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That is one hell of a contest! Sadly, like @m76 already said, it appears the contest is only open to UC citizens. Still, get in on this, folks! I'd love to see a VGR member win this.

Epic Rap Battles of History absolutely own this concept,

I've quite enjoyed Path of Exile in the past. With this new expansion this could be a very opportune time to get back into it.

As far as I know, there are four main ways Twitch streaming can earn money: Running ads on thier streams and videos much like on YouTube. Twitch themselves will take part of the cut. For this to work and only streams that get a certain amount of viewership can earn money this way. Sponsors and affiliates. A company can pay a streamer to endorse thier product on thier twitch channel. This will usually means the streamer would talk about a certain product or service in their stream and provide a link for their viewers to click on and by using that link the company sponsorimg the streamer will know that individual visit thier website or bought the product through the streamer in question. Again, many YouTubers do a similar sort of thing. Twitch subscriptions. Viewers may be presented with an option to subscribe to a Twitch streamer similar to how one subscribes to Netflix, for example. Being a subscriber will usually offer some form of perks for the viewer, but exactly what those perks are will depend on the streamer. Donations. Twitch allow streamers to embed links to something like PayPal that allows viewers to donate to the streamer directly.

I've said before in another thread precisely why I think consoles need to exist, and because exclusive games are the main reason to own a console, I'm am actually a little concerned about this. It's good thing for PC players to be able to play these games, but this a step in the direction to wold where people only play digital games on PC or through a stream and it don't want that to happen. So I'd say it's a nice gesture Sony, but don't go all in on it like Xbox are.

Firstly, welcome to VGR. C&C Red Alert 2 has been my go to game in recent months when I'm not in the mood to play anything very taxing.

Pride and self satisfaction with what you have accomplished in a game as well as confidence in yourself to be competitive are not bad things, but when one crosses over into arrogance it becomes a problem. Bragging is a bad look on anyone as it just doesn't project the message that the one doing the bragging thinks. So you've pretty much mastered a game, good for you, but if you're not enough without the acknowledgement from others, trust me when I tell you that you will not be enough with it.

I'll probably pick this up.

I feel like the conversation in this thread is going round in circles. All that we are doing is acknowledging that GTA6 is years away, Rockstar is still milking GTA5 for all it's worth then go back to that being why GTA6 is years away because of the milking. I'm sorry, but this is getting close to locking because the initial query has long since been answered. So, unless you reading this post have something new to bring to the subject, just leave this be until we actually have something new to discuss on this. If people keeping posting on this just for posting sake this topic will end up locked.

This a great chance to pick up this now legendary game for dirt cheap on PC (through EGS) and on console. I admit it's a little strange that it's only the EGS version that is discounted on PC (I've checked, the game is full price on Steam and even GOG). Still, it's a great deal if you don't yet have this game or even if you only have the standard edition without the DLC. This sale price is available now and runs until; November 4th 2021 on Xbox November 1st on EGS October 27nth on PS Store On EGS https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/p/the-witcher-3-wild-hunt On PlayStation https://store.playstation.com/en-gb/product/EP4497-CUSA05571_00-00000000000GOTY1/ On Xbox https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/p/the-witcher-3-wild-hunt-game-of-the-year-edition/c261457lcnmj#activetab=pivot:overviewtab

EGS is also currently offering a free $10 (or equivilant) coupon to spend on thier store for signing up to thier e-mail alerts if you do so before the 28th of October 2021 .

I'd love to start playing an MMO properly, with a guild and so on, it's just finding one that interests me.

No, GeForce Now an entirely separate thing from Steam. You pay to subscribe to GeForce Now to gain access to a liberty of games that steam to your device, much like Netflix. Steam is a store front and game launch planform where you buy games then use Steam's software to gain access to Steams features and launch games from your own library of purchased games.

GeForce is a brand of graphics card for PC's made by Nvidia. GeForce now is a games games streaming service provied by Nvidia, similar to Stadia or Xbox Gamepass.

Like I said earlier, please get this thread back on topic. If you want to discuss this issue with Facebook's use of user data, please do so in another thread.

First, I'd suggest you ditch the to foil hat. Throwing mad conspiracy theories out there is a bad look on anyone. Someone could make and equally strong, but also equally mad, cas that there's a right Wii conspiracy on social media. But more pertinently, please keep political discussions on the appropriate part of the forum.

A about 3 months ago, it as announced that Aloy from HZD would become a free 5 star playable character in the FTP online Anime style RPG game Genshin Impact. I'm not fully versed on how exactly premium characters work in the game, but I do know that 5 star rated characters tend to be costly, so for this one to be offered for free, all be it in the wake of a cross portion deal, is something I'd describe as very fair. Aly was made available for PlayStation 5 players first last month, she was added in a patch for players on other platforms a few days ago. I have played Genshin Impact a little and, even though it didn't really get it's claws into me, I recognise it as a decent game that certainly worth a try. And given that HZD is one of my favourite games with Aloy being one of my favourite protagonists, I appreciate this. However, a portion of the PC players have taken a very different stance going so far as to even call A'y's inclusion as "an insult". Some hate Aloy's inclusion so much they have actually made an effort to delete her completely form thier accounts. More details on this from Dexerto.com. Now, dimensional travel is thing in Genshin Impact, so for characters from other games or other established lore's and stories to become a part of the game makes sense within it's worlds rules. This may have been a part of miHoYo's long term plans for the game right from the beginning. Regardless, the common excuse that Aloy "doesn't fit" just doesn't fly with me. There is a theory going around that PlayStation wanted Aloy to be put in the game for promotional reason in exchange for thier cooperation to allow cross-platform saves on PlayStation for Genshin Impact. If that's true, than what we have here is a good thing happening for the wrong reason, but in the end the players got those cross platform saves and a free premium character out of it, so it was win for all all. The rage here does not make even a lick of sense to me. If it was really was immersion breaking and seriously mess with lore or cannon I'd get it, because I just don't see it that way. It's not like this sort of thing is anything new. I Remember skins themed arond Phantasy Star Online 2 and for 2B (Nier Automata) in Gravity Rush 2. Then there's Marvel Vs Capcom, a fighting games series themed around characters from universes that would never otherwise interact and don't connect at all. This just adds to my confusion on why Aloy in Genshin Impact has pissed people off so much. What other instances can you think of of characters making cameo appearances or being referenced in other games can you thing off and how do you feel about this sort of thing in general?

The only real change I see coming from this is EA actually making sure all the logo's from last years game are changed for once.

I've seen the same products on Amazon sold for less elsewhere. They're not necessarily gaming related, but the fact is I have. Tools, for example. I also saw better deals on gaming laptops while I was shopping for one, hence why I didn't buy mine from Amazon.

Like you said, it's not an affiliate link, so no worries. I'm sadly not shocked to see these issues with the game, just EA being EA. The only thing in FIFA that's certain to work out of the box in are the in-app purchases. Still, it's cool to see the community coming together to help each other like PST.org have.

I do use ad block to access most of the internet while on my computer, but not my phone. I try to remember to turn it off for VGR, but it's inevitable that I forget at least some of the time. The recent video has odd helped me remember to turn it off because if I refresh VGR and it doesn't play realise that I've turned it off. Still, I'll do my best @DC.

Well, my experience of Neogaff is more recent, but no better than what you describe. I gotta be honest, I only know resetera through reputation and what is posted on Reddit and YouTube, so take what I say with a grain salt. Either way, they're both best avoided. Couldn't agree more. I wish success for the site, but not at the expense of the community. This forum could grow a bit more and still be great, but if it got to the point of Neogaff it's inevitable that it will become less hospitable.

I'm sorry, but I cannot regard in-app purchases of any kind being in a game in "beta" as acceptable. The whole point of a beta test is exactly that, a test, to make sure the base mechanics work and find bugs an faults. In app purchases, DLC and deluxe editions have no place in that scenario whatsoever. Keeping the game in "beta" for four years is an excuse to ride on to deny and delay promised features and content to string people along. It's a brilliant idea in terms of business. Only suffer the expenditure to develop half a game the milk the community for years rather than the COD or Battlefield mentality of developing a full game to only take in the money over a year or two at most. It's much easier for to convince a player base to be tolerant and patient for a game that's in a test phase and still in development. I would be no different, but that tolerance evaporates from me the very second that game offers any kind of DLC. A game is supposed be finished before such things are even contemplated, and if the dev's claim a game is in "beta", by thier own admission, the game is not finished. Cash shops, DLC, microtransactions, special editions, there is no excuse to have any of these things in a game that isn't finished, so there's no excuse to have them in a beta. Simple as that. What I describe as the false beta is something that isn't talked about nearly often enough in the gaming, but it is quite possibly the worst practice a game company can indulge in. It's manipulative, greedy and downright lazy. PUBG was a good example. Even when the game launched ON DISK for consoles they were still claiming it to test as an excuse for the outdated graphics and lack of full game features. The crown jewel of false tests has to be the aforementioned Star Citizen though. A "game" that's been in alpha, not even beta, for nearly a decade but still managed to take it over $300 million and counting from it's fans with pay-to-win DLC packs, some as expensive as a brand new 5-Series BMW. Escape from Tarkov may not be as extreme, but the similarities are undeniable. A "beta" that lasts as long four months would be suspect, never mind four years. I hate to bring it to you, but that game is never coming out as a complete game. If I were you, I'd jump ship before it sinks. But at the very least, please do not spend one penny more on it.

I must say @TheFjordFox, I wasn't sold on Escape from Tarkov before, and based on what you describe, it sounds truly awful. Beta for three+ years, progress resets, multiple currencies (that will include premium currency I have no doubt), bad game balance for new players along with a loot system that favours players that pay, so it could be considered pay-to-win (as outlined here) and all this fremium bullshit in a game that isn't even free. It's the long beta period alongside the microtransactions that really bother me, it reminds me a lot of Star Citizen. A game that claims to be in an incomplete test phase should NEVER allow users to buy anything, and if they have been doing that for years I'm tempted to even call this a scam.

Resetera isn't Neogaff on steroids. In fact, so far as I can tell, they're quite different from each other. The two are like the bookends of extremes in gamming. Neogaff is very "bro-gamer" culture, more right wing and stands against censorship, whereas Recetera is more on the left, endorses cancel culture and more stands for inclusivity. Both take thier ideology's too far and are both as bad as each other as a result. They are both toxic and both poisonous to associate with, but to say Resetera is "Neogaff on steroids" is a little simplistic and misleading. One thing for sure though, we're all better of here on VGR.