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yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• almost 5 years ago

Life is a video game. 📘 The Missing Manual 📘

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11/12/2020

yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• almost 5 years ago

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1️⃣ You are the main player. Everyone else is an NPC. Don’t confuse what they want for what you want.

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11/12/2020

yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• almost 5 years ago

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2️⃣ You don’t have to care about the main player. Want to care about an NPC? Invest more in their storyline than yours? Totally ok. You’ll want to keep your health stats up, naturally. But you don’t have to play for the main any more than you want to.

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11/12/2020

yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• almost 5 years ago

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Your main is just the character you most directly control. It’s an infinite, 1-player game with lots of cool NPCs.

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11/12/2020

yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• almost 5 years ago

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(Of course, you can totally go for it if you want to.) https://t.co/s4S6hWvMD7

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11/12/2020

yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• almost 5 years ago

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3️⃣ Don’t freak out. It’s just a game. 4️⃣ But do freak out. That’s what makes it fun.

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11/12/2020

yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• almost 5 years ago

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5️⃣ It’s more like Space Invaders than an RPG. Depending on your region, you might get a storyline that says if you want something, you can just move in its direction and get it It’s just the marketing

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11/12/2020

yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• almost 5 years ago

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You might have this edition if your main - speaks English - lives in the West - really likes the idea of free will

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11/12/2020

yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• almost 5 years ago

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It works more like a game of Space Invaders. You can move left and right, but you can’t make the baddies come any faster than they’re going to. Enjoy the wait 🥳 Plan ahead 🧐 Be predator, not prey 🦇 https://t.co/pKtNaGQ2H8

yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• almost 5 years ago

Wait beautifully, wait casually.

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11/12/2020

yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• almost 5 years ago

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6️⃣ You get unlimited hints. Inspired by @WeftOfSoul. You can just ask. As many times as you want. People will just tell you the answer. To activate, type in: ⬆️ Humble + ♐️ Specific + 🅰 Ask

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11/12/2020

yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• almost 5 years ago

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7️⃣ You get bullshit hints. Everyone tells you about their quest. Find someone playing yours.

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11/12/2020

yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• over 4 years ago

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8️⃣ You are not the protagonist. You think you are. This is what pains you. Always trying to turn out on top. Make yourself matter. The protagonist is a role. Choose to play it. The rest is an immersive walk-around theatre experience.

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3/10/2021

yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• almost 5 years ago

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An elaboration on “you are not the character” Your may be the hero, the sidekick, or just a witness. Who cares?? You are the player of the whole game. https://t.co/1sQHpYAONt

yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• almost 5 years ago

@CountJ0ecool If you’re ever played a video game, you know that the main character can be a hero, a team member, maybe just a witness to a story being well told Western games tend to be boring, just heroes, but there’s a wealth of styles beyond. Check out https://t.co/k4X0sjh3J5

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11/24/2020

yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• almost 5 years ago

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A perspective on “external validation” needing it vs. unbalanced by it vs. navigating it https://t.co/fQtleGsBzF

yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• almost 5 years ago

@almostnora The secret is: You already have some good mental models. It’s called video games. You have “external validation” in the form of in-game currency, scores, etc. https://t.co/7sd4tc7uOn

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11/24/2020