Moin, ich möchte mich deiner unpopulären Meinung anschließen, full disclosure: als Führungskraft. Wir haben im Team Pflichtanwesenheit 1-2x die Woche und alle Kollegen und Kolleginnen sehen den Sinn darin und tragen das mit. Der persönliche Austausch trägt einfach enorm zum sozialen Gefüge bei und gerade in kleinen Teams fließen Informationen einfach besser, wenn man eben Mal zur Kollegin nebenan laufen kann. Wir haben festgestellt, dass man das tatsächlich eher macht, als einen Teams-Call zu starten. Ich habe jedenfalls subjektiv spürbare Unterschiede zwischen während und nach Corona wahrgenommen. Die Arbeitsleistung der Mitarbeitenden ist davon aber völlig unabhängig. Ich wundere mich auch ein bisschen über die Grundstimmung hier im Thread, dass Management nur Kontrolle ausüben will. Wenn ich dies Gefühl hätte, und mir der persönliche Kontakt zu meinen Kolleginnen und Kollegen nicht wichtig ist, würde ich persönlich denken, ich bin nicht an der richtigen Arbeitsstelle - auch wieder nur meine persönliche Haltung. Einen wertschätzenden Umgang und gute Arbeitsbeziehungen zu suchen wären mir einen Wechsel wert...

I laughed :)

Thanks for the explanation and I hate muck ony hands so that analogy also helps.

Started reading Atlas a couple of months ago and put it aside after a third or so. I am used to reading "conventionally boring" stuff but this was such a slog. Super sterile, the characters are stereotypical, the message Rand wants to bring across seems awfully clear very early on. It may be the historical context that makes it more interesting, I didn't see it, though. Just couldn't do it.

Reading your comments on this thread is a relief, maybe there is nothing wrong with me after all.

Yes I put it there to point out that I enjoyed even more mediocre games like Pillars more than Divinity. Thus my confusion.

Steam says I got roughly 25 hours in. I remember that I really wanted to enjoy it, but it didn't come, so I put it away.

I enjoyed both Baldur's Gates, Planescape Torment, Pillars of Eternity, Arcanum, Gothic, I don't know, pretty much RPGs across the board I think.

I love CRPGs and was excited when I got recommended this game - it got a lot of praise. Unfortunately, I found it to be tedious and overall uninteresting. That wouldn't be worth mentioning if this game wasn't on every top-rpgs-of-all-time list... I honestly don't get it and I am confused.

Chiming in with a HOLY SHIT I had that and played with it so much, this hits home, nostalgia galore!

I agree. If something is sought after that also was on Reddit, it will come up here. No need to force it. I wonder if copy-pasting Reddit subs here would goad people into the same behavior this thread points out many people would like to avoid?

There is dozens of us!

I played that a lot, also the second and third parts.

I remember starting the first game, I had no clue what to do and I put it aside again. Then I tried again, somehow got over the extremely high entry barrier in terms of difficulty (or so I remember) and I loved it. That feeling when you got your first decent ship or later on stations... It was a wild ride.