War Room Lounge v117: It's best for those of us with no ambition to start with.

[Islam Imamate]

So, uh, who's celebrating today

Later in the day I will, smoking too early leaves me really burnt out later in the day and I hate that feeling. I honestly hate coming down form a high, would rather smoke towards the end of the day and as I'm coming down just go to bed.

 

[Islam Imamate]

Xbox has the dumbest installment names. Especially since the name "Xbox" is pretty cool.

Xbox
Xbox 360 (that means it just ends up in the same place as the original)
Xbox One (wait, but it's the third...)

And then

Xbox One X (are we shooting for an anagram?)
Xbox One Elite (so is this better than the X?)

Dumb.

Fitting since XBOX players strike me as the dumbest gamers. Nintendo=PC>PS>XBOX

 

[Social Distance Warrior]

I don't know a single person with a home gym.

I think location might have something to do with it. In the south, a garage gym is basically out of the question. For 8 months a year, it's an absolute hell hole. Fuck working out somewhere that's 90-110 degrees with 90% humidity and no ventilation.

I should post pictures some time.

nothing too fancy.

but get a kettlebell, that shit works wonders

 

[Tycho- Taylor's Version]

I don't know a single person with a home gym.

I think location might have something to do with it. In the south, a garage gym is basically out of the question. For 8 months a year, it's an absolute hell hole. Fuck working out somewhere that's 90-110 degrees with 90% humidity and no ventilation.

I never thought I'd say this, but resistance bands are underrated.

Though keep in mind I also fell for a phishing scheme that was advertising those Bowflex adjustable dumbells for $150 and had to replace my credit card, so my judgement may not be operating at full capacity right now.

 

[Falsedawn]

Xbox has the dumbest installment names. Especially since the name "Xbox" is pretty cool.

Xbox
Xbox 360 (that means it just ends up in the same place as the original)
Xbox One (wait, but it's the third...)

And then

Xbox One X (are we shooting for an anagram?)
Xbox One Elite (so is this better than the X?)

Dumb.

Xbox was because most of the team worked on DirectX, which is Microsoft's gaming API.

The '360' in Xbox 360 was because they envisioned it as covering 360 degrees of entertainment (music, movies, games), with you at the center.

Xbox One was because it was the one box to rule your living room. It originally shipped with a kinect and they pushed the cable TV integration super hard. Everything was supposed to run through the Xbox.

The next gen is just called Xbox. Series X is the performance tier, and they're going to eventually have a console pleb tier similar to the historical Xboxes.

It makes sense if you don't assume they're trying to be Sony and just iterate names.

 

[Trotsky]

Fitting since XBOX players strike me as the dumbest gamers. Nintendo=PC>PS>XBOX

Nintendo? Seems to me that Nintendo specifically caters to children and is largely played by middle aged men who never moved out of their folks place and upgraded from their childhood console.

But I don't play much, so maybe I'm off and not picking up on the Nintendo gamers' sophistication.

 

[Trotsky]

Xbox was because most of the team worked on DirectX, which is Microsoft's gaming API.

The '360' in Xbox 360 was because they envisioned it as covering 360 degrees of entertainment (music, movies, games), with you at the center.

Xbox One was because it was the one box to rule your living room. It originally shipped with a kinect and they pushed the cable TV integration super hard. Everything was supposed to run through the Xbox.

The next gen is just called Xbox. Series X is the performance tier, and they're going to eventually have a console pleb tier similar to the historical Xboxes.

It makes sense if you don't assume they're trying to be Sony and just iterate names.

360 is the dumbest since the PS3 was far superior as an all-around entertainment system. Ain't no one ever been to a college party where the tv was playing music through the XBox 360.

 

[Falsedawn]

360 is the dumbest since the PS3 was far superior as an all-around entertainment system. Ain't no one ever been to a college party where the tv was playing music through the XBox 360.

The 360 also released a full year before the PS3 though. Sony had time to see what worked and build on it while dropping what didn't.

 

[weed]

The 360 also released a full year before the PS3 though. Sony had time to see what worked and build on it while dropping what didn't.

I remember the buzz for 360 being so strong, it weakened the ps3 launch. there was actually talk about playstation "falling off".

& look at playstation today haha.

 

[Islam Imamate]

Nintendo? Seems to me that Nintendo specifically caters to children and is largely played by middle aged men who never moved out of their folks place and upgraded from their childhood console.

But I don't play much, so maybe I'm off and not picking up on the Nintendo gamers' sophistication.

Nintendo has some of the most innovative games and consoles and gamers with taste can recognize that. Their games are for children which naturally means they are simple but that doesn't mean that they're not good or lack depth. Meanwhile you have XBOX which plagued the industry for like a decade with dozens of COD knock off shooters. The PS consoles are good but mainly if you want weaboo stuff. But you can't hand off games like the latest Final Fantasy to your casual friend and have a good time, its just too dense. But you can get your casual friend to play Mario Kart or Mario Party or Super Smash and so on.

 

[Trotsky]

Nintendo has some of the most innovative games and consoles and gamers with taste can recognize that. Their games are for children which naturally means they are simple but that doesn't mean that they're not good or lack depth. Meanwhile you have XBOX which plagued the industry for like a decade with dozens of COD knock off shooters. The PS consoles are good but mainly if you want weaboo stuff. But you can't hand off games like the latest Final Fantasy to your casual friend and have a good time, its just too dense. But you can get your casual friend to play Mario Kart or Mario Party or Super Smash and so on.

Haha, "weaboo" was the term I was trying to think of to describe Nintendo fans. I feel like Playstation is more popular among sports games players and Xbox is more popular among shooter games players. But that could also be bullshit.

 

[Islam Imamate]

Haha, "weaboo" was the term I was trying to think of to describe Nintendo fans. I feel like Playstation is more popular among sports games players and Xbox is more popular among shooter games players. But that could also be bullshit.

Nah the Playstation is definitely the weeb console since there a lot of Japanese games, mostly JRPGs, that are exclusive to the PS. Weebs also like Nintendo consoles but they are much more casual friendly.

 

[Falsedawn]

I remember the buzz for 360 being so strong, it weakened the ps3 launch. there was actually talk about playstation "falling off".

& look at playstation today haha.

In all fairness to Microsoft, they finally realized that they don't have to keep fighting with Sony for scraps when they own the PC market outright. Satya Nadella is a fucking genius for finally pushing to seriously unify the platforms. Now Microsoft is in the drivers seat as far as performance, and the closer the Xbox gets to the PCs it's emulating, the more market share they capture at the top and mid ends.

Sony has the console market on lock right now, but PC gaming is a behemoth that they're going to have a bear of a time toppling. And the more Microsoft leverages that advantage, the worse it's going to get for them. With the Series X probably pushing $1000, the historical console upgrade cycles are going to become a thing of the past. The slower that cycle is, the more it benefits Microsoft.

 

[Deleted member 539235]

xbox controllers

 

[CubicleGangster]

Later in the day I will, smoking too early leaves me really burnt out later in the day and I hate that feeling. I honestly hate coming down form a high, would rather smoke towards the end of the day and as I'm coming down just go to bed.

The key to not coming down and feeling burnt out is to just never stop smoking

 

[Sketch]

Nah the Playstation is definitely the weeb console since there a lot of Japanese games, mostly JRPGs, that are exclusive to the PS. Weebs also like Nintendo consoles but they are much more casual friendly.

Honestly they should cut the bullshit and just call it the Weebstation already.

 

[Trotsky]

Nah the Playstation is definitely the weeb console since there a lot of Japanese games, mostly JRPGs, that are exclusive to the PS. Weebs also like Nintendo consoles but they are much more casual friendly.

Do you identify as a weeb?

 

[weed]

In all fairness to Microsoft, they finally realized that they don't have to keep fighting with Sony for scraps when they own the PC market outright. Satya Nadella is a fucking genius for finally pushing to seriously unify the platforms. Now Microsoft is in the drivers seat as far as performance, and the closer the Xbox gets to the PCs it's emulating, the more market share they capture at the top and mid ends.

Sony has the console market on lock right now, but PC gaming is a behemoth that they're going to have a bear of a time toppling. And the more Microsoft leverages that advantage, the worse it's going to get for them. With the Series X probably pushing $1000, the historical console upgrade cycles are going to become a thing of the past. The slower that cycle is, the more it benefits Microsoft.

I stopped after ps3. hardly used it.

the only reason why I'd get a ps4 would be for The Last Guardian. but with ps5 on the horizon, I might as well just wait for a legit ps4 emulator to come through (it it ever will anytime soon), I mean I've waited this long to get back into gaming.

#pcmasterrace

 

[Falsedawn]

xbox controllers

The Elite controller is the best controller possibly ever, and I've used most of them. The only comparable one is the GameCube controller and that's because of the analog shoulders.

The DS4 is super overrated imo. Parallel thumbsticks alone are downright silly, especially when you have to keep your left thumb in an unnatural position to use both. A full button spread (thumbs, index, and middle fingers) feels awkward as shit. It becomes an even farther gap when you start using the paddles on the elite controller.

 

[Islam Imamate]

Do you identify as a weeb?

At this point if I said no would anyone believe me?