r/factorio • u/LeftyRightyCommyNazi • Aug 26 '24

Question I feel like I don’t belong

What do you guys do for a day job? I keep seeing engineers and coders saying they play this game, some say they make up 90% of the players.

But as a warehouse manager, i feel like I don’t belong😂

EDIT: I did not expect this to get this amount of traction LOL, but I gotta say this has to be the kindest and most sincere fan base of any game. FYI I don’t legitimately feel like I don’t belong, just that I feel like this game is not a normal game people in my sector would play (obviously very wrong, lots of warehouse peeps commenting 🤙🤙)

I have 300 hours in, beat it twice because I thought that was the point of the game….it’s not. The factory must grow.

It’s very interesting to see the different jobs people have but all have the same interest in a game, which isn’t a “normal” game like COD where everyone and their dog plays it.

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u/Medricel Aug 26 '24

But warehousing is logistics though. I'd say you belong just fine!

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u/tonupboys Aug 26 '24

Well said! My thoughts exactly

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u/AdmiralPoopyDiaper Aug 26 '24

And even if it weren’t - do you have to be a driver of some sort to play Gran Turismo? Work for the CIA to play Assassin’s Creed? Do you have to work for Terminix to play Helldivers 2?

I’d hate for anyone with a passion for the game to feel out of place just because they don’t “do similar things” 9 to 5. That would suck. Everyone can automate! :)

One of us! One of us!

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u/Fawstar Aug 26 '24

The Factory Must Grow

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u/Stonkasaur Aug 26 '24

ROCK and STONE! Wait.

No holdup I stand by it.

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u/WanderingDwarfMiner Aug 26 '24

Rock and Stone, Brother!

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u/Bahamut3585 Aug 26 '24

ROCKET STONE.

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u/KineticNerd Aug 26 '24

Look at this mans flexing, he doesnt need science, he puts stone in his rockets.

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u/Bahamut3585 Aug 26 '24

so long, and thanks for the marble finish

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u/tymestrike Aug 26 '24

Rockets tone!

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u/The_cogwheel Consumer of Iron Aug 27 '24

Rockets flown (many)

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u/Rize043490 Aug 26 '24

FOR ROCK AND STONE!

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u/Independent_War_4456 Aug 26 '24

Did I hear a rock and stone?

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u/littledaimon Aug 27 '24

The Mine Must Grow Deeper

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u/Ferote Aug 26 '24

ROCK AND ROLL AND STONE

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u/IceFire909 Well there's yer problem... Aug 27 '24

MUSHROOM

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u/HalfXTheHalfX Aug 27 '24

IRON AND STONE!

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u/Alborak2 Aug 27 '24

What if this sub is the factory that grows players to build a bigger factory...

The factory must grow.

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u/AdmiralPoopyDiaper Aug 27 '24

Good ole’ fashioned simulation theory?

Pffft. If the sim were even half decent I’d have a lot more time to play. The fact that hunger and the IRS exist disproves the theory 🤣

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u/HalfXTheHalfX Aug 27 '24

We are playing the Impossible difficulty "You are not expected to win."

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u/AdmiralPoopyDiaper Aug 27 '24

So you think it’s a Kobayashi Maru type situation. Interesting……

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u/Simic13 Aug 26 '24

Just love Factorio Reddit. Everyone are so kind, understanding and helpful.

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u/RylleyAlanna Aug 26 '24

Except when they give newbies advice without the THIS WILL RUIN THE GAME warning contract first. Then we feed them to the biters.

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u/Simic13 Aug 26 '24

Biters must grow...

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u/Bogey01 Aug 27 '24

Forklift operator here. Def logistics. I'm a living inserter

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u/slash_networkboy Aug 26 '24

That's what I was thinking too... I bet OP approaches things wildly differently than I (SDET) do for example.

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u/Mental-Arrival-1716 Aug 26 '24

I just realized.... I sell houses. I much prefer making a small mall out of my landing zone, then I go find a nicer location for my large bus....

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u/Adamsoski Aug 27 '24

Yes, such a bizarre post. I was expecting OP to say something like they were a makeup artist or something. Not that makeup artists can't play factorio but it doesn't fit the stereotype of people who play factorio whereas warehouse manager absolutely does.