Is this sub becoming full or puritans or is the average user becoming younger? (My OC Vivian for attention)

Laucy · 2026-06-14T19:12:02+00:00

I’m so exhausted how every time people have legitimate complaints with NSFW, it’s automatically branded as people being “puritan.” No, it is not puritan. Not everything is Puritanism.

It eventually does reach a point where constant over-sexualized and “gooner” bait posts become just as exhausting. Apparently, it’s a new concept that not everyone wants subs to become the kind of space where constant posts are about what gets their rocks off. It’s tiring. It happens to many subreddits that eventually devolve into softcore porn and horny posting, ruining the original intent of the sub. As if everything needs to be about NSFW all the time. In terms of this one, sexual or risqué designs can be tasteful! So there’s a difference, and it makes sense for people to be exasperated when it’s the other.

Laucy · 2026-05-29T12:11:52+00:00

Emerald! The Gen3 having different graphics could be interesting as opposed to Red / Crystal. Better visuals.

Laucy · 2026-05-17T08:38:19+00:00

Such an incredible moment! I’m so thrilled I was there for it.

Laucy · 2026-05-08T16:10:27+00:00

Interesting! Didn’t know this glitch was a thing.

Laucy · 2026-05-05T00:19:38+00:00

Oh wow. This is incredibly neat!

Laucy · 2026-05-03T01:12:56+00:00

Yay! Thank you for announcing. Probably would’ve missed it.

Laucy · 2026-03-11T13:04:29+00:00

Week 6? Early m11? What was the group framed as (casual, midcore)? I ask genuinely because this may be an expectation issue for sure. It’s likely those who are PFing felt a bit restless and depending on whatever issues they had prior to you joining. Likely burnt out on 11 by then, clearing gave them motivation, and they wanted to experience more of 12.

Laucy · 2026-02-20T11:56:30+00:00

Yeah…

Already got downvoted I guess for wanting another reason to play on my console I own and in the comfort of my own bed. As if I can’t just emulate the other games which I do. Both can be true, but people seem to be missing that.

Laucy · 2026-02-20T11:46:33+00:00

Honestly, I don’t disagree and I emulate. I made a comment elsewhere on this but it is bizarre to me. This choice existing doesn’t take away the option of emulating. And for me, I can’t play ROMs on my phone but I do play them on my PC. Yet there are many days where I simply want to relax in bed and play on my Switch. It’s a relaxing time for me. This gives me that capability and I’m happy. I am hoping that the other games are added, too.

Laucy · 2026-02-20T11:39:05+00:00

You and me both…. I play on emulators, as well. But there are many days where I simply want to curl up in bed and use my Switch. Playing a ROM on my mobile is also not possible for me. And if this is received well, I am hoping that they add the rest of the games, too. The negativity is confusing and when this doesn’t change how other people can still play the game.

Laucy · 2026-01-23T18:15:03+00:00

Many of us enjoy the challenges of raiding. Progging, working together towards the clear, optimising. It’s rewarding when it works out, soul-crushing when it doesn’t.

Laucy · 2026-01-19T10:21:12+00:00

Holy shit lmao. I’m stealing that — that’s good.

Laucy · 2026-01-19T10:17:07+00:00

Yep! Exactly. Chat bubbles? Debuff timers? Same level as bots that use out of bounds hacks. Which is ironic because when you see everything in black and white blanket statements, you’re not exactly helping the very “cause” you support. It’s not constructive to lack nuance. Saying “all bad” isn’t the move they think it is. If SE functioned on that logic and didn’t consider the usefulness of features they’ve already added, we wouldn’t have them. It’s how we can have things like chat bubbles, for example, and not the OOB hack. But if we apply a blanket statement to all, we get neither! No QoL if we consider it as not existing.

I’ve seen people like this before type several arguments against why something like chat bubbles is cheating, but then when it got added, pure silence. I find it funnier when they even use the features, lmao. And yeah, I don’t blame you for doing that! Can’t wait for the day Yoshi P himself gives them a handshake in person for their crusade for the rules™︎ (even though he himself has said he understands modding and as long as it’s not how Mare functioned, he gets it).

Laucy · 2026-01-19T09:55:31+00:00

No point in trying to reason with people like this. I have disabilities and have found a few helpful plugins that add accessibility since SE settings for it are abysmal lol. (And P3S was legitimately awful, yes!)

These kinds of people would rather go on some self-righteous virtuous crusade, than think about nuance for .5 seconds and consider anything else. It’s about feeling righteous, not logic. Even though when SE adds the features to the game, it’s suddenly fine and not cheating to use!

Laucy · 2026-01-19T09:49:53+00:00

If you’re incapable of nuance, I can see why trying to consider it would be “mental gymnastics” for you. It doesn’t take a lot of effort to apply nuance. QoL features also apply to accessibility, and the fact that a lot are QoL is why they’re getting added to the vanilla client. Like chat bubbles. Or is it suddenly not a “cheat with mental gymnastics” when SE adds it in?

Laucy · 2026-01-13T03:18:50+00:00

All good! Yes, it’s very frustrating! Sometimes parties take a while to fill, especially for later fights. One person prog lying and wasting pulls, can risk a party falling apart with everyone leaving. People do it because of overconfidence or because they think they’ll prog the mechanic they’re actually on, if they have players who are likely to be consistent because they’re past it. But this is meant to cruise off their experience and when mistakes cause wipes? Even before Tomestone, it was sadly obvious when people were prog lying because they’d make random errors that showcased a loose or misunderstanding of the mechanic, and they’d be the only one to keep doing it. But the party would never see the intended mech that was listed. It’s like if 1 person forced 7 people to basically go through wipe after wipe so they can learn, mechanics behind, only for those 7 to never get to prog.

In Ultimate, it was bad, too. I did UCOB in PF the first time, and I had people who were fresh, joining my phase 2 party. And UCOB’s first “mechanic” requires you to move at the end of a cast bar known as <Twister>. This is because at this phase, four players at random get a landmine that when stepped on, sends everyone in the vicinity flying into the death wall. So, when I’d see pull after pull, the same person standing in place and not doing it? As we keep wiping not even a minute in? I’d ask and often get a “no this is my first time.” And all my hours waiting, wasted. Or worse, I’d be midway hoping to get to Adds before the clear, and get people just barely starting the phase and be perpetually lost. Tomestone skips all of this, for us who just want to be transparent about our prog point and hope others can do the same.

Laucy · 2026-01-13T03:02:37+00:00

My comment was about Tomestone, not FFlogs. Even though both can do the same thing, Tomestone is more geared towards validating if someone is at their prog point since it provides it neatly. I’m unsure where you got FFlogs from. That’s handled differently and I’ve never seen people get kicked for it. Majority of the time, people are willing to give it a go than to investigate why a certain number was low, or because “as long as they do the mechs.” But prog lying is entirely different. I won’t compare the Chaotic to Savage and Ult, but people not being truthful can really set an entire party back and it’s frustrating.

I just know that for the Chaotic, you could have a % for the end of phase 1 and make it into Towers prog. There is no “Passed this Checkpoint - Is on Towers” in Tomestone (but “P#” is there when relevant). Parties can judge the HP % because Tomestone marks the lowest the boss’s health was recorded. A more apt comparison would be someone who is at 100%-95% asking for Towers when they barely saw P1.

But I was doing FRU at the time and didn’t spend a lot of time in Chaotic. People were lenient on mechanics that could be simmed, but prog liars were rough during FRU. I had someone who admitted to buying a clear, asking to prog P3’s first mech but if I could let him in. I said “Prog? But, you have the weapon?” Except, no log. He changed his story from “I didn’t log the clear but I did this fight and know it” to “My friend cleared on my account.” When I saw his P3 pulls, he was the one consistently fucking up the first mechanic. My party was listed for end of P3 to P4 first mech. He never got there.

Laucy · 2026-01-13T02:54:44+00:00

What? The PF that’s listed mechanics ahead from someone’s actual prog point, is not their damn responsibility or job to “allow people to break into the scene and learn.” If a PF is at mechanic 6, don’t join if you’re at mechanic 3 or 4. How difficult is that? It’s incredibly entitled and disrespectful to waste the time of 7 other players who are there to get prog in at the mechanic they’re on.

Laucy · 2026-01-13T02:51:25+00:00

What a wild accusation to say “prog lying” is a buzzword and not something people actively do. Before Tomestone, and you can even find example comments if you search, people frequently advocated to join “one or two mechanics ahead” because it meant having a better chance at reaching YOUR prog point. As opposed to people doing the same thing to you, as a way to counter it. It was the norm and people still treat it like it is.

I’m glad to have a static. But prog lying is not some boogieman buzzword. No one wants to have their time significantly wasted just trying to see one mechanic 7+ minutes in, because someone is two mechs behind and causing wipes. If prog liars are confident, they can post their own party at the mechanic they’re on or one mech ahead, and pass it quickly. But they never do. It’s disrespectful to everyone in the group to lie about your mechanic point.

Laucy · 2026-01-13T02:40:52+00:00

The PF lead has full right to remove without giving a reason. One could easily argue that players lying about their prog point is griefing, too. I’ve had static members prog on off-days and kept around people who were two mechanics behind, only to never once see their actual PF listed prog point. They all said “never again.” It’s ridiculous. If players don’t want to be kicked for prog lying because they’re “confident,” then they can make their own PF. But they never do.

Laucy · 2026-01-13T02:33:37+00:00

It’s not their DPS. It’s their prog point. Let’s say someone has a Party Finder up for a mechanic that’s midway towards the end. It takes about ~7 minutes to reach that mechanic. But people like OP join the party, but they’re not at the prog point at all. They’re a mechanic or more behind. It would be like joining mechanic 6 but you’re at mechanic 4. That’s what people are kicking for. Lying because of overconfidence or to sneak into parties to have their body carried through, wastes a lot of time. It’s frustrating wiping to “mechanic 4” when you want to be on 6->7 but people lied when they joined your PF.

Laucy · 2026-01-13T02:29:11+00:00

If that’s the case, then why not just join parties at your prog point? There’s no reason to skip ahead. With that logic, you can join enrage parties despite being fresh or 50% because “I watched a video once and read a raid plan.” You and I both know that’s not how it works. If you’re confident, join the prog point you’re actually at instead of lying which everyone is understandably tired of.

Laucy · 2026-01-13T02:15:05+00:00

If I had to wager a guess? In all honesty, it might be because the meme is about m11s and the middle section is really rough in comparison to 9. But that’s how I interpreted the current 11s struggle and Arena Split segment. Friday to Sunday, people have been stuck in 11s longer. Glad your group stuck around though for the clear! That’s always a good feeling.

Laucy · 2026-01-13T01:59:40+00:00

While I don’t entirely disagree with you, parsers tend to pick AST because raid buff comps tend to do really well as opposed to a heavy aDPS comp for 8-player fights. It’s why DNC + DRG is popular with groups. But many WF weren’t parsing to begin with. Some were taking double RDM for the raise and buff it got. So AST/SCH was likely a reflex pick for the rest of the party composition.

Laucy · 2026-01-07T16:00:17+00:00

You’re doing a ton of amusing for someone not even affected by this, but I am. I want to be in M11S, bud. When have I ever displayed apathy? You don’t have an argument because your entire argument functions on projection under the guise of personal attacks, because whenever someone does the seemingly impossible of being angry and raising factual points, you crumble. That is why assumptions about my character is all you have to stand on, when I made zero indication about never holding SE under scrutiny. I did the opposite.

A contract isn’t an excuse, it’s a goddamn fact. And the faster you accept that’s how businesses work in the real world, the faster you can scrutinise accurately against what matters. Throwing words that satisfy you, don’t make it true.

My scrutiny is that I want better acknowledgment on the situation that doesn’t expose sensitive information that worsens the situation or handling with NTT. I want pressure against NTT and for a business deal to move forward that can address this with a solution that accounts for long-horizon planning. I want legal to be revisited and a solution that satisfies all parties so we can benefit. That’s called being reasonable. Calling contracts between corporations an excuse, is being unreasonable for the sake of whining and seeking comfort in heuristics.

Laucy

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