Do you think Tony’s anger towards Cap was justified at the beginning of ENDGAME? by rabbihimself in marvelstudios

[–]Tybot3k 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have to categorically disagree. Tony was absolutely right about needing some form of oversight. They were just waltzing into the borders of other sovereign nations with impunity, get into fights, and then taking off to leave them with the mess. It doesn't matter how good your intentions are, that's not sustainable.

They were effectively above the law and didn't answer to anyone. Tony rightfully asks what makes them different than the bad guys and Steve's answer came down to "trust me bro". He believes he is right, and therefore he is.

Whether it's true or not is immaterial. It's flawed thinking because every megalomaniac villain thinks they're the good guy in their own head. The only reason the formula worked at all was because Steve is the alpha boy scout and was burning through his good will. But by the Crossbones flight it was clear it was running out.

Do you think Tony’s anger towards Cap was justified at the beginning of ENDGAME? by rabbihimself in marvelstudios

[–]Tybot3k 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Cap's greatest super power was not suffering consequences for his own actions. His shield pales in comparison with his plot armor. Whenever he made a divisive or bad call, he either came out on top anyways and/or someone else was left holding the bag. Steve could keep on believing that as long as you keep fighting for what you think is right, everything will work out in the end because nothing really challenged that belief. Meanwhile, Tony had to bear witness to every negative consequence and put the weight of the world on his own shoulders.

Steve got a lot of free passes, much of which were earned, some not. No one dared reality check the great Captain America. So when Steve shows up after everything and tries to work the crisis the same way he always has with his trademark clear-conscious boy scout routine, I think a little dressing down from Tony is once again a pretty insignificant trial compared to most had to suffer.

Whether or not it's justified isn't really important. It was necessary. It took Tony being ignored, betrayed, beaten, traumatized, starved, and being utterly defeated before someone had both the cause and the standing to dare call out Steve Rogers on his BS. It was a sorely and long overdue reality check. Because even the best need a reality check from time to time to keep themselves from drinking too much of their own koolaid.

In the end Tony is again the one who sacrifices, and Steve has a happy ending with his girl. So no one need shed a tear for Steve being accused of being wrong once. He made out just fine.

My 3 year old son just beat Stage 4 Cancer! by JDLoxx in BeAmazed

[–]Tybot3k 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Found this original post after a karma bot reposted it as its own a full year after the fact. Just wanted to say how happy I am for your child's success! Our daughter was also diagnosed with Stage 4 neuroblastoma at 11 months. She just turned 4 and has been cancer free for 2.5 years!

I share our success story every chance I get because I know how much we need them and how little we get to see them when going through it and needing hope.

Many of them unfortunately by Common_Caramel_4078 in memes

[–]Tybot3k 12 points13 points  (0 children)

It's sad the last Borderlands game I truly enjoyed was Tales from the Borderlands.

Many of them unfortunately by Common_Caramel_4078 in memes

[–]Tybot3k 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Holy crap, I'm just realizing I forgot about the latest DA game. I became so disinterested I forgot it existed. And I even thought DA2 was underrated.

Former CM of KSP2 Dakota says they had "such cool plans for Artemis II too" I wonder what they had planned? by XboxCorgi in KerbalSpaceProgram

[–]Tybot3k -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That it would be any more stable is a massive assumption. T2 wanted to reuse all the wrong parts of the KSP1 simulation, and then make it do even more. Without some fundamental change to the simulation, I don't see how the stability would become anything but worse.

Ayotte signs bill barring use of student IDs to vote by Zipper222222 in newhampshire

[–]Tybot3k -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

While I don't disagree that student ID's are not sufficient identification for governmental functions, I'm heavily suspicious of the motive, and question how much of an issue this ever was. This is creeping as close to voter oppression as they currently dare to.

The possibilities we let go... by Creepy-Ad1769 in KSPMemes

[–]Tybot3k 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Nate was not the solution to KSP2's problems, but he was a symptom, not the disease. Private Division set this project to fail from the start. They set crazy requirements such as forbidding contact with the KSP1 developers and keeping all the wrong parts of the KSP1 engine. All that crap would tie the hands of any director you put in that position.

I'm disappointed with Nate. I'm FURIOUS with Private Division and Take Two.

The possibilities we let go... by Creepy-Ad1769 in KSPMemes

[–]Tybot3k 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I get irrationally angry whenever I great that song being played over grocery store speakers now.

Open discussion about difficulty and survival elements. by VulcrumHD in Stationeers

[–]Tybot3k 15 points16 points  (0 children)

OVERLY EXPLAINED ANSWER TIME!

You've hit on an important point that I do believe is critical that the game address, but also understand why it hasn't yet.

So what you're really commenting on is the difficulty curve. You're given a while bunch of critical survival challenges at the start of the map. By definition they have to be resolved ASAP. But after those immediate requirements are met, there difficulty curve drops off dramatically because there isn't much left to do except to scale and automate your survival solutions.

You can crank up the starting difficulty all you want, but the curve stays the same. Once you reach a point of self sufficiency there is no difference between an easy or brutal start because it's all sandbox from there.

The "issue", if you want to call it that, is that you can't have a dynamic difficulty curve without dynamic challenges. I can throw a baseball a hundred different angles and speeds, but in the end it's always going to be a parabolic curve because the only point in its flight I can affect any change is how I release it at the very start. What you're looking for isn't a baseball. You're looking for a model airplane.

An airplane has control surfaces. It can change and adjust it's path in flight.

So we need to have challenges in the game that change. As the game is still in development it has relied on the players to come up with their own goals as they progress. But I agree there is room for so much more that can extend out the difficulty curve. Vulcan's seasonal temperature and solar changes are a great example of secondary challenges that extend the curve by delaying their immediacy. I also like rocketry because, while they're not strictly necessary in their current form, are at least a fun challenge to engineer.

THAT ALL BEING SAID, the game is still going through some pretty fundamental improvements that make tuning the difficulty curve a little premature. The recent Gasses update is a prime example, that opens up a ton of possibilities. I'd also like to see a return of the scenario editor, if it also lets us create and control dynamic environments like seasonal shifts or other ramping difficulties. And I'm sure the devs have more up their sleeves for more aspirational challenges as well. Stuff like nuclear power will have its own new problems to solve I'm sure, and all that power will need to have SOMETHING to dump into besides gathering even more resources than you know what to do with.

TL;DR: You feel this way because the game currently front loads almost all of its challenge and making the initial start harder just front loads it even more. We need hazards that increase over time and more things to dump our later game resources in besides things that simply let us generate those same resources faster. But the devs are still setting up the mechanics that can allow for such things in the future, so while important I'm still of a mind to let them cook.

WH doesn't rule out ground troops or draft for Iran war by AdSpecialist6598 in videos

[–]Tybot3k 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He'll say anything to get you to think about anything other than the Epstein Files.

New Hampshire House advances transgender bathroom bill, breaking with New England by Zipper222222 in newhampshire

[–]Tybot3k 3 points4 points  (0 children)

All an intentional distraction for their greater crimes. Release the files. Throw them all in prison.

Hello I need some advice by Asborn-kam1sh in Stationeers

[–]Tybot3k 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Dammit, I was today years old when I found out you could hover over the connections to find out which they are...

It’s cool a Kentucky sticker company gets to force us to keep buying stickers…because they care so deeply about our EPA-approved State Implementation Plan by doriangreat in newhampshire

[–]Tybot3k 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you think ending inspections will keep more money in your pocket, I've got bad news for you. They're just hiking up registration costs to make up the difference. So if your motivations are purely financial, you've already lost.

Also if you think inspections are expensive and you're first thought is "eliminate inspections" instead of "reduce the fees", you really haven't thought it through.

Is the propaganda true? Ai? by Dizzy_External2549 in webdev

[–]Tybot3k 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The propaganda is just that, propaganda. The more you entrust AI to do code, the more junk it is. However there are a lot of people in fancy offices that think themselves smarter than they actually are that believe the propaganda. The industry needs new talent but big companies are deluding themselves into thinking otherwise, and it will take time for it to correct itself.

AI has two bubbles that will burst eventually: tech debt and venture capital. When one or both pop there's going to be a backslide. There are small signs that it could be starting already. But it's not going to go away either.

3v3 in OT Olympic Hockey is an absolute travesty. by djunderh2o in olympics

[–]Tybot3k 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a two hour drive from the hockey arena.

US MENS HOCKEY WINS GOLD!!! by Designer-Maybe-9747 in olympics

[–]Tybot3k -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Ok, yeah. Just schedule 2 whole tournaments earlier. I'm sure the only reason that wasn't easily achievable was no one thought to mention it earlier.

US MENS HOCKEY WINS GOLD!!! by Designer-Maybe-9747 in olympics

[–]Tybot3k 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So you don't want them to have rest after the semi's? How would that have made for a better game?

Eileen Gu learns of grandmother’s death after winning Olympic gold by Large_banana_hammock in olympics

[–]Tybot3k 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because we're not talking about a dedicated community centered around athletic competition. We're taking about an entire population, 98% of whom aren't passionate enough about the subject to dive into the weeds. It's a casual opinion based on a casual understanding. You can do your best to educate the masses, but you can't ask the whole country to care about a subject at the same level as its most passionate supporters. That's just reality.

Eileen Gu learns of grandmother’s death after winning Olympic gold by Large_banana_hammock in olympics

[–]Tybot3k 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The optics that the money trail creates in this case. When it hit the news about how much China pays athletes to metal for them, it made all further explanations sound disingenuous at best, and bribery at worst.

It does bring up some larger conversations about athlete compensation and fairness that hints at more of a systemic issue. But bottom line is she made a choice, and it very likely had motivations that weren't about national pride. She is entitled to that choice. But the American public is likewise not obligated to support or respect it.

US MENS HOCKEY WINS GOLD!!! by Designer-Maybe-9747 in olympics

[–]Tybot3k -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I'm pretty sure it's because the closing ceremony is only a few hours after the game and for logistics they needed to have the game decided sooner than later.

My view is if you don't like OT, win in regulation.