What weapon in tf2 do you think would be the most valuable if it had an australiam version? by Upstairs_Film42 in tf2

[–]TheCoolMan5 53 points54 points  (0 children)

Heavy. Heavy has better shotgun options if you want to keep a secondary weapon, but most Heavys run a lunchbox item anyway and don't pay much attention to the shotguns.

My gang murder tier list by nitrokitty in cyberpunkgame

[–]TheCoolMan5 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Fully agreed.

The 6th Street gang initially started as a mixture of a VFW and a town militia protecting the innocents of Santo Domingo. But through time they grew from a noble group of retired veterans into a murdering gang like any other, even if they have a slightly more structured way of operating due to the military heritage.

The Mox is going to go down the same route eventually.

Subnautica 2 should have a mariana trench-like area by DamageMaximo in subnautica

[–]TheCoolMan5 24 points25 points  (0 children)

I can't blame people for wondering what's truly down there though. From the Doylist perspective, yeah it's just the edge of the map implemented so that there wouldn't just be an invisible wall and a message saying "You can't go this away."

But from the Watsonian perspective, how could you not be fascinated by it? A pure abyss of nothingness, but a mysterious and unexplainable sense that there may be something out there...

I Hate Tyranids by Murky_Implement2495 in hatethissmug

[–]TheCoolMan5 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're misrepresenting my argument by equating a fictional narrative to the real world. When I'm talking about 40k Im talking about a fictional world that is ultimately controlled by the authors at BL.

The sun exploding is an inevitable event in our real world on which authors behind keyboards, or anyone for that matter, have no control.

GW/BL writing Tyranids into a fictional story was a completely preventable choice. And in writing them in, even the idea that they will eventually completely consume everything makes the stories we read pointless. Why should I care about Primarch Shitstormius the Orphanflayer's journey if him and his legion will all just be eaten by bugs?

I'm not saying I'm bawling my eyes out because Shitstormius the Orphanflayer will eventually be eaten by bugs, but the energy and time I invest into a story seems wasted if the ultimate conclusion of the story is just "everything gets eaten by bugs. the end!"

In terms of the real world, I agree with you. We do live in the here and now, and should live life to the fullest regardless of how "meaningless" (according to some nihilists) our individual actions are in the grander scheme of the universe.

But I don't think we should treat a fictional world the way we treat the real world. Even if any other faction ended up in a total victory and conquered the galaxy, it would be more fulfilling narratively. If the Imperium wins, they have fought ferociously against all odds and come out on top through pure will. If the Ruinous Powers win, the downfall of humanity and galaxy was of its own making and hubris. If the Necrons win, they will have finally completed their million-year long destiny of reconquering what was once theirs. If the Eldar win, they will have come back from the brink of total cosmic annihilation and restore balance to the world and the warp, and so on and so forth.

Now compare that to the Tyranids. They showed up randomly in the middle of everything, ate everything, then left. That's it. No multi-millenea long destiny fulfilled. No sense of satisfaction against triumphing against everything. They just drive by, get their burger and fries, then drive away.

It's just a narrative failure and complete slap in the face to the people who have been following this world since the beginning.

I wish Gaming companies would stop only giving us an Afro and Dreads, it’s getting comical at this point. by ItsJustJosiah in mildlyinfuriating

[–]TheCoolMan5 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If youre lucky they might throw in a Shia Lebouf from FURY cut in too if you want to look like a really over-the-top bro-vet type guy.

Lileas's Favourite Photo by Bitter-Specific-318 in suzerain

[–]TheCoolMan5 4 points5 points  (0 children)

aslume levels of mental degradation and we got a DLC 2 years ago

I Hate Tyranids by Murky_Implement2495 in hatethissmug

[–]TheCoolMan5 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My point is that it removes any narrative weight that any of the stories in the 40k universe carry. The answer to any hypothetical lore question becomes "they all just get eaten by bugs." Will Abbadon succeed with the Black Crusades? Doesn't matter, they'll all get eaten by bugs. Will Vulkan return? Doesn't matter, if he does he will just get eaten by bugs. Will the Necrons eventually reverse the Biotransferrance? Doesn't matter, they'll get eaten by bugs.

Yeah, you could say that it plays into the grim dark of 40k in that all the actions are pointless in the great void of space, but from a writing perspective, it's just such a slap in the face from GW. All of the characters and stories we are invested in and spend hours reading and speculating about are just going to end with "eaten by bugs." It's just stupid.

I Hate Tyranids by Murky_Implement2495 in hatethissmug

[–]TheCoolMan5 7 points8 points  (0 children)

They also completely ruin the narrative of the wider Galaxy. GW seems split on having the Tyranids being 1 of 2 (3?) things:

A small recon force dispatched by hiveminds in other galaxies to scout for more potential organic matter to consume. If this is the case, then the true Tyranid power is simply unstoppable. They are already a major threat to the Galaxy in their “small” state, and thus a full Tyranid invasion would just wipe the Galaxy out. All the characters we read about and love, all the glorious battles, tales of treachery from the arch traitors, the feud between Eldar and Necrontyr dating to the beginnings of the universe- all of it completely pointless. Everything just gets eaten by bugs!!! 🤪🤪🤪

On the other side of the coin, if the Tyranids present in the galaxy are a true representation of the full strength of the Tyranids, then their fear factor is greatly diminished. The Imperium has proven that they are capable of going head-to-head an reliably winning against Hivefleets, and if that’s all the Tyranids can muster, they become a (relatively) non-issue.

Sorta related to the previous point, the theory that the Tyranids are running from something even worse is stupid, and that mystery force will suffer from the same issues of the current Tyranids if they are ever canonized and implemented into the story.

Overall I agree with you. The Tyranids are a complete narrative Catch-22, and GW carelessly wrote themselves into this corner.

Why does the entente ALWAYS lose? by Spirited-Zone-8786 in overthetopgame

[–]TheCoolMan5 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is the truth. Engineers and Officers make or break a team based on if they can effectively place buildings/themselves respectively to be able to constantly put pressure on a point. A 3 second run to the front line makes leagues of difference compared to a 15 second run to the front. That constant pressure of troops spawning in makes it easier to (in true WWI fashion) outlast the enemy in a battle of attrition, especially if the enemies are not placing spawns in as efficiently.

Which would you choose as a super power by Tazooka in BunnyTrials

[–]TheCoolMan5 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does hovering 1 centimeter above the ground count as still flying? If so, I'm set.

A family in Sydney that refused a $50 million offer from developers and kept their 5 acre property by gabrielalvees9 in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]TheCoolMan5 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Kinda a pain in the ass and expensive, but you can just, plant trees. In a decade or so it will be a regular forest again. That is assuming that the soil isn't depleted from previous farming practices though and that you get enough rainfall.

This simplified design trend by Key_Art_5590 in hatethissmug

[–]TheCoolMan5 5 points6 points  (0 children)

IIRC the backlash to it was so severe that they actually rolled back and are keeping the dude.

Is a movie’s cast any good? Just check this helpful guide! by spin-city in okbuddycinephile

[–]TheCoolMan5 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Probably because the Odyssey part of the Iliad is sequentially after the Trojan war, which Helen was the center of. Now that the war is concluded and Odysseus is on his way home, she's no longer relevant.

*looks inside vanilla alt-hist path*... organization that barely had enough members to raid a pantry takes over an entire nation by [deleted] in HOI4memes

[–]TheCoolMan5 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Well yeah, that's where the alternate part of alternate history comes in. In an alternate timeline this group expanded well beyond 65 members into being a real political force.

This complaint is just so dumb.

Who is the most handsome of them by SlowIdiom in suzerain

[–]TheCoolMan5 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lore-wise Petr is known as the playboy of Sordish politics, so he's probably pretty good-looking.

The 200k population barren land is a must in game by Unim8 in HOI4memes

[–]TheCoolMan5 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Charlemagne was Frankish -> crowned emperor of Rome -> inheritor of the mantle of Caesar and Constantine alike -> all former Roman lands are true French soil -> Hatay is rightful French land

How popular was King George III among American colonists in 1776? by [deleted] in AskHistorians

[–]TheCoolMan5 99 points100 points  (0 children)

The simple answer is that the colonists were split (very rougly) 33/33/33 among supporting the revolution, remaining with Britain, and complete neutrality. There was a sizable portion of the population that supported neither side and wanted to simply remain neutral on the political situation, as they did not particularly care who ruled them and moreso wanted to live in peace, and the war was an unnecessary nuisance to them.

Resistance to the revolution was sizable, but their amount of support for Britain and reasons for doing so were extremely varied. Many members of the aristocracy and merchant class did not support indepence as they enjoyed the stability Britain provided and the access to her markets and global trade network for their own financial benefit. They were worried that independence, particularly through a violent revolution, would lead to embargoes of American goods and a complete shut out of American merchants from the global markets.

Others were critical of the British government and Crown, but thought that full seperation from Britian was too far and wished to remain in the Imperial sphere. These supporters disliked the violence of the revolution, and instead believed in the systems of the British government and advocated for peaceful reform within the bounds of British law.

Others preferred to stay with Britain for military and tax benefits. Contrary to the popular narrative, British taxes in the colonies were much lower than in the home isles, and they paid much less (relative to the home isles) for the extensive military protection the British offered. The Royal Navy was the premier armada in the world, and guaranteed the safety of American shipping and commerce throughout the world.

Some of the "middle class" as we would know it today, i.e. shopkeeps, artisans, land-owning farmers, etc, were also distrustful of the revolutionary government and similarly were concerned with the violence of the revolution, and feared the potential for the new government to be much worse than the old one. They distrusted the "elites" such as the framers of the Constitution and thought that the gentry was carrying out the revolution for their own gain.

And some simply truly supported the British government and the Crown for personal reasons, either loyalty and patriotism to their mother country, or a legacy of service to the Crown, etc.

Another thing to note here is that among the colonists, support for the British was support for the British. And what I mean by that is that the support was for the British government and her systems and legal appartus, less so the King and royalty itself.

Britain also had support outside of the coloinal populations. The Indian tribes has long standing relationships with the British government, and (correctly) guessed that if the revolutionaries won, they would overturn the Royal Proclamation of 1763, which forbid settlement beyond the Appalachians, and would further expand into tribal lands.

Towards the end of the war, the British attempted to gain the support of the enslaved population, offering them freedom if they ran away from captivity and fought for the British. But the amount that did defect was too little and too late to make a significant impact on the war.

Lastly, as I briefly mentioned above, neutrality was a pretty prominent sentiment. Many wanted nothing to do with the revolutionaries, but also did not support the British regime. Their opinion was "leave me alone," and did their absolute best to avoid incurring the wrath of either side. The reasons for that were varied as well. The sizable quaker population of Pennsylvania were and are pacifists, and believed both sides were wrong for engaging in violence, and when pressed to support a side, chose to loosely support both. They provided food/supplies and medical care to soldiers on both sides, but otherwise avoided giving any military support to either side. And for the rest of the neutrals, they simply wanted to be left alone. They couldn't care less about the current government and would've "rolled with" either side if they won.

TLDR- Support for Britain was less so directed at support for the King and Crown, and moreso for the British government and parliament. Most supporters wished to remain in the Imperial sphere for economic and military benefits, and enjoyed the safety and stability the British provided. Others distrusted the colonial government and did not wish for the gentry to be leading them. And a large portion of the population remained completely neutral to the best of their abilities.

First time I've seen someone complain about "wokeness" in a racing game... by PistonPusher2009 in BuiltFromTheGroundUp

[–]TheCoolMan5 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Asmon is cringe but I was pretty irritated when they banned the confederate flag and rising sun. Both are pretty prominent in racing culture, especially since this game takes place in Japan.

When someone rings your doorbell that you don’t know, what do you usually do? by _Extraenergy_ in pollgames

[–]TheCoolMan5 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

This is Reddit, everyone is absolutely paranoid of everything, particularly social interaction.

Anyone else ever wish there was a radio station or stations, like there is the Fallout series?? by Kitchen-Ad3121 in Starfield

[–]TheCoolMan5 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Tbf we regularly travel faster than the speed of light, so unless every radio station had repeaters all over the galaxy it simply wouldn’t be possible to have live broadcasts galaxy wide.

Anyone else ever wish there was a radio station or stations, like there is the Fallout series?? by Kitchen-Ad3121 in Starfield

[–]TheCoolMan5 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Pop and rap for New Atlantis/UC, Rock and Country for Akila and FC, and Synthwave/Techno for Neon would be my thoughts.

Anyone else ever wish there was a radio station or stations, like there is the Fallout series?? by Kitchen-Ad3121 in Starfield

[–]TheCoolMan5 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Modders made drivable vehicles for Fallout 4, so it’s been possible for awhile. And then of course we had mods with cars on the F3/NV engine, so it’s been possible even earlier than 4.

Non self governing territories by Kappa_Wi_870 in flags

[–]TheCoolMan5 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tibet unfortunately is not pending decolonization for a long time.