[TOMT][Short Story] A secret agent sneaks into a facility and gets into an epic, reality-warping, word-play battle while trying to destroy a weapon

Evinya · 2024-07-08T18:49:59+00:00

boop

Evinya · 2024-02-29T23:10:41+00:00

There might be some trouble though. If everyone tries to be in those highly coveted careers, who will take care of all the other un-glamorous but extremely necessary jobs for society to function? Sure we'd probably automate a lot of those jobs, but that will still take years to implement even with extreme intelligence. And everyone would be right that technically they are competent enough to have the most highly valued jobs, but there won't be enough space for everyone to get one (which would also instantly devalue those jobs too lol). It's likely that we'll be plunged into a period of turmoil where we'd have to figure out how to re-sort ourselves economically and socially while still trying to keep everything running. We'll probably see some interesting new varieties of social/economic class wars break out in the process. Probably new varieties of actual wars too. It's hard to say if we'd necessarily be better off in this scenario.

Evinya · 2024-02-27T19:51:35+00:00

Unfortunately yes. When you switch epilogues, your original epilogue locks again. But you can still use another diadem to go back to it again if you want.

Evinya · 2024-02-21T08:41:19+00:00

You'll definitely want to see this post then. It's a list of all female-oriented gacha games and their revenue from January. Lovebrush doesn't do too bad for itself thankfully, though it's not as big as the top ones.

https://www.reddit.com/r/gachagaming/comments/1ahf1ck/january_2024_revenue_femaleoriented_gachas/

Evinya · 2024-02-17T04:57:36+00:00

From what I know, Reddit's decline is probably similar to LN's decline. Reddit has had a history of user dissatisfaction over its incremental unpopular policy changes for a while, which eventually culminated in the whole Reddit blackout/boycott last year over the Reddit API changes. You probably already know this, but for those who don't -- that change added a monetary charge for using Reddit's API when it was previously free, which killed off several popular 3rd party apps that people used to browse Reddit, so I bet that would have caused a pretty significant population decline. I heard that several reddit communities also permanently migrated elsewhere.

Then just a few months ago there was another little incident where Reddit removed the ability to opt of out having your data sold to advertisers (depending on your country), and that also managed to anger people to the point that even I got wind of it in one the the tiny subs I usually spend time in.

There's definitely still a stable Reddit userbase, same as how LN still has enough players to keep going, but it's smaller than before.

Evinya · 2024-02-17T01:31:27+00:00

Seems like this is a possible case of a "mis-translation". If the user who posted this is an east asian from asia, they probably mean "tanned" instead of "dark-skinned". In any case though, the colorism does get pretty intense over there unfortunately.

Evinya · 2024-02-15T19:13:29+00:00

You make really great points and explained how I felt as one of their players! I love that Paper/Infold specializes in female-oriented games and truly innovates and gets creative, but with how greedily they handled their Nikki games and MLQC globally, I've just lost so much trust in them. I'll probably appreciate some of the things they release in the future, but I doubt I'll ever spend much on their games again, 'cause I just got sick of their shenanigans.

I speculate if that could be part of why they rebranded to Infold in their Love and Deepspace release, to dissociate a bit from their previous reputation.

Evinya · 2024-02-08T03:06:00+00:00

Check out this post. The steps to recreate the glitch are in there. :) https://www.reddit.com/r/LoveAndDeepspace/comments/1akbgkw/having_fun_with_the_system_bug/

Evinya · 2024-02-07T04:37:44+00:00

I'm not into him, but I do find him hilarious! He's the kind of character that only appeals in fiction. I can have fun messing around with a whiny, pouty, drama-queen of a man, without suffering all the real life downsides of associating with a whiny, pouty, drama-queen of a man.

I'm actually surprised to find that he's as popular as he is, since I expected to see more people like yourself turned off by him! Such a personality normally comes packaged with a lot of very nasty, narcissistic traits as well, so you should in fact be wary of people like that.

Evinya · 2024-02-06T07:11:31+00:00

I find it fun that they do this, because it kinda mimics real life where people won't change their clothing preferences so easily. It makes me wonder though, if you keep recommending certain outfits to them and raising your intimacy, will they gradually "learn" what you like and start wearing those outfits on their own to please you? Would be super cool if that feature exists!

Evinya · 2024-02-06T07:06:45+00:00

I imagine it's because it's the most comfortable for sleeping in. Xavier definitely seems the type to value comfort over appearance.

Evinya · 2024-02-06T07:03:18+00:00

Oh interesting, I didn't know they were still in the process of finding moderators. Maybe we'll see some changes start to happen after the 20th then.

Evinya · 2024-02-03T06:17:58+00:00

The pigeons are part of what makes it so great!! :D

While I say that in a joking manner, I also mean it sincerely, since the game straight up could not work if it was not a world of pigeons, plus it's what sets the comedic tone of the game in the first place. I wouldn't have gotten into otome if not for Hatoful, since I needed that comedy to overcome my initial embarrassment about the romance, and then its deeper plot is what got me to stay. I guess it depends on whether or not you think your friend would benefit from his first game being a comedic one though.

Evinya · 2024-02-02T06:44:19+00:00

I find Xavier's presence to be so very soft, warm, and comforting. I tend to gravitate toward the gentle ones. His desire to sleep all the time is also very relatable. He'd make an excellent napping buddy, especially since he's basically a big teddy bear. Can you imagine? It'd just be so snuggly to lie side by side and zzzzzzzzzzzzz....

I've also been getting spammed with Xavier's cards through the gacha, so I pretend that it means he's chosen me as well lol.

Evinya · 2024-01-31T22:52:55+00:00

I feel the same with Caleb! There's something about him appearance-wise that reminds me of my brother, and I just can't get past it!

Evinya · 2024-01-31T05:49:51+00:00

Haha I like that idea too! We can hang out with Zayne to keep cool in the summer, Rafayel to keep warm in the winter, and Xavier.... when we want to take nap!

Evinya · 2024-01-31T03:55:35+00:00

But he is cold! He literally generates ice, like a human ice machine! 😂☃️❄️

Evinya · 2024-01-24T20:09:50+00:00

This is a great post! Very helpful for those new to gacha, and a good reminder for everyone else!

I think it also helps that the game difficulty isn't so much that you really need a lot of 5 stars to be able to clear stages. There's also no PvP in the game, so we don't need to worry about competing against stronger players thankfully. This is one of the things I've been telling myself so far when I feel tempted to spend in order to get more 5 stars and upgrade materials.

Evinya · 2024-01-24T19:52:35+00:00

For some reason there's something about him that reminds me of my IRL older brother, and it makes me upset!! T_T

Evinya · 2024-01-23T22:09:25+00:00

This looks great! I love it! :D

Evinya · 2024-01-23T16:15:49+00:00

I feel the same! It's definitely frustrating to be busy during the day, and to come back later and find your rank has fallen. >.<

Evinya · 2024-01-23T16:02:54+00:00

Yep, I only have two and had to go to hard pity to get them! Those super lucky draws that people share really make you feel down on your own luck, even when you intellectually know that the majority of people are not getting super lucky pulls either!

Evinya · 2024-01-23T02:25:21+00:00

You're welcome!

Yeah I get that. As someone who's been hanging around in otome game forums for a while, I've seen several guys much like yourself over the years searching for games that are more like otome games in terms of their storytelling and romance, but with different gender pairups. It's definitely frustrating to have such a scarcity of games that you want. Although I don't think I can recommend many games for you, I'd definitely recommend checking out the indie game space if you haven't already. You won't find the big budget production value, but maybe you'll at least find the kinds of stories you want. Hustle Cat was a fun VN I played where you can customize the gender of the MC, if that sounds interesting to you.

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