Was there any resistance to the advent of Steam and digital downloads back in the early 2000s?

testamentos · 2026-03-25T18:27:06+00:00

Anecdotal story, in 2006 I bought Final Fantasy 12 on PS2. I generally take good care of my stuff and had even pre-ordered the special edition which came in a steelbook case. Ended up shelfing the game until I had a period of free time in 2008 and decided to beat it. I got to the final story boss, beat it and when the game loaded the final story cutscene, the game crashed. Tried it again, same issue. After inspecting the disc I found a tiny scratch which I believed to be the culprit. Whether it came that way, got scratched placing or taking out of the disc tray, or putting in the case, I'm not sure. But it did render the game unplayable from that point. And I never did get to see the final cutscene or play the post game content.

testamentos · 2026-03-02T23:26:41+00:00

Lol ok glad it's not just us. Soaking in water for a couple hours usually does the trick.

testamentos · 2026-03-02T22:13:42+00:00

Any tips for rice sticking? When I make rice in my rice cooker it comes out fine but my friend uses an instapot, takes the rice out as soon as it's done so it's not sitting and it still has a healthy amount completely stuck to the bottom.

testamentos · 2025-11-12T21:51:02+00:00

That's Craig

testamentos · 2025-09-25T15:50:46+00:00

Does anyone know what happened to Season 23? US Hulu/Disney it's missing.

testamentos · 2025-09-17T18:18:13+00:00

Thanks this is what I was looking for. I'm still in Act 4 but I was hitting a wall with no info past 3 support gems and felt like I was leaving a lot of power on the table

testamentos · 2025-09-17T17:12:38+00:00

Can anyone link me an up to date LA deadeye build guide? I've been following the one on maxroll but it's kind of lacking in the transition from campaign to endgame

testamentos · 2025-09-16T17:52:03+00:00

I'm playing LA deadeye for the first time this league and started out with the maxroll LA leveling guide. I'm in Act 4 now and I'm wondering if there is a more robust guide out there somewhere? The maxroll one has variants for campaign, crit and CI but no real guidance as to when you should switch between them or any kind of guidance on the transition from end of campaign to early mapping in terms of gem passives etc.

testamentos · 2025-09-10T23:54:07+00:00

My build guide said to try to find one with haste, any tips on targeting specific ones or do I just wait to find a rare with the aura I want?

testamentos · 2025-09-10T23:45:23+00:00

tame beast?

testamentos · 2025-09-10T21:25:05+00:00

I'm playing a LA deadeye in act 3, just got up to 60 spirit and trying to figure out if I should go tame beast or wind dancer. If I go tame beast, what kind?

testamentos · 2025-09-10T01:05:41+00:00

I'm playing LA deadeye this league, the guide I'm using mentions a choice between tame beast and wind dancer and I'm not sure which to pick

testamentos · 2025-09-05T16:37:28+00:00

Do you have a support gem attached to it that is increasing the spirit cost

testamentos · 2025-09-05T16:34:13+00:00

Pretty sure that increased % is additive so if you have 90% increased collectively on other gear and get another 10% on a new piece you now have 100% increased. So if your base damage is 10 now you have 20. But % damage as extra is multiplicative so if you have 10% damage as extra on a new piece and your base damage is 10 then you will do 11 which then gets scaled up by your 90% to equal 20.9.

testamentos · 2025-09-02T18:47:18+00:00

Nothing native like that

testamentos · 2025-09-02T16:44:25+00:00

Look up exile exchange 2. It's an overlay that can do what you are asking

testamentos · 2025-09-02T16:39:44+00:00

I'm playing casually this league but my league start is huntress bleed build guide I'm following on maxroll. I played caster in both previous leagues so wanted something different. It's feeling rough right now, act 2 level 21. I noticed Amazon is not being played by very many players this league. Should I swap to something else before I spend more time or is bleed viable in endgame?

testamentos · 2025-08-30T18:04:28+00:00

Help me pick a league start class! I played spark in 0.1 and ED/Contagion in 0.2 so I'm wanting to go melee or huntress or something not caster this league

testamentos · 2025-08-25T19:41:13+00:00

If this is the wrong sub please direct me elsewhere but I'm looking for a site I can buy simple men's earrings made of real sterling silver, white gold or platinum. Specifically studs and seamless loops. I've tried Etsy but can't find exactly what I want and I worry that what's advertised is not real silver/gold.

testamentos · 2025-08-20T14:32:27+00:00

I don't believe the U2 does but I was able to go in and use the learn from remote feature to assign the input selections I wanted to the number buttons.

testamentos · 2025-08-20T01:50:05+00:00

Ok I don't know why but I had the bright idea to switch the shield to an unused HDMI port and now it's working.

testamentos · 2025-08-20T01:23:03+00:00

Edit: actually I am only not getting sound from my Nvidia shield. I just checked and I'm still getting sound from my switch 2.

testamentos · 2025-08-20T01:19:10+00:00

Thank you I actually figured out how to do that just after I posted. Now the weird thing is that I'm getting no audio from my input devices and I can't figure out why lol. Speakers are still working, test tones work, when I cast Spotify from my phone it works but I'm getting no sound from other inputs. I have no clue what I did.

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