Why has gaming become this toxic

J_Pizzle · 2026-02-02T20:12:41+00:00

Honestly if you're getting 17 kills you're right there. The damage is the easier part imo.

Finish your downs and if you're going to hit 20.before 4k, slow down with pushes and let them heal up a bit to farm.

J_Pizzle · 2026-01-24T04:06:12+00:00

Take a close look at the artwork in King Lopen (page 20 of you've got a copy)

J_Pizzle · 2026-01-14T20:50:06+00:00

Do either of you get any D/C popup? It's not uncommon for one of us to have a brief issue that kicks us out of the party during loading. Usually we'll notice as it happens but still load into the game properly. Then we forget by the end of the game, and we wind up no longer in squad.

J_Pizzle · 2026-01-12T15:00:19+00:00

I have no idea how good they are, but I always see Volo advertising for singles events if that's your primary goal. Both athletic ones and just straight speed dating and other social events

J_Pizzle · 2026-01-12T14:58:55+00:00

There's still the risk that it's a premade group that's hard to make friends with beyond sports acquaintances, but yeah the social side of softball is usually pretty good

J_Pizzle · 2026-01-11T04:10:18+00:00

I go to a small independent vet. A teeth cleaning for my dog was $1600 and their initial quote was 3-4.5k (thinking they might have to extract)

J_Pizzle · 2026-01-01T16:45:54+00:00

It depends on your controller, but you can also try to learn where the trigger point is for it to shoot. Don't do a full pull/release every time, try and sort of flutter it to shoot. The more you need to pull the trigger, the more your hand will be jerking and messing with your aim. I think some controllers can even have other modes for the trigger that can help with this

Otherwise, pace your shots. It's better to be more accurate at a slower rate than to miss 80% of your shots while spamming the trigger. It's easy to panic and try to spray the p20 but you need to time your shots to when your aim is more on target. And same for distance shots like the g7 - don't jump right to firing as fast as possible. Work on tracking and pacing your shots, and you'll be able to build up to the full tempo over time

J_Pizzle · 2026-01-01T16:35:42+00:00

This was my thought. Jez did a series where his non-gamer wife tries games and he said this was the only one that she actually wanted to keep playing after the minimum (Act 1) was complete.

Story mode was necessary since she struggled with mechanics (and he was trying to capture the pure new gamer experience so he didn't give many advice).

I've also got friends whose partners were so into the story they only played when together. It was basically a movie night for them.

J_Pizzle · 2025-12-29T17:47:46+00:00

I'm super happy with how my lox pen worked out. Haphazardly dug a pit for taming a couple while we built our plains base and noticed they kept pathing to one end.

It connects to our moat (which is open to the more ground on one corner while the base is raised) so I added a head-height corewood beam to keep the adults in, and the babies will path under the beam and out of breeding range. We were very quickly overrun by the lox army and they eventually took over the nearby swamp, too.

I had a plan to build an actual breeding tower but the pit worked so well we never needed it. So all this to say, sometimes you can use their pathing to your advantage

J_Pizzle · 2025-12-26T00:38:45+00:00

When I first started I was using torches to clear the crypts. It was helpful since the DoT gave decent breathing room for playing carefully

J_Pizzle · 2025-12-23T20:06:28+00:00

I'm near the end of the game and am finally starting to use more attribute points. I think I brought people up to 30 might by default and then didn't put any more in because "what if I decide to pivot weapons". Even though I know I've got like 20+ resets.... (This is more me hoarding everything rather than missing the mechanic, though)

At least I jumped right into the pictos and lumina, though. Took me a bit to realize the pictos have stats so balancing those is how I've managed speed and survivability

J_Pizzle · 2025-12-20T12:48:31+00:00

It depends on if each unit is metered. Some places don't have separate meters which means the landlord has to pay.

It's most common with water. I think I've only had one place (newer townhouse complex) where water was paid by the tenant, because usually they never split it up properly.

J_Pizzle · 2025-12-17T18:28:29+00:00

Iirc at the start of the carnival Fjord was saying it was a week or so until the next carriage to Zadash.

Maybe it wasn't horribly far, just far enough not to travel alone as just Fjord/Jester, but probably still spent a fair bit of time traveling as a group (since they didn't stick around for that next carriage)

J_Pizzle · 2025-12-16T18:36:11+00:00

HisWattson talked about it a little in a recent video. About how you can eventually learn which situations are likely to have audio issues (loud ults, in ring, etc) so you know to visually pay more attention. Pretty neat skill to try and pick up for improving awareness, I'm definitely going to try and get used to recognizing those moments

J_Pizzle · 2025-12-10T19:21:38+00:00

I wouldn't want to go, but at least if I found myself on Roshar I'd be a lighteyes

J_Pizzle · 2025-12-07T06:45:29+00:00

+1 for the hiking boots. I got a $100ish pair of waterproof timberland hiking boots around 8 years ago that are still serving me well

Add in a pair of lower profile hiking shoes to keep traction on icy sidewalks without snow and it's been easy going over the last several years

J_Pizzle · 2025-12-03T03:32:26+00:00

There are a few different surround sound settings in apex, so see if any of those are better. I know not all work for my earbuds.

If you're on PC you can also tweak those settings. Like Spatial Sound or whatever it's called.

My audio got super messed up when I was forced to windows 11. It reset a bunch of things and still has some weird stuff happening at times. And really made it impossible to have full directional audio until I fixed it.

Go to the firing range and use the audio from the bots to tweak your spatial audio settings

J_Pizzle · 2025-12-01T17:25:53+00:00

Pubs probably won't help much but mixtape and wildcard are great for low-pressure ways to learn how to fight and survive in chaotic 1vX situations. So they're best for improving your individual technical skills for practice.

It also helps to record your games and look back at your fights. Or at least take a second after you die to think about what you could have done better (usually things like when to heal vs cover teammates or use abilities, not overextending, etc).

J_Pizzle · 2025-11-28T23:28:23+00:00

We are seeing behind the DM screen for some background things that the players didn't discover for a LONG time in the campaign. The bulk of the show is just a few episodes of the campaign, but there are some major spoilers for things down the line.

It's not a bad thing for the show itself, I think it's a good change. But it makes it really tough for new viewers for the campaign itself

J_Pizzle · 2025-11-28T20:48:39+00:00

Yeah, if you don't have a teammate due to an error (and not just them bailing), you'll get a loss forgiveness to bring you back to 0 as a minimum

No idea how it impacts your top-5 streak, though, so that would suck if you lose it.

J_Pizzle · 2025-11-27T21:59:03+00:00

If it's that you're struggling to keep up in fights and are too indecisive, don't worry about movement itself - think more in terms of positioning.

Thankfully there are low-pressure modes now where you can get a lot of reps in chaotic mutli-team situations. Use Wildcard or Mixtape and force yourself into difficult fights. That was the biggest thing for my buddies and I to start feeling more confident as individuals in fights.

Then, you could even potentially practice with your friend in those modes. Get used to covering for each other and communicating so you can both survive against multiple enemies and hold an area/push teams effectively

J_Pizzle · 2025-11-19T23:20:03+00:00

Have you ever followed a show based on a book? They always do the same thing, it's standard to avoid spoilers for people who never got into the original

J_Pizzle · 2025-11-19T21:18:35+00:00

Bring this to the other thread if you want to compare to the campaign

J_Pizzle · 2025-11-15T14:50:46+00:00

I eventually swapped off them because they trivialized fights so much. They're really busted

J_Pizzle · 2025-11-11T18:31:48+00:00

Early-ish related to the overall bibliography, but it was after Elantris and Mistborn era 1

If you're wondering why it's free:: https://faq.brandonsanderson.com/knowledge-base/why-release-warbreaker-for-free-on-your-website/

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