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2024.05.15 11:17 conversation-dude Playing chess at Northgate
Over the past few weekends I’ve been bringing my chess board to Northgate, sitting down in the tables in front of Dixie Chicken or The Backyard, and playing whoever sits down.
The reason I did this was out of love for the game, boredom, and desire to socialize. I don’t drink and am not very talkative so yes this was the best way to spend Friday and Saturday nights, obviously.
For reference, I peaked at 1850 ELO in chess.com. People who sat down could be any rating. I played people who were probably rated close to 100 all the way to people who must’ve been 2300+. If I had to guess, the mean rating was around 900 but with a very large standard deviation. I won more than 95% of the games. I must have played hundreds of people in total, with the vast majority being men. I only played against 3 women. I played people of all ethnicities but the majority were white Americans. The good thing about playing here was that it took a very short to play someone. The average wait between games was probably about 5 minutes. This made it by far the best time and place to set up a chess board in CS. I sometimes set up my board on campus in between classes but got nowhere near as many people to play then.
It was fun! The “rudest” comment I got was “congrats, you beat a drunk person, you four eyed nerd.” Most people were super friendly and amused at the idea of playing chess in a place that seems antithetical to it. What makes playing chess in person worth it is shaking your opponents hand and saying thanks for playing after. It feels very human and warm when compared to online chess. The problem is that talking while playing chess is hard. Calculating moves takes a lot of brain processing, so there’s little space to think about what to say in a conversation. This means that I had mostly just pleasant small talk before or after games.
Most people sat by themselves, but it was very funny when a group of people sat down. Sometimes people would cheer when a piece was captured. People walking by would holler a move (KNIGHT TO F5!!”). People would make a celebrity move then disappear. Others would take pictures. Illegal moves were seen: knights moving like bishops, pawns moving diagonally without capturing, castling in check, and moving a pinned piece so that the king could be taken. A girlfriend complained to her bf who sat down “babe you are NOT about to do this.” People told me about how they used to play chess with their grandfather. They said chess in person feels different and harder than online. I won $5 once. Somehow, I went on a date out of all of it.
I graduated this semester so I won’t be able to do this anymore. But it was honestly one of the best things I’ve done in college and I’ll miss it a lot. If any of the people I played reads this, thanks for sitting down and playing.
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The reason I did this was out of love for the game, boredom, and desire to socialize. I don’t drink and am not very talkative so yes this was the best way to spend Friday and Saturday nights, obviously.
For reference, I peaked at 1850 ELO in chess.com. People who sat down could be any rating. I played people who were probably rated close to 100 all the way to people who must’ve been 2300+. If I had to guess, the mean rating was around 900 but with a very large standard deviation. I won more than 95% of the games. I must have played hundreds of people in total, with the vast majority being men. I only played against 3 women. I played people of all ethnicities but the majority were white Americans. The good thing about playing here was that it took a very short to play someone. The average wait between games was probably about 5 minutes. This made it by far the best time and place to set up a chess board in CS. I sometimes set up my board on campus in between classes but got nowhere near as many people to play then.
It was fun! The “rudest” comment I got was “congrats, you beat a drunk person, you four eyed nerd.” Most people were super friendly and amused at the idea of playing chess in a place that seems antithetical to it. What makes playing chess in person worth it is shaking your opponents hand and saying thanks for playing after. It feels very human and warm when compared to online chess. The problem is that talking while playing chess is hard. Calculating moves takes a lot of brain processing, so there’s little space to think about what to say in a conversation. This means that I had mostly just pleasant small talk before or after games.
Most people sat by themselves, but it was very funny when a group of people sat down. Sometimes people would cheer when a piece was captured. People walking by would holler a move (KNIGHT TO F5!!”). People would make a celebrity move then disappear. Others would take pictures. Illegal moves were seen: knights moving like bishops, pawns moving diagonally without capturing, castling in check, and moving a pinned piece so that the king could be taken. A girlfriend complained to her bf who sat down “babe you are NOT about to do this.” People told me about how they used to play chess with their grandfather. They said chess in person feels different and harder than online. I won $5 once. Somehow, I went on a date out of all of it.
I graduated this semester so I won’t be able to do this anymore. But it was honestly one of the best things I’ve done in college and I’ll miss it a lot. If any of the people I played reads this, thanks for sitting down and playing.
2024.05.15 11:14 saulgoodman037 Autistic Meltdowns ruined my life (what do I do?)
M 25 autistic. Didn’t realize I was autistic until I was an adult. My entire childhood, I would randomly start crying (involuntarily) whenever I got the slightest bit nervous or irritated or whatever. I never knew what it was or why it happened. As a child I called it the “crying curse” and blamed God. (Never really believed in god, as a kid I found Santa Clause slightly less outlandish tbh, but still went to church and therefore still talked to god anyway). Naturally, making me cry became kind of a fun game for the other kids in my school growing up. I was tormented, didn’t get to have friends as a kid or anything. Elementary school was a nightmare, middle school was worse, by high school I was dead inside. Had spent so many years trying to control my emotions, that I basically became stone-faced 99% of the time, and even then it STILL didn’t help, my breakdowns would still happen. I was in so much pain every single day that it’s a miracle I didn’t hang myself off the satellite dish of my childhood home. Parents forced me to go to college, I get there and suddenly I’ve got a fresh start. The #1 thing I focused on was making sure my crying and meltdowns were always done in private and never in the presence of anyone else. Let me tell you, the way I noticed people LOOKING at me differently was the most mind-blowing thing in my life. These people didn’t KNOW who I was, didn’t KNOW about my issues, and the actual look in all their eyes was completely different than what I was used to. People were finally seeing me as a HUMAN, who was on the same level as them. That being said, there was still a massive social learning curve for me. So eventually everyone kinda realized I was a socially awkward dude. But I was still respected and people were actually nice to me during that freshman year. Eventually though, I got drunk and broke down in front of a group of friends, telling them about my “crying curse”, about how I couldn’t make friends until now, and about how I still, as a grown adult, can’t control my emotions. People tried to be empathetic, like genuinely tried, but I could tell that they immediately didn’t want to talk to me anymore. I gradually lost touch with all of them after that. Sophomore year came around and I ended up being pretty lonely for the rest of college. At one point, I went home for holidays and my dad was whining about some of his dumb normie non-problems (as NTs often do), but then I quit paying attention and the conversation hard-pivots into him mentioning offhanded “your mom and I used to debate whether or not you were autistic”. At first I kinda laughed it off and didn’t think much of it, cause as unselfaware as I was, the possibility of me being an autist never even OCCURRED to my dumb ass. But eventually the thought festered more and more into the back of my mind, and MY WHOLE LIFE started making sense. I ended up doing research, figuring out that my “crying curse” was actually called “autistic meltdowns”… which sounds like a joke but apparently it’s a real thing. They’re involuntary tantrums that occur due to an autist’s mind getting overstimilulated in social situations. I immediately understood that I had just been ratfucked by life. Dealt a shit hand. Given an enormous social handicap. And that kinda made me feel better? Cause for so long, I assumed that my little “episodes” were MY fault, due to my lack of ability to keep my emotional shit tight. Everyone around me, kids, teachers, even my own dumbfuck parents had always BLAMED me for my breakdowns growing up, told me I needed to “toughen up”, etc. So it felt good to know that it actually was some stupid bullshit beyond my control and not some fault of mine. But then I kept doing more research, and THIS is when I really started to take the blackpill. I found out that the average autist lifespan is only like 57 years or something like that. Found out lots are unable to get jobs or even live on their own. And found out only 5% of autistic men get married (having a wife or even a girlfriend was always a dream of mine). At that point, I gave up. I remember sitting in this dumbfuck sociology class (yeah, my major was sociology because my dumbass thought it’d help me learn to blend in with the normals). The teacher handed out this “quality of life” self-assessment test. I scored an 18 and was like ok whatever let’s get this class period over with. But then teacher says “most should have scores of above 40 on this. If your score is below 30 you might be depressed haha” or something to that effect. Then he had us raise our hands. Dude said “put your hand down if you scored over 40” most in class lower their hands “Now put your hand down if you scored over 30” literally everyone except me puts their hands down. Then the dude kept going lower and lower until eventually I finally put my hand down with everybody just kinda awkwardly looking at me. And let me tell you, in that moment, it all HIT ME LIKE A TON OF BRICKS. I realized just HOW depressed I was compared to everyone else. How miserable my life was. How everyone else just gets things by default that I never did. Envy of others has always been my greatest sin, but in that moment, there wasn’t even any of it left anymore. I was empty. Gone. Going through the motions. Just looking forward to the food I’d eat and the hours I’d get to sleep (although I’ve been plagued by horrifying nightmares my whole life so sleep was miserable too). I end up taking some random social work class as an elective at some point. Now, the thing you need to understand about the social work field is that it’s FULL of moral do-gooders who want to help people. Any normie would be annoyed by this crowd, because they’re all “woke SJWs” or whatever. But not me. Honestly… I kinda respected it. I’d resigned myself to the fact that my own life was going to be unbearable. So I figured… why not just focus on helping others? Then I can at least die with a smile on my face, having lived a life I could be proud of. So my dumb ass ends up declaring SOCIAL WORK as a minor. That on its own isn’t terrible, but then I graduate college & parents force me to go to grad school, so apparently my last 2 brain cells, while in the middle of hatefucking one another, come up with the absolutely ingenious plan of me, a literal autist, pursuing a MASTERS DEGREE in social work. Now, it’s important to understand that “autistic social worker” is essentially an oxymoron. Meaning I had essentially fucked myself over in the grandest way imaginable without even realizing it yet. So I get to this masters degree program, and I immediately realize I’m screwed. With 0 social skills, I stood NO CHANCE of getting this degree. But I couldn’t just drop out cause my parents wanted to have “successful” kids that they can brag to their friends about or whatever. (Parents were lawyers so their whole obsession is with being well-liked and “keeping up appearances”… you can imagine that having a miserable fuckup of a son like me made them absolutely furious lol). But I couldn’t quit school cause there’d be a non-zero chance they’d finally decide to just up and murder me, make it look like an accident, and finally pin all their hopes on my douchebag NT brother lmao. So I slog through this social work program, which is supposed to take 2 years to complete, but ended up taking me 4 years due to me just being a colossal titan fuckup in every way. Finally clenched this masters degree like a week and a half ago. But now I have to get a job, which is almost certain to end in disaster. It’s not like there’s any point in saving for retirement, I won’t even fucking live that long. I no longer break down crying anymore, but as I learned from my field internships, it’d still be a massive fucking stretch to call me socially competent enough for ANY job, much less a social work one. I’m going to get some bullshit social work job, completely eat it, and get fired for incompetence. I heard that government jobs are less likely to fire you, so I’ve been sending applications out to them, but if anything I feel like it’ll be even more embarrassing when I DO get fired. And I’ll have to explain to my parents that I’ve been lying to them for years, and that I’m not, in fact, some socially well-adjusted dude who’s “overcome” his childhood emotional issues like I’ve been tricking them into believing for so many years now. My life is an eldrich nightmare /b/ros, what do I do?????
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2024.05.15 11:08 Liv4This Unable to be comforted or consoled? How can I console myself then? CW // CSA & suicide
I am impossible to comfort or console. I’m inaccessible, unreachable, and nothing helps. My online friends try and they can’t do anything so they just have to either deal with me self isolating or being too depressed (or busy having a meltdown) to really talk and hang out with them. I don’t play the video games they do, they’ve tried to get me into them and I end up walking away from my computer because I’m immediately bored and I just let myself disconnect. They can’t offer ideas like for me to drink some tea and to breathe or to have a favourite snack because I don’t like tea and I don’t like 90% of the food pyramid. They hate that they can’t help me because I’ve comforted them before in the past, not recently of course, but I’ve reassured them, listened to them, gotten them to drink water or have their favourite comfort food and come down from meltdowns when their sky was falling… but none of that I do for them, works for me when they try it.
I have never felt comforted by anyone. When I was a small kid (ages 4-9) if I was upset, I had no one to go to for a hug or anything (not that physical contact didn’t make me panic). And usually most times I was upset as a kid, it was most likely because I’d gotten in trouble for something and dad beat me and locked me in my room. If I was still upset and crying when he apologised, I got screamed er some more and beat some more and then locked in the room for even longer until I was ‘over my shit’.
Pre-K, if I was upset and crying and didn’t immediately stop crying because they said to, I got yelled at and sent to the corner. Usually for the entire school week.
I was never comforted after. I was never consoled after. I just got yelled at and then the pre-k teacher would lie to my dad and say I stuck my tongue out at her, accused me of calling her a dummy (scandalous), etc… and then I’d get beaten at home wooooooo for not being able to ‘behave for a couple hours’ and I was gonna make the school call child protective services.
Idk if this is why I can’t be comforted by anyone… but what am I supposed to do? My friends can’t help me. How do I help me?
I don’t have any hobbies I really care about (as a kid my hobbies were staring at the wall and playing out a really messed up plot line with my toys (when I had toys, they got thrown out when I was 11). It’s hard for me to be engaged in things, I’m always in my head and nothing is enough to distract me or keep me busy. I’m not sure how I can comfort myself since my friend’s can’t as hard as they try.
TW// CSA & suicide.
The story I’d play out was a birthday party. Everyone brought gifts for the birthday girl and everyone had so much fun. They’d play with the ‘toys’ together, on the ‘playground’ and they’d all eat giant sized play food… and then the nonce shows up and his gift is the gift of trauma (he SA’s the birthday girl, aka my stand-in) and he’s beaten up by everyone. He gets arrested and he’s so sad that everyone hates him that he hangs himself. After he does that, everyone loves him again and they feel so sad that he ‘felt like he had to take his life’ and they immediately turn on the birthday girl, they beat her up, arrest her because how dare she? It’s her fault that a man is dead… if she hadnt been born, that man would still be alive. And scene. And I just played that storyline every single time I played with and I was always so afraid dad would find out and he’d accuse me of being a pervert or something.
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I have never felt comforted by anyone. When I was a small kid (ages 4-9) if I was upset, I had no one to go to for a hug or anything (not that physical contact didn’t make me panic). And usually most times I was upset as a kid, it was most likely because I’d gotten in trouble for something and dad beat me and locked me in my room. If I was still upset and crying when he apologised, I got screamed er some more and beat some more and then locked in the room for even longer until I was ‘over my shit’.
Pre-K, if I was upset and crying and didn’t immediately stop crying because they said to, I got yelled at and sent to the corner. Usually for the entire school week.
I was never comforted after. I was never consoled after. I just got yelled at and then the pre-k teacher would lie to my dad and say I stuck my tongue out at her, accused me of calling her a dummy (scandalous), etc… and then I’d get beaten at home wooooooo for not being able to ‘behave for a couple hours’ and I was gonna make the school call child protective services.
Idk if this is why I can’t be comforted by anyone… but what am I supposed to do? My friends can’t help me. How do I help me?
I don’t have any hobbies I really care about (as a kid my hobbies were staring at the wall and playing out a really messed up plot line with my toys (when I had toys, they got thrown out when I was 11). It’s hard for me to be engaged in things, I’m always in my head and nothing is enough to distract me or keep me busy. I’m not sure how I can comfort myself since my friend’s can’t as hard as they try.
TW// CSA & suicide.
The story I’d play out was a birthday party. Everyone brought gifts for the birthday girl and everyone had so much fun. They’d play with the ‘toys’ together, on the ‘playground’ and they’d all eat giant sized play food… and then the nonce shows up and his gift is the gift of trauma (he SA’s the birthday girl, aka my stand-in) and he’s beaten up by everyone. He gets arrested and he’s so sad that everyone hates him that he hangs himself. After he does that, everyone loves him again and they feel so sad that he ‘felt like he had to take his life’ and they immediately turn on the birthday girl, they beat her up, arrest her because how dare she? It’s her fault that a man is dead… if she hadnt been born, that man would still be alive. And scene. And I just played that storyline every single time I played with and I was always so afraid dad would find out and he’d accuse me of being a pervert or something.
2024.05.15 11:04 Major_Cod_1548 I think my ex is trying to get me expelled and I don't know what to do 😢
I won't give out real names so I'll just make some up because I don't want them to be angry if they ever find this. For context, me and my ex (sam) broke up a few months ago after we figured out we were going to different schools. She broke up over text and after that I never looked at her the same way since. We got together because I figured out she liked me but I didn't like her, it was from her ex (Emma) who slipped me a note saying her ex (sam) liked me. I actually liked had a crush on Emma because we knew more about each other then I knew about Sam. The only time I ever even heard Sam's voice was when she was saying "I'll smack the shit out of you if you do", sam and Emma were arguing about something but I thought they were going to fight, it was actually friendly?. I don't know how telling someone you'll beat the fuck out of them is a "friendly argument" but I went along with it. Me and Emma were talking about things with each other and got to know each other very well. She told me about her break up and how it hurt because Sam just walked up to her and said they should break up out of nowhere. I offered to try and help her out with the relationship between them and after a few days of talking that's when I realized it was one sided love and the day I realized I should never be a relationship therapist because I fucking suck. But yeah, I liked Emma but I was to nervous to tell her, I was giving hints because usually when we joked around and she said "I hate you" or something to make fun of me, I fuck with her and say something like "love you too buddy". We were great friends until she handed me the note and I don't know why but for some reason I actually started dating her ex without thinking about her, she thought her sam was trying to get back at her when really it was my fault. One day Emma told Sam that I didn't actually like her, I only liked her last year which was true but still got to me and that I only thought of her as a friend which made me mad and I cut her off, we would try our best to stay away from each other but one day she had a gf, let's name her, Stacy. Stacy was a year younger than Emma and I was making jokes about it and I was still feeling mad from her messages so I told Stacy she was using her to make Sam jealous and I showed Stacy the messages of everything, they broke up a few days after and I've been feeling like shit ever since. While me and Sam were dating, Sam got a missed call from Emma and When we tried to call her back she didn't answer. Messages, calls, video chat, any way we could. To let you guys know, she was also telling Sam she was going to end it if she didn't break up with me, so I could only think of the worst, what if she tried one last time before ending it, it was during the weekend so I was relieved when I saw her still alive at school. Fast forward to the break up. When I told Sam, she felt guilty for sending me the messages, a few weeks later we broke up and the only thing she was saying was that she felt bad about the messages and she going to a different school, sam went on to tell me that I was getting in the way of her studying even though she only sits on her phone for the whole period and doesn't do anything. I felt really hurt but I made myself happy for sam, I apologized to sam and told her that I was going to be deleting everything about us because I didn't want to be reminded of her and I didn't want the same for her either. I'm a over thinker and I have ADHD so I can admit I did tell her in advance to block me on all social media because one day I was going to try and talk to her again and end up sad when she blocked me for trying to talk to her and sure enough, after a few weeks I kept messaging her but then blocked her again because I felt to nervous to actually start talking. Fast forward to the important part of why they are trying to get me expelled. I started talking to Emma and apologized for everything I did to her, got with her ex instead of her, found out she had a crush on me this year and it got worse because I started dating her ex. So I think she was trying to break us up and then comfort me into dating her, I forgave her for that because love can change anything. My friend stopped showing up to school because he's home schooled now and a few weeks later the girl is emo and is barely talking to everyone. Sorry for that 😅, back to what I was talking about though, we were friends for a week and she told me we have to stop talking, this also was over text but this is after a incident happened between me and Sam's friend, let's call her horny girl or just hg for short, you'll love the reason for that name in a little bit trust me😈. Emma was telling me we shouldn't talk, I asked her why and she said it's because of hg and she said she was going to IN HER WORDS "beat my ass if I got with Emma" I don't know why she gives a fuck but I think she thinks I would do that to get back at Sam, ngl if I really was a asshole I probably would have but I was going to use her because we both saw each other as friends and I kinda like her but ever since everything happened we were just awkward friends, and even if I did date her it would be dumb as hell because not only is she going to a different school but it's only two weeks before school ends. Not to sound rude but hg is on the bigger side and she is just weird, I was uncomfortable for the first week of dating Sam because hg would sit behind me and make lewd hand gestures and since Sam was facing me, she saw what she was doing and just laughed hystericly, a few sam told me was she was making jokes of Sam stroking my y'know, giving me a bj, us having intercourse and me putting my fingers in her, that's all I can remember but the rest she wouldn't tell me. I started laughing over the text until I realized she was serious and I got mad so the next day I went up to hg and told her that if she can talk shit then she can easily say it in front of my face, we started yelling and it ended with me saying i don't have to fight her because my sister can come up and beat her ass for me, my sister is known in multiple schools for her fights and some of her friends are at my school so if my sister didn't want to fight she could easily tell her friends to jump her. I'm a guy so I'm not hitting a girl unless I have to. The next day, Emma said we should stop talking and this time she ment it, I said okay I understand why you want to do that and I respect your decision and we blocked each other. I haven't been showing up to my classes and my teachers are asking if it's because of what's going on, I didn't want to cause anymore problems so I just lied and said ether I must have forgotten or I was just uncomfortable with someone, I didn't say names but I think they already knew. Yesterday I didn't show up to school and a teacher was telling the principal about my incident with hg, funny thing I want to tell you is I made a name for the friend group and it's the main three, I call them the hgg because they all are kinda kinky so I call them the horny girl group, I have some information I got from people and the personal experience so if they want to keep making shit up about me then I can easily leak it on here and on the school page. The other two girls are my ex and the second girl who all you need to know why she's in the group is because she showed us a picture, pointed at a random boy in the photo (a friend of mine whos in the school) and said that was her cruch and I can't make this shit up when I say this "I want him to make me pregnant" yeah go back and read a few more times. no typo, no mistake, you Read it correctly and to make it worse, WE'RE IN 8TH FUCKING GRADE, so lt that sink in. An 8th grade girl is saying some shit not even girls I've met in college would say😂. And I have way more shit on my ex, the only thing I can say because I don't want to give you the best part was she used to watch certain videos and did stuff to herself when she would watch them, and you might be thinking of it's just hormones, that happens at that age. Bullshit😂 she was 8 when she was doing it so you can't blame it on that. Back to the story, they have been saying stuff to the teachers I'm close to and not only trying to kick me out of a class (I don't go to, I just go because of the dogs) but they are telling the principal that I'm making them uncomfortable and some other shit I can't remember. But yeah, I'll give updates if anything bad happens👍🏽
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2024.05.15 11:02 slydawggy69420 Character scaling up slightly when walking animation.
Ive made a character mesh in blender. Ive used a game rig tool to get the exact UE5 manny rig. I parented it. I exported the character into UE5. I then created a child BP from the default BP_ThirdPersonCharacter, and changed the skeletal mesh asset to my model and the anim class to ABP_Manny_C. I then went to world settings and changed the default pawn class to the child class I created.
When I press play the character idle animation is correct, but when I move around the scale of the character increases slightly and then goes back to normal when its idle. Why is this happening?
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When I press play the character idle animation is correct, but when I move around the scale of the character increases slightly and then goes back to normal when its idle. Why is this happening?
2024.05.15 11:02 Mattele FF7 Rebirth's ending completely destroyed me. Need help
Hello reddit.
It's been 4 days since I finished Chap14. Took me roughly 80 hours, in the span of exactly 3 weeks. I was fortunate enough to find some free time to really immerse myself into Rebirth for the full 3 weeks.
But now it's been 4 days, I can't go back to 'normal'. Still crying on a regular basis, unable to move on.
It comes from two things:
One, I do believe that in my 20+ years of gaming, FF7 Rebirth is the best single player game I've ever played, from top to bottom. Combat is excellent, music it out of this world, I loved all the side activities, the charm shining through every moment, the locations and how polished everything was. Playing other games since then feels wrong. I came back to Destiny and Diablo, and these two games feel boring af. I feel anxious that this game destroyed gaming (at least a little bit) for me, because nothing comes close to this level of quality.
Second: I got really attached to the characters, especially Aerith. Don't get me wrong, I am in my thirties, I completely understand that it's a fictional character, but seeing the romance between Aerith and Cloud hit me harder than it has any reason to be. She's literally perfect, the way she is written, the way she looks and behaves, the way she's acted and animated. The Chap12 Gold Saucer date is when I started to feel unwell. I haven't played the OG, but i was fully aware what her fate was, which made this sorta like a sequel to Arrival, one of my favourite movies.
But then, the ending, confused as it was (along with the ending of chap13) really brought it home. I can't believe being more emotional over any piece of art like this. The 'last date' in Sector 5 was definitely the highlight.
It's been difficult to look for help or comfort from my friends or family - I'm the only gamer here, so I don't want to be vulnerable around them - the worst thing they can do is say "it's just a video game". So that's why I came here.
I don't want this thread to become another ending theory discussions hub (there are plenty of those already), but obviously I'm the "Aerith is alive, Cloud did create a new timeline" camp, but at this point I'm not sure if I truly believe in that, or it's just me coping (like Cloud is, based on the other theories). The genius of Square is that, at least for me, they managed to have cake and eat it too - they didn't fully commit to killing Aerith, yet they managed the ending to feel impactful and emotional, as if they did commit.
So, there I am, unable to move on. Still thinking about this almost constantly, crying sporadically, feeling this overwhelming loss, as if I actually knew her. I guess I'm a sucker for Japanese tragic romance stories - and this is what Rebirth essentially is for me.
I'm aware that time heals wounds and all that, but waiting 3-4 years to see the conclusion of this story is going to be devastating.
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It's been 4 days since I finished Chap14. Took me roughly 80 hours, in the span of exactly 3 weeks. I was fortunate enough to find some free time to really immerse myself into Rebirth for the full 3 weeks.
But now it's been 4 days, I can't go back to 'normal'. Still crying on a regular basis, unable to move on.
It comes from two things:
One, I do believe that in my 20+ years of gaming, FF7 Rebirth is the best single player game I've ever played, from top to bottom. Combat is excellent, music it out of this world, I loved all the side activities, the charm shining through every moment, the locations and how polished everything was. Playing other games since then feels wrong. I came back to Destiny and Diablo, and these two games feel boring af. I feel anxious that this game destroyed gaming (at least a little bit) for me, because nothing comes close to this level of quality.
Second: I got really attached to the characters, especially Aerith. Don't get me wrong, I am in my thirties, I completely understand that it's a fictional character, but seeing the romance between Aerith and Cloud hit me harder than it has any reason to be. She's literally perfect, the way she is written, the way she looks and behaves, the way she's acted and animated. The Chap12 Gold Saucer date is when I started to feel unwell. I haven't played the OG, but i was fully aware what her fate was, which made this sorta like a sequel to Arrival, one of my favourite movies.
But then, the ending, confused as it was (along with the ending of chap13) really brought it home. I can't believe being more emotional over any piece of art like this. The 'last date' in Sector 5 was definitely the highlight.
It's been difficult to look for help or comfort from my friends or family - I'm the only gamer here, so I don't want to be vulnerable around them - the worst thing they can do is say "it's just a video game". So that's why I came here.
I don't want this thread to become another ending theory discussions hub (there are plenty of those already), but obviously I'm the "Aerith is alive, Cloud did create a new timeline" camp, but at this point I'm not sure if I truly believe in that, or it's just me coping (like Cloud is, based on the other theories). The genius of Square is that, at least for me, they managed to have cake and eat it too - they didn't fully commit to killing Aerith, yet they managed the ending to feel impactful and emotional, as if they did commit.
So, there I am, unable to move on. Still thinking about this almost constantly, crying sporadically, feeling this overwhelming loss, as if I actually knew her. I guess I'm a sucker for Japanese tragic romance stories - and this is what Rebirth essentially is for me.
I'm aware that time heals wounds and all that, but waiting 3-4 years to see the conclusion of this story is going to be devastating.
2024.05.15 10:59 MantelTheDwarf I need advises on my long distance relationship (🇫🇷 M 24 and 🇮🇳 F 22). Can you help me
Namaste ! 🙏
Maybe you people can help me and gove me advises. Expecially about cultural differences that may happen without me noticing them.
Basically, I (French M24) started a long distance relationship with an Indian (F22). We talk for a few weeks now. Quite often, and usually for long. So long that she sleeps at 3am for me and I told her I don't like that, it's bad for her.
We're botg students in 3rd year… so we know it will be long - 2 years at least - until one moves. She wants to work in France later and learns it. And on my side I don't mind coming to India. I could do the effort if Inm sure.
I'm a lover of vídeo games that likes to stay at home and spend the day on it, and I like mangas and animes quite a lot. Like Vinland Saga. Which is very mature and dark sometimes. But also really deep. And things like Disney movies.
And she is not. But we agree on the important things you know. What we want. How we view relationships. That we have to make efforts. Etc. And we had good laughs and cute moments sometimes. We say we love each other a lot. And I feel she's loyal and could be the one and build a future together if things continue between us.
The thing is that sometimes I don't really have much to talk about except the game I like to play, or a manga I read today. And I kinda feel like she's bored with it. And that to her it's for children. I don't think she knows a lot about it so maybe that's the thing.
She says she accepts me as I am but I fear that part of my personality, aside all the things I have to share, isn't one she really likes. And sometimes that she don't want to say it.
And I fear thongs would break with time. Long distance can be uneasy. And 2 years or more is a lot.
We had a big talk last night and I asked to let me have some days to think.
Can you help me and give me your opinions? Does the same situation hapenned to you? How did you managed?
submitted by MantelTheDwarf to RelationshipIndia [link] [comments]
Maybe you people can help me and gove me advises. Expecially about cultural differences that may happen without me noticing them.
Basically, I (French M24) started a long distance relationship with an Indian (F22). We talk for a few weeks now. Quite often, and usually for long. So long that she sleeps at 3am for me and I told her I don't like that, it's bad for her.
We're botg students in 3rd year… so we know it will be long - 2 years at least - until one moves. She wants to work in France later and learns it. And on my side I don't mind coming to India. I could do the effort if Inm sure.
I'm a lover of vídeo games that likes to stay at home and spend the day on it, and I like mangas and animes quite a lot. Like Vinland Saga. Which is very mature and dark sometimes. But also really deep. And things like Disney movies.
And she is not. But we agree on the important things you know. What we want. How we view relationships. That we have to make efforts. Etc. And we had good laughs and cute moments sometimes. We say we love each other a lot. And I feel she's loyal and could be the one and build a future together if things continue between us.
The thing is that sometimes I don't really have much to talk about except the game I like to play, or a manga I read today. And I kinda feel like she's bored with it. And that to her it's for children. I don't think she knows a lot about it so maybe that's the thing.
She says she accepts me as I am but I fear that part of my personality, aside all the things I have to share, isn't one she really likes. And sometimes that she don't want to say it.
And I fear thongs would break with time. Long distance can be uneasy. And 2 years or more is a lot.
We had a big talk last night and I asked to let me have some days to think.
Can you help me and give me your opinions? Does the same situation hapenned to you? How did you managed?
2024.05.15 10:58 Severe-Ad815 applying for graduate school with one failed grade in college
Hello, has anyone applied for grad school in DLSU with one failing grade in college? I have a pretty decent gpa in college (1.70, may itataas pa bc i’m a graduating student) with one failing grade in accounting. I took the accounting class again and passed it naman. Do u guys think I have a chance?
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2024.05.15 10:58 OgFreezeMage My take in Dorian
After playing around with Dorian in a few Decks, trying to integrate him into existing ones or crafting a completely new deck around him I've come to the conclusion that he won't be nearly as OP and game breaking (in Standard at least) as people made him out to be. He will be a good addition to some decks, but his mana cheat simply is not accessible enough for most classes to really make an impact as it is tied to:
But hey, that's just my impression and maybe I will be proven completely wrong and in 2 weeks there will be some OTK Dorian Rogue killing you on turn 6.
Any way I am looking forward to what decks other people are able to craft with him and if you have a different opinion I would be delighted to hear it! :)
Have a nice day/week/month/year and thank you for reading this!
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- A 4 Mana Minion that has to be played on the same turn you want to draw cards. If you play him the turn before he's just going to get removed. Until then he is just a dead card in your hand or a dead draw in your deck if you really need a good top deck.
- The inconsistency of actually drawing minions AND drawing the right minions. It's not like you can just put him down and play graveyard keeper on turn 8 to get a hand full of OP 1 cost minions, you actually have to get lucky and draw the minions you want to draw.
- He is a win more card. Playing Dorian into any card that draws you cards means giving up tempo on board and allowing the opponent to catch up. The best cards you can get from Dorian will be battlecry and deathrattle minions which only really become significant if you are able to play some of them on the same turn.
- He only really works consistently in decks that can cheat specific cards into their hands. The best Dorian usage I have seen so far is Zarimi priest. Playing Dorian + Scale Replica on 6 with an Alexstraza gives you a 1 cost "Set your opponents health to 15" minion, allowing for some easy Zarimi one shots. But even here you are dependent on not drawing Alex beforehand.
But hey, that's just my impression and maybe I will be proven completely wrong and in 2 weeks there will be some OTK Dorian Rogue killing you on turn 6.
Any way I am looking forward to what decks other people are able to craft with him and if you have a different opinion I would be delighted to hear it! :)
Have a nice day/week/month/year and thank you for reading this!
2024.05.15 10:56 wildcrats709 I'm a bit disappointed shift up :/
Before I even start I'm going to say that I think this is a very unpopular opinion. I'm expecting the vast majority of the interactions on this post to be downvotes. Honestly, I don't mind, I want to make this post to see how the community feels about this topic because while I've seen some complaints I have not seen any discussions about it, and I wanted to do it before the event disappeared. With the semester finally over I have enough time to do a lot more stuff including making this post.
Before I say this though you should know
-I love Shift Up, and they're quickly becoming my favorite game company, but I hate how they did this.
-This isn't about hate or anything like that I just wanted to express my opinion and see the communities collective idea of it.
-I have no problem with Gacha skins, if this was handled differently I would have been the first to pick up both skins.
The reason I'm making this post is to talk about the new skins in the game, and how I find them to be greedy, and also how they should not have been released that way.
I'm trying to say that the skins that have recently been released are pretty scummy and I feel the game could go in a bad direction this way. Let me explain why I think this.
I was originally going to get both the Marian skin and the crown skin until I learned some stuff about the Marian skin which is the one I have the bigger problem with. Why release a new permanent canonical look for the story as a gacha skin!?
I've played Gacha games since I was around twelve, and I'm 22 years old now in College and I've never seen something like this. I've never seen a company lock a new canonical look for a major character behind a paywall like this. I've played well over 60 or so Gacha in the past 10 years, and out of all of those I've never seen a company lock a new canon look behind something like this.
Every time a character gets a new appearance from a power-up or something similar they ALWAYS do one of two things. They either put it as a new unit that you summon for, or they make it a farmable skin. DO NOT get me wrong I was never expecting this to be a free skin, NEVER, but I was kind of expecting Marian to be a new unit you could summon for.
I've never seen a company lock a major character's new look behind a paywall because they know how scummy it would be. Imagine if HSR made DH:IL a PAYWALLED SKIN instead of a new separate unit, That would be scummy right? THAT'S WHY THEY DIDN'T DO IT! I could name way more than this, but I feel like HSR is the biggest gacha rn, so it's a good example. It's greedy and honestly is the reason I'm skipping Marian's skin. I'm not skipping it for myself, but for the people that don't want to spend that much on the game, or can't spend that much because of circumstances. Some people now can't get the new canonical story look for their girl because of this decision and will be stuck with an old appearance that is outdated, and they'll never be able to get the new story appearance because of this. :/
When I first saw the crown skin in the story it pissed me off even more because I thought it would also be a permanent skin that'll be used in future stories from now on, but with the hard mode ending, I was thankfully proven wrong. Still that skin makes ZERO sense. The Naked King doesn't even use a lance to attack, so why even make it a skin? It makes no sense from a lore or story perspective, and I feel like this is another case of greed. They made a character with no clothes and knew that people were down bad enough to go crazy for it and spend like there was no tomorrow. It would have made WAY more sense to make this a separate unit since she doesn't even use a weapon as the naked king. :/
Gripes with Marian's skin
Anyway, It's like 4 am here and I gtg to sleep. I'll check the post in the morning, but again this is not to spread hate. I just wanted to see the community's opinion on these things.
submitted by wildcrats709 to NikkeMobile [link] [comments]
Before I say this though you should know
- This isn't because I don't like the game. This is literally the best game I've ever played IMO, and I've been playing since the first hour of launch. I play for hours every day and have almost every nikke (Isabel come home :/ )
-I love Shift Up, and they're quickly becoming my favorite game company, but I hate how they did this.
-This isn't about hate or anything like that I just wanted to express my opinion and see the communities collective idea of it.
-I have no problem with Gacha skins, if this was handled differently I would have been the first to pick up both skins.
The reason I'm making this post is to talk about the new skins in the game, and how I find them to be greedy, and also how they should not have been released that way.
I'm trying to say that the skins that have recently been released are pretty scummy and I feel the game could go in a bad direction this way. Let me explain why I think this.
I was originally going to get both the Marian skin and the crown skin until I learned some stuff about the Marian skin which is the one I have the bigger problem with. Why release a new permanent canonical look for the story as a gacha skin!?
I've played Gacha games since I was around twelve, and I'm 22 years old now in College and I've never seen something like this. I've never seen a company lock a new canonical look for a major character behind a paywall like this. I've played well over 60 or so Gacha in the past 10 years, and out of all of those I've never seen a company lock a new canon look behind something like this.
Every time a character gets a new appearance from a power-up or something similar they ALWAYS do one of two things. They either put it as a new unit that you summon for, or they make it a farmable skin. DO NOT get me wrong I was never expecting this to be a free skin, NEVER, but I was kind of expecting Marian to be a new unit you could summon for.
I've never seen a company lock a major character's new look behind a paywall because they know how scummy it would be. Imagine if HSR made DH:IL a PAYWALLED SKIN instead of a new separate unit, That would be scummy right? THAT'S WHY THEY DIDN'T DO IT! I could name way more than this, but I feel like HSR is the biggest gacha rn, so it's a good example. It's greedy and honestly is the reason I'm skipping Marian's skin. I'm not skipping it for myself, but for the people that don't want to spend that much on the game, or can't spend that much because of circumstances. Some people now can't get the new canonical story look for their girl because of this decision and will be stuck with an old appearance that is outdated, and they'll never be able to get the new story appearance because of this. :/
When I first saw the crown skin in the story it pissed me off even more because I thought it would also be a permanent skin that'll be used in future stories from now on, but with the hard mode ending, I was thankfully proven wrong. Still that skin makes ZERO sense. The Naked King doesn't even use a lance to attack, so why even make it a skin? It makes no sense from a lore or story perspective, and I feel like this is another case of greed. They made a character with no clothes and knew that people were down bad enough to go crazy for it and spend like there was no tomorrow. It would have made WAY more sense to make this a separate unit since she doesn't even use a weapon as the naked king. :/
Gripes with Marian's skin
- In my decade of playing MANY other Gacha I've never seen a company make a major character's new Canonical story appearance locked behind a paywall, and it's infuriating how I don't see anyone talking about it. It screws over some people, Gatekeeping them from getting the new Canonical appearance.
- It Makes no sense from a Lore perspective. Why put this as a skin over the crown that uses a lance when the naked king just uses her hands to kill? It screams greed and I don't want to support that. It would have made much more sense to be an alternate unit
Anyway, It's like 4 am here and I gtg to sleep. I'll check the post in the morning, but again this is not to spread hate. I just wanted to see the community's opinion on these things.
2024.05.15 10:56 wildcrats709 I'm a bit disappointed shift up :/
Before I even start I'm going to say that I think this is a very unpopular opinion. I'm expecting the vast majority of the interactions on this post to be downvotes. Honestly, I don't mind, I want to make this post to see how the community feels about this topic because while I've seen some complaints I have not seen any discussions about it, and I wanted to do it before the event disappeared. With the semester finally over I have enough time to do a lot more stuff including making this post.
Before I say this though you should know
-I love Shift Up, and they're quickly becoming my favorite game company, but I hate how they did this.
-This isn't about hate or anything like that I just wanted to express my opinion and see the communities collective idea of it.
-I have no problem with Gacha skins, if this was handled differently I would have been the first to pick up both skins.
The reason I'm making this post is to talk about the new skins in the game, and how I find them to be greedy, and also how they should not have been released that way.
I'm trying to say that the skins that have recently been released are pretty scummy and I feel the game could go in a bad direction this way. Let me explain why I think this.
I was originally going to get both the Marian skin and the crown skin until I learned some stuff about the Marian skin which is the one I have the bigger problem with. Why release a new permanent canonical look for the story as a gacha skin!?
I've played Gacha games since I was around twelve, and I'm 22 years old now in College and I've never seen something like this. I've never seen a company lock a new canonical look for a major character behind a paywall like this. I've played well over 60 or so Gacha in the past 10 years, and out of all of those I've never seen a company lock a new canon look behind something like this.
Every time a character gets a new appearance from a power-up or something similar they ALWAYS do one of two things. They either put it as a new unit that you summon for, or they make it a farmable skin. DO NOT get me wrong I was never expecting this to be a free skin, NEVER, but I was kind of expecting Marian to be a new unit you could summon for.
I've never seen a company lock a major character's new look behind a paywall because they know how scummy it would be. Imagine if HSR made DH:IL a PAYWALLED SKIN instead of a new separate unit, That would be scummy right? THAT'S WHY THEY DIDN'T DO IT! I could name way more than this, but I feel like HSR is the biggest gacha rn, so it's a good example. It's greedy and honestly is the reason I'm skipping Marian's skin. I'm not skipping it for myself, but for the people that don't want to spend that much on the game, or can't spend that much because of circumstances. Some people now can't get the new canonical story look for their girl because of this decision and will be stuck with an old appearance that is outdated, and they'll never be able to get the new story appearance because of this. :/
When I first saw the crown skin in the story it pissed me off even more because I thought it would also be a permanent skin that'll be used in future stories from now on, but with the hard mode ending, I was thankfully proven wrong. Still that skin makes ZERO sense. The Naked King doesn't even use a lance to attack, so why even make it a skin? It makes no sense from a lore or story perspective, and I feel like this is another case of greed. They made a character with no clothes and knew that people were down bad enough to go crazy for it and spend like there was no tomorrow. It would have made WAY more sense to make this a separate unit since she doesn't even use a weapon as the naked king. :/
Gripes with Marian's skin
Anyway, It's like 4 am here and I gtg to sleep. I'll check the post in the morning, but again this is not to spread hate. I just wanted to see the community's opinion on these things.
submitted by wildcrats709 to NikkeOutpost [link] [comments]
Before I say this though you should know
- This isn't because I don't like the game. This is literally the best game I've ever played IMO, and I've been playing since the first hour of launch. I play for hours every day and have almost every nikke (Isabel come home :/ )
-I love Shift Up, and they're quickly becoming my favorite game company, but I hate how they did this.
-This isn't about hate or anything like that I just wanted to express my opinion and see the communities collective idea of it.
-I have no problem with Gacha skins, if this was handled differently I would have been the first to pick up both skins.
The reason I'm making this post is to talk about the new skins in the game, and how I find them to be greedy, and also how they should not have been released that way.
I'm trying to say that the skins that have recently been released are pretty scummy and I feel the game could go in a bad direction this way. Let me explain why I think this.
I was originally going to get both the Marian skin and the crown skin until I learned some stuff about the Marian skin which is the one I have the bigger problem with. Why release a new permanent canonical look for the story as a gacha skin!?
I've played Gacha games since I was around twelve, and I'm 22 years old now in College and I've never seen something like this. I've never seen a company lock a new canonical look for a major character behind a paywall like this. I've played well over 60 or so Gacha in the past 10 years, and out of all of those I've never seen a company lock a new canon look behind something like this.
Every time a character gets a new appearance from a power-up or something similar they ALWAYS do one of two things. They either put it as a new unit that you summon for, or they make it a farmable skin. DO NOT get me wrong I was never expecting this to be a free skin, NEVER, but I was kind of expecting Marian to be a new unit you could summon for.
I've never seen a company lock a major character's new look behind a paywall because they know how scummy it would be. Imagine if HSR made DH:IL a PAYWALLED SKIN instead of a new separate unit, That would be scummy right? THAT'S WHY THEY DIDN'T DO IT! I could name way more than this, but I feel like HSR is the biggest gacha rn, so it's a good example. It's greedy and honestly is the reason I'm skipping Marian's skin. I'm not skipping it for myself, but for the people that don't want to spend that much on the game, or can't spend that much because of circumstances. Some people now can't get the new canonical story look for their girl because of this decision and will be stuck with an old appearance that is outdated, and they'll never be able to get the new story appearance because of this. :/
When I first saw the crown skin in the story it pissed me off even more because I thought it would also be a permanent skin that'll be used in future stories from now on, but with the hard mode ending, I was thankfully proven wrong. Still that skin makes ZERO sense. The Naked King doesn't even use a lance to attack, so why even make it a skin? It makes no sense from a lore or story perspective, and I feel like this is another case of greed. They made a character with no clothes and knew that people were down bad enough to go crazy for it and spend like there was no tomorrow. It would have made WAY more sense to make this a separate unit since she doesn't even use a weapon as the naked king. :/
Gripes with Marian's skin
- In my decade of playing MANY other Gacha I've never seen a company make a major character's new Canonical story appearance locked behind a paywall, and it's infuriating how I don't see anyone talking about it. It screws over some people, Gatekeeping them from getting the new Canonical appearance.
- It Makes no sense from a Lore perspective. Why put this as a skin over the crown that uses a lance when the naked king just uses her hands to kill? It screams greed and I don't want to support that. It would have made much more sense to be an alternate unit
Anyway, It's like 4 am here and I gtg to sleep. I'll check the post in the morning, but again this is not to spread hate. I just wanted to see the community's opinion on these things.
2024.05.15 10:56 Numerous-Theme3068 Benediction College and Harrison Butker
An open letter to Benedictine College and Harrison Butker
I first came across the Harrison Butker’s 2025 commencement speech at Benedictine College on Twitter. It was a short snippet of the speech and I was in disbelief of what I heard. Intrigued, I went to YouTube to find a recording of the whole speech before drawing further conclusions. Now, I am nearly beyond words.
I grew up in the Catholic Church, attended a Catholic high school, and do still consider myself to be Catholic, although not without my own qualms with the church. However, this is not about that. I am also a more recent college graduate. I graduated from a large public university 5 years ago and am looking forward to obtaining my graduate degree next year, both degrees I have worked incredibly hard for and am immensely proud of. I don’t remember my own commencement speech, but if it was anything like this, I am glad I don’t- I loved my undergraduate experience and will be proud to have my diploma framed and hanging one day. Harrison Butker’s speech is condescending, out of touch, and against the very values of your school. You both, Benedictine College and Harrison Butker, owe these graduating students an apology.
As a proudly Catholic college, I do not hold issue you or your choice in speaker with promoting Catholicism and the beliefs of the Catholic Church, even in regard to politics; while I may not agree, that is your choice to do so and one that underlies the foundation of your school.
The class of 2025, as with many recent graduates and current students, have had to work through a unique set of hardships as a whole, beyond the personal hardships we all face. Mr. Butker is not a recent graduate, nor is he working directly with a school or university. College is a change for everyone from high school, with the course load, schedule, and independence, but beyond the nervousness and uncertainty that comes with this new phase, students are able to rely on the fact that since its inception, the college experience has been relatively stable, until the COVID-19 pandemic. Students, and faculty, were forced to rapidly adapt to a situation that we knew very little about and had no history to guide us. To minimize that, say that “it is not unique,” especially as someone who was not experiencing it from an educational aspect, is disrespectful to students and faculty, regardless of beliefs on the issue. Pandemics are not new, nor are controversial policies, but what these students faced, was new. I know of no other time during our history, where thousands of students were nearly overnight told to immediately leave their housing and worry about their finances and shelter as not everyone has the means to find new housing or go back to their parents, have food outside of the dinings halls, or access to a computer and internet to complete their coursework where they had planned on attending in person or using university resources, when these things are apart of what students pay thousands of dollars for or take loans to afford as part of their college expenses. Whether or not you support these policies and changes, that does not lessen the unique hardships faced or make a student wrong for adhering to them when failure to do so could result in greater consequences. If there is another time where this has happened, I am happy to be referred so that I can learn. It is one thing to say that the feelings of uncertainty and anxiety around new policies and adapting to them are not unique, but another to say that the challenges these students faced as a result of policy is not unique, it is disrespectful, condescending, and completely out of place as someone who did not experience it.
Beyond this, it is even more disrespectful to diminish the accomplishments of particularly the female graduates of your university by allowing your speaker to advocate forgoing using their degree and instead, choose being a wife and mother. To Benedictine College, if this is what your school advocates, then why charge tuition to your female students? How will they pay for it or pay off their loans for it? Do you expect your female graduates to marry a man who will pay off their debts? What happens if they don’t or if they choose a vocation in religious life, are their debts forgiven? To take it a step further, why admit female students at all if their degree is not meant to be used? A yearly tuition of $35,000 seems a greedy ask to attain what becomes a useless degree. Maybe this is not something you support, but I have yet to see any statement indicating dissent with this position. The Benedictine sisterhood and St. Scholastica, its founder, take pride in education and she herself do not choose the vocation of marriage. How would St. Scholastica be able to attend your college when she found her vocation to be in the religious life? To Harrison Butker, how dare you? I am happy for you and your family that your wife can be a homemaker if that’s what she wants to do, but that is completely out of touch for what nearly all of these students will face as they graduate. Your family can comfortably live on just your salary of over $4 million per year, but you are a minority in this situation. You speak of not allowing cost of living to prohibiting where you live, but with your salary, I’m sure there are few areas you cannot find suitable housing and access to food. Is one supposed to choose to live in circumstances where they do not have a stable shelter in favor of a more traditional priest? Earlier in your speech you mention “accepting your lane and staying in it,” I believe you should have taken your own advice, because your lane is far wealthier than mine and likely all of the graduates you are speaking to. Most families will need two salaries to live in even a fraction of the comfort you live and even then, may not be comfortable. From what I understand, you went to GT on a scholarship, another minority, factor in student loans, and the comfort fraction becomes even smaller. Should a family live in a constant state of worry about money so that a woman can be a homemaker? You spoke of charity and the platform God has given you, but I do not see you using your wealth for charitable acts to support the lifestyle you advocate in these graduates. You decide to speak for women and presume they are most excited at the prospect of marriage and children when you are speaking to congratulate them on a major accomplishment that has little to do with their future as a wife or mother. Can a woman not find fulfillment and a calling as a valuable member of the workforce and a wife and mother. As a woman who anticipates graduating from medical school in one year, is being a doctor not part of God’s plan for me? As I understand it, my vocation, is not between being a wife and mother or being a doctor, but of the calling to serve as a married, single, or religious person. You make it seem as though I cannot be both a doctor and family woman one day. You make remarks about controlling how and when children are conceived. You condemn IVF and surrogacy when a large portion of woman and men in this country struggle with infertility or health conditions making a pregnancy incredibly dangerous. If a woman cannot naturally have a child then is she not to be a mother? Do you also condemn adoption as it a choice and controlled method of becoming a parent? Is it only if a woman is unable to conceive naturally that it is acceptable to work rather than be a homemaker? I have always been taught in my experience with the Catholic Church to welcome children into your life whenever they come about, not as a barrier to being a working mom. You have laid out the options as black or white, mother or worker, when I believe the advice is to be open to and welcome God’s plan for you in both areas of your life. Not only do you advocate for the females graduates to forgo the workforce when this is an unrealistic path for most, but in doing so, you add extra pressure to the male graduates to provide in an unrealistic way. At what cost do men take higher paying jobs they are unhappy in so that their wives can be homemakers? You have worked hard to get to where you are, say you are doing something you love, and are able to show the fruits of that labor, should these graduates not show all of the knowledge and skills they have gained through earning their degree?
To Harrison Butker, I, too, am Catholic. I believe we also are similar in that we question right from wrong and do not just blindly accept the things that are fed to us. You say that our priests and bishops are anointed by God, but quickly question that anointing. I now question you, in who you are to question who has been anointed by God. You point out it is your duty as a father to lead your son. In our faith, we call our priests Father, but you call us to question and right them, should they not lead us? Should we not follow the quote you use of trusting our priests to translate the teachings of the Bible for us? Does your son question you and what is your response? You call for priests and bishops to be righted but also to stay in our lane. I do not mean to support the actions of our church leaders either way, but as an individual am not following what you ask of these graduates.
To Harrison Butker, you say you speak from experience, but it seems your experiences are vastly different than most of the graduates you speak to. Your statements contradict one another, in questioning our church leaders, staying in our lane, and even speaking of your wife as someone who converted to Catholicism but later question being with someone of a different faith, not allowing for change. As I have stated before, it is one thing to speak of shared feelings, but another to speak of a shared experience. You give advice in black or white rather than ideas for consideration and reflection. Listening to your commencement speech, I can’t imagine I would have found excitement for the future and wisdom as I start to move forward on my own. Had this been my speech to give, I couldn’t speak to a lot of the challenges these students faced, but can empathize with the fears of stepping out of the student life and uncertainty about my future. I could speak to how being able to adapt to challenges, facing hardship in my own way has made me strong and able to persevere and that they too have grown to be stronger and able to persevere too, even if they are not confident. I could speak to how money is not always the most important thing in life, your church, your family, your community are all things to reflect on when making decisions about the future. But, this was not my speech, it was yours. My ideas may not be right, maybe it has more “fluff” than yours, but they do not tell me the right or wrong way to live my life, as that is between me and God.
To Benedictine College, much of this is address to Harrison Butker. However, this is the person you chose and supported in giving a commencement speech. What is address to him, is also a reflection of what you support and believe, and the message you hope to send your graduates off with. I am not one of your graduates, happy to say I am not with this speech, but at least for me, this is the representation I have of your school.
To Benedictine College and Harrison Butker, you both owe the graduates an apology for these disrespectful and confusing sentiments as they enter a new and stressful chapter of their lives.
To the Benedictine College class of 2025, congratulations!
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I first came across the Harrison Butker’s 2025 commencement speech at Benedictine College on Twitter. It was a short snippet of the speech and I was in disbelief of what I heard. Intrigued, I went to YouTube to find a recording of the whole speech before drawing further conclusions. Now, I am nearly beyond words.
I grew up in the Catholic Church, attended a Catholic high school, and do still consider myself to be Catholic, although not without my own qualms with the church. However, this is not about that. I am also a more recent college graduate. I graduated from a large public university 5 years ago and am looking forward to obtaining my graduate degree next year, both degrees I have worked incredibly hard for and am immensely proud of. I don’t remember my own commencement speech, but if it was anything like this, I am glad I don’t- I loved my undergraduate experience and will be proud to have my diploma framed and hanging one day. Harrison Butker’s speech is condescending, out of touch, and against the very values of your school. You both, Benedictine College and Harrison Butker, owe these graduating students an apology.
As a proudly Catholic college, I do not hold issue you or your choice in speaker with promoting Catholicism and the beliefs of the Catholic Church, even in regard to politics; while I may not agree, that is your choice to do so and one that underlies the foundation of your school.
The class of 2025, as with many recent graduates and current students, have had to work through a unique set of hardships as a whole, beyond the personal hardships we all face. Mr. Butker is not a recent graduate, nor is he working directly with a school or university. College is a change for everyone from high school, with the course load, schedule, and independence, but beyond the nervousness and uncertainty that comes with this new phase, students are able to rely on the fact that since its inception, the college experience has been relatively stable, until the COVID-19 pandemic. Students, and faculty, were forced to rapidly adapt to a situation that we knew very little about and had no history to guide us. To minimize that, say that “it is not unique,” especially as someone who was not experiencing it from an educational aspect, is disrespectful to students and faculty, regardless of beliefs on the issue. Pandemics are not new, nor are controversial policies, but what these students faced, was new. I know of no other time during our history, where thousands of students were nearly overnight told to immediately leave their housing and worry about their finances and shelter as not everyone has the means to find new housing or go back to their parents, have food outside of the dinings halls, or access to a computer and internet to complete their coursework where they had planned on attending in person or using university resources, when these things are apart of what students pay thousands of dollars for or take loans to afford as part of their college expenses. Whether or not you support these policies and changes, that does not lessen the unique hardships faced or make a student wrong for adhering to them when failure to do so could result in greater consequences. If there is another time where this has happened, I am happy to be referred so that I can learn. It is one thing to say that the feelings of uncertainty and anxiety around new policies and adapting to them are not unique, but another to say that the challenges these students faced as a result of policy is not unique, it is disrespectful, condescending, and completely out of place as someone who did not experience it.
Beyond this, it is even more disrespectful to diminish the accomplishments of particularly the female graduates of your university by allowing your speaker to advocate forgoing using their degree and instead, choose being a wife and mother. To Benedictine College, if this is what your school advocates, then why charge tuition to your female students? How will they pay for it or pay off their loans for it? Do you expect your female graduates to marry a man who will pay off their debts? What happens if they don’t or if they choose a vocation in religious life, are their debts forgiven? To take it a step further, why admit female students at all if their degree is not meant to be used? A yearly tuition of $35,000 seems a greedy ask to attain what becomes a useless degree. Maybe this is not something you support, but I have yet to see any statement indicating dissent with this position. The Benedictine sisterhood and St. Scholastica, its founder, take pride in education and she herself do not choose the vocation of marriage. How would St. Scholastica be able to attend your college when she found her vocation to be in the religious life? To Harrison Butker, how dare you? I am happy for you and your family that your wife can be a homemaker if that’s what she wants to do, but that is completely out of touch for what nearly all of these students will face as they graduate. Your family can comfortably live on just your salary of over $4 million per year, but you are a minority in this situation. You speak of not allowing cost of living to prohibiting where you live, but with your salary, I’m sure there are few areas you cannot find suitable housing and access to food. Is one supposed to choose to live in circumstances where they do not have a stable shelter in favor of a more traditional priest? Earlier in your speech you mention “accepting your lane and staying in it,” I believe you should have taken your own advice, because your lane is far wealthier than mine and likely all of the graduates you are speaking to. Most families will need two salaries to live in even a fraction of the comfort you live and even then, may not be comfortable. From what I understand, you went to GT on a scholarship, another minority, factor in student loans, and the comfort fraction becomes even smaller. Should a family live in a constant state of worry about money so that a woman can be a homemaker? You spoke of charity and the platform God has given you, but I do not see you using your wealth for charitable acts to support the lifestyle you advocate in these graduates. You decide to speak for women and presume they are most excited at the prospect of marriage and children when you are speaking to congratulate them on a major accomplishment that has little to do with their future as a wife or mother. Can a woman not find fulfillment and a calling as a valuable member of the workforce and a wife and mother. As a woman who anticipates graduating from medical school in one year, is being a doctor not part of God’s plan for me? As I understand it, my vocation, is not between being a wife and mother or being a doctor, but of the calling to serve as a married, single, or religious person. You make it seem as though I cannot be both a doctor and family woman one day. You make remarks about controlling how and when children are conceived. You condemn IVF and surrogacy when a large portion of woman and men in this country struggle with infertility or health conditions making a pregnancy incredibly dangerous. If a woman cannot naturally have a child then is she not to be a mother? Do you also condemn adoption as it a choice and controlled method of becoming a parent? Is it only if a woman is unable to conceive naturally that it is acceptable to work rather than be a homemaker? I have always been taught in my experience with the Catholic Church to welcome children into your life whenever they come about, not as a barrier to being a working mom. You have laid out the options as black or white, mother or worker, when I believe the advice is to be open to and welcome God’s plan for you in both areas of your life. Not only do you advocate for the females graduates to forgo the workforce when this is an unrealistic path for most, but in doing so, you add extra pressure to the male graduates to provide in an unrealistic way. At what cost do men take higher paying jobs they are unhappy in so that their wives can be homemakers? You have worked hard to get to where you are, say you are doing something you love, and are able to show the fruits of that labor, should these graduates not show all of the knowledge and skills they have gained through earning their degree?
To Harrison Butker, I, too, am Catholic. I believe we also are similar in that we question right from wrong and do not just blindly accept the things that are fed to us. You say that our priests and bishops are anointed by God, but quickly question that anointing. I now question you, in who you are to question who has been anointed by God. You point out it is your duty as a father to lead your son. In our faith, we call our priests Father, but you call us to question and right them, should they not lead us? Should we not follow the quote you use of trusting our priests to translate the teachings of the Bible for us? Does your son question you and what is your response? You call for priests and bishops to be righted but also to stay in our lane. I do not mean to support the actions of our church leaders either way, but as an individual am not following what you ask of these graduates.
To Harrison Butker, you say you speak from experience, but it seems your experiences are vastly different than most of the graduates you speak to. Your statements contradict one another, in questioning our church leaders, staying in our lane, and even speaking of your wife as someone who converted to Catholicism but later question being with someone of a different faith, not allowing for change. As I have stated before, it is one thing to speak of shared feelings, but another to speak of a shared experience. You give advice in black or white rather than ideas for consideration and reflection. Listening to your commencement speech, I can’t imagine I would have found excitement for the future and wisdom as I start to move forward on my own. Had this been my speech to give, I couldn’t speak to a lot of the challenges these students faced, but can empathize with the fears of stepping out of the student life and uncertainty about my future. I could speak to how being able to adapt to challenges, facing hardship in my own way has made me strong and able to persevere and that they too have grown to be stronger and able to persevere too, even if they are not confident. I could speak to how money is not always the most important thing in life, your church, your family, your community are all things to reflect on when making decisions about the future. But, this was not my speech, it was yours. My ideas may not be right, maybe it has more “fluff” than yours, but they do not tell me the right or wrong way to live my life, as that is between me and God.
To Benedictine College, much of this is address to Harrison Butker. However, this is the person you chose and supported in giving a commencement speech. What is address to him, is also a reflection of what you support and believe, and the message you hope to send your graduates off with. I am not one of your graduates, happy to say I am not with this speech, but at least for me, this is the representation I have of your school.
To Benedictine College and Harrison Butker, you both owe the graduates an apology for these disrespectful and confusing sentiments as they enter a new and stressful chapter of their lives.
To the Benedictine College class of 2025, congratulations!
2024.05.15 10:56 Pseudoimprovo Ugh I’m so conflicted. Should I transfer?
Just finished freshman year and first semester was ROUGH. Second semester I started to figure out what worked for me and what didn’t. Grade wise I’m still struggling, but mental health wise definitely a big improvement. The areas I’m struggling in are social life/finding solid friends/sense of involvement. I did get lucky and meet one real deal friend, honestly probably a friend for life. I have a few other casual friends, and acquaintances but that’s it. Still feel like I haven’t found my people.
I’m at a very good LAC, but don’t feel like I fit in, and have been questioned as to why I chose this school all the time (not sure if everyone experiences that), but it does make me feel like I don’t belong. Im still finding myself, my style, my values, and the people I’d like to surround myself with as an adult. At this school I feel too boring, or not quirky enough. I do think I messed up when chances to make new friends arose because of anxiety and since I’m very introverted. I’m not sure if I should transfer to a more chill relaxed school with more basic people like myself, where I feel like I fit in all the time. I do think I’d thrive because school would be less rigorous, my grades would be better, etc. but I wouldn’t have a poc community like I do here (I’m even planning to live in a program house next year which I’m excited about if I stay). The school I want to transfer to is very not diverse let’s just say. It’s also in a rural area but it’s a beautiful campus.
Also the reason my grades are poor is cause I’m burnt out, and I don’t really care about being at a top school like I did in hs.
Pros at X School: -very diverse (all my classes have been all poc or mostly poc which is shocking for me as I grew up in all white catholic schools) -all sorts of people that I could get to know/make connections with, strong cultural community that I plan to get more involved with next year as well -learned a lot more about/discovered myself in this one year than I did in all 4 years of hs -amazing job opportunities -used to the campus/location, starting to feel like a second home -6 hrs away from home, like the independence from toxic family
Cons: -feel like I haven’t found a core group of like minded people/ hippy/artsy/party culture is not my vibe -feel like I need to change to fit in -feel out of place -struggling academically (withdrawn from a crazy amount of classes (but made it to sophomore year) -lonely/anxiety on campus -cliques/social hierarchies but that’s everywhere -don’t love the campus, feels kinda lifeless/ghetto
Pros at Transfer School -love the campus -more peaceful environment -More majors here, and if I go here I’ll be able to major in something that will directly get me a job -more introvert friendly/wont feel like an outcast (do think both schools are introvert friendly since they’re small tho) -no classism/elitism -get to be a nobody, I think at a top school like X, you should only go if you plan to be somebody (I just want a simple job/life -can drive home 3hrs away -more confident in
Cons: -less diverse -no similar background community like I have here and can grow next year if I stay -might feel isolated again like I did in hs
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I’m at a very good LAC, but don’t feel like I fit in, and have been questioned as to why I chose this school all the time (not sure if everyone experiences that), but it does make me feel like I don’t belong. Im still finding myself, my style, my values, and the people I’d like to surround myself with as an adult. At this school I feel too boring, or not quirky enough. I do think I messed up when chances to make new friends arose because of anxiety and since I’m very introverted. I’m not sure if I should transfer to a more chill relaxed school with more basic people like myself, where I feel like I fit in all the time. I do think I’d thrive because school would be less rigorous, my grades would be better, etc. but I wouldn’t have a poc community like I do here (I’m even planning to live in a program house next year which I’m excited about if I stay). The school I want to transfer to is very not diverse let’s just say. It’s also in a rural area but it’s a beautiful campus.
Also the reason my grades are poor is cause I’m burnt out, and I don’t really care about being at a top school like I did in hs.
Pros at X School: -very diverse (all my classes have been all poc or mostly poc which is shocking for me as I grew up in all white catholic schools) -all sorts of people that I could get to know/make connections with, strong cultural community that I plan to get more involved with next year as well -learned a lot more about/discovered myself in this one year than I did in all 4 years of hs -amazing job opportunities -used to the campus/location, starting to feel like a second home -6 hrs away from home, like the independence from toxic family
Cons: -feel like I haven’t found a core group of like minded people/ hippy/artsy/party culture is not my vibe -feel like I need to change to fit in -feel out of place -struggling academically (withdrawn from a crazy amount of classes (but made it to sophomore year) -lonely/anxiety on campus -cliques/social hierarchies but that’s everywhere -don’t love the campus, feels kinda lifeless/ghetto
Pros at Transfer School -love the campus -more peaceful environment -More majors here, and if I go here I’ll be able to major in something that will directly get me a job -more introvert friendly/wont feel like an outcast (do think both schools are introvert friendly since they’re small tho) -no classism/elitism -get to be a nobody, I think at a top school like X, you should only go if you plan to be somebody (I just want a simple job/life -can drive home 3hrs away -more confident in
Cons: -less diverse -no similar background community like I have here and can grow next year if I stay -might feel isolated again like I did in hs
2024.05.15 10:56 Major_Cod_1548 I think my ex is trying to get me expelled and I don't know what to do 😢
I won't give out real names so I'll just make some up because I don't want them to be angry if they ever find this. For context, me and my ex (sam) broke up a few months ago after we figured out we were going to different schools. She broke up over text and after that I never looked at her the same way since. We got together because I figured out she liked me but I didn't like her, it was from her ex (Emma) who slipped me a note saying her ex (sam) liked me. I actually liked had a crush on Emma because we knew more about each other then I knew about Sam. The only time I ever even heard Sam's voice was when she was saying "I'll smack the shit out of you if you do", sam and Emma were arguing about something but I thought they were going to fight, it was actually friendly?. I don't know how telling someone you'll beat the fuck out of them is a "friendly argument" but I went along with it. Me and Emma were talking about things with each other and got to know each other very well. She told me about her break up and how it hurt because Sam just walked up to her and said they should break up out of nowhere. I offered to try and help her out with the relationship between them and after a few days of talking that's when I realized it was one sided love and the day I realized I should never be a relationship therapist because I fucking suck. But yeah, I liked Emma but I was to nervous to tell her, I was giving hints because usually when we joked around and she said "I hate you" or something to make fun of me, I fuck with her and say something like "love you too buddy". We were great friends until she handed me the note and I don't know why but for some reason I actually started dating her ex without thinking about her, she thought her sam was trying to get back at her when really it was my fault. One day Emma told Sam that I didn't actually like her, I only liked her last year which was true but still got to me and that I only thought of her as a friend which made me mad and I cut her off, we would try our best to stay away from each other but one day she had a gf, let's name her, Stacy. Stacy was a year younger than Emma and I was making jokes about it and I was still feeling mad from her messages so I told Stacy she was using her to make Sam jealous and I showed Stacy the messages of everything, they broke up a few days after and I've been feeling like shit ever since. While me and Sam were dating, Sam got a missed call from Emma and When we tried to call her back she didn't answer. Messages, calls, video chat, any way we could. To let you guys know, she was also telling Sam she was going to end it if she didn't break up with me, so I could only think of the worst, what if she tried one last time before ending it, it was during the weekend so I was relieved when I saw her still alive at school. Fast forward to the break up. When I told Sam, she felt guilty for sending me the messages, a few weeks later we broke up and the only thing she was saying was that she felt bad about the messages and she going to a different school, sam went on to tell me that I was getting in the way of her studying even though she only sits on her phone for the whole period and doesn't do anything. I felt really hurt but I made myself happy for sam, I apologized to sam and told her that I was going to be deleting everything about us because I didn't want to be reminded of her and I didn't want the same for her either. I'm a over thinker and I have ADHD so I can admit I did tell her in advance to block me on all social media because one day I was going to try and talk to her again and end up sad when she blocked me for trying to talk to her and sure enough, after a few weeks I kept messaging her but then blocked her again because I felt to nervous to actually start talking. Fast forward to the important part of why they are trying to get me expelled. I started talking to Emma and apologized for everything I did to her, got with her ex instead of her, found out she had a crush on me this year and it got worse because I started dating her ex. So I think she was trying to break us up and then comfort me into dating her, I forgave her for that because love can change anything. My friend stopped showing up to school because he's home schooled now and a few weeks later the girl is emo and is barely talking to everyone. Sorry for that 😅, back to what I was talking about though, we were friends for a week and she told me we have to stop talking, this also was over text but this is after a incident happened between me and Sam's friend, let's call her horny girl or just hg for short, you'll love the reason for that name in a little bit trust me😈. Emma was telling me we shouldn't talk, I asked her why and she said it's because of hg and she said she was going to IN HER WORDS "beat my ass if I got with Emma" I don't know why she gives a fuck but I think she thinks I would do that to get back at Sam, ngl if I really was a asshole I probably would have but I was going to use her because we both saw each other as friends and I kinda like her but ever since everything happened we were just awkward friends, and even if I did date her it would be dumb as hell because not only is she going to a different school but it's only two weeks before school ends. Not to sound rude but hg is on the bigger side and she is just weird, I was uncomfortable for the first week of dating Sam because hg would sit behind me and make lewd hand gestures and since Sam was facing me, she saw what she was doing and just laughed hystericly, a few sam told me was she was making jokes of Sam stroking my y'know, giving me a bj, us having intercourse and me putting my fingers in her, that's all I can remember but the rest she wouldn't tell me. I started laughing over the text until I realized she was serious and I got mad so the next day I went up to hg and told her that if she can talk shit then she can easily say it in front of my face, we started yelling and it ended with me saying i don't have to fight her because my sister can come up and beat her ass for me, my sister is known in multiple schools for her fights and some of her friends are at my school so if my sister didn't want to fight she could easily tell her friends to jump her. I'm a guy so I'm not hitting a girl unless I have to. The next day, Emma said we should stop talking and this time she ment it, I said okay I understand why you want to do that and I respect your decision and we blocked each other. I haven't been showing up to my classes and my teachers are asking if it's because of what's going on, I didn't want to cause anymore problems so I just lied and said ether I must have forgotten or I was just uncomfortable with someone, I didn't say names but I think they already knew. Yesterday I didn't show up to school and a teacher was telling the principal about my incident with hg, funny thing I want to tell you is I made a name for the friend group and it's the main three, I call them the hgg because they all are kinda kinky so I call them the horny girl group, I have some information I got from people and the personal experience so if they want to keep making shit up about me then I can easily leak it on here and on the school page. The other two girls are my ex and the second girl who all you need to know why she's in the group is because she showed us a picture, pointed at a random boy in the photo (a friend of mine whos in the school) and said that was her cruch and I can't make this shit up when I say this "I want him to make me pregnant" yeah go back and read a few more times. no typo, no mistake, you Read it correctly and to make it worse, WE'RE IN 8TH FUCKING GRADE, so lt that sink in. An 8th grade girl is saying some shit not even girls I've met in college would say😂. And I have way more shit on my ex, the only thing I can say because I don't want to give you the best part was she used to watch certain videos and did stuff to herself when she would watch them, and you might be thinking of it's just hormones, that happens at that age. Bullshit😂 she was 8 when she was doing it so you can't blame it on that. Back to the story, they have been saying stuff to the teachers I'm close to and not only trying to kick me out of a class (I don't go to, I just go because of the dogs) but they are telling the principal that I'm making them uncomfortable and some other shit I can't remember. But yeah, I'll give updates if anything bad happens👍🏽
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2024.05.15 10:55 CakeandTea78 My thought about all private servers that based on 4.6
Hi no matter what version you advertised your server as long as you based on 4.6 this is my thought.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear_of_missing_out
It's negative feeling it doesn't make players feel healthier or happier but rather forced players to stay home during weekend to play the game. It's a scumbag strategy. Let everybody enjoy your server any day not just weekend. I would support a server without exp boost weekend boost just because it gives a peace to players and slow life.
I have no experience about PvP in Aion so I won't comment about Arena , PvP instances anyone want to add comments about it please feel free to do so.
Conclusion if a server followed my suggestions you would see a paradise server and it doesn't even need updated content or anything it's just regular 4.6 with some modify. Read and comment if you like thank you :)
submitted by CakeandTea78 to aion [link] [comments]
- 4.6 is overused and same setup every server.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear_of_missing_out
It's negative feeling it doesn't make players feel healthier or happier but rather forced players to stay home during weekend to play the game. It's a scumbag strategy. Let everybody enjoy your server any day not just weekend. I would support a server without exp boost weekend boost just because it gives a peace to players and slow life.
- 4.6 still plague with events
- Most players are not English speakers
- All servers require VIP (at least drop rate buff) to get something decent from instances
- Too few mounts in game too many in shop.
- Remove EB/SWB from the game.
- Make all mobs in Katalam, Danaria ,ID dropping IDE
I have no experience about PvP in Aion so I won't comment about Arena , PvP instances anyone want to add comments about it please feel free to do so.
Conclusion if a server followed my suggestions you would see a paradise server and it doesn't even need updated content or anything it's just regular 4.6 with some modify. Read and comment if you like thank you :)
2024.05.15 10:54 Constant_Committee51 I am secretly in love with your best friend, who is the half-brother of a famous actor. He invites me to his brother’s movie premiere, but things don’t go as I expected.
I've always had a crush on Grethel, ever since we met in freshman year. He was smart, funny, kind, and handsome. He was also the half-brother of """Josh Gogh""(not his real name)"", the famous actor. Grethel never bragged about it, though. He was humble and down-to-earth, unlike his celebrity sibling.
We became good friends over the years, sharing classes, hobbies, and secrets. We also worked part-time at the same bookstore, where we would chat and joke around during our shifts. Sometimes, I would catch him looking at me with a soft smile, and I would feel my heart skip a beat.
But I never told him how I felt. I was too afraid to ruin our friendship, or to be rejected. I didn't think he would ever see me as more than a friend. After all, he was the half-brother of an actor. He could have any girl he wanted.
Grethel lived with his mom and his younger brother in a modest house near our school and workplace, while I lived in a distant suburb. Whenever we had a long break between classes or shifts, he would invite me to his place to hang out. He said it was more convenient and comfortable than staying at the library or the cafeteria.
I always accepted his invitation, secretly hoping to spend more time with him. His house was cozy and warm, with family photos and souvenirs on the walls. He had a couch, a TV, a fridge, and a microwave in the living room, and a bunk bed, a desk, and a closet in his bedroom. He also had a spare room, where his brother Josh would stay whenever he visited.
Grethel and I had an awkward friendship at first, but we soon became closer. He would tease me, make me laugh, and share his thoughts and feelings with me. He would also play video games with me, or watch movies with me, or cook for me. He was the best friend I ever had, and I wished he was more.
One day, he asked me if I wanted to go to his brother's movie premiere with him. He said he had two tickets, and he didn't want to go alone. He said it would be fun, and we could hang out afterwards. I agreed, feeling a surge of excitement and nervousness.
I spent hours getting ready, trying to look my best. I wore a simple but elegant dress, and did my hair and makeup. I hoped he would notice me, and maybe feel something for me.
He picked me up in his car, and he looked stunning. He wore a black suit and a tie, and his hair was styled. He smiled when he saw me, and complimented me on my appearance. He said I looked beautiful. I felt my cheeks flush, and thanked him.
We drove to the theater, where we were greeted by a crowd of fans and paparazzi. Grethel held my hand as we walked through the chaos, and I felt a thrill of being with him. He led me to the red carpet, where his brother was waiting.
Josh Gogh looked just like he did on the screen, only more handsome. He had a charming smile and a confident posture. He hugged Grethel, and then turned to me. He looked me over, and raised his eyebrows.
"Who's this?" he asked Grethel, with a hint of curiosity.
"This is my friend, Marie," Grethel introduced me. "She's my classmate and co-worker. We came here together."
"Friend, huh?" Josh said, looking at our intertwined hands. "Well, nice to meet you, Marie. You're very pretty. Are you a fan of my movies?"
I nodded, feeling a bit starstruck. "Yes, I am. I've seen all of them. You're a great actor."
"Thank you. That's very kind of you to say. You have good taste," he said, flashing a smile. "Well, I hope you enjoy the show. Come on, Grethel. Let's go inside. The movie is about to start."
He pulled Grethel away, leaving me behind. I followed them, feeling a bit awkward. I wondered what Josh meant by his words. Was he flirting with me? Did he like me? Did he know about my feelings for Grethel?
We entered the theater, where we were seated in the front row. Grethel sat next to me, and Josh sat next to him. The lights dimmed, and the movie began. It was a thriller, and it was intense. Josh was the star, and he stole every scene. The audience gasped and clapped, and I joined them.
But I couldn't help but glance at Grethel, who was watching the movie with a serious expression. He didn't gasp or clap, even at the most shocking moments. He seemed distant and distracted, as if he was thinking about something else.
I wanted to ask him what was wrong, but I didn't want to disturb him. I decided to wait until the movie was over, and then talk to him. Maybe he would open up to me, and maybe I would find the courage to confess my feelings.
But as the movie ended, and the credits rolled, Josh stood up and grabbed Grethel's arm. He said he had to go to the after-party, and he wanted Grethel to come with him. He said he had something important to tell him, something that would change his life.
He didn't even look at me, or say goodbye. He just dragged Grethel out of the theater, leaving me alone. I felt a pang of hurt and confusion, wondering what Josh had to say to Grethel, and why he didn't care about me.
I got up, and walked out of the theater. I looked for Grethel's car, but I couldn't find it. I realized he had left with Josh, and he had forgotten about me. I felt tears sting my eyes, and I cursed myself for being so stupid.
I hailed a taxi, and gave the driver my address. I sat in the back seat, feeling miserable and hopeless. I wondered if Grethel would ever call me, or text me, or apologize. I wondered if he would ever know how I felt, or if he felt the same.
I wondered if I would ever see him again.
I remembered the last time I saw him, before the premiere. It was the day before, and we had a long break between our classes. He invited me to his place, as usual. I agreed, as usual.
We went to his house, and he made us some sandwiches. We ate them in the living room, while watching a sitcom on TV. We laughed at the jokes, and commented on the characters. We were having a good time, as usual.
Then he suggested we play some video games. He said he had a new game that he wanted to try. I agreed, as usual. We went to his bedroom, where he had his console and his TV. He turned on the game, and handed me a controller.
We played for a while, and it was fun. The game was a racing game, and we competed against each other. He was better than me, but I didn't mind. I enjoyed his company, as usual.
Then I felt tired, and I yawned. He noticed, and asked me if I wanted to take a nap. He said I could use his bed, and he would use the couch. I agreed, as usual.
He gave me a pillow and a blanket, and told me to make myself comfortable. He said he would wake me up when it was time to go. I thanked him, and lay down on his bed. He left the room, and closed the door.
I closed my eyes, and breathed in his scent. His bed smelled like him, and it made me feel warm and cozy. I cuddled with his pillow, and imagined it was him. I fell asleep, as usual.
I woke up, and opened my eyes. I saw him, and I smiled. He was lying on the lower bunk, playing video games. He didn't notice me, and he was focused on the screen. He looked cute, and I felt happy.
I got up, and climbed down from the upper bunk. I walked over to him, and tapped his shoulder. He turned around, and saw me. He smiled, and paused the game.
"Hey, sleepyhead. How was your nap?" he asked me.
"It was good. Thanks for letting me use your bed," I said.
"No problem. You looked tired. Did you have a good dream?" he asked.
I nodded, and lied. "Yeah, I did."
I didn't tell him that I dreamed of him. I didn't tell him that I loved him. I didn't tell him that I wanted to be more than friends.
I didn't tell him, as usual. ```
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We became good friends over the years, sharing classes, hobbies, and secrets. We also worked part-time at the same bookstore, where we would chat and joke around during our shifts. Sometimes, I would catch him looking at me with a soft smile, and I would feel my heart skip a beat.
But I never told him how I felt. I was too afraid to ruin our friendship, or to be rejected. I didn't think he would ever see me as more than a friend. After all, he was the half-brother of an actor. He could have any girl he wanted.
Grethel lived with his mom and his younger brother in a modest house near our school and workplace, while I lived in a distant suburb. Whenever we had a long break between classes or shifts, he would invite me to his place to hang out. He said it was more convenient and comfortable than staying at the library or the cafeteria.
I always accepted his invitation, secretly hoping to spend more time with him. His house was cozy and warm, with family photos and souvenirs on the walls. He had a couch, a TV, a fridge, and a microwave in the living room, and a bunk bed, a desk, and a closet in his bedroom. He also had a spare room, where his brother Josh would stay whenever he visited.
Grethel and I had an awkward friendship at first, but we soon became closer. He would tease me, make me laugh, and share his thoughts and feelings with me. He would also play video games with me, or watch movies with me, or cook for me. He was the best friend I ever had, and I wished he was more.
One day, he asked me if I wanted to go to his brother's movie premiere with him. He said he had two tickets, and he didn't want to go alone. He said it would be fun, and we could hang out afterwards. I agreed, feeling a surge of excitement and nervousness.
I spent hours getting ready, trying to look my best. I wore a simple but elegant dress, and did my hair and makeup. I hoped he would notice me, and maybe feel something for me.
He picked me up in his car, and he looked stunning. He wore a black suit and a tie, and his hair was styled. He smiled when he saw me, and complimented me on my appearance. He said I looked beautiful. I felt my cheeks flush, and thanked him.
We drove to the theater, where we were greeted by a crowd of fans and paparazzi. Grethel held my hand as we walked through the chaos, and I felt a thrill of being with him. He led me to the red carpet, where his brother was waiting.
Josh Gogh looked just like he did on the screen, only more handsome. He had a charming smile and a confident posture. He hugged Grethel, and then turned to me. He looked me over, and raised his eyebrows.
"Who's this?" he asked Grethel, with a hint of curiosity.
"This is my friend, Marie," Grethel introduced me. "She's my classmate and co-worker. We came here together."
"Friend, huh?" Josh said, looking at our intertwined hands. "Well, nice to meet you, Marie. You're very pretty. Are you a fan of my movies?"
I nodded, feeling a bit starstruck. "Yes, I am. I've seen all of them. You're a great actor."
"Thank you. That's very kind of you to say. You have good taste," he said, flashing a smile. "Well, I hope you enjoy the show. Come on, Grethel. Let's go inside. The movie is about to start."
He pulled Grethel away, leaving me behind. I followed them, feeling a bit awkward. I wondered what Josh meant by his words. Was he flirting with me? Did he like me? Did he know about my feelings for Grethel?
We entered the theater, where we were seated in the front row. Grethel sat next to me, and Josh sat next to him. The lights dimmed, and the movie began. It was a thriller, and it was intense. Josh was the star, and he stole every scene. The audience gasped and clapped, and I joined them.
But I couldn't help but glance at Grethel, who was watching the movie with a serious expression. He didn't gasp or clap, even at the most shocking moments. He seemed distant and distracted, as if he was thinking about something else.
I wanted to ask him what was wrong, but I didn't want to disturb him. I decided to wait until the movie was over, and then talk to him. Maybe he would open up to me, and maybe I would find the courage to confess my feelings.
But as the movie ended, and the credits rolled, Josh stood up and grabbed Grethel's arm. He said he had to go to the after-party, and he wanted Grethel to come with him. He said he had something important to tell him, something that would change his life.
He didn't even look at me, or say goodbye. He just dragged Grethel out of the theater, leaving me alone. I felt a pang of hurt and confusion, wondering what Josh had to say to Grethel, and why he didn't care about me.
I got up, and walked out of the theater. I looked for Grethel's car, but I couldn't find it. I realized he had left with Josh, and he had forgotten about me. I felt tears sting my eyes, and I cursed myself for being so stupid.
I hailed a taxi, and gave the driver my address. I sat in the back seat, feeling miserable and hopeless. I wondered if Grethel would ever call me, or text me, or apologize. I wondered if he would ever know how I felt, or if he felt the same.
I wondered if I would ever see him again.
I remembered the last time I saw him, before the premiere. It was the day before, and we had a long break between our classes. He invited me to his place, as usual. I agreed, as usual.
We went to his house, and he made us some sandwiches. We ate them in the living room, while watching a sitcom on TV. We laughed at the jokes, and commented on the characters. We were having a good time, as usual.
Then he suggested we play some video games. He said he had a new game that he wanted to try. I agreed, as usual. We went to his bedroom, where he had his console and his TV. He turned on the game, and handed me a controller.
We played for a while, and it was fun. The game was a racing game, and we competed against each other. He was better than me, but I didn't mind. I enjoyed his company, as usual.
Then I felt tired, and I yawned. He noticed, and asked me if I wanted to take a nap. He said I could use his bed, and he would use the couch. I agreed, as usual.
He gave me a pillow and a blanket, and told me to make myself comfortable. He said he would wake me up when it was time to go. I thanked him, and lay down on his bed. He left the room, and closed the door.
I closed my eyes, and breathed in his scent. His bed smelled like him, and it made me feel warm and cozy. I cuddled with his pillow, and imagined it was him. I fell asleep, as usual.
I woke up, and opened my eyes. I saw him, and I smiled. He was lying on the lower bunk, playing video games. He didn't notice me, and he was focused on the screen. He looked cute, and I felt happy.
I got up, and climbed down from the upper bunk. I walked over to him, and tapped his shoulder. He turned around, and saw me. He smiled, and paused the game.
"Hey, sleepyhead. How was your nap?" he asked me.
"It was good. Thanks for letting me use your bed," I said.
"No problem. You looked tired. Did you have a good dream?" he asked.
I nodded, and lied. "Yeah, I did."
I didn't tell him that I dreamed of him. I didn't tell him that I loved him. I didn't tell him that I wanted to be more than friends.
I didn't tell him, as usual. ```
2024.05.15 10:51 Ok-Pay2248 This could be one of the worst collaborations ever
 | This collaboration is a joke, the rewards are always trash and be careful you don’t get a mythic egg, the game mode is one of if not the worst game mode that arrive to this game first of all the game itself is boring and really plain then you have mutations that make almost every brawler in the game useless against small percentage of brawlers that are too op like did you know that leons mutation is making 2 clones when he goes invisible and did you know that ricos attacks can bounce infinitely thats what I called being a balanced game 😃👍, the meta of this game mode is basically play with the 6 brawlers that are op and oh whats that you don’t have their mutations? Don’t worry open eggs you have 1 in 40 that you get a good one, whats that you saying you can’t open eggs because you can’t win in the new shitty mode? Silly you just buy them 😹 if not you can always play with that cool gale mutation against sans from undertale. And the worst part is loosing and they give you rare star drop that feels like a sucker punch in the gut but hey just wait 5 days to do that again and lose every game. I feel scammed and I didn’t even put any money in the game do better supercell. submitted by Ok-Pay2248 to Brawlstars [link] [comments] |
2024.05.15 10:47 Master-Papaya4747 Kof97 x moneytoon salty post
2nd time moneytoon greedy gods give me a 6nos bingo pattern.
I noticed the draws are getting harder to win esp popular ones or not the 1st time drawing...
mf toon is finding every way possible to squeeze all our monies and still laughing at us for not getting the specific Collab skin that we need.
This is the cons for us because we make this game bigger and bigger. Other mobas lots of free skins and cheaper in price too. Players here are def paying for the recent success and record breaking prize monies for pro tournaments.
It's time to jump ship to another moba. Just a salty post. Pls don flame me 🔥 🙏 🙏
https://youtu.be/UUqzam7bN0U?si=CgKnWXNjRVprnIuX
submitted by Master-Papaya4747 to MobileLegendsGame [link] [comments]
I noticed the draws are getting harder to win esp popular ones or not the 1st time drawing...
mf toon is finding every way possible to squeeze all our monies and still laughing at us for not getting the specific Collab skin that we need.
This is the cons for us because we make this game bigger and bigger. Other mobas lots of free skins and cheaper in price too. Players here are def paying for the recent success and record breaking prize monies for pro tournaments.
It's time to jump ship to another moba. Just a salty post. Pls don flame me 🔥 🙏 🙏
https://youtu.be/UUqzam7bN0U?si=CgKnWXNjRVprnIuX
2024.05.15 10:47 Wrong-Climate6314 [F4A]The walking dead Roleplay
Hi everybody! I’m in the mood for a walking dead roleplay! . I will give information about me, My rules, and anything else that comes to mind.
Firstly let me tell you about myself. My names Min-ji. I’m from South Korea, I’m 20 years old and going to college to be a doctor! I am also in a dance class and I teach some dance classes but I am free 95% of the time and should be able to respond rather quickly, if not I will let you know if I’ll be busy. I love the color green and black. I love watching k-dramas, love pandas!
Next are my rules! They aren’t very serious rules just simple things:
Now I will give a list of characters that you can choose from to play:
•Carl Grimes
•Negan Smith
•Glenn Rhee
•Daryl Dixon
Now I think that is all for now. Of course we will discuss anything else in the chat, such as plots, tropes, and anything like that.
Bye now, I hope to see you soon💕
submitted by Wrong-Climate6314 to roleplaying [link] [comments]
Firstly let me tell you about myself. My names Min-ji. I’m from South Korea, I’m 20 years old and going to college to be a doctor! I am also in a dance class and I teach some dance classes but I am free 95% of the time and should be able to respond rather quickly, if not I will let you know if I’ll be busy. I love the color green and black. I love watching k-dramas, love pandas!
Next are my rules! They aren’t very serious rules just simple things:
- Please write in 3rd person
- Please have discord
- I will be using a oc and id prefer if you played a canon
- Please respond quickly. I know we all have lives but I’m looking for a quick responder.
Now I will give a list of characters that you can choose from to play:
•Carl Grimes
•Negan Smith
•Glenn Rhee
•Daryl Dixon
Now I think that is all for now. Of course we will discuss anything else in the chat, such as plots, tropes, and anything like that.
Bye now, I hope to see you soon💕
2024.05.15 10:44 GarLuck4 A problem I cannot ignore (HFW)
I wanted to share a list of things I find lacking/wrong to see if you think the same. I must clarify a few things so you know where I am standing. I have not finished HFW... I have just finished the Kulrut mission of the Main story. I am a very particular kind of player as I tend to take twice the amount of time to finish a game compared to the average player. I have 97 hours on it and the statistics section says I have completed half the game, 48.77% specifically, a number that (I asume) stands for the overall game including side quests etc. Regarding the map, I haven't been anywhere beyond the stadium of the Kulrut so I have seen only half of it, literally.
All that said, let's begin.
I think that there is a lot of wasted potential when it comes to how the player interacts with the environment. This is a problem that I also had with the first game and all Open world games in general but it is specially annoying in this one because exploration, nature and ecosystems play a fundamental role on its narrative and gameplay. Considering how detailed and gorgeous are the graphics, phisycs, animations and almost everything, I find it sinful how biomes are only a visual effect with poor gameplay impact... A temperature mechanic that would force players to switch outfits (that could be a separate thing to armors or not) would have been awesome. It is ridiculous how ANYONE in these games seem to be affected by weather conditions and it is even more infuriating considering tenakth clans are basically divided into biomes. Sky people for example, half naked in the middle of the snow on top of a mountain. I remember getting to the desert at the beginning of the game and seeing in awe a huge sand tornado just to find out that it does not harm me at all... There are so many ways in which weather and temperature could affect the game mechanically. Machines being slower and easier to freeze in the snow biomes and the opposite in extremely hot weather. Stuff like that. The small rainforest section I could see so far is empty... Visually stunning but empty and boring. Animals are almost the same in every biome (with a few insignificant exceptions). It breaks the immersion for me to see a boar or a pig in every single place I go. And it is always THE SAME PIG OR BOAR, THERE ARE NOT EVEN 2 DIFFERENT MODELS. How animals interact with the environment and how inconsistent to real life they are is also horrible to me. I mean, Artemis did a TERRIBLE job at restoring earth's wildlife. That without mentioning the lack of different species and animals. It could have been cool to see aggressive animals too, like bears, snakes, big cats, idk, SOMETHING. The whole hunting system could be polished too, because, as it is, this is just like pressing triangle to pick something up but shooting a single arrow first. In their current state, they are just one-shot targets packed with items.
Plants suffer from the same things as animals, a few slight variations per biome but even worse as they are useless. Cactus for desert, snow plant for snow, water plant for water. It feels like a kid designed it. No real incentive for the player to gather plants really. And no, potions are not an answer, buying them is cheaper and time-saving not to mention how easy to find they are.
Travelling from one place to another is also... Meh. I think that fast travel should exist but be more limited IMO. The campfire shouldn't even exist and saving should be mannual (from the main menu) and automatic. In its current state, there is no reason why the player should go anywhere by foot or using a machine. Fast travel packs should be A LOT MORE EXPENSIVE and work as a whole settlement. It would have been cool if they would have taken RDR2 idea where you have to set a camp. The feeling of travelling alone in a dangerous land is lost the moment I can run a few meters away from a machine and fast travel to the other side of the map. It would be a lot more immersive and make cities or small settlements more valuable. You never get to feel unsafe, alone, far from civilization. As there is probably a campfire, abandoned settlement, city or town every 100 meters. Everything is easy, quick, at hand.
The game's economy does also need some rework. Crafteable items shouldn't be for sale at all. That way, gathering stuff would feel more rewarding and necessary. The same goes for animal and machine parts. The last two are negotiable, make them expe sive, really expensive, and that merchants that offer those products are rare and scarce, just like the special merchants from meridian that doesn't exist in this game. I actually love how they handled machine parts in this game as you have to change strategies to get a specific part, no complaints with that.
Machines are nerfed during side and main quests. This is so stupid and mainstream-designed bullshit and I cannot stand it. It is so ridiculous how dumb and weak a thunderjaw is in a quest compared to hunting it in the open world. This was not a thing in HZD or at least I do not recall it being like that.
"Anyway, that is all I got for now GAIA. Time to tuck in."
"I Wish you a pleasant sleep, Garluck."
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All that said, let's begin.
I think that there is a lot of wasted potential when it comes to how the player interacts with the environment. This is a problem that I also had with the first game and all Open world games in general but it is specially annoying in this one because exploration, nature and ecosystems play a fundamental role on its narrative and gameplay. Considering how detailed and gorgeous are the graphics, phisycs, animations and almost everything, I find it sinful how biomes are only a visual effect with poor gameplay impact... A temperature mechanic that would force players to switch outfits (that could be a separate thing to armors or not) would have been awesome. It is ridiculous how ANYONE in these games seem to be affected by weather conditions and it is even more infuriating considering tenakth clans are basically divided into biomes. Sky people for example, half naked in the middle of the snow on top of a mountain. I remember getting to the desert at the beginning of the game and seeing in awe a huge sand tornado just to find out that it does not harm me at all... There are so many ways in which weather and temperature could affect the game mechanically. Machines being slower and easier to freeze in the snow biomes and the opposite in extremely hot weather. Stuff like that. The small rainforest section I could see so far is empty... Visually stunning but empty and boring. Animals are almost the same in every biome (with a few insignificant exceptions). It breaks the immersion for me to see a boar or a pig in every single place I go. And it is always THE SAME PIG OR BOAR, THERE ARE NOT EVEN 2 DIFFERENT MODELS. How animals interact with the environment and how inconsistent to real life they are is also horrible to me. I mean, Artemis did a TERRIBLE job at restoring earth's wildlife. That without mentioning the lack of different species and animals. It could have been cool to see aggressive animals too, like bears, snakes, big cats, idk, SOMETHING. The whole hunting system could be polished too, because, as it is, this is just like pressing triangle to pick something up but shooting a single arrow first. In their current state, they are just one-shot targets packed with items.
Plants suffer from the same things as animals, a few slight variations per biome but even worse as they are useless. Cactus for desert, snow plant for snow, water plant for water. It feels like a kid designed it. No real incentive for the player to gather plants really. And no, potions are not an answer, buying them is cheaper and time-saving not to mention how easy to find they are.
Travelling from one place to another is also... Meh. I think that fast travel should exist but be more limited IMO. The campfire shouldn't even exist and saving should be mannual (from the main menu) and automatic. In its current state, there is no reason why the player should go anywhere by foot or using a machine. Fast travel packs should be A LOT MORE EXPENSIVE and work as a whole settlement. It would have been cool if they would have taken RDR2 idea where you have to set a camp. The feeling of travelling alone in a dangerous land is lost the moment I can run a few meters away from a machine and fast travel to the other side of the map. It would be a lot more immersive and make cities or small settlements more valuable. You never get to feel unsafe, alone, far from civilization. As there is probably a campfire, abandoned settlement, city or town every 100 meters. Everything is easy, quick, at hand.
The game's economy does also need some rework. Crafteable items shouldn't be for sale at all. That way, gathering stuff would feel more rewarding and necessary. The same goes for animal and machine parts. The last two are negotiable, make them expe sive, really expensive, and that merchants that offer those products are rare and scarce, just like the special merchants from meridian that doesn't exist in this game. I actually love how they handled machine parts in this game as you have to change strategies to get a specific part, no complaints with that.
Machines are nerfed during side and main quests. This is so stupid and mainstream-designed bullshit and I cannot stand it. It is so ridiculous how dumb and weak a thunderjaw is in a quest compared to hunting it in the open world. This was not a thing in HZD or at least I do not recall it being like that.
"Anyway, that is all I got for now GAIA. Time to tuck in."
"I Wish you a pleasant sleep, Garluck."
2024.05.15 10:39 Gecko2024 Addition ideas!
I'm bored as hell rn so I thought I'd just list some ideas I think could be good additions to the game to get feedback on them and see what other people think should be added.
We need more healing items, so here's two:
An adrenaline Shot, just stim but it's either red or yellow instead of green, and it recharges your energy very quickly and fully but is VERY expensive, maybe it could have a plant you could grow that takes 5 days instead of 3?
A pill item could be cool, it heals you instantly but for less total than an NRS, maybe a quarter HP? Made with either the plants we already have or another new one?
Utility items:
A flaregun could be cool, a small bright red gun with one shot. When fired it calls in an airdrop. Only works on island and could be like keycards in value, with a few static spawns across the maps?
A claymore or trap item could be sick, but it would have to be pretty obvious to keep from being too annoying. I think something like how they do it in r6 with the super visible lasers could be okay, and maybe it being set up takes a moment and is loud, plus taking up a lot of space in bags?
Boss and a vault idea
Something like a case that has a small chance to spawn at select POIs on either Matka or Island maybe, it has three guards. They each are just normal Fenix but the ones with better guns like M4s, glocks, those ones. One of the three drop a case(similar in size to a flight recorder or car battery?) That when opened has a chance for a keycard or similar high value items(GPUs, the flare gun maybe, that stuff).
I think it would be cool if Matka Underground had a train that spawned sometimes like island has the airdrop. It has 3 or 4 purple chests and 2 normal ones, and a few scavs inside guarding the loot! Pretty simply idk, maybe it could have a keycard room instead.
Weapon ideas!
Putting in the KelTec KSG shotgun could be really cool(a gun I personally like lol). 14 rounds in an internal magazine) alongside maybe adding dragons breath shotgun shells?
Another LMG you could buy would be nice, maybe the M248 SAW?
An automatic or machine pistol could be fun, possibly the Baretta 93R? Plus a revolver like the Colt Python or Colt SAA?
And finally, maybe a DMR or two? I feel like they could be fun, similar to sniping
More pouches!
I want a holster for a pistol I can put on my vest so I can either have two(to use at the same time ofc!) Or to hold even Mac 10 to use alongside a sniper?
One that holds between 1 and 3 NRS or maybe a 1 shot energy stick could be nice? Saves bag space and makes them easier(and quieter) to access?
Or what about a canteen or food pouch? That way for like island raids we can save space in our bag? This could be put where the shotgun shell Pouch can go.
Helmet Attachment: Flashbang resistant goggles? Something that you can put on your helmet in the place of NVGs that make flashes not effect you as much? Idk if this would be worth bringing since nobody really uses flashes, but.
Maybe they could add something like a weapon sling? It allows you to carry an addition weapon, but you can only access it when you are not wearing a vest or bag at all. This way you can carry an addition gun out, but it's much harder to get to so you can't switch to it mid fight?
Idk it's really late and I'm tired so these may be stupid lol. Opinions? Ideas of your own?
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We need more healing items, so here's two:
An adrenaline Shot, just stim but it's either red or yellow instead of green, and it recharges your energy very quickly and fully but is VERY expensive, maybe it could have a plant you could grow that takes 5 days instead of 3?
A pill item could be cool, it heals you instantly but for less total than an NRS, maybe a quarter HP? Made with either the plants we already have or another new one?
Utility items:
A flaregun could be cool, a small bright red gun with one shot. When fired it calls in an airdrop. Only works on island and could be like keycards in value, with a few static spawns across the maps?
A claymore or trap item could be sick, but it would have to be pretty obvious to keep from being too annoying. I think something like how they do it in r6 with the super visible lasers could be okay, and maybe it being set up takes a moment and is loud, plus taking up a lot of space in bags?
Boss and a vault idea
Something like a case that has a small chance to spawn at select POIs on either Matka or Island maybe, it has three guards. They each are just normal Fenix but the ones with better guns like M4s, glocks, those ones. One of the three drop a case(similar in size to a flight recorder or car battery?) That when opened has a chance for a keycard or similar high value items(GPUs, the flare gun maybe, that stuff).
I think it would be cool if Matka Underground had a train that spawned sometimes like island has the airdrop. It has 3 or 4 purple chests and 2 normal ones, and a few scavs inside guarding the loot! Pretty simply idk, maybe it could have a keycard room instead.
Weapon ideas!
Putting in the KelTec KSG shotgun could be really cool(a gun I personally like lol). 14 rounds in an internal magazine) alongside maybe adding dragons breath shotgun shells?
Another LMG you could buy would be nice, maybe the M248 SAW?
An automatic or machine pistol could be fun, possibly the Baretta 93R? Plus a revolver like the Colt Python or Colt SAA?
And finally, maybe a DMR or two? I feel like they could be fun, similar to sniping
More pouches!
I want a holster for a pistol I can put on my vest so I can either have two(to use at the same time ofc!) Or to hold even Mac 10 to use alongside a sniper?
One that holds between 1 and 3 NRS or maybe a 1 shot energy stick could be nice? Saves bag space and makes them easier(and quieter) to access?
Or what about a canteen or food pouch? That way for like island raids we can save space in our bag? This could be put where the shotgun shell Pouch can go.
Helmet Attachment: Flashbang resistant goggles? Something that you can put on your helmet in the place of NVGs that make flashes not effect you as much? Idk if this would be worth bringing since nobody really uses flashes, but.
Maybe they could add something like a weapon sling? It allows you to carry an addition weapon, but you can only access it when you are not wearing a vest or bag at all. This way you can carry an addition gun out, but it's much harder to get to so you can't switch to it mid fight?
Idk it's really late and I'm tired so these may be stupid lol. Opinions? Ideas of your own?
2024.05.15 10:32 fanboy-1985 My personal guide to end game for new and returning players
Just a little disclaimer, I'm not some pro player and I'm probably not familiar with 100% of the game. I did find my personal formula for the end game that I enjoy and want to share.
There are 3 major objectives in The Division 2 end game:
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There are 3 major objectives in The Division 2 end game:
- Get gear - new weapons, gear brands and sets, exotics
- Improve gear - improve attributes, expertise etc
- Learn the story
- Why would I want to get more gear? - There are many different weapons/geatalent/skills in the game, including exotics, named items etc. Every piece of gear brings new options and a totally new play style. In addition, gear pieces have synergy between them. So if you want to use something, it is probably most efficient with something else. So you want to get this as well.
- Why would I want to improve my gear? - In summary, you want to improve your gear so you'll be able to get more gear. In general, better loot will be dropped in harder difficulties. So if you want to get something that is a targeted loot of some mission, it's best to do in on Heroic. The thing is, it will be very hard, not fun or impossible to run Heroic content with unoptimized build.
- Why would I want to learn the story? - This is personal of course, but I do enjoy understanding whats going on. Who am I fighting against and why. In addition, future content like man hunts and maybe Division 3 will make more sense.
- What to do to get more gear? - The general consensus is to run Countdown, you can set exactly what you want to get and then just farm it. I personally never do this. I find it boring and basically a shortcut to play less division. My goal is to play more, so I have no problem if it takes me much longer to find something. What I usually do, I open the map, toggle the targeted loot, and see if there's anything interesting. So for example, if I want AR, I find a mission or an area, and just do this on Heroic.
- What to do to improve gear? - To improve gear, you'll need resources, recon data and SHD levels. You get resources by destructing things. You get recon data from control points and Dark Zone landmarks, and you get SHD levels from daily and weekly missions. Also you get some of those when you level up your watch.
- What to do to advance on story? - Once you finished WONY and get back to DC, there are some DLC missions like Pentagon, Amusement park and others. After that, you want to do all the legacy manhunts in order. Those are essentially story missions with boss fights. You also get new skills on some of them.
- Understand what I need/want - it may be new gear, some resource or just piece of story.
- Find what to do - Look at the map, the projects, the season events and manhunt, and see the rewards and targeted loot of every one of them
- Choose what to do - Once I see whats out there, I try to choose something that seems most fun or what brings what I want. Most of the time, I try to combine at least 2 things. For example if I want AR or a Backpack, and the daily mission is a Backpack drop, I do it. This way I get the targeted loot and the resources for optimization/recalibration.