It’s interesting that most “serious gamer” games are all essentially Excel spreadsheets but with mood music.
@thomasfuchs I think that's the official slogan of EVE Online.
@thomasfuchs hey, I get all weepy when the strings kick in during "Nouvelle Rouvenor Hero" and I'm 45 trades deep in the EVE Online market interface
@thomasfuchs yeah so you playing Diablo iv or not
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@thomasfuchs If you mention games and excel, then I'm reminded by this video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xubbVvKbUfY
@thomasfuchs I always thought this game was the peak of the genre, especially since it was (IIRC) nigh-unwinnable.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supremacy%3A_Your_Will_Be_Done
@thomasfuchs Urge to pick up EVE again rising...
@thomasfuchs it's brave of you to call out every single game published by paradox interactive
@thomasfuchs for board games it is the same - the real pro serious connoisseur games are multiple columns of bookkeeping but with cardboard tokens 🥴
I can't decide which I like more: murder or calculus. 🤔
@loke lol
but seriously, why do people on these game channels often talk so fast, did they overclock themselves
@grumpasaurus One does not simply play Diablo IV; it’s more like a complex set of equations for sustained DPS.
@thomasfuchs can't start playing until you've mapped out your skill tree!
@grumpasaurus To be entirely fair, I usually do super-casual play-throughs (with no guidance, just clicking a character together that seems fine), but then followed by optimizing/grinding for an end-game character (usually with the help of Internet people who have done the math).
@tehstu @thomasfuchs and they leant into that hard ://support.eveonline.com/hc/en-us