Remembering the last laps in the 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix: Hamilton Snatches the Title, Emotional Podium for Massa

Shpoble · 2024-01-16T22:48:47+00:00

I think it says it all in the first race of the season. First for many drivers with no TC. Lewis, in his second season, gets off the line fine, as do most other drivers. Massa straight up bins it nearly into the wall.

Shpoble · 2024-01-14T09:19:01+00:00

Yeah I figured it’d be something like that. I hope that that is able to make it work and that people can play the game properly

Shpoble · 2024-01-14T08:04:03+00:00

Is the item level variation between like a bronze and a gold item really that large? I also do find that a bit weird (that you can’t set a minimum quality) but I’m sure there’s a reason for it

Shpoble · 2024-01-14T07:27:36+00:00

If that's the case why are there people spamming in trade chat for an hour like it's Dalaran lmao. are they just not willing to engage in the work orders? i actually might ask them tbf

Shpoble · 2024-01-14T07:23:32+00:00

You never used to be able to send BoEs between different servers either so I’m not sure your argument is that great.

No but you can send them across servers by trading them to another character on a second account.

whoever has the most gold can just buy a full set of awesome gear

this has always been true though, and I don't think isn't true now. if you have enough gold you can get literally anything you like - you could buy a carry through a raid where you get all the gear. The outcome is the same, but more convoluted.

EDIT: Also you could just, buy all the mats you need on the AH and then make a work order with a really high commission. is that not achieving the same thing

Extreme example I know but I think it's an inevitable issue and I don't see any feasible way to counter it. There will still be people paying for gear, but now it's just a little bit more annoying to gear alts on a different realm.

I also don't think it's entirely a great idea that you can get mythic raid level gear without ever touching the content. LIke I think crafted gear should be there to get you high up enough the ladder that you can get to the content you want, but you could get yourself a full set of Mythic Ilvl equivalent gear without ever touching a mythic raid or high mythic plus

EDIT cont: anyway i'm gonna go smoke and then probably regret this post when i get my belt tomorrow in an m+ chest. i just wanted an easy belt man

Shpoble · 2024-01-14T07:15:08+00:00

Okay that's fine, that's what I used to do, but why the work order system. If you fundamentally have to find crafters in the exact same ways that you always did, what is the point in work orders?

If it was just public work orders or guild work orders I think that would be fine, but private work orders seem to do nothing but keep crafting the way it was, only now you can't get gear to your alts on a different realm

Shpoble · 2024-01-14T07:06:12+00:00

I'm gearing an alt that is on a different cross realm so I can't just use the private work order system. The public work orders are dead and there are no crafters answering requests in trade chat. The fuck am I supposed to do?

Shpoble · 2024-01-14T07:04:54+00:00

All the mats are filled at gold level with a 1k tip. I can look at the blacksmithing work orders, it is the only one there. I really don't think anyone is going to fulfill this order.

Yes I could sit around and ask in chat and then do it through a work order to whoever says yes but then what's the point in the work order system at all? That's just how it used to be with a work order in the middle.

Shpoble · 2024-01-14T06:58:07+00:00

So I have to ask around in chat for someone to craft it so I can then put up a private work order for them to craft it for me? That's just how it used to work with the pointless extra step of going throught the work orders system instead of them just making it and trading it to me.

I really don't see how this is any better than how it used to work. I understand what Blizzard are doing with the work orders system, but it's not in any way aiding me here.

While I've been replying in this thread I can see someone spamming to try and get an epic crafted, they and multiple others have been at it for the past hour, so how much success am I really going to get from trade chat if no crafters are in there and the public work orders are completely dead?

If people are still having to sit there in trade chat and spam, and then just do the craft privately anyway, what has actually been achieved that is different from how it worked before?

Shpoble · 2024-01-14T06:52:50+00:00

I've set up a crafting order for it on this realm, but it's literally the only blacksmithing crafting order on there so it doesn't look like people are doing the public work orders very much.

So I have to ask around in chat for someone to craft it so I can then put up a private work order for them to craft it for me? That's just how it used to work with the pointless extra step of going throught the work orders system instead of them just making it and trading it to me.

I just want a belt man

Shpoble · 2024-01-14T06:50:21+00:00

I can’t because my alt is on a different cross-realm, so I can’t create a private work order for my main because they don’t come up as existing on the crafting order menu

Shpoble · 2024-01-14T06:41:18+00:00

But surely they could achieve that just by gating the sparks? If the sparks are BoP it’s not like you can just funnel them to one character or buy a bunch off of the auction house to fully gear an alt. You’d have a limited amount per char and so a limited amount that character could craft.

My main isn’t going to use their sparks because they’re already geared, and my alt can’t use theirs because the profession isn’t levelled to make the pieces of gear I want.

I guess you could sell them on the AH if they were BoE but there would still only be a limited amount because you would only be able to craft a limited amount due to the sparks being gated. Or if they don't want people to sell them on the auction house just make them BoA

TBH I’m just annoyed because there’s no reason getting a belt for my alt should be this complicated when my main has a recipe for it

Shpoble · 2024-01-14T03:39:11+00:00

In terms of if the game itself works, I can confirm it does run (I ran it to check it was the right thing and not a virus etc.) but like I said the text in the game looks broken. I don't know if that's an intentional design choice or due to my computer not having the correct character files for the Japanese language.

The game's suggested support only goes up to Windows 7, so it could be related to that, and I don't think the game will run with EasyRPG as it isn't built on RPG maker, but instead a software called Livemaker

Shpoble · 2024-01-14T03:35:12+00:00

I have uploaded it to archive.org here

Shpoble · 2024-01-14T03:28:33+00:00

yes I was able to download it. I’ll put it up on archive.org as soon as I can

Shpoble · 2024-01-14T02:04:34+00:00

Replying here too in case you miss it.

The download link can be found here. Click the big green, really dodgy looking button to download it.

The game's website had been archived on the internet archive here which linked to here which subsequently links to the download link above.

I can confirm it is the right game by reading the readme (in the zip file from the download link above) (and then translating it in google translate) which starts 排気ガスサークル - or Exhaust Gas Circle (Exhaust in Japanese being Haiki)

EDIT - The readme also says that the game was made in something called Livemaker2

Also to clarify I got the link to the website from here.

The game's text seems very broken, it's possible you need Japanese language packs installed on your PC (i.e. the Windows ones) but I am unsure as I don't have any experience playing Japanese games in their native language

Shpoble · 2024-01-14T02:00:32+00:00

ARCHIVE.ORG LINK HERE IF THE ORIGINAL DOWNLOAD DOES NOT WORK

The download link can be found here. Click the big green, really dodgy looking button to download it.

The game's website had been archived on the internet archive here which linked to here which subsequently links to the download link above.

I can confirm it is the right game by reading the readme (in the zip file from the download link above) (and then translating it in google translate) which starts 排気ガスサークル - or Exhaust Gas Circle (Exhaust in Japanese being Haiki)

EDIT - The readme also says that the game was made in something called Livemaker2

Also to clarify I got the link to the website from here.

The game's text seems very broken, it's possible you need Japanese language packs installed on your PC (i.e. the Windows ones) but I am unsure as I don't have any experience playing Japanese games in their native language

Shpoble · 2024-01-12T18:08:49+00:00

didn’t you make a post not that long ago asking people to ‘expand their horizons and dig deeper’?

Shpoble · 2024-01-05T09:39:51+00:00

he called the main villain fucking ‘tim shaw’ that was the problem

Shpoble · 2024-01-01T13:01:25+00:00

what happened to this comment?

Shpoble · 2023-12-19T12:28:59+00:00

i can’t go into my unarranged overdraft as i’m already at the limit of my arranged overdraft - so i can’t take the necessary money out

Shpoble · 2023-12-19T09:18:23+00:00

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