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pastell @pastellexists7/22/2023, 7:45 PM

Natalie @nex3

Natalie @nex37/22/2023, 7:27 PM

a fascinating question posed by a friend of mine: would you rather

be able to video game style double jump
have a video game style mini-map accessible in your head on demand

obviously these are poorly-specified and each could range from "largely useless" to "extremely powerful" depending on which games you pull from, but assume that whatever power level you choose to imagine for one is matched by the other

#would you rather

pastell @pastellexists7/22/2023, 7:45 PM

i have a really good spatial memory and intuition so idk that a mini-map would be super useful for me unless it had little quest markers and showed me where my things are. but also i am not at all athletic so i dont anticipate doing a whole lot of jumping, either. let alone double jumping.

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Soph @sleepygf7/22/2023, 7:30 PM

"double jump is so impractical," you'll all say, but what if I need it to cancel fall damage

vivian lim ⭐@viv7/22/2023, 9:17 PM

exactly this, it would make so many things much safer to do. like using ladders

Kate @antumbral7/22/2023, 7:38 PM

i think the value of double jump depends on whether you can buffer inputs

Remi Erin Autor the remeranAuthor @remeranAuthor7/22/2023, 7:39 PM

Double jump easily because a phone can't achieve it.

@knutaf7/22/2023, 7:55 PM

Solid point

graham @graham7/22/2023, 7:42 PM

Double jump for sure. My internal map is already pretty good but my double jump is currently extremely bad

Molly @Yerfriendmolly7/22/2023, 7:46 PM

double jump i have a cell phone already

Beowulf!!!@beowulf7/22/2023, 8:00 PM

I think I could develop a better sense of direction, or just buy (and get better at reading) maps. I'm pretty sure I can't learn how to double jump.

Sen @senegart7/22/2023, 8:00 PM

minimap if it shows other people as dots on the map

@darryl @darryl7/22/2023, 8:08 PM

Given how rarely I even single jump, and how often I consult a map, I think the map is the clear winner for general usefulness.

Double jump sounds really fun though

Nire Bryce @NireBryce7/22/2023, 8:34 PM

mini map, simply for the always visible clock

@Kirby7037/23/2023, 2:03 AM

would you like a watch or is this more an adhd thing (I wear a watch and it is nice if not more helpful than a phone)

Nire Bryce @NireBryce7/23/2023, 2:04 AM

adhd i guess, but mostly just having a constant source of lookup-less time would be nice.

r_m_@orchidrabbit7/22/2023, 8:37 PM

mini map but i'd like it to be like mgs style where i can see other people as dots and their vision cones too and keep ghosts from sneaking up on me

DMG @DMG-The-Poly7/22/2023, 8:55 PM

Honestly I don't feel like I'd be nimble enough to make double jump worth it, so mini map; I tend to get lost easily xD

february @TommyTorty107/22/2023, 9:45 PM

The double jump would be a lot of fun, but I know I would wind up hurting myself real bad with it, so I'm gonna choose mini-map

fictive @artemis7/22/2023, 9:59 PM

we already have the minimap so ill take a free double jump

Ferns @ferns7/22/2023, 10:13 PM

Double jump, easily. It feels like it’d enable all sorts of fun shenanigans, let me get to places most people ordinarily can’t, whereas the minimap feels like it’d just get in the way of mini-adventures that come from getting mildly lost.

Gravity Pike @gravity-pike7/23/2023, 12:20 AM

Minimap, 100%. To all those people saying "your phone already has a minimap," yeah, and I use it. My single-jump sucks, I never use it, stapling a second one on top isn't going to change the meta.

@aetherlift7/23/2023, 1:47 AM

i already basically have a minimap all the time, its just in my hand instead of my head. for me thats just about as good, so i'd take the double jump

@Kirby7037/23/2023, 2:06 AM

forgot about my phone but the minimap in my head is good and very satisfying to contribute to.

a double jump would be very fun and so practical (what if I need to scale a 6 foot wall really quickly to rob a bank or escape another bank robber, things that definitely happen regularly)

Alex Zandra @zandravandra7/25/2023, 1:26 PM

how dare you tempt me this way

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