newthrowaway20

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[–] newthrowaway20 1 points 21 minutes ago

I hope you're right that things do actually stop.

I guess I'm just too cynical. I don't think either Trump or Biden actually give a shit about perpetuating, stopping or even acknowledging genocide. I don't think they have any ideological alignment other aligning to whichever lobbyist paid the most this week. Selling weapons is normal business for US, and we'll continue to justify selling weapons whenever there's money to be made.

[–] newthrowaway20 2 points 35 minutes ago* (last edited 34 minutes ago) (2 children)

You're combining what I said with another commenter to make some weird argument about moving goalposts or some shit. I didn't say anything of the sort. I just think it's worth pointing out that Israel has broken their ceasefire agreements like hundreds of times. If you're going to use the ceasefire as a benchmark, it's probably important to know the context around previous ceasefires and how pointless they've been.

But hey. It sounds like you just wanna pat yourself on the back. You don't need to respond to me to do that.

[–] newthrowaway20 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (4 children)

Oh yeah, duh. Because the Israeli government never broke a signed ceasefire before. I forgot. They always do what they say.

Say. Are you interested in sending me money to help build a bridge?

[–] newthrowaway20 2 points 1 hour ago

Gotta love when you waste years doing bull shit.

[–] newthrowaway20 6 points 1 hour ago

It is absolutely performative. Don't even consider for a moment that he doesn't know what he's doing by dismissing consumer protections like that.

[–] newthrowaway20 2 points 18 hours ago

Ok, that's pretty exciting! I'll have to make a ton of room on my steam deck though lol

[–] newthrowaway20 82 points 1 day ago (6 children)

This is so nakedly transparent. The tech industry is god damn giddy for Trump. They stand to make so much more money and exploit us at levels hitherto unheard of.

[–] newthrowaway20 4 points 2 days ago

That's not what dark money means.

[–] newthrowaway20 59 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Didn't you hear? Apparently if we vote for it, a domestic threat is allowed to just walk on in and do his thing.

[–] newthrowaway20 16 points 4 days ago

Let's be honest, the companies allowed inclusion of the DEI and social/political commentary because they didn't think it mattered not becuase they actually care about such issues.

No. They included this stuff because they thought it would make them more money. Now they think excluding it will make them more money.

It was always about the bottom line.

[–] newthrowaway20 7 points 4 days ago

Same delay. This is the 2nd delay of this game.

[–] newthrowaway20 5 points 5 days ago

I think any good developer can make any tool good if they have the proper time to optimize and bug fix. But I don't think most management really gives time to those things anymore. I know the fortune 50 company I work for is embarrassingly lacking in Quality Assurance on any of our development work, I can only imagine how poorly some other huge companies actually manage.

 

If you aren't aware, the Ghost Stories English Dub is one of the most insane dubs ever made. It's incredibly offensive and racist and bat shit insane at times and it's probably one of the funniest things I've ever watched. Scamboli Reviews has a great summary video about it. If you have time, it's worth watching this anime at least once in your life.

 

The Gold Saucer is sure to be fantastic, and I'm excited to see the date scene. But I'm particularly interested in how they do Barret and Dyne's encounter. I hope they expand on that whole moment.

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by newthrowaway20 to c/baldurs_gate_3
 

Can we discuss the start of act 2?

I made it a point not to roll back my saves for any decision I make. So far, I've managed to save the tiefling's at the druid camp. Being a tiefling myself, I want to see them make it!

This made me all the more excited to see all the tiefling's that I'd saved make it this far. And boy were there a lot of them. So many people I recognized from previous conversations or quests. I was thrilled! And they of course remembered me.

I say all this to emphasize how hard it hit me when I wasn't able to protect Isabel. That whole interaction blindsided me so bad. And my initiative roll was horrible for all my characters, I ended up being paralyzed and they just slaughtered her in 2 turns.

It was a freaking gut punch, the likes I haven't felt in a game in years. All those innocent people, turned to monsters, then forcing me to put them down.

My main character was always so optimistic before this. This interaction is gonna make me change the way I play and the decisions I make going forward, just to really add to the impact of him losing all those people he cared about, thinking the decisions he made led to their death.

Is there anyone living the good life with their tiefling friends in the Last Light Inn? Anyone who saved Isabel? Because my character just lost his people and is a broken person now because of it.

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