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The "I'm effin Quarantined" Megathread

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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!
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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...

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

I'll answer first:

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.
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!
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.
I'm a non-hoarder, but wondering if I will regret it.

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ZenbaneAuthor

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RattyUK said:
In the UK the military do not have the 'shoot first, ask questions if they survived' attitude seen elsewhere... Unless they are in a war zone :)

My google search of UK military crimes says otherwise, sir! Not that I want to deviate from the main topic, but your comment takes us in to nationalism with a comment that is misplace and pure fiction.

ZenbaneAuthor

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Morgrum said:

Hey now Zen it doesnt always have to go wrong.
After Katrina I was part of the Mil patrols in and around New Orleans.
The locals trusted us way more then they trusted NOPD.
Could be also because NOPD is corrupt as hell and we didnt give a shit about pot.
But trust me Snow you dont want Mil vechiles riding up and down your streets.
They are big cumbersume and damn near garunteed to break side view mirrors off of parked cars.

Katrina was a natural disaster to a small region, and many of the citizens had left to seek refuge elsewhere. Many came here to Texas. So when the military was patrolling the area, that area didn't have all its citizens relaxing in their homes. Quite the opposite. The homes were destroyed or damaged and people were leaving.

With today's situation, everyone would be in their homes wondering about food and medical supplies, while the military is patrolling outside "keeping order." Entirely different scenario than Katrina.

Granted, I am not a fear monger and I would prefer to "trust" our military. But human nature is a mofo.

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Morgrum

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Zen you would be suprised by how many locals and tourist were in town during our activation.
While we had many evacuate a large percentage returned when they were allowed to.
Even more during the Six months of patrols.
Trust your Air force, Navy, and Marines.....
Our Army on the other hand is the biggest gang in the world and will steal anything not nailed down!

Of course we were locals patroling and helping locals.

WAAAGH!

ZenbaneAuthor

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Morgrum said:

Zen you would be suprised by how many locals and tourist were in town during our activation.

I know some people remained, but the math doesn't lie. The population of New Orleans was under 400,000 at the time of Katrina, and over 370,000 locals became refugees and left New Orleans. Which means that the military was aiding roughly 10% of the total population, and in an area that was destroyed.

Also, the locals were allowed to volunteer and contribute to the Katrina situation; walking and working alongside the military. That is clearly not something that would happen in this Coronavirus situation, where the locals would all be forced to remain in Quarantine. Unlike Katrina, the current situation would not entail locals and military working together outside in the community. There would be a clear separation, with the military "in control" of 100% of the locals. Apples and oranges, my friend.

ZenbaneAuthor

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On a different note,

There's a Job Loss Megathread over on reddit:

https://www.reddit.com/r/personalfinance/comments/fkyu8h/job_loss_megathread_unemployment_resources/

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Morgrum

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Zenbane said:

Morgrum said:

Zen you would be suprised by how many locals and tourist were in town during our activation.

I know some people remained, but the math doesn't lie. The population of New Orleans was under 400,000 at the time of Katrina, and over 370,000 locals became refugees and left New Orleans. Which means that the military was aiding roughly 10% of the total population, and in an area that was destroyed.

Also, the locals were allowed to volunteer and contribute to the Katrina situation; walking and working alongside the military. That is clearly not something that would happen in this Coronavirus situation, where the locals would all be forced to remain in Quarantine. Unlike Katrina, the current situation would not entail locals and military working together outside in the community. There would be a clear separation, with the military "in control" of 100% of the locals. Apples and oranges, my friend.

( Shrugs )
It will prob be different city to city to be sure I will give you that.
But if im back on patrol in a week or two I am fairly certain it will be the same as last time.
New Orleans for its faults is a city where people stand together against any odds.

Its the job losses that will hurt the most.
We only have so much food to hand out to the folks in need if this is prolonged.
And 2k in April will help some but if it goes beyond that rent and mortgages will not be paid.

And we are talking first world nations with high medical care if this gets out of hand in third world nations we will see losses in numbers we havent seen since the Influenza outbreak in the early 1900’s.

My heart really does go out to all of the hardest hit nations Italy, S korea, China ( since im sure they are not reporting the correct numbers )

WAAAGH!

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Fazz

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:/

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Morgrum

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Of all the folks on these boards Snow really needs to be stocking up as a just in case.
its not panic buying in his case its survival.

WAAAGH!

ZenbaneAuthor

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Morgrum said:
But if im back on patrol in a week or two I am fairly certain it will be the same as last time.
New Orleans for its faults is a city where people stand together against any odds.

But the situations are not the same, right?

In New Orleans some 90% of the population was gone and the city was physically devastated by a natural disaster. And New Orleans was the only region impacted.
On the entire Earth, multiple nations/regions are in a state of emergency lockdown with 100% of the population remaining local and in quarantine. The regions are dealing with a pandemic, not a natural disaster.
In New Orleans, locals and volunteers were allowed outside and able to assist military personnel.
With Coronavirus, locals are being quarantined and cannot be outside assisting military.

I see no reason to assume that things will be the same. The differences are quite huge.

Its the job losses that will hurt the most.
We only have so much food to hand out to the folks in need if this is prolonged.

Agreed. Now think about the differences between Katrina and Coronavirus:

With Katrina, victims impacted became refugees and were provided free food and shelter in other regions.
With Coronavirus, all regions are on lockdown so there is nowhere else to go after job loss and running out of food.

Again, the situations are drastically different. And the role the military would play is also drastically different.

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Fazz

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Morgrum said:

Of all the folks on these boards Snow really needs to be stocking up as a just in case.
its not panic buying in his case its survival.

Some people could be buying more because their elderly relatives have underlying health issues. Our Government in the UK is telling families to stay away from their elderly relatives, so they are probably stocking up for these people. There's a lot of people in the UK with underlying health issues. My Mum has COPD for instance and my Father has Cancer.

I shop for my Mum and Dad, but given the virus can stay on solid things for up to 72 hours from what we are told. Then I wouldn't want to be shopping regular for them. It's the advice that people are being given that is making them act this way and the media don't help.

Latest headline is that London may be going into lockdown. How is that going to help matters telling people something like that. All It's going to do is make people stock up on things more because it hasn't been explained to them what lockdown really means.

You would have thought the world would have had a plan in place for something like this already. Given that a virus could one day wipe out the whole of mankind it would have made sense to have a plan. I hope after this is over, it will better educate some people in future and they will know what to do next time.

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