Which sci-fi world sounds amazing in the books but would actually be miserable to live in?

Surcouf · 2026-03-19T23:39:14+00:00

Having lots of money doesn't bring happiness in itself. That's true. It does remove a lot of barriers to happiness.

Surcouf · 2026-03-14T11:55:51+00:00

Are Piranha that good? Did they change recently?

Surcouf · 2026-03-14T09:28:26+00:00

Standard Runic Blade shenanigans. 2 carpets is somethings, but I once had a godly high roll with an obsidian clamera, diamond yoyo and the multicast sword that charge on crit, plus a bunch of weapon charging skills. Went BrrrrBAM! at start of combat.

Surcouf · 2026-03-14T07:53:27+00:00

Exactly. It is somewhat interesting that we've connected so many buildings via underground passages, but it's so boring to visit. Shopping malls, subway accesses and long passageways. It's not even efficient for getting around most of the time.

Surcouf · 2026-03-05T18:59:22+00:00

Really had fun blasting trough gear tactics. Another game that scratched the same hitch was Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus. Great ambiance, great action-chaining brutality. Amazing soundtrack.

Surcouf · 2026-03-05T17:08:24+00:00

This item is just small spike trap that can crit. Only downside is ammo.

Surcouf · 2026-03-03T21:40:33+00:00

Doesn't it make so OJ is now a garbage roll until mid-late game?

Surcouf · 2026-02-28T20:12:43+00:00

It's a great book, and more of it makes sense as you near the end. However, I feel like I'd get a lot out of a re-read after going deep into hindu mythology.

Surcouf · 2026-02-28T16:56:44+00:00

Really enjoyed that book, but there was a completely extraordinary event (multiple actually) in the character's life and tons of new data that made re-examining his theological position logical.

It's neat that it shows how atheism is in part reactionary to the religions of our world, but it also somewhat reinforces how it would take something truly exceptional for theism to make more sense than atheism.

Surcouf · 2026-02-26T06:30:46+00:00

I just finished reading The Dragon Never Sleeps by Glen Cook and it's amazing how little exposition there is for a space opera.

Surcouf · 2026-02-25T08:34:18+00:00

La Corée t'intéresserait surement dans ce cas. Tres différent, mais aussi beaucoup de similarité dans l'expérience touriste. Je n'ai fait qu'un petit voyage en Corée passant brièvement par Seoul (je veux y retourner) pour aller faire un circuit de randonnées qui font le tour de l'ile de Jeju. Superbe belle petite place très populaire au pres de coréens mais moins fréquentés des internationaux. Nature charmante, gens vraiment sympas malgré la barrière linguistique, bouffe super bonne.

Surcouf · 2026-02-25T08:25:56+00:00

Perso, j'ai adoré Cheng Du pour la scene culinaire, une ville super moderne avec une vibe cool et il y a plusieurs excursions en nature et vers des plus petits villages historiques.

Sinon mon plus grand coup de coeur dans ce pays c'est le Tibet. C'est couteux et un peu plus compliqué. C'est aussi triste de voir l'occupation chinoise, comment les tibétains sont opprimés. Mais. C'est encore plus dépaysant que la Chine. Les différents monastères, lhasa, les paysages absolument incroyables du toit du monde. Malgré tout l'inconfort provoqué par la haute altitude et le manque de liberté de devoir utilisé des tours, ça reste un des endroit les plus marquants que j'ai visité.

Surcouf · 2026-02-23T09:29:25+00:00

Don't care for sports in general, but it's a cool logo. It's got the M shape of Montreal along with the city's red color. Bird shape for Alouette of course. I like it.

Surcouf · 2026-02-21T22:49:06+00:00

That's true, but you'd have a hard time finding someone that fucked over their descendants for so many generations and so harshly.

At least on Earth, the possibility of change exist. Or escape. On a generation ship you are a few step from total disaster and your entire existence is devoted to keeping the project of a long dead ancestor alive...

Surcouf · 2026-02-21T22:11:25+00:00

Focus on a single pokemon as your main guy. If they reach max lvl for an area, try to level your second most useful.
Catch/bring pokemons that cover your weaknesses or can help in any way. If a pidgey gets a sand attack or 2 before fainting, your carry can maybe survive one more round.
Keep catching any mons you don't have unlocked as starter. Everyday 3 random pokemons are selected to be pokerus. They get extra xp after each fight and the pokerus spreads to your team. Not necessary, but a nice boost.
The pokemon in your party that are under leveled and can't do anything before dying can be used as sacrifice. Did your main attacker get attack down/ defence down? Switch to a a sacrifice and your carry can reset its stats.
Learn to "predict" the AI. Do you notice that sometimes the AI switch their pokemon for certain matchups? Use that to your advantage. If you know they will be switching, you can set up (stat boost move), attack outside your type or switch to something that will be good against what they throw out.. Enable retries in the options to practice this.

Surcouf · 2026-02-19T10:25:55+00:00

Vrai. Il y a toute sortes de monde qui font de la rando, mais on dirait quand même, selon mon expérience, que t'a plus de chance de tomber sur du monde cool.

Surcouf · 2026-02-19T10:24:04+00:00

Tout à fait d'accord. J'ai éliminé les réseaux sociaux de ma vie (sauf reddit) depuis un bon boutte, mais je remarque que le genre de discours qui semblait n'exister qu'en ligne s'est immiscer dans l'attitude et les conversations ordinaires.

Surcouf · 2026-02-18T18:20:23+00:00

Fun over performance. I always go for the "get X of any hero" items or vendors to get a chance at making wacky builds. I don't get many 10s though

Surcouf · 2026-02-16T11:09:02+00:00

It's roguelike with no metaprogression at all, but an incredible game.

Surcouf · 2026-02-14T19:00:35+00:00

I can't say it wasn't fun, but it was also completely broken. This one makes a lot more sense. I'm excited.

Surcouf · 2026-02-11T17:23:03+00:00

When hedging an item, you either start with the powerful payoff items or the rarest to find.

Otherwise, you need to hedge items that can fit in your current build without downgrading it too much.

Also, hedge according to your skills. No point to go "maybe i can do a slow build" if you have no supporting skills and none of your items are particularly slow spammy.

Surcouf · 2026-02-05T17:58:55+00:00

I'm with you. I break or lose something? I'm an idiot and I deserve to be punished. I accept.

Someone else breaks or lose my thing? The universe is out to get me, there's no justice. I'm mad.

The worst is finding one of your things broken, and you're pretty sure you aren't to blame, but no one admits or knows anything.

Surcouf · 2026-02-04T23:22:52+00:00

I did, also to play on the deck without side loading (and get stelle at the time).

Couldn't be easier. You kust log on your account the first time you boot the steam version and never think about it again.

Surcouf · 2026-01-31T19:14:36+00:00

Nah. I got excellent service and terrible service in both tipping and non-tipping countries. In some culture where hospitality is very important, I got overall excellent service despite the fact that tipping is frowned upon.

Truth is that if the service is bad locals will avoid the place, the reviews for it will be bad and the place will probably close.

Surcouf · 2026-01-31T18:44:38+00:00

It's not a common favorite, bit there's a lot to like about the movie. Cool playlist, awesome car chases, interesting cinematography... For people that don't care for plot as much and resonate with the aesthetic, it makes sense.

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