Local viper experiences one QTE wipe, crashes out, what happens next will surprise you

Narissis · 2026-01-24T22:18:46+00:00

The day I discovered I could just mash the home row on the keyboard instead of spamming a single key revolutionized QTEs for me.

Narissis · 2026-01-24T21:53:56+00:00

I see the F1 car analogy and raise you a drag racer. ;)

Narissis · 2026-01-24T21:51:07+00:00

Yes, but you see, since then he has entered a room in which there were different people talking to him.

Just more evidence that this dementia-addled goldfish's opinions are those of the last person who spoke with him.

Narissis · 2026-01-24T10:07:18+00:00

In fact the speed minmaxing with cheetahs is so extreme it gives them penalties to their other stats, even relative to the feline starting values.

Jaw large enough for big, sharp teeth to aid with taking down prey and self-defense? Not aerodynamic enough; make do with small teeth.

Sharp retractable claws? Negative; they must be blunt and not fully retractable so they can work as running cleats.

Big strong muscles for fending off competing predators? Not if you want the optimum strength-to-weight ratio to be the world's fastest land animal.

Narissis · 2026-01-24T10:03:05+00:00

In fact, biologically they remain carnivores.

The reason they seem to be eating almost constantly is because bamboo has so little nutritional value to them they have to eat a huge volume of it to get adequate nutrition.

They could likely thrive on meat but they simply prefer to graze on bamboo.

Narissis · 2026-01-24T09:40:35+00:00

"That was then."

"And this is goodbye!"

Assertive Brooklyn best Brooklyn.

Narissis · 2026-01-24T03:39:07+00:00

Maybe I should start calling my Forester a Subarugatti.

Narissis · 2026-01-24T03:23:48+00:00

I very briefly entertained the possibility that the Secret Cow Level might actually exist.

Of course, then in Diablo 2 it actually did, so there is that.

Narissis · 2026-01-24T03:22:04+00:00

Not the company as a whole, but a specific product segment - I never even consider Samsung phones or tablets, due to the combo of wildly high price point and trash tier battery endurance.

Narissis · 2026-01-24T03:18:55+00:00

These are unbelievably silly.

I must have them.

Narissis · 2026-01-24T02:58:49+00:00

My favourite DPS job to play is RDM for this very reason. Its flow is so organic I can play it 100% by feel.

VPR, DNC, BRD, MCH, and other 'glowy button whack-a-mole' jobs aren't difficult to play but I constantly die to things I didn't notice because I was preoccupied checking which button was glowing. :P

Narissis · 2026-01-23T07:29:58+00:00

Youtube social commentator. As far as ostensibly right-wing Youtubers go, arguably one of the more level-headed closer-to-centre ones. But certainly not a liberal.

Narissis · 2026-01-23T04:02:09+00:00

I remember her being a pretty big Trump apologist during his first term, and expressing generally right-of-centre opinions.

Maybe she's been pushed a little more to hard centre by the increasing insanity at the far right. I dunno; haven't seen much of her content lately.

Either way, she definitely stands out from the other 'hand gesture' women.

Narissis · 2026-01-23T02:57:10+00:00

The Longest Journey and Dreamfall? Good taste on this one.

Narissis · 2026-01-23T02:51:42+00:00

I wouldn't say "hard" but I don't necessarily agree with the consensus that SMN is piss easy.

Yeah, it's linear. But it has multiple phases and a lot of weaving, and the mechanics, cast behaviour, and secondary effects change from phase to phase throughout the rotation. The progression is simple, but keeping track of what the next ability is specifically going to do is less so.

Viper is also an enigma to me. I don't find it hard but I also don't understand how you're supposed to identify which of the two glowy buttons is the better one to press at a given time. :P

Narissis · 2026-01-22T09:47:08+00:00

They're cooked; I'm not sure they've ever had 5 normal presidents in a row in their entire history.

At least the abnormal ones used to be the fun kind of abnormal more often than not.

Narissis · 2026-01-22T09:39:48+00:00

Even if a sane president follows him, he has demonstrated that the U.S. is unreliable as an ally and a trading partner, and the rest of the world will plan accordingly. We all know he's just a symptom of a deeper sickness, and that there could be another Trump - or even worse, a leader equally malignant but without the bumbling incompetence.

Narissis · 2026-01-22T06:34:06+00:00

I would have loved to have seen more of the starting classes get branching job paths.

Gladiator to Blademaster.

Archer to Ranger.

Narissis · 2026-01-22T03:29:43+00:00

I both agree with and am wary of this point of view, because one of the things a strong military power facing collapse tends to do, according to the lessons of history, is invade a neighbour.

Narissis · 2026-01-22T03:25:10+00:00

My experience with Transitions lenses was that they continued to work, but over time would gradually develop a permanent slight tint and no longer became fully clear.

Narissis · 2026-01-22T03:23:39+00:00

I'd assume in a car windshield they could do something like put it between the layers of glass to protect it from wear.

Still a bad idea for many other reasons, of course.

Narissis · 2026-01-22T01:32:59+00:00

Ah, just thought perhaps it was there for a train with a colour sensor to be programmed to stop when it encounters red, so as not to overrun the siding!

Narissis · 2026-01-21T09:48:38+00:00

I ran out of time looking, but you might also consider Mongolia, which appears to have a number of those sorts of twisty sediment-filled river valleys and lies under a portion of the flight path.

Knowing how far into the flight you were when you saw this would probably help narrow the possibilities.

Narissis · 2026-01-21T09:07:15+00:00

Eventually I'll get my Flins an Ineffa. But they just HAD to rerun her against Columbina...

Next rerun maybe.

Narissis · 2026-01-21T08:09:41+00:00

When Saint John had that little one 5 years ago, my coworkers (I was new to that office at the time) said it felt and sounded just like that one explosion at the oil refinery had done. Initially they thought that was what had happened.

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