I am not a velociraptor

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  • I think that’s only part of it. Take a game like any monster catching one. There is going to be a meta, a “tier list” that tells you that these monsters are the best of the best. And that’s fine. But the problem is when the game is poorly balanced so if you don’t play the meta, you can’t complete the game. If I can’t beat the game using what I like, the game is just telling me that I shouldn’t play it.



  • Been hearing this term for a long while. It’s specially prevalent in games where there’s a strong competitive scene or in games where you can practice min-maxxing. You won’t use the term (normally) in a game like The Sims or any other game where there is no “goal” to achieve; but if there is a goal (even just a boss fight) and there are multiple alternatives to tackle it, you will hear the term eventually.



  • I wasn’t discussing it, just reporting my findings. My only point to argue is that since now they are two different “san miguel” brands, the one you are drinking there is the one coming from Spain.

    From the mainstream brands, I’d recommend (on top of those two which are really good), Alhambra. The 1922 is probably the best of them all.

    Also: yeah, I’d love a caña under 2€ here too. In Italy you can’t find a beer (let alone a decent one) under 3€, Spain has a really cheap alcohol!!


  • Apparently (according to wikipedia), San Miguel was founded by a group of Spanish monks who decided to open the first beer business in SE Asia. Specifically in the San Miguel district of the then Spanish-controlled Manila.

    After Spain lost the war there, they moved both the company and the production back to Spain, although in some places like US San Miguel beer that’s sold is done under the Filipino brand instead of the Spanish one. However, I’d argue that out of pure convenience, the one sold in the UK should be the Spanish (or maybe UK produced under the Spanish brand) and not Filipino one. But that’s just speculation, as I don’t like that beer and I don’t live in the UK to corroborate this.

    Edit: interesting the bit about cruz tasting better there. In Andalusia, they call that beer “dog pee” and only Sevillians defend it out of pride.





  • I feel like there stuff unsaid here that should be considered.

    For example: those 82% of the cases with a “rebound” were all people who, for some justified reason couldn’t change their life style to a healthier one?

    This, I feel, is important. Because I understand if you have a condition that doesn’t let you do sport or eat a variety of food, or have hormonal imbalances or otherwise a condition that makes you involuntarily gain weight. In this case, the rebound is logical and expected as the drug doesn’t cure your symptoms, just helps you fight the results of them.

    But if you are just eating 5 burgers at lunch then hoping for the drug to help you and when you stop with the drug you keep your 5 burgers for lunch, of course you are going to see a rebound, but that’s on you, not on the drug.

    EDIT: I finished reading the article. They did mention that those people kept a reduced calorie diet. So as I was saying in my second paragraph, the issue here is that the drug doesn’t cure but just helps fighting the results of an underlying issue.