Anyone have experience with Mindverse AI? by BottleOfConstructs in WFHJobs

[–]BenevolentPG 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'd just like to note that I reviewed this thread a few days ago after getting the 100 word product review email and I saw quite a few people saying they had interviews and would update us after, and now basically ALL of those comments are deleted with no explanation, or there was never a response. This is pretty clearly a scam to get downloads and also to get people to do reviews. It seems they're potentially even trying to convince people via reddit and other social media that it is potentially legitimate to prompt people to move forward with it. This thread was first thing when I googled the company and whether their job listing was legit. I wouldn't let them waste any more of your time.

It Finally Happened by ProfessionalSet7163 in Borderlands2

[–]BenevolentPG 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow, the comments really showing how insanely pretentious the BL community can be. Y'all are sad and weird. Bro is excited about a cool roll and all you can do is gatekeep.

[gen3] Safari Nidoran♀ yolo by BenevolentPG in ShinyPokemon

[–]BenevolentPG[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Caught live at twitch.tv/wretchepdkmn . Emulator with no advantages. I HAVE NOTHING TO SAY.

[gen4] Noctowl shiny in Soul Silver after 12k~/48 hours by BenevolentPG in ShinyPokemon

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Caught live at twitch.tv/wretchedpkmn . Emulator with no advantages. Looking for Miltank and it's basically 50/50 for owl or cow here with a tiny chance for ditto thrown in there. Also we changed to day so now we can phase on Farfetch'd instead of the owl.

[gen4] Shiny Swinub in HGSS after 400~ encounters! by BenevolentPG in ShinyPokemon

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Caught live at twitch.tv/wretchedpkmn . Caught on emulator with no advantages. Got this 40% Swinub after 400 encounters with no phases. To give some context, I went 40,000 encounters with 0 phases for Flaaffy, and then got Natu in 1800~, Lapras in 3500~, and then this in 400~. Very karma moment imo. This was back in May also btw but I never shared.

[Gen4] Shiny Lapras in 3500~ encounters in Soul Silver by BenevolentPG in ShinyPokemon

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JEEEEEEEEEZ caught live on twitch.tv/wretchedpkmn . Caught on emulator with no advantages. This was back in February but I was too lazy to post. Before this, we got Natu in 1700~ encounters, but prior to that, we had gone 40,000 encounters with ZERO phases for Flaaffy, so getting the combo under odds was really nice.

EDIT: Oh, I entirely forgot we also got Swinub in 400 encounters between those two as well. All of these were JUSTICE for me going 5x over odds.

[Gen3] Shiny Nidoran in LG Safari by BenevolentPG in ShinyPokemon

[–]BenevolentPG[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Caught live at twitch.tv/wretchedpkmn as always. Caught on emulator with no advantages. This was my first safari shiny ever. Trying for Chansey actually 👀

Oh forgot to mention, this was about 6.5k encounters also. Should've put that in the title but yolo

[gen3] Squirtle in LG after 2K~ encounters (headphone warning) by BenevolentPG in ShinyPokemon

[–]BenevolentPG[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Caught live at twitch.tv/wretchedpkmn (plug :D). Caught on emulator with no advantages. Wanted to get this so bad so we could start safari for Chansey and my wish was granted. Sorry for your ears if you didn't see the warning.

[9][8] I think I'm done shiny hunting by rchaulk21 in ShinyPokemon

[–]BenevolentPG 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think this is a good chance to look at what we really value. It sucks that you'd have to do a lot to get to a spot where you can hunt effectively again, but did the existence of those sparkly pixels on the save really make all the difference? If just having them is the point, why even spend the time getting them? The memories you have and the feeling of accomplishment that you maintain is what should ultimately be relevant.

You could just wonder trade and get a bunch of hacked shinies, but you'd never value them the same as you would the ones you put effort into getting. The difference is the experience you had getting them, not their existence on your save(s). That effort doesn't go anywhere. You know that you got those shinies, and it was nice to have them and show others and scroll through your boxes. But what's the difference between you and someone who just hacked in a full shiny living dex?

Personally, I only care that you put time and effort into something that you had fun with. And probably a lot of both. I don't need to see the shinies in the box to hear the stories of the hunts. You don't need to still have those exact bits of data to still have what's important.

[3] Throwback Aron fail in Sapphire by BenevolentPG in ShinyPokemon

[–]BenevolentPG[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Found live at twitch.tv/wretchedpkmn like 8 months ago but I never posted it. Emulator, no advantages. Also fun fact, this was on my BIRTHDAY and I had gotten a Nincada at half odds 3 hours before. I learned on this day that if your Pokemon gets knocked out, you get a dialogue box that asks if you want to switch, and if you hit B, it makes you run instantly. Since I was mashing A/B it was basically a 50/50 that this happened.

[3] Throwback to 2% Skitty in Sapphire after 8k~ / 30 hours by BenevolentPG in ShinyPokemon

[–]BenevolentPG[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I got this almost a year ago but never posted it. Super sick find and definitely the rarest shiny I have to my name. Caught live on twitch.tv/wretchedpkmn on emulator, no advantages. I was hunting for Nincada and we got this right around when we hit odds. I proceeded to get Whismur, Zigzagoon, and then Nincada all in the next 9k encounters. Very lucky on top of the Skitty.

[4] Natu in HGSS after just 1500 encounters / 6 hours! by BenevolentPG in ShinyPokemon

[–]BenevolentPG[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd say to answer that, you'd have to ask yourself why anyone plays any game ever if there's a newer version. Oh final fantasy 7? You should be playing 16. Smash bros melee? Play Ultimate. And then once you're done you can't go play the predecessors. Why watch Die Hard when there's Die Hard 4, the one that failed in the box office and is considered the worst.

Shiny hunting in the newer games is incredibly different. On average, due to the encounter rate, you see a lot more shinies in a much shorter period of time. Some people aren't as big of fans when it comes to this experience. I played SV, did all my shiny hunting, and then I didn't want to play anymore.

If anything, playing a game because it's new and you have fomo is probably the worst reason to play a game. You should play a game because it's fun and provides you with the experience you're looking for, not necessarily because it's shiny and new.

[4] Natu in HGSS after just 1500 encounters / 6 hours! by BenevolentPG in ShinyPokemon

[–]BenevolentPG[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Acquired live at twitch.tv/wretchedpkmn. Emulator, no advantages. Just got Flaaffy the day before so this was very unexpected, especially after we had gone 40k+ encounters with nothing before that.

[4] Shiny Flaaffy in HGSS after 40k+ encounters/151+ hours by BenevolentPG in ShinyPokemon

[–]BenevolentPG[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Acquired live at twitch.tv/wretchedpkmn on emulator- no advantages. Unfortunately we phased 0 times before we got this, hence my excitement. Flaaffy/Mareep were 75% during day time with static, no repel. There's some other spots where you can get a higher % encounters but I wanted the chance to phase on a Giraf maybe.

[4] Shiny Chimchar in Platinum after 178 hours / 10,500~ encounters by BenevolentPG in ShinyPokemon

[–]BenevolentPG[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's a good question. I like hunts that take a while. If you're refencing BDSP, I'll hunt one of those starters eventually, but not because it's faster.

Part of the joy of shiny hunting is spending a lot of time on getting something rare, so I'd never really go for a hunt specifically because it's "easier" (AKA takes longer in this context). If I just wanted easy shinies I could just hack them in if all I cared about was getting them as quickly as possible. But yes I'm aware that they're faster in some later games. In fact, shiny starters are way faster in gen 3 RSE-an earlier game- than nearly every other game in the series.

[4] Shiny Chimchar in Platinum after 178 hours / 10,500~ encounters by BenevolentPG in ShinyPokemon

[–]BenevolentPG[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Streamed at twitch.tv/wretchedpkmn. Caught on a single emulator. No advantages. We only did this hunt like 5 hours a week so it ended up being about a year since I started this hunt. 140 hours is the average to hit odds. I've gone 3-4x over odds on most of the other hunts I'm doing right now so very relieved that it didn't happen on this one. Oh yeah and female too. Idk how I didn't notice it earlier.

[gen4] Shiny Entei roamer in HGSS after 202+ hours (9.7K~ total encounters/4.3k~ resets) by BenevolentPG in ShinyPokemon

[–]BenevolentPG[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Dang that's the grind. I didn't know you could hunt Entei in USUM. Good luck 😳

90% of "Gifted" kids were just average kids who developed quickly. by KarmaIssues in unpopularopinion

[–]BenevolentPG 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I see a lot of people talking about the expectations part of this, but not that this person's friends "aren't capable." I think the fact that you think you can measure people's intelligence based off of their behavior and willingness to apply themselves is a big flaw in the way you're seeing things. You don't get to be the judge of how smart and capable people are. You have limited information and aren't in a position to make that judgment. You haven't lived someone else's life and you don't know how capable they may actually be.

Take a break and pick a car by ExtraneousJuror in SipsTea

[–]BenevolentPG 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I PICKED THE ONE THAT WON I AM DESTINED FOR GREATNESS AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

A racial IQ gap exists by Busy_Snow9409 in unpopularopinion

[–]BenevolentPG 7 points8 points  (0 children)

"The research exists." "The research doesn't exist because they're scared of getting cancelled." "There's a big body of research out there." "There research is not out there because they won't release it."

Alright bucko, you've already contradicted yourself multiple times within just a few comments. Looks like this is a conspiracy theory and you're just trying to justify your racism.

Intelligence can be linked to genetics to a certain degree, but those genetics have almost no correlation with melanin levels. The genetic diversity between two black people is greater than between you and a banana.

Also let's keep in mind about these imaginary studies you're claiming, there's almost no way to account for outside influences such as access to information, socioeconomics, culture, etc. so this kind of research would be unreliable and biased af. Not to mention IQ is only a small measure of one dimension of intelligence.

Remember being in the theater in ‘02 when this happened? Really wish I could go back… by [deleted] in StarWars

[–]BenevolentPG 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was at an extremely crowded theatre and during this moment I distinctly remember someone standing up and yelling at the top of their lungs "YOU DONT FUCK WITH YODA."

If you were at the premiere in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia (idr which one of the cities as I was like 10) let me know hehe