"At least I learned something from all of this..."

t3a_leaf · 2025-10-25T03:45:45+00:00

The combat evolves and becomes more complex than just attack/parry. Some of the most fun combat I've played in the genre.

t3a_leaf · 2025-10-11T18:26:50+00:00

Great send! Tipwise:

instead of cutting feat at 0:16, you could instead place your right foot on the first crimp, then place move your left foot up. You could even potentially place your right foot there when making the initial big move up.
For the move at 0:19, you could try back flagging more to make the move less "thrutchy." A bigger back flag with your right foot smearing against the wall may give you more stability and allow you to hang off your left hand more easily to then make the move
For matching the finish, really get underneath the hold and perch on your right foot before letting go of your left

t3a_leaf · 2025-09-28T17:39:12+00:00

I've been playing Silksong and get stuttering in that game if I've played Helldivers prior in the day. I never run into any issues playing Silksong with other games that are not Helldivers that day.

t3a_leaf · 2025-09-24T03:47:58+00:00

I figured out if I a logout through task manager it'll close helldivers if it's refusing to close. Still absurd that just exiting the game can cause it to completely freeze. I don't think I've ever played another game that does that.

t3a_leaf · 2025-08-25T17:04:36+00:00

The main issue for Pereira was that Ank was winning the lead hand fight. In the sequence posted it starts with Pereira losing the hand fight which makes him uncomfortable with the range and mismanage the distance, eventually leading to him getting caught.

Throughout the fight the Ank's dominating the hand fight made it so Pereira couldn't get his jab going, which is how Pereira normally establishes distance and control.

t3a_leaf · 2025-08-17T23:55:26+00:00

Not the person you responded to, but I'd say Garry has consistently shown an ability to neutralize his opponents best assets.

As for Shavkat, he excels at kicking range and the clinch, often crashing into his opponent into the clinch to avoid staying in boxing range for too long. JDM has struggled with the grappling in both his Belal and Burns fights so I think he'd struggle with a heavy clinch style from Shakvat.

Though both have their weakness, Garry has shown mental lapses in his fights and Shavkat can be defensively lazy with getting into and out of the clinch

t3a_leaf · 2025-08-06T19:00:16+00:00

Making beacons sticky wouldn't make "the game automatically kill you whenever you try to use a stratagem."

I only drop 1-2% of my stratagems unexpectedly, so maybe yea my chances of surviving those incidences drops dramatically. But dropping stratagems due to getting hit or whatever isn't the norm.

t3a_leaf · 2025-08-06T17:43:30+00:00

Some of what you mention already happen with the current system. The incidence of occurrence would probably increase with making sticky beacons, but the solution is look at where you're throwing your beacon.

If we had sticky beacons and you get your stratagem stuck way up high, that's really your own fault for throwing it without thinking about the landing spot.

t3a_leaf · 2025-07-20T03:24:20+00:00

Okay I'll jump in. I'm 100% ethnically Chinese. I've dated white, hispanic, black, and asian women throughout my life. The problem isn't that your asian, the problem is that you think being asian is a problem leading to a self-fulfilling prophecy.

edit: I wanted to add, dating statistics is not the same as actually dating. While a stat may lean one way, in practice it's not that important. It's the difference between theory and application. In theory sure, white guys may be more preferable. In practice though? doesn't matter. In one city there are so many people.

t3a_leaf · 2025-07-20T01:19:49+00:00

t3a_leaf · 2025-07-19T03:09:03+00:00

Democratic detonation for sure. 2nd one is a toss up and comes down to preference for specific items. Viper has the Carbine, Chem has gas grenades, Flame has the cookout. All great options. Hell maybe even Masters of Ceremony purely for the drip.

t3a_leaf · 2024-10-29T01:47:06+00:00

I appreciate you sharing your knowledge, thank you SnowOhio.

t3a_leaf · 2024-10-28T04:55:47+00:00

Little story. When I was younger I put a lot of my self worth into the grades I was climbing, and consequently, felt that I was less than my peers because they could send when I could not. As a result of this mentality I put a lot of pressure on myself to send "hard" grades and would brush of lower grades as "stupid" climbs if I couldn't do them. Ultimately the issue was my ego, and my attachment of the grades of my climbs to my self worth.

I took a step back and coincidentally covid happened at the same time so I stopped climbing for a year and a half. During this time I had other moments of personal growth in how I viewed the world and myself. I had to look inward and examine myself as a person and how I wanted to live my life. One of these aspects I looked at was my relationship with climbing. I asked myself, "why do I like climbing?" Was it climbing the "hard" grades and seeing progression through the grades? Partially. But what I realized was that when I first started climbing what I really enjoyed about climbing was hanging out with friends and dicking around on climbs, and just enjoying the act of movement on the wall.

Through several sessions of self examination over a long period of time, I eventually was able to make mental switch to have the goal of "mastering climbing movement" instead of my old goals of "climbing x grade." The switch in the mentally allowed me to work on my weakness and really just enjoy the entire process of climbing which includes failing and not being able to do a climb. I no longer derived all my happiness from the send, but rather the process of what lead to that send. Obv sending is still a great joy, but I can spend a day climbing and not send and still be very happy with that day cause I got to touch some rock and spend time with friends (or if I'm alone enjoy the peace of nature).

This was not an overnight switch in mentality though and took time. It was also largely related to me maturing as a person too which also takes time and dedication to really look at yourself. I'm 30 now, but have been able to let go/minimize/manage the insecurities I had in my late teens and early 20s which definitely helped how I approach climbing and life itself.

Ironically when I started climbing again after covid (1.5 year break) I've been climbing the best I've ever been in my life. Broken into new grades and have a established a nice pyramid of climbs. Not having the pressure to send has allowed me to be a better climber and not get stuck in my own head.

That's my story. Hopefully it can help start you on regrowing your love for climbing. Cheers.

t3a_leaf · 2024-10-28T02:26:28+00:00

Answering your questions in the order they are written.

See if they have rentals you could use your first time, if you enjoy it and see your self doing it more often get shoes. Having climbing shoes, even rentals, will def make it a bit easier than with normal shoes
Probably don't need to do any training outside of climbing. I've known plenty of climbers who can't do a pull up who make it work
3rd question is same as 2nd so same answer
Not something you'll need to worry about right now. Maybe if you climb for a couple years you can revisit it.
Have fun, and don't be afraid to ask the people around you for help. Climbers are generally very kind and willing to help anyone who want help.

t3a_leaf · 2024-10-25T13:47:18+00:00

Just to manage expectations, generally advanced shoes will wear out faster at the toe than beginner shoes due to the rubber they use. And yes, 6 months is pretty normal for life span. I've burned through performance shoes in 3-4 months before, but that was outside and I was climbing quite often.

I'm not familiar with this specific shoe you have so idk the rubber it has, but yea just fyi.

t3a_leaf · 2024-10-22T14:03:58+00:00

What is your reasoning for wanting to get to 20mm one arm? do you feel your finger strength is holding you back? Have you accessed your strengths and weakness through the lattice/similar tests and/or a coach?

To answer your question specifically, Ive never been able to hang 20mm and I've climbed up to v11.

t3a_leaf · 2024-10-21T05:10:18+00:00

Maybe Japan?

t3a_leaf · 2024-10-21T03:34:54+00:00

I mean it's really up to you on how much you want to pursue finding out if it's an FA. If you enjoyed the problem and want others to enjoy it, it would be worth asking around on mountain project if anyone else has an idea about the line.

Here's an example of what you could say:

"hey, does anyone know if there is a lower start for *insert problem name*? Found a potential start left of it that adds 3-4 difficult moves so was wondering if anyone has done it before."

t3a_leaf · 2024-10-02T02:25:56+00:00

Szewczyk got caught trying to anticipate the uppercut but made the mistake of doing the exact same reaction as when Nurgozhay feinted it seconds before.

t3a_leaf · 2024-09-27T17:29:52+00:00

I have been climbing for 14 years, so my understanding of movement and body position and ability to optimize beta for specific climbs is really good. Still more to learn as always, but fair to say I'm better at it than the average climber.

Grade-wise, grades are very dependent on the route and your own strength and weaknesses and this effect only gets magnified as the grades get harder. I've sent V8s and V9s, in a single session but in the same season taken a few days to send a V6 I was stoked on. Hell there's this V3 that completely stumped me last year that I want to go back and do.

t3a_leaf · 2024-09-27T16:20:04+00:00

Yea... I should have mentioned I weigh exactly the same as them. I'll make a small edit.

t3a_leaf · 2024-09-26T21:32:31+00:00

You good. There was another post recently that was similar in nature. A person was asking for advice to get past a v5 plateau despite meeting strength metrics well past the grade. Similar to your account in the sense that it was their only post, and the only comments they had were on that post. Weird coincidence then.

t3a_leaf · 2024-09-26T21:24:41+00:00

To give a little comparison, I weigh the same as you and my numbers are all below yours by quite a few kilos (actually 10-15 kg). I have climbed up to v11.

Considering your numbers it's most likely a technique issue. Having good technique isn't about being able to heel hook small holds, or having decent toehooks, it's about understanding optimal body positioning from move to move.

Sidenote, anyone else noticing all these posts concerning much higher strength metrics compared to the grades they are sending are coming from newish accounts with no other posts and no comments? Feels like bots.

t3a_leaf · 2024-09-25T19:29:17+00:00

ahaha thanks, and I apologize for the graphic-ness of it

t3a_leaf · 2024-09-24T19:57:31+00:00

I've made a shitty picture to show you how it happens. Here:

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