UrsineApathy

It's early access development. I'm not even sure it's a beta at this point.

Ahhh, thanks for the clarification.

Smite 2 has been bombing? I wasn't aware it was even available to anyone yet? I've been looking forwards to it.

It goes 24/7 open alpha at the end of the month and they've had a handful of closed alpha weekends and marketing tournaments over the past few months. The game suffers from some weird design/map choices and they've only ported over like a dozen or so gods so far which is a big sticking point for a bunch of people. I'm sure it will be fine eventually, but it's rough around the edges right now.

I can't really find any good information right now. Is this a beta still or this a sneaky release? If it is still in beta a lot these points will probably be adjusted soon, especially 2-4.

I know the Smite community has been excited for the release since Smite 2 has been bombing so much at least and it also is receiving similar criticism.

This is all mostly true in my experiences. The sexual aspects being the most impactful and otherwise just being careful about how you dress, which is more of a slight inconvenience sometimes than an actual problem, but there are others.

• There's no such thing as a quickie because of how much warmup is required and then once you're down to business chafing becomes a serious issue very quickly if you're not careful.
• Most alternative sexual acts to PIV(and even that) are out of the question or difficult and unsatisfying with some women.
• You can't use standard condoms without risking breakage and need to use very expensive brands or custom order them(and they still don't fit right).
• Depending on how far up the spectrum you are, staying erect without medical help can be difficult, but this is more of a fringe issue.
• Wearing good underwear is required otherwise nothing is left to the imagination. For example, I generally can't wear sweatpants or swimwear in polite company without taking extra precautions. In a similar vein tight clothes also present a similar issue and are more uncomfortable.
• A lot of people don't realize the self esteem issues that usually come along with it. It sucks to literally have an otherwise great relationship ruined because you physically cannot have sex with a partner.
• A lot of men end up with weird dysmorphia issues. You don't even realize it's an issue until you're well into adulthood because porn has ruined people's expectations. If you're not 12 inches long, you're not big. I didn't even realize the extent of the problems it caused until I was in my late 20's because until that point I actually thought I was small...
• You will never receive any sympathy for any of these issues and talking about it will get you laughed at in most circles.

I had the same thought when I saw Conan on the list too. I always thought it started in film and TV.

The biggest ones that come to mind for me are The Witcher and anything Lord of the Rings or Harry Potter. I know the SMT series was originally based off the Digital Devil novels, but kind of developed its own identity pretty quickly.

There were some interesting names in this list from Wikipedia I found.

Plus, you're naked the whole time

Not the whole time. Sometimes you get put in stupid looking underwear so you can shit yourself without dignity while everyone laughs at how smelly you are.

Those socks look like an awesome brand. I'm definitely getting some and thanks for mentioning it!

That's what I think as well. Most likely just daily pricing updates for the exact legal reason SoyViking says.

I worked IT in grocery for a long time. The company I worked for was starting to sell these as I was leaving so I don't know a lot of the behind the scenes talk anymore, but the general thought was just for it to be a replacement of the paper labels that they usually replace weekly anyway. Maintaining shelf labels is actually a huge pain in the ass.

I finally got a chance to give it a listen and I really enjoyed it overall. The jazzy song structure of the first few tracks (chorus-instrumental improv-chorus) was a little off-putting to me, but after about halfway through I was really everything they were doing. I don't know why but every time I hear an upright bass organically mixed into a rock track it gives me a nice fuzzy feeling. I haven't heard anything of theirs since Contra released and they've definitely come a looong way in terms of mixing and composition.

Thanks for the heads up, I'll have to check out how they've matured over the years. I enjoyed them back when they were relevant, but as you say they were way too upbeat and simplistic to stand up over time. Definitely some fun guitar riffs to play though.

That used to be the case, but the ace, gay, and bisexual traits were incorporated into the base game code in 1.3 and stopped taking up a trait slot as of 1.4 I think. I don't know if you need a mod to control the frequency though, but I know you can just hard set the trait in the scenario settings when you start a run.

I have over a thousand hours in this game and I don't think I have ever had a bisexual pawn. Sexuality traits are too damn rare, it's unrealistic.