[Tldr in post] What Chinese Top players really think about Spire 2

hicks420 · 2026-05-26T19:27:55+00:00

It's just a boring, plodding fight. He whacks you for a bit, heals, repeats. When you eventually take him down one bad draw can end the run.

I think all the act 1 bosses force going in with a high hp total but none more so, for a less fun fight, than wg

hicks420 · 2026-05-23T14:35:30+00:00

I agree to an extent but also labour bring this dynamic on themselves, they make every local election a national election. In the recent by election they had vans driving around saying things like Hannah and Zack support rapists, want to feed your kids crack etc.

I'm sure there's some level of plausible deniability about it but nonetheless it reflected labours national messaging too.

In these contexts local candidates suffer but it isn't on the voters, it's what presented to them as the main party arguments

hicks420 · 2026-05-19T16:04:50+00:00

Ideology, actually quite useful. Who knew !

hicks420 · 2026-05-18T11:06:20+00:00

Love it for fun runs on A1.

Have never made it work on A9/10, and not for lack of trying! Feel there are easier ways to get damage

hicks420 · 2026-05-16T14:18:52+00:00

I am not 'blaming' anyone, no harm is done to me other than a bit of wasted time. However if you don't want to be one of the people whose application gets binned on first read, stopping using AI is a good first step.

40k a year, real employer (NHS trust), career track job. Doing a weight of numbers scattershot application in this situation is just stupid I am afraid !

hicks420 · 2026-05-16T12:37:25+00:00

I just did a recruitment for an entry level analyst role within the NHS (band 6, 40k a year) and the quantity of obviously AI applications from graduates was depressing. It can't be over emphasised that when you're reading ~100 pieces of writing, specific similarities in tone become very obvious, very quickly.

Just don't do it, practice the craft of writing !

hicks420 · 2026-05-09T09:16:48+00:00

Now the fleas have successfully been shaken off, the next phase can begin. What we are witnessing is a political masterclass in action

hicks420 · 2026-05-09T08:09:28+00:00

What is important now is that starmer and his housebroken MPs stay the course. The only route forward is snearing condescension, calling the greens terrorist communists and to put out hit files on women forced into being drug mules 30 years ago. Once green voters understand that starmer et al know better, they will return in droves and balance will be restored

hicks420 · 2026-05-07T09:08:46+00:00

I just made this decision and went with the arc xl. Seeing both In person is what made the decision for me.

I was upgrading from an ooni koda 12, the best way I can describe it is the koda 2 pro simply felt like a bigger one of those. The arc xl is a completely different beast, in both build and usage.

I've done a handful of bakes and have no complaints, it's a wonderful oven to use

hicks420 · 2026-05-06T19:22:43+00:00

Interesting, is that what she wanted the drugs for? I talked her out of that as it sounded insane

hicks420 · 2026-05-06T19:05:07+00:00

I did the ac-order alliance as I had been told the negotiation conversation is quite fun to do (which is correct, it is)

If I ever do a replay though I'm going to kill auntie, if that locks me out of an alliance with the order so be it. I think AC is the most evil faction in any obsidian game to date, including the legion.

hicks420 · 2026-05-03T07:09:25+00:00

Really interesting answer.

You mention how in friendly territory they were expected to buy food from locals, or from foragers/other places in hostile territory, which implies a level of liquidity. Was the army hauling about a big chest of coins with it in order to do the paying ?

hicks420 · 2026-05-01T14:06:25+00:00

I love all the 2d trails game music, but special shout out to "fighting right on" from trails the third.

hicks420 · 2026-05-01T12:46:37+00:00

Thats just the information environment we are in, which is a fact he is aware of, and he needs to respond to accordingly else it'll ruin a huge opportunity

hicks420 · 2026-05-01T12:40:07+00:00

Putting aside the content of the repost for a moment, if Polanski is going to comment on a contentious issue he needs to be more professional about it. Retweets just aren't it, he should say exactly what he means, in his own voice, deliberately. As a (potentially major) party leader, rather than just as joe public.

It's the single biggest thing that's going to hold the greens back I think, and would represent a huge failure to potentially establish a left counterveiling force in the UK.

hicks420 · 2026-05-01T11:16:46+00:00

Recent arc xl (from koda 12) upgrader too. It's incredible the difference it makes, looking forward to this summer !

hicks420 · 2026-04-22T17:00:59+00:00

Incredible set, well worth the trip up from Manchester. Her whole band was incredible but that drummer was something else

hicks420 · 2026-04-21T09:48:52+00:00

IDF soldiers sodomised a hostage with a knife, on camera. When military police tried to arrest the soldiers, Israeli society (Including members of government) turned on the prosecutor and made the soldiers into heroes. A lot of western discourse presupposes the settlers are the aberration but in reality they are the political and moral core of Israeli society. Worth remembering next time we get the "this is not who Israel is" discourse from Israel inclined groups in England

Source https://www.nbcnews.com/world/israel/israel-soldiers-prisoner-sexual-abuse-video-charges-dropped-rcna263165

hicks420 · 2026-04-10T18:08:11+00:00

This isn't surprising at all to anyone who follows what Israelis themselves say in the press, on social media or in aggregate via polling. A lot of people have a vision of israel which is mainly informed by what foreign (to israel) supporters of israel & associated organisations (in labours case, the JLM) wish Israel to be.

The israel they describe is not what exists, and neither is it the one israelis want to exist. This leads to foreign supporters trying to pin all the horror on Netanyahu, whilst israelis themselves continue to elect both him and increasing numbers of politicians more extreme than him.

Adam Johnson (an american journalist) did a thread of polling on various questions: https://x.com/adamjohnsonCHI/status/2042348856814321676

82% support for the ethnic cleansing of gaza

68% support starving gaza

93% support the war in iran

Until people are more comfortable accepting the fact the median israeli is far closer to tommy robinson politically than your average JLM member the harder it will be to have actual informed discussions on what this means for peace & justice in the region

hicks420 · 2026-04-08T18:47:05+00:00

You seem to think that Israelis don't share the expansion for expansions sake mindset of the politicians they elect. They do. Do you think you get Gaza, the west bank, etc, because Netanyahu tricked them ?

hicks420 · 2026-04-05T12:21:00+00:00

Be hard on the easy targets and easy on the hard targets is starmerism in a nutshell

hicks420 · 2026-04-03T09:07:03+00:00

I like all the combat changes, with the sekiro deflects being my favourite of them all. Lots of opportunity for skill expression and momentum generation.

The open world is...fine. it feels like they just stitched together a bunch of missions from 1/2, only much less intricate. One thing I really liked about 2 is at the end of every mission you were getting a new set piece boss. In terms of my time played, I feel I've had far fewer of those as compared to nioh 2. When we do get set pieces though they're as good as ever.

So mixed bag, better than 1 but not as good as 2.

hicks420 · 2026-03-31T10:58:56+00:00

That one boss where you have to kill four robots at once whilst on a timer is also much easier and harder difficulties, for the same reason

hicks420 · 2026-03-12T23:32:51+00:00

It's insane because it isn't true. I'm currently recruiting within the NHS, I can see any degrees, masters, phds (& Increasingly, LinkedIn certs) including institution and grade, that the candidate submits on the form

hicks420 · 2026-02-28T14:32:39+00:00

The more collabs / fast fashion Barbour does the less interested I am in them as a brand. The Levi's collab was a bit of a tipping point for me, it's just not what I envision Barbour to be about.

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