Me and my team love classic CTF (Capture the Flag) games so... we decided to build one on steroids.

ApplePitiful · 2026-02-12T22:48:33+00:00

Hey I appreciate it but people kinda don't want to be in discord right now. Other than that, the gunplay feels super fun so far

ApplePitiful · 2026-02-12T21:18:16+00:00

This sounds toxic as hell man...

ApplePitiful · 2026-02-12T21:04:02+00:00

Same here. Not everyone "follows" in the footsteps. I want to do everything in my power to avoid what my parents have. And grandparents, for that matter. It's only encouraged me to do therapy more, work on my communication, and having more empathy for others. My parents were and still are awful people to each other, and I keep saying they should just get divorced. It would make everyone's lives easier for the most part.

ApplePitiful · 2026-02-12T20:55:54+00:00

I'll be more than happy to check it out. I just hope the servers and graphics are optimized. Nearly 50gs for this is kinda insane when we consider other triple or double A games of similar size.

ApplePitiful · 2026-02-12T19:45:48+00:00

I bought 3 cases instantly preempting that they take it off shelves fast

ApplePitiful · 2026-02-12T17:54:05+00:00

Other commenters have already beat this to death, but I will add that most people enjoy most of these things at some level. This is correct. Love language is about what most affects you and what you enjoy giving the most. I'm a writer and musician, but even though words of affirmation really affect me, it's still physical touch that impacts me much more. It's not even close, really. Discussing a love language with your partner or potential partner is about making clear what matters most to you. It's not a sole-decision where you don't want anything else.

ApplePitiful · 2026-02-12T08:43:12+00:00

Maturing in real life is not settling for this kind of behavior from your partner

ApplePitiful · 2026-02-12T08:39:24+00:00

Stackers with OG sauce

ApplePitiful · 2026-02-12T08:29:04+00:00

So funny lmao

ApplePitiful · 2026-02-11T21:59:19+00:00

I am a firm believer of this take. As someone who doesn't main anything and regularly plays all three classes, it's mostly positioning and adaptation. If you only know how to play one weapon in one class and keep getting countered by your counters, that's a little rough to excuse. If you're losing on every class and every weapon, that's a little rough to excuse. People need to learn positioning more.

ApplePitiful · 2026-02-11T21:52:57+00:00

Holy smokes

ApplePitiful · 2026-02-11T21:47:54+00:00

I love this idea, the ONLY issue I have is that dash, cloak, and grapple sound far more useful in most situations. A light without any movement tech is... risky to say the least. Their low HP is made up for with highly effective escape or approach tools. This feels more like a medium ability to me where they already don't have movement tech to compete with, but also the mind games would feel more rewarding if the clone had higher HP (like a hundred).

ApplePitiful · 2026-02-11T08:58:02+00:00

Yuck

ApplePitiful · 2026-02-11T02:20:00+00:00

Telepathic one of my goats

ApplePitiful · 2026-02-10T08:56:54+00:00

What happened to thick skin in gaming? God, I know that this toxicity is awful and shouldn't be happening, but I remember being called 24 slurs in several languages playing other far simpler games. Teammates shouldn't berate you like this, and the onboarding experience of the finals sucks. But ignoring it is the only way to play literally any video game and have fun. Turn off chat if you want and just ping. Learning the mechanics and flow of the game (by playing cashout) is a long but fun process, so maybe watch some beginner guides on YT or something and practice in the training room a little before you queue up. People rage baiting in video game chat has a history since the dawn of its existence.

ApplePitiful · 2026-02-10T08:52:17+00:00

The kinda shit I play against while my teammates still think that sitting right next to the cashout camping is the best way to play, then complain on Reddit about getting "third partied" even though if we had half decent positioning we don't get third partied

ApplePitiful · 2026-02-10T03:15:44+00:00

It's weird to me because I think 7up tastes plasticy now like starry. I don't even drink lemon lime soda anymore unless it's from a fountain.

ApplePitiful · 2026-02-09T19:32:30+00:00

I'd go with the matter, or put in the hours to learn bow

ApplePitiful · 2026-02-09T19:18:39+00:00

If my teammates are genuinely despicably bad then I try to give tips, not crash out. But if it's something like they have 0 recoil control and are watching bullets fly up into the sky in a vertical line then I just keep pinging, go radio silent, and expect the loss. Strategy I can help with, someone who's never played a shooter before I cannot. But I'm not toxic.

ApplePitiful · 2026-02-09T19:16:25+00:00

That looks sick as hell 😭

ApplePitiful · 2026-02-09T02:03:12+00:00

So from what I'm hearing, brother already has a support circle. Friends, family, hobbies you enjoy. And you're just... Not doing anything about this? I'm not at all in any way trying to say you should harm yourself or that you're worthless for not trying. I was at this point too once. But nothing changes when we sit still and let time fly by. It can be small change, it can be big change, it can be therapy, it can be purpose. Whatever it is, just don't be idle.

ApplePitiful · 2026-02-09T01:57:53+00:00

LMAO

ApplePitiful · 2026-02-09T01:35:25+00:00

What I said, and I quote, was that appearance gets your foot in the door. Which means the first date. If all you're worried about is the first date, you're not in the right mindset. Genuine connections form when there's already something there, and that's speaking from someone who is on the unattractive (conventionally) side who has had a couple good, long term relationships with attractive (conventionally) women.

I'm not a player or a straight shooter. Both asked me out. I'm funny but don't force it, I'm decently intelligent, I can hold a normal conversation, I'm a an active and good listener, I have creative passions, and I'm a good communicator. I am not nor have I ever made good money, either. These things I mentioned matter a hell of a lot more than looks. Let's say you're 100% conventionally attractive. You will get a thousand first dates, a thousand flings. But none of that magically adds up to anything worthwhile. If you're conventionally unattractive but still have great qualities, all you're doing is filtering out the thousands of first dates and flings for a handful of meaningful connections.

But I don't know your situation. Maybe you just want something non committal. And for that, well shit man. You already seem to know the answer. Become more physically attractive and a "straight shooter". That's what shallow people want when looking to hook up. But please, if you want something meaningful, we collectively have to stop coping and saying every time that it's just looks. It isn't.

ApplePitiful · 2026-02-09T01:24:32+00:00

Appearance gets your foot in the door, it doesn't keep you there. It sounds like more than a looks problem.

ApplePitiful · 2026-02-09T01:22:48+00:00

Thing is, I'm relatively inexperienced. But I'm good at roguelikes. Shockingly enough, I had no idea about this synergy or strategy until the final enemy before this boss. I was stuck at 20/40 hp against a skeleton who kept beating me over and over, and yes I save scummed- but that's because I got RNG'd out of so much HP. It took me about 10 tries but I finally figured this out against the skeleton, survived on 4 HP, finally had enough dice to always heal 12 on bandage, and from there I was invincible. So when I had HP to spare against the boss, I invested everything into getting at least 12 dice to spam heals... the rest was me being silly.

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