• @Tyfud@lemmy.world
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    743 months ago

    Evolution was all like: Ok, so which mutations would you like to advance? The venomous thing? The aquatic thing? The electrocuting enemies thing? The no stomach hack? The “Fun at parties” hack?

    Platypus: Yes.

    • The Bard in GreenA
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      643 months ago

      An excellent example of spending your points all over the place and somehow ending up with an actually pretty broken build.

        • @computergeek125@lemmy.world
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          433 months ago

          “broken build” here likely refers to the phrase as defined by gamers to function as synonymous to “overpowered”.

          As in, “the build is so broken you can’t/it is difficult to play against it”. This phraseology could be used by either an ally or an enemy, but it contextually changes connotation from positive for allies to negative for enemies.

          Build is often used as a shorthand for a character’s combination of items, skills, and levels (as the various games define it).

          • @stangel@lemmy.world
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            53 months ago

            Thanks, I (mis-?) interpreted it as a gamers build that doesn’t work because they spread abilities rather than min-maxing.

        • @Guilherme@lemm.ee
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          13 months ago

          So they were created about the same time as dinosaurs and flowers? Evolution was feeling really creative at that part of Cretaceous.

    • fraksken
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      163 months ago

      After the platypus, evolution started looking into input validation.