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devtesla wrote (edited )

Reply to pointless rant by ___

Boys is used for adult men in like extremely familiar and casual contexts, like "Saturday is for The Boys" kind of stuff. There's definitely men who use "girl" in a more insulting context but like it's the intent that makes it bad not the word, I feel Lol. Anyway thank you for the pointless rant I enjoyed it

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devtesla wrote

Reply to mechs are really cool by hollyhoppet

I've never really been a mech person but something about Patlabor, which does so much to make them grounded in the world, got me so excited about them Lol

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devtesla OP wrote (edited )

Reply to comment by hollyhoppet in cohost! is a place to post by devtesla

Can you link to someone talking about this? There's a popular "mastadon failed so we're trying this" post that I thought had good points, and I'd rather not go off of vague rumors about this kind of thing.

Edit: yeah everything I've seen from the founders looks cool to me, and a lot of what they want is freedom to actually control nazis and terfs that you can't get on mastadon, so I don't know what all this is about

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devtesla wrote

Reply to Better vote-enabled forums by Seirdy

Yeah we're much more of a casual website, and our traffic is too low, to make those features make sense. My online community making is focused more on removing barriers to posting than adding to them, and I think a problem with a lot of these ideas is the high barrier to entry. Are people going to want to post so much that they put up with them? Worth experimenting with, though.

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devtesla OP wrote (edited )

Reply to Rules v0.1 for The Die of Consequences, rules to add strategic depth to party games with judging mechanics by devtesla

Rethinking the game to use drawing cards from a standard deck split into black and red cards.

Black cards are drawn and kept for when the judge finds you the funniest, and red cards are drawn and kept when you're most controversial. Like before, Consequences are a 50/50 change to get a strike (or two if you're a double winner), and three strikes total means you're Canceled, which also works the same as before.

Task execution order: black card effect -> red card effect -> Consequences

Black Card Effects:
(♠️, ♣️) 1-5: Add 5 to the card value and add that to your score.
(♠️, ♣️) 6-10, J, Q: Add the card value to your score. Jacks is 11, Queens is 12.
(♠️, ♣️) K : Quote dunk - If you did not also get the red card: Gain 15 points, and player with the red card loses 10 in addition to whatever they get from their card. If you have both cards: choose a player to lose 10 points.
♣️ A : Unexpectedly wholesome - 10 points, plus 5 for every strike you have.
♠️ A : Milkshake ducked - Gain 10 points, but lose fifteen points for every strike you have.

Red Card Effects:
(♥️, ♦️) 1-5: Add the card value to your score.
(♥️, ♦️) 6-10: Double the card value, but this card has a Consequences effect.
(♥️, ♦️) J: Standom - If you did not also get the black card: Gain 15 points, and the player with the blue card loses 15 points. If you have both, gain 10 points and 5 points for every strike. Either way, flip for Consequences.
(♥️, ♦️) Q : Offensively funny / no one liked that - If you also gained the black card this round, add 10 to the amount you gained from the black card and double the total, then add that to your score. If you did not gain the black card, gain no points, and flip for Consequences.
(♥️, ♦️) K : Unexpectedly vicious - If this is your first red card, gain 10 points and then 3 for every Black card you have. If you have gotten a red card and are not canceled, lose 5 points, and flip for Consequences. If you have been canceled, gain 10 points plus 5 for every strike.
♦️ A : Getting away with it - Gain 20 points, no Consequences
♥️ A : 14.87.233.76 - Immediately get two strikes

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