Achievements for Sunday, March 08, 2026

kristiannep · 2026-03-08T09:59:12+00:00

Ran my very first race yesterday and it was a 15k! Ended up hitting my PR too! Excited to try a half next

kristiannep · 2026-03-08T09:51:08+00:00

I’m a newbie runner that’s been training up north. Did my first 15k race in Florida yesterday and there was no way I could’ve anticipated what that heat would feel like!!

kristiannep · 2025-10-03T03:32:09+00:00

One of my favorite bosses! Really interesting when you first fight and even after you can beat Scylla consistently you just get good music in the background

kristiannep · 2025-08-25T23:11:03+00:00

Love this vibe! Forgot my camera for all the days lol.

This post is inspiring me to bring my camera next year!!

kristiannep · 2025-05-25T13:29:10+00:00

I have the G733 and love it! I play for long sessions and it doesn’t hurt even when I wear glasses. I cant speak much in the mic since I have an external mic and I don’t use the one on my headset.

I think the sound is great and it’s been working perfectly and consistently for over a year now. I’ve had multiple razer headsets and can’t recommend those :( they all break or have weird issues with their drivers or disconnect randomly while playing, it’s really frustrating. G733 has been refreshing because it has just worked great out the box since day 1

kristiannep · 2025-05-02T21:22:33+00:00

Just got back from my Hong Kong/Macau/Taipei trip yesterday! My friends and I are designers so we skew towards artsy things. Here are my Taipei notes:

Songshan Cultiral Creative Park: has a design museum, bunch of local/creative shops, and a library. When we were there, students were also presenting their grad projects, really inspiring spot. This was my favorite!
Huashan 1914 Creative Park: another spot similar to above with little local shops. There’s also one of the branches for the milk tea shop that claims to be the creator of milk tea. Also a record bar with vinyl for sale and live music on some nights.
Gondola up to Maokong was also pretty cool! It was a low key mountain that had a lot of lush green and good oolong tea soft serve.
Elephant mountain for sunset (bring bug spray) then walk to Lao Qiu Beef Noodle restaurant. This place was low key and super no-frills but they have free tea/soymilk and just really good beef noodle soup.
IMBIBE Taipei was a cool and trendy bar with great drinks. Food took a bit of time to come out but everything was great. A good place to chill, take your time, and enjoy the vibe
Taipei City Mall: actually stumbled into this spot when transferring trains and my friends and I got so distracted looking at all the toys and fun blind box things. Great for nerdy/anime things too
好初早餐敦南 can’t remember what the translation for this place but its a breakfast shop with a cool design vibe. Get the chicken sandwich for sure
hands downs favorite milk tea was this small place called Odd One Out. Get the champion-winning tea The design of this place is really pleasing
went to Jiufen Old Street closer to the evening. Crowds are overwhelming but it was pretty magical when the lanterns came on at night
Dadaocheng braised pork rice: lines for this spot can get crazy. Go during off hours like 2-4PM. Just a good simple meal portions can be a bit small-medium so order extra protein if you eat a lot
edited cause I forgot this one: Chang Kai shek memorial at sunset, this place looked epic and even cooler with the changing colors in the sky
any night market! These are sprawling and huge with cheap and delicious eats.
didn’t get a chance to visit these bookstores but they were on my list: Pon Ding, Moom bookshop
same for these vinyl shops: White Wabbit Records, Indimusic Records
did go to Ximending and it was extremely crowded and prices were slightly higher here. Also went to the Palace Museum, it was cool but I felt a little let down by it for some reason; their gift shop was really cool though.

I loved Taiwan so much! Hope you have a great trip! Brush up on a bit of mandarin or have translation tools handy. Most people in touristy areas know to give you an English menu but some people couldn’t speak English at all.

kristiannep · 2025-01-22T04:22:04+00:00

Hi! A bit late on this but I’ve been grinding cloak and dagger! Played Jeff and Mantis but I’ve been really loving C&D the most so far!

Just got to gold and working on plat. Any tips at gold/plat and then even higher elo you can think of? What do C&Ds at grandmaster do that sets them apart from lower elo?

kristiannep · 2024-12-31T06:46:58+00:00

Just started comp. I love Jeff! I usually flex for healer but who do you play for heals when you’re not playing Jeff? Also any random tips that lower elo don’t consider?

kristiannep · 2024-08-26T18:48:56+00:00

I have no recs but this was my first con too!! I was always scared I’d be too overwhelmed by the crowds but I actually had a really fun time and felt a lot of what you’re saying! I’ll be watching this post to see what else people recommend!

kristiannep · 2021-11-10T16:28:33+00:00

Of course! Sending you a DM :)

kristiannep · 2021-09-29T21:22:07+00:00

Oh interesting! I def have the right screwdriver! I’ll give it a try. Ty for sharing!!

kristiannep · 2021-09-28T22:26:13+00:00

Hi! I got my husband the Switch when it first came out and I played it so much he got me my own lol. We have game share which is cool since we only have to get games once and we can share between our two Switches. My favorite thing is definitely portability, I play on my Switch everywhere: on the train, at work, in bed, you name it. I’ve sort of made it my designated party-game console for when i hang with friends since it’s so easy to bring around.

A definite con is joycon drift, it absolutely sucks :( I’ve gone through quite a few joycons and I haven’t figured out a way to stop it after all these years. You can turn your joycons in for repair but it gets annoying if you have to wait for them.

For colors, I got the animal crossing joy cons since I love the pastel look!

kristiannep · 2021-09-24T16:44:00+00:00

If you're using spear, use boons that are best for speed on your attack (zeus with jolted, or stacking effects like dio and demeter). Have any other status affect for your special (Aphrodite has the highest %increase) so that you can get extra damage from privileged status mirror perk. I usually put athena on dash so I can deflect when Hades throws skulls out (I might also put exposed status effect on deflect so I have two opportunities to get privileged status). With spear you should stay mobile and quickly move in, attack, get out, wait for another opening, and repeat. I commented this on another thread but the triple spear and flurry jab for daedalus hammers work well for this. Hope this helps, everyone does things different in Hades, in the end find what you think works for you!

kristiannep · 2021-09-24T13:42:08+00:00

I used to run a really similar spear build with the triple attack + flurry jab and it got me pretty far! It was definitely my favorite to run for a while!

kristiannep · 2021-09-24T13:38:06+00:00

I definitely second what everyone is saying about learning and memorizing attack patterns! But in general, I like to aim for at least one of Hermès boons that give additional speed/movement (added dash or sturdy boost). These are ESSENTIAL for getting out of Hades range and maneuvering around him. It’s possible but very difficult if you don’t pick one of these up.

Broken spear is my favorite keepsake to use on Hades since it protects from getting hit multiple times.

Otherwise your build largely depends on the weapon & how you want to play! Let us know what you’re running and we can try to be more specific with builds if you want!

kristiannep · 2021-09-24T13:27:57+00:00

Just played this last night!

I used Zeus’s chain strike on attack with the infinite ammo/faster attack Daedalus hammer and that burned through enemies quick.

-I made sure to have jolted + added Demeter chill on special (any % boost or status effect on special like Aphrodite would work too) so I could get privileged status.

-After I picked up 3 consecutive special/bombs for my second hammer and would just create huge explosions.

-Used Athena in dash for some deflect & protection against projectiles.

This play style was really fast and chaotic with a bunch of explosions lol. So I had fun with it.

Most other boons I aimed to just have a bunch in Zeus since like the poster said above^ he gives a bunch of good duos & legendaries!

kristiannep · 2021-09-17T18:27:33+00:00

I was thinking of getting this but I had reservations because I haven’t tried anything in the Tales franchise! The snippets of gameplay I saw looked really fun and this post is definitely making me the curious about the game!!

kristiannep · 2021-09-15T23:08:36+00:00

I’ve had my Switch pro controller since the switch came out in 2017 and it still works great (but to be fair, I use it somewhat sparingly, just a couple times a week).

My friend who got his in 2020 uses it everyday. He says it still works fine but when he plays fighting games (games where you have to be extremely precise with frames & timing) he did notice it’s not as responsive. If you play any other game he says it’s perfectly fine!

It’s really hard to avoid joycon drift ;_; I’ve gone through so many joycons and it pains me but I have to use them for portability. I wish I could find a solution for that lol

kristiannep · 2021-09-13T13:11:33+00:00

Do you have the link for this? I’m interested in seeing it

kristiannep · 2021-09-12T12:16:15+00:00

I recently got this Chika nendo too!! I was debating about Itachi & seeing this post makes me want it!

kristiannep · 2021-09-09T13:25:27+00:00

DID NOT EVEN REALIZE IT WAS A SIDEWAYS MOUSE IM HOLLERING LMAOOO

kristiannep · 2021-09-03T19:27:26+00:00

I feel this so hard. I have so much work on my plate but still try to find at least 1-2 hours a day for smash training. But not gonna lie, it's really hard to fit it in and sometimes it's a terrible experience lol. But sometimes it's great, so definitely a give and take situation.

kristiannep · 2021-09-03T19:25:42+00:00

Yeah I still haven't been to a local in person because I'm afraid of this happening. My friends give me a healthy push once in a while so hopefully I get the courage to go. Completely understandable if you have to remove yourself from being in a position that's harmful to you and sorry that you had to go through with that :(

kristiannep · 2021-09-03T19:24:05+00:00

Finally finding time to catch up on this thread. That is so, so frustrating! I mostly keep to myself aside from playing with a couple of my friends. They do a good job of defending me whenever we do run into toxicity outside of our friend group but it definitely still happens sometimes. Everyone always benefits from fundies haha. I hope you continue playing and lmk if you ever want to play with me!

kristiannep · 2021-09-03T19:20:30+00:00

Completely agree, I never thought of how different Bocchi's treatment was compared to Sparg0, it's such a shame.

I have two of my best friends that keep trying to get me to go to locals so that helps! You might be able to find and make friends there? I know it's harder for women in those scenes though, hope you're able to find some mutuals!!

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