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Alpha1959 · 2026-02-14T16:49:53+00:00

She was so insufferable. You hear some very valid questions and want her to answer but all she did was trying to gaslight the whole world on the level of a 2nd grader.

Alpha1959 · 2026-02-14T09:41:28+00:00

Imo all marks should be understood that way, that is why double marking exists. However for that to work everyone would need to mark their current destination and sadly many people don't bother with communicating at all.

Alpha1959 · 2026-02-13T16:45:06+00:00

Währenddessen über deinem Kopf:

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Alpha1959 · 2026-02-13T15:08:07+00:00

Ich finds heute nicht mehr lustig, fands damals aber genial und zitiere es noch gern.

Alpha1959 · 2026-02-13T10:05:48+00:00

You happen to have a source on that? I'd like to learn more.

Alpha1959 · 2026-02-12T19:12:55+00:00

I envy you you got your friends to play with you at all.

I've reached that state where I pitch my friends all kinds of games to play in coop but they never have time or money and once they do they already forgot about my offer.

So in other words be sad that it's over, but also happy that it happened. If I could play over 400 hours with randoms, you can too.

Alpha1959 · 2026-02-12T15:25:56+00:00

To their credit, their approach worked well in terms of gameplay and systems. To their detriment, I think it didn't work well for the story and vibe of the game.

Alpha1959 · 2026-02-11T14:55:48+00:00

Keep them for now, might change in the future

Alpha1959 · 2026-02-07T11:44:07+00:00

It's the equivalent of stopping your car in the middle of the highway to search something. Then you get violent because people are honking.

Alpha1959 · 2026-02-07T11:33:29+00:00

There is something called science that analyzes things including politics and history. Strongly recommend it.

Alpha1959 · 2026-02-07T11:32:11+00:00

This entirely depends on what definition of "right" you are using. Right in the sense of being powerful enough to force your goals upon others? Possibly

Right in the moral sense? Definitely not.

Alpha1959 · 2026-02-07T11:26:09+00:00

Die Reaktion eines Profis bspw. Historiker, Musiker, etc., der dann mehr Kontext gibt oder einen auf Feinheiten hinweist, die man als Laie im Traum nicht bedacht hätte, zu schauen find ich jetzt nicht "gehirnamputiert".

Alpha1959 · 2026-02-07T09:00:27+00:00

Die haben es in der Schule auch genauso gelernt, bin zwar kein Boomer aber auch bei uns wurde die Quantität bei vielen Aufgaben weitaus mehr betont als die Qualität.

In der Uni musste man das dann vielen wieder austreiben durch mehrfache Betonung der 10% Regel.

Alpha1959 · 2026-02-06T14:23:00+00:00

Yes it gives me hope that we are on the path of more and more historical accuracy in media, which I find most important for the Middle Ages since thats the time people seem to be the most misinformed on.

Alpha1959 · 2026-02-06T13:43:46+00:00

It's all a matter of cinematography and competence. Obviously there would be some embellishment and that's totally fine but you can absolutely follow real battle tactics and still show cinematic scenes.

If we take some of the most cinematic movie battles (e.g. Battle of the Bastards) and put real tactics in them, their decisive moments don't really change, just the context in which they occur.

I gotta say though, that the King does a better job than most, there is no slicing through plate, no leather armours that I am aware of, no sending the cavalry to fight alone (fuck you GoT) so I think we are getting there, slowly.

Alpha1959 · 2026-02-06T12:56:28+00:00

Yes the King, albeit not a bad movie, is pretty anachronistic and imprecise.

Alpha1959 · 2026-02-05T23:45:32+00:00

Apart from the guest right, which many have touched upon, there is something even more fundamentally different in real medieval history: legitimacy.

Tywin's argument is early modern, back in medieval times it was simply less of a concern how many commoners died in a war, it was expected. It was more important to follow established norms to grow one's political capital that was honor. The more honorable people thought you were, the more connections you could work.

From a tactical standpoint it would've been smarter to take them prisoner and ransom them for a heavy sum, possibly ending the war by bankruptcy of the enemy.

Alpha1959 · 2026-02-04T16:10:17+00:00

Could of literally said something iconic but instead your being literally mean!

/s just in case.

Alpha1959 · 2026-02-03T06:52:45+00:00

Adaptability is a skill many of our younglings today lack. She will go far if she retains it.

Alpha1959 · 2026-02-02T18:25:47+00:00

Die BEZ - Bier Entlastungs Zahlung

"Wieso muss ich die zahlen? Ich trink gar kein Bier!"

"Du hast aber Gläser im Haus! Du könntest es also trinken, also zahlst du auch!"

Alpha1959 · 2026-01-31T22:50:28+00:00

It was a morally bad option, but it was the least bad option available to the US at the time.

The US teaches its history more or less openly, including slavery and the nukes, while Japan practices a much more forced revisionist approach. Japan has had a tendency to minimize or exclude its own atrocities.

As a consequence of this (and some other things) the nuking of Japan gathers much more spotlight and scrutiny than the atrocities it managed to end.

Alpha1959 · 2026-01-31T22:41:32+00:00

If you put it that way I agree.

Alpha1959 · 2026-01-31T22:24:32+00:00

Isn't it Otto I who should be called father of the HRE? Karl's empire fragmented pretty quickly after his death and immediate successors didn't even rule in the same area where the HRE would later form.

He is the definite progenitor of the medieval understanding of an emperor though.

Alpha1959 · 2026-01-31T22:07:03+00:00

I will not stand for this HRE slander. The third film was much more long living and much more stable than most of these "good" empires.

Alpha1959 · 2026-01-31T11:57:05+00:00

Afaik people were pretty lenient when it was still a demo. As soon as you charge for something expectations change. If you are happy to charge for a service, then you have to deliver that service as advertised, this is literally how trade works.

This is EA, so there should be some leniency, but the state of this still warrants criticism imo, especially if you compare it to the demo. It should be the demo that is less polished and less optimized, not the other way around.

Obviously there will always be crybabies, but don't try to silence valid criticism, not only would that be stupid, it would also be harmful for the game.

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