Same here. Skyrim was cool when it came out cause graphics but Oblivion is king when it comes to gameplay. Having graphics and gameplay now there’s just no contest anymore IMO.

Oh my god I love these games so much. Even bought a snap on bt controller for my phone specifically to play those on the go

I always keep some easy prep boxed meals or whatever on hand for when I’m feeling really lazy.

Use those as a base and spruce them up with spices, veggies, meats, or even just swapping out one thing on the instructions for another to give some added richness or texture.

Half from scratch can be just as good as from scratch, especially when you’re tired and hungry AF and you’ll still have the satisfaction of making the dish “your own”.

You really don’t take disagreements during a discussion well, huh?

You’re putting a lot of words in my mouth. All I ever said was that Discord is a poor replacement and I’m reasonably content to stick with Reddit until something substantial forms here or somewhere besides Discord. I’m not obligated to form a community and just because you call me lazy and sling insults at me for that choice doesn’t really change my mind on the matter, it just makes you look childish.

You’re the one getting worked up, and simply for my refuting Discord as a good replacement.

Grow up.

I addressed that directly in my last paragraph. It seems you are the one doing the selective reading here…

What did I apparently selectively read? I’m fairly sure I addressed most of what you said in the previous comment, but I’m on mobile so feel free to point out what I missed.

Because “slightly less shitty” isn’t as attractive of a moniker to me as it seems to be to you when it comes to deciding which platform to switch off to.

And a subreddit having a Discord doesn’t really guarantee much aside from having the same mods in charge. The userbase is invariably going to be different and may not have the same “vibe” as the subreddit. It’s not really as simple as you’re trying to make it out, which makes the idea of jumping off one shitty corporatized platform to another extremely unappealing.

I also don’t use social media enough or have enough free time to bother attempting to form and moderate my own community, so as much as I dislike Reddit I’m content just waiting it out for something that isn’t just another lame Discord server to pop-up here or elsewhere.

E: correcting autocorrect

Discord is now run by the former vice chairman of Blizzard. That, combined with it being only “not as far along” in the enshittification process actually makes the idea of putting time and energy into finding a niche community that I can jive with on Discord less appealing than simply sticking it out with Reddit and it’s known variables until something substantial forms on Lemmy or some other platform that hasn’t begun severely degrading due to corporate ownership.

That’s my personal opinion anyway.

Discord is already prepping for an IPO so why bother putting any energy into moving off Reddit, finding, and getting involved with communities on there when it’s going to be yet another shit show in fairly short order?

I’ve always had a good experience with whatbox.ca

You might be able to see where a connection is going using the resource monitor in task manager when attempting the check

Could you not use a keygen or grab a serial from somewhere to get a “valid” key and block the app from the internet via firewall to prevent the check from calling home?

Sorry I’m not familiar with how this specific game checks validity.

Edit: Google pulled up this workaround at https://www.barik.net/posts/multiplayer-neverwinter-nights-on-local-lan/

Simply edit the file:

%windir%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

and add the following lines to remap the Neverwinter Nights official servers to localhost:

127.0.0.1 nwmaster.bioware.com

127.0.0.1 nwnauth.kr.infogrames.com

Users are probably reporting less too since mods are useless now after the API debacle resulted in many of the ones who gave a shit getting ousted or neutered.

I certainly stopped bothering since they fully committed to becoming a (n even bigger) cesspit.

Lol, OK Plex, cya.

They’re honestly lucky I was willing to pay the $2.99 or whatever it was to be able to access MY server, using MY internet and cell data, to access MY media files from MY phone. Plenty fair a price for a nice app, might’ve paid a few bucks more but they can screw off trying to charge a monthly fee for… nothing in particular in my usage case.

Literally just set up Jellyfin w/ Tailscale which took all of 10 minutes and works just as well. GG no re 🖕

Same, I was under the impression that this was fairly common knowledge, but it’s good to have it openly announced by some authority on the matter.

Smart Audiobook Player has been my go-to for a couple years now. Free version is pretty feature complete, good performance too. I’ll listen all day at work and still be at like 70-80% battery on my old ass phone, whereas the shitty audible app will leave me at like 40% or less with minimal interaction.

qbit on pc, flud on android

Funny enough, Hulu has been doing a paid+ads tier from the get-go, long before other services started jumping on this bandwagon.

Never made sense to me why anyone would want it then, and it still doesn’t make sense even now that all the services are offering similar plans. People pining for that cable TV experience maybe?