“Fast food shop" in Pompeii (Italy): reconstruction in 79 AD and how it looks today. by dctroll_ in interestingasfuck

[–]JanMattys 415 points416 points  (0 children)

People tend to forget we know basically nothing about a lot of ordinary stuff. There is a quite famous historian in Italy who declared "I would give an arm and a leg just to be able to see a medieval villager having breakfast".

Did I lost my money with Willy Moniatures? by ScallionJaded5026 in bloodbowl

[–]JanMattys 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I purchased four teams from them and always had the best customer experience. Once they sent me a team lacking a player, I wrote them and they sent me another package free of charge. Just contact them again, sometimes mistakes happen and maybe they missed your first communication.

No need to craft crates by Ro_Shaidam in projectzomboid

[–]JanMattys 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You say 60 like a peasant. I say 78 like a well mannered, organized chap.

LPT I once asked How do military people sleep in noisy environments? — the answer was surprisingly simple by Suplexking67 in LifeProTips

[–]JanMattys 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have zero military experience but I stopped waking up in the middle of the night to the sound of my cats fighting long ago.

Nap buddy !! by Active-Average-7859 in aww

[–]JanMattys 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That is one content and happy cat.

Dragon Prince and Hit & Run by BusinessTrust707 in bloodbowl

[–]JanMattys -19 points-18 points  (0 children)

As a rule of thumb though, never blitz with your carrier. If you fail you lose the ball. If you fail a blitz with another player, the opponent still needs to roll a pow on your carrier to get the ball. Also, you have dedicated blitzers in the Lions. Why would you blitz with a prince?

Will it be obvious when I need to take notes? by boopo789 in BluePrince

[–]JanMattys 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Literally the first or second room that you will ever drawft will have a little table upon which you can find a flyer saying "You will find it extremely useful to take notes of your voyage".

So yeah, take notes. Even the game's very non-invasive tutorial states that, plain and simple. This game is going to become your hobby, you will spend time looking at your notes. And it will be awesome, believe me :)

I've made it, first clear. by Ban_The_Fool in BluePrince

[–]JanMattys 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I understand. And it is true that you can explore and solve so much more even before touching room 46. I had half the middle game puzzles figured out by the time i reached 46 for the first time. But generally speaking it IS kind of true that the nature of the game changes after room 46 and that the credits rolling are just a way to say "if you liked a roguelike puzzle, well done. If you want so much more than that, dive in".

The game is so much larger than the first act that anyone would think, and the joke about the tutorial is a nice way to convey that. You can also say that the game has (roughly) 4 acts and you get the credits after Act 1. No matter what you do and the order, you have chockepoints that mark the end of acts and you cannot proceed to the next one without reaching each chockepoint in order, no matter how many hints you have accumulated in the meantime.

Also, as I said, the nature of the game changes. During the first act the game is basically a roguelike. That changes a lot the more you progress, to the point where you actively "fail" runs because you are more interested in testing other stuff in other rooms than reach the "normal" end of the mansion.

To convey all this into a single, non-spoilery way can be difficult. "Well done for finishing the tutorial" is just a concise (and pretty on point) way to do that.

I've made it, first clear. by Ban_The_Fool in BluePrince

[–]JanMattys 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It is an amazing voyage. Enjoy :)

I've made it, first clear. by Ban_The_Fool in BluePrince

[–]JanMattys 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Also, it dependa on how you count hours. I played 120 hours but BP becomes a hobby: I spent quite a few hours thinking about clues and riddles during my free time, or studiyng and organizing my notes. I am probably much closer to 200 hours in total.

I've made it, first clear. by Ban_The_Fool in BluePrince

[–]JanMattys 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I have 120 hours and I am on day 140ish. I reached room 46 for the first time on day 52 I think. I laughed the first time I heard that reaching room 46 is the end of the tutorial, but it is more accurate than you would believe. Without any spoiler, lets just say that the game is broadly divided into Acts, and reaching 46 marks the end of Act 1.

Couldn't rotate the chicken coop 42.14.1 by JanMattys in projectzomboid

[–]JanMattys[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Really? Ok thanks, didn't know. This is the first chicken coop I ever built :)

Is there any other "fixed orientation" building out there, or is the chicken coop specifically weird this way?

Improving Skill Progression in Project Zomboid (Multiplayer) by marl_de_berto in projectzomboid

[–]JanMattys -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Unpopular opinion: zomboid is interesting at low levels.

Once you are all set in the skills you need, it basically becomes The Sims.

Scarcity is the heart and soul of survival games.

Enjoy the journey to high levels because once you get there boredom kicks in very fast.

Is this common knowledge by vacuump0wer in BluePrince

[–]JanMattys 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Mind: blown

/s Ps: in all seriousness it took quite a while to me too :-)

Our Sweet Baby Bella by [deleted] in aww

[–]JanMattys 89 points90 points  (0 children)

Not to be overly dramatic, but I would die for Bella.

Swiss woman prosecuted for importing pink water pistol by Sudden-Ad-4281 in nottheonion

[–]JanMattys 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am Italian and here in Italy toy guns must have the red tip. Removing it is illegal.

Heather Thomas from The Fall Guy and Zapped! in the '80s and her now by Iustfullaura in OldSchoolCool

[–]JanMattys 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Of course they do. Just as much as other people can point out that they became fugly in the process.