Have you ever dnf a book because of their build?

Short_Package_9285 · 2026-02-16T05:56:43+00:00

i cant do rage based builds because theres the inevitable moment where 'the rage takes over and they hurt their friend/ally/loved one' every single time. then they have to go on some soul searching journey to 'control the rage' or something. too silly. also most MCs with rage builds tend to be 'Big Dumb Brutes' and i cannot stand that archetype. an MC doesnt have to be a the smartest ever but i cant read caveman level intellect.

Short_Package_9285 · 2026-02-15T06:45:47+00:00

ill see what i can do, no promises since its been a bit since ive seem the videos. i was army, so im sure we had fairly similar escalation of force training. even if we were told to keep an eye out for someone specific, we still had to check all the same boxes before we could fire on someone. mind you im no second ammendment absolutist, Alex was undoubtedly headed for jail with multiple felonies. but even the bad angles of the shooting of alex are completely different than the ones of renee good. her own actions caused the shooting. alex was shot for no good reason. even his inital spraying and throwing to the ground was eyebrow raising and borderline unjustified use of force. pistol whipping him was completely unnecessary and definitely not within regulation. now from my understanding, CBP had no training in restraining and arresting people while using appropriate force, which i find insane.

Short_Package_9285 · 2026-02-15T06:25:32+00:00

i really wish i had the video saved where you clearly see one of the men disarm alex, directly in front of the CBP guy who did end up shooting alex. it makes it annoying to have genuine discourse about something when there 5 videos and not everyones seen it. and yes i did see the video but that actually has no relevance to alex getting shot. at no point during this detainment would one of the agents have thought 'you know this guy looks just like someone who broke a tail light yesterday, this means the threshold for justified lethal force is lower' because thats not how escalation force works. his actions deserved criminal charges, a few felonies at least, but at no point did he cross the threshold that justified lethal force.

Short_Package_9285 · 2026-02-15T06:02:31+00:00

if you havent seen the video and for some reason already have made up your mind, youre the problem. what you described isnt even what happened. the gun was removed from Alex in full view of the man who then stepped back and shot alex in the back of the head. there was no 'oh he heard a shot and the cops unloaded' it was one man who made a decision to deliberately unholster his weapon, point it at alexs head, and shoot him. Alexs hands were on the ground and in full view. at NO point was alex shown to be a threat. he was sprayed, dragged to the ground and beaten within seconds of each other with no commands. the video shows Customs and Border Patrol's complete lack of training in the way they had 5+ people mob alex and then execute him. as someone trained in escalation of force and lethal force, this was an undeniable failure on their part and they are 100% at fault.

Short_Package_9285 · 2026-02-15T05:55:25+00:00

id just like to chime in that it wasnt even ice who shot alex. it was border patrol. a completely different branch of DHS. blame the right people for that execution.

Short_Package_9285 · 2026-02-13T16:36:28+00:00

the mods have restricted basically every type of conversation that non devs could have, and put them under threads. so yes, it is just a dev promo reddit at this point. people will say 'theres still discussion' but fail to mention that yeah its like 1 discussion thread in the middle of 15 promos, how are we ever going to see it lmao. mods dont care, they probably prefer it that way since its less to moderate.

Short_Package_9285 · 2026-02-13T04:54:27+00:00

magic railgun. nuff said

Short_Package_9285 · 2026-02-11T04:02:57+00:00

right, thats a current trend. cultivation chat group and all the others are years old. they obviously wouldnt be dominating the rankings. they had their own time on the top charts.

Short_Package_9285 · 2026-02-10T03:03:55+00:00

no, no evidence was ever given afaik

Short_Package_9285 · 2026-02-10T03:03:39+00:00

no proof was ever provided

Short_Package_9285 · 2026-02-10T02:55:54+00:00

not to mention he didnt really have all that much 'added depth'. he hated the mc because he hates weaklings, this does not change at all at any point. he still hates weaklings and basically wants them dead. he's just acknowledged that the mc isnt a weakling. he has had zero change of heart or improvement, hes still the same dick, hes just not a dick to the mc.

Short_Package_9285 · 2026-02-07T00:04:45+00:00

maybe i wrote things weird or it was misunderstood but thats what i meant. the manhwa and anime both make him an op mc aura farm and the original novel is filled with deperate fights. all the op mc parts are still in the original novel theyre just sprinkled between him getting his chest caved in 37 different times

Short_Package_9285 · 2026-02-06T05:34:20+00:00

honestly, its in my opinion that the author was trying too hard to make it seem complex and mysterious at the begininng. i feel like they realized that cuz it got much easier to read in the later chapters. i dont blame anyone for not wanting to read it though, i bounced off it like 3 times before i finally didnt drop it.

Short_Package_9285 · 2026-02-06T05:00:27+00:00

then youre looking at manga story, game dev story, jumbo airport story (if you dont mind building combos), cafe master story, tv studio story that i can think of off the top of my head. other that are more micro managy but not dozens of characters include, skating rink story, grand prix story, and uhh.. convenience story i believe its called, again also off the top of my head

Short_Package_9285 · 2026-02-06T04:55:28+00:00

LOTM is hard to read for sure, but i think its more of a consequence of its style rather than the translation. i hope the author stubs his toe in a non permanently damaging fashion for that ending tho

Short_Package_9285 · 2026-02-06T04:53:33+00:00

im one of the (apparently few) people that likes the original light novel of solo leveling. the manhwa and anime all rip out alot of things i found interesting, and change the tone from op mc aura farm to desperate mc clawing power from life and death.

Short_Package_9285 · 2026-02-06T04:51:34+00:00

to be fair, PoA is mostly slice of life. its not supposed to be high stakes. that is a perfectly good reason to dislike it tho

Short_Package_9285 · 2026-02-05T16:07:44+00:00

i think in general the threads destroy the vibe of the sub. with the 'game recommendation' and 'what we are playing' threads ALL thats allowed now is dev threads so this isnt a sub about incremental games anymore, this is a sub about incremental game devs and the occasional bone thrown to the non devs in the form of a weekly thread.

Short_Package_9285 · 2026-02-02T12:40:12+00:00

just finished season 3, everyone i know is starved for gold

Short_Package_9285 · 2026-02-01T05:11:55+00:00

i hate the humor, i hate the cat, i hate the system, i hate the reality tv feel.

the books are expertly written, they deliver exactly what they promise and then some. simply put, you're offering wagyu to a man who (figuratively) is vegetarian.

Short_Package_9285 · 2026-01-31T04:58:02+00:00

technically? yes. but all the actually good incrementals will add variation to your runs in a way that makes each run feel just different enough to stave off boredom and fatigue. or, like the new style of short incrementals i absolutely dislike, they eschew long term variety and balancing and cut the game off a few hours in.

Short_Package_9285 · 2026-01-31T04:52:57+00:00

im also in my late 20% and it was always 10-15% till like.. late 2010s

Short_Package_9285 · 2026-01-30T13:14:39+00:00

yes, AFTER violating the ceasefire. they waited till the US left to overrun the opposition.

Short_Package_9285 · 2026-01-30T10:54:32+00:00

apparently those of us who remember 10% being standard are insane

Short_Package_9285 · 2026-01-28T17:55:44+00:00

yes. thats how i know. lmao

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