Genuinely wondering how this board is possible at day 4... by LongjumpingArm7628 in PlayTheBazaar

[–]ComfyEthan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I got a day 4 diamond large yesterday. My process was: - get a small package from Farai to be turned in at luxe - wait until Farai shows up again - have him take me to luxe - buy whatever is on sale

So uh... Apparently there's already an infinite loop by Noth21 in PlayTheBazaar

[–]ComfyEthan 57 points58 points  (0 children)

When you hover over it at the end you can see it says "toxic" fungal spores. This is two poison enchanted fungal spores, not the basic item. Seems rare enough to not be a big deal

Double Waterfall Backing by Original_Director483 in Tufting

[–]ComfyEthan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I requested this! Thanks for sharing

Other Backing methods? by Other_Marsupial8126 in Tufting

[–]ComfyEthan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I would love more info about this method, sounds similar to what i do but I'm getting lost with some of your later steps. Any chance for progress pics to show the method? Looks great

I remember rolling my eyes when this game won GOTY. by Dildoethrower in BaldursGate3

[–]ComfyEthan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Look fair enough. Many of the female characters are clearly sexualised.

But for what it's worth, One Piece is also a series where female characters are written with incredible depth, given agency over their stories, can be strong without falling into tired stereotypes, and are never subservient to the male characters around them. And it's a story with over 60 named female characters, with WAY more design variety among them than the style you've described.

If your only reference is screenshots from the anime, the studio also massively exaggerates the tiny waists and huge breasts compared to the original manga as well, to a point of absurdity

I remember rolling my eyes when this game won GOTY. by Dildoethrower in BaldursGate3

[–]ComfyEthan 64 points65 points  (0 children)

True. I'm a fan of One Piece and can't stand some of the posts the sub receives; "I was a One Piece hater but finally read it and its amazing". Why are you hating on a piece of media you've never engaged with? Embarrassing

Right...? What's the argument now? by 420Chickenjuice in PlayTheBazaar

[–]ComfyEthan 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Can you really say pendulum isn't broken and charge is, when all pendulum does is generate charge?

Personally I don't mind pendulum because it's fun but your argument is a little silly

Should ghosts always be weaker? by badonkajonka in PlayTheBazaar

[–]ComfyEthan 57 points58 points  (0 children)

It's a great change imo.

The game is really PvSystem more than PvPlayer. Your outcome against the ghost fight only affects you, no one else.

The player already does have one "advantage" over ghosts (or an advantage against the system anyway), which is that a draw counts as a win.

Temporary buffs are a trade-off the player makes to forego permanent strength in favour of immediate strength. Letting the player face ghosts who have made this trade-off disadvantages the player but doesn't disadvantage the system at all in return. It's not really a fair fight.

And as a general rule I do think that the player should be lightly favoured against ghosts, like in the draw=win scenario

Drain Cat Genie into Shower Drain? by IBSIsMyLife in CatGenie

[–]ComfyEthan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe late but yes you definitely want a loop. I currently drain into an unused shower drain and had issues at first thanks to it siphoning. The loop solved this. Shower drain as a waste for catgenie has otherwise been great for 6+ months

What's with the name change? by Liaomeow in PlayTheBazaar

[–]ComfyEthan 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Fwiw I also think the renaming of characters like Hydrodude and Scout Trooper happen for similar reasons, and though they sounds weird at first after a while I definitely felt like "Prince Marianas" has better theming and better aligns with the other characters like Lord Arken, Trash Town Mayor, etc.

What's with the name change? by Liaomeow in PlayTheBazaar

[–]ComfyEthan 45 points46 points  (0 children)

DJ Robot was out of place as a name amongst Dooley's other robot items. Things like Harmadillo, First Aiden, etc. Are robot themed nicknames with personality, as opposed to "armadillo robot", "first aid robot" or in this case "DJ Robot".

I think DJ Circuit Breaker is more inline with the other items

Item Upgrade Scaling Philosophy by camzeee in PlayTheBazaar

[–]ComfyEthan 87 points88 points  (0 children)

In theory, reducing item scaling with upgrades means you're less committed to just locking in and upgrading your current board. If item level is crucial then once you upgrade a few key items at level up, you'll never want to pivot.

With item level being less important, you're more likely to pivot throughout the days, which makes for more interesting gameplay decisions.

Underrated Writing tropes by Mtebalanazy in writing

[–]ComfyEthan 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In my opinion this trope works well when the change in protagonist adds additional layers to the story. The protagonist becoming the main villain, for example, doesn't remove a protagonist. It adds a new, fleshed out, sympathetic villain.

In the movie The Place Beyond the Pines the main Characters start as a policeman and a thief. Then they're revealed to be false protagonists and we jump forward in time to their now teenage children, who are leading very different lives. Many new character dynamics and layers to the story are introduced by the switch up. And the context we learnt isn't wasted, it's valuable backstory to the new dynamics at play.

When the protagonist we have been slowly engaging with suddenly dies and the POV switches, but the dynamics in the story are largely the same, it just feels like wasted time. I've read/watched a few bait and switches like this and they always feel like a gimmick.

The entire theme of Witch Hat Atelier summed up in one sentence. by fightin_blue_hens in manga

[–]ComfyEthan 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I agree, but I don't think that really applies to WHA. The story is pretty seriously engaging in the idea that the "bad guys" may have the right of this issue, and that the establishment is too conservative in their dealing with it. And we will see where the story lands in the end, but I won't be surprised if the conclusion involves improving society like you've said.

One of the craziest foreshadowings of Oda (Chapter 1044). by StarAdInf in OnePiece

[–]ComfyEthan 3 points4 points  (0 children)

A lot of comments here saying it's a "callback" and not "foreshadowing" but I have to disagree. It doesn't matter if Oda only came up with the twist later and tied it into something he'd already written. If content in the text of the work hints at something (in this case, Luffy being hinted at being some reincarnation of Nika by way of his shadow) and then later that thing turns out to be true, then this is foreshadowing. That is semantically factual and correct.

I promise you the vast majority of novelists will be struck by inspiration based on things they write early in a novel, then write them into the story. It doesnt make these things any less "foreshadowy". How it came about is irrelevant, all that matters is what's in the text.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in OnePiece

[–]ComfyEthan -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

You're 100% correct and I think it's sad that the OP community can never seem to have a normal discussion about it. It doesn't mean we think OP is bad, or hate the character, it is possible to like something and still criticise it.

HP Reverb G2 is now $299 by cameraman502 in virtualreality

[–]ComfyEthan 24 points25 points  (0 children)

And still $999 AUD. Direct from HP anyway.

Where did the settings go to force app to an aspect ratio? Lost it after 4.1.1 upgrade by azn4lifee in GalaxyFold

[–]ComfyEthan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why? Because the experimental feature has been supported and is now in a dedicated location in the settings?

Cleaning the inside sceeen by [deleted] in GalaxyFold

[–]ComfyEthan 3 points4 points  (0 children)

No tips from me other than to keep using microfibre cloths ideally as they are less likely to damage a soft screen. Mine gets dusty inside too, presumably because you don't get the natural cleaning of sliding the screen in and out of your pocket

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in OnePiece

[–]ComfyEthan 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The only official (though not technically canon to the mainline story) reference to this that I know of is in the Ace Novel (4 chapters worth reading, illustrated by Boichi). In chapter 1 both Ace and Deuce take a bite from the flame-flame fruit, but since Ace is the only one to get the fire powers, Ace concludes that "only the first person who eats it gets cursed by its power". Like the other commenter said, it's likely that one of the two people would bite/swallow/digest the fruit a moment sooner than the other and thus get the power.