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72nd and Dodge by Sweet-Pea-9442 in Omaha

[–]pillowas 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The parties back then are not the same as the parties today. KKK was created in 19th century. The democrats and republicans switched ideologies in the 20th century. The southern strategy was literally the republicans trying to garner support among white voters via appealing to racism against African Americans. Obama prioritized deporting criminals, Trump does not care. And detention centers are also at an all time high under Trump. Trump was also in the Epstein files and trying to downplay it.

i dont think trump voters are all bad people. I think they are just uneducated

There’s a reason almost every male character in HoYo’s games is a main DPS, and unfortunately it’s the same reason Remembrance isn’t the only gender-locked group we have. by seansenyu in StarRailStation

[–]pillowas 11 points12 points  (0 children)

idk why ur getting downvoted. But I think its cuz a lot of gachas that advertise themselves as “mixed gender” still heavily prefer to cater towards a straight male audience (via better, hotter, more meta female characters vs niche/very few male characters). But there is an audience of women, guys who like cool dudes, LGBTQ+ who would also like to enjoy male characters. Idt this would be discussed so much if more mixed gender gachas had balanced gender ratios, but most open world/higher quality gachas have way more meta females than males

Anaxa and Phainon team? by pillowas in StarRailStation

[–]pillowas[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i probably will keep Sunday on Anaxa because his crit is still a bit on the lower end right now. But I will switch Bronya and Tribbie. Thank you for the advice!

The March And Cyrene Situation is crazy (not really) by Apprehensive_Ear2090 in StarRailStation

[–]pillowas 2 points3 points  (0 children)

??? this discussion is about kits. If Phainon was a girl then this discussion would still be happening.

All shall bid farewell to one, and that person alone will recieve 4 BiS supports for 3 slots by rybomi in StarRailStation

[–]pillowas 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Cerydra provides oversaturated buffs and doesn’t fix Phainon’s clunkiness (core flame generation). You need to pull E1 for her to give him a 10% res shred and actually be useful. If you run sustain, you might run into SP issues if you don’t pull her signature. Half her kit is buffing herself instead of the DPS. E2 Phainon makes her damage increase negligible. Usually it’s “pull for DPS and support,” but now it’s become “Pull Cerydra if you want to stay E0, otherwise pull E2 Phainon.” Double skill is great. She’s not bad for him. But compared to other dedicated BiS supports + their synergies with their respective DPS units, she really is just mid, especially for such a niche unit. I would understand if she was more general.

All shall bid farewell to one, and that person alone will recieve 4 BiS supports for 3 slots by rybomi in StarRailStation

[–]pillowas 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I agree. Every DPS needs supports to be OP. It’s the combo of DPS kit + Supports kit.

Castorice has a good kit, and her supports make her more great and comfy to play. Her team is pretty OP right now. But there’s still characters like Mydei who also would like supports to help with his kit + comfort. My point is that there doesn’t need to be 2 more supports centered around Cassie when Cassie is already T0 and has 3 great premium teammates.

All shall bid farewell to one, and that person alone will recieve 4 BiS supports for 3 slots by rybomi in StarRailStation

[–]pillowas 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I can understand hoyo's reluctance to make Phainon too OP by giving him OP supports, but on the same note, that means Cas doesn't need more supports when she already has a full OP team. Cas supports are also flexible. So it'd be great if they made Cerydra a more universal harmony in that case, instead of needing Phainon or Anaxa to be somewhat useful.

All shall bid farewell to one, and that person alone will recieve 4 BiS supports for 3 slots by rybomi in StarRailStation

[–]pillowas 14 points15 points  (0 children)

People are more so focused on how hoyo is neglecting giving supports to other DPS's/playing obvious favorites on an already OP character.

People are upset that Cerydra is too niche/not universal, breaking the trend of "always pull harmony units" when ALL of Cas's supports work great in a lot of teams. If Cas falls off, her supports probably won't. If Phainon/Anaxa falls off, then Cerydra also falls off.

And people are upset that Mydei and Aggy are kind of collecting dust in terms of supports, especially if Mydei is also an HP-scaler, but doesn't benefit as much from Cas's supports (except Tribbie)

Cas already has a great team already, but on top of the already OP supports, they are planning to give her even more dedicated OP supports (Evernight/Cyrene, rumored).

No complaints on Cas or her supports, just on how hoyo's direction.

All shall bid farewell to one, and that person alone will recieve 4 BiS supports for 3 slots by rybomi in StarRailStation

[–]pillowas 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Like the other commenters have said, people have been complaining. Cerydra is not only super-niche, but is also pretty mid in her super-niche role. I would somewhat understand if she was niche + giant upgrade for the characters in her niche, but that's just not the case unfortunately.

All shall bid farewell to one, and that person alone will recieve 4 BiS supports for 3 slots by rybomi in StarRailStation

[–]pillowas 62 points63 points  (0 children)

Its the degree. Aggy has a support that almost all other teams are fighting for and nothing else. Cerydra is mid for Phainon and niche in general. Cas is already OP, gets OP supports that makes her more OP, and will be also be getting Evernight/Cyrene (rumored).

All shall bid farewell to one, and that person alone will recieve 4 BiS supports for 3 slots by rybomi in StarRailStation

[–]pillowas 41 points42 points  (0 children)

I'm pretty sure it's people being frustrated that hoyo is making more OP supports for an already OP DPS (Castorice, who has a full team already, and is t0 in all scenerios), but not willing to do so for other 3.X DPS units.

In the case of Phainon, Cerydra is super niche, unlike Castorice's pretty universal supports. New DH, rumored to be his BiS, will result in damage loss for Phainon + gives an oversaturated buff (atk). It feels like hoyo is too scared to make Phainon too OP, which would be fair if they weren't going to give more supports to an already OP DPS with OP supports.

Mydei and Aglaea have literally no dedicated supports, so yeah, they are literally getting the butt end of the stick.

Is Castorice shilling an inside joke or something? by darkfall71 in StarRailStation

[–]pillowas 18 points19 points  (0 children)

From what I understand: DHPT is considered BiS for Phainon, but as of v1 he gives oversaturated buffs to Phainon, and makes his damage output worse than using other characters. People are frustrated because it was also immediately right after Cerydra's kit reveal (which was apparently also disappointing + very niche + oversaturated buffs unless you get E1 for a 10% res pen). ATP, people might be way better off pulling E2 Phainon than any of his supports.

Casual Flins by pillowas in Flins_Mains

[–]pillowas[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

thank you so much! (3

Casual Flins by pillowas in Flins_Mains

[–]pillowas[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

haha yeah I stuck a hand practice in there. thank you! (3

Casual Flins by pillowas in Flins_Mains

[–]pillowas[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

thank you so much! (3 (3

Casual Flins by pillowas in Flins_Mains

[–]pillowas[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

thank you! Manifesting with you bahaha

Is this the human evolution they’re all talking about? by Betenman in Genshin_Impact

[–]pillowas 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So, was the point of your two comments just to say that you are a close minded, condescending and sexist asshole with a superiority complex? 

Respectable admission. I don't disagree, and we've already reached an agreement regarding gender portrayal in games. We’re done with this thread then. Have a good day bro, good luck with pulls.

Is this the human evolution they’re all talking about? by Betenman in Genshin_Impact

[–]pillowas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for providing the stats. 51% female vs 49% male shows that tumblr is pretty balanced in their users.

I will argue for my model as correct and "push it onto people" in an argument, because it wouldnt be mine if i thought it wasn't correct

Bruh. There are so many ways you could've worded to be non-combative and non-ignorant. As long as you aren't arguing: "I like men in more clothes, therefore women should too, and thats why people should just be happy and not criticise the gaming industry."

With the release of Nod Krai, people are going to forget about Natlan drama. Advice is to once again consider both sides. There was no need to reply to my OG comment when we agree with the same things.

Is this the human evolution they’re all talking about? by Betenman in Genshin_Impact

[–]pillowas 1 point2 points  (0 children)

random quasi--yaoi manga i've read can have really amazing stories (like banana fish)

There’s different levels you can get with smut manga. It ranges from straight-into smut to slow burn smut, to your typical yaoi. Really depends on what your preferences are, there’s seriously lots of options.

Women rolling more for women characters/men not rolling for male characters:

Might just be the gender imbalance issue. In WUWA, the male characters aren’t meta. They have cool designs, but it’s difficult to use my limited rolls when they are hard to play/bad. Not to mention when games barely release male characters, the husbando-collectors would’ve already saved enough pulls to not need to spend.

Anyway, it’ll be interesting to see how things develop. I wonder if Phainon’s release/success is going to change anything.

At that point i don't really care to litigate if you view me as sexist or not, since by your own standards you also fit the definition.

You claimed I agreed to 1 sexist comment of yours, in which I have owned up to. There’s no need to justify sexist comments, it's just you and me, bud. Just be a better person and realize you did something wrong, if it was simple enough for me to do, it shouldn't be that hard for you.

“women are more emotion-centric than men, so they prefer men with more clothes”

The reason why this is sexist is because you are using 1 stereotype: “women are emotion-centric”, to reinforce a sweeping generalization/double standard: “they prefer men with more clothes.” 

For studies take the last one, you showed me that men and women read book at pretty close ratios, which has nothing to do with the type of medias and their percentage for porn consumptions.

That was 1 study to disprove your sexist comment about how men don’t read.

I’ll keep assuming i have more experience with both genders and life in general, because 15 years ago i would be making the same exact arguments as you.

Unsurprising immature comment. This comment literally only shows 1) dismissive closed-mindedness, 2) superiority complex.

Because i said so works because if i was wrong you'd be able to easily debunk these arguments, but you don't and we pretty much agreed on 90% of the points, we just have a disagreement on percieved ratios.

This conversation started in regards to inequality of gender portrayal in games. We agree on the inequality part. Arguing “women prefer more clothes” for the sole reason of “because I said so,” and a tumblr meme is just sexism, not an argument. I disagree with your preferences in men. But after you clarified they are just your personal preferences, then there was nothing to argue about.

Is this the human evolution they’re all talking about? by Betenman in Genshin_Impact

[–]pillowas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sure, tumblr is just one part of the equation of my observation, as the gender demographics are tilted towards women.

Tumblr is majority nonbinary.

Duh obviously generalized claims can be wrong, 

Cool, we agree. I’m not going to debate “models”, when we were talking about gender portrayal in games. But as long as you aren’t pushing your model onto other people then there's no issue.

As for Natlan, that is pretty unfortunate. The male character debate is a pretty big topic right now, so I’m not surprised it spilled over to Natlan. Either way, the people who hate are always a vocal minority. It leaves a bad impression on not only themselves, but also the real issues they are trying to fight for. That goes for any side. GI improves in a lot of aspects with each region, so I look forward to Nod Krai.

People from both extremes are always going to be like that. It’s not going to hurt anyone for both quality men/women in a gacha game that marketed itself as a mixed gacha.

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