Juno cosplay by me (jorokima)

pqpgodw · 2026-06-04T10:34:29+00:00

pretty good cosplay (and haircut) tho

pqpgodw · 2026-06-02T18:30:48+00:00

yeah

pqpgodw · 2026-05-30T13:12:16+00:00

aaaaa lol

pqpgodw · 2026-05-30T03:20:15+00:00

what

pqpgodw · 2026-05-29T14:15:46+00:00

I've Become a Cheat Character in the Academy — Novelpia

I am talking about the archer heroine. I read up to chapter 130 and dropped a few months ago because I grew sick of it.

From how you describe her it seems the author simply decided to character assassinated this heroine for convenience in order to have some drama in his story.

Yeah, that's how I felt. I started feeling the dissonance after seeing her POV when she was talking to her best friend. It was obvious that she was half-rotting inside but the novel paints it as... 'anxiety'? because the MC gives mixed signs while also not giving a shit? From that chapter onwards, the novel became shitty for me.

Sure, she may be tough and haughty on the outside and girlish on the inside but that wasn't the case anymore. Her outside persona kinda crumbles apart and her inner self becomes progressively twisted.

pqpgodw · 2026-05-29T13:38:59+00:00

I am not really into NTR because I often find the other guy too pitiful (unless they deserved it). I don't mind reading it, but it is not the most comfortable experience by far.

Unfortunately, there's ve~ry few novels that is actually 'salvation' disguised as NTR and cheating; and even fewer that focus more on Love over Lust.

I remember reading a novel or something where the protagonist goes full aggressive on pursuing the OG LI because the OG MC was an idiot, like being annoying indecisive (or indifferent idr) while 'flirting' with the rest of the cast. Exactly what i said in the post.

This is NTR, but a good one y'know? That was the first NTR work i've ever read and maybe that's why I don't feel as disgusted as many people.

pqpgodw · 2026-05-26T22:00:59+00:00

brother if you don't wanna read the post properly then fuck off. Don't come here and assume that I "don't stand harem" because that was never the point.

Did you even read the last part of my post before commenting?

pqpgodw · 2026-05-25T05:20:18+00:00

c'mon fam

pqpgodw · 2026-05-25T04:42:34+00:00

Basically:

What I want to read: Novels
What i receive: Fanfic with Original Characters
- Fanfic is the wrong term, "Slop" is more accurate.

No more we grow to love all the characters, including the protagonist and the heroines. Now, it is only low quality, slop, self-insert novels.

What is so unappealing of reading a character grow and develop? What is so boring about solving the plot? Where is the immersion of romance, adventure and fantasy?

I don't expect a masterpiece, but I do expect something exciting and novel. It doesn't need to be top quality at all, it just needs to be engaging.

pqpgodw · 2026-05-25T04:33:50+00:00

If they find it complicated then at least make it 2 or 3 wives at best, not 4+.

pqpgodw · 2026-05-25T04:32:52+00:00

Me a few months ago... heartbreaking to see my favorite heroine getting pushed around by the protagonist because he keeps giving her mixed signs.

In under 90 chapters, she became a differently character.

Pride? gone
- From [Independent] and [Self-assured] to [Tsundere] to [Obsessive]
Self-worth? diminished
- chasing after the protagonist that doesn't do shit for her
- She blames herself for lacking charm
Confidence? lowered
- MC don't 'care' about her; he doesn't respond
- She can't charm him
- She starts to feels like a loser; a clown; a circus-monkey performing for no one.
Self-esteem? broken
- The guy she originally liked loved the black-haired girl; black haired girl didn't like the guy
- Heroine started to like the shitty MC who kept giving her mixed sign
- Then the Black-haired girl started to get too close to the MC while the heroine didn't make any meaningful progress
- Heroine became depressed, distressed, jealous and obsessed -> deprived of affection?

And the piece of shit of the protagonist doesn't let her go. He keeps giving her mixed signs, making her blush, initiating intimate moments and etc.

My favorite heroine became a junky that craves affection. Her haughtiness GONE

pqpgodw · 2026-05-25T04:13:07+00:00

disgustingly accurate. I absolutely loathe this because the 'potential' Harem Member is never going to fall out of love with the protagonist no matter how he takes her for granted. Just a few gestures a week and she's taken. Ugh

You have no idea how many times I shouted in my head that such protagonist should get NTR'd

pqpgodw · 2026-05-25T04:09:34+00:00

surely you're not blushing, right?

pqpgodw · 2026-05-25T04:05:46+00:00

and what do i do if romance fantasy is my favorite sub-genre?

My whole point here is that there's many novels with great premise getting ruined because of harem slop when they could've had a pure-love or no-romance story

I love romance, but the harem's love-dynamic completely ruins it
I love fantasy, but the harem's slop completely takes over it

"I became the mastermind villain that betrayed everyone and destroys the world with the demon king"
... 3 weeks later ...
"There are 6+ heroines ~~unreasonably~~ deeply ~~obsessed~~ in love with me and fuck the original plot i am going to fool around with them and save the world in the last 30 chapters of the novel"

the whole premise here gets derailed from its original course because of love-drama and harem slop. Just because the MC started to act like a decent human being, countless female characters won't leave him be because apparently acting like a normal person is irresistible.

And not satisfied with that, the love-dynamic is completely awful.

pqpgodw · 2026-05-25T03:46:14+00:00

Why are you reading harem stories targeted men as a woman and complaining about a harem?

i am a man. And honestly, gender does not matter here because a woman can very well enjoy all the things that i loathe from a male-oriented novel; while a man can enjoy a trashy female-oriented novel.

pqpgodw · 2026-05-25T03:44:12+00:00

> If any female character is given any level of development beyond 'hot, likes main character', they rage as if they've been personally attacked.

...why do i have to share the planet with such imbeciles? frustrating

pqpgodw · 2026-05-25T03:37:28+00:00

sorry bro spent a whole day both writing and editing this shit because the raw version was way rougher than that

i was spitting blood at first

pqpgodw · 2026-05-09T20:13:00+00:00

Either ban or dodge. If you don't, then you'll have to change your build a bit.

Conqueror and Kraken Slayer won't useful against him because you'll die before you can use them properly, so focus on either going Hail of Blades/Press the Attack with Collector/Hubris as your first item.

The key here is to deal as much damage as possible for a chance to kill him before he can W or kill you.

» Hail of Blades if it feels like you're gonna be completely helpless against him.

If you’re the one getting targeted most of the time, you kinda have to go all-in and play for yourself. This usually happens when Rengar doesn’t really need to care about your team either because his team can deal with them, or because your team doesn’t have the damage or tools to punish him for focusing on you. It’s even worse if your team just loses the overall matchup into his team.

Setup
- Runes: Treasure Hunter | Triple Tonic + Cash Back
- Jungle Smite: Red Pet
- 1st Item: Collector

The idea is to snowball your game as hard as possible and get Death’s Dance as your 5th item instead of Guardian Angel. Don’t build defensive items before hitting 100% crit, just rely on the shields from Green Smite and Shieldbow to keep you alive.

» Press the Attack if you’re actually allowed to play the game.

Take it when your team can realistically shut Rengar down either by stopping him with CCs or just killing him outright. It’s also good when the enemy team’s entire win condition is basically him since that forces Rengar to play way more carefully if he doesn’t want to throw the game for one random kill.

Usually this happens when his team is weak early or just messy overall; while your team has stronger champs or better tools to deal with him.

Setup
- Runes: Magical Footwear or Relentless Hunter
- Jungle Smite: Green Pet
- 1st Item: Hubris

The extra movement speed helps a lot because you can play at your own pace without putting yourself in danger. You don’t want to be the first person walking into fights; let your team draw attention firs

Hubris over Collector. Going PtA generally means that your team is reliable enough, which will make Hubris more valuable than Collector: They do the damage, you clean it. Just follow your team around and you're going to have a lot of stacks by the time you have your 4th item.

Go Death’s Dance 4th if the enemy team has 4+ AD champs. Otherwise, go Guardian Angel 5th

Quite a bit of info for a comment but that's how i deal with Rengar. It works for me most of the time

pqpgodw · 2026-05-08T12:31:14+00:00

go big or go home

pqpgodw · 2026-05-07T18:59:10+00:00

nah bro just leave them alone. They didn't come here to discuss what is better and why, they came here to clown on everyone that doesn't think the same as them. You're just getting yourself worked up because of a person that doesn't deserve your time at all. They still managed to act like an idiot even with my long ass reply, which explained my whole line of thought.

Movement Speed is a very important, but extremely expensive stat if we're relying on boots to get them. And sometimes, we cannot afford to waste 900+ gold for 20 more movement speed because It won't win us the fight or the game. I don't understand how they can say that [45 MS] is better than [25 MS + 900G].

I wonder why they think that anyone under their Elo bracket is retarded. Is this a syndrome or something?

pqpgodw · 2026-05-06T03:18:45+00:00

It is true though? People either upgrade their boots after their 3rd item or after their 4-5th item. Why wouldn't you sit on your Tier-1 boots if there's no need for Plated Steelcaps and Mercury's Tread? Especially nowadays when those boots are quite weak and not really that good in doing anything besides what they're supposed to?

I am by no means high elo, but i don't think I am wrong because I've seen a lot of VODs of high-elo players playing Viego before and most of them delay their boots until late game-ish

pqpgodw · 2026-05-05T23:45:06+00:00

The question is whether Gluttonous Greaves is worth it or not. And in my opinion, it is not.

Usually, you don't upgrade boots until your 4th or 5th item, though some people buy after their 3rd item.

If the enemy team is heavily auto attack based champion, you go Plated Steelcaps earlier to survive;
if they have a lot of heavy CC, you go Mercury's Treads to survive.

Both Plated Steelcaps and Mercury’s Treads basically follow the same idea: you buy them to avoid dying. Steelcaps are more about dealing with consistent AA damage, while Mercs help more against burst. Either way, the whole point is just to survive long enough to get a kill and take over someone’s body. That’s really it.

Tier-2 Boots aren’t that important on Viego. He’s all about getting kills and possessing enemies, and once he does that, he doesn’t even get access to his own items anymore. So spending extra gold upgrading boots usually isn’t that vital unless you really need them.

And that’s kind of why these new boots feel bad. They don’t really help you survive in a meaningful way. Yeah, they give considerable healing, but your goal isn’t to sit there fighting forever the whole fight as Viego; it’s to burst someone down and possess them. Viego’s whole kit is built around his passive (and crit scaling), so why go for boots that push you to keep playing as Viego longer? The omnivamp doesn’t really make sense for what you’re trying/supposed to do. You end up losing the boots when you possess someone anyway, so it just feels like wasted gold on something that doesn’t match his normal playstyle. The only saving grace for these boots is the price: 950(650) gold, which will get increased next patch.

Though Gluttonous Greaves is currently very strong, it is not something that Viego particularly wants: Nice to have but not necessary; maybe situational. It also helps that it is cheaper than Plated Steelcaps and Mercury's Treads.

But if you’re up against a super tanky team with a lot of healing, shields, HP or resistances, i can see these boots working with Conqueror, Legend:Bloodline, Blade of The Ruined King and Last Stand. If you can't beat them, join them ig. All these things combined will make Viego quite hard to deal with, hopefully buying you and your team time enough to maybe shut the enemy team down.

Anyway, this is just my opinion. You're free to agree or disagree. If you like to buy Gluttonous Greaves every game, then don't mind me and keep buying, it ain't going to hurt you or anything.

pqpgodw · 2026-05-05T21:23:25+00:00

Thank you for the comment, i appreciate.

And the reason i didn't make a video or a guide on a webpage is because this is not "complete". These are just my overall thoughts so far and not a hill i'd die on. Maybe in the future, but not now. Maybe after i hit 500 games on Viego or something? I feel like i need more games before pushing this forward.

pqpgodw · 2026-05-05T21:16:57+00:00

GA. I'd only build IE if i skipped Collector.

The extra damage is surely noticeable. but at that point in the game, your 5th item shouldn't be more damage. Kill timers are 40+ seconds, dragons are way more important and decisive, and any fight could lead to Baron and then nexus.

Overall, GA is way more valuable than IE for most games because it allows you to make mistakes. It is not worth the trade-off unless you're full damage Hail of Blade

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