I've been spoiled by Proton and DXVK. I've bought three (3!) Humble Monthlies for me and my two kids, and I'm now level... 14? on Overwatch. And I tested Fallout: New Vegas too - works nearly perfectly, with the odd flash on certain textures.

If only they'd fix that networking bug on Proton, I'd buy Killing Floor 2 and you'd probably never hear from me again. Would love to buy/play Neir:Automata, but I see it's still got Denuvo and I'll support that piece of crap on a cold day in hell.

Looking forward to hearing what Feral say this week!

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(Disclaimer: I'm drunk)

I find Purple Library Guy (how'd you come up with that name anyway??) to be depressingly spot on for the most part. Try reading that block of text after five pints. It's a challenge. But it rings true to my slightly addled mind.

I can't believe my whole Star Trek dream is shattered in one post on the internet. Thanks man...

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Quoting: TheSyldatEither you get it or you need to watch red state or have somebody doing some piece of art that will make you understand what that sentence ACTUALLY means.

No, I don't get it. I've tried. Your tone make it hard, but I'll continue to try.

All I can do at this point is continue to be civil and supportive. No idea what "red state" is, but I'll maybe look that up. I'm not sure what you meant by having somebody do a piece of art.

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Quoting: TheSyldatIn other words "only an abuser or a silent accomplice of an abuser gets mad at being called one"

Well, despite doing my best to defend your position (which I think I have a fair bit of empathy for), we'll never agree on that. Total nonsense. You walk up to any "innocent" person and accuse them of being an abusive aggressor out of the blue and you'll get a justifiably angry reaction.

And If you call people abusers, unproven by their behaviour, simply for being part of a group, you're literally no different from the people abusing YOU for being part of a different (albeit smaller) group.

We won't agree on the responsible part either. If an LGBT+ person commits a crime, does that make all LGBT+ people responsible? Of course not. If angry, hateful CIS/straight white guys commit despicable crimes against your group, I'm not responsible for that either. I'll take responsibility by calling it out when I see it, but that's my choice as a (hopefully) decent human being. I dunno, maybe that's what you meant, but the way you put it was pretty negative/aggressive - like "this is your fault, man up and fix it".

I mean, even if that's what you meant and want... it's not going to happen, is it? Humans don't work like that. Society barely works like that.

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Well, I rephrased it for a reason. There's a big, huge, gigantic difference between "being responsible" for the persecution of LGBT+ folks by my ancestors and simply recognising that it happened and that I'm part of the group that caused it.

It's most certainly not the "same difference" at all.

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Quoting: TheSyldat

Quoting: tuubiI don't hold every single modern-day Brit responsible for the atrocities committed in the name of the British empire,

But you should and that's where you fail here. Whether you like it or not past deeds of the groups your part of reflect upon you and as such you should acknowledge that sometimmes things are bigger than just your tiny person. So it has nothing to do with ineherited sin and all to do with basic human decency.

I think this is an English language thing, but I don't agree with the statement that we should "hold people responsible" for the sins of their ancestors. For me, it's more about being mindful of those sins, acknowledge that as part of the descendants, we're "part of the abuser group" (whether we are abusers or not) and therefore, do our best not to play into the prejudices of that group.

As I said before, have a bit of introspection and acknowledge that there's some things about you that you just can't change. For me, one way I can do that is to try to ask "how can I help", instead of getting antsy that I'm being lumped into a group for something I can't control. It's hard.

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I am a Scotsman. How dare you! :D

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Feels like we're going round in circles. I've said as much as I can on this subject.

Before I duck out, this is interesting though: "I'm saying we should not automatically be judged as part of one group just because we're not part of another". That exactly what's happening what's happening to some people every day. Every day. And when they point this out, they become the enemy.

All I'm saying is that we all need a bit of introspection to make any real change on this. And, you know, since this won't happen as "humanity", we need CoCs.

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Quoting: Eike

Quoting: scaine

Quoting: tuubiWill these people change if he calls me and the majority of the world's population "abusers"? Maybe it's a language barrier thing, but that's a serious accusation where I come from.

Sorry, I honestly don't see where Syldat has done so?

Quoting: TheSyldatYou just illustrated my previous points exactly with that very comment a knee jerk reaction that everybody have when they are told "if you're not LGBTQ then yes like it or not you're part of an overarching group that has been abuser" and somehow this is us classifying you as "an enemy" . No not an ennemy an abuser there is clear distinct difference but apparently you don't know that there is one ...

Thanks.

This relates to the point I was addressing earlier when I spoke about #metoo: you're NOT being accused of "being an abuser", you're being shown that you're part of a group which is commonly an abuser.

And asking for leniency or distinction while still part of that group... keeps you (in a tiny way) as part of that group. Only WE (the group) can change this. This shouldn't be thrown back at the abused. Their opinion of the abuser group is utterly irrelevant too, except that it's typically used as a trigger for the abuser group to become EVEN MORE abusive.

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Quoting: liamdaweFrom the developer on Twitter [External Link]:

Remind me tomorrow to mention Linux sales are 5x times Mac sales (though it did have a 2 month lead).

Feels nice that Linux has the time-based lead for a change. It's also telling that the dev here is willing to admit that time-based leads make a significant difference. We've been saying that, as Linux users, for years.

[EDIT: Also, you might as well buy it on Itch.io, since you get a Steam key for free there, as well as access to the game via the Itch client, and direct download.]

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