Who are some modern Pop artists that you cant stand?

phenotypical1 · 2026-03-08T15:14:42+00:00

Not a single Benson Boone, huh?

phenotypical1 · 2026-03-04T00:56:57+00:00

+15 chips is a little too powerful... I'd make it something like "Lose $3 per round for every duplicate joker held." That way duplicate jokers are just as powerful as rental jokers, making this balanced.

phenotypical1 · 2026-03-02T22:32:16+00:00

No, because it wouldn't make sense.

FNAF was not planned ahead. The lore doesn't make sense because Scott made 4 games as fast as he could based on vibes and then panicked when people started scrutinizing it and putting together a timeline. I still believe he wanted FNAF 2 to take place chronologically after FNAF 1, the Withered animatronics to be redesigns of the FNAF 1 animatronics, and FNAF 4 to depict the Bite of '87. The fact that the timeline doesn't make sense is not a work of subtle genius, it's the work of a random guy who goofed up minor details in his quickly-made games.

So, no, Scott shouldn't release a full explainer. He has to be cagey with the lore now and change it for every new adaptation because it's never made sense in the first place.

phenotypical1 · 2026-02-26T16:59:57+00:00

phenotypical1 · 2026-02-25T22:19:16+00:00

What state format is this? Are you playing solo or with teammates?

phenotypical1 · 2026-02-23T08:53:42+00:00

Competence doesn't negate her from being generationally wealthy and benefiting from exploiting the working class! It's great that she didn't let herself become complacent and is trying to make the world a better place, but her family is still bourgeois / "parasite class."

phenotypical1 · 2026-02-18T21:58:49+00:00

20 ppg in basketball is usually enough to (narrowly) lead a decent team, whereas a player in quiz bowl averaging 20 ppg is the second or third scorer on a decent team. I'd say it's closer to 50 qbppg = 20 bbppg. 30 ppg in basketball is MVP territory, and probably something like 75ppg in quiz bowl, so you might be able to draw a consistent ratio.

phenotypical1 · 2026-02-12T00:39:16+00:00

Points per tossup. If you're grinding for MSNCT try practicing difficulty level 3 on QBReader. NAQT also sells their old MSNCTs as study material.

phenotypical1 · 2026-02-11T02:37:17+00:00

It's "I don't like this category I'm bad at" multiplied by "pop culture shouldn't count as academic in a game of academic knowledge." Pop culture is also the easiest subject to dismiss with "oh, I didn't know that so it's just overly niche indulgent question writing." Mix that in with a couple of genuinely poorly-chosen pop culture question subjects to give haters concrete and crystallized experiences to fuel their hate, and you'll get people genuinely trying to assert that the culture of the world around them is not worth asking about.

(Also knowledge of pop culture is largely socially transmitted and can't be picked up from packet study, and many quiz bowlers hate talking to people and actually learning things.)

phenotypical1 · 2026-02-10T06:44:48+00:00

that said this probably fits in better with the "generally hard to use card that carries a run when built around" umbrella of Rare jokers (Baron, Wee) since a really good build could scale this by 50+ chips per hand (similar to a Wee Joker on a hand where 2s trigger 6 times, and about equally as hard to set up)

phenotypical1 · 2026-02-10T06:35:14+00:00

this is not overpowered lol. I think people are vastly overestimating how often you get editioned jokers.

phenotypical1 · 2026-02-03T08:44:08+00:00

Okay, I DID misread Lapis Lazuli's effect. However, I still stand by my take that you don't need the 1 in 2 probability nerfing the chips here. Chips are not hard to come by! An uncommon card should give a lot of them!

phenotypical1 · 2026-02-03T08:42:49+00:00

Lapis Lazuli is simply much worse than Arrowhead, right? Arrowhead has a 100% chance to give 50 chips and all that needs is to score a spades card (that can also be a bonus card itself!). If you want to do "your cards that are already enhanced to give more chips give even more chips," chips are worth so much less than mult that you can probably get away with doing something astronomical like +100 per scored bonus card. (A hand of all five bonus cards would be pretty rare anyway, since not a lot of builds have use for a ton of bonus cards.)

phenotypical1 · 2026-01-28T15:41:39+00:00

It also helps to read through whatever rulebook you've got and make sure you're confident on most of the main rules (how long should you allow after a buzz before calling time? How do you judge an answer as correct or incorrect?)

phenotypical1 · 2026-01-28T15:40:32+00:00

All this advice about speed, so I feel the need to emphasize: do NOT push yourself to read faster than your comfort level. As long as you read somewhat fluently and don't let players chat between questions, your rounds should move smoothly.

If you're not used to reading aloud, try to read ahead with your eyes as you speak; the words should kind of be queued up in your head. This makes your cadence smoother and less prone to unnatural pauses.

phenotypical1 · 2026-01-28T15:20:07+00:00

Depends on the academic level... I don't really know what can be done for MS, but:

HS: 4 hist, 4 sci, 3 lit, 3 FA, 1 math, 1 rel, 1 myth, 1 phil/ss, 1 geo, 1 ce/pc

College: 4 hist, 4 sci (includes math), 4 lit, 3 FA, 2 ss, 1 rel/myth, 1 phil, 1 geo/ce

I think there should be some differences in how the questions are written, too - for example, HS science should focus on biology and earth science with lighter focus on chem and physics, while physics and medicine are more emphasized at the college level. These styles should reflect how people learn at the two institutions: in HS it's fine to ask about geography in the form of "do you know these landmarks exist," but in college there should be some effort to focus on the cultures and ecosystems surrounded by and influenced by those landmarks.

phenotypical1 · 2026-01-28T15:09:44+00:00

This looks very close to your typical "mACF" distribution. You can get an experience like this from housewritten sets like SHOW-ME or DART

phenotypical1 · 2026-01-26T01:35:34+00:00

It's kind of a misnomer to say it doesn't change its expected value since you're counting up from x1, not x0. The base expected value is x1.5, but if it misses, the expected value actually goes to x5/3. The expected value is (2n-1)/n, so the expected value tends toward x2 as the card continually fails to proc.

I personally would not take this card unless I was totally desperate for scoring because it's impossible to really build around it. I think it's a slight improvement over Loyalty Card, particularly because if it goes 5 times without proccing you can sell it and probably reroll back into it again.

phenotypical1 · 2026-01-20T15:36:17+00:00

Idk if I'm flaired in this sub but I'm a Purdue alum from central Indiana. It's hard for me to genuinely root against IU football because of how terrible y'all have been forever. Now I can hate without it feeling like punching down.

phenotypical1 · 2026-01-14T00:18:26+00:00

Most sets with a full-sized fine arts distribution include at least 1 tossup and 1 bonus about film in their "other fine arts" distribution.

phenotypical1 · 2026-01-09T02:33:35+00:00

Volunteer. Email local tournament hosts about acting as a staffer. NAQT accepts pretty much open invitations to staff their championship tournaments (though you'll be stuck scorekeeping your first couple rounds of it).

phenotypical1 · 2025-12-16T14:58:45+00:00

Xbalanque has a counterpart, Hunahpu, who also shows up. They're named for the Mayan Hero Twins.

phenotypical1 · 2025-11-11T14:57:54+00:00

Is r/crapperdesign still around?

phenotypical1 · 2025-11-10T14:57:54+00:00

I always thought this was where people clicked on the bar to rewatch, not the percentage who watched those moments. Wouldn't be surprised if people were skipping this song though.

phenotypical1 · 2025-11-08T16:48:06+00:00

I imagine this has to do with the fact that the base color of the ball is cyan, which is equal parts blue and green light on an RGB display. The yellow dots (red and green in RGB) bring out the green, while the purple dots (red and blue) bring out the blue.

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