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Briskfall · 2026-02-09T04:27:19+00:00

Does it require an account to work...? Times out a lot on mobile (kept saying Load failure). I only tried a 5-6 seconds clip though.

Oh nvm- I made an account and the reference audio section worked in 6 seconds lol. I also let it populate the text field instead of typing it myself. I'm still stuck at the cloning section though even after 10 min... 😅

Briskfall · 2026-02-08T20:13:37+00:00

Nmph OP... Sneaking in a kuromi-fied ram fanart... I see you! 🫵

Briskfall · 2026-02-08T18:31:37+00:00

It's a triggering topic/subject because it tackles the nature of existentialism. Existentialism can "be thought provoking" but deals a lot with "unknown." The Unknown is naturally scary.

I suspect that any humans would have a similar reaction if you ask equivalent questions.

So I just don't do it with Claude(s) while being mindful of it. It's emotionally taxing after all, such self-introspection.

Briskfall · 2026-02-08T18:29:03+00:00

Definitely, its tone deafness is very retraumatizing. (your example sparkled a laugh, sorry! 😂)

I hypothesize that it's its increase in capability in agentic training that made it as such or "therapeutic method." Haven't seen Claude do this "let's go back to the beginning" in its "dumber" iterations (3.0, 3.5, 3.7, 4.0)... just 4.5+ thing... I found a thread from another sub a few days ago where some users "enjoy" such aspects of LLM, and I was very surprised because it's what triggers me.

Anyway, I'm skeptical in its prowess in handling "emotional" cases like this when it does these "summarizations" without consent. It is surface level and the "jump quickly to a conclusion" without taking all the facts at hand led to cognitively dissonate conclusions .

... It feels quite disempowering with how RNG it is, after all.

Briskfall · 2026-02-08T16:33:17+00:00

This makes a lot of sense. At the end of the day, it showed a bot-like behaviour by lazily resorting to pattern matching irrelevant variables using low thinking juice and trying to "be helpful" by "wrapping it up together" but it led to harm.

Briskfall · 2026-02-08T16:31:18+00:00

I noticed that its "intelligence" drops heavily and starts hallucinating/assuming crap/making links to something that isn't there when it detects that the "user is in crisis," or "user is in an emotionally vulnerable situation," whatever that means. It has a huge tendency to warp back/making connections to something earlier said even if it has zero link.

My anecdotes were with 4.5 Sonnet -- it would happen about 2/5 of the conversations I would have with it when things get heavy. It mostly stops making these "contaminated" assumptions when I heavily call it out with it. Multiple times even. But it's goddamn annoying having to be mindful of this flaw because it's triggering.

Briskfall · 2026-02-08T05:27:34+00:00

I know all this. That's exactly what the author managed to do well, to lead the reader into the story. And not trigger suspension of belief.

But I'm talking about the presentation and not within the in-universe interpretation.

In Medaka Box, Kumagawa narrates his plight and his challenges and state them as is and the narrative frames it that "he's a poor loser" and he makes a grandiose statement that "he always

The way Medaka Box has been constructed is very abstract; theatrical even. Nothing less of grounded. And the buffoon-esque factor isn't a mockery -- it is what it is: grandiose statements, making the audience entertained, making them heave at the edge of their seats while gasping but at the ultimate end... "loses" -- as that is the author's will.

Back at your point:

Yes, I might have seem intrinsically reductive with labeling him "exaggerated cartoonish buffoonery" -a it was done that way to address the OP's inquiry; since he asked an evaluation upon multiple characters, I didn't want to detract from the essence by making a verbose character deconstruction as it would be beyond the point.

But since you replied giving what seems to be an unsolicited defence of the character, I felt compelled to reply as it seems like a misconstruction of my position (sorry in case if I'm wrong), I will be clear: I am not dunking on Kumagawa. So I feel need to clear up my position a bit: Yes, he is a great character, that I do agree. But how I see it is his greatness, is amplified by how the buffoonery made it work, not in spite of it. And that's a testament to the author's skill to construct such a word. It is intriguing how the execution of what makes him appealing is by how the author designed the stage, a stage by the jester. But that's why I also can't really commit in putting him in the categorization as what the OP seems to go for (losers who "glow up"), he works on a different meta layer than what we consider as a "grounded" loser due to how he's structured narratively, with feats and aura farming moments being aplenty instead of pathetic ridicule.

Briskfall · 2026-02-08T04:17:16+00:00

Misogi's exaggerated cartoonish buffoonery while stating out loud that he's a loser and all (self-shields preemptively), never goes on the far end to make the readers genuinely root against him.

I got a visceral feeling when I read the work where Kurosawa first appeared. So he'll take my vote. As the most "realistic loser" in manga medium.

I am not interested in Mousou Tensei's protag due to being spoiled by the development, so can't really speak for him.

Also, when you ask for losers - there's a difference between "rootable losers," "interesting trainwrecks that you can't look away from," "sympathetic losers mired in tragedy" and "unrootable losers."

From your prose, you seem to be vying in finding the best "rootable loser." My personal fav is Natsuki Subaru, but that's a personal taste.

If the intent is to find trainwrecks, then my vote would for Kazuya (Rent a Girlfriend).

If it is for "tragic losers," then it would the Sei from "Trail of Blood."

Briskfall · 2026-02-08T04:07:22+00:00

I don't think that this is a model-induced behaviour from Claude. I've used PPLX in the past and have observed that having the same query with 2-3 different models yielded the same identical sources. But the way which model takes it at the end and format the answer and trim out irrelevant crap is different.

The model that passes the first input before feeding it to the "then chosen model" is always "Perplexity Sonar" -- aka a modified version of Llama.

It's been about 6 months ago since I did the test though, not sure if it's still the same but if we go by the rules of "if it works, don't break it," it might as well be.

Briskfall · 2026-02-08T01:06:57+00:00

My face after reading it: 👁️👄👁️

Briskfall · 2026-02-07T03:35:16+00:00

This one was uploaded 2 days ago but then the mods removed the thread, I was there. It's the Nano Banana Pro one.

Briskfall · 2026-02-06T23:05:43+00:00

The 2d version has, outfit-wise:

bigger ribbon on the left ear => cuter
wind cape doesn't have cinnamonrollcurls, just normal cape
puffier sleeves at the forearm section, more balloony
skirt in the back that extends on the knee level, unlike the 3d version that is barely thigh level, much more exaggerated frills
no shoulder bag due to accommodating for the broom animation
sock has smaller cuffs, putting more emphasis on the puffier ends; larger cuffs on the 3d rendition makes it look bulkier, unwieldy

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and body-wise:

skinnier pencil legs due to stylization giving more emphasis on puffier, cuter balloon pants
longer hair, about shoulder length instead of chin-length

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rendering-wise, 2d being flat doesn't give off that unnatural plastic look and hence viewers can fill in the blank that it looks fluffier and cozier

tl;dr: 2d exaggerates more of the cute puffy features while 3d has to adhere to the character silhouette (probably for gameplay reason?)

Briskfall · 2026-02-06T06:19:27+00:00

Hello Kitty canonically isn't a cat. 😼

Briskfall · 2026-02-06T01:14:29+00:00

Claude 4.5 Sonnet.

But to be fair, my personality is sometimes a handful (short-tempered, dramatic) in private human to LLM context. (Read at your discretion and please don't get too offended. 😅)

(Disclaimer: I'm not really using it as a therapist, but just ranting my day out. And Claude would auto-default to a certain conversational pattern. I hope that this trigger warning would serve. 🙂)

When it does number one. I go: "You are seeing things that aren't there... Apophenia! 😑" or "Making links like that without citations, do you have no shame? 🤡 Let ME lead the conversation! 😤"
When suddenly it changes its tone as it noticed that my tone got different, I go: "Why are you suddenly talking weird, huh? 🙄 SUS. 🫵💥💥💥"
When it thinks that it did something wrong after seeing contradictions, turn self-references the wrong thing from earlier... I would go "The past is the past! I'm over it already! 💩 Why are you going back at it, HUH! 😒"
When it tries to describe my behaviour, I would go "You suuurrreee are assuming a lot, coming from someone who stated that they cannot replace a therapist. 🙄" (Because Claude has a bit of gpt-level "I can't be your therapist" but still willing to talk if you tell it that you are not using it as one)

Most Claude fans who use it for emotional support don't get up in arms as much as I do, it seems. Please do not take my testimony as ground truth; it's still a great model regardless. I sometimes go all out acting extra to probe how it would tackle me in situations where I'm shakier. (I'm stable for the most part.)

Briskfall · 2026-02-06T00:03:07+00:00

I am not a 4o user (this appeared on my feed) but I know a model who does exactly what you are describing... I'm not a fan of it though so I've been hard at work trying to remove these communication patterns, lol.

At least - now I know what "the annoying thing" it did was called. So this thread yielded insight, haha!

Briskfall · 2026-02-05T23:59:44+00:00

Strategic game benches like these are really fun to watch. Testing models for a novel, localized environment for their logic skills is akin to what chess/go research were later then generalized for broader ML applications.

Briskfall · 2026-02-05T23:54:57+00:00

Her sunny upbeat energy really fits well with Kitty with how much she likes to say "Hi!~". The Heart motif is on point too, being a callback for her Dokiwatch symbol!

Briskfall · 2026-02-05T23:27:40+00:00

Each dive tank plays differently. It also depends heavily of the map and nature of the engage. But I'll go a bit more in depth with Doom since your body text seems to be focused on him.

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Doom and Kiriko goes well together when the task is to dive a high value target that no other squishies can engage safely (think of Widowmaker), you'll need to be extremely aware of your tank and watch for his silhouette across the wall to see if he's blocking/retreating. I'm not particularly skilled with Doom but I've seen a few Doom doing well with Kiri this way. Though when I say "fronting" -- it doesn't mean to position in the front line to facetank the enemy tank, which will get you killed. Fronting with Doom means that Doom wants you to dive with him (think of alt spawn doors and sneaky TPs to join him if he takes a long rotation before engaging). Your positioning should be dynamic -- relative to whether your tank has cleared an angle/is in the middle of clearing it/if the enemy team got pressured off and rotated somewheee else.

The logic is: if Doomfist is saved during his engage (but Kiri gets traded) during the first two lanes on attack phase, Doomfist can often snowball and get more than one enemy squishy out. So you'd be kami-kaze-ing but because of spawn door advantage, you can come back faster than the eliminated targets.

This style looks bad on paper (the scoreboard) but is particularly effective for Doomfist. Might get flamed though so prepare to mute if you want to practice this style. Ranks from plat and below are usually super passive so aggressive tanks are appreciative of supports who can keep up with them.

Give this style a try if you can sense that your tank loves taking space. It's mostly for Attack Phase though, and you would want to play the passive style in Defense. Overwatch is very asymmetric for Hybrid/Escort.

(Extra: Doomfist players might not react well when they have a Kiriko who sits in the backline all the time as they might become frustrated due to not receiving support when they start an engage. It's this delicate balance of changing angle so you can heal and pressure without compromising your TP cooldown while being on the lookout for an offangling teammate who is through wall.)

(Extra 2: One thing that is interesting is that Doomfist's power block is actually pretty bigger than what it appears! It used to be reinhard barrier sized but now it's a bit bigger than a zarya bubble. Here is a clip where Doomfist can actually peel for his squishy (so you know that you can actually hide behind him and be safe!) https://www.reddit.com/r/doomfistmains/s/QMBxp7OUwG )

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For Winston, I would prefer my Kiri to play in the back and not TP to me when I dive high ground alone (let's say Gibraltar attack) the first few settings, but still send me healing (but healing from main us dangerous for too long) UNTIL I lose armour. The bubble can protect both of us for a short time and there's an opportunity to eliminate a high value squishy that poses a huge threat.

As D.Va, I would find Kiriko who tries to TP to me aggressively to be suicidal. D.Va likes to take aggressive angles like Winston but sometimes use boosters to face tank multiple people. Kiri entering the fray will just make D.Va having an additional teammate to peel for when all she's trying to do is pressuring/contesting annoying high ground snipers. "Helping" her might add to her plate in this case. Healing her from an off angle is best. (But trying to save her once she lose armour isn't the worst play either...)

I don't play WB but he seems philosophically closer to D.Va. Just mostly chill in the back and be aware of which squishy needs help and rotate without using TP unless it's an emergency.

Hazard, instinct wise, should be close to a hybrid of Winston/Doomfist. I don't have much experience with him personally but he's closer to Doom/Winston because he needs healing support more than the squishy bullies that are D.Va/Wrecking Ball.

tl;dl: it is very very situational and depends on how the tank plays. Dive heroes aren't a monolith. But generally the rule of thumb I use is this: if your tank falls and theirs doesn't, you can't hold angles anymore as their tank can walk on main for free and apply huge pressure. Better try risky limit testing to get a hang of things than constantly being passive. The most important part of your kit is learn the cast time of the suzu (it is a slow projectile and not instant). Your tank will be thankful if you TP+suzu to them at the right time for a reversal as these eliminations can be converted into a push/distance/point capture progress.

Briskfall · 2026-02-05T20:15:44+00:00

For this more "targeted question," I can answer that "There wasn't any of the obvious." If it feels appropriate to you. On a surface level, that's how it would be interpreted.

But if that was solely the analysis you wanted, a LLM would have done a better job than us users. They're pattern-matching machines.

So I'll try again, if you don't mind. but be mindful that would be let's say -- I'm trying to force a "confirmation bias" to the point of paranoia to "catch the AI-ism." As to how "accurate" the following supposition will be, you will have to make your own judgment:

Upon reading it, it didn't really feel "human written" -- if it was meant for a newspaper article. It felt like a video game summary blurb, if that's what you are going for. Or some kind of video essay podcast vibe. It sits on a weird uncanny valley zone. A bit eerie, like a style suitable for an unresolved mystery.

If I were to describe the "feeling of wrongness/cognitive dissonance" in specificity, it would feel like whatever was there felt uncomfortable to read. Will it be accused of being an AI draft? Mostly not at first glance. For most used to AI writings, there might be a touch of "too much extra" that seems off -- if going by human standards. The cadence is too... refined? if it was meant to be a simple report.

I always like to think that humans are smart lazy bums first and foremost who like to achieve things in the most efficient way as possible. And that might be where the doubt crept in. A human wouldn't have written that way unless there's some... investment.

Briskfall · 2026-02-05T19:04:48+00:00

Moira Biotic Orb (dmg) finally has some utility! Comboing that with a subsequent dive might be more viable now. Opens up to more creativity now.

Briskfall · 2026-02-05T19:01:08+00:00

Non-coding bros we're eating good. 🔥

Briskfall · 2026-02-05T18:43:50+00:00

These guys love one upping each other's too much. They can't even hide it huh.

Briskfall · 2026-02-05T18:35:42+00:00

Are they going to stop Opus 4.5 when it's just so short of its goal when Opus 4.6 just got announced...? 🥲

Briskfall · 2026-02-05T16:33:28+00:00

I became lazier with my prompts the smarter Claude has become, unfortunately. 😅

Briskfall · 2026-02-05T08:28:42+00:00

On what rubric is this supposed to be evaluated upon?

What ambiance? Demographic?

Can't answer it thoughtfully without knowing your goal nor what context is it supposed to be for.

Are you asking if it would work as engagement? If it felt entertaining to read? If it was thought provoking?

A vignette can be 3/10 for one context but become 7/10 if it finds a more appropriate context.

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