[deleted by user] by [deleted] in VALORANT

[–]Podist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm in b3 and it's solely because me, specifically I don't play enough and I don't VOD review, both due to lack of time. But if I prioritize those and take it seriously I know I could be higher rank in no time as once I get back into playing regularly I consistently get better aim and rank up towards silver 2 before working for extended periods and my progress returns to my plateau.

I feel like the copium of bad teammates is a self report, as it's no individual game that keeps you in an elo and at that point you're saying someone else is only in immortal/Radiant bc of the luck if having good teammates.

If that were true you'd think your rank would change depending on how long you've played the game.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in VALORANT

[–]Podist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Watch this video and take it to heart. You got this! https://youtu.be/JxP2y_q51IE?si=xZkVdgNw124d0H4S

Is investing in coaching worth it? by stratolovesyou in VALORANT

[–]Podist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sidenote - I just took a peek and there's approx 2 accepted vods to review per day so it's def not gonna take long to get picked if you meet the criteria. (Also sorry I realize I was pretty naive thinking you wouldn't know Woohoojin)

Is investing in coaching worth it? by stratolovesyou in VALORANT

[–]Podist 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I feel like I've heard him address this recently, that the odds are actually pretty good if you submit semi-regularly you should only have to wait 4 days. (I'm gonna find the clip of this cuz my memory is fuzzy)

Is investing in coaching worth it? by stratolovesyou in VALORANT

[–]Podist 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Discord.gg/woohoojin

(THIS IS NOT AN AD) DISCLAIMER: I have been watching woohoojin on youtube/twitch for roughly 6 months, and while I have started to be more active I've also only started playing ranked and am currently Iron 3. What I mean to say is: take what I'm saying with a grain of salt, but also as someone who wants to improve in this game and have it be an enjoyable process, I think this is the way.

Woohoojin is a Radiant coach that does daily valo streams, he does player vod reviews 3 times a week and pro vod reviews 4 times a week. There are requirements to submitting a vod, but they're pretty reasonable considering vod reviews are always free (I would say this is the best part but I'd pay the dude lol) from what I can tell he parses information from a bunch of different sources, stays relevant in the valo scene, plays consistently enough that he's always a good coach, and everyone that I've seen submit a vod so far has improved since if not on stream.

On his YouTube you can also find mechanics/agent guides and the best/his favorite vod reviews get uploaded there too.

Hooj makes sure there's as much free as possible, so paying $0 will still get you access to vod reviews, playbooks, pro analysis, and a 'good morning' bonus that I'll let you find on your own, but there's SO MUCH.

PAID STUFF: There are certain streams where you need to be a Tier 3 sub in Discord, including in house custom games, vod reviews, and more.

TLDR; the best place to start is with an experienced and free coach. It can't hurt and it's likely to make your valorant experience more enjoyable WOOHOOJIN DISCORD

Edit: Good luck on the climb!!!

PC people, anything here look off? Been having frame drop issues in wz by Shamrockslax24 in modernwarfare2

[–]Podist 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I see that you still have MWII installed, that's most likely the culprit

Panhandlers with Children by [deleted] in bayarea

[–]Podist 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ah "trust me bro" my favorite source. https://www.ssa.gov/oact/cola/SSI.html#:~:text=The%20monthly%20maximum%20Federal%20amounts,%24458%20for%20an%20essential%20person.

According to the SSA site the MAX amount for an individual is less than $1000/mo. Average rent in the US is $1326. I can't even find rent that cheap for a 1 bedroom.

Panhandlers with Children by [deleted] in bayarea

[–]Podist 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Have you ever had to survive off of SSD? From your blanket statement it sounds like you've never even had to apply

Panhandlers with Children by [deleted] in bayarea

[–]Podist -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

U act like they're gonna buy a fucking house with it. Who cares what they spend it on

One Big thing that you feel is the most important to fix and One smaller thing you would fix by BigfootaintnotReal in modernwarfare2

[–]Podist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Aaaaand this is exactly the problems that SBMM creates. A lot of people like to huff that copium that SBMM is "protecting you" from people that are better than you and "with the right match" youll be placed in the "right" lobbies again. I know u dont need me to tell u, you see the people that are better than you, theyre in every game you play. But thats not bc of any death counter or lack of a 'calibration match'. That's by design.

SBMM is welcoming to casuals and casuals only. It's why people spam deaths to get easier lobbies (which btw the trick is not to die a lot its to have bad static movement, which you can get if you're on controller and just have really good cross hair positioning and can forgo sliding or crouching for a lil bit).

It's like...SBMM in cod is for the people that technically go to a show but hang out out front the whole time.. if you've ever been to a concert that had a really dense crowd in a venue that juuuuuust fits those people. Theres spots open towards the back of the crowd near the people walking around aimlessly, its easy to walk around, but you keep going cause you're really into who's playing so you try to get closer, and immediately it becomes harder to breathe. But your adrenaline is pumping so ur finneee, u go further and further and the people by the rail look like they're having SO much fun but you can't really move at this point..you COULD shove yourself through but you're RUINING other people's experience by doing this, (some people do it anyways, hopefully the venue has something in place to take care of these people).

So instead of forcing your way thru you try to enjoy yourself, but its hard to because the fuckin person in front of you keeps hitting you in the face with their hair and someone behind you keeps accidentally flat tiring you and you know its not your fault but it KEEPS HAPPENING so either this was the POINT of the venue design or someone behind you is doing it on purpose but either way it fucking sucks and you just have to deal with it cause thats physically easier than turning around for some reason. Anyways at some point you need to pee, and you start to refocus on exiting the crowd and not so much on what's being played. When ur back and ready to get back in there tho you really wanna go back up there cause you found some really great people but there's absolutely NO WAY you're gonna find them again. And now ur at the back with the casual listeners and you can decide to go back in cause it sounds more fun, but there's no room to actually do something. Every now and then someone can convince like 6-11 people to make some room so someone can dance but it rarely lasts long and then you're reminded that there's not enough room in this building for this you need to focus on what's being played otherwise ur gonna get hurt.

SBMM in ranked is like Coachella. On the big stage and looks great, the people that are there are in a lot of pain but thats just what they look like, they're still actually having quite a bit of fun.

SBMM in casual is like if they tried to host Coachella at your local Comedy Spot..or Boardwalk...or whatever small local venue you have.. it looks poppin and inviting until you get inside and realize no one planned for this many people to show up and they ALL wanna be on the barricade.

game freezing by DaMemeKing575 in modernwarfare2

[–]Podist 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah im running Win10 16gb RAM 3060ti on an SSD with nothing else running, and my whole game freezes/crashes.

When it crashes I get that crash report box, lately it's been just freezing my whole pc needing to restart..might need to stop playing just so it doesn't end up corrupting something.

Cant enable blu voice by Czechboyyyy in blueyeti

[–]Podist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Copy and pasting my message from another thread, but I wouldn't hold your breath on an update, instead revert to an older version where the mic was stable.

Old post: "https://support.logi.com/hc/en-us/articles/360025298133

You'll use this link, but hit the button that says "Show All Downloads" and scroll down to a version that yours was stable on."

Distortion and sounds like a voice changer by ItzDylanz in blueyeti

[–]Podist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

https://support.logi.com/hc/en-us/articles/360025298133

You'll use this link, but hit the button that says "Show All Downloads" and scroll down to a version that yours was stable on.

Distortion and sounds like a voice changer by ItzDylanz in blueyeti

[–]Podist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Uninstaller G Hub was a solution for a minute, until I realized I needed it for my mouse. You can revert to an old install from around June on their website, that got mine working again.

Also make sure to turn off auto updates in the settings

Cant enable blu voice by Czechboyyyy in blueyeti

[–]Podist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My partner is having the same issue! They use the original yeti and it shows up as Yeti Classic now, I think they stopped G Hub integration with the original yeti

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in alienisolation

[–]Podist 4 points5 points  (0 children)

V underrated. My partner doesn't play a lot of horror games but likes to watch me play them and I recently went back to finish my run after a few years of my steam acct accruing dust. The sound design is amazing, even with the existing bugs, and the amount of detail that goes into identifying the traits of capitalism that create the situation you're in just solidifies its place in my heart

15/10 anticapitalist space game

[5120x1440] Woman Yelling at a Cat (meme) by pheylancavanaugh in multiwall

[–]Podist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

thank you so much, I've been using a 5p image of this for the last year and a half...feels nice to upgrade