I’m also an absolute dumbfuck. And I can confidently tell you, as a matter of fact, that I don’t know.

I’m running SWAG reverse proxy, my DNS is not tunneled, I share my Jellyfin with others outside my network.

My primary concern is my server gets hacked, or I get charged with distributing ‘public domain movies’

My best guess, is based on the wide hips, and holding their bellies, along with the baby one, might be some kind of pregnancy / childbirth good-luck charm.

Microsoft Clippy materializes as your permanent sidekick. You cannot close Clippy.

“Looks like you’re jacking off again, would you like help with that?”

“Looks like you’re thinking about your ex again, would you like to stage a home invasion?”

“All women hate you, the logical conclusion is that modern day feminism is at fault, would you like directions to the nearest KKK rally?”

Clippy has a lot of issues. It’s not worth it bro.

Cross disciplinary skills are necessary for invention.

I like to think of ADHD as a beneficial mutagen in our technological and artistic evolution.

Don’t change.

When people see you smiling, it will make them happy by-proxy.

Be proud, laugh loud.

Scenario 3.

Static image would be fine lol.

It’s mildly frustrating that Tobias is only lip synced to “fix this”.

Why even bother making this a gif?

Without Kojima, I don’t trust Konami to not fuck this up.

Star Rail players: “first time?”

Detailed completionist checklists.

If I have cleared an area, I want to have it reflected in an overview screen.

If I’m missing an item, I want to know which enemy drops it, where I can find it, or how I can craft it.

If I need to pull out my phone to check a wiki, then the game has failed me.

There’s something to be said for exploration games, and in those cases, the details should be obscured until the player has cleared 90% of the area, or gotten past the boss (or something like this).

Elon, hire me to fix your setup bud…

Also, to play your videogames because you’re shit at them.

I think any Lemmy community would embrace the notion, regardless.

In theory I agree, but live service games need to be sustainable somehow. Subscriptions are one method, but create a barrier to entry past the trial phase.

I don’t think about the Hoyo model as gambling (it is), as the vast majority of successful pulls happen between 74-80 pulls.

In any case, I don’t disagree with you, but simply pointing out the obscurity claimed in the article is false, the system is transparent and fair, compared to other games which are far more deserving of being regulated.

You say tenderly, I say transparent.

I enjoy the game, the fact that I can’t get every unit for free doesn’t bother me. There’s no copium here dingbat.

How? I’m F2P lol

Can’t disagree with that, but knowing there’s certainty removes an element of exploitation.

Most players don’t pull duplicate characters (though you can if you want to supercharge your favourite characters). Hoyo’s business model essentially relies on whales who have too much money; not trying to nickel & dime the vast majority.

There is a paid battle pass (which becomes worthless once you’re at endgame), and a supply pass (which gives more character pulls). Both are unnecessary, but buying at least one of them seems fair for the level of polish their games have, considering it’s free to play.

Don’t get me wrong, I think loot boxes are predatory, but compared to models which are totally RNG based, Hoyo’s model isn’t nearly as problematic.

For what it’s worth, the Hoyo “loot boxes” are quite fair because of the pity system:

• Every 10 pulls you’ll get one if the featured 4* characters
• Within 90 pulls you’re guaranteed to get a 5* (though you’ll almost certainly get it between 74-80 pulls)
• When you get a 5*, there’s a 50% chance of getting the featured character
• If you lose the 50/50, the next 5* will be the featured character.
• The pity system persists through each banner.

Each patch, free players will have enough resources to guarantee one of the featured characters and their signature weapon (provided they do their daily tasks and clear the content).

I’ve been playing Star Rail since launch, never purchased any premium currency. It’s certainly the fairest form of gacha I’ve seen.

It kinda sucks that Hoyo is being targeted, when the system is so transparent and forgiving. There are MUCH more predatory systems out there.

It should be called Executive Dysfunction, but I don’t really want to tell people “I have ED”

Even this is a stretch to be honest. Their games aren’t easy to mod. Minor updates break shit. You need to consider mod load order. You need to “clean” the base files before loading in any big mods.

Their games are made of fucking speghetti code and they don’t care. They could fix it, but they don’t. They could clean their own base game files so this isn’t necessary, but they would rather force people into the ecosystems of Creation Club.

This is one point I contend with: Fallout 76 didn’t become good with patches. I’m not unconvinced that there’s a conspiracy for Bethesda to create the impression online that the game became good with updates.

That’s just me though.