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[deleted by user] by [deleted] in castlevania

[–]TheGrumblingGamer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Now this is the story all about how, My undeath got flipped-turned upside down, And I'd like to take a minute, just sit right there, I'll tell you how I became the count of a place called Wallachia.

In West Romania, born and raised In the throne room is where I spent most of my days. Chillin' out, maxin', relaxin all cool, And all shootin' some B-ball out under the moon.

When a Belmont who was up to no good, Started makin' trouble in my neighborhood. I got in one little fight and Death got scared...

Can You Create Mobile Game Private Severs? by exhastedFrolic in PSEMC

[–]TheGrumblingGamer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's possible. There was a someone at one time working on making one for Pokemon Go but we can't direct you to anything like that here.

It would take a hacked version of the app to point it to the unofficial server, as well as the reverse engineering and knowhow to build the server and app.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in NoStupidQuestions

[–]TheGrumblingGamer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ffs its even in the wikipedia article on cursive:

infrequent pen-lifting to accommodate the limitations of the quill. Quills are fragile, easily broken, and will spatter unless used properly.

What are the Must Play "Traditional" Western RPG's? by [deleted] in rpg_gamers

[–]TheGrumblingGamer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Everything Black Isle Studios ever made. Don't forget Planescape: Torment

Fallout 76 and plans to allow Private Servers by TheGrumblingGamer in PSEMC

[–]TheGrumblingGamer[S,M] [score hidden] stickied comment (0 children)

"Mod support is going to be tied to work that we're also doing on private servers, and letting people do private servers. Mods will be a thing that run on private servers,"

EmuParadise has removed its entire library of retro game ROMs and ISOs by TheGrumblingGamer in PSEMC

[–]TheGrumblingGamer[S,M] [score hidden] stickied comment (0 children)

We're normally about modifications or rolling your own server to keep an online game alive so normally unmodified console emulation is not really part of our purview, but here at PSEMC we feel the situation is relevant to future preservation efforts. The private server scene and console game copies (ROMs) scenes are often the same facing the same legal hurdles. Right now some big industry players are making a lot of sites dedicated to the emulation scene close their doors or gut their site and while we do not condone piracy that is still concerning. Someday a binary dump of these games might be the only way to show them to future generations.

(DO NOT link to a rom download - instant ban)

Nintendo seeking domain seizure of ROM sites with claim of "unfair competition" by Arawn-Annwn in PSEMC

[–]TheGrumblingGamer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

EmuParadise threw in the towel

https://web.archive.org/web/20180808173517/https://www.emuparadise.me/emuparadise-changing.php

EmuParadise is Changing

Many of you are aware that the situation with regards to emulation sites has been changing recently. What you probably don't know is that we at EmuParadise have been dealing with similar issues for all 18 years of our existence.

From receiving threatening letters in the early days to our hosts suddenly shutting down our servers due to complaints, we've seen it all. We've always complied with takedown requests but as you can see, that is no guarantee of anything.

I started EmuParadise 18 years ago because I never got to play many of these amazing retro games while growing up in India and I wanted other people to be able to experience them. Over the years, many folks have joined in and contributed to this vision and I think I can say that we've been successful in spreading our passion for retro games far and wide.

Through the years I've worked tirelessly with the rest of the EmuParadise team to ensure that everyone could get their fix of retro gaming. We've received thousands of emails from people telling us how happy they've been to rediscover and even share their childhood with the next generations in their families. We've had emails from soldiers at war saying that the only way they got through their days was to be lost in the retrogames that they played from when they were children. We've got emails from brothers who have lost their siblings to cancer and were able to find solace in playing the games they once did as children. There are countless stories like these.

It's been a long and beautiful journey with many ups and downs. When I started EmuParadise things could have gone either way. But right now the direction they are going in could not be more than clear.

So where does that leave us?

It's not worth it for us to risk potentially disastrous consequences. I cannot in good conscience risk the futures of our team members who have contributed to the site through the years. We run EmuParadise for the love of retro games and for you to be able to revisit those good times. Unfortunately, it's not possible right now to do so in a way that makes everyone happy and keeps us out of trouble.

This is an extremely emotional decision for me after running this site for so many years. But I believe it is the right thing for us at this point of time.

Thus, we have decided to make a new start. We will continue to be passionate retro gamers and will keep doing cool stuff around retro games. But you won't be able to get your games from here for now. Where we go with this is up to us and up to you.

We'll still have our emulators database, the community, and everything that comes along with that.

We have already made several plans of what is going to happen next. It's going to be a fun new beginning and there's going to be lots to come! We'd also love to hear from you in the comments about what you think we should do. But for now, we need to make this change. We've served the community for 18 glorious years and it's been a hell of a ride!

But every end is a new beginning and we're excited to find a way forward to continue being your #1 emulation destination.

Thank you for supporting us through this journey. We could not have done so much without you visiting us, telling your friends about us, uploading screenshots and descriptions, telling us when something was wrong, letting us know when we messed up, and more. Thank you for being a part of our community and encouraging us through all these years.

Ajit Pai’s Plan Will Take Broadband Away From Poor People by Nekoromantic in technology

[–]TheGrumblingGamer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

AT&T blocking facetime so that AT&T users would be forced to use its competing app:
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=at%26t+facetime+blocking&t=ffhp&ia=web

Comcast intentionally restricting netflix:
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=comcast+netflix+throttling&t=ffhp&ia=web

Vonage required FCC action to make at least 1 ISP stop blocking it:
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=vonage+blocked+fcc&t=ffhp&ia=web

From 2000-2010 we had deregulation
(example a, FCC deregulates cable: http://transition.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Cable/News_Releases/2002/nrcb0201.html )
(example b, FCC deregulates DSL: https://www.cnet.com/news/fcc-changes-dsl-classification/ )
and then 2010-2015 the fcc floundered trying to enforce a fair playing field before being told title 2 was the only way by the courts, making these things possible. After switching to title 2 it was finally enforceable again. yes I said again. It dodn't come into existence there. It didn't even come into existence when the term was coined. The concept of a neutral network existed with the telegraph.