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If I buy Dwarf Fortress on Steam, I'll probably be playing a lot of that. Still got the Command and Conquer Collection to work through plus I still have to grab God of War Ragnarok at some stage. American Truck Simulator is also my go-to game for relaxing so I imagine I will be doing a lot of that too especially with the recent Texas expansion. Other than that, there's really not much knocking about plus nothing in the Steam sales seem to entice.

Yeah he never struck me as being overweight ever really and his weight loss has been a process over many years apparently. That’s why I was a bit shocked at the latest picture because it certainly isn’t what he looked like a few months back. Looks like a dramatic sudden drop on top of some facial changes which has caused the stir. The picture actually came from a short video which he deleted due to ‘concerns’ from fans and probably his PR team.

3-0 England! Solid display overall despite a shaky first 30 minutes. First goal was a clinical move and sweeping finish and the second was a superb breakaway at a crucial time. Third one wrapped it up and we saw out the game comfortably. Also nice to see us being more direct because all that backwards passing in the opening quarter put us into real trouble more than once. Bellingham was immense again and a fine display from Henderson who seems to have been around longer than Madonna! France a week Saturday it is!

Yeah, I stopped playing Battlefield 4 within the first week because of the netcode issues and other bugs. Just when I thought it was safe to return, the invisible wall glitch materialised so I left it a good 6-7 months and upon returning, the game was slowly improving and when it was finally perfectly playable, every expansion had been released and there were over 80 weapons so it was a remarkable package overall. Battlefield Hardline was just lame and BF1 was pretty stable but just not for everyone. Battlefield V was another major disappointment - awful relationship brewed between the developers and community and we received a fairly broken game upon launch and with them spending a good year on fixing that, we missed out on several pre-planned expansions. BF2042 took the absolute biscuit though with so many staple features missing, conceptual woes and some really odd design choices. With all DICE's experience and research over the years, it just defies belief how they released it in such a state and the decisions they made. I just hope next time they can get it right day one rather than year one being a case of trying to get to square one.

Looking a lot better these days but I dunno if it's too late in the day. At least it'll give some confidence for the next title especially with all the staff associated with the OG 2042 literally all gone. The team that's taken over have done a pretty good job and there's been an upturn in players of late thanks to free weekends on Steam, discounts and people returning. Still needs a good 12 months to complete the overhaul I'd say and the guns really lack punch compared to COD now, but they may be able to salvage something and go out with some pride.

What the actual fuck has he done to his face!? I know he’s had some subtle work done over the years including teeth but this is utterly ridiculous and definitely a botched job. At first it looks like severe weight loss with his gaunt appearance but actually it’s apparently a bad filler job and some other wayward injections. People will deep pockets should just grow old gracefully instead of putting themselves into an irreversible catastrophe of surgery and other terrible procedures. Oh well, it may drum up interest and viewers for his range of tiresome shows..

Anyone familiar with this game? It's about two decades old and is currently free but will soon release a premium version on Steam on December 6th. This iteration looks majorly overhauled and has been in standalone development many years. Game is notoriously complex but with incredibly deep systems apparently. The majority who play it say it's a cult classic but it's one of a few games that have passed me by over the years but I'm tempted to give it a shot this time

Bring it on!

Another insane finale to the groups today - South Korea beat Portugal 2-1 in the last minute sending home Uruguay on goals scored who were leading Ghana 2-0 at the time. Suarez was in tears for the ultimate revenge for Ghana and pretty much the whole of Africa after 2010 but Uruguay were denied a blatant injury time penalty and had they scored, they would've gone through by one goal.

Crazy that they have a fully functioning cash shop but haven't finished implementing solo yet or other simple features🤣 Game had quite a long and significant beta phase plus it's released with other issues on top. I may wait and then give it a try on Game Pass sometime.

Japan 2-1 Spain! Germany are still playing and they are heading out😂 With 20 minutes left, both Spain and Germany were heading out but the latter turned it around but it isn’t gonna be enough. Absolute drama! Japan must be the favourites right now!

The tragic thing is, that is by far not the worst thing a teacher has done especially these days - some of the degenerates on TikTok that swerve the curriculum and teach their own warped nonsense don't get reprimanded like this. School was great in my day - you turn up, get taught by a professional the correct curriculum and then you went home at 3 o'clock🤣

Paul Pogba is shite and he didn't even go to the World Cup in the end. The corporate sheep at Activision probably could've chosen someone more appropriate and diverse but they clearly cherrypicked the name from a Google search on 'who is good at soccer and gets paid loadsa money' Neymar Jr is more of a CSGO player too - I'm sure there's plenty of decent footballers who could've been brand ambassadors for COD through this world cup but it's nothing more than a quick cash grab.

If the demand is there and users are given the ability to move stuff between accounts then there will be a market for such things. It's been pretty rife for many years now - MMO's have had this sort of thing and with so many games using Open API's now, they can literally create websites or frameworks to move stuff between accounts. I don't believe Activision foresaw users selling this DMZ gun so perhaps they will tighten this in the future because they want users spending their money on their own bundles rather than under-the-table trades between each other. The Metaverse is even worse as a concept because they want to sell people 'ownership' of worthless digital goods for exceptional fees - something Ubisoft have already failed with horrendously and deservedly so. What we are seeing now is nothing new though and companies are more likely to put a stop to it rather than letting it slide so they can control everything themselves rather than letting side-markets bring the game into disrepute and they miss out on money changing hands.

Tunisia 1-0 France! Pity for Tunisia as Australia beat Denmark to go through but they did end on a spectacular high with France having a 99th minute equaliser ruled out after full time! Fuck France.

Any VPN can do this pretty much but as 99% of COD content creators are sponsored by them and Activision runs their tournaments using these big brands, nothing will happen. The genuine community have presented them all the raw API data which tracks lobbies but neither the developers nor Activision remotely care about players using backdoor methods. Instead of Activision taking this matter seriously and siding with players who make them billions per quarter, they tried to close off the OpenAPI framework and DMCA users who were revealing the public information on top which is quite frankly disgraceful. It's nothing more than a cover-up with extreme legal threats against users exposing corrupt methods used. Even reverse boosting has been removed as an offence it seems - I personally think reverse boosting is worse as that has a detrimental effect on legitimate lower-skilled players whereas VPN users only affect paid actors. There was other cases where big names such as Ninja and TimTheTwatMan were bribing other players via CashApp not to kill them mid-game so they could win side bets which means they are essentially match fixing for huge monetary gain. Yet the community are held to the strictest standards with conduct and matchmaking. If you have tits or 250,000 subscribers, you can get away with anything Twitch-style. The underlying corruption in this franchise is insane really and there is more dirt that will come out on how honest players are affected. Skill-based hit registration is the next big buzzword that will soon be talked about yet still wont bother the majority of players even though their experience is being deliberately trashed through crooked means.

Great win for England! Controlled and composed throughout and this time went forward with more purpose and determination. Wales posed far less of a threat than what I was expecting and although this was largely down to the way we played, I think their faith in Bale and Ramsay is long passed and it was a huge mistake to start them. Bering on Senegal on Sunday!

Almost as bad as Mark Zukerberg's Metaverse which has spent over £30bn and all they have so far is something that looks like a VR asset flip with Xbox 360 avatars🤣

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He definitely doesn't cheat - I was just saying that they have banned several other high-profile streamers for toxicity already, but not the same people for cheating on top even when it's beyond blatant. It's also disappointing to see that they don't take action against content creators who persistently reverse boost to get shitty videos against the likes of disabled people when Activision's core matchmakaing with normal users is so strict.

Cameroon 3-3 Serbia and South Korea 2-3 Ghana already today! What a goal Dude probably thought he was offside so he went for the spectacular!

Would be a cool feature as long as its implemented well. I think it would have to be a case of being able to extract goods anywhere but at the same time having a possibility the stored cargo can be shot down.

Funny how they've banned so many streamers for being 'toxic' yet turn a blind eye to them and others also cheating🤣

Japan bottle it losing 1-0 to Costa Rica - could've sealed their spot in the last 16 but have blown the group wide open and let Germany back into it. Belgium losing 2-0 to Morocco and getting outplayed once again puts them in a tough spot needing to beat Croatia in their final game. From what I've seen, they are well and truly past it despite having the strongest team on paper in the world for a good few years. Roberto Martinez was not a good choice with those quality of players and their overall composition. Spain v Germany tonight will be massive!

Absolutely dismal performance from England tonight - lethargic, predictable, created little and a real lack of effort. Shades of Algeria in 2010. Having to resort to bringing on Henderson is just embarrassing really and the likes of Foden are wasted on the bench. The lack of a press and always going backwards just stifled any progression and allowed the US to comfortably maintain their shape. Wales will be going for the nuclear option and we will be under even more pressure when we could’ve easily secured group winners tonight. Never make it easy for ourselves but tonight was especially alarming.