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When you order one there should be an option to give up your order to another person
_foolmo_
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I want da source code T_T
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Yeah we can't know for sure what the issues are, but from experience it makes sense it has at least the same reliability issues as the main Disney app, which is way more important for their revenue and still is total shit.

It's a totally doable design though. I could make it happen on the software side if they want another shot at it (and I think they do).
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Leafeon13N posted...
There isn't really a system to make sure people that receive a virtual queue early or late actually show up.
If they don't show up then it advances the queue quicker than if they did show up. Then the person at the very end of the line gets the chance to ride instead of missing out. So it should be fully saturated throughout the day.

What's weird about the queues is how unbalanced it is. I rode on Cosmic Rewind 5 times in my 4 day trip by queuing in the morning and evening each day. I feel like some other unlucky soul should've gotten 1 or 2 of those rides instead lol
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Fortunately they seem to have handled those well-treaded basics in game design since no one complained about that stuff. Not a blocker for this game at all. Their problems were elsewhere.
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Grand_Kirby posted...
But that's doomed to fail, because nearly 100% of the people that visit, both the increased amount and the amount of people that were already going before, will flock to the one new area making it completely unsustainable for everyone.
For new park lands maybe, but new rides use virtual queues specifically to avoid this. Then in general they have the time-based economy with queues and fast passes that evens things out. I haven't really seen Disney fail in this way with new rides, at least at WDW.

Also with Starcruiser 100% of the land is novel to basically everyone attending, so that doesn't apply. Although obviously some storylines will be more popular (everyone wants be the good guy).
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Lopen posted...
I don't think you can model something like that-- you're basically ass pulling to set the parameters, X minutes per interaction isn't something that exists in the kind of world they're aiming to create
There are so many params they have full control over and can design precisely, and they clearly did within the runtime model of the app. Plus they have probably the most cooperative audience in all of entertainment ever. Any game designer would love the opportunity to design this. It's not easy but the software should've been the easiest part of the whole thing.
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Lopen posted...
You wouldn't catch that with testing either unless you had a testing group that is the size of an actual group of people in the hotel
Which they definitely did with test simulations. You can even calculate it with napkin math (X mins per interaction * Y guests) but obviously they had a more sophisticated model and used monte carlo or something. I'm sure they also tested a bunch of possible guest numbers until they found one that worked best for feasibility and profit, and that's what they built the hotel around, and decided the # of storylines and NPCs. But they just couldn't execute on the theory, and/or the design was messed with too much.

It's true that reducing the # of guests is the only valid solution at that point, but imagine convincing Disney execs to do that.
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It's seems fine and could be used the same as basmati. If you don't rinse it (or only super light rinse) plus add extra water (1/2 cup instead of 1/4 cup) it should get sticky enough for asian purposes. Long grain is the best though, versatile enough to eat every day.
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At the end of the day, if you have a key character, then everyone playing will want to talk to that person. You can't just hire 4 lookalikes and have them all be that character. If you split 1 character into 4 that might work, but it dilutes the character. Even so, everyone wants to see Rey and Chewbacca. There's no way around that other than giving 500 people each a slice of their time.

Part of the software's responsibility seemed to be to coordinate the actor's time with the players to make the impossible number of personalized experiences work. I'm sure they did test it a lot with fake data that simulates a full crowd (which I'm sure they also do with every aspect of their park design) and it worked sometimes, but not always. It's theoretically doable to make an AI system like that work nearly all the time though, with enough design prep for multiple-outs and error-handling (like in Jenny's error case). That's all software and game design though, not park design. The actors and cast need those systems to work as expected. They can't just improv their way out of every issue.
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The software had an insane amount of money thrown at it and that probably hurt it more than anything. More money couldn't have solved it. More money could help the IRL quality but the experience is fundamentally app-driven so that needed to be flawless to provide a proper stage for the actors and larping.

It seems like Disney is pretty shit at game design in general, and they don't understand how important the software actually is. Even in the game industry, execs often undervalue the software and rely on marketing to sell, which is increasingly a failed strategy in recent years. But Disney execs are like 10x more disrespectful of software than those game execs.
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I'm like halfway through the video now and I understand why the designers are defensive about this. She gives a lot of suggestions of how to fix things and how quick and easy it would be if they just did X Y Z. That's the absolute worst, useless, and infuriating "feedback" to hear as a designer. But it's an important skill to parse feedback like this to extract the important parts while ignoring the useless and wrong parts. I've worked with a bunch of designers and devs who kneejerk with defensiveness, but the best ones know how to handle it and focus on the valuable feedback.

So for the designers to publicly have that kneejerk reaction indicates that the team is very green, up to the management level. It's a consequence of the serious brain drain that Disney has had in the last few years.
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Also what variety? White rice doesn't mean anything
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How big are the bags? Usually people get the 25lb ones.

I eat rice with 2-3 over medium eggs most mornings. You don't need to "make" anything with it really. It's a universal carb that goes with any meat or veg.

For flavor I always do salt butter and garlic for basmati, but don't do that with jasmine or sticky rice. Just do plain water and maybe a tiny pinch of salt. I also like throwing in a star anise or a couple cloves.

Secret foolproof method for cooking any rice (emulates what a rice cooker does): Rinse rice in a colander for a while. Put rice in pan. Put an equal volume of water. Then add an extra 1/3rd cup water regardless of amount. Bring to boil and cover with lid. Then reduce to a strong simmer for 15 minutes. Then turn off the heat and do not remove the lid, just let it sit for 5-10 min. That's it.
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Most people like songs due to repeat listens. If a song is short it is much easier to repeat listen and build that feeling.
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That tracks. It's more insidious than just "no incentive" though. It's forgetting about long-term incentives because they're satisfied with incremental short term gain. Like you said, it is resulting in a long and steady trend of lower sales. It's the opposite of how Disney became successful, but its happening to a ton of big companies now as they spiral downwards. None of these 2nd and 3rd gen CEOs have the balls to make long plays anymore.
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The crazy thing about the app is it's one of the worst apps ever made. And my job was literally to make shitty enterprise apps better, so I saw a ton of terrible ones.

It makes so much sense on paper. App-driven activities that all guests could play casually, but much deeper activities with live theater integration for Starcruiser guests. The app would hook regular guests and upsell them to the Starcruiser for their next visit. It could've worked really well. But the app is absolute garbage. Every time a design relied on it, it failed.

I can see exactly how it happened. They had some great app designers come in and figure out how much an epic app-based experience would cost. It would be some huge number, but totally within Disney's budget. Park construction takes longer than app dev, so they have the time too. But then corporate finance comes in and keeps changing and ruining things. It becomes more expensive, but Disney has money so it's ok. But they don't realize it doesn't just cost money, it costs time. So they are a few weeks out from the park opening and they have to cut everything and cobble together something stupid in a short time to avoid delaying the park. They'll fix it later (they never do) or make it up with marketing & sales teams (shockingly effective, but not enough in this case).

Finally they decided to kill the whole project and start over. Will they learn for the next one?
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Crippling fact is that biscuits were never that good. Eat any carb and fat when you're hungry and it will be similar (see: basic bread and olive oil at italian places). Outback bread and butter is way more significant.
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t a g
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No mention of unlimited shrimp in their plea. They are definitely killing it and their restaurants will die.
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Grand_Kirby posted...
I jumped into the hole and flipped it myself. It took a few tries.

In retrospect, I'm beginning to think my initial opinion on this game's surprising difficulty level might be influenced by me somehow going the wrong way.
based
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Yeah if you press A and X simultaneously along with forward on the stick, then release all at the same time, you will 100% reliably jump and create a higher bubble and then land on it. You can mindlessly climb infinitely with enough space that way.

If you press X a few frames later you can climb 3x faster, but it's riskier. The vast majority of climbs are doable with 2 or 3 easy bubble jumps though.
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Wait how do you even get down there without the disc to flip the switch for the big drop?
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I believe they primarily communicate at the weekly illuminati meeting on Thursdays
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VFrench1933 posted...
Oh...baby girl...don't even play...

-AOC
oops I gave him a stroke

well, I guess it's like dumping a bucket of water into an ocean of mental damage
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They did buy the company, so they can do what they want with it. It's bad in a cultural sense and a maybe in a much broader economic sense (e.g. monopoly or trust issues) but as a single strategy to liquidate assets, there's nothing wrong with it. If Red Lobster didn't want the chance to be liquidated like this, they could've refused to sell. But then they would've gone bankrupt way before 2024.

Another thing is that these restaurants have always been real-estate businesses more than anything. Starbucks is prob the biggest example, but nearly all corporate-owned chains follow the same business model. They've snatched up valuable land and buildings for decades, all building up to this moment of liquidation. It had to come at some point. Honestly these chains have probably been a net negative on the country as a whole by driving such poor land use.
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bro is impressed he got 5 people to acknowledge him on a message board
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PeaceFrog posted...
If you're 35 why are you making new accounts on defunct and dead websites. Surely you have better things to do than scour the internet for red lobster takes
His first wife served him divorce papers at a Red Lobster under the guise of a fancy date night, to try to avoid him making a scene. Of course he made a scene anyway, and got banned across all locations, including Olive Gardens and Longhorn Steakhouses. This is personal.
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What other games?
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Leonhart4 posted...
So this is what happens when people get kicked out of CE huh

Thanks Fandom
My god I forgot how boring their average troll is. Reminds me of on-season a bit.
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SS ftw
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What's CE
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I've been using a guide for some stuff which I know will be too tedious. Doesn't defeat the purpose, it's just different.
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bun time
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Nah get out
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WilliamPorygon posted...
I'm happier posting on Twitter anyway
All of us agree
_foolmo_
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cya next week
_foolmo_
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I usually do Tidus, Yuna, Auron, Wakka
_foolmo_
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I do like the cinematic campaigns, not the cutscenes but the interactive setpieces which can can have some really interesting level designs. I like modern boomer shooters too but those are more focused on the shooting aspect itself.
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That sounds sick, as long as the cutscenes are skippable
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Hey I'll play it. I miss those tight 8 hour FPSes and CoD is the only one still doing them.
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same orphanage
_foolmo_
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Yuppp I did not have that one. And I just got the 5 cat item and it's awesome.

Also got another bunny from the top left platforming challenge. I actually thought it required bubble but it's all multi-disc moves. I could've gotten it the first time I came across it. Also it teaches you a really tricky technique which is interesting but maybe not necessary for anything. Super fun though.
_foolmo_
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Everyone I've talked to missed that one for some reason lol, but I'm pretty sure I have it since that first candle is lit
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Just all the eggs & candles for now. I did get a bunny at some point so I think that's next too.

Also I realized what the skull room means and my soul left my body.
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Anagram posted...
When normal people see this, do they know its a video game thing, or do they think the model is just super airbrushed?
They just think it's a random Japanese thing, which is accurate
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you're f'd
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Alright I definitely found many places to use the 32 egg item

And got to credits, plus the super fun bb gun

I guess it's full completion time?
_foolmo_
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Great feature imo, can use it while waiting for platforms to move
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Kotetsu534 posted...
and unless she can summon she isn't killing me
She's max sphere grid tho
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