Endymion_Mallorn
@Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org
Just a nerd who migrated from kbin(dot)social.
- Comment on At this point, what should we do about the ICE raids? If an ICE agent breaks in without a warrant or holds you at gunpoint, what do you do? 3 days ago:
When did I say anything about whether it matters or not? Belief doesn't imply importance. It matters, because the people I care about could be hurt or worse. I just don't have a belief that it's inclined towards one path or another.
- Comment on At this point, what should we do about the ICE raids? If an ICE agent breaks in without a warrant or holds you at gunpoint, what do you do? 3 days ago:
If not surrendering, you're toast, community or not. They'll kill you for resisting before your community can mobilize. So you end up in a different list in the back of a history textbook.
Of those two, I lean toward classical nihilist; I believe nothing but what I've experienced in my own self. Pessimists believe that everything gets worse; My hope is that it change for the growth of our game.
- Comment on At this point, what should we do about the ICE raids? If an ICE agent breaks in without a warrant or holds you at gunpoint, what do you do? 3 days ago:
Surrender and recognize you might get a listing in the back of a history book someday, if they don't win. PS: They will likely win.
- Comment on Can America's patriotism be rebuilt? 1 week ago:
The challenge is that there are "Patriots" out there. There are three Americas, realistically: The South & Midwest, The North & Coasts, and the minority experience. One of those is "patriotic", with the idea that the other two need to be killed.
- Comment on GOG is Getting Acquired By Its Original Co- Founder: What It Means For You 2 weeks ago:
Honestly, yes. I feel better supporting FOSS.
- Comment on GOG is Getting Acquired By Its Original Co- Founder: What It Means For You 2 weeks ago:
How are any of those webgames? They're just FOSS.
- Comment on GOG is Getting Acquired By Its Original Co- Founder: What It Means For You 2 weeks ago:
I have no interest in A/AA/AAA games in the last decade or so. I also truly don't give a single crap about "legal". Copywrong should be fought and all information should be made free at all times. I mean, technically I play games that are current, like Luanti, OpenTTD, Battle for Wesnoth, Mindustry, and Endless Sky. So I'm not in the same sphere.
Hell, as I said above, in a world where eXo exists, GOG needs to do a lot more to justify financial investment.
- Comment on GOG is Getting Acquired By Its Original Co- Founder: What It Means For You 2 weeks ago:
Good, they can help more people.
- Comment on GOG is Getting Acquired By Its Original Co- Founder: What It Means For You 2 weeks ago:
They can build a new platform to sell current games in a DRM-free situation. Good Old Games should stick specifically to old games.
- Comment on GOG is Getting Acquired By Its Original Co- Founder: What It Means For You 2 weeks ago:
The name of the site is Good Old Games. I have no problem with a separate marketplace for Non-DRM current games. I don't see a reason to give a large company money - especially in a world where eXoDOS and eXoWin9x exist.
- Comment on GOG is Getting Acquired By Its Original Co- Founder: What It Means For You 2 weeks ago:
I want it away from all megacorps. The moment the non "old" games get off the platform, I'll be inclined to give them money again.
- Comment on What're your strong opinions from an aged / dead fandom? 2 weeks ago:
It was absolutely important to the community, and outlasted the Alliance forums. I wish we had a good place like that anymore. Has anyone opened an m/Animorphs in the fediverse yet?
- Comment on Fare thee well 3 weeks ago:
They better not have.
- Comment on What're your strong opinions from an aged / dead fandom? 3 weeks ago:
I think I was briefly on Richard's forum, but I couldn't tell you what my username was. I was also in the official community that Scholastic ran (and because of being a helpful kid, I actually helped in the server room at Valley Cottage after a sale when there were hardware problems).
- Comment on What're your strong opinions from an aged / dead fandom? 3 weeks ago:
He was a wargamer to start out with. Of course he was going to end up being a massive dick.
- Comment on What're your strong opinions from an aged / dead fandom? 3 weeks ago:
That having God in the final episode of Quantum Leap (the original) being played by an actor who was also in the first episode of the series made it much more interesting.
I hope you mean the original series and not the reboot. I don't think he ever admits that's what he is. My personal belief is that Captain Braxton of the Relativity was lying through his teeth to Sam (in order to preserve the Temporal Prime Directive), and directs him to the biggest Leap of his career, Captain Jonathan Archer in the First Contact timeline, because that whole timeline represents "what once went wrong".
- Comment on What're your strong opinions from an aged / dead fandom? 3 weeks ago:
The Ellimist should have stepped in and cushioned Rachel's fall. She didn't deserve what she got.
- Comment on What're your strong opinions from an aged / dead fandom? 3 weeks ago:
Here's a take on Lensman - we need more anime versions. Oh, and Jade in DC used to be the best version of a Second Stage Lensman in any media (pity about her brother tho).
- Comment on What're your strong opinions from an aged / dead fandom? 3 weeks ago:
So it went the way of the modern world. It's sad, really.
- Comment on What're your strong opinions from an aged / dead fandom? 3 weeks ago:
The Pentagon has "failed" their audit, by trillions of dollars, for over a decade. Most of us have no idea why, how, or where that money went. Out of every part of the show, the idea that the US Military could keep it a total secret from even 99% of the government is the most plausible bit. Consider this - it was an "interesting" research find in Egypt. The US Military convinced (paid) the Met to acquire it (the Met put out a fake and provided a false history, which is what Daniel was working with at the start of the movie). The real thing, lacking the DHD, was brought to what would become SG-1.
Who would ever know? Why would they ever know? Why, in fact, would they ever think to look? Everyone is so thoroughly bullshitted by decades of Egyptology, UFOlogy and Ancient Aliens theories (including von Daniken), that they'd never imagine looking for one machine run by the US military that they don't talk about.
- Comment on All the guilt none of the salvation 3 weeks ago:
Can we instead get all the salvation with none of the guilt?
- Comment on DIY 3 weeks ago:
Seems more like an Easter basket stuffer.
- Comment on First Impressions: Heroes of Might and Magic: The Olden Era is an excellent franchise revival, with an unfortunate art style that belies its quality. 4 weeks ago:
Yup, with the pits and the passwords that are the TOS crew.
- Comment on First Impressions: Heroes of Might and Magic: The Olden Era is an excellent franchise revival, with an unfortunate art style that belies its quality. 4 weeks ago:
Yup, it's very clearly science-fantasy. Not just a buried space ship (there's another one in either 6 or 7 on Enroth). Xeen is a flat world with two sides - The Clouds and the Darkside. It was launched by the Ancients and there are two AIs / robots who are the real power players in the plot, even though they aren't as prominent.
- Comment on First Impressions: Heroes of Might and Magic: The Olden Era is an excellent franchise revival, with an unfortunate art style that belies its quality. 4 weeks ago:
I'm happy with playing the Game Boy Color versions of the games (and King's Bounty on Gen/MD). Though I have to admit that Enroth is my least favorite M&M world. I still love Xeen.
- Comment on Cops hassling Santa for not having papers to be in the US 4 weeks ago:
I mean, I live here in the USA. Laughter is the only response I have left. I'm too tired to be scared, and there's no point in getting angry since there's nothing I can do about it that wouldn't leave me hurt worse.
So the only answer left is to laugh about it.
- Comment on Roundup of Roundup 4 weeks ago:
Well, education would give us a better sense of what "common sense" needs to mean.
- Comment on Is it a bad idea to learn Russian because of everything? 4 weeks ago:
I learned Russian when I was in school - after having family who left during the pograms. Learning the Russian language, or any language, should not be about politics. You don't learn the language to embrace government policies, you do it in order to better understand the artists and the art they created. I don't have my Russian keyboard, so you'll forgive me - but there are works which work best when untranslated and understanding some context. "We" by Zamyatin, "Master & Margarita" by Bulgakov, a bunch of Tolstoy's works, "Diary of a Madman" by Gogol, "Roadside Picnic" by the Strugatsky brothers, and movies like Solaris and Stalker. Not to mention the poetry.
Learn the language for the art. If it does make you political at all, it'll make you even more opposed to the Chekist in charge.
- Comment on There are two types of scientists: surgeons and cowboys. 4 weeks ago:
Cowboys get results. Not always good or correct results, but by gosh they get a result.
- Comment on Roundup of Roundup 4 weeks ago:
To the vast majority of the population, those two things are the same. Science is what's published and what the lawmakers and journalists see. If most of that is flawed, Science is flawed. if Science is flawed, then the next best thing is "common sense".