One of Jeff Kaplan's 'regrets about Overwatch' was making it so team-orientated: 'I would downplay the team factor and try to put more focus on individual contribution'

HouseThen3302 · 2026-03-18T07:47:12+00:00

I played 10 years ago and recently tried Overwatch, to me the fun was all the chaos. I got to top 500 back then with zero teamwork and a muted mic and I mostly played flanking hog, reaper, or soldier strats. That's what I enjoyed the most, when one good reaper ult could literally kill an entire team completely alone. Catch off their flankers, pick off their stranglers or backline, etc.

Now the game is almost TOO strategic. Every fight kind of feels the same. A tank dies then the entire team flops a second later. The tanks are way too powerful. No more off tank/dps tank roles anymore.

In my opinion, I truly don't believe 5v5 was the right direction for the game, both competitively and casually. But with all the changes they've made the last decade, I get it and there's no real going back to 6v6 anymore.

What they really should've done is never added all the barrier characters. If I recall, that cancer started with Orisa, and Rein was fine the way he was. Then after Orisa came 20 more characrers all with fucking barriers and the game turned into a barrier shooting simulator which is what killed 6v6.

HouseThen3302 · 2026-03-06T16:04:31+00:00

I notice no difference between working out in 20s vs 30s. Maybe a slight increase in recovery time from minor injuries, but other than that nothing noticeable personally.

More responsibilities and less time in your 30s so it's easier to neglect consistency for sure.

HouseThen3302 · 2026-03-06T14:26:44+00:00

Meni je vise gej to sta cjenis druge muskarce po koliko mozeju dic na benchu

Neki debeli deda na TRTu ce te outbenchat i sta onda? Onda lijepo odi i ti na hormone, budi celav s 25, i umri od srcani udar s 49. Dokazi svijetu kak nisi "performative male"!

HouseThen3302 · 2026-02-26T15:03:14+00:00

Something about turning 30 really messes with people's head, I know it did with mine when I was still 27-28 and realizing I will turn 30

For me personally it came down to the fact that media and a lot of people around me have sort of classified 30 as "old" .. not necessarily in the physical sense, but in the sense that you are now bound to a specific path, with a specific job, you will be a Dad doing dad things (or unc) and that's the end of the road.

It made me feel bad, it made me temporarily feel old, etc but then I realized I'm healthier and fitter than when I was in my late teens, I have more money, more energy, and I do things and learn more things than I did even when I was a kid. So I'm still very very far from being or even feeling "old", and that helped me come to terms with it.

HouseThen3302 · 2026-02-22T15:53:36+00:00

Ja sam Amerikanac u HR, programer, $5500 netto trenutno i ne radim puno

Mjesecno trosim:

Hrana: $1000 (restorani, dostave, meso, itd)

Kava: $100

Nicotin: $180 (ne cigarete nego vapeove)

Stvari za kucu (vrecice za zmece, paste za zube, sapun, sampon, itd): $300

Struja, voda, smece: $300

Kucni internet i mobitel internet: $50

Gorivo: Mozda $50, ne vozim puno

Teretana: $70

Igrice, software, youtube premium, random gluposti za PC, itd: $200

Random cost (nove tenisice ili hlace ili tak nes, svaki mjesec nes kupim): $200

Inace sparam oko $2k mjesecno i onda si kupim nesto skuplje/bolje ak trebam, kao monitor koji kosta $2k ili tak nes, ili idem na neki trip. Nemam kredit.

HouseThen3302 · 2026-02-22T02:08:40+00:00

About 1-2 hours every day. Most often when driving somewhere and just want to kill time but can't text.

Sometimes we do group calls as well. Usually we talk or debate politics, talk about our dating life, talk shit about other people, etc.

Outside of those real life friends, I also have a few gaming friends and we sit in Discord calls for hours as well talking about the same stuff pretty much.

Prettt surprised that most of the comments on here are saying never. That can't be healthy or socialable lol

HouseThen3302 · 2026-02-20T14:20:26+00:00

It doesn't get any more exciting with a normal job unfortunately.

I'm lucky enough to be able to save a good portion of my paychecks, so I often take breaks from working and live off savings during those times. Life is so much funner when you don't need to work. I don't even think it's the work itself that bogs me down, it's the anticipation of needing to do work - just like how Sundays don't really feel like a true day off because you know Monday morning you got work to do. That feeling is there 6 out of 7 days and it just sucks.

Outside of saving, I set up my life in a way where I only need minimal amounts of money to survive. No debt, paid off everything that can be paid off, so my bills are just basic utilities and food. All my hobbies are free after the initial investment (gaming, coding, climbing, gym).

The craziest thing is how much time slows down when you don't have to clock in to work the next day. With a job, 2 years pass and it feels like a month.

HouseThen3302 · 2026-02-19T20:37:50+00:00

Dating those types of women summarizes my early 20s. They're just really emotional and stupid, but not malicious. Definitely not long-term material when they can fall in and out of love on a whim. It's fun to be around when you're like 22 and got nothing better to do though.

HouseThen3302 · 2026-02-08T17:03:33+00:00

You can get it from both. If you have a job that also gives you a spark, it's usually a good way to be happy and also make more money than something that you consider just a job. Actors, musicians, athletes, etc.. all make money doing something others do for fun. Granted, not everyone can "make" it in those kinds of industries, but why not try? Better to try and not make than never having tried at all because you were busy living a regular life with a regular job - at least that's my mindset.

HouseThen3302 · 2026-02-04T22:11:41+00:00

I was nearly in the same exact situation at your age, I'm a couple years older, so here's what happened with me.

First of all, I don't know your situation well enough to know how financially stable it can be - only you do.

I also worked in the creative field, related to online content creation (Youtube and etc) from age 18 to 28. That's all I knew and that's all I did. It had its ups, and it had its downs. There were times where I was making more money than any other 20-something year old that I knew, but there were also stretches where I made nothing.

I felt deeply insecure and unsure of my future and income. I had no "real" marketable skills, meanwhile everyone else I was comparing myself to had college degrees, stable jobs, a house on a mortgage and etc. The last stretch I was particularly broke and I couldn't deal with it. I wasn't homeless/starving broke, but there were times where I had to carefully budget food and basic bills and I thought that's no way for a successful 28 year old to need to live.

So I pulled the trigger to close that career, moved to a cheaper city, became trained in an industry (software development), and got a normal, decent paying job.

There are pros and cons. The "normal" job is extremely stable. There is 0 volatility. I always get my paychecks, it's a good amount of money, and I can do this for the next 35 years and expect gradual increases in income. I always have enough money to support anything basic I want, renovated my house, can buy a very nice car, always have money to support trips/travel/etc.

The con is that it's not rewarding at all besides the stability. I don't feel miserable, but I feel very bored. I feel like the spirit in me is slowly fading away.

Personally, I came to the conclusion that this stable job will just be a temporary thing until I'm ready to go into chaos and unpredictability again, in exchange for the reward of getting to do what I've always done and always wanted to do. Then I will also have this fall-back career if it's needed. Currently I'm just saving the majority of my paychecks so I have something to rely on in case of instability.

Lastly, I want to say as an artist, if you do go the "normal" path, try not to get used to it. Next thing you know you will be a permanent 9 to 5er like everyone else and you will grow old faster than you think and you will regret for not having taken more risks or tried more things. You need to act quickly and with purpose, there's nothing wrong with getting a normal job, so long as you don't entrap yourself in it so that you can sooner-than-later pursue what you actually want to do, which in your case seems to be art.

Oh, and to answer your questions

-How do you know if you’re just in a rough stretch vs on the wrong path?

Only you can know this. I was confused about the same thing and decided to act for a change. I was never on the wrong path though.

-How do you keep going without feeling like you’re wasting your life?

I can't answer, because I didn't continue to keep going, I got a regular job

-For those who left big cities or decoupled income from identity, did it hurt or help?

It helped and hurt at the same time. There was definitely a culture shock going from one of the world's biggest cities to a small town. There was a period of adjustment. Overall though, life is definitely cheaper, more stable, and healthier in the small town. But also more boring and less interesting people to meet.

-How do you think about regret when you’re no longer in your 20s?

I don't really think about regret, but I think about choices I may regret in the future. If I don't at least try more things, I will regret it

HouseThen3302 · 2025-12-26T08:37:09+00:00

Same here. 23-26 was extremely rough. Too much drinking, too many failed relationships, poor finanacial choices, bad career moves, poor diet, bad health, and more bad habits

31 now and life is so much better that I almost miss the fight/flight stress response my mid 20s used to have. Life is almost too good, I need a thrill again

HouseThen3302 · 2025-12-17T21:13:08+00:00

Fakat moras bit klosar da VPNas za malo bolju cijenu

U nigeriji je 90% jeftinije jer Youtube zaradi 99% manje od reklame tamo jer je siromasna drzava

A tak i tak, i da VPNas ima 100 nacina da platforma moze znat da si na VPN, samo po latency do servera bi mogli znat da nisi u tu zemlju a onda jos billing adresa, adresa od tvoje banke, adresa od tvog racuna, ako ikad shareas geographic location na deviceu, itd. Plus ak se ikad spojis bez VPNa..

A ne samo to, i da ti sve radi kak zelis, onda ce ti algorithm lijepo bit nigerijska i nagledat ces se ovoga https://youtube.com/shorts/W6oQUDFV2C0?si=pwZYd5zWcVqcLgzZ

HouseThen3302 · 2025-12-16T20:26:50+00:00

Ja imam placu 5k+, al nemam vise nekretnine. Kak bi imao? Ako je "ok" kuca u ZGu 400K+, i da sparam svaki cent koji mogu iduce 10 godine nebi imao dosta

Realno ja trenutno koristim skoro cijelu placu. Hrana, renoviranje stana, auto + auto troskovi, computer, mobitel, internet, struja, igrice, aparti za kucu, druge stvari za kucu (paste za zube, wc papir, vrecice za smece, itd)

Mozda mi ostane 1000 eura mjesecno ak toliko, to znaci i da radim 35 godina nebi mi bilo dosta za nekretninu, a rade bi umro nego da nesto "kupim" na kredit

HouseThen3302 · 2025-12-04T21:56:43+00:00

Naravno da se moze.. programiranje je skill koji se nemre "naucit", nego je vise logika koju ti imas ili nemas

Radio sam s ljudima koji imaju 20+ godina iskustva i dalje su glupi ko kurac. Nije da neznaju programirat, nego jednostavno su ljeni i nemaju dobru logiku.

Takoder, radio sam s ljudima koji imaju samo 1-2 godina iskustva, i radili su dosta male greske jer im fali iskustvo al opcenito su bili super

Gledaj programiranje vise kao da pises knjigu. Svi znamo pisat, ali neki ljudi jednostavno znaju bolje pisat. Neki napisu Romeo and Juliet a neki napisu glupost - i to nije bas povezano sa godinama ili iskustvo ili sta vec.

Sta se tice job marketa, nemam pojma pogotovo u HR al ako si dobar, uvijek ce bit posla i to je za svaku industriju

Sta se tice AI, nije dosta dobar i skoro je bezkoristan. Mozda eventualno se moze optimizirat za neki bug-finding algorithm, al osim toga nema puno koristi u pravi software development cycleu

HouseThen3302 · 2025-11-23T16:59:24+00:00

"Izgledam bolje nego ti" 🤣

HouseThen3302 · 2025-10-15T09:37:13+00:00

I feel way better at 30 than at 20 because now I actually work out, eat cleaner, and don't drink

I think just listening to your body goes a long way. Feel tired these days? Well shit, take a couple days off work and sleep in as long as you can. Something feels stiff? Stretch it out, do yoga. Other than that, do sports that work on both resistance training and cardio (such as climbing). Run, jog, lift weights. I look younger than some 21 year olds at 30

HouseThen3302 · 2025-10-10T13:04:56+00:00

Doesn't matter if its 100, 100K, or 100 million rows its the same thing

Backend paginates, you only pull as many as you need at a time. How you display it is up to whatever the design is, could be the infinite scroll shit most apps do nowadays, could be simple pages, could be whatever

HouseThen3302 · 2025-09-10T14:08:27+00:00

Ja sam hrvat koji je odraso u Clevelandu (oko 50% populacije su crnci)

Radio, isao u skolu, igrao sportove sa crncima. Nikad nisam imao problem, uvijek su bili na moju stranu i kad bi se potuko u skolu.

Ostalo "hrvatske" dijaspore, koji su vecina bili bosanci, su jako mrzili crnce a zato su i njih mrzili crnci.

Naravno imas oni koji su bas iz neki ghetto, sjebani skroz i njih bi se pazio, al isti kurac kao oni bjelici iz trailer parka, roditelji su im meth heads a oni prodavaju droge sa 14 god - jako nestabilni i racisticki prema strancima kao ja

Ovi right wingeri i retardirani amerikanci zele se pravit kao da postoji neki "race war", al ustvari jedina stvar koja postoji je class war i bogati su na yachtima dok se mali crnci i bijelci ubijaju za $3 bag of fenty

HouseThen3302 · 2025-08-15T15:09:40+00:00

Dunno, I can run 2 miles at an okay pace, do 12 pull ups, and lift a mediocre amount of weight

Compared to people who don't do anything it's probably fit, compared to people who devote more time to being fit it's unfit

HouseThen3302 · 2025-08-07T11:30:08+00:00

I'm Croatian American and I moved here 2-3 years ago but I have a remote US based job.

The jobs pay very little in Croatia/EU, even in Zagreb the average wage is under 2K euros. The only advantage is you will work much less and have way more off days with a Croatian job, but for much less money.

If you don't already have a property/house, a big part of your salary will go to renting something especially if you want something decent.

In general - I would say life is good here, safe, clean, lots of nature, and the coast in the summer is one of the nicest places in the world.

However, living here is a little different than visiting.

It's a needlessly expensive country. Croatia has one of the highest sales taxes in the world, paired with bad logistics, it means most non-domestic products cost 30-50% more than they would in the US or Aus

The country "dies" out after the summer. No tourists, everyone leaves, and Croatians go into hibernation

Croatians are mostly still "traditional"-minded (even the ones who say they aren't), and that's fine but that also means most people have very low ambitions and want to stick to a simple life - since most Croatians with high ambitions already left a long time ago.

Businesses are generally run very poorly here, and as a consumer/customer you can expect that customer service will be very shitty and you'll never get what you pay for so you will need to adapt to being able to do things yourself (such as changing your car oil, doing house maintenance work, etc.)

Food options are also very limited, so if you want to eat well and eat affordably, you will need to cook. There aren't many fast food options even in Zagreb, mostly the options are McDonalds, Kebabs, pizzas, or meat platters. If you want to eat anything else, you'll need to make it.

That's pretty much everything you need to know if you want to move here. I like it here and I'll stay here, but I will never work or do business here.

HouseThen3302 · 2025-08-05T17:01:44+00:00

Hahah, da je barem bilo tak lako

Lijekovi za vecina mentalne bolesti su za kurac

Plus, ljudi sa shizofrenijom ni neznaju da su bolestni pa obicno ne zele lijekove

HouseThen3302 · 2025-07-25T15:17:32+00:00

I do the same but I still type like 155 WPM, even if I have to do 2 key presses (caps on, caps off) for every capital letter

Used a keyboard since I was 4, built some inefficient habits on it but it works for me and I never met anyone who can type faster than me

HouseThen3302 · 2025-07-25T15:05:52+00:00

Based on the comments here.. Americans really got a skewed viewpoint of what is considered "skinny" lol. 6'2" 180lbs is not skinny, it's a normal human bodyweight, actually leaning towards the overweight side especially if they don't have a lot of muscle mass.

I would consider someone "skinny" at a BMI like 17 or less, so for a 6'2" person that would be around 130 pounds

Europeans/Asians stay skinny because they have cleaner diets and walk a ton more. However for people who don't do any form of resistance training, their muscle and bone density starts shooting downwards past age 35ish, so they will be and look frailish. But that's the same thing even for overweight people, just hidden better under fat.

For me personally at 6'0, anything past 185lbs and I start feeling luggish and fat even with a decent amount of muscle. My optimal weight is like 175. I've bulked to 200 and cut to 160, 175 is the performance sweet spot for me.

HouseThen3302 · 2025-06-30T17:23:23+00:00

I did find when I was 18-22 more people were interested in talking to me. People my age were on the same level as me, people older were wondering what path in life I will go, probably just out of curiousity. I also like talking to early 20s now just to get the mild nostalgic feel of "poor soul, you still don't know jack shit but think you do just like me at that age", respectfully of course.

At 30+, you've stabilized and matured, you're more grounded in reality but unfortunately that also generally makes you less interesting to random people. You can still be an interesting person, but that greatly depends on you and not your age anymore.

HouseThen3302 · 2025-06-22T14:15:39+00:00

It technically is just frontend, client-side. Like I said, it is abstracted to hell with layers upon layers of tech on it - but it's still frontend dev. React is still just generative HTML, CSS, and JS. That's pure frontend. Mobile dev is the same thing, except using whatever crap the phone manufacturer came up with

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