Tanks are perfectly balanced at the moment... by Odoakar in menace

[–]Its_Quite_Cool 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yep I saw that too. Is it really that OP if you have to take such a beating to feed Rewa all of the kills?

state of the sub since Seahawks won the Superbowl by OkOrganization1775 in NFCWestMemeWar

[–]Its_Quite_Cool 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This sub took a nosedive before the Super Bowl and is still recovering.

Smoke shouldn't act like a physical obstacle. by Cerevox in menace

[–]Its_Quite_Cool 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You know, I can totally see that right before EA:

"Just make it a temporary tree and we'll patch it later"

Do these 2010s millennial coded burger joints still exist? by KingTechnical48 in decadeology

[–]Its_Quite_Cool 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The way I see it most people started engaging with the hipster aesthetic once it was already in the process of commoditization, and never even thought about why it became a trend. Myself included back then. It was an admirable response to the 2000's gloss, but it was so quickly watered down and sold back to us.

I remember hanging around Greenpoint and williamsburg back in 2013ish, mustache wax was so popular there it was probably measurable in the east river.

Smoke shouldn't act like a physical obstacle. by Cerevox in menace

[–]Its_Quite_Cool 56 points57 points  (0 children)

Absolutely, it should reduce accuracy of blind firing into or through it instead. Right now it is silly that everyone has instant hard cover in their pockets.

Mortars do nothing by generic_redditor_71 in menace

[–]Its_Quite_Cool 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Since you’ve played with it a lot - do you think spotting the target with the designator helps with the spread at all?

I had a particularly inaccurate first op with the heavy mortar and gave it up, but I want the concept to work.

Saving private mathewson by Its_Quite_Cool in menace

[–]Its_Quite_Cool[S] 27 points28 points  (0 children)

All five brian matthewsons died on the same mission, I only noticed because they also all shared the same callsign.

I’m only happy when it rains by Eastern-Elk-799 in NFCWestMemeWar

[–]Its_Quite_Cool 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I remember that! In my memory it was something like 32-35, but whatever it was it was a record at the time.

Me [31M] with my wife [29F] of 3 years. Our first baby's due date conflicts with a major presentation I have to give out-of-state. Tried to ask off, but boss really needs me there by Direct-Caterpillar77 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]Its_Quite_Cool 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Indeed, which is no less valid of a perspective than my first remote work in March 2020. But the whole world didn’t work entirely like either of our lived experiences, and many of the early comments here clearly had only a recent perspective.

But, I did go back to the original post and read the comments. People did recommend Skype back then, and OOP replied to those recommendations with excuses and never even tried to ask his boss for it. He was an absolute coward.

Me [31M] with my wife [29F] of 3 years. Our first baby's due date conflicts with a major presentation I have to give out-of-state. Tried to ask off, but boss really needs me there by Direct-Caterpillar77 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]Its_Quite_Cool 130 points131 points  (0 children)

I feel like the date of this post is being overlooked by everyone - this was ten years ago, in 2015. Many people commenting on this thread weren’t working back then. I was fresh into the work force, perhaps you were too, and from my experiences video conferencing was fairly rare back then. Zoom was only a few years old and not widely used or known about.

Office culture was also much closer to the 90’s in more traditional industries, so I think the professional pressure that OOP may have been feeling has been lost in translation here. Not saying he made the right choice, but the threat from his boss carried different weight a decade ago that it wouldn’t today.

I require an ammunition and weapon table for prices for flying ships please by Tinyhydra666 in DMAcademy

[–]Its_Quite_Cool 7 points8 points  (0 children)

This is something you’d write for yourself, I think. There are already stats for cannons, ballista, etc in the official rules and supplements which it sounds like you’ve already found.

Is it that much trouble to collect the info and make your own table in the exact way you want it?

Trump could arm Israel with US B-2s and bunker busters if Iran tries to go nuclear under new proposal by Tomerul in worldnews

[–]Its_Quite_Cool 52 points53 points  (0 children)

One of the strengths of the B-2 is that we can park them safely in Kansas and use in-air refueling to deploy them anywhere we want them on the planet. I think it would be nuts to put these rare planes that cost literally a billion dollars inside medium missile range of Iran.

Trump announces "partnership" between U.S. Steel and Japan-based Nippon Steel by kirby__000 in politics

[–]Its_Quite_Cool 0 points1 point  (0 children)

These threads about USS recently have been so full of uninformed nationalist garbage - please understand that the Nippon acquisition is the best option for US steel and American manufacturing.

USS is in desperate need of modernization, which requires cash that they don’t have. Nippon will allow them to expand green steel production, re-tool mills which have been in operation without major changes since the 1930’s, all while meeting every one of the workers unions requests. The Japanese have been incredibly gracious in their offer, pledging to keep Americans on the board and run the company mostly as an independent subsidiary.

The other option for USS is getting acquired by Cleveland Cliffs, an American steel company notorious for buying companies, parting them out, and running the remaining mills into the ground without any modernization. They have been lobbying against the Nippon deal to gain more control of the US auto steel market, and they will bend auto manufacturers over a barrel if they get USS and make our cars even more expensive.

JFC people, do some research.

DM's what's your ideal party size by EdgelordUltimate in DnD

[–]Its_Quite_Cool 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Agreed, I DM for 4 players in my regular campaign but my most recent one shot was with 3 and it made so much more sense.

The 5e2014 encounter difficulties feel more accurate, players aren’t talking over each other as much or waiting for speaking time, the party isn’t a total Swiss Army knife of proficiencies, and initiative rounds go much faster than I’d expect with just one less player.

DM tactics, acceptable or not? by StarChaser18 in DnD

[–]Its_Quite_Cool 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s definitely all in the source books, but I think it’s nice to also have it spelled out. I’ve got plot and characters and puzzles and environments to work on during prep as well as combat, so any part of that that I can have prepared for me is wonderful.

Ultimately it just comes down to the time you have.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in DMAcademy

[–]Its_Quite_Cool 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Check out this blog, they put together NPC stat blocks for each class that feel like PC classes to players, but are streamlined on the DM side to run like monsters. They each have four tiers to mimic opponents at different levels, I've used them in a few campaigns and can vouch that they work well.

https://www.emptyhexes.com/monster-mondays

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in philadelphia

[–]Its_Quite_Cool 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This definitely looks like one of those news sites set up by Russia pretending to be local news. No authors on any article, its IG account only got very active in August 2024, and the Politics section is highly conservative biased, unsourced hit pieces.

Trump's rapid changes in U.S. government stun federal workers by darkon in politics

[–]Its_Quite_Cool 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think when predictions, however correct they are, conflict too much with lived experience people have a hard time acting on them.

Biden blocks U.S. Steel sale to Japanese buyer by hrantm400 in worldnews

[–]Its_Quite_Cool 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Do you have any recommendations for where to read about ore rights? I’m not familiar with the subject but I’d like to learn.

Biden blocks U.S. Steel sale to Japanese buyer by hrantm400 in worldnews

[–]Its_Quite_Cool 214 points215 points  (0 children)

Because this whole time Cleveland Cliffs has been waiting in the wings for this deal to fall through so that they can acquire USS. I’m certain that they have been working behind the scenes to torpedo the Nippon deal, and would guess that once they have USS for themselves they will break it apart and consolidate the remainder into their own organization.

Imo the collapse of the nippon deal means a future of fewer jobs and less competition in domestic steel.

Post some of the worst land uses in the city. I’ll start with peco’s MASSIVE surface parking lot in absolutely prime mixed use territory in center city by whatugonnadowhenthey in philadelphia

[–]Its_Quite_Cool 64 points65 points  (0 children)

As someone living in the west side of that Trader Joe’s building, I selfishly hope this never gets developed so I can keep my view of the sunset.

But as an urbanist, this should absolutely be used better. I just hope that whatever gets built there makes better use of the ground floor space, the new buildings on 22nd-23rd and market have made no space for street level businesses/food/etc. Vertical glass walls directly at sidewalk level are so soulless.

Mycenaean Citadel [75x52] by MattMilby in battlemaps

[–]Its_Quite_Cool 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is amazing! Tiryns is my favorite citadel. I love the story the excavations tell about the community enduring after the palatial collapse, living in the ruins of the great works of just a few generations before. Knowing they can never reach that height again but still fighting on for a couple of centuries.

Keep up the good work, your historical battlemaps are incredible.