Hi comrades, it’s yappening again - you’re invited to drop in chat about what’s on your mind in Webfishing!

That’s a wrap for today, thanks to everyone who stopped by!

FAQ and Rules have been moved to this post
I figure most people who are interested in this have already had the chance to read through this stuff but on the odd chance that you haven’t yet, you can still find everything right there in the linked post.

Looking forward to seeing you there!

    • lelkins@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
      3·
      4 days ago

      i fished with you all in spirit lol.

      my earthly vessel will soon exist and i will fish with you all in physical (depending on time of day and specific personal conditions) instead! may parappa the crappa live on

  • ReadFanon [any, any]@hexbear.netOPMEnglish
    14·
    7 days ago

    O shit, new Drop-In Peer Support Webfishing server announcement just dropped shocked-pikachu

    @Luna@hexbear.net
    @whatnots@hexbear.net
    @large_goblin@hexbear.net
    @joaomarrom@hexbear.net
    @grym@hexbear.net
    @Beetle@hexbear.net
    @SadArtemis@hexbear.net
    @Edie@hexbear.net
    @imogen_underscore@hexbear.net
    @DragonBallZinn@hexbear.net
    @moondog@hexbear.net
    @Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net
    @Cowbee@hexbear.net
    @TheSpectreOfGay@hexbear.net
    @damnatum_seditiosus@hexbear.net
    @PurrLure@hexbear.net
    @un_mask_me@hexbear.net
    @ratboy@hexbear.net
    @AshenWolf@hexbear.net
    @alexandra_kollontai@hexbear.net @rtstragedy@hexbear.net

  • ReadFanon [any, any]@hexbear.netOPMEnglish
    8·
    7 days ago

    @lelkins@lemmygrad.ml @dustbunnies@hexbear.net

    Hey, I hope you don’t mind me pinging both of you. Since both of you are newer users, I just thought I’d do some unsolicited advertising at you - this is a regular event that I hold in the game Webfishing to offer peer support through the in-game chat. It’s a very easy-going space to hang out and chat as well as an opportunity to get peer support if that’s something that you might be interested in.

    There’s an FAQ and the basic rules of the server here in this post which should have a lot of details if that’s your thing. If not, just check out the Server Ground Rules under the big, bold heading at the bottom of the post - as long as you agree to them, you are welcome to come and join us.

    It’s a place for positive vibes, mental health and neurodivergence chats, and a place to vent if you need one.

    • lelkins@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
      4·
      7 days ago

      i like fishing games :D

      but i don’t use steam due to horrible experience related to it D:

      • ReadFanon [any, any]@hexbear.netOPMEnglish
        5·
        7 days ago

        Fair enough. I settled on Webfishing because it’s a compromise that offers enough of the right things while being low on demand for system resources and cheap. Ideally it would be free and independent of Steam but I don’t think it will ever happen and at least so far it seems locked into being a Steam-only release.

        If it’s a matter of being prohibitively expensive, I have offered to cover the cost of the game for people who are Hexbear users who aren’t brand new accounts, since I don’t want to have the admins flooded with requests for new accounts just to grab a freebie and I’ve got better things to put my money towards aside from people looking to exploit this opportunity (I know that this would exclude you but I’m happy to bend my own rules in your case). If you fall into this category of the purchase price being outside of your means then just send me a DM and we can work it out from there.

        If it’s about not doing Steam, I get that. It seems that Webfishing is available on piracy sites like The Pirate Bay. I haven’t tried this option myself but the download is >100MB. If that’s more your style and you want to see if it will work then let me know when you’ve got your hands on a copy and we can make a time soon to test out whether you’re capable of joining a server using a cracked copy - my hunch is yes because the game in its current state is slapped together with little more than duct tape and hope but there’s no telling what will happen until we actually give it a shot.

        Hopefully that provides you with an acceptable option and if not, I understand why that would be and I’m sorry that I’m not able to offer something more suitable for you.

        • lelkins@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
          4·
          7 days ago

          i can’t torrent at the moment due to unreliable internet (based on mobile data, i have one of those routers that use a sim card lmao), maybe tomorrow or something!

          when i get a copy, i will dm you. i hope i have time to play fibsh as well, i want to be a funny cat or something. i thank you for this opportunity lol. i can’t use a vpn due to price and even rural internet not being ideal so i will break ground rule 5 :(

          it’s apparently on rutracker as well, not sure if it’s the current version or if it’s going to be compatible lololol. bless rutracker

          • ReadFanon [any, any]@hexbear.netOPMEnglish
            4·
            7 days ago

            Sounds like a plan!

            it’s apparently on rutracker as well, not sure if it’s the current version or if it’s going to be compatible lololol. bless rutracker

            The Russian piracy scene is amazing. I can’t read a single character of Cyrillic but the things that even I am able to find on Russian piracy outlets is just fantastic.

            The most current version appears to be v1.10, which is available on The Pirate Bay but I’d guess that rutracker has the same version available as well. Here’s the magnet link to the version available on The Pirate Bay if you want it. I just grabbed it and ran it in Linux via Wine and it seems like it’s working fine but obviously do your own due diligence and make sure that the download doesn’t have anything sketchy like a virus.

            I’m looking forward to getting your DM :)

            • lelkins@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
              3·
              6 days ago

              alright, to anyone who lurked here thinking “hell yea, if i can use a pirated copy, i can just ditch steam and be with you all!”

              sadly… we were all wrong.

              the pirated copies do work, i found one on the russia-based nosteam clean file warez group most of us already know. great, the game works! but only on lutris. wait, it had an optional “online fix” to add by replacing files. i can put that and get to business! we can finally pla- it stopped working and requires steam. i can’t do that.

              i will be fishing with you all in spirit, for i cannot be there in person. there IS a free but older version made for a gamejam on the creator’s itch.io but it’s more primitive, we don’t want that, we want hats and punching and actual guitars that i do not know how to play but if i do i’d play the dwarf fortress theme constantly

    • ReadFanon [any, any]@hexbear.netOPMEnglish
      5·
      7 days ago

      I don’t want to overpromise and underdeliver so at the moment I’m committing to running it for a definite 2 hour time slot though the previous few have run well over by a number of hours. (Last one I think was in the vicinity of 8 all up.)

      If I have the energy and there’s still demand to keep it going then I will but it’s a bit hard to know exactly how that will look on the day - after I hit the 2 hour mark, if everyone seems to have had a decent chance to talk and I don’t have much more to say then I’ll probably wind things down but usually thr conversations run long and there’s typically a lot to say so it tends to go well past the 2 hour mark.

      If it’s past then, your best bet is to check the post - if the title and body have changed to saying that we are currently live and there’s the lobby code available then jump in and say hi but if it says that we have closed then that means it’s a wrap until next time.