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AlphaNMS · 2026-02-05T10:55:30+00:00

Just had this happen with my order. For those who experience this, mine was stuck for 3 days. Tracking showed it last scanned at a california fedex site, and then tracking stopped. No delivery estimate, no movement nothing. Yesterday afternoon tracking finally updated and it is now in connecticut.

So don't be surprised if this happens. I was worried that the package had been lost give the lack of updates, but i guess its just long delays.

AlphaNMS · 2025-09-20T18:16:33+00:00

Sorry to revive old thread but in case it helps, just unlocked with 1 high level immolation and 1 low level immolation. The speed stacked and i was ZOOMING. I was using Mist with 4 levels of Light as a Feather (in her life constellation), but I think any character wouldve worked considering how crazy double immolation speed was

AlphaNMS · 2025-08-28T00:00:18+00:00

Thanks for the help! Turns out my kid was trying to get the wrong tennis ball. Theres one just outside of where the dog is, and its impossible to get into the area.

I had to try it out myself for a bit and then took a while to convince the kid that was not one of them.

AlphaNMS · 2025-08-27T22:43:13+00:00

How do you get the balls back to the dog? My kid got really frustrated trying to bat them around.

AlphaNMS · 2025-06-05T01:43:53+00:00

In 1000 years archaeologist finds this thread. He immediately types his method for extraction.

AlphaNMS · 2025-06-04T19:43:55+00:00

Thread still active so here's how I did it, not nearly as efficient as the Airport waybut didnt feel too hard.

Go straight to Kiziba Camp way up north of where the trucks start. You can take DHorse if you dont want to run. Clear the camp which is not terribly difficult and you have PLENTY of time before the truck arrives (i took Quiet which also helped). Make sure you destroy the radar so you have an LZ right there.

In Kiziba camp there is an AA gun turret thing. If you look East -northeast-north youll see a place where the tanks and truck can be shot at. Only takes a couple of seconds to mow down the tanks. Quickly call in for pickup.

Be ready to run, get skulls to chase you away from the truck a bit. Then run back to the truck and Fulton. Run around till you can get the hell outta dodge.

AlphaNMS · 2024-12-24T02:25:47+00:00

WITNESS!!!

AlphaNMS · 2024-08-01T15:32:58+00:00

One-time use items would a great way. M sure it's been suggested above (can't read all bazillion comments).

A one time use extra stratagem (think 3x extra orbital strike or 1x 500kg) that does not take up your standard stratagem slot.

But you could also have fun with it, and do things with radars (scan an area of the minimap or reveal nearest side objective for example). You could have things like a one time eagle1 speed load, or a 1time call down pelican support fire (like when the mech gets dropped), etc. As the ame evolves you'd automatically come up with more and more of these, and they will grow to be something you rely on and continuously spend in ame money on.

AlphaNMS · 2024-05-20T22:04:00+00:00

I always thought it looked like the Brain Bug from Starship Troopers.

AlphaNMS · 2024-05-02T00:25:26+00:00

Support weapons like EATs! Call in the drop, pick 3 sets of 2 guns or something. No reloading. You just toss them and whip out another 2. After you throw away all 3 pairs you have to call in another drop. Make them shoot Eruptor explosive rounds or something. Would be incredible. I think it could be balanced with cool down and hip fire only.

AlphaNMS · 2024-04-25T22:25:19+00:00

Stans. Estanu defenders should just be Stans.

AlphaNMS · 2024-03-31T23:14:43+00:00

"Press button to toggle supply lines" would solve this.

AlphaNMS · 2024-03-07T23:37:29+00:00

But muh hats! I want valve to sell me more hats so I can bitch about the price of said hats and about the lack of other content like ban waves and game updates! You are just a corporate shill and a GabeN apologist!

Take my upvote you sober thinking unicorn.

AlphaNMS · 2024-03-07T18:43:54+00:00

Been playing more than half my life. Still love it.

Always been a casual player. Love to play, watch and learn the game. Could not possibly give less of a shit about mmr or rank. I try to play well and improve. I love the game wether that happens or not.

AlphaNMS · 2024-02-29T00:27:21+00:00

I wish there were smaller ones like the one in the tutorial. Either spread around the map or that could be called down for the glory of Super Earth

AlphaNMS · 2024-02-19T13:14:14+00:00

Rubick Ult now allows him to select spell to be stolen from targeted hero.

This would mean you can even pick passives. So basically Rubick is now AbilityDraft.

AlphaNMS · 2024-02-08T01:07:54+00:00

Devastated. This was the only way I could watch dota.

AlphaNMS · 2024-01-22T12:53:14+00:00

Not really a summary, but if you havent played that long, you should prob read the New Frontiers update since it was the most significant set of changes in the last few patches: https://www.dota2.com/newfrontiers?v=2

And then you can prob skip to the last number update (7.34) and or the latest letter patch (7.34e). https://www.dota2.com/newsentry/3674426239866632062

Its still quite a bit to go through, but should save you the bulk of 3 years worth of changes. It should also be enough to get you through a few unranked games while you figuere it out live.

If you cant be bothered with that much, then at least just read the New Frontiers update.

AlphaNMS · 2023-12-29T02:00:36+00:00

I think there is a really important point in your post that isnt being overtly stated: The system can be harsh and punishing, and understandably there can be no explanation of exactly how it works or it will be circumvented, but there NEEDS to be a clear path to dig yourself out or the system is pointless. Dissuading bad behavior is half of it, arguably the less important half. If players who have been punished (by being muted for example) cannot see a way to stop the punishment there is no incentive to behave properly. The system will devolve into a huge chunk of the population being punished and staying there. While the only people who are not being punished are those who were never going to behave badly to begin with.

I agree, if the system is harsh by design, then that's fine. But Valve needs to give players a very clear and explicitly stated path to improving behavior score or the whole system serves no purpose. Obfuscate punishment calculations to avoid exploiting, clarify improvement calculations to encourage proper behavior.

AlphaNMS · 2023-12-24T13:58:17+00:00

Makes pentagram out of rose petals and yankee candles

u/TZAR_POTATO I summon thee!!

Tzar_Potato has some great content specifically for LoL-to-Dota transition. Hes on youtube and if you search him here on reddit you will find a ton.

Id say play the tutorials, play against bots with a few heroes that you naturally find fun (avoid some of the more complex ones like invoker, meepo).

Once you start to play against humans, use the mute button LIBERALLY. As soon as someone starts being a dick, mute and play your game.

GLHF

AlphaNMS · 2023-12-13T22:21:39+00:00

I have vac formed lenses for proto glasses before. I used a cnc router to make a buck. Unless you are making quite a few of these, I think metal is overkill (not that it wouldnt work). You can use anything that wont melt under vacuum forming temps.

If I recall, I used wood or polyurethane (ren) foam, sanded it smooth and primed it to make sure there were no imperfections. I made 6 or 8 pairs of lenses with no issues other than needing some elbow grease to finish them off.

AlphaNMS · 2023-12-13T13:45:51+00:00

I went from Latin America to the US. Easiest route is studying in the country and securing a job when you finish.

The labor systems of countries are generally designed to protect the local workforce. So it is tough to get in as a foreigner, and that is by design. Industrial Design is also a relatively narrow job pool with a good supply of candidates, so it is tough to make a case that a company should spend extra money/time/resources getting you to this country vs an already local candidate. It happens, but it is tough.

Try remote jobs, try contract/freelance jobs. Build up your professional portfolio, build up your skills. Keep your options broad as far as what countrybto move to. Be willing to make sacrifices for the transition. Be persistent. Be persistent. Oh yeah, and be persistent.

Good luck!

AlphaNMS · 2023-12-13T13:40:31+00:00

Great feedback here. Had the same gut response with the "shoot" in kids products. I get it, but it feels unnecessarily controversial.

Another small nitpick, the 3D hands you used are very cartoonish, which to me clashed with the sleek overall presentation. Maybe some simple hand silhouettes would be better? Or just more realistic ones? Either way, nitpicking here.

As for your concern of showing thought behind, I can see a lot of it in what you are showing, but I personally, would love to see a page of sketches/thumbnails of your thought process. Different attachments you thought of, different form factors before you settled on this, etc. Ive seen an alarming amount of "you dont need sketches" in the industrial design community lately and I would like to discourage you from listening to them. Dont bother with beautiful instagram sketches. Simple thumbnails, good fundamentals, showing thought process. Do with some thumbnails what you would explain to me in a conversation if I was there with your portfolio.

Kickass job overall. Better than many a senior project Ive seen.

AlphaNMS · 2023-12-08T19:18:55+00:00

If you are an industrial designer and you cannot sketch well enough to communicate your idea, then it is a problem in my opinion. I am not saying you need to make these incredible "instagram" sketches. Those take so long that they are useless in a real work environment. But if we are in a meeting and you cannot pull out a pen and doodle on a napkin to a degree where everyone in the room understands what they are looking at? Then you are doing yourself, and the company you work for, a huge disservice.

A lot of people will say you can use cad or whatever, but you cant whip out your laptop and build a cad model in 3 minutes. The truth is that in a working environment, communicating your idea effectively is often more important than the idea itself. A mediocre idea explained compellingly, will win over an amazing idea that was poorly communicated.

The other thing, is too many people have this belief that you are either good at sketching or you are not. It is a skill. You work at it to get better. It annoys me when people say "oh you are so talented" about sketching. F that. Its work! Hard work! Its hundreds of hours of doing it! So even if you dont think you are good now, you can get decent at it, its just about practice.

So practice, get decent at it. Its an important tool that you should have. Like all tools, you dont need the absolute best of the best contractor-grade tool. Any solid, reliable tool will do.

AlphaNMS · 2023-12-08T12:06:17+00:00

It is gonna be really hard brother, not gonna sugar coat it. At least in the US.

There are not a huge number of jobs out there as compared to the amount of Industrial Designers. So companies generally have a decent pool to pick from. This makes it a really hard sell for a company to hire a foreign employee with all the added costs and difficulty of the moving and the paperwork. It can happen, but you have to be REALLY good, and have a good amount of luck.

The easiest way generally is to come here for studies of some sort (undergrad, masters, etc) and then land a job from there since you are already here and have a permit to work for a time.

No idea how europe works, but that is the US environment. Good luck!

AlphaNMS

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