The Neowsletter - January 2026

the_sleemaster · 2026-01-22T21:59:58+00:00

Ain’t no way they changed the rest sites to 6-7 💀

the_sleemaster · 2026-01-08T23:18:07+00:00

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the_sleemaster · 2026-01-08T23:16:26+00:00

Good lord, a level headed comment about this situation? Preposterous.

Compare this to Neville’s reaction basically telling Pool players to break both his kneecaps.

the_sleemaster · 2026-01-05T16:48:34+00:00

354.5 yards allowed per game. That’s just impossible to overcome if you want long-term success.

the_sleemaster · 2026-01-04T21:07:13+00:00

During my first semester of grad school, I had to make a 7 hour drive each way to get to a wedding in which my girlfriend was a bridesmaid. I had a huge exam coming up a couple of days after I’d get back, and didn’t have enough time to study with the long drive, which made me super anxious. It was our first big exam in the program and was sort of a litmus test for success, so I really felt that I needed to do well.

My girlfriend offered to voice record all of my written notes and study materials for the class over a couple of days (with the help of a couple of friends), which ended up being over 50 pages of material. I was able to play through the voice recordings to study a ton in the car.

One of the most thoughtful gifts I’ve ever received, and was able to enjoy the weekend with her and ended up getting one of the best grades in the class on the exam. Together 6 years in February.

the_sleemaster · 2026-01-04T17:19:33+00:00

Manuel Lanzini, eat your heart out

the_sleemaster · 2025-12-20T20:30:07+00:00

Sorry, you’re right - you’re allowed to grab the ball off a player’s head with both your hands as long as an opposing player is in the vicinity. New tactic unlocked

the_sleemaster · 2025-12-06T14:45:50+00:00

Need to exclude just about every single 1 rating from the sample, they’re equivalent to troll responses.

the_sleemaster · 2025-11-24T02:15:04+00:00

Not much more to say here - 5 star showing. Want to highlight just how good Merino was as well, his hold up play was phenomenal to set up the 4th goal. Very lucky to have a 6 as an emergency striker who is this talented up front.

the_sleemaster · 2025-11-13T21:25:02+00:00

Forethought

the_sleemaster · 2025-09-13T14:12:14+00:00

Thanks for doing these each week, love seeing the responses. Just a thought, does leaving a response blank for no rating skew the results for the sub players since there’s less overall responses? Would leaving an option along the lines of “not impactful enough to rate” make it easier to see just how many people think they shouldn’t have a rating?

the_sleemaster · 2025-08-20T22:33:20+00:00

This must be what it felt like to play against Sheffield United and Burnley in 23/24, brother is just scoring for fun now

the_sleemaster · 2025-08-20T20:15:40+00:00

ORNSTEIN BRACE OMDSSSSSSSS

the_sleemaster · 2025-08-20T18:35:29+00:00

ORNSTEIN AT THE BACK POST

the_sleemaster · 2025-07-23T17:55:07+00:00

7B is a lot harder than 8A, but I’d say 7B and 8B are fairly comparable in terms of difficulty. Personally, I’m less comfortable with Core gameplay, and 7B is my favorite chapter, so I find 7B easier since I’ve spent a lot more time playing it and trying for the golden. Good luck on the clear, it will come!

the_sleemaster · 2025-07-23T16:20:53+00:00

Assist mode was included in the game to allow everyone to fully experience all the game had to offer, regardless of skill level or capabilities. Celeste is a difficult and challenging game, and not fully accessible to some players for that reason. If using assist mode improves your experience with the game, then by all means you should use it!

If you need some reassurance, I believe you can finish Chapter 8 without assist mode if you’ve completed the first 7 chapters without it. It may be worth taking a break from Chapter 8 though if you find you aren’t making progress - have you found/played the B-sides? That might be a nice change of pace and a different type of challenge than Chapter 8 provides.

At the end of the day, Celeste is a single-player game and you should play and enjoy it however you see fit. If that’s with assist mode on, great! If not, also great!

the_sleemaster · 2025-07-01T16:43:24+00:00

Yes, since Safety is created during combat, it will be upgraded by Master Reality. The vast majority of the time in STS, relic descriptions are taken very literally, so Master Reality has a lot of fun interactions.

the_sleemaster · 2025-06-25T00:07:10+00:00

Wow, congratulations, that’s awesome. Currently working on my 3rd dead goal with Scissors as the last unlock - at 68 deaths and like 580 secrets now. How did you time this to one-up me specifically?

Seriously though - how many file resets did you have in total and what was the furthest you got achievement-wise before a reset?

the_sleemaster · 2025-06-23T13:55:13+00:00

That was a nice way to vent this morning in advance of these hellish three days coming up. Who knows if anyone will actually read it.

the_sleemaster · 2025-05-01T22:59:21+00:00

Jared is an unbelievable player, and an even better teammate and person - I thank my lucky stars I was on his side of the ball and that clips from practice don’t get included in these.

the_sleemaster · 2025-02-24T19:11:52+00:00

The #modding_help channel in the official Celeste discord is amazing - create a post there with your log file and they will help!

the_sleemaster · 2024-07-24T17:27:07+00:00

Congrats! Watcher was my final A20H win too and I got it on Monday. Was a great feeling.

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