Any regular at Backbar in Somerville’s Union Square has probably noticed a tiny closet while waiting in line to get in. This former storage space has gone through a makeover: Featuring a proper bar counter, a wall full of whimsical-looking bottles, vintage Kung Fu movie posters illuminated by string lights, and traditional Chinese tchotchkes, this closet has become Greater Boston’s first dedicated baijiu (pronounced “bye-Joe”) bar, hosting tastings every Thursday night.

Zack Perl

Behind the counter is Nick Lappen, the bartender who gave the closet a new life….

Very few settings on ARK are chiseled in stone. You can change almost everything about your game if you have control over the server you’re playing on. Tether distance is one of the adjustments people want to increase or remove because it can be very inconvenient for a server with multiple players. 

What is the Tether Distance?

A tether distance on ARK is the distance other players can travel from the host. As the distance increases, so does the amount of space that can be between the host and other players. 

Tether distance is one of those things that exists for the game’s performance rather than player convenience. The lower it is, the less stress there is on your hardware to run ARK. This is because it limits how much of the map the game has to load. Each piece of the map…