Duamerthrax

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago

Yeah. Epic delisted the old games. You can not purchase a new copy on any of the digital store fronts, even the single player games. They also shutdown the servers that listed the available open servers. Not the game servers themselves that had map files stored on them. The master server was just a list of IP addresses that cost next to nothing to run. You can configure your install of the games to point to community run master servers, but no new players will know how to do that without someone helping them.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 hours ago

There was some privacy centered linux group that used Telegram that I thought I needed to follow, but noped out when they required a real phone number.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (2 children)

The Unreal franchise can provide the Unreal franchise. There was no real reason for epic to delist the games from all the store fronts and shutdown the master servers other then wanting to control their brand. It was costing them pennies to keep that stuff up and to even shudown the single player games was completely.

As far as "the modern gaming landscape" goes, it can suck it. I'm not interested in playing modern multiplayer shooters. I'm tried a few and they come across as walking simulators and fidget spinner simulators.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 hours ago

Ok ~~boomer~~breeder.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 hours ago

No one's bothering to read the article or even the summary before commenting.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 hours ago

There's a lot of old designs that still look better, or at least more unique then the newer stuff. Hell, even the 1997 version of the Beetle looks pretty good, but the shape became blanderized over time. Every car company is making the same car because they're all designed by community and focus groups.

Hell, what's the deal with the electric Ford Mustang? It's fine on it's own, but it's not even the same body as the gas Mustang of the same year. Why call it a Mustang instead of putting an EV drive train into the actual one?

I wouldn't own one because it doesn't fit my lifestyle, but I know people who would love an aluminum bodied EV Beetle. I'd love an aluminum/EV version of the original DeLorean. The new ones looks too much like genetic super cars.

Much more likely to happen though is I'm going to get an Edison conversion kit for my 80's C10 pickup.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

They stopped making the original in 2003 and all models in 2019.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 hours ago

We also have killer robot dogs and illicit cloning labs irl now.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Not sure what that first point was about. Drag isn't as much of a life style as it is a recreation(at least within the context of the Queer community). When Drag Queens go to work, they aren't doing it in drag. Not sure where you met those three drag queens, but I would guess it was at a party and that you've met many, many more drag queens in your life.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 11 hours ago

It's a She and her name is Valentina Gomez.

 

Community college ostensibly for people who don't have a good track record from High School, but is often advertised as the cheap, local option for people who don't want to feel bad about having to go.

I did in fact try community college and it's really just high school material with smaller text. I even took it in parallel with an edX equivalent and the material wasn't even close to each other. The idea that CC is suppose to replace the first 2 years at a real college is terrifying and reinforces how much of the professional word is theater.

If you do any number of years at a community college, you should be able to apply as a freshman to a real college if you want.

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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

This might be considered drama, but I thought some people might be interested in an update.

March Wayback Machine listing.

Current List.

For those out of the loop, back in May, FalseEyed broke a story about MSM. Right after that, several vtubers shared their own stories about dealing with the CEO and his bad behavior.

Just afterward, Aethel made two statements. The first one saying that he's talking to HIS laywers. The second announcing his departure.

Since then, the company has been shedding talents. I assume more are just waiting for their contracts to run out and want to leave quietly.

According to Krimbo, the MSM CEO is largely responsible for Takahata101's burnout last year. It will be interesting to see who shows back up in the bar now that Taka is back.

Edit: Another four dropped since I posted this. GhostySaige, Nagzz, RPR and Vexoria.

Most of the open drama is happening on Twitter, which I don't use, so I can only relay second hand info. MSM's Director of Talent also bailed yesterday with the support of exMSM talents.

Edit 2: and the talent page is empty. Some back and forth going on on twitter.

Edit 3: Falseeyed's coverage of the msm fallout.

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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

As of this posting, she's still in the prep/warmup room. She previously went viral for her "The Troubles" lecture on Saint Patrick's Day.

 

old: https://virtualyoutuber.fandom.com/wiki/Miyune

new: https://virtualyoutuber.fandom.com/wiki/MinikoMew

Weird that she would abandon a 100k+ identity for a rebrand when her old IP already had a serious redesign. It was bothering me where she went when she disappeared out of the blue. One of her notable collabs was being the first to collab with Neuro-sama.

 

Old clip, but given that something's happening on the official Kizuna channel right now, I thought a refresher is in order.

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submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

I'm not looking for answers. Just directions on what keywords for lectures on the topic. I can find CS stuff when looking, but that feels too esoteric for high school geometry?

 

Former Tsunderia talent, turned PC manager, turned PC talent, Dizzy also did a stream titled: Why You Should NOT Join Phase Connect where she explained what it means to go from being an indie to a corpo talent. What is expected of you, what groups success means, deadline expectations. I think one of the reasons for PC's success has been setting realistic expectations with their talents. I think part of the reason for this steam is to dissuade the people who previous would have misunderstood what PC can and cannot do you for.

 

Either I never belonged in the remedial classes, the GED is a participation trophy, or both are true.

Bonus, I tested out of community college geometry, but struggle with online high school geometry. I mostly wanted the college class to have classroom support for the online high school classes. They refused to let me take the class because I tested out of it.

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