Marvel Rivals sees massive file size reduction on PC despite devs doubling content since launch
https://frvr.com/blog/news/marvel-rivals-sees-massive-file-size-reduction-on-pc-despite-devs-doubling-content-since-launch/
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Tanoh@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 16d
Translation: we removed a lot of unused assets we had bundled at the start.
TabbsTheBat@pawb.social · 7 pts · 16d
One of the reasons I uninstalled the game was how massive the file size had gotten =w= so it's nice to see them at least trying to do something about it
stoy@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 16d
What do you mean with "=w="?
TabbsTheBat@pawb.social · 5 pts · 16d
An emoticon in the same series as ones like OwO or UwU or °w° etc. I suppose they're pretty much localized to the furry fandom. =w= in this case is used to express no strong emotion in particular.. mostly like mild tiredness or slight annoyance
stoy@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 16d
Ah, I thought it was something like that, but with client integration.
I remember back in the days of phpBB and vBulletin forums and MSN Messenger, they had special emoticons that would replace text strings with a graphical icon, say, 8) would make a smiley face with sunglasses. Or (L) would make a heart.
I got so annoyed at how out of place the graphical emoticons looked that I trained myself to write them backwards to not trigger the program to replace my text.
So instead of writing :) I write (:
Just as I wrote that sentence, I reflexively reversed the first smiley and got confused when I was about to write the second...
Sorry for the tangent, and thanks for the explanation.
TabbsTheBat@pawb.social · 3 pts · 16d
Ah, I developed a similar habit for certain emoticons within messaging apps for example for something like :3 I'd replace the number 3 with the Cyrillic letter З which tends to look the same in most fonts, or otherwise switch the characters around as you do to not trigger the automatic emoji replacement haha
lath@piefed.social · 2 pts · 16d
ASCII emoticon. The two "=" are the eyes and the "w" is the nose. It represents a bat head expressing a state of mind. Check the username to understand my reasoning.
stoy@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 16d
Ah, thanks!
I thought it was to demonstrate that the game was large (wide) in some way...
Racoonwithbenefits@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 16d
fartsparkles@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 16d
It’s some variation on UwU OwO 3w3 which, as far as I’m aware, imparts simply “cute” from Asian cartoons/animation.
I’m equally baffled by it but I was there in the beforefore times when smileys were visualising human faces.
:-)
popcar2@piefed.ca · 4 pts · 16d
FYI it's still massive. They boast a 40gb file size reduction but from what I heard the game is around 110gb now... which is still a lot.
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 16d
Marvel Rivals reminds me of Rural Juror.