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Comment on Blizzard sues to take down another private World of Warcraft server, Project Ascension in ~games
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
Bullmaestro Link ParentThe hammer seems to be the weapon-of-choice for speedruns, and I saw a 1 hour 29 minute run take down the kraken boss at the very start of the game in mere seconds with it. It's one of those...The hammer seems to be the weapon-of-choice for speedruns, and I saw a 1 hour 29 minute run take down the kraken boss at the very start of the game in mere seconds with it.
It's one of those "unkillable" bosses that is meant to flee when you're at low health. If you do beat it, you get a really powerful trinket.
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Comment on What's a game you're dying to play that doesn't exist? in ~games
Bullmaestro LinkI have a few Spiritual successor to Wario Land 3 Antonblast and Pizza Tower are based on Wario Land 4, which is my most disliked entry in the series. What I really want is a game more like Wario...I have a few
Spiritual successor to Wario Land 3
Antonblast and Pizza Tower are based on Wario Land 4, which is my most disliked entry in the series. What I really want is a game more like Wario Land 3, an open-world Metroidvania puzzle platformer where the player character is immortal and traverses the world hunting for treasures with a mix of platforming challenges, transformations and item unlocks.
RTS/MOBA hybrid
Picture this. A MOBA where you fight on a three lane map separated by a river and jungles, similar to Dota 2 and League of Legends. But rather than control one singular hero, you control small to medium sized armies of troops you produce from a central building near your fountain.
The closest I've seen a game get to nailing this idea was Guardians of Atlas, a short-lived 3v3 RTS that lasted about three weeks in open alpha before the developers pulled the plug.
Modern-day take on GunZ: The Duel
GunZ was a Korean third-person arena shooter released by MAIET in the mid-2000s, and gained a cult following over the years because it was basically the Super Smash Bros Melee of arena shooters. Both games had competitive scenes, both games revolved heavily around movement exploits and glitches, and both games had their developers patch out said tech in future updates and newer instalments.
K-style is the umbrella term for all the movement exploits and glitches in GunZ that let you do things like climb walls indefinitely, short hop/attack/block in quick succession similar to wavedashing, slash-shot, dash break, animation cancelling weapon switches with reloads, and lots of other things. This makes GunZ one of the most mechanically intensive arena shooters to exist, and it's such a shame that MAIET mismanaged it to an early grave
We've already seen loads of attempts at creating spiritual successors to Smash Bros and Quake 3 Arena, but I haven't seen any attempt at creating an arena shooter that plays just like OG GunZ.
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Comment on What's a game you're dying to play that doesn't exist? in ~games
Bullmaestro Link ParentYou may be interested in Duskfade and Genokids. Both have playable demos. One released in early access a few months ago and the other is releasing 13th August.You may be interested in Duskfade and Genokids. Both have playable demos. One released in early access a few months ago and the other is releasing 13th August.
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Comment on GOG apologies for emailing Nazi runes to its followers in ~games
Bullmaestro Link ParentWasn't the Holy Roman Empire a thing during the Middle Ages which covered pretty much all of Central Europe from Germany to Sardinia?They also larped that the Roman Empire was actually created by Germans, pissing off Mussolini.
Wasn't the Holy Roman Empire a thing during the Middle Ages which covered pretty much all of Central Europe from Germany to Sardinia?
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
Bullmaestro Link ParentVery difficult early game, but it gets easier. Part of the problem is that you can only attack in four directions and each of the starting weapons except for the Nightstar (flail) are trash. The...Very difficult early game, but it gets easier.
Part of the problem is that you can only attack in four directions and each of the starting weapons except for the Nightstar (flail) are trash. The other two options are twin daggers and a huge hammer. Both have pitiful range and bad damage, the only difference is that one has fast attacks and the other let's you charge up an attack and jump/roll whilst charging. The hammer would be really good if the swing radius was doubled and if the roll had any invincibility frames (it doesn't) so it's not useless compared to burrowing.
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Comment on Christian Eriksen collapsed during Denmark's friendly against Ukraine, but is now conscious – game was stopped on sixty-five minutes and abandoned shortly after in ~sports.football
Bullmaestro LinkI still remember being in the pub watching that Denmark vs Finland match where he nearly died. I actually thought Eriksen had retired from football since? Or is this a Mandela Effect thing?I still remember being in the pub watching that Denmark vs Finland match where he nearly died.
I actually thought Eriksen had retired from football since? Or is this a Mandela Effect thing?
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Comment on GOG apologies for emailing Nazi runes to its followers in ~games
Bullmaestro Link"It can't be that bad, right?" And then I read the article and saw the email. How could anybody think to pair "Slavic adventure" and two Armanen siegrunes together? What makes this use of..."It can't be that bad, right?"
And then I read the article and saw the email. How could anybody think to pair "Slavic adventure" and two Armanen siegrunes together?
What makes this use of Schutzstaffel iconography even more offensive is that the Nazis persecuted slavic people whilst they were in power, and a lot of them ended up in concentration camps during World War 2.
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
Bullmaestro LinkI'm three generators down in Mina the Hollower and it's finally getting good. Once I got past the first dungeon and the utter bullshit that was fighting Midden, The Duchess and Maxi, then bought...I'm three generators down in Mina the Hollower and it's finally getting good. Once I got past the first dungeon and the utter bullshit that was fighting Midden, The Duchess and Maxi, then bought some upgrades and levelled up a few times, it finally started feeling like a Zelda game.
Yacht Club packed so many secrets and so much side-content into this game that if it weren't for the identity crisis between being a Zelda clone or Soulslike, it would be an easy 10/10.
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
Bullmaestro Link ParentAt this point I think I just want to publicly humiliate Riot Games. I'm already three matches into this experiment (my suspension expired two days ago) and I've seen some absolutely shocking things.At this point I think I just want to publicly humiliate Riot Games. I'm already three matches into this experiment (my suspension expired two days ago) and I've seen some absolutely shocking things.
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Comment on What creative projects have you been working on? in ~creative
Bullmaestro LinkI recently got hit with an (unfair) 3 day suspension and 7 day chat ban from League of Legends for swearing at a few players who were either inting or insulting me in chat. I immediately lodged a...I recently got hit with an (unfair) 3 day suspension and 7 day chat ban from League of Legends for swearing at a few players who were either inting or insulting me in chat. I immediately lodged a ticket with Riot Support, not to appeal the penalty but to try and raise a formal complaint about how they allow players to intentionally throw my Ranked matches with utter impunity and let them get away scot-free with ruining my Ranked game experience - giving examples of recent games, match IDs and summoner IDs of how players have thrown some of my games in blatant fashion.
(Yes, I was irate, yes I used crass language, no I don't think it's fair because the people who created a negative gameplay experience for me weaponized the game's awful report system against me out of malice and essentially got off entirely scot-free.)
Lo and behold, the CS agent rudely fobs me off, reiterates the three lines which earned my automated suspension (which came seconds after the offending game concluded), closes my ticket and tells me no further appeals will be considered. Literally didn't read my ticket, or couldn't be arsed to actually do their job.
So I'm redirecting that anger towards recording my matches and I'm gonna either create a blog or video series where I record, commentate on and openly analyse my games, call out inting behaviour, reporting it to Riot Games, and seeing if they can actually be arsed to action any of my reports.
I just played a match as Quinn Jungle where I went 12/7/8, had the second-highest KP on my team, highest CS, and somehow still had the game thrown by morons who refused to fight as a 5 man team, refused to ward objectives, and refused to take part in skirmishes happening nearby. I am currently on a six game loss streak and on the verge of being demoted to Iron 1.
Not sure exactly what angle I want to go with when it comes to this blog or video series. I could either go the Disco Heat route and compile clips of it to music, do commentary, or just focus on games and individual players.
I essentially want to publicly out Riot for the terrible company they are, or have enough ammunition loaded if I ever decide to escalate a complaint to their CS team.
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Comment on What internet discussion sites remain? in ~tech
Bullmaestro Link ParentIt's referring to two particular Lemmy instances that are on .ml domains. Lemmy.ml (run by Lemmy's developers) and Lemmygrad.ml. Both are basically full of tankies. They were the two biggest...It's referring to two particular Lemmy instances that are on .ml domains. Lemmy.ml (run by Lemmy's developers) and Lemmygrad.ml. Both are basically full of tankies. They were the two biggest instances on Lemmy before the Reddit API protests and subsequent exodus put the fediverse on the map.
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Comment on What change would make you quit Tildes? in ~tildes
Bullmaestro Link ParentI think what happened was Ellen Pao being forced to resign, which caused an immediate user exodus back to Reddit. And it's clear the mistrust towards Pao was misogyny becauss Spez has done much...I think what happened was Ellen Pao being forced to resign, which caused an immediate user exodus back to Reddit. And it's clear the mistrust towards Pao was misogyny becauss Spez has done much worse things as CEO since yet the community has barely batted an eyelid for the most part.
Then when Voat almost shut down, Stormfront (a white supremacist forum) closed and its users flocked to Voat.
Similar thing happened to Ruqqus after Voat closed in 2020.
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Comment on The Hero of Cheese (Wallace & Gromit x Zelda Parody) in ~games
Bullmaestro LinkAs a Bristolian (Aardman are based in my hometown), I absolutely loved this.As a Bristolian (Aardman are based in my hometown), I absolutely loved this.
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Comment on What change would make you quit Tildes? in ~tildes
Bullmaestro Link ParentI find it really weird that Reddit's official mobile app is markdown only but we get semi-buggy rich text WYSIWYG bullshit with the desktop version of New Reddit. And yeah, I feel like image and...I find it really weird that Reddit's official mobile app is markdown only but we get semi-buggy rich text WYSIWYG bullshit with the desktop version of New Reddit.
And yeah, I feel like image and GIF embeds would take away from this site.
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Comment on What do you think about Destiny 2’s imminent death and games as a service? in ~games
Bullmaestro LinkI never got that big into Destiny. The first game was a bit boring to me and I only got part-way through the campaign. Destiny 2 was a bit more interesting. I played with a German-American friend...I never got that big into Destiny. The first game was a bit boring to me and I only got part-way through the campaign. Destiny 2 was a bit more interesting. I played with a German-American friend of mine when the PC port was released. We joined a clan led by a trans woman (I forget her name, we never really kept in touch) and cleared Leviathan up to the very last boss completely blind, not even looking at any tutorials and figuring it out entirely by trial and error.
As for Marathon. I was hyped at the initial reveal trailer, until I found out it was not a remake of the classic boomer shooter trilogy but rather a live-service extraction shooter wearing the skin of a dead Mac-exclusive franchise.
I fully expected Marathon to suffer the same fate as Highguard and Concord, but the player numbers are surprisingly healthy. And even Steam figures may be misleading as I'd imagine a lot of players are on PS5.
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
Bullmaestro Link ParentTo be honest after the reply I just got from Player Support, I think I want to channel my frustration into something a bit more creative and damning. I'm genuinely thinking about creating a blog...To be honest after the reply I just got from Player Support, I think I want to channel my frustration into something a bit more creative and damning.
I'm genuinely thinking about creating a blog where I openly document, catalogue and call out the actions of inting players and Riot's downright incompetence at punishing them. Not because I'm chasing down any kind of virality or Internet clout but to actually.
Or it could be a video series. Disco Heat did something similar with League of Children many years ago but my idea would be more like in-depth replay analysis, manually raising tickets with Customer Support, keeping tabs on reported players' OP.gg match histories to ensure Riot aren't just full of crap.
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Comment on What change would make you quit Tildes? in ~tildes
Bullmaestro (edited )LinkSomething that i don't think Deimos would ever allow to happen. I used to be part of a few Reddit competitors that went down the toilet (namely Voat and Ruqqus). What killed them for me was white...Something that i don't think Deimos would ever allow to happen.
I used to be part of a few Reddit competitors that went down the toilet (namely Voat and Ruqqus). What killed them for me was white supremacists infiltrating these communities and turning everything into slur-filled cesspools.
I remember Ruqqus got abandoned and eventually shut down because of a rule change. They used to literally follow the Brandenburg Test (same one used by the SCOTUS) to determine whether to take down posts for inciting violence. After they toughened that rule following pressure from their hosting provider, about 99.5% of the community abandoned the site whilst calling the admins every antisemitic slur under the sun, which showed just how much the site had been infiltrated.
My point is, those places turned into Nazi bars and I think this site's owner would fight to his dying breath to ensure Tildes doesn't go down that route...
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Comment on Who’s buying SpaceX and Anthropic? in ~finance
Bullmaestro LinkSpaceX and Blue Origin are the only commercial aerospace companies that have seen success, but investing in the former is supporting a Nazi. As for Anthropic, they're the better of the AI firms...SpaceX and Blue Origin are the only commercial aerospace companies that have seen success, but investing in the former is supporting a Nazi.
As for Anthropic, they're the better of the AI firms and the most poised to achieve supremacy aside from Google. Investing in them could be a moderate loss or major win depending on bubbles.
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Comment on Hi, how are you? Mental health support and discussion thread (June 2026) in ~health.mental
Bullmaestro LinkThings haven't been good for the past few months and I've felt a mix of loneliness and frustration. I'm now a contractor working with the same company that laid me off last year. Been brought in...Things haven't been good for the past few months and I've felt a mix of loneliness and frustration.
I'm now a contractor working with the same company that laid me off last year. Been brought in to clear a backlog left by the overseas firm they outsourced to replace much of the finance department three years ago. It's been a shitshow to say the least and the work they've done has been shockingly bad. Errors everywhere. High turnover. Workers not taking responsibility.
Since starting back, I've felt like an outsider. It's taken IT weeks to set up access for everything I need and even now I have certain things I need for my job closed off to me. Even the guy who is meant to be my line manager and approving my timesheets hasn't said a word to me since I returned and left me on read in the two times I've contacted him on Teams.
At least I'm being paid, I suppose.
Things at home haven't been great. Dad has been obnoxious lately and I don't particularly want to go into that topic. I just feel trapped...
I'm surprised at how quickly Turtle WoW caved in the face of a lawsuit. Torta/Shenna is Russian and so are a majority of the developers working under her. Last I checked, Russia doesnt really care for US copyrights and trademarks.
This wasnt a Nostalrius situation where the French courts would've easily bent the knee, and that shows in the fact that Blizzard could never really shut down Elysium, the successor server.
Only Turtle WoW's community manager turned out to be a US citizen that could have faced serious legal trouble from Blizzard.
My guess is that Torta either thought it was better to shut down Turtle WoW and quietly rebuild another major private server behind the scenes, or they've made some kind of deal with Blizzard. Their restructuring as Moonwhisper Games kinda suggests the latter in some outlandish what-if scenario, as if they were announced as the developers of Classic+ in November, Blizzard would earn some serious brownie points.
Where does this leave Ascension? I mean unless they were stupid enough to operate within America or Western Europe, I don't think there's much Blizzard can do aside from pressure ISPs, hosting providers and payment processors to blacklist them.