Malle_Yeno

Okay! So I’m not crazy, he did actually say that! I remember someone saying EoSD was getting a remake and I was like “but that would mean he is literally remaking it from zero, no?”

Unbelievingly and ungodly based, get this man his beer

Hi I’ve been playing touhou games for over a decade and played every one, including the DOS games

EoSD is the first game in the windows era of touhou. So it is the literal starting point of everything else (DOS games aren’t really considered canon nor part of the normal touhou experience)

For gameplay, I would say eosd is a fine first touhou game.

If you want the fullest touhou experience right off the bat, start with Imperishable Night. Tooons of gameplay and one of the most customizable touhous. Its as hard as you want to make it for yourself.

Be warned that EoSD (original, not sure about remake) and the games before it do the bullshit inaccessible thing that arcade games used to go where you aren’t allowed to finish the game on Easy. zun cut that nonsense out after (good for him) but that’s context for you in case you get the older games.

My genuine recommendation to newbies is to either try the demos or “acquire” the game first, then to buy the game if you’re still playing after two hours. Because the games are very hit or miss depending on the kind of person you are. The demos often don’t do a great job of letting you know what to expect in the latter half (looking at you, UFO), so don’t discount the later option just because of a demo being available. (But nevertheless, if you try it and feel like this is the game for you, then give zun your money. He needs a beer after the work he puts in)

Companies can define what their fiscal year is to be whatever basically (unless the country they’re based in is super particular about accounting practices), just as long as it’s four quarters. I’ve worked in places where the calendar year lines up with their fiscal, a March fiscal year, and an October fiscal year.

Okay, that makes sense. I understood the article, but I was missing context on how that adage is used. If it’s meant to say “don’t let the user design the solution for you” instead of “user feedback is useless unless they suggest solutions”, then that’s great!

Well, yeah? That’s not really their job. All users did is buy a thing, they didn’t also sign up to be free QA.

Edit: this adage is used to say explicitly what I am meaning. I didn’t get that, whoops.

I think how it generally goes in China is that a suspended sentence on the death penalty means life imprisonment in the absence of any new crimes. So he might only serve jail time. But I don’t have a serious source on that so don’t commit crime in China based on my advice.

(besides that though, I always find it odd how people draw the line at what punishments are acceptable for criminals. Why is locking him in a box forever fine but killing him is excessive? Unless there’s a concern of false conviction and a possibility of getting the ruling overturned, life imprisonment doesn’t seem like it’s the more ethical option.)

My experience has been the adoption of Discord for communication in game has been a negative factor in the social aspects of gaming. Before, games needed to implement their own comms, which would encourage players to communicate as part of the game experience. But now it’s expected that you’d talk on discord instead, so there’s less need for games to be a social experience.

Dude holy shit I’m trying not to cackle in bed and wake up my partner

Oh hey, I recognize your name! Did you also hop onto 2009 yesterday night? I think we were on Tutorial Island together haha

Did you read the comment you’re replying to? They already said it’s not your place to decide who does and doesn’t need a service dog. They didn’t say that to mean that it’s actually their place to do so.

there is multiplayer 2009scape, thus the need for ironman mode for those who want it

Okay just for fun, I wanted to take a stab at trying to understand some of the examples mentioned in the article.

We will actualize a renewed level of cradle-to-grave credentialing.

We’re gonna do a really good job of making passwords (or degrees?) that last a lifecycle.

By getting our friends in the tent with our best practices, we will pressure-test a renewed level of adaptive coherence.

By convincing people we can do our jobs well, we’re gonna prove we’re really good at listening.

For instance, a leaked 2009 Pepsi marketing presentation with language such as “The Pepsi DNA finds its origin in the dynamic of perimeter oscillations…our proposition is the establishment of a gravitational pull to shift from a transactional experience to an invitational expression …”

uhhh okay this is tough. how about:

Pepsi is known for waves (maybe lmao? i genuinely don’t know what perimeter oscillations is trying to say). We want to make people feel like buying Pepsi isn’t just buying something but is an invitation.

Our device strategy must reflect Microsoft’s strategy and must be accomplished within an appropriate financial envelope

oh this actually isn’t that hard: “Corporate cut our budget.”

Basically “tell us your secrets” or “show you’re not hiding anything”.

Back in the day, westerners thought samurai would open their kimonos to show they’re not hiding a sword. That wasn’t really a thing but that’s why it’s a phrase (or was anyway)

In this thread: Europeans being casually xenophobic about immigrants in The Americas and the dishes they bring from home, thus proving this new community’s point.

Anyway while I’m on my European slander streak, let me tell you a story: One time i was staying in a hostel in Montreal and there was a French guy (like, a l’hexagon French, not Quebecois) there. He unironically said to me “A single tomato from France tastes better than this shit you call poutine.” That quote lives rent free in my head.

Also you wanna know why he was in Montreal? Cuz he couldn’t get a job in France. peak comedy