#ANYWAYS im gonna pick it back up >:)

[xxswagcorexx]

ok maybe this is just me but like, i Feel like people. underhighlight how a Lot of pvpers are just really really good strategists

(more rambling about this under the cut) but like. speaking from someone who's familiar with lifesteal and ivorycello's content, someone like clown isn't just someone who's 1) very skilled at the game, but he's also very good at picking up exactly what he lacks in and how to make up his skills effectively And efficiently

an example would be how clown grinded for 64 god apples because he knew how much the lifesteal server has improved at pvp in general (fun fact on his testrun ep he talks about how everyone has massively improved) (and on top of that him touching grass and not practicing /lh) but, since he knows he cannot rely on pure skill alone (and can't train that much in time) he makes up for those disadvantages by grinding materials to ensure he'll be able to get by, even if it's just barely (he also! observes other people's moves too! ex: during a s3 fight vi and some other people were chasing him down and were supply chaining until they finally wore clown down enough to kill him--and clown was a really good sport about it! and started talking to them about the supply chain strategy and complimented how it worked so well!!! he's good at analyzing stuff, with the whole thing about being able to reconize the other lifestealers have gotten so good that they'd probably kick his ass back in s2 now! the fact hes able to anaylize his own and others pvp is...really cool i think)

and ivory falls under this category as well, you can most clearly see it on her doly 1v1 video, but she's able to figure out exactly what aspects doly uses to his advantage (even to figuring out his ping and how they affect his pcrits) and from that she's able to figure out how to turn those exact methods on top of their heads and build up her own strategies to directly combat what doly was, probably, doing subconsciously. holy hell that's such a cool concept??? like ivory herself admits in her own video that she is a relatively new pvper and the fact she was able to synthesize that much information into a strategy that beat out someone who has so much more experince than her? that's so fucking badass

maybe this is just me not looking in the right places but. i Really do think people like clown's and ivory's skills as strategists should be highlighted more. like, i feel like it humanzies them a lot more. makes them feel like people that just so happen to be very skilled instead of undefeatable figureheads who are powerful beyond comprehension. even though that's their reputation, they're still just people at the end of the day and i think that's an interesting dichotomy to explore <3

#mcyt #lifesteal smp #clownpierce #ivorycello #tw swearing #media.warning.swearing #keep in mind im not too well versed in pvp but like. at least when ivory explained her plan w the doly fight #its clear she put a lot of thought into it and used everything she picked up and observed to her advantage #ive had this on my mind for a while #but esp after listening to clowns testrun ep #and thinking back to that supply line video #i think. people dont give either of them enough credit for that stuff #which is! a shame considering it is really interesting to hear their thought processes #even if you dont pvp #anyways. im probs gonna head off to bed but hm. having Thoughts about pvpers with this one fellas

[oifaaa]

you should read it instead of watching it

The assumption here is that I can read which I think you'll find I can't

#ask #anon #i know i know #the best way to enjoy one piece is through the manga #bc the anime is made by toei #who decided to adapt it really weirdly #tho funny story #the reason why i gave up the first time #was bc i was watching the weird dub #i forget who dubbed it #but it was #like i really like dub anime #as a dyslexic i struggle with subs so im an advocate of dub anime #but hoo boy #that dub was something else ill tell you #anyway im picking anime bc ill be able to put it on in the background while im working #trust me i understand im gonna missing out by not reading it #i might go back and read the manga if i have time #rn tho makes more sense for me to watch it

[incorrect-tbs-quotes]

Guess who just got their copy of @sshannonauthor TBS the Tenth Anniversary edition? (Me!)

I can't wait to dive into this world as I did for the first time six years ago. I get to see my OTP, Paige and Warden for the first time again which is insane. I can't believe we even get that chance so thank you Samantha, truly. This is essentially my version of early Christmas. (And now that I'm older I can actually bust out some champagne for the occasion 😂)

#samantha shannon #tbs #im so nervous and excited #its been a good 6 years since i picked up the first book and now i get to read it again for the first time #which is so crazy and awesome that we get the chance to do that #anyway #i think we all know im a lil crazy about this series #and getting to see og paige and warden again ia getting me so emotional #coming from tmf to this is gonna be like circling back lol but its okay i know they love each other...er eventually #thank you samantha!! this is such a cool experience #i get to be 13 again lmao except i have more reading comprehension skills #okay lemme stop #bon appetit everyone!!! #(but seriously i am emotional over this) 🥹

[sfsolstice]

I'm having wicked dreams Of leaving Tennessee Oh, Santa Monica I swear it's calling me

#chappell roan #pink pony club #the rise and fall of a midwest princess #Spotify #solstice shares #🎵 #i decided to take a writing break (was sorta word vomiting anyway) and pick this album back up so i skip to pink pony club #bc everyone ive asked said that this was their fav #tell me why im crying rn ??????? like straight up sobbing #im gonna keep dancing at the pink pony club ! :''''))) #i really needed this song tn

[opens-up-4-nobody]

...

#hello to anyone who happens to b interested in the saga of my life... also maybe the irl person i gave my url to... hopefully my blog #didnt freak her out too much lol. anyway so its been a busy week? 2 weeks? month? year? life? its been a lot. my parents helped me move #across the country from the desert to somewhere that's beautiful and green. my dad is so jealous of me lol its so so so pretty and theres s #so much to do. will i do any of it? that remains to be seen but im gonna try to be better about that sort of thing. try to get some help #with the thoughts in my head that keep me from doing and enjoying most things. its weird like im decorating my new room which i love. the #location and living situation seem ideal and i really hope i can stay here all 5 years of my program but i was picking a lot of bright #colors and now it feel uncomfortable. like if i wear things that r too bright or my room is too bright without dark contrast it feel weird #like if im wearing it it kinda makes me feel sick. idk what thats abt. anyway. ill try to heal my brain and im just so happy to b out of the #southwest. i was so so so excited when we were leaving thr city and even more so when we left the state. i cant believe im here. in December #it felt like a million years away and i really truely could not fathom how i was gonna survive that long. my thoughts were so distorted. but #i did and here i am. and in like a month i should b starting my phd program and my parents were telling me how excited ppl r for me and #jealous of where im living and im glad. im glad they're excited. i think i am too but its under a layer of: if i get excited it wont happen #im not allowed to b excited or it wont happen. which is irrational but ya kno. anyway so that's yeah. im so happy to have a fresh start and #the town seems super cool. a liberal blip in a sea of... not that so theyre very visibly pride forward haha and i think itll b way easier #for me to get around without driving. and im gonna try to make friends. i need someone to tell me where to get tattoos haha. so yea im happy #but exhausted and i dont wanna go back to work and so so greatful to my parents for being wonderful ppl idk how bc both of them had fucked #up childhoods. like my mum will say the saddest shit and im like bro this is y i don't wanna talk to my grandma fuck her and my dads parents #r so fucked. like my nana is the reason im so fucking control freaked out but i kno i have issues and she has no insight and thinks shes #better than everyone. anyway hopefully i can get back to drawing a posting more now. ive been drawing it its been in a sketch book #like an actual sketch book for sketching big ideas thst r gonna take fucking forever to draw 😭 #so that's all. just uprooted my whole life. thats all. but in a good way :-] #unrelated

[daughterofsarenrae]

Agony

#calling people and delaying their classes starting bc im not gonna be here and my replacement is still getting trained #i pretended to not be me lmao #one person literally was like 'i only signed up bc i liked ur trainer :(' i was like bestie. im sorry but im so over this fucking job </3 #bel speaks #anyways. everyone got called except 1 #whose class starts tomorrow while im still here but im pushing it back anyways bc like. why do 1 session then wait 2 weeks #then go back w/ a new trainer #but she didnt pick up AND her voicemail was full so. ill call again tonight #but then i still have to tell all the people whose classes are currently ongoing. of which i have like. 5 today. augh #i dont like people being mad at me 😔 #and they prob wont be mad! but what if...they are.... eep

[skitskatdacat63]

Time to go be designated driver for my brother and friends, this should be fun...as always...

#i have been pavloved into hating drunk people 🫢 #such annoying phone calls #like ues i will pick you up jfc #stop trying to call 😭 just text me the address #god two of the times i had to pick him up were so treacherous #the one time it was so freezing and i had to wait like 15 mins for my car to stop being covered in ice #and the other it was literally torrential downpour #like absolutely horrible conditions to drive in #and this mf couldnt stop calling me #im like dude do you want me to crash before i even pick you up #and then had the gall to get pissy w me when he went outside to wait before i told him to shkfkf #it was such a scary drive #and on the way back this asshole tractor trailer splashed water all oevr the car #it was like a tsunami eave i thought i was gonna die 😭😭 #well anyways. should be fine tonight #except he sounds so drunk and i dont wanna deal w that #and i have to pick up his friend and his friends gf too 🙄🙄 #what am i a chauffeur 🙄🙄 #(i do want him to be confirmed safe tho so i dont mind that much) #catie.rambling.txt

[mokeonn]

hey so your notes on the internet safety post made me realize that we watched the exact same internet safety video as kids. and i found it! its a mcgruff the crime dog animation called faux paw the techno cat, and its on youtube

Yeah!!! Faux Paw! I remembered all the cat stuff so clearly with the cursor helper and the horrible cgi that I completely forgot that it was a Mcgruff the crime dog animation.

I looked into it, and it turns out that some reposts of the animation online cut out the McGruff part, so I probably watched a version without it and just forgot about it.

(Version from 14 years ago with the Mcgruff into:

And version from 3 years ago with the Mcgruff opening cut out, reposted by the channel behind Faux Paw: )

Also, it turns out that Faux Paw has multiple shorts made as recent as 3 years ago... but the animation quality has gone down a LOT.

And just quality in general.

Here's, for example, a really bad short, also uploaded 14 years ago, with completely different animation, tone, and just general... everything.

Also, it's kinda racist. It takes place in China, and it handles it about as well as you think it will.

https://youtu.be/hGfjyDALM2Q

I think a detail that stuck out in this is probably the fact that whoever animates or draws this keeps giving Faux Paw 6 fingers. Like. When she points to say something, you can see a pointer, 4 folded fingers, and a thumb. This is jarring in normal contexts, but I think it's even weirder when a character was previously shown with 4 fingers (which is just the 4 digits on a cat's paw and no dewclaw)

Turns out! This is on purpose! Sometime between the original short and now, they decided to make Faux Paw a polydactyl cat! Which is kinda interesting, and I was gonna list it as an animation mistake above before I went on the official website to read about her.

Another fun fact! I googled Faux Paw to see if there was a former collaboration with McGruff and if there was more information on the production of the series. The first result I got was Faux Paw trippy/drug/high shirts that were likely a stolen design.

Which like, if it wasn't for my dislike of general "trippy" art and the fact that it's likely a stolen design being sold by a random quick cash t-shirt business, I would consider it. (The website itself is super iffy and relies on a lot of "buy now before it's gone!!" Tactics. It does have a lot of artists that work for the site and is not just a t-shirt printing machine like some sites... but the specific artist behind this trippy Faux Paw shirt has a lot of designs I've seen before. Since there's no dates on the designs, I can't confirm if this artist team is simply the mastermind behind every Spencer's shirt, if they're just taking designs, or some third thing. But that's a whole separate rabbithole.)

I also saw a listing involving her that was 2,000 dollars and was from a company called "Robotronics". I thought with a name and price tag like that, it was going to be a little Faux Paw robot or animatronic...

It was not.

You can see the extra fingers in the suit costume. Apparently, this is a website dedicated to making costumes, robots, and (for lack of a better term) merch about safety for children.

In the end, I couldn't find much information on the development of Faux Paw, her relation to Mcgruff the Crime dog, or the weird fall from grace (well. Whatever grace the original short had). If you simply google Faux Paw, you're gonna end up with a LOT of pdfs from teachers. But it seems like some form of internet safety is still being taught by some teachers. Yippee!

Basically: I did remember the name Faux Paw, but if you didn't mention McGruff the crime dog, I probably wouldn't have gone down this rabbithole. And I thank you for that.

#sorry this was gonna be a quick answer where i just say I remember it but then I fucking saw there were MORE shorts and I had to watch it #i had to watch the gamer one when it popped up #also I was not prepared for the racism #racism tw #every time i go back to edit it i end up adding more info as i research #i am just gonna post it now. if it's incoherent im sorry i just needed to stop myself from adding another paragraph about this french cat #anyways if you want to do more research be my guest #i can only hope some youtube essayist will pick up the torch from here and go on a Faux Paw rabbithole

[bigmammallama5]

has your interaction gone down a lot? your posts are still showing up on my dash as normal

yes, though over the past few years ive never really liked to pay attention to number of notes per day bc that's just too easy to get stupidly obsessed with them (i do look at the activity tab though bc i like to look at peoples tags lol). based on that graph i was averaging a couple thousand notes a day, but now it's under 500 a day since flagging. so people definitely aren't seeing my posts even when i have refrained from reblogging things (bc i know it wont reach people if they have their settings a certain way, so im saving them in drafts).

like. i dont particularly care about number of notes anymore (except for stuff i make bc i DO want people to see that, its the creator in me), but yeah this blog is just nuked now until i can get support to address my appeal. which really sucks bc i follow other artists on here posting way more risque work in 4k color on here, so it's obnoxious that one (properly tagged and community guideline abiding) post made this occur. not to mention im still getting a couple spam bot follows every day.

#ask me stuff! #so its possible that with the influx of spam bots the flagging system has just been ramped up too high #or like #not to be sus but i know there are people that dont like me so i wouldnt be surprised if this was a targeted flagging #which if it was i only ask that those people just block me and move on with their lives #but anyways lol tumblr has my appeal #and if i dont get an answer by tomorrow or wednesday im going to contact automatic and see if i can get a real person #but on the plus side of this ive been able to redirect my emo emotions about this into completing some small projects and picking up others! #so silver lining lol #i just hope i get this blog back show i can share my progress soon #im gonna do some real cool stuff on some pots i have

[guideaus]

hikaru no go is a very engaging story that gets me emotionally involved in multiple ways, but looking at my liveblogs later after posting feels so funny bc i dont think the pages convey the scene's feeling out of context, lol

#personal #there are some manga with very dramatic visuals and good artwork but i feel nothing reading #and then here i wouldnt say the art work is bad but they are playing go lol. its not even like other manga where u dont need details #i swear its good so far tho #i just think its funny looking back on it bc its so out of context even im like... i was moved by this? fsdhfjd #its sooo evocative and anjoyable tho. im so serious. i'll praise it with blue giant #ANYWAYS im gonna pick it back up >:)

[merverelli]

happy (late) anniversary kill jse!!! 🔪👁️🩺

#jacksepticeye #septicart #antisepticeye #dr henrik von schneeplestein #dr schneeplestein #kill jse #just like art #HELLO its been a while #im sorry i always say that in the tags when i post art and then never change my posting habits lmfao #uni is back on and im in agony #did you know that tissue engineering has maths in it????? i did not. when i picked that elective. #me??? a biology/zoology student?????? doing MATHEMATICS???????? like some common day chemistry/physics/etc student????????? get outta here #to be fair the maths isnt even that advanced (it looks similar to shit i did in highschool) so its fine #but damn trying to restart the ''maths brain'' engine of it lying dormant and rusty for over 7 years is gonna SUCK #maths aside: ive been good and busy and my ankles are hurting again but thats fine (said thru gritted teeth) #just have to play catch up a little (read: alot) over the weekend with stretches + exercises + hw but its fine lmfao ill be able to deal #i just like complaining sometimes! its fun! #anyway ily thanks for reading see you in another couple of months lmfao you know the deal!

[digitalbug999]

you guys im so fed up that im finally making this tumblr post, no one is ready, esp not me.

okay so idk whos actually played ace attorney, i personally played the first game and am currently playing apollo justice, but ive watched playthroughs of the first trilogy. but what the fuck is up with “theatre major phoenix” no the fuck he isnt. did yall not play the same as me? i know he has a flair for the dramatic, but most of his dramatic mannerisms are actually picked up from people he cares about (mostly mia and edgeworth ive found). but see, where the gameplay comes in, is that i never knew what was relevant to the case — and just like reading phoenix flavor text — so id tap on everything i could examine. everything. this, pretty much 100% of the time, includes art pieces in buildings. you would not believe the shit phoenix has to say

i think its modern art in mias office that you can look at and hell just rip into as being technically terrible. either the painting grossburg likes or the one in april mays hotel room hell talk about how the oil pastels are laid on too thick. he doesnt know more than two kinds of flower. this is my most damning evidence, he knows tulips and sunflowers and thats it, he talks about it. i dont think he can even recognize roses on sight as different from other similar flowers, he knows tulips and sunflowers and past that hes given up. theres no way hes a drama kid.

on top of that theres just. what kind of theatre kid calls themselves an art major? theyd specify (i have theatre friends, theyd specify), unless he was like, double majoring performing arts and also painting, i just have a hard time believing it. and i can get “i need him to be a drama kid for my roleswap au” bc ive made decisions like that before, but dont try and tell me that canon phoenix wright was doing theatre bc i listened to him talk about paintings and i know if he was involved in any kind of theatre thing it was like. helping paint the sets.

#ace attorney #phoenix wright #phoenix wright ace attorney #pls you guys #no theatre major is gonna pick up on the oil pastels #im begging you #write him as an art critic dork #write him silly goofy #write him painting for the hell of it #anyway im off to write my au where he gets back into painting during the seven year gap instead of *poker* #which is what i hate most so far about apollo justice btw #phoenix was so much of an open book in the original trilogy that maya and edgeworth could read his thoughts word for word by looking at him #hes not a poker player #apparently only i understand him #blorbos amirite #stickbug speaks

[alsaurus-loves-dean]

.

#we finally painted the exterior of our house. bought it over three years ago and it needed so much work #but we finally got enough done that it made sense to paint. #since it all took so long we had pleeeeeenty of time to pick a color #i painted huge swatches on the back of the house and we stared at them for over a year #i was terrified of picking something ugly lol im not a designer and my wife DEFINITELY isnt #but anyway ever since we had it painted a few weeks ago I've been OBSESSED WITH IT #it literally looks so fucking good like SOOOO GOOD #we picked the PERFECT COLOR. its blue but its not too dark and not too light #not too saturated and not too gray. a tiny hint of green but not a lot #it looks amazing with the red brick of the chimney and the reddish stain on our front door #it looks amazing with the green of all my wife's plants in the garden #it looks amazing in every lighting at every hour of the day #well someone just showed up at my door like 'hi i live in the neighborhood and we're gonna paint our house' #and 'my wife and i love this color and i was wondering if you remember the name of it' #YES. YES I DO REMEMBER THE NAME OF IT. 😍 #i mean every neighbor we talk to is like 'omg it's so good!' but this is a guy who I've never seen #he must be on a different street so they just see it when they drive by since we're on the corner #sorry i just feel so satisfied right now lmao

[1ovestay]

have had a very disappointing and stressful morning but at least i am sitting by the ocean with the sun shining on my face

#appreciating the ocean while i can before i move to canada in a week #i’m like . very upset and feeling dramatic and i think im within right to cuz it meant a lot to me #was meant to be going to the a15 action in my city and i had it all planned out #but i don’t have a car cuz my friends car broke down so i let them have mine early #and i planned to wake up at 5:30 and drop my mum off at work so i could have her car for the day #but then yesterday at the rally my friend was like oh i’ll come with u! #so after we drove back from melbourne i left my sign in their car (my car…) #and then this morning 5 mins before they were meant to pick me up they were like oh i’ve been called into work #which like understandable that they need the work but telling me 5 mins before u were supposed to pick me up…. 25 mins before the event… #anyway the next bus was so much later but i got on anyway after stressing a bunch #and i was like well even if im an hour late i still wanna show up #but it ended literally right as i got there im so upsetttt #i think the main reasons i’m upset is cuz this would be my last action in australia #cuz i’m moving in a week and i can’t go to this sundays rally in melb #and i was gonna give away my sign cuz i don’t want to throw it out but i can’t take it with me when i move #and i planned to participate in this for weeks n had it all sorted out i should have just gone with my own plans :( #anyway it is what it is i’m disappointed but i’m sitting in the sun by the ocean listening to day6 so it’s all fine really #p

[vaguelydefinedshapes]

Goddd there's something so humbling about being broken up with when you didn't really like the person either,, like oh, I'm too much to handle for the guy who made me uncomfortable. Okay. When can I get my hoodie back

#the precipitating event was that i picked him up from work at 10pm so that he wouldn't have to bus home in the snow #and since i didn't really wanna be there and was only doing it bc it felt like the nice thing to do i wasn't in a great mood #(meaning i was kinda asocial not that i yelled at him or anything) #so he asked me like 5 times what was going on with me and then this morning he sent me a snapchat saying he's not in a place to maintain #ANY contact with someone who has “random outbursts” #and then didn't reply when i asked if there was something Specific i did since afaik i was just... generally not super thrilled to see him #and i mean i was trying to figure out how to break up with him anyways since he had a tendency to catcall people #(i think since he's trans he thought it was fine?? but it felt weird to me) #and also he slapped me on the ass when i picked something up and was oddly hung up on understanding why i don't like making out #so like. this wasn't going anywhere. #but also he has my FUCKING baja hoodie and i WANT IT BACK #and if he doesn't respond by the end of the day im literally gonna stop by his house tomorrow and ask for it in-person #also he lost my charger so now i have to get a new one

[broke-on-books]

😍😍😍

#accidentally slept through my only class today #which whoops sorry. (my 9am english) #which kind of killed step 1 of a plan of mine but thats okay #anyways THEN i had to go downtown to pick up this award bc i forgot to show up to the ceremony like a dumb dumb #but the building was like a 25 minute walk and it was COLD (punishment for my dumb dumbness tbh) but anyways i got there early so i walked #around the block and then went inside and picked up my medal #and i was already far downtown so then i popped my head in a couple of stores as i slowly walked back #got a few things from target. new hair clip nail polish m&ms pens and then a mango. very excited to eat that either later today or tomorrow #then i popped in the calligraphy store and then the comic shop and looked around. saw some white ribbon in the calligraphy store which ive #been looking for but didnt get it because it was a bit wide and kind of expensive and i want a lot for my project idea #(want to write out some of my favorite poems on them in sharpie and then use it to accessorize) #and then i went to the comic shop and peeked around. saw a nubia issue and a few gl 2021s in the discount bin but i didnt get them bc #they were all middle issues and i havent read those books yet although i do want to someday bc my guys were in them. one of the gl 21s even #had simon on the cover so i was very !!!!!!!! thats my guy!!!!! #didnt buy anything there but i did ask the guy to make sure to order a copy of the spirit world tpb so ill stop by to get that in a few wks #and then i went to the bookstore cafe and got a cold brew and did a but of English there. they have tables in the stacks its nice. the one i #grabbed was just surrounded by old paperbacks of sci fi and thrillers lol. didnt see anything id read but recognized a few author names like #card (no enders game though) and the pern lady (idk her name i havent read it). anyways did half a blog post thats technically late (ill #backdate though dw) and then packed up and i grabbed a gyro from the halal cart on that block which i just finished back at my dorm <3333 #anyways good times. now im gonna try and spam some work and go to freaking trivia team for the first time in a month later. oops #blah #oh and i think the halal cart guy may have given me a free soda. unsure abt that though bc its possible it came with and i was just being #silly again. so anyways i had a ginger ale too