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    • scottalanmillerS
      scottalanmiller @dafyre
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      @dafyre said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:

      I think people do, however, need to set their expectations accordingly. You're not going to get 1080p @ 30 FPS on a DSL connection.

      Right, the expectation has to be that the game will "work", but will cost too much and perform poorly. Um.... so given the proper expectations, my point is made.

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      • wirestyle22W
        wirestyle22 @scottalanmiller
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        @scottalanmiller said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:

        @dafyre said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:

        I think people do, however, need to set their expectations accordingly. You're not going to get 1080p @ 30 FPS on a DSL connection.

        Right, the expectation has to be that the game will "work", but will cost too much and perform poorly. Um.... so given the proper expectations, my point is made.

        Yeah I think point-in-time you are correct. If they can bring costs down significantly (assuming it's in the same vein as liquidsky pricing wise) it may make more sense

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        • scottalanmillerS
          scottalanmiller @wirestyle22
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          @wirestyle22 I think that they will struggle for a long time to get the price low enough to work because the cost of their competition drops along with their costs. But the problems of the WAN won't go away, so as cost drops, the WAN issue actually gets worse rather than better because the value to avoiding it minimizes.

          In an age when gaming over the LAN isn't good, that we are talking about going to WAN is pretty silly.

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          • scottalanmillerS
            scottalanmiller
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            I wonder how ray traced games are being handled in these environments.

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            • dafyreD
              dafyre @scottalanmiller
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              @scottalanmiller said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:

              @dafyre said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:

              I think people do, however, need to set their expectations accordingly. You're not going to get 1080p @ 30 FPS on a DSL connection.

              Right, the expectation has to be that the game will "work", but will cost too much and perform poorly. Um.... so given the proper expectations, my point is made.

              Cost will be the biggest issue. I've not seen any poor performance... but of course ,my home internet is up to par.

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              • scottalanmillerS
                scottalanmiller @dafyre
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                @dafyre said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:

                @scottalanmiller said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:

                @dafyre said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:

                I think people do, however, need to set their expectations accordingly. You're not going to get 1080p @ 30 FPS on a DSL connection.

                Right, the expectation has to be that the game will "work", but will cost too much and perform poorly. Um.... so given the proper expectations, my point is made.

                Cost will be the biggest issue. I've not seen any poor performance... but of course ,my home internet is up to par.

                WAN links just go down or slow down from time to time. No way around that.

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                • dafyreD
                  dafyre @scottalanmiller
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                  @scottalanmiller said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:

                  @dafyre said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:

                  @scottalanmiller said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:

                  @dafyre said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:

                  I think people do, however, need to set their expectations accordingly. You're not going to get 1080p @ 30 FPS on a DSL connection.

                  Right, the expectation has to be that the game will "work", but will cost too much and perform poorly. Um.... so given the proper expectations, my point is made.

                  Cost will be the biggest issue. I've not seen any poor performance... but of course ,my home internet is up to par.

                  WAN links just go down or slow down from time to time. No way around that.

                  Yep. Nothing they can do if you lose your internet... not their fault, ha ha. Vortex did a good job at adapting to changing conditions. (IE: Starting a Netflix stream on my TV, my wife downloading a game update on her laptop, and steam installing a game on my Laptop, while trying to game from a bluetooth controller on my tablet).

                  I personally don't think they'll be able to beat a half decent computer. I just think the concept is fine... I mean VDI faces the same challenges.

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                  • scottalanmillerS
                    scottalanmiller @dafyre
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                    @dafyre said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:

                    Yep. Nothing they can do if you lose your internet... not their fault, ha ha

                    It IS their fault for taking something that works great already and making it rely on the WAN for no reason. That's the entire point of why the idea is stupid. Introducing problems for no reason.

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                    • scottalanmillerS
                      scottalanmiller @dafyre
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                      @dafyre said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:

                      I mean VDI faces the same challenges.

                      No, hosted desktops over the WAN face those challenges. VDI does not. VDI doesn't imply a WAN connection.

                      This is an "all WAN" concept. But fundamentally.... why?

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                      • DashrenderD
                        Dashrender @scottalanmiller
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                        @scottalanmiller said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:

                        @dafyre said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:

                        I mean VDI faces the same challenges.

                        No, hosted desktops over the WAN face those challenges. VDI does not. VDI doesn't imply a WAN connection.

                        This is an "all WAN" concept. But fundamentally.... why?

                        so you can play 'awesome' games on your phone.

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                        • wirestyle22W
                          wirestyle22
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                          I'm hoping that Sekiro is great but the gameplay makes me question if I will like it

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                          • NicN
                            Nic @wirestyle22
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                            @wirestyle22 reviews are good. What I've heard is that it's all based around parrying instead of dodging or blocking like the other SoulsBourne games, so that takes some getting used to.

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                            • scottalanmillerS
                              scottalanmiller @Dashrender
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                              @Dashrender said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:

                              @scottalanmiller said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:

                              @dafyre said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:

                              I mean VDI faces the same challenges.

                              No, hosted desktops over the WAN face those challenges. VDI does not. VDI doesn't imply a WAN connection.

                              This is an "all WAN" concept. But fundamentally.... why?

                              so you can play 'awesome' games on your phone.

                              You already can't do that even with streaming on LAN tech. Between wifi and phone limitations, already doesn't do that.

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                              • scottalanmillerS
                                scottalanmiller
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                                And lack of good controllers.

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                                • ntozierN
                                  ntozier
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                                  @wirestyle22 said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:

                                  Sekiro

                                  I'm currently playing Dragon Age Inquisition (yes for the first time).
                                  I pre-ordered Sekiro Shadows Die Twice.

                                  I'm looking forward to Cyberpunk 2013 (I mean 2077, but had to pay homage to the original R. Talsorian table top version) and Death Stranding.

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                                  • scottalanmillerS
                                    scottalanmiller @ntozier
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                                    @ntozier said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:

                                    I'm currently playing Dragon Age Inquisition (yes for the first time).

                                    Dragon Age is so good!

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                                    • wirestyle22W
                                      wirestyle22 @scottalanmiller
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                                      @scottalanmiller said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:

                                      @ntozier said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:

                                      I'm currently playing Dragon Age Inquisition (yes for the first time).

                                      Dragon Age is so good!

                                      I liked the first dragon age the most

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                                      • dafyreD
                                        dafyre @wirestyle22
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                                        @wirestyle22 said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:

                                        @scottalanmiller said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:

                                        @ntozier said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:

                                        I'm currently playing Dragon Age Inquisition (yes for the first time).

                                        Dragon Age is so good!

                                        I liked the first dragon age the most

                                        I remember the first one the most. I haven't played through the second one enough times to remember it yet, lol. I have DA: Origins too, I think. Not sure which game store it's on, ha.

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                                        • dbeatoD
                                          dbeato
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                                          Playing Apex Soon after dinner.

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                                          • scottalanmillerS
                                            scottalanmiller
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                                            The Legacy: Forgotten Gates with my kids.

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