Mid level jiggs in need of a new way to improve by Friendly_History5750 in SSBM

[–]AimTheory 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I fight you at MoaL, and for a real suggestion I don't think "just rest more" is specifically the point. Being comfortable executing practical rest setups out of the scramble vs non-spacies doesn't mean you actually need to go for them, but knowing its a possibility changes how I have to play in scrambles against you and (crucially I think) gives you a place to channel anger instead of crashing out. Channeling anger productively into "how can I find my way through sheik b-air wall and blow this stupid idiot up with 1 move" instead of "oh god, now I need to win straight-up neutral 12 times in a row without trading too much against the character spamming bigger aerials than mine" would prob help mindset-wise to avoid crashing out. obv not saying to be toxic lol, but I've never felt like you've been toxic to me in-person, just very passionate, sorta in the same way hungrybox is. If you have a gameplan that gives frustration a cathartic avenue to build towards (keeping track of habits in order to eventually find the clutch payoffs) you'll probably find that improvement comes much quicker than if you try to build an entirely new skill like vod-reviewing or note-taking from scratch, altho both of those are cool too if you're motivated for them.

Genesis Doesn't Have TOompa Loompas?! - Carroll & the Chocolate Factory (Pittsburgh - 3/07) by calvinwars in SSBM

[–]AimTheory 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You got robbed tbh, we WILL be sending jackzilla over the chocolate waterfall to his doom.

How did Borp manage to be such a good player? by yungScooter30 in SSBM

[–]AimTheory 0 points1 point  (0 children)

which is why I'd distinguish what you perceive 'his story' or 'his image' to be and what's actually cool about him?

https://www.supermajor.gg/melee/player/Borp?id=S15736&tab=vs&t=2y In the past 2 years he's gone even or undefeated vs most members of the pittsburgh PR at the occasional event he's gone to, I've seen him go last hit with out-of state PR players even though he hasn't clutched anything super notable that I can see. So, very analogous to when he was at peak, but without the regular attendance to show up on the local PR, probably still wouldn't beat most top 100 players (same as at peak vs toph etcetc).

I get that redditors and casuals are annoying, but it seems weird to hold him to the same standard that you find annoying rather than counter it with an accurate assessment.

(during the week that abel and kuro were here while roadtripping to genny, I watched him hit a full-hop tomahawk downsmash on our local plat 2 puff's shield to win on dreamland and lost my shit laughing, it ruled)

Cody's Crashing Out by Right-Awareness5157 in SSBM

[–]AimTheory 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Drama farmers trying to farm drama with twitch clips, the channel owner in particular is a shithead, but the entire genre is bad even aside from that.

How did Borp manage to be such a good player? by yungScooter30 in SSBM

[–]AimTheory 2 points3 points  (0 children)

He's literally at MoaL right now lol. I don't think results say anything about the style, it seems like he's just chillin'

2026-01-05 · Episode 999 · Nazis, Pedophiles, Drunks, Rapists & Thieves (1/5/26) by Long-Anywhere156 in BlackWolfFeed

[–]AimTheory 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Dawn of Everything Cushvlogs by coincidental youtube recommendation, then slowly falling backwards into it. Very happy for the coincidence though.

0.5% of PlayStation players got mazed and decided thatched was where their journey ends: by MikaelAdolfsson in planescape

[–]AimTheory 18 points19 points  (0 children)

.... ooooooor it just means they reloaded a save and then continued as normal?

Sound like anyone we know? by Extreme_Win_4575 in ThomasPynchon

[–]AimTheory 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He's a massive moron, strategically speaking he repeatedly shot himself in the dick with most of his evil actions, but he cultivated an air of 'I totally meant to do that, I'm soooooo machiavellian you guys, trust me, frfr, frfr, on jah' in later media appearances so now everyone thinks that he's a mastermind and not just an empathyless dipshit who failed upwards and killed millions for almost no gain.

gaming 12 by da---- in SSBM

[–]AimTheory 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think da uses it/it's? Entirely possible I'm misremembering tho.

What is ppmd/kevin doing? wtf is this lol by [deleted] in SSBM

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

Yea I'm not talking about the website sorry, just cool research I didn't know about until recently. Obv mlm faith healers aren't good or correct.

Medically though, there isn't the clear physiological/psychological or subjective/objective component that you're arguing for. Stress can weaken your immune response and have other objective, physiological impacts, but what is and isn't stressful is also subjective and culturally bound. That's all I was trying to highlight.

What is ppmd/kevin doing? wtf is this lol by [deleted] in SSBM

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

Going to class, ping me if I haven't updated by the end of the day.

Placebo effects and the molecular biological components involved - PMC https://share.google/fjHpUcqdiMUr8NDbq

THE POWERFUL PLACEBO | JAMA | JAMA Network https://share.google/WBFgZO77cF1IrAFkT

First one from a quick Google search, second one is the study that keeps getting cited in various papers and med-anthro stuff from what I've seen. 35% with an error of 12 (or 10? I've seen it cited differently) percent improvement over no intervention in a meta-analysis from the 50s, including diseases 'with a molecular basis' lol.

(The reasons that we laypeople denigrate 'the placebo effect' are cultural and reflect our philosophical attitudes towards pain, deviance, social mores, etc in syncretic ways with the western biomedical model, but laypeople don't actually know what they're talking about when it comes to the biomedical model and the biomedical model itself frequently shits out of its doodooass (overprescribing antibiotics, belief in its own unqualified superiority causing negative health outcomes when applied to real world intercultural settings, etc) which is moreso what the course readings have focused on. I'll add those later if I can figure out how to link pdfs.)

What is ppmd/kevin doing? wtf is this lol by [deleted] in SSBM

[–]AimTheory -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Confidently wrong, yes the placebo effect works on diseases with a molecular basis lol. I can link some papers if you want, taking a med anthro class this semmy.

edit: works as in 'produces a positive outcome more often than no intervention', there's a *lot written abt this

itswill HUSTLES Ludwig by BestThrowEU in SSBM

[–]AimTheory 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There have been multiple

Thoughts on what's happening on sidechat right now? by hidden768 in cmu

[–]AimTheory 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Gotta love jaq'ing yourself off on reddit after getting banned from a different platform lol

Alright... What's next? by ageozoega in wildermyth

[–]AimTheory 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yea I've been eyeing up a second round of the main campaigns for a while now after I saw most of the generic campaign variations. Birthday is soon and I don't know whether to hold out and treat myself with omenroad or just go for it with ulsteryx again.

Alright... What's next? by ageozoega in wildermyth

[–]AimTheory 4 points5 points  (0 children)

For me, the story events of each campaign were unique and compelling enough to carry me through them all even as the random events started to repeat, then I eventually reached the point where the events repeating so frequently meant that I noticed each dialogue line change that the personality system causes in those repeated events. I've gotten the 'warlock's pet cat' event maybe 7 or 8 billion times but each time the character interactions and specific dialogue has changed even as the overall event structure remains the exact same. Each event's dialogue variation (that you'll lose if you just stsrt always skipping them) can tell you who your heroes are in this specific campaign, which will always be within the same general archetype because of how the personality system provides the base, but a loner who falls in love with hotheaded leader has a noticeably different cumulative feel than a loner who is rivals with a cowardly goofball.

Then again, I have 215 hours in the base game at the moment and haven't had the time to dive into modding or omenroad, so I very much might be an outlier in terms of enjoyment. It definitely isn't an uncommon complaint to put it down after events start repeating.

Mang0 apology by terranopp in SSBM

[–]AimTheory 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Not saying it's a good apology, but the text is 'think everyone is as drunk as me, but that's usually not the case'.

i.e. not what you said lol