Count Regal Inkwell

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    7 months ago

    Okay but as long as we are complaining about shit we see on RPG forums

    “I wish I could do $thing in DnD”

    $otherSystem has a very cool subsystem for $thing

    “Omg how dare you”

    Had this conversation enough times to make it a pet peeve of mine

    Anyway the only thing about 5e that does suck is Wizards of the Coast. Otherwise it’s fine. It’s just fine. You can have fun with it.

    I’m more of a Pathfinder 2e guy tho.

    (And pf2 is basically a more advanced take on what 5e was doing so…)




  • Thanks, I was going to post a very similar rant.

    The “just works” argument IS a valid one and they would have a point – IF Gnome’s defaults were in any way sensible. They aren’t. The entire workflow is a nightmare. (I made the apple comparison – Well, uhh… MacOS is also a walled garden that doesn’t let you change shit, but at least it’s got very decent defaults)

    Gnome’s file manager didn’t let you type in FOLDER ADDRESSES until a few months ago, ffs. And sure you could, even then, use an alternative file manager.

    … But at that point you are fucking with the premise of “just works”, because you will need to use non-default stuff.


  • Gnome in general is undeniably made competently by competent and talented people. If it wasn’t, it would break a lot more.

    Those competent and talented people also managed to make extremely bad choices at every turn, and seem ideologically opposed to the idea of customization, resulting in an environment that is fundamentally painful to use unless you very specifically fit the box of what they expect users to be like.

    It sort of feels like an Apple product, in that sense. Very well-made, but god forbid you don’t want to do things exactly as they say you should