octobob

I 112%'d hollow knight this past winter and even beat the final patheon that’s like 50 some bosses, although on that one only was the single mod I ever installed which was being able to save at benches because I was not going to try and do 50 in a row without dying lol.

But I did everything the game can offer, first time I’ve gone that far in it since it came out, and then immediately started silksong over again. I got into act 2 when the game came out and kinda fell off it. I didn’t actually get stuck I think I just got distracted with other games

Anyway even after playing HK to death, yeah silksong is a lot harder. But I am at like 16 hours approaching act 3 whereas when I fell off it last year I was around 40, so that’s worth something I guess. I’m not getting stuck as badly, but the game can be pretty punishing.

I’ve always played HK and metroidvanias with an 8bitdo sn30 pro, it just feels better with a D pad to me. Highly recommend it if you’re looking for a better control feel than the steam deck. Although I did beat that crazy hard carnival boss on the switch handheld mode back in the day lol

My friends don’t have it set up. Some of them are friends of friends, and people I don’t talk to regularly. I’m not going to try and convert them. It’s also a bit more complicated via tailscale or VPN reverse proxies and Plex “just werks”. If there’s anything beyond just installing an app and clicking an invite, a bunch of people who use my library are going to have a hard time. Like my dad, he’s pushing 70.

I’m also not even sure if people I share with have means of installing. My one friend who uses my library a lot does it through a Samsung TV. That involves sideloading the app to install jellyfin.

Lastly, like I said, music. Plexamp is one of my #1 used apps. There’s a lot that goes into that beyond just being able to play media. It curates playlists depending on what you just listened to or gives you similar artists, similar to how Spotify makes a “radio” after playing something.

Something that’s getting glossed over in these comments is the ability to easily watch or listen to friends’ media.

I have my own library with about 1k movies, a bunch of anime and TV, and 10k albums. But I have like 6 or 7 friends with libraries even larger. My one friend has 37k albums, they all have thousands of movies I never even heard of, etc. It really makes it like my own mini streaming service, and I love throwing on a huge music library on shuffle via plexamp while driving to/from work.

I paid like $70 for a lifetime pass years ago, so I’m along for the ride I guess. I really rely on the music aspect of it, I haven’t had a spotify subscription in like 7 gears.

I know they changed a lot lately, and particularly what pisses me off is how vague and intentionally obfuscate how their model works now. I have friends that for years used my library, and recently have been like “I saw Plex started charging now so I stopped using it” and I have to be like “no it’s still free because I have a lifetime pass”. It’s definitely just to trick people into getting monthly subscriptions.