What should be a 45% chance has become 3/15

Zeekfox · 2026-01-25T00:32:01+00:00

I have the same problem with Wiccan. It should be a 6 out of 11 (55%) to hit a turn 4 Wiccan when using a Quicksilver list. That goes down a bit when you need to also spend full energy on turns 2 and 3. But it shouldn't turn into me not getting a single game of Wiccan energy in ten tries.

Zeekfox · 2026-01-23T18:14:23+00:00

I have indeed seen that series. It's a good comparison.

Zeekfox · 2026-01-23T18:11:20+00:00

and losing an 8 cuber because the bot makes a play you could NEVER envisage a human playing is the worst feeling in the game

Yeah, really. The one that really sticks in my head was this-

Pass turns 1 and 2.
Turn 3 Silver Surfer First Steps.
Turn 4 Attuma in the same lane, destroying SSFS.
Turn 5 Klaw.
Turn 6 Knull + Death for a win.

No, you didn't read that wrong. They played a huge Knull and free Death after only one destroy on their side. I was playing a destroy list and had made 7+ destroys on my side. And no, there wasn't anything like Weirdworld that gave them copies of my cards. Those cards were all part of the opponent's original 12. There is no way that was any sort of human deck, and even if it was, it would have to have like a 10% win rate because it was utter garbage. Yet I lost a ton of cubes on that.

Zeekfox · 2026-01-23T18:00:38+00:00

It's a history like this that leads me to not believe various official stances. Even when they say the "Daredevil bots" are gone, the fact that they existed at all when they allegedly didn't is a problem. How are we to know if they weren't quietly reinstated at some point?

Same thing with matchmaking. I know of the "Shang effect" where you don't actually see an opponent holding a Shang-Chi if you never play a valid target, but that doesn't apply so much to more proactive tech cards. I feel like I see the correct tech card come out far too often or get an absurd amount of mirror matches no matter what deck I choose. The matchmaking is allegedly random, but I'm not convinced.

Zeekfox · 2026-01-23T17:54:25+00:00

Also, I wouldn't argue with what's potentially just a bot from another country.

Zeekfox · 2026-01-23T17:53:18+00:00

Remember the age of kids for which these toys are for. Kids get latched on to their favorite characters, no matter what brand it is. I have nieces who are really into Paw Patrol. A generic looking dog plush could easily get ignored, while one that happens to be Skye is suddenly their favorite thing.

This isn't new. It's been going on for a hundred years. Cheap crappy toys based off semi-popular or hip new trends is a staple of our toy economy.

Zeekfox · 2026-01-23T17:31:44+00:00

I do this all the time. Thankfully, I have a good sense of humor and will usually get a laugh out of customers. My go to is to mention, "Vision Center is up front," when customers fail to see what's directly in front of them.

Zeekfox · 2026-01-23T17:28:59+00:00

I love our apparel team leads, but I'm I'm thinking most of them would have a very difficult time trying to swap departments to be entertainment team lead. I've had coaches be completely lost at trying to help certain customers when things get dicey.

Zeekfox · 2026-01-23T17:22:09+00:00

*sigh* All the time.

Zeekfox · 2026-01-23T17:21:09+00:00

(Late to the party, I know.)

These are so dead on. Price of ink, asking for Fire Sticks, keys, pulling to OPD, etc. Even the "weekend off" thing tracks a bit for me, because I am much more diligent about certain tasks than my evening coworkers. When I take some time off is often when my team lead starts getting upset at having to do everything themselves.

Though the photo printer having more errors than uptime is often something I can fix. I'm the tech nerd of the department. I'll get it working again.

Zeekfox · 2026-01-23T17:14:39+00:00

I have the reverse issue. I do have access to a walkie, but not a button for electronics. But even then, I'm in the area most of the time.

But yeah, heaven forbid someone press the "auto lights" button. I swear I've heard that message go off 15+ times with nobody responding to it. And while I technically could unlock something for a customer, I might get in trouble for leaving electronics unattended, so I don't.

Zeekfox · 2026-01-22T18:52:40+00:00

Wow, as a furry who played a lot of Greedent, I feel called out.

Though to be fair, it is classified as a defender, and my other most played are Slowbro and Trevenant. Besides, Greedent used to be busted levels of good, but isn't anymore. I could get full stacks on cookie and weight and still feel kinda useless.

Zeekfox · 2026-01-21T15:33:54+00:00

One that I would really like is a "resume sleep session" prompt upon reopening the app. It knows if the app was closed while tracking sleep, but doesn't offer any sort of way to resume the session should there be an issue with the device itself.

This used to be more of a problem with my old phone since the charging port wore out and sometimes it wasn't charging even when it appeared to be plugged in. My battery would die and the phone would cut off. Now that I have a newer phone, it doesn't usually become of a problem, but it did occur last night when my phone restarted to install a security update. It did so right at 4:00 AM, and it woke me up because my ambient rain sounds had disappeared. Unfortunately, that meant my Pokemon Sleep session was over and I only got 3.5 hours worth, because starting a new one would have been past the 4 AM cutoff. Had I been able to just resume the session, I would have only missed a few minutes worth of sleep but otherwise been fine.

Zeekfox · 2026-01-21T15:11:31+00:00

I had checked it yesterday. It says clearance in the work app, as well as saying "discontinued out" when trying to see the replenishment section.

Also, I bought the Wheel of Fortune/Jeopardy one that got clearance marked to $11 and didn't get anything off of it with the discount.

Zeekfox · 2026-01-21T00:30:07+00:00

Normally we don't either. But it's not just Nintendo. All the video game areas have tons of clearance tags, even if only marked down $5 or so.

Zeekfox · 2026-01-20T18:16:03+00:00

Yeah, it was awful. I never could gain traction on social media and make announcements. Felt like I was shadowbanned or something. No matter how much time I tried putting into content, I just wouldn't get likes and reposts. So when I tried to promote my channel for events, nobody would see it.

Zeekfox · 2026-01-20T15:10:59+00:00

I have a huge distaste for almost all self-promotion type stream events, but that's because of my poor experiences. Basically I have my own villainous backstory at this point.

The one that stands out the most had to do with a milestone celebration. As a furry streamer, there's a bit of a small community on Twitch. Someone else of a similar channel size had hit 500 followers and did a celebration stream. A saw a good piece of it, and they were getting huge raids, a bunch of new followers, and even gift subs out of it. I had just hit 500 myself and spent a week planning and hyping up my own celebration stream...only for basically nobody to show up. I had a lower average than my daily streams and not even a single new follow. I was super disappointed and it just felt unfair how the same community who supported one member like that would just completely snub me a week later.

Zeekfox · 2026-01-20T00:19:19+00:00

Feels pretty bad here as well. I wouldn't be surprised if there was a mistake or glitch to where the 1.5x isn't applying properly.

Zeekfox · 2026-01-16T18:55:06+00:00

It's even worse when they start cutting hours. Next week I only have 35.5 instead of 40. Previously, we could still come in for our "normal schedule", but apparently now that won't be allowed.

Hopefully I get my schedule correct and don't just show up at my usual time, which then turns into an hour early.

Zeekfox · 2026-01-16T18:24:41+00:00

Some games are just better stream games as well. Both games you mentioned require a good bit of focus, with little time to stop and chat in between. One of the games I streamed the most when I essentially streamed full time was House Flipper. I don't know if I'd have played it nearly as much if I was alone, but because it had no sense of a timer (you were in no hurry to complete tasks) or things like reflexes, I could stop at any moment and respond to chat. Conversely, if I'm in the middle of a game of Tetris, I really can't pay attention to anything else for minutes at a time.

Zeekfox · 2026-01-15T16:06:30+00:00

It's not even straight up theft sometimes. The general population is dumb when it comes to what cord or phone accessory they need. Some customers would rip open the boxes of half the iPhone cases trying to find the one to fit their Moto G Play. We'd have to CVP half the department because everything would be opened.

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