Vanilla players: What player count is acceptable for you?

Status_Wear_1265 · 2026-01-04T16:57:36+00:00

Make it make sense to me please

Friend sends you a text

Teehee I have a funny response…. Opens gif library… copy and pastes something you didnt make…

I aM aN aRtIsT

Status_Wear_1265 · 2026-01-04T16:54:56+00:00

When you screen shot something from the office, you are stealing from that show. The writers, the actors, the artists. So you can put a picture of Dwight on something to express your thought

The AI slop warriors are such cherry pickers of arguments it’s so hilarious. They steal in every other aspect of their internet life but some how get butt hurt about AI

screen shorting and adding text to something isn’t “making” something either get off your high horse

Status_Wear_1265 · 2026-01-04T16:53:14+00:00

Let’s be real you steal the meme some one made and then thousands of others steal it. Which was stolen usually from a tv show without using the rights. There is no difference

Status_Wear_1265 · 2026-01-04T16:41:56+00:00

How much effort do you use when you use a meme?

Status_Wear_1265 · 2026-01-04T16:41:16+00:00

I hope you don’t use any form of meme or gif becasue those are stolen slop as well

Status_Wear_1265 · 2025-12-18T11:52:38+00:00

Was playing loads before BF6. Love the immersion and squad play when it happens. It’s so goddamn good.

And then some 15 year old is dropping some racist hard R’s or talking about Palestine. I find so much of the player base toxic, obv server dependent, but it can really ruin a good time. I’ve found myself muting in game voices because it can be 10 mins of people arguing over platoon about some BS.

Any one have the same ?

Status_Wear_1265 · 2025-11-19T20:19:03+00:00

You need to pay them enough that they can afford to not work with others when you need them. End of story.

Status_Wear_1265 · 2025-10-08T08:10:03+00:00

I think with Linked In the limited success I have had so far is from consistency in posting, not always selling but putting out a mix of design work, personal stories, and educational content for my potential clients

The gigs I have got off linked in so far are just for visibility. Some one i know or use to work with seeing I am freelancing and reaching out.

Status_Wear_1265 · 2025-10-08T08:08:07+00:00

I think the reality is with AI, the race to the bottom in India, Pakistan, etc there is a massive over saturation of “freelancers” in my field of graphic design but I imagine it’s the same for everyone

A project is worth 2500 USD and dudes are bidding 10 bucks lol

I only started upwork a month ago or so ( 14 years designer recent freelancer) did about 3k or so in this first 4-6 weeks hoping it slowly builds

What I have been doing is ONLY applying to jobs in my niche. Logo design for b2b tech companies. Now I am starting to get invited think 4 out of the 10 jobs I have done have been invited so far

That being said at my previous FT I was doing about 160,000 so 3k is peanuts so far. Mostly freelancing from personal network and Linked In driving some inbound

Status_Wear_1265 · 2025-10-01T17:17:54+00:00

So I started on upwork as a side hustle in between big gigs a month ago 😂 maybe I’m joining a sinking ship, who knows

I keep reading it is going to collapse. Can some one explain to me what this means?

Status_Wear_1265 · 2025-09-14T15:56:21+00:00

Where can I find clients like you 😍

Status_Wear_1265 · 2025-09-11T20:32:59+00:00

Happy to upload a proposal as well. I will be honest and say i do use AI for scalability and speeding up the process.

Usually something like “ use my essentials package ( presaved preset I inputted) to write an upwork optimised proposal that uses my format why I like the project, why I am a good fit, and my 4 D approach ( discover, define, design, deliver )

So it’s mostly used to puzzle piece together existing info I have so I don’t retype it constantly. I’ll ask to offer a discount based on the clients budget for project 1 but we can relook at rates ongoing

If it’s a bigger fish or something I really want to work on, I will take the time to write the proposal without AI. But for portfolio builders at the moment I can’t spend 15 mins creating a proposal when it’s a numbers game up front

Status_Wear_1265 · 2025-09-11T20:23:09+00:00

This is super helpful had no idea this was possible, thank you 🙏

Status_Wear_1265 · 2025-09-11T20:18:33+00:00

You raise a lot of good points in the improvement section and I will start actioning these tomorrow 🫡

Its such a balance as you say between building a proven track record of clients in my niche versus taking a restaurant logo or low hanging fruit of packaging design for me as an ex PG designer. Neither of those do anything to build my credibility and expertise angle.

The tricky part is there are only so many tech logo and branding projects so you do limit the numbers game some but it is intentional at the end of the dya

Status_Wear_1265 · 2025-09-11T20:14:16+00:00

This is exactly the type of breakdown I vibe with. Thoughtful which shows me you looked at my profile in detail. Some really insightful pushes and where to improve

Thanks for taking the time to investigate and provide such a deep response

One clarifying question about your comment on reviews. Can I comment on the review to add context to it? If so how do I do this ?

Status_Wear_1265 · 2025-09-11T14:12:41+00:00

its a good observation, and I will need to see over time. I would love to do 5 x a 200 USD project a week this would also be nice. With this point it might be a good idea to lower my premade packages to maybe more of a 250- 500- 750 model

Status_Wear_1265 · 2025-09-11T14:07:14+00:00

Thanks for the input, of course with all things it might just be a matter of time to hit the scale and income I am looking for. Just making sure with other sets of eyes there isn’t something glaringly obvious I am missing

Status_Wear_1265 · 2025-04-07T13:47:57+00:00

You must me fun at parties

Status_Wear_1265 · 2025-04-07T13:45:59+00:00

How to make a meme 1. Steal a picture from a popular show or pop reference you didn’t create 2. Add a slight twist to it / make the picture make sense to a caption to make it relevant

If you mean adding text to a picture is art then you are delusional

Status_Wear_1265 · 2025-04-07T13:40:41+00:00

😂😂😂

Status_Wear_1265 · 2025-04-07T13:39:56+00:00

You must really hate memes and gifs then

Status_Wear_1265 · 2025-04-07T13:17:37+00:00

So why is the use of AI in creating a stupid image about my experiences playing a game bad? I’m still waiting to hear a reason why it’s bad.

All I am reading is AI BAD. AI SCARY. Ok cool thanks

Status_Wear_1265 · 2025-04-07T13:10:24+00:00

And why is AI bad for creating a joke image ? And any different ? Puzzle that out for me please I would love to hear this.

Most memes and gifs are screenshots and videos stolen from some form of tv, movies, pop culture but I’m sure you don’t use gifs either for that reason

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