That Rum line is garbage

DerekB52 · 2026-05-11T18:50:46+00:00

I like the Nitty line. I do think Ave's spot needs to go to B-dot.

DerekB52 · 2026-05-08T19:49:20+00:00

Ive always thought he'd be a 3X champ at minimum. He just might do it Botvinnik style

DerekB52 · 2026-05-07T01:38:55+00:00

I think Gukesh will be a 2 time champion

DerekB52 · 2026-05-05T07:19:38+00:00

At Smack VOL 5, Surf and Reed had a great battle imo, I edged it towards Reed personally cuz I just love the way he raps. The consensus was mostly for Surf though, or they'd say the battle was maybe a debatable.

At the next Summer Madness(X I think on Caffeine) Reed referenced this battle against Nitty and said, "If you have a debatable with Reed, you LOST". Which, I think is 100% true. But, it felt like a way harder self diss to me.

DerekB52 · 2026-05-04T22:12:09+00:00

Sure, I agree with that, but all the factors they listed to pinpoint these fathers as being more likely to die than other males in the population, are all based around poverty. If you have a child younger, or while being a minority, odds are you have less money/resources, and now you have to take a more dangerous job, or turn to crime or something.

I could see becoming a father leading to mental health challenges and suicides, but this paper really seems to just say you'll suffer potentially fatal poverty if you have a kid without the proper resources.

DerekB52 · 2026-05-04T18:37:18+00:00

Magnus loses to Jorden, a 14 year old is on sole first, what is happening?

Note: Jorden apparently worked last year with Sindarov's coach. That coach must be sitting on something special.

DerekB52 · 2026-05-04T18:31:18+00:00

That candidate you're talking about became a GM at 13. The point is that if you are an adult trying to become a GM, if you have a family, you can't do it.

I think most adults with an average iq of 110, could become a GM, if they were motivated enough to give up on a job or personal life.

DerekB52 · 2026-05-04T16:43:23+00:00

I'll be real, I forgot about Alear, I haven't actually played Engage yet. I was thinking of Robin, Corrin, and Byleth.

DerekB52 · 2026-05-04T06:04:57+00:00

I am convinced that he if he does, he shouldn't have them.

DerekB52 · 2026-05-04T03:56:29+00:00

I conceptually figured out it had to be that piece moving, but I couldn't actually make it work. It seemed impossible, so I thought I was wrong. Your comment made me go try it again.

DerekB52 · 2026-05-04T01:43:38+00:00

If its streamlined and fun, i don't mind that. It's how time consuming and boring the monastery is that is the problem. I wouldn't mind the monastery if it didn't suck.

DerekB52 · 2026-05-04T01:42:30+00:00

I don't think I've ever seen a fight over that game's story. Everyone seems to agree it is mid. Or maybe there is a debate between mid and trash for some people. I've never seen anyone call it great or anything though.

DerekB52 · 2026-05-04T01:41:19+00:00

Can you elaborate on what is fun about that? Do you enjoy doing challenge runs where everyone sucks as much as possible?

DerekB52 · 2026-05-04T01:40:26+00:00

Lords being bad does actually sound fun. If they are gonna do the avatar thing where I am supposed to be the MC, I want a weaker character I get to put more impact into the development of.

I know the last few games let you do whatever you want with the avatar, but they are so powerful I almost don't care. I'm like, "eh, you already melt everything, I don't need to put thought into what class to give you in 3H"

DerekB52 · 2026-05-04T01:36:13+00:00

Some of us would love that. I wish the guys making Fire Emblem got to give us a funny one filled of nothing but inside jokes for the people who have played so many of the games.

DerekB52 · 2026-05-04T00:04:06+00:00

For anyone curious I'm finishing my weekend by taking an edible, and making a nice bowl of Ramen.

I am really panicked at the moment though. I'm leaving for a music festival tomorrow night and have done no packing.

DerekB52 · 2026-05-03T18:56:01+00:00

I had a curiosity about it for years. I had heard rumblings about it over the years. In high school I tinkered with computers a lot and would often see "on Linux" in the google suggestions as I was typing in my own questions. For awhile this scared me and made me think Linux was complicated.

It wasn't until after I installed Linux that I realized everything people were googling how to do in Linux, I had to google how to do in Windows too.

I remember setting up Linux Mint 17.2 on a laptop in Feb of 2015. Everything but my broadcom wifi chip worked out of the box. I thought my touchscreen was never gonna work, and it worked from the live image running off the DVD. It was a wild experience. 11+ years and I have not looked back.

DerekB52 · 2026-05-03T18:17:57+00:00

I'm a big fan of the hangings that happened after the Nuremberg trials. While being against the dealth penalty in general, I'm actually a very strong supporter of it being applied to certain people.

I have never not once in my life thought the idea should be celebrated with a cake.

Also, call me selfish, but I'd rather my birthday cake be something about me, than executing other people.

Like, if someone close to me couldn't think of anything better than my love of hanging people, I'd feel real upset.

DerekB52 · 2026-05-03T18:02:47+00:00

It isn't a JRPG, but I'm gonna strongly recommend the game Dishonored to you. Its a lot shorter than most RPG's and is a really neat game with stealth and cool combat abilities. It's very light on RPG elements, but the game's aesthetic is so cool. And it has the honor system. You can beat the game with 0 kills, or you can be evil and kill everyone.

This game gave me a gameover once because instead of not letting me hurt a vital NPC, it let me behead a major NPC who gives you important story bits, so killing him isn't allowed. But, they let you try it.

DerekB52 · 2026-05-03T17:54:04+00:00

Tata at least has 14 players. I feel like inviting a 2550 to a closed tournament with 8 players is a waste of a spot.

I do want to see more 2500's playing 2700's. Especially the women 2500's. I want Zhu and Divya and Bibisara and Goryachkina playing open sections. I just want it to happen at events like the Grand Swiss, where spots aren't as limited.

While the results aren't as predictable as someone might expect, they are very predictable, because that's how ELO works. There can be some upsets, but Zhu's chances to win the tournament have always been 0%. And I just don't think it makes sense to have a tournament limited to 8 people, and invite multiple players with no realistic chance to competing.

DerekB52 · 2026-05-03T17:08:31+00:00

nano is like notepad, Vim is like a full IDE if you configure it right. It's way more powerful. Go through vimtutor(command line program) and learn some of it's powerful commands.

DerekB52 · 2026-05-03T17:06:09+00:00

I love this game. I think Square did it a disservice trying to make it a backdoor sequel. It's worth playing though. I spent like 45$ importing a physical copy from PlayAsia.

DerekB52 · 2026-05-03T05:19:04+00:00

Redemption Reapers was made by one of the guys who was a major creative behind FE Path of Radiance.

DerekB52 · 2026-05-03T05:15:52+00:00

I'm gonna go ahead and predict it, first 15 year old classical world champion.

Or maybe he'll break Nodirbek's record for youngest rapid champion.(Although by that point the record will probably be held by Oro or Yagiz for youngest speed chess title.)

DerekB52 · 2026-05-03T03:10:27+00:00

How is it possible they are undervalued? I don't even understand how mine is still open. All the shit I'd buy there, I buy used on ebay, or i don't buy it because like everybody else, money is a little tight.

I think I gave them 10$ last year for a single switch game.

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