MAY 23, TODAY -- Long journey, but I'll try to keep it as short as possible. Before I begin, I want to make it known that me and my ex were unofficially in a relationship. We did argue sometimes, but it only occurred over texting. In person it was a completely different relationship. It was LITERALLY PERFECT. However, It's very difficult to understand each other behind a screen as you can't physically or emotionally touch and feel one another, or depict what the other's emotions are. It's something I've explained to her but we'll reach that point later on. Anyways... I started talking to this beautiful and amazing female two days after Christmas 2023 (on Dec. 27) and we both fell in love with each other within a day of talking. We've had countless conversations about how we were going to plan our future together. We did all the lovebird talk and showered each other with compliments telling how perfect the other person is and hoping to spend the rest of our lives together. Hmph. Only one can dream, right?
Fast forward 32 days later (Jan 28, 2024), we plan to meet for the first time and go on our first date. It went well, but there were some nervous moments within the first 15 minutes. After that we got a lot more comfortable with one another and hooked up (no sex) for nearly an hour on a snowy afternoon. Due to circumstances out of our control in which I blame the god awful weather, we had to end the date early, which lasted about a good 3 hours. The very next day I receive devastating news as I was told she realized she still had feelings for he ex after he messaged her saying that he spotted us "kissing in the car". Mind you, this guy also cheated on her for six months during the time they've been together so what do you have to hold onto? Besides that, this fucker lives 30 minutes away, and you mean to tell me he came here to follow us everywhere we went ON THIS DAY SPECIFICALLY? I think not. Whatever.
Four days later, I decide to take a step back and not message her for 3 days (from February 1-4th) as I needed a couple days to collect my thoughts and think stuff over. We remained in contact and still talked everyday but it was a lot of crying on both ends. There was light flirting here and there, but we were not trying to do it on an obvious level. Think of it as breadcrumbing but not exact. The entire month was a rollercoaster of emotions and deep talks. We argued a few times here and there but they were never anything serious or harmful to our relationship. We did have a personal talk on the 20th and better understood our emotions, but nothing's improved much. Not much eventful stuff happened, so moving on to March...
March 1st was the day she confessed she never stopped loving me and still had strong feelings but was too afraid to show them. She tried pushing herself away after thinking I hated her and told me that she cried everyday and thought about me and how we handled the situation was taking a toll on her mentally and emotionally, stating she doesn't like showing anyone that side of her. She recommended we take a break from talking which only lasted exactly a week (until 3/7). She broke NC at 5 in the morning stating, "I thought you said we were on good terms." replying to a story I posted. Basically another girl was jealous of my relationship with my ex, but that's irrelevant here. Five days later (3/12), My ex's ex-boyfriend's FRIEND doxxed her. Early in the morning at around 3:30 AM (3/13), she explains the situation to me and sends me screenshots of their conversation and he happens to gets a hold of her message logs on Snapchat (some type of data breach he installed in his computer) and threatens to harm her and pull up to her house (which he did show up three days later that Friday and drove past her house at 2 in the morning with his lights off, yeah, weird motherfucker). I do all the comforting letting her know that I'll do whatever it takes to protect her from them and she suddenly grows a newfound love and appreciation for me, getting over him completely. March 16, early Saturday morning after midnight hours, we get on the phone and FaceTime from 1:01 AM to 9:33 AM (I have the logs, I know I keep track of a lot of our milestones) talking about life and what we'd expect moving forward together. It was honestly the happiest day of my life after reconciling with her. It marked the second time we started dating as we haven't ended on bad terms prior. A week later on March 23, we hung out for the first time in two months, marking the second time we've seen each other in person. It was a really bad snowstorm that day here in Upstate NY so we decide to drive back to her house canceling our plans of going on a date which would've been our second. We ended up getting stuck in the snow on the way up the hill, and it was pretty fun trying to get out. We ended up having great makeup sex and it was our first time being intimate on that level. A day later (3/24), I get a long wall of text of her pouring her heart out to me which made me tear up a bit. That moment made me realize she was the one for me (or that I thought of...). Five days pass by and on 3/29, we get to that second date and spent 11 and a half hours of our day together. We went to her favorite diner, went on a 40 minute drive for edibles up until watching the sunset until 7:47 before going home. On Easter two days later, we had our third date, which is personally a favorite of mine. We went to the movies, the arcade, to the pet store to pick out a snail for her tank, dinner, and so much more. I'll spare you the remaining details this time.
Come the month of April (2nd), she had asked me to come over to her house to hang out before she head to work. Two days after (April 4), we go on our fourth ever date, it was a relatively short one but we still were so obsessed with seeing each other that it didn't even matter if it was for twenty seconds (which literally happened March 30th haha). April 5th was our third time hanging out and for 4 and a half hours we basically had sex the entire time on six different occasions and cuddling watching a movie and a few YouTube videos. That very same day is when she started crying in my arms when we were cuddling and I asked her what's wrong and she would always tell me, "It's nothing, I'm fine." I knew that wasn't the case. It wasn't until I realized that our past arguments before we started dating again was taking a toll on her mentally, and she was having fears of being hurt again. She's had a lot of trauma in her past two relationships and I've done everything to reassure her that she'd have nothing to worry about because I really loved this girl. I never did anything to hurt her. Three days later (Apr 8), we were supposed to go see the Solar Eclipse together but she went with her friends instead and I kinda got upset over it so as a result, I didn't message her as much that day as I usually do and she sensed something was off about me. I didn't make it known so I played it off as nothing too serious. She did send me a message and as I was in the middle of sending a reply, I accidentally ended up leaving her on read and got back to her 52 minutes later after waking up. I knew she was pissed off at me because she began sending me 2-3 word replies and I instantly picked it up as she used to do this during the entire month of February and half of March after we ended things between us romantically. I decided to give her the rest of the night to herself regarding space and not text her back until early the next morning I get to work (Apr 9). I apologized to her and she tells me she thinks we need to end things for the better of her mental health and that we'd try again someday when she's ready and able to. I told her my reasonings and she tells me that I need to "man tf up and speak what's on your mind". Mind you, If I do that, it'll only hurt her feelings and she'll start crying. She's very sensitive so I try to be mindful of her feelings. That's that, and come four days later on a Saturday (Apr 13), we go on another "date" post-dating. we go to get some Taco Bell then camp out in a parking lot with sad music playing in the background. She stares at me but I can tell that she's fighting back tears. I do the same thing but for no more than 5 seconds then I turn my head to look away and out the window, letting out awkward giggles. Eventually my emotions overtake me and I throw myself towards her and hug her tightly while breaking down crying. I told her that I love her so much, and she then said she loves me as well. She immediately starts sobbing herself and I wiped every tear off her cheek as they rolled down her face and I kept my arm wrapped around her the entire time and even after we got done weeping. We spent the better part of 5 minutes with our foreheads pressed against one another's and I went in and kissed her and she let out a slight laugh after. After that, our post romance "date" lasted about an hour and a half as she would be busy the rest of the evening. We said our usual "byes" and gave each other a long, intimate hug after. Little did I know this would be the last time I'd see her in person as of this moment. The next day, we have a talk saying how much we appreciate each other, how I'll never neglect her and that I'll always be there for her when she needs it, and she says the same and thanks me for caring about her despite all she's put me through emotionally. The rest of April goes by and we're still doing everything we've done while we dated such as falling asleep on FaceTime together and talking for long hours (I'm talking 10-18 hour phone call sessions), or playing games together such as Call of Duty and Among Us for hours at a time. Apr 22 comes around, and I have suddenly entered a really dark place mentally. I get so upset that I'm brushing off friends, and even the girl I've come to love with all my heart. I haven't contacted her for three days after but once I did, I apologized and explained to her what I was going through at the time. She was obviously upset with me and thought I was over her and she spent every hour of the time she was alone crying and it made me feel like a complete asshole. I definitely had a reason because this is the second time I'm going through a heartbreak with her and it just happened so unexpectedly. April 28 comes and I tell her that I'm ready to just end talks completely, and I wished her a happy life. She promised me she was going to stop and try to fix things between us, and me feeling bad, I obliged because I felt terrible and I still loved her of course, but her actions of wanting to make things work didn't last a long time. I gave her an ultimatum that for the final few days of April, we'd try to work through our issues and go into May with a clean slate. Once again, she started to get distant with me shortly after and her long texts would become shorter and shorter to just one word replies, the phone calls would stop and I basically had to ask her more than once if she'd like to talk over the phone because it's a better way of communicating, and eventually we FaceTimed eight days later (May 4)...
May 4th we call each other at 2:57 AM and talk for a few minutes before falling asleep on call. We wake up at around 5 AM and talk about nonsense until 7 AM. It was her idea to hang up, she got emotional over something I must've said, I'm not sure...? She then says she would text me later, but the remainder of the day goes past and I get no message, no call, nothing. I'm upset and she caught wind of it and apologizes to me the next day at nearly 5 in the morning. We had an argument over texting and that was the final nail in the coffin for us. She suggested things to be over for us and it left me devastated because I just don't know what I've done to get treated like this. I did every nice thing for her, I never disrespected her, manipulate, act hostile or possessive at all. I was the complete opposite. I'm not one who likes to face adversity nor am I confrontational. I avoid any problems I may have to face. We go No Contact, but stupid me breaks that just 11 days later (May 16) sending a 1,259-word iMessage about all the shit we went through the last couple of months. I made sure to let her know my love and appreciation for her. I told her how we should've given space to each other before our situation got to the point that it got to. She replies three days later stating she didn't know what to say and apologizes for taking long to respond. She says she doesn't want to risk a relationship again because she's scared due to the way she used to talk to me disrespectfully when we tried being friends through all of our issues. four days later which is May 23 today, she goes OFF on me and cursed me out like I've never seen from the likes of her before. I did my best remaining calm with her throughout the entire encounter. I apologized multiple times for how I made her feel but it just wasn't enough I then get blocked.
I really found it hard to be "friends" with her through all of this until we can work ourselves up into a REAL relationship. I'm at a loss for words. I lost someone who meant so fucking much to me. I don't know what to do anymore. I'm so torn. Haley, you were the best I've ever loved. I thought I finally found my soulmate after being done so wrong in the past. I'll always love you, forever and always. I'm gonna miss the late night calls, your beautiful smile, your gorgeous eyes, and your amazing presence around me. I'm even gonna miss that annoying ass dog of yours and that perverted cat that used to watch us make love on the same bed he laid on during it. I hope someday we can make our way back to each other. I hope this isn't goodbye, but see you later.

I (13f) had discovered my dad (36m) cheating on my mom in 2022 after he broke his phone in anger and used my phone instead. my the household im currently living in was the stereotypical asian household, parents that expect you to get high grades, and if not, theyll beat you. except my father would just beat me up if i washed the dishes five minutes too late or if i burnt the rice. so, as someone as young as i am, i feared that if i told my mom, he would give me a beating. (if you are wondering why my mother hasnt done anything, its because shes in another country and my father lies to her about not beating me up.).
i confirmed he was cheating after we went to the mall. we were eating at a restaurant and was about to leave when my father waved and said hi to a woman, she was young and skinny, with a child beside her. few hours after, i returned to my father since i want to an arcade, and found the woman and my dad talking to eachother. i watched them for a few minutes before calling my sister (9) that i was back.
fast forward to 2024, i have known of my fathers gambling habits and using our rent money to hire prostitutes, i kept my mouth shut until just a few days ago after he beat me up and left belt marks on me. i was fed up and told my mom (36f) , who called me after my father told her that i did something wrong. after i and my mother talked about that issue, i told her that my father left my phone (that he used since he lost his, again.) and left it on his 2nd account. she told me to ss all his chat history, and now they are going to separate. my mother, who was fuming and in despair after she learnt that hed been using her money(that she couldve used for her debts) to buy prostitutes. my father also made fun of my mom, when she had been mad that my father barely paid attention to her, he said "haha, maybe shes on her period." and some other names that she posted a picture of his infedelity after i told my mom, she called my grandma and hid me from my dad in her house, since my father left to who knows where.
and now my dad has been nonstop trying to get the picture deleted, telling my mom that they shouldnt separate. he called me, guilt tripping me and saying 'are you happy now?' and some other things. he never really admitted his cheating and said that he was just at a 'party'. and now i dont know what to do, a part of me feels that i should be happy that they are separating (since my father never really was one, and would neglect us, dumping all the parental duties on me.) and another part feels that i shouldnt have did that. (since my mother just bought a very expensive house where we couldve lived in next month and she already bought the plane tickets.) my mother has not been responding to anyone, and the last time i called her, she was sobbing while clutching her chest.
so, AITA?

i (13f) had discovered my dad (36m) cheating on my mom in 2022 after he broke his phone in anger and used my phone instead. my the household im currently living in was the stereotypical asian household, parents that expect you to get high grades, and if not, theyll beat you. except my father would just beat me up if i washed the dishes five minutes too late or if i burnt the rice. so, as someone as young as i am, i feared that if i told my mom, he would give me a beating. (if you are wondering why my mother hasnt done anything, its because shes in another country and my father lies to her about not beating me up.).
i confirmed he was cheating after we went to the mall. we were eating at a restaurant and was about to leave when my father waved and said hi to a woman, she was young and skinny, with a child beside her. few hours after, i returned to my father since i want to an arcade, and found the woman and my dad talking to eachother. i watched them for a few minutes before calling my sister (9) that i was back.
fast forward to 2024, i have known of my fathers gambling habits and using our rent money to hire prostitutes, i kept my mouth shut until just a few days ago after he beat me up and left belt marks on me. i was fed up and told my mom (36f) , who called me after my father told her that i did something wrong. after i and my mother talked about that issue, i told her that my father left my phone (that he used since he lost his, again.) and left it on his 2nd account. she told me to ss all his chat history, and now they are going to separate. my mother, who was fuming and in despair after she learnt that hed been using her money(that she couldve used for her debts) to buy prostitutes. my father also made fun of my mom, when she had been mad that my father barely paid attention to her, he said "haha, maybe shes on her period." and some other names that she posted a picture of his infedelity after i told my mom, she called my grandma and hid me from my dad in her house, since my father left to who knows where.
and now my dad has been nonstop trying to get the picture deleted, telling my mom that they shouldnt separate. he called me, guilt tripping me and saying 'are you happy now?' and some other things. he never really admitted his cheating and said that he was just at a 'party'. and now i dont know what to do, a part of me feels that i should be happy that they are separating (since my father never really was one, and would neglect us, dumping all the parental duties on me.) and another part feels that i shouldnt have did that. (since my mother just bought a very expensive house where we couldve lived in next month and she already bought the plane tickets.) my mother has not been responding to anyone, and the last time i called her, she was sobbing while clutching her chest.
so, AITA?

All names will be fake for privacy and we are still in school at the time of this post. I would like to start by saying I liked this friend before we dated and she knew but I don't think she is aware of are situation. This all started when we first started dating my now ex Belle would sit with her friends during lunch and one of these friends is her ex Blake. Blake was one of her first real relationships but ended due to differences with family and religion from what I gathered but I didn't dig to much into it. Now I have never felt that Blake was wanting to get back together and I never stopped them from being friends. But at times I did feel left out from them and like Belle meant to and I chalked it up to my depression. Belle does have a tendency to bounce from one person to the next in relationships and I started to feel like I was being used as a rebound from her relationship with Blake as it wasn't all that long between when they broke up and we got together. I tried to tell Belle this but it lead to an argument where she said I wasn't but I started to get defensive and tried to talk it down and asked if we could talk about this later as we were in the halls of the school, but she just stormed off and I let her to let her calm down. I soon pleaded for forgiveness but it left a bad taste in my mouth about bringing up these topics. That leads me to today where we had a field trip to a certain arcade/bowling alley and Belle is very socially anxious and I tried to help her with this but it seemed to not help. Well she was on another bus to the place and I was on the bus with her friend Lexi, Belle, Lexi, and I were friends all year and I had a crush on Lexi before me and Belle started to date but she already had a boyfriend so it went no where but these feelings caused me to develop depression and Belle had helped me through that even at my lowest and I helped her and this is how I started developing feelings for Belle. Now when we arrived at the place I immediately went to Belle seeing her obviously uncomfortable with the situation due to her social anxiety and I tried to help her but all she could focus on was finding Blake and I helped her find them. I brought Belle to Blake and immediately you can see the anxiety wash off her face and it was as if they were the only people in the world and I saw this and it hurt but I couldn't say anything cause I was at least glad she was ok but when they walked away as if I wasn't even there it hurt but I decided that I was going to talk to other friends while they talk. I was expecting a text or for her to look for me but nothing they actually walked right by me without a word and I decided to go to Lexi. I decided to hang with them and while they were bowling I decided to tell Lexi that I think I was going to break up with Belle and I explained that it felt like I was a third-wheel in my own relationship at this point and she agreed and so did Jay. We began to plan what to do and decided that I was going to be gentle but not specifically say why because I didn't want anyone to face the blame because I don't even blame anyone. Now I don't think Belle realizes that she still has feelings for Blake but they are there. But the entire time we were there Belle didn't speak directly to me and it hurt and I had this dreadful feeling the entire time and it made it hard to have fun but I didn't let anyone suffer due to my feelings. When we had to leave me and Lexi had a good conversation and I felt that me and Belle never really had that and it spark that crush in me back up. When we got back to the school me and Lexi got talking and Lexi and Jay started whispering about me and Jay gave Lexi my number. After enough time we decided to look for Belle so me, Lexi, and Jay were looking but couldn't find her and Belle hadn't texted or told any of us so when Jay texted her asking where she was because we had to talk we were all surprised to hear she had left the gym. After awhile we were all allowed to go up there and talk to her and that's when I told Belle that recent things have shown me that she would be better with someone else and that I wish to break up at first she didn't believe me and thought I was joking but when I restated it. It felt like a burden was lifted and I was the happiest I had been in 3 months. We got a few text asking why but nothing else. But the day went on and I hadn't gotten a text from her in a while and I forgot about her (not in a mean way) but while I was gone I could see Lexi and Jay talking and it was obviously about me and later Jay asked me if I would try to go for Lexi and I asked Jay if she thought it would be worth it and she said yes confirming that Lexi also liked me. Now Lexi had just gotten out of a year long relationship with this asshole who cheated on her so there we wouldn't be cheating and did nothing before this. That is about all that happens with Lexi but I felt that Belle needed a little more closure as I know how it feels being left for what seemed to be no reason so I gave her the advice to pay more attention to her partner and I asked if she was mad at me which she was understandably mad and felt that I lead her on because before we left I was showing her affection and saying that I love her but I also mentioned that it's been a coming for a long time which it was but I was not intentionally leading her on and didn't want to hurt her. I did not break up with Belle for Lexi and Lexi did not influence me into this and there are only 2 more days until summer and she told me to not be surprised if she was dating someone by the end of the week. Now would I be the asshole if me and Lexi started dating and am I the asshole for breaking up with her.

Let me start by saying my gf knows my reddit account and this is me admitting my guilt. If you're reading this K2, this one's for you. Just a heads up na this is kind of a long story.
I met K1 (my cosplayer kabit) back in January when she offered to go on a paid date with me. Background is that I made a post on the sub PHClassifieds about looking for a paid dating companion. K1 messaged me and a few weeks later we went on a date. I have to say that I was surprised the first time I saw her. I already knew she was a cute cosplayer because she had cosplay pictures in her profile but grabe she was infinitely cuter in person. Para akong na-reverse catfish and the moment she held my hand to pretend to be my gf, kilig talaga. Anyway, the date was super sweet and wholesome. We were only supposed to have lunch + coffee and then call it a day but because we really hit it off, we ended up staying together until passed 2am. After lunch, we walked around BGC until dinner time, then had drinks in TGIF before going to a KTV near her place. Since it was already really late, I ended up driving her home. On the way to her place, we agreed to meet up a week later for another paid date.
On the 2nd date with K1, we met up in Ortigas after work to have dinner sa Teppanya (one of my favourite restaurants). Since the malls in Ortigas close pretty early, we went to a 24/7 arcade in Parqal (?). The arcade sucked ass so we hung around Manila bay area and Makati nalang until I brought her home at around 3am. Because of certain circumstances (we were both getting too attached to each other), we agreed that this would be the last paid date.
Now let's move on to K2 (my gf). I met K2, around 2 weeks after I met K1. I first saw her sa suggested friends ko in FB. Na curious lang ako kasi mutual friend namin si K1. She looked really cute sa profile niya so I took my shot and sent her a long message about how cute she was and how much I would love to meet her. Eh turns out, type rin pala niya ako even if I am much older kaya she agreed to go out on a date with me. Our first date was sa concert ng Cup of Joe in Cubao. Sa totoo lang, hindi pa ako fan talaga ng Cup of Joe at that time and medyo alanganin for me kasi it was pretty pricey (around 10k IIRC for 2 tickets) for a 1st date. Turns out, sobrang galing nila live and dahil sobrang cute and bigay todo ni K2 kumanta, it was super worth it. After that night, we went out almost every day for mga 2-3 months na parang naka honeymoon. During those few months, we met each others' friends and family tapos we became official bf/gf shortly after.
I know na love ko si K2 ng sobra pero sometimes naiisip ko kung paano ba si K1 kasi I felt like sobrang genuine nung connection namin during those paid dates. I guess hindi ko naisip na baka ganun lang siya ka-sweet sakin kasi nga it was a paid date and she had to act professionally. One thing I guess I forgot to mention is K1and I kept chatting. May mga times na medyo malandi na yung usapan namin pero nothing too serious until one day, K1 messaged me to ask if I was interested in going with her to a cosplay convention. I've always been interested in going to one kaya I said yes kahit na kami na ni K2. I know mali yun but mahirap kasi mag-no kay K1 kapag nagplease with matching uwu na siya. I've always been loyal sa lahat ng partners ko kaya ito talaga yung first time for me to cheat. Fast forward to last weekend, I went with K1 to a cosplay convention in Makati. As usual, she was hella cute in her Genshin cosplay. I felt na sobrang swerte ko na holding hands kami while going around the con.
And here I am, in the aftermath of going on a date with a cosplayer kahit na may gf na ko. I can't help na landiin si K1 kahit na magkasama kami ni K2. Buti nalang siguro na iisang tao lang sila. Hindi ko pala nasabi pero K1 is actually just yung cosplay account ni K2. So ayun, if may cheating kink ka or you think it's exciting to cheat, go lang just flirt with your partner's other soc med accounts. Kayo, ano ang kwentong cheating pero wholesome niyo?

I think cheating will soon get out of hand and we will need secure rooms to connect to PCs that are guaranteed by providers in arcades/casinos to not have cheating software and to have signal jammers as well.
I prefer online games to live solely because there is not a lot of action. When playing online I can multi-table or if I am not multi-tabling I can browse Reddit or whatever.

Cheating is already ruining online multiplayer with blatant cheats, even your favorite streamer is at it.
I predict arcades and Lan parties will make a big comeback as it's the only way to be sure, you're not being cheated by an AI and insure a human opponent.

I’ve noticed a lack of a step-by-step guide in doing such a thing, so I wanted to give one for those who struggled like myself. Please provide your feedback on tweaking this guide so I can make changes to it. To note, I did half of this on the computer since you’ll have to look at one of the files to change a ruleset.
First, you’ll need the cheats.7z file from Pugsy Cheats: https://www.mamecheat.co.uk. Ensure you extract it from the .zip it comes in. DO NOT unpack the .7z file.
Next, you’ll want to drop the file where you have the RetroArch folder for MAME. The directory you want to put it in will look something like this: RetroArch/system/mame. Do not put it in any subfolder such as ini, as it will not read within the folder.
After you drop the file off, go into the ini folder within the mame folder and click on mame.ini. On that ini file, check that CHEATS show a number 1 next to it, not a 0. This will enable cheats on RetroArch. Once you do that, save and close the file.
On your Android device, load the MAME core up and choose a game (I chose Tekken Tag 1). When you’re in the game, press the hotkey to open the MAME menu. You’ll notice that there isn’t an option for Cheats. We will toggle that on in the next step.
Go into the RetroArch menu, go to Core Options -> System -> Toggle On ‘Cheats’. Resume the game and press the hotkey to open the MAME menu screen once again. You will see Cheats, and you may now configure the cheats.
Just an aside…if you want to save your cheats (such as unlocking time release characters), you’ll have to delete the nvram file, as it’s saying you are turning on a brand new system/arcade. When you do that, you’ll have to pause the screen before it says “First Turned On at [Date and Time]” or something like that. Go to Cheats once again, and Toggle On “Unlock all Characters.” Unpause, and you’ll be good to go.
Hopefully this helps, and happy gaming!

I'm going to try my best to make this story concise. But I'm looking for an unbiased opinion on my relationship/breakup since I have no one else to vent to. My friend group is generally the type of guys who would disregard any sort of feeling ("just get over it, dude") and I don't even want to bring my family into it. So here goes:
About 8 months ago I began a relationship with a girl I met online. We hit it off immediately on our first date, it was a feeling/spark I've never had before. We quickly went on dozens of unique dates - a baseball game, farmers markets, arcades, nice dinners, movie nights at my house, gym dates. Everything was going amazing - our personalities blended perfectly, we had zero fights, arguments, or disagreements. Intimacy and passion were there. It felt too good to be true. After a few months she was saying things like how lucky she was to have met me and how much of a gentleman/kind person I was. She told me about her past experiences with exes that mistreated her, cheated on her, etc and the baggage that came along with it. So naturally I went above & beyond to make her feel loved, validated, worthy. Shortly into the new year, she texts me out of the blue that my sometimes-slow text responses (I travel for work & she obviously knew that) triggered her & she needs to take time away. We met in person, she broke it off & told me she needs time to heal from her insecurities. I was devasted but understanding. I told her I loved her and will be open to her again when she is ready. In the meantime she blocked me & fully deleted her Instagram, even though I respected her space.
In March she reached out again. We quickly picked up where we left off and she told me about all the healing & personal improvement she'd done in the time apart. After a few friendly but intimate meet-ups I spilled my heart out to her & told her my intent of trying a relationship again but this time, stronger. I would do my absolute best to communicate with her frequently and help ease any fears/insecurities she had. She seemed thrilled with my newfound openness, we had talks about fate/God bringing us together again & she said "absolutely yes, but all I ask is that we take things slow so I don't get triggered again." The past 7-8 weeks were amazing, our relationship seemed stronger than before. We were texting frequently, FaceTiming almost daily, and seeing each other 2-3 times per week when our schedules aligned. We were talking about the future again (our family goals, etc.) & all of the dates we had lined up. She had me sign up at her local gym so we could be consistent workout partners. We went out with her best friend so she could introduce us. We planned double dates with our coworkers. A few Fridays ago, we both took off work & spent the entire day together, from 7am to midnight. I gifted her baseball attire as a callback to the first baseball game I took her to, and she was so excited. It was amazing - I saw my future in front of me and I had zero concerns. It felt like one of the greatest days of my life.
The next day, she was "out with friends" but would text me as soon as she was home so we could FaceTime. Instead, I got several calls from a random number. When I finally answered, it was another man telling me that he was her boyfriend. I hung up & broke down. I called her number that night and the morning after and got nothing. She finally called me at night and told me what I can only assume are lies about their relationship. That they were never in a relationship and she never cheated on me when we were together, but they were seeing each other intermittently. She also said she feels that I deserve someone better than her. Somehow I kept my composure but I was so disgusted at how someone could spend the entire day prior with you, tell you how much they love you, and be a liar the whole time without remorse.
The next day I wrote a letter telling her how hurtful it was, but that in spite of everything I loved her & forgive her and hoped we could reconnect after things settled down, and dropped it off at her work. A week later, she texted me that it was "inappropriate to visit her work during what was implied to be no-contact and make her feel vulnerable. She's trying with her "ex" & doesn't want to involve me any more than she has." She immediately blocked me afterwards (despite me not saying anything to her) & I have no way of contacting her again now that her social media is gone. It's been weeks and I'm still just as confused and devastated. I'm blaming myself for things out of my control and left wondering what I could have done differently. My heart wants her back but at the same time my brain knows there's nothing I can do, nor should do to prove myself further. All I'm left with are amazing memories, an abrupt end, and a membership to her gym that I pretty much can't use anymore.
If you made it this far, thank you for listening. It really did help just to get things off my chest.

Edit #3: I wish I could just rename this post to “I miss random, out-of-place, goofy side-stuff in games”
I just wanted talk about like, the Black Ops 1 Thunder gun :(
Edit #2: I never said that what I’m looking for is completely impossible to find (but keep mentioning good games, always appreciated, altho not the point of this post), or that there aren’t any interesting AAA games, or even that AAA is bad, but that seems to be what people are reading from this post
I just miss like, Big Head Mode lol
Edit #1 for clarity: I love indies, that’s where pretty much all of my gaming resides these days because that’s where all the cool, amazing shit is happening. But I just want fun, goofy games with a budget again, in a way that echoes genuine happiness and not corporate greed
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This may seem like an odd thought, with new releases trending towards a distilled, “just the gameplay” model compared to the $60 full-package releases of before, but I’m talking about things that break the 4th wall, let you peek behind the curtain, and remind you that you are in fact playing a video game created by somebody.
I miss easter eggs, cheat codes, mini-games, galleries, wild unlockables, etc. I miss all the things that established a connection between developer and player, a cheeky mutual nod in agreement that we’re both gonna take a pause from the “serious” stuff and have a little fun.
Nowadays there is no distinction, all the wackiness is on full display in every micro transaction you can fit in your wallet, or is completely non-existent so as to not detract from the experience.
Gimme an achievement for running over just a few too many people in GTA, gimme a goofy costume for completing a level in an inhumane time, just give me SOMETHING that shows that someone actually enjoyed making this game, without completely derailing the entire thing altogether (usually into a soulless cashgrab)
Now I get why things are like this: the industry has gotten too big for its own good, and the medium is either treated as a glorified storefront or an artistic statement, either one needing to appease shareholders. But please, video games are supposed to be fun, let them be fun for fun’s sake
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Side-discussion: Bring back ARCADE-Y GAMES!!! Why is NFS the only big-name arcade style racer on the market now? Where’s all the the goofy sports games like NBA Street and Mario 3-on-3 (that game was fire btw)? Where’s my 3D fighters that care more about crazy characters and ring-outs than making the EVO roster?

A video of some random game play: https://youtu.be/EK2xB3xCFjQ

If you want to jump in and play: https://store.steampowered.com/app/658480/Starfighter_General/

I'm trying to make the spiritual successor to Xwing for 90s DOS everyone craved, but Lucas Arts never delivered. I was also inspired by Wing Commander Privateer who's title led me to imagining building a giant fleet by buying more and more ships and making friends.
It has a bunch of bugs but these will be fixed in a week or two. It's still pretty fun and a base by which a HUGE HUGE potential WOW killer will be made on. fairly long patch notes of a subset of what I plan on doing in the future are at the bottom.

My take Diablo2 skill tree/Path of Exile Talent tree: https://youtu.be/E8h9E4lw2jk?si=LVK8hQOtWez6Riwy&t=16 Very pretty to watch.

I'm exhausted... I spent close to a year on this patch... And the last 3 months was nothing but sleep, code, sleep, code, body necessities, balanced against being stress sick, normal sick, and trying not to break down due to being isolated non stop working... About 2000 hours in this patch alone, on top of 10,000 hours in the past 6 years before that, and I use an anthology of game resources that took me 20,000 hours to make. There's some bugs due to Unity compiling standalone improper from editor, but they'll be fixed, as well as the story line not in... It's a spoiler, but people say my SCI FI is better than any scifi man's ever written, it's at least good:

Cut scene spoiler of next patch assemble link by hand:

rum ble.com /v4tf892-spoiler-female-ai-voice-all-of-starfighter-general-mmo-patch-1-quests.html

-> What's next timelinie

NOTES:COMING SOON, AND FORECAST->Story missions non stop, techs around em, story's awesome!

Future Patches ->Non Stop Missions in Star System Sol until that story arc panned out and the next enters.
->Bounty System:Allows Player vs Player... Except people who don't want to be doing PVP will get insurance refund money of damages if/when the offending player pays up or gets captured as Bounty.
->70,000ish star stystems per core, 24 cores to dive.
->Warp drive lets you see actual stars warp by you that exist, aim for the star you want to explore, hit warp.
->Space Opera of partially Ai driven, partially Next Gen personality Memento system to have realistic aliens who grudge match you or befriend you.
->Unlimited player MMO
->Fleet building and Fleet Destroying, soft perma death hardcore means its a thrill of the rise and thrill of fall, rinse and repeat! Aim for higher personal bests of fleet sizes
-> Star System capture, control, taxing, law imposing. People can challenge to take over your star in an 2 hour window where your friends are on... If they're not on, AI will use their craft. So build big alleginances for star control power.
->Better UI hull/shields/armoetc such as NES style Brick Icons for stats ->Transfer between shields/thrusteweapons power
->more sanity loss special effects
->Radar
->Better targetting
->Multi Targetting of friend/foe/neutral/quest...
->Fleet General Commands to allies of flight style: ie defend me, skirmish(fight optimally), attack target, bomb target, evasive manuevars, flee(rout) ta
->Weapon escalation: I) rockets/homing missile/cluster rockets, rocket spam mitigated by chaff, ECM, or a bold force shield ejection II) Lasers will always hit, and heat up your ship, so you're encouraged to rotate your ship's sides to absorb heat in multiple places. III) Bombs you need to travel in a straight line without much damage for 7 seconds ->very long range for shelling bases out of turret range IV) Rail Gun V) Destroyers/Capital Ships VI)
->Bounty Combat PVP system
->Magic enabled
->Cockpit overlays
->Custom Attribute Allocation to stats you prefer from leveling up.
->96 most bilious bosses
->More Galactic News Network tickers
->Enable reduction in manueverability based on encumberance, volume limit of cargo
->Crafting based on real world Molecular structures, make materials out of periodic chart elements, and use those materials to make gears, levers, switches, interchangeable parts of a variety of styles. .Hopefully this becomes educational to people entering Chemistry Class later and beneficial to humanity.
->Favorite foods, drink, sanity preservation
->Elaborate 16 supernatural elemental magic systems
->traders and galactic encounters randomly, get cosmos gems to access untold areas, maps of places no one can get to...
->Secret, get ingame podcasts when available by hitting alt+p, ALT+P AGAIN CYCLES THROUGH THEM, CTRL+P CLOSES EM,
-Memento system
-Scientific items system elaborations evident
-power recover of various systems rates, shots costing powers
-Allegiance & Dark Allegiance system where by helping others or the illusion of helping them raises your power, fame, and status in the Galaxy.
-Live Omnipotent roleplay
--MMO Mode leaderboards such as EXP
--More enemies with fun catch phrases?
--what ASPECTS DO YOU WANT WORKED ON MORE? Send ideas and buy triderium. Forums or email is cool.
--multi drops, more rares, uncommons
--more advanced inventory->Scroll deeper, limited by volume, weight slows your thrust + adds collision damage & kickback, sort with different filters, better descriprtion, items catch on fire in inventory, emit toxic gases, melt, get destroyed by oncoming heat attacks or collisions
--Ability to dimensionally recover items picked up previous session... You have em saved on server, just can't see when you load until next patch.... Use upgrades when you got em!
-Conquer Stars and setting taxes and laws
-story history replay dialogue
-more achievements
-Asteroids properly breakinto more than oen
-Give android race an android sounding voice
--Three forms of Ground Combat: GROUND COMBAT FORM I) One is a classical First Person Shooter (FPS) with vehicles.
GROUND COMBAT FORM II) One is tactical Real Time Turn Based Game(RTTG) from top down, almost isometric. RTTG will give you the feel of a classic orthogonic chess like game with cover, vision and such, yet everyone plays at the same time. RTTG mode happens when you enter populated towns, not because the server can't handle infinite players in a small zone, but because it feels more intense when any action and fight can start from the shadows. Movement is freer and faster when no one has fights going on nearby.
GROUND COMBAT FORM III)One is a 3d Fighter Game you'd see in Arcades from the 90s, but with the ability to change targets.
Starfighter General is the Everything Game. And it's for real. Let me know what you want me to dev next. Virtual Goods buys lets me sub contract parts out to make the game faster. Talk about what you want, and if you got the money, be a driver, push this game's development faster. I'm a 64x coder, people who meet me don't believe people like me exist, so I get things done... I just have literally 0$ funding at the moment. You'll see things in Starfighter General you thought were impossible and things never done before... Be a believer, or heck, just play and enjoy.
KNOWN BUGS: 1) Iron ore is called a book 2) Collision detection on giant space ships is clunky and can be very annoying if you get close 3) Vision obscuring of mesh fog in junk yard 4) Laser angle not straight 5) TEXT RENDDER DEPTH of chatting aliens, or targetting computer needs fixed so always visible.
Enable Prime Skils(21):
Attribute is the attribute that influences the skill, Min Int is the minimum intelligence to acquire skill, skill point costs is the number of skill points required (each intelligence you get 1 point), and the name, well, that's the Name:
Mining ships, transport friggates, shipping containers, tugs, destroyers, capital ships, limi
Closing about determination and the long play... If you're of meager means like myself... You can enjoy the challenge MMODE over the long haul... Always getting stronger, never weaker, the ship upgrades, your level, your ascended masteries, your money, your credits, and most of all your own skill level and reflexes that you don't notice but is always increasing.
Name:"Munitions Motorhead" //assault damages Attribute:dexterity MinInt:0 PointCost:4
Name:"Fleet Architect" //general gains to larger fleet Attribute:intelligence MinInt:13 PointCost:10
Name:"Quarry Champion" //mining bonuses Attribute:intelligence MinInt:9 PointCost:6
Name:"Pet Sympahthyry" //charm pets, higher battlemon fight with you, higher morale, Attribute:charm MinInt:0 PointCost:5
Name:"Merchant Maestro" //merchant Attribute:charm MinInt:0 PointCost:4
Name:"Diplomatic Impunity" //diplomat Attribute:charm MinInt:12 PointCost:4
Name:"Space Speed Ace" //go fast Attribute:dexterity MinInt:0 PointCost:4
Name:"Universal Researcher" //science-shield Attribute:intelligence MinInt:16 PointCost:5
Name:"Intruder Adept" //sneaky Attribute:stealth MinInt:11 PointCost:3
Name:"Astro Archaelogist" //relic finder Attribute:intelligence MinInt:12 PointCost:4
Name:"Midnight Star Drifter" //preserver of self Attribute:agility MinInt:0 PointCost:2
Name:"Mixmaster Mechanologist" //crafter Attribute:intelligence MinInt:15 PointCost:6
Name:"Celestial Trailblazer" //explorer Attribute:intelligence MinInt:9 PointCost:2
Name:"Gangster of Smug" //running contraban, con artist Attribute:stealth MinInt:0 PointCost:3
Name:"Cuthroat of the Constellation" //assassin +crit hit Attribute:stealth MinInt:0 PointCost:6
Name:"Seeker of Destiny" //find magic, starts weak due to 10 missing Attribute:wisdom MinInt:0 PointCost:10
Name:"Wing Broman" //buffs//alliance//loyalty Attribute:wisdom MinInt:0 PointCost:2
Name:"Dimensional Void Shifter" //cult of the cloak, friends up phantasms dimensionally more Attribute:stealth MinInt:0 PointCost:5
Name:"Racing Destruction Vet" //Ex destruction derby guy Ram Offense/Defense Attribute:endurance MinInt:0 PointCost:3
Name:"Motley Steward" //Friends with Disgraces in Underground Places...Rowdy good for nothin but keeping company with other rowdy good for nothins:+Hires +Recruit enemy Attribute:charm MinInt:0 PointCost:2
Name:"Trash Baron" //+1 tractor beam lolz extra drops Attribute:charm MinInt:0 PointCost:3
Enable Flex s(66)
Name:"Combat" Attribute:dexterity MinInt:0 PointCost:4
Name:"Electronics" Attribute:intelligence MinInt:13 PointCost:3
Name:"Cyborgs" Attribute:intelligence MinInt:17 PointCost:4
Name:"First Aid" Attribute:wisdom MinInt:9 PointCost:3
Name:"Surgeon" Attribute:intelligence MinInt:17 PointCost:8
Name:"Androids" Attribute:intelligence MinInt:17 PointCost:4
Name:"Weapon:Plasma Bolts" Attribute:dexterity MinInt:0 PointCost:2
Name:"Greater Reasoning" //core Attribute:intelligence //order MinInt:9 PointCost:1
Name:"Decipher Codes" Attribute:intelligence MinInt:12 PointCost:1
Name:"Martial Arts" Attribute:dexterity MinInt:0 PointCost:4
Name:"Chemistry" Attribute:intelligence MinInt:5 PointCost:3
Name:"Forage" Attribute:wisdom MinInt:0 PointCost:1
:Name:"Quick Draw" //core Attribute:dexterity //blade MinInt:0 PointCost:1
Name:"Taunt" Attribute:charm MinInt:0 PointCost:1
Name:"Annoy & Pester" Attribute:charm MinInt:0 PointCost:1
Name:"Lie" Attribute:charm MinInt:0 PointCost:2
Name:"Politics" Attribute:charm MinInt:12 PointCost:3
Name:"Disguise" Attribute:stealth MinInt:9 PointCost:2
Name:"Critical Hit" //core Attribute:luck //chaos MinInt:0 PointCost:3
Name:"Atomic Energy" Attribute:intelligence MinInt:18 PointCost:4
Name:"Pulse Engineering" Attribute:intelligence MinInt:16 PointCost:4
Name:"Fly Aircraft" Attribute:dexterity MinInt:0 PointCost:2
Name:"Drive" Attribute:dexterity MinInt:0 PointCost:1
Name:"Pilot Shuttle" Attribute:dexterity MinInt:12 PointCost:3
Name:"Read Instruments" Attribute:intelligence MinInt:0 PointCost:1
Name:"Navigate" Attribute:intelligence MinInt:0 PointCost:1
Name:"Remember" Attribute:intelligence MinInt:0 PointCost:1
Name:"Pick Lock" Attribute:stealth MinInt:0 PointCost:1
Name:"Ambidexterity" Attribute:dexterity MinInt:0 PointCost:4
Name:"Pick Pocket" Attribute:dexterity MinInt:0 PointCost:1
Name:"Distract" Attribute:stealth MinInt:0 PointCost:1
Name:"Explosives" Attribute:wisdom MinInt:0 PointCost:2
Name:"Construct Trap" Attribute:wisdom MinInt:0 PointCost:1
Name:"Fire Artillery" Attribute:wisdom MinInt:0 PointCost:2
Name:"Fortitude" //core Attribute:endurance //body MinInt:0 PointCost:2
Name:"Interrogate" Attribute:charm MinInt:0 PointCost:1
Name:"Law" Attribute:wisdom MinInt:13 PointCost:2
Name:"Popularity" Attribute:charm MinInt:0 PointCost:1
Name:"Confidentiality" Attribute:charm MinInt:0 PointCost:1
Name:"Sport" Attribute:agility MinInt:0 PointCost:1
Name:"Facilitate" Attribute:luck MinInt:0 PointCost:1
Name:"Gamble" Attribute:luck MinInt:0 PointCost:2
Name:"Cheat" Attribute:stealth MinInt:0 PointCost:2
Name:"Deceive" Attribute:charm MinInt:0 PointCost:2
Name:"Intimidate" Attribute:charm MinInt:0 PointCost:1
Name:"Space Craft Repair" Attribute:intelligence MinInt:14 PointCost:2
Name:"Aircraft Repair" Attribute:intelligence MinInt:0 PointCost:1
Name:"Automotive Repair" Attribute:intelligence MinInt:0 PointCost:1
Name:"Labor" Attribute:wisdom MinInt:0 PointCost:2
Name:"Advanced Mathematics" Attribute:intelligence MinInt:12 PointCost:1
Name:"Detective" Attribute:wisdom MinInt:0 PointCost:3
Name:"Perception" //core Attribute:wisdom MinInt:0 PointCost:1
Name:"Soliciting" Attribute:wisdom MinInt:0 PointCost:1
Name:"Rapid Fire" Attribute:dexterity MinInt:0 PointCost:3
Name:"Safe Crack" Attribute:stealth MinInt:9 PointCost:3
Name:"Auto Mechanic" Attribute:intelligence MinInt:0 PointCost:1
Name:"Investigate" Attribute:intelligence MinInt:0 PointCost:2
Name:"Forensics" Attribute:intelligence MinInt:13 PointCost:3
Name:"Survival" Attribute:wisdom MinInt:0 PointCost:2
Name:"Lore" Attribute:wisdom MinInt:0 PointCost:2
Name:"Butt Kiss" Attribute:charm MinInt:0 PointCost:1
Name:"Insult" Attribute:charm MinInt:0 PointCost:1
Name:"Hardware" Attribute:intelligence MinInt:0 PointCost:1
Name:"Bureaucracy" Attribute:charm MinInt:9 PointCost:1
Name:"Leadership" //CORE Attribute:strength //earth MinInt:13 PointCost:4
Name:"Solicitating" //core Attribute:charm //storm MinInt:7 PointCost:1
Name:"Negotiation" Attribute:charm MinInt:14 PointCost:3
Name:"Vetinarian" Attribute:intelligence MinInt:13 PointCost:3
Name:"Junkyarder" Attribute:wisdom MinInt:0 PointCost:2
Name:"Tactical Analysis" Attribute:intelligence MinInt:0 PointCost:3
Name:"Resourceful Mining" Attribute:wisdom MinInt:0 PointCost:3
Name:"Evasive Manuevars" //core Attribute:agility //water MinInt:0 PointCost:2
Name:"Nanotech Engineering" Attribute:intelligence MinInt:17 PointCost:4
Name:"Astrobiology" Attribute:intelligence MinInt:17 PointCost:3
Name:"Metallurgy" Attribute:intelligence MinInt:14 PointCost:3
Name:"Infiltrator" Attribute:stealth MinInt:14 PointCost:4
Name:"Stealth Ops" //core Attribute:stealth //dark MinInt:9 PointCost:2
Name:"Tough Grit" //core Attribute:willpower //fire MinInt:0 PointCost:2 //LOWER EFFECT OF SANITY HITS, lower hungewater costs lacking/etc
Low coolness Upgrade the targeting computer:3 target classifications:Enemies/Missions/Allies:With allies, you can then send fleet commands to them. Encounter rates-Different random encounters in space
---upgrade ideas ->NEW ITEMS ->nEW CATCH PHRASES ->IDEA FOR PROGRESSION OF MOBS gnn MISSIONS

A video of some random game play: https://youtu.be/EK2xB3xCFjQ

If you want to jump in and play: https://store.steampowered.com/app/658480/Starfighter_General/

I'm trying to make the spiritual successor to Xwing for 90s DOS everyone craved, but Lucas Arts never delivered. I was also inspired by Wing Commander Privateer who's title led me to imagining building a giant fleet by buying more and more ships and making friends.
It has a bunch of bugs but these will be fixed in a week or two. It's still pretty fun and a base by which a HUGE HUGE potential WOW killer will be made on. fairly long patch notes of a subset of what I plan on doing in the future are at the bottom.

My take Diablo2 skill tree/Path of Exile Talent tree: https://youtu.be/E8h9E4lw2jk?si=LVK8hQOtWez6Riwy&t=16 Very pretty to watch.

I'm exhausted... I spent close to a year on this patch... And the last 3 months was nothing but sleep, code, sleep, code, body necessities, balanced against being stress sick, normal sick, and trying not to break down due to being isolated non stop working... About 2000 hours in this patch alone, on top of 10,000 hours in the past 6 years before that, and I use an anthology of game resources that took me 20,000 hours to make. There's some bugs due to Unity compiling standalone improper from editor, but they'll be fixed, as well as the story line not in... It's a spoiler, but people say my SCI FI is better than any scifi man's ever written, it's at least good:

Cut scene spoiler of next patch assemble link by hand:

rum ble.com /v4tf892-spoiler-female-ai-voice-all-of-starfighter-general-mmo-patch-1-quests.html

-> What's next timelinie

NOTES:COMING SOON, AND FORECAST->Story missions non stop, techs around em, story's awesome!

Future Patches ->Non Stop Missions in Star System Sol until that story arc panned out and the next enters.
->Bounty System:Allows Player vs Player... Except people who don't want to be doing PVP will get insurance refund money of damages if/when the offending player pays up or gets captured as Bounty.
->70,000ish star stystems per core, 24 cores to dive.
->Warp drive lets you see actual stars warp by you that exist, aim for the star you want to explore, hit warp.
->Space Opera of partially Ai driven, partially Next Gen personality Memento system to have realistic aliens who grudge match you or befriend you.
->Unlimited player MMO
->Fleet building and Fleet Destroying, soft perma death hardcore means its a thrill of the rise and thrill of fall, rinse and repeat! Aim for higher personal bests of fleet sizes
-> Star System capture, control, taxing, law imposing. People can challenge to take over your star in an 2 hour window where your friends are on... If they're not on, AI will use their craft. So build big alleginances for star control power.
->Better UI hull/shields/armoetc such as NES style Brick Icons for stats ->Transfer between shields/thrusteweapons power
->more sanity loss special effects
->Radar
->Better targetting
->Multi Targetting of friend/foe/neutral/quest...
->Fleet General Commands to allies of flight style: ie defend me, skirmish(fight optimally), attack target, bomb target, evasive manuevars, flee(rout) ta
->Weapon escalation: I) rockets/homing missile/cluster rockets, rocket spam mitigated by chaff, ECM, or a bold force shield ejection II) Lasers will always hit, and heat up your ship, so you're encouraged to rotate your ship's sides to absorb heat in multiple places. III) Bombs you need to travel in a straight line without much damage for 7 seconds ->very long range for shelling bases out of turret range IV) Rail Gun V) Destroyers/Capital Ships VI)
->Bounty Combat PVP system
->Magic enabled
->Cockpit overlays
->Custom Attribute Allocation to stats you prefer from leveling up.
->96 most bilious bosses
->More Galactic News Network tickers
->Enable reduction in manueverability based on encumberance, volume limit of cargo
->Crafting based on real world Molecular structures, make materials out of periodic chart elements, and use those materials to make gears, levers, switches, interchangeable parts of a variety of styles. .Hopefully this becomes educational to people entering Chemistry Class later and beneficial to humanity.
->Favorite foods, drink, sanity preservation
->Elaborate 16 supernatural elemental magic systems
->traders and galactic encounters randomly, get cosmos gems to access untold areas, maps of places no one can get to...
->Secret, get ingame podcasts when available by hitting alt+p, ALT+P AGAIN CYCLES THROUGH THEM, CTRL+P CLOSES EM,
-Memento system
-Scientific items system elaborations evident
-power recover of various systems rates, shots costing powers
-Allegiance & Dark Allegiance system where by helping others or the illusion of helping them raises your power, fame, and status in the Galaxy.
-Live Omnipotent roleplay
--MMO Mode leaderboards such as EXP
--More enemies with fun catch phrases?
--what ASPECTS DO YOU WANT WORKED ON MORE? Send ideas and buy triderium. Forums or email is cool.
--multi drops, more rares, uncommons
--more advanced inventory->Scroll deeper, limited by volume, weight slows your thrust + adds collision damage & kickback, sort with different filters, better descriprtion, items catch on fire in inventory, emit toxic gases, melt, get destroyed by oncoming heat attacks or collisions
--Ability to dimensionally recover items picked up previous session... You have em saved on server, just can't see when you load until next patch.... Use upgrades when you got em!
-Conquer Stars and setting taxes and laws
-story history replay dialogue
-more achievements
-Asteroids properly breakinto more than oen
-Give android race an android sounding voice
--Three forms of Ground Combat: GROUND COMBAT FORM I) One is a classical First Person Shooter (FPS) with vehicles.
GROUND COMBAT FORM II) One is tactical Real Time Turn Based Game(RTTG) from top down, almost isometric. RTTG will give you the feel of a classic orthogonic chess like game with cover, vision and such, yet everyone plays at the same time. RTTG mode happens when you enter populated towns, not because the server can't handle infinite players in a small zone, but because it feels more intense when any action and fight can start from the shadows. Movement is freer and faster when no one has fights going on nearby.
GROUND COMBAT FORM III)One is a 3d Fighter Game you'd see in Arcades from the 90s, but with the ability to change targets.
Starfighter General is the Everything Game. And it's for real. Let me know what you want me to dev next. Virtual Goods buys lets me sub contract parts out to make the game faster. Talk about what you want, and if you got the money, be a driver, push this game's development faster. I'm a 64x coder, people who meet me don't believe people like me exist, so I get things done... I just have literally 0$ funding at the moment. You'll see things in Starfighter General you thought were impossible and things never done before... Be a believer, or heck, just play and enjoy.
KNOWN BUGS: 1) Iron ore is called a book 2) Collision detection on giant space ships is clunky and can be very annoying if you get close 3) Vision obscuring of mesh fog in junk yard 4) Laser angle not straight 5) TEXT RENDDER DEPTH of chatting aliens, or targetting computer needs fixed so always visible.
Enable Prime Skils(21):
Attribute is the attribute that influences the skill, Min Int is the minimum intelligence to acquire skill, skill point costs is the number of skill points required (each intelligence you get 1 point), and the name, well, that's the Name:
Mining ships, transport friggates, shipping containers, tugs, destroyers, capital ships, limi
Closing about determination and the long play... If you're of meager means like myself... You can enjoy the challenge MMODE over the long haul... Always getting stronger, never weaker, the ship upgrades, your level, your ascended masteries, your money, your credits, and most of all your own skill level and reflexes that you don't notice but is always increasing.
Name:"Munitions Motorhead" //assault damages Attribute:dexterity MinInt:0 PointCost:4
Name:"Fleet Architect" //general gains to larger fleet Attribute:intelligence MinInt:13 PointCost:10
Name:"Quarry Champion" //mining bonuses Attribute:intelligence MinInt:9 PointCost:6
Name:"Pet Sympahthyry" //charm pets, higher battlemon fight with you, higher morale, Attribute:charm MinInt:0 PointCost:5
Name:"Merchant Maestro" //merchant Attribute:charm MinInt:0 PointCost:4
Name:"Diplomatic Impunity" //diplomat Attribute:charm MinInt:12 PointCost:4
Name:"Space Speed Ace" //go fast Attribute:dexterity MinInt:0 PointCost:4
Name:"Universal Researcher" //science-shield Attribute:intelligence MinInt:16 PointCost:5
Name:"Intruder Adept" //sneaky Attribute:stealth MinInt:11 PointCost:3
Name:"Astro Archaelogist" //relic finder Attribute:intelligence MinInt:12 PointCost:4
Name:"Midnight Star Drifter" //preserver of self Attribute:agility MinInt:0 PointCost:2
Name:"Mixmaster Mechanologist" //crafter Attribute:intelligence MinInt:15 PointCost:6
Name:"Celestial Trailblazer" //explorer Attribute:intelligence MinInt:9 PointCost:2
Name:"Gangster of Smug" //running contraban, con artist Attribute:stealth MinInt:0 PointCost:3
Name:"Cuthroat of the Constellation" //assassin +crit hit Attribute:stealth MinInt:0 PointCost:6
Name:"Seeker of Destiny" //find magic, starts weak due to 10 missing Attribute:wisdom MinInt:0 PointCost:10
Name:"Wing Broman" //buffs//alliance//loyalty Attribute:wisdom MinInt:0 PointCost:2
Name:"Dimensional Void Shifter" //cult of the cloak, friends up phantasms dimensionally more Attribute:stealth MinInt:0 PointCost:5
Name:"Racing Destruction Vet" //Ex destruction derby guy Ram Offense/Defense Attribute:endurance MinInt:0 PointCost:3
Name:"Motley Steward" //Friends with Disgraces in Underground Places...Rowdy good for nothin but keeping company with other rowdy good for nothins:+Hires +Recruit enemy Attribute:charm MinInt:0 PointCost:2
Name:"Trash Baron" //+1 tractor beam lolz extra drops Attribute:charm MinInt:0 PointCost:3
Enable Flex s(66)
Name:"Combat" Attribute:dexterity MinInt:0 PointCost:4
Name:"Electronics" Attribute:intelligence MinInt:13 PointCost:3
Name:"Cyborgs" Attribute:intelligence MinInt:17 PointCost:4
Name:"First Aid" Attribute:wisdom MinInt:9 PointCost:3
Name:"Surgeon" Attribute:intelligence MinInt:17 PointCost:8
Name:"Androids" Attribute:intelligence MinInt:17 PointCost:4
Name:"Weapon:Plasma Bolts" Attribute:dexterity MinInt:0 PointCost:2
Name:"Greater Reasoning" //core Attribute:intelligence //order MinInt:9 PointCost:1
Name:"Decipher Codes" Attribute:intelligence MinInt:12 PointCost:1
Name:"Martial Arts" Attribute:dexterity MinInt:0 PointCost:4
Name:"Chemistry" Attribute:intelligence MinInt:5 PointCost:3
Name:"Forage" Attribute:wisdom MinInt:0 PointCost:1
:Name:"Quick Draw" //core Attribute:dexterity //blade MinInt:0 PointCost:1
Name:"Taunt" Attribute:charm MinInt:0 PointCost:1
Name:"Annoy & Pester" Attribute:charm MinInt:0 PointCost:1
Name:"Lie" Attribute:charm MinInt:0 PointCost:2
Name:"Politics" Attribute:charm MinInt:12 PointCost:3
Name:"Disguise" Attribute:stealth MinInt:9 PointCost:2
Name:"Critical Hit" //core Attribute:luck //chaos MinInt:0 PointCost:3
Name:"Atomic Energy" Attribute:intelligence MinInt:18 PointCost:4
Name:"Pulse Engineering" Attribute:intelligence MinInt:16 PointCost:4
Name:"Fly Aircraft" Attribute:dexterity MinInt:0 PointCost:2
Name:"Drive" Attribute:dexterity MinInt:0 PointCost:1
Name:"Pilot Shuttle" Attribute:dexterity MinInt:12 PointCost:3
Name:"Read Instruments" Attribute:intelligence MinInt:0 PointCost:1
Name:"Navigate" Attribute:intelligence MinInt:0 PointCost:1
Name:"Remember" Attribute:intelligence MinInt:0 PointCost:1
Name:"Pick Lock" Attribute:stealth MinInt:0 PointCost:1
Name:"Ambidexterity" Attribute:dexterity MinInt:0 PointCost:4
Name:"Pick Pocket" Attribute:dexterity MinInt:0 PointCost:1
Name:"Distract" Attribute:stealth MinInt:0 PointCost:1
Name:"Explosives" Attribute:wisdom MinInt:0 PointCost:2
Name:"Construct Trap" Attribute:wisdom MinInt:0 PointCost:1
Name:"Fire Artillery" Attribute:wisdom MinInt:0 PointCost:2
Name:"Fortitude" //core Attribute:endurance //body MinInt:0 PointCost:2
Name:"Interrogate" Attribute:charm MinInt:0 PointCost:1
Name:"Law" Attribute:wisdom MinInt:13 PointCost:2
Name:"Popularity" Attribute:charm MinInt:0 PointCost:1
Name:"Confidentiality" Attribute:charm MinInt:0 PointCost:1
Name:"Sport" Attribute:agility MinInt:0 PointCost:1
Name:"Facilitate" Attribute:luck MinInt:0 PointCost:1
Name:"Gamble" Attribute:luck MinInt:0 PointCost:2
Name:"Cheat" Attribute:stealth MinInt:0 PointCost:2
Name:"Deceive" Attribute:charm MinInt:0 PointCost:2
Name:"Intimidate" Attribute:charm MinInt:0 PointCost:1
Name:"Space Craft Repair" Attribute:intelligence MinInt:14 PointCost:2
Name:"Aircraft Repair" Attribute:intelligence MinInt:0 PointCost:1
Name:"Automotive Repair" Attribute:intelligence MinInt:0 PointCost:1
Name:"Labor" Attribute:wisdom MinInt:0 PointCost:2
Name:"Advanced Mathematics" Attribute:intelligence MinInt:12 PointCost:1
Name:"Detective" Attribute:wisdom MinInt:0 PointCost:3
Name:"Perception" //core Attribute:wisdom MinInt:0 PointCost:1
Name:"Soliciting" Attribute:wisdom MinInt:0 PointCost:1
Name:"Rapid Fire" Attribute:dexterity MinInt:0 PointCost:3
Name:"Safe Crack" Attribute:stealth MinInt:9 PointCost:3
Name:"Auto Mechanic" Attribute:intelligence MinInt:0 PointCost:1
Name:"Investigate" Attribute:intelligence MinInt:0 PointCost:2
Name:"Forensics" Attribute:intelligence MinInt:13 PointCost:3
Name:"Survival" Attribute:wisdom MinInt:0 PointCost:2
Name:"Lore" Attribute:wisdom MinInt:0 PointCost:2
Name:"Butt Kiss" Attribute:charm MinInt:0 PointCost:1
Name:"Insult" Attribute:charm MinInt:0 PointCost:1
Name:"Hardware" Attribute:intelligence MinInt:0 PointCost:1
Name:"Bureaucracy" Attribute:charm MinInt:9 PointCost:1
Name:"Leadership" //CORE Attribute:strength //earth MinInt:13 PointCost:4
Name:"Solicitating" //core Attribute:charm //storm MinInt:7 PointCost:1
Name:"Negotiation" Attribute:charm MinInt:14 PointCost:3
Name:"Vetinarian" Attribute:intelligence MinInt:13 PointCost:3
Name:"Junkyarder" Attribute:wisdom MinInt:0 PointCost:2
Name:"Tactical Analysis" Attribute:intelligence MinInt:0 PointCost:3
Name:"Resourceful Mining" Attribute:wisdom MinInt:0 PointCost:3
Name:"Evasive Manuevars" //core Attribute:agility //water MinInt:0 PointCost:2
Name:"Nanotech Engineering" Attribute:intelligence MinInt:17 PointCost:4
Name:"Astrobiology" Attribute:intelligence MinInt:17 PointCost:3
Name:"Metallurgy" Attribute:intelligence MinInt:14 PointCost:3
Name:"Infiltrator" Attribute:stealth MinInt:14 PointCost:4
Name:"Stealth Ops" //core Attribute:stealth //dark MinInt:9 PointCost:2
Name:"Tough Grit" //core Attribute:willpower //fire MinInt:0 PointCost:2 //LOWER EFFECT OF SANITY HITS, lower hungewater costs lacking/etc
Low coolness Upgrade the targeting computer:3 target classifications:Enemies/Missions/Allies:With allies, you can then send fleet commands to them. Encounter rates-Different random encounters in space
---upgrade ideas ->NEW ITEMS ->nEW CATCH PHRASES ->IDEA FOR PROGRESSION OF MOBS gnn MISSIONS

This is a follow-up to my salt post from the other day. In my desperation to find a reasonable way to learn this game, I discovered there's a secret debug mode that you can enable through Pro Action Replay or Pseudo Saturn Kai.
https://www.consoledatabase.com/cheats/segasaturn/layersection/
If your Pseudo Kai is up to date the code should already be in the database so you don't have to manually enter it.
This mode lets you toggle invincibility, fast forward, freeze and advance frames, and, most importantly, STAGE SELECT.
This is exactly what I needed and should have just been a feature. Now that I'm able to practice stages 6 and 7 in peace, it's really highlighting how OUTRAGEOUSLY UNREASONABLE it was to expect players to just learn these stages by getting to them. I'm losing all four credits in stage 6 alone.
Also, side note, but I actually bought a rotating game monitor this week just to play the game in taté mode, thinking that would help, but evidently "Arcade" mode (which is synonymous with the game's taté mode) is not the same difficulty as "Normal" in the Saturn mode, which begs the question, "Normal in what sense?" So playing in taté mode ended up being DRASTICALLY HARDER. So don't be like me and buy a rotating monitor to make this game easier. It doesn't work. Also don't be like me in general.
Anyway that's all, game on.

For context, I and my now ex-gf were dating for 3 years. We met through mutual friends and while we had known each other for some time we didn't start dating for months after initially meeting and attending several events within our friend's group.
When we did start dating I made it clear I was only interested in a monogamous relationship, I had no interest in sharing a partner not being shared. So for 3 years, we were exclusive, or at least I thought we were. Over this time we were both gainfully employed and both made good money, yes I made more money but she was by no means a pauper. I had my own house, I purchased a nice fixer-upper and spent the better part of the last four years and most of my savings restoring and upgrading it. She helped me with some of the basic stuff like painting and cleaning but most of the meaningful work was done by family and contractors. But I did appreciate that she wanted to contribute.
Oh and one other thing, I bought the house the year before we ever met, this is relevant.
Well at roughly our three-year mark her lease was about to expire and she suggested we move in together, I would be lying if I said I wasn't apprehensive but I did feel it was time to move into the next stage of our relationship. I put on a smile and told her it was a great idea, so she made her plans just as the final work was being wrapped up on the house. I was putting solar panels, a tankless water heater, and water softener in. The same weekend I was enjoying my now-finished home was also the weekend she moved in. She along with all her girlfriends did the moving, my house was full of clucking hens discussing how they were going to redecorate and turn my man cave into a house that reflected her style and taste. All while giggling as though I had no choice.
One of my favorite possessions was my collection of vintage full-size arcade games from the 80s and 90s, I had 7 of them. They were all in my basement, of which I had also finished and painted to look like a pool hall and arcade, even had a full wall bar with several flat screens. Several neon's adorned the walls. While they moved I along with my two brothers were hanging out in the basement shooting pool and watching a ball game. My two brothers are tradesmen, one is an electrician the other a plumber. It's because of them we were able to do the resto of the house so cheaply, they hooked me up with other guys to help and that evening most of them showed up at the house for a celebration of the job being done.
When everyone arrived we had a great time, grilling meat, drinking beer, and relaxing outside. The house was on three acres and included a detached garage. My then-GF was about halfway through her move as the guests showed up and most of the guys helped unload her boxes and in general get her stuff out of the way so we could all enjoy ourselves. Many were married and or had kids, so kids were running around and making a racket. It was a pretty cool scene, I even had a couple neighbors show up with beer and kids in tow.
That's when it all came crashing down, turns out my supposedly exclusive girlfriend came face to face with her FWB. He was the brother of my roofer, I am sure he didn't know about me as made no effort to hide their relationship when he saw her with her girlfriends chatting it up in their little pod, I was at the grill flipping burgers as this guy I never met walked across the yard and came up behind her to give her a squeeze.
Before I could even get mad most of the girls were either warning her about her side guy showing up or looking at me to see if I saw what was happening. She had horror in her eyes and immediately turned to see me at the grill staring her down. She started crying right off and her friends did their best to get rid of this now very confused guy and shield her by dragging her away. The poor guy was standing there and I was juggling my emotions trying to decide if rage was the right one to choose. Her best friend ran to me and told me "It's not what it looks like". I hadn't even said a word or reacted yet and excuses were already flying. The brother was being yelled at by the girlfriends to leave while his brother was now involving himself.
The whole circus was pretty entertaining to most of the guests I am sure, my brother came and took over the grill, while my other brother got between me and the FWB. I was still in some kind of shock I guess because as all the dots were connecting I wasn't according to my brothers saying a word, just staring this guy down. My oldest brother said I looked like I was gonna kill him and my other brother said he was waiting to see if I was gonna make a move so he could tackle me. Well to cut to the chase, I didn't lose my cool, I regained my composure and made my way to my basement. The party did not end either, weeks later I recall thinking about how residential building guys aren't gonna leave when there is free beer and food. My brother came down to the basement with the FWB, he had talked to enough people to have a rough outline of what was going on, turns out FWB and ex had been hitting it for the better part of the last two years, he was unaware of me and came to the basement to apologize, told me man to man he would never have hooked up if he knew she was in a committed relationship. That his ex-wife cheated on him and that's why he only has FWBs now, but never if they aren't single. She lied to both of us. I guess they work for the same company but in different locations and met at some big company sales event.
Well, that's the summary of all that happened leading up to me kicking her ass out that night. She came back the next day with her hens saying she had a right to live in my house because she did so much work making it what it is. She also said I asked her to move in and she had to cancel her lease and took a loss so she owed me that money too. Lastly, her circle of friends told me she didn't do anything wrong because we weren't even engaged let alone married. That I was controlling and insecure, and I needed to man up. Now both of my brothers and her ex-FWB were still there, along with his brother. They crashed in the spare rooms and available couch space. When her ex-FWB came out, he started cussing her a blue streak and let the hens whom he knew most of them have a portion of his anger too. In no time it was 5 guys my oldest brother's wife and my other brother's GF all ganging up on the harpies. My sister-in-law is 5' tall, 90 pounds soaking wet with flaming red hair. She is scary as shit when she is mad. It was the first time I laughed since the drama began the day before. Well, my ex was scared and she and her friends took off. The guys rented a moving truck we loaded all her stuff up and took it to her parents. I told her dad what happened and introduced him to the FWB. Now her dad was a good guy, he had only recently retired and was enjoying his time fishing with his grandkids, my ex had two brothers and a sister, she was the youngest and the only one not married with kids. She was his little princess and learning she cheated broke his heart. He cried and apologized to me as his wife came out and he had to retell what was going on, the mom was enraged that the FWB was even there and demanded it was all his fault and he better leave. We all left.
Later that day, the bunch of us were cleaning up from the night's festivities when the EX showed up with her best friend in tow, screaming and cursing me for telling her parents. Saying her dad said she had one week to find a place to live because it wouldn't be under his roof.
So, was I the A-Hole for involving her parents?

This is in addition to my post earlier today someone asked me to make this so here it is. https://www.reddit.com/Warthundes/nyR34CyXMn(link to the post regarding current state of cheating and other things in WT)
To begin most of the time they’re are around 1-2 cheaters in each game surprisingly most use a common cheat which is called ESP meaning they can see through ground trees and other obstacles, they also use target lead which will lead the target for you, and finally some of the more advanced like ones i sold in my later days have bomb predictions and arcade penetration crosshairs in realistic.
Cheaters in warthudner usually play ground rb and air rb doesn’t have much use for cheats. The easiest way to tell off the bat is if they’re firing through bushes and trees during very early game and getting one shot kills. A second way is if they are moving fast and shooting at a moving target and lands all their hits. Another is extremely extremely long distance over the horizon shots.
Keep in mind to not hackusate in chat as this will tell the cheater that your onto them so they’ll play more conservative. Instead watch and download the replay and get into contact with a Gm or support and have them review the replay aswell.
Lastly the sad reality is there’s not much we can do. War thunder’s anti cheat is in a horrible state and can’t detect more moderate cheats. On top of this they don’t hardware ban and to finish it off they only ban in waves based on manual reports so when in doubt always manual report a player.
(Like my previous post feel free to ask me any questions regarding this i’ve posted my experience and how stuff works in the community in my linked post.)

I know Tekken has a strong BoomersBeingFools demographic that says rank doesn’t matter that wax poetic about how rank didn’t matter in the arcade as people played king of the cabinet. Believe me I’m a boomer, I know I also forget wtf I put my car keys.
Chess also didn’t need a good rating system in the old days. Like in 6th century India during the origin of chess you didn’t need glicko. Good players just played matches locally. Good times! But remember the internet? Remember the pandemic and surge of online gaming in general? Fiber means more than just what you get in lentils now.
We need to talk about why we need to adopt glicko2 at some capacity (a duel rank system like SF6 is perfectly fine too). What we don’t want however is this current I eat crayon system compared to a public domain well adopted PHD of Stats at Harvard system.
Said this many times but the current chain win system literally gamifies one and done, plugging, and huge mismatch salt. The public domain glicko2 system removes salt from rank matching a higher rank player allowing you to just learn. Reduces the need to min/max chain win and losses by scumbaggery. It hones down to your skill level rather quickly after a half dozen matches and even arguably produced best fit for someone trying to change up their play strategy and techniques (think chess openings).
The importance of matchmaking and rank system is literally like the importance of well designed spawn points in a FPS and a shitty system is literally like giving you some gawd awful spawn point each and every time.
Using a strong statistical rank system allows for better analysis of the strength of characters against each other. God forbid Bamco right now literally balancing characters just based on an Excel file. If they aren’t using sound robust rating system for rank what really makes you think they have a solid understanding of character win rates vs one another?
A strong rank system does wonders for PR and celebrity or cross culture matching just like how Japan has huge viral phenomena with SF6 being played in celebrity matches. People could line up celebrity chess matches and be paired off by rating. Tyler1 recently hit 1900 on rapid chess. Guess what that news matters. It matters because it wasn’t Tyler1 hit 1900 on a bullshit I eat crayons and like chain win/losses system but because he hit 1900 on a glicko rated system.
Sajam slam 2 is going to kick off and they probably need a way to balance teams cause it certainly seems like from initial impression there is legit one player in there that might as well be coach tier. Having meaningful rank placement before and after event would be nice to know. Having a good rating system helps people organize this stuff better and helps build up meaningful PR.
When you have a strong rating system you can also hone in and notice aberrations and potential cheating. Or it matters in case we notice new rookies coming in hard and fast and climbing rank fast AF and end up being legit vs some guy scrubbing chain wins. It matters because some guy who hit Tekken god ranks might actually get a rating that makes them wonder if they have what it takes to hit legit tourneys vs just being fuck if I really know in rank and skill I just game the chain wins/losses.
There is maybe one advantage of the current system over something like glicko2 and that is that maybe the rating system of glicko2 still requires volume of players to keep making matches in order to work well. So good job Bamco in making a rating system that stands the test of time for something you predicting heat death for. Your system is indeed better for a game you want to predict end of life for instead of a game where you want increase player participation. Glicko2 works when players can play 10-15 games within a rating period and maybe the Bamco chain loss supremo system works better when people just decide to stop playing.
Placement matches plus glicko2. Don’t let Bamco slide on this MMR is important on an MMR based game. This is far more important than bitching about mtx and cosmetics IMO. You guys literally gonna let Bamco do shadow updates on matchmaking, use prowess which I got 2k from when beating a bot initially? Check my link glicko2 rated the 3ddy bots within 2 points and marked them scrub level while Bamco chain loss supremo system gave one an early Shinryu while the other sat in Destroyer with a prowess difference exceeding 20% at this point. 99% of this game is meant to be 1vs1 PvP online matchups and you telling me you don’t care about MMR?