@Spingebill@LouisConde@WoodshopHandman@dharmadudebro@Riamu OH ALSO ONE MORE THING
I HEARD A THEORY THAT THE TROONISM IS TO SOME EXTENT CAUSED BY INABILITY TO EXTERNALIZE ASSUMED IDENTITIES
THIS WAS ORIGINALLY POSED IN A TWITTER THREAD WHERE A GUY FOUND OUT THAT THE PLAYER CHARACTER IN VIDEOGAMES HAS TO MATCH THE TROONS CHARACTERISTICS TO BE IDENTIFIABLE
THEY HAVE TROUBLE DRAWING THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN AN ASSUMED IDENTITY AND THEIR PERSONHOOD
literally nobody voting in the anime girl contest has actually watched azumanga or read spice & wolf they are just voting on their favorite reddit meme choice based off watching 4 youtube shorts
@merchantHelios I DON'T KNOW MAN BOTH ARE FAIRLY WELL KNOWN
I STILL HAVE THE OSTS BOUNCING AROUND SOMEWHERE IN MY EMAIL
RAR ARCHIVED AND EMAILED TO MYSELF AMONG OTHER THINGS
re: "all SBMM is bad just implement a server browser"
here are two threads, one on the implementation of SBMM in Halo 2 and 3 by Max Hoberman: the man who wrote the implementation, and lead designer at Bungie starting during their days making Oni, and current CEO of Certain Affinity. this is part 1 of 2, and i encourage you to read the follow up as well.
@merchantHelios WHERE'S THE INTACT SOCIAL FABRIC THAT ALLOWS FOR SERVER CULTURE TO EXIST AND FOR OLDHEADS TO TRAIN NEW PLAYERS
THIS ISN'T THE INTERNET CAFE DAYS AT COMPUTER LABS AND LIBRARIES ANYMORE
IF A NEW SHOOTER COMES OUT WITH AN OPEN SERVER BROWSER AND NO CASUAL MATCHMAKING IT WILL JUST LOOK LIKE AN AVERAGE PUBLIC GAME OF TRIBES ASCEND WITH LIKE THREE OLDHEADS ON EITHER SIDE AT THE TOP OF THE SCOREBOARD ACTUALLY PLAYING THE GAME
AND LIKE TWENTY DUDES MOSHING IN MIDFIELD DEATHMATCH ACCOMPLISHING NOTHING AND NOT LEARNING HOW THE GAME WORKS
@Paultron@Royper THE PROBLEM WITH ALL OF THE PISTOL CHASSIS INCLUDING THE PRINTABLE "INVADER" IS THAT IF YOU'RE PUTTING THE RED DOT ON THE SLIDE THEN THE STOCK HAS TO BE LONGER AND TALLER AND FLIMSIER THEN WHEN IT FOLDS ITS LONG
IF YOU'RE PUTTING THE SIGHT ON THE CHASSIS -- LIKE A LITTLE RISER BRIDGE OR SOMETHING
YEAH NOW YOU CAN REALLY SCRUNCH UP AND ITS SMALL, BUT THE SIGHTS DONT INDEX WITH THE BARREL SO THE ACCURACY IS SHIT
ALL THIS CHOCOBO STUFF IS WEAKSAUCE
YOUR FANTASY MOUNT SHOULD BE CORGWN
AND INTEGRATE ALL THE WELSH DEEPLORE ABOUT FEY RIDING CORGI INTO THE SETTING
SADDLES AND ARMOR AND THEY FIGHT ALONGSIDE YOU
>ERM BIG CARNIVOROUS ANIMAL AS BEAST OF BURDEN HOW DOES THAT WORK? HOW DOES A PREMODERN SETTING FEED THEM EN MASSE? 🤓
THEY EAT MAGIC YOU FUCKIN BITCH
THEYRE NORMAL SIZED BUT HAVE MAGIC THAT MAKES THEM EMBIGGEN MAGICALLY AND WONDEROUSLY AND MYSTERIOUSLY AND ITS INNATE TO THEM AND NOT QUANTIFIABLE OR EXTRACTABLE ITS PART OF THEIR NATURE
@Griffith@lain@givenup IM TOO MUCH OF A DWEEBUS NOT TO TRY TO ARGUE WITH OR REFUTE EVERY PASSING THOUGHT INSTEAD OF LETTING THEM GLIDE OVER
PERSONAL GROWTH ISSUE