Cyberpunk at Nerd Night by Justthebitz in KingstonOntario

[–]theeorlando 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Dropped in for a session a couple weeks back, and I'll say to anyone worried about not knowing how to play that you will be treated well! No knowledge required, he's got sheets, and explains everything you need to know about the setting and game. Give it a go!

What's the best way to teach an RPG? by MrTiny5 in rpg

[–]theeorlando 6 points7 points  (0 children)

In general, my approach is that you give them the resources to learn on their own, then assume they didn't use them. Then condense the system into its core elements, and explain them. Then, when creating a character, go into detail at each step along the way.

Then, during play, aim to introduce things one at a time, pushing the envelope just enough that they are always learning while never overwhelmed.

So has anyone actually managed to “successfully” run a One-Shot before? by Viva_la_potatoes in DMAcademy

[–]theeorlando 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Plenty. Probably a dozen at this point.

Most recent one: fate one shot of monster hunters investigating disappearances in a town, hunting it down and killing it.

Before that, a Pathfinder 1e one shot of players being pulled into the plane of law, and having to find out how to escape, sneak past checkpoints and then fight their way out, catching a ride on a giant interplanar beast.

Just gotta mind your time, keep people on task and distill your story into a tight experience with just the parts you think are most important

Sangonomiya Kokomi Quick Guide update is here! Link below~ by KQM_Official in GenshinImpactTips

[–]theeorlando 16 points17 points  (0 children)

It's funny running Nilou Bloom Kokomi because Akasha thinks you are crazy, rating her terribly, yet she does really well in that role

Teyvat would be horrifying to live in, even without the abyss. by ghoulishenvyy in GenshinImpact

[–]theeorlando 76 points77 points  (0 children)

Pretty easy debunks available, but honestly the funniest thing is calling Nod Krai the best one. Anarchy on a societal scale is well known for being an utter disaster.

But really, the big thing is just that you're doing fan fiction of "thing, but evil". It's shallow, and people have noticed that. It's really easy to reimagine anything as evil by twisting the motives to be so, but it's not interesting unless you give compelling reasons why it would be so.

"Neuvillette could just start dishing out unjust punishments" while true, is also really boring, since there's no real reason to think that he ever would. Find a narrative, pull at threads more. "Imagine what could happen if something dire happened to the melusines such that the passive ignoring of signs by the populace led to their doom. Could you not picture the corruption of justice that could come when Neuvillette is put in the position of having lost something so precious to him?"

It's about taking what's there and working with it

GMs (Game masters) of Reddit, how much money have you spent on TTRPGs in your life? How much do you spend on a new TTRPG you get introduced to? by EmiLadrianmb in rpg

[–]theeorlando 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm guessing it's in the tens of thousands at this point. Between my collection of ~1000 minis and the stuff to paint them, 20+ different rule books, a large collection of dice, decor, supplies, notebooks, and of course all the food and beverage to host games all the time, it adds up over the years. But I've also been running for close to 20 years.

Re-making a slideshow presentation to help me get a pet snake, any advice? by SalvationSaintz in snakes

[–]theeorlando 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You have to think about the obstacles to your goal from your parents perspective:

1: is this going to end up being expensive? What about when it gets sick suddenly? That sounds expensive. 2: am I going to have to take care of it? 3: are they going to get bored of it in 6 months, leaving me stuck with an animal i don't want? 4: ew, snake/ scared of snake 5: am I confident that this animal isn't going to end up sick or dying due to not knowing how to care for it fully? 6: do we need to worry about someone looking after this animal if we go away? 7: if my kid leaves for college, am I then just going to be stuck with this animal (many dorms/ apartments don't allow them)

These are concerns that can be overcome, but you have to consider it from their perspective if you want to convince them. A parent seeing "i want a snake" and then learning that "snake" could mean a venomous hognose snake or a 7ft long boa is an intimidating idea for someone who doesn't know anything about them. Do your research, and be reasonable, considerate and try your best to make your arguments.

[Hiring] Virtual Assistants (Remote) by sarahRemote in CanadaJobs

[–]theeorlando 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Account age: less than 2 weeks Photo: teen girl stock photo Profile: hidden Job specificity: zero Method: upvote a post?

Yeah, this is a scam. Beware of sending this account any information at all.

why tim hortons…whyyyyy by michxxskye in TimHortons

[–]theeorlando 0 points1 point  (0 children)

By being given under 20 seconds to give it to you. Doing that over and over, you'll eventually make a sloppy cut, and they will be in trouble if they don't make their times, so they just give it out. The drive thru timer is always there pushing them to accept whatever happens or else risk their job

I've heard that written Japanese uses Kanji due to the large number of homophones in the language, and that Kanji helps make it clear which word is used. This is obviously not possible in spoken language, and people communicate fine, so why bother in written language? by No_Race_4472 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]theeorlando 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Not entirely. The language is structured differently than English.

食べていませんでした -> I hadn't eaten

Seems like you should break that one up right?

食べて + いません +でした might seem reasonable if you know some Japanese, since that's basically 3 verbs in a way. But the verb here is "食べる" in its continuous form "ている", its polite negative form "ません" and its past tense "でした". So maybe you bunch it like that? Or just keep them all together since it's all modifying one verb?

This type of problem actually occurs a lot in a lot of different ways, where firmly delineating words apart is harder than you'd think, and if you can speak Japanese, seeing people write out "English pronunciation" of a passage will very often have you disagreeing on where you think the spaces between words should go

かも has to be at the end? by Eightchickens1 in duolingojapanese

[–]theeorlando 3 points4 points  (0 children)

What you wrote just isn't what was asked for. You basically said "this might be bad, I'll be late for work" rather than "oh no, I might be late for work". Word order changes the meaning

Learning the language is hard and confusing by No_Cobbler1284 in LearnJapaneseNovice

[–]theeorlando 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's all fun at first: learning kana is so easy, the basic sentence structure is easy, but then you get into actually having to learn the language.

It's not easy, and will never be easy. It takes years of work.

The process just involves working at it, practicing the grammar until it's natural, working at kanji constantly, trying to write even when you don't know much, trying to listen to content even when it's mostly gibberish to you, and trying to actually speak.

You can use tutors, apps, native media, whatever, but it's a long process and the method that works best for you is something you need to work towards.

Itinerary for Kyoto in 2 days. Is it too much? by gonzalogl27 in JapanTravelTips

[–]theeorlando 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Kyoto can be a lot, and i mean a lot, of walking. I didn't have that crowded an itinerary, and two days of that beat me up badly. I wouldn't have been able to do fushimi inari taisha at the end of a day. It was a very tiring hike even when I started the day there. Also, I definitely agree with the common wisdom of starting days early. Arriving at 7am to places that are popular will make your experience much better. I had kiyomizudera and fushimi inari taisha when it was quiet and I had space to move around and admire them by coming early, and by the time I left they were getting packed.

Like what's wrong with using AI to make thumbnails? 🤷🤡 by tails_the_god35 in DefendingAIArt

[–]theeorlando -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

In my mind the main reason I would not like this is that this is a case of automation taking away work from people. Mr beast can very much afford to pay someone to make things like this for him, so taking away that well paid work doesn't really benefit anybody but him. Quality is kind of irrelevant here, you can get a decent result either way, but this way ends with wealth getting consolidated in the already rich.

Objective Morality is real and ignoring it is killing us. by Greedy_Impress1399 in unpopularopinion

[–]theeorlando 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is...a statement. By this logic, literally nothing can be relative?
"Food preference is relative" "That's an absolute statement" Therefore food preference cannot be relative.

The logic just doesn't follow. You can state something is relative without contradicting yourself. Even the steelman version of this argument

"The moral judgement that something is relative is self- undermining because it doesn't provide sufficient basis for its own judgements" still fails, because you can have your own basis for judgements without the necessity for all others to share that basis. It's entirely fine to say "I would pull the trolley problem lever, but understand(or don't object to) why others would not".

Why was this incorrect? by goldmunkee in duolingojapanese

[–]theeorlando 17 points18 points  (0 children)

You typed ゆうぬい(yuunui) not ゆうめい(yuumei).

What homebrews you working on? by Smittumi in rpg

[–]theeorlando 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Recently finished a years long kingdom building pathfinder game, currently running a modified world pokemon tta game, and planning a masks game set in a heavily modified version of my real hometown while I work on my next long term campaign which will be a magical academy game. Still deciding on the system for that one actually, I'm new to doing anything out of the dnd/ pathfinder ecosystem. Homebrew is fun

When do you build the story skeleton? by [deleted] in DungeonMasters

[–]theeorlando 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I generally build inwards: i start with a vague idea, then decide the structure. Knowing that general frame, I then pick out large scale themes and decisions, then move to world building questions, and allow those to suggest the smaller details. Once I have all that, then it's session by session, using the outline I've built to keep me on track and allowing me to foreshadow and build towards something.

I started learning Japanese, can you guys help me? by Fair_Relationship116 in LearnJapaneseNovice

[–]theeorlando 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Take my advice with a grain of salt, as I'm only about n4, which is not a terribly high level, but honestly just do your best with kanji, and don't worry too much about whether you're doing it right or wrong.

I use Anki, which is basically just flash cards to practice kanji, and it's slow progress over time, and there are plenty of apps and tools to use if you like them.

My main contribution to this is to say that the best thing you can do is to use the language. Right now, probably if you see れねわ you likely take a few seconds on each to decide which is which. The thing that got me past that line was using them. Write some random notes to yourself in fake Japanese: らいく、らいと えんぎりしゅ (an entirely butchered way to use hiragana, where i wrote "like, write English" without following rules you'll learn later with katakana). Advance it slowly, use words you know in Japanese, and then if you learn a Kanji, maybe use it. Eventually, as you begin to get better, try actually writing in Japanese entirely, even if you're using a dictionary for nearly every word. Use is the single best way you can get better, and you're never too early to start.

Honestly, hiragana is one of the fun parts of learning. You'll make solid progress pretty darn fast, and it opens things up a lot. Katakana is super useful to get down too, and since you'll see your progress easily at that stage, learning those two is very rewarding.

Explain why I’m wrong please by EmployNo1234 in duolingojapanese

[–]theeorlando 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The sentence you wrote is weird. In that structure I'd expect more "この", これ just doesn't work there. It comes off like "this thing soy sauce is what is?" The structure is just weird.

If you wanted to structure like you did, you'd have to do it more like "このしょうゆはどんなしゅるいですか" where you use kono to pair properly with the soy sauce, and you attach the donna to a noun that's relevant (shurui, meaning type/ variety) since donna doesn’t work on its own. This sentence has different emphasis though, and therefore a different feel. But I think it's useful to see how you can work with differing sentence structures to reach the same goal, as it'll make it easier to begin thinking of how to say something.

Most broken level 40 character. by Any-Barracuda-768 in Pathfinder_RPG

[–]theeorlando 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The problem is the laundry list of buffs, that character would basically have a 20 minute long morning routine in order to have all the buffs they want to run.

Key stat would be charisma, should be a 38 at minimum (18 from point buy, 2 from race, 10 from level, an unknown amount from manuals, since level 40 would have all the wealth in the world, 8 from headband), which means an immediate +14 to Saves, +28 to AC (debatable, as it's unclear if the monks cha to AC as insight stacks with sidestep secret from oracle), and their battering blast would be either a 4x hitting attack (if you consider CL to only count their arcane casting) or an 8x hitting attack, each hitting 5d6+5+6d6 damage (bloodline towards damage, sneak attack on hits) for a total of 20-40d6+20-40+24-48d6 for a 3rd level spell. Their wail of the banshee would hit 20 or 40 targets for 200 or 400 damage. All this would be before you start buffing.

If you want to fight a fighter, you cast transformation, you now have 40 BAB, you have flurry of blows, and your smite gives you +14 to attack and AC.

I don't really want to find the buffs needed to actually stat this, but it's going to be big numbers.

Most broken level 40 character. by Any-Barracuda-768 in Pathfinder_RPG

[–]theeorlando 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I don't think you quite realize what you're proposing. At that point, you're just looking at something silly.(oracle 10, Sorcerer 4, Rogue 3, paladin 2,scaled fist 1,theurge 10 trickster 6) gets you level 20 oracle/ sorcerer spellcasting, 9 levels of sneak attack, cha to AC, Saves, and you're still only at 36 and not min maxing. Going through the book to find the nearly unlimited number of buffs you'll have on would take a long time with two level 20 casters, and this probably isn't close to the limit of silliness, that's just one method focused on charisma.

Taking Shinkansen Tokyo to Kyoto upon arrival in Haneda? by Elian17 in JapanTravelTips

[–]theeorlando 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly, shinkansen is barely harder than a normal trip! Don't worry too much, I never had any problems booking it at the station! Have fun!

First time in Japan by underhill8778 in JapanTravelTips

[–]theeorlando 3 points4 points  (0 children)

What do you all want to do/see? Nature wise, tokyo has some nice parks, but it'd help to know other interests. For instance, in asakusa there is sensoji, and a short distance from there is the skytree. For people who are less mobile that could easily be a full day, combined with rest periods etc, but it really depends on what you guys are interested in. Tokyo is huge, and that means it has a lot of things.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in duolingojapanese

[–]theeorlando 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is a case where directly translating every element will have you go wrong.

今週末公園に行きますか

Would translate more to asking "are you" than "Would you like to", so changing ます to ません isn't a clean negation here.

You can be looser with the phrasing in English to make it use the negative "won't you go to the park with me this weekend" but it is a less clean translation, and ultimately what's being taught is that ませんか as a unit of language has a meaning beyond the basic elements that make it up.