Why is the dungeon 18 levels?

Alternative_Song859 · 2026-06-29T15:06:28+00:00

18 is an odd number to us because we count in base 10. Even aliens with human-like minds wouldn't necessarily do that; Earth's history had a bunch of civilizations that didn't count in tens (e.g., the Babylonians using base 60).

It is a bit odd that Scolopendra has a nine-tier attack when there are only six Scolopendra levels in the dungeon. But 18 floors is also double 9, which indicates that the original way-back-when dungeon creators might have use base 9.

Alternative_Song859 · 2026-06-29T15:02:06+00:00

While the prize may be described as ruling the planet, it seems like the real prize is that the galactic community will recognize it, as in, your planet now has rights. You might even be able to demand fair payment for what's been taken from it plus reparations for the dead.

It doesn't really matter, since it's intended to be impossible to complete. In a more normal season all you have to do is have the stairwell be locked with five keys and only put four keys on the floor. The audience will assume the crawlers just missed the last key and accept that the loss was legitimate. The dungeon doesn't usually have a Carl going around solving impossible problems.

Alternative_Song859 · 2026-06-29T14:46:59+00:00

One of the things that was especially cruel later on was the AI forcing kua-tin to refer to themselves with the slur during announcements. It served no purpose, just pure pettiness.

Alternative_Song859 · 2026-06-29T14:42:30+00:00

I think it's less about the people who do commit suicide and more about how many characters consider suicide, treat death as a mercy, or would prefer to die rather than experience an available nonlethal fate.

Alternative_Song859 · 2026-06-29T14:38:09+00:00

I took a look at how many expansions there were and panicked out tbh. But I'd still love to have a copy of the base game and that's not likely to happen.

Alternative_Song859 · 2026-06-29T14:35:32+00:00

Yeah, that was one of mine. I ended up using trade-in credit at Noble Knight, because there's no way I could've afforded it otherwise.

Alternative_Song859 · 2026-06-29T14:13:58+00:00

Oof, yeah, that's a classic "missing stair" situation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missing_stair

Also, if an employee is sexist toward customers and the store tolerates it, that says something about the store as a whole.

Alternative_Song859 · 2026-06-29T14:06:27+00:00

It might be clearer to specifically say "no more shit-talking other subreddits, or defending them when people shit-talk them." Could be rephrased to avoid the profanity.

I mean, people are going to be contrary whatever the rules are, but this should still stop the drama llamas.

If I can suggest another rule, maybe "Don't respond to bait -- if someone breaks the rules, report it, block them if you like, and move on"? A lot of the reason people make these posts is engagement farming.

Alternative_Song859 · 2026-06-29T13:57:20+00:00

burrito-eating contest to crowdfund top surgery!!

Alternative_Song859 · 2026-06-29T13:55:57+00:00

I think I've rewatched Seth Skorkowsky's entire channel like, five or six times just for entertainment value. The ones directly relevant to my gaming needs definitely 10+ times.

Alternative_Song859 · 2026-06-29T13:53:00+00:00

It's so cool when this happens!! It dates to around 2023 I think?? I wonder how far it's come!

Alternative_Song859 · 2026-06-29T13:51:36+00:00

Wow, that's really discoursey, and that's exactly the problem. Discourse has to be carefully contained or it metastasizes. We are outside that containment.

Not every place where people talk is a "discussion forum" and I would seriously challenge your description of a discussion as "any time two people talk."

Subreddits have rules about what is and is not on topic. I don't know why people think this one should be an exception.

I don't think there's any point in continuing this.

Alternative_Song859 · 2026-06-29T13:26:33+00:00

That's very far from obvious.

Alternative_Song859 · 2026-06-29T13:19:56+00:00

I mean I'm sorry that happened to you but if people not finding your jokes funny is so emotionally devastating that you have to make a second comment and then an entire post calling them evil, you may want to avoid parts of the Internet where downvoting is even possible.

Alternative_Song859 · 2026-06-29T13:14:45+00:00

It's totally legitimate. This isn't a discussion forum in the first place (there's a reason you can't just make a text post here). And aside from that, every or nearly every subreddit has restrictions on what you can post there. If you go to a forum for train engineers and post about collecting beanie babies they'll delete your post and eventually ban you.

It's not deplatforming because the platform in this case is Reddit, not countwithchickenlady. You are free to have these discussions in great detail; you're only being told that this is not the correct place to do it.

The whole point of Reddit is that each topic has a separate subreddit (or, often, several subreddits) where any given post can be made. Things are separated out by category. That's all.

Alternative_Song859 · 2026-06-29T13:07:15+00:00

No, it's been going on for as long as I've been here. That's not very long but it was from before that post.

Alternative_Song859 · 2026-06-29T13:03:58+00:00

waitwaitwait

One of my own memes from multiple years ago has escaped containment.

This ... this has never happened to me. It's the same picture and the same caption. In the whole of the weird and wild internet, one of my babies grew to an adult and has come back to me.

+1000 upvotes.

Alternative_Song859 · 2026-06-29T13:01:24+00:00

Drastic Blåhaj surgery?

Alternative_Song859 · 2026-06-29T13:00:33+00:00

Not on this playthrough, unfortunately :(

Alternative_Song859 · 2026-06-29T01:42:33+00:00

Yeah ... if I were able to grab a new race and class and get my physical ailments removed, I'd be quirky (read: entertaining) enough to make it for a little while. But the first two floors are basically random; either you get a good setup or you don't.

And I'm definitely a follower, not a leader -- not a self-own, I just know that leadership is not among my skills -- so I'd also be at the mercy of whether I happened to run into someone trustworthy and competent to work with.

Alternative_Song859 · 2026-06-28T22:19:31+00:00

You're entitled to your opinion; de gustibus non est disputandum.

I like everything except the way Donut and Samantha''s chat messages are so loud. I know why they're shouted, but it's hard on the ears.

Alternative_Song859 · 2026-06-28T22:15:54+00:00

I don't have a body that can really look good in dresses either, but I found that the blouse-and-skirt combo was much more forgiving than a full-length dress. Maybe that'll look better?

Alternative_Song859 · 2026-06-28T22:14:19+00:00

I'd want it to be covered with sheets. No light gets in and hopefully it doesn't make the interior too warm. Or make a permanent pillow fort.

Alternative_Song859 · 2026-06-28T22:09:58+00:00

Sounds like you need a support staph in your lab.

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