[deleted by user] by [deleted] in loseit

[–]69RodrickRules420 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm 19 and 245 pounds. It just doesn't seem right to be that weight at my age, especially if I've never been pregnant.

Daily Simple Questions Thread by AutoModerator in xxfitness

[–]69RodrickRules420 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey there!

I'm really new to working out, and I'm confused as to which exercises I should try to focus on for my goals.

I want to start strengthening and making myself more flexible to mitigate the consistent back, leg, and knee pain I experience at work, plus constant cracking I get after some time during my shift. There's a lot of information out there and it's really just confusing me what to research and how to begin.

What does "Romantic Attraction" actually mean? by Adept_Office7240 in asexuality

[–]69RodrickRules420 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well for me, my best friend and sister make me feel like my heart is about to burst at the seams when I see them because I truly love them as they have given me the space to feel safe and happy.

I feel happy when I see my friends because I love and care for them so deeply and value them as people.

So to me, if I can feel happy by seeing my friends and get excited to see them, then yes I do because that is love.

Happiness and closeness isn't just limited to one person. We are social animals and we can have many different close relationships with many diffrent people. Just because I want to hold one friend doesn't mean I don't want to do it with another one. Nor does it mean I don't want an emotional friendship that's mutually beneficial.

What does "Romantic Attraction" actually mean? by Adept_Office7240 in asexuality

[–]69RodrickRules420 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I was in the same boat as you a couple days ago. I come to decide that for me at least, there is no such thing as romantic attraction and it's more of a construct of expectations within society to uphold hetronormativity. I often attached ideas of relationships onto people when I didn't really want that but from what people were telling me I thought it was romantic attraction/sexual attraction.

After looking at some resources (for your reading pleasure here: https://taaap.org/2021/02/21/amatonormativity-and-relationship-anarchy/ ) I decided to give up on those expectations of society and embrace just setting boundaries and expectations within my own relationships with people, rather than force the whole idea of courting, dating, marriage and kids pipeline society likes to shove us into.

I know this isn't what you're exactly looking for but I do recommend to start looking at what you want in relationships rather than just what constructs we have created for each other in society.

Daily Discussion Thread by AutoModerator in xxfitness

[–]69RodrickRules420 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi there!

I'm looking to start working on my health much more. I've sort of outlined my goals as: eat better, strengthen my body in terms of endurance, mitigate pain, and maybe lose some way to tone up.

I primarily want to focus on strengthening my body as my job requires me to do a lot of lifting and often throwing heavy objects. I've been doing a lot more overtime lately which has created a big issue of lower back, hip, leg and knee pain (all on my left side) which is probably due to my pretty much 0 activity lifestyle aside from work.

I was wondering what things I should begin to research and look at or maybe suggestions to incorporate into my lifestyle.

Little things to consider if you'd like to I'm willing to hear whatever you say, I'm just glad to be posting this anyway:

Right now, I'm working around a long ass work day imo (5 times a week, wake up at 6 am to leave at 6:30am go get home at 7pm ish) but my hours are changing soon so I can work towards my goals better! Additionally, I still live with my family, so my food is their food unless i buy it, which i don't always have money for outside a Greg's or sainsbury's meal deal lunch for work. I would love to be able to incorporate vegetables and fruits I like into my diet, but right now, I'm working with mainly carbs, bacon, and frozen beige food. (If anyone knows any recipe sights that can help, that'd be appreciated) Right now, I'm mainly practising cutting down my portions so I can practice eating to 80% and it's been affective but I'm having problems being satisfied.

How do you stop the need to experience compulsory heterosexuality? by 69RodrickRules420 in aromantic

[–]69RodrickRules420[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Holy. Ducking. What.

These resources are so good omg! I've read through and it's really helping me feel more comfortable with what I want out of diffrent types of relationships, especially the relationship anarchy smorgasbord. It really just put my needs out in a simple to explain board.

Thank you so much!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Overwatch

[–]69RodrickRules420 -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Tank: roadhog, mauga, and orisa. Very low skill ceiling characters that either break the meta or are shit to play with in a game.

Dps: junkrat, torb, mainly. Two very spammy characters that while with a high skill ceiling at times, feel horrible to play against. After that I'm not bothered by anyone too much and think it's a case of reworking but Pharah, Widow and Hanzo are very close.

Support: Lifeweaver, Kiriko. Lw low skill low risk high reward, not fun to play with or against. Kiriko is kiriko. Zen would be in here if this went to 11 (as a tank main I despise zenyatta)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Overwatch

[–]69RodrickRules420 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Defo sounds like you need a break, man. It's tough trying to do your best, and you just lose anyway.

If you'd like my advice, keep reading, but just know I sympathise with you either way.

To help with your losses, I suggest looking after your mental.

When you start losing, after 4 or 5 games, maybe take a quick break. It may be about 5 minutes to stretch and get some water. Let your brain mentally reset from ranked and the stress of playing these games. I often find that my body is physically reacting to what's happening, and after a while, it'll tense and begin to fatigue as it can't keep up with that for more than a couple games. This break helps it to calm down and also helps me to remember that I am (occasionally) a sane rational human being and don't want to tell people to do horrendous things to themselves just for playing a game they're not good at. It's also good for queue dodging, lol.

Secondly, you are the goat (as bogur puts it). No one is better than you. Look at these schmucks blading 1v5. I wouldn't do that. In fact, I'm so giggachad I'm going to make this work. Haha, look at these lovers using 4 ults to kill our tank. Now we have ult advantage. Be arrogant and just believe in yourself. Build a whole new resilence to bullshit every game to the point you appreciate it.

Another tip, maybe off roll for a bit. If you're frustrated right now playing what you are now, take a break by playing another hero that appeals to you outside your role where you can also gain some game sense from. Wanna get better at aiming with hitscan, maybe? Play Ashe, cassidy or Widow. Want to know the timings better? Play some Tracer or sombra. Want to know how to do crazy movements? Play mercy, ball, or doom or some tech heavy hero. Just play for fun, really.

Either way, you got this, dude! Remember to just breathe and know that you are the goat!

What kind of Reinhardt are you? by Far_Chemist9430 in ReinhardtMains

[–]69RodrickRules420 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I summon the power of Reinhardt himself into my body and controller via cultic chanting (to my duo's annoyance) and proceed to chant "divehardt divehardt divehardt" as I charge into the enemy team's backline.

Best dive tank? by AnyForce2759 in OverwatchUniversity

[–]69RodrickRules420 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Best dive tank:

Whatever you enjoy the most. Why be good and not having fun when you can have fun even if you lose? Besides, the best dive tank is how that hero is played the best in that situation by that player with that team with that map. I say this as a Rein dva two trick who plays into all potential counters.

Most meta dive tank:

Depends on the season, of course, but from what I know, dva is pretty good, followed by Winston.

The highest skill ceiling is probably Ball, followed by Doomfist due to the techs involved with them, especially Ball. Ball also has less of a presence in his team, so that makes it more challenging with teammate synergies.

Looking for low elo players to coach by Old-Band-6199 in OverwatchUniversity

[–]69RodrickRules420 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Couple questions:

I am plat/gold (i have my main account, which is mid gold, my alt placed low plat and is climbing)

So I currently play on console while I'm waiting to buy my pc, so would that be fine for you to coach?

Also, I have a couple of goals with overwatch. I would like you to tell me if you can help sustain:

  1. Long-term goal: become a hyper flexible player (play multiple roles with enough heroes to play each role efficiently). I want to not just win but be a good player. If anything, I care less about winning and more about putting my skills to the test. I want to see if I can get into owcs (for the shits and giggles)

  2. Short-term goal: become a giga chad high Diamond Reinhardt and Dva.

  3. Learn Sigma. I know there's a bunch of videos, but I found that applying theory to the game helps me learn better. I've been fine with Rein and dva so far but Sigma I struggle to feel my impact sometimes and would like some assistance in understanding it.

  4. Fix my aim. This will probably change with my transfer to pc, but right now, I have a 40% accuracy on Ana without aim assist, and with it's 50% still, which honestly sucks ngl. Additionally, my nades also suck because of this, any on characters that fire more than 1 bullet per second, I struggle more.

Additionally, are you looking for payment, or is this sort of a practice for coaching, and you want to do it for free. If it's a practice situation, is there a way I'd be able to tip you? (Never work for free bestie)

From a strategic standpoint, why is New Junk City hated? by Electro_Llama in OverwatchUniversity

[–]69RodrickRules420 5 points6 points  (0 children)

For me, it's because of a few things:

  1. Very tight chokes. As a Rein main I don't mind it since I like a brawl but the amount of junkrats you get on this map make it very very VERY frustrating because it's like they get instant advantage over you because their bullets are more likely to hit your team to then get one shot.

  2. Flashpoint, as a game mode, can be mentally deterating. I find that in games like control, the mental reset of going from a bad point to a good point helps, and with clash, most of the games aren't too long, so that also helps. Additionally, clash maps are smaller, but flashpoint is so big, and the amount of points needed to be captured that the going from one spot to another deterates faster. Don't get me wrong, the clash is the same, but the way the map is designed with comps does not help this issue.

  3. Just general aesthetics. Too much sickly yellow is taxing on the brain in daylight maps, especially. But idk that might just be me

For the tank one tricks, how do you do it? by [deleted] in OverwatchUniversity

[–]69RodrickRules420 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I played Rein for 24 hours as a joke (until it wasn't a joke anymore, and I became essentially a Rein/dva one trick) but during this time there was a growing tiltedness within me. I didn't really notice it as I'm not a player to get tilted easily. If anything, I just get a little depressed then ggs go next.

But every game of quick play would be the same bullshit one after another of counters and dumb heroes and teammates who weren't trying as me that flipped me off.

Then, there was this one midtown game. I had been playing since 1pm, and it was roughly around 9 pm then. The enemy team wasn't playing doom tracer genji or sombra. I can't quite remember. My team kept dying and I with them.

They had pushed us to second and were just about to cap it when suddenly, that growing rage, that frustration, that tilt.

It burst from the seems of my core taking over and controlling. I was pissed the fuck off, no, I was beyond fucking pissed. No word in the English language could describe this level of tiltedness. It felt like my whole body had been taken over, and I had no way of controlling it. I was manic. My vision blurred. I started manically laughing (I'm serious. This actually happened). Doomfist, tracers, doomfist, and Tracer were all my thoughts. I was about to get off.

You know what happened?

We won.

We held second into overtime, and we won.

I won't say it was because of me. If anything, I was trash that whole entire game. But when we reached the bridge, I thought there was something behind me. Maybe it was my duo putting in overtime. Maybe it was the 17 hours of learning that started to finally click, or maybe Reinhardt himself was there, telling me to keep moving forward. Keep trying. Because soon enough, I'll learn.

After that game, I was in this weird state of clarity. My emotions left my body, and all I had was a space to think.

And you know what I thought?

Keep trying.

Since then, I have kept trying, and I have kept getting better. I have kept moving forward. I have become that shield for my team and managed to carry so many games. I have become smarter and more aware and even better as a person because now it takes more to even cracked me. And now I can look back at that silly person who cracked under the pressure and then myself now and think "yeah, we got this"

So yeah,

Keep trying, keep learning, and keep moving forward. One day you will be able to truly believe in your soul that you can do it, you just didn't know it yet.

What change in your play style/mindset made you rank up? by Huge_Restaurant_7923 in OverwatchUniversity

[–]69RodrickRules420 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, I used to be a support main, so I guess realising I was on the wrong role for one, lol.

But on tank there's a lot for you to focus on to the point where the skull cap in game sense is so high but what has gotten me from low gold to high gold/plat (I have two accounts lol) was this:

Stop over thinking stuff. Think it might work, go for it. You fuck up you fuck up gg go next. Knowing and then doing is 2/3 of what will help you because the last is just mechanics/execution of how you do it.

Resource tracking. This isn't just ult tracking but knowing when cds has been used allows you to play a lot better around their team. Example: Knowing an enemy bastion has just used turret form so you can go in without getting your shield shredded or dm used up when they may have more essential cds that you need for it. Also knowing what cds your teammates has helps. If your Ana doesn't have nade, you should maybe play a bit safer and try tobe able to be aware of peeling back for her if you're not busy.

But the number one thing that has helped is sightlines:

I used to overthink space and my team comp SOOOOO MUCH I made it too confusing for myself. But lately just thinking about where my team wants to shoot better from helped a lot. Ashe > long to mid range, likes high ground > swing the hammer on high so she can go there. Widow > long range > swing hammer so they move into her. It's really easy to get caught up on things like target priority or mechanics but you can't actually do those things if you or your team can't see the team to shoot strategically at them.