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The invite system on Discord is just so you can invite people to join that sever, it's nothing to do with creating an account. I suspect the reason you had so much trouble is because you didn't have an account. Still, I'm surprised to find you had so much trouble, Discord has always been pretty pain free for me.
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The only person in this thread that has presented any kind of scientific evidence on this to his high credit is @Crazycrab and based on what he's posted, @Jayson can't simply say it's wrong with a single sentence not referencing anything. Not to mention that he has been one of the most poisonous, insulting deflecting and arrogant individuals when it comes to debate this this that we have ever had. When somebody makes a point he can't challenge, he ignores then opens a new thread on the same thing and makes the same points again hoping that nobody will remember what asked before. But of course, everybody does because we're not stupid. So no, he cannot post a single, dismissive, arrogant sentence in the face of somebody like @Crazycrab who obviously spent a considerable amount of time researching and developing his point of view and expect to be treated the same, that just isn't how this works. He can't do what always does and just ignore and disrespect others views and keep ducking everyone like he's the only that can be right. At least you have the common curiously to acknowledge that you don't know everything you need to understand full how transitioning works, but at least you clearly know something about the actual subject matter, and I commend you for that. Even as a mod, it's part of my job to defend his right to express himself, but he has showed that to precisely nobody unless they agree with him without question. It is also my right to allow everyone around him the same right to express themselves, so I hop you can imagine just how badly this guy has damaged my patience. An overdose was cited as probable cause, but never fully proven. What is known is that it wasn't steroids, it was prescription drugs.
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I love the percentage completed feature in PS5
Shagger replied to StaceyPowers's topic in Gaming Forum
The PS4 does have it was well, as do a lot of PC launchers and other consoles. It's actually quite common. Don't get me wrong, I do like it. There's something very satisfying about knowing how much of a game you've completed. -
I understand that. Sadly there has been so much of that going that most of the long running threads have been affected, mostly down to same group of people using the fourm like a text chain. I don't know if you are aware, but we are looking into a solution. Check out this thread for the most up to date information, but the answer is not to just lock all these threads and replace, not until we have an actual answer to the problem because it will likely just happen again.
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@kingpotato I've merged the threads and edited the title of the original post to show a more "up-to-date" title. I also copied what was the opening post of the thread into it so that all the information is available on the opening post. Let me know if you're happy with the changes and inform me of any amendments you wish to make. @Heatman is is necessary to change the thread title and anyone who does an internet search for forum thread detailing "Plus Essential", for example, will be directed to the correct thread. A thread title also forum the thread's URL, so it has to be accurate. Good advice for everyone, put thought into the title of any threads you start.
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The brilliance of playable NPC in Watch Dogs Legion
Shagger replied to Reality vs Adventure's topic in Video Games
I couldn't really get into Watchdogs. Can't say for sure why, but the first game wasn't a polished experience and got boring for me. I' also certain it's not the first game that allowed you to control other NPC's. I know of a game called Mindjack on the Xbox 360 that had a very similar mechanic. It was apparently crap, but that's beside the point. -
Thanks for the reply. I don't think more mods is the answer, though. It's not that we're overwhelmed, is that with the rules and guidance in place as it is, there isn't a great deal we can really do about it. We cant issue bans or suspensions to people for posting too much. Technically, nobody is doing anything wrong. All we can do is try and advise people and help them improve on thier posting habits, but we can't force anybody to do or not do anything. If we did go that route, nobody would be obligated to use it. It's an option for people to "chat" on without flooding the forum. The suggestion is noted. There are tweaks that could be made here and there, but this is ultimately about trying to encourage better posting habits and/or giving space on the forum for irrelevant chat. I don't really see the way the way those sub-forums are organised as a route cause of the problem, especially since it appears to be General Gaming" with most of the issues I hear you on that. I remember locking thread not long ago that was initially a query about how long a Dualshock 4 battery should lase, but the same handful of people kept the thread rambling on for 16 pages with mostly repeated and/or off topic statements. It's people just not caring about what they post, just so long as it's something, anything, as often as possible. I here that too and understand completely how frustrating that can be. Not only do these people bump down everyone else's posts, the same people who seem to interact with each other as well. We will find an answer. We are glad to have you here.
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I'll move this to the "Video Games" sub forum as this is about a specific game. I haven't played this yet, but it does look interesting. The PC specks a a little daunting though, but I suppose that's to be expected for a true next gen game.I'm probably in a "wait for sale" place with regard to it. Tell us more when you get further in.
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Have you quit playing any games as a result of bugs and glitches?
Shagger replied to Heatman's topic in Gaming Forum
Let me get to the point. There is no reason whatsoever that needed to be three individual posts. You could have read through the unread posts then tagged each quote, added them all into one post, then replied. This is just another example posting in a complete rush just to up the count. Quote that, type something, anything out, post, next. I looked at your activity during this "spurt" and in the space of half an hour you made 30 posts. You can't seriously expect me to believe you were posting with forethought and care when you're one post a minute. Nobody, and I mean nobody with any authority on this forum told anyone that being active meant posting as much as humanly possible in the shortest space of time. This is what I'm talking about when it comes to this. What we are seeing here is a classic example of somebody posting anything just to post something. It's much better to have a handful of well thought out and carefully selected replies then just posting anything anywhere. Seriously people, this has got to stop. Please, quality over quantity. I'm not asking for much. -
Moving this to "Video Games" as this topic is in reference to one, specific games.
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I think a lot of things shouldn't be discussed on the Discord server if that's what was decided. @DC's concerns about traffic moving of the website is a legitimate concern. This would only work if posts on the Discord sever were limited to what we DON'T want discussed on the threads. The more impulsive chat points about games or whatever that don't really work as full on forum posts.
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WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD I wasn't crazy about BtS either, but for a very specific reason. I just don't buy the relationship it portrayed between Chloe and Rachel. Before somebody goes insane, no, it has nothing to do with the fact that they are both girls. I will say doubting that one of the characters was actually gay is a part of it ( I don't fully buy that with Rachel, but I'm not gonna flat out deny it either). It's not like I can't see them together, it just doesn't make sense for me to believe it given the events of the first game. The other, and possibly larger part of it is how forced the relationship between the two actually is in BtS. For a start, I do 100% believe that Chloe was attracted to Rachel, maybe even in love with her. There is enough evidence in the original game to support that notion. This very well could have been more than a friendship to Chloe. The problems begin with the question "Did Rachel feel the Same?" and trust me when I tell you that, based of the first game, that is a resounding no. Not only did Rachel have a relationship with Frank that clearly meant something to her, there was even sketchy evidence that something happened between her and Mark Jefferson, although Mark was in a position to easily manipulate her given how Rachel felt he could help with her aspiring acting/modelling career, so we don't know for sure exactly. It's perfectly possible that Rachel was bisexual or pansexual (I'm fairly sure Chloe isn't 100% gay either), like I said, the characters sexuality isn't the problem, the problem is more about Rachels actions and behaviour. Now, given that Chloe and Rachel's relationship is portrayed in such a natural and deep way in BtS, only one of two things can be true if you buy both games plots: Rachel is a bitch and serial cheat. Rachel used Chole, same thing really. I would bet my last pound that anyone who would defend this would not buy either of those facts, but at least one (or possibly both of them) have to be true, there is no avoiding it. And anyone who played these game will agree that is not how Rachel is portrayed, especially in BtS. The original game actually does support this at least a little given how angry Chloe got when she found out about Rachel and Frank. Both games do show evidence of at least some manipulative and self centred behaviour on Rachel's part. However, Chloe's reaction to Rachel and Frank could also be explained through her own insecurities about loving Rachel even though Rachel didn't lover her back. Or even her just feeling betrayed simply by the fact Rachel didn't tell her about Frank. And honestly, I buy either one of those before I buy the idea Chloe discovered Rachel cheated on her. Before the Storm clearly does not want you to think of Rachel so negatively, that is without doubt, but the facts are the facts, facts that BtS often chooses to ignore. To summarise, the first game, at least for me, greater supports the idea that what Chloe and Rachel had was a friendship, not a romantic relationship. I'm not saying it's impossible that there was a two way romantic connection, I certainly buy that Chloe was attracted to Rachel, but that just isn't what I believed about them after I had finished the game. The fact Max can romance Chloe in the original as well, only serves to strengthen that point of view for me. You don't fall in love with someone else whilst focused on finding out the tragic fate of the person you loved before, that just isn't realistic. I am not against the idea that Chloe and Rachel were a couple, but the happy-go-lucky, fairy-tale manner it's portrayed in BtS just doesn't fit. What makes it worse is now Deck Nine forced, and I mean really forced, the player into this. And I can sum it up with one screenshot just how forced this was. For a bit of background. In this scene, Chloe and Rachel are walking home (I think to Rachel's house) after Chloe helped Rachel with a production that happened that evening at Blackwell Academy. To summarise and paraphrase the dialogue, Rachel want's to know what Chloe would like in exchange for her help. These are the options presented. Lets go through these options. The bracelet. Rachel's bracelet is a memento from her estranged mother, so not only would taking this this be pretty cruel on Chloe's part, but also completely redundant as we know that Rachel eventually gives the bracelet to Frank anyway. So this is not only an unappealing choice, but an utterly pointless one as well. The tattoo. More specifically, in this option Chole suggests they get cut together. And just like the bracelet, this is completely redundant as we know from the first game that this happens anyway. Don't kid yourselves, Deck Nine knew what they were doing with this. With these two options, it was a major twist to the arm to do the only option that isn't entirety pointless in the cannon. The kiss. And it is a passionate kiss as well, just in case you were wondering. Did I choose this option? Of course I did! it's literally the only one that makes any sense! That is along with how the cannon of Rachel between the two games doesn't actually fit that well is enough proof that of how forced this is as far as I'm concerned, but I'm not even done, there's more. In the original game Max had pretty much two romance options, Warren or Chloe. Both options are just as viable and appealing as the other with Warren being a genuinely likeable character. Is this also true of the alternate romance option for Chloe in BtS? Hello No! Eliot is creep who's barely in the game anyway. I'm not actually sure if it's actually possible to allow him and Chloe to get that close the game at all even if you tried, but I do doubt it. Either way, you don't want to. He's just another option that isn't really an option, much like the example above. Before the Storm to felt like a fan fiction, and more specifically, a fan fiction where somebody who shipped Chloe and Rachel wanted to make it cannon. And you know what, I don't think that's far from the truth either. The original was developed by Dontnod, and Before the Storm was developed by Deck Nine. Yes, Dontnod gave thier blessing and the two teams even worked under the same publisher, but to me there's too much of what they wanted in the story and not enough choice for the player in the end for me to consider it a good prequel. And it's not just Chloe and Rachel either, there's other things that don't quite add up, although that is the main one.
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I know that many of you have been expressing frustration over how "spammy" (for lack of a better word) some sections of the forum are becoming by a handful of people using the threads more like a chat. The forum gets flooded with off-topic posts on threads that really should have long since died but keep getting bummed because some people feel compiled to reply to them with anything. This thread is not about pointing fingers or blame, it is just about how to better organise the forum so that the threads can be more welcoming for the whole community. So people can post, for example, without worrying about there posts getting bummed down by people posting barley relevant, low value replies just to up posts counts. Four possible idea come to me. A "shitposting" sub forum for people to, well, "shitpost". A thread for memes, jokes and other irrelevant dribble to have fun with without impacting other areas of the forum. A re-focus on forum games. Upping post counts is essentially what these types of threads are for, but almost nobody on VGR tends to use them. For this to work, it would necessitate a change of habit that, to be honest, I don't really see happening, so I'm less sure about this one. A chat box added to the forum itself. This works well in theory, but could be difficult and time consuming to implement, not to mention hard to monitor and moderate, which is why I'd personally prefer... Opening a VGR Discord server. As well as a place for live chat, it would also open up the community to the opportunity to group up and actually play games together. Now, @DC, I remember we have had this discussion before and you didn't want to do this because you feared it would move traffic off the website, and I truly understand that, but this CAN be run and moderated in such a way that it would work, and may even attract new people to VGR. Still, that is just one man's thoughts. If you have anything to add or if you want to push one of these ideas, reply below.
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What historic settings do you want to see recreated in video games?
Shagger replied to StaceyPowers's topic in Gaming Forum
@Crazycrab is right. There is a group individuals using these threads in such a manner that defies the purpose of a forum. It's more like a text chain, reddit or social media, but the VGR forum is none of those things. It is a forum. I'm going to work over the next few days to try and find a way to solve this, but I would strongly advice that the people who using the boards like it's a PM chat to stop and start using the forum the way it's supposed to be. However, @Crazycrab, @Candy Stick is NOT one of them. On the contrary, he's on of the few individuals still using that long running thread he started correctly. If what you said was true, all the recent post, or at least the majority of them, would be him, but that isn't really the case. Yes, he posts very monogamously on that thread, but that's simply because the thread is about Resident Evil, a subject that he has always posted very monogamously about, along side a smattering of other survival horror games. His actual post count is fairly tame and a lot of his posts are lengthy personal and with a lot of outside articles ad media cited. He is NOT the problem and it's unfair for you to call him out like this. The problem is the other people who post literally anything just post post something throughout the whole of general gaming. Again, I won't name names, but I'm fairly sure we all though (including these individuals themselves) who they are. Some of these people I have even PM'd directly and I've seen little to any improvement. The question is how to fix this so the rest of the forum will actually want to contribute will fell it's worthwhile doing so. Maybe there should be a "shitposting" sub-forum, or maybe it's time to bring back the idea of opening up an official VGR Discord server for people to chat on. I will discuss this with @DC and @The Blackangel, but we are open to ideas. I'll open a thread in the Questions and Suggestions sub-forum, but in the mean time, this subject is NOT to be discussed outside of that. EDIT: That thread is now up. CLICK HERE -
This is another thread where we have the same handful of people just looping round the same conversation that has little to nothing to do with the topic at hand. If you want to discuss gamrant or similar such sites, either do so in an appropriate thread or through PMs. Given that the question has long since been answered, locked.
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Churches That Believe They are the Only Way
Shagger replied to Jayson's topic in Debate, Politics, & Religion
Contrery to popular belief, Hitler didn't have much more love for Christians than he did Jew's. He spoke in good favour to and about Christians to with favour with Germany's people and to help his alliense with Italy. That doesn't change the fact that @Jayson's version of the event is a dumbed down, half truth at best. Economic envy and his personal prejudices that propagated to Germany's people were certainly big factors but it was mostly about removing elements of society and genetic legacy that didn't fit his profile for perfection in humanity. Jew's, Muslims, people of colour, homosexuals and the disabled to name a few were all targeted. -
Trust me, the problem has not gone unnoticed. I won't name names, but there are some people who seem to post on certain sub-forums in mass, rapid sessions without really giving much care to the quality, relevance, overall purpose to what they post and whether or not they have made the same point on the same thread already. It is posting anything for the sake of something. Nobody can break the rules by "posting too much", but some individuals really need thier definition of being "active" redefined. The General Gaming sub-forum has suffered the most because of this. Unfortunatly, because they're not breaking any rules and any rule governing how much someone can post could be considered heavy handed, this is not an easy problem to solve. The only real way this problem can be solved is for those that do this (and they know who they are, as do the mod team) to start taking more care and putting more thought not only into what they post, but why they're posting it in the first place.
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This is another most mobile games free-to-play, so they don't have to follow the laws in place with regard to refunds. You useually can't get fefunds for an i-app purchase. It's just further proof, not that more was needed, that the mobile game market is a snake pit.
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Does using a console controller make you worse with keyboard/mouse?
Shagger replied to StaceyPowers's topic in Gaming Forum
For me, using one doesn't have any effect of my ability to use the other. I'm quite comfortable with both. My preference and how accurately I can control using a gamepad or M/K depends mostly on the game. Most strategy games never feel right using a controller and I hate playing 3rd person action games with a M/K, especially if the game is heavy on stealth (analogue control over a characters movement speed for me is essential in those types of games, something WASD keyboard controls simply can't do). So yeah, I'm comfortable with both, but loyal to neither. -
I didn't even get though one sentence before I felt compelled to respond. Why on earth would that be true? Driving HGV's is a job. A demanding job with it's own unique challenges, but still no more nor less than a job. So why would anyone on VGR take issue with people doing this profession? And more to the point, why do you think we on VGR would take issue with that? I genuinely do not know what the assumption is that lives in your mind about this, but what I do know is that if anyone is guilty of prejudice here, it's you. Anyway, continuing to read... ... and it makes even less sense now. Unless there is something I'm missing? Maybe the next sentence will clear this up; OK, if you want to bring up a discussion a bout a certain political situation, the first thing need to do is, well, bring up that political situation. You don't just leave cryptic references to the situation that is clearly closer to your mind than the actual subject to the of thread itself. And that's the tip of an iceberg. This, quite frankly is the laziest, most cryptic post concerning this kind of subject matter I ever seen on VGR. Setting aside the prejudice statement you made against the entire community you started you post with, Canadian truckers are on strike. OK, why are the on strike? Who is this industrial Acton against? How do you feel about it? Why do you fell that way? Who/what/ware is Trudeau? What is there extreme measures to "combat" the situation? Why do you consider them extreme? Who specially is referring to this as "government overreach and totalitarianism"? Why do they feel that way? Do you agree or not agree? Why do you agree or not agree? Where's your reference and articles to the situation to compile and complete the facts? Then, and only then, enquire to others about how they feel about it. Quite literally @Jayson, all you opening post was is a direct and deliberate insult to the entire VGR community, then some very lazy, very vague and cryptic refences to a certain situation you can't expect the whole community to have full frame of reference on. And you know what, I'm NOT going to tolerate it. This thread will locked and will not reopen unless you @Jayson send me a re-write of you origonal post that must; Give a basic, but full description of the Truckers strike and why it's happening. Include external references so people can look up the facts. Stick to the topic. Don't bring up anti-vaxing unless it's actually got something directly to do with this situation. And most importantly, not insult the entire forum with an a prejudiced presumption. You have 2 days, or I'll just delete the thread.
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@GameDev1995 I don't like having to do this, but I'm afraid I have to have lock this thread and remove the video from the original post. The reason I need to do this is because content that exists purely for the purpose of promotion is not permitted on VGR without permission, as is clearly stated in our Forum Rules and Guidelines We don't have anything against promotions per say, but it is not appreciated when people post this content with no intention of contributing to the VGR community. Without a worthwhile contribution beforehand, such posts are considered a form of spam. With this promotion of your game project being your very first post, that was clearly the intent here. In short, we're a gaming community and forum that exists as a place for like minded individuals and gamers to belong to, feel welcome, chat online and share their views and opinions, we're not a free billboard for people to promote and sell sell stuff through. I understand that you're just trying to get the word out about your game, I truly understand that, but this rule is in place for a reason and can't make exceptions. I do see that a few of out members has posted to this thread (and I will have some words for you guys in a moment) speaking with interest and exactment over the game, and why not, it does genuinely look very promising, but if we allowed people to make one-time promotional posts like this a large portion of the forum would be made up of nothing but that. If you were to make a worthwhile contribution to the VGR community, you might elicit a better response, but for now, this decision is final. Please do not post this or any other promotion again without permission. Doing so may incur further action. Understand that I speak not only for myself but I'm sure the whole VGR community when we wish you nothing but the best for your game. If you wish, try talking to our site admin @DC to discuss options on how we may be able to accommodate discussions about your project and you can message me directly if you have any questions. Please take a moment to read through our aforementioned Forum Rules and Guidelines before post further. The same thing to @Crazycrab, @Empire and @skyfire. You have all been here long enough to know promotional posts, however innocent and genuine they are, are not allowed here and that alone is enough of a reason why you should not engage with them. Please refrain from doing so in the future.
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Once again "pro-life", my arse. Come @Jayson, even you can surely see a problem with this logic.