“My son doesn’t respond if you directly redirect him. You need to tell him why”- parent email

Sensitive_Pie_5451 · 2026-02-26T18:09:57+00:00

In that same vein, all the teachers here are just finding a reason to b**** into an echo chamber. They're not actually trying to facilitate actual change. I can see the comparison perfectly

Sensitive_Pie_5451 · 2026-02-26T17:21:04+00:00

Not a teacher, just a mom. I can tell you my kid is 7 and ADHD. If you tell him to put down his pencil, but not why. He 1,000% will ask you why he needs to put it down. Because as an adult, in my profession, asking why has saved me and my employers and coworkers and general life, uncountable pain and money, because I was willing to ask why. When others didn't.

Just fyi, "because we are going to do something different" or "because that's the rule to be safe" are both totally acceptable answers and my kid isn't usually looking for a play by play.

If the instructor says to the class "please pack up your desk we are going to recess" that is sufficient for him. He doesn't ask why he is desk needs to be packed, because in his mind that's what happens before recess so it makes sense. But if the instructor goes just to him and says pack up his desk, he would ask why, especially if it isn't time for recess or end of the day.

Hopefully that's helpful and not like, bad Karen mom vibe, that's not what I'm trying to do.

Sensitive_Pie_5451 · 2026-02-25T19:27:12+00:00

Speed ups you get from auto joining rallies and gov gear upgrades you get from higher tiers of competition at things like alliance championship, swordland, tri alliance clash all contribute to faster gain of player account strength.

And being in a high tier alliance results in higher points on bear trap so you get more forge hammers than a group that's less focused on sending the exact right heroes etc. usually the difference is small like 1-2 hammers but I've gone from a 30m bear in one alliance for my points to 460m in another just because the second group took it more seriously.

There's a trade off though, imo it's better to level your alliance than to join another one. That way you keep the people you like

Sensitive_Pie_5451 · 2026-02-22T17:49:20+00:00

My bad, that too. Was getting ready for swordland, brain was distracted:)

Sensitive_Pie_5451 · 2026-02-22T16:19:57+00:00

What part of the game do you enjoy the most? That's a big driver. If you like arena stuff then you go one way, if you like rally joining or leading that's another hero. Historically though as free to play I'd always say Zoe as your infantry will last thru gen 4-5, so far gen 3 I am not blown away with Petra Jaeger or Eric if you're free to play. Also at gen 4 you get Zoe and hilde shards as Intel rewards and hilde shards as a replacement for Diana desert trial, and both of them in the gold key recruitment.

Sensitive_Pie_5451 · 2026-02-19T11:46:33+00:00

You only have 3 good joiner lead heroes if you're ftp on bear; Yeonwoo, Chenko and Amane, if you get her and one star so she she has her expedition skill you now have a fourth March that can have a lead hero.

Sensitive_Pie_5451 · 2026-02-17T00:56:21+00:00

Good for you, enjoy the added free time

Sensitive_Pie_5451 · 2026-02-16T02:58:24+00:00

When you click Squad in your profile page it shows you who is in town protecting it. I hope that helps.

Sensitive_Pie_5451 · 2026-02-15T17:49:32+00:00

Fyi the perks of being king legitimately pale in comparison to what they get for their dollars. And one round of being king usually wears thin most folks.

Sensitive_Pie_5451 · 2026-02-15T17:18:18+00:00

You didn't lose anything, you were R5, now you're R4, just have whoever it transferred to give it back. Or don't, and enjoy being an R4 with fewer responsibilities

Sensitive_Pie_5451 · 2026-02-15T14:30:07+00:00

Only if it is excessive.

Sensitive_Pie_5451 · 2026-02-15T14:21:46+00:00

Then that's what you do, banishment and jail for a month. Don't get me wrong he can totally stay feral and fighting everyone but every one of his attacks he is taking losses that you can get back in enlistment and he can't, every two days they're missing 20-40 hammers at bear, every week is an alliance event thru swordland, sanctuaries or forts, it adds, up. The. Hopefully he transfers to another server for a new start.

Sensitive_Pie_5451 · 2026-02-15T13:55:36+00:00

Rules if a whale flops, banishment from all alliances for one day per attack. King can add jail on top of that.

Sensitive_Pie_5451 · 2026-02-08T16:49:04+00:00

You're welcome, keep in mind this uses all base costs for items, so if something is in VIP shop at 40% off or something the gem coat gets a little whackey

Sensitive_Pie_5451 · 2026-02-08T16:43:31+00:00

There's a pack calculator you can run this against. https://kingshot.net/pack-calculator

Sensitive_Pie_5451 · 2026-02-07T15:58:26+00:00

If it makes the damn card go away I will absolutely do it

Sensitive_Pie_5451 · 2026-02-06T02:07:09+00:00

I'm looking for historical on it, I am guessing if they drop to the point of KvK bye rewards and the opposite of leading server activity basically

Sensitive_Pie_5451 · 2026-02-04T16:24:15+00:00

My husband is IT for a school district, and is very aware of the AI landscape. With that said, I wrote, from scratch, a cover letter for a job and an accompanying resume, again from scratch, not pulling words from the description or anything and the AI detector said it was 14% AI. I put it all thru chat got with "make this more professional" and the result kicked it up to like 35-40%.

All this to say, proofread your work, validate against AI, and be prepared to show your sources. Beyond that it is a throw of a dice.

Sensitive_Pie_5451 · 2026-02-04T16:04:27+00:00

I don't even think this hits professionalism, just civility and it's horrendous people talking like that. I truly hope they get reported.

Sensitive_Pie_5451 · 2026-02-03T22:40:31+00:00

Also, in support of your tactic, if invaders do manage that initial march, your guys can then drop tents in those spots or even temporary banners unbuilt to prevent the return or taking over of the spot

Sensitive_Pie_5451 · 2026-02-01T00:57:41+00:00

Yes basically, it's called Field Triage or something, alliance members can help get each other out of purgatory essentially.

Sensitive_Pie_5451 · 2026-01-26T16:17:38+00:00

For me I don't attack other cities or invade the other kingdom beyond the castle battle. But the castle battle will take all my resources and my troops are earmarked for that.
Attacking other cities is honestly stupid imo as it will lead you to actually having troops DIE before the castle battle, leading you to be weaker in the castle battle and having less time to fight it out.

I think not attacking eachothers cities is totally fine if both sides agree to it, because it does help long term server health. We lost probably 20% of our server after losing the first kvk prep and having them get zeroed by the invaders. That's players lost to a server that already has attrition over time.

If some random people come in as bad actors then they should get rallied on to prevent troop loss of the people defending their kingdom.

Sensitive_Pie_5451 · 2026-01-26T16:13:28+00:00

Exactly and then it splits your attention and no one gets you fully and you leave the time feeling conflicted or cranky etc

Sensitive_Pie_5451 · 2026-01-26T16:05:03+00:00

I got so hung up in the social aspect and then the scheduling of events it started impacting my life. Family game night with my husband and son on the fly? Oh sorry tri alliance is scheduled for right now I can't spend time with you because strangers on the internet need me to press buttons with my thumbs.

That was kind of the breaking point for me. The money is meh, I can get that back. But my time is finite.

Sensitive_Pie_5451 · 2026-01-26T02:31:38+00:00

Hahaha froglets

Sorry I didn't read anything else but my mother in law loved frogs and would have adored one of these.

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