Wait until they hear about the average age of marriage in medieval Europe
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haha everyone, look at this nerd, she's so nerdy she makes friends with people whose sisters work at microsoft LOL :smug2:
nostr:npub1pt6l3a97fvywrxdlr7j0q8j2klwntng35c40cuhj2xmsxmz696uqfr6mf6 Noooooooo you can't call me a nerd :sadness:
nostr:npub1g0uss0sjsgxwmhqxgnvlj0zv9ru89xwfyktkcjc0kgy8syxj79ss383vfw nostr:npub1jacntdqvalt27vngj9hwhjyqzppeayq7hnm2xmf7747t84yz32as4czppv I only just now realized how smart it is to use a rune code as the game manual DRM. It's not easy to describe runes in plain ASCII text, and I assume there's enough of them that it'd be a pain to ask your friend to scrawl them all on the disc. Actually it'd be epic if you scrawled all the runes on the disk and then it started glowing eldritch red...
nostr:npub1pt6l3a97fvywrxdlr7j0q8j2klwntng35c40cuhj2xmsxmz696uqfr6mf6 nostr:npub1jacntdqvalt27vngj9hwhjyqzppeayq7hnm2xmf7747t84yz32as4czppv Yes it would be epic if you scrawled runes and then insane magic shit started happenign that's very true
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> bullying someone for pirating something OR for spending money on it
where's bot when you need her?
nostr:npub1pt6l3a97fvywrxdlr7j0q8j2klwntng35c40cuhj2xmsxmz696uqfr6mf6 Was thinking of her when writing the post
Btw you can't make fun of me I get it early AND free because my friends sister works at Microsoft
Btw you get Starfield 5 days early if you torrent it or pay extra so you can safely bully anyone who talks about playing Starfield for the next 5 days for either being a pirate or a deluxe edition preordertard
nostr:npub1g0uss0sjsgxwmhqxgnvlj0zv9ru89xwfyktkcjc0kgy8syxj79ss383vfw nostr:npub1jacntdqvalt27vngj9hwhjyqzppeayq7hnm2xmf7747t84yz32as4czppv Thank you for the explanation. I imagine the game manual DRM becomes useless the moment someone posts the rune code online (or just writes it on the top side of the ripped disc). Then again actual DRM is useless the moment it's cracked, so.
I'm curious if there was an in-universe explanation for why the enemies became immune to (physical) attacks? "You tried to summon the spirit of magic but you fucked up the incantation so you summoned Beelzebub and now he dwells in every enemy."
nostr:npub1pt6l3a97fvywrxdlr7j0q8j2klwntng35c40cuhj2xmsxmz696uqfr6mf6 nostr:npub1jacntdqvalt27vngj9hwhjyqzppeayq7hnm2xmf7747t84yz32as4czppv The rune code changed every time you opened the game so they'd have to figure out every possible question coded in and write the answer for each one.
>I'm curious if there was an in-universe explanation for why the enemies became immune to (physical) attacks? "You tried to summon the spirit of magic but you fucked up the incantation so you summoned Beelzebub and now he dwells in every enemy."
I think some games had in universe explanations but not Wizardry
nostr:npub1g0uss0sjsgxwmhqxgnvlj0zv9ru89xwfyktkcjc0kgy8syxj79ss383vfw nostr:npub1jacntdqvalt27vngj9hwhjyqzppeayq7hnm2xmf7747t84yz32as4czppv I am sitting here pondering what the hell "game manual DRM" means. Does it mean that you can't read paper unless you have physically bought the paper? Are books just nature's DRM?
nostr:npub1pt6l3a97fvywrxdlr7j0q8j2klwntng35c40cuhj2xmsxmz696uqfr6mf6 nostr:npub1jacntdqvalt27vngj9hwhjyqzppeayq7hnm2xmf7747t84yz32as4czppv Back in the day it was much easier to distribute copied discs of games than to distribute the manual you had to read to play the game, so to stop piracy devs would ask you to enter information that was only found in the manual. So for example when you open Wizardry 6 it shows you magical runes and asks you what each one symbolises, the only way to figure that out is reading the magic section of the manual. If you answer wrong the game assumes you’re a pirate and makes all enemies immune to attacks. Funnily enough some people still pirated the game and beat it by exclusively using mages since spells still worked. Fun challenge run.
nostr:npub1g0uss0sjsgxwmhqxgnvlj0zv9ru89xwfyktkcjc0kgy8syxj79ss383vfw nostr:npub1jacntdqvalt27vngj9hwhjyqzppeayq7hnm2xmf7747t84yz32as4czppv when I was a kid I had a crush on a girl in my class and there was a really hard vocab test coming up so I made her a vocab review packet with a bunch of example sentences and funny memorable definitions I thought of myself, but then she didn't want it
I got a perfect score on the vocab test and she didn't
nostr:npub1pt6l3a97fvywrxdlr7j0q8j2klwntng35c40cuhj2xmsxmz696uqfr6mf6 nostr:npub1jacntdqvalt27vngj9hwhjyqzppeayq7hnm2xmf7747t84yz32as4czppv That's adorable but also imagine not having perfect vocab test scores lol massive skill issue
nostr:npub1g0uss0sjsgxwmhqxgnvlj0zv9ru89xwfyktkcjc0kgy8syxj79ss383vfw nostr:npub1jacntdqvalt27vngj9hwhjyqzppeayq7hnm2xmf7747t84yz32as4czppv I hope he gets a Bloodborne illness
nostr:npub1pt6l3a97fvywrxdlr7j0q8j2klwntng35c40cuhj2xmsxmz696uqfr6mf6 nostr:npub1jacntdqvalt27vngj9hwhjyqzppeayq7hnm2xmf7747t84yz32as4czppv How autistic 7 year olds flirt fr
nostr:npub1jacntdqvalt27vngj9hwhjyqzppeayq7hnm2xmf7747t84yz32as4czppv nostr:npub1pt6l3a97fvywrxdlr7j0q8j2klwntng35c40cuhj2xmsxmz696uqfr6mf6 Oh yeah I guess games were expensive af back then and game manual DRM was always fucking ya
nostr:npub1g0uss0sjsgxwmhqxgnvlj0zv9ru89xwfyktkcjc0kgy8syxj79ss383vfw nostr:npub1jacntdqvalt27vngj9hwhjyqzppeayq7hnm2xmf7747t84yz32as4czppv my brain was trained to be that way because I spent way more time in childhood watching others play games than playing them myself!
nostr:npub1pt6l3a97fvywrxdlr7j0q8j2klwntng35c40cuhj2xmsxmz696uqfr6mf6 nostr:npub1jacntdqvalt27vngj9hwhjyqzppeayq7hnm2xmf7747t84yz32as4czppv One time someone invited me to his house as a kid so I went over and he sat there playing Oblivion for 3 hours while ignoring me until my mom came and picked me up
nostr:npub1jacntdqvalt27vngj9hwhjyqzppeayq7hnm2xmf7747t84yz32as4czppv Goodnight mountain cowboy
nostr:npub1wkwhx86vqdp2zel4uepr0uhs8rzm9mmn4jhdsnw4vnn5gy8zdedsh2y9sj Same. I'm okay with it being obscure if it feels logical and there's hints to it, but the Wiz 6 good ending is just wtf
nostr:npub1g0uss0sjsgxwmhqxgnvlj0zv9ru89xwfyktkcjc0kgy8syxj79ss383vfw tfw I have read entire game guides for games that I have never owned or played
nostr:npub1pt6l3a97fvywrxdlr7j0q8j2klwntng35c40cuhj2xmsxmz696uqfr6mf6 What an odd thing to do
nostr:npub1g0uss0sjsgxwmhqxgnvlj0zv9ru89xwfyktkcjc0kgy8syxj79ss383vfw sounds like they wanted the good ending to only be seen by demon incest ntr enthusiasts, whom I will NOT tag in this post
nostr:npub1pt6l3a97fvywrxdlr7j0q8j2klwntng35c40cuhj2xmsxmz696uqfr6mf6 You befriend his daughter and then he kills himself which is actually quite a nice ending but it's clearly designed to sell game guides to pre-internet people
nostr:npub1g0uss0sjsgxwmhqxgnvlj0zv9ru89xwfyktkcjc0kgy8syxj79ss383vfw nostr:npub1wkwhx86vqdp2zel4uepr0uhs8rzm9mmn4jhdsnw4vnn5gy8zdedsh2y9sj Highly relatable. This reminds me, sometimes I talk to myself in someone else's voice to get out of a creative rut, like asking "what would Jesus do?"
nostr:npub1pt6l3a97fvywrxdlr7j0q8j2klwntng35c40cuhj2xmsxmz696uqfr6mf6 nostr:npub1wkwhx86vqdp2zel4uepr0uhs8rzm9mmn4jhdsnw4vnn5gy8zdedsh2y9sj That's very interesting! I always converse with others in my head but the conversation ultimately feels like an egotistic projection of myself onto the voice of another in my head
nostr:npub1g0uss0sjsgxwmhqxgnvlj0zv9ru89xwfyktkcjc0kgy8syxj79ss383vfw nostr:npub1wkwhx86vqdp2zel4uepr0uhs8rzm9mmn4jhdsnw4vnn5gy8zdedsh2y9sj I just gave the Christopher Lee audiobooks a listen and his voice is beautiful but distracts me from the text. I understand better if its a voice + accent similar to my own. But I'm not sure what exactly that voice is because when I actually talk it never comes out exactly the way it sounds in my head. Could it be I have an inflated self-image which physical reality can never live up to? It would explain my dark triad scores.
nostr:npub1pt6l3a97fvywrxdlr7j0q8j2klwntng35c40cuhj2xmsxmz696uqfr6mf6 nostr:npub1wkwhx86vqdp2zel4uepr0uhs8rzm9mmn4jhdsnw4vnn5gy8zdedsh2y9sj I can imagine what other peoples voices sound like in my head but my own voice in my head is some sort of abstract representation of voice as a concept
In order to get the good ending in Wizardry 6 you have to go to fight an evil vampire lord who created a demon daughter to have sex with her but you have to DROP THE CROSS that can weaken him on the ground and let him kidnap you>>>>>>????????? AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HOW WAS i SUPPOSED TO FIGURE THAT OUT
nostr:npub1jacntdqvalt27vngj9hwhjyqzppeayq7hnm2xmf7747t84yz32as4czppv nostr:npub1pt6l3a97fvywrxdlr7j0q8j2klwntng35c40cuhj2xmsxmz696uqfr6mf6 nostr:npub1wkwhx86vqdp2zel4uepr0uhs8rzm9mmn4jhdsnw4vnn5gy8zdedsh2y9sj nostr:npub1e5rgj93kqzll2xfwqc2yzwswrd90x2sjcpvc4eppg9kwj3jrnspqdwk5ld The weight and balance, it's perfect.
