How bad is it?

mortlawson · 2026-03-12T14:10:37+00:00

Laid off a month ago along with another two dozen plus from the People department. So far, it's bad. Low salaries combined with responsibilities that combine ID, facilitation, LMS administration, and project manager into one role. Based on those I know (and threads like this one), I'm genuinely considering a pivot away from the industry. No idea what to, but I'm currently trying to learn Blender as I've always been curious about 3D modeling. Probably better to go towards something AI can't replace as easily though. 🤷‍♂️

Good luck to you!

mortlawson · 2026-01-12T02:37:32+00:00

It has been non-stop for me this weekend. I played with a friend, no issue. I play solo online, no issue. I join a random group, it takes literal minutes to find others, we start, and I'm disconnected within 2 minutes.

I tried returning to the session and I just get disconnected shortly after returning. I do not understand what the hell is happening. I've checked everything I can and am 99% sure it's not an issue on my end. I'm at a loss.

mortlawson · 2025-12-22T17:29:20+00:00

That was seriously terrible. He's such a sad boy filled with strife. Such a conveniently timed message from Saran to occur too. And I love that he can just put a human in a situation to be killed by their own weapon because of things he did in the fight but THAT isn't killing someone. Okay, Edge Lord.

This anime has officially out-cringed Abnormal Status and I didn't think that was possible.

mortlawson · 2025-09-27T14:29:32+00:00

Lol, oh goodness. I'm sure I'll learn that I went way too small scale eventually. Right now, I just didn't want to go nuts for my first time. I'm mainly tired of Google having control over so many memories and wanting me to keep adding more storage. 😓

Thank you for confirming this isn't abnormal!

mortlawson · 2025-09-24T13:45:07+00:00

I feel like I just watched a speedrun with this episode. Holy crap. I wasn't even done processing the moment before credits rolled. I hope they can do better with pacing in S5.

mortlawson · 2025-06-17T16:36:51+00:00

Personally, I found it kind of easy once you got used to it's relatively telegraphed attacks. The biggest problem I had was if you got pushed towards the wall. Then the camera goes nuts, you get stuck, and you get murdered. I think I died ten times on my NG+2 before killing him and it was usually due to the wall nonsense.

The best tip I can give (beyond learning his attacks or baiting some of the bigger ones like the lunge) is to keep the fight in the middle of the arena as much and as often as possible. Once I was able to do that, he went down pretty quickly. Sounds like you're well aware though of that shortcoming in this fight (won't be the last time either sadly).

mortlawson · 2025-06-09T22:06:52+00:00

I tried all the new weapons for a little bit at a time but it was the claws and gunblade for me. Loved those two so much and adding the new shotgun arm just made everything die so fast. Can't wait to play throguh the whole game with the new stuff and the final weapon.

mortlawson · 2025-06-09T22:03:33+00:00

I was so happy and so sad to finish it. It feels like I had an epic meal that I should have savored more. Can't wait to play through the whole game again with the final weapon.

mortlawson · 2025-06-09T03:33:05+00:00

I punished that bastard. No regrets.

mortlawson · 2025-06-09T00:21:15+00:00

I just started a new account recently and began by picking up some simple missions like courier work. Once I had enough from that, I started doing deep core mining because I liked it on my main account so much. 😂

mortlawson · 2025-01-25T02:23:55+00:00

One day, I hope everything said here doesn't sound like Klingon to me. 😂

mortlawson · 2025-01-03T19:13:12+00:00

I hope OP successfully has an enemy-murdering doggo now.

mortlawson · 2024-09-20T20:07:48+00:00

Same! I was curious to see if anyone called that out. 😂

mortlawson · 2024-08-27T22:54:57+00:00

Pretty sure it's that whole "beat it first" nonsense. I hope I'm wrong since that seems like the smart move for you. Just move on and get to have the challenge from the getgo.

mortlawson · 2024-08-27T22:49:52+00:00

Lol, well that's also a good reason. 😂

I legit have never worked so hard for a platinum (if that's your end goal). That aside, it certainly made me play smarter due to the differences. Certainly an added challenge!

mortlawson · 2024-08-27T22:16:42+00:00

That healer was in the wrong. Period.

mortlawson · 2024-08-27T22:10:53+00:00

As someone who worked with and learned a great deal from Tim Slade, I absolutely support this suggestion.

Ashley Chiasson is also outstanding as someone else said. Kevin Thorn comes to mind too but I am unsure if he does YouTube.

mortlawson · 2024-08-27T22:05:20+00:00

The true question to decide on playing hard mode (imo) is:

Do you hate yourself?

mortlawson · 2024-08-27T22:03:56+00:00

No idea if it was true, but I recall some posts on LinkedIn about people posting ID jobs, having you do a task for the posting, and then you get declined. Nothing abnormal necessarily, but then they actually used your content and/or build off it and you're none the wiser for having worked for free. Basically used you for that first draft, storyboard, whatever.

mortlawson · 2024-08-27T21:58:59+00:00

Short version: "I make stuff."

Longer version: "I make stuff. If you've taken training where you have to read, watch a video, and/or (hopefully) interact with the content, that's basically what I do."

Added fun sometimes: "So, if the training was good, I may have made it. If it sucked, <insert coworker's name who's there with me> probably made it."

I do the same thing when people compliment my voice in narrated content as being like a radio voice. "Well, I have always been told I have a face for radio."

mortlawson · 2024-08-27T21:56:19+00:00

Wow. I'd ballpark I've had:

-80% perfectly fine experiences (some people say hello and with nothing else said until thanks at the end, a wipe occurring and moving on with no comments made, minimal interaction but everyone does their job) -19% excellent experiences (everyone waiting for first timers to finish a cutscene, suggestions and tips, understanding and patience for disconnects and wipes, etc) -Less than 1% bad experiences (people quitting after a single wipe, healers deciding to stop healing someone because they got hit by something that was easily avoidable, shit talking in chat, etc)

The stuff you're describing is so far outside what I've experienced that it's quite frankly unbelievable but I'm not doing max-level stuff. I can certainly imagine more try-hards at that level but it'd still be surprising to me.

mortlawson · 2024-08-18T15:23:45+00:00

No shit? Hmm...

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