Murse
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like they claim they did
Am skeptical.
They might just sincerely be stupid, but this all carries a strong scent of bullshit.
My money’s on a calculated PR move, with almost no investment made into it leading up to the action from Valve, culminating with a woe-is-me to stir up some community support.
Agreed. It’s a raw pitch, with no articulation. For me it’s a very high pitch, kind of a digital hum like when you turn a computer monitor on in otherwise complete silence, just louder.
Not everyone will experience the same pitch either. It’s caused by the micro hairs in your inner ear dieing, which for some reason causes the pitch they were responsible for detecting to be stuck permanently on.
Closest thing to silencing tinnitus is distracting yourself from it with other, louder sound - I tend to have music or something on as often as possible, but that constant loudness is slowly killing more micro hairs and expanding the range of the tinnitus over time.
Old man me is gonna be deaf as fuck. 🤘
Not that rare, considering they did the exact same thing already.
Kinda looks like they’re doing it on purpose so that the following apology gets them some free publicity and reputation for being honest… which is manipulative and shady.
I knew this would have a shitty ratio xD
For those of you who are hearing about this for the first time, and planning to actually dive in, you’re in for a treat!! Shoot me a pm pr something if you ever want to nerd out about it once you inevitably become addicted!
Protagonist spitting machine gun fire, and giving tactical instructions to his troops between bursts…
Camera cuts to one of the troop’s POV: protagonists mouth is moving, and he’s making important looking hand gestures, but all you hear is:
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
muffled popping
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Protagonist shoots another machine gun burst - louder but still muffled popping
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
…fast forward 15 years, troop is laying in bed awake with his sleeping wife. Camera cuts to wife: silence. To troop: eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. back to wife: silence. back to troop: eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. Wife: silence. Troop: eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.
Pans out to exterior of house.
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
muffled pop
credits roll in silence
Hmm, this is far less obscure than some of the other comments, but very much indie at the same time:
This is technically a mod, but is in Steam as its own game (vs in the Steam Workshop) bc it’s a legit full game; they broke Sktrim down to its assets and rebuilt a completely new game out of it. So, familiar mechanics and engine; brand new everything else (lore, terrain, voice acting, music, etc).
It’s a passion project from an indie dev crew iirc based in Germany, called SureAI - note that they’ve been around since 2003, and have no connection to the the slop we’re calling “AI” nowadays.
Enderal is a 90-10 slit of absolute masterpiece and absolute jank - it’s Skyrim’s engine, so it has all of Skyrim’s problems. You WILL run into stupid shit like quest items falling through the floor, so save frequently (real save, that makes backups, not just quick) and don’t be afraid to fix shit with console commands; but once you get past the Skyrim jank, you’ll be treated with an absolutely incredible story that delves into philosophical and emotional topics. You know that sunken feeling you get when you finish a really good book cuz you CRAVE more, but know it’s over? Enderal is the only videogame that’s ever evoked that from me. Cannot overstate how damn good the writing is!
Actually playing it… it’s been a while, so it might be different now, but last I played it required you to have either the original release or special edition version of Skyrim already in your Steam Library, enabling it to hijack the assets. So, whichever one you have, download the corresponding version of Enderal. The plus side is that it’s completely free barring the Skyrim requirement - and like, actual free, with no ads or micros or any of that BS.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/933480/Enderal_Forgotten_Stories/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/976620/Enderal_Forgotten_Stories_Special_Edition/
If you have both, DL the version that you don’t usually play in Skyrim - this will enable you to have both installed at the same time if desired, with no fuckery from competing file use. …if just one version, back up your Skyrim saves before installing, as it’s been known to cause issues.
Anyway, remember that first playthrough of Skyrim when everything was brand new and you didn’t know the game like the back of your hand? …this is the closest you’ll get to revisiting that experience. Possibly surpassing, since Skyrim’s story is kinda cliche; Enderal will make you feel something new.
One pseudo spoiler: they redid combat and leveling mechanics. Don’t lean too heavily on the tricks you know from Skyrim. Aka, sneaky archer will get your ass handed to you. Experiment with the different combat options! Avoid additional spoilers like the plague.
Kinda like how a cancerous ‘boom’ is at risk of being excised once it’s identified by a doctor.
In most contexts, yes.
The problem with that rule is most malicious people are well aware of it, making the appearance of stupidity a tool to free them from accountability. Look at politics - we (collectively) give Trump the village idiot pass, ogling at someone could be so stupid as to blunder their way into the absolute worst economic, tactical, social, etc outcome possible. He’s not an outlier in that behavior, and corporate reps / CEOs often do the same shit.
I don’t have the insider knowledge to say with certainty that any one instance is an example or not, but I definitely reject the whole ‘never attribute to malice’ spiel.