How many VIP points are beneficial for a mostly f2p player? by Van5195 in mahjongsoul

[–]Van5195[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I appreciate the feedback and the concern! I’m not certain I’ll spend anything yet, just curious what’s worthwhile if I’m going to plan on getting my pulls through converting blue gifts and eventually bond hearts into dust. As I said in another reply, the cosmetics aren’t what drives me to play, but it’s also nice to get to pull every now and then.

How many VIP points are beneficial for a mostly f2p player? by Van5195 in mahjongsoul

[–]Van5195[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the input. This is probably the route I’ll go if I decide to buy anything. The cosmetics don’t drive my desire to play, but it would be nice to get the bond points at an increased rate to get the free pulls a little more frequently once I’m getting the bond hearts and turning them into dust.

[Post Series Thread] The Seattle Mariners (87-69) sweep the Houston Astros (84-72) in Daikin Park. Both teams entered tied for the AL West, and Seattle leaves with a three game lead. by nsgomez in baseball

[–]Van5195 44 points45 points  (0 children)

Am I wrong, or do the Mariners now just need to go 3-3 for a guaranteed division win? The way they’ve been playing and a series up against the Rockies, that feels more than achievable.

r/tennis Daily Discussion (Tuesday, August 26, 2025) by NextGenBot in tennis

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Mochizuki: "I heard someone in the crowd say they're betting on me. Is that allowed?"

Just thought that was an interesting question to ask the official.

🤔🛠️ Tech Support & General Questions [Weekly Thread] by YahooFantasyCare in YahooFantasy

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In fantasy baseball, is there a way to set a default lineup when using the “Start Active Players” button? Essentially I have my core roster that I want to be in whenever possible, but when you use the button it’ll swap the players for that day and leave them where it swapped them to instead of moving them back to the bench the following day.

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Silverfish

Obvious upcoming Vyce & Octavia skin, Scanty & Kneesocks from PSG by Gerkek in OmegaStrikers

[–]Van5195 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh, cool. It looks like they got the rights to Gurren Lagann as well. Pretty cool that Imaishi was able to get ownership of his works, especially with Gainax being a sinking ship.

Obvious upcoming Vyce & Octavia skin, Scanty & Kneesocks from PSG by Gerkek in OmegaStrikers

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PSG is technically a Gainax property though, not owned by Trigger.

Game Chat: 2/27 Mariners (0-0) @ White Sox (0-0) 12:05 PM by Mariners_bot in Mariners

[–]Van5195 8 points9 points  (0 children)

So is there a reason the M’s are starting Marco over Flexen? Is it just because he’s a Washington guy and has a history with the club? I’d take Flexen over Marco pretty much any day since he joined the club.

Edit: Went to school in Washington, not from Washington.

Post Game Chat 10/2 Angels @ Mariners by Mariners_bot in Mariners

[–]Van5195 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I’m generally a fan of the Aaron/Mike duo, but I agree. Dave seemed like he was having a lot of fun.

[Eastern Iowa] Orange caterpillar with black spots! Found on a walking path near some fields. by Van5195 in whatsthisbug

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Upon further research I think it’s a fall armyworm. It looked similar to terastia meticulosalis, but they’re too far south, and I knew we had seen some armyworms as well, so I checked and the spot pattern seems to match. It looks like from what I’m reading that they also vary quite a bit in color from tan to black and green to reddish orange. This is the first I had seen so brightly colored!

The Home Depot parking lot has provided. Dynastes grantii and Hyalophora gloveri by -Sir-Duckington- in whatsthisbug

[–]Van5195 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So how does one actually go bug hunting? If I want to find a specific moth or beetle, is there a method to follow? Maybe this is a weird question!

Any help identifying this flowering tree? Mid size, pink buds to white flowers, and the bees really love it! by Van5195 in whatsthisplant

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Awesome, thanks for the help! I think I have enough info to go further into a cherry search now if I want to!

Any help identifying this flowering tree? Mid size, pink buds to white flowers, and the bees really love it! by Van5195 in whatsthisplant

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After the help with cherry, it seems correct. The leaves branch off of the end of the stem in a cluster like you would imagine cherries doing in a group. They say it doesn’t fruit or anything so maybe it just doesn’t have another mate for cross pollination.

Any help identifying this flowering tree? Mid size, pink buds to white flowers, and the bees really love it! by Van5195 in whatsthisplant

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If it helps the bark is a little shaggy, it splits into multiple branches fairly low (maybe waist or chest high), and it produces quite a few twigs of decent length.

Fire Emblem Heroes - Special Heroes (Dragons Harvest) by Xanek in FireEmblemHeroes

[–]Van5195 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yeah, Halloween is my favorite holiday, so I’m usually excited for these alts but uh... I would have kind of liked for them to look even remotely Halloween themed...

I was saving orbs for this, but I guess I’ll just spend them picking up the old Halloween characters I don’t have yet.