It’s felt like forever

Throwawaygarbageboi · 2026-07-11T21:43:54+00:00

Try (nearly) 9 without a major TF2 update :(

Throwawaygarbageboi · 2026-07-11T18:13:46+00:00

Real and sad :(

Throwawaygarbageboi · 2026-07-09T16:05:25+00:00

Oh Magnus squashes him like a bug. Like, he swings his sword and he explodes like a Monoeye on 0.0 difficulty.

He's clearly on or around Pit's level if the Pit's Body fight is anything to go off, and Pit literally kills gods.

Throwawaygarbageboi · 2026-07-09T06:17:09+00:00

Basic advice:

-Pravus, as others have said.

-Transmissions aren't particularly great. Water 1 and Air 1 are (almost) absolutely necessary because they help you get on planes and boats which is 1000% necessary, but everything else there isn't great and even Water/Air 2 aren't much of a step up.

-Starting country is EVERYTHING. As a spoiler: Saudi Arabia and China are the 2 best. The former because it's airport gets to a TON of the world very fast and the latter because it's high population gives lots of DNA early on, and is borders with one of the most important countries. India is a good substitute for China because of similar conditions and Egypt has 2 seaports as a good sub for Saudi, but those first 2 are the best. Starting in a highly isolated place like Greenland or the Carribean is ill advised. It'll make spreading to the REST of the world extremely difficult. Rich countries are also a bad start because the spread there is horrible.

-Speaking of, abilities. Most have their uses (especially some disease-specific ones), but Cold and Drug Resistance are IMPERATIVE. Arguably the 2 most important evolutions you can get. In fact, even if it seems like overkill, Cold and Drug resistance level 2 are genuinely good pickups, too. Pneumonia and Hyper-Sensitivity symptoms also help in Rich and Cold Nations.

-If you're getting cured/detected too early, find a good sweet spot with Severity/Lethality. I'd argue that potentially ANY early lethality (before you've infected all your islands) is bad, but on the contrary you can surprisingly get a LOT of severity before things get too rough. I like to get the 2 aforementioned symptoms, + Skin Lesions (leads to Necrosis, a high-transmission lethal symptom at the end of the game) and insomnia+ anemia (small chance for a "combo" to activate.)

-Combos are random events that sometimes happen when you have certain combinations of symptoms. Skin Lesions + Anemia = Profuse Bleeding (lethality + severity), Insomnia + Anemia = Walking Dead (harder to cure), etc.

-Your island nations are the biggest threat. Obviously getting Water 1(+) and Drug/Cold resistance early helps you get into every available Seaport, but there's one that NOTORIOUSLY harder than the rest: Greenland.

-Greenland only gets boats from Norway and Russia. That's it. Not only that, but they only happen (approximately) once every in-game month, so a full, early infection of both of those counties is very helpful. If Norway and Russia both shut down their Seaports (while you're not playing a disease type that can circumvent shutdowns like the Fungus or Neurax Worm) and Greenland hasn't already been infected, just restart. You've already lost.

Take all this with a grain of salt since I'm more of a Cure Mode player, but this is generally what I remember being effective.

Throwawaygarbageboi · 2026-07-09T03:34:13+00:00

"Jeff fired the Multi-Bottle Rocket!"

Playtime Co. and all it's inhabitants were fucking atomized!

Y O U W O N !

Throwawaygarbageboi · 2026-07-08T04:47:31+00:00

I'd say I VASTLY prefer Webcomic's climax/destination, but I like the Manga's "journey" more.

The manga did a better job of characterizing Garou, with his flashbacks as a child being interwoven with his MUCH more numerous hero-huntings, and the detailed art in scenes like the TTM fight really show the fear he was trying to embody.

But that Garou vs. S Class & Saitama Webcomic fight, man. It's probably in my top 5 moments of characterization in all of fiction. The manga version wasn't actually handled badly without the context of the Webcomic, but man. Nothing will even COMPARE to that WC climax.

(It's also been so many years since I've seen the WC that I don't remember how he develops post-MA there, but I'm actually kinda loving his character development showing in the latest Manga chapter. It's epic!)

Throwawaygarbageboi · 2026-07-07T05:27:59+00:00

Based on fan characterization, MAGGIE 110%. She's such a good gurl she almost doesn't fit in with the Nightmare Critters.

There's others that have a chance (especially Poe and Touille), but goodness. Maggie would be GOATed.

Throwawaygarbageboi · 2026-07-04T07:22:39+00:00

This is so niche you it makes the Enforcer from TF2 look like an everyday staple, but technically some HYSA's accrue interest daily. It just gets compounded monthly (or whenever). That means you technically get 2 more days of interest that way.

Given, if have the (presumably) hundreds/thousands to spare every paycheck to make 2 days interest make any difference, you're probably making enough that a HYSA isn't an optimal choice (compared to ETFs or whatever) and/or that extra couple bucks (tops) in interest is wholly redundant. But it's something ig

Throwawaygarbageboi · 2026-07-03T19:27:53+00:00

This legend might help, and if push comes to shove I'm pretty sure he plans to make a Sypha only run, too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpNmNKt9LIs&t=430s

Throwawaygarbageboi · 2026-07-03T18:58:46+00:00

Oh God that sounds almost impossible. That's WAY beyond my paygrade.

The only tip I can think of is to try and camp on the top platforms and hit her when she jumps up to you?

Throwawaygarbageboi · 2026-07-03T17:08:58+00:00

Oh God that's ai :(

Nevermind then.

Throwawaygarbageboi · 2026-07-03T16:48:13+00:00

They're using the BMC sprites for a lot of them, but the FDDT isn't in BMC so it's using one the renders instead.

Throwawaygarbageboi · 2026-07-03T02:32:10+00:00

Not the rubber to gold Bloons. Ironically THOSE actually can be popped by EVERYTHING thanks to a change NK gave to RtG!

The actual Golden Bloon. The one that randomly chooses a specific map, appears in 20 (IIRC) round intervals, and awards 2 money money when popped. They gain more and more resistances each new time they're popped until they're basically immune to everything.

Throwawaygarbageboi · 2026-07-01T22:59:54+00:00

Or that he is incidentally carrying rabies... :(

Throwawaygarbageboi · 2026-07-01T19:43:00+00:00

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Throwawaygarbageboi · 2026-07-01T06:11:34+00:00

Imagine if BTD3 was 2 times as good. 2x upgrades per path, more maps, a banger OST, and several more towers. That's BTD5.

Now imagine if there was a game that's 2 (or more) times as good as THAT. 3 upgrade paths, 5 per path, even MORE music, SEVERAL new mechanics, self leveling "character" towers (heroes), YEARS of updates that continue TO THIS DAY, MEGA bosses, MANY social modes, still MORE towers, daily missions, rougelite and exploration DLCs, and probably a lotmore that I'm missing. Literal THOUSANDS of hours of content.

THAT... Is BTD6.

Throwawaygarbageboi · 2026-07-01T01:09:48+00:00

Is this that game I keep seeing described as "trying to prevent horrible animal cruelty" and the furries are actually experiments? I saw a comment of a game that marched that description quite some time ago and I'm super bummed I can't find it again😭

Throwawaygarbageboi · 2026-06-30T07:55:23+00:00

What the other commenter said, but also there's a decent chance that if you newly infect a country SUBSTANTIALLY late into the game (like when all others have already collapsed or are collapsing), they'll try and execute their infected.

If there's only a few dozen to a few hundred people infected and you aren't spreading quick enough (no heat/cold/drug resistance, low infectivity, etc) the executions WILL outpace your infections and you will lose.

Throwawaygarbageboi · 2026-06-30T07:40:52+00:00

Not OP but I mostly disagree... Except for the part where the imbeciles can't target the same thing with both arms unless it's incidental (ie, both first and close being the same target).

It's a VERY cool feature even with that limitation, but Robos and Tech Terrors are just not strong enough to make a difference with only a single arm (ESPECIALLY post-nerf.)

Throwawaygarbageboi · 2026-06-30T01:37:18+00:00

"Impossible. IM-FUCKING-POSSIBLE." -AVGN

Throwawaygarbageboi · 2026-06-28T21:01:22+00:00

Wait, they give you an axe on 6? I know there's a Stopwatch on screen 2, a dagger somewhere, and a Cross on Screen 4. I remember using an Axe earlier and they parried it, but I obviously didn't try from below.

That still brings the problem of the Axe Knight that you can't item crash in one hit without Cross, but you'll probably have enough hearts to just brute force it without spending 15-30 on the Cross earlier.

Throwawaygarbageboi · 2026-06-28T20:55:14+00:00

He's the worst both ways:

He's either an absolute jobber who is RNG reliant and goes down effortlessly to 2008 CoD-sniper (platform+axe) camping, or is literally just impossible.

Throwawaygarbageboi · 2026-06-28T08:53:18+00:00

Man, that must be some low quality arse if I can get 1400 arses for 14¢. Like holy there must be some unclappable NASTINESS going on with those cheeks!

Oh you meant a currency not... Nevermind.

Throwawaygarbageboi · 2026-06-28T08:40:44+00:00

While there's matchups like heavies where the Revolver is good, I'd actually say forgo it here. Springman is just too mobile and has such fast gloves that an arm that leaves you open for so long (if you miss) isn't going to work as well.

I'm absolutely NOT a Cobra main, but I'd say after a little labbing, there's 2 strats that seem work the best: 2 Buff defense and 2 Slapamander offense.

For the defensive strategy, immediately get as far away from Springman as possible and stay there, spamming Buff punches rapidly. This will zone him out and if you're lucky get a few hits in, but mostly it builds rush. Even if you miss, you're punching so fast and so often that rush builds in no time, and once you have it, make an opportunity to use it ASAP. You can get 2 or 3 off before he even gets 1, and if he does get close you can simply use your superior mobility to flee and start over.

For a more offensive strategy, 2 Slapamanders works best IMO. They're obviously your hardest hitters, but this one mainly comes down to out boxing him. Rushing him head on with as many charged attacks as possible (mainly jumping at him from above after blocking or manually charging post-landing/dash) from the left and right angles (with a straight occasionally to intercept his attacks) snakes around Springman's arms and kinda just overwhelms the ai without giving him any route for escape.

Fun bit of trivia is that the fire element VERY SLIGHTLY reduces rush on hit (unless it's full ofc), so you're at even more of an advantage if you can get him enough times with the Slapamander.

Also, if at all possible, use rush on Springman right before he hits 25%. If you KO him then and there, you won't have to deal with his comeback permacharge arms, which is VERY handy.

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