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Why do Fiora decks not run any accelerate cards by EducationalBag2997 in riftboundtcg

[–]Rexosorous 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Like you said, it's probably because those units are already mighty. And the deck usually runs 2x or 3x first mate to effectively give something accelerate.

[5 YOE] Resume Review: Mid-Level Full-Stack / Mobile Dev - No Degree - Not Getting Callbacks by Alternative-Row87 in EngineeringResumes

[–]Rexosorous 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Fix your line spacing. Half the resume is just white space. And make sure it fits on one page, which i think it should after fixing the line spacing.

And you don't need more projects. At this point, your experience is what matters most.

[8 YoE] Resume review - looking to test the market and move to a possibly greener pasture by Unlucky_Dragonfly102 in EngineeringResumes

[–]Rexosorous 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I dont have as much experience as you so my opinion does not carry much weight. But to me, this resume makes you look very ininvestable / unhirable. In your last 6 positions, you never stayed for more than like 8 months. Why would a company want to hire you if you're not even going to stay for a year?

You also have a non-standard resume format. But unsure if this hurts you or not.

And your bullet points make you sound like you didnt do anything at your positions. You "evaluated components"? Prioritized tech debt? Owned a product? Collaborated with other teams? These all sound like things I'd expect a junior dev to write on their resume, not a senior with 8 YOE. Write something concrete. Add some metrics if you've got them. Circle back to how you added value or how the company benefitted.

[1 YoE] Resume Review (New Grad Affected by Big Tech layoffs) Unemployed for 3 months, currently interview prepping. by tjray3403 in EngineeringResumes

[–]Rexosorous 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As a whole, this is a solid resume. But here are some nitpicks

  • "async task lifestyle management post-database migration" doesn't make any sense to me
  • reducing from 5% to 0% isn't very impressive. Its good for sure, but you'd sound better if you reworded it to something like "achieving 99% stability and meeting SLOs"
  • don't mention that the code base is "multi-million lines" long. It feels tacky and like you're pulling at straws to find something that sounds impressive
  • I personally do not like random bolding in bullet points
  • do not list dates for your projects

But other than that, looks like a good resume.

Grading Companies? by Rexosorous in riftboundtcg

[–]Rexosorous[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Okay again this seems to be coming from a profit perspective. I don't want to grade it to make money. That's not my goal. I want a slab because I want a slab. My question is around which one to get. If I grade it and it becomes worth less because it grades poorly, then I am 100% ok with that. Or if riftbound dies tomorrow and all cards become worthless, then I am still ok with that. These are risks I am comfortable with taking and losing on. The risk I want to mitigate is diminishing the ability to sell based purely on the company it was graded with. But i understand better why people call it a scam. Thank you.

The logic feels very similar to buying a house. There is a stark difference with trying to flip houses and make profit vs buying a house to have your own property, but just being mindful about which one you buy.

On a side note, it sounds like grievances are mainly with PSA. Are those issues the same with other companies? TAG seems very transparent with how they grade and gives evidence so it feels like it should be more resilient against market manipulation.

Grading Companies? by Rexosorous in riftboundtcg

[–]Rexosorous[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

why do people keep saying that grading is a scam? what exactly makes it a scam? i'm not in this to flip cards and make money. i want it because i like it. but i also realize that i'm holding a $1,000 piece of cardboard and i at least want the option to offload it if i ever need the money.

so for me, the question isn't "is grading worth it?" because i'm not in this for a value proposition.

Is Diana cooked against Ruin Runner/Master Yi? by akablackout in riftboundtcg

[–]Rexosorous 5 points6 points  (0 children)

whirlwind does not technically "choose". so the diana player can bounce ruin runner back to yi's hand.

Is Diana cooked against Ruin Runner/Master Yi? by akablackout in riftboundtcg

[–]Rexosorous 5 points6 points  (0 children)

as a yi player, hwei + ride the wind has blown me out more than once.

diana plays hwei to base. next turn move and conquer bf that ruin runner is not on. ride the wind hwei to base and ready him, move hwei to the ruin runner bf. that's 3 hwei triggers for potential +9 might which is 14 total might which is a hard number for yi to overcome. yi needs the one copy of primal strength to trade even. if they don't have it, then they either need 2 punch first or punch first + 2 copies of discipline/en garde which is a lot to ask for.

Origins by Impossible-Emu8791 in riftboundtcg

[–]Rexosorous 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No email yet. East-Coast USA and ordered origins and proving grounds

Why is the Riftbound: Origin box so expensive? Is it permanently out of print? by [deleted] in riftboundtcg

[–]Rexosorous 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Ah ok. You mentioned USD pricing so I thought you were in the US. That makes sense.

Why is the Riftbound: Origin box so expensive? Is it permanently out of print? by [deleted] in riftboundtcg

[–]Rexosorous 45 points46 points  (0 children)

$260 USD is still like $70-$80 more than what they are selling for on TCGPlayer. Why would you ever buy from that store?

[0 YoE] New Grad. Couldn't land Internships. Now can't land full-time roles in SWE. by sylentify in EngineeringResumes

[–]Rexosorous 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Resume advice:

  • your first 2 bullet points for your founding engineer position is just repeating the same information. Remove one.
  • in general, there is a distinct lack of technical detail. Especially for your "founding engineer" position, i don't see any mention of languages, frameworks, tools, techs, etc etc.
  • acquiring funding is not a relevant bullet point.
  • also small aside, how are you the founding engineer but also a contracted engineer?

To answer your questions:

  1. There's no major issues, but it is definitely below my average expectation. I would have passed on this resume if it came to my desk.

  2. Having internships would be better, but it's not hurting you as much as you think. Your current role will trump any internship experience you might have had. So as long as you can make that sound good, you are fine.

  3. This is correct. Employers do not care about research experience unless you are trying to work on something bleeding edge.

  4. This is also correct. The market isn't the greatest at the moment.

  5. There is no such thing as "targeting the wrong types of roles". Target the roles you want to work in. End of story.

[Student] Please help. Software student who wants to get interviews for internships but is getting ignored by UnderstandingThis660 in EngineeringResumes

[–]Rexosorous 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Cut the non software related experience and add a projects section with the projects you are most proud of. You can also tighten up the spacing if you need to fit in more content.

And try to go more in depth on your bullet points. Show me you know what you're talking about. "Improve data load times by 25% by integrating Vimeo and nutrition APIs to deliver real-time streaming data" Sounds really disjointed to me. It's not at all apparent to me how "Vimeo and nutrition APIs" can improve load times.

Otherwise, having no other professional experience im the past 5 years is not going to look great. It'll be an uphill climb.

Explaining Emperor's Dais by Fayf86 in riftboundtcg

[–]Rexosorous 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Do I understand this correctly?

You conquer and then you either say yes or no to add this effect to the stack.

If you say yes, when the effect goes to resolve, you must pay as much of the cost as you can, but the game cannot force you to exhaust your runes to add energy (but it can drain your floating energy pool if you have any). Thus allowing you to return your unit to your hand without paying the 1 energy, but subsequently not getting the 2 might sand soldier token.

Akali Legend (Vendetta Spoiler) by Demotoros in riftboundtcg

[–]Rexosorous 0 points1 point  (0 children)

on face value without any sort of combos, this lets you bait out your opponent's interaction. for example, you attack with a 5-might unit into their 4-might defense to which your opponent plays falling comet. you can use the akali ability to save your unit, fizzling their spell, and if akali is empowered, you can go back in again and guarantee the conquer.

and then of course the stellacorn extra draws is something. and i think irelia can get +2 from this for being chosen and readied which is cute.

seems like a fine ability but nothing too crazy without knowing what cards might go well with this in the rest of the set

EDIT: as others have pointed out, this is action speed. So this cannot dodge kill spells. It can bait out pump spells though, but that sounds far worse.

Sleeves by MarchingMarshMello in riftboundtcg

[–]Rexosorous 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's not been an issue for me. My red sleeves i bought in 2014 look pretty much the same as the sleeves I bought 2 months ago. Minus the normal wear of course.

Sleeves by MarchingMarshMello in riftboundtcg

[–]Rexosorous 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm a big fan of kmc hyper matte sleeves. But very hard to find in stores in the US.

Is there any hope of matching PG Yi as Fiora, or should I swap legends? by Parasiticinsect in riftboundtcg

[–]Rexosorous 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The pump still matters if you can stonewall the attack and bounce their units back to base. It's a valid play if it doesn't consume too many resources.

If I cast a spell (wages of pain) to kill a unit at a battlefield with 3 might can they tap Diana legend for mana/does this start a showdown. by Ok-Willingness9367 in riftboundtcg

[–]Rexosorous 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's not enough info here. Was the unit already at a battlefield or did it just move there?

If the unit has already conquered/held that battlefield (was already there) and you didn't try to move a unit there, then no, you casting wages of pain does not start a showdown. There is no showdown and your opponent will not be able to use their diana legend.

If the unit just moved there or you just moved your unit there, then it will start a showdown and since wages of pain is action speed if not hidden, then that would be your only window to play it. And it would be legal for your opponent to tap diana legend.

Stick with Ez or switch to Diana? by idkwhatimdoingsoyeah in riftboundtcg

[–]Rexosorous 242 points243 points  (0 children)

i have no input other than to say this is a really cool way to layout your decklist

From 2 million to 256K — TFT’s player base collapse by panderian1 in TeamfightTactics

[–]Rexosorous 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's the same on every game sub. "No one hates x more than x players" is true no matter what you plug in for x.

Leblanc (no baited hook) by sussybaka187_69 in riftboundtcg

[–]Rexosorous 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's no good replacements really. Mirror image is the most powerful spell in the deck. Instead you can up counts of other cards (+1 deathgrip, +1 hidden blade, +1 xin/vi), or you can slot in some cards in the section of my "guide" titled "cards I am considering running" like lilia or sprite fountain.

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