We can't think up any new ideas, team, what do we do?

How about we do a full graphical remake of FF7

That would be a license to print money from gullible gamers...I LIKE IT!

The mind link was never more present after the smartphone came out. I watch mobile noobs taking several minutes to type what I can in seconds.

SC2 pro gamers clock in at over 400 APM, with records over 800. 300 APM is about where you want to be before you even consider yourself a competitive player!

But we're not sure yet, right? That doesn't mean it isn't possible, but you will def need to practice, just like the pros.

I really like the concept of using 2 directional pads to make keystrokes. If you can play a bullet hell game, why is that type of movement not considered probable?

I've played airsoft like this for a few years now off an on so feel well enough qualified to comment.

It's largely a matter of range. Most sites allow up to 500fps on snipers (and some american ones go up to 800 or so I believe), but they have a minimum engagement range (usually about 25 meters, presumably more for the silly american ones).

Basically, non automatic sniper rifles are allowed to be significantly more powerful than the 330fps (400 in some countries) other weapons are limited to, but as a result can't be used at short range (that's what pistols and compact SMG's are for!).

If you are close to the minimum range limit and it hits unprotected skin, they sting really badly, enough to draw a little blood sometimes. It's not entirely dissimilar to being whipped by a wet towel, excruciating for about half a second then it tails off to just stinging and swearing.

If it hits your vest, glasses, hat etc. then it wont really hurt at all (but you still felt it you cheating bastards! ), likewise if you are out beyond 50meters or so as the power drops off with range as you'd expect. (My brother can sometimes make shots out to 70-80meters with a VSR but you can barely feel it)

Shoot at point blank and your target can be forgiven for walking over and punching you in the face....right after they stop swearing and get up off the ground. (entirely possible to penetrate exposed skin at that range)

In practice though, trying to storm a building/room vs automatic rifles etc. tends to be far more painful an experience than being sniped. Unless that is someone snipes the inside of your nose sideways on (it hurt as much as you imagine it did).

We also once had a guy knocked clean out by a grenade launcher to the face at point blank . But it was a Co2 powered thing and I believe they aren't allowed inside buildings any more (can't think why).

Re: paintballs, in my much more limited experience, they are waaaaay worse than BB's if they are full power and reasonably close range. Concussions, broken bones and broken skin are all entirely possible (though not likely), but bruises and welts are basically standard issue.

I believe some sites run compressed air guns (rather than Co2) at much lower power levels, so I imagine they are a lot more tolerable.
Paintballers tend to be more on the extreme sports side of things (wheras airsoft tends to be more biased towards military geeks/gamers), and so many sites have a bit of a "pain is weakness leaving the body" attitude to power levels.

In the UK at least the velocity limit for paintballs at competition level is 300fps, for most airsoft sites the limit is 330fps. You only have to look at a BB vs a paintball to see what a discrepancy in energy that equates to!!!

I never said poverty doesn't disproportionately affect black americans. I KNOW it does. And so does harsher prison sentences.
There's, without a doubt, historical baggage that still affects black americans to this day (not to mention outright racism on a daily basis).

What I said is, gentrification is not a race issue directly, but a socio-economic issue. They are not being pushed out because they are black. They are being pushed out because they are poor. There's a big difference. Gentrification still happens in communities that are poor, even if there isn't a single black person (or any other minority) in it.

Of course you could then argue that they are poor BECAUSE they are black, which is true, but they are not being specifically targeted in gentrification for being black. If they were black and had money they probably wouldn't feel the need or want to move away. Unless living in the middle of white people (who are still the majority, so it's statistically probable to have a bigger percentage of them around) is now just by itself a horrible thing (by itself! I'm not saying there couldn't be issues from being a minority living in the middle of the majority).

Also it really doesn't matter what your opinion (or any other american) of how white the average portuguese person is. In my neck of the woods I'm pretty white, and that's what counts.

I'm fully aware of the usual "Isn't Portugal in Spain?" crap

edit: Also... REALLY not cool calling me out on the Factual Gamer thing, as it has absolutely zero to do with this issue.

Aw really, Empire?

You're the factual gamer. ..but apparently that's where the facts end.

You didn't look up and facts about poverty disproportionally affects black americans?

Besides, you're Portuguese. No?

I wouldn't consider that "white" exactly.

European, sure.
White.. not so much.

I feel like you'd be treated like an " exotic foreigner" in polite white america.

You'd definitely be considered Latino or "Mexican" in more ignorant places here.

Tho if you're some how totally WASPy looking, I could understand why you're on the denialism boat.

Thank you RedSky! I really love these clueless gamer vids. Nice to see that someone else appreciates them as well

@ChaosEngine

First world fuckin'.. PROOOBLEMs.

That's my new song. I made it to remind everyone that.

OMFG complaining about the inaccuracy of a parody is pedantic as fuuuck.

But I mean.. that's what the Sift is all about, it seems.

@NaMeCaF I enjoyed the vid. Even tho I already knew about the situation from @EMPIRE's Factual Gamer vid.

But you probably have a problem with all the facts in that vid too. Not factual, enough.

"The performance from the Valve & Bethesda guys IN REAL TIME was WAAAY more factual" right?

i hate steam. avoid it when i can. its fulll of absolute rubbish and all valve care about is releasing as much on it as possible wether its dross or great. its mostly rubbish thats released on there. too many "indie" rushed money grabbing amateurish titles. valve are greedy and care not for the gamers nor quality!

I think they edited out the part where the arm slams the "gamer husband/boyfriend" into the ground...

What the fuck is up with that narration? This is a joke, right? Smells like gamer gate type bullshit.

I am almost certain you're correct. What is it about gaming and latent anger issues? Peaceful in all ranges of human interaction except pvp. Method gamers.

Thank you for the info

But the Factual Gamer never sleeps on the job. I already knew that, and had it in my list of news for the week (if it's not only for April Fools' day).

Since you host Factual Gamer, I thought you would want to know about Googlemaps new feature (maybe one day only) to turn any neighborhood into playable PacMan. It was great!
Enjoy
Newt

Haaaa... but you didn't really see any review on my channel now, did you?

Reviews are inherently biased and a mere opinion.

I must quote myself, from the "about" section of my channel:

Disclaimer:

- If the creator and producer of Factual Gamer ever decides to create an opinion-based YouTube show, he will do so in a completely separate channel, with a differentiated name, as so to maintain the editorial integrity of Factual Gamer.

- Factual Gamer can accept sponsorship and advertising, because none of the content being presented could be influenced financially. When and if, any such sponsored content or advertising is shown, it will be accompanied by text explicitly stating this fact (ex. the words "sponsored advertising" in the corner of the video).

Factual Gamer itself will never have content that can be influenced by opinion. And reviews fall under that category. At best I could do a preview of a game, simply talking about the game, who made it, what kind of game it is, showing gameplay, etc. But never, if it's good or bad, and in what amount. I will leave that to the viewer.

The only way to win this game is to not play it at all.

I would say I am a gamer, although mostly on consoles these days because I can't afford a good gaming computer, and I thought it was a great, informative video. My only suggestion, I could have used a little bit of your impressions of newly released games, I prefer more of a technical analysis than opinion. It was nice to get some straight facts rather than just opinion. Reminded me of blue's news, in video form....and that's a good thing.
Good luck @EMPIRE!