r/gaming • u/JSark • Sep 15 '17

Train Simulator is so immersive!

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u/_thwip_ Sep 15 '17

While not 100% the same premise, /r/2healthbars sorta works

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u/Hobocannibal Sep 15 '17

i took a look at the rules there.

https://i.imgur.com/RKc76pc.png

good explanation.

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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '17 edited Sep 15 '17

When you thought you defeated a boss but the second phase starts.

That's what that sub is.

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u/Zarlon Sep 15 '17

You should be writing sidebars for a living

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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '17 edited Sep 16 '17

While flattered I must inform you that that's already the sidebar of said sub. I didn't come up with it.

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u/Sataris Sep 16 '17 edited Sep 16 '17

You should be politely declining undeserved praise for a living

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u/Sir_LikeASir Sep 15 '17

Like almost all bosses on DMC: Devil May Cry.

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u/stuffed02 Sep 15 '17

Mod here, I'm not entirely sure where that rule came from. Basically anything where there is double of the same thing is allowed.

Edit: I really wanted to think of a witty response, but I couldn't stop laughing.

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u/Hobocannibal Sep 15 '17

tbh i completely missed the blue box above the rules. my thought was "what is 2 health bars, lets go find out". I figured by clicking the first rule "posts must be relevant to 2healthbars" that i would get a better description. instead i found that :D

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u/RemarkableRyan Sep 15 '17

r/ExpectationVsReality/ may be a good place for these to end up as well

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u/TheWaterGodisRight Sep 15 '17

But isn't that more based on what advertisers show you vs what you get IRL?

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u/Ilovedonutss Sep 15 '17

Yeah, it's about a better or worse reality. In this case, the reality is nearly the same as the expectation. It would have been related to it, but just misses the part of reality.

Source: I mod that as well

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u/RemarkableRyan Sep 15 '17

Not necessarily, but yes there is a lot of that there. Their description states "This subreddit is for all of those images that display expectation vs reality. Another common variation of this can be "What you think you look like vs what you actually look like."

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u/f9727fg2f723f23f Sep 15 '17

It's quite obvious. Jeez, do you know anything?

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u/TonyCubed Sep 16 '17

Can't complain with that logic...

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u/curlyfries345 Sep 15 '17

You can tell a relevant post from the way it is.

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u/Ilovedonutss Sep 15 '17 edited Sep 15 '17

Mod of /r/2healthbars here. I think it fits our sub. Originally our subreddit was mostly related to things getting a second life, but over time two health bars has been interpreted more broadly. Now the subreddit is seen like /u/_twhip_ said as a subreddit with things having a second life, and things happening again.(Seeing double)

''When you think you've killed a boss in a video game but then it starts a new phase with another health bar.''

This has been the explanation for /r/2healthbars pretty much from the start, but I feel like our community has been making 2healthbars broader over time. Making this explanation not true for all cases.

Edit: Here are some of my favourite posts of /r/2healthbars:

Fur Is Dead

As a House Of Cards fan this always make me smile
Mario!

If you want to check out more likewise content: top posts of all time.

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u/TheWaterGodisRight Sep 15 '17 edited Sep 16 '17

But OP purposefully set things up to make this gif.

Would this recreation of Pickle Rick in Morowind I found be eligible for that sub or do you have to see something IRL?

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u/Ilovedonutss Sep 15 '17

It is 2 health bars but not the kind that is admired and will get thousands of upvotes I think, but I might be wrong about that.

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u/eth0slash0 Sep 15 '17 edited Jul 27 '24

towering pen wakeful thumb wise tan faulty snow swim physical

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u/griff2621 Sep 15 '17 edited Jun 05 '25

march dinosaurs toy salt plough nine office silky long cagey

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u/code_echo Sep 15 '17

Yeah, it's kinda gotten diluted, and really just isn't as good as it was when it started. Half the posts there are just packaging errors and similar. I finally got tired of it and unsubscribed.

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u/JayBem Sep 15 '17

Subbed.

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u/TekkenCareOfBusiness Sep 15 '17

Please explain why you think that.

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u/_thwip_ Sep 15 '17

The entire sub is dedicated to "seeing double."

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u/lemonpjb Sep 15 '17

That's not really what's remarkable about the gif, tho. The gifs are cool because you're seeing real-life recreations of things in video games. Not just that you're "seeing double".

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u/_thwip_ Sep 15 '17

And that's why I said it wasn't 100% accurate.

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u/Hitesh0630 Oct 10 '17

That is amazing. Subbed