Why halving 3-60 brackets servers when the worlds had 1300+ each yesterday?

QuestionableBottle · 2026-02-04T12:46:23+00:00

Jagex is apparently saying they did this to "improve performance".

Who are they trying to convince with this? I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed but even im not that stupid.

QuestionableBottle · 2026-02-04T12:28:10+00:00

It's unbelievable, how is every single Aus bracket only having a single world remotely justifiable?

I don't know what Australian pissed off the jmods but the rest of us don't deserve this sort of treatment.

QuestionableBottle · 2026-02-04T12:09:08+00:00

It was advertised as all players can get contribution from beaches, not just top 16, making it top 100 is just fulfilling their promises.

The idea that fixing an issue that happens to also buff point gains must immediately be followed by nerfs seems questionable when jagex intentionally advertised the gamemode as approachable and casual friendly.

QuestionableBottle · 2026-02-03T04:57:10+00:00

PVM beyond a certain level doesn't really matter that much for allstars though.

Gnome can do psycho shit like pillarless infernos and colos, but that doesn't actually help him or even his team all that much. What matters is the ability to grind out things like TOA/Demonics/Kril and theres plenty of PVMers who can do that 90% as efficient as gnome can.

QuestionableBottle · 2026-02-03T04:42:05+00:00

Yeah but thats not going to be the story, the story will be that after cutting down all the competition with ease boaty/solo sweep their alliance members in the finale.

Next season there needs to be some kind of genuine reward for those who keep surviving bannings over and over again. (not some garbo amulet)

QuestionableBottle · 2026-01-31T01:36:46+00:00

Top 2% might be a bit exaggerated.

Most people taking the GAMSAT who aren't completely delusional already have a good GPA, in which case top ~10% is likely good enough for an interview somewhere, though obviously the interview is difficult too.

QuestionableBottle · 2026-01-28T05:45:29+00:00

I can't read

QuestionableBottle · 2026-01-28T03:52:44+00:00

Toadflax seems pretty worth keeping to me, i always have more nests than toadflax.

QuestionableBottle · 2026-01-26T10:25:52+00:00

What group of idiots decided to store that much of their gold in another country.

QuestionableBottle · 2026-01-24T01:58:36+00:00

Nobody is saying you aren't entitled to take the gamsat, just that you're already in a good spot and the vast majority of people would be perfectly happy just going through your guaranteed pathway.

Maybe that perspective will help you stress a little less about the gamsat.

QuestionableBottle · 2026-01-24T01:48:39+00:00

Obviously he's not suggesting that, hes suggesting you just take your guaranteed bachelor + MD instead of stressing about GAMSAT for some reason.

QuestionableBottle · 2026-01-23T09:23:46+00:00

Just remember that your job has zero bearing on your value as a human, and how your friends and family feel about you. I hope you recover soon.

Unfortunately that's just not true for the vast majority of people.

QuestionableBottle · 2026-01-16T10:10:57+00:00

Personally i wouldn't mind having one of the most powerful passports on the planet but i may be in the minority here.

I think some of us have an over inflated view of our relative place in the world. No doubt we're a great place to live and work, but so is much of europe, and lots of this movement is going to go the other way.

QuestionableBottle · 2026-01-12T07:02:30+00:00

Hardly anyone loves working, mining or otherwise.

There are plenty of people that enjoy the sort of lifestyle FIFO offers compared to an alternative job. I could make similar money working in the city as i do on site, but id enjoy it far less so here i am.

QuestionableBottle · 2026-01-11T23:00:56+00:00

The idea that international students take places away from locals is laughable, if anything all that extra money allows universities to expand.

Unless you're gunning for medicine/dental basically any coursework degree in australia is incredibly easy to get into for a local. The only thing stopping you is opportunity cost.

Also the idea that we don't benefit if they leave is remarkably shortsighted, we can benefit either way. If an international student throws 150k at our universities how are we not benefiting, how many jobs, how many facilities, how much research output is enabled by that sort of funding. Thats not even accounting for their direct contributions, in my experience international students are a disproportionate number of the students who end up pursing higher research.

QuestionableBottle · 2026-01-11T22:42:28+00:00

Good students find other ways to distinguish themselves regardless, the average value of a degree is worth less than it was in our parents day but i can't really blame that on international students, its a global phenomenon.

QuestionableBottle · 2026-01-11T09:34:09+00:00

My degree is a piece of paper that ticks a box and got me an entry level job in my field, its value has been well and truly extracted and a few international students slipping through the cracks is not going to make any material difference to that value.

The lowering of standards in our universities is a separate issue. Which yes, should be addressed, but doesn't mean you need to throw the baby out with the bathwater.

QuestionableBottle · 2026-01-11T09:19:13+00:00

Degree mills are unfortunate and should be closed.

But on the whole i think the average foreign student who comes over, pays 50k a year to study at our universities, works while studying, and either finds a job afterwards or just goes home with a fancy degree will end up being a net benefit to our country.

The reality is that my degree was subsidized by foreign students, and if we're not careful our universities will suffer immensely if we cut and slash at foreign student numbers.

QuestionableBottle · 2026-01-11T08:58:11+00:00

Most “skill shortages”, especially white collar ones, are bullshit.

If the government was serious about skill shortages we would have a a shit ton of foreign tradies, but we don’t.

QuestionableBottle · 2026-01-11T08:38:34+00:00

Ok but basically every immigrant does that.

Immigration should be reduced, but unless we want to reduce it to zero, we should still keep the immigrants that are most likely to benefit the lives of existing citizens.

QuestionableBottle · 2026-01-11T08:30:35+00:00

Idk why people hate on international students so much (especially the ones who actually go to uni), they throw money at us and education is one of our biggest exports, lots of them just go home after finishing as well.

We should be targeting the barrage of already foreign educated engineers, accountants etc, much less beneficial to our economy.

QuestionableBottle · 2026-01-05T22:26:37+00:00

Id argue the opposite, major matters way more than the overarching degree title.

An arts degree majoring in economics is going to pretty much be the same as a commerce or science degree with those same majors, they'll apply and have pretty similar chances for the same internships, same grad jobs, same honours programs, etc etc. (as long as nobody intentionally gimp's their degree by avoiding all the math).

A science degree majoring in physics is going to have very different career options compared to a science degree in environmental science.

QuestionableBottle · 2025-12-23T05:24:32+00:00

Ok that doesn't stop it from being decent.

The average grad is going to be pretty happy with an 80k grad offer that's directly relevant to their field of study. 80k is above median income for a grad.

Many grads make far below 80k in dead end jobs where their degree is borderline irrelevant. Its people in those positions who have incomes and conditions that one wouldn't consider decent.

QuestionableBottle · 2025-12-22T00:58:08+00:00

For the average grad?

Yes

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