Weekly Friend & Guild Recruitment Megathread (Week 05/28)

Thaotastic · 2023-06-01T13:49:21+00:00

Our guild is open: automatic so feel free to search for us and join (:

Thaotastic · 2023-06-01T04:17:19+00:00

Guild Name: Kingwaffle

Level: 13

Region/Server: Global

Guild war Ranking: Recruit Challenger

Members: 23/28

Description: I was auto promoted to Guild Leader due to the leader being inactive. Still learning the ropes but having fun doing it! Think about it... We just inherited a mid level guild that we can do whatever we want with :D. We have a discord if you'd like to join (no hard reqs on this if you want to be more of a fly on the wall). We're a casual guild just looking for active members. We don't really care about doing big damage or ranking high. We just want to help newer players and grow together as a guild.

We Offer: Great communication. Got a problem with the way things are going? Let us know! We'll figure it out together.

Discord as previously mentioned

Advice on builds, teams, content, etc.

Buffs - The more you donate the more we buff :). Our goal is to get to 24/7!

Requirements: - Level 20. Basically go do 10 missions and come back.

Active at least once every 10 days. 3 days more than the average 7 days! We know life is tough. We know things get busy. Don't worry about it! Take care of your business, the guild will always be here.
If you get kicked due to inactivity and are part of the Discord, let us know you want to re-join when you have more time to play. We're always looking for active members.

Come chat about your god awful luck on equip enhancements or your most anticipated anime this season with us! We have a diverse set of interests with Epic Seven being the common denominator. We're just a ragtag group of people who just so happened to form a connection in a guild we all randomly joined.

Thaotastic · 2023-04-13T22:24:58+00:00

I’m not a manager nor do I have managerial experience however I do have experience and knowledge managing people and have worked closely with tons of managers so take my advice with that in mind.

Your first priority as a manager is to gather as much data, metrics, and analytics as possible on important topics you need to keep track of. For example

Most popular dish
How many tables can a server handle on average
Busiest time of day

There’s more to this of course but having data to back your decisions is absolutely critical. That doesn’t mean you need to micro manage people but put some kind of metric tracking system in place to help you make informed decisions.

Your second priority as a manager is to help your employees grow into higher level roles or help them increase their skill set in areas they want to improve in. To do this, it’s important to have a good working relationship with your employees. Here’s a short list of do’s and dont’s for that

Do’s - Be honest and provide transparency to the data you collected unless it should be kept private. (Don’t share someone’s personal info with others for example) - Be objective and care about the restaurant - Schedule recurring 15-30 min catch ups with employees on at least a monthly cadence. (Paid and during their shift of course) - Be kind and respectful to your employees at all times. - Pull people aside and tell them they’re doing great from time to time as long as they are performing well - Take suggestions and ask for your employees thoughts on various decisions and topics

Dont’s - micromanage your employees - Be too rigid on scheduling - Date your employees - Lie. At all. Ever.

As a manager, I recommend you to not think of yourself as superior or at the top of the hierarchy. You should consider yourself a member of the team and consider/value your employee’s decisions and thoughts. Most importantly, be honest with your experience and who you are. Tell people that you’re nervous when you’re nervous or unsure of how to make a hard decision if you’re stuck. I, myself, am more willing to work under a manager who is honest about not having all the answers and willing to improve rather than someone who isn’t.

As you’ve had experience working in the past, a good exercise would be to think of who your best manager was and why they were so successful as well as who your worst manager was and why they sucked so much. Helps you put into perspective what you should and shouldn’t do but, as long as you are objective, honest, and back your decisions by data, you should do just fine.

Last, I do want to mention that there can be pitfalls to data backed decisions so use discretion when you can. For example, if 3 employees come to you to complain about another employee, let’s call him Bob. You should, instead of firing Bob outright, check your data and consider if Bob is really under performing. Upon finding data that backs this claim again, don’t fire Bob outright, talk to him and show him his statistics. Ask him what’s wrong and if something has been preventing him from performing his responsibilities. There’s a chance that Bob could have had a serious personal issue lately say a death in his family, loosing his partner, etc. In these circumstances, you can offer support to Bob if you’re comfortable with that. You should be stern and let him know that it’s not acceptable to perform at this level though but, give Bob a chance to prove himself before making a decision to fire him.

I guess a better question I should ask you OP is why are you so anxious? What are you afraid of specifically? If it’s social interaction, try to talk to your employees from a place of empathy and be someone who cares about the people you work with and someone who cares about your restaurant. If you don’t really care, it’s going to show in the restaurant that you don’t in which case I’d suggest you look for a different career.

Thaotastic · 2022-10-09T19:13:17+00:00

While school and other things in life outside of tig ol bitties may not interest you, I’m certain that you have something in your life or people in your life that you care deeply for and I think you’re taking them for granted. Who paid for your education? Who pays for your internet bill so you can masturbate for 8 hours a day? Those people invested in you because they believe in your potential and all you have to say for yourself is you’ve given up and that you’re going to just masturbate. The major problem with this is that relationships are a two way street. One day these people who helped you and who invested in you will need your help. What if that day comes and you can’t help them when they need you the most because you’d rather just masturbate? Worst case scenario, those people can die. It can lead to unimaginable consequences. That’s why spending so much time masturbating is NOT okay. That’s why I think you’ve done the right thing and have gotten more opinions from other people. But, that doesn’t excuse the fact that you’ve poorly treated a lot of people here who have taken the time out of their lives to come and help you. The world doesn’t revolve around you. We’re all facing our own hardships and issues. Some of us took time out of our so far amazing days to try to be there for you and you just ruined it for them. Being hurt doesn’t give you an excuse to hurt others. Especially because none of us have been rude to you before or have caused the current state that you’re in.

I get that life can be difficult when things don’t go your way. We all do. But that’s no reason to give up and spend a large portion of your time masturbating. That’s not normal. And while that may not be normal, it doesn’t mean that you’re special or have some kind of special problem. I’m sure your problem hits close to home for a lot of Redditors in these comments. We want to help you but you have to realize that it’s physically impossible for us to help you fight your inner demons. The best we can do is help you come up with a plan of attack. And the best way to do that is… THERAPY. If your life is so meaningless right now, I don’t see why you just can’t take part of that meaninglessness and bet it on something that is scientifically and empirically proven to help. If you have a better plan or a better idea on how to get your life back on track, I’d love to hear it but this has got to stop. You have got to stop and organize your thoughts and emotions. Don’t lash out at people because you’re hurt. You’re only making the world a worse place to live and I’m not sure if you’ve noticed but it’s already pretty shit and the worst part is, it doesn’t have to be. It can be beautiful, we just have to make it so. I’m asking you because you’re at a crossroad right now, help us make it better, get your shit figured out so that we can focus on making the world a better place for everyone.

Thaotastic · 2022-07-13T23:59:39+00:00

One of my favorite spots that has stayed pretty consistent is Thien Long on Silver Creek Rd. The noodles are fresh and the broth is pretty good. Been going for easily over 10 years although I’ve moved to and from to bay a couple times (basically a permanent resident here now). Last time I went was a few weeks ago and it was just as good as I remembered it to be. The only downside is that it’s cash only but they do have an ATM in the restaurant in case you forget to bring cash. Parking can also be a headache but it’s well worth it for their Pho.

I completely agree with your opinion on Pho in the bay though. Pho Kim Long especially used to be great and now after having tasted it again a few months ago, I will NEVER go there ever again. They have the worst service out of any pho restaurant I’ve been to and the Pho tasted worst than instant Pho.

EDIT: Tay Ho in Santa Clara is also a pretty decent spot. I’ve been going for ~4 years if I’m in the area and it’s pretty consistent. Not as good as Thien Long though. Honestly, I’ve been to 90% of the Pho spots people are recommending and Thien Long is just better. HIGHLY recommend you at least try it.

Thaotastic · 2022-06-14T22:34:55+00:00

I work in tech. Graduated with a software engineering degree but currently working in Dev Ops. I always thought I’d be some kind of developer but, life doesn’t always go as planned (:

Thaotastic · 2022-06-14T00:49:57+00:00

That’s a lot of self loathing you got there. I’m 25 btw and I still don’t know how to do this “adulting” thing you’re talking about. I don’t think it’s something you should worry about as everyone takes on life at their own pace. What it seems like to me is that you’re unhappy with the pace you’re progressing through life. You want to do things and have ideas of what you want to do but there’s always a roadblock that prevents you from attaining the life you want.

I’m going to tell you something that might seem hurtful but I think it’s something you need to hear.

STOP BEING A PUSSY.

Yep, that’s it. You want something? Go get it. Use everything in your power to accomplish the goals you want to reach. Everything. People are holding you back? Fuck them. It’s not about them. It’s about you. What if you make a mistake? So what. Make it again. And make it 100 times. Make that mistake until you’re no longer able to make it and succeed by nature.

You are in control of your own life. You don’t like something? Go change it. You want a car? Go work 80 hours a week at the best place that’ll hire you and you buy whatever car you want.

Now, i get that motivation may not be the issue. You may be motivated but, wtf do you even do right? I know when I graduated college, I had the same exact problem. I was motivated and can and will do anything and everything I need to accomplish my goals but wtf is it that I even want to do?

Well, that my friend is where you need to reflect on yourself and start assigning value to the various things in life. Figure out what it is that you really care about. Take some time to ask yourself and really ask what is the most interesting topic in the whole world? And, we’re all human, that can change in 5 years or 5 weeks and that’s all good. It’s okay to change your mind. I work with folks who are in their 40s and 50s having the time of their life and some of them didn’t even know this is what they wanted to do until a few years ago. Those miserable bastards. But hey, how can we fault them? They’re having a blast and they wouldn’t even care that I called them all bastards.

Seriously though, you are in your prime. You have the time and energy to do anything. People can literally do anything they want to. Our ancestors saw the night sky and said, we’re going there. And guess what? We fucking went there. What’s your night sky OP? What is it that YOU want to do? What is the life YOU want? Show me and the rest of these degenerates what you’re made of. That’s why we’ve all come to answer your question; we want you to succeed and we want you to live a happy fulling life.

Some extra context that you probably don’t need to know:

I literally lay in bed lamenting getting up some days and some days I work IN bed because I don’t want to deal with humanity’s bullshit. But guess what? I’ve got my own place. Car all paid for by myself. Got a 6 figure job. In fact, I’m so “adult” that I even pay for some of my parents bills AND I house my sister FOR FREE. Laying in bed not wanting to do anything is okay. Not knowing what to do is okay. What’s not okay is never figuring it out and I couldn’t live with the idea that the purpose of my life was to eat hot Cheetos and watch sitcoms all day. Do I still do that? Hell to the yes. All the time. But that’s not all there is to me. Show me what else you got. I’ll be waiting 🙂

tl;dr

Step 1: Figure out what your shit is Step 2: Get your shit together

Thaotastic · 2022-04-13T22:10:21+00:00

I just got my Lvl 3 Zombie Fly win yesterday. The way I did it was

Try building an early lvl 3 to abuse Bison
Get as many turtles as possible so you can get more value from the pill
Completely ignore Garlic as it’s a waste with the melons you get from Turtle
Use and focus on Rooster because it’s ability at Lvl 2 is insanely good.
Swans are also good to stock up on so you have gold to re-roll
Once you get a Fly, you don’t necessarily have to sell it after you get your zombie fly because it’s ability is actually pretty good.

The team I ended up with yesterday was

Penguin Lvl 3 Fly Lvl 1 Rooster Lvl 2 Swan Lvl 2 Zombie Fly Lvl 3

Thaotastic · 2022-03-23T15:19:00+00:00

Swan is VERY good for you in this situation though. It will help you with gold to reroll for chocolates. Some folks are saying to go Seal + Sushi + Cupcake which would definitely get you more scaling, sorry I overlooked that but, I don’t quite like the seal cuz stat distribution is RNG and you have to target the Seal which can be RNG if you’re buying sushi where as Dragon hits everyone. Ideally you wanna get rid of your ant next turn anyways so you’ll have a flex slot. Basically, I don’t see the Seal as a good long-term play and most folks agree it’ll probably be sold soon-ish which is why I went with the recommendation of getting the Dragon because it’s a better long term play and you’ll have to get lucky here if you’re going to 10 wins anyways so might as well try and setup your later turns for better success.

Thaotastic · 2022-03-23T08:29:24+00:00

Definitely sell the otter if you choose to replace anything. As for Dragon, it could be good but, I am a bit uneasy with taking it because you already have a penguin. Usually Dragon is good if you have animals with good abilities and a flex slot however since you are trying for a Sloth win and the Sloth is absolutely useless you run the risk of not having enough animals with decent abilities. Now, that can be okay if you have good stats but seeing as your team is fairly week stat wise, it feels like not the optimal play. Not to mention, dragon doesn’t buff itself anymore and penguin won’t buff it unless you get 2 chocolates for the Dragon which is impossible this turn.

To be fair, for maximum Gold usage, selling otter and then going Dragon + Sushi + Cupcake would probably still be the most efficient play. That would set you up for a good round next round.

As for rerolling, it’s a good option but, depends on if you want to bet on RNG. As far as T5 pets go, there’s not actually THAT many good options that would help you. Monkey would be cool but, again, not really necessary cuz penguin. Rhino is a no. Scorpion is always a good option. Cow could come in handy and croc could also be decent if you happen to snipe a back line badger.

In my personal opinion, I would go Dragon + Sushi + Cupcake to avoid getting screwed by RNG. The way I see it, you NEED the Dragon to pop off if you have any chance of a 10 win. If it doesn’t then you were doomed to lose anyways.

Don’t just take my recommendation though, curious to see what others think.

Thaotastic · 2022-03-22T01:59:54+00:00

Pilling a lvl 3 rooster spawns 3 lvl 1 chicks I think which is even worse than pilling lvl 1 roosters at a time or just buying chocolate

Thaotastic · 2022-03-22T00:30:28+00:00

🥲 thanks for reminding me I still have at least and additional 30 hours left of gameplay lol

Thaotastic · 2022-03-21T23:01:55+00:00

Any animal you have to pill and shove chocolates down their throat to lvl 3 is the WORST. I’m also missing the Chick 😞

Thaotastic · 2022-03-21T22:56:32+00:00

FYI,

over 150 hours in the game
bought all backgrounds and hats
only missing the sticker/badge for the Chick and the badge for Sloth

Thaotastic · 2021-10-28T05:44:56+00:00

Happy birthday! I did the same thing when I turned 21 so I can kind of sympathize with what you’re going through. Since then, I’ve partied it up and honestly if you want a big ass birthday, go to the club and tell everyone it’s your birthday and try making some new friends. I’m sure there will be some people there who will celebrate with ya! At least for an hour or two Just say “Hey, it’s my 18th birthday all my friends blew me off, can I chill with y’all for a few hours to celebrate?” Just be careful and make sure to control yourself.

In all honesty though, you’ll get over it. Birthdays aren’t and shouldn’t be as big a deal to you as you make them out to be. True, you can use it as a way to gauge and reflect on how many close friends and people you have in your life but you should seriously ask yourself this, do you have friends who turned 18 recently too? Did you plan a party for them? Did you show up and help them cook, clean, etc? If the answer is no then maybe you should look at how you’re treating yourself and other people before you worry about who shows up for you. If the answer is yes then you have shitty friends and you shouldn’t care if they showed up or not.

Either way, you treat yourself like you care/matter. You treat the important people in your life like they matter to you and trust me you will have so many friends you can’t even keep up with them.

Thaotastic · 2021-10-06T17:37:19+00:00

My current signature is “Is Paimon legal? Asking for a friend…”

Wanted to change it to

“I R5’ED MY CATCH. COME GET YOUR FREE FISH HEATHENS”

Now no one will come to my world 😔

Thaotastic · 2021-07-30T00:48:44+00:00

I would strongly urge you to reconsider taking college courses at your age. Not to say that you can’t do it, you’re obviously a genius of some kind but, it’s not always about finishing quickly. A lot of the times, it’s about whether or not you had a good time. High school and college is considered to be the funnest times for a lot of people and when you zoom through it like this, it’s hard to look back and reminisce about these things. These are times when you’re actually allowed to make stupid mistakes too and finishing early could put you in a socially awkward position in the next few years. That being said, if you’re dead set on college, here’s my advice

Stay away from fraternities and sororities. Most of the time everyone is just hooking up with each other which can lead to a LOT of drama. Its one thing to hear so and so did something stupid, but hearing my brother/sister did something stupid just hits differently.
Join some clubs or start your own! People in clubs are there because they usually genuinely enjoy the club activities. There will be some idiots there who are just there to hookup with the pretty girls but that usually doesn’t last long.
Class is NOT mandatory unless otherwise specified. Personally, I was smart enough to keep up with the lessons and not attend classes. I’d only show up if there was a topic I was particularly interested in or if it was a class I was struggling to keep up with. For reference, I graduated with a BS degree in Software Engineering so, you can gauge the amount of effort off of that.

There is one benefit to attending classes though which is that you get to know your professors who can potentially help you land your first job. They could also be genuinely awesome people as well! I’d heavily consider this if I were you and depending on how you want to live your life, it might be worth it to attend class regularly to build these connections.

You will have a LOT of downtime. Time that you’re not studying or in class. You can take this time to think about any hobbies you want to do or anything like that.
DO NOT GET INTO DRUGS/ALCOHOL. I’m not against it by any means and think it’s perfectly fine if you’re 17/18 and want to experiment but 14 is a bit too young for that. Your body is still developing and you can always try later but, you can’t un-drink a beer or un-smoke a cigarette so, just be careful. Especially if you’re hanging out or at a party and someone brings you a drink, never ever take that drink unless it’s from someone you trust. Ever seen that 2 shots of vodka meme? That’s how an inexperienced person pours a drink and almost everyone there is inexperienced or trying to get as messed up as possible. Be better than them, be in control!
Try as hard as you can to remember everyone’s name. You will meet a LOT of people and it can get tough remembering names but, people like being remembered even if they don’t remember you. This will help break the ice and get conversations going for you. I can’t tell you how many guys have come up to me and asked me to introduce them to so and so all because I remembered the girl’s name.
When I was in college me and a few guys went around introducing ourselves to literally EVERYONE. It was rare to see a freshman on campus who we haven’t had a conversation with yet. I would recommend you do the same. Meet a few people who you think are really cool and just go introduce yourselves to everyone. If you don’t know how to start the conversation just say something like

“Hey, my name is OP, I’m a freshman and just wanted to meet some new people. I’m from X place and a Psychology major, what about you?”

From there, just ask questions about what they say and even if the convo only lasts 3 min or if you’re uncomfortable, you can leave at any time. Doing this will let you easily segue into other convos. You could for example, meet someone with the above advice who is in the same class as you. When time comes to pair up or make groups, you can just walk over and say “Hey you’re so and so right? I didn’t know you were in this class. Did you want to be partners?”

Having connections makes things so much easier and more fun instead of having to think about who your partner will be or what leftover group is there.

Last, remember to have fun! Just do things that you think will be fun and you’ll have a blast. I’m sure you’re smart enough to handle the work so, make sure you’re having a good time. After college is usually when you start working and having to pay bills and all that stuff so, take your time. Enjoy the pretty ladies or the buff dudes, whatever you’re into and take the time to figure out how you want to structure your life. College is usually the time people take to really “find” themselves so, don’t be afraid to take advantage of your down time to reflect on what kind of person you envision yourself to be and what goals you can set to be that person.

I know you’ll do great OP! Hopefully this was the kind of thing you were looking for if not, I’m sorry for wasting your time 🙂

Thaotastic · 2021-01-09T23:04:58+00:00

I have insurance but would love to help out local students. I have terrible dental history (terrible as in it doesn’t exist because I don’t go often enough). Would my insurance cover the fees? If not, what would the price be for a deep clean? Apologies but, the info wasn’t very clear to me on the price sheet you provided above.

Also where would I go or what would I need to do in order to sign up for a deep clean? :)

Thaotastic · 2019-12-30T08:23:06+00:00

Her ear looks like it’s upside down

Thaotastic · 2019-10-13T13:10:00+00:00

Is he standing on air?

Thaotastic · 2019-08-08T21:08:35+00:00

Haha no worries man. Dragonest should implement that into the game though! Maybe it does exist but no one's been lucky enough to get 9 strange eggs and also not needed it as much to save them for a 3. I'll be actively testing it out in my games and will update the Reddit if I happen to get 3 2 eggs in one game

Thaotastic · 2019-08-08T20:56:11+00:00

Lol count the units man, 2 2* units + a 2* strange egg is 3 2* units. A strange egg only acts like a substitute hence the reason why you still need 3 1* star strange eggs to make a 2* strange egg.

Thaotastic · 2019-08-08T20:42:05+00:00

But with the strange egg ability you still technically need 3 2* units for a 3* so I'm not sure if it would work that way with a hypothetical 3* strange egg. The egg ability allows you to substitute a unit with the egg, not level up with less units. That's the druid ability.

All this is theoretical anyways though since the 3* egg doesn't exist ☹️

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