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I would imagine being extremely good friends with Joe Rogan helps immensely.
Maybe it has something to do with Digital vs Physical?

If I get a rare card from a booster pack, I physically own that card.

But say I use something like Maplestory cubing as an example. Cubes allow you to reset % stats on an item, and I think they're like $1-$2 per cube, depending on the cube. I can easily blow through hundreds of cubes trying to get a perfect roll.

However, no matter how much I pay I will never have ownership over that item.

I believe as long as the place of business is not a government agency, they are not obligated to accept all payment types.

https://www.federalreserve.gov/faqs/currency_12772.htm

Re:The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Release on Friday May 12, 2023 @08:45AM (#35915420)
Might've worded it poorly. Just meant that a game running at 60fps is always better than that same game running at 30fps. In the worst case scenario, they're the same game.
Re:The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Release on Friday May 12, 2023 @07:57AM (#35914908)
>Why? Will it make the games more fun to play?

Yes. Movement in an action game feels inherently better at 60fps than at 30fps. Metroid Zero Mission (2004), and Metroid Dread (2021) both feel extremely crisp and precise compared to Metroid: Samus Returns (2017) which runs at 30fps.

The biggest complaint that Bloodborne gets, outside of not being available on PC, is that it's locked to 30 fps.

I can't think of a single reason where a game at 60fps would be more fun at 30fps.

Re:How and why we acquired our .com domain on Wednesday May 10, 2023 @02:16PM (#35891208)
Google Domains: https://domains.google/ The last time I used it, it was around 12$/year at the minimum.
Re:Why teens are suddenly obsessed with chess on Monday May 01, 2023 @07:57AM (#35771573)
Differences that I've noticed:

1. Lichess rating is ~200-300 points ahead of a Chess.com rating. Not in the sense that players are better, but an 800 player on Chess.com will probably be 1000-1100 on Lichess.

2. Fantastic analysis tool. Chess.com analysis tends to be a bit funky sometimes.

3. Zen Mode. Not really a pro / con, but it's nice to hide the UI and just have a board on the screen when playing.

4. Free, obviously. No ads.

5. Younger audiences may want to play where their favorite streamer players, which tends to be Chess.com for nearly everyone unless you're Eric Rosen. Hikaru Nakamura, GothamChess, Magnus Carlsen, Botez Sisters, Anna Cramling, and Chessbrah are all on Chess.com.

6. Chess.com has better puzzles, although limited on the free tier.

I don't have exact numbers on population for both platforms, but if someone can correct me, I'm fairly sure Chess.com holds the majority of players.