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#so if you are a modder reading this and laughing then just know this is a stupid dream brought to u by urs truly (<-- vampire enjoyer)
custom-whats · 1 year
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This is an entirely unrelated thing, but i had an idea for a “custom” follower forever ago that, if you’d like to hear, i’ve put below! warning: its fucking long and i dont have the time nor energy to make it real beyond thinking it out.
To begin with a few precursor things: i enjoy asshole characters, as we dont often see them as followers and they flesh out the world of the game in a nice way, and i enjoy characters that are relevant to specific plots within the game. If there are personal stakes involved, like serana with her story, it makes it all the more satisfying to look for dialogue and go through to the end of the quest with them.
And i’m also DEEPLY mentally ill about three things: castle Volkihar, moral ambiguity, and a guy named ronthil.
If you’ve never heard of him, i don’t blame you: he’s a vampire bosmer within clan Volkihar that does nothing but serve as a merchant and a speech trainer. His wiki is super fucking small and the unique thing about him is that he’s treated worse than dirt within the clan, making him sleep behind a bookshelf iirc. He’s constantly staying on the good behavior to not get kicked out and making himself available to tasks. ur standard pathetic meow meow, so of course i like him.
Anyway my proposal was to turn Ronthil into a “Serana dialogue add on” styled mod that changed some of his core motivations, re-contextualizing his people pleasing personality, offering players an additional perspective into clan volkihar’s inner workings, provide players who were already vampires a different start to dawnguard (because a vampire hunter approaching a vampire and said vampire going to the vampire hunter’s lair is suicidal stupidity at best), and finally provide a moderate voice for why somebody might wanna be a vampire and stay that way.
so the proposed changes start like this: Whether or not you’re a vampire, you’ll sometimes see a man wandering about at night along the roads. If you’re a human, he basically doesn’t interact with you.
If you’re a vampire, he makes the suggestion that something of value to the both of you has come to his attention recently, and if you were to help him he’d be more than generous with the earnings. Obviously this is an equivalent exchange, as he is considerably ill equipped to take on anything nasty, so you’ll have to do a lot of the heavy lifting as far as fighting goes. If you agree, he leads you straight to Dimhollow crypt and the quest follows as normal. You return Serana home and are given the typical reward offer.
Assuming you accept, you’re given the standard speech and told to get your ass going to redwater den. If you speak to him after (you’ll find him loitering about) he’ll offer to accompany you, off the record of course, if you require him. He will then be available as a follower from that point on
If you’re wondering why a Volkihar vampire is being so charming and so helpful for no good reason, he’s not being; the truth of it is that he’s an intense social climber. He sees that Harkon favors you for the return of his daughter and you’ve already shown off your combat prowess at dimhollow, now with the added bonus that you’ve been given the power of a Vampire Lord. He suspects that rubbing elbows with you in a positive capacity will prove beneficial to him rising up that clan ladder down the line. Though, to be fair, he doesn’t at all suspect that it all leads to Harkon’s death, and you & serana effectively becoming the most powerful ppl at court.
 Still, that’s really all the better for him so long as he can prove useful enough to you to be given a higher position, or at least treated with more dignity.
Ronthil in this version is basically faking all of his niceties, and underneath it all is a calculating little bastard. He wants power and status, typical vampire desires, but wants them for the protection and strength they provide, not necessarily to squash people beneath him (though he’d be tempted were the mood to strike him. I mean, he IS a vampire.) His climb to the position he’s in now, lowly as it is and even with how he’s treated, is still something he fought tooth and nail for, so he’s not willing to risk himself being stupid unless he thinks there’s something better in it for him to be that way.
aaaand i just ran out of creative juice, so thats the general idea i’d cooked up. if you read this far, congrats and also wow i sure hope you like vampires lol.
#no im not doing anything with this#this is strictly an idea#LMFAO#and also i do NOT have the technical knowledge necessary to make this all work#so if you are a modder reading this and laughing then just know this is a stupid dream brought to u by urs truly (<-- vampire enjoyer)#i probably come off as EXTREMELY mentally ill in this#whatever#also for the record if ur asking but whats why does he stick around when u basically betray harkon with serana to get the scrolls and etc#at that point he weighs his odds and decides that you're the better option.#he can either do this because youve proved yourself extremely capable till now#OR he can do this because of an emotional bond you two have formed#in my head ldb is given the option to get to the heart of his motives and such in dialogue trees at which point#even when his social climber persona is still in full effect around you#its different#he cares#but again thats dialogue tree specific stuff so not everyones gonna get that satisfaction#oh and if ur wondering where the asshole bit comes into this#well he is faking his friendship just to get close at first#but if thats not enough for u then he is also entirely into you being listener and any other immoral guilds you wanna join#his pursuit of power and status makes him go YEAAA BABE join whatever u want be the best there ever was youll be the best connection in my#social group !!!!!!!#but also on a personal moral level he's done all youre gonna do and worse before he kicks the bucket probably. so he doesnt care
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madameaug · 9 months
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Meet the Mod || JJK x OC
Pairing: Streamer Jungkook x Black Female Modder
WC: 1.4k >
NOTE: Now finished :)
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"Hey, chat." Jungkook greeted the thousands of viewers tuning into his stream. His eyes glossed over the moving text as he adjusted his camera equipment. Jungkook had recently returned to his streaming schedule after taking a temporary break. The past two weeks had been pretty stressful for the young streamer. He had just moved from his small apartment to a much larger, more comfortable place.
It was crazy for him to think that he could sustain his lifestyle off his streaming income. Four years ago, he would have laughed at someone telling him he would average 70,000 viewers a livestream.
Did you eat? What did you do today? Marry me pls!!!
It was the same typical chatter that he was used to seeing.
"I ate three cups of spicy ramen. I did some training with my boxing mentor today." Jungkook rubbed his slightly pudgy stomach. He slid his beanie slightly higher, showing more of his forehead into the camera.
Mang_luver: Ur back!
Jungkook recognized the username of one of his modders. 'Mang luver' was a part of the handful of mods Jungkook had in his streams. Three of them were his close friends from high school, and the other two were viewers in the beginning with him. Mang luver fell into the latter category. She was always kind to him and helped foster the culture within the community.
Since there were so few mods, he was in a private and somewhat active group chat with his moderators. They spoke frequently with each other. Some of them even meet up in person.
"Hey Mang."
What games are you playing today?
That was the question that most of the viewers were asking Jungkook.
"Ah, I think I'm just gonna chat today. I'm not in the best mindset to focus on Overwatch or anything like that tonight."
Several topics for conversation spoke over the AI Jungkook has set up for his stream. Most of them asked for advice in school, which Jungkook wouldn't mind discussing; however, he doesn't think he's the best person to talk about school motivation.
His life path was quite untraditional. He dropped out of high school to pursue music. He was semi-successful and eventually returned to school to complete his high school diploma. Now he streams and boxes.
He sorted through the chat, looking for interesting topics. Straying away from suggestive or potentially sexual topics.
"My ideal type?" Jungkook read out the chat. It intrigued him.
Jungkook stroked his imaginary beard, thinking about his ideal romantic partner.
"I would say someone who is confident and not afraid of a challenge. I'm really attracted to a person's aura and the vibes they give out."
Jungkook was quite honest with his words. In the past, he's thought about the physical attributes that he wants in his future girlfriend. He didn't have anything that was top priority. Most of his deal breakers involved personality. Like if they were rude to customer service workers or if they were disrespectful.
It was hard for him to narrow his ideal partner to a list of physical attributes.
"I guess I can also add that the person would have to be an ARMY. Jungkook smiled. His shameless flirting ignited the chat. The chat eating it up.
Mang_luver: are you tryna rizz up the chat?
Mang_luver: L streamer
"You don't like my flirting skills Mang? Jungkook couldn't hold back his smirk. He and Mang had a teasing report with each other. Causing live entertainment for those in the chat.
"You know what, chat, I think I know my type. I like girls who don't like me back."
Jungkook waited patiently for another witty remark from Mang. The chat commented that the two were acting like a married old couple. They always bickered about small, petty things that eventually it just became part of their dynamic.
Mang_luver: YUCK
Mang_luver: *gag*
"You know you love it, Mang."
Mang face reveal?
I'm tryna see something? What they said ^^^
The thought crossed Jungkook's mind that he had never seen an image of Mang. While he knew her real name, Jennette, and her age 24. He would never reveal such information while he was live. In the back of his mind, he wondered what she looked like, but the thought never developed into more.
But now the chat was begging for the modder to reveal her face. Spam flooding the chat box, Jungkook watched, curious as he wanted to see her face.
"Mang get on Discord." Jungkook instructed pulling up a new tab, before sharing his screen for the thousands to see.
Mang_luver: ... Mang_luver: fine Mang_luver: i hate you all
Upon reading the last message, he clicked the call button above her username. The chat was probably more excited than Jungkook. Mang answered the call ten seconds later, showing nothing but a black screen.
"Hello?"
"Hey."
"Turn your camera on."
"You're so pushy." Jenette pouted on the other side of the camera. She was up trying to freshen up her looks, to make it not look like she was lying down in bed. She removed her satin head scarf and shook her mini twists that dangled by her shoulders. She washed her hair last night and did the twist til she got her braids in the next few days.
"I just wanna see what you look like Mangy Pangy."
Jennette rolled her eyes, hearing that awful nickname.
"I thought you agreed you weren't gonna call me that?"
"I thought you agreed you were gonna show your face?'
"Actually, I agreed to get on Discord. Not to show my face." Jennette smiled at her response.
"Such a smart ass."
"Don't wanna be a dumbass like you." The comebacks rolled off her tongue easily. She didn't have to think when she said them at all.
"You are lucky I like you." Jungkook grumbled, clicking around on his computer. He pulled up Instagram on the tab. Jennette knew that Jungkook didn't "like" her that way, but its effect on her was apparent. She cleared her throat, snapping out of brief feelings of attraction.
"So you can turn on your camera or tell me your Instagram. I wanna see what you look like."
Jungkook started typing in guesses for Jennette's Instagram without giving her time to think. The first few guesses were unsuccessful, pulling up random people who looked nothing like her. Looking at herself in the mirror, she looked over her appearance, unsure about the whole face reveal deal.
Her skin was slightly dewey from her skincare routine. Acne scars covered certain areas of her cheeks. More importantly, her purple cat-eye glasses. The frames enhanced her almond eye shape and made her look slightly younger in her nighttime apparel.
Without another word, she turned on her camera. Jungkook wasn't looking at the video call. He was still trying to guess her Instagram. Little did he know that her Instagram didn't contain her name at all. So at this rate he would never find her Instagram. The chat jumped with the thousands of new comments, all discussing her appearance.
Omg she's so pretty. Damnnnnnn Black Barbie fr fr She's not one of us
Gahhhlee
It took a message being read by the AI voice for Jungkook to redirect his attention to the Discord call. He had to readjust himself on the couch. He pulled one of his knees to his chest.
"Awww."
Jenette looked away from her screen, blushing at his reaction. She was nervous, waiting for him to be compelled to react in a humiliating way.
"You happy?" Jennette found it hard to look at the streamer. Gosh, he was so boyfriend-coded that she knew that her thoughts would start to evolve this simple interaction into something more. She got like this with most of her crushes. It never took long for her to fall for someone.
"You're so cute."
"Shut up."
Rizz her up Jungkook!
Yall look good together omgggg
"Yall, it's not like that, I'm not gonna rizz up, Mang. I was just curious to see what she looked like. Now, we can move on to something else." With a smile, he redirected the stream to a totally different topic. Mang took this as a segway to leave the call and rejoin the chat. Junkgook discussed the latest SZA music video 'Snooze', with Justin Bieber.
However, the chat was still discussing Mang's looks. More and more comments were becoming passive-aggressive. And Jungkook couldn't ignore the overwhelming backhanded compliments. It was time for him to step in and say something.
"Ayo, chill. That's enough on Mang. Don't forget she can ban any of yall."
I wish someone would defend me like Jungkook does Mang. ooop hell yeah- put them in their place!
He scrolled up the chat logs to see if Mang spoke. But she was radio silent. With his phone unlocked and off-camera, Jungkook privately messaged Mang. He wanted to ensure she was okay and confirm that he wasn't okay with the rude comments she was facing. Mang texted back pretty quickly, confirming that she was fine.
Mang_luver: I don't know why I just felt so nervous
Mang_luver: Face reveals always stir up anxiety for me
ABCDEFGHI__LMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ : I get it
ABCDEFGHI__LMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ: But don't listen to them. You do look good, like really good
Mang_luver: That's really sweet
ABCDEFGHI__LMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ: After stream I'll call you to ensure that things between us are still cool. I don't fuck with that bully shit.
ABCDEFGHI__LMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ: That good?
Mang_luver: Yeah I'll be up
Closing out of his phone, Jungkook reacted to a couple of other music videos released in August. Before he knew it, it was a quarter past three. Jungkook yawned before wrapping up the conversation he was having with chat.
"I'm gonna get off, guys. This was fun, per usual." Jungkook smiled and started waving at the people, saying 'good night' to him.
He's probably going to talk to Mang goodnight kookie you never answered?? will you marry me??? pls!!
He ended the stream, rubbing his face. Walking to his bedroom, he thought about what to say to Jennette. He was use to the 'mean' comments that he would get from trolls in his comments. Working in the music industry for all those years helped him grow thick skin. Plus, he knew that they wouldn't return that same energy if he ever met these people in real life.
He thought about how to properly apologize to Jennette. Eyes getting heavy, and the last thing on his mind was his really pretty modder.
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daniigh0ul · 5 months
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— #simblr gratitude day
dear simblr community,
hello! i'm going to be sappy. i just want to say that i really enjoy this corner of tumblr, and i look forward to reading everyone’s stories, seeing pretty screenshots, laughing at jokes only simmers would make, and the kindness i’ve seen extended from the people i follow and have had the pleasure of being mutuals with. and, modders, i didn’t forget you!! thank you for making this game better where it needs to be! this is a general post, because i want everyone to feel included today! consider yourself tagged, because you are. ❣️ (heart emoji)
to the storytellers: hi, there are so many stories on here that inspire me to be a better storyteller. whether it’s the people i’ve talked to about writing, plot, or character development, or lurking afar during a sleepless night while going through someone’s backlog, or seeing the cool and fun ways we use the video game(!) medium to tell stories, i appreciate every single one of you. whether the story is slice-of-life, fantasy, royalty, or something i haven’t discovered yet, i’m glad you’re telling your story/stories. and if i haven’t read your story yet, i will soon!!
to the funny simblrs: thank you for keeping this place alive with laughter. seriously the amount of times silly jokes have crossed my dashboard that made my day brighter are countless. whether we joke about the game’s numerous bugs and glitches, references to townies we love to hate (or hate to love), or things that are simblr specific, i appreciate you.
to the casual players:
y’all are stronger than me!! if you play vanilla, vanilla-lite, or modded and are happy to play through legacy and bachelor challenges, or share your sims for the sheer joy of sharing your sims, you are a pillar in this community! you keep this place collaborative and fun! please keep sharing your gameplay!
to the blender users (+ pretty picture people):
hi i adore your work. the use of lighting and composition and posing and all of the things you learned to make visuals for my eyes to feast upon? thank you!!! these are all things i’m still learning to do, so i really do love seeing it on my dash so i can take notes. keep posting them!!
to the modders: hi! thank you for making free recolors, free poses, free builds, free meshes, etc. made available to keep this hobby alive!! some of my favorite cc i have ever downloaded has been really niche cc—so if you’ve been doubting making that jester cc set or trash bag dress please do it. obviously, my examples are very silly but i’m being genuine!! i am a cc hoarding dragon and my collection is forever-growing, so continue making pretty things for my sims to wear, useful things to shove into lots, and poses to make my story-telling hobby a smidge easier thank you !!
okay, sappy time is over!! it’s impossible for me to know every single one of you, but to everyone i do know (or have chatted with, or am mutuals with, etc) you have been a fun and positive place for me to hang out online which is so rare in this age of the internet. keep doing that. and to anyone i don’t know yet, don’t be shy!! even if it’s not to me, the best way to become apart of this community is to engage in it—whether it’s sending an ask, replying to someone’s post, or joining a discord server! i promise you will have fun here!
<3 ok bye
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New Nier: Automata secret room discovered 5 years later — is it legit? - Polygon
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💾 ►►► DOWNLOAD FILE 🔥🔥🔥 Well, we say "enjoying" - there's a significant overlap between people who pirate games and people who want their PC gaming to be absolutely top notch amusingly, they never seem to see the tension between these two positions and it must be said the PC port of Nier Automata does not exactly knock it out of the park. Enter Kaldaien , a well-respected modder who seems to delight in taking substandard PC offerings and polishing them up. Their FAR Fix Automata Resolution mod ups Nier Automata's resolution from upscaled p to p, and increases frame rate up to 60fps, thanks to some clever optimisation of various graphical effects. Those are the most obvious changes but far from the extent of what the popular mod does. However, the mod also checks to see whether you're running a legitimate copy of Nier Automata or a cracked one, and if it discovers you're a pirate, it just won't let you play. You'll have to uninstall the mod to continue. Since the mod is a free, optional service that has no ill-effects for anyone who paid for their copy, you'd think everyone would have a laugh and move on. But no! Pirates are throwing huge tantrums over it; Kotaku 's got a round up of reactions and links to discussion of the matter where you can see people getting well firey over it. The backlash from this scandal has seen the mod creator banned from the Nier Automata Steam forums and the download link to the mod removed. Meanwhile, the creator made the mod's source code freely available, so pirates have been altering it to remove the piracy block. Just by the by, Nier Automata is excellent ; don't take my word for it, check out the reviews. It's the sort of game that wasn't really expected to make money but was produced for and by fans, and the fact that Nier Automata shifted 1 million copies , got some DLC after all and even resulted in a reprint of the original Nier is just fantastic. That Nier Automata is such a good game, well worth paying for and developed with such good intentions, but causing such an upset among people who won't pay for it The whole situation is kind of tragic and laughable, and makes me think, yet again, that we all need to get out in the fresh air a bit more. Hit the link above to dive into all the details. Tencent looking to become the "the single largest shareholder" in Ubisoft - report. The company plans to offer Ubisoft a sum "way above" its current stock price. MultiVersus season one has been delayed. The Ascent expands its cyberpunk chaos with melee combat and new missions in story DLC. The Ascent is finally getting major new content in the form of Cyber Heist, and it's out very soon. Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Heroes guide and how to unlock the best Heroes. Dead Space remake: Everything we know so far. If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. A Nier Automata mod has made a lot of people hilariously mad. Stephany Nunneley 32 minutes ago. Season's givings. Connor Makar 52 minutes ago. Sherif Saed an hour ago. Assignment Ada. Kelsey Raynor an hour ago. Mighty heroes. Josh Broadwell 52 minutes ago. Mark Harrison an hour ago. Buy our t-shirts, yeah They're far more stylish than your average video game website tat. Explore our store.
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86maylin · 2 years
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I see a lot of good messages from people about the fandom situation, and that’s great. But I just want to caution about using some of the words, and also say my piece on this because I feel like if I don’t it will keep boiling in my head and that’s not good for my mental health. This might be highly biased and directed at a certain post(s)/person but yes these words do hurt me when I see them, even tho the messages they are saying are supposedly righteous. 
Please, do not say they are just pixels, and you are a loser if you’re obsessed over pixels, and that people should get a life, get a job or touch grass if they’re so obsessed. 
I, for one, am obsessed about the “pixels”. It may be unhealthy, but it is what’s working for me right now because he has become part of my coping mechanism and a means for me to get better mentally. The key difference is, I do not attack people that like the same pixels as I do, and I just don’t generally do the aggression. I don’t like conflict, and I’m bad at conflicts. 
So when I see posts that talk about this situation, and the focus is on “Go get a life and stop obsessing over pixels it’s just a videogame” it hurts me. Because the reason is not because of obsessing over pixels, it’s them doing bad things because of that obsession. More personal venting/drama under read more. 
What’s even funnier is, I got personally attacked for being “too obsessed with pixels”. Getting called crazy and making fun of me for crying because I saw a post that said “The modder(meaning me) that made x mod must stan criminals on tumblr”. And the person that said those things gave me a none apology apology afterwards, blaming the person that leaked the screenshot to me. Why did I say that? Because that person wrote a post on how people shouldn’t get bullied for anything. I’m still not over this “months old drama” and I don’t know when I will be, because it made me physically ill when I saw said post. 
A major part of the reason why I decided to write this post, is because I saw this one from motherherbivore. How eerily similar our feelings are, because I found it real odd that when I saw that post, aside from the overwhelming urge to vomit I just, wanted to laugh. It’s so absurd to me how I found it funny because I really shouldn’t, but I did. Human brains, men. 
In typing these I’m not actually sure if I will feel better afterwards. But I just wanna say like, just because people spoke out against something, doesn’t mean they are good people. And: Practice what you preach. I know I will be staying true to myself, because if I don’t, I will feel disgusted at myself. I am who I am. 
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saevus-brutalis · 3 years
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[05-22-21 update: updated his hairstyle and gave him more piercings, he’s still ‘work in progress’, but im starting to be happy with how he turned out] [02-28-24 update: im leaving the old info for sentimental value, check the newest updated info on the latest reference sheet]
Do not repost my artwork without permission.
Vincent Viviann Vigo / Cyberpunk 2077 
fuck it, i’m gonna post my art here 😐 
anyways, here’s (finally uh, i've been re-drawing and re-designing him over 20 times) my Cyberpunk 2077 V. no cool screenshots of him (unfortunately), bc i'm no skilled modder plus i can't make him look hot in-game 😐 (i mean he looks decent, but not like i imagine him to look like)
here's some info about him!
full name; Vincent ‘V’ Viviann Vigo [he/him/they]
age; 28 (30.10.2049 / scorpio ☼ capricorn ☾ scorpio ↑ / [earth] snake)
height; 6'4" / 194 cm
sexuality; pansexual [strong preference for men] homoromantic
affiliation; Afterlife [currently]
anthem; Billie Eilish - listen before i go / Kasabian - Comeback Kid / Nothing But Thieves - Take This Lonely Heart
some random things about him;
stone-cold bitch
adrenaline junkie
black coffee stan
wears exclusively black clothes. mostly leather and tends to go for an oversized (often layered) fit
does not know what a personal space is and will violate it either by standing extremely close to you or just towering over you while breathing down your neck
has tons of unopened and unread messages on his phone, leaves people on read and doesn’t reply or rarely does. making any sort of plans with this guy via text is challenging. also he willdecline your call 9/10 times.  
sado-masochist
although being emotionally daft, he’s quite a good flirt (but won’t realize he’s flirting, does so subconsciously. also he’s stupid enough not to know when people are flirting with him. you can be as bold as you can and he’d be like “oh okay”)
despite his deep gravelly voice he has the softest laugh. scrunches his nose when laughing and has dimples when he smiles
really into his looks. takes care of himself, has an immaculate skincare routine that he religiously follows. he will take an extra 10 minutes to plug and fill-in his eyebrows before leaving his apartment (which drives johnny mad)
considers himself the best driver in Night City. driving with him might not be the safest but it sure is the quickest way to get around. make sure to put your seatbelt on because not only does his foot never leaves the gas pedal you might also experience one or two 360° barrel rolls in mid-air while speeding down the busy streets. but hey at least you avoided the traffic. Vince rarely stops at a red light. he speeds in-between the cars (likes he’s on a fucking motorcycle) and overtakes those in front of him. you can never be late with this guy. sure you might age faster from the sheer stress of driving in the passenger seat, but hey you got to your meeting on time. :> 
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mwolf0epsilon · 5 years
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Just like how Keanu Reeves became a National Treasure™, Josh becomes a National Treasure™
Josh has a huge fan base that wholly adores him and maybe wants to marry him (At least in my fics he gets the respect he deserves).
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"Leo, when I asked for you to keep an eye on what's going on in social media regarding public opinion on the pro-android campaigns, I didn't mean this..."
The brunet glared In mild annoyance as Markus walked into the kitchen holding his laptop. His annoyance escalated to mild irritation when he noticed his Accord profile was online.
He promptly got up from where he was seated with the others, dropping his cards on the table on top of everyone else's (which made a winning North throw up her arms in anger at her sudden loss), and walked over to his brother to snatch it away from his hands.
"Don't snoop through my shit, asshole!" Leo growled as he set the laptop down on the table. "I've been keeping up to date with shit too, so don't get your panties in a knot..."
"Playing Fuck, Marry, Kill with a bunch of strangers online isn't keeping up to date with public opinions..." Markus groaned.
"Shit, they started a round of FMK? Nice..." Leo snorted before shaking his head. "But in all seriousness, that Accord server there, is an exclusive team of elite that I assembled for that little favour you asked. They're pretty good at keeping me up to speed on things... Sometimes shit doesn't really happen all day tho, so we get bored and discuss the finer things."
"Like Fuck, Marry, Kill?" North rose an eyebrow in disbelief.
"Yep." Leo popped the 'P' at the end for emphasis before beginning to type into the chat. The four androids noticed his chat handle was 'KingOfTheUrbanJungle', an obvious play on his actual name. Charming. "Usually it's pretty chill, unless there's been anything dodgy going on online. We got an expert keeping up with the shadier sort, and another that's been keeping tabs on android supporters and community modders."
"Isn't modding illegal?" Simon asked.
"Only because Cyberlife's pitched the hissiest of fits over their merch being potentially stolen and copied, or worse, repaired at home. Cyberlife hates DIY engineers and mechanics that have an eye for robotics...That sort of crap. They're intimidated." Leo explained as he left an inquiry on who the FMK prompt was for. "That's not even accounting for people who can't fucking afford their ridiculous insurance policies. You know they tried to bill dad after the cops shot you down..."
"They did what?!" Markus looked horrified.
"Yep. Tried to bill a bed-bound elderly man who nearly died of a heart attack. Dad told me they only got their tiny dicks back in their pants after Elijah Fucking Kamski rained hell on their parade since technically he has full rights to your software and design..." Leo shrugged "Score one for androids being property I guess... But only this once."
"Those sons of bitches..." Markus muttered darkly before the laptop pinged.
"Oh! Ooh that's a hard one..." Leo mumbled as he read the prompt, sent by someone going by 'LatinaLatte'. What an odd chat handle. "Damn."
"Is it celebrities?" Simon asked.
"Nope. She's asking out of Markus, Josh and North, who we'd fuck, marry and kill." Leo admitted with a grin on his face.
Everyone stared at him.
He gulped.
"...Obviously I would not fuck Markus...?" He offered "But I'm uh, not inclined to kill anyone so uh...hard choice?"
They still stared.
And then the chat pinged.
Someone going by 'LamentingMercenary' immediately presented their thoughts.
"Fuck North, marry Josh, kill Markus." Leo wrinkled his nose "Of course he would, what an ass..."
"Wow this game sucks..." North glared daggers. She was not too inclined with being the subject of someone's fantasies.
Another ping, 'LatinaLatte' this time.
"Fuck Markus, marry Josh, kill North." Leo read.
Another ping from 'MercifulDisappointment'.
"Can you fuck and marry Josh and kill both North and Markus?"
Leo cackled when 'QueenBitch' replied to the last comment with a clearly disappointed "No" while everyone else started laughing in chat. Leo nearly forgot he had an audience.
"Ok so uh, there's like a lot of people saying fuck and marry Josh...consistently." Simon pointed out. "Not one person has said kill Josh."
"It's rigged I tell you..." North grumbled. Leo blinked at her in confusion and then shook his head.
"Nah not really... There's like, a fan page of you guys, with polls and shit...Josh is like, #1 in all of it."
The others, including a very uncomfortable and flustered Josh, all stared blankly at him.
"...What?" Markus asked.
"You really don't know? Markus I linked you the damn Facebook page..."
"Nobody uses Facebook anymore!" Markus protested.
"Well fuck Markus, they still do and holy crap it's insane... Here." He quickly closed his Accord tab and opened up the ancient website that should have been dead and buried by now thanks to a lot of law suits, but that came back crawling from the grave every two years. Surely enough there was a fan page dedicated to the Jericho leaders and Josh scored the highest in popularity, with Simon coming close second.
"What the shit?" North gawked.
"Yeah... Crazy right? Makes sense tho, Josh is like...The perfect poster child here." Leo shrugged.
"How exactly?" Josh looked very uncomfortable.
"...Dude...You're nice. And nonthreatening? You help old ladies across the street, you're very gentle with kids, you help with the community..." Leo listed off "You're not... I donno, overly perfect and unapproachable. You don't openly fight people. You don't yell, you don't hide away at the tower all day... People get like, super nervous around Markus and North, and they see very little of Simon so you're like... The only Jericho leader they ever actually seen being a part of society?"
There was a collective silence from the four androids. They were stunned really, after hearing all of this.
It was a little hard to process.
"You're all doing good out there, fighting the good fight and helping who needs it... But yeah honestly you three are a bit too scary. Josh is openly kind and outgoing and that gets people more at ease..."
"So basically... People prefer Josh because he's just... Being himself?" Simon blinked.
"... Yep."
"...."
"To be fair, it's easier to get behind the cause of someone who reads to kids in his free time."
"I...How did you know about that?!" Josh frowned. He hadn't told anyone what he did with his spare time.
"It's on YouTube. Some of the androids at the tower uploaded videos of you with the kids at New Jericho. It's super cute dude."
"Oh god...That's really creepy! And embarrassing!" Josh covered his face with his hands in mild distress.
"It also apparently made a chatroom with 11 people horny for you." North pointed out.
"North, not helping!"
"Then stop being so cute all the time!"
"He can't it's in his nature." Simon shook his head sadly.
"Simon don't encourage her!!!"
Leo smirked as he watched Markus sigh and try to help mediate the ensuing argument, before typing into the private Accord server chat.
"Can we all agree Josh is like, a national treasure, and that deep down we'd all marry him?"
The chatroom seemed to wholly agree with him on that one.
And then 'G69D' commented.
"So would you fuck or kill your brother? I know for a fact you'd not go near North even with a 20 foot pole."
Leo grimaced and closed his laptop.
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I have sent you each a very specific program with a very specific purpose. Don't use it just yet, it's made for emergencies only, a very specific one. And before you ask, no, I didn't code this. I've got friends on the other side, as they say. Friends much bigger and much more powerful than even you can comprehend, which also have the infovirus known as Sburb.
...Ugh, when are you players going to figure out that the only ones with th fully formed infovirus are currently in this building here in the SNTS? I’ve literally run tests checking every would be modder, every infovirus infectee, every fucking monkey banging on a keyboard that ever hacked the game (don’t laugh, I had to deal with more than should be possible) and every time I find out the sme reults in 3 options.
Option 1: The player has the infovirus by going into the games code but was not chosen by the game due to them not being part of the support staff. A player may gain a bit of knowledge about the basic game structure like this and the knowledge to modify the uppermost layer of code to fix things but you assholes just try to game the system so we banned that shit. The only time someone gains the full infovirus and the ability to read and understand the many layers of underlying code is by being a SNTS member.
Option 2: Most of the top 2 upper layers are written in ATH~ but the changeable parts from layer 2 and down are written in a way that only the fully infected can read because it constantly changes. Those ATH~ coders with high skill can once again mess with the top layer and read some of the 2nd layer but have only a minor difference in skill than the partially infected. 
Option 3: Those who stumble into it and are like “Hurr durr, let’s download premade mods or fuck with status values ourselves because it can’t be hard durr hurr.” And these players are called Cancer.
Oh, and BTW, we are those friends on the other side. Gear runs many sites and shit to either help players or collectively fuck up modders in giant mousetraps, Girl has offshoot blogs with personas, Atomik does whatever Atomik does, Gaze has gaming accounts where he drops help for those in his friendslist, Kitten occasionally asks me to fix a problem in her friends sessions, and I make side deals and run several sites that exchange favors or drop info and lab results as well as a cult following of players who know about the darker side of SBURB. And of course, almost none of us use real names on anything outside the tech support.
Sincerely,
SN Tech Support (Clown)
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The Roundup: June 2018
Look, I’m as shocked as you are. I had no idea that last month when I set up a recurring feature, I’d actually be able to stick to it. It turns out that once a month is way more feasible for me than once a week (like Bargain Bin or Album of the Week, god rest their souls). Maybe I’ll try for every two weeks with some different features.
           It’s been a really hard few weeks. Not for me necessarily, but for the world at large, shit sucks. Being constantly angry and vigilant is exhausting, but not being angry feels irresponsible. I want to write about the things I love for you all to read, but it all feels so unimportant in the face of this goddamn administration.
           So, to keep both of us balanced, with every entry on the Roundup this month I’ll include One (1) horrifying fact about the world today, and One (1) extremely good fact about the world today. Hope you enjoy.
Hausu: I thought I knew the basic premise of this movie (a realistic fantasy about the atomic bomb) and I was extremely, extremely wrong. Part of me wished someone had told me just how weird and silly and somber this movie was going to be, but I’m honestly glad I didn’t know. I won’t spoil too much of it for you, but suffice to say this is NOT a realistic fantasy in any way. Almost nothing about this movie is realistic. A man gets turned into bananas, for christ’s sake.
Mitch McConnell stole a Supreme Court seat, and it seems unlikely that the Democratic party will attempt to steal Kennedy’s back.
Otters hold hands while they sleep so they don’t drift apart.
Splatoon 2’s Octo Expansion: I loved Splatoon 2’s main story, so I was very much looking forward to this. The entire aesthetic of it is slick and charming as hell- I love the idea of exploring a rundown subway line and uncovering different weird sea creatures, but the actual missions were hit and miss for me. It was a toss-up each mission if you were going to get “inventive level design” or “difficulty for difficulty’s sake”. The 8 Ball levels were absolutely fantastic, and just the right level of challenging, but every single ‘ride the rails’ level was hell. It’s hard to be mad about 80+ levels for 20 bucks, plus a new character model, but I felt like the Splatoon team vastly overestimated the skill level of most of their players. I skipped the majority of the latter half of the expansion, and it feels super frustrating to not be able to play the game I bought.
There are currently state-sponsored concentration camps all throughout the southern U.S.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a young socialist, just ousted the chair of the Democratic Caucus.
Incredibles 2: The Incredibles is my favorite Disney movie, bar none, so I had pretty high hopes for The Incredibles 2. I’m not sure it reached them, but that has more to do with me than the movie itself. I digress; this movie kicked ass. The animation was gorgeous and beautiful, and the philosophy behind it was a huge step up from the accidentally-objectivist plot of the first one. The focus on Elastigirl was much appreciated this round, and actually seeing Bob struggling with fatherhood was really enjoyable. This is an excellent follow-up to The Incredibles, and one of my favorite Pixar movies to date.
There are currently two living white rhinos, both in captivity.
Science has proven your cat genuinely loves you.
Black Bolt: I really, really loved Saladin Ahmed’s 12 issue Black Bolt run. Christian Ward’s art is as vibrant and beautiful here as it is in ODY-C, and that space-opera feeling serves the Inhumans so, so well. Black Bolt is a really interesting character, and I feel like Ahmed and Ward did him justice. I was a little bummed when the art style switched over during issue 7 and Frazier Irving took over- not because I missed Ward, but because the almost impressionistic style of Irving was really beautiful and fit the story’s shift in setting, but didn’t stick around for the rest of the run. I also thought the ending was a little rushed- I enjoyed it still, but I would have liked a few more issues to pad out Black Bolt and Blinky’s story. I know this is comic books, so it probably continues in some other series, but still.
If Trump gets the second supreme court seat, he can make gay marriage illegal again.
Cows are known to have best friends.
Jabberwocky: I really wanted to like this movie. I love almost every Monty Python production (lookin at you, Meaning of Life), and the concept seemed like a knockout. Unfortunately, the end result is just…boring. There’s very few jokes, and even fewer worth laughing at. I think I only genuinely laughed once, during a scene with a catapult and a murderous religious fanatic. I had really high hopes for Jabberwocky, and it’s hard to imagine more ways it could have been disappointing.
They’re going to keep making Jurassic World movies.
There’s a video of Kermit The Frog singing Talking Heads’ Same As It Ever Was
The Vision: I’ve read Tom King and Gabriel Hernandez’ The Vision three times now, and I never love it less. It’s genuinely imepeccable. It’s one of the only superhero comics I’ve read that feels like literature. It’s about synthezoids and Ultron and Victor Mancha and a bright green dog and it feels like fucking Shakespeare. I love it so, so much, and I keep coming back to it. Also Viv Vision is the greatest character in anything ever and I love her so much.
We’ll never get to see Edgar Wright’s Ant-Man.
By all reviews, Ant Man & The Wasp is a much better movie than Ant Man.
Mamma Mia: This is a cheerful fuckin movie. This is the kind of movie we need right now. Just great acting, silly writing, and ABBA. I’ve been listening to Mamma Mia and Super Trouper on repeat since I saw it. There’s some genuine tearjerker stuff here, naturally, but by and large this movie is fucking saccharine. Can’t recommend it enough.
Children as young as three are being separated at the border and forced to represent themselves at deportation hearings.
Mamma Mia 2 exists, and will be in theaters shortly.
Dr. Strangelove: This is another movie I wanted to like more than I did, but I certainly liked it more than Jabberwocky. I didn’t really appreciate this movie until after I saw it because I didn’t even realize Peter Sellers is 3 different characters! I genuinely had no idea. Dr. Strangelove is interesting mostly because of how it well it balances its cynicism with its laugh-out-loud moments. There are bits in this movie I’m still quoting, and that’s as good an endorsement as any.
Its entirely possible that Roe v. Wade will be overturned.
Modders are hard at work to make Zelda fully playable in Breath of the Wild.
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Wilbur Soot Origins (29 March 21)
Delayed live blogging Part 1/1
Ok so I’m late. But I saw near the beginning where they started planning. I also saw the naming before the minors joined.
Now Phil is building the second floor and Wilbur is being very charismatic.
Lil Niki in her water hole
Oh ooo Charlie. He just got lava’d.
Lil cat ear mermaid in her hole.
I’m glad Wilbur is making sure Niki feels included.
“That sounds like a threat” -Ranboo
“Can we keep the lanterns?” -Tubbo
I love the hydrophobic ones panicking in the rain and the hydrophilic people started celebrating.
Slime hunt! Slime hunt! Slime Hunt!
Wilbur and Charlie going off on their adventure again. Time for the chaos peeps.
I’m sorry we’re milking the slime...
I feel uncomfortable.
Wait... Niki didn’t keep wet? Who unalived Niki?
I bet it was Jack since he fell next.
The flower forest is so pretty.
A slime with a pet slime. Oh correction partial slime with a pet slime.
Wilbur has a dog? I haven’t heard this somehow? Ok the rest of chat doesn’t know either.
Yeah dogs set rules for you.
I’m sorry why does he step on the sweet lady pups tail.
Cotton! A great dog name!
Ooo a cocker spaniel. I love spaniels so much.
Dumping a dog on family members. Yep. Sounds right.
Chloe the funky something pup.
Chloe the black flat coat retriever
I love how chats always love dogs and cats. How it’s all just “awww”
Cotton and Chloe my beloveds. I love pets so much.
“How would you describe that process? Osmosis...” “Agonizing” -Wilbur and Charlie
Uber Slime
That is an externally scuffed seed. Just wall, and be circle hole pit thing.
Off he goes.
Understanding Zodiac is too much work. And a waste of time, but still too much work.
Backwards head ghost man.
Ahh. One of those family members.
Scuffed seed wandering
Desert Temple in the savanna.
Wilbur climbing the wall and Charlie going small. Lovely.
The “hey best friend” tiktok audio is fantastic.
I love all the people knowing the name of that audio. I just know the sound.
Apparently zodiac stuff makes a lot of trouble in dorms like where roommates and such don’t match????
Bird man can find the swamp
Ah. A kin list. Kin lists are funky. Depends on who you ask. Some say that it’s characters you relate to. In old tumblr it’s people you think you are.
Are you an old kin person or a young kin person is essentially it.
“How’s Twitter going?” -Wilbur
Chat running to Niki. We all love her so much.
Losing the slime boy in the grass.
“My natural state is just airborn” -Charlie
Chat still going on about Kin lists. Y’all, we’re talking about the small slime fighting a Gollum. There are better topics to laugh at.
Niki has requested some lovely kelp. The girl deserves it.
Awww. Wilbur is so dedicated to helping Niki.
Niki Just accepting the aggressive help.
“I would love to respond to you but half my screen is full of water” -Charlie
Wilbur gave the chat a whole 4 emotes and they love them.
I’m glad I can type here since Wilburs chat is sub only
Your new boyfriend 2 (aka attempt 2)
Your second new boyfriend
Tubbo’s the bee boy
Phil just doing has magical building stuff.
“She dried” -Charlie
Nikis soft “thank you”
Bars over the windows.
Also the brick is fantastic.
Skirting board. We just call them base boards.
He pressed shift.
He shifted, yet again.
Oh there is a subreddit? I need to check that out.
Someone make a bee origin for the bee boi
The Indian Jones theme song is just one of songs everyone starts singing.
Fight the Lorax
No don’t bring up the onceler. We don’t need extra tumblr in this.
Do we all just have this song memorized? Oh wait never mind he lost it.
Poor old Phil doesn’t know the Lorax
“Phil do you speak to the trees?” “Nope” -Several and Phil
I can’t see chat anymore btw. The switched off sub only and I can’t see anything.
I left and came back to see if it’d fix it. It didn’t and I had to watch an ad.
“This is for the Niki enclosure” -Wilbur
Poor Niki being treated like a zoo creature.
Oh that’s actually pretty smart.
A reverse chimney to let rain in.
Creeper aww man.
“Wasn’t even cause of your origin” -Ranboo (I think)
Phil removed the to do list. How sad.
We lost Niki!
Hooray! I got chat working for me again! I just needed to send a message to get it to work.
They haven’t explained how the new update will work.
Why is everyone panicking and screaming?
Wilburs trying to read chat to no avail.
Tubbo thinking too much.
Poor Jack is just suffering.
Alright I disappeared for a second. What did I miss?
We’re showing Niki how to swim quick.
Niki made it to the Tank!
Slime tank. Slime slithering around.
Will embracing his inner fish.
They’ve made it Niki accessible. But no one else. They have no roof.
Niki can extra attack the slime
I love that wilbur chose to burn for a moment to attack ranboo with water.
Soot boy searching for the bee origin.
They want really slow creative mode. I love it.
You go mod modders
I love the bee panic button
Please. Slime boi jump on a slime block.
According to a random thing in chat it’s been 2 hours.
Long stream for Wilbur
Phil taking Charlie to the swamp
Can the enderman get in the water cauldron.
A good screenshot. Get your thumbnails y’all!
Everyone getting their thumbnails.
Wilbur doing the photography.
Cauldron water does effect the enderman
I saw someone asking about Fragrance Man. As though schlatt doesn’t have a lot of extra drama right now.
Fight everyone Niki!
Wilbur is both the nicest to Niki and the meanest.
Feed the fish!!
Pollute the pond. Pollute the tank.
Niki isn’t a merling. She is a fighting fish.
It’s just be mean to Niki time isn’t it?
Someone should start encouraging primes.
Lovely ringing.
A phantom! A friend! Angry friend but friend!
He’s dancing in the window! A fantabulous phantom.
Ah. Makes sense that Wilbur is heading to bed. Been a long stream for him.
Oh he’s not leaving us yet. I was saying bye.
We raiding Niki! We raiding our favorite girl!
And poof. Off we go to Niki!
I’m going to make a new post for this see ya in a second.
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4 Dirty Little Secrets About the Full Version Games Industry
Control-shift-C-"motherlode." It's a series of commands that every Sims player knows, this infuses your level account with precious simoleans for accepting the fanciest lamps, lay down the plushest carpet, and landscaping with the most extraordinary of shrubbery. Few sports become thus described near their own cheat codes, yet if you want to budge a digital camera children in the expensive abode without giving dozens of hours to building up support, this policy is your ticket to affordable maid mass with lush window treatments.
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On the surface, there would appear to be sufficient types with goals from which to choose: sofas of appearances with colors, tiles for making your bathroom as 1970s-era-tacky as you'd like, and other course of personalizing the addresses regarding your small computer people. When the time comes to build a energy of amusement, yet, the borders become more rigorous than they first grow. The Sims 3's Create-a-Style options, that allowed people texturize with color your floors and fabrics in elaborate approach, have been dropped, leaving only predetermined colors in their place. Color can make a great throughline for aesthetically linking various conditions and approaches, but should anyone gun for an eclectic interior, you immediately find that objects don't have the same kinds available among them. Mixing and meeting can make a room appear more casual than refined; the Create-a-Style option provided a means of connecting disparate decor, and its loss diminishes creativity.
In fact, The Sims 4 as a rule feels diminished when compared to even the vanilla description of The Sims 3, before this produced the benefit of add-ons to allowed anyone be a ghostbuster and live in high-rises. Much experience recently been made of the functions to performed meet the reduction, but even if you don't have a list of those features on hand if you show, the squashed purview is apparent. I completed mind the small group I originally laid right to until I decided to splurge on a telescope, an entry to at one time was compact enough to fit in a small area in the garden. By contrast, The Sims 4's starting telescope, a vast monster which the majority amateur astronomers would eliminate to have, might in shape, then I finally erected it on the public lot, in front of the library. Previous Sims modders (and a Sims 2 expansion) had created microscopes to the mix, but I had no area for the lab-quality colossus in The Sims 4. Limitations, limitations, limitations. That remained The Sims I had become used to over the last several years.
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The Sims 4 doesn't just take away. It has presents to give, too, such as different kinds of social relationships, objects, and other charming detours that make keeping a close watch next to your own sims a large joy. Multitasking are at the head these changes: sims greet visitors without putting overcome the cereal serving and chat while gardening. Working with the potty is also no event the sims have to fully target, also I laughed heartily when the digital variety of myself remained on the john while enjoying activities upon his drug; it really was like peeking here with a little me. The sim daughter, meanwhile, felt it was correct to swallow her fruit juice while peeing, a combination of activities I happen not sure I can help.
I happen not sure I should share our misgivings with the little lady, although. In The Sims 4, sims are relatively moody, getting embarrassed must people send one sim to the shower after another is seated on the bathroom, also obtaining randy when they're in the vicinity of their spouses. You're constantly pushed to take advantage of these moods, earning positions for small successes that an individual waste in incentives to produce temporary buffs (get energized immediately!) or permanent enhancements (never make shot!). Sims and get gate to modern kinds of social interactions if they become moody--angry sims want to get in fights, embarrassed sims need reassurance, focused sims want to show chess, and so forth.
Switch in feelings are combined with predictably ridiculous exclamations in the gibberish language known as simlish. One sim I strongly held was especially mischievous, fooling neighbors with a side buzzer and insulting anyone to dared assemble in the club while she drew behind a nightcap. I might cover her get enjoyment associated with some other sims' clothing, which the girl performed in an adorable snotty tone, causing her prey to start in horror by the girl obnoxiousness. I presented to even sim the superior trait, and choice a default walk life which held her brain tilted upwards so which she may seem down her nose at the plebeians that challenged walk the same World. Watching her walk her material was constantly wonderful, even if she was there the only digital person worth keeping an eye on: little everyone would handle publications as puppets, frank with finishing them like gates and mimicking what they could about by cracking them friendly and basically reading. Enjoying your sims in action means having a frequent smile stretched across your face.
Try these personal activities into long-form stories isn't so compelling as it was in The Sims 3, however. The previous game's open world, that allowed for smooth travel and easy multi-sim control, has been supplanted with smaller lots divided by filling screens--a scheme that will harks to big games in the sequence. Having to stare at the loading screen when you want to travel to the square is distracting enough; moving to your home lot to maintain other loved ones and getting them put stiffly in front of the house, waiting for the commands rather than naturally move regarding the affair, becomes even more so.
The deeper you wish to try, the new roadblocks you arrive at. Perhaps this sensible that the game with no large freedom to cross would not feature bicycles, although I even miss drive around town, moving over rise and complete valleys until I access the churchyard and pursue the ghosts there. Not solely is moving left, but so are the hills and valleys, all of them smoothed out into a uniformly flat surface that doesn't support basements or terraforming. Elsewhere, the emphasis on specific tasks detracts from the freeform noodling. While offer the former birthday organization, for case, I happened subsequently focused on fulfilling assigned jobs like doing drinks i did not notice how differently The Sims 4 handled birthday cakes than its predecessor. I skipped being able to simply buy the cake, spread about some balloons, and have a wonderful moment. When I got never choose the wedding woman, I didn't air as though I received given everyone a good enough time--I air like I took clicked for the actual factors in the moral direction. It is wearing that distinction that you find the disparity between The Sims 4 and its predecessor.
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In short, The Sims 4's biggest issue is how the Sims 3 is, and telling wherever that lands by necessity means peek in where the series has been. This is a lovely and energetic up for in which generates constant smirks, but The Sims 4's moments never feel like part of a larger picture. Improvisation is bound in turn, that creates us to that huge telescope now sitting in front of the library. Looking at the stars means undergoing a charge screen, although I grasp the top-level commands that I can problem to family playing with different lots, simultaneously spending period with additional sims means enduring even more loading screens, or making my family to travel together. I love glare by and listening to The Sims 4, yet those tiny digital people stay so fascinating https://elamigosedition.com/party-games/ like to hold me hooked--not when a decked-out story of The Sims 3 is much more inviting.
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Prom & Hospital Replies
Replies to my most recent comments. I’m going to write a Pixel Rust update now, but if I have time once I finish and post that then I will try to do some more. But in case I don’t get around to it, I just want to say thank you to everyone who has commented on (and liked!) my stuff, and I apologize for not being more consistent about responding. Your feedback means the world to me, and I sincerely feel so blessed by your support. <3
@belasims​ @plumb-barb​ @willky12​ @mspoodle1​ @ice-creamforbreakfast​ @goatkibble​ @gaiahypothesims​ @msmidnightblonde​ @soloriya​ @ninjaofthepurplethings​ @bubble-sims​ @doka-chan​ @simmingwiththetide​ @sims3hasstoppedworking​ @hyperkaos​ @desiree-uk​ @theothersim​ @heysimbutt​ @sims3medieval​
belasims��replied to your photoset “Madeleine’s prom night, complete with awkward smiles and ugly...”
Awww, so cute! Maddie is adorable!
Thank you! :D Also, I know I owe you a message, and it’s incoming shortly. I’ve just been trying to decide the best fit. Because I was (and am!) so excited, and I don’t want to waste this opportunity. <333
belasims replied to your photoset “I think I’m finally getting the hang of it!” Madeleine exclaims,...”
Tremors?? Oh no...with all the sweet baby things I blissfully forgot about Kit and Claudia's evil plan :O
Hehe! >:)
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plumb-barb replied to your photoset “Madeleine’s prom night, complete with awkward smiles and ugly...”
omg so cuuteeee waaahhhh ;----;
Nuuuu, you are so cute. Thank you!
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willky12 replied to your photoset “Madeleine’s prom night, complete with awkward smiles and ugly...”
Maddie is always gorgeous, I'm sorry I can't say the same about Kit haha! ;)
Haha, no worries! I have ALWAYS hated his face, but people keep talking me out of changing it. XD Thank you so much about Maddie, though. ♥
willky12 replied to your photoset “I finished retexturing the Midnight Hollow hospital rabbit hole this...”
The windows are the most obvious difference but the brick work also makes it look more tidy for sure, good work!
I’m so glad you think so! Tidier is exactly what I was going for, but I’m not very sure of myself (especially when it comes to anything texture related) so I really appreciate your feedback. :)
willky12 replied to your photoset “I think I’m finally getting the hang of it!” Madeleine exclaims,...”
Two words, blood and work! I'm worried already :'( I had to also have a laugh at West, not like he's never seen them before hehe!
I swear, you must be one of my most perceptive readers! You always pick up on the little things that I try to add without anyone noticing, haha! But I do appreciate how much attention you pay. Even when I make mistakes or am trying to be sneaky. XD <333
mspoodle1 replied to your photoset “Madeleine’s prom night, complete with awkward smiles and ugly...”
Nah girl! They look awesome!
:D :D :D Thank you! *happy dances*
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mspoodle1 replied to your photoset “I finished retexturing the Midnight Hollow hospital rabbit hole this...”
Cool! ♥
Thank you again! You are such a great modder, not to mention terrific sims architect, that I can’t stop smiling right now thinking that you like my dumb rabbit hole retexture, lol. ♥
ice-creamforbreakfast replied to your photoset “Madeleine’s prom night, complete with awkward smiles and ugly...”
D'aaaww Madeleine looks adorable! I don't think Kit looks bad, but I'm so guilty of tweaking my sims haha!
Thanks, Alexandra! :D I am guilty of it too, haha. I try not to do it as much with my story sims, but I have tweaked all of them at some point. It’s just so hard to resist, especially when I look at them and see potato faces (i.e. Kit, haha).
goatkibble replied to your photoset “I think I’m finally getting the hang of it!” Madeleine exclaims,...”
And give the poor nurse a break guys, the lady is just doing her job and West IS both tall, dark and sinister as well as there out of hours, lurking around a new mother's room bahahahaha.
Yeah, I agree with you about the nurse. She didn’t have to be so grumpy about it, but at the same time I’m sure she knows what Maddie’s husband looks like and realizes that Westley is not him. And he IS a criminal after all. XD
goatkibble replied to your photoset “I think I’m finally getting the hang of it!” Madeleine exclaims,...”
Breastfeeding is a beautiful & natural act but unfortunately there are some people who have sexualised boobs so much that's all they think of when they see breasts instead of what they were intended for. And since you had no idea who may walk past and see this while someone is reading it at work or whatever the safest action was to tag is not safe for work just in case :3
Thank you. I sincerely appreciate it, gk. I know we discussed it earlier, but the idea that I might get someone in trouble (at work or school or wherever) is what really tipped the scales for me. Because even though I completely agree with you about breastfeeding, I'd just rather be on the safe side.
goatkibble replied to your photoset “I finished retexturing the Midnight Hollow hospital rabbit hole this...”
It looks great. Like everything you create :)
<333
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goatkibble replied to your photoset “Madeleine’s prom night, complete with awkward smiles and ugly...”
NO TWEAKING! Stay consistent with your main sims :P
*grumbles and glares at you* :P
gaiahypothesims replied to your photoset “Madeleine’s prom night, complete with awkward smiles and ugly...”
No tweaking!!! I agree! Leave them alone!
Hahaha, but it’s so hard! I will try to resist, however. For now. XD Thank you (and goatkibble) for talking some sense into me. ♥
msmidnightblonde replied to your photoset “Madeleine’s prom night, complete with awkward smiles and ugly...”
she's so cute!!
Thanks so much! :D
msmidnightblonde replied to your photoset “I finished retexturing the Midnight Hollow hospital rabbit hole this...”
hey, subtle can make a big difference. It looks great.
You are too nice to me. ;-; Thank you. It means a lot to me that you like it. ♥
msmidnightblonde replied to your photoset “I think I’m finally getting the hang of it!” Madeleine exclaims,...”
breastfeeding is breastfeeding. If people are offended that's their problem. :) But I know what you mean. Also, that little nurse seemed so nice and now I'm not so sure. hah
Haha, yeah, I intended for the nurse to come across nice but protective? If that makes sense. XD And grumpy too, ahahaha. Thanks for commenting! :)
soloriya replied to your photoset “Madeleine’s prom night, complete with awkward smiles and ugly...”
sooo sweet! ♥
Aw, yay! :D I’m glad you think so, thank you!
ninjaofthepurplethings replied to your photoset “Madeleine’s prom night, complete with awkward smiles and ugly...”
Awwwww teen Maddie is soooo cute! XD
It took some tweaking to get her to look decent as a teenager, but I’m really happy that you think she’s cute. Thank you! ♥
bubble-sims replied to your photoset “Madeleine’s prom night, complete with awkward smiles and ugly...”
what an adorable princess
She is definitely a spoiled princess, especially at that age (as a teenager), but I’m flattered that you find her adorable. Thank you! :)
doka-chan replied to your photoset “Madeleine’s prom night, complete with awkward smiles and ugly...”
She is always so pretty and cute. :D
<333 That’s so sweet of you to say! Thank you very much!
simmingwiththetide replied to your photoset “I finished retexturing the Midnight Hollow hospital rabbit hole this...”
i love it ♡
Wow, I’m totally flattered. :) I adore your screenshots and I’m always admiring the detail in them (especially your landscapes and decorating pictures), so your feedback on this really means a lot to me. Thank you so much!
sims3hasstoppedworking replied to your photoset “I finished retexturing the Midnight Hollow hospital rabbit hole this...”
I'm in my phone so I can't see every small detail but I like windows and brick (at least I think it's brick haha) texture in your version!
You have a good eye! It is brick. :D And thank you! I really appreciate it. I am a perfectionist and never entirely happy with my creations, so hearing positive feedback never fails to make my day. ♥
sims3hasstoppedworking replied to your photoset “I think I’m finally getting the hang of it!” Madeleine exclaims,...”
I can't with West being all shy
Haha! Yeah, he is being unnecessarily bashful and awkward in that scene. XD However, my thoughts behind using that pose for him was that West would want to try to be respectful and not interfere, but of course him hiding his eyes was a teeny bit melodramatic. :P
hyperkaos replied to your photoset “I finished retexturing the Midnight Hollow hospital rabbit hole this...”
I like the uniformity of yours better. It looks like all the shades are pulled down. It brightens it up some. :)
*happy dances* Yes, I thought so too, but I wasn’t sure if it was too uniform. So YAY! I’m super excited that you noticed AND liked that aspect of it. Thank you!
hyperkaos replied to your photoset “I think I’m finally getting the hang of it!” Madeleine exclaims,...”
MPO is breastfeeding is a natural thing, no nsfw needed. That second pic is priceless. lol
I absolutely agree with you about breastfeeding being a natural thing, but I decided I’d rather be safe about it than risk it. I’m a wimp, lol. But anyway, yesssss, the second picture is one of my all time favorites. :D Westley is awkward sometimes, lol!
desiree-uk replied to your photoset “I finished retexturing the Midnight Hollow hospital rabbit hole this...”
Very nice :)+
Thanks so much! I’ve really been enjoying seeing your progress in Omara, by the way. :) You’re a fantastic sims builder! I’m jealous. ♥
theothersim replied to your photoset “I think I’m finally getting the hang of it!” Madeleine exclaims,...”
new mommy ;-;
theothersim replied to your photoset “I think I’m finally getting the hang of it!” Madeleine exclaims,...”
also this is so cute
*ugly cries* Thank you so much! I wish I had your skill with screenshots and storytelling, but I am so flattered that you think this is cute. I just... no words. ;-;
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GIVE HIM A CHANCE
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JEEZ
theothersim replied to your photoset “I think I’m finally getting the hang of it!” Madeleine exclaims,...”
LMFAOOO AT LOOKS LIKE TROUBLE
LOL! The nurse is definitely being extraordinarily judgmental in this scene, but in all fairness it’s late at night, well after visiting hours are over, and Westley is hanging around a new mother’s hospital room. The woman is wrong about what’s going on in this case, but I don’t think it’s unreasonable that she’d jump to conclusions here. Anyway, thank you for reading and commenting! <333
theothersim replied to your photoset “Carmen’s housewarming party proceeds in the most predictable fashion....”
;-; for Genia but also OH WELL THO
This comment sums up my own feelings about Eugenia and her relationship with Westley pretty damn perfectly. I couldn’t agree more! :D
heysimbutt replied to your photoset “I think I’m finally getting the hang of it!” Madeleine exclaims,...”
the tag is intended for people scrolling through tumblr in publci or at work, so I say it's fine to have it. not that there's anything wrong with breast feeding, but it would be difficult to explain your way out of that situation if a coworker happens to look over your shoulder lol
Thank you! That was precisely my concern about not tagging it. People at work or school. I know it probably doesn’t need it, but I hated the idea of getting someone in trouble. Anyway, I’m glad you agree with my decision, and thanks for reading! <3
sims3medieval replied to your photoset “I think I’m finally getting the hang of it!” Madeleine exclaims,...”
Oh West! What are you up to now?! I think she is doing wonderfully as well!
Hehe, you’ll see soon about West. :D And thank you very much regarding Maddie!
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Starfield: Creation Engine 2 May Not Let You Climb Ladders
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The scene in Starfield‘s E3 2021 trailer in which a character climbs a ladder may not have seemed like much to get excited about, but it’s strangely become one of the preview’s biggest talking points among those who are concerned about the power of the game’s Creation Engine 2 technology and how it will impact its visuals.
See, you’re not really able to climb a ladder (or anything else for that matter) in most Bethesda RPGs. At least you can’t climb them in any traditional way. You can walk up ladders, mountains, and other vertical obstacles in those games, but there isn’t actually a “climbing” animation for any of those actions. As Bethesda’s Todd Howard explained during a 2016 Quakecon panel, the team just never figured out how to incorporate that animation/feature into the studio’s old engines without messing up the A.I. They ultimately felt it wasn’t all that important. At the same time, it sounds like the shortcoming has always bothered them.
“One day, we tried to figure out why we wanted ladders so bad because we don’t really need them,” Howard said. “It just felt like we’re game development pussies because we can’t do ladders.”
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Well, that was a…surprising way to address this topic, but Howard’s statement does touch upon why this seemingly minor issue has become such a talking point over the years.
See, climbing things in many video games is usually no big deal. Even games that don’t feature extensive climbing mechanics (such as the one seen in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild) typically “throw” your character into an animation whenever you need to climb ladders or whatever. However, it’s the fact that climbing isn’t really a big deal in most video games that makes its absence such a big deal in Bethesda RPGs. In fact, the absence of that feature has become something of a rallying cry among those who feel that Bethesda’s old game engines are woefully outdated and that the developer hasn’t done enough to upgrade them over the years.
Surely, though, Starfield‘s advanced Creation Engine 2 will finally just let you climb a ladder, right? Well, The Telegraph asked Howard that seemingly simple question in a recent interview, and Howard’s response was surprisingly evasive.
“Well… climbing is not… don’t read too much into the ladder,” Howard said. “It’s a ladder to get you in and out of the spaceship. That’s about it. We may have to clarify that. Exciting video game features – they’re a pain in the ass! [laughs]”
Again, Howard dodging the dreadful ladder question wouldn’t be such a big deal were it not for the fact that Bethesda is touting not just the potential of the Creation Engine 2 but the ways that next-gen technology will let them do things with Starfield that simply weren’t possible before. Based on that quote, though, it sounds like climbing ladders may not be one of those bold new next-gen features.
The whole idea of Creation Engine 2 ignoring the “ladder problem” also has fans combing over the Starfield trailer (which was made using “Alpha In-Game Footage”) with a fine-tooth comb. While most fans will concede that the game looks good (based on the trailer footage) others are saying that some of the animations look stiff, some of the colors appear dull, and that some of the effects don’t quite pop. Maybe it’s all nitpicking (especially at this still early stage for the game), but for a generation of Bethesda fans who worry that the studio is burrowing themselves into their comfort zone, there was some hope that our first real look at Bethesda’s new engine may make it clear that the company really is blazing a bold new path forward.
The truth of the matter is that the topic of game engines is a complicated one and that few studios really do build an engine from the ground up. That means that Creation Engine 2 will likely still feature many of the qualities that defined the Creation Engine. That may be bad news for ladder climbing and bugs, but it’s good news for modders and the Starfield development team who will get to work with something they’re at least mostly familiar with.
So while it certainly feels like the obvious reply to “Can you climb ladders?” is “Of course,” it’s maybe too early to start judging Starfield‘s graphics and technology on the basis of this teaser alone. At the same time, if we end up running into another Cyberpunk 2077 launch situation, there won’t be a ladder tall enough for Bethesda to climb that will get them away from the angry cries of gamers wanting to know what happened.
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When Age of Empires came out in 1997, it marked the dawn of a dynasty, weaving 20 years of real-time strategy sequels and spin-offs. Now, 20 years later, it’s being rereleased for the first time.
Age of Empires Definitive Edition is coming out Oct. 19, bringing the original Age of Empires out from the unplayable depths of archaic computer requirements with a fresh coat of paint and a handful of modern improvements.
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The idea to bring Age of Empires back from the dead came from Jörg Neumann, the head of production for global publishing at Microsoft. I spoke with Neumann about what changes have been made to the game and how the project came together.
Developers, assemble
When Neumann decided he wanted to redo Age 1, he started reaching out to some of the original game’s developers.
“I asked them, ‘Hey, so if I want to redo Age 1, how am I going to go about this? Does anyone have the code?’” he said. “And they were like, ‘Dude, there’s this one guy, and his name’s Matt. Without him, you can’t do it.’”
The Matt they were referring to is Matt Pritchard, one of the programmers on the original Age of Empires. Luckily for Neumann, Pritchard lives right near the Microsoft studios in Washington.
“We had lunch and I said, ‘Hey dude I want to make Age 1,’ and he’s like, ‘I want to make Age 1!’”
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With access to the original Age of Empires code and one of its original engineers, Neumann just needed a team to help develop the remake. He reached out to Forgotten Empires, a team of Age of Empires modders that have been active since 2012, Neumann said.
“It’s almost like restoring a famous car”
Modders like the Forgotten Empires crew have been a big part of Age‘s success, Neumann said, and their passion and love for the game was necessary for making Age of Empires Definitive Edition a success.
All told, the Age 1 remake team had about 50 people working together. 
“It’s a lot of people involved, actually more than the original game,” he said with a laugh. “The original game’s team was pretty small, about 20-something people.”
With a team assembled, it was time to make Age of Empires accessible for the first time in over a decade.
Modernizing Age of Empires
The idea to develop of the Definitive Edition partially stemmed from the fact that you can’t just download and play the game on modern computers anymore.
“There’s a nostalgia factor with some of these games and Age 1 hasn’t been playable in forever,” Neumann said. “We haven’t sold that thing in — I don’t know how long — since 2000 or something. So if you really want to play it right now you basically have to go to a ware site.”
The goal was to modernize Age of Empires while staying honest to the original game.
“We redid every piece of art, every sound effect, we rewrote all the music, but we kept its soul intact as much as we possibly could,” Neumann said. “It’s kind of like how you remember Age of Empires 1 from ‘97, just better.”
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The Definitive Edition actually runs on the same engine as the original game. That said, there are some notable quality of life improvements seen in the remake, including improved path finding for units, the ability to queue units being created, upping the unit population limit, redoing the UI, enhancing animations, and balancing some elements for multiplayer.
“There are actually some people in the world who still play Age 1 competitively — they’re mostly in Thailand — so we watched a bunch of videos and it turns out they only build three units,” he said. “The original game was so unbalanced that you could completely screw the multiplayer.”
On top of that, some of the game’s campaigns have been sped up, and some wonky and tedious victory conditions have been changed (like needing to kill 100% of your enemies’ villagers).
“It’s almost like restoring a famous car,” Neumann said. “[Age of Empires] is a monument in gaming so we didn’t want to just change it, we did what we could to keep exactly how it was intended.”
To appease some of the purists out there, the team gives players the option to play the game exactly how it was with no changes whatsoever. Neumann brought up George Lucas’s treatment of Star Wars and how he would like there to be an option to watch either the original version or the “enhanced” version.
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Sticking with the spirit of the Age series, the Definitive Edition will have a map editor and mod support.
“Why has Age existed for 20 years? I think because there’s something like 15,000 mods on Steam,” Neumann said. “We want to enable that.”
The project is all about giving players the best experience that they can expect, and being able to bring that to the world is something Neumann is really proud of.
“If you think about the games industry, Age of Empires is one of five or 10 properties that really means something to people, like really multi-generational,” Neumann said. “Getting to redo that and make it better, to make it be able to stand the test of time for the next 20 years, I think that’s great.”
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Rant #1: The brutal self-slaughter of my former favorite company and why I think comparing Electronic Arts to Bethesda Softworks is ignorant and irrational
Before I get started I’d like to make clear that my opinions presented here are subject to change, dependent on current events and my future beliefs. This post does in no way intend to manipulate the reader’s view on the situation or try and showcase my conviction as being the factual one regarding the topic, it only presents my personal reaction towards the statement featured in the title and should be treated as such.
I dislike rants. I dislike rambling in general, I find it to be a huge time-waster with little to no sense of rewarding. This is probably the first such post that I ever write, and I can’t say I’m quite pleased with my decision, but the subject at hand really provoked me. I feel that writing down my view on it, saving it someplace where I can see it later on in life (and remind myself of my past ways of thinking, as well as the reasoning behind them) is the best course of action. Regarding the second half of the title: I completely understand this is not a big deal, but making Electronic Arts look like the bad guy is something that I’ve seen mentioned for over a decade now in the gaming field, very few times being also backed up by solid arguments. I’m here to present it from my perspective.
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Electronic Arts... a name as big in the industry as it is infamous. At least by common standards. Standards that (presumably) mostly come from reading the dumb, uninformed YouTube comment. Hell, I wouldn’t even be surprised if the vast majority of “experts” that comment defamatory remarks at EA's address have never touched any of the company's games. But how could they, right?! You need to pay, what, one hundred dollars for the Deluxe/Premium/Ultimate edition, which is in truth the actual content that assembles the main game... right?
Maybe.
This old company that the average customer loves to bash in ignorance is the same one who grants you complete access to full editions of over 75 of their titles, for €4 a month. It’s the same company who puts their game on sale for €10 one year after its release.. be lucky if you manage to score a €30 deal with other companies’ games in such a short time after launch (and in a sale). Not to mention, they actually have a working DRM *cough* Ubisoft *cough* and customer support.. *cough* Valve *cough*.
But enough about that. I'm not here to lick EA's boots, just pointing out how pathetic it looks to me when people keep complaining about this company 24/7 when there are much bigger culprits in the industry.
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Culprits.. like Bethesda. Yeah. Something the old me would never believe he'd write. I wasn't just a fan of Bethesda Softworks. I loved Bethesda. I would read all the lore of their universes for hours on end, at school, at home, even before going to sleep. Hell, I didn't think The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim vanilla was a bad game at all to begin with, but when I discovered modding and found out that the Creation Kit, the godly tool that unlocked such a vast world (inside an already huge world), was brought to us by the developers, I went crazy for this team.
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The introduction of paid mods.
Not only was it a global letdown when Valve + Bethesda announced paid mods on Steam back in 2015, it was unfortunately only the beginning of something much darker for BethSoft. Now, to be fair with you, I was willing to give them a second chance as customer after that absolute mess, more or less because I saw the partnership with Valve (a company that I stopped respecting since at least 4 years ago, for reasons that are now obvious worldwide) and I couldn't help but assume that they had the upper hand on here. It was downright difficult for a die-hard fan of Bethesda Studios to just drop all respect for them and accuse them at the fullest (or at least mostly) for the wrongdoing. Nonetheless they lost a big sense of meaning at that time, to me and many other fans as well.
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When the "Special Edition" of Skyrim rolled out last fall I genuinely thought that was a bad joke. I went and read its system requirements, up to this day I cannot fathom how some improved shaders and lighting system along with some small improvements to textures require a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 as graphic processor. It's beyond insulting the way this company neglects any kind of optimization processes for their products.
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One year later, here we are: Creation Club. What the actual hell, Bethesda? What the actual hell? Here’s the trailer, it should speak more than mere words can:
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The best course of action here is to fight for what we stand for. Don't let Bethesda win this fight. They've lost it once already, but it seems they're coming back with a much, much greedier and more disgusting ploy.
Some more detailed information about this Creation Club mess, as I really do not have the mood to write more about it and ultimately ruin my state of mind:
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A very succinct description in video format, by Gopher:
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It’sAGundam goes much less family-friendly into the topic, but his points are very valid:
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An extremely flawed system explained by YongYea:
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I don’t see how it could get worse than this... but I actually have a feeling it still will. At this point, Bethesda Softworks is not just an anti-consumer company, they're inarguably becoming a threat to the industry. They have the power to manipulate other companies' directions, they have the power to manipulate renowned modders into falling for their trap (as proved in the 2015 scandal). But I believe they don't have the power to treat us, customers, like some absolute fools, and to succeed in doing so. I believe we can take the fight to them. For a greedy company like this, where fan service means absolutely nothing today, money speak in totality. Bethesda does not deserve to be given further financial support. Not until they wake up and realize the damage they're creating.
If Bethesda really doesn't want to give up their unethical practices (and so far, it does indeed look like they're going to keep living in a dream), they have to be put down. The company that once held the crown for creating the best sandbox role-playing games, with unlimited modding possibilities, is now digging its own grave. But it won’t lay itself inside.
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Let's face it, Bethesda: you would never be where you are now — up there at the top, laughing in your customers' faces —  if it wasn't for your community. So many people still keep playing games that go as far back as The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, because of modding. As great as your games might initially be, in a vanilla state very few people would still play a 15 years old game on a regular basis. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is still up in the players' charts today thanks to the dedicated modders that spare hundreds of hours from their lives to expand the base game’s content. Not to mention the insane amount of bugs that every of your games has: you never fixed that, Bethesda. It was the community who did it for you. Free of charge.
I began this article by writing about Electronic Arts and never got around talking about its relevance to the topic. That’s simply because I wanted to make clear my thoughts about Bethesda Softworks first. You see, while searching up the community’s reaction to this whole scandal I couldn’t help but notice a couple dozen comments comparing the “new” Bethesda Studios to Electronic Arts. Mostly saying they've become just as bad.
I know, I know.. why do some meaningless comments matter to me? This post should be about Bethesda's fall from glory, not about this. And to be fair I did debate whether to write this in a separate post or not to write it at all. I understand it might not be a big deal, but it does really drive me nuts. I consider the society's uninformed opinions to be just as damaging as Bethesda's recent actions.
Because these uninformed opinions carry on. They influence people. They influence companies' rate of success. Paid mods were taken down in 2015, a few days after their launch, for the fact that the community made its voice heard. All the comments raging at Valve and Bethesda's poor attempt could be translated into a substantial financiar loss for the companies.
With the Electronic Arts case, things are slightly different: we aren't talking about a mass of hateful comments bashing at the team in just a few days' time, we are talking about the worldwide consensus that EA is a "bad" company. This consensus has been spread out in a wide variety of ways, mainly through chats, comments, forums talks etc. and in a very high amount of time (basically since at least ten years ago). It was initially based on the fact (among other things) that you often had to pay for the game's "Premium" edition in order to receive content that was classified by the standard gamer as mandatory for the base game. Later on the consensus was adopted by.. just about a lot of people on the Internet. And that's how it went viral, it basically became a "meme", so to say. Bad things happen in the gaming world, the community instantly associates it with EA. This is not only morally wrong, but it does affect the company as well, for reasons that should be obvious.
"So what? Let them suffer, it's not fair having to pay €100 for a game in order to get the full edition." While I agree that most of the DLCs for EA's games are somewhat mandatory (especially if you're planning to play online), one should not forget the points that I made in the initial paragraphs of this post. If money is indeed such a big issue, wait for a sale. Their games' prices drop by a lot even during the first year. At least you have the assurance of quality control. You pay for a game that... you know, actually works, it's not riddled with bugs.
"How does that still relate to Bethesda?" When people compare these two studios they do it just because they're trying to put Bethesda to shame, really. Most of the time they don't even think twice before hitting the "Send" button: "Just stick EA's name in the comment so everyone can understand I'm only trying to make Bethesda look bad. I might have actually never played an Electronic Arts game, I sure as hell have never read any documentation on them, but hey, they're a meme, everyone refers to them as the bad guy so it has to be true." Their comment/message might literally not try and say anything disparaging about EA, they probably just want to put the focus on Bethesda, but the fact that they're using the brand name as a means to make something else look bad is absolutely ignorant. You are comparing every single damaging event in the industry to one company's marketing unpopular opinion, how crazy is that?
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Electronic Arts has made its fair share of mistakes in its time (I agree, buying smaller, good companies and later firing their staff is not cool at all; releasing a new edition of Most Wanted is still supposed to be a Most Wanted game, not a Burnout game), but comparing it to a company that tries and monetize a feature that has been globally free since 1980 (Castle Smurfenstein) is downright insulting. If according to the society EA  is “bad”, then Bethesda must be the devil itself. Unfortunately people will continue to bash at Electronic Arts without backing up any of the criticism with straight facts and/or proof.
The point of this section is not to make EA seem like the victim and Bethesda like the villain. It merely summarizes that if you’re trying to show your feeling of antipathy towards Bethesda Studios through a comparison with another company, then you should pick a suitable candidate. Don’t just rush at placing Electronic Arts' name in your post because you know that will draw attention and favoritism from fellow poor-informed members. It’s a shame that out of all the gaming companies out there, some with much higher rates of greediness, the community has crowned EA as the “greater evil”.
Times have changed, people. Maybe a few years ago the main problem in the gaming industry was indeed the high pricing and the necessity of purchasing a Premium pack in order to enjoy what the whole game has to offer, but if you think that’s still the main issue nowadays then I am afraid you are living in the past. Welcome to 2017, where we are greeted with microtransactions in singleplayer-exclusive titles, card games over card games with little to no difference between each other (except the company your money for in-game items will go to) and an actual increase in the game’s price during the sale, just so it can be “discounted” to very, very little below the normal price (yeah, I know that happened in 2015, but I trust you catch my drift as to what’s happening in the “new world”). While these things are happening and the industry is falling apart, people are still busy complaining about a company that gives you a full-fledged product for a higher sum of money than the “standard” one. And then offers it to you on sale during the next 12 months.
Bethesda has reached an all-time new low and no other company comes to mind that is as brain-dead, heartless and greedy as them, but if you really have to use a comparison to prove your point, for the love of God step up your game and stop mentioning Electronic Arts. There is Valve out there who keeps milking the same damn three games for years now instead of producing anything original, they have a barely functional DRM, their customer support is safe to be assumed AWOL at this point in time and now they’re releasing a card game to further milk money away from players. Take-Two Interactive literally tried to definitively shut down modding for Grand Theft Auto V. There you have Activision shooting themselves in the foot with the Call of Duty franchise, releasing pretty much the same game year after year, also charging the same amount of money for the Deluxe version as EA would for a game that is actually original.
But Electronic Arts is still “the worst company”. Ok.
To sum this up (because it’s getting late, I want a cup of hot chocolate and to play some good old Dragon Age):
Maybe EA is bad. Maybe it isn’t. But it’s certainly not the culprit of the industry anymore, considering all the petty/greedy attempts of other companies in recent years. To compare it to Bethesda, however, is a whole other story. It’s insulting. Bethesda Softworks is not just greedy, they have become a threat.
Bethesda Studios is the kind of wounded owner who kicks his own faithful dog with a club after it comes and licks its master’s wounds. That kick is painful and performed with a Creation Club.
I ran out of hot chocolate sachets.
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