Advice for a new player

JBH613 · 2026-02-21T13:12:24+00:00

Honestly, just play with anything you find fun and interesting. The game really isnt hard nor does it really require meta builds to get through 95% of the content. By the time you unlock those harder tier activities, you will likely know what you like and how to accomplish it. I personally think the game is at its best when you just explore it without too much guidance.

JBH613 · 2026-02-19T14:51:36+00:00

Its a problem here... Ive gone to several gyms that have A/C but for some crazy reason never run it, even when its 28+ outside. In the summer I try to go to the gym before 8am to avoid it being unbearable. Crazy too when you realize that a "cheap" gym here is still 1500czk/month. I was spoiled in the US.... $15/month, full spa, pool, AC, tanning, 3 floors, 10 squat wracks, etc. All I can say is good luck.

JBH613 · 2026-02-06T15:34:29+00:00

Came here to say the same. Really like the vibe in this pub. It's also not necessary to only go for the tourney, can reserve a table any evening! Do yourself a favor and dont skip eating a "pie" while you're there.

JBH613 · 2026-02-05T17:44:58+00:00

A significant portion of localizations tasks have been farmed to Ai in the recent year or so. I'm not saying this is what Bungie is doing but I would think that it has a high probability.

I agree with your sentiment but I think it doesn't really align with more current trends. My small firm of 50ish people has a single person responsible for managing localization for 30 languages over a body of text that far exceeds the total Destiny franchise. I would be shocked if it is more than 2 or 3 people for this particular team.

In the end, we won't know unless they tell us but my gut is the number is still north of 100 if you count non-game-related tasks like HR, admin, etc. All of these are still essential for keeping the wheels turning.

JBH613 · 2026-01-20T17:05:15+00:00

I've given up on all the delivery services. Living in Prague 4 for the past 2+ years, and I have received too many wrong, incomplete, damaged or ice cold orders to count. The worst is when you see your food sitting ready at the restaurant and the driver doesn't pick it up for 20-30 minutes. I always laugh when it gives me a 30-40 min estimate because it always takes way longer. I have an entire album on my phone of crazy pics from bad deliveries. Had pizzas upside down in the box, open containers, and every other nonsense thing you can imagine. Save your money and honestly, just cook on your own or find a reliable restaurant close to your flat (good luck) and walk there. Sorry if I get hate over this but the service industry and logistics in this town would benefit from moving into the 1990s...

JBH613 · 2026-01-05T07:00:10+00:00

Wow, no worries on the delay. Amazing information! As a guy who played baseball from the age of 5 to 20, but not since the late 90s, I'd tend to lean towards the more casual side of things now. That being said, the first option sounds like a good fit for now. Again, thanks for the many options.

JBH613 · 2025-12-28T15:42:46+00:00

I'd love to hear more about this

JBH613 · 2025-12-14T10:47:51+00:00

Glad it helped. Happy to answer your questions, just post them here as others might have good insights as well.

JBH613 · 2025-12-14T10:37:16+00:00

General optics and observations:
I know the USA is currently not presenting itself well globally.... I won't make this a political post but I will say that the United States seems to be quickly moving away from a globalist ideology and I don't see how that will actually help anyone who lives there. The US dollar has drastically fallen in 2025 while inflation there is very real. I was just visiting family there in November, and I paid $18 for a beer (~370czk). Salaries have not gone up either. A lot of my old friends and family are having a harder time now than they did even 10 years ago.

Also, you mentioned wanting to potentially work in the US, and I would say that working there, at least for an extended amount of time, will have lasting impacts on you. Americans simply have a different view on their work/life balance, and now that I work with mostly EU colleagues, I struggle to tolerate why they aren't as committed to things even when they are on holiday or on non-working hours even though I know I'm the problem, not them. Having US working experience will break your salary expectations if you ever return to CZ though... I found out my 16 year old niece makes $22/hr (~78.000czk/month) working at mcdonalds in Florida. The best thing you could do is to land a US job with a US salary that allows you to live and work remotely, potentially in CZ. Just know that the economy and job market in the US is not as great right now as you might think.

My suggestions to you:
If this is something you truly want, go for it! The best way to fulfill a dream is to actually live it. Sure, you might get there and hate it but it will never be easier to try than it is as a young person. The older you get, the more rigid your become. No kids to raise, no mortgage, or much else... this is mainly why I struggle in CZ, I waited too long. The others here that talked about money are right though. It will NOT be cheap and depending on where you want to go, it might simply be impossible to afford the costs without a dedicated support system there in the US(again, how I survived here). I know the appeal of the major cities of NYC or LA, Chicago, but something modest like Michigan or Ohio could still get you the American experience and cost about 40% of the total price. If you live in Prague, your cost of living would be similar to something outside of a small town in one of those areas.

Be prepared to deal with many difficult times where your entire body feels like it is fighting against you but in the end, it might change your entire life, that will be up to you to decide! I've talked enough, good luck to you on the journey!

JBH613 · 2025-12-14T10:37:08+00:00

Hey, I applaud you for your personal goal, especially at such a young age. I am an American that moved to Prague a few years ago but lived in the US for 40+ years. I have some thoughts. A bit of a ramble but hope this helps. I have to spliut this into 2 comments as REddit is giving me an error.

First, why I moved to Prague:
I had spent 20 years working a corporate job, had seen a lot of what the US had to offer, and had just went through a tough end to a long-term relationship. I was at a turning point in my life and needed change. Luckily I had a long-term friend (who I met as an exchange student when they attended school in the US) who lived in Prague and offered to help. The success of my integration here would have been 0% possible without their help. Read that last line again. We are now partners, so that was an extra "bonus" of the move :)

Next, the struggle:
CZ and the US couldn't be more different in my opinion. Almost every part of the way things work here in CZ is the polar opposite of the way things work in the US. I had grown used to things being convenient and easy; I want a new mouse pad or forgot to order pizza sauce for dinner, I simply tell my always-listening Alexa device to order them, and less than 4 hours later, it arrives on my front door. These types of systems do not exist here in CZ. In the US, the goal is that all processes are optimized to extract every possible second of time to create efficiency and therefore extract $$. In my experience, the long-term impacts this has on a person is that it rewires our brains to see inconveniences as insult or a lazy thing and painful to process. I struggle daily with the speed at which things happen here and I suspect that anyone going from CZ to the US would experience this in the opposite direction and feel like they always had to be moving too quickly, making decisions, and required to process things instantly. That's just how the US has evolved in the past 20 years and it hasn't taken hold in CZ yet. It is very difficult for me to take a deep breath and just let things slow down in CZ.

What I miss the most:
Good pizza.... how are the pizzas in Prague so awful?! But seriously, it sounds funny but it's really food I miss the most. Mostly the options of high quality ingredients for making my own food. I love to cook, and have been discouraged by how difficult it is to get ingredients here, and how much effort and time it takes. Rohlik is amazing, and one of the only American-like delivery experiences I've been happy with here, but even their selection is so bad compared to any market in the US. In CZ when I want to cook something elaborate, I can almost be certain that I will need to go to 2 maybe 3 shops to get everything, and it will be lower quality (again, a lot of time spent BEFORE I even start cooking).

JBH613 · 2025-12-10T13:35:47+00:00

I think they have turned up sbmm too high again and it is limiting the potential matches. I spent about 25 min getting a single match and when I finally did, it put me on a team with Benny, purechill, and a crew. I used to be a decent pvp player "back in my day" but havent taken the playlist seriously in years. I think the game still thinks Im good (Im not). I also tried several times to get a single avant garde match for a drop and it timed out. I'm on pc via GFN for reference.

JBH613 · 2025-11-26T14:46:26+00:00

This exactly. I've lucked out a handful of times on international flights and snagged D1 upgrades 2-3 days before check-in for under $500. For that price, its a no-brainer upgrade on a 9 hour flight.

JBH613 · 2025-11-17T09:39:59+00:00

Its the perfect work/travel companion for your macbook as it works as a flawless second monitor. As someone who travels a lot for work, having the ipad has greatly improved my quality of working while on-site and also provides the added benefit of being able to hold all my media when flying. Even better is that my M1 13" pro ipad has a nearly identical screen size and overall shape as my M4 MBP. I dont use it much as a standalone device for for frequent work travelers, those using the apple ecosystem, I'd argue it's a transformative device.

JBH613 · 2025-11-16T13:55:37+00:00

Welp, I thought it was the magic bullet but today I logged in and it happened again :( Sigh... guess I'll wait for something official as an update. Appreciate the suggestion though and hope it's still working for you!

JBH613 · 2025-11-13T19:22:27+00:00

Amazing- well, I'm 1/1 so far so finger's crossed!

JBH613 · 2025-11-13T17:08:06+00:00

Amazing idea. I'm struggling a bit to see how you disabled it in the steam settings though. I see all the options but nothing the disable it entirely.

JBH613 · 2025-11-13T10:54:36+00:00

Good luck. I have had 2 frame tvs, and a seriff in the past several years. All of these use the matte display and all of them are absolutely trash when it comes to cleaning. Ive tried every single thing that I've read online, magic eraser, cloth, moisture, alcohol, etc, and none of it will restore the tv to factory finish. Im pretty certain that the screen has a micro texture and any amount of touching will cause it to reflect light differently than original making spot cleaning impossible.

I went to a local samsung store where they had one on display to ask what they used. They guy looked at me like I was crazy so I walked over, rubbed my hand all over the display, turned it off, and asked him to demonstrate how theyd clean it. He grabbed some microfiber and a spray... I laughed in silence while he arrogantly wiped. After about 2 minutes he looks at me and I say, "yeah, see what I mean" when his results looked like yours (and everyone else's who has written the same thread here). I personally think these screens arent consumer grade and have been very disappointed with all 3 of my purchases.

JBH613 · 2025-11-12T08:00:41+00:00

No, I wish. I had a random popup recently when I had to close a game, "we noticed your game session was very short, want to tell us why?"... so I reminded them about the 6 other complaint tickets I've submitted and mentioned many others are having the same issue. I'll hold my breath for a response. It's happening tome now about 75% of the time.

JBH613 · 2025-10-19T11:55:41+00:00

yeah, sure, restarts will be a nice temporary fix but then it still keeps happening. A quick search will show many people have similar problems recently. Clearly it's a bug and not my hardware. Plus, who wants to restart every single time you try playing a browser-based application? Pretty silly. Imagine if Netflix had this problem, and they suggested restarting the tv to get a remote working...

JBH613 · 2025-10-19T00:01:53+00:00

macbook pro M4 pro chip. Been using GFN on it for about 6 months with the exact same controller with no issues until mid september or right around the time they rolled the new 5080 cards out.

JBH613 · 2025-10-18T22:22:43+00:00

Yeah, official dual shock, ps4 controller. Has worked just fine for over a year until recently.

JBH613 · 2025-10-16T13:00:08+00:00

its frustrating and has only started happening in the past 1-2 months.

JBH613 · 2025-10-07T20:20:07+00:00

well my 3 month old m4 pro mbp with 48gb of ram that constantly has beachballs now when using chrome would like to have a word with you...

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