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Failed to connect to MySQL: (1203) User howardkn already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connectionsPath: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!border-2.nntp.ord.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!Xl.tags.giganews.com!local-1.nntp.ord.giganews.com!news.giganews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 04 Jul 2025 13:41:19 +0000 From: Spalls Hurgenson Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action Subject: FREE GAME: Black Desert Date: Fri, 04 Jul 2025 09:41:28 -0400 Summary: Copying or reuse for AI training or data sets not allowed Message-ID: <98mf6k5u49b0rfn2106q5t0ihlotl16gep@4ax.com> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 2.0/32.652 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 16 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com X-Trace: sv3-W24Hmuv1j1W5HKCExvAH1Qz3K+5RfToZnZM+pe9zubL69EyL+te3ePomj8+4hbGllFUu8t5jK9t6zAX!E/dv8ZWATlKQCHmxlOBvikPjM/xUNKyv7EFmv8R6Ks8cygsaDB64+fVvv83nAWTUOcQrmDod X-Complaints-To: abuse@giganews.com X-DMCA-Notifications: http://www.giganews.com/info/dmca.html X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 Hey, did I get here before Ant or rms for once? * Black Desert https://store.steampowered.com/app/582660/Black_Desert/ Dunno much about it; it's a free-to-play MMORPG (which is never a good starting point) with a lot of ad copy focused on cooking and crafting, and mixed reviews to boot. Apparently the game is very pay-to-win and there's a lot of grind that can only be alleviated by buying DLC and MTX. I think I'll pass. Even The Number disapproves of this one.