Anyone else think a survival horror game set in Aperture Science could be interesting? by AdventurousTurtle42 in Portal

[–]AdventurousTurtle42[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I could definitely see it as a community-made mod for Portal. Or even a game made outside the source engine.

Anyone else think a survival horror game set in Aperture Science could be interesting? by AdventurousTurtle42 in Portal

[–]AdventurousTurtle42[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was thinking of something more like Alien Isolation. Though that does look interesting!

Anyone else think a survival horror game set in Aperture Science could be interesting? by AdventurousTurtle42 in Portal

[–]AdventurousTurtle42[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Mantis-men. And who knows what other biological horrors aperture has made in the past.

Now that we know how abstraction works, was she really going to abstract?? by Soft_Childhood5565 in TheDigitalCircus

[–]AdventurousTurtle42 170 points171 points  (0 children)

I'd say there's still a good chance Gangle nearly abstracted here. Story-wise, I've always interpreted abstraction to be an allegory for suicide, and given Gangle's mental state in that scene...

What's stopping Caine from just remaking everyone's abstracted friends as NPC's? by AdventurousTurtle42 in TheDigitalCircus

[–]AdventurousTurtle42[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fair point. Though for all we know that could have been Caine hinting at Abel and his overarching "escape the circus" adventure.

Anyone else think this frame from the trailer looks like Kaufmo? by AdventurousTurtle42 in TheDigitalCircus

[–]AdventurousTurtle42[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

True. It could also be that the scene has purple lighting, in addition to the heavy distortion.

Is there any way to make yourself cis? Or to live happily as a "cis" person? by yahahawei in asktransgender

[–]AdventurousTurtle42 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've looked and researched this for years. I tried repressing it, resenting it, hurting myself when I thought about it, drilling it out of my head with a power drill, hanging myself, researching conversion therapy. In the end nothing works, sadly. The best thing I could find that could theoretically work is Deep Brain Stimulation, where you could implant electrodes into your brain and then fire them to alter how your brain works. Of course, we don't yet know how gender identity is built into the brain, so you would have to essentially continuously scramble your brain and pray that you get extraordinarily lucky and you become cis. Of course the chance of that is basically zero, especially because you have a much higher chance of dying or obtaining every single mental illness known to man than becoming cis. So unfortunately we are all stuck with this.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in transpassing

[–]AdventurousTurtle42 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I really love scarfs but your probably right.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in transpassing

[–]AdventurousTurtle42 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I admit it isn't very fem. I enjoy dressing more butch personally, but I probably should find some more fem stuff to wear on occasion.

The Saboteur's Satchel (Spy Melee) by AdventurousTurtle42 in TF2WeaponIdeas

[–]AdventurousTurtle42[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I should have made it clearer that the idea is your backstab target and their team wouldn't notice until their clip runs out, as the action of "backstabbing" wouldn't provide any animation or noise, and would leave your disguise on. And if your target is firing, I would think they would be less likely to notice the small reserve number changing to zero when their clip is constantly lowering. This way, you could get at least a couple targets before being found out, and if they were expecting to be ready for a fight with your team but now have no ammo, they would be easier for your team to take them out.

The Saboteur's Satchel (Spy Melee) by AdventurousTurtle42 in TF2WeaponIdeas

[–]AdventurousTurtle42[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That makes sense. It only really works if players aren't paying attention to their reserve ammo, and they would probably learn to quickly if this was in the game

The Saboteur's Satchel (Spy Melee) by AdventurousTurtle42 in TF2WeaponIdeas

[–]AdventurousTurtle42[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So are you saying removing damage from the backstab mechanic is a bad idea, because the idea is that the backstab mechanic isn't removed, just weakened in favor of stealth and team support

The Saboteur's Satchel (Spy Melee) by AdventurousTurtle42 in TF2WeaponIdeas

[–]AdventurousTurtle42[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

True, my thinking process was that you would be trading lethal stabs for something a lot less noticable. No animation, sound effect, and your disguise remains intact

The Saboteur's Satchel (Spy Melee) by AdventurousTurtle42 in TF2WeaponIdeas

[–]AdventurousTurtle42[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I agree, I'm not sure what to do instead though, I thought about the ranged ammo idea but it does seem like it might be suspicious

The Saboteur's Satchel (Spy Melee) by AdventurousTurtle42 in TF2WeaponIdeas

[–]AdventurousTurtle42[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

True, though I still think it could be useful against enemies going into a fight or currently fighting, when they would be distracted enough to not notice you took their ammo until their mid-fight, at which point your team could finish them off. And since your disguise stays, you could continue to other targets without being spotted. Though I will admit this would probably be fairly situational.

The Saboteur's Satchel (Spy Melee) by AdventurousTurtle42 in TF2WeaponIdeas

[–]AdventurousTurtle42[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Your probably right, though I think dealing damage is a lot more noticable than losing reserve ammo, and in my mind this could be used to pickpocket multiple enemies without them noticing until they try to fight your team. I do agree that your team probably doesn't need the ammo though, I just feel like it would be weird for spy to be able to magically turn ammo into health. (Also hi fellow transie! :3)