I think that’s fair, but just because everyone else is wrong doesn’t mean I don’t want to be right. But I’m glad I’m not horribly confused, the terms are just misused a lot.

I read this over and while lengthy I think we’re largely on the same page, which is good because I thought this was all too new and I was way off.

I’ve been trying to understand the terms and the opening graphic on this site did a good breakdown.

So my understanding is that a decomp or decompilation is turning the machine code into something human readable. It’s the first step but technically isn’t anything the average person can use because it still needs to then be (re)compiled into a game someone can run.

However the term “decomp” in general usage refers to the human readable middle step, AND a way to create something for the average person.

Versus a recomp or recompilation is performing the conversion of machine code to some middle state, then immediately (re)compiling it into a game the average person can run.

However the term “recomp” in general usage refers to the same, but always with the use of AI.

Is that right?

I know a lot of films and TV pilots start as a writers original idea, sometimes even a great idea, but for one reason or another never get picked up. Or even worse it does get picked up. But in both cases someone says, “This won’t sell, can you make it Super Mario themed?”

The writer, creative as they are and just happy to get work, then mashes the two together.

I think a film featuring a parallel New York ruled by evolved dinosaurs and deevolution guns is a wild but potentially interesting film. What it has to do with Mario… I have no idea.

I held my phone upside down to make the joke work. 🤝

To clarify we’re “stuck with Fetterman” because a Senate term is 6 years and we’re at about 4 years. A 2/3rds vote by the Senate could remove him, but that hasn’t actually happened successfully since the Civil War and he’s not in enough hot water to force him to resign.

It would shock me if he got the nomination in 2028, but stupid is trend at the moment.

In the case of demons they usually have a “roll to disobey” clause. If someone wants to summon a room full of demons go for it, everyone will probably end up dead.

Plus if someone really abused it you can have some demon lord hunt them down and cause even more problems.

Simpsons Futurama did it.

(Long ago, you lost almost everything almost instantly on death. It completely sucked and really should’ve been changed sooner.)

I used to play in the long ago and let me tell you it created a whole new type of player, vultures.

The biggest quest at the time ended with you fighting a big green dragon (Elvarg). The dragon was behind a door and as long as you hadn’t beaten the dragon you could open the door to the dragons lair.

Outside the door were a bunch of skeletons and demons meant to make the area a challenge to get to, however many high level players camped in the area for XP and loot. So the skeletons and demons were constantly under attack and the area outside was actually pretty safe. In fact whenever someone went in to fight the dragon most high level players cheered them on.

Well more often then not, those players died. When they died, as the article mentions, they lost almost all their gear. Usually keeping their weapon, body armor and leg armor, but dropping their helmet and food. The loot would fall to the ground and sadly the high level players on the outside were unable to open the door and retrieve it (since they completed the quest already and the door was locked for them). So they had to watch the loot despawn.

Enter the vultures. Run into the battle area after someone failed to kill the dragon, dodge the drag itself, and try to scoop up as much loot as you could. I forget if you could use the door to exit or if we teleported out.

Was it the most efficient way to make money? Probably not. Was it fun to run around a dragons lair? Absolutely. Did it suck when you were the one to die and have your loot picked by other vultures? Such was the nature of the game.

In the long run the modern death mechanics are probably better for the game as a whole, but sometimes chaos is just more fun.

Ok but what if you’re American and the meme still applies?