lavender

joined 1 year ago
[–] lavender@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

SPACE! 🚀

[–] lavender@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Not to forget, mentioning @fearout for his great suggestions and critical eye!

 
[–] lavender@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Oh the ping didn't come through for this posts! Love seeing the new stuff now on my desktop, great work. I'm going to implement the @3dmodeling icon immediately.

[–] lavender@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Us vs. them is as bad as ever. Just use emoji if you want, but don’t overuse them? Live and let live I say.

[–] lavender@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

This whole 'we need a name and a mascot' deal has big 'Stop trying to make Fetch happen' vibes.

[–] lavender@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

@fearout
was replying from mobile - so I'd like to add here... Great work on the texturing! The materials really look like their real life counterparts, perhaps even a bit more edible than supposed to. Which is a good thing.

[–] lavender@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (5 children)

@fearout
These look great! Just the right amount of detail.
I have created @3dmodeling and @zbrush here, so if you’re interested in sharing these there too I’d personally love that!

[–] lavender@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It honestly depends (imo) what you expect a Final Fantasy game to be, maybe you could elaborate?

If you want an Old school rpg? Go for the pixel remasters on pc, or emulate. 1 and 2 are fairly open and unguided for example, but do establish some tropes and recurring themes.

Once you hit 3D era games the gameplay also changes with it. Some are more action based, others are more traditional.

The story however will always be a big part, with interesting takes on how to save a world. Some people find it convoluted however.

 

It finally happened: many Reddit 3rd party apps have officially shut down. With it comes an influx of users looking for a new place.
With the influx come new points of view, new kinds of users with different expectations. This change is already visible, with obvious trolls and attention seekers throwing out bait. What if there is more to it however?

Browsing casually I noticed more and more kbin posts critical of its development, its functioning, and the speed at which @ernest is able to implement updates.

I find it odd that, while denouncing kbin for its current flaws in deployment (despite being clearly stated to be in alpha) the owner of that instance proceeds to praise Lemmy and wave away concerns regarding its devs who

(Lemmy devs) are willing to create a product that makes the entire internet better, and share it with everyone, for free, regardless of your beliefs.

despite having proven that their politics do affect their product.

"Just defederate" in my opinion also is not an argument. It's closing your eyes to a problem propagated by those who benefit from influence from the shadows - on both sides of the political spectrum.

Hence my mention of FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt) and Tribalism.
Pushing users towards a preferred platform (in this case, Lemmy) by seeding threadiverse posts with statements such as

  • kbin isn't ready
  • kbin won't have the same engagement as Lemmy
  • the single kbin dev @ernest doesn't have enough time/skill
  • it will never be as good as Reddit

will just lead to Reddit 2.0 painted in red and yellow. As kbin users, we should combat this kind of behavior.

We're all here for a better threadiverse, and a singular means of interacting will not be beneficial to its growth. The reason we're here is because we want a Reddit-like environment, not a single 'frontpage of the internet'. Tribalism in the threadiverse will get us nowhere fast.

Perhaps it was unintentional that kbin was not federating properly with Lemmy instances. What I am afraid of is, knowing the track record of Lemmy devs, it follows a scary trajectory, reminiscent of a few tried and true tactics Reddit and others have used before.

I'd like to state that I am not unbiased. I am helping out with Artemis, a kbin app currently in development.
I do not want to support or make use of Lemmy for many reasons. However, I could not care less if someone is from a Lemmy instance, or if I interact with them in that same space. If I see Lemmy.ml/Lemmygrad.ml behind their name, I will be cautious of their intentions however.

Let's hope we, not as 'rexxiters', 'kbinauts' or 'lemmings', but as fediverse users can actually create a product that makes the entire internet better, and share it with everyone, for free, regardless of our beliefs.

[–] lavender@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

General info can be found HERE, including info about beta!

[–] lavender@kbin.social -1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I've made a few magazines on kbin to protect from being taken by worse people than myself... I've also added a note in the sidebar/info that I have no intention of remaining moderator, and anyone who wants to take over (preferably with roots in the community elsewhere) can message me.

 

Dragon's Dogma Dark Arisen is a wonderful game to sit down and immerse yourself in.

I've been going at it the past few days, and it's surprising to me how this game embodies a lot of staples of FromSoft's games. Exploration is fairly unguided, apart from your pawns chiming in. Weapons and Gear are just as important as knowing when to fight or flee. Along with that comes the unapologetic difficulty. Fuck around and find out, really. Forgot to rest and save before venturing out? Good luck.

... Yes, I just ragequit after finishing the objective of opening a door and then dying to the cyclops guarding it... Just as I got it down to a quarer of its health. Should have run away. But I didn't.

[–] lavender@kbin.social 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’m cautious, the remakes have been hit or miss. Zelda Link’s Awakening was well done but the frame rate was inexcusable. Pokemon Diamond/Pearl was a letdown… if anything we got the old one to emulate.

[–] lavender@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The primary thing with r/pics and its users is that they are creating/posting SFW quality content for free. They are an established platform with an audience, and the tradeoff is that the platform can be used for ads by its owner. This is all fair.

The main outrage against the blackout is now coming from people who usually scroll, upvote, and consume content. Not content creators. They cannot fathom that their source of entertainment is inaccessible and just want people to stop 'overreacting' and get back to scrolling.

What happens when the platform is no longer reliable, because the owner decided to upset the people making sure the quality remains as established? Sure, someone else will fill the gap, but with these actions I'm sure a lot content creators have flocked to other places. Which leaves the bots, and the lurkers. No content is worse than low quality content.

I'm curious for what the future brings for Reddit. It feels like it will have a different trajectory compared to Twitter, where anything is content and quality doesn't matter as much.

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Dive into a desert world from the creator of Dragon Ball, Akira Toriyama!
Play as the Fiend Prince, Beelzebub, and set off on an adventure using your wits, brawn, and vehicles to save #SANDLAND!

Quite excited for this!

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