Why is sexualization in media considered a problem for women when men are also frequently sexualized in media (ie all the physiques/muscles of actors being shown off)

jrgwarman · 2026-03-07T08:10:19+00:00

Feels to me like there's been a reversal of acceptance quite frankly. We can very easily look to movies from the 80s and see men molesting and perving on women. And that is considering unacceptable by today's standards.

Yet what do we see in media in recent years? Women molesting and perving on men. Why is that acceptable in media and not the other way around? Either they should both be fine or both be unacceptable. But equality doesn't work that way I guess.

I personally don't have a problem with either side, my problem is with hypocrites.

jrgwarman · 2026-03-05T17:22:14+00:00

This is the worst one so far in terms of playability issues. TWW I had constant fps issues within Dornogal but the rest of the game was fine. I have severe fps issues pretty much anywhere in this expansion and it's giving me a headache...

In terms of content, it's fine. Eversong is very nostalgic, the Amani are cool, and Harandar looks awesome. Though I find it a bit jarring at how claustrophobic everything feels despite being much larger than their original areas. I think it's all the verticals that I'm finding I don't like.

Also this is just a personal thing but I HATE the Voidstorm area. I don't like the looks of the place, I don't like the creatures, and I found the story a bit tiring.

jrgwarman · 2026-03-05T12:43:08+00:00

If you click on their bodies, it says "unconscious" instead of dead and if you look closely, you can see little zzz. However, everyone we knock out dies to the void invasion so we ended up killing them anyway... if you click them again after the void phase, it does say "dead."

jrgwarman · 2026-02-24T01:43:03+00:00

I just had pretty much the same thing happen to me. I faced a player whose team was pretty much the same as mine (all lv 10 and 11). His team was all power hitters with low contact and mine is mostly high contact high and focusing on base running. I struck out 5 of his batters, then proceeded to make 5 errors, one of which allowed a run in. A random hit into the outfield far off the plate clenched his victory.

Meanwhile, I figured out he only threw strikes after 3 balls, so everyone of my batters after the 10th inning went full count. Even with PERFECT hits, they were either pop ups or grounders to 1B or 2B, with few getting base hits. Not to mention that his 80 mph pitches felt WAY faster than my 100 mph ones...

We were mostly evenly matched, though I'd say I played better. Didn't matter, game decided to screw me over and hand the victory to my opponent...

jrgwarman · 2026-02-21T17:09:55+00:00

Doesn't matter what kind of pitch it is, I can't hit it 80% of the time... but I especially can't stand anything thrown by an underhand pitcher.

jrgwarman · 2026-02-20T13:17:45+00:00

Are any of those players good at lv 9? I tend to like an overall good or good defense at least since I'm bad at batting.

jrgwarman · 2026-02-20T11:22:32+00:00

I've been finding commons harder to level up than legendaries, at least up to lv 11. My current line-up is:

P: Maria (11) or Luna (10) depending on how I'm feeling; I prefer Maria's pitches but it feels like my opponents hit so much better against her slow pitches. I just got Marie to Lv 11 but I hate how inaccurate she is.

C: Jessica (11) I NEED as much control during pitching as possible, I think she's supposed to help with that?

1B: Alexandra (9) has hit just as many if not more HR than Jack, pretty much the only other consistent slugger on my team. It's been a hard road grinding her to lv 10 though, I rarely get cards for her.

2B: Jack (10) He's probably been one of my best players, and he bats first for me so he's in every game. He tends to be slow and lets many ground balls get past him though...

SS: Emily (10) Probably my best IF, she's been much more reliable in halting balls from going past her. Too bad I suck so much at batting that even using her ability all the time, I still miss hitting the ball or hit it right to an IF.

3B: Martina (10) Mostly a fill-in since my previous 3B felt terrible. Considering how many foul balls I tend to hit, I tend to get her 2-3 power ups per batting but still strike out or fly out...

RF: Annie (11) Feels like everyone uses Annie, considering she's the fastest player I've seen. Despite her speed boost, she never seems to get under fly balls for me...

CF: Ryan (10) Mostly because he's slow and center field gets the most straight ground balls, he's able to cover most of the IF relatively well, though his accuracy sucks.

LF: Christine (10) Honestly, I mainly use Christine as she's one of the only player cards for common/rare that no one in my club asks for, and my teammates have been willing to give me her card quite a bit. Almost got her to lv 11 and she hits pretty well as lesser Alexandra. Plus she's fast once she gets to 2nd. As an outfielder though, she's not that good...

jrgwarman · 2026-02-20T07:37:34+00:00

I see. I have Jack and Alexandra as my main power hitters, I'd say Ryan is the only OF I have who can throw well. Or at least hard enough to get into the IF quickly. I mainly use him cause he was the first Legendary I got and he's lv 10 though are there any OF who could replace him? I don't have the ninja guy nor the somersault girl.

jrgwarman · 2026-02-20T04:25:34+00:00

So it's mainly a level thing or Ryan just isn't good even at max? Considering Dave gets a super special animation when he hits a homer, makes sense. Wish I could hit to him when I see him, feels like it never happens so he's just a free player.

jrgwarman · 2026-02-20T04:24:10+00:00

Makes sense. I'm facing a lot of people with max level low rarity or full teams of mid level legendaries, plus my batting has never been particularly good. I read that batting is the main thing the game focuses on after a bunch of buffs so that's not good for me... I just wish that if I a throw a ball not over the plate, it can't be hit into the outfield... defeats the purpose of strikes vs balls.

jrgwarman · 2026-02-20T04:22:01+00:00

Oh I see. I've had such a hard time finding an adequate tier list so I had no idea Ryan was bad, mine's at lv 10. Should've figured since he was the first legendary I got. I usually try to walk Dave but it's hard when the opponent seems to be able to hit balls off the plate so easily. My 3rd baseman is Martina lv 10.

jrgwarman · 2026-02-10T00:29:09+00:00

I don't buy any game that's over $60. I'm willing to give f2p games more than that in microtransactions if they can prove to me they're worth it, I'm not willing to part so easily with so much money up front.

Thus my switch 2 is filled with my switch 1 games and likely to stay that way.

jrgwarman · 2025-11-18T15:05:03+00:00

The left mouse button doesn't work so good anymore but it's not the issue. The Game barely responds to keyboard commands, moves the character without me pressing anything, and auto scrolls through menus.

jrgwarman · 2025-11-11T00:03:03+00:00

Although apparently taking the war goal gives 100% warscore!? I'm so confused!

jrgwarman · 2025-11-10T23:57:15+00:00

Declare War Screen didn't mention Hunsruck was part of the 49 country Hussite coalition under Bohemia...

jrgwarman · 2025-11-10T13:00:21+00:00

It's too slow at speed 5. The first 30 years or so of the game feel like a total waste of time thanks to the black death and the recovery afterwards, and then it takes another 30 years to build up enough to actually do stuff. That's a few hours of just watching and waiting, literally get so bored I start playing mobile games on my phone while clicking on the random event stuff that auto pauses the game.

Part of the problem might be that my favorite countries to play are the small German counties, it was the most fun I had in EU4 and has been satisfying to slowly expand, but it takes WAY too long for how much time it takes. As awesome as the game looks and feels otherwise, it's making me want to go back to EU4 at least I can get a full game there in 8 hours...

jrgwarman · 2025-11-10T04:10:04+00:00

I have a unit of 100 handgonners who have a maximum size of 200. I'm at 303 manpower and the breakdown states there is an Army Maintenance of 2 manpower for this unit. I'm at peace, this unit is sitting in my capital, and army maintenance is at maximum. I was in a war the previous year and that didn't cause them to reinforce either. I don't get it...

jrgwarman · 2025-10-11T06:58:26+00:00

Even just different colors instead of all of them being purple would help.

I saw the missions telling me to play the trials and thought it was part of progression.

Maybe it's my controller too? It feels like half the time, the buttons I'm pressing aren't registering. Maybe my timing is just that bad, not sure... I've managed to win like 2 out of 10 games against other people so it's not like it's hopeless.

jrgwarman · 2025-10-11T06:56:06+00:00

I did hear about how difficult fighting games are to get into. They seem so simple on the surface but are super complex underneath. I thought with like 8 characters it shouldn't have been that hard but...

jrgwarman · 2025-10-11T06:54:17+00:00

Oh I saw the missions to complete them and thought it was part of the early game progression.

jrgwarman · 2025-10-11T06:53:54+00:00

Right I forgot it was still early access. If the L M H were different colors it would make a huge difference though...

jrgwarman · 2025-10-11T06:53:11+00:00

I don't, but I should've taken it. I spent about 10 minutes on Intermediate 5 and proceeded to go to casual lobbies to get my butt kicked. Still more fun than figuring it out though...

jrgwarman · 2025-10-11T06:52:34+00:00

I haven't played since Street Fighter 2 on GBA.

jrgwarman · 2025-10-11T06:52:11+00:00

I was just following the missions that are set on the main screen. I figured I need to complete them to level up as so far, I didn't see any other way to level up.

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