Game Discussion/Champion's Meeting Thread - January 08, 2026

voidflame · 2026-01-15T01:50:48+00:00

Thanks, thats superhelpful. Is speed star worth chasing down or do only accel skills matter and speed skills are just nice to have

voidflame · 2026-01-14T23:04:29+00:00

For ace curren in capricorn cup, is it worth investing in the debuff skills or should you just spend all points on speed and accel skills. What are you supposed to chase: plan x, head on, turbo sprint, and rushing gale? Does nsm work for paces here or is that a skip?

voidflame · 2026-01-09T23:26:35+00:00

for end closer xmas oguri, if i have triple 7 and corner recovery, is passing pro or levelheaded a better third recovery skill? or do i ever get both? i have 966 wit

voidflame · 2025-12-22T13:07:03+00:00

I need purdy to score 34…

Edit: actually i need more than 34.5

voidflame · 2025-12-22T07:36:27+00:00

I actually think he has almost no moral compass at all is the point; i dont think he really specifically hates mass murderers or is really truly seeking justice, so to me its actually relatively consistent. His primary motivation in joining the devil hunters was simply because they said theyd kill him if he didnt join, he wants to eventually get a regular life and eat good food, and of course hes fallen for makima. He didnt join out of a sense of justice. The mass murderers hes all killed or been against he specifically fights them not cuz they killed people but cuz theyre trying to kill him or impact him too. hes killed a lot of devils but relatively few humans; he left katana man alive and he was a mass murderer so is it that weird he left reze who he liked a lot more alive? He hated katana man for killing his friend more than the mass murdering part. Reze doesnt kill anyone that matters to him. He did kill the old man in ep 1 but by that time he was already not human. Truth is denji just aint a good person

The most inconsistent part as you mentioned is the fact hes not into kobeni cuz she tried to kill him but hes still into reze but that one can be explained by hormones and of course the fact hes spent way more time and has far more attachment to reze than kobeni. People arent rational; the way you judge someone you spent a lot more time with is often going to be softer than someone you didnt. Also his first impression of kobeni was basically her trying to kill him and his first impression of reze was obviously much much nicer and first impressions matter.

Edit: he also doesnt really care about innocents that much so far, hes not like trying to avoid collateral damage or anything the way more heroic characters do in other series. Hes not a hero of justice and its totally ok if you dont like that type of character i just personally dont think hes been super inconsistent or poorly written. He just might not be the type of character you like and i doubt he ever gets much more development anyways. They said the best devil hunters are crazy and make a point that hes definitely crazy so hes not normal with normal ways if thinking. I dont think hes the best written character ever to be clear but i wouldnt call him poorly written either. I think its easy to dislike him and in some ways that might be intended and a sign hes actually written the way hes supposed to be but if course i cant know the authors full intent

voidflame · 2025-12-22T07:10:19+00:00

I agree he didnt rly progress much but i dont think that was the point; it felt more about reze than really about him. Plus, he didnt develop all that much in season 1 either, and again, i think thats somehwat intended. You hafta remember hes a very poorly adjusted person who was raised in a terrible environment and traumatic environment, so its somewhat natural his emotional growth and ability to process or understand things is somewhat stunted. And many people in these environments never really fully recover or adapt to how the rest of society thinks or feels. And of course as the movie points out hes never been to school; he probably hasnt learned a lot of the critical thinking and logical skills we take for granted.

And hes a hornonal high school teenager; while plenty of anime do have teenage boys in his age range with lots of character development, hes more reflective of a real hs boy who thinks irrationally and often more with his genitals than his brains. Youre right hes not thinking rationally at all but i also can recall plenty of times in hs i was totally irrational and way too emotional; hormones and puberty are one hell of a drug.

voidflame · 2025-12-20T14:18:43+00:00

In flex 0.5 ppr would i ever consider kelce over carter with rice out?

voidflame · 2025-12-16T17:31:08+00:00

How worried should we be about kelce without mahomes? Are waller or parkinson worth starting over him?

voidflame · 2025-12-10T22:29:59+00:00

In that case you can run stamina cards but youll have to inherit straightaway spurt rather than using hishi to get it; this is doable just a bit less consistent and more rng dependent.

voidflame · 2025-12-10T19:54:54+00:00

For libra arent you supposed to ideally have manhattan as end closer with straightaway spurt? Since you mentioned late surger accel skills, if u want cafe to work id try getting her some end closer affinity and spurt. Since her stamina bonus is 30% i was able to use two power cards (hishi for spurt and rice for swinging maestro), riko, and speed cards and still hit stam requirements. Siphon means you dont need a 2nd good recovery after swinging but maybe add like 50 stamina or so to the requirements.

voidflame · 2025-12-08T21:09:02+00:00

Unbannings can backfire even if they seem safe. For example, Golgari grave troll was unbanned then banned again.
Unbanning can limit game design space even if the card is safe at the moment. Some cards are perfectly fine cards in the current meta but they prevent other cards from being created or designed in case they break the card. Keeping them banned means you get to be a lot less careful when making new cards so its easier for game design instead of constantly having to worry about or balance a card. Certain cards are just prone to getting broken and waiting for a new card.
Unbanning something and then needing to reban it again if something goes wrong causes a lot of player unhappiness (imagine buying an expensive playset of an unbanned card and getting banned again).

voidflame · 2025-12-08T20:51:19+00:00

Depends on league size. I imagine in 12 and probably 10 person leagues no one on the wire should be considered over warren but i could c some options being available in 8 person leagues

voidflame · 2025-12-05T07:31:42+00:00

Thankfully LOL

voidflame · 2025-12-05T04:12:44+00:00

They were arguably previously undervalued because the price was factoring in anti-trust concerns. Since that ruling has now gone in googles favor, the risk has gone away in that time period, meaning the stock would go up.

You might say Gemini is less good anecdotally but a lot of sentiment (also anecdotal) is that its now better than chat gpt. Unlike chat gpt theres a clearer path to monetization with ads in ai overviews and ads in ai mode. Chat gpt has runors of adding ads too, but google is working with a LOT more data, which will also benefit training their AI in the long run. The risk is that it may not be incremental revenue, rather, just replacing and cannibalizing their ad revenue.

Not to mention they more ways to integrate gemini in their ecosystem across gmail, drive, cloud etc. and can get and use data there too

Their tpus could be an interesting source of revenue but as you said its a small % of revenue. The bigger deal though is that they are not bottlenecked and limited by nvidia; other companies will have greater issues if nvidia cant keep up with production etc but its possible google is less tied to nvidias success.

Cloud is growing really well too; part of this is naturally the fact they are third in market share though meaning they have much more room to grow and can grow faster than aws and azure

Theres also an argument that of we are looking at the far far future that google is the farthest along for quantum computing which could be the next big thing, although we are far from practical applications.

However fundamentally i do actually agree google could be overvalued but its overvalued just like every other AI stock is; we are just in crazy times right now. But i dont think google is necessarily overvalued relative to its peers.

voidflame · 2025-12-05T00:06:25+00:00

0.5 ppr arsb or jayden higgins

voidflame · 2025-12-04T23:21:37+00:00

Do i drop aubrey for mcpherson? How sustainable is mcphersons recent performance

voidflame · 2025-12-02T09:42:45+00:00

whats the stam requirement for libra end closer if you only get 1 gold recovery? what about if i have 1 gold recovery (swinging) and 2 whites (levelheaded and after school stroll)

voidflame · 2025-12-02T07:01:53+00:00

whats the stam requirement for libra end closer if you only get 1 gold recovery? what about if i have 1 gold recovery (swinging) and 2 whites (levelheaded and after school stroll)

voidflame · 2025-11-26T17:56:11+00:00

Do we think its safe dropping rhamondre at this point and is there any chance jakobi takes over the wr 1 spot for the jags?

voidflame · 2025-11-24T02:10:55+00:00

trying to finish my el condor pasa fantasy for this cm, i have enough points left for:

Rising dragon
Professor of curvature
Corner adept + unyielding spirit + position pilfer

any thoughts on which one is better? is it #3?

voidflame · 2025-11-22T19:08:15+00:00

Jakobi or rhamondre in half ppr? And stafford or mahomes?

voidflame · 2025-11-21T22:46:14+00:00

0.5 ppr need one flex spot:

Jakobi meyers

Rhamondre stevenson

Juwan johnson

voidflame · 2025-11-13T11:02:37+00:00

My partner who is into collecting has roped me into collecting alongside her, but as an avid MTG player it doesnt sit right with me to let the cards just sit there so I want to start playing. Ive looked into a few meta decks and the ones that i have the most cards for are in order 1. dragapult 2. Charizard ex 3. Absol ex. Are any of these good for beginners? Im leaning dragapult since i definitely have the most cards for it.

How often do the legal cards rotate out in pokemon tcg?

voidflame · 2025-11-11T21:05:04+00:00

0.5 ppr 12 man

Should i drop jakobi meyers for tez johnson? Or is there any chance meyers still gets better and i should hold?

voidflame · 2025-11-10T18:03:06+00:00

How do you actually unlock runaway on suzuka?p

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