RoA is also a good pickup right now because it’s kind of the biggest platform fighter that actually kept a competitive audience, and RoA 2 is coming out pretty soon. My brothers (Melee dudes) are pumped for it.

I’m a Dodger fan, but I really wasn’t expecting Teoscar to hang with some of the bigger sluggers. Super proud for him, though!

Damn good show this year. Not sure if the format changes were good this year or not, but it was a dramatic semifinal and final round, at least.

That name is still so very uncomfortable.

What sort of fighting games are you interested in? What have you played, and what are you curious to try?

LET’S GO FIGHTING GAMESSSSSS

Tekken 8 - $39.98
I’ve heard good things about this Tekken, but I’ve never wrapped my head around the combo/juggle system and 3-D fighters in general

DBFZ - $9.59
Great game, it’s a shame that it didn’t get to shine long enough as the common grounds among various FGC communities. Still, for $10, that’s great.

MK1 - $27.99
I think this is supposed to be a story reboot, so it’s easy to get into for newer players, narrative-wise. Combat seems to be good too, and NRA is great for including lots of things to do for people who aren’t into grinding a ranked ladder against human opponents.

GG Strive - $19.99
This game is GREAT. It isn’t quite as frenetic as older entries or other anime fighters, but it’s flashy and stylish as hell. I’ve gotten multiple people into fighting games starting with GG Strive. Definitely check it out if the look or style even remotely interests you.

Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising - $29.99
I like this one a lot, though the sale is a bit shallow. Anime looks, but a very grounded system. It gelled with me, coming from a Street Fighter background. I still struggle with corner combos, but to me it’s a demonstration of the accessibility and depth of the game. I can hit my 4 hit combo, sure, but someone who knows what they’re doing can pull out a 9-move combo and do 30% more damage in the corner, meaning that playing for stage position and footsies and everything are just as important as they are in SF.

I never played it, but it seemed to face the issue that so many other flash-in-the-pan games have. It’s got a great idea, and then players want more, more, more, and the team wasn’t planning/prepping for that much that soon. And by the time they do get those additions ready, the playerbase has moved on.

I heard Helldivers has fallen off a cliff for player count, and it’s definitely been the bane of many fighting games I’ve bought.

Ah, that’s a bummer. I love Danny’s stuff in general, didn’t know that about this company.

I think Steam NextFests have been a big part of the prevalence of demos. Before we had those, sure, a few games would have demos, but they wouldn’t really gather much attention. NextFests are a good excuse for players to try a bunch of demos (think of the old demo discs that came with gaming magazines) and post about them on social media. This is a great way for smaller games to attract eyes, so now developers are more incentivized to actually produce demos, rather than just neat trailers and screenshots for marketing purposes.

Wait, it’s back? How long has it been back?

Tyrian Alliance? Is this essentially the new fill-in for the Pact?

Ah darn, I got the $100 bundle (without the living world seasons) for my buddy just a few days before the sale. Unfortunate.

Not a bad approach, but 100/150 is 0.6666, not 0.75.

Edit: I didn’t read the entirety of the problem, but in any case, this should help you state almost anything regarding the simple math. Note that in actuality, I don’t think there would be a true meeting place due to orbital paths, but if you treat it as a linear “train” problem, this is how I would do it.

This may not be the simplest, but here’s an easy way to just use lots of substitution and basic algebra.

Let t = time in days to meet

Let a = speed (not velocity) of rocket A

Let b = speed (not velocity) of rocket B

1 = 200 * a

1 = 150 * b

200a = 150b

a = (3/4)b

1 = (t * a) + (t - 30) * b

Substitute for a

1 = (3/4)bt + bt - 30b = (7/4)b - 30b

Recall that 1 = 150 * b and set these equal

150b = (7/4 * t - 30) b

Divide by b

150 = 1.75t - 30

1.75t = 180

t ~ 103 days

At 103 days, the ships will meet, and since it’s over half the time it takes for rocket A to reach Earth, the meeting point will be closer to Earth.

What do you think of the game? My buddies and I played a lot of Catan (and expansions) from 2005-2013, but have moved away from it. One of our group really doesn’t like how much is left up to dice rolls.

Ah, for me, it was acid rain.

From what I’ve played and heard, it’s a bit of a “reset” after the highs of Endwalker, and the story takes a while to get started. It takes 20 quests to even reach the first new dungeon, which will take at least an hour+ of gameplay and cutscenes. I’m still looking forward to getting through it, but I understand the muted responses.

This is one of those games that I never played, but heard years later that there was a cult following for it.

A friend of mine apparently played it during childhood, and it’s one of their core games of that era. The variety of gameplay with the bright yet grim style just spoke to them deeply.

Whoa, 2 guest characters! Kinda sucks that it’s going to be literally half the content for the next year, but Terry and Mai are great choices.

Still missing my girl Laura, though.

Mine is mostly a machine for travel. It’s a godsend on flights, or for keeping up with an MMO like FFXIV when I’m gone for a week or longer. It’s also handy for group things when we have a TV (Jackbox for family, or Moonrakers: Luminor for my board game group).