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I have almost entirely music classes, except for Calc II. I brought my PC as well. Is a laptop necessary?

I went to Pei Wei to try and do one of the weekly meal exchanges, but couldnt see an option too? How exactly does that work?

So, I just moved in, and I am a CCM student, specifically I am currently in the jazz program. Auditions for jazz ensembles are for the 20th, but jazz materials have not been released as far as I can tell. I literally have 0 clue what they want me to play. Does anyone know what the deal is? Every other program has had theirs released, but jazz is just "TBD". I have emailed some people and have gotten 0 response. Im a little anxious because I only have so much time to practice

Hey! I just moved in yesterday and am a CCM student. Are the practice rooms available to use right now? I would really like to spend the next few days practicing since I do not have much going on, but my dorm is on the opposite end of the campus lol so Id like to find out before I walk all the way over

More scripted events objectively makes a preset worse at a certain point. It makes you unable to go outside of historical events completely because the AI just keeps using the scripted events assuming things are historical. It makes the game near unplayable. Does anyone like these?

I loved Disco Elysium. I love how deeply philosophical it gets, I love the characters and world building, I love its genuinely deep and thought provoking politics, etc. Overall, Disco Elysium just has something to say, and it doesnt need to force itself to appear deeper than it really is. It does such a good job at being a personal story to Harry, a deeply motivational story for the player, and an intricate critique of politics all at the same time and in such a way to where all these seemingly distant themes are deeply intertwined.

Also, the humor is great, one of the funniest games Ive played

As of right now, there are two other major 'disco likes.' Which one should I check out? Of course, it doesnt need to be as deep as Disco Elysium, I dont expect that. But, what I am looking for, is a game which has something new to say, not one that just repeats what DE already said. Since the games are mostly dialogue, this is pretty much necessary

Which one should I check out more and why? Has anyone played both?

Most of my fun in HOI4 comes from larping and RP, rather than just meta gaming and taking over the world. Im normally playing Kaiserredux because it has a lot more stuff to do but its performance and sillier stuff is making me want a much more grounded, stable game. What paths should I check out?

So, I qualify for 1k in unsub loans and 1750 in sub loans per semester. I completed the MPN and accepted all aid. This total is reflected in my financial aid overview. But, in my bill, only 990 from my unsub loans are shown, nothing else. This isnt even the total amount I should be getting from unsub loans, not to mention my sub loans being completely missing.

Does anyone know what to do or is having similar issues? I am ready to pay for the rest but I cant until this goes through and I dont want to have to do it last minute just because the website wouldnt register all of my loans

So, Im looking for a career field which is mostly more 'intellectual' or mental as opposed to anything very physical. Specifically, anything with math. I like to be given a goal to work to, something specific enough to where I know what the end result is but vague enough to allow me to determine an optimal solution myself from a variety of tools/methods available. I would prefer more of an office esque environment, and at minimum desire a middle class salary/benefits with potential for 6 figured at some point (doesnt need to be immediate at all, I just want to be able to expect growth potential and this is my long term goal)

I was previously considering CS, I wrote off engineering because I was under the impression it was something more physical requiring you to actually build things. I have realized this might not be true and am considering it seriously.

Do you think engineering could be a good fit? Any caveats? And how physical is it?

Not sure if this is a company wide change but my DM came in and forced us to change the whole cold bar layout for blended refreshers and it genuinely is so awful and ruins the flow of bar entirely.

Previously, we had two blenders right next to each other, a space to the right for all the ingredients, including a little inclusion holder shelf above it, then the ice bin to the right, cups/lids, and then the refresher stuff, starting with syrups on the leftmost side. This works because no matter where you are, most of the syrups and stuff are accessible immediately, so most drinks can be made with little moving around.

Now, the DM came in, moved all the ingredients to the far left, put one blender underneath the aforementioned shelf (now there isnt enough room to open the blender all the way and you smash your hand against it if youre moving too fast), ice bin, cups/lids, the other blender, and then refresher syrups. We now have to keep salt on hot bar as well for god knows what reason

This fucking sucks becuase everything is so far apart. Instead of having every cold bar syrup accessible in the same spot, I now need to travel across the whole bar to make basic menu items because the ingredients are all on opposite ends of each other. A salted caramel cold brew first requires you to grab a cup, go to the refresher side (the far right of the counter) to get the vanilla, walk all the way to the far left end of the counter for the cold brew spout, get sweet cream from the blended side fridge, get caramel from the same side, go all the way to hot bar on the far right again to get the salt, and then back. You have to do a lap around the entire fucking counter to make a basic, popular menu item.

Then theres the blenders, having one blender on the opposite end of the other is genuinely so dumb. Its impossible to make more than one frap at a time unless they happen to be identical and you can double batch (which is becoming increasingly rarer as the drinks are more hyper customized). Fraps are already the longest drinks to make time wise besides matchas, I have absolutely no idea why during the summer of all times we decide to fucking put an end to sequencing them.

The idea is that, with a blender on the refresher side, we can do blended refreshers easier. But oh wait! The refresher sink is too small for the blenders! Rinsing off the blenders requires a trip to the far left side of the bar where the blended sink is, its the only one large enough, so you already have to go all the way over there. Whats the difference between this and just blending it over there to start with? The idea is also that matchas are made on the refresher side now, but this is genuinely ass because A) All of the matcha stuff is kept on the blender side (again, on the far side so it does require a full trip over there) and B) sequencing refreshers is near impossible, you cannot make another drink and a refresher at once. Its one or the other. The best you can do is make the refresher while waiting on the blender. So this doesnt work either. No one actually knows how to do it and of course our DM was an external hire so hes got no fucking clue either hes never made a drink in his life

If youre on solo cold bar, it might not be the worst thing ever. But this is a high volume store, we often have two people on cold bar, or if there is one person on cold bar we often need someone to move over and support for a bit. There is not a lot of space here, in between the cold and hot bar counters there is maybe 3/4 feet, and each cold bar side has just enough room for one person and thats it. When we have two people making cold bar drinks, it has to be one on blended and one on refreshers, there is no space for more than one person on either side, and in fact trying to do that makes it far slower. If we have a fair amount of fraps and refreshers (as is very common) its impossible to keep up because one blender is completely inaccessible. Remember the issues I mentioned of everything being too spaced out? Yeah imagine making a refresher, needing a syrup on the blended side, and needing to squeeze past everything + cup caddies (which our DM also forces us to have in a specific place despite having 0 room) just to grab it.

This might not sound terribly bad, but again this is a high volume store, cold bar never slows down and having only one person on i consistenly leads to 10+ drinks in the queue the entire day.

And its even worse if its split up as one person on drive bar and the other on mobile bar, since now the two people competing for the same cold bar side is even worse and of course communication in my store is shit which does not help.

And perhaps the worst part is, theyre still trying to settle on a final syrup layout, for what syrups should go on which side, and this seemingly changes almost daily. So not only is my muscle memory useless now, but I have no real opportunity to develop it again until they figure it out.

It sucks so bad now. Before, it was busy sure, but at least the setup worked in our favor. But now its genuinely so fucking ass and I spend more time walking around just to get all the basic ingredients I need than making the drink. I should not have to do laps around the store to make one of the most popular drinks!!! Whoever the fuck had the idea to just remove sequencing fraps during summer needs to be fired and blacklisted i stg

I got Schneider, I was a little surprised just because I have literally never heard anyone talk about it compared to the others. How is it?

These games and mods have really inspired me to make my own game kind of in a similar vein. I want to ask what other people would like to see in a game like this, but due to how niche it is there really isnt a lot of communities for this kind of thing, so I figured to ask here.

Basically, the game takes place in a fictional country loosely inspired by the Weimar Republic. It has a similar electoral system (though simplified a bit to make for a smoother game), and a similar President, Chancellor, and Coalition dynamics. The game features a functional economy and demographics simulation (both of which are mostly done), as well as procedural generating every single politician, the parties are all made up of real people (this is also done). The player takes the role of a political party of their choice encompassing the whole political spectrum. I intend this to be both a political strategy game as well as a sandbox, the strategy is in leading your party to success but the sandbox is in passing laws, reforming the constitution, etc, and then seeing these effects within the simulation. Parties create coalitions to form governments, the party with the mandate to form a government must make concessions, either by promising specific laws or by giving Ministry positions. Governments then have to maintain their legitimacy and unity, or else they fall and get replaced. Basically, imagine a mix between the Red Autumn games and The Political Process

Eventually, I plan on doing special mechanics for the radical parties of the left and right, such as building paramilitaries, stirring nationalism, organizing and agitating workers, etc, since obviously the far left and right arent necessarily interested in coalition politics at all. I also plan on doing some light geopolitics systems, and maybe a basic war system.

What would you like to see in a game like this? Anything specific you have always wanted to see? Or anything you'd rather a game like this avoid?

I am creating a political simulation game, theres not a lot of games out there which simulate politics, the only one which comes to my mind is The Political Process, which is a great game but is based purely on the modern US system quite strictly. My goal is to create a political simulation/sandbox which not only has the depth of something like the Political Process, but also uses a more unique electoral system to allow for it to be a sandbox as well. For this, I am taking heavy inspiration from Weimar Germany, who's electoral system allowed tons of parties to be 'viable' at once and forced a lot of party interplay as well, and the instability of such a system leads to fairly reactive situations as governments collapse, coalitions struggle to be formed, snap elections are called, etc.

As of now, I have created a basic economy an demographics system, as well as some basic lore written for the country and its geography. The economy serves kind of as the baseline for everything, with specific industries independently simulated on the regional level first, which determines regional demographics and economic conditions. I also generate politicians to populate the country and then join a party based on their ideology, with each politician having their own stats which will influence their behavior. What its left to work on is an actual election and government forming system, an actual legislative system so laws can be drafted, introduced, and voted on, and then a random event and crisis system. In the far future, I plan on also adding special mechanics for political radicalization and special mechanics for the 'fringe' parties, such as paramilitary groups, to create distinct gameplay for 'establishment' parties versus radical ones, and in the extremely far future, a geopolitics system.

But, now that I am done with the simulations and am focusing on mechanics and gameplay loops, I want to see what other people want from political games like this, and what people would prefer not to see.

Also, I have a more specific question. I actually cannot decide what role the player should have. I am split between the player controlling the whole party and deciding its actions on a region level as well as the national level, or if the player should control a specific politician, build a career, and influence the party as an individual. The former would create more of a sandbox and strategy experience, while the latter turns it into more of a campaign or career manager, with it only being a sandbox in the late game when you are in a position to influence the party. What do people here think though?

So for context, I had my orientation for college. I kinda have a harder time making friends and out of everyone I saw, I only really got along with one person. We did not talk for very long, with how the schedules turned out, but he definitely seemed like someone I would like to talk to more, also we are both LGBT and I have especially never made many LGBT friends, due to living in a small town in a red state

I remembered his first name and looked it up and found him immediately since we both follow the school's social media pages. However, I do not want to come off as weird, like I said I struggle making friends so I have no idea if just adding people you meet is normal, or what.

My orientation is tomorrow and I had to change my guests last minute. Would this be fine?

To me, "The Roottrees are Dead' really separates itself from other puzzle games because you really have no puzzles to solve in the usual sense. Instead, its all about gathering information and trying to make logical conclusions. It really did a great job at immersing me and I actually felt like some kind of detective.

I'm really wanting to play a game like that, not a game with puzzles or just the themes of being a detective, but a game with actual deduction from information as the way you succeed. Games like Ace Attorney or LA Noir for instance are puzzle detective games, but they are extremely gamified and involve no actual deduction, you as the player just react to a contradiction and then the characters figure it out on their own. I dont want a game where I solve an arbitrary puzzle and then the character yells out the conclusion, I want a game where the puzzle is figuring out the conclusion as the player and then just inputting that as the character. I really hope that all makes sense

Any ideas? Theming and setting arent too important though I do slightly prefer things which are more grounded or darker (like solving crimes for instance)

I just finished The Roottrees are Dead and am kind of in a mystery mood. I really want to play more games like that, where you have to do open ended investigating to figure things out. Im not interested in a game with mystery elements, I want something very similar to how this was.

Also, I would prefer a game around 10 hours or longer in play time. Mystery games are kind of unreplayable, so Im not looking for something Id play in a sitting and drop forever

My paycheck was way shorter than I expected, the math does not add up at all. I checked the pay statement, and if I am understanding it correctly and 'units' refers to hours worker, then my paycheck was only for one week and not two like usual.

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Am I correct here in how Im understanding this? And if I am what do I do about it?

Ive been getting into Cities Skylines lately, and I love the traffic simulation, and having to design an actually functional supply chain and logistics network, and I also love how it plays into the other side of the game where you want to build a realistic and nice city.

Are there any other games which have similar logistics/supply chain mechanics? And preferably, something with RP potential like with Cities Skylines but its not necessary, I do like having both the technical management and the designing parts going hand in hand but again its not necessary if the core gameplay is strong enough.

Im an incoming freshman, as of right now I do not intend on leaving campus very much. With how expensive and difficult parking passes are to get, is it even worth it? How common is it for students to not have cars?