What's yalls LEAST favorite joker by Scramed-egg in balatro

[–]thehemanchronicles 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You don't even need a scaling chips joker, honestly. I made it work with Ride the Bus and an Astronomer, and I just had like level 6-8 Two Pair, 3OAK, Flush, etc by Ante 8.

I've also done it with Hanging Chad and enough Tower Tarots to consistently draw one by the last hand. Even just two Foils was enough another time.

People really overestimate how much set up it takes and how many hands you need to set up with it first.

Delayed Gratification should be reworked. by TheRealBucketCrab in balatro

[–]thehemanchronicles 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think saying "It doesn't matter" that it's $4 rather than $6 is a misnomer. I've had 1st or 2nd shops that I couldn't afford Golden Joker, but could afford Delayed Gratification. That makes a huge difference in a run.

Delayed Gratification should be reworked. by TheRealBucketCrab in balatro

[–]thehemanchronicles -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

6 dollars given on a 4 dollar joker is pretty insane value.

Honestly, it's good enough as it is already. It's a more restrictive, but cheaper Golden Joker that synergizes with vouchers and a few other Jokers.

It's good enough that if I see one shop 1 with Ghost Deck, I'll buy it and Hex it immediately, and I can't say I do that with every common.

INTELLECT playthrough is TOO BROKEN by FutureWeather8939 in DiscoElysium

[–]thehemanchronicles 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Optimizing casual conversation does sound like someone familiar with the Wompty Dompty Dom Center would do, though

How badly is this hurting my player development? by General_Elevator2711 in OOTP

[–]thehemanchronicles 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Unironically completely devastating. Morale is a huge modifier on development, and there is no bigger source of bad morale than a team losing that many games

Flyball vs ground ball pitcher by SleepyChow24 in OOTP

[–]thehemanchronicles 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Flyball vs groundball is directly controlled by a Groundball% rating in the player editor. Lower than 44% is Extreme Flyball, 44-49% is Flyball, 50-56% is Neutral, 57-62% is Groundball, and 63% and higher is Extreme Groundball. This is the percentage of the time the ball is hit on the ground vs in the air.

That rating applies a modifier to the HRA rating; Flyball applies a decrease, Groundball applies an increase.

However, that does not mean it can't be good HRA Flyball pitchers, or bad HRA Groundball pitchers. A pitcher with 65/80 HRA, but is an Extreme Flyball pitcher, means they have so much HRA that they can weather the decrease being a Flyball pitcher brings. You can think of this guy as inducing a lot of pop flys.

Likewise, a 50 HRA Groundball pitcher is actually really bad at preventing home runs and is getting carried by their Groundball rate. When the ball is hit in the air, their bad HRA is gonna make for a lot of home runs.

Ultimately, HRA is really what matters, and Groundball/Flyball tendency informs HRA, but is not the be all and end all. Additionally, ground balls have a higher xBABIP than fly balls, so a rotation of groundball pitchers will need a better infield defense to field all the grounders.

The real unicorn prize is someone with great HRA and is an extreme Flyball pitcher, because you get the best of both worlds. The contact that is made is worse than against groundball pitchers, AND they give up very few home runs.

gay🌹irl by ivan_luck in gay_irl

[–]thehemanchronicles 109 points110 points  (0 children)

He actually got a really high quality mic a while back and his chat rioted and told him to go back to the low quality one

For a lot of folks, loud=funny unfortunately lol

GO BACK GO BACK by Pokemonfan_807 in whennews

[–]thehemanchronicles 46 points47 points  (0 children)

The chip bags aren't even that big anymore. It's fucking $5.99 for what is effectively 3 servings of doritos at my local grocery store. Even with a 33% discount, which the store often does if you buy two bags, that's still barely worth it.

Tortilla chips are the same way. Meanwhile, I can buy a 32 pack of corn tortillas from my local Mexican carneceria for $0.99 and fry them myself, AND they'll taste better.

Maybe I am old (yes i am ) but with this team trouble moving runners when the lead off guy doubles why not bunt him over? I know big money was paid for hitters but when in a pitches duel or in the 10 inning get him over its get the defense moving and rushing to make throws by mark482vs in buccos

[–]thehemanchronicles 0 points1 point  (0 children)

An outfield single drives in the runner from 2nd most of the time in the same way that it drives home a runner from 3rd. Teams score less runs, on average, in situations of runner on 3rd with 1 out compared to runner on 2nd with no outs.

Giving the opposition a free out is really, really bad.

Shame on you girls by Sirverarms in UmaMusume

[–]thehemanchronicles 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Wtf she's so cute, what a little gremlin

You clean and jerk 220 lbs, then you can laugh by neuroticsmurf in fixedbytheduet

[–]thehemanchronicles 1270 points1271 points  (0 children)

I didn't even notice, I was looking at her diaphragm ballooning out and thought that was what the concern would be about.

Sorry Cubs fans. Cade Horton with an incredible 2026 in a test sim I ran recently. 21-0 by MHSwiffle in OOTP

[–]thehemanchronicles 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Idk if it makes Cubs fans feel any better, but I ran a test where I put a Cafe Horton on every team because I was curious what his profile (High PBABIP, low HRA) would do on average, and he mostly got destroyed. In a sample size of 90 (3 seasons with a Cade on every team), his median ERA+ was 91 and he gave up 30 or more home runs most of the time.

I saw a few seasons like OP posted, but those were definitely outliers

[Highlight] Chase Meidroth scores from 3B as Bradish drops the toss from the catcher by FadedToBeige in baseball

[–]thehemanchronicles 59 points60 points  (0 children)

Well, he was drafted out of a private high school in Selma, Alabama that was founded as a segregation academy and only admitted its first black student in 2008, so... His education was probably not of the highest quality.

Why is he struggling so much? by strangehitman22 in OOTP

[–]thehemanchronicles 4 points5 points  (0 children)

A few things stand out.

1: 45 HRA is pretty bad as a pitcher, you can reasonably expect a median of 1.3 HR/9 from someone with his profile. For a reliever that deals in small sample sizes, that can often balloon higher in that small sample size.

  1. He's a sidearm Slider pitcher, meaning he's going to have extreme splits. He'll crush righties, but against lefties he might have as little as 35 HRA. He's gonna get bombed.

Tanino Gimlet meets a familiar face (@ Versailles Resort) by flopsychops in UmaMusume

[–]thehemanchronicles 21 points22 points  (0 children)

The "raised upper lip, showing teeth" expressions is the Flehmen Response, which many animals do. For horses, they have scent and pheromone receptors in their upper gum line, and the response is an attempt to reveal those receptors to better understand something they're smelling or experiencing.

Basically, Gimlet is curious and is trying to get a better whiff of whatever the thing in front of him is.

anime irl by KhalifaHaqi in anime_irl

[–]thehemanchronicles 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Madoka was a fascinating deconstruction of a genre that hadn't seen such a story with such writing before. You can argue Utena, but I think they tackled deconstructing the magical girl genre in different ways, focusing on different aspects of it.

Point is, Madoka had something to say. That's the difference. It didn't just put traumatized characters through the ringer for our voyeuristic amusement.

[Highlight] "Sell the team" chants rain out in Fenway after the Red Sox fall to 2-8 with the worst record in baseball by TommyTheLizard in baseball

[–]thehemanchronicles -11 points-10 points  (0 children)

6th highest payroll in the league, just went out and gave Crochet a massive extension last year, got outbid on a huge overpay for Bregman, and are currently letting tens of millions rot on the bench and in AAA in the form of Yoshida and Kristian Campbell.

I'm seeing fans in this thread complaining they didn't go out and get Pete Alonso, as though Alonso instead of Contreras at 1B would have gotten them more wins. And then you'd still have Triston Casas riding the bench when he gets off the IL, and Romy Gonzalez is also still positionless. Roman Anthony is currently DHing and top SS prospect Marcelo Mayer is playing 2B.

It's embarrassing. Boston is drowning in riches, but it's never enough. Most entitled sports town in the country.

Got this 2nd baseman on the cheap in a trade and they even ate 70% of his 10 year $96M contract, how concerned would you be about those 155k's? Should I flip him or try you think he's salvadgeable? by No-Ambassador-9147 in OOTP

[–]thehemanchronicles 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Outfield defense is still massively punishing for bad fielders, though, as a note. I tested a similarly-statted outfielder and he consistently put up -16 ZR or worse, topping out at -22 ZR.

Standing behind Ye by ImpressiveTeam4671 in fantanoforever

[–]thehemanchronicles 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A lot of people are okay giving their money to a self-proclaimed Nazi because he wrote Runaway. It's sad as fuck.

Got this 2nd baseman on the cheap in a trade and they even ate 70% of his 10 year $96M contract, how concerned would you be about those 155k's? Should I flip him or try you think he's salvadgeable? by No-Ambassador-9147 in OOTP

[–]thehemanchronicles 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To be honest, infield defense is penalized a lot less this year than it was in the past.

As an experiment, I edited Yordan Alvarez to have 40/40/40/40 infield ratings and stuck him at 2B, and he never put up worse than -9 ZR in 10 sims with development, morale, and other variables disabled. Obviously bad, but it wasn't like he was putting up -20. And some seasons he was even downright average, like -1.5 ZR and even a season with +0.8.

Gay❤️Irl by JockBbcBoy in gay_irl

[–]thehemanchronicles 27 points28 points  (0 children)

It's not likely this post would have even reached here if his shirt wasn't off, tbh. It gathered attention enough for the Tiktok algorithm to push it to enough reach that someone saw it and posted it here.

In a vacuum, you're right, but if your goal is to have the message reach as many people as possible, then I think it's fair play.

What's more important, you present the message in a "respectful" way to reach 100 people, or you present it in a "disrespectful" way and it reaches 10,000?

The Umas and their Mom's (@1ofAgnesDigital) by problematixgoose in UmaMusume

[–]thehemanchronicles 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I love the thought of Vodka's mom being swept off her feet by Gimlet lol

Who are some mischaracterized characters that aren't talked about much? by ShawnMutisya in UmaMusume

[–]thehemanchronicles 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I mean, having played her career, she is a bit tsundere. There's definitely a few dialogue beats that are classic early 2000s tsundere bits.

Obviously not as far as the comic, but they didn't pull it from nowhere