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Comment on Hi, how are you? Mental health support and discussion thread (September 2025) in ~health.mental
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
Bullmaestro Link ParentI remember I got a lot of pushback from trying to play Jhin Support in Ranked. Like, people would ban the champ if I hovered it in champ select, troll pick, run it down, dodge, flame, etc....I remember I got a lot of pushback from trying to play Jhin Support in Ranked. Like, people would ban the champ if I hovered it in champ select, troll pick, run it down, dodge, flame, etc.
Iron/Bronze players thinking they know better than BeryL, a two-time world champion.
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
Bullmaestro Link ParentI would but it's the same as my Reddit ID, and I kinda want to keep that separate from my Tildes name.I would but it's the same as my Reddit ID, and I kinda want to keep that separate from my Tildes name.
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
Bullmaestro LinkLeague of Legends. I have developed a Varus Support off-meta build that has currently put me in a 5 game winstreak in Ranked. Even the games I did lose prior to this were down to shitty teammates...League of Legends. I have developed a Varus Support off-meta build that has currently put me in a 5 game winstreak in Ranked. Even the games I did lose prior to this were down to shitty teammates deliberately inting because of my pick.
Basically, I have developed a low-cost build with just support items (Umbral Glaive, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, Imperial Mandate, Vigilant Wardstone and Shurelya's Battlesong) which allows me to poke out my opponents in laning phase and hard-carry team fights in mid & late game. The build got me from Iron 3 to almost getting into Bronze.
Maybe it's because players in Iron are morons, and this wouldn't actually work in higher elo brackets, but I have almost consistently been able to solo carry every game I've played this on, with some exceptions.
Keystone rune choices are either First Strike or Arcane Comet, with Magical Footwear, Jack of All Trades, Manaflow Band and Gathering Storm being mandatory runes.
Currently in the process of writing a guide in case I ever decide to publish it on Mobafire.
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Comment on Hi, how are you? Mental health support and discussion thread (September 2025) in ~health.mental
Bullmaestro Link ParentI definitely feel the same way. Almost six months since being laid off and I can't even find any temp work and I've fallen short in nearly every single interview I've done. Currently living off...I definitely feel the same way. Almost six months since being laid off and I can't even find any temp work and I've fallen short in nearly every single interview I've done. Currently living off savings (with my parents) because I don't want to apply for Universal Credit and go through the same horrible dehumanizing process I had to with Jobseeker's Allowance eleven years ago.
Had to withdraw from an apartment purchase for that very reason, and it's a shame because that was a golden goose opportunity given how expensive SW-England is.
My brother (works as a software engineer for a big tech firm) has been extremely pushy about referring me for jobs at his place, but the roles he's referred me to have been way above my paygrade, way above my actual qualifications and I don't want to relocate or commute 150 miles into London every single day, because the c-suite looks upon remote working with disdain.
Now thinking about ditching accountancy entirely and retraining towards IT or cybersecurity, to the point where I signed up to TryHackMe a few weeks back. Maybe the training providers advertising all these courses are a bunch of grifters, but IT and cybersecurity are interestingly one of the few subjects you can get funding for a second degree to do.
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Comment on Hi, how are you? Mental health support and discussion thread (September 2025) in ~health.mental
Bullmaestro (edited )Link ParentI'm someone who avoids violence and thinks the best martial art for survival is the 100m dash. The most fighting experience I've had was a few kickboxing classes, a single Brazilian jiu-jitsu...But I'm also not afraid of potentially serious confrontation after telling a jealous ex to fuck off either though, should it ever come to that, so YMMV. :P
I'm someone who avoids violence and thinks the best martial art for survival is the 100m dash. The most fighting experience I've had was a few kickboxing classes, a single Brazilian jiu-jitsu lesson and someone picking a fist fight with me in secondary school. Her ex by comparison is a former doorman who works for a security firm. I would lose that fight.
That being said, they broke up nearly three months ago and a big part of me thinks I won't be in danger if he found out. From what I've heard from everybody else other than Lucy and her close friends, the ex is over her. He even said to a mutual friend that he thought she'd try to get with him next.
If he did get pissed... well there were witnesses who said she was all over me and I seemed a bit awkward about it at times, I have receipts of her apologizing, and I've told two close friends what happened in case things did kick off in their vicinity.
Sure, I get that but if you don't actually properly address it with her at some point, is it going to become a giant elephant in the room? If not, then cool, try to forget about it and keep hanging out as friends like you did before the kiss ever happened. If it will/might though, would it not be better to nip that in the bud?
Potentially. It's more like...
- I don't want her to think that I'm cancelling on her because she kissed me and made things awkward. I genuinely forgot that I planned to meet a friend who lives in another nearby town that afternoon.
- Lucy is a friend who I don't want to lose, as I regularly go to her gigs.
- I'm still trying to process what happened. She's not exactly a tactile or affectionate person, at least not around strangers. I have seen her drink Zinfandel Rosé before but not act like this. Maybe she got too drunk and felt bad. Maybe I'm a bad kisser and me reciprocating to her moving her tongue down my mouth put her off. Could be that she realised she got too carried away. Perhaps she got another guy's number when she wandered off to the bar. Surely if you're willing to rub your body against and make out with somebody, there is some attraction there?
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Comment on Hi, how are you? Mental health support and discussion thread (September 2025) in ~health.mental
Bullmaestro (edited )Link ParentGonna avoid elaborating too much on this. I've heard from friends who know Lucy much better than I do that she's narcissistic, manipulative, toxic, even physically abusive behind closed doors, and...I don't understand the advice you're getting to just ghost her, but I only have what you said here to go on. Unless she's dangerous or something that's a pretty dick move though.
Gonna avoid elaborating too much on this.
I've heard from friends who know Lucy much better than I do that she's narcissistic, manipulative, toxic, even physically abusive behind closed doors, and that she's done bad things to people they care about. I haven't personally seen that side of her.
My main worry has been hurting her ex, who is also a good friend of mine. He hasn't said anything directly to me about their breakup (unusual for him, as they've split and gotten back together several times over the past two years), and I feel like he's been deliberately avoiding the subject with me, even though he's told others I know about it. This is an ex who supposedly got mad with somebody when Lucy told him he winked at her.
I'm also unsure who broke up with who, if they still have feelings for the other, or even if the rumours she tried to take her own life were true.
So why not just tell her the truth about everything? (i.e. How you felt awkward/confused about that night, how you feel about the idea of a potential "more than friends" relationship with her, the fact that you already made plans so might not be home in time to meet up with her before the event, etc)
Gonna have to tell her about the conflicting plans anyway, I think I'd be a dick if I said nothing. But also, I don't want to make it about the kiss.
I'll admit, I enjoyed the evening a lot. But I also see her as a really good friend. It could also be that I'm aromantic, cagey and just really struggle to develop romantic feelings.
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Comment on Hollow Knight: Silksong will cost $20, releases Thursday at 7 am PDT/10 am EDT in ~games
Bullmaestro LinkAlready on Game Pass, so I know what I'm going to play on day one.Already on Game Pass, so I know what I'm going to play on day one.
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Comment on Hi, how are you? Mental health support and discussion thread (September 2025) in ~health.mental
Bullmaestro (edited )LinkBeen an awkward month. Two weeks ago, a friend who I've known for the past three years (I'll just call her Lucy, obviously not her actual name) came on to me and I feel like things got too...Been an awkward month.
Two weeks ago, a friend who I've known for the past three years (I'll just call her Lucy, obviously not her actual name) came on to me and I feel like things got too friendly between us. She kept making flirty comments (i.e. suggesting I get a tattoo of her name on my knuckles), had grinded on me a few times, and kept asking me to kiss her on the lips. We did kiss a few times, but it was her initiating it. On one of those times, I thought she was just going in for a smooch. Next thing I know, her tongue is in my mouth and she is full-on snogging me. I feel bad that I reciprocated.
Almost immediately after I got home, she apologized for kissing me via text, told me it was a friendly kiss and that she really values me as a friend. I'm not hurt or heartbroken about it, just confused about her intentions. We haven't messaged since (I gave her space because she had to have an operation recently) but I feel like I'll need to get back in touch with her. She's hosting an event this weekend and offered to give me a lift (the day before this all happened), but I forgot that I'm actually meeting another friend earlier in the day so I don't think I'd even be home by then. My friends think she's bad news and I should just ghost her, but I can't do that to somebody who offered a lift to me.
Alcohol was involved, but she was acting this way towards me early on in the evening, even before she had drank her first glass of wine. And she was compos mentis enough to apologize to me as soon as we got home.
Lucy is somebody who I'd have sex with, but not necessarily date, partially due to the age gap (she's 15 years older than me), but also because she has a bit of a reputation for being a maneater. I also would have been wary about going back to her place, because I wouldn't take advantage of a drunken woman, nor would I want to put myself in such a situation.
I met up with her because I was worried about her mental health. Her boyfriend broke up with her nearly three months ago and I heard a rumour that she allegedly tried to take her own life. But also, this ex-partner has a tendency to get jealous and confrontational, and she had actually dumped him and tried to get with a mutual friend of ours over a year ago (he turned her down, but the damage had already been done.) I actually worry about him finding out and flipping out at me, even though he seems to be over her and moving on.
I don't know how to approach this situation. Should I just ghost her or tell her I actually made other plans earlier in the day to visit another friend? Should I even go to her event?
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Comment on Blizzard Entertainment files lawsuit against World of Warcraft private server Turtle WoW in ~games
Bullmaestro Link ParentAccording to their roadmap, Turtle WoW 2.0 (the Unreal 5 client) is due to come out around November/December this year. It's highly debatable how much danger Turtle WoW is actually in. Based on...According to their roadmap, Turtle WoW 2.0 (the Unreal 5 client) is due to come out around November/December this year.
It's highly debatable how much danger Turtle WoW is actually in.
Based on the case filings, the only person named in the lawsuit who lives within US jurisdiction is Akalix, their head of marketing, and that guy is going to be taken to the fucking cleaners. The rest of the named team members are based in Netherlands, Germany, Bulgaria, Romania, Czech Republic and Russia. Last I checked, Russia doesn't really give a fuck about US copyright law.
If they secure an injunction and get the server blacklisted from social media platforms, or even blacklisted by Visa, Mastercard and PayPal, they could be in trouble, but also, they could just switch to cryptocurrencies to solicit donations.
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Comment on Blizzard Entertainment files lawsuit against World of Warcraft private server Turtle WoW in ~games
Bullmaestro LinkWas only a matter of time before they drew the ire of Blizzard's lawyers. They've been very brazen about advertising their servers on social media, and I had joined the server several weeks ago...Was only a matter of time before they drew the ire of Blizzard's lawyers. They've been very brazen about advertising their servers on social media, and I had joined the server several weeks ago after what I can best describe as a marketing blitz.
I skimmed through the details of the legal complaint and it's a hefty one. They've not only outed the identities and locations of people on their team, but have also thrown around serious accusations of Turtle WoW being an elaborate criminal enterprise and invoked RICO (the Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) in their lawsuit. Because apparently running a private WoW server puts you on the same footing as organizations like MS-13 and the Sinaloa Cartel...
In all honesty, I find it rather ironic that a corporate tech giant (Microsoft) that has been leaning heavily into AI, using it in the marketing, development and customer support of its games, and has also been accused of widespread copyright infringement in the training of its LLMs is now crying wolf about unauthorized use of its trademarks.
AI bros are already trying to eliminate any and all moral arguments against piracy by arguing that their rampant copyright infringement is "fair use" when it comes to training models.
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Comment on All things classic Doom in ~games
Bullmaestro (edited )LinkDon't remember when I first played a Doom game, but it was either a demo of Doom E1M1 on a PS1 demo disc or (very briefly) Doom 64 when my brother borrowed it from a friend. The first time I...When did you first play/"get into" Doom?
Don't remember when I first played a Doom game, but it was either a demo of Doom E1M1 on a PS1 demo disc or (very briefly) Doom 64 when my brother borrowed it from a friend.
The first time I actually purchased and played through both Doom 1 & 2 was about two or three years ago, when I discovered Civvie 11 on YouTube and the magic of source ports.
What is your favorite source port of Doom?
GZDoom is the only source port I've tried, and it basically makes the game playable on modern hardware with standard keyboard & mouse controls, absolutely mandatory unless you're a masochist who loves keyboard-only controls on MS-DOS.
What are your favorite WADs?
Only one I played was Sigil and I agree with both the Civvie and Gmanlives reviews of them. It should've been a Doom 2 WAD, but also John Romero made good use of the baseline Doom 1 assets and monsters.
What are your favorite total conversions of Doom/games built on the Doom Engine?
Only one I definitely played was Sonic Robo Blast 2 Kart, and for a Sonic themed kart racer spinoff, that was actually really well-made.
I would've said Ion Fury, but that was the Build Engine, which Duke Nukem 3D was built from. Also, Rise of the Triad was a modified version of the Wolfenstein 3D engine, and I never got that to work with any source port until I purchased the Ludicrous Edition that Nightdive worked on.
Other ones I only experienced via YouTube videos, were either one-off experimental ideas (i.e. The Thing You Can't Defeat), or were so outrageously offensive and off-putting (i.e. Grezzo 2, and one based on a warped racist 4chan caricacture of a McDonalds mascot which I won't name directly) that I wouldn't touch them with a barge pole.
Do you still play Doom regularly?
Not really. I appreciate Doom, and I think the level design is actually pretty genius, but I'm not hardcore enough to attempt levels on Nightmare or pistol-starting on Ultra Violence.
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Comment on Spotify is adding direct messaging to their music streaming app in ~tech
Bullmaestro LinkThey have recently vowed to put in mandatory age verification checks in light of the UK's Online Safety Act. I wonder if these features were meant to be a means to justify that.They have recently vowed to put in mandatory age verification checks in light of the UK's Online Safety Act. I wonder if these features were meant to be a means to justify that.
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Comment on Google will require developer verification for Android apps outside the Play Store in ~tech
Bullmaestro LinkI wonder how EU regulators would feel about this, especially when they've tried to compel Apple to allow iOS users to sideload apps.I wonder how EU regulators would feel about this, especially when they've tried to compel Apple to allow iOS users to sideload apps.
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
Bullmaestro LinkNGU Idle Still at Amalgamate v1, but I realised I screwed up and actually only got halfway to the recommended Resource 3 stats in Sayo's guide, which is why the last hackday I did didn't get me to...NGU Idle
Still at Amalgamate v1, but I realised I screwed up and actually only got halfway to the recommended Resource 3 stats in Sayo's guide, which is why the last hackday I did didn't get me to cap and why I can't BB all of the Sadistic NGUs. My MacGuffins are at the recommended level for me to do a final long-rebirth to The End by a few weeks.
At the moment I think I'm gonna do some more 24H rebirths, farm enough EXP to finally reach 60k base R3 Power, do my final hackday to max out hacks & wishes, then do the LRB off the back of that.
I cannot wait to be done with this game. It has been such a monumental fucking time sink, to the point where I may drop a negative Steam review after all is done.
Brawlhalla
Played about 20 minutes of it after watching a random video about Luna. Game's a bit daunting for me and it feels like there are too many characters and movesets are too simple compared to other platform fighters.
World of Warcraft (Retail and Turtle WoW):
I haven't had much desire to play WoW despite the launch of Season 3, and part of the problem is that I'm still burned out with the community. Only ran a single Mythic dungeon on my warrior and for me, that was my limit. I was going to do some M+ and raiding with my guild but karaoke and some recent personal events which I won't go into have not made me want to play.
Turtle WoW on the other hand... I got my Tauren Hunter to level 14 and because I was playing on a 2x rate PvP server, I found myself in this awkward spot where I was levelling too fast to even spend my money on abilities. Tried rolling a Goblin Warrior and put it down at level 5 because realized just how bad their starting zone Blackstone Island (literally an island quarry) was, and it's far, far worse than Kezan and the Lost Isles are in retail. My Human Paladin is at level 11 still, because the PvE server is overpopulated and trying to compete for mob spawns is overwhelming.
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Comment on Make new friends here! in ~life
Bullmaestro LinkI'm Chris (he/him, 33M, South-West England.) Both a PC gamer (main games I play right now are League of Legends and World of Warcraft) and someone who regularly likes to go out and do pub karaoke,...I'm Chris (he/him, 33M, South-West England.)
Both a PC gamer (main games I play right now are League of Legends and World of Warcraft) and someone who regularly likes to go out and do pub karaoke, which is something I started getting into two years ago.
I don't really have any online friends who I actively speak to at the moment (used to have a few), and for reasons I don't fully want to get into on a public forum (currently unemployed, been dragged into some relationship drama and feel guilty about recent events), I want to spend less time with the karaoke group.
Open to DMs.
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Comment on Retro Recipes: Watch us acquire Commodore + C64 Ultimate production update in ~comp
Bullmaestro LinkWe live in a weird timeline. I still cannot believe the Commodore brand is being acquired by a retro tech YouTuber. The equivalent to this would be the 8-Bit Guy acquiring IBM or Atari.We live in a weird timeline. I still cannot believe the Commodore brand is being acquired by a retro tech YouTuber. The equivalent to this would be the 8-Bit Guy acquiring IBM or Atari.
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Comment on Does anyone have a digg invite code I can get ? in ~tech
Bullmaestro LinkI'd be interested in a Digg invite too if anyone has a spare.I'd be interested in a Digg invite too if anyone has a spare.
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Comment on A Vietnamese murder has given the world its first real ‘Snuff’ movie in ~movies
Bullmaestro Link ParentI'm more shocked to know that none had been confirmed to exist until now. There is all kinds of dodgy and highly illegal shit on Telegram, which is why I steer clear of any links to that platform....Huh. It honestly always kind of blew me away that no snuff films were confirmed to exist yet, at least by the strictest definition. I always believed that some did exist, and just have been kept to very niche circles who don't talk about it online. There is definitely a market for it, unfortunately...
I'm more shocked to know that none had been confirmed to exist until now.
There is all kinds of dodgy and highly illegal shit on Telegram, which is why I steer clear of any links to that platform. Heck, a woman in my country was convicted recently for being part of an animal abuse ring that solicited and paid for videos of people torturing monkeys.
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Comment on Google has released data on how much energy an AI prompt uses in ~enviro
Bullmaestro LinkGiven the rise in popularity of Veo 3, and how much effort it genuinely takes to make an image, let alone a 60FPS video, I can imagine these claims of 0.24 watt-hours of electricity per prompt are...This report was also strictly limited to text prompts, so it doesn’t represent what’s needed to generate an image or a video. (Other analyses, including one in MIT Technology Review’s Power Hungry series earlier this year, show that these tasks can require much more energy.)
Given the rise in popularity of Veo 3, and how much effort it genuinely takes to make an image, let alone a 60FPS video, I can imagine these claims of 0.24 watt-hours of electricity per prompt are substantially understated.
At this rate, we are going to destroy civilization unless we ditch AI. And I'm not talking some dystopian android uprising either. We are either going to drive ourselves to collapse through mass unemployment or from the sheer amount of resources AI data centres use.
I avoid confrontation because it's the best thing to do for survival when alcohol is involved. I went to school with somebody who got punched to the ground and kicked repeatedly in the head on a night out. He was left in a coma and died a week later. His case actually made national headlines in my country because he was only 17, and exposed a massive problem with underage drinkers and doormen not checking ID.
Fair. I'd ask for advice about it on Reddit but I think the people on there understand women even less than we do. As for Lemmy, I don't think they even have a relationship advice community.
Also, I worry that my post might go viral and end up getting regurgitated on social media. And Lucy is rather active on Facebook...