Off Topic Discussion Megathread

[Garet]

It is J. Michael Straczynski. He is the writer and producer of the original series. So i have trust that he knows what he is doing.


Cheers

Hope you get your wish. I have been so disappointed with so many of the remakes of my childhood series and movies that I am no longer optimistic lol.

Having the original writer and producer of the original helming the remake is a good sign though so hopefully he does a very good job. Babylon 5 is one of my brother's and cousin's fav sci fi shows. I caught glimpses of it which I liked as well so hopefully we can get a good remake since it is so rare now to see good sci fi tv series.

Hope they do more stargate series as well. Stargate Atlantis is still one of my all time fav sci fi tv series. The succeeding stargate series after it all bombed out sadly

[MidnightEquinox]

Yeah, this is a bit of a special case because the guy who made B5 is the same guy this time around, too. And I follow them places they seem to have a very realistic view on things right now.

Loved Babylon 5 (best sci-fi show ever in my opinion), have some friends watching it with me now. Not sure what the remake will be like but I'm very curious.

[TheMightyMollusk]

So Pokemon Legends Arceus is pretty great.

[Vahlnir]

So Pokemon Legends Arceus is pretty great.

I wasn't sure what to expect from this game. To my surprise it is actually pretty dang fun. It's a nice shakeup of their regular formula they've been using since 1995. I'm actually torn between my love for Pokemon and Dying Light 2 right now. lol Struggling to juggle both.

[Cincierta]

Long time no see y'all. Been working a bit too hard.

Overheard this while I was at work while waiting in line to pick up something from the deli:

"Is that ham processed? If it's processed I don't want it."

"Ma'am, that is an eleven pound whole slab of deli ham. It has no bones, fat, or connective tissue. It is an amalgamation of several pigs, emulsified, liquefied, strained, and ultimately inexorably joined in an unholy meat obelisk. God had no hand in creation of this abhorrence. The fact that this ham monolith exists proves that God is either impotent to alter His universe or ignorant to the horrors taking place in His kingdom. This prism of pork is more than deli meat. It is a physical declaration of mankind's contempt to the natural order. It is hubris manifest. We also have a lower sodium variety if you would prefer that."

I left quickly after that.

[Kolsykol]

UuuUuuh.
Finally tried Mudfish which solved my connection issues and was excited to move on with the raids and push further.
Immediately as I sat down the Covid symptoms started...
Been out of commission whole week I am feeling better today tho but getting anything done this late is hard especially from the start .

Everyone has basically cleared it already those who haven't are still practicing or starting from scratch.
Can't catch a break with this every week it has been something.

[OhNooo]

So…VRMMO when?

[TheMightyMollusk]

So…VRMMO when?

Do you want .hack? Because this is how you get .hack.

[OhNooo]

Do you want .hack? Because this is how you get .hack.

I actually only saw the anime .hack/sign which I thought was pretty cool. Imagine getting trapped like Tsukasa

[Shibi]

So…VRMMO when?

There is No Man's Sky which has co-op play in VR but that's what not you are asking. I like that, and my latest headset is so clear and nice.

As for VR-MMOs a few tries for it were done, but it's been a bit trolly, and they tapered off fast (all had voice chat, and that leads to bad behaviour - or over engineered a motion sickness hellhole), plus head and hand only avatars in the ones that were tried look like absolute rubbish.

Plus a lot of lowest common denominator on headsets. A lot of people use VR-Potatoes.

All that said I've fallen over furniture, hit my desk with my hand with what I do (creative VR work)... and that's even with my playspace mapped out between room and VR.

And if you are not tethered - batteries - imagine being in a vr-raid and your batteries die... no headset, your avatar just stands there.


Interestingly Faecesbook have said their attempt at VR will now have enforced minimum distances between people. That would work for BLM, out on the edge of the arena in their laylines, but it would be hell for the tank and reaper who wanted to be in the same spot.