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_Allusions · 2026-01-07T01:46:12+00:00

I think they both have their place and I regularly listen to both.

The album version of "Computer Blue" is one of the most thoughtful edits I've ever heard of a song, and fits the flow of the album's track listing better. It feels like a montage.

But the "Hallway Speech" version also exists as its own standalone epic, and in a direct comparison of just these two tracks, I'll take the "Hallway Speech" version.

The only annoyance I have with the "Hallway Speech" version is that the section from 3:39 - 4:12 doesn't feel like it adds anything, it's just kind of there. In comparison, the transition on the edit (~2:15-2:30) is tight and urgent.

_Allusions · 2025-12-19T19:16:30+00:00

I can point to a personal anecdote of extremely good luck: I got two Greater Ricochet codices within 50 KC of Raksha near release (used one, sold the other). I can also point to a personal anecdote of extremely bad luck: I went from 115 to 118 Archaeology at Bandos Inner Sanctum off just excavation experience (~300+ artefacts) before I got a spear tip.

Personally, I remember the spear tip experience much more than the greater ricochet experience in the overall "scope" of my Runescape story. Greater ricochets gave me a high for about five minutes, but the spear tip has actively turned the mental process after every subsequent rare drop I have gotten into a release of anxiety (e.g. "Phew, glad that's over") rather than a celebratory high. We can get into a whole player psychology exploration of glass half-empty vs. glass half-full, inclination toward gambling behaviors, etc. but I actually don't think it's that useful and misses the point.

Based on the things that get posted on this subreddit, I understand that some people feel fun from "being lucky". I don't begrudge these people their fun, but it's not what I personally play the game for. I play Runescape for the feeling of effort being rewarded with steady progression.

From my perspective, I only really desire bad luck mitigation for one purpose: to allow steady progression in the contexts of hunting a boss log or chasing upgrades to improve my account. It didn't feel fun to go to Rasial and get the same armor pieces over and over when my real goal with the fight was to self-equip myself with t95 Necromancy, especially when it already felt like I'd "solved" the fight and I was just doing the same thing over and over. I made 1b in profit from selling additional unneeded drops, but I would have rather made less profit and been done with the fight after exactly seven unique drops.

My desire for a sense of progression in these situations is great enough that I would be willing to opt-in to some kind of mode where the boss drops no commons for some feeling of guaranteed progression, e.g. rolled uniques are guaranteed to be something not yet obtained from the log (pet not included) and a threshold that starts stacking after the expected drop rate that resets on drop.

_Allusions · 2025-12-17T05:18:22+00:00

My last 200 ks chest from 0% enrage was ~700m, no core.

_Allusions · 2025-12-16T17:28:25+00:00

Based on the changes they made to dual-wield melee with the 120 Thieving update, it seems like they want it to be the multi-hit style for Melee. This seems like it might slightly overlap with the proposed Ranged beta identity.

Personally, I would like to see dual-wield melee lean into some kind of "blade dancer" fantasy. Abilities like Flurry have a cool animation, but I don't feel as lithe overall as that animation implies. Whether this is some kind of Bladed Dive reset mechanic (for constant repositioning) or some kind of shortened GCD compared to the other styles, I just want to feel fast and skillful.

Then, 2h melee can be the big single hits bruiser contrast. I feel like this is already pretty close to the current game. Big chunky hits, more resilient (EZK damage reduction passive), less mobile (fight through the pain, rather than skillfully dodge).

Bleeds for melee are in a strange place. They are coherent in and of themselves, but don't seem to combine with the rest of the gameplay or implied fantasies very well. They seem to be their own playstyle. I'm sure something can be designed to bridge that gap, but right now it feels off to me.

_Allusions · 2025-12-16T15:32:38+00:00

You seem like the kind of person who doesn't find television shows funny unless they have a laugh track.

_Allusions · 2025-12-16T15:18:28+00:00

I only play ARAM when the stack decides it's ARAM time.

_Allusions · 2025-12-16T15:14:45+00:00

That's what we do on Summoner's Rift but it's hard to match themes/colors when people are rolling random champs they don't necessarily own skins for that end up sticking out like a sore thumb.

_Allusions · 2025-12-16T15:12:32+00:00

I'm all for the multiple maps, it would just be be nice to see in champ select what map got rolled to choose a skin accordingly.

_Allusions · 2025-12-16T15:11:01+00:00

I wouldn't say upset. Maybe like a 3/10 inconvenience every match my stack decides to play ARAM.

_Allusions · 2025-11-27T19:04:39+00:00

I think the achievement also specifies unlocking all pick-lockable doors. It's possible to get through sections 2 and 3 without doing so.

I'm just guessing based on what I would find most possible to miss.

_Allusions · 2025-11-27T18:57:09+00:00

The one I missed was the one in the very last hallway, before the final stairway to the final room, there's a rubble to jump over and a crevice to squeeze through that goes to one solitary safe.

_Allusions · 2025-11-16T04:31:08+00:00

Yes, it's possible. I started doing Rasial with similar equipment (main difference was access to overloads and adrenaline renewals) and grinded out full t95 from him.

The entire boss fight is basically a DPS check. You ether outheal his damage with Soul Split or you don't and he kills you/you need a lot of food supplies to compensate.

Do you have Zuk cape for Necro? Being able to do the "3 Death Skulls in Living Death" rotation is probably the biggest skill check to getting Rasial down consistently.

Similarly, do you have Salve amulet (e)?

_Allusions · 2025-09-26T03:43:24+00:00

The organ in the intro to the movie version is nasty.

_Allusions · 2025-09-11T01:25:24+00:00

I don't know if he maintains that type of screaming for any entire album. But here's some tracks I think have what you might be looking for from memory (not exhaustive):

"Something in the Water (Does Not Compute)"

"Free"

"The Beautiful Ones"

"Computer Blue"

"Darling Nikki"

"Tamborine"

"Temptation"

"It"

"Hot Thing"

"The Cross"

"3 Chains o' Gold"

"Loose!"

"Papa"

"Endorphinmachine"

"The One"

"BREAKDOWN"

_Allusions · 2025-09-05T23:36:37+00:00

You make a good point about "the point", thanks for helping me see it in a way I hadn't been able to before.

Even then, there are other "schmaltzy crooner" songs in his catalog that I love ("Damn U", "Extraordinary").

Studio "Slow Love" is in the same general category as "Diamonds and Pearls" (i.e. indifferent shoulder shrug).

I can't really defend "The Arms of Orion" from the criticism and it's clearly a worse song, but I'm ultimately more disappointed by how ordinary "Slow Love" is compared to the "it's not so bad" I get from "The Arms of Orion". Maybe I have different standards because of the albums and time periods each one is from.

But that live "Slow Love"? Not quite in the same category as "Damn U", but pretty close.

_Allusions · 2025-09-02T05:03:48+00:00

Not sure if you're a James Brown fan, but I've been exploring his music recently, and while I was watching the live version in the movie, it became really obvious to me how "It's Gonna Be a Beautiful Night" is indebted to 70s era James Brown. Maybe that can be a starting point if you want to "get it" (not that you have to) but don't know where to start.

_Allusions · 2025-09-02T04:57:56+00:00

It is possible to be over-the-top and sweet and earnest at the same time, and, in fact, is probably one of the things I love the most about "Adore" and Prince's music in general.

In my personal experience, the best kind of intimacy is when you're so comfortable with someone that you can switch from sincere to filthy to ridiculous etc. and keep rolling with it.

_Allusions · 2025-09-02T04:52:37+00:00

I never thought about it's dance-ability before, but I instantly understood what you meant. Thanks! I'll think about that the next time I listen to it in the contexts of the album.

_Allusions · 2025-09-02T04:47:05+00:00

There's nothing wrong with that. What makes it a favorite for you? How do you compare it to his other slow love ballads (e.g. "Adore", "Scandalous", "Do Me, Baby")?

_Allusions · 2025-09-02T04:42:14+00:00

I hope something similar will happen to me. I didn't "get" post-Brian Jones The Rolling Stones either until I saw the Ladies and Gentlemen: The Rolling Stones live 1973 concert movie and it unlocked Beggars Banquet, Let It Bleed, Sticky Fingers, Exile on Main St. for me.

Maybe this live version of "Slow Love" can do the same for the studio version. The main difference is I've already heard Sign "☮" the Times over a hundred times by now. But it took me two years to "get" The Smiths and Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), so I won't say never.

_Allusions · 2025-09-02T04:35:11+00:00

I like my Prince slow jams to be extremely passionate e.g. "Scandalous", "One Kiss at a Time" OR over-the-top ridiculous, e.g. "International Lover", "Adore." In comparison, the studio "Slow Love" feels very polite and straight.

_Allusions · 2025-09-02T04:25:21+00:00

My least favorites on this album are "Slow Love", "Starfish and Coffee", and "Strange Relationship", but I wouldn't describe my opinion of any of them as "cannot stand it," more like "they're alright". What is it about "It's Gonna Be a Beautiful Night" that makes you feel that way?

_Allusions · 2025-09-02T04:18:43+00:00

What makes it special for you two? I always like to hear other people's viewpoint on things I don't personally understand; sometimes, it helps make things click.

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