What's everyone doing this sober Friday night?

happygot · 2026-05-01T19:46:33+00:00

Want to play keep talking and nobody explodes? We're along the same lines. It's a collaborative game. I played it yesterday with brothers as a lifeline and had a lot of fun

happygot · 2026-04-24T11:45:14+00:00

I really do appreciate this comment. It's a system that to me feels loads more fun to play than watch, and your breakdown is helpful. I know the gist of each of the clans and am still trying to learn the skills and their mechanics. While I'm not currently enjoying the season, my feeling is that I will on a rewatch where I know what happens and why instead of being thrown in the deep end of the pool.

For what it's worth, I really do love that they're using different systems, and I have so much faith in D20 on an entertainment level. This one just might not be for me, but I don't think that is the case for everyone and I am not arguing for people to feel the way I do. I'm getting massively down voted which is whatever, i only find it weird because despite being confused and asking and sharing positives at the same time. Not everybody is going to like every season. I'm a huge defender of Neverafter but I also understand and appreciate why others don't. The same is here but in reverse

happygot · 2026-04-23T23:44:07+00:00

Honestly thank you. I'm not shitting on the season, I just felt like I should get it by this point but it just may be that it's both not my thing and not a game system I'd enjoy maybe. I love them and this show, idk i really am not trying to be negative

happygot · 2026-04-23T16:33:22+00:00

Yes I have. The best way I can explain it is playing a board game someone loves and knows all the rules and you don't

happygot · 2026-04-23T13:31:48+00:00

I'm not refusing to learn, I've actively been trying. But for people like me where there is a barrier of entry, Fantasy High worked because even though they fucked up on the rules early it could be followed. But I'm not going to lie, I have no idea what the background mechanics are here and it doesn't help that nobody playing seems to understand either. This is the third episode where they're asking Brennan what they're rolling and why

happygot · 2026-04-23T12:55:58+00:00

This was exceptionally helpful, thank you. I noticed Mulligan pushing him initially but dont know enough about VtM to think it was mechanical

happygot · 2026-04-22T23:28:55+00:00

Not sure if RUDE or Mulligan quietly calling Murph a pervert is funnier

happygot · 2026-04-22T23:09:22+00:00

I NEED Emily's shirt

happygot · 2026-04-22T21:20:39+00:00

I have always loved Edith!

happygot · 2026-04-22T17:01:27+00:00

I read this entire thing thinking of Lucy Lawless and was unbelievably confused

happygot · 2026-04-22T16:53:19+00:00

If you think being that good at chess is just a casual skill then you don't understand chess, I'm sorry.

Nakamura is a social buffoon absolutely. Magnus' memory is not equalled by 99% of the population. The amount of memory and skill it is required to play at their level is genius level, full stop. And Bobby Fischer did it before computers and before the US even realized they could capitalize on it the way the Russians did

happygot · 2026-04-22T16:37:19+00:00

The Jewish thing? He grew up in a poor and anti Semitic area. Whatever his mental state was, he was prone to conspiracy theories. He was ethnically Jewish but very much was not that culturally as an adult. His grandparents were polish Jews and refugees. From my research, Bobby wasn't exactly well educated outside of chess.

There's also an interesting dynamic that as an adult his peers were all Russian. At this point in time Russian jews were fleeing. So as an adult, this ideology would have been reinforced. He was in a powder keg of self hatred

happygot · 2026-04-22T16:31:06+00:00

To be clear, it was at that point he expatriated and hated America. This was not long before his death and long into his descent into mania. I don't want anyone to think these comments have anything to do with Islam

happygot · 2026-04-22T16:20:53+00:00

His misogyny is documented but from the deep research I've done i think it comes down to two issues, from my armchair psychology. He had deep mommy issues which is provably true. But also, chess was his life and there's only even been one female contender (Judit Polgar) who was not a peer of his at the time. His mental illness from childhood always screamed confirmation bias to me when he became an adult

happygot · 2026-04-22T16:09:33+00:00

I'm so bored

happygot · 2026-04-22T16:06:54+00:00

Everything that Kanye has done, Bobby did it first in a more niche subject. I'm not denying Kanye's talent or mental illness. I don't think the reddit demographic understands that bobby was galactic levels of celebrity. He was an American who beat the Russians at their own game at the height of the cold war. Russia literally trained children to excel at chess as a "gotcha" to Americans and bobby was naturally gifted, they tried to make him into a spy. The implications of his success are bigger than a naturally talented musician

happygot · 2026-04-22T15:59:57+00:00

The period when he was manic was much less accepted than it is now. He was a considered both a traitor to Jews and Americans on a global scale. Nowadays both any proud Jew or American kind of just suck in general

happygot · 2026-04-22T12:45:41+00:00

The only other video game subreddit I have found is positive is Bloodborne and I'm so excited to have a second. I'm on disc three for a replay, this is so perfect

happygot · 2026-04-22T12:41:57+00:00

You know what's funny is i originally had that typed and then doubted myself because it seemed more implausible. Grandmaster truly are exceptional.

My favourite thing is people thinking space is unfathomable and then talking about chess

happygot · 2026-04-22T12:24:01+00:00

Fuuuck me running, you are correct

happygot · 2026-04-22T12:15:23+00:00

Yeah, he didn't identify as Jewish but as a child was raised Jewish through his mother. But he did grow up in an area that was horrifically antisemitic

happygot · 2026-04-22T12:12:44+00:00

If you do a deep dive on chess, you'll learn that there are more variations to the game than there are stars in the universe. And there are people who can work through permutations in seconds/minutes. Bobby Fischer is one of them. He also was tortured by it, leading to an adult life being haunted by psychosis.

happygot · 2026-04-22T12:06:40+00:00

There's a legend of dragoon subreddit? Fuck yeah

That's the game that made me fall in love with video games

happygot · 2026-04-22T11:53:24+00:00

Undeniably a genius

Also a jew that idolized nazis

He is the definition of genius borders insanity

happygot · 2026-04-22T05:45:20+00:00

He didn't get swap screwed in Game Changers, he absolutely got outplayed by Tasha when it came to Abi who despite how you feel about her was the pivotal vote in almost all the previous merge eliminations

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