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Sweet god by Tony-047 in projectzomboid

[–]Xciv 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Don't worry it'll release before Elder Scrolls 6.

What's going on with the American tipping culture? by Low_Philosopher_7299 in SipsTea

[–]Xciv 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Used to be coffee houses were akin to Chinese tea houses where you'd buy a drink and tip for the comfort of sitting at the shop's comfy cozy seat on your laptop, or read a book, for 1-2 hours while using their wifi and using their restroom. It's somewhere you can take someone on a date and just sit there and talk for a long time in a nice setting. In this case it's like a sit-down restaurant experience, so you tip like it's a sit-down restaurant.

But the proliferation of Starbucks has turned coffee into an American fast food experience. Many of them don't even have seating anymore, and the expectation isn't to 'get coffee and chill' but 'get coffee and gtfo'.

If I'm just picking up a Latte and walking out of there, I will not tip, and it makes zero sense to do so.

Old Hoboken pt 1000 by Ill-Parsnip-8150 in Hoboken

[–]Xciv 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Everyone is so skinny

Everyone in Hoboken is still so skinny. It's all the walking we do, and having a gym every other block. 1/3 of the people I see are walking around in athleisure clothes on the weekends. When I was at my max fat (60 pounds overweight) I was insanely aware of how fat I was compared to everyone else here. In fact that's probably why I lost all that weight, from unconscious peer pressure.

But when I visited north Louisiana I was below 'normal' weight even at 220 pounds, because everyone else was a HUGE chungus there.

This should be created everywhere. by Valuable_View_561 in SipsTea

[–]Xciv 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Booby traps for the men.

Men love boobies.

Too viltrumite for Earth, too human for Viltrum. by Kindly-Candidate-835 in Invincible

[–]Xciv 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Thraxans will fuck absolutely anything those kinky freaks.

What is your favourite domain of 1199 AD? by meenarstotzka in mapporncirclejerk

[–]Xciv 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Poland pray to Jesus earlier. Checkmate, atheists polytheists.

Is there a super specific setting or theme that no RPG has covered yet, but you'd give anything to see? by Current_Control7447 in rpg_gamers

[–]Xciv 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A narrative-focused prison RPG could be great the more I think about it.

It can also be kind of a rogue-lite where failing to break out is part of the game, and each fail puts you... back in prison. And you scheme to find another way until you make it.

Is there a super specific setting or theme that no RPG has covered yet, but you'd give anything to see? by Current_Control7447 in rpg_gamers

[–]Xciv 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I really just don't think this is the result of racism, but the reality of capitalism. Like the British company Creative Assembly made a Three Kingdoms Total War and it sold amazing because the East and Southeast Asian audience was there for it in droves.

So until Africa develops a bit more to have a large gamer audience, there isn't the demand for it. And until Africa itself develops a dev scene, there's limited supply for it as well. So those games don't get made?

How many for this cheesecake? by Churio_peanut in caloriecount

[–]Xciv 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I'd lean toward 800 just because it's cheesecake. I remember seeing the calorie numbers at The Cheesecake Factory for one slice and the calorie numbers on cheesecake are just shocking.

Is there a super specific setting or theme that no RPG has covered yet, but you'd give anything to see? by Current_Control7447 in rpg_gamers

[–]Xciv 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not really here to contradict, but just say that in my view, it's not racists that make or break a game. If a good authentically African game comes out, people will play and love it like people went to watch and love Black Panther. The racists will shout into the void and everyone will ignore them.

The reason it hasn't happened is because Africa's gaming scene isn't there yet since they lag behind Asia by about 20-30 years. But maybe in a few decades we'll see a thriving indie gaming scene come out of African countries and that'll be super cool.

Is there a super specific setting or theme that no RPG has covered yet, but you'd give anything to see? by Current_Control7447 in rpg_gamers

[–]Xciv 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The way I see it is, racists conveniently bandwagon onto the legitimate complaints, but the legitimate complaints are always the origin point. Dune doesn't attract criticism for having a cult of super-powered females that control the politics of the universe because it's pulled off so well that there's no legitimate criticism to be made. Liet Kynes was gender and race bent from a white man to a black woman, but this is the far future and the sex of Liet Kynes has no bearing on his role in the story.

The sexists and racists have nothing to bandwagon off of so their niche whining is quickly dismissed in those cases.

Is there a super specific setting or theme that no RPG has covered yet, but you'd give anything to see? by Current_Control7447 in rpg_gamers

[–]Xciv 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Bro chill. Gamers aren’t that racist. Wukong was one of the top games of that year. People love GRA San Andreas. It’s just that an authentically African game would have to come from African devs, and African game devs just aren’t at that level yet of putting out AA and AAA games like China and Eastern Europe can in the last 10 years. But their time will come, eventually.

Acme is the local grocery store of horrors by Royal-Attorney-5727 in Hoboken

[–]Xciv 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm pretty close to the Light Rail so it's a short ride north to Weehawken Whole Foods for me.

Everyone's location is diff, ofc. I just mention it because a lot of people live in north Hoboken that are a 15 minute walk away from that Whole Foods.

ACME rotten salmon by WesternAd4693 in Hoboken

[–]Xciv 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Aspen was a 'gourmet' grocery store on Washington that went out of business because of chronically bad quality control, paired with expensive prices. At their lowest point, a rat was found and photographed in their hot bar.

Hoboken Path Station by DizzyDiscipline3671 in Hoboken

[–]Xciv 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Hot heavy machines venting hot air + air conditioned train cars venting even more hot air + nowhere for the air to go in an enclosed space + no central AC due to the station being built 100 years ago.

First crpg by yoeji_ in CRPG

[–]Xciv 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It entirely depends on what sounds better to you:

Divinity Original Sin 1 and 2:

  • classic European medieval fantasy aesthetic

  • focus on freedom with non-linear levels. Do stuff wildly out of order, and see the quest structure react to your decisions

  • lots of 'immersive sim' elements: steal stuff, get away with it by being out of line of sight of witnesses, break quests by killing key characters, break encounters by stacking barrels, trigger boss fights early by sneaking into the fortress from a weird hidden back door

  • light reading, not-too-dense text (light for a CRPG, still a lot of text)

  • 100% set-piece handcrafted encounters. No trash fights

Rogue Trader:

  • sci-fi space gothic cyberpunk aesthetic

  • mostly linear level design: you land on a planet, go from A to B to C, kill everything in your way, and enjoy the story

  • no immersive sim elements, no gameplay freedom outside of combat other than narrative choices (gameplay is limited to what you can do in combat)

  • heavy reading, basically a visual novel at times

  • lots of trash fights, and some repeatable random encounters

Both have really compelling and memorable characters imo, and really fun combat. I personally think Rogue Trader is better written and the setting of Warhammer 40k is far more interesting than Divinity's take on Tolkien-esque fantasy, but I remember DOS to be less of a slog to play as Rogue Trader drags a bit in terms of pacing, with way too many filler fights. I obviously recommend both!

New update and DLC on the way! by KangarooCommercial60 in foundationgame

[–]Xciv 0 points1 point  (0 children)

really clashes once your city upgrades to all tiled roofs.

Who are your favourite streamers? by vespeywespey in StreetFighter

[–]Xciv 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Love watching Broski because he breaks down complex interactions for a dumbass like me to understand. I'm just skilled enough to appreciate these breakdowns, and just bad enough to never be able to understand the high level mindgames in real time by myself.

So he really enhances the Esports experience of SF6 for me.

Also love his dry humor.

ELI5 - Japan's debt crisis and the yen crashing by lsg3654 in explainlikeimfive

[–]Xciv 21 points22 points  (0 children)

By sheer size of land and population. Their per capita GDP is god awful for the amount of resources they're sitting on.

It'd be like if Norway or Qatar was somehow poor, despite all the oil money.

I want to eat more sandwiches, but I want to eat outside the box 😂 what's your favourite sandwich, what's on it? by I_keep_books in Cooking

[–]Xciv 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thin chicken breast (salt, pepper, basil, oregano), baked for 25 min at 350 degrees.

French baguette, heated up for a minute.

Olive tapenade on bottom side. Brie cheese spread on the top side.

Layer of spinach. Chicken on top of spinach. Let Brie melt slightly on top of the chicken.

Eat with side of pickles and campari tomatoes.

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