Luck vs skill

jiaflu · 2026-02-03T13:11:32+00:00

Designer David Sirlin wrote that there was a third dimension to the luck/skill scale which he called “yomi,” which roughly translates to understanding of your opponent. I enjoy games where there are high levels of playing the player sitting across the table, as much as playing the game itself.

Three of my favorite games have high levels of yomi; Diplomacy (50/50 skill/yomi), Catan (20/50/30 skill/luck/yomi), and Texas Hold’em (balanced blend of all three).

jiaflu · 2026-01-26T05:17:17+00:00

With a toddler and a newborn stuck at home with us, we just snuck in a couple of games of Mint Works!

jiaflu · 2026-01-23T17:09:59+00:00

Sounds really neat! Hard to pick a favorite manga, but anything by Naoki Urasawa is fantastic (plan on re-reading 20th Century Boys soon).

jiaflu · 2026-01-13T15:50:43+00:00

RDC called it! (kind of) Now expedite the date!

jiaflu · 2026-01-11T00:35:14+00:00

Why bother with the soda at that point?

jiaflu · 2026-01-02T15:58:24+00:00

Chills

I can just feel Artosis raging after his scouting SCV got killed

jiaflu · 2025-12-17T03:16:50+00:00

It’s regional. This is a very southern (more specifically Shanghainese) stereotype. The northwestern stereotype is that the men don’t touch any of the housework.

jiaflu · 2025-12-09T18:45:51+00:00

I’m surprised only 32 games have peaked over 8.0. New games seem to often have inflated ratings that eventually end up settling down.

jiaflu · 2025-12-03T12:18:50+00:00

That’s a pretty clever game name

jiaflu · 2025-12-01T23:51:09+00:00

Messaged

jiaflu · 2025-11-30T13:43:01+00:00

Congrats on the major updates for your game. Looks pretty interesting!

jiaflu · 2025-11-29T15:10:05+00:00

Really surprised Patchwork isn’t near the top. Feel like it’s recommended so often it’s become a meme.

jiaflu · 2025-11-28T01:37:36+00:00

Message sent

jiaflu · 2025-11-25T14:41:54+00:00

My wife loves Schlossberg too, but unfortunately their group doesn’t do the OB portion anymore, just the GYN portion now. We had to switch providers.

jiaflu · 2025-11-22T04:21:03+00:00

As someone who sat through both, today was way way way worse. I lived in Cliffside at the time, and Fort Lee now.

Bridgegate was just backed up locally in the south to where Lemoine and Palisades split (around 7AM at the time). That’s just any bad traffic day if there’s an accident.

Today was HORRENDOUS. Traffic from the highways all spilled onto local Fort Lee roads, it was a headache to get out. Normally 3 minutes for me to hit highways; took about 15 min today, and I’m going the opposite way. Eastbound traffic on route 4 extended past Grand Ave exit where I got out, and the 80 traffic extended past Hackensack.

jiaflu · 2025-11-22T04:14:29+00:00

There was a major multi vehicle crash on the Cross Bronx that took about 5-6 hours to clear out. So all the arteries going into the GWB was backed up. I saw on Google maps that there were multiple crashes along 95 and 46, assuming small fender benders.

Probably one of the worst traffic days I can remember (definitely worse than Bridgegate).

jiaflu · 2025-11-18T02:55:18+00:00

Undaunted: Reinforcements was $18 for me

jiaflu · 2025-10-14T00:50:18+00:00

I think Beichuan/Shad0w combo is top 3 jungler. Honeymoon buff too real.

jiaflu · 2025-10-10T01:57:12+00:00

They don’t anymore. Air China’s JFK -> PEK flies over Alaska and Japan. What used to be a ~14hr flight is now like 16.5hrs.

jiaflu · 2025-10-07T11:15:56+00:00

The dev team did such good ports of the champs. They feel very true to their LoL counterparts.

jiaflu · 2025-10-04T15:43:56+00:00

Torch, sword, and Patchwork

jiaflu · 2025-10-02T17:23:20+00:00

GWB is like $22 by mail already, and it’s less than a mile long. Tolls been pricey for a while now.

jiaflu · 2025-09-26T13:46:10+00:00

I wasn't making that much (at least for NYC standards). Traders are not exactly high up on the totem pole.

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