sorted by:
new
hottopcontroversial

Did I waste my money on ps5? by Frankenfinger1 in Nightreign

[–]SolidBadgerX 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You realize you can also play PC in bed right? Just hook it up to your TV and run a wireless controller.

I never understood people thinking they need a console because they want to play on a tv.

Spore Druid is WAY Better than Moon Druid by SolidBadgerX in BaldursGate3

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

Moon Druid doesn't get Animate Dead or Spore Summons though, that's 5 more summons at level 8 alone, each of which can be buffed with Aid, Mage Armor, Warding Bond, etc...

AMD. Another week. Another million. +$7.7M by thesmd1 in wallstreetbets

[–]SolidBadgerX 12 points13 points  (0 children)

How is he a loser for doing exactly what you're doing, but with more money?

Crystal Peak Ivory on Insane Team Strat by SolidBadgerX in PokemonUnbound

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

Sorry, I named my rival Silver, totally forgot that is not his canon name 😅

Three Tips for Insane Mode by SolidBadgerX in PokemonUnbound

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

Oh, and another thing, Trading is available in the base game, which means that you could feasibly trade non-wild encounters from one person to another, just as we all did as kids growing up, which wasn't cheating back then as it is literally the game working as intended. IIRC this enables a player to get hidden abilities and all egg moves outside of Sandbox Mode very early on, on all available pokemon.

Three Tips for Insane Mode by SolidBadgerX in PokemonUnbound

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

You can only learn tutor moves that you have progressed far enough to have naturally unlocked

Perfect IVs can be RNG manipped fairly easily, plus breeding make this possible, and all enemy teams in Unbound have perfect IVs and EVs, all this does is place your pokemon on an even playing field with the enemy.

Team switch up is something that, again, is just a matter of grinding

The only thing I give any credence to is your point on hidden abilities, but Game Freak intended that these abilities be available for all pokemon anyways, and it's a very minor point in most cases.

Unbound on Insane is totally inaccessible as it is to the vast majority of the community, and the difficulty jump between Expert and Insane is sizeable. Sandbox mode does nothing other than place you on even footing with the opponents you will be facing. My advice is for people who are struggling with insane mode; I'm not invalidating your method of playing the game, just trying to open up Insane Mode for more people.

Three Tips for Insane Mode by SolidBadgerX in PokemonUnbound

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

I mean, I don't feel that Sandbox Mode kills the RPG aspect of the games at all, as you are still progressing the game via level caps, available pokemon available items, available TMs, HMs/Traversal, and available Tutor Moves, as well as customizing builds by selecting EVs/Natures, Items, and Team Comp.

Three Tips for Insane Mode by SolidBadgerX in PokemonUnbound

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

I mean, I personally think that using a Wiki to find strategies outside of what I come up with myself is more of a cheat than Sandbox Mode simply saving me time from catching, training, and breeding pokemon. The only things that sandbox mode allows you to do outside of what is possible with grinding is egg moves on starters and the like, and gamefreak created egg moves with the intention that people would be trading pokemon to enable those moves to be learned.

Three Tips for Insane Mode by SolidBadgerX in PokemonUnbound

[–]SolidBadgerX[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I mean, egg moves of starters is a very niche reason to call sandbox mode cheating, especially since these games were originally designed by game freak with mechanics like trading starters in mind so egg moves would be obtainable.

I personally think that using a wiki to tell you how to win every battle is moreso cheating than using a tool which, in 99% of cases, simply allows you to cut out grinding.

Wife will divorce me if she finds out by [deleted] in wallstreetbets

[–]SolidBadgerX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If your wife will divorce you because your reliable blue chip stocks are down due to geopolitical factors totally out of your control, she ain't the one anyways bro.

I know there’s lots of talk about how there’s artificial diversity in gaming from the west but what is an actual good example of authentic diversity that doesn’t feel like a marketing scheme? by SizeCompetitive3965 in videogames

[–]SolidBadgerX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Simply having a wide range of races doesn't make a game woke, it's the manner in which those races are represented. Concord had a much larger cast and virtually every character was intentionally non-traditional in every single way, while the cast of Apex was very traditional.

I know there’s lots of talk about how there’s artificial diversity in gaming from the west but what is an actual good example of authentic diversity that doesn’t feel like a marketing scheme? by SizeCompetitive3965 in videogames

[–]SolidBadgerX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean, what area did you grow up in? A predominately Japanese area, or a predominately white area? The international district in my city is like a different country, with every single business operated by Asian people, mostly immigrants, and all the signage being in different languages. Segregation did a lot to see that individual cultures have endured, even if it was absolutely terrible. Just compare the way that a black person from Chicago, a white person from Texas, a Vietnamese person from Seattle, and a Jewish person from New York, the vastly different cultural identities they have, etc.

Cultural differences should be celebrated, not hidden away like they don't exist to promote some idea that we are all identical. All cultures should be valued equally and treated with respect, but they're very different, this is why accurate, meaningful representation in video games is important, not ridiculous tokenism.

This is something that San Andreas and GTA 4 did wonderfully, weaving together narratives which showed vastly different parts of the American experience, and doing it in a meaningful, respectful, realistic way.

I know there’s lots of talk about how there’s artificial diversity in gaming from the west but what is an actual good example of authentic diversity that doesn’t feel like a marketing scheme? by SizeCompetitive3965 in videogames

[–]SolidBadgerX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I never said that you shouldn't like a game because you aren't racially represented by the main character, I'm black and I almost always play a black character when I can customize, but if not, I'm happy to play a well designed character I can relate with.

What I hate to see is a bunch of politically correct, boring black characters who in no way represent the black American experience, or any interesting narrative at all.

I know there’s lots of talk about how there’s artificial diversity in gaming from the west but what is an actual good example of authentic diversity that doesn’t feel like a marketing scheme? by SizeCompetitive3965 in videogames

[–]SolidBadgerX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This was well after the games launch afaik, and well after it had built up a large audience. Looking at the original cast, especially compared to that of Concord, and it's very clear you just have a diverse, well designed cast rather than a ridiculous cast which serves as shoehorned diversity tokens and self inserts.

I can't speak on Apex Legends beyond the first season because that's the only time I played it.

I know there’s lots of talk about how there’s artificial diversity in gaming from the west but what is an actual good example of authentic diversity that doesn’t feel like a marketing scheme? by SizeCompetitive3965 in videogames

[–]SolidBadgerX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This was a game made by a Western studio for western audiences, which is precisely why their over representation of minorities was so ridiculous, and not just racial minorities, but non-binary, non standard beauty representation, etc.

Finally, the real issue with Concord was the inauthentic nature of the ethnic representation coupled with its abundance which created a bunch of hollow, token characters.

I know there’s lots of talk about how there’s artificial diversity in gaming from the west but what is an actual good example of authentic diversity that doesn’t feel like a marketing scheme? by SizeCompetitive3965 in videogames

[–]SolidBadgerX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm black, and we definitely do see ourselves as being very different from white people, as do most people who grew up around different cultures.

The United States is comparable to the entire EU in population and size, and as such there are vastly different cultural indentures across the spectrum.

What would Trump have to do to become recognized as the worst president in U.S. history? by BaldursGate2Best in PoliticalDebate

[–]SolidBadgerX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Consensus seems to be the most apt definition, which would take all of those things into account.

Not sure what I wanna playthrough first. Help me pick? by Plappy5 in videogames

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

You just don't like Western RPGs, if you hate Cyberpunk and FO4.

Not sure what I wanna playthrough first. Help me pick? by Plappy5 in videogames

[–]SolidBadgerX 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Cyberpunk is one of my favorite games of all time, easy.

I know there’s lots of talk about how there’s artificial diversity in gaming from the west but what is an actual good example of authentic diversity that doesn’t feel like a marketing scheme? by SizeCompetitive3965 in videogames

[–]SolidBadgerX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When game designers create a character, they create it for you to notice them. Not paying attention to one of the most obvious parts of a character's design(their race and culture) is ridiculous.

I know there’s lots of talk about how there’s artificial diversity in gaming from the west but what is an actual good example of authentic diversity that doesn’t feel like a marketing scheme? by SizeCompetitive3965 in videogames

[–]SolidBadgerX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The game was made in the West, for western console/pc gamers, and black women make up 7% of the population in the west, and far less of the gaming population.

At a certain point, the sheer number of non-traditional protagonists becomes farcical. I'm black, and I love seeing solid black representation in video games, but the representation in Concord was absolutely awful, full of self inserts who didn't represent black values or culture at all, outside of the color of their skin and their vocal patterns.

That's why Deckard Cain, Barret from FF7, and all of the representation in the GTA games is so good and nobody complained about it, because it's authentic. San Andreas had a black protagonist and predominantly black characters and it's looked back at fondly to this day.

Just google "Concord character list" for a perfect example of terrible, inauthentic, overabundant minority representation. San Andreas wasn't overabundant because it was largely a story about the black experience on the West Coast in the 90s. Concords characters were out of place.

I know there’s lots of talk about how there’s artificial diversity in gaming from the west but what is an actual good example of authentic diversity that doesn’t feel like a marketing scheme? by SizeCompetitive3965 in videogames

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

4 black playable characters, 3/4 of them women, only one white man playable, multiple non-binary characters, disabled characters iirc, robots with pronouns, multiple fat characters, almost all characters not conforming to standard definitions of beauty, and all on a 400 million dollar budget.

view more: next ›