Featured Thread: Shacknews Chatty Moderation Update Regarding Political Threads
Nov 27, 2024 9:09am PST
duke nuked Announcement: The gradual end of political threads on Chatty
After much consideration, and with the support of ownership, the moderation team has decided to amend community guidelines to reduce and ultimately end daily and ad-hoc political threads on Chatty.
This decision reflects a common request in community feedback that Shacknews Chatty should be a fun, engaging place focused on what originally brought us together: video games, social connections, shackbattles (Wreckfest, L4D, TF2, CS, etc.), internet memes, and other shared hobbies and interests.
The daily politics thread has created recurring tension and discord among users, often over the same topics, and has led to a noticeable increase in reported posts, moderator interventions, and user departures. These discussions and the resulting conflict aren't aligned with the type of community most Shackers want to contribute to and build here.
Filtering out political posts in user preferences is an option, but it doesn’t appear to be effective and we’ve seen debates and arguments spill over into unrelated threads. To foster and build on the community we all want, a more decisive change is necessary.
Starting in December, 2024, political posts will only be allowed Tuesday through Thursday, Eastern Time. Political posts outside these days will be removed by moderators and we will not issue bans unless there is deliberate abuse. This gradual transition is intended to help everyone adjust to the upcoming change.
From January 1st, 2025, political posts will no longer be permitted on Chatty; A New Year, a new Chatty.
There will be a grace period as posters get used to the amended guidelines with political posts being removed but no bans being issued.
We want to emphasize and clarify that this policy does not prevent the community from sharing their personal experiences, particularly when discussing issues related to video games, employment, social experiences, or human rights. We believe the community values these perspectives and they help foster positive discussion, build empathy, and provide an opportunity to understand different individual contexts. We also recognize that in some instances, these issues may be inextricably connected to topics that are otherwise political in nature. Further, the Shacknews editorial team may publish stories that reference or align directly with politics. In each of these instances, posters can engage in those threads within existing community guidelines.
We also acknowledge there will be occasions when regional or world events warrant discussion due to their significant impact or relevance to the community. For example, breaking news about major world events, natural disasters, or significant social issues that are tangentially political may be allowed. These threads will have to be evaluated on a case-by-case basis with the understanding that the discussion remains focused on the event at hand.
To summarize, from January onwards, posts sharing political news articles, or the creation of political threads solely intended to create a debate or discussion that don’t fit into the noted exceptions described above, will no longer be allowed.
We understand this is a significant change, and there will be a learning curve for all as we adjust. The mods and ownership are committed to refining this policy to ensure it supports a fun and engaging community. Thank you in advance from all of us - we believe this is a necessary adjustment to support Chatty’s future.
As a legacy shacker who predates the chatty, clicking through the "bord" threads, and dealing with DADT and DOMA, which were only overturned what 10 years go? and tt's in my opinion that it was a grave mistake that the shack chose to quelch political threads during the overturning of Roe v Wade, which affected the reproductive rights of my entire family, and it is a graver mistake to quench political conversation post 2025, which affects an even broader spectrum of rights for my family and my shack family, especially as most of us are entering our later stages of life.
Please revert course on this decision.
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this whole political filter thing actually encouraged me to resubscribe and join in. and people like gameindustryplant and borzoi are creating engaging threads and i think that's super cool.
for the 2-3 same names that i continue to see that are shitting all over every thread, the mods have 100orders of magnitude more patience than me because you'd be gone instantly so can you please calm down before the whole comments section just disappears one day.
all of the stirring amounts to nothing more than heartburn for a guy that's provided plenty and probably just wants to turn down the volume on the parts of his life that suck and doesn't want to go through 4 more years of Trump chatter.
on that note, i'm trying to go play some of the gems i never touched over the years and freaking mad max was / is amazing. how did that get missed?
also playing Sleeping Dogs and it's pretty awesome like being in a martial arts thriller movie... it's a little too dated for me to stick with but enjoyed the few hours.
What other gems do people always say were overlooked/missed?
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My wife and I have an old set of non-stick pots and pans that mostly need to be replaced. I went to the Made In website to get a pretty good Black Friday deal on some non-stick frying pans, but now I need to get some saute pans and sauce pans that come with lids and the only ones they have are stainless steel, which my wife doesn't like.
Does anyone have any good recommendations for some quality but not outrageously-priced alternatives?
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Well Jaguar is making one!
https://robbreport.com/motors/cars/jaguar-all-electric-concept-revealed-1236088147/
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So I picked up the Arctis 7X+ when it was on sale yesterday. I'm kinda regretting it a little bit.
The USB C dongle that comes with it is made to block 1-3 ports rather than being your standard USB crap. Don't get me started on how shit the software is. It took thirty minutes to get them to work properly, it turns out that the software that is supposed to control the damn things hardly works. One part of it sees the headphones and lets me configure stuff, but another tab of the same damn software doesn't see them connected at all. Turning them off should pop everything over to my speakers, but nope I have to do that manually.
They're super comfortable and sound great, but holy shit are they frustrating.
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Damn, that was good.
Clint Eastwood man, he's 94 years old. Still making good stuff.
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Everything is made with flimsy plastic nowadays lol.
Looks great, is big enough
Replacing the air filter is a huge pain in the butt, I can't remove the plastic holder. There's no youtube video and the instruction booklet makes it sound so easy
It's this model
https://support.frigidaire.com/Owner-Center/Product-Support/GRBN2012AF
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Also this game is amazing, I'm a killing looting machine, and I love it! I've been playing it through game pass, but I'm definitely gonna buy it through steam to support the devs and just always have a playable copy. Still pissed about the cutscenes though...
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Part 1 and Part II Remastered are both on sale right now, for $29.99 and $39.99 respectively.
If you want the definitive versions or if you are like me and want to replay TLOU and have the graphic match your imagination (it was PS3 era!!) on PS5.
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Today is December 2nd 2024 - meaning that a quarter century ago on this day QUAKE III ARENA was released. Disclaimer: There are actually 2 release dates mentioned on the internet, December 2nd and December 5th, I just went with the first one
So many great memories connected to this game: I discovered Shacknews, I played in a clan, hung out on IRC and met people I still am friends with today.
I remember just a few days before the game came out I got my first DSL connection and the combination of being able to be online all the time and playing this incredible game with random people on the internet was just mind blowing. I also built a PC with an AMD Athlon and a Geforce 256 for it. Fantastic times!
What memories do you have of Quake 3?
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I’ve seen three movies that I’d previously never seen since we last convened for MOVIE MONDAY.
This week on the Cigars & Cinema Podcast we’re taking a break but last week we discussed Violent Night and I forgot to mention it - https://www.youtube.com/@ogtcigars-oakglentobacconi8932/streams
Violent Night - In case you wanted to know what would happen if you mashed up Die Hard, Home Alone, and a little bit of Knives Out, then wonder no more, because it’s this movie. I think the movie knows that it’s borrowing so heavily from these sources so there’s a degree to which you can be along for the ride, but it does cheat the film out of some originality it could have had. The best thing about it to me is David Harbour, who’s weary but imposing and believable as a viking-turned-Santa-turned-John McClane. Most of the rest of the cast and characters are not all that interesting despite the script’s attempts to give them quirks and jokes, but there are a few bits here and there that land. Not a major addition to the Christmas movie canon, but could have been worse.
The Two Faces of January - This is a psychological thriller based on a novel from the same author as Strangers on a Train and The Talented Mr. Ripley, and you can see some of the familiar ingredients - Americans finding themselves in peril somewhere in Europe, entering into uneasy alliances, generally unlikable characters and lots and lots of moral gray areas. Kirsten Dunst and Viggo Mortensen play an American couple hiding out in Greece because Viggo was a bad boy and owes people money. Oscar Isaac plays the opportunistic tour guide who snakes his way into their lives. There’s some good character work being done here and some good tension, but at times it can feel just a little flabby and it seems to miss some opportunities to dig deeper, but overall it’s enjoyable if you like this kind of thing.
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance - This was a big ask for me because I’m not the world’s biggest fan of both of these leads (Jimmy Stewart, John Wayne), but the movie has a good reputation so I finally checked it out, and I’m glad I did. As a John Ford western, I was expecting big expanses and adventure on the frontier, but this movie is so small-scale that you could easily mount a stage production of it. There’s a great fairly long sequence in which Stewart is relegated to washing dishes at a small town’s restaurant and you just get to watch the interplay between the kitchen staff and the customers and I found myself oddly riveted by it. This movie is Ford examining the changeover from the wild west to the tamed west, and how the types of men that are suited to each respective version aren’t really suited to the other. My only real issue might be that Stewart seems a bit too old to play the younger version of his character that we see for the majority of the movie (it’s 90% a flashback), but that’s about it.
And, the usual MOVIE MONDAY thing:
1. Name a movie. Any movie. If I've seen it, I'll briefly tell you what I think about it. I'm sure you're dying to know.
2. If you want, we can then dig deeper into our agreement/disagreement about said movie.
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I am... late to the party but I am hoping to move through it faster than BB. If I finish it quickly enough I might just do Eternal right afterward.
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There’s something really fun and unique about the sense of community and the inherent social aspect of playing with others who are all trying to help each other survive and succeed, rather than the typical race to the finish line just to log on for daily objectives and raids.
In retail WoW, for quite awhile everyone just queues in the Dungeon Finder and you are ported into the dungeon with random people and it’s all about speed running the content without any interaction. Having to actually interact with others and coordinate and plan makes it feel like a really unique experience, even for a 20 year old game. And with it being HC, people are constantly dying and rerolling, so the world feels active and alive instead of a bunch of max-level people just idling in the cities.
Anyway, I’m having a blast with it. Anyone else?
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https://youtu.be/ZpIbaTXJD4g?si=FsIB4L6VIPpj9fc4
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I'm sure no one has thought this before, but I wish I had enough money that I could actually STOP working and just live without a job. Feeling those return to office blues today pretty hard.
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I can’t stand the official Reddit app.
I’ve been using Lurker for a while, which you put your own API key into, but you’re rate limited and can’t post anything. The UI is great though.
I noticed today that Narwal has a Pro subscription that lets you use that app, which I might go for, but I’m not the biggest fan of their UI.
Anything else good?
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https://youtu.be/KkmonzpHVRg
Cool video.
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What do you think we’ll finally get to see?
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Movie had a lot of problems. It seemed very unfocused. It didn’t even have a real villain until the last 30 minutes
The “surprise” if you can call it that was told in the trailers but also pretty low impact.
When your sequels big emotional impact is having the protagonist put on the armor the guy in the first one wore it doesn’t really hit.
Gladiator 1 had some epic dialogue with lines endlessly quoted even now. This one just didn’t have any. It mostly just reused lines from the first movie
Also the arena fights are just CGI scrambles. I recently reached the first movie and the fights are mostly awesome (cgi tigers aside). In G2 you have screaming monkeys that look like they came out of 3d mark 1997
Denzel is good in it. He’s playing late period Denzel where he’s the training day guy and smirking and laughing at everyone
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The two-episode series premiere is streaming tonight at 6PM PT (9PM ET), on Disney+!!!
I am so excited for this!! It's like GOONIES but in the STAR WARS Universe!!
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f19gfOMZTtg
Can we try to keep a Star Wars thread in a positive light for once? Please?
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Advent puzzle site
It's nearly Christmas and something terrible has happened: there's been a major malfunction in multiple machines in Santa's toy factory, and not enough presents have been made. Santa has a backup warehouse full of wrapped presents that can be used in the case of severe emergency, but the warehouse is locked. You need to help Santa work out the code to unlock the warehouse so that he can deliver the presents before Christmas is ruined for everyone.
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https://www.greenmangaming.com/games/alan-wake-2-deluxe-edition-epic-pc/
That's a few $ lower than Epic store sale. I bit!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6GXG1HD6bg
43 mins!
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https://www.cnbc.com/2024/12/02/intel-ceo-pat-gelsinger-is-out.html
Feel like this is going to be interesting now..still think it gets way way worse
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If you haven’t seen it. Go watch or be dumb.
Don’t be dumb
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Assassin's Creed Valhalla: 4 Years Later
https://youtu.be/HlxqFV2IL6Q?si=RvMUo8O_3XrAgALY
I've replayed ORIGINS, but haven't gotten around to replaying ODYSSEY and VALHALLA ... yet. Or maybe ever? They're soooo HUUUUUUGE in length.
Milleh loved it.
I think redshak loathed it?
I think I ended up loving Valhalla too, but it was also the first AC to make be completely burned out.
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I think about this one sometimes by MLK: "In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."
Also Mitch Hedburg: "Rice is great if you're really hungry and want to eat two thousand of something."
What are some quotes that you've held on to?
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https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/in-a-bid-to-compete-with-nvidia-jeff-bezos-and-samsung-invest-usd700-million-in-ai-chip-startup-tenstorrent
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This starts out as: "What if we made a game only about horror-game puzzles but made everything even more cryptic ?"
Note sure I wanted to wreck my brain this much right now.
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I finally tried the Seamless Co-Op mod. My son wanted to play together and since we've both played 100+ hours with all the online features (which I love, I love the messages, co-op, invasions, etc.).
This game in ultrawide and with permanent co-op is a lot of fun! One player can wander off anywhere in the world and then return to their partner to tackle a dungeon or cave together. Both players receive all story and quest rewards at the same time and all loot is shared (each player gets the same item from chests, corpses).
Makes me irritated that From won't support ultrawide at all. The game is gorgeous and every background is like a Forgotten Realms novel cover.
Anyway here are the mods:
https://www.nexusmods.com/eldenring/mods/510
https://www.flawlesswidescreen.org/ (must actually run the EXE while playing - and also DO NOT use this while playing the standard game online or you'll likely get banned for cheating)
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