sun_the_second
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Also, I have to agree with those who whinged about the massive picture in the CYOA I posted earlier: this shit took a solid 2 minutes to load over VPN. I felt like I was in the internet of the 90s, and I wasn't even on the internet in the 90s.
sun_the_second
1yr ago
Why don't you ask him?
I assume his answer would be along the lines of "fantasy isn't about what you actually would like in real life".
sun_the_second
1yr ago
I'm not in the habit of assuming the worst intentions in anyone who doesn't think like me. Some men also fake being progressive to pull alt girls, doesn't mean there aren't genuine ones.
That is to say, I don't need to "get to know her in order to be attracted", personally. If someone comes here and says he does, will you disbelieve him?
sun_the_second
1yr ago
What filters?
sun_the_second
1yr ago
There have been quite a few experiments by data visualizer-types who allegedly set up a fake profile with male model pictures and raked in matches by the dozen. I don't recall any that were published somewhere more respectable than 4chan, though.
Also, it's always "top 1% male model" fake profiles, I'd be more interested in seeing how well someone closer to top 10% does.
sun_the_second
1yr ago
I have no problem presenting it in those terms, and would far prefer it to handouts or AA. It's just that we're gonna have to wait a bit longer until it's an option.
sun_the_second
1yr ago
It's apparently on Substack now. Do other Substack blogs cause you trouble?
sun_the_second
1yr ago
Do they? How many parents really know what their kid is up to on Discord?
sun_the_second
1yr ago
How about "cries of anarcho-tyranny or no"? Judging by the decline in sex zoomers seem to be having, society is keeping a tighter handle on drunk teenage parties - just through self-policing rather than the panopticon of the elders.
sun_the_second
1yr ago
Cynical answer: if women getting raped by men in prison is what it takes to bring attention to the general issue of inmates being raped by stronger inmates in prisons...
sun_the_second
1yr ago
I have still not seen a satisfactory answer to "so how do the slobs stop you from competing against your peers, anyway?". Right now, slobs can actually waddle ten meters and say they won. Why does that not "ruin" running for Usains but ezmodo ruins games?
I can somewhat agree on one case where catering to a lower-skill strata really does take away from the experience of the higher-skill strata.
There are games where everyone, by definition, has to have the same content - the multiplayer games such as Dota 2. Same map, same heroes, same numbers. A complaint that the devs casualized some high-skill-floor hero like Invoker would be perfectly valid here, since the sweaters can't enjoy him afterwards.
Even then, provisions have been made such as Turbo Mode, which makes a match go faster through sped up progression and thus (arguably) less strategically deep.
In singleplayer games, the impulse to exclude the casuls from the game entirely is vastly misplaced, its logical conclusion would be that game completion recordings can't be uploaded to Youtube so that the gamer lords can truly feel like an exclusive elite. I don't buy the justification that "adding difficulty modes takes away from development time that could be used better". It's not that hard. It would take more development time to tweak the only difficulty level just so, in order to maximize sales and player satisfaction (and companies will want to do that because they want money, not a sense of pride and accomplishment).
I do not recall any examples of a non-videogame activity where participants specifically take pride that this activity is hard and impenetrable for casuals even at the lowest stakes where it still counts as the same activity. Sports, crafts, art, puzzles - they all have their little leagues, amateurs and easy modes. Still there is no small amount of pride and renown that is won by engaging into them at the highest level successfully.
Can you provide any examples to the contrary?
No, it's saying "we should not lower the difficulty of getting a doctorate to the level of graduating high school so that everyone can feel the accomplishment of getting a doctorate"
No one is getting "the doctorate" (the hard mode completion) by "graduating high school" (completing easy mode). Besides, of course, blatant game state editing (cheats/hacks/mods).
I'm not. They can go play other, easier, lesser games just fine.
It might as well be a whole other game.
There are no devalue fields being emanated by easy mode players that can somehow affect your experience of beating hard mode against your will.
sun_the_second
1yr ago
You don't have to have the argument. I haven't noticed any argument, certainly. There is a clear win condition, and different strata of Touhou players value different tiers of victory differently. I observe that the majority consider normal 1cc and upwards to be "real".
(There are usually different endings in Touhou games and the ones granted for easy mode or multiple continues are the "bad endings", but it's just a few lines of text.)
sun_the_second
1yr ago
Besides, most men will have the opportunity to shame, discourage, mock or halt rape. "Teaching men not to rape" also includes "teaching men to teach men not to rape", and I'd wager the impact of that second-order teaching is higher.
sun_the_second
1yr ago
Are the achievements of NFL quarterbacks diminished by the existence of beer league sports?
sun_the_second
1yr ago
And I never once heard from anyone in the Touhou community that "it would feel more rewarding to complete normal/hard/lunatic 1cc if lower difficulty modes/continues weren't available".
sun_the_second
1yr ago
I don't agree with this psychoanalysis. Cuphead has an easy mode, Devil May Cry games have an easy mode, Touhou games have an easy mode. In none of those games' communities does anyone boast of completing the game on easy mode. If there's any chase for social cachet, you're essentially calling those people very delusional because there is no cachet in beating ezmodo. Instead, the normal mode or higher (depending on how sweaty normal mode is) becomes the socially accepted "real completion".
Some people just want to experience [some fraction of] the game's mechanics and beat the final boss and not watch it on Youtube. There isn't any more social aspect in that than idly swiping gems in a 3 in a row game on the train.
While I don't think being murderous is necessarily a disease, an Amlian's touch does "remove anger and aggression". Also, it isn't against Amlia's taboo to have a bodyguard squad nearby who will shoot dead anyone who resists your calming touch, smacks you with curses or brings a pack of zombies with them.
Also also, I'd expect Amlians to be among the least attractive targets. Their powerset is one of the least useful for a murderboner, they are liked and protected, and if you're heavily wounded just ask for their service like any other normal disciple. Tank the disfavor for sparing them if you have to.
sun_the_second
1yr ago
Honestly? Kids with horrible problems get born every day, in numbers I expect to absolutely dwarf any IVF polygenic experiments.
The only thing that's worse about the latter option is that now you have someone to blame.
sun_the_second
1yr ago
The World tickles my encyclopedia completionist side, I must say. How easy would it be to lift myself off my ass is arguable, even in a brand new fantasy world, though. I'd hope the sense of restlessness the card induces would compensate for my homebodiness.
sun_the_second
1yr ago
Try a VPN. I'd put the picture on imgur, but I only ever see everyone here use catbox.
sun_the_second
1yr ago
I've polled one of my chats and saw one person pick Quet, as they said, to ensure other Quets don't touch them. I suppose that's where the parallels with "red button/blue button" come in.
I think the problem with refusing deals with the devil is that there's the assumption that the devil needs your consent. (to present a choice where all options are a change from the status quo)
Did Tate become Muslim or simply adopted a few "Islam is right about women" memes? I haven't looked too deeply into Tate but from what I've heard, his works were quite unbefitting for a faithful servant of Allah.
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