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Fun! First and foremost, a lot of IRC. Also, a lot of Counter-Strike & HLTV. RFI (Remote File Injection -- r57 / c99 anyone? :P) and SQL exploitation in the wi

Fun! First and foremost, a lot of IRC. Also, a lot of Counter-Strike & HLTV. RFI (Remote File Injection -- r57 / c99 anyone? :P) and SQL exploitation in the wild. Enjoying being a part of actual forum communities with proper moderators and clearly defined subject matters. DDoS'ing other IRC networks that were talking shit. Manipulating Google search results for AdSense revenue and otherwise -- I jumped on this too late, unfortunately. Going to Russian hacker forums to read up on the latest exploits. Learning Perl and Visual Basic to build shitty programs and scripts. Indeed, the word pure feels appropriate. Sure, in my circles a lot of people were no-lifers (including myself), but I learned a lot and I also got to work on my English skills over the years. It was crazy to look at my writing when I started in comparison to 3-4 years later... astonishing, even! Fond memories...

ianai 8y ago
On fun, games have certainly lost somethings along the way. I watched a friend view some snippets of Overwatch this past week. I was genuinely unimpressed with how little the graphics have come since quake2/3. I know other games look different, but I’m not seeing 20 years of progress. The mechanics of the game were clearly missing some of the old fun factors too.
- Washuu 8y ago
  Overwatch is not the best example of graphical progress since they optimize for performance to be able to hit high FPS targets.
  - ianai 8y ago
    And that’s a good point. I’d expect better graphics at the same fps. But graphics hardware seems to be stagnant.
    - BoorishBears 8y ago
      I can’t tell if you’re trolling or just have the strongest case of nostalgia I’ve ever seen.
- jimmy1 8y ago
  I used to think graphics mattered, and then I played BotW and Mario Odyssey on the Switch and I realized just how unimportant they are. (To be fair, the artwork is superb)
  - ianai 8y ago
    Nintendo is great for that. I don’t game much, but Nintendo seems to have a different take on gaming than others. They’ve always valued game play and being innovative over hardware performance or price increases.
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ianai 8y ago

On fun, games have certainly lost somethings along the way. I watched a friend view some snippets of Overwatch this past week. I was genuinely unimpressed with how little the graphics have come since quake2/3. I know other games look different, but I’m not seeing 20 years of progress. The mechanics of the game were clearly missing some of the old fun factors too.

Washuu 8y ago
Overwatch is not the best example of graphical progress since they optimize for performance to be able to hit high FPS targets.
- ianai 8y ago
  And that’s a good point. I’d expect better graphics at the same fps. But graphics hardware seems to be stagnant.
  - BoorishBears 8y ago
    I can’t tell if you’re trolling or just have the strongest case of nostalgia I’ve ever seen.
jimmy1 8y ago
I used to think graphics mattered, and then I played BotW and Mario Odyssey on the Switch and I realized just how unimportant they are. (To be fair, the artwork is superb)
- ianai 8y ago
  Nintendo is great for that. I don’t game much, but Nintendo seems to have a different take on gaming than others. They’ve always valued game play and being innovative over hardware performance or price increases.

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