DuckReconMajor

This is incredible news and I'm still immeasurably happy you picked this project back up.

I got into Headspace a few years ago, and eventually got my 365-day streak in the app. I don't have any high-minded ideas about it; after doing a year of short meditation exercises in the app i'm much better at 'disengaging' from an oncoming anxiety spiral which helps a lot.

here's an old post @Maes made on the subject (sort of, the thread itself is a good discussion on what 'counts' as doom running)

I always saw Halo getting more love from classic fps fans than Call of Duty. I never understood it. In Call of Duty you didn't move like a fucking tank. I eventually came around on Halo somewhat but I'll always prefer Call of Duty and consider it the one more in line with old-school FPS gameplay

Incredibly sorry to hear that. I vaguely remember crossing paths with Ghastly on here back in the short time he was active. And having some part in a work like Luantic is a high honor indeed. I agree with your sentiment Dynamo and I appreciate highlighting the work he'd done to help honor him. Looking through his profile I came across this thread, I wonder how that event went. If it were a different time and I'd seen the thread i'd maybe have tried to make it there.

shift right-click into the source port folder (usually a dsda-doom release these days) in Windows Explorer and click "open powershell window here" then start typing or press up to do command line commands

Humanity has no excuses now. Anything is possible.

I dream of a future where a single minute of Doom 2 footage exists without boom-clip-clop-clack

same here! This was on the newly released Xbox360 so 05-06. Back then I refused to come up with a username on the spot. I would always wait a couple days until something came to me what came to me was "DuckAssaultMajor". That of course went over Xbox's 14-character limit. Recon Major came to me as an alternative, likely from a character in Ace Combat 5, my favorite video game Ended up being a prudent choice as I've avoided being called "Duck Ass" the last 15+ years. Though I probably would have (and still would) find that funny.

The one that always sticks in my mind is when i finished Zelda 2 (on the master quest gamecube disc) when i was like 14 or so. Not such a big deal nowadays but back then it was the first time I kept at a difficult game until the end

@CrueCut that's probably on me then, I don't happen to remember a huge jump in difficulty on those maps but it may have been something I missed. Nef was very intent on making this accessible and made multiple changes based on my feedback. If you have specific examples of overly hard fights i'm sure Nefelibeta would like to know

Here to attest these are prime cuts, primo stuff.

In the PrBoom+ settings, the 2nd page of general settings under Miscellaneous there's an option for "in-game launcher". set it to "always" and you can pick your game there once you close the program and re-launch PrBoom+ If you so decide to try the command line route, in the folder where your prboom is you can shift+right click and do "powershell here", type "cmd" in that window and use the commands luckypunk said. Otherwise just use the launcher i mentioned above.

I actually still buy music from the iTunes store sometimes. This allows me to use apps on my iPhone for pitch shifting the songs or using something like moises.AI to seperate instruments/vocals and such. For regular listening though, I've just used spotify for almost a decade now. I only own the physical CDs in the rare case an album is on 0 streaming services.

Escape from Castle Chezcrea is my usual spooky recommendation. Use software and keep gamma low if you can

Sorry here's 3 Scythe Suspended in Dusk Sunder

A couple links https://dsdarchive.com/advice and

Hey you stole my answer! I managed to pistol start MAP02 in one go a few years ago and it was exhilarating. Great job xdude!

I certainly understand the sentiment. I think we all go through times where we wonder if we're "the weird one" for liking this or that. One benefit of getting older is feeling this way less often. Some thoughts: People forget that the "childhood" interests you had were often shared by many others in your generation, who all grow up liking a lot of the same stuff. Older people don't just do certain things because they're "adult" things, but often because it's what they did when they were younger. A lot of these comments stem from manosphere or other reactionary spaces where an adult having a genuinely enjoyable time is seen as frivolous or shameful. But despite what these pseudo-intellectual scam artists want to tell you, a lot of even the most 'masculine' type men today have interests that 30 years ago would have gotten them labeled an unlikeable nerd and weirdo Along the lines of that comment in the second screenshot, a lot of "high art" is considered so simply because the ruling class at the time and in the following years just kind of arbitrarily decided so. That doesn't mean those works don't have value, but more often than not people who actually enjoy something like reading Shakespeare, not just doing it to look smart, won't have these belittling opinions of all other works I know you've said several times this isn't about Bill Maher, but you keep starting out these threads mentioning people whose main purpose is to make you feel like shit and how their words make you feel (which is shitty, as that was their intent all along)

I like being able to see things *shrug* It gives everything a new mapper look that I find charming. I honestly hate the radsuit green much more than seeing everything full-bright I have no idea how to vote in this poll. There are 2 questions with different answers. I agree with others that it is indeed cheating. But of course if we're not talking demo recording or multiplayer, who cares.

I agree. A quick google search says they lost to Devils in a preseason game today? I guess some things are right in the world sometimes There are some statements you can make in a sports thread that will deservedly garner universal agreement and this is one of them

Definitely the getting lost one. Honestly I get lost more in maps that aren't cryptic than ones that are. There's obviously nothing a map maker could do to prevent that but it makes me so angry and I don't have the patience for it. Finding secrets during times like that just rubs salt in the wound. I think I'm better at finding secrets than following intended progression which sounds fun but I hate it. I am getting better at actually using the automap though, which I used to never do, so I get lost less often now

Is your psychologist someone who you see for checkups and med prescriptions or someone you talk through things with? I know many people have both, i have in the past, but I realize getting access can be difficult. In any case I am glad you are getting professional help. In times like these it's good to reach out to someone you feel comfortable with and talk on the phone or see them in person. You can't reason yourself out of any of these thought patterns you've been describing, especially if you're by yourself ruminating. On the main topic, I remember reading an article by a published author type guy who recalled having anxiety that he hadn't accomplished as much as Barack Obama, and reflecting on how irrational that is. No matter where you are in life you're going to have feelings like that, it's human nature