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Technology & Information / Re: Xbox and Valve finally have their baby

« on: August 04, 2014, 07:51:33 AM »

Software can fix latency. It can't, however, fix the fact that you have a ghetto ass connection and can't receive high resolution content from the server fast enough.

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Technology & Information / Re: Xbox and Valve finally have their baby

« on: July 27, 2014, 09:15:36 AM »

lol gigabit connections in 10 years. Just a few people are getting that shit now, and it's expensive. There will be a lack of need for such a connection as well, even 10 years from now.

If technology continues to progress at the rate it has been, gigabit connections will be common in 10 years.

Assuming this hypothetical gigabit world, why would PC's be worse when the PC gaming market already largely exists on various cloud systems?

What? You mean that people download their games from services like Steam, right? That's not what I'm talking about.

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Technology & Information / Re: Xbox and Valve finally have their baby

« on: July 27, 2014, 08:17:14 AM »

PC gaming will die before console gaming. The reason is that PC gaming is more of a solitary experience. It's more of a chore to set up a LAN party or lug your computer around than to just bring a console and plug in three extra controllers. For a lot of people, console gaming is just more fun. And game mechanics will always be > graphics in terms of enjoyment.

Considering how many split screen games are being made these days, I'm going to say you're wrong.
Very, very wrong.

That isn't why he's wrong. Also, many split screen games for the PC?

In 10 years when everyone has gigabit internet connections, we'll just pay for a cloud based service and we'll stream games to our TV through an Apple TV size box. The PC enthusiast days will end as the smartphone generation grows up.

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Technology & Information / Re: Xbox and Valve finally have their baby

« on: July 27, 2014, 12:32:38 AM »

PC gaming will die before console gaming. The reason is that PC gaming is more of a solitary experience. It's more of a chore to set up a LAN party or lug your computer around than to just bring a console and plug in three extra controllers. For a lot of people, console gaming is just more fun. And game mechanics will always be > graphics in terms of enjoyment.

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Technology & Information / Re: Xbox and Valve finally have their baby

« on: July 26, 2014, 10:01:48 AM »

So it's not possible?

$395
That's Case, Motherboard, memory, Video Card, Power supply, HDD, DVD Drive, keyboard, mouse.  Basically everything an XBox360 comes with.
Not only does this more or less exceed the XBox360 in specs but it should run GTA IV without a problem.

AMD Athlon X4 740 Trinity Quad-Core 3.2GHz
ESC A55F2P-M2 AMD A55 Micro ATX Motherboard.
2xTeam Elite 2GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM
Micro-ATX Case
WD HDD 500 GB SATA2
Lite-ON 18x DVD-ROM drive.
FSP 450w MicroATX Power Supply
Diamond Radeon R5 230 Graphics Card.  1GB DDR3 PCI-Express 3.0x16
Keyboard
mouse

OS not included.

I hope you didn't buy this. That's the cringiest budget PC I've ever seen. Just wait for black friday and get an AMD APU build that's twice as good for the same price.

Its designed to run GTA 4 well for under $400.
So yeah, its budget.  Why is it cringiest though?  Its not like you can get cheaper and better parts now.

The CPU is slow as balls, the PSU is a crappy brand, along with the motherboard, awful budget RAM, slow GPU, and it looks like that's a WD Green hard drive or something. You can get a faster one for the same price. If he wants a platform to play just one game, he should get a console so he knows he can at least play any games that will be released for it. If he got this, it's already outdated and he probably won't be able to play many games that he'll inevitably want to play.

Just save up for an APU build and you can just not get a GPU and add one later if you want.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Bubonic Plague is back with a vengeance.

« on: July 25, 2014, 11:01:37 AM »

There will be another population control event whether you like it or not. Nature likes balance.

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Technology & Information / Re: Xbox and Valve finally have their baby

« on: July 25, 2014, 10:51:24 AM »

So it's not possible?

$395
That's Case, Motherboard, memory, Video Card, Power supply, HDD, DVD Drive, keyboard, mouse.  Basically everything an XBox360 comes with.
Not only does this more or less exceed the XBox360 in specs but it should run GTA IV without a problem.

AMD Athlon X4 740 Trinity Quad-Core 3.2GHz
ESC A55F2P-M2 AMD A55 Micro ATX Motherboard.
2xTeam Elite 2GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM
Micro-ATX Case
WD HDD 500 GB SATA2
Lite-ON 18x DVD-ROM drive.
FSP 450w MicroATX Power Supply
Diamond Radeon R5 230 Graphics Card.  1GB DDR3 PCI-Express 3.0x16
Keyboard
mouse

OS not included.

I hope you didn't buy this. That's the cringiest budget PC I've ever seen. Just wait for black friday and get an AMD APU build that's twice as good for the same price.

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Technology & Information / Re: Xbox and Valve finally have their baby

« on: July 15, 2014, 10:06:30 PM »

This console was hodgepodge'd together at the last minute. It feels pretty janky.

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Suggestions & Concerns / Re: Wikipedia

« on: July 15, 2014, 10:03:02 PM »

The moderation and technical upkeep of this forum are superior. As for the wikipedia fiasco, this isn't wikipedia is it? Maybe you should take your case there.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Shooting in Texas leaves 6 dead.

« on: July 10, 2014, 06:53:09 AM »

A blanket-wide gun ban wouldn't work in America because the country is too damn big.

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Arts & Entertainment / Re: Now Playing

« on: July 08, 2014, 07:01:21 AM »

Uriah Heep - The Wizard

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Arts & Entertainment / Re: Steam Summer Sale 2014

« on: June 29, 2014, 11:58:43 PM »

I bought Guaccamelee!

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Arts & Entertainment / Re: Game of Thrones

« on: June 29, 2014, 05:06:36 AM »

The universe is much, much bigger than that.

Thanks for letting me know. I didn't know that before.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Do YOU believe in Communism?

« on: June 29, 2014, 04:18:36 AM »

Obviously it depends on the general ethical standing of the culture or country you implement it in. For example, an authoritarian society with an advanced sense of morality will be more conducive to a better life than a democratic society with a regressed sense of morality. 

I voted no because I haven't seen it work yet on a massive scale without millions of people getting slaughtered.

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Arts & Entertainment / Re: Game of Thrones

« on: June 29, 2014, 03:42:21 AM »

Not really. Tolkien wasn't like that, and he was writing middle earth books right up until he died. Some of these fantasy authors have a very nuanced view of their world. I honestly don't know what GRRM is doing with his latest books, whether he intentionally meanders or if he just has no idea what he's doing.

Lotr is only three books. It follows the standard "intro, body, and conclusion" format and it works perfectly.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Cultural appropriation

« on: June 29, 2014, 03:39:57 AM »

Why has this non-issue been getting so much attention over the past few years?

Because social justice warriors have a socially acceptable avenue in our culture to spread their viewpoints and they're capitalizing on it. They want recognition, money, respect, whatever. You're right that it's labeled as progressive when it's really regressive.

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Arts & Entertainment / Re: Game of Thrones

« on: June 28, 2014, 04:06:43 AM »

Then that's a fuckup on both their parts. Why reintroduce a major character for no reason at all?

It's almost as if Martin has no idea what he's doing and is making shit up as he goes along.

Doesn't that usually happen with a book series that goes on for too long?

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: US arming terrorists

« on: June 27, 2014, 09:52:58 AM »

You're like 20 years late with this.

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Arts & Entertainment / Re: Game of Thrones

« on: June 23, 2014, 10:15:23 AM »

Her character didn't develop while she spent the whole season with the Hound?

I don't understand the question. She did develop, but it's not like she fell in love with him. I always thought it seemed like he grew to respect her rather than the other way around. I don't think you understand Arya very well. She's incredibly cold and calculated, she's got the makings for an assassin. She knows he's dying but she doesn't want to give him the luxury of an easy death. Everyone else she killed was quick because she's a little girl and if she didn't kill them quick then they would kill her. The Hound was in no position to fight back so she could just leave him knowing he would die.

Or she's giving him a small chance at life, however you want to look at it.

She's a pretty shitty assassin if she didn't make sure he was dead.

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Arts & Entertainment / Steam Summer Sale 2014

« on: June 19, 2014, 08:35:19 PM »

What are you getting, or what do you hope goes on sale? I'm waiting for Civilization V to go lower.