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Deep Rock Galactic--who's with me? (Gaming)

by Kermit @, Raleigh, NC, Thursday, March 01, 2018, 10:02 (2256 days ago)

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So it’s nothing more than a first-person Helldivers?

by Korny @, Dalton, Ga. US. Earth, Sol System, Thursday, March 01, 2018, 10:39 (2256 days ago) @ Kermit

Say no more, fam, I’m in.

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Yeah, in that case, I'm sold

by Speedracer513 @, Dallas, Texas, Thursday, March 01, 2018, 14:40 (2256 days ago) @ Korny

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Yeah, in that case, I'm sold

by Korny @, Dalton, Ga. US. Earth, Sol System, Thursday, March 01, 2018, 14:57 (2256 days ago) @ Speedracer513

I'm also kind of stoked about GTFO, which looks to be in much the same vein, but so far seems to be PC only, which would be a bummer.

We should schedule that one hour trial, just in case.

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Deep Rock Galactic--who's with me?

by dogcow @, Hiding from Bob, in the vent core., Thursday, March 01, 2018, 11:12 (2256 days ago) @ Kermit

That looks like some good fun.

So.. I don't fully follow the cross-platform bit. If I get it on steam I can't play w/ my xbox friends, but I might be able to if I buy it from the Microsoft Store?

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Deep Rock Galactic--who's with me?

by Kermit @, Raleigh, NC, Thursday, March 01, 2018, 11:27 (2256 days ago) @ dogcow

That looks like some good fun.

So.. I don't fully follow the cross-platform bit. If I get it on steam I can't play w/ my xbox friends, but I might be able to if I buy it from the Microsoft Store?

Getting the Xbox version comes with a windows version, and you can play cross-platform co-op between those two. I'm playing on the Xbox. You can try it for free.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/p/deep-rock-galactic-game-preview/9nhfvwx1v7qj

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Deep Rock Galactic--who's with me?

by dogcow @, Hiding from Bob, in the vent core., Thursday, March 01, 2018, 12:14 (2256 days ago) @ Kermit

One more thing, if I'm to play on my PC w/ my xbox friends, do I need xblive gold?

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Deep Rock Galactic--who's with me?

by Kermit @, Raleigh, NC, Thursday, March 01, 2018, 12:16 (2256 days ago) @ dogcow

One more thing, if I'm to play on my PC w/ my xbox friends, do I need xblive gold?

Probably. I could dig around for a trial scratch off code.

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Deep Rock Galactic--who's with me?

by ZackDark @, Not behind you. NO! Don't look., Thursday, March 01, 2018, 12:23 (2256 days ago) @ dogcow

One more thing, if I'm to play on my PC w/ my xbox friends, do I need xblive gold?

If it follows every Play Anywhere game so far, you don't need XBL Gold while playing on PC.

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Deep Rock Galactic--who's with me?

by dogcow @, Hiding from Bob, in the vent core., Thursday, March 01, 2018, 13:26 (2256 days ago) @ ZackDark

One more thing, if I'm to play on my PC w/ my xbox friends, do I need xblive gold?


If it follows every Play Anywhere game so far, you don't need XBL Gold while playing on PC.

good to know. If it turns out that I DO need XBL Gold I probably have a month card kicking around somewhere.

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Deep Rock Galactic--who's with me?

by stabbim @, Des Moines, IA, USA, Thursday, March 01, 2018, 11:36 (2256 days ago) @ Kermit

I'm certainly willing to give it a try. It sounds like my kind of thing.

I think you get an hour free to try on Game Preview games, right?

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I'm planning on it

by Xenos @, Shores of Time, Thursday, March 01, 2018, 13:42 (2256 days ago) @ Kermit

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Deep Rock Galactic--who's with me?

by Kermit @, Raleigh, NC, Thursday, March 01, 2018, 17:23 (2256 days ago) @ Kermit

So I assume that the admins are planning to play together. Send me an email with your weekend availability if you want to play with me. Thanks.

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Deep Rock Galactic--who's with me?

by cheapLEY @, Thursday, March 01, 2018, 17:52 (2256 days ago) @ Kermit

So I assume that the admins are planning to play together. Send me an email with your weekend availability if you want to play with me. Thanks.

I'll look into it. I'll have to look at it a bit before I decide to drop the money for it. I'm going to order a modmic this weekend so I can finally have chat capabilities on Xbox.

Are you going to get Sea of Thieves, Kermit?

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Free game preview is free, bro.

by Kermit @, Raleigh, NC, Friday, March 02, 2018, 07:01 (2255 days ago) @ cheapLEY

So I assume that the admins are planning to play together. Send me an email with your weekend availability if you want to play with me. Thanks.


I'll look into it. I'll have to look at it a bit before I decide to drop the money for it. I'm going to order a modmic this weekend so I can finally have chat capabilities on Xbox.

Are you going to get Sea of Thieves, Kermit?

Sea of Thieves beta is this weekend. Maybe everyone is planning on playing that. I'd like to play with others if something is planned. [Cough]I'm easy to contact.[Cough]

No one has suggested a time to me (publicly or privately) regarding Deep Rock Galactic.

I'll plan on playing at 8:30 EST next Wednesday.

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Free game preview is free, bro.

by stabbim @, Des Moines, IA, USA, Friday, March 02, 2018, 07:28 (2255 days ago) @ Kermit

While I am keeping an eye on Sea of Thieves, I won't actually be playing it this weekend, so I'm open to tonight or tomorrow evening for Deep Rock Galactic. Is 7:00pm an OK time for anyone else?

Otherwise, I think I can do Wednesday too. Just would prefer to do it sooner.

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Free game preview is free, bro.

by Kermit @, Raleigh, NC, Friday, March 02, 2018, 07:39 (2255 days ago) @ stabbim

While I am keeping an eye on Sea of Thieves, I won't actually be playing it this weekend, so I'm open to tonight or tomorrow evening for Deep Rock Galactic. Is 7:00pm an OK time for anyone else?

I assume you mean 8 EST. That's too close to another commitment for me. Sorry.

Otherwise, I think I can do Wednesday too. Just would prefer to do it sooner.

Hope so!

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Free game preview is free, bro.

by cheapLEY @, Friday, March 02, 2018, 07:29 (2255 days ago) @ Kermit

So I assume that the admins are planning to play together. Send me an email with your weekend availability if you want to play with me. Thanks.


I'll look into it. I'll have to look at it a bit before I decide to drop the money for it. I'm going to order a modmic this weekend so I can finally have chat capabilities on Xbox.

Are you going to get Sea of Thieves, Kermit?


Sea of Thieves beta is this weekend. Maybe everyone is planning on playing that. I'd like to play with others if something is planned. [Cough]I'm easy to contact.[Cough]

No one has suggested a time to me (publicly or privately) regarding Deep Rock Galactic.

I'll plan on playing at 8:30 EST next Wednesday.

I’ll download the preview, but it’s only 60 minutes right? I don’t even have a working mic for Xbox yet, but should by next week. I’ll let you know and we can try Deep Rock Galactic.

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Free game preview is free, bro.

by Kermit @, Raleigh, NC, Friday, March 02, 2018, 07:40 (2255 days ago) @ cheapLEY

So I assume that the admins are planning to play together. Send me an email with your weekend availability if you want to play with me. Thanks.


I'll look into it. I'll have to look at it a bit before I decide to drop the money for it. I'm going to order a modmic this weekend so I can finally have chat capabilities on Xbox.

Are you going to get Sea of Thieves, Kermit?


Sea of Thieves beta is this weekend. Maybe everyone is planning on playing that. I'd like to play with others if something is planned. [Cough]I'm easy to contact.[Cough]

No one has suggested a time to me (publicly or privately) regarding Deep Rock Galactic.

I'll plan on playing at 8:30 EST next Wednesday.


I’ll download the preview, but it’s only 60 minutes right? I don’t even have a working mic for Xbox yet, but should by next week. I’ll let you know and we can try Deep Rock Galactic.

If it's fun, I'll buy it. Hope you can play.

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Free game preview is free, bro.

by Xenos @, Shores of Time, Friday, March 02, 2018, 08:16 (2255 days ago) @ Kermit

No one has suggested a time to me (publicly or privately) regarding Deep Rock Galactic.

I'll plan on playing at 8:30 EST next Wednesday.

Can't say for sure, but I'll keep that in mind. I haven't even downloaded it yet

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Free game preview is free, bro.

by Korny @, Dalton, Ga. US. Earth, Sol System, Friday, March 02, 2018, 09:38 (2255 days ago) @ Xenos

No one has suggested a time to me (publicly or privately) regarding Deep Rock Galactic.

I'll plan on playing at 8:30 EST next Wednesday.


Can't say for sure, but I'll keep that in mind. I haven't even downloaded it yet

it's only about a gig and a half in size, so it shouldn't take long once it works. I had a tough time trying to download it yesterday; Kept getting error messages.

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Free game preview is free, bro.

by cheapLEY @, Friday, March 02, 2018, 09:55 (2255 days ago) @ Korny

LIVE was having all sorts of issues yesterday. I couldn’t even sign in for over an hour.

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another data point

by Kermit @, Raleigh, NC, Friday, March 02, 2018, 14:49 (2255 days ago) @ cheapLEY

I downloaded it yesterday without a problem.

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another data point

by Korny @, Dalton, Ga. US. Earth, Sol System, Friday, March 02, 2018, 15:12 (2255 days ago) @ Kermit

I downloaded it yesterday without a problem.

My mistake. I woudn't have suggested that anyone might run into an issue had I only known that Kermit didn't have any problems. ;)

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Count me in for 8:30EST Wednesday

by Dame117 @, Missouri, Saturday, March 03, 2018, 17:12 (2254 days ago) @ Kermit

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Yay!

by Kermit @, Raleigh, NC, Sunday, March 04, 2018, 14:31 (2253 days ago) @ Dame117

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Streaming Deep Rock Galactic

by Korny @, Dalton, Ga. US. Earth, Sol System, Tuesday, March 06, 2018, 16:38 (2251 days ago) @ Kermit

Some of us DBO folks are giving the free trial a go!

Come watch us dig for loot in the dark.

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Streaming Deep Rock Galactic

by cheapLEY @, Tuesday, March 06, 2018, 17:43 (2251 days ago) @ Korny

Some of us DBO folks are giving the free trial a go!

Come watch us dig for loot in the dark.

My mic is supposed to arrive on Saturday, so I'll get the trail downloaded and hopefully be able to jump in some matches with folks this weekend or next week. Watching your stream isn't really selling me on the game, though, I must admit. Maybe playing it is a lot more fun that it looks on a stream.

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Streaming Deep Rock Galactic

by Korny @, Dalton, Ga. US. Earth, Sol System, Tuesday, March 06, 2018, 17:59 (2251 days ago) @ cheapLEY

Some of us DBO folks are giving the free trial a go!

Come watch us dig for loot in the dark.


My mic is supposed to arrive on Saturday, so I'll get the trail downloaded and hopefully be able to jump in some matches with folks this weekend or next week. Watching your stream isn't really selling me on the game, though, I must admit. Maybe playing it is a lot more fun that it looks on a stream.

Being the digger class probably isn’t the ideal class to play in a stream, but I had plenty of fun, especially when the action ramps up.
That escape sequence though, was pure Helldivers at its best, so it’s definitely worth a purchase if you’ve got a group of friends to get into it, and you don’t have Helldivers.

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Streaming Deep Rock Galactic

by Blackt1g3r @, Login is from an untrusted domain in MN, Wednesday, March 07, 2018, 08:45 (2250 days ago) @ Korny

I can see why some people may not enjoy this game, but I found it fun enough to be worth $25 especially since several others around here enjoy it.

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Deep Rock Galactic--who's with me?

by stabbim @, Des Moines, IA, USA, Wednesday, March 07, 2018, 00:16 (2251 days ago) @ Kermit

I happened to see a couple other DBO folks playing it when I started up my XBox Tuesday night, so I used my hour trial and played with them.

I'm sold.

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Deep Rock Galactic--who's with me?

by Kermit @, Raleigh, NC, Wednesday, March 07, 2018, 07:06 (2250 days ago) @ stabbim

I happened to see a couple other DBO folks playing it when I started up my XBox Tuesday night, so I used my hour trial and played with them.

I'm sold.

Does that mean you bought it and you'll play tonight?

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made an event

by Kermit @, Raleigh, NC, Wednesday, March 07, 2018, 07:27 (2250 days ago) @ Kermit

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Deep Rock Galactic--who's with me?

by stabbim @, Des Moines, IA, USA, Wednesday, March 07, 2018, 07:32 (2250 days ago) @ Kermit

Does that mean you bought it and you'll play tonight?

Technically, I didn't actually make the purchase yet, I was in a hurry to get to bed after I exited the game. But I will. And yes, definitely planning on playing tonight.

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Deep Rock Galactic--who's with me?

by cheapLEY @, Wednesday, March 07, 2018, 21:20 (2250 days ago) @ stabbim

My new mic for Xbox will be here tomorrow. I'll get the preview downloaded--someone send me an invite if you see me online and want to play it, and I'll give it a try.

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Deep Rock Galactic--who's with me?

by Blackt1g3r @, Login is from an untrusted domain in MN, Thursday, March 08, 2018, 06:19 (2249 days ago) @ cheapLEY

Fair warning there is about 10 minutes of tutorial you’ll have to complete before you can play with others.

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Deep Rock Galactic--who's with me?

by Kermit @, Raleigh, NC, Thursday, March 08, 2018, 08:00 (2249 days ago) @ Blackt1g3r

Fair warning there is about 10 minutes of tutorial you’ll have to complete before you can play with others.

Or 20 minutes if you're me. I had a good time. I have a bit of a spider phobia that kicks into high gear when spiders are bigger than dogs and make noises, but the art style went a long way toward keeping me from wigging out.

Had fun, will play again.

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Deep Rock Galactic--who's with me?

by stabbim @, Des Moines, IA, USA, Thursday, March 08, 2018, 06:59 (2249 days ago) @ Kermit

Kermit, sorry I didn't get to play with you last night! Didn't mean to throw the group numbers off like that when we all grouped up earlier. Hope you still got some good mining in.

I'll try to be online again tonight.

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Deep Rock Galactic--who's with me?

by Kermit @, Raleigh, NC, Thursday, March 08, 2018, 08:01 (2249 days ago) @ stabbim

Kermit, sorry I didn't get to play with you last night! Didn't mean to throw the group numbers off like that when we all grouped up earlier. Hope you still got some good mining in.

I'll try to be online again tonight.

No worries. You and Blacktiger had signed up and I'd personally invited Malagate, so it's all good. I may not be able to play the next few nights, but maybe over the weekend.

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Closest finish ever?

by stabbim @, Des Moines, IA, USA, Thursday, March 08, 2018, 22:51 (2249 days ago) @ Kermit
edited by stabbim, Thursday, March 08, 2018, 22:55

http://xboxdvr.com/gamer/stabbim/video/45562730

The overly-dramatic jump into the pod at about T+1 after the last second was Malagate. Also present: Dame117, Blackt1g3r, and myself.

What you can't see in my video is the reason for the close finish. Blackt1g3r had gotten separated from the rest of us, for reasons I don't remember, and at some point it became apparent that there simply wasn't enough time for him to locate AND traverse the path the rest of us had taken through the caverns. So he and Malagate just started digging, DIRECTLY toward each other. It was a crazy last-ditch maneuver and we were all pretty certain it wouldn't work. Its success, and the timing of said success, couldn't possibly have been more dramatic.

Things like that happen all the time in this game.

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That was epic!

by Kermit @, Raleigh, NC, Friday, March 09, 2018, 07:21 (2248 days ago) @ stabbim

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My Perspective

by Blackt1g3r @, Login is from an untrusted domain in MN, Friday, March 09, 2018, 07:32 (2248 days ago) @ stabbim

Here are the last 30 seconds. You can see how I've actually managed to clip outside the geometry a bit. If I hadn't I probably wouldn't have found Malagate's tunnel as we were digging parallel to each other. Once I saw where his tunnel was I adjusted my digging to go toward it and that's the only reason I made it!

http://xboxdvr.com/gamer/Blackt1g3r/video/45585743

Here is the whole 5 minutes prior to our escape. You can see I know that I need to go up so I just choose a tunnel that goes higher, but it actually ends up taking me away from the drop pod. Since I don't know where to go and I'm the digger class I decide to just start digging to the drop pod and hope that I can make it. But when I run out of fuel for the drills I know I'll never be able to tunnel all the way to the drop pod on my own so I ask someone if they can start tunneling towards me in the hopes that might save me!

http://xboxdvr.com/gamer/Blackt1g3r/video/45585941

The funny thing about all of this is I usually know exactly where I am on a map, but in the caves it can be easy to get lost (plus the drop pod doesn't return to the same location it dropped you off at so you aren't just backtracking). Usually I'm the first one to reach the drop pod, but this time everyone else made it while I got lost. :P

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My Perspective

by stabbim @, Des Moines, IA, USA, Friday, March 09, 2018, 11:14 (2248 days ago) @ Blackt1g3r

Hooray for pre-release games!

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Deep Rock Galactic-- a little montage

by CruelLEGACEY @, Toronto, Tuesday, March 13, 2018, 12:04 (2244 days ago) @ Kermit

A few clips of some frantic combat, a clip of the M.U.L.E pushing Stabbim off a cliff, and the luckiest escape pod drop ever:

http://xboxdvr.com/gamer/NevinDouglas/video/45858676

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I knew it

by stabbim @, Des Moines, IA, USA, Tuesday, March 13, 2018, 13:34 (2244 days ago) @ CruelLEGACEY

I was murdered!

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Not the first time you were murdered

by Blackt1g3r @, Login is from an untrusted domain in MN, Tuesday, March 13, 2018, 15:18 (2244 days ago) @ stabbim

http://xboxdvr.com/gamer/Blackt1g3r/video/45880704

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ROFL

by CruelLEGACEY @, Toronto, Tuesday, March 13, 2018, 16:22 (2244 days ago) @ Blackt1g3r

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Not the first time you were murdered

by stabbim @, Des Moines, IA, USA, Tuesday, March 13, 2018, 22:36 (2244 days ago) @ Blackt1g3r

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