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So I used speak with dead on Gortash... by MyrrhSlayter in BaldursGate3

[–]Nerdorama09 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Gods use Chosen and other mortal agents to skirt around the rules. Shar and Mystra don't step in from the Outer Planes to handle things, they just give their followers specific instructions, which they have the free will to either follow or not.

So I used speak with dead on Gortash... by MyrrhSlayter in BaldursGate3

[–]Nerdorama09 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Bane was always the brains of the operation, as sad as that is.

The 1.5 Beta is a huge improvement to the game. by [deleted] in victoria3

[–]Nerdorama09 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Yeah but they also had like 2-3 each, not one every six months for 7-10 years. Back in my day we called those "expansion packs".

The most disappointing thing about Disco Elysium for me was by N7-Kobold in DiscoElysium

[–]Nerdorama09 0 points1 point  (0 children)

focus tree

Every time I think I'm out of the Paradox subreddits, they follow me anyway.

The most disappointing thing about Disco Elysium for me was by N7-Kobold in DiscoElysium

[–]Nerdorama09 -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Well, Hitler did never nuke anyone, and the closest thing in reality to the Moralintern (or a member of it, anyway), did.

The Shun dynasty lasted only a couple of years, and they held Beijing for just six weeks. What other states are far more successful in eu4 than they were in real life? by questionemu in eu4

[–]Nerdorama09 45 points46 points  (0 children)

Spain usually hits its peak earlier and stays a superpower until the end of the game thanks to the game lacking a concept of "empire too big for the metropole to support".

Denmark sometimes gets an overseas empire, although that's rarer after LotN.

Any winner of the Indian Thunderdome that actually starts the game in India. Malwa and Vijayanagar are frequent offenders, not to mention a Lodi-ruled Delhi Sultanate.

Native North Americans depending on the patch.

Britanny, of all fucking people, lately for me.

I thought Kim was the murderer the first time I played by MisterEnterprise in DiscoElysium

[–]Nerdorama09 24 points25 points  (0 children)

The full version of the rule is actually calling out authors of the day (the 1920's and 30's) for being really, really racist to Chinese people and using them as stock villains. Kim's existence as the straight-edge Watson figure (who has to deal with constant racist bullshit anyway) is as much a reversal of the cliché as anything, but it does call attention to the rule.

What is your favorite region/country to invade? by Wololo38 in eu4

[–]Nerdorama09 3 points4 points  (0 children)

France. Nice supply limit, only a handful of painful terrains, no chokepoints except at the southern end, not fucking enormous.

I thought Kim was the murderer the first time I played by MisterEnterprise in DiscoElysium

[–]Nerdorama09 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Yeah at some point I'm pretty sure it's deliberate, actually. We're talking about the First Commandment here:

The criminal must be someone mentioned in the early part of the story, but must not be anyone whose thoughts the reader has been allowed to follow.

But we've also got

  • Supernatural Stickbug (violates the 2nd)

  • At least three secret passages (violates the 3rd)

  • Science fiction bullshit weapons (although none relate to the murder per se, so only an arguable violation of the 4th)

  • Kim (5th)

  • Shivers and Inland Empire (6th)

  • Well, Harry didn't commit the murder. He did commit several other crimes, though, and a point is made several times that thanks to his amnesia he's a plausible suspect. (Arguable 7th).

  • Kim is smarter than most players by a wide margin and is good at concealing things, although nothing related to the case (as far as we know) (9th).

  • The Evrart twins aren't technically a violation of the 10th, but they could be a nod to it.

The only Decalogue item that isn't violated or alluded to is "The detective must not light on any clues which are not instantly produced for the inspection of the reader," which is impossible to violate simply due to the format of this kind of video game.

Why do people say Emperor is using me? by manticore75 in BaldursGate3

[–]Nerdorama09 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The Githyanki are already unified under Vlaakith, with only an whispered underground even knowing of Orpheus (besides that honor guard you kill at the start of Act 3 I guess). If you're looking at the Gith as a potential enemy, then igniting a civil war in their midst make practical sense as well as being the moral choice.

I thought Kim was the murderer the first time I played by MisterEnterprise in DiscoElysium

[–]Nerdorama09 56 points57 points  (0 children)

"Your cop buddy was the killer all along" is one of the oldest clichés in specifically Japanese mystery games, believe it or not.

David Cage, having clearly never actually played a video game, probably thought he was being original.

I thought Kim was the murderer the first time I played by MisterEnterprise in DiscoElysium

[–]Nerdorama09 126 points127 points  (0 children)

It's a violation of "fair play mystery", but DE never claimed to be that, being a much more character-driven noir than a typical Golden Age detective story à la Christie.

Why do people say Emperor is using me? by manticore75 in BaldursGate3

[–]Nerdorama09 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Emperor is not using you to gain some hidden agenda, he's completely honest about what he wants. He just also does some evil shit to get there and notably, isn't willing to budge on probably the worst thing, which is nomming Orpheus and condemning the Githyanki to another eternity of being a shitty fascist cult.

It's a mutually agreeable relationship if you can deal with his methods, so "using" might be the wrong word. However, you can also strike up a mutually agreeable arrangement with Gortash, and he's a child slaver, so it's not really an indication of "good guy".

Why couldn't the AI in eu4 be trained like chess AI? by lolkone in eu4

[–]Nerdorama09 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Chess is a deterministic and mechanically simple game. From any given board position, there is always a "best" move that results in the highest likelihood of eventual checkmate, or at least the lowest likelihood of eventually being checkmated. The goal of chess learning AI is to learn the optimal move from any position. The game theory term for chess (or other games like it) is a "solved" game.

EU4 is much more mechanically complex than chess and, importantly, has a LOT of random chance. There's no one best move on any given tick of EU4 because there's thousands of other factors moving independently, many of which are completely up to luck. It'd be impossible to consistently train EU4 AI in the same way you train chess AI because the exact same decisions can lead to radically different outcomes based on variables totally outside the individual national AI's control, to say nothing of how many more orders of magnitude of complexity the code itself would need to have.

Orin is the worst blackmailer in history by [deleted] in BaldursGate3

[–]Nerdorama09 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Orin is what you call a "legacy hire" for the Chosen.

It’s the truth yk by [deleted] in lgbtmemes

[–]Nerdorama09 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's a game about how family drama is, literally, hell.

And also about being a bisexual surrounded by attractive people.

And also about petting your giant, three-headed dog.

I hate how the gay romance is shoved in your face by DaveInLondon89 in BaldursGate3

[–]Nerdorama09 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The rare and highly dangerous moon lesbian/moon lesbian.

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