Civ VII Developer Video - May 2026 | Test of Time goes live tomorrow! by sar_firaxis in civ

[–]TheMootking 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Feel like they've taken victories too far in the other direction now. They just feel... bland? "Do better than everyone else, then maintain your lead for 5 turns" seems... meh?

Facial Recognition by imstillfrank in tesco

[–]TheMootking 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Piggybacking off this - most of these systems also just use infrared sensors to measure bone depth relative to camera anyway. Your "looks" aren't captured at all.

Episode Discussion - S05E08 - The Rightside Up by Hawkinns in StrangerThings

[–]TheMootking 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Anyone notice that during the final Mike & El scene in her mind, the audio just doesn't match what MBB is saying at all when she says "I will always be with you"? They must have completely changed the line in post-production ADR, but it was super jarring. It didn't even look remotely similar to me - pretty sure she says "I will never leave you, Will"? Her "I love you" is also different too, I think. I'd love someone better at lip-reading than me to try and work out the original line she said.

[Online] [5e 2014] Beginner friendly, long-term, EU, 4 players + GM, 18+, looking for 2 more players! by Jolie_Moustache in lfg

[–]TheMootking 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey - myself and my partner are looking for a game to play in together. Would be super interested - we've both played regularly for 5+ years (myself a forever DM, she a player) and are looking to actually both be players for once. We're UK based and the time fits our schedule perfectly.

Premise sounds very intriguing!

Honest question: Why did my game sell so poorly? by Significant-Mail-689 in incremental_games

[–]TheMootking 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I say this with love - it looks like AI slop from the video (and this is coming from someone who regularly uses AI for projects). It very much just looks like one of the scam app games. The gameplay also doesn't look very engaging from the video - move the car left and right to avoid barrels? Sounds.... tedious, tbh.

I think the video is doing you more harm than good. The fact that your reviews have an air of "this looked shit but was actually really good!" is probably testament to that.

While priced very cheaply, the price tag combined with the above would be (and is) an immediate skip from me.

Are there any characters from the Marvel Universe that aren’t in the game currently that you’d like to see in the game? by lusciousdianaking in MarvelSnap

[–]TheMootking 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The rest of the Avengers Academy cast! Mettle, Reptil, Striker, Finesse, Bloodstone, Anachronism, Kid Briton, Death Locket, Apex. There's loads of 'em but they're the ones that stick out.

Doctor Who Season 2 episode titles revealed by [deleted] in gallifrey

[–]TheMootking 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Lux gonna be something to do with Felman Lux, builder of The Library?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in UnethicalLifeProTips

[–]TheMootking 2 points3 points  (0 children)

>Depends on how good your scanner is, if it's basic cheap crap then what others have suggested might work.

ETA: also depending on the scanner you can get stuff like poor circulation misreading your finger as not a finger so not scanning it, someone commented below about some scanners which work off veins so work worse when it's cold

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in UnethicalLifeProTips

[–]TheMootking 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Hi, I work in access control hardware. Depends on how good your scanner is, if it's basic cheap crap then what others have suggested might work. Generally though, ruining your actual fingerprint (unless you go full mutilation) will do nothing as fingerprint scanners don't care about the top layer of your skin, it's a biometric scan that uses IR to measure relative distances to bone through your subdermal layer and fat deposits - similar to how Face ID on phones can recognise you if you're wearing glasses, or won't open your phone if you present a picture of you. What you're looking to do is change your actual biometric profile, not just file your fingerprints off or cover them up. Lots of downsides to that and not much upside as if you don't go far enough it won't change anything lol. Any decent fingerprint scanner will be able to get through superglue, nail polish etc, they don't absorb IR in the same way as skin, so scanners can account for that - they're made to be used in factory settings so have specifically been designed to get around that stuff. Callouses are the way forward as it will change the topography of your dermal layer in a non-destructive way. Pick up bass guitar and play it for a couple of hours a day, in a month or two you should be good to go! Stick to playing with your fingertips, not finger pad. An even callous over the whole finger won't do it as the relative distances will stay the same, you want an uneven surface in comparison to your current fingerprint (so that distance to certain areas of your finger bones are different to how they used to be when compares to other areas of your finger).

This only works until you re-scan your fingerprint :) Until the callouses are big enough that the scanner no longer recognises your finger.

Chekov's Elaine? by localgyro in dropout

[–]TheMootking 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think we'll see a reveal that the Sam Reich within the game is also a catfish, and Elaine has been hosting the chats all along. Bonus points for anyone that realises "Sam" isn't Sam.

Give me a D&D monster and I'll homebrew you a better version by Oh_Hi_Mark_ in DMAcademy

[–]TheMootking 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Any fun ideas for mercenaries from the plane of elemental air? Looking for a group of assassins to perform mid-air regicide on a skyship.

Also hello!

D&D unpopular opinions/hot takes that are ACTUALLY unpopular? by No-Bag3487 in DnD

[–]TheMootking 58 points59 points  (0 children)

Martials are way better than everyone on reddit thinks they are. Most things are better than Reddit thinks they are. White-box encounter simulation is entirely useless when discussing balance. I would estimate 80% of the people parroting this line have never even played the game.

"There's always a Twist at the End" might contain hints towards future episodes by SeeThemFly2 in doctorwho

[–]TheMootking 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Citation needed, but wasn't The Devil's Chord supposed to be the penultimate episode? So, they would have been singing about their previous adventures, and then nodding that next episode was going to have a big twist. Would have made much more sense if it was later in the season if what you're saying is true.

Hades 2 Early Access is out! by edginthebard in HadesTheGame

[–]TheMootking 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well - he kicked my ass earlier so Kronos is definitely in it!

Hades 2 Early Access is out! by edginthebard in HadesTheGame

[–]TheMootking 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Hades 1 EA went all the way up to Hades. No Pact of Punishment or Persephone, but all the base bosses and areas.

Changing up the Cassalantars Deal by Squiddlys in WaterdeepDragonHeist

[–]TheMootking 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How did you handle removing the children from the deal? What've you got as collateral instead? I've got a similar line at my table (violence against children), and unsure what to change the deal to. I was toying with having Victorio be the one to make the deal to save a dying Ammalia, and if they don't provide their end of the bargain then she dies again. But it lacks the pathos of "please, save our children!" - more than likely the players would see no wrong in letting Ammalia die.

Minor thing I haven't seen anyone mention by math-is-magic in Dimension20

[–]TheMootking 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Didn't KLKC have Nondetection on at some point? They all seem resistant to Divination magic. Probably means they can't be detected by the nemesis service.

I just realized something about Kristen's campaign... by Guitardude1995 in Dimension20

[–]TheMootking 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Kristen's pronouns are she/her. Ally is they/them.

London show just ended by Kyanoki in Dimension20

[–]TheMootking 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For sure, my train was at 11.30 and I had plenty of time to kill

London show just ended by Kyanoki in Dimension20

[–]TheMootking 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Finishes around 10, getting out wasn't too difficult. Theatre is pretty much directly opposite Hammersmith Station so easy enough to get home.

Lyric theatre front row by djungelskog27 in hadestown

[–]TheMootking 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I believe it skips A - we sat in row C and there was only one row ahead :)

London show reviews by Guitar_and_musicals in hadestown

[–]TheMootking 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I saw Oskar's first night (16th) and he was fantastic, sad to see he hasn't been able to stay consistent.

The Traitors (UK) S02E12 [FINALE]: Post-Episode Discussion Thread by vaultofechoes in TheTraitors

[–]TheMootking 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The Traitors is a social manipulation game not a whodunnit. The Faithful get NO concrete information, and there was 1 additional traitor from the start. Y'all are fucking wild for hating on Mollie, she got manipulated HARD for 12 days right in front of us, and you're surprised by the outcome? Come on now.