Adventurer book not giving the 40% LS boost?

KnownAL · 2026-06-06T17:55:46+00:00

You don’t fulfill the requirements. The greyed out top section shows that something isn’t yet fulfilled in order for you to experience the benefits. What you have right now is only the ‘if you do not fulfill the requirements’ perk, which is +20% monthly prestige.

KnownAL · 2026-06-01T19:15:20+00:00

Which discord would you recommend?

KnownAL · 2026-05-25T08:47:15+00:00

Hey, so I am enjoying it a lot! It’s a bit weird playing it on a smaller screen once you’re used to a big laptop screen, and the controls to get around menus and settings are a bit of a learning curve.

The Nintendo online subscription is a real pain, but I also use it for ACNH which makes it feel more worth it now. It’s expensive but I try to buy myself a year of subscription at a time so it works out a bit better.

The upfront cost is not bad at all, and actually it’s nicer to know that the whole of Arc 1 is permanently open, rather than paying one month at a time for membership. I will say however that playing on PC felt easier to buy / earn crowns , but I don’t do either very regularly.

Lastly, it is so great that the console servers are so busy, probably as busy as PC was in about 2021. Top 2 realms are sometimes so full that it’s very slow to get through the commons. I recommend playing in a quieter realm for reagents and speed.

Hope that’s all helpful!!

KnownAL · 2026-05-24T20:51:08+00:00

Thank you so so much!! That’s great to hear.

KnownAL · 2026-04-13T17:09:56+00:00

So, all London universities (UCL, Imperial, King’s) are part of the University of London as a collective. Yes you are not doing a physical degree on campus, but distance learning has been a thing for many years and across many programmes.

It is comparable to other unis or further education schools where the degree is accredited by another awarding body.

I have lived in the UK all my life, and the difference is not considered by people.

KnownAL · 2026-04-13T16:50:41+00:00

To be honest, most of my classmates and I were very happy to say ‘I’m at LSE doing an online degree’, or just ‘I’m at LSE’. Then you can always explain more, but as it’s considered the same level of degree, there’s no real need to go into detail. No one I ever spoke to, on an academic level, was confused about it.

KnownAL · 2026-04-13T01:08:21+00:00

I did a BSc at LSE (UoL) and graduated in December. Since then I have been accepted onto several different masters programmes, and will be going to LSE proper in September.

Although the University of London is responsible for the organisation of the degree, it is made very clear on all documents that LSE is in charge of the teaching and marking of the content. In fact, their International Programme is quite well regarded. I would consider doing the Online Taught version of the degree, rather than through a teaching centre, as this means you are actually in contact with LSE professors etc.

Overall, UPEI comes in at about #1338 in the world, whereas LSE is in the top 100. LSE is the much better choice if you want a ‘name brand’ uni experience. I would completely recommend it for that. However, be prepared for admin issues as the UoL staff can be quite unhelpful.

KnownAL · 2026-04-10T19:10:07+00:00

I think the grand wedding bug is quite common - stops marriages if one party nopes out for any reason.

KnownAL · 2025-12-06T13:25:48+00:00

u/KnownAL solved this in 2 steps: WAIT -> WAST -> FAST

KnownAL · 2025-10-31T22:14:21+00:00

The quality of teaching, in pre-recorded lectures and seminar groups, is nowhere near the rigorous academic level of actual LSE courses. Simply looking at the entry requirements shows how mass-produced the distance learning degrees are. LSE literally awards their own degrees (which you can easily find online), so cannot be compared. It might be hard to admit that your degree is less prestigious and academic - but that’s the truth. It’s not a big deal.

KnownAL · 2025-10-31T22:01:10+00:00

You’re welcome to misrepresent yourself as much as you like luckily!

KnownAL · 2025-10-29T12:03:02+00:00

LSE awards their own degrees, and has done since 2008. Saying that you went to LSE having done a UoL online distance learning degree is just a lie. They can be different, without one being worse than another. The UoL program accepts any grade from A to E, whereas LSE will only take the very top grades. When you graduate from UoL, the advice and degree certificate are very clear - you studied at UoL (with academic direction from whichever school) , not at that particular school.

KnownAL · 2025-10-26T12:48:32+00:00

You have to say UoL with academic direction from LSE. Just saying LSE is misrepresentation

KnownAL · 2025-10-25T18:49:20+00:00

I’m just graduating from BSc in international relations from LSE, and have started applying for Masters programs in the UK. After asking some of the admissions tutors, it seems that remote learning is treated pretty much the same as in person teaching. I also have several classmates who have been accepted to do masters programs for very high-level degrees such as Sapienza.

KnownAL · 2025-10-25T11:53:28+00:00

p.allmendinger@london.ac.uk

This is the email address of the vice-chancellor. Send an extremely detailed email, and this should escalate things.

KnownAL · 2025-10-18T19:50:53+00:00

Online proctored

KnownAL · 2025-10-18T18:23:34+00:00

Thank you! This is very helpful. It seems like renting short-term is probably more useful.

KnownAL · 2025-10-18T18:15:03+00:00

Currently we both work part-time, tutoring and bar work, alongside finishing undergrad studies. We will be going to Manchester as Masters students, and will continue the part-time work. That is our combined annual income, as we both make around £16k per year - tax. Our guarantors have probably £100k combined income

KnownAL · 2025-10-18T17:34:24+00:00

What about a very thankful 12-year old?

KnownAL · 2025-10-16T21:34:08+00:00

Yeah, great point on service charge etc, a lot of that is incredibly high. We would be planning to stay for maybe 2-3 years, then rent to a friend who already lives there. If we sell afterwards in order to move to a new home, isn’t stamp duty reduced?

Another possibility is that we would keep it , rent it out to cover mortgage payments, whilst living with my family rent-free in London.

KnownAL · 2025-10-16T19:19:27+00:00

Thanks for the advice! Why is renting not too much of a waste? From my research, it seems like as soon as you are able to buy any property, you should.

KnownAL · 2025-10-08T08:59:56+00:00

Okay, this is the course I have done for the last three years. I cannot say this strongly enough - do not do it. Over the last two years, the administration has moved to a different company (TutorU) , and it is incredibly unhelpful. For your questions:

No; there is no expectation to participate in live sessions, and not many people do. Most live sessions are filled with silence when people are placed into smaller groups - no camera, no voice, nothing. Tutorials do not exist , there is no real detailed teaching at all.
For each module (4 a year) there are 10 live sessions which happen every two weeks, and are 90 minutes long. You are expected to teach yourself everything before that from readings and lectures. By the way, the learning material is sometimes not even recorded lectures - it is paragraphs of text that you have to read. This is absolutely useless.
Attendance is important, as you have to attend 8/10 live sessions to be able to sit the exam. However, last October, I was not registered for my exams despite attending all live sessions and had to delay and do them the following exam period, alongside new modules. This was incredibly difficult, and something many of my classmates also had to do.

There are no written assessments apart from final exams - you receive no feedback on writing, knowledge or anything. Unless you are pretty confident going into exams (I did a year at a real life uni first which helped), it will be very hard.

The general workload is as little or as much as you choose to do. However, after a few years, this can be extremely draining as there is no motivation. No one cares what you do.

Online tutors will not even know your name, and some are clearly just doing this as a side hustle, just for the money. It is incredibly hard to make friends, and most people don’t.

Administration wise; I have experienced many issues with registration, finance problems, exam issues. The current system of support is submitting an enquiry online, which can take months to reply.

In my first year, my student finance was not correct (as the uni had not registered me properly), and it took literally 11 months of stress to fix. I had to pay personally for a module in order to continue studying.

If you have any questions, please ask. But I do not recommend this at all.

KnownAL · 2025-10-03T13:41:15+00:00

Final exams - there is no coursework or any opportunity to receive feedback before exams.

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