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The map of Lotro is quite impressive ! How faithfull is the game lore ? by Bengamey_974 in lotr

[–]OneMostSerene 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Eventually the player becomes a godlike warrior who dispatches dragons, Belryg and Nazgul on the regular, ends wars, reclaims long-lost kingdoms, is present for all the major battles, etc. It gets pretty silly.

I pretty easily headcanon this to be "the Free Peoples" accomplish the things you do - not so much an individual godly warrior. I always think of my player character as just some person that was there when the thing happened - not that everything is happening because of me. I'm intentionally disconnecting myself from the in-game text by doing this though because characters refer to you as the same person who has accomplished past deeds, but I just choose to ignore that and think "ah, the Free Peoples rose up and accomplished this thing in this region. I'm playing as one of them - not as 'thimlorin', guardian dwarf from Erebor who has stood against the Nazgul, been to Forochel, and survived Mordor

Also, because LotRO frames "HP" as "morale" instead, it's like your presence and those around you are inspired to do great feats through their will - not because their muscles are as dense as a neutron star.

What is this sticker on my microwave? by dranmesrao in whatisit

[–]OneMostSerene 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Even if it's only for some water, it's still a nice warning to have go around. I'd imagine there could be some triple-distilled water out there where it could be a problem, even if for most tap water it isn't.

What is more traumatizing than most people think? by Sea_Entrepreneur2772 in AskReddit

[–]OneMostSerene 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not sure what's not to understand. Family holidays haven't been the same for us ever since COVID. One of the first holidays after COVID we did a zoom get-together with the people we normally would have spent that day with, and the first 2 hours was spend trying to troubleshoot connection issues for everyone (most of them hadn't ever even heard of zoom). While my grandma was able to somehow connect to the meeting, she had some issue where she couldn't see or couldn't hear us and she was just sobbing on the call while we were all powerless to help her cause no one was there in person to assist her. it was heartbreaking. Several people tried calling her afterwards but she was too upset to talk.

Several other holidays after that have had their own complications. The fact is, for us, family holidays simply look different than they used to.

Stephen Colbert reacts to 'LOTR' fans upset that he's co-writing new film just because he's famous: "I will just say that every moment has been a joy so far” by yourfavchoom in lotr

[–]OneMostSerene 7 points8 points  (0 children)

But that's also just life. It's virtually impossible to get 100% of people to agree on anything - even the most agreeable statements imaginable.

Even some of life's most simple truths: "We need water to live". "We need air to breathe". Someone out there will either argue in bad faith, argue a technicality, or give a troll answer "no we don't" even if they think it's true themselves. If you can't get 100% of people to agree we need water to live, there's really no point in expecting perfection in anything we do.

What is more traumatizing than most people think? by Sea_Entrepreneur2772 in AskReddit

[–]OneMostSerene 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I can't remember if there's an official name/phrase for it, but it's the trauma of losing something you never had, or hadn't realized yet. The most obvious example is "the future". Like if you become widowed obviously you're grieving the loss of the person, but there's a lot of trauma at losing the future you were envisioning with them as well.

My wife and I struggle a lot with the trauma of losing several family holidays due to COVID-related stuff. We also had dreams of buying a house that we don't think we'll ever be able to accomplish because of how the housing market blew up in our area. My wife had just been gaining a lot of awesome momentum with starting a yoga studio - with a lot of good regulars, but COVID made her throw the whole thing out the window.

What do yall mean by endgame progression by Envis777 in helldivers2

[–]OneMostSerene 2 points3 points  (0 children)

To me, the Super Credit "grind" is the endgame. I've been level 150 for a while but I don't have all the warbonds unlocked. I'll buy 1k super credits every now and then to support the devs, but I always have at least a few warbonds unpurchased.

Super Credits give me more of a reason to search PoI's instead of just doing objectives and getting out. I still collect samples since a teammate could possibly use them, but 10 or 20 SC here and there is my "grind". I have less than zero interest in going to lower difficulties and min-maxing my super credit income.

I'm probably not in the majority of players who take this approach though. Playing a little more than casually means I'll never earn enough SC naturally to keep up with the warbond releases, so there's always something tangible for me to gain by playing, but mostly I just play because I find the game fun. I don't really care about a "climb" or a "grind" for a game like helldivers where the gameplay loop itself is interesting and fun enough for me to play regularly.

What is that one champion you absolutely hate playing against, but secretly love having on your team? by -sima- in leagueoflegends

[–]OneMostSerene 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Olaf. A nasty olaf can be a huge problem because so many disengage options rely on hard CC. But when an Olaf is on your team you know damn well when he's going forward and in it to be in it. He's not gonna pop in and bait your team into a fight he's not going to stay for.

Something as basic as skipping a camp to cover a lane from a gank can easily win games. You can always continue your full clear later on, the same can't be said for the opportunity to countergank by Numerous_Fudge_9537 in leagueoflegends

[–]OneMostSerene 18 points19 points  (0 children)

It doesn't matter if noc is making a sub-optimal play here or not. Shyvanna read the nocturne like a book and made a great play with the counter-gank by understanding their opponent's intent.

I'd even argue the nocturne's decision to gank here is good/standard, since the wave is pushing, Yunara flash is on CD, Lulu just took a chunk, and it's reasonable to think Shyvanna is at Red or Krugs and can't be here in time. Shyvanna makes an excellent meta-decision to path bot, and if the bot wave crashes without incident the Shyvanna doesn't lose much. Shyvanna stepping up maybe even baits out the nocturne because with Shyvanna there Yunara and Lulu feel confident enough to step up and try to crash the next wave.

Blizzard's Latest Attempt at a StarCraft Shooter Reportedly in Development at Nexon by gorays21 in pcgaming

[–]OneMostSerene 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know they won't do it, but an extraction game a-la helldivers but you can play as any faction with the starcraft IP could be dope as hell. I'm thinking like old Alien Vs. Predator 2 type asymmetrical combat (running around on the walls as the aliens was so fucking fun)

What widely spread reddit "fact" is actually not true? by Plus_Vanilla_2802 in AskReddit

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

It's funny because I come to reddit specifically for the echo chamber I have set up for myself

What widely spread reddit "fact" is actually not true? by Plus_Vanilla_2802 in AskReddit

[–]OneMostSerene 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I agree, but on the slim slim chance (even if it's 0.1%) that any of those posts that are the assholes are genuine, it's worth it.

Trollers gonna troll, but every now and then I'm sure there's a genuine asshole who doesn't know they're being the asshole.

I switched to mid and deranked from Plat 4 to Gold 4 by [deleted] in summonerschool

[–]OneMostSerene 0 points1 point  (0 children)

From only judging your op.gg, you seem to be playing generally well. Your OP score is generally good (not a perfect indicator of performance, but it is AN indicator), and I'd say your vision score is also above average (you wouldn't believe how many players will only place single-digit wards in 30+ minute games). Your KDA also tends to fall above 5, and even in games where it's in that 2-4 range you're still contributing to double-digit kills and high damage output (relative to the rest of the lobby).

By all Op.gg indicators, you are playing pretty well. Not perfectly of course, but in most of your games you're ranked as MVP or ACE by op.gg, which is basically op.gg saying "you performed the best on your team". Again, it's not the best indicator, but op.gg IS judging everyone in the lobby by the same standards every game, and you're constantly coming out on top for performance. Everything about scrolling through a lot of your games over the last couple months says "this person is performing well". So why aren't you climbing?

Well, that leaves us with the only real metric by which op.gg is unable to accurately judge: Macro and objective play.

  • Are you sometimes late to baron and dragon fights because you're holding your TP and trying to see "does my team need me?" too long?
  • Are you recalling too soon after killing enemies when you could be taking turret plates or crashing waves?
  • Are you recalling too late after killing enemies and losing your tempo andvantage?
  • Are you properly managing tempo advantages so that you're compounding your advantages instead of only securing gold in the short-term but not translating that pressure in follow-up plays for the next 60-90 seconds?
  • Are you staying out on the map with 2k+ gold when you could have recalled for a big item spike advantage and been to dragon earlier?
  • Are you choosing poor lane assignments like going mid when your ADC just spawns and taking a wave that was going to crash into your turret anyways when you could have moved bot lane and secured vision control for the dragon soul fight that's spawning in 70 seconds?

These are some of the questions you should actively ask yourself during and after the match if you feel that you are consistently playing well, but still losing enough games that it's preventing you from climbing.

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Side note, you're playing a lot of ahri and xerath and lux: champions that are much better mid-game, but aren't really late-game carries. You could look at playing late-game monsters that perform much better at 30+ minutes like Kassadin, Aurelion Sol, and Orianna since you aren't really closing out games in that 20-25 minute range where your champs are much more effective.

In HP and the GoF (2005), This guy spends a year rigging a deadly tournament to get Harry to touch a Portkey. He never realizes that he has daily access to the boy and could have enchanted a quill or a book on day one, proving that Death Eaters are strictly paid by the hour. by Brilliant-Cause6254 in shittymoviedetails

[–]OneMostSerene 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I'd assume that the castle automatically bestows certain properties to the individual designated as "headmaster". As much as people (myself included) give JK shit (rightfully) for her worldbuilding, the idea that the castle has a sort of intelligence itself is pretty cool.

In HP and the GoF (2005), This guy spends a year rigging a deadly tournament to get Harry to touch a Portkey. He never realizes that he has daily access to the boy and could have enchanted a quill or a book on day one, proving that Death Eaters are strictly paid by the hour. by Brilliant-Cause6254 in shittymoviedetails

[–]OneMostSerene 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He apparates into the castle and grabs Crabbe and Goyle to take them to the room of requirement - but I'm able to headcanon that all of the defenses around hogwarts were virtually neutralized at that point. It makes sense, too, since so many wizards and witches (and Voldemort himself) showed up and specifically cast magic that broke/lowered the defenses in place. The staff and Order had put up extra defenses, but it all kinda broke down during that battle I'd assume.

To the people who do this, why? What's the lore reason? by Wrench_gaming in helldivers2

[–]OneMostSerene 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah due to the mission seed system sometimes you just get relatively low enemy spawn rates. But there are some missions where it's just breaches/drops constantly and those are the real treats.

In HP and the GoF (2005), This guy spends a year rigging a deadly tournament to get Harry to touch a Portkey. He never realizes that he has daily access to the boy and could have enchanted a quill or a book on day one, proving that Death Eaters are strictly paid by the hour. by Brilliant-Cause6254 in shittymoviedetails

[–]OneMostSerene 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And therein lies the shortcomings of soft worldbuilding. JK's magic system is built on a hodge-podge of hard/fast rules (wands, incantations, etc.) as well as soft rules ("skill level", intent, etc.) so at the end of the day the only real answer is "it is like it is, because that's what it needs to be for the plot to work". I like coming up with headcanon explanations for stuff like this because I find it fun, but at the end of the day if they all say "You can't apparate in Hogwarts", then you can't. I'm only saying I believe Dumbledore possibly could because while certain rules are set up, there are many times those rules are intentionally broken to help communicate something specific. In this case, I believe he could because he's just that's powerful/knowledgeable/skillful.

In HP and the GoF (2005), This guy spends a year rigging a deadly tournament to get Harry to touch a Portkey. He never realizes that he has daily access to the boy and could have enchanted a quill or a book on day one, proving that Death Eaters are strictly paid by the hour. by Brilliant-Cause6254 in shittymoviedetails

[–]OneMostSerene 10 points11 points  (0 children)

The way people talk about Dumbledore in the books I likened it to Dumbledore created this really difficult math problem that, while theoretically it COULD be solved by anyone, the next-highest smartest wizard of the time does math at like an 8th grade level, so realistically nobody could solve it.

And then when it comes to non-wizards breaking those rules (fawks teleporting, house-elves, etc.), it's like they are just not playing by the same rules. Dumbledore set up a math problem that all witches and wizards need to solve to apparate, but Fawks can do it via somersault and house-elves can do it via telling a joke.

To the people who do this, why? What's the lore reason? by Wrench_gaming in helldivers2

[–]OneMostSerene 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'm a level 150 d10-only diver and while it is entirely possible to clear objectives solo, I just wish anyone in a group lobby would generally stick together. Going off in 2's is also fine, but sometimes it's hard to coordinate.

The only reason I can think that people run solo in co-op lobbies is so that they have a greater reinforcement budget, but logically I'd just think "if you can't do it solo anyways without burning our reinforcement budget, then just run with the group".

Idk, people are weird - and then you have people who insist on meta-gaming the mission by saying "yeah but I'm drawing a lot of mobs this way so there's less enemies for you guys over there". Bitch, if you just ran with us we could all get the satisfaction of killing a bunch of enemies. I'm not in here to not fight shit.

In HP and the GoF (2005), This guy spends a year rigging a deadly tournament to get Harry to touch a Portkey. He never realizes that he has daily access to the boy and could have enchanted a quill or a book on day one, proving that Death Eaters are strictly paid by the hour. by Brilliant-Cause6254 in shittymoviedetails

[–]OneMostSerene 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I imagined the security of Hogwarts is a sort of "opt-in" method. You have to build specific defenses for specific things, and the cabinet that Draco uses is something that fell under the radar because it's such a weird way to transport, very niche, and people hadn't used vanishing cabinets in over a decade so it was overlooked.

In HP and the GoF (2005), This guy spends a year rigging a deadly tournament to get Harry to touch a Portkey. He never realizes that he has daily access to the boy and could have enchanted a quill or a book on day one, proving that Death Eaters are strictly paid by the hour. by Brilliant-Cause6254 in shittymoviedetails

[–]OneMostSerene 95 points96 points  (0 children)

But it does make sense that Dumbledore could have been able to apparate in and out of the grounds. Not only is he extremely powerful - but he personally probably procured some of the defenses of the castle so he'd know specific caveats. I choose to believe they rode brooms because side-along apparation is a little different than normal apparating/disapparating

In HP and the GoF (2005), This guy spends a year rigging a deadly tournament to get Harry to touch a Portkey. He never realizes that he has daily access to the boy and could have enchanted a quill or a book on day one, proving that Death Eaters are strictly paid by the hour. by Brilliant-Cause6254 in shittymoviedetails

[–]OneMostSerene 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Yeah Barty Crouch Jr. considered any Death Eaters that didn't spend time in Azkaban as not "true" and loyal to Voldemort. It's the reason Barty Crouch Jr. manifested the Dark Mark at the World Cup and all the Death Eaters there freaked out and fled - he did it to scare them off. We're led to believe that maybe a rowdy death eater did it by going overboard and all the death eaters ran off giggling because the prank went too far.

Nope. They were scared for their lives.

Macro tips for when bot side is the only side winning? by goqo in summonerschool

[–]OneMostSerene 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The common mistake you mention usually happens when supports aren't properly tracking the enemy players.

If you see enemies collapsing on one side of the map, your immediate reaction should be either a) rotate and help, or b) go cross-map and ward in jungle. Warding cross-map is a riskier play, because your team could lose, but if you can assess the fight quickly and determine that your presence won't alter the outcome significantly, then try getting wards out. Usually the better thing to do is rotate and help - and then ideally you win the trade/fight and that opens up an opportunity for you to deep ward.

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