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    Rant on the current state of the gaming industry and a thank you to RetroPie team

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      tyreal90
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      @edmaul69

      I verified account but it says that chat needs 100 posts. Is that the function you are looking to use?

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        edmaul69 @tyreal90
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        @tyreal90 @lilbud i go by the name pimpmaul69. Please try to send me a message.

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          tyreal90 @edmaul69
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          @edmaul69

          also my steam name is tyreal with a spongebob picture. we could try that! im logged in on my phone

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            tyreal90 @edmaul69
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            @edmaul69

            are you for real in colorado? why dont we just do coffee?

            also i cant do that chat so i think if lilbud can you should get the code to him. i will buy it if you think its that good.

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              edmaul69 @tyreal90
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              @tyreal90 i sent you a friend request. I am not completely sure how i will communicate on steam as i havent used it to talk to people.

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                edmaul69 @tyreal90
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                @tyreal90 i have a steam and a gog code. So i have one for both of you. Accept my friend request and we can chat on steam.

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                  tyreal90 @edmaul69
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                  @edmaul69

                  just sent some messages

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                    edmaul69 @lilbud
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                    @lilbud if you have steam message me on there. pimpmaul69

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                      lilbud @edmaul69
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                      @edmaul69 your name doesn't show up in steam.

                      I'm lilbud on steam, as well as everywhere.

                      Creator of the Radiocade: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/6077/radiocade

                      Backlog: http://backloggery.com/lilbud

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                        ABrugsch @tyreal90
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                        @tyreal90 said in Rant on the current state of the gaming industry and a thank you to RetroPie team:

                        @ABrugsch

                        I always search for a game first on GOG (game of games)

                        Game of Games? I thought it was Good Old Games? or is this another service altogether?

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                          tyreal90 @ABrugsch
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                          @ABrugsch

                          No you are very correct. I've used the acronym for so long that I got it wrong haha. I've edited my post

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                            edmaul69 @lilbud
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                            @lilbud im sorry. I am edmaul69 on there. I cant add you because there is too many lilbuds on steam.

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                              lilbud @edmaul69
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                              @edmaul69 I sent you a request

                              Creator of the Radiocade: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/6077/radiocade

                              Backlog: http://backloggery.com/lilbud

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                                edmaul69 @lilbud
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                                @lilbud i responded

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                                  PetroRie @drake999
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                                  @drake999 Totally agreed with you bro! everything you stated is actually the reason why I'm not fond of modern games anymore.

                                  I still remember those days when a game got an expansion pack you used to get so many stuff from the devs like a map editor (Battlefield series), free mods you could get online, nowadays you pay like 15EUR for a DLC just to play new 4 maps (Battlefield for an example).

                                  I had a lot of fun with Delta Force Black Hawk Down, that game had tons of custom maps. Battlefield 1942; same story, Battlefield Vietnam; same story, Battlefield 2; same story. Games used to be great until devs came up with that online DLC crap. In my opinion that killed the gaming industry.

                                  What you said about getting the updates; TOTALLY TRUE! Holy crap, the Playstation network is a joke man. And when someone joins your game who's out of the region well... enjoy the lags. That killed the entire BF experience for me on consoles. They never even bothered to add a ping limit while the players have been asking for it for years now.

                                  Lately I have been playing Ghost Recon Wildlands, I finished the game on 100%, got all collectibles, I still need to unlock just 1 trophy/achievement and then I'm done. But after this, there is no reason for me to play this game anymore. I read an article that they'll release a DLC soon in which you can race, thats freaking funny because the driving in this game sucks hardcore.

                                  My experience with BF1, I unlocked everything longtime ago, I got all my ranks on the max. Whenever I played operations I always used to be in the top 3 and in the winning team, you'll get double XP if your team wins so you'll rank very fast. I stopped playing this game also.

                                  Back to retro gaming, those older games never get boring. I have finished Super Mario World (SNES) many times and I still enjoy playing the game. I'm glad I bought the Raspberry, so far one of the best electronic devices I ever bought.

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                                    edmaul69 @lilbud
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                                    Hey @lilbud, i havent heard from you on steam. Did that code work for you?

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                                      edmaul69 @tyreal90
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                                      @tyreal90 said in Rant on the current state of the gaming industry and a thank you to RetroPie team:

                                      When it comes to memory, I remember getting a 200 megabyte hard drive and thinking how large that was at the time. We have truly come a long way from there!

                                      Its funny, me and a friend of mine watch on youtube episodes of an old 80's 90' computer show called "the computer chronicles" and on one episode from the early 90's i believe' the guest was showing off a new laptop and it was small and because it didnt have a hard drive, the host asked a question about it not coming with a 30 meg hard drive, and the guest made the comment "well wouldnt we all like to have a 30 meg hard drive!!" It was funny looking at it now and how far we have come.

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                                        lilbud @edmaul69
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                                        @edmaul69 I got your message. But then I remembered, I already had the game. Must of got it during a sale and forgot it.

                                        Creator of the Radiocade: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/6077/radiocade

                                        Backlog: http://backloggery.com/lilbud

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                                          lilbud @edmaul69
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                                          @edmaul69 speaking of old hard drives, here is a whopping 2gb hard drive that my dad had. link

                                          Creator of the Radiocade: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/6077/radiocade

                                          Backlog: http://backloggery.com/lilbud

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                                            A Former User
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                                            I was born in the 2000s. While some of my friends play modern games on Steam, I like to go back in time to play some old video games, especially Nintendo Games. This is why I have a Raspberry Pi.

                                            (send me a friend request on steam: i'm AcroGen.exe)

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