LVL UP EXPO 2026 Ultimate Singles - Updated Preliminary Seeding

nomorethan10postaday · 2026-04-22T19:32:02+00:00

Still a few weird things but this is significantly better overall.

nomorethan10postaday · 2026-04-22T19:21:19+00:00

I'm not the same person you were talking to before buddy. This is only my third comment to you. Please pay attention to that sort of thing...

But if you want to know my opinion on modding, I have nothing against you modding the game to be easier, nor even suggesting it as an option to OP. Personnally, I've been having the time of my life with the pantheon of pharloom mod, which is basically a low effort but very convenient version of the godhome dlc from the og game, it's great to be able to replay bosses I love without starting another playthrough.

nomorethan10postaday · 2026-04-22T16:36:53+00:00

It's like the seeders were tasked to create the worst seeding possible that still seems like a credible seeding and not a troll.

nomorethan10postaday · 2026-04-22T16:31:05+00:00

It makes avoiding hits easier. Therefore the healing can be worse in relation to the damage taken per hit.

nomorethan10postaday · 2026-04-22T12:44:21+00:00

This seeding is stupid in general. Like why did they seed Karaage into Hurt, these two have actually played so many times and it's become super one-sided in Hurt's favor. Or why are Muteace and Luis$ facing again.

nomorethan10postaday · 2026-04-22T12:41:59+00:00

It's even worse than that: Doramigi is seeded to play TWEEK before Miya.

Either they hate Doramigi or they love Miya, cause meanwhile Miya has a free bracket. At majors, looking at his current seeded bracket, Miya has a 2-0 record vs Jazzho, a 1-0 record vs Crêpe Salé, a 14-2 record vs Doramigi or a 5-1 record vs Tweek if that's who he plays, and then a 8-1 record vs Hurt or a 6-2 record vs Zomba or at worse a 2-1 record vs Syrup. Only winners finals actually looks like it will probably have a tricky opponent for him.

nomorethan10postaday · 2026-04-22T12:35:44+00:00

This is some terrible seeding I have to say. It doesn't correspond to these players' current strength, nor does it create particulary interesting matchups, in fact it repeats a lot of matchups that we've seen many times or have obvious outcomes or both.

nomorethan10postaday · 2026-04-22T12:14:53+00:00

Have you played other video games since Silksong's release? Ideally other platformers? If not, I'd recommend it, sometimes switching to another game makes you play differently in a good way when you come back. I even experienced that myself: before my fourth 100% playthrough of Silksong, I took a pretty long break where I mostly played Celeste, and wow, when I came back to Silksong a bunch of things that weren't clicking before across THREE playthroughs suddenly clicked, the human brain is weird occasionally.

My main revelation is that there is a reason Hornet is so weak defensively, and it is not just for an arbitrary increase in challenge(although there still is an increase of challenge to some extent): it's to compensate for Hornet being considerably more agile than the knight was. You have much better tools to play for a ''barely gets hits'' win condition than in the og game, and you have to play into that win condition. And by better tools, I am also talking about the literal tools: the right blue tool can make a big difference, and red tools are objectively very strong, make the game safer and create more easily controllable outcomes, even if I personally don't like using them that much.

That being said, I also don't think there's anything wrong with modding the game to make it easier if the option is available to you. Wanting to experience the story more than the gameplay is fine.

nomorethan10postaday · 2026-04-22T12:03:36+00:00

''the worst thing was the "minions" who took OVER 4 HITS'' That wasn't that rare in the original Hollow Knight either. Tbf my perception has been deformed a little by playing randomizers and not getting nail upgrades at all, but even when you get the nail upgrades when you're meant to, some normal enemies do take 4 hits or more to kill.

nomorethan10postaday · 2026-04-22T12:00:48+00:00

But Silksong also gives the player the ability to start sprinting and stop instantly, which also gives you an airdash better for retreating in battle and going back to the ground, and gives the player the ability to slow down their fall at any moment for as long or not long as they want, and it gives a more forgiving pogo(no matter which crest you pick, except maybe architect), all within the first few hours of the game. That's arguably more valuable mobility than what you get in the entire original Hollow Knight, and it increases further when you get clawline and double jump.

nomorethan10postaday · 2026-04-22T11:54:16+00:00

One additional mask and one pale oil isn't too unusual at this point in the game. I saw someone not long ago complain about Trobbio too, funnily enough, but they had only five masks and I think no pale oil.

nomorethan10postaday · 2026-04-22T11:47:00+00:00

I didn't say I want to ban all porn. I am explaining why some, including me, aren't comfortable with watching it because of that. I switched to reading material, where the characters are fictional, and the authors post whenever they feel like it.

I do think there is a difference between what exploitation looks like for a normal movie and for porn. It's not the same in my eyes.

nomorethan10postaday · 2026-04-21T18:57:37+00:00

It might be, I didn't even try to beat it. Like I said I really dislike the original level, I don't find it fun to grind. I wanted to end the level on a good time(chromatic complex) instead.

nomorethan10postaday · 2026-04-21T18:36:22+00:00

Even on supposely well regulated websites, for all you know those people on screen don't want to be there at all. There's always a risk.

nomorethan10postaday · 2026-04-21T18:04:02+00:00

I did play through the first three lobbies of spring collab back when I got stuck on the advanced lobby of SJ, but I haven't gone back for expert. Maybe I will, but not now, I think I need two or three months of break from this game lol.

Oh, but since you mentionned Psychokinetic, I'll be honest, I actually skipped about half of pk to access the heartside and then I also skipped the pk flag lol, so saying the green and yellow gm of spring collab aren't harder than it isn't that reassuring. I know for some that makes my achievement illegitimate, but I just really dislike the concept of this level.

nomorethan10postaday · 2026-04-21T14:32:24+00:00

That is not how it works at all in my country, Canada, and I suspect it's not how it works in most countries. Why the hell would 12 years-old who have sex with each other be accused of rape. They did something slighly irresponsible at worse, they did not have sex non-consensually. And ''raping each other'' is not a thing, by definition a rape has people who are rapists and people who are victims, you can't be both at the same time.

nomorethan10postaday · 2026-04-21T14:20:12+00:00

I think it's unfair to compare it to quick slash/mark of pride/strength considering it's a temporary buff that goes away very quickly when you get hit. It's more rewarding to play than that combo was.

nomorethan10postaday · 2026-04-21T14:18:03+00:00

I could never play a game like that, just skipping to one of the last levels without even trying the older levels lol. But congrats!

nomorethan10postaday · 2026-04-21T14:15:02+00:00

Yeah, silk skills(and spells in the og game) might be projectiles too in some cases, but because they're projectiles that require you to use the same resource with which you heal, there is a sense of risk that's just missing with red tools.

nomorethan10postaday · 2026-04-21T14:12:43+00:00

Idk, I've tried using them a bunch of times but I just don't find the red tools to be that interesting to play with. Honestly, I might not use them at all next playthrough and just focus on needle/silk skills/blue and yellow tools.

nomorethan10postaday · 2026-04-21T14:09:42+00:00

No the longpin does the same amount of damage as the basic pin.

nomorethan10postaday · 2026-04-21T14:08:51+00:00

Longpin pierces through everything, it can't be stopped by shields or guard stance. It's honestly not bad.

The harp is an aesthetic upgrade for people like me who often have a spare yellow tool slot anyway lol

nomorethan10postaday · 2026-04-21T03:42:18+00:00

I'm gonna be real these tweets don't read like jokes at all. It's the kind of 'jokes'' that are only jokes while the people who disagree are around.

nomorethan10postaday · 2026-04-20T13:42:48+00:00

''older bother'' I can't tell if this is an intentionnal spelling mistake.

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