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  • descdesc the '87 stick-up kids Registered User regular
    Chat

    You're getting feisty
  • emnmnmeemnmnme Heard about this on conservative radio:Registered User regular
    matt has a problem wrote: »
    Tav wrote: »
    RiemannLives wrote: »
    this guy is one of my favorite posters on Gamasutra. Very smart dude. His area of expertise is virtual economies. He made an interesting comment in a gamasutra article about the recent Diablo 3 economic meltdown: he predicted exactly what was going to happen with the Real Money Auction House 6 months before D3 shipped.

    kinda tl;dr

    what happened to the rmah?

    People figured out how to dupe gold like crazy, bought everything off the gold auction house and proceeded to put it up for sale on the RMAH, completely wrecking the in-game economy.
    All because of an untested patch note.

    :(
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  • FeralFeral Who needs a medical license when you've got style? Registered User regular
    Sarksus wrote: »
    Man, Microsoft embedded a WiFi router that gives you 15 free days of TMobile data service in a special edition of Forbes and gave it to a select group of people.

    I want oooone.

    because you want the free service or because you want the wifi hotspot device?

    wifi hotspot devices are available pretty cheap
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  • SarksusSarksus TEN FUCKING DOLLARS Registered User regular
    Feral wrote: »
    Sarksus wrote: »
    Man, Microsoft embedded a WiFi router that gives you 15 free days of TMobile data service in a special edition of Forbes and gave it to a select group of people.

    I want oooone.

    because you want the free service or because you want the wifi hotspot device?

    wifi hotspot devices are available pretty cheap

    Both. And because embedding that in a magazine ad is really cool and I just want it.
  • MadCaddyMadCaddy Riksadvokate Registered User regular
    Sarksus wrote: »
    Man, Microsoft embedded a WiFi router that gives you 15 free days of TMobile data service in a special edition of Forbes and gave it to a select group of people.

    I want oooone.

    Pirate or hacker?
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  • DeebaserDeebaser Way out in the water See it swimmin'?Registered User regular
    syndalis wrote: »
    Shazkar Shadowstorm wrote: »
    http://www.thelmagazine.com/newyork/9-brooklyn-bartenders-talk-booze/Content?oid=2312750&showFullText=true

    apparently the most annoying/least fav drink for many of these bartenders to make is a LI iced tea

    understandable

    lols drankz

    @deebaser @syndalis

    I always figured the mojito would be the most hated because of all the mint grinding / crushing.

    Mojito's aren't bad when you make them a pitcher at a time.

    Goddamn Chris...
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  • BeNarwhalBeNarwhal The Gatekeeper of D&D [chat] Toronto, CanadaRegistered User regular
    The laziest day. :(

    I had *counts* 6 things I wanted to do today.

    So far I have done 1 of them.
  • MortiousMortious Move to New Zealand Move to New ZealandRegistered User regular
    RiemannLives wrote: »
    MadCaddy wrote: »
    RiemannLives wrote: »
    Tav wrote: »
    RiemannLives wrote: »
    this guy is one of my favorite posters on Gamasutra. Very smart dude. His area of expertise is virtual economies. He made an interesting comment in a gamasutra article about the recent Diablo 3 economic meltdown: he predicted exactly what was going to happen with the Real Money Auction House 6 months before D3 shipped.

    kinda tl;dr

    what happened to the rmah?

    Blizzard just recently released a patch with a stupid buffer overflow that let people easily duplicate gold. And I mean billions of gold. Hundreds of billions. Which then was used to buy everything for sale on the gold AH (and making gold essentially worthless once people realized what was happening and started pulling down their auctions) and put it into the real money AH totally flooding it.

    Blizzard really fucked themselves with it, and not having PvP with the RMAH kinda was shooting themselves in the foot. They, obviously, lacked vision for the economics, and didn't plan it with some of the newer f2p models as guides. They really coulda had a valuable asset there, even moreso than Starcraft.

    I don't think there is any possible way to have a game with a RMAH that is as good for the customer as one without. It is an inherently toxic addition to any game.

    A RMAH that uses premium currency instead of cash could work quite well actually.

    But straight on dollars, while I wouldn't say "inherently toxic", I can't see working with the current game models.
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  • ShivahnShivahn Registered User regular
    Sir Landshark wrote: »
    oh btw @shivahn and whoever else was discussing that MRI-coitus paper

    i had the most amazing sex with my wife last night and in the heat of the moment i couldn't stop thinking about how my dick totally looks like a boomerang right now

    Hahaha yesss

    I am best troll.
  • AManFromEarthAManFromEarth Their ideas are old and their ideas are bad. Risk is our business.Registered User regular
    Hahaha, I love this.

    Dude has a piece of shit chevy truck that needs engine work and has been sitting in this field for so long that it is encrusted with pollen and has weeds growing up in the wheel housing.

    12,000 obo serious offers only
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  • QuidQuid The Fifth Horseman Registered User regular
    Just sittin' here

    Drinkin' this broth

    Wishin' YouTube had entertaining stuff on it
  • matt has a problemmatt has a problem Six pack on a dick Registered User regular
    Sarksus wrote: »
    Feral wrote: »
    Sarksus wrote: »
    Man, Microsoft embedded a WiFi router that gives you 15 free days of TMobile data service in a special edition of Forbes and gave it to a select group of people.

    I want oooone.

    because you want the free service or because you want the wifi hotspot device?

    wifi hotspot devices are available pretty cheap

    Both. And because embedding that in a magazine ad is really cool and I just want it.

    Entertainment Weekly stuck a phone in a magazine a while back, too.

    http://mashable.com/2012/10/02/ew-has-smartphone-inside/
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  • TavTav Registered User regular
    why is every video about RSA voiced by a neeeeeerd?
  • Ravenhpltc24Ravenhpltc24 Registered User regular
    BeNarwhal wrote: »
    The laziest day. :(

    I had *counts* 6 things I wanted to do today.

    So far I have done 1 of them.

    I had *counts* 4 things I wanted to do today.

    I have done 3! Great success! And the last is kind of mandatory I guess because I have to take this final in 20 minutes or failure ensues.
    (V) ( ;,,; ) (V)
  • Dread Pirate ArbuthnotDread Pirate Arbuthnot Registered User regular
    omg seriously you guys living outside of my parents' place is the tits and i am soo much happier

    i was just marvelling over how resistant i was to it

    but it is THA BES
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  • RiemannLivesRiemannLives Registered User regular
    Quid wrote: »
    Just sittin' here

    Drinkin' this broth

    Wishin' YouTube had entertaining stuff on it

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0oXJ0Ocjr8

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QtS-7woh7g

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hieTxQ0oJPc
    What you think "makes sense" has nothing to do with reality. It just has to do with your life experience. And your life experience may only be a small smidgen of reality. Possibly even a distorted account of reality at that. So what this means is that, beginning in the 20th century as our means of decoding nature became more and more powerful, we started realizing our common sense is no longer a tool to pass judgment on whether or not a scientific theory is correct. - Neil Degrasse Tyson
  • SarksusSarksus TEN FUCKING DOLLARS Registered User regular
    I like getting stuff in magazines. Like game codes, or CDs, or WiFi hot spots.
  • MadCaddyMadCaddy Riksadvokate Registered User regular
    RiemannLives wrote: »
    MadCaddy wrote: »
    RiemannLives wrote: »
    Tav wrote: »
    RiemannLives wrote: »
    this guy is one of my favorite posters on Gamasutra. Very smart dude. His area of expertise is virtual economies. He made an interesting comment in a gamasutra article about the recent Diablo 3 economic meltdown: he predicted exactly what was going to happen with the Real Money Auction House 6 months before D3 shipped.

    kinda tl;dr

    what happened to the rmah?

    Blizzard just recently released a patch with a stupid buffer overflow that let people easily duplicate gold. And I mean billions of gold. Hundreds of billions. Which then was used to buy everything for sale on the gold AH (and making gold essentially worthless once people realized what was happening and started pulling down their auctions) and put it into the real money AH totally flooding it.

    Blizzard really fucked themselves with it, and not having PvP with the RMAH kinda was shooting themselves in the foot. They, obviously, lacked vision for the economics, and didn't plan it with some of the newer f2p models as guides. They really coulda had a valuable asset there, even moreso than Starcraft.

    I don't think there is any possible way to have a game with a RMAH that is as good for the customer as one without. It is an inherently toxic addition to any game.

    Clearly casinos are the worst gaming products on the market.. o_O I think having games that're beatable and encourage deep and serious study/play and can support it is desirable. You could have a RMAH that way, it'd just take some serious vision to last. It'd sell, though, especially with PvP. if there's one thing the Korean market share (which will be close to the US's in a generation) is that the more like real sport they become, the more revenuesources they can hope to capture.
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  • QuidQuid The Fifth Horseman Registered User regular
    I can't watch three videos at once!
  • PantsBPantsB Registered User regular
    spool32 wrote: »
    Couscous wrote: »
    Hard work doesn't have any inherent value. Getting shit done has value and getting shit done may be accomplished through less than hard work.

    Ehh, I think there is an inherent value in needing to strive toward a goal. Things seem to be less valuable if they come easily.
    I'm in-between.
    Getting shit done is what actually matters. Working hard to get that thing done has to provide some benefit in exchange for working hard or you're just being inefficient.

    But in reality in order to maximize what shit you get done you have to work hard. Because even if you tend to be the smartest guy in the room, there's a lot of fucking rooms in the world.
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  • spool32spool32 Contrary Library Registered User regular
    Dread Pirate Arbuthnot wrote: »
    spool32 wrote: »
    Couscous wrote: »
    Hard work doesn't have any inherent value. Getting shit done has value and getting shit done may be accomplished through less than hard work.

    Ehh, I think there is an inherent value in needing to strive toward a goal. Things seem to be less valuable if they come easily.

    I DUNNO I SPENT LAST NIGHT IN BED WITH YOUR WIFE AND I THINK SHE'S STILL PRETTY VALUABLE

    THAT BITCH DIDNT EVEN TELL ME YOU WERE IN THE HOUSE. HOW CAN SOMEBODY STUB HER TOE THAT MANY TIMES?! I WAS A FOOL TO BELIEVE HER.
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  • RiemannLivesRiemannLives Registered User regular
    MadCaddy wrote: »
    RiemannLives wrote: »
    MadCaddy wrote: »
    RiemannLives wrote: »
    Tav wrote: »
    RiemannLives wrote: »
    this guy is one of my favorite posters on Gamasutra. Very smart dude. His area of expertise is virtual economies. He made an interesting comment in a gamasutra article about the recent Diablo 3 economic meltdown: he predicted exactly what was going to happen with the Real Money Auction House 6 months before D3 shipped.

    kinda tl;dr

    what happened to the rmah?

    Blizzard just recently released a patch with a stupid buffer overflow that let people easily duplicate gold. And I mean billions of gold. Hundreds of billions. Which then was used to buy everything for sale on the gold AH (and making gold essentially worthless once people realized what was happening and started pulling down their auctions) and put it into the real money AH totally flooding it.

    Blizzard really fucked themselves with it, and not having PvP with the RMAH kinda was shooting themselves in the foot. They, obviously, lacked vision for the economics, and didn't plan it with some of the newer f2p models as guides. They really coulda had a valuable asset there, even moreso than Starcraft.

    I don't think there is any possible way to have a game with a RMAH that is as good for the customer as one without. It is an inherently toxic addition to any game.

    Clearly casinos are the worst gaming products on the market.. o_O I think having games that're beatable and encourage deep and serious study/play and can support it is desirable. You could have a RMAH that way, it'd just take some serious vision to last. It'd sell, though, especially with PvP. if there's one thing the Korean market share (which will be close to the US's in a generation) is that the more like real sport they become, the more revenuesources they can hope to capture.

    The "games" in casinos usually don't even qualify as games. They are activities to engage in while losing money. They are uninteresting, random bullshit. There is a reason why drinks are so cheap in those hellholes.
    What you think "makes sense" has nothing to do with reality. It just has to do with your life experience. And your life experience may only be a small smidgen of reality. Possibly even a distorted account of reality at that. So what this means is that, beginning in the 20th century as our means of decoding nature became more and more powerful, we started realizing our common sense is no longer a tool to pass judgment on whether or not a scientific theory is correct. - Neil Degrasse Tyson
  • MadCaddyMadCaddy Riksadvokate Registered User regular
    Like, seriously, if you want an example of the most successful game with a RMAH and insane subscriptions and fees, look at thoroughbred racing.
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  • RiemannLivesRiemannLives Registered User regular
    also, @MadCaddy, read this: http://gamasutra.com/view/feature/177190/next_generation_monetization_.php
    What you think "makes sense" has nothing to do with reality. It just has to do with your life experience. And your life experience may only be a small smidgen of reality. Possibly even a distorted account of reality at that. So what this means is that, beginning in the 20th century as our means of decoding nature became more and more powerful, we started realizing our common sense is no longer a tool to pass judgment on whether or not a scientific theory is correct. - Neil Degrasse Tyson
  • TTODewbackTTODewback Pink haired tyrant On my throne of forum faces.Registered User regular
    Dread Pirate Arbuthnot wrote: »
    omg seriously you guys living outside of my parents' place is the tits and i am soo much happier

    i was just marvelling over how resistant i was to it

    but it is THA BES

    It'll make those unplanned orgies a lot less awkward.
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  • PantsBPantsB Registered User regular
    Dread Pirate Arbuthnot wrote: »
    omg seriously you guys living outside of my parents' place is the tits and i am soo much happier

    i was just marvelling over how resistant i was to it

    but it is THA BES

    Yeah but now you have to mow the lawn/laundry/pay rent or mortgage/etc.

    #adultworldproblems
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  • MortiousMortious Move to New Zealand Move to New ZealandRegistered User regular
    RiemannLives wrote: »
    MadCaddy wrote: »
    RiemannLives wrote: »
    MadCaddy wrote: »
    RiemannLives wrote: »
    Tav wrote: »
    RiemannLives wrote: »
    this guy is one of my favorite posters on Gamasutra. Very smart dude. His area of expertise is virtual economies. He made an interesting comment in a gamasutra article about the recent Diablo 3 economic meltdown: he predicted exactly what was going to happen with the Real Money Auction House 6 months before D3 shipped.

    kinda tl;dr

    what happened to the rmah?

    Blizzard just recently released a patch with a stupid buffer overflow that let people easily duplicate gold. And I mean billions of gold. Hundreds of billions. Which then was used to buy everything for sale on the gold AH (and making gold essentially worthless once people realized what was happening and started pulling down their auctions) and put it into the real money AH totally flooding it.

    Blizzard really fucked themselves with it, and not having PvP with the RMAH kinda was shooting themselves in the foot. They, obviously, lacked vision for the economics, and didn't plan it with some of the newer f2p models as guides. They really coulda had a valuable asset there, even moreso than Starcraft.

    I don't think there is any possible way to have a game with a RMAH that is as good for the customer as one without. It is an inherently toxic addition to any game.

    Clearly casinos are the worst gaming products on the market.. o_O I think having games that're beatable and encourage deep and serious study/play and can support it is desirable. You could have a RMAH that way, it'd just take some serious vision to last. It'd sell, though, especially with PvP. if there's one thing the Korean market share (which will be close to the US's in a generation) is that the more like real sport they become, the more revenuesources they can hope to capture.

    The "games" in casinos usually don't even qualify as games. They are activities to engage in while losing money. They are uninteresting, random bullshit. There is a reason why drinks are so cheap in those hellholes.

    That's a little bit of a broad statement.

    Casinos and Casino games (online and offline) are a little bit more nuanced.

    Also different tastes etc etc.
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  • MadCaddyMadCaddy Riksadvokate Registered User regular
    RiemannLives wrote: »
    also, @MadCaddy, read this: http://gamasutra.com/view/feature/177190/next_generation_monetization_.php

    Parsing.
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  • CouscousCouscous Registered User regular
    I don't get horse racing. It would be much more interesting if there were chariots and combat involved.
  • TTODewbackTTODewback Pink haired tyrant On my throne of forum faces.Registered User regular
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    The packaging material consist of nothing but tons of empty Crown bags.
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  • PantsBPantsB Registered User regular
    edited May 2013
    TTODewback wrote: »
    Dread Pirate Arbuthnot wrote: »
    omg seriously you guys living outside of my parents' place is the tits and i am soo much happier

    i was just marvelling over how resistant i was to it

    but it is THA BES

    It'll make those unplanned orgies a lot less awkward.

    Yeah but now you can't do this in the middle
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ID8B1Vn3YWg
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  • KageraKagera Registered User regular
    I want a second job because work is the only place I feel fulfilled.
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  • skippydumptruckskippydumptruck FAK U HODGEHEG Registered User regular
    Dread Pirate Arbuthnot wrote: »
    omg seriously you guys living outside of my parents' place is the tits and i am soo much happier

    i was just marvelling over how resistant i was to it

    but it is THA BES

    nub
  • Irond WillIrond Will Super Moderator, Moderator mod
    syndalis wrote: »
    Shazkar Shadowstorm wrote: »
    http://www.thelmagazine.com/newyork/9-brooklyn-bartenders-talk-booze/Content?oid=2312750&showFullText=true

    apparently the most annoying/least fav drink for many of these bartenders to make is a LI iced tea

    understandable

    lols drankz

    @deebaser @syndalis

    I always figured the mohito would be the most hated because of all the mint grinding / crushing.

    ramos gin fizz
  • Ravenhpltc24Ravenhpltc24 Registered User regular
    Couscous wrote: »
    I don't get horse racing. It would be much more interesting if there were chariots and combat involved.

    Obviously. But now we have human rights issues and all that other nonsense.

    THANK OBAMA.
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  • KageraKagera Registered User regular
    Dread Pirate Arbuthnot wrote: »
    omg seriously you guys living outside of my parents' place is the tits and i am soo much happier

    i was just marvelling over how resistant i was to it

    but it is THA BES

    @hakkekage

    Get on dis woman's level.
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  • RiemannLivesRiemannLives Registered User regular
    Mortious wrote: »
    RiemannLives wrote: »
    MadCaddy wrote: »
    RiemannLives wrote: »
    MadCaddy wrote: »
    RiemannLives wrote: »
    Tav wrote: »
    RiemannLives wrote: »
    this guy is one of my favorite posters on Gamasutra. Very smart dude. His area of expertise is virtual economies. He made an interesting comment in a gamasutra article about the recent Diablo 3 economic meltdown: he predicted exactly what was going to happen with the Real Money Auction House 6 months before D3 shipped.

    kinda tl;dr

    what happened to the rmah?

    Blizzard just recently released a patch with a stupid buffer overflow that let people easily duplicate gold. And I mean billions of gold. Hundreds of billions. Which then was used to buy everything for sale on the gold AH (and making gold essentially worthless once people realized what was happening and started pulling down their auctions) and put it into the real money AH totally flooding it.

    Blizzard really fucked themselves with it, and not having PvP with the RMAH kinda was shooting themselves in the foot. They, obviously, lacked vision for the economics, and didn't plan it with some of the newer f2p models as guides. They really coulda had a valuable asset there, even moreso than Starcraft.

    I don't think there is any possible way to have a game with a RMAH that is as good for the customer as one without. It is an inherently toxic addition to any game.

    Clearly casinos are the worst gaming products on the market.. o_O I think having games that're beatable and encourage deep and serious study/play and can support it is desirable. You could have a RMAH that way, it'd just take some serious vision to last. It'd sell, though, especially with PvP. if there's one thing the Korean market share (which will be close to the US's in a generation) is that the more like real sport they become, the more revenuesources they can hope to capture.

    The "games" in casinos usually don't even qualify as games. They are activities to engage in while losing money. They are uninteresting, random bullshit. There is a reason why drinks are so cheap in those hellholes.

    That's a little bit of a broad statement.

    Casinos and Casino games (online and offline) are a little bit more nuanced.

    Also different tastes etc etc.

    When a supposed game has a single dominant strategy, or no strategy at all just watching the pretty colors and hoping for luck, it is a shitty game. Taste only enters into it in that if you enjoy that you have bad taste.
    What you think "makes sense" has nothing to do with reality. It just has to do with your life experience. And your life experience may only be a small smidgen of reality. Possibly even a distorted account of reality at that. So what this means is that, beginning in the 20th century as our means of decoding nature became more and more powerful, we started realizing our common sense is no longer a tool to pass judgment on whether or not a scientific theory is correct. - Neil Degrasse Tyson
  • matt has a problemmatt has a problem Six pack on a dick Registered User regular
    Ravenhpltc24 wrote: »
    Couscous wrote: »
    I don't get horse racing. It would be much more interesting if there were chariots and combat involved.

    Obviously. But now we have human rights issues and all that other nonsense.

    THANK OBAMA.

    Hmm...

    Have the poor engage in chariot-based combat for food stamps.
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  • KageraKagera Registered User regular
    Hey how come Slenderman only goes after white people? Is this a racist boogeyman?
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  • MadCaddyMadCaddy Riksadvokate Registered User regular
    I kind of get where it's going, but this is a bit to niche for the conversation I was having interesting read, thus far, and I think I know where it's going.
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