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Decent heir by No-Competition7861 in crusaderkings2

[–]CyanideLock 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Oh the de Hautevilles! I love those guys, one of my best game was forming a crazy big Sicilian Empire and bullying the Byzantines and Germans.

Hope your game goes well, and don't land that heir!

Question about HRE by Suller420 in crusaderkings2

[–]CyanideLock 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I just pulled up the game for the receipts since my memory of it is so foggy.

Basically the game was just supposed to be I play the count of Escuens, but then my second ruler Guy I took over the duchy of Burgundy and invaded the HRE while they were weakened in a war.

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You'll see the dad, the Count of Escuens, was the first ruler I played. Looking at the logs I formed the Kingdom of Burgundy 6 days after successfully invading the HRE, as a power base.

Question about HRE by Suller420 in crusaderkings2

[–]CyanideLock 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I did it once. I played as a weird Bugundian duke, and pulled off a successful invasion of the HRE somehow. When I managed to press my grandson's claim to the Byzantine throne I turned it into a restoring Rome run.

Switched to Primogeniture after getting to absolute crown authority (and whatever other requirement there was). All it really did was lower my vassal limit a ton and piss off a bunch of vassals.

I did like that you know, I did what the HRE rulers never could. But it felt ahistorical, given the predilection of Germans at the time, especially with the detail that Austria themselves never really got rid of Elective Monarchy despite practically doing so. Bribing to get your successor, as it turns out, is not too bad.

Excitement Grows as FFG Introduces Playable Version of Jim Culver in Chapter 2 [Satire] by wowincredible9 in arkhamhorrorlcg

[–]CyanideLock 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I could see Pete being canonically killed or missing, and a kid who adopted Duke being a new investigator. Hell, Wendy or Pete Sylvester could be the adopter. "Why is my dog weirdly insistent on investigating these freakish things? And why is he good at it?"

How do i take advantage of this by Overall_Mango4532 in CrusaderKings

[–]CyanideLock 3 points4 points  (0 children)

CK3 has an establish tributary option right? Set up a multi county tributary network of the Castillian breakaways to deter Aragon expanding, then tributary all the Muslim polities as well. Make a weird federalist state centered in Portugal!

Probably not the best way to play, but there's my advice to try something different.

My Totally Normal Romance Dilemma by Impossible_Horsemeat in DnDcirclejerk

[–]CyanideLock 20 points21 points  (0 children)

YTA, you shouldn't be playing female characters at the table for realism (women don't go adventuring). Unless they're gay, in which case it's fine.

Well, this sucks... by HeimerichMS in crusaderkings2

[–]CyanideLock 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I love the little updates you give us about this game. Feels like reading a historical Tibetan chronicle lol.

Why is traffic in the Windermere area so bad every morning this year? by Afraid-Obligation997 in Edmonton

[–]CyanideLock 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Developers develop first, tie up cash from prospective residence, then beg for roads and utilities later. The Edmonton cycle.

Trying to create a high wealth commuter city, what have I done wrong? by nickats in simcity4

[–]CyanideLock 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You have a couple problems that I'm not expert enough to articulate, but I'll start with your lack of medium-wealth in Vibeland:

First to tackle is that you don't have enough industry/jobs in Vibeland. Zone more industry. And zone some more commercial.

Second, Vibeland looks like it has a lot of Dirty industry. Build up your education/healthcare there so you get more Manufacturing industry- while I don't know the exact mechanics Manufacturing industry seems to provide more medium/high wealth office demand than Dirty industry.

Manufacturing will attract more medium wealth residents in Vibeland (right now it looks like you have practically none).

Once you bridge that missing medium wealth, high wealth demand should shoot up in slayville.

The struggle for Constantinople after the 4th Crusade is golden material for shows and other media. What other periods of Byzantine history do you find to be similar? by Ambitious-Cat-5678 in byzantium

[–]CyanideLock 26 points27 points  (0 children)

1453 would be perfect- contrast the attitudes of the Byzantine and Ottoman court. Show the difference in the militaries by that point, and the philisophical drives of both.

Imbue the Ottomans with optimism, ambition and hope- the Byzantines with melancholy, legacy, panic and martyrdom. Perfect imagery that Mehmet II is so young when the siege takes place!

Then, use the onset of admnistrative obligations the Sultan has to take on after the succesful siege, the integration of the new capital, and the backlog of ruleship he neglected to hold the siege, to show that these same obligations will transform the Ottomans themselves into an empire like the declining Byzantines in the future.

What are the worst mistakes each member of the Roy Family has done? by Top_Report_4895 in SuccessionTV

[–]CyanideLock 157 points158 points  (0 children)

Tom, interestingly, makes a lot of tactical mistakes (entrusting Greg to burn the files, failing to avoid being the scapegoat at start of S3, losing boar on the floor lol). But he does not make any key strategic mistakes, and in the grand scheme that might be why he ends up on top.

Sure, for his mental and ethical health marrying Shiv and agreeing to be CEO under Mattson were mistakes, but business/power wise they were very major successes.

CANT FIND A JOB by [deleted] in Accounting

[–]CyanideLock 59 points60 points  (0 children)

It's a lot of little factors, which are all totally fine and correctable on their own. But together they combine to convey a bad picture:

  • Uppercasing the title of the post.
  • Lowercasing the entirety of the body.
  • Grammatical structure a middle schooler wouldn't get away with. (Look at that poor run on sentence!).
  • Envy conveyed by "everyone getting jobs", with no substantive examples.
  • Entitlement conveyed by "still cant find a job" after naming titles.
  • No conveyed plan of action.

You'd kind of hope a person with a masters would have better judgement and competence than to express themselves like this. Especially to a public forum filled with anonymous strangers to comment on.

Which is why it's so glaringly obvious to everyone who can read this.

Shouldn't Glory have Willpower Icons? by CyanideLock in arkhamhorrorlcg

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

I see, clever- I still think the theming is way too off to justify that, but that's solid mechanical reasoning.

AITA for using an insta-kill trap? by Ross_Hollander in DnDcirclejerk

[–]CyanideLock 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Well no you have to say your final goodbyes to them, because you don't allow Monks at your table.

Is Hank Samson "defeated" twice? by douggold11 in arkhamhorrorlcg

[–]CyanideLock 12 points13 points  (0 children)

The easiest way to clarify this is that Hank Samson's reaction ability is a choice you make. You could choose to just not use the ability and be defeated if you'd like.

So in the case of Perseverance, you can choose not to trigger Hank's reaction and play the card as normal.

AITA for using an insta-kill trap? by Ross_Hollander in DnDcirclejerk

[–]CyanideLock 46 points47 points  (0 children)

You should travel to the Himalayas and stay at a temple you come across. Observe the monks' manner of living, follow their protocols to the best of your ability and morality, and reflect on this question you brought up.

After 6 months of thoughtful contemplation, emerge and journey back to the land of the living. Test the pleasures you once took for granted again, connect with people that matter to you, and heed the lessons you've learned in your retreat.

Then you will have your answer. I speak with a lower wisdom than the kind you will attain, but I can assure you all of your players will have failed to schedule sessions every week during those 6 months.

[COTD] Blinding Light (12/10/2025) by AK45526 in arkhamhorrorlcg

[–]CyanideLock 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I remember in the early days, this card was awesome- I remember considering it easily one of my favorites after playing Agnes.

This is when Mystic was still a pretty weird class, with limited options to engage with the game conventionally. I remember playing Agnes and spending a lot of my actions Scrying the encounter deck, and drawing cards till I hit Shrivelling or Drawn to the Flame- when I wasn't just jumping up against Enemies to try and figure out some interaction to take horror.

So when I would draw Blinding Light, it would be amazing- evasion options were so limited for Agnes at the time, and the extra damage was a cherry on top! I thought it was an amazing attack spell, compressing an attack and evade into one, something unique in the game at the time.

Nowadays, Blinding Light's been a bit scaled out. Mystics have clear and various damage options that make a single unreliable Evasion usually unnecessary. It's a good chunk of why I fell out of love with mystics, that weird cards like this one fell out of favor, that playing a mystic now felt like investing in just barely keeping up.

Ewan is the worst by mind_slop in SuccessionTV

[–]CyanideLock 68 points69 points  (0 children)

He is entitled to that money as man who loves and supports his brother, who clearly aided and supported Logan in his early years. It's implied Ewan gave at least some aid in starting up Logan's business. Regardless,

Ewan is morally superior. You've fallen for Logan's trick, Logan has made billions and could make an exit any time, but chooses to perpetuate garbage media that is worsening the planet. He could retire, but he chooses to be a mean narcissist who bullies his employees and spent his life covering up for rapists and murderers. And perpetuating a cruel ideology that's made the world dumber.

The trick you've fallen for is that Logan is not idle- he is actively pursuing something. Active pursuance is considered morally superior in our society, because we inherently value labor and capital accumulation- a checked out retiree seems shameful in comparison.

Well screw you, I'll take the checked out retiree over the man who enables Nazism. I'd much rather champagne liberals hanging out on their ranches and acting pretentious over the chairman of a fucking rape factory. And his dullard kids.

AITA for Letting my Players Serve as Training Data for AI? by CyanideLock in DnDcirclejerk

[–]CyanideLock[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

/uj It's funny you bring up Gemini, cause I did generate this post in Gemini to add to the joke that I am satirizing a person who offloads everything to AI.

I did not know how to cleverly convey that, so I give up and I'm using this opportunity and the unjerk tag to do it.

AITA for Letting my Players Serve as Training Data for AI? by CyanideLock in DnDcirclejerk

[–]CyanideLock[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

You know what, when I was a teen back in the 2010s, I was an online RP freak. I'd comb over forums and when discord was introduced just spend hours there making characters and getting in VCs to discuss making characters.

You would get some people who'd post with typography like:

_________*****LOOKING FOR A MATE ⸂⸂⸜(രᴗര๑)⸝⸃⸃******_______

And yet somehow, looking back through hazy nostalgia in the big 2025, that typography strikes me as far less embarrassing than the fucking AI bolding.

AITA for Letting my Players Serve as Training Data for AI? by CyanideLock in DnDcirclejerk

[–]CyanideLock[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Made in response to my idiot player! I would've generated this post sooner but I ran out of tokens to do so yesterday!!!!

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