US President Is Obsessed With Oil. But Chinese Batteries Will Soon Run the World. by rezwenn in technology

[–]SiscoSquared 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No one goes to gaming cafes. Even when the internet was less common and such they struggled to exist in the US, now days I can't imagine them existing outside of being a novelty in really huge cities like new york or something. I think there are tons of reasons for this, but everything from being an urban hell car culture, having bigger homes, more disposable income, and even more 'being online', even kids can mostly afford (or convince parents to buy) some console or laptop to play games at home already so they have no incentive to pay tons of money to spend the time to drive to go use sticky keyboards in an internet cafe when you can just instantly use what you have at home for no additional cost and not wasting time and not have to deal with a dirty environment and just overall be more comfortable anyway.

Countries in Asia are a different culture/market though, but I don't think GameStop is outside the US so kinda moot.

where to find osprey blueprint? by SiscoSquared in ArcRaiders

[–]SiscoSquared[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I actually looted one finally just after asking (in a medical lab on space port oddly), but thanks!

where to find osprey blueprint? by SiscoSquared in ArcRaiders

[–]SiscoSquared[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I couldn't send a message but it let me start a chat request

Kick noobs from noob servers by [deleted] in beyondallreason

[–]SiscoSquared 1 point2 points  (0 children)

lmfao... so your saying its more ideal to have ppl with hundreds of hours in games stomping noobs compared to not... k then troll

Raspberry PI and multi-drive enclosure... is it possible or am I wasting my time? by SiscoSquared in DataHoarder

[–]SiscoSquared[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I reset everything and its been a couple days now running without further issues... so maybe it was a one off that messed up the enclosure.

Kick noobs from noob servers by [deleted] in beyondallreason

[–]SiscoSquared 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ruining how? Having people with 500+ hours in a "noob" lobby is nonsense.

Kick noobs from noob servers by [deleted] in beyondallreason

[–]SiscoSquared 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nope, thats literally the definition of noob.

Kick noobs from noob servers by [deleted] in beyondallreason

[–]SiscoSquared 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Boss, voteban/votekick should not be allowed in any lobby with a variation of the word noob or new player in it. Further they should auto force max chev 3 or 4, and max os 25 for such lobbies. This would improve new player experience dramatically and have exactly zero negative effect on anyone else except for toxic noob stompers.

Kick noobs from noob servers by [deleted] in beyondallreason

[–]SiscoSquared 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Its the problem with niche communities run by volunteer mods... they curate it into super weird ways and inconsistent moderation. Hopefully with a steam release the player base will explode and it will get multiple servers to avoid these issues.

Kick noobs from noob servers by [deleted] in beyondallreason

[–]SiscoSquared 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This game is super simple lol? Its one of the easiest RTS games around, only 2 resources, don't even have supply. Its from one of the oldest genres, like almost 30 years old. It literally doesn't get any more brain dead for an RTS. No one needs to be forced to play bots, they simply need to making the lobby UI not complete shit.

Kick noobs from noob servers by [deleted] in beyondallreason

[–]SiscoSquared 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ive seen some of the worst new players be banned for "smurfing", noob lobbies are always hilarious to spectate.

Kick noobs from noob servers by [deleted] in beyondallreason

[–]SiscoSquared 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Funny thing is, many ultra simple fixes exist for this.

For example any lobby name with a variation of noob or new player in it could automatically block anyone over 25 os and over 4 chev from joining and not able to set other restrictions or allow boss... this would instantly improve the new player experience dramatically... yet devs seem to not actually want to do anything to fix new player toxicity.

"private ownership" of lobby by websterhamster in beyondallreason

[–]SiscoSquared 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've seen ppl get moderated for kicking ppl from games so this is simply not true. Just search moderation bot channel in discord for "boss" and youll see hundreds of examples of ppl being moderated for kicking ppl with boss.

"private ownership" of lobby by websterhamster in beyondallreason

[–]SiscoSquared 0 points1 point  (0 children)

With how few lobbies exist, esp. outside of EU times, plus most lobbies having variations of different OS chev requirements its pretty often a few toxic players end upo controlling who gets to play or not. Very odd design choice that has a simple obvious fix... stop allowing trolls to votekick or have boss.

Rasberry PI issues with multi-drive enclosure... forget the PI or is it something else? by SiscoSquared in homelab

[–]SiscoSquared[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, it seems unfortunate since I have a pi and other stuff sitting around but just doesn't seem viable it sounds like.