Baldur’s Gate 3.

“This mod will ONLY work on a legitimate copy!” is just a plain lie I’ve seen many times on various mods over the years. Problems and issues caused by mods have never been because of a pirated copy.

Skywind is what I’m waiting for.

I did make points to someone else. Literally presented as points. Then you suddenly come along and just do nothing but rage like a drunk, depressed comedian and… Well, I’m not even going to put any effort into that. There’s just no taking you seriously.

Sure buddy. Sure. I guess the therapist is on vacation for new year?

Ok, so, read what you just wrote, carefully. And I do mean actually read what you wrote, because I do hope you will realise how much like a parody you sound like.

Yes, and I’m pretty sure you’re presenting their policy in complete honesty and totally not bending it out of shape to fit your own agenda. There’s more than one way to lie. :)

But I digress. Let’s hang Valve. Let’s hang Valve for all the things they’re not responsible for and don’t have control over. Let’s hang them for all the world’s problems. I’m sure that is a very rational thing to do.

• They don’t.

• That’s not unique to Valve.

• That’s not unique to Valve.

• There is no evidence that Valve sells your data. And they wouldn’t even need to.

• Are you a scammer? Why would you be concerned about them closing your account?

• That’s a blatant lie.

• Same as the selling data point.

• Yes, they’ll store your data forever if necessary. Because your data is… You know… Evidence of all the things you bought… On their catalogue. That’s a service, not a problem.

• This is the third time you mention Valve selling data. Then you go on a random tangent… Let me try to dissect that…

• Prices increase for games… Except Valve doesn’t dictate that, the game’s publishers do.

• Valve only represents 79 employees… OK? And? So what?

• Indie devs financially struggle… Yes, as an artist myself I am very well aware of the struggles any sort of passion project, or ambitious creative work, has. This has nothing to do with Valve.

Yes it is, if the service is actually… you know… good. Let’s see what Valve offers for its 30% cut:

• The most robust catalogue on the internet, complete with user-generated tags, search functionality, recommendation algorithms, and fast download speeds.
• Steam servers for online multiplayer games, which even supports multiplayer mods like Skyrim Together.
• In-depth lifetime analytics for every item on their platform, accessible to everyone.
• Reviews, discussion threads and forums for every single game on their platform.
• The Steam workshop.
• Research and development towards VR, both on the hardware and software front.
• Research and development towards their own console.
• Funding towards open-source compatibility tools, such as Proton.
• Giving employees of Valve an actual good salary, which is unheard of in the gaming industry outside of Valve or the occasional indie team.
• The cost of maintaining all the above.

Pro-consumer practices, such as:

• Keeping games on their servers, and installable by the customer, even when they’re delisted.
• Allowing customers to refund games.
• Refunding games when the publisher pulls some garbage, like Sony this year… on several occasions (look into Helldivers and the PSN mandate).
• Supporting repairability and modability for their console, the Steam Deck, complete with blueprints and tear-downs.

Find me any platform or company that does all of these things. But I guess you want everything to be free and handed to you on a silver platter?

Brainwashed by capitalism!? Jesus, what world do you live in? XD

Clearly not one where paying for a good service is acceptable.

And they provide a better service than Apple.

They’re not preventing competition. Valve did not go out of its way to kill Epic, Epic just sucks. They’re not doing anything to kill GOG either.

There’s a difference between a monopoly, and people just choosing one thing over another.

And I guess, yet again, no source is provided.

Why would I care about Valve taking a 30% cut when they’re the best platform around? You do realise what makes them the best platform, right?

Not a good argument when a majority often doesn’t consider the entire world’s population.

Because OpenAI is anything but open. And they make money selling the idea of AI without actually having AI.

Furries have long since stopped being a small, niche, minority corner of the Internet. You can literally measure the success of a platform these days by how many furries are actively using it.

VRChat is the most popular thing that furries use. If you have random people popping in, you’re in an open, public world. But in VRC you also have the ability to open private worlds or extended friend worlds.

Fotgot about those. Not sure if many actually use them.

Furries come into VRChat with NSFW avatar, complete with penetrstion features, and have virtual sex with each other using full-body trackers.

Of course, nobody is actually feeling anything, but apparently there are those with “phantom touch” that can feel something as real if it’s described to them well enough… Or they’re in a VR environment.