totm nov 2023 Thread to discuss negative things in a very general way, just see where it goes y'know?

[Superfluous J]

9 hours ago, AlamoVampire said:

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?

This is extra sad, because Niantec was very good at enforcing those rules when they were actually running a game (Ingress) and not just using all the data we collected for them to make an info- and money-farm (Pokemon Go)

You should delete the game, but not instead of anything else, just delete it and move on.

I don't know if it's any good anymore, but when Ingress died to give birth to Pokemon Go I moved on to a game called Resources and found it quite enjoyable for a year or two.

https://hq.resources-game.ch/en

9 hours ago, AlamoVampire said:

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?

This is extra sad, because Niantec was very good at enforcing those rules when they were actually running a game (Ingress) and not just using all the data we collected for them to make an info- and money-farm (Pokemon Go)

You should delete the game, but not instead of anything else, just delete it and move on.

I don't know if it's any good anymore, but when Ingress died to give birth to Pokemon Go I moved on to a game called Resources and found it quite enjoyable for a year or two.

https://hq.resources-game.ch/en

[Iapetus7342]

@Superfluous J Your comment was duplicated

[Superfluous J]

12 hours ago, Iapetus7342 said:

@Superfluous J Your comment was duplicated

I know. I double posted because of server issues and couldn't edit it easily due to server issues.

[AlamoVampire]

Im getting sick of fast food employees not asking 2 basic questions and assuming answers. The 2 basic questions? 1. If a credit card is used: would you like the receipt? (The ok assumption is yes. Better to have and not need than need and not have). 2. Do you want ketchup? I dont mind it but i cant stand packets of it. What do they assume 85%+ of the time? No to the first yes to the second. Its irritating!

i dont care how little they care as employees. These are basic questions a proper manager should drill into them. When I got certified as a hospitality manager it was laser etched into me.

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[Iapetus7342]

On 1/1/2025 at 3:43 AM, AlamoVampire said:

Im getting sick of fast food employees not asking 2 basic questions and assuming answers. The 2 basic questions? 1. If a credit card is used: would you like the receipt? (The ok assumption is yes. Better to have and not need than need and not have). 2. Do you want ketchup? I dont mind it but i cant stand packets of it. What do they assume 85%+ of the time? No to the first yes to the second. Its irritating!

i dont care how little they care as employees. These are basic questions a proper manager should drill into them. When I got certified as a hospitality manager it was laser etched into me.

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On the topic of fast food and how their employees can't give a damn about things, I LOATHE McDonalds because every time i try to order from their app, they get my order wrong. Every. Single. Time.

[DDE]

On 1/3/2025 at 2:13 AM, Iapetus7342 said:

On the topic of fast food and how their employees can't give a damn about things, I LOATHE McDonalds because every time i try to order from their app, they get my order wrong. Every. Single. Time.

I generally go easy on the employees, but I have a serious complaint about the food trays. Who does every place I go have trays that bulge uowards, making stuff roll off them?

[Nuke]

fast food should not be taken internally.

[Superfluous J]

On 12/31/2024 at 10:43 PM, AlamoVampire said:

When I got certified as a hospitality manager it was laser etched into me.

That's the problem (and the difference). You were certified as a hospitality manager. Chet at the drive through is at work instead of at his girlfriend's house because he needs money for gas to drive to his girlfriend's house. His priorities start and stop with getting his minimum wage paycheck and you literally do not matter to him and never will.

And as Nuke said, you're better off eating pretty much anything else as the fast food companies care about making good food about as much as Chet cares if you get ketchup.

[AlamoVampire]

5 hours ago, DDE said:

Who does every place I go have trays that bulge uowards, making stuff roll off them?

If you mean that warp upwards in the middle? Its because the trays go into an industrial dishwasher that has water thats near 200°F for sanitization purposes. It triggers the plastic of cheap trays to weaken then warp as they cool.

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[boriz]

I really miss Dr Who. Iplayer has [redacted] repeats, but I missed my chance to get the the originals when they were unedited. I'd also like to see Star Wars (original edit), missed my chance on that too. *sobs into cuff*

[DDE]

16 hours ago, AlamoVampire said:

If you mean that warp upwards in the middle? Its because the trays go into an industrial dishwasher that has water thats near 200°F for sanitization purposes. It triggers the plastic of cheap trays to weaken then warp as they cool.

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I know, but - starting in the 2022 Russian wave of rebrandings - this problem suddenly showed up everywhere at the same time.

[AlamoVampire]

I have a theory as to why cheaters in pokemon go are not punished and its made me lose any respect i may have had left for it. The support department is either run by bots or the staff is wholly incapable of reading and comprehending the written english language. What do I mean? Well, in the spoiler below is the exact report i give minus the name of the player i am reporting. 

Spoiler

Gps spoofing in violation of

3. Use of the Services

3.1 Cheating

Niantic prohibits cheating, and we constantly take steps to improve our anti-cheat measures. Cheating includes any action that attempts to or actually alters or interferes with the normal behavior or rules of a Service. Cheating includes, but is not limited to, any of the following behavior, on your own behalf or on behalf of others:

• Accessing Services in an unauthorized manner (including using modified or unofficial third party software);
• Playing with multiple accounts for the same Service;
• Sharing accounts;
• Using any techniques to alter or falsify a device’s location (for example through GPS spoofing); and/or
• Selling or trading accounts.

I specifically refer to: Using any techniques to alter or falsify a device’s location (for example through GPS spoofing).

You will note I open and close mentioning the act i am reporting for. Gps spoofing in this case. The reply I get is usually 1 of 3. One stating they will punish if a player is found to be violating. Uh no they dont do squat. Next is one stating they have received and kicked it up to a higher team. Same thing nothing happens. The one that tells me its bots or illiteracy? See spoiler 2 for a DIRECT copy/paste 

Spoiler

Hi Trainer,

Thank you for contacting Pokémon GO support.

Having multiple accounts is against our Terms of Service. If a player is found to be violating our Terms of Service, then appropriate actions will be taken against the account after further review. To protect the privacy of our players, we can't discuss actions we may have taken on another player’s account.

I should add that i put up a wall of GPS SPOOFING after the auto reply that my ticket is submitted. Im sickened by the fact i cant tell if its illiteracy or bots on their end. I debated posting this but getting spoiler 2 for the 10th time convinced me. Am i crazy or is this hopeless? 214001052024

[Nuke]

some time in the last 3-4 days i did something to my right shoulder, though i have no idea what. its been sore all weekend.

[AlamoVampire]

@Nuke try this stuff. 

works well. Caution of the red version, its uh spicy for want of a better description. Not for internal use lol. XD 232501052025

[Nuke]

id sooner use what they sell at the dispensery.

[AlamoVampire]

Your call but from personal experience with tiger balm the stuff really does work miracles and does so fast. Fwiw tiger balm has been around since the 19th century originating in Rangoon Burma (modern day Yangon Myanmar). 
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[Lisias]

My site is being hammered by two IPs in the last two days, about 45K hits per day.

Heck, all my domains usually gets about 8K per day, and these two <insert your favorite non forum compliant expletive here> are hammering me 45K times a day:

 count | IP
  44618 47.76.209.138
  45073 47.76.99.127

Both having the following WHOIS Lookup:

NetRange:       47.74.0.0 - 47.87.255.255
CIDR:           47.76.0.0/14, 47.74.0.0/15, 47.80.0.0/13
NetName:        AL-3
NetHandle:      NET-47-74-0-0-1
Parent:         NET47 (NET-47-0-0-0-0)
NetType:        Direct Allocation
OriginAS:       
Organization:   Alibaba Cloud LLC (AL-3)
RegDate:        2016-03-17
Updated:        2017-04-26
Ref:            https://rdap.arin.net/registry/ip/47.74.0.0



OrgName:        Alibaba Cloud LLC
OrgId:          AL-3
Address:        400 S El Camino Real, Suite 400
City:           San Mateo
StateProv:      CA
PostalCode:     94402
Country:        US
RegDate:        2010-10-29
Updated:        2024-11-25
Comment:        1.For AliCloud IPR Infringement and Abuse Claim, please use below link with browser to report: https://intl.aliyun.com/report

There're more than 300 with a similar behaviour, but 99% of them hitting me only once - probably a botnet, but some of these may be legit users.

In a way or another, the temptation for just blanket ban the whole net is not a minor one, but for while I will try to do punctual damage control.

Heck.

[DareMightyThingsJPL]

Has anyone seen how that you can't download KSP on the Private Division launcher/store? 

Hopefully the forums don't follow soon. 

[AlamoVampire]

5 minutes ago, DareMightyThingsJPL said:

Has anyone seen how that you can't download KSP on the Private Division launcher/store? 

Hopefully the forums don't follow soon. 

Ive never checked the website. I got ksp shortly (days) after 0.21 hit steam. 013001072025

[DareMightyThingsJPL]

Given how the KSP IP is now in the hands of someone - We don't know who - Anything could happen. My bets are on a bad mobile game coming out in the next few years. If not, they'll split up the IP to its core for profit, selling stuff like individual characters and stuff.

[Nuke]

another case of ip hoarding ruining franchises. they either sit on them and collect royalties without actually producing anything, or they hand it off to the intern-run shovelware studio or whatever content assembly line fits the media. everyone wants to be the walmart of entertainment. we really need to go back to shorter copyright terms, then they would be forced to innovate rather than simply operate the machine. which will happen anyway when they obliterate all the profitable franchises with pre-existing fanbases.

Edited 16 hours ago by Nuke

[DareMightyThingsJPL]

19 minutes ago, Nuke said:

another case of ip hoarding ruining franchises. they either sit on them and collect royalties without actually producing anything, or they hand it off to the intern-run shovelware studio or whatever content assembly line fits the media. everyone wants to be the walmart of entertainment. we really need to go back to shorter copyright terms, then they would be forced to innovate rather than simply operate the machine. which will happen anyway when they obliterate all the profitable franchises with pre-existing fanbases.

I wish it weren't this way, I can agree. Whenever I can, I try to purchase games from independent developers, that way you aren't supporting these massive media agglomerations/conglomerates. I feel like the KSP2 was doomed because the higher ups in TakeTwo prioritised shareholders over anything else. The lack of solid gameplay in nearly all of the trailers rang as a code red for me.

[Superfluous J]

2 hours ago, DareMightyThingsJPL said:

My bets are on a bad mobile game coming out in the next few years

Steamboat Willie's Space Program, with Popeye and Tintin DLC!

[Lisias]

3 hours ago, Superfluous J said:

6 hours ago, DareMightyThingsJPL said:

My bets are on a bad mobile game coming out in the next few years.

 Steamboat Willie's Space Program, with Popeye and Tintin DLC!

Pachinkos!!

(Konami did that with Metal Gear Solid...)

 

6 hours ago, DareMightyThingsJPL said:

Has anyone seen how that you can't download KSP on the Private Division launcher/store? 

Hopefully the forums don't follow soon. 

You may want to follow this thread:

On a personal note, things are not bright, but not that bleak. Yet.

• There're happening changes on the DNS, suggesting someone is reworking the site's infrastructure.
• Forum's Software License was renewed for 6 months in September
  • suggesting that the previous owner prevented the License to expire before the new owner takes control of everything.
  • there're unverified, but credible, reports of that renewal extending to 12 months.
• There are happening changes (most of the time, for the better) on all sites directly related to KSP

All if this suggests that the new owner is working on securing ownership on the thing, besides facing some mishaps in the process.

There's a good chance that the download problem is exactly that: migration of needed support infrastructure.

Of course that some communication would not hurt...