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@SwitchForce the code for said bot is freely available on github, so if you’re capable it’s right there for you to grab and run yourself.

also please tell me of a way to stop paying for things like social security. i don’t believe in the program and by the time i retire it likely won’t be there anyway but as they’re taking my money you best believe i’m going to get every dime back that i can.

@Paej13 the consequences of building bot to automatically buy a switch?!?!? back in woots prime scripts like this were key during woot off. keep in mind this is a toy, not a requirement for life.

@DeathByLasagna i absolutely whole heart disagree that a programmer should even bat an eyelash at how someone uses their program. essentially what you’re saying is the creator or author should be responsible for others actions and that’s a very dangerous and slippery slope.

Also just as a note this bot isn’t even using any sort of API, it’s scraping sites what what I can tell.

you had me at flexible spongebob tongue. to bad there’s no US affiliate links.

I’m not particularly enjoying the game. It’s not as bad as zero but in my book it’s not a 10 either for all the reasons people keep listing. One particularly frustrating issue is that Nintendo doesn’t allow me to play the same island on two switches, I’ve spent $500 on consoles Nintendo, please reward me by seamlessly transferring saves so I can just pick up one and go.

@Heavyarms55 i remember a month or so ago being called racist by you for stating japan needed to shut down the olympics.

@nessisonett i don't follow. eve uses python for scripting all game elements. the base engine is written in a compiled language and that engine is scripted in python. Just like unity is written in C++ and the interface is (primarily C#). Another famous python game is Mount and Blade.

@mystman12 one of my first languages was QuickBASIC. it was definitely a good language to learn for someone who had no clue about computers but I had the same experience and had to unlearn quite a few things. I’m not saying BASIC dialects are bad first languages, I just feel that there are better. Python being a great candidate. After BASIC is from a time when there was no Python and it was the best solution for a simple programming language.

@nessisonett there’s a few production games using python. i know eve online is/was using stackless python at one point. don’t use it for gfx code but there’s nothing wrong with scripting game logic in it. BASIC is cool but you’ll never see it in the real world these days unless you happen to be the unlucky soul porting a VB app. my point was more around industry adoption, of which BASIC has none. A kid writing toy games in python can directly translate those skills into a job both in and out of the gaming industry. BASIC not so much.

@Sidon_ZoraPrince sure, it’s absolutely perfect for that. i can’t answer the ownership question though, sorry. if you have an ipad/iphone there’s an app called pythonista you may wanna look at as well. you can write basic games on it in python and those you definitely own.

Give me a progress bar to show how much is left. I had to bail out cause it’s longer than expected and I dunno when it’s going to be done.

@nessisonett i will never forget what oracle did / is still doing related to android and java. Java is dead to me.

@Sidon_ZoraPrince if you’re studying game development then pick up a real engine. modern engines can be used to create a demo real quick. unreal engine and lumberyard both have visual programming as well

they should’ve used something like python instead. at least that language is used in the real world and would help some develop actually marketable skillsets

@Deltath you most definitely read my comment wrong as i said the exact opposite, that i always have a deadline and to exacerbate issues even more some deadlines are inflexible unless loss of life is acceptable.

Edit: I had some grammatical issues in there that made my point unclear. Hopefully it’s more clear now.

This kills many projects, not just games. I’m a backend developer consultant for a large company by day and I can’t think of a time in recent history where we didn’t both have a deadline and started cutting corners to finish. Unfortunately you can’t always push the deadline back (like when fire season is approaching in the western US)

@StevenG he’s bored, trolling and using this thread for entertainment atm. Scroll up you’ll see his comments stating this. NL needs to get on top of moderation.

@mesome713 mmkay

@mesome713 again we’re not the courts. go tell a judge in your municipality. stating over and over again here that it’s not illegal will literally get you nowhere.

@mesome713 whether or not it’s illegal is not up to us, but the courts. i’m not commenting on its legality one bit, just pointing out your incorrect definition. further it’s legality would be very localized. in some places this type of gambling very much is already illegal.

@mesome713 it literally is the definition of gambling. as is collecting baseball cards technically. money does not have to be involved, just value.

@mesome713 no for PC, I wasn’t aware of a beta for switch, i do see it in the marketplace already with no price or preorder so it could well be under test as well

@Zuljaras it has nothing to do with china being wealthy (Id also like to know why you believe china runs the world economy, but unrelated). who’s ready for another world war? i’m sure not, and until we can get china to step down their communist gov peacefully war will be required. even if we get every country in the world to confront them they will require military intervention and force to change. and to be clear, this will be an extremely bloody war

@JR150 you’re right, animals don’t deserve that brutal treatment but again, if you believe this is actual change then you’re a fool. china will say one thing and do or mean something else entirely. your best bet is to see how the statement benefits them and look there for the real news

@Shade_Koopa mmmkay.

@SwitchForce i will happily spend 4x the amount to avoid situations like this again.

I just got in the closed beta for this game, can’t wait and damn you mojang for taking my summer.

@SwitchForce there are a lot of people trying to keep their kids busy. if you’ve been on a conference call with someone working from home with kids you know exactly why when the switch is sold out they buy an xbox or ps4. kids, even those as old as 10, don’t seem to understand parents being at home but needing privacy

@Shade_Koopa this outbreak has surfaced glaring problems with everything being made in china. you will most definitely see changes. There’s an article floating around about a US company that makes medical face masks and isn’t running production at 100% because as soon as the crisis is over they’ll run the risk of bankruptcy. Since they’re critical they’re asking for permanent contracts from the US gov since they can’t compete with china on price (due to human rights violations). I don’t look to see a switch made in the US anytime soon but I definitely see china being dethroned as the manufacturing superpower as a result of this and manufacturing to be more spread out in the future.

Isn’t the depth sensor currently used for motion? I know it’s supposed to do more but I thought this was the primary purpose of the depth sensor.

Now that we’re here, why didn’t the switch include a normal camera on the back? Exchanging friend codes is a PITA, with a camera we could at least scan a QR code. And if the depth sensor works like a normal camera then how come we can’t use it to scan a friend code?

I would love a minecraft themed pro controller, just from nintendo instead of power a. Also how come they’re leaving out rumble? i can sorta get IR and NFC being left out but rumble?

@sixrings a quick note, most of the best selling games of all time have been on PC. I’ve not heard of any console game making an indie dev a billionaire.

there are other considerations for why nintendo doesn’t have proper voice chat in game, the console is for kids. not a lot of parents want their kid talking to strangers on the internet. the rest of what xbox does is so basic there are companies that exist to do the same thing on pc. what about steam? an entire graphics library exists because of them. their matchmaking services exist for all devs to use as well. and the workshop? xbox still doesn’t have modding. really what you should be praising microsoft for is cross platform. that is, imo, all theyve done worth notice these days. let’s not even get into the numbers, there are still more PC gamers worldwide than console. if you’re focusing entirely on xbox thinking “gee they’re innovative” then you’ve missed a massive chunk of the industry doing more interesting things

@sixrings i think my point being it seems like you’re ignoring the contributions from the PC side of things, which has had more influence on the gaming industry than xbox.

@yuwarite if they defined the blueprint then how come us PC gamers have been getting along fine and continue to do so without xbox services? I would argue steam has done more for gaming than xbox

@sixrings i wouldn’t call games with gold or game pass innovative. the first being your typical supermarket savings program and the latter just being a sub for games. these are more business innovations than gaming as they steady the revenue stream out. i also don’t see how you can credit them with inventing chat, it was here long before xbox and team speak / ventrillo definitely beat them too it. the one thing you listed that is actually innovative is the adaptive controller but even this seems like a marketing stunt

@Vepra conversely, prior to f2p these items would be unlockable, greatly extending gameplay. it wasn’t until f2p became more widely used that the argument that devs can’t make money without it. in theory it’s great, try the game out and only spend money if you want but in practice the psychological factor almost forces people to pay. i personally would personally rather drop $60, or even $80 and have no micro transactions with a bunch of unlockables.

I will be skipping this game myself, at least until i watch some streamers or videos and it looks interesting to me then. As it stands now, categorizing splatoon 2 and fortnite as the same type of game means they have missed what made splatoon great (not being yet another shooter). I’m not interesting in yet another BR or shooter, it’s time for innovation and cute isn’t innovative

@Heavyarms55 yea, they wouldn’t want to be called racist.

@Heavyarms55 I stopped reading before the end of the first paragraph. You have become ridiculous, now asserting that people cannot speak negatively about Japan without bringing up WW2. I could’ve seen this coming given then careless use of the racism word. Here’s someone that is Japanese saying exactly the same thing as me: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22605657

You want to talk about racist, when I was in the US military and visited Japan a good chunk of the stores in Sasebo area wouldn’t serve us because of the color of our skin. We were dehydrated from walking around in the sun all day an a gas station wouldn’t even sell us water. This is racism. Your country. Saying the Olympics should be canceled is not. Saying the Japanese are greedy like the rest of us is not.

@Heavyarms55 People on the board are getting concerned it’s not canceled yet. People around the world are getting concerned it’s not canceled yet. You called me a racist then stated the exact thing, that it costs too much to just cancel. Then there’s the money made from it that will be lost. Do yourself a favor and stop throwing the racist card around when someone doesn’t agree with what your country does. It doesn’t matter who’s hosting it, it needs to be canceled (see how that’s not racism?!?!)

@Heavyarms55 notice you failed to answer the question. you call me racist, so i feel i deserve an answer

@Heavyarms55 I think your definition of racism is incorrect, or any statement of how bad the US handle the situation is anti-US racism. Your pick. Either way how come it hasn’t been canceled yet or even postponed if they aren’t concerned with losing the money/bid? People are concerned it’s not canceled yet and Japan still pushes forward with it.

@Heavyarms55 where are you getting your info from? US has 3x the population of Japan. Confirmed cases are at 2400 and 600 respectively. That’s pretty close on per capita infections with the US. Further many believe Japan is attempting to downplay it because of that Olympics money.

@DrDaisy you have to do the swap yourself but: https://www.amazon.com/BASSTOP-Replacement-Controller-Electronics-Joycon-Atomic/dp/B075JDRHV3/ref=mp_s_a_1_7?keywords=switch+controller+shell&qid=1583165140&sr=8-7

I’m hoping an official atomic purple lite comes out soon enough

why phoenix and not vegas? i feel this will do much better in vegas, but phoenix, i don’t see this happening.

@NintendoByNature black friday opens your wallet and turns it upside down, christmas starts shaking it, and new years starts patting its bottom to make sure they got every last bit of it.

for those of us on the other side of the pond, 10 stone = 140 lbs. they should probably put some conversions in the title, 10 stone means nothing to me but 140 lbs is like “zomg wow!”

congrats on the weight loss Tommy! seriously amazing!

@Crono1973 absolutely not. personal validation of the purchase comes from using and enjoying the device. not a single person here cares what others think of their purchase, if we did don’t you think we would’ve bailed out when game devs started with the “underpowered” crap?

it’s interesting that you think this though, it suggests that this is what you care about, and only purchase systems based on acceptance of the market. further the news of a nintendo product outselling a sony product upset you enough to speak out about it here, which suggests fanboyism since no rational person should react negatively to this kind of news unless they have some money at stake.

@YANDMAN Considering only 12 of 40 listed below made it above 10mil units sold, yes it is a lot. We’re taking about 1 country here, not worldwide.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_game_consoles_by_region

@Crono1973 because the Wii U sold like a stale canned fart and for Nintendo’s business continuity it needs to sell well, two failed “home” game consoles in a row would spell doom for them. So yes, it is a validation thing, market validation.

Not to mention all the game devs ignoring it because of it being “underpowered”. With it outselling “powerful” systems game devs can’t rationally ignore it

$299 for a 2DS XL?!?! I guess you really have to love both pokemon and 2DS to drop that kinda money on an old console