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The Stalker and DayZ modding communities are part of what made me fall in love with PC gaming. In a world where everything is commodified and money dictates, its good for the soul to see people can still do things for the love of it, and share with the community.

Getting down to the business end of the season, the title could still go to anyone out of Shitty and the Arse. This may be sacrilege, and Shitty are definitely the better team to watch, but I'm ok with the Woolwich lot winning the league, that Saka is too likeable for his own good. As for Spurs, I'm just watching to see what enfold this summer. I don't expect Champions league unless one of the Utds implodes. We all have to play each other, and the way we're playing it will be torture. At least Cheatski have Lampard back to sweeten things up 😅 Also, note @GazzaGarratt Norwich getting thrashed last night helping your play off hopes 👊

If its free I'll definitely give it a go.

I was going to make a joke yesterday about this thread being peak cod, keep up the good work 😁

Yep, it's a great game, particularly on SteamDeck. Dangerous at bedtime as its one of those games that have kept me accidentally awake until the stupid hours.

RIP to one of the most famous names in dub, a musician, producer and Spurs fan. Met him a few times in recent years and used to go to his all night sound systems at the Rocket in Holloway back in the day. They were epic nights and the bass....wow.

Seriously, what were they thinking? 🙈😅 The game is already delayed, why not wait a little longer. Imagine all the work that people put into these games only for the marketing or finance folk to fuck it all up. Starfield will take a hit on this if similar. Glad I'm getting it on PC 😁

I love how this game from 2007 keeps getting modded and improved, this is free by the way. I use the Anomaly mod but I think I'll try this out too. I hope S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 is as good as the original when it finally releases.

Is it true they've added features to encourage microtransactions?

Yeah, it's a puzzling one, they have lots of good elements in their games, they look good, they have their own unique style, and the combat is good but they can't seem to tie it all together. I really enjoyed Dishonored, I completed it and all the dlc but I've started up Dishonored 2 several times and just can't get into it. Redfall on gamepass means I'll at least give it a try, so we'll see....

Yeah, I'm wondering I'd Redfall is going to be similar. Totally agree about this game, starts great but just couldn't be bothered with it after a bit.

Ha yeah, the fact that you can't go to sleep when they're in the vicinity caused me some issues. I made a house in a remote place but getting the timber was a pain.

I haven't played much, maybe 5 hours or so, but they've been regularly adding to the game since launch, which has been nice to see. It's starting to look like a proper game, I'm looking forward to seeing where it goes.

Ha indeed but my mobo won't have it, TPM needs to be 2.0

Yeah I'm the same, Windows 7 was sweet for gaming and yet still zero reason to miss the free upgrade to 10.

Lampard managing Cheatski until the end of the season. Quality 😉

Yeah I don't really smoke them with their filters, if you know what I mean 😜 Baccy has always made me want to puke, don't know why but my lungs won't be doing with it 😁

Not sure if it's an issue with anyone here, I moved to 10 years ago.... but just in case, as over a million accounts may lose access to Steam next year. “As of January 1 2024, Steam will officially stop supporting the Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 operating systems. After that date, the Steam Client will no longer run on those versions of Windows. In order to continue running Steam and any games or other products purchased through Steam, users will need to update to a more recent version of Windows.

As one of the OG buyers of this game they've given me loads of ingame shit to make up for the fact it's now free. Unfortunately any chance of a decent experience is let down by lag, latency, net code. Its poorly optimised and a complete waste of time unless that gets sorted out...

Coming back from Spain last summer I picked up 200 Silk Cut for £45. Saved me around £100. It's all tax 😥

Still blows my mind that we sold Dembele when we did. Most underrated player in football imo. We were never the same after that, even with Eriksson.

Yeah, I much preferred the 360 for CoD, mostly because of the controller tbf

Post Streets update with a bunch of changes and fixes. Patch notes below. We present the Escape from Tarkov 0.13.0.4 patch notes. Changes: Updated Nvidia DLSS to version 2.5.1 and AMD FSR to version 2.2; Configured sound positioning settings on Reserve and Shoreline; Adjusted sound positioning settings on Streets of Tarkov; Increased the cloud size and spread speed of smoke grenades by 30%; Added an in-game mail notification system for banned players based on player's report; Adjusted the user interface for placing an offer on the Flea Market, taking into account the disabling of barter offers; Expanded the quest area for Assessment - Part 1. Fixes: Fixed one of the causes of disconnects while loading into a raid. The remaining possible causes are being researched and eliminated; Fixed multiple visual issues with scopes when using the DLSS/FSR of older versions (such as blurriness and artifacts during movement, lack of clarity, etc.); Fixed the indoor fog glow on Interchange and Reserve; Fixed the excessive vegetation sway that occurred during long raids; Fixed the effect of street lighting glow which flickered when overlapping obstacles. The issue was mostly present on Streets of Tarkov at night time; Fixed some texture memory leaks that caused excessive RAM consumption when the game was running for extended periods of time; Various optimizations in lighting system components; Fixed some object culling issues on various locations; Fixed incorrect visuals of some buildings in the background of Streets of Tarkov; Fixed incorrect audio system behavior at the first indoor gunshot or explosion; Fixed the possibility of incorrect character visuals when trying to operate a stationary weapon by two players at the same time; Fixed the ability to install conflicting attachments on some weapons; Fixed incorrect matchmaking behavior after pressing "Ready" while the co-op mode settings interface is open; Fixed Error 228 when failing all QTE stages in the Hideout gym; Fixed an issue with loading into The Lab in co-op mode; Fixed the ability to look through some walls on Reserve, Interchange, Factory, The Lab, and Shoreline; Fixed incorrect player spawn points on Lighthouse and Streets of Tarkov; Fixed an issue when loading into online raid after a co-op mode raid; Fixed an issue with insurance for an item with an enhancement that was previously returned by insurance.