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Post by wascalwywabbit on Sept 10, 2017 18:04:51 GMT -5
Sorry, no poll this week. Was excited to show Space Girl and the relative proportion to the ground vehicles. I think it may be a first for Star Traders, to get these types of visuals. It is a very cool shot, very cinematic, good for a movie story board ... sigh ... ...If only...
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Post by wascalwywabbit on Sept 9, 2017 20:05:34 GMT -5
If people could recommend me a better option than a used iPhone 5S for £90 (with no fingerprint sensor, as the home button was replaced), I'd be happy to consider any suggestions My iPhone 5 is on its way out with a wobbly lightning port, and I'm on the hunt for a new phone If you're looking for the same iOS ecosystem there are deals in the US for the SE models at $150 US brand new, so there may be deals like that in the UK too? SE has better hardware including more ram and will receive software updates for longer. If you don't have a lot invested software side, there may be many Android options, but the UK is very different market than the US, moreso in terms of Android than iOS. A couple of things to keep in mind ... you want typically +1gig of ram in Android vs iOS, the smaller the cpu manufacturing process the lower the battery drain per task performed, oled screens use less power than ips. Mediatek processors tend to have weak graphics in almost all performance tiers- they are used because they are low priced. Qualcomm has good graphics relative to each performance tier (625 is particularly efficient), Samsung chips have good power consumption with moderate graphics prowess... Kirin processors from Hwawei are also pretty good ... Larger battery capacity doesn't equal longer runtime if the cpu/graphic/screen/modem/software combo are not efficient- real reviews should be looked at, not just raw numbers. Also, there is a huge variance between software support, Apple you get well better than 3 years from a products first release security and feature support, support continues for 5years but performance degrades noticeably after 4... while on Android, only a few flagships and the odd mid tier device get support for that long officially... unofficially the community may provide rooted devices support for 5 years give or take, if it's relatively open and popular design.
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Post by wascalwywabbit on Sept 8, 2017 14:41:14 GMT -5
Apple: Faster single thread processor, always good graphics chip.
Android: Often better multithreaded due to more simpler cores, graphics vary widely between products.
Apple: Usually faster storage, often higher native capacity available.
Android: Usually cheaper storage per gigabyte, sometimes expandable with sd cards.
Apple: No really inexpensive options
Android: Probably more options than healthy for the market ... some are actually decent though.
Apple : Good mid (phones) -hi (tablets) res screens
Android: Screens vary alot, some are much better, at least in the phone space, particularly for niches like VR...
Apple goes cheap on available ram, taking advantage of aggressive software and fast storage, speeds are good though. I strongly disagree with Apple's position on adding adequate RAM, arg!
Android's premium phones extra ram is still often a substantial advantage
Apple: Cameras are good, but not always best, especially recently.
Android: Camera quality varies alot.
As far as Macs go... I've known people that buy macbooks just for the touchpads...
Screens, keyboards, mice these are important hardware too.
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Post by wascalwywabbit on Sept 8, 2017 12:53:15 GMT -5
Tech savvy people often use Apple products for one reason or another, sometimes for hardware, sometimes software, as well as Google and Microsoft products. Whatever gets the job done.
I myself like Android phones, Apple tablets and Microsoft+Linux pcs, so...
Apple has the financial advantage of an uncannibalized premium priced full hardware/software integration, which as long as they don't screw up too bad will continue retain them loyalty. E.g. Apple buyers stick with Apple products at twice the rate of other brands, even, maybe especially, in the very competitive China... Will they continue to be worth the price..? For some sure, for the masses, they'll go with whatever has the price to features they want, which is mostly Android atm... but mostly low profit margin mid-rangers and below... They're barely beginning matching Apple in premium sales.
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Post by wascalwywabbit on Sept 6, 2017 21:07:53 GMT -5
Woolen socks, a likely yarn...
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Post by wascalwywabbit on Sept 5, 2017 23:40:43 GMT -5
Hahaha but what about me? Dude, it is literally your job to be here ... Small company, many hats, forum response hat has "Community Manager" on it ... every GOOD game company has at least one...
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Post by wascalwywabbit on Aug 14, 2017 14:55:58 GMT -5
Congrats on making another top ten strategy/tactics rpg list, this time on Android Authority, although you might wanna set them straight on the details of HoS... they're a bit off... I would've commented but my mobile browser isn't showing any way to comment there. Could you give me the link, I would like to see what has got on it😉 www.androidauthority.com/best-strategy-rpgs-and-tactical-rpgs-on-android-584192/
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Post by wascalwywabbit on Aug 13, 2017 20:31:05 GMT -5
Congrats on making another top ten strategy/tactics rpg list, this time on Android Authority, although you might wanna set them straight on the details of HoS... they're a bit off... I would've commented but my mobile browser isn't showing any way to comment there.
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Post by wascalwywabbit on Aug 6, 2017 16:42:50 GMT -5
Well I know what a certain pink party pony would do but...
Twilight Sparkle says we have to be "responsible"...
:-p
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Post by wascalwywabbit on Jul 26, 2017 17:30:50 GMT -5
Crazy old mage, reluctant hero, druid, monk ... I like those classic archetypes ... cyberpunk: lone wolf style tech infiltration or team combat types. Supernatural investigating like Project Twilight. Sci-fi was usually a scientist or basic meaty armed grunt.
My all time fav was a Technomage with cybernetic augmentations, both magical and high tech spy.
Unfortunately I can barely muster an hour board game, or the occasional video, usually phone, game binge these days.
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Post by wascalwywabbit on Jul 24, 2017 15:12:29 GMT -5
I moved the thread to Heroes. I am not sure what 5.1.1 is -- that is not a valid version of Heroes of Steel. He said on his previous post that's his Android OS version, HoS version is 4.2.33 Amazon.
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Post by wascalwywabbit on Jun 30, 2017 19:34:19 GMT -5
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Post by wascalwywabbit on Jun 16, 2017 19:16:15 GMT -5
It looks like the xeno just gave up. And how does Promethium burn in space? Oxygen is built in, like with a match head?
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An Idea
Jun 16, 2017 16:32:33 GMT -5
via mobile
Post by wascalwywabbit on Jun 16, 2017 16:32:33 GMT -5
Come on! Templars would be SO overpowered! They'd be like the Ike of Brawl, and the Roy of Melee and 4! Nah, Heroes uses bigger numbers.
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Post by wascalwywabbit on Jun 16, 2017 15:58:15 GMT -5
Age of Steel Star Hero Knights Cyber Pirates and Traders. All inclusive.
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