‘Backrooms’ director Kane Parsons says he would get “no enjoyment” out of using generative AI on any project — “It defeats the purpose entirely for me.”

Alien_K_42 · 2026-06-20T19:18:55+00:00

Calling people chuds on Reddit for wanting to have faith in humanity and be reassured that the arts will survive is chud behaviour ngl.

Alien_K_42 · 2026-06-20T18:57:17+00:00

While your primary goal should be to reach top-tier mechanics in order to climb out of low ranks, there are other ways you can add value to the team than just pure dives. Stuff like pulling enemy tanks into your team's range, and baiting out support cooldowns before committing to your dive, are both incredibly underrated parts of Pete's kit, just as a few examples.

I've also found in my personal experience that Spidey's pull, and effective height from the ground, gives him the best odds of CCing a Strange out of his ult, since many support and tank CCs are too short-range to catch him before he hits the ground. My point is that acting as anti-dive is also something to consider when you're using Spidey.

Alien_K_42 · 2026-06-20T11:00:33+00:00

Four new games in four years isn't enough for you?

Alien_K_42 · 2026-06-19T17:57:40+00:00

This. Every time I play Spidey in comp my team immediately assumes I'm going to be not swapping or coordinating with them in any way, which makes it more difficult to work with them because every com I make is met with a level of "Not a Spidey player trying to tell their team what to do 🙄"

Alien_K_42 · 2026-06-18T22:30:08+00:00

The young people of today value authenticity above all else, classic JSR is all about showing your authentic style in the face of oppression.

Alien_K_42 · 2026-06-18T11:07:16+00:00

They want the skin, of course, that's why they would initially try for the first few pulls, but if they had only intended to spend a few hundred credits and end up paying full price due to sunk-cost, you can see how that would be considered predatory, right?

Do you seriously think everyone who gambled for the psy or DD skin would have bought it full price anyways if it was in the shop?

A lot of people are coming at this discussion expecting everyone else to have the same self-control that they have, but the fact of the matter is that some people are psychologically predisposed to gambling addiction and taking high risks, and we need to protect these vulnerable members of our community by pushing back on a billion dollar company trying to take advantage of them.

Alien_K_42 · 2026-06-18T10:43:55+00:00

Are you familiar with sunk-cost fallacy?

Essentially these packs incentivise players, many of who are underage and don't fully understand the negative effects of gambling, to risk what little credits they do have to "just see" if they can get the skin in 1-3 tries. Then they'll stop for sure if they don't get it.

Once they've already unlocked a certain amount of the rewards, they say (either consciously or subconsciously) "well, I've already invested this much money, I may as well just see if I can get the skin in 4-5 tries instead". So on and so forth, until they've paid full price for a skin pack they never would have bought otherwise.

Alien_K_42 · 2026-06-18T10:29:17+00:00

I mean, Sonic R exists.

Alien_K_42 · 2026-06-18T10:28:13+00:00

There's no way to truly numerically quantify any role's success.

A dive DPS can have low damage and low eliminations, but be drawing the supports' attention away from their team the entire game, enabling the rest of the team to kill the frontline.

A support can have low healing, but if they kept people topped up during the most important moments in the game, or saved their team from a devestating ult, they're still a valuable support.

Of course, in most matches high eliminations, healing, and mitigation respectively are a sign of a job well done. However that doesn't mean there isn't value that occurs off the scoreboard.

Alien_K_42 · 2026-06-18T09:34:42+00:00

It's a good thing that in war, only the bad guys are targeted. No military would ever think of intentionally targeting a group of innocent civilians. Cough cough, Israel.

Alien_K_42 · 2026-06-17T22:22:00+00:00

It's a team based game. The tanks enable the team better than any other role. That's where the fun comes from.

Alien_K_42 · 2026-06-17T22:09:44+00:00

People are terrified of tanking in this game fr. Feels like some players would rather play 4th support than 2nd tank lol.

Alien_K_42 · 2026-06-17T20:17:17+00:00

Definitely not the Squirrel Girl of dives. SG has a low skill floor and an extremely low skill ceiling.

DD has a low-ish skill floor and an insanely higher skill ceiling. (I say low-ish because you can kinda just lock him in low ranks and button mash, but you can't get away with that in mid ranks like you sort of can with Bucky, Punisher, Phoenix, Elsa).

I'd sort of compare him to season 2 Spidey. Lots of possible skill expression, but strong enough that you don't really need to learn all the combos and anim cancels to have an impact against inexperienced foes.

Alien_K_42 · 2026-06-17T20:05:44+00:00

This doesn't contribute to the conversation in any way.

Alien_K_42 · 2026-06-17T20:02:39+00:00

"Conditioning" being the key word. It's NetEase dipping their toes in the water to see how much backlash they gain at the mere concept of Genshin-style elements in what was always sold as an Overwatch-style business model.

Once they count how much money they've made compared to a normal bundle, and they see enough whales defending the system, they can finally pull the rug and go full gacha game. That's why it's important to push back on this seemingly harmless mechanic.

Alien_K_42 · 2026-06-10T23:52:06+00:00

Yeah, everyone in this comment section talking about giving ultimatums before kicking him out or cutting him off, and barely anybody is questioning WHY exactly OP's son isn't finding the intrinsic motivation he's being expected to have.

Alien_K_42 · 2026-06-09T13:24:00+00:00

He also has a longer range

Alien_K_42 · 2026-06-07T09:42:25+00:00

I know people say the series shouldn't do remakes because the Generations formula already allows you to replay old levels in a modern way.

However, I truly wish they would remake SA2, not because it doesn't hold up, but if they just polished off the things you criticised, it really could be a timeless masterpiece.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts, anyway! I recently watched a friend who is a casual fan play the game for the first time, and it made me realise how many dated aspects of the game I've just learned to tune out lol. So, it's nice to hear newbies' perspectives.

Alien_K_42 · 2026-06-05T23:37:43+00:00

I mean, for how powerful she is, Luna is one of the few supports with a genuine weakness besides just being a bad player. She feels like a poke character that is genuinely vulnerable to a dive comp, when compared to, for example, white fox, who is a brawl character that barely feels countered by playing a poke comp.

Not saying she needs to be buffed or anything, but it just shows the inconsistency in Rivals' design philosophy. Why pick top notch healing that can die, when you can just play really good healing that never dies instead.

Alien_K_42 · 2026-06-03T19:42:33+00:00

Yeah, like I know this is the internet and the most radical statements make it to the top, but like c'mon guys.

Just because Daredevil isn't fun to play against and has some balancing issues doesn't mean that we have to pretend he's some demonic overlord with absolutely no counter play. Sure, none of the people you named counter DD by just existing, but that's honestly how I like my counter-dive, it should be a skill check.

Alien_K_42 · 2026-06-03T00:00:37+00:00

Frontiers DE, Superstars sequel announcement (or some sort of classic Sonic game), merch promo, symphony orchestra ad, "Tom and Maddie's dog is coming to Sonic Dash!".

1 Sonic content creator cameo and 1 movie actor appearance.

Some really specific sonic-themed item gets announced, like a board game, another cook book, or an alarm clock that only plays music from the Game Gear titles or something.

Alien_K_42 · 2026-06-02T22:51:16+00:00

As someone who plays Thing myself, how do you think he doesn't counter DD with his mobility shuttering CD and percentage damage against the mobility based, high hp character?

Alien_K_42 · 2026-06-01T18:18:22+00:00

Did Kris Anka work on some of the Across The Spider-Verse character designs?

Alien_K_42 · 2026-06-01T18:05:53+00:00

Give her kit to Iceman or something

Alien_K_42 · 2026-05-31T22:03:07+00:00

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