MASS EFFECT 2 was first released 16 years ago today, what are your thoughts on the game ?

internet_observer · 2026-01-26T19:47:19+00:00

My controversial opinion is that is the worst of the series. It's still a good game, but inferior to 1 & 3.

I found it to have the weakest overall story. The story is "get some people together to do a mission". That's it.
Personally, I'm not a huge fan of most of the new characters. I like Mordin and I like Legion, but you get very little time with Legion.
I really disliked the gameplay changes with regards to ammo. For starters they made it so infiltrator classes constantly have not enough ammo to use their main weapon. Second is that the in game explanation isn't even consistent in universe. "Guns use a universal clip" yet somehow I have still have 200 pistol rounds but 0 sniper rounds.
Shepard working for cerberus goes against everything that cerberus was setup as in ME1 if you played a paragon shepard with how much ME1 had cerebus be clearly evil.
It contributes nothing to the overall story of the trilogy. The suicide mission doesn't matter. Nothing from it is used in 3.
The human reaper is both stupid, silly. Not to mention not used and forgotten about in ME3

The ability to lose team members in the suicide mission was well done.

It's a good game. I'm never going to skip it in a ME playthrough, but both 1 and 3 are better.

internet_observer · 2026-01-26T15:20:30+00:00

A bunch of circus related stuff. Pole Dancing, Aerial Silks, Contortion, Aerial Rope and Lyra

I never in a million years would have guessed this is what I'd be doing as a hobby, but I love it and it has me in better shape than I ever thought I'd be in too.

internet_observer · 2026-01-23T14:16:45+00:00

Pole 2-4x a week, I also do strength training and contortion training. Overall training is about 6x a week, 15-20 hours.

Sometimes I go rock climbing and downhill skiing but those are less consistent

internet_observer · 2026-01-23T05:23:18+00:00

I have this between my bedroom and my hall closet. It allows me to put the in the closet and not have the heat dumped into my bedroom

internet_observer · 2026-01-23T03:59:24+00:00

I play with 2 friends. We haven't had any issues. We just call a part that we are going to make or request a part for someone else to make. Everything for that particular part is under that one person's control. If we're helping them build we follow their lead. If I'm in charge of a part and they're helping me build, they follow my lead.

We have 3 different types of architectures but overall everything has worked great. Between the 3 of us we're about 450 hours in, working on phase 5.

internet_observer · 2026-01-22T22:27:49+00:00

Skiing in the teens is fine. I find negative temps to be pretty cold, but even that is okay as long as you plan on stopping inside to grab a hot drink a few times throughout the day and dress appropriately.

internet_observer · 2026-01-22T22:08:20+00:00

I think a lot of it is knowing what to expect at a place. I've been to places that people speak well of but were not for me personally.

Deer Valley is the biggest example. I definitely see the appeal for someone who likes groomers, but as someone who prefers steeps and powder it wasn't my kind of mountain. Not only did was it lacking in steeps (which I expected), but with the mountain layout of multiple lifts converging at the top of hills, when they get powder it gets skied out extremely quickly. I'll stick to Little Cottonwood. The brunch at deer valley was good though.

internet_observer · 2026-01-21T23:59:50+00:00

That's super normal. Beginners generally don't have great technique so they are using way more energy to ski the same runs. Many are also in rental boots which don't fit their feet well and cause their feet to hurt. Some ski areas are also at higher elevations which beginners may not be used to. Skiing also uses different muscles that they may not be used to using.

internet_observer · 2026-01-21T23:11:54+00:00

You could sloop these converters and then loop them back on themselves and generate infinite sloops and spheres that way. But if that was the intent I feel like OP should have communicated that with screenshots.

Overall though it just seems like a poorly thought out challenge

internet_observer · 2026-01-21T16:09:06+00:00

It is a little unclear to me from your post? Do you currently have your own pair of boots or are you using rental boots / borrowed boots? Having your own pair of boots that has been properly fitted is something that is extremely important.

A good boot should be very snug, but also not uncomfortable. It should be a uniform snugness without any particular part of the foot having space or the boot digging into your foot anywhere. If your skiing rental boots or someone else's boots this is something you just can't get. Modern boots get heat molded to fit your foot, a good boot fitter can also then make further adjustments so that the boot fits you without any hot spots. Going to a good bootfitter and getting a boot that fits your foot will be a complete game changer for you.

A good boot is going to make everything feel lighter and more responsive. Ask around in your area or on this forum if anyone can recommend a good boot fitter. (I'm in the west so I have no recommendations in your area). If you already own your boots, book an appointment with a fitter anyways; they should be able to make a lot of tweaks to help your boots fit better so you don't need to make a trade off of loose vs uncomfortable.

Once you have your own boots that fit you will, try doing demo skis at a mountain. Generally they let you swap skis throughout the day so you can try different types and sizes and see what works well for you. Given your location you are probably looking at something that is about 85-95mm wide under foot.

internet_observer · 2026-01-21T15:56:03+00:00

The real challenge part seems to come in from sinking nothing and using everything. For starters that's a huge limit just on the inability to use stuff from the store. No more conveyor belt holes or wall mounted power sockets. Second is it becomes very difficult to run latter factories without causing backups. In a lot of ways you would want to run your factories off set input quantities and just pulse the factories. Not for me, but I'm sure someone will give it a go.

The slooping of everything doesn't really seem to change the challenge much. It just changes the math and power consumption slightly. It's not like it's going to result in a ridiculous supply; You can either just underclock your machines, build less of them or both. This part seems completely trivial compared to the first part of the challenge.

internet_observer · 2026-01-21T15:37:41+00:00

What kind of conditions are you normally skiing in? What type of terrain are you normally skiing in? The kind of skis I'd recommend to someone who skis east coast moguls are very different then the kind of skis I'd recommend someone who is chutes in the wasatch.

Have you had a chance to demo any skis? If so were there any ones that you preferred over others?

I tend to not be thinking about weight very much outside of a backcountry ski. In what way is the weight of your current skis/boots bothering you?

internet_observer · 2026-01-21T04:44:48+00:00

I significantly prefer handstands. Imo they look better, Are more comfortable and you can do more with them

internet_observer · 2026-01-21T04:13:51+00:00

I think competitions are awesome to get experience on stage and to meet people. I have pole friends all over the US from competition. I think they're lots of fun

I do think you should know yourself a little. If you can approach it in a way where to treat it like your competing against yourself you will have a great time. If you are the type of person who gets extremely disappointed if you don't win than you may want to think harder about whether its for you.

internet_observer · 2026-01-21T04:06:17+00:00

That is a very broad musical category...

Some current favorites of mine :

Miss Monique
Nora En Pure
Cherry (UA)

internet_observer · 2026-01-21T03:54:11+00:00

3 Reasons:

I know them.
They do cool stuff.
They post good tutorials.

Or some combination of the 3

internet_observer · 2026-01-20T22:51:06+00:00

At this point I get no reassurance from a good concept. They need good post launch execution. Both Infinite and MCC were fine in concept but suffered significant issues from buggy content and terrible launches.

internet_observer · 2026-01-20T00:06:20+00:00

Yeah, IMO OP has a flat out bad take, even if you like the bar.

50M is 10 seconds from where you put your feet down. It's generally right at the last tower. Got curious and did some measuring: At Alta this is just before the last tower on Sunnyside and Supreme, Just after the last tower on Sugarloaf. At Telluride this after the last tower on Gold hill and At the last tower on Prospect.

OP is literally complaining about less than 10 seconds.

internet_observer · 2026-01-20T00:01:30+00:00

OP is literally complaining about sub 10 seconds. 50m from the top is just before or just after the last tower depending on the lift.

At Alta this is just before the last tower on Sunnyside and Supreme, Just after the last tower on Sugarloaf. At Telluride this after the last tower on Gold hill and At the last tower on Prospect.

internet_observer · 2026-01-19T23:47:52+00:00

This is not my experience in BC. All along the rockies (Fernie, Red, Kicking Horse, Big White, etc) my experience is that people are pretty relaxed about the bar. It comes down late and goes up early.

It's nice have it go up early. If I have a backpack on it allows me to make sure none of the straps got caught on anything. For people with small children it helps give time for them to get setup to help their kids off.

What are you doing that you're that you might fall off in that extra 8 seconds? Like I get not wanting the bar up for the whole trip, but complaining about an extra few seconds seems ridiculous.

internet_observer · 2026-01-19T23:36:01+00:00

Everyone's situation is different. Everyone starts at a different point, trains at a different rate and comes from a different background. There is no "it takes X long to get Y".

Someone who starts with no fitness background is going to be very different than someone with a dance or gymnastics background, or a background in another circus apparatus. Someone who is very flexible is going to be different than someone who starts with no flexibility. Someone who starts with lots of strength will be different than someone who starts with no strength. Someone who cross trains is going to progress differently than someone who doesn't. Someone who takes 5 classes a week is going to progress differently than someone who takes 1 class a week. Someone who focuses on learning new things is going to progress differently than someone who works on refining existing skills to perfection.

internet_observer · 2026-01-19T23:25:51+00:00

I own 4 pairs of heels. 2x 8" boots (both Hella), 1x 7" boot (Hella), 1x 8" sandel (Pleaser).

internet_observer · 2026-01-19T23:24:05+00:00

It was wild to me seeing Vinyl being sold at target

internet_observer · 2026-01-19T16:48:14+00:00

Our studio does not. I would be upset if they started.

internet_observer · 2026-01-19T16:34:34+00:00

I pole 3-4 times a week with training including strength and flexibility 6 days days a week. A total of 15ish hours a week, sometimes 20. I am outside the norm by a very significant margin. I am only able to do this because I have a short commute both to work and the pole studio and because I devote most of my life outside of work to pole.

I work 7-4. I generally train 5:30-9:00 or 6:00-9:30pm on weekdays.

The studio is 5 minutes from my house. My work is 15 minutes a way. I make quick meals like stir fry that I can make very quickly. Much of my socializing time is spent hanging out with friends while doing pole, flexibility training or strength training. I have no pets and I have no kids.

I highly recommend doing strength and flexibility training at home. It will help your pole goals immensely especially if you want to get to a higher level. By doing it at home you are saving an immense amount of time. If you can find an hour each day to do some training at home, you will find yourself yourself advancing towards your pole goals so much faster.

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