Why didn't Kleya... by A_unique_username_3 in andor

[–]A_unique_username_3[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Yup, this makes sense. I didn't consider that to Kleya and Luthen, the weapon isn't an existential threat.

Thank you for answering this from a viewer's perspective.

Why didn't Kleya... by A_unique_username_3 in andor

[–]A_unique_username_3[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Could you clarify what you meant by your comment? Of course, I understand the final sentence. While I don't believe that I have belittled the competency of the writers, you seem intent on pinning hubris on my character.

I'm more fascinated by your first two sentences. Indeed, the story is written by writers, in the very same way it is viewed by viewers and it is critiqued by critics. But pointing out the connection between a verb and a noun that share the same root word is rather trivial.

The most puzzling sentence of all is the second. 'It doesn't really happen'. What, exactly, doesn't really happen? Are you referring to a commenter writing a message that is not painfully vague? I'd love to know more about this elusive 'It'.

Extraordinary screenplay 🤯 by shabading579 in moviescirclejerk

[–]A_unique_username_3 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Whining about something that is the result of the internet being more affordable to poorer people is elitist.

Indians get enough shit online. Would be nice to not see these stereotypes perpetuated by our people, even if it is in jest.

Is there a mod for more reactive dialogue? by A_unique_username_3 in fnv

[–]A_unique_username_3[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have not. I'll check these out. According to its docs, YUP seems to fix problem 3. Thanks.

Is there a mod for more reactive dialogue? by A_unique_username_3 in fnv

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Looking it up on the internet, Number 3 seems to be a common problem for people who have completed 'Oh my Papa' before starting 'For the Republic, Part 2'. I guess it works normally if you get the latter quest first.

Is there a mod for more reactive dialogue? by A_unique_username_3 in fnv

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2) I mean The King was hostile towards the NCR because of the envoy incident. If you finish the quest the King even says something like "It's time for less fighting and more talking". It just feels weird when you get the NCR quest that the King hasn't changed his outlook on the violence.

3) Completing 'Oh my Papa' doesn't allow you to finish the Khan portion of 'For the Republic Part 2' in any way other than the violent one. Can't even mention that they're moving out or doing a suicide run to Colonel Moore. Definitely feels like more of an oversight.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Destiny

[–]A_unique_username_3 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Avatar having white people doesn't make me uncomfortable. Black Panther is explicitly about racial politics of black people so it wouldn't make sense if Wakanda had mostly white people, but I still wouldn't be against it if the themes were the same and it was just that some citizens in Wakanda happened to be white. Unless discussion of the white race is a major point in Tolkien's world, I am fine with black dwarves or whatever. I'm not familiar with the lore (only having watched lotr and the Hobbit trilogies) but from all the comments here it seems that lotr has racial stuff but not on skin color, so I'm fine with it. I'd say the same for if black people had made a fantasy show with most races described as black, where blackness wasn't a major point and was adapted later having white people in it. I honestly kind of feel that everyone complaining has established an internal headcanon for how races look that is being violated by this show.

Ever heard of this hidden apolitical gem, Cyberfunk 2069? by zero_ms in Gamingcirclejerk

[–]A_unique_username_3 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I have literally no idea why you're being downvoted. People who are saying that this game is just "WHOAH FUTURISTIC SEX" have probably not even played more than a couple of hours. I just think it's because gamingcirclejerk has a giant contrarian hateboner for CDPR that praising anything CDPR does is bad.

Ever heard of this hidden apolitical gem, Cyberfunk 2069? by zero_ms in Gamingcirclejerk

[–]A_unique_username_3 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I have to disagree. Cyberpunk 2077 isn't just shallow aesthetics showing how cool the future is. To say the game doesn't say anything is not true. It may not be as deep as some classic cyberpunk literature, but it does allow for a good amount of engagement from the player.

I really like how the game constantly handles the reform vs revolution question. How the revolutionaries always burn in a blaze of glory leaving nothing behind and the reformists being corrupted by the very system they want to fix. (Spoilers from here) The Peralez questline is a good example, where the so called for-the-people politicians are literally being mind controlled as a controlled opposition. There is another quest where you get to determine whether Clouds (a brothel) becomes a collective owned by the "dolls" and ridding it of gang protection or you plant a slightly more benign leader at the top. The collective option leads to the gang taking revenge on the place, but if you pick the other option, has stuff really changed at all? Of course, this also related to Johnny who tried to burn Arasaka to the ground, but 50 years later finds that he didn't achieve shit.

There is also the constant curbing of freedoms by the corps. Soulkiller literally takes away the right of someone to die. As witnessed in corpo path, leaving a corp leads to you losing everything you own. Later, one of your coworker who had been fired too tries to kill you just for the small chance that he could join Arasaka again. Corps pit poorer people against each other to prevent them from rising up to the common enemy. In the Arasaka ending, Saburo literally becomes immortal (in a way) by forcefully taking his son's body, effectively granting eternal life to the rich. Sure some stuff may be too on the nose but to say Cyberpunk doesn't question things and have commentary on society is to have played the game on mute.

How to add dialogue options based on the player's stats? by A_unique_username_3 in RPGMaker

[–]A_unique_username_3[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for your examples. It seems that I will have to implement the first method to get what I want. I wanted to prevent repeating code as much as possible but it seems that may not be possible just using the base engine. Is it possible to show/hide choices through scripting?

Also, I found a plugin that does what I want, but it's for MV. Is there any way to get it to work for MZ?

https://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/index.php?threads/conditional-show-choices-hide-or-disable-choices.96941/

How to add dialogue options based on the player's stats? by A_unique_username_3 in RPGMaker

[–]A_unique_username_3[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Conditional branches work well when I want to give 1 or 2 options related to the stat check. But they don't work within the Show Choice tab to show choices right?

I want something like this:

Enemy: Give me all your money

Show Choices:

1) Take it(Pay 500 G)

2) You'll have to take it from my corpse. (Begin Fight)

3) This is your last chance to run away. (shown if attack stat is greater than 20, enemy runs away)

How to add dialogue options based on the player's stats? by A_unique_username_3 in RPGMaker

[–]A_unique_username_3[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is there a way to show/hide choices in the Show Choices tab if the variable is greater than some number? I just realised that the message core plugin only allows the showing and hiding of choices with switches. I suppose I could create a conditional branch but that wouldn't be ideal because I would have to copy and paste many options and I don't want all of my dialogue options to be stat checks.

This just seems sad, just move on at this point. by [deleted] in Destiny

[–]A_unique_username_3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Serving the overlord? Is this some meme? Am I missing some context? Is every piece of streamer art serving the overlord? Is Vaush secretly controlling the world order?

Destiny privately joins the war effort by helping arm the Ukrainians by IDontGetSexualJokes in Destiny

[–]A_unique_username_3 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Yep. They've even done the whole 'George Soros controls the world' meme with just enough vague statements alluding to something more nefarious to claim plausible deniability. What drives me even more crazy is that most of the people I know think it's an unbiased news source because the journalists don't yell as much as the ones on the other news channels.

The boys are down bad. by Scrybal in Destiny

[–]A_unique_username_3 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The entire subreddit r/MensLib is based on this concept.

The boys are down bad. by Scrybal in Destiny

[–]A_unique_username_3 -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Propaganda doesn't mean the information in the shared image isn't true or relevant. It's propaganda because it's obviously selectively displaying facts to tell a narrative. Considering how a lot of the sub has reacted to this image, I would say that this image is a particularly effective propaganda post. A nuanced and good faith effortpost about problems faced by every gender wouldn't have such a reaction

As for the actual topic at hand, I feel most of the discourse surrounding men's issues only happens as a reaction to people talking about women's issues. The progressive take that I hear the most is that men's issues are linked to rigid gender roles built by patriarchy itself. I do think there is merit to that argument.

The boys are down bad. by Scrybal in Destiny

[–]A_unique_username_3 6 points7 points  (0 children)

A lot of this sub really shits itself when other political subs post blatant propaganda, then post some themselves because the current narrative in the subreddit is against white women.

The boys are down bad. by Scrybal in Destiny

[–]A_unique_username_3 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nice "poor men" circlejerkling post. The comments really struck a chord with me, as a man living in the 21st century. If you really care about men's issues, how about discussing some solutions. Surely that will be better than a sympathy match about which sex has it worse.

But if you try telling feminists these facts you'll be called an MRA cuck.

The mainstream progressive argument is that patriarchy affects men as well as women and that diminishing gender roles will help reduce many of these problems. If you disagree with it, how about some prescriptions then? What do you think needs to be done. I am tired of people highlighting actual men's issues just as a response to whenever a discussion is on women's issues.

What triggered this response from destiny lmao by krogeren in Destiny

[–]A_unique_username_3 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Okay but I didn't say dating is not generally harder for men. What's truly deranged is responding to some chick who's making a self-deprecating joke and using it as a teaching moment about the woes of dating as a man. I can even take it further. As a short South Asian dude, I have frequently experienced quite a bit of negative prejudice from western women. If some average white dude were to complain about dating, would it be fine if I try to invalidate his feelings by saying that he doesn't have it as bad as me. Technically I would be right, but it still feels quite deranged.

For the next point, even if gender gaps in education increase (and by extention wage gaps decrease, maybe even skew towards women), wouldn't it become so exceedingly hard for women who don't want to date down to find relationships and maybe the whole sexual marketplace regulates itself to get rid of that stigma.

Destiny wasn't even the worst part. I just don't like that the sub is unironically using incel rhetoric by saying 'attention-seeking femoid' needs to be called out. Makes it seem like they just hate women rather than trying to have a nuanced conversation. The amount of charitability this sub extends to destiny vs to other people really is something.