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2024.05.24 00:34 No-Long-5032 WIBTAH If I break up with my boyfriend when this year marks the 10th anniversary of the death of his wife?
There's too much to say, But I'll try to make it short.
In short: I(34f) have been dating Leon(42m) for two years.
My uncle became friends with Leon when they started working together and he started coming to family gatherings and birthdays. Leon is a great guy and we get along instantly, my family always talked to me about Leon saying he's a great guy. One day Leon asked me out on a date and I said yes, we started dating.
Leon has two children (14m and 12m), his wife died in an accident nine years ago.
Here comes the problem: Leon always talks about his wife. I know it sounds ugly to complain about it but I don't say it with jealously, I mean it uncomfortably. He mentions her in intimate moments of our time, such as when we finish having intimacy, he just starts telling me random anecdotes about his wife and I just stay there confused. He goes to the psychologist so according to him he's working better on his grief but I doubt it very much. I'm not the first girlfriend he had after his wife passed away.
He still has contact with his wife's family (which is obvious, they are the grandparents of his children) and I have met them only once because all they did was tell me how much Leon and his wife loved each other and treat me really bad, I remember that they put a video with photos of Leon and his wife when they married while I was like thisđ§because they didn't even gave me a chair to sit.
His late wife's parents talk as if they're still married. He always says in front of me that she was the only love of his life, I find it cute but when I think about the future I'm just like "I really want to get old with a man who is making it clear the he will never love me? Is that the kind of love I want?". One time I took him to my favorite place and he just said "it's beautiful, I wish wife's name was here so we could show her this. You two would have been good friends." it's like being a third wheel in my own relationship. I can tell a lot of situations like these, A LOT.
The only one time I talked about this with my family I was only told that a real woman wouldn't be jealous (I'm not jealous, I'm uncomfortable) and would be happy to be with a man who has loved another woman like that and expect him to love me almost the same. That I shouldn't expect him to love me that way since all love is different and that I should just be empathetic and supportive of him. I listened to them but nothing got better.
Anyways, I stopped listening to my family and talked with my friend who's a psychologist and told me that his behavior is not healthy for anyone and that I should think for myself.
She texted "Good for him for loving his wife so much, but you don't deserve to be used as an emotional support doll" And she's right. I have decided to cut off the relationship but this year marks ten years since the death of his wife, not only his family, even MY family are hosting a family reunion in honor of her with the things she likes. I think it's a nice thing to do, but I'm totally ready to end the relationship but I'm afraid I'm the bad guy in the story.
The 10th anniversary is in July, I want to end the relationship NOW but I fear that I will be a POS if I do that in this year when he is so vulnerable and even my family is pushing me to act like if I was his wife's bestfriend.
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In short: I(34f) have been dating Leon(42m) for two years.
My uncle became friends with Leon when they started working together and he started coming to family gatherings and birthdays. Leon is a great guy and we get along instantly, my family always talked to me about Leon saying he's a great guy. One day Leon asked me out on a date and I said yes, we started dating.
Leon has two children (14m and 12m), his wife died in an accident nine years ago.
Here comes the problem: Leon always talks about his wife. I know it sounds ugly to complain about it but I don't say it with jealously, I mean it uncomfortably. He mentions her in intimate moments of our time, such as when we finish having intimacy, he just starts telling me random anecdotes about his wife and I just stay there confused. He goes to the psychologist so according to him he's working better on his grief but I doubt it very much. I'm not the first girlfriend he had after his wife passed away.
He still has contact with his wife's family (which is obvious, they are the grandparents of his children) and I have met them only once because all they did was tell me how much Leon and his wife loved each other and treat me really bad, I remember that they put a video with photos of Leon and his wife when they married while I was like thisđ§because they didn't even gave me a chair to sit.
His late wife's parents talk as if they're still married. He always says in front of me that she was the only love of his life, I find it cute but when I think about the future I'm just like "I really want to get old with a man who is making it clear the he will never love me? Is that the kind of love I want?". One time I took him to my favorite place and he just said "it's beautiful, I wish wife's name was here so we could show her this. You two would have been good friends." it's like being a third wheel in my own relationship. I can tell a lot of situations like these, A LOT.
The only one time I talked about this with my family I was only told that a real woman wouldn't be jealous (I'm not jealous, I'm uncomfortable) and would be happy to be with a man who has loved another woman like that and expect him to love me almost the same. That I shouldn't expect him to love me that way since all love is different and that I should just be empathetic and supportive of him. I listened to them but nothing got better.
Anyways, I stopped listening to my family and talked with my friend who's a psychologist and told me that his behavior is not healthy for anyone and that I should think for myself.
She texted "Good for him for loving his wife so much, but you don't deserve to be used as an emotional support doll" And she's right. I have decided to cut off the relationship but this year marks ten years since the death of his wife, not only his family, even MY family are hosting a family reunion in honor of her with the things she likes. I think it's a nice thing to do, but I'm totally ready to end the relationship but I'm afraid I'm the bad guy in the story.
The 10th anniversary is in July, I want to end the relationship NOW but I fear that I will be a POS if I do that in this year when he is so vulnerable and even my family is pushing me to act like if I was his wife's bestfriend.
2024.05.24 00:26 g3thic [F4A][Literate] Roleplay Search!
Hello again! Iâm not sure if youâve seen my other posts about a fandom roleplay but this one is gonna be about any roleplay in general, fandoms included. Thisâll be pretty detailed and Iâll let you know the parts if you want to skip ahead (I suggest you donât). If you donât wanna read all of this, then donât. This was made for people willing to read blocks of paragraphs and maybe even respond with their own.
INTRODUCTION
My name is Hina. To know more about me, I hail from Japan and I have been an avid writer ever since I moved to the States when I was 11. My second language is English but I believe itâs been pretty good. I recently turned 22 years old and I'm female. Talking about age, I would be comfortable with you being 17+ and preferably at least 20. Roleplaying with minors isnât a big thing for me, I apologize. Iâm in the west coast, PST timezone. Letâs see.. What other information can I give you? I would say I enjoy skating, basketball, watching tv shows and anime, and reading. My favorite anime is Nana and Death Note.
GENRES + FANDOM
I am not looking for a specific roleplay. I would say iâm skilled in all genres. Sci-fi, fantasy, horror, apocalypse. All of that. Even slice of life, though that depends on what type of plot exactly. To be more specific on each genre, starting off with fantasy, I'm more used to high fantasy and mythology. Iâm not that great with medieval, unfortunately. DnD based role plays arenât really fit for me and I struggle playing with species like ogres. Just putting that out here. For fantasy, I donât have any specific ideas.
Sci-fi is the genre I have more skill in. Most of my roleplays are based off of them! Specifically, Iâm fine with all subgenres of that.
For other genres like horror and apocalypse, I do have some taste. I really like monsters and creepy things from the horror genre like vampires and all of that and I even have my own idea set up in older times dealing with vampire lords and hunters and all of that. I also enjoy eldritch type horror. I also like that one sun genre of it, like video game horror? Iâm not sure how to describe it. I also forgot if it even has an official name or if itâs just something used to describe the horror genre. I like Resident Evil, so maybe thatâll tell you the type of horror I usually enjoy. I do have a developed idea of something more eldritch horror.
More on fandoms! To get some other things down, I usually only play OC unless the character you want me to play is one I know more about and I'm more comfortable playing. The fandoms I like in the more anime way are Jojoâs, Nana, Death Note, JJK, AOT, Haikyuu, and probably more. Iâm well versed in the Jojoâs, Aot, and JJK fandoms but less knowledgeable on Death Note since iâve only seen it once. Other fandoms iâm in include ATLA, TLOK, Harry Potter, Resident Evil, Marvel, DC, and many more.
CHARACTERS
I tend to use character sheets to describe my character, these usually consist of names, background, and personality. More so on appearances, I prefer using animated or drawn references than real life people. I enjoy good enough references where I get the idea of how the character would look like.
The types of characters I write are either the lone wolf type that has some sad past which leads them to want to join someone for a redemption arc or the bubbly character who is the one that brings the mood up and is usually seen as trustworthy and of that kind.
I like all types of tropes, especially enemies to lovers or rivalry. I also really enjoy opposites attract as a whole from either opposite personality or something else they would be opposites in. Enemies to lovers takes my heart, though. I love seeing the characters go past the urge to ultimately hate each other and/or go past their usual way of disliking the others lineage or upcoming.
REQUIREMENT
I think this is my last paragraph on the roleplay. Itâs the most important, at least. Requirements. All roleplay searches come with them. Or at least thatâs what I heard! But donât fret, there isnât much.
Iâve seen this as one of the most used requirements, and I agree with it. As someone whoâs first language wasnât English, I understand that you may not be great at it. But please, I do require a partner that at least has proper use of grammar and punctuation. You donât even have to use big words or anything, just at least know where to put your periods and the placement of your words.
My second requirement is for you to be LITERATE! Please. Iâm a big writer, I tend to ramble on and tend to write more than what I thought I would. (like iâm doing right now) I write multiple paragraphs from the starter until the scene relaxes. I also understand that sometimes writing big blocks of words every response is tiring or boring so I donât expect it all the time, at least after the starter has been made and in more important scenes. Dialogue also cuts my replies shorter.
Please please please be polite in OOC! We may just be role playing together but kindness goes all ways. If we do include OOC, I enjoy talking about many things. My day, movies, games, funny moments and stories, all of that!
I think thatâs the end to this wonderful journey of an ad about my search. I hope you are still here, fellow writer! I would LOVE it if you reached out to me! This wasnât all for nothing, right!
But donât leave yet! I do have a passcode. I know this was a jumble of words and rambling but I still have to put one in. I heard that thereâs a lot of people on here that donât read things fully and miss out on rules or information! But.. Just because you read through this all, Iâll gladly give you options on the passcode! Also please put in an introduction of yourself! Donât think âOh maybe I shouldnât bother this person with too much to readâ! I like seeing big blocks.
PASSCODE:
Whatâs your dream country to travel to and why?
OR
Whoâs your favorite TV show / Cartoon / Game / Anime character?
Feel free to pick both! Now, thatâs all from me. Please donât put your request as just âWanna rpâ!
submitted by g3thic to roleplaying [link] [comments]
INTRODUCTION
My name is Hina. To know more about me, I hail from Japan and I have been an avid writer ever since I moved to the States when I was 11. My second language is English but I believe itâs been pretty good. I recently turned 22 years old and I'm female. Talking about age, I would be comfortable with you being 17+ and preferably at least 20. Roleplaying with minors isnât a big thing for me, I apologize. Iâm in the west coast, PST timezone. Letâs see.. What other information can I give you? I would say I enjoy skating, basketball, watching tv shows and anime, and reading. My favorite anime is Nana and Death Note.
GENRES + FANDOM
I am not looking for a specific roleplay. I would say iâm skilled in all genres. Sci-fi, fantasy, horror, apocalypse. All of that. Even slice of life, though that depends on what type of plot exactly. To be more specific on each genre, starting off with fantasy, I'm more used to high fantasy and mythology. Iâm not that great with medieval, unfortunately. DnD based role plays arenât really fit for me and I struggle playing with species like ogres. Just putting that out here. For fantasy, I donât have any specific ideas.
Sci-fi is the genre I have more skill in. Most of my roleplays are based off of them! Specifically, Iâm fine with all subgenres of that.
For other genres like horror and apocalypse, I do have some taste. I really like monsters and creepy things from the horror genre like vampires and all of that and I even have my own idea set up in older times dealing with vampire lords and hunters and all of that. I also enjoy eldritch type horror. I also like that one sun genre of it, like video game horror? Iâm not sure how to describe it. I also forgot if it even has an official name or if itâs just something used to describe the horror genre. I like Resident Evil, so maybe thatâll tell you the type of horror I usually enjoy. I do have a developed idea of something more eldritch horror.
More on fandoms! To get some other things down, I usually only play OC unless the character you want me to play is one I know more about and I'm more comfortable playing. The fandoms I like in the more anime way are Jojoâs, Nana, Death Note, JJK, AOT, Haikyuu, and probably more. Iâm well versed in the Jojoâs, Aot, and JJK fandoms but less knowledgeable on Death Note since iâve only seen it once. Other fandoms iâm in include ATLA, TLOK, Harry Potter, Resident Evil, Marvel, DC, and many more.
CHARACTERS
I tend to use character sheets to describe my character, these usually consist of names, background, and personality. More so on appearances, I prefer using animated or drawn references than real life people. I enjoy good enough references where I get the idea of how the character would look like.
The types of characters I write are either the lone wolf type that has some sad past which leads them to want to join someone for a redemption arc or the bubbly character who is the one that brings the mood up and is usually seen as trustworthy and of that kind.
I like all types of tropes, especially enemies to lovers or rivalry. I also really enjoy opposites attract as a whole from either opposite personality or something else they would be opposites in. Enemies to lovers takes my heart, though. I love seeing the characters go past the urge to ultimately hate each other and/or go past their usual way of disliking the others lineage or upcoming.
REQUIREMENT
I think this is my last paragraph on the roleplay. Itâs the most important, at least. Requirements. All roleplay searches come with them. Or at least thatâs what I heard! But donât fret, there isnât much.
Iâve seen this as one of the most used requirements, and I agree with it. As someone whoâs first language wasnât English, I understand that you may not be great at it. But please, I do require a partner that at least has proper use of grammar and punctuation. You donât even have to use big words or anything, just at least know where to put your periods and the placement of your words.
My second requirement is for you to be LITERATE! Please. Iâm a big writer, I tend to ramble on and tend to write more than what I thought I would. (like iâm doing right now) I write multiple paragraphs from the starter until the scene relaxes. I also understand that sometimes writing big blocks of words every response is tiring or boring so I donât expect it all the time, at least after the starter has been made and in more important scenes. Dialogue also cuts my replies shorter.
Please please please be polite in OOC! We may just be role playing together but kindness goes all ways. If we do include OOC, I enjoy talking about many things. My day, movies, games, funny moments and stories, all of that!
I think thatâs the end to this wonderful journey of an ad about my search. I hope you are still here, fellow writer! I would LOVE it if you reached out to me! This wasnât all for nothing, right!
But donât leave yet! I do have a passcode. I know this was a jumble of words and rambling but I still have to put one in. I heard that thereâs a lot of people on here that donât read things fully and miss out on rules or information! But.. Just because you read through this all, Iâll gladly give you options on the passcode! Also please put in an introduction of yourself! Donât think âOh maybe I shouldnât bother this person with too much to readâ! I like seeing big blocks.
PASSCODE:
Whatâs your dream country to travel to and why?
OR
Whoâs your favorite TV show / Cartoon / Game / Anime character?
Feel free to pick both! Now, thatâs all from me. Please donât put your request as just âWanna rpâ!
- H đ
2024.05.24 00:25 g3thic [F4A][Literate] Roleplay Search!
Hello again! Iâm not sure if youâve seen my other posts about a fandom roleplay but this one is gonna be about any roleplay in general, fandoms included. Thisâll be pretty detailed and Iâll let you know the parts if you want to skip ahead (I suggest you donât). If you donât wanna read all of this, then donât. This was made for people willing to read blocks of paragraphs and maybe even respond with their own.
INTRODUCTION
My name is Hina. To know more about me, I hail from Japan and I have been an avid writer ever since I moved to the States when I was 11. My second language is English but I believe itâs been pretty good. I recently turned 22 years old and I'm female. Talking about age, I would be comfortable with you being 17+ and preferably at least 20. Roleplaying with minors isnât a big thing for me, I apologize. Iâm in the west coast, PST timezone. Letâs see.. What other information can I give you? I would say I enjoy skating, basketball, watching tv shows and anime, and reading. My favorite anime is Nana and Death Note.
GENRES + FANDOM
I am not looking for a specific roleplay. I would say iâm skilled in all genres. Sci-fi, fantasy, horror, apocalypse. All of that. Even slice of life, though that depends on what type of plot exactly. To be more specific on each genre, starting off with fantasy, I'm more used to high fantasy and mythology. Iâm not that great with medieval, unfortunately. DnD based role plays arenât really fit for me and I struggle playing with species like ogres. Just putting that out here. For fantasy, I donât have any specific ideas.
Sci-fi is the genre I have more skill in. Most of my roleplays are based off of them! Specifically, Iâm fine with all subgenres of that.
For other genres like horror and apocalypse, I do have some taste. I really like monsters and creepy things from the horror genre like vampires and all of that and I even have my own idea set up in older times dealing with vampire lords and hunters and all of that. I also enjoy eldritch type horror. I also like that one sun genre of it, like video game horror? Iâm not sure how to describe it. I also forgot if it even has an official name or if itâs just something used to describe the horror genre. I like Resident Evil, so maybe thatâll tell you the type of horror I usually enjoy. I do have a developed idea of something more eldritch horror.
More on fandoms! To get some other things down, I usually only play OC unless the character you want me to play is one I know more about and I'm more comfortable playing. The fandoms I like in the more anime way are Jojoâs, Nana, Death Note, JJK, AOT, Haikyuu, and probably more. Iâm well versed in the Jojoâs, Aot, and JJK fandoms but less knowledgeable on Death Note since iâve only seen it once. Other fandoms iâm in include ATLA, TLOK, Harry Potter, Resident Evil, Marvel, DC, and many more.
CHARACTERS
I tend to use character sheets to describe my character, these usually consist of names, background, and personality. More so on appearances, I prefer using animated or drawn references than real life people. I enjoy good enough references where I get the idea of how the character would look like.
The types of characters I write are either the lone wolf type that has some sad past which leads them to want to join someone for a redemption arc or the bubbly character who is the one that brings the mood up and is usually seen as trustworthy and of that kind.
I like all types of tropes, especially enemies to lovers or rivalry. I also really enjoy opposites attract as a whole from either opposite personality or something else they would be opposites in. Enemies to lovers takes my heart, though. I love seeing the characters go past the urge to ultimately hate each other and/or go past their usual way of disliking the others lineage or upcoming.
REQUIREMENT
I think this is my last paragraph on the roleplay. Itâs the most important, at least. Requirements. All roleplay searches come with them. Or at least thatâs what I heard! But donât fret, there isnât much.
Iâve seen this as one of the most used requirements, and I agree with it. As someone whoâs first language wasnât English, I understand that you may not be great at it. But please, I do require a partner that at least has proper use of grammar and punctuation. You donât even have to use big words or anything, just at least know where to put your periods and the placement of your words.
My second requirement is for you to be LITERATE! Please. Iâm a big writer, I tend to ramble on and tend to write more than what I thought I would. (like iâm doing right now) I write multiple paragraphs from the starter until the scene relaxes. I also understand that sometimes writing big blocks of words every response is tiring or boring so I donât expect it all the time, at least after the starter has been made and in more important scenes. Dialogue also cuts my replies shorter.
Please please please be polite in OOC! We may just be role playing together but kindness goes all ways. If we do include OOC, I enjoy talking about many things. My day, movies, games, funny moments and stories, all of that!
I think thatâs the end to this wonderful journey of an ad about my search. I hope you are still here, fellow writer! I would LOVE it if you reached out to me! This wasnât all for nothing, right!
But donât leave yet! I do have a passcode. I know this was a jumble of words and rambling but I still have to put one in. I heard that thereâs a lot of people on here that donât read things fully and miss out on rules or information! But.. Just because you read through this all, Iâll gladly give you options on the passcode! Also please put in an introduction of yourself! Donât think âOh maybe I shouldnât bother this person with too much to readâ! I like seeing big blocks.
PASSCODE:
Whatâs your dream country to travel to and why?
OR
Whoâs your favorite TV show / Cartoon / Game / Anime character?
Feel free to pick both! Now, thatâs all from me. Please donât put your request as just âWanna rpâ!
submitted by g3thic to Roleplay [link] [comments]
INTRODUCTION
My name is Hina. To know more about me, I hail from Japan and I have been an avid writer ever since I moved to the States when I was 11. My second language is English but I believe itâs been pretty good. I recently turned 22 years old and I'm female. Talking about age, I would be comfortable with you being 17+ and preferably at least 20. Roleplaying with minors isnât a big thing for me, I apologize. Iâm in the west coast, PST timezone. Letâs see.. What other information can I give you? I would say I enjoy skating, basketball, watching tv shows and anime, and reading. My favorite anime is Nana and Death Note.
GENRES + FANDOM
I am not looking for a specific roleplay. I would say iâm skilled in all genres. Sci-fi, fantasy, horror, apocalypse. All of that. Even slice of life, though that depends on what type of plot exactly. To be more specific on each genre, starting off with fantasy, I'm more used to high fantasy and mythology. Iâm not that great with medieval, unfortunately. DnD based role plays arenât really fit for me and I struggle playing with species like ogres. Just putting that out here. For fantasy, I donât have any specific ideas.
Sci-fi is the genre I have more skill in. Most of my roleplays are based off of them! Specifically, Iâm fine with all subgenres of that.
For other genres like horror and apocalypse, I do have some taste. I really like monsters and creepy things from the horror genre like vampires and all of that and I even have my own idea set up in older times dealing with vampire lords and hunters and all of that. I also enjoy eldritch type horror. I also like that one sun genre of it, like video game horror? Iâm not sure how to describe it. I also forgot if it even has an official name or if itâs just something used to describe the horror genre. I like Resident Evil, so maybe thatâll tell you the type of horror I usually enjoy. I do have a developed idea of something more eldritch horror.
More on fandoms! To get some other things down, I usually only play OC unless the character you want me to play is one I know more about and I'm more comfortable playing. The fandoms I like in the more anime way are Jojoâs, Nana, Death Note, JJK, AOT, Haikyuu, and probably more. Iâm well versed in the Jojoâs, Aot, and JJK fandoms but less knowledgeable on Death Note since iâve only seen it once. Other fandoms iâm in include ATLA, TLOK, Harry Potter, Resident Evil, Marvel, DC, and many more.
CHARACTERS
I tend to use character sheets to describe my character, these usually consist of names, background, and personality. More so on appearances, I prefer using animated or drawn references than real life people. I enjoy good enough references where I get the idea of how the character would look like.
The types of characters I write are either the lone wolf type that has some sad past which leads them to want to join someone for a redemption arc or the bubbly character who is the one that brings the mood up and is usually seen as trustworthy and of that kind.
I like all types of tropes, especially enemies to lovers or rivalry. I also really enjoy opposites attract as a whole from either opposite personality or something else they would be opposites in. Enemies to lovers takes my heart, though. I love seeing the characters go past the urge to ultimately hate each other and/or go past their usual way of disliking the others lineage or upcoming.
REQUIREMENT
I think this is my last paragraph on the roleplay. Itâs the most important, at least. Requirements. All roleplay searches come with them. Or at least thatâs what I heard! But donât fret, there isnât much.
Iâve seen this as one of the most used requirements, and I agree with it. As someone whoâs first language wasnât English, I understand that you may not be great at it. But please, I do require a partner that at least has proper use of grammar and punctuation. You donât even have to use big words or anything, just at least know where to put your periods and the placement of your words.
My second requirement is for you to be LITERATE! Please. Iâm a big writer, I tend to ramble on and tend to write more than what I thought I would. (like iâm doing right now) I write multiple paragraphs from the starter until the scene relaxes. I also understand that sometimes writing big blocks of words every response is tiring or boring so I donât expect it all the time, at least after the starter has been made and in more important scenes. Dialogue also cuts my replies shorter.
Please please please be polite in OOC! We may just be role playing together but kindness goes all ways. If we do include OOC, I enjoy talking about many things. My day, movies, games, funny moments and stories, all of that!
I think thatâs the end to this wonderful journey of an ad about my search. I hope you are still here, fellow writer! I would LOVE it if you reached out to me! This wasnât all for nothing, right!
But donât leave yet! I do have a passcode. I know this was a jumble of words and rambling but I still have to put one in. I heard that thereâs a lot of people on here that donât read things fully and miss out on rules or information! But.. Just because you read through this all, Iâll gladly give you options on the passcode! Also please put in an introduction of yourself! Donât think âOh maybe I shouldnât bother this person with too much to readâ! I like seeing big blocks.
PASSCODE:
Whatâs your dream country to travel to and why?
OR
Whoâs your favorite TV show / Cartoon / Game / Anime character?
Feel free to pick both! Now, thatâs all from me. Please donât put your request as just âWanna rpâ!
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2024.05.24 00:17 IgneusLupis14 AITAH for going off on a football coach after he refused to let me back into practice?
I (17f) am in football training for my high school, one of the only girls in the schools' 75-year history. I am overweight (important to story) and joined a weighttraining class at the start of the semester (January for me), and enjoy that class very much, HOWEVER, due to policy changes on the schoolboard, I will not have access to that class without being on a sports team, and I'd rather not pay 50 dollars a month for a gym in my area.
I am in an internship with a local theatre company, so football was the only sport that worked with my incredibly busy schedule. We have spring training and summer training, and spring training ended as of yesterday when I write this.
I was sick for a while due to complications of me being overweight. Part of the reason I joined the weighttraing class was to help with my weight. I messaged a coach this explaining why I would not be there for a few days, and how I was doing what training I could I home with the help of my brother (Also a football player).
The coach never responded.
When I showed back up for practice, my football gear, which I was forced to keep in a corner in some side room due to the fact that I wasn't allowed to have a locker, wasn't there. My cleats were missing, my shouldekneepads were gone, helmet put away, etc.
When I asked the coach about this. He explained that I was being held to a higher standard due to being female, and talked about how I needed to cut my hair short (a rule none of the boys are held too, and at the time my hair was long enough that I was able to keep it in a ponytail without an issue) before summer training started as I was not welcome back for spring training.
He said that because I was sick for the days I missed, I failed to hold myself to a higher standard (that I wasn't aware of). I got pissed off but shut my mouth as I knew it better not to yell at my football coaches.
When I asked where my cleats were, he said that they were thrown in the community bin since I decided not to work through being sick. I searched for 5 minutes, and they had been purposely put at the bottom of the bin.
When I saw that coach again after getting my cleats, I told him that I felt incredibly disrespected and that if there was a problem, he should have messaged or emailed me. He told me that he did (lie) and that I never responded.
I gave up on being respectful and called him out on holding me to a different standard than the rest of the team just because I was female, and that I was just as capable of being on this team as the rest of the boys. I told him that just because my hair was longer and I didn't have balls didn't mean I deserved to get treated like an outcast by coaches and other students as those students follow their coaches lead, meaning I was getting harassed outside of practice.
He called me an entitled brat and told me to go home, which I gladly did. I ended up with a migrane due to anger and blood pressure.
So, am I the asshole?
Edits: Grammar Issues
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I am in an internship with a local theatre company, so football was the only sport that worked with my incredibly busy schedule. We have spring training and summer training, and spring training ended as of yesterday when I write this.
I was sick for a while due to complications of me being overweight. Part of the reason I joined the weighttraing class was to help with my weight. I messaged a coach this explaining why I would not be there for a few days, and how I was doing what training I could I home with the help of my brother (Also a football player).
The coach never responded.
When I showed back up for practice, my football gear, which I was forced to keep in a corner in some side room due to the fact that I wasn't allowed to have a locker, wasn't there. My cleats were missing, my shouldekneepads were gone, helmet put away, etc.
When I asked the coach about this. He explained that I was being held to a higher standard due to being female, and talked about how I needed to cut my hair short (a rule none of the boys are held too, and at the time my hair was long enough that I was able to keep it in a ponytail without an issue) before summer training started as I was not welcome back for spring training.
He said that because I was sick for the days I missed, I failed to hold myself to a higher standard (that I wasn't aware of). I got pissed off but shut my mouth as I knew it better not to yell at my football coaches.
When I asked where my cleats were, he said that they were thrown in the community bin since I decided not to work through being sick. I searched for 5 minutes, and they had been purposely put at the bottom of the bin.
When I saw that coach again after getting my cleats, I told him that I felt incredibly disrespected and that if there was a problem, he should have messaged or emailed me. He told me that he did (lie) and that I never responded.
I gave up on being respectful and called him out on holding me to a different standard than the rest of the team just because I was female, and that I was just as capable of being on this team as the rest of the boys. I told him that just because my hair was longer and I didn't have balls didn't mean I deserved to get treated like an outcast by coaches and other students as those students follow their coaches lead, meaning I was getting harassed outside of practice.
He called me an entitled brat and told me to go home, which I gladly did. I ended up with a migrane due to anger and blood pressure.
So, am I the asshole?
Edits: Grammar Issues
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2024.05.24 00:14 Dolphinflavored Chronicle and summary of Keith Gill AKA DFVâs memes: Spicy Memelord, or Master Storyteller? Part 2
Intro
Whatâs up apes. In this post, Iâm gonna write out a loooong wall of text to give my interpretation of DFV's memes. In my writing, I will defend my interpretation using examples and references to the memes themselves. I am not the end-all be-all for how to interpret DFV's memes. So please, tear me apart. As I watched the videos, however, I saw a crystal clear story emerge that I haven't seen in other posts as of yet.I believe that his entire series of memes, and each meme on its own, could be viewed in 2 ways: things that have already happened, or things that have yet to happen. The meaning changes drastically depending on how you view it. Based on feedback from my last post, I've adjusted my view, and I no longer believe that his tweets are in perfect chronological order when viewed in reverse. I do still believe that some, but not all, his posts follow a chronological order, though.
Also, I use acronyms: KG stands for Keith Gill, DFV stands for DeepFuckingValue, and RK stands for Roaring Kitty. There is a slight difference between them!
Very much noteworthy: there are clear segments of this story - ACTS if you will. This is how I will separate my posts. I aim to make 4 posts
PROLOGUE ACT 1 ACT 2 ACT 3
ACT I
Post HearingElaine Dancing
The music here is âOne Danceâ. This to me shows that after the hearing, Keith Gill gained immense attention - not all of it was good. His âone danceâ in the spotlight elicited some wry looks from the audience. This could also be a reference to the old adage: "Don't Dance." (from The Big Short)
Aladdin
I am led to believe that K.G. is Aladdin in this meme. He is chased down by an oppressive force (whoever or whatever it is that is putting pressure on him to keep quiet). âRip him open, take it back guysâ begins the video. Perhaps K.G. received violent threats from viewers of the hearing, or threats from other financial entities that lost money during the sneeze. This meme shows almost word for word Keithâs new attitude moving forward: âgotta take the hint gotta face the factsâ. Aladdin is viewed as a âvandalâ, a âstreet ratâ by the city - K.G. is viewed similarly by people who view him as a financial terrorist. He needs to âstay aheadâ of the slowpokes, theyâre quick, but heâs much faster. All of this alludes to a strategy to âlay lowâ.
Say something!
Reiterating the previous meme: The man specifically says âI prefer really not to speak. If I speak I am in big trouble. And I donât want to be in big trouble.â Can't get much more direct than this.
It's Always Sunny
The meme opens with âLetâs talk aboutâŚâ which gets cut off by Danny Devito saying âI ainât talkin about nothinâ.â This, and each of the cast of the showâs behaviors, simply reinforces DFVâs lay low strategy - radio silence is his plan. This meme may also have a second meaning - DFVâs radio silence might be taxing on him. It would be safe to assume that if he got a lot of heat from the hearing (for instance, death threats) that he might want to confide in a therapist. This meme might be depicting how this whole situation with the hearing was difficult for him to bear. The drawing that Dennis shows the therapist has GameStop logos imposed on it - I interpret this as Keith Gill feeling a bit insane trying to recount this saga to a therapist, or even just anyone he might confide in. How often are all of someoneâs life problems caused by a "dying brick and mortar company"??
Newman from Seinfeld
Newman is Roaring Kitty in this meme, as evidenced by the text imposed over the dialogue. Here he is hanging with his neighbors and friends, when his friends ask about what he does for a living. George asks him something, but the text says this: âarenât those the guys that always go crazy and come back with an arsenal of memes and blast everybody?â to which Newman replies âsometimes.â
To me this meme is showing how K.G. behaves around friends. He mustâve gained heaps of unwanted attention from that hearing - when having conversations about his casual life, the question of what he does for work must come up. This inevitably leads to discussion about GameStop. This of course leads to skepticism from his friends. Eventually, when Newman (Kitty) gets carried away talking about the Postal Service (GameStop) his friends need to tell him to calm down. Reinforcing the idea that he thinks he must sound crazy to those around him. Of course, there isn't anyone decent who believes he's crazy. He's an intelligent investor.
This is art?
Get it? Perhaps the painting represents K.G.âs madness for GameStop - and when he shows it to someone it appears like an abstract art piece, rather than a sound investment. His friend feigns understanding and appreciation to appease him. Of course, I could be wrong. The painting probably has some significance - it looks as though the red background was added on.
SNL Whatcha Say
I don't know enough to speak on this one. I assume it might be detailing a falling out with his friends, where each one backstabs the other? A more likely story is that it's SHF's passing the bags on to each other.
Sad Wojak
This is self explanatory, but in the context of the story, I interpret this as Roaring Kitty putting on a brave face even though he is really struggling to deal with his reputation, personal life, and line of work.
Iâmma stick beside âem
This shows a video of a woman saying sheâll stick beside Roaring Kitty. Even though he might look like a run-down, down-and-out man, sheâll stick it out with him. This must be Keith Gillâs wife sticking with him despite the negative attention K.G. is getting. Thank god.
The Villain
This shows a man pulling out his phone to read some text in a newspaper or article-type publication that reads: âRoaring Kitty is the villainâ. This emphasizes some of the publicâs negative view of Roaring Kitty.
Tell Them What Happened!
This video shows a heated argument between Keith Gill and perhaps his wife (or his previous followers). It appears that the woman is trying to appeal to his sense of reason: to come clean and be true. The manâs words seem to cut deep here âIf we run, I gotta live like this - I donât even know who Iâm hiding from.â This seems to be Keith Gill saying he is still laying low - he canât risk speaking or else heâll be in trouble. He then says âI gotta stay here, I gotta figure this out.â This indicates to me that he has a desire to get to the bottom of GameStopâs shorts strategy, despite the resistance he is facing. He receives an encouraging âso figure it out.â
And so begins a long car chase. During this chase, it seems that through cunning maneuvers, he is able to shake his pursuer, and make it into a garage labeled âexit strategyâ.
He pulls in and parks.
The next sequence shows someone getting out of a car in a parking garage and assuming an incognito demeanor (hat tipped down, steady slow gait). The steady, driving beat emphasizes this. In the context of the story so far: Roaring Kitty has shaken his pursuers and he has found out the exit strategy of those who are short on GameStop. He is on the âinsideâ, behind enemy lines.
Jay Clayton: (hit the limit for links on my post)
This one was created on the fly, I believe. Not much to interpret - RK's saying that it's not his doing that GME's up
What's on the notepad?
His next tweet in line: In the context of the story, considering the previous tweets, this rugged bearded man seems misfit in this lavish, corporate environment. It seems like Roaring Kitty is the bearded man, and he has quote unquote âinfiltratedâ the enemy. He sees the man in the suit write something down - perhaps it is the shortâs exit plan? What he came there to find? The notepad reads âCohenâ. I believe this refers to âSteve Cohenâ, not Ryan Cohen. Because the previous tweet we saw RK infiltrating the exit strategy. Here he is now in their office. But⌠when he finds out what he wrote on the notepad, it turns out to be a crude doodle of a dude with his dick out (thereâs probably a name for that drawing). Could this mean that Roaring Kitty found the shorts Exit Strategy, and after all, itâs barely thought out, hastily made, crude and poorly conceived? Of course, it could also be interpreted as anything else.
Donât Fear the Reaper (SNL Skit)
I believe this meme is K.G. realizing that GameStop doesnât need to fear the reaper because the shorts exit strategy is full of holes. Itâs so full of holes that heâs celebrating by adding lots and lots of cowbell. The reaper comes back later in his tweets as well.
Going through bullshit (Everything Everywhere All At Once)
Ethos. This meme is establishing K.G. as a credible source. He is claiming that his practices are sound because he has the qualifications to back them up. He also sees something significant where others might just see forms and numbers.
Blood Bloody Bloody
To me, the change in tone from his previous memes makes me believe this is depicting those hedge funds who are short in GME. It shows how brave (or foolish) the shorts are to take hits, and maybe die (metaphorically), just to spite other short hedge funds. The car in this video drives straight into a lumber carrying truck, which turns at the last second to avoid a head on collision. Alas, the car and its inhabitants survive, to spite the car it passed as a result. The song is also significant: bloody usually means a âred dayâ in the markets, meaning dips in the prices of securities. This further alludes to the idea that shorts will do whatever it takes, even risk capitulating, just to spite, or get ahead of other hedge funds.
On the Bojack Horseman snippet: This represents the shorts having a clearly marked âEXITâ stare at them in the face. But they dont want to take the exit, they donât want to drive out of the way of the lumber truck. Theyâre ânot doneâ. Perhaps this is referring to a real situation that happened, rather than a hypothetical one? Which one I wonder.
What is Rock Really About?
To me, this video is explaining what the purpose of this saga really is. Sticking it to the man. Looking out for the little guy. It also ends with âyou gotta break the rules!â Hmm. The next tweet ties into this.
Music Video
Take your hands off the wheel, the cops are comin, listenin to the music with no fear, you can hear it too if youâre sincere. âCause Iâm a punk rocker, yes I am. This directly correlates with his âpreviousâ tweet about rock. In conjunction with the School of Rock tweet, could this mean that if we want to stick it to the man, that we have be fearless, and break the rules? Still unclear what he would be referring to though.
Canât Stop whatâs Cominâ
Simply put, the SHFâs are powerless to stop their short positions from closing.
Wrestling
This video shows a wrestler going into a ring overflowing with fighters, only to beat them all with ease one after another. Perhaps this is alluding to a sole, powerful idea or investor, who is able to go into a cesspool of baddies and clean it up? Seems like Ryan Cohen is a fitting figure for this metaphor and how he cleaned up GameStop and turned it around.
Sicario
The character closes the door on a doubleyou ess bee character. Perhaps this indicates shutting the door on gambling. I interpret this as Ryan Cohen trying to distance GameStop from being a meme stock? I don't know enough about the media in question that's being used here, I'm sure it would add more context.
Busta Rhyme
To me, this rap is from the perspective of R.K., asking Ryan Cohen to put his hands where he can see them. I believe R.K. is very taken by R.C.âs GameStop strategy but wants to see it unfold first. For example, âif you really wanna party with meâ meaning âif you really wanna make this company profitable, lets see how you do it.â
Only a matter of time
The song is titled only a matter of time. To me this meme indicates a long waiting period - Roaring Kitty is sat at his desk making memes, perhaps waiting for something to happen. This could be signaling impatience, or maybe disappointment even, in the lack of action in terms of GME.
Another Work Question:
Similar to the Newman meme, here R.K. is at a fancy party when he is asked what he does. He says he makes GameStop memes, which, taken with the context of the original clip, is kind of a throwaway answer, and something that the speaker doesnât seem too proud of. His partner (wife?) chimes in saying âKeith could be a really great investor if he wanted to beâ. He then makes a comparison between buildings being âdisposableâ and greeting cards being âsomething that lasts foreverâ. Itâs clear that even the actor in the clip doesnât believe what he is saying. We can infer that meaning to what R.K. is saying through the text here as well. To me this means: albeit regrettably, making memes is the more effective route for Roaring Kitty right now, because investment theses have fallen short when put up against the Hedge Funds who donât play fair.
This concludes Part 2. I already have the rest of my interpretation written, I'm just keeping things digestible for apes to read.
TL;DR:
This next batch of tweets seems to be detailing how he felt after the court hearing. Although, it is obviously open to interpretation. The next "act", as I'm proposing, will detail his new strategy and demeanor leading up to the past couple weeks.Like I said, I am not an oracle - I don't know exactly what DFV is thinking. But I wrote this out because I was seeing something that no one else appeared to be seeing. I very well may be an ape who had too many crayons for dinner. Anyway, thanks for reading. Let's chat in the comments!
2024.05.24 00:11 what_the_-_-_-_ DCAS mid-season review!
Usually every 2 weeks I make a post going over my initial reactions to the newest episodes of DCAS as they come out. This time however, I decided to do something a little different and talk about my thoughts on the first half of the season and not just the newest episode, which I'll also bring up here. DCAS has a lot of potential to be the best Disventure Camp season yet, but is that potential being utilized to the fullest? In this post I'll go over a few main things that stick out to me as a viewer in the few last episodes and I think are worthy of bringing up for a discussion as the season moves forward.
Now onto the production staff and merge cast: - Nina, Marcus and Oliver basically don't exist, - Trevor, Derek and Krystal also don't get much focus aside from the sidelined love triangle, - Emily got fired by both Yul and Krystal. I'm really interested in seeing how her plot goes and I hope she doesn't get sidelined or straight up forgotten, - Alec hasn't done anything since episode 4 and his story with Fiore was cut short for no reason when it could've been so easily resolved with a simple conversation, - Riya hasn't done anything at all other than be funny and give us glimpses of a redemption arc, which once again, is getting cut short for no reason, - Grett is getting fat shamed each episode by Yul and does nothing or talk with anyone outside of it, - Yul bullies Grett and is comedic relief which actually works. He's the best character this season so far as he does his job well without hinting at more then not delivering, - Gabby became relevant at all only 2 episodes ago so I won't be too harsh on her as she finally has something going on, - I can't stand Aiden. Episodes 7 & 10 were nearly as low of a point for him as S2E9. He actively takes away screen time with a plot he's completely unnecessary to at this point and is extremely annoying while he's at it. Is he supposed to be Tom's support character or something? If so, then he's not doing a good job and is ruining his own character by being associated with Tom. I don't know wtf they're doing with the entire love triangle trio and it includes the hypocritical skunk over here as well, - Tom outside of his exhausting plot with Jake has nothing. He does nothing this season to distract you from how awful he is at handling basically anything and it's so tiring to watch, - Jake is the main character and he's surely something. Is he carrying the season in the entertainment department? Yes, and am I happy to see him have more focus? Yes, but it's WAY too much. He has his bs with Tom (Im praying they dont get back together) and rivalry with Ally so he at least has plot so I can't complain too much about him. I do have to say tho, even as the biggest Jake stan and defender out there, I'm getting exhausted. Give him a breather episode or 2 and focus on someone else. The direction they're taking his character is extremely confusing as well but that's conversation for another day, - Ally was sidelined so hard after episode 6 it makes me sad. She was my favorite in the first 6 episodes and has so much potential that's not being utilized at all, - Ashley did nothing but pretend to give Jake good advice without ever actually helping him. Don't even get me started on her "revenge" on Fiore. That was so unsatisfying and she celebrated like she just defeated the devil with her bare hands as if Fiore wasn't in the worst position on the team since the beginning. She did basically nothing with twice as many episodes here than the 5 she got in season 1.
Let me do some math here. There's 25 characters and out of those: - 5 have no plots at all/dont exist (James, Lake, Oliver, Marcus, Nina) - 5 are support characters with nothing going on for themselves (Ashley, Tess, Connor, Aiden, Krystal) - 1 was a plot device (Miriam) - 7 have their plots either put on pause or cut short with no satisfying resolution (Alec, Fiore, Riya, Hunter, Ally, Ellie, Derek)
That leaves us with Emily, Trevor, Gabby, Grett, Yul, Jake & Tom being involved in plots that are actually making any progress, and said progress is slow as all hell. Do we need to see Grett be bullied for 7 episodes straight and just take it without standing up for herself? Surely this could've been wrapped up without dragging it out or at the very least bring something new to the table. It's the same thing over and over each episode.
I know that's the show's format but switch it up a little! Have some fun with it! Give me a twist! A team swap, auto elimination, Jensen coming back from the dead, different locations, a gimmick shaking up the challenge, immunity idols, ANYTHING to keep it fresh and exciting. Watching 9 episodes going this exact same way gets repetitive.
The actual challenges themselves are something I want to see be more creative in general. The singing episode was a ton of fun, the triathlon was cool and even the first 2 challenges were fun because we got to see new stuff like animals and an underwater episode. But the recent challenges have been lackluster. We got pushing big beautiful balls down a hill, walking around a fake spaceship, slip and slide basketball and plain paintball. In episode 10 they just walk around and argue. The challenge is completely sidelined and for what?? There isn't even a spin to this one, it's literally just paintball. At least in S1 it was combined with capture the flag and there were more people to make it more chaotic but here? What a bore.
Why were the Riya and Connor, Huntally or Gabbellie plots rushed but Jam and YulREGrett are allowed to go on for forever without making any progress? Literally only Jake is undergoing any sort of development out of the 4 and his narrative is all over the place making it hard to even get invested in his story if you're not already a die hard fan. It seems like the show itself doesn't know whether he should be seen as the one in the right or not in the entire love triangle and keeps flip-floping between wanting the audience to like & despise him. Same with Tom but I asked this question on another (flop) post. Gretts development is also taking forever and we all know Yul ain't changing.
This is a repost because I made some embarrassing mistakes I needed to fix lmao.
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PART 1 - THE CAST
I don't have any issues with the cast chosen at all. There are a few characters I wouldn't call All Stars myself (Ashley and Connor mainly) but I can see why they made the cut over characters like Dan or Rosa Maria (+ Karol, robbed queens and king đ). The production staff being combined from both seasons we've had so far is nice and I especially enjoy the addition of Emily. Let's talk about what this cast does in the actual season so far.PART 2 - THE PLOTS
The great cast we have is given barely anything to work with. The merge is the perfect example of it as out of the 10 contestants who did make it to the merge without the comeback only half of them are involved in an ongoing storyline. I'll get into that in a bit but first let's talk about the premergers: - I'll cut James and Lake the slack as they're the first 2 boots coming into the season with no plot. Cutting them early set things up nicely and spared us from them floating through the game for no reason, - Miriam is also spared as despite being the third boot, she still served a purpose, didn't overstay her welcome and did exactly what she needed to do, which was expose the villains alliance, - My issues start with Hunter's elimination. He gets no closure. He comes back for another season with Ally who he has relationship issues with and doesn't get to resolve them. The show acknowledges this with Ally saying she wishes they could've talked things out in episode 6 and yet, this went nowhere right as it was beginning to be interesting. He opens up to Tess about it and so does Ally through confessionals and whatnot but once again, it went nowhere. Aside from that Hunter bullies Fiore, which while entertaining, isn't much. He was definitely cut earlier than he should've been, - Connor is a support character to Riya and just like majority of support characters this season, fails to actually help the character he's supposed to grow. Unlike Hunter, he gets closure. He cuts Riya off, is unceremoniously voted out by the villains alliance, gives a little speech and leaves. This closure feels rushed because this plot lasts 6 episodes and spends 2 (episodes 4 & 5), which are 1/3 of its time, on pause, then ends in the next episode out of nowhere. What was even the point of bringing back Connor if the one plot he gets isn't even going to get a satisfying conclusion? I mean, him cutting off Riya is satisfying don't get me wrong, but the way it went down is rather disappointing. Why do you think he's a top contender for the comeback amongst the community? - Fiore also didn't do much. She wasn't going to make it far, we all knew it, and yet, she feels wasted despite those low hopes. The one thing she had going for her this season was to reconcile with Alec. That's what people wanted to see and the show built it up and hinted towards that being the case from E2-E6 but they never do. I know they're on different teams but we saw them sneaking off to talk to each other, why did they not reconcile then? Why did Alec not even care when she got voted off despite helping her stay in the game all this time? The problem with Fiore this season isn't that she went too early, its that they built up her story for 5 episodes only to forget about it, eliminate her unceremoniously and forget she even existed. She had one job and she didn't even do that. At least she was funny, I guess. (I just saw that one Fiore greeting lol, guess the Alec reconciliation ain't happening đ), - Ellie... What a waste. I don't even like her all that much but MY GOD did they do her dirty. The first half of the season built up the Gabbellie angst only for it to go nowhere. Ellie's story was cut short right when it was beginning to be interesting. When we finally get to see more of Gabbellie and have a possibility of an Ellie redemption arc or her going full villain or whatever, she's out the same episode, that mind you, she's not even the main focus of. She had arguably the most potential going into the season and I knew she'd be a premerge boot, but damn, it still sucks to see her be so full of potential just waiting for her 5 minutes to shine and never get it, - The last premerger, Tess, comes into the season with the intention of being a support character for Hunter & Ally who are on the other team. Instead she screws Ellie over in a failed attempt at being a support character for the Gabbellie duo. Her voting off Ellie makes sense for her character but ultimately not only cut Ellie's plot early but also justified Ellie's distrust in people. She's always sticking her nose in everyone's business in an attempt to help them out without knowing the full picture and ending up making things worse in the long run. I'm so glad Gabby called her out on it in episode 9 and didn't take every word spewed her way as gospel like everyone else. She was boring all season long and once again, like other premergers, she's eliminated in the same episode she starts to get interesting. I'm not sad that Tess is gone but she still could've done more interesting stuff with her screen time.Now onto the production staff and merge cast: - Nina, Marcus and Oliver basically don't exist, - Trevor, Derek and Krystal also don't get much focus aside from the sidelined love triangle, - Emily got fired by both Yul and Krystal. I'm really interested in seeing how her plot goes and I hope she doesn't get sidelined or straight up forgotten, - Alec hasn't done anything since episode 4 and his story with Fiore was cut short for no reason when it could've been so easily resolved with a simple conversation, - Riya hasn't done anything at all other than be funny and give us glimpses of a redemption arc, which once again, is getting cut short for no reason, - Grett is getting fat shamed each episode by Yul and does nothing or talk with anyone outside of it, - Yul bullies Grett and is comedic relief which actually works. He's the best character this season so far as he does his job well without hinting at more then not delivering, - Gabby became relevant at all only 2 episodes ago so I won't be too harsh on her as she finally has something going on, - I can't stand Aiden. Episodes 7 & 10 were nearly as low of a point for him as S2E9. He actively takes away screen time with a plot he's completely unnecessary to at this point and is extremely annoying while he's at it. Is he supposed to be Tom's support character or something? If so, then he's not doing a good job and is ruining his own character by being associated with Tom. I don't know wtf they're doing with the entire love triangle trio and it includes the hypocritical skunk over here as well, - Tom outside of his exhausting plot with Jake has nothing. He does nothing this season to distract you from how awful he is at handling basically anything and it's so tiring to watch, - Jake is the main character and he's surely something. Is he carrying the season in the entertainment department? Yes, and am I happy to see him have more focus? Yes, but it's WAY too much. He has his bs with Tom (Im praying they dont get back together) and rivalry with Ally so he at least has plot so I can't complain too much about him. I do have to say tho, even as the biggest Jake stan and defender out there, I'm getting exhausted. Give him a breather episode or 2 and focus on someone else. The direction they're taking his character is extremely confusing as well but that's conversation for another day, - Ally was sidelined so hard after episode 6 it makes me sad. She was my favorite in the first 6 episodes and has so much potential that's not being utilized at all, - Ashley did nothing but pretend to give Jake good advice without ever actually helping him. Don't even get me started on her "revenge" on Fiore. That was so unsatisfying and she celebrated like she just defeated the devil with her bare hands as if Fiore wasn't in the worst position on the team since the beginning. She did basically nothing with twice as many episodes here than the 5 she got in season 1.
Let me do some math here. There's 25 characters and out of those: - 5 have no plots at all/dont exist (James, Lake, Oliver, Marcus, Nina) - 5 are support characters with nothing going on for themselves (Ashley, Tess, Connor, Aiden, Krystal) - 1 was a plot device (Miriam) - 7 have their plots either put on pause or cut short with no satisfying resolution (Alec, Fiore, Riya, Hunter, Ally, Ellie, Derek)
That leaves us with Emily, Trevor, Gabby, Grett, Yul, Jake & Tom being involved in plots that are actually making any progress, and said progress is slow as all hell. Do we need to see Grett be bullied for 7 episodes straight and just take it without standing up for herself? Surely this could've been wrapped up without dragging it out or at the very least bring something new to the table. It's the same thing over and over each episode.
PART 3 - THE EPISODES ARE REPETITIVE
Now that I mentioned it, I might as well expand. I noticed the episodes follow a certain formula: - Around 7 minutes of pre-challange character interactions we've seen multiple times already with rarely adding anything new to them, - A bit of trauma dumping from a few characters, - Production staff scene lasting around 2 minutes, - A boring and very quick challenge portion not even focused on the challenge, - Pre elimination scene where the big thing of the episode happens, - Elimination ceremony.I know that's the show's format but switch it up a little! Have some fun with it! Give me a twist! A team swap, auto elimination, Jensen coming back from the dead, different locations, a gimmick shaking up the challenge, immunity idols, ANYTHING to keep it fresh and exciting. Watching 9 episodes going this exact same way gets repetitive.
The actual challenges themselves are something I want to see be more creative in general. The singing episode was a ton of fun, the triathlon was cool and even the first 2 challenges were fun because we got to see new stuff like animals and an underwater episode. But the recent challenges have been lackluster. We got pushing big beautiful balls down a hill, walking around a fake spaceship, slip and slide basketball and plain paintball. In episode 10 they just walk around and argue. The challenge is completely sidelined and for what?? There isn't even a spin to this one, it's literally just paintball. At least in S1 it was combined with capture the flag and there were more people to make it more chaotic but here? What a bore.
PART 4 - THE PACING
Adding to the bore is the pacing of the few plots that we do get to see actually move at all. Tom & Jake could've easily been wrapping up their bs by now, Grett & Yul also could've wrapped it up premerge and... That's basically it because those are the 2 plots consistently and actively getting any room to be explored leaving little screen time for the others.Why were the Riya and Connor, Huntally or Gabbellie plots rushed but Jam and YulREGrett are allowed to go on for forever without making any progress? Literally only Jake is undergoing any sort of development out of the 4 and his narrative is all over the place making it hard to even get invested in his story if you're not already a die hard fan. It seems like the show itself doesn't know whether he should be seen as the one in the right or not in the entire love triangle and keeps flip-floping between wanting the audience to like & despise him. Same with Tom but I asked this question on another (flop) post. Gretts development is also taking forever and we all know Yul ain't changing.
PART 5 - OUTRO
I'm sorry if this came out way more negative than I intended it to be but I wanted to get my feelings about this out as it does make me a little worried for the rest of the season. It's not even that it's bad, far from it, I think it has potential to be the best DC season yet, but with the last 3 episodes (excluding episode 9) the season is losing its momentum. I'm hoping the quality picks up again and the second half ends up being amazing. Please don't crucify me for this lol. My opinion isn't important and I'm still enjoying the season quite a bit but certainly see ways it could feel more complete. Can't wait to watch the rest of it!This is a repost because I made some embarrassing mistakes I needed to fix lmao.
2024.05.24 00:10 tsumoogle my thoughts on the game a few hours in
ok so I've only played for about..2-3 hours maybe? And just reached the part where you meet Scar. Some of this is subject to change the more i play or in future updates but here are my first impressions after a few hours on launch day.
Let's start with the good
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Let's start with the good
- I like the combat. It feels very fun even though I feel like I don't fully understand it and am mostly just mashing buttons. It feels very fun and the animations are cool. I really like the intro and outro mechanic though it's unclear to me why it gets triggered in certain times and not in others (you can tell by the flashing light on the character portraits). I know in like a week theorycrafters will already have determined the most "optimal" and meta way to play and do rotations and the like but it's just fun to do whatever when everything is so new.
- I like the feature where you can turn into or summon the creatures that you beat, i think they are called "echos" or something like that. It's pretty unique and helps sets it apart from certain games.
- I really like the running up a wall (and being able to jump over small obstacles while running up, obligatory "genshin could never") and the grappling hook thing. It feels so fun to move around. It feels like I'm spiderman or something.
- I like the exploration so far. I know I've barely explored it at all but i keep getting sidetracked on my way to do quests so I'm just taking that as a sign that it's good.
- The world is alright. I think I'm just desensitized by genshin and star rail and other video games worlds to really be amazed by it, but it's still a good looking world.
- Not really an actual opinion about the game but i just wanna say that i got the limited 5 star guy on the banner after a few pulls :3 why am i so lucky in any gacha game that isnt genshin.
- I've been having issues where the character talking cuts out too early or gets interrupted when i do something in the game and then starts over. Also in some spots the character almost gets drowned out by the music. I haven't changed the audio settings so I think by default it's like this. I've seen people talk about this in the subreddit too.
- Lots of people say that the english voice acting is bad and i can kinda see why they would think that. I don't think it's that bad but i don't think it's that good for the most part. A lot of the characters that I've met so far seem to sound a bit disinterested and unemotional. The delivery is just a little bit off on some characters. This isn't the case for all of them though.
- Moving around feels a little too weightless. It feels very nice to run around super fast but even just walking normally feels too fast and feels like you're going to crash into something. It feels like they could get carried away by the wind. The jumping is also a bit weird. Takes a bit of getting used to.
- I don't know if I'm just dumb and haven't gotten far enough in the story yet, but i don't really know what's going on. There are so many terms being thrown around that it's hard to keep up or really understand what they mean.
- Ok this last one is the biggest gripe I've had with the game even before i played it. I'm just gonna be blunt: The character designs are kinda boring and generic. They are not bad by any means but they aren't interesting enough. A week or two ago i saw a lineup of the characters posted to TopCharacterDesigns under the "hated designs" flair. Just looking at the characters together without any context, it was hard for me to really tell most of them apart or get a good feel for what each character's personality or lifestyle was like. They all look too similar. I don't know if it is an intentional choice because of story reasons or the setting but a lot of them dress very similarly and have similar hair colors and style. Out of a lineup of characters that i saw, only 4 or so really stood out to me. They also have the problem of being overly designed but not really adding anything to the design. I know this is common in gacha and vtuber designs but I'm not a big fan of it, especially as an artist. The biggest gripe I had with this is when Yangyang tells the main character that they don't look like they are from here. I really don't know how she could tell because in my eyes both of their outfits are similar in design and theme, especially female mc. I don't know the whole story yet, but mc does not look that much different from all the other characters nearby. But to be fair, genshin and star rail's mcs don't look that different from the other characters in that game. Again: The character designs aren't bad but they leave much to be desired and lots of them look too similar to each other. I know they aren't going to change the existing character designs, but I'm wondering if future designs will improve.
2024.05.24 00:05 Dolphinflavored Chronicle and summary of Keith Gill AKA DFVâs memes: Spicy Memelord, or Master Storyteller? Part 2
Intro
Whatâs up apes. In this post, Iâm gonna write out a loooong wall of text to give my interpretation of DFV's memes. In my writing, I will defend my interpretation using examples and references to the memes themselves. I am not the end-all be-all for how to interpret DFV's memes. So please, tear me apart. As I watched the videos, however, I saw a crystal clear story emerge that I haven't seen in other posts as of yet.I believe that his entire series of memes, and each meme on its own, could be viewed in 2 ways: things that have already happened, or things that have yet to happen. The meaning changes drastically depending on how you view it. Based on feedback from my last post, I've adjusted my view, and I no longer believe that his tweets are in perfect chronological order when viewed in reverse. I do still believe that some, but not all, his posts follow a chronological order, though.
Also, I use acronyms: KG stands for Keith Gill, DFV stands for DeepFuckingValue, and RK stands for Roaring Kitty. There is a slight difference between them!
Very much noteworthy: there are clear segments of this story - ACTS if you will. This is how I will separate my posts. I aim to make 4 posts
PROLOGUE ACT 1 ACT 2 ACT 3
ACT I
Post HearingElaine Dancing
The music here is âOne Danceâ. This to me shows that after the hearing, Keith Gill gained immense attention - not all of it was good. His âone danceâ in the spotlight elicited some wry looks from the audience. This could also be a reference to the old adage: "Don't Dance." (from The Big Short)
Aladdin
I am led to believe that K.G. is Aladdin in this meme. He is chased down by an oppressive force (whoever or whatever it is that is putting pressure on him to keep quiet). âRip him open, take it back guysâ begins the video. Perhaps K.G. received violent threats from viewers of the hearing, or threats from other financial entities that lost money during the sneeze. This meme shows almost word for word Keithâs new attitude moving forward: âgotta take the hint gotta face the factsâ. Aladdin is viewed as a âvandalâ, a âstreet ratâ by the city - K.G. is viewed similarly by people who view him as a financial terrorist. He needs to âstay aheadâ of the slowpokes, theyâre quick, but heâs much faster. All of this alludes to a strategy to âlay lowâ.
Say something!
Reiterating the previous meme: The man specifically says âI prefer really not to speak. If I speak I am in big trouble. And I donât want to be in big trouble.â Can't get much more direct than this.
It's Always Sunny
The meme opens with âLetâs talk aboutâŚâ which gets cut off by Danny Devito saying âI ainât talkin about nothinâ.â This, and each of the cast of the showâs behaviors, simply reinforces DFVâs lay low strategy - radio silence is his plan. This meme may also have a second meaning - DFVâs radio silence might be taxing on him. It would be safe to assume that if he got a lot of heat from the hearing (for instance, death threats) that he might want to confide in a therapist. This meme might be depicting how this whole situation with the hearing was difficult for him to bear. The drawing that Dennis shows the therapist has GameStop logos imposed on it - I interpret this as Keith Gill feeling a bit insane trying to recount this saga to a therapist, or even just anyone he might confide in. How often are all of someoneâs life problems caused by a "dying brick and mortar company"??
Newman from Seinfeld
Newman is Roaring Kitty in this meme, as evidenced by the text imposed over the dialogue. Here he is hanging with his neighbors and friends, when his friends ask about what he does for a living. George asks him something, but the text says this: âarenât those the guys that always go crazy and come back with an arsenal of memes and blast everybody?â to which Newman replies âsometimes.â
To me this meme is showing how K.G. behaves around friends. He mustâve gained heaps of unwanted attention from that hearing - when having conversations about his casual life, the question of what he does for work must come up. This inevitably leads to discussion about GameStop. This of course leads to skepticism from his friends. Eventually, when Newman (Kitty) gets carried away talking about the Postal Service (GameStop) his friends need to tell him to calm down. Reinforcing the idea that he thinks he must sound crazy to those around him. Of course, there isn't anyone decent who believes he's crazy. He's an intelligent investor.
This is art?
Get it? Perhaps the painting represents K.G.âs madness for GameStop - and when he shows it to someone it appears like an abstract art piece, rather than a sound investment. His friend feigns understanding and appreciation to appease him. Of course, I could be wrong. The painting probably has some significance - it looks as though the red background was added on.
SNL Whatcha Say
I don't know enough to speak on this one. I assume it might be detailing a falling out with his friends, where each one backstabs the other? A more likely story is that it's SHF's passing the bags on to each other.
Sad Wojak
This is self explanatory, but in the context of the story, I interpret this as Roaring Kitty putting on a brave face even though he is really struggling to deal with his reputation, personal life, and line of work.
Iâmma stick beside âem
This shows a video of a woman saying sheâll stick beside Roaring Kitty. Even though he might look like a run-down, down-and-out man, sheâll stick it out with him. This must be Keith Gillâs wife sticking with him despite the negative attention K.G. is getting. Thank god.
The Villain
This shows a man pulling out his phone to read some text in a newspaper or article-type publication that reads: âRoaring Kitty is the villainâ. This emphasizes some of the publicâs negative view of Roaring Kitty.
Tell Them What Happened!
This video shows a heated argument between Keith Gill and perhaps his wife (or his previous followers). It appears that the woman is trying to appeal to his sense of reason: to come clean and be true. The manâs words seem to cut deep here âIf we run, I gotta live like this - I donât even know who Iâm hiding from.â This seems to be Keith Gill saying he is still laying low - he canât risk speaking or else heâll be in trouble. He then says âI gotta stay here, I gotta figure this out.â This indicates to me that he has a desire to get to the bottom of GameStopâs shorts strategy, despite the resistance he is facing. He receives an encouraging âso figure it out.â
And so begins a long car chase. During this chase, it seems that through cunning maneuvers, he is able to shake his pursuer, and make it into a garage labeled âexit strategyâ.
He pulls in and parks.
The next sequence shows someone getting out of a car in a parking garage and assuming an incognito demeanor (hat tipped down, steady slow gait). The steady, driving beat emphasizes this. In the context of the story so far: Roaring Kitty has shaken his pursuers and he has found out the exit strategy of those who are short on GameStop. He is on the âinsideâ, behind enemy lines.
Jay Clayton: (hit the limit for links on my post)
This one was created on the fly, I believe. Not much to interpret - RK's saying that it's not his doing that GME's up
What's on the notepad?
His next tweet in line: In the context of the story, considering the previous tweets, this rugged bearded man seems misfit in this lavish, corporate environment. It seems like Roaring Kitty is the bearded man, and he has quote unquote âinfiltratedâ the enemy. He sees the man in the suit write something down - perhaps it is the shortâs exit plan? What he came there to find? The notepad reads âCohenâ. I believe this refers to âSteve Cohenâ, not Ryan Cohen. Because the previous tweet we saw RK infiltrating the exit strategy. Here he is now in their office. But⌠when he finds out what he wrote on the notepad, it turns out to be a crude doodle of a dude with his dick out (thereâs probably a name for that drawing). Could this mean that Roaring Kitty found the shorts Exit Strategy, and after all, itâs barely thought out, hastily made, crude and poorly conceived? Of course, it could also be interpreted as anything else.
Donât Fear the Reaper (SNL Skit)
I believe this meme is K.G. realizing that GameStop doesnât need to fear the reaper because the shorts exit strategy is full of holes. Itâs so full of holes that heâs celebrating by adding lots and lots of cowbell. The reaper comes back later in his tweets as well.
Going through bullshit (Everything Everywhere All At Once)
Ethos. This meme is establishing K.G. as a credible source. He is claiming that his practices are sound because he has the qualifications to back them up. He also sees something significant where others might just see forms and numbers.
Blood Bloody Bloody
To me, the change in tone from his previous memes makes me believe this is depicting those hedge funds who are short in GME. It shows how brave (or foolish) the shorts are to take hits, and maybe die (metaphorically), just to spite other short hedge funds. The car in this video drives straight into a lumber carrying truck, which turns at the last second to avoid a head on collision. Alas, the car and its inhabitants survive, to spite the car it passed as a result. The song is also significant: bloody usually means a âred dayâ in the markets, meaning dips in the prices of securities. This further alludes to the idea that shorts will do whatever it takes, even risk capitulating, just to spite, or get ahead of other hedge funds.
On the Bojack Horseman snippet: This represents the shorts having a clearly marked âEXITâ stare at them in the face. But they dont want to take the exit, they donât want to drive out of the way of the lumber truck. Theyâre ânot doneâ. Perhaps this is referring to a real situation that happened, rather than a hypothetical one? Which one I wonder.
What is Rock Really About?
To me, this video is explaining what the purpose of this saga really is. Sticking it to the man. Looking out for the little guy. It also ends with âyou gotta break the rules!â Hmm. The next tweet ties into this.
Music Video
Take your hands off the wheel, the cops are comin, listenin to the music with no fear, you can hear it too if youâre sincere. âCause Iâm a punk rocker, yes I am. This directly correlates with his âpreviousâ tweet about rock. In conjunction with the School of Rock tweet, could this mean that if we want to stick it to the man, that we have be fearless, and break the rules? Still unclear what he would be referring to though.
Canât Stop whatâs Cominâ
Simply put, the SHFâs are powerless to stop their short positions from closing.
Wrestling
This video shows a wrestler going into a ring overflowing with fighters, only to beat them all with ease one after another. Perhaps this is alluding to a sole, powerful idea or investor, who is able to go into a cesspool of baddies and clean it up? Seems like Ryan Cohen is a fitting figure for this metaphor and how he cleaned up GameStop and turned it around.
Sicario
The character closes the door on a doubleyou ess bee character. Perhaps this indicates shutting the door on gambling. I interpret this as Ryan Cohen trying to distance GameStop from being a meme stock? I don't know enough about the media in question that's being used here, I'm sure it would add more context.
Busta Rhyme
To me, this rap is from the perspective of R.K., asking Ryan Cohen to put his hands where he can see them. I believe R.K. is very taken by R.C.âs GameStop strategy but wants to see it unfold first. For example, âif you really wanna party with meâ meaning âif you really wanna make this company profitable, lets see how you do it.â
Only a matter of time
The song is titled only a matter of time. To me this meme indicates a long waiting period - Roaring Kitty is sat at his desk making memes, perhaps waiting for something to happen. This could be signaling impatience, or maybe disappointment even, in the lack of action in terms of GME.
Another Work Question:
Similar to the Newman meme, here R.K. is at a fancy party when he is asked what he does. He says he makes GameStop memes, which, taken with the context of the original clip, is kind of a throwaway answer, and something that the speaker doesnât seem too proud of. His partner (wife?) chimes in saying âKeith could be a really great investor if he wanted to beâ. He then makes a comparison between buildings being âdisposableâ and greeting cards being âsomething that lasts foreverâ. Itâs clear that even the actor in the clip doesnât believe what he is saying. We can infer that meaning to what R.K. is saying through the text here as well. To me this means: albeit regrettably, making memes is the more effective route for Roaring Kitty right now, because investment theses have fallen short when put up against the Hedge Funds who donât play fair.
This concludes Part 2. I already have the rest of my interpretation written, I'm just keeping things digestible for apes to read.
TL;DR:
This next batch of tweets seems to be detailing how he felt after the court hearing. Although, it is obviously open to interpretation. The next "act", as I'm proposing, will detail his new strategy and demeanor leading up to the past couple weeks.Like I said, I am not an oracle - I don't know exactly what DFV is thinking. But I wrote this out because I was seeing something that no one else appeared to be seeing. I very well may be an ape who had too many crayons for dinner. Anyway, thanks for reading. Let's chat in the comments!
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2024.05.23 23:48 Xenobrina Collection of developer responses from 5/23/24 AMA
This is a collection of responses from the competitiveoverwatch AMA from developers u/Blizz_Alec , u/Blizz_JNoh , u/Blizz_Hudson , and u/Blizz_Jodie . Thank you for your information!
Edit: Link to the original competitiveoverwatch thread
Alec answering question from North-Blueberry-7710 about testing in Mirrorwatch
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Edit: Link to the original competitiveoverwatch thread
Alec answering question from North-Blueberry-7710 about testing in Mirrorwatch
No secret testing of anything upcoming in the immediate! We do look at how some changes play out though when they become more real and get lots of games, I think the Bastion Ultimate in particular was quite fun even if very loud and on the border technically. Reinhardt's Frenzy passive was also something we played around with internally but it was quite hard to communicate effectively. It's always good to see what players get excited about when there are more wacky ideas such as Mirrorwatch or April Fool's, some of those could become real down the line.Alec answering question from swamp_god about Cassidy and Reaper changes
The two upcoming updates that were mentioned were for Cassidy and Reaper.Jnoh answering question from Headedbigfoot8 about the hardest hero to balance in each role
For Cassidy, we started some exploration pre-Season 9 for his update. Due to where he was at that time, this update was originally looking at multiple pieces of his kit but we saw the Season 9 changes largely benefit him so the update has gotten more focused on Magnetic Grenade and other Quality of Life updates (specifically to his Ultimate). In Season 11 we are updating Magnetic Grenade. It will behave closer to old Flashbang (no magnetic homing to the target, used in the short range) and will slow/hinder the target. We think that plays a lot better with his kit and removes some of the larger frustrations around Magnetic Grenade. More specifics on all that soon.
For Reaper, we went fairly wide as well in the beginning and then started to focus closely on updating Shadow Step. At the moment, we have something we quite like but it's actually a large technical challenge and we are in the process of planning out the work/seeing what's possible. In the meantime, we may buff Reaper in some non-Tank Buster ways as he lost a lot in the most recent update.
Probably Sombra due to permanent invisibility restricting how deadly we can make her but also because she is a hero that excels with strong team coordination.Hudson answering question from walter_2010 about average playtester rank
There are a handful of other heroes with performance stats that differ greatly from the broader community perception of them and that can create difficulty in how we approach balancing them as well.
A huge part of our team culture revolves around playtesting. From Designers, to QA and community management, everyone has the opportunity to play what we're working on and give open honest feedback. One of the advantages of this model is we get perspective from a wide range of player ranks from GM 1 to Bronze 5. It's been a while since we've taken an official poll on average rank, but having a wide sample helps prevent tunnel visioning on feedback from specific ranks.Alec answering question from O2M about lack of patch consistency and Symmetra
Alec/Gavin answering question from Thee_Archivist about the removed smurf detection from MMR going from QP to comp
- â We should do a better job about this, especially when it comes to getting the community's visibility on what we are seeing vs. what the playerbase may seem to think is the best hero at any given one time. These can differ regularly as certain heroes get power reputations (weaker or stronger than their reality at a given rank) that are hard to shake off. Thanks for the feedback there, will make sure we have something here even if it's a simple change.
- Symmetra kept some of the buffs in that patch but yes we hear the feedback of where her current power level is. We may have been a bit overreactive to the Mauga compositions popping up during that timeframe (he was certainly overtuned), but we wanted to be sure of it. For right now, we are in discussions about Symmetra and especially her frontline presence. Believe that's a piece of the kit we'd like to promote further, whether through her survivability or beam damage.
I tapped in our own Gavin Winter for this first part, he's what he had to say: "There haven't been any changes to these systems, but there are edge cases like the example of Guxue that was recently posted in this subreddit where our systems don't perform in the way we'd like. Most players will still be placed appropriately as they transition from Quick Play to Competitive Play, but unfortunately cases like this have always been possible. Explaining exactly how this happens would make it easier reproduce, so you'll have to excuse me from not going into intricate detail here."Jnoh answering question from Owlcharts about making win and pick rates public (this one hurts).
For the second part of your question, we believe we made it slightly too difficult to climb at the highest ranks and are looking at making some adjustments soon.
There aren't any plans currently to shift resources toward supporting something like that. Sites like Overbuff don't have the complete picture, but the data there for win rates and such is generally fairly close.Alec answering question from AccurateMeminnn about the reworks to Roadhog and WB
There is some argument against being too transparent with those stats in that it can create a bit of a feedback loop where you might see player behavior driven by what appears to be the meta in the stats, but that kind of happens already with just the general discussion and sentiment around heroes without stats as well.
Our target range for hero viability by win rate is between 45-55% unmirrored win rate at Masters rank and above. Those individual win rates often can fluctuate 2-3% by day, mostly because heroes tend to have a wider range of win rates per map and we're looking at the global average of those, but also individual player performance isn't consistent.
Lower pick rate heroes fluctuate more and there is less confidence in their win rate being indicative of actual strength. Extremely high pick rate heroes have a similar problem when looking unmirrored stats.
In the end stats require interpretation to understand their context and that is why they are not the only basis for balance changes, but are a useful tool to measure impact of changes patch-over-patch.
For the most part, we are relatively happy with the new bases both have been given but there is still some fine-tuning to be done.Jnoh answering question from Arrge about Hanzo post season 9, specifically about the one shot
I'll start with Wrecking Ball. Our goals were to give him more flexibility with his movement/engage options, heighten the benefits he gives to his team, and give him some quality of life updates. I think our changes all attempt to address those goals but one I think we can hit harder in the future is heightening the benefits he gives to his team. We were a little conservative with the Adaptive Shields change (overhealth is hyper scary in coordinated environments), so perhaps there's room for that to be more pronounced through tuning and actual feedback received in game (working on some updates there). Overall though, Wrecking Ball is doing much better after his recent updates and we believe we have a great base to work with going forward.
For Roadhog, aside from the conversations about his current survivability (we plan to hit that soon) there are some things for us to look at concerning the frequency of his combo. For example, his Pig Pen begins to go on cooldown when you throw it. So you can pre-place one, it gets destroyed, and then Roadhog already has it ready again (even though the enemy may think there's a window where Hook is less deadly). That's one discussion we've recently had. Still some work here for us to do in terms of the value Pig Pen brings outside of the combo as well and how we can make those windows of combo potential less frequent.
Hanzo is still an effective mid-range burst damage hero even without the one-shot kills. Post season 9 with the projectile size changes actually saw an increase in Hanzo's performance on the stat side. I do hear you on the loss of how good the one shot kills felt, but an overarching goal of season 9 was to reduce a lot of those burst damage frustrations for players on the receiving end of it. Armor changes in season 10 have also been a benefit to his damage.Alec answering question rom idrkbrotbh about Hog's survivability.
Still very early but we've been experimenting with adjusting health pools for some of the more evasive or high damage heroes which would also put them back into the range of lethal Hanzo headshots and some other hero combos at 225 HP, but while it would bring some interesting texture to hero interactions overall there are also a bunch of other problems to solve if we want to go through with it.
Yes, we plan on nerfing his survivability very soon. We are touching Take a Breather and Whole Hog in an upcoming patch. Hoping that can go live tomorrow.Alec answering question from Heropon4Hyrule_010 about the difference in pick rates from before the midseason patch (major tank buffs) and after
Some of this is related to meta happenings or balance changes but also related to armor changes/headshot reduction for Tanks. From what we can see the biggest winners (in terms of their performance delta) of the patch are: Ana, Junkrat, Pharah, Roadhog, Sigma, Wrecking Ball, and Zarya.Alec answering questions uestion from Mefionir-Omnic about Quick Play Hacked changes and Clash mode
Many heroes stayed relatively similar while a handful saw a decrease in performance (Bastion, D.Va, Mauga, Orisa, and Reaper).
These fall outside of hero design but can talk briefly about the first two questionsAlec answering question from Mabangyan about Roadhog and Lifeweaver
- â Think you are referencing the speed boosts that would potentially come to Flashpoint. Took us some time to get these in a good place but they have been promising in playtests and are on track for a later season. It's important to us that when we add elements like that to a mode that it not only brings quality gameplay but is also communicated well through Sound and VFX. Feel good here now.
- â We got a lot of great feedback but there are some things the team wished we did better with the Clash Preview. Firstly, it should have showed up more in Quick Play so y'all got more reps on it and can get a better feel for the flow of the game mode. Secondly, we don't think it was best suited for Open Queue in Arcade. If we do something like this again, we'll clean that up. With the feedback we received, we've been investigating how to make the final point more appealing to capture for the attacking team. Many games could result in the attacking team not actually wanting to push onto the last point because it wasn't worth the reward (harder to capture, give up a lot of positioning if you lose). Plenty of iteration happening here now to address that particular issue.
Answered the Roadhog question in a different place, but yes changes coming soon.JNoh answering question from Scared_Funny_1865 about tank counterswapping
For Lifeweaver, one of the discussions we are having right now (actually this week) and have been having for a while is around the friction that comes with switching between his healing and damage. Giving him more flexibility here would be a great boon to his capability within team fights. Additionally, we've experimented a lot with his Petal Platform. Personally would love for that to be a more attractive area to stand on as a teammate (whether that be through a buff the platform gives you or something else) but there's a lot of learned behavior to work through as allies hop off the platform quite often.
At its core, Overwatch is a game designed around being able to swap heroes to gain a tactical advantage or help solve a challenge you might be encountering. This contributes to keeping the moment-to-moment gameplay experience dynamic, drives hero diversity and offers a wider range of both strategic gameplay and skill expression in learning when/where/how to play multiple heroes.Alec answerinf question from Skiesti about Mercy's lack of changes since the 20% DPaSsive revert, as well as general performance since season 9 (this answer is super tone deaf being real).
There is a question of how much of an advantage is too much compared to the cost of switching. Ideally we want counters to be clear and understandable, but soft enough that it's still possible to outplay a disadvantaged matchup. It is a team game though and 1v1 matchups are not the highest priority when assessing the heroes.
Tanks do feel this the most with only one of them per team in 5v5 role queue, but all roles do experience the pressure to counter and be countered to an extent.
We're striving to find a balance between swapping heroes every death, (which certainly feels too often), and rarely swapping heroes or getting trapped in mirror matches every game, which quickly leads to fatigue. We've seen a lot of improvements here compared to earlier seasons, but it could always be better.
"Unhealthy" and unpopular designs are not necessarily the same thing. When designing heroes, we aim to provide a wide range of playstyles, mechanics, and aesthetics for players to enjoy. It's okay if they don't all resonate with everyone broadly. We'll do our best to make the game as fun as it can be for a wide audience.
- â I think we are more happy in the 20% DPS Passive world than the 15% (it cuts through a lot better, helps mitigate the healing more effectively) so Mercy is more worth a look when that world is permanent. There are some questions of how far we can push her movement and know that is one of the most requested changes.
- â Mercy is still a top-picked 3/4 Support and even higher on console until you hit GM/Top 500. Her performance follows a similar trend, where she's in the top grouping for most ranks and remains above average at the highest ranks. Doesn't mean that she wont receive changes but that is where she is at currently.
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2024.05.23 23:43 Alternative_Stand603 Your "Higher Support" "Engineer" or "Escalation" Experience: Effective or Ineffective? (any product)
Dear Reddit Nest Community,
I am posting here for completeness, to solicit help from any community member that may have better access to higher support and to gauge other users experiences of Google's direct product support experience. I want to firstly say that in any organisation there a good, bad and average individuals and it is possible to have a good experience of a bad company and vice versa, however my assertions here can be backed up by a large volume of evidence which I have been filing meticulously for exactly 2 years now. I have previously kept my interactions with Google support private, but repeated failures have drawn me here. My assertion is that Google agents quickly run out of ineffective troubleshooting steps that don't help all except all but the most basic user and that the following is largely a true representation of complex issues for many users:
1) Google have released software after software that has caused previously functioning technology to break completely OR work in a less desirable manner since roughly Spring 2022 2) This applies across a wide range of their products but in particular is centred around the hardware control (and controlled) by the Google Home app(inc the migration from Nest to Home) and the Google Assistant (via voice command) After exchanging over a thousand emails, days worth of chat and days worth of phone calls with Google agents, I can empirically demonstrate that when issues occur these have been the broad steps followed consistently by representatives of the company and it looks like this. 1) The user notices the problem and gathers evidence of an issue and articulates it to a Google Support agent 2) The user is asked to go through (sometimes repetitive or irrelevant) troubleshooting steps, in all but the simplest cases these steps will fail. It will often be obvious to a reasonably technically savvy user that there is little chance of success 2b) When you point out to an agent that steps are irrelevant and/or repetitive, it often has no effect in changing the direction of the conversation (note that when I say repetitive, I also mean you can back up that you have taken any steps with evidence, so this is more than simple diligence) 3) The steps could well be quite "involved" taking large amounts of time, and get increasingly demanding. 4a) Often they will culminate with an unreasonable request, either something so massive as to be reasonable (delete all devices from home structure, reset all devices etc) OR be impractical even with unlimited time (try using your Nest/SpeakeThermostat device on a different WiFi network, try using a different mobile phone for the app 4b) They will repeat troubleshooting steps you have already completed, you may feel like you have entered a loop and may start copy/pasting yourself from previous answers provided 4c) In some cases it will seem like the information you have provided has not even been looked at, and you will feel increasingly that the steps you are taking are a waste of your time and the agents time 5) They will gather serial numbers and software versions manually, even when you have elected to enable permission for the agent to access your home structure OR you inform them that auto-update is present. In no case will there be a follow up about this information 6) They will eventually have to take the conversation offline and "Escalate" to "Higher Support" or a "Specialist Department" 7) This escalation will be ineffective and one of 3 things will then happen (or a combination of them) 7a) You will never hear from them again, and if you follow up you will be told (in a variety of different ways) to wait/bear with them...OR7b) You will eventually get a repetitive or irrelevant troubleshooting steps to go through again (note this will happen even if there has been no new software release for the app or the product, meaning it would be impossible for a previously tried and unsuccessful set of steps to be successful (all other things being equal) -this can sometimes happen with a new agent stepping in and apologising for the previous agent, but this just puts you back to step #27c) If 90 days passes they close the case (without telling you)7d) Other agents cannot access the previous case and will tell you when you raise it that they "must" go through the troubleshooting steps again (e,g I have twice rebuilt 2 large home structures from scratch) 7e) (Rarely) You will receive a reply saying it is a known issue and engineers are working on it In all cases the issue never resolves without a massive intervention that must be pressed for by yourself (device swap/refund etc) this decreases exponentially in likeliness if you are out of warranty.
For example today I received this note, after following up on no responses for 60 days from Google's engineers, this case details many of the outstanding issues I have varying in complexity across a range of products (i.e multiple engineers) and yet the agent (who is also always polite) is happy to confess;
"Hello Richard,
Thanks for reaching out to the Google Nest Customer Care Team.
Sadly, there's no update yet and I have already reached each every person I know who can help but I cannot get any update as well as a turn around time. The only guarantee I can give you is that the case is still being worked on with the engineering team."
I replied
Can you explain in detail what "still being worked on with the engineering team" means? As it gives the impression that a bunch of people are feverishly trying to work out where the error in the code is, negotiate a release slot and get it published, but as we have seen not ONE case I have with you that is escalated to the engineers over nearly 2 years has resulted in a problem being fixed, or even someone messaging me saying "Hey, you know your issue, we did a release, see if it is working now" not once..
never...
ever...
Further to that we also know that if a case sits for 90 days it is closed and your colleagues have informed me on many occasions that no agents can see the cases, so we can infer from that with a high degree of certainty that there simply isn't a method Google use for keeping customers informed.
they replied
Hello Richard,
Thanks for reaching out to the Google Nest Customer Care Team.
I would love to give you more details but that's as far as I can go. Believe it or not, I have exhausted every single avenue I have but I was not successful in getting any update even a turn around time.
In my case I have dozens of issues outstanding across Nest Speakers, Thermostats, Cameras, Chromecasts, Wifi...ALL of them used to work, NONE of them have resolved, and I have to emphasise that the Google agents admit the responsibility for the problem lies with them. I have sent well over 1000 emails back and forth with Google agents, racked up days and days of support chat and many more hours in phone calls. This is of course on top of the information compiling detailed explanations of the problem in the first place, and going through laborious and ineffective troubleshooting, repeating steps taken previously despite protestations.I must emphasise that on NOT ONE OCCASION has troubleshooting solved an issue and on NOT ONE occasion have Google followed up an escalation to the higher team that has ended in resolution of the case/issue. I will even go further and say that on some occasions the troubleshooting steps have in turn caused further issues, which are then conveniently ignored by the agent, or they try and pass off as another department's problem, even though the issue originated as a direct result of the Google agents action (for example for my speaker group issue, I was advised to redo my voice match, first deleting my existing one..this is despite me articulating that the command is recognised on screen flawlessly, it is the execution of the command that is the problem..I went ahead and now I cannot use voice match on my phone, and this is yet another case for which I have been passed around with no resolution. I have over 30GB of video documenting issues, demonstrating me following ineffective troubleshooting and of course..like veryone I have "sent feedback" via the devices (on one particularly humorous one, I needed to recite a 19 digit alphanumeric error code everytime I had an issue with the snooze feature on my alarm not working --I want to snooze, not spring to life to inform your troubleshooting department) and that's before I mention the world's shortest timeout on pauses when you explain your feedback to the assistant, if you dare even pause for breath while trying to "feedback" the nature of the problem lest you get the "thanks! I'll pass that to my makers" with no opportunity to edit...it's almost as if they don't even want to allow you the catharsis of having a rant.)
I will caveat the above and say that I am a reasonably advanced user and in some cases for folk who haven't done the basics correct, there may be some use. My point is that whether you are smart enough to figure it out yourself in advance OR you go through serviced troubleshooting, there are far too many issues that hit the dead ends I say in point #7 above and it is a knowing waste of users time especially for established/published known issues.
A typical company used to servicing customers would have overflows in place to catch exceptional issues such as the problems I am having which leads me to one of only two possible conclusions: 1) My issues are NOT exceptional and this is a common experience 2) Google systemically simply do not care how much time a customer expends trying to solve problems, regardless of product-set and are happy to indefinitely roll issues on without proactively offering any alternative.
If any community support agent here believes they may be able to get cut through for my cases I am happy to provide the case IDs, but I will say that I have been repeatedly promised the same.
I haven't changed my devices for over 2 years now and this suite of issues has halted my previously continued investment in Google branded kit. All I want is for the stuff I paid for to work like it did when I bought it, or at least it to work as advertised in the Google Product pages. If anyone has heard of a way of escalating cases beyond this woefully ineffective contact operation I would dearly love to hear about it, but after all this time and the weight of evidence I have assembled I suspect this will get worse until Google discontinue anything the remains pretending to be customer service
Does this resonate with you? Have you had a different experience of complex issues?
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I am posting here for completeness, to solicit help from any community member that may have better access to higher support and to gauge other users experiences of Google's direct product support experience. I want to firstly say that in any organisation there a good, bad and average individuals and it is possible to have a good experience of a bad company and vice versa, however my assertions here can be backed up by a large volume of evidence which I have been filing meticulously for exactly 2 years now. I have previously kept my interactions with Google support private, but repeated failures have drawn me here. My assertion is that Google agents quickly run out of ineffective troubleshooting steps that don't help all except all but the most basic user and that the following is largely a true representation of complex issues for many users:
1) Google have released software after software that has caused previously functioning technology to break completely OR work in a less desirable manner since roughly Spring 2022 2) This applies across a wide range of their products but in particular is centred around the hardware control (and controlled) by the Google Home app(inc the migration from Nest to Home) and the Google Assistant (via voice command) After exchanging over a thousand emails, days worth of chat and days worth of phone calls with Google agents, I can empirically demonstrate that when issues occur these have been the broad steps followed consistently by representatives of the company and it looks like this. 1) The user notices the problem and gathers evidence of an issue and articulates it to a Google Support agent 2) The user is asked to go through (sometimes repetitive or irrelevant) troubleshooting steps, in all but the simplest cases these steps will fail. It will often be obvious to a reasonably technically savvy user that there is little chance of success 2b) When you point out to an agent that steps are irrelevant and/or repetitive, it often has no effect in changing the direction of the conversation (note that when I say repetitive, I also mean you can back up that you have taken any steps with evidence, so this is more than simple diligence) 3) The steps could well be quite "involved" taking large amounts of time, and get increasingly demanding. 4a) Often they will culminate with an unreasonable request, either something so massive as to be reasonable (delete all devices from home structure, reset all devices etc) OR be impractical even with unlimited time (try using your Nest/SpeakeThermostat device on a different WiFi network, try using a different mobile phone for the app 4b) They will repeat troubleshooting steps you have already completed, you may feel like you have entered a loop and may start copy/pasting yourself from previous answers provided 4c) In some cases it will seem like the information you have provided has not even been looked at, and you will feel increasingly that the steps you are taking are a waste of your time and the agents time 5) They will gather serial numbers and software versions manually, even when you have elected to enable permission for the agent to access your home structure OR you inform them that auto-update is present. In no case will there be a follow up about this information 6) They will eventually have to take the conversation offline and "Escalate" to "Higher Support" or a "Specialist Department" 7) This escalation will be ineffective and one of 3 things will then happen (or a combination of them) 7a) You will never hear from them again, and if you follow up you will be told (in a variety of different ways) to wait/bear with them...OR7b) You will eventually get a repetitive or irrelevant troubleshooting steps to go through again (note this will happen even if there has been no new software release for the app or the product, meaning it would be impossible for a previously tried and unsuccessful set of steps to be successful (all other things being equal) -this can sometimes happen with a new agent stepping in and apologising for the previous agent, but this just puts you back to step #27c) If 90 days passes they close the case (without telling you)7d) Other agents cannot access the previous case and will tell you when you raise it that they "must" go through the troubleshooting steps again (e,g I have twice rebuilt 2 large home structures from scratch) 7e) (Rarely) You will receive a reply saying it is a known issue and engineers are working on it In all cases the issue never resolves without a massive intervention that must be pressed for by yourself (device swap/refund etc) this decreases exponentially in likeliness if you are out of warranty.
For example today I received this note, after following up on no responses for 60 days from Google's engineers, this case details many of the outstanding issues I have varying in complexity across a range of products (i.e multiple engineers) and yet the agent (who is also always polite) is happy to confess;
"Hello Richard,
Thanks for reaching out to the Google Nest Customer Care Team.
Sadly, there's no update yet and I have already reached each every person I know who can help but I cannot get any update as well as a turn around time. The only guarantee I can give you is that the case is still being worked on with the engineering team."
I replied
Can you explain in detail what "still being worked on with the engineering team" means? As it gives the impression that a bunch of people are feverishly trying to work out where the error in the code is, negotiate a release slot and get it published, but as we have seen not ONE case I have with you that is escalated to the engineers over nearly 2 years has resulted in a problem being fixed, or even someone messaging me saying "Hey, you know your issue, we did a release, see if it is working now" not once..
never...
ever...
Further to that we also know that if a case sits for 90 days it is closed and your colleagues have informed me on many occasions that no agents can see the cases, so we can infer from that with a high degree of certainty that there simply isn't a method Google use for keeping customers informed.
they replied
Hello Richard,
Thanks for reaching out to the Google Nest Customer Care Team.
I would love to give you more details but that's as far as I can go. Believe it or not, I have exhausted every single avenue I have but I was not successful in getting any update even a turn around time.
In my case I have dozens of issues outstanding across Nest Speakers, Thermostats, Cameras, Chromecasts, Wifi...ALL of them used to work, NONE of them have resolved, and I have to emphasise that the Google agents admit the responsibility for the problem lies with them. I have sent well over 1000 emails back and forth with Google agents, racked up days and days of support chat and many more hours in phone calls. This is of course on top of the information compiling detailed explanations of the problem in the first place, and going through laborious and ineffective troubleshooting, repeating steps taken previously despite protestations.I must emphasise that on NOT ONE OCCASION has troubleshooting solved an issue and on NOT ONE occasion have Google followed up an escalation to the higher team that has ended in resolution of the case/issue. I will even go further and say that on some occasions the troubleshooting steps have in turn caused further issues, which are then conveniently ignored by the agent, or they try and pass off as another department's problem, even though the issue originated as a direct result of the Google agents action (for example for my speaker group issue, I was advised to redo my voice match, first deleting my existing one..this is despite me articulating that the command is recognised on screen flawlessly, it is the execution of the command that is the problem..I went ahead and now I cannot use voice match on my phone, and this is yet another case for which I have been passed around with no resolution. I have over 30GB of video documenting issues, demonstrating me following ineffective troubleshooting and of course..like veryone I have "sent feedback" via the devices (on one particularly humorous one, I needed to recite a 19 digit alphanumeric error code everytime I had an issue with the snooze feature on my alarm not working --I want to snooze, not spring to life to inform your troubleshooting department) and that's before I mention the world's shortest timeout on pauses when you explain your feedback to the assistant, if you dare even pause for breath while trying to "feedback" the nature of the problem lest you get the "thanks! I'll pass that to my makers" with no opportunity to edit...it's almost as if they don't even want to allow you the catharsis of having a rant.)
I will caveat the above and say that I am a reasonably advanced user and in some cases for folk who haven't done the basics correct, there may be some use. My point is that whether you are smart enough to figure it out yourself in advance OR you go through serviced troubleshooting, there are far too many issues that hit the dead ends I say in point #7 above and it is a knowing waste of users time especially for established/published known issues.
A typical company used to servicing customers would have overflows in place to catch exceptional issues such as the problems I am having which leads me to one of only two possible conclusions: 1) My issues are NOT exceptional and this is a common experience 2) Google systemically simply do not care how much time a customer expends trying to solve problems, regardless of product-set and are happy to indefinitely roll issues on without proactively offering any alternative.
If any community support agent here believes they may be able to get cut through for my cases I am happy to provide the case IDs, but I will say that I have been repeatedly promised the same.
I haven't changed my devices for over 2 years now and this suite of issues has halted my previously continued investment in Google branded kit. All I want is for the stuff I paid for to work like it did when I bought it, or at least it to work as advertised in the Google Product pages. If anyone has heard of a way of escalating cases beyond this woefully ineffective contact operation I would dearly love to hear about it, but after all this time and the weight of evidence I have assembled I suspect this will get worse until Google discontinue anything the remains pretending to be customer service
Does this resonate with you? Have you had a different experience of complex issues?
2024.05.23 23:31 Keko_Pakalolo Monitors go black, sound cuts, but PC still running.
Curious if anyone else has had a similar issue to this, but this is what Iâm experiencing: as the title explains when using my PC with minimal stress (~10% utilization on CPU & GPU, and temps around 40 C), the monitors randomly go black and the sound cuts off. I assumed if just the video cut and the sound continued that it might be the GPU, but since both cut Iâm suspecting the PSU. The thing that confuses me is when I restart the computer, only one monitor works, and the screen resolution is messed up. To fix it I have to uninstall my GPU drivers and reinstall them and it resets the screen resolution and restores function to the second monitor, but that process makes me wonder if maybe it is the GPU, and it only works for maybe a couple hours before it acts up again. Any insight would be much appreciated!
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2024.05.23 23:18 xMangox- Every answered question from AMA
Q: Itâs not related to S10 balance changes but Iâm gonna ask anyway. Were we secretly testing any new upcoming heroes with the Mirrorwatch event?
Blizz_Alec: No secret testing of anything upcoming in the immediate! We do look at how some changes play out though when they become more real and get lots of games, I think the Bastion Ultimate in particular was quite fun even if very loud and on the border technically. Reinhardt's Frenzy passive was also something we played around with internally but it was quite hard to communicate effectively. It's always good to see what players get excited about when there are more wacky ideas such as Mirrorwatch or April Fool's, some of those could become real down the line.
Q: Who is the hardest character to balance and tweak out of the three roles?
Blizz_JNoh: Probably Sombra due to permanent invisibility restricting how deadly we can make her but also because she is a hero that excels with strong team coordination. There are a handful of other heroes with performance stats that differ greatly from the broader community perception of them and that can create difficulty in how we approach balancing them as well.
Q: I know you guys mentioned two upcoming DPS hero reworks. Is there any news about how those reworks are progressing, who they'll be for (I think people have a pretty decent idea, but official confirmation would be nice), and/or when they might be arriving? Also, are there any other heroes under consideration for potential reworks?
Blizz_Alec: The two upcoming updates that were mentioned were for Cassidy and Reaper.
For Cassidy, we started some exploration pre-Season 9 for his update. Due to where he was at that time, this update was originally looking at multiple pieces of his kit but we saw the Season 9 changes largely benefit him so the update has gotten more focused on Magnetic Grenade and other Quality of Life updates (specifically to his Ultimate). In Season 11 we are updating Magnetic Grenade. It will behave closer to old Flashbang (no magnetic homing to the target, used in the short range) and will slow/hinder the target. We think that plays a lot better with his kit and removes some of the larger frustrations around Magnetic Grenade. More specifics on all that soon.
For Reaper, we went fairly wide as well in the beginning and then started to focus closely on updating Shadow Step. At the moment, we have something we quite like but it's actually a large technical challenge and we are in the process of planning out the work/seeing what's possible. In the meantime, we may buff Reaper in some non-Tank Buster ways as he lost a lot in the most recent update.
Q: What is the average rank of your play testers and what level of input do they have in deciding what changes are made in each balance patch?
Blizz_Hudson: A huge part of our team culture revolves around playtesting. From Designers, to QA and community management, everyone has the opportunity to play what we're working on and give open honest feedback. One of the advantages of this model is we get perspective from a wide range of player ranks from GM 1 to Bronze 5. It's been a while since we've taken an official poll on average rank, but having a wide sample helps prevent tunnel visioning on feedback from specific ranks.
Q: 2 part question here: Why the inconsistency with dev comments/explanations for balance changes? There have been many changes that have been questionable (biggest offender was buffing Sojourn in January when she was widely considered the best DPS) that were shipped with 0 explanation. Justifying these changes would help a lot with player perception so we could understand these discrepancies. I have to ask - what is going on with Symmetra? She was weak, then buffed, then immediately reverted, now silence. Is she getting reworked? What data shows she needed a nerf? She is super weak and hard to use on ladder (uncoordinated environment by nature) and was only played in OWCS for Mauga - shouldn't nerfing Mauga have been enough?
Blizz_Alec: We should do a better job about this, especially when it comes to getting the community's visibility on what we are seeing vs. what the playerbase may seem to think is the best hero at any given one time. These can differ regularly as certain heroes get power reputations (weaker or stronger than their reality at a given rank) that are hard to shake off. Thanks for the feedback there, will make sure we have something here even if it's a simple change.
Symmetra kept some of the buffs in that patch but yes we hear the feedback of where her current power level is. We may have been a bit overreactive to the Mauga compositions popping up during that timeframe (he was certainly overtuned), but we wanted to be sure of it. For right now, we are in discussions about Symmetra and especially her frontline presence. Believe that's a piece of the kit we'd like to promote further, whether through her survivability or beam damage.
Q: Why was smurf detection essentially removed from MMR adjustment, especially for new accounts? GM-level players taking 60+ games to reach their proper rank ruins so many more games. It feels like climbing in general is artificially slowed down so people will play more even if they should have reached a higher rank many games ago.
Blizz_Alec: I tapped in our own Gavin Winter for this first part, he's what he had to say: "There haven't been any changes to these systems, but there are edge cases like the example of Guxue that was recently posted in this subreddit where our systems don't perform in the way we'd like. Most players will still be placed appropriately as they transition from Quick Play to Competitive Play, but unfortunately cases like this have always been possible. Explaining exactly how this happens would make it easier to reproduce, so you'll have to excuse me from not going into intricate detail here."
For the second part of your question, we believe we made it slightly too difficult to climb at the highest ranks and are looking at making some adjustments soon.
Q: Will you ever make pick rates and win rates public, even a couple of weeks after the fact? I feel like it would do a lot to help people understand why changes are made. Is there a win rate range you want to keep all heroes to stay within?
Blizz_JNoh: There aren't any plans currently to shift resources toward supporting something like that. Sites like Overbuff don't have the complete picture, but the data there for win rates and such is generally fairly close.
There is some argument against being too transparent with those stats in that it can create a bit of a feedback loop where you might see player behavior driven by what appears to be the meta in the stats, but that kind of happens already with just the general discussion and sentiment around heroes without stats as well.
Our target range for hero viability by win rate is between 45-55% unmirrored win rate at Masters rank and above. Those individual win rates often can fluctuate 2-3% by day, mostly because heroes tend to have a wider range of win rates per map and we're looking at the global average of those, but also individual player performance isn't consistent.
Lower pick rate heroes fluctuate more and there is less confidence in their win rate being indicative of actual strength. Extremely high pick rate heroes have a similar problem when looking at unmirrored stats.
In the end, stats require interpretation to understand their context and that is why they are not the only basis for balance changes but are a useful tool to measure the impact of changes patch-over-patch.
Q: What is Hanzo's new job? Is he supposed to take over Pharah's place as the new go-to permanently pocketed hero? To explain more in depth: Hanzo used to be a sniper, but the recent changes caused most heroes to require 1 extra shot to eliminate a target. Considering Hanzo is the slowest shooting primary fire focused DPS, he was impacted the most. Making him the only primary fire focused DPS who relies on cooldowns to finish off targets due to the very long time to kill: Assuming full charging the arrows (to be able to hit targets past melee range): 3 bodyshots = ~2.5 seconds TTK (~3.25 seconds if bow not preloaded) Or best case scenario: 1 headshot + 1 bodyshot = ~1.25 seconds TTK (~2 seconds if bow was not preloaded) Compared to for example Cassidy: 4 bodyshots = 1.5 seconds TTK Or best case scenario: 2 headshots = ~0.5 seconds TTK Hanzo's only advantage here is that he deals full damage past 35 meters, but trying to hit someone 2-3 times in a row even at 35 meters is next to impossible (considering physical cover + the long time to kill + projectile travel time) At the same time Mercy pocketed Hanzo can still one shot, with the added benefit of now having a 2x bigger arrow hitbox (and buffed storm arrows).
Blizz_JNoh: Hanzo is still an effective mid-range burst damage hero even without the one-shot kills. Post season 9 with the projectile size changes actually saw an increase in Hanzo's performance on the stat side. I do hear you on the loss of how good the one shot kills felt, but an overarching goal of season 9 was to reduce a lot of those burst damage frustrations for players on the receiving end of it. Armor changes in season 10 have also been a benefit to his damage. Still very early but we've been experimenting with adjusting health pools for some of the more evasive or high damage heroes which would also put them back into the range of lethal Hanzo headshots and some other hero combos at 225 HP, but while it would bring some interesting texture to hero interactions overall there are also a bunch of other problems to solve if we want to go through with it.
Q: A month later, and considering he's displayed proudly on the Twitter post for the AMA, I got my question: How have you guys felt about the past reworks on Roadhog and the new one, Wrecking Ball? Like what the goals were exactly, your personal thoughts, the community response, and what you want to fine-tune with them post rework. Those things. I think most people would be interested on how you guys have felt now that it's been a bit.
Blizz_Alec: For the most part, we are relatively happy with the new bases both have been given but there is still some fine-tuning to be done.
I'll start with Wrecking Ball. Our goals were to give him more flexibility with his movement/engage options, heighten the benefits he gives to his team, and give him some quality of life updates. I think our changes all attempt to address those goals but one I think we can hit harder in the future is heightening the benefits he gives to his team. We were a little conservative with the Adaptive Shields change (overhealth is hyper scary in coordinated environments), so perhaps there's room for that to be more pronounced through tuning and actual feedback received in game (working on some updates there). Overall though, Wrecking Ball is doing much better after his recent updates and we believe we have a great base to work with going forward.
For Roadhog, aside from the conversations about his current survivability (we plan to hit that soon) there are some things for us to look at concerning the frequency of his combo. For example, his Pig Pen begins to go on cooldown when you throw it. So you can pre-place one, it gets destroyed, and then Roadhog already has it ready again (even though the enemy may think there's a window where Hook is less deadly). That's one discussion we've recently had. Still some work here for us to do in terms of the value Pig Pen brings outside of the combo as well and how we can make those windows of combo potential less frequent.
Q: Are there any nerfs being discussed for Hog, specifically his survivability? Times where multiple people are shooting a Hog and he just walks away while using his breather seemingly gaining more health than losing health makes the damage youâre doing to him feel pointless and is very unfun to play against, especially now that headshots do less damage to him.
Blizz_Alec: Yes, we plan on nerfing his survivability very soon. We are touching Take a Breather and Whole Hog in an upcoming patch. Hoping that can go live tomorrow.
Q: Hello, with the major tank changes (e.g. armor changes, knockback changes, headshot change, and individual balance changes) that released last week, I am very curious: have there been any noticeable, immediate shifts in the win rates and pick rates amongst tanks? Has there been any collateral shifts within the DPS and support role because of the recent tank changes? I know that, for instance, after the recent armor changes, some heroes have become weaker against armored tanks (i.e. Tracer and Reaper) while others have become significantly stronger (i.e. Cass and Hanzo). I'm interested in knowing how the team's behind-the-scenes statistics have measured lately as a result of the recent tank changesâthat is, if it is possible for you guys to share it. If not, understandable.
Blizz_Alec: Some of this is related to meta happenings or balance changes but also related to armor changes/headshot reduction for Tanks. From what we can see the biggest winners (in terms of their performance delta) of the patch are: Ana, Junkrat, Pharah, Roadhog, Sigma, Wrecking Ball, and Zarya.
Many heroes stayed relatively similar while a handful saw a decrease in performance (Bastion, D.Va, Mauga, Orisa, and Reaper).
Q: Ok, I'll try to ask some general questions. Free to choose which one to answer: _" In February I noticed that you had received great feedback on the maps after the first hacked mode. But I was wondering when those ideas would be implemented (especially for flashpoints). Personally, I liked Clash Mode. But I also wanted to know what kind of results you received that require modification in your opinion, or if you have noticed any optimal results to maintain, or imitate for other game modes.
Blizz_Alec: These fall outside of hero design but can talk briefly about the first two questions.
Think you are referencing the speed boosts that would potentially come to Flashpoint. Took us some time to get these in a good place but they have been promising in playtests and are on track for a later season. It's important to us that when we add elements like that to a mode that it not only brings quality gameplay but is also communicated well through Sound and VFX. Feel good here now.
We got a lot of great feedback but there are some things the team wished we did better with the Clash Preview. Firstly, it should have showed up more in Quick Play so y'all got more reps on it and can get a better feel for the flow of the game mode. Secondly, we don't think it was best suited for Open Queue in Arcade. If we do something like this again, we'll clean that up. With the feedback we received, we've been investigating how to make the final point more appealing to capture for the attacking team. Many games could result in the attacking team not actually wanting to push onto the last point because it wasn't worth the reward (harder to capture, give up a lot of positioning if you lose). Plenty of iteration happening here now to address that particular issue.
Q: Hi there, I think one of the most obvious questions people here will have is what are the plans to balance out Roadhog. With the midseason tank adjustments Iâm sure the general sentiment is that Hog is an outlier for survivability and damage amongst the tanks, especially since Orisa isnât there to keep him in check now. The headshot damage reduction and his soft rework from before means his survivability is through the roof, and his damage is as high as ever. What are the plans to reign him back in? I will also personally say I donât think the solution is to buff Orisa, rather nerf Hog to keep him in line. Aside from Hog I think the tank balance is pretty great right now otherwise. Also is there going to be something done about the overbearing passiveness of heroes like LW, that will simultaneously not interact with the enemy team at all whilst also not providing any offensive utility for his own team? I think for all other 9 players in the lobby itâs a pretty miserable experience to have a LW. Thanks for your time.
Blizz_Alec: Answered the Roadhog question in a different place, but yes changes coming soon.
For Lifeweaver, one of the discussions we are having right now (actually this week) and have been having for a while is around the friction that comes with switching between his healing and damage. Giving him more flexibility here would be a great boon to his capability within team fights. Additionally, we've experimented a lot with his Petal Platform. Personally would love for that to be a more attractive area to stand on as a teammate (whether that be through a buff the platform gives you or something else) but there's a lot of learned behavior to work through as allies hop off the platform quite often.
Q: Hey! I have 2 Mercy questions:
1. Is the team looking at Mercy at all for any changes/small buffs? 2. What is Mercy's pick and win rate now compared to Season 3?
Back in Mid Season 9, the DPS passive was reduced and a dev blog stated Mercy wouldn't see changes as she should 'be more reliable moving forward' with the reduction. That nerf was reverted and Mercy stayed the same.
The community has been ranking Mercy as a D Tier support for a few Seasons now and she's in this weird spot where people don't like playing against her, with her, or as her anymore. I and many others still enjoy her most out of all the other heroes but she doesn't play nearly as fun as she used to after the changes that've been made to her (mainly nerfs) and the game over the last year. Thanks!
Blizz_Alec: 1. I think we are more happy in the 20% DPS Passive world than the 15% (it cuts through a lot better, helps mitigate the healing more effectively) so Mercy is more worth a look when that world is permanent. There are some questions of how far we can push her movement and know that is one of the most requested changes.
Is the current Balance Team confident about being able to dix the biggest problems the Tank role has been suffering since the OW2 release?
I'm specifically talking about the Counterswap Meta and unhealthy Tank designs being "allowed" to exist, like Tank busters and unkillable tanks (Roadhog, Mauga, and Orisa).
Are we confident that making Tanks able to do almost everything is the right thing to do? Are we confident that we can make Tank fun again for the majority of the player base without straight buffs?
The headshot reduction and knockback reduction changes are especially interesting to me because I really don't think that simple number changes will fix how Tanks feel to play.
I don't want to counterswap. I don't want to face unkillable and easy-to-play Tanks.I don't want Tank Busters.
I really LOVE this game but it currently feels like as if we were going into the wrong direction while ignoring the BIGGEST Problems :c
Blizz_jNoh: At its core, Overwatch is a game designed around being able to swap heroes to gain a tactical advantage or help solve a challenge you might be encountering. This contributes to keeping the moment-to-moment gameplay experience dynamic, drives hero diversity and offers a wider range of both strategic gameplay and skill expression in learning when/where/how to play multiple heroes.
There is a question of how much of an advantage is too much compared to the cost of switching. Ideally we want counters to be clear and understandable, but soft enough that it's still possible to outplay a disadvantaged matchup. It is a team game though and 1v1 matchups are not the highest priority when assessing the heroes.
Tanks do feel this the most with only one of them per team in 5v5 role queue, but all roles do experience the pressure to counter and be countered to an extent.
We're striving to find a balance between swapping heroes every death, (which certainly feels too often), and rarely swapping heroes or getting trapped in mirror matches every game, which quickly leads to fatigue. We've seen a lot of improvements here compared to earlier seasons, but it could always be better.
"Unhealthy" and unpopular designs are not necessarily the same thing. When designing heroes, we aim to provide a wide range of playstyles, mechanics, and aesthetics for players to enjoy. It's okay if they don't all resonate with everyone broadly. We'll do our best to make the game as fun as it can be for a wide audience.
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Blizz_Alec: No secret testing of anything upcoming in the immediate! We do look at how some changes play out though when they become more real and get lots of games, I think the Bastion Ultimate in particular was quite fun even if very loud and on the border technically. Reinhardt's Frenzy passive was also something we played around with internally but it was quite hard to communicate effectively. It's always good to see what players get excited about when there are more wacky ideas such as Mirrorwatch or April Fool's, some of those could become real down the line.
Blizz_JNoh: Probably Sombra due to permanent invisibility restricting how deadly we can make her but also because she is a hero that excels with strong team coordination. There are a handful of other heroes with performance stats that differ greatly from the broader community perception of them and that can create difficulty in how we approach balancing them as well.
Blizz_Alec: The two upcoming updates that were mentioned were for Cassidy and Reaper.
For Cassidy, we started some exploration pre-Season 9 for his update. Due to where he was at that time, this update was originally looking at multiple pieces of his kit but we saw the Season 9 changes largely benefit him so the update has gotten more focused on Magnetic Grenade and other Quality of Life updates (specifically to his Ultimate). In Season 11 we are updating Magnetic Grenade. It will behave closer to old Flashbang (no magnetic homing to the target, used in the short range) and will slow/hinder the target. We think that plays a lot better with his kit and removes some of the larger frustrations around Magnetic Grenade. More specifics on all that soon.
For Reaper, we went fairly wide as well in the beginning and then started to focus closely on updating Shadow Step. At the moment, we have something we quite like but it's actually a large technical challenge and we are in the process of planning out the work/seeing what's possible. In the meantime, we may buff Reaper in some non-Tank Buster ways as he lost a lot in the most recent update.
Blizz_Hudson: A huge part of our team culture revolves around playtesting. From Designers, to QA and community management, everyone has the opportunity to play what we're working on and give open honest feedback. One of the advantages of this model is we get perspective from a wide range of player ranks from GM 1 to Bronze 5. It's been a while since we've taken an official poll on average rank, but having a wide sample helps prevent tunnel visioning on feedback from specific ranks.
Blizz_Alec: We should do a better job about this, especially when it comes to getting the community's visibility on what we are seeing vs. what the playerbase may seem to think is the best hero at any given one time. These can differ regularly as certain heroes get power reputations (weaker or stronger than their reality at a given rank) that are hard to shake off. Thanks for the feedback there, will make sure we have something here even if it's a simple change.
Symmetra kept some of the buffs in that patch but yes we hear the feedback of where her current power level is. We may have been a bit overreactive to the Mauga compositions popping up during that timeframe (he was certainly overtuned), but we wanted to be sure of it. For right now, we are in discussions about Symmetra and especially her frontline presence. Believe that's a piece of the kit we'd like to promote further, whether through her survivability or beam damage.
Blizz_Alec: I tapped in our own Gavin Winter for this first part, he's what he had to say: "There haven't been any changes to these systems, but there are edge cases like the example of Guxue that was recently posted in this subreddit where our systems don't perform in the way we'd like. Most players will still be placed appropriately as they transition from Quick Play to Competitive Play, but unfortunately cases like this have always been possible. Explaining exactly how this happens would make it easier to reproduce, so you'll have to excuse me from not going into intricate detail here."
For the second part of your question, we believe we made it slightly too difficult to climb at the highest ranks and are looking at making some adjustments soon.
Blizz_JNoh: There aren't any plans currently to shift resources toward supporting something like that. Sites like Overbuff don't have the complete picture, but the data there for win rates and such is generally fairly close.
There is some argument against being too transparent with those stats in that it can create a bit of a feedback loop where you might see player behavior driven by what appears to be the meta in the stats, but that kind of happens already with just the general discussion and sentiment around heroes without stats as well.
Our target range for hero viability by win rate is between 45-55% unmirrored win rate at Masters rank and above. Those individual win rates often can fluctuate 2-3% by day, mostly because heroes tend to have a wider range of win rates per map and we're looking at the global average of those, but also individual player performance isn't consistent.
Lower pick rate heroes fluctuate more and there is less confidence in their win rate being indicative of actual strength. Extremely high pick rate heroes have a similar problem when looking at unmirrored stats.
In the end, stats require interpretation to understand their context and that is why they are not the only basis for balance changes but are a useful tool to measure the impact of changes patch-over-patch.
Blizz_JNoh: Hanzo is still an effective mid-range burst damage hero even without the one-shot kills. Post season 9 with the projectile size changes actually saw an increase in Hanzo's performance on the stat side. I do hear you on the loss of how good the one shot kills felt, but an overarching goal of season 9 was to reduce a lot of those burst damage frustrations for players on the receiving end of it. Armor changes in season 10 have also been a benefit to his damage. Still very early but we've been experimenting with adjusting health pools for some of the more evasive or high damage heroes which would also put them back into the range of lethal Hanzo headshots and some other hero combos at 225 HP, but while it would bring some interesting texture to hero interactions overall there are also a bunch of other problems to solve if we want to go through with it.
Q: A month later, and considering he's displayed proudly on the Twitter post for the AMA, I got my question: How have you guys felt about the past reworks on Roadhog and the new one, Wrecking Ball? Like what the goals were exactly, your personal thoughts, the community response, and what you want to fine-tune with them post rework. Those things. I think most people would be interested on how you guys have felt now that it's been a bit.
Blizz_Alec: For the most part, we are relatively happy with the new bases both have been given but there is still some fine-tuning to be done.
I'll start with Wrecking Ball. Our goals were to give him more flexibility with his movement/engage options, heighten the benefits he gives to his team, and give him some quality of life updates. I think our changes all attempt to address those goals but one I think we can hit harder in the future is heightening the benefits he gives to his team. We were a little conservative with the Adaptive Shields change (overhealth is hyper scary in coordinated environments), so perhaps there's room for that to be more pronounced through tuning and actual feedback received in game (working on some updates there). Overall though, Wrecking Ball is doing much better after his recent updates and we believe we have a great base to work with going forward.
For Roadhog, aside from the conversations about his current survivability (we plan to hit that soon) there are some things for us to look at concerning the frequency of his combo. For example, his Pig Pen begins to go on cooldown when you throw it. So you can pre-place one, it gets destroyed, and then Roadhog already has it ready again (even though the enemy may think there's a window where Hook is less deadly). That's one discussion we've recently had. Still some work here for us to do in terms of the value Pig Pen brings outside of the combo as well and how we can make those windows of combo potential less frequent.
Blizz_Alec: Yes, we plan on nerfing his survivability very soon. We are touching Take a Breather and Whole Hog in an upcoming patch. Hoping that can go live tomorrow.
Blizz_Alec: Some of this is related to meta happenings or balance changes but also related to armor changes/headshot reduction for Tanks. From what we can see the biggest winners (in terms of their performance delta) of the patch are: Ana, Junkrat, Pharah, Roadhog, Sigma, Wrecking Ball, and Zarya.
Many heroes stayed relatively similar while a handful saw a decrease in performance (Bastion, D.Va, Mauga, Orisa, and Reaper).
Blizz_Alec: These fall outside of hero design but can talk briefly about the first two questions.
Think you are referencing the speed boosts that would potentially come to Flashpoint. Took us some time to get these in a good place but they have been promising in playtests and are on track for a later season. It's important to us that when we add elements like that to a mode that it not only brings quality gameplay but is also communicated well through Sound and VFX. Feel good here now.
We got a lot of great feedback but there are some things the team wished we did better with the Clash Preview. Firstly, it should have showed up more in Quick Play so y'all got more reps on it and can get a better feel for the flow of the game mode. Secondly, we don't think it was best suited for Open Queue in Arcade. If we do something like this again, we'll clean that up. With the feedback we received, we've been investigating how to make the final point more appealing to capture for the attacking team. Many games could result in the attacking team not actually wanting to push onto the last point because it wasn't worth the reward (harder to capture, give up a lot of positioning if you lose). Plenty of iteration happening here now to address that particular issue.
Blizz_Alec: Answered the Roadhog question in a different place, but yes changes coming soon.
For Lifeweaver, one of the discussions we are having right now (actually this week) and have been having for a while is around the friction that comes with switching between his healing and damage. Giving him more flexibility here would be a great boon to his capability within team fights. Additionally, we've experimented a lot with his Petal Platform. Personally would love for that to be a more attractive area to stand on as a teammate (whether that be through a buff the platform gives you or something else) but there's a lot of learned behavior to work through as allies hop off the platform quite often.
Q: Hey! I have 2 Mercy questions:
1. Is the team looking at Mercy at all for any changes/small buffs? 2. What is Mercy's pick and win rate now compared to Season 3?
Back in Mid Season 9, the DPS passive was reduced and a dev blog stated Mercy wouldn't see changes as she should 'be more reliable moving forward' with the reduction. That nerf was reverted and Mercy stayed the same.
The community has been ranking Mercy as a D Tier support for a few Seasons now and she's in this weird spot where people don't like playing against her, with her, or as her anymore. I and many others still enjoy her most out of all the other heroes but she doesn't play nearly as fun as she used to after the changes that've been made to her (mainly nerfs) and the game over the last year. Thanks!
Blizz_Alec: 1. I think we are more happy in the 20% DPS Passive world than the 15% (it cuts through a lot better, helps mitigate the healing more effectively) so Mercy is more worth a look when that world is permanent. There are some questions of how far we can push her movement and know that is one of the most requested changes.
- Mercy is still a top-picked 3/4 Support and even higher on console until you hit GM/Top 500. Her performance follows a similar trend, where she's in the top grouping for most ranks and remains above average at the highest ranks. Doesn't mean that she wont receive changes but that is where she is at currently.
Is the current Balance Team confident about being able to dix the biggest problems the Tank role has been suffering since the OW2 release?
I'm specifically talking about the Counterswap Meta and unhealthy Tank designs being "allowed" to exist, like Tank busters and unkillable tanks (Roadhog, Mauga, and Orisa).
Are we confident that making Tanks able to do almost everything is the right thing to do? Are we confident that we can make Tank fun again for the majority of the player base without straight buffs?
The headshot reduction and knockback reduction changes are especially interesting to me because I really don't think that simple number changes will fix how Tanks feel to play.
I don't want to counterswap. I don't want to face unkillable and easy-to-play Tanks.I don't want Tank Busters.
I really LOVE this game but it currently feels like as if we were going into the wrong direction while ignoring the BIGGEST Problems :c
Blizz_jNoh: At its core, Overwatch is a game designed around being able to swap heroes to gain a tactical advantage or help solve a challenge you might be encountering. This contributes to keeping the moment-to-moment gameplay experience dynamic, drives hero diversity and offers a wider range of both strategic gameplay and skill expression in learning when/where/how to play multiple heroes.
There is a question of how much of an advantage is too much compared to the cost of switching. Ideally we want counters to be clear and understandable, but soft enough that it's still possible to outplay a disadvantaged matchup. It is a team game though and 1v1 matchups are not the highest priority when assessing the heroes.
Tanks do feel this the most with only one of them per team in 5v5 role queue, but all roles do experience the pressure to counter and be countered to an extent.
We're striving to find a balance between swapping heroes every death, (which certainly feels too often), and rarely swapping heroes or getting trapped in mirror matches every game, which quickly leads to fatigue. We've seen a lot of improvements here compared to earlier seasons, but it could always be better.
"Unhealthy" and unpopular designs are not necessarily the same thing. When designing heroes, we aim to provide a wide range of playstyles, mechanics, and aesthetics for players to enjoy. It's okay if they don't all resonate with everyone broadly. We'll do our best to make the game as fun as it can be for a wide audience.
2024.05.23 23:17 detractor_Una Orignal Dragon Ball doesn't need a remake.
From time to time, I see threads popping out that Original DB needs remake. Main arguments from that side include:
Old animation is dated.
It would bring new fans.
Cut out filler
First point regarding outdated animation is absolutely not true. Original animation is still absolutely beautiful and holds to this day. The claim that old pre-digital age animation is bad and outdated is one of the most insane ideas I heard. By modernising we would also lose the aesthetics of the original. Obviously there are few scenes and frames where animation doesnât look great but for like 90% of the show OGDB still holds the candle. Honestly, I never even saw someone pointing out where OGDB animation fails. They usually mean bad colour correction, low resolution, bad audio quality. Fortunately or perhaps unfortunately, depending on how you view it, we already have OGDB with: fantastic colour correction, high resolution, and broadcast audio quality. The unfortunate thing is that you need to hail to the high seas in order to obtain. Since sub disallows piracy, I canât give you links ,etc as this would be against subs rules, so in this regard you are on your own.
Now, let me skip the second argument and go right to the 3rd one, aka filler cutting. My solution is simple, you donât like filler, you skip it. No adaptation is 100% faithful to the original, if you want faithfulness, read the original DB manga, you can go even further and read it in its original japanese language if you can and wish. Original Dragon Ball filler is honestly great, it expanded the world, lore and even more. What I love about the original Dragon Ball is that DB earth feels like a living, breathing world and the filler made it possible.
Finally, a new gen argument. Fails on its own. This modern proposal that we need to remake/reboot old stuff for new audiences/kids is unfounded and brain dead. Dragon Ball is not a dying franchise, heck I would argue that it has more fans than ever before. In Japan Dragon Ball âdiedâ ended on November 19, 1997 when the last GT episode was released and they didn't get any DB in its animated form until 2008 with Yo! Son Goku and his friends return. However, we didnât get a Dragon Ball renaissance till 2013 with the Battle of Gods Movie which was the foundation to modern Dragon Ball. You can feel about the modern dragon ball era however you want, however if your argument for remake of OG is to bring new fans, Super did bring new fans. Yeah most of them were little kids, young teens during the time Super was airing, but so were you when you watched OG/Z/GT. Dragon Ball is a multigenerational franchise. There are fans old enough to have grandchildren, there are also fans who just recently finished elementary school. Perhaps one of the largest collaborations was with Fortnite, which I am sure kinda also brought new faces.There is also a DB video game community. Some of the DB Legends, Dokkan, etc players didnât even see Dragon Ball.
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Old animation is dated.
It would bring new fans.
Cut out filler
First point regarding outdated animation is absolutely not true. Original animation is still absolutely beautiful and holds to this day. The claim that old pre-digital age animation is bad and outdated is one of the most insane ideas I heard. By modernising we would also lose the aesthetics of the original. Obviously there are few scenes and frames where animation doesnât look great but for like 90% of the show OGDB still holds the candle. Honestly, I never even saw someone pointing out where OGDB animation fails. They usually mean bad colour correction, low resolution, bad audio quality. Fortunately or perhaps unfortunately, depending on how you view it, we already have OGDB with: fantastic colour correction, high resolution, and broadcast audio quality. The unfortunate thing is that you need to hail to the high seas in order to obtain. Since sub disallows piracy, I canât give you links ,etc as this would be against subs rules, so in this regard you are on your own.
Now, let me skip the second argument and go right to the 3rd one, aka filler cutting. My solution is simple, you donât like filler, you skip it. No adaptation is 100% faithful to the original, if you want faithfulness, read the original DB manga, you can go even further and read it in its original japanese language if you can and wish. Original Dragon Ball filler is honestly great, it expanded the world, lore and even more. What I love about the original Dragon Ball is that DB earth feels like a living, breathing world and the filler made it possible.
Finally, a new gen argument. Fails on its own. This modern proposal that we need to remake/reboot old stuff for new audiences/kids is unfounded and brain dead. Dragon Ball is not a dying franchise, heck I would argue that it has more fans than ever before. In Japan Dragon Ball âdiedâ ended on November 19, 1997 when the last GT episode was released and they didn't get any DB in its animated form until 2008 with Yo! Son Goku and his friends return. However, we didnât get a Dragon Ball renaissance till 2013 with the Battle of Gods Movie which was the foundation to modern Dragon Ball. You can feel about the modern dragon ball era however you want, however if your argument for remake of OG is to bring new fans, Super did bring new fans. Yeah most of them were little kids, young teens during the time Super was airing, but so were you when you watched OG/Z/GT. Dragon Ball is a multigenerational franchise. There are fans old enough to have grandchildren, there are also fans who just recently finished elementary school. Perhaps one of the largest collaborations was with Fortnite, which I am sure kinda also brought new faces.There is also a DB video game community. Some of the DB Legends, Dokkan, etc players didnât even see Dragon Ball.
2024.05.23 23:10 aznpersuazion Is Online Tutoring Worth it? Reviewing Online Tutoring Websites
Hello fellow tutor aspirees, side hustlers, academic extraordinaires. Iâm here to give you the scoop on the various tutoring platforms, how their services work, tutoring requirements, the types of students on each platform, and of course - how much you get paid for your time.
A little about me. Iâve tutored for a few months now on the following platforms: Varsity Tutors, Wyzant, and SuperProf. Iâve had a number of students on each platform, and itâs safe to say Iâve definitely realized the pros and cons of each one.
Wyzant
Money Info: You set your hourly rate. Wyzant takes 25% of it. If you set your rate to $20/hr you get paid $15/hr.
The Requirements: Each subject you tutor you have to take a 10â20 question multiple choice test on it. The test will be beginner to intermediate questions on the subject youâve chosen. You only have one chance to pass the test.
The Pros:
Wyzant is an easy to use platform that takes a while to build a student base. Youâll have to apply and reach out to students a lot at first before you start getting more consistent jobs. This can take a few months, so consider this before you start. The 25% fee is high, but certainly not unreasonable compared to other platforms.
Varsity Tutors
Money Info: Unless youâre tutoring GRE or LSATs, the flat rate is $15/hr, regardless of the subject. GRE and LSAT tutors make $28/hr. Varsity Tutors charges their students $50 - $75/hr.
Requirements: Most subjects do not require a test, however you do need to send in a video interview of yourself, mostly to confirm that you can speak eloquently.
The Pros:
Varsity Tutors definitely has the lowest pay amongst all the platforms. $15/hr to teach is what you can make at some retail jobs in the US. The platform can be better if you need to start making money immediately, or if you live in a country where the cost of living is lower. The amount you are paid is better for people who are teaching subjects that arenât too difficult.
SuperProf
Money Info: You set your own rate, SuperProf takes 10%. The caveat, SuperProf charges students $39 a month to use the platform.
Pros:
SuperProf is very similar to Wyzant in that students and tutors can openly communicate and set up time with each other. The 10% fee is lower than the other platforms. But because itâs already hard to get started as a new tutor, and there are less students on the platform, itâs one of the harder platforms to build a student base.
Additional Notes
While all these platforms have their pros and cons. You can always consider tutoring independently. You do not need any licenses or business registration for tutoring in most places. Once you get a student base through Wyzant or SuperProf, you can take them off-platform and teach independently. The best part? You keep the money you work hard for.
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A little about me. Iâve tutored for a few months now on the following platforms: Varsity Tutors, Wyzant, and SuperProf. Iâve had a number of students on each platform, and itâs safe to say Iâve definitely realized the pros and cons of each one.
Wyzant
Money Info: You set your hourly rate. Wyzant takes 25% of it. If you set your rate to $20/hr you get paid $15/hr.
The Requirements: Each subject you tutor you have to take a 10â20 question multiple choice test on it. The test will be beginner to intermediate questions on the subject youâve chosen. You only have one chance to pass the test.
The Pros:
- You set your own rate
- Tutors and students can freely schedule meetings on their own, rather than have someone assign you
- The user interface is better(mobile app, messaging system, teaching platform, etc)
- Students can largely vary(this can be a con too). You will get a wider range of students, who can be adults with various full time jobs.
- You are charged 25% of your hourly rate
- Itâs very hard to get started as a new tutor. There are tons of tutors with a lot of reviews already.
- There are scammers(be cautious of people asking you to communicate off the platform)
Wyzant is an easy to use platform that takes a while to build a student base. Youâll have to apply and reach out to students a lot at first before you start getting more consistent jobs. This can take a few months, so consider this before you start. The 25% fee is high, but certainly not unreasonable compared to other platforms.
Varsity Tutors
Money Info: Unless youâre tutoring GRE or LSATs, the flat rate is $15/hr, regardless of the subject. GRE and LSAT tutors make $28/hr. Varsity Tutors charges their students $50 - $75/hr.
Requirements: Most subjects do not require a test, however you do need to send in a video interview of yourself, mostly to confirm that you can speak eloquently.
The Pros:
- You are assigned students after declaring interest, so you can get started tutoring within a few days.
- Students are screened so youâll mostly get students more prepared for lessons.
- A large amount of tutors will only make $15/hr, whereas they charge $50 - $75/hr per student. This can be a huge cut, and limit on pay, especially if youâre teaching harder subjects like programming, sciences, higher level math.
- The user interface is not as great. Basic functionality is there, but the overall platform is not aesthetic.
- You are legally not allowed to take students off the platform.
Varsity Tutors definitely has the lowest pay amongst all the platforms. $15/hr to teach is what you can make at some retail jobs in the US. The platform can be better if you need to start making money immediately, or if you live in a country where the cost of living is lower. The amount you are paid is better for people who are teaching subjects that arenât too difficult.
SuperProf
Money Info: You set your own rate, SuperProf takes 10%. The caveat, SuperProf charges students $39 a month to use the platform.
Pros:
- For tutors, SuperProf takes the least amount from your pay compared to other platforms.
- Students are generally more prepared because they are paying $39 a month to use the platform.
- The user interface is also pretty good.
- You can set your own cancellation policies
- There are less students because of the monthly subscription fee.
- Itâs very hard to get started as a new tutor. There are tons of tutors with a lot of reviews already.
- You have to teach your first two lessons free.
SuperProf is very similar to Wyzant in that students and tutors can openly communicate and set up time with each other. The 10% fee is lower than the other platforms. But because itâs already hard to get started as a new tutor, and there are less students on the platform, itâs one of the harder platforms to build a student base.
Additional Notes
While all these platforms have their pros and cons. You can always consider tutoring independently. You do not need any licenses or business registration for tutoring in most places. Once you get a student base through Wyzant or SuperProf, you can take them off-platform and teach independently. The best part? You keep the money you work hard for.
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2024.05.23 23:08 Oradainer Only a Myth - Part 21
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The ministry of secrets was indeed a busy place these days. Only the most loyal and trust worthy women and dare she say a few men worked beneath the halls of the Imperial palace, although who they were loyal to was sometimes a mystery. MonâKelron had visited a few times over her career, once at the behest of now Admiral NarâVala, and once at the behest of the Empress.
Once more, she followed one pace behind the Empress into the dark halls the ministry of secrets utilized. It was a strange mixture of the ancient dungeons of the past combined with almost magical Human technology. Spy-Mistress KelâTaraan awaited the Empress as they passed the thick metal doors that although old, were without blemish.
Two of the ministry of secrets guards stood to each side, each in strange charcoal colored uniforms of some kind of thick cloth material and brandishing rifles that glowed blue from within their barrels. âMore new Human technology.â She thought as they passed the check point and entered the sanctum of secrecy. Once inside, the two guards closed the impressive door and pressed a button on the wall, an intricate mechanism spun, forcing metal bars into place on all four sides of the door.
Empress ShiâLana addressed the once ancient, but now middle aged Spy-Mistress. âHow is our prisoner doing this morning?â She asked in a cold tone.
The Spy-Mistress waved for the group to follow her, âShe is doing better now, we found a false tooth laced with poison and extracted it. We also used some of the medical nannites the Humans gave us to repair her face, MonâKelron did a staggering amount of damage, breaking her nose, maxilla and zygoma. She could not talk with all the swelling of her injuries.â
The Empress looked over to her Captain, âI heard you dispatched her, I did not know it was quite that brutal.â
MonâKelron sighed, âIt wasnât intended to be, it was instinctive, muscle memory. During that moment of terror I felt as if something unlocked inside me and I found I has incredible strength that was not there before the Humans repaired me.â
The Spy-Mistress cackled as they entered a room with a single chair in itâs center. In that chair was a woman, who appeared to be quite worse for wear. She was strapped to the chair by her ankles, shins, thighs, chest and neck. She did not look happy. âHow are we doing this afternoon young VirâAthen?â
The woman struggled against her bonds as she spat, âBetter than all of you will be when our masters arrive with their fleet!â
The Empress raised an eyebrow to KelâTaraan, âShe speaks of the Howrons? Is she part of the lunatic fringe group New Beginnings or something else?â
âOh, she is part of something else entirely. A group we had heard only whispers about in the past centuries, but we knew must exist.â KelâTaraan sighed. âShe is part of a group that calls themselves the Redeemers, who worship the Howrons, and have existed since they first came to our world.â
The woman settled down but spoke with vehemence, âWe donât worship them, they arenât gods, but they are the rightful rulers of our race. For over ten generations we have been their presence on Alandra, and we donât follow the orders of a false Empress!â
MonâKelron looked over to the Spy-Mistress, âIâm surprised she is speaking at all, if this group is as secretive as you say and even resorted to poisoning themselves rather than being captured.â
KelâTaraan pointed to the tablet on the wall, one identical to the one in her quarters. âThe Humanâs gave us such wonderful toys. That medical tablet is monitoring a device that we implanted in the base of her spine, it completely inhibits the parts of the brain that control duplicity. Simply put, she can not lie to us, nor does she want to.â
âHumans!â The prisoner spat, âThey are a blight on our universe, and the mortal enemy of the Howrons and the Ulraar!â
The Empress looked over to the Spy-Mistress, then back to the two other guards behind them, âI think I have seen enough for now, let us go to somewhere more private.â
As they turned to leave the prisoner shouted from her chair, tears running down her bruised and swollen cheeks, âThe fleet is coming, and once they destroy the Humans they will lay waste to our world for siding with them! You will be the death of us all if you donât repent!â
MonâKelron smirked at her, and slammed the door as she followed the group to KelâTaraanâs private office. Leaving the two guardswomen outside the door she closed it and ensured it was locked before sitting in the only other chair in the office. The Spy-Mistess walked around her huge desk and sat in a strange chair that was obviously of Human manufacture.
âThe prisoner, VirâAthen has been grilled by myself and Spy-Mistress IsaâBella for most of the morning. Her name is on no census, and other than her clothing and the pistol and reload cartridges she carried nothing else. Thankfully the devices the Humanâs provided us with worked on our physiology. We have learned quite a good deal about this group from her, and will require Imperial permission to take out this group.â She stated, pressing her finger tips together.
The Empress sat back in the overly stuffed leather chair, âAnd you will have it of course, what will you need?â
Sighing the Spy-Mistress turned her computer monitor around, showing a map of the world with an island circled. âThe group operates off an island compound near the equator, forty kilometers off shore. Evidently the Howrons set this group up with the means to operate and communicate with them.â
The Empress looked horrified, âThey can communicate with the fleet even now? Have you informed the Humans?â
KelâTaraan sat back and smiled, âOf course, they have been receiving everything we enter into our computers about this Redeemer group. Luckily this fleet believes they are only up against a single human warship. This other race of aliens are the ones that have Alex a bit nervous.â
MonâKelron spoke up, âThe Ulraar? Yes, I wondered what the prisoner meant by that myself.â
Turning the computer monitor back around the Spy-Mistress grumbled, âAs if things werenât complicated enough, it seems the Howron have an alliance with this more advanced race against the Humans and have been in a state of on again, off again war for three centuries.â
âHold on, Iâm confused, why didnât Alex and the others know their people were at war with the Howrons and this other race? Theyâre human after all!â MonâKelron asked.
Looking first at the Empress, then to MonâKelron, âYou didnât tell her?â She asked.
The Empress shook her head, âNarâVala was read in, but she is Admiral of our space based fleet, the Captain of my Guard didnât need to know. She might as well now, tell her.â
âVery well your majesty.â She stated to the Empress before turning to MonâKelron, âThe Humans are not from our Universe, thus far all who have arrived have come here by accident, including the first ship to grace our skies as well as the Missive of Dissent.â
MonâKelron nodded, âYes, that is part of the fairy tale, that they were from another realm, that doesnât explain why they donât know about this ongoing war.â
âAh, but it does. Alex and his crew have been piecing together a series of events over the last three and a half centuries. A huge Human warship known as the IFS Conquest of Mars was the first to arrive in our universe, and was met by hostility from a Howron colony a little over four light years from our own solar system. They destroyed the colony world, sending it into an ice age and starting this war with the Howrons.â KelâTaraan stated.
MonâKelron nodded, âOk, go on.â
The Spy-Mistress swiveled in her chair, âThe Humans aboard the Conquest left for a system near a pulsar to a group of systems inside a nebula. It is a place the Howrons cannot reach, the pulsar bathes the entire region of space in harsh radiation, but the Ulraar can attack them. The reason Alex, and even the first crew of the Prosperity didnât know about the other Humanâs was simply a matter of timing, by the time they had arrived, the previous humans had started a war and left.â
MonâKelron looked over to the Empress, then back to the Spy-Mistress, âSo when the Howron found a Human ship in orbit above our planet they decided then that we needed to be conquered to keep the Humans from having allies?â
The Empress spoke up, âPerhaps at first, but once they found our planet to have vast reserves of Adamantine it became far more lucrative to them to take it from us as tribute. Though why they want it we still donât know.â
The Spy-Mistress sighed, âThanks to our esteemed guest, we now know why. Although she stated they were equals in their alliance, we believe the Howrons are buying technology from the Ulraar with Adamantine mined here. Alex noted the Ulraar ships, which he had been calling Trinar since they were all triangular in shape, used a vast amount of the substance in their hulls.â
The Empress balled up her fists, âSo we have been slaves to these, these, beings simply because we had a resource they could use to bribe another group for technology?â
The Spy-Mistress shrugged, âIt was always a mystery why they wanted the adamantine they forced us to extract, now we know. The Ulraar are more technologically advanced than the Howron, but neither seem to be able to get the upper hand on the group of Humanâs in the nebula.â
MonâKelron tapped the overstuffed arm of the chair as she thought, âIf the Humans here know where the Conquest went, what is stopping them from leaving us to the Howron to find more of their kind?â
The Spy-Mistress stopped swiveling her chair, âI spent the best seventy five years of my life with the Humans on the Prosperity, my EmmetâŚâ She broke off her words and put her knuckles to her mouth, tears welling up in her eyes. âThe Humans will not abide slavery of any kind, Alex has made this abundantly clear. He will not leave until our system is safe and we can defend ourselves properly.â
Neither the Empress or the Captain had ever seen KelâTaraan this emotional before, they both waited, giving her time to compose herself. âThey will not leave us to our fate, they have committed Humans to crew the last two vessels. This new information changes nothing in the short term, in the long term they may reach out to the other group of Humans.â
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Monty looked over to Kelly as she sat down on the couch beside her. She had a plate full of cake and a huge glass of milk. âAre you alright? You kind of lost it there for a moment in your office.â
Kelly sighed as she put her glass on the side table. âBeing a replicant is taking some getting used to. I can remember things as clearly as if it happened only moments ago, even if it were centuries past.â
âI guess Emmet was someone special to you?â Monty asked.
Nodding, Kelly answered, âHe was the most important person in my life. He was my husband, and although we could never have offspring, I always wanted a family. I had health issues when I was young and he was the ships doctor. I was the advisor to the Empress and he took a liking to me, bringing me up to their ship to fix what ailed me.â
Monty nodded, âSo that explains your exceptionally long lifespan. You spent seventy five years together?â
Kelly picked up her fork and took a bite from the piece of cake, nodding to Monty, âI did, seventy five wonderful years.â She started tearing up again. âIâm sorry, now I can recall everything with perfect clarity, itâs painful remembering those times, and my mind wondered to a time when I feared Emmet would leave me.â She wiped the tear away with her napkin.
Monty reached over and hugged her, letting her get it out of her system. âHow about a comedy, something raunchy and stupid?â
Kelly nodded, âThat sounds good, want some cake?â
Monty shook her head and got up to go over to the buffet table, grabbing some chocolate brownies and bringing back a plate full of them. âIâve got everything I need right here.â
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âThank you all for coming, have you all seen the information Kelly has collected from the Redeemer prisoner?â Kara asked as she stood in front of the now enlarged buffet table surrounded by Alex, Monty, Riven, Izzy, Valarie, John, Erin and Kelly. Nods from all around the table let her know that they had indeed read the latest bombshell from the planet.
Kara swiped her holo-tank to show the first time a Bells Inequality was detected from the surface of Alandra. âAt the time we assumed this was sent from the Palace, however, after some talks with Kelly we have found this was not the case. That particular communication was sent from this Redeemer group. Kara looked to Kelly to continue.
The new replicant easily picked up the presentation, âWe often wondered how the Howron knew where our research facilities were located. They have attempted to keep us technologically backwards to ensure we can never threaten them or leave our planet. It appears they setup this group centuries ago, and they have used their extensive spy network to pass on that information to the enemy. The city they destroyed housed a research lab working on nuclear fission.â
Kara picked up after Kelly, âLuckily Kelly is extremely paranoid, and the exact information as to our alliance has never been disclosed outside the Empresses inner circle. The prisoner, who was very highly placed in the Redeemer group is completely unaware of the mine field, the planetary defenses, or the new frigates. As of one hour ago the entirety of the Alandran navy, which isnât as impressive as it sounds have been secretly launched to attack their island base.â
âWe could just nuke it from orbit, itâs the only way to be sure.â Monty stated.
Kelly shook her head, âSadly that is not a possibility, we need to capture those in charge of the organization and capture any equipment they may be using to contact the Howron. The news has stated the Empress was gravely injured in the attack and the assassin is still at large, with any luck this story will hold until the assault on the island.â
Alex spoke up, âSo will it only be the navy that will launch this assault on the island?â
Kelly grinned across the table to Alex, âNo, Spy-Mistress IsaâBella and our best agents in the ministry of secrets will also be going. Not only will they know what to look for, they are also equipped with modern body armor and light rail guns, they should turn the tide of any technology the Howrons equipped the Redeemers with.â
John spoke up as he picked up a small sandwich cut at an angle from the table, âI take it you have a plan?â
Kelly walked over to the holo-tank and Kara moved over to allow her to use the device, âWe believe the device they are using to communicate with the Howrons is in fact Ulraar technology, and will look quite different than the examples we have seen before. Kara had her doubts about the Howrons having the knowledge to create particle entanglement, it seems this is a pass me down from the Ulraar who have discovered string radio, though not its full range yet.â
Continuing, she swiped the holo-tank to show the last information about the alien fleet in the Lynx system. âIf we can capture that device intact we can send false information to the Howron fleet. We could maneuver them directly into the minefield!â
Valarie shook her head, âHow would that work, if they are as fanatical as we believe them to be, even with an implanted neural inhibitor they still couldnât be controlled enough to send them a video message.â
Kara nodded to Kelly, who moved away from the holo-tank. âIâve researched both Bells Inequalities that we have encountered since arriving in this universe. There isnât enough bandwidth to send a video file, or even an audio file. I believe there are only three entangled atoms in the device, allowing for transmission of only one bit at a time with error correction. They are limited to text transmissions.â
Monty bounced as she understood, âSo the Howrons would have no idea who was on the other side of the transmission, they would simply have to trust it was still their group sending the message.â
Izzy spoke up next, âBut this could all be ruined if they manage to send a message to the Howron fleet?â
âYes, which is why my agents will infiltrate the base and capture the device before the navy begins bombarding the island.â Kelly stated.
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The ministry of secrets was indeed a busy place these days. Only the most loyal and trust worthy women and dare she say a few men worked beneath the halls of the Imperial palace, although who they were loyal to was sometimes a mystery. MonâKelron had visited a few times over her career, once at the behest of now Admiral NarâVala, and once at the behest of the Empress.
Once more, she followed one pace behind the Empress into the dark halls the ministry of secrets utilized. It was a strange mixture of the ancient dungeons of the past combined with almost magical Human technology. Spy-Mistress KelâTaraan awaited the Empress as they passed the thick metal doors that although old, were without blemish.
Two of the ministry of secrets guards stood to each side, each in strange charcoal colored uniforms of some kind of thick cloth material and brandishing rifles that glowed blue from within their barrels. âMore new Human technology.â She thought as they passed the check point and entered the sanctum of secrecy. Once inside, the two guards closed the impressive door and pressed a button on the wall, an intricate mechanism spun, forcing metal bars into place on all four sides of the door.
Empress ShiâLana addressed the once ancient, but now middle aged Spy-Mistress. âHow is our prisoner doing this morning?â She asked in a cold tone.
The Spy-Mistress waved for the group to follow her, âShe is doing better now, we found a false tooth laced with poison and extracted it. We also used some of the medical nannites the Humans gave us to repair her face, MonâKelron did a staggering amount of damage, breaking her nose, maxilla and zygoma. She could not talk with all the swelling of her injuries.â
The Empress looked over to her Captain, âI heard you dispatched her, I did not know it was quite that brutal.â
MonâKelron sighed, âIt wasnât intended to be, it was instinctive, muscle memory. During that moment of terror I felt as if something unlocked inside me and I found I has incredible strength that was not there before the Humans repaired me.â
The Spy-Mistress cackled as they entered a room with a single chair in itâs center. In that chair was a woman, who appeared to be quite worse for wear. She was strapped to the chair by her ankles, shins, thighs, chest and neck. She did not look happy. âHow are we doing this afternoon young VirâAthen?â
The woman struggled against her bonds as she spat, âBetter than all of you will be when our masters arrive with their fleet!â
The Empress raised an eyebrow to KelâTaraan, âShe speaks of the Howrons? Is she part of the lunatic fringe group New Beginnings or something else?â
âOh, she is part of something else entirely. A group we had heard only whispers about in the past centuries, but we knew must exist.â KelâTaraan sighed. âShe is part of a group that calls themselves the Redeemers, who worship the Howrons, and have existed since they first came to our world.â
The woman settled down but spoke with vehemence, âWe donât worship them, they arenât gods, but they are the rightful rulers of our race. For over ten generations we have been their presence on Alandra, and we donât follow the orders of a false Empress!â
MonâKelron looked over to the Spy-Mistress, âIâm surprised she is speaking at all, if this group is as secretive as you say and even resorted to poisoning themselves rather than being captured.â
KelâTaraan pointed to the tablet on the wall, one identical to the one in her quarters. âThe Humanâs gave us such wonderful toys. That medical tablet is monitoring a device that we implanted in the base of her spine, it completely inhibits the parts of the brain that control duplicity. Simply put, she can not lie to us, nor does she want to.â
âHumans!â The prisoner spat, âThey are a blight on our universe, and the mortal enemy of the Howrons and the Ulraar!â
The Empress looked over to the Spy-Mistress, then back to the two other guards behind them, âI think I have seen enough for now, let us go to somewhere more private.â
As they turned to leave the prisoner shouted from her chair, tears running down her bruised and swollen cheeks, âThe fleet is coming, and once they destroy the Humans they will lay waste to our world for siding with them! You will be the death of us all if you donât repent!â
MonâKelron smirked at her, and slammed the door as she followed the group to KelâTaraanâs private office. Leaving the two guardswomen outside the door she closed it and ensured it was locked before sitting in the only other chair in the office. The Spy-Mistess walked around her huge desk and sat in a strange chair that was obviously of Human manufacture.
âThe prisoner, VirâAthen has been grilled by myself and Spy-Mistress IsaâBella for most of the morning. Her name is on no census, and other than her clothing and the pistol and reload cartridges she carried nothing else. Thankfully the devices the Humanâs provided us with worked on our physiology. We have learned quite a good deal about this group from her, and will require Imperial permission to take out this group.â She stated, pressing her finger tips together.
The Empress sat back in the overly stuffed leather chair, âAnd you will have it of course, what will you need?â
Sighing the Spy-Mistress turned her computer monitor around, showing a map of the world with an island circled. âThe group operates off an island compound near the equator, forty kilometers off shore. Evidently the Howrons set this group up with the means to operate and communicate with them.â
The Empress looked horrified, âThey can communicate with the fleet even now? Have you informed the Humans?â
KelâTaraan sat back and smiled, âOf course, they have been receiving everything we enter into our computers about this Redeemer group. Luckily this fleet believes they are only up against a single human warship. This other race of aliens are the ones that have Alex a bit nervous.â
MonâKelron spoke up, âThe Ulraar? Yes, I wondered what the prisoner meant by that myself.â
Turning the computer monitor back around the Spy-Mistress grumbled, âAs if things werenât complicated enough, it seems the Howron have an alliance with this more advanced race against the Humans and have been in a state of on again, off again war for three centuries.â
âHold on, Iâm confused, why didnât Alex and the others know their people were at war with the Howrons and this other race? Theyâre human after all!â MonâKelron asked.
Looking first at the Empress, then to MonâKelron, âYou didnât tell her?â She asked.
The Empress shook her head, âNarâVala was read in, but she is Admiral of our space based fleet, the Captain of my Guard didnât need to know. She might as well now, tell her.â
âVery well your majesty.â She stated to the Empress before turning to MonâKelron, âThe Humans are not from our Universe, thus far all who have arrived have come here by accident, including the first ship to grace our skies as well as the Missive of Dissent.â
MonâKelron nodded, âYes, that is part of the fairy tale, that they were from another realm, that doesnât explain why they donât know about this ongoing war.â
âAh, but it does. Alex and his crew have been piecing together a series of events over the last three and a half centuries. A huge Human warship known as the IFS Conquest of Mars was the first to arrive in our universe, and was met by hostility from a Howron colony a little over four light years from our own solar system. They destroyed the colony world, sending it into an ice age and starting this war with the Howrons.â KelâTaraan stated.
MonâKelron nodded, âOk, go on.â
The Spy-Mistress swiveled in her chair, âThe Humans aboard the Conquest left for a system near a pulsar to a group of systems inside a nebula. It is a place the Howrons cannot reach, the pulsar bathes the entire region of space in harsh radiation, but the Ulraar can attack them. The reason Alex, and even the first crew of the Prosperity didnât know about the other Humanâs was simply a matter of timing, by the time they had arrived, the previous humans had started a war and left.â
MonâKelron looked over to the Empress, then back to the Spy-Mistress, âSo when the Howron found a Human ship in orbit above our planet they decided then that we needed to be conquered to keep the Humans from having allies?â
The Empress spoke up, âPerhaps at first, but once they found our planet to have vast reserves of Adamantine it became far more lucrative to them to take it from us as tribute. Though why they want it we still donât know.â
The Spy-Mistress sighed, âThanks to our esteemed guest, we now know why. Although she stated they were equals in their alliance, we believe the Howrons are buying technology from the Ulraar with Adamantine mined here. Alex noted the Ulraar ships, which he had been calling Trinar since they were all triangular in shape, used a vast amount of the substance in their hulls.â
The Empress balled up her fists, âSo we have been slaves to these, these, beings simply because we had a resource they could use to bribe another group for technology?â
The Spy-Mistress shrugged, âIt was always a mystery why they wanted the adamantine they forced us to extract, now we know. The Ulraar are more technologically advanced than the Howron, but neither seem to be able to get the upper hand on the group of Humanâs in the nebula.â
MonâKelron tapped the overstuffed arm of the chair as she thought, âIf the Humans here know where the Conquest went, what is stopping them from leaving us to the Howron to find more of their kind?â
The Spy-Mistress stopped swiveling her chair, âI spent the best seventy five years of my life with the Humans on the Prosperity, my EmmetâŚâ She broke off her words and put her knuckles to her mouth, tears welling up in her eyes. âThe Humans will not abide slavery of any kind, Alex has made this abundantly clear. He will not leave until our system is safe and we can defend ourselves properly.â
Neither the Empress or the Captain had ever seen KelâTaraan this emotional before, they both waited, giving her time to compose herself. âThey will not leave us to our fate, they have committed Humans to crew the last two vessels. This new information changes nothing in the short term, in the long term they may reach out to the other group of Humans.â
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Monty looked over to Kelly as she sat down on the couch beside her. She had a plate full of cake and a huge glass of milk. âAre you alright? You kind of lost it there for a moment in your office.â
Kelly sighed as she put her glass on the side table. âBeing a replicant is taking some getting used to. I can remember things as clearly as if it happened only moments ago, even if it were centuries past.â
âI guess Emmet was someone special to you?â Monty asked.
Nodding, Kelly answered, âHe was the most important person in my life. He was my husband, and although we could never have offspring, I always wanted a family. I had health issues when I was young and he was the ships doctor. I was the advisor to the Empress and he took a liking to me, bringing me up to their ship to fix what ailed me.â
Monty nodded, âSo that explains your exceptionally long lifespan. You spent seventy five years together?â
Kelly picked up her fork and took a bite from the piece of cake, nodding to Monty, âI did, seventy five wonderful years.â She started tearing up again. âIâm sorry, now I can recall everything with perfect clarity, itâs painful remembering those times, and my mind wondered to a time when I feared Emmet would leave me.â She wiped the tear away with her napkin.
Monty reached over and hugged her, letting her get it out of her system. âHow about a comedy, something raunchy and stupid?â
Kelly nodded, âThat sounds good, want some cake?â
Monty shook her head and got up to go over to the buffet table, grabbing some chocolate brownies and bringing back a plate full of them. âIâve got everything I need right here.â
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âThank you all for coming, have you all seen the information Kelly has collected from the Redeemer prisoner?â Kara asked as she stood in front of the now enlarged buffet table surrounded by Alex, Monty, Riven, Izzy, Valarie, John, Erin and Kelly. Nods from all around the table let her know that they had indeed read the latest bombshell from the planet.
Kara swiped her holo-tank to show the first time a Bells Inequality was detected from the surface of Alandra. âAt the time we assumed this was sent from the Palace, however, after some talks with Kelly we have found this was not the case. That particular communication was sent from this Redeemer group. Kara looked to Kelly to continue.
The new replicant easily picked up the presentation, âWe often wondered how the Howron knew where our research facilities were located. They have attempted to keep us technologically backwards to ensure we can never threaten them or leave our planet. It appears they setup this group centuries ago, and they have used their extensive spy network to pass on that information to the enemy. The city they destroyed housed a research lab working on nuclear fission.â
Kara picked up after Kelly, âLuckily Kelly is extremely paranoid, and the exact information as to our alliance has never been disclosed outside the Empresses inner circle. The prisoner, who was very highly placed in the Redeemer group is completely unaware of the mine field, the planetary defenses, or the new frigates. As of one hour ago the entirety of the Alandran navy, which isnât as impressive as it sounds have been secretly launched to attack their island base.â
âWe could just nuke it from orbit, itâs the only way to be sure.â Monty stated.
Kelly shook her head, âSadly that is not a possibility, we need to capture those in charge of the organization and capture any equipment they may be using to contact the Howron. The news has stated the Empress was gravely injured in the attack and the assassin is still at large, with any luck this story will hold until the assault on the island.â
Alex spoke up, âSo will it only be the navy that will launch this assault on the island?â
Kelly grinned across the table to Alex, âNo, Spy-Mistress IsaâBella and our best agents in the ministry of secrets will also be going. Not only will they know what to look for, they are also equipped with modern body armor and light rail guns, they should turn the tide of any technology the Howrons equipped the Redeemers with.â
John spoke up as he picked up a small sandwich cut at an angle from the table, âI take it you have a plan?â
Kelly walked over to the holo-tank and Kara moved over to allow her to use the device, âWe believe the device they are using to communicate with the Howrons is in fact Ulraar technology, and will look quite different than the examples we have seen before. Kara had her doubts about the Howrons having the knowledge to create particle entanglement, it seems this is a pass me down from the Ulraar who have discovered string radio, though not its full range yet.â
Continuing, she swiped the holo-tank to show the last information about the alien fleet in the Lynx system. âIf we can capture that device intact we can send false information to the Howron fleet. We could maneuver them directly into the minefield!â
Valarie shook her head, âHow would that work, if they are as fanatical as we believe them to be, even with an implanted neural inhibitor they still couldnât be controlled enough to send them a video message.â
Kara nodded to Kelly, who moved away from the holo-tank. âIâve researched both Bells Inequalities that we have encountered since arriving in this universe. There isnât enough bandwidth to send a video file, or even an audio file. I believe there are only three entangled atoms in the device, allowing for transmission of only one bit at a time with error correction. They are limited to text transmissions.â
Monty bounced as she understood, âSo the Howrons would have no idea who was on the other side of the transmission, they would simply have to trust it was still their group sending the message.â
Izzy spoke up next, âBut this could all be ruined if they manage to send a message to the Howron fleet?â
âYes, which is why my agents will infiltrate the base and capture the device before the navy begins bombarding the island.â Kelly stated.
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2024.05.23 23:07 BBYGirlThrowaway1701 No Longer Feeling Comfortable in My Skin After Horrible "Relationship" Experiences
Hi,
So, I'm in a bad place right now both mentally and physically. As the title states, I was groomed by someone much older than me, it started when I was 19 (I'm 24 now).
I'll call him John, like I did in my other posts. I met John in an eating disorder chatroom when I was at a low point, and he offered to help me bc he had experience-he had an ex girlfriend with anorexia. I felt disgusted with myself at the time and he seemed trustworthy. I thought it was kind of John to help me. He was a perfect gentleman, not a single red flag from what I could see, which only strengthened my trust in him.
Bc I was in a relationship at the time, he respected that, but would still maintain and encourage my anorexia by starvation (the longest he starved me was for about 2 and a half weeks), exercise, calorie counting, weigh ins and body inspections (I was fully clothed at this point). Sometimes he would make sexual comments on my body but apologize afterwards.
Not long after we began talking, John told me that he began seeing someone. A girl named Summer, who was my age (give or take a year or two), according to him. Despite not being sexual with me, he would describe to me the sexual activity between him and his girlfriend. My own relationship was incredibly abusive and neglectful and John would encourage me to end it, but I never couldânot until it reached a breaking point, and I was ghosted.
I was broken by this, but John swooped in and made sure I was okay. He checked on me, made sure I was safe from myself, and made me promise not to hurt myself. This is when Johnâs control over me grew, and our relationship became sexual.
Up until this point, John only focused on my eating and physical appearance (he would play "dress up", where he helped me find clothes and outfits that were more feminine and appealing to men), and he began teaching me about adult things. Before this, I had little to no experience in relationships or intimacy. It made me uncomfortable to talk or think about, and I thought it was gross; I felt inadequate and not physically appealing to my ex so I would ask John for advice. It didnât matter though, given that my ex wasn't concerned with being intimate or romantic with me.
John's control over me grew over time following the end of my relationship. He would teach me things by showing me adult content and going over it with me and explaining what was happening; teaching me how to...touch myself, using adult toys (I had to practise everyday and show him video evidence). He also introduced me to BDSM and DDLG-I had to address him as either âSirâ or âDaddy,â which I didnât mind, I wanted to show him respect because he was so kind to me. He would call me his âlittle girlâ/ âbaby girl.â DDLG was a safe space for me, at least I thought because it replaced self-harm, and I thought John was taking great care of me.
This was the same 24/7 ddlg dynamic he had with his girlfriend Summer, and , and when I asked if it was okay for him and I to continue talking with each other, he assured me that Summer knew, and that because he was the dominant one in the relationship, he could see whomever he wanted. He would call us his "good little girls".
Over the years, John became more comfortable being sexual around me, and he eventually controlled every aspect of my life. I was required to keep my body thin and completely shaven smooth. He would experiment with heavy restriction and starving me of all food to see how it affected my mind and body; but I still didnât see an issue with this because I thought he was perfecting me; not to mention my mind was so warped from the anorexia by this point.
I developed a crush on John due to his kindness, and eventually I fell in love. I loved him so much, I would have done anything to make him happy, and he knew this. When I told him, he said he wasn't sure if he loved me back, but that he wanted me, and he showed this all the time, through intimate photo exchanges. He told me he was worried about me being in love with him, because he didnât want to feel as though he was taking advantage of me, but our relationship continued. He knew I was so attached at that point, him leaving would devastate me.
Whenever I wanted to talk to John about personal things, and get to know him (vice versa), he wasn't as eager, but he would tell me small things about himself, but I was completely open to him. It was one of his rules, I wasnât allowed to keep secrets from him, especially not with my body (I sent his body checks and intimate photos whenever he asked). One day I asked him why, and he said that heâs not good with letting people in, which I could understand because I am incredibly shy. Because John was so kind to me, and attentive and patient, I wanted to respect his privacy.
Sometimes, John would vanish for a few days or weeks out of nowhere, which always worried me; Iâd grown so attached to him that it devastated me each time, I was worried something had happened to him. But he was mostly on business trips, according to him (he never went into much detail about his work, though, and given the field he works in, I wouldnât have understood anyway). Once last year, he vanished for nearly two months, and I was so depressed, my university was forced to hospitalize me. Everyone would try to tell me he wouldn't come back, but he always did, and this strengthened my attachment to him.
Given how much it affected me, John began to let me know whenever he needed to leave, and he promised heâd never vanish without telling me, especially after how much my ex's ghosting had affected me.
Fast forward to this year in February, John vanished again. I should mention that our relationship was entirely online (I live in the south, he lives up north-U.S.), but he would even talk about coming to see me and how excited it made him. Last time we lost contact, I gave him my phone number just in case, but after a few weeks he never reached out, so I assumed something bad had happened to him. I was so inconsolable, I stopped focusing on school, eating for weeks, and I stayed in my dorm.
This is when I began looking for him. I was 100% devoted to him and it didnât occur to me that he was playing with my emotions, so I used the limited amount of info I had on him, and eventually, I found him (with the help of some friends).
However, there were some issues:
1.His name wasn't John, it was Connor (but Iâll call him John for the rest of this story, to avoid confusion).
Before this, I was instructed not to go into too much detail about our relationship in counseling because they would send me to the hospital and quote, âtake away his control.â This scared me, I didnât want him to go away, so I never said anything. But when I was being encouraged to do things that went against what John taught me, I broke. I told my counselors everything, how I couldnât dress how I wanted or eat whatever I wanted because John didnât allow it, and he controlled everything. I was genuinely afraid of upsetting John by going against what he taught me. I repeated it over and over, but no one understood, they looked at me as if something was very very wrong, and it frustrated me.
My university counselors once again sent me to the hospital. Once I was released, I looked for John in other places online, but they were dead ends (not him, I guess), so I found his phone number. Now, he had absolutely no idea I knew of his real name, his real life, etc., so once I was feeling better emotionally and mentally, I called him. I was so nervous, but because of the way John had conditioned me, I was convinced that everything would be okay once we talked, that heâd miss me like he always did when he returned from work trips.
I said a prayer before I called him..once I told John who I was, he became flustered. He managed to stutter out that he had no idea who I was, and he hung up before I could say anything else. This is the moment I lost my mind, in the worst way imaginable. Throughout this entire ordeal, I clung to the hope that things would be okay once we talked, and after our phone call I was completely broken.
I tried rationalizing it in my head, like maybe he had been catfished, but his voice matched the voice messages he'd send me, and my friends who helped me find him informed me that he deleted his socials the day after our call, so there was no doubt that I had the right guy. He knew exactly who I was. No catfish. This also confirmed to me that John was a liar, that heâd manipulated and groomed me for sexual gratification.
After a few weeks of discussing it in counseling, I concluded that Iâd have to say something. Not only had John used me, but there were other girls, too. Iâm not sure how many but in the beginning, he told me of another girl (also anorexic) who he was helping (he showed me her bodychecks, but idk how old she was). There were also some secret accounts I came across during sleuthing, which showcased some very suggestive images of girls who could easily be mistaken for very young teenagers. I even showed them to my counselor, and she agreed. Iâm not the type to throw out accusations, but it looked incriminating.
I know people have opinions on grooming, that it can only happen to minors, but when we met, I was a 19 year old in a vulnerable state (he was 34 when we met), inexperienced in both the world, and sex, and he introduced me to all of it, gained my trust over time, made me feel like the most special girl in the world. He conditioned me to do everything he asked, to please him no matter how uncomfortable or how scared it made meâhe wanted to take my virginity when we âmet in person.â If I were 15 instead of 19, itâd sound horrible. And my counselors informed me that even though it was online, it doesn't make my situation less valid.
I didn't notice how sociopathic (I genuinely mean this, not just throwing the word around lol) John truly was. How he'd keep forcing me sexually even when I begged him to stop bc it hurt/scared me (he'd use the word "force"). 1. How he used his âgirlfriendâ to make me more comfortable with the twisted things he asked of me, how he fostered jealousy on my end by describing their closeness. 2. How he never showed me pictures of his girlfriend (but I could hear him speak with her through our voice messages). 3. How heâd pimp me out to boys on my campus and have me describe it in detail. 4. How Iâd get in trouble for saying no (punishments included clothespins, binder clips, forcing toys down my throat. 5. How I'd been starved to where my clothes hung off of me and my bones showed; and how much he loved it and thought it made me beautiful. 6. How I'd been hospitalized several times bc of him, whether it be malnutrition or depression from missing him when he was away for work. 6. How I'd have to perform sexually for the camera and show him (he mentioned showing a friend of his a few times), starving me for weeks, referring to sexual interactions with me as âmolestingâ or âabusing.â
Some days I love him still, other days I want to ruin him the way he ruined me. I donât like revenge, even when the person deserves it. Anger and hatred terrify me, especially when I feel them, and my love for him pushed any notions of revenge out of my mind. But I canât let this happen to another girl. I know Iâm not in control of that, but I can at least bring attention to it. He seems like a completely different person online than how he portrays himself in person, around his family/friends. Itâs giving Jekyll and Hyde.
I'm currently a student but I put my studies to use and channeled my anger into a case study on John (I need the practise), and Iâve concluded that he could be sociopathic, with a paraphilic coercive disorder and sexually narcissistic tendencies. He loved control, showing dominance towards vulnerable, helpless, innocent (in terms of sexual experience) girls, and this is the way he kept me. He liked it best when I was docile and childlike from starving-it aroused him. There are subsections to pedophilia, and when we met, I was at the cut off age for the ephebophilia (ages 15-19), and the fact is deeply unsettling.
Now that Iâve reached these conclusions, I plan to bring this to light. And while I do not see this as revenge, my counselor informed me that it is, in the technical sense, so I canât ignore that. I wonât go into detail about what my plans are, bc this isnt the place for that, but Iâve gotten the âmove on and healâ speech from everyone Iâve mentioned this situation to, and honestly, it makes me feel like I'm being dismissed and brushed aside. Like it's not that big of a deal and I can move on when it's just been a few weeks. I know they don't mean it to come across in this way but this is how it feels to me. a
I want to make it clear that I was manipulated, brainwashed, and groomed. And after my previous abusive relationship, I am so, so sick of people taking advantage of me, letting me get attached and throwing me away like trash. At this point, Iâm honestly convinced thatâs all Iâm good for.
John/Connor, the man who hurt me was white, but I didnt really see this as an important factor, as long as he was a good person, which I thought he was. He's married to a white woman irl, and the (possibly made up) girl he told me he was dating was also white, but the adult content he made me watch included girls of all races and ethnicities. He even described adult encounters with his exes, and he would mention their ethnicity while describing their body. Now that I know what he did, I just feel gross all the time. Icky. He'd talk about how much he loved my eyes, my full lips, how certain parts of my body stayed curvy even when he starved me to a low weight. Was I being fetishized?
To add on, I was also briefly married to someone (the ex that ghosted me) who only wanted me for citizenship, he neglected me and treated me horribly. He and his family gossiped about me to everyone they could, even bragged about my ex only wanting me for the citizenship. Everything about me as an issue, from the way I dressed, my shyness, my virginity, and my race (most of them are white passing- my ex identified as white too, even though he looked nothing close).
After what happened with my marriage, I thought John/Connor liked me for me. All parts of me, even my race. He was definitely attracted to me (you can probably guess how I know), and he would tell me that I was his, that I belonged to him. He treated me like I was good, pure and innocent, infantilized me, and treated me like a child (which i didnt notice bc I was practically an older teen when I met him), but he would sexualize me at the same time (not to an exotic level imo but I could be wrong about that, too).
Idk, despite my self esteem issues, my race was the one thing I didnt really hate about myself. I can change my weight, or the way I dress but I cant change this... not that I want to... I can't tell anyone in my life about this. They either don't have the time to deal with my emotions, or want me to just forget about it. I'm just really lost right now and idk how to feel. The more I think about it, I feel fetishized.
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So, I'm in a bad place right now both mentally and physically. As the title states, I was groomed by someone much older than me, it started when I was 19 (I'm 24 now).
I'll call him John, like I did in my other posts. I met John in an eating disorder chatroom when I was at a low point, and he offered to help me bc he had experience-he had an ex girlfriend with anorexia. I felt disgusted with myself at the time and he seemed trustworthy. I thought it was kind of John to help me. He was a perfect gentleman, not a single red flag from what I could see, which only strengthened my trust in him.
Bc I was in a relationship at the time, he respected that, but would still maintain and encourage my anorexia by starvation (the longest he starved me was for about 2 and a half weeks), exercise, calorie counting, weigh ins and body inspections (I was fully clothed at this point). Sometimes he would make sexual comments on my body but apologize afterwards.
Not long after we began talking, John told me that he began seeing someone. A girl named Summer, who was my age (give or take a year or two), according to him. Despite not being sexual with me, he would describe to me the sexual activity between him and his girlfriend. My own relationship was incredibly abusive and neglectful and John would encourage me to end it, but I never couldânot until it reached a breaking point, and I was ghosted.
I was broken by this, but John swooped in and made sure I was okay. He checked on me, made sure I was safe from myself, and made me promise not to hurt myself. This is when Johnâs control over me grew, and our relationship became sexual.
Up until this point, John only focused on my eating and physical appearance (he would play "dress up", where he helped me find clothes and outfits that were more feminine and appealing to men), and he began teaching me about adult things. Before this, I had little to no experience in relationships or intimacy. It made me uncomfortable to talk or think about, and I thought it was gross; I felt inadequate and not physically appealing to my ex so I would ask John for advice. It didnât matter though, given that my ex wasn't concerned with being intimate or romantic with me.
John's control over me grew over time following the end of my relationship. He would teach me things by showing me adult content and going over it with me and explaining what was happening; teaching me how to...touch myself, using adult toys (I had to practise everyday and show him video evidence). He also introduced me to BDSM and DDLG-I had to address him as either âSirâ or âDaddy,â which I didnât mind, I wanted to show him respect because he was so kind to me. He would call me his âlittle girlâ/ âbaby girl.â DDLG was a safe space for me, at least I thought because it replaced self-harm, and I thought John was taking great care of me.
This was the same 24/7 ddlg dynamic he had with his girlfriend Summer, and , and when I asked if it was okay for him and I to continue talking with each other, he assured me that Summer knew, and that because he was the dominant one in the relationship, he could see whomever he wanted. He would call us his "good little girls".
Over the years, John became more comfortable being sexual around me, and he eventually controlled every aspect of my life. I was required to keep my body thin and completely shaven smooth. He would experiment with heavy restriction and starving me of all food to see how it affected my mind and body; but I still didnât see an issue with this because I thought he was perfecting me; not to mention my mind was so warped from the anorexia by this point.
I developed a crush on John due to his kindness, and eventually I fell in love. I loved him so much, I would have done anything to make him happy, and he knew this. When I told him, he said he wasn't sure if he loved me back, but that he wanted me, and he showed this all the time, through intimate photo exchanges. He told me he was worried about me being in love with him, because he didnât want to feel as though he was taking advantage of me, but our relationship continued. He knew I was so attached at that point, him leaving would devastate me.
Whenever I wanted to talk to John about personal things, and get to know him (vice versa), he wasn't as eager, but he would tell me small things about himself, but I was completely open to him. It was one of his rules, I wasnât allowed to keep secrets from him, especially not with my body (I sent his body checks and intimate photos whenever he asked). One day I asked him why, and he said that heâs not good with letting people in, which I could understand because I am incredibly shy. Because John was so kind to me, and attentive and patient, I wanted to respect his privacy.
Sometimes, John would vanish for a few days or weeks out of nowhere, which always worried me; Iâd grown so attached to him that it devastated me each time, I was worried something had happened to him. But he was mostly on business trips, according to him (he never went into much detail about his work, though, and given the field he works in, I wouldnât have understood anyway). Once last year, he vanished for nearly two months, and I was so depressed, my university was forced to hospitalize me. Everyone would try to tell me he wouldn't come back, but he always did, and this strengthened my attachment to him.
Given how much it affected me, John began to let me know whenever he needed to leave, and he promised heâd never vanish without telling me, especially after how much my ex's ghosting had affected me.
Fast forward to this year in February, John vanished again. I should mention that our relationship was entirely online (I live in the south, he lives up north-U.S.), but he would even talk about coming to see me and how excited it made him. Last time we lost contact, I gave him my phone number just in case, but after a few weeks he never reached out, so I assumed something bad had happened to him. I was so inconsolable, I stopped focusing on school, eating for weeks, and I stayed in my dorm.
This is when I began looking for him. I was 100% devoted to him and it didnât occur to me that he was playing with my emotions, so I used the limited amount of info I had on him, and eventually, I found him (with the help of some friends).
However, there were some issues:
1.His name wasn't John, it was Connor (but Iâll call him John for the rest of this story, to avoid confusion).
- He had a Facebook, and it had photos of a woman and child (his wife and son).
- He'd been married years before he met me.
- His girlfriend probably didn't exist either, but there was a girl I came across, someone his life who matches the description he gave me to a âTâ. I canât be sure of this, but the coincidence is strong.
Before this, I was instructed not to go into too much detail about our relationship in counseling because they would send me to the hospital and quote, âtake away his control.â This scared me, I didnât want him to go away, so I never said anything. But when I was being encouraged to do things that went against what John taught me, I broke. I told my counselors everything, how I couldnât dress how I wanted or eat whatever I wanted because John didnât allow it, and he controlled everything. I was genuinely afraid of upsetting John by going against what he taught me. I repeated it over and over, but no one understood, they looked at me as if something was very very wrong, and it frustrated me.
My university counselors once again sent me to the hospital. Once I was released, I looked for John in other places online, but they were dead ends (not him, I guess), so I found his phone number. Now, he had absolutely no idea I knew of his real name, his real life, etc., so once I was feeling better emotionally and mentally, I called him. I was so nervous, but because of the way John had conditioned me, I was convinced that everything would be okay once we talked, that heâd miss me like he always did when he returned from work trips.
I said a prayer before I called him..once I told John who I was, he became flustered. He managed to stutter out that he had no idea who I was, and he hung up before I could say anything else. This is the moment I lost my mind, in the worst way imaginable. Throughout this entire ordeal, I clung to the hope that things would be okay once we talked, and after our phone call I was completely broken.
I tried rationalizing it in my head, like maybe he had been catfished, but his voice matched the voice messages he'd send me, and my friends who helped me find him informed me that he deleted his socials the day after our call, so there was no doubt that I had the right guy. He knew exactly who I was. No catfish. This also confirmed to me that John was a liar, that heâd manipulated and groomed me for sexual gratification.
After a few weeks of discussing it in counseling, I concluded that Iâd have to say something. Not only had John used me, but there were other girls, too. Iâm not sure how many but in the beginning, he told me of another girl (also anorexic) who he was helping (he showed me her bodychecks, but idk how old she was). There were also some secret accounts I came across during sleuthing, which showcased some very suggestive images of girls who could easily be mistaken for very young teenagers. I even showed them to my counselor, and she agreed. Iâm not the type to throw out accusations, but it looked incriminating.
I know people have opinions on grooming, that it can only happen to minors, but when we met, I was a 19 year old in a vulnerable state (he was 34 when we met), inexperienced in both the world, and sex, and he introduced me to all of it, gained my trust over time, made me feel like the most special girl in the world. He conditioned me to do everything he asked, to please him no matter how uncomfortable or how scared it made meâhe wanted to take my virginity when we âmet in person.â If I were 15 instead of 19, itâd sound horrible. And my counselors informed me that even though it was online, it doesn't make my situation less valid.
I didn't notice how sociopathic (I genuinely mean this, not just throwing the word around lol) John truly was. How he'd keep forcing me sexually even when I begged him to stop bc it hurt/scared me (he'd use the word "force"). 1. How he used his âgirlfriendâ to make me more comfortable with the twisted things he asked of me, how he fostered jealousy on my end by describing their closeness. 2. How he never showed me pictures of his girlfriend (but I could hear him speak with her through our voice messages). 3. How heâd pimp me out to boys on my campus and have me describe it in detail. 4. How Iâd get in trouble for saying no (punishments included clothespins, binder clips, forcing toys down my throat. 5. How I'd been starved to where my clothes hung off of me and my bones showed; and how much he loved it and thought it made me beautiful. 6. How I'd been hospitalized several times bc of him, whether it be malnutrition or depression from missing him when he was away for work. 6. How I'd have to perform sexually for the camera and show him (he mentioned showing a friend of his a few times), starving me for weeks, referring to sexual interactions with me as âmolestingâ or âabusing.â
Some days I love him still, other days I want to ruin him the way he ruined me. I donât like revenge, even when the person deserves it. Anger and hatred terrify me, especially when I feel them, and my love for him pushed any notions of revenge out of my mind. But I canât let this happen to another girl. I know Iâm not in control of that, but I can at least bring attention to it. He seems like a completely different person online than how he portrays himself in person, around his family/friends. Itâs giving Jekyll and Hyde.
I'm currently a student but I put my studies to use and channeled my anger into a case study on John (I need the practise), and Iâve concluded that he could be sociopathic, with a paraphilic coercive disorder and sexually narcissistic tendencies. He loved control, showing dominance towards vulnerable, helpless, innocent (in terms of sexual experience) girls, and this is the way he kept me. He liked it best when I was docile and childlike from starving-it aroused him. There are subsections to pedophilia, and when we met, I was at the cut off age for the ephebophilia (ages 15-19), and the fact is deeply unsettling.
Now that Iâve reached these conclusions, I plan to bring this to light. And while I do not see this as revenge, my counselor informed me that it is, in the technical sense, so I canât ignore that. I wonât go into detail about what my plans are, bc this isnt the place for that, but Iâve gotten the âmove on and healâ speech from everyone Iâve mentioned this situation to, and honestly, it makes me feel like I'm being dismissed and brushed aside. Like it's not that big of a deal and I can move on when it's just been a few weeks. I know they don't mean it to come across in this way but this is how it feels to me. a
I want to make it clear that I was manipulated, brainwashed, and groomed. And after my previous abusive relationship, I am so, so sick of people taking advantage of me, letting me get attached and throwing me away like trash. At this point, Iâm honestly convinced thatâs all Iâm good for.
John/Connor, the man who hurt me was white, but I didnt really see this as an important factor, as long as he was a good person, which I thought he was. He's married to a white woman irl, and the (possibly made up) girl he told me he was dating was also white, but the adult content he made me watch included girls of all races and ethnicities. He even described adult encounters with his exes, and he would mention their ethnicity while describing their body. Now that I know what he did, I just feel gross all the time. Icky. He'd talk about how much he loved my eyes, my full lips, how certain parts of my body stayed curvy even when he starved me to a low weight. Was I being fetishized?
To add on, I was also briefly married to someone (the ex that ghosted me) who only wanted me for citizenship, he neglected me and treated me horribly. He and his family gossiped about me to everyone they could, even bragged about my ex only wanting me for the citizenship. Everything about me as an issue, from the way I dressed, my shyness, my virginity, and my race (most of them are white passing- my ex identified as white too, even though he looked nothing close).
After what happened with my marriage, I thought John/Connor liked me for me. All parts of me, even my race. He was definitely attracted to me (you can probably guess how I know), and he would tell me that I was his, that I belonged to him. He treated me like I was good, pure and innocent, infantilized me, and treated me like a child (which i didnt notice bc I was practically an older teen when I met him), but he would sexualize me at the same time (not to an exotic level imo but I could be wrong about that, too).
Idk, despite my self esteem issues, my race was the one thing I didnt really hate about myself. I can change my weight, or the way I dress but I cant change this... not that I want to... I can't tell anyone in my life about this. They either don't have the time to deal with my emotions, or want me to just forget about it. I'm just really lost right now and idk how to feel. The more I think about it, I feel fetishized.
2024.05.23 23:04 AthleteForJesus Looking for Shooting Tips
I was looking for some shooting tips, I am actually a solid shooter, especially for my size and age (Iâm 6â5, 195 and 17), and am a pretty high level player, D2 and D3âs right now, but really want to take my shooting to an ELITE level, but am inconsistent sometimes and I just feel like it doesnât always feel totally fluid, I also feel more smooth in the mid range but as a I extend out I just feel more tense and off. Maybe Iâm just overthinking and my perfectionist side is coming outđ I may just need reps upon reps đ¤ˇââď¸. Hereâs some videos below, any tips/advice is appreciated and Iâll listen (go to end to see in game shooting as well)
Some things I notice/want to improve on (let me know if you notice these as well) - My weight doesnât always seem balanced on both legs - My guide hand interferes too much, which produces a thumb flick and I also feel like itâs too high on the ball - I bring the ball too far away from my body when bringing up the ball (this is a big one I wanted help/advice on, but I have been working on) (this is more on catch and shoot I feel) - This used to be a bigger problem, but Iâd bring the ball across my face, donât do it as much now - I like hinge my upper body back, donât engage hips enough - Lacking power, canât shoot from very deep, am forced to use thumb flick
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Some things I notice/want to improve on (let me know if you notice these as well) - My weight doesnât always seem balanced on both legs - My guide hand interferes too much, which produces a thumb flick and I also feel like itâs too high on the ball - I bring the ball too far away from my body when bringing up the ball (this is a big one I wanted help/advice on, but I have been working on) (this is more on catch and shoot I feel) - This used to be a bigger problem, but Iâd bring the ball across my face, donât do it as much now - I like hinge my upper body back, donât engage hips enough - Lacking power, canât shoot from very deep, am forced to use thumb flick