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velk

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Why are so many of them complete fucking dickbags? How hard is it to make a character that you actually *want* to succeed???

Same reason there are so many internet tough guys I'd imagine ;p

There are some progression fantasy ones with MC who are decent human beings - 'Is Insanity a Racial Trait' was a pretty good recent one that has the added bonus of being finished.
 

Void

BAU BAU
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Finished the first book of 1% Lifesteal.

I liked it, but I'll admit it was a little boring until the end. Since most of you probably read it on RR, the first book ends with him
ascending to 2 stars
so clearly the beginning of the next book will have some shit to go over.

Freddy is fine, I don't hate him or think he's extra retarded or anything, and I'm actually fine with why he was such a loser previously. At least he isn't all, "People are icky!" for everything, he's just poor and never had anyone to rely on, so he kept to himself. Much better than many mc's I've read lately.

Not that I need a ton of action or anything, and the lack of stat screens was refreshing, but yeah, a little boring if I'm being honest. I will definitely continue though, because I can see it picking up once he can actually do shit besides train and continually get shit on by other people. Not exactly the way I would have wanted a first book to go if I were an author, but I'm not so I guess I can stfu :p
 

Lenardo

Vyemm Raider
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For those that do patreon don't use the apple app to manage your payments. Apparently using the apple patreon app for payments= you get charged 30% more than if you use patreon's website-that fee is charged by apple, patreon doesnot see that money, nor does the person you are supporting, apple gets that money . nO idea if true but it is making the rounds around the patreon subs I have.
 
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Ukerric

Bearded Ape
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For those that do patreon don't use the apple app to manage your payments. Apparently using the apple patreon app for payments= you get charged 30% more than if you use patreon's website-that fee is charged by apple, patreon doesnot see that money, nor does the person you are supporting, apple gets that money . nO idea if true but it is making the rounds around the patreon subs I have.
It is. Apple requires every payment for apps on iphones/ipads to go through them, and they charge 30% for "safety" (just like the man that comes every month to your store to collect "insurance").

Since Patreon guarantees the amount paid to the creator, they have to charge that extra on iOS devices.
 

TJT

Mr. Poopybutthole
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Finished the first book of 1% Lifesteal.

I liked it, but I'll admit it was a little boring until the end. Since most of you probably read it on RR, the first book ends with him
ascending to 2 stars
so clearly the beginning of the next book will have some shit to go over.

Freddy is fine, I don't hate him or think he's extra retarded or anything, and I'm actually fine with why he was such a loser previously. At least he isn't all, "People are icky!" for everything, he's just poor and never had anyone to rely on, so he kept to himself. Much better than many mc's I've read lately.

Not that I need a ton of action or anything, and the lack of stat screens was refreshing, but yeah, a little boring if I'm being honest. I will definitely continue though, because I can see it picking up once he can actually do shit besides train and continually get shit on by other people. Not exactly the way I would have wanted a first book to go if I were an author, but I'm not so I guess I can stfu :p
It really amps up later. Don't worry.

The initial draw for me was Freddy just being fucked over repeatedly. Guy can't catch a break, well outside of the initial break.
 
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velk

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It is. Apple requires every payment for apps on iphones/ipads to go through them, and they charge 30% for "safety" (just like the man that comes every month to your store to collect "insurance").

It's actually surprising how well that fits - 'nice profitable app you got there, be a shame if it got banned from the app store'.

It'd be half-joking if they hadn't literally done that to Epic for exactly that reason.
 
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Ritley

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They clearly have agreements with larger companies, or it’s based on the type of app. No way in fuck Amazon pays anywhere near that for their app, but maybe apps classified as shopping don’t pay that. But that is the reason why you can’t actually buy any books or audiobooks from kindle or audible app.
 
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