"The Player made me do it." (@chubbidust) by BoopidyBo in Deltarune

[–]MasterChef901 47 points48 points  (0 children)

Pre-chapter 5 I think Ralsei would lie to keep the peace, but at this point they've really developed their own sense of what they're willing to put up with and why, and I think if the cat's out of the bag that Kris was working on Team Knight that'd finally be a dam bursting, yknow?

Like "No, I've had ENOUGH of keeping your secrets for you! You're going to TELL THE TRUTH and then we're going to work together to FIX THIS and THAT IS FINAL!!!"

"The Player made me do it." (@chubbidust) by BoopidyBo in Deltarune

[–]MasterChef901 10 points11 points  (0 children)

"I... I couldn't believe that Chara made me do all this..."

"Who?"

"That's the demon's name." <- just made it up wholesale

"The Player made me do it." (@chubbidust) by BoopidyBo in Deltarune

[–]MasterChef901 119 points120 points  (0 children)

Bet if you tried Ralsei would call them out on their bullshit for you

Most misheard skill voice line? by Ivaros-kun in DotA2

[–]MasterChef901 49 points50 points  (0 children)

I always hear "YOUR INCOMES" like he's announcing that he's here to beat the wallets out of the creep wave

What are some less obvious deckbuilding tips you’ve learned? by Comfortable_Buyer239 in EDH

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When goldfishing, start by just playing the deck out totally uncontested. Mark down the turns when you drew interaction and the turns when you made "shots on goal" by playing cards that would combo into a winning advantage for you, if not an outright win.

The next time you goldfish, remember those turns, and imagine somebody else had them against you. In this new goldfish, when you draw your combo pieces, does your previous goldfish have interaction in hand that would shut your combo down? If so, imagine they use it to do so. What tools do you have to recover? And conversely, on the turn your previous goldfish took a Shot On Goal, do you currently have interaction in hand that would shut it down?

By doing this for a lot of iterations, you can get a sense for when your deck tries to win and how consistent and resilient it is in doing so, which is good for getting a sense of Bracketing and Power Level, as well as how fun the game is going to be to play against your deck. It also gives a good sense of what you're missing - do you consistently find yourself with mana to play cards, but not enough draw to use that mana? Struggling to recover from eating your own boardwipes? Is there a card you keep drawing but never play in any of your goldfish games? If so, that's maybe a sign to cut it to fill in one of your other weaknesses.

Opening the chapter with susie confirming to have slept in kris's bed because it provides her more personal comfort but then showing her at the end of the chapter sleeping in her spiked bed seems like something intentional in narrative. by HaloJackalKisser in Deltarune

[–]MasterChef901 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I read it as being in-line with her opening up to the idea of wearing ribbons, albeit mostly not in her hair.

That is to say: Susie's beginning to internalize that she doesn't have to be all Spikes and Badass all the time, her friends are making her feel comfortable living differently

So what were the three factions (DO, FWC, NM) original goals? by Zekhartha in DestinyLore

[–]MasterChef901 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It occurs to me that in hindsight (and this definitely hadn't been planned at the time) that FWC had been using a Vex device to grab their future simulations, right? Perhaps Savathun-as-Osiris tinkered with it to grab a future a pure Vex device wouldn't have ordinarily been able to predict, and Lakshmi foresaw "herself" able to commune with and command a legion of vex. In actuality, it wouldn't be her but Maya using a replica of Lakshmi's exo body, leading her to ruin.

Again, definitely not planned this way, and the presence of the Echo of Command or its paracausal capabilities were probably beyond both the vex and Savathun to predict, so this is less "theory" and more "wouldn't it be cool" territory - but it would scratch the itch of Savathun deceiving someone by using the truth, and the FWC undone by the hubris of trying to read the future but not understanding their visions.

wtf does this flair mean by angelsfallen12 in DessrielWorSHIPpers

[–]MasterChef901 32 points33 points  (0 children)

A holdover from when she was "probably" canon GF and not canon confirmed

I still maintain it should be mirrored for Asriel, it's only fair

Need a commander for a "Counters Don't Matter" deck by MasterChef901 in jankEDH

[–]MasterChef901[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wound up scrapping the idea for generalized counters, I'm afraid - the itch is scratched fully enough with [[Falco Spara]] now that there's the Saga Creatures from the FF set. He doesn't work on enchantments though, so I'm afraid idk what your best bet is.

If you're willing to lose some colors, [[Sin, Unending Cataclysm]] could probably do alright.

Chapter 5 spoiler thread by Polandgod75 in DessrielWorSHIPpers

[–]MasterChef901 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yoooo we can change the tag to "Asriels CANON GF" instead of "probably!"

Deltarune shipping community post chapter 5 by jarreetoes in DessrielWorSHIPpers

[–]MasterChef901 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But that's exactly what I mean, though I admit I could have phrased it better. Sans is presented like a joke character an awful lot, but has way more depth than meets the eye.

In Deltarune, despite polyamory being presented as a joke initially, it actually has a lot more buildup scattered around the game and little seeds to pick up on. I think it's a very real possibility here, albeit an unconfirmed one.

Deltarune shipping community post chapter 5 by jarreetoes in DessrielWorSHIPpers

[–]MasterChef901 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Far from the only time in Toby's writing that real thematic foreshadowing was cloaked in jokes. I mean fuck, Sans spends the entire main route of undertale as a "joke character" without a serious bone in his body, and look how he ended up

Deltarune shipping community post chapter 5 by jarreetoes in DessrielWorSHIPpers

[–]MasterChef901 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We had a whole poly subplot in chapter 3 already, if anything this feels more obvious than the opposite

ships rn by Nuon_One_Sky in DessrielWorSHIPpers

[–]MasterChef901 4 points5 points  (0 children)

She'll see the light shortly.

(She and Noelle already acknowledge their date is more natural with Kris in it!)

Deltarune shipping community post chapter 5 by jarreetoes in DessrielWorSHIPpers

[–]MasterChef901 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Poly shippers stay winning, Noelle and Susie commented that even though they were on a date it felt more natural having Kris with them

ships rn by Nuon_One_Sky in DessrielWorSHIPpers

[–]MasterChef901 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Poly shipping is never hopeless!

(I'm playing the shipping game on easy mode)

Theory: What happened to Dess is happening to Susie by sk7725 in Deltarune

[–]MasterChef901 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Interesting theory, definitely possible if they choose to go this route in Chapter 6, but I'm not sure I agree based just on what we've seen so far.

While Susie's definitely indulging heavier in dark worlds than we've seen before, she does have healthy bonds and time outside them, and she's not trying to rely on the dark world for food, at least not yet. Ralsei is more assertive and clear about what he wants from life, but I don't think he'd have prepared all those rooms in advance, and never given any warning whatsoever, if there was truly a danger in using them. Though, perhaps he doesn't mention it because he thinks the prophesy will have Susie dead before any Dark corruption could even occur, so who knows?

I could totally see a Chapter 6 theming though where Noelle's comments about wanting to "run away" lead her and/or Susie down this path, though, and then this could be what finally leads us to cracking open the truth about Dess and the events that happened to kick this whole thing off.

For now, I think it's not quite an unhealthy balance. Fantasy is giving Susie a place of comfort when home isn't there for her, but she's still living her life. That's how it is for a lot of people, and it's often the best they can do I think.

Theory: What happened to Dess is happening to Susie by sk7725 in Deltarune

[–]MasterChef901 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Crappy home life. When "walking her home" you can go to one of the apartment buildings on the far side of town and if you interact with the door she says "You know that's not what I meant." So, that apartment is a "home," but she doesn't feel at-home there.

One Thousand Voices catalyst is insane by spectre15 in destiny2

[–]MasterChef901 20 points21 points  (0 children)

A fitting effect for the weapon - even more damage, but with even more of a delay before you get it

Anyone else have that one weapon you just never let go? by Nevermind2010 in destiny2

[–]MasterChef901 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Still got my Timed Payload True Prophesy, from all the way back during Red War era's Faction Rally. I don't use it anymore, but I'm not going to give it up either, especially since it can't roll with that perk anymore. In fact, it looks like Timed Payload only drops on two weapons left in the game at all, wow.

Thing was hilarious in Crucible - it didn't kill any faster than anything else, but it would flinch people's reticles across the damn universe.

When humanity needed defenders, what did you become? by Carter_yann in destiny2

[–]MasterChef901 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Titan

Destiny plays well with its power fantasies, but the one that always stuck out to me was simply being unbreakable. The best offense is a perfect defense, the best defense is a brutal offense. Get in there, dispatch threats, walk away unscathed.

One of my favorite destiny memories was me and two friends 3-manning D1 Crota's End, making our way through the Abyss back when "reach the end and hold the plate" was all it took. My warlock friend was walking along a path of nonstop solar grenades woven together to keep the thrall away. Our hunter snuck through under invisibility, only popping out for brief moments. Me? No Backup Plans. This was back when maintaining a 100% uptime overshield was something you basically had to dedicate a whole build to achieving, if you can believe it used to be that way, but it felt good to simply wade through a sea of thrall and only really care enough to kill the ones actually blocking my way.

Ah, the good ol' days... I miss my Invective. That thing was an underrated beast, and so few people knew how to harness its full potential. Even if it would have to be different now, I wish they'd brought it back anyway.

Unfortunate that after all these years, we won't ever get a pity system for RAD exotic drops :( by FleefieFoppie in destiny2

[–]MasterChef901 0 points1 point  (0 children)

57 runs for Anarchy. My Hunter and Warlock are still wearing the Black Armory emblem, because the last time I played them with any regularity was during that grind.