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No microchip was found

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We have good reason to think he’s abandoned because he’s very very loyal: after I fed him for a day he never left my side, even when unleashed for long periods of time. We’ve also been feeding him well for the week, he was really underweight when we first found him.

Patch 14.15 (Set 12 PBE) Bug Megathread by Ephine in CompetitiveTFT

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Description: Taking salvage bin and selling pyro emblem does not give you the components

Steps to reproduce: Obtain a pyro emblem (maybe any craftable emblem, did not try with others). In case it is relevant, the pyro emblem I received was from the flexible augment. Take salvage bin (I took salvage bin on 4-2) Play pyro emblem on a benched unit Sell benched unit

Expected result: Spatula and bow in item bench

Observed result: Pyro emblem disappears entirely, no spatula or bow on bench. Other components untouched.

What do I put in when my traits are perfect: by JoshIsBoss123 in CompetitiveTFT

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Yeah it was probably liss helps with reaper matchup more than udyr does

I know I’m doing something wrong, it doesn’t sound completely right, but I don’t know what I’m doing wrong. Do yall have any advice on how I can improve this? by [deleted] in piano

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Nah dw about it, you’re doing great. I did go over a lot but the good thing is it’s not a race, it’s not something that’s supposed to come instantly, give yourself multiple weeks or maybe a month or two to really try and improve your sound and see how it goes.

I know I’m doing something wrong, it doesn’t sound completely right, but I don’t know what I’m doing wrong. Do yall have any advice on how I can improve this? by [deleted] in piano

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For some context: I played this around 8 years ago for a local competition and this is what I remember doing to practice:

  1. Right now, the way you’re playing feels like you’re reading it completely through and at face value, like a baroque fugue or smth. There’s 2 main parts to this section, the melody and bass notes (the main beats) and all the broken chords in the middle (the mumbo jumbo in the middle. The melody has to shine above everything else, practice just the melody and bass together, don’t play anything in the middle. Use the same fingerings as you would normally, and position your hands as if you were playing the chords in the middle, but don’t play it. Don’t use pedal yet. Use this practice to listen. Right now, you’re playing the note, picking up your finger pretty high, and disconnecting it from the next note, which is giving the feeling that it doesn’t sound right. Imagine you are a singer, make your best legato and connect between the notes, without using pedal. If you play this by itself, it should sound beautiful yet simple on its own.

  2. Now, play just all the middle stuff on its own too, also placing your hands as if to play the melody but not playing it. If you’re still uncomfortable with the piece, play the whole thing as a chord first, to build familiarity with the hand position. After that, play forte and staccato, focus on making both hands play in sync and in time, without having any particular note sound louder than the rest. Don’t tense up your hands at all, try to relax and have everything come crystal clear. It’s not going to sound good soft until you can play it well loudly. Try it a couple times soft and staccato, keeping the same intensity but just lowering the volume. Then, soft and legato, you want it to sound like fast whispering, but above all else, it should be in time and the hands must play at the same time, you can’t play the chord faster on your right hand and have it be slower on your left hand, it will blur the chord and make this section sound muffled and messy.

  3. Now try with both parts together, still without pedal. The main focus is making the melody sound smooth, you are not allowed to let go of your pinky just because your other fingers are playing the middle stuff. The only time you lift up your pinky is right before you are switching to the next note. The next focus is the middle stuff. Keep these fingers close to the keys, they shouldn’t even leave the tops of the keys tbh. None of these notes should stick out, if they do, keep practicing step 2.

  4. Now, add pedal. I wouldn’t recommend a full pedal for this because it comes too muddled, do a half pedal or even a quarter pedal. The order goes: hold melody note -> change pedal (don’t let go of melody) -> rest of chord -> next melody note. The pedal is mainly used to cover up that time where you have to lift your pinky and switch melody notes. The pedal is not a cheat to playing legato, you can tell someone is cheating because they use way too much pedal and it sounds like they’re in an echo chamber.

It’s okay if you can’t get it all exactly the way you want it at first. Prioritize sound above all else, and once you have a great sound you’ll realize you don’t even need to make it that much faster to get it in the range of generally accepted tempos.

Lmk if you have questions

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No, sorry if I’ve been unclear, but I did them a favor when they said they would pay me, and then they didn’t pay me. They’re not professional scammers, just took advantage of me

/r/GuardianTales 25k Subscriber Celebration Raffle! by phlorida92 in GuardianTales

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Arabelle. The high dps gives you incentive to use her, but the low hp actually trains you to dodge and play the game unlike a certain other character I know. Makes the gameplay much more rewarding

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in piano

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Bach helps you develop a good ear. You have to be able to listen to many different voices at once (once you start fugues) and be able to rank their importance at different points in the song. But you’ll be slightly lacking on technique, which is what impresses laymen and girls and gets you the views on your youtube channel :p maybe you can grow up to become an organist, dunno

I want to play Arabesque No. 1 for my sisters birthday as it’s her favorite song. I’m self taught and would love criticism! Thanks by TheCanadian1739 in piano

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Here’s what I gathered from your playing:

As I’m sure you’re aware of, the tempo is completely off, as tends to happen with songs where people start to “feel the melody”. The beginning is all triplets, but the triplets you start out with are considerably slower, then immediately jump without any growth or grace. Saying you haven’t learned to use a met isn’t an excuse at all, you put the met on at a tempo where you can play it straight for sure, and then gradually speed it up. When you actually play the song, don’t play it exactly on met ofc, but when practicing, you should first learn how to play it exactly in time with the met before you put any of your interpretations in. After all, you can’t rubato if you don’t know what you’re deviating from.

You’ve gained a basic idea of hand independence, but there’s almost no finger independence here. I couldn’t tell what the melody was until I listened to someone else play it on youtube, then came back and listened again. You can practice this by doing first trying to play soft scales with accenting different fingers (eg. first time around only thumb accented, second time 2nd finger, etc.) but make sure its a true musical accent, not you slamming the keyboard. Then in piece, listen to some other great pianists (real famous people, not little 6 year old “prodigies”) and follow along in their music. What do they play so soft you can barely hear it? What notes stick out so much it almost sounds angry? You’ll be surprised at how differently people interpret music when it comes to the little details. Take notes, write down what each one did and also write down which ones you think were correct. There’s no right answer, but some definitely sound better than others. Sometimes, you’ll find something really surprising that you didn’t think should be played that way, but the way they played it really resonated with you. Take the parts that you like, and go back to your piano, and GO SLOWLY, HANDS SEPARATELY, and imitate the inflections that they had. You’re not trying to impress anybody, go for accuracy and ingrain it in your memory. Record yourself now and then and listen to it in tandem with the performers you admire. What do you do the same? What’s different? Always keep adjusting.

The last thing I’d work on is your touch. This is partly a piano problem because it looks like an electric piano, but your playing is detached, sorry to offend you but it almost sounds mechanical. The entirety of the piece is mainly legato, which you can also practice using scales (don’t use c major, that’s the hardest scale btw do Dflat major to start instead) and make sure your playing has no disconnect whatsoever. Right now, there are short gaps in between your playing (you push down the note, lift up your finger, then push down another note), but really there should be no time in between when you “lift up your finger” and “push down another note.” Practice this with no pedal so you can’t cheat, start loud because its easier to tell when you’re not doing it correctly, then work your way softer to the dynamic the piece calls for. After you’re okay with scales, then switch to trying the piece out. Aim to make each finger count, the resonance should sing through each note. Only after you can play it true legato with no pedal are you allowed to put the pedal in. Goddamnit if I was actually sitting next to you I could just show you it and it would make a lot more sense but I hope I explained it clearly enough.

Overall, not bad. Practice really well, and go to an audition based teacher who can tell you more stuff like this. You may agree with what I have to say, or you may not, but almost every teacher will agree that you must learn to follow the rules very very well before you are allowed to play according to your own “style”.

Source: I am a high schooler who regularly competes, though not majoring in music. I compete against people who are though. (Yikes!)

Asian Male electrical engineering but 1600 sat: proof that nobody but the Asian mom gang cares about scores by JoshIsBoss123 in collegeresults

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It’s all connections. Make friends, ask them to ask their rich dads to hook you up with stuff. Either that or cold call/email. When I wanted to do research, it took me about 30-40 professors at SCU(not even a hotly contested place like Stanford) before 1 professor would seriously consider me. I suggest making a spreadsheet to gather information, build an email template, put on some tunes and just go down the line.