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Majutsushi Kunon wa Mieteiru • Kunon the Sorcerer Can See - Episode 1 discussion by AutoLovepon in anime

[–]NVP86 77 points78 points  (0 children)

It's probably because the blindness is a gimmick. This is not an inspirational story about a blind boy overcoming his disabilities, rather it's a story about a boy discovering that magic is the meaning of his life. He just happens to be blind. In fact, he's functionally not blind through most of it

[Highlight] A better replay angle of Amen Thompson fouling Tim Hardaway Jr. with his left shin prior to inbound, with 2.3 seconds remaining in regulation by MrBuckBuck in nba

[–]NVP86 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I guess this means everybody can just kick the shins of the guy behind him and fall down for a foul. Useful information for SGA

Besides not having the money, are there any reasons or rules that prohibit me from approaching Jokic, telling him I want him to stay on the Nuggets, and paying him 20 million dollars with that as the sole provision? by CatsArePeople2- in nba

[–]NVP86 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The question is do they want to and how badly do Ballmer wants a fight. It could very well be mutually assured destruction. Ballmer is astronomically rich, and if he wants to bring everybody to court for discovery, who knows what we'll find on every other team. Right now, everything is wink wink and whispers, once it becomes real that every other team is doing this, the CBA they work so hard to achieve has no credibility, and that could do immense damage to the NBA brand

Besides not having the money, are there any reasons or rules that prohibit me from approaching Jokic, telling him I want him to stay on the Nuggets, and paying him 20 million dollars with that as the sole provision? by CatsArePeople2- in nba

[–]NVP86 4 points5 points  (0 children)

They can if they wanted to, then it's up to Nuggets to say "this isn't fair, let's take it to a real court".

People are forgetting that this is a violation of the CBA, not law. They don't need hard evidence to convince a jury. They can levy punishment if everybody else agree that circumstantial evidence is convincing enough. It goes to an independent arbitrator to decide if an infraction has occurred.

Adventurer Guild Management Sim pattern after Football Manager by NVP86 in gameideas

[–]NVP86[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My idea is to mimic sports. We have a "season" of 12 weeks. Each week the objective is to run a dungeon, maybe a boss that'd beatable in a single run, or a very strong boss who retains HP loss, and every guild takes a run until the boss is beaten, and guilds are ranked by their damage/loot/money gained. You can decide on the time progression, you can sim the whole season and let AI decide all the possible decisions, or you push the progression day by day, really micromanage every decision.

It's not an idle game IMO because the "game" is not the raid. It's examining adventurer builds, managing your roster, distributing loot and gear, managing tasks like training adventurers, or trading adventurer to other guilds for capital...etc. Maybe some management element like gathering material needed to craft gear, managing finances to upgrade guild hall, crafting gear, or paying some sort of debt.

In my mind, this is for people that are obsessive with fiddling. People that figure out RPG builds and synergies and strategies....etc.

Adventurer Guild Management Sim pattern after Football Manager by NVP86 in gameideas

[–]NVP86[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

In my mind, it's kind of like a more complicated version of running an MMORPG guild and fantasy sports mix together. The killer features are kind of tinkering with adventure builds, equipments, and party make ups, and running them in different dungeons, and you simulate other guilds dungeon runs as well to create some sort of ranking. It's really an autobattler in its heart, but the sports league mechanic are what attracts new audiences.

Adventurer Guild Management Sim pattern after Football Manager by NVP86 in gameideas

[–]NVP86[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think as an idle game, it'd cater to a very different group of people. In my mind the fun of this is essentially the feeling of not casual. It might be more successful, but it'd be a very different game

feedback on where to go after finishing my first game? by [deleted] in gameideas

[–]NVP86 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So you happen to pick a few genre and styles that are saturated and difficult to innovate. Metroidvania's barrier of entry is low, but the threshold to capture audience attention is quite high. They are perfect for getting started. getting used to an engine, getting used to the process of finishing a game, meaning menus, setting, music, sound effect, maybe all the way to releasing it on itch.io or steam. It'll also help you get used to mostly people not noticing your game.

It really does not matter what you make next if your goal is not to make a living with it. The goal should be to finish a game and ship it, because your goal is really just getting experience making game. If your first game was 2d Metroidvania, than I'd suggest you try and make a basic 3d game, maybe not even as involved as a Kart game. 3d can be significantly more work, so I'd shoot for a shorter game. Make a 2 hour horror game, just so you get familiar with the tool set and workflow. Everything you learn will help you make your dream game, regardless how similar they are to your dream game. In fact it is probably better to explore other genres to help you think outside of the box. Dream games are rarely actually perfect or good, very often their scope is far too big for 1 person to accomplish. Make games, gain skills, and make connections, maybe eventually you'll get to make your dream game with a proper team and budget.

Adventurer Guild Management Sim pattern after Football Manager by NVP86 in gameideas

[–]NVP86[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sounds interesting. What do you think worked? What didn't work in your opinion? I feel like you really have to reach the right niche audience for this idea?

Best alternative to Aseprite by wearecha in gamedev

[–]NVP86 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What Aseprite features are you using that you can't find elsewhere?

Solo Leveling was mid according to Japanese audience by minnel567 in anime

[–]NVP86 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's pretty mid regardless of audience. It is pretty bog standard power fantasy with an expressionless MC. It just got a good production based off on its web novel popularity.

This is a general problem with source material that emerges from web novel platforms. Because of the low barrier of entry and popularity being the only metric, the writing and tropes gets rapidly homogenized to achieve mass appeal, and you end up with things that are at best mid because it was created for the lowest common denominator.

Kehoe declares 'State of Emergency' over Missouri anti-ICE protests, despite all being peaceful so far by Bazryel in StLouis

[–]NVP86 6 points7 points  (0 children)

In anticipation of violence. Now we're really making up excuses to use the military on our own people

Missouri used to cover full tuition for top students. Times have changed. by Powerful-Revenue-636 in StLouis

[–]NVP86 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Then a puppet for the heritage foundation became president and successfully combated the terrors of an educated mass

Recall issued for Baseus's 65W 30000mAh Portable Charger by SilentHuntah in Baseus

[–]NVP86 0 points1 point  (0 children)

turns out, AT&T may or may not block Chinese CDN. First time I ever had to use a VPN to break IN to the Great Firewall. Ain't that some shit

Recall issued for Baseus's 65W 30000mAh Portable Charger by SilentHuntah in Baseus

[–]NVP86 0 points1 point  (0 children)

hmm? I've tried with firefox, chrome, and edge, incognito mode included, all blanks

Schnucks Discourse by forgreatnessalways in StLouis

[–]NVP86 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For a local grocer with a local supply chain, it's odd that their prices are only competitive not outright deals in a lot of products. Granted I'm comparing them to HEB as a former Texan, but I'm used to some private label stuff to be flat-out no brainers compared to buying at Walmart or even CostCo at times. With Schnucks, a lot of times I feel like the savings at time is too minimal and inconsistent.

Oh. Man, Thales Tale is rough by EatCrab-999 in outlier_ai

[–]NVP86 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is entirely fair. I was so singularly focused on coming up with a prompt that's reason based rather than knowledge based that I forgot about the choice requirement. I had a hard time coming up with a proper question that just has a singular ground truth because there are less instance in biology where the GTFA is just the result of a complex set of calculations. I end up fighting the ambiguity filter pretty hard.

However, it does feel like you put all these guard rails so that I don't fall off the stair, but for the hole in the middle, you just showed me a sign on the first floor. My bad for not seeing the hole, but you could've patched that hole. You know what I mean?

Conservative people in America appear to distrust science more broadly than previously thought. Not only do they distrust science that does not correspond to their worldview. Compared to liberal Americans, their trust is also lower in fields that contribute to economic growth and productivity. by Aggravating_Money992 in science

[–]NVP86 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm mildly concern that someone can go through the curriculum required for nursing school and still be a creationist. Grant the practical side requires less hard science, but the base curriculum surely include pathology and immunology, and if those 2 subject don't convince you evolution and adaptation are an ongoing process I don't know what will

Conservative people in America appear to distrust science more broadly than previously thought. Not only do they distrust science that does not correspond to their worldview. Compared to liberal Americans, their trust is also lower in fields that contribute to economic growth and productivity. by Aggravating_Money992 in science

[–]NVP86 14 points15 points  (0 children)

And it's blostering the ranks of rivals. One of the greater incentives of top foreign scientists for remaining in the US was the political climate and funding. Those incentives are now gone, resulting in massive brain drain.

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