Pzier said today they have a vaccination that's 90 percent effective.
And that has nothing to do with the election? Come on Man! So who
decides who gets it? Who decides who distributes it? What affect will
the transition have? Wow. What a mess. I'm sick of all this shit. I'm definetly sick of people. Especially women. It's the women that voted
for Biden and Harris. I hold all the women in this country accountable
for the next 4 years of political turmoil.
Pzier said today they have a vaccination that's 90 percent effective.
And thathas nothing to do with the election? Come on Man! So who decides who gets it? Who decides who distributes it? What affect will the transition have? Wow. Whata mess. I'm sick of all this shit. I'm
definetly sick of people. Especially women. It's the women that voted
for Biden and Harris. I hold all the women in this country accountable
for the next 4 years of political turmoil.
a mess. I'm sick of all this shit. I'm definetly sick of people. Especially women. It's the women that voted for Biden and Harris. I hold all the women this country accountable for the next 4 years of political turmoil.
Wow just wow... Thought we might have some things in common being new sysops but I guess not
Actually, there is something else I will say. I pretty much let people deal with policing themselves here, after all, we are all grown ups. Saying that,
I had to read your statement twice just to be absolutely sure you said what did. You are singling out an entire set of people specifically because of th sexual organs. Frankly that is a whole mess of human rights violations right there. If you want to be an Insel and blame women for everything that you do agree with then let me suggest you leave SciNet and go play on 4chan.
If you keep up with this nonsense I will have no choice but to remove your access from this network.
Ahh, these wonderful sweet pearls of wisdom from you again. Nobody took the bait in Micronet so you're trying here now? Maybe we should just put the lotion in the basket?
Oooops. I forgot, personal opinions are prohibited on SciNet. How does itfeel to be the powerful OZ Netsurge?
Pzier said today they have a vaccination that's 90 percent effective. And that >has nothing to do with the election? Come on Man! So who decides who gets it? >Who decides who distributes it? What affect will the transition have? Wow. What
a mess. I'm sick of all this shit. I'm definetly sick of people. Especially >women. It's the women that voted for Biden and Harris. I hold all the women in >this country accountable for the next 4 years of political turmoil.
Especially women. It's the women that voted for Biden and Harris. I hold all the women in this country accountable for the next 4 years of political turmoil.
It isn't just women who voted for them. I will say that I know more women who were more passionate about their choice than I do men, but not all of those women were Biden voters. I would say they are about 50/50 in these parts.
Oooops. I forgot, personal opinions are prohibited on SciNet. How d itfeel to be the powerful OZ Netsurge?
Personal opinions are always welcome as long as they don't violate any laws.Just like it's my personal opinion that you are a douche-bag piece
of shit,that is an opinion that doesn't violate any human rights laws. It's a statementof fact, not because you apparently have a penis between your legs, but becauseyou have proven yourself to be said douche-bag
piece of shit in other places.
And to answer your question, it feels great to be me. I don't blame entiresubsets of the populations for my insecurities.
frank // netsurge
Pzier said today they have a vaccination that's 90 percent effective.
And that has nothing to do with the election? Come on Man! So who
decides who gets it? Who decides who distributes it? What affect will
the transition have? Wow. What a mess. I'm sick of all this shit. I'm definetly sick of people. Especially women. It's the women that voted
for Biden and Harris. I hold all the women in this country accountable
for the next 4 years of political turmoil.
Especially women. It's the women that voted for Biden and Harris. I h all the women in this country accountable for the next 4 years of political turmoil.
It isn't just women who voted for them. I will say that I know more wo who were more passionate about their choice than I do men, but not all those women were Biden voters. I would say they are about 50/50 in the parts.
I know that. I'm just talking shit. The women in my life (wife, sister, mother) did a job on me so I pretty much became a woman hater. In fact I wasarguing with 3 of them today. They say things like "It's Trumps fault we allhave Covid-19" and that really pisses me off. But hey ignorance is bliss.
Respect for each other, differences and common ground is the answer. Remember, it does not matter what your skin color or gender is .... we
all bleed the same color, RED! ...
All this turmoil has to come to an end. Simply destroying is not the answer and neither the "my way or highway" dialog helps.
Respect for each other, differences and common ground is the answer. Remember, it does not matter what your skin color or gender is .... we
all bleed the same color, RED! ...
The racist, sexist and general douchebaggery of the OP has pushed me to twit him elsewhere; I suppose I'll just doso here - saving you, or not, from having to do any network maintenance for my benefit...
than I - but one thing I will never be, or spew, is the hate and misogynistic person that HuSTLeR *is*. Its disgusting, and I thought that we didn't have that idiocy is our small community. I forgot that he isn't afraid to show his cards.... Jesus...
I'm many things... I'm ignorant in certain subjects; I can be talkative and ann
ying, especially to BBS oPs and computer users with more knowledge than I - but
He does it on purpose to get attention. He'll be totally normal for a fewdays, and engage in pleasant conversation. Then he'll drop a racist ormisognistic bomb and act offended when people tell him to STFU.
bobbobbobbobbobbobbobbobbobbobbobbob
Anytime someone makes the statements 'i'll never like black people because'... or 'im sick of all women because'.... i have to say something. which sucks, on a new FTN with new people i'd like to not spew off in front of... but; that behavior, is worth doing so. Horrid.
Yes, I agree.
for Biden and Harris. I hold all the women in this country accountable
for the next 4 years of political turmoil.
You may wish to re-read what I wrote to Hustler, it isn't the first time he's been grandstandish.
and misogynistic person that HuSTLeR *is*. Its disgusting, and I thought
Anytime someone makes the statements 'i'll never like black people because'... or 'im sick of all women because'.... i have to say
something.
Hustler, come to the Fido politics echos! It's the safest place in the BBS world to be a conservative, or for anything political. It's slightly more fu than it sounds.
I used to be very active in Fido/Politics. Then I had some trouble with my fidonet coodinator and dropped the network all together. I'll have to revisit it again via someone else's BBS.
I used to be very active in Fido/Politics. Then I had some trouble with
my fidonet coodinator and dropped the network all together. I'll have to revisit it again via someone else's BBS.
That sounds similar to a situation I had too. But the other guys in those echos are pretty decent to me though.
I don't care for networks that use "Moderators". Although even the networksthat don't have moderators sometimes have that one person with a big head thatwants to "Moderate" what users say. The idea of freedom of speech doesn'texist. You can only fit in if you agree with what they say.
I don't care for networks that use "Moderators". Although even the networks that don't have moderators sometimes have that one person with a big head that wants to "Moderate" what users say. The idea of freedom of speech doesn't exist. You can only fit in if you agree with what they say.
I don't care for networks that use "Moderators". Although even the networks that don't have moderators sometimes have that one person with a big head th wants to "Moderate" what users say. The idea of freedom of speech doesn't exist. You can only fit in if you agree with what they say.
I don't care for networks that use "Moderators". Although even the networks that don't have moderators sometimes have that one person with
a big head that wants to "Moderate" what users say. The idea of freedom
of speech doesn't exist. You can only fit in if you agree with what they say.
Freedom of speech isn't what you think it is. We don't have the illusion offree speech on private FTN message networks. We have free speech so we cancriticize our own government without being thrown in a gulag.
I don't care for networks that use "Moderators". Although even the networks that don't have moderators sometimes have that one person wi a big head that wants to "Moderate" what users say. The idea of freed of speech doesn't exist. You can only fit in if you agree with what t say.
Freedom of speech isn't what you think it is. We don't have the illusion offree speech on private FTN message networks. We have free speech so we cancriticize our own government without being thrown in a gulag.
You still have to answer for things you say. Free speech doesn't protect youfrom criticism or social backlash.
While I agree with the basic words of Hustler above; that I prefer networks that allow free speech and let users have opinions without a group or mob of users shutting up the stray idea, I don't think thats whats happening.
I feel, in Hustlers case, that he just wants things to be how they were back in 1993... when we were 17, stupid and [may have] held different morales and values than we do now that we grew up and have seen the
world. Thank God that folks don't fall for THAT mob mentality anymore!!!
Just be a good person, and most people will listen to your other point of views.
paulie420 wrote to ryan <=-
I don't care for networks that use "Moderators". Although even the networks that don't have moderators sometimes have that one person wi a big head that wants to "Moderate" what users say. The idea of freed of speech doesn't exist. You can only fit in if you agree with what t say.
Freedom of speech isn't what you think it is. We don't have the illusion offree speech on private FTN message networks. We have free speech so we cancriticize our own government without being thrown in a gulag.
You still have to answer for things you say. Free speech doesn't protect youfrom criticism or social backlash.
Well, he [you, me, everyone] doesn't HAVE to answer for it... he
can go to another forum or FTN and complain about another one
without addressing the valid people who didn't hesitate to speak
out again what is wrong.
While I agree with the basic words of Hustler above; that I
prefer networks that allow free speech and let users have
opinions without a group or mob of users shutting up the stray
idea, I don't think thats whats happening. It is valid and right
to say NO and explain why, when a person posts these hateful and
racist things. It isn't right, and [thankfully] it isn't accepted
anymore.
It never should have been. I think its awesome that people speak
out against racism, sexism and other isms now-a-days. I'm glad
that there is some sort of mob mentality when it comes to THESE
things... I agree, I desire places where I can say what I want,
without one click or group of cool kids shutting down ideas just
because its not their idea of whats hip; but I think we have that
on most all of the BBS FTNs out there.
I feel, in Hustlers case, that he just wants things to be how
they were back in 1993... when we were 17, stupid and [may have]
held different morales and values than we do now that we grew up
and have seen the world. Thank God that folks don't fall for THAT
mob mentality anymore!!!
Just be a good person, and most people will listen to your other
point of views.
Cheers, ryan...
I feel, in Hustlers case, that he just wants things to be how they
were back in 1993... when we were 17, stupid and [may have] held
different morales and values than we do now that we grew up and have
seen the world. Thank God that folks don't fall for THAT mob mentality
anymore!!!
I'm guessing you've missed some of ryan's recent postings on FSXNet,
eh?
I hear you, but want to extend the same niceties to everyone, that I
would wantextended to me. :/ Or, f*ck everyone. :P
I'm guessing you've missed some of ryan's recent postings on FSXNet,
eh?
I appreciate networks that do not moderate or I'd had been kicked off of
1 ortwo by now. Frank, Jack, Smooth, and Avon have been very balanced, patient,and accepting of diverse communities, and deserve some kudos.
paulie420 wrote to Gamgee <=-
I'm guessing you've missed some of ryan's recent postings on FSXNet,
eh?
Nope, not at all. And, I offered support where I thought it was
due there, too; I actually agreed with the other party, but did
think that a quick decision wasn't warranted - We all need a
LITTLE slack during this time; no one knows what the other is
going through. On both sides.
I hear you, but want to extend the same niceties to everyone,
that I would want extended to me. :/ Or, f*ck everyone. :P
I've been called a lot of things in my life, balanced i'll take while I have never been called patient, just ask my wife.
I don't care for networks that use "Moderators". Although even the networks that don't have moderators sometimes have that one person with
of speech doesn't exist. You can only fit in if you agree with what they say.
Haha .. our wives would have a blast talking smack about us then. I'm incredibly impatient.
I avoid Agoranet because the owner told me once "Don't post messages for the sake of starting a conversation." And I respect that - so I stay away from that network. I'm not into art anyway.
I appreciate networks that do not moderate or I'd had been kicked off of
1 or two by now. Frank, Jack, Smooth, and Avon have been very balanced, patient, and accepting of diverse communities, and deserve some kudos.
I wish each of you a happy holiday for those that celebrate
Thanksgiving. I'm grateful for this hobby, and the friendships I've established, and I'm apologetic to any I've ever burned bridges with. I think that with within ones own time, those who have yet to experience their personal moment of lucidity that "life in 2020 just sucks for everyone" will soon do so, and I hope as a world we'll create a closer bond toward one another in a positive light as we work through this insanity.
I wish each of you a happy holiday for those that celebrate
Thanksgiving. I'mgrateful for this hobby, and the friendships I've established, and I'mapologetic to any I've ever burned bridges with. I think that with within onesown time, those who have yet to experience their personal moment of luciditythat "life in 2020 just sucks for everyone" will soon do so, and I hope as aworld we'll create a closer
bond toward one another in a positive light as wework through this insanity.
-Tg
Well said; I think that sometimes people deserve getting jumped on - but it somehow feels like Thanksgiving isn't that time. I do hope that 2020
is somehow redeemed, although I'm not holding my breathe. Happy holidays to you and your family, tG... ya'll deserve a good one.
Just be a good person, and most people will listen to your other point of views.
Someone bought me a gag gift a few days ago that is 100% spot on. It says "2020 is still better than my first marriage" hehe
OMG - I'm certainly gonna use that line tomorrow @ some dinner, or zoom call.Hooray 2o2o!
Shit, mine has a blast talking smack about me to herself, I can't
imagine ifothers were involved.
Thanks, man!
Hear, hear! Well said. Maybe a little overly optimistic, but that was
nice toread on dreary, depressing fall morning.
OMG - I'm certainly gonna use that line tomorrow @ some dinner, or zo call.Hooray 2o2o!
Best not to do it if your current wife is your first wife.
frank // netsurge
Well said; I think that sometimes people deserve getting jumped on - but itsomehow feels like Thanksgiving isn't that time. I do hope that 2020
is somehowredeemed, although I'm not holding my breathe. Happy holidays
to you and yourfamily, tG... ya'll deserve a good one.
Thanks, man!
Hear, hear! Well said. Maybe a little overly optimistic, but that was nice toread on dreary, depressing fall morning.
It's a choice. You know, some of us, myself included, came to BBS's to
be ableto express our opinions without 1,000's of trolls, and without having to worryabout friends and family reading our opinions that may different then theirs. So we did, then made friends, then realized, we can't do that here either. It's just the world we live in these days,
and thats ok. Putting things intoprospective .. there's a hell of a lot we all can talk about other then arguingand venting about the crappy
year this has been. We're alive, we're friends,and we have a kick ass hobby that others aren't cool enough to have discovered. And those are
the superficial reasons to have made a choice not to participatein the crap anymore -- I have my family .. life is good man!
Enjoy your Thanksgiving too brother .. hope your turkey cooking turns out successful :) Enjoy eating that thing since your girl doesn't eat meat lol!
-tG
I avoid Agoranet because the owner told me once "Don't post messages for the sake of starting a conversation." And I respect that - so I stay away from that network. I'm not into art anyway.
Really? He said that? This is what I mean. Big heads telling us what we cansay and not say. It's pure communism.
I will be hatching out the SciNet manifesto shortly.
All 500 handwritten pages scanned as images into a PDF?
All 500 handwritten pages scanned as images into a PDF?
Going old school, underground bbs style. as a disk mag.
5.25 low density floppies please.
Really? He said that? This is what I mean. Big heads telling us what we can say and not say. It's pure communism.
Really? He said that? This is what I mean. Big heads telling us what we cansay and not say. It's pure communism.
I will be hatching out the SciNet manifesto shortly.
Really? He said that? This is what I mean. Big heads telling us what we can say and not say. It's pure communism.
Communism? Really?
Do you know what that word means?
ALL HAIL NETSURGE, LEADER OF THE GLORIOUS REVOLUTION!
He at least appears to have the communism = authoritarianism part right.
He at least appears to have the communism = authoritarianism part right.
I know it's been fashionable since the 50s to conflate economic policy and power structure but I digress.
I believe it became fashionable because that particular economic policy has yet to work (that I am aware of) as a form of government without
that power structure.
forget that sarcasm doesn't work via text on screen. But I agree with
your response here.
5.25 low density floppies please.
Nope, C64 5.25 floppy only.
forget that sarcasm doesn't work via text on screen. But I agree with your response here.
It sure does work on a small scale. As the RC of Region 12 in Fidonet I rulewith an iron fist and everyone is forced to do as I say at all
times. It'sgreat.
If we're good we get the silicone fist, and on our birthdays we get it warmed up first. hail frank
Cassette at least? I've got a Datasette that could use a purpose!
Cassette at least? I've got a Datasette that could use a purpose!
I recently refurbed a Commodre 1530 and a 1531 (for the C16 line) and bothof them had their belts disintegrate into a slimy, sticky sludge. It was adisaster to clean up.
I highly recommend you open yours up and if your belts are gone, clean thegoop out because it can harden and almost fuse to whatever it comes in contact with.
Yeah I did that as I learned my lesson awhile back with a Coleco ADAM that I had. Put in a tape and it completely destroyed the tape and the drive. Then
get a strange delight of "It's been forever, isn't it loaded yet?" "Oh no children, why we haven't even flipped the disk yet!"
Now I visually inspect everything before turning it on and give it a
clean as well. Although these days I rarely have the patience for real drives anymore. :D Sometimes it's fun to show the kids how it used to
work and I get a strange delight of "It's been forever, isn't it loaded yet?" "Oh no children, why we haven't even flipped the disk yet!"
Haha. Insert Boot disk. Insert Data Disk. Insert Boot Disk. Insert Data Disk.
I used to think my IBM PC was so badass because it could read both
sides without flipping the disk.
I used to think my IBM PC was so badass because it could read both
sides without flipping the disk.
Just try to imagine the concept of having to load a game that is 10-15gb in
size back then.
In 1995 I bought a legit copy of MS Word, and it came on like 25
floppies. (I didn't have a CDrom drive at the time). I had to insert each one, one at a time so it could install. And like disk 21 was bad.
So I called MS for support and they shipped me an entire new disk set.
In 1995 I bought a legit copy of MS Word, and it came on like 25
floppies. (Ididn't have a CDrom drive at the time). I had to insert
each one, one at atime so it could install. And like disk 21 was bad.
So I called MS forsupport and they shipped me an entire new disk set.
My Windows 95 upgrade was on also on 3.5" floppies. I can't remember
how many exactly, I seem to remember 13 or 14 disks.
I remember being super impressed (and somewhat relieved) when I got my Windows 98 upgrade and booted from a CD for the first time. I don't
know why, it seemed so futuristic at the time.
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Now I visually inspect everything before turning it on and give it a clean as well. Although these days I rarely have the patience for real drives anymore. :D Sometimes it's fun to show the kids how it used to work and I get a strange delight of "It's been forever, isn't it loaded yet?" "Oh no children, why we haven't even flipped the disk yet!"
I tried to play a 64 game with my 14 year old once and it was on tape. He walked away after waiting 15 seconds, turned around and said to me "What's wrong with you", lol.
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I don't get it.
Modern games take ages to load. Not "tape ages" but certainly more than 15seconds.
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I tried to play a 64 game with my 14 year old once and it was on tape. He walked away after waiting 15 seconds, turned around and said to me "What's wrong with you", lol.
Yeah, the Series X|S has similarly blazing fast load times. Given the amounts of data we're talking about, it's pretty remarkable.
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incase you needed to re-install it. It took me all night to write the 38 floppies incase I needed to reinstall Windows.
All that just so you could play Solitaire?
Assume you have a friend who works for a company that just went public
and he has some spare cash to blow on something silly like a console and he asked you to recommend either the series X or the PS5. What would you say? ;)
Neither console is exactly lighting the gaming world on fire with new generation games though, so it might just make more sense to sit back
and see who starts building a better library. That said, both have extensive backwards compatibility with last gen games, and the Xbox even has support for quite a number of 360 and original Xbox games too.
Pretty cool if you don't mind playing older stuff.
My Windows 95 upgrade was on also on 3.5" floppies. I can't remember
how manyexactly, I seem to remember 13 or 14 disks.
I remember being super impressed (and somewhat relieved) when I got my Windows98 upgrade and booted from a CD for the first time. I don't know why, itseemed so futuristic at the time.
Jay
Yeah, the Series X|S has similarly blazing fast load times. Given the amounts of data we're talking about, it's pretty remarkable.
Assume you have a friend who works for a company that just went public
and hehas some spare cash to blow on something silly like a console and
he askedyou to recommend either the series X or the PS5. What would you say? ;)
I wonder if maybe just building a gaming rig at this point is the right call Hrm...much to consider.
Older stuff = compelling. VR = I'd probably use a PC.
I wonder if maybe just building a gaming rig at this point is the right call. Hrm...much to consider.
At the end of the day, my major problem is that I do the majority of my gaming on my iPad hahaha.
*ducks*
Dearest Ryan,
I regret to inform you that this will be my last communique, as you are beingadded to my "Twit Filter" with no shortage of immediacy.
I hope you understand.
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Yeah, the Series X|S has similarly blazing fast load times. Given the amountsof data we're talking about, it's pretty remarkable.
Yeah, the Series X|S has similarly blazing fast load times. Given the amounts of data we're talking about, it's pretty remarkable.
Assume you have a friend who works for a company that just went public
and hehas some spare cash to blow on something silly like a console and
he askedyou to recommend either the series X or the PS5. What would you say? ;)
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I was playing a bit on a PS5 recently and I think the load times are probably the biggest thing for me with the new consoles (so far)
although the PS5 controller features were awesome with the pack in game.
It just wasn't used to that same expert level when I was messing around with Spiderman.
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Hello everyone, I'm new to BBS. I hope everyone is staying safe & able todrink some fine whiskey for the holidays!
I was playing a bit on a PS5 recently and I think the load times are probably the biggest thing for me with the new consoles (so far)
although the PS5 controller features were awesome with the pack in game. It just wasn't used to that same expert level when I was messing around with Spiderman.
At least the a little while, they're loading even faster than PC games. PS5 seems to be 10-25% faster then SX on load times too, but that isn't sayingh much when the total load time is under 20 seconds anyway.
All Microsoft exclusive games can be played on PC and right now they
have a total of 0 exclusives released. If you have PC now with a
moderate GPU or plan to get a new GPU/laptop/computer any time soon then that is your answer. Your PC will play your XBox games so unless you
have a bunch of friends in the XBox ecosystem there isn't much of a
reason to own one.
I have a 1070 GPU which is old-ish but it will play any "must play" XBox games for the next couple of years so PS5 it is for me.
I recently played "The Last of Us 2" on PS4 and holy fuck that was some epic production.
Neither system has any significant hardware advantage so thats a wash. XBox has GamePass, Playstation has PS+ Collection and PSNow. Both will give you access to a huge library of games if you're not already in the console space (although I think the PS2/PS3 games in PSNow are
streamed). Playstation gets more Japanese stuff, if you're into Japanese/Anime games or content.
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Hey, yer talking my language!! I still do whiskey reviews on my local messageareas. :P
10-25% faster? I don't think that's fair. It seems to greatly vary by the game, with many of the comparisons I've seen actually showing the Series Xwinning out, sometimes handily, over the PS5. But in either case, most
Yeah, that's one piece of skepticism I left out of my comment about the PS5controller - while the demo uses it well, how many developers will takeadvantage of it remains to be seen.
You're not wrong, but man, I hate how this gets used as a strike *against*Microsoft. Microsoft actually opened up their ecosystem, supporting andsometimes requiring PC ports of their first party games,
and including accessto them with the same purchases and/or Game Pass subscription, yet that issomehow seen as a disadvantage. To me, it's an
Let's be honest though, unlike a Series X, that card can't play those newer games at anywhere close to 4k 60fps. :)
The biggest different in PS+/PSnow and Game Pass are the Microsoft first party games. Game Pass always includes ALL first party games, and they're available the day they're released, which is significant. PS Now has more available the day they're released, which is significant. PS Now has more games, but many of them are older and less notable. It's a quantity vs
But if I already have a PC, I am not going to run out and buy an XBox to play Elder Scrolls 6. I'm going to pick up the PC version that I can
run mods with on hardware that I already own, and a pick up a PS5 for their exclusive games. It sucks that it ends up that way, but it is what happens for some people.
You may be looking at loading of backwards compatible games. The PS5
does not load PS4 games faster and I have no idea why - maybe they are governing the load times so its in-line with a SATA3 SSD for backwards compatibility reasons? Series X does load faster on backwards compatible games.
With native PS5 vs native Series X, the PS5 seems to win every time. You're a tech guy so I am sure know you know this - the I/O bandwidth is significantly higher on the PS5, so this makes complete sense and is
what was expected.
No one is really going to miss those 2-3 seconds so its a non-factor.
All of the games I played did use the adaptive triggers, just none of
them made it feel significant like the pack in game does.
The vibration is so much better than PS4/1X though, and that is used more often. For example I ran around in No Man's Sky a bit (which seems like
a really cool game) and if I was near a large animal walking around I could feel the subtle footsteps via micro vibrations in the controller. The last gen controller wouldn't have been able to do that.
But if I already have a PC, I am not going to run out and buy an XBox to play Elder Scrolls 6. I'm going to pick up the PC version that I can
run mods with on hardware that I already own, and a pick up a PS5 for their exclusive games. It sucks that it ends up that way, but it is what happens for some people.
Of course if you're someone who has a lot of friends on XBox or you've invested heavily in XBox games then it makes sense to get one no matter what. But for me I know 2 or 3 people on XBox (including you) so its
easy to switch teams.
My 1070 GTX is running on a 1080 144hz G-Sync monitor, so I don't need
it to run at 4k60. The 1070 GTX will still play games at 1080 with high settings, although it will miss out on the ray tracing. It does
struggle a bit more if I connect it up to my 1440p monitor though. My
TV is still 1080p too. :(
Yeah getting new Microsoft releases on the first day is awesome. Microsoft titles may be decent quality for the most part, but there are
so few of them. For me there is only Halo, Forza Horizon, and Ori that interest me. Gears is only an average game when you put it up against
the single player games being put out by Sony studios like Naughty Dog, Sucker Punch, Santa Monica, and Guerrilla. Those Sony studios are
putting out what I think are the best single player experiences on any platform and they're doing it pretty consistantly.
I can't really think of a game since Mass Effect 1 that was XBox
exclusive and an absolute requirement to play for me.
I agree that GamePass is probably a better service than PSNow, but I
don't think PSNow is quantity over quality. When you buy a PS5 you get
20 exclusive PS4 games that are all basically rated 9 or 10 out of 10 without even having to sub to the extra PSNow service, and thats a huge deal compared to XBox which gives you nothing.
For me PSNow isn't worth it and I am not sure GamePass is either, but I can see how someone could get great value out of them.
Have you tried No Man's Sky? Its on GamePass I think. I was running around in that game when I got a day to spend playing on a PS5. It reminded me of TradeWars 2002 if you played as the actual commander of everything in first person. I was playing on someone else's save but I was flying around from planet to planet looking at economies and setting up trade routes and stuff! I had a freighter with a bunch of frigets I had to manage. Seems like a huge time sink but it was cool if only just for the feeling as if I was playing TradeWars.
Hey, yer talking my language!! I still do whiskey reviews on my local messageareas. :P
I'm currently working through a 12 year Glenfarclas (a posthumous gift from adear friend who passed this year via his daughter) and a bottle of Cardhu,which is one of my favourite goto scotch.
My most recent venture into the higher end was a 18 year Ancnoc this summer.That was a most wonderful journey to the bottom of that bottle. :D
This is one of the main reason I'm not super enthusiastic about Microsoft'sZenimax purchase - most of those games, hardcore FPSes, first person westernRPGs, and "immersive sims" in particular, I'd usually
rather play on PCanyway. :)
I'd already decided that PS4 seemedlike the better bet after Microsoft's hamfisted Xbox One launch. Thankfullyby the time I got my One S they'd already started righting the ship.
really wantingto, as I really like my current TV. Now that I have a
Series X, the clock isticking though.
Yeah, I agree with all of that. That's why I mentioned games first in my original reply to Ryan. They really do have different flavors of exclusives,and I'd be lying if I said there's nothing on PlayStation
that interests me,though I'd also miss some of the Xbox exclusives if I completely jumped ship.I do have to wonder what the aforementioned
I do enjoy chilling on a couch or chair and playing games, especially since I sit at a computer all day at work/BBS stuff, so its an easy sell to get me to a console.
Controllers are better on the hands too long term. Carpel tunnel and tendonitis... Do you ever battle with that type of shit in your hands?
It sucks.
Did you see E3 that year? Man Microsoft said everything wrong and Sony said every right (ie roasted the shit out of them)
We gotta pair a next gen console with a good 4K TV! The 2021 models should have better HDMI 2.1 support and its going to pay off for both of us to be late adopters when we finally get one. I may be moving at some point, so that and the wait for 2021 models with better HDMI 2.1 is the hold off for me.
By next year at this time we owe it to ourselves to be in the 4K world! Lets make a pact! lol
They just need more of them. XBox were hyping how much they were investing in exclusives and studios and I was hyped on it too, but then they pushed out their new console with zero (0) exclusives. I was disappointed but I expect they must have a huge pipeline that will burst in a year or two. Sony I think has 8 exclusives right now.
Were you as shocked as I was about that Zenimax deal? Thats huge!
I wonder if they will end up doing timed exclusives for those big titles though? I know Microsoft can afford the financial hit, but losing sales on major titles like that on the largest gaming platform (assuming
PS2-PS4 sales history continues) will be a pretty big dent in their pocket. Why absorb all that revenue loss when they don't reeeaallly
have to?
I wouldn't even mind as a future PS5 owner because I bet complex games like ES6 will be riddled with bugs. Let those XBox fans beta test that crap for a year and then deliver me the nice patched up version to the
PS5 ;) Either that or I'll just "slum" it at
1080p on the 1070 PC.
One thing I've noticed and I wonder if you have any of this... Is that
the older I get the more I am coming to appreciate the idea of just slapping a box under my TV and forgetting about everything else for the next 5-7 years. Back in the day I loved keeping up with hardware and building desktops, but the novelty has mostly worn off in lieu of convenience.
People say "but you can only get 4k120 frames if you have a PC!"....
Yeah true but I was playing NES as a child with flickering
sprites all over the damn place, SNES FX chip games that ran at 10 fps with 5 polygons... lol 4k 120 fps? pfft.
Holy shit that was long. Props to you if you made it this far.
I don't have any real like that currently, though there was a period
years backwhere I could feel what definitely felt like the beginnings of carpel tunnel.If I recall, I eventually started doing some exercises and adjusted mysleeping position and it kind of went away on its own (for
now, at least.)
PlayStation fanboys often see that moment as Sony somehow sticking it to stuffy ol' Microsoft in the name of consumer rights, yeah! but the fact thatSony had plans and agreements with publishers to do something very similar towhat Microsoft was proposing went under a lot of people's radars. Insteadthey reacted incredibly quickly to the bad press
It's funny, because Sonyhas traditionally had some pretty big PR
blunders when it comes to thePlayStation (Ken Kutaragi in the early PS3 era was incredibly quotable, nevermind all of the PlayStation Network issues from around that time) but in thatinstance they destroyed Microsoft.
Personally, the whole DRM thing didn't freak me out as much as most people.It seems like a fairly progressive system, though it was perhaps
Ha! Totally. I just renewed my lease for another 12 months, so I'll probablyhold off on the new TV until moving in late 2021, unless my current one diesof course. It's been kicking for a quite a while. I
think it's over 6 yearsold by now.
Its tough the only way to get over it at least the tendonitis part of it isrest which isn't exactly easy when you want to play games and you have to work,and then you author BBS software that people want changes to!
Its tough the only way to get over it at least the tendonitis part of it is rest which isn't exactly easy when you want to play games and you
have to work, and then you author BBS software that people want changes to!
I agree it was absolutely not a stick it to them thing, its just that Microsoft tried to be a trendsetter a little too early. We're going to
end up where they saw things going way back in 2012 and both Sony and Microsoft want this to happen. They make more money selling games out
of their stores. Microsoft wasn't wrong in that future, they were just wrong to force it on people like an on/off switch.
I believe they should have had two SKUs for the XBox One if they wanted digital, and it should have been the one we got with the disk drive and the Knect for $499 and then a model with no Knect and no disk drive for $299 or $349. The second model would have undercut the PS4 price too.
Sony cashed in on that misstep but they were just in the right place at the right time.
When you look at the XBox 360 E3 show, Microsoft really focused on building an online community and online gaming, and man did it look and sound awesome at the time. Sony had no answer for that, and on top of that and they had a significantly higher price tag.
The PSN issues were mostly nonsense though, as someone who was on PSN
way back then regularly at least to play Rock Band. They did have that security breach so that was huge, but the idea that PSN isn't as stable
as XBL isn't accurate based on my personal experience. PSN was also
free back then and XBL was a paid service, so that deserves to be taken into consideration too.
We got to pick 3 free AAA games from a list because of the hack and
outage so as an offline gamer it was worth it for me ;)
We are polar opposites on the Kinect stuff though. My thoughts were "oh it can replace this really slow cable box UI with the Windows Media
player TV guide and it can play the usual games too? Thats cool I need that, my cable box UI is really laggy!" The added cost of including the Kinect to the console I think was a problem for a lot of people.
I hear you. I don't know what to do with my current TV if I replace it. Its too good to recycle it for nothing but I also can't be bothered to
try to sell it online either. My TV is from 2014 but it was a really
high end model so still nice if you're only looking for top quality
1080p. It even still has a component input and upscales pretty well for retro stuff (even supports 240p via HDMI). Still going strong in 2020!
Its tough the only way to get over it at least the tendonitis part of isrest which isn't exactly easy when you want to play games and you h to work,and then you author BBS software that people want changes to!
Only on a BBS can a message thread with the subject line "Vaccination" vier off into a discussion of RSIs due to playing video games.
I love this hobby.
One thing I've noticed and I wonder if you have any of this... Is that the older I get the more I am coming to appreciate the idea of just slapping a box under my TV and forgetting about everything else for the next 5-7 years. Back in the day I loved keeping up with hardware and building
Only on a BBS can a message thread with the subject line "Vaccination" vier offinto a discussion of RSIs due to playing video games.
I love this hobby.
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