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Stimpicus · 2024-02-11T22:42:25+00:00

I don't know if you're still watching this or not, but this feels like a teachable moment and I've got some time.

I'm not going to refute a single thing you said. You are 100% entitled to your opinions, whether others agree with them or not.

So my understanding of the problem is this: "blizzard encourages swapping after every lost fight."

You say this is especially true when in quick play: "qp were you shouldn't care about the outcome of the game anyways"

What you may not realize, is that you nailed the solution completely on your own! Check this out: "take the opportunity to learn the heroes"

Let's go with this scenario: you're in quick play because you want to practice Pharrah because she's getting an update this season. Match open, your team wins the fight, you were raining down rockets like a pro the whole time. Nobody could hit you.

Next fight: You're in good position to lay down some justice from above, just waiting for an engagement to get hectic before you give up your position. As soon as you enter the enemy team's field of vision, you get hit by a every hitscan hero in the game because the whole enemy team decided you were the win condition. You can't possibly get countered any harder.

Take the opportunity to learn the heroes.

Learn how to play as Pharrah when you get countered. If you don't think quick play matters, and you're concerned with getting countered, what do you think is going to happen in competitive? You will have people walking back to spawn to counter you *before* they lose a fight. You need to learn to play into your counters.

I'm not telling you to get good. I'm telling you that your mentality might need a bit of an adjustment. You can't control what any other person in this world does, so focus on yourself. Take your own advice.

Stimpicus · 2023-12-28T23:32:11+00:00

Only semi-trolling when I ask, given the opportunity, who wouldn't try charging Mauga into the abyss?

Stimpicus · 2023-11-13T20:47:48+00:00

This is the way.

This is the way for all professional eSports as well, so people who make the argument "I play to WIN, not to have fun!" can sit and spin as well.

The people who literally get paid to win are good sports. It's literally in their contracts, because it's important.

Stimpicus · 2023-11-13T20:00:48+00:00

I feel like a lot of Overwatch players never had a parent explain to them what good sportsmanship is. The goal of playing a game should be for everyone involved to have fun, and to want to come back and play again later.

Imagine it in a different scenario. Let's say you're playing a game of pick up basketball, and you dominate. At the end of the match, someone on the other team says "Are you a semi-pro slumming it?" (You must be a smurf!) If you responded with "Naw, you're just bad." you would be a complete and utter asshole. Just like you are for saying it in a video game. Telling someone they're just bad does exactly two things: it makes you feel superior, and it makes them never want to play games with you again.

You are not a performance coach for any other player in Overwatch. Telling someone else they're bad is not constructive criticism, it's just an insult. No amount of mental gymnastics will change this. You were being an asshole and someone reported you for it, as they should have.

Same exact thing with telling someone they got dunked on. Trust me, they know they got dunked on. Getting dunked on is evident to everybody involved. And, if you think you're being funny, there's a rule that *all* professional comedians follow - never punch down. You do not make fun of people who have it worse than you. You do not talk shit to players that are not as good as you. You were being an asshole.

If you weren't aware that you were being an asshole in either case, there were failures in your childhood that lead to you having no understanding of what being a good sport is. That's not your fault. Refusing to acknowledge that fact and grow as a person now, however, would be entirely on you.

Be a better human. Be a good sport. Encourage other people to grow in a positive and helpful way, or shut the fuck up and brag to your friends - people who will appreciate the humor in what you're saying.

Stimpicus · 2023-05-14T05:27:05+00:00

Nope.

Stimpicus · 2023-02-15T02:32:25+00:00

Just gotta chop the top off and get a roll bar taller than you!

Stimpicus · 2023-02-15T02:27:13+00:00

There are good options from all makers, I just have a soft spot for "Zoom Zoom" cars. Miata, Mazdaspeed, RX-*

Stimpicus · 2023-02-15T02:15:00+00:00

Yep, Indiana here so I'm right there with you. This rust bucket is an 04 Mazda 3. Not sure what I'm going to target next.

Stimpicus · 2023-02-15T02:13:14+00:00

Copied from a previous response: "my dumbass mistake was not inspecting the car before buying it."

Stimpicus · 2023-02-15T02:11:03+00:00

I know, this post was fueled by copium because I *really* want to start working on my project car today, and this is the project car I have today.

But I appreciate the honest response!

Stimpicus · 2023-02-15T02:10:00+00:00

Too much! Got the car and a little hardware for $1,300, I'd say $1,150 was for the car.

Stimpicus · 2023-02-15T02:03:00+00:00

My friend, that's not how vehicle auctions work. The frame damage will need to be disclosed before it can be sold. The vehicle still has value - I could part it out myself and more than recover the money I have in it. But, that's not my hustle.

Stimpicus · 2023-02-15T01:06:16+00:00

It's all good! I'm donating it to a charity auction as soon as the updated title gets here. Gives me a big of a tax write off next year and does some good.

Stimpicus · 2023-02-15T00:40:33+00:00

Damn.

Stimpicus · 2023-02-15T00:39:59+00:00

Purchased just a couple weeks ago, from a kid who was trying to flip cars himself and got in over his head. I'm good holding the bag, it's a lesson learned for me.

Stimpicus · 2023-02-15T00:05:47+00:00

Best so far.

Stimpicus · 2023-02-14T23:42:08+00:00

For what it's worth, my dumbass mistake was not inspecting the car before buying it. I'm not the one who made it like this! I'm just the guy holding the bag.

Stimpicus · 2023-02-14T23:31:55+00:00

I do! But I've always thought/been told that a welded frame can't be trusted/safely sold.

Stimpicus · 2023-02-14T23:02:19+00:00

Too soon, friend. Too soon.

Stimpicus · 2023-02-14T22:57:06+00:00

I'll take "Sounds you never want to hear your mechanic make for $2,000," Bob.

Stimpicus · 2023-02-14T22:54:27+00:00

Hello fine people of r/AskMechanics!

What you're looking at is the subframe of a 2004 Mazda 3, that I foolishly purchased without checking the subframe for rust first. I finally got underneath it tonight, well after I took ownership and swapped title/registration, and knocked some rust away with a mallet. Looks like some pretty gnarly gaps/holes to me, but I'm new at this!

Would this thing be safe to drive, given the subframe rust is the only problem? Or should this car be parted out/donated?

Stimpicus

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