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  1. Comment on With Yuzu and Citra gone, why is Dolphin seemingly unaffected? in ~games

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    Someone made a professional-looking website for Citra as a legacy project. I downloaded Citra for the first time a few days ago from that website, so for a while, I didn't even think it was down.

    Someone made a professional-looking website for Citra as a legacy project.

    I downloaded Citra for the first time a few days ago from that website, so for a while, I didn't even think it was down.

    1 vote
  2. Comment on With Yuzu and Citra gone, why is Dolphin seemingly unaffected? in ~games

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    Graphics used to evolve much faster. We hit a plateau.

    Graphics used to evolve much faster. We hit a plateau.

    6 votes
  3. With Yuzu and Citra gone, why is Dolphin seemingly unaffected?

    Given the fact that Yuzu (a Nintendo Switch emulator) and Citra (a Nintendo 3DS emulator) were recently taken down by Nintendo's legal team, is there a reason why Dolphin (an emulator for Gamecube...

    Given the fact that Yuzu (a Nintendo Switch emulator) and Citra (a Nintendo 3DS emulator) were recently taken down by Nintendo's legal team, is there a reason why Dolphin (an emulator for Gamecube and Nintendo Wii) is still going strong? Did Dolphin take any extra steps to protect themselves from lawsuits, or it's just a case of Nintendo taking their time?

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  4. Comment on Special tag: "Active" in ~tildes

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    I actually made two suggestions but responses focused entirely on the suggestion they viewed as controversial, and kinda forgot how tags work in the process. There was barely any comment on the...

    I actually made two suggestions but responses focused entirely on the suggestion they viewed as controversial, and kinda forgot how tags work in the process.

    There was barely any comment on the support tag. I was thinking of making another post calling attention to it separately but it felt like I had enough anxiety for a week.

    To be clear, this is me complaining about myself. I should have anticipated that would happen since it was clearly obvious in retrospect.

    4 votes
  5. Comment on Can you recommend me some Android games that work well with a gamepad? (more details inside) in ~games

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    Yeah... now that I think of it emulators will probably be the best way to play with a controller. Gamepad support is seemingly not great on Android.

    Yeah... now that I think of it emulators will probably be the best way to play with a controller. Gamepad support is seemingly not great on Android.

    3 votes
  6. Comment on Can you recommend me some Android games that work well with a gamepad? (more details inside) in ~games

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    I have tried that. It's an excellent game and perfect for mobile. Unfortunately, gamepad support for Stardew Valley on Android is subpar. One thing that surprised me is that holding a button to...

    I have tried that. It's an excellent game and perfect for mobile. Unfortunately, gamepad support for Stardew Valley on Android is subpar. One thing that surprised me is that holding a button to cut up a tree, for example, doesn't work. You have to press it again for each motion. Pretty annoying.

    1 vote
  7. Comment on Special tag: "Active" in ~tildes

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    Absolutely. It is perfectly reasonable to think additional tags would place an undue burden on mods, and that is a valid reason against implementing them. The only justification to do that, I...

    Absolutely. It is perfectly reasonable to think additional tags would place an undue burden on mods, and that is a valid reason against implementing them. The only justification to do that, I think, is (1) cases in which the benefit of additional tags would be so great that it would be justifiable to increase that burden or (2) tags that might mitigate that burden.

    5 votes
  8. Can you recommend me some Android games that work well with a gamepad? (more details inside)

    I finally swapped my pre-historic phone for something a little more current and would like to play some games on it. I'm not a big fan of touch controls for games, so I got one of those adapters...

    I finally swapped my pre-historic phone for something a little more current and would like to play some games on it. I'm not a big fan of touch controls for games, so I got one of those adapters that allows me to play games with my Xbox controller while the phone is attached to it. Right now I would be interested in MMORPGs as well as things that resemble MMORPGs. Other than that, I appreciate pixel art in general. I am well aware of emulators and will be looking into those, but I have played emulated games for years so it might be interesting to try something else for now. The phone can probably handle most games unless we're talking about something very intensive.

    Preferably games that were either made for mobile or adapted well. I don't care for tiny text or tiny UIs.

    Zaniness, wackiness, and fast pace are appreciated.

    Thanks!

    13 votes
  9. Comment on Mundane Musings Monday in ~talk

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    Melissa McCarthy (the Molly from Mike & Molly) appeared in my dream as she was in the 2010s. This was 100% a romantic dream since I am an appreciator of big women and she was so cute in that show....

    Melissa McCarthy (the Molly from Mike & Molly) appeared in my dream as she was in the 2010s. This was 100% a romantic dream since I am an appreciator of big women and she was so cute in that show. When I woke up I told my partner to watch out cause Molly was going to take me away. She replied by saying she's gonna watch Aquaman again to piss me off. Apparently, women really appreciate Jason Momoa? Can't imagine why.

    Before going to bed I talked to someone online that it is very frustrating that there isn't a plus-size girl K-pop group, cause I want one to exist. Maybe that primed me to dream of a big beautiful woman.

    I want a group of plus-size girls in their 20s doing cute K-pop dances.

    1 vote
  10. Comment on Do you have any game sub-genres that you have a name for, but aren't big enough to be "official" sub-genres? in ~games

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    My views on MMORPG are probably overcomplicated and highly idiosyncratic, I have played this demo and it could definitely fit the bill. Doesn't feel like a great game yet, though. I was just...

    My views on MMORPG are probably overcomplicated and highly idiosyncratic, I have played this demo and it could definitely fit the bill. Doesn't feel like a great game yet, though.

    I was just thinking a lot about MMORPGs these days, I'm gonna need to take some time and write a real article about this at some point.

    1 vote
  11. Comment on Do you have any game sub-genres that you have a name for, but aren't big enough to be "official" sub-genres? in ~games

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    I fully believe that both Single Player and non-massive MMORPGs can exist. I also believe that is not a contradiction in terms. The reason for that is that MMORPG may be technically an acronym but...

    I fully believe that both Single Player and non-massive MMORPGs can exist. I also believe that is not a contradiction in terms. The reason for that is that MMORPG may be technically an acronym but it functions like a regular word. It holds a number of concepts that not only go way beyond the expansions of its letters, it can also go without some. Essentially, the notion of MMORPG is more complex and nuanced than it seems. The fact that its name is also an acronym works as a conversation stopper, empoverishing the debate on an interesting group of games and ideas.

    A game could tick all the letters of the acronym and not be an MMORPG, while another that misses some could embody all that is essential about the genre.

    I wish to find another name for those games.

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  12. Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games

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    I don't think that has to do with bandwidth at all, the distances are just too great from where I am. Truthfully, a 200ms ping is not a big deal for someone who doesn't play to be competitive, I'm...

    I don't think that has to do with bandwidth at all, the distances are just too great from where I am. Truthfully, a 200ms ping is not a big deal for someone who doesn't play to be competitive, I'm just particular about some things.

    I love and hate the Random Dungeon Finder because a lot of times the forced social interaction on LFG chat (which triggers my anxiety big time) stress me out but I totally agree that it completely trivializes the experience. I do believe that the absence of meeting stones is a bit much, though. If I was a kid that would be an adventure, as an adult it's a bit too long walking half the world.

    I like how they had a group finder in Classic Wrath (I never played it back in the day) but you still had to form the group, chat, and coordinate the arrival at the instance. It felt like a good middle ground.

    I would very much enjoy a Vanilla server that is 2x the XP rate. Which is actually the leveling experience for the first 25 levels in Season of Discovery right now.

  13. Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games

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    Private servers are great except for a few things that I care about. First, even though I admit that this is not game breaking, the pings from Mars do bother me a bit. Second, populations are way...

    Private servers are great except for a few things that I care about. First, even though I admit that this is not game breaking, the pings from Mars do bother me a bit. Second, populations are way more volatile and even a high pop private server can't compare to lots of Medium population Blizzard servers, even more so a Blizzard High server. And RDF is multi realm so there's always a group. Third, private servers are way more multilingual. I won't shit on anyone's nationality and everyone has the right to be there, but grouping up with people I can't understand is not as fun. Even many guilds are multilingual. That further divides the community. Fourth, I hate using add-ons from 2012 (or 2004...) because they're not nearly as good as the ones we have now.

    On the other hand, I love free stuff and higher XP rates make happy.

  14. Comment on Brighter Shores is a new MMORPG by the creator of Runescape in ~games

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    I'm just glad it doesn't look like one of those MMORPGs that promise the world and fail to deliver. It looks like something they can realistically deliver and that's perfectly fine.

    I'm just glad it doesn't look like one of those MMORPGs that promise the world and fail to deliver. It looks like something they can realistically deliver and that's perfectly fine.

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  15. Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games

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    I've been playing on the Stomforge.gg WoW Mists of Pandaria private server. Apart from the latency, it's a completely smooth and technically impressive experience. Which is ironic because official...

    I've been playing on the Stomforge.gg WoW Mists of Pandaria private server. Apart from the latency, it's a completely smooth and technically impressive experience. Which is ironic because official Classic WoW and is unplayable for me. The game randomly closes itself extremely often, often just as I load it. Alt+Tabbing is pretty much guaranteed that it will happen. There are no errors, no messages, no logs, nothing. I tried every troubleshooting under the Sun short of reinstalling Windows. Opened a bug report. Nothing. I've been having this issue for a few weeks already. On a paid subscription. Very annoying. I must have reconfigured my entire UI from scratch about 10 times thinking it was an add-on issue. At this point I'm so pissed I may as well re-cancel my sub.

    1 vote
  16. Comment on Looking for an app with calendar, timetables, reminders, timers etc in ~tech

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    Emacs is a text editor that is also a platform on top which people can build pretty much anything they want.

    Emacs is a text editor that is also a platform on top which people can build pretty much anything they want.

  17. Comment on Looking for an app with calendar, timetables, reminders, timers etc in ~tech

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    Emacs Org Mode for sure. Just a heads up: it's incredibly powerful, infinitely customizable, and it will take over your life.

    Emacs Org Mode for sure. Just a heads up: it's incredibly powerful, infinitely customizable, and it will take over your life.

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  18. Comment on Suggestion for new special tags in ~tildes

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    That's a good idea, actually.

    That's a good idea, actually.

  19. Comment on Suggestion for new special tags in ~tildes

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    Reading your edit now. Due to the way Tildes was designed, and from all indications given by @deimos, groups that are entirely dedicated to support are unlikely to occur, as they are antithetical...

    Reading your edit now. Due to the way Tildes was designed, and from all indications given by @deimos, groups that are entirely dedicated to support are unlikely to occur, as they are antithetical to Deimos' idea of what the website is meant to be.