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    Things you once believed about the game that ended up being untrue?

    in Red Dead Redemption 2

    Posted

    6 minutes ago, YodaMan 3D said:

    blindfold, gag, and hogtied to the back of a horse and sent out in the middle of a battlefield.  You have to free yourself before you can start fighting.

     

    Just start everyone around the perimeter of the map on horseback, randomly spaced apart, or have preselected spawns but random assignments.  To drive everyone closer together, have either tornadoes or wildfire closing in.

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    Cheats, glitches, and hacks?

    in Off-Topic

    Posted

    On 10/10/2018 at 1:15 PM, YodaMan 3D said:

    Just curious how many feel it is ok to use a cheat, glitch, or hack if others are doing it in the game just so you can keep up?

    Cheating is the equivalent of buying a billboard next to the freeway and declaring to the public at large that "I suck, and cannot hang with the average player.  I need a competitive advantage to be good at something!"

     

    On 10/10/2018 at 1:45 PM, Truth said:

    just means that you're not good enough to play a fair game.

    Exactly.  That'd be like me walking up to the counter of my local apothecary and asking for sildenafil citrate to gain a competitive advantage.

    On 10/10/2018 at 4:27 PM, Freddie Mercury said:

    I don't give a sh*t about what place I'm at on the Leaderboards or what my statistics are. I play to have fun and nothing else.

    Image result for freddie mercury on darth vader

    On 10/10/2018 at 1:52 PM, Kean_1 said:

    If I've learned anything over all these years is that if there is a way to exploit, take advantage of or hack a game, there will always be people Bottom-Feeding-Basement-Dwelling-Hotpocket-Scarfing-Mountain-Dew-Slurping-Doritos-dust-encrusted-fingered-Mouth-Breathers to do it.

    Fixed.

    On 10/10/2018 at 3:15 PM, Kean_1 said:

    Now that I think about it, I should mention that in GTAV:O that I have used an exploit of sorts on my PS4 that allows me to join public, free roam sessions alone or with very few other randoms so I can do business missions in relative peace. 

    The difference here, is that you aren't using it to gain a competitive advantage or to troll other players.  BIG difference.

    On 10/11/2018 at 5:30 AM, debbo89 said:

    Reading through this as someone who doesn’t play online, I am interested to hear from others what makes online gaming such a draw to people?

    I can't speak for others, but when I have the opportunity to game with friends, both cooperatively and competitively, it enhances the experience exponentially.  The online component of games like RDRO, The Division, or GTAO have an allure that's essentially a smaller scale version of an MMORPG or an ARPG, especially with the level of detail in the case of RDR2.  Building a posse/crew/gang online and having fun together can be a very rewarding experience among like-minded individuals.

     

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    Explain your username

    in Off-Topic

    Posted · Edited by BropolloCreed79

    7 hours ago, DylBandit said:

    ...because in Red Dead Redemption 2 we are all going to be a Bandit or Outlaw in a gang. 

    Speak for yourself.  I'm going to be a functioning alcoholic.  

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    Getting PS4 to Recognize External Hard Drive?

    in Off-Topic

    Posted

    21 minutes ago, Cokeyskunk said:

    Yeah, that's my next task. Then, PRAY.

    I'm actually heading out this weekend to pick up an internal SSD to do a swap.  Probably 1 TB.  The PITA will be dropping everything onto an external first as a backup before swapping out the drives.  I figure 1 TB will give me plenty of space since I don't download movies and I only play about 2-3 games at a time.  

    But on a 500GB drive?  100+GBs of data is too much of the space.  Plus, it's the original HD, so I know that'll go sooner as opposed to later.

    Is there a food thread?

    in Off-Topic

    Posted

    39 minutes ago, Cokeyskunk said:

    Ohh! You people drive me nuts!

    When you barbecue with mustard, YOU CANNOT TASTE THE MUSTARD! It all just cooks into the barbecue. It acts only as an insulator and flavor conductor for the rub. 

    Even people who DETEST mustard love barbecue that's been prepped with mustard.

    That is, unless you TELL them you used mustard.

    Then they're all . . . 

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    I use nasty yellow French's nonsense. I mix it with pickle juice and slather it on pork and beef. Never tastes one iota like mustard. But does taste better than not using it.

    I don't know about all that.  I specialize in Stromboli and Pie.  And now, cinnamon burgers.

    Is there a food thread?

    in Off-Topic

    Posted

    2 minutes ago, Truth said:

    You lost me there...

    Not nasty yellow French's nonsense.  We like that sophisticated Grey Poupon stuff.  It adds a nice bit of bitterness to the bark and infuses the meat that pairs well with everything else that goes on.

    Is there a food thread?

    in Off-Topic

    Posted

    43 minutes ago, Cokeyskunk said:

    Fellow pitmaster, here.  I have a Dyna-Glo offset pit that works wonders (albeit a bit small for me). I've done briskets, beef & pork ribs, pork shoulder, fatties, chickens, turkeys, sausages, even cheese. But have never smoked a burger. How long and at what temp? What wood? (my go-to is Post Oak)

    Would love the recipe. I have a massive pork shoulder in the deep freeze just looking for an excuse to come out and play.

    Not much to it really, just that Jack, and then smoking with apple cider vinegar and some hickory chips.  Coats the meat with mustard before he starts so the "bark" has a nice base to build off of.  He uses a probe to make sure the meat is at the serve safe temp and pulls it.  I'll ask him when he gets back into town.  

    Is there a food thread?

    in Off-Topic

    Posted

    1 minute ago, DylBandit said:

    Actually I use to do this all the time, but it didn't taste like straight cinnamon. I smoke meats, and my favorite meat to smoke is burgers and for the seasonings I use brown sugar, cinnamon, garlic, salt, pepper, and other rubs. Then, I punch a few holes into the patty and pour some Jack Daniels so it goes into the meat and soaks. Leave all that sit in the fridge overnight, and then slap it on the smoker for a few hours. SOOOOOOOOOOO GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD. 

    My old man smokes pork shoulder for Thanksgiving, and one of the things he does is inject the meat with Jack 2 or 3 days before he smokes it.  I agree with your assessment of the magic of Jack's meat-curing properties.

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    Is there a food thread?

    in Off-Topic

    Posted · Edited by BropolloCreed79

    44 minutes ago, DylBandit said:

    I could go for some food. 

    Ready to have your mind blown?

    Cinnamon burgers.

    Just form up a patty, and absolutely coat that sucker with pure, unadulterated ground cinnamon (like a thick coat of dry rub).

    Tuns out, it's only the best burger ever.  No need for cheese or condiments, just meat and bun.  It tastes nothing like you'd expect it to, because cinnamon is so married to sugar in baking that we all expect it to be sweet.  As it turns out, it's nothing like that AT ALL.  It was the juiciest, most savory and compelling burger I ever had.  I made a second to confirm, and upped the amount of cinnamon.  It was even better the second time around.

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    Weaponry Feature is here

    in Red Dead Redemption 2

    Posted

    1 hour ago, DylBandit said:

    and I don't think they will have this in Red Dead Online if that's what people are worried about.

    They absolutely should have this in RDO.  It's a form of competitive balance.  When a small number of players have access to the best items in the game, there should be an element of strategy involved in maintaining that competitive edge.  If I have an overpowered scattergun, I shouldn't be able to just roll through common areas blasting away with impunity.  At some point natural degradation of the firearm should be a legitimate concern, just as it was back then. 

    Even now, the military routinely tracks the number of rounds fired by each weapon, and gunsmiths or armorers are on-site to maintain, repair, or replace weapons that meet certain thresholds for basic maintenance.  Police forces replace weapons that have had a certain number of rounds fired based on manufacturer's specifications.  Having the need to maintain and devote time and resources to the online component is a natural extension of the slavish adherence to realism R* is permeating the game with.  If the physics of horse testicles was that important, this is a no-brainer by extension.

    Online Still Being Written...

    in Red Dead Online

    Posted

    16 hours ago, Kean_1 said:

    Here is a link to the source article from Vulture.  It's hard to tell when Hauser made the quote about still writing for RDO but it may have been back in August if you follow the timeline of the article.  .....I didn't read the whole thing.

    The whole thing is part and parcel for working in a production environment when you're up against a deadline.  I worked for a media company that was producing content in the past, and I routinely worked 36-48 hour shifts when we were up against it, but that would literally be once every three or four months, and not a regular occurrence.  They'd feed us, let us sleep on couches, and we'd get paid overtime for it, so there really wasn't much to complain about it.

    Those are also offset by entire months of regular to light duty, especially in a ROWE (Results Only Work Environment).  If anything, the need for a crunch at the end of production is the result of poor planning by the project manager, who clearly didn't build in enough time into the schedule, or create a realistic, workable timeframe to begin with.  A good project manager anticipates those things, and has the power and blessing of upper management to initiate corrective measures and actions against team members who routinely under-perform or miss project goals.  I've seen entire projects bogged down by the actions/incompetence/apathy of ONE individual.  A chain is only as strong as it's weakest link, so it takes a project manager with tremendous vision to prevent things like crunch sessions from being a necessity.

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    Is there a food thread?

    in Off-Topic

    Posted

    2 hours ago, Cokeyskunk said:

    There's a hidden comment in-between them that is being reviewed by Invision. (just for format purposes)  As soon as they've had a chance to check things out with it, it'l be unhidden. And I, redeemed.

    Spoiler alert, @Truth, I broke the forums again.

    Edit: I bet "artesianal charcuterie" is what got me flagged.  It just sounds dirty.

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    Is there a food thread?

    in Off-Topic

    Posted

    3 hours ago, Cokeyskunk said:

    That's @NthnButAGoodTime for ya. Always lighting his cigars with $100 bills, burning stock certificates rather than chopping firewood, and replacing his "peasant" iron plumbing pipes with 24k gold ones "in case someone digs near my house."

    . . . oh, and buying Instant Pots.

    Hey, if I'm going to spend frivolously, it's going to be on important stuff, like craft beer, imported liquor, and artesianal charcuterie boards.

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