The creator did a ton of custom scripting and balancing to make it work so well as a MMO. Just download "TES3MP 0.8.1" point it at your Morrowind install sort the servers by population. If you just want to play vanilla you should get OpenMW for the bug fixes but this thing is worth checking out.

@jeremybjayne.bsky.social You're Fat Sesh had me looking at TES3MP to make my own janky server but I saw the most popular one and it's blowing my mind. Nerevarine Prophecies feels like an MMO but also 100% Morrowind. There are newer trailers but this sold me on it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hQ8...

When I last went they said to go to stores for buttons. Guessing they're trying to shrink the line for actual customer service requests and it gets people to go into more shops.

Ask at the register at most shops for free special occasion buttons if the kids might like a "First Visit", birthday, graduation, or stuff like that.

If you eat there, use mobile ordering. You will skip so many lines of people waiting to order. Some places are exclusive to mobile ordering. Practice with the app so you know how to find stuff, get food, and find bathrooms. I find the app pretty confusing but you can do a lot with it.

You can attach everyone's tickets to as many phones as you want so you can have 1 person make all the reservations or split responsibilities seamlessly. Make sure you have the app and setup payment in the app ahead of time so you don't have to spend park time trying to attach a credit card.

As much as I loath how they charge for fastpasses now, genie+ is worth it to not stand in line as much. You can book a new lightning lane every 2 hours or after using one, whichever's soonest. It's not totally about maximizing rides either. Personally, I can walk all day but standing kills me.

I was under the impression at least one of those other teams was Undead Labs on State of Decay 3. I still like playing SoD2 with friends but it's such a technical mess I was stoked to hear the Coalition helping and was looking forward to SoD3. I haven't heard anything about it in 2 years...

I wanted to hear 'Suicide is Painless' and had to sign in to YouTube and click through 3 prompts.

My favorite part is if the person connects via phone number, they never know to press *6 to unmute so they just have to drop and call back in to talk. I use the mute button very liberally.

I'd argue it did the opposite of consuming a life. Life already consumes itself. All you did was make it more enjoyable for the people participating which is no easy feat.
Creating a sense of fun and community in a positive environment, even if only in passing, should be lauded.

I also want to make it clear that I love that you're always asking questions. You were the spark of quite a few improvements I've made in my life and I want to know the environmental impact of the people you've inspired to get dual hose ACs, mini splits, and time and energy saved with dishwashing.

I tried adding that hobby line to acknowledge the effort in a DIY setup as I'd argue most people don't want that "hobby" but having a personal server you turn off when not using will be more efficient than paid cloud service. But also lowering your impact is always work. There's no nuance in 300 cha

The real cost is your personal time if you don't want a hobby but I'm much happier knowing I have the shows I like while avoiding service hopping, rising fees, and delisted episodes. You're right that you don't need every show, which is why getting discs of what you like will end up being cheaper.

If you want to run a personal media server you spend $70 on a SFF box with a 7th Gen Intel and add 10TB+ storage for $100. Add $80 for a drive that rips discs or $70 a year for a VPN. That's 15w-65w in power and with more concurrent UHD streams than any service and at Blu-ray quality if you want.

I think the take is so hot because it doesn't represent reality. It would be a terrible idea to have a rack of machines for a personal media server. If they do have a rack it's not personal, not just for media, or it's so old they are just wasting money on power instead of getting modern hardware.