#strat explainer

[trainforanother1000years]

another thing from twitchcon mcc. Kara and Couriway fucking killed it as casters especially couri during the live play by plays each round

#mcc #his skybattle especially was really really good tgttos as well with him calling out and explaining the movement strats people were using #but they both made it really personable and approachable I felt for people who maybe had never seen mcc before

[finnitesimal]

Apollo dodgeball flying into ur inbox at high speeds. etoiles and phil 1v1 stick fighting in front of missa as we speak

Phil got bodied lmao. L

#theyre explaining pvp strats to him. hes retaining very little #augustanswers

[itskeej]

bro why you worry about maining someone? like I play a different person in r6s depending on what I feel like / the map / the location of site. actually when I first started playing the game all I would use is the random button! like unless ur in comp it really doesn't matter. one of the only reasons why I don't do random these days is because the button isn't in standard only qp. just like... click someone- except for mira or clash. banned.

BELIEVE IT OR NOT i've actually got like... little to no gameplay experience playing r6, most of my knowledge comes from watching other people play. I've played maybe about 2 hours worth of actual matches tops :P

after going through enough fps games with characters that have unique abilities/guns, i eventually figured out i learn a game best if i just pick a character and try to learn just them until i'm comfortable with their utility enough that im not trying to learn the maps, the plant spots, etc etc while also fighting learning my own ability and guns. x_x

I ALSO USUALLY JUST PLAY WHOEVER I WANT TO IN GAMES, apex i do that a lot, but i only really started to learn once i told myself "okay, i'm gonna just pick ONE character to play", and so i'd only play mirage until i felt comfortable in the battle royal format. now, i play a variety of legends! >:)

i do get you though, it's not like... a giant worry, starting is just hard for me LMAOOOOO. the r6 gameplay loop is so foreign to me and these kinds of learning curves i find i get over the fastest if character choice isn't an aspect im fighting against too, if that all makes any sense?

#keej answers #hrgnm #tumblr ask #wish i learned this sooner... i would have started enjoying valorant SO MUCH FASTER omfg #AND AGAIN IM LIKE basically a new player experience-wise... havent even touched like half the operators lol #still trying to find what i like >_> #long post. #SORRY FOR THE ESSAY AHAKJFHDSJK I DIDNT MEAN FOR THIS TO BE SO LONG but also i think i cant explain my brain in less words #IF IM GOING ABOUT THIS THE WRONG WAY i appreciate suggestions because mannn i know r6 is different than like.... #overwatch or apex so maybe the strat is to just try shit and yolo it? idk. i find having some familiarity helps me a lot #so thats why im on the hunt for a main

[razzafrazzle]

erbis. ebis. beris

[image description: a waist-up drawing of an original character named eris drawn in a graffiti-esque style. eris is a thin, pale-skinned man with bright red buzzcut hair, blank white eyes, pointy yellow teeth, and black demon horns and a tail. she is wearing a bright blue spiked collar and a white crop top with bright blue and bright red striped sleeves. end id]

#erbis. #have the overwhelming need to explain all of my drawings but legit i just wanted to vibe #i drew this in like 5 minutes. speedrun strat #brerbis #doc talks #my art #my characters

[verraising]

seeing sprouts without their job stones in 30+ dungeons stresses me out so much like listen i don't really mind that much, i've been there, i point it out to them and move on and just try to make it through this one instance BUT i know there are many people who get incredibly nasty when that happens in their party!!! i experienced that first-hand as a sprout because i did NOT know about job stones lmao and took my arcanist into quarn and BOY HOWDY. my other dps was not a happy camper!!! and they were NOT shy in telling me so, and then the other two joined in very passive-aggreessively and my little newbie ass was consumed by dread the whole run through because nobody really bothered to explain what it actually was that i'm doing wrong lmao

so now i'm just here like BABY NO!!! YOU HAVE A TARGET ON YOUR HEAD!!! Pls talk to your job guy and get your rock I don't want you to have a horrible time 😭😭😭

#people get so nasty for no reason i just want everyone to have a good experience playing this game waaaaaaahhhhhhhhh #it was also aurum vale with three first-timers just now so that was fun in general #but everyone did so well once i explained to them how the usual strats go and it was nice!! just be nice!!! aaaaaaa #sorry i'm. still sore over the shitty experience with that asshole healer i had the other day so i'm extra anxious for this sprout lmao #idk

[fischlcatgirl]

currently writing a fic where i will definitely want to know the unreconciled stars lore for it but like. i was like three patches late for unreconciled stars. i already have seen the Cooler Scaramouche. i dont want to go try and look for a video of someone playing through the event story from like 1 million years ago. EVEN if it means seeing fischl. like PLEASE i havent even played the new archon quest because im too busy doing things like having a job and being on tumblr. i dont have time to go back and catch up on the sky is fake hour i just want to write about terrible things happening to the characters i love and klee blowing people up

#board certified my post #i once again failed to explain anything about the fic in this post. oh well. thats what the sharing post is for when i finally finish it ig #probably i will end up doing a wip wednesday in a couple days #assuming it isnt done by then because you guys. I have been GOING HARD at this ting #*thing #normally my strat of writing the bits and pieces i want to and expecting them to connect themselves is a failure.... but like i keep having #new and better ideas??? like you guys sucrose is. well bad things are going to happen to her #and KAEYA??? well. hang on. bad things happen to him also #albedo only loses an arm!! does that make it better #Lisa though she um. well shes going to die #LISTEN THOUGH. they get better #theyre ok in the END #the middle does get pretty bad #there will be crying..... there will be yelling..... there will be swords #and at the very end. there will be a silly twist. because my favorite thing to put in my fics is the kind of sequel bait you'd see in a mov #e #it will be fake. there will be no sequel to this fic because like. i feel like it would be too predictable. but who knows maybe i will feel #differently when it is actually finished #untitled lisa fic: liyue edition #and then who knows. untitled lisa fic inazuma edition. sumeru edition. fontaine edition. natlan edition. shneznaya edition

[brighhton]

i love portal glitches and how they work it is so interesting actually

#learning to speedrun portal really expanded my brain and i loooove explaining how the strats are possible like its so interesting!!! #idk if i should tag this #ehhhh.... #portal #portal 2 #sure. there we go #any fans of portal i think this stuff is really cool!! theres a bunch of videos by speedrunners that explain them really well

[mariautistic]

doing the super saiyan rage transformation because im not on some cute girl's lap hearing her infodump about shit i dotn have the slightest clue about

#.txt #does anyonehave the image thats like two girls and ones pointing at the phone explaining hollow knight speedrun strats. feeling that

[noiivvern]

Oh holy shit the new Pokémon added a ton of completely broken shit to the competitive meta

#houndstone signature move wasn’t enough. and even that got insta banned #i don’t know how they’re gonna ban the Shedinja strat now. maybe just not petting it have electric Tera type #so. attempting to explain this. shedinja has the ability that makes it only able to be hit by super effective moves #changing its type to electric makes it only weak to ground moves #you can give it the air balloon item that makes ground type moves unable to hit #ON TOP OF THAT you can also have Shedinja use substitute which means no status effects can hit so it can’t be poisoned or burned to death #literally unkillable #SHOULD BE NOTED Shedinja is not in SV so it’s a non issue there. but I’m talking about Smogon where everything exists #OH lol it got banned yesterday actually. Shedinja is gone

[inthelittlegenny]

i love that dream said his morale is higher with george on an mcc team, but whenever george hears dream explain a strategy he zones out and falls asleep

#i've just watched the infamous survival games explanation and now listening to dream explain the buildmart strat on mcc pride #and george is just letting him ramble without listening at all lmao #mcyt #mcc #genny rambles

[vespertine-legacy]

tfw you join some folks for SM SnV but they’ve done NiM Dash Cheese (derogatory) so many times that they literally don’t know how to actually survive story mode Dash’roode if they’re expected to do the actual general mechanics

(and then after near-wipes on every boss, being invited to do a NiM Dash run with them and responding that you’re lactose intolerant and leaving group)

#november plays swtor #someone in group demanded that we do nim strats on cartel warlords #then did not actually explain??? the strat??? #nor did he use a single dcd (or brain cell) while sunder was alive #so he biffed it twice #this was a few days ago but I keep being reminded of it and getting salty all over again #my dudes I am not going to join you for nim dash when you tried to murder me in snv sm #also! the guy demanding nim strats had Wings of the Architect but zero nim df cheevs??? #how?????

[roetrolls]

He isn't a good person, Sylvie.

How many other circuses has he destroyed since then? His own kind?

"I have never tried to claim that he is perfect... But he is good to his own. Why... Why should he share camaraderie with other troupes? Their blood? Their occupation? This is how things are.

What Emarra does outside of our show is not something I should have an opinion on. He treats me well... He treats all of us well. That is what matters."

#besties idk how to explain to you that uhh #she's not concerned with his morals #so much as. whether he will keep her and the people around her safe #being content with her lot in life is like #it's a coping strat bruv #sylvie ic #an ask tag (happy chase?)

[pops-exe]

frens I have found out I got adhd which makes sense cause so far I got all the nifty low dopamine/norepinephrine issues like low blood pressure, narcolepsy/hypersomnia and depression (it's a crazy wombo combo i'll tell ya that). I hope you all are doing well cause i miss talking to yall. I'm just extra busy dealing with my goofy ahh brain and nervous system. Heavy stuff coming to terms with it. Also trying not to quit my job and change careers completely. My brain's RAM is always maxing out :/

#thats my thought for the void #it explains why i could never stick around with anyone or anything #the destruction of abandoned interests and close friends ive left in my wake hurts my brain #as much as i enjoy keeping up with everyone and everything #it never lasts long and ive found over the years my capacity for anything has gotten shorter and shorter #uh so #maybe after i get on (more) meds and stuff #i wont shutdown or get burnout #x to doubt #eh ive been hyperfocusing on trying all theses strats for my adhd and getting wiped out #lmao anyways #feel free to talk to me cause i can go years and catch up like nothing happened #but i forget to check up on ppl and get guilty and procrastinate and yknow adhd shit #dunno what im even trying to get at lmaooo #feel free to talk my ear off even if i dont respond #thats gonna be my new tagline when meeting ppl hah #maybe ill remember to return to the void #im just venting homies

[emberglowfox]

fuck all cis people except for the guy who dmed me on instagram to ask about my new name and, upon me explaining the concept of transgenderism, said, “interesting strat. i like it.”

#fucking LOVING the idea of transgenderism as some kind of strategy to win at life. he’s right #this guy gets gender more than any cis person #sparks speaks #obligatory “fuck all cis people” is slash jay i have a few cis “people” i keep close to my heart <3 #containment breach #<- deeply unfortunately

[prokopetz]

One of the occupational hazards of being so preoccupied with game design as a discipline is that sometimes I'll have dreams that are just some unknown force explaining an idea for a game to me, and last night I dreamed what is possibly the most obnoxious mechanical premise for a game I've ever come up with.

In brief, it was a traditional JRPG-style game with an atypical levelling-up scheme. Rather than gaining XP or levelling up at milestones, party members would grow in power by finding and absorbing or ingesting these little extradimensional parasites, represented in the dream as small grub- or fetus-like creatures with smiling humanoid faces. These parasites would be found as treasure and enemy drops, and could freely be given to any party member, except for the player character; the player character alone was unable to use them for Plot Reasons, and was entirely reliant on equipment to grow in power instead.

Absorbing a parasite both granted permanent stat boosts and unlocked weird psychic powers. However, they'd also cause progressive personality changes in the party members to which they were assigned, reflected by changes in dialogue and interactions, and eventually in granting or denying access to particular side quests. This function of the parasites was undocumented, and would likely go unnoticed by the player on their initial playthrough, as they'd level up as they went and would never see the unmodified dialogues.

A further wrinkle is that this effect was mediated by the game's expected progression. Farming parasites and "over-levelling" beyond where the game expected you to be would accelerate the personality changes, while going deliberately under-levelled would slow them (i.e., by giving your party members more time to acclimate to having bugs in their brains); like the personality changes themselves, the existence of these hidden modifiers would not be hinted at to the player.

If you spent a long enough stretch of the game sufficiently over-levelled, you'd eventually receive a non-standard game over where your party would betray, kill, and eat the player character. Furthermore, this non-standard ending had a deliberate "eclipse phase" whereby it would wait for a while after you hit the required threshold before pulling the trigger, in particular making sure that you've saved at least once, leaving your save file irrevocably fucked.

As a final twist, the non-standard game over would only trigger after resting; though the game's mechanics would heavily incentivise resting on a regular basis, it would theoretically be possible to massively over-level your party on purpose and avoid the bad ending simply by never resting again, potentially as a speedrun strat. However, doing so would alter the game's ending to replace the usual final boss with a hopeless solo boss fight against your own massively over-levelled party.

#concepts #gaming #video games #violence mention #death mention #cannibalism mention #body horror mention #insects mention #swearing

[just-spacetrash]

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#hm. feel bad #friend drunkenly explained her situation but in the midst of it insinuated she doesnt value hanging out w me as much as i thought #(as much as i thought we both value it) #feel horrible #realize this is probably the seasonal depression that i get every year and still get surprised #still feel bad #wish i could form more meaningful relationships #even tho i feel i have nothing to give #feel rly bad. im even missing mcc and for what. for this? #understand itll only get better if i keep going and keep trying #feel somewhat comforted by the thought that someday i might not feel as continuously bad as now #(or it wasnt continuous cus i was hanging out with my friend but apparently that meant nothing to her so now it all seems hollow to me too) #(shes my only close irl friend) #...feel bad #:( #feels very damn nobody want me fr tonight #everyone else at this party has a long time partner and multiple close irl friends #i left now #last time i felt this bad after a party (my own fucking birthday where everyone else vented about their lental health) i stayed up til 7am #i did feel better tho? so idk maybe thats the strat