themoken

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[–] themoken@startrek.website 1 points 19 minutes ago

I don't hate the Kelvinverse movies, I appreciate they're in a separate timeline and they can be fun popcorn movies. Movie Trek is always a different angle.

That said, I wonder what Star Trek Discovery looks like if it was trying to follow TV Trek's footsteps instead of being JJ-esque lensflare and martial arts. Seems like they had to make a few crappy shows just to triangulate that people want to take their time and get to know a crew like they did in the older series.

[–] themoken@startrek.website 2 points 3 hours ago (12 children)

I watched the pilot for this show and it didn't really grab me, did it get good eventually?

[–] themoken@startrek.website 2 points 2 days ago

No, that women will dress provocatively and then shame people that actually look at them.

[–] themoken@startrek.website 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Also been enjoying Pokopia and have totally fallen prey to the "I'll just wander around and rebuild stuff" play style, completely ignoring the story until I feel like I have to get to the next zone.

10/10 would wander aimlessly spamming blocks with Pokemon friends in tow anytime. I can't express how happy I am to have something to do other than beat the shit out of cute animals to capture them.

[–] themoken@startrek.website 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Great view. I appreciate you posting here.

[–] themoken@startrek.website 5 points 5 days ago

I really don't have any problem with any of these types of achievements in general. Even the super basic ones that you get by starting a game are useful to determine what percentage of people who own the game have actually played it beyond the menu screen.

The best achievements are ones you get for being clever, skilled, or dedicated. Or when it's an unhidden achievement for something you didn't even know was possible. Like the BG3 achievement for saving the goblin Sazza - just seeing it was possible made my next play through more interesting.

I do appreciate long ending achievements, but only if they indicate a significantly different playthrough. Good ending vs. bad ending works when that's the result of many decisions and not just an option you chose ten minutes from the end.

[–] themoken@startrek.website 2 points 5 days ago

I've been enjoying the series and his character specifically. I love how empathetic he is, just trying to make everyone in his world seen and cared for. I don't even register he's the same guy from Stranger Things to be honest. Hope the show sticks the landing.

[–] themoken@startrek.website 4 points 6 days ago

Eh, it makes sense for Steam share, this data is entirely gaming users. It would be a mistake to try to relate this to overall market share though.

[–] themoken@startrek.website 8 points 1 week ago

I'm also generally skeptical, but the fact that it's a coupon code and a token amount makes me think it's legit. You shouldn't need to give up any personal info to redeem a coupon.

[–] themoken@startrek.website 45 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Piracy if you absolutely must.

It always blows my mind how much of a heel JKR is. All billionaires are bastards, but you have to be among the worst people on earth to use your billions to be a high profile bigot.

[–] themoken@startrek.website 9 points 1 week ago

Yeah, it's really hard to judge a stage set that's obviously incomplete and unlit. This could end up looking great... Or it could end up as a cringe inducing memory for years to come.

[–] themoken@startrek.website 1 points 1 week ago

We all need more Le Guin in our lives.

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submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by themoken@startrek.website to c/baldurs_gate_3@lemmy.world
 

I'm doing two simultaneous runs, a good Sorcadin run on Tactician and a dark urge, evil Berserker run in Honor Mode that follows along. The good party is basically acting as an advance team to remind me of the scary encounters, ambushes etc. but I've also never done an evil durge run so it's not exactly a 1:1 comparison.

The evil party is just shy of Act 2, but I'm playing with the only companions I have access to (because of my evil actions) and I'm roughly trying to play them on type. Astarion is a Gloomstalker Assassin, Lae'zel is an Eldritch Knight and Shadowheart is a Light Domain Cleric. We are cake walking at the moment, didn't really break a sweat through the Underdark and Monastery. I'm concerned at not having a true caster... But I'm also sort of intrigued at the viability of this party.

Counterspell is the big thing I'm worried about. The advance team is proccing it constantly. Also replacing Haste with potions would suck and I can't get the Haste bow (I assume, Dammon is dead). So far relying on cleric skills for AoE has been working okay.

Can I get away with using speed potions and maybe something clever like going full anti-magic and using Sussur blooms with some party tweaks?(edit: apparently that's not possible anymore, but still Silencing weapons etc.)

Or, should I bite the bullet and spec Minthara as something castery when I get her? If so, who do I replace?

Any suggestions welcome.

 

I have my Linux box running my TV and it works great, but I'd like the ability to treat my Chromecast as a desktop window for streaming without switching inputs, multitasking etc. I have an HDMI capture card that works great with a Switch, but the Chromecast detects it's not HDCP (DRM) compliant so it won't work. Is there a way to outsmart that detection with software or hardware?

I've heard some knock off hardware confuses it enough to work but it seems like the info is old and I'd rather not roll the dice on hardware that's otherwise garbage...

 

Hey all. I use the Jellyfin Android app to control an MPV shim running on Linux (Arch, Plasma 6) and for the most part it works great. However, sometimes the app just completely loses track of what's playing or where in the video it is. I can still pause/play blind, but I'd like to be able to tell where I am in a season/episode. Any trick to dealing with this?

For reference I have the app set to "unoptimized" battery usage so it shouldn't just be going to sleep. I do have to open Jellyfin to actually send pause/play button presses from the notification though so I don't know if I just need a better workaround (I'm on the latest Android version if that matters). I also had the same problems using a Chromecast but never bothered to mess with that since the dongle is proprietary, but with the mpv shim the whole stack is open source so I thought I'd ask...

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