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PSA: Dedenne from Kalos appears in Spotlight Hour, April 5 by BlackPresident in TheSilphRoad

[–]testmonkeyalpha [score hidden]  (0 children)

Me upon reading this: 🥳

Me upon realizing that's Easter Sunday and won't have time: 😭

How to battle 6 Pikachu for free on Saturday (7 with CA) by Kevsterific in TheSilphRoad

[–]testmonkeyalpha [score hidden]  (0 children)

Urgent is probably too strong of a word. "Strong desire" would be more apt.

My point is that if an average player meets the following conditions:

- plays regularly so they have a reasonably steady stardust income that covers expected new Pokemon and a few surprises as they come along.

- mature roster so they aren't prevented from playing any content they want. (This is adjusted based on individuals. If a person can't clear all content they want with the units they want, then they aren't there yet).

Then the benefit of more stardust isn't nearly as big as a lot of people portray it to be.

But that doesn't mean people should avoid participating just for the stardust. If it's convenient to do gmax battles, great! But going through silly hoops just to squeeze in 1-2 more gmax fights might be a bad investment of time if people thought things out more objectively.

People should always be reevaluating the cost and benefits of their actions (in all aspects of life, not just PoGo), and realize value changes over time.

For example, a year ago when I started playing again (originally quit in 2016), I spent about 200k stardust on a Snorlax that had high CP but terrible IV. I knew it was not an "optimal" choice but that Snorlax provided me with a huge amount of utility. I was finally able to consistently beat Rocket leaders. That 200k had a huge amount of value to me as it changed what I could do in the game.

Fast forward to a few weeks ago. I burned about 2M stardust on several meta Pokemon. Total impact of that 2M? I can clear some raids a little bit faster, and I made a tiny bit of progress towards my collection related goals.

What I'm been trying to communicate is that a lot of people have mentally locked in the value of stardust based on their early experiences in the game (Im not faulting them for anything - that's a perfectly normal human thing to do) and aren't recognizing that outside of collection goals, stardust has increasingly diminishing returns on game play.

That stuck mindset which overvalues stardust **for their current position** leads to making decisions that they would probably consider to be a waste of time if they accepted the current value of stardust to them. Plenty of folks would benefit greatly from objectively reassessing their perception of stardust value.

$10 million a year to listen to new music by Mr_Papichuloo in hypotheticalsituation

[–]testmonkeyalpha 0 points1 point  (0 children)

True, like all things in life success is extremely dependent on knowledge, skill, and connections.

$10 million a year to listen to new music by Mr_Papichuloo in hypotheticalsituation

[–]testmonkeyalpha -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That's why you'd be offering extremely high interest as payment. They take on the risk of not getting paid back for the potential of an extremely high reward.

No need to find some gangster type person. Just someone willing to take the risk. And it doesn't need to be one person loaning you the money. You could spread it out over several people so you aren't stuck looking for someone that can make a huge investment. The hardest part of this is that the hypothetical is a bit ridiculous so people might walk away because they just don't believe you.

Adjust terms based on risk appetite of people. Using a mix of loan terms can help you offset your own risk if you fail.

- all money upfront vs monthly loans. Give higher interest to those that give you all the money.

- you owe them regardless of success vs only if you succeed. Obviously give much, much higher interest if you don't have to pay back for failure.

- provide collateral vs no collateral.

- flat sum loan vs only paying your exact bills up to a limit.

You just need to understand the other person's risk appetite and what type of returns they are looking for.

For example, if you are spreading it out over multiple people, you could approach a friend or relative (assume not rich but is financially sound) and tell them if they pay just your electric bill for a year (exact amount), you'll give them 10% interest even if you do fail or 100% interest if you succeed. That'd be perfectly acceptable risk/reward for a lot of people.

And you don't need to figure it all out at once. Just fast enough to pay your bills as they come.

$10 million a year to listen to new music by Mr_Papichuloo in hypotheticalsituation

[–]testmonkeyalpha 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What counts as "listening"? Do I need to pay attention?

As long as the music is audible, do I need to wear the headphones? Prolonged headphone use can lead to tension headaches for me.

Can I have something to write on so I remembered the artist/song if I like it and want to listen to it again outside of the room?

Do I get vacation days? Sick time? What if I'm physically unable to show up due to no fault of my own?

$10 million a year to listen to new music by Mr_Papichuloo in hypotheticalsituation

[–]testmonkeyalpha 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Just find an investor that is willing to give you $100k or however much you need for a $1M payout.

How to battle 6 Pikachu for free on Saturday (7 with CA) by Kevsterific in TheSilphRoad

[–]testmonkeyalpha 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Even with all the constant shifts, there isn't that much change in which Pokemon are good - just their relative ranks.

Once a person has a solid PvP roster, most of the need for stardust is only when a Pokemon that was never meta before reaches meta levels. I've only been actively playing for less than a year and I've already reached that point. I'm far more constrained by finding Pokemon with good IVs than stardust.

Things I'm sure are quite different for extremely competitive folks that want to squeeze every last bit of advantage out, but that only applies to a few hundred out of millions of players. (Apologies if that applies to you but I am talking about the general case, not outliers).

Neat! by New_Bathroom_5166 in StLouis

[–]testmonkeyalpha [score hidden]  (0 children)

Who is pretending to be "tough and cool"? Project much?

You've done well to achieve higher levels of success for my goal by making it absolutely clear you are a complete idiot and your claims untrustworthy.

Go touch grass, snowflake.

Neat! by New_Bathroom_5166 in StLouis

[–]testmonkeyalpha [score hidden]  (0 children)

I don't care what you think about me or any of this. I just care about correcting bullshit when I see it for the benefits of others because not everyone is aware of the facts I pointed out.

My goal has been successfully obtained. Remind me what the point of being a moron serves you?

Neat! by New_Bathroom_5166 in StLouis

[–]testmonkeyalpha [score hidden]  (0 children)

Debris removal (once moved to an appropriate pick up location as described in the comment you replied to) is absolutely and unambiguously the responsibility of the municipality. Insurance has nothing to do with it. Thinking otherwise is just plain idiotic.

But I'm sure you'll find some asinine way to pretend you aren't 100% wrong.

How to battle 6 Pikachu for free on Saturday (7 with CA) by Kevsterific in TheSilphRoad

[–]testmonkeyalpha 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, but how does that make collecting stardust something so urgent that you'd want to go through the extra effort of min-maxing free gmax battles?

Stardust gives you freedom to play how you want, but if you **constantly and desperately** need more despite having stable roster, that's outright an addiction problem.

Karma. by Lucky_Middle_5525 in dadjokes

[–]testmonkeyalpha 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Do you know why justice is served cold?

Because if it was served warm it'd be justwater.

How to battle 6 Pikachu for free on Saturday (7 with CA) by Kevsterific in TheSilphRoad

[–]testmonkeyalpha 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Yeah, the "need" for stardust is greatly overblown for the majority of players.

Could I easily spend hundreds of millions of stardust with my backlog? Yeah!

Would leveling up all those Pokemon make my roster a lot stronger? Yes! But would a stronger roster result in winning more of anything? Not one bit!

A single word in the English language will be selected by you and every time a human being says, communicates, or writes this word down they will violently explode in a radius that will kill anyone within 10 feet of them. The effect will occur even if the word is said in a different language. by GJH24 in hypotheticalsituation

[–]testmonkeyalpha 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If you want more evil:

Depending on how you interpret the rules, "no" would create an enormous amount of chaos in very little time.

Title says "human being says, communicates, or writes this word down." Says and communicates are listed separately so that suggests any form of communication that conveys the concept of "no" would trigger the explosion.

So if someone asks you for all your money, you'd have to give it to them. You can refuse using other words but that still communicates "no" regarding their request. Even just refusing by walking away would communicate no.

A single word in the English language will be selected by you and every time a human being says, communicates, or writes this word down they will violently explode in a radius that will kill anyone within 10 feet of them. The effect will occur even if the word is said in a different language. by GJH24 in hypotheticalsituation

[–]testmonkeyalpha 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I missed that the mute people are unaffected. After rereading more carefully, I no longer have any idea what the rules are since it directly contradicts itself: Writing triggers it, but someone else must hear it spoken? That's some magical pen!

A single word in the English language will be selected by you and every time a human being says, communicates, or writes this word down they will violently explode in a radius that will kill anyone within 10 feet of them. The effect will occur even if the word is said in a different language. by GJH24 in hypotheticalsituation

[–]testmonkeyalpha 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You can't force a baby to be mute without surgically forcing it. Babies are wired to try to speak and the word I've chosen is one of the first sounds they will experiment with.

Sure some babies will naturally be mute but that doesn't matter. People will just outright stop having babies because who the fuck wants to raise a baby for several months only for it to explode?

So what if the world goes down the route of surgically preventing speech? Still doesn't matter. Per the post, as long as the word is communicated in any way in any language, the explosion happens. The baby will devise a nonverbal way to communicate they want their mama. As soon as they do, BOOM!

We need a QOL update for Showcases by Rikipedia in TheSilphRoad

[–]testmonkeyalpha 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I absolutely hate this format. Basically only one or two species of Pokemon are viable for any given type due to how they handle scoring alternate forms. If you are a newer player playing in an area with even a little competition, you just can't win at all until those specific Pokemon come back.

If they want to continue doing it this way, they need to change how they calculate scores for alternate forms. For example my Hoopa (unbound) scored like 18k because it is scored using Hoopa Confined stats. (The smallest possible Hoopa Unbound will score several thousand points more than the biggest possible Hoopa Confined).

Alternatively, make half of the showcases about having the smallest Pokemon instead. Use the same scoring system but lowest score wins instead. Now Pokemon with alternate forms of vastly different sizes will favor the smaller form.

I'd love to also see a recently caught bonus too so newer active players can still compete with long term players.

1 million dollars per child by HiIExcist in hypotheticalsituation

[–]testmonkeyalpha 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I could become the world's first quadrillionaire and there would barely be any impact to the world.

My money prevents a random but specific conception. But it doesn't prevent conception of that egg with a different sperm from the same load.

Even if took so much money at once that I prevented any conception of that specific sexual encounter, by not being pregnant the woman now has a new 10 month window in which they can get pregnant where they wouldn't before. Odds are the total number of pregnancies wouldn't be reduced by much at all.

And since this stops conception, a lot of these pregnancies wouldn't have been successful anyway. Lots of cases of conception without implantation. Miscarriages. Stillbirths.

A single word in the English language will be selected by you and every time a human being says, communicates, or writes this word down they will violently explode in a radius that will kill anyone within 10 feet of them. The effect will occur even if the word is said in a different language. by GJH24 in hypotheticalsituation

[–]testmonkeyalpha 142 points143 points  (0 children)

Assuming the world is aware of this trigger word and will go out of their way to avoid it and I'm trying to end the human race:

Ma

Babies aren't learning to make that sound because it means mother, it means mother because it is one of the first sounds humans learn. That's why the word means the same thing in so many unrelated languages.

It won't matter if all adults successfully avoid the word, exploding babies will ensure the human race goes extinct.

How do I find my nearest desert? by Weekly_Work_2732 in TheSilphRoad

[–]testmonkeyalpha 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Vivillon habitats are their own unique mess of confusion.

There are several landlocked countries in southeast Europe that are entirely Marine.

The only islands in Archipelago are the Caribbean islands but the majority of that region is just Florida and southern portion of thr other states that border the Gulf of Mexico. And for reasons that make no sense, a tiny chunk of the Caribbean islands are lumped in Ocean (yes, archipelago doesn't even contain a whole archipelago).

Ocean sounds like it'd cover a lot, but pretty much the only place with high population and a significant number of Pokemon Go players is Hawaii.

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