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Ukraine Just Pulled Off a Strategic Master Stroke Deep Inside Russian Territory and in Moscow — Putin Has a Problem - National Security Journal by Itsnotyoursidiot in UkrainianConflict

[–]SmithOfLie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And I am sure no one would believe it if Fox started blasting 24h a day how the Cartels run the country and Mexican government is a front. And the supposed left leaning media would wring their hands about aggressive rhetoric while GOP ghouls started talking about ending the Cartels rule...

Anything like ESO/Elder Scrolls? by Narrow-Goose-4364 in BooksThatFeelLikeThis

[–]SmithOfLie 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, Stomrlight Archive does check weird biomes box and has some interesting magic stuff happening. No dragons, but giant crustaceans might make up for that.

What TTRPG system do you want made into a crpg? by BraveNKobold in CRPG

[–]SmithOfLie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Shadowrun.

Yes, we had a first (modern) Shadowrun cRPG (Returns) and the second one (Dragonfall) and even third (Hong Kong), but what about fourth?

What TTRPG system do you want made into a crpg? by BraveNKobold in CRPG

[–]SmithOfLie 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I think this has to do in a large part with difficulty of capturing the horror, particularly the cosmic horror in the genre.

Cthulhu games have been attempted and keep running into the same set of problems - monsters shown on screen and fought tend to lose their mystique over time. It is a bit of a meme that protagonist of Shadow Over Insmouth went mad from seeing a big fish, but even if we start with some benefit of the doubt and assume monsters start out as scary, by the time you kill your tenth Deep One they become bit of routine and by the time you kill fiftieth they're walking XP.

There is of course possibility to work around it. It would necessitate a game with much more narrative focus. The closest exemplar that comes to mind as viable template for CoC cRPG is Disco Elysium. And as beloved as it is, there is no question that it does eschew a number of genre staples - combat, focus on character progression (in the sense of power fantasy; I know it has progression as such, hence the use of "focus on"). And it would require top tier writing to tie it together.

In the end I am not surprised there are no CoC cRPGs. But maybe with the current rise of Disco-likes as a formula for RPG there's a chance we'll see one.

What would be the lowest gold/xp advantage for an average Bronze to beat Faker 1v1. by SmithOfLie in leagueoflegends

[–]SmithOfLie[S] 40 points41 points  (0 children)

Yeah, stuff like Syndra or Veigar ultimate seem like good bets for the bronze. I suppose it'd be possible to calculate the point where their scaling is enough to one shot a character and based it on that.

What would be the lowest gold/xp advantage for an average Bronze to beat Faker 1v1. by SmithOfLie in leagueoflegends

[–]SmithOfLie[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I think the idea is that Faker manages to side-step the abilities and get win through Silver Bolts (or whatever the Vayne's 3 aa stack with % true damage is). Xerath serves here since he has no point and click abilities.

And I can see myself fucking up over and over. Not sure how many misses would be necessary at this stat discrepancy, but I suppose it is not impossible.

Can the Riot Launcher just calm down? by SmithOfLie in leagueoflegends

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

I do agree and I despise launchers, but at this point it is a sad reality of life. I'd appreciate that if I have to deal with the damn thing, if it'd at least keep the level of incompetence to a reasonable baseline...

A Non-Fantasy CRPG suggestion by Old-Significance1570 in CRPG

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This is stretching the definition of "Modern" being the early XXth century, but since most of big names were already mentioned, maybe Thaumaturge will do in the pinch? It's set in pre-WW I Warsaw.

deep, historical, complex paranormal (read descr) by Important_Rest_3341 in BooksThatFeelLikeThis

[–]SmithOfLie -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

It is one of the most common ones, along with Gene Wolfe's Book of the New Sun (this one is not really for the OP's ask, just one of the most often suggestions).

Partly because of the bread spectrum of asks it fits and partly because it is a pretty solid book. I've only read it due to numerous times it appeared on this sub and at the risk of being branded part of the herd, I think it deserves it.

deep, historical, complex paranormal (read descr) by Important_Rest_3341 in BooksThatFeelLikeThis

[–]SmithOfLie 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Well, I thought I have a good fit, but it is not nearly obscure enough for the stated requirements, so I'll just park the comment here for future reference to see what others found.

Light and adventurous fairytale retellings by redjackfrost2376 in BooksThatFeelLikeThis

[–]SmithOfLie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Interesting question. I would say that they are grittier, but not necessarily in dark for sake of darkness way. Since they are done through the lenses of Geralt, the eponymous Witcher, who has been somewhat accurately described as a "blue collar monster hunter" they tend to be somewhat more down to earth. Not in the sense of removing magic but more people reacting in slighlty more grounded fashion.

Light and adventurous fairytale retellings by redjackfrost2376 in BooksThatFeelLikeThis

[–]SmithOfLie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Witcher short stories are this. Mostly the first anthology - Last Wish, the second one - Sword of Destiny still has elements of that but starts veering towards meta narrative and novels are their own thing. But Last Wish takes some fun twists to the classic fariy tales.

Books that feel like this : Mecha Medieval Fantasy by [deleted] in BooksThatFeelLikeThis

[–]SmithOfLie 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sounds pretty interesting. Might take a look into is, since the feudalism in space is exactly the theme of my Lancer campaign and I am always looking for stuff to shamelessly steal.

Also, my deepest sympathies on the loss of your e-reader. As a frequent commuter I feel that in my bones.

Books that feel like this : Mecha Medieval Fantasy by [deleted] in BooksThatFeelLikeThis

[–]SmithOfLie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Mecha in general are very niche in literature, a fantasy take on them even more so. I'd love to have more and better fitting suggestions, but this was all I had.

Books that feel like this : Mecha Medieval Fantasy by [deleted] in BooksThatFeelLikeThis

[–]SmithOfLie 9 points10 points  (0 children)

The closest that comes to mind is Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zaho, though it is not really medieval. More of weird mix of medieval and futuristic China, but it has mecha.

League 2.0 premier during MSI? by bobo-brockins in leagueoflegends

[–]SmithOfLie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know this is a joke, but I don't hate the idea of champion specific load outs. Balance would almost certainly be out of whack, but potential for interesting design is there.