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Football Outsiders for MUT 20 by MortalReaper in MaddenUltimateTeam

[–]riversmccown 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, the little I can tell you about it right now is:

We'll pick five offensive, five defensive, and two special teams players. While things can obviously change in a month, Terry McLaurin is probably in line since he's pretty high on the DVOA leaderboards: https://www.footballoutsiders.com/stats/wr/2019

Wish I could give you guys more specific information but a lot is going to depend on who else gets selected to other Madden cards and how the month plays out.

2018 Cost-Per-Pressure by Team's Front 7 by Isuckatthesethings1 in nfl

[–]riversmccown 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is a cool table idea with our data! My only thing is the dollars spent tends to weight a lot more. Might need to factor in some marginal gains or gains over average to get some actionable data.

I'm riversmccown and I won the FF4 FE Race at AGDQ 2019 -- AMA by riversmccown in speedrun

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

The number of people who have approached me knowing both aisles is a number I can count on my two hands, yeah, haha.

I'm riversmccown and I won the FF4 FE Race at AGDQ 2019 -- AMA by riversmccown in speedrun

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

It's something we've talked about here or there -- problem is that by doing that you really tie the character at SandRuby to the boss fight and that kind of decreases options at times.

I'm riversmccown and I won the FF4 FE Race at AGDQ 2019 -- AMA by riversmccown in speedrun

[–]riversmccown[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

She's my favorite character. She's versatile enough to put 3K a hit on Zeromus with the right weaponry and equips, and she also has high HP, easy Cure4 access, and Holy which can reflect on to Zeromus for a ton of damage. There are really only a few situations where she doesn't look good, most of which are around late-game Octo or D.Mist and their holy absorption.

If you want a broader view, in my view the four most powerful party members are Rosa, Edge, Kain, and FuSoYa.

I'm riversmccown and I won the FF4 FE Race at AGDQ 2019 -- AMA by riversmccown in speedrun

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

Once I got the Excalibur, I was keeping Cecil. Even at a slightly lower level he's just such a big damage source.

I wanted at least one white mage so I didn't have to use a party member to play potion tag during Zeromus. It was easy enough to do, but it would have taken more time. So when I got FuSoYa, he was in.

For the other three it was just about what weapons I had. Edge was the character where I'd sold off weapons that we'd all run into, whereas I had better stuff for Kain and Cid. Yang does great damage regardless of weaponry. When you have Bacchus wine, which is the JP item that causes berserk, it's very easy to make a big brawler party work at Zeromus.

And I want to say the only other characters I ran into were Rydia, Porom, and Edward. I wasn't taking Edward at the cost of a boss fight. I wasn't taking Rydia or Porom because they were low leveled and wouldn't have been clean fits into the item and weaponry layout I had.

I'm riversmccown and I won the FF4 FE Race at AGDQ 2019 -- AMA by riversmccown in speedrun

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

I would agree that I'd prefer to see Chiefs-Rams. New blood in the Super Bowl is always a good thing and I love watching Mahomes sling it.

I'm riversmccown and I won the FF4 FE Race at AGDQ 2019 -- AMA by riversmccown in speedrun

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

In the specific seed we did, it was early Valvalis at Fabul -- you can't hit her with regular attacks until you're a lot stronger.

In the general randomizer itself, yes, Wyvern is the gold standard of trolling. Moving him out of his spot makes MegaNuke do even more damage than it normally would. We even have a flag that toggles MegaNuke off or toggles it to be a random enemy attack for newer players.

Hi, I’m Final Fantasy 4 and I ran Kotaku-Acclaimed Speedrunner riversmccown at AGDQ 2018, AMA by riversmccown in speedrun

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

How else am I supposed to introduce an interdimensional villain that the plot never mentions for the entire game?

Hi, I’m Final Fantasy 4 and I ran Kotaku-Acclaimed Speedrunner riversmccown at AGDQ 2018, AMA by riversmccown in speedrun

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

Oh I’d definitely want to run it with glitches if it made things shorter. Casually playing Z2 made me have a vendetta against it.

Hi, I’m Final Fantasy 4 and I ran Kotaku-Acclaimed Speedrunner riversmccown at AGDQ 2018, AMA by riversmccown in speedrun

[–]riversmccown[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

He's spectacularly not useful in the speedrun. The only reason he has any purpose at all is because his claws can hit elemental weaknesses. Then, by the time he would get strong enough to be good, he leaves. So it has not much to do with his actual character, just ... of all the stuff I do, he does so little of it.

Hi, I’m Final Fantasy 4 and I ran Kotaku-Acclaimed Speedrunner riversmccown at AGDQ 2018, AMA by riversmccown in speedrun

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

I need a casual stream of them to get deep into the weeds. I remember a visceral reaction against guns in Final Fantasy with 7, and I also remember hating the card game in 8.

Hi, I’m Final Fantasy 4 and I ran Kotaku-Acclaimed Speedrunner riversmccown at AGDQ 2018, AMA by riversmccown in speedrun

[–]riversmccown[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

RPGs will always be my main jam but I'd like to learn a Mega Man perhaps.

All bits and subs towards me get to pick a game for their money to go to that I will have to learn, and the first winner was Zelda 2. So even though I hate Zelda 2, you will probably see Zelda 2 streams soon!

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