cynic_'s comments

On: Counter-Strike: A billion-dollar game built in a dorm room

[cynic_]

CS requires more skill considering just mechanical and movement skills... let alone everything else ;)

Competitive Quake is to CS, like bowling is to basketball btw

[shdh → cynic_]

This is a silly take. You're comparing apples and oranges.

On: Counter-Strike: A billion-dollar game built in a dorm room

[cynic_]

Would they? Gun game has been an official game mode is CS for a long time, 2 of the maps follow the same layout fy_iceworld. COD had/has it as well.

I've even stumbled upon fy_pool_day recreation in Roblox.

Almost anything your nostalgia can think of is available "current" games like Fortnite and Roblox.

[jsbg → cynic_]

> Gun game has been an official game mode is CS for a long time

This official version differs quite a bit from the original gun game though and it is not as fun.

On: Counter-Strike: A billion-dollar game built in a dorm room

[cynic_]

These things still exists in CS (though not as popular in US but that's a reflection of CS losing popularity there)

People right now are having the same community experiences in custom server, or with official Valve, or third party like FaceIt... From crazy custom mods to try hard competitive games.

From time to time I stumble on some community servers when looking for a better DM warm-up server. Players and admin talking to each other like they were regulars, admin flying around in a batman skin killing a camper with lightning bolt, all the usual admin/community tools and more... also all the laughing, banter, playing songs and crap on the mic...

Would you have tried to join in? Let's just face it we've abandoned and stopped seeking it as we got older.

On: When will virtual reality take off? The $100 bet

[cynic_]

Now compared to 1995, gaming in general seems a lot closer to the VR experience you describe. Local multiplayer is uncommon, shared gaming spaces like arcades and LANs are gone and people are playing games on their own devices alone.

I'm as isolated playing Counter-Strike on my PC as when I am on the Oculus Quest.

On: Google Open-Sources Cardboard

[cynic_]

Carmack's Eulogy For The Gear VR https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfd2lNRjqH4

On: CDC says stop vaping as mystery lung condition spreads

[cynic_]

The cases are in the US and related THC containing liquids. So it makes no sense blaming foreign liquids.

On: A critical step to reduce climate change

[cynic_]

If we always waited for the technical progress to give something cheaper and better, we'd still be using leaded gasoline and CFCs everywhere.

On: Oculus Quest Review

[cynic_]

> My biggest issue with Oculus Quest is its weight and fit.

They should move more stuff off the front of the headset, it would help relieve the pressure on the face and make it more balanced. Like in this mod from Palmer Luckey where he removed the battery and attaches a bigger one to the strap https://palmerluckey.com/oculus-goblack-how-to-make-your-ocu...

On: Bay Area cities are cracking down on free food at tech companies

[cynic_]

If you stop eating at a certain period every day, you'll stop feeling hungry.

[isostatic → cynic_]

Sometimes I'll get into 'productive' first thing, at 10amish. Other times it takes a few hours, so it's random.

Once I get into productive mode I'd rather not get out of it until I'm finished, and leaving my desk for more than a few minutes, or having to concentrate of complex tasks like talking to someone at a counter, is sure to do that.

[undergrowth54 → cynic_]

you might stop feeling hungry, but you'll then get mysterious headaches or a sense of confusion and frustration you can't identify.

On: The Life and Death of the Touch Bar: Revisiting the MacBook Pro

[cynic_]

I've played some of the popular DS games on a smartphone with a minuscule second screen and I barely touched it. Most of its uses felt forced