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They used to say that if you choose a job you love, you'll never work a day, but these days, if you choose a job you love, you'll find all the reasons to hate it.

A bunch of gameplay youtubers I watch talk about still playing games in downtime. And they have been at it for years.

I think downtime part of it is important. Don't turn all of your game time into stream time, that what gets you into burnout. So they stream Hearthstone and Legends of Runeterra as the job (though still fun) but play other games to relax just like everybody else.

Edited by Adannor on May 23rd 2023 at 10:15:08 PM

#5053: Eggs

Love the goblin eyes.

I want Mari and Appleboom to meet.

They might at least be able to enjoy the smell, depending on what seasonings Dale put in the omelets.

#5054: In which some have better luck than others.

Lmao I was Dale back when Okita first came out in FGO. I had a friend playing with me who just couldn't roll her after using up like 800 Quartz, while I managed to luck out and got her in less than 60.

"It's bullshit and I hate it and I can't stop playing it."

Gacha games are evil and the person who invented them should roast in hell.

Gacha is Bad Civilization.

#5055: Dammit, Marigold.

...why are they all porn?

Because a very high fraction of gacha games are about waifu/husbando collection, even the ones that aren't actually porn.

I wonder how good the Idol Assassins Underwear Atelier storyline is.

The lake? Just how fancy is this house? Actually, it reminds me of my uncle’s place. He has a dock and some kayaks.

…watch it be the same lake as Emily’s party.

Somehow, I very much doubt it considering how out of the way the lakehouse was and that was a tiny lake.

I don't see the appeal of Gatcha, I see the appeal of gambling but, Gatcha seems like gambling without the faint unrealistic hope you'll see a worthwhile reward. I mean at least if I win at slots I can buy a cool new video game or action figure, terrible car, something for the house or a nice meal, but this is just a single character you have a chance at or digital character or something. I'd expect at least a big reward for real money like 16 characters in a fighting game worth of a reward. I mean, I wouldn't pay to buy Street Fighter 1 just for chance that one in every 6 copies will let me play as Chun-Li, I'd rather just buy Street Fighter 2.

I'm not looking down on people who get locked into it or have gambling addictions, I just mean why this form? There seem like there are much more preferable and easy to get addicted to skinner boxes then the Gatcha ones I've seen. I haven't seen many. Mostly ads on sidelines though, so maybe it is just my limited exposure to this genre talking.

Edited by Wildcard on May 27th 2023 at 4:42:22 AM

The trick with most of them is the "technically free" part. Initially, it seems like you can just play and have a decent chance of unlocking what you need (particularly since most of these games start with a rare pick and sucker you in with good odds, the same way that a casino puts loose slot machines in the entranceway as you queue up to get in). And then, wanting to be competitive (and not wait to grind) leads to you actually shelling out cash...

I personally don't get it either, but different people have different addictions.

I just assumed it was. Maybe Lower Mill Pond?

For Marigold’s house, could be, but it doesn’t seem remote enough for the lake party. I see a bunch of other little lakes and reservoirs in the forested area to the west on Google.

The cycle that gacha and other microtransaction games are hoping to create are "oh, I don't need to pay anything to play. But ughhh, I've been grinding and grinding and I can't get this specific thing that I want. And here is this convenient reminder that I can just pay 99 cents to have exactly what I need! Well, just this once. Well, another one won't hurt. Well, it's fine. Well, I have a $300 credit card bill now."

As I have no money for this kind of BS, the microtransaction games I play are just "ughhh, aren't there any cracks that clean up this crap?" every time it makes me dismiss an invitation to buy stuff.

#5056: Hello, Aurelia!

...I thought for a second that was Claire, and I was wondering since when she was having casual hookups. (...honestly, I feel like Marten these days is too chill to mind as long as she didn't try to hide it.)

It's probably the Mom aura, but I always thought Aurelia was taller... but indeed, she's shorter than Claire.

Edited by FuzzyBoots on May 28th 2023 at 10:32:04 AM

In some of the early strips, she was taller. She also didn’t look as much like a dead ringer for Claire back then. I suspect Jeph added gray hairs to Aurelia to better distinguish her current character design from Claire’s. (2804, 2806, 3867)

According so some comments, early patreon release strip didn't have the grey hair and they though it was Claire at a glance.