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    Why do we keep the south in the union?

    in The Shower

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    47 minutes ago, Fizzzzle said:

    Truth. Cities like Atlanta, New Orleans, and even Houston are bluer than some cities on the coasts.

     

    The difference is in a state like Oregon, where like 2/3 of the population lives in the Portland area, Portland pretty much dominates state legislature, so chuds can cry all they want and eat shit. Which, in it's own way, is a problem. No one should ever be essentially unrepresented, which they basically are. I agree with the result, but not the methodology.

     

    Eh, that's how a democracy is supposed to function more or less. I don't think the minority in a given jurisdiction should have zero representation, but they also shouldn't be allowed to rule from that minority viewpoint because of arcane and stupid electoral college bullshit and gerrymandering. Places like Wisconsin, Ohio, TX and Florida have the whole system rigged so the conservatives run the show when that isn't the reality in terms of actual demographics and political ideology. It's the same thing on the national level. Dems need like a 5million vote advantage to win the EC. That's fucked. Land is literally more important than people.

    Wii is frickin awesome

    in Retro Gaming

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    Just saying homebrew Wii with GC ports and a loaded 240gb hdd is frickin dope as hell. Plus an mclassic up converter. Plays Wii and GC discs. Light rail shooters, masterpiece golf and tennis games (woods 2012, grand slam).

     

    Kinda missed the whole Wii gen. It's dope!

     

    Also it plays GC stuff way better than a series x RetroArch set up

    Halo Infinite - Information Thread, update (01/15/24): Certain Affinity's battle royale project reportedly cancelled, UE5-based campaign project in development since 2022

    in The Spawn Point

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    Honestly I can't play 343 halo titles. Just gave infinite a go and yeah, it sucks. The controls are just so floaty and not right. Same feel as Halo 5 which also sucks. 

     

    Tweaking sensitivity and deadzones helps somewhat but I shouldn't have to do that. Bungie gun feel is a million times better and honestly I'd rather spend my time in Vanguard/warzone. At least the controls are tight.

     

    I'd rather play destiny 2. I dunno why everyone shitting on vanguard tbh, having played a fair amount of bf 2042 and Halo mp its straight up better than both

    Congratulations to Microsoft on "winning" Year 1 of the Ninth Console Generation

    in The Spawn Point

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    I mean I don't think we need a console war thread which is kinda what this is on its face lol, but haven't Sony and Nintendo massively outsold MS in pretty much every measurable category?

     

    I love my SX but I also love my PS5. Switch honestly does feel very dated at this point so it's largely been collecting dust, but afaik they've outsold MS in hardware and software every month of the year and even Nintendo is probably making more money on nintendo online than MS is on gamepass because it isn't constantly $1 a month and a quick search tells you they have more subscribers...

     

    Like I do appreciate what MS has been doing with gamepass but in terms of exclusives I don't think they're really above Sony or Nintendo, and they frankly don't have the same level of demand for hardware as Sony or Nintendo which is why they aren't making as many units...

     

    They're definitely pursuing a loss leader strategy with gamepass, we'll see if it pays off for them in the next few years I suppose but I don't see them catching Sony.

     

    Depending on what nintendo does with switch 2 I could see them sort of taking over the second place mondshare spot.

     

    Switch does feel kinda similar to the wii in some ways. Dated tech with a gimmick that everyone loved for a few years but if Nintendo is too slow to move on a fairly powerful successor they'll be forgotten again.

     

    Like I could see another Wii u type of flop if they go too underpowered and don't have a clear value proposition over the original switch. People would rather buy a ps5 or series. Just like Wii sales dropped off a cliff and even after wii u launch people would rather buy a PS3/360.

     

    Difference here is I don't think they'll wait until 2024 for switch 2. Seems like they've learned their lesson. I think spring 2023 is the very latest they can go though without people thinking meh I'll wait to see what Sony and MS come up with next year.

     

    We'll see.

    Halo Infinite - Information Thread, update (01/15/24): Certain Affinity's battle royale project reportedly cancelled, UE5-based campaign project in development since 2022

    in The Spawn Point

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    9 minutes ago, atom631 said:

    so this is just the MP, right? the campaign is still releasing in December? this is awesome bc BF2042 and Vanguard are pretty bad. I havent played Halo MP since 3. 

     

    As for the campaign, I still havent played Halo 5. Not sure why, but I recall that something about it turned me off and made not even want to play. I was hoping to run through the campaign quick before Infinite came out, but Im not even sure I need to. Thoughts? 

     

    I don't like the gunplay in Halo 5. It's too floaty. The campaign/story is also boring/lame.

     

    We'll see if I like the gunplay in this but imo 343 doesn't have the same feel as Bungie. I like reach but Bungie still responsible for the feel of that game.

     

    I like D2 overall but they went nuts with the grinding. Gameplay/gunplay/feel wise it's awesome though.

    Halo Infinite - Information Thread, update (01/15/24): Certain Affinity's battle royale project reportedly cancelled, UE5-based campaign project in development since 2022

    in The Spawn Point

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    2 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said:


    While I cannot confirm, I'm pretty certain that the campaign and multiplayer will be separate entities.

     

    Any way uninstall and reinstall did the trick. Downloading at like 100 MB/s too.

     

    Now to get it on the XS too.

     

    I have too many games to play lol.

     

    Been playing through the COD Vanguard campaign and honestly it's pretty damn good. MP is basically broken though. I don't know what the hell they're doing with their servers.

     

    I also just started tales of arise which is awesome so far.

    Welcome to our new (and returning) members from ResetERA

    in The Shower

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    9 minutes ago, SaysWho? said:

     

    Long-short: many of us used to post on IGN, were there when things like Bot_IGN started shitting up the board, and left when the IGN boards started to collapse or whatever they did in 2010. This board was much more active in 2010 when it started, but there are still a decent chunk of us who remain here that keep this board active enough.

     

    In some ways, the board is weirder. In other ways, it's not. It's hard to describe why, but I'll do my best: we had a dude named everyman who claimed to be a Bill Clinton fan but sounds exactly like a Trump voter, used to call this Hispanic user "foreigner" all the time, was racist, called people friendless virgins, betas, and then at one point, claimed he had a girlfriend, then suddenly it was his wife, then she was pregnant, then gave birth in the span of like two months, and said she would disprove evolution but she never came through because he likely made all that up since he was probably an incel. And we're pretty sure he was NotEnoughPayne from IGN who went crazy around 08/09.

     

    So at that point, we seemed like a less weird board because we were bigger, but that guy existed here. heyyoudvd is another dude who went 5 pages on IGN talking about Rachael Ray wore a keffiyeh even though it was a regular scarf. He was a really far-right Republican crazy, and yet he became crazier, first being anti-Trump and pro-Rubio, but then was subtly defending Trump on everything, but while he did that claimed he was the most anti-Trump user on the board, but then @Chris- found a Reddit post of his that said he really loved Trump, and basically, heyyou never wanted to admit he was a Republican automaton. He was stubborn as a mule and couldn't admit he was wrong, whether it was lying about being anti-Trump or just admitting the controversy years ago about Rachael Ray's scarf was overblown, and he would argue for pages on end instead of just admitting he was making things up.

     

    All this is just to say that in some ways, the board is less weird because the guys who seemed normal enough were exposed by Rachel, some of the overt racists like Everyman and Engel were either banned or were weeded out, and heyyou was permanently banned because he went psycho, which takes a lot considering he said on IGN that gay marriage would lead to marrying animals. I think because there are fewer posters, what is weird about the board is highlighted more, and when we had a ton more members, it didn't seem as strange for whatever reason. Now the weirdest is someone saying you're an alt, and honestly I don't find that to be that weird considering many "new" members we get are previous problem people who think they're slick. :p  

     

    But we have had some legit new members and they've been cool!

     

     

    This too. If you think it's weird now, you missed some of the crazy-ass people who were on IGN and migrated to here. 

     

    Am I a legit new member?

     

    Also I'm still here lol.

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