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acoder 1 point ago +1 / -0

OP, I have no idea what you're talking about. You could do with some examples. What are some examples of Symbolism in the movie, and how do they relate to cargo cults?

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acoder 14 points ago +14 / -0

I mostly agree with your point.

However, in the prequels, Anakin's whole personality is based on "following his heart", and we see where that leads. He doesn't stick to the jedi code, forms attachments, gives in to anger, and basically becomes corrupted because he's acting on emotion.

Also, heroes often get tempted. Why don't they give in, right then and there, if "following your heart" is just about whatever feels right in the moment? Surely that would be what the 'lizard brain' would want, right?

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acoder 4 points ago +4 / -0

It was not a direct hit. The bullet hit his vest, and ricocheted upward. That's why his shirt kicked up.

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acoder 3 points ago +3 / -0

Thanks, I got the game based on your review.

I've heard that many gamers are frustrated by how the re-spawning works. Load from a saved game? Enemies respawn. Move to a different zone? Enemies respawn. So you'd better not clear out a nest of enemies and then save and quit, because the next time you come back to the game, all the enemies will be back and ready to kill you.

I haven't run into this yet, but it seems frustrating. It can be avoided with a little planning, though.

Also, there is a console in the game, which is neat. Games don't do that anymore.

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acoder 30 points ago +30 / -0

They should have followed the bible's command that women should not be in positions of authority or leadership, then none of this would have happened.

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acoder 6 points ago +6 / -0

Why care so much about what some rando in the internet said to you?

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acoder 1 point ago +1 / -0

Well, the bible continues on after that "sell your cloak and buy one" bit. Where, in those later chapters of the bible, do Christians ever start fighting and using those swords? Never.

Instead, after Peter struck the ear of the slave of the high priest, Jesus told him to put away his sword, healed the slave's ear with a touch, and said to Peter "those who live by the sword, die by the sword". You should remember that Jesus told them all to get swords right before he was to be taken away. Yet he did not allow them to fight in his defense. Why? Because his Kingdom, and theirs, was not of this world.

What was the point of the swords then? To use as a prop in order to teach them what not to do. Also, it was necessary to fulfill prophecy: Luke 22:37

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acoder 4 points ago +4 / -0

Don't worry, there will be scores of immigrants willing and able to repopulate the various western countries this happens in.

Almost as if that was the plan from the beginning.

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acoder 3 points ago +3 / -0

I enjoy OneyPlays.

"I am the man who is wearing two shoes..."

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acoder 46 points ago +46 / -0

Has any other subreddit ever had a 72 hour ban before? It seems like with other subreddits they just ban them permanently with zero warning. For example, see whatever "gamingmemes" subreddit that gamingcirclejerk was gloating over getting banned.

Of course, it's no surprise that certain subs get special treatment based on their politics.

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acoder 11 points ago +11 / -0

Of course, this was prophesied in the bible in several places. One of those is 2 Timothy 4:3,4 https://biblehub.com/2_timothy/4-3.htm

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acoder 11 points ago +11 / -0

You get to experience first-hand how game companies get infiltrated and subverted from within. Congrats! You can either do something about it or let it happen, until eventually they kick you out of your own group, dox you, and cancel you.

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acoder 11 points ago +11 / -0

So many deleted handshake comments here. I guess that means this is a must-watch!

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acoder 7 points ago +7 / -0

someone who thinks you can litigate away human flaws

So true. See "A conflict of visions" by Thomas Sowell. Some people think that human nature doesn't exist, but it's the "systems" that are corrupting them, and if only the systems could be fixed, then all of humanity's woes would perish.

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acoder 6 points ago +6 / -0

According to gameplay footage (from dunkey) you get to throw bolts when the game fully opens up.

For me, and for what I've heard about their "innovative AI technology", I don't think I would like it. I dislike that sort of "AI spawns in a radius around you" thing.

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acoder 10 points ago +10 / -0

"If you don't like this poster, don't look at it. You clearly aren't the target audience. It wasn't made for you, tourist!"

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acoder 11 points ago +11 / -0

"...gracias por venir aquí soportar presidente Trump..."

Soportar sounds like "support", but it actually means "to put up with", or "to tolerate". The word for "support" is "apoyar", which sounds like "approve".

Perhaps it's just a regional thing, where wherever he grew up (Cuba? Venezuela? Here?), has a different meaning, or is actually just Spanglish, but that's not what the official Spanish dictionary says.

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acoder 4 points ago +4 / -0

Update: The rest of Second Wind have responded. https://nitter.poast.org/SecondWindGroup/status/1824135694723277201#m

Basically, they don't respond to everything Frost said and all stand by Nick.

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acoder 2 points ago +2 / -0

A content creator that worked with Nick and Yahtzee at The Escapist and now Second Wind. He and Yahtzee were the only content creators that were profitable.

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acoder 9 points ago +9 / -0

Summary copy/pasted from Grummz: (archive)

Frost details why he resigned from Second Wind and his problems with Nick Calandra. Claims made and exposed in this video include:

  • History of slandering, libeling, blackballing and threatening to mobilize his audience against people in the games industry with the explicit intend to harm their careers.

  • Gamurs (Escapist owners) were going to demote and fire Nick, giving control to the others.

  • Nick was making/made a documentary for a studio in exchange for a four thousand dollar investment in Nick's kickstarter

  • Nick tried to micro manage every creative decision, steering content to validate his views while minimizing critism of his views.

  • He Isolated, overworked, verbally attacked and manipulated his coworkers.

  • He blackballed small indie devs if they asked for coverage too many times. He discouraged others from doing pro-bono coverage of indie games so he could charge them instead.

  • Mislead the community into the costs of the business in order to elicit more money from them in sympathy.

  • Even though he was not a top earner for Second Wind, he was paid 2nd highest. He replied: "I'm accustomed to a certain lifestyle and have a mortgage to pay."

  • His business decisions overspent and ballooned costs at Second Wind to over 1M, a 40% increase for no real benefit.

  • Nick constantly went for power grabs within Second Wind. Nobody picked Nick to lead SWG, it's just that nobody else wanted it.

  • Nick cyberstalked his peers in the industry to the point of making them uncomfortable.

And so much, much more in this video. Give it a watch.

Nick is the man who worked for 3 months to slander me and attack my character and business. It turns out it was all gaslighting and manipulation and harassments, part of a pattern that is revealed in this video of his entire tenure in the industry.

He was projecting. Everything he falsely accused me of, was actually his own dealings, unethical, and stalker-ish behavior.

Nick has done some damage to my reputation and my game with his lies and manipulated tweets. But, we're still here, and Nick is rapidly on the way out.

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acoder 5 points ago +5 / -0

If he doesn't, and rejects the will of the community (the reason why KiA2 was created in the first place), then we will all know where we stand. We will be free to leave for KiA3.

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