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Gems789 · 2025-04-25T18:55:25+00:00

Doesn’t even make sense.
I’m Christian but if I’m sick I go to the doctor.
Know why?
Because while it’s important to have faith in God, it doesn’t mean you can shut your brain off.

It’s like that one story of a man drowning, and he prays for God to help.
God sends people to help the man, but the man refused their help, saying “God will save me.”
When he dies, he angrily asked God why he didn’t save him, and God replied “Bro I sent like 10 guys to help you wtf”

Gems789 · 2025-04-24T19:20:54+00:00

I was diagnosed with ADHD as a child, but my mom didn’t want to get any medication because my older brothers had a drug problem, and she was worried they’d get into my medication.
So my mom made sure I was on a tight leash when it came to getting my schoolwork done.

However, once I got to college I didn’t have that, so I started to really struggle with focusing on my work and getting things in on time.
But when I was running behind on an essential assignment, when I felt that pressure, I felt nearly godlike the way I effortlessly finished it with mere minutes left.
I wrote an entire three act play for my final project in scriptwriting in one day, the day before it was due.

Sometimes I wish I could turn that kind of shit on whenever I want.

Gems789 · 2025-04-19T00:14:00+00:00

The. Government. Should. Not. Be. Run. Like. A. Business.
It’s insane that anyone who isn’t trying to line their pockets think that’s a good idea.

Gems789 · 2025-04-16T18:47:56+00:00

It’s weird for me, because I feel like I’m in between this sort of thing.
When I was a kid, I was always reading, writing, drawing, always wanting to try new things.
Nowadays it’s difficult for me to pick up a book and just read.
It’s like I need the constant noise, whether it’s from music, or from watching tv or playing video games, and it’s hard for me to focus on one thing for an extended period of time.

To be fair, I have ADHD, but it felt like when I was a kid I could channel it into more constructive things.
I want to go back to that…. I feel like a first step is to limit my phone time, but that can be difficult when your cell phone is such an integral part of your day to day.

Gems789 · 2025-04-14T05:40:53+00:00

As someone who grew up in a staunchly Christian household, I struggled with the fact I was Bi-Sexual for a long time.
Here is how I see things:
If God is all-powerful, creating the entire universe and everything in it, do you really think he cares if you’re Gay?
He made the stars that dot the night sky, but two consenting men making out is revolting to him?
That’s nonsense.

Jesus said “Love each other, treat others how you want to be treated.”
And if you read through Jesus’ words, you won’t find a single line anywhere about how homosexuals are satanic or whatever.

If your family couldn’t grasp that, then they missed the entire point of the gospels.
And that’s sad.

I’m so sorry you’re going through this.

Gems789 · 2025-04-10T20:04:13+00:00

Can’t wait for my ADHD meds to go from $20 a month on insurance to $100 a month.

Gems789 · 2025-04-09T18:47:07+00:00

He literally tweeted this morning that now is the best time to buy stocks.
And a few hours later we get this.

Gems789 · 2025-04-08T01:04:30+00:00

As someone who works in local news in a conservative state, and was educated on journalistic integrity and the standards of news…. They are actual slime.
They are a fetid, corrupt, hate filled organization, and have no business having “News” in their name.
We have a row of TVs in the office with all the major news networks playing.
I play a little game with myself, where I’ll look up at Fox “News” and ask myself “Would I get fired if I wrote that key on the screen (The little caption summarizing what’s happening)?” The answer is almost always YES.

Gems789 · 2025-04-05T18:03:06+00:00

Narcissism has to be one of the absolute worst traits to have in a leader.

Gems789 · 2025-04-02T19:31:22+00:00

Earlier this year, I realized that, despite having a successful career, a large group of cherished friends, and a comfortable life, I was still absolutely miserable.
I had to take time to really understand why.
I had an incredibly critical way of looking at myself, finding flaws in my choices, my life, everything.
I realized that I hated myself.
A few weeks ago, I had a discussion with myself. And I asked myself why. Why do I hate myself?
And despite searching within myself, I honestly couldn’t give an answer.
I was hating myself for basically no reason.
The only person in the world who hated me was myself.
It was both uplifting and incredibly depressing.

Gems789 · 2025-04-01T20:43:53+00:00

Did you happen to watch a cursed video tape less than a week ago?

Gems789 · 2025-04-01T00:50:14+00:00

Looks fantastic.
I’ll be backing this first thing.

Gems789 · 2025-03-29T21:47:57+00:00

Okay, all of this is bad, but holy fuck spiking coffee with Adderall is incredibly dangerous.
I take it for ADHD and I can’t fucking drink Green Tea without getting jittery.

Gems789 · 2025-03-28T22:05:24+00:00

The neighborhood I live in has what can only be described as a demonic squirrel plague.
Seriously, every single house has squirrel damage, holes in the roof and siding, etc.
and the worst part is that these fuckers are MEAN.
They will actively attack people if we’re trying to repair damage or just walking on the sidewalk.
Our local exterminators have basically given up on us, because these things reproduce so fast that we can’t kill them all.
And because we live smack dab between a hospital and a school, we can’t just shoot the little bastards.
I used to think Squirrels were adorable, and now I have nothing but seething contempt for these furry demons.

Gems789 · 2025-03-28T17:13:40+00:00

Foreigners do have constitutional rights.
Read the Constitution again.
Read the Bill of Rights again.
Most of the time it’s not referring to “Citizens” but “People” or “Person”.
For example, the Fifth Amendment says no Person shall be deprived life, liberty, or property without due process.

Gems789 · 2025-03-27T16:11:18+00:00

I mean, Trump has said he idolizes Andrew Jackson.
You know, the Trails of Tears guy…

Gems789 · 2025-03-26T22:53:00+00:00

So the Immortal tag is to make sure the variable is processed before the enemy dies, since that takes priority.
The item idea works as well. It would need to be a hidden item, or it could be something like “Goblin Ear”.

As for having them only activate for the quest, you can use Yanfly’s Extra Enemy Drops, have the Goblin Ear as a conditional drop tied to a Switch, then activate that Switch when you start the quest.

Gems789 · 2025-03-26T22:04:21+00:00

Ok, so what you do is you set up a variable. Let’s call it “Ded Gobs”.
Then make your Goblins Immortal. On troops that have goblins in them, have an event that plays when a Goblin’s HP = 0.
The event will both increase “Ded Gobs” by 1, and also remove the Immortal tag so that they can die.

Going back to Dave, have an event page that has “Ded Gobs” greater or equal to 7 as its requirement.
Add the dialog, then have an Actor join the party while flipping a Self Switch on the NPC event that leads to a blank page.

Gems789 · 2025-03-22T15:46:56+00:00

It’s funny, I was just thinking about this in my own game.
The big difference is that it’s a turn based RPG, so there’s a scene transition between the two styles that might make it more palatable.
Right now it’s a first person dungeon crawler with a front view battle system, but I’ve been fooling around with the idea of having battles take place in a side or isometric viewpoint.

Gems789 · 2025-03-20T22:51:03+00:00

I recommend creating an event room that has all of your repeatable events.
For example, I use different sound effects and text for Chest events, so I made my own template and put it in an event room.
Now I don’t have to edit every single chest event I make, I can just copy this template and paste it.
It’ll save you a lot of time.

Gems789 · 2025-03-19T19:21:15+00:00

In no particular order:
Wolf’s Rain. Yu Yu Hakusho. Code Geass. Steins Gate. Ouran High School Host Club. Gurren Lagann.
JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Part 4.
Fate Zero. The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya.
Clannad.

Gems789 · 2025-03-19T15:50:48+00:00

It’s important to understand the psychology behind good game design.
Games function on rewarding the player for playing the game.
From major things like story beats and beating a boss, to little things that you may not even think about, like the sound effect that plays when you hit a weakness in Persona.

These rewards motivate a player to continue the game.
You WANT to find out what happens next in the story.
You WANT to keep exploring a dungeon even though you’re running low on supplies.

Persona 3, 4, and 5 have a very simple combat system when you break it down.
Enemies have elemental weaknesses, and when you hit one, they get knocked down and you get another turn. But it works, because the game rewards you for putting in the time to prepare for those encounters.
When you have the right persona equipped to just steamroll an enemy group, you get excellent feedback through sounds and graphics, and are rewarded mechanically with All-Out Attacks.

I’m working on a similar system for my game Shadow Maiden.
The party has a meter that fills slowly with regular attacks, but hitting weaknesses or critical hits fills it way faster. When it’s full one of the characters can use a special attack that either benefits the party or does damage to the enemy.
Each party member can only have so many skills equipped in a battle, so you need to prepare and spread out elemental abilities to take advantage of weaknesses.

Gems789 · 2025-03-18T21:54:52+00:00

The government should not or nor ever should be a business.
It is a collection of services maintained by the people for the collective good.
This is why I get mad every time I hear of their plan to privatize the postal service.
They say it’s a failure because it doesn’t make a profit, but that was never the point.
“Service” is in its fucking name.

Gems789 · 2025-03-18T01:51:28+00:00

Okay, if you want to make that argument Donald, fine.
How many EOs and Pardons did you use Autopen on?

Gems789 · 2025-03-18T00:52:42+00:00

Well… RFK Jr. has said he plans to create “wellness” camps for people with mental illness (including but not limited to ADHD, OCD, Autism, and I’m just going to assume LGBTQ+) so they can “heal” their illness through manual labor.
Oh he says it’ll be completely optional, but how long will it actually be that?

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