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Quoting: tuubi

Quoting: EhvisUnder the radar. Until Liam posts that it has released. :P

It's a stealth article, doesn't show up in radar.

Shhh no one's looking.

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Quoting: wleoncio

Quoting: EhvisF1 2017 has Linux depots (encrypted) and a configuration.

Not a sure sign, but what percentage of games get Linux depots and never end up seeing a release? I know it's more than zero, but can anyone actually do the math?

Quite a lot :)

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Quoting: liamdaweThat about us page is available here. :)

While we're at it, why not to move that "Misc" section to the top menu? I searched it for the "About us" link and couldn't find any, but then I noticed that smol box at the right. I swear, that's the first time I ever noticed it! It looks exactly as all the "latest stuff" boxes which I usually skim over or ignore completely.

You're totally right of course. I have been attempting recently to expand the top section of the site. To include those links, and also icons for our various social spaces (which currently sit in the footer, where no one looks making them a bit useless).

I just can't get it to look right just yet, but I will eventually.

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Quoting: monsieursauceHi Liam,

Thank you for all the efforts you are putting in Gamingonlinux. Your work is refreshing for the Linux community, and I have been enjoying reading your articles daily*.

I have a few questions/suggestions for you if I may:
- I did not understand what team exactly is behind Gol - I have read support "me" and "we" - ? Maybe you could add a page to introduce yourselves more specifically - or does this page exist already - ?

Thank you for the kind words!

That about us page is available here. :)

Quoting: monsieursauce- Would it be possible to add a shortlist of each user's 3 best games in his profile and signature? This way, each reader could engage more with another. Indeed I do not understand the focus on hardware, distro, but not games ?

We don't really want to have long signatures at the bottom of everyone's post, but enabling people to add such things to their profile may be possible. I'm actually planning to roll out a better profile system once some more essential code has been sorted behind the scenes for a few things.

Quoting: monsieursauce- Would it be possible to create Steam Gol groups for particular games, and show the Steam links on a dedicated page ? As an example, Worms Reloaded multiplayer only works with other Linux users, so a group of Gol active players would definitely interest me. Same with Company of Heroes 2 or Dawn of War 2 which both have the same issue. Same for Ibb and Obb which I did not finish yet!

We do have a Steam Group [External Link] :)

Quoting: monsieursauce- Also, do you plan to release tutorials ? I would love to know more about setting up my wine layer for some games - so that I can finally run Homeworld Remastered!-, know more about Linux, or else.

I don't really use Wine myself and don't really plan to make Wine tutorials a regular feature. There's so many native games we prefer to keep to reporting on them mainly.

Quoting: monsieursauce- I would not mind if you put a few ads on your website or direct buy links when Linux games are on sale.

Adverts really do pay very little, as I mentioned in a previous comment we tried them for a while before and around 80% (i think) blocked them.

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Quoting: MrTennessee17It has a career mode right?

Apparently so yes.

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Quoting: Grazen

Quoting: tuubi

Quoting: liamdawe

Quoting: GrazenTo be honest Liam, posts like this make me want to cancel my Patreon support.

Wow, okay, why? Did I do something wrong?

These occasional reminders are just fine, don't worry about it. Well okay, of course you'd worry as it's your livelihood we're talking about.

If I can make one suggestion though, I'd keep the doom-and-gloom in check. Positive messages work better I think than emphasis on the negative like cancellations. They're on your mind, but they're not what motivates us to support your work. Remind us of the awesome things you do and plan on doing in the near future. That should be enough.

EDIT: typo

Agreed. There's a fine line between 'please support the channel and the work I'm doing' and begging. Your posts sometimes come across as begging and/or the comments about starving or your family or whatever are off mark. We support you for the value that you provide - I don't frankly care about your personal life or personal welfare. I know that sounds harsh, but there's more than enough people here locally for me to care about that I actually know IRL.

If you can't make a living doing this, do something else. I don't want to be shamed into supporting you.

Whoa hold on a minute, who said anything about starving or family? Neither have been mentioned at all, you're the only one being like this. Please don't make things up, it's quite annoying.

Since when have I shamed anyone into supporting me? Any time it's mentioned I thank people. In fact, in this very article I specifically said:

Quoting: methere's never any hard feelings!

I am literally at a loss as to what your issue is here.

The fact is, these posts that I do once every few months (the last was June, before that was April!) increase our support more than any other method. I will continue to do them once every couple months.

If one article every few months bothers you that much, please do feel free to cancel. Anyone can cancel at any time and restart at any time.

Thanks everyone.

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Quoting: Guest

They will be time-limited mission

Because everyone knows XCOM2 needs more of those! ;)

(if you didn't know, that's one of the big complaints about the game)

Regardless, I'm eager to find out about how big this "expansion" will be. Hopefully it won't be too much longer now!

Well, it's a different sort of limit. Current campaign missions sometimes have turn limits, this is an actual time limit.

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Quoting: scaine

Quoting: micha

Quoting: scaine(I'm looking at a door with a bunch of low-level lasers covering it, but the switch is down a corridor of water - touch the water, you die. Totally stumped, and for a quid, I'm not inclined to spend too long fretting about it.)

shoot your energy thingy at the toxic water..

Really?? REALLY??? I never tried that???????

Bloody hell! I got the "Courage" result for dying in that godforsaken room. I thought eventually that I could die in phases, then use my dead arms to jump across. Yeah, that didn't work...

Hah I was going to tell you how, but wanted to see if you came back after figuring it out :p

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Quoting: tuubi

Quoting: liamdawe

Quoting: GrazenTo be honest Liam, posts like this make me want to cancel my Patreon support.

Wow, okay, why? Did I do something wrong?

These occasional reminders are just fine, don't worry about it. Well okay, of course you'd worry as it's you're livelihood we're talking about.

If I can make one suggestion though, I'd keep the doom-and-gloom at check. Positive messages work better I think than emphasis on the negative like cancellations. They're on your mind, but they're not what motivates us to support your work. Remind us of the awesome things you do and plan on doing in the near future. That should be enough.

Noted! A very good point and I will be sure to act upon any and all feedback that I can.

Thanks everyone! <3

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