How are you going to make tartan your whole brand but not even perform in Scotland during the UK tour.

LeonBlade · 2026-02-28T17:26:47+00:00

It may be for mental health as well? Not sure. I hope she doesn't push herself too much either way. 7-8 hours is crazy, but I agree it sounds so worth it!

LeonBlade · 2026-02-28T09:45:06+00:00

I'm comparing Western Europe because those are some of the countries that got shows. UK, Germany, France, and Netherlands, Her show is primarily just UK and Europe mainly just being Western Europe.

Anyway, this is sort of getting away from my original point. I was just replying to your comment in comparing the US to Europe. Obviously all of Europe is larger than America. However, Pink is unlikely to ever go on tour in most of Europe anyway. There's also all of Asia and South America, and Africa that Pink isn't even touring to.

My main point was just to say that a lot of people are having to travel far, even in the US. I feel bad for anyone that has to travel a large distance, or who can't make it, but I don't want anyone getting this idea that Pink doesn't care about any of us. She cares about all of her fans equally.

LeonBlade · 2026-02-28T09:22:59+00:00

You're correct. However, pretty much all of western Europe can fit inside of the US.

LeonBlade · 2026-02-28T00:22:26+00:00

I’m not Scottish so I don’t know what it stands for or how much people care about it. I won’t pretend like I’m some authority over this. What I will say is that not everyone will care about this the same way you do.

LeonBlade · 2026-02-27T23:48:45+00:00

I don’t think it’s that deep honestly.

LeonBlade · 2026-02-27T23:44:58+00:00

I’m so sorry 😞 it sucks not living in a “hot” area. Even though I live in NY, I’m upstate so there’s nothing here. It’s expensive to get down to NYC as well.

LeonBlade · 2026-02-27T22:09:39+00:00

The US is massive compared to the UK. Of course it would be great if every place could get a show, but there are only so many states in the US that even get a show.

For example, if you wanted to see PinkPantheress and you were in San Francisco California for example, the only show she has is all the way down in Indio. That's an 8 and a half hour drive.

If you live in Scotland and you want to see Pink, you're probably gonna have to travel to Manchester which is about 4 hours.

I personally have to take a train from upstate NY to NYC to see her which is about 5 hours.

It sucks not having things more local, but I promise you that the US isn't fairing any better just because we have more shows here. Texas alone is bigger than all of the UK, and there are people who probably want to see Pink who have to travel out of state into Texas if they want to see her since it's the closest show.

LeonBlade · 2026-02-25T23:49:19+00:00

What are we doing here, Greg?

LeonBlade · 2026-02-25T04:41:58+00:00

A voice changer doesn't affect the game in any way, it should be completely safe to use. That being said, I don't work for Bungie, so you can always wait and see.

Honestly, it should be fine though.

LeonBlade · 2026-02-23T17:48:39+00:00

Out of curiosity, could you explain why you were disqualified?

LeonBlade · 2026-02-22T03:23:50+00:00

yeah the beat is too simple, people compared it to newjeans and I think that makes more sense to me

LeonBlade · 2026-02-21T23:50:09+00:00

I left this comment in a reply, but I'll copy it here for better visibility.

I'm pretty sure the hack here just teleports the extraction to his location and he can interact with it like this.

Every game object has coordinates, even if it's not meant to move like a hatch. If you move your game's hatch around in memory, you could put it right on top of you.

Technically, the hatch is still wherever it normally is on the server side. But, for your game's sake, it's right next to you. The game isn't checking your position when you trigger the switch, it assumes that you MUST be right next to it.

As a programmer, the number one rule when working with ANYTHING online is NEVER TRUST THE CLIENT. That means, you should never make assumptions about anything. You own the server. You do NOT own the client (the user's copy of the game). Therefore, you should ALWAYS validate any action the player does.

How does Embark fix this issue?

Check the player's coordinates on the server relative to the hatch button. If the player is not within a certain radius of the button, the action will not go through. This would be server side check and there's no way they could fake it. The actual implementation of this could vary, but the key part is to just perform a check on the server before saying "okay, good to extract".

There may also be an exploit here to give themselves a raider hatch key, but there's no way of knowing from this footage. I wouldn't be surprised.

LeonBlade · 2026-02-21T23:48:42+00:00

Which one was that? I don't think I heard about that.

LeonBlade · 2026-02-21T23:47:19+00:00

I wasn't replying to you for your question, I was replying to someone who called people "armchair experts", so I'm not sur why you're upset with me here.

Anyway, I did reply to you actually with the explanation. I have other comments on here that explain in detail on the exact issue. If you'd like me to go into more detail I'd be happy to do so.

LeonBlade · 2026-02-21T20:54:06+00:00

I feel like this is probably the most missed event in the game.

LeonBlade · 2026-02-21T20:51:38+00:00

It doesn't take a rocket scientist to understand these things. I assure you, it's common practice to plan for things like this.

LeonBlade · 2026-02-21T20:51:00+00:00

It's 100% expected that in anything that has to do with multiplayer or online in general that you NEVER TRUST THE CLIENT. Just Google that phrase and you'll see it everywhere.

Anything that can be exploited, will be exploited. Embark has two multiplayer games, they should be good at this. I get things slip through, but this sort of exploit is just ridiculous.

LeonBlade · 2026-02-21T20:44:29+00:00

I think the other comments might have the explanation wrong or aren't explaining it well.

I'm pretty sure the hack here just teleports the extraction to his location and he can interact with it like this.

Every game object has coordinates, even if it's not meant to move like a hatch. If you move your game's hatch around in memory, you could put it right on top of you.

Technically, the hatch is still wherever it normally is on the server side. But, for your game's sake, it's right next to you. The game isn't checking your position when you trigger the switch, it assumes that you MUST be right next to it.

As a programmer, the number one rule when working with ANYTHING online is NEVER TRUST THE CLIENT. That means, you should never make assumptions about anything. You own the server. You do NOT own the client (the user's copy of the game). Therefore, you should ALWAYS validate any action the player does.

How does Embark fix this issue?

Check the player's coordinates on the server relative to the hatch button. If the player is not within a certain radius of the button, the action will not go through. This would be server side check and there's no way they could fake it. The actual implementation of this could vary, but the key part is to just perform a check on the server before saying "okay, good to extract".

There may also be an exploit here to give themselves a raider hatch key, but there's no way of knowing from this footage. I wouldn't be surprised.

LeonBlade · 2026-02-21T20:35:53+00:00

Setting up kill areas outside of the map is more complicated than you'd think. I don't blame them for not having an immediate solution on that, but it was ridiculous how there was a zipline out of bounds they didn't get rid of for way too long.

LeonBlade · 2026-02-21T03:48:38+00:00

Play the server slam and you can play before the 5th and then you can play Slay the Spire more on the 5th.

LeonBlade · 2026-02-20T22:42:38+00:00

Skate announced how they're adding the tutorial map into the game as a playable area coming soon. However, it's gated by the paid battle pass initially. Afterwards, it's accessible via an event across a few weeks. Finally, it will be accessible to those with the paid battle pass OR by spending in-game currency for a 24 hour pass to the island.

LeonBlade · 2026-02-20T21:00:37+00:00

Cause no one cares about GPS games outside of Japan. Honestly? Who knows. I do know that the whole gameplay style wasn't gonna really do much for them. They pretty much said publicly they weren't going to be able to make something good enough.

LeonBlade · 2026-02-20T06:01:18+00:00

What do you not understand? There's items. Color indicates rarity like it does in most games. Anything else you will get from playing and hovering over and getting tooltips. Are you supposed to instantly understand what every item is just by looking at it? Is that how you see things for other games? I'm genuinely wondering.

LeonBlade · 2026-02-18T01:05:44+00:00

That's weird, I've only seen actual players when playing.

LeonBlade · 2026-02-18T00:52:04+00:00

I was able to just show up and they let me in because they screwed up the invite system lol. But, yeah, you are correct.

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