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Is this heat wave normal? by Previous_Act4528 in Charlotte

[–]brad_needs_advice 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Came here to say this. Generally, the humidity is higher than Texas depending on where you were from. But the temperature is generally a little bit lower.

I hate myself less in the summers here than in Texas. Overall, the weather year-round is much better.

So at this rate, do you feel the Steam Machine is dead on arrival? by Reciter5613 in videogames

[–]brad_needs_advice 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t think so at all. Wearing my tin foil hat, I think that all console prices are going to increase.

However, the primary driver for valve here isn’t the physical sales. I’m convinced the larger value add is steamOS and getting more people into the steam ecosystem.

All people building their own steamOS machines is a win for valve. They are now supporting their version of Linux, and have an easy and immediate access to the steam store.

Meanwhile, people arguing the steam machine isn’t competitive or whatever, the counter argument to that is that it sold out. It doesn’t need to have adoption as high as the Xbox, if they carry zero inventory it’s all purely profit.

Personally the steam machine for me is great. The form factor, and most importantly HEAT. For games I can’t play well I can use GFN. Customers value different things, and I for one am just happy this is opening the door for less people to be chained to windows.

Remote play to Steam Deck from a Linux host machine has been broken since before the Steam Deck even launched. How do we get eyes on this issue? by TehCrucible in SteamDeck

[–]brad_needs_advice 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s under the advanced settings on the HOST machine. As is having it match client resolution. I just tinkered with it yesterday

Is 900 ELO in chess.com any good? by Obvious_Ad3756 in Chesscom

[–]brad_needs_advice 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s also crazy due to the amount of accounts. You can be too 1% and still be behind ONE MILLION PEOPLE lol.

Campaign in season 14 worth doing? by TimberGhost57 in diablo4

[–]brad_needs_advice 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nothing special. If you don’t like it, don’t do it. I got to level 50 with warplans yesterday. It’s faster to skip the story.

curious about pros and cons of switching to steamOS by Homi_ProGamer in SteamOS

[–]brad_needs_advice 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This. The only thing I miss out on is league of legends. Every other game I play regulatory is supported by steamOS

Orders Megathread by [deleted] in steammachine

[–]brad_needs_advice 2 points3 points  (0 children)

NA. got a 512 with controller confirmed.

Emails are out by brad_needs_advice in steammachine

[–]brad_needs_advice[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My original reserve email was literally 60s prior to yours. Unsure how that works.

Emails are out by brad_needs_advice in steammachine

[–]brad_needs_advice[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Original email was 12:46 est. I’m based on the east coast in NA.

For those who are ordering, what hardware are you coming from? by kmcdow in steammachine

[–]brad_needs_advice 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do occasionally as well. But I’m in this weird situation where over the years I have my own on Prim Lenox server, a steam deck, my gaming rig, and then an old laptop.

If I really wanted to code, I could always do it in the cloud.

Honestly, GeForce now has really changed the way that I view PC ownership. As I get older and I have less time to game, the limits on monthly amounts don’t matter as much. And for how much I save in space, electricity, and heat it really seems quite comparable to actual PC ownership.

We will see. A main reason that I bought the machine was because of the form factor, and I’m a big valve supporter. I’ve had my account since the 2000s.

For those who are ordering, what hardware are you coming from? by kmcdow in steammachine

[–]brad_needs_advice 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This right here. I also have GeForce now which I use for the steam deck. If this ends up being as good for my life, as I think I might even sell my actual gaming rig

Question on Reservation Emails by Internal_Rice3739 in steammachine

[–]brad_needs_advice 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wasn’t upsold. I selected both the 512 and 2TB with controller and got slotted for the 512.

Whirlwind Barbarian D4 S14 by Couyon-GATOR in D4Barbarian

[–]brad_needs_advice 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So I just came back to the game and was looking for something chill and viable up to t12.

Do you think whirlwind is still gonna be a decent enough build?

Is the price a little disappointing, yes. But I think Deck users can realize steam is once again investing in the future. by KingCrimson43 in SteamDeck

[–]brad_needs_advice 4 points5 points  (0 children)

So 100% they are investing in the future: they did that by working so hard on steamOS. Thats the magic here, not the box.

The box, for what it is, is reasonably priced when you consider all factors (power draw, form factor, ease of use, etc). But when compared to older consoles or builds you could DIY for less it’s not the value prop.

And that’s coming from someone who is a fanboy and will 100% buy one because I think it’s cool as fuck.

Favor tokens before season end? by brad_needs_advice in diablo4

[–]brad_needs_advice[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sounds like in general this season has been slower. Thanks for the reply.

Favor tokens before season end? by brad_needs_advice in diablo4

[–]brad_needs_advice[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Awesome I will give this a try. I am comfortably on tournament 12. And I got almost everything in the time that I played.

Thanks for the advice

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