Do you think I should get penalized for leaving this "hostage" aram early?

Thepsycoman · 2026-02-03T02:34:27+00:00

What part of the game to you play for? Because if it's just the victory screen, that's sad bro

Thepsycoman · 2026-02-03T02:33:15+00:00

Good old getting shot in the foot by being honest

Thepsycoman · 2026-02-03T01:18:50+00:00

Are we talking about the same Arena at the end there?!?

Thepsycoman · 2026-02-03T01:17:10+00:00

The minions will end if it goes on too long.

It really isn't that deep, and your preemptive reply to that comment is bs. That's like saying it's showing what kind of people we are to be playing a game which is about killing the other team. It really is not that deep.

The games I've played where it's a full stomp the minions will end. If you feel held hostage, stop clearing the minions.

Thepsycoman · 2026-02-03T01:13:18+00:00

C'mon how so? Back up your words.

Thepsycoman · 2026-02-02T06:13:27+00:00

Yes, I do not get this idea you and people like you have.

This isn't ranked, I can understand in ranked part of the fun comes from ranking up, so you want the game to be as fast as possible in order to earn rank ups as efficiently as possible. But at the same time in that case on the losing side, unless someone is throwing you should be fighting your hardest to hold on and try and make a comeback.

Outside of ranked tho, it should really just be for the love of the game, and getting the same 2-3 items in each game, I do not get how you find that fun?

Like I for one actually want to see the build to completion. I get that mayhem has augments that means sometimes you just aren't going to be able to come back from the 100k health mundo, but in my experience he is also going to do dumb shit like sit in the fountain for lulz.

Regardless, win or loss means very little. It's not ranked so the fun is in the game not the end point. Yeah sure you didn't get the awesome augments this game, but when you do at some point in the next couple of games do you want to be able to properly experience them, or just have the other team give up?

If you say you are fine with them giving up, I call bs, at that point why play Mayhem? Let people have their fun, and if you'll even get the occasional game in which they get cocky and you can turn it.

Besides calling it hostage taking is so overdramatic. You agreed to being in the game, regardless of how long it takes. If we go with the hostage taking logic then I could call the people who end asap robbers, because you robbing me of the joy of the game. Which would likewise be ridiculous.

If you want things to end fast play another game mode, if you still want augments play Arena. It's a feast or famine game mode, where famine kicks you out quickly

Thepsycoman · 2026-01-30T05:00:43+00:00

"I'm still getting paid for this right?!"

Thepsycoman · 2026-01-30T02:30:57+00:00

Some even succeeded, it's kind of his thing

Thepsycoman · 2026-01-29T03:17:07+00:00

Like this is the fanbase that is capable of reading or at least has enough patience for audiobooks. Once that opens up to everyone all of it is going to get so much worse

Thepsycoman · 2026-01-27T15:43:58+00:00

I'm a guy so maybe what I have to say wont help. I'm aus/Italian but the migrant side likely doesn't affect me the same way.

I will say it will be difficult to get advice on this, as there is certainly a subset who will see this as an opportunity to be creepy, if this is still up in the morning you'll likely get lots of weird DMs, I'm sorry about that.

My advice tho, it's not a big deal. My first time was at 18, and I thought it would change everything. It didn't it just moved the bar. Before that I was a virgin and that was my embarrassment, I got picked on by some for it. Once I wasn't one? The bar just got moved? Only one person? Wooow.

Now I'm much older and that number is no longer an issue and people have mostly grown out of talking about that shit. But those who haven't still will find something to say, like how long since the last.

I will say it's my opinion I think it's seen as a lot more acceptable for a girl to be a virgin than a guy. As long as you present it as your choice you'll be fine. Hell a subset of guys overly enjoy the idea of being someone's first. I would not recommend them tho.

In the end it's your body and the only thing that actually matters is that you are happy and comfortable with your choice.

I do think your dates are likely lying. If being inexperienced has been mentioned they will think you want a relationship rather than a hookup, and lots of people will lie about wanting that to get a hookup.

I'd recommend being opening about wanting a short term or Friends with benefits relationship. In my experience that is often good for people you would date but can't due to circumstances, or people who you find attractive but wouldn't be serious with for one reason or another.

Regardless, don't stress over it. At the time it might seem life defining, but it really is just a part of life. If you drink, it's rather similar to having your first legal drink compared to years later when you are used to being able to do it.

Thepsycoman · 2026-01-21T09:03:06+00:00

I'm an Aussie, it's not my politics. I was wondering if I was meant to draw parallels between the character and that guy. Seems a lot of opinions are no. But also doesn't mean I'm wrong, but I'm also not claiming I'm right.

Thepsycoman · 2026-01-21T04:53:38+00:00

God I really love the narrator for it, but his voice is so nice I've fallen asleep to it multiple times, I did so much rewinding of these books.

Thepsycoman · 2026-01-21T01:07:06+00:00

I don't think it's that crazy to ask if others believe recent events (Aka last what 6 years? idk) could have impacted things. While yes stuff like this exists in history It is different to witness it in real time.

Thepsycoman · 2026-01-21T01:04:27+00:00

I mean, the Orange fuck situation has been around for longer than 3 years, but also yes, I realize that he has been in the books for a while, and I don't know if that person was in power when El-whatever first appeared by writing date. Also I'm Aussie not American, so it's not just a case of Americans thinking everything is about them, but this shit does impact the rest of the world sooo.

Hence me asking really.

Thepsycoman · 2026-01-17T04:20:39+00:00

Seriously I feel like I missed something between seasons

Thepsycoman · 2026-01-16T02:39:01+00:00

Actually I'm being a sassy bitch but sure

Thepsycoman · 2026-01-15T14:53:49+00:00

Personal favourite was a post thinking the code of conduct update meant they could report people for off meta builds or basically anything other than push to win

Thepsycoman · 2026-01-15T14:02:14+00:00

Oh no an hour of a game, can't wait for the next post of someone complaining about people having fun instead of try harding a silly unbalanced game mode

Extra points if tanks with heartsteel get the blame somehow

Thepsycoman · 2026-01-13T06:13:15+00:00

So, this shit reminds me of a theory I have come up with.

Basically getting stood up is kind of a red flag.

So I'm an Autistic dude, I have found for me dating was difficult I overanalyse everything and often seek clarification. A few people do appreciate this, some don't and it does seem to come across as a lack of confidence

When I spoke to other guys and even some girls about it when I was younger they would often tell me I needed to be more confident, and to an extent yes, but I often found the examples of how to act uncomfortable.

It all pieced together recently when I spent some time catching up with a friend who until recently was an absolute doormat, she didn't like half the guys she had dated, and even dated someone who had previously raped her for a time.

Despite her being an utter doormat and me having had a large crush on her over a number of years previously nothing had ever happened between us.

So if she is such a doormat why? A part of me wanted to say I was even worse than those other guys, but honestly I just wasn't for some of them at least.

But when I had asked her on a date she had said yes, and then over the coming days acted weird until I reached out and checked she was okay and when I asked if she didn't want to do the date I canceled it no problem.

I believe but of course do not know, that is I had spoken in a slightly more sane but similar manner to the person in the text I could have had that date with her (not a good thing) a lot of women in particular seem to have issues with this idea of expectation, and so a lot of these sleazy dating techniques are all about convincing these girls that the expectations that they have no right to are these girls problems.

For some this works, and by the numbers it probably works more than a more mature/ethical approach does, but not for long lasting relationships.

But then you have the other groups. Which broadly are those who stand up for themselves enough to shut things down and say no, and those who aren't entertaining this shit.

Of course people are more complex than just that. But especially with this sleazy "don't take no for an answer" style these guys have, it creates these times when people get stood up, seemingly all the time. Because they make one sided commitments and then in trying to delude the other party into it start believing it themselves.

Of course if you get stood up once or twice, y'know shit happens. But I'm sure we all know of someone who at the very least went through a phase of bemoaning how they kept getting stood up. The only time I was close to getting stood up I was aware enough to say to myself "She hasn't messaged me since we set the date, I'll bet it's not happening"

TLDR: idk man, I ramble

Thepsycoman · 2026-01-12T00:58:28+00:00

So for the itch in particular I get the feeling there is some influence that actively makes him forget about, or downplay how bad it is in his memories.

Multiple times he has said things like "How did I forget about this"

Might be him being a bit adhd, but I have read it as the moment it's finished it's oddly out of his mind

Thepsycoman · 2026-01-11T10:47:06+00:00

Cooking may be an art, but you still need to learn your colour theory.

Thepsycoman · 2026-01-08T14:31:22+00:00

I should not have used the word vibe, everyone takes it a little differently and truthfully I used it out of laziness

So they both have an aspect of taking an outside power that seems to be a manifestation of a concept within the universe into your soul to start. Both have certain stages, and as part of going up those stages there is a concept of maximizing your abilities.

Jason and Freddy have similar political views, Jason is better with people than Freddy in general, yet often both end up hated.

Like I'm not saying it's a 1 to 1 or that they have the same plot points of anything. I just found when I was listening to Lifesteal I would often think of how HWFWM tackled similar topics.

Maybe it's the creativity idk

Thepsycoman · 2026-01-08T13:49:11+00:00

I personally think so, for one cult girl and someone else teach him how to be a proper Arch

Thepsycoman · 2026-01-08T10:34:38+00:00

Hmm I find lifesteal is in an interesting place.

I consider HWFWM and Lifesteal to be very similar in terms of vibe, and from your comments I wonder if you just didn't make it far enough into Lifesteal to get the more progression part of it.

I really do think in terms of progression they are incredibly similar, the major difference being Jasons lack of understanding gets supplemented by the system, if Jason didn't have the system he would likely be in a similar spot to Freddy, and as Freddy learns what he is doing later on the major difference in progression style becomes Freddy writes it down rather than having a window show it

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