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i'm nervous for brad. The podcast used to be where brad would make up for his late night dota play by sleeping and yawning for 2-3 hours. If he's hosting now he'll never sleep and be a danger to himself and his loved ones : /
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Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Eh, TheLegendOfMart has been hating on brad for a long time now. If he doesn't want to listen because of him hosting than it's fair enough.
stump sock
Member
Jeff relaxing is happy Jeff. Happy Jeff is good for everyone including Jeff. But not Geoff, and definitely not Greg.
It'd be one thing if you ever offered any observation that wasn't negative or cynical, but you don't.
The answer is also all over this page. Take your own advice and maybe try not to be so miserable.
I don't care what he feels really but he shouldn't be surprised in responses when he always acts like an irredeemable dick in this thread.
TharpDaddy
Member
Makes sense Brad hosts it. Spread the hosting responsibility around a bit. Jeff hosts most of the livestreams, so it's smart that Brad hosts the podcast. He's shown he does a good job with it.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Jeff's car rocketing off into the air was great.
Yeah, I feel the energy or direction of the podcast would falter some weeks when you could tell Jeff wasn't as into it. This really is the best outcome for everyone think.
MrTroubleMaker
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rofl the crew ql and the jump into the air!
TheLegendOfMart
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Yeah cause everything posted here is gospel truth, like the moronic Brad is leaving "jokes".
Pretty much every recent change of their own choosing turned out to be a great decision, imo. So glad they are knocking it out of the park again with the Bombcast after turning up their video output back to eleven. And so many of their ideas are still waiting to be realised!
happy GB = happy me
happy GB = happy me
Get over yourself. Seriously.
bigwinnerx
Member
I'm happy Dan and Jeff can find common ground on Bingo of all things. 
Also my next band will be called "Meat Raffle".
Also my next band will be called "Meat Raffle".
Jimmyfenix
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You just need to calm down buddy.
stump sock
Member
I think Auto Assault pretty much ruined the chances of seeing another one of those.
Yes but there's only missions in Detroit.
McLargepants
Neo Member
It's not like Jeff won't be there anymore. Brad just is now more actively engaged in the conversation (awesome) and Jeff can be more "unhinged" (also awesome).
Based purely upon the missions I'm seeing in the quick look that's not much of a loss.
Edit: !... I had to stop and frame by frame that huge jump.
Yeah, you can access the entire map so you can go and do the Cannonball Run.
Need For Speed World is still a thing, not really as much of an MMO like auto assault though.
Did they say the final game would require you to be online at all times? This might just be a beta thing. I don't see why this game wouldn't have an offline mode.
It's a MMO, MMO requires online connections.
also everyone you ever love will eventually leave you or die.
He did that a year ago when he stopped streaming randomly at weekends and basically gave up twitter.
All not hosting the podcast does is free him up to do other things
endurance run with Dan
He only stared hosting it out of necessity and I think he realised having Brad host it gets the best out of him.
The scale of the open world and subsequent LOD is pretty impressive.
Also, SQUIRREL!
Also, carboarding down Pikes Peak.
Also, SQUIRREL!
Also, carboarding down Pikes Peak.
Okay, I need to watch Cannonball Run now.
TheLegendOfMart
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All I asked was if Brad had taken over the reigns so I didn't have to bother listening to the Bombcast today or in the future, then I got some smartarse remark from you calling me obnoxious for asking a simple question.
You can not like something but still wish it success for others that do like it.
I love open world racing games and the upgrading and leveling up and crazy amount of customization was one of my favorite parts of the old Need for Speed games. I bet there's a lot of others that love that gameplay style too.
Don't wish it ill simply because it's not your cup of tea.
Nope, sorry. I'm going to wish failure on any game that implements always-on DRM for a game that doesn't absolutely need it.
Yep, and microtransactions.
TharpDaddy
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Ok I made this list, let me know if it's accurate.
You forgot the cold vacuum of outer space as well as ketchup on a burger.
Jimmyfenix
Member
This pissed me off. In a trailer they were advertising "Hey man you can spend real money on car upgrades!!"
You would think such a feature would be hidden away but nope.
I think it's silly to condemn micro transactions without knowing how they actually affect your gameplay. If the curve of acquiring stuff is fine without microtransactions, and the game is fun to play to get the things you would normally use microtransactions to purchase, I don't see why it is worth condeming. It offers another option to those who would like to use it and don't have the time otherwise, or those who just don't like playing games that long.
As for always online, I can feel you on that. I don't think this is the same as always online DRM, because the world in this game does seem designed to be populated by tons of people at once and the online hooks are meant to provide a lot to the experience, but I do think options are always better.
That option has always existed, except it used to be called cheat codes.
Space Cowboy
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Hm...
Vinny and Alex stream?
Vinny and Alex stream?
MrTroubleMaker
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'New LIVE SHOW in 00h 10m 20s
Live with Velvet Sundown "
will beast be on time?
edit: almost
Live with Velvet Sundown "
will beast be on time?
edit: almost
I would say that's a bit extreme, but my experience with Ubisoft always-on DRM so far:
Splinter Cell Conviction PC: Couldn't play co-op with a friend during the first two days of launch for longer than 15 minutes because the server handling the online checks failed. Meanwhile, pirates were playing fine because the multiplayer didn't even do a basic CD-key check and they just patched out the online checks. This was after a 3 month PC delay.
Anno 2070 PC: Going offline meant losing access to the 'Ark' upgrades (your base) which is what stored all cross-mission persistent benefits for your settlement which you earned. For a city-building RTS, I don't really need to describe how much that impacts gameplay.
Ubisoft scepticism is well earned.
TharpDaddy
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I really like the presentation of The Crew, but i'm not too sure of the gameplay. The only racing game i enjoy are Burnout and this doesn't look nearly as arcadey as that. I think the insane modification you can do the cars is really interesting though.
Hm...
Vinny and Alex stream?
Saw that pop up on Steam. This should be good.
MrTroubleMaker
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If they talk about poop on the bombcast next week it will be my last bombcast for a month or two. This is disgusting. It's been recurring for weeks and weeks now. They're obviously deliberately making the editorial decision to subject us to this. I'm so fucking sick of it. Jesus Christ. Cut it the fuck out.
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