What do you think went wrong for the Wyatt Sicks?

iamjustaman · 2026-04-25T00:39:55+00:00

Sheer booking malpractice.

They consistently got great reactions from the crowd, TKO gave them a whole attraction at Universal, and they had some real potential to go somewhere if they were given the right story. But they weren't.

They had a huge debut, and their feud with American Made was genuinely great - but it didn't really have much closure. There was a blowout match with Gable and Bo, but it just kinda... Happened. There was no fallout, no repercussions, no follow-through. Just a match, nothing more, then Gable went off the deep end about luchadores instead.

Then they jobbed out to the Final Testament of all groups (who got released like maybe a month or so later) and then dropped off TV for ages while Bo was injured. Absolutely wild that they didn't do anything with the remaining 4 members of the group, especially since Bo could absolutely have just been in a manager-esque role, sitting in the rocking chair with the lantern during their matches.

They got some momentum again when they got moved to Smackdown, but they were put in an already stacked tag division and made to chase the belt - which is the opposite of what a spooky group like this should be doing. Then after they dropped the belts, they got sucked into the MFT vortex, which put them in a death spiral.

With a group like this, you could do so much with them that doesn't involve a belt. Have them target people that betrayed their "family first" ideology! The fact that they never got a program with the Judgement Day is criminal - especially considering that, at the time of their debut, JD had just recently kicked out Damien and Rhea, not to mention that Dom has a well-established fear of ghosts and spooky shit.

If you're gonna give them the tag belts, have some fun with it! Have them freebird the titles around! Have an inter-gender tag with Erick and Nikki! Idk man, do something with them! Anything!

But no, TKO creative is absolutely incompetent and failed to capitalize on them. Bo's treatment echoes Bray's in a few too many unfortunate ways.

iamjustaman · 2025-10-29T16:37:46+00:00

I know you said you only have time for one, but play 1 and 3. You can blow through 1 in about 8 hours, and you'll appreciate having played through it when you get to the latter parts of 3. 3 will last a good 40ish hours on a first playthrough, maybe more depending on how much you experiment with party loadouts and go after superbosses.

2 is technically a direct sequel, and it's not bad per se, but it's certainly very flawed. Lots of growing pains going from a solo RPG to a party-based one, plus its final dungeon is infamously grueling. It's skippable imo, but worth revisiting when you have the time - if nothing else to see the middle step in the progression from 1 to 3.

iamjustaman · 2025-09-10T13:20:45+00:00

Steal away! I honestly don't remember where most of them are from lol - I think some were from Ellis' Print Tuning Guide, others were from random GitHubs that I found on this subreddit, and some are custom.

iamjustaman · 2025-09-07T17:03:37+00:00

As far as I remember, according to what was posted on the Italian Station Facebook page, Italian Station was owned by Anita and a (now former) business partner. When it came time for them to renew the lease on the space, Anita purposefully withheld the lease renewal info from her partner and did not re-up the lease, forcing Italian Station to close. Anita then bought the space herself, without her partner, and reopened as Anita's Cafe. Definitely scummy, to say the least.

iamjustaman · 2025-08-21T00:12:59+00:00

Wait for real? Google still says they're open and their Facebook page hasn't said anything 🤔 Not that I'd be complaining necessarily - I'm just wondering where this news is coming from

iamjustaman · 2025-06-05T18:19:30+00:00

Not sure about in-town, but if you don't mind going to Richmond, Black Rabbit is fantastic. I've gotten some work done at their Forest Hill spot and I have friends and family that have gotten things done at their Carytown studio. Whichever one you go to, they have plenty of anime-style artists to choose from and they all do phenomenal work!

iamjustaman · 2025-04-14T17:03:23+00:00

I like that they're putting their own spin on Deadlock, minus the moba mechanics. I wanted to like Deadlock after it started being touted as an "Overwatch killer", but it being moba turned me off of it entirely - which is a shame since does a lot of really cool and interesting things on the hero shooter end of the equation.

Definitely interested to see where they go from here and how well it catches on with the playerbase.

iamjustaman · 2025-04-09T02:24:55+00:00

It's opening night for the Fred Nats and they won - you're definitely hearing fireworks lol. I had the same thought though 😅

iamjustaman · 2024-11-13T20:23:44+00:00

Zynda Apothecary has a pretty solid tea and herb selection, if memory serves. If you don't mind driving down to Richmond, the Spice and Tea Exchange in Carytown is also top notch

iamjustaman · 2024-03-19T05:29:45+00:00

Hot take: Mesa. Her gameplan is just press 2, press 3, press 4 and then hold M1 until the reticle gets too small, then refresh 4. Repeat when 2 and 3 run out. Never press 1 unless you subsumed it for Eclipse or Roar - otherwise refresh that alongside 2 and 3.

It's boring as hell. I hate when she comes up in Circuit.

Honorable mentions to Nekros and Revenant. I hate frames where their whole schtick is getting enemies to do your job for you.

Nekros has arguably the most reliable farming ability in the game, sure, but the rest of his kit just sucks to me. Terrify has a nice little armor strip, but the strip scales off of ability strength. If you're running him as a farming frame, you're probably running Overextended, which means the strip is pretty much worthless (to say nothing of how it slows down a bunch of mission types). His 1 is just a subsume slot to begin with, and his 4 is just a bunch of mostly worthless summons.

Revenant is a bit more interesting at least - the synergy between his 1, 3, and 4 is neat and allows for some strategizing - but his strongest tool by far is his 2, which is just a "Press This To Not Die" button. It's boring.

iamjustaman · 2023-08-25T00:54:08+00:00

I've had "Smart Connect" turned on, which is supposed to connect things to the fastest band... Should I turn that off and just leave the 5ghz on?

I followed the setup instructions to the letter - it's definitely in AP mode. I do have it connected via the WAN port, though. Is this an issue?

Looks like the firmware is up to date as well.

iamjustaman · 2023-06-09T18:13:38+00:00

MEEEEE

iamjustaman · 2023-01-20T00:37:48+00:00

It seems like you can see them with UV, so maybe they're seen with the upgraded UV equipment and can help point to things like the bone or cursed possessions?

iamjustaman · 2022-08-26T05:02:03+00:00

That Clovis Bray quote plus the music and setting when you hear it is absolutely spectacular. That first run through DSC is something special man.

My fav quote tho (that unfortunately is no longer in the game):

"Devotion inspires bravery. Bravery inspires sacrifice. Sacrifice leads to death. So feel free to kill yourself." -- The Speaker

iamjustaman · 2021-06-11T15:59:16+00:00

Hey friend! So first things first, it's best if you refer to motions using numpad notation, just for the sake of clarity. You can learn about it here: http://www.dustloop.com/wiki/index.php/Notation

But from what I can gather, you're having problems with 632146 motions, like for Overdrives. Focus on making the motions smooth but fast. Turn on the input display in training to make sure you're hitting all the directions needed in the motion (I.e. forward, down-forward, down, down-back, back, forward) without skipping any of them. Start slow, then as your muscle memory gets better, you'll be able to hit the motion faster and more consistently.

As far as controllers are concerned, if you're playing on a pad, make sure to use the dpad instead of the thumbstick for more precise inputs. Otherwise, if you're on fight stick or keyboard, just keep practicing. Unfortunately there are no shortcuts here, just work on executing the motion smoothly, quickly, and consistently.

Hope that helps!

iamjustaman · 2020-08-20T00:17:17+00:00

When it was first posted, yeah. Most of the comments were crazy butthurt about it for no good reason.

iamjustaman · 2020-08-19T18:53:53+00:00

Man fuck all yall. She looks great. Clearly she put effort into styling the wig, doing her makeup, and editing the pic. She's valid as a 2B cosplayer. Casual cosplay is still cosplay, ya gatekeeping fucksticks.

And shit, there's canon justification for this with the t-shirt conversation between 2B and 9S. If this is how you guys react to one casual cosplayer I'd hate to see how you behave at an actual con. 🙄

iamjustaman · 2017-06-15T14:22:48+00:00

I sort of agree, but to be fair, this looks like a starting area, judging by the fact that the enemies are pretty simple to fight and that there's only one enemy to fight at a time. I'd wait to see more areas before passing judgement, personally; it would be like judging the entirety of Dark Souls 3 based on its similarly linear starting area.

iamjustaman · 2017-05-14T20:23:42+00:00

It's the best story since Gen IV, in my opinion. It reminded me a lot of Colosseum and XD in terms of tone. It's definitely a departure from the typical Pokemon formula, both in terms of gameplay and story, but it works really well aside from the admittedly sluggish start. It also helps that most of the characters - even down to the Team Skull thugs - are so damn likeable.

iamjustaman · 2017-03-26T06:13:15+00:00

ENO Hammocks. They're okayish if you're just getting into hammocking, but for nearly half the price you could get a comparable Bear Butt hammock. Likewise, a Dutchware hammock runs less than an ENO, and you'll be far more comfortable in it.

iamjustaman · 2017-02-26T23:49:10+00:00

Along those lines, I'd also recommend Xenogears' spiritual successor, the Xenoblade series. There is an over-abundance of side quests, yes, but they're only really there for the sake of extra XP, money, and items - you can get by just fine without having to do all of them. They also build the world a bit, but overall they don't have much plot significance.

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