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Count those 25 recent lives but exclude the worst and the best ones. Average matters more than getting good/bad luck.

Are scores still (somewhat) normally distributed with this system? I assume it might be but with an average that is slowly moving up and the bell curve along with it? Or is it like 'stretching out' more and more (so more players with REALLY high scores and also more players with REALLY low scores)?

If it is normal: What if you distribute tool slots according to standard deviations (average & SD calculated for currently active players, or current leaderboard so past 24h)? The top 0.1% gets the most slots, then top 2.3%, then top 15.9%, etc.
It'd stop people from trying to game the system to get outrageous scores for practically unlimited tool slots, since they can't win THAT many by grinding it out.

I kind of like this idea. I feel a high spot on the leaderboard should be possible for both those with a lot of time and those without. Someone in a diff topic mentioned a daily/weekly cap on added points, but I feel that'd be too strict maybe. Slowly getting less and less might make more sense. You CAN still grind, but it gets harder along the way. This allows for other people to 'catch up' a little with fewer games played.

As for your question:
Depends on your motivation to play 10 games in the first place. Doing it just to raise your score? Yeah, it might feel useless at some point. Doing it just cuz you're having fun with the game? It really doesn't matter.
The thing is that you can also look at it from the other side. A player who generally only plays 1 game (cuz no chance of leaderboard position anyway) may realise playing 1 more can greatly increase their potential on the leaderboard, meaning for them it could actually be MORE motivating. (Or, repeating what I just said, depending on their motivation it could possibly not matter at all, so their behaviour is unaffected.)

I actually find it an interesing mechanic in terms of human behaviour. The player who plays a lot already may play less (playing 10 games instead of 11, so you only get 91% of the time they would invest otherwise), but the player who plays few may play more (2 games instead of 1, so 200% of theirs!).
Questions: Which player does this change really affect (i.e. who cares about their score, is it everyone or just the ones high on the leaderboard)? Which player are there more of? Does it matter losing some hours of gameplay from committed players if you may gain more in return from people who don't play as much? Do you want to hold on to the committed players, or increase the playtime of those who aren't quite there yet?

I too am not a native English speaker (although fairly fluent) and had the language issue for a little bit. One of the words I remember not knowing was 'adze', but I learned what it was by hovering over items. The game taught me new words like that a few times.
My advice for this issue: if you don't know a certain word and there's wayyyyy too many items on screen to check, ask people "do we have an adze?" or "where is the adze?". They'll either bring it to you, or point you to where it is. Helps narrow it down a little so you don't have to waste time looking at every item or going to onetech to figure out wtf that thing is.

Funny thing is: rn I know the English word for adze cuz of OHOL, but actually have no clue what to call it in Dutch cuz it's not a common item (looked it up btw, it's 'dissel')

Jason, will you do something to help people who can't play as much reach the top of the leaderboard? This wasn't an issue before since scores were capped, but with this system...
Iif scores for an experienced player go up on average , the player that gets to play the most games will have the highest score. It's kind of demotivating for anyone who doesn't have that much time to put into the game.

Jason posted about how the new scores are generated here: https://onehouronelife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=8429

Jason changed it to compare to average age, not current fitness score. Since 60 is older than you get on average, you get + points.

For kids it compares to THEIR average age as well, so if they do better than usual, you get +. If they do worse, you get -. It removes some of the luck-factor when it comes to getting a noob or veteran as a kid.

Lock this pls @mods

I don't think you can really prevent this but:

Build property fence

       o <- me
+----------+
|          |
|          |
+----------+

put down my property fence sticks on the floor cuz I'm done, but instead it does this

     | ö <- me (annoyed)
+----+-----+
|          |
|          |
+----------+

Yes to interracial kids, but not as a percentage. There would have to be a father involved, i.e., this can only happen if the mom actually met a guy w/ a diff skintone (been within a certain amount of tiles from each other? talked to each other?)

I do think this requires a loooot of coding though

There's definitely people who like to teach- I'm one of them! I always try to tell people what needs to be done and if they want to learn something I'm there to help them out ('follow after me'-style, if I have the tool slots).
I also feel the statement 'We were never taught' isn't true for everyone at all, since I learned a lot in game by having people show or tell me how it's done. Nobody will teach you if you don't ask, but if you do, a lot of them WILL.

The only thing I disagree to in your message, however, is that 'it only takes a minute to teach'. Teaching generally takes a lot of effort, with clumsy kids trying to figure out whether they need to left or right click something, trying it in the wrong spot, etc. A lot of things (even planting carrots) also require extra knowledge beyond what's obvious on onetech, in this case that it's necessary to harvest them before they grow seeds but also that you need to keep some of those seeds to plant more later. Even simple things require some extra explanation. Don't expect just anyone to be able to teach you at any time, they're often busy- ask someone else.

Something that helps is asking people to teach you something they're currently doing, or just watching them while they do it. Some people find it hard to drop whatever they're doing to help out a newer player. Another piece of advice: ask your mom. She's more likely to care than any other player.

Anyway, that's the NORMAL situation.

Right now, however, there are so many newer players that a lot of veterans are working really hard to keep the town alive and therefore don't have a lot of time to teach, nor talk to you. The added stress of an entire village depending on THEIR skill can also get people a bit annoyed. Give it a few days, and I'm sure you'll find some people ready to teach!

Babyshook? Nah.
Milkshake.

Although I agree tattoos should be special and not too easy to make, I thought the idea was this being something family-specific. Outsiders could get tattoos, but it'd be more of a tribe-thing than anything. Requiring the help from another family seems... odd.