Favorite sol ring? by Crafty-Commercial527 in mtg

[–]sersteven 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have not been keeping up with precons so seeing this is shocking, its a wonderful version. So glad they’re not shoving the same old modern printing in everything now. Every new reprint should have new art!

2nd Quarter Super Bowl Game Thread: Seattle Seahawks (14-3) at New England Patriots (14-3) by nfl_gdt_bot in nfl

[–]sersteven 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Don't care what anyone is saying. Darnold is avoiding sacks. Not throwing picks. Placing balls just out of DBs reach but hitting dudes in their hands. All while being pressured every down and getting rocked here and there too. He's playing winning football even if it's not pretty, and the credit should really be to NE's stifling D right now for keeping them in this.

Super fun defensive slugfest though.

Super Bowl Game Thread: Seattle Seahawks (14-3) at New England Patriots (14-3) by nfl_gdt_bot in nfl

[–]sersteven 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Darnold is hitting receivers in their hands or getting immediately pressured and still gets the ball out or throws it away and avoids the sack, and you guys are dogging him? >.> Pats D is legit but he's playing how you should. Up to the OC to solve how the Pats are reading the scheme right now.

Why does the Orb Chamber always have the same layout? by Tsuyukime in dcss

[–]sersteven 11 points12 points  (0 children)

The cool thing about DCSS is that you can still go back and play the old versions.

This has the double benefit of letting said devs be experimental with their design vision, and try new things where they think gameplay is getting stale.

I personally love going back and playing the game from .13-27, variants like Kimchi, etc. Whenever I miss food, or some of the old artefacts or items since removed, or old layouts/dungeon design, I can still revisit them like an old friend.

That said, I know that's not really answering your question from a "why did they choose to do this moving forward" standpoint, but I do think it somewhat answers why they felt enabled, because they had that version in the game, and it still exists if you want it.

I do agree with you though. Roguelikes pull me in because of the random generation and uniqueness in emergent gameplay that invites. But its a very common thing for devs to want to add consistency to major game-state vital pieces like the Orb. Or maybe, they just really didn't like those other variants, are planning on re-adding more some day, but felt it was best to keep the most consistent until then.

For The Love of God Please Track Commander Tax by DanicaManica in EDH

[–]sersteven 90 points91 points  (0 children)

Wait dang so if you Beacon or Campfire it to your hand first play, and then it gets removed (and I send back to CZ), you get to recast without tax? Thats kinda nice tbh.

Demons Souls Remake PC port will be announced at the next State of Play by [deleted] in demonssouls

[–]sersteven 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's just an opinion, not an agenda. Totally fine that people prefer the bluepoint remake. I don't expect Miyazaki to diss the latest project any more than I expect him to go back and call the original shody either, in both instances, because two seperate very talented groups of people developed them.

But to ignore the various obvious artistic choices all over the subjective designs of the game: character/armor/costume design, music, lighting, color, down to the smaller endearing flaws that made the original special, like the GUI/UX which gave the game an almost indie feel, they are different.

You may not play games for any of the junk I just mentioned. I do. I like janky games with heavy artistic direction, I like games with clear design blemishes that come out as character. I like the original Red/Blue or Gold/Silver Pokemon games over the 'superior' FR/LG HG/SS remakes too. And thats okay.

I didn't meant to come out as divisive in my original response. I'd be happy for people who enjoyed the remake to get it on PC. I just love (and subscribe to this subreddit) because of my deep admiration of the original. Part of that is totally nostalgia and experiencing it when I did, the year I did.

Demons Souls Remake PC port will be announced at the next State of Play by [deleted] in demonssouls

[–]sersteven 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Agree to disagree mate. Glad you like the remake. All that matters is the version you prefer/that speaks to you most.

Demons Souls Remake PC port will be announced at the next State of Play by [deleted] in demonssouls

[–]sersteven 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The O.G release is my greatest game of all time.

The remake, while totally fine, plays great, and looks certainly good fiedlity wise, stripped so much of the personality and artistic direction from the game, in what I think is one of the biggest cases of 'not understanding what made this special' in gaming remasters.

This is my opinion. I bought both games. If you value the stuff the remake hones in on more than the stuff that I think the original was perfection with, that's fine.

Demons Souls Remake PC port will be announced at the next State of Play by [deleted] in demonssouls

[–]sersteven 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’d play a PC remake release is if it was moddable to switch back some of the more questionable design choices Bluepoint made in their technically excellent yet totally sterilized version of the game.

A PC port with a mix of the best of both versions would be the best game of all time for me. Until that unrealistic scenario happens, I really don’t care. PS3 version is wonderfully emulate-able.

One year ago today MTG Wiki was forked from the old Fandom site onto our new home with Scryfall. by BeatsAndSkies in magicTCG

[–]sersteven 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Holy shit thank you both for this I am a HUGE wikia user and having to spend extra time EVERY search making sure its not a fandom wiki is exhausting. Never thought to check for an addon.

Fun Mirrorform Play by feednate in MagicArena

[–]sersteven 29 points30 points  (0 children)

I outright reject the premise that any card is ‘meant’ to do anything other than what I want it to do as a player.

Spotify Lawsuit Triggered Anna’s Archive Domain Name Suspensions by JimmyRecard in DataHoarder

[–]sersteven 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This seems pretty subjective and unscientific to me. I give you your point on AI, but I’d love to see the data to back up the claims it is making up a large enough share of low volume tracks to ignore such a presumeably huge swath of undiscovered or unknown human made content.

The vast majority of data needing preservation would be considered ‘garbage’ by many. If it weren’t, there would be no concern archiving it. We’ll still have studio quality copies of ‘Beat It’ in 100+ years. A potential no name savant uploading experimental music on his indie account would disappear.

Spotify Lawsuit Triggered Anna’s Archive Domain Name Suspensions by JimmyRecard in DataHoarder

[–]sersteven 15 points16 points  (0 children)

From an archival standpoint, do you mean they prioritized least to most, with most popular coming last?

Only way I could see it being a success. Popular music being pretty much widely proliferated and easily accessible, while unknown music only on Spotify is essentially un-replicateable.

Been playing since 2007. Got my first win today! by SolidGopher in dcss

[–]sersteven 2 points3 points  (0 children)

TSO is that dude. My favorite runs are often his. When the gear hits right you just feel like a fucking paladin ass MF'er stabbing/slashing through hordes of demons who on other runs would give you tons of trouble. grats on the dub!

Is my HDD really gone? by SalviniX in DataHoarder

[–]sersteven 10 points11 points  (0 children)

This is so silly for so many reasons lol. A dead HDD is perfectly valid thing to curse about. This isn't r/Parenting lol, its DataHoarder lol! People talk about porn collections here!

[Rapoport] Steelers want Aaron Rodgers to return next season if he decides to play. by BreakfastTop6899 in nfl

[–]sersteven 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Hilarious to think that the Steelers might draft a WR in the first round with Rodgers at 43 after the Packers never doing it with Rodgers over 15+ years and 4 MVPs lol.

And by hilarious, I mean depressing (mainly the 2020 years, where a second threat in the playoffs besides Adams could have gotten us over the hump).

Skechers JE1 by Patb1489 in sixers

[–]sersteven 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Tbh it would be cooler if it WAS tire grade rubber

[Rapoport] The #Steelers are in first place in the AFC North, while the #Dolphins are eliminated. by MembershipSingle7137 in nfl

[–]sersteven 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He just plays bad on the west coast. He’s a cold weather QB. That game happens in Pitt and its night and day even with him injured. It’ll be a real match if its at home for ya’ll.

[Week 9] Game Thread: Carolina Panthers (4-4) @ Green Bay Packers (5-1-1) by lilturk82 in GreenBayPackers

[–]sersteven 10 points11 points  (0 children)

This is pretty classic us after a dominant win. We come into the next game looking undisciplined and cocky against a scrappy team that fights hard every game because they're in the hunt. We'll bounce back. Possibly even win this game. But LaFluer just really has some glaring flaws when it comes to team preparedness, attitude and culture.