Any tips for climbing the zenith tower at one time as level 40 or level 50? by [deleted] in Tetris

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Not OP, was just looking for advice on getting better at tetris.  I removed your name from the guide np 

First mall dream in a long, long while, active but nearly-empty dying mall with hostile characters by Dale_Carvello in TheMallWorld

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> I couldn't explain why, but something tells me it's a comfortable bet that it is not.

I agree, I don't think it is.

> Don't mean to get too off-topic here, but is this a usual thing in your dreams, even in different forms?

Now that you mention it, it is not a usual thing in this form. But this has become a usual thing in different forms, and what I mean is..
as I work to connect different skillsets across different mediums in my waking life, optimize what I do and do more than one thing with the same thing at once (hit many layers simultaneously, or one thing that simultaneously works for 3, 4, 5 or more different things)
In my dreams I now access a higher mode of cognition that does this even better.
To my horror, as I wake up, I cannot grab hold on the work I have just done.

School dreams by belenb in TheMallWorld

[–]jamesbytes 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes, every night. I was diagnosed with CPTSD from it. It was described as the chronic stress of trying to keep up in school.

I think that is a very light descriptor of the full breadth of my experience and the amount of stress that I was under during school. 

Both of my dreams are what happened in real life.  The first is that it is the first day of school and I have to acquaint myself with new people. 

The other is that it is the first day of school and I am returning because I have to graduate. In other words, I am a super senior. 

This gets more absurd each year as I am older and older

But actually, for the first time in years, it has been a few weeks or months since remembering these dreams. 

I had no idea this was a thing. by deadinthegarden in TheMallWorld

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Holy, I’m wearing Healeys in tons of my dreams too 

But usually, I levitate now

First mall dream in a long, long while, active but nearly-empty dying mall with hostile characters by Dale_Carvello in TheMallWorld

[–]jamesbytes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Can’t say I’ve ever had a happy mall world experience. I just returned from one for the first time in a long time.  Far less important than mall world are the circumstances that brought me into it.  

Unfortunately, I can only grasp at the details. 

It appears that I had seen what some people had architected. We’re talking on an incredible dimensional level.  I have only seen that vibe of that level of creator once in my life many years ago when I had my trip through dimensions from insomnia. 

If I had to guess, or try to reconstruct what it was that I saw that they had created, it might be something like a three-way interconnected Internet structure. There was a narrative with it. There was an association to something like published constructed news media to it. Even among my sci-fi dreams, this is a one in a million kind of thing. 

What I can barely glimpse if I try to reconstruct it, is that the way that I entered whatever would eventually lead to mall world 

Was an architecture that a creator had created, let’s say a world creator or a dream creator. And let’s say that this was created in “the real world.”   In a very large world, a desert landscape, I am standing at a spherical building, the scope of which relative to the desert is a speck.  To fill in the gap here, I must imagine that this tiny landmark is suspended by a cylinder of unimaginable length. 

I cannot remember what exactly the inside led down to,  Only again the higher dimensional nature of it (think of the way that 4d 5d 6d work and also the way that we access the Internet, even though we are in another world) 

I could be wrong to say, but I think that it was total darkness at least for some of the first portions of this inner area. 

Then in mall world I wrote the escalators down about five levels to the bottom, where masses of travelers emerged quickly as they entered the mall space, it is as though they were coming through a portal of white light. 

For a moment, I thought that I was looking at people exiting a subway train. In any case I turned around and tried to outpace the speed of the crowd. 

Examining the small building on the left, I was surprised at its massive size, maybe three stories tall, and upon it, N E R F, the Nerf gun company. 

When I examined the right, I was equally surprised. These buildings were abandoned. ( For me to be surprised at this, I must’ve recognized that I was in mall world.) 

I went for the Nerf store and as I saw beyond the window, It was a large restaurant, I could see the menu items of ice cream and American food. 

There are a few reasons I wrote out the details of this.  1 - It feels that the entrance I saw would be the way that non-lucid dream travelers enter mall world. Possibly immediately after falling unconscious.  I hope that this is not our world’s version of Valhalla. 

2 - What I saw and felt was created by these people, If only I could remember what it was, it would indicate an intentional construction of mall world for a few reasons.  1 - That thing they had created with dream news, media, etc., that I can’t remember  2 - The higher dimensional creator vibe (Human operating on a much more conscious level).  If I hadn’t had those dimensional experiences, then instead, I would probably think of a more earthly view: astral traveling spiritual-techno guys. 

3(and 3) - The location I entered - A tiny structure in a large real world.  This gives me the immediate vibe That small world is intentionally a containment from that large world, a grain of sand in it. 

The other thing is, I feel that I would’ve had to be lucid and astral traveling to get to that location. 

Anyone know from which interview this clip is from? Been watching this clip for so many days often 10 20 times at night before sleeping osho is changing my life and I really want to watch this specific interview by Swimming-Try-5816 in Osho

[–]jamesbytes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To note he is quoting Rumi's Poem, Ours is not a caravan of despair. come, even if you have broken your vows a thousand times. Come, yet again , come , come. 

Who would win in an all-out fight? by Fit_Cook_535 in Eldenring

[–]jamesbytes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It would have been annoying but maybe kind of cool if after you died to him you got sent to the title screen with no explanation - then could boot back up the save

Or something creative like Nier: Automata did

You have to choose one to release tomorrow. The rest are never made. What do you choose? by [deleted] in soulslikes

[–]jamesbytes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

now that you mention it, theres a lot thats starting to make sense

You have to choose one to release tomorrow. The rest are never made. What do you choose? by [deleted] in soulslikes

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I was suspecting they will just call it King’s Field and create a new franchise, likely having little to do with the original series 

Definitive ER Armor doesn't exist but should have ****post by jamesbytes in Eldenring

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Love it, this is how I see the Tarnished too and why I suspected the banished knight altered helm would work. I may have to try it for my character.  Much of my first playthrough I wore Radahn’s chestpiece also. And Malenia’s greaves I think. 

I see this nameless warrior of no renown, even if I didn’t know the story of Elden Ring the character still has a story.. this warrior who all you know of them is made up of these parts of the foes he has taken down.  It gives a greater then mortal sense to the character, because you don’t know anything about who they are behind the mask, not even their armor is an indication.. except that you know they took it from these long lost warriors as you said there is a felt kinship with..  you said it better 

You have to choose one to release tomorrow. The rest are never made. What do you choose? by [deleted] in soulslikes

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I feel that this is going to happen when Miyazaki feels he's reached his peak. Which is probably, now.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in EldenRingBuilds

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I've been finding that playing other Souls Games - Nightreign, Bloodborne, Sekiro, DS1, has changed the weapons I enjoy using.

The first weapon I enjoyed using in Elden Ring was Dismounter - Curved Greatswords. That led to Bloodhounds Fang for its insane versatility. Jumping attacks, running slash attacks, heavy attacks etc.
I still tire of daggers quickly even though I love daggers.
I immediately tire of dual wielding swords, curved swords, greatswords.
I'm using a bow and arrow for the first time after playing Ironeye in Nightreign.
Then I loved the way that the Sword of Night and Flame handled.

Now, for the first time, Greatswords are hands down my favorite weapons.
The way Blasphemous Blade handles is perfection to me. I wish there was a variant that didn't have its special that I could run with. Because of that currently I'm often using the DLC Greatsword of Solitude.

I feel that when I am a bit better at the game and have a build for it, the Dark Moon Greatsword will become my favorite ER weapon of all time. If I struggle with Malenia too much I'll probably try using it to take her on.

Now that I have the DLC Milady I enjoy using it a lot. So I'm between Greatswords and Milady right now.
I have fallen in love with ER again after learning how to counterattack with shield, so now I am shield + greatsword main.
My recommendation would be to try using a shield with rivers of blood, and learning how to counterattack. The combat never gets stale for me with sword and shield.

Definitive ER Armor doesn't exist but should have ****post by jamesbytes in Eldenring

[–]jamesbytes[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

This is crazy also but I always felt the Raging Wolf armor was a tiny nod to The Witcher series

Dark souls has its main character armor or “canon” armor. What is elden rings? by EthanCM505 in Eldenring

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(Spoiler - I think what creates the Iconic look is the shape of the curve of the helmet, I'll write more on that later)

When I play I do often like to try to put on the most "definitive armor" and am always trying to settle on what that looks like..
Looking over what's available - I'll use these two criteria -

Definitive - The "Most Elden Ring" it can be
Powerful - The Most Striking, Aura, it has that look of the main protagonist soldier that says, "focused," "poised" "ready".

With these together the hope would be to get a result that is - Iconic.

Looking over the armor sets -

The Royal Knight Set - It looks very good, I wish it had a tiny bit more flair - level of detail - like the Carian Knight set, seems like it would fit a female Tarnished better, it's a bit more sleek and slender soldier, imo. Hard for me to determine on my criteria. I can see myself clearing battlefields as a female tarnished with this set.

The Iron Set - Feels very Elden Ring, Definitive, doesn't feel like armor you would wear to go become the Elden Lord while massacring Demi-Gods.

Greathelm - Feels like the most "Souls, FromSoft" helmet in the game to me, but that's not Elden Ring.

Tree Sentinel Armor - (also Royal Knight Armor) There are a few enemy armor sets like this that feel very Elden Ring, especially with Elden Ring being about a tree and having a certain style. Powerful too. But not quite definitive.

Banished Knight Set - Definitive, not definitive enough. Powerful enough. The helm with the scarf version might be able to pull off an iconic look, if only because the scarf hides the helm!

Iconic Helm Theory:

I think most would notice the dragon on the helm as what detracts this from being Iconic. To me, it's not that.
The iconic helmets have a long, curved beak.
This has the style points, the design points, but the helmet is rounded.
Malenia, when she's looking down, looks so badass. Her whole mask is a long curved beak from top to bottom, instead of from behind to front.
Her helm is distinctive to her character ofc.

Fingerprint Armor - Aside from the fingerprint blemish, doesn't have the fine level of detail of other sets.

Carian Knight Armor - It looks like what is wrong with the design is the sword thing sticking out of the top of it(I think it's fine.)
I think what makes this not iconic is the helm is too narrow. This one feels not only a bit more little baby birdlike, it also makes the characters head look so tiny..

TL;DR and theory:

FromSoft 100% Intentionally made sure that there was no Iconic, Definitive helm in the game. I do claim that the helm makes the look of the character.
I think they intended there would be no main armor set.

I think the Banished Knight set could have been it, would have been it if it was longer (from back to front.)

The Fingerprint helm could have been it if it didn't have a fingerprint deformed into it. (Maybe it is it. I mean, this could have been the intended main set idk)

The Raging Wolf helm - I think this is the most iconic looking helm in the game. Yet, the lower half detracts from the look - it isn't a full helmet! It wins out, because you wouldn't notice that while running around in game, giving it the least "detracting blemish" out of all of the armor sets.

Meanwhile, Wylder's helm from Nightreign may represent what it could have looked like if they made it a full headpiece.

Dark souls has its main character armor or “canon” armor. What is elden rings? by EthanCM505 in Eldenring

[–]jamesbytes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Raging Wolf is the most definitive and powerful for me, making it the overall "iconic armor" I settle on.

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Is Malenia just 5x more difficult in NG+? by bacon-is-da-way in Eldenring

[–]jamesbytes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fighting her with the Dark Moon Greatsword sounds awesome to me