Zurrrrr

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by Zurrrrr 4y ago
You don't get it: I WAS there. I'm almost 40. I was playing CS from the very start. I maintain that the people spending tons of $$$ to try and get an advantage in CS are mostly trying to buy skill, and it never works.
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by Zurrrrr 4y ago
As a score or amount, never. It's only ever slightly annoying when you get downvoted a bunch for saying something correct but that goes against the grain or popular opinion.
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by Zurrrrr 4y ago
It's exactly this. People blow money on things they think give them even a slight advantage. At least, people who have money do. Then again, a fool and his money are soon parted.
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by Zurrrrr 4y ago
Yeah that's a lot of "gold wire gives better sound" vibes. Yes, all of that stuff can make a slight difference, but at the end it's not going to be a determining factor in your skill.
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by Zurrrrr 4y ago
I didn't say refresh rate didn't matter. Buy buying a new CRT in the late 90s with a slightly better refresh rate isn't going to be much of an advantage.
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by Zurrrrr 4y ago
CS:GO is pretty great and still very active
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by Zurrrrr 4y ago
Eh, my 'nades would get ya
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by Zurrrrr 4y ago
"He had a special CRT monitor to get the best refresh rate to be as competitive as possible for the game" People like that always trying to compensate for a lack of skill
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by Zurrrrr 4y ago
It's cause this info is consolidated from so many different databases, but it's out there. Some of the paid ones are scarily accurate.
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by Zurrrrr 4y ago
Now try familytreenow.com for free or spokeo.com if you want to waste a dollar on a trial. Pretty sure they won't be wrong or out of date.
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by Zurrrrr 4y ago
> smeared all over the system I mean, ACL data is normally stored in filesysem metadata, nothing is 'smeared'.
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by Zurrrrr 4y ago
Now nothing. Piracy is the natural order of things, and likely isn't hurting sales at all as counter-intuitive as that seems. You could perhaps offer cheaper versions in lower income countries, but if you try to 'beat' piracy
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by Zurrrrr 4y ago
We don't even understand gravity entirely. It's entirely possible we will come up with a different theory which is largely consistent with much of what we do know, while still allowing for things that we currently think are imposs
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by Zurrrrr 4y ago
I don't want to pay for DRM content. Piracy is a better alternative. Far less hassle and better quality. There is some very nice software out there so you can basically have your own private Netflix. Risk is minimal when setup correctl
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by Zurrrrr 4y ago
A better approach would be to strip out everything via NTLite and make a custom ISO.