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Comment on Development of the Paradox Interactive-owned IP Cities: Skylines will shift from Colossal Order to Iceflake Studios in ~games
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Comment on Moana (2026) | Official teaser in ~movies
Bullmaestro LinkOf all the animated films Disney could have done a live-action remake of, why Moana? It won't even be a decade old by the time its remake releases. Even the fucking sequel came out last year. I...Of all the animated films Disney could have done a live-action remake of, why Moana?
It won't even be a decade old by the time its remake releases. Even the fucking sequel came out last year.
I mean Disney could have done something a bit more hype, like a remake of Atlantis: The Lost Empire, The Emperor's New Groove, Pocahontas, The Sword In The Stone or Treasure Planet, or even given us a live-action Kingdom Hearts film series that tries to smooth out the clusterfuck of a story that Kazushige Nojima and Tetsuya Nomura wrote for the franchise.
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Comment on Hytale is saved! in ~games
Bullmaestro LinkBeen pretty hyped for this game since its reveal, partially because I think we need a good Minecraft competitior but also because I detest some of the anti-consumer bullshit Microsoft have pulled...Been pretty hyped for this game since its reveal, partially because I think we need a good Minecraft competitior but also because I detest some of the anti-consumer bullshit Microsoft have pulled in the last few years.
I lost a Minecraft alpha account which I've had since late 2010 thanks to me missing the forced account migration window (and decided to register for a class action lawsuit organized by SalC1 and other YouTubers off the back of that.) More recently Mojang have threatened to blacklist community-run Minecraft servers like MinecraftOnline unless they abide by their very strict community partner guidelines and mass-censor speech on their server and Discord channels, despite these servers being 100% community-run, and having no financial backing or affiliation with Mojang.
Really glad that Simon managed to acquire the rights to Hytale back from Riot. What Riot did to Hypixel was the equivalent of Microsoft deciding to indefinitely stall the development of Java Edition and force their devs to work on Bedrock Edition.
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Comment on McDonald’s is losing its low-income customers in ~food
Bullmaestro Link ParentHow the fuck is In N Out half the price of McDonalds? I thought that was considered gourmet by US fast-food standardsOn another comparison, at In N Out (popular regional fast-food burger chain), a cheeseburger and fries is $6.50. The quality is leaps and bounds better than mcdonalds, and about half the cost.
How the fuck is In N Out half the price of McDonalds? I thought that was considered gourmet by US fast-food standards
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Comment on McDonald’s is losing its low-income customers in ~food
Bullmaestro Link ParentMcDonalds has somehow remained consistently semi-cheap over here, but I can't say the same for other fast food places. KFC, Burger King and Subway have turned extortionately expensive, to the...McDonalds has somehow remained consistently semi-cheap over here, but I can't say the same for other fast food places. KFC, Burger King and Subway have turned extortionately expensive, to the point where they're more comparable in price to an actual sit-down restaurant like GBK.
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
Bullmaestro (edited )LinkBought BALL x PIT yesterday and it's a game I love to play in short bursts. I'm about six character unlocks and four stages in, and my only real complaint is that the base crafting system just...Bought BALL x PIT yesterday and it's a game I love to play in short bursts. I'm about six character unlocks and four stages in, and my only real complaint is that the base crafting system just feels bad and unsatisfying. I'd rather gain passive income between levels than have to ping-pong characters around to collect resources. The game also has a bit of a reverse-difficulty curve where grinding stages turns into an absolute slog until your base and roster are sufficiently levelled.
Wish I could have been more enthusiastic about Fellowship because it's a game that has been on my radar since Steam Next Fest when I played in a closed playtest. But of the four sessions I've booted it up, one led to constant login failures due to version mismatches which verifying the integrity of the game files and outright reinstalling the game didn't fix, one was during maintenance where I couldn't login, one I did about two hours worth of Pyromancer adventure runs, and the fourth I just couldn't be arsed to play and immediately closed it.
Old School RuneScape is the other big game I've played. Unfortunately Grid Master is over and I had about eleven grid tiles left to clear, which given my limited gametime and inexperience with endgame PvM was going to be a tall order to complete. So I started playing on regular servers to try and prep for Sailing's release on Wednesday. As much as I love OSRS and cannot possibly return to RuneScape 3 given what a shitshow that game has turned into over the years, starting fresh just feels like an absolute slog.
To sum up my progress, Total Level 1157, cleared Ascent of Arceuus (mainly for Hunter XP), Misthalin Mystery and Bone Voyage (unlocking Fossil Island), and am most of the way through Perilous Moons. Unfortunately, the actual bosses are turning out to be a total pain in the arse because my combat stats are about half a combat level below the recommended for the quest. Even with 55 Defence, the Blue Moon absolutely shreds through my defence and consistently 6-shots me due to the sheer amount of DPS that boss does. As much as it's probably worth me grinding sulphur nagua for a few hours before I can consistently take on the moons, I just find grinding in this game a total slog.
I am also not looking forward to revisiting some of the quests I remember doing before on my RS3 account. Monkey Madness I gave up on part-way through because the guy who designed that quest 21 years ago thought it was a wise idea to make some of the puzzles require tick-perfect movement, i.e. escaping from the Marim jail.
Also not looking forward to doing Underground Pass (where you have to complete 5 Agility checks in a row without fail to reach Iban), Regicide, Desert Treasure, or the TzHaar Fight Caves.
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Comment on Request for info: Is "Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro" respectful of it's child characters? in ~anime
Bullmaestro LinkCan't speak for the manga as I've only watched the anime. The first episode was pretty brutal (coming from someone who was bullied a lot by girls in secondary school) and made me feel really bad...Can't speak for the manga as I've only watched the anime. The first episode was pretty brutal (coming from someone who was bullied a lot by girls in secondary school) and made me feel really bad for Naoto. But Nagatoro turns into less of a bully as the series goes on.
The story is basically Nagatoro teasing Naoto all the time, calling him gross and mocking him for being a virgin, but it's all a front because she's actually just as insecure as he is.
There is fanservice, but that's typical of most manga set in high school.
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Comment on That new hit song on Spotify? It was made by AI. in ~music
Bullmaestro LinkThe longer I live in 2025, the more I think that AI has ruined the world and made everything so much worse. Can we go back to the days of NFTs and delusional tech-bros promoting web3 as the next...The longer I live in 2025, the more I think that AI has ruined the world and made everything so much worse.
Can we go back to the days of NFTs and delusional tech-bros promoting web3 as the next big thing? That was far more preferable to mass layoffs and billionaires getting richer off of human misery.
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
Bullmaestro LinkNGU Idle: Finally defeated the final titan and obtained 10 of the 16 End pieces needed to finish the game. Of the remaining six, two are going to be massive time sinks (grinding 2.5 billion PP and...NGU Idle: Finally defeated the final titan and obtained 10 of the 16 End pieces needed to finish the game. Of the remaining six, two are going to be massive time sinks (grinding 2.5 billion PP and 10 million QP respectively), one will be a moderate time sink (cast an End spell for 594 Mayo, or 99 of each type, currently each point of Mayo takes about 30 mins to generate), one is locked behind a Blood Magic spellcast, and two are from ascending items I've already maxxed.
Old School RuneScape: I'm having moderate fun with Grid Master, but there are a few things I don't like about the event. A lot of the combat masteries are locked behind tiles which are either really difficult and/or tedious to complete. Examples include defeating TzTok-Jad (the final boss you face on Wave 63 of the TzHaar Fight Caves who can one-shot you if you don't use the correct protection prayer, and also spawns adds which heal it back up to full), defeating a particular mob on Wave 35 of the Inferno, a stronger follow-up to the Fight Caves, completing the Corrupted Gauntlet, or obtaining rare drops from both Vorkath and the God Wars Dungeon. It's felt like I've had to do these challenges in a particular order based on their difficulty, and I almost failed my first Fight Caves run on Jad after missing a ranged attack and taking 79 damage. Luckily, the healers spawned in a really awkward spot and Jad just kept spamming magic attacks over and over again. There are some people so sweaty that they speedran the event and cleared the entire grid in 11 hours or less. I am not one of those people.
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Comment on Timasomo 2025: Final Updates in ~creative.timasomo
Bullmaestro Link ParentCould I be taken off the list? Unfortunately, I have not really been able to dedicate time to this project. October's been a crazy month for me.Could I be taken off the list? Unfortunately, I have not really been able to dedicate time to this project. October's been a crazy month for me.
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Comment on What did you do this week (and weekend)? in ~talk
Bullmaestro LinkAlmost quit my temp job the other day for a few reasons. The commute is a nightmare and it takes me two hours to get from my home to the office. Even when I get to work from home, my dad has...Almost quit my temp job the other day for a few reasons.
- The commute is a nightmare and it takes me two hours to get from my home to the office.
- Even when I get to work from home, my dad has lately been a total PITA and incredibly obnoxious.
- I had a really nasty panic attack last week, where my pulse was practically surging through my right arm in a very painful way. I still don't feel right now, and it actually hurts to stretch out my arm fully. Even this week I was having chest and arm pain from fatigue. Yes, I have seen a doctor.
- Dealing with some drama in my personal life that has made me unfocused and left with brain fog. Mainly relating to a woman who came on to me over two months ago.
In the end my boss talked me down from tendering my resignation and negotiated I cut my office working days down to just one a week, which is far more manageable. I also found out my contract (which was meant to be finishing next week) has been extended until Christmas with the possibility of going permanent.
Other than that, this weekend is going to be a lot of karaoke.
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Comment on What's a quantum computer? in ~tech
Bullmaestro LinkTraditional microprocessors operate on millions of microscopic logic gates that can either be open or shut (representing a boolean value.) This is why machine code consists of 1s and 0s, and why...Traditional microprocessors operate on millions of microscopic logic gates that can either be open or shut (representing a boolean value.) This is why machine code consists of 1s and 0s, and why computing has evolved around being able to process 1s and 0s much faster, or in tandem (i.e. through multiple processor cores or dedicated hardware like GPUs.) A single boolean value, also known as a bit, can only hold two values, a 1 or a 0, but these can be combined to make larger values, (i.e. a byte which consists of eight bits and can represent 256 values between 0 and 255.)
Quantum processors are designed to exploit the theoretical behaviours of how matter behaves at atomic and subatomic scales (i.e. quantum tunnelling and superposition.) They use qubits, as opposed to traditional bits, which can represent a 1, a 0 or a superposition of both at the same time. In theory, this means quantum computers can store and process data exponentially faster than a traditional microprocessor. In practice, qubits are notoriously unstable and a lot of work is being done by scientists and engineers across the world to make them more stable and actually practical for use. An example of this is the Majorana 1 chip that Microsoft announced a few months ago where they claim to create new exotic particles and entirely new states of matter.
Explaining the specifics of how quantum computing and quantum processors work beyond this is far beyond my understanding...
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Comment on 'This is definitely my last TwitchCon': High-profile streamer Emiru was assaulted at the event, even as streamers have been sounding the alarm about stalkers and harassment in ~games
Bullmaestro LinkWhy am I not surprised to see this kind of behaviour from a subsidiary of Amazon? They make warehouse and delivery workers piss in bottles to avoid disciplinary action for taking toilet breaks....Why am I not surprised to see this kind of behaviour from a subsidiary of Amazon?
They make warehouse and delivery workers piss in bottles to avoid disciplinary action for taking toilet breaks. They also had the gall to pay Foo Fighters millions to book them for a private gig exclusive to their senior business leaders whilst workers lower down the food chain have had to suffer from waves of mass layoffs and RTO mandates. So seeing them allow a creepy "fan" to come up to Emiru and forcefully kiss her at one of their conventions, then pathologically lie about how they "dealt with" the incident doesn't even remotely shock me.
I would've said that Emiru needs to seriously consider moving to another streaming platform in protest, but YouTube is a shit platform for livestreaming, Rumble is full of far-right bigots and Kick is just a hotbed for streamers that had been banned from Twitch, i.e. the kind of degenerates who harass people in the street.
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
Bullmaestro (edited )LinkNGU Idle Finally taken down the 12th Titan on Brutal difficulty and 13th Titan (who doesn't have difficulty settings, let alone drop any rewards.) Despite doing a month-long rebirth, and then...NGU Idle
Finally taken down the 12th Titan on Brutal difficulty and 13th Titan (who doesn't have difficulty settings, let alone drop any rewards.) Despite doing a month-long rebirth, and then doing another rebirth (which I'm 5 days into) for the increase in number, I still only have a third of the stats needed to actually defeat the final titan in Adventure Mode, and am on the 297th boss in Boss Fight.
Starting to think Sayo's guide was inaccurate on recommendations and timings and that I should have done far more 24 hour rebirths to get to 12v4 level.
Skate
EA's Skate revival was a majorly anticipated release for me. But after playing 90 mins I'm just... underwhelmed. It could be that I'm playing with a cheap third-party Xbox controller (I can't be arsed to plug in my 8bitdo SF30 Pro and try with that) but the stick controls do not feel accurate at all and leads to situations where you do kickflips, heelflips, even other unintended tricks when you're trying to do a mere ollie. The game otherwise just feels lifeless and artificial with a very cringe premise. The dialogue is genuinely so bad that whoever at Full Circle wrote it should be ashamed of themselves.
RuneScape 3
Finally unlocked the fifth relic in Catalyst League and haven't had much desire to play since. I take my previous comments about RS3 back. What puts me off about this version of the game and its league compared to OSRS is that it feels the game has taken one step forward and three steps back.
A good example is with the Agility skill. Old School has rooftop courses for training Agility which, yet for RS3 the best way to train your Agility level up to 30 is to start the Nature Spirit quest and repeatedly leap across the broken bridge outside the grotto. After this, you can either do Anachronia's beginner course to 52, or do the Penguin course if you've unlocked and completed the Cold War quest.
Lots of RS3 content is gated behind quests, and unlike with Old School's most recent league, relatively few of these are auto-completed. Catalyst League would be "sneeze and you get a 99" difficulty, if the main timesink wasn't completing the game's tedious-as-fuck quests.
Fellowship
Played a little bit of their open beta, but was met with long login and instance queue times and the few dungeons I did do had people leaving part-way, so took a whole lot longer. My time playing this wasn't so fun this time around. I am still looking forward to the Early Access launch later this month and really hope this game succeeds, because I want Fellowship to scratch that Mythic+ itch in a way that World of Warcraft and its toxic-as-fuck community hasn't.
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Comment on Updates to Xbox Game Pass: Introducing Essential, Premium, and Ultimate plans in ~games
Bullmaestro LinkGonna keep an eye on the UK pricing, but if they hike it similarly here, I'm cancelling.Gonna keep an eye on the UK pricing, but if they hike it similarly here, I'm cancelling.
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Comment on Hi, how are you? Mental health support and discussion thread (October 2025) in ~health.mental
Bullmaestro Link ParentIt sure is. But the job market is so bad that even someone who has full AAT membership and is ACCA part-qualified like me is desperate enough to take crap like this.It sure is. But the job market is so bad that even someone who has full AAT membership and is ACCA part-qualified like me is desperate enough to take crap like this.
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Comment on CGA-2025-10 🕹️⏰ 🗺️ 🐸 INSERT CARTRIDGE 🟢 Chrono Trigger in ~games
Bullmaestro Link ParentI've always seen Active as a punishment for taking your time to navigate menus and select abilities. But the argument about dual-techs is certainly valid.I've always seen Active as a punishment for taking your time to navigate menus and select abilities. But the argument about dual-techs is certainly valid.
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Comment on CGA-2025-10 🕹️⏰ 🗺️ 🐸 INSERT CARTRIDGE 🟢 Chrono Trigger in ~games
Bullmaestro Link ParentThere is a saying that "your favourite Final Fantasy will be the first one you played." That one for me was FF9. I could never get into the previous PS1 ones.There is a saying that "your favourite Final Fantasy will be the first one you played." That one for me was FF9. I could never get into the previous PS1 ones.
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Comment on Hi, how are you? Mental health support and discussion thread (October 2025) in ~health.mental
Bullmaestro (edited )LinkOverall it's been a really mixed month of ups and (mostly) downs. I finally have a temporary purchase ledger job after six months of unemployment which I started on Monday, and which should tide...Overall it's been a really mixed month of ups and (mostly) downs.
I finally have a temporary purchase ledger job after six months of unemployment which I started on Monday, and which should tide me over until the end of the month, unless this place decides there is money in the budget to hire me permanently, and even then I'm not sure yet if I would take that.
The downside is that I work longer hours (8pm - 5pm), am dealing with the horrors of working with Oracle Fusion, and have to commute to another office 50 miles away from home on office days, which is an almost two-hour journey each way regardless of if I take the bus/train or drive there, and that is a pain point for me. I also unfortunately had to call in sick this morning because the stress of this commute (which I would have done for three days straight due to my training), my dad being a selfish arsehole and keeping me awake by watching TV very loudly in his room, and a really nasty sunburn on my neck had been leaving me sleep-deprived and genuinely unable to function. I also nearly crashed my car on the motorway yesterday morning when I almost missed a turning and that has spooked me.
My social life hasn't exactly been great either and it feels like I'm either being dragged into unnecessary drama or being forced to choose between people. I won't elaborate too much on this...
Last Tuesday I was kicked out, possibly even banned from my local pub by the landlord's daughter when I went there for a few drinks. For context, they have a large dog who is technically registered as an American bulldog, but may come under the UK's XL Bully ban due to how it's defined. That may also be a lie and that he may actually be an XL Bully due to the argument that later ensued. I showed my ex-girlfriend (she wasn't physically present, and I'm on great terms with her) a picture of him that the pub posted on their Facebook page a few weeks back and she mentioned that his nails seemed ridiculously long and urged me to raise it with his owners, because long nails can be really uncomfortable for a dog. I did exactly that, not to criticize them but to just point that out. She did not take things well, pretty much vowing she'd kick the shit out of my girlfriend if she ever saw her, and then telling me to "get the fuck out."
Even if I'm not barred. I'm very apprehensive about going back there for karaoke or open mic. Her response was way out of line and as far as I'm concerned I'm not coming back unless somebody apologizes, and that person isn't going to be me. Some of my karaoke friends are blaming my ex for this and telling me I should cut all contact with her, but in my eyes she did absolutely nothing wrong. Some of my other friends agree that the dog's nails are too long and really need clipping.
It's a shame because I met that dog and I really like him. Staffies and American bulldogs are like huge muscly and highly affectionate babies in terms of their temperament around people and this one is no exception.
Maybe this is a very delusional way of looking at things, but I've gone back into studying Neville Goddard and the Law of Assumption again (been reading through At Your Command and watching a lot of Be Something Wonderful videos.) A large part of me does genuinely believe in the Law and that I have manifested certain events into my life over the years, i.e. COVID, being gifted a copy of the Bhagavad-Gita, meeting people who also believe in the Law, the purchase of my flat falling through (and by extension my job loss), improving my singing voice, even a lady who I was attracted to snogging me six weeks ago. But it isn't something I have figured out how to control. If I could do that and live in the end with the life I want, I would be well and truly happy.
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Comment on EA is reportedly about to be sold in a record-setting $50 billion buyout to an investor group that includes private equity and Saudi Arabia in ~games
Bullmaestro Link ParentToys R Us is one of many examples of how private equity has poisoned a large company. Manchester United is another good one. At the time Malcolm Glazer acquired them through a LBO, they were at...Toys R Us is one of many examples of how private equity has poisoned a large company.
Manchester United is another good one. At the time Malcolm Glazer acquired them through a LBO, they were at the top of Premier League football. Now, they're saddled with a massive debt bill and are close to relegation, even to the point where Wayne Rooney has spoken out about their spectacular fall from grace
Jagex (creators of RuneScape) have also been passed around between multiple American, Chinese and European private investment firms, and this is a large part as to why the "flagship" version of their game (RuneScape 3) is littered with so many predatory pay-to-win microtransactions.
Citystate is that game for me.
The idea of a SimCity clone where the main gimmick is making political decisions that reshape your city was a novel concept, albeit flawed in execution. Anarchist and libertarian politicies were utterly overpowered to the point where it was the easiest sure-fire way to transform your city into a utopia, while the game ran like complete shit once your city grew past the 250k population mark. Then the outer space update launched in an incredibly buggy state where housing couldn't upgrade beyond the penultimate tier and sometimes you'd end up with "NaN" dollars unable to spend anything and effectively have the data of one of your exoplanetary colonies corrupted. And then Andy Sztark abandoned the game.
Citystate II dialed back heavily on the ambition and just became another generic city builder which Sztark abandoned some time after launching in Early Access. And now with Citystate Metropolis on the horizon, I just wish this guy would actually stick to a project for a change.