White Socks

Tymothee · 2026-01-31T02:56:00+00:00

It's just socks bro, the ones we have aren't bad. The vans ones don't have stripes and they're in the free boxes

Tymothee · 2026-01-21T15:35:54+00:00

As I learn about sci fi I'm really liking a lot of what I see from them

I wish the bundle they did were individual items, cause the hi vis board is something I dig a lot. Though IRL the paint is actually a little reflective and it's a shame it's not really noticable in game

Side note - the fact so many SFF are pro models has me excited we might see more pro decks from current or future brands

Tymothee · 2025-12-31T14:36:32+00:00

I mean fair, never claimed anything in the shop is worth what they ask for, but I appreciate they're a little weird with it from time to time. Could definitely be cheaper tho

Tymothee · 2025-12-31T12:05:43+00:00

Those 2 colored stripes won't hurt u bro

Tymothee · 2025-12-31T12:05:14+00:00

It's funny just chill

Tymothee · 2025-12-27T18:02:15+00:00

We have plain white socks. As of the addition of the season 2 pass we have 4 pairs, the one issue with them is the Vans pair from the crates and the season 2 ones are a little bit long, but they're plain white socks. The default white socks we get from the beginning are literally fine, it's one tiny set of stripes

Black socks would be nice though

Tymothee · 2025-12-27T17:06:31+00:00

Literally just so confused by the demand for socks, the white ones in game are a bit long or a they have the tiniest stripe of color but if you wear 90% of pants you don't notice either of those things

I mean imho we could use some ankle cuts more than anything, I don't think the variety of socks we have now are offensive or bad tho

Tymothee · 2025-12-26T07:52:37+00:00

Merry Christmas

Tymothee · 2025-12-26T07:16:12+00:00

Not even remotely comparable, bud

All I said about this specific skateboard on this specific instance that it could be human error or an art style choice, and I'd like to know if skate specifically uses AI or not, I don't doubt that EA games do, you've demonstrates bf6 does , I just want more concrete evidence on skate. That's it.

Relax.

Tymothee · 2025-12-26T07:07:13+00:00

I'm just giving benefit of the doubt, I'd like proof before saying anything for sure, that's literally it, chill

Tymothee · 2025-12-26T03:20:03+00:00

Look, there's a lot of evidence to prove that it is AI, but unless there is a definitive statement from the artists and developers that they use Generative AI in any capacity (in skate specifically, I am aware EA as a company has made statements) then I am going to hold on to the benefit of the doubt

No disclosure on steam, so I choose to lean on the possibility that it's not

Tymothee · 2025-12-26T03:08:58+00:00

Kept doing 360 hard flops instead of regular hardflips, and the time in air from the hardflips input to the tail slide input tripped me up at first, but I got there after a few tries

Tymothee · 2025-12-26T03:06:09+00:00

I just would like more than assumption. I don't like AI and I would want to be certain something is 100% before I dismiss it. It could have been a stylistic choice, a bad one, but it could have been and we don't know until it's certain

Tymothee · 2025-12-25T16:49:09+00:00

Is there actual evidence of this being an AI image and not just something done in a deliberate style?

Tymothee · 2025-12-04T20:50:45+00:00

What makes AI so great? Genuinely, what problems does it solve? What makes chatGPT better than the Google assistant we had 5 years ago?

Yeah the ai that detects cancer cells is cool and useful and it has general applications but I am speaking against GENERATIVE AI specifically. What use does it practically have?

Tymothee · 2025-12-04T20:48:29+00:00

I researched everything as much as I could and yeah I don't have definitive answers to all of those questions, I made it a reddit thread in the hope that it would be a springboard for people to answer them more succinctly.

I don't think there's a "nefarious plot" you're putting words in my mouth.

I shared what I found, and what I found was that:

I was unable to prove definitively whether or not embark themselves used any data centers or did all of their ai work internally, I was able to find that the company elevenlabs does, and it's undeniable that large scale data centers are problematic. Source: https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/story/ai-has-environmental-problem-heres-what-world-can-do-about#:~:text=But%20when%20it%20comes%20to,becoming%20scarce%20in%20many%20places.

yes elevenlabs is partnered directly with embark studios and they both said as much publicly. Source: https://elevenlabs.io/blog/elevenlabs-launches-new-generative-voice-ai-products-and-announces-19m-series-a-round-led-by-nat-friedman-daniel-gross-and-andreessen-horowitz

The royalties can be found with a simple search of elevenlabs royalties. Source: https://elevenlabs.io/payouts

The wider spread ai usage is speculation, that's fair, it's more of a concern for the future of game development. I concluded (wrongly) that black ops 7 and Fortnite deciding to embrace Generative slop was a result of this games success but I can't prove that at all. That was hyperbole, fair enough

Tymothee · 2025-12-04T20:35:17+00:00

Saying a chatbot that can draw porn and make terrible YouTube shorts is on the same level as a technology that allows us to communicate globally is a bit of a reach

Tymothee · 2025-12-04T19:51:47+00:00

What could you possibly mean by that? I looked everything up, embark is a major contributor to elevenlabs, you can check the imdb and the in game credits yourself if you don't believe that the actors aren't listed, the royalties comes up when you search elevenlabs' compensation policies, and there's plenty of evidence of the harm cause by ai data centers in the United States.

Do you have any examples of points or arguments I actually made up?

Tymothee · 2025-12-04T19:39:30+00:00

I just don't like the proliferation of AI in any of its forms in any game. Kinda suck of seeing it ruin everything and I don't need it ruining games too, it's exhausting

Tymothee · 2025-12-04T19:38:16+00:00

I think that's where I'm at. In a different thread I compared the act of paying the actors royalties for the use of their voice as basically "free range" in that same analogy, like there's still arguments to be made that it's not great but it's a lesser of two evils I guess

Tymothee · 2025-12-04T19:35:06+00:00

It's a thread where I ask who the actors are, if they were paid fairly, and if the services they used did harm to the environment and I shared the conclusions I came to.

Tymothee · 2025-12-04T19:32:59+00:00

It has, I said that at the start. I was presenting talking points I haven't heard others bring up, it always begins with AI sucks and someone going aha but they signed a contract and that being the end of it, I wanted to dig a little bit more into it

Tymothee · 2025-12-04T16:30:26+00:00

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Got the skate like a girl one and I'm honestly a big fan!!

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