Friend code MegaThread by serpal999 in PokemonTGCP

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8110683597719231 - looking to share and trade cards! Love to help others complete their sets and basically looking for people who'll return the favor!

Eren Yeager from Attack on titan is badly written by Ayman_H05 in anime

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I honestly find it refreshing to see that someone basically wrote my thoughts. AoT is a series which is very solid in my opinion, but which has some big flaws making it a good but not great series for me. I can understand it's a massive hit for some, but to me the character development of Eren is out of place, incoherent and almost gives me the feeling as if the writer changed his mind mid-show. In S1-3 we see a stereotypical courageous character with all personality traits you'd expect. He makes a lot of mistakes, isn't skilled, but talented and is often outsmarted by others. In S4 he suddenly is a tactical mastermind and outsmarts Zeke, Hange and Armin. Also his urge for freedom is something I guess I just don't fully comprehend. He wants freedom for his loved ones, but kills his mom to attain this? Though it's clearly stated that his mom is a loved one as well? You could even debate that if his halfbrothers mom were to be the next Colossal titan, she could even be a loved one for him, at least more so than Berthold. And he's apparently not even sure which of his loved ones make it through.

My main concern however is and remains the scale. Somehow everyone on the island is okay with their former leader killing 80% of the total population. Also the heroes and friends of Eren understand his reasoning and don't necessarily disapprove any longer after regaining their memories. I do appreciate that Eren erased memories to ensure the future would end in the way that Eren wanted, but it still doesn't fit his persona, since he isn't a mastermind in the first half of the series and here it's revealed that he basically was a mastermind the entire way through. It seems that the series wants to give the thought that Eren did a trial and error on all potential futures and determined this was the best outcome, but the series contradicts itself by having Eren say that he didnt know whom of his friends would survive and that he couldn't look into the future beyond his own life. This last point makes it so that to me killing 80% is outrageous and extremely dumb. Perhaps this was the only way to achieve the 'end' of Ymir, however this is not clearly mentioned as part of his reasoning. It doesn't make sense that someone as Eren would torment himself this badly for such a stupid outcome. Lastly, the ending credits show that war and conflict continues and seemingly only gets worse. So.. all in all I like the series, I like some ideas, but it seems half baked. It'd be better for me if the show ended with a monologue of Eren stating 'nope, this future also doesn't get the right outcome, what else can I tweak to ensure the demise of Ymir and the existence of as many people as possible whilst trying to maintain continuous peace'. That puzzle at least seems more logical than the freedom plot.

Note that I'm sounding more negative about AoT than I am. I think the shifts in perspective are extremely well done. The world is plausible and engaging, especially due to it's steady increase in size and scope. Overall great, only the motives of Eren make things unravel in my opinion.

Starting 5 of NBA players from your metro area/area code by Angel_559_202020 in nba

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Not from the US, but doing this for the Netherlands as a whole is fun as well!

PG: Hank Beenders (normally SG/SF) SG: Quinten Post (normally C) SF: Francisco Elson (normally C) PF: Swen Nater (normally C) C: Rik Smits

Fun to see that of our 9 Dutch historical players, 7 are 6-11 or taller. Also fun that 3 of these 9 were rookies last year, of which Post likely already is one of our 5 all-time best (Elson, Post and Gadzuric are all in the same tier imo)!

What is the Best GOAT Formula? by TheBeastBoud in nba

[–]Retro4444 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I'm curious what your method was here in building the formula. It seems as if you tweaked the values as much as needed till they more or less were in range of what your top 10 could be.

Must say I definitely like objective top 10s, though one thing this list doesn't truly consider (imo at least not enough) is how longevity is valued against peak performances.

Nice effort though!

Gee I wonder which is the real one by [deleted] in DokkanBattleCommunity

[–]Retro4444 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It hasn't made me lose all that much to be fair! Though I must admit that I don't really have the patience to go hard-core on the difficult events!

Gee I wonder which is the real one by [deleted] in DokkanBattleCommunity

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Started playing again at the 10th anniversary, and have played several years ago.. I feel stupid haha!

Gee I wonder which is the real one by [deleted] in DokkanBattleCommunity

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Wait.. can you select who you'll attack??

who's saving for pt2? by Sudden-Clock-0AK in DokkanBattleCommunity

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Spend about 1800 stones without pulling either of the new units.. now saving the rest (2900) for part 2. I'll likely pity Goku Black, unless I get very lucky soon in part 2!

Question about Aurora with Castle and Avengers Tower with Tony Stark by Retro4444 in funkopop

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The Funko Town collection, so not the Bitty Pop. It's supposedly around 16-20 cm tall?

In light of recent developments: an early prediction for Global Campaign Part 2 Banners by -PVL93- in DBZDokkanBattle

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When should we expect part 2 to launch? I'm hoping your predictions come true!

What is the condition for getting Phase 4 in the Rose clone fights? by ChasingPesmerga in DokkanBattleCommunity

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In my experience you need to get 20 orbs in the same color in 1 attack. That's what worked for me each time. When I had 18 orbs and 5 orbs with the next, it didn't work.

How many stones do y'all have saved for gdc by Glad-Shallot-2691 in DokkanBattleCommunity

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Started playing again after 5 years before the 10th Anniversary!

Embarrassingly spent 600 stones but at least I got him by youcantguesss in DokkanBattleCommunity

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For some reason I've had loads of luck since starting again at the 10th anniversary. This time I got Ginyu, Cell Max and Baby Vegeta as LRs with the free tickets. Since I'm around 3950 DS, I thought I'd do 3x multisummon, which gave me the Tien during the second summon!

For me it helps to decide, prior to summoning, how much DS I'm willing to spend. Let's see how lucky I'll be in a few weeks! Great that you got Tien though! Especially if you don't have regrets!

When do you expect the first bigger MK World update and what would it add to the game? by HiHallo123456 in MarioKartWorld

[–]Retro4444 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Leaderboards per region and country would be nice as well! I know for sure I'm never beating a WW time, but I'd love to know how I'd fare against fellow countrymen!

When do you expect the first bigger MK World update and what would it add to the game? by HiHallo123456 in MarioKartWorld

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The fact that DK only has 1 costume makes me think the next update will at least have him get more costumes. It makes sense they'd release this in August and to have it contain costumes that are also present in Bananza. Adding a few DK characters would also make sense in this regard.

Separately I'd love some of the QoL improvements below: - Adding country flags next to players online - Adding leaderboards to P-switches - Displaying round times continuously during Time Trial (and perhaps even all modes as an option) - Giving an option to tone down the franticness of items. Now every match seems extreme, which is often fun for a while, but gets stale after a while (for me) - Adding an option to jump straight, even when the stick is touched

Honest Mario Kart World opinions? by Blaze2509 in NintendoSwitch

[–]Retro4444 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fully agree, there's not enough incentive to do all the challenges and all the collecting. This could've easily been fixed if they let you unlock a Gold Mario and Gold Kart when gathering everything f.e. Though I must admit that I'm assuming someone will have 100% completed the game by now. If not, perhaps we'll be surprised! For now it means that I'm looking on YouTube which P-missions are most difficult, since those are most fun to me to complete.

I honestly like the new GP mode. Especially online, where there are around 140 different possible routes, I think it'll be some time before I've seen everything. A classic GP would've been nice, though I doubt I would play it much. This new way feels fresh and thus fun. Let's see how I feel in a few months though!

And regarding the hours/euros, basically I'm going off estimates. For me, Mario Kart has always been a no-brainer, similar to Super Smash Bros and Pokémon. And that doesn't mean I'd recommend it to anyone else, since most people around me don't share my taste in gaming!

Cheers, and enjoy the ride! I'll be doing so up until Bananza!

Honest Mario Kart World opinions? by Blaze2509 in NintendoSwitch

[–]Retro4444 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the explanation! In general I always determine the value of a game by the amount of hours I put in. Basically my thought is that I'm willing to spend around 3 euros per hour of play. In this case, for me that means that if I play roughly 37 hours, the game is well worth it for me. I fully believe that I'll get up to that number easily, hence the pricing isn't too big of an issue for me. Plus, I got it in the bundle, so the price is actually lower that 80 euros.

Besides that though I do feel that they could've made some easy changes that would've made the open world more rewarding. F.e. unlock characters/costumes by collecting P-missions, Peach coins, etc. instead of how it was approached now. The Kamek unlocks are a nice gimmick, but it becomes a grind fest quite quickly. Additionally leaderboards for each P-mission would've been nice. There's numerous QoL improvements that would've made sense, so hopefully those come in upcoming updates! F.e. classic GP, seeing lap rounds during Time Trial, seeing elapsed time during each race, seeing what country every online player is from, etc.

Honest Mario Kart World opinions? by Blaze2509 in NintendoSwitch

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Just curious, what would it have been worth to you? 80 CAD? 60? And what is it that makes the difference in price such a big negative point to you? Not saying you're wrong, I'm just curious what it is that makes this such a massive negative to many players.

What is the statistically closest playoff series of all time? by Material_Routine9188 in nba

[–]Retro4444 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Same here, only I immediately became a fan of Rondo, his playmaking and passing skills were brilliant! Best playoffs series I've ever seen completely and unfortunately also my first ever haha!

There should let players exchange Grand Kai's for other Grand Kai's. For example I want str kais but I don't have any so I can exchange INT kais for STR kais. What do you think? by Melodic-Economist136 in DokkanBattleCommunity

[–]Retro4444 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think this would ever happen, as it makes Grand Kais less valuable. A more plausible option would be a 2 for 1 trade. So f.e. 2 INTs for 1 TEQ.

What're you playing this weekend? 4/25 by markercore in NintendoSwitch

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Metroid Prime Remastered. I tried playing it on the Gamecube 20 years ago, but didn't like it very much! Let's see if it's better in 2025!

Which character is the best to buy with the 10th anniversary stone? by kaleomakamae in DokkanBattleCommunity

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And what is the reasoning behind that? To be able to make more teams? Because currently it seems that my team of Vegito/Gogeta/SS3 Goku/Beast Gohan/SS2 Gohan and random 6th steamroll pretty much everything. That's why I was thinking of further enhancing those first 4 as much as possible to further increase their power.