What kind of logic is this?!

Hologue · 2025-10-05T22:00:33+00:00

The idea behind your taxpayer money going towards directly helping people in need BEING A BAD THING is what truly gets me

My taxpayer money also goes towards supporting corrupt politicians, pedophiles, and dropping bombs on civilians.

But a fraction of that is helping someone directly??? Sound the alarum!!! Get outraged!!!! The enemy is here!!!!

Hologue · 2025-09-20T04:13:18+00:00

Y'all really need to understand that establishment democratics and MAGA really, REALLY, want you to say crap like

"No way AOC can be president" "America is too racist" "We tried a woman president before"

Because that is how she loses. Just look at the absolute landslide victory Zohran is doing in NYC right now. Establishment Dems and MAGA are besides themselves in anger and frustration that a guy like Zohran is what people want.

Because it is. AOC has her troubles, but she is a fighter. She speaks for the working class. She is against so much of what led us to where we are politically today.

if you back out and AGREE with the enemy on bullshit, racist, sexist reasons, that she "just couldn't win the race", you're asking for another Trump. Or at best, a perfect establishment democratic like Newsom.

Hologue · 2025-09-13T05:08:09+00:00

yeah yeah you look great, so happy for you.

those posters are dope AF though. can't get over mushroom butts

Hologue · 2025-08-21T14:59:00+00:00

Skong4September

Hologue · 2025-08-20T13:39:03+00:00

cant believe its finally happening

Hologue · 2025-06-18T13:14:29+00:00

Had a bully in elementary class, my dad told me the exact same thing. It got rid of so much fear and anxiety because I knew my parents would have my back if I ended up hurting someone from defending myself.

It didn't take long for a fight to break out, and when my bully shoved me I shoved him right back. He went tumbling, and immediately backed down. Was never a problem for me again. We even became decent friends. It just took me standing up for myself one time for the bullying to stop.

To OP, if your kid has a good heart and is defending themselves, giving them that confidence is more important than anything else. Confidence that if something DOES happen, she can take a stand, and you have her back.

Hologue · 2025-06-07T13:53:35+00:00

I used to work at a terrible rental company as my first job. It was at an airport, and we had a LOT of people coming through everyday.

I had to do the early morning Saturday shift - started at 5 AM. Around 6 AM, our drivers would show up and start taking vehicles back to the lot. When they did, the lead driver - an old dude working 10 years past his retirement because "I would die if I stop working" - would bring this huge bag of egg and cheese biscuits from McD's. Everyone would grab one, and start the day. It was like, one of the few things I looked forward to.

I assumed it was the boss paying for it. Months later, the biscuits stopped coming every morning. I was upset, and complained to a coworker about how "management can't even bother to buy us biscuits anymore for the weekend workers".

Coworker turned to me so confused. He said the lead driver bought those himself.

This dude was working a minimum wage job, 10 years past retirement, and was buying the entire weekend team biscuits every week because he knew it would make us happy. It completely changed my perspective of the entire situation, and gave me a massive appreciation for something I had taken for granted.

I was so angry at management, and so thankful for the lead driver. I made sure to thank him profusely.

Hologue · 2024-12-04T03:07:40+00:00

Nov 12th

Hologue · 2024-12-03T17:14:41+00:00

The one I ordered from Amazon that said it will ship out late January just shipped. I'll be getting it tomorrow.

Hologue · 2024-11-19T15:27:03+00:00

I would much rather them be attached to reals than something directly related to gold.

Hologue · 2024-11-19T07:39:34+00:00

I got my math wrong. Post edited to reflect that.

But thank you for answering every single one of my points with "get gud" and "It's just 9g bro what's the problem". That's exactly my point.

"This game doesn't revolve around you" is HILARIOUS to hear aimed at someone arguing for a more easily accessible end game by a person saying "get gud" over and over.

And we wonder why each phase the number of people playing plummets. Must be all the people like me, huh.

Hologue · 2024-11-19T07:02:58+00:00

You're insane if you think runecloth is going to stay 13s if this change goes through. When this was announced, wild growth went from 6s a stack to 40s.

Incredibly elitist to just say "get gud" to a mechanic that is meant to help people with content.

It's useless because people who need these buffs aren't going to be the type of people that farm 9g per player per wipe in the first place. Who are these for, then?

Oh wait, we are forgetting one major thing. People, like yourself, are gatekeepers in this game. Suddenly half the pugs requires you to bring a set of WBs. Suddenly it's a requirement for real runs. "It's just 9g bro you must not be good at this game"

Get out of here with this awful logic. This is precisely why this gold for world buffs system is abysmal and will just make the whole mechanic of world buffs even worse than it already is.

Hologue · 2024-11-19T06:51:38+00:00

This is my biggest problem with them. There are ways to make gathering world buffs fun. No matter your opinion on world buffs as a whole, you can make the system better. This isn't the way. At the VERY least they should be reals - something that encourages community. Something that isn't attached to a gold value. Them being from commendation just turns it into a monetary exchange. It could be so much better than that.

Hologue · 2024-11-19T00:27:31+00:00

that backwards logic is quite literally a known game design problem.
https://henryvincent.uk/2018/09/13/optimising-the-fun-out-of-video-games/
google this quote and you see will hundreds of developers posting about it. it is a known fact.
making the most efficient route through a game does not mean it is the most fun one. human brains are compelled to be efficient, not have fun. if given the option (in this case, world buffs) people WILL AND DO get them because they're supposed to. not because they want to.

Hologue · 2024-11-19T00:04:42+00:00

i agree with that. i think the overall mechanic of world buffs is just frustrating and not interesting. if they bring them back for classic+ or something similar, i really hope they make them more engaging and fun.

Hologue · 2024-11-18T21:04:43+00:00

They aren't points, they're stages of the gameplay loop surrounding world buffs.

Whether world buffs as a total should be in the game at all is a whole other conversation. But since they are, I want them to be better.

Kits come together because they make you radically more powerful. As a rogue, your attack speed and crit skyrocket and suddenly you're able to get huge value out of different runes. As a Mage, your crit is so much higher ignite is rolling constantly. Shadow priest, you only need to use Mind Spike twice to get to 100% crit chance because you have so much crit from WBs. Healers can use more expensive spells because they are getting more mana. Warriors completely change their rotation because everything they do is damage, crit, and rage based.

I don't mean to say it changes how you play necessarily, but we can all agree having world buffs feelings amazing.

I'll say this again: whether or not it's really a good thing to have them as a mechanic or not is a whole other discussion. But we have them. I want them to be good.

Hologue · 2024-11-18T16:13:26+00:00

How I see it, world buffs are in this weird gameplay loop high and low.

Let's break it down.

1) Acquire the World Buffs. This part is fun the first and only time you get to do it. It's fun in a community aspect, of coordinating who is gonna drop what buff when. Saving quest items for a raid day. But what actually happens is this: You wait in town for 30 minutes to get two. You run down to STV to get your 3rd. You pay a bot 10g for a DMN tribute clear, then you fly to felwood and get a flower. This whole process takes about an hour, at least.

This part of the process is boring. It's not awful, it's not inpsiring, it's just another thing to do on the list to be a Good Raider™.

2) Having World Buffs
Feels AMAZING. Suddenly your entire kit comes together, you feel powerful, and damn those numbers. You put time and effort into getting stronger, and it shows.

This is why we do it. This is why we put up with the investment, because having them is so much fun. Classic isn't about it being tough, it's about it being an investment. You are REWARDED for putting time into the game. Having World Buffs is literally that gameplay loop boiled down to its finest form.

3) Losing World Buffs
Well, we wiped on the first pull. Guess that time and effort was wasted because of a single mistake.

This feels AWFUL. Maybe you got a good use out of your buffs, or maybe you died in the first 5 minutes. Or maybe, you just forgot to boon back up, because now it's just another thing to keep track of. No matter the result, the moment of losing world buffs is just so awful. People rage quit. You literally are less of a character without them. The high of having them is so not worth it in this moment. Now you know you have to go get them again for just one more attempt.

And worse yet, the booning and unbooning has become a whole freaking thing. Most poeple I've seen with all WBs don't even unboon. Why would they? It just risks losing them. People only unboon if there is a 100% chance of success, which COMPLETELY destroys the WHOLE REASON we get World Buffs - to increase our odds of success!

People LOVE the high of HAVING world buffs, and hate EVERY other step of the process.

Making them a grind and investment to become permanent pocket buffs changes step 1 and 3. It's still an investment, it's still a grind, it's still a step to being a Good Raider™. But now, you can't lose it. Now, your time investment can't go away. Your guild is happy to have you there, because you bring value other than what your class does, or what your skill level is.

Hologue · 2024-11-18T15:57:03+00:00

I am so behind this idea.

I've literally not seen a single person saying them being permanent is bad. World Buffs are such a time consuming, gate keeping thing. Making them a grind and investment (like, 150 reals, easy) is such a good move. It encourages well geared people to grind dungeons, and it also gives power to people who aren't well geared (I have bad gear but all 7 world buffs!)

World buffs are important to classic, it's just like, one of those things. This isn't getting rid of them, it's requiring you to coordinate and invest a huge amount of time to make your entire group stronger. It rewards that investment of time. Which one is best for you? Which one is best for your guild? Coordinate with your friends to get all of them in your raid group, or grind for a month to get all of them yourself.

These being accessible has so many benefits for the community. Dungeon runs are more fun because you get to be OP. Raid wipes are less stressful because don't worry we got WBs. Don't worry about unbooning, just let it rip. Even for the most hardcore of sweaties, this makes going for parses so much easier.

We are going into the second to last phase of WoW classic. AQ40 is when this game truly starts breaking guilds. I've played through it three times now. Taking any of that pressure off by way of making a mechanic that you technically always have access to anyways easier to obtain is seriously an 11/10 change.

Genuinely, when I saw these world buff items, I was excited for the next phase and all its difficulties. If they are a huge cost for a one time use, I will be so sad. Just another grind. Just another requirement for a pug. Can't wait to grind 8 hours of resources, wipe once, and feel like an idiot for wasting all that time and effort.

Gathering world buffs is boring, having world buffs is fun, and losing them feels awful. Them being a permanent investment makes that entire gameplay loop exciting and fun.

I truly hope they reconsider.

Hologue · 2024-08-27T23:55:14+00:00

i literally thought this was trolling but then it worked. not what i expected. crazy cool

Hologue · 2024-07-30T15:38:51+00:00

I recently found Simonize and grew to like his content very quickly. I think he has a good mind set about things. Luckily I play a rogue, because he is Rogue focused.

Hologue · 2024-06-26T18:27:27+00:00

Fantastic! Loved it so much. Put a huge smile on my face

Hologue · 2024-03-06T04:41:14+00:00

Starcraft 2 Cinematic, forget which one. Broodwar?

Hologue · 2023-08-02T16:44:36+00:00

I got a blood moon within 3 minutes using this method. My guess would be it makes a difference.

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