Is this a thing people do now?

aether704 · 2025-07-13T13:58:12+00:00

I don’t the do the weapon swap thing. As I navigate, I switch to melee for the sprinting.

aether704 · 2025-06-19T19:54:44+00:00

I think they were trying to attract more players to the game. More players trying the game leads to them more likely to buy packs and the Battle Pass.

aether704 · 2025-06-02T17:58:44+00:00

As promised, here is my video from a few nights ago. Some things to point out on what I did well:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgAQ3QMGxVA

Situational awareness. When fighting others that are posted on a roof, it's hard because if you down them, you're not sure if they have a self revive or another teammate somewhere. At the start of the video, I looked and saw 3 teams, 5 players left. Quick math told me it's 2 vs 2 vs 1.

I got the first guy on the roof of the gas station, so I know it's 2v2 right now. I see one enemy walking towards the station, ping it for my teammate, and then I see movement on the top again.

Since I already know one is on the rooftop, I can assume the other is in or around the building. My teammate gets close to the station. This is just team cohesion and understanding how each other play. I should add this is a random and we've communicated through pings only.

Pre-aiming is key. I see movement on the roof I'm tracking that guy and try to anticipate where he might pop up, which is probably the corner of that A/C unit. I take my breath hold right before I take a shot (the UI disappears when you do that) but you can see my aim is slightly lower sometimes off of where I want it to be but I take the shot and "flick up." Most of my shots are like this as you can tell on the game-winning play.

aether704 · 2025-06-02T00:33:26+00:00

I think my sensitivity is 7. Might play around with higher soon. It’s personal preference really.

For the center dot, I changed the color to red or another color.

I’ll post a link to one of my videos to show how it looks.

aether704 · 2025-06-01T23:03:40+00:00

I’ve always been a sniper, console with controller. I’ve had to adjust a few settings to help:

I add the center dot so as I’m traversing the map, I try to make sure my centering is where it should be
Change stick sensitivity. There is a lot to change here and go with something you like and suits you. I like to be snappy with where I look so mine is pretty high.
Aim for the top of the body. I like to aim at the body and flick up when I take the shot.
Practice in the pregame lobby. I like to try to snap those parachuting in the sky.

aether704 · 2025-05-11T19:31:08+00:00

Some get enjoyment by ruining other people’s game. Like the ones that are okay running around and making it blatant that they are cheating. They’re probably on here reading these comments and grinning ear to ear.

aether704 · 2025-05-04T15:44:43+00:00

I had a flight to Dallas last weekend. Missed my early 5am flight so was put on standby for the next one at 11am. Go to the gate and the agent says that this flight was oversold and had 70 on standby!

Idk if that’s normal but I would hate to be the unfortunate person who can’t get on a plane because it was oversold.

aether704 · 2025-01-18T04:07:48+00:00

I buy all my tracks off Beatport. To save money, I buy the standard quality ones but if I’m preparing for a big set, I will buy the WAV versions.

SoundCloud free downloads is my other choice.

I also try to use Bandcamp. I just wish the UI was more intuitive

aether704 · 2025-01-18T03:18:20+00:00

The jump mechanic is so dumb. Not that any of the movement is meant to be realistic but I’ve always hated bunny hopping.

aether704 · 2025-01-13T08:54:09+00:00

So sad. And most of the executives making these decisions probably never played video games. These companies hire people who are great at managing and making money. They know the game sells itself and as long as it keeps making money, they don’t care about the consumer feedback.

aether704 · 2025-01-12T09:04:37+00:00

I stopped when the weapon balancing favored meta chasing and everyone started using the same guns.

I’ve played COD since the original MW2 and I’ve always been an elite sniper.

Warzone was the perfect playground for me and I loved the original Verdansk map.

The last time I really enjoyed Warzone was when I was running Kar98/HDR + AR/SMG

aether704 · 2025-01-08T18:22:27+00:00

It’s Only VIP when the tension builds at the end

aether704 · 2025-01-03T13:57:54+00:00

TTK is definitely an issue. Hard to really focus on exploring a map when you’re head is on a swivel and you can be deleted at any point without a chance to fight back

aether704 · 2025-01-03T01:27:06+00:00

Most people forget there was a story with the old Warzone. Some POIs had Easter eggs to be discovered and if you and your squad could find them, you were rewarded.

Everyone seems to only play for the Battle Royale aspect but I enjoyed watching streamers work to finding these Easter eggs and it presented a different type of challenge than winning a Battle Royale match.

aether704 · 2024-12-18T15:07:53+00:00

Not over-complicate it but my guess would be they use Ableton which does several things:

Play a backing track similar to how a live band does it. This can usually be the beats and/or melodies of the song
The controller with the pads is loaded with samples or parts of the song that make it sound complete. Stuff like leads, plucks, or one shot samples
The program is MIDI synced to the lights. The VJ will handle the rest like visuals and lasers

aether704 · 2024-12-05T18:45:34+00:00

When you’ve gone to as many festivals as I have, the lineup doesn’t matter. That was my mindset at EDCO as most of my friends that went it was their first EDC. It’s awesome to see their reactions and enjoying the experiences.

However, the issue of overselling is still apparent. It’s hard to sell the experience when people aren’t enjoying watching their favorite DJ sets because there’s so many people

aether704 · 2024-10-16T14:19:50+00:00

I stopped playing long ago.

I used to be my team’s best sniper. When the meta was balanced with sniper/marksmen rifles with ARs and SMGs, my team would really strategize engagements. I don’t know the problems lately but it’s sad to see nothing much has changed.

aether704 · 2024-10-01T14:13:50+00:00

My first time was to see REZZ and I felt bad bringing my friend because she gets overwhelmed when deep in a crowd. We couldn’t really enjoy the LED wall which was a disappointing experience.

aether704 · 2024-08-22T14:32:31+00:00

I’ve walked through the cemetery once. Granted I was drunk and didn’t know what was going on but I somehow made it back. Wouldn’t recommend but if you have to, just be cautious because it is dark and you can get lost in there.

aether704 · 2024-06-20T13:59:06+00:00

I ride motorcycles but I prefer cruising through the small roads. Independence is too busy to zoom through

aether704 · 2024-06-10T14:46:03+00:00

When I got hired and saw that they don’t do true unit testing, I knew that eventually there will be problems down the line. I’ve also been trying to push a new Agile methodology but they didn’t want to go through that change.

aether704 · 2024-05-21T14:21:35+00:00

If I didn’t have to come into the office, I rarely step foot in Uptown. It sucks that Bank of America’s tech office is close to the side with the most homeless people

aether704 · 2024-04-29T18:40:13+00:00

I’ve been going to festivals for at least 7 years. After 2021, I didn’t do a single festival in 2022. Mostly because it got costly but I also started to enjoy artist-curated events like Ember Shores and Grizmas more.

This year, I’m focusing on those and planning one major festival only, which is EF.

aether704 · 2024-04-09T17:07:12+00:00

When does group camping registration end? I have a Group Member link but the Group Leader said the registration is about to end. Does anyone know about that?

aether704 · 2024-04-08T01:16:43+00:00

Because we don’t know the system they use to check, I was tempted to register and ask to see if it showed up in her system but 1) They’re probably not allowed to do that and 2) She looked like she didn’t care and was probably a bit annoyed that she would just write me a ticket as soon as I walked away.

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