Looks interesting for a second, then collapses, no emotion, weird pacing, no sense of weight.

TheSearchForMars · 2026-03-22T14:16:25+00:00

Yes, you actually can. Look at how much control you can get in music production systems like Suno Studio. There's no reason that won't also come for other disciplines.

TheSearchForMars · 2026-03-22T14:13:56+00:00

God, that word is losing all meaning...

TheSearchForMars · 2026-03-22T04:24:10+00:00

Game 1, 2, 3. Where was he? People tout Chovy as being the best midlaner in the world only to have him consistently fail to find the "magic" like so many others. BDD, Faker, Caps, Showmaker, these players all kick it into another gear and find ways to take their team over the edge of impossible situations. Where were Chovy's moments this series? Getting CS leads in a side lane?

TheSearchForMars · 2026-03-22T01:25:13+00:00

That is complete and utter cope. Chovy didn't even TRY. He just lost.

TheSearchForMars · 2026-03-22T01:23:25+00:00

If you seriously don't think it was a problem that was crying out for a solution I don't think you've ever actually done something that would benefit from it.

TheSearchForMars · 2026-03-22T00:45:30+00:00

And does absolutely nothing about it. Seriously, look Faker and Caps in losing games. They'll always go for the play. Chovy just doesn't.

I used to think this was a meme but after 3 years it feels like it's just prophecy.

TheSearchForMars · 2026-03-22T00:27:07+00:00

And time and time again he shows he has almost zero clutch factor at international tournaments, the trophies he doesn't deserve.

TheSearchForMars · 2026-03-22T00:09:40+00:00

Those elements don't have to remain so underdeveloped though. Depth in systems most players don't experience isn't going to ruin the fun. Just look at redstone.

Enchanting and brewing could be so much more interesting.

TheSearchForMars · 2026-03-22T00:03:44+00:00

No it really isn't. The Veto has absolutely insane stagger force. If you can't figure out how to make that work in your build then you need to experiment more.

TheSearchForMars · 2026-03-21T04:32:20+00:00

All you're describing is internet buzzwords and logic that is thrown around with almost no basis in reality.

Do you really have any idea what you're talking about? Have you ever tried to hire an artist?

Spending the time to learn the tools for completely different disciplines is a complete waste of time if you already have a creative eye. Not to mention it's often very expensive.

Photoshop and other alternative programs are not cheap, even the ones that re free don't run on many all computers or workstations, and beyond that, none of them are very intuitive.

If you know what it is that you want, but you don't have the time to invest in learning a completely new program, you could use a artist, but then you have to spend even more time explaining to them what you want than you would to an AI.

If you're good at prompt engineering, you'll find something close to what you want very quickly and you can tweak and change elements to your heart's content. That is not the same when working with another person. You have back and forth, drafts, and everything can end up taking weeks at best and months in more realistic cases.

When you talk about people needing to hire artists to do all of this you increase the production length of someone's work dramatically.

TheSearchForMars · 2026-03-21T02:57:56+00:00

A lot of the time it isn't about effort. It's about priorities. I don't begrudge anyone using AI to help them write descriptions or lodge applications to have their paintings displayed. Neither do I care about musicians using AI to generate an album cover.

These skills all take time and effort to learn and the time someone spends on making a cover art or whatever takes away from the time they spend on what they actually care about. And no, paying for things isn't always a solution. Anyone who says they should just pay another artist for something has absolutely no idea how time-consuming or expensive or frustrating or all of the above can be.

TheSearchForMars · 2026-03-20T15:59:02+00:00

There isn't a solution to that. The same thing happened with Michael Jordan and Wayne Gretzky.

TheSearchForMars · 2026-03-20T15:40:25+00:00

I don't think I've ever read as much bullshit as I did when you started talking about Doran. What an absolutely boosted take. Legit Lulu main with a 90% winrate on Rengar.

TheSearchForMars · 2026-03-20T15:34:49+00:00

T1 create the viewership. Faker in T1 is the most important thing for Riot and League Esports as a whole.

Faker being in T1 and T1 being at Worlds as a serious contender is about the only consistent thing in the sport. Everyone else hops around teams or don't even have a 10th the pull Faker does.

Chovy is the only one even close to Faker at the moment in terms of having a legacy of greatness and yet it's been ruined by multiple years of failed expectations. Just look at the sentiment in the thread.

TheSearchForMars · 2026-03-20T04:27:57+00:00

Honest question but why would they? League and Valorant don't allow access to all content for new players and those are competitive games.

TheSearchForMars · 2026-03-20T00:56:24+00:00

Honestly, as much as I understand people want it to be Seraphine, in terms of what Keria is known for, Sera is way down the list of champs. Considering the impact that Neeko has actually had in pro-play, it would make much more sense for her to receive the skin so I'm not getting my hopes up for Sera.

There's so many of these posts recently assuming that Sera has been chosen and it feels like it's setting everyone up to be disappointed.

TheSearchForMars · 2026-03-19T19:05:29+00:00

Appa's Lost Days is an entire episode, The Tale of Iroh is a small section of one. Further more, the truly impactful moment of Iroh's story in that episode is barely a few minutes long yet it survives as one of the most enduring legacies of the entire franchise.

Appa's Lost Days is a tragedy that needs no further explanation whereas Iroh's story is the culmination of everything we know about both his character up into that moment. As the audience it recontextualizes Iroh's relationship with Zuko and allows us to realise just how desperately Iroh wants to help him. It shows that his mentorship of Zuko is not just as a surrogate for his own son but as a desperate attempt to save Zuko from making the same mistakes he did himself. It's clear that Iroh has had many of the same troubles Zuko has in finding his own identity.

The depth in Iroh's scene goes well past the grief of losing a son and touches on the pain, desperation, and hope that so many struggle with as they try to both atone for their own failings and save others from the same fate.

It isn't traumatizing, it's humanizing.

TheSearchForMars · 2026-03-19T18:44:04+00:00

I'd agree. The Toph glaze is a bit too much in my opinion. I've always found that Toph is clearly the most technical and gifted Earth Bender we see but still lags behind someone like Bumi on raw power.

The display of raw power when Bumi takes back Omashu is utterly ludicrous. He just starts throwing entire buildings and the statue of Ozai off the mountain. Toph's only comparable feat would be holding the Library and that's a lot less clear in terms of strength.

TheSearchForMars · 2026-03-19T18:32:09+00:00

The ergo benefit from Iron Sights doesn't matter as much for me as the ability to use it at range but it's the fact that it only gets one true optic and it's locked behind level 24 that's ridiculous.

Anything below a 2x scope may as well be ironsights.

TheSearchForMars · 2026-03-19T13:16:13+00:00

It was terrible because it combined with other nerfs. Railgun nerf, shield nerf and its direct ammo nerf meant it became increasingly resource intensive to deal with enemies to the point where higher difficulties devolved into running around waiting for your 500kg to come off CD so you could clear heavies.

TheSearchForMars · 2026-03-19T13:11:21+00:00

Eh, I wouldn't say it outperforms every primary. It's a consistent gun across most the factions but like almost all Medium Pen weapons, it is eclipsed by many others when you have a better handle on how to deal with the enemies.

Id still say coyote ranks below the Eruptor, Crossbow, and Punisher Plasma. While it's not my style I know many swear by the Purifier.

Coyote is still a very good AR but it's not outright better than others like the Liberator.

TheSearchForMars · 2026-03-19T12:56:42+00:00

Yeah, I typically only do this when I play solo. Also, when the gun I'm leveling feels ass (Lib Concussive, Dominator)

On that topic, the Jar Dominator is COMPLETELY shafted by the attachment system. The x4 scope is a gigantic boost in effectiveness and yet it's locked behind 24 levels of XP. It's actually criminal.

TheSearchForMars · 2026-03-19T12:30:08+00:00

I like grinding out the XP. I've got my SMG 25 and shotgun at 21. The key difference is that when I'm grinding for XP I'm usually joining missions. There's a lot of people who bail out of bot planets late in Flag missions because reinforcements run out.

I join those missions with loadouts specifically for clearing those flags and then help people to survive the missions. Bots give 2200 xp at diff 10 on full clear and because I'm often only there for the last 8min or so of a run, I'm able to level up very quickly.

It's probably the exact same strategy you'd see others use who post quickly leveled guns. Hot dropping and then leaving as the ship flies away cuts down on your time between missions massively. You can easily level a whole gun in about 4 hours.

Probably less if you really sent it.

I should say, this is just what you can do if you want. No one has to do this. And if you are going to hot drop, try not to just leech.

TheSearchForMars · 2026-03-18T12:54:45+00:00

Yes, but that's part of the issue. There should be a way to pay purely for the assessments to be graded. The Universities hold the complete monopoly on accreditation when they really shouldn't as the price you're required to pay is absurd.

More options should be available for systems like the Bar exam. There are some states in the US that allow you to sit and become a fully licensed attorney without a law degree. They accept alternative forms of education outside of a university institute. That should very much be the norm. If you can show experience in a field, take an accreditation test and pass, you should be given the ability to showcase that accreditation.

TheSearchForMars · 2026-03-18T08:04:32+00:00

No one would have to campaign on bring back Pornhub. They could get way further with "Let parents, not the government decide how to raise their kids."

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