"A person's character can be summed up as the average of the character of the five people they choose to be with the most."
Forwarded from Moss and Mushroom Outdoors
Adventurer's Log Entry #2: Exploding Shrimp is out now!
https://shaderxstudios.com/outdoorsforum/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=17
https://shaderxstudios.com/outdoorsforum/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=17
Forwarded from Moss and Mushroom Outdoors
We now have a Make-Your-Own-Gear category! This will let creative minds share their DIY outdoors creations!
https://shaderxstudios.com/outdoorsforum/viewforum.php?f=41
https://shaderxstudios.com/outdoorsforum/viewforum.php?f=41
Forwarded from ShaderX Studios LLC News
Forwarded from Pavel Durov
We generally assume that the world is becoming a better place every year. But when it comes to individual freedoms, the opposite is true. Most studies show humanity is now less free than several years ago.
20 years ago we had decentralized Internet and a relatively unrestricted banking system. Today, Apple and Google censor information and apps on our phones while Visa and Mastercard limit what goods and services we can pay for. Every year we give up more power and control over our lives to a handful of unaccountable corporate executives we didn't elect.
Most of us willingly carry tracking devices – our phones – and allow corporations to use our private data to target us with content that keeps us distracted with low-quality entertainment. Unlike 20 years ago, we are now surrounded by surveillance cameras, which in countries like China use AI to make sure nobody can hide.
In 2017, China overtook the US as the largest economy in the world by purchasing power, showing the world that individual freedoms are not required for economic development. Looking at China's success, more countries become authoritarian, curbing essential human rights such as freedom of speech, movement and assembly.
Who is going to fix it?
The most active and creative minds of our generation are too busy playing in the rapidly shrinking sandbox called "free enterprise" or producing digital content to keep everyone else glued to their devices for longer. The rest seem to be too distracted with the abundance of cheap digital entertainment to critically assess the trend and take action.
Watching this, I wonder what will become the legacy of our generation. Will we go down in history as those who let free societies turn into dystopian nightmares? Or will we be remembered as those who defended the freedoms that previous generations fought so hard to win?
20 years ago we had decentralized Internet and a relatively unrestricted banking system. Today, Apple and Google censor information and apps on our phones while Visa and Mastercard limit what goods and services we can pay for. Every year we give up more power and control over our lives to a handful of unaccountable corporate executives we didn't elect.
Most of us willingly carry tracking devices – our phones – and allow corporations to use our private data to target us with content that keeps us distracted with low-quality entertainment. Unlike 20 years ago, we are now surrounded by surveillance cameras, which in countries like China use AI to make sure nobody can hide.
In 2017, China overtook the US as the largest economy in the world by purchasing power, showing the world that individual freedoms are not required for economic development. Looking at China's success, more countries become authoritarian, curbing essential human rights such as freedom of speech, movement and assembly.
Who is going to fix it?
The most active and creative minds of our generation are too busy playing in the rapidly shrinking sandbox called "free enterprise" or producing digital content to keep everyone else glued to their devices for longer. The rest seem to be too distracted with the abundance of cheap digital entertainment to critically assess the trend and take action.
Watching this, I wonder what will become the legacy of our generation. Will we go down in history as those who let free societies turn into dystopian nightmares? Or will we be remembered as those who defended the freedoms that previous generations fought so hard to win?
That moment Daggerfall had it's own Oblivion Crisis before TESIV:Oblivion
"(Player's first name), we have an emergency. The Mages Guild has discovered a rift in the wall between Oblivion and our dimension, Mundus. I don't pretend to understand exactly what that means, but it's bad. All sorts of Daedric beings are entering into our world. The Mages Guild says it can seal the breach, but it falls to us to slay the Daedras that have already crossed over. Will you take up this quest, not for gold, but for glory?"
"The end, (player's guild noscript), may be here at last. For centuries, prophets have spoken of the day when the aetherial walls that separate our dimension, Mundus, from Oblivion, the land of the Daedra, will crack asunder. The Mages Guild will attempt to repair the breach, but they need us to slay the infernal creatures who have already broken through. Can we rely on you for this, (player's guild noscript)?"
"(Player's first name), we have an emergency. The Mages Guild has discovered a rift in the wall between Oblivion and our dimension, Mundus. I don't pretend to understand exactly what that means, but it's bad. All sorts of Daedric beings are entering into our world. The Mages Guild says it can seal the breach, but it falls to us to slay the Daedras that have already crossed over. Will you take up this quest, not for gold, but for glory?"
"The end, (player's guild noscript), may be here at last. For centuries, prophets have spoken of the day when the aetherial walls that separate our dimension, Mundus, from Oblivion, the land of the Daedra, will crack asunder. The Mages Guild will attempt to repair the breach, but they need us to slay the infernal creatures who have already broken through. Can we rely on you for this, (player's guild noscript)?"