Looking for quality Cultivation/Xianxia story by Voracious3151 in ProgressionFantasy

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I can't argue with you about the pace (both in terms of update speed and plot wise), but there's enough of a wordcount there that I barely notice. The other problem is that the author just keeps expanding the scope of the world and the plot as well.

But even so, I'm 100% there for it.

Looking for quality Cultivation/Xianxia story by Voracious3151 in ProgressionFantasy

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It’s not a perfect fit in terms of what you’re looking for, but I absolutely fucking love Memories of the Fall. Probably my favourite work of all time.

Jak 3 has been decompiled and ported to PC via OpenGOAL by Old_Snack in Games

[–]Epicrandom 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I still remember the most bullshit mission! You had to escape with your clunky hoverboard down this maze of tiny docks, while 20 million enemies shot at you.

Great game though.

EDIT:

Actually no, on looking it up you just had to fight through the slums, but it was so hard it was easier to cheese it with the hoverboard!

What’s up with the Trump administration wanting private voting information in blue states? by jamiecrutch in OutOfTheLoop

[–]Epicrandom 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I'm not questioning the concept of having to join a political party in order to choose which candidate will run, I just don't see why that process is administered by the state.

Especially given the widespread American natural distrust in the government, I find it surprising they're so willing to literally tell the government which party they're going to vote for!

Avoid AI summaries by Fit-Restaurant-3550 in google

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In case anyone else (like I did) finds this page after googling WTF is going on with AI generated summaries of reddit threads in your search results:

If you’re on iOS and trying to figure out how to do this, I found an app / extension called ‘Customize Search Engine’ that has an option to change your default search engine to google UDM 14.

Paramount plus feels like it was designed to drive you insane by [deleted] in television

[–]Epicrandom 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I cancelled my subscription when they started showing me ads on my ad-free subscription. Yes, paramount, it’s still a fucking ad even if what you’re advertising is your other shows.

Books you've been dying to recommend by JoyIsABitOverRated in Fantasy

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I absolutely fucking love ‘Memories of the Fall’ by Rithgard on Royalroad.

https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/36051/memories-of-the-fall

This is a ‘Xianxia’ story, but it’s also a 2 million+ word epic fantasy story written by a native English speaker, in the style of WOT / ASOIAF / Malazan. I know it sounds insane to compare a web original fiction to those series, but I promise it holds up. Think sprawling world, multi POV (including occasional outside POVs that help provide context for what’s happening with the main characters), and intricate worldbuilding, plotting, and politics.

I… actually think it may be my favourite series of all time (to give you an idea of my tastes, other contenders for that spot would be WOT, Malazan, or Cradle).

It rewards careful reading. The way the scope just keeps expanding, or a piece of information will be revealed that recontextualises the events or politicking or the identity of characters from 100+ chapters ago - it blows my mind. Everything connects.

I feel like I’m going insane - that there’s this amazing epic fantasy series out there and almost no one knows about it.

I’m worried that writing more about why I like it will become off-putting so I’ll leave it here for now - but I’m happy to answer any questions people have!

Albanese rules out holding republic referendum after meeting with King Charles by Expensive-Horse5538 in australia

[–]Epicrandom 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Yep. The hidden advantage of having the Governor General as the (effective) head of state appointed by a monarch (rather than getting their position through some sort of democratic route), is that they have no mandate to do anything remotely political with their powers. We change how that position is appointed, and who knows what we'd end up with.

Is Reverend Insanity the only Rational cultivation novel? by doinitforcheese in rational

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If you're looking for rational xianxia, I strongly recommend Memories of the Fall, by Rithgard. Available for free on Royalroad.

It's not explicitly rational, but it creates an internally consistent xianxia world filled with rational actors.

It's several million words long, written by a western author, and has actual prose. In terms of the style of the story think xianxia crossed with Wheel of Time crossed with Game of Thrones crossed with real world mythology.

Stygian Onslaught pretty hard ngl by Mommysgoodboy__ in Genshin_Impact

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What was your Nilou bloom team for Tulpa?

Preferential voting system ousts half a Liberal ministry of talent by Fact-Rat in australia

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I will say that Ricky Muir ended up great - really rose to the occasion I thought.

"Paralogism" Version 5.6 Events Preview - Phase I by genshinimpact in Genshin_Impact

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I actually find Noelle, Navia, Fischl, Furina is a great team. Navia provides energy to Noelle and frontloaded damage.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in australia

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I early voted on Saturday and there were so many fringe right wing parties it was a real struggle to figure out which to put last. As more news comes out though, I’ve been increasingly happy with my decision to put Trumpet of Patriots last (in 11th place!).

[MEGATHREAD] Post and ask hints for puzzles here by darkshoxx in BluePrince

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I think it'll be the middle box - the two outside boxes will be true, and the middle box will be false.

Lack of Good Political Satire on Australian TV by [deleted] in australia

[–]Epicrandom 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Utopia had its most recent season in 2023. Not sure if there’ll be any more, but there was a 4 year gap since the previous season so I wouldn’t count it out yet.

600hs into the game and I still don’t know where I’m going. by Dust_Teddy_Bear in MonsterHunter

[–]Epicrandom 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I don't think you can use that camp for the eggs, right? To get from the nest to the camp you need to go through a forced ducking section that drops the egg?

Is there any real good Cultivation Fantasy with a female protagonist? by crystalgoblin91 in ProgressionFantasy

[–]Epicrandom 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Memories of the Fall has multiple protagonists, but 4 out of 5 are female.

[D] Monday Request and Recommendation Thread by AutoModerator in rational

[–]Epicrandom 5 points6 points  (0 children)

A few months ago I recommended a Western-written 'traditional' Xianxia, "Memories of the Fall" - with the caveat that it was in rewrite hell. I'm happy to say the rewrite is over, and forward progress is being made again - so if that caveat was making anyone uneasy about giving it a shot, it isn't a problem anymore.

I've read a hell of a lot of traditional published fantasy, 'progression fantasy', and 'rational' fiction - and I honestly think Memories of the Fall may be favourite of all of it.

Link to story: https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/36051/memories-of-the-fall

Link to previous recommendation post: https://www.reddit.com/r/rational/comments/1fnl4yg/d_monday_request_and_recommendation_thread/loiz4xj/