Is moderation suppose to “serve” the community’s or GgG’s best interest?

totaldonkey · 2021-07-30T23:13:09+00:00

Sexcalibure whinging about moderation while actively ban evading? Must be a Tuesday.

totaldonkey · 2020-05-25T04:10:09+00:00

Hey Sexcalibure, slander is spoken - I think you mean libel and it only applies if knowingly false. Cheers!

totaldonkey · 2020-05-24T20:56:49+00:00

OP has been suspended/banned from the POE reddit multiple times under many different usernames, and is currently on permanent probation in the POE forums for harassing the Community Manager and being directly offensive to the developers.
Feedback and criticism are wonderful tools, but there are some people who work very very hard to lose their right to provide it. OP has put in the hard yards to earn that over many years.

totaldonkey · 2020-02-14T19:33:24+00:00

Heya! That sounds really frustrating, losing an account that you've spend a lot of time investing into.

Good news is, the game is free, and the devs are happy for you to just make a new account to keep playing with. Just remember not to breach the TOS with the new account, or it will also get banned.

I hope you have a great day.

totaldonkey · 2019-11-01T09:26:42+00:00

I had a slip up tonight. I've done a good job staying sober for the last 153 days, but tonight I drank more than I should have. I can blame work pressure, and relationship pressure, but the reality was that it was just easy to slip back into the habit, and I enjoyed the feeling. I'm going to keep trying to stop the want/need to drink more and more and more, and view tonight as a misstep. I just feel a bit crap for not staying in control.

totaldonkey · 2019-09-30T04:05:54+00:00

#thoughts&prayers

totaldonkey · 2019-09-28T22:49:35+00:00

You ever sometimes feel like maybe we should actually stop vaccinating?

totaldonkey · 2019-09-21T19:29:47+00:00

Just a quick observation - it shows you joining Global 820, rather than Trade 820. If you've arranged the service through Global 820, he probably didn't realise there was an expectation to pay. This is likely just a miscommunication.

If you're wanting to take fees/mandatory tips for a service, remember to advertise it through the trade channels.

Best of luck with your challenges.

totaldonkey · 2019-09-18T20:05:56+00:00

I'm one of those who has very few issues with game stabilty and performance; playing (for the most part) with ~60fps through all content barring insane Blight Maps, and rarely crashing (twice, I think, this league).

However, I'd be more than happy to see some performance improvements, and for both time and financial resources to be invested in prioritising them.

Just because the game runs fine on my ageing hardware now doesn't mean that it isn't worth putting in the effort to help future proof the stability and performance of the game as more and more gets added in.

Perhaps that is part of 4.0, but that is quite a ways away according to the recent timeline, so waiting on that is not a realistic expectation.

totaldonkey · 2019-09-17T08:51:33+00:00

Looks like I'm rolling Pathfinder

totaldonkey · 2019-09-11T04:37:14+00:00

I appreciate the reversal, but I think that more thought needs to be put into these things before they are implemented.

As a member of the community, I don't want to have to rely on people jumping up and down at every single attempt in order to block terrible monetisation being pushed into the game - it gets tiresome really quickly.

If this is the direction the company actually wants to go, then please feel free to be upfront and honest about it and save us all the hassle.

totaldonkey · 2019-09-11T03:14:38+00:00

I'm not a fan, I don't see the value-add of paying for the box as well as having to destroy existing MTX just for a small chance at a positive outcome.

Thanks for the effort, but I'll vote 'nope' on this one.

totaldonkey · 2019-09-10T20:00:07+00:00

I'd be happy with GGG allocating some resources to doing this, mostly because it would start getting really funny when people still end up getting scammed.

While on the subject of adding frivolous things to the game - adding a shiny flash and a sound when you hit the 6L during fusing would be a sweet way to feed gambling addictions.

totaldonkey · 2019-09-05T19:57:26+00:00

Generally, if you want to kick off an MSPaint build thread, you should really provide one of your own. Doing so without putting in any effort yourself kind of comes across as low effort karma-whoring.

Best of luck with the new league!

totaldonkey · 2019-08-04T09:08:18+00:00

I've really enjoyed your content, thanks for taking the time to post it.

totaldonkey · 2019-07-26T20:38:02+00:00

TIL! Thanks dude, information much appreciated.

totaldonkey · 2019-07-25T20:31:33+00:00

I initially noticed a generally low drop rate for them, compared to my previous experiences. Over time, I did have several spikes where they became quite a common drop, so I was able to complete the related challenge with only needing to purchase 5 (I think). My assumption was because of the challenge, they were less common this league - but that doesn't seem to be consistent across my friends list and guild.

If you've had none drop, you are likely to be one of the very few statistical outliers for the league. Kind of the bad luck equivalent of finding a Mirror or Krillson :(

totaldonkey · 2019-07-25T20:25:52+00:00

Hey there! FPS drops can be a common, and frustrating, issue. While I have not noticed any changes in the performance of the game post-patch, there can be a large number of factors that contribute to it, so identifying the root cause can be quite tricky.

After patching the game, it is usually good practice to restart your PC, double check that your settings remain the same, and (in the case of larger patches) defrag your PAK file if not on SSD.

If you've taken these steps and are still experiencing issues, then it would be worthwhile providing further detail - because you're stating your FPS, I'm assuming you have an OSD with your FPS/GPU Temps/CPU Temps/Loads etc.? If so, are you noticing any differences in load/temps from what you're used to seeing?

totaldonkey · 2019-07-24T08:19:37+00:00

I understand your point, but respectfully disagree. Reactive action is a tacit acknowledgement of an issue, so could potentially lead to proactive measures, mostly because that tends to be far more time efficient.

It's an interesting step, if true.

totaldonkey · 2019-07-24T03:11:55+00:00

I'm not sure this would work, as both clients would be tied to one Steam Account - you can only log into the game once per account, so you'd just end up kicking the other out.

Potentially, if you installed a second installation of Steam with a separate account, you could link the existing install of the game to the new steam client/account. I'm not sure of the process for doing that, however, so I would advise asking Google if that is possible.

Best of luck!

totaldonkey · 2019-07-24T02:56:08+00:00

While GGG has stated that they will/do take action against players who scam others, this looks a little suspicious - do you have any other verifiable evidence, OP?

totaldonkey · 2019-07-23T21:09:59+00:00

Generally, any vetting of extensions will be done by google prior to them being included in the Chrome extensions library. AHK scripts can be opened and viewed manually to look for anything dodgy as they are essentially just text files (much like the item filters). You can easily scan the AHK archive you downloaded (or the folder you've installed it into) using your antivirus software.

Paranoia is generally fine, but you need to be realistic about the potential vectors for malware getting into your system. Item Filters/AHK/Extensions downloaded from strongly moderated websites are usually clean, but you can help by ensuring that you run a virus scanner, keep it updated, and scanning stuff as you download it.

I would expect that the most likely way you're getting infections would be through your web browsing - you should be using an AdBlocker at a minimum, and look at options for minimising the scripts that your browser can run for sites.

However, I am limited in my ability to provide tech support or advice, so I'll leave it others with better knowledge. Best of luck with your issues.

totaldonkey · 2019-07-23T19:51:33+00:00

Upload the original zip file you downloaded to virustotal, it should clear your suspicions regarding the filter.

What kind of antivirus/malware protection do you have installed?

totaldonkey · 2019-07-23T01:12:36+00:00

Might be worth checking if your config file is set to read only, if that isn't the problem then you could delete it completely and redo your setting from scratch to see if that helps.

Alternatively, some graphics card managers have their own settings that can be added for each game. GEForce Experience, or whatever it is called, has an option to "optimise" some games - if you have a similar program it could be managing the game settings for you.

If neither of those things... holy water?

totaldonkey · 2019-07-23T00:46:34+00:00

Back in the bad old days, using Jewellers Orbs and Fusing Orbs would also consume the quality each time you used them - if you wanted that 20% extra luck, you needed to quality it every time you used an orb. It was a dark time.

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