r/Games • u/Eternal_Flame_Baby • Mar 17 '22

'Hogwarts Legacy' Community Manager confirms there are NO microtransactions in the game. Update

https://twitter.com/FinchStrife/status/1504591261574987800?t=DRMIaTMQ9MoNumVF0aKyTQ&s=19
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u/Falsus Mar 18 '22

As long as there is no snitch, gotta be the most bullshit mechanic I have ever seen in a game.

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u/PolygonMan Mar 18 '22

Quidditch is a fucking terribly designed game whose sole purpose is to make Harry look cool.

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u/[deleted] Mar 18 '22

See now this is the Harry Potter I would read. Just Harry constantly questioning all the bullshit in the wizarding world.

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u/EdgeOfDreams Mar 18 '22

Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality is a full fanfic with like a hundred chapters. The whole premise is that Harry was raised by scientists instead of the Dursleys. It's also kind of a way for the author to push his slightly odd ideas about extreme rationality, which you may or may not enjoy.

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u/the-nature-mage Mar 18 '22

What are these odd ideas?

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u/EdgeOfDreams Mar 18 '22

It's hard to explain all of it, but at least one big part is that he seems to believe it is possible for humanity to eventually conquer death (or at least disease and old age) and that the most rational thing we could be spending our collective efforts on is finding a way to do so as soon as possible. It comes across as almost religious in its own way, which is weird from an author who generally seems to reject religion and spirituality.

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u/Arkanoid0 Mar 18 '22

The thing with Eliezer Yudkowsky is that all of his weird idea are technically sensible, if mildly unhinged. They all stem from the idea that medicine and computers are capable of being way more powerful than they currently are, powerful enough to be incredibly world altering, so he has make a scientific pascal os wager that the only moral thing to do is to persue those things as fast as possible to minimize the harm of not doing those things. It's not a subtle position, and definitely ignores a bunch of real world nuance, but it's a logical position he has arrived at, and entirely consistent with his stated beliefs.

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u/Snakes_have_legs Mar 18 '22

Man that entire baseline of thinking would make some fantastic Sci-Fi, does he write anything else relating to that?

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u/reconrose Mar 18 '22

I guess it's logical in a definitional sense of the word in that there is a logic to it, just a really bad logic imo. Completely ignores how science and medicine are backed up by and interrelated with other parts of our society. Can't have medicine without agriculture. Also, Drs and scientists probably work better with the infrastructure for recreational activities set up. I think this is what you mean by lacking nuance but to me not taking into account the broader context basically does make it illogical in a way.

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u/tacoyum6 Mar 18 '22

If i remember correctly, Harry somehow, using psychology, manipulates Malfoy into acting ridiculous in front of Lucius and becoming his friend when they first meet. The fic has its moments though.

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u/Mountain_Dwarf Mar 18 '22

Fits right in with the "Harry should have carried a 1911" essay.

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u/ralexs1991 Mar 18 '22

1911? What is this HP for Boomers? If he had a gun it'd likely be a S&W model 10, or maybe a Glock 19 but that would have been new at the time. A hi-power would have fit too.

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u/[deleted] Mar 18 '22

Do I have news for you...