10 WEIRD Gaming Stories of April 2024
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Date: 2024-04-30
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awkc63
So I will 100% agree with you when it comes to tipping and Developers for video gaming however when it comes to restaurants I would like to point something out I am a Canadian citizen we do not pay our servers $2 or $3 an hour to do their job and they do not just make money on their tips however we do still tip our servers generally not as much as they do in the US however I will state this as a person who is frequented the United States for literally hundreds upon hundreds of hours I have found that I get way better service in any restaurant in the US that I do in Canada this is because the servers feel like they actually have to work to earn their money we're here in Canada it's more like well we're going to get paid regardless so most of us will just do the bare minimum or slightly possible another example in this case is in Canada specifically I know this because I know lots of people who work in the restaurant business they are basically told that unless somebody a customer specifically asked for a refill on their beverage that is not alcoholic just want to point that out that you do not offer to refill their beverage a customer has to state that specifically however when I am in the US almost I would say probably 90% of the time I have a refill on my drink before it runs out whether I have one refill or five refills on top of this as well I find that I have been rushed out of restaurants kind of more or less pushed out then I have in the US meaning that as long as I'm still spending and the people in my party are still spending a decent amount of money we should be able to stay as long as we wish if we wind up ordering more appetizers or another entree or two after we've already eaten and it's an hour later in Canada we generally get pushed out more or rushed out in a way we're in the US again that doesn't seem to be a problem as long as we are still spending money and they still have room and like I said the key thing is still spending money we should never feel like we are being pushed out the door so yeah paying people a living wage particularly in the restaurant business does make sense but maybe just maybe it's actually better that they work for tips in this regard because they actually have to work to get good tips I know not every consumer gives good tips because people are terrible but more people than not will tip based on the service they're providing there has been times that I have gone out and I have tipped anywhere from 40 to 70 percent of my total bill towards the server because the service was that great as an example I can remember being with a group of a few different people and we spent close to $1, 000 between all of us over a 4-Hour course and we wound up tipping approximately $500 that $500 went between two servers over 4 hours yeah I think that was okay
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So I will 100% agree with you when it comes to tipping and Developers for video gaming however when it comes to restaurants I would like to point something out I am a Canadian citizen we do not pay our servers $2 or $3 an hour to do their job and they do not just make money on their tips however we do still tip our servers generally not as much as they do in the US however I will state this as a person who is frequented the United States for literally hundreds upon hundreds of hours I have found that I get way better service in any restaurant in the US that I do in Canada this is because the servers feel like they actually have to work to earn their money we're here in Canada it's more like well we're going to get paid regardless so most of us will just do the bare minimum or slightly possible another example in this case is in Canada specifically I know this because I know lots of people who work in the restaurant business they are basically told that unless somebody a customer specifically asked for a refill on their beverage that is not alcoholic just want to point that out that you do not offer to refill their beverage a customer has to state that specifically however when I am in the US almost I would say probably 90% of the time I have a refill on my drink before it runs out whether I have one refill or five refills on top of this as well I find that I have been rushed out of restaurants kind of more or less pushed out then I have in the US meaning that as long as I'm still spending and the people in my party are still spending a decent amount of money we should be able to stay as long as we wish if we wind up ordering more appetizers or another entree or two after we've already eaten and it's an hour later in Canada we generally get pushed out more or rushed out in a way we're in the US again that doesn't seem to be a problem as long as we are still spending money and they still have room and like I said the key thing is still spending money we should never feel like we are being pushed out the door so yeah paying people a living wage particularly in the restaurant business does make sense but maybe just maybe it's actually better that they work for tips in this regard because they actually have to work to get good tips I know not every consumer gives good tips because people are terrible but more people than not will tip based on the service they're providing there has been times that I have gone out and I have tipped anywhere from 40 to 70 percent of my total bill towards the server because the service was that great as an example I can remember being with a group of a few different people and we spent close to $1, 000 between all of us over a 4-Hour course and we wound up tipping approximately $500 that $500 went between two servers over 4 hours yeah I think that was okay
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kiriuxeosa8716
You can do something about the licensing and that is get physical games
The only way they can be revoked is if they get access to the internet
We made such a massive amount of noise when xbox wanted 24/7 online connection to the point they tried to run back the claim but rather than hold their feet to the fire we just rolled over and let them keep us tethered to the internet so they can control everything
My gameboy games don't require internet and Nintendo can't come and take them from me
Same goes for my ps1 ps2 ps3 games
The sega genesis game are mine and no amount of sega complaining can take them away from me
The only reason it feels hopeless is because people happily welcomed the all digital future and royally fuqqed the rest of us but no number of licensing agreements can stop me from playing my physical games when my console isn't connected to the internet
What are they going to do pay my internet bills and force me to stay connected
I'm so annoyed at people complaining about this when most of them have happily given up and allowed and even encouraged this all digital dystopia
If the only thing I can do is hunt down the last remnants of physical games and keep them off the internet so I can keep playing them then so be it but I'm not going to just roll over and accept that its an impossibility just because I have to get off my $$ and change a disc or a cartridge every now and then to play
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You can do something about the licensing and that is get physical games
The only way they can be revoked is if they get access to the internet
We made such a massive amount of noise when xbox wanted 24/7 online connection to the point they tried to run back the claim but rather than hold their feet to the fire we just rolled over and let them keep us tethered to the internet so they can control everything
My gameboy games don't require internet and Nintendo can't come and take them from me
Same goes for my ps1 ps2 ps3 games
The sega genesis game are mine and no amount of sega complaining can take them away from me
The only reason it feels hopeless is because people happily welcomed the all digital future and royally fuqqed the rest of us but no number of licensing agreements can stop me from playing my physical games when my console isn't connected to the internet
What are they going to do pay my internet bills and force me to stay connected
I'm so annoyed at people complaining about this when most of them have happily given up and allowed and even encouraged this all digital dystopia
If the only thing I can do is hunt down the last remnants of physical games and keep them off the internet so I can keep playing them then so be it but I'm not going to just roll over and accept that its an impossibility just because I have to get off my $$ and change a disc or a cartridge every now and then to play
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SilverSpectre266
Wild because there have been games that have been in development much longer and cost much more than this did to make so idk where they got the idea this was even worthy of coining that title being released in that state. Nearly a decade of work and funding from the Singapore government and nothing to show for it. Then they are trying to say they have 2 more AAAA games in the works.
These companies, both movies and games, need to realize that throwing more money into a project doesn't guarantee that it's better then end up upset when they flop
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Wild because there have been games that have been in development much longer and cost much more than this did to make so idk where they got the idea this was even worthy of coining that title being released in that state. Nearly a decade of work and funding from the Singapore government and nothing to show for it. Then they are trying to say they have 2 more AAAA games in the works.
These companies, both movies and games, need to realize that throwing more money into a project doesn't guarantee that it's better then end up upset when they flop
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mkinkade7103
How long before Nolan’s girlfriend/wife, starts complaining that all he does is sit around all day and play video games As far as tipping devs, he was making an important acknowledgment, accidental or not, some devs work hard and care about quality service while many devs do just enough not to get fired. Crunch cannot be blamed on companies or managers every time. There’s been devs who recently quit and actually spoke out on how lazy devs were holding up progress because they were not mature enough to self manage.
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How long before Nolan’s girlfriend/wife, starts complaining that all he does is sit around all day and play video games As far as tipping devs, he was making an important acknowledgment, accidental or not, some devs work hard and care about quality service while many devs do just enough not to get fired. Crunch cannot be blamed on companies or managers every time. There’s been devs who recently quit and actually spoke out on how lazy devs were holding up progress because they were not mature enough to self manage.
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drased
in regards to the tekken sales, selling the first 2 Million copies of T8 quicker than T7 doesn't mean necessarily T8 attracted new and younger player - it could just mean 1/6th of the T7 was eager to migrate T8 as fast as possible.
the quick sales don't even mean more sales overall in the future.
Especially since T8 introduced alot of microtransaction stuff and has a mostly negative on recent reviews because of that on steam => which could scare off new players entirely.
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in regards to the tekken sales, selling the first 2 Million copies of T8 quicker than T7 doesn't mean necessarily T8 attracted new and younger player - it could just mean 1/6th of the T7 was eager to migrate T8 as fast as possible.
the quick sales don't even mean more sales overall in the future.
Especially since T8 introduced alot of microtransaction stuff and has a mostly negative on recent reviews because of that on steam => which could scare off new players entirely.
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gameranx
Piracy is no longer just preservation, piracy is the only way to save the gaming industry. Pirate all games from shitty companies, make them famous for every bug and failure, talk badly about them, support pirate groups that year down their servers. The quality has been falling and pushing normal people way. Let's make them pay. Let's make Bethesda choose to either Laurian or go bankrupt. For Ubisoft to start Beyond Good and Evil 2 or start filing for bankruptcy
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Piracy is no longer just preservation, piracy is the only way to save the gaming industry. Pirate all games from shitty companies, make them famous for every bug and failure, talk badly about them, support pirate groups that year down their servers. The quality has been falling and pushing normal people way. Let's make them pay. Let's make Bethesda choose to either Laurian or go bankrupt. For Ubisoft to start Beyond Good and Evil 2 or start filing for bankruptcy
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Nikishma
About Number 4 - in many games you can clever use ingame mechanics to parry (or dodge / grapple / blink away) the gravity. That they made it as intensional part of their game for me is just meh. Aside of many new game the most loved by me was in WoW when we had Mage Championship in Thousand Needles (ofc pre-cataclysm) where you jump from The Great Lift and need to blink just before hitting the ground. Who blinks at the lowwest hight wins: D
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About Number 4 - in many games you can clever use ingame mechanics to parry (or dodge / grapple / blink away) the gravity. That they made it as intensional part of their game for me is just meh. Aside of many new game the most loved by me was in WoW when we had Mage Championship in Thousand Needles (ofc pre-cataclysm) where you jump from The Great Lift and need to blink just before hitting the ground. Who blinks at the lowwest hight wins: D
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whit3shad3
The fact that you said absolutely NOTHING about the Stop Killing Games campaign after taking about The Crew shutdown says more than I need to know about Gameranx. You pretend to be about the gamers, but ultimately, you don't want to upset your publisher overlords.
You guys suck!
Oh and CDPR, you are not in any position to take the high ground after the crap you pulled with Cyberpunk and its release.
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The fact that you said absolutely NOTHING about the Stop Killing Games campaign after taking about The Crew shutdown says more than I need to know about Gameranx. You pretend to be about the gamers, but ultimately, you don't want to upset your publisher overlords.
You guys suck!
Oh and CDPR, you are not in any position to take the high ground after the crap you pulled with Cyberpunk and its release.
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gameranx
I dont think your complaint about number 8 are valid. It says watermarks for leaked footage. None of your points would fall under that problem. When Journalist bring those bad Things up, they wouldn't need to publish footage to warn potential buyers. It targets early Screening and similar things that are 99% made for money and fame and less for investigative journalism. At least in my opinion.
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I dont think your complaint about number 8 are valid. It says watermarks for leaked footage. None of your points would fall under that problem. When Journalist bring those bad Things up, they wouldn't need to publish footage to warn potential buyers. It targets early Screening and similar things that are 99% made for money and fame and less for investigative journalism. At least in my opinion.
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Petch85
11: 21
Look up stop killing games or Accursed Farms (there is a video and a short, The largest campaign ever to stop publishers destroying games, Game campaign ADHD version.
There might actually be something we can due to change this, if we care enough.
There is a webside and a mailing list, and there are action points for people living in many countries. At least give et a try.
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11: 21
Look up stop killing games or Accursed Farms (there is a video and a short, The largest campaign ever to stop publishers destroying games, Game campaign ADHD version.
There might actually be something we can due to change this, if we care enough.
There is a webside and a mailing list, and there are action points for people living in many countries. At least give et a try.
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DivinionFaith
I am not a fan of Denuvo, but I am not hating their hidden watermark thing. So many people break NDA's while testing games and dont get punished for it, let alone getting caught. As long as it is only used on pre-released copies of a game, not a launched game. If it's in the launched game and results in some shady punishments of people critiquing a game would be absolute bs.
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I am not a fan of Denuvo, but I am not hating their hidden watermark thing. So many people break NDA's while testing games and dont get punished for it, let alone getting caught. As long as it is only used on pre-released copies of a game, not a launched game. If it's in the launched game and results in some shady punishments of people critiquing a game would be absolute bs.
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jasmith85
I hope Ubiscam get taken to court here in the UK about the theft that Ubiscam are performing, if you pay for something like the crew and they take it away, you should be refunded. Ubisoft are complete con-artists in 2024, look at Rocksmith perfect example, Skull and Bones another, the list goes on and on. Don't give Ubisoft/Ubiscam a single penny it's the only way they'll learn.
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I hope Ubiscam get taken to court here in the UK about the theft that Ubiscam are performing, if you pay for something like the crew and they take it away, you should be refunded. Ubisoft are complete con-artists in 2024, look at Rocksmith perfect example, Skull and Bones another, the list goes on and on. Don't give Ubisoft/Ubiscam a single penny it's the only way they'll learn.
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rizones2286
Gaming is the only industry left before it got truly rotten with other industry's scummy practice. Remember when it supposed to be an alternative from watching cinema / films where buying one game could give you hundreds of entertainment before it get stale. Enthusiastic and savvy people are carrying the industry with their wallets.
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Gaming is the only industry left before it got truly rotten with other industry's scummy practice. Remember when it supposed to be an alternative from watching cinema / films where buying one game could give you hundreds of entertainment before it get stale. Enthusiastic and savvy people are carrying the industry with their wallets.
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rizones2286
I wonder how the watermark will work because it could lead to censorship because if watermark was already a thing when someone leaked buggy Cyberpunk footage, they could shutdown that someone down and people can't no longer trust reviews if they can't show footage of the bad stuff in the games.
But hey that's the worst scenario.
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I wonder how the watermark will work because it could lead to censorship because if watermark was already a thing when someone leaked buggy Cyberpunk footage, they could shutdown that someone down and people can't no longer trust reviews if they can't show footage of the bad stuff in the games.
But hey that's the worst scenario.
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Zantonny
The Denuvo one is hilarious for one main reason:
The pre-release stage almost never has any DRM because they want the best version to give to reviewers.
They put the DRM directly before release (Sometimes literally a day or two before release)
So, if they want to do this, they actually have to make their game review worse.
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The Denuvo one is hilarious for one main reason:
The pre-release stage almost never has any DRM because they want the best version to give to reviewers.
They put the DRM directly before release (Sometimes literally a day or two before release)
So, if they want to do this, they actually have to make their game review worse.
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iDEATH
Denuvo. adding one more reason not to support games/companies that use it. I still want to play Dragon's Dogma 2, but right now I'm happy it was crashing so much I refunded it within Steam's two hour no-questions window. I waited 11 years or whatever, so maybe I'll just wait a bit longer and see if Capcom removes Denuvo as the often do.
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Denuvo. adding one more reason not to support games/companies that use it. I still want to play Dragon's Dogma 2, but right now I'm happy it was crashing so much I refunded it within Steam's two hour no-questions window. I waited 11 years or whatever, so maybe I'll just wait a bit longer and see if Capcom removes Denuvo as the often do.
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moonbasebabY
Surprised you didn't mention that the new crew game that was released only allowed people to play for 5 hours before expecting you to pay 15 dollars to play the rest of the game, meaning if you bought the game on steam for 70$ played up until the literal pay wall you were unable to refund your game because of steams refund policy
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Surprised you didn't mention that the new crew game that was released only allowed people to play for 5 hours before expecting you to pay 15 dollars to play the rest of the game, meaning if you bought the game on steam for 70$ played up until the literal pay wall you were unable to refund your game because of steams refund policy
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JefferyBlue
As someone with SEVERE rheumatoid arthritis with no cure in sight I will 100% welcome the return of my lost functionality with Neurolink. Sorry, not sorry. Don't care. My body is failing me now and I'm barely middle aged. I will not die knowing I could regain some of my ability to interact with the world and did not take it.
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As someone with SEVERE rheumatoid arthritis with no cure in sight I will 100% welcome the return of my lost functionality with Neurolink. Sorry, not sorry. Don't care. My body is failing me now and I'm barely middle aged. I will not die knowing I could regain some of my ability to interact with the world and did not take it.
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r01d2
the Tekken producer's opinion about young generation allergic to responsibility, it's remind me great quote of Uncle Ben, Comes great power Comes great responsibility, in other angle mean people with great power taking responsibility and also the other polar, people without responsibility only showing how weakling they're.
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the Tekken producer's opinion about young generation allergic to responsibility, it's remind me great quote of Uncle Ben, Comes great power Comes great responsibility, in other angle mean people with great power taking responsibility and also the other polar, people without responsibility only showing how weakling they're.
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rmcl8037
The Denuvo thing you have a great take on. Is there agenda REALLY to protect developers or is it just more subterfuge for big game companies to not actually be held accountable for scummy practices and yeah, outright false advertising like you said, by placing the blame to leakers instead of admitting they suck
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The Denuvo thing you have a great take on. Is there agenda REALLY to protect developers or is it just more subterfuge for big game companies to not actually be held accountable for scummy practices and yeah, outright false advertising like you said, by placing the blame to leakers instead of admitting they suck
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