Various video game stuff not deserving its own thread

[methoxetamine]

I don't understand why they would feel it necessary to commission multiple artists to draw a ring.

It takes three ****** artists to equal one white artist.

Just three? that's pretty **** generous

[fork]

I don't understand why they would feel it necessary to commission multiple artists to draw a ring.

The point is not to create good artwork, but to make sure no White people have a salary.
They'd pay 20 ***** to do the work of one White dude, if it wasn't so obvious. And they will do that in the near future.

[Roguey]

I don't understand why they would feel it necessary to commission multiple artists to draw a ring.

It takes three ****** artists to equal one white artist.

I don't understand why they would feel it necessary to commission multiple artists to draw a ring.

The point is not to create good artwork, but to make sure no White people have a salary.
They'd pay 20 ***** to do the work of one White dude, if it wasn't so obvious. And they will do that in the near future.

I looked up these people and Marta Nael is a cute red haired Millennial from Spain and the guy who ripped her off is some old boomer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Frazier_(artist)

Nothing to do with race. I guess his social security check is insufficient to fund his lifestyle and he's too old and tired to put in the work so he just decided to steal from the young. Same as it ever was.

[rusty_shackleford]

Apparently this isn't exactly uncommon either, and these are just ones they've acknowledged
https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/annou ... 2021-03-30
https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/annou ... ers-bauble
https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/annou ... e-in-pairs

[Magick]

I don't understand why they would feel it necessary to commission multiple artists to draw a ring.

It takes three ****** artists to equal one white artist.

I don't understand why they would feel it necessary to commission multiple artists to draw a ring.

The point is not to create good artwork, but to make sure no White people have a salary.
They'd pay 20 ***** to do the work of one White dude, if it wasn't so obvious. And they will do that in the near future.

I looked up these people and Marta Nael is a cute red haired Millennial from Spain and the guy who ripped her off is some old boomer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Frazier_(artist)

Nothing to do with race. I guess his social security check is insufficient to fund his lifestyle and he's too old and tired to put in the work so he just decided to steal from the young. Same as it ever was.

Yup:
As @J1M said, AI wouldn't have even done it like that lol. This was a direct copypaste & flip without credit. Shameful.
If they liked the design, they could have just...paid her? Lazy old ******. They're going to be making tonnes of money now on cards with her artwork on it.

But AI "steals" arrrrrrt.

[rusty_shackleford]

cute red haired Millennial

????????
She looks like an alien

[logincrash]

cute red haired Millennial

????????
She looks like an alien

Millenialien

[rusty_shackleford]

item description text as a way to tell a story is stupid

where is the info even coming from? does every item just have a piece of paper stapled to it?

[logincrash]

item description text as a way to tell a story is stupid

where is the info even coming from? does every item just have a piece of paper stapled to it?

They're not telling the story to your character but to you, the player. If your character suddenly acts on the info gained from the item descriptions, then it's broken.
That said, item descriptions are nice to have. I've read every single item description in my recent Dragon Age Origins playthrough and the lack of those item descriptions in Dragon Age 2 makes it that much more generic and soulless.

[rusty_shackleford]

item description text as a way to tell a story is stupid

where is the info even coming from? does every item just have a piece of paper stapled to it?

They're not telling the story to your character but to you, the player. If your character suddenly acts on the info gained from the item descriptions, then it's broken.
That said, item descriptions are nice to have. I've read every single item description in my recent Dragon Age Origins playthrough and the lack of those item descriptions in Dragon Age 2 makes it that much more generic and soulless.

Where are the descriptions coming from??

[logincrash]

item description text as a way to tell a story is stupid

where is the info even coming from? does every item just have a piece of paper stapled to it?

They're not telling the story to your character but to you, the player. If your character suddenly acts on the info gained from the item descriptions, then it's broken.
That said, item descriptions are nice to have. I've read every single item description in my recent Dragon Age Origins playthrough and the lack of those item descriptions in Dragon Age 2 makes it that much more generic and soulless.

Where are the descriptions coming from??

Where are the "This amulet grants you +2 Armor and +5 Constitution" descriptors coming from?

[Finarfin]

Historians, Books, Word of mouth, Myths and Legends. Wtf are you on about Rusty? You think finding the armor of Lu Bu wouldn't be annotated?

[rusty_shackleford]

They're not telling the story to your character but to you, the player. If your character suddenly acts on the info gained from the item descriptions, then it's broken.
That said, item descriptions are nice to have. I've read every single item description in my recent Dragon Age Origins playthrough and the lack of those item descriptions in Dragon Age 2 makes it that much more generic and soulless.

Where are the descriptions coming from??

Where are the "This amulet grants you +2 Armor and +5 Constitution" descriptors coming from?

Identify

[logincrash]

Where are the descriptions coming from??

Where are the "This amulet grants you +2 Armor and +5 Constitution" descriptors coming from?

Identify

Well, there's your answer.

[Kalarion]

Yup:

As @J1M said, AI wouldn't have even done it like that lol. This was a direct copypaste & flip without credit. Shameful.
If they liked the design, they could have just...paid her? Lazy old ******. They're going to be making tonnes of money now on cards with her artwork on it.

But AI "steals" arrrrrrt.

Or he could just do the trace, thumb his nose at her and we could all have a laugh. What a ******** forced hullaballoo.

[DecadeRiptide]

It takes three ****** artists to equal one white artist.

The point is not to create good artwork, but to make sure no White people have a salary.
They'd pay 20 ***** to do the work of one White dude, if it wasn't so obvious. And they will do that in the near future.

I looked up these people and Marta Nael is a cute red haired Millennial from Spain and the guy who ripped her off is some old boomer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Frazier_(artist)

Nothing to do with race. I guess his social security check is insufficient to fund his lifestyle and he's too old and tired to put in the work so he just decided to steal from the young. Same as it ever was.

Yup:
As @J1M said, AI wouldn't have even done it like that lol. This was a direct copypaste & flip without credit. Shameful.
If they liked the design, they could have just...paid her? Lazy old ******. They're going to be making tonnes of money now on cards with her artwork on it.

But AI "steals" arrrrrrt.

He just used Photoshop heal tool to get rid of the engraving and then he flipped the image lol

[wndrbr]

item description text as a way to tell a story is stupid

where is the info even coming from? does every item just have a piece of paper stapled to it?

They're not telling the story to your character but to you, the player. If your character suddenly acts on the info gained from the item descriptions, then it's broken.
That said, item descriptions are nice to have. I've read every single item description in my recent Dragon Age Origins playthrough and the lack of those item descriptions in Dragon Age 2 makes it that much more generic and soulless.

Where are the descriptions coming from??

the main character already knows all the legends since he lived in this world his whole life.

[Stack of Turtles]

Where are the descriptions coming from??

Where are the "This amulet grants you +2 Armor and +5 Constitution" descriptors coming from?

Identify

You choose one object that you must touch throughout the casting of the spell. If it is a magic item or some other magic-imbued object, you learn its properties and how to use them, whether it requires attunement to use, and how many charges it has, if any. You learn whether any spells are affecting the item and what they are. If the item was created by a spell, you learn which spell created it.

backstory is a property

[Faceless_Sentinel]

I set up a local WoW Lich King server the other day, did starting quests in classic zones. I forgot how down-to-earth but cozy stories felt. Every zone has its own problems, almost never connected to each other. Local problems of local scale. Feels nice.

I can't remember anything like this in single player games and this is strange, because open world sandoxes should use that type of worldbuilding and feel like fish in a water, but each and every one I tried had some grand story of planetary or universal scale.

Or am I wrong after all? Any of you, guys, remember single player RPG or just action games like what I described about wow?

[rusty_shackleford]

I set up a local WoW Lich King server the other day, did starting quests in classic zones. I forgot how down-to-earth but cozy stories felt. Every zone has its own problems, almost never connected to each other. Local problems of local scale. Feels nice.

I can't remember anything like this in single player games and this is strange, because open world sandoxes should use that type of worldbuilding and feel like fish in a water, but each and every one I tried had some grand story of planetary or universal scale.

Or am I wrong after all? Any of you, guys, remember single player RPG or just action games like what I described about wow?

Try Kingdoms of Amalur

[Havitner]

It is the sacred duty of every White man of good character to gatekeep his hobbies in order to keep the degenerate rabble out.

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[rusty_shackleford]

It is the sacred duty of every White man of good character to gatekeep his hobbies in order to keep the degenerate rabble out.

I like how they put games for them to play on the right yet they still want to be let in

[Nico]

It is the sacred duty of every White man of good character to gatekeep his hobbies in order to keep the degenerate rabble out.

Is that Arch behind the gate ?

[sheet]

I dig the downs syndrome guy in overalls playing their ********, corposlop version of the game

[Oyster Sauce]

I set up a local WoW Lich King server the other day, did starting quests in classic zones. I forgot how down-to-earth but cozy stories felt. Every zone has its own problems, almost never connected to each other. Local problems of local scale. Feels nice.

I can't remember anything like this in single player games and this is strange, because open world sandoxes should use that type of worldbuilding and feel like fish in a water, but each and every one I tried had some grand story of planetary or universal scale.

Or am I wrong after all? Any of you, guys, remember single player RPG or just action games like what I described about wow?

Try Kingdoms of Amalur

Interesting to think about how OG WoW probably has more NPCs with schedules than most single player RPGs

[anvi]

Probably about 1000x more enemy variety too.

[Oyster Sauce]

Probably about 1000x more enemy variety too.

I wouldn't go that far

[anvi]

I'll never get over Skyrim having nothing but Draugr, wolves, mammoths and mudcrabs -.-

[rusty_shackleford]

"qualify of life mod"
*look inside*
*it's cheats*

[rusty_shackleford]

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