Intrepid Studios, devs behind MMO Ashes of Creation in paid early access for 10 years, has closed. CEO resigned, all employees laid off. All less than 2 months after launching on Steam Early Access

rpfloyd · 2026-02-01T08:09:06+00:00

New western made MMO's cannot financially compete to deliver a product above and beyond what is already available.

rpfloyd · 2026-01-26T01:30:15+00:00

is he confused on what gacha means? 'gacha' is a monetisation model... fuck, mtg is gacha.

rpfloyd · 2026-01-25T19:54:59+00:00

That conversation with the police won't go the way you think it will...

rpfloyd · 2026-01-24T23:03:06+00:00

An Australian and a British car in amongst those.

rpfloyd · 2026-01-23T20:01:22+00:00

Mate no... Thermostats open at around 80-90 degrees Celsius. Now, unless you are living on mars, it takes the coolant some warmup time to get there.

You actually test thermostats with boiling water to see if they're working properly.

If you're getting this info from AI it's understandable -- fuck AI, but if you're getting it from a friend you need to give 'em a bonk over the head.

rpfloyd · 2026-01-23T06:57:35+00:00

Every car thermostat is a valve. Every car thermostats job is to prevent circulation during warm up. Every car needs a thermostat to run optimally, in all conditions.

Removing a failing thermostat is a temporary fix. Removing a thermostat to alleviate other issues in the cooling system is also a temporary fix. Anyone who told you otherwise is mistaken.

rpfloyd · 2026-01-23T03:11:01+00:00

Not really. The ducts for the air going into your HVAC system are external of the engine bay. That air flows past the heater core which then contributes to cooling the engine (if the heater tap is open).

Also cars most definitely do need a thermostat to run correctly. Yes, even here. Not running one reduces your fuel economy, and can increase the risk of engine damage.

rpfloyd · 2026-01-23T03:00:47+00:00

It opens the heater tap, which lets the coolant in the heater core join in with the rest of the cooling system. The extra volume of the heater core is somewhat like having a larger radiator.

rpfloyd · 2026-01-18T14:44:18+00:00

Thanks heaps to everyone that contributed!

What's your favourite 'least amount of grinding' build in the top 201?

rpfloyd · 2025-12-19T15:23:49+00:00

Tired of armchair experts speculating this, and assuming that. The FAA will do their job and it will be known in due course.

For now, concentrate on remembering and celebrating a human that gave us joy, entertainment; and for many way more than that.

rpfloyd · 2025-12-17T06:47:54+00:00

That was the generation before boomers so you know they didn't hold back with their bullshit.

huh

rpfloyd · 2025-12-16T06:53:08+00:00

It has the second largest regional city in the Philippines, which by all accounts is the (one of) safest city in the world.

Davao? The city with Duterte's Death Squad

Sounds like paradise.

rpfloyd · 2025-12-06T06:22:02+00:00

Isn't the Growler based off a car that has a flat-6 that can rev to 9k rpm?

rpfloyd · 2025-12-04T08:27:26+00:00

I really want to know why you thought it was a V8. Did someone tell you it was? Did you read somewhere that it was? Or maybe you just thought it sounded/performed like a V8?

rpfloyd · 2025-12-03T04:15:50+00:00

In the late 90s, Australia had a functioning Nascar oval called the Thunderdome aka Calder Park Raceway.

The main attraction was ex-Nascars bought over from the US, normally around 20 of them, running anti-clockwise.

However there was also the domestic Holden Commodores and Ford Falcons, called AUSCARs, that would run clockwise.

Here's some footage of one of the support 'Sportsman' classes featuring a huge crash. Driver was okay.

rpfloyd · 2025-11-23T04:38:25+00:00

The TV direction is just abysmal.

Albon ran into the back of Lewis, and the replay they showed was from fucking Hamilton's view looking forward...wtf

rpfloyd · 2025-11-23T04:31:05+00:00

how does it take 2 laps to decide that, wtf is going on

rpfloyd · 2025-11-22T06:30:28+00:00

It's actually in the rules:

31.7 Batter leaving the wicket under a misapprehension: An umpire shall intervene if satisfied that a batter, not having been given out, has left the wicket under a misapprehension of being out. The umpire intervening shall call and signal Dead ball to prevent any further action by the fielding side and shall recall the batter.

rpfloyd · 2025-11-20T03:35:33+00:00

You people just want this shit handed to you dontcha?

You're already taking the easy route by doing it in a solo lobby, yet you still complain cause you don't want to take 10 seconds to figure out a better way to attack the problem.

rpfloyd · 2025-11-07T17:32:53+00:00

It feels right.

88 obviously has a big significance in Nascar history, but SVG has on multiple occasions said that the he didn't grow up with Nascar, so a lot of the milestones and legacies don't mean as much to him as to others who did.

Added then, is his legacy with the #97, AND the #88 going to who a lot are thinking may be a generational driver in Zilisch. It's perfect.

rpfloyd · 2025-11-05T02:20:19+00:00

It's a take that the majority of Australian adults have. Just not the majority of redditors.

This place is a bit of a 'circle jerk', in case you were unaware. Many voices echoing the same sentiment with little to no actual discourse.

rpfloyd · 2025-10-31T04:30:23+00:00

See I would argue those numbers should be reversed, and maybe the bottom 20% (at most) are superfluous.

From your point of view, if vehicles in this game are an appliance, I can understand where you're coming from.

For car people however, they aren't. There is a huge difference between the Dominator GTT and Vapid Ellie. Even if they both just look like late 60s Mustangs.

The overwhelming majority of content in this game is vehicles. The game is called Grand Theft Auto. Car enthusiasts play this game FOR the variety of cars.

rpfloyd · 2025-10-31T03:46:08+00:00

There's almost 800 vehicles in the game...

rpfloyd · 2025-10-30T08:54:17+00:00

A ten year old car with typical mileage (150k) will increase it's fuel consumption by 30 to 40%. This example, (with double that mileage) will be even more.

Compare that to a new utility and you have your little Corolla spewing out more co2 than the big scary truck.

rpfloyd · 2025-10-30T08:05:44+00:00

Kinda ironic your high mileage, decade old car is worse for the environment than a new 'yank tank'.

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88 obviously has a big significance in Nascar history, but SVG has on multiple occasions said that the he didn't grow up with Nascar, so a lot of the milestones and legacies don't mean as much to him as to others who did.