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hello waylon
you were quite nice
on your grave
i repeated it twice

i named the child
after you
and to your name
he grew true

hope in the future
we will meet again
and maybe ill be the teacher
this time old friend

thanks man
i did all
that i can

personally i dont see myself starting in the arctic unless there were some essential changes made so that life in the arctic could be survivable.

for example:

- we could start eating raw meat for less hunger, but still gives food
- another option for string other than milkweed is created (or milkweed grows in the snow too)- maybe we can start making hide strips out of seal fur to use as string and rope instead
- seals can be eaten and cut up using flint, or maybe a new object like "sharp ice" that only spawns in the snow
- warmer clothes can be made, or maybe the addition of mittens to up the heat
- a few more sources of meat and fur are added to the snowy biomes

this would make sure that we can survive exclusively in this biome and rely on meat as the main source of food rather than crops, which we currently cant grow exclusively in that environment because of lack of dirt/fresh water. with the addition of more recipes for food that are meat-focused and the expanded use of animals, yes, i think i could see myself trying to start a life in the arctic. of course there needs to be a new way of making fire too since there will be no maple trees.

and id do that just for the fun of it. even if it would be easier to live in a swamp or whatever. even now i sometimes just settle in an area with a lil less food than i would like b/c its that or just wander forever.

i think u might be underestimating the stubbornness of ur players. only the newer folks wouldnt want to start by themselves in the snow. but for ppl who have put in the hours? thats a challenge we'd love to take on, as long as its possible to thrive.

edit: honestly the more i think about this idea the more i like it. if we had access to specific resources that only existed in the area and was a part of a different tech tree it would start giving us an actual reason to trade with villages. like lets say that only ppl in the desert had access to horses, but the prairies were rich with furs (of animals more than rabbits). they could start exchanging better clothes for horses and such. or lets say a biome has a specialty item that grants the ppl in that biome an advantage. like for rocky biomes the ppl could make bladder water pouches that hold 2 water in each pouch out of bears, they could trade it to the grassland ppl for rope or lumber. its SUCH a cool idea wow

u got my bow! im glad the town decided to keep patrolling with it. did you guys manage to find both knives in the end?

yea there was a dead body more recently deceased (a full skeleton) a lil down south. i think the town mustve died out an hour before. still, i havent run into live towns yet. only dead ones.

its just... not an exciting game. im a fan of simulation games so im totally fine with that but the game itself inherently has nothing stimulating. all of the interest and action is created by the players, which means that if someone doesnt put in the time to create a meaningful experience they will leave without one. this manifests in "job?" or "need help?" what the players are *actually* asking is "give me something to work to". in most towns only 1/3 people actually do useful things to keep the system working. ive spent whole lives trying to sort out dirt, crop, and meat systems for the village while a hoard of mothers sit around a camp doing nothing but talking.

currently, talking is the most interesting thing about the game. thats like loading up a book that gives gibberish 70% of the time and produces interesting content that 30% (less for newer players since they dont get to live long enough to experience the fun aspects of the game).

to keep players busy and interested a major goal needs to be set. the bell was a cool update when it first came out, but now its just a pile of rocks that does nothing to contribute. a city can do without it and its only made when everyones just bored. i think this is why some ppl suggest npcs that you could attack and fight. but personally, i think itd change if we could spawn closer to one another.

i remember in a past life i spawned in a village close to another and my first decree as queen was to attack it. it created drama and gave people *purpose* which then makes the game fun and diverse. people need to be in contact with other people in order to create this kind of human drama (which is what ohol is really about). because we spawn so far from everything and everyone, and always start new towns only to see them fail, we dont get far. in order to give a chance at change and something interesting (beyond sporadic murderers), we need to be able to access one another.

this is why humans developed trade routes and faster modes of transportation. but currently our mode of transportation is frankly garbage. a horse is more trouble than its really worth and i see most of them being used for short-distance trips (like to fill a well or whatever). we cant even hunt on horses or get off them and expect them to stay. so how can we expect to lead large expeditions out to scout or even trade with neighbors?

tldr: there is no purpose to this game besides trying to keep the towns from dying off. we need to be in contact with random towns in order to create more excitement and variation of experiences that allow players an opportunity to create the fun. in order to do this we need reliable transportation

dad really was soft! ma abandoned me as a baby, just spending enough time to name me. i wandered about the farm screaming "F" to every passing lady. one kindly fed me but none cared for me. i resigned myself to death at one hunger when dad swooped in and took me in. he said "this is my son." the moment i typed "dad". i was sad that i didnt get to see his last moments, but i told him "ily" as often as possible. he was the best dad and its all thanks to you, gma!

-sun

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