Notices by bailey//rockruff⚪ (ctrlaltdog@chitter.xyz), page 32

irl we don't have students teach other students at the same level, we largely have teachers that already know what they're doing teach others. or at the very least students who are much further along.

if we let people consistently play at better ranks, then they'll learn better strategies and have more practise against higher leveled players, and they'll start to play just as good as those around them.

stick them in a conservatively low rank and they'll never be able to learn anything especially good to improve, and what little they learn will only be what they see from players who also aren't that great.

it just all feels like a reflection of society where we assume the worst of people instead of the best.

splatoon's ranking system may be ass but at least they give me plenty of games to lose before i derank. rocket league won't even let you advance unless you magically already play better than folks on the next tier

if i'm on silver i should only be facing silver players. if i get to gold, then you can pit me against gold players. that's only fair. if i can't cut it against the gold players, i'll derank to where i'm supposed to be. a single match shouldn't be able to decide whether i can advance or not.

tbh i think any kind of matchmaking system where you have to prove you can beat a player before you've even advanced to their skill level is silly.

advance me to their skill level, give me a few games against them, then derank me if i can't win at all. don't force me to play against someone above my skill level without any practise or warning and then derank me for being overwhelmed

it also helps to have so much practise consistently playing with and against better players

that said i had a game of rumble a few minutes ago where i was killing it, i'm starting to consistently pull off some goals and blocks that i only ever managed completely by accident before

my fingers seem to be doing the things i want them to for once.

i think all the playing with bearish and having someone be nice to me in that game for once is really helping

my brain isn't ready to accept this. it is very confused and almost nervous looking at that rank under 2v2

@ratbaby wow what a meanie!!!!

ghosts are just souls that have lost their root privileges, barring them from interacting with the world around them in any way other than simply observing

@HTHR honestly these days i'd be more concerned if someone said "hey i know you from twitter"

i'm excited about the new spiderman cartoon! it looks really good

@phryk and also a way of insisting that our system is somehow "One Size Fits All" and everyone has an equitable chance to survive and thrive, when that's clearly not the case

because if we don't all have differences, clearly those nonexistent differences can't be what's preventing us from succeeding, but rather it's our own willingness and attitude that is keeping us down

@phryk excellent point! corporate diversity is basically just a way of saying "hey, everyone is welcome to conform to our vision of society! no matter who you are, we will accept you as a cog in our machine"

y'know, if you just shape your appearance however you want instead of trying to meet the expectations of others around you, it will force other people to get accustomed to your own appearance and accept you as you are.

or perhaps even prompt them to follow suit and do what they want with their own appearance.

the alternative is always trying to meet their expectations and failing every time because you'll never be able to make yourself look as perfect as they want you to be.

chances are if my headphones do straight up die and can't be fixed i'm gonna replace them with something cheap like a pair of bluetooth headphones from monoprice and just deal with them until i can afford to get what i actually want

i hope my headphones are failing due to the cabling or something else relatively easy to fix. i really don't have the money to replace my ath-m50s and i'm not about to buy a replacement pair anyway when i'd rather buy something like bluetooth headphones which would be better for me, but are even more expensive for similar quality

@BearishMushroom g'night! speep tight

is it because there's truly something wrong with being nude or unhygienic or wearing something others find displeasing, or is it all just a way to bar certain people from participating in society and getting the resources and attention and sympathy they deserve?