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Oh, you play video games....?
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"Yeah, I'm a big fan of Hearts of Iron!"
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"I'm currently playing through [single player game]"
Ah ok, we're probably good
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Exclusively plays Germany
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A long time ago, when I was a teenager and the first HoI was out, I was only playing Germany. Mostly because it was the only powerful country which felt somewhat manageable without wanting to cry in the convoy screen...
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Navy management is actually quite easy, people just overthink it/don't understand that the AI is so flawed it doesn't matter in SP, you just need enough naval superiority in one zone for a single day to Sealion Britain as anyone from Spain to Ethiopia. It's also much easier now that you can claim navies in peace deals.
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...There were peace deals in HoI 1? 🤨
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Is exclusively playing Trotsky better or worse?
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Is it bad that I played China in SP? I did pretty much take over the world...
It was an interesting run. Just surviving as China in the beginning is extremely hard, but eventually I controlled all of China plus Japan. Then Russia attacked so I took over almost all of Russia. Then the allies attacked, so I blocked them at India and eventually took over India, then North America and finally started pushing into Europe. With no DLC the endgame can become such a painful grind. The only aggressive wars I was in were the early wars to unify China. Other than that I was always on the defensive.
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Legit, I have a teenager in the family heavily into it, and it is worrying. Are there any good articles on how to handle this specific thing gracefully?
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Ask them what their favorite faction in that game is, or if there are any mods they've done recently. Could always just be a big nerd for WW2 cause they're a teenager.
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yeah, ww2 history is really interesting lol, it's more a yellow flag than a red flag
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Yup. A guy I know was a big WW2 nerd. Also openly gay. Sometimes people just like historic stuff.
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Nope, sorry. Even if he only installed the game, it's too late. We're gonna have to put Jr. down.
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pink guy pfp
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Stellaris has entered the chat
My genocidal machine empire is gonna wipe the galaxy of all the filthy xeno scum. I don't even want your worlds, I'm gonna crack that removed open like an egg because we don't need your pathetic "breathable air"
God damn biologicals.
But seriously, Stellaris is fucking awesome.
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That could be literally anyone these days, though. My mom plays video games.
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I know but unfortunately moms can be racist, too.
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Yeah, but at that point it's not a red flag anymore. If everyone plays video games, it doesn't have predictive value anymore until you get into specifics genres or even specific games/franchises.
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But....Isn't that the whole point of this post...? Playing video games doesn't mean you're a shitty person but there's enough shitty people into the hobby that you need to get clarification? Why phrase it that way when we're making the same point?
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It's silly to blame "gamers" when gamers encompasses potentially the entire planet with every belief.
Blame conservatives who happen to be gamers. It's the same fucking people, every time.
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From my experience playing online games, there's a higher percentage of people publicly using slurs than the general population.
That's not an admonishment of gamers as a whole, though. I'm not blaming "gamers" for anything
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Those are 11 year olds who don't know any better.
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We're not making the same point, though. Would you take it as a red flag to learn that someone often eats noodles or drinks cola?
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…what kind of cola
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That's a different question, same as "what kinds of games".
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Nowhere did I say it was a red flag to play video games so you're countering a point I didn't make with reasoning that supports the point I did
Playing games is not a red flag in itself but some games certainly are. So getting clarification is about checking for red flags...
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Becoming involved in niche video game communities made me realise how overwhelmingly right wing gamers can be.
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It's because video games are a hobby you can play in isolation and being a shithead often has no consequences online.
Similar to how small towns tend to be more xenophobic than big cities due to a lack of exposure to different people and viewpoints
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Stellaris > Extreme Xenophobic
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I just like playing as the tyanids, okay?
Although I guess if you want to get technical, they're quite xenophilic... Gotta consume, maybe they're just into vore.
Damn, what a terrible day to have a brain that thinks such thoughts... (not into vore, but I don't kink-shame unless it's your kink)
Maybe I do have a problem...
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I haven't played Stellaris for years, but I thought one wouldn't go for Xenophobic on those races, but more for "I am the crisis", shared consciousness builds, which I think would be OK.
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I'll be honest, I like playing stellaris but i tend to get burnt out after about 200 years or so, and don't fully know all the game mechanics because of this.
I'll defer to your expertise on this one.
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Don't know anyone who plays Stellaris so I have no idea how true this is lol
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I legit think Stellaris is the best game if you want to roleplay inside 4X strategy. Which is why it's of course worrying if someone keeps making fashy races :)
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You mean Genocide Simulator?
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