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Zenbane
Zenbane
Honored Contributor
March 15, 2020
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The "I'm effin Quarantined" Megathread

Governments across the Globe are in Quarantine, so I figured that this community could use a thread to discuss our first-hand experience of its impact. As a side note, I never would have guessed that a global pandemic would be the primary driver to getting VR more mainstream!
:p

For me, I had taken a long break from VR. I have maybe engaged in VR for 1 hour ever 2-3 weeks. It's been that way for nearly 6 months now. Mostly because I feel that I've experienced so much since I first acquired my Rift in 2016; I got to the point that everything (even new AAA titles) started to feel like 'more of the same.' This is something that has impacted me before. For example, I began gaming with the Atari 2600 as a kid, moved on to NES, SNES, Sega, and eventually PC Gaming. But I took a very long break from gaming (over 5 years) because I hit a point where everything on every gaming platform felt like a regurgitation of something I've done before.

However, now that I'm stuck home for at least 2 weeks during quarantine... it's time to jump back on to the fray!

So...
  1. What games/experiences will you be engaging in with VR?
  2. What non-VR activities will be occupying your time?
  3. Are you one of the people who can work from home during quarantine? Or is this pandemic negatively impacting your job?
  4. Are you hoarding food and toilet paper?

I'll answer first:
  1. I will be (finally) completing SkyrimVR. Before I took my VR "break," I had already completed both DLC's in SkyrimVR, and I'm already near the end of the main quest. After that, I will be loading up Stormland.
  2. I'm playing through Divinity Original Sin for the first time, in preparation for the upcoming release of Baldur's Gate 3. Beyond software, I will be doing lots of exercise.. Gotta keep up the conditioning!
  3. Since I'm a software engineer who has been working from home primarily for at least the past 10 years, this quarantine will be... more of the same.
  4. I'm a non-hoarder, but wondering if I will regret it.

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DaftnDirect
Honored Contributor
March 23, 2020
Same here. All non-essential shops must close tonight and police have powers to enforce it. No more than 2 people together outside of the home, family member only and for 1 exercise per day. Only other trips outside of the house are for essentials only.

No idea if DIY stores count as essentials, if not my car refurb comes to a halt pretty soon without cutting discs etc.
13700K, RTX 4070 Ti, Asus ROG Strix Z790-A Gaming, Corsair H150i Capellix, 64GB Corsair Vengence DDR5, Corsair 5000D Airflow, 4TB Samsung 870 , 2TB Samsung 990 Pro x 2, DK2, CV1, Rift-S, Quest, 2, 3, Pro, Windows 11 Pro 24H2 (10.0.26100)
Shadowmask72
Shadowmask72
Honored Contributor
March 23, 2020
Most UK folks should have seen this coming what with the appalling display of people completely ignoring any sensible advice. FK them all.
System Specs: MSI NVIDIA RTX 4090 , i5 13700K CPU, 32GB DDR 4 RAM, Win 11 64 Bit OS.
DaftnDirect
Honored Contributor
March 23, 2020
On the plus side, I managed to get toilet roll today, now I can throw away the newspapers.
13700K, RTX 4070 Ti, Asus ROG Strix Z790-A Gaming, Corsair H150i Capellix, 64GB Corsair Vengence DDR5, Corsair 5000D Airflow, 4TB Samsung 870 , 2TB Samsung 990 Pro x 2, DK2, CV1, Rift-S, Quest, 2, 3, Pro, Windows 11 Pro 24H2 (10.0.26100)
Zenbane
ZenbaneAuthor
Honored Contributor
March 23, 2020
My house is full of gaming these days:
  • PC
  • VR
  • Roblox
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Board Games
Hell, I'm even running around the house with Nerf guns and playing "hide n seek" lol
Fazz
Honored Contributor
March 24, 2020

Shadowmask72 said:

Most UK folks should have seen this coming what with the appalling display of people completely ignoring any sensible advice. FK them all.



We already known the world is not full of sensible people. Sometimes people need to take into account what the stupid will do in order to come up with the best solution.
Anonymous
March 24, 2020

Shadowmask72 said:

Most UK folks should have seen this coming what with the appalling display of people completely ignoring any sensible advice. FK them all.



Yup, this country has been a mess for decades unfortunately. I personally put it down to parents and teachers not being able to discipline kids since the 90s as well as importing criminals from Eastern Europe due to the Balkans War during the same time period. That's when things started to go downhill I think. We're starting to veer down politics at this point though so probably best not to go into more details or debate it too much. Basically this country has been fucked for nearly 30 years.

I read a report yesterday that kids/teens had been coughing in the faces of pensioners, there's NO WAY that I would have done that sort of thing when I was a kid. I'd get a bloody good slap. A parent can't do that these days though thanks to bleeding heart liberal twats. Same with teachers. Kids can basically do what the fuck they want and have no repercussions for such behaviour. :(

Every time I read in the paper that one of these fuckers gets shot or stabbed to death I just think, 'well, that's saved the taxpayer a few quid.'. :(
Gradzooks
New Participant
March 26, 2020
Playing flight simulators all the way here. Stay home and be safe everyone.
Zenbane
ZenbaneAuthor
Honored Contributor
March 26, 2020
Yes. Everyone needs to stay the hell home! Crazy shit happening in the world around us because people are not taking quarantine serious enough. Protect yourselves and others by... staying indoors and playing video games.
<3
Zenbane
ZenbaneAuthor
Honored Contributor
March 27, 2020
Epic Games is releasing FREE titles regularly. I already picked up the following:
  • World War Z
  • Watch Dogs
  • Figment
  • The Stanley Parable
  • Tormentor X Punisher
FYI!
Morgrum
Inspiring
March 27, 2020
Yea i check every week to see what they have for free.
WWZ isnt my thing but sometimes there are some gems!
Like when I picked io Subnutica and the lego batman series.
WAAAGH!
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