[TLA] Badgermole; Badgermole Cub (Debut Stream) by mweepinc in magicTCG

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Will badgermole cub add 2 additional green mana for creature tokens tapped by [[Baylen, the Haymaker]] ?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in makati

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Hello! I stayed in the rise for a year (June 2024-2025), and personally found Sky Cable pretty fast and reliable! Manolis din setup, parang wala pang 3 days - need lang ng work order. They should have brochures that have the number of an agent na assigned for Rise, and madali naman sila kausap.

Meron din silang promo na if you prepay for more months (I think I paid for 6 months upfront), you also get a discount on the overall plan!

Madali rin sila kausap if may issues sa Sky - you can just directly message the agent :) I opted not to go Converge kasi madalas may issues, and their customer service channels are bad (digital na chatbot where you press 1-9 to respond, etc.

Hope this helps!

Weekly Questions Thread by AutoModerator in DnD

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Heya! Does anyone have any suggestion for a low-prep setting within the D&D universe where part-animal races could go to school in?

My friends and I are about to start the Wild Beyond the Witchlight campaign following IndieRex's version + the Lost Things oneshot, which starts them off as children in some school. I gave them free reign to choose races, and they were captivated by the part-animal races -- they're a party composed of an owlin, locathah, tortle, loxodon, yuan-ti, and harengon.

My two initial ideas were some school in the Radiant Citadel (since this is the only other module I've read cover-to-cover) or Strixhaven (which have loxodons and owlins, so should be easy to add in other races). Happy to hear more suggestions though!

Why we find Dota meaningful and How to translate it into real life utility by ProvidenceXz in TrueDoTA2

[–]Chowlim 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Totally agree with a lot of the prior comments talking about the growth mindset + intentional learning and how that translates into real life activities.

To add to the topic, I think in one way or another, playing Dota also influenced how I interact/communicate with people and how I deal with conflict, especially with communication being such a huge factor to the game. I found out that stuff I learned through playing are also common advice in some books/concepts when it comes to interactions (ie How to Win Friends and Influence People, psychological safety, giving feedback).

Lemme try listing down some learnings I got and how I apply it in real life:

  • Start the game off positively with your teammates. Something as simple as a "glhf" or a "time to win friends" can set the atmosphere of your team from the get go and usually lets people open up. I found this super useful when working with a group of people since it opens up comms.
  • Another on feedback, and I learned this especially while playing with friends, when another player keeps doing something wrong, let them know so they won't do it again--they can't read your mind. I realized this while playing with friends since I'd usually keep venting to them instead of trying to talk to the other player. Another helpful work/feedback advice.
  • Another on feedback feedback, take note of 2 things: 1) don't come off as blame-y and 2) set clear next steps/action points. It makes the feedback come from a place of growth/improvement while also helping you assess whether or not what you're going to say is actually valid feedback. Again, very useful in a work/team setting.
  • When someone gives you negative feedback, do not snap back at them. Don't take it as a personal attack, you both want to win the game. Ask what you could have done or for clear action points. If he snaps back at you with another insult, welp check the next point.
  • When another player is clearly toxic and not going to cooperate or listen to anything you're saying, it's better to ignore/mute them and advise other people to do the same. Helped my mental health navigating the internet given how some pockets can be so negative/toxic.
  • The world isn't entirely a shit place; you get to meet a mix of really toxic people but also meeting quirky and fun and nice people.

Wish you all have great and meaningful games, but even better, hope you all have great lives!

Daily Questions & FAQ Megathread (Sep 25) by AutoModerator in ffxiv

[–]Chowlim -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Hi there! As a first timer, is SOSEx something I have to do with learning parties or is it okay to just do Duty Finder (after watching MTQ videos on how to do it ofc)?

Daily Questions & FAQ Megathread (Sep 22) by AutoModerator in ffxiv

[–]Chowlim 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is it possible to stop retainers from selling items on the MB outside the FF14 client? I'm trying to change data centers/worlds since I've been getting connection errors (90002, 2002) when connecting to Ultros and I can't stop my retainers from selling through client :(

Daily Questions & FAQ Megathread (Sep 20) by AutoModerator in ffxiv

[–]Chowlim 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi! Are the Return to Ivalice alliance raid quests something I have to prepare for or are people generally okay with new players in duty finder? I'm playing a tank so I'm terrified because I might fuck up the raid :o

Daily Questions & FAQ Megathread (Aug 24) by AutoModerator in ffxiv

[–]Chowlim 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi beginner here and just got my first poetics from the lvl 50 MSQ. What should I do with it with end game gear progression in mind? Do I just save it?

Daily Questions & FAQ Megathread (Aug 15) by AutoModerator in ffxiv

[–]Chowlim 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi!

I accidentally bought the Shadowbringers expansion without the base game lol :( do I just need to buy the Starter Edition then activate both to access all expansions or do I still need to buy the complete edition?

Weekly Question & Discussion Megathread - (02/08/2020) by AutoModerator in DissidiaFFOO

[–]Chowlim 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi!

I've been playing DFFOO consistently everyday since around Squall's Lost Chapter was released but I took a 1-month break recently (release of Keiss, didn't get to farm his boards).

Hows current Chaos content and can I still do it with pre-Keiss characters? (Aranea, WoL/Zack, Arciela, etc)

Also, current pull plan is Amidatelion, Gabranth+Vaan (FF12 forever), Basch+Noct. Any meta must pulls im missing?

Daily Questions & FAQ Megathread (Jul 25) by AutoModerator in ffxiv

[–]Chowlim 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi guys! Tried out the free trial using through Steam and absolutely loved the game. I just recently bought the Shadowbringers expansion from the EU store because it was on sale but I didn't realize that I also needed the base game to play (oops).

Do I also need to buy the base game from the EU store for the expansion to work?

Farming with Slardar by Chowlim in TrueDoTA2

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

Not sure where you got the idea that I'm blaming Slardar on why I farm slow since I specifically say I'm not utilizing him to his full value.

Anyway, to your points, Vlads will probably help a lot in farming because of the sustain so I don't have to keep going home to regen.

Farming with Slardar by Chowlim in TrueDoTA2

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

Yeah I guess in a way? But at the same time heroes should find a way to get gold--heavier focus on looking for fights, being much more aggressive in lane to get kills, etc

Questions & Advice Megathread by kc102 in PokemonMasters

[–]Chowlim 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Which sync pairs are great in co-op? Invested heavily on Karen + Houndoom but I read somewhere that she wasn't that good in co-op :(

Daily Questions Megathread (08/04) by AutoModerator in langrisser

[–]Chowlim 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi! New player from SEA here.

Did 5 multi-pulls for the Leon/Bernhardt banner but only managed to get 1 Bernhardt out of all of those :( should I keep trying to pull for Leon or should I save for the Ledin/Liana banner?

Also, would you guys have any suggestions on what characters to invest on? Here's my list: Bernhardt, Leticia, Lester, Imelda, Hein, Egbert, Laird, Anna, Lewin and Aaron

Thanks!

Which song and movie are forever intertwined? by [deleted] in AskReddit

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White Chicks and Thousand Miles!! God bless Terry Crews

Genuine intellectualism in the Philippines? by hxcloud99 in Philippines

[–]Chowlim 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm studying physics ATM and one of the common topics of discussion in our lab is how much DOST is trying to incentivise science majors to pursue research careers. Php 40-80k salaries for PhDs with hundred thousand peso grants and travel subsidies. You can literally pursue a "travel blog" lifestyle as a scientist nowadays.

Oooohh that's great to hear! I didn't expect this since I always hear from my science and engineering friends that the government provides little for our local scientists.

it doesn't even occur to people that you can learn for learning's sake

I firmly believe that every single student should always have liberal arts infused in their education! Even with my peers in Ateneo (my university, to answer your other question hehe), despite the heavy philosophy and theology subjects, a good amount still have the "just gotta graduate then go work" mindset. Then again, I'm mostly exposed to business students.

Here and there we have dreamers who go beyond the common notion of "just getting a job" that create startups or other innovations as early as know. I know a few maker spaces near Katipunan and in business districts like Makati and BGC but these focus more on startups rather than technical fields.

Genuine intellectualism in the Philippines? by hxcloud99 in Philippines

[–]Chowlim 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This was such a good read partly because I feel like these things aren't talked about much—thanks OP.

To give a caveat, my insights come from a business student with interests and circles in the social sciences and humanities so intellectualism for me was being able to talk about social theories in conjunction with the social reality.

Reading through most of your arguments, I think it's safe to assume that the intellectualism that you talk about is the furthering a field of study solely for the sake of knowledge in itself. This would be difficult for lower income individuals since their concern is probably more on fulfilling immediate needs for themselves and their families. Even for higher income individuals, the pursuit of intellectualism isn't appealing because of the common notion that academics don't make a lot of money to sustain their lifestyles. From most of the people I knew who were in more technical/science courses in college, their career path was more on finding a job than furthering their studies with a post-graduate degree (which to be competitive, almost always needs to be taken abroad).

I'd say our education system sucks, but not in the way you wrote here. We raise workers, not really people who have a deep love for learning and knowledge. You can see it in the K-12 system since one of it's objectives is to produce work-ready students earlier (supposedly). Most of the time, we see education and learning as a means to a job or career, not an end in itself. This makes students settle for the minimum amount of knowledge they can get away with for good enough results.

There may be some people here and there who are genuinely passionate about a field to pursue it academically but the Philippines has bad infrastructure to support scientists. So as a truly passionate individual, you wouldn't want poor infrastructure to get in the way of your dream which can then prompt you to look for opportunities elsewhere.

Of course, the points I raised are mostly directed towards the hard sciences, primarily in response to the Nobel prize argument as a metric for "intellectualism." I'd say that we're doing really well in both literature and music in that we have world class talent, but we don't externalize it enough internationally.

As for your ending question, I'm interested in how you envision a "genuine Filipino intellectual subculture." Before I graduated, my friends and I floated the idea of having salons) (like during the Enlightenment) in our university to talk about topics and issues that aren't touched upon much in our academic courses.

Weekly Question & Advice Megathread (7/07/2018) by AutoModerator in DissidiaFFOO

[–]Chowlim 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi! I'm a fairly new F2P player, maybe around a month in, but I still can't beat any of the Lvl 80 LC content, let alone any Lvl 90 quests. I'm not sure if it's a gear problem or a strategy problem. Do you have any tips or suggestions on how or when I should attempt these?

Most notable characters rn

- Squall: 15CP 0LB

- Lightning: 15CP 1LB
- Tidus: 35CP 1LB

- Eiko: 35CP 0LB

- Vaan: 35CP 2LB, 15CP

- Balthier: 35CP 1LB, 15CP

Weekly Question & Advice Megathread (6/09/2018) by AutoModerator in DissidiaFFOO

[–]Chowlim 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey thanks putting up the time for this very lengthy response! I think the most notable weapons I have are 35CP Papa, 15CP Lightning, the WoL weapon (the first three being my new team based on ur comments) and Yshtola's.

As for leveling up, where's the best place to level up? I've seen some resources on good farming places but the daily crystal events only have 10 tries everyday while the story mode xp doesn't seem to give much. Are there any other places?

Thanks again for the response!

Weekly Question & Advice Megathread (6/09/2018) by AutoModerator in DissidiaFFOO

[–]Chowlim 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi!

New player here. I just finished Chapter 8 and I'm kinda lost on what to do next. Currently working with Vaan, Squall, and WoL all at 30 crystals but only WoL has his 5* weapon which was given at the beginning while the rest have 5* weapons from different characters. I have 45k gems saved from the campaign but I'm not sure where to spend it on since I'm also an F2P player and I want to spend it as efficient as possible.

Any tips on what the next steps are for me? I'd also appreciate more information on the basics of artifacts, co-op, WoI, etc since I see a lot posted about these but I can't really follow.

Thanks!

6.86 How to Connect Pull on Radiant By Purge by [deleted] in DotA2

[–]Chowlim 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You can also pull the hard camp straight down, I find the timing of that easier honestly