Watch someone play and see how much their focus is on the main task at hand and getting stronger versus how obsessed they are with making the factory perfect, and you can even diagnosis the level of autism on top of it.
If you are playing it then there is a foundational amount of autism to begin with. I think the level of efficiency into levels well beyond what the game needs is where we go up the scale into "capable of existing into normal society" all the way into "needs a disability check, cannot interact with humans."
Based entirely on my one friend who exists in the latter category, and his fucking mindboggling factory he bragged to me about once, I think that's a fair scale.
If he's your actual friend, do advise him about autism and the speedrunner to troon pipeline. Do remember there is a strong link between autists and troonery.
He's an autism bomb so strong I don't think you can actually speak to him and have words enter his brain. Closer to a force of nature than a person. I'd be surprised if he even had sexual brain power to lead him to trooning.
But he hasn't begun speedrunning yet and is nearing 40, so I doubt he can physically manage it anymore either.
It's also a great ADHD test. I have diagnosed ADHD and I couldn't keep up with ANY of the shit in Factorio because there was too much shit to micromanage. I got bored of it quick and went back to playing Devil May Cry 4.
Its also a great autism test.
Watch someone play and see how much their focus is on the main task at hand and getting stronger versus how obsessed they are with making the factory perfect, and you can even diagnosis the level of autism on top of it.
If you are playing it then there is a foundational amount of autism to begin with. I think the level of efficiency into levels well beyond what the game needs is where we go up the scale into "capable of existing into normal society" all the way into "needs a disability check, cannot interact with humans."
Based entirely on my one friend who exists in the latter category, and his fucking mindboggling factory he bragged to me about once, I think that's a fair scale.
If he's your actual friend, do advise him about autism and the speedrunner to troon pipeline. Do remember there is a strong link between autists and troonery.
He's an autism bomb so strong I don't think you can actually speak to him and have words enter his brain. Closer to a force of nature than a person. I'd be surprised if he even had sexual brain power to lead him to trooning.
But he hasn't begun speedrunning yet and is nearing 40, so I doubt he can physically manage it anymore either.
It's also a great ADHD test. I have diagnosed ADHD and I couldn't keep up with ANY of the shit in Factorio because there was too much shit to micromanage. I got bored of it quick and went back to playing Devil May Cry 4.