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Options for Wegovy shortages
2023.06.08 11:05 DiVector_ Options for Wegovy shortages
This is not medical advice. Always talk to your prescriber regarding medical decisions. I cannot answer questions and please do not DM me.
If you cannot find Wegovy, there are options out there.
1) Ask your prescriber to skip a dose. If you tolerate Wegovy with minimal side effects, and have been at your current dose for more than 4 weeks, consider jumping. This may work best for those already at 1mg since .25, .5, and 1.0 are impacted. Note: your prescribepcp may not be comfortable with this or have restrictions from their employer in doing so.
2) Get a prescription for Ozempic. The highest dose pen is 8mg (2mg week) and you can “dial the dose”- adjust to exactly how much med you need each week. Ozempic has the same active ingredient as Wegovy, if just is indicated for Diabetes T2. Cons: insurance unlikely to cover. As the Mounjaro crowd loses $25 dollar access, they will further strain this already fragile supply.
Note that Canada is no longer a viable option due to regulatory changes.
4) See if your insurance covers Saxenda- an older GLP1 medicine that is indicated for obesity. It has more side effects in my experience and is a daily injection vs weekly.
3) Compounding pharmacies. They mix up the active ingredient with something like b12 to avoid patent problems. They aren’t sourcing semaglutide from Novo, but they may be sourcing it from the suppliers Novo uses, called APIs. This will likely be expensive and state pharmacy boards are coming down on compounding pharmacies for patent and safety reasons (there is not enough oversight of compounding pharmacies in my personal opinion). They are also very taxed right now with long wait times. I suspect some corners are being cut…
4) Peptide suppliers. They offer semaglutide, likely in a base format, for a relatively cheap price. Many uninsured patients go this route or compounded. Typically sold in 2mg or 5mg freeze dried vials that require you to add sterile water (bacteriostatic water) with a syringe and then draw up your dosage. Be extremely careful, there is no oversight here and they operate in a legal grey area (not illegal, but they must use the “for research use only” angle to avoid trouble.)
I know patients that have turned to this route, I would advise to try other routes first - but- if you find a supplier that offers this, be sure they send their product to a laboratory for testing. Another thread here mentions a company - (there are many, do your research here on Reddit - weightlosspeptides is growing)- they use a lab in Arizona for purity testing - look for something like this - https://ibb (dot) (co) ch91JZX
Again, try for Wegovy or Ozempic first!
Do not give up hope. Your provider is not happy about this either! You are your biggest advocate. Remember that!
-NP in midwest affected as a provider AND patient….
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If you cannot find Wegovy, there are options out there.
1) Ask your prescriber to skip a dose. If you tolerate Wegovy with minimal side effects, and have been at your current dose for more than 4 weeks, consider jumping. This may work best for those already at 1mg since .25, .5, and 1.0 are impacted. Note: your prescribepcp may not be comfortable with this or have restrictions from their employer in doing so.
2) Get a prescription for Ozempic. The highest dose pen is 8mg (2mg week) and you can “dial the dose”- adjust to exactly how much med you need each week. Ozempic has the same active ingredient as Wegovy, if just is indicated for Diabetes T2. Cons: insurance unlikely to cover. As the Mounjaro crowd loses $25 dollar access, they will further strain this already fragile supply.
Note that Canada is no longer a viable option due to regulatory changes.
4) See if your insurance covers Saxenda- an older GLP1 medicine that is indicated for obesity. It has more side effects in my experience and is a daily injection vs weekly.
3) Compounding pharmacies. They mix up the active ingredient with something like b12 to avoid patent problems. They aren’t sourcing semaglutide from Novo, but they may be sourcing it from the suppliers Novo uses, called APIs. This will likely be expensive and state pharmacy boards are coming down on compounding pharmacies for patent and safety reasons (there is not enough oversight of compounding pharmacies in my personal opinion). They are also very taxed right now with long wait times. I suspect some corners are being cut…
4) Peptide suppliers. They offer semaglutide, likely in a base format, for a relatively cheap price. Many uninsured patients go this route or compounded. Typically sold in 2mg or 5mg freeze dried vials that require you to add sterile water (bacteriostatic water) with a syringe and then draw up your dosage. Be extremely careful, there is no oversight here and they operate in a legal grey area (not illegal, but they must use the “for research use only” angle to avoid trouble.)
I know patients that have turned to this route, I would advise to try other routes first - but- if you find a supplier that offers this, be sure they send their product to a laboratory for testing. Another thread here mentions a company - (there are many, do your research here on Reddit - weightlosspeptides is growing)- they use a lab in Arizona for purity testing - look for something like this - https://ibb (dot) (co) ch91JZX
Again, try for Wegovy or Ozempic first!
Do not give up hope. Your provider is not happy about this either! You are your biggest advocate. Remember that!
-NP in midwest affected as a provider AND patient….
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2023.06.08 10:49 Zagaroth [No Need For A Core?] - CH 091: Serpent Time
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The first serpentine dragon form he was going to work on was a variant of river drake. Preferring as always to grow and change existent creatures rather than make new ones from raw mana, Mordecai sent his mind searching among the small creatures that had become part of their ecology. Snakes were obvious choices, as well as most lizards, but less reptilian creatures could work as well.
True Dragons were not mammals, birds, reptiles, or any other common animal type. Yet all of those and more were capable of becoming draconoids, and the draconoid races often had some potential to evolve into True Dragons. So what made the difference? How did things that were not related species become related species like that?
As far as Mordecai could tell, it was a case of a faith-like interaction with a concept that every sentient race held. It reinforced itself as well, for True Dragons certainly would always claim that they could recognize another True Dragon compared to a mere draconoid, and for something like this they counted as being on the ‘mortal’ side of the equation. It probably didn’t hurt that the primary creator deity of this reality was a dragon, creating a very strong focal point of the concept of dragon.
It didn’t take him long to find a selection of animals that resonated positively with the concept he had in his mind, and he drew those creatures to the fifth floor. It didn’t matter that they were not all the same species, the transformations would fix that. Changing a creature was magnitudes easier than creating one, and reforging them into being the exact same species was only a little harder than starting with the same base.
The biggest issue with starting from scratch was not the physical structure, that was only a little bit harder than creating some of the items available as treasures. No, it was holding everything together at the same moment and filling it with synchronized animus and spirit while kick-starting every single chemical process at once in proper harmony. He had vague memories of having tried this before, just enough to have been left as a warning of ‘don’t do this’ by his more complete self.
Oh, if he wanted constructs or something relatively simple, creatures that had animus but not true life and spirit, those weren’t too hard. The bookwyrms and biting words were examples of that. Though creating constructs might become harder soon if his suspicions were right. Well, he’d have to wait and see on that.
These thoughts only took a portion of his concentration as he reworked his volunteers to match his vision. For these river drakes he used a classic sea serpent/leviathan model, a long sinuous body with various frilly fins running along its length, a narrow head and snout with sharp teeth at one end and a flat tail for speed and maneuverability at the other. But that wasn’t enough to make them a real threat to travelers, even if they were three feet long.
The first customization he made was some minor chameleon abilities. Nothing magical in this case, just the same ability to subtly shift the structure of their scales to reflect different colors of light that many normal creatures had, if slightly more efficiently designed. The effects were enhanced by the fact that the waterways were going to be filled with floating motes of light, making it hard to accurately measure depth and distance by vision alone.
And of course, any quality drake needed an important draconic feature, a Breath Weapon. In this case, he gave them a powerful, narrow jet of water that could pierce many materials as well as potentially knock foes back.
Now for mobility. They were already great swimmers of course, but he wanted more than that. He’d already made sure their scales and skin wouldn’t dry out easily, now he gave them a minor flight ability. It was closer to being a magically enhanced jump with a little bit of levitation for extra distance and a soft landing, and just a tiny bit of mid-air guidance. They could do this from water or land, and they had the sharp teeth and powerful snake-like musculature to act as constrictors, though they were too small to do so to a typical humanoid. Their land speed was pretty comparable to most snakes as well, though their side fins interfered somewhat.
There was a final important touch that wouldn’t affect anything in the immediate future but would come into play when they had more levels. These two to three-foot-long drakes were juveniles for the species he had designed, and he would be creating habitats for their later life stages as the dungeon gained more levels, and eventually some spawning grounds back in the hidden pools along with a way for them to get there in their adult forms.
Mordecai now turned his attention to the second serpentine form he wanted for this floor. Winged Serpents. Oh, not actual Couatl, these were not divine creatures after all, but he modeled them on the famous celestial serpents, giving their snake-like bodies both rainbow-colored feathers and scales as well as growing a pair of powerful, wide wings. They wouldn’t be able to soar the skies elegantly, but what they needed was maneuverability and the ability to leap upward in a quick burst.
Instead of free-roaming creatures like the river drakes, he made these pack hunters, and created a special mushroom for their nests: These were low, squat structures that grew from the ceiling, with a structure that was soft enough for tunnels to be chewed into it, but with enough tensile strength to continue to cling to the ceiling so long as the tunnels were not excessive.
From either these nests or from the tops of the mushroom trees they could keep watch for potential prey, and called out to each other with ultrasonic cries to communicate, the tones too high for most creatures to hear. They also used a separate set of clicks in that range for echolocation, allowing them to ‘see’ no matter how dark their environment was.
In order to capitalize on this, he gave them a pair of abilities. The first was a simple globe of darkness spell, about 40 feet in diameter that they could cast on an area about once an hour. This was readily countered with any sufficiently strong light-themed spell, but it could still cause problems for unprepared groups.
The second ability was related, but not so easily countered. Once a day, they could release a billowing cloud of dark ‘smoke’ from underneath their scales. This was a chemical reaction instead of a spell, and was a strong irritant to most species, creating effects not unlike that of pepper oil. The combination made it hard to see them and was extremely distracting, but also shorter-lived than the darkness spell. This was generally going to be used to enable the winged serpent to escape when injured.
Their primary combat ability was a poisoned bite. These were ambush predators, and typically would dive in on prey and deliver several bites before retreating, and would repeat the tactic as needed. And for a final touch, he gave them a razor-sharp tail tip, more than capable of flaying flesh and enabling them to eat prey in pieces, unlike a snake.
Now, he knew what he wanted to do for the two ‘warring’ factions already, but the ‘wildlife’ didn’t feel quite fleshed out yet, and he wanted to nail that down first. Well, he had water and air covered, and the warring factions would cover the surface of the land well enough, so why not something from underground?
While snakes could fulfill this role too, Mordecai felt that it would be overdoing it at this point. And definitely nothing plant-like, he’d done enough with the mushroom already. So a burrowing animal of some sort. Hmm. Let's see what his options were.
Well, no burrowing birds, he already had a flying challenge in a dense forest, he didn’t need more. Rabbits and polecats have been used in other levels already before even considering what his warring factions were going to be like. In the end he had two choices he liked, and decided that the mammal would probably work better with the warring factions, so he developed the other into a proper predator instead.
Not that it wasn’t already, but it was a little small for humans, and he could make some other improvements as well. Mordecai began channeling magic into a selection of trap door spiders to enlarge them to about the size of a horse and set to work ‘improving’ them. The first step was to make their poison more potent, namely into a mix of paralytic agents and digestive enzymes. Then he enhanced their silk weaving abilities, giving them different web types by adding ‘normal’ webs, thrown net-webs, and the ability to lay out sensory threads on the ground in addition to using webbing to reinforce their layers and create the trapdoors.
Of course, having them only use ground lairs would be boring. So Mordecai made sure they could dig into some of the larger mushroom trees to create lairs there too. Getting through this floor was going to require some proper paranoia. Now, while both the river drakes and the feathered serpents were going to be able to come in great numbers, the giant spiders were tougher foes, so he was going to limit them to hunting in pairs. This still wasn’t normal spider behavior, but that would help make things creepier and keep people on their toes.
He had a nice selection of fungal hazards and dangerous creatures, so now it was time to start working on the two war camps and their denizens.
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True Dragons were not mammals, birds, reptiles, or any other common animal type. Yet all of those and more were capable of becoming draconoids, and the draconoid races often had some potential to evolve into True Dragons. So what made the difference? How did things that were not related species become related species like that?
As far as Mordecai could tell, it was a case of a faith-like interaction with a concept that every sentient race held. It reinforced itself as well, for True Dragons certainly would always claim that they could recognize another True Dragon compared to a mere draconoid, and for something like this they counted as being on the ‘mortal’ side of the equation. It probably didn’t hurt that the primary creator deity of this reality was a dragon, creating a very strong focal point of the concept of dragon.
It didn’t take him long to find a selection of animals that resonated positively with the concept he had in his mind, and he drew those creatures to the fifth floor. It didn’t matter that they were not all the same species, the transformations would fix that. Changing a creature was magnitudes easier than creating one, and reforging them into being the exact same species was only a little harder than starting with the same base.
The biggest issue with starting from scratch was not the physical structure, that was only a little bit harder than creating some of the items available as treasures. No, it was holding everything together at the same moment and filling it with synchronized animus and spirit while kick-starting every single chemical process at once in proper harmony. He had vague memories of having tried this before, just enough to have been left as a warning of ‘don’t do this’ by his more complete self.
Oh, if he wanted constructs or something relatively simple, creatures that had animus but not true life and spirit, those weren’t too hard. The bookwyrms and biting words were examples of that. Though creating constructs might become harder soon if his suspicions were right. Well, he’d have to wait and see on that.
These thoughts only took a portion of his concentration as he reworked his volunteers to match his vision. For these river drakes he used a classic sea serpent/leviathan model, a long sinuous body with various frilly fins running along its length, a narrow head and snout with sharp teeth at one end and a flat tail for speed and maneuverability at the other. But that wasn’t enough to make them a real threat to travelers, even if they were three feet long.
The first customization he made was some minor chameleon abilities. Nothing magical in this case, just the same ability to subtly shift the structure of their scales to reflect different colors of light that many normal creatures had, if slightly more efficiently designed. The effects were enhanced by the fact that the waterways were going to be filled with floating motes of light, making it hard to accurately measure depth and distance by vision alone.
And of course, any quality drake needed an important draconic feature, a Breath Weapon. In this case, he gave them a powerful, narrow jet of water that could pierce many materials as well as potentially knock foes back.
Now for mobility. They were already great swimmers of course, but he wanted more than that. He’d already made sure their scales and skin wouldn’t dry out easily, now he gave them a minor flight ability. It was closer to being a magically enhanced jump with a little bit of levitation for extra distance and a soft landing, and just a tiny bit of mid-air guidance. They could do this from water or land, and they had the sharp teeth and powerful snake-like musculature to act as constrictors, though they were too small to do so to a typical humanoid. Their land speed was pretty comparable to most snakes as well, though their side fins interfered somewhat.
There was a final important touch that wouldn’t affect anything in the immediate future but would come into play when they had more levels. These two to three-foot-long drakes were juveniles for the species he had designed, and he would be creating habitats for their later life stages as the dungeon gained more levels, and eventually some spawning grounds back in the hidden pools along with a way for them to get there in their adult forms.
Mordecai now turned his attention to the second serpentine form he wanted for this floor. Winged Serpents. Oh, not actual Couatl, these were not divine creatures after all, but he modeled them on the famous celestial serpents, giving their snake-like bodies both rainbow-colored feathers and scales as well as growing a pair of powerful, wide wings. They wouldn’t be able to soar the skies elegantly, but what they needed was maneuverability and the ability to leap upward in a quick burst.
Instead of free-roaming creatures like the river drakes, he made these pack hunters, and created a special mushroom for their nests: These were low, squat structures that grew from the ceiling, with a structure that was soft enough for tunnels to be chewed into it, but with enough tensile strength to continue to cling to the ceiling so long as the tunnels were not excessive.
From either these nests or from the tops of the mushroom trees they could keep watch for potential prey, and called out to each other with ultrasonic cries to communicate, the tones too high for most creatures to hear. They also used a separate set of clicks in that range for echolocation, allowing them to ‘see’ no matter how dark their environment was.
In order to capitalize on this, he gave them a pair of abilities. The first was a simple globe of darkness spell, about 40 feet in diameter that they could cast on an area about once an hour. This was readily countered with any sufficiently strong light-themed spell, but it could still cause problems for unprepared groups.
The second ability was related, but not so easily countered. Once a day, they could release a billowing cloud of dark ‘smoke’ from underneath their scales. This was a chemical reaction instead of a spell, and was a strong irritant to most species, creating effects not unlike that of pepper oil. The combination made it hard to see them and was extremely distracting, but also shorter-lived than the darkness spell. This was generally going to be used to enable the winged serpent to escape when injured.
Their primary combat ability was a poisoned bite. These were ambush predators, and typically would dive in on prey and deliver several bites before retreating, and would repeat the tactic as needed. And for a final touch, he gave them a razor-sharp tail tip, more than capable of flaying flesh and enabling them to eat prey in pieces, unlike a snake.
Now, he knew what he wanted to do for the two ‘warring’ factions already, but the ‘wildlife’ didn’t feel quite fleshed out yet, and he wanted to nail that down first. Well, he had water and air covered, and the warring factions would cover the surface of the land well enough, so why not something from underground?
While snakes could fulfill this role too, Mordecai felt that it would be overdoing it at this point. And definitely nothing plant-like, he’d done enough with the mushroom already. So a burrowing animal of some sort. Hmm. Let's see what his options were.
Well, no burrowing birds, he already had a flying challenge in a dense forest, he didn’t need more. Rabbits and polecats have been used in other levels already before even considering what his warring factions were going to be like. In the end he had two choices he liked, and decided that the mammal would probably work better with the warring factions, so he developed the other into a proper predator instead.
Not that it wasn’t already, but it was a little small for humans, and he could make some other improvements as well. Mordecai began channeling magic into a selection of trap door spiders to enlarge them to about the size of a horse and set to work ‘improving’ them. The first step was to make their poison more potent, namely into a mix of paralytic agents and digestive enzymes. Then he enhanced their silk weaving abilities, giving them different web types by adding ‘normal’ webs, thrown net-webs, and the ability to lay out sensory threads on the ground in addition to using webbing to reinforce their layers and create the trapdoors.
Of course, having them only use ground lairs would be boring. So Mordecai made sure they could dig into some of the larger mushroom trees to create lairs there too. Getting through this floor was going to require some proper paranoia. Now, while both the river drakes and the feathered serpents were going to be able to come in great numbers, the giant spiders were tougher foes, so he was going to limit them to hunting in pairs. This still wasn’t normal spider behavior, but that would help make things creepier and keep people on their toes.
He had a nice selection of fungal hazards and dangerous creatures, so now it was time to start working on the two war camps and their denizens.
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2023.06.08 10:48 Necessary-Parking-23 I GOT INTO MY LAST SCHOOL
So I applied regular admissions for every school and heard back from all of them except BU who was taking stupid long to get back to me. I got rejected by UCSC, UPenn, NYU, UW, UO and into Brandeis, Portland State, and Georgetown all around Feb-March. I didn’t hear back from BU till yesterday (June). I’m 1/6 admitted for the grad cohort but I already committed to Brandeis. They’re similar lengths, similarly ranked school, similar locations, etc so it all comes down to the fact that Im supported to do a dual masters program at Brandeis for 50% off Vs BU’s in only one masters degree and I haven’t heard about finances yet. Im very curious how this is going to play out and just wanted to talk it out some place.
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2023.06.08 10:48 josefjson A critique of Clozer's Syndra in LCK (LSB vs DK)
Listen, I know I'm not a pro player in LCK, (I'm silver), but seriously Clozer's Syndra build vs Dplus was so weird. This is not meant as hate on Clozer. I like him and he's by far the best player in his team. I've seen this kind of item path before, it usually doesn't go well for the Syndra and I wonder why they do it?
Runes
Primaries: First Strike, Perfect Timing, Biscuit Delivery.
These rune make sense to me considering this is a pro game. You will easily be able to proc FS against Annie. Stopwatch is super meta in pro play since if used correctly it can turn a teamfight. Biscuits don't seem necessary if you instead go for Manaflow Band and again you will be able to hit Annie with abilities, why else go FS in the first place?
Secondaries: Second Wind, Overgrowth.
Ok, this doesn't make sense to me. Like, how is this going to really help a Syndra? You are playing vs ANNIE, not Xerath, Viktor or Lux which could poke you. Is it because of Tibbers? Could someone explain these runes on a SYNDRA vs ANNIE lane?
Quickly, I'll mention that ShowMaker chose Manaflow Band and Scorch as secondaries which honestly make more sense to me.
Items
Ok, this is where it gets really weird to me.
Starters: Corrupting Pot
He already has Biscuits, and now he needs even more Mana/Health vs Annie? Personally, I hate not having the extra dmg on AA + extra AP from Doran's Ring for farming so maybe I'm a bit biased.
1st recall @ 04:03: Doran's Ring, Boots, Control Ward.
Wait, now he needs even more Mana regen this early in the game? Also this delays his item so much. Forget fighting over Rift Herald/Dragon or even Scuttle Crab at this point.
2nd Recall @ 6:30: Mercury's Treads
Ok, what?! Why is he buying T2 boots first in an Annie lane where you can't dodge any stuns? They even have a Vi jgl. More delay for his dmg. How is he going to get ANY gold from FS with this item path?? ShowMaker buys just Ionian Boots of Lucidity which makes perfect sense as he has to dodge skill shots in his lane.
3rd Recall @ 10:54: Lost Chapter, Amplifying Tome
Lost Chapter is absurd gold value right now so it's a good buy on Syndra but why didn't he just build that right away then?
4th Recall @ around 12:15 (they were showing a replay): Fiendish Codex
This is where the enemy team comp comes into play. They have one tank, Sion. Is it really necessary to build Liandrys against one tank when you sacrifice so much burst against the other 4 champions? Syndra is a BURST MAGE. After he has delayed his mythic this much, Liandry's starts to make more sense but it still makes him largely useless against most of the enemy team.
Death @ 15:15: Liandry's Anguish
At this point ShowMaker has already had his Hextech Rocketbelt (same cost) for about 50 seconds and has already used it twice vs champions even though he was DOWN 200 IN GOLD.
After this Clozer builds Void Staff which I guess makes sense if you've already built Liandry's, but now you really won't deal any damage for the rest of the game. LSB lose the game and Syndra deals 10k dmg in 30 min.
In the LPL and MSI, Knight always goes Sorcerer's Boots and Luden's and he has a crazy WR on Syndra.
What do you guys think?
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Runes
Primaries: First Strike, Perfect Timing, Biscuit Delivery.
These rune make sense to me considering this is a pro game. You will easily be able to proc FS against Annie. Stopwatch is super meta in pro play since if used correctly it can turn a teamfight. Biscuits don't seem necessary if you instead go for Manaflow Band and again you will be able to hit Annie with abilities, why else go FS in the first place?
Secondaries: Second Wind, Overgrowth.
Ok, this doesn't make sense to me. Like, how is this going to really help a Syndra? You are playing vs ANNIE, not Xerath, Viktor or Lux which could poke you. Is it because of Tibbers? Could someone explain these runes on a SYNDRA vs ANNIE lane?
Quickly, I'll mention that ShowMaker chose Manaflow Band and Scorch as secondaries which honestly make more sense to me.
Items
Ok, this is where it gets really weird to me.
Starters: Corrupting Pot
He already has Biscuits, and now he needs even more Mana/Health vs Annie? Personally, I hate not having the extra dmg on AA + extra AP from Doran's Ring for farming so maybe I'm a bit biased.
1st recall @ 04:03: Doran's Ring, Boots, Control Ward.
Wait, now he needs even more Mana regen this early in the game? Also this delays his item so much. Forget fighting over Rift Herald/Dragon or even Scuttle Crab at this point.
2nd Recall @ 6:30: Mercury's Treads
Ok, what?! Why is he buying T2 boots first in an Annie lane where you can't dodge any stuns? They even have a Vi jgl. More delay for his dmg. How is he going to get ANY gold from FS with this item path?? ShowMaker buys just Ionian Boots of Lucidity which makes perfect sense as he has to dodge skill shots in his lane.
3rd Recall @ 10:54: Lost Chapter, Amplifying Tome
Lost Chapter is absurd gold value right now so it's a good buy on Syndra but why didn't he just build that right away then?
4th Recall @ around 12:15 (they were showing a replay): Fiendish Codex
This is where the enemy team comp comes into play. They have one tank, Sion. Is it really necessary to build Liandrys against one tank when you sacrifice so much burst against the other 4 champions? Syndra is a BURST MAGE. After he has delayed his mythic this much, Liandry's starts to make more sense but it still makes him largely useless against most of the enemy team.
Death @ 15:15: Liandry's Anguish
At this point ShowMaker has already had his Hextech Rocketbelt (same cost) for about 50 seconds and has already used it twice vs champions even though he was DOWN 200 IN GOLD.
After this Clozer builds Void Staff which I guess makes sense if you've already built Liandry's, but now you really won't deal any damage for the rest of the game. LSB lose the game and Syndra deals 10k dmg in 30 min.
In the LPL and MSI, Knight always goes Sorcerer's Boots and Luden's and he has a crazy WR on Syndra.
What do you guys think?
2023.06.08 10:41 Soul_Sleepwhale Rare Atom vs. FunPlus Phoenix / LPL 2023 Summer - Week 2 / Post-Match Discussion
LPL 2023 SUMMER
Official page Leaguepedia Liquipedia Eventvods.com New to LoLRare Atom 2-0 FunPlus Phoenix
RA Leaguepedia Liquipedia FPX Leaguepedia Liquipedia Website TwitterMATCH 1: RA vs. FPX
Winner: Rare Atom in 29m MVP: Xiaoxu (1) Match History Game Breakdown Player Stats| Bans 1 | Bans 2 | G | K | T | D/B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RA | maokai zeri aurelionsol | lulu gwen | 61.3k | 23 | 9 | O3 H4 M5 B6 M7 B8 |
| FPX | milio ksante nocturne | wukong viego | 50.2k | 10 | 2 | I1 H2 M9 |
| RA | 23-10-55 | vs | 10-23-25 | FPX |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xiaoxu sion 3 | 3-1-15 | TOP | 1-5-6 | 4 jax Xiaolaohu |
| Leyan khazix 3 | 7-2-6 | JNG | 0-5-6 | 1 vi H4cker |
| Strive neeko 1 | 5-2-9 | MID | 4-1-4 | 2 ahri Care |
| Assum xayah 2 | 7-3-5 | BOT | 4-7-1 | 1 aphelios Lwx |
| Feather rakan 2 | 1-2-20 | SUP | 1-5-8 | 3 annie QiuQiu |
MATCH 2: RA vs. FPX
Winner: Rare Atom in 36m MVP: Xiaoxu (2) Match History Game Breakdown Player Stats| Bans 1 | Bans 2 | G | K | T | D/B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RA | maokai zeri aurelionsol | kennen gnar | 71.3k | 22 | 11 | C1 HT3 H4 B6 O7 O9 |
| FPX | milio ksante xayah | lulu tahmkench | 64.7k | 13 | 2 | H2 O5 B8 |
| RA | 22-13-54 | vs | 13-22-39 | FPX |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xiaoxu jax 3 | 6-1-10 | TOP | 1-5-6 | 4 gragas Xiaolaohu |
| Leyan nocturne 2 | 5-2-11 | JNG | 2-6-8 | 1 vi H4cker |
| Strive neeko 1 | 6-2-10 | MID | 1-3-11 | 2 ahri Care |
| Assum jinx 2 | 5-4-5 | BOT | 9-5-2 | 1 aphelios Lwx |
| Feather nautilus 3 | 0-4-18 | SUP | 0-3-12 | 3 rakan QiuQiu |
2023.06.08 10:28 163B-ZGooey163 Wanted to make this quick thumbnail for a matchup I am starting to vibe with (Lavos vs. Yoggus)
 | Theme submitted by 163B-ZGooey163 to DeathBattleMatchups [link] [comments] Otherworldy dimensional eating entities who reside in a higher realm that sent down avatars that are similarly. Beforehand, known for their immense power of destroying planets before getting the attention of the protagonist who teamed up with many others. Both also have the similar ability to control others, either by possession or mind manipulation/morality manipulation in Lavos case. |
2023.06.08 10:23 Meryle [TOMT] [Video game] A retro tank game played on an apple computer from the 1990s
Hello! I have been trying to find a game I remember from my childhood on my dad's old apple computer in the 1990s
The game was two player, split screen.
It had two teams, Green vs Tan.
Both sides had 3-4 tanks they could choose from.
The game was played with a top down perspective.
At the start of the game, you had to drive out of your base and drive around a large map. On the map was various buildings, destructible walls, and enemy turrets in the other team's color. There were also little soldiers running around you could run over with little red splats.
The object of the game was to get through the other player's AI defenses (and the other player) and destroy their base.
The game had a really catchy title, but I can not remember what it was for the life of me.
Please help!
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The game was two player, split screen.
It had two teams, Green vs Tan.
Both sides had 3-4 tanks they could choose from.
The game was played with a top down perspective.
At the start of the game, you had to drive out of your base and drive around a large map. On the map was various buildings, destructible walls, and enemy turrets in the other team's color. There were also little soldiers running around you could run over with little red splats.
The object of the game was to get through the other player's AI defenses (and the other player) and destroy their base.
The game had a really catchy title, but I can not remember what it was for the life of me.
Please help!
2023.06.08 10:12 paco_o_chang TIFU by using a life hack. I saved like 5 bucks but lost a whole day.
So I’ll start by saying that I live in Japan where the garbage disposal rules are strict, but full of loopholes. One of which I’ve exploited multiple times.
Futon disposal. Normally you would buy a sticker from the convenience store for a designated amount, call the city to tell them what you are disposing, and finally set it out neatly wrapped up for them to collect it on a designated date and time.
Or… you can do what I’ve done the many times I moved and cut the futon up into pieces which can fit in garbage bags and just throw them out like that. The bags themselves only cost a few hundred yen, so even if I used them all I would still save like 500¥ ($5ish).
The first time I did this it took quite some time because I had already packed away the best tools for the job (heavy-duty scissors). But the other times were quick and efficient, so it really was worth the time and effort to save that extra money.
So, fast forward to April this year when I got transferred (a natural and common occurrence in Japanese life. Side note, you haven’t really lived in Japan until you’ve gotten transferred or accidentally walked into the adult section of a Don Quixote) and I’m preparing to use my “life hack” to once again save a few bucks. I was giddy just thinking about what I could spend the extra cash on, possibly a few turns of the Chainsaw Man gatcha gatcha machine?
I was actually carving up TWO futons this day. You see, the apartment was listed as pre-furnished, which fit my transferee lifestyle well, but in my experience they don’t usually come with futons. So before moving in I had one set to be delivered that day. To my surprise, they already had one for me! It was nice for the time I was living there, but now I had twice the work. Oh well, I have my system all set in place, this won’t be any trouble, right?
Oh boy was I wrong. The first futon, the one I bought, went down fine. I cut the fabric, sliced through the seams, and finally the only thing left to do was rip up the foam. Same as I’ve done several times before. Broke a small sweat, but I had plenty of energy to do that again. So far, there have been zero fuck ups. So I crack my knuckles, grab my heavy-duty scissors, guide them to the edge of the futon and I make my first incision.
There was zero resistance. “Nice,” I ignorantly thought to myself. I make a second incision and now… I have massively fucked up. For anyone who has accidentally cut into a down futon, here’s some advice that I wish I had been told prior to this moment; Don’t Panic!
As feathers careened out of the futon I pushed down on the incision. More feathers flew out. I grabbed a handful of feathers and tried desperately to shove them back in. More feathers flew out. So I stopped and let go of everything. Feathers continued to pour out like a waterfall. My whole apartment, and by extension everything still unpacked, was now covered in feathers.
You know how in movies people might get shot and go flying? Or jump from a ten story building into the dumpster and come out unscathed? All of that is now waaaaay more believable to me than anyone having fun in a pillow fight with down pillows. I lost an entire day cleaning that up. I dot know how many feathers were required to make that futon, but if someone told me it was in the millions, I would believe them.
So now I have an amendment to my life hack; To avoid having to pay for your futon to be disposed of in Japan, you can cut it up into pieces which can fit in garbage bags and throw them away as usual… UNLESS it’s a down futon! Just follow the guidelines your municipality has.
TL;DR In an attempt to save money in disposal fees, I cut open down futon, which resulted in my entire apartment being covered in feathers.
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Futon disposal. Normally you would buy a sticker from the convenience store for a designated amount, call the city to tell them what you are disposing, and finally set it out neatly wrapped up for them to collect it on a designated date and time.
Or… you can do what I’ve done the many times I moved and cut the futon up into pieces which can fit in garbage bags and just throw them out like that. The bags themselves only cost a few hundred yen, so even if I used them all I would still save like 500¥ ($5ish).
The first time I did this it took quite some time because I had already packed away the best tools for the job (heavy-duty scissors). But the other times were quick and efficient, so it really was worth the time and effort to save that extra money.
So, fast forward to April this year when I got transferred (a natural and common occurrence in Japanese life. Side note, you haven’t really lived in Japan until you’ve gotten transferred or accidentally walked into the adult section of a Don Quixote) and I’m preparing to use my “life hack” to once again save a few bucks. I was giddy just thinking about what I could spend the extra cash on, possibly a few turns of the Chainsaw Man gatcha gatcha machine?
I was actually carving up TWO futons this day. You see, the apartment was listed as pre-furnished, which fit my transferee lifestyle well, but in my experience they don’t usually come with futons. So before moving in I had one set to be delivered that day. To my surprise, they already had one for me! It was nice for the time I was living there, but now I had twice the work. Oh well, I have my system all set in place, this won’t be any trouble, right?
Oh boy was I wrong. The first futon, the one I bought, went down fine. I cut the fabric, sliced through the seams, and finally the only thing left to do was rip up the foam. Same as I’ve done several times before. Broke a small sweat, but I had plenty of energy to do that again. So far, there have been zero fuck ups. So I crack my knuckles, grab my heavy-duty scissors, guide them to the edge of the futon and I make my first incision.
There was zero resistance. “Nice,” I ignorantly thought to myself. I make a second incision and now… I have massively fucked up. For anyone who has accidentally cut into a down futon, here’s some advice that I wish I had been told prior to this moment; Don’t Panic!
As feathers careened out of the futon I pushed down on the incision. More feathers flew out. I grabbed a handful of feathers and tried desperately to shove them back in. More feathers flew out. So I stopped and let go of everything. Feathers continued to pour out like a waterfall. My whole apartment, and by extension everything still unpacked, was now covered in feathers.
You know how in movies people might get shot and go flying? Or jump from a ten story building into the dumpster and come out unscathed? All of that is now waaaaay more believable to me than anyone having fun in a pillow fight with down pillows. I lost an entire day cleaning that up. I dot know how many feathers were required to make that futon, but if someone told me it was in the millions, I would believe them.
So now I have an amendment to my life hack; To avoid having to pay for your futon to be disposed of in Japan, you can cut it up into pieces which can fit in garbage bags and throw them away as usual… UNLESS it’s a down futon! Just follow the guidelines your municipality has.
TL;DR In an attempt to save money in disposal fees, I cut open down futon, which resulted in my entire apartment being covered in feathers.
2023.06.08 10:03 stiljo24 Couple Etiquette Questions after 2 weeks in Korea
Hi there! A bit under halfway through my 5 weeks in Korea, it's been a blast. The vast majority of my time here is solo, though, and frankly I struggle with social queues in my native state so there are a couple things I'm still not sure on; figuring them out alone is a bit tougher
Crosswalks I've often had cars fully stop for me when I have no light and am at a crosswalk, but there have definitely been some cases where drivers have blown through. Is there a sign I should be looking for, or just slowing down and seeing if the folks are nice enough to stop?
(I understand having had the right of way will be little solace if I get run over by an inattentive driver -- I will move carefully, just unclear on what the actual rule is)
At the end of a restaurant meal, is it OK to ask for your leftovers to go? Not like takeaway, but "I didn't finish my meal and would rather bring it home than waste it". I haven't seen anybody do this and for some meals like BBQ it does feel weird, but for places that offer to-go as an option it seems like this should be fine -- but again, I haven't seen folks do it, and have therefore been too shy to breach the subject with my 3-words-of-Korean-plus-charades combo act.
Also, are there clear rules I should pick up on regarding how to pay at sit-down spots? This can be unclear sometimes even in my home country, whether you flag a waiter or go to a counter, but there I have a lifetime of experience so my hunches are pretty accurate, and when I'm confused I don't have a language barrier to overcome. Here I've had a check-drop as soon as I order sometimes, sometimes I ask for a check and am led to a counter, sometimes I get the check dropped at our table at the end of our meal, and I never have any clue which it's going to be haha.
One that seems like it should be more easily google-able, what form of "sorry/pardon me" should I be using? I've seen a few answers to this, and assume there's a different ideal word for "I just bumped into you on the subway and am apologizing" vs the word for (politely) getting somebody's attention. I am trying to learn what Korean I can while I'm here, but this specific basic greeting/salutation has been a little confusing to me.
Thanks yall!
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Crosswalks I've often had cars fully stop for me when I have no light and am at a crosswalk, but there have definitely been some cases where drivers have blown through. Is there a sign I should be looking for, or just slowing down and seeing if the folks are nice enough to stop?
(I understand having had the right of way will be little solace if I get run over by an inattentive driver -- I will move carefully, just unclear on what the actual rule is)
At the end of a restaurant meal, is it OK to ask for your leftovers to go? Not like takeaway, but "I didn't finish my meal and would rather bring it home than waste it". I haven't seen anybody do this and for some meals like BBQ it does feel weird, but for places that offer to-go as an option it seems like this should be fine -- but again, I haven't seen folks do it, and have therefore been too shy to breach the subject with my 3-words-of-Korean-plus-charades combo act.
Also, are there clear rules I should pick up on regarding how to pay at sit-down spots? This can be unclear sometimes even in my home country, whether you flag a waiter or go to a counter, but there I have a lifetime of experience so my hunches are pretty accurate, and when I'm confused I don't have a language barrier to overcome. Here I've had a check-drop as soon as I order sometimes, sometimes I ask for a check and am led to a counter, sometimes I get the check dropped at our table at the end of our meal, and I never have any clue which it's going to be haha.
One that seems like it should be more easily google-able, what form of "sorry/pardon me" should I be using? I've seen a few answers to this, and assume there's a different ideal word for "I just bumped into you on the subway and am apologizing" vs the word for (politely) getting somebody's attention. I am trying to learn what Korean I can while I'm here, but this specific basic greeting/salutation has been a little confusing to me.
Thanks yall!
2023.06.08 10:01 Davess_World2019 Hagwon Defamation and Anti-SLAPP Laws
 | “Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation” (SLAPP) suits are lawsuits filed to stop a person or group from speaking out or exercising their First Amendment rights. SourceDave, can I be sued for defamation if I blacklist an employer? You tell me, are you in Korea while doing it? Then be careful. How do I know this? Because a foreigner can't even win against an 8 year old outside of court. So what if you had to raise your voice to prevent him from stabbing his classmate with a sharpened pencil? The Korean staff will rush in, stroke his hair, wipe his tears away while hand-feeding him Godiva chocolate. Maybe even place him in a swinging hammock while cooling him down with a fan of peacock feathers. The Hagwon owner will scold you, and make you write/sign an apology letter. Koreans kept a foreigner Covid-19 update all through the pandemic instead of a general exposure statistic. How do you suppose your chances are in an actual Korean court of law? That's why Tokyo Jon (and this sub) try to discourage you from directly naming people, or even using strong job titles as identifiers. Even Korean law has a few "outs" for dissenters as being opinion and informing the public, which tends to cover media so they can actually do reporting. https://preview.redd.it/o448tn6k2r4b1.jpg?width=833&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9d037204affc655a507c2b2cc6d6803627dd80f8 Good news if you are an American, and post something about an employer. Anti-SLAPP laws help dismiss cases against those who engage in free speech, which is done even before a pre-trial hearing. If the plaintiff doesn't have strong evidence beyond a doubt to prove their case, it won't make it to court. Mostly, companies do this to chill free speech, punish dissenting ex-employees, and also bankrupt them through litigation even if the end result doesn't favor the employer. Usually rich companies can afford to pay their attorney's to fight for them, while the employee is directly involved in the affair with the slow-drip of mounting bills and financial ruin. There is no federal Anti-SLAPP legislation, and it varies by state and what exactly the protect as free speech. GENERALLY, if you were to even list your employer BY NAME and said they were narcissists and unfair, you would be only stating a general opinion, not a statement of fact. If you were to accuse your employer of physically harming you which would be hard to prove without evidence or witnesses, then you could be liable. If you stated your employer broke the law with your contract, and you could reasonably prove that, your employer would also likely have to tell a court they could easily disprove that statement of fact and move on with a trial which would be exorbitant. Any Korean who shows up on Skype to prosecute an American with an American jury would face a monstrous uphill battle, also needing a translator would clog up the whole proceedings and frustrate the jury. Koreans tend to forget that Americans have 12 man juries of their peers, not sole bench trials (pleading in front of a judge only). A lot has to do with the opinion of the jury which can override the law, as is called "Jury Nullification." |
2023.06.08 09:58 WWE_Network_Bot This Day in History: 06/08/2023
The following events happened on this day in history!
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- 06/08/1985 - Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling - Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling S1985E159
- 06/08/1985 - Mid-South Wrestling - Mid-South Wrestling S1985E23
- 06/08/1987 - Prime Time Wrestling - Prime Time Wrestling S1987E23
- 06/08/1988 - Clash of the Champions - Clash of the Champions 2 S1988E2
- 06/08/1993 - ECW Hardcore TV - ECW Hardcore TV S1993E10
- 06/08/1996 - Superstars - Superstars S1996E23
- 06/08/1997 - King of the Ring - King of the Ring 1997 S1997E1
- 06/08/1998 - Raw - Raw S1998E23
- 06/08/1998 - WCW Monday Nitro - WCW Monday Nitro S1998E23
- 06/08/2000 - SmackDown - SmackDown S2000E23
- 06/08/2002 - WWE Confidential - Controversy for the Tough Enough II winners S2002E3
- 06/08/2002 - Velocity - Velocity S2002E3
- 06/08/2007 - SmackDown - SmackDown S2007E23
- 06/08/2009 - Raw - Raw S2009E23
- 06/08/2010 - WWE NXT - WWE NXT S2010E1
- 06/08/2012 - SmackDown - SmackDown S2012E23
- 06/08/2015 - Raw - Raw S2015E23
- 06/08/2015 - Raw - Raw Pre-Show
- 06/08/2015 - The WWE List - Trending Divas S1E1
- 06/08/2015 - Raw - Paige sets the record straight: Exclusive
- 06/08/2015 - Raw - Zack Ryder talks The Big O and WWE Tough Enough
- 06/08/2016 - Main Event - Main Event S2016E23
- 06/08/2016 - WWE NXT - WWE NXT TakeOver: The End... S2016E25
- 06/08/2016 - WWE NXT - WWE NXT TakeOver: The End...Pre-Show
- 06/08/2016 - WWE Breaking Ground - Breaking Ground: Reloaded S1E11
- 06/08/2016 - WWE Main Event - WWE Main Event S2016E23
- 06/08/2016 - WWE NXT - Was NXT TakeOver: The End... Asukas greatest chal
- 06/08/2016 - WWE NXT - Big E predicts Samoa Joe vs. Finn B lor: WWE.com
- 06/08/2016 - WWE NXT - Who does Seth Rollins pick: Joe or B lor?: WWE.co
- 06/08/2016 - WWE NXT - The Revival on their historic victory over America
- 06/08/2016 - WWE Top 10 - Top 10 Raw Moments: June 7, 2016 S2016E68
- 06/08/2016 - WWE NXT - Cesaro gives his prediction for tonights Steel Ca
- 06/08/2016 - WWE NXT - Kevin Owens makes a shocking prediction for TakeOv
- 06/08/2016 - WWE NXT - Nakamuras actions speak louder than Aries words:
- 06/08/2016 - WWE NXT - Samoa Joe is willing to sacrifice it all for the N
- 06/08/2016 - WWE NXT - American Alpha are visibly shaken after being atta
- 06/08/2016 - WWE NXT - Andrade Cien Almas on his NXT debut: WWE.com Exc
- 06/08/2016 - WWE NXT - NXT TakeOver: The End... was a hard pill to swallo
- 06/08/2016 - WWE NXT - Neville on when he will return to action: WWE.com
- 06/08/2016 - WWE Now - John Cena Meets The Avengers S2016E10
- 06/08/2017 - Main Event - Main Event S2017E23
- 06/08/2017 - WWE Main Event - WWE Main Event S2017E23
- 06/08/2017 - Event - Mark Andrews goes after Pete Dunnes WWE UK Title
- 06/08/2017 - WWE Now - Paul Heyman Reacts to Samoa Joes Raw Beatdown S2017E49
- 06/08/2018 - Something Else to Wrestle With Bruce Prichard - WWECW S1E8
- 06/08/2018 - This Week in WWE - June 8, 2018 S2018E23
- 06/08/2018 - WWE List This! - 7 Superstars Who Broke Their Face in the Ring S2018E21
- 06/08/2018 - WWE Now - Velveteen Dream Mocks Ricochets Indie Origins S2018E126
- 06/08/2018 - WWE Network Pick of the Week - Bruce Prichard weighs in on WWE taking over ECW S2018E22
- 06/08/2019 - WWE Top 10 - One-man Wrecking Crews S2019E90
- 06/08/2020 - WWE Playlist - The Summer of The Nexus S2020E50
- 06/08/2020 - WWE Now - Full NXT TakeOver: In Your House Results 2020
- 06/08/2020 - WWE Now - 6 things to know before tonight s Monday Night Raw S2020E97
- 06/08/2020 - Raw Talk - June 8, 2020 S2020E23
- 06/08/2020 - Raw - Raw S2020E23
- 06/08/2020 - Raw - Exclusive: Apollo Crews is ready for Andrade
- 06/08/2020 - Raw - Exclusive: Charlotte Flair can t be topped
- 06/08/2020 - The New Day: Feel the Power - A Conversation About Racial Injustice S2020E23
- 06/08/2021 - WWE Top 10 - Top 10 Raw Moments: June 7, 2021 2021
- 06/08/2021 - WWE NXT - WWE NXT S2021E25
- 06/08/2021 - WWE NXT - Exclusive: The Way brawl with Dunne & Lorcan
- 06/08/2021 - WWE NXT - Cameron Grimes Million Dollar Dream
- 06/08/2021 - WWE NXT - Adam Cole vows to take back the NXT Title
- 06/08/2021 - WWE NXT - Exclusive: Raquel Gonzalez fed up with Ember Moon
- 06/08/2021 - WWE NXT - Exclusive: William Regal is at a loss for words
- 06/08/2021 - Raw - Exclusive: New Day on shaking up RK-Bro s momentum
- 06/08/2022 - WWEs The Bump - June 8, 2022 S2022E29
- 06/08/2022 - WWE Top 10 - Top 10 NXT 2.0 Moments: June 7, 2022 2022
2023.06.08 09:55 No-Paint-7311 Frustrations
The premise of the show since like season 2 has been the lifeboat (they sure as heck said the word lifeboat enough) and they just abandoned it completely? If they’re not judged together, then why did Pete have to die?? He was a good person who would have survived in an individual judgement. And with Pete alive I doubt Angelina spirals out of control the way she did— which effectively led to Angelina and her flock dying. I’m sorry but you mean to tell me that all he had to do was say “hey, I did my best” and god/the divine consciousness/death/the archangel or whatever you want to call it would just say “oh my bad, you’re good”.
Not even going to get into how sloppy it felt that their death date applied to the whole world. What’s special about them coming back vs zeke, alzuras, methheads, etc. Definitely just an attempt to raise the stakes that ended up not mattering because that timeline essentially got erased anyways.
What good reason is there that Saanvi, Eagen and Adrian would start to die but be saved after essentially talking about how they did their best? Why would that not equally save Angelina? She did what she thought was right. If it’s some objective weighing of your good deeds vs your bad deeds, why did the others start to die and talk themselves out of it? Makes no sense.
Why did Mick and Jared re-get back together for 9 months? What did this serve towards the plot? I could understand an emotional passionate encounter as she grieves Zeke to show her vulnerability, blah blah, but she went from being devastated about Zeke to jumping into a full on serious relationship for the better part of a year only to abruptly end “because they don’t want the same things” (whatever that means because I can’t imagine them actually wanting much of a different life) just for her to end up with Zeke again. It’s not like there was any unfinished business between her and Jared— she 100% turned him down for zeke and he even said the better man won. I don’t see any value added by them being back together. It only created more loose ends to tie up at the end.
Similarly, why did eagen and Angelina get married? I guess it kind of aided in the Eagen redemption arc, but seems like a really odd, unnecessary detail.
I can’t handle the devastation that the passengers would have actually had returning in 2013. Ben literally lost Eden. I don’t care how happy he would have been to see Grace, any parent would be flipping out over that. I know it’s somewhat implied that him and grace just re-conceive her but there is literally no reason to think he would get Eden back as she was— especially now that they’re back to “normal life” where there’s no mystical force making sure everything goes as planned. Isn’t Cal now going to die of his cancer relapse in 4 years without Zeke to save his life?
What about the other girl that had a baby? Same as Eden. Did she even know the baby daddy yet? If not then her family was obliterated.
What about TJ? He’s super happy to see his mom, but he just had his 5 year trauma bond with olive evaporated in an instant with no closure. That’s going to take some therapy to get through.
Not to mention that certainly some of them would be labeled as insane and put into treatment for it.
I don’t hate that they came back to 2013, but I can’t stand that they just disregarded some of the most important plot points that happened throughout the series ie the lifeboat, the methhead arc.
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Not even going to get into how sloppy it felt that their death date applied to the whole world. What’s special about them coming back vs zeke, alzuras, methheads, etc. Definitely just an attempt to raise the stakes that ended up not mattering because that timeline essentially got erased anyways.
What good reason is there that Saanvi, Eagen and Adrian would start to die but be saved after essentially talking about how they did their best? Why would that not equally save Angelina? She did what she thought was right. If it’s some objective weighing of your good deeds vs your bad deeds, why did the others start to die and talk themselves out of it? Makes no sense.
Why did Mick and Jared re-get back together for 9 months? What did this serve towards the plot? I could understand an emotional passionate encounter as she grieves Zeke to show her vulnerability, blah blah, but she went from being devastated about Zeke to jumping into a full on serious relationship for the better part of a year only to abruptly end “because they don’t want the same things” (whatever that means because I can’t imagine them actually wanting much of a different life) just for her to end up with Zeke again. It’s not like there was any unfinished business between her and Jared— she 100% turned him down for zeke and he even said the better man won. I don’t see any value added by them being back together. It only created more loose ends to tie up at the end.
Similarly, why did eagen and Angelina get married? I guess it kind of aided in the Eagen redemption arc, but seems like a really odd, unnecessary detail.
I can’t handle the devastation that the passengers would have actually had returning in 2013. Ben literally lost Eden. I don’t care how happy he would have been to see Grace, any parent would be flipping out over that. I know it’s somewhat implied that him and grace just re-conceive her but there is literally no reason to think he would get Eden back as she was— especially now that they’re back to “normal life” where there’s no mystical force making sure everything goes as planned. Isn’t Cal now going to die of his cancer relapse in 4 years without Zeke to save his life?
What about the other girl that had a baby? Same as Eden. Did she even know the baby daddy yet? If not then her family was obliterated.
What about TJ? He’s super happy to see his mom, but he just had his 5 year trauma bond with olive evaporated in an instant with no closure. That’s going to take some therapy to get through.
Not to mention that certainly some of them would be labeled as insane and put into treatment for it.
I don’t hate that they came back to 2013, but I can’t stand that they just disregarded some of the most important plot points that happened throughout the series ie the lifeboat, the methhead arc.
2023.06.08 09:50 something_somethinn WW Barb feels horrible to play until you get 5+ specific aspects
Why did blizzard completely nuke barbs in the last balance patch with zero disregard for the QoL? It feels so trash to spin for 2 seconds and run out of resource. They should more linearly nerf if they really want to bring a class down. The power spike in end game is insane but until the inflection point where you can sustain resource and shouts it feels..really bad. And even with end game gear it still sucks vs single target mobs especially the dungeon mechanic that makes you kill all mobs and ofc they are always highly dispersed which feels really bad chasing 1 or 2 down and taking 5 sec to build resource to spin and kill it.
My suggestion: for all classes, make it feel good. Like enjoyable to play. Then balance the damage numbers accordingly. Thoughts?
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My suggestion: for all classes, make it feel good. Like enjoyable to play. Then balance the damage numbers accordingly. Thoughts?
2023.06.08 09:31 soslowsloflow Girlfriend (F25) broke up with me (M28) and blamed it on me
My understanding of the situation was not me vs her, it was that we fell into an undesireable dynamic that we did not find a way out of. She had, by her own description, a weak sense of self. She would say that she wanted to dissolve. I have a stronger sense of self, I often want to feel seen or realize my dreams. We got along quite well, loved each other intently and tenderly, loved each other like no one else ever had. She had three medical disabilities: two mental illnesses and a chronic illness. These, combined with the challenges of adulting for the first time, meant that we were dating when she had to learn a lot.
I would get exhausted with her ADHD compounding her ability to manage her chronic illness and vice versa. Her mental state fluctuating a lot daily wore me down. I would try to help her remember about her medication, and help her come up with strategies like making lists so that she could cope instead of flailing about while her health and living situation declined—for instance, piles of trash all over her house, impulsively buying things she struggled to afford, eating junk food constantly that hurts her chronic illness. Her own independent streak led her to not want to listen to me, even though I was being encouraging and thoughtful, but then I would become frustrated, and my attempts at helping became mixed with resentment, which in turn caused her resentment toward me. I could not simply watch her let herself decline and not say something. At times, my negative feedback would become overly critical, but I would try hard to not be condescending—I try to be honest and respect another person in conflict.
I became increasingly worn out by feeling like I was not dating someone who was an independent person. I felt like I had to initiate things most of the time. She fished for complements often. She tried to get my attention in little ways, even when I already was giving her my focus. When I complemented her from my heart or tried to help her process what she was feeling, she seemed to forget it. When I gave her negative feedback, she remembered it vividly. She kinda skated along. She became increasingly exhausted with feeling like I did not like her. She said she felt like I was always annoyed with her in some way. She did not give me feedback like I gave her, and I really wanted her to tell me what she wanted, so that I could listen and respond rather than imagining what she wants.
To be fair, I tend to be an idealistic person, and I dont blame her for feeling that intensity as a lot. I was struggling in our relationship, and things she did would annoy me, but I identified that this is probably the person I will marry, she had said the same about me, and so I decided that the best thing for me to do is to endure and work through this as we grow up together. Long term relationships, especially marriage, require work and learning to resolve conflict together as people grow and change. So much of marriage is about cultivating rich love and working to cohabitate well rather than simply finding an absence of conflict.
I'm focusing on the negative, so here is some positive. We shared our worlds together. Lots of laughs and very intimate conversations and moments. We would take stuffed animals and put them in funny situations and send photos of them to each other. We made up funny stories and talked about deep things together. She felt like my woman, and I felt like her man. We had many conversations about things very near and dear to our hearts. We would care for each other and cry together.
Two months ago, she starts taking mental health medication, and in three or four days the relationship goes from loving and friendly to stone cold from her. She stops talking to me. I try calling her numerous times asking what's up? She was distant and aloof. Finally, she explains she likes the distance between us. She starts to get mad at me over phone and I start to cry. She decides over phone that she wants to be single. I tell her that I want to have this conversation in person rather than over the phone. She tells me over text shes breaking up with me and says theres no point in coming over. I call her and very angrily explain to her how f'd up it is to break up with a long term boyfriend over text when we have been each other's closest, most trusted companions for almost two years. I demanded an in-person, face-to-face conversation. It was like she was flushing all our love out a toilet, like it was all a dream she could walk away from.
When I showed up, she was at first happy to see me, smiling uncontrollably. It felt to me like she was acting girlishly. She tried to explain that she felt like she was losing her sense of self around me, and that she had been codependently bouncing between guys ever since high school. That was an understandable reason for wanting to be single. I tried my best to be supportive, because her feeling like herself is really important, but I was devastated. I loved her, we loved each other so much. She tried to uncling herself from me with as little emotional involvement as possible. She has treated me very starkly ever since. I feel there is an emotional chasm left behind by her swift departure from me. She was such a bright love in my life. I guess I feel wronged by how easily she dumped me, as if her perception of me had been flipped all of a sudden, maybe by the medications. I dont think her wanting to be single is a bad idea. It makes perfect sense. I just wish she had slowed down and thought solidly about us long-term and communicated with me about her desires instead of zooting from me like I was a bad fling. It's like she forgot I was her best friend. I can see the reasons that led up to the breakup, we got into a spiral where she felt she was giving herself away to me, and I was wanting more of her, and we didnt get out of it. She blamed it on me, and I dont think it's all my fault. Relationships are not assured to last, and sometimes they fall apart between people.
I am wondering, Reddit, about your feedback. Also if you think it would be good for me to reach out to her with a letter or about having a conversation for closure or to hold on hope that maybe we will get back together someday? My friends say I dodged a bullet. Somebody who would leave me so quickly and so quickly reinterpret the level of intimacy we shared as a wholly negative thing must have not been as open to me as I was open with her. She seems to have some growing up to do, and being single might be just what she needs to feel more herself.
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I would get exhausted with her ADHD compounding her ability to manage her chronic illness and vice versa. Her mental state fluctuating a lot daily wore me down. I would try to help her remember about her medication, and help her come up with strategies like making lists so that she could cope instead of flailing about while her health and living situation declined—for instance, piles of trash all over her house, impulsively buying things she struggled to afford, eating junk food constantly that hurts her chronic illness. Her own independent streak led her to not want to listen to me, even though I was being encouraging and thoughtful, but then I would become frustrated, and my attempts at helping became mixed with resentment, which in turn caused her resentment toward me. I could not simply watch her let herself decline and not say something. At times, my negative feedback would become overly critical, but I would try hard to not be condescending—I try to be honest and respect another person in conflict.
I became increasingly worn out by feeling like I was not dating someone who was an independent person. I felt like I had to initiate things most of the time. She fished for complements often. She tried to get my attention in little ways, even when I already was giving her my focus. When I complemented her from my heart or tried to help her process what she was feeling, she seemed to forget it. When I gave her negative feedback, she remembered it vividly. She kinda skated along. She became increasingly exhausted with feeling like I did not like her. She said she felt like I was always annoyed with her in some way. She did not give me feedback like I gave her, and I really wanted her to tell me what she wanted, so that I could listen and respond rather than imagining what she wants.
To be fair, I tend to be an idealistic person, and I dont blame her for feeling that intensity as a lot. I was struggling in our relationship, and things she did would annoy me, but I identified that this is probably the person I will marry, she had said the same about me, and so I decided that the best thing for me to do is to endure and work through this as we grow up together. Long term relationships, especially marriage, require work and learning to resolve conflict together as people grow and change. So much of marriage is about cultivating rich love and working to cohabitate well rather than simply finding an absence of conflict.
I'm focusing on the negative, so here is some positive. We shared our worlds together. Lots of laughs and very intimate conversations and moments. We would take stuffed animals and put them in funny situations and send photos of them to each other. We made up funny stories and talked about deep things together. She felt like my woman, and I felt like her man. We had many conversations about things very near and dear to our hearts. We would care for each other and cry together.
Two months ago, she starts taking mental health medication, and in three or four days the relationship goes from loving and friendly to stone cold from her. She stops talking to me. I try calling her numerous times asking what's up? She was distant and aloof. Finally, she explains she likes the distance between us. She starts to get mad at me over phone and I start to cry. She decides over phone that she wants to be single. I tell her that I want to have this conversation in person rather than over the phone. She tells me over text shes breaking up with me and says theres no point in coming over. I call her and very angrily explain to her how f'd up it is to break up with a long term boyfriend over text when we have been each other's closest, most trusted companions for almost two years. I demanded an in-person, face-to-face conversation. It was like she was flushing all our love out a toilet, like it was all a dream she could walk away from.
When I showed up, she was at first happy to see me, smiling uncontrollably. It felt to me like she was acting girlishly. She tried to explain that she felt like she was losing her sense of self around me, and that she had been codependently bouncing between guys ever since high school. That was an understandable reason for wanting to be single. I tried my best to be supportive, because her feeling like herself is really important, but I was devastated. I loved her, we loved each other so much. She tried to uncling herself from me with as little emotional involvement as possible. She has treated me very starkly ever since. I feel there is an emotional chasm left behind by her swift departure from me. She was such a bright love in my life. I guess I feel wronged by how easily she dumped me, as if her perception of me had been flipped all of a sudden, maybe by the medications. I dont think her wanting to be single is a bad idea. It makes perfect sense. I just wish she had slowed down and thought solidly about us long-term and communicated with me about her desires instead of zooting from me like I was a bad fling. It's like she forgot I was her best friend. I can see the reasons that led up to the breakup, we got into a spiral where she felt she was giving herself away to me, and I was wanting more of her, and we didnt get out of it. She blamed it on me, and I dont think it's all my fault. Relationships are not assured to last, and sometimes they fall apart between people.
I am wondering, Reddit, about your feedback. Also if you think it would be good for me to reach out to her with a letter or about having a conversation for closure or to hold on hope that maybe we will get back together someday? My friends say I dodged a bullet. Somebody who would leave me so quickly and so quickly reinterpret the level of intimacy we shared as a wholly negative thing must have not been as open to me as I was open with her. She seems to have some growing up to do, and being single might be just what she needs to feel more herself.
2023.06.08 09:24 prollymaybee Help!! Illinois Tech vs Glasgow School of Art
I've been waiting for a long time and I've finally gotten into some good programmes! M.Des at Institute of Design, Chicago (Illinois Institute of Technology) and M.Des in Design Innovation at Glasgow School of Art!! I still have to start the visa process for both.. What have your experiences at these colleges been like? Which is better for jobs and opportunities after graduation? Glasgow is ranked top 10-20 in the world while Institute of Design is further down. Does college status effect job opportunities? Especially want to know how are design-related jobs in US vs Europe. Please help me out y'all! Thankss
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2023.06.08 09:23 tehbolle Insights from a 3-day legend run on a no-bonus-star account
Hi all,
I got a bit bored of playing on my main account, so I thought I’d see what it would be like to climb to legend without bonus stars. Well, it’s actually surprisingly hard - mainly in that even if you win A LOT, it still takes considerable time.
I thought it would be interesting to share some of my findings, maybe those of you who are still climbing or struggle with it can make use of it. Note that this is not a deck guide as I’ve used decks that are prevalent. Also note that this was not a completely fresh account (but simply one not played on for a long time) so I didn’t go through the apprentice ranks and such, and had dust to spend on good decks.
First some overal stats:
Having climbed with a a 10 or 11-star bonus for a long time, I’m probably playing in quite a bubble. I was surprised by the diversity of the meta (see decktracker image). I’ve seen all classes, though druid and shaman only for 6 games both (3%). Deathknight was the outlier on the top end, though only with 17%, followed by Paladin (14%).The big difference between 11-star / high legend meta and this climb for me was the unrefined nature of a lot of decks. Cards included in decks probably because people think they’re fun (ETC rock duel), because they don’t know better (playing old, outdated lists) or dust issues maybe. I don’t know, but it made a lot of games fairly easy. From diamond 5 onwards I ran into the usual meta stuff, but saw considerably more hunter for some reason.
I thought Demon Hunter was a lot more popular, but I only ran into 7 of them (just 1 more than the 2 dead classes druid and shaman). So maybe relic DH is more popular in legend (even when it's not the best deck) than it is in general.
Decks and play style:
Outcast DH is a deck that I like and am comfortable with. I played the list from a recent reddit post. It might not be optimal but I’m not great at making meaningful tweaks to decks. I simply shredded through a lot of bronze, silver and gold with it. At some point had a 15 game win streak.Outcast DH is a deck with at least some game against a wide field, but you don’t like seeing control priest or blood DK. Since those weren’t prevalent at lower ranks (and those that were either had bad decks or didn’t know what my gameplan was), it was quite a good choice for fast wins. At this point the key thing was chaining win streaks for the bonus stars from 3 wins in a row, since that cuts down the time it takes considerably.
Deck: AAECAZ+aBgT7vwSkkgXn9QXr9QUNs6AEtKAEiLIE+b8EpeIEiJIFj5IFlJIFhaoFpMMF9MMF5OQF4fgFAAA=
credit to / guide here: https://www.reddit.com/CompetitiveHS/comments/13xvah2/i_still_walk_alone_outcast_dh_update_and_indepth/
I ran into a bit more refined decks at plat and decided to switch to the current meta tyrant pure paladin. Reasoning was that at that point people played better against outcast, had a few losses too many and wanted to try if it was the deck or simply the meta. Used this list (LINK).The popular pure pala build is really strong overall, has decently fast games which is good. The only thing I really dislike (but that’s been a paladin / midrange deck issue for so long) is the difference between going first and second. I had a 83% win rate without coin, and 63% win rate with coin. That’s a pretty major difference. Maybe I’m not adapting my mulligan well enough with coin? I don’t know.
Deck: AAECAZ8FBrCyBIbiBKHiBK+TBYSWBYWlBQzJoATi0wSA4gS/4gTy7QSrkwWBlgWNlgXAxAXBxAX26AW1ngYA
Enrage warrior was something I thought would work well because I love playing it and have had success with it in the heroic tavern brawl as well as using it to climb to top 100. But I ran into a lot of hunters and that felt like a rough matchup, while being an almost free matchup for paladin (went 9-0 vs hunters), so I just switched back.
Deck: eAAECAZfDAwSLoASB3ASI3wS53QUNh7cE/9sEvuIEiYMFzZIFj5UFoJkFkaMF6tAF69AF7NAFtNEF9PIFAAA=
Random observations:
Mulligan: One of the bigger things that you hear a lot is ‘good streamer always has the card / curve!’. And that’s probably because of the same reason that people struggle to climb: mulligan. It’s SO important to mulligan for your best cards instead of simply keeping your decent cards. Look at HSreplay for stats on cards and use that to your advantage. Example: The Curator in pure paladin has the highest mulligan win rate of all cards. But is only kept 50% of the time. That’s bonkers. Meanwhile Grimestreet outfitter and seafloor saviour (though they’re not in the current best list they’re still played a lot) are kept 76 and 75% of the time, even though they are cards with a terrible mulligan win rate. So how come streamer has curator a lot on 5 and you don’t? Because they keep it when they see it, and mulligan sub-par cards away in the mulligan so they have a higher chance of getting the card that wins them matches. So don’t think ‘1 mana, 2 mana and 3 mana cards, great!’. Think about the best cards for the matchup you’re facing, and find them.
Tilt / stress: Because this was not my main account and I just wanted to try something else, I noticed I played really relaxed. Nothing was riding on a game, so even though I played A LOT in a short time, I didn’t really experience stress, anxiety or tilt at all. Losses were just that, I checked myself and moved on. For some reason that changed when I get to diamond 2, because I was ‘so close’ and really wanted to get there with the same win rate that I had maintained over the climb (was up to >80% at that point still). That led to me being frustrated of matchups and losses where I wasn’t before. I had quite some back and forward still, and 11 out of the 44 losses occurred around ranks 3-1 diamond.
Deck selection: Play whatever you think is fun. But if you want to win more, at least see if you can use the available resources to find the good versions of your lists.
Good luck on the climb!
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I got a bit bored of playing on my main account, so I thought I’d see what it would be like to climb to legend without bonus stars. Well, it’s actually surprisingly hard - mainly in that even if you win A LOT, it still takes considerable time.
I thought it would be interesting to share some of my findings, maybe those of you who are still climbing or struggle with it can make use of it. Note that this is not a deck guide as I’ve used decks that are prevalent. Also note that this was not a completely fresh account (but simply one not played on for a long time) so I didn’t go through the apprentice ranks and such, and had dust to spend on good decks.
First some overal stats:
- Start: bronze 10, no bonus stars
- Finish: legend 2522
- Overall winrate: 129-44 (75% winrate)
- Decks played:
- Pure paladin (54-19, 74% winrate)
- Outcast DH (70-22, 76% winrate)
- Enrage warrior (5-3, 62% win rate)
- Time played: 15.1 hours (spread over the past 3 days - as I said I was bored).
- Decktracker: https://imgur.com/a/ajdJCkF
Having climbed with a a 10 or 11-star bonus for a long time, I’m probably playing in quite a bubble. I was surprised by the diversity of the meta (see decktracker image). I’ve seen all classes, though druid and shaman only for 6 games both (3%). Deathknight was the outlier on the top end, though only with 17%, followed by Paladin (14%).The big difference between 11-star / high legend meta and this climb for me was the unrefined nature of a lot of decks. Cards included in decks probably because people think they’re fun (ETC rock duel), because they don’t know better (playing old, outdated lists) or dust issues maybe. I don’t know, but it made a lot of games fairly easy. From diamond 5 onwards I ran into the usual meta stuff, but saw considerably more hunter for some reason.
I thought Demon Hunter was a lot more popular, but I only ran into 7 of them (just 1 more than the 2 dead classes druid and shaman). So maybe relic DH is more popular in legend (even when it's not the best deck) than it is in general.
Decks and play style:
Outcast DH is a deck that I like and am comfortable with. I played the list from a recent reddit post. It might not be optimal but I’m not great at making meaningful tweaks to decks. I simply shredded through a lot of bronze, silver and gold with it. At some point had a 15 game win streak.Outcast DH is a deck with at least some game against a wide field, but you don’t like seeing control priest or blood DK. Since those weren’t prevalent at lower ranks (and those that were either had bad decks or didn’t know what my gameplan was), it was quite a good choice for fast wins. At this point the key thing was chaining win streaks for the bonus stars from 3 wins in a row, since that cuts down the time it takes considerably.
Deck: AAECAZ+aBgT7vwSkkgXn9QXr9QUNs6AEtKAEiLIE+b8EpeIEiJIFj5IFlJIFhaoFpMMF9MMF5OQF4fgFAAA=
credit to / guide here: https://www.reddit.com/CompetitiveHS/comments/13xvah2/i_still_walk_alone_outcast_dh_update_and_indepth/
I ran into a bit more refined decks at plat and decided to switch to the current meta tyrant pure paladin. Reasoning was that at that point people played better against outcast, had a few losses too many and wanted to try if it was the deck or simply the meta. Used this list (LINK).The popular pure pala build is really strong overall, has decently fast games which is good. The only thing I really dislike (but that’s been a paladin / midrange deck issue for so long) is the difference between going first and second. I had a 83% win rate without coin, and 63% win rate with coin. That’s a pretty major difference. Maybe I’m not adapting my mulligan well enough with coin? I don’t know.
Deck: AAECAZ8FBrCyBIbiBKHiBK+TBYSWBYWlBQzJoATi0wSA4gS/4gTy7QSrkwWBlgWNlgXAxAXBxAX26AW1ngYA
Enrage warrior was something I thought would work well because I love playing it and have had success with it in the heroic tavern brawl as well as using it to climb to top 100. But I ran into a lot of hunters and that felt like a rough matchup, while being an almost free matchup for paladin (went 9-0 vs hunters), so I just switched back.
Deck: eAAECAZfDAwSLoASB3ASI3wS53QUNh7cE/9sEvuIEiYMFzZIFj5UFoJkFkaMF6tAF69AF7NAFtNEF9PIFAAA=
Random observations:
Mulligan: One of the bigger things that you hear a lot is ‘good streamer always has the card / curve!’. And that’s probably because of the same reason that people struggle to climb: mulligan. It’s SO important to mulligan for your best cards instead of simply keeping your decent cards. Look at HSreplay for stats on cards and use that to your advantage. Example: The Curator in pure paladin has the highest mulligan win rate of all cards. But is only kept 50% of the time. That’s bonkers. Meanwhile Grimestreet outfitter and seafloor saviour (though they’re not in the current best list they’re still played a lot) are kept 76 and 75% of the time, even though they are cards with a terrible mulligan win rate. So how come streamer has curator a lot on 5 and you don’t? Because they keep it when they see it, and mulligan sub-par cards away in the mulligan so they have a higher chance of getting the card that wins them matches. So don’t think ‘1 mana, 2 mana and 3 mana cards, great!’. Think about the best cards for the matchup you’re facing, and find them.
Tilt / stress: Because this was not my main account and I just wanted to try something else, I noticed I played really relaxed. Nothing was riding on a game, so even though I played A LOT in a short time, I didn’t really experience stress, anxiety or tilt at all. Losses were just that, I checked myself and moved on. For some reason that changed when I get to diamond 2, because I was ‘so close’ and really wanted to get there with the same win rate that I had maintained over the climb (was up to >80% at that point still). That led to me being frustrated of matchups and losses where I wasn’t before. I had quite some back and forward still, and 11 out of the 44 losses occurred around ranks 3-1 diamond.
Deck selection: Play whatever you think is fun. But if you want to win more, at least see if you can use the available resources to find the good versions of your lists.
Good luck on the climb!
2023.06.08 09:14 saltine_soup it annoys me when people buy ingredients and say it’s cheaper than the pre made
maybe it’s cheaper per serving but let’s be real the ingredients cost is more than the pre made item cuz you can’t just buy a 1/4 cup of flour you have to buy like a pound of it. there’s this dude on tiktok who does a make it or buy it series and i love the videos tbh i find them interesting but he always said cost of ingredients per serving or per however much he made instead of the over all cost of the ingredients. like pre mad cookies are cheaper than homemade cookies after buying all the ingredients, just cuz a cookie is $1 homemade after the break down of ingredients doesn’t actually make it cheaper you also are going to have left over ingredients which great if you’re an avid bakecooker but a college student usually isn’t, someone on their own for the first time isn’t, someone low on money isn’t cuz they’re working for more money. these videos are made to be “cost friendly” or “broke friendly” and geared to college students and people on their own for the first time trying to save money, but they really aren’t actually cost/broke/saver friendly the only person who’s truthful about costs of ingredients is that dollar store lady. i want the actual cost of these meals and baked goods not the break down cost you had to do math for per serving. convenience is also part of the pre made vs homemade thing but the main issue is people saying cost per serving instead of overall cost.
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2023.06.08 09:04 TheEmpatheticGuy Recently I have developed self doubts over me and my life choices and need to share the whole thing anonymously.
I am M about to turn 24 in a few days. For the past few days I am not feeling too great about myself and have developed some self doubts about myself. This is happening due to various different kinds of things happening around me and I feel like because people are kind of anonymous and looking to help out people maybe I can share my story with you guys.
I come from a typical Indian middle class family living in India. I completed my Masters last year and placed in a good US-based company with an average salary as compared to my colleagues from college placement. It required me to move to a different city which I did but days later my grandma passed away and I was back home for a few weeks. I went back and was settling in the city but a month later I was shocked as my grandpa passed away too. It hurt me a lot as when my grandma passed away, she was not doing very well for the past few years since she had a brain hemorrhage but grandpa was well and was hoping to see him again during Diwali. The last telephonic conversation I had with my grandpa was just a few days ago and his last words to me were "It would be too late when I see you again." Those words still hurt me as I have been living with my grandparents since I was born and I was supposed to call him on the day he passed away. I was too sad until I went back home for a month and was not ready to return back. But I had to and I did return. Once again I had to kinda start over and settle again. But again a mishap happened to me a few weeks later as I fell into an open sewer and injured my leg as it punctured wounds and was swollen due to the impact due to which it was swollen and I was asked to have a bed rest. I was too ashamed to ask people for help but my office colleague who was also my roommate helped me a lot and one more office colleague who lived near me helped me too. I will always be thankful to them as they were there for me.
It was settling in and it came to the FIFA WC Final. Lionel Messi vs Kylian Mbappe. It was my idol's last shot at glory. I was left heartbroken 8 years ago and would have had some kind of mental breakdown if not for that Emi Martinez save. And he finally did it. It was the best day of my life. I celebrated the whole night and couldn't sleep. It was like yeah nice guys don't always finish last. I had hoped that it was the sign that good things were going to happen to me. It kind of went smoothly for a few months after that as I visited my family after a gap of more than a month. We had happy times and I thought now I could finally settle back and focus on my career. But life had other plans for me.
My company was hit by the recession or as they said so. Investors backed out and the reserves depleted. All the employees had to face a delay of over a month for salary and some of us had to ask home for money to cope with the daily needs too. Bangalore is a great city no doubt but rent and cost of living is too much. I had taken on all the employees who moved from different cities living there. After some time it came to the point people had to ask for money but didn't have money to repay the previous one. Salary was due for 2 months now. So the whole office decided to move back to their home and start searching for new jobs. It was a bittersweet moment as you are expected to support your family at this age rather than ask them for help.
I was able to survive on my own as my parents never asked me for anything. They have always said we don't need your money and just invest it and look out to only spend on what your wants and needs are. I have already decided to look out for a new job prior to coming back home. I was totally active and even got an opportunity to sit for an interview but didn't hear back from them. I was happy back home as I was back with my friends and things were kind of back to normal as we were still due on our salary since February and though we are still getting paid but with a delay of more than 2 months at times and that too in parts of our salary. At home the expenses are not too much so it's easy to not worry about the salary and live a normal life. As actively I am looking for a job I have asked all my cousins for help for referrals in their company or in any other company where they have contacts. They are wholeheartedly happy to look out and are helping me.
Some time has passed since then and a few weeks back my cousin got engaged. I am happy for him as he will spend the rest of his life with the love of his life . As he is only 2 years older than me, in a typical Indian household it is implied that the next number is mine. People keep asking me if I have anyone my answer has always been no as I have never been in a relationship or so. Never had anything casual or serious. Never went on a date. Too shy to talk with girls. Yeah that's me. I'm the problem. It's me. Hopeless romantic all my life thinking someone would approach me but naah who likes curvy and good guys. I did develop a crush on different girls but either they had a bf or they didn't want the relationship thing. I have been trying for the past 8 years to no avail. I never thought about that too much until recently. Maybe it's because I am seeing all my cousins getting married to the love of their lives or maybe I am starting to think I will never find someone. My parents are too supportive of love marriage so that was never the issue. All my friends are currently dating and it does hurt to see myself lonely at times. I always thought I would fall in love and be the happiest man ever but will I ever be ? These kinds of thoughts spiraled through my mind for a few days but I focused on searching for a new job as my career is more important right now.
Cut to current, I have completed a year at my current and first job. It's been more than 3 months since I started searching and except for that one interview no luck. I did get a call for a new opportunity but I was not too keen as it didn't suit my profile. I have tried all the hacks that you see on social media but still no success. I have to be home all the time as it's a WFH thing but due to all the mess at my company right now, I have no work at times. I joined the gym again and visited it daily. But at home, I am totally a couch potato. Everyday I get scolded by my parents for something or other but I know they are just looking out for my good. At times when I meet my friends all they have is to talk about their better half or just nerdy things. I am always idle and don't feel like doing anything. I have grown apart from my office colleagues as they barely try to talk with me as they did before. They only reply when they have work from me. My best friends are busy. I don't get much time to talk and I also feel like not talking much nowadays. I feel like a liability towards my family and friends.
As I am writing this down I just felt what am I doing with my life. Am I making some wrong choices ? Why am I trying so much if things are not gonna my way ? Why is my destiny testing me so much ? Am i not deserving of getting loved by someone ? What have I done wrong that people close to me don't talk to me now ?
All these questions have led me to take a break from all forms of social media and I feel too disconnected towards all the things I am doing. I just wanna feel better but I don't know what I need to do.
EDIT: Please feel free to reach out if you feel you have any suggestions for me
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I come from a typical Indian middle class family living in India. I completed my Masters last year and placed in a good US-based company with an average salary as compared to my colleagues from college placement. It required me to move to a different city which I did but days later my grandma passed away and I was back home for a few weeks. I went back and was settling in the city but a month later I was shocked as my grandpa passed away too. It hurt me a lot as when my grandma passed away, she was not doing very well for the past few years since she had a brain hemorrhage but grandpa was well and was hoping to see him again during Diwali. The last telephonic conversation I had with my grandpa was just a few days ago and his last words to me were "It would be too late when I see you again." Those words still hurt me as I have been living with my grandparents since I was born and I was supposed to call him on the day he passed away. I was too sad until I went back home for a month and was not ready to return back. But I had to and I did return. Once again I had to kinda start over and settle again. But again a mishap happened to me a few weeks later as I fell into an open sewer and injured my leg as it punctured wounds and was swollen due to the impact due to which it was swollen and I was asked to have a bed rest. I was too ashamed to ask people for help but my office colleague who was also my roommate helped me a lot and one more office colleague who lived near me helped me too. I will always be thankful to them as they were there for me.
It was settling in and it came to the FIFA WC Final. Lionel Messi vs Kylian Mbappe. It was my idol's last shot at glory. I was left heartbroken 8 years ago and would have had some kind of mental breakdown if not for that Emi Martinez save. And he finally did it. It was the best day of my life. I celebrated the whole night and couldn't sleep. It was like yeah nice guys don't always finish last. I had hoped that it was the sign that good things were going to happen to me. It kind of went smoothly for a few months after that as I visited my family after a gap of more than a month. We had happy times and I thought now I could finally settle back and focus on my career. But life had other plans for me.
My company was hit by the recession or as they said so. Investors backed out and the reserves depleted. All the employees had to face a delay of over a month for salary and some of us had to ask home for money to cope with the daily needs too. Bangalore is a great city no doubt but rent and cost of living is too much. I had taken on all the employees who moved from different cities living there. After some time it came to the point people had to ask for money but didn't have money to repay the previous one. Salary was due for 2 months now. So the whole office decided to move back to their home and start searching for new jobs. It was a bittersweet moment as you are expected to support your family at this age rather than ask them for help.
I was able to survive on my own as my parents never asked me for anything. They have always said we don't need your money and just invest it and look out to only spend on what your wants and needs are. I have already decided to look out for a new job prior to coming back home. I was totally active and even got an opportunity to sit for an interview but didn't hear back from them. I was happy back home as I was back with my friends and things were kind of back to normal as we were still due on our salary since February and though we are still getting paid but with a delay of more than 2 months at times and that too in parts of our salary. At home the expenses are not too much so it's easy to not worry about the salary and live a normal life. As actively I am looking for a job I have asked all my cousins for help for referrals in their company or in any other company where they have contacts. They are wholeheartedly happy to look out and are helping me.
Some time has passed since then and a few weeks back my cousin got engaged. I am happy for him as he will spend the rest of his life with the love of his life . As he is only 2 years older than me, in a typical Indian household it is implied that the next number is mine. People keep asking me if I have anyone my answer has always been no as I have never been in a relationship or so. Never had anything casual or serious. Never went on a date. Too shy to talk with girls. Yeah that's me. I'm the problem. It's me. Hopeless romantic all my life thinking someone would approach me but naah who likes curvy and good guys. I did develop a crush on different girls but either they had a bf or they didn't want the relationship thing. I have been trying for the past 8 years to no avail. I never thought about that too much until recently. Maybe it's because I am seeing all my cousins getting married to the love of their lives or maybe I am starting to think I will never find someone. My parents are too supportive of love marriage so that was never the issue. All my friends are currently dating and it does hurt to see myself lonely at times. I always thought I would fall in love and be the happiest man ever but will I ever be ? These kinds of thoughts spiraled through my mind for a few days but I focused on searching for a new job as my career is more important right now.
Cut to current, I have completed a year at my current and first job. It's been more than 3 months since I started searching and except for that one interview no luck. I did get a call for a new opportunity but I was not too keen as it didn't suit my profile. I have tried all the hacks that you see on social media but still no success. I have to be home all the time as it's a WFH thing but due to all the mess at my company right now, I have no work at times. I joined the gym again and visited it daily. But at home, I am totally a couch potato. Everyday I get scolded by my parents for something or other but I know they are just looking out for my good. At times when I meet my friends all they have is to talk about their better half or just nerdy things. I am always idle and don't feel like doing anything. I have grown apart from my office colleagues as they barely try to talk with me as they did before. They only reply when they have work from me. My best friends are busy. I don't get much time to talk and I also feel like not talking much nowadays. I feel like a liability towards my family and friends.
As I am writing this down I just felt what am I doing with my life. Am I making some wrong choices ? Why am I trying so much if things are not gonna my way ? Why is my destiny testing me so much ? Am i not deserving of getting loved by someone ? What have I done wrong that people close to me don't talk to me now ?
All these questions have led me to take a break from all forms of social media and I feel too disconnected towards all the things I am doing. I just wanna feel better but I don't know what I need to do.
EDIT: Please feel free to reach out if you feel you have any suggestions for me
2023.06.08 08:57 ProjectRenown Survival Alpha Development Update!
This dev blog covers our ongoing move to a Full-Blown Survival Alpha, Changes to Indiegogo, alongside the Xsolla Launcher Swap for Alpha and Beta.
I’d like to say a special thank you to our dedicated testers who have been helping us with the survival pre-alpha. We’ve had some nasty bugs and our testers' persistence in helping us sort these issues has been hugely important. Thank you again to all our backers and double to those dedicated folks who put in that little bit extra (You know who you are). Likewise, a big shout out to the moderation team here on our discord.
It’s been a little while since our last update, but we’ve not been idle. Let’s get into it.
Survival Alpha!
So the big news is that we’re moving steadily towards our first Stable Alpha build featuring the Survival gameplay loop. We still have a lot we want to add, change, and improve but this build represents a big goal for the community.
Our new Dev Vlog takes a head on look at this topic and covers:
-Improvements to the building system with new textures, redoes of older tiers and the Stone External Wall Implementation.
-New customisation and Play Model Changes.
-New Weapons for the T0/Primitive Level of gameplay
-A focus on the new Survival Build as a whole.
-An overview of the new progression system and how Silver is used as a raiding resource.
-Points of interest including the new Castle Event
-How Barrels and the road Network functions.
-The new underground cave network
There’s also discussion on some of the new quality of life features we’ve added, AI changes and more. Our video can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1j0h5FEQIII
Alpha vs Beta?
One topic I want to face upfront is how we’ve decided to address Alpha vs Beta. We’ve been working hard to get the survival gameplay implemented in a fun manner which accurately represents the end game we want to make.
However, we’re very aware there are several key features/mechanics we still need to add such as Cavalry Warfare, Worker Buildings, the “Renown System” itself to name a few. Likewise, there are multiple areas we still need to re-do and improve such as Animations, The UI and various small but meaningful optimisations.
By drawing the line down the middle, we’re able to get players going (on what we hope) will be a fun experience, which also directly helps us by providing invaluable testing data. Likewise given we’ve always been set on making a Survival game its very exciting for our team to have reached this goal, even if there’s still a lot to be done.
Big questions regarding the Xsolla Launcher, Indiegogo, and Beta Access.
As we’ve said many times, we’re extremely grateful to our community for their very generous support of our work.
I’m sure folks will have plenty of questions regarding the new update and changes. We’re always around here in discord if you want to ask.
That said to head off any misinformation, I’m going to do my best to answer some of the more glaring questions.
We’ve decided we’re going to allow early testing access for our previous Steadfast Backers. Given how we’ve decided to deploy the Alpha, and that it may still take a while before we reach beta, we didn’t see any reason to punish folks who have already helped support our work in the past. This also allows us to do a small expansion on the tester base in a controlled manner. You should be receiving your testing keys via email in 1-2 days.
That said, given the confusion this has caused over the last few years we’ve decided to remove the ability to purchase Steadfast and Proud Backer tiers from our site going forwards.
Steam limits the number of testing keys it's willing to distribute. By these rules we’re very much already at the upper limit of what they’ll offer us.
By swapping to the Xsolla launcher, we can ensure that tester keys keep coming to our backers and that we can honour our promises regarding the spare beta keys. It also means we’ll never have any issues regarding running out of keys again and ensuring that keys are always sent immediately on backing.
We want to be super clear:
-The game is going to return to steam for Early Access.
-This is only an intermediary stage for Alpha and Beta before the game returns back to Steam.
-When we return to steam, you’ll receive your full game key with attached cosmetics, Titles, and the like.
Customers with steam keys should be fine to keep using them for the foreseeable future for testing. We’ll be updating the Xsolla and Steam Builds in tandem and it does not matter which launcher you play from; both connect to the same servers.
Again a huge thank you to all our amazing backers, our community here on discord and the awesome moderators who help keep it all together.
Now that we’ve gotten past this big goal we’ll be doing more regular updates to let you know how's it going.
Till next time
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I’d like to say a special thank you to our dedicated testers who have been helping us with the survival pre-alpha. We’ve had some nasty bugs and our testers' persistence in helping us sort these issues has been hugely important. Thank you again to all our backers and double to those dedicated folks who put in that little bit extra (You know who you are). Likewise, a big shout out to the moderation team here on our discord.
It’s been a little while since our last update, but we’ve not been idle. Let’s get into it.
Survival Alpha!
So the big news is that we’re moving steadily towards our first Stable Alpha build featuring the Survival gameplay loop. We still have a lot we want to add, change, and improve but this build represents a big goal for the community.
Our new Dev Vlog takes a head on look at this topic and covers:
-Improvements to the building system with new textures, redoes of older tiers and the Stone External Wall Implementation.
-New customisation and Play Model Changes.
-New Weapons for the T0/Primitive Level of gameplay
-A focus on the new Survival Build as a whole.
-An overview of the new progression system and how Silver is used as a raiding resource.
-Points of interest including the new Castle Event
-How Barrels and the road Network functions.
-The new underground cave network
There’s also discussion on some of the new quality of life features we’ve added, AI changes and more. Our video can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1j0h5FEQIII
Alpha vs Beta?
One topic I want to face upfront is how we’ve decided to address Alpha vs Beta. We’ve been working hard to get the survival gameplay implemented in a fun manner which accurately represents the end game we want to make.
However, we’re very aware there are several key features/mechanics we still need to add such as Cavalry Warfare, Worker Buildings, the “Renown System” itself to name a few. Likewise, there are multiple areas we still need to re-do and improve such as Animations, The UI and various small but meaningful optimisations.
By drawing the line down the middle, we’re able to get players going (on what we hope) will be a fun experience, which also directly helps us by providing invaluable testing data. Likewise given we’ve always been set on making a Survival game its very exciting for our team to have reached this goal, even if there’s still a lot to be done.
Big questions regarding the Xsolla Launcher, Indiegogo, and Beta Access.
As we’ve said many times, we’re extremely grateful to our community for their very generous support of our work.
I’m sure folks will have plenty of questions regarding the new update and changes. We’re always around here in discord if you want to ask.
That said to head off any misinformation, I’m going to do my best to answer some of the more glaring questions.
- What’s with Steadfast Backers getting testing keys now if its an alpha?
We’ve decided we’re going to allow early testing access for our previous Steadfast Backers. Given how we’ve decided to deploy the Alpha, and that it may still take a while before we reach beta, we didn’t see any reason to punish folks who have already helped support our work in the past. This also allows us to do a small expansion on the tester base in a controlled manner. You should be receiving your testing keys via email in 1-2 days.
- What happens to Beta if that's no longer for sale?
That said, given the confusion this has caused over the last few years we’ve decided to remove the ability to purchase Steadfast and Proud Backer tiers from our site going forwards.
- What’s the deal with this new launcher then? What about Steam?
Steam limits the number of testing keys it's willing to distribute. By these rules we’re very much already at the upper limit of what they’ll offer us.
By swapping to the Xsolla launcher, we can ensure that tester keys keep coming to our backers and that we can honour our promises regarding the spare beta keys. It also means we’ll never have any issues regarding running out of keys again and ensuring that keys are always sent immediately on backing.
We want to be super clear:
-The game is going to return to steam for Early Access.
-This is only an intermediary stage for Alpha and Beta before the game returns back to Steam.
-When we return to steam, you’ll receive your full game key with attached cosmetics, Titles, and the like.
Customers with steam keys should be fine to keep using them for the foreseeable future for testing. We’ll be updating the Xsolla and Steam Builds in tandem and it does not matter which launcher you play from; both connect to the same servers.
Again a huge thank you to all our amazing backers, our community here on discord and the awesome moderators who help keep it all together.
Now that we’ve gotten past this big goal we’ll be doing more regular updates to let you know how's it going.
Till next time
2023.06.08 08:55 TheEmpatheticGuy Recently I have developed self doubts over me and my life choices and need to share the whole thing anonymously.
I am M about to turn 24 in a few days. For the past few days I am not feeling too great about myself and have developed some self doubts about myself. This is happening due to various different kinds of things happening around me and I feel like because people are kind of anonymous and looking to help out people maybe I can share my story with you guys.
I come from a typical Indian middle class family living in India. I completed my Masters last year and placed in a good US-based company with an average salary as compared to my colleagues from college placement. It required me to move to a different city which I did but days later my grandma passed away and I was back home for a few weeks. I went back and was settling in the city but a month later I was shocked as my grandpa passed away too. It hurt me a lot as when my grandma passed away, she was not doing very well for the past few years since she had a brain hemorrhage but grandpa was well and was hoping to see him again during Diwali. The last telephonic conversation I had with my grandpa was just a few days ago and his last words to me were "It would be too late when I see you again." Those words still hurt me as I have been living with my grandparents since I was born and I was supposed to call him on the day he passed away. I was too sad until I went back home for a month and was not ready to return back. But I had to and I did return. Once again I had to kinda start over and settle again. But again a mishap happened to me a few weeks later as I fell into an open sewer and injured my leg as it punctured wounds and was swollen due to the impact due to which it was swollen and I was asked to have a bed rest. I was too ashamed to ask people for help but my office colleague who was also my roommate helped me a lot and one more office colleague who lived near me helped me too. I will always be thankful to them as they were there for me.
It was settling in and it came to the FIFA WC Final. Lionel Messi vs Kylian Mbappe. It was my idol's last shot at glory. I was left heartbroken 8 years ago and would have had some kind of mental breakdown if not for that Emi Martinez save. And he finally did it. It was the best day of my life. I celebrated the whole night and couldn't sleep. It was like yeah nice guys don't always finish last. I had hoped that it was the sign that good things were going to happen to me. It kind of went smoothly for a few months after that as I visited my family after a gap of more than a month. We had happy times and I thought now I could finally settle back and focus on my career. But life had other plans for me.
My company was hit by the recession or as they said so. Investors backed out and the reserves depleted. All the employees had to face a delay of over a month for salary and some of us had to ask home for money to cope with the daily needs too. Bangalore is a great city no doubt but rent and cost of living is too much. I had taken on all the employees who moved from different cities living there. After some time it came to the point people had to ask for money but didn't have money to repay the previous one. Salary was due for 2 months now. So the whole office decided to move back to their home and start searching for new jobs. It was a bittersweet moment as you are expected to support your family at this age rather than ask them for help.
I was able to survive on my own as my parents never asked me for anything. They have always said we don't need your money and just invest it and look out to only spend on what your wants and needs are. I have already decided to look out for a new job prior to coming back home. I was totally active and even got an opportunity to sit for an interview but didn't hear back from them. I was happy back home as I was back with my friends and things were kind of back to normal as we were still due on our salary since February and though we are still getting paid but with a delay of more than 2 months at times and that too in parts of our salary. At home the expenses are not too much so it's easy to not worry about the salary and live a normal life. As actively I am looking for a job I have asked all my cousins for help for referrals in their company or in any other company where they have contacts. They are wholeheartedly happy to look out and are helping me.
Some time has passed since then and a few weeks back my cousin got engaged. I am happy for him as he will spend the rest of his life with the love of his life . As he is only 2 years older than me, in a typical Indian household it is implied that the next number is mine. People keep asking me if I have anyone my answer has always been no as I have never been in a relationship or so. Never had anything casual or serious. Never went on a date. Too shy to talk with girls. Yeah that's me. I'm the problem. It's me. Hopeless romantic all my life thinking someone would approach me but naah who likes curvy and good guys. I did develop a crush on different girls but either they had a bf or they didn't want the relationship thing. I have been trying for the past 8 years to no avail. I never thought about that too much until recently. Maybe it's because I am seeing all my cousins getting married to the love of their lives or maybe I am starting to think I will never find someone. My parents are too supportive of love marriage so that was never the issue. All my friends are currently dating and it does hurt to see myself lonely at times. I always thought I would fall in love and be the happiest man ever but will I ever be ? These kinds of thoughts spiraled through my mind for a few days but I focused on searching for a new job as my career is more important right now.
Cut to current, I have completed a year at my current and first job. It's been more than 3 months since I started searching and except for that one interview no luck. I did get a call for a new opportunity but I was not too keen as it didn't suit my profile. I have tried all the hacks that you see on social media but still no success. I have to be home all the time as it's a WFH thing but due to all the mess at my company right now, I have no work at times. I joined the gym again and visited it daily. But at home, I am totally a couch potato. Everyday I get scolded by my parents for something or other but I know they are just looking out for my good. At times when I meet my friends all they have is to talk about their better half or just nerdy things. I am always idle and don't feel like doing anything. I have grown apart from my office colleagues as they barely try to talk with me as they did before. They only reply when they have work from me. My best friends are busy. I don't get much time to talk and I also feel like not talking much nowadays. I feel like a liability towards my family and friends.
As I am writing this down I just felt what am I doing with my life. Am I making some wrong choices ? Why am I trying so much if things are not gonna my way ? Why is my destiny testing me so much ? Am i not deserving of getting loved by someone ? What have I done wrong that people close to me don't talk to me now ?
All these questions have led me to take a break from all forms of social media and I feel too disconnected towards all the things I am doing. I just wanna feel better but I don't know what I need to do.
EDIT: Please feel free to reach out if you feel you have any suggestions for me
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I come from a typical Indian middle class family living in India. I completed my Masters last year and placed in a good US-based company with an average salary as compared to my colleagues from college placement. It required me to move to a different city which I did but days later my grandma passed away and I was back home for a few weeks. I went back and was settling in the city but a month later I was shocked as my grandpa passed away too. It hurt me a lot as when my grandma passed away, she was not doing very well for the past few years since she had a brain hemorrhage but grandpa was well and was hoping to see him again during Diwali. The last telephonic conversation I had with my grandpa was just a few days ago and his last words to me were "It would be too late when I see you again." Those words still hurt me as I have been living with my grandparents since I was born and I was supposed to call him on the day he passed away. I was too sad until I went back home for a month and was not ready to return back. But I had to and I did return. Once again I had to kinda start over and settle again. But again a mishap happened to me a few weeks later as I fell into an open sewer and injured my leg as it punctured wounds and was swollen due to the impact due to which it was swollen and I was asked to have a bed rest. I was too ashamed to ask people for help but my office colleague who was also my roommate helped me a lot and one more office colleague who lived near me helped me too. I will always be thankful to them as they were there for me.
It was settling in and it came to the FIFA WC Final. Lionel Messi vs Kylian Mbappe. It was my idol's last shot at glory. I was left heartbroken 8 years ago and would have had some kind of mental breakdown if not for that Emi Martinez save. And he finally did it. It was the best day of my life. I celebrated the whole night and couldn't sleep. It was like yeah nice guys don't always finish last. I had hoped that it was the sign that good things were going to happen to me. It kind of went smoothly for a few months after that as I visited my family after a gap of more than a month. We had happy times and I thought now I could finally settle back and focus on my career. But life had other plans for me.
My company was hit by the recession or as they said so. Investors backed out and the reserves depleted. All the employees had to face a delay of over a month for salary and some of us had to ask home for money to cope with the daily needs too. Bangalore is a great city no doubt but rent and cost of living is too much. I had taken on all the employees who moved from different cities living there. After some time it came to the point people had to ask for money but didn't have money to repay the previous one. Salary was due for 2 months now. So the whole office decided to move back to their home and start searching for new jobs. It was a bittersweet moment as you are expected to support your family at this age rather than ask them for help.
I was able to survive on my own as my parents never asked me for anything. They have always said we don't need your money and just invest it and look out to only spend on what your wants and needs are. I have already decided to look out for a new job prior to coming back home. I was totally active and even got an opportunity to sit for an interview but didn't hear back from them. I was happy back home as I was back with my friends and things were kind of back to normal as we were still due on our salary since February and though we are still getting paid but with a delay of more than 2 months at times and that too in parts of our salary. At home the expenses are not too much so it's easy to not worry about the salary and live a normal life. As actively I am looking for a job I have asked all my cousins for help for referrals in their company or in any other company where they have contacts. They are wholeheartedly happy to look out and are helping me.
Some time has passed since then and a few weeks back my cousin got engaged. I am happy for him as he will spend the rest of his life with the love of his life . As he is only 2 years older than me, in a typical Indian household it is implied that the next number is mine. People keep asking me if I have anyone my answer has always been no as I have never been in a relationship or so. Never had anything casual or serious. Never went on a date. Too shy to talk with girls. Yeah that's me. I'm the problem. It's me. Hopeless romantic all my life thinking someone would approach me but naah who likes curvy and good guys. I did develop a crush on different girls but either they had a bf or they didn't want the relationship thing. I have been trying for the past 8 years to no avail. I never thought about that too much until recently. Maybe it's because I am seeing all my cousins getting married to the love of their lives or maybe I am starting to think I will never find someone. My parents are too supportive of love marriage so that was never the issue. All my friends are currently dating and it does hurt to see myself lonely at times. I always thought I would fall in love and be the happiest man ever but will I ever be ? These kinds of thoughts spiraled through my mind for a few days but I focused on searching for a new job as my career is more important right now.
Cut to current, I have completed a year at my current and first job. It's been more than 3 months since I started searching and except for that one interview no luck. I did get a call for a new opportunity but I was not too keen as it didn't suit my profile. I have tried all the hacks that you see on social media but still no success. I have to be home all the time as it's a WFH thing but due to all the mess at my company right now, I have no work at times. I joined the gym again and visited it daily. But at home, I am totally a couch potato. Everyday I get scolded by my parents for something or other but I know they are just looking out for my good. At times when I meet my friends all they have is to talk about their better half or just nerdy things. I am always idle and don't feel like doing anything. I have grown apart from my office colleagues as they barely try to talk with me as they did before. They only reply when they have work from me. My best friends are busy. I don't get much time to talk and I also feel like not talking much nowadays. I feel like a liability towards my family and friends.
As I am writing this down I just felt what am I doing with my life. Am I making some wrong choices ? Why am I trying so much if things are not gonna my way ? Why is my destiny testing me so much ? Am i not deserving of getting loved by someone ? What have I done wrong that people close to me don't talk to me now ?
All these questions have led me to take a break from all forms of social media and I feel too disconnected towards all the things I am doing. I just wanna feel better but I don't know what I need to do.
EDIT: Please feel free to reach out if you feel you have any suggestions for me
2023.06.08 08:49 kocur4d Good damage calculator? Detail damage equation?
Or any good article that break those down to the core?
Ive checked couple of articles about damage buckets but those dont align.
There is a maxroll damage for beginners and mobalytics damage buckets deep dive
Those two dont align!
for example: mobalytics one have many more buckets. dmg vs close, damage while healthy is in the same bucket in maxroll but in different bucket in mobalytics!
I want details and accuracy! Please send help.
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Ive checked couple of articles about damage buckets but those dont align.
There is a maxroll damage for beginners and mobalytics damage buckets deep dive
Those two dont align!
for example: mobalytics one have many more buckets. dmg vs close, damage while healthy is in the same bucket in maxroll but in different bucket in mobalytics!
I want details and accuracy! Please send help.