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WCDT 10-14 May 2021 (strips 4521-4525)

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Is it cold in here?:
Do business managers handle money? May seems to have chosen honesty but Marigold might be suspicious.

shanejayell:
Huh. That's a thing...

Mordhaus:
The plot, like a well made gravy, thickens...

Gus_Smedstad:

--- Quote from: Farideh on 11 May 2021, 18:23 ---May would be a good choice, provided that she doesn't start bossing Marigold around, or making rude noises while Marigold is streaming.

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I can't agree. There's more to being a manager than being bossy, which is May's main trait. Actually, I think being bossy is a serious drawback. There's a big difference between being assertive when necessary and enjoying pushing people around for its own sake, and May is very much the latter. Bubbles, for example, is self-confident and assertive without being bossy.

Anyway, leaving that aside, you need to be organized and motivated. Have we seen May really accomplish anything on her own? Aside from the failed heist that happens before we first meet her. Bubbles and Roko are the characters I usually think of when we're talking about getting stuff done.

I've never dealt with a business manager - which is a different job than middle management - but it feels a bit like being a project lead, and I have a lot of experience with that, both as a project lead myself, and dealing with other project leads. Mostly the good ones were very focused on Getting The Job Done. I'm having trouble envisioning May _caring_ about organizing Marigold's life. It seems more likely she'd just see it as another shitty job, and she'd do a half-assed job as a result.

However... given that Jeph is clearly nominating May, it'll probably go a different way. My read on what May would do, based on past behavior, isn't really predictive of the strip.

Gyrre:

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--- Quote from: Oenone on 10 May 2021, 11:40 ---Why is vtubing even a thing in a world with AI? Wouldn’t an AI be able to perfectly run through a speed run or whatever?

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While I have no interest in video games personally, I would assume the main reason people watch is for the personality of the individual playing.

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This. Very rarely do people get big from just being good at a game. It's about the personality of the person streaming. In fact, there are successful streamers that aren't particularly great at the games they play.

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I confess to being bemused by this thread of conversation. Though it's a variation on a recurring topic. QC AIs aren't computers; they are emergent lifeforms; and they do in fact have personalities.

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That’s on me not understanding the appeal of speed runs — I assumed that watching people play games was about skill. I guess it’s like cooking shows — it’s about personality as well as technique.

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Skill can factor into it as well (it can be amazing to watch the world record speedrun, especially of a game you've played yourself), but generally I think most people will take their favourite streamer playing any old game than a random streamer playing a game that personally appeals to them.

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Dan tends to miss secrets left and right during his Side Quest playthroughs, but he's remarkably good natured about the errors he makes. Being that he also works in the gaming industry (artist if I recall correctly), he also gives bits of insight on how some things work and will openly ponder about other things. He also has some videos talking about videogame animation, including a rather indepth one on the Sonic franchise.

Here's his Hollow Knight playthrough.
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9JX1_BOFS0
EDIT, fixing stupid link.

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