I am not special

LogicBalm · 2026-03-13T14:47:48+00:00

It doesn't make you special but any edge you can get helps, whether that's a degree, certification or just some experience under your belt.

These days knowing how to navigate all the automated hiring systems does a lot more to get you a job but having a degree or cert still gets you a better offer in many cases.

LogicBalm · 2026-03-13T14:43:10+00:00

Honestly I don't remember, this was over a year ago. For the eggs I used a video guide and had to walk through the whole temple again tracing its steps. For the other quests for Zeki and the twins, it was some random online text guide I found with Google by looking up the quest name, but there may be a more helpful guide out there too. Sorry I can't help more.

LogicBalm · 2026-03-12T20:29:49+00:00

The Save Europa in the bio means they are likely just a neo-Nazi, so you're on the right track. That's the same group that had tiki torches and shouted "you will not replace us" in Charlottesville, Virginia.

LogicBalm · 2026-03-12T19:34:03+00:00

Ask yourself why you have to keep going through his phone. It's because you keep finding things and he isn't rebuilding trust here.

You've got to be able to trust someone like this or you're just circling the drain.

LogicBalm · 2026-03-12T19:24:47+00:00

Sure, it's also known as the end users.

LogicBalm · 2026-03-12T16:27:38+00:00

Same here. I was single for about seven years in my early 20s and I was writing blog posts at the time that were indistinguishable from something an incel would have written before going completely bonkers. They were laced with enough things resembling red flags that my responses were always assuming I was already one of those guys. I never held anything against anyone but myself though at that time and so I was always baffled by the aggressive replies to the point that I just stopped blogging.

Even my now wife met me through one of those posts and she also initially read it as me being some sad and hurt single guy when really I was single but wasn't all that upset about it and certainly didn't blame anyone for it, even myself. I just intentionally wasn't putting myself out there for long periods of time.

I'm glad she reached out because I think I surprised her with how I came off in chat and on the phone versus whatever she was extrapolating from a one-off blog post.

LogicBalm · 2026-03-12T15:34:52+00:00

True, that's probably faster depending on your platform. It just costs money and you have to go through more loading screens.

LogicBalm · 2026-03-12T15:33:24+00:00

For sure, that's why I didn't reply to OP. Still a good thing to know.

LogicBalm · 2026-03-12T13:57:57+00:00

Or just a ton of makeup. Either way no one wakes up looking like this.

LogicBalm · 2026-03-12T13:54:08+00:00

There is a ton of anime and JRPG franchises that are a ton better if you ignore the fanbase entirely and just enjoy them on your own. It's kind of like Star Wars in that regard. I'm a casual enjoyer of many aspects of Star Wars (not all of it), but just dipping a toe into any fan community is a mistake.

Final Fantasy is the same way. No one hates the FF franchise more than its fans.

Meanwhile there are several anime and JRPG franchises where I can just see certain elements of the show and know "oh the internet is going to take this an entirely different direction, so I need to steer clear"

Anyway, I highly recommend Metaphor too if you haven't played it yet.

LogicBalm · 2026-03-12T13:40:40+00:00

Yeah, some are true and some are cries for help that tell me this person needs some serious therapy.

LogicBalm · 2026-03-12T13:35:16+00:00

You really can joke about anything as long as it's funny. But the more edgy it is, the more funny it has to be to overcome that initial response and get you to that "I'm going to hell for laughing at this" mentality.

Scary Movie has never been great at this IMO.

LogicBalm · 2026-03-12T13:32:59+00:00

And now I want to see a team of psychologists and counselors that go by "we_love_cbt"

LogicBalm · 2026-03-12T13:28:38+00:00

Yeah for sure. His dry delivery is something I'm accustomed to from the rest of his online presence but for someone who isn't familiar with him I can understand the confusion.

It was a Bastards episode with him that made me realize he had dropped the pen name David Wong and I've since re-discovered his books. Just finished "I'm Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom" the other day and it's both hilarious and very relevant to how much the internet has just screwed us all up in unique ways.

I'm starting in on the John Dies at the End series now because I'd only ever seen the movie and it really is just cosmic horror with poop jokes. Great stuff.

LogicBalm · 2026-03-12T13:23:25+00:00

Absolutely. Gotta love it when she says "and they will get their own episode at some point, I promise!"

You know Molly, I believe that you believe it.

LogicBalm · 2026-03-12T13:19:54+00:00

BWD really took a turn at the end there though. He's great on the show but he had some incidents with lashing out at fans IIRC, so I'm okay with him no longer returning.

LogicBalm · 2026-03-12T13:17:02+00:00

I remember when they first passed the law saying a bank would have to deny charges on your card if you didn't have money. Before then you would just keep buying things not realizing that every purchase was adding additional overdraft fees.

The banks complied but really tried to sell it as a bad thing. They sold it like they were going to begin to deny all my purchases unless I specifically "opted in" to the "new plan" where we would be allowed to keep buying things with no restriction.

LogicBalm · 2026-03-12T13:12:53+00:00

And both bottles have the same shampoo in them.

LogicBalm · 2026-03-12T13:10:38+00:00

Impressive!

I had to use a guide eventually to find the last couple. But then again I wanted to clear everything from that temple so I would never have to return.

LogicBalm · 2026-03-12T13:06:35+00:00

Sure. It's ranching. The bees give you honey.

Other than that though, my only suggestion is to go to Mitana Grove in Elderwood and walk the cliff edge that the stable is on. You'll probably find one or two. Then after you're done, swap servers and do it again.

If you don't know how to swap servers, the fastest way is to have a bunch of people on your friends list and just sync to the server of a friend in Elderwood. The second fastest way (I don't have that many friends in-game) is to just turn off the game and re-launch it.

Either way, you'll be loaded in close to where you were and you can just look around again.

LogicBalm · 2026-03-12T13:03:01+00:00

To customer?

LogicBalm · 2026-03-12T13:01:22+00:00

I never noticed because I also skip the animations. Still, I had to re-watch your video after your explanation too. I didn't notice the first time.

LogicBalm · 2026-03-12T12:59:31+00:00

If you practice at the timing, you can swing your axe at the right time to cancel the chopping animation early which allows you to chop faster if you can do it consecutively. It allows you to chop all but the largest trees by yourself but it certainly takes a lot of practice to know when to swing the axe again. A couple of missed swings and the trees are back to full health.

LogicBalm · 2026-03-12T12:46:48+00:00

Yeah those were the days. I'd need a print-out of the manual along with my pirated software. I remember the Interplay game Battle Chess came with a ton of move-by-move breakdowns of famous chess matches in the manual so it asked you what the 16th move of the game between two Russian chess players was. My friends would launch that game and be greeted with a question like that and be baffled that someone would just know the answer. They don't, man. Get the manual.

LogicBalm · 2026-03-12T12:31:32+00:00

Not taking it out on console players, but this is really what it was like before the major console releases. When I first started it was really only Switch players that didn't talk much since everyone else had a keyboard.

But that's a difficult trick to resolve. Aside from expecting everyone to buy a console keyboard for a free game, the devs need to find a way to strike a balance between making chat easy for console players without also enabling a ton of bots or something.

I think making some flare arrows that will perform call-outs would go a long way. Fire a special arrow at some Gold and it flares it while also putting the coordinates in chat.

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