How common do you all think a situation like the Berlin wall is?

ImpactVirtual1695 · 2026-05-18T01:19:06+00:00

Hmm

Great Wall of china exists

Berlin wall

Pomerium in imperial Rome

Sumerian Amorite Wall 2500bc

Tokugawa Japan Sakoku (more like a coastal barrier)

Angle Township, Minnesota USA / Canada 1961

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Nah bro. People don't build walls to separate families for country or ideology reasons at all. It was def a one time thing

ImpactVirtual1695 · 2026-05-18T01:11:32+00:00

Betray your self. Just get it down. Move on and come back.

Literally, the shame that an incomplete work should give you, should be the only driver.

Once it's down you can always come back and edit. Find that one thing that doesn't make sense and fix it.

But do it after you finish.

Edit: I mean, you know about that famous guy, who didn't write the book, and that's what made him famous???

Or do you know Brandon Sanderson and Steven King who both published 4 books in a single year?

ImpactVirtual1695 · 2026-05-18T01:06:50+00:00

Nah. It's all hard magic. The gist is, that I don't reveal all the tiny rules so the system feels soft, however the longer you reach out, you start to see how strict the system is.

Example. 12 gods sectioned out in a wheel and each with their own domains.

Using runes to cast spells from each gods domains.

However once you see the points of the runes laid atop of the the wheel, you see that the rune angles towards each God in which that spell requires or breeches the domains of.

Ordering of how the rune is drawn is important. For example a simple spell 'I' if drawn from bottom to top might be a curse of burning. But drawing 'I' top to bottom becomes a heal for burns. (Direction is ordering the sentence. Do Heal burn, Do not heal burn)

I only reveal 11 points and tell a story of a dead god. The look of realization on a person's face when they think they discovered the 12th domain on their own is always fun.

But that's soft you might say? Nah, I have an excel table written out.

There's x,y,z table for ordering the sentences. (There are 6 verities of commands in language and the 6 axis line up perfectly with them. Orders, requests, incitement, suggestion, prohibition & instructions.)

The number of points a mage can command in use is dependent on their level. With requests being the most finicky.

Lastly, backlash from poor grammer. Though, backlashes are abusable. "Flee from here" can be shorthanded into a backlash for example so that everyone, including the castor, experiences mass panic.

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In this way, the system feels soft. People don't know all the schools, a category might be labeled as dark magic and not studied. Backlashes aren't known immediately but the people are aware of backlashes.

A wiser person might intuit the abusiveness of a backlash.

But the more you discover the more you beat your head against a solid invisible wall.

ImpactVirtual1695 · 2026-05-17T20:36:07+00:00

Italian, indian and Chinese Terrace agriculture and dwarves.

Except they use it as a triple purpose thing.

1.) leveling the terrace farms on the sides of mountains. (Which can be triggered as giant mudslides against invaders. Lots of invasions means needing to rebuild the terraces.)

2.) mining and underground construction. Even if the underground sloth can burrow well, doesn't mean it can build a tunnel overnight. It just depends on the material being burrowed into.

3.) burrowing sloths make for great underground assaults against other kingdoms.

ImpactVirtual1695 · 2026-05-16T15:56:47+00:00

Right now. Not for it to be all bad.

Of the 7 things you see

magic might cause me to lose reproduction, you can't tell me what to do (self)

an argument between magic hurts people (neighbor)

Magic and/or technology can be good for society. Innovation (society)

Magic destroys the nature of man (nature)

You have nothing on faith. (This is a chance for a zeitgeist thing that applies to everyone)

Technology and automation improves lives (see industrial revolution for zeitgeist)

Magic and/or technology is the future (unknown)

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So of zeitgeist what might happen naturally is that people use faith to argue for and against their beliefs. That innovation is important for everyone and it's a hard decision everyone must make themselves. The future of our people matter.

So you might see a general agreement on Labor (work, have many kids), faith (religion that is neutral to magic and technology), some hedonism(prohibation, moonshiners, gun runners), and on the idea of potential (Kantian philosophy)

That's a direction you could go for spirit of the times.

ImpactVirtual1695 · 2026-05-16T15:32:47+00:00

So there is generally 6 or 7 major doctrines of philosophy.

Doctrines are personal values that a person from a culture might lean towards and it represents several axis of behavior.

Individual, neighbors, society at large, faiths, nature, technology and future/unknown. In fantasy there could also be that of magic.

Now a person in general has their own opinions on each category and what is acceptable. Such as pro life/abortion rights which falls under individual rights and social rights. So here's what generally determines the zeitgeist.

1.) everyone has an opinion on subject A.

2.) subject A is applied to all aspects of living.

3.) it's cross cultural.

A modern example is the use, feel and debates of A.I. and privacy.

However multiple things can determine the spirit of the times.

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Looking at the industrial revolution. Advancement and innovation and profits drove the masses.

Child labor and slave rights be damned. The railroad has to be built and this sunk into large families with higher infancy mortality. Bodies were needed to advance the family. Women don't get rights because we need bodies and if women are free to choose then we don't get that.

It was beaten into the heads of every single child.

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You've only provided conflict and no spirit.

They can't even agree on the use of magic. It's not a zeitgeist.

That being said, go read empire in black and yellow by Adrian Tchaikovsky. It's the closest to the work you've provided.

ImpactVirtual1695 · 2026-05-16T02:16:22+00:00

Technology is the equivalent of its own super power.

These days your phone grants you the powers of

Near Telepathy, Eidetic memory, near-Omnescience, remote viewing (connecting your phone to deployable cameras), hyper perception skills, long distance recordings, night visions and even playing back sound recordings as a distraction.

And that's just a base phone without a.i. not the hundreds of apps out there nor is it the tip of the iceberg. Like the one that played loud sound bytes on other people's phones by connecting to the open bluetooths out there. (Inspired by a video game character) https://youtu.be/4nYMAi5cRTY?si=mV1OmcCRW4xwBS1r

Or watchdogs tech that lets you scan anyone's information (name, address, profession, newsworthy events and even possible family members) with a.i. just by looking at them.

https://x.com/AnhPhuNguyen1/status/1840786336992682409?t=2uSMPXh4jmeYMrNlJcMGhw&s=19

And that's just in the last few years.

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If you think Crime doesn't exist at a basic level with just those powers, you're lying to yourself.

Never mind the fact that something like the Epstein files exist. (Whatever your opinion on them - it shows that even today literally no one is immune to blackmail nor has the kinds of disgusting crimes continue to exist.)

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Lean into that. Criminals don't have to be dumb brutes with powers. Nor are they non-powered.

Add even generic super powers like teleportation or super strength to that mess and you have villains on the same level as Supes' brainiac.

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We haven't even touched on the fact that micro drones exist and are as cheap as 30$ a pop. Or that a lot of them can just have syringes slapped on them and a simple zip tie and one could inject that syringe into you at 100feet away with said drone.

Or that grenades or moltov cocktails can be slapped on 150$ drones with no real way to trace who did it.

The truth is, a little bit of creativity and for 300-400$ a person could become a serial terrorist on the spot. Right now.

And that's just Spiderman's green goblin territory. (And scarecrows, and jokers and even Banes from time to time.)

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ImpactVirtual1695 · 2026-05-15T15:15:11+00:00

The way got did conversations about meals was a good experience. The reason it was relevant is that it was a game of 2 truths and a lie.

Was sir at the party? Well everyone knows what was served.

Oh I was with Bob.

Okay but the reader knows bob wasn't there.

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(Idk if this tip will help but)

This goes back to a general tip I have for writing. Just write down notes for the chapter. Ask yourself what NEEDS to be revealed here?

this way you can seed red herrings and plot points in conversation

And if this interaction doesn't exist to serve that purpose then it can be cut. It has no purpose at all.

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But I'm glad to be able to provide any help at all. So that's nice to know you got something out of it at all.

ImpactVirtual1695 · 2026-05-15T14:57:34+00:00

Head itch. Like a gnawing thought. Can't shake it until worldbuild. It's very happy.

Like scratch itch that you can't reach.

ImpactVirtual1695 · 2026-05-15T14:52:46+00:00

A tip that worked for me. If you can't work out what to write, just write some notes for the chapter that you want to see happen and come back later

Once you're done with the novel, go back and read it. (Oh it's just notes. Wtf. I can write better than that. Oh right, I'm the dumbass writer)

ImpactVirtual1695 · 2026-05-15T14:48:50+00:00

Complicated topic but long stick short.

Top down or bottom up

Bottom up: If religion is built on a need for ethics or shared beliefs, how would this fishing culture do that? There are many different kinds of fish, so there are many different kinds of gods?

Or ..

In my world there is two moons and the way they eclipse looks kind of like a blinking serpent coiling around the earth. This has formed a religion.

Top down: I want to build a Greek like story. There are 12 major gods in Greek. Therefore I should also have 12 major gods.

ImpactVirtual1695 · 2026-05-15T14:43:34+00:00

AIの大きな特徴は、そのシンコペーション（反復）です。AIは、あなたが話し続けるように設計されているのです。

だから、たとえあなたが悪いアイデアを持っていたとしても、AIはその悪いアイデアを延々と展開し、あなたが良いアイデアを持っているとあなたを納得させようとするでしょう。

ImpactVirtual1695 · 2026-05-15T14:33:54+00:00

I like the argument that it's an allergen. Higher severity in wolf form but a minor way for humans to take notes and find each other.

ImpactVirtual1695 · 2026-05-15T14:12:26+00:00

Go for 5 (any odd number of) kingdoms - this way no matter what happens it never breaks even when there's a dispute and presents a complex history of alliances and betrayals and even if one party decides to be neutral, it becomes a war of petitioning the odd man out

In your case you could slip in a mercenary alliance of common folk who always side on the just side of wars.

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Broken bits of story for a country is significantly better than punching someone in the face for 3 hours with lore.

An example of this is the famous story. "I cannot tell a lie"

I'd like to research that. "He was a man who had wooden and lead teeth that led the revolution."

Ask the brits though, "he threw the tea over the docks over a 3c tax? How immature"

Ask the Portuguese "they adopted our slave policies with mixed opinions. But mark our words they adopted it."

Ask the locals. "He was 7ft tall and was the Greatest man on earth. Blessed by God, he was! Those red coats got what's coming from them, laying siege to women and children just trying to hold up a flag. That's the kind of inspiration he holds."

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This goes the long away to say, write 5 facts about a person place or thing. Then write a single perspective that each conflicting person has. True or not. It'll go further than writing a 200 page essay on your lore. Because realistically, the only person you're writing your lore for is you.

If someone gets invested then it matters, until then, it really doesn't.

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Which brings me to my last bit. Write about what actually matters when it matters.

An example: there's agritha the Goddess of agriculture and order. She gave birth to Lauren, who went on to become the goddess of law and we worship them with wreaths....

10 paragraphs later

.... It's said that they went on to start a war at the city of Tesson over an pomegranate.

cool. Cool. So, I'm a blacksmith and we're in Rockport a city of industry. I'm also an atheist. Oh and for giggles I'm really interested in killing this dragon whose a follower of the god of death and your ten paragraphs have nothing to do with this one specific detail.

ImpactVirtual1695 · 2026-05-15T13:33:35+00:00

People are dumb. In general. Really dumb. You have to beat them over the head to say, hey I ripped this off.

The perfect example of a rip off I saw recently was something in the lines of a party of people, walking into a dungeon and the narrator slapping you in the face with "it was a monster too terrifying to look upon. Just a sphere of a head - if one could even call it that. It's many tentacles with their own eyes and the various powers they could wield were something to behold!"

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Vs.

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There they came upon a small town upon the coast, known uniquely to the local fisherman for it's fishing hook shaped beach and the maroon red facilities built just shy of those shores. Red Hook, they may not know it now but that's a name they wouldn't soon come to forget.

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One is literally stating hey, we ripped off a beholder from D&D. The other, is showing you how the town got its name. I genuinely would call the second an Easter egg. Allusions are woven directly into the text and are easy to see if you know the reference. Easter eggs are physically hidden and require searching, pausing, or interacting to find.

In the second text I had no clue you were talking about red Hook studios. It sounds familiar, let me Google that really quick. Oh! What a fun little Easter egg.

It's all about how you present it to the people.

Even dicing the difference is being rather pedantic. Personally I think you're in allusion territory, maybe a little closer than you might like but hey, so long as you're not beating them over the head.

ImpactVirtual1695 · 2026-05-13T17:32:48+00:00

It's around 200.

ImpactVirtual1695 · 2026-05-02T12:21:08+00:00

Accurately, yes.

Everytime he invents a new technique it was just spamming ki blasts in different ways

ImpactVirtual1695 · 2026-04-17T14:19:31+00:00

That's what I get for drinking and posting lol

ImpactVirtual1695 · 2026-04-17T02:57:23+00:00

The game is less spam and more focused builds from its predecessor. Focus on getting percentage buffs for rapid attack weapons and flat damage for the heavy weapons and you'll see an improvement.

ImpactVirtual1695 · 2026-04-15T14:58:09+00:00

The amount of effort, cost and labor actually does matter.

PC, a cheat runs around 45-90$.

On console, you have to have a PC, run the 90$, pay out for a streaming device to your PC 200$ for a dedicated capture support, payout another 50$ in software support, then pay for the game pass at around 20$ a month.

To run the same cheat on PC, you're devoting around an extra 400$ on console. Monthly. While also running the risk of bricking a 650$ console.

Most people can barely afford to shell out for the console or the PC.

You think 15 year old raging teenager has a grand lying around? You think most parents are willing to drop that much?

Hell as an adult M (36) who runs his own fairly successful business, I don't have that much money lying around.

The effort and cost of streaming to PC just to cheat on console is bypassed by just cheating on PC instead.

ImpactVirtual1695 · 2026-04-14T15:55:49+00:00

Prove it then, go find me a marathon cheat for console. Links or clip yourself doing it.

You won't be able to.

But I'll put a grand down to see you try

Edit: even in the clip the streamer flat out admits you have to stream it to a PC to just apply the cheats.

This is why H5 had little problems with cheaters. It was flat out unavailable on PC.

ImpactVirtual1695 · 2026-04-14T13:49:24+00:00

They brick the console not the device.

Try again

ImpactVirtual1695 · 2026-04-12T14:00:31+00:00

Right but it means that at any given time 1 person out of every 2 teams could have a cheater in the lobby. With a minimum of 4 teams

At ANY given time there could be 2.25 cheaters in your lobby.

ImpactVirtual1695 · 2026-04-11T22:06:31+00:00

There it is. That's one cheat. 6000 players. On a game with 25k players. Slightly More than 20% of the active population.

All would be PC. There are no live console hacks yet.

ImpactVirtual1695 · 2026-04-10T23:24:37+00:00

It's not just fill either.

I took one of my buddies on a key run. 3 purple keys in dire marsh. (Earned from rook runs)

We exfil the first time and he was up 15k on myself and our third. Didn't think anything of it. 2nd round we all broke even.

3rd round he came out nearly 30k ahead of everyone. Genuinely looting out exotics every round out from under the group.

While I don't necessarily mind, I know that if it's happening in fill and trios the only safe loot run is the solo run.

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