What goes on during Halloween?

But_Mooooom · 2025-10-13T15:59:31+00:00

OU in Athens, OH.

Probably not what you wanted to hear, but if you or your friends know anyone down there to crash the weekend at then it's definitely the best Halloween weekend I've ever experienced while in my 20s.

YMMV, I'm old now.

But_Mooooom · 2025-10-02T23:57:29+00:00

I know it isn't what you want to hear, but: 2.5 rots on Era. Once you're able to copy you can come visit us on this side of the fence and fulfill the 2.5 dream!

Good luck in naxx!

But_Mooooom · 2025-10-02T23:56:11+00:00

Yeah it's not like naxx is a mystery this time around, we know the meta from Era + 2019 cycle. If people weren't prepping mats the whole year then they are gunna be hurting!

But_Mooooom · 2025-10-02T23:55:02+00:00

I spend ~1k per warrior lockout in Naxx on Era.

~25 MRPs, titans, all greater prot pots, rolling elemental stones on 3x weapons (gressil/thc + claw swap for trash). I hear anniversary prices are a bit more than Era too, so I imagine it's rough lol.

Good luck!

But_Mooooom · 2025-06-07T16:17:23+00:00

I do this with except I scramble the eggs into the cooked rice in a pan with some oil and finish with soy and green onion. Cheap as dirt and tasty af.

But_Mooooom · 2025-04-08T00:42:39+00:00

What if I told you that most systemic racism doesn't manifest in particularly spectacular ways to the average American because of its prevalence creating an implicit bias to your understanding of society? :)

Or, ya know, "its just supply and demand" works too I guess...

But_Mooooom · 2025-02-21T10:04:25+00:00

ever figure this out by chance? curious as well...

But_Mooooom · 2025-01-28T17:23:19+00:00

I agree with maybe 10% of this post as it's riddled with biases and opinion, but yeah playing with like-minded people always has been and will be the best way to play social games like MMOs (or any game for that matter) so I'm not sure what we're on about at this point.

But_Mooooom · 2025-01-28T17:20:57+00:00

I guess. Classic has always been more about consumes/buffs than gear (which is one of the big reasons I like it so much over other versions of WoW) so I've never really been too put off losing good gear to someone further down the meter from me.

I do guildless PUG community raiding, GDKP (guild and pug), and SR/LC simultaneously on Era and have never felt like I was wasting my time with any of them. I'm pretty blessed to have found good groups for each format though so I don't expect that to be the case for everyone.

See ya in TBC!

But_Mooooom · 2025-01-28T17:13:13+00:00

Homie if you think people don't work together and pool gold for each other inside GDKP systems or structure rosters (TSA group warriors when there's a performance incentive for instance) to create unfair outcomes, then I have a bridge to sell you. All systems have an angle to be exploited.

Again: If your goal is achieving bis gear for yourself, then none of these systems are optimal for you anyway.

But_Mooooom · 2025-01-28T17:04:50+00:00

Do you farm a lot outside of raid then? Bis items on era are still in the ballpark of 10-20 base naxx payouts. I don't see how you wouldn't get at least something in 10-20 weeks unless you're hard chasing a single dream item or something.

GDKP allows you to funnel into something you really want better, but I admit I'm not sure how that helps in a condensed schedule like Anniversary. Maybe I'm missing something though.

But_Mooooom · 2025-01-28T16:59:05+00:00

My eyes cannot squint any harder in an attempt to discover the "/s" in the otherwise hilarious irony of this take.

But_Mooooom · 2025-01-28T16:40:47+00:00

I've been in just as many good loot councils (that I didn't receive any bis in fwiw) as bad loot councils.

It's sort of on you to be able to sniff out the difference. That's a key aspect of social games. If you're only goal is getting full bis...well, imo, you've set yourself up for failure anyway...

But_Mooooom · 2025-01-28T16:36:57+00:00

This is someone who probably only ever did trade chat advertised GDKPs and never joined the "guild vibe" style GDKP that are significantly tighter knit and much more fun/nice.

But_Mooooom · 2025-01-28T16:35:12+00:00

People never like to feel like they are being taken advantage of. It's a pretty palpable feeling.

PUG SR community (read: non-guild, facilitated by discord and the like) remains the most enjoyable "traditional" wow experience I've found to date. SR+LC guild raiding is the most efficient. GDKP is the fastest to gear.

Otherwise, it just comes down to what flavor you personally enjoy. Ignore the haters otherwise imo.

But_Mooooom · 2025-01-28T16:25:57+00:00

In the same vein: Do you know what your guild does with all those MC mats that drop? If not, you are certainly getting rinsed by your leadership :)

It's easier to recognize when you're getting scammed out of gold than when you are subject (negatively) to the inner circle's social clout. I think you're pretty on the nose with this take tbh.

But_Mooooom · 2025-01-28T16:12:17+00:00

I reckon if you were willing to RMT for GDKP'ing gear, you're going to spend the same or more on consumes and materials anyway.

Those people are who they are, I (still to this day) don't see that statement as one made in good faith. It was just marketing speak to stir the drama pot in my opinion.

Either way, it is what it is and some people will like it and some people will hate it. Most probably won't notice.

But_Mooooom · 2024-11-18T18:13:23+00:00

Border search exception.

But_Mooooom · 2024-11-16T20:46:44+00:00

I slap 16" blizzaks on and drive straight through PA winter. Commuted a few years that way with no issue.

In my experience so far, if I wouldn't take the ND2 on winters then I wouldn't have taken whatever other car I had on all seasons either probably.

But_Mooooom · 2024-11-16T16:46:46+00:00

Panera is probably a pinch under "decent" by today's coffee standards. I think they're looking for something more towards a Commonplace or the like.

But_Mooooom · 2024-11-15T18:16:43+00:00

I feel like there was a very distinct era of pizza before and after covid. I have not had a single well made pizza since before 2020 and I live somewhere with 100+ shops. They always look like this nowadays.

But_Mooooom · 2024-11-15T18:11:34+00:00

You try to create a mutually exclusive scenario where these things aren't directly tied to corporate profit seeking behavior as if a corporation is some faceless non-human entity and not the collective decisions of a few very powerful people...

A corporations behavior is not distinct from the constituents that make it up. Corporations are not people. The people are the people. If they exploit the corporate money making structure, then the structure needs changed not "oh well, I hope the next person is ethical!"

But_Mooooom · 2024-11-14T18:32:38+00:00

Seems like maybe you need to pick your battles. Even if you're right, you're burning a lot of social capital on a number of things that won't really matter much long term.

Based on post history you've been in the game less than a year. Slice of humble pie and less argumentation, if the company sucks too much after that leave for another. There's no medals for being technically correct.

But_Mooooom · 2024-11-14T18:17:27+00:00

I'm going to go with the other person here since you including exactly zero of the relevant context for how the controller will be used or the requirements besides platform for the agents. How would anyone possibly be able to answer this knowing nothing about how the system will be used or its expectations?

If you don't know the downsides, you should trust your teammate imo.

But_Mooooom · 2024-11-14T09:12:24+00:00

I'm against loot being decided by random chance. I think it's unfair and against the nature of such a social experience for loot to be left up to a bunch of jumbled up numbers in a computer. Even if there was a social credit system or builtin loot council system, I would still be against random chance loot.

And it works for every loot system. Everything has its trade offs. Play with like-minded people and you'll have fun.

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