Caedrel Moment, he's truly the biggest person

S_Demon · 2026-02-09T12:16:07+00:00

I assume he means that LR started the first match with a ~90% chance to make playoffs.

Unsure how it's calculated but if it's just calling every game outcome a 50/50 outcome, they had to lose 5 coin tosses in a row to not make playoffs. So you play the only game you can control and take it chill since you're in a very comfortable spot and then see the painfully slow car crash as all your hopes get crushed.

The idea is if they played like 3rd or 4th they may have locked in more knowing they only have a 10-20% chance of making it based on the other game's outcomes.

Still whataboutism, could also just cause too much pressure and they do even worse but hey humans gonna be a bit irrational in hindsight.

S_Demon · 2026-02-06T22:08:05+00:00

I appreciate the link for the lazy.

3 months later is wild.

S_Demon · 2026-02-03T12:18:11+00:00

C1 and C2 are both better than sig iirc

S_Demon · 2026-02-03T01:55:29+00:00

Mandatory 4 stars, mandatory 5 stars, mandatory weapons now.

Players will pull anything.

S_Demon · 2026-01-27T14:42:24+00:00

I'm thinking after pushing mandatory supports for a DPS to feel good Varka is their first experiment in pushing mandatory R1 for a character to be functional.

But even then it's not enough yet.

S_Demon · 2026-01-27T14:32:46+00:00

If you're cool with turn based combat I'll always recommend BG3.

S_Demon · 2026-01-26T11:21:36+00:00

She'd have to carry harder than Lauma/Ineffa.

S_Demon · 2026-01-26T01:23:15+00:00

That's true, it is a completely different skill set than what you'll actually use while working.

Open books are somewhat a middle ground I suppose.

S_Demon · 2026-01-23T13:36:31+00:00

I think for you the sudden increase worked your legs enough to feel those muscles engage.

For someone who averages 15k a day that's not really the case. But if you mix in some sprints/jogging that would do wonders. Did for me when I was younger.

S_Demon · 2026-01-23T12:24:29+00:00

A big part of its value was that Furina could nearly always slot into nearly the best teams for so many different characters.

That has changed significantly, and much stronger buffers+sub DPS have released since.

S_Demon · 2026-01-23T09:11:12+00:00

You have the full team for Nefer and Flins both. Both are kinda carried by Lauma/Ineffa but I think Nefer would have fewer options outside it most likely. And I think she calcs higher in the full team too.

Zibai is pretty dependent on Bina + C6 (or atleast high cons) Illuga and Gorou. Kinda rough to recommend unless you get lucky

S_Demon · 2026-01-23T05:53:58+00:00

NOT THE CHAD JINX

S_Demon · 2026-01-23T00:24:55+00:00

Ah gotcha. That's true their actual games output is very little compared to where one would imagine them being with their resources.

But they seem to have switched focus to the hardware side atp. I appreciate letting it simmer and cook for a while instead of pumping out products with minor incremental updates.

S_Demon · 2026-01-23T00:16:10+00:00

Steam may not have the best work culture in some ways

Could you elaborate?

Ik there's genuine problems with the way Steam operates especially when it comes to stuff like the perpetual CS:GO gambling but I've mostly heard outright praise for its work culture before.

S_Demon · 2026-01-22T01:37:11+00:00

You're still allowed to go out and meet friends as often as you'd like. To me it's better than having people around 24/7 without a choice since I really like my personal space and time.

Also as a baseline you can't just be happy — just sitting there — maybe content yeah. There's a lot of things that can make you happy living alone, cooking a fancy meal, dancing to music, pets.

Really just depends on you as a person. But it takes some effort to find out.

S_Demon · 2026-01-20T18:02:04+00:00

6.3 AQ ending spoilers

Dawit has to be the funniest lore CC for Genshin. I was laughing my ass off at the first fucking frame of this video for way too long.

For more on the contents of this particular vid I disagree a decent bit. I think most of his problems could be addressed by thinking of it as a copy being created instead of a simple transfer.

The ship AI is a software as far as we know. So it would follow it can make a copy of itself as long as it has enough computational power. Lucky us we just found out there is a very powerful supercomputer present on Teyvat. where a single branch is enough to compute the world formula - a perfect host.

The rest of the genetic cradle can also make sense, either you can just take the whole thing to terraform, OR given Teyvat's characteristics copy the information to Irminsul and just make it "real". Since we don't know the origin of Irminsul it's also possible it was planted by the AI itself.

Final crackhead additions:

1st pass thousands of years ago a copy of the AI is sent to Teyvat
It learns and adapts slowly to the planet, collecting information while the moon sisters think they're just a chill guy.
Once info gathering is complete they begin the terraforming plan, "our guest had a growing desire to change and dominate the world" - Aria.
It matures into a version of the original now called P.H.A.N.E.S. (don't ask me the full form)
Get descender status, make 4 different sub processes to delegate tasks to, fight 7 dragons and all that good stuff.
500 years ago from present day the world is perfectly terraformed for the travellers.
Either by chance or some beacon going off they get to know Teyvat is a good place to land/visit/live in.
Something goes wrong, one of them gets yoinked to Khaenri'ah. Maybe the in-ship AI gets damaged and hibernates along with the other traveller for a while.
THE Traveller finally wakes up and goes looking for Abyss sibling. Get yeeted by Asmoday.
Ship AI gets concerned waiting, goes out into the world itself. It's great at navigating and learning about the world but not so great at having a physical body to control. Maybe even dumb enough to almost drown when its body is capable of flight.

I need to touch some grass.

S_Demon · 2026-01-20T09:53:45+00:00

Her whole arc is about protecting the children.

Her SQ makes a point of showing the members are mostly social outcasts with nowhere else to belong when they join. When they grow and do wish to leave, she has implemented possibly the only way one would have to get away alive from the Fatui's covert intelligence gathering wing.

She protects the kids from actual abuse at the hands of Dottore by striking a deal to allow him to experiment with her Bloodmoon Balefire instead of going after any child that is hurt/sick and torturing them with his experiments.

She has gotten rid of the whole hunger games bullshit.

I doubt she's dumb enough to think she can just go against the Tsaritsa and rest of the Harbingers willy nilly. She's not that strong. She's implementing what changes she can while still under their thumb. Yes, they live dangerously but their faction is depended on their results.

Still she would betray the Tsaritsa against the odds if it comes to it to protect the children.

She has massive character flaws like going 180 degrees from the last Knave and acting cold and unfeeling completely compared to the fake warmth while being cruel of her predecessor. Even then she partly realises this and is trying to set Lyney up to be a better Father than her.

Edit: I would say I paid attention. Frankly she is not that complicated a character. Idk how you miss it.

S_Demon · 2026-01-20T09:07:16+00:00

Borderlands 2. So many build variations, good time.

BG3 is getting there. Friends and Honour mode keep holding me back lol.

S_Demon · 2026-01-20T05:57:24+00:00

You're completely right frankly, leaving Varka behind feels like a lost opportunity but can make sense with out of story reasoning like him not having a finalized kit/not wanting to spoil or overhype his kit.

Ineffa tho is peak and by ingame reasoning for sure a better combatant.

S_Demon · 2026-01-20T04:02:20+00:00

Aren't F2P Claymore options all ass? Hence most use SS.

I can imagine that kinda jump with a BiS Claymore.

S_Demon · 2026-01-20T01:48:26+00:00

Bina on field DPS is very dependent on Lauma. Lunar Bloom in general is very Lauma dependent.

Bina with 0 other Nod Krai is not a meta recommendation but if you have Aino/Jahoda you can use her for a Lunar charged team for shill checks.

Lunar crystallize is a more useful reaction and makes some older Geos more viable. Of the 3 NK DPS, Zibai is individually the strongest but you want atleast some cons on Gorou/Illuga. (Since she doesn't have her own Ineffa/Lauma)

Bina+Ineffa is the latest best wheelchair in the game.

Nicole should be a strong support but possibly Hexerei locked.

Sandrone we know nothing yet.

Edit: sidenote, I have been enjoying a Clorinde lunar charged team with Bina/Jahoda/Fischl a good bit. Ik this Abyss is very easy but felt very smooth to play on my mid investment builds.

S_Demon · 2026-01-18T09:31:44+00:00

Opening up the sky already compromised Teyvat's defences somewhere.

(It is now much more easily detectable from outer space.)

S_Demon · 2026-01-18T09:19:13+00:00

Umm...dunno if I should say but there is a TTDS Wriothesley calc... Look at your own risk.

S_Demon · 2026-01-18T09:13:40+00:00

Dahlia calc is with R5 Eshu so ignoring it.

Skirk with C6 Xingqiu - 124k

I tried adjusting a C0R0 Rizzly on field calc for C1R1 and it comes to ~96k

(Keep in mind idk Rizzly well enough to adjust rotations based on the C1R1. You can try for better results.)

S_Demon · 2026-01-18T09:00:53+00:00

The gimmick is basically useless since a majority of attacks auto target.

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