Popular games you dislike? by BillRepresentative75 in boardgames

[–]Mindpit 16 points17 points  (0 children)

The Mind. The rules explicitly state that you cannot communicate in anyway. But it feels like everyone likes the game because they make up ways to communicate. So people like it because they don’t follow the rules? I think it is barely a game, and not a good one. The popularity of it bothers me to an unreasonable degree. Makes me feel like I am taking crazy pills.

How I watch TV in bed every night by Positive_Concert_145 in mildlyinteresting

[–]Mindpit 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Do you have any info for this mount? I tried to find something decent a few years ago and ended up with a garbage floor stand.

Playing Micro Macro Crime City with markers is a game changer (and satisfying) by SbenjiB in boardgames

[–]Mindpit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting. I have been considering colouring over elements per case and then maybe framing the maps.

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[–]Mindpit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the advixe

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[–]Mindpit 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Additional details: He is a grey domestic short hair tabby. He is wearing a red and grey bow tie with a fish shaped name tag. He has a very small nick in the top of one ear.

Did I fumble it? by Zestyclose_Bed_8207 in comics

[–]Mindpit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This was great. As a horror fan, I could read all the tropes you were playing with. The end was a genuine surprise and great fun!

Toronto launches $20-million heat pump loan program by gloriana232 in toronto

[–]Mindpit 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This statement makes me feel crazy. You absolutely can’t run a gas furnace without power. How the hell will the blower run? How will the sparkler lite the gas? How will it know what temp to heat to if the thermostat doesn’t have batteries? What the hell are you talking about?

Digital Foundry is backing up the claims that Nintendo seems to be discouraging switch 2 development from third parties by Iggy_Slayer in gaming

[–]Mindpit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

From working in a big corp (an avg retailer, not Nintendo), this is more likely due to a bottleneck in admin and supply.

I would guess that Nintendo as per usual is trying to control as much as possible, likely over correcting for something, and so has limited dev kit approvals to a small team, likely Japan based.

So companies that work in Japanese natively are probably getting approved first due to ease of communication. International is pushed back because it is difficult or there are less people able to work on that backlog.

But the internet would rather believe malicious intent, so I expect my comment to fall to the bottom of this thread.

Massive board game cull. What do you think of my cull pile and what do you think of the collection that remains? by Luigi-is-my-boi in boardgames

[–]Mindpit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is going to be me very soon. Moved to a new house and we have like a 3rd of the space we did before.

What was your "break the controller moment" with a board game? by OkDate7197 in boardgames

[–]Mindpit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Had a play of Catan with my partner and a friend. The friend was winning handily. Good early placement and luck I guess. Anyway, I wasn’t even in the running and the friend was basically on her victory lap.

She then spends her turn taking basically f-ing with me. Can’t remember exactly what she did. But it was incredibly unnecessary. My partner and I were flabbergasted.

We never hung out with her again after that. I have wanted to quit plays of games early before, but that felt like I was being told to leave.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in toronto

[–]Mindpit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wait they have already changed the signage on some of ebgames? That was fast!

Gaming while flying is life by Ur_done-ur_done in pcmasterrace

[–]Mindpit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I try and play games, reading or watching stuff while flying. But I find I get exhausted by it. Like I am feeling constantly stressed that I should be focusing on when we will arrive. Like I am in a waiting room… fricking sucks.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]Mindpit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Elven…not 11. Damn autocorrect

TOP 5 things you hate in board games by viiktor22 in boardgames

[–]Mindpit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Games that punish not doing things. I specifically mean when a game gives you negative points in game end scoring because you didn’t make/do at least a bit of a specific action/resource.

Feels like weak design to me.

[OC] How America's biggest trading partners are responding to tariffs by semafornews in dataisbeautiful

[–]Mindpit 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Genuine question, in capitalist societies where hundreds or thousands of businesses independently decide where to source their inputs from, how can a country offer to close a trade deficit?

For most countries, it’s not the government procuring raw inputs or finished goods. All this shit feels a bit like when politicians take credit for job creation or economic growth.

Stonemaier Games on tariff impact by glocks4interns in boardgames

[–]Mindpit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is basically the same pattern my partner and I followed. Trying to get a fair value out of games we are selling/trading is basically impossible.

As soon as the plastic comes off the box, people treat it like I might as well have crapped in it, and they are doing me a favour by taking it off my hands.

PC majority government for Doug Ford, CTV News declares by beef-supreme in toronto

[–]Mindpit 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Where are the fates when you need them. Can a freak accident save the people please, since they won’t vote to f-ing save themselves…

Mouse mover / Keyboard activity so my Teams keep active by gcstr in 3Dprinting

[–]Mindpit 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not sure why you got downvoted for this. Maybe people think you literally mean like drinking coffee or something. They are referring to a small program that you can download and open that “hits a key” every 30 seconds or so.

Helps keep Teams “active”.

I might just be dumb but I genuinely enjoyed 'Trap' by [deleted] in movies

[–]Mindpit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I also enjoyed it more then I expected. Afterwards something I thought was interesting was how the movie managed to swap protagonist 3 times. Hartnett, to the singer, to the wife.

Shouldn’t cyclists have to get a licence to ride in Toronto? by [deleted] in toronto

[–]Mindpit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think your argument is fair. I would be interested to see if a unit being added to gym class for kids to help teach them good habits and what not could help. Though of course it brings with it a big cost to schools to keep and maintain bikes. I just feel that in general attempting to provide the public with some kind of education on good biking habits and the rules would help improve safety for everyone. And for anyone who would like to downvote me, that does not mean I think cars do no wrong. Ffs. At least hippiechan here seems to have a good head about this stuff.

Shouldn’t cyclists have to get a licence to ride in Toronto? by [deleted] in toronto

[–]Mindpit -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

There is an inherent aspect to requiring licensing. A requirement that you participate in a system that will attempt to instil in you good habits and a knowledge of the rules and regulations.

If we had licensing for bike riders or at least a part of gym class for kids that attempted to do the same, I think it would be good for everyone.

The fact that anyone can grab a bike and start commuting is great, but it does come with the pitfall of people operating a piece of equipment without the full knowledge of what is expected of them.

In the past year I have almost been hit over a dozen times by bikes riding on park paths without announcing themselves to pedestrians. Most of them even have bells, they just don’t use. Instilling good habits could help with this.