If you generalize the term "civilization" to be any sufficiently large group of people who have some sense of shared purpose or identity you could include gaming communities or even forums too
Things usually don't just explode all at once though ofc sometimes there is abrupt change that causes a community to decay rapidly
Wow that was one of my favorite parts about Oblivion. You could break it so easily
I had a wizard who was maxed out in basically ever skill except the magic skills so when I finally did the mages guild quest line I was face tanking everything
I was so over powered I started breaking the enchantment system bc I had done every important quest and could afford anything (100% chameleon was hilarious)
And let's not forget that jumping off mountains to level up is clearly the best mechanic of all time
Maybe I'll skip this one if they removed the good jank
Honestly they were better until recently. GPT (at least) has gotten really good at de-escalation and providing (mostly) factual responses when you get irate
the article is talking about how they could have a booming ad business but at present have little to none
The Cupertino tech giant is not an advertising company, however. Chatterjee notes that Apple's decision to only show a single Search Ad in its App Store could limit the revenue opportunity relative to his prior expectations.
Come on Spokane ur better than this