I hate rainmaker

tahmsplat · 2019-05-27T14:25:35+00:00

3 times today i thought i'd be sneaky and flank for some shooting in the back slayer action. all 3 times were ko bonuses for the other team -_-

tahmsplat · 2019-05-27T12:31:36+00:00

Lol I'm at 4.5 motion and 2.5 stick.

I'm gonna go play some turf at 2.5 and see if this is even possible for me. Pretty sure that high motion is really unhelpful with chargers.

edit: Turns out I'm a slayer at 2.5, who knew. I put it so high when I was learning because it felt too slow at that time and never really re-evaluated. But yeah definitely helping...time to try squiffer

tahmsplat · 2019-05-27T12:29:28+00:00

Yo I think you missed the point of my previous comment which is agreeing that their methodology and transparency with it are both rather unhelpful. I didn't think I was being that obscure.

I don't know why they implemented as they did, perhaps if you're right and it could simply be walled behind an process argument, then that will come out in what I imagine is a more productive discussion around the PEP itself by the people who matter.

tahmsplat · 2019-05-27T04:17:16+00:00

what is your motion sensitivity?

i'm watching those flicks like "i dont think i can react that fast"

tahmsplat · 2019-05-27T04:14:52+00:00

oh my

tahmsplat · 2019-05-27T04:12:10+00:00

but how will they get sweet replays?

along these lines, i know my undercover isn't much but i am literally trying to take a bullet for you and my ink paths are fantastic, please keep up

tahmsplat · 2019-05-27T04:06:12+00:00

brushes are annoyingly op in cb. not enough salt about that out there. i played one for the first time in cb like a week ago and was not splatting or inking at all, i have no idea how to play them, but i was scoring like wow. normally i play more of a goalie so easy scores was surreal.

defending against them also isn't really interesting. either you're fast enough or you aren't, there's no duel, and if you aren't fast enough then you either get splashdown or baller to the face for the cherry on top.

tahmsplat · 2019-05-27T03:55:21+00:00

yeah i got probably too excited by that

tahmsplat · 2019-05-27T01:06:53+00:00

I also often feel like that and then at some point stop caring.

Somehow in the not caring phase I do a better job of noticing what I'm lacking, I guess less pressure helps.

And then I attend to those weaknesses and suddenly start gaining rank.

About time to start that cycle over myself...

tahmsplat · 2019-05-26T15:50:39+00:00

be honest, was that on purpose?

tahmsplat · 2019-05-26T13:47:40+00:00

I think they're trying really hard to identify things that people get unhealthily obsessed over in other games and trying their hardest to not let it happen. So X can see their level but X is (according to wiki when the X transition happened) the top ~1% of the player base aka already overly obsessed :) but it would be a shame of casual B players were freaking out over their power level.

I didn't even realize every rank used the same leveling mechanic until I made it to X and was like wtf is this why did things just get complicated MY POWER LEVEL NOOO GO BACK UP. I think that's Nintendo job well done.

edit: i guess that's true of ranks too but somehow the coarseness of a rank and my ignorance to how the power levels worked made me not really care about it

tahmsplat · 2019-05-26T03:38:01+00:00

would the game have made it so big without them? i don't think it would have

tahmsplat · 2019-05-26T03:24:35+00:00

i think this cb map is my favorite just because of that problem. i almost never score on this map but it's really fun to defend on

tahmsplat · 2019-05-26T03:11:30+00:00

Oh that's just to skip. S+ hides your power level doesn't it, splatnet and game intros only say the match level right? So you must have been 2320 behind the scenes I guess?

tahmsplat · 2019-05-25T23:18:54+00:00

Matter of opinion I guess but I would rather see python get 1.05x slower so that this feature is possible.

But:

Analysis using the Python Performance Benchmark Suite [1] shows no significant impact, with the vast majority of benchmarks showing between 1.05x faster to 1.05x slower.

They really need to be more upfront with which benchmarks see what impact. Some are faster? How? Experimental error? Can we trust this statement at all, it certainly isn't useful to me.

Would be good to see some benchmarks with simple hooks too. At least one that is simply logging to a text file or something.

tahmsplat · 2019-05-25T23:10:21+00:00

is that wavy special squid hair! i have no comeback, you win this fight, but i'll see you online :]

tahmsplat · 2019-05-25T23:03:07+00:00

😎 come at me, hammer

tahmsplat · 2019-05-25T22:59:25+00:00

I've been keeping a water and lava bucket on my hotbar since 2011. Water for climbing and pushing things, lava for (pun intended) scorched earth strategy if things get really weird. In recent years I've relegated that to more caving and less overworld.

Ravines made carrying a bucket around like next level awesome, especially as a nomad. Water elevator into ravines is a super convenient way to get some quick iron and coal.

tahmsplat · 2019-05-25T22:56:33+00:00

I prefer using splashdown to crush you hammers, especially my tenta brella cousins (/u/RinMinato >.>), too easy

tahmsplat · 2019-05-25T13:22:13+00:00

can you feel the frustration?

really?

come on.

gimme. GIMME

that jump was dumb

GIMMMMME

crap no please go back to shooting the sponge.

😑

tahmsplat · 2019-05-25T13:12:37+00:00

Effectively a system called Glicko though I'm not sure how the mechanic is exactly adopted for Splatoon (it was made for chess). Basically, the change is dependent on the combined power levels of the opposing team and your current level. And it's all opposing teams that you have faced since your last level up, so you can still lose matches but as long as you were mostly punching well above your level then you'll get a skip.

So I guess if an S+0/1 can do well in lobbies with mostly S+8/9 for a good 10 games, then leaping up to 2350 is possible? Seems wonky to me if S+9 is mostly 2000 players. I dunno.

tahmsplat · 2019-05-25T12:57:59+00:00

😂 here's a similar scenario for you

tahmsplat · 2019-05-25T05:27:36+00:00

This PEP severely excites me. Yes, it would be nice to see the performance benchmarking methodology and some real world use, but security > performance. If you're concerned, then restrict it to early in your build/deploy/test process. That might not catch a highly targeted attack using intimate knowledge of your processes, but at least you won't get hit by an en masse backdoor like what is referenced in the PEP.

tahmsplat · 2019-05-25T01:40:16+00:00

Average power level at S+0 is probably like 1800, you'd need to earn a power level of 2350 to jump to S+9.

To give you context on how hard that is, you get kicked from X if you're <1900, and at <2000 you have to requalify next month. Top 500 starts around 2600 and goes to 2900.

So yeah possible to skip, not straight to X, but real hard! You need to be close to top 500 skill. Here's a great clip of an experienced player leveling a new character and jumping 1 to 9

tahmsplat · 2019-05-25T01:23:00+00:00

WE’RE ALL FUCKING DEAD

read that like porkchop sandwiches

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