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This is a really lazy and dismissive argument so I'm not sure why I'm bothering to write a full response.

I watch sports for the community aspect and because it's enjoyable to watch anything performed on a high enough level.

When I watch a professional game I see the clash of competing styles within that sport, sometimes with radically different approaches to the game. Those styles have decades if not centuries of history that can be traced through different clubs, coaches and individuals.

There's also something fascinating about seeing individuals perform on a level that noone I know ever could and following their journeys across 20-30 year careers.

When it comes to playing sports with my friends for fun, I did, but then I got older and it would take a huge amount of organising to get us on the same field for two hours. We can all watch a match together online though.

I also played esports on a level that could be considered competitive, for money, even if admittedly my own skill level was very mid. Playing 4 day lan events where teams adapt and adjust to each other and a meta develops over each day and then coming out the winner at the end only increased my appreciation and enjoyment of watching people with 100x my ability go through the same process on a much bigger stage with far higher stakes.

I have to ask - do you not enjoy anything that is popular, in a community or with your friends? Should people stop going to concerts because they can go play some instruments with their friends? What about people who love sports but aren't physically able to play? Or the sport is not popular where they live?

The bones of the game are great.

Edit: So another user pointed out they now have a private construction queue. I checked and this was released just after the last time I did a 20 hour binge of the game so I just missed it. What I said below isn't relevant anymore but I'll leave it there as an example of the type of thing the game was missing for a long time after release and why it has the framework to eventually be a complete and very complex simulation and it's heading in the right direction to achieve that.

The biggest flaw I found was that even under capitalist systems the player was entirely responsible for developing industry and growing the productive forces of the country. Every new industry or expansion of an existing one must be queued up by the player or using a very basic auto-expand and added to a country-wide construction list.

If I'm using a capitalist system I should be having to fight the interests of the bourgeoisie in terms of what and where to expand. They should be forming a private construction sector and focusing on businesses that maximise profit with minimal regard for worker welfare. Instead I can focus on industries that rapidly increase the standard of living and productive forces of the nation with the consolation that they will be privately owned until the working class is empowered enough that I can swap to collective or state ownership.

They have released a bunch of DLCs that I haven't been able to look into yet so they might have begun to address this.

Just one more election bro please just one more and then we'll run an actual candidate bro please just one more

After I applied for paternity leave I got told my contract would not be renewed and then shortly after that my leave was being rejected because my non-renewal makes me ineligible.

I spoke to a lawyer and very quickly my leave was suddenly approved.

Fuck these guys, apply for unfair dismissal, get back on mental health leave, whatever you have available to you.

Oracle Cloud has a very generous free tier that includes outgoing data and multiple VMs.

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I find it rough playing versions before 24 now that positional play is finally a working mechanic in the game when it really should have been 10 years ago, but I'm still down.

I'm tentative on 25 given how slow progress is made on these games (They're generally amazing games, don't get me wrong) and I find it hard to believe they'll be able to convert to a whole new engine and deliver an equivalent or improved experience in just one year, but also I'm terribly addicted and will probably buy it as soon as the beta drops.

I'm in an Asian timezone.

Hey so just to follow up on this.

I went to Takedao and I have some photos that I need to scrub of data, but i'm not sure if it fits into urbanism?

There's about five buildings there total and the train station is INSIDE the mountain tunnel. You access it through two sets of stairs attached to the side of the mountain.

I did walk down the old train tracks which are now a hiking path, very cool, many bugs.

Are there are downsides to AlmaLinux? From my research it seems like one of the best all-round options but I never see it recommended in discussions like this, unlike Ubuntu which has actual privacy concerns and is owned by a for-profit.

I share the feelings of soyviking in their comment. They put it into words better than I could.

Yes, definitely will do.

I've taken the JR line through Takedao to it's endpoint before (kinosaki onsen) and there's a few cities inbetween, as well as a lot of property development in the Sanda area, although I think this targets motorists and those commuting to the Kobe area more.

Are buses in Osaka as terrible as I think they are? Aren't they like every 30 minutes or worse on most routes?

Only caught buses on the edge of Osaka but I presume they're the same throughout. Pretty small and don't come often. Anytime I take a bus in Japan I'm kind of frustrated a train wouldn't have worked instead.

Have you ever been to the model train cat cafe?

Yes actually! It was cool. I went when it was max capacity and some of the people were very into playing and being close with the cats so it was difficult to get time with them but still worth going.

Have you ever been to 武田尾駅? Gods I want to go there.

This is super interesting. Is there any specific appeal besides the design and the hiking path nearby? I could go this weekend if the weather is good.

If I was to ever go to Kansai what would be a hidden attraction that I should see?

Before I would have recommended the myoken-no-mori funicular, but sadly it stopped running last year. There's another inbetween Kyoto and Osaka I haven't visited yet. I might have more answers if I think about this one for a bit.

this is actually a Kita-Osaka Kyuko 9000 series

I knew that some Hankyu trains run on Osaka metro lines where they share service but not about this, interesting. I looked them up and theres a few way they differ but you can tell they're originally Hankyu stock.

Close enough. The Hankyu-Hanshin line covers a huge area.

I find it interesting the Hankyu line has this welcoming old-fashioned aesthetic but the Hanshin line resembles a metal tube, closer to an inner city metro style despite being part of the same company.

There’s probably some commentary here about the socio-economic status and reputation of the areas each one serves but I’ve met people who vastly prefer the Hanshin style and whenever I’ve tried to have that discussion before people start sprouting the WILDEST shit so I’ve been avoiding it.