9/28/14 Stream Feedback and Hurdles -
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There is so, so much wrong with this...I'll have to look at it when I'm not about to go to bed, because it's just so fucking goldmine for how GK is so egocentric.
But right off the bat, the kind of computer he wants is fucking retard level expensive. That hex-core Core i7? On the site for computer parts I usually rely on (recently nabbed a replacement laptop battery for only $20 when they had a sale, really excellent service), that six-core processor alone costs $600.
Titan graphics? Even without a model number, the google results are pulling up prices that at minimum are about a grand.
So, just for a little square piece of metal and plastic for the processor, and a monster graphics card that could probably render the CGI from a Transformers film, that's already about a minimum of $1,600. For reference, my laptop only has a quad-core Core i7 vPro with integrated graphics on its motherboard and I can play damn near anything on the market so long as I have my lappy's cooling pad plugged in to fix the overheating issue (which is usually inherent in laptops so it can't be avoided). But I only paid about $1500 for my laptop, and this was three-four years ago when it was state of the art.
What Golden Dingus wants not only exceeds what I paid and only for two needlessly overpowered computer components, he doesn't account for the hardware needed to support those things. Which include a monster power supply, a top-of-the-line motherboard, a healthy number of RAM boards of sufficent total capacity, enough Hard Disk space to store all of it, the maintance needed to maintain a liquid cooling system, and a case large enough to hold all of that shit.
He literally just wants the most expensive shit on the market because, while it is the best, it's so powerful that it's actually a waste of money in the interest of living in excess. He could get away with a stock system on a dual cored i5 processor for his gaming needs, not something on the level of somebody running EVE Online 24/7.
Just...he has no fucking idea about computers and money. Knowing exactly what kind of power is not the same as knowing when something has too much power being wasted and money can be saved by simply downgrading to a more affordable but still valid option.
But right off the bat, the kind of computer he wants is fucking retard level expensive. That hex-core Core i7? On the site for computer parts I usually rely on (recently nabbed a replacement laptop battery for only $20 when they had a sale, really excellent service), that six-core processor alone costs $600.
Titan graphics? Even without a model number, the google results are pulling up prices that at minimum are about a grand.
So, just for a little square piece of metal and plastic for the processor, and a monster graphics card that could probably render the CGI from a Transformers film, that's already about a minimum of $1,600. For reference, my laptop only has a quad-core Core i7 vPro with integrated graphics on its motherboard and I can play damn near anything on the market so long as I have my lappy's cooling pad plugged in to fix the overheating issue (which is usually inherent in laptops so it can't be avoided). But I only paid about $1500 for my laptop, and this was three-four years ago when it was state of the art.
What Golden Dingus wants not only exceeds what I paid and only for two needlessly overpowered computer components, he doesn't account for the hardware needed to support those things. Which include a monster power supply, a top-of-the-line motherboard, a healthy number of RAM boards of sufficent total capacity, enough Hard Disk space to store all of it, the maintance needed to maintain a liquid cooling system, and a case large enough to hold all of that shit.
He literally just wants the most expensive shit on the market because, while it is the best, it's so powerful that it's actually a waste of money in the interest of living in excess. He could get away with a stock system on a dual cored i5 processor for his gaming needs, not something on the level of somebody running EVE Online 24/7.
Just...he has no fucking idea about computers and money. Knowing exactly what kind of power is not the same as knowing when something has too much power being wasted and money can be saved by simply downgrading to a more affordable but still valid option.
Oh god, he still takes into consideration England time. He's still waiting for Amanda, isn't he? Fucking christ. I wish whoever it was that pretended to be Amanda would come back just to dump him. Harshly.
GK is the epitome of "all the gear and no idea". Pay2Win personified. No concept of working to achieve anything through skill, knowledge or practice.
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Eh, I'd rather that empty void torment him for a few more months with the uncertainty. It will either make her eventually returning (assuming she does) funnier, or it will leave him with a nagging feeling in the back of his mind (assuming she doesn't).
Tomorrow, I'm having GK come into the server to check it out and build up his stuff. I'll record it, but not sure if it'll be anything too exciting. We'll have to wait for Friday to actually begin the whole RP of the server.
Any of you going to be able to join us on the Minecraft on FRIDAY? I would like to keep it griefing free, because a lot of work has gone into making some of the builds. Here is a video I showed Jay regarding the server.
If you are going to join, we need players to RP as certain things like guards, etc. (whatever else is needed).
Any of you going to be able to join us on the Minecraft on FRIDAY? I would like to keep it griefing free, because a lot of work has gone into making some of the builds. Here is a video I showed Jay regarding the server.
If you are going to join, we need players to RP as certain things like guards, etc. (whatever else is needed).
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Based on comments on her dA profile, Manday contacted Jay just over a week ago, via Skype. Not sure if they've been much in contact since then, but he's not been all moony and heartsick recently, at least not publically on dA.
"So, if you have not already shared your thoughts with me, what would YOU suggest?"
Going through puberty. It'll do wonders for your voice.
So, basically, the Golden Suit of Armor. Or, at least, a needlessly complex penis-replacement device to tide him over until he gets it.
Going through puberty. It'll do wonders for your voice.
So, basically, the Golden Suit of Armor. Or, at least, a needlessly complex penis-replacement device to tide him over until he gets it.
Okay I dont know much about computers. So that was actually pretty informative. But I think it fits his personality perfectly. He wants a super powerful super expensive best computer ever so he could stream minecraft on it. That barely taps into its potential. Like I think he doesnt know why he wants just that its the best so he needs it.
Sometimes I think I see the method to his madness but stuff likes this makes me wonder if he actual considers what he'd do with it if he gets it.
He's just like my former autistic neighbor Eli. He won't settle for anything less than the best and has no real means of getting it. All they know is that bigger numbers usually means better. However, if he can find a way to afford it then he should go for it since the super overkill machine of today will barely run just the OS and web browser 5 years from now in my experience.
You mean a black hole of money, like that inexplicable "groin protection" he draws on his crotch in "Hero Team"? Because that's pretty much what it will be.
The best part is that this actually isn't entirely true if that's Goldie's angle. He wants the hex-core because it's the most expensive one on the market and you'd think that six cores would inherently be better than four cores, right, much like how four cores are significantly more powerful than two?
Not exactly. Gaming is the only application where having more than four linked processor cores have shown any real benefit over just having a quad on a personal PC, and only for games that utilize hyper-threading technology, which comes standard on all current hex cores AFAIK (honestly I don't know much about them since I don't need them). In fact, it is said in some cases that having hyper-threaded processors can slow down games in FPS and other factors due to issues with running non-hyperthreaded games through hyperthreading, a decrease that puts it behind a quad- or even dual-core Core i5, much less a quad-core i7, as older cores are better for running single-thread programs and applications.
And then there is the problem of cooling. I have never installed or learned about liquid-cooling devices, but for the kind of monster GK wants to build to play something easily done by my aging spare tower running 2 GB, a jury rigged wireless adapter, and an outdated NVida Galaxy 8400 video card, if that shit isn't suitably vented and cooled as per current ATX form factor standard, it will literally melt down from the sheer output of heat being too much for the heatsinks, and that's assuming GK doesn't fuck things out of the gate and destroy that processor seconds after picking it up because he wasn't wearing a grounding strap and fries it from the static electricity built up in his hair discharging through his hands.
Not as long as IE exists, which will run (like shit) on any OS.
Except for really old computers, which run it smooth as buttered glass through the process of like-attracts-like (in this case, fail attracting more fail).
I did laugh at the liquid-cooling. We all know Jay isn't going to overclock anything.
Also, not conclusive evidence and a couple of years old, but...
"Most of the time, most of our subjects literally could not tell the difference [between a £300 PC and a £3,000 PC]".
Also, not conclusive evidence and a couple of years old, but...
"Most of the time, most of our subjects literally could not tell the difference [between a £300 PC and a £3,000 PC]".
I had wanted to join a Minecraft server to play with you guys, but... RPing with Jay doesn't sound worth it. If it's this Friday, though, I'll see if I have time to join if I'm not doing anything else. I'm just new to Minecraft and I wouldn't want to slow everyone down (or have Jay screaming in my ear for that long).
Ok, full deconstruction time...
- "Silently scheme and immerse myself in my games"
Suuuuuuuuuuurrrrrrrrrreeeeee...because that's totally what happened in the last stream.
- "anything more than a hangout for my closest dozen of friends"
I'm surprised GK is implying he has a dozen friends at all, much less enough that he has to crop them down to just 12 who he likes the most for what are probably self-serving reasons of "how epic do they make me feel while they are in my presence?"
- "[whole bit about how important music is to the point it's his "secret sauce" or something]"
Aside from completely missing the point of what makes streams appealing, GK also notably says music is the secret sauce to how he can "engineer such an "epic epic" assuming my claims about my comics are true and not simply creator bias". Because Jay has no "bias" about hocking two shitty comics, especially MotLW where it's just him reveling in all his disturbing fetishes while in some kind of bastardized power armor. Though not like Hero Team is really all that different.
- "My comic book is basically the Star Citizen of comic books"
A more accurate comparison would be that GK's comic is more like Duke Nukem Forever, only it never went through multiple graphics engine changes to improve the visuals. Of course, DNF also slightly redeemed itself later with the DLC campaign that was much more liked than the actual main campaign itself, while the same can not be said of MotLW which is still more of the same shit every time, if not worse.
Star Citizen only got mentioned by Sir Dingus the Piss-stained because he mentions it later as the game of choice he will celebrate having constructed his monster PC build. He's totally going to get his ass handed to him in the tutorials, no doubt.
- "I want the most expensive computer money can theoretically buy!"
Already covered, but what strikes me now is he somehow also claims this will eliminate lag and processor hiccups. Maybe the latter (see my earlier comment on how super-multi core processors can in fact be slower in running compared to typical multi-core processors if the programs are not hyper-threaded), but certainly not the former as the most powerful computer in the world won't be able to solve a slow internet speed stemming from an external source separate from the PC itself.
- "DRUG SCREENING"
Yeah, this is for the job, but hearing Jay just say he's going through one is...unsettling.
- "assuming the griefing is kept under control at all times"
Like this is gonna happen in a game where the most recognized enemy type is literally a walking time bomb that exists to do nothing but griefing.
- "Marathon sessions of constant performance"
Didn't he just say the whole point of Saturday streams were to do exactly this? Like a normal day of him doing this?
- "mild burnout/fatigue from such shows"
Read: I'm not having fun doing this streaming thing anymore right now.
- "And this is ALL assuming my new job will have NO adverse impact whatsoever!"
"Jay Giess? Hi, it's a pleasure to meet you! I'm your new roommate, Murphy S. Law! We are going to know each other so well!"
-"So, if you have not already shared your thoughts..."
Because this totally means GK will listen to criticism that will force him to do anything he himself does not see as needing to change.
- "Silently scheme and immerse myself in my games"
Suuuuuuuuuuurrrrrrrrrreeeeee...because that's totally what happened in the last stream.
- "anything more than a hangout for my closest dozen of friends"
I'm surprised GK is implying he has a dozen friends at all, much less enough that he has to crop them down to just 12 who he likes the most for what are probably self-serving reasons of "how epic do they make me feel while they are in my presence?"
- "[whole bit about how important music is to the point it's his "secret sauce" or something]"
Aside from completely missing the point of what makes streams appealing, GK also notably says music is the secret sauce to how he can "engineer such an "epic epic" assuming my claims about my comics are true and not simply creator bias". Because Jay has no "bias" about hocking two shitty comics, especially MotLW where it's just him reveling in all his disturbing fetishes while in some kind of bastardized power armor. Though not like Hero Team is really all that different.
- "My comic book is basically the Star Citizen of comic books"
A more accurate comparison would be that GK's comic is more like Duke Nukem Forever, only it never went through multiple graphics engine changes to improve the visuals. Of course, DNF also slightly redeemed itself later with the DLC campaign that was much more liked than the actual main campaign itself, while the same can not be said of MotLW which is still more of the same shit every time, if not worse.
Star Citizen only got mentioned by Sir Dingus the Piss-stained because he mentions it later as the game of choice he will celebrate having constructed his monster PC build. He's totally going to get his ass handed to him in the tutorials, no doubt.
- "I want the most expensive computer money can theoretically buy!"
Already covered, but what strikes me now is he somehow also claims this will eliminate lag and processor hiccups. Maybe the latter (see my earlier comment on how super-multi core processors can in fact be slower in running compared to typical multi-core processors if the programs are not hyper-threaded), but certainly not the former as the most powerful computer in the world won't be able to solve a slow internet speed stemming from an external source separate from the PC itself.
- "DRUG SCREENING"
Yeah, this is for the job, but hearing Jay just say he's going through one is...unsettling.
- "assuming the griefing is kept under control at all times"
Like this is gonna happen in a game where the most recognized enemy type is literally a walking time bomb that exists to do nothing but griefing.
- "Marathon sessions of constant performance"
Didn't he just say the whole point of Saturday streams were to do exactly this? Like a normal day of him doing this?
- "mild burnout/fatigue from such shows"
Read: I'm not having fun doing this streaming thing anymore right now.
- "And this is ALL assuming my new job will have NO adverse impact whatsoever!"
"Jay Giess? Hi, it's a pleasure to meet you! I'm your new roommate, Murphy S. Law! We are going to know each other so well!"
-"So, if you have not already shared your thoughts..."
Because this totally means GK will listen to criticism that will force him to do anything he himself does not see as needing to change.
