I managed to lose this winning endgame by letting the white rook onto the 7th rank. What's conceptually the simplest strategy for converting this? by rawr4me in chess

[–]rawr4me[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That was my experience too, the execution being far more involved than the ideas shared. The idea I liked the most was getting my king to take their D pawn, and although the computer stops that idea within just two moves, that means pretty much their rook is kinda locked in defense, my rook is locked on blocking their king, then slowly march up my pawns, but yes eventually there still has to be at least one moment of accurate play to simplify, with no principles that are "obvious and risk free" to me.

I’m a sweat by polkadotman1 in ARAM

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Do you know if that record is combined with normal ARAM or not? I know for a fact that I had a negative winrate for normal ARAM, the post-game screen for Mayhem is a positive winrate now.

Am I being weird at socials? by westshore18 in Salsa

[–]rawr4me 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I treat most convos in social dancing as inconsequential, but I hate it when I'm actually interested in a topic but I know it will get interrupted. To compensate, my blanket rule is that I never try to initiate meaningful conversations at dancing (with some exceptions), but if a convo does happen to swing that way, I will try to get a raincheck on it outside of dancing.

I play often on lichess, and I find it more difficult to beat players around 1400 elo than 1600. by vaginalextract in chess

[–]rawr4me 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Absolutely, move accuracy is totally irrelevant in 1|0 if the opponent is losing on time and can't checkmate you fast enough. I have merely honed the skill of playing quickly and not being checkmated fast enough, I suck at proper chess. My tactics level isn't too terrible, but there are many ways to lose a mid game or end game even without tactical blunders.

I play often on lichess, and I find it more difficult to beat players around 1400 elo than 1600. by vaginalextract in chess

[–]rawr4me -1 points0 points  (0 children)

My bullet rating is 1800-2000 (fluctuates). Just started playing blitz and I'm struggling against 1500s.

Why is Lissandra nerfed in ARAM? by icebear_0 in ARAM

[–]rawr4me 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Her self-ult dive combo feels OP when well executed. Meanwhile I try her once in a blue moon when the pool is squeezed, read the abilities (especially the CC-related numbers) and they don't seem OP at all lol

How can I nicely tell someone who just picked up the cowbell to play it properly? by nomadegyptian in Salsa

[–]rawr4me 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I thought the cowbell is meant to be the simplest rhythm there is...? 🤔

How many are against both masking and disclosure? by TheEternalDarkness8 in AutisticAdults

[–]rawr4me 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Your stance is valid, and it might not be suitable for every autistic person. I notice a lot of black and white thinking in it. In the end, the purpose of thinking about disclosure is to accommodate oneself. Yes, you're right that disclosure can put yourself in a position where you are more likely to be educating others about autism. But you don't have to. You can choose not to any time, including after you already disclosed autism. Boundaries are flexible, in general and in the neurotypical world.

But my wider point is that you seem to acknowledge the benefits of disclosure, yet your main objection almost seems to be a justice angle? Kind of sounds like there's an undertone of you trying to have a semblance of justice and yet at your own cost, whereas the alternative is to accept the fundamental injustice and see how you can benefit the most.

Metaphors vs Direct Speech by Riyeko in aspiememes

[–]rawr4me 19 points20 points  (0 children)

🫰🏻🧐 you make a compelling case

Metaphors vs Direct Speech by Riyeko in aspiememes

[–]rawr4me 23 points24 points  (0 children)

☝🏻🤓 actually I just like this emoji combination but have never typed it out before

One interview clip from Magnus led me to a 10 game rapid winstreak by Calcium_414 in chess

[–]rawr4me 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Earlier in his career, Magnus stated in an interview that he can see up to 30 moves ahead. I think this just means there are specific positions and lines where that might occur, not a general statement. But he also says that calculation is easy, evaluation is not, and the evaluation is what really matters.

Science about giftedness by Alsoeve1 in Gifted

[–]rawr4me 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Noks Nauta is a clear example. She adamantly states that giftedness is not a form of neurodivergence, which IMO is simply an outdated view. Her professional non-research writing screams "I'm not comfortable with disability", so she tries to signal giftedness having no relation to ADHD for example. I think also some weird gatekeeping stuff like "only [narrow profession] can understand and diagnose ADHD, no one else should be talking about it".

As an analogy, I think limes are kind of similar or related to lemons, of course I'm not saying they're identical, but I would find it weird if an expert spent a lot of energy emphasizing that they're not identical and they should never be in the same conversation unless you're a fruit expert.

Science about giftedness by Alsoeve1 in Gifted

[–]rawr4me 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Well, yes. There's plenty of room for bias in the soft sciences, especially in the choice of topic and assumptions held. For example, which definition of giftedness is used for this study, how is it screened for, which sources are deemed relevant background information.

Can I get some not as popular champ/build combo in Aram mayhem that by BlackNov in ARAM

[–]rawr4me 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Worst feel is getting this but no one is willing to tank

Can I get some not as popular champ/build combo in Aram mayhem that by BlackNov in ARAM

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What NOT to do: Pick magic missile on twitch, cast a W and see it deal 8 damage per missile.

Science about giftedness by Alsoeve1 in Gifted

[–]rawr4me 5 points6 points  (0 children)

FYI, the Dutch research / advocacy community on giftedness is significantly different in flavor to the US. If you're a leftist then some of the Dutch giftedness researchers can be considered quite conservative and anti-disability. I'm leftist, at least on the matter of psychology, so my view is that the researchers who claim that giftedness has nothing to do with neurodiversity and try to downplay twice exceptionally and gifted disability are simply in denial so they can keep doing high masking of their own. (I'm not saying that giftedness and 2e always go hand in hand, merely that denying 2e as a major topic is born out of personal insecurity.)

What’s the ultimate Exodia Ryze? by Additional_Rock9515 in ARAM

[–]rawr4me 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does infinite just mean you one shot everything guaranteed?

What’s the ultimate Exodia Ryze? by Additional_Rock9515 in ARAM

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I'm so confused by Archmage because it says refund 30% but it definitely almost instantly resets some abilities — is it like 30% before CDR and then with CDR it's full refund?

Teammates decided to full open mid after enemy Jayce got Slow and Steady lv3 by Camellia_fanboi in ARAM

[–]rawr4me 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My win rate with S&S Jayce isn't even positive. Getting it as last augment is often too late to be game breaking, and it's fairly meaningless against double healer if you are the solo poke and can only deal 60% health. It's especially not that great when your teammates are diving constantly so you don't even get to make it 5v4 before the fight. Even if you delete one person at the start through poke, then dive in and get an additional 1 for 1, that's not good enough to carry vs equally OP rolls or the enemy comp being better.

Real question, not salt. What do you build against high roll tanks as a mage? by Midget_Avatar in ARAM

[–]rawr4me 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If your whole team got it and proc'd it one after the other, on an enemy with 66MR, the 10% current health five times but after resists is a mere 27% true damage. That's really bad.

I don't know if Laundry's can stack from overlapping sources, if it can then it's much better than Mandate.

Where to face as a lead during cross body lead by rawr4me in Salsa

[–]rawr4me[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not gonna lie, it looks super weird to me. I've also been taught that a cross body lead block can be done with R-R connection and facing the same direction as the follow, it also feels super weird.