I couldn't get past the exploration age, it was so frustrating. There are some good ideas in there, but I just can't do it. Ugh.

Then the exploration age - all the bonuses are for settlements on different continents. Be a colonial power, or get fucked. Middle age china? Nah, not historic.

Let's start with how it's handling religion. The bonuses for religion are entirely based on how many foreign cities you convert. So, you can never earn religion bonuses unless you're constantly converting others. Basically religions are Evangelical Christianity or they're worthless. Fuck that.

I mean, the Ages system that nukes your work twice per game is *awful*. But that's not the thing that finally got me to stop playing in frustration - it's how I kept slamming into ahistoric disasters.

Meh, he’ll get a new liver overnight.

Shame wasn't your intent, I get it, but it's how it came across to me.

The community part of the feelings is really important. It's really valuable knowing that there are lots of people mourning with you and feeling the same thing you are. Burying that in a journal doesn't build community.

3) On the helplessness angle - not every post needs to be comprehensive. Even when you have a large platform, sometimes posts are just about feelings. I think it's unfair to expect people to cover every aspect of a situation when they're clearly unpacking feelings.

It's about connecting with a community - and that connection is just as important when it's about sadness and loss as when it's about anger or joy. Using his platform to share that feeling is, I think, just as important as the inspirational/do-something posts.

2) Communal mourning of the loss of an icon is a perfectly valid thing. I think his post spoke to a feeling of loss that a lot of people share. Sharing that feeling publicly is just as important as the dancing, inflatables, and signs at protests.

I strongly disagree with this take.

1) Your post reads to me as if you're shaming someone for their feelings. That just feels really shitty.