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        “I’m currently playing through [single player game]”

        Ah ok, we’re probably good

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            A long time ago, when I was a teenager and the first HoI was out, I was only playing Germany. Mostly because it was the only powerful country which felt somewhat manageable without wanting to cry in the convoy screen…

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              Navy management is actually quite easy, people just overthink it/don’t understand that the AI is so flawed it doesn’t matter in SP, you just need enough naval superiority in one zone for a single day to Sealion Britain as anyone from Spain to Ethiopia. It’s also much easier now that you can claim navies in peace deals.

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          Is it bad that I played China in SP? I did pretty much take over the world…

          It was an interesting run. Just surviving as China in the beginning is extremely hard, but eventually I controlled all of China plus Japan. Then Russia attacked so I took over almost all of Russia. Then the allies attacked, so I blocked them at India and eventually took over India, then North America and finally started pushing into Europe. With no DLC the endgame can become such a painful grind. The only aggressive wars I was in were the early wars to unify China. Other than that I was always on the defensive.

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        Legit, I have a teenager in the family heavily into it, and it is worrying. Are there any good articles on how to handle this specific thing gracefully?

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          Ask them what their favorite faction in that game is, or if there are any mods they’ve done recently. Could always just be a big nerd for WW2 cause they’re a teenager.

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        Stellaris has entered the chat

        My genocidal machine empire is gonna wipe the galaxy of all the filthy xeno scum. I don’t even want your worlds, I’m gonna crack that bitch open like an egg because we don’t need your pathetic “breathable air”

        God damn biologicals.

        But seriously, Stellaris is fucking awesome.

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      Becoming involved in niche video game communities made me realise how overwhelmingly right wing gamers can be.

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        It’s because video games are a hobby you can play in isolation and being a shithead often has no consequences online.

        Similar to how small towns tend to be more xenophobic than big cities due to a lack of exposure to different people and viewpoints

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        I just like playing as the tyanids, okay?

        Although I guess if you want to get technical, they’re quite xenophilic… Gotta consume, maybe they’re just into vore.

        Damn, what a terrible day to have a brain that thinks such thoughts… (not into vore, but I don’t kink-shame unless it’s your kink)

        Maybe I do have a problem…

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          I haven’t played Stellaris for years, but I thought one wouldn’t go for Xenophobic on those races, but more for “I am the crisis”, shared consciousness builds, which I think would be OK.

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            I’ll be honest, I like playing stellaris but i tend to get burnt out after about 200 years or so, and don’t fully know all the game mechanics because of this.

            I’ll defer to your expertise on this one.

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          I legit think Stellaris is the best game if you want to roleplay inside 4X strategy. Which is why it’s of course worrying if someone keeps making fashy races :)

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          Yeah, but at that point it’s not a red flag anymore. If everyone plays video games, it doesn’t have predictive value anymore until you get into specifics genres or even specific games/franchises.

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            But…Isn’t that the whole point of this post…? Playing video games doesn’t mean you’re a shitty person but there’s enough shitty people into the hobby that you need to get clarification? Why phrase it that way when we’re making the same point?

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              It’s silly to blame “gamers” when gamers encompasses potentially the entire planet with every belief.

              Blame conservatives who happen to be gamers. It’s the same fucking people, every time.

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                From my experience playing online games, there’s a higher percentage of people publicly using slurs than the general population.

                That’s not an admonishment of gamers as a whole, though. I’m not blaming “gamers” for anything

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              We’re not making the same point, though. Would you take it as a red flag to learn that someone often eats noodles or drinks cola?

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                Nowhere did I say it was a red flag to play video games so you’re countering a point I didn’t make with reasoning that supports the point I did

                Playing games is not a red flag in itself but some games certainly are. So getting clarification is about checking for red flags…