janonymous

I wonder if you can

Yeah, I don't think going on the offensive is going to help you. It's just going to alienate everyone.

I don't quite get how you still get woken by the bells if your house is isolated and you wear ear protection to bed. There must be a way to get your bedroom soundproof.

It sounds like your issue isn't just the sound of the bells. I've lived near a hospital with ambulances blaring students coming and going randomly at every hour. After a while we got used to it. Now, when I rewatch videos from back then I'm surprised to hear them, because they aren't in my memory. What I'm getting at is that your opposition to the sound, your anger, is drawing your focus. I don't think you can get used to them if they keep triggering strong emotions in you. It might be a long shot and I understand this isn't the solution you are looking for, but maybe you can get used to them eventually. Humans are really good at getting used to new conditions. You can't control your environment, but you can control your reaction to it. It sounds like some zen shit, and it is, but reducing your anger about the bells and accepting them as a new part of your life, might help you get your sleep back. There is no physical reason, why you shouldn't be able to sleep through the bells ringing. So, at least in theory, you should be able to change it by accepting it. I'm not saying it's going to be easy, but it should be possible and if you manage to do that, you will be able to handle similar issues as well.

Not quite what you are looking for, but tehsnakerer is my favorite YouTuber who plays through video games. Not quite let's plays, though, more extensive critiques

Wet dream

Very nice! Never heard of them, but with a name like Turtle Skull I knew I would like them! Thanks for sharing!

We got that one in Germany as well

Who would intentionally put their time and effort into a movie, risk hurting their careers and risk losing the studios money? And all that to upset fans of the characters?

That movie could have easily went the way of Batgirl and be shelved for a tax cut.

Not attempting stand-up, too

Okay, a bunch of thoughts come to mind.

I love Diablo. However, I think a big part of it is the atmosphere and also me being young and never having seen anything like it. That's pretty hard to recreate. I heard the game Halls of Torment nailed the Diablo atmosphere, but as a Vampire Survivors-like. Basically it's focused on the grind and progression. Maybe, that's something for you? Personally, I haven't found anything that is as fun as Diablo, so every now and then I play Diablo 1 with a new mod, like the new The Hell 3 Mod. It brings back the wonder of the unknown, because there is lots of new stuff in there. I also loved Book of Demons, which is basically a streamlined version of Diablo 1 with a dark comedic twist.

I think you underestimate the satisfaction that comes from clearing levels in Diablo. Yes, it could be a different theme and still work, but isn't that proof of how potent it is? So the question is, why does it feel like a grind to you? I wager it's because the magic Diablo had for you got lost over time. You know how they work now, you've seen behind the curtain and thus don't feel the danger, the intrigue like you used to. Maybe you will find it in games like Elden Ring that you don't see through right away?

About the stats progression: I think a very big part of the fun of progressing your character comes from doing it the way you want. It's a form of expression. You want to be a Necromancer that only uses Golems or a Mage focused on ice. I think what a lot of Diablo-likes miss is finding a good way to allow lots of expression in character development. Too often I feel boxed in by the class and it doesn't feel like it's my Tinkerer, but the Tinkerer instead. A good Diablo-like has abilities that define the character instead of just simple stat increases and cooldown reductions and all that.

Lastly, if you haven't seen it there is a great Diablo 4 Critique on YouTube that might give some more food for thought!

They did admit that Nadu was a mistake, though.

Woah... not sure what to think about that. I really liked that the format was not controlled by wotc. Although, I guess since they started printing Commander cards and started selling Commander decks and others products for the format, they already had some sort of control over it. Maybe it's better when this weird setup is finally consolidated? I don't know. Feels weird.

I'm sorry, but these protests are going to far! That was a perfectly fine soup!