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  1. Tuco

    AI: The Rise of the Machines... Or Just a Lot of Overhyped Chatbots?

    This is kind of a unique situation because they're only using what are probably very simple 3D models to generate sprites. I'm also calling shenanigans on this. Or maybe there are midjourney features I'm not aware of. Even when doing what he's talking about and creating sprites, Midjourney...
  2. Tuco

    The Astronomy Thread

    I'm sure this has been disseminated before, but in this interview Musk said the biggest reason there's a gap between Starship flights is they had to redesign the Raptor engine. I don't understand the details but everything I read about the Raptor makes me think it's "very cool". The way they mix...
  3. Tuco

    The Astronomy Thread

    Let's goooo
  4. Tuco

    EQ TLP - Oakwynd (Evolving Ruleset Progression Server)

    Classic leveling strat as a rogue: find someone to carry you. I like leveling a druid first or early on whatever account and using them for ports, powerleveling, whatever for other chars. Easy to level that rogue when you've got a pocket druid handing out damage shields, heals, sow etc etc.
  5. Tuco

    The Astronomy Thread

    Sure, marshlands across the globe are important, but the amount of concern given to this shithole of a launch site environment is totally disingenuous.
  6. Tuco

    The Astronomy Thread

    But seriously, the concept of boring into the ground and then utilizing the excavated material to build upwards with is pretty interesting. It's a huge part of Musk's Mars ambitions that's being worked on in in the Boring Company. I keep tabs on that effort and while it's not as dramatic as...
  7. Tuco

    Mass effect Remastered - Legendary Edition - 2021

    Things you didn't hear during the covid shutdown: I'm about to do another full replay of mass effect! I'm about to do a rewatch of game of thrones!
  8. Tuco

    EQ TLP - Oakwynd (Evolving Ruleset Progression Server)

    Better yet, make a time machine and then come back with posts of people saying, "Wow, they really did a great job policing the many ways FTE can be exploited.", because that's literally the only way I'd believe it. If they can't bust people for 3+ boxing in Aradune, they aren't doing shit for FTE.
  9. Tuco

    Rajaah's CRPG Blog

  10. Tuco

    The Astronomy Thread

    From what I'm reading they're not trying to practice the Starship landing on the water, I wonder why? I also wonder how close the Booster will land to the launch site. I wonder why they aren't landing it on the ground somewhere they don't mind blowing up. The idea that there are environmental...
  11. Tuco

    Rajaah's CRPG Blog

    But seriously, elden ring has kinda ruined a lot of open world games for me. Hogwarts legacy felt flat just because none of the enemies seemed threatening or an obstacle to overcome. They were just... Part of the narrative
  12. Tuco

    Rajaah's CRPG Blog

    Congratulations.
  13. Tuco

    The 100 prisoners riddle

    Another 100 prisoners, this time with green eyes. This makes sense but it's gone through my mind a few times after watching it.
  14. Tuco

    Super Mario Bros. (2022)

    Fun movie. My kid dressed up as mario and there were like thirty other kids dressed up too. Everybody was there, Dr Mario, Lakitus, a hammer bro. One of the adults was dressed up as a block.
  15. Tuco

    EQ TLP - Oakwynd (Evolving Ruleset Progression Server)

    I agree with your point about them maybe wanting to go after plvling as a way to increase player retention. The whole server seems retention and leveling focused for a casual market, given that's what all three attributes are based around. I think their attempts are pretty misguided though...
  16. Tuco

    The Astronomy Thread

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    The Astronomy Thread

  18. Tuco

    EQ TLP - Oakwynd (Evolving Ruleset Progression Server)

    One of the stances DPG has that is whipping EQ players into a furor is they rarely tweak things post-release. Vaniki is an example where an effort was made to select bosses for each tier, and they stuck to those bosses even when it was demonstrated they were unrealistic and needed to evaluate...
  19. Tuco

    EQ TLP - Oakwynd (Evolving Ruleset Progression Server)

    I hope they go through with it too. If it's a disaster I hope they re-evaluate how they design and develop TLPs. That's unlikely though. Vaniki was a disaster from player population perspective, partially because they did a poor job tuning it and didn't re-evaluate post-release, and I dont'...
  20. Tuco

    EQ TLP - Oakwynd (Evolving Ruleset Progression Server)

    It's kinda fun but mindless for GW2 raids. Everyone zergs the fuck outta mobs and gets their meager loot + a lotto for good loot. Sometimes you need to run an unpopular event and have to rally forces or the event is challenging and you need to coordinate which can be fun. It's very not-EQ.
  21. Tuco

    EQ TLP - Oakwynd (Evolving Ruleset Progression Server)

    @Soygen request you change the thread name to "Jokewynd" instead of "Oakwynd".
  22. Tuco

    EQ TLP - Oakwynd (Evolving Ruleset Progression Server)

    I'd say the consensus is all three are hostile. Legacy chars and server-wide bonuses are positive impacts but are misguided. The only people bringing them up say it's a non-factor and probably not worht the time to code. It's all a symptom of the same problem: the developers are totally out of...
  23. Tuco

    EQ TLP - Oakwynd (Evolving Ruleset Progression Server)

    you fucking nerd posting as a junior moderator. All they want to do is hide all the feedback into an invisible thread and then lock/hide it for "trolling", hand out a few bans and then ban anyone who brings up what they're doing for the next week. They'll do that for a week until they move on...
  24. Tuco

    EQ TLP - Oakwynd (Evolving Ruleset Progression Server)

    It's also what she calls her magic vibrator. So this server is named after a dildo.
  25. Tuco

    EQ TLP - Oakwynd (Evolving Ruleset Progression Server)

    Instahoe? Mansplaining? Are you just vomiting random words without knowing what they mean?
  26. Tuco

    EQ TLP - Oakwynd (Evolving Ruleset Progression Server)

    Legacy characters: *shrug*. The benefits from having high-level characters around to plvl or simply buff you exceeds a measly 20% bonus. I don't know what problem this is supposed to fix. A more fun buff would be to create a special AA per class that you can use if you have a max-level character...
  27. Tuco

    Factorio

    I still feel like a bitch whenever I think about Factorio and how I never beat Space Exploration. Here's the full Pyandon + Alien Life tech tree for ONE research module: https://i.redd.it/28y64vfnjxv91.jpg
  28. Tuco

    EQ TLP - Oakwynd (Evolving Ruleset Progression Server)

    Just got back from visiting DPG and talking about the next TLP. They said, and I quote, "Sir, this is a Wendy's".
  29. Tuco

    Science!! Fucking magnets, how do they work?

    bottom of the article
  30. Tuco

    Will Wight

    Interesting that he's jumping into the "THESE INSECTS THEY EAT STARS AND HE SHOOTS THEM WITH HIS WAND AND BLOWS UP THE CONCEPT OF SPACE AROUND THE INSECTS SO THEY CANT BREATHE" before having 8 books ramping up toward that.
  31. Tuco

    Oppenheimer (2023)

    I heard that Oppenheimer will only be using practical effects, no CGI. I turned Tenet off after 15 minutes when he was in a shooting range, some lady gave him a bullet and said it shoots time or some dumb shit. I knew nothing about it before starting it. Maybe I should've given it more of a...
  32. Tuco

    All things Brandon Sanderson

    wow what a loser. I wonder how much time he spends in a closet sniffing his own farts.
  33. Tuco

    Rajaah's CRPG Blog

    The trip through the island, Sahagin area, etc etc is one of the greatest adventure arcs in any game I've played. You enter that journey as a mid-tier adventurer and emerge from the last zone in that arc as a true powerhouse. Returning to the slums feels like coming home and being ready to take...
  34. Tuco

    EQ TLP - Oakwynd (Evolving Ruleset Progression Server)

    Confirmed ruleset from top trusted poster on the EQ forums.
  35. Tuco

    Science!! Fucking magnets, how do they work?

    https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/aenm.202203789 30% isn't bad, especially if it's not some bullshit comparison of theoretical densities vs some conservative figure they got for lion. A lot cost, high volume, high recharge count system could really improve the market for solar array...
  36. Tuco

    Science!! Fucking magnets, how do they work?

    A notional cost / kwh, volume/kwh or mass/kwh not being present in this article is probably a bad sign.
  37. Tuco

    Pit bulls - The Breed of Peace

    Learned that Cocker Rage is a thing. I always knew these dogs were likely to be shit-tier dogs but man. Dude in the pic has epilepsy. Dog normally just kinda watches him when he seizes but the most recent time the dog freaked the fucked out and ate his face off. gore...
  38. Tuco

    Rajaah's CRPG Blog

    Drizzt is so broken OP in BG1. My favorite tactic for killing him is to surround him with my party members, remove them from the group and then swing at him with a halbred or whatever with super long reach.
  39. Tuco

    Rajaah's CRPG Blog

    How did you decide which mods you wanted, download them, configure them and sort their load orders? I wanted to do something similar and was overwhelmed with how much apparent work it'd take to do that.