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Did they activate the portal properly? Per 1278 only Serini has the runes, and also per 1278, she has to be the one entering the portal to switch it to Final Dungeon mode. She disappears from the page after the first panel but it's not shown that she went into the portal.
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Jun 2, 2023 15:38
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SKULL.GIF posted:Did they activate the portal properly? Per 1278 only Serini has the runes, and also per 1278, she has to be the one entering the portal to switch it to Final Dungeon mode. She disappears from the page after the first panel but it's not shown that she went into the portal. This isn't the Final Dungeon portal. Those appear at the end of whatever sub-dungeon you cleared out last. Or, at least, that's how I took it to mean. Otherwise, Serini would be tripping the Final Dungeon portal every time she needed to do maintenance on the most forward facing part of the dungeon complex. Plus, Roy mentioned wanting to use a dungeon that Xykon had already cleared out so the party has to do less trapfinding. This implies that the Final Dungeon portal spawns at the end of the sub-dungeon rather than the beginning.
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Jun 2, 2023 15:44
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Gwyneth Palpate posted:This isn't the Final Dungeon portal. Those appear at the end of whatever sub-dungeon you cleared out last. Or, at least, that's how I took it to mean. Otherwise, Serini would be tripping the Final Dungeon portal every time she needed to do maintenance on the most forward facing part of the dungeon complex. Plus, Roy mentioned wanting to use a dungeon that Xykon had already cleared out so the party has to do less trapfinding. This implies that the Final Dungeon portal spawns at the end of the sub-dungeon rather than the beginning. Gotcha, that makes sense, thanks for explaining.
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Jun 2, 2023 15:47
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Ragnar34 posted:MarshmAllow Both are considered acceptable spellings, though yours is the more formal choice
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Jun 3, 2023 00:50
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the marshmallow test is bunkum, btw. no actual predictive value per the higher quality replications.
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Jun 3, 2023 05:32
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I thought the actual conclusion of marshmallow test was "children from lower-income backgrounds have learned that adults are liars, and the promised good things never actually materialize, so grab what you can right now".
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Jun 3, 2023 05:42
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Warden posted:I thought the actual conclusion of marshmallow test was "children from lower-income backgrounds have learned that adults are liars, and the promised good things never actually materialize, so grab what you can right now". There are multiple possible conclusions. But you are correct in that trust was a big factor that was not included in the original study.
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Jun 3, 2023 17:38
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The original marshmallow test experiments had small-n samples of pre-schoolers who attended Stanford's on-campus nursery school - they were pretty much entirely children of faculty and employees of the school. Another flaw with that experiment, as well as many follow-up studies conducted elsewhere, was that there was a two year gap between the youngest and oldest kids in the sample, between 3.5 and 5.5 years old. Kids develop real drat quick - and naturally there's a very strong correlation between age and whether the kids got a second marshmallow.
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Jun 3, 2023 19:46
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Also there is an underlying assumption that it is objectively better to be without a marshmallow right now and have two marshmallows a little later, as if an extra marshmallow is worth the wait for something you need right loving now. If the experiment was continued ad absurdium, if the child waited for 12 years they would have a mountain of marshmallows. But in actuality marshmallows are disgusting and they get worse the more you have, so one marshmallow is better than >1.
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Jun 3, 2023 20:11
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At the end of 10 minutes, the researcher takes all marshmallows for themselves and the kids learn a valuable lesson about investments and market volatility.
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Jun 3, 2023 20:14
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The thought of eating even one marshmallow feels unappetizing to me. Why would the experiment assume that marshmallows are something that people inherently want at all?
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Jun 3, 2023 20:33
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Marshmallows are made of sugar and pig's feet.
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Jun 3, 2023 21:05
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Eat the marshmallow now and use the calories to kill the scientists and take their marshmallows.
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Jun 3, 2023 21:14
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Gynovore posted:Marshmallows are made of sugar and pig's feet. Wow those are my two favourite ingredients, you just converted me!
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Jun 3, 2023 21:18
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Gynovore posted:Marshmallows are made of sugar and pig's feet. Hey those're the main ingredients in the Chinese dish I'm cooking tonight.
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Jun 3, 2023 21:28
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Trotters can be drat amazing. Like jowls if done right.
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Jun 3, 2023 21:31
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I mean what we're supposed to get out of that scene is that xykon has the emotional maturity of a 3 year old
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Jun 3, 2023 21:47
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ikanreed posted:I mean what we're supposed to get out of that scene is that xykon has the emotional maturity of a 3 year old You know seriously that's not wrong. I mean, Xykon knows strategy and tactics, but when actually in battle he tends towards casting the spell that's the most fun.
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Jun 3, 2023 22:19
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Gynovore posted:Marshmallows are made of sugar and pig's feet. There's supposed to be some mallow in there too, altho it often gets neglected.
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Jun 3, 2023 22:44
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SlothfulCobra posted:There's supposed to be some mallow in there too, altho it often gets neglected. Like with jujubes, the candied version became super successful that the original plant component was replaced with synthetics.
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Jun 4, 2023 00:34
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Parahexavoctal posted:Like with jujubes, the candied version became super successful that the original plant component was replaced with synthetics. I'm sure someone is making the authentic old timey stuff. It just costs 100X what the synthetic costs so only rich idiots bother.
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Jun 4, 2023 00:45
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Facebook Aunt posted:I'm sure someone is making the authentic old timey stuff. It just costs 100X what the synthetic costs so only rich idiots bother. sounds like someone doesn't live in an area with Mexican Coke
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Jun 4, 2023 02:00
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Wild mallows are basically free in most of Europe, stuff is everywhere. It's just a lot of work to make marshmallows yourself, no matter the ingredients. Who would even bother.
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Jun 4, 2023 02:22
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GlyphGryph posted:Wild mallows are basically free in most of Europe, stuff is everywhere. Bog witches, probably.
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Jun 4, 2023 02:26
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the modron is running a free-to-play mobile game with microtransactions, it's more evil than xykon
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Jun 4, 2023 02:31
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ikanreed posted:I mean what we're supposed to get out of that scene is that xykon has the emotional maturity of a 3 year old 
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Jun 4, 2023 11:36
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Gynovore posted:Marshmallows are made of sugar and pig's feet. you had me at feet.
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Jun 4, 2023 11:53
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Gynovore posted:Marshmallows are made of sugar and pig's feet. Sugar and spice and everything pig's feet.
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Jun 4, 2023 13:00
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Shugojin posted:the modron is running a free-to-play mobile game with microtransactions, it's more evil than xykon I prefer to think of the Modron's ploy as malicious compliance. It has to honor the terms of the summoning, but it doesn't have to be accommodating about it.
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Jun 4, 2023 15:14
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Hmm, Given that they're not on panel in the Marshmellow Test Saga™ distraction, I suspect Oona and the Wolf are about to Team Evil MVP again.
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Jun 4, 2023 16:16
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This one dumb romcom "The six year engagement" or something like that had part of its plot and lowest breakup point hinge on the boyfriend failing basically the marshmallow test (except day old donuts vs fresh ones that would arrive soon) and I wanted to yell at the screen "That is a stupid study! It's fundamentally flawed!"
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Jun 4, 2023 19:19
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A.o.D. posted:I prefer to think of the Modron's ploy as malicious compliance. It has to honor the terms of the summoning, but it doesn't have to be accommodating about it. The original gag was that Redcloak needed to pay less XP or material components for accepting an Ad supported Gate, right?
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Jun 4, 2023 20:08
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Ahahaha
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goblin week posted:you had me at feet. so they had you for the whole thing, then
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Jun 5, 2023 06:27
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New page - https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1283.html
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Maybe I missed something, but what's with the Zombie in panel two? Edit: oh, that's the mimic, never mind. Capfalcon fucked around with this message at 17:10 on Jun 26, 2023 |
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Jun 26, 2023 17:06
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Huh, so this is probably the solution (or, at least, method) that Roy/Durkon needed from their debate however many pages ago about how to get through to Redcloak.
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which part? talking about keeping families safe? letting him die and raising his spawn? burning away half his body and grafting him back together with elf flesh? telekinetic hugs? okay those last two I could see having an impact
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