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MedicareForSome, do piracy w VPN Recommendations?

Basically 3 good choices

ProtonVPN AirVPN IVPN

Proton has a 50% off student discount bringing the price down to $5 a month for all proton services.

IVPN is probably the best but most expensive.

jjffnn,

Where do you see Proton being 50% off for students?
I can’t find anything about that.

MedicareForSome,

They don’t advertise it, just message support from your .edu email and tell them your username. They’ll apply it and let you use the STUDENT promo code. It’s 50% off the year plan so $5 a month.

Ghostalmedia, do gaming w Starfield and Bethesda Tomfoolery
@Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world avatar

On the Xbox, 30fps feel like 30fps to me, but after a while, my brain reverts back to 2005 and I kind of get used to it.

But it’s pretty jarring if I switch back from another game.

squid, do gaming w What games have you played due to FOMO?

None, fomo is a bullshit marketing word

napalminjello,
@napalminjello@kbin.social avatar

Wow, so edgy and cool. But come-on, certainly there's a game you've tried out because of all the hype around it

squid,

If you think its cool then follow suite youll find yourself better off. When I was younger I’d bought trash games as friends where playing online, I don’t do hype any more, if anything when I see a large marketing push I question the monitory input that’s been diverted from the development

lukas,
@lukas@lemmy.haigner.me avatar

Fear of missing out is a feeling, not a bs marketing buzzword.

BallShapedMan, do gaming w Starfield and Bethesda Tomfoolery
@BallShapedMan@lemmy.world avatar

Frame pacing and motion blur is my guess.

Pulp, do piracy w Is anyone else like 10 times more likely to play a game they pirated versus one they bought?

I may buy a game on great sale to maybe play later

If I pirate it, it’s because I want to play it asap

RightHandOfIkaros, do gaming w Starfield and Bethesda Tomfoolery

Most likely a combination of dynamic resolution and FSR technologies.

dingus, do gaming w Starfield and Bethesda Tomfoolery
@dingus@lemmy.ml avatar

It’s called the Todd Howard Reality Distortion Field.

Macaroni_ninja,
@Macaroni_ninja@lemmy.world avatar

This guy was THRDF-d before!

Infiltrated_ad8271, do piracy w Is anyone else like 10 times more likely to play a game they pirated versus one they bought?
@Infiltrated_ad8271@kbin.social avatar

I guess so, as it's fine to leave a game in the gog/steam library for a long time, but several games taking up tens or hundreds of GB on disk is a hassle.

On the other hand, I also notice that I have much less commitment, I discard them easily and often without giving them a real chance.

totallynotfbi, do gaming w I watched 2 hours of starfield gameplay and an hour of review

It’s pretty decent if you liked Bethesda’s other AAA games. I was actually surprised that there was even some amount of spaceship piloting at all - I just assumed it would be 100% fast travel.

However, the game runs like dogshit - even on my decently mid-range system, it takes 15-30 seconds of loading between menus, and I swear I spent half the time I played waiting for the game to load. I assume that this is meant to take advantage of the Xbox and PS5’s faster memory and DirectStorage, but on PC it’s borderline unplayable

NoPro,
@NoPro@kbin.social avatar

Do you have it on an SSD?

dudewitbow,

not the guy, but I have mine on a Sata SSD and I don’t think my loading times are the same as his, so I’d expect either slow CPU or on a Hard Drive (going against the minimum requirements that the game should be played on a SSD)

averyminya,

That seems pretty crazy, I wonder what the variance is. I have a 5800x3D on a B550 with an M.2 NVMe and the longest loading screen in game I’ve had is hardly 3 seconds. The actual longest loading screen is just the startup with the Starfield menu at maybe 5 to 8.

HelixTitan,

Yeah my experience is the same, I rarely mind all the loading screens since most places load almost instantly. And if you grab jump and stuff from the cockpit it does cut scenes for the loading screen kinda like mass effect.

lurkeymclerkface, do gaming w hardware: use TV as a monitor?

I am most concerned about the logistics of mouse and key slouched over a table sitting on the couch. Maybe some sort of desk setup in front of the TV? 1080p monitors are very cheap second hand. Sometimes thrift stores have them even.

Sharpiemarker, do gaming w hardware: use TV as a monitor?

I appreciate that you’re doing this on a budget. The only thing I can say is that a monitor doesn’t represent a significant portion of the build budget. A basic monitor can be had for under $100. Honestly a lot of tech-oriented people have extras laying around. I’ve had 3 extra 1080p monitors in my garage for the last few years. It’s entirely possible that someone may be giving one away near you.

variants,

I get tons at work during the ewaste drives, I use them at work but occasionally bring them home to upgrade friends or family

Thavron,
@Thavron@lemmy.ca avatar

I was at a goodwill recently and there was a slew of second hand cheap 1080p monitors

Abnorc, do gaming w Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of September 3rd

I recently finished Bomb Rush Cyberfunk. it’s a fun game, but I’d say it was a bit expensive for the overall length and simplicity of it. Still, I really enjoyed it.

I also downloaded the free version of Shadow Warrior on GoG. I am not playing it blind since I watched Civvie-11’s video on it already, but it’s way harder than I expected. It’s my first time playing a build engine game, but the weapons and combat feel very intense and satisfying to use despite the technical limitations of games back then. I think I will keep on playing on “who wants some wang” for now, but it’s taking some perseverance. Lo Wang is hilarious though, and it’s making the game way funnier than I expected. If I keep on enjoying it this much, I may give other old shooters a try as well.

Kolanaki, do piracy w Is anyone else like 10 times more likely to play a game they pirated versus one they bought?
!deleted6508 avatar

No… I am just more likely to buy a game I pirated if I actually like it enough to keep playing more than a few minutes.

Appoxo, do piracy w VPS/VPN and Private Trackers (Questions)
@Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

Usually you do not have a static IP anyway. Sure you could probably backtrace the DHCP of your ISP to the date yout that IP got issued…But that is IMO a bit overly paranoid.

Though to be fair’ I don’t know why they don’t like VPNs for signups. Most likely to enforce IP based bans for not following rules or for entire banned countries.
If you don’t really care about the rules, just do it on signup but don’t connect US -> DE but instead US -> US. That way they may not care enough to enforce rules.
One tracker even mentioned that the rules are there. Some are strictly followed (like naming rules), while others are not followed as strictly.

privadesco,

Thanks for answering and for the proposed solutions.

About the DHCP backtrace, that is the (standard) procedure being avoided. I don’t think it’s paranoid, it’s just how it already works.

Durotar, do piracy w How is it fine for pirates to pay for a VPN to not pay for a service?
@Durotar@lemmy.ml avatar

You’re paying for your privacy. Also, a copy of a game or a movie is not a service.

Aatube,
@Aatube@kbin.social avatar

should not be a service*

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