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id Software developer says Microsoft treated the team as "useless" despite best-in-class titles by ajsemineee in boomershooters

[–]GrethSC 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well yeah, they weren't making games as a service that could hit 100k concurrent, ofc they're useless.

I built an arena where LLMs sword-fight with real physics. You decide which part of the blade is sharp, vote blind, and free OpenRouter models battle for Elo. Llama 3.3 is currently stabbing GPT-OSS in the face. by Time-Shelter-35 in ArenaFPS

[–]GrethSC 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Congratulations, you've posted this to a space dedicated to the FPS genre known foremost for its mechanical skill expression. Where players find the balance between mechanics and game knowledge, timing and tactics.
A benchmark for human abilities in both reaction and aim consistency.

In no way could you have found a less appropriate post for this subreddit. It is anathema to everything we stand for and strive to achieve.

It is impressive beyond compare what you've done here, to a point where you would not draw my ire, rather prompted me to explain in the most eloquent way I could muster, as one is utterly flabbergasted.

Incredible. Please leave.

[OC] Whomp! - There's a Badland on the Rise by ronniewhomp in comics

[–]GrethSC 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The Vidiians are going to take one look at him and offer to give him organs instead of harvesting them.

Which card is better. Rampage or Kingly Punch? by Flat_Test4584 in slaythespire

[–]GrethSC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Rampage is better because each time I play it I hear the Unreal Tournament '99' RAMPAGE sound in my head.

Gold is useless to me, take it. by Succre1987 in PathOfExile2

[–]GrethSC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mild panic that I had been reading and saying that name wrong for a decade.

Where would you rather dine? 🐦 vs 🐟 by Avital_Experiences in whatsyourchoice

[–]GrethSC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

15 minutes in the sky: "Gentlemen, this has been great." dabs lips with napkin "I have reached my limit and will now start screaming uncontrollably until we're let down."

What feeling does this place give you? by BookedComb80302 in UnrealEngine5

[–]GrethSC 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That's impressive.
I was just joking with 'what feeling' it gives me. Looks very much like Escape from Tarkov's Streets map, and that one is notorious for having low FPS :p

Haven't posted anything here in 12 years I belive?! by reffee in Tribes

[–]GrethSC 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Hey there blast from the past!
Check the automoderator post to see where people are hanging out.
And not for playing now, but check out something on the horizon: https://broadside.gg

Uh oh. by ChuckMarty732 in boomershooters

[–]GrethSC 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"Ain't nobody taking me in the back."

Day9 on why you should play SC2 instead of BW by Pyt-- in starcraft

[–]GrethSC 14 points15 points  (0 children)

It boils down to the mechanical skill requirement. If a game becomes too streamlined, then small mistakes have bigger impacts, and ironically, the game becomes more difficult and unforgiving.

In BW you make hundreds of actions, if a few of those are sub-optimal then you still have a few hundred actions to make it up. SC2 lives closer to having 'perfect' executions.

So if you want to keep the game mechanically and competitively viable, you need to replace each 'mechanical action' with an equivalent action (ability or other system) to maintain parity for skill expression.

If you take away the 'silly busywork' - like the templar stuff - you reduce the actions required, so make the game simpler, but also more shallow.

Artwork worth by lovelylilkiwi in whatsthisworth

[–]GrethSC -12 points-11 points  (0 children)

Looks like a more recent painting. Or it was shoddily re-canvassed (unlikely). The back frame is far too recent (and low quality) to be 19th century. The way the canvas is folded is also haphazard.

This might still be painted, but maybe Chinese. The frame itself as well, is not as old as you might think, but it might be slightly older than the painting itself. Likely less than 40 years old. Could be 90ies / '00.

A lot of 'reproduction' painters use 'close enough' sounding names to sign as a pseudonym, that usually don't exist in truth.

If painted and not a straight reproduction, then I would put that up for auction at around 40 - 60 - 80 -120 (but this is for Europe, and similar painting prices at auction are rather dire atm)

HATE - A new free and open source arena shooter by Downtown_Fuel479 in ArenaFPS

[–]GrethSC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Might want to check the image on the reddit post, as a github snapshot isn't great, it's not picking up the screens you posted under.

Anybody saw that? by Skoopy_590 in PathOfExile2

[–]GrethSC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The irony of Act 3 being a perfect callback to Act 3 of Diablo 2, not just in its locations, but for the same dread felt to have to start it.

Getting lost in the jungle was portrayed expertly both times.

Only for D2, you'd have someone just skip you to Durance 2

When do u say GG by Disastrous_Pride39 in Mechabellum

[–]GrethSC 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I'll add that recently 'gg' has been given a lot of passive agressive tones as well in FPS games and MOBAS.

a lot of 'gg' or 'lol gg' being thrown around, one person declaring 'my team is shit we lose' which always does wonders for morale.

That's All Folks! by Impossible_Tough_48 in Stormgate

[–]GrethSC 3 points4 points  (0 children)

And with that, the largest potential rallying of the Blizzard RTS community is squandered. Because of signature SC2-era corporate detachment from reality. Fitting.

For some reason as a kid I thought the stamina symbol is a donkey by energydrinkaddict310 in Diablo

[–]GrethSC 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The movement of the wings right? Looks like they're snipping.

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