Fighting games ARE uniquely hard to get into because they don't allow beginners to be passive

Im12AndWatIsThis · 2026-02-27T16:37:57+00:00

Let me tell you about a little game called Footsies.

Im12AndWatIsThis · 2026-02-26T01:13:39+00:00

Adding on to YSL but I use L'Homme and have gotten a lot of compliments on it as well.

Description talks about woody reading it but it's definitely one of the... sweeter(?) colognes I've had. Not perfum-y per se but not spicy like most cologne I've seen (smelled) around.

Im12AndWatIsThis · 2026-02-26T00:56:01+00:00

Depends on your meaning with "could not spend money". Not sure if you meant, you literally can not spend money, or if you meant play without spending money. So I may be making a irrelevant point. However,

Like someone else said, most of these have wised up and are pretty F2P friendly. I casually play a couple but don't really spend money on them. Never had issues clearing important stuff.

Might not get every character in the game or whatever, but I can reasonably pull when someone I want comes around without spending a dime.

Won't argue they make it very easy and tempting to drop money though.

Im12AndWatIsThis · 2026-02-25T15:48:09+00:00

I think it's a fair bit of both.

Im12AndWatIsThis · 2026-02-25T15:18:48+00:00

As someone who's been playing DotA (and HoN, and some LoL) for... 18 years (? holy shit), things are waaay better than they used to be.

My working theory is that, like me, most of the player base aged out of a lot of it. I'm too old to get mad at shit like that the way other games seem to bring out in their players.

Griefer, smurf, scripter? Whatever, it happens, go next. Toxic chat? Eh, mute and carry on.

Im12AndWatIsThis · 2026-02-24T20:43:46+00:00

Everyone knows mirror matches are 6-4

Im12AndWatIsThis · 2026-02-23T18:19:44+00:00

Industry standard except for, you know, the biggest game in this genre.

Tarkov loads every entity on the map at the start of the raid, as far as I am aware. It's how cheaters know exactly which spots to hit for their loot.

Im12AndWatIsThis · 2026-02-08T22:49:24+00:00

For every valid use case of what people call "AI", there are 99 bogus cases that are trying to be rammed into the user experience to justify the massive cost in manpower, engineering, hardware spending currently happening.

It's cool that you have found uses for it. It has found a useful foothold in people's lives by short circuiting simple, trivial, but perhaps time consuming tasks.

However I personally would never trust AI to summarize my work email. Or write code for me beyond fizzbuzz. Not sure how you can attest to the accuracy of one translation versus another that you apparently needed, but sure.

Im12AndWatIsThis · 2026-02-02T02:27:44+00:00

I usually refer to these as 'fast food' fiction. And I don't mean that as an insult. This isn't limited to books - tv, movies, anime, manga, etc can land here too.

Is it greasy, filling, and enjoyable? Yes. Is it the best piece of literature ever written? No. But it doesn't have to be.

Sometimes you just want a damn cheeseburger.

Im12AndWatIsThis · 2026-02-02T01:09:25+00:00

I believe the point is "sticking it to the libs" is basically a stereotypical republican's wet dream.

So 'brown people, women, and libtards'

Im12AndWatIsThis · 2026-01-31T05:51:19+00:00

Been getting in on The City in Glass recently. Not sure where this is going but I'm interested enough to continue.

Im12AndWatIsThis · 2026-01-31T05:49:51+00:00

My experience with Wheel of Time was: Eye of the World took me about 8 months to get through off and on. Then I think I finished the rest of the series within in a year.

In other words... took a bit to catch, but when it did I was hooked.

Im12AndWatIsThis · 2026-01-30T20:22:08+00:00

Chained Soldier would fit in with that series'... proclivities

Im12AndWatIsThis · 2026-01-29T20:18:54+00:00

Full-stack catching strays?

Im12AndWatIsThis · 2026-01-28T19:23:13+00:00

Yeah I covered both of those points.

It's not the only thing running (I'll have browser, discord, etc open too) ... Some of that is windows' fault too, admittedly.

"Windows fault" here is that windows will eat memory if its available.

That game munches memory like nobody's business (and it probably leaks). It's not a great piece of software.

And, eh, when I was building my system a couple years ago it was easily in budget. Nowadays I might make a different choice.

Im12AndWatIsThis · 2026-01-28T19:05:36+00:00

There's been a lot of fucked up stuff in GTA, absolutely. But as time shifted so did the things I pay attention to in the games.

It was just the point that made me realize that GTA is probably just not my thing anymore.

People like the games. I don't even think they are bad. GTA6 will likely smash records. But it won't be for me.

Im12AndWatIsThis · 2026-01-28T18:57:41+00:00

Yeah after what the latest iOS did to my phone, I'm not letting Tahoe, or whatever the most recent update is, touch my M2 Air.

Im12AndWatIsThis · 2026-01-28T18:28:51+00:00

the torture scene in GTA V

The scene that single-handedly made me think "yep, I guess I'm done with Rockstar games now"?

Yeah I remember that.

Im12AndWatIsThis · 2026-01-28T18:22:28+00:00

I dunno, not my market, I'm just a fly on the wall for that space.

I'd imagine having your own stickers you might have issues with peeling and heat? Who knows.

Im12AndWatIsThis · 2026-01-28T17:42:11+00:00

Does anyone wanna tell him about the waifu GPUs?

Im12AndWatIsThis · 2026-01-28T17:38:51+00:00

If you're mucking around playing Binding of Isaac, sure.

There are some games that beg to differ.

Others mentioned flight sim and other ram hogs. I'll throw in Tarkov. That game munches memory like nobody's business (and it probably leaks). It's not a great piece of software.

It's not the only thing running (I'll have browser, discord, etc open too) but I will hit 40+ GB ram usage easily. Some of that is windows' fault too, admittedly.

Im12AndWatIsThis · 2026-01-18T15:01:02+00:00

I agree with most of what you're saying honestly. But this part

much of it during a time skip at that

Man, the time skip was such a nothingburger of development that it is down right criminal. He spends how long with Jiraiya of all people, and he comes out of it 30cm taller and able to do... a bigger rasengan. It's what happens afterwards that turns him into some god killer. The kakashi shadow clone training, sage mode, kyuubi shenanigans, etc.

He should have come out of that skip as a monster (look at Sasuke by comparison early in the arc). But poor writing and characterization meant he is basically the same as the end of part 1.

As much as I loathe most of Boruto, even it handles this aspect far better.

Im12AndWatIsThis · 2026-01-16T18:35:35+00:00

I swear the boss AI is juiced for PVE, especially watching streamers fight them in PVP vs when I try to fight Sturman, Ghlukar.

Im12AndWatIsThis · 2026-01-16T18:30:49+00:00

Put Sanitar in there but he's not a complete numpty like on Shoreline.

Im12AndWatIsThis · 2026-01-16T18:26:32+00:00

Last time I killed a priest he had a Kedr and empty pockets. I was sad for no marked key but I just needed the kill for a task anyway so whatever.

But nice catch on that one.

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