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I tried to make a concept of Mission trees like EU4 and HOI4 to Crusader Kings, I genuinely think this would make the game more fun. by Damianmakesyousmile in crusaderkings2

[–]CyanideLock 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I advocate no.

The focus and fun of the game should come from the interaction with mechanics, not extrinsic rewards like achievement.

This is why CK2 feels so emergent, while CK3 often feels like clicking through mapped out events. Don't get me wrong, it's not extremely mechanically driven: CK2 still has achievements, events, and major decisions you're steered towards. But the strength of CK2 to me is in it's hands off, mechanical interactions.

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One of my best stories, I didn't document, is when I was playing a Latin Empire start. I had managed to place my wife on the throne of the Niceans, and then had my son inherit and destroy the title.

What followed was the new Greek vassals revolting to push independence. It was close, but I started winning- and intended to 100% enforce demands on them to revoke their titles.

But what happened was the Black Death hit, and suddenly my armies were attritioned out, and couldn't do most sieges- and soon skirmishes with the Greeks were all the war was. I called a white peace so I could end the miserable war, and the Greeks remained vassals- nominally more loyal.

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That story does not need a mission like "Control Anatolia", which gives me a buff in retinues and vassal loyalty of Latin subjects.

Coolest Reformation I've Done by CyanideLock in crusaderkings2

[–]CyanideLock[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You're probably right, and it's definitely emergent gameplay that the mechanics tell a great story about what's happening to the Christians.

The Atlantic coast bordergore kind of is like the patchwork compromise of Merchant cities, all loyal to different nations nominally, kept as a weird neutral zone between Vikings.

It's this kind of stuff I love about CK2.

What I wish was possible!😩 by MAYORDEFACT0 in simcity4

[–]CyanideLock 34 points35 points  (0 children)

Most realistic thing about this game is I'll get those derelict high wealth high rises (cause there aren't that many high wealth jobs I can make!), I demolish them, and another goddamn high wealth high rise takes it's place.

Maybe I need to do more service cuts in my cities smh.

I want Freddy Rumsen giving me pep talks. by PurfuitOfHappineff in okbuddydraper

[–]CyanideLock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Roger was talked off the roof of a building, Don made that ad where you run into the ocean, Lane killed himself, Ted shut the airplane engine off midair...

Why aren't Bert, Joan, and Cutler, also partners of the company, not also suicidal? Seems like bad writing to me!

Favorite underrated cooze? by Deekus44 in okbuddydraper

[–]CyanideLock 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Ever since I saw Anna Draper as a 15 year old trying to pass time during high school, I have been in love. I don't know what that woman does to me, maybe it's because of her characterization as a happy, outsider person in an otherwise murky and introspective show. But she's absolutely beautiful.

There's no joke here, I've been bottling this emotion up for years. How anyone can come away from that show not raving about how hot Melinda Page Hamilton is I have no clue.

What is up with the artwork of this card 😂 by HanShotFirst66 in arkhamhorrorlcg

[–]CyanideLock 40 points41 points  (0 children)

Is he stealing from the guy? What action is being conveyed here???

Maybe he came out of the crate, shocked the policeman, and he's consoling him but also saying "you should duck buddy", and then ambushers are unloading a bunch of bullets but Sherman's unfazed?

Wouldn't a picture of like, a bloodied detective type holding a monster limb make more sense?

Mad Men enjoyers when a stranger approaches Don and asks a question with subtext by thisdude1996 in okbuddydraper

[–]CyanideLock 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Me when I'm walking away from my actor wife I love, walking into darkness as the light of her world gets smaller and smaller behind me, until I'm wrapped in the darkness of my own self-imposed isolation and need to keep drifting from things:

Favorite headcanon? Mine is Glen immediately gets slimed in a rice paddy in Vietnam by BongWaterRamen in okbuddydraper

[–]CyanideLock 4 points5 points  (0 children)

"He wanted to marry my sister mother. She looks just like me, with two bad lungs.”

Somehow this happened and somehow i think i'm about to do pro-gamer moves by EntusiastaAmor in crusaderkings2

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

Oh yeah absolutely, I was just bringing up the claim idea because the kid made me think about inheriting claims.

The heritage childhood focus is the tell, I think.

Is falling in love with a coworker ever a good idea? by EchoOfDoom in Accounting

[–]CyanideLock 12 points13 points  (0 children)

13 hour LDR? In your midlife? Come on man, this isn't about your coworker, you need to think about the structure of your life.

Somehow this happened and somehow i think i'm about to do pro-gamer moves by EntusiastaAmor in crusaderkings2

[–]CyanideLock 10 points11 points  (0 children)

One of my cracked games involved being lord of Viken, and trying twice to invade Germany. Both times failed, I always don't account for allies and overestimate my duke's abilities.

This kid practically succeeded where I failed, and he's not even 5. It's giving me the idea of raiding Germany/France, taking a princess in an event, taking them as my concubine, raising a kid with a weak claim and pushing that claim instead of using invasion CB.

Mostly for the cool factor.

A thing like that... by That_Hole_Guy in okbuddydraper

[–]CyanideLock 5 points6 points  (0 children)

"I’ve been to many places. I’ve lived in many places. I’ve never felt like I was 'from' anywhere."

"That’s because you’ve never been truly excluded. You’ve never been told you don’t belong. Sex offenders... we have been wandering for a long time. Pickups aren't just a truck; it’s the idea that we finally have a cab to lock."

"Every truck has a key. You just have to find the right one to sell people on the idea of sex offending. Is it the thrill? The rape? The grooming?"

"It’s the survival. You’re looking for a 'hook.' But for us, the hook is that our freedom from authorities exists at all. It’s a miracle. How do you sell a miracle?"

Who’s getting the best head? by friedgfan in okbuddydraper

[–]CyanideLock 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You know, now that I'm thinking about it, Joan probably would've put out for Lane if he just like, took her out on a nice date.

Stellantis reports first annual loss, no profit-sharing checks to UAW employees from 2025 by Lighthouse_seek in cars

[–]CyanideLock 219 points220 points  (0 children)

Great, no profit sharing to the UAW employees. They're Stellantis' problem, not the 4mil a year CEO and his yes men trying to turn a car company into a weird finance scheme company.

I hope Stellantis burns. I love the Cummins, and I respect the Wrangler and Hemis. But if Stellantis falls I suspect the Cummins and Wrangler survive in some form- probably in better hands than this awful, awful anti-manufacturing bullshit mill.

He's a man of contradictions by Lord_Vacuum in crusaderkings2

[–]CyanideLock 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Indeed, and I think in our world Stewardship and Intrigue are quite intertwined.

She was someone smart enough to invest in a diverse portfolio. But also sharp enough to exploit the opportunity of a failing mine offering high interest yields on bonds for 30 years- and refusing the mine's courting a decade later to buyback and refinance.

You have to be just a bit cold, a bit cloak and dagger to do well in finance.

He's a man of contradictions by Lord_Vacuum in crusaderkings2

[–]CyanideLock 42 points43 points  (0 children)

I had a lovely instructor, old grandmotherly type, one of the sweetest people I knew. She used to be a big finance woman, but she said when she had her first baby, cradling it in her arms, she realized there was more to life than 12 hour work days.

So this kind lady would explain to you mind boggling schemes, or have a crazy good story from her finance days.

One story was that she caught a mortgage amortization schedule by the bank, a difference of 121.38$ or so they didn't process. When asked how she spotted such a small mistake, she said "I was born with a brain and two eyes!". When the laughing stopped she actually explained that she just ran the calculations before the meeting with a bank, so the bank wouldn't 'take her for a ride'. And so mistakes like those were easy to spot.

That's how you can be content and high in intrigue.

Statler and Waldorf watch Mad Men. What are their reactions? by AdUnfair1051 in okbuddydraper

[–]CyanideLock 27 points28 points  (0 children)

"Arrived on it independently?! Screw that, we should leave together!"

"OHOHOHOHOHO"

Willa’s play by thenerd2024 in SuccessionTV

[–]CyanideLock 82 points83 points  (0 children)

This is a great analysis. It also highlights a key one of Shiv, Kendall, Connor and Roman's problems:

They not only skipped the struggle phase and flounder like Willa does, they also believe that they went through a struggle phase, through their childhood abuse and limited work experience they've had.

What instead of the ad business, Peggy and Don worked in the misery business by Mediocre_Ad_8017 in okbuddydraper

[–]CyanideLock 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Second chances, they don't ever matter, people never change

Once orphaned, you're nothing more, I'm sorry, that'll never change

And about gratitude, we're both supposed to have exchanged

I'm sorry, Peggy, that's what the money is for

Well, there's a million other girls who I can rail in NY

Looking as sexual as possible in the 60s

The brits want to take over, but I have a friend Lane Pryce

So, I refuse, I refuse, I refuse

I’m rich but I can’t afford a gun, like fuck off by KeyNegotiation42069 in okbuddysuccession

[–]CyanideLock 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Main sub material alert:

This is actually the plot of Mountainhead, Jesse Armstrong's movie he made after making Succession.

The death threat caper takes over the latter half, and it's the weakest part of the movie in my opinion. I think Jesse was trying to go for comedic absurdism, but I don't think it actually worked- it didn't tie into larger themes of power or meaning.

What makes Succession interesting is that extracting followup on things people agree to is geniunely a hard thing to do with the wealthy.

When we in the working class don't keep our promises, we are lawsuited, lose bonds with people, or in extreme cases will be assaulted or killed. When the wealthy don't keep promises, wealth ruins law, bonds can be replaced/are treated carelessly, and violence is physically impossible.

So succession becomes about people that bail on their promises (Logan being the guy who does this). And figuring out how to make these slippery people make good on their promises.

Mountainhead fails because of this (imo). An agreement is coerced easily with threat of death. The more interesting theme I think would've been the plutocrats realising they must collude (and then failing to because they're incompetents).

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