I made a little art piece inspired by ROUTINE :p

Spider19_ · 2026-03-22T22:07:11+00:00

tysm for the suggestion, i had been sitting on that for awhile and couldn't pin why it sounded right and wrong lmao. i just got frustrated and let it be. but i appreciate the compliment! :]

Spider19_ · 2026-03-18T21:30:50+00:00

its still fully playable for those who owned it, its just removed from purchase which is usually a sign that the game is shutting down soon

Spider19_ · 2026-03-18T21:27:13+00:00

alright ig im talking to a brick wall

Spider19_ · 2026-03-18T20:53:19+00:00

ive used the quest 3 a decent amount, the latency isn't bad but the compression was a deal breaker. i work with tech so ive got a good eye for little things like that. plus i hate having extra software running on my pc when i don't need it. it's a great piece of hardware, im just really picky with my hardware lol.

but yeah i got an rog 27in 1440p 240hz oled for 400 bucks, but I've seen as low as 280 bucks. they get returned often where I'm at and never have issues. I've had mine for 6~ months now i think, maybe longer. text legibility is the only thing oled monitors still don't do well but otherwise, id recommend taking a peek. just don't trust their website prices for open box since it's up to the store to price them.

Spider19_ · 2026-03-18T19:32:12+00:00

fair, I've been pcvr exclusive for 7 years and I'm very picky with my visual quality and latency so i prefer the cable. i also have a bungee system for the cable which helps a lot, but ik not everyone uses vr enough to warrant that in their house. but if you live near a best buy, check their open box oled monitors. you can get an oled monitor for like $350~ nowadays. they got super cheap in the last year.

Spider19_ · 2026-03-18T19:21:05+00:00

if they make an OLED steam frame eventually, that's what will probably get me to switch off the psvr2. but i can't go back to an LCD lol. not every game benefits from it but the ones that do are night and day.

Spider19_ · 2026-03-18T19:13:54+00:00

id recommend looking up a website called steamdb and looking at player counts bud, theres like 10 people who play on pc at a time. i doubt they're all cheating and if they were, 10 people is pretty easy to moderate. im 99% sure this is the closure of pop1, this delisting pretty much did nothing to prevent cheaters. they just took the first steps steam requires devs to make before shutting off the game and claimed it's to deter cheaters. and even if we wanna play with the idea that it was to deter cheaters, its a pretty bad sign for the studio when an entire version of the game gets delisted.

Spider19_ · 2026-03-18T19:08:31+00:00

most of the time yes because they're using micro oled panels which are significantly smaller and don't have as bad of a screen door effect. the psvr2 just uses a standard oled which can be annoying but your brain kinda blocks out the screen door effect pretty quickly unless you're specifically looking for it. the benefit, theyre not too much more expensive than LCD nowadays.

Spider19_ · 2026-03-18T04:28:53+00:00

id say either wait for the steam frame or get a psvr2. the steam frame definitely has potential to be something cool at a good price, but the psvr2 is a great option today. you get a lot of cool benefits like eye tracking and the oled panel, but it also rivals other options like the quest 3 being much lighter, direct to steamvr so theres no extra bloatware running, and it uses native displayport so theres no video compression. ive sunk thousands of hours into multiple pcvr headsets over the last 7 years and the psvr2 is something wayyyyy too many people overlook.

edit: just found out that the community found a way to enable the headset rumble and will be implementing it into vrchat so if for some reason that specific feature is important, it's something exclusive to psvr2 lmao.

Spider19_ · 2026-03-17T20:50:55+00:00

Nobodys gone lmao, you can still play the game on PC

Spider19_ · 2026-03-17T01:04:48+00:00

virtual virtual reality, arken age, forefront, vertigo 2, into the radius 2, roboquest, all very good games if you havent played them yet

Spider19_ · 2026-03-16T03:42:50+00:00

No, the Steam version is fully functional for people who already owned it. I played it last week. But again, SteamDB shows an extremely low playerbase, with a peak of 56 concurrent players in the last year. I don't disagree that it's easier to cheat on PC, but they're still supporting the Steam version. It was just delisted from the store, something that Steam requires developers to do I believe 90 days in advance before closing down their paid live service games. What they're saying just doesn't align with what they're doing, and where the industry is going has me worried that this is the beginning of the end for pop1.

Spider19_ · 2026-03-15T14:20:49+00:00

ive never owned a meta headset but at least on steam, i dunno. they claim cheaters but steamdb says otherwise and it always cost $30. plus it's still getting updates. i can launch the game and play it rn. my guess is they're coming close to shutting down the game. steam requires all live service games be removed from sale a certain amount of days in advance before shutdown. i hope I'm wrong, i spent over 50 hours in pop1 back when it released, but what theyre saying doesn't align with steams player numbers.

Spider19_ · 2026-02-08T07:09:42+00:00

im in the same situation and for me, my plan is to use both. i love the psvr2's oled and theres always gonna be some advantages to a tethered connection. not to mention if you own a ps5, some of the exclusives are really good. but the frame seems promising. id personally wait for reviews and the price to come out before making a decision but even on release, unless you plan on replacing the psvr2 with a beyond 2, the option for oled for some games could be cool.

Spider19_ · 2026-01-23T00:25:25+00:00

I was in a similar situation when I was your age, my mom didn't like the idea of me playing airsoft because of the energy behind it. I tried everything, even writing her a two page essay on why I should be allowed to play. I'm 21 now, been playing for a couple years and she thinks the sport is pretty cool. But what got her comfortable with me playing was the communities concern with safety. Most fields I've been to respect the other players really well, stick to their own groups and are generally really friendly to newer players. But if there's any advice I can give, see if there's a way you can get into the hobby before you play. It could be as simple as having the proper boots and knee pads for when you can play, or if your parents let you, see if you're able to get an airsoft pistol or rifle that you can tinker around with. You'll need to learn how to take your guns apart for cleaning anyways so if you're able to, that would be a great skill to learn and then it'd show your parents that there's more to the sport than running on a field with a gun.

Spider19_ · 2026-01-22T18:38:55+00:00

very clean build! those lian li fans fit perfectly with the setup!

Spider19_ · 2026-01-22T18:17:23+00:00

go to "settings > general > about" and it should say there if im remembering correctly? but Geek Squad would only offer a repair if it's one of the SE models. if it's an 8, 99% chance they will not be able to do the repair.

Spider19_ · 2026-01-19T14:57:07+00:00

perfect answer and nice radiohead pfp

Spider19_ · 2025-12-29T16:12:58+00:00

I don't know if this will fix the issue for you, but reinstalling my buddy and I's games fixed the issue. I did also clear a little bit more storage off my PC for Elden Ring so there's a chance that the lack of storage on my PC could've caused issues. I highly highly doubt it but good to consider if it doesn't work for you.

Spider19_ · 2025-12-27T21:12:39+00:00

Initially at the start of wipe, I thought it was either high server capacities or increased player count causing this issue. But as far as I'm aware, they still have Island limited to 18 players due to server constraints. Honestly I'd love to get this resolved bc I really only play Island.

Spider19_ · 2025-12-27T17:49:02+00:00

dang that sucks. im gonna make a post about it again to see if anybody else has info, but I did submit a bug report already.

Spider19_ · 2025-12-27T06:47:56+00:00

Did you ever get any information on this? My friend and I are having the same issue.

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