Quoting: Linas(Un)fortunately I can work from home. But man am I not productive with all the distractions around. Any productivity tips?

I'm in the same boat. Being able to do IT work from home is a blessing and a curse. This article from Ars Technica helped me a bit:
Suddenly working at home? We’ve done it for 22 years—and have advice

Also, I have a ton of duplicate Humble keys that I've acquired over the years. As long as people won't resell them, I'd be up for trading or gifting them to fellow GOLers.

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Quoting: Liam Dawe

Quoting: brokeassbenDamn. I joined too late. It was down to two players by the time I got there.

Don't worry, plenty more where today came from ;)

That's excellent to hear. Not sure how many CS:GO players we've got, but I'd be into getting some games of that together. It'd be a nice break from the about 1/10 awful people that populate the servers.

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Damn. I joined too late. It was down to two players by the time I got there.

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The signs have been there since last year, but it's still disappointing. I sank MANY hours into playing this game and a brief flurry of skin updates and a ranking system helped keep a player base for about six months, then that abruptly disappeared and the number of users tanked.

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Fired it up last night and the performance is massively improved. I'd given up on playing because the FPS were so low and inconsistent...and of course immediately died during my first encounter with a warlord because I'd forgotten how to play since I last launched it.

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Just saw that the new kernel (4.18) supports the Steam Controller out of the box

Edit: That actually says nothing about the SC addition, so here's the article from OMG! Ubuntu

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Quoting: Patola... I specially admire when he describes the joy of games I don't like, because it helps me to learn and empathize with him.

Same. I've never been into this type of game, but his excitement for them makes me wish I was. His attitude makes him pretty endearing.

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I'm a big fan of Rogue Legacy. It was punishing with it's nonstop deaths but still managed to hook me. If RL is any indication, this should be fun. Plus the artwork looks pretty rad.

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Dropped $30 on Civ VI last night and already have 12 hours played on it. Might need a break to eat and rest my bloodshot eyes.

Also, why is Gandhi such an ass in this game? Declared war on me for no apparent reason.

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Quoting: Eike

Quoting: GuestI don’t find this bundle interesting. I don’t like that the devs get nothing.

It seems the devs wanted to help gather donations. They are donating their games to reach that.

While there are certainly sketchy NGOs, the ACLU and Doctors Without Borders are not them. Also, I've worked for a couple nonprofit charities (totally unrelated to these) and they are/were both staffed by people who worked for shit money for causes they believe in. Certainly not for the money. I understand not wanting to donate to the ACLU if you're not in the USA, but they are doing a lot to battle the policies of the mentally unstable person running the country. In my opinion, everyone on this planet should be concerned about that. I'd wager that the developers of these games are worried enough that that has influenced their donations of their work to the bundle.

Also, some open source/Linux software is developed by nonprofits so there's that.

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