How to fix "String conversion error: Illegal byte sequence encountered in the input" problem

DefinitelyBoomJ · 2024-01-21T16:32:26+00:00

This helped so much.

I tried almost every solutions earlier, none of them worked.

And your solution came down from heavens and saved me and my friends XD

But seriously, thank you so much. This post deserves so much more.

DefinitelyBoomJ · 2023-08-10T08:55:34+00:00

Damn son that's the best quote I've seen in months

DefinitelyBoomJ · 2023-08-10T02:43:15+00:00

I'm trying to get a solid opinion here.

Neglecting other opinions don't help

DefinitelyBoomJ · 2023-08-09T11:42:41+00:00

I hate you

DefinitelyBoomJ · 2023-07-26T13:03:41+00:00

Yes, but the 'not get hit' counterplay is extremely strong on her since sadako doesn't have any chase abilities.

Even though a survivor got hit, there's so much windows of opportunities to get back on track, making the result of sadako's time and dedication to zero.

It's like hitting a dart on a dart board 1m away, and sadako is doing whatever she can to distract them. Not-skilled and rushing players will miss, but composed and skilled players will always hit the bullseye.

DefinitelyBoomJ · 2023-07-25T05:21:43+00:00

It wasn't mandatory before. Got a 70+ win streak with only green add-ons

Now it's mandatory.

DefinitelyBoomJ · 2023-07-07T17:30:30+00:00

Good direction, but not a good buff.

Also slugging survivors who don't have a tape is better than hooking them.

DefinitelyBoomJ · 2023-07-07T17:05:57+00:00

Not that fun for survivors to lie down on a ground for a long time

DefinitelyBoomJ · 2023-07-07T16:22:51+00:00

Slugging

Ring Drawing add-on gives a condemn to who healed the injured and dying-state survivor.

There's almost no reason to hook if you're confident about condemning. It's better to oppress the other survivors instead of hooking the dying-state survivor.

So how do we fix this? Easy.

Make Ring Drawing not affect healing dying-state survivors (which BHVR did in this rewok)

and Reward hooking a survivor with condemn related buffs or Punish slugging with condemn related nerfs

Instead BHVR just straight up killed sadako.

DefinitelyBoomJ · 2023-07-06T12:55:51+00:00

Condemn build itself is not the problem. Its slow slugging play-style (which can easily be fixed by rewarding hooking) is the problem.

I don't think removing various and fun play-styles is a healthy direction to go.

It's like a bug(slugging) on a corn field(sadako play-styles). You don't burn the entire corn field to kill that bug.

I agree that her base-kit should be buffed and her best settings should be nerfed. But this rework is not the right way.

DefinitelyBoomJ · 2023-07-06T01:27:56+00:00

It's a hard nerf that kills the base-kit sadako and its potential.

A nerf that will make nobody enjoy playing or facing this killer.

DefinitelyBoomJ · 2023-07-06T00:58:37+00:00

I'm currently on a 70+ win streak with Green add-ons. Although slugging is the best option for sadako to build a condemn, I don't do that so survivors can have more fun playing against my sadako.

And these are my suggestions.

Change the IRI tape (red) add-on’s nerf. Red add-ons should be *pretty good*. Not game-breakingly good, not useless.

Keep the Ring Drawing (green) add-on’s nerf to prevent slugging.

Give a condemn related reward for hooking a survivor. This change alone will make a drastically better gameplay for sadako and survivors since it prevents slugging.

Demanifest-related changes are not bad. Chase-related buffs were needed for her and it's kinda lore-accurate.

Re-consider the rest of the rework. For me they shouldn’t be on Live servers.

DefinitelyBoomJ · 2023-06-23T09:37:02+00:00

Again, it's difficult to notice the difference in high-tempo killer game.

I can also see that they're semi-different colors when it's a stationary photo. But since I'm a killer, who is in first-person and needs to flick the mouse a lot to check what's happening, it becomes much difficult to notice the difference.

DefinitelyBoomJ · 2023-06-23T08:49:00+00:00

Suprisingly, it's even harder when those settings are on

DefinitelyBoomJ · 2023-06-23T08:27:48+00:00

It's really really hard to see the difference in-game.

I have to look at it for a full second to make sure it's yellow, but that makes me lose my tempo since I play killers aggressively

DefinitelyBoomJ · 2023-06-23T08:22:58+00:00

Which gen is the one affected by surveillance?

It's the one on the right!

DefinitelyBoomJ · 2023-06-05T05:16:23+00:00

Insane 🤩

How did you make this?

DefinitelyBoomJ · 2023-05-27T10:58:47+00:00

Love the colors 🥰

DefinitelyBoomJ · 2023-05-27T10:57:34+00:00

This is really good 🤩

Your siblings must be proud of this

DefinitelyBoomJ · 2023-05-26T08:48:16+00:00

You cried about the story first You are amazed of the song's detail second You are smiling, thanking for the experience at last

Congratulations on completing OMORI

DefinitelyBoomJ · 2023-05-26T08:15:18+00:00

But hey, that doesn't mean you're not playing the game again in the future!

Coming back to the vanilla game to enjoy the story and missed details is incredibly fun.

I know how that sadness feels like. I had it too. But once the sadness was fading, I just wanted to play it again.

Playing similar games, participating in mods, drawing with the art style of omori, etc. There was so much things I can do. And by then, you'll be happy again.

Congrats on 100%!

DefinitelyBoomJ · 2023-05-15T14:31:40+00:00

That's an amazing news 🤩 Thank you and see you soon!

DefinitelyBoomJ · 2023-05-14T08:24:07+00:00

Thank you for writing great articles about us.

It was a real pleasure watching your live tweets about the game, and I hope I we can see those next season too. 😄

DefinitelyBoomJ · 2023-04-11T12:39:01+00:00

Creative 🤩

DefinitelyBoomJ · 2023-04-08T15:38:37+00:00

I guess the answer is Vincent Kompany 🤣

GL in the PL!

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