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2018-07-13
SpartyCrunch 10329789

Thread: Fortnite adds Gyro/motion controls to Switch version in 5.0 Patch

I've tried getting into gyro controls for a while now, especially with Splatoon 2, but have never had success. I can't quite tell what I'm "supposed" to be doing or if I'm over-thinking things, so I've never crossed the hump where it just feels natural. Maybe someone here can help me understand better - Since people love gyro controls once they get used to it, I'm realllllly looking forward to getting over the learning curve.

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2018-07-12
SpartyCrunch 8686511

Thread: The Americans - S6 - The Final Season of the Keri Russell / Matthew Rhys spy drama - FX Wednesdays

You should be watching The Expanse, of course.

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2018-07-12
SpartyCrunch 8687645

Thread: The Americans - S6 - The Final Season of the Keri Russell / Matthew Rhys spy drama - FX Wednesdays

Honestly even if Season 3 was the last season I'd give it my highest recommendation to everyone.

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2018-07-12
SpartyCrunch 8576723

Thread: The Americans - S6 - The Final Season of the Keri Russell / Matthew Rhys spy drama - FX Wednesdays

I love that this finale was everything that I hoped for yet nothing I expected. The scene with Stan and the Jennings was just incredible. I also loved Paige's decision in the end - she finally stood up for herself and made a decision to control her own life. There's nothing for her in Russia, and she's willing to face the risks of staying back in the US even if she might get in trouble with the FBI. Also: I get why no one hurt or killed each other in the garage. Sure, Philip and Elizabeth were ruthless killers throughout the series, but they were always doing so because they thought they were fighting for what's best for their country. By the last episode, that excuse was no longer there. Before that, they would kill for their country and/or for self-preservation, but at that final moment in the garage, their only excuse for killing would be for self-preservation, and it would utterly destroy Paige and Henry along the way. In addition to Stan, who's genuinely their friend.

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2018-07-12
SpartyCrunch 8347309

Thread: The Americans - S6 - The Final Season of the Keri Russell / Matthew Rhys spy drama - FX Wednesdays

Yeah, I don't find it unrealistic at all. One little thing can trigger a thought process that can immediately make you revisit years of history.

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2018-07-12
SpartyCrunch 8294496

Thread: The Americans - S6 - The Final Season of the Keri Russell / Matthew Rhys spy drama - FX Wednesdays

I didn't really get the last flashback with Elizabeth where she talked about ignoring the horse and police officer. She was reprimanded for sticking to her training? And how did that relate to the present day events?

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2018-07-12
SpartyCrunch 8070107

Thread: The Americans - S6 - The Final Season of the Keri Russell / Matthew Rhys spy drama - FX Wednesdays

That's not in character with the show at all. I'm expecting the show to end on a muted and more ambiguous note, much like the entire show has been so far. I doubt there will be any big revelations or deaths of major characters. It'll instead focus on the relationships which go up in flames, and perhaps even Stan and others remaining suspicious without any conclusive proof in the end.

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2018-07-12
SpartyCrunch 6168624

Thread: The Americans - S6 - The Final Season of the Keri Russell / Matthew Rhys spy drama - FX Wednesdays

Man, serves me right for trying to find a free / different way to watch this show. I don't expect to get a commercial-free experience while watching the show for free of course, but I was willing to pay for a month or two of DirectTV Now or SlingTV at ~$30-35/month to watch The Americans and a couple other shows. But I forgot that even in the world of paying a lot of money for cable it still comes with ads, regardless of whether it's through Comcast or an over-the-top service like these. Plunked down $25 to just buy the season pass outright. Started watching with no ads immediately. Ahhhhhhhhhh

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2018-07-12
SpartyCrunch 6097726

Thread: The Americans - S6 - The Final Season of the Keri Russell / Matthew Rhys spy drama - FX Wednesdays

Last year I purchased the season on Amazon so I had to watch each episode the day-after. Are there any ways for me to watch this real-time without a cable subscription? I guess I could try a SlingTV trial / cancel, DTV Now trial / cancel, Hulu Live TV / cancel? :-P

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2018-07-12
SpartyCrunch 5968755

Thread: The Americans - S6 - The Final Season of the Keri Russell / Matthew Rhys spy drama - FX Wednesdays

I just saw Matthew Rhys and Kerry Russel on Colbert. WTF RHYS IS WELSH?????? This interview was f’n surreal

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2018-07-11
SpartyCrunch 10275315

Thread: Rocket League coming to Xbox Game Pass (MS Store Ad)

I'm not arguing whether it's good or bad. I'm sure they have their reasons. But the facts are the facts: They said it's coming out much later this year, and it's not much later this year yet, so you should set your expectations accordingly.

Link: https://www.resetera.com/posts/10275315/

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2018-07-11
SpartyCrunch 10274862

Thread: Has Microsoft said anything about Dolby Vision?

For those of you with Atmos issues, are you in preview or retail?

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2018-07-11
SpartyCrunch 10275774

Thread: PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Xbox Game Preview |OT| Jump Out

Nice!! Huge update which finally includes a ton of weapon balancing and other handy UI features from the PC version.

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2018-07-11
SpartyCrunch 4076462

Thread: The Good Place S2 |OT| Well, We Forking Here Now - Thursdays 8:30/7:30c

I was bummed there was very little Tehani and Jason in the finale, but it was a nice setup for next season. I wonder if next season they'll just continue with showing everyone's individual tracks for a while or if it'll be like season 2 where they burn through that story pretty quickly to get everyone to meet?

Link: https://www.resetera.com/posts/4076462/

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2018-07-11
SpartyCrunch 2762622

Thread: The Good Place S2 |OT| Well, We Forking Here Now - Thursdays 8:30/7:30c

:-O yay!!

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2018-07-11
SpartyCrunch 90835

Thread: The Good Place S2 |OT| Well, We Forking Here Now - Thursdays 8:30/7:30c

YESSS Need to resubscribe to all my TV threads from GAF. This is a good start. Anyone create the TV cancel/renew / TV ratings threads yet? I haven't found them :-(

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2018-07-11
SpartyCrunch 99035

Thread: The Good Place S2 |OT| Well, We Forking Here Now - Thursdays 8:30/7:30c

Awesome! Kudos!

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2018-07-11
SpartyCrunch 10259126

Thread: Rocket League coming to Xbox Game Pass (MS Store Ad)

They announced at the beginning of this year that it won’t be coming until the fall or winter of this year. If you keep expecting it any earlier you’re only continually setting yourself up for disappointment.

Link: https://www.resetera.com/posts/10259126/

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2018-07-10
SpartyCrunch 9561969

Thread: NPD May 2018: State of Decay 2 #1 software, PS4 tops hardware charts

There is no such thing as “just Xbox” when it comes to digital copies of play anywhere games. So either you look at only retail (which is dumb), or you look at digital (which includes Xbox+pc).

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2018-07-10
SpartyCrunch 9562593

Thread: NPD May 2018: State of Decay 2 #1 software, PS4 tops hardware charts

But that defeats the entire purpose of NPD, which is to give the industry sales numbers from North America which are as accurate as possible. Not to give people on message boards fodder to argue about which exclusive sells the best. The more digital sale information that's available, the better. Regressing and going back to retail only doesn't help anyone - especially not the industry members who pay for that data.

Link: https://www.resetera.com/posts/9562593/

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2018-07-10
SpartyCrunch 10236231

Thread: Rocket League coming to Xbox Game Pass (MS Store Ad)

Very cool! I wonder how this might change the . If Xbox One already has 35% of the active player base despite releasing a year later and never being free with Gold, Game Pass could seriously boost those numbers further.

Link: https://www.resetera.com/posts/10236231/

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2018-07-10
SpartyCrunch 10222832

Thread: Starbucks is eliminating plastic straws from all stores

Man that sounds like such a pain in the ass. as a need to something in order to get it? UGH I don't have time for this shit. Why don't they just waste more shit and automatically give everyone something they don't need and that they'll just throw out!!

Link: https://www.resetera.com/posts/10222832/

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2018-07-10
SpartyCrunch 10208770

Thread: Better Call Saul Season 4 premieres August 6th on AMC

Teaser! I'm trying to figure out the best way to watch this. I've tried over-the-top services like Sling / DTV Now / PS Vue before and none of them really meet my needs or what I'm looking for. I don't have cable either. I could buy a season pass for it, or I could just wait for it to hit a streaming service once the season is over? How long did past seasons of Better Call Saul take to hit Netflix?

Link: https://www.resetera.com/posts/10208770/

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2018-07-10
SpartyCrunch 10209455

Thread: Better Call Saul Season 4 premieres August 6th on AMC

Yea, I'll probably just buy a season pass like I did with The Americans and The Expanse then.

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2018-07-10
SpartyCrunch 10205323

Thread: Starbucks is eliminating plastic straws from all stores

Even with plastic straws, using them with hot drinks is a really stupid idea. It's extremely dangerous to slurp up hot drinks with a straw, and Starbucks will not give you a straw with any hot drinks today. Yes, I'm absolutely serious. Disabled customers and others with any sort of special needs undoubtedly make up a significant portion of Starbucks' customer base. Big corporations like Starbucks regularly use consultants who know how to design their stores and systems specifically to ensure that customers with all sorts of different special needs can easily navigate their stores, buy their merchandise, and use their products. The idea that Starbucks would institute such a massive change across the world, and take those customers into consideration, is extremely unlikely.

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2018-07-10
SpartyCrunch 10205474

Thread: Starbucks is eliminating plastic straws from all stores

Ice coffee isn't hot. The context is with people who say they want to use straws with hot drinks. Which is a really dumb idea.

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2018-07-10
SpartyCrunch 10208557

Thread: Starbucks is eliminating plastic straws from all stores

I've never seen a Starbucks store carry bendy straws before.

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2018-07-10
SpartyCrunch 10215267

Thread: The Division |OT| Backups Activated, Systems Rebooted

I just did this yesterday! It took me an hour or so to reacquaint myself with the game, but I'm glad I did that instead of starting a new character. There's a huge amount of new stuff, but it was easy enough to pick up. I don't think there's a companion app.

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2018-07-10
SpartyCrunch 10216266

Thread: You guys weren't kidding about Ori and the Blind Forest's soundtrack

I don't think it's possible to buy the non-definitive edition version anymore

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2018-07-10
SpartyCrunch 10216085

Thread: Looking for a good Online Shooter to play on Xbox One by myself

This. Or even if $30 is more than you want to spend, just start with $5 for a month. Burnout Paradise Remastered will be in there soon too!

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2018-07-09
SpartyCrunch 10203717

Thread: Ori & the Will of the Wisps: Moon Studios aims to 'perfect Metroidvania genre' - Preview & Interview

The escape sequences were my favorite part of the game! A perfect "final exam" in which you used everything you've learned previously to execute in one final sequence, built up with a ton of drama along the way. Trial and error isn't inherently a bad thing as long as you can restart instantly, and as long as the whole sequence from beginning to end isn't too long once you know how to beat it - exactly what Ori did.

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2018-07-09
SpartyCrunch 10204636

Thread: Thinking about moving out of Cali to Oregon or Washington so drop knowledge on me

I've lived in Seattle for a decade and I love it. Beautiful summers. Rainy season. Outdoor activities all year regardless of weather. Excuses to stay inside and watch movies or play games when I don't feel like being outside.

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2018-07-09
SpartyCrunch 10203483

Thread: MS Store error: Darksiders 3 in Fury's Collection ($40; Xbox One) [UPDATE: REVOKED; Ask for refund)

I have absolutely no insight into this specific listing or anything anyone is doing from either company to fix this if it needs to be fixed. But usually publishers are entirely in control of what they publish, where they publish it, and when. Most storefronts offer tools to developers to configure exactly what they want to configure. So if this listing is a mistake, then it comes down to whether it was a mistake that Nordic themselves made, or whether it was a mistake someone at Microsoft made, before deciding what happens next or if anyone should be compensated for anything.

Link: https://www.resetera.com/posts/10203483/

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2018-07-09
SpartyCrunch 10204583

Thread: Starbucks is eliminating plastic straws from all stores

This is already in place in Seattle, and it works perfectly fine. Plastic straws are such a damned waste. I can't believe restaurants which give you straws for your water by default. Ugh. Usually you don't need a straw. And when you do, compostable straws work perfectly well and decompose easily.

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2018-07-09
SpartyCrunch 10204883

Thread: Starbucks is eliminating plastic straws from all stores

The sheer notion that you and some other in this thread are simultaneously: 1) Too lazy to read the article which explicitly addresses the issues you're bringing up 2) So cynical to believe that multinational corporations like Starbucks didn't think about disabled customers is pretty shocking. But sadly not surprising. Thus is the way of the outrage machine.

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2018-07-09
SpartyCrunch 9092788

Thread: Control Announced (Remedy, PS4/XBO/PC, Gameplay Trailer)

Quantum Break was so much fun. I love that we’ll have more gameplay in that style!

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2018-07-09
SpartyCrunch 9371946

Thread: Nintendo eShop - June 2018

Looking for a new Metroidvania for my Switch: Cave Story or Hollow Knight? Never played either of them.

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2018-07-09
SpartyCrunch 4359079

Thread: Xbox Play Anywhere / Windows 10 Store Thread

Check yo PMs please :-)

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2018-07-09
SpartyCrunch 8200717

Thread: First look at the Halo MCC Intelligent Delivery feature menu

Yeah, starting pretty recently.

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2018-07-09
SpartyCrunch 7386559

Thread: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver - Sundays on HBO from 18 February

I think it's the exact same schedule they've had every season: 6 weeks on, 1 week off, 4 weeks on, 1 week off, 7 weeks on, a few weeks off, etc.

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2018-07-09
SpartyCrunch 7390268

Thread: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver - Sundays on HBO from 18 February

Every season has 30 episodes in it., The breaks are just slightly different each year.

Link: https://www.resetera.com/posts/7390268/

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2018-07-09
SpartyCrunch 10005850

Thread: Rocket League Anniversary Event start July 9th(no crates)

Looks awesome! Can't wait to sink another billion hours into this.

Link: https://www.resetera.com/posts/10005850/

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2018-07-09
SpartyCrunch 10031816

Thread: Red Faction Guerrilla: ReMarstered Edition coming July 3; New Trailer (OMG they used THE song)

Nice, $30 isn't too bad. I thought they might release it at $40 or higher.

Link: https://www.resetera.com/posts/10031816/

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2018-07-09
SpartyCrunch 8706363

Thread: Red Faction Guerrilla: ReMarstered Edition coming July 3; New Trailer (OMG they used THE song)

LOL I can't believe they actually used Space Asshole in the trailer. Amazing. For context, this is an in-joke from the Idle Thumbs podcast 8+ years ago: For more context, Chris Remo wrote the music for Gone Home, Firewatch, and other games, and he was also with Campo Santo who was just acquired by Valve.

Link: https://www.resetera.com/posts/8706363/

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2018-07-09
SpartyCrunch 1486897

Thread: Super Mario Odyssey |OT| RSVP: Guests of the Bride

Are you guys getting to 999 by just buying moons? I thought there were only 820 "natural" moons.

Link: https://www.resetera.com/posts/1486897/

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2018-07-09
SpartyCrunch 1296766

Thread: Super Mario Odyssey |OT| RSVP: Guests of the Bride

Yeah. I played through the game by quickly completing each kingdom with minimal exploration. Once you "beat" each level, it unlocks a whole lot more stuff for that level. Once you "beat" the game, it unlocks even more stuff for every single level.

Link: https://www.resetera.com/posts/1296766/

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2018-07-09
SpartyCrunch 1206239

Thread: Super Mario Odyssey |OT| RSVP: Guests of the Bride

Did I do this right?

Link: https://www.resetera.com/posts/1206239/

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2018-07-09
SpartyCrunch 1007239

Thread: Super Mario Odyssey |OT| RSVP: Guests of the Bride

I don't know what this means but I made it anyway and I'm not sorry one bit:

Link: https://www.resetera.com/posts/1007239/

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2018-07-09
SpartyCrunch 1653005

Thread: Xbox Games With Gold |OT| Meh month for me

How is Child of Eden with a controller?

Link: https://www.resetera.com/posts/1653005/

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2018-07-09
SpartyCrunch 90615

Thread: Xbox Games With Gold |OT| Meh month for me

Tales from the Borderlands is so good! Especially the introductions for each episode, but on the whole it's definitely my favorite Telltale series. And I love The Walking Dead and The Wolf Among Us.

Link: https://www.resetera.com/posts/90615/

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2018-07-09
SpartyCrunch 131862

Thread: Xbox Games With Gold |OT| Meh month for me

Trackmania Turbo is pretty fun.

Link: https://www.resetera.com/posts/131862/

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2018-07-09
SpartyCrunch 899699

Thread: Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus |OT| Amerika ist wieder großartig

I'm really glad I'm not the only one!

Link: https://www.resetera.com/posts/899699/

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2018-07-09
SpartyCrunch 619309

Thread: Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus |OT| Amerika ist wieder großartig

Anyone have a bug on Xbox where you upgrade the LKW to have double capacity, but you can only ever charge it halfway full to the same 100 you started with? Really weird :-(

Link: https://www.resetera.com/posts/619309/

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2018-07-09
SpartyCrunch 530054

Thread: Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus |OT| Amerika ist wieder großartig

Just completed this game and really liked it! People weren't kidding when talking about the crazy series of events. Some general end-game questions:

Link: https://www.resetera.com/posts/530054/

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2018-07-09
SpartyCrunch 164847

Thread: Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus |OT| Amerika ist wieder großartig

Is the OP broken for anyone else? All I see are a bunch of IMG tags :-(

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2018-07-09
SpartyCrunch 3513929

Thread: The Division |OT| Backups Activated, Systems Rebooted

9 months is a long time! How did you accommodate yourself to all the new systems and everything? Just play and you eventually picked everything up?

Link: https://www.resetera.com/posts/3513929/

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2018-07-09
SpartyCrunch 3519074

Thread: The Division |OT| Backups Activated, Systems Rebooted

Did you start a new character or somehow rebuild with an existing character?

Link: https://www.resetera.com/posts/3519074/

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2018-07-09
SpartyCrunch 2762602

Thread: The Division |OT| Backups Activated, Systems Rebooted

Is there any word yet on when the Xbox One X patch will be released?

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2018-07-09
SpartyCrunch 2059701

Thread: The Division |OT| Backups Activated, Systems Rebooted

I pretty much only ever played the game solo and absolutely loved it. It's similar to Diablo games - sure it might be more fun in groups, but it's definitely fun alone too. And for any missions which might be too tough, it's pretty easy to trigger matchmaking for individual missions to find randos to group up with.

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2018-07-09
SpartyCrunch 10182333

Thread: As game installs become bigger, it's time for the industry to adopt selective installation

and are solving two different but really important problems related to install size. FastStart automatically works without developer intervention, but Intelligent Delivery requires manual work from the developer - hopefully more developers are able to begin implementing it soon!

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2018-07-08
SpartyCrunch 8101721

Thread: To the Moon – Animated feature film confirmed

Yeah, not only are the games in the series already very much "anime", but if this movie is anything close to Your Name it'll be absolutely incredible!

Link: https://www.resetera.com/posts/8101721/

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2018-07-08
SpartyCrunch 8073629

Thread: To the Moon – Animated feature film confirmed

This is incredible news! This story and music are perfectly suited to an animated feature.

Link: https://www.resetera.com/posts/8073629/

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2018-07-08
SpartyCrunch 10141692

Thread: Warframe coming to Switch

It definitely did when it first launched, but they’ve turned it around into an amazing example for other studios to follow: Noclip also did a great documentary series on it:

Link: https://www.resetera.com/posts/10141692/

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2018-07-07
SpartyCrunch 9869500

Thread: The Expanse - Season 3 - “It's a Legitimate Salvage”

This is how I understand it too, but I hope it doesn't end up coming back and being a problem again. It would be annoying if the show basically ignores the protomolecule on the Roci for an entire season except for it being used to have Miller communicate, only for it to conveniently end up becoming a massive problem at the worst possible time later.

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2018-07-07
SpartyCrunch 9833079

Thread: The Expanse - Season 3 - “It's a Legitimate Salvage”

Man I love this show so much. Everyone mentioned how great every character is, but no one specifically mentioned Ashford. I love how they subverted my expectations completely with Ashford. Yeah he did shitty stuff at the end but I’m so happy he respected Drummer, genuinely did want what’s beat. I was completely expecting mutiny and I’m so happy it didn’t happen.

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2018-07-07
SpartyCrunch 9583159

Thread: The Expanse - Season 3 - “It's a Legitimate Salvage”

Man this season is killing it. I love the attention to detail, and even the quieter moments on the Behemoth were so good! Can someone remind me what the previous "speed limit" was inside the ring, and what it changed to? I may have mis-read but I thought the change was so huge that it would squish even people who were buckled in.

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2018-07-07
SpartyCrunch 9260323

Thread: The Expanse - Season 3 - “It's a Legitimate Salvage”

I really appreciate the Game of Thrones threads keeping book readers and non-book readers separate. Pretty annoying filtering through most posts with "book spoilers" sections in it, and half of the non-spoilerized posts here obviously having book context in it. Ugh, guess I'll just stay out of this thread from now on.

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2018-07-07
SpartyCrunch 9261734

Thread: The Expanse - Season 3 - “It's a Legitimate Salvage”

If people actually stick to spoilering book talk, fine, but as someone who's not familiar with the books there are an awful lot of references on this page and last page which seem to be obviously referencing books. Just obnoxious.

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2018-07-07
SpartyCrunch 8898242

Thread: The Expanse - Season 3 - “It's a Legitimate Salvage”

So Julie's sister knows about the protomolecule, but she thinks her father was trying to warn everything else? I guess she doesn't know that her father was instrumental in weaponizing the protomolecule, so she's misguided in her attempt to take Holden down? Or am I missing something?

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2018-07-07
SpartyCrunch 8671294

Thread: The Expanse - Season 3 - “It's a Legitimate Salvage”

Man, watching this show in glorious high-bit-rate 1080p (or maybe it's even 4k?) in my season pass after watching the live version from SyFy is a total revelation. I watched one episode of The Expanse through PlayStation Vue, and another episode through YouTube TV on Xbox One, and it looked just Ok in both places. But even worse was that both only stream the show in 2.0 stereo, which just makes the whole show feel "smaller". And it's tinny / compressed 2.0 stereo too. But watching on Amazon or Microsoft Movies & TV on my Xbox - it just looks so damned good. A best part is no "FORGET YOU! FORGET YOU!!!" coming from Holden.

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2018-07-07
SpartyCrunch 8580537

Thread: The Expanse - Season 3 - “It's a Legitimate Salvage”

"FORGET YOU! FORGET YOU! FORGET YOU!" It was pretty hilarious

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2018-07-07
SpartyCrunch 7521438

Thread: The Expanse - Season 3 - “It's a Legitimate Salvage”

Without bringing book spoilers into this, can anyone help explain why the arrangement of body parts at the end tells them the boy is communicating with the rest of the protomolecule? I didn't really get how they jumped to that conclusion.

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2018-07-07
SpartyCrunch 7275131

Thread: The Expanse - Season 3 - “It's a Legitimate Salvage”

God damn this show is so stellar. * I loved how Avasarala went straight to business explaining everything. I get annoyed by shows where characters unrealistically withhold information * The implications of 2 million dead (at least)...jesus what a nightmare * Errinwright definitely is slimy, but I don't think he deliberately orchestrated the "miss". He's absolutely responsible for starting the war in the first place, and he's absolutely taking advantage of the situation, so he's still culpable overall, but I don't think it would be possible for him to carefully orchestrate one specific nuke getting through

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2018-07-07
SpartyCrunch 7294088

Thread: The Expanse - Season 3 - “It's a Legitimate Salvage”

Yeah, I noticed it in the first episode so it's consistent, but it's a super great detail they added.

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2018-07-07
SpartyCrunch 7198197

Thread: The Expanse - Season 3 - “It's a Legitimate Salvage”

He was also excellent in Fringe!

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2018-07-07
SpartyCrunch 7498419

Thread: PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Xbox Game Preview |OT| Jump Out

LOL I read as you were all disappointed because of the decent state of the game, not that you were disappointed on its initial release :-P

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2018-07-07
SpartyCrunch 7589477

Thread: PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Xbox Game Preview |OT| Jump Out

Wow the test server build really is a huge improvement. Is HDR supposed to be fixed for Pubg though? It’s extremely dark inside every building. I guess I need to turn hdr off on my tv for now? I have an LG b7 for reference.

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2018-07-07
SpartyCrunch 7610446

Thread: PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Xbox Game Preview |OT| Jump Out

I tried changing that setting but it didn't seem to change how dark building interiors get. It's like the entire game appears to be happening at dusk even when it's supposed to be daytime outside, and it's nearly impossible to see anything inside buildings, even with brightness turned all the way up. I'll report it as a bug and just turn HDR off for the game for now.

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2018-07-07
SpartyCrunch 5260266

Thread: PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Xbox Game Preview |OT| Jump Out

If you're not able to figure out which direction you're getting shot from, you're too out in the open :-)

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2018-07-07
SpartyCrunch 4823883

Thread: PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Xbox Game Preview |OT| Jump Out

I also universally have the Elite Controller's paddles set to duplicate the thumbstick presses - it makes running, leaning, and functions in most other games so much more pleasant.

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2018-07-07
SpartyCrunch 4825737

Thread: PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Xbox Game Preview |OT| Jump Out

I never got used to using all four paddles. Two of them just go unused completely. But just using two of them for the thumbstick presses is manageable for me.

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2018-07-07
SpartyCrunch 4836902

Thread: PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Xbox Game Preview |OT| Jump Out

control layout A

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2018-07-07
SpartyCrunch 4388532

Thread: PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Xbox Game Preview |OT| Jump Out

It's not just that he was using third-person focus, it's that he was aiming too low from what I could tell. Additionally, based on how he died, it looks like the guy might have crawled to a different location and didn't fire back from the same location.

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2018-07-07
SpartyCrunch 4459210

Thread: PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Xbox Game Preview |OT| Jump Out

The VSS is very useful since it comes with a silencer and scope which might otherwise be very tough to find. But if you don't have good aim or a stationary target, you need to be very careful using it.

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2018-07-07
SpartyCrunch 4326935

Thread: PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Xbox Game Preview |OT| Jump Out

For those of you who play the PC version, does the Desert map have different performance characteristics than the original map? I wonder if we should expect it to perform better or worse on Xbox. Additionally, the Desert map is getting some significant changes on PC due to player feedback. They'd probably want to incorporate those changes into the Xbox version too.

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2018-07-07
SpartyCrunch 4076572

Thread: PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Xbox Game Preview |OT| Jump Out

Imporvements have stagnated a little bit in the last couple weeks but that's the nature of early access and software development - sometimes attempted fixes have unintended consequences and end up regressing other things. I'm still happy with my 30+ hours into the Xbox version so far and far prefer having the version we do have instead of having nothing at all until it's in better shape.

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2018-07-07
SpartyCrunch 3993020

Thread: PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Xbox Game Preview |OT| Jump Out

Finding weapons is a lot easier than finding a vehicle, and the advantage you get from finding a vehicle (especially very early in the game) is substantially higher than the advantage you get from finding the best rifles. At least, that was the case before these recent nerfs, which is why I'm very happy with them.

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2018-07-07
SpartyCrunch 4004617

Thread: PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Xbox Game Preview |OT| Jump Out

So I noticed that crats in PUBG Xbox increase in price depending on how many you buy at once. They start at 700 credits, then the next one is 1400, then 2800, if you buy them in quick succession. 1) How high does that price go if you continually buy them? 2) When does that price reset back to 700?

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2018-07-07
SpartyCrunch 3960717

Thread: PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Xbox Game Preview |OT| Jump Out

I'm very happy with the vehicle nerfs. Even early on in the game vehicles are so rare that finding one puts you at an incredible advantage over other players, especially in wide-open fields.

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2018-07-07
SpartyCrunch 3619754

Thread: PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Xbox Game Preview |OT| Jump Out

Reloading is loud and can easily give away your position. I'm glad it doesn't happen automatically.

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2018-07-07
SpartyCrunch 3676707

Thread: PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Xbox Game Preview |OT| Jump Out

Ok, LOL. I ran a dude over and his corpse was just hanging out in my car for a while:

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2018-07-07
SpartyCrunch 3677279

Thread: PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Xbox Game Preview |OT| Jump Out

I definitely did! Was laughing so hard my wife thought something was wrong.

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2018-07-07
SpartyCrunch 3459859

Thread: PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Xbox Game Preview |OT| Jump Out

The only performance issue I'm still happening on Xbox One X is that the frame rate seems to get worse and worse throughout the progression of a match, regardless of which location I'm in. Games almost always start out smoothly but 20-30 minutes in the average FPS just drops :-( I did notice that the game was on an external drive so I just moved it to my internal to see if that helps at all.

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2018-07-07
SpartyCrunch 3373921

Thread: PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Xbox Game Preview |OT| Jump Out

The nature of software - especially unfinished software in preview - is that your experience can vary substantially from those of others due to a variety of circumstances. Whether because of which Xbox device you're using, or whether you're on Ethernet vs. Wi-Fi, or where you are in the world, or which servers you're connecting to, or how strong and fast of a connection you have, or otherwise. It's legitimately possible for you to be 100% correct about your impressions while other people are 100% correct about never having significant problems with bullets failing to register when you shoot someone. If it's so bad for you that you consider it broken, even considering its Preview state, that really sucks, and I hope you've asked Customer Service for a refund. Or I hope it improves for you soon. But I personally have played for 15-20 hours now including getting one 1st place finish after 9 kills in a single round, and while I certainly have issues now and then with unnaturally low frame rates or rubber banding, I can confidently say I've never once experienced an issue where I clearly shot someone and that shot didn't register.

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2018-07-07
SpartyCrunch 3093388

Thread: PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Xbox Game Preview |OT| Jump Out

Uhhhh I learned yesterday that you apparently cannot drive through some barriers! This is awesome! Thanks so much!

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2018-07-07
SpartyCrunch 3056906

Thread: PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Xbox Game Preview |OT| Jump Out

Now that the game's been out for a month, can anyone say for sure whether it supports Dolby Atmos? I'm using really nice headphones with my Xbox One X (Sennheiser 598) and the game sounds fantastic, but I'd love to be able to hear a back-to-back example of Atmos on vs. off if Atmos is supported in the first place, and then do an Atmos vs. Windows Sonic comparison too.

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2018-07-07
SpartyCrunch 2996550

Thread: PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Xbox Game Preview |OT| Jump Out

PhysX is a generic hardware-agnostic licensable API that any developer can use for any game, just like Havok and others. There's no reason not to use it on AMD hardware. It's just that PhysX can also be simulated via hardware on NVIDIA chips, but that doesn't make it worse than Havok or other solutions on non-NVIDIA hardware for basic stuff.

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2018-07-07
SpartyCrunch 2805725

Thread: PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Xbox Game Preview |OT| Jump Out

I was playing in Duo with a friend yesterday. I was already dead so I was spectating him. He decided to swim between islands. His game crashed while he was swimming, but I remained in game watching his character continue to swim in the same direction as it was before he crashed. But then the game let him re-join and continue from where he left off! Pretty neat.

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2018-07-07
SpartyCrunch 2796857

Thread: PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Xbox Game Preview |OT| Jump Out

Gahhhh so close!

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2018-07-07
SpartyCrunch 2111268

Thread: PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Xbox Game Preview |OT| Jump Out

Just played two co-op games with a friend, had a great time! Performance issues are unfortunate, but it definitely doesn't kill the game for us. We're both using X's though.

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2018-07-07
SpartyCrunch 2026081

Thread: PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Xbox Game Preview |OT| Jump Out

Frame rate isn’t perfect but I’m finding input lag to be very low. No problem aiming over here compared to many other shooters that run at a solid 30 but have much worse input lag.

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2018-07-07
SpartyCrunch 2014870

Thread: PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Xbox Game Preview |OT| Jump Out

I haven't played much of either game but I'm curious what you think makes this better than Fortnite?

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2018-07-06
SpartyCrunch 9849230

Thread: Xbox Game Pass |OT| Game Pass and Chill

I wouldn't call Game Pass on PC today an "exploit". It's completely intentional and fully supported that Play Anywhere games like Sea of Thieves, Gears of War 4, and State of Decay 2 are available to Game Pass subscribers on PC. But at the same time, it's true that Game Pass hasn't really launched on PC today. Game Pass is not marketed to PC players because there aren't too many PC games available on the service. You're still obviously welcome to subscribe to the service if there are enough Play Anywhere games which interest you, and you'll be fully supported along the way in terms of technical ability to play those games, but Microsoft isn't acting like Game Pass is intended for PC gamers right now.

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2018-07-06
SpartyCrunch 7549328

Thread: Xbox Game Pass |OT| Game Pass and Chill

There is no "boost mode" on the X since the X always enhances everything by default. In addition to all that, many games are enhanced:

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2018-07-06
SpartyCrunch 6383388

Thread: Xbox Game Pass |OT| Game Pass and Chill

Can you try downloading something now, watch it for a couple of minutes, and report to me exactly what you're seeing? Even better if you can record and share a video. Let's go to DMs instead of cluttering up this thread further if you don't mind. Thanks!

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2018-07-06
SpartyCrunch 6344394

Thread: Xbox Game Pass |OT| Game Pass and Chill

Are you guys using standard retail builds or are you in preview?

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2018-07-06
SpartyCrunch 6350061

Thread: Xbox Game Pass |OT| Game Pass and Chill

Couple follow-up questions: 1) Could it be that megabits vs. megabytes is what you're seeing? Megabits is what the UI shows for speed (mb/sec) since that's how ISPs advertise, while the download size is shown in megabytes (capital-MB) since that's the common notation for size. So if you're downloading at a speed of 60mb/sec that translates to 7.5 MB/sec in download size. I believe the PS4 and Steam both show MB/sec instead of mb/sec. 2) If that's not the issue, which UI surface are you looking at - the Games & Apps collection and download queue, or the store itself on a particular game's description page? They all pull from the same underlying data but there could be a display bug hiding somewhere in one or both of them. 3) Finally, which games are you seeing it with? All or just some? With that info I can follow up with some people to see if there are any known issues around download speed display.

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2018-07-06
SpartyCrunch 5339681

Thread: Xbox Game Pass |OT| Game Pass and Chill

You can search for and buy Game Pass on the Microsoft Store on PC too: When you search for Game Pass in the store, you just need to change the "available on" filter to be Xbox instead of PC, since while it does give you access to PC Play Anywhere games, it's not really officially "launched" on PC yet since there aren't that many PC games available for it: And scroll down to Memberships:

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2018-07-06
SpartyCrunch 8248707

Thread: Seattle-ERA!

Yes, is my go-to recommendation, especially when the weather is nice during the summer! Agua Verde also has some amazing homemade biscuits if you want to get one of those early in the morning before the main restaurant opens. Good way to avoid the crowds too. So my go-to plan is to book brunch at Portage Bay Cafe in U District instead, grab a biscuit at Agua Verde before kayaking, then walk to Portage Bay from Agua Verde after.

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2018-07-06
SpartyCrunch 9661205

Thread: Seattle-ERA!

Pride Festival in Capitol Hill yesterday was excellent! My wife and I walked all up and down Broadway, through Cal Anderson park all the way up to Roy St., to Frankie & Jo's, great day. Didn't make Pride today but this weekend is always so much fun!

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2018-07-06
SpartyCrunch 9933008

Thread: Seattle-ERA!

I'm honestly baffled what some of these people want to happen. Just once I want to hear these people actually contribute some ideas which aren't trash instead of just saying no to everything like children.

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2018-07-06
SpartyCrunch 5466143

Thread: Seattle-ERA!

Today was such a perfect day for a run around green lake! Too bad I’ve been a lazy sack over the winter and could barely move while out there!

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2018-07-06
SpartyCrunch 5569031

Thread: Seattle-ERA!

I love Jade Garden in the International District, but if you go you should try to get there before 10AM on the weekends cause they get busy fast.

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2018-07-06
SpartyCrunch 4823728

Thread: Seattle-ERA!

Nice to wake up to an inch of snow this morning! Looked very pretty. Anyone know what happened to John John's Game Room on Olive Way? It just up and closed suddenly last December with a "we'll be back next year" sign which then turned into a "for lease" sign.

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2018-07-06
SpartyCrunch 1538331

Thread: Seattle-ERA!

Not delivery but I'll recommend it anyway: Their deep dish is so freaking good.

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2018-07-06
SpartyCrunch 677825

Thread: Seattle-ERA!

Hah I was walking by Uwajimaya in the international district at 7:58PM and at least 4 people rushed up at literally the last minute to drop of their ballots at the drop box. There were officials standing by ready to close them a couple minutes later.

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2018-07-06
SpartyCrunch 431328

Thread: Seattle-ERA!

Yesterday my wife took the E line home from the McDonalds stop at 3rd and Pike. It's always sketchy there. But last night around 5-6PM she said there was a puddle of blood on the sidewalk with police tape and police taking photos. Apparently someone got stabbed there recently and then fled the scene. Wheeeeee

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2018-07-06
SpartyCrunch 282236

Thread: Seattle-ERA!

Anyone have a little karma they want to give out? My pic from Friday @ Green Lake:

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2018-07-06
SpartyCrunch 99192

Thread: Seattle-ERA!

Hi everyone! I'm someone from over at GAF but I changed my name here. Great to see everyone over here! I work at MSFT on stuff but live in Fremont/Wallingford. Not with Stinkles. But he wishes he could work with me.

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2018-07-06
SpartyCrunch 9413995

Thread: State of Decay 2 |OT| Not a zAAAmbie game

Specifically, it does not matter how or where you buy the game as long as it's digital. Any of the following will get you digital access to State of Decay 2 on PC:In other words, it's impossible to own State of Decay 2 digitally and have access to it on both PC and Xbox One.

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2018-07-06
SpartyCrunch 8633704

Thread: State of Decay 2 |OT| Not a zAAAmbie game

During the few minutes it might take for your download to start, yes you'll see high CPU churn. Once it starts really downloading though that should go away, especially if you're on the April 2018 update.

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2018-07-06
SpartyCrunch 8250044

Thread: State of Decay 2 |OT| Not a zAAAmbie game

I mentioned this earlier in the thread, but the "stuck at 26MB" is a known issue. Just leave it sit for a few minutes and it'll continue.

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2018-07-06
SpartyCrunch 8176743

Thread: State of Decay 2 |OT| Not a zAAAmbie game

PM me with the details

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2018-07-06
SpartyCrunch 8114998

Thread: State of Decay 2 |OT| Not a zAAAmbie game

What did you do to disable windows update?

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2018-07-06
SpartyCrunch 8115048

Thread: State of Decay 2 |OT| Not a zAAAmbie game

Disabling wuauserv is not a supported configuration. There are other ways to disable operating system updates if you need. wuauserv is required in order for the game to check for updates to itself on launch.

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2018-07-06
SpartyCrunch 8033212

Thread: State of Decay 2 |OT| Not a zAAAmbie game

Yes, it's an issue which only affects a couple of games (Halo Wars 2 and State of Decay 2 specifically as far as I know). But just leave it be and it'll make progress eventually.

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2018-07-06
SpartyCrunch 8030608

Thread: State of Decay 2 |OT| Not a zAAAmbie game

Just FYI, it might take a few minutes for the download on PC to get underway since it needs to process a bunch of stuff first. It makes it look like the download is "stuck" sometimes, and it can sometimes happen in the middle of a download too. Resetting the store or running PowerShell commands won't fix this specific issue. You'll be able to confirm if you're running into this issue by opening Task Manager and looking for or using a lot of CPU / disk resources. The workaround to this particular issue is to just let it do its thing and wait a few minutes.

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2018-07-06
SpartyCrunch 9471198

Thread: Xbox One X Enhanced Games: All Titles, Platforms, and Details

Yes. Specifically, the Xbox One X has always done down-sampling by default on 1080p TVs for all games which render at higher resolutions. The X was also designed from the outset to make every game load faster and run better by default, regardless of whether those games were further enhanced by the developers. There is no boost mode or down-sampling option because they're always there automatically on the X, and there's no reason to ever disable them.

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2018-07-06
SpartyCrunch 6257087

Thread: Xbox One X Enhanced Games: All Titles, Platforms, and Details

If it's anything like the PS4 Pro version it'll offer both options - enhanced visuals or high frame rate. I just finished the game on PS4 Pro and preferred Enhanced Visuals since the game doesn't really benefit from increase frame rate much, while its presentation was absolutely stellar and I didn't want to reduce that. Even on my 1080p TV.

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2018-07-06
SpartyCrunch 4971685

Thread: Xbox One X Enhanced Games: All Titles, Platforms, and Details

When I played Infinite Warfare on my S, I never even had a second thought about performance. I was just amazed by how freaking good it looked and performance never dropped so much or consistently that it affected my enjoyment of the game in any way. I did only play the campaign though, so I can't speak at all to multiplayer.

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2018-07-06
SpartyCrunch 4758078

Thread: Xbox One X Enhanced Games: All Titles, Platforms, and Details

For those of you who've played The Division on PC, do you think the game might support an unlocked frame rate version on Xbox One X? Or is the PC version more CPU limited, indicating that The Division on the X might still be locked at 30 with just a resolution bump?

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2018-07-06
SpartyCrunch 6795506

Thread: I bought the DVD/Blu-Ray/4k and don't want the digital code give away |OT|

If I redeem / buy on iTunes and get access to the 4K version, but don't have an Apple TV 4k device, can I watch the 4k version via the Vudu app on Xbox One X?

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2018-07-06
SpartyCrunch 6795881

Thread: I bought the DVD/Blu-Ray/4k and don't want the digital code give away |OT|

Ah yes, if only an engineer on the store had the idea to coordinate a massive business deal between multiple massive multi-billion multinational organizations it would've happened already! :-)

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2018-07-06
SpartyCrunch 5399345

Thread: I bought the DVD/Blu-Ray/4k and don't want the digital code give away |OT|

From Man of Iron To Marveling Wakanda But May, comes Thanos

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2018-07-06
SpartyCrunch 8760423

Thread: Xbox One Update Preview Thread

In the first picture it shows you don't currently have an internet connection. There's a known bug in preview where the console sometimes loses connectivity when resuming from sleep. Reboot the console and you'll get connectivity back, and everything else along with it.

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2018-07-06
SpartyCrunch 8572496

Thread: Xbox One Update Preview Thread

Well yes, it is hard, and you can imagine how bad it would be if the bugs you're seeing here went out to tens of millions of customers. Since you are a part of the preview program, I assume that you have held the home button and reported feedback for each of these issues? Because if you're complaining about problems like this but you haven't reported these issues, why did you even opt-in to the preview program in the first place?

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2018-07-06
SpartyCrunch 8575908

Thread: Xbox One Update Preview Thread

If you think you are missing a feature that you are supposed to have - features released to the public at this point, not just available to Insiders - that's a good complaint to bring to Xbox Support and also continue filing feedback with the Insider program. It could be that your Insider / preview build membership is screwing with variables which don't affect retail users, for example a service-side configuration made for your account because you're in preview builds.

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2018-07-06
SpartyCrunch 6013470

Thread: Xbox One Update Preview Thread

Just hold the home button on the controller to report the issue.

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2018-07-06
SpartyCrunch 5770792

Thread: Xbox One Update Preview Thread

Part of testing a new OS release includes identifying regressions as new features are introduced. If your system is getting progressively worse, please be sure to report that feedback in the same way you'd report any other bug.

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2018-07-06
SpartyCrunch 5184371

Thread: Xbox One Update Preview Thread

The Xbox One sounds since it launched have always been really obnoxious to me. Very happy with the new ones!

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2018-07-06
SpartyCrunch 4823802

Thread: Instant Pot thread

Last night, I tried this recipe which someone recommended earlier in the thread: It was unbelievably good and so easy! Literally just chop stuff up, plop it all right into the pressure cooker, cook for 30 minutes, blend the veggies, done.

Link: https://www.resetera.com/posts/4823802/

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2018-07-06
SpartyCrunch 4824607

Thread: Instant Pot thread

The fat from the pork shoulder certainly helped, but I did shave off a lot of the excess fat from the shoulder before putting it in the pot. Bacon fat always makes things better though so why not? Also, a little more fish sauce than 1TBSP is better.

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2018-07-06
SpartyCrunch 3056770

Thread: Instant Pot thread

It's time for a brief discussion on ! For whatever reason, it seems like these recipes are all over the place. Some recipes recommend twice as much time as others. I'm very close to sea level so the conditions aren't out of the ordinary. For example, says 4 minutes for soft-boiled eggs, 5 minutes for hard-boiled eggs, at high pressure. But when I tried those timings I ended up getting eggs where the whites aren't solid at all. The entire thing was just a gooey mess inside including the non-solid whites. After much experimentation and browsing, I finally found this which worked perfectly: 1 cup of water, 12 minutes, low pressure, drop in an ice bath when done. Perfect eggs!

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2018-07-06
SpartyCrunch 3092999

Thread: Instant Pot thread

How do you guys measure the right amount of water to add to rice after rinsing the rice? The rinse adds a bunch of water already so I'm never super confident about how much more water to add on top of that water the rice already retained.

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2018-07-06
SpartyCrunch 3411537

Thread: Instant Pot thread

Well after experimenting more it's more like 9-10 minutes at low pressure. But it also means I need to use a lot less water and I can also "set it and forget it".

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2018-07-06
SpartyCrunch 8998341

Thread: Xbox One Backwards Compatibility |OT| Who wants to pay for remasters?

I don't know if anything further is being announced about BC, but remember that there is a new episode of Inside Xbox tomorrow so there could be some cool BC-related stuff there.

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2018-07-06
SpartyCrunch 8356433

Thread: Xbox One Backwards Compatibility |OT| Who wants to pay for remasters?

Gears of War 2 and 3 are awesome in co-op on the couch. Left 4 Dead 2 is pretty great too. There are also classics like Castle Crashers, though that has a native Xbox One remaster. Some other notable mentions: Check this out: Filter by "couch co-op" and sort by reviews! I don't think their "Xbox One compatible" list is up to date though, because Monaco is BC but doesn't show up in their BC list.

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2018-07-06
SpartyCrunch 958899

Thread: Xbox One Backwards Compatibility |OT| Who wants to pay for remasters?

Oh man. Imagine Enslaved being updated to support the X. That would look so freaking good.

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2018-07-06
SpartyCrunch 8581006

Thread: Better Call Saul Season 4 premieres August 6th on AMC

Awesome! I literally just searched this morning about whether there was any news about its premier date

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2018-07-06
SpartyCrunch 9204026

Thread: Waypoint |OT| video games...are good

I'm amused by how confused everyone seemed to be about what Fast Start is and how it works :-P It's not about resuming games from suspended mode, it's about how soon you can play the game when downloading it for the first time.

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2018-07-06
SpartyCrunch 264539

Thread: Waypoint |OT| video games...are good

The Waypoint podcast has been really great these last few weeks. I don't really know what's different, but keep it up everyone!

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2018-07-06
SpartyCrunch 10074080

Thread: July Xbox Update Rolling Out Today

That feature isn’t fully released yet. It’s still mostly random for now who has it and who doesn’t. Not sure when it’ll roll out for everyone though.

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2018-07-05
SpartyCrunch 10040040

Thread: Microsoft please fix your patch sizes

On Xbox One, all game and OS updates will automatically download in standby. If you're not seeing that happen - and you're not in Preview, where things work a little differently - feel free to reach out to Xbox Support or even just DM me any time and I can pass along a note so we can get to the bottom of it. Again - things are often different if you're in preview. When you're in the preview program, updates aren't just released more frequently, there is also a shorter amount of time between the update's release and the time in which it is pushed to everyone and you need to install it before using your console. And while I know this thread is about game patch sizes, not just OS updates, they do affect each other because if you're installing OS updates more frequently, it means that there is less opportunity to automatically download the game updates in the background.

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2018-07-05
SpartyCrunch 9003008

Thread: Microsoft Studios |OT2| The Best Is Yet To Come

It's also on game pass, which works for Play Anywhere games on PC too.

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2018-07-05
SpartyCrunch 9372015

Thread: 2017-18 Season TV Cancellations/Pilots: Fox cancels genre show after its first season, water is wet

I forgot that Goliath season 1 was only 8 episodes. Hearing that season 2 is also only 8 episodes is probably what will push me to watching it sooner rather than later. I'm sick of streaming shows (and TV shows in general) being too long for their own good.

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2018-07-05
SpartyCrunch 7904360

Thread: 2017-18 Season TV Cancellations/Pilots: Fox cancels genre show after its first season, water is wet

I mean, I get *why* lists like this exist, and why TV networks do what they do, but even just the of scheduled TV is so foreign to me these days that I forgot that millions of people still actually watch TV when they're live on the air. TV for me has been "pick that thing up off the DVR when it shows up" for so long that I don't even know what time most shows I watch come on. At most I remember the day.

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2018-07-05
SpartyCrunch 7808259

Thread: 2017-18 Season TV Cancellations/Pilots: Fox cancels genre show after its first season, water is wet

The Expanse is a show about a relatively near-future where humans have colonized Mars and a few other areas of the solar system. All of the technology used in the show is very realistic, there's no "warp drive" or anything like that in the show which conveniently solves transportation problems, and it mostly revolves around the political machinations of three primary groups of people:New discoveries throw the tepid balance between the three factions out of whack, and people get caught up in things they don't understand. But the way they handle technology in the show, political movements, dialog between characters, and other areas is extremely well written and really refreshing compared to so many other shows.

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2018-07-05
SpartyCrunch 7511723

Thread: 2017-18 Season TV Cancellations/Pilots: Fox cancels genre show after its first season, water is wet

Yeah, I love the show but I'm glad this will be it. One of those premises that can only go so far without getting old.

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2018-07-05
SpartyCrunch 5580195

Thread: 2017-18 Season TV Cancellations/Pilots: Fox cancels genre show after its first season, water is wet

Netflix already poached Shonda anyway.

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2018-07-05
SpartyCrunch 5612579

Thread: 2017-18 Season TV Cancellations/Pilots: Fox cancels genre show after its first season, water is wet

I wonder where The Handmaid's Tale fits in those charts? Think about what happened between season 1 and season 2 in real life. It probably makes people less eager to watch the show.

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2018-07-05
SpartyCrunch 5487593

Thread: 2017-18 Season TV Cancellations/Pilots: Fox cancels genre show after its first season, water is wet

Yeah, I really don't understand their strategy around when they air episodes. It's so Season 5 was pretty normal, but starting in season 6: Season 7 was a little better, but look at season 8 so far:

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2018-07-05
SpartyCrunch 5332204

Thread: 2017-18 Season TV Cancellations/Pilots: Fox cancels genre show after its first season, water is wet

Yikes @ designated survivor

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2018-07-05
SpartyCrunch 5210876

Thread: 2017-18 Season TV Cancellations/Pilots: Fox cancels genre show after its first season, water is wet

I think it's more of a need for Brooker to work with some more people on ideas and scripts to prevent the next season from getting too homogeneous. The "Cookie" stories are getting a little played-out.

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2018-07-05
SpartyCrunch 4969324

Thread: 2017-18 Season TV Cancellations/Pilots: Fox cancels genre show after its first season, water is wet

Designated Survivor has been off the air for so long I completely forgot about it. Back next week.

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2018-07-05
SpartyCrunch 4973008

Thread: 2017-18 Season TV Cancellations/Pilots: Fox cancels genre show after its first season, water is wet

Haha no not yet. I like the show though. It's a nice bit of The West Wing wish fulfillment combined with a relatively small amount of conspiracy stuff. After the mid-season finale last December

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2018-07-05
SpartyCrunch 4824380

Thread: 2017-18 Season TV Cancellations/Pilots: Fox cancels genre show after its first season, water is wet

I can only speak for myself of course, but I personally think that the CW's promotions are absurdly terrible. My wife and I watch only a few shows on the CW - Penn & Teller: Fool Us, Whose Line is it Anyway, and Crazy Ex Girlfriend. Whenever we're watching those shows and ads come on for other CW shows, they all look . Even something like Jane The Virgin which I hear is great but I've never watched is advertised horribly. But the superhero shows especially are just so unappealing in every way they're advertised. The acting looks like crap. The story lines the ads try to promote all seem cliched and overwrought. The effects they show look absurdly cheap and laughable. And the editing and music which pulls them all together makes them seem like they're pulled straight out of two decades ago. I completely acknowledge that these shows might be good. I'm only speaking about how they're promoted and what my wife and I think every single time we see ads for them. Superhero fatigue from endless Marvel/DC movies doesn't really help either. And I'm sure other people think the exact same thing about Crazy Ex Girlfriend, considering its terrible live viewership ratings. So the CW is not doing itself any favors.

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2018-07-05
SpartyCrunch 3519132

Thread: 2017-18 Season TV Cancellations/Pilots: Fox cancels genre show after its first season, water is wet

Orphan Black had a slump toward too much mythology in the middle but the final season and especially the series finale are excellent all the way.

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2018-07-05
SpartyCrunch 3497460

Thread: Xbox One X |OT| The Scorpio King

The only HDMI issue I (thought I) had on my Xbox One X is when I would start getting flashes of static every time I tried to watch Netflix, HBO Go, or anything else which activated HDCP. But then it turned out to be a problem with my receiver, not my Xbox at all. And simply power cycling my receiver fixed it. So it might be worth checking on whether your receiver is acting up too.

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2018-07-05
SpartyCrunch 801978

Thread: Xbox One X |OT| The Scorpio King

I think it simply depends on what you use more. I like my PS4, but I honestly believe the UI is one of the worst parts of it. Managing my game collection is a pain in the butt, it's never clear to me which games are installed vs. which are in my library but not installed, and installing stuff from my library takes way too many clicks and screen transitions. Then there's the settings UI. I still don't get why downloads and updates are buried under "settings" so I always forget where to look. Settings themselves are really difficult to navigate. Friends lists, chat UI, and adding friends is just "off" to me and I'm not used to how to do it, and on and on. I'm sure I'd get used to everything if I used it more, but in its current incarnation, the Xbox One UI is absolutely fantastic IMO. Especially what the team did with the guide.

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2018-07-05
SpartyCrunch 714141

Thread: Xbox One X |OT| The Scorpio King

But it was probably making noise because it was actively downloading updates for games. The noise would stop once that process is done.

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2018-07-05
SpartyCrunch 618869

Thread: Xbox One X |OT| The Scorpio King

I think most of the issues on the S are in software rather than hardware, and the blu-ray app gets updated pretty regularly. Probably best to ask on a movie-by-movie basis to see about others' experiences.

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2018-07-05
SpartyCrunch 6073135

Thread: Sea of Thieves |OT| A Rare Treasure

If you're still seeing 0x803f8001 / "not available in your account", try forcing your cache to reset ASAP by running from the start menu and re-launching the store again after.

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2018-07-05
SpartyCrunch 6073346

Thread: Sea of Thieves |OT| A Rare Treasure

On Xbox I think you can force a cache reset by rebooting the console.

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2018-07-05
SpartyCrunch 6072279

Thread: Sea of Thieves |OT| A Rare Treasure

The Game Pass issue should now be resolved - both the ability to download and play, and the 0x80070005 error code some of you were previously seeing while downloading today's update.

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2018-07-05
SpartyCrunch 6072678

Thread: Sea of Thieves |OT| A Rare Treasure

Not sure. Probably? It was just resolved 15-20 min ago. Give it a little more time, and I'll continue checking on status too.

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2018-07-05
SpartyCrunch 6066997

Thread: Sea of Thieves |OT| A Rare Treasure

These issues with Sea of Thieves today are affecting the Xbox and PC versions equally.

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2018-07-05
SpartyCrunch 6055597

Thread: Sea of Thieves |OT| A Rare Treasure

I don’t work on Game Pass but can check on what’s going on. For those of you who saw install failures, not game pass unavailability, what errors did you see?

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2018-07-05
SpartyCrunch 6056670

Thread: Sea of Thieves |OT| A Rare Treasure

This might be happening due to the same issue with Game Pass. Per Rare's comment above in the official twitter account, they'll have the latest information on when they'll have a fix available for Game Pass customers.

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2018-07-05
SpartyCrunch 5962765

Thread: Sea of Thieves |OT| A Rare Treasure

I don’t know where specifically it’s calculated but Digital Foundry confirmed it’s all synced across players to ensure everyone sees the same thing.

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2018-07-05
SpartyCrunch 5754164

Thread: Sea of Thieves |OT| A Rare Treasure

Hey folks, looks like I'm vERAfied now! Woohoo. If anyone's having problems with the store either on Xbox or Windows, don't hesitate to shout! I'll be looking at my PMs throughout the day and can help you with any issues you might be having buying or downloading Sea of Thieves. (And no, I'm not going to answer anything about region switching!)

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2018-07-05
SpartyCrunch 7774008

Thread: Television Displays and Technology Thread: The ERA of OLED is Now

What specifically is "PC mode" on the b7 anyway? I haven't found anything labeled that way as I've been setting up my b7 over the last week.

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2018-07-05
SpartyCrunch 7774613

Thread: Television Displays and Technology Thread: The ERA of OLED is Now

Ah, nice. Do any other icons do similar things?

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2018-07-05
SpartyCrunch 7631674

Thread: Television Displays and Technology Thread: The ERA of OLED is Now

I got my 55" LG OLED B7 last Friday and spent all weekend playing with it - such an incredible TV! Everything from 1080p content to 4k to HDR content looks stunning. I understand that I should use the TV's apps instead of the Xbox apps since the TV supports Dolby Vision. Is there any Dolby Vision content I can try outside of Netflix? I haven't (yet) upgraded my Netflix plan so for Netflix I only get 1080p / SDR for now. What about on Amazon Prime or YouTube?

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2018-07-05
SpartyCrunch 7634611

Thread: Television Displays and Technology Thread: The ERA of OLED is Now

Well no, it's not $3 more, it's $36 more per year, and right now all I'm watching on Netflix is Friends and various comedy stand-up specials. I'll upgrade when there's a new show I want to watch that truly benefits from 4K / HDR. For now I just want to test things out for a couple of minutes.

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2018-07-05
SpartyCrunch 7634840

Thread: Television Displays and Technology Thread: The ERA of OLED is Now

Yeah I found some of that - is their HDR all Dolby Vision though? Or is some of it HDR10?

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2018-07-05
SpartyCrunch 7416386

Thread: Television Displays and Technology Thread: The ERA of OLED is Now

I finally take delivery of my B7 later this week. I plan to hook up my PS4 Pro and Xbox One X directly to it and pass the audio via optical to my receiver, since my receiver doesn't support 4k / HDR, and then the rest of my devices which don't support 4K or HDR will be hooked up right to the receiver. Is there any good tutorial anyone can recommend specifically tailored to the B7, including what all of the settings are? For example, I was reading about 4:4:4 support and apparently on the B7/C7 it's called "HDMI ULTRA HD deep color". I've also read a bunch of scattered stuff here about automatic brightness limiters on the LG OLEDs, and am well aware of the image persistence or burn-in concerns, and I don't think my own usage patterns will cause problems. I'm more just looking to understand which settings I should focus on, what I should try configuring, etc.

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2018-07-05
SpartyCrunch 7160557

Thread: Television Displays and Technology Thread: The ERA of OLED is Now

Man, these 55" B7/C7 prices on Amazon aren't budging at all even though it's going cheaper elsewhere. I have a bunch of Amazon gift cards though that I'd like to use on one. Any notable events coming up which people might think will trigger a significant price drop? 1000 nits in the front Power of 1000 suns in the back $1000 energy bill at the end of the month

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2018-07-05
SpartyCrunch 7160792

Thread: Television Displays and Technology Thread: The ERA of OLED is Now

I'm just talking about some nice deals via Massdrop and some other specialty spots. They had a drop for the B7 for $1300 ($2000 for the 65") last week:

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2018-07-05
SpartyCrunch 6752853

Thread: Television Displays and Technology Thread: The ERA of OLED is Now

So for me it now comes down to b7 or c8. I read the rtings review of the c8 and it doesn’t really detail what it’s fancy new processor over the b7/c7/b8 is really doing. It can’t be worth a $1000 premium, right?

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2018-07-05
SpartyCrunch 6735303

Thread: Television Displays and Technology Thread: The ERA of OLED is Now

I wish they detailed the difference between the b8 and c8, since the new processor seems like it would improve things over the b7/c7. I know the b8 isn't available yet but this review didn't even mention it? I'm also confused - why does the "Compared to other TVs" section claim that the c7 was last year's entry model? Wouldn't that be the b7, which is pretty much identical to the c7 minus Atmos support?

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2018-07-05
SpartyCrunch 6736676

Thread: Television Displays and Technology Thread: The ERA of OLED is Now

Good point. So I guess the c8 vs. the c7 will effectively be the same as c8 vs. b8?

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2018-07-05
SpartyCrunch 6630487

Thread: Television Displays and Technology Thread: The ERA of OLED is Now

Thanks all. So basically something like this, where everything which supports 4K and/or HDR plugs into the TV, everything else into the receiver, and just set up each input to correctly handle audio in the needed ways? Don't some modern 4K HDR TVs still only do certain levels of processing on certain inputs? Or should I not need to worry about that on the LG OLEDs?

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2018-07-05
SpartyCrunch 6625716

Thread: Television Displays and Technology Thread: The ERA of OLED is Now

I just checked my receiver and it turns out it doesn't support HDMI 2.0a. The listing does say it supports "4k pass-through" but I can't tell what that means: It's the I'd prefer not to completely replace this receiver as I paid $350 for it just 4 years ago. So for when I get a 4k HDR TV in the near future, what are my options? Do I need to hook everything 4k-capable up straight to the TV and then send audio from the TV to the receiver via ARC? Or should I do that but with an optical cable instead?

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2018-07-05
SpartyCrunch 6394134

Thread: Television Displays and Technology Thread: The ERA of OLED is Now

Why c7 instead of b7? why c8 instead of b8? I read through a bunch of writeups and it seems like both 7's should be nearly identical in picture quality and feature set, and same with the 8's?

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2018-07-05
SpartyCrunch 6396553

Thread: Television Displays and Technology Thread: The ERA of OLED is Now

Ah that’s right. Thanks for the reminder.

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2018-07-05
SpartyCrunch 6388399

Thread: Television Displays and Technology Thread: The ERA of OLED is Now

What is the cheapest price people have seen for a 65" B7? Is it that $2000 Mass Drop deal from last week?

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2018-07-05
SpartyCrunch 6189020

Thread: Television Displays and Technology Thread: The ERA of OLED is Now

So uhhhh this is a good deal right?

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2018-07-05
SpartyCrunch 6190051

Thread: Television Displays and Technology Thread: The ERA of OLED is Now

...by lying to them about getting the 65” at the 55” price? That seems like a bad idea.

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