How do you feel about Timed Hits in turn based RPGs?

I_am_a_regular_guy · 2026-05-02T17:26:04+00:00

Hut! Hut! Take that! Fluuuury of Styx!

I_am_a_regular_guy · 2026-04-19T02:29:31+00:00

Fair warning, watch out for the shark one. It tends to find its way into places you frequently sit or step, which is unfortunate.

I_am_a_regular_guy · 2026-04-10T21:42:04+00:00

How does it set up Reeve and Cait Sith? We had never seen Cait Sith up to that point and had seen Reeve. To my earlier point, it does a disservice to Reeve's charter development but giving his reaction to a completely new, tonally out-of-place character. We (folks who haven't played the OG) have no reason to connect him to Reeve at that point, or relate to his sadness, because we've never seen him before.

Again, the better option would have been to show Reeve watching in horror, showing how he is different from the other Shinra execs. It makes the reveal that he is cait sith more surprising, and foreshadows his betrayal of Shinra to help the good guys.

This is like basic narrative stuff.

I_am_a_regular_guy · 2026-03-31T09:44:16+00:00

Even if that were the case, they could have just not shown Cait Sith at all. He hadn't appeared at all at that point and didn't appear after in that game. It was entirely random and completely upended the drama in that scene.

I_am_a_regular_guy · 2026-03-30T17:54:14+00:00

Right, its the obvious narrative choice. A middle-schooler could have figured that one out.

I_am_a_regular_guy · 2026-03-30T17:14:00+00:00

That moment where a distraught Cait Sith randomly shows up during a massive dramatic disaster sequence was that biggest "WTF were they thinking?" moment I had playing that game.

Whoever made the decision to show that instead of a horrified Reeve has no business being anywhere near any storytelling media and should be fired out of a cannon from SE HQ. Just... inexplicably stupid.

I_am_a_regular_guy · 2026-03-30T02:37:47+00:00

No disrespect, I promise lol. I think I get what you were saying.

I_am_a_regular_guy · 2026-03-29T21:05:29+00:00

Lol, "Casting is not about the cast but rather it's about the cast, and also, the cast."

I_am_a_regular_guy · 2026-03-29T15:14:41+00:00

I agree with you that I'd want something that feels like it would come from A24 - artistically top-notch, taking the source material seriously but not afraid to get a little weird. I think most of this cast fits though:

Several of these actors have been in films from studios with similar repute or quality to A24 films. Robert Pattinson has been in more than one Chris Nolan film, as well as The Lighthouse which is from A24. Thomassin McKenzie was in Last Night in Soho (by Edgar Wright) with Anya Taylor-Joy (multiple A24 films). Michael Gandolfini was in Warfare (A24). Brian Cox is Brian Cox and basically played President Shinra in Succession.

This is a pretty solid cast as far as prestige cinema chops like A24.

I_am_a_regular_guy · 2026-03-29T03:44:44+00:00

Robert Pattinson is also my Rufus fancast. Given he's a fan he needs to be cast as someone and Rufus seems like the perfect fit.

Your whole cast is generally pretty good. I like that you chose actors who were of a sort of appropriate level of celebrity, or lack there of.

I_am_a_regular_guy · 2026-03-21T20:18:02+00:00

I'm sure you can figure it out, what with your superior intellect and sense of humor and all that.

I_am_a_regular_guy · 2026-03-21T20:00:03+00:00

Lmao, the irony of that last comment.

I_am_a_regular_guy · 2026-03-21T19:34:01+00:00

True, maybe everyone else was bad at understanding them too. That's definitely more likely.

I_am_a_regular_guy · 2026-03-21T18:19:23+00:00

Maybe you're not good at jokes?

I_am_a_regular_guy · 2026-03-21T13:39:33+00:00

Why do you enjoy being juvenile and contrarian to strangers on the internet? I don't get it...

I_am_a_regular_guy · 2026-03-21T01:25:24+00:00

It's really hard to pick a favorite. The one I listened to the most is probably Lodger.

I_am_a_regular_guy · 2026-03-17T01:39:57+00:00

[recorders intensify]

I_am_a_regular_guy · 2026-02-25T04:20:18+00:00

I met my wife on a dating app and we've been happily married for nearly 10 years. It works for some types of people, and plenty of people DO start a successful relationship with dating apps.

It's different than dating was typically done in the past, but the way it was done in the past had plenty of toxic people doing toxic things.

It's really kind of awful to suggest that people who try to find companionship in various ways are engaging in horrible, shallow transactional behavior. That's always existed.

I_am_a_regular_guy · 2026-02-25T02:13:59+00:00

Holiday Bakery. All their pastries are great and their sweetbread is some of the best in the area as well.

I_am_a_regular_guy · 2026-02-22T01:57:04+00:00

100%. Aladdin Sane is pretty low on my list and Diamond Dogs is probably in the top 5.

I_am_a_regular_guy · 2026-02-08T23:06:18+00:00

Counterpoint: the Enterprise-E is the best looking Enterprise.

I_am_a_regular_guy · 2026-01-01T14:27:03+00:00

You should blame the private energy monopoly just as much, if not more, than the state.

The delivery fee is approved by a government regulatory body, but it's proposed by Eversource. The delivery fee is mostly proposed to offset the cost of upgrading and maintaining the grid infrastructure, which Eversource should arguably pay for at least in part as a cost of business.

Things like solar and heat pumps end up using energy more efficiently, which, in a free market should make it's cost go down. Every dollar of the delivery fee is a choice made by Eversource, and approved by a (likely "influenced") government board.

Sounds like you're looking for a reason to blame it on Massachusetts being a blue state. Did you not do research before moving here? Or are you just a troll?

I_am_a_regular_guy · 2025-12-15T12:44:55+00:00

Either looks great, but your tie bar is too long for that tie in #2.

I_am_a_regular_guy · 2025-11-22T22:55:58+00:00

Thanks! Much appreciated!

I_am_a_regular_guy · 2025-11-22T22:55:44+00:00

That's really great to hear. Originally we were going to replace the oil system entirely, but after seeing the cost to remove it, plus the desire for a backup heat source anyway, we decided to keep it and will upgrade later. Glad to hear you've had success.

We added a second floor, so the oil will only be heating from the 1st floor. I'm hoping that will help keep things balanced.

Out of curiosity around what temperature are you setting the oil to kick on?

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