Cool. You can believe whatever you want. I’m still going to give the mod team the benefit of the doubt until I hear anything from Valve for the reasons I’ve already mentioned.

They “gave them 8 years”? What do you mean by that exactly?

There was a time limit they were working under that I’m not aware of?

I never said their side is 100% true. I’m sure there are some nuances. But as said. Valve is notorious for not communicating so being blindsided by them doesn’t sound strange.

And mate. Just because someone believes something doesn’t mean there has to be some truth to it. Some people believe the eart is flat. You think there’s any truth to that?

Someone “hacking” files or systems doesn’t always mean what you think it does. Naughty Dog “hacked” PS1 to create crash bandicoot. Just means they gained knowledge in how the hardware works. Not that their game only works on “hacked” hardware.

So until I hear anything from valve. I’m inclined to believe the mod team. Based on valves previous interactions with their community.

For all I can tell, that’s “just a guy” on reddit saying something. That’s not a reliable source.

His claims are also in direct contradiction to what the mod team claims. I don’t know why anyone would instinctively trust his claims over the mod teams. He claims Valve reached out to them and said “Don’t use this exploit”, Where as the mod team says “No one from Valve has made any requests regarding the mod at all”.

As far as I know, Valve is notorious for just not communicating and do whatever they want to do. Too big to care I guess. They’re a money printing company.

alleging it “not only offers the hardware and firmware to create and play pirated games” but also provides “customers with copies of pirated Nintendo games.”

I can see a world where he can offer hardware and firmware, with claims of other intended purposes.

But the second part wherehe provides customers with pirated software is a slam dunk for nintendo.

Ouch…

What is a difficult boss for your build can be a super easy boss for someone else’s build.

First time I beat malenia I didn’t understand what people were talking about. She was so easy. Because my build poise broke her non stop and I could essentially stun lock her to death. (Lv 150)

Wasn’t until I played against her on my second character that I understood what a monumental challenge she can be.

You really are something else. I strongly disagree that you showed my argument was faulty.

They made a piece of art. You chose to buy it knowing what it was. Git gud

No. I chose to buy Bloodborne because people convinced me that wasn’t the case. Git blocked.

We both know the conversation is about Elden Ring and not Bloodborne. But I suppose you have nothing better to respond with.

It is a great apple to apple comparison. What you did was walk in, get upset that the vegan restaurant only served vegan food. So you came back with your own home-cooked meal to sit down and eat.

The reason you don’t like it is because it highlights just how ridiculous you are in your complaint.

They made a piece of art. You chose to buy it knowing what it was. Git gud

I just hope they make an upgraded Stram Controller.

I bought it when it came out. Been using it ever since. Still holds up and legit feels so great in your hands. I really have no idea what I will do the day mime breaks.

You have so many options to make it easier.

You can summon spirit ashes. You can level your character to become stronger. You can summon NPCs and player for boss fights.

I don’t like those options. So I don’t do that. I make it harder on myself, by forgoing those options, I want the challenge of doing it alone.

But if YOU want to make it easier, and slide the difficulty down. And summon ashes or npcs or other players, You can do that. You have that option.

You bought a game that you knew would be full of “difficult” bosses, from a company that has never had an official “difficulty slider” on any of their games in this genre. And now you sit and complain about there not being an official “difficulty slider”.

Do you also go to a vegan restaurant and complain they’re not inclusive because you can’t order meat?

And so does Elden Ring. Your inability to find it is not unlike you inability to find a spicy curry.

Except they’re not. You can summon other players to your world to help you at every step of the way.

You mean like summoning NPCs and other players to your world to help you defeat the boss?

No one is gatekeeping anything just because you don’t agree with the art the artist has created.

If you don’t like spicy food. Don’t buy spicy food. They’re not gatekeeping food from you. You have other options.

If you don’t want to “git gud”. You can use summoned spirits. NPCs, other players. There already is a difficulty slider. It’s one you set for yourself.

You always have the option to come back when you’re stronger. The boss is not going anywhere.

I dunno. I kind of like it. It means for your first playthrough. You will get a very unique experience, different from your friends. You found different things.

Then again. Who in their right mind understands you can use a prattling pate to tell bock “you’re beautiful”? That’s just insane. Or maybe I’m just not smart enough.

Yeah… imagine being a new player. Having to learn 4 abilities and how they work. For over 150 characters.

That’s 600+ abilities you need to know what they do.

Not even including passive abilities.

By the time you are able to be somewhat competitive in any given game. You’ll probably already have moved on from the game after being trashed and stomped on non stop by smurfs leveling their new accounts after being banned for toxicity

Splatoon

It was always a requirement. But was temporarily paused due to technical reasons.

Now they are starting to enforce what always was a requirement.

The real fuckup is selling the game in countries where PSN is unavailable.

So no. Hate it as much as you want. But they didn’t suddenly change the condition. The condition was always there.

Most people could buy palworld if they just cooked their own food instead of ordering.

Pretty silly to start saying this with Diablo really, when we can do the same with so many other products and services as well, Ofc it’s really silly to charge 30 for a digital paintjob. But im not gonna police what other people do with their own money.

They worked for it. They spend it.