Finally bit the bullet and picked up a Vive. Ordered online from Microcenter for in-store pickup. It was surprisingly easy process:

@scottalanmiller said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:

@Nic said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:

@scottalanmiller said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:

@Nic said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:

The Vive is a crazy amount of fun. The roomscale makes a huge difference compared to the seated experience, and having tracked controllers is way better than using an xbox controller.

That one tempts me a lot.

If you want to come for a visit you can try it out

I need to get out there!

We got plenty of room, so come on out whenever!

Latest free game from Ubisoft is Rayman Origins:
https://club.ubi.com/#!/en-US/ubi30

GOG is having a sale for Talk Like a Pirate Day on pirate-themed games:
https://www.gog.com/promo/20160919_weekly_staff_picks_talk_like_a_pirate_day

@scottalanmiller said in Time for me to move on from Webroot:

@Nic said in Time for me to move on from Webroot:

It's farming, but with some interesting constraints. You have to secure your plants in a way that other industries don't require, and you have to track them from seed to harvest for compliance reasons. The other interesting factor is that because it's been illegal for so long, there's not as much public knowledge or scientific research like there is for other crops. That's part of what we're hoping to change with the Growers Network community.

That's weird, I thought that there was more knowledge than with other crops. You know in hydroponic circles, nearly all industry knowledge comes from marijuana farming. Everyone that grows tomatoes, cucumbers, lettuce, etc. learns from marijuana educational materials.

That's probably true in more recent history, but there's not the longer term build-up of knowledge due to it having been illegal in most places for so long. Plus the grow operations are becoming bigger now (or at least the legitimate ones are). Whatever the current state, we're hoping to collect and improve on the knowledge that's out there and provide a place for professionals to share knowledge. The Spiceworks of Cannabis, if you will

@BRRABill said in Time for me to move on from Webroot:

@Nic

Will you still be giving out 1 year trials?

While I still have them

@Dashrender said in Time for me to move on from Webroot:

Sooo.. the question is.. how do you get the company to send you to MangoCon next year?

Good question - I might just have to come on my own for fun.

@BBigford said in Time for me to move on from Webroot:

Their HQ is in Spokane? That's only 2 hours south of where I grew up in Idaho.

That's cool you get to work from home. What are you going to be doing that warrant's being able to do that?

That's just where the business is registered, for legal reasons. The parent company is actually in Tucson, AZ, so I'll be making some regular trips out there. Since it's an online community for cannabis professionals, I'll be building and growing the community - basically all the same stuff I've done elsewhere

@scottalanmiller said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:

@Nic said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:

Deadly Tower of Monsters is quite fun.

Glad I bought it then

It's an isometric shooter, but the fun part is the 50s B-movie conceit along with narration by the "director" of the movie that you're playing.

I have this one and it's awesome:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003TPGPUW/

@RojoLoco said in Introducing my replacement representing Webroot:

If the avatar looks like the man himself, then I must conclude that Webroot only hires folks with awesome hair. Can I be next?

Also, welcome to the blah blah blah....

Josh does have some technicolor hair that changes often. He also wears lots of cool nerd-themed baseball caps.

New free game from Ubisoft: Beyond Good and Evil
https://club.ubisoft.com/en-US/ubi30

Paypal is down as is http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/ ironically - not sure if it's part of the original ddos or just too many people are trying to see if websites are down.

I'm not saying they're trying to take Wikileaks down. I'm saying they're trying to take down the distribution methods. If Twitter and reddit are down, then Wikileaks can release whatever they want but people won't be able to share and talk about it. They don't have to stop it completely, they just have to slow it down enough so that the last minute bombshells don't get to everyone in time before they vote.

Anyway, I'm only talking from the tin foil hat perspective and have no idea if it's related at all.

@PSX_Defector they don't f***[moderated] around, so to speak

@scottalanmiller said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:

My basement is too big for my gaming rig to heat it up

I've just had to rely on a good old fashioned space heater, with the cold snap in Colorado. I can only imagine what my heating bill is now that I work from home and spend the day in the basement. At least I'll get a write-off for a home office.

I recently rediscovered the MUD that made me swear off MMORPG gaming for life. It sucked me in to the point where I was going to work, playing and sleeping and that was it:
http://mud.arctic.org/

Been playing Owlboy, which is a very polished and cute retro metroidvania platformer. Some challenging boss fights.

Started playing Party Hard, where you have to secretly kill everyone at a party. It's loads of fun.