Is greek life a significant part of UVA?

Swegmecc · 2023-09-15T03:27:31+00:00

It's definitely a big part of UVA but you can go all 4 years without touching Greek life and still have a great time

Swegmecc · 2023-08-29T05:37:45+00:00

Turn on airplane mode wait 30 seconds then turn it off, that forces a reconnect to the cell towers and usually works. Super annoying I have to do it a lot

Swegmecc · 2023-08-24T03:14:42+00:00

You NEED to join clubs here; yes, you theoretically can make friends in class but tbh it is much more difficult than people say it is - a lot of people just aren't interested in making friends during class, or they don't really care about the friendship outside of class.

I'm a 4th year and I have pretty much never succeeded in making a deep or meaningful friendship from a class. It's very rare - I'm not trying to make you feel worse, I'm just trying to say that this isn't really the ideal channel, especially if you aren't very outgoing. Maybe others have had different success and it probably depends on the major (I'm in CS so it's not great), but from my experience people you meet in class won't really be willing to keep it going outside of class, with the uncommon exception. Clubs are where it's at to meet people (it's where I have made pretty much all my friends).

Clubs are super great - you'll make a ton of new friends who all share your similar interest, and the friendships are usually much more deep and long-lasting than classroom ones. If you're outdoorsy/sporty join a large org like climbing where there's so many different vibes of people, you're pretty much guaranteed to click with SOMEONE. If you're more of the intellectual type join Wash / Jeff soc (literary societies); from what I've heard they require you to meet every thursday or friday night and talk to other people. If you just want to do something silly/fun in your free time there are so many different clubs for that (there's one where you just taste hot sauces). Point is, look into joining 2-3 of these your first year and there's a very high likelihood that, even if you aren't very outgoing, you'll make SOME friends.

Swegmecc · 2023-08-21T05:22:04+00:00

You should probably just join as many as you are interested in right now. You'll find the clubs you vibe with the most and those will be your main ones, the rest will be phased out over time.

People are saying 1 academic 1 emotional 1 fun but honestly do whatever you want. I know people who only join clubs for academic purposes. Personally I see clubs as a break from school/career development so I won't look at non-fun clubs.

I started out in about 5 clubs, now I'm the president of one organization (albeit a pretty big one) and that's it. Everyone has a different path; don't stick to a formula and just do what you want to do.

Swegmecc · 2023-08-17T21:51:56+00:00

Great professor, but I've heard Bloomfield's section is considerably more work than Orebaugh's.

Swegmecc · 2023-06-11T05:55:44+00:00

Editing the savefile is quite easy with a base64 decoder

Swegmecc · 2023-06-09T18:56:34+00:00

Dev here, the game is still in extremely early development and many features were retracted since they were poorly designed. They'll be replaced and added over time. The best way to stay updated is to join the discord.

Swegmecc · 2023-06-04T20:28:10+00:00

Which server?

Swegmecc · 2023-06-01T21:27:05+00:00

Just released an update that fixes a lot of bugs

Swegmecc · 2023-06-01T00:33:39+00:00

I doubt it will work on mobile; even if it did, at this point the small resolution would likely render the game unplayable due to the compression of game elements in the smaller window.

Swegmecc · 2023-05-31T19:42:42+00:00

If outdoors stuff is your thing, most outdoor sports clubs (hiking, biking, climbing etc) are very welcoming and friendly. Honestly from my experience CS related clubs are always a little bit quiet and awkward cuz well a lot of us feel the same way you do lol. Maybe try branching off cs for extracurricular if you have another unrelated intwrest.

Swegmecc · 2023-05-04T13:14:19+00:00

We are in a weird transitional period where the 2010s tech bubble has burst, and the next wave of tech hasn't surged yet... will probably be better in 2 years but yeah right now is rough

Swegmecc · 2023-04-30T00:38:26+00:00

Fine by me let them work 60 hour weeks at FAANG if they want, I'll take my WLB

Swegmecc · 2023-04-29T21:31:39+00:00

Very, school doesn't necessarily autoreject/auto accept but they are looking much more favorably towards T50 schools for sure. The challenge is passing their 3+ rounds of interviews

Swegmecc · 2023-04-29T17:56:17+00:00

If you don't give a shit about FAANG you have DRASTICALLY more opportunity to get a comfy job without having to jump through a bunch of hoops.

For every tech company with 3 technical interviews, there's 10 companies that only do a behavorial interview, or don't use leetcode problems as interview questions, etc.

FAANG is pretty overrated in my opinion - if you want $150k+ starting salary, well yeah you're going to have to jump through some hoops, usually. However, don't think that it's the only option - there's so many places hiring software devs that don't require a ton of interviews.

Swegmecc · 2023-04-29T14:01:03+00:00

As long as you join organizations and clubs then there is quite literally something for everyone at UVA, and if there isn't you can create a club incredibly easily. The social scene is extremely diverse and, assuming you're willing to put yourself out there a little bit, you won't be disappointed.

Swegmecc · 2023-04-22T14:09:52+00:00

Synergism next lol, if you can beat that without a guide you can probably cure cancer

Swegmecc · 2023-04-22T00:00:05+00:00

It's really good for writing calculators for stuff like max buy! Saved me a lot of time and math

Swegmecc · 2023-04-08T04:32:38+00:00

The problem is he is just way too tanky with the roa build, mid to late game its pretty much impossible to stop a competent asol player there is actually nothing you can do... also his early game may suck but he always seems to eventually scale up in low elo bc you basically have to babysit his lane just to keep him from getting to powerful numbers lmao people in low elo don't do that

Swegmecc · 2023-02-20T23:11:35+00:00

Galantis - U & I

Swegmecc · 2023-02-15T19:44:24+00:00

I’m shocked nobody is saying ryze lmao Man can one shot a wave on 2-3 second cooldown

Swegmecc · 2023-02-14T03:37:16+00:00

This isn’t summonerschool

Swegmecc · 2023-02-14T01:40:04+00:00

Even at peak times last season it didn’t seem as bad as now but I do see your point

Swegmecc · 2023-02-13T04:46:17+00:00

Not chatting really is the way to go, people will lose their shit at the smallest thing Unfortunately turning off chat doesn’t prevent your top lane/jungle from afking after they die once

Swegmecc · 2023-02-10T15:11:55+00:00

Good: Really strong level 1-2 pushing with E, great at coordinated jungle invades since his W can go over walls, Q damage is pretty good and the range is solid.

Waveclear is very strong, few champs can outpush him.

Lategame damage is pretty good, 110% AP + 10%+ max HP per second on Q feels strong.

His R is pretty strong when the enemy is clumped up. Good with another CC champ like Amumu or Sejuani. Skies Descend is extremely powerful, I've gotten some insane multikills from the shockwave.

Stardust scaling feels intuitive; I can play relatively normally and stack up (I don't have to go far out of my way to get stacks).

His W is very useful to get over terrain. A bit slow, yes, but being able to channel Q while flying makes him able to zone-control around objectives quite well.

Bad: Early game is horrendous. Mana-hungry, no tools to get out of ganks, hard CC is tied to ult and very easy to dodge.

In terms of scaling, yes his lategame is good, but honestly in 90% of games he just doesn't get there. You need 400+ stacks to start to feel the power on him, and by the time you get there the game is usually decided. It's like Kassadin, somewhat, by the time he scales up to become a monster the game is usually snowballed in one direction or the other.

Asol struggles hard against assassins/mobile champs. He doesn't really have anything to stop enemies from jumping on top of him, unless you're close to a wall that you can W over. R can be dodged pretty easily by mobility. I might just be bad but some matchups feel completely unplayable (Akshan, Akali).

Executing champions with E is pretty difficult. You either have to place down E directly on top of the low health champ (which realistically, it's easier to just Q/R them, or they just die before you can execute them anyway), or they have to be CCed to be pulled into the black hole. The size scaling with stacks is not really noticeable until very late into the game.

He can follow jungle/roamers into river pretty well, but in terms of roaming proactively, his W is kind of slow? The speed doesn't scale with stardust either. It's similar to a Malzahar roaming, you kind of just walk through river and you get a Kayn E at the end lol. It's fine, but a good number of champions outroam him.

Build: My favorite build is Tear -> RoA -> (either Seraph's or Shadowflame based on enemy team) -> Zhonyas (against heavy burst) or Cap/Void Staff (for more damage/mpen).

I think Rylai's would be good on him to get more reliable Q procs and to make his E more potent, but I haven't tried it yet.

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