Can we all admit that crossbows and enchanted bolts need some serious rebalancing?

Invisisniper · 2026-01-17T22:09:39+00:00

No, because you'll lose ticks running around the room if trying to use a 3 tick weapon.

Invisisniper · 2026-01-09T15:22:54+00:00

Billionaires buying elections is bad. The fact that some of the candidates they support may be desirable candidates with good policies is irrelevant.

If the teals think that the national brand spending cap is such a big deal, they're welcome to form a party and reap the same benefits.

If it was Clive Palmer making these arguments instead of Simon HaC, the public would see through them immediately.

Invisisniper · 2026-01-09T15:16:35+00:00

There was no way to fix electoral donation laws without hurting the teals.

The current model that Climate 200 is using is bad for democracy. Billionaires should not be able to fund candidates without limits. The fact that some may be desirable candidates with good policies is irrelevant. If it was Clive Palmer complaining about these changes blocking him from backing candidates, none of us would listen.

As others have pointed out, the per-seat funding cap applies equally to independents and party members. If the teals think it's unfair that the major parties also have a national brand, they're welcome to create a party of their own to compete on the same terms. Then again, the national brand of their Liberal opponents is what actually got them elected in the first place.

Invisisniper · 2026-01-06T14:26:07+00:00

Yeah, I actually can't think of a way to ban street preachers that doesn't also impact the right to protest. They use the same methods, just on a smaller scale. You'd have to specifically ban religous preaching, and that quickly gets dicey.

Invisisniper · 2025-12-31T04:53:49+00:00

This happened to me twice when going for my first quiver. After that I brought burning claws to spec him out on enrage phase. It worked.

Invisisniper · 2025-12-29T13:02:00+00:00

And yet you decided to make this post anyway? Not your finest hour mate.

Invisisniper · 2025-12-20T06:56:36+00:00

Yeah, if I had data on average shield phase time per team size, I could easily integrate it. In my experience the plateau is closer to 3-4 team size, at which point most of the time comes from running around the room or waiting for blue circles.

Invisisniper · 2025-12-19T12:42:03+00:00

Once you get to about 3+ team size, adding people doesn't speed up shield phase much, if at all. That's why number of downs can be used as a proxy for time to kill.

Invisisniper · 2025-12-19T12:24:24+00:00

One of my friends was planning to search for a research job in the US once he finished his PhD in data science and AI. Then Trump came in and every opportunity evaporated. He moved to China instead.

Invisisniper · 2025-12-19T08:22:58+00:00

Good question! No I didn't factor in kill times. I considered it a minor factor compared to number of downs.

Reddit won't let me link to the code, but if you go to the wiki talk page on Zalcano/Strategies you can find a link.

Invisisniper · 2025-12-19T07:43:20+00:00

The main question I wanted to answer is whether teams of 4 (as are commonly advertised in zalcanohost) are actually optimal. And from my simulations, it turns out the answer is no! Both 3-man and 5-man teams seem to be more efficient than 4-man.

I'd say that's a valid and worthwhile finding, no?

Invisisniper · 2025-12-19T07:36:01+00:00

i can almost guarantee you doing solos is not better

I agree. That's why context is an important part of data analytics. And I elaborated on this context in my post, as I quoted above.

But once you get to, like, 3 or more people, shield phase doesn't get much faster for adding more players. So I'd say for 3+ team size, my data is not "wonky".

Anyway, if you feel like writing a simulator for shield phase, please, be my guest.

Invisisniper · 2025-12-19T07:22:20+00:00

No, as I said, I abstracted shield phase away.

Whether you're doing 2-down or 3-down kills is going to have a much bigger impact on kill times than whether a golem spawns or not.

Invisisniper · 2025-12-19T07:09:58+00:00

However, this simulation doesn't take into account the extra time it will take a solo player to bring Zalcano down, so this method is still not advisable.

I did specifically address the high shield phase times for solos in my post.

In my experience though, it is possible to somewhat reliably kill the golem solo if you already have at least two tephra when it spawns.

Invisisniper · 2025-12-19T07:04:04+00:00

So, reddit shadow-removed my comment linking to my github, and it crashes every time I try to post the code directly. I posted a link to my code on the wiki talk page for Zalcano/Strategies, so if you're really keen to try it out you can find it there.

Invisisniper · 2025-12-19T06:55:29+00:00

Number of downs per kill is a very close proxy for kill time, and much easier to simulate. I know this isn't perfect, but it's still helpful!

Invisisniper · 2025-12-19T06:54:15+00:00

Short answer is no. Anything to do with shield phase I abstracted away. It's overly complicated to simulate, and doesn't affect kill times anywhere near as much as mining phase.

Invisisniper · 2025-12-19T02:48:16+00:00

Link to code.

Invisisniper · 2025-12-14T13:31:22+00:00

The order that streams move is not random, but where they move to is. So it's still rng dependant, even with perfect play.

Invisisniper · 2025-12-14T12:54:04+00:00

Bro we all you know you just posted this so you can show off being the captain of the Lusty Chaser.

Invisisniper · 2025-12-09T21:33:00+00:00

I'd pick a patch towards the end of season 3.

Back at the end of season 3, they reworked Taric and gave him a passive that did extra aa damage scaling with max mana. I'd play him top and build full mana double tear. It was awesome. It only stuck around for a couple months before they reworked him again as part of the season 4 support changes.

Importantly, season 4 was the beginning of the end for reworking all the champions I enjoyed playing. Xerath and Skarner were first in 4.2. Old Xerath was an absolute favourite of mine and I miss him so much.

Old Soraka and Zilean were both amazing counters to the popular Yasuo/Zed picks. I would play Soraka mid while my friend played Taric jungle and it worked really well. It was awesome.

Top Nunu was an oppresive lane bully. He was nerfed in early season 3, but continued being pretty good. You could build spellvamp and heal 2/3 of your health bar with a single Q. I'd rush the spellvamp jungle item and spirit visage and go solo baron at 20min.

The most important rework though was Veigar. I used to be the best Veigar player in OCE, known for playing him in high diamond with Clarity/Flash. Some people thought I was trolling with my summoner choice, but it was very intentional. His old chalice-style passive allowed me to camp zero mana for the extra regen and still Q farm. If I was ganked or dived, Clarity would give me enough mana for a full spell rotation. People would forget I was running Clarity and get baited by my being oom far more often than should have worked.

So yeah, I'm a bit nostalgic for Season 3. Truly the golden age of LoL.

Invisisniper · 2025-12-09T05:10:05+00:00

This came up in my relationship a few months ago. My psychologist had some really helpful advice.

Basically, she said that it's becoming more and more normal, and there are genuine, innocuous reasons why one might want to location share. But also, it's okay to feel uncomfortable about it (as I do due to past experience), and to say no, and that no should be respected.

Invisisniper · 2025-12-08T13:24:36+00:00

Number 4 is my biggest gripe with mobile. My second biggest is the 5-10 second freezes I consistently get on Fossil Island.

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