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I think a lot of those things would be interesting, but on examination I'm more after power (such as it is) for the sake of stability; power/money provides a buffer from being batted around by life and other people.
I certainly want to be great in some area.
It could just be the need to excel, the side effect your seeing is power, however if you invent something the side effect others see wont be power, it will be a cure for something. My lack of a social life makes me feel unaccomplished, so I feel as though acquiring power would give me that feeling. The top of maslow's hierarchy of needs. I've realized that all my obsessions, fantasies, and what I want to do for a career all center around power.
I wanted to be a magician because I used to think I could make magic real with technology in the future. I wanted to be an inventor so I could actually make that technology. I wanted to be a genetic engineer so I could straight up play with life, and now I want to be a businessmen so I could use money to exert my influence on the world(Because I'm too lazy to do any lab work, and I genuinely believe technology is at a point where you actually need large labs full of people, having one inventor just won't do). Not really... I'm more of a behind the scenes kind of guy (quietly making a difference but never in the limelight). I am always craving for more power and for more accomplishments, wherever I can.
My biggest career accomplishment is making the leap from a strictly accounting role to moving into general management and strategy, which I find very rewarding.
If you've ever watched "House of Cards" you could probably see how being power hungry affects politicians especially in a bad way. Personally, I feel like you should focus less on gaining power and more on helping others. If you earn respect by doing this and that leads to you gaining power, then more power to you.
What’s wrong with having ambition? You’re ambitious, you want people to either fear or respect your authority, you want to be in control and there’s nothing wrong with that. Who cares if your happiness comes at the expense of other people. Worry about yourself. If it feels good then who gives a damn. I’d say good on you for taking the initiative to take what you want when you want. People like to ask those in power “What gives you the right?” all the time but that’s just it. No one gives us the right. We take it.
Depends on the kind of power you are looking to wield. Are you looking to control people, to show how strong you are by making them miserable? Then yep, this would be a person who ought to have as little power as possible. Were it up to me, such a person would be at the mercy of a little girl's pet hamster. (I can be power hungry too.) If the power being sought is one aimed at lifting people out of the ancestral thuggish soup from which we are all derived, then, depending on how that power would be wielded and guarded from corruption.

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Alright, let's try to keep this concise:

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Genshin Impact is a gacha game running on the same engine as Breath of the Wild. It's very technically competent, battles feel good, and exploration and the world is gorgeous and well done.

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As it is a gacha game, the game's primary focus next to the main story is getting the characters you want and equipping them. The main currency to pull for characters are "Primogems". New accounts early on in the story receive ten pulls (called "Wishes" in the game) in total. Primogems are primarily earned from daily missions and exploration. About one pull can be farmed every day by doing all dailies and some explorations, plus minus.

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Characters come in two tiers, four star and five star, with five star characters usually being more desirable/stronger, and usually also sporting slightly more appealing designs, without accounting for personal taste. There is a one in twenty chance for any pull to be a four star character. Every 90 pulls is guaranteed to be a five star, althoug it might be a weapon or a character. Point being, chances are astronomically low.

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There is manufactured digital scarcity in the game. Many characters are only available for 30 days, and then do not reappear in a long time, which is the main driving force for peope to spend real money, because it is impossible to guarantee getting the character you want without spending.

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Out of the offers the game throws at you, only the daily login bonus and straight up primogems have any real relevance.

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The actual gameplay is rather good, it is a typical, but well executed, character switching combo game, revolving mainly around hitting good elemental combos. To play the storyline of the game, no specific characters are needed with halfway competent play.

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The main story is gated behind level requirements. This requires a decent amount of grinding in between story segments, which mainly consists of running the same mini dungeon again and again, which also serves as the primary way to get gear and upgrade materials for your characters. In general, the game is massively grindy after the first few story parts. Acquiring exp, materials and so forth is locked to a time-gated resource, which refills over time. This is usually fine, as long as yo uare the type of person that doesn't want to power grind, and only wants to play maybe 90 minutes a day and then call it quits to the next day.

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In general, if played in a relaxed fashion, the game is pretty good, but if you get hooked and end up desperately wanting a specific character, it is easy to get addicted. Monetisation is VERY predatory, and prices are straight up insane. Guaranteeing to get the character you want during an event cost ~200 Euros, eg. The game also does emphasis playing daily, due to these resource systems, although it doesn't matter as much if you are very casual.

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I played quite a bit, so if you have any specific questions, I can probably answer anything.

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Der britische Großgrundbesitzer Chief Factor (ein wundervolles Wortspiel!) hat sich extra eine private Kuh importiert, um, wie sich zwei Trinker im Saloon erzählen, «Milch zu seinem Afternoon Tea» haben zu können. Also eine Kuh ganz für sich alleine, die er auch in einem sehr gut umzäunten Bereich seines Anwesens hält.

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Otis und King-Lu beginnen in der Folge des nachts einzubrechen und die Kuh zu melken. Das Resultat dieses Diebstahls sind großartige Backwaren, die die ganze Stadt begeistern. Allerdings wird Chief Factor mißtrauisch, stellt die Diebe und am Ende des Filmes wird ihnen ihre Flucht zum Verhängnis.

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Dieser Film ist eine ganz offensichtliche Parabel auf den Kapitalismus, garniert mit intelligenten Wortspielen (beginnend beim Titel – der Ausspruch «cash cow» sollte jedem bekannt sein). Eine übersatte und reiche Klasse leistet es sich, die Produktionsmittel unter höchsten Sicherheitsstandards von allen fähigen und kreativen Menschen abzuschirmen – und das nur aus Gründen des eigenen banalen Vorteils (Milch zum Afternoon Tea). Das ist das Resultat einer Gesellschaft, die sich auf Akkumulation gründet.
Das damit einhergehende Denken, das nur auf Akkumulation und mathematische Logik ausgelegt ist, wird sehr gut in einem Dialog zum Thema Bestrafung zwischen Chief Factor und einem Captain dargestellt:

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CHIEF FACTOR: When one factors the loss of labour from the punished hand versus the gain of labour from those hands who witness the
punishment, a stricter punishment can be the more advisable path. Even a properly rendered death can be useful in the
ultimate accounting. It is a highly motivating spectacle for the indolent, let alone the mutinous.
CAPTAIN: Yes, fair enough, but some calculations can never truly be made.
CHIEF FACTOR: Now, there you are wrong, Captain. Any question that cannot be calculated is not worth the asking.

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Alles an diesem Film ist eine Kritik an dem kapitalistischen Zivilisationsbegriff, der hier im Kontrast zur Freundschaft der beiden Protagonisten nicht mehr besonders fortschrittlich und zivilisiert, sondern genauso rau und lebensfeindlich wirkt wie das Bild selbst, das in einem extrem dunklen grüngelben Kontrast gehalten wird.

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Die Taz ist an einer Stelle mit der H2-Überschrift einer großen Sache auf der Spur, in der steht: «Männer sind und waren eben nicht immer nur tumbe Typen, die nur S.ex und Gewalt im Kopf haben.» Es ist bezeichnend, wie sehr gebildet man sein und trotzdem an dem Kern des Problems vorbeischreiben kann. S.ex und Gewalt, Reproduktion und Kampf ums Überleben, sind beschränkende Handlungsmuster, die Situationen entspringen, in denen der Überlebensmodus die einzige Motivationstriebfeder ist.

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