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Capped
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United Kingdom7236 Posts
August 23 2013 22:51 GMT
#141
On August 24 2013 06:57 Frost wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 24 2013 06:51 Capped wrote:
So after going to pokemon showdown for the first time ive concluded three things.

1) I never should have come here.

2) Its fucking addicting.

3) Im a god a pokemanz. (10-0 anyone?)

Will have to actually sign up and actually learn what these weird ass gen 3000 pokemanz do


To be fair, there are a lot of bad players on Pokemon Showdown. But still, good job on getting off to a great start!


Stopping at 1600 randoms. Tommorow, Top 500! XD

Pro-random-pokemanz player in the making npnp
Useless wet fish.
caelym
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States6421 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-08-23 22:51:46
August 23 2013 22:51 GMT
#142
you dont get an ereader to look at color photos... they're like strictly reading devices. but unfortunately ereaders have terrible pdf support.
bnet: caelym#1470 | Twitter: @caelym
kainzero
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States5211 Posts
August 23 2013 23:01 GMT
#143
I chose a Kindle over a tablet because I only wanted something portable to read on. e-ink is much better on the eyes and the 2 month battery life is great if I'm taking it somewhere on vacation.

100% of the books I've read on Kindle are books I've purchased off the Kindle store, so I know nothing about converting PDFs or any other e-reader format.

I have a Nexus 4 smartphone and a powerful desktop computer, and I have a Macbook Air that I use if I travel, so technology-wise I had no need for a tablet and went with an e-reader.
zulu_nation8
Profile Blog Joined May 2005
China26351 Posts
August 24 2013 01:09 GMT
#144
But when you're in your 20s and your eyes aren't gonna get any worse, how much difference does it make reading e-ink vs. LCD?
Numy
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
South Africa35471 Posts
August 24 2013 01:17 GMT
#145
I find I can read for quite a lot longer with e-ink than with LCD until my eyes get sore. So for long reading sessions e-ink > lcd. When you reading books all you want are long sessions so it makes sense.
kainzero
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States5211 Posts
August 24 2013 01:56 GMT
#146
I'm 29 and for the last two years my eyes were getting worse, more than in my younger 20s. But it's my far-sight, not my near-sight, that's been getting worse.

Looking at e-ink is much more comfortable than reading an LCD screen, mostly because the LCD screen feels like your eyes are being saturated with light like when you use your computer, TV, etc.
wei2coolman
Profile Joined November 2010
United States60033 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-08-24 02:38:29
August 24 2013 02:35 GMT
#147
On August 24 2013 10:09 zulu_nation8 wrote:
But when you're in your 20s and your eyes aren't gonna get any worse, how much difference does it make reading e-ink vs. LCD?

Well that implies your eyes aren't going to get any worse, but there's still a notable amount of eye strain on lcd vs e-ink.
If you strictly plan on reading books, e-ink is the way to go, nothing quite like it.

Seeing all these streamers playing hearthstone makes me soooooo mad jelly.
liftlift > tsm
UniversalSnip
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
9871 Posts
August 24 2013 02:42 GMT
#148
On August 24 2013 05:41 TheYango wrote:
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On August 24 2013 05:36 caelym wrote:
Hearthstone is to MtG as LoL is to Dota

It's funny that you say that because I've always thought that WotC shot themselves in the foot by missing the boat on the F2P craze.

F2P MtG would have had the potential to become insanely popular.


yeah, although, to be fair, MTGO is an incredible cash farm. The margins are absolutely disgusting for wizards. When randy buehler left the company he indicated in a blog post that MTGO was only a few steps below names like civilization and simcity in terms of being the most profitable brand in strategy computer games. That's crazy, you can see why they wouldn't have much of an incentive to innovate with a river of cash like pouring into their vaults every day.

Additionally, as a company they're just really bad at online products. They take a long time to improve releases and they're always kind of feature poor and disorganized.
"How fucking dare you defile the sanctity of DotA with your fucking casual plebian terminology? May the curse of Gaben and Volvo be upon you. le filthy casual."
UniversalSnip
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
9871 Posts
August 24 2013 02:44 GMT
#149
is it is easy to pirate with e-readers? (no guides please). Or if not pirate, buy from third party stores? I can't really see myself spending cash to buy something that I have to buy only proprietary books for.
"How fucking dare you defile the sanctity of DotA with your fucking casual plebian terminology? May the curse of Gaben and Volvo be upon you. le filthy casual."
Kupon3ss
Profile Joined May 2008
時の回廊10066 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-08-24 02:45:59
August 24 2013 02:45 GMT
#150
Yes
When in doubt, just believe in yourself and press buttons
caelym
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States6421 Posts
August 24 2013 02:46 GMT
#151
yes, it's very easy to pirate for well known books, exponentially harder the more obscure you get.
bnet: caelym#1470 | Twitter: @caelym
wei2coolman
Profile Joined November 2010
United States60033 Posts
August 24 2013 02:46 GMT
#152
On August 24 2013 11:07 caelym wrote:
bring the drama talk to the offtopic general

Dyrus's explosive anger is scary :3

I found it amusing that he instantly quieted down the second Regi levied the fact that he was team owner. Like a kitten who just recognized they just scratched a bear in the face.
liftlift > tsm
caelym
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States6421 Posts
August 24 2013 02:47 GMT
#153
that feel when Dyrus and Xpecial are skill-capped by the team they're on.
bnet: caelym#1470 | Twitter: @caelym
wei2coolman
Profile Joined November 2010
United States60033 Posts
August 24 2013 02:49 GMT
#154
On August 24 2013 11:47 caelym wrote:
that feel when Dyrus and Xpecial are skill-capped by the team they're on.

Meh, xpecial maybe. Dyrus still has a lot of non-game issues that he needs to work out to make his in game more solid.
liftlift > tsm
Kupon3ss
Profile Joined May 2008
時の回廊10066 Posts
August 24 2013 02:51 GMT
#155
And yeah magic online has never been beginner ing friendly and until duels of the planeswalkers they never really thought about software to get people into magic (aside from those silly starter pack CDs)
When in doubt, just believe in yourself and press buttons
caelym
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States6421 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-08-24 02:57:03
August 24 2013 02:56 GMT
#156
couldn't they just import the duels of the planewalker engine into magic online? They don't need to mess around with the database, and the card interaction logic is already there. I wonder how hard it is for them to hire a 3 or 4 UI experts to "reskin" everything.
bnet: caelym#1470 | Twitter: @caelym
GhandiEAGLE
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States20754 Posts
August 24 2013 02:57 GMT
#157
The conversation on Reddit about TSM makes me want to laugh out loud and throw up at the same time.

God how can that many people feel that self-entitled x.x

Commenting like they're watching housewives on a reality show.
Oh, my achin' hands, from rakin' in grands, and breakin' in mic stands
wei2coolman
Profile Joined November 2010
United States60033 Posts
August 24 2013 03:05 GMT
#158
twitter from pros have been the best things to read.
liftlift > tsm
Kupon3ss
Profile Joined May 2008
時の回廊10066 Posts
August 24 2013 03:21 GMT
#159
On August 24 2013 11:56 caelym wrote:
couldn't they just import the duels of the planewalker engine into magic online? They don't need to mess around with the database, and the card interaction logic is already there. I wonder how hard it is for them to hire a 3 or 4 UI experts to "reskin" everything.


It's a very limited engine in terms of full magic interactions and the way it handles phases is really subpar for online play. The hard interaction logic of all the more complicated stuff would be pretty hard to replicate correctly. Not only that, all the glitter and flash does get in the way of just clicking all the cards as fast as possible
When in doubt, just believe in yourself and press buttons
Amui
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Canada10567 Posts
August 24 2013 03:31 GMT
#160
After watching several vids of hearthstone from various people.....

I want. Looks like so much fun, very simple mechanics, but probably a lot of depth and strategy to the game as it goes through beta.
Porouscloud - NA LoL
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