Posts by Buddy

  • ILL

    Quote from FMPONE

    8 hours ago, FMPONE said: craftsmanship gets an A plus, gameplay gets a D for dull

    No gameplay here but the enemies seem to pose no threat somehow.

  • ILL

    Oleg's work is awesome, looking forward to this. The shotgun clip is obviously no gameplay but feels alright (if you can stomach the head bobbing and the extreme FOV lol)

  • Corona Virus

    Quote from kleinluka

    10 hours ago, kleinluka said: Out of curiosity, did you have any symptoms when you had Covid?

    Just some fevers and felt weak as shit for a week~. The source of my infection had it worse but they're back to 100% already too.

  • Corona Virus

    Quote from kleinluka

    3 hours ago, kleinluka said: FYI that does not mean you are now immune. You can get re-infected if you have already had covid.

    From the CDC:

    For few weeks/months I am yes. FYI I will take it but not as an early adopter.


    Fun fact, because of how messed up my upbringing was I have not taken most of the vaccinations you get a as a child (misplaced paperwork, parents didn't care to sort it out).

  • Corona Virus

    Quote from blackdog

    16 hours ago, blackdog said: @Minos just wanted to comment on the passage regarding humanity surviving this… yes of course it will, we are way too many on this planet to disappear for a fortified flu.

    The issue is that nobody wants to go. Nobody wants to be part of the statistics, especially not because you are out of luck and the last ICU was given to someone else.

    Agreed, that is why increase your odds by staying healthy. Loose weight, sort out your sleep and don't think about Covid :)

  • Corona Virus

    Quote from Minos

    18 hours ago, Minos said: @kleinluka what you are saying, at first glance, sounds beautiful. But think about it. You are saying that people who take a vaccine are pro humanity, good people, and the people who refuse it, should rightly be banned from society. It's hard to imagine what kind of repercussions such a segregation would cause. It could potentially do much more damage to the social fabric, than a portion of the population getting sick with covid.

    Meanwhile, London and California are reporting 3x the daily amount of cases that they were reporting before the lockdowns. Looking exclusively at the data, there's a chance that the lockdowns are actually making the situation worse in those places, with nowhere to congregate, people end up congregating at home, where most of the infections are happening. But that is not something any politician would ever admit if indeed is the case. It's easier to simplify the problem and find scapegoats, than it is to accept a difficult reality.

    The truth is, no one knows what the fuck is happening, and no one knows how to solve this problem. It seems that the more they try to solve it, the worse it gets. Just like the spanish flu pandemic passed, this one shall pass too, we just need to be careful and patient, and not freak out in the interim :P

    In the Government, just like in giant Corporations, undoing of any kind is almost impossible. They will keep at it as nobody wants the accountability.

    That is also why certain changes only happen after a whole generation of people dies (diet habits for example, no senior ranked scientist will ever want to admit that their body of work was built based on a wrong assumption.)

    EDIT: I am not taking the vaccine, I've had COVID back in November.

  • Star Wars

    Quote from blackdog

    On 12/17/2020 at 10:34 AM, blackdog said: I agree, in the sense that it didn’t suck ? Characters were quite dry for me, apart from Paul Mendelsohn, he magnetises each scene he’s in.

    It’s funny/sad how they were planning to have lots of these “one off” spin-offs, and they crapped in their pants after Solo, halting everything on the spot… you couldn’t imagine a giant like Disney to stand in the middle of the road like a blinded deer. And now “betray” that idea, cashing in on that success.

    What is George Lucas doing these days? Is he out of the frame completely, is he at least trying to create something new on his own again?

    PS: they lost their magic/ingenuity

    https://youtube.com/shorts/LDorWh58h7c

    That approach worked until his ego got out of control (the prequel trilogy). EDIT: also the fact that he was working with unlimited amounts of money for the prequels... people work best within boundaries.

    Clickbait title on that video btw, he is saying nothing about Disney Star Wars per say.

  • Music of Half Life

    Quote from blackdog

    10 hours ago, blackdog said: figure my surprise when I read in the comments that some tracks are mostly made of samples from packs.

    Yeah, I've heard bits of HL1 tracks in movies and other content. Must've been a stock pack that was popular at that time.