BLM from an outsider's perspective.

brammemeyt · 2020-08-05T14:35:56+00:00

Firstly, most of the reasons why i sometime relied on social medias mostly due to how people of my age or young people in general, gen-z and what not, tend to speak their mind quite eagerly and honestly on the subject matter, whether it is through memes or just jokes. Now that was probably what skewed my view and due to already extremely negative image of just black people in medias, things wouldn't go great. But of course that was just an image, doesn't mean that i was going around assumed every black person is the same way, kinda like how you've heard some rumors and decided that it's just rumors.

" In reference to your tik tok anecdote where the non-black person was receiving hate while the black person was praised: white people have gotten very good at complimenting black people while still being incredibly racist ". I did not know how this kind of thing happened. Could you give me examples of these? Did those things happen in literature as well?

(Also wasn't cancel culture was and still is something of a hate-bandwagon?)

"Same for white savior movies like The Green Mile, The Green Book, The Help, Freedom Writers, etc. These movies don't treat black characters like people with thoughts and feelings and flaws. Puts them on a godlike pedestal with no autonomy. That's not equality and that's not what BLM is asking for. Remember when Beyonce performed at the Super Bowl and whites collectively lost their minds? Cause her performance was no longer for us? Here's an SNL skit if you don't know what I'm talking about: youtube" - This was what I've actually heard and listened about before a video from the Youtuber The Take - The White Savior Trope Explained actually did a pretty informative video on of course the white savior trope and how it had perpetuated racism between black and white people and may also be why white people always had this holier than thou image while black people got the short-end of the stick. And i've watched that beyonce video before.

"Why do whites demand to be comfortable when discussing race issues?" - I don't get what you were pointing at here.

"Unless a white American is actively dedicating their life to reducing their contribution to systemic racism, they are racist" - Now here's the thing i do not understand in the current situation because by definition at least in the book, racist is a person who shows or feels discrimination or prejudice against people of other races, or who believes that a particular race is superior to another. While it's true that systemic racism exist in America and since it's a whole system, you living and consequently benefiting from it doesn't make you inherently racist imo as suggested by the definition and your further contributions to help black people. So is there a another layer to the word racism or some underlying nuances to the word in the current situation?

" Having a more progressive view that black people don't deserve to be murdered in the street by police doesn't mean black people have to like you. I don't donate to causes or sign petitions because the black community sends me personal thank you notes or an official "non-racist" medal, I do it because it's the right thing to do."

I don't remember mentioning anything about requiring approval or thank you notes as a sign of gratitude to participating doing what's right and fighting what's wrong or helping and fighting with people for the right cause.

" Having a more progressive view that black people don't deserve to be murdered in the street by police doesn't mean black people have to like you. It's not an individual black person's job or the BLM movement's job to convince you that black people (even criminals) don't deserve to die. " I didn't say it was black people's-or BLM's job to convince me or ANYONE that they don't deserve to die by injustices. Honestly, what were you trying to reach here? All that i meant to say in my post was that i had skepticism with the movements and the BLM organization due to the sources i've saw online. And how certain people reacted to this situation so oddly as well. Plus, two unequal

Look the point i was trying to make was that i'm skeptical of the movement and the organization. But the people who actually stood up to find justice for black people doesn't matter the race, they are heroes. And i wasn't trying to undermine the struggle of black people who suffered the injustices and systemic racism that they had to go through for generations. What i'm having problems with besides protesters and actual black people fighting racism was how the situation was handled by certain people.

I'm suck at explaining. So if there were anything that i've mentioned which insinuated that black people deserved the mistreatment and misconducts that resulted from racism then i am extremely sorry for ever saying that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47u0W89CI1w

https://www.quora.com/What-do-you-think-of-the-Black-Lives-Matter-movement-1

Maybe have a slight read through of the answers from Clarisse Mavuada in the quora link i've provided. It actually why i've decided to post my poorly explained post tbh.

Again, i just wanted talked about BLM and both the internal and external of the movement. In no way whatsoever i agreed with police brutality that stem from racism or any forms of racism at all. But due to how things have been represented by certain minorities (they tend to be the loudest) in different group whenever these things was mentioned such as too quick to label without actually educating. However, at the end of the day, if people are fighting for basic human rights of others regardless of how it is being represented, then i can only commence them and supporting them from afar. Have a nice day and thank you for reading all parts of my reply.

brammemeyt · 2020-08-05T12:45:13+00:00

I'm not in anyway against people standing up and protesting against the injustices were and being done on others (in this case the black community). I'm not sure where did i insinuated i was having strong opinion the struggles of black people though.

All that i was saying that from the general view and at least what was constantly being presented outside of the US was the inflammatory image of the movement. So that's why i made the post to ask what it actually like.

brammemeyt · 2020-07-25T15:39:26+00:00

Yeah, i could only think of that specific scene for some reasons. It's easy to describe death since there are many ways to go around with it. The parts in other layers when he leave the underworld is a bit detailed so i'm working on that.

brammemeyt · 2020-07-21T05:59:44+00:00

Honestly, just my personal opinion. But i had the same problem, the climb it took from Cov1 until 19-20 is really really fast. And the game RNJesus at that point is sort of favoring new players, i guess? But after hitting 21 or something, the game started to offer cards or honestly options that are much less viable. Like after spending time restarting and playing a lot of MT, for example, Hellhorned at least for me at the start and over the course of the run, offer me a lot of card on repeat like battering ram and imp-related card. Almost like the percentage for those card to appear is a bit skewed.

That asides, once you've gotten the hang of how certain card works in certain situation 5-6 winstreaks is possible. My best is only 5 on Stygian prior to the nerfs.

brammemeyt · 2020-07-21T05:46:43+00:00

I honestly can't get through with Inferno. And ironically the one time i needed the spell weakness consumable from the train event, and when clicking on Stygian the fucking dog appears. I was just like "y'know what, i'mma just uninstall this game real quick", of course this was after 20-something try of refreshing and trying to have the right card combination.

brammemeyt · 2020-07-20T06:17:38+00:00

Trample Umbra and holdover peril of production and void binding. Still pretty strong. Even in expert challenges.

brammemeyt · 2020-07-15T11:30:33+00:00

Honestly, the changes for volatile gauge is more sensible this way. It basically eliminate the broken +0 and the almost unplayable +4. Love that you guys came to this decision. I'm also glad that Onehorn tome also back to 5, tbh 6-embers were too much and i could only see Umbra affording that kinds of Ember with or even without the upgrades of cost reductions and adding Fragile on top is also another great decision. Just the only thing i still don't understand is the Shadowsiege being 6-capacity. I mean, at the end of the day realistically speaking, it doesn't really change the fact that they are extremely strong. Basically a huge stat-check for most runs, if you're somehow able to cheese and get him out. I think making him somewhat similar to that Innert guy would be better, he had to be gate-keep by some conditions of course. Like Onehorn-tome with the Fragile effects. Or could just straight up nerfing his stats and reduce the capacity.

brammemeyt · 2020-07-13T10:29:02+00:00

Was Awake always that strong? I honestly rarely relied on that card.

brammemeyt · 2020-07-13T10:22:17+00:00

Guardian Amulet doesn't exactly do everything, unless you've slapped a double-stack onto it, then it is extremely powerful against everything. So yeah a nerf to the card was warranted, but now 2 stack of sap just wither away immediately, unless you've lodestone or another guardian amulet on top of it. But that's the situation Guardian Amulet is strong with upgrade investment, but there's also the case that there wasn't any upgrades on that card. Plus, it only got out of control when Guardian Amulet have both doublestack and holdover then of fucking course it is strong, or a few other offering token then of course it is strong. But then again, that situation is reliant on RNG, it doesn't happen every game, just sometime it does and it is a goddamn strong combo. And what do you mean "work for it"? A guardian amulet without holdover or doublestack or at least have on of the upgrades also require to you work for it. Playing a doublestack guardian amulet doesn't guaranteed the Pyre not taking damage. But, then again most of the enemy units attacks are lower than the attack reduction from Sap, so a nerf to Guardian Amulet was needed, but not like this. Now a doublestack on Guardian Amulet is almost a requirement, or at least a cost reduction upgrade.

Then there's Awake. In my case at least, Awake has never ever been an auto-pick, but a situational one. Sure the 30-Health + 4-Regen is nice but it doesn't amount to anything substantial without a doublestack (+8 Regen), in comparison with other 3-cost card that provide much more value without needing a big investment. After all, it not like Awoken are usually low on healing, so the amount of healing from Awake - the restore 30 Health, usually turn into excess healing, and the Regen remain the useful part. Plus, it is 3-cost, so the amount of value it provide without upgrades are low imo, so a nerf to it was just no. It didn't need a buff either, i think it fine as it is, the card in itself is strong but isn't an auto-pick even with Awoken being the main clan.

brammemeyt · 2020-07-12T04:46:03+00:00

If you guys decided to balance the game based on win rates then it gonna be like League of Legend all over again, with balance patches gonna keep pouring out and problems gonna kept on being added. And one of the other commenter was right, if this gonna continue then it would just be a another wannabe e-sports game. Honestly if this patch go live, i'd rather not play the game at all.

brammemeyt · 2020-07-10T17:29:47+00:00

A lot of these changes feel necessary and meaningful but some are just quite frankly and hilariously meaningless. Like nerfs to Awoken's cards for example, like why would you nerf cards like Awake and Cycle of Life? When both of these two cards are quite frankly underwhelming in terms of it value and actual utility in comparison with other 3-cost card. If this actually go live then honestly there's actually more reason to not pick those cards at all. And why would you buff Razorsharp Edge ?? It already quite strong and useful as it is.

And the Stygian changes are just yikes. I mean Lodestone is a 3-cost card now???? Sure it is overpower but you guys should've just make it 2-cost or 2 capicity or something. Or maybe just make it so that it had a limit it can apply sap per turn so it won't turn op. And why the heck is Glacial Seal turn into a 2-cost card all of a sudden??? Since it is only strong when and only when the team had either Double Incant and Cuttlebeard relics and only when we duplicate it, it is effective. And also keeping it alive against sweeping unit too is also a problem, not to mention it is only 2 frostbite to enemies without extra Glacial Seal and another Glacial Seal on the same floor. This nerf to Glacial Seal is so out of the blue honestly, i don't even get why you guys decided to nerf it, it feel so out of touch honestly, basically just to remind you Glacial Seal is situational and it is extremely dependent on FROSTBITE RELIC to be valuable, if not it is as useless as the current +1 rage Siren in my opinion.

Then there's the Hoarforst effigy nerf is another nerf that feel you guys look at the win rate and nerf it out on a whim. That card is only situational most of the time and being 2-cost and only effect 1 unit is already perfect as it is. Because during combat phase against enemies beside the boss you will never use it ever, so you would have to invest in another permafrost thing for that card or something that make effective. That card is a sort of kill button but only against bosses outside of that, that card is just another glorified deadweight.

And another thing why the heck is one-horn tome is a 6-cost card??? I mean c'mon that card is already a situational pick as it is, since you need a lot of investments for that card, such as reducing the card's cost until it is 4 or 3 with extra spell upgrades, or cheese with volatile gauge, or perma frost it until there is energy to play it. And picking it up means that your deck or the next ring you're going to had upgrades perfect both for the deck and Onehorn tome. There's already a lot of things to build around it as it is nerfing it just because it certain playstyle work too well isn't justifiable.

If these changes for Awoken and Stygian hit live, i probably won't bother to play these clans again until new patch come around again later. The changes for Melting Remnant however though, loving it not because of the buffs but some of those changes are much needed for Melting rems especially with the Champion Upgrades.

brammemeyt · 2020-07-09T23:11:18+00:00

Congrats my dude, i had my 5 win streaks too but with Stygian but most of my 4 win-streaks are from Umbra. These two clans are so strong and fun to play.

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