MetalCaveman

I would be interested in seeing that info for Mexico, a lot of deaths are just being reported as atypical pneumonia, and with only a small amount of cases being tested real numbers may be way higher than reported. Then again, given we're in line for out bloodiest/most violent year in a while, I wonder how would that affect the data.

1:30/7:30 works for everyone?

I think treating it as a dog whistle is giving these people way too much credit. Today the government announced their plan to help businesses, well... some of them at least, they're focusing on small businesses first, formal and informal (not registered, don't pay taxes), thing is, they're only giving them 25k pesos which is... Not at all, I want to give them the benefit of the doubt and assume it's 25k per employee, but I don't think that's the case. Either way, 25k if it's per employee it's not much, though for some people it'll be a saving grace, for a while at least, if it's per company then... it's nothing and from what I've seen, it's a one time thing, that after 3 months you have to start paying back with a 6% interest rate. Also, the government is bragging about it's approach to dealing with the pandemic, which involves moving away from "neoliberal science" (whatever the fuck that means) which according to them is dependent on technology, at the same time, they seek to achieve "technological sovereignty" to ensure Mexico with Mexican work and Mexican made stuff will be able to handle the pandemic. So let's just ignore the president begging for some supplies from the US government, IMSS buying supplies and machines from China, and the Cuban doctors who were supposed to come and help us, yup, none of that happened, Mexico with Mexican strength alone will overcome this. Meanwhile, doctors keep being attacked and the government says nothing about it, literally the only thing said about it was one "please don't do that" from the president, that was all. Personally, I don't want things to go "back to normal" 'cause "normal" was fucked up, I'd rather we all take this chance to at least try and fix some shit, but I know that won't happen and we're likely to emerge from this worse than before.

"The melting pot is melting down" And now, for something completely different: They're no longer scraping the barrel, they took the barrel, filled it with gun powder, rum, pcp, lsd, and whatever else they could find and then went to town...

Anyone up for something this Friday/Saturday? Could do some Destiny 2 (maybe try that gambit mode?), or something else, I don't have the Party Pack stuff though, so someone else would have to host that one. Somewhat related, has anyone here played GTFO? Watching some videos of it, looks interesting, but also hard as hell, only four players though.

Sorry I couldn't play, after finishing everything I had to do I ended up taking a nap and doing nothing more for the rest of the day. ?

Don't know if I'll be able to join, got some housework to take care of, but if I can get it done quick I'll see if I can jump in.

I play Titan, always been my favourite, Hammer-Falling enemies is pretty fun. My problem, after running around for a bit trying to get a feel for it, is that I underestimate the initial boost and overestimate the jetpack thingy. Which is why I keep falling short of where I want to go. That sounds cool, is it a special playlist or bounties and stuff?

That might have something to do with it, I assume that 22 mobility is low? (I have 52 strength). Also, played for a bit, got an exotic quest that has the requirement of: get an exotic engram So that's going to be fun.

There's been some attempts at protests, some have been broken by the police, others sort of died out when few people showed up. The Secretariat of the Interior issued a warning against TV Azteca, for telling people to disobey social distancing norms and continue with their business/daily activities as usual. On another note, it sure is a fun time to live in a country that bases a good chunk of its economy on oil isn't it? Yes there are hedges and there's supposed to be some kind of insurance, but no one knows the specific numbers of those, so it's hard to say how big of a hit we'll take.

Yeah, I had never played any of these games before, but that was fun.

Took most of the day, and there's still some work/cleanup to do, but now I've moved my game/bed room into a different spot. This is where my old consoles used to be, now they're were my bedroom used to be. This place is a bit smaller, but overall it's an improvement, particularly in terms of layout and how close power outlets are. The other room, I'd like to turn it into a movie room if/when things get better.

To be honest, currently that time works for weekdays too. For me at least.

Been playing on kb+m, surprisingly comfortable given I'm not used to it, usually play with controller. I hope it's not too loud, mechanical keyboards tend to be annoying like that.

Today I learned: I can't jump. Also there's a ton of stats and stuff I don't quite get, I'll have to look into that, maybe there's something to make you jump better.

Welp, this is a thing. I don't watch much TV so I've missed most of this, but this is the latest in what seems to be a campaign from Grupo Salinas against Lopez-Gatell, undersecretary of health. I've criticised him for his late response, how long it took for measures to be taken and how light these measures seemed compared to what other countries have done and the results they had. But I also can't deny he's doing what he can with what he has, and his reactions and responses improve dramatically when the president isn't around. This however, is outright fake news. Calling him a liar because in an interview to the WSJ he said the model Mexico uses leaves many undetected cases. Meaning, there's way more infected than are being reported. Somehow, this has been spun into "Don't believe his lies, he's an idiot, we should all be able to go out, work and hang out with friends." Yes it's true that they had said the current figures aren't up to date, but that should serve for people to take it more seriously, as there are WAY more infected that are being reported, NOT the other way around. Also, something fun happened with some medical supplies. The contract was given to a Mexican middle-guy who has contracts with other companies, like PEMEX, to buy ventilators and other supplies from Chinese companies. He was all "well, we paid THIS much because they have increased the price of everything, but in the end our supplies are secured and they'll get here when we need them". Then the Chinese company went "We.... don't know what you're talking about, we have no orders from Mexico or the Mexican government, and our products haven't and WILL NOT increase in price, particularly during this emergency." Who's telling the truth? Who's lying? Tune in next week for the stunning conclusion!

Sounds good to me.

Something that I kinda overlooked, sorry about that, is classes, I only have a Titan, but can start a new whatever if others want to play Titan. Anyone got any favourite class?

OK, I think I get it now, the current quests were added for new players after it went F2P, after you complete them (or at any time depending on how you want to progress) you can get the campaigns and play those. I guess the objective is to introduce new players to the basic systems and then those that care about the story can play the campaign, everyone else can just focus on raids/strikes/pvp. From what I've seen, some rewards have been removed from the campaign, but you can still get some decent stuff.

Yeah, I'm in.

To get the sparrow: Visit Amanda Holiday in the hangar. That's it, no level 20 or completing the campaign. I wish it told you that stuff, or made it more obvious. She also sells (for glimmer/free) 3 campaigns, I don't know how that works, what the missions we've been playing are for or what's the deal with that, maybe something to look into? Don't know if it'll reset quest progress or if the current missions are just meant to be a quick introduction and then you buy the campaigns. Also, bought a new ship, and then got a better one from an eververse engram I had.

How many people can a fireteam have? I remember being capped at 3, don't know if they've changed that since. Side note, how was my mic audio? First time using the headset mic, usually have a separate one, but it gets in the way with my current setup.

Discord could work, doesn't Steam also have something built-in?

IIRC you have to play up to a certain mission before you can join others. Mind you this was back in Season 1(?) or whenever it became free-to-play. My other headset is toast, and the phone ones I have have crappy audio and even worse mics.

Destiny on PC works for me. Fortnite too, though I hope the Switch supports USB headsets.