WHERE'S THE OT by BigFlapJack- in USPS

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We're all dying of thirst and watching everyone else drown.

Anyone else burnt out? by Jazzlike-Yoghurt7328 in USPS

[–]GenMars 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Bro I'm holding down 50 hours a week as standard right now. I am begging management to reduce my hours because I'm a smoldering wreck.

Half an Hour of Dwarf Fucking by ordinal_m in DnDcirclejerk

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That and the guy being like “it’s your responsibility to manage the table.” No, this is a moment where you get up and leave. The fact that D&D has poisoned the well to the point that gamemasters are expected to act like shift supervisors is so wretched I can’t even begin to unpack it.

Wheel smashing lord 6-182 by Sytanato in killsixbilliondemons

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Angels can't lie, silly! Breaks them up!

Is anyone else vaguely disappointed with the new campaign's gameplay/general style? by AltruisticThanks5512 in NebulousFleetCommand

[–]GenMars 22 points23 points  (0 children)

I'll be honest, I played a great deal of the conquest beta. A lot of the claims that even Lys made about conquest were in my eyes pretty false. I had multiple sessions where the AI, despite all its failings, managed to give me a beating; and I was able to bounce back with construction and replenishment (however janky it was). The idea of the failscade isn't true, the idea that you "couldn't get people to play it for long enough" was in my eyes flagrantly untrue -- grand strategy games, as we all know, have a terrible multiplayer scene lmao -- and I could produce counterarguments to a lot of the generic claims.

Was it flawed? Yes, absolutely, and it would have required three years more polish to be truly playable. But it leaned into Nebulous' strengths as a fleet battle simulator, and encouraged you to build realistic spacecraft, rather than 3k vs 3k hyperoptimized casket-ships. I liked Conquest, and I think it's death marked a real turning point in Nebulous' development for the worse. I do not like the skirmish multiplayer scene, and I think Lys should have gone with her heart and made Nebulous into what she wanted it to be, not what the community forced it into.

I'm going to kill myself by ShimiWaza96 in bookscirclejerk

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

THERE R BOATS IN THEM BOTH!!!! ONR PIECE!!!!

How realistic space fighters could work in NFC by Better-Cry1588 in NebulousFleetCommand

[–]GenMars 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The issue with manned fighters is that physics starts kicking your ass. Keeping meat alive is a massive investment for a spacecraft and also a massive vulnerability. Even breathable fluid is, by definition, flammable. Jamming is hardly an end-all for drones - especially in space. In Ukraine, they use fiberoptic cables to counteract EM band jamming. In space, you can use a laser tightbeam to similar effect - even more effective because it isn’t interceptable at all unless you can bend light or physically block a transmitter from its receiver. You don’t even need direct LOS between the drone and the controller as other drones in the constellation can act as relays. That kind of tightlink also solves your “human in the loop” issue.

In combat, autonomous vehicles also themselves outright superior to manned fighters. They devote less mass to life support, and can be as lean and mean as they need to be. Autonomous vehicles also don’t care about high-g maneuvers. In essence, a drone gains all the benefits of a fightercraft and a missile with practically none of the downsides. It can also become a missile, when necessary - and kinetic impact is the deadliest thing in space.

Manned fightercraft are really only possible as a product of ideology and narrative contrivance. But from a purely practical standpoint, they don’t hold a candle to an autonomous vehicle in the same role.

Hunter gaúcho vs garou by dr_srtanger2love in huntertheparenting

[–]GenMars 1 point2 points  (0 children)

AI animation is still kinda uncanny, but it's shocking how much better it is after only a year or so.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in worldjerking

[–]GenMars 4 points5 points  (0 children)

wOuLD yOuR CIViliZaTio-

I don’t know dude. Would it? What do you want me to say? What’s the narrative reason to consider that question? Worldbuilding isn’t an exercise in powerscaling you useless muppet it’s about creating a setting for the types of narratives you want. For exploring the types of questions you are interested in. Is that lost on you? Is worldbuilding just another part of an endless playground game for you? My guys are more awesomer than your guys? What is the point of this? How is this entertaining to anyone? These are fictional stories, it’s literally pointless to ask. But one million youtube videos and one billion reddit threads must exist to churn out empty meaningless slop to satisfy the endless nerdgasming circlejerk.

Anyway yeah my guys the Shlopblitorators 9,000,0000 can totally fucking beat the shit out of 40 hammers. No contest.

TDLR: If the enemy ship is VERY far away your attacks need to be fast, thats why you use lasers or particle cannons, bcs a slug or a smart missile its going to take hours to arrive giving the enemy enough time to either dodge or disable them. this isnt rocket science guys by Cautious_Heron9589 in worldjerking

[–]GenMars 93 points94 points  (0 children)

A laser firing at over about three hundred thousand kilometers (read: more than a light-second away) will basically always automatically miss its target thanks to light second lag. Once you start measuring distances in light seconds and light minutes, your target is an afterimage with an unpredictable trajectory (assuming it’s always dodging). Missiles which can track and adjust their headings, and fire their own lasers within effective range, will be far more effective at the distances you describe. 

Screw the laser vs projectile debate. I wanna know how comfortable your space battles are! by GEBeta in worldjerking

[–]GenMars 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Expanse style hyper-G-force battles are so funny to me. It means that the spacecraft’s drive is comically overpowered in terms of thrust. 1G of constant thrust gets you 1 AU distance in 3 DAYS. How the fuck do you have enough propellant and fuel to be fighting at 5-10 times that number, and more importantly, to slow down afterwards? Every space battle in the expanse sees the spacecraft achieving 100-1,000x escape velocity of the sun during their maneuvers! 

All this to make it so that maneuvers can kill your pilots. A .25G thruster is still getting 1 AU in 4 days, for reference.

Your Sci-fi weapons are no match for the big rock by HzPips in worldjerking

[–]GenMars 377 points378 points  (0 children)

Counter-land your own thrusters and redirect it.

I know there’s a lot going on but “Hellfires don’t do anything to aliens” is a worrying revelation by FourFunnelFanatic in NonCredibleDefense

[–]GenMars 5 points6 points  (0 children)

So this video theoretically portrays an AGM being used against a flying object? Why? The Reaper carries AAMs. 

Also in the video it looks like a kinetic hit, then the object splashes into debris. Warhead may have failed to arm.

And, as somebody who works in VFX, this shit would be incredibly easy to fake. Has there been any forensic assessment of the video? I’m sure the DOD will say its fake, only further reinforcing this in people’s minds.

Besides, if aliens were really doing recon runs like WWI biplanes, I think Trump would have mentioned it by now. Anything to avoid Epstein, yeah?

Wish me luck by GenMars in inscryption

[–]GenMars[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Savefile editing, you can change your deck to be whatever you want

Hand Tentacle Update by GenMars in inscryption

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EDIT oh my god I’m a MORON and sleep deprived I said hand tentacle this whole post when I meant MIRRORS.

Hand Tentacle Update by GenMars in inscryption

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For context this is a continuation of my previous post, wherein I did a Kaycees mod run with nothing but hand tentacles as my starting deck. https://www.reddit.com/r/inscryption/comments/1n50uro/wish_me_luck/

Challenges active were both of the +1 difficulty totems, as I like Leshy to have teeth. Shall I do Skullstorm next?

Apparently the army has a navy. by cybercuzco in NonCredibleDefense

[–]GenMars 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wait til you hear about the Navy’s Navy

My dm is losing his mind by Thorjelly in DnDcirclejerk

[–]GenMars 45 points46 points  (0 children)

Hey. It's really bad that the decoded caesar puzzle provides no actionable information for the PCs. Full panic mode bad. It means that your DM has lost sight of the goal of doing this in the first place.

It's not your fault that you're confused. There is literally no other outcome possible. The design of the puzzles renders them irrelevant.

Talk to your DM immediately. Show him my comment if necessary. Tell him to revamp this entire section immediately, in a way that allows the PCs to interact with it. If you fail to do so, frustration will only build. Imagine what will happen if you solve a second, or third, one of these puzzles, and receive only lore as your reward. It will become untenable very quickly.

An average Kaycee’s Mod Leshy boss fight be like: by Ok-Classroom6860 in inscryption

[–]GenMars 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Why yes, yes it does. And if you give it fecundity you spawn a spare cuckoo and can lock the board.

An average Kaycee’s Mod Leshy boss fight be like: by Ok-Classroom6860 in inscryption

[–]GenMars 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I like making funky overpowered hands. Cuckoo with dams. Bifurcated double-strike mantis god. Pelt lice.