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Which one is the most fuckable now?

i was thinking about this recently- it's not hard to paint a real gun bright orange in a few spots

i was at a con and saw a few people larping/cosplaying as tacticool people and it felt a little weird

Strife2 posted...

I get it. I said "respect him." and am getting railed. Please stop.

i imagine it will depend on whether you continue to respect him

ChichiriMuyo posted...

Knowing every secret makes you a target for every spy agency foreign and domestic. You will be black bagged and disappear without a trace. Your family will probably never learn what happened to you.

why would anyone know you had the power?

in the context of a fantasy world, being able to hold your breath for 30 minutes is functionally the same as breathing underwater- it's magic

there's no point in arguing about it tho

kevwaffles posted...

http://www.nuklearpower.com/comics/8-bit-theater/070428.png

the fact everyone in the game can inexplicably breathe water is my favorite weird quirk

Fewer than 10,000, for sure and by far

You can only accomplish so much as one person. If at least 10,000 people know how to do something, they can do it

The stuff you can do with all those interesting secrets on the verge of going extinct is way cooler. On the side of good, you can stop premeditated harm before it happens. On the side of selfishness, you know everyone's passwords, who is a murderer, where somebody buried the treasure, so much more

Follow up question... is this a dynamic thing? Like, if you share your cloistered knowledge with 10,000 people, do you immediately forget it?

WazzupGenius00 posted...

okay so I've tried holding every possible down-left angle on this Knockback Influence tutorial and have not been able to accomplish the goal of not getting rung out, is there something more to this than that

that tutorial is super busted. hearing wonder woman scream over and over made it even more more maddening. after turning off the volume, i somehow got it after a bazillion tries yesterday.

however, due to your comment i looked it up- apparently it's actually broken. you can tell, because the AI WW at the start gets knocked out when demonstrating the correct method, too. either they buffed WW's attack or nerfed her weight without adjusting the tutorial.

with that knowledge, if you still want to complete the tutorial, you can cheese it in various ways by platform. on PC, i spammed the ps/xbox/windows button on my controller after inputting the DI, which somehow just works

KamikazePotato posted...

117K Likes, 24K Dislikes. Currently doing WAY better than the LotR trailer did.

I feel like a dummy- how do you see dislikes? Some kind of addon?

For some reason I thought YouTube didn't display them anywhere

Final Fantasy VI

it would be really interesting to see where exactly the revenue is coming from, although they'll never share it.

physical vs digital, draft vs set vs collector boosters vs commander decks, geographic regions of sales, etc

i don't understand who is shelling out. the last time i paid money for mtg was when i went to a pre-release, and that was pre-covid

This game is more fun than I expected. it looked terrible only a few months ago

Part of it is the friend that convinced me to play is weirdly good at all platform fighters, but I had a lot of fun in 2v2s

The game feels different depending on the archetype your partner is playing, which is neat. Tanks shield you so you can use your hammier moves, mages give you safe room to recover, etc

I would have, but totally forgot.

even though I'd never win, it's technically a positive bet. I.e., if you were to buy one of every number combination, you'd end up making money as long as you didn't split the winnings with someone else

Anyway, I usually just imagine a version of me in a parallel universe got the winning number.

And even more commonly, I imagine that without buying a ticket myself

tbh i'd choose the chickens, and organize a lifestyle where i didn't need cars (close to excellent public transit, or some kind of walking/biking community), and also- when i had to- drive the smallest vehicle that didn't qualify as a car

school bus, short bus, RV, big truck, whatever

I think the answer is orangutan and to bring a gun

Crypto bros are annoying, but I feel like I see crypto haters more frequently. It's a weird punching bag

The chao garden was pretty cool and nostalgic

Recently, the Internet collectively decided Sonic frontiers absolutely needs a chao garden

But! if they actually put one in I just know the players will dunk on how bare bones it is, even if it's exactly the same or better than the sa2 version. Feels like there's no winning, and I'm preemptively annoyed that there's no winning for the devs

Now that I type it out, it's a stupid thing to be bothered by

There is a lot of one piece. I've seen maybe a dozen episodes and have friends that have seen every single one

Looking forward to experiencing it through you!

I didn't see anything in there to indicate it'll be bad.

But it'll be bad. That's just kind of how tv is

I'm happy when trailers don't spoil things, but I would have liked to understand who the main character was and what the basic premise would be

skullbone posted...

But I also enjoy playing competitive modes and meta decks which I do need cards to do. Janky decks are fun but I still need cards to build those too lol. The starting player experience definitely feels like "how do I spend gold the most efficiently to get the most cards as possible". I mean the starter decks are fun but I'm not looking to only play those for the next year straight either.

I know you're being silly and exaggerating, and I also understand your frustration. The actual truth is still longer than it should be, but I'd realistically estimate 2 and a half months for a new f2p player to assemble their first 100% meta deck.

The game is for sure trying to trick you into wanting to spend money. Don't listen to it

For me, those two months were fun because I enjoyed just getting good games with whatever jank deck I could make with the cards I already had. It would be punishing if I were dreaming of being a F2P tournament pro immediately. I don't think you're aiming for that

Due to the way the wildcard system works, on your way to getting enough of any particular wildcard type, you'll accrue enough random cards to at least test out any other kind of deck, minus some of the rares and mythics. Your second complete deck is infinitely easier to assemble than the first

skullbone posted...

building up 10k gold takes like 2 weeks of daily quests.

i feel like i'm splitting hairs, and my point is that the rate shouldn't really matter, but you do get as much gold from daily wins as daily quests. your first 4 wins total to 550 gold. 10k gold takes 5 days or less. unless i'm misremembering and new players get some kind of different daily/weekly win rewards from everyone else

ChichiriMuyo posted...

After ignoring everything else you said I will suggest not buying the current battle pass. It is garbage. Save your gems for anything else other than Baldur's Gate.

oh, you're totally right. i completely forgot that baldur's gate was alchemy only. for some reason i thought it was at minimum historic/explorer legal and gave

that does throw the math off because i could not possibly care less about alchemy. but wildcards and vault progress are still shared, right?

let's check it out. i only take into consideration rewards that i care about. you pay 3400 gems for

16 real packs
4 alchemy packs (don't care)
4000 gold
1200 gems
1 draft token

so, net trade is

-2200 gems
+16 packs
+4000 gold
1 draft token

the value is still better than any non-pass purchase, and features zero rng. but if you think you won't play enough to afford the next pass, it may be wiser to save for the september set.

They seemed like a big nothing of a character

Suffered from having no real foil or c3p0 equivalent. Cool design though

So... no.

What games feel the best on it?

so many news outlets are just embarrassing. i feel like the ones that fell for this random right-wing spam, or that worldbuilding video of a hotel airplane

https://www.reddit.com/r/worldbuilding/comments/viui9f/nuclearpowered_sky_hotel/

https://www.reddit.com/r/worldbuilding/comments/vsd5vr/looks_like_this_is_still_going_around_as_a_real/

should be flagged as... not so legit, especially if they didn't issue apologetic retractions within 24 hours

Tbh, I rarely draft nowadays. I hoard gold, and will spend it in two scenarios

1) when I need gems for the battle pass: pay gold for drafts until I have enough gems

2) when I want to build a meta deck that looks super fun: pay gold for packs in the set I need the most from until I have the cards and/or wildcards

I used to give a crap and draft each set a few times while my rating would still be in bronze or silver, but if you play more than that it becomes a trap due to how matchmaking works

it's not that much more lucrative than spamming packs

Official flowchart of gold use:
1) season pass if you can utilize it
2) drafting if you're ranked worse than your confidence
3) buying packs for 1000 gold each

4) drafting if you're not sure you can go above a 50% win rate
5) paid constructed events lmao

Even when drafting is more lucrative, it's just so slow. New players should just derp around in free play. It's a good way to figure out if you want to stick with the hobby

I'm not huge on building a collection for collection's sake.

Presumably, your goal in playing mtga is to have fun. Figure out what in magic you find fun, and play that

If you like drafting, play draft. If you like constructed, play unranked with whatever stupid deck you have and grind out your gold quests. I've liked a lot of the starter decks. The current ones aren't amazing, but they're okay

Unranked tries (but does not always succeed) to match you against similarly meta or off meta decks, so I find it fun to play something sub optional

Imho if drafting is stressful, and you NEED a certain amount of wins to feel good about spending your gold on it, just skip it and spend your gold on packs instead

We're playing for fun, and steady wins out over excellent

It could be good

but ffxiii was so bad that I struggle to imagine the person with good taste or self respect that would have given it a chance

I find tonic water gross, but I don't understand the issue with sparkling water

I guess if you're expecting flat tap water it would be an unpleasant surprise

i don't have thought permanence

but no, and it makes me nervous when people text/browse/call in the bathtub, let alone the shower

Also I support top freedom

NBIceman posted...

I will never understand how people find nose rings attractive.

I think it's more you find a person attractive and jewelry is kind of fun or interesting

Or it's like glasses, I dunno

i must've glazed over it last time! either that, or i realized what was going on immediately.

this time, i legitimately thought alchemy had banned 12+ seemingly benign cards for a second

I don't like what you're insinuating about my parents!

That's super messed up. Going to be the center of a lot of conspiracy theories going forward

i was confused for a while upon opening arena today

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/3/5/8/AAUE4-AADbU2.jpg

not that i play alchemy, but it seemed rather drastic

the actual banned card is darkened in the background

oh no, i'm not going to remember who turned into who

Johnbobb posted...

actually nevermind please don't let Pokemon Raw ever be a thing

Pokemon Raw vs Pokemon Dog

sniper rifles are so good

i went through the entire trilogy back in the day as a sniper-specialization soldier, and it's actually a hindrance for my attempts at a second playthrough

i want to be something more interesting, but in the back of my mind my brain is screaming at me to stand far away high on adrenaline and click on my enemies to win because it would be easier. "the actual shepard would use the best available option" etc

hi

MZero posted...

Pokemon Shirts and Skins

PumpkinCoach posted...

Pokemon Thoughts and Prayers

these two really got me

i have special nostalgia for 2, because that was the first console game i remember seeing as a kid. it absolutely blew me away

i would still say 3 is better, but i haven't played either in years and years

3>2>1>LL

america is pretty damn good, even taking into consideration all of the terrible things it has done. people forget that countries in general are awful

it's bad that in some ways we've been sliding for the past few terms. we've been sliding relative to the world for longer than that. we're probably top 30 by now instead of top 10. whether that means we suck or not is up to the individual!

progressives get dinged a lot on patriotism, but i don't think most of them should. caring about your country and wanting it to improve is deeply patriotic.

it's very tempting to imagine a version of the country where gerrymandering is solved and some of those tiny red states are merged, or everybody learns empathy and gains 15 IQ points. but comparing ourselves to a platonic ideal is a recipe for depression

only if they're going off literally within 50 meters of my house

i'd never been bothered before, but in 2020 people were setting off huge booms on the street right in front of my apartment. they startled me out of my chair!

this wasn't just on the 4th- people were bored and wandering around the city blowing stuff up all summer, but it was only on my street a few times

that was worth the hour or so- the ending was entertaining enough to justify the game for me. thanks for the recommendation :)

good cat

Into the breach is an excellent game, I can't recommend it enough

It's more puzzle tactics than anything else (some describe it as a roguelike, which doesn't seem accurate)

Clearly marked indicators, low rng, no random events to memorize... The game is simply designed well, and that's why it can feel easy, aka fair

You can make the game more challenging by unlocking some of the weirder mech teams and giving them a try

The starter team is intentionally as straightforward as possible

Weirdly, yes

They didn't fully use him and he ultimately gets punked, but not everyone gets to live out their best life

Lopen posted...

No you just keep playing. Very few mistakes will end a run outright no matter how much of a bummer they are in the moment

Certainly not a poor level up either lol

Of course what Mzero said is valid too there's nothing wrong with restarting for really bad blunders because it's basically just like your lord dying.

oh, i didn't mean a level up, i meant losing your powerful units in a level/mission, lol. "fudged one mission up" is how you should read that. i'm sorry it wasn't clear to you!

i haven't played a whole lot of srpgs, maybe they're tuned to be incredibly easy and it's impossible to lose. do they give you replacement units if your squad dies?

colliding posted...

3 is borderline good, depending on how much weight you give story

unfortunately, the story for the first 20 hours (or whatever) is so bad that whatever happens after it doesn't matter

Earth Defense Force in order:

Insect Armageddon
2017
2025
5
Iron Rain
World Brothers
6