pwnicholson

Yeah, saw something after I left the comment. It was Minecraft per se that was down. It was the x box authorization/login system. Even bigger!

How does Minecraft even go down? Was it the MS-run Realms that were down? The entire x-box account authorization system?

That used to be really common. Movie novelizations would come out before the movie, along with soundtracks, etc. It was part of the promotional campaign.

My thoughts exactly.

The MPAA rating system didn’t start widespread use until the early 1970s, and even then (as you’d expect since since it is the MPA"A") only in the USA. Other rating systems in other countries followed later (for the most part).

So any movie prior to that would have been unrated when it came out. Especially if it was a non-USA production.

Any rating you see on a movie older than that has been applied after the fact.

Does “Jaws” count? It wouldn’t be PG these days but I’d say it counts as horror.

“The Birds” was technically unrated when it came out. I’ve seen it rated as PG-13 now, but not sure what that’s based on since it is from way before PG-13.

I don’t remember sidewinder missiles ever coming up in Star Wars

I initially read that as “Florida scrambles to get retired teachers to return to combat.”

Which isn’t really wrong either.

That’s the great part about Lemmy - just switch instances or roll your own. No need to complain about heavy handed mods!

From what I can see in your post history, you haven’t commented on a single one. I think I know at least part of why they’re dead. Maybe that’s a Lemmy account thing where I can’t see it though.

But I can’t say that I have gotten a few responses when I’ve been posting. Not always live during a game, but the beginnings are there, considering it’s still preseason.

Is there another one besides the one made in 2008? That fits your description of people walking out and it being French, but clearly that’s not where the rating system came from given that ratings started in 1968.

Sitting on the floor and building whatever I wanted with the, maybe 800, Lego bricks I had.

It would be great to stop requiring petroleum, but I appreciate that they’re putting a priority on reducing greenhouse gas emissions first and foremost and aren’t going to keep this project moving forward just to greenwash. It would be easy to not admit the mistake, but good on them for making a commitment and really meaning it.

Keep in mind a lot (and I mean A LOT) of Minecraft players are kids. Like, under 12. My kids started when they were 7. And a huge percentage of them and if the older players are casual players. Not everyone is putting in hours a day. Minecraft is very friendly to very casual gaming. Low system requirements. Very social. Quick to pick up, but plenty there to keep you busy for hours if you want to put in the time.

This is a lot of work and grinding for kids and more casual players, and makes it even more where survival is for more advanced gamers and casuals will be left playing creative.

It would be one thing if this was another addition like the Deep Dark that can just be avoided if you’re a casual player. But without these enchantments it’s much harder to get to the ‘fun relaxed survival’ mode, or to get to the level where people can take on the Ender Dragon much less a Wither, etc.

Even people who like to play ‘creative survival’ and just have fun building will have a hard time because without being able to get these enchantments with relative ease, you’ll have you grind for weeks/months of casual play you get them - or you’ll be left having to craft new pick axes every 10 minutes because you keep burning through them.

They’d still be appalled and try to stop him given their strong moral code. And given that they’d be at full strength they’d probably find a way to stop him and reverse things faster than they did in OTL

I can’t think of an Avenger or even sidekick who I would put in the bottom 50% of the earth’s population. Even the dumbest are probably in the top 10-15%.

Edit: I didn’t really think of GotG as “Avengers”, but yeah, Drax and Mantis are probably gone, unless they’re somehow smart for their species. Or unless emotional intelligence is enough to save Mantis. I don’t know if we ever find out enough about Groot to know, but I’d assume he’s in the top of his species. I still think everyone else survives (Hulk survives via Banner, or at least Banner survives).

It’s been done before (though not intentionally at first), at the Salton Sea.

And the results weren’t that bad (granted possibly a smaller scale than some are imagining when they forecast doom).

https://www.ppic.org/blog/the-troubled-history-and-uncertain-future-of-the-salton-sea/

But the problem is any deserts are deserts for a reason: lack of rainfall and/or natural inflow from rainwater upstream. The result is that you have to keep pumping in tons of water and/or rely on agricultural runoff which is nutrient-depleted and usually full of chemicals.

Read the rest of the linked article for what’s going on with that one.

Mending is also about to get much more difficult to get with the new “rebalance” of villager trades

Plastic fibers would be covered under microplastic concerns, and organic fibers (cotton, wool, etc) are easily broken down and don’t stick around in your system.

Plastics don’t ever go away. They hang around, and we’re discovering they hang around in our bodies too. Organic fiber stuff can be easily broken down or passed through your body.

Stock Bedrock survival on a Shockbyte server I play with my kids and some of their friends. But I play on it more than any of them.

Plus a Bedrock realm I keep up to play with my kids, nieces, grandparents, etc to play creative together.