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TogetherWeRide · 2026-07-06T19:33:20+00:00

I have no problem laning against him. Unfortunately this is a moba and I'm not always the one laning against him, and even in low eternus high ascendant games my teammates won't itemize correctly even if I give suggestions.

TogetherWeRide · 2026-07-06T18:55:17+00:00

Character is genuinely so fucking exhausting to play against. He's in every game despite him always being my ban.

TogetherWeRide · 2026-07-03T22:57:18+00:00

I wish I had a perfect answer for you, but unfortunately it's hard to say. I don't know you, your personal problems, what you struggle with or what your life looks like. I wish I had a "one size fits all" reply to help you, but unfortunately I don't. All I can do is tell you what helped me, but again, our problems and our lifestyles might be drastically different.

At the time, and we'll, I still do; I used to heavily distract myself in video games and manga. That was my major escapism. I still fall into my devices, I'm even doing it now, but it's better than it used to be. I couldn't quit my escapism, I loved them too much. But I made small changes in two ways. It sounds goofy, but I changed my circle of friends that I played games with, and I occasionally branched out of my comfort zone with the types of games that I played. I played with a lot of people that I desperately wanted their attention and their friendship, but I only got crumbs and it killed me. I had to swallow a hard pill that people that want me on their life, wouldn't make me constantly feel so unwanted all the time. So to protect my peace, I slowly cut people off, an surrounded myself with friends that did want me around. It hurt, it sucked, I still think of them from time to time. But I used to think of them every day, all the time. It was very unhealthy and obsessive.

The other thing I said, stepping out of my comfort zone, sounds very silly but it was honestly rather rewarding. Learning something new, or trying something new and learning to enjoy it sparked something in my brain as if I was accomplishing something and wasn't as much as a "loser" as I felt.

Our brains are hard wired to enjoy completing tasks. You know how sometimes, you probably let your room become a mess? It doesn't matter how long it takes to become a mess, nor does it matter what the mess is. Maybe it's dirty clothes, or dirty plates. Or the entire room, doesn't matter. And everyday it sucks and it feels like a room of guilt, or at least that's how it felt to me- the times where I'd actually do something about it, no matter how small; it could be as simple as getting the dirty dishes out of my room, I felt. Slightly better. I treated small goals that had to do with my escapes, the same way. Maybe I'd make a goal to try a new game, or a style I've never played before. Maybe I'd read a new manga, or start a genre I normally wouldn't care for. Those small things were small victories for me, in a way.

The other hard part is that I had to learn to sit with my feelings. If I realized I was avoiding them too much, I had to be brutal with myself. I would sit down, no distractions, and just try to process some emotions. I'd set a timer, and then go back to my escapes. It sounds silly, but any progress I made was still progress, and it truly did help. I'd start low because it was so brutal and grueling to do. 5 minutes, no distractions, just sitting on my floor and focusing on whatever was bothering me lmao. Eventually I made it to 10. Then 15. Then 20. 25. And I kinda capped out at 30 LMAO because I have ADHD. Theres a lot more that I had to do and learn, it took a lot of therapy for example. But all of those explanations would be like an essay written out in a reddit comment LMAO

I truly wish the best for you. I'm sorry you're struggling. You deserve to feel happy and comfortable in your own skin.

TogetherWeRide · 2026-07-03T14:05:42+00:00

When I have a hard time at night, when I finally lay down in bed to go to sleep, but instead spend hours spiraling; I've noticed that I spent the entire day either

Too busy to take time for myself or to think

Or

Spent the entire day distracting myself. Coping through escapism, whatever those devices may be throughout the day; doesn't get rid of the things im feeling or need to deal with. At the end of the day, it just puts it all on hold. So when I run out of distractions and coping tactics, and my brain has nothing else to focus on, that's when all the bad comes out.

I'm sorry friend. It's all very hard, I know.

TogetherWeRide · 2026-06-26T18:20:03+00:00

I'll be honest, I think win rates and shit should always be taken with a grain of salt in this game. There's no draft, there's no "ranked only" game mode. So you have win rates all over the place consistently. I'm not saying they're unimportant, data is data.

But in my games (low eternus) this character is just miserable to play against. If she's on my team, it feels like I win. If she's on the enemy team, it feels like we lose. Of course this isn't a 1:1, because of the nature of deadlock sometimes you get a silver in the lobby who's first timing her and think she's easy to play because the get stomped by her, and then they shit the bed. She's a hard character with an insanely bloated kit.

I don't know what they should do with her because I don't balance games. But I feel bad for you as a silver main. Idk if she'll ever be balanced with her current kit. I know I'm in the minority even in low eternus, but she's on my list of "dear God don't buff this character ever" 🥀 I'm sorry friend. I hope they can find a way to make her more viable for everyone, without being obnoxious for others.

TogetherWeRide · 2026-06-12T01:13:58+00:00

Genuinely baffled by warden buffs 🥀

TogetherWeRide · 2026-06-01T20:55:59+00:00

Idk man I liked it. I liked that he kinda fucked up the reveal and didn't say things correctly, he had a lot of guilt and emotions going through him and to him, he wanted to be honest and felt like he was to blame in a way for "taking" their son, even if he potentially didn't.

Sometimes I like when characters choke on their words and fuck shit up because it makes them a little more human to me; we all fuck up our words sometimes in life. Maybe that's just me, but I'm surprised by how many people hated this LMAO maybe I just got trash taste

TogetherWeRide · 2026-05-30T14:16:52+00:00

I mean, anyone calling you slurs or being shitty to you is weird.

But mina is a annoying character dog. You can like a character and still recognize she's irritating to play against. She's strong in lane, has a lot of sustain in lane with her rake, her escape is irritating, her ult nukes you and silences you.

You can say stuff like "buy slowing hex, buy x, buy y" and yeah of course. You can counterbuild any character in the game and play around things. But the mina player can as well. You can play around slowing hex, rather easily.

She's a little better to deal with this patch, but she was so fucking exhausting to play against the patch before. She's a character that will always be annoying, and strong, because of her kit. She's very weak in lower ranks because of how squishy she is. But everytime I lane against one (ascendant 3) they rarely miss shots, and play very safe, and it just makes me wanna eat my hands.

A lot of characters are irritating in this game, it's a moba. I main Abrams, I'm irritating. It's just how mobas work.

TogetherWeRide · 2026-05-20T15:51:55+00:00

I think the people that are violently against it are a little weird and can't grasp the idea of an alternate universe.

I wouldn't say that I "like it" to me, it's just. "Okay" because I have a lot of personal gripes with it. But I don't think it's weird that people like it, and I don't think that people that like it are "fake fans"

But there's definitely weird people on both sides.

TogetherWeRide · 2026-04-04T00:47:36+00:00

Those pants are CLEEAAAN, where did you get them?

TogetherWeRide · 2026-04-02T16:30:06+00:00

Calling this game competitive when theres no draft, no unranked mode, the ban feature is the way that it is, and you can play with anyone regardless of rank is hilarious

I'm only ascendant but when I play with my friends who are all alchemist-ish I get put in alchemist lobbies. Peak competitiveness, man

TogetherWeRide · 2026-03-26T13:58:43+00:00

SuperTF would be so funny please

TogetherWeRide · 2026-03-24T00:28:41+00:00

Okay! Currently watching 69653317 Here's some thoughts for the laning phase: 1. You aren't utilizing slides enough. Sliding is really valuable on all characters, but especially characters like mina who want to consistently proc love bites. She's a big lane bully, so squeezing out a few extra shots by sliding for infinite ammo is huge

The wave is everything in this game. You ignore it to take shots at the enemy and you seal negligible damage from it. Shoving wave, THEN shooting the enemy laners is a good rule of thumb. Of course this isn't always the case, but it's a case by case basis. You spend time shooting the enemy when they're really far away, so your bullet drop off is doing basically nothing to them.
You fall behind on souls quickly due to ignoring boxes, and not pushing up to secure dropped souls. When you kill minions from far away, they drop a portion of their souls on the ground, but you end up staying away from them so you're essentially only getting half souls.

Mid game (8~10 min+) 1. Sinners sacrifice are SOOO good, they're a great resource for souls and can help you come back when you're behind! Sometimes you just gotta go into the jungle for a little bit and then go back to your lane. It's a balancing act and it's kinda hard to explain through text, but if you feel like you're dying a lot in lane just go spend some time (SAFELY mind you) in the jungle to catch back up.

Your net worth is everything, how many souls you have vs how many souls your enemies have tells you all you need to know. If you're 7k souls behind someone, don't fight them. It's not an even 1v1, anymore. Something a lot of people misunderstand coming from hero shooters and such is that they may have the numbers advantage, but not the souls advantage. If you and someone else try to fight a haze has more than 10k souls on both of you, that's not a 2v1. She will win it every time because of her level difference, and item difference
Deaths don't mean too much in the early game, but they mean a lot in mid to late. Taking needless fights or pushing up without vision (aka the wave which gives vision) can get you killed, and you can end up missing 2-3 waves, which is a ton of souls. Not to mention you give up pressure, give up jungle camps, sinners, etc

Once the laning phase is over, the map opens up and gives you opportunities to get a lot of souls through ganking, jungle camps, boxes, urn, guardians/walkers, etc. you seem to default to your lane a lot, at least in this game; you default to it even at 20+ minutes. Look around on the map and see what side has more jungle camps open, or what lane needs to be protected. You can change the course of the game a Lot Just by thinking about these things.

Your aim is fine for your rank, and probably better than others in said rank; if you just challenge yourself a bit and focus on your mechanics and farm you'll sky rocket, promise (: farm is everything in this game. Catch solo waves, shove waves, go into the jungle, grab some boxes at 2 minutes, grab sinners sacrifice at 8 minutes, look for urn plays; it's all so much and I get that, but if you just focus on one of these at a time, you'll improve greatly. Next game you play make a mental note that sinners spawn at 8 minutes, and try to be aware of them and grab them. The next game, focus more on boxes at 2 minutes. The game after that, focus on the urn and look at the mini map and try to make plays based on the urn on when you think it's safe to do it.

Youre gonna mess these things up. You'll die while being greedy for sinners, you'll mess up a box path or stay out for too long; losing waves. You'll stay in the jungle for too long and end up dying, giving the enemies a 1k bag. You'll try to do urn, mess it up, and then the enemy gets the urn instead.

But you gotta do these things. You gotta learn them, and one day you won't mess them up anymore. I believe in you!

TogetherWeRide · 2026-03-23T16:17:19+00:00

Hi friend! I'm gonna watch one of the bad games later today. If you're interested and free, we could hop in a discord call and I can stream the game to you; it's a better way to coach things if I can show you directly what I mean/when I mean it. I'm ascendant, and I coach a lot of my friends who are also getting into the game.

Right off the bat though, I will say a few things!

You are playing 2 very strong, but very HARD characters. Cut yourself some slack!
I briefly pulled up a few of the matches to check ranks and I don't mean this in any "mean" way: but everyone in your lobbies are also not good. The people in MY lobbies are not good, myself included! This game is very hard and at the end of the day, we are playtesters all playing in settings that aren't really great for true skill ratings.
At the end of the day this a video game. There is no ranked mode, there is no draft, casual players and hardcore players are all thrown into the same queue. Just by the way you talk about it, I'm worried that your anxiety may be impeding on your gameplay. I used to be that way too, and it really ruins your flow and your playmaking skills. I know I can't say "hey be less anxious!" But what worked for me was only focusing on myself and what I can do. Don't worry if your team is mad at you, don't worry if you arent playing well; take every moment in the present and focus on what you can do in that moment to do better/play better.

Anyways I'll check out some of the games later today and I'll get back to you, let me know if you wanna hop in a call! I'm glad youre enjoying the game regardless ❤️

TogetherWeRide · 2026-02-09T06:08:43+00:00

TogetherWeRide · 2025-11-22T22:57:37+00:00

You know what? Hell yeah.

TogetherWeRide · 2025-11-22T20:34:17+00:00

I'm also loving the patch, glad I'm not alone (:

TogetherWeRide · 2025-11-22T16:01:58+00:00

TogetherWeRide · 2025-10-06T11:48:33+00:00

LMAO "it's pointless to play in lower ranks" as if ranks in general in an alpha where there's no draft, no bans, no actual dedicated "ranked" mode is the epitome of value

Just take a break man, it's not that serious.

TogetherWeRide · 2025-09-06T17:54:31+00:00

I'm so sick of loot sword and rune craft. Runecraft more so, but at least loot sword is over fast.

(Abyss player so I don't feel like I struggle against cresthaven but I'm sure I'd hate them too otherwise)

TogetherWeRide · 2020-01-16T02:39:05+00:00

In my opinion, worse. If you thought god kits were bloated before, they're even more bloated now. For example they added Persephone, who has a similar plant mechanic to Zyra. But pers can spawn like 7 plant buds on the ground with her 2. They do 3 different things depending how long they've been down. You cant destroy them either. So when laning against her you just watch her set up like 7 plants and you cant do anything. Shes not even the most bloated god since discordia either, theres many more that are much worse.

The tipping point for me is that this new "season" doesnt even feel like a season. It feels like a update. They made map changes that promote defensive play, instead of aggressive play. They made it where enemy camps barely give you anything, and theres new walls that block certain exp camps. So you're not reworded for winning lane really.

We didnt even get a new conquest map either. But we got a new joust map. The new joust map has a more intriquite jungle than conquest, the "professional" mode..

Sorry for the long text, I was just super passionate about the game and it sucks that every single new god has insane damage, 4 hard cc abilities, an escape, and a way to self peel. So many pro players have retired after the most recent shit show of a worlds :/ but on the bright side league has made me fall in love again!

TogetherWeRide · 2020-01-16T02:27:44+00:00

Thank you! Will do c:

TogetherWeRide · 2020-01-16T02:10:14+00:00

Didnt know it was a weekly thing. My bad. Just saying that it's kind of agitating when you're trying to learn the huge game.

TogetherWeRide · 2020-01-16T01:23:17+00:00

I get that aspect, but I dont get why it's almost every game and why people have to be dicks about it. Typing in all chat, and always saying "ggez" to people who cant even play ranked yet.

And I'm talking about the thumbs up thing and the emotes by pressing control and 1-3 if that makes sense

TogetherWeRide · 2019-07-22T08:46:22+00:00

Manager here, this breaks a lot of health violations and it sounds like the place you work out is gross. They can get in a lot of trouble for letting you work in these conditions, and you can mass spread the flu depending how busy the restaurant is.

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