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I fucked up. I missed a ton of stuff at the start of the game and Notkin is dead. It's day 4.

I played the Classic HD just before this, so I know these games put you through the ringer, but I wasn't ready for just how much there is to do in this one and how awful the backtracking is (awful in a good way? I know it's an intentional part of the game design, this isn't a complaint)

I was considering just starting over. It took me a few days to deliberate what to do because I just felt horrible and stupid... But I've decided to just go with it... It feels more in the spirit of things...

I'd rather do another play through after this one where I'm more informed and try to do better. Because I know I can do better than this. I'm picking back up where I left off tonight.

Just venting a little. I'm new to the community but I already love this series. The writing is stellar, the gameplay is immersive, the setting scratches an itch I didn't know I had, and I'm completely normal about Artemy I swear...

It might sound like a dumb question, but hear me out.

I'm finishing up my Haruspex run in Classic HD. I finished the Bachelor's about a week and a half ago. I've been playing this game obsessively for about a month. No regrets... But I am burning out a little...

I expect I'll probably finish this run over the weekend. I'm just wondering if I should take a break for a short while afterwards, or if Patho2 is different enough for me to be able to switch to it and then come back later for Clara's story.

Would appreciate any advice :)

I can't... Stop... Thinking... About this game...

I'm on day 3 as the Bachelor and I've spent my entire irl day sitting at work waiting to get home so I can go inspect some corpses because the damned plague is spreading and the fuckin beurocrats are breathing down my neck while I try to juggle their petty politics and keep myself alive long enough for supplies to arrive so we can have food in this stupid town for its stupid superstitious people again and Rubin really should have sent that note a lot fuckin earlier in the day and...

What is this sorcery??

I've spent most of my time in this game just... Walking... What is wrong with me...

Thought I'd share this because it hits home for me. It might for some of you as well.

I'm not an American, but I was a young earth creationist. Being denied access to my own curiosity stunted my potential. I wasn't allowed to ask too many questions about geography, or biology, or archeology, or chemistry, or astronomy, or history, or... Well, you get the picture...

I was a smart kid - if I do say so myself. I went into industrial design, because I was allowed to be interested in math and art. I enjoy my job, but I can't help but wonder where I could have ended up if people like this hadn't poisoned my upbringing.

After school - after deconverting - I finally allowed myself to be curious, and ended up taking an interest in astronomy and history. I'm no scientist, but perhaps I would have liked to try at it when I was younger, if I was given the option...

Tldr: I have a personal vendetta against young earth creationism, and Noah can vent my anger on my behalf any day.

No spoilers, please. I've played about an hour as the Bachelor, and I'd appreciate it if all the comments are as wierd and vague as possible. I feel like that would be appropriate. Thanks :)

Kyle Gordon is a comedian/satirical musician from the states who has recently taken a trip to SA and Eswatini.

His latest song pokes fun at clueless tourists, 80s music tropes, and the skewed portrayal of Africa and its people in overseas media.

Kyle Gordon is a comedian/satirical musician from the states who has recently taken a trip to SA and Eswatini.

His latest song pokes fun at clueless tourists, 80s music tropes, and the skewed portrayal of Africa and it's people in overseas media.

South Africa is 89% Christian. For reference, a smaller percentage of the population of Syria, Turkey, Qatar and the UAE are Muslim.

I can't be openly atheist at work or social events, mostly just because it makes things awkward. My Ubers listen to praise and worship on the radio. People casually plan social events around church attendance. We have gay rights. Polygamy is legal, mostly for cultural reasons. Our school system is pretty good, but most people I know are young-earth creationists. Our schools have worship periods and church days.

It's a really wierd setup, because despite how religious my country is, it has very little influence on our politics.

I got Paralives for my birthday yesterday. I'm new to the community, and have been looking up some stuff about it on YouTube.

For some reason, the first videos suggested to me are about how toxic the discourse surrounding the game is - how people are too positive and defending it too hard, or how people are hating it for being in early access.

Interestingly, I haven't seen any actual toxicity. Everyone seems super chill, maybe offering some feedback and on occasion saying there's not much content in live mode at the moment and it's a bit buggy. Even that commentary usually comes with the understanding that it's early access.

Am I missing something here? What's going on?

"Five minutes after the apocalypse, Chicago was quiet"

I'm never writing real-world distopian fiction. This is useless to me, and yet it came to me.

Maybe it'll be useful to one of you.

Or maybe you have a first sentence you're never going to use, but you still have it.

Share, if you'd like.

Additional tw for some sexual content and abuse. There's a happy ending, though

My mom had been violently divorced - twice - and moved to the other side of the country to avoid my father and keep me away from him (he wasn't dangerous, she was spiteful). My sister couldn't keep a relationship for more than a year. My grandfather died before I was born. My uncle was a violent creep who kept divorcing and re-marrying the same woman. My aunt divorced her husband when I was too young to know him.

I had no role-model to show me what a good and healthy relationship was - despite each and every one of these people being supposedly devout Christians. It got to the point where I found it wierd that my friend had two parents in the house when I went for sleepovers.

Skip forward.

I met a man over 10 years ago. Our relationship was immediately sexual, though not physical. I was still religious, but I told myself that it doesn't count if it's over text.

I later found out that he's an atheist. I didn't care. He was my friend and we had fun together. It wasn't serious like that. I didn't want anything serious from anyone, ever.

But I liked him, and he liked me too. He wasn't interested in anything serious either. I'd fall in and out of relationships, but he was always a constant. We'd come back to eachother every time.

He started my deconversion. That's a whole other story, but to make it short, it took about two years after meeting him for me to decide that my religion was bullshit.

He never asked me to be his girlfriend. Instead, he got upset when I mentioned a different guy I was talking to. I told him he had to decide what he wants from me, and he decided that he wants... All of me... And he wants me to have all of him...

I don't know when the "let's see how long it lasts" mindset left me. We used to joke that we could never get rid of eachother, and it just slowly became less of a joke.

We've been a couple for about 8 years and I've never been happier. He is my peace and my rest and my comfort. We can talk about anything, about everything, and we do, for hours. After over a decade of talking, there's still so much to say. We watch shitty movies together until it's past midnight and we've laughed so hard that neither of us can breathe and it's wonderful... And we've decided that this is what we want the rest of our lives to be...

I love this man with every fiber of my being. I love him more than I've loved anything or anyone before. He says he feels the same, and I believe him...

And then I hear Christians talk about their relationships...

How you need to be a submissive wife.

How much work it takes.

How you have to keep going back to God every time there's trouble.

How men are meant to lead.

How we must be sexually pure and chaste.

How you shouldn't argue with your husband.

How you should serve him.

How you should meet his needs without any concern for your own.

How you should be ashamed of your doubts and your sins.

How you can never leave.

How... Miserable they are... And how they deny it... And how they insist that this is what love and marriage is meant to be...

I don't want a Godly relationship. The idea of it is disgusting...

My boyfriend (visiting from Australia) and I (Pretoria Resident) are looking for places to go for December.

The coasts are busy and expensive, and we really just want a relaxed little getaway. There doesn't have to be much to do, just the basic amenities: water, power, wifi, roads, stores

We're looking for a long term (3 week) stay in a place that's well equipped - a home away from home, rather than a hotel or a guest house.

Sutherland is at the top of the list, currently. The stargazing and small town vibes seem nice, and the prices aren't ludicrous.

Wed love some suggestions though, if anyone has recommendations on where to go for a chill and cheap holiday.

Don't pretend you haven't thought about it, at least once...

I think it's gonna be the wedding and setup for the start of the next game.

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Hear me out.

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The wedding itself isn't enough for a full on game, and there are a few loose ends dangling at the end of KCD2, but Henry has completed his character arc at this point.

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I think it's going to be Henry getting himself into whatever situation he needs to be in for the next game to make sense, because the ending you choose varies from going back to Rattay to settling in Kuttenburg to waring on with Zizka. There needs to be a cannon line to follow, wherever the next game picks up, and I think the movie is going to be that bridge.

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The alternative is that it's literally just the same story again, and I mean... Sure, you could do that, but I dont see why the studio would want to tell the same story twice. I don't see why Vavra would want to tell the same story twice. Money, I guess?

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Anyway, this is just speculation

I get a lot of inspiration from music. Burn Your Village from Kiki Rockwell has spawned a whole new character after I already finished my first draft, and I love her.

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What's been inspiring your writing lately?

I haven't played KCD2 in a while, but sometimes I just randomly start thinking about it, and today was one of those days.

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I have never seen any movie or show or game depict a siege as an actual siege. It's always some matched battle between the attackers and defenders with explosions and fire and Wilhelm screams.

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Sieges were boring. And they took a long time.

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Thank you, Warhorse, for having the balls to make the end of your game an extended session of slow starvation. It's perfect.

I've found that this has been the most important part of creating a realistic, three dimensional character, at least to me. You can pick a list of flaws or flesh out their backstory to the last detail, but they'll still feel flat if there isn't something behind the surface.

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Of course, that's not to say that every character needs to be written this way, but if you're having a hard time writing compelling characters, maybe give it a try.

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Some examples from LOTR, because that's the kind of nerd that I am

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Aragorn: doesn't know he is capable of being a good and just king (at least in the movies)

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Boromir: doesn't know his desperation is being manipulated by the ring

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Sam: doesn't know how much combined humility and bravery he posesses

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Legolas: doesn't know his racism/xenophobia is unjustified

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Their character arcs revolve around them confronting these unknowns and dealing with them, and I'd say they're more satisfying for it.

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So, I invite you to share what you characters don't know about themselves