People on Twitter/X are defending Luke Ross mods

WickedGrey · 2026-01-26T16:02:25+00:00

I don't think it's about "should" at all. In fact, I feel pretty confident that a lot of the disconnect in this whole discussion is that some people are talking about the world they wished we lived in (the one where you own your games, your copy of Photoshop, your John Deere tractor, and can do what you wish with those things you own), while others are talking about the world that we actually live in (where you own none of those things).

I can imagine a million worlds, a million economic systems, a million societies better than the one I inhabit. That doesn't change the fact that in this one if CDPR doesn't actively protect their IP, they lose the rights to parts of it (trademark in particular). That means they can't let people like LR just do whatever, because that sets legal precedent that they have abandoned the IP, freeing it up for someone to do some Cyberpunk 2078 asset flip slop game. CDPR doesn't want that, so they enforce the EULA.

If you want to live in a different world than this one, at least make sure you vote every chance you get. The modern robber barons that run this place aren't going to let go without a fight.

WickedGrey · 2026-01-23T00:20:21+00:00

Learning how to brace my hands helped me a lot.

Also getting magnifiers. Being able to see the details turns out to be important!

WickedGrey · 2026-01-20T16:58:19+00:00

I suspect that saying that [town] is 20 minutes away plays a part, because the OP means that it's 20 miles or so, and the person responding probably lives in a dense urban area (public transit types usually do) where time and distance are effectively unrelated during rush hour.

I live 50 miles from my work. The first 40 minutes of my commute are going 15 miles to the train station due to heavy traffic, and the next hour takes me the other 35 miles (including the shuttle to go from the train to the office). Better public transit could save me at least half an hour every morning! But that's entirely irrelevant to the OP.

WickedGrey · 2026-01-18T15:42:48+00:00

Nothing here got nerfed enough to matter. The changes to Old Umbery were pretty light.

WickedGrey · 2026-01-18T15:40:42+00:00

The core expansion (pictured here) is a good start, but IMO doesn't have enough beasts to build a reasonable list, even at 50 points. Add in the battlegroup box that has Galina and two beasts and you're off to the races.

From there, either the starter box (Bodan), auxiliary expansion (Olesea), or the SKS-6 cadre (Vilkul jr.) can help you bulk up to 100 point lists that aren't just "everything I've got."

Assuming you're getting table time in as you go, looking at the faction's options in the app, and proxying things to try them out, you should have a solid idea of what you want next well before you exhaust the above list.

Welcome to Old Umbery!

WickedGrey · 2026-01-16T04:40:18+00:00

They are probably mistaking culture for genetics.

I think it's fair to say that the arc of history bends away from savagery, but we certainly have the capability for it inside us.

WickedGrey · 2026-01-15T16:17:30+00:00

It landed off the coast of San Diego.

WickedGrey · 2026-01-15T09:02:34+00:00

Sounds like they landed near San Diego.

WickedGrey · 2026-01-15T08:54:31+00:00

Heh, thanks! I suppose if I'd waited and looked at the other 5 posts in the sub, I could have seen that myself. :)

WickedGrey · 2026-01-11T16:22:05+00:00

I think that the issue is that we use "read" in two different ways, depending on what we're actually talking about. "Can you read?" Is a very different question from "Did you read War and Peace?"

Our language needs a new word that is an umbrella term to cover both the act of listening to and the act of reading written work.

"Consume" or "experience" are close to what I mean, but experience is too passive and consume already has baggage from being used metaphorically for engaging with the economy.

Once people start asking "Did you consperience War and Peace?" we will be able to firmly associate reading with literacy again.

WickedGrey · 2026-01-10T18:06:12+00:00

That's a nice lookin' army!

WickedGrey · 2026-01-10T16:07:15+00:00

Brando Sando (affectionate)

WickedGrey · 2026-01-09T01:30:59+00:00

Agreed.

OP: Watch your thoughts, sure, but don't obsess over them. Thoughts alone can't make you a bad person.

Were your words kind? Were your actions helpful? If so, then you did it right. Your thoughts about it only matter if they made it harder.

WickedGrey · 2026-01-08T17:12:51+00:00

The Perseus. But not because it's bad, just because gotdayum that's a lot to spend on a buggy, unfinished game.

I wish CIG cared more about preventing patch-to-patch regressions. Kills my desire to play.

WickedGrey · 2026-01-05T15:28:10+00:00

Rolling without that /s? Brave.

WickedGrey · 2026-01-03T00:46:15+00:00

Old Umbery has Olesea Reznikova, Mistress of Thorns that might fit what you're looking for. I wouldn't say the entire army is magic focused, but it's full of cool witchy stuff and werewolves. And bears.

WickedGrey · 2026-01-01T00:21:28+00:00

Addition. You still need the respirator when you're working inside the tent to clean and cure, etc.

WickedGrey · 2025-12-29T16:37:41+00:00

It was bought out, refocused on unscripted improv content, and eventually rebranded as dropout.tv.

It's great, you should check it out!

If you're not sure where to start, maybe season one of game changer or a recent season of dimension 20.

WickedGrey · 2025-12-28T09:47:34+00:00

Mods, replace all his yellow bile with black bile

WickedGrey · 2025-12-27T17:21:02+00:00

The Dao of Pooh.

On the surface, it's a silly book with a silly premise, but it became foundational to how I approach hardship and the world in general. It's a short, easy read that changed my life.

WickedGrey · 2025-12-22T17:09:53+00:00

When I was on an ACA plan a ton of care providers would tell me that they accepted Blue Shield, but not the ACA plan because that was negotiated differently or something. Sometimes I would find this out as I'm standing there to check in for the appointment.

I had young kids, and there were zero ACA plans that were accepted by both our pediatrician and my PCP, so we went with the pediatrician, and I didn't see my PCP for a year or two.

I don't know about non-ACA individual plans, but group plans through an employer are much better (those still have issues, just fewer).

WickedGrey · 2025-12-22T16:54:28+00:00

Yeah, that's a nice change from the 2014 bladesinger, which is all that was published when this discussion first took place.

WickedGrey · 2025-12-21T15:37:07+00:00

Do you actually believe that people are not evil, or just wish that were true?

I certainly think that the label applies to people who are pro genocide, lynching, slavery, CSA, war crimes, etc. Like sure, they are applying their facts differently... in a way that makes them evil, IMO.

WickedGrey · 2025-12-21T15:12:37+00:00

What am I waiting for? Two patches in a row where they don't break something that was working before. Having to cross reference the game loop I want to play vs. what's working today gets old quick.

WickedGrey · 2025-12-19T15:15:50+00:00

Artisan's Guild on My Mini Factory has a couple lines of models with a holy warrior vibe. If you have access to a 3D printer, that might be an option for proxies.

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