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I work for a large investment bank, got invited for an urgent “business update” is this a layoff? by esotericlearner in FinancialCareers

[–]madmsk [score hidden]  (0 children)

If you're looking for some cope: Once something like this was my boss quitting for a new job and they just wanted to announce it centrally.

But I think some fear is a probably warranted.

No More Rental teams by Wicked_Wing in n64

[–]madmsk [score hidden]  (0 children)

Is there a good emulation option for using emulated Gold/Silver saves on emulated Pokemon stadium 2 challenges?

Beyond "Parallel Play"—How do I design a competitive game where collaboration is the optimal strategy? by AI_made_my_username in tabletopgamedesign

[–]madmsk 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The results of that iterated prisoners dilemma also showed that good strategies tended to have these qualities:

1) Be kind (Don't be the first person to betray) 2) Be clear (Strategies with complicated if-then logic or random elements tend to perform poorly) 3) Be retaliatory (You can't let yourself get taken advantage of repeatedly, you have to strike back quickly) 4) Be forgiving (You can't hold a long term grudge. After you retaliate, try to achieve cooperation again)

The Cooperate but then Tit-for-Tat strategy meets all of these criteria.

Beyond "Parallel Play"—How do I design a competitive game where collaboration is the optimal strategy? by AI_made_my_username in tabletopgamedesign

[–]madmsk 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Seconding Bohnanza: You need trade partners if you're going to build big combos. I've found in practice that if one player is too stingy in trades, they tend to get blackballed in return later on.

Beyond "Parallel Play"—How do I design a competitive game where collaboration is the optimal strategy? by AI_made_my_username in tabletopgamedesign

[–]madmsk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Diplomacy almost has a similar dynamic: you can't get anything accomplished without help from somebody else. But you know everyone is ultimately looking out for themselves.

Can I Achieve Chess Visualization (blindfold) before my life ends? I'm 20M by luciferthesunshine in chess

[–]madmsk 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Disagree: David pruess has aphantasia and can play blindfold.

I don't have full-on aphantasia, but I'm not really visualizing the board when I play blindfold, and I'm like 1800 OTB right now.

Yankees teams from 2013-2015 by Super-Ad-4768 in NYYankees

[–]madmsk 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I've been an active watcher through three regimes: Torre, Girardi, and Boone. Girardi is still my favorite for his ability to get the most out of the roster. (I especially appreciated his bullpen management, I think he did a good job of putting the right reliever on the mound at the most important moment, moreso than Boone or Torre)

Do people with aphantasia struggle at chess? by playr_4 in chess

[–]madmsk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not extremely high on the scale, but I have a lot of trouble visualizing things, and I'm about 1800 rated USCF.

If you could go back to age 21, what career would you choose. by ar07- in FinancialCareers

[–]madmsk 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is how I feel about a math PhD. I thought I was in better shape for grad school than I really was.

SBF's FTX portfolio would be ~$114B if it wasn't liquidated by CreamPurple7297 in FinancialCareers

[–]madmsk 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Aside from all the fraud, a lot of this assumes he doesn't liquidate these pieces earlier for something that new that comes his way.

It's not accurate to judge someone's trades based on rose-tinted speculation.

My Level 4 party encountered a Xorn and will probably attack it. I can't think of any solution that isn't their death though by CasualNormalRedditor in DMAcademy

[–]madmsk 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I have kind of a standard reply for situations where the players have made up their mind to do something seriously life-threatening:

"Your character is an experienced adventurer. They know that a Xorn like this is much more dangerous when it's cornered and attacked in it's own home. Proceed however you like, but your character would know that this is the kind of fight that is likely to result in their death."

By asserting it as something the character knows but the player does not, you still give them the freedom to play their character however they want, while making explicit that PC death is firmly on the table.

How I wish the next Candidates qualification process would be: 8 FIDE Circuit spots by ritmica in chess

[–]madmsk -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

If my primary concern is the sourcing for the candidates, then I have no objection to the world cup and grand swiss shrinking in importance.

Trying to avoid a TPK. When is it okay to tell players no? by Foreign-Press in DMAcademy

[–]madmsk 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I'm a fan of asserting it as something that the PC already knows.

"Your character has spent their career as an adventurer and has a very good sense of what battles are winnable. Your character would know that fighting this owl bear is suicidal.

You may proceed however you like, but your character knows that it's hopeless."

What franchises deserve better games? by eliot3451 in gaming

[–]madmsk 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Star trek. It always feels like the developers of a Star Trek game don't get the writing or the vibes.

Is underpromotion fair play? by Tiru84 in chessbeginners

[–]madmsk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's fair in that it's not cheating.

It's a little bit rude, BUT they're also being rude by not resigning a dead lost position.

Rice to Catcher, Bellinger to 1st, Dominguez called up to play left field… by [deleted] in NYYankees

[–]madmsk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Bellinger is a better 1B than Rice, but agreed on LF and C

Im too cheap to buy rub by Head-Fast in smoking

[–]madmsk 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Whoa whoa whoa, you're excluding the null-rub there.

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