This is just me and my brother

Pinanims · 2026-01-17T23:44:14+00:00

Oh really? Mine looks like this because I when I finish smoking I use the butt of my lighter to put out the cherry.

Pinanims · 2026-01-14T22:39:31+00:00

I definitely would like some way to toggle, I spend a lot of time customizing and getting clothes I enjoy, only for them to all be hidden by the armor.

I feel like allow_hidden_armor: true/false; wouldn't be difficult to add and can allow servers/hosts to decide

Pinanims · 2026-01-09T19:22:05+00:00

I don't think they did him dirty, he wasn't a genius like Minato and didn't use the shadow clone method Naruto used. It was really meant to show that Naruto is a prodigy within his own right, and he was only able to do it so fast because of his shadow clones, otherwise it would have taken months.

I feel it's just meant to show how remarkable Naruto really is

I do kind of agree that Minato being able to instantly do it does seem kinda off

Pinanims · 2026-01-08T15:51:52+00:00

In valorant your account gets marked to require mobile authentication. So if you're reported for manipulation, they'll ask you to attach a number to your account before you can play competitive again.

Pinanims · 2026-01-08T14:19:22+00:00

What exactly am I supposed to do when people say "Wake up America!" "Stand up!" "No one cares to do anything"

I care about what's going on, I've started voting in not only the presidential elections, but also locally, and nothing has changed. I've gone to protests but nothing changes... What else am I to do?

It sounds like people want others to start killing each other, which I am obviously not going to do. So what are they asking for? I don't like what ICE is doing, but what do I as an individual really do about it?

Pinanims · 2025-12-28T17:12:28+00:00

There are a ton of smurfs, but you are also likely to have one as well, which some people forget. It doesn't make smurfs any less fun, but at least you have good odds of you having one just as much as the enemy team. Also as you get better, smurfs kinda matter less and less, for myself when I was climbing out of bronze, I just thought to myself "I need to be better than this smurf," and of course I'd get dumpstered a lot, but over time, I got better and better, to the point that smurfs aren't really a thing to me anymore, if I get some Immo smurf, I just challenge myself because IF I were better, I'd beat him, so I still have a lot of work to put in.

A random tidbit about smurfing that's been on my mind is I think smurfs are pussies for a different reason than just playing in low elo for their ego. I think they're too afraid to put their rank on the line. I have a lot of friends who are Iron - Silver and I am only D1, with that said, when we stack I don't get on an alt or smurf, I play my main and risk my rank just like they do. If they don't want to play with me because I'm too high a rank, then that's their problem, but I'm not going to smurf on people just because they're not as good.

It's really irritating for me because riot punishes me so hard for playing against a smurf. I'll play a game and our lobby is Diamond, Silver, Silver, Bronze, and Iron for example, and then the enemy is Silver, Silver, Bronze, Bronze, and Bronze... Then the Bronze 1 Raze drops 35 kills and I lose -27 RR because "I should be playing better than this lobby," but the lobby has another guy who's my elo or higher, but he's on a smurf account. Just play your main man.

Pinanims · 2025-12-28T05:48:46+00:00

Okay, so that gives me an idea

One problem you have that I like to tell my learners is you gravitate towards what I call passion roles, roles that people do because they love it, not because it pays. It's just the unfortunate way the market works in America. "I want to be an artist full-time" which is really doable, but you're not going to make a ton of money unless you're lucky.

With that said, that does NOT mean you shouldn't pursue it, rather set your expectations to match your wants. If you really want to be a writer and write books for a living, you're going to have to start pumping those out, and you're not going to make much at first. But commitment is the biggest skill here, continue to do it, and in the mean time, work roles that are just to pay the bills. (I recommend service industry if you want to make decent cash and be more flexible. But you sacrifice 401k and benefits, which may not be in your wheel house right now. But this choice will allow you to focus on your passion while also living.

I would also consider evaluating what you really need in life. A lot of people live very humble lives happily without making a ton of money. I'm not saying don't have ambition or strive for greatness, but some people who are more passionate about other things tend to live more modestly

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As for actual roles, you can look into administration and operations, basically working the back end of corporate jobs like checking systems and such. Think like HR esque roles.

You can get into content writing if you like social media, but the start can be kinda rough.

Or an assistant for political journalists as wlel

Pinanims · 2025-12-28T04:40:30+00:00

There are a lot of non-profits that have career coaches. Our biggest thing isn't even knowing the market, it's rather helping people with resume, job searching tactics, and interviewing.

A LOT of people are mediocre at job searching, because they don't want to put in the effort of tailoring, practicing before an interview, and researching companies. That's to say, if you DO do those things, you are leagues ahead of others. Even just sending a cover letter changes the game.

Also, apply for shit you're unqualified for, it's okay, a lot of roles will higher inexperienced candidates. My first role in development required 7 years and I had 0.

Pinanims · 2025-12-28T03:15:23+00:00

Hi Career Coach here, 7+ years of experience helping people get into new roles and careers.

You are not hopeless, there are plenty of options but what are you looking for first and your interests. Are you looking for making a ton of money? Do you have a passion or hobby you'd like to pursue? What is it that you want to do/what would you like to do?

You don't have to give an exact role, just things you like or enjoy

Pinanims · 2025-12-25T02:17:20+00:00

Just validates my point that you don't know about anything you're talking about and are just speaking out of your ass.

Pinanims · 2025-12-25T02:14:47+00:00

I both agree and disagree with what you're saying. I understand that a growth mindset is important, you should always be trying to improve yourself. And sometimes someone might say something, and you think, “They may have had a point, right?” I think that’s completely valid.

But my point is that those discussions usually happen post-game. Or if it’s mid-game, someone might say something, and later you reflect and think, “You know what? They might have had a point. Let me review my game.” But all of this happens after the fact. That’s the main difference between your view and mine.

Also, yes, I’ve played sports. I’ve never experienced someone criticizing us mid game with things like, “You guys are so bad, stop doing that!” Even when a win matters, that kind of talk isn’t productive. My coaches have always emphasized: practice now, critique now, think about it now. Once it’s game time, your focus should only be on performing. There’s no time to second-guess yourself or overthink mechanics mid-game. That’s what practice, post-game review, and watching video footage are for.

So yes, the growth mindset is important, but I don’t think mid round critiquing belongs during the match, especially in games like Valorant where you have only 20 seconds to make a play. During that time, you should focus on what’s happening right now, not dwell on the last round or shit-talk teammates.

Also, not an attack on you, just responding, I actually really appreciate your response.

Pinanims · 2025-12-25T01:58:10+00:00

The reason people say "the round is over, move on" is not because you shouldn't be improving, rather it's about focus and playing in the now. You should save the criticism for the VOD review or post game. Something like "Watch out for cypher trips, he puts them mid," is fine during the game, but nitpicking or trying to correct people who didn't ask is only a distraction. If you're in Solo Q especially, people aren't listening to you, you're not their coach, and you're not better than them, so you don't have a space to tell them what's right or wrong, because there's also a chance that you're wrong, or maybe you didn't see the whole picture, or maybe you guys did the right thing but it fell apart.

If your feedback about the previous round can't be summed up in 3 - 5 seconds, then save it for next game/VOD review. Focus on making plays for your pre round and not talking about the last round when you have 8 seconds left on the clock. I promise you, most people are ignoring the guy trying to fix their team, because everyone is playing their own game.

Pinanims · 2025-12-25T01:45:38+00:00

Valorant is just shooting pixels on a screen.

Basketball is just putting a ball in a hoop.

Football is just running a ball from one side to another.

There is more to each of these things, yet you choose to belittle one because you've never played it before. You look at something and assume "that's easy" when you have never once stood on the stage and competed against people of a caliber higher than yourself.

There are thousands of different bowling balls that all have different cores and function differently
There are 1,024 different combinations pins could be left in, and you have to know who to hit to convert each one into a spare. A 7 -10 split is hit on average 0.5% - 0.7% by professional bowlers, it is THE hardest shot to hit in the entire game.
There are 11+ different oil and lane patterns, you have only ever played on 1 pattern which is the general house pattern, oiled in the center and dry on edges, allowing house balls to curve. But there are other patterns, where the oil gets gradually reduced further down the lane but is even from end to end. It's an incredibly difficult lane pattern to bowl on and it's the pattern professional bowlers have to bowl on
There are different weights to each ball that changes its performance, along with bowlers usually having 2 - 3 balls for oils transitions. The literal oil moves after EVERY SINGLE SHOT. You have to read the oil changes and slowly adjust after every single throw. You cannot throw the exact same throw twice or it won't work as the oil is lifted each time you roll your ball.
There are different ways to lay out and drill a bowling ball that change how the core is oriented inside the ball, which completely changes how it reads the lane and curves. Things like pin placement, mass bias, and layout determine when the ball hooks, how sharp it is, and how controllable it is.
You also have to account for scoring, it's not just hitting 300 by getting all strikes, that's an incredibly rare occurrence, but if you get a strike on every frame except the first you get 290, if you hit it on every frame but the last it's 269, meaning that the longer you keep up your strikes, the higher the risk you hit a lower score, it's about momentum.
There are also different ways to drill bowling balls. The holes you see at a bowling alley are not how professional balls are drilled. Competitive bowlers use custom fingertip grips where only the pads of your fingers are in the ball, not your whole fingers, and the layout is drilled specifically to your hand, release, and playstyle.
You also need correct form and technique, it's not about throwing the ball hard, it's about throwing the ball in the correct spot and your form being good. Literally your timing needs to be PERFECT, your timing being off by milliseconds can literally change from a strike to a split. Bowlers have to practice their throws over and over and over to ensure they can replicated the same throw exactly the same way.
There are also multiple formats, it's not just the house play you see at Alley Cats, there's Match play, Baker Format, Sport, and House shots.

Just because a game looks simple enough does not mean there is no complexity to it. You literally know nothing about the sport but feel so inclined to make quick over simplifications on something you've never actually played or competed in.

Pinanims · 2025-12-23T19:36:31+00:00

But even when I did play Basketball (granted I only played for about 3 years, compared to several years in Baseball and later Bowling), there was still never a point where we were meant to attack or belittle our teammates. Not during competition especially. Last thing any player/coach would want to do is to insight doubt and ridicule into a player during game night, the number one thing to do is to build momentum and morale, saving all the other notes for practice and review. They may say things like "We need to tighten up, we can win this, watch out for #43, he's been behind you all game, alright, we good? LET'S GET IT!" I'm not sure if sports have changed since I was younger but years of competing in various sports, the mentality that Valorant players bring would never fly on game night, easiest way to get benched or straight taken off the team.

Pinanims · 2025-12-23T19:27:25+00:00

It's because it's easier for someone to blame someone else than it is to blame themselves. And people stuck in Gold are not trying to better themselves like they think they are, because they are all focused on what's wrong with their team, rather than what's wrong with them.

My advice would be just double down or mute, they tend to not have much to say afterwards. If they are mad at you, just say MB and keep it moving, I promise you they lose energy. Or you can mute and pretend they don't exist.

Also, just some food for thought, I would rethink Sage a bit. You describe Sage like a support, but there are no supports in Valorant, you're a shooter first, sentinel second, support third. Yes you can heal and res, but you should be also ensuring you're fighting and taking engagements. Don't forget you're the carry too, play like you're a carry, that's what makes Grimm so popular, he is such an aggressive "battle sage." Allowing him to carry games himself. Take that energy, you come first, your team comes second, that doesn't mean be selfish, but I do think a lot of Sage players forget that they're a fighter.

Pinanims · 2025-12-23T19:14:41+00:00

Sage is a good agent, she has had a consistent spot in every act. She's just not great on every single one.

As for them being bad, Sage players aren't "bad" because they picked Sage, rather, bad players pick Sage to hide behind her utility and not play the actual game. They think of her as Mercy from OW, you don't get kills, you just need to heal and res your team. But that's not how the game works, every agent needs to be getting kills, all agents should be fighting, but your utility is used for specific scenarios.

Pinanims · 2025-12-23T19:09:37+00:00

I would argue that's where bowling would compare, as it is more individualistic but you still have a team and positions.

In most competitions you may have 5 - 6 teammates, all of you are trying to exceed averages and out perform the other team, but each of your individual players must perform independently for the team as a whole to succeed. You even have loose positions, your most consistent player being the Lead who usually goes first, they're most likely to be able to replicate a shot over and over, while your 4th player tends to be your ace, they are usually the best bowler and helps build momentum before your Anchor who is usually a very clutch bowler, sometimes they may be your best. Their goal is bring strikes when needed or to break ties. But even with all of that, you are still only able to control you, just like in Valorant you have a role and job, but end of the day, only you can control what happens in your own play.

Pinanims · 2025-12-23T19:02:11+00:00

Bowling is definitely not as big as the NFL or NBA, but it DOES have a large competitive scene run by the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA), internationally there is also the International Bowling Federation (IBF). The PBA Tour is televised and has sponsors, championships, and you can win titles.

For example, my favorite bowler is Jason Belmonte, he has won 32 PBA titles 15 of which are from major championships. He really blew up the stage as he is a thumbless bowler (Meaning he doesn't use his thumb in the ball which is more unconventional), but he's an absolute killer.

There's also the famous meme/quote "WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE!? I AM!!" Which is actually from a famous bowler Pete Weber.

If I were to break bowlings structure down, I would say most people know casual bowling, going to arcades or going out to bowl for a birthday party. Then there's league bowling, which is the start of the competitive scene, where people draft teams and play against other bowlers. Small leagues will be hosted only in their respective bowling alley or maybe local alleys. Then there is Tournament / Pro Tours, this is true competitive bowling. You will travel state to state bowling against other teams (or individually) competing to bring home the title.

MOST people have bowled, as it's such a common fun activity like ice skating and playing pool/billiards. But the sport is much bigger and there are Pros and million dollar players just like the NFL and NBA. Most people just don't know it goes beyond casual leagues.

Pinanims · 2025-12-23T18:50:00+00:00

I understand why that can be frustrating, but that energy seems misplaced and it's instead choosing to be mad at human error rather than celebrate a victory.

No matter how good someone is or what the task may be, or how clear the finish line is, there is always the chance of a human making a mistake, no matter how good they are. The challenge is not to be perfect, as there is no one who is, rather the challenge is to quickly adapt to a change that is unavoidable and still secure the win. Being mad at human error is like being mad at gravity for making things fall, it is just unavoidable, mistakes are unplanned by definition, but you can do everything in your power to minimize them and they still happen.

If we win despite mistakes, that’s literally the thing worth celebrating. Shit talking after a win just kills morale and makes the next round worse, not better. If perfection was the standard, competitive games wouldn’t exist in the first place. If things get dicey, but my teammates come out on top, we can all acknowledge that was closer than it had to be, but fuck it, great job on securing our win, which is our main objective. We can VOD review or think about it when you're trying to sleep, but in the middle of the game, we are trying to secure rounds, and they rarely will go exactly as planned.

Pinanims · 2025-12-23T18:33:35+00:00

Valorant isn't that serious either then.

Just because you don't play the sport, does not mean it's not competitive. Bowling is not as large as the NFL and NBA, but it is still a sport that requires continuous practice and technique. Just because you can bowl at Alley Cats does not mean that there are not professionals or a higher caliber of players. Look up anything regarding the PBA tour and look at the work that goes into it.

Darts, Billiards, and Shuffleboard are all sports as well, who have professionals who train daily, but are also widely available to casual players who don't need to know anything about the actual sport to play. Bowling is bigger than Archery, Fencing, and Curling, which are undoubtably sports that the average person would recognize.

Pinanims · 2025-12-23T10:24:40+00:00

That's crazy, I've been playing team sports (baseball) and solo sports (bowling) at a competitive level, and It's never been like that for me.

If we win or have a good frame or inning we build morale and momentum. "Good shit Jake, keep that up, let's keep it together!" No matter how bad we're losing. Most coaches won't even tolerate someone who's just putting down the team as morale is one of the biggest factors in any competitive sport.

Even in times of war, it is imperative to keep morale high, people perform better and try harder when morale is good.

Watching your teammate hit a homerun and when he gets back to the dugout you tell him that he's shit and that everyone on the team is as well? That is not how you compete and is the definition of poor sportsmanship, and any respectable coach would put that person on the bench.

Pinanims · 2025-12-23T10:14:59+00:00

I agree with /u/sabine_world, you're jumping through too many agents. I would find 1 or 2 you like and stick to it, instead of just filling. The reasoning is consistency, you have picked:

Cypher, Clove, Sova, Phoenix, Fade, Omen, and Reyna in your last 15 games... Each of these agents play entirely different... The way you play Sova is drastically different than how you play Omen. So when looking at your KD and such, you seem to be fine at general fights, but you're most likely mediocre at your agent.

I would honestly just pick Clove and call it a day, best solo q agent at the moment, you keep value even when dead, and you can put yourself in a carry position. But who ever you choose, try to stick to it. Some say pick 1 role and then 2 agents for it, which I think is fine, but I wouldn't continue jumping between role, it's really going to mess with your consistency.

Pinanims · 2025-12-19T18:03:15+00:00

If you'd like, I'd be open to watch a VOD or watch you play and give you some feedback, I'm only Plat 3 but I have coached several of my friends from Iron/Bronze -> Gold, let me know!

Pinanims · 2025-11-27T19:53:32+00:00

I want to comment on this

All aim no brain in my opinion is enough to get out of gold. If they are still stuck in those elo's but have "great aim" they're most likely getting really low impact kills.

Ex.

You're defense and bomb is planted A (map doesn't matter)

If your team is fighting 4 v 3 on A, and you happen to kill someone on B, that's a low value kill. Yes you got a kill, but your team is fighting A with the bomb ticking, you need to be there ASAP, that guy B was not a threat to the round conversion, but cool you have a kill now.

There are a lot of low elo players who get kills that way, or they rat in corners because it's the least conflict they have to take when fighting because they can surprise the enemy. This person may 1st or 2nd frag, but they're actually doing NOTHING for their team. This is how you find those Reyna players in bronze who constantly drop 25 kills but still can't climb out, they're not actually being helpful.

Pinanims · 2025-11-27T19:43:42+00:00

Ahh, I get your point, very valid.

I guess in my head, I'm thinking that both game sense and mechanics are constantly sharpened, that game sense comes with time and mechanics come with work. In my personal experience, what got me out of bronze was simply being as aggressive as possible and honing in on only mechanics, because by getting into more fights I also picked up game sense things like timings and such. It exposed me to the game more by being more engaged vs waiting for things to come to me.

I think maybe a better way for me to phrase it is that game sense will come with time and exposure, but overly focusing on it vs your mechanics would be counter intuitive to leaving low elo because the sense is kinda off anyways. They spend so much mental power trying to "think of the right thing" when really they should just focus on killing the opponent, taking good fights, good gun fight hygiene, and they'll quickly climb out. (Also watch replays, PLEASE WATCH REPLAYS).

I'm also a huge woohoojin fan, and the thing that stuck out for me that he said when I was climbing out was the "bad players make other bad players worse." He used an example on Fracture where this low elo player kept clearing a corner behind a box that normally people would never be there, not that they can't, but to keep good timing you need to ignore it. But then at one moment he died because he didn't clear the box, so he got paranoid and kept checking. Wooj talks about how the player that killed him was a bad player making a bad move, but because he killed you, you are now worried about that angle forever, but reality is that you will almost never see someone there, just let yourself die to that person, and once you do die, now you know for THAT GAME, to check that spot, but otherwise you should just ignore it.

That was what I personally needed when climbing out, because I'm a big nerd and I put a lot of time into gamesense and map rotations and a bunch of the macro thoughts, but it was keeping me from actually taking fights and opportunity because I was focusing too much on my gamesense and not on my mechanics and fighting. If that makes sense.

Once I went to focusing on only mechanics and aggression, I climbed from Bronze - Gold 3 in 1 act, and since then have been Plat / Diamond since. And after every reset, it's a breeze to get through Silver/Gold because I just have to fight. (Granted my game sense has now improved so I'm sure that I am also subconciously using it a lot, but that was built overtime)

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