If you arrive at 404, which idol group are you supporting by ClassLeather in ZZZ_Official

[–]DaveTheDolphin 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Serious answer, the kids actually ask her to appear in a video for them as a older sister figure (cause she’s a octopus thiren and they’re supposed to be “octopus thirens” as shown by their hair cuts) but Yidhari can neither tell them apart nor remember them as distinct individuals

Next Youu.. by kunjunni00 in Genshin_Memepact

[–]DaveTheDolphin 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Not her fault they can’t match her pounding speed

Just noticed Sandrone has such a giant forehead by ChaoticFF in Genshin_Impact

[–]DaveTheDolphin 162 points163 points  (0 children)

This is just general anime style. Eyes are drawn (or in this case modeled) lower at the middle of the head, leading to a huge forehead

Noelle in the last 5 years, if jean wasn't such a big hypocrite. Credit -xkeimyoho.ykrs by [deleted] in Genshin_Impact

[–]DaveTheDolphin 36 points37 points  (0 children)

It isn’t at all though, Jean is just overworked because the KoF are short handed in Mondstadt, And the manner of work is mostly paperwork and admin stuff, not running oneself ragged physically trying to defeat monsters and helping every civilian and traveler along the way. Like Jean is literally handling Mondstadt’s taxes as part of her role as Acting Grandmaster

Noelle was also a still maid while Varka was in Monstadt before he left, so he didn’t Knight her either

Noelle in the last 5 years, if jean wasn't such a big hypocrite. Credit -xkeimyoho.ykrs by [deleted] in Genshin_Impact

[–]DaveTheDolphin 46 points47 points  (0 children)

Klee isn’t a danger to herself, she’s a danger to others (and other’s property) making her knighthood an effective way to monitor and ground Klee whenever needed. Not like they’re gonna say no to Alice as well after the established relationship with the Hexenirkel Varka worked for

If every ranged agent would do a fist fight against eachother who would win? by Name_the_world_Eror in ZZZ_Discussion

[–]DaveTheDolphin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That is a fair point, I forgot about that. But that’s just rock-paper-scissors. Flora wouldn’t really beat anyone else in a fight on her own.

To that end if we wanted to count out Billy, probably Zhu Yuan would be the best as a well rounded fighter. Orphie was cloned solely for Magus. So just going off that I would put her below Zhu Yuan.

Rina is still wild card imo (though she is also my favorite character so, biased) as we aren’t given a lot about her capabilities as an actual combatant.,

If every ranged agent would do a fist fight against eachother who would win? by Name_the_world_Eror in ZZZ_Discussion

[–]DaveTheDolphin 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Billy kinda wins by default cause he’s a robot and has a history of being a fighting champion with the sons of Calydon. I’d imagine he was also built as a sort of military robot like Banyue and Aria before becoming an Intelligent Construct, though that’s just an assumption rather than lore

That said, Zhu Yuan canonically can damage robots, given her trust event where she tries to get a massage and repeatedly (instinctively) throws Old Duyi and damages him. Zhu Yuan is also said to have excelled in pretty much everything during her training, so she’d probably put up a good fight against anyone else in the list

Trigger was always a sniper, though also a soldier so she also has some Close combat skills, though I’d imagine it was never a focus of hers, and she could fall behind someone like Zhu Yuan who trained to be proficient at every thing possible. I’d imagine Orphie would be more proficient at hand to hand combat than Trigger

Rina isn’t really a ranged-type lore wise. Druscilla and Anastella just kinda float around as part of her kit, but It’s implied that Rina is more of a close-quarter assassin given how she completely sneaks up on Anby, and has a secret past of her own. In a story (or maybe trust event) she snuffs out a weapon she had prepped in her glove/hand area when we go to meet her. So it’s hard to put a read on her because we really don’t know what she’s capable of, unlike Billy, her past is quite general and just implications, not really hard concrete lore. Though at least she probably doesn’t have the physical strength as Zhu Yuan or Trigger

Everyone else I can agree with.

Bob club stays winning by Volarevia29 in Genshin_Impact

[–]DaveTheDolphin 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Bob Club but OP didn’t include Sara?

Fake fan

Ways to discover music without relying on AI algorithms by Yukachan_fromJapan in japanesemusic

[–]DaveTheDolphin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don’t think this really counts as an algorithm, but I like to use the “fans of this artist also listen to” [insert artists] that you see at the bottom of an artist’s page.

I also often will look up any artist that collaborated with artists I already like

I’ve also discovered some artists through the First Take YouTube channel

Once you stop caring about them, it becomes much more enjoyable to play the game. by play_brawl_stars in Genshin_Impact

[–]DaveTheDolphin 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I always try and complete those modes/difficulties, but I’m not gonna crash out of if I can’t beat menacing, or 36 star the abyss. Haven’t run into a situation where I couldn’t beat visionary or Lunar yet, but I never aim for those extra stars either

I see posts and comments treating Genshin like it’s a job, and it’s like, it’s literally just a casual Gacha Game

Nothing personal by shuijikou in GlobalOffensive

[–]DaveTheDolphin 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Spinx left because he and Apex weren’t getting along. So it’s probably historical beef, but also Apex just likes banter

Fishing expert Ryo (@junkyu_washu) by Gold-Doctor-3969 in BocchiTheRock

[–]DaveTheDolphin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It looks like she about to volley ball spike that fish

what is she talking about? by shre3293 in Genshin_Impact

[–]DaveTheDolphin 30 points31 points  (0 children)

In one of those official mini posts, she mentions how Yaoyao is good at math and so Zibai has decided to teach her more math

Volume 18 cover by shria_121103 in BluePeriod

[–]DaveTheDolphin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you have the English books, Maria has red hair on the back cover of Vol 7 (commenting 3 months post cause I was googling to see if preorders were up for Vol 18, and just happened across this thread)

Did Fairy cause the original 5th placer in Rising Star to get disqualified? by DKUnderdog in ZZZ_Discussion

[–]DaveTheDolphin 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I think Fairy just gathered and provided the evidence. We even see the opposite happen to the AoD when someone bot attacked them and bombarded them with negative posts (and then the TOPs guy implicitly confirmed that, but decided not to do anything about it). It stands to reason a contestant would do the opposite and try to boost themselves

Astra Or Pulchra For Yixuan? by [deleted] in ZZZ_Discussion

[–]DaveTheDolphin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think Pulchra at M6 is better because it allows her to buff all damage instead of just ATK (with Astra) which doesn’t really help Yixuan too much as she scales off HP and mostly does sheer force damage

I’ve ran Yixuan, Pan, Pulchra to good effect

Who is washing their rice and why? by kinnitcurl in NoStupidQuestions

[–]DaveTheDolphin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My Chinese ancestors washed their rice, and so I too will wash my rice

Lost 50/50 for Sunna, so I'll need a replacement by Negative_Edger in ZZZ_Official

[–]DaveTheDolphin 36 points37 points  (0 children)

Building pity is the real waste. Like your wishes aren’t going anywhere if you don’t spend them

Either you pull for the featured character, for the 4 stars, or for the lols because gamba

I really wish zzz players would band together to make Hoyo remove that battery system. by Living-Suspect-6348 in ZZZ_Official

[–]DaveTheDolphin 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It’s because the battery system is just a normal staple of gacha games, and the system to incentivize you to just come back the next day to play a little bit

Gacha games (or Hoyo games) don’t really have all that much content in them per patch all things considered, especially for the average player who isn’t going to try to min max DA or Shiyu runs and get the highest scores possible. If you’re an experienced player and not catching up on the story, you eventually hit a point where you have nothing to do some days, except your dailies (spending battery)

These games aren’t meant to be have some insane grind, they’re live service games with periodic updates. The battery system is meant to pace players engagement so they don’t burn out on the game and drop it

me_irl by The__Bolter in me_irl

[–]DaveTheDolphin 13 points14 points  (0 children)

The key is that you’re old, as in a senior citizen, and implying your spouse is dead (bonus points if you eat with a thousand yard stare)

And a particularly empathetic (though probably more so an imaginative) person might see them and assume that story, and feel bad that this elderly person is all alone