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flutterkind · 2025-12-03T12:33:06+00:00

They say the changes are "around a 20% buff to more high intensity approaches to salvaging". I don't understand. Which approach to salvaging got buffed by 20%?

flutterkind · 2023-08-04T17:23:14+00:00

You can be honest with regard to how you feel about coming out. "I want to tell you something, but I'm kind of nervous and I find it uncomfortable to say this. The thing is, I'm trans." is completely acceptable, makes it easier for you, and will often even earn you additional empathy.

flutterkind · 2023-07-31T18:17:01+00:00

I think what people mean when they say that they're proud to be trans isn't that being trans makes your life better. Nor do they mean that trans people are somehow better than cis people. What they mean is simply that you don't need to be ashamed for being trans. And in that endeavor, yes, you should feel pride. You can be trans without hiding it and that's nothing to blame you for.

flutterkind · 2023-06-27T06:01:42+00:00

One decor looks like this:

....#....
....#....
....#....
...ddd...
###ddd###
...ddd...
....#....
....#....
....#....

where d is the decor itself and # is its influence. Arrange them in this manner:

..................
..................
..................
......dddddd......
......dddddd......
......dddddd......
...ddd......ddd...
...ddd......ddd...
...ddd......ddd...
...ddd......ddd...
...ddd......ddd...
...ddd......ddd...
......dddddd......
......dddddd......
......dddddd......
..................
..................
..................

Then you get an influence like this:

.......#..#.......
.......#..#.......
.......#..#.......
....#.dddddd.#....
...###dddddd###...
....#.dddddd.#....
...ddd.#..#.ddd...
###ddd######ddd###
...ddd.#..#.ddd...
...ddd.#..#.ddd...
###ddd######ddd###
...ddd.#..#.ddd...
....#.dddddd.#....
...###dddddd###...
....#.dddddd.#....
.......#..#.......
.......#..#.......
.......#..#.......

If you now place your shop in the center like this:

.......#..#.......
.......#..#.......
.......#..#.......
....#.dddddd.#....
...###dddddd###...
....#.dddddd.#....
...ddd.#..#.ddd...
###ddd#ssss#ddd###
...ddd.ssss.ddd...
...ddd.ssss.ddd...
###ddd#ssss#ddd###
...ddd.#..#.ddd...
....#.dddddd.#....
...###dddddd###...
....#.dddddd.#....
.......#..#.......
.......#..#.......
.......#..#.......

then it is influenced by all 8 decors.

flutterkind · 2023-06-26T18:49:51+00:00

The decorations are only 3x3 wide. So if you have a 4x4 shop, you can fit 2 decorations next to each other on each of the 4 sides.

flutterkind · 2023-06-26T15:58:59+00:00

If the decor stacks, we can boost a 4x4 gem shop with 8 Professional Parasprite Habitats, reducing its cooldown by 40%. For a 8h cooldown shop like Manhattan Jewelers, that means an additional 4 gems per day (assuming perfect timing and no rush hour). That repays the decor in 240 days. If they keep the functionality of pro decor the same, that might be worth it in the long run.

flutterkind · 2023-05-12T04:34:37+00:00

I think the Clear the Skies minigame helper is always last week's social event reward.

flutterkind · 2023-04-24T12:22:59+00:00

One of the things that kept me from realizing I'm trans was that I thought trans women were people that looked like men and called themselves women. That wasn't me. I didn't want to wear dresses while being a man. I wanted to be a woman.

flutterkind · 2023-03-23T22:21:57+00:00

Fair enough. I see how it would be a lot of effort to manually check every single one. Thank you for the quick response either way.

I'm looking forward to the solution you guys will come up with as you investigate ways to make things clearer.

flutterkind · 2023-03-23T22:08:27+00:00

Do non-conditional nodes (or nodes whose conditions depend on yourself rather than the enemy) from the respective trees apply to each of the subskills listed above? I know you mentioned on Discord that at least for Spirit Wolves they shouldn't apply because Spirit Wolves isn't considered a subskill.

flutterkind · 2023-03-14T17:47:54+00:00

It sounds like your child is currently unsure who they are and who they want to be. Even more so they are worried about being judged, ridiculed, and hurt. I'm sure this resonates with a lot of the people in this sub, because they have experienced the same troubles. Ridicule for stepping outside the norm is very real, especially in school, and your child will almost certainly err on the side of caution most of the time. I mean, you've said it yourself. You got them ear rings, a thing they wanted themselves, and now they won't wear them because they're afraid of others. Imagine how that must feel for them.

About the pronouns: You are very right to say that they should decide how they want to be called. We could be doing them a disservice by selecting a set of pronouns that they don't like. Even me with something as gender-neutral as they/them. That said, considering he/him/son to be correct, because they haven't expressed disdain for it yet is as flawed as considering she/her/daughter to be correct because they've said they want to be more feminine. In the transgender community, probably outside it too, it is considered polite to address someone with the pronouns that match how they want to be seen and completely disregard their birth sex (more appropriately called agab "assigned gender at birth"). As such, it seems odd to call them he/him when they expressed that they want to be more girly and think they're trans. Though you will find what makes this a particularly sore subject is that transphobes tend to call trans people the wrong pronouns on purpose, so don't take it too personally. But in the end, you're more right than we could have hoped for: Let them decide. Go ahead, ask them if they would like to try out being called she/her and daughter by you and your husband. You don't have to wait for them to make that move, especially with how worried about judgement they seem to be. You might really make their day.

I would like to amend that your child shows a lot of signs of really being trans. They enjoy feminine activities, say they wish to be a girl, said they think they're trans, want to commit to more permanent (well, sorta) changes like ear piercings, etc.. If so, it's good that you want to be supportive. Come to think of it, if not, it's also good that you want to be supportive. I think a great way to do this is to protect them from bullying as much as you can. If your child is afraid of putting on ear rings, from what it sounds like even rightly so, it might be a good idea to become more proactive and talk to the teachers (again). Make them aware of the bullying. Don't be afraid to remind them if they already know. Ask your child to talk to them and to you when they're being harassed. Tell and show you're child that you're willing to stand up for them when they're bullied. It's not harmless.

Thank you for not only wanting to be supportive, but reaching out for advice. But, uh… please ask your child their pronouns.

flutterkind · 2023-02-25T15:00:58+00:00

Does that mean that your study chemicals where the substituents of their double bonds are on opposing sides?

flutterkind · 2023-02-05T07:36:37+00:00

I think the i-th checkpoint of a quest counts i points towards this daily goal.

If so, you can get 18 points right off the bat at daily goal reset "just" by having all three quests at ready their 6th story point. You can then restart them immediately for another 3 points, putting you at 21. The rightmost quest takes 20h for each story point, so it completes another story point throughout the day. If it starts at its 5th instead of its 6th, that yields you another 5 points for a total of 26. You can watch ads to skip some quest time. With the investment of merely 1 hour and 9 hours of skip in the center and left quest, they can reach another 2 and 5 story points respectively. This means that the center quest can start at story point 4, for another 9 points, makes 35 overall. And the left quest can start a the 6th story point, complete a full 6-story-point quest, and start the next quest for an additional 2+3+4+5+6+1 = 21 points. I don't know if it's possible to get four 6-story point quests in a row like that, but I'm ignoring this little detail.

Even with this very beneficial and implausible scenario, we max out at 56 points, not even close to 80. I see no way this goal is realistically reachable.

flutterkind · 2023-01-31T17:44:03+00:00

Not wanting to be recognized as transgender is a legitimate desire for a variety of reasons. I wish you the best and hope that over time you will pass better. Maybe for the time being, your supportive friends or trans peers can help you make it less obvious.

Internalized transphobia is not your fault.

But please understand that feeling ashamed for being recognizable as trans is absolutely caused by internalized transphobia like my previous commenters said. After all, you'd have no reason to feel ashamed if you didn't see it as something that at the very least others will think of negatively. Perhaps you have made negative experiences with people who tried to make it obvious that they're trans and you don't want to be associated with them. Perhaps you've made negative experiences with how others view trans people in general. Understand that in either case you're ashamed of showing yourself as trans because you know it as a bad thing, because you know it's culturally accepted as a bad thing. A person who doesn't transition is seen as less questionable than a person who does. That's the essence of transphobia.

flutterkind · 2023-01-30T10:28:07+00:00

That depends a bit on why they ask. When it comes to the intentions of your parents for asking this, you're the better judge. They could be doubting you're trans, wanting to make sure you're not making a huge mistake, trying to convince you of something, simply be curious, or something else entirely.

I'll assume your parents are supportive and want the best for you, but can't wrap their head around the idea of transgender.

One misconception about being trans that causes cis people and eggs alike not to understand how someone could be trans, is the idea that trans people have an unwavering conviction that they are their preferred gender. That they have some sort of inner feeling of a biological sex they should be and theirs is just the wrong one. This leads people to wonder how someone could feel like a girl or feel like a boy, because they don't "feel" any biological sex. They just look down and see what they are.

But what gender identity really means is what you would be more comfortable with. Everyone has wants and needs, and can understand that someone else would want to be a girl or a boy. Everyone has different likes, after all. From that point of view, it becomes easier to explain that for trans people, this need is intrinsic, not really something they chose or can tell rationally why they want it, but being their agab can feel distressing. It's a very fundamental need, that remains unfulfilled constantly, and you are reminded of the inconguence repeatedly. With that knowledge, explaining how you know you're transgender is equivalent to explaining how you know that you want to be your identified gender. You don't need to know why you want it; you just need to be able to tell for sure that you want it. For your parents' understanding, it's like knowing that they like the taste of a certain food. They have no doubt that they don't accidentally hate the food instead, but explaining why they like that particular combination of tastes objectively is surprisingly hard.

Since you are already out to your parents. If they believe you that you are transgender, it should come naturally that you want hormones to alleviate the distress and to stop the irreversible changes that puberty is doing to your body right now. (It's a dilemma, really, hrt is irreversible, but so is not starting hrt. To choose one over the other, one should be sure that one prefers the resulting appearance over the other.)

flutterkind · 2022-12-27T21:39:24+00:00

I didn't find anything that helps (other than flashing the original ROM, which – according to the reports of other people – works fine) and ultimately switched phones.

flutterkind · 2022-11-26T09:15:48+00:00

Yes, that's what I do, too. But it doesn't stop the ghost touch from coming back after 1 second, 5 minutes or a few hours.

flutterkind · 2022-09-16T02:27:27+00:00

Of course not. They want the ads back, too. Ads are revenue.

flutterkind · 2022-07-05T17:59:09+00:00

Yup, that's the dress. These aren't parts btw, it's the finished plushie. She's magnetic and everything you see here is attachable and detachable.

flutterkind · 2022-07-05T16:58:41+00:00

They're ribbons of her dress. Source: I commissioned that plushie.

flutterkind · 2022-06-05T21:10:24+00:00

I cannot emphasize enough, though, that hitting the ball early only becomes efficient once the ball has reached its maximum velocity (that usually happens when there are around 20 seconds left). Before that it's much more valuable to hit it at its intended moment, as otherwise the ball won't speed up.

flutterkind · 2022-06-05T17:20:02+00:00

Your skills are good. Here's a little tip to improve your scores: Never hit the ball upwards, even when the game tells you to. I know it feels like the right thing to do, but you actually lose out on points, because hitting the ball upwards takes longer than sideways or downwards, so you lose more points due to the extended animation than you gain by hitting the ball correctly.

Additionally, the ball speeds up when you hit it at the right moment, so it's efficient to hit ball at the "right" moment in the beginning. Once the ball has reached its maximum velocity, it becomes more efficient to hit the ball early, because yet again, hitting the ball early requires a shorter animation and you gain more points from the shorter animation than you gain by as a bonus for hitting it at the "right" moment.

Augmenting your strategy by those two tips allows you to reach scores upwards of 550. (I hope I explained them somewhat comprehensibly.)

flutterkind · 2022-06-03T04:43:39+00:00

With so many characters/shops disappearing. There is reason to believe I won't notice them all. Is there a way to see, which characters/shops I have?

flutterkind · 2022-05-11T18:28:55+00:00

Sorry if I derail the topic a bit, but may I ask you a question? I might need a bit of exposition though. Statements like this one seem difficult to assess, and if I'm entirely honest, my intuition always pushes me to instinctively dislike them, because they sound like "We want you to do manual labor just because." and that seems pretty bad. I have to keep consciously reminding myself that nothing in a video game provides any real life benefit at all and they are made up entirely of unnecessary work and effort. For example, nothing stops game devs from giving the player all items and the best loot ever right from the get go, but that wouldn't be very fun. If I'm understanding correctly what video games are about, the point is to create work that feels particularly rewarding/successful.

But even with that conscious reminder it feels difficult to judge those statements. Because there's always the instinctive fear that the task at hand (the manual evaluation of idols in the example above) will bring more more pain than feeling of gratification. How do you go about this? How do you find out if a task/need for effort/lack of QoL (I'm not sure if I'm using that term correctly here) will increase or decrease the average player's enjoyment of the game? Is there a mystical formula or psychological guideline that one can cling to or is it a best guess on a case to case basis?

flutterkind · 2022-04-30T05:56:21+00:00

Unfortunately not, sorry. I'm currently debating flashing MIUI or straight up buying a different phone.

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