“Arizona Terrorist”

Back from the dead. holy cow. spent so many hours on this game in vita

I mean I would go with gorilla arms but your point definitely stands.

I just happen to enjoy punching people into a red mist. Lol

It’s weird that you make that comparison. I have been an avid 2fort fan since og TF and feel like that map at least had some breathing room to get away from the constant grenades spam and chaos. It might not have been much but there was at least a chance to stop for a split second and figure out what the hell is going on.

I think being able to choose whether I wanted to jump into a 24/7 2fort server or not also helped with the feeling of “this map is trash why are we even here” less than it does in modern games where you only have skill-based matchmaking and voting based upon randos.

I love a good 2fort battle with people I know and have been playing with for years.

Yeah that might be the thing that isn’t jiving well with me. It just feels like chaos. There’s nothing tactical about mashing the fire button and spinning in a circle. Definitely a skill issue.

Gripping points. Thank you for your contribution.

Are we married to the same person?

There was a great response to this from Gabe several years ago (looks like 13 years ago, fuck, I’m old)…

https://www.totalgaming.co.uk/93-of-steam-users-born-on-january-1st/

I get that for some users. In my case, 90% of what’s in the catalog that I’d be interested in I already own. I know this isn’t the standards, but it’s what happens when you’re an avid Steam Gamer with a Humble Sub and a collecting problem.

I joined Game pass to have Xbox live to play with my console buddies and for day one exclusive access. At this point, I’ve moved most of them on to PC and Xbox has done nada with my 5 or so years of subscription.

You know, that’s fair. They haven’t shit on us… yet. 😁

I renewed by doing the $1 dollar deal again a year or two ago… racked up another 3 years at the time.

As a Game pass user from Day 1 I evangelized it to everyone I knew. Especially going in to this console generation.

Now though, I see no purpose to it. Microsoft has dropped the bag in a unbelievable way when it comes to dropping exclusives / first party games.

It’s not so much the Netflix of games as it is the Tubi…

As a reddit refuge and former long time troller of r/sleepingdogs, this warmed my heart. Ty stranger.

This was my first thought as well! Good call.

It not being the same 8 ball that Bushnell and those Atari guys consulted back in the day may be the greatest failure.

But in all honesty, I think that’s a great analogy. There’s no harm in bringing in competent consultation, but you have to choose wisely. This is more akin to a movie screening. It just so happened to be a test audience that has traditional been compensated for their opinions…

I think the counter arguments from the reddit threads are pretty big points.

Good Battlefield plays like something different than the other major offerings. BF2, BC2 and BF4 are all modern military shooters but they “feel” way different than a CoD or Counterstrike or anything else.

The scale is important but so is the struggle of a tight pitched rush push with limited tickets left. Sure, a good pilot is a pain in the ass, but it’s part of what makes Battlefield work. Same with tanks. Man, Golmud and the fucking tanks…

Anyways, just because someone is paid to do something doesn’t mean they’re an expert in all the relative disciplines. I don’t really follow any streamers, but I do work in a pretty specialized industry and know that just because a peer and I are technically in the same field, what we bring to the table, how we approach problems and the way we implement solutions can be wildly different.

Don’t ask him the best strats for Quake 3 and don’t ask me anything about Counterstrike. Otherwise, you’ll be sadly disappointed and end up with a worse experience overall.

I’d like to believe Dice made the best call here, despite what a shit show BF2042’s launch was (even if basically every BF launch from 3 on has been fucked). They set the standard for rough launches years ago and yet every new release comes with doomsayers predicting the studio being closed and the game dying. Yet the reality is, they almost always, eventually get their shit together and patch things up to the way it should of been at launch. Just like most other major devs at this point.

Word.

Gonna go out on a limb speaking for myself and say, losing a hundred bucks isn’t something that is really gonna push the needle on my 12k minimum write off. But, it will definitely keep me in the speculative ramen market for another few months.

I truly appreciate the advice. I hadn’t even considered asking my mom if she had enough left over from paying space rent on her mobile home to loan me a few million. Gosh, I’m such an idiot. No wonder I live paycheck to paycheck!

I’ll also remember to leverage my gumption when I get sick and have to pay a medical bill. I’m sure that has a decent market cap still. 🇺🇸

If only I had the generational wealth to make that initial investment… damn my poor pre-life decisions!

Unbelievable that there is incentive to do a tax write off for 10’s of millions. When I make investments that don’t pan out, I sure as hell don’t get paid out.