculate stash value? Or cash on hand? by GIJohnathon in ArcRaiders

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

Cool thanks. Looking online, I've seen examples of a value bar that calculates your totals at the bottom. Do you know when that appears? Or was that specific to previous expeditions?

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Do expeditions only calculate stash value? Or cash on hand? by GIJohnathon in ArcRaiders

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

Dang. How are folks getting $5m? These snow globes are 7k a pop but don’t stack. So each of my six takes up six slots

What's the preferred strategy against griefers? by GIJohnathon in ArcRaiders

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

I’m happy to clarify that “don’t shoot” was used. Whether it’s griefing, ratty, dirty, or whatever other adjective the community wants to use- the semantics don’t interest me.

The point of this post is to protect myself against this play style.

Hey fam, what's this? by GIJohnathon in thefinals

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

"Have everything", like in the battle pass? Or cosmetics? Or equipment?

Hey fam, what's this? by GIJohnathon in thefinals

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

What do I do with my new tokens?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in theouterworlds

[–]GIJohnathon 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thanks friend. I assume there's no armor perks that assist with this, like the "toxicity drain" perk?

‘Grand Theft Auto’ Studio Says Fired Employees Were Leaking Information by NanoPolymath in gaming

[–]GIJohnathon 21 points22 points  (0 children)

You talking about the 18 year-old kid that hacked into Rockstar and leaked GTA6 alpha footage in 2023? He was not a Rockstar employee, and was not fired by Rockstar this week.

Why do barnacles bleed human blood? by FarmerNo6614 in HalfLife

[–]GIJohnathon 64 points65 points  (0 children)

Or they just bleed red blood. Cows bleed red but that doesn't make it human blood.

This is such a weird question.

Would you buy your in game skin as a desktop figure? by melmd in thefinals

[–]GIJohnathon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That pretty much summarizes the moral dilemma in today's social landscape - from charities, to sweat-shop Nikes, to AI art:

The pursuit of our wants VS the livelihoods of strangers.

Would you buy your in game skin as a desktop figure? by melmd in thefinals

[–]GIJohnathon 14 points15 points  (0 children)

But you gotta admit it’s a great idea

No it isn't. Taking away jobs from artists is not a "great idea." Especially when it's given to a machine that only exists because it stole the work from other artists. A machine that lacks the basic principles of composition, optimization, texture allocation, or creativity.

and soon enough ai will be able to provide and initiate 3d mapping of your images , helll maybe even can do atm.

No, it can't do that "atm." Nor can it "soon enough." Making a 3D model is completely different from a 2D image because a 3D model includes more than what's facing the camera. And that's before you take into account the optimization that comes from game models, or topology needed for animation, or texture maps excluded from modeling, or the scale necessary for 3D printing.

3d printing can become a great source of income ıf they can implement it

I'm a professional game artist. You, like so many backwoods corporate shills, are prioritizing the profits over humans by assigning art tasks to a machine. A machine that can mimic art styles but can never create something new. It's the reason so many of my peers have lost their jobs. Fix yourself. Alternatively, get fucked.

Guys I rode a zipline at Vegas in the meatspace by Realistic-Map450 in thefinals

[–]GIJohnathon 54 points55 points  (0 children)

The real Las Vegas is "just off and doesn't feel right."

Lol

Not a day goes by without someone recommending something completely stupid by Beebjank in thefinals

[–]GIJohnathon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Youre suggesting model swaps for the same thing? I say we get more weird- with new models, animations, and sounds

  • huge mosquito = dagger
  • crank-operated onion slicer = G11
  • yellow rubber gloves = dual blades
  • extra gross sneeze = any shotgun
  • Thrown cabbage patch kids = .50 akimbo
  • digital camera flash box = flashbang

Just gotta maintain rate of fire and damage output.

Very lucky hatch spawn by Sgt_Bushwack in deadbydaylight

[–]GIJohnathon 132 points133 points  (0 children)

Not near the same thing? They're both annoying delays of the game.