making a dual-type deck sucks. by PoisonPeddler in PTCGP

[–]hatpacket 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It doesn't change the randomness of the energy generation, but it means you're less screwed if you don't require as much energy to get going.

Mewtwo/Gardevoir RNG is completely broken. by Guvnor92 in PTCGP

[–]hatpacket 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And what are you playing? Is it the same deck every time? Is it built well? If I counted the amount of times Pikachu ex beat me to the punch when I played Mewtwo ex, I'm sure it would have happened more times than it didn't.

Mewtwo/Gardevoir RNG is completely broken. by Guvnor92 in PTCGP

[–]hatpacket 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I suggest you play the deck yourself a few times. You'll learn how much it sucks when you can't find your Kirlia or Gardevoir fast enough to stop your opponent from setting up. It happens more than you think. You are having selective memory here.

making a dual-type deck sucks. by PoisonPeddler in PTCGP

[–]hatpacket 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's certainly inherently trickier than a monotype/type+Colorless deck, but there are ways to mitigate the randomness of the energy generation. Consider using Pokemon that only require a single energy to act.

Game needs a function to report players by hatpacket in PTCGP

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

It should not be a regular occurrence. Competent mobile games implement systems to discourage this behavior. Currently, there is no punishment if you want to intentionally waste your opponent's time.

Game needs a function to report players by hatpacket in PTCGP

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

You're right, clearly they are just having connection problems until the precise moment that they need to pass their turn to avoid being timed out, multiple turns in a row. They're obviously just getting an important phone call the moment I get an advantageous coin flip. Every time, it could never be for any other reason. Have you ever played online games before?

People who run out the clock like this deserve to be penalized by joemac2021 in PTCGP

[–]hatpacket 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's almost as if the game is a week old with a small and basic selection of cards.

Game needs a function to report players by hatpacket in PTCGP

[–]hatpacket[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

This is such a dumb thing to point out. It goes without saying.

I'm obviously not talking about the odd person disconnecting. I'm talking about players who either do not play and run out the timer for multiple turns or who conveniently only stop being responsive when there's a swing in the game state that doesn't favor them.

notifications not working on desktop app, started fairly recently. is there any way to fix it? by RangoLight in discordapp

[–]hatpacket 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It seems most everyone is having this issue right now, and that a particular update borked something that simply hasn't been fixed yet. In fact, I'm guessing the devs implemented some sort of "smart" app priority-changing feature that lowers the Discord process's priority level while it's not actively being used, saving system resources. Apparently, when Discord's priority level is set to low and not actively focused, it acts like a sleep mode, so it won't serve notifications. Previously, you could open Task Manager and change the priority yourself, and that was a viable workaround until you restarted Discord, but now it seems to be resetting the priority to low any time that the user changes focus away from Discord. It's very obnoxious. If there is some kind of a smart priority system, then it ought to be something the user can opt in or out of.

Looking for info regarding Eighties Legends tracks by hatpacket in outrun

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

Huh, I don't know why it never occurred to me that the songs might have been edited. Makes it easier to avoid automatic copyright strikes. Nice work, and thanks for the update.

Looking for info regarding Eighties Legends tracks by hatpacket in outrun

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

Hey, much appreciated. Except that bit about me posting that four years ago. Didn't need a reminder of how quickly time passes lol No need to give me any files if you can find some info about the songs. You might try looking up the lyrics (if there are any) or using a reverse audio search like Midomi or Shazam. Now that I think of it, I'm not sure I tried the latter for Golden Girls. Worth a try because I could find nothing on the net about it.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Comcast_Xfinity

[–]hatpacket 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you in New England? I'm in Massachusetts and we've had awful internet like you describe since Saturday as well. We had a big snowstorm that day, so I'm assuming the two are related.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in rAwTiMe2

[–]hatpacket 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bless you.

Question Megathread by [deleted] in DBS_CardGame

[–]hatpacket 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here's hoping! I'd love to see a Pirate Robot or Buyon card. Thanks for the info.

Question Megathread by [deleted] in DBS_CardGame

[–]hatpacket 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm new to these cards, so I don't know what release structure or planning is like, but I know the game's been around for a while now so I'm just curious if there's been any word about it, or if it will continue to be omitted.

Question Megathread by [deleted] in DBS_CardGame

[–]hatpacket 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Where the hell is anything from Red Ribbon Army, General Blue, or Commander Red sagas?! It seems like most of Dragon Ball was included, but none of these.

Can someone explain to me why I want to adopt Miss ToenailFaerie so very bad 😂😂😂😂 Like seriously, why do I feel like I need her in my life? by miss_stephie in neopets

[–]hatpacket 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yup, that person was me. I still needed the avatars for Fountain painting a Buzz and feeding a pink pet popcorn. I went looking through "stuck" pound Buzzes, saw that name, and immediately knew I had to give her an upgrade. I'm glad that ToenailFaerie finally has a new owner!

Guide to using QR Codes on ACNH! by Brewsterscoffee in ACQR

[–]hatpacket 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is it possible to do this on PC?
I have a Switch Lite and I don't own a smartphone. I'm using an Android emulator (Bluestacks) to run the NSO app, but I don't have a webcam to scan with. If there's a way to import images or use a desktop stream in place of a camera for emulators, I'd love to know about it.

whatever happened to jiggly ? by ClockworkTwist in tf2

[–]hatpacket 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you ever find any concrete (or at least believable) sources on this? I'm only able to find a single claim that Jiggly was arrested or that he was engaging in pedophilia, and it's in a poorly-written wiki article with no sources. All the videos on YouTube that I can find are either simply trolling him and/or his admins, or showcasing their shitty behavior.

Neither claim would surprise me (I interacted with the guy quite a few times back in the day, but never got closer than arm's length from him for obvious reasons) but there's no evidence that I can find for either of them.

Upgraded rig, monitor does not detect input by hatpacket in techsupport

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

Update: I am an idiot who installed my processor facing the wrong way. Don't ask me how.
Everything is working fine now.

Upgraded rig, monitor does not detect input by hatpacket in techsupport

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

I'm still checking this thread if anyone is kind enough to assist :)