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Topic"Really think we'll hit 200k Corona deaths? Only 19k in 4 months!"
MariaTaylor
05/01/20 9:52:44 PM
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Wanglicious posted...
hard to know where we fall exactly

it's not that hard if you can read a spreadsheet. which, to be fair, most people cannot do.


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Topic"Really think we'll hit 200k Corona deaths? Only 19k in 4 months!"
MariaTaylor
05/01/20 9:49:34 PM
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nick no offense but please learn to read a spreadsheet

america has among the lowest death rate for an infected person. canada is slightly higher. they're both at around 6%, despite the high number of total infections -- which is caused by a large population... not a lack of appropriate response.

the european countries listed are mostly death rates from 12-15%

the number of infected people per 1m population is pretty much in the same range no matter where you live, at least if we look at the countries which seem to be reporting reliable numbers. this means it doesn't matter where you live, your chance of getting infected is about the same. but your chance of dying outside of the US or Canda is twice as high in most cases!

if you are infected with corona virus, america is one of the places you WANT to be if you want to have the best odds of survival. don't take my word for it. look at the spreadsheet yourself. see the two columns on the right? those are the important ones.

saying america has among the worst responses is just... completely misguided.


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Topic"Really think we'll hit 200k Corona deaths? Only 19k in 4 months!"
MariaTaylor
05/01/20 8:56:24 PM
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really interesting. tag.

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TopicDo you usually watch shows/movies with subtitles?
MariaTaylor
05/01/20 1:22:09 PM
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almost always if possible.

it makes it easier to watch things with bad audio balancing, makes it easier to follow the dialogue without potentially missing anything or statements being unclear, I can turn the volume down really low if needed. oh yeah, and accents. helps a lot with bad accents.

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TopicWhat difficulty level do you typically play games on?
MariaTaylor
05/01/20 1:19:17 PM
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MoogleKupo141 posted...
im kind of evenly split between normal and hard lately, it depends on the game


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TopicHow do you rank the final 16 games in bracket?
MariaTaylor
04/30/20 7:07:11 AM
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Sadly, nothing here I'd rank above an 8/10

Great: (8/10)
-Pokemon HGSS: Really well done remake of a top tier Pokemon game. Enough said.
-Mass Effect 2: The only mass effect game I would call great.

Pretty Good: (7/10)
-Dark Souls: Probably less deserving of all the hype that it gets, but it's still a pretty good game.
-Skyrim: I don't think there's anything great about Skyrim other than its ability to drain a ton of time without you realizing how much you've been playing the game. The effect wears off after a while if you're lucky.

Alright: (6/10)
-Last of Us: Good enough for a game I got for free.

Haven't Played (Ranked by Interest)

-Mario Odyssey: I usually enjoy Mario games a lot. I'd play this if I had the opportunity.
-Portal 2: Portal was fun, I might play this eventually.
-Dragon Quest XI: Dragon Quest games are usually fun. Maybe I'll play it one day.
-Witcher 3: Maybe. I'm not super hyped on the series from what I've seen of it, but i don't discount it either.
-Breath of the Wild: Doubt I'll play it, but I might if I had the chance to play it for free.
-Xenoblade Chronicles: I don't know much about it. There's too many other games to play, but this is at least a solid 'neutral' from me.
-Smash Ultimate: I would play a Smash game again only if someone invited me to play it with them on their console with no investment required from me. Probably get bored in about an hour.
-Resident Evil 2: Don't care about Resident Evil. Have played a few of the games, never had much fun.
-God of War: I've seen it. I understand what it is. Not really for me.
-Persona 5: Haven't enjoyed any Persona games I've played. Or even SMT now that I think about it. Not likely to spend money on another one. Or even play it for free, really.
-Persona 4 Golden: See above.


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Topicyearly weightlifting topic
MariaTaylor
04/29/20 5:00:24 PM
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ExThaNemesis posted...
so I bought this power rack/bench set up for my garage from a co-worker back in October/November and was beginning to think that it was a waste of money by about January.

Now? I'm out there every day just about.

yeah this sounds amazing. when I lived in an apartment still there was a gym within walking distance of my building and I went almost every single day. I know if there is something right there I will definitely use it.

iiaattgg posted...
Theres a lot of good stuff on my local facebook marketplace and other apps like that. See what you can find!

not a bad idea. especially reading these posts. they make me feel more motivated.

it would be a good way to spend some quarantine stimulus money... although now I wonder if people are really selling under these conditions, either. they might be afraid I would come and infect their home.

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Topicyearly weightlifting topic
MariaTaylor
04/29/20 4:34:49 PM
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I do free standing squats, push ups, and sit ups while waiting for my dinner to cook usually. Haven't been out for a run or even a long walk in a realllllyyy long time. Feels bad.

Really want to get some kind of weight bench for the home because I don't see myself ever going to a public gym again. At least not anytime soon. And it'd be so much more convenient if I had a squat rack at home.

Basically my body is already starting to betray me and with each passing year I suck more and more at staying fit.


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TopicImagine you're running for President of the United States
MariaTaylor
04/29/20 2:05:16 PM
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HashtagSEP posted...
I think there's ultimately a disconnect born from personal experiences

I'd assume most people choosing 1 haven't had any kind of negative experience or have been made aware of any, and so it's tougher to pinpoint things that others may perceive that way. At the same time, I think the people most going "There's no way" about 1 seem to be openly admitting they've certainly been inappropriate in the past, and so to them it's tougher to accept that others have not.

I think both sides are projecting a bit.

I think you're reading way too much into it. I absolutely believe there is some % of people who have never had a single interaction with a woman in the past that she could in any way describe as having made her feel inappropriate, stressed, uncomfortable, or ashamed. I DO NOT BELIEVE, under ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, that this % is anywhere near 60%

the difference between X% and 60%? this difference is caused by board 8 users being full of shit and having no idea about the consequences of their own actions.

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TopicImagine you're running for President of the United States
MariaTaylor
04/29/20 6:07:56 AM
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Dark Young Link posted...

But looking at the results and going "Board 8 must be bad at self reflection"... why are you making such assumptions? Why do you assume a majority of people had to have done something inappropriate?

I don't think the stance that "everyone has done something inappropriate in their lives" is a very controversial one.

if anything the steadfast belief and even defense of the idea that 60% of people on here have NEVER done anything wrong, that there's not even a chance that another person could have even perceived their behavior as wrong, is pretty extreme. it projects a level of certainty which should be impossible for the rational mind to ever reach on a subject that is riddled with uncertainty.

and yet if I tell them this, they will double down on that certainty. that is exactly the reason why the poll results look like this, and why I wasn't surprised to see those numbers.

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TopicBoy that SephG topic didn't last very long, did it?
MariaTaylor
04/28/20 7:27:46 PM
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I didn't even say not to vote. I just said accept that your vote doesn't matter, stop acting like your vote will change the world, and you will be happier.

I can tell them the truth, but I can't force them to believe it lol

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TopicImagine you're running for President of the United States
MariaTaylor
04/28/20 6:52:39 PM
#20
No, your take is correct. A very large % of board 8 users completely lack any self awareness. Especially so in the case where they view themselves as incapable of having done anything wrong.

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TopicBoy that SephG topic didn't last very long, did it?
MariaTaylor
04/28/20 6:30:57 PM
#209
Inviso posted...
What are my options? Genuinely, what are my options? Vote for the sexual assaulter, vote for the sexual assaulter, vote third party and give up my right to have any say in which sexual assaulter is better, or don't vote and give up my right to have any say in which sexual assaulter is better. If you can give me an option that I could choose that would NOT result in one of the two rapists becoming president, I'd love to hear it.

yes you have a great option available to you, and it's something that anyone can do.

accept the fact that you have zero ability to influence nationwide policy, stop acting like earth's mightiest defender whose opinion or vote will somehow make the world a better place, and instead choose to take personal responsibility over the things which you can affect. joe biden, trump, third party, abstain, your vote isn't going to change the outcome. the idea that your vote matters is a scam. and this sword cuts two ways. if your vote between trump and biden does not matter; this implicitly means that the democrats choosing to nominate biden does not affect you. the electoral college is going to choose who they want to. and before that, the vote of thousands of people is going to drown out your voice. you can let it go as easy as that, be happier, be more fulfilled, and still nothing has changed because your vote would not have made any difference.

are there people in your life that you can truly rely on? stop taking them for granted and let them know that you appreciate them.
is there a way you can help your local community? help the people that are in front of you right now.
are you unsatisfied with your health or diet? start exercising, do research on how to eat better.

this is the stuff that actually matters. federal politics is just a bullshit distraction that allows you to feel virtuous while accomplishing nothing.


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TopicBoy that SephG topic didn't last very long, did it?
MariaTaylor
04/28/20 6:08:10 PM
#197
I like how Inviso choosing to vote for Joe Biden is somehow the ENTIRE COUNTRY's fault

personal responsibility? how does that work?

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TopicBoy that SephG topic didn't last very long, did it?
MariaTaylor
04/28/20 2:10:33 PM
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FFDragon posted...
*claps*

iiaattgg!

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TopicBoy that SephG topic didn't last very long, did it?
MariaTaylor
04/28/20 5:19:22 AM
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Is the screenshot post above the one that got him banned? I guess I don't exactly understand why someone would get banned for making that post.

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TopicThe Last of Us 2 Spoiler Topic (SPOILERS IN THIS TOPIC)
MariaTaylor
04/27/20 9:20:25 PM
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tagging a topic that is made of absolutely pure 100% gold

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TopicCaught some students cheating in my class. What would you do?
MariaTaylor
04/21/20 5:49:03 PM
#84
I went to my supervisor about it, she said she would support whatever decision I made. That was honestly really tough. The reason I went to her was because I didn't have a strong feeling about what I should do, and I was looking for guidance. In the end I decided to penalize the students who cheated (in terms of their grades) but I didn't take it beyond that. Maybe I should have, I don't know.


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TopicThe B8 Wedding
MariaTaylor
04/18/20 7:51:33 PM
#40
I admire the resourcefulness of a coronavirus wedding

anyway, congrats!

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TopicIs Dark Souls an rpg?
MariaTaylor
04/12/20 3:06:27 PM
#54
man it's been a while since someone marked one of my posts for calling them "dumb" and "wrong"

(truly the height of abusive behavior which must be stricken from the board)

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TopicIs Dark Souls an rpg?
MariaTaylor
04/12/20 11:46:15 AM
#43
Hotel_Security posted...
People arguing in favor of it in this thread pretend that they know the "rules" for how the label works

We aren't pretending. The term RPG was literally derived from games which had core mechanics developed from D&D and other pen and paper games. This is indisputable, historical fact. The people who are acting like RPG is some kind of post-modernist definition that is up to subjective interpretation are, ironically, the ones who actually have no idea what they are talking about... and will just continue to refuse to accept it no matter how many times they are told.

Hotel_Security posted...
but no one actually follows any guidelines. Genres are marketing tools now and nothing more.

The only reason you have the luxury of believing this is pure ignorance. you don't know the definition of what an RPG is, and so you purport that no one could possibly know the defintion.

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TopicIs Dark Souls an rpg?
MariaTaylor
04/12/20 8:27:36 AM
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it sounds like you actually believe wizardry is not an RPG. this is a position that I am not willing to argue against, because anyone dumb enough to believe that is literally too dumb to be reasoned with.


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TopicIs Dark Souls an rpg?
MariaTaylor
04/12/20 6:05:48 AM
#26
Demon's Souls is directly derived from Wizardry, which is directly derived from D&D. the main difference in Demon's Souls is that you have full control over a single character and you have targeted control over your stat gains instead of them being random.

Dark Souls did remove some of the best features from Demon's Souls, but it didn't remove anything that would prevent it from also being an RPG.

KokoroAkechi is just dumb and wrong, unless he would literally argue that Wizardry is not an RPG because it has very little story.

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TopicGauging interest in a Fire Emblem ranking topic
MariaTaylor
03/31/20 11:02:50 PM
#361
Panthera posted...
Incidentally, this same unit list is used in most situations to determine the order the enemies act in, meaning you can cycle between enemies in this way to figure out which enemy in a certain group will act first, allowing you to plan your positioning around it. There are some exceptions I believe, mainly from siege tomes/ballisticians, but as a general rule it works.

does this work for all games or just new mystery?

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TopicBreath of Fire I/II - worth playing?
MariaTaylor
03/31/20 10:40:47 PM
#65
Phantasy Star I + II: Honestly they are pretty groundbreaking games that have unfortunately aged poorly. I still love both personally but I think Phantasy Star II probably one of the most difficult games to actually enjoy playing to completion within the category of games that have a lot of historical value to offer. Phantasy Star I can be a little easier to enjoy playing, but a walkthrough is damn near required because of how the plot progression makes no sense.

Phantasy Star III: Has a ton of good ideas and is honestly a master class in game development when you realize just how much information they managed to squeeze onto a fucking sega genesis cartridge. The execution leaves a lot to be desired, and the washed out color palette makes the game feel a bit 'sleepy.' The dungeons are easier to navigate than PSii but they aren't as memorable as a result. And the characters feel slightly less important and distinct because a lot of effort went into making a huge cast of multi-generational protags.

Phantasy Star IV: Already covered this one above but it's honestly a legendary game, and I legitimately do believe that it holds up even to the standard of today's games. I could compare this to any 'retro' indie RPG on steam and probably in almost every case I would choose to play Phantasy Star IV instead of the newer game.


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TopicIs Bravely Default a Final Fantasy game?
MariaTaylor
03/27/20 11:39:14 PM
#18
Xuxon posted...
probably most people who don't care aren't voting

fair point, but also..

how do 44 people care about this

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TopicIs Bravely Default a Final Fantasy game?
MariaTaylor
03/27/20 11:00:14 PM
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how am I only one of three people who doesn't care about this

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TopicHey Im DMing my first remote dnd sesh p help me
MariaTaylor
03/24/20 3:19:56 AM
#13
I have some experience with donjon and I can honestly say it produces pretty wonky, generic results. I never ran one myself but I was a player in a few donjons. The quality of the donjons became a bit of a running joke on the server. There's tons of hallways that loop endlessly, dead ends, monster packs showing up in sizes and varieties and in relation to each other than makes no sense. It's basically just a set of square rooms connected by overly complicated hallway systems that couldn't possibly exist unless you came up with the most contrived explanation possible (like some insane wizard put a bunch of things in a giant labyrinth for no reason other than to fuck with adventurers).

They can make for a fun dungeon crawl if you're willing to turn your brain off, but a hand-crafted version of this will yield MUCH better results even with relatively low effort. We ended up doing the donjons more than a few times because the DM who ran them was entertaining, having frequent games was better than having no games, and honestly it ended up being so funny how bad they were that it actually made the situation more enjoyable. I'm not sure if I'd just use it if I was running a game for a group of new players. I'd want their first experience to be a little bit less silly.

roll20 has built in sheets, and a map interface, and if you understand how to set up your sheets correctly you can roll right in the chat by clicking on your character sheet. New players are very likely to have a difficult time setting all of this up, but if you're willing to set things up ahead of time it will be worth the hassle. and, even if not, just having your map and dice rolling chat in the same place is valuable enough on its own.

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TopicHey Im DMing my first remote dnd sesh p help me
MariaTaylor
03/23/20 7:06:00 PM
#5
glad to help!

I'll second the notion that google sheets is awesome. I make great use of it myself. it's really helpful to make a single sheet where you can reference all of the important player info on one screen, with a few free columns off to the side to leave space for taking notes.

important that you don't put the entire build for every player on this reference sheet. you won't be able to fit it all, and it'll be cluttered as hell. let them worry about their own abilities -- this is information they should know. but it helps if you have all of the players HP, AC, +Hit, and Damage all in one nice table when combat breaks out.


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TopicHey Im DMing my first remote dnd sesh p help me
MariaTaylor
03/23/20 3:26:16 PM
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voice chat vs text chat

voice
+ game moves much more quickly and can be easier to run. people slow at typing won't slow the game down.

-- the fast pace of the game can also mean that the same amount of content will keep you entertained for a shorter period of time. players will also have more trouble keeping notes and catching every piece of information you relay to them. not only do they have to hear what you say, clearly, without any misunderstandings, but they also can't copy/paste the text you just posted. they have to type out your verbal explanations... while also trying to continue following the flow of conversation. this issue can be mitigated with digital 'handouts,' but it's not a perfect solution in every case.

+ has a more fun and upbeat feeling. you're verbally interacting with other real people and you can feel this.

-- this laid back chatting atmosphere can lead to a lot of joking around and off topic tangents, which is less productive if you're trying to run a more serious game. I've never found a good solution to this other than knowing what type of game I want to run and deciding which players are suitable for that game. you don't want to invite a clown to a serious game, or an overly serious player to a fast paced goofy oneshot.

-- you aren't speaking face to face and this can cause some weird social hiccups. people talk over each other less than you would expect, but it does happen. and there's a lot of cases where no one "knows" whose turn it is to speak, and you can't look around the room and see other people's faces. this tends to cause one player, the most outgoing one, dominating a lot of scenes. even moreso than in person games or with text chat. this issue can be mitigated by having the GM remain aware of player participation and 'call on' people who don't get as many chances to speak.

text
+ probably the ideal mode for running a serious game with lots of world building and lore. people have time to read your messages, let the information sink in, respond accordingly. everyone can participate in a scene without talking over each other, and everyone can easily take notes on the developments of the story.

+ very easy to keep logs of your sessions which can be re-read for nostalgia purposes, searched for information, and you can always Ctrl+F to go back and find out exactly what was said if two people remember things differently.

-- it's slower even in the best case scenario. I have never planned a text based session and actually covered all of the material I wanted to cover in that session. and this is after doing it for years. they still surprise me with how little material you can cover in a single session. in the worst case scenario? a single slow typing player can grind a scene down to a halt and leave everyone waiting as the chat comes to a dead standstill. the only way to mitigate this issue is to stay on top of the slow players and constantly keep nagging them, which is socially difficult to do and it can become a stress for you and the slow player over time.

-- if you are using battle maps you generally have to deal with a small chat window or tabbing back and forth between the chat and the maps. neither option is particularly good. you can play without battle maps, this is what I normally do, but this can lead to issues if you are using a system with more 'precise' combat. it works fine if your combat tends to be more flavor driven and less about how large of a radius sphere the player can create, how many enemies are in range, and how they are clustered together after moving exactly 35 yards.

roll 20 vs discord

if you're doing text based just run it on discord. there's no decent way to do text based with interactive maps, and the roll20 chat window is tiny and sucks. if you're doing voice it may still be worth it to use the discord voice chat. but roll20's voice is functional and it is built right into the same interface you'd be using for your map and tokens -- so it has that advantage.

don't go overboard with features like dynamic lighting. I've noticed some people with worse PC performance tend to be almost unable to play along, but the dynamic lighting features tend to be finnicky in general even for people with decent to good PCs at times. it's pure jank and not worth the hassle. if you really need to hide things from your players, just hide regions of the map and reveal them one at a time. and learn how to make tokens invisible so you can prepare stealth foes ahead of time and have them 'pop out' when needed.

also break your encounters up to separate maps whenever possible. this is an additional step that cuts down on the amount of lag.

chatting with friends while moving your tokens around an interactive map is a very strong experience that gives a good feel -- simulates the idea of playing in person very well. roll20 is a fantastic option for this, and it's probably what you'll end up doing if I had to guess. the text chat based tabletop roleplaying scene is pretty much dead at this point, but I wouldn't write off the specific advantages it has, either.


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TopicHow little developer publish its own game like us?
MariaTaylor
03/23/20 3:46:53 AM
#5
Make a post about it on reddit. I see posts on there all the time from indie game developers that blow up and reach the front page of r/gaming with a catchy trailer. The production values here seem good enough that people will view it as a legitimate game. If you've developed and shared any kind of product in the past then I probably don't need to warn you to be ready for a lot of criticism. Especially without the shield of the publisher between yourself and the consumers.

You need to put your own product out there and advertise. This is a huge pain in the ass if you don't have some kind of social media manager at your disposal to handle this kind of thing. You will be reading the comments, including the negative ones, and you need to be aware of how to respond to them so that it doesn't hurt your image -- and when to ignore them.

I respond to feedback a lot, especially to the negative comments, and often end up thanking them for drawing my attention to issues and helping me contextualize what I should be giving priority in the development cycle. It's something that I've gotten some positive responses from in the past and, at least so far, I've never had a situation where an initially negative player went off the rails and declared war on me.

Lastly, from personal experience, I would suggest making sure that your first big post is made at a time when you are READY for people to see what you have to show. It's hard to define this moment but I know that I've released something early before and I noticed that it seemed to impact the overall growth of the product.

I got 2/3 of my traffic, views, and feedback within the first week. After this, things slowed down immensely. I was getting fewer views over a longer period of time and it was killing me to know that more people saw the game in its unfinished beta state. I thought that quality of life and other updates would draw more attention but those updates were overlooked to an extent because people who were interested had already looked at it.

If I could go back and do it again I think I would have waited longer on the initial release.

With all of this information in mind I do honestly worry a little bit about the trailer. The concept for the game seems somewhat interesting but it doesn't jump out to me as something that will capture the attention of a fast moving, high userbase platform like reddit. The indie trailers that blow up there tend to be something with an inherently comical premise, or fast and flashy visuals. This has neither. Your goal of course should be to make the game that you WANT to make, not to make the game that is going to impress people on reddit. But I can say that a more cinematic trailer might appeal to viewers more in a marketing sense.

Hope that information is helpful.

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TopicBreath of Fire I/II - worth playing?
MariaTaylor
03/23/20 2:22:43 AM
#48
Phantasy Star IV is definitely worth that price. It's one of the all time greats, probably one of the most overlooked ones due to being on genesis. This doesn't come with my earlier "if you are willing to play a dated RPG" caveat. PSIV is just unconditionally good. Even compared to modern games.


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TopicBloodborne vs fire emblem awakening
MariaTaylor
03/21/20 6:35:11 PM
#23
Bloodborne is the actual game of the decade and I have absolutely no faith that it will do well on this website

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TopicBreath of Fire I/II - worth playing?
MariaTaylor
03/19/20 7:03:10 PM
#22
oh yeah Lufia 2 is for sure worth playing

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TopicBreath of Fire I/II - worth playing?
MariaTaylor
03/19/20 5:44:29 PM
#7
1 is really rough. it's very dated.

2 has some cool ideas but it can be a slog to play through. there's lots of issues with encounter rates and balancing, especially the further in you get.

I'd say to play 2 if you are actually ready to play a SNES RPG and not just look at it through nostalgia goggles. it's not something that a lot of people can handle when compared to the convenience and polish of modern games.

there's also a great patch that fixes a lot of translation issues. it's worth looking into this if you're going to play it.

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TopicGauging interest in a Fire Emblem ranking topic
MariaTaylor
03/19/20 2:28:51 PM
#318
FE6 is great, I think it's my favorite. Hope you have fun playing it, raka.


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TopicArrested Development season 5 is really good!
MariaTaylor
03/19/20 3:32:54 AM
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SeabassDebeste posted...
i feel like s4&5 are really mean-spirited beyond the cynicism of the original run. that said 5 is a bit better than 4 iirc and there were parts that i really liked.

I pretty much agree with all of this. GOB feels a lot more destructive in seasons 4 and 5 in a very nasty way, like they missed the point of his character in seasons 1-3. Also it's worth mentioning that the actual series finale is pretty god awful. So while 5 as a whole is more entertaining than 4, there are still some major problems with it. I think it makes sense for it to be hated. I can't personally say that I like it.

Something else important that really bothered me. Okay, granted, we did have Marta in season 1. But generally speaking any Bluth family dating plots tended to only last a few episodes at a time. This idea of Michael, Rebel, and George Michael just spinning wheels and not being resolved for multiple seasons is so unlike the pacing of the original show. And this is just one example. I think the entire season 4 and 5 plot, put together, would have likely made up only a few episodes if this plot was done in season 2.


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TopicCastlevania S3 out already
MariaTaylor
03/16/20 4:53:23 PM
#32
things I learned from watching this season of castlevania:

  • never have sex, ever. the other person will try to kill or enslave you.
  • warren ellis has been reading a lot of femdom.

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TopicCastlevania S3 out already
MariaTaylor
03/16/20 3:07:33 PM
#30
I think his pubes were more visible in more shots, but yeah

finally the full frontal male nudity representation that has been missing from video game adaptations...

well, hard to call it full frontal since they did their best to obscure it. but I was still pretty surprised.


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TopicCastlevania S3 out already
MariaTaylor
03/16/20 2:39:40 PM
#26
is it just me or did hector actually hang dong for a few frames in episode 3

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TopicWhen you think of Celes Chere from FFVI....
MariaTaylor
03/15/20 5:55:57 AM
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I thought of the green leotard.


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TopicGauging interest in a Fire Emblem ranking topic
MariaTaylor
03/11/20 1:10:08 AM
#253
Flight is always useful, and the idea that you can only have one pegasus knight is an outdated mode of thinking. In games where Peg Knight or Cavalier is a good class, you should want to have as many Peg Knights and Cavaliers as possible, yeah.


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TopicDo your dreams mean anything to you?
MariaTaylor
03/10/20 6:03:06 PM
#24
I'm dreaming right now

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TopicPrediction: Next decade will see video game movies as the new big thing
MariaTaylor
03/10/20 4:01:15 PM
#28
Video games are fundamentally different from any other medium, due to the element of interaction that comes with playing the game. I don't think it's as simple as saying that comic based movies became popular and therefore video game movies will become popular.

You can never make a "movie" that allows you to engage with the story in the personal way that a video game does. If you do, you just made another video game. In this sense, movies will always have a disadvantage when trying to adapt a video game. You will always lose key elements in translation.

There's no way to know until it happens, but I don't personally think this will be the future of movies. We've already seen the rise of more cinematic games. If I had to make a 10-20 year prediction, I could see movies becoming less popular and cinematic games becoming more popular as a replacement.


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Topicanime recommendations for a friend new to anime
MariaTaylor
03/07/20 10:28:39 PM
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Promised Neverland is fantastic.


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TopicWhy haven't you played more games from this decade?
MariaTaylor
03/07/20 3:58:18 PM
#9
-hotdogturtle-- posted...
Mostly lack of interest in new games that come out which is why the raw number of "modern" games that I play is smaller. However, the modern games that I do play, I play on average much longer/more than I did any past decade games.

XIII_rocks posted...
Also

Tom Bombadil posted...
l i t t l e m o n e y


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TopicDecide my night.
MariaTaylor
03/06/20 12:50:17 AM
#23
Golden Deer

(yellow)

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Topicanime recommendations for a friend new to anime
MariaTaylor
03/06/20 12:35:05 AM
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Snrkiko posted...
i haven't seen prison school myself, gonna have to check it out. is it streaming anywhere?

funimation and crunchyroll, it looks like. or get the uncensored version through some nefarious and underhanded methods.

and it actually has a dub which honestly makes it more normal friendly than a sub only series would be.

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Topicanime recommendations for a friend new to anime
MariaTaylor
03/06/20 12:00:31 AM
#37
and I speak from personal experience here. I used to be the kind of person who said that fanservice series were almost always low effort, and there was no real purpose for them to exist when you could just go watch porn instead. Prison School is actually the show that changed my opinion on this.


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