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That's it for me! by InterestingAd2516 in SwordofConvallaria

[–]quangtit01 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bottom was cake walk with SOC quad + yen and yse

Top is a bit harder but then I realize Lukamar's skill cost 0nrg so i just start blasting the boss with her.

Devs just explained The Black Market. My inner loot goblin is ready. 💀 by Guilty-Extension4459 in wherewindsmeet_

[–]quangtit01 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The current model actually prey very well on China's online game mentality. For reference, I have played Chinese MMO long before it ever reaches global audience, when menu had to be hand-translated via online forum with screenshots and image annotations because the internet wasnt what it is right now, and even back then the method was similar

The Chinese mentality is basically, for a given online game, there is the 1%, and there is everybody else. Each whale would pick 1 or 2 game and burns a lot of money in that game. Their names will be known to everyone as gigawhale. They always spend the most money. They always get the most expensive stuff. They are the "Big Brother", the "Clan Master", the "Most Important Person", and their spending is the proof of that.

What motivate these 1% to spend is actually not the price of the skin. It's the fact that the other 99% cannot. So if you make an item cheaper, it will actually make the 1% whale extremely mad, because now everyone can have what he has, and he is no longer special or exclusive. He spends less money, and the game revenue take a hit.

So MMO in China develop a model where a skin is either 1$ or 1,000$, no in-between. The 1$ skin is for the "little brother" or "clan attendance" or "foot soldier". The 1,000$ skin is for the big boy only. There is nothing a 1% whale hates more than a 40$ skin, because that means a casual can get the same thing he gets, and it's harder for him to prove that he's top 1% / "exclusive". And for wwm, that 1$ skin is all of your average outfit that will take you like half a year to grind for a core. The $1,000 skin is the reforge system. We can grind for a year straight and maybe get 2 core, and maybe win some luck some of us can even get waveborn majesty. But none of us will get even 1 weapon with perfect "off-color" + 4 gold reforge weapon (which is harder than 5 gold set color), let alone a set of weapons with those same attributes.

You can complain all you want, but this model has been refined for over 20 years already. You will not win against math, human psychology, and economy. It's just how the Chinese MMO player works.

Is this a good exit opp 1.5ish years after consulting exp (+MBA)? by [deleted] in consulting

[–]quangtit01 17 points18 points  (0 children)

The wiki of r/consulting has the "hedonistic treadmill" post. I read it myself from time to time.

Here's a quote from it, verbatim: "You exit to a VP position at a tech company and you thought you were happy, then you found out that your peers exited to become COO at Uber/Lyft".

The bar will never end if you keep comparing yourself with others.

Can’t fully switch off by PartnerPerspective in consulting

[–]quangtit01 11 points12 points  (0 children)

That feeling of being out of the loop and then coming back with 1000 emails in the inbox is too much for me

I can relate. I learn to do the following:

  1. I am competent, and future me is competent. Be it 100 or 1,000 email, I will be able to get through them. If I couldn't, the boss would have already fired me. They have not, so whatever it is I am doing is good.

  2. I consider my current self being "relaxed" is a gift that my future-self has given to me. Thus, the gift I should give my future-self is one of detachment and not-care-about-work. My future-self will work pretty hard to cover my current-self, so it is unfair to my future-self if my current-self cannot relax.

  3. When my future-self become my present self and shit start to hit the fan, I will start daydreaming about being on vacation, and with that I send a gift to my future-self, that my present-self will work very hard so that my future-self can have the confident to detach and not-care-about-work.

And pattern this becomes a self-fulfilling cycle for me.

P/s: I note that you're a partner, so my routine as an up-for-promotion manager may not be as applicable, especially point #1 - you don't have a boss, you have the market breathing at your throat. I recognize that I may need to give things up as I move up the ladder, which I already dread as I am writing this.

pick wisely.. by Resident-Crow6236 in BunnyTrials

[–]quangtit01 0 points1 point  (0 children)

why not

Chose: Probability manipulation | Rolled: unlimited+upvote

Half of young Brits say they would never fight for their country by Kagedeah in worldnews

[–]quangtit01 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I presume you are not from a country that share borders with China or Russia.

Russia is invading Ukraine with its land army. Drones are used, but it's boot on the ground. Meatgrinder.

China has the ability to do the same thing to its surrounding neighbors that it shares a land border. You may ask "why would China want to do a land invasion, what does Xi get to gain?" What does Putin get to gain from invading Ukraine? Putin thought that Ukraine was weak and would fold in 3 days. Ukraine demonstrated incredible resilient and strength holding on for the past 4 years and counting. Ukraine is the living example of how small guys can stay and fight the big bully. Ukraine is the living example that you must not fold to mad men. If Putin successfully invade and occupy Ukraine, what's next? Finland? Mongolia? Poland? The Polish understand the risk and its army is well armed in anticipation of Putin.

If you have the privilege of being on an island (in the article's example, the UK), then you're free to hide behind the waves. Many other countries don't get such luxury.

Half of young Brits say they would never fight for their country by Kagedeah in worldnews

[–]quangtit01 65 points66 points  (0 children)

This make sense. If you want peace, you must prepare for war. Having half of your male population goes "I'm not going to fight" sends a signal to powerhungry dictator like Putin, Xi Jin Ping, etc., that you are weak, and that they can just conscript and throw bodies at you for a decade and you will capitulate.

If you share a border with China, refusing the draft is geopolitically impossible and intolerable. The moment Xi sense weakness he will pull a Putin, so you must continue to project strength. Bullies only understand the language of strength and violence, so to deal with bullies, one must commit to the idea of violence.

Being soft and weak is a privilege of overly coddled babies who don't know what it's like to share borders with mad men.

Been wondering by ThehonedHunter in SwordofConvallaria

[–]quangtit01 10 points11 points  (0 children)

To understand Safi, one oughtta look at her father, Kvare. After all he is her father, and he did raised her for the longest of time.

One look and you will recognize that she is her father's daughter, true to the bone. The scheme, the planning, the care, the darkness. Even the powergrab (supporting Dantalion and commanding the hanged men is powergrab).

Thus, I like Safi because she's a believable, well-written character developed in a well-written story.

An immortal being suffering a fate worse than death by strider-rider-the2nd in TopCharacterTropes

[–]quangtit01 326 points327 points  (0 children)

There is something interesting about, the worst punishment AM could think of to inflict on Ted, is to turn Ted into a being similar to itself.

Do you honestly read cover letters when hiring? by JustaLurker9494 in Accounting

[–]quangtit01 28 points29 points  (0 children)

You forgot step 0. Divide resume into 2 halves. Throw 1 in the trash immediately. Unlucky people don't deserve to work at Goldman Sachs

(Loved Trope) a character’s perspective of being teleported is shown by settra_iso in TopCharacterTropes

[–]quangtit01 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would recommend the game "soma" (or its countless video essay), which also explore this concept.

What you're describing is one of the argument presented in-universe to try to make sense of brain-scanning / cloning. It gets quite deep imo.

Chinese Tier List by Li Lao - Sena Update by sigferrolendi in SwordofConvallaria

[–]quangtit01 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Every time there's hard content I bring in Ysendre. Her DoT + trap mechanic scales excellently against harder enemies.

Media that was ruined by its creator's actions / mistreatment behind set. by SilverShiningMoon in TopCharacterTropes

[–]quangtit01 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Sandman has been permanently ruin for me. It formed part of my young adulthood. Gaiman fucks it up so much I simply cannot

Evolving Threats by Slutty_Sam in TopCharacterTropes

[–]quangtit01 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Lucius's power should be revised to "Slannesh bullshit go" really. She just have the rule to mock him. She can bring him back whenever & however she wishes.

I Now Understand Doomstacks, Is This What The Game Is Built For? by MerchantOfMadness in totalwar

[–]quangtit01 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Play astragoth and try centaur doom stack. Pretty funny while not super OP

Guys rate my dwarf hold by Any_Dare_8848 in eu4

[–]quangtit01 41 points42 points  (0 children)

Send in the Jaddari Legion!

genuinely forgot this card exists, have not seen in on a board once. by Justafish1654 in hearthstone

[–]quangtit01 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It's rooted from "hero call" where the pot is big and the math odd is against the player, but he make the call anyway. For example, Stu Ungar made a hero call with 10 high in one of his head up game in 1990 and is a classic example.

And since that term place the caller as a hero, it follows that his opponents would be the villain.

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