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  • BroloBrolo Broseidon Lord of the BroceanRegistered User regular
    chris and i usually share a room when we're at the grand hilbert but sometimes i encourage him to experiment more and share rooms with other people

    our relationship is based on love, stimulants, and trust

  • MrMonroeMrMonroe passed out on the floor nowRegistered User regular
    edited January 13
    Polaritie wrote: »
    MrMonroe wrote: »
    Brolo wrote: »

    that is technically correct, the best kind of correct

    If Chris Roberts checks in to the Grand Hilbert Hotel and moves his bags into Room #1, then moves into the room one door down and charges Brolo ten thousand dollars to take over his old room, then repeats that process with an infinite number of other Brolos, he will always be the closest he has ever been to the end of the hotel, despite there still being an infinite number of rooms left.

    Well, no - he's never any closer to the end of the hotel no matter how many times or how fast he moves. He's not even closer than Brolo is (the set of all rooms between him and the end of the hotel is of equal size to the set of all rooms between Brolo and the end of the hotel). Infinity does strange things.

    Well, the first point, perhaps, but he is absolutely closer than Brolo. Brolo is infinity rooms away from the end, Chris will be infinity minus one rooms away from the end, for the same reason that when an infinite number of rooms are full of an infinite number of occupants, you can still always add an occupant or double the number of occupants without changing the number of rooms.

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  • PolaritiePolaritie Sleepy Registered User regular
    edited January 13
    MrMonroe wrote: »
    Polaritie wrote: »
    MrMonroe wrote: »
    Brolo wrote: »

    that is technically correct, the best kind of correct

    If Chris Roberts checks in to the Grand Hilbert Hotel and moves his bags into Room #1, then moves into the room one door down and charges Brolo ten thousand dollars to take over his old room, then repeats that process with an infinite number of other Brolos, he will always be the closest he has ever been to the end of the hotel, despite there still being an infinite number of rooms left.

    Well, no - he's never any closer to the end of the hotel no matter how many times or how fast he moves. He's not even closer than Brolo is (the set of all rooms between him and the end of the hotel is of equal size to the set of all rooms between Brolo and the end of the hotel). Infinity does strange things.

    Well, the first point, perhaps, but he is absolutely closer than Brolo. Brolo is infinity rooms away from the end, Chris will be infinity minus one rooms away from the end, for the same reason that when an infinite number of rooms are full of an infinite number of occupants, you can still always add an occupant or double the number of occupants without changing the number of rooms.

    Both Brolo and Chris are aleph-null rooms from the end of the hotel. Removing an element of a countably infinite set does not change the size of the set.

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  • BroloBrolo Broseidon Lord of the BroceanRegistered User regular
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9T8jD4ZKWYU
    Magicbook AutoBattler is a non-traditional strategy game that combines Roguelite moves. This game has unique binding combinations, rich weapons and equipment, cool magical effects, and thrilling combat scenes. In the world of magic books, you will face endless challenges and rewards……
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    Build your sky city while exploring a vast landscape in this Open World RPG City Builder. Combining the methodical construction and management of a city builder; the unique lift, balance, and propulsion needed for a flying city; and the compelling characters, dangers, and adventures of an RPG!
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  • DarmakDarmak RAGE vympyvvhyc vyctyvyRegistered User regular
    Polaritie wrote: »
    MrMonroe wrote: »
    Polaritie wrote: »
    MrMonroe wrote: »
    Brolo wrote: »

    that is technically correct, the best kind of correct

    If Chris Roberts checks in to the Grand Hilbert Hotel and moves his bags into Room #1, then moves into the room one door down and charges Brolo ten thousand dollars to take over his old room, then repeats that process with an infinite number of other Brolos, he will always be the closest he has ever been to the end of the hotel, despite there still being an infinite number of rooms left.

    Well, no - he's never any closer to the end of the hotel no matter how many times or how fast he moves. He's not even closer than Brolo is (the set of all rooms between him and the end of the hotel is of equal size to the set of all rooms between Brolo and the end of the hotel). Infinity does strange things.

    Well, the first point, perhaps, but he is absolutely closer than Brolo. Brolo is infinity rooms away from the end, Chris will be infinity minus one rooms away from the end, for the same reason that when an infinite number of rooms are full of an infinite number of occupants, you can still always add an occupant or double the number of occupants without changing the number of rooms.

    Both Brolo and Chris are aleph-null rooms from the end of the hotel. Removing an element of a countably infinite set does not change the size of the set.

    You're just making words up now, you can't fool me

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  • KadithKadith Registered User regular
    Darmak wrote: »
    Polaritie wrote: »
    MrMonroe wrote: »
    Polaritie wrote: »
    MrMonroe wrote: »
    Brolo wrote: »

    that is technically correct, the best kind of correct

    If Chris Roberts checks in to the Grand Hilbert Hotel and moves his bags into Room #1, then moves into the room one door down and charges Brolo ten thousand dollars to take over his old room, then repeats that process with an infinite number of other Brolos, he will always be the closest he has ever been to the end of the hotel, despite there still being an infinite number of rooms left.

    Well, no - he's never any closer to the end of the hotel no matter how many times or how fast he moves. He's not even closer than Brolo is (the set of all rooms between him and the end of the hotel is of equal size to the set of all rooms between Brolo and the end of the hotel). Infinity does strange things.

    Well, the first point, perhaps, but he is absolutely closer than Brolo. Brolo is infinity rooms away from the end, Chris will be infinity minus one rooms away from the end, for the same reason that when an infinite number of rooms are full of an infinite number of occupants, you can still always add an occupant or double the number of occupants without changing the number of rooms.

    Both Brolo and Chris are aleph-null rooms from the end of the hotel. Removing an element of a countably infinite set does not change the size of the set.

    You're just making words up now, you can't fool me

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  • FishmanFishman Put your goddamned hand in the goddamned Box of Pain. Registered User regular
    Is Squadron 42 still impossible to buy standalone at the moment?

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  • MadicanMadican No face Registered User regular
    Star Citizen is just an overly elaborate Zeno's paradox where scope is the turtle that Achilles is forever chasing

  • webguy20webguy20 I spend too much time on the Internet Registered User regular
    Fishman wrote: »
    Is Squadron 42 still impossible to buy standalone at the moment?

    Correct. Its still in pipedream phase as well.

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  • KarozKaroz Registered User regular
    I dunno where The Blood of Dawnwalker came from but just announced and neat trailer.

    Warning, very NSFW due to gore, so not linking to it.

    Hawt bloody creepy vampire action in the 14th century? Yessss.

  • KarozKaroz Registered User regular
    dang

  • CoinageCoinage Heaviside LayerRegistered User regular
    Yeah the gaters have been cheering that studio, they surely will have some kind of anti-woke signaling at some point.

    Happiness is within reach!
  • MadicanMadican No face Registered User regular
    Especially when the followup to that joke is "IT'S NOT DIFFERENT AT ALL, IS IT STEVE?"

  • I needed anime to post.I needed anime to post. boom Registered User regular
    speaking of old mmos i've been diddling around on the warhammer online private server. i assume it's existing at a sort of "soft blessing" level because it has twitch drops now???

    playing mmos that are functionally "failed" is kinda fascinating because it's frozen in place at its point of failure, so you can see all the problems but also what they did right. big issue with warhammer online is that the separate pvp/character level structure is NOT working. most places recommend that you try to keep your pvp level above your character level, otherwise trying to pvp becomes excruciating

    but also they're so willing to give you interesting abilities, even early. it's so funny to be dropping aoe DoTs on the enemy at like level 10. it's a delight to be a tank and buff your whole team with the ability to steal stats from the enemy. and the engine is also inherently built with the idea that you have an Offensive Target and a Defensive Target, rather than having to do it via macros, which enables so many interesting and more elegant aggressive heal/support styles that other mmos struggle to make work

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  • MorninglordMorninglord I'm tired of being Batman, so today I'll be Owl.Registered User regular
    (PSN: Morninglord) (Steam: Morninglord) (WiiU: Morninglord22) I like to record and toss up a lot of random gaming videos here.
  • MorninglordMorninglord I'm tired of being Batman, so today I'll be Owl.Registered User regular
    edited January 14
    Warhammer online is still my favourite mmo. It's flaws are overrated, it's pluses were just very niche and that is why it failed. Most people don't like pvp and if you don't like pvp there's nothing there for you. The pve is middling at best, despite having some interesting ideas. But pve is overrated for me if the pvp is good.

    Every class in that game was unique and interesting to play. I ran around as a special forces guild in rvr where we would snipe important objectives under the nose of the zerg and run away, slowly manipulating the enemy zerg so our zerg would come out on top. It was a team of about 15 people and I remember oncce holding off the enemy zerg that caught us in a small keep with our tanks in a breach long enough to capture that keep and allow our own zerg to progress. Then we pulled out, jumped the wall, and hoofed it. We got away with it against a group of 40+. You can't push through enemy characters in that game so we could body block them at the doorway. I was one of the tanks, built for defense. I was actively using my abilities to negate incoming enemy attacks and yeet people away from the door with knockbacks. It was glorious.

    I fell out with that group sadly but later I met a korean tank in rvr on a dps character and we together held a point from about 15 people as they dripped in heading back towards their own zerg. He invited me to his groups for pvp and we had an absolute blast. I couldn't understand a word they said but they would give commands in simple two syllable acronyms that I learnt, and so I could communicate with them to make amazing plays.

    By the end of my time with that game I'd joined another guild and was making the calls on vc for pvp fights, when to push, when to fall back, basically being a commander.

    After that sadly life got in the way and I had to unsubscribe.

    Nobody can tell me that game wasn't the goat, all my experiences are an armor of fire that melt any counters before they reach me. It will always be precious to me.

    Morninglord on
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  • I needed anime to post.I needed anime to post. boom Registered User regular
    I think it's probably one of the strongest executions of that large-scale objective-style MMO pvp yeah

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  • KarozKaroz Registered User regular
    IIRC the Warhammer Online factions basically had carbon copies of each other but with one little difference for bright wizards and witcher hunters that then spiraled into Order's complete domination versus chaos.

    Which is weird because like I said, pretty much carbon copies.

  • MorninglordMorninglord I'm tired of being Batman, so today I'll be Owl.Registered User regular
    I played the majority of classes on both sides in my course of that game.

    I stand entirely by "unique".

    (PSN: Morninglord) (Steam: Morninglord) (WiiU: Morninglord22) I like to record and toss up a lot of random gaming videos here.
  • PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    Karoz wrote: »
    IIRC the Warhammer Online factions basically had carbon copies of each other but with one little difference for bright wizards and witcher hunters that then spiraled into Order's complete domination versus chaos.

    Which is weird because like I said, pretty much carbon copies.

    ironbreakers and bright wizards were just objectively better at pvp than blorks and sorcs

  • Fig-DFig-D SoCalRegistered User regular
    While most classes had faction specific counterparts, none were 1:1. Disciple of Khaine had higher damage output, but Warrior Priest had better defensive options. White Lion shared a lot of functions with Marauder, but it had a pet like the Squig Herger. That sort of thing.

    SteamID - Fig-D :: PSN - Fig-D
  • I needed anime to post.I needed anime to post. boom Registered User regular
    yeah the intention was that the designs were same-but-different in a way that would balance out, but the game didn't last long enough for them to fix things

    i think the private server has made some balance changes but i'm not exactly interacting with it in a way where that matters

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  • DonnictonDonnicton Registered User regular
    edited January 14
    WHO had some big issues in addition to balance that took them way too long to fix and really hurt the game at launch, like a tragically unresponsive UI. One of the big things WoW excelled at was the feeling that when you pressed a key you typically knew immediately whether or not the action was going to execute, and WHO did not pick up on that lesson.

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  • MagellMagell Detroit Machine Guns Fort MyersRegistered User regular
    I've been enjoying Snowtopia that I got from one of @Karoz keys and I wanted to take a screenshot to showcase my work on the mountain, but the game does not seem to want to work with the default screenshot commands and just shrinks the game window. Going to have to spend more time with the game as you definitely need to be unlocking stuff to open up more exciting tech to make your lifts longer, faster, and better, but it's been an interesting game to start getting the hang of.

  • Quantum TigerQuantum Tiger Registered User regular
    https://youtu.be/sC5TMdfr1x4?si=lg2GfvoJBT5ZSylX

    This game, The Haunting of Joni Evers, released yesterday. I've not played it yet but I've had my eye on it for a while. Seems like a traditional walking simulator like Gone Home or Edith Finch, but spookier and with new family trauma
    The Haunting of Joni Evers is an emotional tale of a broken family from small-town Oklahoma, driven apart by a malevolent haunting. Uncover the mysteries of Joni’s family and the Cunningham House, digging through memories, facing the family’s past to break the curse.

  • GlalGlal AiredaleRegistered User regular
    I have such good memories of Warhammer Online. Sure, the PVE was mid (with the exception of public quests, which every MMO after rightfully stole), but the classes all felt unique to play, and it did the impossible and made PVP fun for a PVE player.

    In my group of friends I'm the only one who really touches competitive games (with the exception of one additional fighting game enthusiast), but Warhammer Online was the one time we all did PVP and loved it. The fact that tanks could physically create chokepoints was *mwah* brilliant. Hampered by large scale defense turning into stacks of 50 DoTs in one spot melting anyone that walked near it, but ah well.

    Only game that came close for me was GW2 at release, but that's long gone. And unlike WHO, the classes in GW2 feel like their abilities are balanced for PVP, which means they, to me, almost all feel like I'm hitting mobs with nerf bats in PVE.

  • MorninglordMorninglord I'm tired of being Batman, so today I'll be Owl.Registered User regular
    edited January 14
    yeah the intention was that the designs were same-but-different in a way that would balance out, but the game didn't last long enough for them to fix things

    i think the private server has made some balance changes but i'm not exactly interacting with it in a way where that matters

    Everything I heard about that private servers changes are that its one or more main people who have Their Idea of how those balance works and don't much care what other people think, basically just making it a nexus mods balance mod, so I stayed away.

    I don't think I've ever liked player created balance changes in any game I have ever played. I'll just stick with the old memories.

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  • Librarian's ghostLibrarian's ghost Librarian, Ghostbuster, and TimSpork Registered User regular
    So after having to reinstall the Sims 4 over christmas to try and figure out how to gift some dlc to my sister-in-law, I decided to play it for a bit over the weekend. Have not played it in YEARS. I have a random assortment of the early dlcs.

    Sent my sim to the university because I don't think I ever did that. Kinda boring. During downtime I send them to sit in on an extra cooking course. They go from zero cooking skill to maxed in about 30 seconds. The fuck? This university seems like a game cheat. Realized all the skills were leveling up almost instantly. That kinds ruins some of the fun for me. Made a new character and it was still doing it. My sim told a single joke to the first person to visit his apartment and he gained maxed humor skill.

    I go download that one cheat mod that adds in all these controls and such and take a look at the hidden settings. For some reason my game's skill gain was set to 1000%.

    So anyway. I think I fulfilled my need to play the sims. Game feels very empty. They really need to either make a sims 5 or release a dlc that radically alters stuff to make the world feel more alive. There are like three people walking around on the street outside my sim's apartment, in what is supposed to be a busy city.

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  • DelduwathDelduwath Registered User regular
    My sim told a single joke to the first person to visit his apartment and he gained maxed humor skill.
    Well, that part at least was true to life.

  • BroloBrolo Broseidon Lord of the BroceanRegistered User regular
    edited January 14
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0_LJzeoYUQ
    A rogue-lite that offers extensive persistent progression. Build your town, upgrade and equip your heroes, before taking on the the ever-changing Dark Citadel - either solo or with a team of friends.
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    Enter the Overgrowth, a new realm in the world of Hyper Light. Play alone or with friends to explore open worlds, create new builds, rip through hordes and overcome the Crowns and the Abyss King.
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    Pirates VR Jolly Roger is a game alluding to old stories of the all-time most famous Pirates. The journey into the pirate world begins on a deserted island. Despite its extraordinary charm, the land hides a number of secrets and mysteries to be solved as well as obstacles and traps.
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    Sickway is a realistic VR game where you drive a two wheeled electric vehicle in the heights of the city with the goal of getting down. Good advice: Avoid falling down! You can use your creative abilities in track editor, or you can become the fastest among your friends in multiplayer maps.
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  • HoukHouk Nipples The EchidnaRegistered User regular
    Hyper Light Breaker looks really cool but the combat in Hyper Light Drifter never quite clicked with me, so I'll probably hold off till it gets some time in early access to tweak things

    love the style though!

  • BroloBrolo Broseidon Lord of the BroceanRegistered User regular
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSeIweYkv-M
    Introducing Forest Reigns, a new first-person shooter set in a post-apocalyptic Paris, where most of humanity has been wiped out and nature has reclaimed our territory. Survival crafting, a non-linear story, and a forest that can serve as both friend and foe in any given situation all combine to set Forest Reigns apart. Wishlist it on Steam if you're interested: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3325070/Forest_Reigns/

  • durandal4532durandal4532 Registered User regular
    It's always funny to me when a game with mostly modern-looking guns has the character lovingly first-person inspect their weapons so you can see the skins are cool

    Like yeah man, it looks like a bunch of filigreed metal in the shape of all the guns I'm used to seeing

    We're all in this together
  • GlalGlal AiredaleRegistered User regular
    The entire trailer I wished for them to put the gun away so I could see the remaining 25% of the screen.

  • DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    I have a very fond memory from Warhammer Online where myself and a group of PA folks tried to take on a world boss in the sewers under one of the cities.

    I was tanking as my Chosen, Thelonious Monkslayer, and everyone else got got by it at about 40% health but I continued to kite and mitigate and whittle it down while everyone cheered me on... and it killed me with like 1.5% health left.

    And then a week or two later, part of their patch was massively nerfing that boss

    Despite technically losing, I had come within a hair's breadth of beating a boss so difficult they had to nerf it, and that felt like a victory to me.

  • Librarian's ghostLibrarian's ghost Librarian, Ghostbuster, and TimSpork Registered User regular
    edited January 14
    I miss Star Wars Galaxies. Just running around as a Master Smuggler/Master Tailor. Running a surprisingly lucrative shop on Corellia selling movie accurate clothing and slicing people's guns to make them more powerful at the starport with my buddy R2 unit.

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  • KwoaruKwoaru Registered User regular
    I loved warhammer online because I could be a weird little guy on a surfboard that used a horrible demon turret thing to kill people

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  • captainkcaptaink TexasRegistered User regular
    edited January 14
    There's already a banner up top but the poll on New Forum structure would have a direct impact on this thread so I'll make a post:
    https://forums.penny-arcade.com/discussion/253398/the-coin-return-forum-structure-poll

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