I kept dying. And I couldn’t figure out how anyone dies in a narrative game. I couldn’t really figure out how to play the game and gave up after dying 2x in the same conversation.

I’m still so confused how one dies from conversation.

Instead I watched a video about the game.

I play a lot of games but nothing like this one. I wanted to like it but I’m too dumb to figure out the mechanics. And I even tried watching videos and found them convoluted and confusing.

Meh.

Loved the art style tho.

I really liked and the story. But after taking a year break and then playing the dlc phantom liberty. I kinda was over it. Just felt like work. Not really fun.

So idk. Maybe you just have to be in the right mood for it.

Well just fyi. The end missions are currently, still today, broke. So only one ending available that is regardless of whatever choices you made.

I loved the first one. I like this one but they made some bad changes.

But mostly they need to fix the mission bugs.

First one you could change the armor and weapons on the companions.

Also I really liked the vicar and Parvati. Vicar was like a snarky gay guy and I loved it. I will admit the other 3 were blah. But the new companions on OW2 are kinda bland.

I don’t really like any of them. Niles and inza had potential but wasn’t developed.

And I straight up dislike Tristan’s personality. He’s just awful.

Aza can be entertaining. If they made her more impulsive I think that could have been fun.
For instance if you take too long in negotiations and shes present. She just starts attacking people after some time limit.

Or randomly attacks strangers she doesn’t like the look of.

They could have done something interesting with her.

But mostly they need to fix the damn quest bugs so I can finish the game.

Also there was a quest in ow1 where some sketchy dude asks you to do some sketchy thing. And you realize this during the quest. You can go back to him and get the reward. Or sucker punch him.

I wanted more of that in ow2. Didn’t get it.

So the U.S didn’t even make it on this list ?

I lived in Wales for a year a few years back. Actually colored hair was way more common over there when I was there. Even in older adults.

Had teachers with pink hair in their 60s.

Tattoos also more common. I recall one of the professors lookee like a Goth girl. She also gave me mediocre grades on everything I submitted to her. 😅

Septum piercing. Always wore black. And long jet black hair. She also told us how to pirate research papers and textbooks on day one. In a power point.

Idk. The culture there was just more chill about alternative style. At least while I was there.

I was in Swansea.

Well there is the intolerance paradox. So you have to be mindful of that.

Bots and AI. But rooted back to capitalism as someone else already said.

Dead internet theory is real.

Black Rock will take it all. Already is

Maybe a lot of millennials?

Idk. I’m f millennial.

Can I get in? Do I need to send you some venmo first ? Pretty please!?!

I know. It’s. Rough at first cause of hobby subs. But it’s lost bro. It’s all lost.

It’s all bots that are left.

Yeah they are banning for saying anything against musk , Trump, any of his cabinet. Or saying something nice about Luigi. The censorship is out of control.

There are sites you can use for phone verification. Open online phone numbers to use.

Yeah I got on the other day on my 2ndary account. It’s banned now too.

I literally haven’t commented about anything with it except a game walk through.

First account banned for listing maga trolls who sent me death threats for banning them from my small city sub.

Reddit says it was doxing. Not sure how.

Anyway. On reddit info it says it uses IP , screen resolution, and device numbers.

So I change my IP all the time

And I recently moved and at the same time got a new PC cause my old one died.

So I was using this 2ndary account on new IP, new PC, new city.

And some how they still flagged it.

So that means something else is going on.

Wages are not keeping up with inflation. The middle class is disappearing.

Fascism is on the rise everywhere.

Basic Education has declined and higher education is less accessible.

Climate change. Worse storms. Lots of animals are extinct or nearing extinct.

Big Companies own everything.

No one can afford a house.

Subscriptions for everything.

Life saving maintenance drugs are insanely expensive. A subscription to live.

Women’s rights being removed.

Natural resources all owned by companies with no oversight.

it’s getting bad.

However. It’s worth noting that the cause of all of these things isnt new.

This is the inevitable outcome of policies from as much as 100 years ago. (200 years ago? Capitalism)

Also. For some groups of people, things used to be much worse in many ways.

So some things are better. But the quality of life over all is probably declining.

Late stage capitalism and the dead internet.

When I have to focus on something I don’t want to do , I find manipulating myself works pretty well.

You just have to find out the best ways to coerce yourself.

I give myself rewards for doing the work. Ice cream, mostly. A promise myself something I want like a blizzard or milkshake if I get the weeks work finished on schedule. Then when I have it , it’s reinforcements that my work was worth it.

I also like competition with myself. so I set reasonable goals and then I will keep at it until I meet the goal. I also really like it when I exceed the goal. So it’s one way to help motivate myself.

I also find that I have to be like a strict parent with myself sometimes.

I don’t even let myself try to come up with an excuse not to do something.

I have to. No ifs and or buts. Once you start making an argument in your head about why you can do it later. Or why it’s not that important, you have fallen. Don’t listen!

Honestly it often feels like I’m forcing a child to clean their room. But it gets easier to push yourself the more you do it. .I also try hard to find something interesting about the work. Even if going in, I was 100 % uninterested in the topic. I try my best to find something to latch to.

Being genuinely interested really helps with motivation.

And as many others pointed out. Math is just practice.

Your speed is based on fluency. Which is based on experience.