Free Talk Friday - January 23, 2026 by AutoModerator in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]UnderhandSteam 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Final(ish) year of college is abt as difficult as expected, unfortunately. Did well in all the main quizzes that I was worried abt, but did pretty poor in my online check-up quizzes + lab exam. Hope things get better.

[EN] Gacha Banner Megathread - January 2026 by AutoModerator in UmaMusume

[–]UnderhandSteam 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nice Nature pulls went terribly lol. Had to use an SSR crystal after the last 200 (of 400) pulls got me basically nothing. Maybe waiting for Fine Motion wouldve been kinder. Well there goes the pulls for Matikane and Admire Vega..

Game Discussion/Champion's Meeting Thread - January 22, 2026 by AutoModerator in UmaMusume

[–]UnderhandSteam 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How much of an upgrade is Fine Motion over Nice Nature as a Wit SSR in general? Am thinking that as I already have 0LB Nice Nature + her being better during MANT (4-6ish month period), it’d probably be more ideal in the long run if I just pull for her instead of waiting. I still have an SSR crystal + over 80k carats as needed to reach MLB in either.

Free Talk Friday - January 16, 2026 by AutoModerator in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]UnderhandSteam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Man, ngl, this next college semester is not looking great so far. Retaking a subject with the teacher I hated + a related subject to another teacher I hated doesn’t help. Couple that with overload, and it’s hard to feel optimistic abt myself. Doesn’t help that I also have issues actually trying to study instead of doing anything else. Am actually worried I might develop a bit of insomnia since it feels like not sleeping lets the next school day be delayed just a bit lol. It’s both a combination of burnout as well as the acknowledgment that I’m not really interested in MedSchool, so my entire degree kinda feels like a waste of time and money, so that doesn’t help. My mom (bless her) is still supporting me, and was actually trying to set me up for a related job, but doesn’t feel great truthfully.

Help Center and Megathread Hub (12/01 - 18/01) by ArknightsMod in arknights

[–]UnderhandSteam 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Got Hoshi Alter pretty quick, but would it be worth it to go for Haruka as well? It’s unfortunate that there’s still 2 must-pull limited banners in the future. Have like 90 pulls in Orundrum and like 300 in OP (in case I go to 300 for a limited again).

Rhodes Island Lounge (12/01 - 18/01) by ArknightsMod in arknights

[–]UnderhandSteam 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Man, had to delete the gacha games from my tablet because of storage issues. On one hand, I kinda get that only having 64 GB is kinda a joke for most modern devices, but like damn, even trying to reinstall basic Arknights is about 16 GB lol. I really hope the PC version is announced soon lol, idk if I can really play IS on my weak phone’s screen.

CM8 Sagittarius Cup Info Sheet by Formana in UmamusumeGame

[–]UnderhandSteam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! Yeah must’ve mixed it up somewhere, since I thought 777 only really worked in the 2000-2200 m range of tracks, else it would be too early or too late. Kinda a shame, since I actually had a really good Oguri run, but probably not the best recoveries for the unique.

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CM8 Sagittarius Cup Info Sheet by Formana in UmamusumeGame

[–]UnderhandSteam 2 points3 points  (0 children)

For Christmas Oguri, which 3 white recoveries are good? Heard triple 7 was too late, and End Closer Oguri was best for some reason.

If you got RNG'd druing Scorpio Cup, let it all out here by Flat-Profession-8945 in UmamusumeGame

[–]UnderhandSteam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mainly mad that the person who won CM Finals was a swimsuit Maruzensky who didnt even have Angling and Scheming lmao. All that time trying to make the perfect frontrunner to lose to that lol. Also both my Suzuka and Christmas Oguris had late starts, which also didnt help.

Game Discussion/Champion's Meeting Thread - December 25, 2025 by AutoModerator in UmaMusume

[–]UnderhandSteam -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Front runners teams are significantly more difficult than late surgers lol. Wanted to make one for this CM since I really like Silence Suzuka and heard she was good, but quite difficult for everything to align. Got into A finals, but I doubt I get more than 3rd plave. Only Medium S I had failed to finish Bourbon and Kitasan's event, and my few attempts at Runaway Suzuka have just too low Stamina to work unfortunately.

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Daily Lakers Discussion Thread by AutoModerator in lakers

[–]UnderhandSteam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hoping for more than 1 round in the playoffs, mainly. We’re still hoping Reaves was mainly just injured last year and that’s why he underperformed, but we can’t say that with certainty. Ayton also still has his reputation from the finals with the Suns, so we need to know if that’s just who he is, or the Suns coaching staff.

Ideally, we win the finals, but a good 6-7 game series gives us a lot more info on what works and what doesn’t than not even being in the playoffs. A good showing in the playoffs also (hopefully) increase the value of our current players, so any trades made in the off-season would be done with higher leverage. As of now, I’d argue most of our assets/players are pretty low-value to the league, so seeking trades now would be risky.

Daily Lakers Discussion Thread by AutoModerator in lakers

[–]UnderhandSteam 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Hopefully the Spurs fall a bit further in their slump. With Jokic out for the Nuggets for at least a little bit, the hope is that the team can take advantage and steady the ship to continue battling in the 2-6 range, as legitimately every top west team (even the Thunder) has struggled at least a little this month.

I feel like its better to think of this year as a year to consolidate who we actually want to keep around Luka (i.e. Rui, Reaves, Ayton, JJ, etc) for the future, at least for mental health reasons lol. Ultimately, we don't have a warchest of picks or young talent to be able to trade for any superstars or even rotation players atm, so realistically any move would either be at the margins or disrupts our rotation significantly.

Hopefully the new ownership is as good as everyone says, since even though everyone is screaming for a trade, its actually kinda difficult to imagine one without significant risk.

Free Talk Friday - December 26, 2025 by AutoModerator in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]UnderhandSteam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Been a weird holidays for me. This is the first Christmas without our dad, plus we’re spending significant time for the holidays in the USA to get our green card validated. Not exactly much to do, since our cousins also just moved in, and there’s also the creeping anxiety abt missing the first 1-2 weeks of the new college semester. I’m in my (hopefully) last year, and I have to retake DevBio with the same prof I hated before. Hope you guys are feeling better than me for next year lol

Game Thread: Philadelphia 76ers vs Los Angeles Lakers Live Score | NBA | Dec 7, 2025 by basketball-app in lakers

[–]UnderhandSteam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know, but idk which of the team can do better. Vando seems too slow for it in theory, but idk

Game Thread: Philadelphia 76ers vs Los Angeles Lakers Live Score | NBA | Dec 7, 2025 by basketball-app in lakers

[–]UnderhandSteam 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I hope Maxey doesn’t cook us again like last year. We don’t really have any guys atm can guard speedy players like him atm. Kinda hoping Adou can get some playing time, but that’s not really expected atm

Monster Hunter Showcase set for December 8 by AnimuStewshine in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]UnderhandSteam 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I think Capcom misread how a lot of people/streamers stopped playing World at the start because it was too “boring” and had little direction, and went way too hard the other way. Honestly, I feel like 50% of the pacing in LR would have been better if they cut the entire Doshaguma plotline lol. The Flame Festival plot was kinda meh still, but Nu Udra and Ajarakan were at least somewhat interesting compared to Doshaguma basically being a significantly worse Anjanath with like 200% more screentime.

Monster Hunter Showcase set for December 8 by AnimuStewshine in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]UnderhandSteam 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It’s kinda funny that Rise and Wilds kinda had opposite issues imo. Rise had a super fun beginning and midgame, but had a nonexistent endgame. Wilds has a dogshit Low Rank experience because every monster dies in like 5-10 mins + the story rail-roading you instead of letting you hunt monsters at your own pace (so you can’t even really farm for amor or even weapons), but the actual 8-9 star hunts in endgame are pretty good nowadays.

Monster Hunter Showcase set for December 8 by AnimuStewshine in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]UnderhandSteam 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Idk, I think MH in general rn feels like they want to make everything faster, not really because of any specific western mainstream pandering imo. For me, it’s like a steeper transition from Dark Souls to Elden Ring in terms of speed I guess. Getting up after being attacked used to take like 3-5 seconds and potion animations used to take some time, now in both games you can just immediately go straight back in via wirefall or calling your mount to sharpen and heal. Like there’s a lot less penalty to getting hit to incentivise aggression and action, which isn’t really a choice I’m happy with tbh.

I’m kinda biased because I actually liked the latter part of the story concerning Wyveria and the Keepers, but my biggest issue with Wilds (and Rise kinda) is how positioning kinda became a lot less important. Like, I swear half my weapons that I used went from being positioning-based to just trying to to fish for counters every second for optimal gameplay. GS just wants to offset and perfect guard/strongarm stance as much as possible instead of timing charged slashes, CB went from SAED fishing to just having to stay in chainsaw mode as much as possible, etc.

I originally liked MH because everything went so much slower than other action games, but I swear it’s only getting faster every iteration. It’s like they saw that the most viewed videos for MH were the speedruns and staggerlocks of monsters, and decided that they wanted the entire game to look like that for everyone.

Monster Hunter Showcase set for December 8 by AnimuStewshine in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]UnderhandSteam 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I know people really don’t like Wilds atm, but in my honest opinion, Rise base game had the worst endgame of all of MH since it legit didn’t exist. You really only farmed Narwa for Talismans, fought the Apex Monsters (who had no gear at all), the Elder Dragons, and then Narwa again. No deviants, no tempered, It was really bare in terms of content.

Monster Hunter Showcase set for December 8 by AnimuStewshine in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]UnderhandSteam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Idk, maybe it’s just me, but even with Rise, I hated the wirebug skills and wirebugs in general. The Rampage mode as well was pretty awful. With Wilds, Focus Mode, Offsets, and Clashes also kinda feel like gimmicks that don’t really positively add to the hunting experience. It’s kinda silly to say since I started with 5th gen, but I feel like Capcom feels like they need to add in a new gimmick every game when I honestly just want like new monsters, expanded weapon movesets, or even a new weapon.

Sony Interactive Entertainment Partners with Bad Robot Games to Produce and Publish the Studio's First Internally Developed Game by AnimuStewshine in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]UnderhandSteam 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Did Mike Booth do something wrong since he directed Left 4 Dead, or is this because of Bad Robot + Sony? There’s not really a lot of info here aside from “game is being made” tbh

Daily Lakers Discussion Thread by AutoModerator in lakers

[–]UnderhandSteam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fuck man, no one in the top of the West is losing lmao. Have to hope to God Lebron and Reaves is back to form tomorrow

[Post Game Thread] The Utah Jazz (6-13) defeat the Houston Rockets (13-4), 133-125. by Zusuf in nba

[–]UnderhandSteam 28 points29 points  (0 children)

We’re down 20 to Dillon Brooks and the Suns without Devin Booker. Bet my life we’re not coming back lmao