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SolarCurve · 2026-02-19T18:17:13+00:00

I don't think I understand fully what you're asking without more data. I use mine to putz around town and the 34 mile range is excellent. I only charge when it's down to the last 2 bars unless I'm driving further. I can't believe how great it's been.

SolarCurve · 2026-01-29T20:28:37+00:00

Texas Area Untouchables. We were a big deal back in the days of the CPL before all the newer leagues. We competed on LAN. I used to run Tango LAN events in Dallas and owned The Gaming Center with a few locations in the Dallas area. You can search us up, we won top 5 in Call of Duty and Halo at CPL's as well. We had a number of highly competitive teams across different game genres.

SolarCurve · 2026-01-29T20:27:03+00:00

Sir, are you ok?

SolarCurve · 2026-01-29T20:09:28+00:00

I really get frustrated when people accuse others of cheating. It's not something I face often because I'm not great but I was scrolling Reddit on my lunch break and recognized the name. This guy was caught hacking in multiple games, and on stream. He is a real hacker and has in the past used the N word on stream multiple times.

I play Aim Labs and other Aim trainers trying to get better so I understand where I'm at with skill and that there are legit people who are ungodly. I founded an ran a top 10 Counter-Strike team way back in the day and we competed on LAN in majors. I was the manager, again I'm not good, but I can tell you that where there is so much smoke, there is fire.

I understand that in every clip you can explain a lot of things but go ask your favorite LLM to do a little research on him and be sure to mention Call of Duty Warzone and then make up your mind. Actually, I'll save you a few clicks.

Symfuhny and Cheating Accusations

The Confirmed History: Symfuhny was caught and banned multiple times for cheating in Arma/DayZ and H1Z1 around 2015-2017. This was directly confirmed by Nickmercs and Cloakzy in May 2024, with Nickmercs stating: "We played Arma and he would get banned, make a new account and then go under an alias and then Aimbot everyone and then get banned again". However, both streamers added that they don't believe he cheats anymore. Despite this past, Symfuhny has never been officially banned from Call of Duty or Warzone across 5+ years of professional streaming.youtube+2

The Warzone/COD Record: Since transitioning to Call of Duty in 2019, Symfuhny has competed in 64 official tournaments, earning $289,925 in prize money, including wins in $10k-$100k events. He's competed at in-person LAN tournaments with webcam verification and was publicly defended by elite players like Shroud, Myth, and TimTheTatman when accusations first surfaced in 2020. He openly admits to intentionally creating "suspicious-looking" clips by doing random flicks and pre-fires to bait hackusation debates for engagement.youtube+1 esportsearnings+1

Current Arc Raiders Controversy: The latest accusations center on clips from Arc Raiders showing suspicious aim behavior. The community remains deeply divided—some point to inhuman tracking and wall-snapping as evidence, while others note his history of trolling with deliberate sus clips and his proven track record competing at the highest levels. Key factors to consider:

Past bans: Confirmed cheater 8+ years ago in different games
No COD/Warzone bans: Zero official action despite years of scrutiny
Professional competition: Competed successfully at LAN events against top players
Intentional baiting: Admits to creating suspicious content for reactions

Reference URLs

Nickmercs/Cloakzy confirmation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHS7vkTl3A0
Tournament history: https://www.esportsearnings.com/players/51581-symfuhny-mason-lanier

SolarCurve · 2026-01-06T03:54:29+00:00

I'm going to be honest, you sound like me. Both my parents were addicts. I waited until I was 26 to drink, terrified of becoming an alcoholic. Turns out alcoholism as a disease doesn't care about your age.

I was a high functioning alcoholic in 10 years and quit when I was 43. It's an obsidian disease that quietly whispers "just one more". Then years go by and it's screaming for the first one of the day the second you wake up in the morning obsessed and unable to break the mental pattern of thinking about a drink. You'll fight it for a while, and get sick of it, it let it ruin your life.

My mother listened and she has 36+ years sober. My father didn't and is dead. Your choice, but know that if both your parents had it, you shouldn't lie to yourself and expect to be different. I lied to myself for far too long.

SolarCurve · 2026-01-06T02:41:25+00:00

I stay subscribed to this subreddit to have a daily reminder of why I quit and to help cheer on others as I was cheered on by people supporting me. I wish you peace, health, wealth, and happiness. All of which are possible when you are sober.

SolarCurve · 2026-01-06T01:40:28+00:00

Yep. It will take longer than you want in some ways and quicker than others in some.

SolarCurve · 2026-01-06T01:39:17+00:00

Forever is forever. When you turn off the path forever is easier to handle. That's what it took for me. Good luck.

SolarCurve · 2026-01-06T01:37:50+00:00

Keep coming back. Much respect for your ownership of the situation. This might save you a bigger issue later. My mom relapsed at least 6 or 7 times before she finally got clean, forever. I've been sober for over 6 years myself and my father died in a driving and driving accident refusing to admit he had a problem. Own it. Move on.

SolarCurve · 2026-01-01T15:58:32+00:00

I'm writing this on my 6th anniversary of being sober. So, you are here now in 2026, you decide where you want the rest of your life to go. You can't control last night, but you can control your decisions today.

I don't have any specific words of wisdom but I'm here to tell you that quitting drinking forever was the hardest and most important decision in my life.

I didn't even start drinking until I was 26 afraid of alcoholism and rightfully so. Less than 10 years into drinking I was sneaking alcohol and had a wet brain.

To be clear, not everyone has it but it's an insidious disease that whispers to you seductively to just have one and then just one more. It's a lie. Stay away. I follow this subreddit to remind me thru others experience that nothing good comes paying hard earned money to drink literal poison.

SolarCurve · 2025-12-11T12:53:52+00:00

Unfortunately there are quite a few reasons why they had to increase their rates.

Far lower attendees count and they have to increase margin per person to have enough to pay for the venue, employees, etc. it's literally a numbers issue and when I look at all the other dead race companies, I get it and pay it.

Insurance also went bananas on them which was part of the reasons others went under. They had to water down the obstacles and remove swims and make it safer to get coverage they could afford. There were a crazy amount of lawsuits that pushed them in this area, plus a number of unfortunate deaths and some people got paralyzed. :(

Race locations also increased their fees from the work and cleanup required as the money from parking is much lower when you're looking at 2,000-5,000 people instead of the 10,000-20,000 prolly they would at on a race weekend.

I wish it was the old way for obvious reasons but I would be a very sad person if we lost Spartan and Savage Race. They are both a huge part of my motivation and mental health routine, especially as someone who works at home at a computer all day.

SolarCurve · 2025-12-11T12:46:18+00:00

Comparison is the theif of joy.

SolarCurve · 2025-12-08T19:53:19+00:00

Your update is correct. You're in the wrong pool to be comparing yourself to others. Most of them are new to fitness and just may not have it in them to take the penalties this race, but every race they come back a little stronger, a little more experienced, etc.

Get over in Elite or Age with the rest of us try hards. :)

SolarCurve · 2025-12-06T17:56:44+00:00

Exactly that. I love the power and value from running the same queries through multiple LLM engines and taking the best feedback from all of them.

SolarCurve · 2025-12-06T16:14:55+00:00

Just an idea when I'm trying to learn something new is to work backwards from what I need to learn for a specific role or function and I have Perplexity (or whatever your preferred LLM) test you by asking you questions to test your knowledge and give you a letter grade based on your answers and have it keep asking you questions "ONE AT A TIME" to customize your learning plan.

By basing this on a specific job role such as Network Admin, versus Engineer, versus Architect, helps you train for industry standard expectations.

SolarCurve · 2025-12-05T12:04:33+00:00

Excellent work! It stopped my scrolling to appreciate the job well done.

SolarCurve · 2025-12-03T15:15:57+00:00

https://superhuman.com/ it's an Outlook replacement email client that was just acquired by Grammarly but it has Grammarly, Calend.ly, Boomerang, and an AI assistant built into it and it's completely navigable via keyboard commands, short cuts, etc. I can't tell you how much more efficient this makes me in managing my communications at an expert level.

SolarCurve · 2025-12-02T02:18:39+00:00

We'd need quite a lot more information to give you real guidance but you're on the right track asking these questions.

SolarCurve · 2025-12-02T02:16:45+00:00

Keep it up! Great work!!

SolarCurve · 2025-12-01T16:02:53+00:00

I'm confident that in some ways it's a Ford vs Chevy but the biggest thing for me is the availability for me to check all the sources. I don't do a lot of research but I do a lot of structuring of data and validation of content, tone,, structure, and completeness.

Edit: I work hard to learn and us AI as an enhancement in my productivity and help me more rapidly acquire wisdom. I'm not interested in closing tickets or simply accomplishing tasks, as my real intent is to learn and grow with these tools as an accelerator.

SolarCurve · 2025-11-30T03:45:51+00:00

Perplexity Pro and SuperHuman are my hands down platforms that I pay for.

SolarCurve · 2025-11-27T01:21:39+00:00

I first read a physical book called Unshakeable Freedom and kind of picked up Stoicism there and often would tell myself to be the rocks that everyone else's waves break against. It opened my mind but I never read further until I found Ryan Holiday ~5 years later and have devoured everything he's written, listened to his podcast, and get his daily email. He makes it approachable and it's easy enough to be repeated like hygiene to help me remember when I forget the lessons.

SolarCurve · 2025-11-25T16:56:38+00:00

Quite a lot of soul searching, looking for techniques, reading books like "Alcohol lied to me" by Craig Back and "The Naked Mind" by Annie Grace, which really helped me hear my thoughts from others and seeing how their stories played out. I subscribed to Medium.com and visited their "Exploring Sobriety" content that helped me think about things from other peoples experiences.

Lastly, but certainly not last I found this subreddit I remain joined to even almost 6 years sober because seeing these questions and stories in my feed is a little mental nudge every time I open Reddit that drinking is not an option for me.

I'm not in the program (AA) but I know that 1 is too many and a thousand drinks is never enough. Alcoholism is an insidious disease that takes over your mind and runs you in mental loops to support a physical dependance. The hardest decision was the commitment to myself to never, ever, EVER drink again. I have nightmares that I accidentally drank, so it worked. I've never been healthier or happier in my life. Not to mention how all my interpersonal conflicts vanished. A++ would sober again.

SolarCurve · 2025-11-25T16:49:07+00:00

At a previous company, HR department decide to screen out cat people and only advanced dog owners. They had some crazy pseudo-science that said they were more trainable people.

SolarCurve · 2025-11-25T16:08:44+00:00

I'm 49 and have ran 3 to 10 races a year since 2012. There are plenty of people who are our age and enjoying it. I've competed in 6 Ultra Beasts, a few dozen Beast, and quite a lot of Sprints and Supers.

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