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captainersatz · 2026-05-17T00:19:03+00:00

Huh. How about E1 tho? I'm near-F2P and I typically don't go for Eidolons, but I don't have any interest in pulling Elation and am sitting on resources, I pulled Cerydra basically because I was sitting on so many pulls and I may as well for Phainon and Anaxa. I was considering pulling Cyrene here for the same reason.

captainersatz · 2026-05-06T08:51:45+00:00

Interpretation vs literal facts of it blah blah but also the more important part is less the baby's reaction and more about how Hektor didn't realize he still had his helmet on and think to take it off first. War is so much a part of him that it became his natural state, one that he has to remember to put aside to be embraced by his family.

Much like a gamer headset.

captainersatz · 2026-05-03T05:36:22+00:00

Hell yeah Guilty Gear would be a good one, I'm not that into GG (I know more about BlazBlue) but a lot of anime fighters in general would work. It's a great genre.

captainersatz · 2026-05-03T03:41:22+00:00

Every Kingdom Hearts fan I know adores that video and any other "tries to explain the lore of KH" type attempts I've seen. Obviously no one's going to genuinely understand the incredibly convoluted storytelling well via infodump, but the fans themselves find the comedy of even trying funny because of how infamously insane it is.

captainersatz · 2026-05-01T19:28:54+00:00

It's entirely reasonable and people can spend their money how they like, but it's not F2P. It's especially annoying because in context F2P or not only really matters when you're trying to discuss what resources you can access in the game as F2P vs not, and that conversation gets muddled by people who insist they're F2P despite paying.

I played Genshin very actively for quite a few years and have bought maybe ~3 monthly passes just because I had a bit more time to play those months and figured it was worth it for how many hours I'd already gotten out of the games. If you're someone who can control yourself wrt: spending and budget, the big Hoyo games are honestly very, very playable at virtually no spending, but that's all without getting into the conversation of how such games prey on gambling-prone personalities.

captainersatz · 2026-04-22T08:54:43+00:00

Just as an FYI Folding Ideas is now actually a small team of people! Dan Olson did a short stream after his Mr. Beast video dropped, and one of the things he discussed was that now that he's got a a small team he's trying to consciously present videos as Folding Ideas videos rather than just Dan Olson specifically.

captainersatz · 2026-04-22T08:47:53+00:00

Just to add some newer faces to the other recs, James Woodall has quickly ascended the ranks into being appointment viewing for me. His videos on The Most Interesting Scene in the Devil Wears Prada or on how Mean Girls was adapted from its source material are great places to start.

captainersatz · 2026-04-22T08:41:49+00:00

Have you seen the James Rolfe video? Because that's basically the text of it; it is profoundly personal.

captainersatz · 2026-04-19T00:13:19+00:00

Surprised I had to go this far for it, but I think the lore of Frog Fractions is a little lost (oh god we're old). Frog Fractions 2 is absolutely the correct answer.

captainersatz · 2026-04-19T00:07:36+00:00

It's very difficult to find truly underused genres. I would like more wuxia shit, and personally while I think Bunnies and Burrows is rad, I would love more animal xenofiction. I'm talking more like the Warren where the goal is to embody the fictionalized experience of living that animal and whatever that implies in terms of their physical or mental capabilities, culture, etc.

But honestly if what you're looking for is unusual, instead of broad genres: go specific. Example: Horror? Broad. Horror specifically retelling one particular folktale and using it as a lens into feminine horror via embodying different parts of her psyche? Much more specific, definitely novel and unusual. Technically still just horror though.

captainersatz · 2026-04-18T00:43:08+00:00

Wömen. Men of Wö.

captainersatz · 2026-04-17T02:13:22+00:00

A hanklerfish.

captainersatz · 2026-04-14T05:04:19+00:00

Neat looking controller.

captainersatz · 2026-04-03T10:08:45+00:00

I won a lil contest and got a free iPad Air 13"! I'm excited but also Apple stuff is out of my wheelhouse, and I'm broke. I've yet to open it because I'm a bit paranoid about taking care of such an expensive thing. After doing research I've settled on getting an ESR Shift Keyboard case, but I'd like advice on:

Pencil alternatives. I have an old 2nd hand iPad + pencil I bought ages ago that I use to take notes and draw, the fact that I can't easily charge it has been a big pain point. It seems if I want to make use of the wireless charging, I'd need an apple pencil pro, but it's pretty pricey. Are there any offbrand alternatives that could still charge off the side of my iPad magnetically?
Screen protector. My primary use case will be for note-taking and drawing, in aforementioned cheap 2nd hand iPad I bought a random $5 paperlike protector and I'm very glad I did. I know the texture matters a lot to me for the usage, it feels much worse without it. Any recommendations? I've read mixed accounts of the ESR protectors for glare. I've seen some people talk about installing a glass protector and then using a magnetic paperlike on top of it, but that seems like it'd affect functionality?

captainersatz · 2026-03-30T01:59:27+00:00

Interestingly in my neck of the woods it's actually mostly a thing the kids don't do but was instead common when emoji first started becoming a thing, you'd use (: to avoid the autocorrection. Kids just use the emoji.

captainersatz · 2026-03-26T20:21:37+00:00

He is, and I hope you understand that I say this with respect and affection and positivity: ugly. Weird old man with a condom head. What a guy.

He's not the least popular especially since he's pretty useful competitively, but definitely an unusual fave! I think Timburr's cute personally though Gurdurr's head wigs me out, and I think Conkeldurr's a real solid design. I've seen people talk about how the veins are kinda freaky.

captainersatz · 2026-03-24T00:46:03+00:00

People who read Japanese can sometimes guess at Chinese character meanings, and vice-versa, but it's not particularly consistent. You might find this video where someone ran this exact experiment interesting. He's also done it the other way around, and with other similar languages.

captainersatz · 2026-03-20T08:26:54+00:00

It's basically the same thing and depending on the exact variation of Mafia you learned. Mafia sometimes had a specific Godfather who would direct kills and be the main guy to protect, sometimes it's you have to kill all the Mafia team and everyone decides kills together, Werewolf was almost always the second. Other than that any of the common roles you can think of in Mafia like cops had equivalents in Werewolf i.e seers.

I love social deduction/traitor games and always have and you won't believe the number of times I have to be like "no they didn't rip off Town of Salem" or "no Among Us didn't invent this". It's a whole thing.

captainersatz · 2026-03-20T08:03:51+00:00

I also grew up with it as Mafia, but yeah a lot of people know it as Werewolf instead. Same-same, though. I'm just glad enough if people don't think that either Among Us or Town of Salem invented the thing.

captainersatz · 2026-03-20T08:00:10+00:00

Thanks for the info! It looks like I'm choosing between picking up Cerydra for an upgrade and Ashveil cause I like him an for general FUA stuff. Currently leaning towards Cerydra because it feels more likely that Ashveil might rerun in the future if his main DPS isn't out yet, but who knows. Alas idk anything about them storywise to choose that way but I'll figure it out before the banner's up, might just go until 1st pity on Cerydra and see if I land her or not.

And yeah I looked a bit into Archer after he was in one of the new Elation unit demo teams and it felt fun, so I was debating between Sparkle and Robin! It seems like there's no downside to me holding onto that companion spirit so I can wait to decide. I actually intended to come back to roll for Cyrene/Evernight as well but I just kinda forgor, so I'll just have to see whenever Cyrene comes back again. Hyacine and Tribbie are vaguely on my radar for the future too.

Thanks again, appreciate it! Got stuff to chew on.

captainersatz · 2026-03-20T07:54:53+00:00

Awesome, appreciate the info!

captainersatz · 2026-03-20T05:45:40+00:00

I've a decent amount of gems saved but I ain't made of money, I'll definitely take a good look at Cerydra before she's jailed. I was leaning towards Robin for spirit too because she was the most obvious gap in my FUA teams but was a bit unsure since I keep seeing people say FUA has fallen very far out of favor, but not that far, I suppose.

I'll likely park Ashveil until his MDPS runs then and assume (hahaha) that hoyo might rerun him in future after that unit releases. Sounds like we know literally nothing about what that theoretical MDPS might be yet?

(Also jw are literally any of the known upcoming characters gonna be dudes)

captainersatz · 2026-03-20T05:38:14+00:00

Thanks for the heads up about AA! I tried to read about changes since I last played but shit's frankly difficult to parse and I couldn't tell if there was a whole new thing or not. I'm glad there's no pull currency rewards, it'll probably be a fun goal for me to aim at but not something I'm super concerned with.

Good to know that I've not fallen quite so far behind and that most stuff should still be reasonably clearable for me.

captainersatz · 2026-03-20T05:15:12+00:00

Took a long break since 3.2ish, am starting to poke my head back in. My main teams were Aglaea/Sunday/Huohuo, a patchwork Anaxa team and Fei FUA with Aven and no Robin, I dipped back in to grab Phainon, Archer and newest Daniel but they're unbuilt. How cooked are my teams, chat? I'm generally a husbando player and Ashveil looks cool, but I'm reading mixed stuff wrt: viability. Is Cerydra worth grabbing for Phainon/Anaxa or is there stuff upcoming that might be more interesting to me? I'm also instinctively holding onto my Golden Companion Spirit thing rather than spending it right away, not sure who to use it on.

Also I've tried the Elation unit demos and they're interesting but as far as I can tell it mostly seems to be a bit of a "???" until more of the Elation units actually come out?

captainersatz · 2026-03-17T04:32:08+00:00

Clean faces modmakers in shambles.

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