- Joined:
- Apr 17, 2010
- Posts:
- 37,661
- Liked Posts:
- 36,456
What Are You Playing Right Now? (Gaming Thread)
- Thread starter HighJump31
- Start date
- Joined:
- Aug 21, 2012
- Posts:
- 42,318
- Liked Posts:
- 35,049
You end up as decentralized computing power for a transaction processing system.
Imagine if Mastercard had an app you could run on your computer and get US Dollars in exchange for how much compute power you offer to the overall processing power of Mastercard's transactions.
That's how crypto mining works.
Each cryptocurrency BTC, ETH, LTC, etc needs computing power to process the transactions on the blockchain.
You offer that compute power, and as a reward the newly minted bits of BTC or ETH or w/e you are "mining" are granted to you for contributing to the overall running of the decentralized processing of the transactions.
It honestly isn't that complicated.
- Joined:
- Apr 4, 2011
- Posts:
- 18,757
- Liked Posts:
- 27,290
- Location:
- Volusia County, FL
My favorite teams
That's honestly probably the most simple explanation I've heard for something that's always been pretty abstract for me. So thank you. Truly.
- Joined:
- Aug 21, 2012
- Posts:
- 42,318
- Liked Posts:
- 35,049
I just re-read it and thought much the same lmao and I'm high af rn.
- Joined:
- Apr 17, 2010
- Posts:
- 37,661
- Liked Posts:
- 36,456
Attachments
- Joined:
- Aug 21, 2012
- Posts:
- 42,318
- Liked Posts:
- 35,049
Btw I am irritable because Newegg is texting me more than a clingy gf whomst has been kicked to the curb.
Lmao they just keep texting me for every fucking item "XYZ$ has been successfully charged for your order!" as each item is processed and shipped.
Like, guys.... I know how much fucking money I spent, I wanted to do it one time... not have a website nag at me like an angry wife who had no idea I was going to build a crypto mining rig.
Lmao they just keep texting me for every fucking item "XYZ$ has been successfully charged for your order!" as each item is processed and shipped.
Like, guys.... I know how much fucking money I spent, I wanted to do it one time... not have a website nag at me like an angry wife who had no idea I was going to build a crypto mining rig.
- Joined:
- Aug 21, 2012
- Posts:
- 42,318
- Liked Posts:
- 35,049
- Joined:
- Aug 20, 2012
- Posts:
- 4,341
- Liked Posts:
- 2,223
- Location:
- Chicago
A couple months back I got hooked on the Yakuza series when I played 0. I just finished Like a Dragon the other night after playing through the other main games as well. Really really really great series. Going to give Judgment a go soon.
- Joined:
- Apr 4, 2011
- Posts:
- 18,757
- Liked Posts:
- 27,290
- Location:
- Volusia County, FL
My favorite teams
They did the same shit with me when I bought a bunch of shit a few weeks ago. Sitting here happily with my Ryzen 7 5700G, 64 GB of RAM and super fast SSD cause you miners are ruining it for me. Also moved to a 34" ultrawide instead of 2 monitors and I LOVE it.
- Joined:
- Aug 21, 2012
- Posts:
- 42,318
- Liked Posts:
- 35,049
I imagine if I keep this up, new GPUs come out, I might repurpose a couple of these 3080s if I start upgrading.
KBIB
Would like my account deleted
- Joined:
- Apr 26, 2013
- Posts:
- 2,218
- Liked Posts:
- 1,268
Humble advice;
Do not say you are good at a PVP game without having proof you are or not knowing the internet keeps track of leaderboards dating back to 2004.
Thanks
Do not say you are good at a PVP game without having proof you are or not knowing the internet keeps track of leaderboards dating back to 2004.
Thanks
Bust
Well-known member
- Joined:
- Jan 5, 2020
- Posts:
- 9,549
- Liked Posts:
- 4,298
speaking of pvp, NEW WORLD pvp looks pretty slammin. For those that are not in the know, New World is funded by Amazon, yes the company with unlimited money to make whatever they touch gold, the potential . . . woah
- Joined:
- Apr 17, 2010
- Posts:
- 37,661
- Liked Posts:
- 36,456
Got a handful of hours on the new Battlefield 2042 beta and im digging it.
FozzyBear
Token CCS Minority
- Joined:
- Apr 22, 2021
- Posts:
- 5,969
- Liked Posts:
- 2,600
- Location:
- Fozzie Land, Muppet City, The Former US of A
will be a long wait then it seems. In the last year i sold an old rx 480 4g and rx 570 8g for way more than what I paid for them yyyeeeeaaaarrrs ago. weird being they were so old. i thought about selling my rtx 2060 6g since its going for about double msrp too but wouldnt want to over pay on a lesser card. dont really have anything else laying around. some old quadros. tbh though, havent been gaming and could just be using a quadro for browsing....
i could sell the rtx and get a ryzen apu, mobo, ram and a lot of mcdonalds out of it and update into the current age of puter power. still running a xeon E5 1650 V2. for my usage an apu would seem suffice. but meh
ZOMBIE@CTESPN
Well-known member
- Joined:
- Dec 19, 2012
- Posts:
- 19,062
- Liked Posts:
- 17,572
- Location:
- MICHIGAN
Uncharted - Official Trailer | Fortune favors the bold. The first trailer for Uncharted sees familiar faces, new villains, and tons of action as Nate and Sully embark on their first... | By IGN | Facebook
294K views, 9.4K likes, 3.2K loves, 1.9K comments, 4.2K shares, Facebook Watch Videos from IGN: Fortune favors the bold. The first trailer for Uncharted sees familiar faces, new villains, and tons...
fb.watch
I loved the uncharted games I’m in on the show
- Joined:
- Aug 21, 2012
- Posts:
- 42,318
- Liked Posts:
- 35,049
A month later, I scrolled this and started lmao
fatbeard
Well-known member
- Joined:
- Dec 25, 2013
- Posts:
- 13,193
- Liked Posts:
- 11,018
I'll be damned. I won the Newegg Shuffle for a 3080Ti.
Which is to say, I won the right to pay $2000 for a video card and a mobo I don't need but have to get because it's a combo deal.
Decisions, decisions.
Which is to say, I won the right to pay $2000 for a video card and a mobo I don't need but have to get because it's a combo deal.
Decisions, decisions.
- Joined:
- Apr 17, 2010
- Posts:
- 37,661
- Liked Posts:
- 36,456
did you buy it?
- Joined:
- Aug 21, 2012
- Posts:
- 42,318
- Liked Posts:
- 35,049
I've been playing Grand Tactician: The Civil War the last couple weeks.
If you have interest in the American Civil War and have been waiting for a real try at making a strategy game for the genre, this one is it.
It was just 1.0 released last month, and it is raw in terms of there being little to no help online when you can't figure out how to do something in the game, but I'm finding answers in the tooltips/help book they offer.
However, it is a game that feels like a Paradox strategy game had a baby with Ultimate General Civil War.
The battles take some getting used to if you've played UG:CW, but they are better.
The whole game is just better than anything in the genre before IMO, even if the graphics and quality of life have a ways to go.
If they keep up development and polish this game, it will be a gem that sets a standard for the genre.
- Full North American campaign map
- Campaign starts 1861, 1862, 1863, or 1864, so you can jump in where you prefer.
- You form and raise each Army/Corps/Brigade and decide on commanders from your officer corps
- You decide where they go, offensive/defensive, scouting/raiding, transport methods (rail/river/sea/march)
- Can autoresolve battles or fight them personally, ala Total War.
- You form and raise fleets and choose what ships to build, and commanders for each fleet, though this is skeleton and needs work.
- You decide where each fleet goes, offensive/defensive, blockade/patrol/raid.
- All fleet battles are autoresolved, again they may add on to this in the future, though TBH I prefer the mostly automated version they have now.
- Army battles are fought on pre-defined maps, they need to make more of these, and they are.... I'd imagine future developments may include procedural generation based on location.
- Every system seems to have good bones and works well once you wade thru the learning curve muck.
If you have interest in the American Civil War and have been waiting for a real try at making a strategy game for the genre, this one is it.
It was just 1.0 released last month, and it is raw in terms of there being little to no help online when you can't figure out how to do something in the game, but I'm finding answers in the tooltips/help book they offer.
However, it is a game that feels like a Paradox strategy game had a baby with Ultimate General Civil War.
The battles take some getting used to if you've played UG:CW, but they are better.
The whole game is just better than anything in the genre before IMO, even if the graphics and quality of life have a ways to go.
If they keep up development and polish this game, it will be a gem that sets a standard for the genre.
- Full North American campaign map
- Campaign starts 1861, 1862, 1863, or 1864, so you can jump in where you prefer.
- You form and raise each Army/Corps/Brigade and decide on commanders from your officer corps
- You decide where they go, offensive/defensive, scouting/raiding, transport methods (rail/river/sea/march)
- Can autoresolve battles or fight them personally, ala Total War.
- You form and raise fleets and choose what ships to build, and commanders for each fleet, though this is skeleton and needs work.
- You decide where each fleet goes, offensive/defensive, blockade/patrol/raid.
- All fleet battles are autoresolved, again they may add on to this in the future, though TBH I prefer the mostly automated version they have now.
- Army battles are fought on pre-defined maps, they need to make more of these, and they are.... I'd imagine future developments may include procedural generation based on location.
- Every system seems to have good bones and works well once you wade thru the learning curve muck.
fatbeard
Well-known member
- Joined:
- Dec 25, 2013
- Posts:
- 13,193
- Liked Posts:
- 11,018
God no.
I could get the same card on Amazon right now for that price. Newegg is just trying use FOMO to push scalper prices. If it was one of the more affordable Ti's without an e-waste mobo I would've pulled the trigger. If I really needed to upgrade I could get a prebuilt with a 3070 for $1800 at Microcenter.