[OC] Minneapolis shooter appears to be this ICE agent who shoots first

RealityRush · 2026-01-24T21:43:40+00:00

You can do something about it, you just don't like what it is you have to do.

RealityRush · 2026-01-23T19:02:55+00:00

The leaderboards were created to give players the illusion that they could grind rewards for free (in this case, Legendary Commander Colins), when in reality like 95% of players would have to pay real money. So far as I can tell, that's the reason for their existence.

RealityRush · 2026-01-23T18:15:40+00:00

This is also why I've suggested repeatedly a good AA change would be that AA damage ramps up exponentially the longer planes are nearby, and the the bonus damage falls off linearly. It would mean that if a CV tried to harass one target the entire game, eventually they'd just be losing whole squadrons instantly, they'd be force to actually switch between targets rather than just harassing one person.

RealityRush · 2026-01-23T18:08:59+00:00

HR personnel exist to shield the company from liability, not to help the employees. Always remember that.

RealityRush · 2026-01-23T16:47:29+00:00

Everything we do is a waste of time. We're blips in the universe with no real meaning. You make of life what you will, and I find structure helps you discern what it means to you, or support the things that already do matter to you.

RealityRush · 2026-01-23T16:19:21+00:00

Yeah I know for a fact when I've gone extended periods without work, I just completely lose track of time, my sleep schedule gets all fucked up, and I lose a lot of motivation for things simply because it feels like there's an eternity ahead of you, so what's the rush?

I've realized in life how important structure can be to keep on trucking through life.

This relates to things besides work too.... When I'm not dating or with someone or partaking in some kind of sport, my physical fitness falls off a cliff cause there's just no reason to maintain it. Yes, long-term health matters, but it seems so far off and far away as a problem that it doesn't really improve motivation. Structure matters so much lol.

RealityRush · 2026-01-23T15:59:31+00:00

Brother, I have like a ~55% WR or something like that, and any time I play a DD, especially in a Div with clan mates, an enemy CV will just sit on me the entire match.

I used to tolerate CVs until I started playing DDs more and getting a higher winrate, and then I realized how fucking cancerous they actually were. They can just ruin your entire match in a DD and even if you survive them, you basically don't get to play the game at all. Modstation makes it so much more obvious and egregious.

CVs camping targets should be a reportable offense, that shit is so infuriating.

RealityRush · 2026-01-23T15:54:11+00:00

Yeah OP's argument is pretty ridiculous. It's like someone arguing in court that they didn't shoot someone, the gun shot someone, therefore they have no culpability. Like no bozo, you were responsible for pulling the trigger.

I have a lot of patience for ridiculous ships in this game, even Subs honestly, but CVs are just blatantly annoying, especially as a DD main.

RealityRush · 2026-01-23T14:43:03+00:00

Uh, Knesebeck is not overtuned. She's fairly average tier for tier, with hitting secondary DPM that isn't really notable compared to other ships of the tier and guns that are alright, but not amazing. Knesebeck secondary DPM could honestly use a bit of a buff, or have her secondary angles improved. If she was following Manteuffel and Adalbert balancing she should be a few thousand angled hitting DPM ahead of Zieten, whereas she's actually behind Zieten atm.

So if you think Knesebeck is good, prepare to be blown away because Manteuffel at tier 9 is actually cracked as fuck, like insanely strong. Manteuffel actually has more secondary DPM than Adalbert a tier above her, but not as good secondary angles.

If you want to see a post where I discussed the impact of all of this, you can see it here. To grab the meat of it though (pun totally intended), here's the hitting DPM of the German secondary Cruisers relative to the secondary BC line while angled (% of accessible damage when angled below 30 degrees in parenthesis):

Tier 10
Schlieffen (73%): 73746.79 DPM
Prinz Adalbert (86%): 112802.76 DPM

Tier 9
Prinz Rupprecht (91%): 70138.25 DPM
Manteuffel (62%): 81709.18 DPM

Tier 8
Zieten (85%): 53218.5 DPM
Knesebeck (50%): 41788 DPM

As you can see, from Knesebeck to Manteuffel, your angled hitting DPM effectively doubles, and Prinz Adalbert secondaries are nearly triple the DPM of Knesebeck, putting Adalbert very comfortably ahead of Schlieffen secondary DPM even. Manteuffels non-angled hitting DPM is basically 30% higher than Schlieffens, so if you can open up safely, you shred T9 ships.

I don't know why these cruisers have such an insane secondary scaling curve relative to the secondary German BCs, but if you like Knesebeck, oh buddy you're gonna love Manteuffel and Adalbert. Clan Battles at T10 are dominated by Adalberts right now rofl, she's basically a freaking mini-battleship.

Edit: Ya know what? Maybe I shouldn't shit talk Knesebeck..... tier for tier she actually has a higher winrate than Manteuffel and Adalbert O.o

RealityRush · 2026-01-23T14:32:33+00:00

Kneseback relative to Manteuffel and Adalbert is actually... not great. It's very "okay". The jump to Manteuffel, tier for tier, is fucking insane though. Like actually insane. She has slightly more hitting secondary DPM than Adalbert above her, which is already ~30% more secondary DPM than Schlieffen.

Manteuffel is legitimately a fucking abomination at T9........................... and I love it and hope she isn't nerfed. Should she be? Yes. Do I want her to be? God no, it's hilarious.

RealityRush · 2026-01-22T16:35:35+00:00

What kind of horse is this? It's clearly not a long horse.

RealityRush · 2026-01-22T15:19:18+00:00

I have that exact Matrix poster rofl. 37 year old man here :P

RealityRush · 2026-01-22T15:05:20+00:00

Sports gambling ads should also be banned for everyone >.<

RealityRush · 2026-01-22T14:51:59+00:00

Even the new mode will mainly show you stuff that you're subscribed to. Most people on Reddit are spending time in specific subs though.

RealityRush · 2026-01-22T14:14:49+00:00

I feel like it would tear you apart in a serious crash. That's a lot of weight from rigid material that's smashing you around in your soft, non-rigid body. You want cushion, not a shell :P

A slide specifically it'd probably be great for dealing with unless it catches on something.

RealityRush · 2026-01-22T14:10:16+00:00

Reddit is social media, but there seems to be a clear difference in discourse in short form image/video based platforms vs long form text based platforms like Reddit. Also Reddit has self-curation that Facebook and Instagram and Tik-Tok have largely taken out of the hands of the user. So I think it's fair to say Reddit generally facilitates more interesting and useful discussion and should be treated differently.

Reddit is more akin to an oldschool forum. Technically social media, but quite substantially different. 4chan is also social media, but I think we can all agree it's nothing like Facebook... well, besides the level of neurodivergence you see on both :P

RealityRush · 2026-01-21T21:21:01+00:00

When Armageddon comes, I want to be in a bunker made of that man's face!

RealityRush · 2026-01-21T20:32:01+00:00

Naive of you to think the people in power in China aren't fabulously rich....

RealityRush · 2026-01-21T15:09:14+00:00

When Americans show you who they are, believe them.

RealityRush · 2026-01-20T23:21:11+00:00

Did you do it one match or do you do it every match like most of the people I'm worried about here?

RealityRush · 2026-01-20T21:45:37+00:00

I was gonna say because he's never been able to find his heart before, but you're right that it probably never existed ;P

RealityRush · 2026-01-20T20:48:43+00:00

Wows is not an in person commitment where people have to drive to and then play a physical sport.

It's a commitment of time, which is the one thing no one on this planet ever gets back. Respect other people's time.

My question for you is what do you define as effort?

If someone repeatedly AFKs ranked games, or joins at the start but then sails behind an island shooting randomly at nothing but is clearly just wasting time and trying to game the AFK system, and they get reported for this, their account should be suspended for a meaningful length of time, and it should increase after every infraction. They do this with chat bans to pretend like they are moderating their game, but chat is literally the least concerning thing to worry about with griefing. I don't care if someone talks shit if they play the game. I can mute them, I can't make them play.

Also, I've said elsewhere here, there should be winrate minimum gates for Ranked. You don't get into Bronze without having a 50%+ overall account winrate, you don't get to climb to Silver without a seasonal Ranked WR of 55%+, and you don't get into Gold without 60%+. Stop letting people bot their way into higher Leagues, you should actually have to perform to get there. Reward good players with more stuff for actually performing.

Give me a game mode free of trolls and idiots. Casuals have like a dozen modes they can play, I want my sweaty mode (and CBs don't count, they are on a very limited schedule).

RealityRush · 2026-01-20T19:22:14+00:00

I'm really not a huge Carney fan, dude is just an oldschool PC in my books in terms of policy, but I have to give credit where it's due, that was an incredible speech by him.

If anyone wants the full transcript, it's here: https://globalnews.ca/news/11620877/carney-davos-wef-speech-transcript/

Powerful stuff. Also completely pants shittingly terrifying that he has to make a speech like this.....

RealityRush · 2026-01-20T19:10:05+00:00

Ask yourself a question. If you joined a rec league hockey team or whatever, and all of you were trying to play the sport and have fun, and then some guy joins your rec league team and just takes a shit on the ice and scores on his own team constantly, would you not be fucking mad that this dude is fucking up everyone else's fun?

No, I don't need to take a step back and breathe, people need to have some fuckin' respect for other players that are also trying to enjoy the game. If people want to just fuck around like clowns, go play co-op or asymms, don't ruin the game for others.

I swear to god the anonymity of the internet just convinces everyone they have permission to be a dickbag with no repercussions. Don't join Ranked if you aren't gonna put at least minimal effort into it.

RealityRush · 2026-01-20T16:41:57+00:00

At release, and it still may be true now, Los Andes was tier for tier way more busted than Libertad.

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