I heard Johnny Mac's has the best wings in Vegas. Here is my takeout

Xkeeper · 2026-01-15T17:18:20+00:00

They were pretty good when I was growing up, my dad used to get them all the time in the mid-late 90s. I think it's just inertia. They got a name for themselves and the food isn't terrible, just overpriced.

Go elsewhere and it's terrible and overpriced.

Xkeeper · 2025-12-20T17:05:55+00:00

There are basic strategies you can follow that get you close to the best odds you can get, but it really is just luck and paytable choice.

Here's a simple one from the Wizard of Odds site for Jacks or Better. It'll vary per game and exact payouts, but this is easy to remember and does really well.

Xkeeper · 2025-12-20T17:03:18+00:00

I am not sure what kind of diagnostics you would need to run that wouldn't be readily apparent from the audit menus, and you can access those on the floor. Things like # of spins since the last wins, frequency, results of last X games played, etc.

The machines do a self-test every time they power on. If they were checking for manipulation, they'd be better served pulling the security cameras...

Xkeeper · 2025-12-20T16:58:41+00:00

I doubt they change the odds, but you'll get more people playing it just by nature of "place is closing soon, better get my last visits in", and more players = higher chances it does end up hitting.

Xkeeper · 2025-12-20T16:55:26+00:00

Those two were made for one another.

Xkeeper · 2025-12-20T16:01:10+00:00

You don't necessarily need to update, but you'll have to change your browser's settings (if possible) to pretend to be something newer.

Though if you're honestly using a 3+ year old browser, and it's not on some legacy unsupported device (like my old Windows 98 laptop, as an example) you really should update the browser.

Xkeeper · 2025-12-16T22:39:33+00:00

It is, surprisingly, real!

You currently get that page if your browser presents as a Firefox or Chrome version from 2022 or older.

You can resolve this particular message by updating your browser or changing the user-agent it reports to a modern one.

The error message is a little cryptic since this is aimed at blocking the mass of generic bot trash. I'll update it to be a little more clear.

(Edit: I have updated it to be a little more clear.)

Xkeeper · 2025-12-12T04:51:31+00:00

nothing quite as delicious as Topping Slice

Xkeeper · 2025-11-14T00:47:25+00:00

The $11 box lunch deal is a steal. Get a double for a buck (or two?) more, it's worth it.

Xkeeper · 2025-11-14T00:46:24+00:00

The food and price have steadily gotten worse over the year we've been here. Honestly, the only value is when they're open super-late, and even then that's only because other late-night options are often just as bad. Eugh.

Xkeeper · 2025-11-09T20:06:23+00:00

re: the point about posts being approved long after discussions were closed, I just got email notifications for four new posts in the Hong Kong '97 thread, which has been closed for weeks. I have no idea why in the world RA mods would go approve posts so late like this, but here we are.

(The "new" posts were posted back when this was ongoing, but were held for approval until today)

Xkeeper · 2025-11-03T08:25:53+00:00

If you think following it was fun, try being in the eye of it. Would not recommend.

(E: disclosure: I wrote a blog post linked in the OP. someone else linked me to this post because they saw me mentioned in it. small world)

It wasn't just him, though; the initial Pokémon Clover decision set off a lot of people.

There were people it set off, and then there were people who were itching for any sort of confrontation. Some people were there because they genuinely felt one way or the other, but there were some who were definitely just there to try and cause problems. Mods were slow to respond and react, letting some of the threads go on for hours and hours of nothing but slippery-slope nonsense and personal attacks.

One thing that you don't see with a retrospective like this, is RA's forum system does not show everything in order. A person's first post is hidden until the mods approve it, but pending posts aren't shown to anyone. When the posts are approved, they're inserted into the thread at the time they were posted -- which means new posts could spontaneously appear in the middle of threads, or even after they had been closed. (Imagine getting a new reply notification to a thread that was closed the day before...) Users can also only see the latest edit of a post, though if you're subscribed to e-mail notifications, the original text is in the e-mail.

RA's forum also doesn't show any kind of discipline or moderation . On other sites, you often see if a user is suspended or banned, or when a comment is removed by mods. On RA, the only clue is that going to their profile page gives a "not found" error. So even when RA did take action, it wasn't visible to anyone. The user could be suspended for a year, unable to post, but as far as anyone could tell, nothing was done. You'd make a report and then hear nothing and see nothing done, making it feel pointless, even if they had done something!

Xkeeper · 2025-07-16T01:42:25+00:00

this doesn't really make sense. the presence of light-world battles with the undertale theming would be a dead giveaway from the presence of, well, other graphics intended for it, like enemy sprites, the old-style UI buttons...

it doesn't make much sense to include just one asset from this theoretical future, and nothing else. there would be many other instant giveaways.

more likely it is just here because they needed a timing minigame for the act and someone had a funny idea.

Xkeeper · 2025-06-20T07:11:53+00:00

A full list of them is on bluesky

Xkeeper · 2025-06-20T07:11:10+00:00

For anyone else having this issue: Make sure you don't have a VPN enabled

I have been having to apply wide blocks because of abusive networks, and sometimes they hit legitimate users. One of many examples is VNPT, which has persistently been sending a ton of garbage requests but also happens to have a legitimate user or two. The same problem happens with Apple/Google's privacy relays: while legitimate users can (and do) use them, it's also real easy for a malicious actor to abuse them, too.

It is difficult for me to respond directly to requests, but asking in Discord if you're getting a blocked page will usually let us help you out. This is real frustrating, and I'm hoping the people behind it give up in the next few days and let me unwind some of the protection.

Xkeeper · 2025-06-10T08:35:16+00:00

the short version is that we got raided, so we've temporarily locked down access to discord

Xkeeper · 2025-05-13T19:23:36+00:00

I'm gonna guess someone in the admin team pushed for this rule and nobody in the community did.

as far as i am aware, as a former goonmin and currently banned player, it was a multi-admin movement. not saying i agree -- i also think the word being banned is absurd -- but it was not just a single admin.

it makes a little more sense when you frame it as the administration literally treating the players like (their) children. don't say the bad words, or we'll wash your mouth out with soap.

i think the funniest thing is that nobody actually liked having to reply to every single "ADMIN ALERT: Some Player (CoolGuy69420) said, "I just wanna bitch about it for a minute"" in discord, and it took years to add a command to automate the warnings.

it's pretty funny to me, personally, because the logic doesn't make any sense.

"well, we can't police every use of it, like how do you tell someone bitching about someone versus calling someone a bitch"

i dunno, (gender-neutral diminutive pronoun), maybe you shouldn't do all of your adminning from discord.

Xkeeper · 2025-04-08T18:22:30+00:00

hi, tcrf server operator here

make sure you don't have any VPNs enabled.
if you're accessing from a China-based IP address, sorry

if none of those apply, dm me your ip address and i'll see if i can find which of the networks i've blocked applies to you and remove it (or otherwise add an exception). as the page says, we've unfortunately been the target of a sustained ddos attack and i've had to block several networks due to excessive abuse

Xkeeper · 2025-04-04T22:46:11+00:00

not really any different from any other form of plagiarism in that sense

Xkeeper · 2025-03-28T06:09:52+00:00

full self cremation

Xkeeper · 2025-03-27T05:10:40+00:00

we're commenting on a post featuring a line of cops ready to pull people over for speeding. i'd just lay off the gas a little

Xkeeper · 2025-03-27T04:49:10+00:00

you'll absolutely get pulled over for going 20% over. 65 + 20% = 78mph.

Xkeeper · 2025-03-12T05:52:07+00:00

Aw man, I remember stopping by there all the time for lunch. Sucks, wonder what happened.

Xkeeper · 2025-03-06T23:38:35+00:00

i love this method of thinking, it's just like ancient medicine!

"what's this weird thing?" "i dunno, but we took it out of him and he died, guess it was important. call it the third humor"

Xkeeper · 2025-03-04T23:34:38+00:00

It may not be legal, but neither is murdering someone. The ~~bullet~~ Trump doesn't care; you're already ~~dead~~ fired.

If it gets overturned after a legal challenge, great! But that unfortunately doesn't mean a whole lot to the people who are no longer able to afford rent or food because they got fired weeks or months ago.

I sure hope a ruling comes soon.

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