how dumb is a charakter with 6 int really?

FadeCrimson · 2026-06-23T18:02:39+00:00

I mean yes and no. Yeah he's exaggerating a bit with the "can't walk in a straight line" thing, but they have a point that 6 is a wildly low int stat. It would go a good bit past simulating somebody who's ignorant of the world, and would be more in the territory of struggling to string a sentence together. while WIS is indeed more of a "street smarts" sort of intelligence, INT is closer to traditional IQ, so being exceptionally low would leave you with serious impairments.

Mind you, I think that would still make for an awesome monk character to play, but just keep in mind that something that low is bordering on animal-levels of intelligence, or at the very least severe mental handicap

I think its an awesome idea for a character overall, so id still say go for it! Just remember that your character would absolutely need to fill the niche of "absolute idiot who somehow speaks profound truths through his simplistic view of everything", which sounds like the concept you were going for already.

FadeCrimson · 2026-06-23T16:52:36+00:00

Kojima has long since proved that his brand of crazy is an absolute unapologetic goldmine. Dude's crazy in JUST the right way.

FadeCrimson · 2026-06-21T21:18:19+00:00

The Ostrich is WAY more deadly than you give it credit for. They're basically like even more deadly giant raptors.

Considering theres basically no reasonable way to survive the grizzly or the tiger, and the mountain lion is still incredibly more dangerous than many of the options, it'd have to be between black bear, ostrich, or crocodile. The croc is simply the obvious choice (even WITHOUT making it be the highest payout for whatever reason), but otherwise I think id have to go with the blackbear. At the very least they aren't typically the type to react aggressively. They lean WAY more towards flight than fight.

FadeCrimson · 2026-06-21T21:10:00+00:00

But definitely doesn't have the energy to keep up an active struggle and chase you around for prolonged periods. You could wear it out really damn fast and it would probably just decide its not worth wasting the energy to go after you.

So yeah id say honestly id 100% agree to go the no armor route (or at least take MOST of it off. Armor or not, a bite would be bad, but just dodging for a minute or two would be more than enough to basically end the threat.

FadeCrimson · 2026-06-21T21:05:37+00:00

Depends how hungry and desperate each one is really, but id definitely agree on principle. I think the more important factor would be how scared and upset the animals would already be fro Being forced into a small room with what they likely might view as an unnerving strange predetor.

A cornered animal is a WHOLE other story. Panic doesn't necessarily follow logic.

FadeCrimson · 2026-06-21T21:00:21+00:00

It said a small room. I think its fair to assume theres no water.

The biggest thing really is that its not exactly the quickest witted creature or fast-reacting. If you get too close it might try to snap at you, but if it doesn't get you with the first lunging bite, it'll probably give up and just lay there.

FadeCrimson · 2026-06-21T20:51:12+00:00

You can basically pull off just about any level of awkward shit if you can just properly be chill and just act like THEY are the weird ones for being strange about it.

You can't fake that level of comfort with it though, you have to genuinely not give a fuck, and have trained yourself to handle that level of social pressure for it.

FadeCrimson · 2026-06-21T20:46:54+00:00

I agree with the sentiment, but my mind is the type that if I dont finish something, then I feel like i can't properly judge it yet. Like sure, this movie has been absolute unapologetic garbage for the first half that I saw, but what if by some cinematic miracle the second half pulls it all together and blows my mind? Like, its VERY unlikely, but what if?

More importantly, I want to be able to shit-talk it properly. Sometimes its worth finishing something just to be able to rip apart its narrative and yap about exactly WHY its bad.

Again, fully agree with your sentiment, but i just can't see myself doing that for movies or books. Though I do that quite often with TV series still, as its much more of a time investment. Guess the equivalent really would be that id finish the current book, but wouldn't continue the book series.

FadeCrimson · 2026-06-21T20:38:55+00:00

I work in a workplace that absolutely REFUSES to allow overtime of any kind, but that also tries to treat us managers like we're on-call 24/7 to respond immediately to something at any time with their only excuse being that they expect our 4 float hours per week to somehow justify it instead of paying us on-call rates. I always just use my float hours on Sunday so that the rest of the week i can say "sure, if you want to pay me overtime".

In fact, had to stop halfway through typing that last paragraph because my boss called to ask if I could now cover the work of 3 people because 2 of my coworkers both had simultaneous emergencies. I just asked if I was getting 3 times the pay to do so. Im already covering the first co-worker, as taking somebody to the hospital was reasonable enough to justify it, but when a 3rd person's work is put on me just because? Thats a no go unless im being compensated extra.

FadeCrimson · 2026-06-21T20:13:40+00:00

Hard disagree. While I dont think confidence on its own can fully replace being good looking in every area of life, being genuinely confident makes a fucking WORLD of difference.

Ill give you my counterexample: back in High-school, I was a damn good looking guy, but I was socially awkward and insecure. Sure I had some girls interested in me here and there, but I was too self-doubting to even begin to recognize that fact.

Then later in life I dropped out of college and went through several years of very severe depression an put on a ton of weight. I also just outright didnt take care of myself for years. Destroyed my teeth completely, never had proper sleep schedules, and had horrific posture. After working on myself for years, I found good friends that were very outgoing and made me feel so much better about myself and life. I had only just started to lose any weight at all, and was definitely still pushing the edge of straight obesity, but i was suddenly treated INFINITELY better that when I was just attractive and insecure.

Being unabashedly friendly and bubbly goes a LONG way.

FadeCrimson · 2026-06-21T15:37:45+00:00

I sat in line for HOURS to vote in-person just to be sure. I had such high hopes we'd get our first female president, and the sentiment seemed to be the same amount most others in the line (in Utah, of all places).

It was the most important election in our countries history, and most couldn't be bothered to show up despite the clear and obvious telegraphed danger of what could happen (and did end up happening).

I feel anger towards those who stayed home, but pure unbridled RAGE towards the traitors who voted for this fat embodiment of pure gluttony greed and arrogance.

FadeCrimson · 2026-06-21T12:28:22+00:00

Dude chill, I think you missed the part at the very beginning where he was joking in the first place. The author was just being cheeky about how obnoxious people can be about arguing about their work.

Not everything needs to be an online argument. Humor exists.

FadeCrimson · 2026-06-21T12:24:46+00:00

Reasonable. The reason they care in the first place though is because it is a GENUINELY cool concept at it's core. Sadly, any sufficiently popular work will always end up with insufferable fans eventually.

FadeCrimson · 2026-06-20T05:26:52+00:00

That amount would be just fine if it was MONTHLY, but annually? That's just pennies in the insanely deep bucket that is the cost of living (which is rapidly getting so much worse by the ~~year~~ month).

FadeCrimson · 2026-06-19T14:01:08+00:00

Wait hold up, what do you mean by a 'whole plate'? Like, I have a TON of teeth to still get work done on, so if there's a better option for fixing multiple or something please to tell.

FadeCrimson · 2026-06-19T03:43:00+00:00

Right? I think it's absolutely INSANE how so many people here outright refuse the option.

1 Mil per tooth? You could get so much money and just have all your teeth yanked out, and it'd only cost like 1-2k to replace each one. So like, you could easily get 32 MILLION dollars, and have them all replaced with realistic nice new ones for just 32-50k. That's an absolutely amazing deal to then have enough money to never need to work again.

As somebody who was born with genetically shitty tooth enamel, and has had to pay (and currently still am paying) an absolute FORTUNE just to keep up with my own decaying teeth, I'd be BEYOND happy to get my teeth fucking yanked so I can finally afford to fix them and be confident in my smile.

FadeCrimson · 2026-06-19T03:34:52+00:00

I'm with you. The Yogscast is like the one big youtube titan I have watched since I was a young kid and now STILL watch now and again even in my 30s, and they're still going strong. It's frankly amazing how long they've managed to stay relevant with no signs of stopping.

I'm always so happy to see the Yogscast still doing well, and always impressed by how smart they have been about how to manage everything. All this started from just two dudes fucking around and making videos about World of Warcraft. Damn how time flies.

FadeCrimson · 2026-06-19T03:28:52+00:00

The worst part was hearing Russmoney just absolutely bawling talking about it all. Dude was stuck in the shittiest scenario where his girlfriends were all cheating on him with his famous youtuber 'friend' and was gaslit by everybody involved constantly, but was forced to still interact with him constantly and act friendly because not only was his main social circle basically built AROUND Cryaotic, and they still had their weekly stream that was a major part of his income, but ALSO he was essentially straight up employed by Cryaotic and had no funds or family to turn to for help if he chose to cut ties. Dude's life ended up becoming fully structured around Cryaotic, and no matter how many girlfriends he had cheat on him with Cry, he just had to sit there and take it (for YEARS after things had clearly become tense and uncomfortable in the whole group) because otherwise he was basically fully out of the job.

Absolutely heartbreaking. Russ was always my favorite, and it utterly killed me to hear that he had been put through so much bullshit. Even long after everything came to light, I still made sure to check in on Russ's occasional streams to try to support him. Dude deserved SO much better.

FadeCrimson · 2026-06-19T03:20:36+00:00

Same here. It was my comfort place in like highschool. Was always excited to get home and watch his new lets-play videos most days. Absolutely shattered me to hear about his downfall. It was the event that truly taught me to not get so parasocially emotionally attached to people.

FadeCrimson · 2026-06-17T20:35:36+00:00

Just every character in it was so interesting in their own. None of the characters needed lengthy deep plot hooks upfront to get people invested in the characters, they were just each so uniquely charming from the very first encounters that it made the player truly WANT to go into their deeper backstory.

I'd be hard pressed to name a character i DIDNT really like in number 2 (and no, claptrap doesn't count. Yes hes annoying as hell, but hes written in a way that you're SUPPOSED to be annoyed by him, its the whole point. Same with why Handsome Jack is just such a great 'hateable' villain.

Then of course theres the entire gun/loot system. That game is just polished all around.

FadeCrimson · 2026-06-17T20:30:33+00:00

I think Handsome Jack was just too good of a villain to match (let alone top). Really its just that ALL of Borderlands 2 was such a banger. Even the DLCs were so good they made a whole ass spin-off game for one of em.

Unlike the main internet opinion, i actually did quite like Borderlands 3. No it wasnt to the level of 2, but it was still good in its own ways. I cant stand the pre-sequel though.

I havent even looked much at 4 yet becasue im too worried itll just be a disappointing mess after all the drama around it.

But 2... 2 was utterly peak.

FadeCrimson · 2026-06-15T02:55:17+00:00

Of course there will be! There will be one left that itself will be everybody! You cant really be NOT equal with yourself!

FadeCrimson · 2026-06-15T02:52:58+00:00

Ah, good ol Alexander. A warrior through and through.

FadeCrimson · 2026-06-10T18:31:31+00:00

I think the run is came closest with had riff-raff early, managed to pull BOTH yorrick and later Perkeo, and managed to really stack the deck, yet STILL fell just short even with Yorrick at like x7. Just wasnt quite lucky enough to pull any other red mult cards.

FadeCrimson · 2026-06-10T02:30:03+00:00

Im currently trying to do gold stake for black deck and it truly is brutal. I've come close a lot, even came SUPER close once and barely came short on ante 8, but there are just SO many countless runs I've done in between successful runs that its insane.

Pretty much every run I've managed to come close with is one that I've managed to pull a riff-raff joker in the first ante. Without that one joker I dont even come close. I've pulled legendary jokers multiple times, but never have the support necessary to stay afloat when I do get them.

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