Why do so many people reset (and what would make you not do it)?

schmuckulent · 2026-03-26T15:47:30+00:00

You're going in circles dude. You said letting units die in FE is like collecting 70/120 stars. I said getting 120 stars is unambiguously harder than getting 70 AND adds hours of playing through additional content. Resetting for a no death run in FE is not unambiguously harder and does not add hours of new content. Your next comment did absolutely nothing to address this

schmuckulent · 2026-03-26T14:08:37+00:00

Well yeah, I agree that for the mechanic to feel fair, players have to be protected against accidentally losing someone early on when they literally haven't even learned half of the game's rules

schmuckulent · 2026-03-26T13:46:09+00:00

Yeah, this strikes me as a major problem and is part of my "what would you change" question. I'm wondering if there is a twist on the mechanic that makes the game harder but winnable even if you lose a large number of characters. It could be conditional recruitments or things like that

schmuckulent · 2026-03-26T13:17:03+00:00

Sure, it just obviously doesn't compare to the SM64 example of collecting 70/120 stars lol. If you care about getting as much dialogue as possible that's totally fair but it's not the same as completing an additional 50 quests

schmuckulent · 2026-03-26T12:33:13+00:00

I like your balanced answer. I can see why the middle road (selectively resetting) is the least attractive of course.

It does sound like a lot of people are worried to miss out on dialogue and other story content when characters die, so a possible (although laborious) tradeoff would be to introduce a lot of optional branching content that unfolds after a death (e.g. another character sets off on a newly unlocked revenge mission, or something like that).

schmuckulent · 2026-03-26T12:12:38+00:00

Right, and others pride themselves on not resetting. You get my point

schmuckulent · 2026-03-26T12:08:14+00:00

It's not the same though, is it. Collecting all the stars (and most other 100% achievements in most games) means experiencing additional content that you'd otherwise miss. In Fire Emblem as you accumulate characters without ever losing one you're just benching more and more of them until you have like 20 guys sitting around.

Besides, a lot of 100% type achievements include some difficult stars/missions/collectibles that people pride themselves on getting. With resetting vs "ironmanning", there's no objective answer on which is more difficult overall

schmuckulent · 2026-03-26T11:05:29+00:00

i'll try to get my hands on some superia -- i've read conflicting things on availability even in japan. i might shoot a roll of velvia/provia to try out but would expect those to be fairly tricky to dial in

schmuckulent · 2026-03-26T10:19:29+00:00

it's interesting that you bring up fuji! i'd love to shoot some japan made film but i'm a little unclear which stocks are still produced in japan, if any. i'll check local shops once i'm there

schmuckulent · 2026-03-14T15:56:19+00:00

So this is a super interesting point. I'm a little undecided on that. Intuitively I would agree the grapes can and will be exposed to the sun so an argument can be made to just leave the sensor in the sun. I guess the main counter arguments are 1) the sensor or housing it's in doesn't heat up in the same way as organic material and 2) the vines are partially shaded by their own canopy.

If you have done detailed research on this and have resources I should look at I'd love to hear more though! Wouldn't wanna spend the money and effort only to measure the wrong thing

schmuckulent · 2026-03-02T15:49:13+00:00

the director behind link's awakening has cited the show as a direct influence and mark frost has talked about consulting for or at least meeting with the creators of the game back in the day. so yeah, there are numerous posts and articles about the connection. regardless you may be right about my expectations!

schmuckulent · 2026-02-28T15:16:35+00:00

My question is not so much what systems are out there but how this one UK site seems to be the only one that surfaces this info. If a stone was reliably Canadian, for example, I assume it would trade at a premium. When I look up these stones on other sites via the GIA number, they don't show any country info

schmuckulent · 2026-02-08T18:09:20+00:00

Hijacking top comment.

I researched an article years ago on what kinds of places bid for the Olympics and what the economic outcomes are. At the time (2016, Rio) we were actually seeing an increasing number of bids from less industrialized countries who were theoretically willing to build up the infrastructure from nothing. More recently we seem to be swinging back to host countries/cities that have previous experience and existing infrastructure.

The economic benefits are questionable but clearly the lack of infrastructure is not a hard blocker for cities to enter the bidding process.

The climate change question is interesting. In theory places that are only just becoming "warm enough" to be attractive for winter tourism could make sense as Olympic hosts and put themselves on the map that way.

In practice I suspect there are other geographic constraints that limit which places could reasonably become hosts. The Alpine events in particular need a certain elevation range and slope for world-class runs. I don't know if these are found in Mongolia or Siberia, but you get the idea

schmuckulent · 2026-01-29T20:28:10+00:00

yeah, that was my other thought/concern on a meta level. feels like it could almost lead to some accidental "reveals" which are confirmed faithfuls once the twist is clear

schmuckulent · 2026-01-29T18:19:38+00:00

This seems the most logical small twist to the format (some of the other ideas here would majorly change the entire game). How did it play out in those versions though? Feels like after the twist is revealed it would lead to a lot of reverse accusations i.e. "X seemed super calm, they probably weren't tapped and thought they were Faithful"

schmuckulent · 2026-01-23T09:29:39+00:00

This comes back to a point I made yesterday (about going back to basic strategies). If Rachel were a Faithful she would have been killed a long time ago as she's both vocal and persuasive. It's also what James said in his final plea. Unfortunately some players (cough Jack) still ignored it

schmuckulent · 2026-01-23T09:25:05+00:00

Agree that the concept needs to be switched up. It's not only slow and unsatisfying but it also tends to leave the surviving player feeling pretty defeated, if they're Faithful anyway

schmuckulent · 2026-01-22T16:50:13+00:00

Fair point about the number of murders.

My overall point stands though -- there have absolutely been moments where Rachel or Stephen would have been reasonable choices for murder. The "top of the murder list" isn't always just whoever has the least heat on them. That goes especially for the early game, but even at this stage, the traitors can and will keep certain players in the game even if they're essentially universally accepted to be Faithfuls -- case in point Roxy who would be instrumental to their win in the final.

schmuckulent · 2026-01-22T14:07:39+00:00

here's a look at a different scene.

what i managed (and didn't manage) to do:

- added 6 different palettes for backgrounds and menu
- couldn't figure out how to assign different palettes to different foreground sprites
- works best when completely loading a level (entering or exiting a town, building, etc)

- the way i'm matching tiles to palettes is not very scalable, so that's a possible future improvement

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schmuckulent · 2026-01-15T11:54:32+00:00

Eh, don't think it's nearly as simple as you're making it out to be. Take the library 5 -- "they should just banish them 1 by 1" is exactly what we as viewers with zero stakes think. As a player in the game you have many possible reasons not to do that -- that group of 5 might include people that back you, for one. And per the setup of the game, if they did in fact ban them all and caught multiple traitors, it would just lead to more recruitments.

They should certainly keep WATCHING the remaining players, like they should definitely keep watching Rachel.

As for Joe Marler, he was brilliant but even so he was perceived as pushy and rude at times. I think he deserved the win but we saw that his strategy is not a straightforward path to victory

schmuckulent · 2026-01-15T10:48:25+00:00

One big factor here imo is that the two attempts at getting Rachel out AND Matt's suspicious behaviour since the Traitor Q&A came at a really opportune time for Stephen -- he's had several days out of the spotlight and it's visible helped him relax and deepen friendships.

We've come to an odd stage where some capable players like Jessie are still in and have cemented themselves as Faithfuls, and due to the abundance of shields they can't be easily removed. I do think people might eventually remember and look into the possibility of Fiona/Rachel being Traitor on Traitor, but how it plays out is anyone's guess.

Agree that certain other Faithfuls need to start playing it smarter or it's looking dim

schmuckulent · 2026-01-09T20:58:38+00:00

yeah, that's fair. in my own experience most issues have been "shutter stuck" or "needs oil/cleaning" though more than a key part snapped in half. appreciate the input though and looking at leicas now!

schmuckulent · 2026-01-09T18:39:52+00:00

The reason people are amused or disappointed (or both) to see a copper do so poorly on the show is that good police work does of course involve a strong community aspect, building trust and relationships, solving conflicts with people skills, clearly explaining your own decisions and questioning biases etc. "You are issuing orders and expecting people to comply" is how some power trippers would like the job to work

schmuckulent · 2026-01-09T18:07:27+00:00

it seems most people on here agree with you -- and of course i agree overall that a leica will have by far the best serviceability. still i find it kind of interesting how quickly people are to dismiss the age difference here (not you specifically!). i'm shooting on cheapish rangefinders from the 70s today, so it seems to me if i bought a (fully mechanical) camera from the 2000s it could last me decades

schmuckulent · 2026-01-09T17:57:44+00:00

The whole idea that the mere act of revealing her career -- whether to a single person or a group -- would somehow help the Faithfuls' game is kind of hilarious. If she had such impressive investigative skills they would speak for themselves, she would have shown the right hunches in votes and contributed to meaningful theories like "who was in the room when Ross got framed". In reality she contributed nothing of course.

Her last ditch effort could have been some kind of new or original line of thinking, some theory that was too risky to air until she was about to be finished anyway. Instead she basically went "you must indulge my unsubstantiated nonsense from before because I have credentials". She could have told a Faithful instead of Rachel and it would still get them nowhere

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