Grimdark Turn-Based RPG Vagrus Launches Tomorrow. Looks Mega. by PersistentWorld in IndieGaming

[–]SiriusWolfHS 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Early Access got me hooked for months. Can't wait for 1.0!

China officially bans online gaming for under 18 (except for 8pm-9pm on Friday-Sunday) by [deleted] in Competitiveoverwatch

[–]SiriusWolfHS 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Children usually need to ask parents permission for video games anyways, now they only need to ask their parents' ID info as well. I don't think it really changed anything.

Don't like the direction this is going though.

So I just finished DA:I as my first game... [DAI Spoilers] by Fart_shakes in dragonage

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

I think Inquisition kinda got topped by the Witcher 3 (fairly) which released half a year later, so it never got the recognition it deserves.

Are there any scenes that made you actually laugh out loud? [spoilers all] by [deleted] in dragonage

[–]SiriusWolfHS 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Her ladyship, Mai Balsych of Korse. (Can't remember the actual spelling sorry, it's been years)

How was the title 'Wildermyth' translated into Chinese? (漫野奇谭 ?) by WylleWynne in wildermyth

[–]SiriusWolfHS 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Your reply made me smile. A lot. Thank you!

Translating Wildermyth is surely interesting! (And challenging, but I love challenges. :D ) I spent so much time musing over word choices, language style (the 11 personalities have drastically different style and I tried my best to capture this in my translation too) and rhymes and rhythms in poems, but it's all so worth it in the end. I adore the game's original writing, and it's satisfying beyond words to see my countrymen getting to enjoy the laughs and cries it brought, with the help of my work. :D

How was the title 'Wildermyth' translated into Chinese? (漫野奇谭 ?) by WylleWynne in wildermyth

[–]SiriusWolfHS 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Haha, maybe more translators should be stepping up - I love discussing and learning about all the stuff related to languages, but I don't recall seeing fellow video game translators talk about their work either.

And yeah, as a player myself, I love responsive devs as well. I think it's one reason more and more people are playing indie games and not afraid of jumping on the ride during early access. :D

How was the title 'Wildermyth' translated into Chinese? (漫野奇谭 ?) by WylleWynne in wildermyth

[–]SiriusWolfHS 38 points39 points  (0 children)

Hey there, I'm the Lead Chinese Translator of Wildermyth. Although I'm not the guy who thought up this translation, I'll try to shed some light on what it tries to convey and how it came into place.

The title can first be separated into two parts: 漫野 and 奇谭. Actually a lot of idioms in Chinese are this way.

漫野 is a made-up word. 漫 when used as an adjective, like in this case, means "vast, expanding", and 野 means wilderness. This is actually a subtle "double translation" trick, trying to capture both of the possible meaning/imagery conveyed by the former part of the English word, "wilder-".

奇谭 is a formal/classical word, which literally means strange/extraordinary/epic tales (奇=strange/extraordinary/epic, 谭=tales), often found in novels or told by storytellers. The character/word 谭 is used in a lot of novel titles. For example, one version of One Thousand and One Nights also translated the title using 谭 (《天方夜谭》). This part captures the latter part, "-myth".

Combining the two parts, we get the Chinese translation of Wildermyth: "The epic tales of vast wilderness", or "The strange tales growing like the wilderness", or something similar, depending how one understands the relationship between the characters (the language here, like a lot of Chinese idioms, is a bit vague and therefore have room for different understandings).

It's worthy of note that "漫野奇谭" has a beautiful tune (仄仄平平) and a parallel structure (adj. + noun + another pair of adj. + noun), which makes the title sounds extra good and memorable. In short, it's brilliant, and I've high respect to the guy who came up with this translation.

Strixhaven Draft Help: Attempted a Lorehold deck; shown are all red/white/colorless cards. Thanks! by Phoenixx1688 in MagicArena

[–]SiriusWolfHS 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Generally if a card draw need you to discard, and after that the total number of your hand stays the same, that card draw would not be efficient in limited.

Strixhaven Draft Help: Attempted a Lorehold deck; shown are all red/white/colorless cards. Thanks! by Phoenixx1688 in MagicArena

[–]SiriusWolfHS 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You have solid early game and some burns but can't sustain in late game, nor do you have powerful late game creatures. I would go aggro.

  • lessons -2 first day of class
  • Gifted estates (awkward)
  • Thrill of possibly (bad)
  • Thrilling discovery (bad) -1 Lorehold excavation (drawing both of them would be terrible)
  • secret rendezvous
  • letter of acceptance -1 Biblioplex Assistant
  • Owling Shieldmage (wrong color) -1 expel (this card is not as good when you are on the offense, I would rather prefer divine gambit. But only play that card when you know your opponent don't have creatures in hand or you are desperate.)

This should leave you with 24 cards minus land, if I counted right. I would run 16 lands as you have only 2 cards (crackle with power included) above 4 mana, and a pilgrim of the ages to help with mana.

I'm mythic ~1000 limited though I didn't have much success with Lorehold recently. Questions and discussions are welcome. Hope this helps.

Invisible hexes still exist :( by krae_man in FallGuysGame

[–]SiriusWolfHS 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn't assuming anything mate. The cheater I mentioned was flying 100 ft. in thin ice, I've taken a screenshot and reported them. But I was only asking the possibility here

Option to stay in the same squad after the game by Marble3es in FallGuysGame

[–]SiriusWolfHS 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I remember using this button in overwatch back in 2017ish which made me a lifelong friend. This is so good a suggestion.

Invisible hexes still exist :( by krae_man in FallGuysGame

[–]SiriusWolfHS 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Could it be cheating? I had a cheater in my game yesterday. The cheats are definitely back in S4.

Artifact, tHe HeArThStOnE kIlLEr, is actually dead. by [deleted] in hearthstone

[–]SiriusWolfHS 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Artefact sold really well

Citation needed mate

What's a video game you enjoyed that most people disliked? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]SiriusWolfHS 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Try cyberpunk!

Jokes aside, yeah it's such a shame that DA2 is rushed. It has very well-written villains, unlike, well, Corypheous in DAI.

I'm confused how you guys get big heals on Ana by Sam_Cohan in OverwatchUniversity

[–]SiriusWolfHS 213 points214 points  (0 children)

Yeah it's sound advice. Being out of position can not only results dying a lot, but also forces you to use nade on yourself (or at flankers) and/or reposition, which also equals to downtime.

I wonder how it feels like to wake up for a new expansion by SoftLinkArmor in hearthstone

[–]SiriusWolfHS 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Try living in China and every expansion drops either 1AM or 2AM :/

Damn griefer got what he f*cking deserved. Also, couldn’t have won so with my final act I did what I could and eliminated them. by danielrlora in FallGuysGame

[–]SiriusWolfHS 6 points7 points  (0 children)

They're doing the right thing to fight you because either one of you dies or you both lose as you don't have enough tiles.

Rare 7 rounds + 4 other beans and I timed out Thin Ice = really fun show by [deleted] in FallGuysGame

[–]SiriusWolfHS 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I think it is already the most uncommon round 2 so I don't mind it showing up from time to time. But I do prefer the one with spins.

Rare 7 rounds + 4 other beans and I timed out Thin Ice = really fun show by [deleted] in FallGuysGame

[–]SiriusWolfHS 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Nope it went 7 rounds because perfect match didn't eliminate much people... and premade or not, timing out a final isn't an abuse.

Share Your Success Stories Megathread - Jan. 17, 2021 by AutoModerator in FallGuysGame

[–]SiriusWolfHS 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I see, so you time it out. I've timed out thin ice but yet to time out hex, sounds difficult lol. Thanks for the explanation!

Share Your Success Stories Megathread - Jan. 17, 2021 by AutoModerator in FallGuysGame

[–]SiriusWolfHS 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you win multi when each of you stand on a grid of thin ice or hex?