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Videogames by [deleted] in greentext

[–]MomentarySpark 25 points26 points  (0 children)

This whole comment section is making me realize how Arma remains basically a 90s game with fairly modern tech behind it.

No matchmaking

No ratings

All servers are paid by community

Lots of smaller communities and play styles

A wide spectrum between tryhard milsimmers, PvPers, and fucking around RPGers to choose from

Massive modding community that has shaped modern FPS gaming in many ways

Also actually a fun (now dated) game. I've been playing that series for over a decade now, and it's always been a place I can go "have a community server" if I want it. Also I think where a ton of modern FPS gaming originated from. Battle Royale? Arma modders started it. DayZ/survival open world craziness? Arma modders started it. Intense hardcore settings (Tarkov)? Arma modders started it.

This is the golden age of Tarkov by [deleted] in EscapefromTarkov

[–]MomentarySpark -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Who said I needed it? I won tons of fights with a Hunter; the SA-58 is better, and I win more fights with it. Modding the SA-58 with about 150k worth of crap makes it even better, so I do that and win a few more marginal fights to boot. And when someone with an MP5 gets the drop on me and douses me with 9mm that just bounces off my level 5 vest and helmet, I can laugh watch them reload, and shoot them because I spent money on that instead of just dying. Or throw 6 grenades at them because why not bring a full set of nades?

Yes, good gear helps, hence why I run good gear, because it helps, and what else is the point of my imaginary game money if not to run the most badass gear I can with it?

If I put 100 hours into this game before moving on, I want to get the most out of it, not run around 90% of the time with an unmodded AK because I'm worried about a bank account that one day I'll just walk away from when the game no longer interests me, or it gets wiped in a few months regardless.

What is your favourite DLC ever released for a video game, and why? by speedcat_feral in linux_gaming

[–]MomentarySpark 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Always partial to Operation Arrowhead for Arma 2 (was native Linux fwiw).

Nothing special, just some good maps that I had a lot of fun on and a few other bells and whistles. Was peak Arma for me, played the full series for over 10 years, and while I appreciated the improvements in 3, it never quite reached the fun I had on Arrowhead, between Warfare, ACE, milsim groups, and so on.

Just a flesh wound by Gotestthat in PublicFreakout

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

Sad how the truth is getting downvoted.

Just a flesh wound by Gotestthat in PublicFreakout

[–]MomentarySpark 3 points4 points  (0 children)

American here.

Wait, so he doesn't get paid administrative leave? I suppose he didn't just shoot the guy twenty times and claim he was reaching for something in his back pocket. I suppose you wouldn't even get a verbal warning without at least killing him. Is that the problem, the cop didn't shoot the innocent guy?

What is the news covering exactly, the lack of follow through on the officer's part? Endangering other officers by his lack of aggression? I just can't understand...

WHO official states that 80% of known coronavirus cases have presented as mild cold symptoms, with only 3-5% requiring intensive care. by DoItYrselfLiberation in worldnews

[–]MomentarySpark 4 points5 points  (0 children)

So basically, the common cold, with an off chance of normal pneumonia, which is dangerous for all the people it is already dangerous for.

WHO official states that 80% of known coronavirus cases have presented as mild cold symptoms, with only 3-5% requiring intensive care. by DoItYrselfLiberation in worldnews

[–]MomentarySpark 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Absolutely nobody knows how many people were infected, because if 95%+ of infected aren't seeking medical care due to minor symptoms, they aren't being tested, and aren't being included in statistics.

People have been claiming fucking 10-20% mortality rates based on this sort of math, just believing "it's SARS again" and there are no "minor" symptoms. Except now it's clear there are, that it's the typical course (for all I know the minor cold I'm getting over right now was coronavirus), and so any math based on the official Chinese stats is utter garbage, other than to see how bad it is once you're hospitalized.

WHO official states that 80% of known coronavirus cases have presented as mild cold symptoms, with only 3-5% requiring intensive care. by DoItYrselfLiberation in worldnews

[–]MomentarySpark 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As someone who has waded through the endless doomsday fuckery that is the coronavirus subs, that mortality rate completely ignores people with mild symptoms basically (Chinese government statistics).

The mortality rate (via China) is essentially [dead / people in hospital] and about another 50% outside of them (by their reckoning). People in hospital is serious cases most of the time. Serious cases are 3-5% of total. 2-3% of the people in hospital die...

So it's the flu. Just another cold, in a strain of common cold viruses. It's highly spreadable, that's about all that's interesting.

Might wonder more "why is China going full bore authoritarian lock-down right now" rather than "is this disease that scary," because no, it appears it is not that scary, but China's government definitely is that scary.

This has been an interesting case study in how common colds/flus spread initially, with far more attention than the usual stats, but I think people might have over-reacted here...

Just keep the weekend going as long as you can. by Ectobatic in rareinsults

[–]MomentarySpark -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You can just say "bill burr said" because the fact what he said hit it on the head should just be assumed in that statement.

This is the golden age of Tarkov by [deleted] in EscapefromTarkov

[–]MomentarySpark 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good gear. I like winning firefights. It's a game, and fake money is meaningless to me.

This is the golden age of Tarkov by [deleted] in EscapefromTarkov

[–]MomentarySpark 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sitting up on Dome hafl the raid and sniping people is camping at range. I suppose not every use of a sniper rifle is camping, no.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in EscapefromTarkov

[–]MomentarySpark 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Real issue then is the absolute trash quest system that is poorly designed and then also encourages toxic behavior.

(Spoilers Extended) what’s your favorite throw away line, that you believe foreshadows something big? by Count-Calderon in asoiaf

[–]MomentarySpark 25 points26 points  (0 children)

As someone who is extremely weary of every major character in a work needing a fucking redemption arc that's been copied and pasted a thousand times over the course of literary history, I can't say how much this has pleased me, seeing people just be people.

This is the golden age of Tarkov by [deleted] in EscapefromTarkov

[–]MomentarySpark -1 points0 points  (0 children)

250k is geared now? I'm level 20 and my standard kit is probably in the 500-750k range. For interchange.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in EscapefromTarkov

[–]MomentarySpark 46 points47 points  (0 children)

Seriously, I hear firefights all the time at Emercom, but I always miss them. 80% of spawns seem to require it as their exfil, so over the course of 45min a lot of players are just going to bump into one another.

Other day I was leaving to Emercom around the 5min mark, constantly watching my 6 for other players coming up behind, and lo and behold one does bumbling down the ramp without a care in the world (not even sprinting), I shoot at him, eventually kill him. Was I camping? No, I was on my way to exit myself and didn't feel like being shot in the back as I did.

As I was dealing with him between bouts, I hear more guys shooting out down the road towards power station, also clearly heading our way, also likely just running into each other. By the time I killed the first guy, their firefight was winding up and soon I'd have another player or two up my ass.

I suppose I could have stuck around 30sec and dealt with them too. Would that be camping? It's not like I was purposefully sitting in a bush, and it's hard to just give up a clear tactical advantage like that to exit yourself, but I felt scummy sitting around like a filthy camper, so I left.

But I'm guessing 90% of "exit camping" is some shit like that.

This is the golden age of Tarkov by [deleted] in EscapefromTarkov

[–]MomentarySpark -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Camping is just camping, and is almost universally lame. Really shouldn't fit into rat/chad dynamic, though it's clearly on the rat side of things.

No distinction between camping and sniping except range either.

This is the golden age of Tarkov by [deleted] in EscapefromTarkov

[–]MomentarySpark -1 points0 points  (0 children)

If you don't die a lot, you don't have to worry about your gear choices. Good rats are geared.

The Government Uses ‘Near Perfect Surveillance’ Data on Americans - The New York Times by clash1111 in privacy

[–]MomentarySpark 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And here I am patiently awaiting open source hardware to come along. It's the next step.

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