The top-selling game on Steam is a new 254-player FPS made by 4 people

Re:The top-selling game on Steam is a new 254-player FPS mad... by AngryData on Sunday June 18, 2023 @02:10PM (#36382704)

I had a great experience in the play test, ran super smooth for me, movement handled like a dream and felt amazing, ran great even with a full server. Had been waiting since forever for it to come out as the playtest was at inconvenient times for me.

Unfortunately it looks like the OS requirements changed and my GPU also just gave up the ghost so I won't be able to enjoy it for awhile.

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Re:The top-selling game on Steam is a new 254-player FPS mad... by carlmr on Sunday June 18, 2023 @02:23PM (#36382852)

>my GPU also just gave up the ghost

German detected, I don't think this is a saying in English.

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Re:The top-selling game on Steam is a new 254-player FPS mad... by bot314159 on Sunday June 18, 2023 @02:59PM (#36383211)

Is this a saying in German? I’ve definitely heard this in the UK in English before, referring to machines/electronics dying.

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Re:The top-selling game on Steam is a new 254-player FPS mad... by carlmr on Sunday June 18, 2023 @04:03PM (#36383876)

Yes, den Geist aufgeben, never heard it in English from non-German speakers, but TIL.

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Re:The top-selling game on Steam is a new 254-player FPS mad... by 20after4 on Monday June 19, 2023 @01:22AM (#36387578)

Along with letting out the magic smoke.

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Re:The top-selling game on Steam is a new 254-player FPS mad... by hammycheesy on Sunday June 18, 2023 @03:03PM (#36383251)

I'm a native US English speaker and I'm familiar with this idiom.

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Re:The top-selling game on Steam is a new 254-player FPS mad... by jstarfish on Sunday June 18, 2023 @04:00PM (#36383846)

"Giving up the ghost" was the name of a BT song about dying, from 1999.

Werewolves in "Zombies Ate My Neighbors" (1993) would literally produce their ghost as part of their death animation.

I don't hear it often but it's been part of the English vernacular for at least 30 years, and certainly before my time.

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Re:The top-selling game on Steam is a new 254-player FPS mad... by carlmr on Sunday June 18, 2023 @04:03PM (#36383884)

Interesting, it's very common in German, and I've only ever heard Germans saying it in English.

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Re:The top-selling game on Steam is a new 254-player FPS mad... by mft_ on Sunday June 18, 2023 @04:02PM (#36383865)

Disagree - common idiom in the UK.

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