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StrangerSide @strangerside909.bsky.social · 8h

Man I'm not much for romance novels but would maybe check some out if they did worldbuilding like this; would you please recommend a few examples?

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StrangerSide @strangerside909.bsky.social · 22h

If all players odds were equal going into an event you wouldn't see groups of players repeatedly outperform (which is what a pro is) statistically speaking your odds of making, say, top 4 of 32 is still really low with mild assumptions. You have to choose to get better because you want to be better.

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StrangerSide @strangerside909.bsky.social · 2d

100% internalized, I agree. Everyone is just socialized to believe they're the captain of the ship without realizing you can't have a ship with only captains. It's about unlearning that and wanting to see other people succeed and see other people's visions realized.

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StrangerSide @strangerside909.bsky.social · 2d

I mean, coupled with the fact people are increasingly isolated and don't really have close friends anymore.

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StrangerSide @strangerside909.bsky.social · 2d

At least within US culture I know there's a zeitgeist of rugged individualism and people so desperate to succeed in their terms they can't envision sharing that success. So nobody wants to play second fiddle, pre-emptively killing a lot of great potential collabs.

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StrangerSide @strangerside909.bsky.social · 3d

The key to my perfect winning game jam streak is to enter as few game jams as possible, but not zero. Just enter the little scrungly ones everyone ignores. Being top 3 of six guys is easy. Follow for more tips. 🤣

StrangerSide @strangerside909.bsky.social · 4d

ICE is using Halo stuff for their ads now. Microsoft, where is the C&D? You gonna go join Pokémon in the "we stand by the Gestapo" crowd?
thehill.com/policy/natio...

ICE invokes Halo remake, seeks recruits to ‘destroy the flood’

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released a Monday flyer urging people to join the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) team with a graphic modeled after the Halo video game. “Destroy…

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StrangerSide @strangerside909.bsky.social · 4d

The mathematician urge to write an appendix into your TTRPG book going over distributions because you're still reeling over the math in Savage Worlds and Polymorph not quite working out.

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StrangerSide @strangerside909.bsky.social · 4d

If you don't got the group that's the only other option 🤷 it's something really hard to deal with, I'm sympathetic to that, but I think these people are trying to help you because they want to see you succeed. You only get so many chances to say "yes" in one lifetime.

StrangerSide @strangerside909.bsky.social · 9d

Copy that. Best of luck to you in your adventure.

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StrangerSide @strangerside909.bsky.social · 9d

No hate but seeing indie developers tout making their games with Godot and animating them with Blender on their Linux machines and then releasing them as Steam exclusives is baffling to me. Like you were so close.

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StrangerSide @strangerside909.bsky.social · 9d

Any plans to release on a DRM free platform?

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StrangerSide @strangerside909.bsky.social · 10d

MS in math with a focus in machine learning here to clear things up: No, you're right on the money. The current path is a dead end and anyone telling you this ends with AGI are either trying to sell you something or actively being fooled by those who are.

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StrangerSide @strangerside909.bsky.social · 10d

Plus because I'm also writing simplified rules for everything I gotta add that section that says "or idk it breaks I guess"

StrangerSide @strangerside909.bsky.social · 10d

Crunchy TTRPG design is so weird to write because you have the game mechanics question of "How does one break an object?" Along with the total stoner logic philosophy question of "what does it mean for something to be 'broken' in a general sense?"

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StrangerSide @strangerside909.bsky.social · 11d

Oh no, they did it. They messed with Texas. 😦

A strip of sugar cookies in plastic packets at Wal-Mart with the print "Don't Mess With Texas", each one is broken.

StrangerSide @strangerside909.bsky.social · 13d

Poll time! Which is your favorite, pip d6 (dots) or numeric d6 (numbers), and why?

StrangerSide @strangerside909.bsky.social · 14d

Dumb TTRPG idea: NPC with djinn or demonic heritage named Azif Onk'kue that always shows up at the perfect time.

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StrangerSide @strangerside909.bsky.social · 14d

Gaming hot take: Roguelikes are great, but the popularity of the genre and its position in the zeitgeist is a symptom of the attention economy created by labor exploitation. Pick up, play for your allotted 30 minute window, put down. People don't have time anymore.

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StrangerSide @strangerside909.bsky.social · 14d

Today's game: Guess what Amazon product page the image is pulled from based on the rush-job photoshopping.

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Veterans Against Trump @vetsat.bsky.social · 15d

Right wingers think protesters are paid because they can't imagine someone would give a shit about others unless they were incentivized to do so.

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StrangerSide @strangerside909.bsky.social · 16d

Yes make video game.

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StrangerSide @strangerside909.bsky.social · 16d

Figure out how many hits you want it to take to knock one guy over, adjust by how often you want an attack to miss, that'll tell you how to scale damage, accuracy, and HP of a basic attack/ character. Then adjust up or down accordingly.

StrangerSide @strangerside909.bsky.social · 17d

Think of it like packing to move. When you pack your house up, it fits into the living room for the movers to take out instead of taking up the whole house. But you don't keep it like that once you move, why? You save space but make it really hard to access efficiently.

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StrangerSide @strangerside909.bsky.social · 18d

My toddler just hit a modern development milestone: She tried to trigger the Alexa 🥺

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