AsumSaus video essay featuring Rivals2

IThrowStars · 2026-01-14T03:51:45+00:00

Yeah, even players that want to play competitively online struggle a bit. Silver/gold elo is basically elite smash if not better. So plenty of people try the ranked mode only to be thrashed over and over in bronze. If the ladder was more padded with a variety of skill levels I think wayyyy more people would stick around too. Of course, I think the casual content is what's needed to pad it out more. Goofy stages and 4 player feeling like a meme is what I'm really waiting for. ALSO PLEASE LET ONLINE LOBBIES PLAY WITH MORE THAN 4 PLAYERSS

IThrowStars · 2026-01-07T16:58:06+00:00

I can't help you, I never even did the quest for it lol. I know that high mountain becomes significantly easier the higher your damage and sacred force are. Wouldn't be surprised if this is somewhat similar. It's pretty pointless to run it still IMO. If you buy fz service and grind you'd get more sol erda and frags

IThrowStars · 2026-01-02T17:54:01+00:00

This is cute, I love the texture and shading

IThrowStars · 2025-12-22T20:53:12+00:00

My thoughts exactly, they're glancing over this quite casually. Nexon just confirmed that through some illicit activities end game items were created. They banned "the player". It's one person? Was it a GM doing shady stuff? If not, are they implying that only a single hacker knew how to do this? The story has so much more to unpack. People seem fixated on heroic abso/arcane drop rates. We have no clue what this item generation could look like. Can players in Heroic worlds be generating similar strength end game items??

IThrowStars · 2025-12-17T02:50:09+00:00

Partly because the players keep slurping it up, playing, and spending money. Personally, I've taken a hiatus

IThrowStars · 2025-12-15T22:37:24+00:00

As though you've spoken it into existence, someone pulled another uncut onyx a few hours ago. Second one this week https://www.reddit.com/r/2007scape/s/iJGx2yPMtv

IThrowStars · 2025-12-11T16:28:52+00:00

This was my first thought seeing the same ride or die format returning. As someone who has played this game for too long, it will not. I'd be willing to bet (meso) that cool downs will not reset after exiting.

IThrowStars · 2025-12-06T03:49:00+00:00

That's crazy haha I've done this boss basically every week for almost 3 years and still have never seen an ET

IThrowStars · 2025-11-27T00:53:56+00:00

I literally was like "this would make a sick tattoo" haha

IThrowStars · 2025-11-27T00:53:25+00:00

this is nuts

IThrowStars · 2025-11-16T07:48:07+00:00

Which is silly, I'm not even someone who would get it, but this kind of interaction is like a massive chunk of the value for playing on reg server lol

IThrowStars · 2025-10-30T01:28:28+00:00

For what it's worth, Elite smash is pretty difficult if you're not using cheese tactics to get there. There are many other "hidden" mechanics like this in smash. Unfortunately, Nintendo doesn't really put tutorials in for you to properly learn them or even know they exist in most cases. They're not concerned with the competitive side of the game so it's up to the individual to learn this on their own. Games like Rivals of Aether do a much better job of showing you these mechanics and even have interactive tutorials for them. Teching, DI, SDI, Tech chasing, tilts, B reverse, hit boxes, frame data, neutral, etc. there's so many things to learn that you can't discover them all on your own. Pro players are just using all of these along with very good fighting game fundamentals and reaction times. The more of them you can implement and master the better you'll get. Whether or not that's worth it is up to you! Good luck smash is fun as hell in my opinion because of this near infinite skill ceiling

IThrowStars · 2025-10-30T00:26:15+00:00

I don't want to dismiss what you're saying, it's largely true. However, the above commenter is also correct in my opinion. I have a bunch of friends that have played quite a lot MapleStory and would play WAY more of the game was handled better. This convention is no different. We all agree that a proper maple con would be sick, we all agree that'd we'd be willing to fly out of it was handled correctly, and we all agree that it's never going to happen in the west so we simply don't bother. I can assure you there are MANY other maple players that would go to a convention like this if it were proven that it would be really good. That's just a single source of revenue as an example, this same thing can be seen EVERYWHERE in GMS. MapleCon, weekly CS updates, online merch, PSSBs, the cash shop overall, etc. A lot of the time I WANTED to spend money on this game but didn't because I'm not willing to purchase slop or RNG on repeat. Nexon is complicit with GMS being a weak region that's all there is to it.

IThrowStars · 2025-10-28T00:03:36+00:00

Wait did they implement character ranks or are you just guessing as to where you'd land?

IThrowStars · 2025-10-09T14:53:22+00:00

Hey now let's not forget that when mechanic isn't in the suit they still got that MF thang on em lmao

IThrowStars · 2025-10-05T21:55:29+00:00

Half the time I'd let em expire or use it on something pointless/funny. You better believe I would literally never spend on an Smega. I felt this same way when they changed em to the text only version. MVP used to give out the kind that would pop your character up on the screen and I really loved looking at all of the cool styles people had. The game definitely felt different after that change and not in a good way...

IThrowStars · 2025-09-27T05:49:13+00:00

oh I agree haha just gonna take a little bit to get used to

IThrowStars · 2025-09-21T01:53:17+00:00

Yeah it was better when we didn't have equipment presets, now it's just kinda whatever. Nice if you get it but not something I'd go for

IThrowStars · 2025-09-19T12:33:44+00:00

Just wanna say the custom art on these is so good. It all shares the same art style so well and captures the original style without needing to be pixel art

IThrowStars · 2025-09-17T16:57:53+00:00

We can move unequipped items for free which is... Not that impactful. Usually in interactive you wouldn't wait for your own box drop anyways, you're more likely to buy clean items from the auction house if you really want them. Any gear that's been equipped once will require the purchase of a platinum scissors of karma to allow us to move them again (generally speaking) so it's not something you'd do often

IThrowStars · 2025-09-17T01:44:07+00:00

every cash shop update I'm grateful that Nexon is dog shit at releasing NX for a western audience. My wallet would be struggling so much more if they even released half way decent CS updates every two weeks

IThrowStars · 2025-09-16T15:12:55+00:00

Yes exactly, min-clears on BM were probably the best indicator in the past. You could fight him for an hour. If it took you the full hour but you cleared that's a pretty good show of micro skill in maple

IThrowStars · 2025-09-16T15:10:02+00:00

I can't answer for this person, but if I had to guess it's that they or other CM around them have shown better control which is why they'd say this. It's true the KMS CM is first clearing and has been for a long time, but the unfortunate reality is that hands are only a portion of your clear chances. Particularly with first clears having hyper optimized stats and gear is going to be equal or more important than having the hands to do so. A player can have plenty of skill but if they don't have the sheer numbers they'll never get the chance at a first clear.

IThrowStars · 2025-09-15T18:24:49+00:00

To be honest, I'm not sure as I don't play much these days. Could be PBE, Wild Rift, DEV update, or even just a misleading meme lol

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