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StaceyPowers got a reaction from Heatman in Dying in The Outer Worlds now has serious consequences for me.
The Outer Worlds PS4 version on PS5 is incredibly buggy. In fact, I am now suffering the Ultimate Consequence every time I die in the game, which is a complete freeze of the system, often resulting in the system shutting itself down.
… I now have to be really focused in combat.
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StaceyPowers got a reaction from Heatman in What race and class should I pick in ESO?
Wow, thanks again! That's super nice of you.
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StaceyPowers got a reaction from Empire Of Sight in If you were going to play esports for a living, what game would you focus on?
If you were going to become a professional esports player, what game would you pick to play? Why would you choose it?
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StaceyPowers got a reaction from Withywarlock in If you were going to play esports for a living, what game would you focus on?
If I were good, Quake Champions. Though I'm not =D
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StaceyPowers got a reaction from Heatman in What race and class should I pick in ESO?
Wow, nice charts, thanks!!
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StaceyPowers got a reaction from DC in Does anyone know a successful esports player well?
Is anyone here well-acquainted with any professional esports player? If so, have they told you any interesting stories or shared any interesting insights about their job?
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StaceyPowers got a reaction from Gonassis in Could VR help mental health?
Ack! So sorry, here it is: https://www.thedailybeast.com/virtual-reality-could-completely-transform-mental-health-if-were-ready-for-it
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StaceyPowers got a reaction from Empire Of Sight in What brings you back to an MMO after you have spent significant time away?
If you take months or years off from a specific MMO, what tends to bring you back to logging in? New content? Missing old friends? Something else?
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StaceyPowers got a reaction from Empire Of Sight in How long until you give up on a puzzle and cheat?
When dealing with a tedious/challenging puzzle in a game, how long do you struggle to solve it on your own before you give up and look up the solution online?
To be honest, I sometimes give up in mere minutes, especially if it is in a game where I did not sign up to solve puzzles.
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StaceyPowers got a reaction from Empire Of Sight in What film/TV actors do you imagine would do well with video game voice-over work?
Are there any actors who star in films or shows that you would like to see doing voice-over work in video games (obviously, it should be someone you haven't heard do so already)? I would pick Josh Holloway.
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StaceyPowers got a reaction from Withywarlock in Could VR help mental health?
Ack! So sorry, here it is: https://www.thedailybeast.com/virtual-reality-could-completely-transform-mental-health-if-were-ready-for-it
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StaceyPowers reacted to Kane99 in Is The Last Of Us part 3 ever going to be a reality?
I wouldn't say it's playing it safe, just that they know that the audience would be into playing more last of us remasters until a new one drops. It's just their way of holding fans over until a third is announced. They will release another remaster, probably for the second game before the third is even announced. Or they may do a double remaster for both games in one package before the third is ever announced.
What I'm saying is this, a third is a very likely possibility, because Naughty Dog knows there is definite money in a third game. So does Sony, so they're probably already in talks for a third.
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StaceyPowers reacted to Reality vs Adventure in Is The Last Of Us part 3 ever going to be a reality?
Naughty Dog sure do love to take their time with games, but at least they do it right. Both series were released at the end of a console generation. So a part 3 most likely will be when news of ps6 is about to be released. And it all also depends how well the TV TLOU series does. If it’s good then they will most likely keep the game series going. That would be awesome to have a 5 part game series all masterpieces. If Part 3 comes out 5 years from now, we will already be living in an apocalypse so they can easily use real footage to make it real as possible. A part 4 literally will livestream a nuclear fallout.
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StaceyPowers reacted to Kane99 in How do you feel when people claim gaming is a waste of time or for kids only?
I thought of this after commenting on another topic. You know how some people, mostly adults and the elderly like to say "Gaming is a waste of time", "Why don't you do something more productive", or "Gaming is for kids" etc.
I still hear these excuses about how people think video games are below them or something. Yet someone will watch 90 day fiance on repeat. I just find it highly hypocritical to call someone's hobby a waste of time. Like nah man, I enjoy video games as much as you enjoy binging your favorite shows and watching your favorite trilogies or hell, reading that novel before you head to bed.
I hate when I hear people say that, because they sound so dumb. Today, gaming is one of the biggest things in the world. From streamers, esports players and casual gamers, gaming has grown to become a billion dollar industry.
It kinda reminds me how people thought gaming was a fad or a gimmick back in the 80s. Now days people are working in gaming, streaming, playing in tournaments for millions of dollars and more.
What do you guys think though? Do you hate when people say this stuff to you about video games? Do you ever respond with quips like "Well you watch tv all day"?
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StaceyPowers reacted to Withywarlock in What are politics like in big MMOs?
Mechanically, yes. If you want to look at the failings of politics in MMOs one needs only look at two systems: vote-kicking and the game's economy. New World was the latest game to screw up the latter, which Josh Strife Hayes has talked about in enough detail to show the worst MMO economy I've ever seen. In other games, and I'm terribly sorry for derailing this subject, but Ben 'Yahtzee' Croshaw did a presentation on factions in video games wherein he discusses how if there's only two they're either fascists or nutters; if there's a third option it falls into what I call Roberts' Trident: when a video game presents a third option, the middle one is the best.
Without having really any experience myself, going exclusively off memes, it just seems to be a game where you're spending a lot of time watching the stock market, auction houses, rather than doing spaceship things and getting swallowed up by player-run trade consortiums.
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StaceyPowers reacted to Withywarlock in What are politics like in big MMOs?
Guild politicking is a fairly big thing. I've been in numerous scenarios, not as dramatic as I'd like to make them sound from robbing guild banks, staging coups, running guilds and moderating merger efforts.
The thing about most MMO systems is they're not democratic, and do bear with me as most of my experience is with World of Warcraft. Barring vote-kicking (democracy), it's usually meritocracy (rankings/ratings/gear), plutocracies (having the most money), or dictatorships (developers and guild masters) which governs the game's systems.
It was particularly interesting in guilds: you can't outvote a guild master, the game doesn't recognise anyone but them to be the sole authority. Staging a coup won't work because they don't have to step down, and Game Masters (customer support) can't and won't take any action unless it's in very specific cases, usually regarding the guild bank or abuse. Guild Mergers were a fun time too, but 'merger' puts one-in-a-million of such occurances too professionally. As Preach Gaming once put it: "what I have seen work is a guild 'merge' where under the same title, where five people join thirty people and they fucking... join their guild." He goes on to say quite adequately, "just look at the UK right now: we have a co-Prime Minister... nope. Not really. There's only one guy who got to shake the Queen's hand, right?" Ironically that coalition between the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats was (unofficially) shortened down to Con-Dem, which if it needs spelling out sounds a lot like 'condemned'. Let that speak to any prospects of guild mergers.
Beyond that, I can't think of many examples of politics coming about in MMOs. It's mostly ramblings in Trade Chat that, let's face it, won't go anywhere because it's happening in a video game chat channel, and guilds tend to have a rule about no politics in chat. And then proceed to ignore it.
Sounds a lot like EVE Online.
Yep, that's EVE Online, or "Spreadsheet Simulator" as it's affectionately known! 🤑
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StaceyPowers reacted to Gonassis in What are politics like in big MMOs?
once upon a time, I used to play text based MMORPG's then I remember fantasizing about a complex merchant-political system...
Then I realized how complicated that would be, and I thought that would just remain a pipe dream. 😅 although I think one day something like that could still be implemented in a game of any kind, just maybe not in the way I imagined.
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StaceyPowers reacted to Empire in Would you work in a VR office?
I love to try and wear them and play around with them as I never had a chance to do so 😉 However working in them ALllllllllllllllllllllll Day...? NOPE
Just think the headache that I would get and the pain afterwords, I rather not thanks. You can get loppy and sick after awhile if you not going to take a break from it. I mean unless the paid is good. Still no for me.
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StaceyPowers reacted to Gonassis in What are politics like in big MMOs?
I remember reading a very long blog post before, from someone who played eve online for a time, and got very tangled up in "space" politics, clan warfare, and pirate griefing.
I must say the whole read was quite enjoyable and read like a sci fi novel. 😉
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StaceyPowers got a reaction from Justin11 in Self Centered
I am self-centered, in the sense of literally being focused on myself and my life experiences most of the time. If someone tells me a story, the first thing I do is think if I have any relevant experience through which I can understand it.
This isn't the same as being selfish though. I just am the literal center of my own universe. It doesn't mean I think I'm the center of anyone else's.
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StaceyPowers got a reaction from The Blackangel in Self Centered
I am self-centered, in the sense of literally being focused on myself and my life experiences most of the time. If someone tells me a story, the first thing I do is think if I have any relevant experience through which I can understand it.
This isn't the same as being selfish though. I just am the literal center of my own universe. It doesn't mean I think I'm the center of anyone else's.
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StaceyPowers got a reaction from DC in Self Centered
I am self-centered, in the sense of literally being focused on myself and my life experiences most of the time. If someone tells me a story, the first thing I do is think if I have any relevant experience through which I can understand it.
This isn't the same as being selfish though. I just am the literal center of my own universe. It doesn't mean I think I'm the center of anyone else's.
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StaceyPowers reacted to Withywarlock in What makes for a good MMO community?
Yesterday I'd gotten into Josh Strife Hayes' videos, and he was talking about why there'll never be another World of Warcraft. One reason being that MMOs are no longer required to be their players' "forever game" like WoW was (and for some still is). However, I still think that forever games are the best and if you can design it in such a way that people want to log in each day and socialise, rather than feel they have to group up for content, you'll see a difference. People will communicate not out of necessity but leisure, and if they can do content that is leisurely they'll be much more likely to chat away doing so.
Take fishing in games: you're waiting for a meter to run down until something bites. You've nothing else better to do than either listen to YouTube or Netflix in the background or talk to the person next to you. Not necessarily because it's boring but because it's a relaxing activity that interfaces well with communication. I found some of my best conversations in MMOs were when I was doing light activity: training cooking, fishing, or other professions. If I was farming reputation, I'd have nothing else better to do than strike up conversation.
Last I checked World of Warcraft still has a system that basically gives you a time limit for conversation: you'll only converse so long as you've got some hub to clear, some dailies to see to, and perhaps a Looking for Raid (LFR) reward to claim. Once you've done that, it's time to play another better game and ergo stop engaging with that community. When you've got activities that take a while and you can sink hours at a time into doing it, that's when the community experience shines.
In conclusion, the best games that make for a good MMO community give people a reason to engage with one another without feeling forced. It's not enough to just produce group content, but at the same time players have to make the effort to be courteous and take time out to help others enjoy the game.