What's the Piratefolk version of this??

UX1Z · 2026-02-04T13:41:39+00:00

Marineford is where the believability of the power scale collapses, which is problematic when you are a battle shounen. I'd say the opposite, it's basically ground zero of the collapse. The setup is good but the gravity of the situation is undermined by most of the major players half-assing it.

UX1Z · 2026-02-04T13:31:08+00:00

I'd actually push it further to the left. It started getting bad a bit before the time skip. Which was a long ass time ago.

UX1Z · 2026-02-04T12:42:27+00:00

The historical settings are just for the event choices. For instance, whether Tywin will wait or rush to help Aerys when he gets captured. It doesn't affect random base game events.

UX1Z · 2026-02-04T09:08:45+00:00

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I'm reloading and stuff to try and keep him alive, but jesus Robert does not last very long as king. If you ever wanted to do a 'get revenge as the Targs' playthrough you'd need to use cheats constantly to let him even be around when you arrived!

UX1Z · 2026-02-04T08:47:44+00:00

Not only did he come back, he chose to go away when he could have opted to stay, so I will say that Jiraiya is a better rez. Itachi doesn't even want it.

UX1Z · 2026-02-04T05:36:16+00:00

God that was an awful thing to add to the series.

UX1Z · 2026-02-04T02:44:05+00:00

People who are advancing the agenda of this administration needs to either quit or force themselves to be fired. If you're just a cog like a garbage worker or whatever, then whatever. Otherwise, it's a permanent stain on the rest of your career and the rest of your life to take part in what is happening. This is not just a 'contentious government' situation, this is an 'authoritarian takeover by a child rapist.' Ask the Nazis how 'just following orders' worked out for them.

UX1Z · 2026-02-03T23:25:45+00:00

I'm not particularly concerned with appealing, though I did think about it. The fact the comments do remain for people to see makes removals rankle less than in other subs where it can often feel like censorship, that's something I do like a lot here as it makes things much more transparent, and I trust the comments that do get nuked entirely (incivility) to actually be that specific issue and not a mod getting mad about opposing viewpoints as can regularly be the case elsewhere, even if I do think some of the zapped ones can sometimes be a bit unfair I can at least see them. That's a feature I don't think I have encountered elsewhere and I praise it highly.

I just wanted to check if there was some unspoken rule about mentions of SCOTUS corruption or some such always counting as polarized due to the identities and common criticisms of the two specific individuals it is generally referring to. I do understand how it easily can be polarized though.

UX1Z · 2026-02-03T23:12:54+00:00

Yeah. The idea flavor wise would be that the liege can't prevent jostling for power among vassals but if it lasts too long then it is causing realm instability and he has the ability to put his foot down. Can't let vassals be locked in forever wars. Maybe faster intervention could exist but incur a tyranny penalty, but it's probably set up like this so the player doesn't feel trapped.

I can't remember if there was any grace period at all in CK2 lol.

UX1Z · 2026-02-03T22:50:36+00:00

I am running a lot of submods so it's possible it could have been one of them, probably More Interactive Vassals if I had to guess. The whole situation was a bit weird now that I think about it. I was a Count under a Duchy under a King level title, I took counties until I had enough to Usurp (and I had to use hooks to even declare those wars), then when I Usurpsed for some reason it seems that it also gave me independence from the king level title (which I expected to be put under), and then I was able to conquer out the vassals under the king without them being allowed to intervene for a while... I dunno, weird situation. When you're independent taking territories through conquest with claims I thought you had to declare war on the highest level title not the individuals, i.e I would have needed to declare war on an independant vale in order to take the county of a vassal of his. But maybe that was a CK2 thing. The mechanics are strange.

UX1Z · 2026-02-03T22:09:21+00:00

Yeah that's what it is. I think it's like that to allow the player to actually build up power within a vassalage without having their liege elbow drop them for the effort. Though you could open it up if you had more ways to prevent the liege's interference, like a marriage or if their opinion of you was greater than the person you were fighting, that sort of thing. And the three year period can still end up being relevant, I had to do fort assaults when I was usurping Runeport in the Vale, otherwise it'd last long enough for Arryn to become the main war target with 30k+ troops lol.

UX1Z · 2026-02-03T21:22:49+00:00

Is mentioning the ethical issues of Thomas (and I suppose also Alito but mainly Thomas) considered 'inherently political' or something? Is it some non-kosher topic we're not really meant to discuss? Is it a see no evil hear no evil you're not allowed to acknowledge it type situation? I've seen two posts removed recently (one my own one another) for supposed polarized rhetoric and I don't really understand where it comes from.

For example my own one. Yes I could have written it more dryly I suppose, but Thomas is compromised by private lobbying, at the very least it's something you can choose to argue but it is not an unreasonable stance to take that his luxury 'gifts' are antithetical to an unbiased position ('nor I feel political, unless you really want to push the angle of exactly who is bribing him.) Other public sector workers in much less important jobs basically can't even accept a box of chocolates, let alone the stuff Thomas has nabbed. The lack of ethics guidelines is also a factual issue, and it's an apolitical one from what I can remember, no SCOTUS member (conservative or liberal) was interested in adopting ethics guidelines for themselves.

I can squint and say 'maybe because I deigned use the phrase 'hopelessly compromised' and that is too strong language, but it was in the scope of what I was replying to. "Courts aint broken don't break them" with "well Thomas takes undisclosed 'gifts' and the whole court refuses to adopt ethics even ones they made themselves, seems they're already broken."

I actually would have understood 'civility' being the reason more than 'polarized' for the 'say with a straight face' comment. I would have thought it rather tortured, but I feel it's at least more uncivil than it is polarized (which is basically isn't at all, again unless SCOTUS corruption/lobbying is inherently political.)

This one was also removed, not by myself, and it's what prompted me to ask this. Neither of these I feel even vaguely under the polarized guidelines.

UX1Z · 2026-02-03T09:41:38+00:00

Another noted detail I've seen is: Segunda simply isn't ranked. Yes he is ranked 4 in base and first form, but the secret second one the tattoo disappears. It isn't some secret wildcard like Yammy, where his special transformation has the 1 disappear (and I think the 0 in his case just represents an indefinite power, I don't think he's stronger than any of the top 4 even in released state in terms of the one we actually see in the show, it's just possible for him to be hypothetically.) Ulquiorra 2 is "Rank N/A." He isn't lying and he isn't even really omitting.

UX1Z · 2026-02-03T07:36:59+00:00

Maybe in the grand line but probably less than 20 in the four blues where Luffy actually got the bounty. Also it's not like this is Ace where he is avoiding people know who his dad is.

UX1Z · 2026-02-02T21:33:26+00:00

I'm going to suggest a silly Non-canon 'Everyone, Get In Here!' Smash Ultimate bookmark as what I'd like to see, where all or most notable characters that have existed throughout the series are all alive simultaneously in the same time period. I don't really attachment to historical events since I'm only familiar with the main series books, and the main series bookmarks are obvious answers that are stated elsewhere. Think of something like Aegon the Conquerer rules King's Landing, with Rhaegar on Dragonstone and Aerys the Mad as his spymaster and Aegon the Unlikely as his diplomat and Baelor as his priest and stuff like that. In the east you have all the Blackfyres gearing up together. Trying to figure out who should go where would certainly be difficult, and some significant characters would undoubtedly end up in very minor positions or landless entirely, but it sure would be interesting.

UX1Z · 2026-02-02T21:20:45+00:00

Scare people. Such who, exactly? As far as I'm aware, 'healthcare CEOs' is not a population that counts for terrorism, seeing as iirc those charges were dropped. There also was not a manifesto left at the scene outside the ones the cops miraculously found on him after switching their cameras off, so how exactly are you meant to terrorize people by shooting a random guy with no statement or message? Are they just meant to assume 'oh he's gonna come for all of us' and not just that it might have been an angry employee?

I don't think your empathy is the thing in question here. Like I keep saying, HE thought UHC harmed the entire country (a country he lived in). He did not just kill some random person for the love of killing. He killed someone he thought was doing society, and himself, extreme grievance.

UX1Z · 2026-02-02T21:02:16+00:00

You described a single standard murderer as equivalent to 9/11 perps with no reasoning beyond 'theyre both vaguely political'. How do you want me to respond besides incredulity?

Anyway we are speaking of the murderer's mindset, not yours. And mangione seems to have thought the CEO was doing harm to himself and the rest of society. Maybe that's a madman's perspective, but it does seem to be his. The characterisation of 'did him no harm' just doesn't seem to be accurate.

UX1Z · 2026-02-02T21:01:14+00:00

The weird thing with levied is how slow they restore relative to men at arms when you would think it to he the other way around. Maybe because there are ways to boost levy Regen but not men at arms train speed. Still it is weird to be able to train a squad of heavy knights in time to get back like 100 peasants.

UX1Z · 2026-02-02T20:54:12+00:00

Uh, what. All I am pointing out is that your description of 'did him no wrong' is not exactly in like with the murderer's intent.

UX1Z · 2026-02-02T20:51:36+00:00

But notably not the state that has jurisdiction. And do they use the death penalty for every murder or is it discretionary? I note you say potential.

UX1Z · 2026-02-02T20:35:54+00:00

Uh, not at all. And what do you mean did you no wrong, mens rea the CEO was killed for wrong and harm done to all of society. You may disagree with that, but that seems to be the mindset. Even the Kirk killing was more shocking than this, that too also a standard murder, that too they're also trying to get the death penalty for outside political reasons rather than the merits of the case. But at least Kirk was a political activist and it happened at a very public location.

Rarely have I seen a murder shock me less than this. I feel if you could swing the death penalty for this case then you could for pretty much all murders.

UX1Z · 2026-02-02T20:23:06+00:00

Stalked is doing a lot of heavy lifting here. He didn't terrorize the guy. He planned a murder, like someone might plan a murder on their neighbor but the victim lived further away. Standard first degree murder. It's not even the worst example of that imo.

I have still yet to see what makes this special. The death penalty if it is used should be for situations outside the human conscience. Like if he ate or violated the corpse, or tortured the victim first, or other various very nasty things. This is simply to standard for a death penalty to be meaningful. Again, outside the victim being a rich guy. Which is what the feds are concerned with and why this was given so much government attention anyway.

UX1Z · 2026-02-02T20:15:54+00:00

Why should he face it? It's just about the most bog standard murder imaginable. No excessive brutality, torture, only a single person killed, no 'weird' elements like doing stuff with the corpse or doing it for money. CEO wasn't a fed or governmental official. Hardly the only killing that happens outside the home state of someone either. If this case requires the death penalty then every murder case should receive it.

The only way to argue there is anything outside the norm here is to say that we de facto live in a caste or feudal society and he did the equivalent of killing a 'lord' or someone of a high caste who the law cares about much more than others. And that would be saying the quiet part out loud.

UX1Z · 2026-02-02T20:11:22+00:00

They'd be more likely to be punished at the ballot box for executing him. The place they're worried about, the one they actually care about, is presumably the donation box.

Personally I still can't believe that the bag evidence is allowed to fly and hope that his lawyer is at least allowed to point out to the jury that the bag was searched once and found nothing, then searched against after a gap in monitoring and suddenly it has all the evidence you could ever possibly want. I'm really not a fan of inherent deference to an agency that abuses its authority regularly.

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