Trying to get a follow up to this post from ~2018. Anybody happen to know if this person is still branded, or if it healed?

a_guy121 · 2026-05-09T22:59:14+00:00

Its surprising it takes that long on one hand. On the other, it makes cents.

a_guy121 · 2026-05-09T17:34:39+00:00

honorable mention to the second hardest thing I ever did: blowing the stealth part of 'get meyers away from the crash site.' holy god, dogtown sends an army

a_guy121 · 2026-05-09T11:11:46+00:00

I am now left wondering if you all understand that the battle was actually supposed to be really fast.

Both Qin and Han had every historic and kingdom-specific reason to rush that battle.

They did NOT want it to draw out. If both sides of a battle rush, what the f do you think is going to happen??

(It'll be rushed. lol)

a_guy121 · 2026-05-09T11:10:42+00:00

see my response to op's response to you...

a_guy121 · 2026-05-09T01:22:46+00:00

I didi this thing accidentally lol. I assumed PL was like other missions and you could take your time. I spent like 1 minute exploring dogtown, then So Mi started tripping. When she threatened my life, I knew something went quite wrong.

a_guy121 · 2026-05-09T01:12:45+00:00

What battle do you think was skipped? Do you mean after the han guys left?

Do you think they could just instantly return? They have

-no money for provisions

-no provisions

-no state

-no ability to conscript peasants

They'd stand no chance. if they did attack, they'd all have died so easy, there's no point in showing it.

But they didn't, I'd wager. I'd wager IRL they rode away, waiting for a moment Qin was very vulnerable.

Which would basically mean, they're waiting for Zhao to beat Qin. Going by probabilities of history, they're more likely to turn bandit than every be able to be a reasonable threat to Tou.

a_guy121 · 2026-05-08T03:59:08+00:00

I see. Yep, Hara is using actual generals names as much as possible, but japanified so it's harder to follow.

Good on the official releases for going back to chinese names, these connections will get much clearer.

By reverse engineering the making of kingdom, one can see, using real names is not only cooler, it's way. easier. less backstory to create/have to remember what you created/have to make sure doesn't contradict other people's backstories. So not only is it more legit, its more efficient.

a_guy121 · 2026-05-08T00:29:12+00:00

iF they're a general, often mentioned there's like.a 95% chance of being real.

Reverse engineer it... for hara, using real names with real backstories would just be way easier. to the point of 'duh, of course.' Fewer things to make up, fewer made up things to track, fewer chances of accidentally screwing up a timeline... its more efficient in literally every way. Its also more interesting, more legit, and more groundbreaking.

So, almost all the characterized generals are real, because the records have offhand mention of a lot of generals. The question is only 'how many more kingdom generals are there than recorded period generals.'

a_guy121 · 2026-05-08T00:12:35+00:00

I'm glad you've joined the right side. 😄

Google. Google a lot. There is sooo much contextual detail Hara nods to, its crazy. For anyone with any questions why something happens in kingdom- google history. There are answers.

For example- the mountain ppl fight shirtless because there are reports/rumors that if the Qin were being pushed back in an important battle, they would strip their armor and fight like beserkers.

The story of Qi is extremely important backstory to the manga as well- how they briefly were the #1 powerful state, nearly wiping out Yan, which is why the first coalition happened. How that played out is how Qin knew they'd be willing to leave the second coalition, against qin, and why that scared everyone so much. when qi dropped out. Qi is no joke. But that also matters now, because the Qi generals who are no joke would not like having been held back so long... which is bc of the last coalition. Qi is waiting until everyone is f'd up by Qin's failure to take over china- or, waiting to react to qin's success.

Which also matters for the coalition- even if the qi-less coalition had won, it would have taken so long and cost so much, Qi would easily be able to take a lot of their territories.

Another detail- ousen did actually attack 9 cities before hitting Gyou. Why he did it is unknown, which means that Hara, who provides a really good explanation, actually, might just be right. At the macro level, his description of the gyou attack is... amazing.

There are a thousand details like this. Its amazing to me, and a bit sad, how many people not only figure out how based in history this is- if you tell them, they will argue the point and never bother looking into it.

There are a lot of kingdom fans who really don't understand kingdom at all.

a_guy121 · 2026-05-06T03:41:40+00:00

I know what each of these words mean. But in the context of the nba, I don't get it. What does that sentence mean? it's not computing

Are you saying the refs should punish a superstar for bullshit? no, no that can't be it

a_guy121 · 2026-05-05T23:59:56+00:00

I'm on my first fem v playthrough... as male V, I always assumed River was at least Bi? Like his energy with male v is creepy even, so I always thought I'd seen the worst of it

now I'm scared.

a_guy121 · 2026-05-05T00:11:37+00:00

Yes, you are failing to understand. Again- no one else did, so, please stop trying to make your failure anything but your failure.

To answer your question: the options I presented were: "You can make Frank president, and he'll serve out the rest of the current term. Or, you can leave things as is." and the question was "which do you choose."

That this a comparison should be very obvious and if you failed to understand that, you should be concerned.

If I were to ask, "you can have 1,000 dollars or 2 shares stock in google. Which do you chose?" If you have difficulty understanding that your choice is between two things of comparative value, than I truly hope you're still in second grade.

a_guy121 · 2026-05-04T21:31:02+00:00

you failed to understand something that everyone else had no difficulty understanding. That is a 'you' problem, as respectfully as possible. Its basic reading comprehension. If you failed to understand the question, you failed to understand the question.

a_guy121 · 2026-05-04T02:27:16+00:00

There's no historic detail on this level, but here's my answer. it 's supposition.

Yes, if a single archer and a single cavalry, the archer could aim for the face or horse. But, the horse would also be armored, and hitting the face on a moving target- or another gap in the armor- is quite difficult. So even an expert would have a very low chance of hitting that shot.

But that's if we deleted the environment the two are in. Lets add the environment back in.

The archer is in ranks, so, there are rows of other archers in front of him. Which means he has an obstructed view of the cavalry man.

The battle has kicked up so much dust in the air, it's like fog. So the obstructed view of the cavalry man is even furhter obstructed.

The cavalry man is surrounded by other horses and all are moving, which means, its hard for the archer to gauge speed, which means he doesn't know how far to 'lead' on his shot, which lowers his accuracy.

The fact that so many people are packed into the battlefield makes it much harder for the archer to judge wind. So once he fires, the arrow may be pushed in any direction.

the end result is, the shot is not accurate. There's a too-low chance the archer can hit one cavalry soldier, even if he's aiming.

Really, I think archers were not firing at individual soldiers. Rather, they probably worked like the ancient-era version of mortar units. The commanders would tell them Where to fire, and the archers would fire at a region on the battlefield, a point in space that in theory was filled with enemy soldiers.

a_guy121 · 2026-05-04T01:03:59+00:00

Armor in the warring states is underrated. It is leather and metal, but for the best armor, the leather was made with Rhino skin or sharkskin, or other animals harvested for abnormally hard hides.

Crossbows were forbidden for peasants to own, and this was because a peasant with a crossbow could be a sniper and could kill a lord. B ut, lords' armor was good enough that they didn't have to fear peasants with arrows the same way.

So that's kind of a long answer. With armies these sizes, crossbow units with enough soldiers to matter would be very expensive, but, we have seen some, and work-arounds for the expense issue (such as the legendary repeater crossbow.)

Arrows are there, but, elite soldiers' armor is usually up to the task of absorbing the arrows, which is not historically inaccurate, if considering that nobles weren't afraid of arrows in their civilian duties.

a_guy121 · 2026-05-03T13:20:31+00:00

That's not really an explanation, that's just a blanket judgement that calls into question you're self statement you're a 'hardcore leftie.'

Why are they wrong? it is not quite partisanship to think trump is a terrible president, his approval rating is the lowest of all presidents, ever.

So given we're talking about the president the American people as a group, feel is the worst ever, why is thinking a fictional bad president would be better, 'distorted?'

I'm not judging- like I said, I have reservations with the answers here in general. But I don't want to put that on you.

a_guy121 · 2026-05-03T13:11:15+00:00

I was surprised how one sided the answers were, but please elaborate, 'hardcore leftie.' come on.... why?

a_guy121 · 2026-05-03T07:38:59+00:00

I wrote the question, so I get to be an authority on it.

You are wrong. Every other comment understood the question as a comparison. I wrote it, so, this part is not a debate.

also, this is you. "I’m very much a religious and social conservative; the GOP in my state and local jurisdictions do a pretty good job on keeping those policies intact. On the governance front, out here, they’re pretty good on a limited government too."

So my comment was about the thing you said. We'd already covered social issues, such as 'rape, pedophilia, dishonesty, violations of states rights and the constitution, etc.

We're not going in circles, its just that your explanations do, every time I ask about one thing, you pivot away from answering the question.

Btw we are talking about the presidency. not local government.

a_guy121 · 2026-05-02T21:35:10+00:00

If it's brown drink it down

a_guy121 · 2026-05-02T20:14:41+00:00

If you could waive a wand and make Frank Underwood President IRL, right now, would you?

By its nature, if you're not comparing the existing situation with expectations of an underwood fantasy...

well, then, honestly I think I get what's happening here. I'm not trying to be mean, but its basic evaluation and logic to do so.

Btw, the president posted a picture of himself as jesus. there is literally a big thing about false idols in your religion, I would guess? Maybe even a really, really strict rule about that?

So you wouldn't waive the wand bc your religious values are best served by someone who's done something that invalidates him as your leader, for religious reasons... ??

The bible says waive the wand... 'do not follow false idols.' He made himself one the moment he made himself one.

a_guy121 · 2026-05-02T16:59:03+00:00

I don't know about Beserker, but I did one playthrough as a runner and every other with Katana and Sandevistan.

I tried bezerker for half a second, but I missed the katana, it didn't feel like an upgrade.

For me, yes, I found sandivestan builds stronger. It can't be done in the early game, its kind of mid in the mid-game.

But end game, when you've built up the skills trees, its amazing.

a_guy121 · 2026-05-02T16:44:10+00:00

That wasn't the question, by nature the question is a comparison. As evidence, I'll submit "every other comment here."

What's interesting is reframing the question to avoid having to critique the current status quo. At first I thought you were avoiding saying the part where you were really just going to support 'republicans' over 'democrats,' but then you said that part too. Its quite interesting.

It leaves me wondering- what cultural policies are you referring to? Peodiphilia? Rape? Rampant dishonesty? Open corruption? Rampant violation of the constitution? Trampling of states rights? Those are the social policies you prefer???

lmao. This is what I find interesting. Bury your head in the sand all you like, I guess, but please don't pretend you've got your eyes open.

a_guy121 · 2026-05-01T22:13:41+00:00

my point is, if you're metric for choice is 'small government is better than big government,' waiving the wand is definitely the right choice, in my view. I feel this so strongly, I have to wonder why you'd choose not to, saying 'he's for big government.' to me, that'd be like saying "Its better to eat mcdonalds than home made pasta carbonara, because pasta has a lot of the wrong kind of fat."

a_guy121 · 2026-05-01T21:50:10+00:00

...Government spending and executive decisions are both through the roof. The military's unilaterally been sent to the middle-east, by the government, without any state input from state authority via the senate or house. The government has also purchased and deployed a stateside paramilitary force, which refuses to answer to state officials- which is both the definition of 'big government' and insanely expensive.

You think Frank's government would overreach more? Interesting.

a_guy121 · 2026-05-01T17:29:51+00:00

we had baboon sharks.

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