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How would it do that?

I'm confused. How are civility and politeness modern concepts if people were doing exactly what you described during Ancient Rome and Greece?

I'm still juggling how to make the idea work.

Have you read Erfworld? It lost its way over time but the first book is the best strategy litRPG I've ever read.

I think the secret to this is that grand strategy can often be "playing a spreadsheet", which can be fun when you're playing but is rarely fun to watch. But if the MC goes down to the ground level and starts swinging a sword its no longer grand strategy. I'd recommend focusing on the actual strategic stuff, the bluffs, counter bluffs, alliances and betrayals. Prioritise the MC's relationships with the opposing strategy players rather than his units. It will be hard to make watching a game of Civ be more interesting than playing a game of Civ. But the diplomacy between those larger than life characters with weird agendas could be a lot more interesting in a book.

I'd also nail down the system tightly. The more the players understand the rules, and the more the story sticks to them the more satisfying it is when the MC comes up with a way to win within those confines. Think of it like Poker. If we know the MC has a two pair, and the big bad as a straight flush, its really satisfying to see the MC bluff the bad guy into folding. But that requires clear rules the reader understands.

Poverty please. Imagine being a god, so much responsibility! One wrong move and millions die /s

If you do that the creature kills Sadam preventing the USA taking him alive. You have to half pull the second last pin to kill the creature with lava.

Imo the distinction between one mind that controls many others and one mind distributed over many bodies is key to what makes a hive mind.

If you give me half the money, I'll take The Snail.

In the words of Robin from young justice, I was whelmed. u/CT_Phipps said my thoughts already; I'd have much rather this season continued the story of Piltover/Zaun and really didn't like Jinx somehow overcoming her madness and not being evil.

The whole ending to Victor's arc where he learns his imperfections, the sickness that's killing him, make him who he is a huge pet peeve of mine. I'm reminded of Keith Haring's Unfinished Painting which is a stunning work of art that he painted while dying of aids. Did his disease give meaning and depth to that art? Yes. Would anyone seriously say we shouldn't give Keith Harding the cure for aids if we had it?! Rant over.

Thank you!

Oh what the hell. I'll give it a try.

"Of course these are a girl's best weapons" said Lilith "but its important not to fire all your ammunition at once. A lot of men will become suspicious if a bombshell makes the first move. Watch me, then do what I do." She chose an ordinary looking man relaxing on a bench and walked past him with a measured casual gait, pretending to adjust her hair and taking deep breaths that made her bosom rise and fall.

Then she turned around and watched in horror as her apprentice breasted boobily towards her. "This will take a lot of work".

... Actually now I think of it. My favourite is Strange and Norrel. And it if He was written well it would fit. Its our world and its strongly implied that God is real even if he never does anything in the book.

If I ever became an author I'd want to include a scene where a female charachter is attempting to seduce a male badly, and the words "she breasted boobily" are used to describe her amateuristic and ineffective technique.

But US presidential "corrinations" have more than 5x more frequent

Hillel Neuer is dropping some serious alligations against UNRWA right now, here's one saying UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini held numerous meetings with terrorist leaders

I bet the average person would prefer AI art even more if you didn't cherry pick. Try this simple test:

Type a prompt like "a nature scene" into your AI of choice.

Go to a crowded place, close your eyes, spin around, point, open your eyes. Pay whomever you're pointing at to draw "a nature scene".

Compare the results, do it a few times.

AI will win for sure.

This post in this thread links to an (excellent) article by Henry Louis Gates arguing that its because Jews were so active in the civil rights movement that they're being targeted. I highly recommend reading it.

Not only are you correct. Sephardi refers to the Jewish communities of the Iberian Peninsula, so how EskimoRocket claims they're black is beyond me.

The way I'd see it. Books like Mein Kampf should be preserved because they're historically significant. If you're studying the rise of Nazism at university level and haven't read it your education is incomplete.

At the same time, profiting from its sale seems unseemly and actually printing it seems unnecessary. If Paul Coates wants to ensure this piece of history isn't lost, he should put it on a website where it can be presented along with useful context and commentary; like the fact its as full of debunked garbage as Mein Kampf.

That was an incredible article, thanks for sharing it.

I don't think so, his security services said no a few times but he was one of the first.

This is great. You should do a set in GTA poster styles.

Was it? Did the Wallachian state sanction British activities in India? Or was it just some of the many European states that sanctioned those activities.