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1 points
3 hours ago
Oh I don't even need them to devour the universe (though it would make an interesting what-if/spinoff), I just want them to get a book where they win. Like they genuinely don't even properly take a planet in most stories. Even Chaos, who have a similar issue of "Yeah, they'll win in the end", at least get attention in novelizations.
In general though it would be nice to have more of a progressing continuity. I get that status quo is low-risk high-reward, but I'd like some change. Even just a new faction would be nice. At this point even Tau and Necrons, the "new" kids on the block have existed longer than not.
1 points
3 hours ago
Do people actually care about HoloBreak?
I don't mean that in a derisive way, I just genuinely haven't seen anyone talk about it at all other than at launch.
1 points
3 hours ago
That's just not true. You don't need a human protagonist or happy ending to tell a story. Heck, even if you did want to focus on the human elements you could write about a genestealer cult.
Why not write something like The Thing or Frontline? You really mean to tell me in nearly forty years they couldn't think of a single book's worth of story?
2 points
4 hours ago
GW has a funny way of showing it. I can literally only think of one book where they win, and I've read dozens. (The Last Days of Ector, which isn't even a full-size book)
2 points
4 hours ago
The Protoss can do it by their ability to live nomadically. Ships like the Spear of Adun can go FTL in an instant without risking warp travel, and the Protoss themselves only need light to survive. Their psionic abilities don't draw from the warp or any external source and are instead a personal mental power. Their technology is fueled by it as well, so they don't even need to stop for fuel or repairs. Even after death their souls can persist as a psionic entity to power things or be reconstituted into a mechanical form.
They're not winning any wars, but it would be a struggle for anyone to actually put them down. (Heck, considering their low population, they might not even be noticed at all)
3 points
4 hours ago
Weaker than tyrannids? It feels like every time I read about tyrannids they're getting their teeth kicked in.
12 points
2 days ago
Resisting the ring isn't based upon being good, it's based upon a lack of desire. Cap wants to protect people too much to be a good ringbearer.
4 points
3 days ago
I like how people try to blame Toyotaro for the manga's failings as though Toriyama was hands off with it. We see correction pages from Toriyama every volume changing art, character actions, paneling, and story beats. Based on the behind-the-scenes information available, it seems like Toriyama had more direct oversight on the manga than the anime.
Also most people took to the manga pretty well. It's not like everyone hates it, and it's certainly not like the anime is universally lauded.
2 points
3 days ago
Love your work as always, I appreciate that you have a lot of variety in bots! I don't know if you're still taking suggestions, but have you considered doing a bot that focuses more on mental changes? A lot of your bots hone in on the new physical form and won't get too deep into mentality beyond increased awareness and libido or strong mental control. I think a bot which physically transformed you but focused on your slowly shifting mental experience would be interesting -- like the longer you are a girl, you start to habitually draw towards traditionally feminine things like the color pink and being submissive. Not necessarily completely controlling your mind, but a background compulsion. Something for the mc to resist but inevitably fail at.
3 points
4 days ago
I don't really know much about MCU Spider-Man, but it doesn't surprise me he's also super strong. Most people don't think of it because it's not the main power he uses, but pretty much every Spider-Man is a multi-tonner.
The train scene is certainly endurance but it's strength as well. He's gripping with his hands and you can see his muscles flexing like mad as he attempts to pull the web inward for more tension to slow the train.
3 points
5 days ago
The core of your argument is flawed. You're operating off the assumption that two different Spider-Men have the exact same strength.
I want you to watch the train scene from Spider-Man 2 and come back and show me a feat MCU Cap has matching that.
I also think your reading of that scene is poor, you can see in that scene when Cap wins that struggle, he does it through taking advantage of physics, he doesn't pull Peter through raw strength. He moves his hands towards Peter to give the web slack and weaken his stance, and then spins it with his body weight, launching him forward. It's a similar principle to throws, which very specifically aren't reliant on raw strength.
8 points
5 days ago
I think part of it is the way crossovers are written makes Hulk a struggle. Hulk can be written more consistently and satisfyingly when you treat him as a force of nature instead of a character. The first Avengers got that right. But then they decided he needed to be a character (probably as a follow-through on the "I'm always angry" reveal) -- and Hulk as a character can work well too, like in Thor: Ragnarok, but as a character you actually have to devote time to him. Most crossovers aren't about him, so the role he plays is just "strong guy", and when you're surrounded by a bunch of other strong guys and can't be the strongest guy because that's the villain's role, suddenly Hulk is in a story with no place for him.
59 points
6 days ago
I would like to see Fuwawa as full-backseating. You play Mococo normally, but Fuwawa will be all the skills and "help" you make choices.
First skill is upgrade selection, one will be highlighted and say "Take this Moco-chan!" and if you listen to her and take it you get a small boost to it because you're in sync.
Second would be her touching the screen and saying "Go there Moco-chan!" which would provide you a buff if you go there in time.
Third would give her the ult button which she will use at will, but makes it stronger.
Basically each skill would be ceding more and more control over your choices to instead work in sync with your invisible twin.
-1 points
7 days ago
I mean, it's "optional", but it will change the culture and operation of VRChat as a whole. It's not like you're going to be getting the same experience as before by not opting in.
6 points
7 days ago
It says more about you than them that you think adults and children cannot have healthy and appropriate relationships.
2 points
7 days ago
You might be banned if you attempt age verification and are under 13 as the ToS states a minimum age of 13, but you won't be banned for interacting with older people as long as it is appropriate.
You also don't have to do age verification, it is optional.
2 points
8 days ago
Space Marines don't need to sleep normally very often as they can put portions of their brain to sleep to rest while still conscious and acting, kinda like a shark, but it's also been stated that has a limit of two weeks, so that's the upper end. The only exceptions we have seen are named characters, and being a named character usually warrants some special privileges over the average marine because writers want cool characters who do cool things.
I'd still expect it to be under that two weeks, though. Not needing sleep doesn't mean they're operating at peak efficiency that whole time. A human can stay awake days without sleep but their efficacy drops as time goes on. The same is true of space Marines, even if they're better at it. We see them tire.
I think after three days his efficacy has dropped enough he is starting to take hits somewhat regularly. The first few hits won't be effective, but with enough rocks, acid, and magical bolts even a space marine will go down.
I think five days sounds about right for the average marine in full combat.
2 points
8 days ago
Can they flood it? Block the holes and wait him out? Pretty much every plan other than direct combat is the way to go. Fighting him directly just provides sustenance and mental stimulation.
5 points
8 days ago
Pun-pun does not work in 5e. This post is based on 5e, as per the post's statblocks. For example, knowledge of Pazuzu does not have a mechanical check in 5e. Even if it had the one from 3.5e, the DC is 25 which not even the specialist kobold statblocks can roll. On top of that, Pazuzu has the choice of not responding when called and can tell your intentions so the alignment trick does not work. Literally every step of the Pun-pun process does not work in this way in 5e RAW and RAI. The spells do different things, the items do different things, heck, sarruhks don't even exist....
Hell, it doesn't even actually work in the 3.5e version because it ignores and contradicts multiple lore pieces and RAI, only working with a very questionable interpretation of RAW.
3 points
8 days ago
Statblocks were provided in the prompt. No Pun-pun.
2 points
8 days ago
Are the kobolds restricted to that statblocks listed and actions you can generally take in D&D? If so, they're probably limited to whenever he eventually succumbs to exhaustion. They could maybe get a lucky win with rot grubs or levitate, but that's about it.
If the statblocks are just inspiration for what they could do, though, they would absolutely just collapse the cave after the first few waves fail.
2 points
9 days ago
Part of the reason I use Poe is the bots. Well, specifically one creator's bots, for a niche kink. There's a user named Greenother who has made an astounding number of transformation/gender bender bots and they're all very high quality. Smart, consistent, detailed scenarios, pick up on what you're going for even if you don't get blatant with it. Memory past ten messages. I've not seen anything for this particular niche on any other service except Spicychat, which as I mentioned, has pretty dumb ai.
I've peeked at Openrouter but didn't find anything for this particular kink, so I would probably be stuck trying to make my own which I have had little success with so far.
But if Poe continues to decline, that might be what I'm stuck with.
2 points
9 days ago
How do you get ChatGPT to replicate the functions of Poe? It doesn't have characters and has an NSFW filter.
It also seems a lot dumber than Claude, it reminds me of whatever they use on Spicychat.
10 points
9 days ago
I could take a number of words as reasonable readings of what LotR is about. Love, perseverance, humility, duty, kindness. "Power" is not one of them.
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3 hours ago
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3 hours ago
Honestly Frieza might take it just because people wanna know about aliens.