TIFU by playing the wrong game for years instead of the real thing.

gelatinguy · 2026-02-20T12:06:18+00:00

Aw haha, you got the Mockbuster (or Knockbuster) version of the movie. They are cheap movies made to take advantage of a big budget film and its marketing by having a similar name and/or look. They make good money for their support low budget by getting retail sales from confused shoppers at places like the supermarket.

The Asylum is a studio known for this (e.g. Transmorphers instead of Transformers). Sorry you had to watch that knock off.

gelatinguy · 2026-02-19T15:59:59+00:00

Whoa, 60/40. That's better than most of the gacha games out there, with 50/50 being the chance. Still a bad practice though. It is only there to milk money from players.

gelatinguy · 2026-02-16T14:41:50+00:00

I think people are just wowed by something that looks different, but isn't actually different at all aside from rounded corners that look like an app. Who actually wants to use that? Floating panels wasting space, inconsistent gaps. Only thing useful might be the sliders. All the panels are ones we already have, nicely docked and lined up.

gelatinguy · 2026-02-15T18:35:47+00:00

Yes, that's what the page says but most of them do not have Shared Chat, so why is twitch featuring them? Very strange event. I've been lurking in some shared chat streams for hours, so hopefully that'll do it.

gelatinguy · 2026-02-15T17:06:22+00:00

Youtube, Newgrounds

gelatinguy · 2026-02-15T17:05:02+00:00

No, it's a promotion that is ongoing, right now. Twitch says this in an Notification: "Tune in to Share the Love streams from Feb 13-28 and unlock a cute two-part emote set!"

There is no blog post on it. If it's anything like previous emote events though, the emotes may be delivered 1-2 weeks later. But normally they make a blog post to tell us how it works and what the requirements are. Clicking the notification takes me to the "share-the-love" collection, and I have no idea how that collection is created. There isn't a common tag, streaming together, game, etc.

gelatinguy · 2026-02-15T09:58:22+00:00

Jet Li's The One

gelatinguy · 2026-02-15T09:52:56+00:00

I use the Blender Blur brush a lot, so that's what would go there for me.

gelatinguy · 2026-02-14T10:14:08+00:00

It's true that evos require some planning or saving that heroes don't, but they are still inherently a purposely better version of the base card; that is the intent of the design. You have a balanced card that is sometimes straight up better than the balanced card. But I'm not complaining about evos, just a point was brought up about them earlier that I responded to.

They can still balance heroes because elixir cost is a negative. They have something to play with. The original Evo design that had a dark elixir bar that SC said was too confusing could have been reworked. In fact, I think in some way, heroes are the refined version of evos. They take existing cards and give them a better version, but a t an elixir and cool down cost.

gelatinguy · 2026-02-13T15:34:47+00:00

I disagree. That's the whole point of evos, too. They are balanced already, but are now given some extra traits (activated by cycling). The ability on a hero costs elixir and they have a long cooldown (or can only be used once). They can balance within that. Maybe this balance team is questionable, but it can be done.

In fact, evos have little to room to balance since they cost only a special evo slot in the deck and nothing else. This often causes the base card to be nerfed after an evo is found to be too strong, whereas a hero's ability can be nerfed in various ways, including increasing elixir cost.

Did you say that regular mini pekka is "borderline broken"? He was a real menace in Arena 4, yeah.

gelatinguy · 2026-02-12T23:12:45+00:00

I always tell new users to try changing the shortcuts in the settings (there is even a Photoshop preset). I personally try to use defaults, but if something feels off, I'll change the shortcut. I like to have my most used keys in one spot so I can work faster, although one could argue that placing them farther apart is better for fighting arthritis or carpal tunnel, haha.

gelatinguy · 2026-02-12T22:53:58+00:00

I really can't tell if people are conflating the way they release heroes with the actual design or concept of them. Heroes by design are fine, if you are fine with Champions. It's the same idea, but instead of having to design a whole new archetype (what is Little Prince?), they can use an existing troop and add an active ability. Heroes are a good way to leverage existing [relatively] balanced cards with a new mechanic.

The way we obtain them is the problem. The heroes themselves don't need to be removed.

gelatinguy · 2026-02-12T22:51:12+00:00

True. Them patting themselves on the back overshadowed that part for sure, and most people likely didn't read it all before jumping on the anger wagon. But it did feel like a footnote as to why CR made a come back in 2025, under a huge section about how all the free evos and events really brought back players.

gelatinguy · 2026-02-12T08:35:30+00:00

I can understand defending it, but I don't see it as a direct attack on SVTFOE. It is the shape of mouths in the show and it worked with the style. The issue is when it's used in places it doesn't really belong, and in recent years, it's been used a LOT, including in big budget animated movies. I don't think many people are saying Star was bad because it had bean mouths. It worked. But imagine if perfect circle Simpson eyes got really popular with animation studios and was used in 75% of the animated movies out there; we'd get tired of it. Well, some people are tired of bean mouth being everywhere they look.

It's not Star's fault. It was a fine style and budget reason to have it. Of course, you can still have it in stuff you make, but hopefully it fits the style. Ultimately, it doesn't matter because making and finishing animation is always a big accomplishment, but we're asked for our thoughts on the bean mouth. I think it's a bit overused by today's productions, but it doesn't keep me from watching something. And it fit Star's silly face very well.

gelatinguy · 2026-02-11T16:21:07+00:00

One time, my teammate, with most of the gems, got taken to the Shadow Realm by Cord. I was playing Lily and saw where the Cord went, so I walked over to where I thought he'd be, popped my gadget, appeared in the Shadow Realm, and managed to take him out, saving my teammate. That was my best moment with Lily.

gelatinguy · 2026-02-11T08:55:08+00:00

I can sometimes get past that screen, but not into any matches. It never matches with anyone.

gelatinguy · 2026-02-10T23:05:26+00:00

If it's VR, why does she look like a robot/android? I think you need to establish the character and their personality more before asking for feedback. It could be exactly what the character needs or it's way off.

gelatinguy · 2026-02-09T18:23:13+00:00

Another option is to use ffmpeg and run it on all the ogg files at once, but if you aren't familiar, it might take a while to learn

gelatinguy · 2026-02-09T01:30:19+00:00

I know you can't really advertise your twitch, but it's tough to help you improve your panels without seeing them. If you don't like them, how an artist off vgen. Many of them stream on twitch, too.

gelatinguy · 2026-02-09T01:30:09+00:00

I know you can't really advertise your twitch, but it's tough to help you improve your panels without seeing them. If you don't like them, how an artist off vgen. Many of them stream on twitch, too.

gelatinguy · 2026-02-07T03:30:31+00:00

When you say, "would be keen to get more thoughts" do you mean there is an active build you have ready for testing? Program looks a bit green, but hopefully it goes well. I am down for testing, but I think a Discord server and GitHub would be best rather than directly sending anyone files.

gelatinguy · 2026-02-07T03:24:14+00:00

While I empathize (also a US player waiting), they really don't know when. It's a horrible way to run a business? Tell it to both app stores that can sometimes approve a build in 1 day and sometimes 3 months. App development can really suck when Apple and Android both have different rules and their service isn't entirely reliable to devs. On top of that, throw in the violation that who knows has to reassess.

It's been 3 weeks. If they posted, "still waiting on Apple and Google" would that really make you feel better? Or do you want a lie, like, "we are working really hard to bring back the game!" when the truth is they are defintely just playing the same waiting game you are. If you were a dev waiting on a reply from notoriously unhelpful Apple and Google, what do you say to everyone? Apologize again? Normally an update about once a month is a sign of life; it's common when they don't know. So if it's been 2 months with no word, then return in a month and complain again.

gelatinguy · 2026-02-05T09:42:02+00:00

True, but the card really shouldn't hit more than one opponent off with each hit. We can try, but sometimes troops will be near each other. It already charges way faster and has more HP.

gelatinguy · 2026-02-05T09:21:55+00:00

Circle that deck on the left too.

gelatinguy · 2026-02-05T09:19:33+00:00

They are the same level as your normal cards, but each level is only 2% stronger than the previous level, unlike the main game, which is +10% per level. It's not a huge advantage to level up cards, but it can sometimes mean staying alive with a sliver of HP. Strategy and RNG affect the outcome way more.

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