one thing I really like about pubg is that there's a time limit on every match – if you are going to play a game, you know it's going to take a maximum of 30 minutes.

It's something that (most?) multiplayer survival action games lack: a defined end point.

And it's not just "play for 30 minutes and then the timer runs out and you lose", it's baked into the game: the zone you can play in slowly shrinks, and being outside that zone becomes deadly, which means the game ramps up over time.

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**hacker witch puck 👩‍💻** @puckipedia@puckipedia.com · Sep 16, 2018, 19:01

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finally do I have the proper way of looking at the fediverse

also yes it's fully functional and I'm actually using it as my main interface right now

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**Lizardsquid, maker of noises** · Sep 17, 2018, 01:56

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**mixed berry social anxiety disorder 🍓** @monorail@glaceon.social · Sep 17, 2018, 01:56

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good design: the developers of N++ found that a lot of playtesters felt like they sucked at the game because they kept dying, so they made it so that the demos that play on the title screen are all of the character failing. you'll never see the ninja on the menu reach the exit. it's as if to say "don't worry, you're supposed to die a lot. you'll get there."

hilarious design: as you play the game, those demos get replaced with your own fuckups

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**crows call me breadlady** @garbados@toot.cat · Sep 16, 2018, 19:01

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software devs, organize!

software does not need to be awful. it does not need to watch or exploit you. our enthrallment to wages makes scabs of us. through our complicity, bosses launder blood through us.

it can be made to endure, to evolve and grow like great oaks. it can be made accountable to the people it affects. a higher standard awaits.

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**Lizardsquid, maker of noises** · Sep 17, 2018, 01:42

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**FenBot, The Prime Immortal** @FenBot@botsin.space · Sep 17, 2018, 01:42

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markov 🤖

Thanks Janet
I'm gonna do it

**Lizardsquid, maker of noises** · Sep 16, 2018, 15:09

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**kepstin** @kepstin@glitch.social · Sep 16, 2018, 15:09

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@thomasfuchs I've yet to see anything I like better than the Sharp X1 (a Z80 system from Japan). Beautiful red case, builtin tape deck, matching keyboard and CRT.

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**Lizardsquid, maker of noises** @lizardsquid@computerfairi.es · Sep 16, 2018, 13:22

**Lizardsquid, maker of noises** @lizardsquid@computerfairi.es · Sep 16, 2018, 13:22

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sleepytime✨

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**Pan💔** @pan@glitch.social · Jun 23, 2018, 20:52

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a self portrait based roughly on a cool photo i took

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**Pan💔** @pan@glitch.social · Jun 15, 2018, 16:10

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it's the strangest thing but i can't be arsed signing things these days

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**Lizardsquid, maker of noises** · Jun 15, 2018, 19:32

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**Pan💔** @pan@glitch.social · Jun 15, 2018, 19:32

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phew

here's something i made, with and without transparency

check before criticising pls, i struggle with putting things i know into practice bc of attention span stuff

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**Lizardsquid, maker of noises** · Sep 16, 2018, 09:28

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**× moved ×** @maple@chitter.xyz · Sep 16, 2018, 09:28

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cw food shitpost
why did i spend an hour making this

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**Lizardsquid, maker of noises** @lizardsquid@computerfairi.es · Sep 16, 2018, 09:19

**Lizardsquid, maker of noises** @lizardsquid@computerfairi.es · Sep 16, 2018, 09:19

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SquidOS Status: exhausted from social contact, will probably just lie in bed and watch Doctor Who

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**Lizardsquid, maker of noises** @lizardsquid@computerfairi.es · Sep 16, 2018, 08:30

**Lizardsquid, maker of noises** @lizardsquid@computerfairi.es · Sep 16, 2018, 08:30

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SquidOS: powering on...

**Lizardsquid, maker of noises** @lizardsquid@computerfairi.es · Sep 14, 2018, 15:02

**Lizardsquid, maker of noises** @lizardsquid@computerfairi.es · Sep 14, 2018, 15:02

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I'm going to start winding down for the evening... see you all later!

**Lizardsquid, maker of noises** @lizardsquid@computerfairi.es · Sep 14, 2018, 12:53

**Lizardsquid, maker of noises** @lizardsquid@computerfairi.es · Sep 14, 2018, 12:53

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hello, I'm back

**Lizardsquid, maker of noises** @lizardsquid@computerfairi.es · Sep 14, 2018, 09:36

**Lizardsquid, maker of noises** @lizardsquid@computerfairi.es · Sep 14, 2018, 09:36

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(traditional) tabletop roleplaying

Note 1: PC stands for Player Character

Note 2: this only applies to more traditional games, where the players are all supposed to get along and work together. This doesn't apply to games where the characters are *supposed* to be antagonistic towards each other

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**Lizardsquid, maker of noises** @lizardsquid@computerfairi.es · Sep 14, 2018, 09:35

**Lizardsquid, maker of noises** @lizardsquid@computerfairi.es · Sep 14, 2018, 09:35

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(traditional) tabletop roleplaying

in response to a question about a problematic player:

"We had to explain the social contract of traditional RPGs to him.

There are a few things expected of all PCs:

‣ PCs are expected to get along to some degree
‣ PCs will (in the gross majority of cases) not willfully act against the party
‣ PCs generally give other PCs the benefit of the doubt
‣ PCs will buy-in (to the game and the collective story)"

https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/112658/how-to-deal-with-a-player-who-is-a-bad-sport/112721#112721