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I couldn't play my games like that unless I had to. Even on the simplest games, like Atari 2600 simple, I would want to hear whatever sounds were there. There are some games like VN's that are often mute or with very little sound, and I like said if a game is simply made that way then so be it, but sound adds too much for me to turn it off.

Trust me, I have seen people do 30-40 posts in space of an hour quite often. And not surprisingly, the quality of the posts tend to be dreadful. It's all things I mentioned already. Spelling and grammatical errors, careless formatting, off-topic posts, statements of the obvious that are often just lifted out of somebody else's post, incorrect details and clearly knowing the subject matter of that conversation not nearly well enough to even comment in the first place, but they do anyway. The most amazing part about this is that these people, at least at first, don't see a problem with this. I do not get how somebody can think they are making a worthwhile contribution when make posts at a pace greater than one post ever two minutes. There no other way to describe it, that is a rush, and a rush happens at the cost of quality. It's not thinking it through or caring about the end result. It's only recently I feel like I've been getting through to people that this kind of posting hurts a forum this small. It would maybe be OK on something like Neogaff that is really busy, but not here.

It's not people posting 30+ posts a day that causes the problem, it's when people do these "bursts" of 30-40 posts in less than hour. It's impossible to put the correct and expected amount of research, proof reading, foresight or any real thought at all into what they posting at kind of pace. You inevitably end up with a wall full of rushed, error ridden, pointless posts really more a sentence long that either state the obvious, something factually incorrect and are often of topic because the people are not taking the time to understand what's going in the entire thread. When people do this it not only means they don't give themselves enough time to put care into what they write, they don't give themselves time to read anything properly either, especially if the post is more than a couple of paragraphs. It's a shame for people who genuinely do put and effort into what they post.

On topic, I will say I have seen a marked improvement from several people, but there is still room for further improvement. Still, well done to all who it may concern.

The first thing I need to point out is that this does not belong in "General Gaming", so I'm moving it to General Chat. Secondly, I'm not convinced this thread is necessary nor helpful. For Example, I would consider the "Community Chat" to be a suitable alternative to this, and the subject of the "spammy posting" has been controversial. Having said that, until this thread causes a problem, I see no reason to lock or remove it. I will be watching this thread carefully and I obviously expect people to post within the rules. So to everyone who contributes to this, behave yourselves. This is your only warning.

Welcome to VGR. If you have any questions don't hesitate to ask.

That is a bit misogynistic. You may be able to produce sperm for you're entire life, but it's only possible for a woman to bear a child (at least safely) for 20 years or so of her life. If you have ambitions of being a father, don't expect it to be an easy option in your 50's. Woman have other options other than you're 100 year old saggy sack even today. Take it from me, be what a woman wants, rather than what you want a woman to want from you.

I'm locking this thread. This thread's title was quite literally a question with one answer, and that answer can only be provided by George R.R Martin himself. The fact the thread went on for more than one page is baffling. Either you know it or you don't, and we don't. I know that George R.R Martin's history with gaming is something of a grey area with a lot of speculation, and that can breed good conversation, and that's why I let this thread be as long as I have. It's also very current and important given his involvement with Elden Ring. However, we're entering an era of this thread where people are bringing up barely relevant things to keep it alive. Just look at the last post form @Justin11 right above this. Mystic Quest has literarily nothing to do with this. So I'm calling it. However, I don't want this thread to end with a sour dump, so I'll post this video for some fun.

I'm going to have to strongly disagree. Slack and Connecteam are not designed for gaming, they're for businesses. I'm sure they work fine, but they just not designed for same purpose as Discord.

Just in case anyone reading this thread is unaware, the PlayStation started it's life as CD based add-on for the SNES. They even got so far as developing and manufacturing an number of prototypes (that are now VERY expensive collectors items). Nintendo were quite big dicks about it actually because just as Sony were preparing to announce the console and without telling Sony, Nintendo publicly announced thier partnership to produce thier CD add for the SNES... with Philips (I'm not even kidding, that actually happened). Of course, that add-on never happened either and ended up becoming the miserable failure known as the Philips CDi, so yeah, it's safe to say Sony had the last laugh in the end. Anyway, back to the topic. It's almost impossible to imagine what gaming would be today if the Nintendo PlayStation came out out as opposed to the Sony PlayStation. I do agree it does seem unlikely that this partnership would have lasted beyond the CD add-on, but it is possible Sony could have kept going and further developed thier own gaming/console technology without Nintendo, but they may have been behind the curve by the time they did. I Find it unlikely that Sony's own console would have been as popular if that CD add-on come through. So in the end, I have offer thanks to Nintendo for being such ass holes.

What if I was to tell you that Sir Patrick Stewart and Sean Bean had roles in the same Indie game?

It turns out that Prey has also already been on offer for free at some point as well. So 2 of the three games this week have already been free at some point though Epic.

Exactly, NFT's are already tanking barely after they got stating. Time will indeed tell and right now time is proving you wrong.

As you can tell, I'm surprised.

I was actually going to post this in another thread, but it was bit off topic, so I'll post it here. I had mentioned the Kinect in that thread then remembered this video, and I think everyone deserves to see this video. This guy is hilarious. I know the video is an hour long, but trust me it's worth it.

Despite what I just said, I do actually agree with @Boblee. E3 2010 has to rank up there, and not just because of Konami, but Microsoft's reveal of the Kinect is hard to watch these days.

@Boblee, @Justin11 and @Heatman You guys are doing it again. This thread is now about something else because of you. It's the same thing every time. Somebody posts something on topic that refences something else, and you see that as an invite to talk about that something else. That something else in this case being Konami. There are plenty of threads about Konami and how crap they are, so either discuss that there or discuss it through PM's. Either way, stick to the topic please.

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With all due respect @NightmareFarm, I couldn't agree with you less. I actually think the level of visual improvement, the "leap" as you put it, get's less and less each time, especially considering the leap in the actual power of the hardware if anything gets wider each time. Not that those examples you put up aren't impressive, but if one actually looks at the whole history, I think that one will find the level of improvement does get less and less each time. I'll start from the beginning and work my way up to show you what I mean. Pong, 1972, 1st Gen I know the Odyssey came out the same year, but that was really more of a device to let people use thier TV's as an accessory to play what where basically board games. Pong, I believe, was the first video game you could play on TV at home. 2nd gen The next step isn't straightforward to navigate and it is debatable, but I'll go for the Atari 2600, 1977 Combat 3rd Gen Now to NES (8 bit), 1985 Mario Bros 4rth Gen Then to SNES (16 Bit), 1991 Super Mario World 5th Gen Then to the 32 Bit and N64 (1995-1996) (I'll use one shot from a PlayStation game and one from the N64) Goldeneye, N64 Metal Gear Solid, PlayStation 6th Gen The next example shows PlayStation 2, released 2000 Primal 7nth Gen Sticking with PlayStation, I'll go for PS3, 2006 Heavenly Sword 8th Gen Next, PS4 released 2013 ...and one of my favourites, Horizon Zero Dawn 9nth Gen And for the most recent of consoles, I'll go with the PS5 and an exclusive game to that console; Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart You see, I really do not see the level of improvement in graphics increase over time, I see the opposite. we're at the point where you could quadruple the amount of polygons in a 3d model and it would barley make a difference to how it looked. Obviously still images don't tell the whole story, like improvements on how games run, and that's why I'm actually glad the new generation of consoles seem to be more focused on improving the gameplay experience with reduced load times and higher, more stable frame rates rather than pure visual fidelity like they have been in the past. That's the right thing to do because I do feel graphics have hit something of a glass celling. We're at the point where putting more power into graphics is going to make less and less of a difference. The PS6 could have the power of 64 PS5's and would it really help the games look much better? VR maybe a bit of a different story because VR, as we know it today, is still an emerging technology, so maybe there is more room to improve thier, but even there is it's only a matter of time before VR runs into the same glass ceiling, so I actually don't think so. VR games look good even by the highest standards already.

I have to disagree. Just because a story thread s liner doesn't mean the game design is. In a liner game like The Last of Us or A Plague Tale, the exploration and gamely progression is tied directly to the story thread and they progress in unison. In open world game, yes, the story thread is still liner like you said, but the difference is one can leave said story thread and do something else, like side missions and other activities.

Would it be asking to much to offer an example?

It is actually quite fascinating. I'm speaking mostly in reference to football (soccer) in the Scotland, but I get a feeling this is a similar story the world over. You have people that are perfectly normal, even nice, kind and thoughtful. Perfectly normal people. It's your postmen, your builders, your barista's, your plumbers, just normal folk Then a referee blows a whistle somewhere then for the next two hours they devolve into barbarians. Racism, sexism, homophobia, bigotry, religious indolence (this is especially bad in Scottish football with Old Firm rivals Celtic and Rangers, more details here) and even violence. The thing is, I lived in Glasgow for a while for work and have visited the city several times and at night this is one of the friendliest places I've ever been. However, when an Old Firm Derby is on only one of three kinds people have any business being on the streets; The riot police. The aforementioned plumbers turned barbarians. The blooded victims of either 1 or 2. Come Monday, the 2's will go to work and when asked about what they were up to at the weekend they always say, "Yeah, it was alright. Watched the game. The referee was a *insert derogatory term" cunt. If that fucking ni**er hadn't missed that penalty we would have won it.". Casual as you like, as if they had done and just said nothing at all wrong. It's crazy. I haven't associated myself with football fandom for years and this is the prime reason why.

This is one of the possibilities that has been discussed. I'm personally a little sceptical because most of these irrelevant posts work off each other, so those doing will likely migrate back to threads and not use it. Still, if you have any suggestions for specific apps and plugins that you've seen on other forums please send them to me in a PM .

you keep saying you're sorry, but you keep doing. You just posted over 30 times in less that 45 minutes. How am I supposed to believe that you are paying any attention and posting with foresight and care at that kind of pace? If was to read those posts one by one, would they have had point? Would they all have a purpose? I warned you already on @m76 thread on NFT's and I'm telling you again. Starting taking this seriously or I'm going to start deleting posts.

Don't act all high and mighty, I know all I need to know about cryptocurrency, the blockchain and NFT's. It's a risky, unstable and unsustainable investment environment at best and a straight up scam at worst. Don't insult me. @m76 made a perfectly valid point. Address his point an adult or don't address it at all. Given the fact that you tend to farm post with little to no care about the quality, you should assume the latter is the better option most of the time. That post of yours was aggerating and pointless. Stop posting anything just so long as it's a post or I'm going to start deleting them.