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As someone who as a teen and adult has done both, theres too much to say here than a tweet can cover. Theres several factors and most of it depends on the person and if they have a healthy relationship with competition. This can be influenced either way by the env you grew up in
I’ve always been curious the % of Pokemon players that grew up playing competitive sports, and if they believe this feeds that same competitive itch, if it makes their skillset better than an average player, or if they feel like they’re more mentally prepared than their opponent bc of that background.
And this is how I learn Guild Wars is Homestuck
in the guild wars 3 trailer, we see the six human gods dwayna, abaddon, dhuum, lyssa, balthazar, melandru,
so let me explain a bit about the lore of the six
these were six homies who picked up a MMO and played respective classes, some classes which are forgotten knowledge and not playable now, although a lot of current playable classes are based off of them. anyway they formed a guild called the Six Human Gods L33TSQU4D (really full of themselves calling themselves gods) and after they've completed end game content and become as powerful as there was to be, they isekai'd to another world, another MMO, the land of Tyria, where they retained their end game powers and resources and became gods and rulers of the land of noobs, and many players joined their new found server
of course there's always guild drama
so dwayna had a son with another player and because dhuum was an asshole, her son partied with some other players to PK dhuum to show him who's boss, and it was kind of humiliating so dhuum's authority was stripped and grenth took his place as one of the six guild leaders
due to some more guild drama and conflict they started to break apart and Abaddon wanted to be guild leader and attempted to overthrow the others to be the servers admin but he ultimately failed and was banned by IP
by this time they had so much drama with plenty of players so toxic so they were like fuck this it ain't fun anymore and kind of retired from the game, but they still kind of lingered and watched from afar
many years later Abaddon apparently was figuring out how to get unbanned and kept pulling strings and making the server really toxic so kormir and friends had to end things once and for all, and thus, they hacked his account and kormir stole all his things to become a new guild leader joining the five others
you're welcome!
Made a soursop milk punch today - it was absolutely delightful. @TBFUnreality if you're looking for new ice cream flavors, that's one to put on the list
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Cal-Maine, the dominant egg producer, wants to use the monopoly profits it has extracted though inflated egg prices to buy a breakfast food manufacturer. This is a merger that should be blocked. fooddive.com/news/cal-maine-…
I'm sure this is a fine device if you're used to it, but why the heck is the brew button a power symbol???
The thing here is that when we're in a "big 6" format, no one is asking if we are. These days, if we are, it's usually a debate around the 6th mon or if big 6 can be more than 6
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I'm teaching databases this semester at Berkeley. My students all seem unusually brilliant. Not many go to office hours, and not too many folks post on the course forum asking project questions.
Weirdly, the exam had the lowest recorded average in my 10 semesters teaching it.
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This was one of the of most insane monopolization schemes I've ever uncovered: Two secretive European companies rolled up every alternative supplier of egg-laying hens to American egg producers between 2010 and 2021—and have spent the past three years cashing in: raising hen prices on the back of high egg prices, throttling the supply of hens to egg producers to keep shortages going, and extracting billions in windfall profits along the way.
And now comes part two of the BIG investigative series by @musharbash_b on egg market consolidation. This part is on the two creepy European firms who are the barons of chicken genetics. And yes, private equity is involved in hiking your egg prices. thebignewsletter.com/p/fowl-…
I know some people are excited, but you don't want every gimmick available in a battle. Actual nightmare format.
The Viridian Forest Hornets were accidently a bigger villain than anyone who has ever even attempted to be one
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I continue to think this is one of the most important cartoons of recent years. @marketoonist
