I haven't kept up on tes lore in a minute, but it is my understanding that the mmo has become increasingly explicit about formerly esoteric lore
I haven't dug into the ESO-generated lore too much, but I was just reading something they wrote about Green-Sap:
They did not build a Tower, they grew it, a great graht-oak whose roots sprang from a Perchance Acorn. And this was their Stone. And because the Acorn might perchance have been elsewhere, thus was Green-Sap manifold and several. And each could walk.
Therefore each Green-Sap was also every Green-Sap.
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Green-Sap's Elves welcomed the Ayleids so long as the Heartlanders agreed not to dissonate the greensong. All agreed to this save Anumaril, who coughed into his hand unnoticed. He asked the Great Camoran to show him Green-Sap, and was brought to one that by happenstance stood then in Elden Root. Once within the great graht he passed through a Door Equivocal and found his desire, the Perchance Acorn. It was one of many, but for Anumaril one was enough.
Next the fanglement: Anumaril brought forth Segment One among the roots and showed it to the golden nut, and this told an ending, so that the stone became a Definite Acorn. That Elden Tree would not walk again, but Anumaril yet had further intentions for it. Using his dentition as tonal instruments, he dismantled his bones and built of them a Mundus-machine that mirrored Nirn and its planets. And when he had used all his substance in fangling this orrery, he placed the segment-sceptre within, hiding it between the Moons.
Then he waited—but what he waited for did not eventuate, and perchance he's waiting yet. For Anumaril had hoped to convert Green-Sap into White-Gold, and thereby make the Heartlanders' realm anew. However, Anumaril did not know, and was not able to know, why his plan went awry. You see, Ayleid magic is about Will, and Shall, and Must—but under Green-Sap, all is Perchance.
The Ayleid fangler's plan could not succeed—and yet neither could it fail. For this is a story that has not yet found its ending.
So the Bosmer grew a tree that became their Tower, and because the seed they grew it from was all potential and zero certainty, the tree was also all possible trees in all possible places. Anumaril, an Ayleid King and mage, wanted try and magic Green-Sap into another copy of the White Gold Tower (which the Ayleids lost control of in the slave rebellion), and to do this he showed Green-Sap's seed a magical map of reality. This showed the seed its place in the universe, made it a concrete tree in a concrete place rather than a thing of dynamic potential, and by making it concrete this act also nailed down an ending for Green-Sap - only we don't know what it is because it hasn't happened yet.
That's pretty rad and good TES lore.
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Werewolf2000adSuckers, I know exactly what went wrong.Registered Userregular
The thing about TES games is that for the most part they don't get into the lore at all for their main quests. Morrowind taking place on a weird island with Vivec's interesting circumstances are about as close as it gets. It's a shame because there's a lot of good and bonkers stuff there.
You can pay very close attention during the entirety of Skyrims main quest and not get any of this crap you got to dig a book out of an underwater skeletons ribcage and read that shit
Or a wiki
Dark Souls lore from the outside: Mysterious obscure whispers about Myth, Fire and The Dark
Actual Dark Souls lore: 90% standard fantasy wibble about the Dragons of Xang, the Crystals of Fasioasgsaoi and the Kingdom of Goandstuffanotherdictionaryintheblender, 10% They call him Big Hat Logan because he has a big hat lol
Elder Scrolls lore from the outside: Standard post-Tolkien fantasy wibble about dragons and quests and orcs and all that bollocks
Actual Elder Scrolls lore: Mad shit about insane gods and broken reality that reads like it was written by a drunken naked lunatic locked in a room because it actually was
EVERYBODY WANTS TO SIT IN THE BIG CHAIR, MEG!
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BroloBroseidonLord of the BroceanRegistered Userregular
I don't think anyone expected this to be anything other than Youtuber marketing bait anyway. Influencerrrrrrrrrrrs #millennials #friedchicken #fingerlickin #socialmediawasamistake
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BroloBroseidonLord of the BroceanRegistered Userregular
Hey, by the way, thank you for talking to me about your mice, everyone! I admit that the thing that surprised me the most is how many folks are using no-nonsense 3- or 5-button mice.
Hey, by the way, thank you for talking to me about your mice, everyone! I admit that the thing that surprised me the most is how many folks are using no-nonsense 3- or 5-button mice.
I have a corsair mouse with tons of nonsense, but turns out i can really only use main thumb button on the side with enough precision to be better than keyboard.
I liked a lot of what the Surge was doing, but the hit detection on the first boss fight was frustrating enough that I went to do something else.
I want to see more of Surge 2, though. It does have my interest.
I think I want to say I liked what I saw of Surge 1, but I don't know if I ever played it. Was there a demo for it or something? Maybe I'm thinking of something else
Metzger MeisterIt Gets Worsebefore it gets any better.Registered Userregular
edited September 2019
Okay, quick pitch: sailing/pirate game, set during a stylized and slightly fantastic age of sail, BUT... it's a dating sim/historical slice of life game. Life during the age of sail, with some added fantasy fun like mermaids, cute and cool and diverse crewmates to woo, big cannons and stuff.
The thing that seems really appealing about The Surge 2 is that I've read several reviews talk about how it has a very good loopy shortcut-filled map, which is one of the ways that these sorts of games distinguish themselves.
It turns out the fabric inserts may contain mold, according to the US Consumer Product Safety Commission, and therefore poses a severe health risk of respiratory illness for folks with compromised immune systems, damaged lungs or allergies. That’s probably not great news for buyers who, I assume, immediately popped the daft thing on their heads within moments of purchase.
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Love this game.
(If anyone wants to do coop astroneer, please hit me up!)
That's pretty rad and good TES lore.
Dark Souls lore from the outside: Mysterious obscure whispers about Myth, Fire and The Dark
Actual Dark Souls lore: 90% standard fantasy wibble about the Dragons of Xang, the Crystals of Fasioasgsaoi and the Kingdom of Goandstuffanotherdictionaryintheblender, 10% They call him Big Hat Logan because he has a big hat lol
Elder Scrolls lore from the outside: Standard post-Tolkien fantasy wibble about dragons and quests and orcs and all that bollocks
Actual Elder Scrolls lore: Mad shit about insane gods and broken reality that reads like it was written by a drunken naked lunatic locked in a room because it actually was
EVERYBODY WANTS TO SIT IN THE BIG CHAIR, MEG!
not really surprising
Sep 24 - Noita Early Access - (Indie, Rogue-lite, Physics, Action)
Sep 24 - I Love You Colonel Sanders (dating sim, advertisement)
Sep 24 - The Surge 2 (RPG, Action, Violent, Souls-like, Third Person)
Sep 24 - Cat Quest 2 (Adventure, Action, RPG, Indie, Co-op, Cute)
Sep 25 - Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid (Action, Fighting, 2D Fighter, Multiplayer)
Do you think Sheogorath commissions art of his fursona?
I have a corsair mouse with tons of nonsense, but turns out i can really only use main thumb button on the side with enough precision to be better than keyboard.
Probably look like this
This will be here until I receive an apology or Weedlordvegeta get any consequences for being a bully
Flawed but promising
sometimes the boss fights were bullshit but that's not purely a problem with the Surge
this one looks like it's just More, but in a city this time, which I'm down with.
I want to see more of Surge 2, though. It does have my interest.
I think I want to say I liked what I saw of Surge 1, but I don't know if I ever played it. Was there a demo for it or something? Maybe I'm thinking of something else
Madness, stop making computers inside of video games
oh shit someone made a 2d action game based around those pixel physics simulations? that looks awesome
You create your character now.
Give me maskless Doggie Cruger, you cowards
Give me the weird scaly jackal man
I would play as nothing else ever again
The dozens of busted ass DAZ studio porno games that inexplicably make $20,000 a month on Patreon.
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/09/24/20000-fallout-76-power-armour-helmets-are-being-recalled-due-to-health-risk/
surprisingly on band for FO76 actually