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[TD1]

All good.

Not what my compulsion would be, but valar morghulis.

[Kagus]

The power level system in Shadow of War depicts the overall strength of an individual uruk as an abstract number, changes to which have a very real and tangible effect on that orc's sturdiness and abilities.

While the level does increase from common "XP" sources such as defeating worthy foes, it also can increase after successfully hosting a feast, or be decreased by publicly shaming the uruk with a mark on their face.

The handwave of "tricksy elf magicks" can explain why the shaming decreases their physical might, but it does not account for why they can increase in power from successful parties and the like. I would like to put forth the hypothesis that an orc's power level is directly tied into the opinion and awe of his fellow uruks.


But how can popularity cause an individual to become perceptibly stronger and undergo direct physical changes? Simple.

The orcs of Mordor are connected to the WAAAGH!. Ergo, what their fellow orcs believe to be the truth about an individual becomes the truth of that individual.

I have spoken.

EDIT: I have also posted in the wrong thread. Goddamnit.

[King Zultan]

Does anyone actually use the ignore list thing the forum comes with?

[Loud Whispers]

Does anyone actually use the ignore list thing the forum comes with?

I've used it 3 times before, all on the same person who was creating multiple accounts to spam the forum with gore/shock

[King Zultan]

What does it do, do you no longer see their stuff?

Also was it Pathos?

[Caz]

I don't think Bay12 has enough drama anymore for it to be used. Toady is pretty quick to nuke any trouble.

[Frumple]

It hides the post behind what amounts to a spoiler. You can pretty easily just put someone on it for a bit to see what it looks like, then remove them.

I've been using it for a while, heh. Some folks just have pretty annoying posting habits I find it helps to have a layer between on some topics.

[methylatedspirit]

It's a shame I can't put myself into my own ignore list; sometimes I hate my own posts so much that I'd rather not look at them. There's always the "edit" button, but I'd rather not let others know I'm ashamed of my own words.

[Caz]

It's a shame I can't put myself into my own ignore list; sometimes I hate my own posts so much that I'd rather not look at them. There's always the "edit" button, but I'd rather not let others know I'm ashamed of my own words.

Why do you feel like this? You seem to make pretty normal and polite posts to me.

[methylatedspirit]

I will now attempt to describe relatively-heavy subject matter without dragging the entire tone of the conversation down too far.

I have what is currently diagnosed as anxiety. For those of you in the know, this is the "psychosis" that I talked about many months ago. That was a tentative diagnosis when I was at my worst.

So, there's these areas of my brain that are "corrupted". Accessing them has a tendency to mess with me, essentially. It's generally something involving sadness and "no-one cares about me". I'll skip over that for tone reasons. The thing I want to focus on, in all that sadness, is that I tend to see myself in a far more negative light than I usually do under the effects of this corruption.

One of the areas that is corrupted is the failure region. I hate the feeling of failure. I don't try to hide from it, necessarily, but it does go a little fatalistic, a little "I have failed here and I will fail forever". The social region that I'm currently using now is also somewhat corrupted, especially around the trust area. Same thing here.

Now, when I feel like I've failed socially, that's a double whammy right there; not only have I failed, now people trust me less. It's not a good feeling, let's put it that way. If it's about the forum, I start viewing my posts in an extremely negative light, yet my principles tell me to not erase them. Not because I'm ever going to voluntarily look back at them, but... I don't know, public record? Something about it being tantamount to violence, which I'm fiercely opposed to? I'm just reading off vague ideas here.

I'm more stable now, much more stable than I was before, but that negative reinforcement from the corruption from before is a horrible beast. I sound normal and polite now because there's a million rules telling me "don't do this" or "don't do that". If you've noticed, I don't make jokes very often on here. Blame the negative reinforcement. I tried it once or twice, I didn't think it worked too well, so I just don't crack jokes unless I'm certain they'll land.

I'm fine now, don't worry about me. Corruption-induced sadness is rare now, and I can handle a bit of social failure. I'm able to detect it much sooner, and I have ways to mitigate it. If you want a prime example of the corruption screwing up my brain, I would suggest looking at my early post history, especially in General Discussion. That's a gold mine of cringe right there. I lacked my current level of understanding of my condition, and goddamn, it shows.

[bloop_bleep]

Hey, I think I've experienced something similar to you with OCD. Basically having OCD feels like having a rational thinking part of your mind and a hyperactive noisy rambling part of your mind, which crops up occasionally. Trick is to have those rambly thoughts, but don't respond to them at all. Don't try to reason with them, don't try to push them out. Then they sort of stop having as much weight in your mind.

[dragdeler]

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[scriver]

I've noticed his absence too. He hasn't posted in a while right?

[Frumple]

Last active was December 3rd, so it's been about a month, yea. Hopefully the plague didn't get 'em.

[bloop_bleep]

Maybe he realized he could get paid for his skills by being a lawyer instead of using them on a random Internet forum?