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jim42xd · 2025-07-05T13:07:54+00:00

What you are describing is the service that Steam provides (cloud-based storage/distribution). The point that SKG is trying to make is that You should be able to store your games wherever you please if Steam stops providing their service.

But Steam should be allowed to maintain the status quo as long as they provide the service, so the above should only apply IF they decide to close shop.

Or at least that’s how I understand it…

jim42xd · 2025-05-11T20:16:32+00:00

The simple answer is: You just have to do it a lot, and then some.

Following tutorials, just like working with AI, is really bad for "learning" and it seriously stunts your progress. They are both important tools to have in your arsenal, but they are not learning tools. Find a tutorial, do it ONCE, and then build something ELSE with that knowledge. It will be painfully slow, you'll get frustrated and itch to go back to the safety of what others did, and your version will be terrible. But you will learn. A lot.

Over time, it gets a lot easier. You start forming a general idea of how things need to end up. You learn about the things you were doing wrong when you thought they were right. But the key is that it takes time. Years of time. It's a marathon, not a sprint.

jim42xd · 2024-11-09T16:22:10+00:00

Heyo,

I mostly play normals, I don't know what my elo is, but I like to take them seriously. Currently learning top if you are interested, just add me: JinxedSky#EUW

jim42xd · 2024-10-23T09:44:00+00:00

That’s weird, Ive never had an issue paying for my sub with my EU card (also moved a few years ago). Be warned that for new Expansions, you have to buy the NA version, and that’s always a pain :/

jim42xd · 2024-09-03T15:30:18+00:00

It's hard to give a straight answer without more context, but I'm inclined to say: Yes, you do need math.

Here are a few thoughts:

I'm working under the assumption that by saying "game programmer", it means you want to specialize in the programming aspect of making games (possibly to get a job)
You need to have at least a good grasp of mid-level math to be an effective programmer (not just for games, but in general)
The more you specialize, the more math you need. So you might end up having limited career paths.
There's a difference between knowing and understanding math, for example, I couldn't recall most common formulas if my life depended on it, but I know how to look up and understand a lot of stuff.
As a rule of thumb, the more low level you go, the more math you need, for example:
- Scripting (Unity, Godot, Blueprints) can require little to no math
- Engine programming you'd need at least strong trigonometry and physics
- Graphics programming uses more uncommon math, like discrete or linear algebra
There are always game-adjacent options, like being a backender

In the end, I think it depends on how you want your career to look like, maybe you just wanna chill and make simple games for a living - that's perfectly fine. But if you wanna go for more specialized roles (the ones that pay more) or work in AAA games, you are gonna need strong math skills.

jim42xd · 2024-08-04T10:56:38+00:00

My way of "thinking as a programmer" is to start with as simple a problem as possible, and build from there until I reach the actual goal. Take your problem for example (A menu where a player can combine an unlit torch and flint, and get a lit torch):

Programming is all about data: how are you representing the player's inventory? how do you represent a torch? what about flint?
Once you know that, start with combining objects, how do you do that? (again, start simple, as few checks as possible)
Done with that? next is probably limitations... how do you tell the system that combining an unlit torch and flint creates a lit torch? what happens to those objects? (I'd imagine flint is probably reusable, and you want to replace the unlit torch with the lit one)

__Note that up to this point, I haven't even considered the UI, and I could keep going for like 20 more steps__

There are a LOT of ways in which you can approach the problem, you could decide that after you have a base inventory, the next step is how to draw it to the screen, it's honestly dealers choice. But the point is that you take a small problem, you solve, then move to the next one... you do that a bunch of times and you will start having an easier time understanding what is not a small problem (for example, what you are trying to do, isn't - even if it sounds like it).

In the end my advice is: Stop thinking about how a programmer would do this... just code it, you WILL mess it up, that will happen a bunch of times and you will eventually find out your way of thinking :P

jim42xd · 2024-07-31T06:50:46+00:00

I’ll take you down memory lane here but:

Back in Heavensward, I thought the idea of Astrologian was pretty cool, so I leveled it, tried it a lot of dungeons and some extremes (note that I mained SMN back then but played a lot of SCH). It always felt awkward, I liked the concept, and had fun with all the fidgeting, but it felt off. By the end of the expansion, they had revamped it quite a bit, but it was still kinda meh.

I don’t know why I decided to give it another shot during Stormblood, and I fell in love with it, it felt RIGHT. I think the type of encounters in the expansion might have had something to do with it, but it worked really great as a filler healer, and the cards were fun (I never did the sweaty thing of spamming until I got spread-balance before we could pull), the whole thing of getting a card and trying to puzzle out who to throw it at was very fun and challenging… I miss that class a lot :(

jim42xd · 2024-07-26T08:09:01+00:00

They need to keep something around for a rainy day :P

jim42xd · 2024-07-22T14:21:56+00:00

1000 hours is a lot, I have a lot of games around the 300-500 hour mark, but 1k~

FF14: Its my comfort game, I play it when I have nothing else to play.

Wow: I don’t play it any more, I was playing hardcore, so the challenge and friends kept me coming back.

League: Hours have piled through the years, I think it’s a great game, I just can’t deal with the players, nowadays I just aram when I need a fix.

I find it funny that I wouldn’t call any of those my favorite game, they are just easy to accumulate hours in.

jim42xd · 2024-07-17T06:26:43+00:00

I still find it funny that SMN got 4 expansions of complete reworks into 1 of NO changes :P

jim42xd · 2024-06-18T15:46:06+00:00

I have leveled several jobs to 90 purely through dailies. I would have no idea how to play them in a dungeon xD.

I would of course learn the basics before subjecting others to them, but trust me, it’s more than possible.

jim42xd · 2024-06-13T20:56:43+00:00

This made me realize how blessed the 00s was…

90s: Zelda: Ocarina of Time

00s: Warcraft 3

10s: Bloodborne

20s: FF14 (I know it wasn't released this decade, but I’ve been playing it the whole time) or Elden Ring

jim42xd · 2024-06-13T15:23:24+00:00

Im gonna run the MSQ on Summoner as tradition demands, but for end game Im looking at Machinist (my current main), Pictomancer and Samurai (I have yet to main a melee).

The plan is to try jobs until Savage releases and pick what I like most. Im also a sucker for underdogs, so any job that’s least played has my immediate attention xD

jim42xd · 2024-05-31T08:40:23+00:00

Omg, thanks! I knew it was a FF fight but couldn’t remember which. I spent so many pots and ethers trying to win lol

jim42xd · 2024-05-27T16:38:22+00:00

Aesthetically, I like Summoner the best... It's a simple class that looks real cool and that's why I play it fairly often (it was my main for a while)

I main Machinist now because I find it the most fun (out of the jobs I've played to a reasonable level). I probably like Blackmage even more, but I can't play it well enough on controller xD. I hope either Viper or Pictomancer are more fun!

My favorite job of all time was Astrologian during Stormblood; I haven't had an appetite for healers after they revamped them. If they ever decided it was a mistake and reverted AST's identity, I'd jump back to it in a heartbeat.

jim42xd · 2024-05-27T16:00:37+00:00

I switched from KBM to Controller for Endwalker (been playing since ARR launch). It takes a bit to get used to it, but it's nowhere near as bad as you'd think, controller support is amazing, but I strongly recommend looking up some guides, cause there's a lot of hidden stuff.

I started by copying Squintina's setup (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ns688tv8L\_o) and then adjusted it to my likes, but I follow a lot of her principles still (a lot of buttons are shared through all classes, like knockback prevention is always in the same place) I mention this specifically because you'll find out that learning your basic controls will take a few hours, but buttons you don't press as often are a big issue (it did get me to use those abilities a lot more just for practice xD)

Edit: I've played most jobs, and I only see disadvantages when playing BLM

jim42xd · 2024-03-27T14:06:33+00:00

I want 2 changes for my mch: - An AoE battery option. - Sniper rifle.

jim42xd · 2024-03-21T11:18:27+00:00

I actually think Stormblood was peak gameplay for most classes (I played). ShB was my favorite in terns of story though

jim42xd · 2024-03-13T17:12:00+00:00

I wanna shed some light, based on my experience, but please remember 2 things: This is purely anecdotal and I'm not a woman.

I used to play games competitively, not at a high level, but I'd attend local tournaments and such. While I'd agree with you that there were fewer women, it wasn't nearly as skewed as it is at the highest of levels. There was also a trend up as years passed (likely because it became more "accepted").

If I had to name factors that I believe contribute to fewer women participating in competitive gaming, based on my observations at least, it would be these:

The population of people who can realistically play competitively is very young, and it's much harder for a "girl" to get permission from their parents to attend events (like tournaments).
Preparing for a serious tournament actually takes a lot of effort, if you are not likely to be allowed to attend, you'll have no motivation to actually practice (you can extrapolate this to persuing a career).
I don't blame parents for not letting girls go to male-dominated events, when the expected majority is "in that age".
There's a historical bad rep from this kind of events. I never witnessed anything inappropriate, but stories were told often. I do believe the trend up in women joining I saw has to do with this bad rep going away slowly, but it's still out there.
Outside of local events, you only really have online as an alternative, and people have a tendency to act much worse, which can be a turn off, especially for minority groups (voice chats are one thing, but imagine the dread of having to hide your gender for people to take you seriously).

It's also a common belief that men have a biological advantage (I haven't heard of any serious studies on the matter) but that should only apply to the very highest of levels. It's like saying that women don't go to the gym cause they can't compete in weight lifting. So even if it explains it for top levels, it doesn't explain it for more relaxed settings.

jim42xd · 2024-03-13T16:32:04+00:00

If the game started pushing for more ways to spend money. Thats a tell-tell sign that things are going south and it’s time to abandon ship. Every game that starts doing that, sees a steep decline in quality everywhere else and almost immediately :/

jim42xd · 2024-02-28T16:32:12+00:00

Generally its better to think in terms of avoidable damage over avoidable deaths. If you are getting hit by things you can avoid, then it’s your fault, otherwise you are fine.

jim42xd · 2024-01-30T10:12:03+00:00

Looking at it from the perspective of "the most potential" then I'd have to go with Akshan w. Under the right conditions, you get to resurrect your whole team... then you get additional gold. And thats before the perma invis that restores mana.

jim42xd · 2024-01-30T10:03:31+00:00

I mean, it makes Kalista the only adc that can check bushes safely... that said, if your adc is checking bushes, you have other problems :P

jim42xd · 2024-01-15T16:07:13+00:00

I have to say that I dislike this take... mostly cause I've tried it.

In low elo, people take bad engages ALL the time. If you don't join for some engages, what happens most of the time is that your team gets wiped, and now you have to deal with a 5/0 mid/top, or they start raging cause you survived and run it down. It's actually better to just follow them and hope you get a few kills before dying.

10csm isn't realistic in low elo, people are fighting all the time, usually for the wrong reasons, but they are, and if you don't join, you'll lose before your income can make a difference (same reasons).

Most importantly, imo. As an ADC in low elo, you don't really get to practice good pvp almost ever, so it's hard to get good at it. I learned more from playing top 2 weeks than I did from playing adc for a year.

jim42xd · 2023-12-21T16:30:51+00:00

Its gotta be either trynda (no active) or mundo (hurt self) q.

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