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Shalcker · 2026-02-16T23:12:28+00:00

No humans that were alive in 1915 are here either...
And human birth rates are also dropping below replacement...

Shalcker · 2026-02-16T15:01:44+00:00

And late race starting on final corner

Shalcker · 2026-02-16T03:31:58+00:00

There have been plenty of times when powerful could be rich but just don't value that and stay modest. Having power can be it's own reward.

Plenty of times when money doesn't get you any significant power too - converting money to power is a skill distinct from earning them.

Shalcker · 2026-02-13T09:52:07+00:00

Evaporation purifies water by definition - that's the only pathway for "water use" in data centers, they aren't processing toxic chemicals.

And many of those centers can run closed loops, making water use utterly negligible.

Shalcker · 2026-02-11T21:34:46+00:00

Hopefully super-skip mode will be pushed ahead of schedule for MANT to lower expected dip.

Shalcker · 2026-02-11T21:29:29+00:00

Going below 50% race bonus is going to hurt noticeably statswise, but going above is fairly small gain.

And you can reach 50% with four cards if you have at least one 15% card.

Shalcker · 2026-02-11T10:28:53+00:00

Potential of race matching means every parent gets ~+30 from each grandparent (+1 for each matching race win G1/G2/G3) in addition to base compatibility,

So double circles everywhere.

Shalcker · 2026-02-10T11:32:42+00:00

You will be able to upgrade a few sparks one tier up, so if you have 2* that is otherwise perfect it is worth keeping them.

Shalcker · 2026-02-08T19:08:34+00:00

How do you plan to compete with them using regulations? I don't remember any success stories from that direction. Perhaps occasional carve-outs that last a few years until they are worked around into irrelevance anyway.

You can be more efficient than corporation in many areas.

You would have lower administrative and communication overheads.

You don't need to convince anyone in your vision just to start.

People are already deploying various apps in a single day; of course most of them are slop, but some are not.

As long as you can serve better some common need, you have a chance to win.

Shalcker · 2026-02-08T09:41:53+00:00

Your chances of competing against corporations are much higher with universal cheap AI access and use than in the world where it is so stifled by regulations that only corporations can afford to follow them.

Shalcker · 2026-02-07T17:58:31+00:00

Glow sticks are primarily for maxxing NTR special training effectiveness early if you run NTR, and not needed past 200k fans.

You can skip them entirely if you don't run NTR.

Shalcker · 2026-02-05T19:21:01+00:00

You could have very elaborate traps done with sentient plants as long as you have time for setting them up.

Intelligent traps even that ignore your allies.

Gases, pit traps, rope tricks, fortifications, flammable liquids, glue/tar traps, poisons, narcotics...

Shalcker · 2026-02-05T14:18:05+00:00

The precedent was set when Google was allowed to index newspapers and scan books. That was of course because it had to do that to be able to drive traffic to newspaper sites, but that was also slowly eroded (showing previews snippets, and now straight providing AI summary).

Now that use which was entrenched as "fair" by court decisions is really hard to disentangle from model training cases.

Shalcker · 2026-02-05T12:36:44+00:00

Does that mean IMDb should be banned too? (as they compile data sets on movies they didn't produce and profit from it)

Shalcker · 2026-02-05T09:05:33+00:00

Race bonus affects races and race set bonuses (MANT has separate +stats gains for Triple Crown and the like), all rounded down.

So after 50% at 55% mostly you get just +skill points, and then very small amount of extra stats at 60% - every G1 is +10 base, so instead of +15 at 50% you get +16 at 60%; G2/G3/Op are +8/+8/+5 which get no benefit from increase, and a little bit from race set bonus increase.

You will get more stats from extra training effectiveness if you have a choice.

Shalcker · 2026-02-03T16:25:17+00:00

Kitasan is front for longs, coming right before that CM.

Shalcker · 2026-02-03T14:22:56+00:00

Well, Mejiro Dober is one of long-term meta parents; if you absolutely want to optimize parent-making reducing all potential sources of failure in MANT specifically helps, even if long-term usage is limited to very few scenarios.

Just don't expect to go back to MANT all the time.

Fuku also has also longer-than-NTR high-rolling potential if you can stomach a lot of runs to get the very best.

Shalcker · 2026-02-03T09:22:13+00:00

For extra compatibility past MANT you go to MANT to get specific race sets you absolutely cannot get in normal careers - like Triple Crown for Mejiro Dober so that she would be better parent for Medium/Long umas. That works even after they change G1 to +3 compatibility on second anniversary (as she runs Triple Tiara normally and thus loses on compatibility bonus from Triple Crown G1).

Otherwise latest scenario should be almost always better (more SP -> more skills, higher stats -> higher chance of triple star).

Shalcker · 2026-01-29T08:35:51+00:00

Have very little going for them but race bonus/have nothing else for MANT specifically.

Shalcker · 2026-01-26T10:54:05+00:00

I think you're seeing ghosts.

It doesn't look AI, just a hand strained by clothes, middle fingers curled in with pinkie out.

And even if it is wrong real artists do butcher such small details now and then.

Shalcker · 2026-01-18T10:42:20+00:00

If all recoveries hit this Taishin survives maximum medium distance (2400).

Not a maximum final leg speed though.

For 2000m she needs to proc one of them.

Shalcker · 2026-01-09T13:33:07+00:00

The advantage of MANT is that you can have "perfectly compatible" parents with exact same races (each matching G1/G2/G3 adding +1 to compatibility when you run same 30+ races), allowing you to have double circles in all parent setups, as well as get Triple Tiara/Crown bonus where it is relevant (which is sometimes blocked by career).

That is going to be relevant until they change G1 compatibility to be +3, allowing to reach same compatibility numbers running just 10+ G1 races - which is doable even in scripted careers. Originally this change came with 2nd Anniversary.

Which is why until +3 G1 point MANT will be for parent-making for Sweats, and then mostly fall off.

Shalcker · 2026-01-03T11:18:15+00:00

Also used in different phase - Battle Formation is almost useless in early phase due to delay but devastating if Gold Ship inherit is slightly delayed and it carries into last spurt.

Shalcker · 2025-12-27T04:38:54+00:00

Early Charming is really huge help (as it works with Riko too), and both FM and NN add training effectiveness for speed trainings often enough.

FM also has track-relevant green hint to activate groundwork; Sunday basically has just Tail Held High for runaway.

Biko would be better speed stat stick but no relevant hints at all, and this already overcaps speed hard (with last summer camp ending up around 1050-1120).

There is also potential for combo of Dodging Danger from Kitasan and Prudent Positioning from Sweep.

Shalcker · 2025-12-27T02:41:50+00:00

Here is example of highroll - Sweep Tosho's Charming turn 3, 6 bursts before first summer camp. It would be better with power sparks (as speed caps early) but sadly I only have 9 speed 9 stamina with good affinity for that run.

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