That’s what i’m talking about, the shimmering spots do not appear to always return your wings. We noticed it during the stage-3 boss fight several times, and could find no explanation for why it was so inconsistent.

I watched someone stream several levels last night (up toward the end of the fourth level), and honestly I think I’ll wait for a big sale or something, if I get it at all. The music is abstract and can be hard to follow, when you can hear it at all over the cacophony of all the sound effects. The visuals are a glowy…

you might notice if you’ve seen my other posts that I explicitly mention influential people expressing thoughts knowing that those under their influence will act on them, which would potentially end up being considered conspiracy to commit murder. Outside of such cases, I don’t see it being relevant.

I’m not arguing that it’s a good thing to do, or that it’s socially acceptable, or even tolerable. I’m just saying that I cannot see it as a legitimate threat, and any characterization as such is flawed. Expressing a desire for something to happen is not the same as declaring intent to DO something. The only exception…

Re: moderation, my point was just that in moderated environments moderators may apply their own rules outside of legal considerations. Not necessarily that they will.

The line between harmless expression and bullying is a rather fuzzy one. The line between either of the two and outright threats is very very clear, on the other hand.

Something like “I hope someone murders you brutally” is a pretty incorrigible thing to say, for sure, and perhaps some may see it as abuse or bullying,…

I don’t see openly/publicly wishing for something to happen as equivalent to a threat. It’s just expressing one’s feelings, hostile as they may be. That’s basically thoughtcrime.
If someone is unhinged enough to take such an expression as active encouragement and then actually go through with it, they alone should be…

I like unfiltered. Most filtering just ends up looking cheesy.

if the video is an example of the AI’s gameplay, then i’m pretty sure it would get rekt by competent human players. it looks like it has good aim, but poor tactics -- always standing still while attacking, and firing rockets too close to enemies, for example.

fuck yes. Ages and Seasons were always a couple of my favorite games.

I am aware of their weaknesses. I also fully understand how they work. We eventually opted to stop playing with EXes because we weren’t having fun WITH them. They just threw the balance off too much. The difficulty of building a decent defense against an opponent using EX is way higher than the difficulty of actually…

They picked the worst possible way to ‘save’ it. They’re basically surviving financially entirely on people buying EX/Break/Legendary boxes and shit.

I’m also including the current sets in that assessment. The overall balance is fucked so bad. I watched some tournament footage a few months back and literally everyone was using pretty much the same cards and strats, and basically nobody uses anything but EX cards. I’m generalizing, but it’s pretty much like that.

hm, dunno. I hadn’t heard about it, but I hadn’t followed it so closely either.

I also learned that the hard way. Tried playing against a friend, using gold/silver era cards, while he was using a brand new prebuilt deck... got absolutely wrecked.

Still pretty annoyed that all of my old cards are now basically useless.

That seems to be what this is. Since the old cards don’t stand a shadow of a chance against any of the newer shit thanks to extreme levels of power creep, they had to beef them up to keep them relevant.

This game was basically ruined by EX cards and other OP nonsense. This just looks like them finally acknowledging that.

But there are also marketplaces other than steam (e.g. indiegala, humble store, etc.) where you can buy games in the form of steam keys. I just bought Neptunia VII from indiegala yesterday, and this system ensures that any review I give will not count toward that game’s score, which is not an idea that makes me…

definitely not the case. There are games that let you switch between first- and third-person views, and they almost always play and feel better in first-person. That said, there are times when third-person is useful to have, since it lets you hide around obstacles and still have a view of the battlefield. This became…