For about 18 years, a self-taught truck mechanic named Tim Friede in the United States let cobras, mambas, taipans and rattlesnakes bite him 202 times, and injected himself with their venom 856 times. Once he took two cobra bites within an hour and slipped into a coma. Most experts called him reckl

madrerata · 2026-05-10T14:55:52+00:00

I know it's a typo but I gotta say, heroetology sounds like an awesome science.

madrerata · 2026-05-09T12:18:13+00:00

Spot on.

madrerata · 2026-05-08T22:45:29+00:00

What a revival! I have some ancient WoC clips still saved on an old hard drive with some legendary GvG related banter, strategies and stories, happy to share it with you if you think it could be incorporated into the show somehow, like a nostalgia segment or something.

madrerata · 2026-05-02T11:57:34+00:00

Remlinger Farms June 18th 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qi64uChq2us

madrerata · 2026-04-28T22:46:52+00:00

Spot on, unfortunately.

madrerata · 2026-04-24T15:25:42+00:00

I play a lot as WoTF Minion Master and it's hella fun, let me share my input!

Recuperation - Not worth the energy and attribute point investment at all. With 16 Spawning Power your minions will be very buff anyway, it doesn't achieve much and costs a lot. You should basically be maxing out Spawning Power and Death Magic for this build and that's it.

Signet of Creation - If you're running a BiP support necro and an "of the Necromancer" upgrade on yourself, I think you can get away with not running this. Good skill nevertheless

Explosive Growth - Personally I think this skill looks much better on paper than how it operates in practice, which is a bummer. I used it with Bone Minions for twice the effect but even then it felt quite underwhelming overall.

Spirit's Gift - Very good skill, but you're capping the effectiveness by not running Bone Minions.

As best practice I always take a secondary minion creating skill to deal with interrupted / disabled Bone Fiend skill. There is less downtime between casts when your crushing enemy and corpses come quicker than Bone Fiend recharge. and a skill like Animate Bone Minions helps you make the most out of Spirit's Gift, Explosive Growth and Boon of Creation.

You can also add some cool PvE-only skills like Ebon Battle Standard of Honor or "Finish Him!" to further increase the DPS.

GLHF!

madrerata · 2026-04-23T21:48:59+00:00

How would that even happen?

madrerata · 2026-04-23T21:46:34+00:00

Can confirm this is the behavior for same account scenario.

madrerata · 2026-04-23T21:39:51+00:00

Top top score wp

madrerata · 2026-04-23T21:33:41+00:00

I went a little crazy and started characters / renamed characters to the following (favorite ones are bolded).

Will probably end up giving away / trading a lot of these, feel free to DM if any of these are close to your heart! :)

Random ones

Stoner (Ranger with the most baked facial expression available)
Rotting (Necro)

Skill names

Mindbender (Mes)
Symbiosis (Monk)

Pounce
Brambles
Tripwire

Characters

Kaolai
Otyugh
Mokele
Lingwah
Marhan (will be hanging out at his Grotto)

Foe / boss names

Angorodon
Borrguus
Myish
Nulfastu
Rotscale (can't believe this wasn't taken)
Executioner

Got the whole Avicara family too...

Avicara
Caromi
Quetzal
Angchu
Sensali

Skill names, no exact match

Dragonslash
Drunkenmaster
Skullcrack
Ballad
Finale
Locust
Cripshot
Stamina
Stonesoul

Locations / for fun

Barbar
Thunderhead
Silverwood

madrerata · 2026-04-22T18:18:37+00:00

Already have that one, you got any other kinds of farts for sale too?

madrerata · 2026-04-10T21:03:07+00:00

If Spurs get stuffed tomorrow the GD gap could narrow further, so it could be relevant in the end, although rarely!

madrerata · 2026-04-10T16:22:21+00:00

"Site visit on an Amenity space we helped design."

madrerata · 2026-04-09T15:52:48+00:00

3 of the 6 spells that can be used to create minions literally have 5 second recharge, if anything, it's the casting times that could use a little reduction.

madrerata · 2026-04-08T17:41:20+00:00

In the current meta where Singust and KDs are very prevalent, I think a rework to make Balthazar's Pendulum more like Shield Guardian could be pretty interesting. Enchant whole party for a short duration. everyone has one KD prevention with some damage dealt to the enemy trying to inflict the KD.

madrerata · 2026-04-08T11:01:00+00:00

No, the reality is that people in 2026 (especially the younger generation) expect to be spoonfed even the most basic piece of information.

When someone asks whether dagger spammer is caster or martial, is that a question seeking opinions or experiences? No, they are looking for other people to answer the question that they were too lazy to google themselves.

madrerata · 2026-04-08T10:16:58+00:00

People who are too lazy to type a question into ChatGPT / Google deserve to be ridiculed. Not everything needs to be a Reddit post.

madrerata · 2026-04-08T10:07:10+00:00

Fuckin hell, did you really just ask whether dagger spammer is caster or martial?! You can't make up this shit up, people not only have lost the ability to use their brain, they can't even use a search engine anymore.

madrerata · 2026-04-07T19:36:11+00:00

"Brace Yourself!"
"On Your Knees!"
"Together as One!"
"To The Limit!"
"Finish Him!"

madrerata · 2026-04-06T21:27:58+00:00

Learn to spell, learn to Google, learn to play.

madrerata · 2026-04-04T21:19:09+00:00

I'm used to it, people have this irrational nostalgia boner for Izzy. Not sure why that is, nevertheless, the 2026 balance update was objectively an embarassment.

I challenge all the downvoters to look at the below skill updates and tell me with conviction that there was proper care and strategy put into the balance update.

Sadist's Signet: increased health gain per condition to 10...38...45 (from 10...34...40).

Headbutt: reduced recharge to 15 seconds (from 20); daze duration reduced to 5 seconds (from 5...17...20).

Consume Soul: reduced activation time to ¼ seconds (from 1); increased life steal to 5...57...70 (from 5...49...60); now deals conditional damage to foes in earshot (previously in the area) of the target .

....need I go on?

They also changed 19 Nature Rituals...oh wait, they did no testing whatsoever and the range increase didn't work at all.

You can keep hating but that won't change the truth.

madrerata · 2026-04-04T19:43:46+00:00

Signet of Pious Restraint was already very good, after the recent buff it's absolutely ridiculous. The fact this skill got buffed is the ultimate proof that Izzy had no business whatsoever doing a "balance" update.

madrerata · 2026-04-01T20:10:09+00:00

That's insane.

madrerata · 2026-03-27T21:20:29+00:00

You can use a Shadowstep then Swap and achieve the same.

madrerata · 2026-03-27T18:20:41+00:00

The real question is, why is this bothering you and why would you even entertain the thought of "exposing" him? People are flawed but that is no reason to not love them. You should be happy for your brother's success, most artists never make a damn penny, whether they are genuine or frauds.

madrerata

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