Dettweiler

The call screener is a godsend and it’s the absolute most used feature I rely on. Many evenings I wake up for work and see that my phone stopped 5-10 spam calls that would have ruined my sleep.

Humble Bundle is a big contributor to my unplayed games. There’s usually only a few games in a bundle that I’m interested in at a good price, and the test I’ll eventually get to… Maybe when I retire… If I get to retire…

You’d probably get an offer from PETA.

The weekend crew rolled in

You gotta switch back to retention mode and relax before storage. There’s a little bit of lag when the valve ages.

Still bleeding in a warehouse wondering WTF just happened.

Generals was really fun. The C&C series really started to decline once EA went balls deep on what was left of Westwood studios for the games after that.
3D is great. I just don’t trust most AAA companies to make a decent RTS these days.

To Tiberian Sun and StarCraft were my obsession for years. SC2 was pretty awesome, but I would not trust Blizzard to make another good RTS at this point.

You take it every day. It’s a neural reuptake inhibitor, so it needs to build up in your system.

For me, it’s not a fast fix like a stimulant would be. It just takes the edge off of my symptoms, make them easier to manage, and makes it easier to do stuff. In fact, the biggest thing I’ve noticed is the effect it has on executive dysfunction.

Atomoxetine (straterra) is a slow burn. It takes at least a few weeks to start noticing any effects. I haven’t noticed any side effects, other than some trouble sleeping the first week when I first started taking it; but that was because my insurance wouldn’t approve me for a lower dosage to have a more graceful “ramp up” period.

It’s easy. You cut down the quality of your products rapidly and start being recommended against by the people that used to buy your products.

Corsair used to be good. I enjoyed their products. However, their quality has plummeted over the past few years, and their iCue software is absolutely terrible. It will routinely crash, and completely lock up my keyboard and mouse.

That’s true. A little communication during the deactivation period could have gone a long way. I’m not surprised it was overlooked, all things considered.

Speaking candidly about business negotiations can harm a good working relationship if you say the wrong thing. You also don’t want to say anything that could be perceived as badmouthing the people that hold the keys to your success. He’s likely just trying to be careful while being as transparent as possible.

It’s called “Not reading your fucking contract or doing due diligence for the people who paid for your product and then kicking the can to the people you signed a contract with.”

If people had read the bright yellow text above the buy button on the Steam store page or the EULA, the account linking announcement would not have been a surprise.

They didn’t ignore it. They shut it off after the first week because Sony’s servers were so clogged up, people weren’t able to set up their accounts. Plus, they were dealing with all the other server issues. It was only a matter of time before they were going to have to turn it back on.

Not only has the “requires linking a PlayStation Network account” advisory been on the Steam page from the start, but anyone that picked up the game at launch is already linked.

I’m not a fan of the linking; but since I don’t own a Sony console, it’s just yet another account that serves no purpose to me other than letting me play a couple of games I own on PC.

Overwrite, wait a while, then delete. Even if it’s too late for the most recent data harvest, there will be shittier things coming in the future. Might as well do it now.

If it looks like a shitty game, sounds like a shitty game, and acts like a shitty game, I’ve got some news for you.

A $70 price tag is usually the cherry on top, too.

I used Vortex in the past, and it was not a good experience for me. I’m assuming it’s improved over the years; but it’s basically a master installer for mods with a lot of bugs.

The biggest advantage of MO2 is being able to set up mod profiles that are separated from your game and each other. You can drop in/out mods for troubleshooting, adjust load orders, and toggle specific parts of a mod. For example, you can have an entirely vanilla version of Skyrim, and then launch a modded version through MO2. If something isn’t working, you can toggle mods without messing up the load order or specific settings you’ve made. It also allows you to adjust the “overwrite” order of mods on the fly without losing the files from the original mod, which has been an absolute game changer for modding.

Install 50 mods at once and the game broke? You can temporarily disable half of them and check if the game still loads. It works now? Re-enable half of the ones you disabled and try again. Within a handful of launches, you can narrow down the issue to a specific mod. Was the issue a specific plugin that’s supposed to make it compatible with another mod you don’t have? You can disable that plugin and keep the whole mod.

Got everything working great, but now you want to make a new save with different mods, but want to be able to go back to that old save file? Make a new profile and load up whatever mods you want just for that save.

Really though, MO2 is awesome. It makes modding super easy, especially when you break Skyrim yet again.

Let 'em cook!

That would be great! @Psythik got back to me pretty quick, so I’m going in the air tonight.