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Comment on Things are crumbling around me and a lot of it is my fault in ~health.mental
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Comment on I made Magnus Carlsen play the cow opening in ~games.tabletop
Bullmaestro LinkIsn't that the same opening that got Tyler1, the toxic-as-fuck League of Legends streamer to nearly 2000 elo in online chess?Isn't that the same opening that got Tyler1, the toxic-as-fuck League of Legends streamer to nearly 2000 elo in online chess?
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Comment on After 42 years, Gainax officially closes in ~anime
Bullmaestro LinkGainax's collapse begs the question: How do you go from producing hit series like Evangelion, Gurren Lagann and Panty & Stocking to bankruptcy? I mean I'm aware that they've been going through a...Gainax's collapse begs the question: How do you go from producing hit series like Evangelion, Gurren Lagann and Panty & Stocking to bankruptcy?
I mean I'm aware that they've been going through a brain drain and lost talent who would later form Khara and Trigger, but still....
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
Bullmaestro (edited )LinkI finally transferred my League of Legends account from EUW to NA. The experience has been a mixed bag to say the least. Players interact more in chat on NA, and are definitely far more toxic. But...I finally transferred my League of Legends account from EUW to NA. The experience has been a mixed bag to say the least.
Players interact more in chat on NA, and are definitely far more toxic. But I'd prefer trash talkers who can actually back up the shit that comes out of their mouths than players who just unapologetically don't give a damn about playing the game seriously. Iron 3 on NA is genuinely a better experience than Bronze 4 on EUW, and that reinforces my belief that Europe is genuinely a bad region now, both in terms of pro play, in-game match quality and customer support moderation quality.
The only bad Ranked game I had so far was two days ago, when I locked in an off-meta pocket pick (Varus Support) that I often played on EUW. Arseholes on my team flamed, trash talked, threw their toys out the pram then proceeded to run it the hell down out of pure spite because I didn't pick a meta support.
My KDA by the end of the match was 6/9/17, and many of my deaths came as a result of the bot laner abandoning my lane and leaving me to fend for myself in 1v2s against a pure bruiser duo. I had dealt 39k damage to enemy champions. The Vayne bot? 19/19/6. While they did the most damage, they also dived more than Cristiano Ronaldo and spent much of the game roaming outside of their designated lane. Our Cho'gath Mid? 2/18/0, 9k damage dealt to champions. My shitty teammates were genuinely dying every 95 to 100 seconds, which I'm shocked isn't grounds for an immediate automated inting ban.
Imagine my glee when I logged into League last night and got four instant feedback notifications, and saw that these guys had suddenly gone inactive. My reports actually did something.
Other than this, I started playing Cookie Clicker again, going back to the OG idle game. A lot has changed and a lot of the game's mechanics have been slowly coming back to me.
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Comment on Crunchyroll to end ad-supported streaming at the end of 2025 in ~anime
Bullmaestro LinkEnshittification strikes again. How long before they pull an Amazon and try dubbing their anime with AI?Enshittification strikes again. How long before they pull an Amazon and try dubbing their anime with AI?
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Comment on Netflix wins bidding war, starts talks with Warner Bros. Discovery in ~movies
Bullmaestro LinkAfter watching Zaslav destroy Warner Bros from within, I'm actually optimistic for this.After watching Zaslav destroy Warner Bros from within, I'm actually optimistic for this.
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Comment on 2025 Spotify Wrapped is now out in ~music
Bullmaestro LinkMy top 5 songs this year have mainly been ones that I've been learning for karaoke: Horny - Mousse T Jellicle Songs For Jellicle Cats - Cats Tarzan Boy - Baltimora Midnight At The Oasis - The...My top 5 songs this year have mainly been ones that I've been learning for karaoke:
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Comment on r/art subreddit under new management after an artist was banned for mentioning their art prints in ~arts
Bullmaestro LinkI'm surprised it took this long for users to revolt against a tyrannical power tripping Reddit moderator, given all the crap I've seen power mods like Awkward_The_Turtle pull over the years....I'm surprised it took this long for users to revolt against a tyrannical power tripping Reddit moderator, given all the crap I've seen power mods like Awkward_The_Turtle pull over the years.
Remember the artist who got banned based on false accusations of generating their art based on AI, and how mods dismissed any and all appeals despite the artist providing genuine receipts in the form of .psd files that he created the art himself?
It's a tale as old as time. Get unfairly banned over some hidden rule. Appeal. Have some basement dweller tell you to fuck off and rudely modmail mute you for 28 days. Appeal to admins, get ignored. Try to speak up publicly with receipts showing your innocence. Have the power mods "cwy hawassment" to the admins. Get temp or perma banned from Reddit as a whole.
And why wouldn't the admins side with them? We all know based on the site's history with hosting qurstionable content that the only Reddit founder with any actual moral principles was Aaron Swartz.
Kn0thing is a snake that is going to drag Digg down with him and don't get me started on the Tintin-looking dude who is Reddit's current CEO.
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Comment on Hi, how are you? Mental health support and discussion thread (December 2025) in ~health.mental
Bullmaestro Link ParentI understand what you're saying and had been in that same awkward situation eleven years ago, but things feel different. We're on the cusp of being replaced with AI. Society simply isn't ready for...I understand what you're saying and had been in that same awkward situation eleven years ago, but things feel different.
We're on the cusp of being replaced with AI. Society simply isn't ready for the 20, 30, even 50 percent unemployment rates that are sure to follow.
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
Bullmaestro LinkI finally beat NGU idle. Screw that idle game and the three years it took for me to get to the ending. While the only Steam achievement I don't have is the level 69 equipment one, I can't be...I finally beat NGU idle. Screw that idle game and the three years it took for me to get to the ending. While the only Steam achievement I don't have is the level 69 equipment one, I can't be bothered to start another save and spend a few mins getting it.
Sailing came out in Old School RuneScape and it's honestly a mixed bag. Port tasks are boring, and the skill's early game is a slog. But the skill does improve by the time you unlock Barracuda Trials and the game world expansion is much appreciated.
Other than Sailing, my main focus has been trying to level up my combat stats. Unfortunately I had to abandon completing Perilous Moons because having 60-63 in your melee stats is nowhere near enough to fight the bosses needed to complete that quest. Another thing holding me back is the 25 or so Herblore levels I need for Moonlight Potions to give me super combat potion stats.
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Comment on Hi, how are you? Mental health support and discussion thread (December 2025) in ~health.mental
Bullmaestro LinkA lot of stuff has been bothering me lately and things feel hopeless. This time last year, I was in the process of buying an apartment and finally moving out of my parents' home. And then I got...A lot of stuff has been bothering me lately and things feel hopeless.
This time last year, I was in the process of buying an apartment and finally moving out of my parents' home. And then I got laid off back in March, struggled for over six months to find another job and now work in a shitty temp purchase ledger position where I'm earning just barely above minimum wage and have to either drive for 2 hours or take two buses and a train to get to work. I spent six months having the job market tell me to get stuffed, and now some asshole recruiter is earning commission off of my misery.
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Comment on Windows: Linux GPU gaming benchmarks on Bazzite in ~games
Bullmaestro Link ParentValve can't even roll out an effective anti-cheat in their own games, which is why everybody who plays Counter Strike even remotely seriously plays on ESEA or FACEIT. VAC Live has genuinely been a...Valve can't even roll out an effective anti-cheat in their own games, which is why everybody who plays Counter Strike even remotely seriously plays on ESEA or FACEIT.
VAC Live has genuinely been a total shitshow, and I think a big reason for that is because they decided not to go down the kernel level route.
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Comment on Windows: Linux GPU gaming benchmarks on Bazzite in ~games
Bullmaestro LinkAt this point, with dxvk, vkd3d, Vulkan and the sheer amount of work Valve have put into both SteamOS and Proton, the only true hurdle preventing gamers from switching en masse to Linux is......At this point, with dxvk, vkd3d, Vulkan and the sheer amount of work Valve have put into both SteamOS and Proton, the only true hurdle preventing gamers from switching en masse to Linux is... kernel level anticheat.
League of Legends, Fortnite, Valorant, Phantasy Star Online 2, MapleStory, Battlefield 6, Helldivers 2, Blade & Soul and any other game that requires kernel level anti-cheat is unplayable on Linux. Even Valve's own offerings aren't 100% fully compatible, with many DOTA 2 and CS2 players using FACEIT, a third-party esports matchmaking platform that requires... you guessed it... kernel level anti-cheat.
The only kernel level solution that actually has Proton/Linux support is BattlEye and many developers choose to opt out of Linux support because of how much harder it is to detect cheats on that OS.
Valve would be wise to sell their upcoming Steam Machine at a loss to bring as many players to their ecosystem as possible, but they've already confirmed they won't do that.
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Comment on TV Tuesdays Free Talk in ~tv
Bullmaestro (edited )LinkHazbin Hotel Season 2 finished last week, and I want to talk about the season as a whole. Anything I talk about afterwards will be spoiler territory for the entire season, especially the finale....Hazbin Hotel Season 2 finished last week, and I want to talk about the season as a whole. Anything I talk about afterwards will be spoiler territory for the entire season, especially the finale.
Season 2 thoughts:
Firstly, the good. I enjoyed the soundtrack greatly and thought it was a massive improvement over Season 1 based on pure consistency alone. Hazbin Guarantee was the first song they released in advance and it's one that completely blew anything from the last season straight out of the water. People on TikTok hated on the track, until the first two episodes and the music video for it dropped.
In fact, I cannot think of a single bad/forgettable song this season, compared to Season 1 when there were a few stinkers. Each track was either a hit or served a narrative purpose that moved the plot forward. If I had to choose three favourites beyond Hazbin Guarantee, they'd be Piss (A Love Song), Don't You Forget (Reprise) and Hear My Hope.
The animation quality also improved drastically compared to the first season, and that's definitely evident in the last episode where a lot of time went into the fight between Vox and Alastor.
As for the things I didn't like... there are some things about the plot, the actions of some characters, and the presence (or lack thereof) of some cast members that irritated me.
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Charlie Morningstar pissed me off, especially in Episode 3 where her first thought after speaking to Emily was to bring Vox and Velvette to her hotel without any proof that redemption is possible, relying just on the verbal testimony of a seraphim who literally appeared and disappeared in front of her, then thought that going on another Voxtech show for a live interview would have somehow cleared the hotel's name. Episode 4 may have brought us an incredible bilingual song from Niffty where she both badmouths the hotel in English and praises it in Japanese, but holy crap did it make Charlie seriously unlikeable.
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Unless there is something that literally stops winners outside of the Seraphim and Exorcists from visiting Hell, and I find that hard to believe. I feel like this whole plot could have easily been wrapped up had Emily, Sera and Abel brought Sir Pentious with them.
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I hate to admit it but Vox had a point about the peace offerings in Episode 5. Gift baskets aren't an appropriate way to smooth over the fact that Adam, Lute and the Exorcists had spent years purging sinners and slaying countless souls that could have been redeemed.
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On the subject of Abel, he is a classic example of star power barely being used, much like Taylor Swift in 2019 Cats. They brought in Patrick Stump from Fall Out Boy and barely utilized him. He had only a few lines prior to the very last song where he got a full verse to himself.
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The pacing was a bit too fast for much of the season, and it feels like there was a lot of missed opportunity in introducing other overlords as characters.
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The idea that Lucifer is forbidden from harming sinners because that's part of his punishment is a bit puzzling, and makes me wonder what would happen to him if he actually did strike down Vox. Also, while I completely understand why he showed up to (unsuccessfully) intimidate Vox who had already been spying on the hotel and knew everything about his divine punishment, he's just acted incredibly stupid afterwards and behaved like a fraud, especially in episode 7 where he is easily lured right into a trap.
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Did we really need this season to end with another Lilith cliffhanger?
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This whole season has made me feel really bad for Angel Dust. Charlie invited the boss of the film overlord that had been sexually exploiting and pimping him to the hotel against his knowledge or consent, had him spill the beans that he murdered his own father, and then gets tortured and brainwashed by him.
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
Bullmaestro LinkBackpack Brawl saw the release of a new hero. Hob Gang is honestly a pretty shit amalgamation of multiple different hero playstyles. Their main weapon is a blowdart which can fire darts that have...Backpack Brawl saw the release of a new hero. Hob Gang is honestly a pretty shit amalgamation of multiple different hero playstyles. Their main weapon is a blowdart which can fire darts that have limited uses (basically Sage's ammo gimmick but worse), their unique bags have different effects based on whether you're going a DPS or armor build (building for armor is basically like playing Ronan but worse), and they have a Heist mechanic where you need to craft particular items and place them next to a Heist card to unlock new items, which can unlock random items that would otherwise be exclusive for a different hero. Whereas I had managed to consistently attain flawless victories with Pepper (the last hero, whose chef playstyle was pretty OP), Hob Gang has given me some pretty bad runs, which is not what you want in low Bronze League.
BALL x PIT is a game I wish I could have sank more time in while I was in Exmouth for a long weekend, but a combination of shit hotel wi-fi, me having to clear the download cache on my Steam Deck and me forgetting to charge the damn thing meant I only got about 3 more hours in. I'm currently on the Fungal x Forest (4th level) and found the game to have serious difficulty spikes. The game's characters also aren't built equally. The Repentant and Embedded are ridiculously overpowered, whilst the Warrior, Itchy Finger and Empty Nester are pretty shit by comparison.
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Comment on Strong Bad Email #210 - Robots in ~misc
Bullmaestro LinkWas not expecting a new Strong Bad Email in 2025, let alone one with a fhqwhgads reference.I said come on FhqwhJosh
Was not expecting a new Strong Bad Email in 2025, let alone one with a fhqwhgads reference.
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Comment on Development of the Paradox Interactive-owned IP Cities: Skylines will shift from Colossal Order to Iceflake Studios in ~games
Bullmaestro Link ParentCitystate is that game for me. The idea of a SimCity clone where the main gimmick is making political decisions that reshape your city was a novel concept, albeit flawed in execution. Anarchist...Citystate is that game for me.
The idea of a SimCity clone where the main gimmick is making political decisions that reshape your city was a novel concept, albeit flawed in execution. Anarchist and libertarian politicies were utterly overpowered to the point where it was the easiest sure-fire way to transform your city into a utopia, while the game ran like complete shit once your city grew past the 250k population mark. Then the outer space update launched in an incredibly buggy state where housing couldn't upgrade beyond the penultimate tier and sometimes you'd end up with "NaN" dollars unable to spend anything and effectively have the data of one of your exoplanetary colonies corrupted. And then Andy Sztark abandoned the game.
Citystate II dialed back heavily on the ambition and just became another generic city builder which Sztark abandoned some time after launching in Early Access. And now with Citystate Metropolis on the horizon, I just wish this guy would actually stick to a project for a change.
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Comment on Moana (2026) | Official teaser in ~movies
Bullmaestro LinkOf all the animated films Disney could have done a live-action remake of, why Moana? It won't even be a decade old by the time its remake releases. Even the fucking sequel came out last year. I...Of all the animated films Disney could have done a live-action remake of, why Moana?
It won't even be a decade old by the time its remake releases. Even the fucking sequel came out last year.
I mean Disney could have done something a bit more hype, like a remake of Atlantis: The Lost Empire, The Emperor's New Groove, Pocahontas, The Sword In The Stone or Treasure Planet, or even given us a live-action Kingdom Hearts film series that tries to smooth out the clusterfuck of a story that Kazushige Nojima and Tetsuya Nomura wrote for the franchise.
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Comment on Hytale is saved! in ~games
Bullmaestro LinkBeen pretty hyped for this game since its reveal, partially because I think we need a good Minecraft competitior but also because I detest some of the anti-consumer bullshit Microsoft have pulled...Been pretty hyped for this game since its reveal, partially because I think we need a good Minecraft competitior but also because I detest some of the anti-consumer bullshit Microsoft have pulled in the last few years.
I lost a Minecraft alpha account which I've had since late 2010 thanks to me missing the forced account migration window (and decided to register for a class action lawsuit organized by SalC1 and other YouTubers off the back of that.) More recently Mojang have threatened to blacklist community-run Minecraft servers like MinecraftOnline unless they abide by their very strict community partner guidelines and mass-censor speech on their server and Discord channels, despite these servers being 100% community-run, and having no financial backing or affiliation with Mojang.
Really glad that Simon managed to acquire the rights to Hytale back from Riot. What Riot did to Hypixel was the equivalent of Microsoft deciding to indefinitely stall the development of Java Edition and force their devs to work on Bedrock Edition.
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Comment on McDonald’s is losing its low-income customers in ~food
Bullmaestro Link ParentHow the fuck is In N Out half the price of McDonalds? I thought that was considered gourmet by US fast-food standardsOn another comparison, at In N Out (popular regional fast-food burger chain), a cheeseburger and fries is $6.50. The quality is leaps and bounds better than mcdonalds, and about half the cost.
How the fuck is In N Out half the price of McDonalds? I thought that was considered gourmet by US fast-food standards
Please tell me this is just some elaborate shit-test to see who would leave over genuinely nazi values. And whoever passes by actually leaving gets to keep their job.
That's the best-case scenario here. The worst-case one is "sorry mate, you need to find another job pronto." That guy is otherwise heiling all the Hitlers.