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UE5 uses mega scans of real world assets.

Not even lesser, there's always a chance that a more extreme person/system replaces them.

Depends, building good games that establish goodwill and a strong franchise will make you more money in the end than the quick pump and dump mobile game candy crush bullshit.

The difference is that the mobile game model can exist perpetually in a state of pump and dump because the platform of mobile is essentially purpose built to be a time waster. Consoles and PC games are intended to be an activity in themselves instead of a way to take a smoke break, the ramifications of attempting to convert the standard videogame model to the pump and dump model has been successful depending on your definition.

Sure we've established that whales exist in every market and some people will buy every MTX they can even if it's CoD or whatever, but we've also seen people who used to spend a considerable amount of money on games stop doing so, because the market doesn't cater to their preferences. That's the point Larian is making, you can create a true fan base with their model, you can only create addicts with the pump and dump model.

By dumb people, hence the comment you're responding to.

Mostly it was the paper and textile industries lobbying against cannabis so that the superior products that can be made with hemp were illegal and didn't stand in the way of their infrastructure and market segment.

That alone probably fueled the drug war against it as much as the government using it to crack down on any minority they could illustrate as using it more often.

Well for starters your assessment of your own attractiveness might be overstated, it's also possible that it's accentuated by poor grooming, fashion, or fitness standards.

So let's assume you just have an unattractive face, full stop. Do you have a patchy beard? Maybe keep it only in areas where you grow hair more fully like a goatee, or clean shave if you don't have any areas where it grows well. Make sure your hairstyle fits the shape of your face, if you have a longer more oval-like shape a fade on the sides and longer on top works well. If you have a round face then longer hair usually pairs well with that as it helps even out the width.

Physically you'll need to be in better shape than most, if just to keep up. You don't need to be a body builder necessarily, but having muscle and a beer gut looks better than being "skinny-fat" as they say. A lot of the stigma around short guys surrounds us not being as capable of defending ourselves and our families due to size, but anyone who's ever been in martial arts can tell you weight is more important than height, and while height can allow higher weight capacity, not every tall guy gets shredded. Being bigger will help offset that stigma, the worst thing a short guy can be is scrawny.

Also important is personal hygiene, I've always been complimented on this especially when getting head, and believe me it's the quickest way to show someone you have attention to detail. If you can get and afford baby wipes they make a great finisher so you can actually get clean after going to the bathroom, and take showers regularly.

Now this last part is the hardest since it has no tangible existence that can be measured, but you have to accept a couple of truths. Keep in mind when I say these things that I myself am 5'4-5'5" depending on time of day so I'm not some 6' chad giving you useless info. I have LIVED this for a large part of my existence.

1. Everyone has preferences, and it's OK that some women need their guy to be taller than them. It sucks, but no matter who you are there's a guarantee you won't be everyone's cup of tea and that's just life.

2. Think of these preferences as a filter, the women that care aren't your dating target anyways. Find the ones that don't seem to mind and focus on those.

3. Even the women that don't mind WILL be turned off the more you harp on how being a short guy is the cause of all your problems. You must be the bigger man when it comes to this, if you get made fun of find a way to respond that doesn't show you're insecure about it even if you are, but getting angry is the one thing you absolutely cannot do. It's literally the goal of people who ridicule you to make you angry so they can point and go "look at the pissed off short guy he's such a stereotype." You have to rise above this in social situations until the person making fun of you for it is seen as the weird one for focusing on it so much. It's the only way to win. Either way you have to reframe the way you see yourself so that you're not a victim. It's the most difficult part of the mental hurdle to overcome but you'll not see success until you do.

"I've had enough of your disingenuous assertions"

Cardboard and paper bags went out of style because of the "save the rainforest" narrative. Even though most paper products are made from trees specifically grown to be harvested for their wood.

That's why we started using plastic bags at grocery stores, remember?

Damn close.

I agree in theory but Fallout 3 is a horrible example, the art direction was the epitome of the era's fascination with bland brown and sickening green landscapes.

The answer here is to ask if photorealism matters to the game or not, if another type of art direction suits better then do that. Hell, look at Boltgun or even just games that used contrast and bold colors to their advantage like Halo 3 or Mass Effect 2.

Well there's your problem, you wanted better resolution but didn't match it with a GPU upgrade.

Gotta have both or you'll suffer a bit of loss.

You don't need a personal trainer anymore than you need a mechanic to change your wheel/tire. A little research and/or just a decently competent fitness-minded individual to mentor you for a few sessions is all you need.