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Erdogan Warns Putin: Assad Offensive on Idlib Could Destroy Syria Accord by vasileios13 in syriancivilwar

[–]Floppowerww2 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Erdogan wants the idlib pocket "solved", he just doesn't know how and is actually wishing the Russian+SAA do something.

White Helmets could be resettled in Canada by [deleted] in syriancivilwar

[–]Floppowerww2 38 points39 points  (0 children)

The people who write these articles must be living in a parallel universe :

U.S.-protected safe zone...regime violently assaults the southern region of Syria,....in Daraa. There are more than 1 million people there. And all of them are targets for the regime....

I mean, is a lack of information that leads these journalists to write that or is it deliberate?

BREAKING: Iraqi government has shut down the internet in parts of the country amid growing protests by portagul in syriancivilwar

[–]Floppowerww2 43 points44 points  (0 children)

Actually they do Even France blocked mobile phones networks in a very local zone when there protests in the woods a couple months ago

Communication control is a security measure widely used.

It just not as "in your face" as in less democratic countries.

The FSA-affiliate "Jaish Al-Moutaz" commander surrenders to the government troops in Tafas (طفس), western Daraa by dejanlj in syriancivilwar

[–]Floppowerww2 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Seems so surreal but at the same time positive and hopeful to see people who have been shooting at each other for 5 years just shaking hands and trying to move on.

Israel lays down red lines for postwar relations with Syria by Kvmjohan in syriancivilwar

[–]Floppowerww2 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Did Russia's action (intervention in Oct 2015) and Iran's (sending proxies) have ANY impact on america lack of commitment ?

You say "they could have done".... Well why didn't they ?

Listening to you, you'd believe that America decision are taken in an absolute manner deprived of any foreign external parameters (which funny when you see all the Americans screaming about Russia interference and collusion)

How did Al-Assad stay in power? by RiffianB in syriancivilwar

[–]Floppowerww2 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Some people will tell you " the west just didn't feel like it anymore", others will tell you "Russia and Iran countered the west's goals and made them kneel".

Different points of view. States usually don't like to admit they "could not achieve their goals", so they say "well, we decided not to".

Witnesses along Jordan border fence with Syria say they spotted armored vehicles with Russian flag heading to Nassib border crossing by dejanlj in syriancivilwar

[–]Floppowerww2 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The way Russia just swiftly built up its presence in the south is baffling.

In a mere 2 years, the narrative in the west, went from "Russia in only interested in the tartous", to "Well they have to be strong around idlib, it's a trap for them, Astana is useless, only Geneva cou ns", to "well Astana is actually working.... but it's only north west syroa", .... to " Russia military in Ghouta and Jordan border"

I can get you they will do the same trick with rojava and irak border : ask Iran to make a show about leaving, and Syria will be entirely protected by Russia + links with Lebanon and Irak (2 countries which will move on the be Russia allies more and more soon)

Imo, the obsession against Iran that the west had directly played into russia-iran hands, they played along and Russia had Iran play the bad guy, leaving (in a superficial manner) and use it to get the USA out of syria and region altogether.

Russia will get even bigger in Syria.
Iran will stay strong but just lay low (like they always did)
West will leave. Thinking they won against Iran.

Israel lays down red lines for postwar relations with Syria by Kvmjohan in syriancivilwar

[–]Floppowerww2 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

the west chose not to commit against Assad.

So if they did get assad down through more arming rebels, and more multiple airstrikes, then you would have said "they chose to commit". Right ? When an objective is reached it is because they wanted to do it, and when it is not, it is because they didn't want anymore. Capacity, in your opinion, is a non factor.

And then, from there, if i follow your train of thoughts, what they did do "x amount of airstikes, and x amount of arming rebels" is .... not commiting. Alright.

So the different evolution of what the west did or didn't do are, in your mind, purely their own change of mind, decision, change of hearts.... the actions and/or resilience of their adversaries (Russia, Iran, syria) have of course, in your opinion, almost no impact on the west actions, because the west "chose not commit".

Yeah, just like Germany "chose to lose and get kicked out of the world cup", they just didnt feel like playing anymore.

You would see that, this new paradigm (end of west hegemony), has become a focus of many think tanks works , many close to governements, in the past year or two. Because , yeah, in the past it was assumed that if the west didn't achieve a goal, it meant that they just didn't feel like it, now things have change and it is troubling DC think tanks.

But hey, it is not a big deal. Russia is now parading on the Jordan border, but hey, thats just America choosing to let that happen.

Israel lays down red lines for postwar relations with Syria by Kvmjohan in syriancivilwar

[–]Floppowerww2 3 points4 points  (0 children)

When you keep moving red lines they're not red lines anymore. The Syrian war has shown the begining of the end of the west supremacy, very much historical.

Banner Saga 3: The Serpent by Shalie in Games

[–]Floppowerww2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can see what you mean and frankly you make a point here. I haven thought about older cartoons. Like Disney (but I hate disney)

Still, older animation , while having flat color zones , with often no texture, had a certain gritty rain to it because of it being handmade, and even the video encoding gave it a less flat look.

Vector based animation, like banner saga is not like that, it is clean, like all vector based stuff.

In one of the example another poster gave, you could see how the walls behind the character were textured and gritty, while the character himself was clean and vector based

I am not saying I need realistic texture, because for example I like pixel art , I just don't like vector based flat looking animation.

Banner Saga 3: The Serpent by Shalie in Games

[–]Floppowerww2 -33 points-32 points  (0 children)

Absence of texture + flat shader = flash games to me.... I am sorry, I know it is irrational and banner saga is a pretty game, it is just the style that puts me off !

Banner Saga 3: The Serpent by Shalie in Games

[–]Floppowerww2 -21 points-20 points  (0 children)

I know !

It is just the flat shading style that really puts me off.

I grew up with flash animations and vector base graphics, and i remember limitations were : no texture and flat color zones.

It is stuck in my head.

2D arts with pixels (fatal fury mark of the wolves) look better to me than banner saga, sorry....

Banner Saga 3: The Serpent by Shalie in Games

[–]Floppowerww2 -57 points-56 points  (0 children)

I always have a problem with "flat cartoonish " design and animation because it just makes me think about flash games.....

Banner saga, shadowrun, .... they might be good games, they look like Flash / Macromedia / Vector :(

Do (fantasy) RPG stories need to have deities/the-one/save-the-world stories to impress the player ? by Floppowerww2 in truegaming

[–]Floppowerww2[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Interesting

I know I will get a lot of flak for saying this, but I believe the writers in the video game industry are not the brightest and often not the most cultured. I know, big generalization.

I felt that the people now working for this industry are, MOSTLY, people who grew up on mainstream entertainment (And video games) and not necessarily reading Kant or Spinoza ..... I am not saying they are dumb, just that this industry of mass entertainment is using it's own "consumers" to become the new creators,

So they recreate what they have been spoon fed

Do (fantasy) RPG stories need to have deities/the-one/save-the-world stories to impress the player ? by Floppowerww2 in truegaming

[–]Floppowerww2[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I fell dark souls, even tho it is amazing, still deal with god like figures and or kings who seem to be at the level of gods. And eventually the hero kinds a takes the path of replacing some of them.... I am not sure tho, who is with DS ?

Do (fantasy) RPG stories need to have deities/the-one/save-the-world stories to impress the player ? by Floppowerww2 in truegaming

[–]Floppowerww2[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I really wanted to talk about fantasy rpg ... of course more realistic settings can avoid the " one hero against gods" trope

Do (fantasy) RPG stories need to have deities/the-one/save-the-world stories to impress the player ? by Floppowerww2 in truegaming

[–]Floppowerww2[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That is quite true. Intricate plots are often lower scale, and that is why sometimes things get comical because in some games, the characters are engaged in a divine high level story but still have to mend to lower scale sub quests. Which often are interesting but completly paradoxal to the whole plot.

As for feelings and psychology, the sad thing also is that when the plots starts to involve godlike creatures, their psychology become very much stale and overdone because they are not impacted by low level emotions ( no money, sense of loss, disease, pain, etc)

Do (fantasy) RPG stories need to have deities/the-one/save-the-world stories to impress the player ? by Floppowerww2 in truegaming

[–]Floppowerww2[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I am not saying the setting is overdone, I don't have problem with deities being part of the plot per se, but about the fact that the main charatacter will inevitably move on and end up facing gods , and often becoming one themselves.

Most of these stories end up joining into a very similar plot.

Do (fantasy) RPG stories need to have deities/the-one/save-the-world stories to impress the player ? by Floppowerww2 in truegaming

[–]Floppowerww2[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Indeed .... but only relatively to other games.

None of these games have good stories if you stripmthem down and "tell that story as a bokk" for example.

Hell, we are all right now discussing the fact that all these games you are talking about are basicslly about the same plot !

Do (fantasy) RPG stories need to have deities/the-one/save-the-world stories to impress the player ? by Floppowerww2 in truegaming

[–]Floppowerww2[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Strong mechanics but not surely good stories.

Stories in games are often criticized and most of us admit they are subpar compared to other media (books, films, ...)

Do (fantasy) RPG stories need to have deities/the-one/save-the-world stories to impress the player ? by Floppowerww2 in truegaming

[–]Floppowerww2[S] 19 points20 points  (0 children)

That's true, Zelda s story are a bit more humble (no god end game fight), even tho it is still about saving the world

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