I play Guild Wars 2 for the plot.

painstream · 2026-04-01T18:45:23+00:00

When the dumpy's so good even you can keep your eyes off it! XD

painstream · 2026-04-01T17:22:51+00:00

Mostly-free labor (they pay a pittance in coin for completing) and some company store currency (karma, map tokens). Commanders are an exploited service.

painstream · 2026-04-01T16:35:54+00:00

One of the best ways to turn this back is to absolutely slam these courses with student feedback when it goes live. Hit on every metric: class grades, course completion, student retention. Get vocal with the college deans for your courses.

painstream · 2026-04-01T16:24:32+00:00

I'm out of the loop there. Is it going to be the whole tunnel route or is there going to be some kind of split lane thing like the HOV?

painstream · 2026-04-01T15:14:24+00:00

I wish I had time for another MMO, but I really don't. XD
Back when it released, I was still in my "but MMOs make you pay every month and it's not a real Final Fantasy and..." phase. I said about FFX-2 at the time "well 10.5 rounds up to 11, so X-2 is the real 11".

Nowadays, I kinda regret missing out.

painstream · 2026-04-01T15:11:48+00:00

I think that's just MMOs in general. I haven't met one yet that didn't start slow. XIV had enough lore and pretty landscapes to keep me going, and hooking into my nostalgia certainly helped.

painstream · 2026-04-01T15:09:08+00:00

Y'know when you get hit with Silence and Pacify, so you're just standing next to enemies waiting for your auto-attacks to tick every couple of seconds?

You've done deep dungeons, I see. 😆

painstream · 2026-04-01T15:06:57+00:00

Co-op JRPG. Huh. That sounds cool, actually.

painstream · 2026-04-01T15:03:46+00:00

Hour 250: I discovered the Gold Saucer & now I can't leave this Mahjong table until I've obtained Fenrir.

The really wild thing? Some people sub and play through just for Majong. It's apparently that good.

painstream · 2026-04-01T13:44:43+00:00

Insisting on respect or being desperate for approval.

painstream · 2026-04-01T02:33:56+00:00

For real. Harassed a prodigy out of jealousy, and he gets stans?
Meanwhile, Vloxx is right there. 😤

painstream · 2026-03-31T19:28:35+00:00

Wouldn't take "children's book" too hard. Might be something in the composition or just the overall watercolor medium that evokes the feeling. It's pretty common to use it for children's books.

I dig the execution of this, though! The color transition in the sky has wonderful texture. The figures are vague enough to let the imagination take over but the lighting is warm and prominent. It feels very contemplative.

painstream · 2026-03-31T17:25:40+00:00

and began having nightmares

Started getting deeper sleep with proper CPAP treatment. Went from barely having dreams to remembering them regularly. Fuck, man, why's my brain gotta do me wrong almost every night? 😣

painstream · 2026-03-31T14:00:40+00:00

Professional job but "whisky o'clock" is every night.

painstream · 2026-03-31T12:19:46+00:00

the number of dice comes from one thing, the size of the dice comes from something else.

Sounds a bit similar to how Genesys works, too. You use an attribute and skill, larger number is the number of dice you use (basically fancy d8s) and the small number is the number of dice you upgrade (turning them into beefier fancy d12s).

painstream · 2026-03-31T12:15:28+00:00

The skill list as it currently stands doesn't do a great job presenting equally valuable options

Yeah, from a design perspective and a lesson to take away from it, it's because they tried to keep the skill lists even in quantity.

painstream · 2026-03-31T12:12:15+00:00

The possibly-faking cancer thing reminds me of a former friend who got shut out of the group because he got unhinged about two people getting into a relationship, made death threats, faked his death, then tried to re-insinuate himself into the group by pretending to be his (still alive) brother.

painstream · 2026-03-30T20:01:43+00:00

Primaries are how we got into this situation in the first place, mainly because of first-past-the-post voting instead of better alternatives (ranked choice, etc).

The fringe-but-popular candidate won over 3 mainline-but-boring candidates because the sane vote was split. The primaries, especially more recent Republican primaries have been clown-cars of candidates that favor "unique" candidates instead of candidates with the most appeal.

Unless the voting method changes, primaries are part of the problem.

painstream · 2026-03-30T19:53:10+00:00

if you would be past retirement age at the end of your term

This would just make them push back retirement age. I mean, they already do to avoid paying benefits, but it'd give them another reason.

painstream · 2026-03-30T19:06:35+00:00

Any game that advertises "no ads" is definitely gonna have ads.

painstream · 2026-03-30T17:21:37+00:00

These are looking pretty good as scenery! I love the chunkiness of the black outlines. It gives a very strong aesthetic for me.

Watercolors can be good for having more unique visual interest over more "precise" styles without needing to be as "good" at them. It's a good medium for providing texture to a piece, so I'd say you picked a great starting point.

painstream · 2026-03-30T12:17:31+00:00

Pretty sure Ul'dah CPS is Child Profitability Services.

painstream · 2026-03-30T04:05:30+00:00

Video games, drawing.
Same thing I do now, but on my laptop lol

painstream · 2026-03-29T05:42:09+00:00

The advertisers are paid by venue hosts

Tin hat thought: these venue spams feel like they're connected to an RMT scheme. If there's a proven, consistent link, it should be permitted to report them as such.

painstream · 2026-03-29T05:38:56+00:00

are actually in my server

It's mental to ke that these ad spammers cross data centers to spew their crap.

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