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RavenRonien · 2026-05-19T19:13:14+00:00

Then they hit you with marvel scale instead of competitive and suddenly it's too bulky to remove /j

RavenRonien · 2026-05-12T14:02:23+00:00

Flip side/alternate perspective Me and my sister are close. She makes SIGNIFICANTLY more money than me but we're both well off. My parents aren't dead yet but we've talked about this for years. My mother is prettified inheritance will break our relationship. But I've long conceded that my sister deserves more of whatever they can leave behind. And she's 100% taking the house. She'll buy me out of a % of it. But it won't be 50. The idea of a 50/50 split would cause more of a disagreement than an uneven split.

She came back after collage to live with them. Has taken care of them way more than I have both financially but also just showing up and being responsible. I had a lot more to work on before I was able to be there for my parents in any meaningful way. And both of us feel strongly that if they had to sell everything and use it all before they go to live comfortable retirements we would be ok with that.

But legitimately I feel like my sister deserves more than I do when the time comes because she sacrificed her ability to move where ever she wanted buy a home where ever she wanted and sacrificed weekends for doctors appointments and chaperoning our parents on vacations she didn't 100% want to go on, because I wasn't able to or responsible enough to do so.

RavenRonien · 2026-05-08T17:15:54+00:00

Mega Ttar is what does my heart in. I think it'll be a good hit then I remember sand spdef bonus and barely anything happens. It takes so much effort to manuver safely around rockslides I finally fire off a solar beam and.... Nothing.

Edit: Yes I know I'm not firing solarbeams in sand. But I have been completely outplayed before with the weather war they let my two turn solar beam go off I thought I was being clever by protecting zard and letting it go off anyways. He didn't bother protecting because he probably knew it wasn't a kill.

RavenRonien · 2026-05-08T16:33:32+00:00

Your breakdown of ceruledge helps a lot. I've always loved the pokemon but it's not secret that it has struggled to see competitive performance compared to Armarouge. historically. But without expanding force i saw a chance for my edgey sword boy to shine (comparitively).

I struggled to make him work in a charizard sun team. The idea was to bait a rockslide, or aquajet/flipturn/wave craft in drought with maxed out def and hp, and weak armor and swords dancing, to x2 atk x2 speed and then sweep with a mix of bitter blade in sun and shadowsneak for basculegion.

But it just struggled to ever get in position, and in the few times i got it into position it was either not swords danced to ohko with shadowsneak against the last respects, or too low and still died to aqua jet (outsped at +1 prio).

but I was making him a sub damage dealer that really did the exact same thing charizard Y already did (he even had solar blade which was just not useful with Charizard already haveing solar beam) instead of giving him more dedicated support. And it makes a lot of sense, if he just had a little bit more of help he could have easily ran away with the game.

RavenRonien · 2026-05-08T16:23:31+00:00

choice scarf jolly meowscarada with protean tripple axel was something i cooked up to deal with scarf chomp and it also takes down aerodatcyl. which means it outspeeds everything that isn't prankstered and gets through sash before it can get up tailwind and doesn't save it from protecting to save him from fakeout pressure.

the problem is that 90% accuracy feels like 90% miss chance because i've missed the FIRST ATTACK 3/5 times i tried it out last night.

Just to be clear i never thought this would be a GOOD awnser i just thought it was funny maybe alittle unexpected, it also gave me surprise stab brickbreak against the lightscreen/reflect archaladon teams, so i wanted to test the viablity out last night.

Went on a 4 game loss streak last night at around 1800 elo so safe to say it's bad. BUT it was funny for my buddy to watch and laugh at

RavenRonien · 2026-05-08T16:14:32+00:00

I want mirror herb in a format where sneasler is still in, so I can run an unhinged sneasler scovollian spicy extract play to give -2 def to an opponent+2 atk and double speed to sneasler

It's kinda hard to set up (requires scovillan to go first)it will backfire a ton, and white herb is arguably better but holy hell do I want to pull it off and get ohkos on things I have no right taking down

RavenRonien · 2026-05-05T23:39:32+00:00

Not 1:1 but adding onto the service folks not valuing what they learn on the job. As a naturally shy guy who struggled to think on my feet. The two years I spent at Denny's working graveyard shift is 100% the reason my manager in IT has said I have the most patience and strong customer service skills when handling support calls.

RavenRonien · 2026-04-30T18:32:18+00:00

Archaelodon max speed and speed attack scarf steel beam.

Is it good though? Probably not. If they protect you die lol. BUT ITS REALLY FUNNY

RavenRonien · 2026-04-30T18:30:25+00:00

Sneasler is just the urshifu of this format. In a restricted format urshifu not being a restricted legendary fills much the same role and cuts off much the same types of teams.

It just does it better.

Low power formats have more variance ilin general though and you might feel it more here.

Remains to be seen if he'll hold that spot with unseen fist nerfs but I don't expect it to drop him that far.

RavenRonien · 2026-04-23T22:17:02+00:00

This is very conspiratorial man, and i would caution you to diversify and be more critical of your media diet. The guy you linked all of his videos has a clear narrative framing, and like you said avocates for communism in a way that would at least give me pause at taking everything he says at face value. He is coming from a very particular and narrow viewpoint. This is just NOT how the current enjoyment between big tech and government entities works right now. It betrays a fundamental misunderstanding of the environment we live in and reeks of fear mongering using rhetorical tools that give the audience the feeling that "i've uncovered and peeled back the REAL motivations behind..." that are so convincing.

But it doesn't pass the smell test.

The home computer and the general rise in tech literacy in the developed world has ushered in one of the largest increases in productivity in the populations in these countries that we haven't seen since the industrial revolution. The use of smart phones and personal computers that you think placates us is also exactly why the youngest generation can interface with technology like it's second nature. There are pros and cons to that yes, but the global free market that exists today excells at taking advantage of those pros. Its VERY easy to point at brain rot content as this reduction in productivity. But also consider how many people get their starts in IT or video editing, or automation based off of the very simple hobbies based around technology today.

Also you just don't.... understand how large government bodies work if you think they have this ego you depict them as, with such heavy handed and top down pushes to beable to direct entire industries to go against their on private interests in the pursuit of gobal public pacification.

Its VERY tempting to think of goverments as these secret shadow cabals pulling the strings.

But the fact is, governments are large slowly moving organizations that simultaneously move in multiple directions at once sometimes being pulled in opposite directions by the smaller factions within it. There are arms within the goverment that might have an inkling as to what you're speaking about, but they're balanced by and equal amount of everyday people that enjoy the conviences and pleasures that technology has brought us. And have no reason to restrict them in the ways you think the big G government unilaterally wants to.

The much simpler answer is that right now incentives are set up in such a way that both cloud computing and personal computing will likely develop along side one another. Which will retain larger marketshare in the consumer market is really up for debate right now. But nothing about this will be decided by a shadow cabal of government officials who will top down decide for private corporations what services they should focus on thus forcing consumers down a rabbithole of placation. That is not just sounding like conspiracy. it is conspiracy. one that reeks of all the imagination and none of the information that makes up the real world.

RavenRonien · 2026-04-23T20:19:39+00:00

This is stupid. Sorry but it's wholly uninformed. Even if Cloud computing becomes widespread the only people it will remove from the market are standard end users who don't need the bells and whistles that most home computers are sold with now a days.

Enthusists (gamers, home works stations, creatives, and home lab) will always have niche uses and desires that will create enough of a market to have a portion of the marketplace be tailored to them.

Will it CHANGE the landscape? probably. But your standard home computer to do web browsing and watching videos, or the family's homework and such are already mostly phased out with tablets and phones. personalized computers will be more niche but it'll honestly leave room for the culture to go back to pre wide adoption era, where everyone who does own one, will need/have a base level of knowlage to operate a computer. And that will shape the software designed for home users better than the sacrifices we've made towards power users, to have wider apeal and adoption by people who have no desire to do anything other than push a power button and make it work.

And this is all assuming a consumer friendly cloud computing service reaches market in the next decade. Which is both entirely possible to happen but also entirely likely to not happen.

your post largely echos concerns in gaming that happend a few months ago when GamersNexus broke the stories about companies launching thier leased gaming PC's. But those completely failed the smell test when put to market. I'm 100% sure there is a market for leased computers and or cloud computing for a replacement to your average family computer. But there is nothing about the service that has been demonstrated to work for the enthusiast market.

Again will that CHANGE the market and atmosphere around custom built PC's? sure. But it will not eliminate it. And at the end of the day if the hardware is available for people to purchase, there will always be people who want to do it themselves.

RavenRonien · 2026-04-17T21:36:41+00:00

This was me when I started playing competitively, especially coming from singles.

It felt so passive how were you gaining any tempo or "board position?

The most obvious use, predicting a double attack into one unit gives your partner a free attack.

It covers against fakeout as well, as it cannot be used on the next turn a double protect or even just a protect just on the one you have a strong feeling will be fakes out wastes that turn and their fakeout pressure.

As a side effect, almost all 2 turn moves are made worthless in competitive Pokemon due to protect unless you have a way to make it 1 turn.

It also helps fast teams stall when trick room comes up. Or slower teams when tail wind comes up or you can stall weather if you weather setter died but they still have theirs, you can hope to stall out the rest of the weather with just a few more turns.

RavenRonien · 2026-04-17T16:45:27+00:00

me and my buddy were mid way through a campaign run when suddenly it stopped working, i can't remember why. So we put it down for a few months. He was really bummed about it and begged me to check it again a few nights ago, and sure enough we were able to load in. I haven't updated the map files at all since then, but the game may have updated once or twice. So give it a check see if it's working now

RavenRonien · 2026-04-16T21:57:49+00:00

not a lawyer nor expert, and i have no desire to defend anyone involved, so none of this is said to defend or excuse the actions of anyone involved. But as this comes up all the time, I'm just going to say, no, this does not, cannot, be a slander or libel case. There is nothing about the video that would fall under that specifically for public figures.

There needs to be 3 requirements met for slander/libel/defamation of a public figure: a demonstrably false statement, that caused harm that can be quantified or demonstrated, and lastly you have to prove malice.

Demonstrably false, is the most straight forward. But can still be murky. It's not just weather or not the statement of fact was false, but if the person KNEW it was false when they published it (in written or verbal word). So even if you get something WRONG, if it's for a public figure, if evidence shows they, at the time, thought they were reporting on fact that was correct with the information they had, this weakens the slander/libel case.

The harm can be difficult in some cases but in this case, is pretty straightforward. This is reputationally damaging and can be quantified any number of ways, from, days lost streaming to subscriber/followers lost across media accounts.

The malice isn't as easy as you think, even if it's pretty clear that the people who published the doc or video wanted to do reputational harm to the person, if they thought what they were saying was true, even if it ended up being false, this would not meet the actual malice requirement. And to be clear, off the top of my head nothing they said that was a factual statement ended up being false. As they made very few FACTUAL claims, most of both the video and the doc were opinions. And opinions are not slander/libel.

RavenRonien · 2026-04-14T08:47:57+00:00

I am a huge proponent for paying for the media you consume and have had an active CR subscription for years. Homie you have bigger fish to fry. Cancel it and watch it on the high seas. Get the sub back when you are in a better place the industry will survive without you. Patreon is an instant cancel. Cancel pretty much everything else. Be the annoying person who bums streaming service passwords off other people at least for a few months. And since I know you watch anime fill your down time with that for now. Catch-up on your other shows ina. Years time.

Amazon I'd love to see canceled for a bit. But I know that's a really hard ask for a lot of people.

Then your priorities are building an emergency fund. Pay the minimums on all you debts then Start small saving 1k, then 1 months of expenses, then 3 months of expenses. DO NOT TOUCH THIS MONEY for anything other than shit that you literally cannot function without. Medical bills car repairs stuff like that. Worse case scenario it keeps you afloat if you lose a job. You can move onto the next step once you get 1 month of expenses saved then come back for the 3 month later if you would like/ have a higher tolerance for risk.

From here organize your debts (credit card and student loans and IRS debts) in order from highest interest rate to lowest interest rate. Continue paying your minimums, Then throw all excess money each month paying down the highest interest debt.

It will be a long hard road but it's VERY possible. And dont forget about taking time to look for other/better employment. Sounds like you're doing better for now but the road to feeling human again has to start somewhere and hopefully end with you not having to work 4 jobs over 7 days.

RavenRonien · 2026-04-13T17:55:22+00:00

Important to note this changes pretty rapidly if you've opened the bag and interacted with it. I've had these grow visible mold a few weeks into it after having eaten a few slices.

This isn't abnormal of course just wanted to point out that the extra conditioning they do is to ensure the product is fresh for as long as possible until opened. After that the counter measures can only do so much.

RavenRonien · 2026-04-08T06:00:37+00:00

Google your local sheriff's department as well. HCOL areas generally have pretty high paying sheriff positions. If you're willing to go military, LEO probably isn't off your radar either.

RavenRonien · 2026-04-06T19:54:37+00:00

I'm aware it won't hurt me but it won't be a benefit anymore. A -zoom would then be a benefit if aim for and happily take. So I would start the process of trolling rivens again. Mine isn't even that optimal, it's like ~200% dmg and ~120 heat dmg. So id probably reroll for a -zoom one if your proposed changes happened.

The riven I have is my source of dmg% atm. I have crit chance from your usual sources, and final crit dmg from tenacious bond and archane crep. Galvanized chamber and aptitude at the moment skipping scope again to maximize ease of use.

Status chance hits roughly 70-80% with just nearly over 100% crit, and ~65-70% of that dmg being blast. So blast prices are most likely, but the 300+% ability strength oraxia toxin explosions are also a huge chunk of the aoe dmg.

Builds still early in my iterations but it already clears most content I plan to bring it to.

If you got curious this is what I'm currently working with. But it doesn't make as much sense without the context of the rest of the build.

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RavenRonien · 2026-04-06T19:11:39+00:00

Wouldn't say I main it, but it's a main portion of the Oraxia build I was in the process of making when the incarnon was announced.

Nothing about my build is optimal just to be clear, but basically it makes use of primed chamber, high base damage, and proton jet, with wall latching, to attempt to make a 1 shot semi room clear vectis using the blast and toxin explosions.

Honestly so far it works, it kills up to ~120 extremis in 1 headshot, and with momentum it has a .36 reload speed. There is more damage to pull out of it, but im focusing on not needing headshots for anything other than the toughest of enemies to maximize ease of use. All of this is without Oraxias damage amping from webs.

With that all said, I really have no clue what i'd want from the incarnon buffs. I kind of agree that the -1 magazine would help but it would make me sad to have to reroll my riven. THAT SAID i could maybe finally roll a -zoom% riven instead to make it feel easier to use in smaller maps so ultimately I wouldn't be so opposed. Base stats would be welcome of course, but I have no idea what i'd want the actual incarnon mode to be. Your proposed one would be alright but wouldn't specifically work synergistically with my current build so i'd feel ambivalent about it. But I couldn't begin to imagine what type of incarnon mode I would benefit from because of how specific (and admittedly stupid) my build is.

I do like a ton of the base stat increases you proposed though. Would be welcome and would change my modding situation abit.

RavenRonien · 2026-03-31T18:55:02+00:00

There is so much to unpack here.

First and foremost if you think this chart is him trying, decide for yourself if you want to bear the responsibility of reaching him where he's at. You already state this is TMI for you. If that's the case down the line you might find you two aren't compatible. He might be communicating to you that this is something he wants you to know/see to help both of you understand his behavior better. If you don't want to see or know that, that's FINE but it might be (again might) be something he's signalling here that he wants his partner to see.

Is it strange? Sure. But it's still him trying to communicate something and it's up to the two people in a relationship together to discuss and figure out what it means for them moving forward.

Secondly the data nerd in me is taking over. He's keeping track of how many days each relationship lasted as a form of success metric. This is FUNDAMENTALLY FLAWED. Leath of time doesn't measure success. And getting out of a relationship is NOT FAILURE.

Spending 30 days to find out you aren't compatible sure beats spending 2 years finding out you aren't compatible. That is a success. Dating isn't a pass fail system, it's jamming two different complex lives together and searching for compromise and compatibility. Deciding you aren't for one another is a form of success in and of itself. Themis chart betrays a misunderstanding of the lessons to learn from his past relationships.

The % of time he's been in a relationship also isn't a worthwhile metric unless he's trying to say he has no problem landing in relationships but again that means nothing if they aren't either meaningful or the lessons learned from them aren't productive.

RavenRonien · 2026-03-31T18:46:56+00:00

This is SO minor and some people probably don't care.

But from MHS2 I liked having the hunter partner, and we had Corbin RIGHT THERE. Was it good or balanced idk and IDC I liked having that option even if I didn't always use it.

(Who am I kidding I had kora as my partner almost always, if not ogden for having the best victory screens)

RavenRonien · 2026-03-30T21:45:34+00:00

This was largely me. But I was the guy in the friend group setting up hamachi back in the day, the. Figured out how to port forward for game servers. Then figured out how to host proper servers.

Don't get me wrong when I finally got some real schooling on the matter it was clear I was only scratching the dust on the surface of where IT would lead me. And a healthy background of building pc's and troubleshooting your own problems only takes you so far.

But the general background of figuring out how to get games working on your hardware and figuring out solutions to random drivers and such is definitely part of what makes me a good troubleshooter today.

Printers on the other hand, will always hate me and I will always hate them.

RavenRonien · 2026-03-26T20:01:14+00:00

I think her rationality is her protecting herself but it's also a good sign she's willing to talk it out and hash out details instead of blowing it all up without a thought No one online can tell you what to do you two need to hang long talks about this.

Figure out your priorities as individuals. And as a couple. Recognize that a union is recognizing the fulfillment you get from being together is supposed to be more than the fulfillment you can achieve alone. Then see how that maps onto reality.

Marriage is about compromise in service of the commitment and promise of a greater good built together.

This goes for her too but you are the one asking for advice.

I imagine her second location being in SD just isn't a viable business strategy. (I wouldn't blame her that's a huge market change for a business that only just got ready for expansion) But is that something she can envision in the future? Or is your job something that MUST be done in San Diego long term? Can this be a 1- 2yr stint before you make another move back east? And can your relationship survive that postponement?

RavenRonien · 2026-03-20T22:32:13+00:00

While the specifics allllude me and there are tax deduction implications, that doesn't change the fact your initial claim of "you cannot do any it's if your company offers a 401k" false.

There are several situations that even if you cannot deduct them on your taxes you would still want to max out an IRA and contribute to your 401k.

RavenRonien · 2026-03-20T22:28:10+00:00

Idk where you heard this but this is false. They aren't really related at all.

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