#off-topic-discussion

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serene tulip
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Please YES

tardy anchor
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logans asmr? archjustice sounds, 'm-i-right?

limber horizon
cunning holly
serene tulip
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what game is that?

torpid osprey
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apparently this was made by one person

limber horizon
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@serene tulip tabletop sim

rain mortar
limber horizon
nocturne bridge
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Thank you for the invite @opaque quail it finally worked lol

opaque quail
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Success!! 🎉

nocturne bridge
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oh uh Caitlin

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it says my order got shipped already

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@opaque quail

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or erm the shipping label got made

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shouldn't be a problem, yea?

opaque quail
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Nope, no problem! Just printed, not shipped. 👍

nocturne bridge
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cool thanks for the clarification

limber horizon
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idea: a vn-like story-based psychological manipulation battle royale game where you have no idea who else is a player and you have to convince each other to take the options that would result in getting killed

and you can figure out different pieces of information, like who else might be a PC and what is the most likely to be dangerous, through trickery and social engineering of PCs and NPCs

faint panther
ionic viper
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the tl;dr, in case people don't feel like clicking a link to a website they've never heard of before, is that if your google chrome install isn't already updated, you should do so asap

faint panther
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yeah pretty much. You can manually check for updates by typing the url chrome://settings/help into the address field (or select "Help" from the menu)

last quest
limber horizon
pearl breach
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Ah godammit

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Slime Rancher is a game that I literally cannot allow myself to play anymore

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Because I'll start it, and I will play for 6 hours straight without any rest, food, or drink

nocturne bridge
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Me with Civ V

upbeat scroll
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one time i played rimworld for 8 hours straight, but i was on a plane

arctic harness
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hello!

upbeat scroll
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helloo !

arctic harness
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how's everyone?

somber yoke
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kinda tired, this chem report is killing me

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otherwise doing well

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you?

arctic harness
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o thats a mood.. i just turned in a big chem report myself the other day. im doing pretty ok, thanks for asking!

desert swallow
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Oof chem reports...

somber yoke
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especially when it takes 3 tries for the colorimeter to work....

supple terrace
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winces

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Meanwhile food-wise: I packed mackerel rillette, greens, the leftover lemon vinaigrette, whole wheat crispbread, leftover mascarpone grits, See's candy, and a blood orange for my lunch tomorrow.

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(For non-US West Coasters: See's candy is a chocolate brand around here that is pretty good.)

rain mortar
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Thank you for elaborating on the candy, I was wondering 🙃

That all sounds incredible, as always. Pundora's Luncbox Best Lunchbox

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I... did not have lunch today failbag Not sure what I'm packing for lunch tomorrow yet... Possibly garlic dill pickles, crackers, cheese, and pepperoni

supple terrace
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Oh, that's always a fun one.

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Wight, yeah, I did that partly because I know this is an international server.

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My lunch today was shrimp katsu curry and rice with a salad from a specific bistro in the area.

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They specialize in Western-style Japanese cooking.

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What I'm looking forward to is work is having a pancake breakfast tomorrow.

rain mortar
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Lucky!

north hamlet
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i should eat more pancake

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they are delicious

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also learn how to make the giant japanese hotcakes

tropic garden
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you can make them in a rice cooker, right?

north hamlet
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that sounds reasonable

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but i'm pretty sure they're made by layering batter

cedar rock
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i googled it, it looks like you can make them in the rice cooker! oh man im gonna have to try this

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i made some really big pancakes a month or two ago i gotta find the pic

rain mortar
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I enjoy just having one giant pancake instead of several smaller ones

cedar rock
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BIG

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not like Japanese pancake big but still BIG

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i couldnt even finish one

supple terrace
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I want one, and tried making it in a crock pot. It didn't work, alas.

tropic garden
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side note, mug cakes are one of the like, best little things to make if you live in a situation where you don't have access to an oven but still want to feel like you're cooking

supple terrace
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I also have to deliver donuts to work tomorrow.

tropic garden
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i, of course, don't have access to an oven OR a microwave so i can't make them anymore, but i made them all the time in college

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mug cakes, that is

cedar rock
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i had a time where i made chocolate mug cake 3 days in a row

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its so fast and all the ingredients are pretty much always lyin around

tropic garden
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yeah exactly

north hamlet
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This one is very good

supple terrace
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I'm super picky with my cakes and mugcakes... don't usually hit the spot for me. 😦

unreal bridge
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Happy women's day to all fellow girls and women 💖 🙌 💕

hard crescent
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Ive just played my first few games on vr

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Its amazingshadesmile

delicate light
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You were a snail

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But now you're a turtle

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But soon you'll be

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Virtualmush

hard crescent
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Virtual Turtle adventures

delicate light
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onward Sire Turtle

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To the virtual Camelot

hard crescent
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Yaaas

serene tulip
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Just got my satisfactory key!

gleaming ridge
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Ladies, i am here to congratulate all of you on International Women's Day.
You are all delightful and warm as a spring sun, capable to comfort those important for you and melt any obstacle in your way. So, please, continue to shine and always be as charming as you are

opaque quail
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Handshakes all around ladies, we did it. 💪 🎉 🤝

stiff lotus
tardy anchor
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im tryin to join but its not really loading hhh

pearl breach
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I have entered

tardy anchor
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i think it froze for me ;O;

stiff lotus
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hmm

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😦

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idk how to help you

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would still love to have you

upbeat scroll
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it's a bit slow for me /shrug

tardy anchor
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hnvhfhjhj yeah my entire internet went out lets try again!

stiff lotus
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😦

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encore

pearl breach
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ooh add some mental bonus words

stiff lotus
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how

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what are those

pearl breach
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under custom words

stiff lotus
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o you mean crazy words

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say some

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we'll add

pearl breach
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Well I have no idea what kinda stuff people know

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Normally when I do it with my friends we add all kinds of ancient gods

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and draw them horrendously

stiff lotus
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ok stay where you are we start soon

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you can invite other ppl as well if you want

elfin umbra
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i didnt want to draw "lounge" or "invention"

stiff lotus
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can confirm

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still running

elfin umbra
pearl breach
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ooh you should add a bunch of pokemon to the custom words

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those always end up looking horrible

stiff lotus
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ooo

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ok

nocturne bridge
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how do I get a role

stiff lotus
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go to the bot channel and check pins

candid sparrow
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you gotta go to bot commands and look at the pins

pearl breach
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brb hunting for food

pearl breach
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I must now go

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Farewell

stiff lotus
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thanks for playing!

stiff lotus
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thanks for playing with us car

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I was fist fight, in case you didn't figure it out

nocturne bridge
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neat

hard crescent
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Neat

velvet fjord
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slime rancher is far more fun than I expected from a game that took less than 2 minutes to install

hard crescent
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Its really funshadesmile

delicate light
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guys

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what is this man

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jaden smith

upbeat scroll
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son of celebrity

delicate light
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my brain cells just became suns after reading these tweets

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i feel e x p a n d e d

hard crescent
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Noice

sharp grail
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sometimes..... games that take 2 minutes to install........... are good

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I’ve been playing epistory this weekend and very much enjoying it

hexed hollow
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Not every good game ever is yes many gigs big

rain mortar
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alma! So glad you started it! I can't recall if I recommended it to you or not (I've done so for a variety of people) but it's really neat

tropic garden
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it's been on my steam wishlist for literal years and i've always just been like "eh.........nah"

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glad to hear it's good though, i'll have to consider it more seriously ablobthinkzerogravity

sharp grail
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I got it in a bundle for like rlly cheap so I was like heck yeah

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it may have been you! I think maybe I just saw it in another bundle and the charming graphics caught my interest, I honestly don’t remember where 90% of my wishlist comes from

rain mortar
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I really just want more people to play RiME though. It's probably the game I recommend the most

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For puzzle platformer type games, that is

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Or just games with f e e l s

sharp grail
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it’s on my wishlist, I really wanna play it!!

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also, my brother always wants me to do typeracer races with him so I family shared epistory with him and he’s really liking it :)

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I’m getting quality family time from this game

stiff lotus
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how is this so cute, I don't get it

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@ darklephise on twitter is the artist, I'm afraid of the bot wrecking me for posting too many links

ionic viper
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are you posting several links within seconds of each other?

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if not, then proxy stays asleep

stiff lotus
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yeah, I was abou to link the artist's twitter url, that's why I held off

hasty kernel
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Not scottish enough

delicate light
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proxy is like the guardians in Terraira that hunt you down when you try to enter the dungeon without first killing Skeletotron

ionic viper
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incorrect, proxy cannot be killed

hard crescent
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Proxy is the rotating skull guardian of death

ionic viper
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incorrect, proxy cannot be killed

arctic harness
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hi!

hard crescent
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HI

arctic harness
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my dog is sitting on the fabric in working with and refuses to leave

stiff lotus
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skribblio with friends! feel free to join

supple terrace
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I should figure out my dinner.

rain mortar
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Luckily I have that figured out already for myself! Tonight is my grandmas 81st birthday, we're going to get sushi friendly

supple terrace
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D'aww.

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I am going to do ramen, I think.

tropic garden
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I'm getting Indian curry tonight with a friend from a few towns south of me, he only lives 15 minutes away by train but for some reason we never hang out??? distance be weird

tardy anchor
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oooh fun!!

supple terrace
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Indeed!

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My friends and I did an oyster binge last night because one of us is a science teacher and is doing a class on ocean acidification, and needed to get raw materials for the class.

teal plume
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Quick question, why do people hate Steam?

tropic garden
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I don't hate it, but I am leery of the fact that it basically has a monopoly on digital games distribution, plus how poorly curated and moderated it is

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There have been complaints for a long time about how absolutely flooded Steam is with crappy asset-flip games that drown out smaller title releases

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It doesn't give you a lot of control over things like cloud saves, which somebody was complaining about in here a little while ago

serene tulip
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The problem is that nearly every other launcher sucks more.

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Like, don't get me wrong, steam is pretty darn bad at a lot of things

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but Epic is going to need to put in work to get just some of the basic functionality that Steam has.

tropic garden
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Steam's also been around long enough to work out most of its issues, though

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Like how many years have we had Steam?

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a quick google says over 15

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And it, like, started the market when there were no expectations for a platform/DRM system like that

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everything else trying to get in has an exponentially higher barrier to entry

arctic harness
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i barely use steam so really inonly have 2 complaints, one of which isnt even its fault: 1. using the keyboard to play (something like bastion) hurt my fingers pretty bad and pretty fast so i just bought bastion on the nintendo eshop and played it there so certainly not steam's fault
2. i wasnt able to friend request my pal because i didnt spend enough money

tropic garden
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That's not to say Epic and other launchers shouldn't step up their game, but also it's been out for like...3 months

teal plume
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That's really insightful! I never completely understood it, but personally I don't own any consoles so I primarily use steam to get games nowadays

tropic garden
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Implementing additional features probably depends on the userbase they're able to pull in initially

serene tulip
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I mean, its been out for three months but they've also decided to eschew some really important design decisions.

tropic garden
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I know cloud saves and gifting are two of the big issues, plus just the support in general...what other features, though? Community stuff like achievements?

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(i'm not defending it btw I just, like I said, am really leery of Steam's monopoly and want to see competitors succeed)

serene tulip
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Organization of the store and library are two big ones

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for me

ionic viper
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i mean, personally it annoys me that i currently have three different storefronts my games are spread across

tropic garden
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😔

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One of the consequences of the move from physical to digital

serene tulip
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I mean, that's just going to happen.

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Yeah

ionic viper
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i've got the bulk of my stuff on steam, but then some stuff on origin, and now i have to keep the epic launcher installed for hades

serene tulip
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Also satisfactory >.>

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that's on Epic

ionic viper
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i don't know what that is

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i literally only have epic for hades.

teal plume
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Same

serene tulip
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its Coffee Stain's 3d First person factorio

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still in alpha tho

ionic viper
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i also don't know what factorio is

tropic garden
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Epic has had some really nice giveaways

ionic viper
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oh right i have slime rancher too i guess

tropic garden
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Factorio is a real time strategy game about Building Things

teal plume
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minecraf-

ionic viper
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haven't played it but it's There, I Guess,

tropic garden
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I just keep forgetting the giveaways are going on kjgdfg

serene tulip
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I use the twitch app for minecraft :<

tropic garden
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I wish I'd gotten subnautica

serene tulip
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Subnautica is so good

tropic garden
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I know 😭

serene tulip
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I bought it on steam forever ago tho

teal plume
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I mean I started playing SGG games on my iphone so I don't know how much steam + keyboard can hurt me

rain mortar
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You can always plug in a controller when playing on Steam ¯_(ツ)_/¯

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If keyboard is a concern

buoyant frigate
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Casual reminder for any American folks that tonight is Daylight Savings! Adjust your clocks one hour ahead!

north hamlet
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go away daylight savings nobody likes you

upbeat scroll
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tysm for dst warning

supple terrace
hexed hollow
delicate light
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A land seal

chilly briar
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deleted?

hexed hollow
supple terrace
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Breakfast is the leftover marscapone grits and some of the smoked duck fat, which dilutes it beautifully and adds a bit of salt. Still not a fan of the meat but the fat scenting the grits is nice.

somber ferry
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omg what!! that sounds delicious!!

limber horizon
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notice the little details they've gotten right. the ripple effect when the ball hits. the ball's trail. the impressive ux with the pinch to create a tennis ball

all these little things that are going to make ar feel usable and believable. "realism" shouldn't be the goal, it's usability and enhancing the real world. these little things should be utilized to make this a better ar experience, rather than a subpar reality imitation

serene tulip
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God I want some grits

limber horizon
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i read that in a paula deen voice

serene tulip
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Well.... I wouldn't say that it wouldn't be appropriate....

buoyant frigate
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Hey, if anyone is interested, Oxenfree is $5 on the Nintendo Eshop today!

supple terrace
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@somber ferry it was good! It was leftovers from a recipe from a thing like blue apron.

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It was prosciutto wrapped asparagus and marscapone grits with a soft boiled egg.

somber ferry
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HECK

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that sounds amazing

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😭

supple terrace
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It was.

upbeat scroll
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Hey yall how do you interact with discord? Is this your biggest server? Is this your most active server?

hard crescent
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Biggest for me

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Not the most active at all

vocal brook
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Same here.

sharp grail
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it's my biggest server as well

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but i dunno if its the most active, probably close to the top tho

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one of the more active ones

sterile delta
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def not most active for me

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i moderate a few communities, the most active one is just like 40 people

sharp grail
hard crescent
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My most active servers are for different games and the most active two ones are prolly the ones with mein irl people

sharp grail
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how can anyone expect me to type that monstrosity quickly

hard crescent
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Pneumo something is a disease right

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D:

vocal brook
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You'd never heard of the 45 letter word?

sharp grail
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after dying to the pneumomonster

hard crescent
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Ok then

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😄

arctic basalt
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sometimes twitter is not a hellscape

rain mortar
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Oh yeah, I saw that on the tweetzor yesterday. Very heartwarming, I hope it translates into sustained business for them

tardy anchor
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awww!!!

chilly briar
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their IG blew up too dayum

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81k followers

tardy anchor
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@opaque quail red names for all when (jk)

teal plume
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Everyone is red

tardy anchor
delicate light
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purple is pretty

vocal brook
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First rule of SGG Fight Club: don't talk about SGG Fight Club (in the main channel)

teal plume
velvet fjord
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so when do you make #ask-supergiant into a Q&A where we answer the questions

hexed hollow
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Everyone is rad

tame oyster
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Second rule is no outside food

opaque quail
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Guess you'll have to fight in the new pit if you wanna see who gets to control role granting huh 🤔

delicate light
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my og SuperGiant spin-off character is Purple

tardy anchor
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oh my god. supergiant asks random users questions

teal plume
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kldgskjgk

opaque quail
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Is that not this right now Doc?

tardy anchor
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ask YOU anything

tame oyster
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Discord suggestion: make a new channel where people can organise in-person fist fights

teal plume
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We're the ones interrogated

tardy anchor
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:NO:

opaque quail
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Intriguing. I hear that's what Twitter is for though?

delicate light
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i wanna fight in the pit

tardy anchor
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do we get to pick the giant who asks us

teal plume
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no

tame wagon
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meet me at the supergiant pit in 20 minutes if you want to get a butt kicking

opaque quail
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Kam why would you pick the Giant

teal plume
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More like you'll get a butt kicking

tame oyster
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1v1 me sgg fight pit

opaque quail
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Do we pick the users we get questions from

hexed hollow
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twitter is for the non-irl fisty cuffs

opaque quail
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Is the twitch dev q&a a moderated conference

teal plume
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we want to d-dd--dd--d-dd-d-uel

chilly briar
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it can lead to real fisty cuffs if you're dedicated, @hexed hollow

tardy anchor
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JDKFKGJ
giants who will go easy on you: amir, darren
giants who will ask questions that rip ur soul out: cait, greg

vocal brook
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Ask me a question

chilly briar
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yes

opaque quail
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No

hexed hollow
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very true Codex

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maybe

chilly briar
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;klasdjf;laskdjfas cait

opaque quail
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😄

tardy anchor
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ok cait so whats ur ranking

vocal brook
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😔 🇫

opaque quail
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My... ranking?

tardy anchor
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i feel like. morgan COULD ask the tough questions. but would be kind. michaels an enigma

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ohhhh i thot u were replying to me

opaque quail
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I was replying to Norman 😄 BUT

chilly briar
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What's the best Ben and jerry's flavour

opaque quail
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Switch Amir & Greg I think 🤔

tardy anchor
tame wagon
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amir asking the TRICKSY questions

tardy anchor
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amir "trickster" rao

tame wagon
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amir asks you if zag floats

hexed hollow
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I've never had ben and jerry's so umm I dunno

opaque quail
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But Amir is ALSO very kind, he'll just ask all the Exactly Right questions

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Which are the hardest to answer

teal plume
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What would they ask us anyway

delicate light
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apex legends... league of legends... League of SuperGiant Legends pit, coming this Fortnight

chilly briar
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oh what a coincidence, Amir & Greg is also my favourite flavour B&J's

opaque quail
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Also Codex it's the brownie one for sure

teal plume
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in a fortnight....we....fight...

hexed hollow
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damnit, i want brownies now

tame oyster
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Suggestion: add fornite dances to Hades

hexed hollow
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no no no, we add hades dances to fortnite

tardy anchor
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the flop

teal plume
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The ultimate crossover???

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what if sgg made a battle royale but all their main characters

rain mortar
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Super(Giant) Smash Bros

velvet fjord
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introducing supergiant's new game, UMBRELLA
A thrilling turn-based battle royale rhythm game where you, the last survivor of the Calamity, a mysterious disaster that transported everyone in the underworld into your talking Umbral Umbrella, must escape from the Upside, a vast purgatory where rain lurks around every corner.
We hope you'll enjoy our newest game!!

teal plume
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Exactly

delicate light
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Okay I'll play as a sword but someone's gotta swing me around

teal plume
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I'll be Red

tame wagon
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they wouldn't fight they would all just talk it out and decide violence has ruined their lives and fighting is not the answer

delicate light
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I'm too lazy otherwise

teal plume
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Let's team up on em

tame wagon
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and then they go overthrow a government

rain mortar
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I will play as all the shades

tardy anchor
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i wanna be tracer

opaque quail
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The real question breakdown is:
will ask you kind questions: everyone, except
will refuse to ask questions and laugh about it: me, joanne

tardy anchor
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HDJCKFKFJ OK. YEAH

hexed hollow
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a mix

delicate light
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We got bamboozled

opaque quail
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That's my favorite tiktok.....

delicate light
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But yeah Zomf let's do it

tame oyster
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Is Joanne a real bird lawyer, where did they go to law school?

opaque quail
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BAMboozled

teal plume
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everyone better watch out heyred

opaque quail
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Joanne is a real bird lawyer, yes! She went to bird school, for birds.

teal plume
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wait

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is she a bird

opaque quail
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She's a bird lawyer.

tame oyster
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Nah its like a Hatoful Boyfriend type of deal i imagine

hexed hollow
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birb birb birb, birb is the word

velvet fjord
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joanne birdgiant, attorney at law

teal plume
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but,... she went to bird school.. for birds.

rain mortar
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She's an attorney at ka-kraw

tame oyster
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Suggestion: Add a petting minigame to accompany the friendship mechanic

opaque quail
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Yeah she's a bird lawyer

teal plume
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Fire emblem?!

opaque quail
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Wrong petting.... banne

delicate light
tame oyster
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I'd settle for a cerberus petting

teal plume
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cerberus... bestest boy....

delicate light
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if I was Zag I'd just curl up with Cerbs and sleep

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forever

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don't need to leave

teal plume
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You have the Rest? option but its cerberus

delicate light
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i got fluffy bois

opaque quail
tame oyster
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Why doesn't cerberus help us escape?

teal plume
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cuz he's a Good Boy and obeys dad

tame wagon
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my three special boys!

tame oyster
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Awww, i don't actually have a twitter

teal plume
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I want to see my little boyss

velvet fjord
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cerberus gives us the collar

tame oyster
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Cerberus is bestest boy

teal plume
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is zag cerberus' dog

rain mortar
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Hades dog, I believe

delicate light
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zomf no

teal plume
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im sorry

delicate light
tardy anchor
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cerberus: dogs....can pet other dogs???

tame oyster
velvet fjord
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woof

delicate light
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fluffy bois!

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yay shadesmile

teal plume
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Nintendogs + cats but its all the sgg pets over all the games

delicate light
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hey hey hey

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is Luna a fluffy gurl?

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i mean like

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she doesn't have fur but

teal plume
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I think she'd be more velvety

delicate light
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okey but all the same

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luna is adorbs

teal plume
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She really is 😔

supple terrace
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cackles.

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So I'm going to be in a game where the characters are shapeshifting champions of the moon. I am being terrible and basically naming my character after Scorbunny.

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Talihare.

delicate light
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Sounds interesting squirtyay

somber ferry
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😭 best dog

limber horizon
serene tulip
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TFW the cute person you've been on a few dates with hasn't texted you back and you know that, rationally, a lack of a response in a medium like texting isn't an actual response and you shouldn't read into it but you still are sure they're ghosting you now and you'll die alone

vivid knoll
#

Well apparently the underworld has decent company, so none of us are really dying alone, are we?

sharp grail
#

please help me I am in the same restaurant as a screaming baby

hasty kernel
#

Dropkick it

sharp grail
#

I will absolutely not do that

hasty kernel
#

Well, Ive run out of ideas then

tardy anchor
#

earmuffs

vivid knoll
#

I mean, you could be on a 20 hour flight with a screaming baby...

candid sparrow
#

Stick an apple in its mouth

hasty kernel
#

At that point I would be more terrified of the 20 hour flight

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I really hope that at some point in the future we get super-fast trains that render planes obsolete

buoyant frigate
#

It just launches across the ocean, no tracks no problem

north hamlet
#

It's a boat-train

hasty kernel
#

Nah, you just have rails on the sea

north hamlet
#

Hmm can you make rails float?

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It would probably be less terrible than skipping across the sea like a stone

hasty kernel
#

I actually dont know

north hamlet
#

Transitioning back on to land would probably be the worst part

hasty kernel
#

That sounds actually like the easiest part

north hamlet
#

I guess the other option is hydrofoil or tunnels

hasty kernel
#

Idk, I just like trains way more than planes

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Planes are terrifying

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Trains are dope

north hamlet
#

Planes are pretty terrible

buoyant frigate
#

If a train falls, well. It was already on the ground

north hamlet
#

When you think about it catastrophic train failure is like it pretending it's a plane

hasty kernel
#

Plus you can always walk around on trains

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They can also be a fair bit more roomy

north hamlet
#

Making things that shouldn't fly fly is pretty hard

sharp grail
#

I have a poll everyone

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what’s the most important part of a pizza, in your opinion?
1⃣ for sauce
2⃣ for crust
3⃣ for cheese
4⃣ for toppings

hasty kernel
#

Also arent sauce and cheese toppings as well?

sharp grail
#

please don’t

hasty kernel
#

How about a curveball

supple terrace
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@sharp grail sorry for being a little rear but it's all of it.

north hamlet
#

Does sauce include olive oil on white base pizza?

hasty kernel
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What is white base pizza

north hamlet
#

They also don't have cheese sometimes

supple terrace
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A pizza that doesn't use tomato sauce.

sharp grail
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you mean the reacts? dw about it, I’m on mobile so they took me forever anyway

hasty kernel
#

Oh

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Why

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I mean

sharp grail
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bc sauce SUX

hasty kernel
#

I guess it could make sense with some toppings

north hamlet
#

Toasted/baked bread with olive oil is delicious

hasty kernel
#

But at that point its not pizza

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Its a focaccia

supple terrace
#

@sharp grail I meant I put in a 1234 one.

north hamlet
#

Well if you top it like a pizza and it is shaped like a pizza and uses pizza dough is it a pizza?

hasty kernel
#

Well, no

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Because Focaccia was also done that way

supple terrace
#

Put pizza dough comes in a lot of forms.

hasty kernel
#

It is the precursor to pizza

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What makes pizza pizza is the tomato sauce

supple terrace
#

Okay, what do we definite as a pizza here?

hasty kernel
#

And to a lesser degree, the cheese

supple terrace
#

And no it doesn't, @hasty kernel

north hamlet
#

Is this going to become the sandwich wars again?

hasty kernel
#

Im just saying, we have a word for sauceless pizza, and it exists longer than the word for pizza

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Its also delicious mind you

north hamlet
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Foccacia has a whole lot more crumb than white pizza

hasty kernel
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Crumb?

north hamlet
#

So it's pretty different to actually eat

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There is no fluffy chewy white centre in a white pizza

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Unlike a foccacia

hasty kernel
#

There doesnt have to be with a focaccia either

glad cloak
#

"But everything changed when the Sandwich nation attacked!"

hasty kernel
#

There are totally flat focaccias

north hamlet
#

Hmm this is a good point

hasty kernel
#

The original one was totally flat, from what we know

north hamlet
#

Personally i define pizza by whether it is on pizza menus in my area

buoyant frigate
#

Invis is on to something here

north hamlet
#

Say where do people stand on nutella pizza?

hasty kernel
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Burn it

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Burn it with fire

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Burn the heretics responsible for it

buoyant frigate
#

It’s in the same category with cookie pizzas

north hamlet
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What if i put nutella on a foccacia?

hasty kernel
#

I feel like weve been here before

supple terrace
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Oh right, let me be a troll

hasty kernel
#

Have we been here beforE?

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Eh

glad cloak
#

I'm italian, and my opinion on nutella pizza is "more of a dessert than a pizza, but still good"

supple terrace
#

@hasty kernel look up BBQ chicken pizza.

hasty kernel
#

Nutella on savoury food just doesnt mix in my opinion

north hamlet
#

I think we have discussed this before

hasty kernel
#

I know BBQ chicken Pizza

north hamlet
#

Bread strikes me as being somewhat neutral as a food

supple terrace
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Do you consider it a pizza despite it using BBQ sauce instead of tomatoes?

hasty kernel
#

Oh, thats a tough one

north hamlet
#

Also a bit of saltiness balances out sweet foods well

hasty kernel
#

Personally no, but its sold as pizza and I actually really like it

glad cloak
#

That's not a pizza. That's an abomination

hasty kernel
#

So I wont go on a crusade over it

supple terrace
#

Heh.

glad cloak
#

Oh, I would

hasty kernel
#

Bread is generally neutral, but focaccia is more savoury than regular bread

north hamlet
#

True aye

hasty kernel
#

Well

glad cloak
#

Pizza Crusade!

hasty kernel
#

Depends on the type I suppose

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Since weve got an italian here

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I can show you the worst crime against pizza

supple terrace
#

I tend to prefer white pizza but I haaaaaaaaaate tomatoes.

glad cloak
#

Pineapple pizza? XD

hasty kernel
#

Be warned

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Its terrifying

north hamlet
#

Pls no pineapple

glad cloak
supple terrace
#

Like, I hate chunks of tomato, it needs to be smooth and cooked with a lot of other stuff, like mushrooms and meat.

hasty kernel
#

I mean, thats fair

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I love tomatoes, but I know some people dont

supple terrace
#

Have all of mine.

glad cloak
#

That's a friggin burger at best

hasty kernel
#

And unlike people who dont like pickles

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People who dont like tomatoes arent strictly wrong

north hamlet
#

I have difficulty with tomatoes straight

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But diced or as sauce is great

hasty kernel
#

I like tomatoes in all forms

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Raw, in salads, in omelettes

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Cooked, as sauce, as a base for sauces

north hamlet
#

Raw veggies in general are dangerous for me now that i think about it

glad cloak
#

Same, but I have a preference for cooked instead of raw

north hamlet
#

I hear there are people who eat tomatoes like they're apples

glad cloak
#

Yeah, my father

hasty kernel
#

Well you dont throw away the core from tomatoes

supple terrace
#

My grandfather did too.

hasty kernel
#

Anyway, the only vegetables that suck are eggplant, zucchini and Avocadoes

north hamlet
#

I like those

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Send me yours

supple terrace
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I hate avocados so much.

glad cloak
#

But I still have to see him NOT eat anything

hasty kernel
#

Aka bad joke, inferior cucumber, and weird green stuff

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Avocados suck

supple terrace
#

Cilantro tastes like soap and dirt to me.

glad cloak
#

Aren't avocado a fruit more than veggie?

supple terrace
#

And I live in southern California.

north hamlet
#

Avocados are veggie cream/butter

supple terrace
#

Avocado is indeed a fruit.

north hamlet
#

Botanically a fruit

glad cloak
#

Yeah, totally have no idea what a cilantro is

north hamlet
#

An herb

supple terrace
#

@glad cloak colander.

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Often in Mexican and Thai cooking.

glad cloak
#

Ah, got it

north hamlet
#

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coriander

Coriander

Coriander (; Coriandrum sativum), also known as cilantro () or Chinese parsley, is an annual herb in the family Apiaceae. All parts of the plant are edible, but the fresh leaves and the dried seeds are the parts most traditionally used in cooking.
Most people perceive the tas...

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Chinese too

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It's pretty common in asian and hispanic foods overall

glad cloak
#

Yeah,got it. We call "Coriandolo"

north hamlet
#

There is a genetic factor to whether you think it is tasty

hasty kernel
#

Huh, wack

north hamlet
#

I think certain genes give you receptors to the gross parts

#

Pretty sure textural sensitivities are also partially genetic

hasty kernel
#

Now, the most interesting question

#

Raw onions

#

Yay or nay?

north hamlet
#

Yes, but mind the amount

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They can be overpowering

glad cloak
#

Don't like it

rain mortar
#

Yes, but generally not by themselves

north hamlet
#

Pickled onion is more forgiving

#

I hear there are people who eat onions like fruit too

supple terrace
#

Yeah, raw onion needs to be in light amounts.

hasty kernel
#

Yeah I agree with that

glad cloak
#

I still struggle with cooked onions, raw usually don't work for me

hasty kernel
#

Which isnt to say that I havent eaten a whole raw onion before

supple terrace
#

@north hamlet I have the gene that detects the soap and dirt chemicals in it.

hasty kernel
#

But usually just some

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I do love it just by itself though

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Or just garlic by itself

north hamlet
#

Mmm garlic

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I should try roasting garlic

#

I keep having the problem of too much garlic and noone using it

hasty kernel
#

"Too much garlic" does not compute

north hamlet
#

Have you tried garlic greens?

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They're good with egg

glad cloak
#

Slice of roasted bread, olive oil, a pinch of salt and some garlic brushed on it. Heaven

hasty kernel
#

Alternatively

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You take some garlic

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Mince it

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And down it

glad cloak
#

Or also known as "Bruschetta"

hasty kernel
#

Dont you usually put tomatoes on those?

north hamlet
#

I don't think i can live with that much garlic smell and taste in my mouth

glad cloak
#

It depends

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Tomato and basil is the classic one

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But it comes in many variations

#

Like a mini-pizza

north hamlet
#

Toast and topping in the most basic sense?

glad cloak
#

And we have come full circle

#

Almost, but not quite

#

We use a different kind of bread

hasty kernel
#

I like the one with tomato and basil

#

The restaurant literally next door that we had back before I moved always served it before their food

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It was great

north hamlet
#

I've yet to taste bad bruschetta

hasty kernel
#

Also when I was on vacation in Croatia

north hamlet
#

It might be one of the mostly safe foods

hasty kernel
#

There was a seaside restaurant that always gave you a slice of bread covered with fresh tuna paste

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It was amazing

glad cloak
#

Yeah, croatia and italy share many dishes

hasty kernel
#

Fewer than I thought

#

As far as meat goes, its pretty different

glad cloak
#

True

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Also because in italy you only need to travel less than 100 km and completely change kind of food

faint panther
#

im dutch most of our food is shared from other countriesd

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we got like so many italian and asian dishes

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its funny

glad cloak
#

Like?

faint panther
#

like we got allot of things made with pasta and noodles

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not true italian italian

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but deffinetly italy inspired

hasty kernel
#

From my time in Swamp Germany

faint panther
#

dutch cuisine is unhealthy like all hell, im more of a eastern dish guy myself

glad cloak
#

Italian spirit intensifies of course it's not true italian! Ah!

hasty kernel
#

Their food was honestly pretty similiar to ours

#

Ok I will say something that might be considered heresy

faint panther
#

@glad cloak i know that's why i said not italian italian 😃

hasty kernel
#

But despite the fact that Ive been to italy 6 times

faint panther
#

most of the times we dont even use spices

hasty kernel
#

The best Tiramisu Ive ever had

glad cloak
#

@faint panther I know XD

supple terrace
#

... I need to make spaghetti with oil and garlic.

faint panther
#

coming from the country that ran that stuff

hasty kernel
#

Is from a german restaurant in the town I live in

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And its way better than any tiramisu I had in italy

faint panther
#

i make my pasta with bertolli sauce and some parsley and oregano

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i use basil-vinegar oil for my , "meat"

supple terrace
#

(I have some garlic infused olive oil so I can double down on that garlic.)

glad cloak
#

It's not necessary heresy. It could be. Also I found that the best tiramisù or actually made in houses, not restaurants

faint panther
#

i love to experiment with oils and sauces

glad cloak
#

*are

supple terrace
#

@glad cloak truth. Best I have had is my mom's.

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But I cheat; Mom was a pastry chef.

glad cloak
#

Ok, I should stop writing in english while working. Too many typos

supple terrace
#

It's readable so what's the issue?

faint panther
#

yeah

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not bothered

glad cloak
#

I pride myself of my english, so it's a pride issue

faint panther
#

im not even english

#

it's fine buddy

#

we dont care

glad cloak
#

Yay!

faint panther
#

i just had to tell SG that there was a typo in the readme

glad cloak
#

More bruschette for everyone!

faint panther
#

everyone makes mistakes

hasty kernel
#

I dont

faint panther
#

is it Bruschetteh? or Bruschettah?

#

Bruscettah* how you say it

supple terrace
#

I'm American, on my phone, and the only time I worry is if it's me.

#

Or work.

glad cloak
#

One is Bruschetta

faint panther
#

im dutch and im bi-lingual

supple terrace
#

But like, this is casual conversation. So no worries.

glad cloak
#

Plural is Bruschette

faint panther
#

ah

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thanks magg

supple terrace
#

I am sadly monolingual. :(

glad cloak
#

Np

hasty kernel
#

The sch is pronounced like sk I believe

glad cloak
#

Right

hasty kernel
#

Im Tri-lingual

#

Though my third language is one I can barely speak and not at all write

#

Well, more accurately

#

I can speak it

#

I just make a bunch of errors

glad cloak
#

Is it the language of love?

hasty kernel
#

As for writing, it uses a whole different alphabet, so I stuck to only reading

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Hah, no

faint panther
#

what are your languages then?

hasty kernel
#

The seven hells will freeze over before I learn french

faint panther
#

haha

hasty kernel
#

German, English and russian

faint panther
#

FRENCH XD

#

god..

hasty kernel
#

I know latin, but thats not a language you speak

#

I should probably learn a couple more tbh

faint panther
#

no more a demoninating language

supple terrace
#

English, and I tried to take Japanese.

faint panther
#

like namig animals and plants and part of your body and stuff

hasty kernel
#

My mom at this point knows 7 languages

glad cloak
#

Actually my mother is french.

faint panther
#

im going to japan in a year

#

for 3 weeks

opaque quail
#

I mean you CAN speak Latin, there's just no one living whose first language is Latin. 😄

hasty kernel
#

The pope?

faint panther
#

isnt that the language of the dead?

glad cloak
#

True

supple terrace
#

I wish I learned Spanish from Grandma.

faint panther
#

ancient latin?

opaque quail
#

Probably not the first language, but definitely fluent. 🤔

hasty kernel
#

Well, its not the language of the dead

#

But its a "dead" language

glad cloak
#

The vatican official language is Latin

hasty kernel
#

Which isnt even truly fair

#

Its just not a widely spoken language

faint panther
#

the vatica isnt even real ^^

glad cloak
#

It is

faint panther
#

Fake country!

hasty kernel
#

But yeah, I wanted to learn one language of each continent at one point

opaque quail
#

The Vatican is real, they just aren't like.... A People.

glad cloak
#

I wish it was

hasty kernel
#

Without just cheating and using english for all of them

faint panther
#

i know it's a joke

glad cloak
#

But it's sadly a real country

faint panther
#

i wish they wherent real >.>

hasty kernel
#

Ive got 2-3 now

faint panther
#

get your religion out of my politics >.>

hasty kernel
#

Then again

#

I dont think Oceania has any languages other than english, does it?

glad cloak
#

They have many

#

That I don' t know

faint panther
#

my country runs with a tonne of dialects of the same language

#

talk about confusing

glad cloak
#

Yeah, here too

hasty kernel
#

Oh, Indonesia is in Oceania

#

Alright, 2 it is then

#

3 if you count russia as asian

#

Hardest one to learn would probably a language from africa, as there arent a lot of courses on it

glad cloak
#

Swahili is the most known I think

supple terrace
#

And colonization didn't help.

hasty kernel
#

Yeah I figured Swahili would be the easiest one to learn

#

Round it out with spanish for south america

supple terrace
#

I remember surprising a girl in college because she had a very distinct French accent and once she mentioned being from West Africa, I knew what country she was from.

#

(Burkan Faso.)

glad cloak
#

Senegal?

#

Ah ok

supple terrace
#

She was delighted.

glad cloak
#

I bet

faint panther
#

mine is one of the hardest

#

thanks to all of the grammar rules

supple terrace
#

It um, helped that I had read a children's book from there as a little kid.

hasty kernel
#

I mean russian is hell to learn

#

Its also a wack language

faint panther
#

my language is like 7th in the worldst hardest languages to learn

#

even people that are from here struggle with their own language

#

hell why do you think im bi-lingual

hasty kernel
#

Consider the following:

#

Icelandic

glad cloak
#

Italian is kind of hard, but still one of the most studied. Love it

sharp grail
#

Icelandic is beautiful

glad cloak
#

Actually breve heard an Icelander speak

supple terrace
faint panther
#

i mean there's a llot of hard languages , just saying mine is up there

glad cloak
#

*never

faint panther
#

i've heard one sing

#

in a made up icelandic language

sharp grail
#

playing jotun made me wanna learn it, love how it sounded

faint panther
#

Sigur Ros

supple terrace
#

Have fun with that poem.

faint panther
#

@supple terrace allready know that one

#

and read it

sharp grail
#

what’s your first language?

faint panther
#

mine?

sharp grail
#

Yes

faint panther
#

Dutch

#

im from the netherlands

sharp grail
#

I see

faint panther
#

it's a hard language because we have To many tenses and pre tenses, and past pre-tenses and grammar rules

#

that will confuse the living hell out of anyone that tries to study abroad here

hasty kernel
#

And even when you do learn it, it just sounds like drunk german

supple terrace
#

It's still a fun pain.

hasty kernel
#

Which actually means you can understand it somewhat as a german

faint panther
#

yeah

#

german sounds way less harsh

#

then my language does

#

i can understand german

#

, most of the time

#

wie geht?

hasty kernel
#

Which is funny, most people consider german a harsh language

#

Ganz gut

glad cloak
#

It's because of the german history in pop culture

#

You only see the Hitlers, never all the other amazing people

sharp grail
#

I’m gonna tell you a secret, I have no idea what tenses, pre tenses, past pre tenses and all those words even mean

#

I just speak English in a way that sounds like it makes sense from what I’ve picked up from people around me, and it seems to work lmao

hasty kernel
#

I guess youre not pre tending

#

Its partially that, and its partially because german is a very utilitarian language

glad cloak
#

Oh, you

hasty kernel
#

Its functional

#

Moreso than it is beautiful

#

Also singing in german sucks

faint panther
#

@sharp grail

#

i cant explain it

sharp grail
#

no it’s fine you don’t gotta

faint panther
#

i mean i can

#

if you are intrested

vocal brook
#

German is functional and beautiful

north hamlet
#

Late to the party but there were a ton of colonial powers in oceania plus asian empires trading and politicking so you have English, French, Spanish, Chinese plus all the native island languages at least

#

There are a lot of little tribes with their own languages around there

hasty kernel
#

I dont really agree, Stan

#

Its functional, and its a good language for rapping, but I wouldnt say that I enjoy listening to german people talk

#

And mind you, Ive been living here for 21 years

vocal brook
#

That's fair, you have much more experience with it than I do (and it does make for fantastic rappingl

hasty kernel
#

Its a shame most german rap sucks

#

Only good ones are Fanta 4, Fettes Brot and die Ärzte occasionally

#

Its not an ugly language either though

#

Its just kind of middle of the pack

#

But it does mean there arent really any good german folk songs

glad cloak
#

True

#

It also sound good for metal songs

hasty kernel
#

True

#

Industrial metal in particular

#

Though germany has a fair presence in various metal genres, often singing in english

faint panther
#

German Metal tho

#

allot of barrotone voices

#

Rammstein and Lord of the Lost come to mind.,. and Oomph!

glad cloak
#

It's not exactly metal but I also like E Nomine

faint panther
#

i listen to allot of different things

#

mostly metal

#

and.. K-pop

#

i know

hasty kernel
#

Im a fan of Fiddler's Green

#

Also Die Ärzte

glad cloak
#

Uuh, fiddler

#

Love Victor and his Demons

hasty kernel
#

Yindy is my favourite one

faint panther
#

idk.. i never could really explain why i i love both metal and deathcore, but also rock out to k-pop

hasty kernel
#

Oh and I actually really like Grendel, which is a dutch band/project

faint panther
#

Grendel is ok

glad cloak
#

I'm a Rocker at heart, but I still listen to a lot of different genre

faint panther
#

yah. i like good music

hasty kernel
#

I honestly like all but the first Album of Grendel

faint panther
#

anythig that sounds nice

hasty kernel
#

The first one was just eh

#

Second one was great

faint panther
#

im spamming everyone with

#

you should listen to Tamino - Habibi

hasty kernel
#

Also Assemblage 23, who I have yet to find a bad song of

faint panther
#

egyptian belgian singber

#

with an amazing voice

hasty kernel
#

Well I guess I dont like Ignorance very much, but even that song is more mediocre than bad

vocal brook
#

The only german music I listen to is what we heard in German class

hasty kernel
#

Also, the most meta song that happens to be related to A23

limber horizon
hasty kernel
#

Looks like its straight from 1990

opaque quail
#

I have no idea what this is, and my only guess is.... ART SQOOL?

#

Taciturasa please let me know, I'm very intrigued. 👀

hasty kernel
#

There was a link earlier

#

I think its called Hypnospace outlaw?

opaque quail
#

oooOOooooo

faint panther
#

im not gonna play a game

#

that brings me back to a time

#

where i didnt like internet in the slightest >.>

limber horizon
#

just came out today

#

i believe it's directed by the creator of dropsy

faint panther
#

katana zero tho

#

now thats my jam

opaque quail
#

Thank you!!! Alice actually JUST talked about it too, the universe wants me to experience old bad internet. ablobthinkzerogravity

hasty kernel
#

Hot take: I dont like the "A E S T H E T I C" trend of late

opaque quail
#

Oh man, I am definitely onboard with the vaporwave aesthetic. It'll hit bigtime and be insufferable at some point, probably, but I'm glad to still be enjoying it. 😄

faint panther
#

currently im playing Ape out, and Dead Cells

hasty kernel
#

I always hated it

#

And especially the music

faint panther
#

Vaporwave is fine

hasty kernel
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But then again, I like Aggrotech which most people arent too fond of

opaque quail
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Oh Ape Out!! I played it at PAX South but haven't picked it up yet, I'm excited to get into it!

hasty kernel
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So, eh, everyone has their thing

faint panther
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it's proper good

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but currently

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Devolver is a good publisher

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anything they are involved with

opaque quail
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Hotline Miami in a format that I think I can play more easily/pick myself back up from failure more easily.

faint panther
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is either good or Great

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did you play The messenger last year?

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i absolutely destroyed that game with 4 full 100% playtroughs

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with 2 custom challenges

hasty kernel
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Also, after totally trivializing every single encounter, including the final boss, in Trails of Cold Steel 2, I think I finally get some of the appeal of minmaxing

royal kestrel
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I played Ape Out the day it came out! I really enjoyed it. I can't bring myself to try to play it in "Harder" mode though.

faint panther
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nice

limber horizon
velvet fjord
stuck spire
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HHHHhhhh

serene tulip
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not sure if there are any dota folks at all in here, but I adore the new hero Mars

hexed hollow
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Their certainly are dota peoples in here

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(I'm not one of them)

north hamlet
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@serene tulip what he like?

serene tulip
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Tanky, really good at knocking folks out of position, or keeping them in it.

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He has a big ol arena thi g that keeps people inside, and a spear that can stun a hero if it knocks them into a tree/cliff/building

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Put a blink dagger on him and he's just so much fun.

north hamlet
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Nice nice

hasty kernel
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Honestly I find his design underwhelming

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Its just a bunch of ideas taken from other Mobas either literally 1:1, or nearly 1:1

serene tulip
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@hasty kernel Yeah, I mean, you're not wrong, but as moba becomes an older genre its going to be harder to get truly innovative stuff.

hasty kernel
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I mean, on one hand, yes

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On the other hand, HotS and League have shown that youve got plenty of design space left

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Dota used to have the excuse of being limited by its WC3 framework, but somehow even after it went standalone, it never let go of its limitations

serene tulip
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Amusingly they've kept some of its limitations specifically because folks wanted those WC3 quirks

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or they had

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they've been slowly getting rid of them the longer the game has been out

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thank christ. Orb effects were the worst.

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(I mean, not once you understood how they worked, but they were just dumb)

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To be honest, I don't really see Dota getting that Innovative any time soon

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Its definitely more competitive minded than the other games in its genre

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and I think that going with "tried and true" lends itself to that

hasty kernel
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Ehh

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Id actually say it isnt

serene tulip
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(not to say that Auriel didn't help me practice for mars)

hasty kernel
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Its the most random of mobas

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By a pretty wide margin

serene tulip
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Most of the important randomness is PRNG

hasty kernel
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Which, despite the misnomer, is still 100% random

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It just adjust the chances

serene tulip
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yeah, adjusts them asymptotically towards success

stiff lotus
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YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

serene tulip
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oooooh

hasty kernel
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Problem is

serene tulip
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you have my attention

hasty kernel
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All outcomes that were possible

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Remain possible

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Its just as random as before

serene tulip
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For example, skull basher's bash has an 8.5% chance to bash on the first hit. and then it increases by 8.5% every subsequent hit until it gets a bash. You're garanteeed a bash on your 12th hit.

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This creates a more predictable, and fair all around "rng"

hasty kernel
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It slightly improves the terribleness of randomness

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But is a very far cry from being fair

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Given that (output) randomness has absolutely no place in competitive games

serene tulip
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It really isn't. If randomness were really such a deciding factor, then consistency in victory would be less pronounced

hasty kernel
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Dota 2s overwhelming presence of RNG is rather awful, and does make the game considerably less competitive than it would be

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By that logic, consistency in poker victories would be less pronounced either

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You can still win consistently with randomness as a factor

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Its just less consistent

serene tulip
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But to say that poker is uncompetitive is wrong.

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Randomness in and of itself requires its own skill because dealing with unknowns and setbacks is something that can be rewarded

hasty kernel
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Sure, that would be wrong

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To say that Poker is less competitive than chess however

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Is absolutely correct

serene tulip
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Would you say that chess is completely without luck?

hasty kernel
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Well, yes?

serene tulip
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Doesn't that ignore the human element of the game?

hasty kernel
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The human element is only unpredictable, not random

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It is ultimately a game of pure skill

serene tulip
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I humbly disagree

hasty kernel
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And the player who plays better

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Always wins

serene tulip
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Also, unpredictability is inherently similar to randomness

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Consistently wins, but not always

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If it were always, there would be no need for BO3s, or losers brackets

hasty kernel
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Similiar, but not the same

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Well, no

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The player who plays better always wins

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But the better player doesnt always play better

serene tulip
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And that inconsistency is, to some degree, random, is it not?

hasty kernel
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No

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Random means the outcome was decided not by anyones decision, or by predictable factors

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But by chance

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To put it best

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Every time you lose at chess, you couldve made something differently to win

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However, a lot of the time where you lose in, say, Poker, you couldnt have

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And Dota 2s randomness is strictly in the latter category

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A lucky series of PA crits can decide a game

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A series of uphill misses, or low attack damage rolls can mess up your early game

serene tulip
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Building around a lucky series of PA crits can decide a game too

hasty kernel
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Thats why, despite its other flaws

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HotS actually did that very well

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The game had no output randomness

serene tulip
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Which is why HotS is played by all the best players

hasty kernel
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That has more to do with the price pool

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You dont make as much money with HotS

serene tulip
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True, but even if it weren't, the "true" competetive edge offered by HotS is not enough of a draw for the most competitive players to even play on their own time

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Because HotS does other things wrong.

hasty kernel
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Eh, I dont agree

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The reason you dont play HotS as a truly competitive player is because its prize pools are lower, and because there are fewer players

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However, I do think Im a fairly competitive player, and HotS was a lot more competitive than Dota was

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Probably even more competitive than league, what with league still having crit be random for some reason

serene tulip
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I think that a lot of people find HotS boring because mechanically its much more simpler than dota

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Just because something is distilled doesn't make it better

hasty kernel
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Yknow, I also dont agree with that

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....

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Uh

buoyant frigate
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I. Well

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Oof

hasty kernel
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Outside of Micro

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Which most Dota 2 heroes dont have to actually bother with

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Dota 2 is by far the most simple MOBA mechanically

serene tulip
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Economy management

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Itemization