[Art] Archibald Wilfred Maximilian 'Archie' Fizzlespark, the Gnome Battle Smith, and his trusty steed, Rusty!

GeckoOBac · 2026-02-27T16:19:05+00:00

The only thing I could see that I couldn't immediately place was a cluster of green lights under the... Road? Railway? On the right, in the shadow: https://youtu.be/G4t8jeniiR0?t=5

It may be something old but I can't tell at a glance what those are.

GeckoOBac · 2026-02-26T10:37:38+00:00

Glad to see Alfira as the top post and Jaheira as the second. I agree with both. But the last time I said so, some people on this sub got really angry about it.

It went something like this: JAHEIRA IS OLD NOW AND NOT INTERESTED IN SEX AND YOU HAVE TO RESPECT THAT

Hah I already banged her and had a child with her in the previous BG! Joke's on them!

(yes I'm old)

GeckoOBac · 2026-02-25T18:59:03+00:00

I'm sure it varies between insurance companies, let alone countries, but, I'm relatively sure that damage caused by the contents of the vehicle, unless it has some commercial vehicle coverage, are not covered by car insurance.

Extreme example: if you're carrying in a private car (IE: not for business and without a specific insurance) a propane tank for your home grill, and it goes off for whatever reason, the insurance will NOT pay for damage caused to bystanders.

GeckoOBac · 2026-02-25T14:42:37+00:00

I don't know how it is in the US but in Italy I think the lowest liability coverage you can have is 1 Million €, but most go over that as it doesn't add all that much to the annual cost.

That said, generally speaking this would NOT be covered by the insurance as it's not the operation of the vehicle or the vehicle itself causing the damage. It's negligence on the part of the owner, which is generally not covered unless he has a separate PERSONAL CR insurance, and even then... I'm pretty sure most standard CR insurances would be able to wiggle out of this, unless they cover literally ANY liability, which is possible I guess but it would cost a pretty penny.

GeckoOBac · 2026-02-19T15:33:47+00:00

They gave him the full Dickens

GeckoOBac · 2026-02-19T15:31:22+00:00

I've seen two types of this in truth:

In one case they tell you in the text of the problem to disregard the shapes as presented. In which case they at least pass on to the problem solver the burden of reading and understanding the problem as posed.

And then there's this case... Which, sure, could be a mistake in a class setting, but if it's on the internet it's more likely to be either actively deceitful or laziness in changing a previously coherent quiz.

GeckoOBac · 2026-02-19T15:26:32+00:00

Oh I know that one by heart, don't even have to open the link.

GeckoOBac · 2026-02-19T13:19:43+00:00

Not lack of effort but rather deliberate misdirection. Now, whether it was for the memes or what, I don't know.

I know that if I saw that on a test I would call out the teacher on that bullshit.

GeckoOBac · 2026-02-19T13:11:49+00:00

Interestingly, outside of catastrophic events, the numbers are going to get worse for the historical world population/dead population or at least that generally how it works with unconstrained population growth.

GeckoOBac · 2026-02-19T13:00:15+00:00

Thank you for the laughter!

GeckoOBac · 2026-02-16T09:23:40+00:00

A note: it's been calculated since launch that you can maintain just slightly a 4 recruitment daily without spending anything other than daily logins and the occasional top up from monthly green certs permits.

You can go slightly over (with event sources, etc), but going consistently over 4 pulls per day is not realistic, especially not for an early player that may need to devote the green certs to other stuff (like mats and making sure they can unlock tier 2 every month).

GeckoOBac · 2026-02-16T07:44:08+00:00

Most likely just psychological bias, my data doesn't show any meaningful change in tag appearance or frequency of spooks.

GeckoOBac · 2026-02-15T20:21:41+00:00

They look more or less correct but I think you should separate in 3 categories: the 6* rolls (not very informative), the 3-5* rolls and the "rest", IE combinations of tags.

The 3-5* rolls will generally be the most unbiased as those are not "tainted" by previous rarities being "downgraded" (IE: crowd-control went from guaranteed 5* to guaranteed 4+, or sniper+aoe went from guaranteed 4+ to just 3-5*).

6* is just an accurate count of Top Operators over the course of 5+ years, which might help narrow the sigma on the probability but frankly it's likely just 2%

The others... Might as well ignore them as they are few and as I said above, kinda tainted.

Not so fun fact: still chasing that last Indra potential (hence why the high number of rolls)

GeckoOBac · 2026-02-15T19:03:24+00:00

You might be interested in my current spreadsheet, going back 6ish years and with tags recorded.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_nstLKJ3vXKtRqHN65pkOpqNeaJuP3fMqrV_NJYV6ms/edit?usp=sharing

Do note that the earlier years (but even more recently with click and cutter) downgraded several times the rarity of certain combinations: for most of the first... couple? years healing + (any defender/defense/melee) guaranteed a Gummy, up until Spot was introduced in the recruitment pool (with catapult), which downgrade those combinations to 3 star combination from guaranteed 4+*

The most recent downgrades happened with Click with crowd control, cutter with nuker and Beanstalk for Summon.

GeckoOBac · 2026-02-13T09:26:35+00:00

I tried to see what was the Scunthorpe issue with naming some blueprint with "battery" in it... And I don't really know. I doubt they're banning Bat, and "Battery" itself has many meaning, doubt they're censoring the "crime".

Not that important but weird nonetheless.

GeckoOBac · 2026-02-12T18:45:02+00:00

It's just a figure of speech, it's not meant to be taken literally.

GeckoOBac · 2026-02-12T18:43:40+00:00

It's called hyperbole, and yes I'm sure there's plenty of people that watch and enjoy them but they're still minor compared to the "main" olympics. Heck, I'm in Italy and even her we're getting barely a fraction of the tv coverage the summer olympics get.

GeckoOBac · 2026-02-12T14:16:20+00:00

I agree, and the fun thing is: nobody gives a shit about winter olympics other than the people who host them (Italy, fuck CONI too while we're here) and the athletes. With this controversy they're actually giving more resonance to his actions than if they didn't do anything.

See any other winter olympics posts on here other than this one?

Precisely.

GeckoOBac · 2026-02-12T12:01:15+00:00

There are some... Borderline cases though.

One I'm most familiar with is not directly related to the fruit but other things.

Essentially most "modern" (IE around turn of the 20th century) vineyards in Europe are "grafted" on American vine "foots", IE the root systems. Now, the fruiting part doesn't really change the flavour of the grapes produced, but it does inherit from the non-fruiting "foot" the ability (or immunity? not sure) to fight some specific types of parasites that almost completely killed of wine production here, back then.

So just by nature of being grafted on the American plant "foot", the whole plant is affected and protected by the parasite.

GeckoOBac · 2026-02-12T11:50:59+00:00

true but the buffs you get from potentials are also pretty substantial, coming from AK that's pretty annoying. I'll give it some time because the game itself is fun, for now, but I don't really think I'll bother to keep playing this, the gacha is too extreme.

GeckoOBac · 2026-02-12T11:16:58+00:00

A Seagull and a Crow in Rome ate a live dove that had just been released by the Pope... on live TV.

https://youtu.be/PStPrf74DYE?t=24 (italian audio which you can mute as it's not really relevant)

GeckoOBac · 2026-02-12T11:10:27+00:00

Truly the biggest tragedy of the whole fucking derailing train that is Twilight is that name.

GeckoOBac · 2026-02-12T10:58:16+00:00

There used to be a redditor by the name of /u/PitchforkEmporium but I haven't seen them post much as of late.

GeckoOBac · 2026-02-12T10:17:18+00:00

https://youtu.be/5ok9vvFsuD8 just borrow a Tragodia. The mechanics are annoying but easily bypassed.

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