AlamoVampire

I blame elite dangerous. This plays as you dock with a station or orbital outpost. 113312242024

i am getting more and more irritated and disenfranchised by pokemon go and the alleged rules enforcement that game says it has. I am seriously considering quitting it. I know I have said that before, but, after reporting the same 2 players north of 100 times for breaking the rules, namely the following rule from section 3 subsection 3.1 of their terms of service: "Using any techniques to alter or falsify a device’s location (for example through GPS spoofing)". I witnessed these 2 players do exactly this, got video documentation OF the incident, gave it to their support staff and these 2 players <one of whom is breaking another rule regarding the use of shared or having multiple accounts with proof of that as well> and they refuse to ban these players. Cheat in a single player game all you like. Cheat in one where you are playing against other humans? NO! I have been considering whether or not to file a complaint with the attorney general of my state and california where pokemon go is head quartered <for more than the fact they wont ban the cheaters which violates the contractual agreement of the terms of service>, but, the fact that you can simply google how to cheat and not get banned and get hundreds of results sickens me. I hate it. I have played pokemon go since 2019 and the joy is being taken away by cheaters and people in power refuse to do anything about it. I have been stalked by players, harassed by players, and cannot enjoy the game because of the cheaters and reported this all to them yet they do nothing. SO, I ask this: should I just delete the game or keep fighting a sisyphean battle knowing that the cheaters are ultimately going to go unpunished and I am just going to lose my mind? Also, for the mods: i have no other place to vent to, and ive kept this as benign as i can redacting certain details to keep this in the realm of venting and asking for advice. 110812242024

right now i am equal parts livid beyond measure and confused. I am playing Elite Dangerous and was trying to do a Power Restoration mission in the Sol System. We just <the players of Elite Dangerous> defeated a Thargoid Titan named Cocijo and are in the midst of recovering from the second Thargoid war. So anyway, I am doing a mission that is partly for me <trying to locate some very rare materials to unlock an engineer, so doing these power restore missions gives me unfettered access to ground bases so that I can scavenge for what I am looking for. Well, mid search 2 ships arrive and drop pirates. I am permitted by mission rights to be there, the pirates not so much. So, I take up arms to ya know, eliminate the pirate forces and I get killed. Really cruddy to have subpar weapons, which is why I am working on unlocking engineers. Well, for reasons unknown to me, I end up on a prison ship called the Pillar of Fortitude and have to pay a restitution to the prison ship. WHY? WHAT DID I DO WRONG??????????????????????????????????????????? Worse, because I died, the mission auto failed and my SRV Scarab <rover> is now destroyed as well... This folks is what I get for doing anything OTHER than take my ship way out into the black away from people. Why do I bother? 142712232024

@Scarecrow71 I wish you the best. I hope Mischa can beat the lung cancer! I send a virtual boop to Mischa and a scratch behind her ears. 091712222024

with christmas now even closer, namely 3 days out, i have one wish i know wont come true. that wish? well, that wish will be in a spoiler, and I ask that you wait until I edit the post before opening it. I do hope you waited to open my spoiler, as I do not want to spoil your festive mood with my wish. 075712222024

The thing about the ads is they are getting worse. Ad blockers are fine if you can use them, but for those like me who watch youtube on a console like ps5 for myself you have no ad blocker. Even youtube premium is not ad free anymore. Sure it calls itself ad free but if youtube thinks an ad is relevant to it it will force the ad on you from what ive heard. Worse are the ones that force 5-6 ads on you before enabling skip. Its done under the guise of “fewer ad breaks for this longer video” but its forcing more ads on you. Im seeing a trend in society that scares me… 023912222024 042412222024

New wrinkle ios18.2 may be making the forum harder to use via safari on iphone xr. I had to reload the page to get the submit button to actually submit. 133512172024 tho not on this reply, possible one off glitch?

Im frustrated. I needed to borrow my dads wifi since spectrum hard coded my wifi antennas off because my cable modem is 6ish years old and they dont want to support it any more. Why did i need to borrow wifi? Because apple demanded my cell use wifi to update my ios because god forbid i use cellular data to download something. Then after updating to 18.2 i find its force installed a password app that i removed, and it screwed with my email. Then lets not forget im debating involving 3 attorneys general in my other problem. ugh 133312172024

@Bej Kerman im well aware of that post. My information was given to me after that thread was started and given my sources reputation i trust them implicitly. Also i think their information seeing as it was relayed to me in november of this year its more up to date than that thread. 152312162024

I cant say who told me, if they wish to come forward they have the option. But ive heard it was renewed not for 6 months but a year. I trust the person who told me, but regardless if 6 months or 12, we may not have the forum by thanksgiving 2025. But given the forum spends more time in bad gateway than functional it may simply crash and burn before then. 112812162024

@Lisias ksp2 gets back burnered to the point it likely will never be fully finished, the forum gets into a state of disfunction, its being likely forgotten by those who could salvage it. It may not be sabotage per se but it could be that its being neglected and allowed to atrophy into unrecoverable decay to be quietly killed off on all fronts. This is 100% speculation on my part but it feels like its reasonable to at least suspect it right or wrong. Again speculating only. 054412162024

Im wondering if these issues the initial vibrations of a death-knell for not only both KSP and KSP2 but the forum as well. Its spending more and more time in bad gateway than operational. Ive been here since august 2013 and the worst thing id seen was the great purge. That is until the flood of bad gateways then the 2 weeks or so when it crashed and burned. Im wondering when it will crash again and if it does will it be salvaged or even possible? Are we on borrowed time? 004612162024

Yup! Ive had it for a while. I forget when it was added to the app catalog for ps5. 125312152024

Im going to scream. Im having an issue with paramount plus where it wasnt recording my progress with a show. No big deal web says a quick relog into my paramount plus account should fix it. Well i cant log back in on the ONE device i need it on. My ps5. The throbber just circles endlessly. Been 15 freaking minutes of this. Ive rebooted, restarted, tried from the web. You name it. It wont complete the log in on my ps5. Yes my account is in good standing, yes i can log into my account on the web. I need it to connect via ps5. Yes its an active device 4 times over at this point. It has no reason beyond upsetting me to not connect. 123112152024 <screams in frustration> now it connects… still no idea why its like this but its still refusing to log progress…. <screams in frustration again then weeps in frustration and loneliness> 123612152024

And the original: Now want a mind melting fact? The original composer Jeehun Hwang prior to MW2 had NO music production experience and was only experimenting with a Korg X2 Synthesizer and was a Production Assistant at Activision. Early on in MW2 production history he made history by getting a shot at showing his work to his superiors and they scrapped what they had in favor of his stuff. 124112142024

@Nuke maybe she ate super fast and gave herself an upset stomach? 221912132024

@Nuke i hope kitty is ok! i have a sign by my front door stating i charge 50$ per minute with an 11 minute minimum time for door to door solicitation/religious bs and yes its plain view directly above my door bell. Says you acknowledge and accept these charges by ringing my bell or knocking on my door yet they still do it anyway. I hate solicitors! 115012132024

Morgan Lofting (February 2, 1940 – November 27, 2024) was an American actress best known for her voiceover performance as Baroness in G.I. Joe. 053412112024

Im getting to the point with something that im seriously considering filing a complaint with 3 separate attorneys general over it. I cant go into more specifics for reasons, i want to ask: is it worth it or wrong of me to take that action? No nothing to do with ksp at all. 012312102024

so, im getting on my computer so i can play elite dangerous and i go to do what ive done countless times before in the past: turn my monitor on. I fail spectacularly and nearly give myself a heart attack thinking my monitor is broken. Turns out I am a dope and moving my joystick <x56 rhino hotas> just a few inches off of where i normally keep it sitting completely blew out my muscle memory. I was hitting a button that only works when the monitor is on, its one of the buttons that either selects an option or scrolls between settings <not sure as ive not turned my light on beyond trying to figure out where the power button is, by then my hand wasnt on the suspect button lol> and hit my flashlight to find that stupid power button. man.... laugh it up folks, its worth a giggle! @Batavia im a cellist myself, former clarinetist, and though its been a few decades since i played my clarinet and about 15 since my cello, i remember that feeling fondly. especially when i worked so hard for a UIL competition back in middle school and played my cello well enough to medal. I didnt make the top ranks or anything, but, well enough to get a medal. UIL is funny like that where Im from. and this predates the 2000's btw. Yup. Im old. 005612092024

I agree! There is nothing like the feeling of nailing the piece you worked so hard to learn! I bet @Batavia knows that feeling and looks forward to it on this one! 234112082024

@Nuke as a guy who just lost his own mom i encourage you to spend time with yours rather than avoid doing so. I understand crowds are an issue for you, but trust me when i say the time will come with speed you are not ready for when you no longer have a chance to make memories and spend time with her. Id give anything to have just one more Christmas with my momma. To have her make her Christmas dinner. Regret is a potent and insidious poison. Treasure the chance you have now. One day you will join me on this side of the window and it will come all too fast. 212512082024 045612092024

Im playing Elite Dangerous (i dont have an antixeno combat vessel so i cant fight the thargoids invading sol) and am doing xenobiology. Im on a planet trying to scan a plant and my ships nose is pointing at the ground in direct contact so i dont drift while trying to scan. A system authority vessel (think police) comes up on me, scans me and says nothing unusual here commander, carry on. And im left laughing at the idea that hes seen this enough he doesnt care my ship is essentially huffing dirt. 001412082024

With Christmas just a few weeks away I pose the question again. What are your Christmas wishes for this year? Mine? To have another Christmas with my Momma, to not be so depressed, to not feel so alone or that I am a burden here or anywhere. 021612052024

Just checking in to see if theres any thoughts on my question from a few days ago 041812042024