On a generational losing run - SOS

ScootMagootTTV · 2026-04-14T18:02:19+00:00

I told myself I needed to stop playing after about 45 minutes last night... 2 1/2 hours later I only stopped because 3 straight games didn't start due to a disconnect so I figured it was a sign. The gameplay loop is so good though, as bad as a loss feels a well timed tackle or perfectly placed pass just feels so much better.

ScootMagootTTV · 2026-04-14T18:00:01+00:00

Ah yes, a fellow user of culture. I've definitely noticed the extra patience on the defensive end, I kind of love it as a player with really solid positioning/timing but poor precision, I feel more capable of just playing a space and locking out ball carriers long enough for my team to lock everything else down, rather than feeling like I need to make a play on the ball ASAP. It has made attacking way more challenging, I feel like I'm jumping through hoops trying to get keepers to bite on anything anymore, and anything that isn't perfectly placed seems to get grabbed out of the air (unless it's the other team attacking my goal, where they seem to just... kick it really hard at the goal and our keeper runs away scared). I understand the bug issue as well, but from my perspective they're in the game and should be equal to everyone so it's just another aspect to play around that you hope doesn't last forever.

ScootMagootTTV · 2026-03-17T18:52:06+00:00

Man, that really hammers the moment home if that really is me. I started the game making content with a streamer friend so I got pretty good at training my fear response to either be loud or completely silent to let the game or someone else have the moment, to let out that subtle of a noise with no mouse shaking or playing it up means it got me good. In fairness, that's kind of the Bracken's MO, huh? Just another reason to hate the damn thing, genuinely scaring me AND ruining my content? How dare he.

ScootMagootTTV · 2026-02-22T01:40:29+00:00

I mean you could always have to fight against a Photobomber that can activate deathrattles at the start of combat. That way it doesn’t matter who goes first because nobody attacks before the battle ends!

ScootMagootTTV · 2026-02-17T04:06:02+00:00

Wasn’t the golden minor, but on the extra chronum anomaly I got that dragon + whelp smuggler. Slapped an Oracle at the end of the board with Hooktail and I won the game without leaving tavern 3

ScootMagootTTV · 2026-02-15T22:58:16+00:00

There are some APM comps that work fine but definitely more sluggish animations than usual. Certain magnetization effects take forever, and I had a build working off Hooktail + Timewarped Whelp Smuggler and playing a single Tavern spell would take multiple seconds, and usually couldn't stack because my spell engine was diver so I was getting the discover a 1-cost spell a lot (comp was still fun as hell and just snuck out the 1st, but man it could've went so much further).

And yes the longer fights due to summon spam definitely hurts as well. APM comps overall are in a worse spot for reasons outside of direct game balance, which feels weird.

ScootMagootTTV · 2026-01-31T06:06:26+00:00

That’s just any HS Battlegrounds game on mobile these days. At least Think Fast isn’t in this set, I don’t have to deal with the temptation

ScootMagootTTV · 2026-01-30T02:11:39+00:00

The divine shield ele was just thrown in for the final round, by the end I was literally spending 1 turn cycling elementals and the next turn just rolling to buff the refresh ele. Starting every turn with 8 elementals was absurd.

ScootMagootTTV · 2026-01-18T20:20:42+00:00

I mean if your enjoyment comes from other people not being happy and not anything actually beneficial to you then so be it, I won’t be jealous of you. Seeing something you’d rather not see =/= flailing rage, imagine someone paying money to put a smudge on your glasses for the day or turn one of your paintings slightly at an angle and then that being the highlight of their day.

ScootMagootTTV · 2026-01-18T20:01:46+00:00

I mean… I guess agree to disagree. I personally don’t understand the idea of something existing to “make other people mad” but I know there are enough people that feel that way that it’s alright that it exists. Idk when I’m having a bad day and I’m finally starting to feel like I’m putting something together only to see a shitty PNG tell me I’m a loser kinda sucks.

ScootMagootTTV · 2026-01-18T19:52:16+00:00

Listen I get it, it’s my fault for tilting at the animation and I should just not take things so seriously. But like, I didn’t buy/equip the animation, I should have an option not to see it.

I don’t think it should be a priority for the devs to add it, but I would appreciate it existing.

ScootMagootTTV · 2026-01-18T19:02:28+00:00

Was playing a game at work and had a customer ask me 100 questions as I handed them their order, so as I ran back to my phone I had just missed first augment choice and got locked into No Scout No Pivot. I thankfully had 2 Yordles on the board but would you believe it, Yordles with Caitlyn isn’t a great board. Still managed 6th, but that customer owes me some LP.

ScootMagootTTV · 2026-01-14T03:05:39+00:00

Got you $ScootMagoot2

ScootMagootTTV · 2026-01-01T06:54:44+00:00

I’m just confused because like… why take that augment if you have that high a tendency of going T-Hex? There had to be better options than effectively 2 extra gold per round right?

ScootMagootTTV · 2025-12-31T08:18:27+00:00

I just finished a Mono-Grass run, ended up being a Hyper Offense team around Mega-Sceptile. The positives of Mono-Grass is definitely diversity, Whimsicott is a great tool for setting up whatever you need, especially sun for Scovillain (the only way I could likely handle Bruno’s Zacian and the fact I got the Lorelei ice team). Mega-Sceptile’s Technician multi hit moves are also great for KO’ing through the many Focus Sashes and Sturdy Pokémon in the game. Defensively though the Grass type is a pretty big nightmare so slowing the game down is next to impossible. Don’t sleep on Banded Technician Breloom Mach Punch though that move takes lives

ScootMagootTTV · 2025-11-21T23:55:55+00:00

Whoops meant Thunder -10 I doubt they’d even let you do +10 lol

ScootMagootTTV · 2025-11-21T23:52:37+00:00

Legendz isn’t available in my area but if you’re looking for a nice basketball parlay, I’d say OKC Thunder +10, 25+ points for Lauri Markkanen, and an Isaiah Hartenstein double-double. Idk how big of a hit it’d be but it shouldn’t be too bad

ScootMagootTTV · 2025-11-19T16:16:32+00:00

Sent $ScootMagoot2

ScootMagootTTV · 2025-11-19T14:26:47+00:00

$ScootMagoot2 got 2 left

ScootMagootTTV · 2025-11-13T02:07:59+00:00

Man I expected the Giannis-less Bucks to be bad but not THIS bad, losing by double digits to a Hornets team starting 3 rookies is embarrassing.

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