Thread:Deathstalker666/@comment-5641163-20150522174501/@comment-3547390-20150524035332

Indeed, such a simple task as hitting the wrong button can eliminate hours of work. I am quite the copy fiend too, I usually also test the Wikia on another tab before publishing anything to make sure Wikia didn't go down in the time I was editing (believe it or not, it actually has happened to me where I luckily caught certain things that would have been quite frustrating had I not noticed).

That does sound like my PC! Anyone else tries using this thing, they probably would crash as well :P

Yeah, I could probably sit down and fix these issues. I have a pretty good idea what causes some of them (a lot of fingers go to my virus scanner which I keep just as a first line measure). Still, you are also right that I have learned to live with it and enjoy it for how it works. It might be highly unstable and feel like it might burst into flames if I walk away for a few minutes, but that is the fun of all of this. Plus I am not exactly one for having my computer fixed by others, I would rather learn how to do it to improve my own knowledge on computers :P

Heh, I guess so. My strength in gaming is old school FPS titles, so I think it is pretty safe that I do good with hand/eye coordination. I can usually handle things in FPS that others find extremely difficult, for example a Godlike mode for the original Unreal which basically makes the game about 2 or 3 times as hard as the original (there is two difficulties in between the hardest vanilla difficulty and this). It was originally intended only for coop, but I used it as my own way to challenge myself with risky situations. I can pride myself on not using a single item seriously (as in, I tested them to see what they do, but never to actually survive anything) in Heretic. I have managed to do the Iron Thief challenge for the entirety of Thief Gold and have been continuing into the FMs, which basically means I "Iron Man" it or play levels that can last for an hour or two without saving (which is made more incredible when I purposely limit myself to an extremely buggy version of said game that tends to kill you without you doing anything wrong). I also have a history of being able to successfully punch Barons in Doom, I recently was able to kill two Barons with the default pistol and eight shells (and a little monster-infighting), with the second making me resort to my fists. A lot of the time I try to make myself believe that I am your average FPS gamer, but then I do these stunts which I look back on and manage to impress myself with.

I assume I started with Windows 2000 or Windows 98, but by the time my memory was any good I already had Windows XP. I have gone back to the older systems, mainly for compatibility with older games such as the original Tomb Raider, but I have been pretty spoiled with OS systems. It took me a bit to figure out how to navigate anything command line wise or Dosbox. I guess I could say my setup is kinda the opposite of your style, I use my keyboard somewhat for basic keyboard shortcuts and typing, but navigation is almost fully done with a mouse and convenient shortcuts.

Yeah, I don't let myself become reliant on the keyboard buttons (honestly they aren't used tremendously, I don't think I have ever hit the game button with the intention of actually playing the game, but they are handy when I need them. Of course, I need to be careful, the calculator button is right next to a power-off button. I have no idea why I would want to turn off my computer through my keyboard.). Heh, I hate laptop touchpads, those things are a pain to use and I find myself just plugging in an external mouse to get done what is needed.

Wow, you do keep your old habits! I kinda lucked out, I didn't really become involved with technology until Windows 7 was around and have been stuck with it ever since :P

I watched livestreams for a short period of time. When it comes to watching video game videos in general, I tend to do it in short bursts or else get bored. I don't like watching games I haven't played as I would rather experience it for myself and games that I have played I often find myself just wanting to play it again. Usually the only videos I find myself enjoying are those where the gamer gets extremely frustrated during a blind playthrough. It is a shame most gamers skip parts where they cannot find the way forward, that is the best part! I don't come to watch progression, I come to watch the struggle and eventual discovery as the player tries more options.

I noticed you are pretty quick to respond to my messages! I usually go and do something else for a bit, then come back and see what has happened in the time I have been gone. I try to give movies my full attention, but I find myself just wanting for it to end at the end of the first hour. Seriously, I could just have a South Park channel which randomizes the episodes while my things render for 2 hours, and I would be happy. I guess it matters if I could be using my computer for other purposes or if my computer is limited in capabilities due to most of the CPU going to rendering a video (meaning anything being the basics is too much of an effort).

Exactly, my computer is pretty comfortable. If things were frustrating or annoying to the point that I couldn't stand it, my OCD wouldn't allow me to handle it and I would spend ridiculous amounts of time learning how to fix it. I always assume there is an alternative to everything, though I also believe there to be tradeoffs. The reason my computer takes longer to start up is because I have a lot of software running that I like to access on a regular basis. The reason my fan is loud is because I am pushing my computer to its limit, trying to use more CPU power than is optimal. I know that there are negative side effects to what I do, yet I weigh the pros and cons, finding it to be the best option for what I seek to do.

Heh, I cut back on a lot of customization, but desktop backgrounds are one thing I wouldn't get rid of (I actually just replaced it with the one used on the Wikia after having it on the ending cutscene from Zero Wing for a few months). I tend not to mess around with custom mouse graphics as they tend to lag me. As I stated before, my Windows XP was decked out with customization to the point you couldn't really use it, having a lot of software from Stardocks such as the 3d desktop and the various gadgets. I think my destruction of that system made me a bit more wary with customization, only doing it when I felt it was needed or something basic with no real chance of messing up. Usually I tend to make my stuff look like my favorite game due to my fanboyism. I used to customize the skin of my browser, but every safe mode restart seemed to change back the coloring unless I created a cloud account so I stopped seeing the worth in it.

I am not a technological person by any means, though everybody around me is fascinated with the way I do simple things. When banging out an earlier message, someone was absolutely fascinated at the speed at which I type (I get lots of people saying similar things) when I feel I type at a relatively moderate to slow pace. I never learned "proper" typing, instead just using two fingers and quickly jumping from one letter to the next. If it is anything, I guess it would be due to hand-eye coordination, my one strength :P

Now if only I could apply hand-eye coordination to the outside world. I walked outside for a few minutes. I got attacked by a swarm of mosquitoes and have sprained my hand because a kid threw a football at me. The lesson is that the outside world is dangerous, it is much safer in here with the computer.