Thank you! I didn’t think an ombudsman would be at all helpful against a game company, I should reconsider aha. No Twitter account but that’s good advice!

Thanks - from what I can gather the support member is a roulette spin with each message - hopefully I can use your tips and increase my chances of success

Thanks, yes that’s good advice. I’ve got an account with GOG and use their launcher

Fuck Rockstar. I changed my email accounts but forgot to change Rockstar first. Now, after buying GTA V on Xbox and Steam and sinking a lot of time into it over two accounts, they added some mandatory launcher on Steam that forces you to login to their Social Club. Mandatory launcher calls an account that I can’t unlink, triggers mandatory 2FA to an email that doesn’t exist. The cunts refuse to help despite my willingly handing over a lot of private information - their support system is as good as fake. The end result is I have sank >£100 in buying their games and they ensure that not only do I not get to continue my account on GTA V, but I have been permanently locked out and actually impossible to play any Rockstar Social - walled game on Steam.

I have the same issue with Activision, and here’s the kicker. They’re exactly the same support blueprint. Same support. Same result. Same fake-ass Western names on their signature.

A Punk Rock Christmas is always one I listen to. Seriously, who the fuck forgets the pepperoni?

Original version

Also, to answer the most important question:

Lemmy is full of friendly dictatorships, freedom of expression is allowed in most instances

An article on the subject

Yesterday I found an incredibly convincing fake of a ragepost (on Lemmy - couldn’t find it again so sourced it from Facebook). Reverse analyzing the details revealed that the selfies were modified to increase duckface, a pile of cigarettes were added for the narrative, and an accompanying news report screenshot was expertly modified using two different articles and changing many details. I can’t in good faith believe any social media meme after this:

All the selfie captions are fake.

Ya that’s a very femme ‘daddy’ aha

Not at all toxic and loaded

In reference to the subject on Rossman’s screenshot, that is an 8 year old scandal that was, AFAIK, never proven. What was proven, was an 11 year old report on emotional manipulation by then Facebook

I believe ‘avatar’ was generally changed to match Xbox and others using the term to describe full body digital expressions of the user, like the Xbox 360 avatars. I grew up knowing it as profile picture, but now I’ve changed my social messenger of choice to XMPP I’m seeing it referred to as an avatar again

Why is everything a parody of the original lol. Flurry… Blizzard… Anyway what’s everyone’s opinion on this, are Dairy Queen’s Blizzards better than Mcdonalds’ Flurries?

It’s a magical place

Is the mouse taxidermied?

Matt must be Groening every time life imitates his art.

My main gripe is Windows Defender. I have an app that integrates with Home Assistant and Windows keeps flagging a component as a Trojan virus. Makes sense, as it’s supposed to access admin level functions to read some sensors and enable remote power control.

But for years I’ve seen MsMpEng.exe, or the antivirus, constantly scan my 4TB HDD, either looking for viruses or doing some stupid NTFS remapping thing. It’s loud and only spun up when idle on Win10, but became more aggressive on Win11 with less time to start scanning and not stopping when I move the mouse.

The latest development with breaking my app just means I’m more vigilant in turning the entire antivirus off when it turns on and starts scanning.

Fuck you, Mickey

the policies of our partners

Lol I couldn’t care less about the policies of a handful of pathetic old women, disconnected from reality, who live 17,000km away from me. I’ll not have some crackpot old fools dictate my life. Their sphere of influence should never have extended past their little congregation.

Just another reason to ban many pitbull owners and rehome the dogs