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  1. On 12/3/2019 at 3:51 PM, downzy said:

    Curious whether how many people out there still buy consoles at the end of their life cycles.  

    I've always enjoyed buying the "other" console late in its life cycle for cheap and enjoying the games that came out years before but at a fraction of the cost.  

    Back in the early 2000s I was all in on the Gamecube, but eventually bought a PS2 a year before the next consoles came out.

    I then jumped to the Xbox 360, and eventually bought a PS3 late in its life cycle.  

    This time I went with the Xbox One X and was tempted to get a PS4, but I've read the next generation of consoles will be backward compatible.  So I'm less inclined to buy another machine if I can save my money and buy a next get console that will play games from this generation.

    Anyone else of the same mind?

    I'm like you on this.  Once the new ones are announced, I can't bring myself to buy something I know will be outdated in a year.  If I'm going to buy a console, I buy it when it's brand new.  Occasionally, I'm able to flip the console and it will pay for itself.  The PS3, GBX and the XBone were the 3 I reserved, then sold almost immediately for a markup.  The Gameboy I actually sold in the mall after buying it, I did half a lap around the mall like a scalper "Need a Gameboy? Who needs a Gameboy?"  2000, 2001?  idk, it was "the gift" sold it for $500.

     

    It's a solid excuse to reserve a console that you don't "need."  There is a good chance you can sell it immediately for a handsome profit.  

  2. 3 hours ago, AtariLegend said:

    I'm a little ocd on finishing games once I get into them, but Temple of Elemental Evil for example was one I never finished as a kid.

    It's completely unplayable even with all the patches. There's a silly amount of unforgiveable bugs and crashes with no fixes. 

    I used to be a completionist, growing up with Atari then Nintendo, games were not as easy to get, so when I did, I played the fuck out of them, even when I didn't like them that much.  These days, there are so many games, I have almost 400 on Steam alone and I have like a 30% completion average.

     

    I still pass any game with a run through of 20 hours or so (unless I hate it) but all of the mega games, like GTA, Morrowind, etc, I almost never complete them.  My list would take multiple posts!

  3. dude, I consider myself Active and I think I joined in 2006, I have less than 2500 posts, fuck a 3k requirement, that's ridiculous and will just lead to mass spam.  I see a 3k requirement, and that tells me I have to post "lol" or "Good point" 500 fucking times.

     

    Not that it matters anyway, this persons/persons infiltrates everything eventually.  Some people trusted in the community are obviously helping them, probably for some unreleased shit, or simply because they enjoy trolling and watching the forums fucking react every time they tell you to jump.  The point is, it's not a simple solution, because a 3k wall or even a 1k wall is going to piss off legit users and it's all going to get reported anyway.

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  4. 32 minutes ago, Popcorn crew said:

    IT was 1990, I was 18. my music direction was not defined yet. My best friend was all into MC Hammer and he had this huge slow hit "Have you seen her?" and I was kind off, ok this was good, but large pants and dancing no way. And my other best friend (Slash look-a-like) was all into Aerosmith and Gnr. So he gave me mixed tape. And the first song that was on it was My Michelle. That was this WTF moment when you realize this guys are special. And than after My Michelle was SCOM and PC. That was it I was hooked.

    You're slightly older than me, I was 16 in 90.

     

    I'm sure the first one I heard was WTTJ, but I oddly do not remember getting the album or how I'd heard of the band.  It changed my musical taste forever, prior to AFD, my favorite albums were Hysteria, Slippery When Wet and Licensed to Ill.

  5. Not for nothing, but is there a chance that these wouldn't happen so frequently and vigorously if we didn't talk about it all the time?

     

    Trolls need attention to live.  Why would they ever stop getting shit pulled when they can see real time reactions here as soon as they do?  This person is a legend because of threads like this.  This is some of the most total and complete domination of a community by a troll that I have ever seen in my entire life.

    I understand an accept that there may be a knee jerk reaction of "fuck you dude!" because this is an emotionally charged issue, and if you happen to be someone feeling said reaction, take a deep breath and honestly ask yourself if you believe in your heart of hearts that the situation would be exactly as it is now had there been NO REACTION whatsoever?  Maybe if we didn't incessantly jump when we were told, this person(s) would have fixated on something else.

     

    Just a thought.

  6. On 11/9/2019 at 2:06 AM, downzy said:

    Seems like this game is such a beast graphically that even the highest performing cards out there can't quite get to 60 FPS in 4k.

    https://ca.ign.com/articles/2019/11/08/red-dead-redemption-2-pc-benchmark-what-you-need-to-play-at-4k

    Apparently if you turn water physics one below ultra it nets you 10 FPS.

     

    Hey, thanks again.  This was the catalyst to me playing more, because the FPS was bothering me and I kept fucking with it and not really getting into the game.

    Quick question for anyone who has played:

     

    1.  Do I have to "sleep?"  It mentions sleep in loading menus, but I can't figure out how to do it.

    2.  Do I have to actually donate straight up money to the camp?  Or is that taken care of when I donate something like an animal skin and it says it's worth $1.00 or whatever?

  7. 9 hours ago, AxlRoseCDII said:

    I’ve heard the PC launch has been disastrous and unplayable, is true?

    That is 100% incorrect for me personally.  I feel like I should be able to run it at higher levels based on my rig being pretty elite, BUT I am also an FPS whore, so any dips below 60 bother me overly much.  The mix of mostly high and a few medium settings gets me there, and it still looks great.

     

    20 hours ago, downzy said:

    Seems like this game is such a beast graphically that even the highest performing cards out there can't quite get to 60 FPS in 4k.

    https://ca.ign.com/articles/2019/11/08/red-dead-redemption-2-pc-benchmark-what-you-need-to-play-at-4k

    Apparently if you turn water physics one below ultra it nets you 10 FPS.

     

    Thanks for this, it actually did help, and allowed me to bump textures up to ultra.

  8. 11 hours ago, Oldest Goat said:

    I know exactly what you mean about games like this feeling daunting these days. It's not that I don't care I just sort of can't be bothered. Maybe I'll love it and dive in but I'll most likely just do the story stuff.

    How's it running? You've got a 1080Ti too don't you?

    I'm debating how to answer about performance... I can't get decent frames on Ultra without occasional stuttering.  I moved almost everything to "High" and a few settings at medium and it's a much smoother experience.  It still looks GREAT, but I feel like it might need a few more optimization patches.  This is the first game my new computer can't max out.

    The not being bothered part is a lot of it, that is well said.  When I was younger, I'd dive right in, but now I'm just like man... This seems like a lot that I'll never finish.

     

    4 hours ago, downzy said:

    It's a bit of a slog at the beginning.  But by the middle of the game it begins to really let loose and then it begins to feel like a runaway freight train.  I would say it's in chapter 3 where things really start to pick up.  

    I would recommend keep going with it.  The pay off is worth it.  Plus there's so much to do and see that you can set the story aside for a moment and explore the world Rock Star built.  It's probably the most impressive open world environment I've ever played in.  Also keep an eye on the challenges as they're easier to knock off before you finish the story mode.  

    I will definitely keep trying to get into it.  What you are saying is encouraging. It sounds like it's worth it.

  9. Anyone else who picked this up for PC having any problems getting into it?  It seems almost "too big" and daunting.  I'm having trouble getting that initial momentum to get hooked in.  I'm not really sure how to explain it...  Maybe its just being older, since I got into the first one easy enough... The last time I had this feeling about a game it was Skyrim.

     

    Ps. Goat, @Oldest Goat I bought it directly from Rockstar, instead of EGS.  

  10. On 10/25/2019 at 1:45 PM, Chris 55 said:

    I can't tell if you're being serious or not. How does one become "laughably triggered"? 

     

    A new King Kong v.s. Godzilla has already been filmed and is now in post production. It's release date is March 13th 2020.

    The movie was bad enough to trigger me.  It's laughable when people get triggered, more so when it's just over a movie.   It's laughable that I was triggered.

  11. On 10/18/2019 at 8:30 AM, action said:

    epic store / steam store... what the fuck are you all talking about?

    I don't have a clue, but it sure sounds bad, almost orwellian.

    *pops in street fighter II cartridge in snes and starts playing within 5 seconds* aaaah. the feel of physical games that are made like concrete bricks

    In a nutshell, Valve/Steam is a $1.5b juggernaut has/had a monopoly on PC games.  If you game on a PC, you do it via Steam.  A competitor has emerged in a company called Epic and they have about 12 games on a 6 month exclusive.  They paid Developers money to have exclusive rights to sell some dozen or so games for 6 months before they can be sold on Steam.  A lot of people are having a meltdown because they like having all of their games on one launcher and it's basically a nuclear pissing war between the people that hate Epic and the people that just see it as another store.

     

    I, much like you, LOVED the idea of having physical games in my possession, but that is not a thing in the realm of PC gaming.  Even if you buy a game in the store, you cannot install it without using Steam.  Many people don't know this, but when you buy a physical copy of the game, all that matters is the key.  You can't install off of the disc only, AND, if you never pop the disc in your PC and simply type the key in, it loads exactly the same.  The disc is a cosmetic prop with no value at all.  I have always HATED Valve for taking away my ownership of the games I buy and eliminating hard copies from relevancy.   In other words, if Steam was console based, when you popped in your SFII cart, you'd have to validate through Steam, or not play it.  

  12. 2 hours ago, AxlRoseCDII said:

    I think all we get is Locomotive to be honest. Hard School seems to be a joke

    idk, I still doubt that Hard School was anything but a smart/insider trolling.  This had been in the vault for like 20 years, I find it hard to believe it magically was relevant right after leaking.  The leak wasn't widespread or popular enough to warrant it being played,  there are like 10k people that even know what it is.  On the other hand, putting it on a fake set list is EXACTLY what I would do to fuck with those 10k people if I was in the inner circle.  People jump to "But the rest of the list is accurate."  and to that I reply "Bingo." it would have been a terrible troll that failed miserably if it was all fake songs.  The best trolls are plausible.

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  13. I finally saw this movie, and I thought it was terrible!  I rolled my eyes at lines or scenes 5 times after I actually started counting how many eye roll moments I experienced. Earlier in this thread, I was skeptical about the movie after the first trailer because it sounded like it was going to be a global warming lecture, and I am pleased to say it was NOT.  Sadly, the actual story just alternated between nonsensical and cringe.  For example the interaction early on with the Monarch team and Godzilla on that oil rig/Monarch base was completely nonsensical, and the very end of the scene with Godzilla looking into the eyes of the male protagonist was soooo cringe.  Godzilla dating Mothra or WTFever they were trying to say their special relationship was... was dumb as fuck.  I avoid the hell out of spoilers, so my only real hint that it wasn't that great was that it seemed to only be in the theaters for a pretty short time, I've since seen it was rated on average about a 6/10.  That seems about right for me.


    While I thought the plot and story was remarkably dumb, I could forgiven all of that if the monster fights were more frequent and cooler.  Even when there were monster fights, they weren't that great.   I think one scene kind of summed up the entire movie for me:

    Spoiler

     

     When all the other titans converge on Godzilla at the very end, and we don't get an amazing fight, we watch them fucking curtsey... What. The. Fuck.

     

    I am laughably triggered by how bad this movie was.  I made popcorn, used my home theater which I rarely turn on and was so excited to watch it.  I think it was less than 5 minutes in when I vocalized my thought of "Oh no." out loud in an empty room because something happened that was so hokey that I knew I was in for a bad ride.

     

    I really hope this didn't end the possibility of a new King Kong Vs. Godzilla.   Hopefully with a different director and writer, though.

  14. You want to talk about super creepy coincidence?  I swear to God this is 100% true.  I've been on the road for the last week and a half, and at the Norfolk Virginia airport, they had a candy store with a bunch of gimmick candy soda's... and one of them was "Roddy Piper's All Out Of Bubblegum" Bubblegum soda.  What an amazingly random thing to pop up in my life 2 times in a 4 day period!

  15. 48 minutes ago, redstarling said:

    I am new on here and have a question:  Why so much negativity and right out hostility towards Axyl and GNR, I dont get it?   They are not public property and dont owe any of us a thing, why not just accept what they have to offer and get on with our lives,  or maybe this is a kind of hobby for some?  I am not being critical of anyone here I am just genuinely trying to understand.  I posted  a  'Congrats to GNR for billionth YouTube view' thread and noticed hardly anybody gave it a mention and yet it surely it was something to celebrate and be positive about? 

    It's a pretty cheery bunch compared to like 5 or 6 years ago.  I literally quit this site completely, didn't even lurk because it was a straight 100% troll fans and hate on the band fest.  I'm grateful to the mods for changing things up when they created the "Jungle" sub forum.  Prior to that the main board was full of threads like "How cunty is Axl?"  "How many cocks has Axl sucked, here are the ones we know..." It was legit brutal, and unreadable.  I couldn't take coming here, because it made me upset to read the forum, I wanted to argue with everyone.  This is coming from someone who says snarky sarcastic shit about they band, but the forum was just venom and hate. 

     

    I'm not joking or exaggerating.  There was a time that this was NOT a forum for fans.  I'm very glad the mods changed it up.

  16. On 10/4/2019 at 8:16 PM, Oldest Goat said:

     I'm just glad it's not on the Epic game store!

    Et tu, Goate?   Nooooooo! :lol: I really get frustrated with all of the "Never Epic" discussions.  I have no idea what your full take is on the situation, and you might have some legit reasons for saying that, but 90% of what people keep copy pastaing on Steam about EGS is like uber false.  Seriously, a  small, militant, dedicated group of haters that are pissed because they like having their games all in one launcher, and having achievements, but knowing that "I don't want to clutter my desktop!" or "I like my friends being able to see my achievements!" is not an argument that wins hearts and minds have spread a lot of horseshit in order to try and kill Epic.  A lot of youtubers have jumped on the bandwagon because it get you hits out the ass right now.  To be clear, I don't give a fuck about EGS, I just hate the concept that people will swear that the employees of Epic eat fried baby skin as they worship the devil... because a second launcher is too much "clutter."

     

    Some of my "favorites"

    "Epic has no return policy" - Epic has the exact same return policy as Steam.

    "Epic created something called 'Terms of Service' or a 'ToS"  I'm supremely confident you are not among them, but I swear to god, this was a rumor that people believed, and parroted for about a month after the exclusives started.  To be absolutely clear, it was widely discussed on Steam that Epic created the first ever "Terms of Service." That was actually how the whole existence of the "Epic is the devil" debate.  People on Steam were quoting the generic legal jargon of a ToS and telling people that the concept was created by Epic in January of 2019.  I became hooked on the debate when I got flamed for clarifying that Term of Service agreements have been around for years and basically every company ever has one.  I was called an "Epic shill."  

    "Epic is flagged as a virus/spyware on <changes weekly>"  Epic isn't flagged by any of the major antivirus/malware programs.

    "Epic is owned by Tencent" - Tencent has stock in Epic, but doesn't own it.  Tencent is like the 7th largest company in the world, they are an investment company.  They own stock in A LOT of companies, including reddit.... the main source of "EGS is the devil" rumors.

    "Epic steals credit card information and gives it to the Chinese government."  - Yeah, EGS has cleaned out the accounts of 400 million EGS customers, and nobody noticed, but Reddit...

     

    I hope we can still be friends, the current popular thinking seems to be people who own a game on Epic cannot associate with people who use Steam.  Idk, it's just a store to me.  These are my main points for not caring:

    1. 80% of PC games can only be played on Steam.  I don't understand how one could be livid about Epic having .001% of PC games being exclusive to EGS for a short period of time, but fully supportive of Valve/Steam.  You can be a PC gamer and never download Epic.  You CANNOT be a PC gamer unless you have Steam on your computer.

    2. Valve and Steam are assholes, not the white knight champion of the consumer.  They only have a return policy because they were sued by multiple countries. They used to hold access to your library of your head.  Prior to the lawsuits, there was a policy of no returns, ever, under any circumstance.  If you did a chargeback, Steam support would openly tell you that they would remove your online access to your entire library, rendering your games worthless. Not for 30 or 60 days, forever.  I know this for a fact because support literally told me this when I was trying to get a refund for Aliens: Colonial Marines. 

    3. Tencent doesn't own Epic, they have stock in Epic.... BUT even if they owned it outright, it would be backward logic to think they were branching out to global markets as a means to spread Chinese control globally as opposed to getting out from under the thumb of the Chinese government so they could make more money.

     

    Also, a nice fringe benefit of embracing Epic, I've gotten 8 free games so far.  7 more than Steam has given me in the past 14 years.

     

    /rant  I'm sorry you all had to see that side of me.  I'm excited af to play RD2 on my PC!

  17. 2 hours ago, SonofaGun said:

    Those were big in 95 and later. Band was in limbo.

    Somewhere I still have a bootleg called "Gun's and Roses Unplugged" with that CBGB's show and some rando UYI era live songs. It was one of my favorites, and best sounding bootlegs.  I can't remember all of the songs though, I know the acoustic Mr. Brownstone was like my favorite ever for a while, and I really liked the Dead Flowers live.

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