I'm a bloodsucking corpo dev and honestly my read of this was very sympathetic to the FOSS dev.
Pretty much all of my FOSS contributions have been to software that I've integrated into my for-profit projects. I will find a nice helpful tool, see it doesn't have all the flexibility or functionality that I need, I'll improve it, write tests, submit a PR, and do my best to fulfill the requests of the maintainer.
INEVITABLY I will start getting messages from MY COMPETITORS saying "hey we saw you added this feature to this tool, that's great but doesn't quite integrate with our software, can u plz fix?" It's comical. Like, I'm already leveling the playing field by making my improvements to the FOSS tool freely available to you, and now you want to pay me zero dollars to improve your competing product? This happens all the time, it's a funny nuisance to me, and I expect a massive headache for popular maintainers. Nobody is under any obligation to help you with integration problems - you can ask, but you aren't entitled. Fix it yourself, adhere to the maintainer's standards, and put it out for everyone to benefit from.
You post a lot. I see your name come up non-stop. That is great! It is really appreciated. I'm certainly not doing that work.
You also post quite a bit of inflammatory clickbait without having any personal knowledge to back it up. That's a bit confounding. At the bare minimum, you need to be prepared to accept criticism for that.
I can personally say this is the second time you've posted a FF16 ragebait article and gotten offended when prodded about the fact that you yourself haven't even played it. Why are you spreading information that you don't even have the ability to evaluate?
I've already said that I appreciate your efforts. I'm not going to block you, your work is valuable. I'm just explaining that you ARE going to be criticized for what you choose to post, and you shouldn't act surprised. If you really don't care about whether or not the stories you are propagating have merit, then just ignore anyone who pushes you on it. Consider attacks on "OP" to be the original author of the article, not you.
Or, be more selective about what you post, if the approval matters to you. Consider it constructive feedback.
Man, in 2023, it's really hard to get heard through all of the macho "git gud" guff but as a fan of Armored Core since its inception: this game is not what I was expecting. I am disappointed....
AC6 is both more and less accessible along the same lines. It's a simpler game. The space given to customize your make is smaller, you can't go into debt by making stupid builds, and in exchange bosses will wombo-combo you from full AP to dead even with a heavy build if you get stunned at the wrong time. There's a person who experiences that wombo-combo, says, "this is bullshit" and puts the game down forever. But there is also a person who tries AC2, fails a mission with an expensive loadout, realizes they can't afford to make the build that failure inspired them to make, and say "no THIS is bullshit" and put the game down forever.
Likewise, Elden Ring is both easy and hard because it gives you a ton of freedom. There are more solutions than just "git gud" which is refreshing for someone who can't tolerate banging their head against Iudex Gundyr for a couple hours. But it's obnoxious to someone who sees Tree Sentinel and doesn't want to "have to explore" to find level appropriate content.
As a fan of souls games and mech games, I wouldn't be TOO worried. OP is overstating the problem. I sympathize, because this is indeed a different Armored Core, but it's nothing at all like a souls game. It's still a mech game and a good one, but it's not as technically deep as previous AC games while also being dramatically more difficult.
I would say in older AC games having a terrible build vs a great build meant the mission was either literally impossible or braindead easy. In AC6 a terrible build means the mission will be much harder, but still perfectly doable, and having a great build means the mission will run smoother but may still be quite challenging since threats are generally a lot more deadly than they were in previous titles.
I can totally understand how that can kill the vibe for someone who wants to seek victory in the build screen and enjoy the rewarding power fantasy during the mission, but it's still a great mech game with a lot of meaningful variety.
Proof of this is that while, yes, AC purists are upset that this game is more action-y, there are just as many Souls fans who are mad that the mech building game they bought is - get this - actually a mech game and not just Robo Souls.
In practice, employment contracts are always good for employees and usually bad for employers. You don't want to be locked into a job? Then don't sign a contract that locks you in. Just refuse, as just about any sane person would.
Employers WOULD refuse to be locked in, except sane governments force them to. Sane governments do not force regular citizens into indentured servitude.
Also what's the definition of "passing?" The dinos we are talking about are extinct, they didn't "pass" for long. A+ creatures things like alligators, ants, and crabs. On average a given species survives around a million years before going extinct. How long do you have to exist before you're considered a successful species?
I think that's been narrowed down to about 2 million years. But that got cut short by a mass extinction event, so it's hard to say how long they would have lasted otherwise.
I agree that most species surviving mass extinction events were just lucky, but I think that also says something special about the ones that survived MULTIPLE events (ants), or those that effectively re evolved into existence after extinction events (crabs)
Remember that video games are now the largest media industry in the world. Remember that gamergate happened almost 10 years ago now, and that Valorant is only 3 years old.
The kids playing and watching Valorant probably don't even know enough about the controversy to make the connection. They just know an asshole when they see one.
Honestly I don't even think capital-G Gamers play games anymore. It's an aging demographic that is too bitter and stupid to keep up.
This boils down to "bad people are everywhere" which is universally true, to the point that it's barely worth mentioning. You will find shitty takes and hateful people everywhere if you go out looking for it.
The question is whether the bad people are running the show, or if the bad is endemic to the culture. I don't think you can say that of every fandom, or of gaming enthusiasts in general in 2023. And specifically I don't think it's fair to compare to the Valorant fanbase to something like the 2004 Smash Bros Melee fanbase.
There's still progress to be made and bad eggs to be found in every basket, but I think there's been enough mainstream attention and a hot enough crucible of scrutiny that we are for the most part beyond the era of "this tournament brought to you by actual rapists and chomos, don't forget to bring your racist slurs, misogyny, and homophobic taunts to the stage for everyone to enjoy"
Nah, they are an avid gamer, too. A German themselves, in your analogy.
This is just what Twitter poisoning looks like. Full visibility and obsession of the negative, completely blind to growth, improvement, and positivity.
Some of the top eSports representatives in the world today include people like SonicFox, a gay black furry, and Scarlett, a trans woman. Still operating at the peak of their arenas and with huge fanbases of their own. And that's only two examples; the FGC in particular has recently seen an almost comical amount of LGBT+ folks getting comfortable enough to finally reveal themselves. But instead of celebrating that, or even just celebrating any incident in which Musk gets booed, we're still talking about that one time a journalist was slut-shamed a decade ago.
In many parts of Europe, it’s common for workers to take off weeks at a time, especially during the summer. Envious Americans say it’s time for the U.S. to follow suit....
If you're a skilled salaried worker the law doesn't really consider you to have work hours. Furthermore, you aren't required to be compensated for time you are on-call unless you are required to physically be present.
US labor laws are truly horrifying if you start asking yourself a few "what-ifs." The entire system is built on good faith.
Alexander isn't a bad character because Alexander isn't a character. He's just a plot device meant to further Worf's development. He appears in a grand total of 8 episodes over the course of the entire series, and in nearly all of those merely to provide Worf with a source of emotional/cultural conflict.
Wesley appears in 68 episodes and many of those are entirely about Wesley. The show actively tries to develop him as an independent character and member of the crew, and it just doesn't work most of the time. He has his moments, but SIXTY-EIGHT EPISODES?!
Nobody's asking you to forgive her for what she's done, we're just saying that when your enemies are being raped and tortured, perhaps it would be good for you to say "hmm, can we achieve justice without all the rape and torture maybe?"
This brings up an interesting question. On the continuum between Circle With A Dot In It and Photorealistic Drawing Of A Breast, at what point does it become NSFW?
One of my favorite Redditisms was picking out incredibly obvious sarcasm with massive downvotes. Bonus points if replied to with a huge angry essay.
And due to the voting patterns, I learned to be suspicious of my own comments that were highly upvoted. I started to see it as a bad smell. My best work was the controversial stuff.
Disclaimer that I am completely talking out of my ass and speculating, but I have a personal theory.
COVID has been around long enough to have two interesting effects.
Almost everyone has gotten it by now. Some of us got it really bad, and/or acquired long-term secondary conditions. Some of this likely caused impaired cognitive function.
Kids had their school schedules totally fucked up for years, and those kids are now the young teens on the internet. Young teens on the internet are already by default a disruptive demographic, but now add the effect of years of desocialization and missed education.
Excuse me but you are interrupting my dopamine flow. Your response appears to be neither a meme, rage bait, justice boner, nor even a pun. I hope you learn from this experience and do better.
TNG in particular did a great job of stretching the characters by building them up to a definitive version and then showing us, in one way or another, a variant or situation that completely shatters that image. Data and Lore. Alternate Riker. Broken Picard. Troi and Lwaxana. Worf and also Worf but later.
This seems like a marketing move. When the Parental Advisory Label was created for the music industry, some bands and labels went out of their way to make sure they got it put on their albums, sometimes even altering their content just for that purpose, because it would actually drive sales. Of course every kid listening to rock and rap wanted "the real shit."
Here again we are being promised "the real shit" by a meaningless content warning.
It also helps Konami keep its distance from Kojima, which is probably what both of them want.
I used to always try for the best outcome but with this have it seems like half of the time a failure also leads to an amazing consequence and story....
If we're talking specifically about dice rolls, I generally accept failures. But I absolutely save-scum to get around anything I perceive as "videogame bullshit" such as an unexpected scene triggering a conversation on a character I would NEVER want having that conversation, even if they pass the rolls it feels icky to have someone like Lae'zel playing diplomat.
I have definitely had some happy accidents, which only makes me wish even more for the ability to see what ANYONE in my party can say instead of just the accidental face.
Karlach is a surprisingly adept negotiator with her "I'LL CHOP OFF YOUR HEAD AND MAKE YOU TONGUE YOUR OWN ASSHOLE" style of persuasion.
This is a typical type of question in higher level studies, where the scenario given is intentionally inconclusive to measure your ability to determine what path may warrant further investigation.
The correct answer is C. Not because it's a diagnosis, but if there were to be a diagnosis, that would be most likely
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Final Fantasy XVI Suffers From Its Superficial Handling Of Slavery (kotaku.com)
In Square Enix's latest epic RPG, the moral monstrosity of slavery is effectively reduced to window dressing
As a long time Armored Core fan, I am disappointed with Armored Core VI.
Man, in 2023, it's really hard to get heard through all of the macho "git gud" guff but as a fan of Armored Core since its inception: this game is not what I was expecting. I am disappointed....
You’ve Heard of Quiet Quitting. Now Companies Are Quiet Cutting. (www.wsj.com)
Why do dinosaurs have big heads and tiny arms?
What evolutional benefit is that?
Elon Musk appearance at Valorant Champions tournament met with boos, crowd chanting 'bring back Twitter' (www.pcgamer.com)
66% of Americans want European-style vacation policies, like being OOO for the entire month of August (www.cnbc.com)
In many parts of Europe, it’s common for workers to take off weeks at a time, especially during the summer. Envious Americans say it’s time for the U.S. to follow suit....
Unpopular opinion: Wesley Crusher is not the worst TNG character... Alexander is. (lemmy.world)
Give me 1,000% more Wesley before this kid ever stains my tv again.
Jessica Watkins (mtf) sentenced to 8 years in a men's prison for Jan 6 involvement (www.youtube.com)
18+ Romper supremacy (lemmy.ml)
Has anyone else noticed a sudden lack of reading comprehension skills?
Just as the title asks I’ve noticed a very sharp increase in people just straight up not comprehending what they’re reading....
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The Metal Gear Solid Collection is so true to Hideo Kojima's "original vision" that it needed a new content warning (www.gamesradar.com)
Do you roll with failures or do you load and try for your "expected" outcome?
I used to always try for the best outcome but with this have it seems like half of the time a failure also leads to an amazing consequence and story....
No correct answer (lemmy.world)
I also press F, but for grading the author, not as a sign of respect....