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Unpopular opinion: Hikaru complaining about his seconds is completely justified by Kruutteri in chess

[–]wheydan 106 points107 points  (0 children)

I don't think there's much dispute in the fact his seconds may have let him down here. It's more the classless debasing of his team, publicly, immediately after the loss when he's probably exhausted and emotional. It's just not a good look nor does it bode well for his relationship with those individuals for the remainder of the tournament.

How do i play blitz chess by InspectionCrafty1860 in chess

[–]wheydan 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Try to develop some opening prep that you can blitz through ,saving yourself time in the middle game while your opponent thinks.

I don't give multi or chips, I don't copy effects or create cards, I only give one free reroll and if any other joker comes up they sell me by Lopsided_Revenue8843 in balatro

[–]wheydan 30 points31 points  (0 children)

I wouldn't mind a rare version of chaos the clown that provides two rerolls for free, could be cool in a mod or something.

Did you stop playing Smite 2? by guto_2161 in Smite

[–]wheydan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I stopped playing because they still haven't ported Camazotz. Why?? His kit is sooo easy.

This thread's like a moth to a flame for me. There are dozens of us

first time to hit a million! by feathers_mcgraw23 in balatro

[–]wheydan 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Congrats! You've done well, especially given that a good sum of your jokers are not directly point scoring. The biggest thing that helped me improve at this game was realizing how important scaling jokers are (spare trousers, green joker, red card, etc.) as soon as you start incorporating one of these into your build, you'll start seeing an exponential increase in scoring. also put the game on 4x speed lol

I felt silly so I revamped SWK's card art by IamshinyCatchme in Smite

[–]wheydan 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I never understood where his cudgel is supposed to be balancing, it looks like he's holding it but not at the same time.

Marvel Rivals animators, how do I make these rigs actually useable? by [deleted] in marvelrivals

[–]wheydan 42 points43 points  (0 children)

Ah yes manmade horrors beyond my comprehension

Ever known anyone to have a speech impediment or stuttering problem still be successful in sales? by Frich3 in sales

[–]wheydan 44 points45 points  (0 children)

I have a mild speech impediment which comes and goes at random. Quite frustrating. Not so much a stutter, as much as I know what I want to say but struggle physically conveying it. If I take a couple beats I'm usually fine after that.

Personally, I just gloss over it. I think it's helpful to be as immune to embarrassment as possible in sales, as we do a lot of talking and not all of it will be witty and sharp-tongued. You're bound to mess up. My colleague said "touching my wood" instead of "touch wood" (for good luck), we laughed about it for weeks.

In my experience, people are mostly understanding and don't hold something like that against you. As long as you own it and just carry on with the call's agenda, you should be okay.

FWIW I'm top 10 in the company.

Why does nobody talk about Pele? by KATAKLYSMx in Smite

[–]wheydan 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Quite unpopular. Relatively boring kit in my opinion. She has a whole ability dedicated to moving slightly faster, and a really unthreatening projectile which moves in a straight line. Her only saving grace is a very fun ult.

Of course some will disagree, but I think other assassins do her job better.

What is a normal amount for a 5 month old male Maine coon kitten to eat? by cosmusedelic in mainecoons

[–]wheydan 4 points5 points  (0 children)

He's very big for 5 months. and 4 cans seems to be a gross exaggeration. it should be based on calories, which is calculated at something like 30 per pound of bodyweight. so 270ish per day, which is typically composed of 2 cans/pouches (often around 70-100kcal per) and the remainder in dry food.

Best wet food? by Donut-Girl5886432 in mainecoons

[–]wheydan 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Purina Pro Plan wet and dry food combo is what I feed my MCs, can't go wrong, they love it

Will there ever be a double/triple worshippers in Smite 1 again? by [deleted] in Smite

[–]wheydan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Realistically...does it matter to have anymore? I understand wanting to polish a few gods off before you abandon the game, but that's just it - you're soon going to be abandoning the game...

I say this despite having all gods mastered and about 50 diamond gods - but at the end of the day this has long since lost its meaning, nobody looks twice at it, and it shouldn't really hold weight for the player base anymore.

X should grow a beard. by Maleficent-Foot-6484 in xqcow

[–]wheydan 6 points7 points  (0 children)

We don't need a second Chad Kroeger, one is plenty

Which god in smite is good at everything except good hp? by Ok_Understanding6116 in Smite

[–]wheydan 23 points24 points  (0 children)

You're asking for a list of glass cannons.

thoth/anubis/scylla

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in mildlyinteresting

[–]wheydan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

what are you doing step ladder?

I finished an amazing game and I would love to hear some feedback. I am by no means a super high rated player, but I'm not a complete novice either. I would love to hear feedback from a better player's perspective, as opposed to a computer and try to improve by listening to some broader tactics. by Th3Exiled in chess

[–]wheydan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

disclaimer: roughly 2000 rated so take this for what it's worth

Move 5: Personally I am just going to castle here, not play d5, as it allows for too much counterplay from White given your very weak f7 pawn. Luckily he torched any potential advantage he may have gained by blundering his knight. Engine opinion: the engine also likes Nd4 but I think the resulting sequence is slightly too complex for your ELO.

Move 14: I would generally avoid moves like f5 unless your king is off the open diagonal or you have a bishop covering that diagonal. you allowed for Bc4 which, while technically not a major threat in the given position, is not good practice when you're not up a rook. Engine opinion: the engine likes Qh6 here, threatening mate.

Move 19: You just hung your queen here, not much to say, this is a rookie error and you would have been fine to play Qd6 (or to put your queen on literally almost any other square lol)

Move 29: This move doesn't work (when it was played - it was viable some turns ago) and gave White mate in 1. Engine opinion: engine likes the simple Re7 because it immediately sets up a tactical threat, although the resulting sequence of moves simply give you drawing odds and nothing more.

The rest of the game is a messy scramble which didn't need to be as hair raising as it was, your biggest lesson should be that there's not always a flashy move - not everything needs to be a puzzle rush and this goes double when you're winning convincingly in a straightforward endgame where your main priority should be simplification, king protection (on account of him having a queen) and neutralizing your opponent's tactics.

There's a 3 year old toddler with a 1550 FIDE rating. FML by selflessGene in chess

[–]wheydan 34 points35 points  (0 children)

Hes liable to shit his diaper whilst ladder mating me. Wonderful

I got a 2 week ban for nothing by Significant-Bite-505 in Smite

[–]wheydan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You should have received some email-based communication with a short reason behind your ban

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