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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
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Comment on Save Point: A game deal roundup for the week of April 19 in ~games
fefellama LinkSteam is having a Medieval sale with some great games and series discounted, like Crusader Kings 3, Kingdom Come: Deliverance, Dark Souls, The Witcher, Age of Empires, Manor Lords, even the...Steam is having a Medieval sale with some great games and series discounted, like Crusader Kings 3, Kingdom Come: Deliverance, Dark Souls, The Witcher, Age of Empires, Manor Lords, even the Oblivion remake (which I'm not sure I'd call medieval, but whatever, lol). So many great games to choose from so I'll just point out two that really stuck with me from the last few years of gaming:
Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales and Pentiment are absolutely incredible story-driven games with wonderful characters and plot twists and turns. Thronebreaker is the game with the most player impact I've ever seen in a game's story. Meaning choices I made in the game actually mattered to the plot rather than just being straightforward good-vs-evil decisions. And Pentiment has so much incredible attention to detail and such immaculate medieval vibes that I really can't recommend it enough for anyone interested in getting lost in history. Both 10/10 games and both are at their all time lowest prices of $3.99 for Thronebreaker and $9.99 for Pentiment.
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Comment on Crusader Kings III: Chapter V | Official reveal in ~games
fefellama Link ParentTrue (though I don't know enough about Eastern religions to know if that was also the case there). I just meant that it would be cool to play as a theocracy other than a Christian one. Like not...True (though I don't know enough about Eastern religions to know if that was also the case there). I just meant that it would be cool to play as a theocracy other than a Christian one. Like not even as the head of faith, just as an alternative to feudal/clan/tribal/administrative. Even if they aren't there at the game start, would be interesting to be able to form them, maybe with a tenet of a new religion you create, or maybe as an elective succession type so that your heir isn't someone of your dynasty but instead another high-learning vassal or something. Idk, it just sounds pretty fun and different.
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
fefellama LinkSo Football Manager 26 had a free weekend this past weekend, and I've been wondering whether to finally get it or just stick to FM24 like I have for the past two years. So figured I might as well...So Football Manager 26 had a free weekend this past weekend, and I've been wondering whether to finally get it or just stick to FM24 like I have for the past two years. So figured I might as well try it out. And.... it kinda sucked, honestly. Pretty disappointing as a veteran of the series.
I love the series. it's given me so much joy over the years. It's a comfort game/series to me. And if you've never played a Football Manager game before, just know that it's like 95% menus and lists and spreadsheets and stats. My friends (who never played) used to joke with me that I was playing 'Spreadsheet Simulator' because that's what it looked like whenever I'd play FM. And that's the beauty of it. Think of it like a TTRPG, where you have the character sheets and maps and stories, yet the world still feels alive and the stories real.
But in FM26, they made the UI so clunky that it actively made things more difficult. The rest of the game is still nearly the same, but everything is just ever so slightly more annoying to click through. There's less information per page, which means you have to click around more, which is made more difficult by the UI being clunkier, which ends up being this self-repeating problem. It's like the game was designed with mobile in mind (which is nothing new as they've always skirted with the idea of being better for mobile, but seems like this time they took it a bit too far).
It's not like 'literally unplayable' or anything extreme like that, it's just harder to get immersed when you're constantly annoyed by things taking longer than they used to to find or load or click through. Everything is just a tiny bit slower, and every screen shows just a tiny bit less information. Doesn't sound like a lot, but when you multiply that by the thousands of times that you're clicking around looking at stats and teams and players, well it gets pretty annoying fast.
I really hope they fix it for future iterations of the game, but given their emphasis on graphics and flashy UI over speed and usability, it doesn't seem like that will be the case sadly. I'd take a text-only version of the game over this any day.
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Comment on Crusader Kings III: Chapter V | Official reveal in ~games
fefellama LinkFuck I was just recently on CK3 binge (for the last few months) and was finally getting ready to take a break since I have actual important real life stuff to do this next month or two. Here I go...Fuck I was just recently on CK3 binge (for the last few months) and was finally getting ready to take a break since I have actual important real life stuff to do this next month or two. Here I go crusading again...
But for real this religion update has been a long time coming. Glad theocracies will be playable, that's been something that people have been asking for pretty much since release. Interesting to see how it goes, especially if you can play as other theocracies instead of just Christian ones.
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Comment on Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag Resynced releases July 9, 2026 in ~games
fefellama Link ParentCompletely different vibe than Black Flag, but the best ship combat I've ever seen in a game is Empire: Total War in case you're still looking to scratch that itch for 18th century naval warfare....the ship combat inspired me to look into ship combat games
Completely different vibe than Black Flag, but the best ship combat I've ever seen in a game is Empire: Total War in case you're still looking to scratch that itch for 18th century naval warfare. It's more of a top-down RTS style of ship combat, it's pretty cool how there are different classes of ships, different types of projectiles that you can use for specific purposes (like grapeshot against the troops of a ship trying to board you, or chainshot to take down masts of faster ships so you can catch up). And the naval combat in the game actually plays an important role too, since the whole game is about colonization and shipping lanes.
But I'm definitely biased and have a special place in my heart for the game since I played a lot of it in high school, then ended up going to college for history and working at a museum that had all of those naval artifacts like cannons and grapeshot that I had learned about from playing Empire.
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Comment on Why Portuguese is the most underestimated global language on Earth in ~humanities.languages
fefellama Link ParentAgree with most of your points. Just wanted to mention as a Brazilian that obrigado definitely has strong O sounds, but when saying it quickly I've definitely dropped the first O a bunch. And as...Agree with most of your points.
Just wanted to mention as a Brazilian that obrigado definitely has strong O sounds, but when saying it quickly I've definitely dropped the first O a bunch. And as the word tapers off, the last O sounds more like a U to the point where it just sounds like its part of the D and not actually it's own syllable. So I can see how non-Portuguese speakers might think it sounds like brigad instead.
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Comment on Why Portuguese is the most underestimated global language on Earth in ~humanities.languages
fefellama Link ParentHa that's funny. I can definitely see how it sounds similar to Polish or Russian, but I don't speak either, so I never knew if it was just me or if Portuguese Portuguese actually sounded Eastern...Ha that's funny. I can definitely see how it sounds similar to Polish or Russian, but I don't speak either, so I never knew if it was just me or if Portuguese Portuguese actually sounded Eastern European. Glad to hear it's not just me.
Sounds silly, but to me, Portuguese Portuguese sounds like someone trying to speak Portuguese without opening their mouths more than 5%.
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Comment on Why Portuguese is the most underestimated global language on Earth in ~humanities.languages
fefellama Link ParentGlad someone caught the reference, ha. And I've never heard that interpretation before, but I'd wager it would vary a bit based on which dialect of Brazilian Portuguese. Some sound a lot more like...Glad someone caught the reference, ha.
And I've never heard that interpretation before, but I'd wager it would vary a bit based on which dialect of Brazilian Portuguese. Some sound a lot more like Spanish than others.
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Comment on Why Portuguese is the most underestimated global language on Earth in ~humanities.languages
fefellama Link ParentHa makes sense. I like how even in that example it's glossing over English English which has already been dwarfed by American English.Ha makes sense. I like how even in that example it's glossing over English English which has already been dwarfed by American English.
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Comment on Why Portuguese is the most underestimated global language on Earth in ~humanities.languages
fefellama Link ParentInteresting, maybe it's a Brazil vs Portugal thing. As a Brazilian, Spanish has always been 'close enough' where I can get by well enough just by using Portuguese with an accent, lol. Like I grew...Interesting, maybe it's a Brazil vs Portugal thing. As a Brazilian, Spanish has always been 'close enough' where I can get by well enough just by using Portuguese with an accent, lol. Like I grew up in a very Spanish-speaking corner of the US and thus had many Spanish classes growing up as well as interactions with Spanish speakers from all over Latin America and usually just speaking a strange Portuguese-Spanish hybrid worked fine. I coasted through those classes just by speaking my Spanish-ized Portuguese and whenever I forgot a word I would just throw in the Portuguese version and 99% of the times it worked just fine. The other 1% where it didn't work is stuff like fork/knife/spoon (garfo/faca/colher vs tenedor/cuchillo/cuchara) and the days of the week (segunda/terca/quarta/quinta/sexta vs lunes/martes/miercoles/jueves/viernes) which always gave me a bit of trouble.
The speed thing is definitely a factor, though. As is the specific dialect of Spanish, like Cuban vs Mexican vs Argentinian vs Puerto Rican vs Spanish.
Honestly depending on the dialect, some Portuguese speakers from Portugal are probably harder for me to understand than some Spanish speakers.
And yeah the cultural thing must get annoying quick. Not quite as bad as your tapas example, but I can't tell you how many times I've been asked if I speak Brazilian, haha. (Plus who needs tapas when you have Pasteis de Nata amirite)
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Comment on Why Portuguese is the most underestimated global language on Earth in ~humanities.languages
fefellama Link"Portugal is essentially a Brazilian language that also happens to be spoken in Portugal and eight other countries" I totally get it but oh boy don't let the Portuguese see that. Also I wonder how..."Portugal is essentially a Brazilian language that also happens to be spoken in Portugal and eight other countries" I totally get it but oh boy don't let the Portuguese see that.
Also I wonder how much the similarities to Spanish take away from potential Portuguese learners. Both languages are very similar to the point where speaking one can get you by in a country that speaks the other, so if you're going to learn one, might as well learn the one that is spoken in more countries. If you ever find yourself in Brazil as a Spanish speaker you'd probably do just fine anyways, so why bother learning Portuguese unless you have some other reason to (like a family member you want to speak to or if you plan on living somewhere that speaks it).
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Comment on Why Portuguese is the most underestimated global language on Earth in ~humanities.languages
fefellama Link ParentFunny story about this sort of thing: when I was a kid I used to watch a lot of dodgy streams for soccer games online (I still do, but I used to, too). A lot of times the streams were in Russian...Funny story about this sort of thing: when I was a kid I used to watch a lot of dodgy streams for soccer games online (I still do, but I used to, too). A lot of times the streams were in Russian or some other Eastern-European-sounding language that little ten-year-old Brazilian me couldn't understand.
One day I was watching one of these streams, not understanding anything the Russian commentators were saying. Until after like 10-15 minutes of watching, they said something that made my brain go "hey wait a second, I understood that... how could I understand it if it's in Russian?". Then that's when my brain clicked and I realized that it was Portuguese Portuguese. And from that moment on I could understand everything the commentators were saying. I seriously watched at least like ten minutes without having a clue that it was in my first language. It was like a switch had been flipped.
In my defense, I just assumed it was Russian like many other streams typically were (at least I think they were Russian, now I'm not so sure lol), and like 99.9% of the Portuguese I had heard at that point in my life was Brazilian Portuguese. So yeah, Portuguese Portuguese sounds very Eastern European to me.
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Comment on Hi, how are you? Mental health support and discussion thread (April 2026) in ~health.mental
fefellama (edited )LinkSo exactly a month ago I posted on here that I was about to leave my job. And well, I did it. Was bittersweet at first. I had already been feeling super underappreciated at my position, which was...So exactly a month ago I posted on here that I was about to leave my job. And well, I did it. Was bittersweet at first. I had already been feeling super underappreciated at my position, which was a big part of why I was leaving, but it stung a little to essentially get told 'alright see ya'. Like the difference in how big a deal this was for me (huge life change, leaving my job of 7 years to move internationally) compared to the reactions I got (or lack thereof) was pretty humbling.
Anyways, that was a month ago. I'm happy to report that after the initial wave of 'oh shit what am I doing', I feel a lot better and more confident about my decision. It's not like I wasn't confident in the decision before, this has been planned for months after all, it's just a big leap of faith to take when going from a known job and life and living situation into the unknown. All the planning and research only gets you so far before you actually have to take the plunge.
Well just a few days after my last day of work, my wife and I went down to Brazil to look at apartments. We found some that we liked, put in an offer on one, it was accepted, and now we are waiting on some paperwork to get things moving more concretely.
There's still a lot of stress involved, like for example the rising cost of fuel means plane tickets have gotten way more expensive, so we are trying to shuffle around how many trips we end up doing so as to save a few grand. But little by little it's getting easier. Each box ticked is another step in the right direction and feels like a big relief.
So thank you to Tildes for having this recurring thread to allow people to vent or share what's going on in their lives, and thank you to anyone who has replied to me in this or previous threads with words of encouragement. Those seemingly small comments really helped me feel a sense of validity that I wasn't insane for feeling how I did and that my plans weren't completely unreasonable.
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Comment on Midweek Movie Free Talk in ~movies
fefellama Link ParentYes, but don't let the Disney label fool you. It was cancelled specifically because Disney thought the show wasn't good for their brand (i.e. too much lgbtq representation). But they did a good...Yes, but don't let the Disney label fool you. It was cancelled specifically because Disney thought the show wasn't good for their brand (i.e. too much lgbtq representation). But they did a good job of wrapping up the show with a mini season 3, so you won't be left hanging. So the first two seasons are around 20 episodes each, and then season 3 is just three longer episodes (like 45 mins each) that wrap up the story pretty neatly. And funny tidbit, the first word of each of those three final episodes is 'Thanks... For... Watching...'.
It's kid friendly in the same vein as Avatar: The Last Airbender or The Dragon Prince in my opinion. Speaking of which, The Dragon Prince and The Owl House are the two shows I've seen with the best representation of diversity. Like tons of shows I've seen might have a gay character or someone with a disability, but it's always mentioned or referenced in some way. Dragon Prince and Owl House are the only two that I can remember where like, a character is deaf, or bi, or goes by they/them, or whatever, and like no one bats an eye at them. It's not brought up as a hindrance, or a plot point, or a joke, it's just perfectly accepted and everyone goes about their day. It's great, but almost jarring sometimes hearing the bad guy whose main goal its to eradicate humanity or whatever, but they'll never misgender a character, lol. They may be evil, but they're not evil haha.
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Comment on Midweek Movie Free Talk in ~movies
fefellama Link ParentHey I know this is a few months later but I recently watched all of The Owl House and I thought of your comment about found families. The whole show is one big found family made up of a super...The show might be up my alley I'm a big sucker for finding a found family
Hey I know this is a few months later but I recently watched all of The Owl House and I thought of your comment about found families. The whole show is one big found family made up of a super diverse cast of characters with their own issues and backstories and is wholesome AF. Highly recommend.
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Comment on Hi, how are you? Mental health support and discussion thread (March 2026) in ~health.mental
fefellama Link ParentHey thanks, I totally get what you mean. I was actually thinking the same thing recently. Like it's such a life-altering thing for me and yet mostly the reactions were pretty mild relative to how...Hey thanks, I totally get what you mean. I was actually thinking the same thing recently. Like it's such a life-altering thing for me and yet mostly the reactions were pretty mild relative to how anxious I was. I'm glad there was no negative reaction or anything, it just feels a bit anticlimactic. The juxtaposition between how huge of a decision this is for me compared to how little it impacts other people's lives feels like a blow straight to the ego. I wasn't expecting waterworks or anything, but I was surprised how much it just felt like a regular week at the office this past week.
Good life lesson I guess. I'll try and remember this feeling next time I have a big thing to get off my chest.
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
fefellama Link ParentOhh this looks right up my alley, thanks for the suggestion! And I call them roguelike dicebuilders but I'm not sure if that's a popular term or not.Ohh this looks right up my alley, thanks for the suggestion! And I call them roguelike dicebuilders but I'm not sure if that's a popular term or not.
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Comment on Hi, how are you? Mental health support and discussion thread (March 2026) in ~health.mental
fefellama Link ParentThanks! It has indeed been a massive effort, but hopefully pays off and then some.Thanks! It has indeed been a massive effort, but hopefully pays off and then some.
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Comment on Hi, how are you? Mental health support and discussion thread (March 2026) in ~health.mental
fefellama Link ParentLol I was referring to Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. I visited England once but did not know if those other three were distinct enough or if they felt mostly similar in terms of culture...Lol I was referring to Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. I visited England once but did not know if those other three were distinct enough or if they felt mostly similar in terms of culture and daily life. I just included Canada and Australia because they are also English-speaking and we just happened to look into them about a year ago before coming up with our plan for Brazil.
And unfortunately I think a lot of places are experiencing problems. So for me it feels like a pick-your-poison situation where I have to just accept some things in order to get away from others. Brazil isn't perfect by any means, but I feel like it's the best for our specific situation. I hope you can find somewhere that feels equally perfect for you!
I didn't manage to get many games under my belt in my limited time with the game, so I don't know for sure. My gut tells me it's probably a little bit better, but mostly the same. I say this because pretty much all of the tactical options (like cut inside, press more, low block, etc.) are the same as previous iterations of the game. The big thing they did for FM26's tactics is that they broke up attacking formation and defending formation, which is a nice addition. But yeah I got too frustrated with the UI to play more than a couple hours.
I too hoped that the extra time in the oven would lead to more polish, hence why I've been on the fence for so long, waiting for them to iron out a lot of the bugs and issues. Having read some of the updates, I'm sure it's much better than what it was at launch, but unfortunately my issue with it (UI feeling slow and not showing enough info) feels more fundamental than some bugs or tweaks. There are still plenty of people that play it and enjoy it, though. It just wasn't for me.