Twig

Oh yeah the goats! The goats were rad. U:

We have like five times as many normal users as ops (approximately seventy-three times as many if you count all the toblices). This is seriously the first time I've ever heard of anyone being scared off by the existence of someone with the power to moderate a chatroom. Is this a real problem?

This made me laugh.

At least one person has to be the owner of the channel and logged in, which automatically means they need to be op'd by Q. Also I don't really think the thing you're worried about is a thing to worry about. Also if no one is op'd they actually can't do things. They'd have to get op'd and then do it. Also even if we de-op'd all actual users, Q would still be op'd because he is a bot that is required in channels. Also I don't really think the thing you're worried about is a thing to worry about. (That said I don't mind passing the owner torch to someone better if people don't like me having power in the chatroom, for whatever reason.)

I actually meant more in terms of scale and what it was trying to do, and not so much in terms of reception and how big it got. But! You're right, I can't really argue with this. It's a totally fair point. The game had a pretty large impact.

I do? Okay. Good to know.

SgtWhistlebottom: It's fine. It's just another case of me being not 100% behind something contentious so I end up feeling like the bad guy. No worries. osmo: you got some kinda ish with me pal?!

I guess this is where I'm just like... Is this really the game to fight for? I hate to basically say "pick your battles" because I know people hate that and I know it's important to point it out as often as possible, but this is such a small profile game that is about none of that shit. This was a game built from a very personal perspective, as I recall? The guy basically had a really shitty thing happen to him as a kid, and so he created this game from that. EHHHHHHHH. Also I guess another reason is just because the only characters I really remembered off the top of my head before really diving deep into my memory pit (and/or being reminded by these posts) were the brothers and the spider. Brothers because main characters and spider because she was awful. I'd even completely forgotten about the whole context going into the mines to help the troll couple get back together. And, like, I really loved this game, so I think it's telling that I didn't remember anybody else. But I guess that's wholly personal, so whatever! Oh. I just remembered another plot-critical male. The guy who gives you the hang glider. He really has nothing wrong with him. A bit loopy, though. Heh. Is that even a real question? Of course I do. That's not the point. Ugh. Well whatever that's all I got to say I guess peace.

I wouldn't put Broken Age and Brothers in the same category on any level. Brothers clearly had no desire to subvert or twist any tropes, male or female or unrelated. It is a very simple story of two brothers traveling together. Broken Age is trying to be so, so much more than that. I guess you can fault Brothers for not trying to be more, but I don't think it's right to fault it for failing when it never even tried. There's a woman in Brothers that's just sweeping, I think? And you can also help her sweep, or something, I dunno it's been too long. There's a girl playing with a ball. I feel like there's also an old lady in a rocking chair but it might've been an old man. I dunno it's been too long. So there's three. Or maybe only two. I dunno it's been too long. All the men in this game that matter are helpless, except for the old doctor dude who tells you where to go (who also doesn't really matter) and the two brothers, who are the main characters and really the only characters that matter because when you get down to it, the dad's sickness is just a reason for the brothers to travel.

I feel like #1 #2 #3 There are plenty of shitty, shitty examples of how women are handled in entertainment. This game was never really trying to be about anything but the two brothers. This in particular... That's because there really aren't any tired, negative tropes for male characters to fall into. Or, rather, the same tropes that the males fall into AREN'T negative for males. The dad is the main damsel in this game, but because he's male it's okay. If you swapped his gender, like I said above, I feel like you'd be just as upset at that. The game is basically a fairy tale full of tropes, many not even to do with the women. Tropes tropes tropes. That is the whole game. Ehhhhhh.

Man I promise plenty of black metal bands absolutely know the shit they're doing is ridiculous. I guess I can't really prove it to you because you have your own set of proof, and I honestly don't have any off the top of my head. It's just something I've seen a lot of over time. (EDITED to remove unintentional dismissive tone!!)

Uh it's the opposite. U:

Most black metal bands are hamming it up.

Ahaha oh dear lord that's fantastic.

I despise video tutorials! They are the bane to my existence.

Nice I like your tree towel.

I was about to give it another shot but then it crashed on me twice - first when trying to join my friend's party, and again when I alt-tabbed to respond to his origin speak because the origin overlay refuses to work for me.

I hate this game for the same reason I hate every game these days. I'm bad at it and I can't tell what's going on. So I guess I quit.

I feel like this is a trick question. Who in their right mind wouldn't want to play a game named Space Giraffe?

I guess I have an Xbox One key for this. If anyone wants it PM me BUT ONLY IF YOU KNOW I'LL RECOGNIZE YOUR NAME CAUSE IF I DON'T KNOW YOU FUCK OFF LURKERS WHO SIGN UP JUST TO GET A FREE KEY

Oh yeah. I'm togglesworlh on Origin.

SICK RAMP!!!

and then i read youtube comments

I don't WANT this to be like a normal game of Dota, though. Because it's not. It is a gimmick that's been forced onto an existing game mode instead of a game mode crafted around a gimmick. The latter is what I want. Maybe all mid isn't the right choice (although it is a better choice than what exists now), but something needs to change, because right now, for me, it's a complete and utter waste of everything that makes the idea fun in the first place.

All the game I've played have been around 40 minutes which seems absurd for this. I wish I had a 20 minute game. I don't know what magical world you're living in where this happens but tell me how to get there. All mid would make it way more tolerable no matter the length, though. (In part because all mid ensures it doesn't last as long.)