Stalinwolf
@Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca
- Comment on Mario 64 Speedrunning Declared "Dead" After Insane Feat From "The Greatest Speedrunner Of All Time" | Time Extension 3 hours ago:
I can’t fully articulate the reasons why, but I dislike the entire speed-running culture. I’ve always been someone who sinks as deeply as I possibly can into the environments that games provide, placing a lot of value on carefully crafted details, flora, object clutter and ambience.
Speed-running is essentially the exact opposite of this, and it takes what was intended to be an enjoyable escape and gamifies it beyond recognition. It becomes a sweaty, disgusting mess of button mashing, sprinting, wall-glitching, exploitation, and a bastardization of mechanics. I definitely get why some people find this interesting, but I just can’t find the off-switch for how much I hate watching it. It’s in a similar ballpark as extreme min-maxing in modern MMOs, where people get so addicted to arbitrarily raising numbers by the smallest margin that the game itself just evaporates into the background.
- Comment on ‘Do not pet’: Why are robot dogs patrolling Mar-A-Lago? 3 days ago:
It can, but it comes out more like “ROOVE ARONG RITIZEN!”
- Comment on Two kind of YouTubers 5 days ago:
Whang talking about some guy peeling the skin off of his own penis and feeding it to a dog or something.
- Comment on Why are people preferring Blue Sky over Mastodon? 1 week ago:
That’s exactly what drove me into seeking out Lemmy instead. I hopped on Mastodon and it made me feel like I was being coralled into following some niche hobby forum exclusively, and I wasn’t into that. It didn’t explain that the instance itself was largely irrelevant and that the rest of the platform would open up to me after choosing one.
Lemmy still had a learning curve, but having experience with reddit I was able to pick it up easily enough.
- Comment on Live Long and Prosper... with aliens 1 week ago:
Are there any new developments with the UAP hearings? Have we made any progress? Kicked down any doors? I assumed it just fizzled out and we would never get answers.
- Comment on What's the capital of France? 1 week ago:
Can’t recommend the entirety of the Civil War on Drugs movie. I believe all parts are compiled into one on YouTube.
- Comment on What's the capital of France? 1 week ago:
- Comment on Monster 1 week ago:
redditors be like “r/that happened…”
- Comment on Tiger Predators 2 weeks ago:
Bigger, hornier tigers.
- Comment on Coming on Lemmy and complaining because there are too many Linux users is like going in to a brothel and complaining that there are too many hookers 3 weeks ago:
Thanks for the heads up. I don’t really have a vendetta against Microsoft, I just hear a lot of moaning over how bad 11 is and have been hesitant to upgrade thus far. Even if it isn’t great, I managed to strip 10 down in a way that it closely resembles 7, so I’m sure I can do something similar.
- Comment on Coming on Lemmy and complaining because there are too many Linux users is like going in to a brothel and complaining that there are too many hookers 3 weeks ago:
I’m on Windows 10 currently, so not quite two versions behind, but I held onto XP and 7 for ages.
- Comment on Prehistoric Life 3 weeks ago:
This is me any time my wife comes home and asks if I want to just order pizza.
- Comment on Coming on Lemmy and complaining because there are too many Linux users is like going in to a brothel and complaining that there are too many hookers 3 weeks ago:
I have always liked Windows, but I’m always two versions behind and have never actually experienced any other OS. I’m open to Linux, but it also scares the shit out of me because I’ll essentially go back to knowing fuck all about the OS on my PC.
- Comment on Rock and Stone 3 weeks ago:
That explains all the bots.
- Comment on Rock and Stone 3 weeks ago:
These guys’ mistake was investing their skill points into coal mining. You’re not getting rare jewels in there, no matter how much you tell yourself you might find a diamond. They don’t spawn in coal mines. You’re guaranteeing a permanent and progressive debuff (Black Lung) for maybe some quartz, pyrite and dolamite. Vendor trash.
- Comment on Rock and Stone 3 weeks ago:
I would kill to just crack away at a mine all day, extracting obscenely large and oddly pre-faceted jewels from the earth.
- Comment on Noice 3 weeks ago:
I moved to Alberta like eight years ago and I’m still appalled at what passes for good pizza in this province. Someone told me it’s Greek influence, which explains why so many donair places are hailed for having the “best pizza in town”. To the average Albertan, it’s not good pizza unless it’s five inches thick and incredibly dried-up looking.
- Comment on Nvidia blocks access to video card driver updates for users from Russia and Belarus. 3 weeks ago:
I’d say Bandits, but he’s only worthy of the Renegades.
- Comment on Nvidia blocks access to video card driver updates for users from Russia and Belarus. 3 weeks ago:
Putin belongs in Yantar like the swamp-fuck he is.
- Comment on Girl without smartphone unable to join in lesson — 'I feel guilty for not buying my daughter one for school' 4 weeks ago:
A q p
- Comment on Why do residential skyscrapers always seem to include balconies that never get used? 4 weeks ago:
As someone who can barely approach the edge of a 3-story parking structure, I would come unraveled on one of those balconies.
- Comment on At the doctors 5 weeks ago:
Pterry from Pteewee’s Ptayhouse?
- Comment on This man is a parody of himself 1 month ago:
He’s pretty closed-minded about aliens as well for a man who has wrapped his head around the scale of our universe.
- Comment on In honor of the start spooky season (yay!), I have a question about an apparently beloved spooky meme/skit. What about "David S. Pumpkins" is so funny? 1 month ago:
I don’t find it particularly funny, but I certainly enjoyed the vibe of the entire skit.
- Comment on YouTube Premium is getting a huge price hike in over a dozen countries, sparking user backlash. Some countries are experiencing hikes between 30% and 50% 1 month ago:
I’ve been paying $25 CAD to support five family accounts and prevent my daughter from seeing ads during her monitored viewing. If that price goes up 30-50%, I’m fucking done. This was an expense I was willing to incur, as YouTube is literally the only media platform my family even uses anymore. Better price than cable and multiple streaming platforms, and (again) I’m paying that for five active accounts.
If anyone knows of a way for me to adblock through my Roku TV so that we can continue watching YouTube on it without a Premium account, I’m all ears. The TV is the only reason I’m not just using uBlock to begin with.
- Comment on when AI tries to get in my way 1 month ago:
For me it’s less about my knowledge vs. theirs, and more about get the fuck away from me and stop trying to make a sale.
- Comment on Day 67 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I’ve been playing until I forget to post Screenshots 1 month ago:
Nearly every server is different, but the ones my friends/wife and I always did (10+ years ago) were like role-playing kingdom bulking maps. Server owner (usually me) would hold the title of Kibg/Sovereign and appoint their friends to specific roles. I would oversee the general development and expansion of the kingdom, as well as decide and manage a system of ore-based currency (or would at least create the mint and appoint someone to running it). My left and right hand would build/manage the keeps/barracks/military structures, or the government buildings/libraries/cultural centers, etc. These would all be injected with their own lore and staffed by the person in charge of them. Everyone else would receive more minor roles, but typically be given monopolies in certain types of goods or commerce. Maybe Bob wants to be a trapper. Sure, anyone else can legally go and gather leathers and animal parts, but Bob is the only one permitted to sell those items in his shop in the city. Things like that just to try to keep it interesting.
The idea is to open it up to the public (via applications and careful vetting) and watch people run amock in the simulated medieval economy. We used to have a blast doing it. Especially with mods installed that added skill progression, abilities at milestones and other MMORPG-esque mechanics.
Normal people, however… They just do what they do in single player but occasionally trade, work together, tackle bosses, and show each other their latest creations.
- Comment on That explains it. 1 month ago:
That’s the Fart Monster 2k.
- Comment on Dragon's Dogma 2 receives a new, easier Casual Mode difficulty available now in its latest update | RPG Site 2 months ago:
Finally another game the Elder Scrolls Online community can enjoy.
- Comment on Some might say your gifts are shit 2 months ago:
My brother explained skatole to me once, and I remember the balancing act he had to perform to explain that he’s not saying my shit smells good in particular, but that it shares a certain quality with the odor of flowers. . But not a good quality, mind you.
I appreciated the compliment.
