Goldenpath
10d ago
As a ln enjoyer of strategy games, what do you mean by 100k LOC? Is that a financial term, I haven't heard it before.
Edit: you probably mean line of credit? Whats the game about?
Goldenpath
13d ago
I often see this line of thought from both the pagan right and more progressive Christians, but I'm not sure we -and Nietzche for that matter- aren't reading modern understanding of the world into ancient peoples heads. Jesus was not only literate but had rahbitical training iirc. He was a skilled craftsmen who did carpentry, he never had to grow his own food in a word that was 80%+ illiterate sustenance farmers. I just dont think Jesus was particularly wreched by the standards of the ancient world, although his execution was usually reserved for the less fortunate.
Goldenpath
17d ago
Thanks, I always enjoy these write ups by psychedelic users even if I'm a square who never intends to partake myself. Personally, when too stimulated by coffee and/or sugar I can get lost in my own head. I find it hard to describe without sounding pretentious or up my own ass, but suffice to say that I get so self absorbed I forget the passage of time and feel compelled to pace around without noticing. It's almost dream like and I imagine its at least a little bit like what psychedelics are like. Probably also an indicator that I shouldn't take them if a mild blood sugar spike can one shot me like that.
Anyway, I'm curious about the 'thinking alien thoughts without language' part. I know you werent compos mentis at the time, but I'm interested in what the actual meat and potatoes of these thoughts are. Like, if they were sensations, were they from your own home or totally removed from your environment? Did they have meanings you could understand in retrospect, or was your mind just forcing greater meaning onto random thoughts and stimuli?
Goldenpath
28d ago
"hence all the grooming by professors and creatives and academics and the like of adoring female acolytes (though this is not a lot different than "grooming" of groupies by rock stars back in the day)"
I don't deny that this sort of grooming happens, but I wonder why? I mean surely these sorts of people have the pick of the litter, if they asked girls out on a date or flirted normally surely they'd get alot of sucess.
Well, I'm putting together my first attempt at entrepreneurship myself right now, so I'll let you know how it turns out. Without going into exhaustive detail, I'm making a tabletop wargame with a focus on proxies. The model's base is 25mm, the same base size of unaugmented humans in a certain popular grimdark game, and the historically insired factions will hopefully convince some historical wargamers to try converting minis. I plan to make the core rules free online with a small initial kickstarter, and probably only start making any real money with expansions and a 2nd edition.
Theres a culture war angle here in that I think that alot of tabltop gaming companies like WotC and GW are quite incompetent and will likely bleed fans over time. That's its own can of worms to be opened in another post though.
I'm at the point where I'll have to start advertising it via videos, reddit posts, etc which I absolutely despise. I love talking about it organically with friends, but theres something fake and wrong feeling about doing so to make future sales, even if its nessesary.
So far though for me its been alot of working in photo editors on my rulebook and making 2d pixel sprites for tabletop simulator testing. Oh and a small mountain of varoius spreadsheets and documents. I may move back to the US from the UK to start the company, as America seems more amenable to businesses in general.
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