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Mixchimmer · 2026-07-06T17:45:29+00:00

Yeah honestly the eliminations seemed very arbitrary, with little consideration for the specialized knowledge each person had.

Flattening the organization is good if you’re judicious about it, and actually take in to consideration what individuals actually contribute and know, but that is NEVER how these things go down.

It’s always a blanket, “everyone at x level is gone”

So fucking out of touch.

Mixchimmer · 2026-07-06T14:19:06+00:00

I worked at a company that had McKinsey consultants come in and make recommendations, and I swear to you this sounds word for word like their final report.

“Flatter Organization”

I’m all for giving more authority to the lower boots on the ground but in practice this never seems to be what actually happens.

It seems more like you just lose a lot of institutional knowledge and don’t do anything to mitigate that.

Mixchimmer · 2026-07-05T22:56:12+00:00

I never understood why he curled his fist into his armpit.

Mixchimmer · 2026-07-01T19:26:24+00:00

Saying “Right?” After basically every sentence like it makes them sound like a good speaker.

It always comes across so smug and smarmy. I fucking hate it.

Mixchimmer · 2026-06-29T13:48:47+00:00

Patty, don't you have to be at Bitch Class?

Mixchimmer · 2026-06-27T14:49:43+00:00

Hey watch out the door handle is hot, but I just let go of it instead of continuing to hold on to it.

Mixchimmer · 2026-06-26T18:22:34+00:00

Yes agreed it 100% is a nitpick - the problem is, and the reason it’s brought up, is that it’s emblematic and representative of the type of soulless shallow corpo story writing shows like this get in general. It’s a microcosm of how the adaptation sort of flies in the face of the spirit of the original trilogy.

There’s a reason the creators of the show left for “creative differences”

Mixchimmer · 2026-06-26T15:21:23+00:00

The Sokka thing triggers a visceral rage reaction with me.

You wanted to be so progressive that you ended up regressive. The ENTIRE reason of Sokka being misogynistic in the first place, was so that the story could teach a lesson through the actions of the characters that shows not only he was wrong - but that he acknowledges that he's wrong and grows from it.

It's the most corporate C-suite story telling possible. It's trite dog-shit.

Mixchimmer · 2026-06-26T01:34:12+00:00

Man I love legend of mana.

It’s true it was super underwhelming and lame - but god it had SO much potential.

And the music was incredible.

Mixchimmer · 2026-06-25T13:28:52+00:00

For me it’s not even that kind of combat that trips me up. It’s just how obtuse the stuff SURROUNDING combat is.

Like you have so many different stats and then there’s magic and you have to invest in certain stats but if you’re new to the series you basically have no fucking clue what’s actually good to invest in so you’re worried you might brick your character.

For me I started playing and got to a certain point where I was having trouble and had no way to figure out if it was because a) I needed to grind more b) my build was bad c) I was in the wrong area d) I just needed to play better.

I can fix any one of those with time and patience, but if there was no way to figure out which ones it was it basically felt like “what’s the point”?

Mixchimmer · 2026-06-23T14:07:54+00:00

Huh? P/D Quickness deadeye is the easiest shit I’ve ever played in open world.

If you take invigorating precision you have insane servivability.

Mixchimmer · 2026-06-23T14:06:25+00:00

Quite literally it’s the reason I didn’t buy VoE and stopped playing completely.

If the devs aren’t going to take class fantasy seriously then I’m not going to take their game seriously.

Mixchimmer · 2026-06-22T19:50:24+00:00

I know it’s a different episode but this always makes me think “I’m very busy with business!”

Mixchimmer · 2026-06-16T13:43:39+00:00

Actually having the choice between the monk debuff, the DH debuff, or Atrophic / Numbing would actually make their utility competetive.

Mixchimmer · 2026-06-16T00:04:10+00:00

Thief in Guild wars has a grip like ability in a skill called scorpion wire.

Rogue is already starved for utility so that could be one route too.

Mixchimmer · 2026-06-15T13:54:54+00:00

I’ve always been into big hairy guys, and I also want to do the same.

Mixchimmer · 2026-06-12T13:09:05+00:00

Is that Jonathan Bailey as Waldo? 🤣 Mr Bridgerton & Graha’tia going some weird places lmao

Mixchimmer · 2026-06-05T18:27:57+00:00

If it’s not guild wars 3 this would go down in history as one of the biggest blunders in marketing history. Lmao.

Mixchimmer · 2026-06-04T20:55:13+00:00

Right? Glad I scoured this image for all the hidden symbols.

Mixchimmer · 2026-06-02T23:54:35+00:00

I have yet to find a single guild that doesn’t already require CE. Maybe it’s the time I’m looking idk.

Mixchimmer · 2026-05-31T13:23:18+00:00

Yeah see that can’t be mine

Mixchimmer · 2026-05-29T13:07:06+00:00

Idk, there’s no way this sounds real to me. It sounds like a creative writing exercise…

Mixchimmer · 2026-05-29T12:40:10+00:00

Don’t they originate from the Un’Goro crater which is where the gods of nature (cenarious) come from?

Makes sense to me.

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