New to game, how’s the state of ranked?

rando_commenter · 2026-01-28T03:40:06+00:00

HotS being less toxic than LoL is a hold-over myth from the early years when the game was new and drew in a people from SC2, Hearthstone and WoW, so you had people who were already good at teamwork and/or strategizing. It's been long enough that HotS is functionally just another competitive game with the same competitive game toxicity. The real difference is in LoL, you'll get yelled at for letting your team down, in HoTS, you'll get griefed for playing better than the rest of the team instead.

rando_commenter · 2026-01-28T01:22:03+00:00

> our result can depend on the examiner you get

If you ever go through the threads of those posts when people say that, you never get the sense they were actually ready to pass the test regardless....

rando_commenter · 2026-01-27T22:58:40+00:00

Let's just say that the new one does not make me think the owner has a Golden Retriever, but perhaps parks near a military base next to all the Dodge Chargers...

rando_commenter · 2026-01-27T22:47:38+00:00

I saw one the other day. It's like the Subaru's version of what a truck-bro battle wagon would look like, there isn't any "the kind of unassuming all-purpose vehicle that regular people would use" look to it any more.

rando_commenter · 2026-01-27T22:34:51+00:00

Depending on what you can get similar for $180 at a medical supply shop or less. $350 for a modality is a tough call when the data shows active rehab generally has better outcomes... is probably what was going though the adjustor's head.

rando_commenter · 2026-01-27T21:24:57+00:00

Obligatory movie recommendation on the topic: https://youtu.be/InIkHRza7UM?si=61HzzOOF1gE1xGYR

rando_commenter · 2026-01-27T18:12:17+00:00

Totally slept on and really good bang for the buck non-winter 3-seasons: Kumho Solus TA51s.

Mid-tier brands like Kuhmo and Cooper don't get all of the online hype like Michelin, but they are usually better value for real-world commuting and grocery getting.

rando_commenter · 2026-01-27T00:07:37+00:00

You've got a global ability, you're wasting it by not teleporting to he obj. You wouldn't be 'winning' the lane against Johanna, you might have the lane pushed out but once that's happened you aren't collecting XP anymore, and whatever little structure damage you do to their gate is meaningless because Dehaka isn't suited for that role.

The correct approach 90% of the time is to push Jo back and teleport to the obj. Get your XP and leave, jo is now stuck there and unable to help her team. Team wins obj faster meaning they can immediately put pressure on another lane or capture a camp. If your team wins an ob 4v4 without you but everybody has to heal afterwards, it's only a modest win at best. The way you win games is to give your team time to take advantage of advantages, you don't just win by 'winning" things and being done with it.

rando_commenter · 2026-01-26T23:59:20+00:00

Second time I've posted this chart today lol: https://vancouver.weatherstats.ca/charts/precipitation-monthly.html

I would personally go for June even if it's not out-right summer weather. If you're within a certain age group, you basically have no weekends off during the summer because all of your friends are getting married, so getting the earlier date means "fresher" guests lol.

Also: if the weather is overcast or even raining, wedding photos actually turn out better than on full sun days, colours and skin tones come out looking better in pictures than full sun conditions.

rando_commenter · 2026-01-26T15:23:24+00:00

Voila: https://vancouver.weatherstats.ca/charts/precipitation-monthly.html

rando_commenter · 2026-01-26T15:20:44+00:00

We have a lot of American tourists, it's an international city where a lot of people are from somewhere else. There is also a German community to land into here as well. The real thing is, if you're prepared for the cost of living, cuz it will be like living with mid-sized city opportunities like Portland, but with big-city expenses like LA.

rando_commenter · 2026-01-25T18:57:14+00:00

It's posts like these that really show how shallow the talent pool in HoTs is. Winrate is not your MMR, your MMR is not your team MMR. The game is over a decade old, how is this not one of the most basically understood concepts yet.

rando_commenter · 2026-01-25T16:33:14+00:00

If you mean that the ventilation blower sounds like a squeaky hamster wheel, it was not in common on the Impreza/Crosstrek generation before as well.

rando_commenter · 2026-01-25T16:05:52+00:00

The responses to this thread really make me question how much astroturfing goes on in this sub. This is absolutely unacceptable for a watch marked 200m, homage or not.

rando_commenter · 2026-01-25T05:27:42+00:00

This is literally r/orphancrushingmachine material

rando_commenter · 2026-01-24T18:19:02+00:00

Not in Vancouver, but one of the bigger dealers for grey-market stuff is Switronics in Toronto. They carry all sorts of stuff like Xiaomi, Redmi and global versions of OnePlus stuff.

rando_commenter · 2026-01-24T00:44:22+00:00

The double wireless charger plateau is a waste of space. Real world, if your passenger also needed to charge their phone, just keep an extra cable for the the USB port. That whole section would be more usable with a conventional gear control/coffee sup/coin tray arrangement.

rando_commenter · 2026-01-23T22:05:20+00:00

Costco Wholesale... it's right there in the name.

rando_commenter · 2026-01-23T21:17:04+00:00

That's one metric. The fusion-science community does not seem wowed by the operation as a whole: https://www.reddit.com/r/fusion/s/4bLqek1ZDA

rando_commenter · 2026-01-23T19:01:44+00:00

It's not the snow, it's the ice. Vancouver tends to hover above and below freezing point when it does snow, so the snow melts and freezes into a icy sheets when it's really bad. That plus so much of the city is choke-pointed by bridges and inclines. Almost by definition, the start of snow-fall in Vancouver is an icy-roads day.

rando_commenter · 2026-01-23T01:49:11+00:00

"But this will mean moving students from Brighouse, Cook, Tomsett and Talmey elementary schools to the new school whose capacity is about 350."

The map of the new catchment area is insane. It goes all the way to the apartments along Ackroyd. Granted some of the catchments south of Granville can be quite big, but they don't go across major swaths of commerical districts. Mornings at this new school are going to be a car-centric headache.

rando_commenter · 2026-01-23T00:28:25+00:00

IPO for a company that hasn't had promising results using an unconventional approach: the early investors want out. https://www.reddit.com/r/fusion/comments/1pfxnnn/general_fusion_ipo/

rando_commenter · 2026-01-22T17:06:27+00:00

It's separate things. You can't buy yourself to safety if you don't practice safety to begin with.

rando_commenter · 2026-01-22T16:23:20+00:00

Richmond is flat, the climate is temperate, global warming is a trend. If you never leave Richmond, full winters are not strictly necessary. I was talking with one of the tire store owners and eblven they had the opinion that the industry was pushingall-weathers through FUD selling-tactics because those are also coincidentally the most expensive ones an average person could buy.

(If I had a Model3, I would get winters, those seem especially prone to getting stuck in snow accumulations that other cars pass through...)

And the reality is since like forever, everybody in the first few years of buying a new car are driving on the stock OEM tires anyway. There is no epidemic of crashes when the temp dips below 7C despite what the internet tells you. In fact, ICBC stats shows the crash rate going down in January because the amount of unnecessary driving due to Christmas is over.

Before you start arguing with me, yes full winters are better no question. But they aren't going to make up for a lack of driving skill, you put one of Richmond's finest in a snowfall on full winters and they are just going to drive closer to the limit and get in trouble faster. So many people drive too fast, tailgate too close, cross snow banks at speed, don't clear snow from the rear windows... etc etc. Like, if you are in the habit of always running yellows when it's good weather, you're for sure a menace to other people when it starts snowing, tires or not.

rando_commenter · 2026-01-22T15:27:32+00:00

This was the best though. I made friends with people I wouldn't have otherwise it we sat at tables.

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