#supplementary budget

[townpostin]

Jharkhand Assembly Monsoon Session Kicks Off with Condolence Motion

Assembly’s Last Session Before Elections Witnesses Opposition Protests Jharkhand Assembly’s monsoon session started with a condolence motion, highlighting the last session before the elections. RANCHI – The monsoon session of the Jharkhand Assembly began on Friday, marking the last session before the upcoming assembly elections. Assembly Speaker Ravindra Nath Mahto addressed the House, presenting…

[bogleech]

Patreon and etsy insist they're only meant to be "supplementary" income but unfortunately they are the only things I have at all, and both are changing for the worse and worse. I get by juuuust barely comfortably on the two of them combined, but with no money left over to grow a savings, so if they got worse enough I just wouldn't be able to survive. I haven't found a backup plan that can work yet.

I still have the print budget for Mortasheen RPG but printing the 200 kickstart orders will use all of it. Once those kickstart orders are shipped out I'll make the book available for general purchase but it's looking like it'll have to be a $60 book and I'll only likely get $9 per sale, so this 15 year project isn't likely to change my life that much unless it's some kind of ultra megahit. My sleeping problems were enough to ruin regular jobs until I now haven't had one since 2007, so I wouldn't have any experience to show and I also still have those evidently 100% untreatable sleeping problems. I make books and other little side projects because I like to, yes, but also in an attempt to find anything that will "take off" and make anything easier but nothing really has yet; I'm super open to suggestions?

[matt0044]

I never liked the “cast bloat” argument or that Team RWBY don’t feel like protagonists.

Now in fairness to the first one, RWBY isn’t the only fantasy series with loads of characters that seem snuggly packed in. Many writing teams or authors want to show off facets of their world via characters born of various fantastical cultures. Y’know? Show and not tell what their world is.

But shows like RWBY can’t all be Shonen Manga designed to go on for as long as possible or at least as long as editorial wants. Especially in the age of eight episode seasons. That said, even if it’s a glimpse, I always appreciate when the world of Remnant does not stop nor end at four girls still figuring themselves out.

With Hunter X Hunter, Gon may be the face of the series with Killua as his number two but you also have Kurapika take center stage in their individual arcs like Yorknew or Leoreo sharing one with Killua in the Election arc. And even then, we will have other perspectives in any given arc.

The Chimera Ants may be the antagonists in a very fan favorite arc but they’re borderline protagonists of their own stories. Hell, Gon doesn’t even face off with the big bad but rather one he has a personal score to settle with. Instead a bunch of old mentor type characters take out the Chimera King.

RWBY clearly learned from Shonen Anime that the world doesn’t have to stop or end at the main character. After Dragon Ball, titles inspired by it afforded other characters to have their own time in the limelight rather than be purely foils for the main character.

Raven vs Cinder is relevant to them because they are important characters even if none of the titular characters are there to witness it. Furthermore, Cinder as a Maiden is connected to Ruby, Winter to Weiss, Yang to Raven, I bet the Summer Maiden will be close to Blake.

Basically, this choice keeps the world from shrinking and feel big, lived in.

And it’s hardly unique in this regard as Trixie The Golden Witch explains in her video: Is There Meaning In "Subverting" Shounen Tropes?

To argue against Team RWBY supposedly not feeling like protagonists, sometimes titular characters can feel too much like protagonists. I have been rereading Harry Potter to sort out my feelings regarding Rowling crowning herself TERF Queen. To keep it relevant, I have found the Harry only perspective both effective and limiting.

It’s effective at making the dramatic parts hit us hard as if we were in Harry’s shoes buuuuut it can feel limiting when there’s a whole school of magic with students of all sorts to get to know. It feels like there were potential side stories that could flesh out Hogwarts.

A similar criticism is often lobbed at Steven Universe. Effective but often limiting.

So… I prefer a cast bloat to there being no other characters for Team RWBY to bounce off of whether the budget calls for it or not. They call them character foils for a reason.

Circling back to RWBY, some characters are there for as long as they need to so they make the most of things to make an impression. If not, discourse would become how flat they are.

The Ace-Ops inform us of how huntsmen as basically super cops in Atlas, building up to Ironwood’s downfall. The Afterans inform us of the eccentricities of the Ever After.

Hell, who says we’ll never see them again be it in the main show or supplementary content? This provides such fertile grounds for fan content alone or future spin offs.

[aprofessionalwithoutstandards]

If they made a TF2 tv show/web series I think it’d be cool if it was like Simpsons Treehouse of Horror style, where it’s a bunch of like one-off shorts that may or may not be canon. Cause TF2 having a consistent canon would lowkey be hard to pull off

Yeahhhh that's what I'm also kinda saying! The mainline comic is The only attempt at a linear story tf2 has been given and they didn't even finish it LMAO. I've talked before about what a "campaign mode" might look like for tf2, a game built fundamentally around NOT having a campaign to complete or any sort of story to tell. Expiration Date is a one-off short, and I think it works best that way. Although I don't reaaaally worry about the "canon" of an absurdist comedy property that constantly contradicts its own "canon" anyway, I DO think a series of very episodic 15-minute shorts would be the best way to do tf2 supplementary material in video form. Expiration Date is actually like a REALLY good short, probably better of a short than people give it credit for, and when I imagine any hypothetical future shorts, I imagine them in a similar format. The team is thrust into some kind of wacky situation, the episode focuses on a certain character or relationship between characters (like how Expiration Date focuses on Scout and Spy), there's some kind of fight with references to the gameplay so nerds can go That's the thing! From my game!, and everything is resolved by the end of the episode. Tf2 characters are like, exceptionally versatile (because of that non-linear nature of the game I talked about) and can thrive in basically any situation you put them into. I don't want a big-budget Netflix show like Arcane with crazy Spiderverse animation or whatever. I want thirty more Expiration Dates about Medic and Engie's experiments or about Sniper and Demo going treasure hunting in the desert or about Pauling's vacation days or 15 straight minutes of jokes about Heavy and his gun. I want tf2 shorts that feel like tf2 goddammit!

[adelaide-of-versailles]

How badly did Louis xv treat his wife???

Tbh he was more just... Neglectful and ignored her throughout their marriage.

At first, it was very idyllic and they loved each other, but after giving birth the first time to Louise Elisabeth and Anne Henriette, Cardinal Fleury (who absolutely hated her) decided that until she gave birth to a boy, she wouldn't be allowed to leave Versailles. Louis XV did nothing, and it took 3 years for Maria to have a son. Also, what the hell is up with that? She had twin daughters and suddenly she *needs* to have a boy?? Have some patience, she's working on it!

She was very shy, I mean who wouldn't be when faced with the King of France. She wasn't really raised as a Princess- she was raised in a small house with very few servants with her parents, grandmother, and I'm not sure if her sister Anna was dead yet.

Louis XV cheated on her quite a lot, which I know is normal for monarchy but it is worth mentioning. After the birth of Princess Louise (her last child) she almost died, and she was advised to not have anymore children, and after that she refused access to her bedchamber for the King.

One book says,

At certain times, vigils, feasts and days consecrated to the memory of illustrious saints, she demanded- well, let us call it a "respite" from the King's attentions. But gradually new saints of minor importance were invoked, and Louis XV became impatient. He did not chafe at the great elect, but he drew the line at all these petty saintlings. At first he was content with such a device as breathing on a mirror and writing on the fleeting mist, "Your Majesty is a proud minx"; but one night, pleading that it was a saint's day, the Queen refused to admit him to her bedchamber. "Madame," he shouted at her, you shall pay for this," and immediately commanded Lebel to go and fetch a woman, no matter whom. Lebel sped away, and soon returned with an amiable and tantalizing maid of the Princesse de Rohan, who undertook these supplementary duties with the most charming alacrity.

Also after Princess Louise's birth, Cardinal Fleury decided that the budget of Versailles was just too small to handle the extra daughters they had laying around, so obviously something had to be done to them, and not yknow, the king using so much of the budget for frivolous stuff. Adelaide, aged 6, Victoire, 5, Sophie, 4, Felicite, 2, and Louise, under a year old were chosen to leave.

Maria, who had a particular attachment to Adelaide, guided her into running to her father after mass and begging him to let her stay. It worked, but none of her other children were allowed to stay. Despite this, she often sent them gifts, and once they were old enough to yknow, read and write, sent them letters.

One letter from Sophie, which I believe was after Sophie properly met her later on in life, says:

My Dear Mamma, we have been this morning to the Carmelites : they have prayed to God for you, that nothing may happen to you on the road. I am very im- patient to arrive at Versailles ; for I assure you that it concerns me very much not to see you, since I love you, my dear Mamma, with all my heart. Be convinced of this I beg of you.

She loved her children, and they adored her too. Henriette, Louis, Adelaide, and Louis's first wife, Raphaelle particularly defended her against the growing faction of Madame de Pompadour, although their distaste didn't do anything in the eyes of Louis XV. Louis Ferdinand, the Dauphin of France, particularly wasn't very close with his father, seemingly mostly due to Louis XV's treatment of Maria and personality differences.

Louis Ferdinand was a mostly kind-hearted soul who enjoyed gardening, and didn't like hunting or cheating on his wife, which were two things that Louis XV enjoyed very much.

Louis XV comments:

My son is of an indolent disposition, and his temper, like that of most people with Polish blood in their veins, is quick and variable; he has no taste; he cares nothing for hunting, women, or good living. Perhaps he thinks that if he were in my position he would be happy. At first he would change everything, appear to make a fresh start in every particular, and would soon be tired of the position of King as he is now of his own. He is made to live like a philosophe with men of intellect; he likes to do good, he is really virtuous and intelligent.

Unlike what Louis XV thought his son thinks, Louis Ferdinand truly had no desire to reign. Apparently, on a lot of writings to his children, he begins, "If I ever have the misfortune to reign–"

I know this is an abrupt end but I have to leave my house rn- if I have more to add I will reblog!

[beardedmrbean]

Many Nigerians have reacted with outrage after a new plane was bought for President Bola Tinubu at a time when the economy is experiencing its worst crisis in a generation.

The purchase comes less than two weeks after thousands took to the streets across the country to protest at rising hunger and the cost of living.

Elected last year to lead Africa’s most populous country, Mr Tinubu has introduced several economic reforms, including the removal of fuel subsidies, which have contributed to high inflation, currently over 30%.

President Tinubu said the reforms were necessary to cut government spending and stimulate long-term growth.

In January, the Nigerian president announced a 60% reduction in the size of official travel delegations, including his own entourage.

However on Monday, the president departed for France using a newly acquired Airbus A330, which has become the latest addition to the presidential fleet of more than five aircraft.

The cost of the plane has not been disclosed, and nor has the reason for his trip.

'I've been sleeping under a bridge in Lagos for 30 years'

Is Nigeria on the right track after a year of Tinubu?

Should I stay or should I go? The dilemma for young Nigerians

X user @Fdmlearn said it wasn’t right that Nigerians were being told to undergo economic pain while the government was buying a new plane for the president.

“Wait so despite the Tinubu led Government telling Nigerians to bear the economic hardship and wait for a better tomorrow, they were busy paying cash for a new private Jet to add to the presidential fleet that has over 6 aircraft’s already?”.

Another X user @RealOlaudah was even more angry.

“Let's tell ourselves the truth. Tinubu's new Airbus presidential aircraft purchase for N150 billion at a time of penury, hunger, and want shows how wicked, selfish, self-indulgent, and insensitive to the plight of the average Nigerian he really is.”

However, @Timi_The_Law says he supports the president’s decision as the plane is not personal but belongs to the office of the president.

“Tinubu's decision to buy a new plane is the right one. The plane belongs to the office of the president, and future presidents will enjoy it,” he posted.

It is not known if lawmakers approved the purchase, which was not mentioned in this year’s budget.

In a statement on X, President Tinubu’s media aide Bayo Onanuga said the new plane would actually save money.

“The new plane, bought far below the market price, saves Nigeria huge maintenance and fuel costs, running into millions of dollars yearly,” the statement read in part.

The new presidential jet was recently released to the Nigerian government after it was seized by a Chinese firm, Zhangson Investment Co. Limited, which obtained a Paris court order to seize some Nigerian government assets following an investment dispute with Ogun state in south-west Nigeria.

The 15-year-old plane is said to have an elaborate configuration for VIPs and replaces the country’s 19-year-old Boeing BBJ 737-700.

Nigerian officials have previously said that the presidential fleet had a high maintenance cost due to the age of its planes.

In June, lawmakers recommended the purchase of two new aircraft for the president and his deputy, saying the old ones were not safe.

Last month, lawmakers passed a supplementary budget, which sought to raise the 2024 budget from 28.7 trillion naira ($18bn; £14bn) to 35.06 trillion naira.

It is not known if the purchase of the new plane was included in this budget.

The BBC has reached out to the Senate President and the Office of the National Security Adviser but is yet to get a response.

[allthebrazilianpolitics]

Brazil's cost-cutting plan faces skepticism as new meeting planned

Announcement expected by Thursday, before President Lula departs for G20 summit

Amid the impact of the recent interest rate increase in Brazil and currency devaluation, the week begins with anticipation around the final discussions and announcement of the spending cuts package. The release is expected within the next few days, before President Lula departs on Thursday (14) for the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro.

However, following a series of meetings with ministers from social areas that will be affected and multiple delays in announcing the plan, investors and the business sector perceive the adjustments may fall short of expectations. Similarly, people close to the discussions suggest the package may be more modest than needed to balance the budget.

Finance Minister Fernando Haddad is scheduled to meet with Lower House Speaker Arthur Lira and Senate President Rodrigo Pacheco by Tuesday to present the proposals, which will be sent to Congress as a proposal to amend the Constitution (PEC) and a supplementary bill.

Mr. Lira told allies that the government needs to broaden its approach to foster dialogue with Congress if it wants the package to gain traction and move swiftly through legislative channels. According to an insider, Mr. Lira believes the issue is complex, and beyond coordinating with the heads of both chambers, the government should engage party leaders from the start.

Continue reading.

[tahazahid]

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Friend and Follow as many travel professionals as you can find, and post consistently to help gain more followers in your niche – and to show travel professionals your level of dedication, and ability to generate attention.

[manda-kat]

I've been planning Kat's Karousel some more. My end goal- as you can guess- is to build a carousel. Today I came to the thought that instead of building an attraction that could eventually be worthy of housing a carousel, I could just build a carousel and form my future attractions around that.

My mom heard this idea and suggested a retro-inspired arcade with animatronics and fun machines that I'm already into, all surrounding the casousel. She also recommended a larger building so I can house my ride indoors, which would be helpful considering vandals exist.

Hmmm I think this is more profitable and the focus on fun and games is more fun for me (nothing against the museum, I still love it, but arcades rock) and the faster I get my spinny horses the better.

Funding this will be an endeavor, but the city I plan to build it in has been trying to revitalize itself through attractions and activities- WHICH MEANS- They are willing to offer grants to make it happen.

My current pipeline now is:

Work out my timeline/budget/financial plan

Find a suitable location (already have two in mind)

Get in touch with the city and find all the extra moneys I can get my little hands on

Contact several ride manufacturers and get quotes for a custom indoor carousel. This thing won't be cheap, but if I'm gonna blow my money on it, I'm not holding back. The one thing I can't afford to be stingy on.

As the carousel is being constructed and the building is being finished and decorated, I gather the rest of the games and activities. Things like pool and foosball will be good filler to save some money and maintenance, but I'll make sure to get some proper electronic games.

Get some fun decor to add to the whimsical vibe

During all of this, blow up all social medias I can with talk about the new attraction. Make it THE place to be in our town come opening day.

Finally rest. The hard part is that at some point in this I have to quit my full time job or move back to part time in order to have time to work on Karousel. But if I do that, any supplementary income from my job will go away. So Karousel needs to earn REAL GOOD on opening day.

[sarkos]

ME, I’LL START WITH SOME DECONSTRUCTION of what it means for the deconstruction of the administrative state. One thing that especially grates on me as a historian is how much of the discourse treats Project 2025 as if it’s some novel thing. I mean, what about Project 1921? I refer, of course, to the administration of Warren G. Harding, who intoned in his inaugural address of dedicating himself to “the omission of unnecessary interference of Government with business.” As an ally in the project over at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce put it seven years later: “A thoroughly first-rate man in public service is corrosive. He eats holes in our liberties. The better he is and the longer he stays the greater the danger. If he is an enthusiast—a bright-eyed madman who is frantic to make this the finest government in the world—the black plague is a housepet by comparison.” The best part so far about the journalism about Project 2025 is how it has documented its cataclysmic aim of destroying the very notion of an expert and independent civil service—the people Trumpies call the “deep state.” I don’t point to antecedents to minimize that danger. I point to them to maximize it. The fact that conservatives have been trying so hard for so long is what makes it more dangerous. It’s our good luck that each time, some accident of history stood in the way of the worst right-wing plans. The Great Depression prevented Project 1921. Phew. But not a good accident! Better for us to nip this thing in the bud on our own. And that takes a deeper understanding of antecedents. [...] THE ADMINISTRATIVE STATE WAS ONLY moderately deconstructed by the next guy, with radical deconstruction only happening in pockets (for instance—sorry, Secretary Romney—a 75 percent cut over eight years in the public-housing budget). Then as now, the Heritage Foundation gave a Republican president a blueprint to do it. Indeed, Project 2025’s Mandate for Leadership shares the same name, and same format, with the volume Heritage published in 1981. That volume sported about a thousand pages, with chapters for each major executive branch unit—accompanied with 2,000 more pages of supplementary volumes, including one devoted to banning Earth Day. It was just as kooky (did you know officials at the Department of Health and Human Services were secretly instituting a guaranteed annual income?), just as conspiratorial (“World Order Education” was one of the deep staters’ plans they went after), and just as full of dangerous contributors (the intelligence chapter is authored by the protofascist eugenicist Sam Francis, whom John Ganz argues was the ur-theorist of Trumpism). That it didn’t come off as planned owes to the peculiar weakness of Ronald Reagan as a tribune of conservatism: He let himself be surrounded by establishment moderates who largely devised his agenda, to which he largely reacted as if a passive spectator. Phew, part 3.

Project 2025 … and 1921, and 1973, and 1981 - The American Prospect

[townpostin]

Jharkhand Assembly Erupts Over CM Soren's Bail Controversy

Ruling alliance demands BJP apology as Supreme Court dismisses ED plea The Jharkhand Assembly witnessed heated debates between the ruling coalition and opposition over CM Hemant Soren’s bail, disrupting proceedings and highlighting political tensions. RANCHI – On Tuesday, the Jharkhand Assembly was plunged into chaos as the opposition BJP and the governing JMM-Congress-RJD alliance engaged in a…

[aseriesofunfortunatejan]

re: gazaesims, as far as my public social media goes i try not to share/encourage stuff i can't personally vouch for. i bought an e-sim last month and sent it to gazaesims following the exact steps they provided. it still hasn't been activated, despite all the current messaging that they're running out. i sent a reply too when it was advised, and still nothing. as it stands, i can't afford to make repeat donations, and i also don't feel comfortable insisting other people participate when i have no proof that my participation worked.

the thing is, i'm not in the business of claiming all of this is fake or in any way a scam. i decided to participate myself because it seems believable and like a right thing to do. if anyone can advise me on how to make sure my e-sim went through, i'd be very relieved to learn! on instagram, the main person behind gazaesims has clarified that for different reasons, an e-sim might never be activated, but that doesn't mean the many others aren't. still, i can't project myself pushing other people to make a purchase i haven't seen working.

the only solution i can see for this situation is having a supplementary volunteer join the team specifically to respond to e-mails and inform people making a donation about what is happening to their specific e-sim. a "we are processing your donation" followed by "we have now sent your e-sim to someone." followed by "we have confirmation that they have received your e-sim. we are hoping they can activate it but for x and x reasons it's always possible they might not. thanks for offering them this possibility."

i've seen people view other people asking why their e-sim hasn't been activated negatively and point out that doing this is not about your personal gratification. however, i believe that good communication and transparency are tools that would encourage people to vouch for this and to make repeat donations. i don't think we can change the fact that people feel close to their money (and want to make sure they're spending their donation budget on the right people) from one day to the next.

regardless, because this is a volunteer effort, because this is such a high stakes, intense situation, i understand why things can't be ideal.

as it stands, i would also feel more comfortable sharing if people i knew could confirm to me firsthand that they donated and it worked.

[yourwolfmuzzle]

"Please understand, animation is expensive and budget distate everything and there is sooo much behind the production!"

1 - Hey im not sure that this is okay that animator speak about this. Not in the way “never speak about this we do not care” more like “is this a signal for us? Are you all okay???”. I just fucking hope you get your paycheck big enough and this is not an attempt to justify the company that you were not paid enough (but you just love to much this series to say this is wrong) or this is not some kinda signal that you were abused as an animator (and your colleagues too). No matter what animators sometime tell us about new episodes, i hope you all were treated well. Or at least animation department, because god damn we do not want to them get treated like in Genlock/Volume 6 times. As an amateur animator who loves animation with all my heart, i hope you all okay because this whole thing for me was sounding as a alert signal. But also - no matter how you love this series and working on “dream project”, you don't have to sacrifice yourself for this.

2 - There is a thing - i dont know about everybody but im trying to not blame everything on animators, ask too much of them and basically im trying to not touch visual part of the series because when is good i try to point this out, but when its bad or have some errors i mostly think that its maybe bad management (”animation error/animator portrait this moment wrongly and we didnt check this”), crunch or someone didn't get paid enough. A lot of you have to work in not the most pleasant mode, with  not the best people not in the best conditions. So this whole thing is not about animation, music, rigging or something else that makes my impression worse of episode 9...

3 - My main problem is writing. Not “there was not enough animation in this episode” or “this episode is tooo short” (like yes it is short episode and this is a whole problem in R/WBY, but this post is not about this specifically) but what they decide to write for 12 min 30 second episode after pretty important and pretty stressful episode. So this whole story is not even about “this episode is short i wish that episode was longer(” but about “i wish this episode was not feel so empty and offensive in relation to some topics”.

4 - “But what if writers is also get crunch, underpaid and difficult deadline? Have pity on them too!” If they are also under some crunching not by their will just like what happened to people who were doing rigging process - OH MY GOD. I know that this is not so likely, since some of the writers are quite importante figures in RT and CR/WBY, but....you know....if they are...them f u c k...

5 - Also did we not get a whole game, anime and something else before we even got the final trailer and date for a new season? This two part crossover movie? If they have money for supplementary material but not for the main product - i think this is not about “not enough money” thing and more about shitty deciding where to spend your budget.

(also its been what +-10 years? With new engine - 6 years, and there is still talks about budget.)

[moiraimyths]

Hello! I have a few concerns about your KS I was hoping you could address: 1) I don't see a budget/expense breakdown? Most projects I see provide estimates of where funds will be spent with estimates on word count, number of cgs, etc 2) You say the KS funds will not be enough to sustain the full length of development - what happens after you run out? This is confusing because you're asking for funds to finish a game knowing the funds won't be enough to finish the game. Thanks!

Hello! Thanks for the question; we've add this info to our Kickstarter's FAQ!

1. Assuming we make the minimum goal exactly: 65% of our budget goes to our in-house artist team, responsible for the environmental backgrounds, character sprites, content graphics, and UI. 15% goes to our voice actors, 10% to our Kickstarter rewards, and 10% will be fees. The Fates (myself, my co-writer, and our programmer) are not factored into our project's budget, because realistically anything allocated to us is going right back into the game via more art, features, etc.

We've internally estimated that one route will be about double the length of our demo content, so around 72k words. Our routes are more likely to go over this length than under it, though.

Currently, we intend for there to be 10 CGs per route and have budgeted for the first 20 (ergo, the first two routes' CGs). Our budget also includes 50 pieces of background art and the addition of ten character sprites!

2. This is why we're doing a staggered release for our routes! Rather than relying solely on the Kickstarter's funds for the better part of five years, we want to start putting paid content out as soon as possible in order to build a more self-sustaining model. Post-Kickstarter, assuming its success, we will likely also look into setting up a Patreon for additional income streams. That said, we'd only do so once we have worthwhile developmental or supplementary content to put on our Patreon.

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The Good People (Na Daoine Maithe)’s Kickstarter is now live! Check our pinned post for links to the Kickstarter and demo, and for more details!

KICKSTARTER STATUS: 48% funded!

[borrelia]

see if u have supplementary budget releases, it's less risky to use/focus on minor/new characters (see: speed simulator), and the more you do that, the stronger their presence in the franchise, the less risky it is to include them in major releases, the more merch you can sell. see? ez.

[theseventhoffrostfall]

Actually, since I have a few days yet before I transition back into WarPosting Mode (ceaseless autistic worldbuilding, updates on books I'm reading, and occasional tales of getting shelled, running away, and looting On-Site Procurement of Supplementary Funding) I suppose I have time for some of my more common brand of autism

Namely, having been playing F:NV so directly on the heels of 4, I'm reminded of Bethesda's frankly scummy habit of frontloading/centerloading all of the production value in their games.

New Vegas, the first several towns and major quests you come across, you're presented with a number of factions to support, some minor-to-moderate choices to be made, and piles of skill checks to pass or fail depending on your build. This is presented with basically the exact same level of voice acting, animation work (actually a bit less, consider the few bits of scripting and set pieces happen much later for momentous occasions) present through the rest of the game; a few static, pre-planned encounters happen along the road you're travelling for cowboy vengeance, from the minor (raider gangs and wildlife) to the major (The Legion's burnt down a town), all to set the stage for the game to come in the most honest way possible.

4, you come out of your cryotube and out of the vault commenting on everything, special voicelines for everything you see. The first NPC you're expected to talk to is the only one who actually possesses the vaunted-in-promo-material attribute of acknowledging your chosen name. You'll likely proceed to Concord, for, infamously, a protracted setpiece battle that sees you grabbing power armor and a minigun and fighting a deathclaw--power armor being among the very few attributes to get special animations for things like climbing inside it, deathclaws being one of the rare enemies with special grab- and kill-animations, you get the idea. The three locations you're pushed towards afterwards are:

1.) Abernathy Farm, where you'll meet some of the only named settlers, who have a specific quest with a bit more narrative (if not functional) meat than "we're being bothered by enemies please go kill them", which sends you to a fairly distinctive base where you fight one of the few Raider bosses to have a distinctive weapon/gimmick or any distinguishing feature besides being named

2.) The first Minuteman mission, which is guaranteed to always give you the objective of clearing Corvega, the largest, most elaborate, densely-populated base in the game that isn't a faction headquarters.

3.) Diamond City, the by-far larger of the game's, like, two towns. Namely, you get an elaborate scripted sequence with a conversation running between numerous NPCs, the most prominent of which is also making (badly) hand-crafted gesticulations.

The trend continues-- picture the quality of this game as a big wedge shape. Very early on there's effort put into making almost everything you see in every direction look and give the impression of being highly-produced, deep, well-written and well-scripted content with unique assets and voice actors galore. The deeper you go into the main quest, the more that bridge of high-effort content over the ocean of generic radiant quests narrows until, right after the Prydwen docks and/or you go around your tour of the Institute, where even the tightrope you were walking on vanishes and even the main quest consists of fetch quests and area-clearing missions in recycled areas.

It goes beyond prioritizing time and budget and into a very clear ploy to make sure anyone's first impression of the game (from game journalist on a tight schedule to player who's gonna leave reviews and spread word of mouth) is as good as it possibly can be, and that took priority over everything else including the actual overall quality of the game