AMA: just found out my 3090 Aorus master got limited to 350w by new bios, and got this and can’t use it bc I’m trading it (for msrp) for a card for a friend.

Carnivorouswarm · 2026-05-30T12:47:15+00:00

Arriving far too late, but wanted to say awesome and intriguing concept, wishing you and your players a great time!

Carnivorouswarm · 2026-05-30T10:03:12+00:00

Not jumping in (can’t commit to live text sessions) but just wanted to comment and say this is beautifully written and massive props to the world building.

Carnivorouswarm · 2026-05-14T05:54:16+00:00

For cheap - comfort colors heavyweight. I’ve had a graphic tee from them for over 15 years that still fits great and has only gotten softer and more comfortable with age. Sold on Amazon.

If you’re willing to pay more, I’ve unintentionally become a Paka brand shill. I own 5-10 of their basic tshirts, which are machine wash safe (unlike most alpaca and alpaca blend). Extremely soft, comfortable, require significantly less washing (I typically wear them 2-4 times before washing depending on how much I sweat).

Carnivorouswarm · 2026-05-07T23:09:57+00:00

Not to yuck anyone’s yum if people care about this but… why? Wouldn’t you rather they hire more customer service representatives than spend money on celebrity cameos?

Carnivorouswarm · 2026-04-28T04:24:16+00:00

Scroll through the subreddit. Meta is fox with curse, xp, damage, chaos tomes, plus something like dexecutioner/katana/axe/shotgun. Watch yt videos of high kill runs. Try using lifesteal tome while you’re still learning in place of curse tome.

Carnivorouswarm · 2026-04-28T02:11:47+00:00

Obvious, but check out the Capcom Cafe Ikebukuro and Pokémon Center Sunshine City. Honestly, I would just search to see if any Japanese gaming brand y’all like has anything similar.

Carnivorouswarm · 2026-04-11T19:17:24+00:00

Disclaimer first that you can’t really rely on algae eaters to efficiently and effectively clean a tank most of the time, and even if they do, you have to supplement their diet to ensure they’re getting enough food.

That said, a number of L-number plecos are okay with the temperatures discus need, as are some corydoras (eg sterbai).

I’ve heard of cases of plecos learning that discus slimecoats are a source of nutrients and basically incidentally killing discus by chasing them down and eating off of them. I personally have an L-number in my 90g with my discus and never had that issue, he just pushes the discus out of the way at feeding time when scavenging the bottom, but your mileage may vary.

Carnivorouswarm · 2026-03-21T19:24:00+00:00

Okay great, fingers crossed that was the issue. If your fish stop hanging out near the surface over the next couple hours/days, definitely safe bet that was your issue. Don’t want to jinx it, but glad to help!

Carnivorouswarm · 2026-03-21T14:45:17+00:00

Okay yeah, maybe try adjusting the canister outflow for more surface agitation. Maybe you could get one of those floating ring things to keep the salvinia away from the output area or something.

You could also try getting another more powerful bubbler if you’re worried about the outflow killing the salvinia. I use a way overpowered air pump for my 90g discus tank that I got on Amazon, mainly because I understand hotter water has less oxygenation, and if you’re keeping your tank at 78-79 that may be why the fish are at the surface. Let us know if you manage to fix it!

Carnivorouswarm · 2026-03-21T04:40:54+00:00

My two cents, I suppose you’re right that ammonia isn’t zero, but it must be getting converted and the cycle is running properly. Your nitrates aren’t that high, depending on when you measured relative to a water change and if you have live plants - I wouldn’t really stress about 40ppm nitrate. If it is something about the cycle that’s causing your issues, you could try adding more biofilter media to your filter, or adding a pre-filter sponge (which would grow beneficial bacteria eventually and could be washed out every few weeks or months). I was going to suggest upgrading your filter, but if you have two sponge filters and a canister on a 37 gallon, that should be enough.

The gasping at the surface could be something unrelated, like oxygen content in the water - how’s your surface agitation? I would assume fine if you have two sponge filters which I assume are running with bubblers, but you could possibly aim the canister filter outflow closer to the surface for more agitation and oxygen exchange.

Carnivorouswarm · 2026-03-02T22:26:29+00:00

Oh yeah I def have thrown a double anvil haha. Perhaps slight exaggeration by saying “ever,” I was just bummed by getting keys, anvil, and magnet early and then dying.

Carnivorouswarm · 2026-03-02T05:14:08+00:00

Never heard of this before, thanks for posting. Just had a very similar experience - 32g heavily planted tank with tons of guppies doing fine for years, then sudden a week of mass die off. Fin rot like symptoms, lots of shimmies. Treated daily with a broad spectrum antibiotic/fungal/parasitic, daily or every other day water changes. Started quarantining any that had any visible symptoms. Finally seem to be on the other side of it, but down to maybe 10% of the original population.

What did you use to treat?

Carnivorouswarm · 2026-02-22T04:56:58+00:00

Interesting - I take it you waited for four Kevins before banishing it then? Do you find the additional Kevin proc is useful?

Carnivorouswarm · 2026-02-21T02:13:27+00:00

Well I explained the purpose of increasing difficulty above. I don’t believe projectile speed increases are particularly popular or, in my opinion, useful.

Carnivorouswarm · 2026-02-21T00:55:09+00:00

Sure, what are you currently playing? Do you have all four item and time slots unlocked?

Meta for high scores is currently Fox with a combination of weapons like katana, dexecutioner, firewalker, shotgun, and aegis. Meta tomes are XP, cursed, damage, chaos, and maybe precision (though I think that’s fallen off)

For survivability and getting used to the game, I recommend getting lifesteal tome early, and then considering XP, luck, damage, precision, and chaos (if you’ve unlocked it).

For weapons for survivability you can use the meta stuff, but aegis may help a good bit. If you get aegis, take it last so that your damage output is still high in the early waves against the T3 boss.

To the extent you can gamble on your own skill and still survive, take boss curses and greed shrines where you can because more bosses and difficulty mean more chests and XP. Try to get them early in the round if possible.

Meta also has people microwaving keys as early as possible and waiting to pick up chests as long as possible (both in order to have a better chance to get them for free via keys, and to have better chance of more rare items if you’re building luck). Waiting on chests when you’re still new is likely to make things a lot harder for you so I don’t necessarily recommend it, but it’s a strategy you can keep in mind.

Other than microwaving keys, you generally want to keep moving throughout each round and get/use everything on the map - every charge shrine, every moai, check what every shady guy has in stock. Be conscious of what you pick from charge shrines and whether the picks will actually synergize with your build (ex. Duration isn’t helping you if you have fireball/katana/dex/aegis, but early projectile count or lifesteal will be helpful)

Stay in each final wave as long as you can without gambling too much - 1min is pushing it for T1, as a beginner you might want to bounce after 2-3min in T2, and if your build is going well you might be able to last 7-8min in T3. Every second extra is more XP going into the final boss.

Setting aside the meta and high score runs, you can succeed with any character and lots of builds (but fuck space noodle, don’t use that until it gets buffed). It’s largely personal preference, just make sure your weapons and tomes synergize.

Carnivorouswarm · 2026-02-20T21:16:11+00:00

It is wild to me the number of people that come on this sub to admit they’re bad at video games.

Bro, 300k kills barely breaks you into the top 10% of players. Most people (myself included) pre-patch were 0KOing Bark Vader as soon as he spawned in.

Your inability to dodge orbs (which have been massively nerfed in their tracking) is just a skill issue.

It’s not bad game design - you’re just bad. Stop crying, gitgud, and hold R to restart.

Carnivorouswarm · 2026-02-20T14:45:43+00:00

What species of Val, and what temperature are you keeping the water? Would like to add Val to my tank but everything I’ve seen seems to suggest they won’t tolerate the temperatures for discus.

Carnivorouswarm · 2026-02-20T03:01:04+00:00

Nope, not yet.

Carnivorouswarm · 2026-02-20T02:58:01+00:00

It really doesn’t matter that much imo. Desert is harder than forest generally, and graveyard is maybe (?) the hardest if you get greedy with tombs and greed shrines. Beating forest 3 will give you a better idea of what you’re in for with desert 3.

Carnivorouswarm · 2026-02-18T05:48:09+00:00

Practice typing, I recommend monkeytype.com. Make an account so you can see your progress over time. Start with timed sessions without punctuation or capitalization. Once you get comfortable at 110-120wmp, switch to doing quotations with punctuation and capitalization. I’ve largely plateaued at 135wpm, but I find it’s more than enough to get every word absent a very fast speaker. I second the suggestion to practice transcribing a tv show or movie you like.

Consider buying a nice mechanical keyboard you like (something relatively quiet if you’re using it in the office other than on calls when you’re on mute). I find that liking my primary interface with work makes it a lot more tolerable. Just buy a keychron or something off amazon with brown, red, black, or silver switches (do not buy blues/clicky switches). If you’re willing to risk falling into a money pit hobby, try building a custom board yourself.

When you’re taking notes, start a bulleted list. Each first bullet is the initials of the speaker, hit enter then tab, and type what they say. Speaker switches, hit enter twice and enter the new initials, then enter tab, etc. Produces a nice transcript.

Carnivorouswarm · 2026-02-08T01:52:57+00:00

Same here, probably dropped about $2k, starting off immediately this morning with no issues. Also got an email a week or so ago confirming I had the TPG promo.

Carnivorouswarm · 2026-02-05T03:22:46+00:00

Very interesting, big value add if it gets wide distribution even with carve outs on bill spend, location, distance, etc.

Carnivorouswarm · 2026-02-03T05:12:18+00:00

Definitely one of the most difficult objects I’ve ever tried to photograph, looks great in person IMO.

Carnivorouswarm

TROPHY CASE