How to construct a bow and arrows using only primitive stone tools

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Little known fact: If you wear a shirt, it doesn’t work. Whole thing just falls apart.

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I was just watching this one last night. Almost got an ASMR feel from it, the bugs buzzing and clicking. The repetitive arrow shooting. Caveat: I was quite faded.

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Obviously he doesn’t know you can’t discover archery until about 2500 BC in Civilization.

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Yes! It’s the closest I’ve gotten to understanding that appeal. It’s just ambient sound and a guy doing things from absolute scratch (seriously, if he needs to carry water there’s a side quest where he fires some pots.)

There’s an (unofficial) subreddit that should get you through the gaps b/t releases.

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Do I need to wear a green suit to fire it though? Do I have to grow a goatee?

A lot I am sure.

This was primitive man’s desk job.

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Slings are my choice for primitive weapons… Easy to make. Ammo is free. They are deadly as all get out…

Plus when facing one person or a million they will work equally well for me.

I will whirl it around wildly and hit myself in the head, instantly knocking myself unconscious, fooling my enemies into believing they have witnessed my most hilarious demise.

I call it ‘playing possum’.

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It depends how kind the RNG is.

I once had a game go nearly perfectly and I had nukes and tanks when the AI civs were just discovering knights. I can’t remember what year it was in the game though.

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For what it’s worth, FNQ (Far North Queensland) is definitely a real place, just like “The South” in the US - the exact boundaries are a matter of debate, and it won’t show up neatly labeled if you type it into google maps, but you don’t need to air quote it.

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Thank you @Church for that link. I have been just watching random videos of his but knowing some back story would be cool.

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That’s not too hard on settler level.

These videos are fantastic. I like how he’s doesn’t speak.

Now want to make a mud oven for my back yard.

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Actually, that house is pretty high-tech for far north Queensland :kissing:

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I just realized something when watching his videos again today: where does he do this stuff? Like, is Australia just way more lenient about natural resources than the US, where you can get in trouble for even removing a stick from a national or state park? Does he just happen to own enough land suitable for this stuff? Did he buy the land just to play around with it?

I think it was on Prince level. It definitely wasn’t King level (I could never manage to win) and I had moved on from Warlord level a while earlier.

I still think it had less to do with skill though and that it was more that the RNG was incredibly kind to me.

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Why does he need underfloor heating in a place where the average daily low temperature is 21C?

Awwww yis.

Best channel on youtube.

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Yeah, must be neat to have some woodland nearby where you can do this stuff without anyone complaining. Also clearly life is much simpler if ambient temperatures are lenient…

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Love this! Has he tried making glass or metal yet? I didn’t see a post about either on the blog though I was interrupted while reading.

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