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submitted 11 months ago by pieceofcrazy@feddit.it to c/rpg@lemmy.ca

Hello everyone! I don't have much experience, but one thing I learned while playing Troika! with my friends is that the more I prep the more forced the game will feel (at least to me). I think it has to do in part with the fact that I will more or less voluntarily try to steer players towards content I prepared (it's some kind of sunk-cost fallacy I think) and in part with me kind of knowing what to expect, making the game less enjoyable to DM. The best sessions have been the ones where I had two or three ideas and winged it, building upon what the players did or said and generally improvising. The biggest con to this approach is that it's hard to keep everything consistent and I'm constantly afraid of contradicting stuff I said before or just plain forgetting it. I want to start taking notes, but I'm also afraid of being distracted from the players while I jot down stuff. So I ask you what are your tips for a more immediate, "plug and play" style of playing. I'm not too interested in having a balanced game or telling intricate overarching plots, and I enjoy strange situations that require creative thinking the most (plus cool worlds and creatures/NPCs). I would love to find a way to start playing out of the blue like one does with boardgames (well, the casual ones everyone plays)

[-] pieceofcrazy@feddit.it 10 points 1 year ago

I don't quite get how a "collective art piece" could get "hijacked". If it can be hijacked than it's only collective and collaborative for the ones that Reddit likes.

Of course this is the only way they could present it, but as far as I'm concerned the cool thing about r/place, in principle, is that you can see the chaos of the world, with opposite views, opinions, goals, tastes, interests sharing the same space, the same place, and interacting with each other.

I'd much rather see swastikas alongside sickles and hammers, stickmen being murdered alongside unicorns, dirty jokes alongside the Mona Lisa, than this corporate PR stunt.

I think it also shows that the protests have been somehow successful. Sure, Reddit won't fail, but if they decided to do another r/Place it's only because they know how loved it is by the community and hope to make people forget about the disaster.

[-] pieceofcrazy@feddit.it 26 points 1 year ago

It's an old (early-internet?) joke iirc. And yes, I think that's the answer

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I usually download from libgen and read on Panels on my iPad, but often issues of the same series use different naming conventions and they all get mixed up. Is there any way to semi-automatically rename and organize comics?

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Rats don't live long, the first result on Google says that they live 2-4 years on average and the longest living rat in captivity lived to be 7 years old.

I like to think that after the rat's death everyone will treasure the good memories and start another restaurant of their own. But it's more likely that they'll be depressed and miserable for the rest of their lives without being able to tell anyone their story.

[-] pieceofcrazy@feddit.it 7 points 1 year ago

I'm using Top 6 Hours since I'm trying to not use my phone that much, and when it gets boring I switch to Hot or New.

Sorting by New is particularly refreshing since the communitoes are smaller and it doesn't feel as a depressing ocean of posts no one will interact with.

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Ciao a tutti! La versione corta è che dovrò cambiare città a breve (da Roma a Torino, probabilmente con vari viaggi in treno) e vorrei portare solo lo stretto necessario o poco più, ma per farlo devo iniziare a reimmaginare la mia routine come radicalmente diversa da ora.

La versione lunga è questa: ho 20 anni, nato e cresciuto a Roma e sto per trasferirmi a Torino con la mia ragazza perché Roma, tra caos, affitti inarrivabili e tempi di percorrenza assurdi per fare qualsiasi cosa, ormai ci sta stretta.

Ovviamente ho sempre vissuto con i miei (separati, quindi con le mie cose sparse per due case) e, per forza di cose, in vent'anni ho accumulato una discreta quantità di oggetti che non posso portare con me (anche perché sono ben consapevole che la vita dello studente fuori sede è fatta anche di mille cambi di casa e portarsi dietro ogni proprio avere è un suicidio bello e buono, in più non so ancora in che casa finiremo). Come accennato nella versione breve, per fare una buona selezione devo iniziare a immaginare concretamente la mia vita in una nuova città e questo non è semplice. Ad esempio, pensavo di non portarmi tutti i vestiti, ma questo significa sia calcolare grosso modo quanti vestiti sporco mediamente a settimana, sia trovare un buon equilibrio tra vestiti invernali ed estivi (ma anche tra belli e pratici), e quindi chiedermi che vestiti potrebbero servirmi con il clima torinese (che da quanto so non è troppo diverso da quello romano, ma non penso di essere pronto al freddo piemontese ad esempio) e ogni quanto dovrei fare la lavatrice (tenendo in considerazione che da ora dovrò pensare alle bollette e che i soldi non sono molti). In tutto ciò, ad oggi sono un blob informe quando si tratta di organizzazione e costanza nelle abitudini (accumolo vestiti sporchi finché non posso più vestirmi) e programmare una buona, per quanto ancora vaga, routine è sia utile che una bella sfida.

Questo tipo di discorso va moltiplicato per ogni "categoria" di oggetto: porto qualche libro? Quali? I videogiochi? Porto un solo controller da attaccare al PC o tutti e tre? Porto il basso e la chitarra? Prendo anche l'amplificatore o mi attacco alla scheda audio del computer? i giochi da tavolo? La cancelleria? Oggetti inutili ma con valore affettivo? Potrebbe sevirmi questo cassetto pieno di cavi di ogni tipo? Ho intenzione di recuperare quell'hobby a cui mi ero appassionato qualche mese fa? Perché in caso dovrei portarmi dietro il necessario.

In tutto ciò anche mia madre cambierà città nello stesso periodo, e quindi devo decidere cosa portarmi dietro, cosa mollare da mio padre e cosa buttare/vendere/regalare.

L'unica categoria a cui mi sono dedicato per ora sono i libri e i fumetti. Porterò su una decina di opere che considero formative per me (che in un certo senso possano "ricordarmi chi sono"), altre cose a cui sono legato vanno da mio padre e il resto, talvolta a malinquore, si cerca di vendere per ampliare un po' il fondo di emergenza.

In sostanza mi rivolgo a voi popolo di Feddit per ricevere consigli da chi di voi ha cambiato casa venti volte ed è ormai un veterano dei traslochi. Vorrei partire il più leggero possibile ma senza trascurare il fattore emotivo. C'è anche da considerare che questa sarà la prima occasione in cui potrò costruirmi il mio ambiente (cioè, nostro visto che vado a convivere) e quindi penso sia importante selezionare che cosa portarmi dietro dalla mia vita fino ad ora (c'è sicuramente del romantico e del simbolico superfluo, ma è un po' come se stessi scegliendo cosa sacrificare e cosa tenermi stretto della mia identità).

Chiedo venia per il papiro e vi ringrazio dell'attenzione u.u

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I do, most of the time. I've always felt creative, I always have thousands of ideas and concepts for anything, be it a drawing, a song or a text of any kind, but regardless of what it is, anytime I sit down and try to make something I hate it, I hate it so deeply it disgusts me and kills any will to continue whatever it is I'm doing.

I tried to write some lyrics some days ago, it felt okay-ish until I wnt back and read it, at which point it feelt as if I was seeing someone else in the mirror: all the things, the ideas, the feelings I thought I put in it just aren't there. It feels hollow, alien, repulsive.

I know I can't be good as a beginner, but I've been a beginner in everything since I was a kid. And I kept trying and trying and trying, and every time I felt that feeling of disgust and repulsion, outrage even. I just can't stand it anymore, and maybe "art", or rather artistic self-expression, isn't my thing? Maybe I keep trying to open a door that simply isn't the one I'm supposed to open?

Did you ever feel this way and overcame it? I don't even care about making whatever I make public, I just want to feel as if I gave shape to something I thought or felt.

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BODY OF THE POST WHERE IT IS ASKED IF THE USER IS DOING IT RIGHT

[-] pieceofcrazy@feddit.it 6 points 1 year ago

I keep hearing this argument when it's about Nintendo, but it never happens with the other companies. What Sony and Microsoft do is upgrade the hardware and change the aesthetic of the console, and that's about it. The reason the Wii U failed is because it felt like an accessory (marketing focused on the pad and the actual console was very similar to the original Wii).

I don't think they can do anything that isn't hybrid now.

[-] pieceofcrazy@feddit.it 8 points 1 year ago

I think this is also, like, illegal? At least I the EU

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I want to replay the original Fallout because when I did I cheesed my way through it (got captured by the master, save-scummed like crazy and killed everyone, game over without actually realizing what happened), and I was wondering what's the most the most balanced build to have most doors open when it comes to choosing how to approach a quest. I don't want the exact stats or anything, just some general tips.

Thank you all in advance!

[-] pieceofcrazy@feddit.it 6 points 1 year ago

You guys read people’s usernames?

[-] pieceofcrazy@feddit.it 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Cats dying from alcohol poisoning

(I’m guessing Just Cause?)

EDIT: yup it's dwarf fortress

[-] pieceofcrazy@feddit.it 7 points 1 year ago

Sure looks like it. It's probably better for their image to be down than to have users refreshing and not seeing new content

[-] pieceofcrazy@feddit.it 10 points 1 year ago

It kinda happened for me with Fallout New Vegas. I was maybe 11 and never played anything from the series. I spent my time killer hobo-ing my way through but I always felt like I was missing something, then I started reading negative opinions about it online and got influence by that, so I dropped it. After some time I played Fallout 3, liked and thought it was much better than New Vegas and decided to give NV another shot (I was at 12 or 13 by then). I loved it to the point where it is probably on the top of my emotional top 10. It got me into 50s/60s music, got me interested in politics and ethics, made me become a fan of science fiction and old school RPGs focused on story and a variety of approaches. Really a fantastic game

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submitted 1 year ago by pieceofcrazy@feddit.it to c/osr@lemmy.ml

I'm new and r/osr and r/Troika are two of the communities I'm missing the most. Is anybody here?

[-] pieceofcrazy@feddit.it 7 points 1 year ago

Find interesting stuff -> not now -> leave tab open for later -> notice it hours/days/weeks later -> not now -> repeat untill closed without reading

[-] pieceofcrazy@feddit.it 7 points 1 year ago

Yeah it feels like most right wing people are more progressive than they think.

I'm not from the U.S. but everytime I talk with a conservative we agree on a lot of things once they stop talking with slogans

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submitted 1 year ago by pieceofcrazy@feddit.it to c/pirati@feddit.it

Sono nuovo e dando un'occhiata alle comunità di Feddit.it ho scoperto questo movimento. Sono curioso di saperne di più (ho già visitato il sito) e mi domandavo se esistesse una community internazionale qui su Lemmy. Dando un'occhiata rapida mi sembra di non aver trovato nulla, ma non sono ancora pratico della piattaforma.

Grazie in anticipo!

[-] pieceofcrazy@feddit.it 8 points 1 year ago

I'm Gen Z and when I was little my parents were (rightfully) very careful with how much time I spent on the internet. Even so, I saw from a distance the old internet, where forums were a thing and you could find lots of cool websites that people made for reasons that weren't limited to promoting or selling something.

When I discovered Reddit it was like I could somehow experience that time, but for many the decline had already started.

I love interacting with people, asking and answering questions, discovering and making others discover new things, but I just can't stand feeling like everything and everyone is trying to sell me something anymore.

Now that I'm here, I feel like this could be the place, at least for a while.

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