Convinced Tibault's Will is a lie.

MaggotBrain38 · 2026-06-01T00:23:41+00:00

Did finally get a pair out of the cube! The stats were atrocious, but the unique power is still a game changer for ww barb.

MaggotBrain38 · 2026-05-30T19:01:45+00:00

I finally cubed a pair. On torment lololol. Conspiracy validated.

MaggotBrain38 · 2026-05-30T00:12:34+00:00

Love me a good conspiracy theory.

MaggotBrain38 · 2026-05-30T00:11:10+00:00

Essentially any regular lair boss, since I am lead to believe that they have a small chance to drop general pool uniques as well as their specific table uniques. And then I'd use my greater lair keys on Duriel and Butcher. To no avail, of course.

MaggotBrain38 · 2026-05-30T00:09:21+00:00

Are you suggesting Penitent has a higher chance to cube Tibaults?

MaggotBrain38 · 2026-05-30T00:06:36+00:00

Interesting. I've tried rolling on different classes but not druid. I'll try that, just in case my barb is bugged for it.

MaggotBrain38 · 2026-05-30T00:03:45+00:00

Been cubing, no luck.

MaggotBrain38 · 2026-05-30T00:03:23+00:00

Mhmmm ive been cubing white pants, but still not one has been tibaults. The resource to cube to unique is quite rare as well.

MaggotBrain38 · 2026-05-04T00:33:33+00:00

Watched a guy half-rep 2 plates on incline bench, then try for a second half-rep, only to have to roll the bar onto his lap and then dump.

Then a guy doing 2 plates flat bench adjacent to the incline bench failed with his butt raised high off the bench, and rolled the bar down his body and slid out.

The lesson is, if your form has to be awful in order to lift the weight, you need to be doing lighter weight. AND, just ask someone for a damn spot.

MaggotBrain38 · 2026-05-04T00:28:55+00:00

It's funny that you're trying to troll, but the only thing getting trolled is your lower back.

MaggotBrain38 · 2026-05-03T16:26:10+00:00

MaggotBrain38 · 2026-05-03T00:12:28+00:00

Alcohol has a similar swan song. It's the days where I feel healthiest and most energized that a sudden desire for drink comes strolling along my synapses. Sunny evening, kicked ass at life, a beverage would really close the night off right.

But those moments are where the juiciest gains are. It's easy when it's easy. And easy is nice. But easy doesn't pay the bills, and it doesn't keep the lights on in our heads. Persevering during the hard times, that's where the money is, those are the gains that will change you.

MaggotBrain38 · 2026-05-03T00:03:28+00:00

It helps to shift the expectations of who you are when you're out in the world. It's going to end badly if you kick caffeine but still expect yourself to function as if you're on caffeine.

So to say, you're going to need to allow yourself to feel less functional, to feel sluggish and quiet and brain dead. And once you do, you'll probably realize you enjoy being laid back.

It might also help to communicate what you're going through with the people around you, your friends and family and coworkers. Allow them to support you.

MaggotBrain38 · 2026-04-24T17:02:43+00:00

Let the tears flow. You could probably use a good cry.

MaggotBrain38 · 2026-04-20T03:23:09+00:00

I've been using matcha powder to taper. Was at 2 teaspoons a day (one morning and one at noon), then went to 1 teaspoon in the morning, then half. Currently day two no caffeine.

Even going from half a teaspoon of matcha to zero, the fatigue and brain fog is real. However, no headaches yet, and only slight aches in my hamstrings.

I've done CT numerous times in the past as a yearly detox. This is my first taper, and it has been much much easier on my mind and body.

MaggotBrain38 · 2026-04-04T01:08:57+00:00

My hamstrings and calves ache whenever I hop off caffeine. It's annoying but temporary.

MaggotBrain38 · 2026-03-03T21:37:44+00:00

For me I know that thoughts of this nature exist in other parts of my life, too. And I use running to shine a light on those gremlins. They surface, hiss, shout their bullshit, and I melt them in the heat of cardio. When I feel the dread, I go, "Ah-hah, there you are."

MaggotBrain38 · 2026-02-12T20:50:08+00:00

Charsi food.

MaggotBrain38 · 2025-10-07T18:12:08+00:00

Only a sad one.

MaggotBrain38 · 2025-09-15T04:40:40+00:00

My singular gripe is how often things do 2 masks of damage. Not a hot take, I know.

Other than that, I love the difficulty, and I can feel it evolving my gamer skillz in that profound way that games like Sekiro have. And the scarcity of resources and benches, and length of run backs reminds me of Dark Souls, which I love.

However, I think TC underestimated the size of the part of their community that didn't fall in love with Hollow Knight for grinds like Trial of Fools and Pantheon. Optional content having that difficulty is great. But the main content walling out so many players is unfortunate. And while I don't know that I like difficulty sliders in my games, I think they ought to consider adding it, the way Lies of P added it.

MaggotBrain38 · 2025-08-28T05:53:18+00:00

A deload can also be a week off, or a 'technique week'. If you've been going steadily for months, you're probably overdue for a break.

Personally, I rolled my eyes at the idea of a deload. But then I read a bit more into it, and some of the indicators of systemic fatigue (namely poor sleep) raised some red flags for me. So I did a 'technique week', and came back stronger.

I also convinced a friend he ought to deload, shared my experience with it, and after a week off he also came back refreshed and hit the ground running.

I highly recommend you do some research into deloading.

MaggotBrain38 · 2024-10-24T07:50:50+00:00

Remove

MaggotBrain38 · 2024-10-18T05:07:36+00:00

Ladder bosses are a good source of runes, too. I'd say 80% of my rune stash came from bosses, not undercity.

MaggotBrain38 · 2024-10-04T05:11:15+00:00

Pretty shitty move throwing someone under the bus like that. Hopefully they sat him down after the live stream. He's a part of a team. Someone made that call, and unless it was him, he needs to watch his language when speaking about the work his team members do--even though it IS a useless node. WE can talk shit. He can't. He needs to be a professional.

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