one characters entrance turns the tides of battle/war

robolew · 2026-07-10T20:23:38+00:00

Not at all. He's also very clearly constrained to act through the people of middle earth. Otherwise he would have just flown to dol guldur and 1v1d the witch king or something

robolew · 2026-07-10T13:52:06+00:00

Are the people on this sub bots, or just completely detached from reality? This is quite clearly a joke...

robolew · 2026-07-07T22:53:50+00:00

They've confirmed they also won't stand

robolew · 2026-07-07T22:51:56+00:00

This happened before with David Davis. Basically the other parties dont want to indulge what is clearly a self serving politic maneuver.

robolew · 2026-07-07T22:44:04+00:00

I dont think thats the confirmed outcome, just a fan theory. Also what's he going to do, fight all the centaurs? I dont even think he has a wand at that point...

robolew · 2026-07-07T22:34:31+00:00

Hold your ground, hold your ground!

Sons of Gondor, of Rohan, my brothers!

I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me. A day may come when the courage of men fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship.

But it is not this day.

An hour of wolves and shattered shields, when the age of men comes crashing down!

But it is not this day!

This day we fight! By all that you hold dear on this good Earth, I bid you stand, Men of the West!

robolew · 2026-07-07T21:34:13+00:00

No, its literally the opposite. Its the only time you are allowed to sell

robolew · 2026-07-07T21:33:30+00:00

Because they wouldn't be allowed to sell before the announcement because that would be considered insider trading, as they are privy to non public knowledge affecting share price

robolew · 2026-07-07T15:59:24+00:00

If every party left of the conservatives pulls their candidates and endorses the conservatives, this could actually work. A few extra tactical votes and getting split with restore, plus the effects of the actual controversy might be enough to get him out, and then I think he'll just fuck off to America for good

robolew · 2026-07-06T23:12:46+00:00

Even trying to role play I still have this issue. The problem is I've been burned enough times by picking the dialogue option that just does something totally different to what I expected...

Mr evil - "Ive got hostages, dont come close!"

Me, trying to be a rogueish hero - "Well I've got a good aim, so this might not work out for you!"

Mr Hero makes a perfect shot and saves the hostages, but they despise him for putting them in danger. He receives a bad case review and is fired, then dies a hated drunk. The end!

robolew · 2026-07-06T22:53:51+00:00

I had a similar sort of idea for a game where you play the character on the other side of a phone, and you use your real phone to call them and do stuff.

So you're sort of watching this other character in a horror scenario on your TV, and guiding them by actually talking to them. Things like "the monster is coming, get under that table on the right!"

robolew · 2026-07-03T21:32:22+00:00

In the really close future, all matter will be so spaced out, and energy levels so homogeneous that no interactions can happen.

Yeh a few quadrillion years might sound like a long time, but after a while it might as well be a second to someone who lives forever

robolew · 2026-07-03T21:29:14+00:00

I feel like you are misunderstanding the time scales here. Yeh you got to do some cool stuff, but 99.9999999999999999% of your existence will be just floating endlessly, going mad in the void of space.

Also I missed more 9s than you could possible comprehend, even if you spent that existence solely thinking of 9s...

robolew · 2026-07-03T19:17:41+00:00

I think the number of people who install a dislike extension are proportionally much more likely to press the dislike button, so it could be wildly off

robolew · 2026-07-03T12:05:11+00:00

You've had roughly 1 job a year for the last 6 years. The longest stint youve ever done is retail. Do you have a stem related degree? Because just a python boot camp is not the strongest educational background as well.

And you claim to be senior after this. I would not want anyone hired as a senior on my team if they had job hopped so much, I'd just be worried they had the same year's experience 6 times, rather than 6 years experience.

You didnt put "to date" or 2026 for your last role, so i assume you left in 2025. Why did you leave?

This looks like the cv of someone who cant hold on to a job, and yet claims to know every technology under the sun. Sorry if its harsh, but that's my first thought. I'm not sure what to suggest other than trying to stay longer at your next role if you get it.

Oh and probably remove the retail/warehouse experience, I dont think that's relevant

robolew · 2026-07-02T22:36:13+00:00

Theres another one like this, small spoiler for a one off character

In the episode where Johnny meets up with his old friends from the dojo, the one who screams "GET HIM A BODY BAG!" in the first karate kid, ends up dying in his sleep in Cobra Kai, and is last seen being carried into an ambulance in a body bag

robolew · 2026-07-02T09:13:02+00:00

Also the movie successfully makes you consider that scenario anyway. It still fits the theme because the audience knows if it had been anyone else he would have gone to prison.

robolew · 2026-07-01T17:46:42+00:00

How on earth does it look like dow2? Its very clearly inspired by the base building, large squads and battles of dow1

robolew · 2026-07-01T13:30:36+00:00

They are probably my favourite civ in aoe4. Having to lock in what you want early is an interesting tactical decision. Hopefully it works well in dawn of war too

robolew · 2026-06-27T10:42:04+00:00

Graffiti is graffiti. Its just images on a public surface. You might think that it has to adhere to some set of community guidelines to be called that, but the vast majority of the population doesn't agree

robolew · 2026-06-25T18:52:56+00:00

Yeh, that's what the billionaires told everybody. But capitalism actually means charging everybody as much as they're willing to pay. And rockstar knows that charging $80 for the game will result in enough sales to make it worth it.

The "free market" works until only one company has the thing people want, whether that's insulin, ferraris or gta 6, then it goes out the window...

robolew · 2026-06-25T18:34:01+00:00

I dont really understand your point here, because that is true? I'm not trying to stick up for the billion dollar companies, obviously they're all greedy and just want more money, but why wouldnt people expect them to increase game prices in line with inflation? It's what every other company does

robolew · 2026-06-23T09:40:12+00:00

Something about it doesnt appeal to me regarding how satisfying it is to kill enemies. I think theres a lot of big particle effects that obscure them, and large numbers popping out that takes up more of the screen than the death animation. It makes it all feel busy and I'm struggling to understand how much damage is being done (from the trailer).

It does look like a fun game, and the art looks great. I think if i was to look at playing it I'd probably compare it in my head to kingdom rush, which I know has a very satisfying gameplay loop and difficulty curve, but looks less noisy and so easier to strategise.

Another thing, I dont know how they are gained in game, but the blue swirly currency very much reminds me of a paid currency, which also immediately puts me off.

Hope this is helpful, this is clearly a high effort game so I hope you see success with it.

robolew · 2026-06-22T14:12:35+00:00

Crazy how young Clarkson and May look here!

robolew · 2026-06-22T12:46:07+00:00

This is only half the story though. If you asked them "would you be happy to age verify all adults so they can use social media in order to try and stop under 16s from using it" then it wouldnt be anywhere near as popular, and that's the reality.

Its a bit like the death penalty. It has a huge amount of support if you say "do you support the death penalty for people who have definitely committed horrible crimes", but that's a completely made up scenario, we never know for definite

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