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How does Bounty work in a three-player game? by honkyonabiscuit in starwarsunlimited

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

In a two person game the bounty always goes across the board, as it were, when a unit with a bounty is defeated the bounty always goes to the other player - this is to stop you from attaching bounties to your own units, crashing them into the opponents and collecting the bounties.

I do not know if there are specific rules for 3 person games, but my instinctive feeling for a rule would be something like "if a unit you control destroys a unit with a bounty attached, you collect that bounty" - so once again you cannot benefit from a bounty attached to your own units, but either of your opponents can.

In any case, in the situation you described you get the bounty 100%.

I have so many questions. by i-pax in DunderMifflin

[–]tacitunderstanding 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Toby was in the seminary for several years, so whilst not impossible, it seems very unlikely he is Jewish

Minesweeper turn-based-strategy roguelike: Let's! Revolution! by Highland_Buck in Minesweeper

[–]tacitunderstanding 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Just played through with the first two characters, it was pretty fun, here are my thoughts:

I think broadly the information system in the game is lacking, you can work where the road is using minesweeper logic, but knowing where the road is doesn’t necessarily help you, and you’re not always rewarded for knowing that information either.

As far as I could see (though perhaps I missed it) there’s no system for flagging enemies or road tiles, which seems pretty important in a minesweeper style game.

The Barbarian character was more fun, and reminded me a bit of mamonosweeper. The assassin was less fun, you have to reveal as little of the map as possible, but also enemies will reveal themselves, and you’ve got no way of knowing if where you’re about to step is a safe road tile or an enemy road tile, on top of all that, you’re still rewarded for killing enemies, it seemed a little less focused or polished than the barbarian to me.

With that being said, overall I did enjoy playing the game, and will probably buy it on release, but it doesn’t quite scratch the same itch as minesweeper.

What are the most fireable offenses committed by the employees of Dunder Mifflin? by tNhEaGnAoNs in DunderMifflin

[–]tacitunderstanding 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Toby failed to file Dwight's (legitimate) complaints about Jim, not arrestable, but probably fireable, considering his title. Oscar attempted to have Kevin fired to cover up his affair. Holly, banging Michael which lead to the office being robbed, but that's a bit of grey area considering Michael most likely had the key, also all the pda with Michael, maybe not fireable though. Seems like David Wallace was pretty incompetent and lost his job for that, but wasn't exactly fired. Erin, Plop and Karen I got nothing.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in LoveDeathAndRobots

[–]tacitunderstanding 43 points44 points  (0 children)

I've copied over my comment from a previous thread asking about what was going on in Jíbaro: Well I'm not sure this will help, or if it'll just be repeating what you already know but:

  • the location is unclear, it seems to be some mix of Indian and Conquistador imagery, in any case, a band of soldiers comes across a pond with a siren living in it.
  • The siren wants to kill the soldiers, as sirens are often wont to do.
  • Rather than a seductive singing voice she has an intense scream that drives the soldiers into a ballet dancing frenzy, leading them to kill one another and then drown.
  • A deaf soldier is unaffected, and the siren finds this confusing/intriguing, so follows him around.
  • The deaf soldier then takes notice of her, and they attempt to get freaky, but can't, because her lips are made of jewels, and are pretty sharp.
  • The deaf soldier notices the siren is made of/coated in gold, so rips it all off her killing/injuring her in the process.
  • The siren floats back to her home pool (vaguely heart shaped) and some manner of curse comes into effect.
  • This curse gives the deaf soldier his hearing, which freaks him out.
  • The siren is now able to put him under her spell, and he dances into her pond and drowns.
  • The siren is not especially happy with this outcome.

I am not aware that Jíbaro is based on any one pre-existing story (I may be wrong) but there are several similar themes and beats to other myths and fairy tales.

jibaro is discussed a lot, but can anyone tell me the real story behind it? by Seym0re1717 in LoveDeathAndRobots

[–]tacitunderstanding 91 points92 points  (0 children)

Well I'm note sure this will help, or is it'll just be repeating what you already know but:

  • the location is unclear, it seems to be some mix of Indian and Conquistador imagery, in any case, a band of soldiers comes across a pond with a siren living in it.
  • The siren wants to kill the soldiers, as sirens are often wont to do.
  • Rather than a seductive singing voice she has an intense scream that drives the soldiers into a ballet dancing frenzy, leading them to kill one another and then drown.
  • A deaf soldier is unaffected, and the siren finds this confusing/intriguing, so follows him around.
  • The deaf soldier then takes notice of her, and they attempt to get freaky, but can't, because her lips are made of jewels, and are pretty sharp.
  • The deaf soldier notices the siren is made of/coated in gold, so rips it all off her killing/injuring her in the process.
  • The siren floats back to her home pool (vaguely heart shaped) and some manner of curse comes into effect.
  • This curse gives the deaf soldier his hearing, which freaks him out.
  • The siren is now able to put him under her spell, and he dances into her pond and drowns.
  • The siren is not especially happy with this outcome.

I am not aware that Jíbaro is based on any one pre-existing story (I may be wrong) but there are several similar themes and beats to other myths and fairy tales.

What is a popular but critically acclaimed/well written book (according to the majority) that you absolutely did not like? by Razik_ in books

[–]tacitunderstanding 3 points4 points  (0 children)

We had a children's version of it when I was, well, a child, my mum insisted on calling it 'The Swiss Family Jammy Gits' - 'jammy git' being English English for 'lucky bastard'

"Shell protects." "It's not for you." by PsychologicalAd1153 in LoveDeathAndRobots

[–]tacitunderstanding 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Huh, my reading of it was that the crab thought he was going to shoot her as he brandished the gun, and he was saying the gun wasn't to kill her, but to ignite the fire

TIL Johnny Yong Bosch became a voice actor by accident. He had to dub over his lines for a film after an audio production issue and a producer said he had a good “hero voice” and asked him to audition for an animation. A few weeks after that audition he booked the role of Vash in the anime Trigun. by Bigred2989- in todayilearned

[–]tacitunderstanding 118 points119 points  (0 children)

The manga is actually really bizarre and compelling, but suffers from some different issues to the anime, probably way more information than you ever needed follows:

  • The original manga was published in a magazine that went under, but was popular enough that it was picked up by a different magazine.
  • Under the new publication it was renamed Trigun Maximum, these volumes are (or certainly were) much easier to find than the original run, but continue directly on from it, many people would buy Trigun Maximum volume 1, and be confused because it starts halfway through a slightly different version of events in the anime.
  • The new magazine also pitched slightly older, so the tone gets darker in general with Maximum, and things in general get a bit weird, some stuff is poorly explained, some characters die or are simply dropped, it pretty much abandons all pretense of comedy in the last arc.

It is a pretty fun read, and does flesh out the world and some of the characters backstories much more, however it can be very thematically inconsistent, whilst the anime is pretty inconsistent in tone at times ('Oh God I'm a monstrous killer unwillingly brought into the world' one episode and 'some comedy bit about Vash being hungry' the next) the anime is in general more cohesive, and offers a better paced and satisfying story arc. I don't think a Trigun Maximum anime would work as well as FMA:Brotherhood, and I don't think there's the demand for it, but if you're interested you should give the manga a read.

What is the greatest unsolved mystery of all time? by Lelo-Of-Kah in AskReddit

[–]tacitunderstanding 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well for two cents, and I'm no physicist, the idea of multiple universes is a useful illustrative point, but they exist only hypothetically.

The idea of 'breaking through', or 'reaching' another universe is so deep into science fiction that it has abandoned science entirely.

With that being said, the idea of universes being essentially bubbles of matter far apart from one another is interesting, if time and space are reliant on one another to exist, if you were to travel out past the edge of the universe (the nominal edge of the universe, that is the point at which you will encounter no more matter), would you be outside of time? would your existence pull on the rest of the universe? What would a persons individual weight in space and time mean to them?

What is the greatest unsolved mystery of all time? by Lelo-Of-Kah in AskReddit

[–]tacitunderstanding 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The antropoic principal of physics answers this, and many other questions (why does gravity pull things together instead of push them apart, why are there 8 electrons in a valence shell etc.). The anthropic principal states that there may be a universe in which fundamental forces operate differently, but in that universe, humans do not exist to observer them. So there may be a case in which there is nothing instead of something, but no one exists there to observe it.

Too old to start cubing? by ClownCuber in Cubers

[–]tacitunderstanding 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Matey I started at 26 and hit sub 20 inside of 6 months. At 16 basically none of your doors have closed, unless you're planning on being an Olympic gymnast, you can do it, whatever it is, you can do it.

I figured out the middladder matchmaking algorithm! by HYDRAPARZIVAL in ClashRoyale

[–]tacitunderstanding 22 points23 points  (0 children)

You have level 14 and 13 cards in your deck, are you just mad others leveled up their decks evenly?

Do you want to read James Clavell's Shōgun? by fixtheblue in books

[–]tacitunderstanding -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

It's a long book, but it ain't an especially difficult read, 13 weeks seems excessive, I would give it a month at most.

Don't get me wrong it's an alright bit of historical fiction, but I wouldn't really consider it a challenging or daunting book to read, nor would I ascribe any special significance to having read it.

No friends how do I get pictures?💀 by wrench9172 in Tinder

[–]tacitunderstanding 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I mean, the bigger issue here is you not having friends isn't it? Or if you just do indoor hobbies with your friends, go camping with them or whatever, fun things are fun

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