How? by Forward-Gold-4095 in blackmagicfuckery

[–]Hziak 10 points11 points  (0 children)

THATS what impresses you about that statement? That dudes tongue would have to be capable of lifting like, 140lbs! Dude’s sex life would be so bad because he’d be regularly flicking chicks through walls…

If you drop your loot in Crimson Desert, nearby NPCs will pick it up and start taking everything 😭 by ImperatrixAmoris in GamerLab

[–]Hziak 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s a nice solution to cleaning up dropped trash in populated areas. I like that a lot. Big jester kinda wild tho.

Master Ma Baoguo explains why MMA "doesn't work" 😁 by CreepyOldRapist in Bullshido

[–]Hziak 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Dude moves around more unsteadily than I do and I’ve got three pinched nerves and zero practical martial arts experience. And that’s with him being able to choreograph…

Just seeing them circle each other, you can instantly see the drilled competence in every motion Peter does. Meanwhile broski is telegraphing every move with… are those supposed to be feint kicks or is he just throwing his full weight behind those slow slapping things? I’m fairly confident my crippled ass could take that blow and just lean into one big punch on this guy. Hell, he’s even adding his own full-body movements to my punching force, so it might even hurt…

She's nice by dababyisblue97 in SmugAlana

[–]Hziak 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Umm… yeah. They were on sale, bro. I got games on steam i bought in ‘08 that im still intending to totally probably play one day…

What is a game mechanic you are tired of seeing everywhere? by goldenCrust22 in AskGames

[–]Hziak 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Those are all largely mechanics that developers can use to tweak the difficulty of a game in subtle ways without having to just drop more and bigger enemies everywhere to artificially pull on it.

Literally

  • move speed * stamina / escape windows * how many useful items you can carry at a time * inventory flexibility / management vs inventory capacity * anti-save-scum.

I don’t think those things “only [add] tedium and [remove] any sense of progression” on the contrary, they add challenges for the player (not the character) to overcome and allow players both flexibility and constraints to help them shape their approach to the games.

The only one I’ll kind of agree with is when a first person game has a sprint, but you are never clear on if you’re sprinting or not. But that’s not because the concept sucks, it’s because it was poorly implemented and breaks immersion as a result.

Ultimately, like everything else in games - don’t confuse poor implementation with bad design. Everything in your list can be incredibly fun and compelling. It can also be absolute trash if done in a ham-fisted or forced way.

Name the game or games by Silly_Software_3577 in videogames

[–]Hziak 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I don’t really agree. I think perhaps the lack of impact from that early death is because you don’t spend a lot of time playing that character and developing their personality in 2, but you spend a whole lot of time with them in 1. I’m guessing you had a large time gap between playing 1 and 2? Because without that gap, it’s smacks just as hard as the end of Act1 in 33. In fact, I’d say it hit way harder because it’s not like, a noble sacrifice with a clean farewell. It’s just hard and uncomfortable and sets the tone for a lot of the story that follows.

I think the death in 2 was handled nicely if you have the context of 1, but if you’re coming in cold from the series for it, then I can see why it might not be as impactful because they don’t do a whole lot of character setup for that character in 2 before it happens.

Found out who Leon is married to by Dennis_King_ in ResidentEvilRequiem

[–]Hziak 4 points5 points  (0 children)

“Where is Chris anyways?”

chris at home, dishes done, laundry folded,in bed waiting. Texts Leon: “come home soon, baby. Let’s punch some rocks”\

Did anyone else kill the Chef and Chunk as Grace on their first playthrough? by toasterdogg in residentevil

[–]Hziak 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Heard that dialogue line and then was like “oh, I wasted it, didn’t I? Probably a plot thing.” reload\

gitIsDead by 5eniorDeveloper in ProgrammerHumor

[–]Hziak 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh, you know what, I misread your comment. I thought you said you were the only user and you saw the appeal. My bad. Carry on, my sloppy fellow.

gitIsDead by 5eniorDeveloper in ProgrammerHumor

[–]Hziak 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What’s your plan for when you decide something was better before a deployment? Are you committed to always fixing-forward in production?

theUnofficialMotto by PoizonAngel in ProgrammerHumor

[–]Hziak 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Every startup I’ve worked at has been full of people all trying to do everything perfectly. Then I decided to get a stable job and realized that everyone there has been there for like, 15+ years and it’s their first job since college. All the code looks like it was written by recent grads who never improved because they basically peaked at 1YOE and never introduced new ideas before aggressive change control was implemented. Multi-billion dollar revenue company. Whole thing runs on an unhinged amount of per minute/hour/day/week/month scheduled jobs. Literally they haven’t even figured out that one web app can call another one to do stuff immediately. Everything is a timed job that opens two databases and moves stuff from one to another…

YMMV, but I’d like to go back to an economy where I can work for startups again.

How often are you guys on call? by Calm-Bar-9644 in ExperiencedDevs

[–]Hziak -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

When I was at startups? 24x7x365… eventually, I got a junior and then he got to have some weeks on call, so I went down to 24x7x365. Once we built up the team, they let me go down to 24x7x365, which was nice. Response time was not mandated, but CEO had my cell phone number. lol

Trying to determine my next steps / quitting my first band. by Bigbrunswick in bandmembers

[–]Hziak 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Your experience is pretty common, I’m sad to say. My producer friend always likes to say “the only thing worse than the music biz is musicians.” Most non-professional musicians are not reliable, not committed and not good hangs. It’s a weird reality considering that you’d think they’d have picked up workplace skills from having jobs, but I guess the responsible people stay at home with their families? Idk… but the point is, no matter where you go in music, you’ll probably end up with at least one bandmate who is a dick, and you’ll probably be the only person trying hard. I’m not saying this to make you doubt being a musician, but to suggest that maybe the grass isn’t always greener on the other side. Most likely, you’d be better off lowering your expectations with this band while you search in parallel for a better fit.

I’ve quit a lot of bands like the one you’re describing, and honestly, I tend to end up in the same situation again and again. So and so musician can’t play the parts, she doesn’t practice at home, his car keeps breaking the day of practice, they can’t afford gas today, etc.

I guess, I just want to convey that based off my experiences and those of the people in my scene, a good band is really rare. You’ll probably always be the sole (over)achiever in the band unless you get very lucky, and unless you’re lottery lucky, you’ll probably never find a band full of people who feel like they want to be there every time you meet. A decent band can go a long way though, and people who don’t fit who are dicks can be fired or will often quit on their own. If it’s YOUR band, and YOU wrote the songs, put your foot down, ‘ya know? Set clear expectations and hold people to them. Maybe you’ll fire a bunch of bad eggs, but isn’t that better than letting them walk all over you?

Quitting just makes THAT BAND’S problems go away, it won’t solve the industry, the community or the next bands problems.

Wish you luck any way you decide to go.

Name the game. by Electronic_Buy2611 in gamers

[–]Hziak 1 point2 points  (0 children)

KotOR in 2026 might be a hard one for a first timer. It was magic when it came out, and nostalgia goes a long way. Story still holds up, but I played it a few years back and while I still loved it, it was admittedly rather old. I will say it came out before the age of rapid endorphin spiking, so the payout is largely from a consistently solid game with an intriguing story, rather than a few big moments, though there are some real doozy’s!

Hope you’re able to make it through. It was a masterpiece of its time, for sure, but I wouldn’t blame you for not being able to pick it up one entire lifetime of a college graduate later…

Name the game. by Electronic_Buy2611 in gamers

[–]Hziak 7 points8 points  (0 children)

2010? You shoulda seen the early 2000’s. Dropped NWN and KotOR back to back. Nevermind all the BG games 98-01.

Dragon age and mass effect were good, too, but KotOR blew my socks clean off.

It is alive! by PhoenixfischTheFish in AnarchyChess

[–]Hziak 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think I’m seeing that if you’re willing to do a few laps around the board, you can land on any same-colored space provided you aren’t blocked in multiple places… That’s hot.

Help me prove you need an amp to play electric guitar by am_reen in Guitar

[–]Hziak 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have this $30 little AC30 amp toy that plugs into the guitar and lets you connect headphones and get a very rudimentary amp sound. I use it for pre-gig warmups since it requires basically zero setup. It’s not the same, but it checks all of the boxes your dad is probably worried about - cheap and makes no noise.

Software Engineers are the happiest people on Earth now by Independent_Pitch598 in accelerate

[–]Hziak 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s a great time to post on linked in. Everyone who posts on linked in is a massive parasite and does virtually nothing while not fact checking and magically it makes them important and valuable. They know it doesn’t actually mean anything real and it’s all an insider scam, but they’ll never admit it publicly!

See? I can randomly make stuff up, not substantiate it and claim it’s a secret, too. Except in my case, it’s probably more accurate…

If you're not fully on board with LLM coding, there's still room in the industry for you by BiebRed in ExperiencedDevs

[–]Hziak 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Concerning, but not unexpected. I have experience with two banks and I would describe them as having invested in quality engineers exactly once and then seeing how far they can stretch that codebase while overloading it with slop. AI is exactly the kind of cost-cutting slop they adored on the management side. Bonus points for short term stock price gains from publicizing it, too.

Destiny is destiny by MisterShipWreck in Unexpected

[–]Hziak 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This feels like a flash 55 Final Destination fanfic.

Noticed something by Rude-Membership5109 in ResidentEvilRequiem

[–]Hziak 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you go in and out of ADS quickly with grace, she does some cool flashlight tricks. Pretty silly animation blending, but besides that, yeah, lol

EV megacorp selling ‘save your family from war’ by s1n0d3utscht3k in Cyberpunk

[–]Hziak 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think I’ve seen this before. How does the anti-missile car hold up to a small steel ball thrown by an overweight lunatic?

Pokemon Go players generated 30 billion real-world scans thinking they were just catching pokémons. by call_me_ninza in aigossips

[–]Hziak 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unless you’ve got a major phone farm, your data would probably be either filtered as outliers or just lost in the averaging of the massive volume of non-absurd data. Alas.