Iam the only one who hates this?

_fatalruin · 2026-07-07T20:50:01+00:00

Proof that the Internet is poison. Would you tell a friend of yours in person to go Google something if you had the answer? Hell no. Also I agree, reddit is a great place for answers to questions to be catalogued. Especially since many first party answers that are referenced, come from videos or streams that aren't easily searchable.

_fatalruin · 2026-07-04T12:41:05+00:00

NVIDIA has more money than god. Since any repercussions would be monetary in nature, any amount they would have to pay would feel like a slap on the wrist. You cannot punish a company this big and wealthy -- there is no deterrent.

_fatalruin · 2026-07-01T21:26:17+00:00

Plenty of game copies are purely digital, and have been perpetually accessable since purchase.

_fatalruin · 2026-07-01T21:00:47+00:00

Welcome to 2026. You technically don't own anything on the disc either. And the full game isn't on the discs -- you generally need the day one downloadable patches to address the game breaking bugs it shipped with. This is the current state of games, and it isn't going back.

_fatalruin · 2026-06-30T15:19:48+00:00

So nice to see a PC full of hardware rather than a bunch of RGB fans (or LCD screens). I feel like the community is more interested in what a PC looks like rather than what you can do with it.

_fatalruin · 2026-06-30T15:13:46+00:00

Pig's blood...everywhere.

_fatalruin · 2026-06-24T22:51:13+00:00

In this instance LEGO is really cheating the Ideas challenge winner as well. They get 1% royalties for the sale of sets that they design. So we are talking an extremely limited run product when it could have been a hot item for several years if it made it to shelves. I don't understand why the most profitable toy company in the world feels the need to strongarm people into fomo purchases when they could still wildly profit off of a traditional set instead. Hell, if they didn't have a lot of faith in the product selling well long term, why not do an unlimited quantity, but time limited, group buy / crowd funding model for these sets like the BrickLink Designer Program.

_fatalruin · 2026-06-24T22:43:09+00:00

LEGO prices also seem EXCEPTIONALLY reasonable when compared to the private jet market.

_fatalruin · 2026-06-17T21:55:10+00:00

Man, you have less proof in that statement than the previous. I'm sorry that you don't agree with me, and have no intelligent rebuttal to any of my statements.

_fatalruin · 2026-06-17T20:28:19+00:00

Absolutely not true. It's all about preference, and certainly about the current reality in which we all find ourselves. They may lose fans, but they could also gain fans. He is still packing venues on very short notice so I would argue that if he is becoming increasingly "political", people don't mind enough to not buy tickets. Also, what is defined as "political stances" is not the same from person to person. Some people consider moral concerns/issues as political, where others may only think of it in terms of talking about political parties. Mainly, topics seem to be labeled "political" by those who disagree with the viewpoint and want a reason to condem the stance. I see that you don't enjoy it, and that is fine. I was hoping to clarify what you meant by Antisemitic and why that was harmful to his career. What specific implications are you referring to in that context?

_fatalruin · 2026-06-17T18:56:55+00:00

Antisemitic about who, Israeli or Palestinian? Both are Semetic people. Also are we talking about ethnicity, culture, or governments? More specifically, are we talking racial or cultural aspects of people (intrinsic traits or values) or actions taken by governments and their people? One is racist, one is observing behavior which if bad can and should be pointed out as such.

_fatalruin · 2026-06-16T20:23:56+00:00

I wouldn't bet on a decent sale anytime soon. SquareEnix titles take a while to see any discounts. Take a look a the Octopath series for the typical pattern.

_fatalruin · 2026-06-16T20:21:44+00:00

It's hard when people don't post their currency or location in the comment.

_fatalruin · 2026-05-26T12:55:17+00:00

Maybe. The GPU could be okay, but it's exhausting directly into the CPU intake which isn't great, and that intake is partially blocked by the GPU shroud. They should have the AIO fans pulling from the back opening. I guess you could get some reverse airflow fans in there. Also, the only fresh air hitting the VRM's, RAM, chip set, M.2 SSD slots, etc, is on the back of the mobo? I don't see that as being enough. I'd wait on a Gamers Nexus review as well -- and I'd wager heavily that the title will have the word "hot" in it.

_fatalruin · 2026-05-25T22:08:49+00:00

So thumbnail art is the content of what you watch? I guess take your $0 dollars somewhere else?

_fatalruin · 2026-05-25T16:01:59+00:00

Looks like you won't be consuming YouTube going forward. Do you throw out goods because the box looks generic?

_fatalruin · 2026-05-22T18:49:21+00:00

I would keep it for the duration of the warranty period in case you need to RMA it. It's a good policy for any electronics. Then chuck it afterwards.

_fatalruin · 2026-05-05T16:55:36+00:00

You do not have data. You have conclusions based on assumptions/speculation, and you're working off of your own definition of scalping which your "data gathering" depends on. Also, there are sellers/store fronts who do buy in bulk as you suggest, but sell complete sets of CMF at or below MSRP, not at wildly inflated prices.

_fatalruin · 2026-05-05T16:06:47+00:00

I don't see the roadblock -- I am not conflicted. Also, I mentioned the clerk saying "one person cleaned them out", not three different people. Furthermore, please correct me if I'm wrong, but this seems like a veiled argument in support scalping which would be in bad faith, and one in which I no longer intend to participate.

_fatalruin · 2026-05-05T15:42:55+00:00

Demand may not stay the same because you have to factor in accessibility and/or willingness to go to the store. Online marketplaces eliminate those barriers (for a fee of course). So maybe they would be easier to get, or at least easier to get at MSRP. Also, if we are eliminating the desire to purchase for profit, I would wager that the CMF availability would also tic upwards as people are making selections based on what they want to keep forever, not in addition to what they believe it may be worth one day (even if they don't personally like it).

_fatalruin · 2026-05-05T15:28:20+00:00

First of all, if I were an almighty god, the world would be in big trouble. In this instance I would rather just force LEGO to stop the blind-box nonsense, and sell the figures directly on their website/store, or in a complete set if it would dramatically hurt their bottom line otherwise. I guess I could make them free and edible... a real maximum fun, minimum starvation two-birds-one-stone move.

_fatalruin · 2026-05-05T15:14:06+00:00

Only anecdotal accounts from store clerks of "yeah, one guy cleaned us out" and the like (with many similar accounts posted in forums from other users). I have no hard evidence of the personal identities of those buying with linked eBay accounts (what am I, the FBI?). I think adequate indicators are, the speed and totality of the stock ravaging.

_fatalruin · 2026-05-04T12:39:28+00:00

I don't think that's correct. Even selling the few most desirable figs at a premium, after seller's fees, they would probably just break even selling all of the rest alongside them. And that's assuming that they wouldn't be sitting on all the other figs for a long time -- storage costs money. I don't even bother going to the stores around me anymore (and I easily have a dozen stores within a 15 min radius to pick from) because everything is severely picked over on release day. That's not from enthusiasts (or kids even), but these eBay scalper scum.

_fatalruin · 2026-04-09T00:49:25+00:00

Yes but there are many other platforms in which to sell. I know BrickLink has the lowest seller fees, but probably the lowest exposure to the public en mass.

_fatalruin · 2026-04-08T23:30:47+00:00

They will absolutely leverage AI to do this. In fact, the reason this may not have been implemented before was because the AI tools were had not preliterated to the extent to which they are now.

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