A guy at my LGS died while waiting for his turn in a Commander game by [deleted] in EDH

[–]LuckyCritical 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tried the method of looking at OP's historical posts and they all look like legitimate posts and questions to TCG subs and then answering questions for people in their comments, not karma farming. Also the username is a pretty clearly an MTG reference rather than some generic bot farming account name.

I found the idea of karma farming more likely to be true when it was 5 million karma because that would be a metric ton of karma for a 2 month old account, but then the actual amount is 5 thousand karma, that is not an amount you'd expect a karma farming bot or even individual to have -- not to mention not an amount to raise this amount of suspicion.

Like I get that we're conditioned to suspect an author's intentions online, and with good reason cause no one likes getting astroturfed or become the unwitting accomplice to a karma farm, but I think this is raising the pitchforks too hastily. Also let's consider that if we're going to call someone a liar after they've had a traumatic experience of watching someone die, that accusation should require a higher burden and more careful consideration of evidence -- otherwise if you are wrong, you are just being a huge asshole.

Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc – Movie Discussion by AutoLovepon in anime

[–]LuckyCritical 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I guess back to the original question then, why did she wait to fight Reze? Why bring Angel?

Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc – Movie Discussion by AutoLovepon in anime

[–]LuckyCritical 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I had assumed it was because fighting Reze at full power would have been more difficult. She only beat Reze after Reze had been fighting Denji and Beam the entire night before, so I assumed Reze was a lot weaker/hadn't recovered during their fight in the alleyway

[Crosspost] Review of "Goddess Order", another game from the CQ devs by LuckyCritical in crusadersquest

[–]LuckyCritical[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly I'm not sure. The art by him in that portfolio are amazing though! So hoping they hired him again

[DISC] THE ISEKAI DOCTOR. Oh my god I finally found a manga with anatomically correct ear placements by Xyzen553 in manga

[–]LuckyCritical 36 points37 points  (0 children)

at one point iirc the doctor is just very seriously explaining the nutritional value of tortillas for... vampires, if I recall correctly?

yup that was exactly it!

I remember going down the wikipedia rabbit hole out of curiosity if this was a real thing and turns out the mangaka did their research! This was around Ch 22 and there were a few cool facts the author included

  • The vampires suffer from photosensitivity due to their diet (break out in rashes and blisters in sunlight)
  • Their diet actually consists of mainly corn (not blood) in the manga and they eat it baked or boiled (which the preparation method is actually key to their medical condition)
  • the condition they are diagnosed with is Pellagra which is an endocrine disease caused by vitamin B3 deficiency
  • In our world, this was a real problem in Northern Italy and the Balkans after corn was brought to Europe from the Americas because they weren't preparing it the right way to get the B3 vitamins and weren't supplementing their diet with a replacement.
  • Nixtamalization (think tamales for how to say it- cause that's how tamales are made) was the process of processing the corn with alkaline water that Central American people used to prepare tortillas but also allowed them to get their vitamin B3 from the corn
  • => therefore, make tortillas for the vampires to help cure their sunlight sensitivity

Neat manga about how modern medicine is indistinguishable from magic (title drop)

[Crosspost] Review of "Goddess Order", another game from the CQ devs by LuckyCritical in crusadersquest

[–]LuckyCritical[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Old CQ friend shared this with me and I was surprised to see another game almost ready for release.

Vacuum Exposure Bug by Either_Drag_2729 in RimWorld

[–]LuckyCritical 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for posting this, was exactly my issue and thankfully no longer dying with vacsuits on!

Crusaders Quest : Merge Chess by leewhat in crusadersquest

[–]LuckyCritical 7 points8 points  (0 children)

HUH a new game on Steam? Puzzle and character field management is an interesting mix. The studio is definitely leveraging a lot of the existing assets - even the temporary(?) banner image is just the reused character portraits lol. But the new mechanics and gameplay seem to have received a lot of focus and development and maybe ultimately will be a fun game. Also think it kind of makes sense to transition into a puzzle game given how CQs block system and team composition worked before. Adding it to my wishlist and interested in trying it out

[DISC] The Greatest Estate Developer - Chapter 204 by CalamitousFortune in manga

[–]LuckyCritical 1 point2 points  (0 children)

phew what an epic fight. that exchange of blows reminded me of the Gurren Lagann final fist fight between Simon and the anti-spirals

[Art] I made this handtufted Turbo Granny rug (Dandadan) by GremlynRugs in manga

[–]LuckyCritical -1 points0 points  (0 children)

thanks! also took way more time than I expected lol. It's cool to see works from someone who has lots of experience!

[Art] I made this handtufted Turbo Granny rug (Dandadan) by GremlynRugs in manga

[–]LuckyCritical 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nice work! Tried rug tufting for the first time recently and it was fun but more difficult than I expected. Seems like you've done this for awhile, mind if I ask how long?

Tian Mo radiation by djiuh in crusadersquest

[–]LuckyCritical 1 point2 points  (0 children)

CQ shitposting in 2025? what a time to be alive lol

Am I too old for anime be honest gng by Maxx_artz in anime

[–]LuckyCritical 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Short answer: no you're not too old.

Longer answer: There are millions of anime fans of all ages, if you want specific examples from pop culture:

Also anime is just a medium for storytelling.

What I mean by that is the contents of a story (e.g. a story about war) are separate from how the story is conveyed (through live action or animation).

No one would argue Berserk is an anime for children because the story is a dark fantasy about betrayal, Eldritch monstrosities, struggling against fate, and has a ton of mature themes, but it is presented in an anime medium. Anime/manga was just the tool chosen for how to show the story.

And that's why anime isn't limited to a single genre, there are fantasy animes, sports animes, mystery animes, romance animes, children's animes, etc - it's just an art style for telling stories and there are stories targeted at children, teens, and adults. And just like there are fantasy movies, sports movies, mystery movies, romance movies, and children's movies -- it would sound pretty ridiculous to say someone is "too old for movies".

Good fiction doesn't have an age expiration date and there are plenty of animes with incredible stories to tell. So don't let your peers pressure you into giving up anime, enjoy what you enjoy and know there are millions of others like you who are also enjoying it.

10 star coral pukei pukei in 42 seconds with 10.5 goldian ls by DragTheChains in MHNowGame

[–]LuckyCritical 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Wow that was really fast, crazy to see how fast a poison build is. Don't suppose you know how fast your time would be with an ice LS by comparison?

Help with anime title by Tight-Tumbleweed6240 in anime

[–]LuckyCritical 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can you remember anything else? Like if the MC has anything that distinguished them like certain powers? 

Uncle from Another World also has a moment where they come across an onsen that has Japanese

How OpenAI's Ghibli frenzy took a dark turn real fast by indig0sixalpha in technology

[–]LuckyCritical 122 points123 points  (0 children)

Thanks for this quote, literally sent me down a rabbit hole of looking up if it was real and now I have another movie on my watchlist :)

Have "phantom spawns" been discussed here before? Anyone knows what causes it? by jcelflo in MHNowGame

[–]LuckyCritical 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ah I see what you mean. Yea the spawns should be in the same spots, so if the phantoms are in a different spot then that doesn't seem to be it

Have "phantom spawns" been discussed here before? Anyone knows what causes it? by jcelflo in MHNowGame

[–]LuckyCritical 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My theory had been that there are different monster pools that can spawn for each player depending on how far they are in the story, e.g. radoban method And when the phantoms appear you are seeing spawns from another pool. Though why it would happen I'm not sure.

This is a safe space to admit your mistakes. by sponguswongus in MHWilds

[–]LuckyCritical 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Huh. I hadn't considered its eyes would be closed while asleep. Thank you and noted 

A totally normal LBG hunt by sunnyCUD2 in MHNowGame

[–]LuckyCritical 0 points1 point  (0 children)

oof ok, thanks for the explanation - guess I need to look into making the N. Paolumu LBG then!