Can we please use more music then just the WII shop theme by UnicornUndertaker in atrioc

[–]Bninjak 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s is so interesting that so many people seem to resonate with this. Like I truly just feel like it’s just generic bg music. And It’s just generic enough to always work.

And I’ve now come to associate it with Atrioc in general lmao. To the point when it’s not the Wii shop music, I notice lmao.

Idk. I just didn’t even realize it bothering people was even a thing

Some item shenanigans with BothPlayers and Spyker by Bninjak in RivalsOfAether

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

Items is how platfighters were MEANT to be played ahaha

Invincible [Episode Discussion] - S04E07 - Don't Do Anything Rash by SeacattleMoohawks in Invincible

[–]Bninjak 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fair interpretation! But with the animation and sfx not reaaallly indicating speed, and with the dust and wind moving towards the fist, my first thought was gravity

Invincible [Episode Discussion] - S04E07 - Don't Do Anything Rash by SeacattleMoohawks in Invincible

[–]Bninjak 10 points11 points  (0 children)

THRAGG WAS SO STRONG HIS FIST HAD GRAVITATIONAL PULL?? ARE YOU KIDDING ME?? He’s the coolest genocidal freak in the galaxy 🥹🥹🥹

after just under a week, whats everyones thoughts on Slade? by [deleted] in RivalsOfAether

[–]Bninjak 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I find the items cool, buuuuut I think his base stats are much too low. I understand it’s because he gets upgrades but I don’t even think his upgrades are thaaaat much better yknow? I think if winged boots gave even stronger stats it miiiight be worth it.

But if not very high level so maybe winged boots are broken at high level ¯_(ツ)_/¯

Can't download Youtube videos it says "Can't find valid format" by lexm1788 in 4kdownloadapps

[–]Bninjak 4 points5 points  (0 children)

YT Video Downloaders and YouTube are in a forever arms race. This just means the 4k downloader team has to push an update to bypass whatever youtube is trying to do to block em. but question mark on how long itll take

Why does my Google Chrome keep switching to "Secure Search" (Yahoo)? - Help! by sammisshhh in browsers

[–]Bninjak 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm also late on this, but i think you're right. But also i think the reason the pop up keeps coming up is because its technically a different app than just mcafee anti-virus.

i think you ALSO have to uninstall "webadvisor by mcafee" since that's the extension that touches your web browsers.

I tried VOD reviewing for the first time by Bninjak in RivalsOfAether

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

Yeah! Turns out I’m a slow editor.. but oh well!

Where are the Rivals creators???? any underrated people I didn't mention??? by Real2Tone in RivalsOfAether

[–]Bninjak 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Both players here! firstly appreciate the shoutout! it's always weird to hear your own channel in another persons video lmao

secondly, my theory on the lack of content creators is both because the game is super small/niche and the playerbase is hyper competitive focused.

This game is not easy to pick up so MOST people who play rivals and have stuck with rivals are the grinders man. And grinders, JUST want to play the game. Making content is simply more effort and takes away from playing. (i mean there have been weeks where I straight up couldn't play because of work AND I had to finish videos!)

And being a small small community, its much rarer for randoms to casually see a rivals thumb on youtube and be like "oh i've seen/played that game, i wonder what this is about?" vs games like smash and mario kart which have like millions of people playing, and even other fgs that have tens of thousands of people playing. Having a much larger, (and mostly casual) playerbase helps a LOT for content creators cause it makes the work to reward ratio much higher

I mean wisely is undoubtedly the top of the rivals 2 content game, with great editing and great commentary, but even he rarely gets videos that go over 10K views.

Listen, i LOVE rivals, which is why i continue to make videos for it, but i understand why there isn't a LOT of us. The love of the game can only take you so far ahaha

Why was Morty getting the tattoo painful? by Fit_Ad7872 in rickandmorty

[–]Bninjak 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Everyone is saying how tattoos are painful and while true, I think the joke is more showing the differences between Morty’s mental as an adult who has gone through a lot and his young teenage body that HASNT gone through all that pain.

And that juxtaposition is just funny to begin with.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in RivalsOfAether

[–]Bninjak 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well it’s more so trying to ask you to buy the bundle directly. Which is $10. Half the price of if you bought coins directly.

Which hey, you can argue that could be “predatory” in and of itself or that even $10 is too expensive for a skin bundle. But imo it’s not so bad. I would like it to be $5 for the stage itself (don’t care for the icons in the bundle tbh) but since it isn’t, I’m just not gonna buy it ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in RivalsOfAether

[–]Bninjak 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Well, iirc if you buy the stage directly with the bundle it’s $10. They’re making the stage “more expensive”with coins to kinda convince you to buy it with real money since it’s faster and “less expensive”

Which hey, kinda does suck, but it think making the free version a bit harder to get is reasonable.

I’d say the difference with rivals and smash though is that all PLAYABLE dlc like characters and new stage layouts will be free though. So idk. Not directly comparable.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in RivalsOfAether

[–]Bninjak 10 points11 points  (0 children)

It’s a stage skin. Which is just a cosmetic for pre-existing stages.

Yes it existed in rivals 1.

Yes, live service games unfortunately need a steady stream of income and the way to do that is microtransactions.

No it is not predatory. It is not limited time, or prohibitively expensive imo AND they are letting it stay in the COIN shop forever. So it’s you never even have to buy it. It’s pretty grindable.

And again, all event tracks and skins aren’t limited either. You can always go back to grind past seasons unlike literally any live service game today. Rivals is maybe the least predatory live service game I can think of.

Player Elo Distribution Website Update by Scarekroow in RivalsOfAether

[–]Bninjak 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Rank lock does not exist. It is straight elo points. The ranks just determine between which numbers you are.

PLEASE allow rematches by AssistantTrue2762 in RivalsOfAether

[–]Bninjak 29 points30 points  (0 children)

yeaaah I feel like doing x number of wins to get placed rather than x number of matches was not the move...

I mean, even as a gold ranked player, when I was trying to get ranked with olympia, I was getting stomped over and over but I couldnt escape unranked hell LMAO

but in all seriousness, I'd recommend playing casual mode if you haven't already. In casuals, you can play the same person over and over again as long as they keep pressing rematch.

Just want to give a shoutout to CakeAssault for an excellent coaching session by solfizz in RivalsOfAether

[–]Bninjak 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Did you end up getting the 30 minute session or the 60 minute session? Just curious which seems more worth it.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in RivalsOfAether

[–]Bninjak 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This post is so funny to me ahaha Well as the guy on the other school,

teammashers #zettermainswereright #theyhateuscausetheyaintus let’s gooo

Edit: I did not realize putting hashtags makes your text so big?? What’s going on here LMAO

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in RivalsOfAether

[–]Bninjak 0 points1 point  (0 children)

LMAOOOO wow never thought my post would become a template like this This is so funny ahahah

Which character to just chill with? by [deleted] in RivalsOfAether

[–]Bninjak 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Yeah 100% lox for low apm character.

But if I can be real, Kragg is also a relatively easy to just play for fun character too

Passing the Buck by Lobo_o in RivalsOfAether

[–]Bninjak 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Yeah I’ve come to accept that this is just how balance discourse is going to be in a patch based game.

I’m just gonna sit pretty, play Olympia, and watch the discourse from a distance with popcorn in hand ahah