Trinsec @Qoto @trinsec@social.cleverlibre.org

@freemo You know, that actually raises a good point. You might have the right to bear arms... muskets, that is. You probably shouldn't have the right to own one of those modern weapons at all. ;)

@gmate8 Flat out gorgeous, yeah. ;)
@JonathanMBR

@JonathanMBR Pretty impressive, as if the earth split in two people must've thought.

@thomasfuchs Sigh, those moments never get easier. Just keep in mind he's had a fantastic life with you. Cherish those memories...

Woh, I'm glad I don't live in hilly terrain. There are gigantic floods over in the province Limburg. Already over 10k people had to evacuate. Belgium and Germany are worse off.

On the other hand, I'm probably now living in a province with the most infections. Thanks, students, for not listening to your common sense when our minister said everything was possible again. (Can somebody fire that minister already? Not the first time he did a blunder. :P)

I think we could use some good news about now.. :P

@MicroSFF I agree with the witch, find better friends. Real friends let you drink whatever you want.

@ethicsperoxide ATM Machines. PIN Number.

@Acer That's a good question. Do you read English books? Chances are that 'Anhedonia' is barely if ever mentioned in there.

How do you learn English? Are you actively reading somewhere (books, social media, television), or do you mainly look in a dictionary?

My idea is, if you know 'Anhedonia', you might be pretty good at English already. ;)

For some English words I still peruse the dictionary (dictionary.com for example), that's fine. That's normal. Even for my own language (Dutch) I use the dictionary sometimes if I encounter a word that I don't know.

The biggest tip I can give is to use the dictionary in the language you want to learn. No translations. And if you encounter a word that you're not sure of in a sentence, just keep on reading. Usually the word becomes clear in context. If at the end of the story you still don't understand that word, you can use the dictionary as mentioned above. This helps you learn the language faster.

@Acer I'm wondering if your goal is to learn *every* english word in existence. I don't think many people have ever heard of Anhedonia before?

@freemo Probably depends on whether they have a fair amount of whales. 99% crap players, 1% rich players that pay for everything. Then a subscription model will be far away.

I wouldn't mind subscription model coming back... I'm a lifetimer so it wouldn't affect me much. ;)

@freemo It's probably way too late for Standing Stone Games to go back to a subscription model in this day and age. But if they can actually tackle the things that Turbine started slacking on once they switched to a 'Freemium' model, they might stand a chance.

The base game (all up until and with Mines of Moria) is still decent and enjoyable. It's just after Moria that you can see that the storyline starts to suck. Especially Rohan.. oh gods...

Freemium is not a reason to make the game suck. Guild Wars 2 tackles it nicely.

I can only hope SSG knows what they're doing. They did also let this fester on for too long.

@fraggle What Toys You People Play?

@lydiaconwell Yeah.

Specs-wise that hardware was fine I believe. It's just that the whole thing was handled rather shoddily.

I guess I should've left when the server was unresponsive for a few days for the umpteenth time and the hoster was off to family business and not responding to emails. Sure, I understand people have a real life, but this was a bit too often and the downtimes too frequent. I guess that was kinda an omen for the crash to come and the lack of communication (still haven't heard anything from him so far).

Ah well, started afresh here and so far it's pretty damn stable which is a relief.

@lydiaconwell That is exactly what happened to my previous instance. Well, not sold, but was handed over to someone else to continue it.
Not even a half year later that instance crashed something fierce and was lost. That was some lousy hardware they ran that on, sigh. :P I don't think it'll ever go up again.

What did I want to say with this story? Mm.. maybe that it's just not a guarantee that it'll continue forever.

Oh, let's hope so. Lord of the Rings Online is considering improving its business model.
https://massivelyop.com/2021/07/15/lotro-considers-improving-its-business-model-as-players-present-weatherstock-xiii/

When the game was still subscription-based, the storyline was good and the gameplay challenging.

After the release of Mines of Moria expansion, the game became free-to-play and quality dwindled with every new expansion. Their Store was very aggressively marketed, it really got annoying. It was sad to see the decline.

I hope they manage to fix that shit and improve the storyline and quests which was my major reason to stop playing. Nobody wants to muck stables or fetch simple stuff anymore near endgame.
#Games #LotRO #MMORPG

Huh, I just stumbled on this:
https://store.steampowered.com/steamdeck

Didn't know Valve was working on a handheld console which can be docked. (maybe same idea as the Switch there?)

It does look fairly interesting, especially if you have a large Steam library and can use this as a console.
#Games #Steam #SteamDeck

@thomasfuchs With a hammer, everything fits!

@Acer Dark mode is a way of life!

@zd915 That's a pretty cool picture. It's only missing a few lasers!

For people who still don't have Syberia I and Syberia II, those two games can be claimed for free at https://www.gog.com now!

In my experience, those are very fine point and click adventures with great art and storytelling. I enjoyed them a lot. Just don't bother with Syberia 3...
#Games