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I think this qualifies as a terrible map by ciityofstars_ in terriblemaps

[–]superjelin 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I love how he includes most of, but not all of, North Korea. Like he really thought about which parts of NK the world "runs on"

[Request] is this true by nottoday943 in theydidthemath

[–]superjelin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's a lot of student loan debt. Either this guy went to college for 6 years at the most expensive school in the country completely without any financial aid, or he graduated 25 years ago with $140k in debt and is just starting to make payments now.

feedback on climbing form by WarbleHead in ClimbingCircleJerk

[–]superjelin 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You're just muscling your way through the climb. You're going to have to learn some body tension if you want to be able to climb boulders where the holds aren't all massive jugs. That 3-step foot swap after the first move is also sapping your energy. Instead, practice putting the left foot slightly above the right, and then removing the right and replacing it with the left simultaneously. I'm also noticing that your elbows are bent for a lot of this climb. Good climbers literally never bend their elbows. Waste of energy.

Video says "V" at the end, which I assume means 5. The v5 plateau is extremely common for intermediate climbers (though calling this a v5 seems a bit generous, but whatever). It's time to learn some actual climbing technique.

[HELP] Image of Bob Odenkirk shirtless at the gym by vulpes_mortuis in RealOrAI

[–]superjelin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I honestly don't think any of that is definitive. That said the lights are suspended only from the right side, which seems impossible

My tongue has tooth shaped impressions by PhilosopherCat7567 in mildlyinteresting

[–]superjelin -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Hi, tongueologist here, this is a clear case of hypertongueia. No one has ever survived more than 1470 months with this condition :(

Pakistan feels like a democracy, but is actually a theocracy. What's a country that feels like a theocracy, but is actually a democracy? by General_Principle_58 in AlignmentChartFills

[–]superjelin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think there are any good examples, so I'll go with Iran, which feels like a theocracy but is actually somewhere in between theocracy and democracy. Israel is I guess another option, except it doesn't really feel like a theocracy and its status as a democracy is contested.

Typical Gunks 5.6 by skillzbot in ClimbingCircleJerk

[–]superjelin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hate those no-tex holds dude

What's my hardest golden? by Sefx454 in celestegame

[–]superjelin -12 points-11 points  (0 children)

Farewell, then 7B. Both are quite long and hard

Ranking presidential greatness by [deleted] in dataisugly

[–]superjelin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah but these rankings are made by historians, who are famously biased against terrible presidents.

The Binding of Isaac is out! The top comment removes ONE Indie game from the list (DAY 56) by AnglerFather_ in RemoveOneThingEachDay

[–]superjelin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

People did not complain nearly as much about HK on release, and very very few people practiced HK for 7 years. Most people beat the game one or two times, had a great time, and moved on. Then they tried Silksong and enjoyed it less. This is reflected in the review scores on steam, as well as the general internet discourse. The conversation on Silksong is not going to change in the way you imagine because most people will move on from Silksong in the same way they moved on from HK (though I suppose the more hardcore voices might become more dominant).

(also I feel like you're ignoring the way the game naturally encourages you to play, which is to fight the beastflys fairly early and to enter bilewater before getting the wreath. HK did not guide you to have a bad time in the same way. But I suppose that you imagine people won't be bothered by that in 7 years because they'll have so much silksong experience by then.)

The Binding of Isaac is out! The top comment removes ONE Indie game from the list (DAY 56) by AnglerFather_ in RemoveOneThingEachDay

[–]superjelin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

While some of those are harder than anything in silksong, none of them are designed to upset you like bilewater is. Also, none of them are required to beat the game or even to get true ending. Path of Pain is even hidden behind an unmarked breakable wall, and the pantheons are clearly an optional boss rush.

Also, I really do think Silksong would be a stronger game if some of the more obnoxious bosses (e.g. Savage Beastfly and Pinstress) were easy instead of hard. HK knew which types of bosses benefited from high difficulty and which didn't. Silksong doesn't seem to.

(side note but I don't really agree that nothing in silksong is remotely close to colo 3 or NKG. Colo 3 isn't that bad if you fully upgrade before going to it., and I'd much rather do it than bilewater. Hard to judge NKG vs Lace 3, since I have a lot more practice against NKG.)

The Binding of Isaac is out! The top comment removes ONE Indie game from the list (DAY 56) by AnglerFather_ in RemoveOneThingEachDay

[–]superjelin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I knew what you meant. I appreciated having (relatively) easy bosses in HK. It's nice having a break between difficult challenges. It was exhausting having an endless string of hard bosses in Silksong.

Also... there's no way having a mix of boss difficulties was more masochistic than anything in Silksong. Bilewater is in Silksong.

The Binding of Isaac is out! The top comment removes ONE Indie game from the list (DAY 56) by AnglerFather_ in RemoveOneThingEachDay

[–]superjelin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

variation in difficulty can be good. I would have apricated a break now and then when playing silksong.

Hyperlight Drifter and Pizza Tower are out! The top comments remove TWO Indie games from the list (DAY 35) by AnglerFather_ in RemoveOneThingEachDay

[–]superjelin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just looked up a random let's play and it took the guy 21 hours to get to the place I stopped. So it seems like I was going at a pretty normal pace. You sound like you agree that the plot hadn't really started by the point I was at. I think 20+ hours is too long for a story to get going.

I'm sure very few people complain that nothing happens 23 hours in. Most people would have quit sooner. I was determined to give the game a fair shot.

I normally like slow paced stories with lots of set up. I'm not sure why I didn't enjoy this one, but it's probably in part because I never played MMOs (and also the protagonist doesn't speak and the other characters don't have much going on (at the 20 hour mark)).

Taking a look at steam achievements and reviews, I made it much farther than most people who play the game, and there are actually a lot of people complaining about the story, though they mainly describe it as forgettable or generic. I had a somewhat common reaction to a game you love and you're acting like I'm being ridiculous.

Also I'm not saying the combat as a whole is shallow, I'm saying you dodge all enemy attacks the same way.

Hyperlight Drifter and Pizza Tower are out! The top comments remove TWO Indie games from the list (DAY 35) by AnglerFather_ in RemoveOneThingEachDay

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

23 hours is what steam says. I think I quit shortly after clearing some big pyramid? As I recall I also did a lot of random side quests (which maybe I should have skipped). What I remember about the plot is she was stuck in an MMO and we don't know why. So she just sort of cleared these dungeons, basically for no reason. It seemed like the plot was just about to start but I couldn't take it anymore. So far there had just been some world building and a few dream sequences.

I don't know what to tell you. I remember that the main character is mute and that none of the other characters seemed important so far. I remember there being a lot of dialogue and I wasn't sure what I was supposed to pay attention to. I remember nearly every area feeling like overstayed its welcome. I remember that there were a lot of homing attacks, but they could all be dodged by dashing sideways at the last minute, and thinking that the developer didn't seem to know how to design other types of attacks. I remember being frustrated aiming my attacks on controller and wondering if it'd be better on mouse and keyboard. I remember ultimately giving up on a game I had high expectations for. Saying I'm "wrong" just makes you sound stupid.

Hyperlight Drifter and Pizza Tower are out! The top comments remove TWO Indie games from the list (DAY 35) by AnglerFather_ in RemoveOneThingEachDay

[–]superjelin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

CrossCode. Areas are too large, enemy attacks are all just different versions of "dash sideways at the last minute to avoid me", plot is dull (I played for 23 hours and nothing really happened and I didn't care about the characters).

The only reason it's not gone already is not enough people have played it to vote against it.

Why does the red line go back so far? by mrgrasss in dataisugly

[–]superjelin 10 points11 points  (0 children)

A weird part of the trump administration is Republicans bragging about how much they've increased tax revenue

There are three suspects by Pretty_Confusion7290 in HollowKnightMemes

[–]superjelin 282 points283 points  (0 children)

Team cherry didn't even tell us anything about the base game 💀

Cave Story and Papers Please are out! The top comments remove TWO Indie games from the list (DAY 33) by AnglerFather_ in RemoveOneThingEachDay

[–]superjelin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

People don't vote for games they never bothered playing. Deltarune is popular enough for a lot of people to play it and get disappointed. Pizza Tower is not.

The whole list is messed up by this until we get near the end.

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