Video Games

So glad I preordered.
Whatasmugcunt

All the preorder pages I saw were also sold-out. Nintendo can do one.

It's maddening. I can't work out if they are being clever or stupid.

http://www.wired.co.uk/article/raspberry-pi-nes-classic-mini

Are any of the USB SNES controllers on Amazon any good. Seem to be a lot there for about £5 which makes me think they may not be great.

Can't speak from experience unfortunately, I use a genuine controller with a USB adapter.

https://www.dhgate.com/product/mini-tv-handheld-game-console-video-game/403893130.html#s1-1-1b;searl|0438260929

just saying

Hilarious console name 'cool baby'

Just about to dip into COD:ww2 beta and then on to PUBG if anyone is about.

OHHH what sort of time for PUBG? I am meant to be packing to go on holiday but sure I can squeeze a couple of matches in...

Now?

Yeah sure!

Tried COD beta and made my eyes hurt. Couldn't be bothered to fiddle with settings so logging on now for a bit. No worries if not.

Does the playzone get progressively more damaging as the game goes on? It seems like it - I timed my distance from it to allow a bit of damage so I could flank a player and shoot him from behind. I succeeded without losing any health but somehow I died and I wasn't keeping an eye on PZ damage. Normally you get at least 2 minutes when I've been left behind. I was dead from 100 health in about 30 secs??

Shame as I was top 5 with full level 3 mil gear

I think so, it also seems to move quicker.

Yeah I had something very similar happen, started off really bad but managed a kill with a double barrel shotgun and then I found an assault rifle and somehow racked up a good few kills with zen like calm including a cheeky one pop head shot, next think I know the blue bitch got me, I didn’t even realise I was in it so deep.

Shouldn't you be on holiday?

In other PUBG news, I think I'm getting better at shooting. Averaging 2 or 3 kills in the most recent matches it seems. I still err on the side of caution and play a kind of hide-and-seek tactical match for the most part but my chance of survival when I do come into contact with other players seems to be increasing.

Tactic now is to look for vehicles during the initial free-fall, then drive as far away as possible from other parachutes. I drove to the 'shelter' the underground bunker and found a load of weapons and a 'health kit' thing which restores life to 100 which I'd not seen before. I hid in there for a while. Two players came in but I had the drop and shot them both.

Headphones help a lot when you're in buildings to keep an eye/ear out for footsteps.

Generally looking behind you a lot seems a sensible idea. As does waiting on the edge of the play zones rather than rushing to the centre of them. Lying low, somewhere high and just scanning to see the other players in your vicinity etc. I generally get top 10 in all games now, sometimes top 5, and have been 'number 2' about 5 times I think. That's about of about 25-30 games I think. Some have been disasters. Had a couple where I was AFK and got head punched after para drop which wrecked my stats. Had a couple of silly games where I got a gun early and tried my luck against other plays and got wasted. My shooting is improving. Burst mode all the time where possible, take your time, 2 bursts, centre mass, done. Just staying calm is the best tip I have. My earlier rounds saw my heart rate leap and I would just spray rounds and run straight at other players - I wouldn't last long. Now I just pace myself, stand up (not crouch or lie down - crouch or prone makes an easier target seemingly and when you stand people go for headshots but usually, unless they're chrisbmx118118, miss), aim and hope the other player is doing the panicking.

csb

Managed to win a PUBG solo game the other day. V satisfying.

I got a 2nd yesterday, it came down to the tinniest of areas in the middle of the open, both of us were hiding behind rocks but it turned out his rock was behind mine so he shot me before I could see him. I did well by just lying down in bushes at the edge of the area once it got smaller, people would run past me so I just shot them in the back.

In other video game news, I got Cuphead and Ruiner. Both are great but really hard.

had such a shit day with PUBG, I keep landing in places that are just barren of weapons.

Couldn't even log on yesterday - server issues apparently. Tried a lot from around 6am when I got up to around midday in between doing some work and just gave up.

Still enjoying Destiny 2. turns out the guided raids thing matchmaking takes forever so haven't bothered with it yet.

levelled up a second character over my days off last week as the end-game grind is a bit easier with multiple chars as you only get a handful of chances to get higher powered gear each week per character.

overall though i think they've got it pretty well balanced so far. you can log on for a few hours after the weekly reset and have a chance to slightly improve your character so you can progress if you are more of a (filthy) casual. or you can get your fireteam of mates and grind the shit out of stuff to power-level. with destiny 1 often i'd play for 3 hours and feel like i'd achieved nothing or had nothing to do as the only tasks to progress were multiplayer only.