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[–] HotWheelsVroom@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago

woc.sunrise.games

[–] HotWheelsVroom@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Really wanting High On Life from this bundle but I can't afford Humble Choice. =(

[–] HotWheelsVroom@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Deleted!? WHAT? Wait, what happened!? No, undeleted! UNDELETED! I didn't mean to do that! Aw, maaaaaan!

COME BACK, ALI..! Come back Ali's sister..!

[–] HotWheelsVroom@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

You murderer! You killed my brother! I mean, computer!

[–] HotWheelsVroom@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Strongbad email maybe from a female.

That was the "sisters" sbemail, where Strong Bad gets a message from Ali asking if he has a girlfriend, and that there's two of them, implying she has a sister. Strong Bad talks in a romantic voice, and ends up accidentally deleting Ali's message.

[–] HotWheelsVroom@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That was also me... ;)

[–] HotWheelsVroom@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Strong Bad, what is going on?!

[–] HotWheelsVroom@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago

For behold, the 386! A spectacle of graphics and sound!

386

version 1.5

[–] HotWheelsVroom@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's not a good prize!

And the Compy... just peed my carpet.

[–] HotWheelsVroom@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yep, you got it right - "techno"!

[–] HotWheelsVroom@lemmy.ml 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

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I absolutely HATE loot boxes. Wholeheartedly fucking HATE them and the person who thought up that shit. Congrats, fucking idiot - you just killed rewarding gameplay and made it as so EVERY fucking modern game now requires you to grind for 200+ hours to unlock everything or the things you want. It's absolutely DISGUSTING and all it does is just encourages players to keep "grinding away wasting hours of their life to get more chances at loot boxes". It's horrid and vile.

Loot boxes are the WORST fucking part of modern gaming. First off, you have to fucking earn in-game currency to even get a SHOT to try to earn something from the loot box. This is NOT fun and rewarding, it's fucking TEDIOUS and it gets ridiculous after you open your first, I'd say, 100 loot boxes. There are so many fucking problems with loot boxes that I have that make me truly DESPISE the concept as a whole. I truly hate the goddamn motherfucker who thought this bullshit was a good idea. This is a fucking system that is NOT based off of progression, but is instead a system based on PURE fucking luck and chance.

Take Hot Wheels Unleashed, for example. The game is PLASTERED with a predatory system called Blind Boxes, which is just ANOTHER fucking name for a loot box. Every time I have gone into the game to try to get a car that I wanted, it NEVER fucking worked in my favor, all I kept getting were fucking DUPLICATES that don't even give you free upgrades. You just have the heartbreak of pulling a dupe, and that's it. "You get NOTHING! You LOSE! GOOD DAY, SIR!"

FUCK those Blind Boxes. I hate them. They are WAY too overpriced for a fucking kids game and there is no enjoyability in wasting currency on 50+ to keep getting duplicates and not earn a SINGLE Super Treasure Hunt. This is not fucking 'replicating' real life, but some want to believe that because you rarely ever see STHs on the shelves. No! It's the game CONSTANTLY demanding more time from the player doing races and earning coins to get, you guessed it, EVEN MORE FUCKING DUPES.

This is NOT rewarding, this is fucking TEDIOUS. Rewarding gameplay DIED when loot boxes were invented. In fact, lemme remind you. Hot Wheels: Velocity X. You earned EVERY goddamn car either through the Story Mode or from challenges and rewards. You got EVERY car as you progressed and leveled up through the game, and EVERY FUCKING car could be unlocked just through fucking PLAYING the goddamn game. THAT is Rewarding Gameplay. Earning things through PROGRESSION. Loot boxes are NOT rewarding. No! Loot boxes are just the game wanting you to ENDLESSLY grind to get the fucking thing you want and hopefully not pull another duplicate. I only VERY recently FINALLY started getting Super Treasure Hunts in Hot Wheels Unleashed, and that was AFTER quitting the game for an extended period of time. I guess the goddamn game FINALLY felt fucking sympathy for me, for once.

Loot boxes aren't fucking fun. They make goddamn games a CHORE and NOT a hobby. This is exactly the fucking reason why people started going AFK, the fucking payout of HW Unleashed coins was ridiculous and you constantly kept getting fucking duplicates anyway, so that means "Welp, back to grinding for you"! NONE of this makes the game feel rewarding. It just makes it feel like a tedious chore and it makes the entire game a fucking unfun experience.

Currently trying to get the 24 Ours car in HW Unleashed and ALL I have been fucking getting are duplicate cars apart from the Super Treasure Hunts. I kept getting the goddamn Camaro, Roller Toaster, taxi, garbage truck, and the Tricera-tops Truck. Even AFTER selling ALL of the versions of the car(s) in question I have gotten, I KEPT GETTING THE SAME FUCKING CARS BACK IN MY COLLECTION. I eventually wasted all of my goddamn coins on these fucking Blind Boxes, so now it will be back to grinding once again for me. I fucking hate this. I fucking hate that I will ONCE A-FUCKING-GAIN have to go back to completing a FUCK-TON of races to get more Blind Boxes only to get MORE DUPLICATE CARS.

The plus side is that the goddamn Blind Boxes are at least free and can't be bought. I cannot say the same for goddamn games with full-on microtransactions. Guess what? They include fucking loot boxes. So, not only are you wasting your time getting fucking duplicates constantly, you are now ALSO PAYING for the privilege of wasting your time getting fucking duplicates constantly. This is a horrible fucking system that encourages people to keep at it, and keep spending money.

Guess what? This is LITERALLY just digital fucking gambling at this point. It's basically the equivalent of a fucking slot machine at the casino at this point. You pay money, you play the slots. And just like IRL gambling, you usually NEVER fucking win anything and there's a 0.001% chance you will get the fucking thing you want. If not, then well, it's back to spending for you, my friend! 🤑

There are SO MANY fucking free-to-play games that have this shitty monetization. Fortnite. Rocket League. League of Legends. So goddamn many that I have lost count. They just expect you to keep coughing up that FUCKING DOUGH and keep ENDLESSLY trying to get what you want, only to 90% of the time get even more fucking duplicates. Have I ever told you the definition of Insanity? It's trying the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.

But then, you also have fucking PAID games that you have to actually BUY with REAL money that have microtransactions as well. A prime example is Star Wars Battlefront II by EA. Filled to the fucking BRIM with paid loot boxes. You already paid for the fucking base game and are now expected to pay more. This is NOT fucking legal, it is fucking highway robbery.

And guess what the fuck happens? People run out. EVERYONE on the fucking PLANET tells you that 99% of gamblers quit before they hit it big. And you know WHY that is the case? BECAUSE THEY HAVE RUN OUT OF FUCKING MONEY TO SPEND. There is a point in fucking time where the gambler in question cannot afford to pay to play the goddamn slots again, and quits because, well, THEIR WALLET IS FUCKING DRIED UP. THAT is the reason why gamblers quit before they hit it big, they don't have money to keep CONSTANTLY throwing at the fucking slot machines in the casino.

I hate the fact that loot boxes are LITERALLY just fucking virtual slot machines and are for some reason NORMALIZED. THERE ARE LITERAL FUCKING CHILDREN BEING TAUGHT ABOUT GAMBLING DUE TO THIS SHIT. I hate the fact KIDS are being introduced to this fucking Pay-to-Win bullshit. It's everywhere. In every game. Every fucking game has it these days, and it shows no signs of EVER stopping, ESPECIALLY due to the fact that KIDS are getting exposed to this shit.

Oh, that fucking reminds me! There is a game out there that I truly fucking despise for this EXACT reason I just mentioned. Roblox's horrible fucking pet gambling game, Pet Simulator X. The ENTIRE game has different rarities of pets ranging from Common to Legendary. The Legendary pets have less than a fucking ONE PERCENT CHANCE of getting randomly chosen. You go and open what I think were pet eggs, pray you get a Rare or even Epic pet, and then do it again. But, I WOULD be saying that if it weren't for the fact you constantly keep getting fucking COMMON AND UNCOMMON PETS.

Pet Simulator X is literally just a fucking pet gambling game. It's even WORSE because it is ACTIVELY ADVERTISING GAMBLING TO LITERAL FUCKING CHILDREN and should be illegal. "Here's a $200 virtual pet! 5% chance for a RAINBOW one btw!! KEEP SPENDING KIDS!!!" It crosses the fucking line and shouldn't be allowed. OH YEAH, I SURE FUCKING LOVE TEACHING KIDS HOW TO GAMBLE AND NOT CARE ABOUT THE FUCKING PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS IT WILL HAVE ON THEM WHEN THEY GROW UP!

I hate fucking loot boxes and I HATE THAT THEY'RE NORMALIZED. Thank fucking God that some countries have made them outright illegal. I am tired of constantly fucking grinding for something just to keep getting duplicate items of THINGS I ALREADY FUCKING OWN! Jesus FUCK, it's such a stupid-ass concept and the person who even THOUGHT of this idea should be ashamed of themselves, because they have just killed rewarding gameplay and have now enticed people of ALL ages to get into gambling. THIS SHIT RIGHT HERE IS WHY I WILL NEVER GO TO A FUCKING CASINO. EVER.

Fuck loot boxes, and FUCK the person who came up with them.

 
 
 
 

I DO NOT HAVE A FUCKING PHONE PLAN OR FUCKING PHONE FOR THAT MATTER. STOP ASKING ME FOR SHIT I DON'T FUCKING HAVE. EVERY FUCKING MAINSTREAM SERVICE OUT THERE JUST EXPECTS YOU TO HAVE A FUCKING PHONE AND PHONE PLAN THESE DAYS. WANT TO SIGN UP FOR A WEBSITE? VERIFY YOUR GODDAMN PHONE NUMBER. WANT TO TALK IN CERTAIN DISCORD SERVERS? NO SIREE. VERIFY YOUR PHONE NUMBER FIRST. LOCKED OUT OF ONE OF YOUR ACCOUNTS OVER SOME BULLSHIT REPORTS? VERIFY YOUR PHONE NUMBER TO UNLOCK IT. LITERALLY JUST FUCKING EXISTING? VERIFY, VERIFY, VERIFY! FOR THE LOVE OF FUCK, STOP PROMPTING ME TO VERIFY MY FUCKING HUMANITY WITH A PHONE NUMBER. I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO LOOK FOR FUCKING WORKAROUNDS AND BYPASSES TO GET AROUND THIS SHIT. EVEN IF I DID HAVE AN ACTIVE PHONE NUMBER, YOU AIN'T GETTING JACK SHIT FROM ME. THIS IS NOT MADE TO PROTECT YOU AND KEEP YOU SAFE, IT IS ONLY MADE SO THESE FUCKTARD COMPANIES CAN SELL YOUR DATA TO DATA BROKERS, WHO WILL THEN SELL THAT DATA TO ROBOCALLERS WHO WILL CALL YOU ALL THE FUCKING TIME! LOOK, YOU'RE NOT GETTING MY NUMBER. IF I HAVE TO FIND FUCKING FAKE PHONE NUMBERS OR SIGN UP TO TEMP NUMBER SERVICES, THEN SO FUCKING BE IT, BUT I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO. I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO POTENTIALLY BREAK THE FUCKING LAW TO GET SOME FUCKING SENSE OF PRIVACY. I LITERALLY HAVE A NUMBER ON TEXTNOW THAT IS BASICALLY FUCKING USELESS AND IS ONLY USABLE FOR MAKING CALLS AND TEXTING. EVEN IF I WAS ABLE TO USE THAT NUMBER TO GET A VERIFICATION CODE IN THE FORM OF A SMS, IT WOULDN'T WORK, BECAUSE "OH, YOU NEED TO SIGN UP FOR ANOTHER FUCKING SUBSCRIPTION (LOCK-IN NUMBER) TO GET VERIFICATION CODES"! FUCK, I CAN'T EVEN PARTICIPATE IN SOME TWITCH CHATS DUE TO THIS BULLSHIT BECAUSE SOME FUCKING STREAMERS SET UP THIS STUPID-ASS 'VERIFIED ACCOUNTS ONLY CHAT' BULLSHIT THAT FORCES YOU TO VERIFY VIA PHONE NUMBER TO ACCESS THEM. AND GUESS WHAT? MY TEXTNOW NUMBER? FUCKING USELESS ON ABOUT 90% OF SERVICES ON THE FUCKING INTERNET! WHY? OH, WELL, BECAUSE SOME FUCKING 'GENIUS' DECIDED TO MAKE IT HARDER FOR PEOPLE LIKE ME BY BLOCKING VOIP NUMBERS COMPLETELY. AND TEXTNOW IS A VOIP SERVICE. IF I DO TOO MANY ATTEMPTS TO VERIFY, I GET 'RATE LIMITED'. FUCK. OFF. GIVE ME ANOTHER FUCKING WAY TO VERIFY BECAUSE YOU ARE SURE AS FUCKING HELL NOT GETTING ACCESS TO MORE OF MY DATA! I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO EVEN "START" THIS PROCEDURE, ANYWAY, BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE A FUCKING PHONE TO BEGIN WITH! DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH FUCKING PHONE PLANS COST THESE DAYS? WELL, HUNDREDS, MAYBE EVEN THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. DO YOU REALLY EXPECT ME TO GO BUY A FUCKING PHONE PLAN THAT IS OVERPRICED AS SHIT, GET A PHONE NUMBER, AND VERIFY WITH IT? OH, FUCK YOU. AND GUESS THE FUCK WHAT? GUESS WHO LOVES PHONE NUMBERS? FUCKING DATA LEAKERS. SHOULD I EVEN REMIND YOU ABOUT THE TWITCH DATA LEAK THAT TOOK PLACE OVER 2 YEARS AGO? PERSONAL INFORMATION ACCESSED. THAT POSSIBLY INCLUDED PHONE NUMBERS. THAT MEANS THAT THE PEOPLE WHO GOT BREACHED PROBABLY HAD A SHIT-TON OF ROBOCALLS. GODDAMNIT, THE INTERNET IS NOT A FUCKING EXCLUSIVE CLUB, YOU GODDAMN DICKWEEDS. BACK WHEN I WAS AROUND THE INTERNET, YOU DIDN'T NEED TO GIVE OUT JACK SHIT WHEN SIGNING UP FOR WEBSITES OR PARTICIPATING IN CHAT. HOLY FUCK, IRC DIDN'T EVEN NEED THAT SHIT. AIM DIDN'T NEED IT. YOU COULD JUST MAKE A FUCKING ACCOUNT ON THE AOL WEBSITE OR YOUR IRC CLIENT, AND BOOM, YOU COULD TALK TO ANYONE IN YOUR CONTACTS. NO STRINGS OR ANYTHING ELSE ATTACHED. BUT NOWADAYS, YOU HAVE TO GIVE OUT A SHIT-TON OF PERSONAL INFO TO ACCESS NEARLY ALMOST EVERYTHING, AND THAT INCLUDES HAVING A PHONE NUMBER, BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T HAVE ONE, THEN YOU ARE APPARENTLY JUST FUCKED, BECAUSE EVERYONE EXPECTS YOU TO HAVE ACCESS TO A FUCKING CELLULAR DEVICE. BACK IN THE 2000S, HAVING A FUCKING PHONE WAS A FUCKING NOVELTY. YOU COULD EVEN CONSIDER YOURSELF LUCKY IF YOU HAD ONE. NOW, EVERYONE EXPECTS YOU TO HAVE ONE. LIKE, WHAT THE FUCK? I HATE THE FUCKING FAKE-ASS EXCUSES COMPANIES GIVE BY CLAIMING THAT HAVING A PHONE NUMBER MAKES YOU MORE SECURE. BRO, THAT IS A FUCKING LIE AND A HALF. WHERE'S MY FUCKING LIE DETECTOR? ALL IT DOES IS GIVES DATA-HUNGRY COMPANIES ACCESS TO MORE OF YOUR INFORMATION, AS IF THEY DON'T HAVE FUCKING ENOUGH OF IT ALREADY. I MISSED OUT ON SO MANY GODDAMN COOL THINGS BECAUSE OF THIS SHITTY-ASS FORCED PHONE NUMBER VERIFICATION. I FUCKING MISSED OUT ON MONSTER HUNTER FRONTIER WHEN IT WAS STILL UP AND RUNNING DUE TO THIS BULLSHIT. NOW, IT IS FUCKING SHUT DOWN FOREVER AND I MISSED OUT ON IT ENTIRELY BECAUSE OF OVERZEALOUS VERIFICATION. I TRULY THOUGHT THAT PHONE VERIFICATION WAS GOING TO BE EASY AS THERE ARE SEVERAL DIFFERENT WEBSITES WHERE YOU CAN RECIEVE SMS TEXTS WITH EITHER 'REAL' OR 'FAKE' PHONE NUMBERS. NOPE! NOT ONLY DOES THE PHONE NUMBER NOT HAVE TO BE ALREADY USED BY TOO MANY PEOPLE, BUT IT ALSO HAS TO SPECIFICALLY NOT BE A VOIP NUMBER. I MIGHT AS WELL SAY 99% OF THE ENTIRE FUCKING INTERNET DON'T SUPPORT THESE FUCKING NUMBERS. THEY MIGHT AS WELL TELL YOU TO FUCK OFF AND BUY A PHONE PLAN. "DO YOU GUYS NOT HAVE PHONES?" MIGHT AS WELL SUM UP TWO-FACTOR AUTHENTICATION ENTIRELY. DOES IT LOOK LIKE I HAVE A FUCKING PHONE? THEN DO NOT ASK ME FOR A FUCKING PHONE NUMBER OR ASK ME TO USE ANYTHING THAT REQUIRES AN APP! I FUCKING HATE THOSE GODDAMN 'AUTHENTICATOR' APPS BECAUSE OF THIS AS WELL, BECAUSE THEY 'ALSO' REQUIRE YOU TO HAVE ACCESS TO A PHONE. WE ALREADY PAY FOR FOOD, HOUSING, ELECTRICITY, INTERNET, WATER, AND OTHER ESSENTIALS. STOP ASKING ME TO GET A FUCKING PHONE PLAN AND PUT IN MY FUCKING PHONE NUMBER JUST TO ACCESS NEARLY HALF OF THE ENTIRE FUCKING INTERNET. BESIDES, YOU WON'T BE GETTING MY ACTUAL PHONE NUMBER EVEN IF I "DID" HAVE ONE, SO TOUGH FUCKING SHIT. GO ASK OTHER FUCKING PEOPLE TO PUT IN THEIR GODDAMN PHONE NUMBERS, BECAUSE THAT IS OBVIOUSLY YOUR FUCKING DAY-TO-DAY ACTIVITY.

FUCK. YOU. ALL. 🖕

 
 
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