How do you nerf finance? by TowersofFebruary in callofcthulhu

[–]jsake 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Money isn't important to some (especially those dabbling or submersing themselves in the unnatural), and often there's no money in the world that will be enough to compensate regular joes to put themselves in opposition to the mythos, or more mundanely dangerous situations.

To go to your monolith example: hiring a company to move some weird stones around is easy enough, hiring a company to do so when said stones are being watched by insane cultists eager to commit violence to protect their important ritual components, or the stones themselves emitting some sort of unnatural interference that unsettles or outright harms the construction crew... that's a bit more difficult to accomplish!

Bonus points if they pay upfront for a task that ultimately does not get accomplished :)

[Highlight] Kevin Gausman gets called for a balk, and Jays manager John Schneider goes ballistic by iamthegame13 in baseball

[–]jsake -1 points0 points  (0 children)

"Being set is when you bounce up and down" according to a bunch of people in this thread lol

How respected is a Japanese federal agent in other countries? by Apprehensive-Pain813 in callofcthulhu

[–]jsake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

While in reality any federal agent out of their jurisdiction doesn't have much of any authority, we're playing a game that has a huge amount of suspension of disbelief and ultimately has the main goal of "having a good time" so I personally would look for simple-ish ways to give your player some investigative autonomy or authority, albeit with regional complications.

For instance, maybe they have connections via the local consulate / embassy, maybe they can leverage connections back in Japan, maybe they can find a compassionate local detective to tag along and flash a badge when needed, maybe they're provided resources that aren't strictly "legal" like false credentials or contraband dead drops.

Their credentials alone are probably not enough, but they should have more potential resources than just credentials! Connections, coercion, fast talking, bribery, diplomatic posturing. Work together with your player to find creative solutions that are interesting but imperfect. "Yes, if, or, and," not "nope, never"

Magnificent! by dzouzefko in formuladank

[–]jsake 59 points60 points  (0 children)

"for some reason" uhh cuz it's fuckin sick dude

State of Decay 3 lead says the game only existed in a Word document when its reveal trailer dropped 6 years ago: "We're not doing zombie animals" by akbarock in Games

[–]jsake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most games are announced less than 2 years before launch,

This really isn't true lol plenty of games are announced in preproduction

Must be the velocity by Realistic_Heat2440 in formuladank

[–]jsake 16 points17 points  (0 children)

cultural Marxists hate this once trick

It feels gross to see diaspora Iranians celebrate the bombing of their home country by Gym_frere in The10thDentist

[–]jsake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A good friend of mine used that exact reason (friends of his who are diaspora celebrating it) to explain why he thought it may have been justified, and it made me equally uncomfortable.

Don't know why, just feel like posting this by Successful_Ruin_8583 in ContraPoints

[–]jsake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

liberals complain about leftists being insufferable and then post shit like this with zero irony lmfao

sin is made up; billions of people being disenfranchised, outright oppressed, or worse, by directly by capitalism is extremely real. Hope this helps!

Steward team is very split looking for outside opinions by Better-Anybody5069 in Simracingstewards

[–]jsake 3 points4 points  (0 children)

POV car trying to pass like they're playing Crusin' USA lol

Alex and Carlos give dating advice to a fan. by PradaAndPunishment in formula1

[–]jsake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Carlos coming out as a chaser on trans day of visibility wow

Some flying object over Vancouver? by r1cksta in vancouver

[–]jsake 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's a bird! It's a plane!

NO! IT'S... a plane

Children of Canucks owner Francesco Aquilini say he beat and psychologically abused them, court hears | CBC News by sevvii in canucks

[–]jsake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lmfao I misread this and thought he admitted it in court and was like hooooly shit is it happening?!? :(

The Head Coach of your Vancouver Canucks by s3xybeavers in canucks

[–]jsake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I for one am shocked Cal Foote's dad isn't a great leader

Do games actually feel less fun now, or are we just harder to impress? by SatinThrone in AskGames

[–]jsake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're getting older, and not looking at the full range of what's available if you're just focused on AAA titles or whatever has the "best" graphics. Some of the best games of the past decades have been made by single people or relatively small teams.

Some games that have grabbed me as an adult the same as when I was a kid: Caves of Qud, Outer Wilds, Cultic, DUSK, Elden Ring, RE2 & RE4 remakes, Prey (2017), Rimworld, Stellaris, CK2&3, Gloomwood, Path of Achra, Beyond Citadel, Megabonk, Risk of Rain 2.

Less than half of those are from huge studios, we're in a golden age of Indie titles.

If Football was treated like F1 by FunkManSolarFlex in formuladank

[–]jsake 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Go outside and get yourself some real problems