Currently replaying The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD. Also have a save going for Stardew Valley and Baldur's Gate 3 (well, I have a few games going for BG3; I have my solo game, I have a game with my partner, I have a game with my partner and a friend, and then I have a game with my partner and two of his friends). I should also get back into Pathfinder: Kingmaker, but I think at this point I need to restart my save because it's been so long.
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I would as well
Show empathy towards those that have different experiences than I do
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Yeah, it does look like it's dead, pretty much. I'd love to start something but between my two jobs and moving soon, I don't really have the time
The only thing is the comments that he's found have been from that subreddit...
I know it's not perfect, but it seems to be pretty prevalent based on the things my partner is searching (as he's coming upon the negative comparisons a lot).
That's fair, and I personally like PF2E better than 5E. After having GM'ed PF2E for about a year to a year and a half (this was from about 2021 to about 2022), I don't feel like I could DM 5E again because it puts so much pressure on the DM to work (rulings over rules) and while some are okay with that, I personally don't like it.
Perhaps, I'll try recommending them to him as well, although I think I may have before
I mean I know the Internet is often a toxic place, but I don't think telling him "oh well the Internet is just toxic, deal with it" would help the situation. I suppose one thing I'm looking for here is potentially an alternative to Reddit for searching up questions about Pathfinder such that he would avoid D&D comparisons in a negative light (I say a negative light just because Pathfinder was born from 3.5E, so comparisons are going to happen regardless because the two games are related).
Maybe the simplest way to do this is, when your partner tells you, "I read someone being mean about 5e" you just ask, "Do you agree with them?"
I mean I know he doesn't, mostly because I've known him for a little over two years at this point.
I think the main issue is that people online are stating their opinion as fact or talking about PF2E and ignoring their biases against 5E. Asking people online to check their biases is a tall task I suppose, but I guess that goes back to my main question of this post of finding a knowledge center for Pathfinder that doesn't include negativity towards 5E.
I think typically a doctor would try to give alternatives to doing something that hurts the patient.
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I'll share it with him tomorrow as it's pretty late for me and I have work early. I'm simply just not super confident sharing the analogy with him will stop him from quitting the hobby altogether or at least stop him from playing Pathfinder
Just a note that Proton VPN doesn't allow P2P on their free plan.
That's such a great analogy, I just wish I felt more confident about sharing it with my partner.
Exactly, my motto is let people enjoy things if they're not hurting anyone
The main issue, and I've said this in another comment on this thread, is that he will have a question about PF2E and his first instinct is to go to Reddit or do a google search, which turns up with results from Reddit. He then maybe sees an answer to the question he was looking for, but he also sees unneeded hate directed towards the game he loves.
He's said that the problem surrounding PF2E is the culture of the game, and I can honestly agree with him. People can be loud when they're negative tbh, and moreso online. And it can't really be solved with blocking users, hiding posts, and moving on like you say it can, because he's shared with me several posts bad-mouthing 5E in favor of PF2E and they are all from different users. Yes, Archives of Nethys has the rules for free legally, but even I had questions going into running the game for the first time. What I did was read AoN as much as I could before running the game, but I am not my partner.
I mean I criticize D&D all the time, but there's a difference between criticizing the game and saying that the game is stupid or for babies or something (I've seen posts saying that 5E is for babies although those were from players of older editions of D&D).
Wizards of the Coast "running the game into the ground" is another reason he said he doesn't see a reason in playing the game anymore, and I'll give that one to him (although I will say that a table can simply opt to not play OneD&D and simply to just play regular 5E, I'd imagine people did that with 3.5E when 4E came along).
I have been trying to get my partner into Pathfinder 2nd edition, and they do seem taken with it, however he's been having some issues lately with PF2E. Notably, online. The more he gets into PF2E, the more hate he sees for 5E. He's been playing 5E for years now and has invested a lot of time and love into the game, and to see it bad-mouthed online by a ton of people either because they think PF2E is better, or they don't like the system, or because of the company that manages it, has been disheartening to him as of late.
He told me today that he might just stop playing altogether after he's finished with his games because of the hate he's been seeing online, and I would hate for him to drop something he loves and has invested so much time into because of some online hate comments coming from another community in an act of internet tribalism.
I tried telling him that people disliked D&D4E when it came out for various reasons, yet people still play it today, and that when I started playing 5E, 4E had the reputation of being the game that everyone hates, but he's still focused on how people will bad-mouth 5E when they really have no need to. One example I can remember him seeing (and before I bring it up, I understand Reddit's culture, but the large amount of forum posts are going to be on Reddit, especially for a large and insular hobby like TTRPGs) was on a Reddit thread of someone asking what an analogous spell or ability would be to some spell in 5E and one person commented something to the effect of "well, you could try using this spell/ability, but you won't get the same effect as you would in 5E because 5E is just for auto-win stuff that doesn't have the player trying hard" (moderately paraphrasing, but I think my point is conveyed well here).
Personally, I like PF2E over 5E, but I'll still play both, mostly because most people will play 5E and not want to try and learn a new system, especially if it's one that has a reputation of having exponentially more rules than the one they already know and are comfortable with. Does anyone have any tips for how I can help my partner here?
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I'm looking to getting back into VR gaming. However, with my switch to Linux, that has made things a little more complicated. I don't own a Valve Index (although I've heard that there are some issues with the Index on Linux), I own a Rift CV1. As far as I'm aware, the Oculus Rift is pretty much completely incompatible with Linux. I do also own both Beat Saber and SUPERHOT VR on the Oculus Store (poor choice of platform, I know).
So, unless there's something I've overlooked, my options are as follows:
- Sell my Rift and stop playing VR games (weird option to choose but it's an option).
- Sell my Rift and save up to buy a Valve Index (despite its issues)
- Sell my Rift and save up to get a Quest 2 (or 3 when that comes out, although that plays into Metz's pockets).
- Keep my Rift and do tiny experiments with it (again, weird choice given the title of the post, but it's an option)
Does anyone have any advice for me here?
Other than with like a PDF of a textbook (or a physical version thereof), I don't know many FOSS apps/sites for learning a language whether its a fringe language with few resources like Te Reo Māori, Irish, or Georgian or a major language like German, French, or Spanish. Have y'all seen any sites or apps for this?
Edit: I am already aware of Anki, although I don't think it alone is enough for me (plus I can get unmotivated to do the cards for a day and then I have to play catch up)
So I just updated Liftoff manually by downloading the APK from GitHub, however I feel like doing so isn't the best way to keep the app updated outside of installing the app from the Play Store. I had heard of a way to keep it updated automatically with some app or service but I can't remember the name. What is the best way to keep this app updated?
So my roommate has informed me that Android and Motorola donate to Republicans more than Democrats whereas Apple does not, claiming this as a reason that the iPhone is better than an Android phone. While I could find statistics confirming the fact about Motorola, I don't even know what they were referring to when they mentioned Android and I tried looking for "Android" and "Android Foundation" and came up with nothing. If they're referring to the fact that Android, while it's an open sourced project, is maintained by Google, I'm already aware of that and would like to de-google my phone as much as possible (note: my phone is a Motorola Moto G Power (2022)). I however couldn't find any stats to support the Apple claim and my roommate has yet to provide me with any sources.
In any case, for my next phone, I'd like to move to a more privacy-focused phone. I've heard about the Fairphone, but re this comment, I'm slightly dissuaded from getting one when it comes to the US. I got a Motorola phone in following the advice of this post regarding the safety of the hardware used, but I might want to switch off of the phone when it comes time to upgrade to a new one down the line.
I'm not sure what to go with, so feel free to give me tips on that. Also I've wanted to install an alternative OS on my phone but all the ones I've seen aren't compatible with my phone at the moment.
I'm on a quest to de-Google my life and that does include Android Auto. At the very least, I want to use more FOSS stuff if possible. I'm wondering if there's any FOSS alternative to Android Auto.
Feel free to add your favorite de-googled alternative as well.
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