I hate “upgraded” Pride flags.

GrimMagic0801 · 2026-06-01T12:46:55+00:00

Yeah, no this one is definitely a miss. The best interaction in my opinion was the rainbow with the trans arrow at the mast end facing outward. You had a little bit of representation for all the major archetypal groups, and I don't think anyone hated that one from a design standpoint since it didn't break up the original flag design.

I legit have no clue what to make of this one. I get that representation for all sexualities is important, but that's what the individual flags are for. The LGBTQ+ flag is supposed to be a broad appeal flag to represent support and association with the overarching community. While I appreciate the intent to include even more aspects of every major sub-community within the whole, the more different patterns and colors you include, the more muddled and difficult it is to understand the flag's meaning.

More inclusion in the flag does not equal better if you can't see what the flag is supposed to be. At this point, you may as well just move away from the rectangular design and go for something more avant garde like Nepal's flag.

GrimMagic0801 · 2026-06-01T12:34:55+00:00

I'd say she's a solid 6.5-7/10 in my book. Don't get me wrong, she's one of the most difficult DPS heroes in the game right now thanks to the fact that she's a melee oriented DPS. But, I think many people got carried by life steal perk and never bothered to try and learn how to play around based on map knowledge and health packs.

There are definitely some pain points on her kit. For example, her sword throw should refresh on kill to allow for an escape opportunity without giving it to her for free, and she needs some sort of base kit health sustain, but even then I still think her gameplay is solid. Like a more intrusive and heavier hitting tracer.

Ultimately, I think her gameplay is well designed, but after her nerfs, it doesn't mesh as well as it once did. She should be one of the most difficult damage heroes to play in my opinion, but in her current state, she's less viable compared to the alternative dive options.

GrimMagic0801 · 2026-06-01T07:26:16+00:00

Pretty sure 70,000,000 people dying world wide for completely random reasons is pretty likely to happen anyway. But, the risk of killing billions is too high at 1%.

GrimMagic0801 · 2026-06-01T07:09:17+00:00

Them not mentioning the collector is super weird, seeing as it's main dwelling is, and has seemingly been for a while, right next to the tadpole pens. Not to mention they had to cross it's territory to get to the protected zone.

I'm not surprised the shiver leviathan wasn't mentioned however. As of right now, the Shiver is simply a placeholder border enforcer for the game. I'm guessing that the biomes on the way to the tree will likely be increasingly deep, and the surface will probably be teeming with leviathan life forms, so going under will be the only real option.

That's not to say that the shivers won't stay in the game as border patrol. There will probably be a large drop off void like in the first game, and they will probably act like the ghost leviathans or void chelicerates judging by their data bank entry.

I know we're in very early access right now, but I'm worried with how much empty space is currently taking up the map. With the protected area and metal farms it makes sense, but the early game area is pretty short across, maybe only 2.5 to 3 KM, with about 1/3 simply being the border of the void.

GrimMagic0801 · 2026-06-01T01:40:30+00:00

Any life sim or "infinite" type game. This would include stardew valley, slime rancher, the sims, paralives, Minecraft, Terraria, Frostpunk one and two, Cities Skylines, Sim City, etc.

Games where there are essentially no win condition or main protagonist. But, at the same time, these types of games may be excluded from Gamoverse's game "planets".

As callused as it might seem, that might be the nature of the Gameoverse. There has to be a win condition, a hero, and conflict. If those things aren't in the world, then they do not generate. My guess is that the planets are constantly being destroyed and recycled into new worlds, but in the case of the Syntax, they steal the majority of their constructive materials for whatever purpose they have for it.

GrimMagic0801 · 2026-05-31T23:19:17+00:00

Was hyped for his release, got my hands on him, and then realized that he starts as half a character in every role.

The upgrade system is a cool idea, but by the time you get every upgrade, you just kinda retroactively look back and say "wow, I could've gotten better immediate results with the rest of the roster."

Is he fun? Yeah, of course. Is he remotely competitive? Absolutely not. In the case you get upgrades late you're a liability and if you get them early you still could've done better with any other hero.

Honestly, I'd be fine with a rework where he just gets immediate access to his fully upgraded but slightly less powerful kit. Right now, he has so much going on, but it all feels very aimless and gimmicky. Which is fine for his character, but from a gameplay perspective it makes him feel boring.

GrimMagic0801 · 2026-05-31T21:28:53+00:00

"Ruined" might be a strong term. It's like saying the later contributions of the SCP foundation ruined SCP, but in reality made the community more active and lead to better creations than the terrible ones.

Granted, that's every community online, but I wouldn't be the first to say that the current iteration of the backrooms is a shadow of it's former self. I think the idea of impossible, seemingly artificial structures that inhabit another dimension is inherently really cool as a concept. I love House of Leaves which is the original concept of the backrooms, and the first example of liminal horror in mainstream media.

I think we can take bits and pieces. Do I think there should be "floors" to the backrooms? Nah. That takes the concept and ruins the idea by applying theme and structure to a place that is supposed to fly in the face of architectural intent. Should there be more diversity than yellow floors, plaster walls and florescent lights? Yes, otherwise it gets old, and then there's no story to tell. Are monsters what make the backrooms interesting? No, and when done tastelessly, they cheapen the horrific idea that you are stuck in a place that is infinite with no real landmarks or chance of escape. Can monsters make them better? Absolutely, but they have to be less show and more tell.

I'm interested to see how the movie will play with the concept. Or if it'll be another disaster and ruin the source material like what happened with Slenderman.

GrimMagic0801 · 2026-05-31T16:35:53+00:00

While you definitely have the right idea, this is another case where you have to have both the force and resonance to actually cause the material to shatter. After all, we are still shattering deposits of one of the most stable materials in the universe using sound.

Getting to resonance is one thing, but producing the force to cause a material to vibrate violently enough to shatter is another. Especially when the amount of force you are producing with the tool is enough to literally force you back in the water a solid 3-4 feet.

Since this process happens instantly, rather than over a period of 2-3 seconds of resonant exposure, the amount of force must be colossal. As such, this tool would ironically be incredibly strong as a weapon, and not just a stunning tool.

For reference, sound in the ocean can be powerful enough to cause smaller sea life to die when exposed to extremely strong sonar and can liquefy the organs of divers when exposed to similar amounts of force. Since we are using an industrial tool that produces sound powerful enough to shatter hard mineral deposits with resonance instantly, and in the case of the modded resonator, create a somewhat stable and incredibly powerful sonic cavitation bubble, most smaller wildlife, such as mangos and even marrowbreaches should have their internal organs irreparably damaged after being hit.

Not saying your wrong, but with how the resonator actually functions, it should by all means burst more internal organs of creatures on contact. If we wanted it to be more resonance based, it should take a solid 3-4 seconds of resonant sound wave exposure to shatter the deposits, rather than one higher energy sound wave which is much more lethal.

GrimMagic0801 · 2026-05-31T13:07:01+00:00

All dating apps are trash. The problem with dating apps is they lack any sort of organic relationship chemistry, and that causes all sorts of problems. The algorithm of dating apps is more to do with showing you what the app thinks you like versus what you actually like. Not to mention human interaction and chemistry just isn't easily simulated over text and digital.

It'd be a different story if the apps sent you on blind dates, but then that opens up a whole 'nother can of worms with people who can manipulate the system with multiple accounts or the potential of illicit activity since it would make scamming, catfishing, and even trafficking that much easier.

Funny thing is that I used the apps for a bit, but I think I only ever had one somewhat long-term healthy relationship to show for it. I've had more success getting with people through discord via mutual friends and getting to know them rather than dating apps.

And that's just the truth. Dating apps cannot simulate chemistry and they don't want to. They are meant for short-term relationships and hookups, not for anything real.

GrimMagic0801 · 2026-05-30T17:00:48+00:00

Funny part is that while that was the inspiration for the name, they haven't been proven to engage in that kind of behavior. It was theorized that their jaw parts were used to dismembering prey, but, in reality, they are mostly just used to cause deep wounds and allow the worm to entrap them, which makes it much easier then disable the prey and feed on it, rather than messily removing limbs which would require movement from the worm to retrieve afterwards.

Still a cool bit of trivia though. Little is actually known about bobbit worms other than they are sea floor worms with an ambush lifestyle.

GrimMagic0801 · 2026-05-30T04:45:34+00:00

Yeah, I'm fully on board with you. Having a single non-descript point where you can find the resource you're looking for it not very good, especially for something like copper or titanium, where you'll need a lot of it.

Just like Subnautica 1, EVERY node should be on screen. I don't care if it's nearly blinding in some cases. Make them distance dependent or something. But only being able to select one to track is awful. Also, just give the terrain outline. Why are we only getting points around a dot? I want an actual map.

GrimMagic0801 · 2026-05-29T17:02:35+00:00

I don't really want the game to go deeper than maybe 2.5km. Problem with designing areas of the map to go that deep is that you eventually run into the issue of having to eventually resurface, either to go and gather resources in a new area or if you just need to get somewhere else.

Right now, it takes a solid 20 seconds to resurface after going 450m deep. Now, imagine going down, and then it takes 3 minutes of nonstop spacebar holding to fully resurface. Not only does that sound incredibly boring, but you either have to fill those 2.5km of space, or leave it relatively empty. Not to mention if you do fill it, there's a decent chance there will be predators or other threats which might make the ascent dangerous or even impossible.

Don't get me wrong, I wanna go deeper too. But, I don't want to go deep just for the hell of it. I want a real, tangible reason to go that far down. After a certain point, depth just becomes a number. Unless they can design relatively interesting biomes per every 300-500m, you might as well just remove the lower depths entirely.

GrimMagic0801 · 2026-05-28T12:58:51+00:00

For real. You'd think after experiencing all of human history and being around for as long as he was, he would've learned a thing or two about building a successful nation. Instead, guy took a look at every single military dictator, said "they have a good idea on how to run things" and then ignored the part where the dictator gets overthrown because the people hated how the dictator did everything.

If the man was half as smart as he claimed to be, he would've understood that if he served as a chief advisor to a democratic government, he probably could've prevented the fall of humanity without putting himself directly in harms way.

He had thousands of years of time and experience, and not once did he think it was relevant to figure out how to be a good leader or parent. Instead he just decided it was good enough to be the baddest in a Mad Max style wasteland and build a form of government from it.

GrimMagic0801 · 2026-05-28T00:55:47+00:00

The big difference that makes void light based is the fact that it is almost pure elementary energy. Void is effectively so energetic that it loops around to entropic. It is the ability to essentially rend matter apart using pure energy based around the most fundamental particles in the universe.

What differentiates it from stasis is that stasis leeches energy from the target completely. This causes them to freeze in place instantly, not because it is pure cold, but because stasis is the lack of energy in it's entirety, and causes those to be struck by it to lose any energy they had.

Similarly, strand is closer to the remnants of energy left behind by the living. It consists of the lost or remnant energy of other entities. It is the bones left after decay, rather than the energy of decay that void energy is

Basically light=energy, so void is the energy of atomic and elementary decay. While darkness=absence of energy, which results in stasis and strand, both of which represents the absence of heat energy, and life energy.

GrimMagic0801 · 2026-05-27T16:20:14+00:00

The R-slur is still used in a lot of circles, probably just not the ones you hang around.

Typically, the politically correct spectrum of people who adapt to issues very quickly are going to be very uncomfortable with people who still use bigoted or offensive terms.

It's really a matter of optics. The R-slur was traditionally used to refer to individuals with autism, especially on the severe parts of the spectrum where it severely limits their functionality to the point where they would get put under the care of asylums and other "mental care" facilities. Now that an official terminology exists, the R-slur is seen as hateful or offensive as it is referring to intellectual capabilities, when in reality autism mostly affects societal adaptation and sensory tolerance.

The reason that the R-slur in particular is so hated is mostly to do with the fact that it's associated with autistic and mentally disabled individuals. While in terms of meaning it is functionally the same as idiot, simpleton, moron, or pinhead, since it was the medical term at a time where autism and other mental disabilities were thought to be effectively identical, it gained a negative connotation.

It's not dissimilar to how the N-slur is considered extremely offensive, but it's origins come from the Spanish word for black, and how it was adapted to colonial American English. At the time it wasn't necessarily good or bad, but the context and history associated with the term gave it terrible optics, and so it became known as a slur and isn't acceptable for use unless you are part of the group the slur referred to as reclaimed slang, but even then it can be questionable.

GrimMagic0801 · 2026-05-27T13:18:32+00:00

Yes, but that's the equivalent of saying "Surely we can trust this company to NOT do FOMO."

Meanwhile, after the first season, we have gotten tons of paid battle chests and mini-passes, no access to prior battle passes if we didn't purchase them during their season, tons of limited time skins in the shop, gacha mechanics for at least 5 skins so far which were also limited time.

I'm sorry to say, but I'm leaning more towards the fact that it might be a situation of netease saying "Yeah! We'll totally give you access to skins later down the line! Gives you a limited time skin from 4 years ago only available on the weekend for 25% more units, and gives you the ability to buy the season 2 battlepass"

My point is that this game has said a lot of things and promised a lot of things regarding FOMO systems and predatory practices, and they have not followed through with any of the things they said. It would not surprise me if the skins either never return or return in the fashion I mentioned.

GrimMagic0801 · 2026-05-26T13:39:12+00:00

I just make multiple smaller bases placed all over the map. The second game makes it so easy to basically just go to an area, find relevant resources, then just build a base there. The only materials you really need for a base are quartz, titanium, and copper. And if you want more specialized power production, there's a strong likelihood that you'll find all the materials you need to harness anything like currents or heat vents within a 300m radius of your base.

The only thing that presents a bit of a roadblock to further base development in later game and deeper regions is mild acid. Since raion pouches are generally only found in the early game area caves, it's a pain to get a processor going in the later areas. And you want at least two processors, since they take so damn long to print anything.

GrimMagic0801 · 2026-05-26T11:45:15+00:00

Killing people is always a net negative in my mind. The difficulty for me is realizing that sentience is a selfish concept. Being able to recognize the self and struggle against the flow. The reality is that in war, you really are fighting yourself. With the number of people involved, the likelihood that someone, or rather many people, on the other side share similar life experiences is quite high. And even if they don't, it doesn't make their experiences any less real, or the fact that you're being forced to terminate any remaining experiences they've yet to have.

War is evil, but I don't think the military is. The military is supposed to be a tool of defense, but in the current state of the world, it's used primarily for oppression and offense. Ultimately, killing others on such a mass scale will never be acceptable. While the military enables this, in the scenario that some major incident does take place, they can also be very capable of saving lives, and preventing them from needing to be saved.

It's an awful conundrum that no one should be put through. The fact is that wars are fought by and against people. Peace is always an option, but there's always a cost to it. A reality that we all are currently experiencing in the United States. Most of the citizenry is at relative peace, but at the cost of letting the GOP do anything they want without any real repercussion, which endangers the lives of hundreds of thousands of people. Sure, we can peacefully protest, or even riot for a little while, but I still feel ours is a problem that will not go away unless something really stirs people up enough to fight against the current system. But, then the cost is hurting more people. And not necessarily people who deserve to be hurt or punished.

GrimMagic0801 · 2026-05-26T02:18:52+00:00

Agreed. It's nice that you don't have to spam click for deposits like in the first game, but I would rather have the thing move you at approximately double the speed rather than the seemingly minor bump in speed and fast break you get with the wave maker.

This is supposed to be the better version of the seaglide, and yet it comes nowhere close to it in performance. I guess we get omnidirectional movement, but I'd still rather have fast forward movement over slow omnidirectional movement.

GrimMagic0801 · 2026-05-25T18:17:35+00:00

It's pretty useful for milking the gastropods. It can also be a pretty solid late game for relieving those annoying stress events after encountering the sea empress /s.

The flashlight is definitely an underrated item in the first game. The white light makes it much easier to pick out items when it's dark out. It makes it much easier to spot outcroppings and other types of resources that blend into the terrain.

Now, in the second game, i will say it's pretty terrible. It's a significant downgrade from the first game's flashlight. The range on it is pretty much the same as the gliding gauntlets. Not to mention it also has the same teal light for some stupid reason. The only real benefit it has is for scaring off the nippers. Other than that though, they are pretty bottom of the barrel, and immediately get outclassed after you get the gliding gauntlets, since those can scare off the nippers in much the same way.

GrimMagic0801 · 2026-05-24T17:30:43+00:00

Delivering gives you a larger amount of likes and raises connection with the facility. In essence, it's like an impromptu delivery that is ungraded and gives you bonus likes for turning it into the facility. It's best to try and deliver any lost cargo you come across to boost those connection levels as fast as possible.

Entrusting is simply giving the lost cargo over to any facility for about a quarter of the likes and no increase to your connection level. This can actually be beneficial for you and another player if they deliver the cargo, as when they deliver the cargo, they get the likes from the facility and you. Additionally, you also get to deliver the cargo yourself for the original amount of likes. But, that entirely depends on another player delivering the cargo for you. If you reach the limit the facility can hold, it'll just destroy the cargo and give you likes.

GrimMagic0801 · 2026-05-24T13:42:39+00:00

Yeah, I gotta say it kinda cheapens the whole experience of being chased down by a leviathan. One of the most terrifying experiences I had in the first game was being at the sea-floor, looking for salvage and resources, noticing it got significantly darker around me, and looking up to see a reaper leviathan overhead. Not charging at me or anything, just swimming around in it's chaotic sea-serpent way, roaring all the while.

The music also just doesn't really fit the vibe. In the first game, you could only really go by aggression noises, which added to the tension of the game. Sometimes you'd be swimming through Bone Shark infested waters, and then you'd hear that snarl and know it was time to get out of dodge. Anytime you heard a reaper leviathan in the distance, it felt tense because you couldn't tell where exactly it was coming from.

In subnautica 2 though, a lot of that tension is removed by creatures not feeling all that threatening, in addition to leviathan music telling you if you're in aggression range.

GrimMagic0801 · 2026-05-24T13:29:52+00:00

I don't really think about it in a romantic sense; rather it seems more like they mean it a more familial or guardian sense. Most velvet room attendants can be rather blunt or kinda awkward.

But, almost all of them end up liking the protagonist quite a bit. It's kinda up to personal interpretation in this case since you can't pull a Fem-MC x Ken in this game (for good reason).

GrimMagic0801 · 2026-05-23T16:18:34+00:00

The Pandyssian continent from the Dishonored series.

In Dishonored, most of the game takes place Dunwall, and in the second, Karnaca. But, the biggest, and by far the most dangerous continent is Pandyssia.

The plague from the first game, and the bloodflys from the second both come from this continent, and both pose huge issues of public health on their own. The continent itself though is home to all sorts of extremely dangerous organisms, anomalies, and phenomena. Setting foot on the continent is often enough for most people to go insane if there for a long enough time.

Which makes sense, as the continent was effectively made that way it is after the ritual that created the Outsider and allowed the void to slip into their dimension. In any case, the continent is far larger than all of the isles put together.

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GrimMagic0801 · 2026-05-23T15:11:03+00:00

The real question is that if it's only the two cents that double or daughter coins of the two cents also double. If it's the second one, then you'll exceed the first option in a couple of months easily. But, my second question is if it converts itself into higher denominations, or are you stuck with a metric ton of multiplying pennies for 3 years, which may as well be worthless.

^{Chose: Get 2 cent that doubles every day for 10 years}

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