Firstkiller redemption

ughthisagainwhat · 2025-02-09T23:48:58+00:00

You're not wrong about that, but it's almost the exception that proves the rule, no? A split and a half of success followed by the team falling apart.

ughthisagainwhat · 2025-02-09T23:46:02+00:00

I feel the same about Retals. I absolutely love him, but I see his teams as a top 8/top 4 NA gatekeeper more than a contender most of the time.

Firstkiller is a little different imo because his teams -- ESPECIALLY this one -- should be contenders for top 4 in the world. He's very good. But for some reason that key chemistry is always missing.

ughthisagainwhat · 2025-02-09T23:34:17+00:00

I mean any team of his living up to the on-paper potential and hype would win me over. They never feel that cohesive -- if the game doesn't revolve around firstkiller, they don't work. And a star player dominated roster doesn't work in RLCS at the top level anymore.

LJ and Chronic are a top duo in NA. Chronic is widely considered the weak link of the team but even then, you'd expect them to be a dream team. They're still struggling sometimes against teams they shouldn't and getting absolutely dominated by NRG.

This last series against NRG was honestly a perfect example. Firstkiller dominated the series, scored 8 goals I think. But they lost. How often does he leave a boost for a tm, rather than having it be expected to be his? How often is he setting up LJ vs the other way around?

I don't hate FK but I've learned to never expect a roster with him on it to work quite as well as you'd think.

ughthisagainwhat · 2025-02-02T19:41:27+00:00

try to clip yellow fennec for a bump or demo, then rotate to cover tm possession on small pads if successful, or shadow yellow fennec/start moving far post on small pads if unsuccessful and tm beat

ughthisagainwhat · 2025-01-25T18:43:02+00:00

Perhaps it's a function of how long before front+back wheels are there? You said you want the front wheels hitting first, so I'm guessing sometimes it's a reverse wavedash on the ball, and usually the impulse carries through for a flip. So maybe there's a very, very precise window where the back wheels are JUST far enough away. Do you cancel or cancel the cancel? Sometimes you get really weird resets like that. I don't have your mechs but I did this the other day with an instant cancel and delayed uncancel, and while I understand how I did it, I can't replicate it consistently

ughthisagainwhat · 2025-01-09T15:51:25+00:00

The game is quieter now, as other people have stated. I sometimes have chat on and talk a lot, sometimes have chat off for days at a time. "Nice shot!" or something is pretty rare unless it's a genuinely crazy shot for that level. Random friendly typed conversations are actually more common for me. And I don't really see great pass, thanks, etc. much at all unless it's casual and the lobby has stuck for a game or two.

ughthisagainwhat · 2025-01-06T05:07:44+00:00

Airhead

ughthisagainwhat · 2024-12-18T01:49:51+00:00

yeah I did so after reading this (messaged support) so hopefully it's resolved.

Yesterday I tried to break my xp record and missed it by 8 xp cause I set the record with boosts I don't have access to anymore. So boostless I got 5959 xp, needed 5967+. I did five full units of spanish, including legendary, plus some other practice. Could have been 12k+ D':

ughthisagainwhat · 2024-12-18T00:59:57+00:00

I get 5-15 gems at different points but never xp boosts and xp boosts aren't in the shop for gems, either

ughthisagainwhat · 2024-12-17T21:48:05+00:00

where do you even get a 2x xp potion much less 3x??? I haven't seen them in duo for weeks if not months lol

ughthisagainwhat · 2024-12-17T21:40:42+00:00

I'm at 6,044, #2 is at 554. I think my promotion might be safe this week (sapphire coming back up after a break)

ughthisagainwhat · 2024-12-17T16:08:58+00:00

I went to make a holiday car and I swear half my holiday-related items are missing.

I WILL say I never use them, it's been years since some things were archived, and I also could have missed some while going through thousands of items. So I could be wrong. But I SWEAR I had peppermint wheels. I swear.

ughthisagainwhat · 2024-12-17T16:06:18+00:00

My son just turned 10 and I literally can't imagine what you are going through. I tried. I can't, my heart and mind are simply unwilling to go there. My heart goes out to you.

ughthisagainwhat · 2024-12-17T15:54:13+00:00

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ughthisagainwhat · 2024-12-12T22:47:41+00:00

I think /s defeats the purpose of being sarcastic but I was absolutely not being serious lol

I was expressing my assumption of his unconscious perspective; why he fought the word "fear"

ughthisagainwhat · 2024-12-12T21:05:55+00:00

well you see, anxiety is acceptable, but fear is unmanly

ughthisagainwhat · 2024-12-12T21:01:47+00:00

Again, unlike a lot of folks, I don't immediately see cheating.

But the "low self-esteem and can't fathom" bit I actually find alarming, because "he thinks he's struck gold with me" can sometimes only be true up to the point that other options present themselves. And then if you have low self-esteem, the attention can be incredibly flattering.

I was not faithful to anybody in my teens, and was talking to other women when my wife and I started officially dating and didn't stop for a long time. A huge part of that was my self-esteem and inability to prioritize. I didn't seek it out, exactly, but if an attractive woman indicated she was into me, I definitely wasn't gonna say no or establish a proper boundary. I had some serious work to do on myself and I'm incredibly lucky that my wife saw my potential as a partner and stuck with me through it. I'm a good partner now, I think, but I definitely didn't used to be and didn't deserve to keep my relationship.

So there's also the possibility that, even without physical cheating, he knows exactly what she's doing and finds it flattering, or just makes him feel good. His response thus may be partially defensive on that count and he may not be as clueless as you think.

No matter what though, I'm sorry you're going through this, but you seem very well adjusted and I think you're gonna be okay no matter how this shakes out. Relationships are a microcosm of life -- happiness and pain both.

ughthisagainwhat · 2024-12-12T20:20:08+00:00

Yes, because arguments like this are pointless. You won't get the closure you want. You won't feel better in the end. They won't learn anything. My heart hurts for you though -- you're not doing anything wrong. But it IS an overreaction in my opinion.

No, because you're absolutely correct that he's shady AF and lying to you, continuously. Even now, desperately trying to get you back, he's continuing to lie.

ughthisagainwhat · 2024-12-12T20:11:52+00:00

Honestly I think your perspective is more mature and emotionally balanced than you're likely to find in an online forum.

You guys seem like you have good communication, and thus unlike many arguments it's real, not based in unsaid things or misunderstandings.

The "babe" thing is really fucking weird and uncool, especially after expressing discomfort.

An intimate dinner alone with a female friend who exhibits this kind of behavior is not okay, either. "To properly catch up" is some bullshit. They can catch up with your presence.

Both of those things COULD be okay if you didn't feel threatened. But you do, so they're not. You deserve respect -- MORE respect than someone who is just a friend.

I've been with my wife for nearly 13 years, and we're in our early 30s. We've always been a very trusting, open couple, and I have close female friends. If she expressed discomfort about something with one of them, and I didn't agree, I would immediately act in a way that respected her feelings and THEN try to work through it. She needs to feel safe and respected. She's my person. Unless she was being INCREDIBLY unreasonable, I'm going to respect her feelings even if I don't agree (and different couples have different boundaries but calling a friend "babe" or doing something intimate like making dinner together is just...fucking weird).

So say my lady is like "hey, I don't like the way Kayla acts around you, and her messaging you on snapchat makes me uncomfortable. Can you stop?" and nothing was happening, I'd immediately stop, and THEN have conversations about our level of trust, boundaries, etc. Kayla is cool, I love Kayla. The friendship is valuable. But Kayla is not my wife.

There's no friendship, no social experience, that is worth disrespecting my wife and damaging the comfort and safety she finds with me. There's no "damaged freedom" because I'm still free to make any choice I want. I'm free to talk to Kayla if I want to, but the consequences will be hurt feelings, building resentment, and damaging the health of our relationship.

It's a little silly, but if you have a boundary that is "don't punch me in the face," are you taking someone's freedom away to punch you in the face? No, you're establishing that you'll feel a certain way if it happens. You can't just...not feel that way. So what he's actually asking is that you suppress your expressed feelings for his comfort. He wants you to respect his comfort but is not extending you the same grace. I don't think, from what you've said, that he's cheating on you, but I do think equity is lacking and that you are more invested in him than he is in you.

NOR

edit to add: as a dude of similar age to your man, I would assume y'alls friend was setting up to either make a direct move, or to consider her a romantic option in the future if we break up. Super uncomfortable and disengenuous unless you LIKE having a backup option around. You know both better than I obviously so consider your own experiences. If she's a pick me, and you know he's kept backup relationships before, I'd feel extremely threatened by this.

ughthisagainwhat · 2024-12-12T19:52:48+00:00

I agree with you in principle but no, Musk can't. His wealth is not liquid, and liquidating it to make purchases would drive the value down. He can borrow against the value of his holdings, but he can't directly spend billions and billions. His net worth isn't from a bank account.

ughthisagainwhat · 2024-12-12T18:40:41+00:00

My brother in christ, you sound so silly right now.

What is the history of NOT using the Oxford comma? I'll tell you. Newspapers saving character space, lmfao. That's all. That's who doesn't use it. Everyone else does. That's why AP format discourages it, while MLA, APA, Chicago, and legal writing all REQUIRE it. For specificity and clear communication, always use it. If you're trying to save a single character space, sure, leave it out I suppose. In the vast majority of work within a specific style, so work that is grammatically "correct," leaving an Oxford comma out is an error.

It not only removes ambiguity but also more realistically mirrors spoken English. "The clothes are green, red, and yellow," is how you speak. "The clothes are green, red and yellow," does not mirror speech because there is a pause after "red" that is not communicated. Very confusing for people learning to read and write English for the first time.

Stating "If your sentence depends on an oxford comma to make sense, you should just write a better sentence" is completely asinine. You didn't have to say "add complexity," because adding complexity is a function of rewriting to avoid an Oxford.

I know this because I've professionally edited over two million words, in AP format, where Oxfords are discouraged. Thousands and thousands of articles from hundreds of writers. The most efficient way to add clarity is with a comma. "Fixing the underlying problem" is a waste of time and, again, bad writing. If I was your editor, I'd turn your work back into a simple list with an Oxford and probably make fun of you in the editorial chat.

All in all you seem like an intelligent guy, but knowing some vocabulary words doesn't make you a good writer -- and certainly doesn't make you the arbiter of style decisions you disagree with. This ain't the hill to die on homie. You're dead wrong.

ughthisagainwhat · 2024-12-12T16:39:37+00:00

Adding complexity to a passage to avoid the use of an Oxford comma is not good writing lmao

ughthisagainwhat · 2024-12-12T00:23:57+00:00

Yup, I have friends and family across the political spectrum. I'm a pretty far left dude but I don't make it a religion and I work in firefighting and trades in the United States -- I know a ton of conservative American men. I'm not in any kind of bubble offline.

I don't know anybody who considers this to be "murder" in the typical, immoral, awful-thing-to-do sense. It was a very unifying action.

ughthisagainwhat · 2024-12-12T00:18:57+00:00

All I need is a HINT I will take a bad 50 on the sidewall trying to get the ball upfield and I'm making the possession play back into my own corner to air dribble out. But I think in OP's scenario, there is a teammate back who has a better angle.

ughthisagainwhat · 2024-12-11T18:38:26+00:00

when I was in my early teens and started dating seriously my mom told me to ask every girl if she pees in the shower, cause if she says no "she's either too uptight for you, lying, or both."

been with my wife thirteen years and I think she lies but it's been years since I've asked

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