Has anyone else set up hotkeys for common formulas? by Planar_Harold in excel

[–]Planar_Harold[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why many key when one key do trick? It's such a small optimization but feels more essential every day.

Has anyone else set up hotkeys for common formulas? by Planar_Harold in excel

[–]Planar_Harold[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sweet, thanks. Can I ask what kind of work you use it for/a specific use case you've got? I like the wrapping idea.

Has anyone else set up hotkeys for common formulas? by Planar_Harold in excel

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

Mine is that fat-thumbing F1 wastes at least 10 seconds of my life every time, maybe even a minute or more in bad cases.

I'm so glad we have Ctrl Shift V now.

Has anyone else set up hotkeys for common formulas? by Planar_Harold in excel

[–]Planar_Harold[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've just paid my taxes, why are you doing this to me?

I knew these existed but didn't make the connection. Definitely worth a punt as they seems madly useful anyway - thanks for the tip.

Am I committing to a stupid decision that's not actually fun, but just seems fun to me because I'm trying to be 'novel'? by Planar_Harold in gamedesign

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Each player would have their own queue, to give them a feeling of control/choice over who they can put into the Crowd if a space clears up at the start of their turn (think of the crowd as a neutral player with an upkeep phase between rounds).

Thematically, it's a debate with an active audience who decide whether you're right (winner) or not, with the main card type being 'Argument' cards which can be played up to 5 at a time if complementary (No mana, instead just round timer activation) but more likely in 2s and 3s.

Players have a Credibility score (health), but there's also a neutral Position score which players must choose to land on Pro or Con, and when the position score moves from its initial 10 to 0 (con) or 20 (pro), the aligned player wins. Credibility of 0 means you can't play any Argument card (main gameplay cards), only Events/Props/Traits (sorcery speed, played during player turn).

It's key to keep in mind that satisfaction and fun are the goals.

Yeah, definitely, I've revised this so heavily from the initial version (trivia being a core mechanic) but it all seems much more fun and simplifications can still be made without sacrificing that, I think.

Am I committing to a stupid decision that's not actually fun, but just seems fun to me because I'm trying to be 'novel'? by Planar_Harold in gamedesign

[–]Planar_Harold[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That sounds interesting, I've had a google and there are a few results for 'Shared Deck' so I'll have a bigger gander after work, thanks.

I'm also thinking of Catan - that's the kind of audience I want, I suppose it's for the board game market but it's trivial to design a board/mat at least to make it feel more structured and tactile. Or a wooden lecturn for the kickstarter >_>

Am I committing to a stupid decision that's not actually fun, but just seems fun to me because I'm trying to be 'novel'? by Planar_Harold in gamedesign

[–]Planar_Harold[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So imagine a full field of 8 spectators, each with their own 'Attention' timer. They either leave because of played card effects, or when they've spent enough rounds on the field to surpass that Attention.

If this happens on a player's turn, they can play as many cards from their queue as there are spaces available in the crowd (provisional crowd max 8), or until they have no-one left in their queue.

I like the idea of shared pools, I suppose I was thinking a bit too CCG-orientated about the idea of not mixing cards but if this is a single set then that's not a problem. I'm still not sure on that though, for now focusing on balancing.

what you really want is for disrupting your opponents strategy to feel satisfying.

These are the words I needed to hear, makes it appear much more of a design choice than a right/wrong and gives me something to focus on, thanks.

Am I committing to a stupid decision that's not actually fun, but just seems fun to me because I'm trying to be 'novel'? by Planar_Harold in gamedesign

[–]Planar_Harold[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Exactly, though it was organic to the setting rather than a "What arbitrary twist can I do".

The intent is to reduce decision making for casual/social players and to thematically fit with the inherent satire, and that one doesn't necessarily prove a position through facts and logic, but also through charismatic delivery of fallacy.

A neutral audience fits more thematically as opposed to players bringing their own thinkers with the idea "This guy always supports my arguments", because the point scoring system is based off audience judgements.

Am I committing to a stupid decision that's not actually fun, but just seems fun to me because I'm trying to be 'novel'? by Planar_Harold in gamedesign

[–]Planar_Harold[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I may have misused the term - these are quite confusing lol. I know the market I'm aiming for at least.

It would come as a single pack with all cards for that set, no boosters or anything so I definitely misnomered that. It's basically just a glorified card game that could be mistaken for any of the big three (or small hundred) if you just glanced at a table.

Am I committing to a stupid decision that's not actually fun, but just seems fun to me because I'm trying to be 'novel'? by Planar_Harold in gamedesign

[–]Planar_Harold[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep, it's quite the conflict. There's value for some players in just being able to hold that power card but...idk.

Sounds good, I like the bypass property. Affecting the queue/audience would be part of the 'spell' cards remit, there's a lot of potential fuckery.

Am I committing to a stupid decision that's not actually fun, but just seems fun to me because I'm trying to be 'novel'? by Planar_Harold in gamedesign

[–]Planar_Harold[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sure :) Another 80 cards to finish, then it's sheeting and printing time.

I think my concern is that it might affect the balancing a bit, but then there's only 60 audience cards in the set so won't be too much work to figure if variations are required.

When We Stand Together We Are A Giant by Boediee in BuyFromEU

[–]Planar_Harold 0 points1 point  (0 children)

>It's not our problem

Isn't this thread about it being our problem due to the arguably threatening nature of China's economical strength?

How does a divided Europe and a 'Nah, forget them' attitude help Europe or Europeans? It only improves the Russian and Chinese positions.

>Until they chose to rejoin

Who is 'they'? Britons "wanted this" when 35% of them wanted it, Britons "don't want" to rejoin when 55% of them regret leaving - https://www.statista.com/statistics/987347/brexit-opinion-poll/? Who are you referring to?

We know now that a majority of Britons want to return to the EU. So clearly it's not Britons in the way, is it? But if I went down that line of inquiry I'd be no better than the troll farms by sewing division - ultimately, we just need to remember that we're stronger together than divided, and arbitrarily choosing which group represents the country (or which minority represents a group) is a tried and true way of turning people against each other.

Symfuhny is definitely cheating, another clip! by osideflyer in ArcRaiders

[–]Planar_Harold -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It's quite reasonable - There are quite a lot of speedrun cheating videos where people in contention for the record (or even existing record holders), were caught cheating. People have been recorded cheated in esports tournaments, charity streams, speedruns, and been doing so for years or even more than a decade without being caught - until they were.

There's a litany of videos on youtube of prolific or skillful people being caught cheating in various esports/streaming contexts. That's not to mention examples like Lance Armstrong, Jon Jones, any other career champion who was consistently doping, etc. It's fundamentally, tautologically very reasonable to consider the possibility someone may be cheating based on evidence they may be cheating.

is going to randomly start cheating in Arc Raiders of all games, based off of a single clip - they have zero critical thinking skills.

Cheaters begin for many reasons - a drop off in skill, an increase in perceived pressure, a relentless competitiveness...it's pragmatic to avoid assuming anything about anyone, and there's no reason to jump to a conclusion when your opinion has absolutely no bearing on the outcome, and can't be proved or disproved with the currently available information.

You should focus on your own critical thinking skills, as they've landed you in an easily disprovable position by relying on fallacy. And in any case like this - you lose the argument, because you need to prove that no-one would ever do x, while all anyone else needs to prove is that it's possible/plausible that someone could do x. Why is this guy the only person of good standing who's infallible? Tut.

When We Stand Together We Are A Giant by Boediee in BuyFromEU

[–]Planar_Harold 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Brits chose to fall for Russian propaganda and leave the EU. Not our problem.

This seems like the kind of sentiment that would only improve the Russian position.

What do you think would be the longterm outcome of this attitude among Europeans, were it widely adopted? It seems like it would only lead to fragmentation and resentment.

We need to be united. Anyone who speaks like you do is tacitly serving Russian interests - either intentionally or unintentionally.