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Stellaris give away

you will play with a couple of dramatards during the weekend

tell a fun fact about yourself, and confirm that youre okay with galactic genocide

then the winner will be chosen by a third party.

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Shellshock gabe/itch :marseysheepdog:

‘twould be simpler for all to be marseys and dogs :marseywave:

2mo ago #7098998

YOU'RE PLAYING STELLARIS WITHOUT TELLING ME FIRST??? :#marseyraging:

@Kang-PrimeTimeline give me your friend code and let's go enslave some humans for cheap labor pls :marseyadmire:

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DestoryerCarbine sae/less Only real g*mer on this entire site Shellshock 2mo ago #7100400

Why are all these dramaneighbors larpers with no taste

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Shellshock gabe/itch :marseysheepdog:

‘twould be simpler for all to be marseys and dogs :marseywave:

DestoryerCarbine 2mo ago #7101013

I'm sorry we have fun playing grand strategy instead of Street Fighter 2436

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DestoryerCarbine sae/less Only real g*mer on this entire site Shellshock 2mo ago #7101030

BIPOC there''s a difference between strategy and larp :marseyxd:

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HollyJollyJihad Hazzard/County :marseysteaming:

DestoryerCarbine 2mo ago #7106471 Edited 2mo ago

Singleplayer larping is why these games even exist :marseysteaming:

MP is fun, but unfortunately my weekend charitable work got shifted into HOI hours on Sundays. I'm too burger Max Weber-brained to not be doing some kind of labor for more than 24 hours.

I get restless if I'm not being exploited for free labor for too long. @RottenDonGER a kraut of all people has to understand the need to participate in die arbeit

No, I will not capitalize your common nouns :marseytroll:

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DestoryerCarbine sae/less Only real g*mer on this entire site HollyJollyJihad 2mo ago #7106546

>Singleplayer larping is why these games even exist :marseysteaming:

So that's why paradox does their QA as multiplayer games :marseythinkorino:

Think of the HOI as working for us over at !hoi4 :marseymerchant:

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DestoryerCarbine 2mo ago #7109767

So that's why paradox does their QA as multiplayer games

I'm not disagreeing that HOI4 is balanced around MP, but SP is the lion's share of players and the reason the genre exists.

MP makes up 12-14% of overall play

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DestoryerCarbine sae/less Only real g*mer on this entire site HollyJollyJihad 1mo ago #7111089

>reason the genre exists.

This one isn't the case, and it's an extremly bold claim. it's the reason certainn mods exist, but not the vanilla game, and that has been the case for every game. They even had their own matchmaking service back in y2k called valkyrie-net. It's like saying the reason competitive FPSs exist is like CS2 exist because there is a play with bots option. It's not even comparable.

The only two games I would describe as primarily single-player are Stellaris and EU4 for the sole reason that they are so easy the encourage maximum larp. Which is then also why EU4 has the second-most popular multi-player scene, it's so easy.

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DestoryerCarbine 1mo ago #7111365

I feel like I'm talking to an alien on this particular topic. Grand Strategy Games are inherently a singleplayer dominated genre. Always have been, probably always will be. Close to 90% of all Paradox game players never play multiplayer.

Why would there be a million nonsensical, non-beneficial larp paths in HOI4 for completely irrelevant countries if it was meant to be a competitive multiplayer game?

These games originated as digitized tabletop board games played against the computer with the later addition of multiplayer capability on top.

Comparing it to Counterstrike is apples to oranges because twitch shooters never existed as a popular singleplayer genre. The player counts show that not many people want skill based shooters against bots. In contrast the player counts show that the vast majority of Paradox game players have no interest in multiplayer.

There's no value judgement in what I'm saying or personal stake. Obviously MP is more interesting and competitive because real people are more capable at adaptation, but that isn't what sells most Paradox GSG copies.