Geez no wonder you’re in a bit of a funk. It’s terrible having to moderate friends in general, and that’s a messy situation that will only lead to misunderstanding when done over text. Hope you take some time for you and check in with yourself.

Agreed. First playthrough should 100% be vanilla. I do mod a few things on subsequent playthroughs though. Personally I like to give myself infinite paragon/renegade (through a save editor), because I like being able pick a renegade option when I think my Shepard would do that, without having to worry about maxing my paragon for important choices. I also prefer playing biotic classes because they’re more fun, but want a sniper rifle, so I mess with the save to give sniper rifle competency to my class in ME1. Finally I’m trying the happy ending mod this playthrough to see if I like it.

Femshep is the best way to play, the voice acting is so good!

Mass effect is one of my favorite series ever! I’ve played through the trilogy at least half a dozen times now. It’s my cozy game I always have a playthrough going in.

Mass effect 1 was incredible for its time, and still pretty good today. The biggest mistake I see people make is not talking to everyone on the ship in between missions (this is true for the whole series); if you don’t you’ll miss the best part of the game. Also make sure to pick an interesting class, probably something with biotics. Infiltrator and soldier are boring to play compared to sentinel or biotic.

Mass effect 2 was the game that shifted the series from an RPG to a cover shooter. The mechanics were much better, but it removed some of the fun. I remember the first time I played it I was heartbroken the citadel was so much smaller than in the first game. I’d say 2 has the best DLCs of the trilogy (Shadowbroker is unrivaled). I love the structure of 2 as well, but there’s definitely a few gotchas where if you do a mission too soon it’ll lock you out of finishing important side quests if you want a good ending.

Mass effect 3 is great, the mechanics are more mature than 2, the story and “omg” moments are the best in the series; and (especially with the DLCs) it really fleshes out the backstory of the galaxy and races in a way the first two games didn’t. I do wish the team on the ship was a bit bigger, but the citadel dlc is definitely a close second best in the series; and makes up for it imo.

As for the ending of 3 (mild mood spoilers):

So all in all, I think the trilogy is incredible, and everyone should try it. That said you’ve gotta go in with an idea of how to play it (this is true for all the games, but especially 1), because the games will let you miss a lot of stuff (like crew interactions, important side missions that affect the ending of the game and encounters in later games, etc.). It’s definitely a trilogy that’s better the second time through bc of it, or just find a good non spoiler guide/video for tips.

I mean the Invidious project is nice. So is NewPipe. I tend to primarily use YouTube through a patched android app with Revanced; and with SmartTube on an android TV set-top box. When uBlock Origin finally falls; I’ll almost certainly move to downloading videos automatically and putting them into Jellyfin, hopefully the options for automated YT downloads gets better by then. Right now the best option seems to be ytdl-sub.

Everything you said is wrong. Egypt is trying to let aid through, Israel has repeatedly bombed the roads in each time they’re fixed; preventing aid. Also, as you so aptly pointed out, it’s war. The first thing a functioning country does in war is ration food so the soldiers can stay fed; even if it costs civilian lives. This has happened many times. That Israel is purposely starving civilians knowing full well it won’t affect the soldiers, just for propaganda, is frankly evil.

The app needs two things: YouTube SponsorBlock, and the ability to tag creators and filter by tag/interest. I’m really hopeful they add those two things, and I’d be a convert.

Oh and an android TV version while you’re at it ^^

Sounds like you’re just trying to cope tbh

I’ve been really enjoying the new expansion for Cyberpunk 2077. I personally loved the game when it came out, specifically for the tone and environment and the main story. I did stop playing pretty quickly though because the progression didn’t click for me and different parts felt too shallow.

I really think the 2.0 update fixed a lot of game mechanics I didn’t like the first time through, and the expansion has a great tight storyline I’ve really enjoyed sinking my teeth into. I’m going back and doing all of the side quests I didn’t get to before I stopped playing too. And so excited to see what the alternate ending they cooked up is. If you had fun with the game, definitely consider picking it back up!

Meh just do what I did and run it in the floor. Get the right color and some tape hah

Plex subscription is crap, this is coming from someone who had one. I’d recommend using something else like emby or jellyfin

I’ve literally never seen a republican candidate be the less shitty option

Of course this is a ruling out of Western Texas. Thankfully Google can appeal to a more sane court and hopefully get this obvious patent troll’s verdict thrown out.

I’m really worried. I want to love it, but Luffy’s fighting style is so cartoonish; things like the kick in the trailer just don’t look good in live action. The implied physics of the real world seem to make everything in the fights feel floaty and corny. You don’t fix that by throwing money at CG, the entire fight sequence has to be built around it, it reminds me of this nerdist video.

Also a few of the bits like the Nami scene during Arlong Park came off as cheesy.

Hopeful, but this’ll probably end up like the live movie of ATLA

My point is that saying you can’t hold something against someone because it’s human nature isn’t a reasonable argument.

It’s also very human to commit murder; humans have always committed murder, and always will. That doesn’t mean I can’t be mad at someone for doing it…

Another good link for them is https://www.iswresearch.org/

Another good option is https://www.iswresearch.org they do daily event summaries, and have an RSS feed you can subscribe to

Just to temper the backlash a bit. The community has 10 members, and is being brigaded/downvoted by the sh.itjust.works community at large. Whether or not they should allow it as admins is a fair question. But it seems clear, at least for now, the wider sh.itjust.works community isn’t on board. I still hope to re-federate with them some day when moderator tools are better, and federation can be more granular.

Lol same experience. I see a few people on other social sites complain about Beehaw because it has moderation. And invariably, looking through their comment history, they’re not people I’d ever want near Beehaw. Trash takes itself out sometimes I guess