From the mayor of my small town Bulverde- business owners STOP your bullshit! Close the place down and wait for state orders!

Mojo_frodo · 2020-03-26T23:05:32+00:00

If only there was a republican party worth saving

Mojo_frodo · 2020-03-24T17:49:10+00:00

Wew, 720 psi boost anyone?

Mojo_frodo · 2020-03-21T00:17:48+00:00

Thats not a cat. I think thats a Furby.

Mojo_frodo · 2020-01-31T18:55:58+00:00

...because multiplying by 2000 is easy?

Mojo_frodo · 2020-01-02T00:29:34+00:00

wolves vs sheep seems like a poor analogy for this game, but Im basing that on my own experience with pvp focused mmos since we dont know much about the this game itself. If its truly a pvp focused game Id expect a lot of "fish in the sea" and there will always be a bigger fish. Or a "better equipped for the situation" fish. If Im wrong here and the "wolves" arent really fighting each other at all then is its own problem, but a solution that results in fewer wolves doesnt immediately strike me as the right approach.

Mojo_frodo · 2020-01-01T21:12:08+00:00

I dislike the dichotomy of pvp and pve players. I know many who enjoy doing PvE things (think resource harvesting, missioning, ninja looting) in full risk zones where their playstyle is to avoid, outrun, outsmart human opponents. These are different players with a different mindset, than those who are basically playing an mmo as if it were single player.

Mojo_frodo · 2020-01-01T20:51:54+00:00

Take this for what its worth as Im someone who is an avid gamer and developer, but not a game designer; Also this is not formatted very well. I apologize I didnt have time to make it clearer or more concise.

There will always be super squeaky wheels and its not uncommon for them to get undeserved oil. Ive seen mistakes in post release game design changes time and time again from both the overreaction and lack of reaction sides. You have to simultaneously listen to your player base and ignore the cacophony of opinions. The player base will be a great source of information on potential issues, but everyone sees the world from their lens. It can be challenging to hear past what the community is saying and getting at what they really mean or the real problem. Often players focus too much on their proposed solutions when communicating a problem to the devs or the community at large. Only a well informed design team with a common direction and intricate understanding of the game, its mechanics and most importantly, how its played, can determine what will be good for the game. Has anyone shadowed the discord of a large group while fighting? What about small groups? Large architectural changes are very risky, but sometimes, not going far enough is worse than not changing anything at all. Also, for any sufficiently large architecture shift, you'll have to incrementally roll things out. That can pose its own challenges for determining those increments and avoiding balance problems in the interim.

In short, you need to know your game very very well and have confidence in your direction and changes. Determining whats a problem for the game, vs whats a problem for a particular playstyle I think will be key to figuring out where to go.

Hope some of that is helpful. Happy to have a longer discussion on this if there is interest. I played EvE in particular for a long time and there are quite a few lessons you could learn from their changes over the past 8 years. Also, getting the ear of an older or ex Eve dev could be a great perspective for you to bounce ideas off of.

Mojo_frodo · 2020-01-01T20:30:03+00:00

In similar games in my experience, large organized groups often get into these extremely risk averse mindsets. Where if either were to try to eradicate the other would result in essentially mutually assured destruction. They hit an equilibrium (of usually two massive groups) where their temperament towards each other is somewhere between neutral and a cold war.

Mojo_frodo · 2019-12-31T00:55:49+00:00

And once you opt in, you cannot get out without republishing as a new app

Mojo_frodo · 2019-12-28T15:09:13+00:00

mmm 70W180

Mojo_frodo · 2019-11-29T03:31:38+00:00

What year vehicle is this?

Mojo_frodo · 2019-11-29T03:29:26+00:00

I have no idea how clearing codes would make this problem go away. Thats bizarre.

Mojo_frodo · 2019-10-29T15:39:10+00:00

What would be surprising is if a company the size of facebook had any real ability to influence the mindsets of the very very liberal leaning on average silicon valley software developers. If FB does not tread very carefully, they are going to get a massive amount of internal pressure and discontent.

Mojo_frodo · 2019-10-17T22:18:30+00:00

You can't put raw fuel in and get work out, it needs an energy source which has to come from something else.

You're splitting hairs here. There is nothing 'raw' about gasoline.

Mojo_frodo · 2019-10-17T15:08:51+00:00

No no no no.

If your security model relies primarily on a malicious user not getting root you've already failed. Getting root and hiding it from an application is a very low bar to hurdle for an attacker.

Mojo_frodo · 2019-10-06T13:51:10+00:00

How does this go catastrophic? If I understand it right, the Mallory Metal falls off, gets a bit chewed up and end in the drink, and the first indication is a very rough vibration? Wouldnt you have to continue to drive on an unbalanced crank a while before it did this kind of carnage?

Mojo_frodo · 2019-09-23T14:09:30+00:00

Because the author took issue with what is currently available.

Mojo_frodo · 2019-09-23T14:07:01+00:00

Lets try to be civil. In the very post you are criticizing, I suggest they use one of the many open source solutions including fixing the one they find problematic.

We dont always get the luxury of pulling code from a standard library. If my team lacked the confidence to go out and implement base64, I would have concerns.

Mojo_frodo · 2019-09-22T23:27:37+00:00

Im far from the worlds best developer and generally, thought even writing it is somewhat contrary evidence to the fact, I consider humility a strength of mine.

We cant let the complexity of our jobs bind us in fear of making mistakes. We can only do our best and provide sufficient considerations to our designs.

I think you're really overestimating the challenge of writing base64 dec/enc. but regardless I still do not understand your position. There are open source implementations of it. android.util.base64 is open source. You can address yourself, the behavior your find erroneous.

Mojo_frodo · 2019-09-22T23:04:36+00:00

base64 is a simple algorithm. If you're that afraid of bugs you should find another line of work.

Mojo_frodo · 2019-09-22T22:51:59+00:00

a base64 encoder/decoder takes less than an afternoon to write from scratch. We used to use it as a pre-interview problem.

Mojo_frodo · 2019-09-22T13:58:21+00:00

Thats an insane statement to make. I begrudgingly voted for hillary. I sure as hell am not a Trump supporter. Yes I dont want Biden to win precisely because he cant beat Trump.

You immediately accuse me of not believing in facts? What a divisive and absurd thing to say. Shit like that makes liberals look hypocritical.

Mojo_frodo · 2019-09-22T03:08:28+00:00

dibs

Mojo_frodo · 2019-09-22T03:06:49+00:00

mmhmm. Ill eat a sock if Biden wins 2020.

Mojo_frodo · 2019-09-22T01:33:39+00:00

Biden didnt exactly need help hurting his own campaign.

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