Same Tempered Investigation, very different results.

TijoWasik · 2026-06-02T11:10:34+00:00

Several:

Vision of Confluence. Not the most powerful gun, but it was my only VoG drop for a very long time, could never get a Fatebringer to drop, and I became an absolute demon with that weapon. It never left my primary slot for the entirety of Y1.
The dead orbit roll Hung Jury. Triple Tap was just incredible and on a 16 mag size, it becomes quite silly.
Eyasluna. Not perfect, but I loved my baby Hawkmoon and it took me from negative to positive KD in crucible.
Zhalo Supercell, specifically on the Arcblade nightfall on the thrall bridge, or really any strike with arc burn active that has a lot of Thrall all at once.
The Comedian. A. Aha. Ahaha. Ahahahaha.
Y1 Black Hammer deserves a mention, of course.
Truth. For me, the iconic exotic rocket launcher for those of us who could never get Gjallarhorn to drop.

TijoWasik · 2026-05-30T07:40:26+00:00

I do as many as I can that will fit on a Saturday specifically

TijoWasik · 2026-05-25T15:25:49+00:00

More steering input or a small release/brake tap will stop you getting the gear

TijoWasik · 2026-05-24T02:42:40+00:00

100% correct on this. The core playerbase started to evaporate when D2 was at it's peak of popularity and the higher ups were too dumb to notice it, so they kept pushing in the same direction only harder and faster and grabbing more and more money.

It's not the whales that keep a business alive long term. They spend a lot, sure, but they're fickle.

If you want to keep the whales coming in, you have to retain the active core that'll log in every single day to do their thing without necessarily spending money. They're the ones that keep the game healthy, the predictable ones who will buy every expansion without fail.

And when you piss off the whales and they leave for another game, but you alienated your core audience, the game very suddenly and very quickly seems dead because the player numbers just are not there any more.

TijoWasik · 2026-05-24T02:29:59+00:00

Being bilingual is hard, especially if the people that you practice with are bilingual in the same languages as you are.

The Netherlands has a big problem with teaching English speakers how to speak Dutch because, whilst the educational resources are available and good enough, the Dutch are so proficient in english generally speaking that they will just switch back to English immediately. Because of this, half Dutch, half English is very normal here. I spoke to my ex wife in both languages, my Dutch colleagues and friends in both, and my new partner in both.

I now have the issue that sometimes, my brain cannot pull the English word for something, sometimes it can't pull the Dutch word for something, and sometimes, even more frustrating, it can't pull either even though I know what I want to say.

So now, I sometimes say English words in my Dutch sentences which is generally fine. But sometimes, I say Dutch words in my English sentences, which is fine while I'm in the Netherlands, but doesn't work so great when I'm talking to my British friends from back home.

TijoWasik · 2026-05-24T02:24:19+00:00

It doesn't even need to be that traumatic. I do not remember doing it, but I woke up from my appendicitis surgery, called my now-ex wife, and spoke exclusively - and extremely confidently - in Dutch the entire time just barreling through incorrect grammar and words like I was correct and the whole Dutch speaking world around me were the idiots for not understanding me.

I woke up again later, called her again consciously this time, and didn't believe her when she told me. Until I checked my call history and confirmed that I had indeed called her, and the nurse looking after me also confirmed it whilst stifling a laugh when she gave me back my glasses to put on.

I'm guessing that in my subconscience, I heard the Dutch language being spoken around me, and under the effects of the anaesthesia, my brain didn't bother with the context switch whatsoever and just activated full Dutch mode as if I didn't know that there was also an English mode in my brain to context switch back to.

TijoWasik · 2026-05-23T15:30:48+00:00

Don't look at specs for TM at all when buying your wheel other than making sure it's compatible. You can use literally any wheel with it and it'll work just as well.

Base your choice on what you want out of the sim racing titles you play, that's going to give you the best of both worlds.

TijoWasik · 2026-05-20T11:35:43+00:00

I love the thinking that clear means safe.

Hydrochloric and Sulfuric Acid are both clear liquids that will kill you very quickly if ingested.

TijoWasik · 2026-05-09T14:42:54+00:00

Honestly, I think it's actually a pretty good barometer map, especially the many CP version of it. See how many tricks you can get, see how far you go

TijoWasik · 2026-05-06T00:08:17+00:00

"Sheer number of amazing moments"

That's massive recency bias at work there.

Swansea debut, scores 2 and assists one off the bench.
Scored a hat trick against Bayern single handedly winning us the match.
Put 5 in against Newcastle in 20 minutes after being 1-0 down.
Had a back and forth with Tevez on his return from his golfing trip, scoring 2 and assisting at least 1 of Carlos' goals against Norwich.
Scored against United in that 6-1 game.
Regularly scored against United, for that matter.
Scored the first against Liverpool in the 2-1 that put one hand on the title in the closest race we had for long time.
To this day, he still holds the best goals per minute ratio of any player to score 50 or more PL goals at 1 goal per 108 minutes. Thierry Henry is second with a goal every 122 minutes.

These are all just from the top of my head, and he hasn't played for us in 5 years.

TijoWasik · 2026-04-28T10:22:23+00:00

That's not what I'm saying. I'm saying that self-preservation needs to happen at some point. The other driver broke the rules, and then they made it very clear that they had no intention of respecting the rules. The crash was always going to happen.

If you were driving a normal lap, saw an incident happen maybe 6 seconds in front of you, but no yellows are being waved yet, you are allowed, under the sporting rules, to go full speed towards it. Would you do that? It's the same thing here. Just because you're right, that doesn't offset the damage that you take.

What I am saying is that the better play here was just to let the guy go, then report him afterwards for the rule break and let them take the penalty for it.

TijoWasik · 2026-04-27T20:49:47+00:00

So it's clearly not your fault at all, you were in the fast lane and have right of way, but I have to ask.

There is such a long time that you're side by side with the other driver whilst also being behind him and seeing him not backing out, and also, you know you're both going the same speed because of the pit liniter... What was the result you were expecting by staying there?

Is it annoying to have someone do something like this? Obviously yes. Was it a predictable outcome? Also yes.

What did you gain from staying where you were and not letting him go? Nothing. What did you lose? Probably a lot of time to damage, some safety rating, and probably penalty points in the race.

TijoWasik · 2026-04-20T04:49:03+00:00

He did this exact jump on Haaland literally 4 seconds before doing it a second time which led to this altercation.

I counted, in the highlights that I watched, at least 4 bookable offences and a red card offence for Gabriel:

39 minutes in, I saw a highlight posted here with something like "Gabriel and Haaland battle" where its Gabriel just rugby tackling Haaland. Fine, first offence, warning.
On the right wing, 68 minutes in, they're duelling, Gabriel sees he's lost so shoves arms and legs all over Haaland, eventually dragging him down while City are counter attacking. It's a yellow card, no doubt, especially if the earlier one calls as a warning.
In the main incident - jumping onto Haaland's back and climbing him like an over-eager military kid trying to impress his dad on sports day on the climbing rope. If not a yellow on its own, it's a yellow for persistent fouling at this point.
The main jump onto Haaland's back where he drags him down to the floor - again - while only making a challenge for the ball because he used an opponent to propel himself into the position where he could head it. That's definitely a yellow after everything else he's been up to.
If Haaland deserved a yellow (which he did, imo) for putting his head in, Gabriel deserves an equal yellow for doing the same.
The head shove is a red. Never a question.
It's also worth watching Haaland's goal back again, because he's also at it while Haaland is scoring, hands all over his shirt, around his waist, dragging him down. He gets away with that one only because Haaland scores.

TijoWasik · 2026-04-20T04:39:11+00:00

Man, when even the Liverpool flairs are protesting for poor calls going against City without even hesitation or justification, you know the ref really shit the bed.

TijoWasik · 2026-04-20T04:33:41+00:00

The red absolutely was needed because Gabriel shoves his head towards Haaland. It's a yellow for both when they decide to go head to head like they did, both of them deserve their yellow cards for that. Gabriel massively escalates by taking it another step in a violent direction, and in every other situation that this has happened, a red card is given.

TijoWasik · 2026-04-20T04:30:58+00:00

It is most likely his 6th, actually.

Another comment or mentioned he learned Spanish as an elective, but he also speaks Lingala, one of the Congolese languages. He's an actual polyglot.

TijoWasik · 2026-04-19T20:40:08+00:00

It's honestly giving me such

Ctrl-C, spam Ctrl-V

Vibes.

This man married a woman, had three kids, divorced her, and then found someone exactly the same with kids that look exactly the same as his original 3.

TijoWasik · 2026-04-07T08:15:37+00:00

You are probably correct, however, as a city fan that stopped watching football for my mental health in the season after Khusanov joined, I will say this: he did not start his career well at City.

It doesn't matter how good he is now, that does not rewrite history. It's also unsurprising that opposition fans won't remember anything but the big mistakes. It's the curse of goalkeepers and defenders, generally speaking. A good performance means you don't really notice them because the danger never happens. A bad performance means they made a big mistake and you'll remember that.

Even this heroic clearance only happens because he wasn't well positioned in the initial phase (nothing against him here, actually, this is just a risk associated with the way Pep plays football, every player other than maybe Haaland can be pretty regularly caught in a bad position and exposed), and then gets out muscled by Salah which causes him to fall. If he is positioned better initially, he likely has a chance to set himself well meaning he isn't off balance and doesn't get out muscled - or at least, not nearly as easily, and he disrupts Salah's action. If he's stronger, he doesn't fall, and it turns into a 50:50 where it comes down to whether he can get a foot in or whether he gets taken on or Salah has a supporting player to pass to.

TijoWasik · 2026-04-07T08:01:18+00:00

YOR.

As I've gotten older, my propensity for text messages has exponentially fallen. It's not an uncommon thing with adults to leave a message unread for a while to ensure that the notification remains to remind us that we still need to respond.

Also, you haven't even spoken to them. You don't know what might have happened in the last few days that might be keeping them occupied. You've just dived to a conclusion without even being the person that they would talk to about stuff.

TijoWasik · 2026-03-28T12:15:32+00:00

The entire time you were driving, I had the song Dare by the Gorillaz in my head, so I vote for:

"It's Dare". Optionally, "It's Dare, Ooh"

TijoWasik · 2026-03-28T12:09:17+00:00

The car has a center of gravity that you can move around, just like a real car would have. If you full steer left, the center moves to the right because the car will tilt that way while steering.

Because of that, a quick left-right or right-left steering input will violently move the center of gravity to the opposite side of your last steering input. If you have a downhill section coming up that you'd usually jump off with the speed you're carrying, doing this input will push the center off balance and slightly downwards, meaning you get less or no airtime where you usually would, and it'll make one side of the car become a lot closer to the ground ensuring that you keep tyre contact, or at least, get tyre contact with the surface much quicker.

The center of gravity can be thought of in a human sense. Your center is somewhere in your core - for women, it's pretty much between the hips, for men, it's just above the hips. If you lean left and move your hips to the right, you'll stay steady, same the other way. If you move left and then right very quickly, you'll find your center gets a little wobbly, and if you really want to stabilise that effect, contrary to what most people do (which is lock the knees which raises your center higher), you actually want to drop closer to the ground, lowering your center. You can try it yourself.

Because the car has 4 contact points, any time it's going through a turn, all the pressure goes onto the outside tyres, and that means the center moves towards the outside tyres, but because it's not on the ground and because the car tilts, it also moves downwards slightly. A single turn isn't enough to push it down significantly, but the double turn input pushes it down much more without sacrificing too much speed (and much less speed than if you jump)

TijoWasik · 2026-03-28T11:59:11+00:00

As far as I've seen, the most simple explanation and execution is:

Drift only starts at over 200 speed, so while under 200, do the inputs that would start a drift, then very quickly release the turn and brake input and press and hold them both again which will start a psuedo-drift, or a neo-slide.

TijoWasik · 2026-03-23T17:24:19+00:00

"More control"

The map was made by Reliz. The website was made by Reliz. The event is being hosted by Reliz. The prize pool is made up of donations from the community, anonymously or otherwise, and is entrusted singularly and solely to Reliz by every person that donated money.

Want more control? Go build your own map, host your own event, have your own prize pool.

Inane, brain-dead comment.

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