sparky1337
@sparky1337@ttrpg.network
- Comment on Call me 6 hours ago:
The middle number 555 is used in fake adverts in the US. It’s not used anywhere.
- Comment on How come LED Light Bulbs only last for about 2-3 Years? 1 month ago:
Generally I don’t buy anything else other than Phillips. They’re usually bulletproof if you don’t get the smart bulbs. I’ve not had a Phillips fail in ~10 years. But that’s a sample size of like 30 or so bulbs.
- Comment on How come LED Light Bulbs only last for about 2-3 Years? 1 month ago:
Yep. When I moved into my house the previous owner had used all garbage Walmart LED’s. I think I had one fail each month and just bought a bunch on sale from Phillips eventually.
Most common failure was the driver. So they turned into strobe lights lol. Most annoying failure ever.
And more importantly, not every LED is dimmer compatible. Sometimes they’re super picky or just plain don’t work.
- Comment on Baldur's Gate 3 level editor is cracked open by modders, bringing homebrew campaigns one step closer 2 months ago:
Sometimes the afflictions didn’t trigger properly like accidentally healing an enemy because decay was applied same turn etc. also turn order and initiative is impossible to predict. In a 4 person co-op game there must always be an alternating turn order regardless of number of players. So basically we’ve had players skipped for two whole rounds because the AI gets to go again. It’s fairly consistent in that regard. It’s frustrating because it’s usually a different person each session that just gets entirely skipped over for almost the entire fight.
And to be honest, I liked the action/bonus action mechanic as it makes the turns go faster. We just did a 4 player bg3 campaign earlier this year and the fights went way faster.
And the crafting mechanic has a high learning curve.
I did find the physical/magic armor mechanic different. I don’t have any real opinion either way with it.
- Comment on Baldur's Gate 3 level editor is cracked open by modders, bringing homebrew campaigns one step closer 2 months ago:
Having played both, there are some really nice quality of life changes in BG3 that will make this way better. Also Div 2 rules were weird.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
Anything mini led with local dimming and HDR will be more than enough at a lower budget. Hisense has some pretty nice ones.
Check out rtings to get a general idea of features and their usefulness.
- Comment on Is Elder Scrolls 6 doomed to fail? I can't see how it will work 2 months ago:
I feel like in comparison to Starfield, ES6 should be smaller and more compact which should alleviate a lot of the other complaints I’ve seen.
At this point the hype alone will sell it. There may be some apprehensive players since starfield, but I don’t think it’ll impact them too much.
Also elder scrolls being their big IP, they kind of don’t have the wiggle room to screw this up.
- Comment on How does Ohio have stock for the new cannabis stores that just opened? 3 months ago:
Is that why I can find some brands in Colorado and not in Michigan? Or are there just really that many brands?
- Comment on Game Informer Closes After 33 Years 3 months ago:
I think I still have copies of GMR around here…….from my nostalgic memory I thought they were the better publication.
- Comment on Where does plaque come from? 3 months ago:
Soft plaque forms like the other comment said from bacteria excrement.
It then hardens and becomes impossible for a regular brush to get rid of within 24ish hours. It’s why you should get regular cleanings and brush twice a day. And floss.
- Comment on Elden Ring – Patch Notes Version 1.12 4 months ago:
It’s going to make heavy based melee builds much less annoying.
- Comment on People left seriously creeped out after woman shares how to find out everything Google knows about you 6 months ago:
I would assume the latter until proven otherwise. No doubt they hide that.
- Comment on Sony misses PS5 sales target as console enters ‘latter stage of its life cycle’ 8 months ago:
Demons Souls being the exception that I can think of off the top of my head.
- Comment on Nothing was off-limits for retro game ads 8 months ago:
I launched Arkham Asylum on steam earlier this week and it recommended a GTS9800 lmao.
1GB ram, 2GB if you were running Vista.
- Comment on Nothing was off-limits for retro game ads 8 months ago:
I spent sooooooooo much time on StarCraft and Diablo II. First video game I remember playing was Wolfenstein 3D, then Duke Nukem. Found RTS soon after.
- Comment on Honda announces a new line of electric cars, the Honda 0 9 months ago:
Too bad they discontinued it.
- Comment on What DID Apple innovate? 10 months ago:
Haha I had to look it up, but that’s the definition of “innovation”. Literally taking something existing and making it better.
- Comment on What DID Apple innovate? 10 months ago:
I guess it would be better to say they innovated the slate style phone. Android didn’t come out until 2008 and all other top phones used physical buttons. The iPhone technically only had 5 for general functions.
- Comment on What DID Apple innovate? 10 months ago:
I remember the first keynote. Jobs kept repeating phrases like music player, web browser, and phone together like that. And then boom, he whipped out the first iPhone that was in his pocket the whole time. While there were similar devices at the time, nothing (to my knowledge) was all one package especially in an all touch device that small.
- Comment on Voyager 1 stops communicating with Earth 10 months ago:
Forced update, they took too long to restart.
- Comment on Which controller did you start with? 11 months ago:
PS1. Unless mouse and keyboard counts….
- Comment on Feds subpoena Ticketmaster over egregious concert ticket prices — A spokesperson for Live Nation, which owns Ticketmaster, said the firm doesn't “feel comfortable” sharing information with Congress 11 months ago:
Pearl Jam tried this in the 90’s and got ran over. There would have to be people in congress that cared enough.
- Comment on ‘Modern cars are a privacy nightmare,’ the worst Mozilla’s seen 1 year ago:
VW hides a fair few of theirs behind the gauge cluster.
- Comment on Unconfirmed PS5 Slim: New PlayStation 5 console rumored for upcoming reveal 1 year ago:
With all of the cooler revisions they did on the full size it really seems like they can scale it down quite a bit. Maybe not quite PS4 pro size, but certainly more manageable than the current model.