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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 Blizzard sues to take down another private World of Warcraft server, Project Ascension in ~games
Raistlin Link ParentSomeone else can correct me, but it seems the Ascension devs turned out to be American. Which, if true, yikes.Someone else can correct me, but it seems the Ascension devs turned out to be American. Which, if true, yikes.
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Comment on Blizzard sues to take down another private World of Warcraft server, Project Ascension in ~games
Raistlin LinkI really hope the pserver community that comes out at the end of this is less... greedy. All these pservers take the hard work from the open source AzerorhCore project, monetise it with cash...I really hope the pserver community that comes out at the end of this is less... greedy. All these pservers take the hard work from the open source AzerorhCore project, monetise it with cash shops, and then contribute nothing upstream, which you're not meant to do under the license. Which sounds a bit rich for a game essentially form pirates, I suppose, but then I don't feel too sorry when they get shut down either.
If they all contributed their fixes and enchancements upstream, not only would the project as a whole be much more developed (which benefits everyone, players and devs), but also pretty hard to take down.
If you're going to run the game as a passion project, like the current City of Heroes Homecoming devs (who cap donations at server costs), then I support that 100%. But if you're going to try to run this as a business, and try to profit off of it, not just cover costs? Then you're playing with fire, and shouldn't be shocked if you're get badly burnt.
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Comment on GOG apologies for emailing Nazi runes to its followers in ~games
Raistlin Link Parent8th century? The Umayyads or the Abbasids, probably, depending on when specifically. I think the Romans are a strange group for the far right and Nazis to latch on to, because while yes they were...8th century? The Umayyads or the Abbasids, probably, depending on when specifically.
I think the Romans are a strange group for the far right and Nazis to latch on to, because while yes they were authoritarian, imperial, etc etc, they were also extremely ethnically diverse. Like, Romans did not give a shit if your grandpa was a Pecheneg, a Gaul, a Punic, etc. They were absolutely cultural supremacists, but if you spoke the right language, wore the right clothes, has the right values, you were Roman.
But I agree, if you already have an ideology in place, you just try to look for things that support it. That's true of anyone, I suppose.
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Comment on GOG apologies for emailing Nazi runes to its followers in ~games
Raistlin Link ParentIt legitimately made Italian fascists angry, and was a point of contention. Like the Germans were trying to steal their revanchism. But Nazi ideology couldn't accept that the mighty Mediterranean...It legitimately made Italian fascists angry, and was a point of contention. Like the Germans were trying to steal their revanchism.
But Nazi ideology couldn't accept that the mighty Mediterranean Romans were civilisationally superior (in their own definition of civilised) to the barbaric German tribes. At least, not without the empire secretly being led by Aryans somehow.
(which just means Iranian, god the Nazis were weird)
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Comment on GOG apologies for emailing Nazi runes to its followers in ~games
Raistlin Link ParentSure, but I'm talking about Nazis proposing that blonde Aryans ruled the actual classical Roman Empire from Rome in the era of Augustus. Nothing to do with the HRE. They did refer to the HRE as...Sure, but I'm talking about Nazis proposing that blonde Aryans ruled the actual classical Roman Empire from Rome in the era of Augustus. Nothing to do with the HRE. They did refer to the HRE as the First Reich, but it's not what I'm referencing.
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Comment on What's a game you're dying to play that doesn't exist? in ~games
Raistlin Link ParentMy wife destroyed that game. I was just happy with the campaign, but she maxed out the Spanish (or Italian?) drug lord factions that you had to go out of your way to reach.My wife destroyed that game. I was just happy with the campaign, but she maxed out the Spanish (or Italian?) drug lord factions that you had to go out of your way to reach.
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Comment on Kingdom Hearts IV | Gameplay teaser trailer in ~games
Raistlin LinkI think I'm not a KH fan anymore, which is sad. Like, I don't think there's anything particularly egregious with the trailer. But I look at it, and I just kinda feel... nothing, I think. I've...I think I'm not a KH fan anymore, which is sad. Like, I don't think there's anything particularly egregious with the trailer. But I look at it, and I just kinda feel... nothing, I think. I've turned into Xemnas.
I hope this weird Versus XIII renewal project goes well, and that the people that like the direction of the story have a grand time. But I fell in love with KH because Cloud and Simba were in there, and I don't think that's what the series wants to be anymore.
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Comment on GOG apologies for emailing Nazi runes to its followers in ~games
Raistlin Link ParentNazis are so fucking weird. Slavic runes from an ethnicity they despised. They called themselves Aryans, which means Iranians. They also larped that the Roman Empire was actually created by...Nazis are so fucking weird. Slavic runes from an ethnicity they despised. They called themselves Aryans, which means Iranians. They also larped that the Roman Empire was actually created by Germans, oissing off Mussolini. And they have a weird thing about Nordic gods?
If you're going to insist on the superiority of your culture, it's just so weird how much they take from others.
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Comment on Valve raises Steam Deck OLED prices by up to $300 in ~games
Raistlin LinkSuper happy I got a retro console instead of a Steam Deck. Lighter, cheaper, and plays basically anything I want it to. I suspect those will go up in price too, but not to this extent.Super happy I got a retro console instead of a Steam Deck. Lighter, cheaper, and plays basically anything I want it to.
I suspect those will go up in price too, but not to this extent.
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Comment on America’s tech-filled classrooms are facing a backlash against school-assigned devices in ~life
Raistlin Link ParentNot to he flippant, but a saw can be very educational as well for carpentry, but you don't give every 10 year old one to use for whatever.Not to he flippant, but a saw can be very educational as well for carpentry, but you don't give every 10 year old one to use for whatever.
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Comment on Bungie announces final update for Destiny 2 in ~games
Raistlin Link ParentWhat a terrible purchase from Sony this has been for all parties involved. I hope there's a book one day detailing how Bungie mismanaged itself into annihilation.What a terrible purchase from Sony this has been for all parties involved. I hope there's a book one day detailing how Bungie mismanaged itself into annihilation.
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Comment on Bungie announces final update for Destiny 2 in ~games
Raistlin LinkIt was a long time coming, but man, without D3 in the works, it means they've put all their eggs in the Marathon basket. I'm not a business person, but that currently seems like a terribly risky idea.It was a long time coming, but man, without D3 in the works, it means they've put all their eggs in the Marathon basket. I'm not a business person, but that currently seems like a terribly risky idea.
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Comment on MP3 player recommendations in ~tech
Raistlin Link ParentI'll be honest with you, I had no idea!I'll be honest with you, I had no idea!
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Comment on MP3 player recommendations in ~tech
Raistlin Link ParentI work at a university, and I saw a guy with a Linkin Park shirt. What the fuck! I had to listen to In The End after that.I work at a university, and I saw a guy with a Linkin Park shirt. What the fuck! I had to listen to In The End after that.
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Comment on Dusk: an unofficial cross-platform release of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess in ~games
Raistlin LinkThis is incredible. You can already emulate it pretty well, but having all that QOL in Android means you can run it on your retro console and have it be pretty seamless.This is incredible. You can already emulate it pretty well, but having all that QOL in Android means you can run it on your retro console and have it be pretty seamless.
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Comment on Star Fox Direct shadow dropped right before premiere in ~games
Raistlin Link ParentI wonder if they'll unlock his shackles now after Ultimate. He seemed pretty done.I wonder if they'll unlock his shackles now after Ultimate. He seemed pretty done.
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Comment on "The reason I'm not an atheist is that I think the philosophical arguments against it are unanswerable" in ~humanities
Raistlin Link ParentNo, I agree, I think it's probably difficult for a religious person to detach the actual belief system from everything else in their life, as it's part of them. To that person, adding a different...No, I agree, I think it's probably difficult for a religious person to detach the actual belief system from everything else in their life, as it's part of them. To that person, adding a different explanation probably feels unnecessary.
I find the Catholic and Orthodox dispute about who's changed less so interesting because... they're both children of Nicaea and Chalcedon. Whatever Christianity was before the emperors got ahold of it, it was not either. They're both innovative.
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Comment on "The reason I'm not an atheist is that I think the philosophical arguments against it are unanswerable" in ~humanities
Raistlin Link ParentThat's a good point, I really shouldn't generalise. It's not like Christianity doesn't have orthopraxy. Hell, the filoque dispute is one of the main causes of the schism between East and West, and...That's a good point, I really shouldn't generalise. It's not like Christianity doesn't have orthopraxy. Hell, the filoque dispute is one of the main causes of the schism between East and West, and it revolves entirely around whether you're allowed to add "and from the Son" to the Creed.
Like I said elsewhere, I'm often sceptical of religious disputes being just religious. I often find they represent an ethnic or civil divide where each group, for whatever deep-seated reasons, interprets the same thing differently.
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Comment on Star Fox Direct shadow dropped right before premiere in ~games
Raistlin Link Parentlmfao, trying again, again? I don't get why Star Fox is so difficult for them. Don't make it into an action adventure game or the WiiU pad or other gimmicks. Just make a different Star Fox game,...Yet another remake of Star Fox 64
lmfao, trying again, again? I don't get why Star Fox is so difficult for them. Don't make it into an action adventure game or the WiiU pad or other gimmicks. Just make a different Star Fox game, but the same genre.
Yup. There's nothing Blizz can do to win me back, really. Nothing they could realistically do, anyway. They can take down every single pserver and back my computer to take out my personal one, and then I'd just find a different game. I just don't want to give MS or Blizzard any money, and interact with them as little as possible.