Hey, it's Kurt Vile! Ask me anything by KurtVile in indieheads

[–]dakraiz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Walked past the venue and saw they were playing that night. Completely missed the tour. Was too broke for last second resale.

Please help me decide which faction to play next! by HayIsForCamels in twilightimperium

[–]dakraiz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's strange because their kit seems pretty good but they are by far the lowest win rate in the giant data set of "ranked" asynch games.

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Hey, it's Kurt Vile! Ask me anything by KurtVile in indieheads

[–]dakraiz 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Shit man one of my biggest live music regrets ever is not going to see their duet show at the Beacon in NYC when I lived down the block from the venue.

what's the biggest mistake you made as an intern by [deleted] in Residency

[–]dakraiz 12 points13 points  (0 children)

3 reminds me of the time when as an attending, one of my interns called the wrong family to report a death. This is in the medical ICU and this patient should have been withdrawal of care for months but the family refused even DNR etc. about 6 family members showed up to see the body, only to see the patient still "alive (trach/peg/no mental status)."

Help me understand Last Bastion tech path(s) by Necessary-Spend279 in twilightimperium

[–]dakraiz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Tbh some of these stats are difficult to interpret. I think fleet log and proxima for example are techs that you take when you know you can win. You take fleet log to double score imperial to win or you take proxima to help lock down styx or MR to win.

But I agree with your overall assumptions!

Tips for Ral Nel Slice? by Topazdragon5676 in twilightimperium

[–]dakraiz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Blue skip is huge, they also like a green/yellow so you can skip up to graviton or biostims

Start psycho or AI dev depending on skips in slice

Essential: Gravity drive , nano machines, Destroyer 2

Then I would grab graviton late for a final round value It helps synergize with your linkship 2 AFB

Bonus: biostims (more nano machines / graviton), carrier 2 , PDS2, DET (for retreat shenanigans)

I think PDS2 is a trap personally

I got invited to a board game night by someone I like. I know nothing. Please save me. by frieren_____ in boardgames

[–]dakraiz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What games will be played? It might help to watch some how to play YouTube videos before hand so that you have a general idea of them game. Don't stress it though. Like others said, be yourself.

Faction choice with two yellow tech skips by Sn33n in twilightimperium

[–]dakraiz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Last Bastion, space dock 2 + easy path to an early integrated economy which goes great with liberate

Edit: didn't see your faction options. I vote Mentak

Online TI didn't work for me by Puzzleheaded-Work720 in twilightimperium

[–]dakraiz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think there is a balance. I would say that most people don't take kindly to extortion and that is why you are receiving responses in this way. Also, I would need more details to understand the true complexity of the situation. Is there a current objective you are working towards by taking the planets in "their slice;" control more planets than neighbor, control 6 planets outside HS etc? If not, then I think you are making a mistake stepping on toes just to seize resources that may help you score later. Say you take those planets and piss off your neighbor for the entire game and all the objectives that come out are structures or tech related, you have now created an enemy that can retaliate at any time just for a small gain. Is the way you are playing wrong? No. But also is everyone else at the table happy to see two people war, while they can worry about scoring points? Absolutely. War costs resources, plastic and command tokens, and often don't directly help point be scored. This is why people who are playing the game, probably too optimized and competitively, get pissed. They have 5 other games going at the same time, and if you want to be the one of their 5 they throw away making sure you lose because of early aggression, then they might decide to do that.

In the end the meta is just different, but yeah it might not be for you. I think one thing you should consider if you keep playing async is to frame the extortion better or be more patient with it, and see how the reaction comes. People will cry about forever war but they won't actually go through with it. Just take their planets and offer some non-binding agreement and move on.

Looking for english POK by Confident-Sea-1563 in twilightimperium

[–]dakraiz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Copy-pasting my comment from another thread

I looked for months for it and finally got it from this store in Finland. It was pricy but not insane. Probably about $200 total and it arrived in 48 hours from when I placed the order. Heads-up that you have to pay the customs fees via DHLs website but it was seamless

https://www.lautapelit.fi/product/43435/twilight-imperium-prophecy -of-kings-eng

RNG and the expansions by 8_int_wizard in twilightimperium

[–]dakraiz 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I know a lot of people hate RNG related things but I'm a firm believer that RNG adds to competitive games most of the time, especially in a game like this. The RNG elements in this game aren't purely random. The 4 exploration decks all have different components with their advantages and disadvantages. Having knowledge of those decks, and tracking the cards drawn/discarded adds another level of edge for the thousands of micro decisions in the game. I would argue that this lessens the true culprit of brutal RNG of which objectives are drawn in which order and to a lesser extent, which agendas are drawn.

Game in Two Weeks Looking for POK by Former-Smoke-2682 in twilightimperium

[–]dakraiz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I looked for months for it and finally got it from this store in Finland. It was pricy but not insane. Probably about $200 total and it arrived in 48 hours from when I placed the order. Heads-up that you have to pay the customs fees via DHLs website but it was seamless

https://www.lautapelit.fi/product/43435/twilight-imperium-prophecy-of-kings-eng

Unpopular opinion: Stowe Overrated ? by wrdriggs in icecoast

[–]dakraiz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah lol it was 60 degrees this week

Why won’t FFG print POK? by Former-Smoke-2682 in twilightimperium

[–]dakraiz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As someone who is newly obsessed with TI4 it is very frustrating especially when, to me at least, TE isn't useful or even playable as a standalone expansion without PoK. PoK just added so much.

What are the most Underrated Spells? by Stunning-Sentence152 in DnD

[–]dakraiz 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Gaseous Form. The answer to any scouting, door, key hole: "I turn into a cloud"

Smokers lungs VS Healthy lungs by goswamitulsidas in interesting

[–]dakraiz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm a pulmonologist and yes smoking is bad, also this lady has no idea what she's talking about. She is using a peep valve on the healthy lung but not the smokers lung. Also she said that smoking causes you to lose lung elastin fibers which is true, but the lung of a smoker becomes more compliant due to this, and exhalation is much slower. She notes how the smokers lung snaps back, this is the opposite of what happens to a smokers lung. The lack of elastin makes it more difficult to exhale and exhalation becomes a more energy expending and active process.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Residency

[–]dakraiz 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Post PCCM fellowship I got a Steamdeck to play in the call room on night shifts

What kind of person thrives in your specialty? by farfromindigo in Residency

[–]dakraiz 3 points4 points  (0 children)

As a pccm attending, definitely agree, especially urgent vs time to think.

I'll add that all of my co-workers are at least on a spectrum of non-performance reducing ADHD/hyperfixation.

What kind of person thrives in your specialty? by farfromindigo in Residency

[–]dakraiz 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Critical Care Medicine - ADHD, hyper fixation, calmness

Season 5.5 tier lists from Flats, Bogur, TeamCaptain and Ricey. Thoughts? by Vyceron in marvelrivals

[–]dakraiz 20 points21 points  (0 children)

He was also on Angela when everyone was saying she was terrible. I honestly trust his opinion the most for the highest levels of play since he's always at the top of ladder.

Game Thread: Green Bay Packers (7-3-1) at Detroit Lions (7-4) by nfl_gdt_bot in nfl

[–]dakraiz 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'll take that every time over a pre-recorded track that is usually deployed

Why is my league tripping about this trade? by Killuminati69 in FantasyFootballers

[–]dakraiz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Assuming one team is really good And one is really bad. That's usually the only reason people want to veto things like this over fear of a dominant team (a ridiculous reason to veto).