#i tiered like 4000 in the event?

[tom-is-online]

been thinking about Kashika/ suspended animation a lot recently

[polyshodivorce]

5/9/12 for the ask game?

YIIPPEEE !!!

5. I haven’t played any rhythm games before pjsk! I think I’m decently okay at it, but I mainly just like to read the events!! and go through the 47 stages of grief with the gacha system.

I did make a tiering attempt on Emu’s most recent event but it was errrr….. uhmmm….. Anything for you, Emu Otori. I was a single tier away from top 4000 on Our Happy Ending and I think that miserable luck is a great summary of my overall gameplay experience. Enough said.

9. Character that grew on me: Oh my god, recently had my An epiphany. Vbs has never been my favorite unit but “A Vivid Old Tale” hit me like a truck.

I love how much of a community Vivid Street is and seeing how it’s made her into the person she is today. I like how her feelings about Kohane are alot messier compared to other unit’s relationships. Even though they’re so close, there’s so much internal conflict… A partnership, a rivalry, fears of being left behind, the jealousy. Ohh, delicious.

12. Fav NPC is Mafumom. Such a well written character to a terrifying degree. They casted her va perfectly, so friendly and disarming. She feels so real and calculating with everything she does... Bad person, but GREAT character.

Also a big Hinata fan. She hasn’t done anything but be really sweet and have a driver’s license. I think thats awesome of her.

[ga-yuu]

So the 'Cheat code' that I promised! Part 2

Part 1 for Story events is here

Do you agree that I'm a genius now? Go ahead worship me! Lol just kidding!

So, for the collection event, it's about how to utilize the game system in a way so you get enough free matcha or hearts or whatever you wanna call it so that you can spend less money where ever possible. (God! This is gonna be a pain to explain!)

To explain this in a simpler way, let's take the example of Ikemen genjiden once again. So in collection events, you need matcha, which you will give the male leads and they will give you gifts when you give them matcha for a certain number of times.

So in Ikemen genjiden you get matcha by:

Logging in - 200 matcha.

Salon game - About 1200 matcha.

Doing story chapter - 2000 per matcha (story without avatar or intimacy challenge)

Selling 90 pearls - 400 matcha.

18000 gold coins per day - 2000 matchas.

All the accumulated matcha will be divided by 100 so that you can see the number of times you have given to male leads.

(pls compliment me for my top-tier photoshopping skills lol)

There is also 'lucky time', during which you will get double the amount of matchas.

Now that you know about the collection event, it's time to explain my cheat, it's something, you should be doing days BEFORE the collection event starts:

When doing stories.

When you do one chapter, without any avatar or intimacy challenge you get a total of 2000 matcha. If you do a chapter with intimacy or avatar challenge you will get 2000 matcha + additional 800 matcha for doing the avatar or intimacy challenge. You will receive the total of 2800 matcha AFTER completing the whole chapter and the challenge.

Now this will double during the lucky time, and you will get 5600 matcha (4000 + 1600).

So my suggestion is if you're currently playing a route and if you are at a chapter where there is an avatar or intimacy challenge, DON'T DO the challenge. Only complete the chapter but don't complete the avatar or intimacy challenge. Look here:

I only completed the story of chapter 10 which has the avatar challenge, you can see the bar is completely pink, which shows that I've only finished reading the chapter. But I can't start the next chapter because I haven't completed the avatar challenge yet. I left Akihito's route like that and switched to the next route and did the same thing----reach a certain chapter that has intimacy or avatar challenge, and only left the challenge incomplete. Keep doing that for all the available routes.

What do you gain when doing this?

The game will only give you the 2800 matches once you complete the whole chapter along with its intimacy or avatar challenge. Imagine, there are 13 male leads routes available and for each male leads, you did the same thing what I told you to do for all the routes----completing the chapter without completing the challenge. On the day, when the event starts, first thing you should do is quickly complete all the challenges you have left incomplete. You will gain about 36400 matches (2800 x 13) which are 364 times (36400/100) you will feed the male leads. You simply get this much for FREE! Now on the first day, there will always be 'lucky time' for doing the story chapters. So this 36400 matcha will be doubled to 72800 (2800 x 2 x 13). Do you get? If not you can ask me or read it once again. I hope I made it clear for you guys to understand.

2. Ending chapters

Now, you know that---

Normal chapter without avatar or intimacy challenge - 2000 matcha

Normal chapter with avatar or intimacy challenge - 2800 matcha

But, the ending chapter (romantic end or dramatic end) will give you 4000 matcha.

So if you have reached the ending chapter of any route, again, leave it incomplete. Do the first 4 parts of the chapter and leave the 5th part incomplete and switch to the next route. Look here:

On the day when the event starts, complete the last part of the ending chapter with the free tickets you get each day. (You'll only be needing one ticket anyway to complete the last part)

3. Don't simply waste your saved up resources.

I'm pretty sure most of you guys are immediately going to use all your saved-up resources like 300 chapter tickets and 50 wine sets to get hearts or matcha as much as possible. I won't suggest that. If you're going to do it anyway, do it during the lucky time. So you'll get double the amount of matches. Even the story tickets, only use them during the lucky time, or else it's a waste. If there is no lucky time, only use the free 5 tickets that you get every day, and also the 6th one you get after watching an ad.

[jadeazora]

Rosa comes as a tiered Scout, so I got her in about 4000 gems. Naomi, our first Trainer Class add, starts out a 3⭐️, but the game gives you the means to 5⭐️ and 5/5 her.

I wonder if we'll get other free NPCs in future events?

(Aside from that, here's Rosa's EX. I'll probably upgrade her one day, but have a backlog of pairs to EX, so I'll be trying to focus on those first. It's like almost 11 now 😣):

And the Battle Challenge was fought using this team:

This event has also gotten some event artwork. I feel it could make for a pretty good meme if ya removed the back of it.

[elliium]

no ur making total sense like. idk my mcc pov is usually fruit or illu and theyll probably get strong teams (blue 9 teal 13 respectively r pretty popular) but even then like… i dont want to watch teams get absolutely shit on by like. dteam + bad or wtv the fuck just bc theyre not as popular. even if the players on weak teams are /ok/ with their teams and playing for fun it wont be a fun experience for Me (and im sure its true for plenty of other players!!) not to mention that like. this honestly does open the door for plenty of duos/trios/teams that we wouldnt necessarily see in a canon mcc but that arent obscenely strong. idk i just hope the all stars teams at least have some aspect of balancing to them rather than just “these people r popular :)”

ee thank you i was worried i was alone and everyone around me was thinking god ellie you’ve gone mad. but yes i agree with what you’re saying i think you put it into better words than i did!!!!

i really don’t like the idea of people being almost forced into “for fun teams” even though they have the capability of playing Completely Competitively and often Do sign up as competitive, when someone with the exact same skill level but more popular wouldn’t be treated like that because it’d be “unfair”.

like the all stars predictions posts on the reddit are all often the same it’s the popular teams together (which usually consists of the dsmpers, ren, false, fruit and pete) and then about 12 people that they clearly didn’t know who to team them with. like yaaaasss i’d love a return of purple1 but you’re not actually telling me you think kara burren and michael are going to be hard carried by dave (as much as i love them all) to the finals against motherfucking dreamnap ? like i know that they were put on that team together because people don’t know who else to team them with . the “there should be No balancing at all :)” is so frustrating to me because Imagine if you were a player put on the bottom team with 3 other mid tier players!!!! i want a chance!! *~vibes~* is fun but even sylvee said that she Didn’t Like That She Was Put On Teams With No Chance of getting to dodgebolt, and That Was In Normal MCCs! that wasn’t in what’s going to be the probably most impressive and competitive event of the whole of mcc!!! it’s not just upsetting for the Player (who admittedly would probably not say anything and would just go in prepared to Have to play for vibes), it’s also disheartening for the viewers (even watching the viewer teams in mcc10 was a bit sad even though I Knew that they were there to have fun and weren’t expecting to win, like this is likely to be that x100) i wouldn’t expect driz viewers to watch him play on a team that’s not leaving the bottom 3 (like did you See the reaction after green14, and that Wasn’t Even The Bottom Team! or a team that was predicted any lower than maybe 4th!!! that was considered a good team!) so why should i expect joel or cub or puffy or sylvee or burren’s etc fans to sit and just get on with them on a team that’s not coming close to the top you know ?

like it’s all stars it’s a once in a lifetime thing Everyone wants a chance to win at the back of their mind no matter if they say they’re there for fun or not because It’s All Stars, and id feel really shit if i was told “:p yeah sorry you’re on a team statistically 9th and because all the other teams are statistically 4000 points above you there’s likely not much budging and there’s less than 1% chance of you getting anywhere above 6th but hey, your vibes will be good won’t they!” like what’s the difference between driz putting down “wants to compete to win” and someone like cub putting down “wants to compete to win” and Why are the teams that they’re likely going to be put on this week going to be miles apart in ability

[stray-tori]

Identity V | when not playing gets you further in the game.

disclaimer: I’m new to IDV, i might be missing something obvious. I have a small brain, I might have made calculation mistakes.

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SO.

To get your chosen guaranteed items from “Memory - Previous Seasons”, you need to open these amounts of essences:

s-tier -> 250 || 122000 clues

a-tier -> 60 || 29280 clues

b-tier -> 10 || 4880 clues

You get those clues by rolling dice on a path. the path almost always has puzzle pieces on it and you get 10 per field mostly, sometimes more, but I don’t wanna over-complicate it.

You can roll between 1-4 steps, so on average 2.5 - meaning you get 25 clues on average per dice. You get clues on other things too so it’s probably fair to round that up, but 25 is a good number to calculate with.

So to get your guaranteed tier item you need to get

195 dice for b-tier

1171 dice for a-tier

4880 dice for s-tier

you can only carry over 100 dice from previous seasons (that last about 2 months, afaik), so you can’t farm long-term either.

You can however farm “clues” I think, so you could use dice and just keep the clues until you have the needed amount (see above).

so let’s see how long that would take. From my experience, on average I get 1 dice every 2-3 battles (1000 logic points = 1 dice). The average points per battle is 400 (loss is 300, complete win is 500), and the first 3 wins on a day get you +500 each.

To get a guaranteed item within a season (without saving clues over multiple seasons) from scratch, you’d have to do

A-tier and s-tier aren’t even POSSIBLE, because there’s a weekly limit on logic points/dice you can get, which is 50400 points or 50 dice right now (might be different if it’s not the end of the season)

For good measure, if you want to pay for the inspirations to buy those items instead, you’d have to spend the following:

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So, what’s the point here? “Gacha is stupid” - yes, that too, but what I find so... surprising here is that I’ve heard there’s a special event, in which if you don’t play for 15 days, that gives you a few challenges/quests (play games, win a few times, escape a few times, use a specific character) and at the end you get a character unlock card aka you get a character for free. As I understand, you can repeat this too, as soon as you’ve completed it.

Character usually cost around 4000 clues or around 10 USD with the currency you can buy. 10 USD isn’t all that bad for a character tbh, but let’s see how much you’d have to PLAY to get a new character.

To do that in 15 days... well, it’s not actually possible because of the weekly limit. But you would have to play 27 battles per day.

Or you could.... not play at all and get 6 previous season essences on top of a free character.

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As for the 6 essences and just using that to get the items... how quick is the event in comparison to actually playing the game?

B-Tier: you need to do the event two times, likely less because you also make puzzle pieces and everything, so one and playing afterward to grind for the 4 other essences is probably more lucrative. BUT let’s say just by the event.

Then you’d need 2 events, or a little over a month, assuming you need 5 days to complete the quests (likely less).

If you wanted to get the item by playing in 35-40 days, you’d need to do 12 battles per day.

A-Tier: it would take 10 events or around 7 months to get an a-tier item with this method.

If you wanted to get it in that timeframe by playing, you’d have to do 13 battles per day.

S-Tier: You’d have to do the event 42 times which would take you over TWO years, or you could play for that time and complete 14 battles per day.

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I think there’s a problem here when not playing is much more rewarding than... playing 3 games per day which is definitely do-able but also the extend identity v actively supports/rewards.

Here’s the table for how many days it’d take to get those things if you play 3 games per day.

(the nameless row are the 6 essences)

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In conclusion: goddamn. I’m honestly shocked how intense the difference is... did I get something wrong? Calculate it wrongly?

I’ll keep an eye on my own data going forward just because I’m a nerd and curious.

If I made a really stupid mistake, please let me know. This is the third iteration of this calculation dskhjsd - I think I’m missing something really big, because I should only have 600 clues :D But I have 3000...

Though maybe that bump is because wins give 1200 now because the season is ending...

I don’t even know, maybe this isn’t complete bullshit so here you go.

[gsquidman]

I want to clarify some MORE things about NFTs...

I used to play a lot of Destiny. The Destiny community has an interesting myth that people tell. Goes like this:

When Bungie first set out to develop the new MMORPG, Destiny (this was what it was meant to be at the time), they were still owned by Activision-Blizzard. Blizzard, of course, had developed the single most successful MMO to date. Blizzard didn't have much input for the design of Destiny, but as the story goes, they had one piece of advice.

"Bungie," they advised, "Whatever you do with this game, Destiny, there is one thing you must not ever do. Do not, under any circumstances, implement any sort of trading or market mechanism for your game." They told Bungie to never allow trading of items amongst players, in any form.

Destiny is a grindy, loot-focused game. This myth gets shared around a lot, because you can imagine how nice it would be to just purchase Whisper of the Worm from the secondary market instead of trying to solve the Whisper puzzle across three weeks to unlock it yourself.

Markets in games are bad game design. This is simply A FACT. If players can trade any item for a currency, and use that currency to buy any item, then there is always one correct way to play the game: whatever gets you the most money the fastest. Want to try the new raid? Bad idea. You're better off grinding through public events at 7 per hour as fast as possible. You'll earn 4500 materials per hour that way, compared to only 4000 at the most efficient raid clear time. Any other action in the game is a calculable waste of time and effort.

Finally, after weeks of grinding, you have enough to buy that prized Gjallarhorn? What's next? Now you can clear some high level strikes for more money! But then next tier weapon is Sleeper Simulant, and that's even more expensive. Gjallarhorn was 1.5M materials, but Sleeper is 2M. So you farm another 500K and then sell your Gjallarhorn. That's right. There's no reason to feel attached to that gun you spent weeks trying to get. You can just buy it back when you want it. The market is liquid. You can instantly buy and sell items so you have exactly the loadout you need at the time. No reason to build a collection.

I think gaming NFTs CAN be done well, but this "play to earn" nonsense is definitely the wrong way to go about it. I've heard crypto bros say the most absurd things about gamers. "They're afraid of change. They're lazy. They're escapists. They don't want games to matter." It's literally the same bullshit talking points that evangelical shitheads have been saying for 40 years. Disgusting. If you can't understand why gamers are saying "no" to NFTs, maybe take longer than two seconds to think about it. Free markets in games are NOT FUCKING FUN. Period.

Post about NFTs: https://gsquidman.tumblr.com/post/670992606338138112/i-just-want-to-clarify-some-things-about-nfts

[originalxresonance]

Mystic-in-Training Hazy Memories

Expectations:

Actually I had no serious expectations. I mean if I were pretty close to UR I would get it. I also had a lot of adult stuff to do (like job hunting) so I was playing casually.

Resources:

I used only natural LP. Saving for next Syo’s or Ai’s event. Or maybe I just used like ~150 LP?

Cards:

Cecil’s card is soooooo cute! The concept of him being a Nekomata is a bull’s eye. I really like it, especially the idolised version because I find the purple mist so magical, just like the whole event. The little bell on his tail is also lovely. I feel indifferent about the SR so I can’t say much about it. 

Songs:

I loved the special song, Hoshi no Fantasia. I’ve never heard it before so I found it beautiful. I was glad I could play Maji Love Revolutions and Aurora again. NorthWind and Sunshine, Kanbinaru Arcadia and Double Face are neither my fave nor hated songs but they gave me a lot of points. I’m not a fan of Code T.V.U (the song is nice and energetic but the map, despite being a 10 star level, is hell for me and I still can’t make FC of it). 

Result:

I ended on 4171th place. To be honest I thought I would stay in a higher tier (ranks 3000-4000). Unfortunately it didn’t happen. It’s the first time since December I’ve finished an event below 4000th place. I assume the event was pretty competitive and that’s why it turned out like this.

Other remarks:

Like I’ve said earlier, this event was competitive. There are a few reasons. 1) Summer break in many countries. 2) The pandemic is still a serious burden so many people stay at home (kindly reminder: STAY AT HOME, WASH YOUR HANDS OFTEN AND WEAR PROTECTIVE MASKS) 3) It’s been a long time (5 months) since Cecil’s event so there was a lot of time to gather LP and prisms.

[adorablesapling]

nonarygame replied to your post: the current event has been a bloodbath I’ve...

i’m usually pretty good at staying in top 2500 in events if i play consistently but this event i keep swimming just under 4000 like these people are HORNY

I guess for most people who are big fans of 1 band, the chapter 2 events are sort of the obvious events to try and tier in for them

[aldridgejoensen75-blog]

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[linoone]

do any of my moots play cocoppa play and if so who wants to be friends... i started playing in march so im technically still a newbie but the grind has been somewhat consistent (i dont do hardcore tiering, im usually in the 2000-4000 ranks in events, and even then its only events with outfits i like lol)

[robin-smith]

Remembering personal privilege

With some of the things I’ve talked about over the years you would think that I felt like someone who had really struggled through life and had little going for me. Some points have been this way, but I am still afforded great advantage others are not. I find it’s good to recognize that even at the highest of high points and especially at the lowest of lows, because sometimes even the most well-intentioned of us can easily lose sight of this and put out potentially harmful messages.

I’d like to point out a specific example of someone doing something like this, but I want to make it clear now that firstly, I won’t be using any specific names just situations. Secondly the people I mention here are perfectly good and fine creative people putting out wonderful things that I am totally behind.

To a good extent that is OK because this can apply to many creators I am sure and as such makes it worthwhile as a message for us all to keep track of our personal messages, privilege, and position in any community. It leaves a message that no matter what the situation we can easily fall into the trap of making statements that can be inadvertently negative. Or if not negative, somewhat thoughtless.

The person I want to reference was someone I followed on a social media platform, they were smart, talented, furiously creative, and driven by a desire to make something good. One would never suggest that they didn’t work hard to create the things they did in their personal creative field. While I don’t know them in a close personal way I know enough about their years prior to their success to know that they came from a comfortable if working class background, both parents were around had jobs, and they had pretty much a comfortable childhood.

That life wasn’t perfect, they had history with mental health issues they overcame as many of the people who work in and around the communities they work in and around did growing up, and they had challenges and bad times they had to get through, as we all do. I want in no way to imply that they had life easy. Yet it could be argued they still had it easier than many.

I remember two occasions standing out to me on social media. Two times when they put out a message that they had intended to be encouraging but where they couldn’t see the possible false and damaging message they could also simultaneously be putting out.

The first time was while they were working at a big industry website. They had worked for a few years in retail and also had used equipment they had bought or been gifted to get a start with their own indie website before getting an opportunity at the place they happened to be a fan of. They would be in the websites’ forum a lot and fostered a relationship with the websites staff. As such an opportunity arose, and they got what many would call a dream job.

I have no doubt that this was something they absolutely appreciated, that they understood for the most part that they were lucky in ways others were not, they had gotten a spot many more people were now not going to have the chance at.

In this new role for the big website they worked hard and made good things, eventually opening up an opportunity to create a passion project. It was video content on a subject that mattered to them, and it showed. Very quickly the community gave the work and them the praise they deserved.

Then it happened, a simple post on social media. While I do not remember the exact wording it's more or less said. “I’m glad to have made this, but I’m nothing special, all I did was travel to a place and interview some people. If you want to make something, you can, just make it!”

Innocuous a statement as can be you would think, and made in the hope it would encourage others. Yet I read it and felt somewhat saddened. This message that was intended to give people the little push to try, was easily going to make those who couldn’t feel like failures before getting out of the starting blocks.

I felt that what this statement failed to take into account that for many people this simple option was and may always be an impossibility. That this impossibility would cause people who were unable, feel deeply inadequate.

I responded to this original statement with a question. “Where did you get the camera to film this video?”

Maybe it was a little crewel or unintentionally rude, but I know (or a hope so) that my intended message got through. In the instant they had posted this message, they had forgotten that they we’re doing it at a big website, using its equipment for free, possibly travelling to places other couldn’t afford to, probably with money the website gave them to cover expenses for travel. So many factors had been forgotten in an attempt to encourage. Then came another unintended statement of privilege “Seiibutsu has a point. But I bought my first camera and THEN paid for it doing side work recording events with it”

At that moment I realized that while a good person, that they would always have a little gap where they were never FULLY AWARE of the privilege they had. I cannot speak from anyone else’s point of view, but at the time I could not even begin to dream of owning ANY video camera. Let alone buying one for one thousand pounds or so and then just, paying for it later. The initial hurdle was always going to be there. Even now I have never been further north than Stockport. Let alone pay for a train ticket as far as they had travelled, carrying a camera that cost more than a month’s wages and having a PC good enough to edit and store the footage on. They still had an inability to see that people like myself existed at the time. Let alone people even worse off.

The second time this came up was a few years later. They had stayed with the big company a while and had been enough of a success that the American wing of the website eventually hired them to work permanently overseas. They worked there several years and made even more great work. Yet eventually they became, unhappy. Not in life I don’t think, but instead with the freedoms they had. They wanted more creativity and control.

As such after working over half a decade in their dream job they left the website and went out on their own.

They would do what many people do now and create a Patreon to find funding for their work. This was a well deserved success and even today they have the support of over 4000* people creating video and audio content that is wonderful, fun, and informative.

(* for reference that’s 4000 people plus paying about £3.00, the lowest supporter tier, each equalling around £12,000 plus per month today. Also, for reference my pay is under £7.00 ph, about £10,000 per year at 37 hours a week. It is important to note there are differences in currency, taxes, business costs and rent, among other things but even factoring in these things that’s quite the difference. It’s important that's as of today 11th October 2020 after the dips many have seen and may continue to see due to the ongoing effects of COVID-19)

I remember it was after the initial week they had found their starting success that they once again posted something intended to encourage others, yet utterly forgot the position they were in before venturing out on their own.

“It goes to show, it’s possible for anyone can do this and create a new business un-beholden to big sponsors “

Here’s the thing though, clearly that’s very wrong. It’s well intended yes, but very wrong and damaging. This person had started already on a better foot than many, had work their literal dream job for several years and had made connections to people on two sides of an industry, let alone communicated with many fans of their work. Fans they had found and work they had shared because a larger website had a big platform to share it. Friends and well-wishers inside and around the industry reblogged and shared their project, as did fans. Many from both groups even supported. This wasn’t a starting from ground zero situation and it was never going to be. Yet they still were unable to see this when sharing this message of success. An almost guaranteed success.

I don’t doubt that this person, like many others think they are doing a good thing sharing their personal story of success. I also have no doubt that they worked super hard to get the chances they had. I just worry that there’s still the distance between perception of their hard work and the understanding that someone else who dreams the same dreams and has the same wonderful ideas and drive, has to work ten times a shard to even get close to as successful. Many will never get there. I wonder how those people will feel after having been told anyone can do it, only to work twice as hard and be left with nothing at the end of the day.

It’s good to encourage others, to share resources, and to foster talent. This has to be done with cautious optimism and less frivolous a nature. One day giving someone false expectations could cause them to reach too far too soon and do them literal real harm in the long term.

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[healthybones]

What Is the price of Hip Replacement Surgery in India?

The Price of Single Hip Replacement Surgery In India is approximately USD 3000-4000. 

The Expense of Bilateral Hip Replacement Surgery in India is roughly USD 5500-7200. 

The variation is due to the

o Choice of implant

o Choice of hospital

o Choice of city

Choice of augmentation 

Cost varies widely based on the choice of implants. The cost of implants varies based on the material used, the country of manufacture, etc..

Choice of hospital

The cost varies based on the sort of hospital you select. You Can save approximately 700 USD if you pick an Economy hospital within a Premium hospital.

Choice of town 

The price varies drastically according to the type of city you choose. You can save around 1000 USD if you select tier-2 towns like Kochi, Calicut, etc.. Additionally, the expense of healthcare is also higher in tier-1 cities.

Duration of treatment

Duration of treatment

Reason

Duration

Pre-surgery procedure

1 day

Post-surgery care

1-2 days

Stay outside hospital

2-3 weeks

The operation takes 1-3 hours. The Majority of the Patients have the ability to walk the exact same day of surgery. However, it requires proper and rest exercises to regain the entire movement of the joint. Most patients have the ability to return to normal life within 3-6 weeks following operation with appropriate physiotherapy and rest.

Cost comparison with other countries

We compare the prices of operation in Prominent medical travel destinations on earth.

Country

Cost (USD)

Savings

U.S

40000

32800

Israel

36000

28800

South Korea

21000

13800

Thailand

17000

9800

Turkey

13900

6700

Singapore

13900

6700

Costa Rica

13600

6400

Aside from the other motives, the Government regulations on implant costs make it available at a more affordable rate which reduces the total cost of the Operation. Along with the living expenses in India are incredibly cheap in comparison to these destinations.

What's Hip Replacement Surgery?

Hip Replacement Surgery or Hip Arthroplasty is the surgical procedure where a damaged debilitating hip-joint (because of arthritis or other harm ), is eliminated and replaced with an implant. The implant could be made from metal, ceramic and plastic components. The Operation takes 1-2 hours usually and takes much longer in more complex cases. It's mostly done for patients of the age group 60-80.

The hip joint is formed when the head of the femur (thigh bone) articulates with the acetabulum cavity of the pelvis. In elderly patients, because of arthritis or damage brought on by falling, the joint degenerates or gets damaged. The harm is accompanied by severe pain that makes day to day activities hopeless. The above diagram shows a damaged hip joint.

The surgeon makes an incision On the front (anterior) or side (posterior) to opening up through the muscles and cells. He eliminates the degenerated portions of the joint entirely or partly based on the condition using several tools. He would cut off the head of the femur to requirements. He would scrape off the cartilage of the socket at the acetabulum. The removed parts are replaced with implants. Sometimes, the entire acetabulum is replaced by a metal socket. After the implants are placed intact, the incision is closed and sutured.

Kinds of Hip Replacement Surgery

1. Total Hip Replacement Surgery

within this form, both the femoral head and the cartilage surface acetabulum cup are substituted. The femoral head is replaced by a metal stem that is inserted into the hollow bone cavity. An extra charge is attached at the end of the stem. The cartilage surface of the acetabulum is eliminated and replaced by a metal socket.

2. Minimal Invasive Surgery

it's almost like total hip replacement, but a smaller incision is made on the skin and the underlying muscles. The incision makes it much easier for recovery.

Who needs a Hip Replacement Surgery?

o Mainly Elderly Patients, aged between 60 and 80, having arthritis requires the surgery. Their joints disintegrate and get ruined, which contributes to severe pain. If the problem affects day to day tasks like walking, sitting, and so on, then Operation is advised.

o Young patients who Have autumn damage to the hip joint may require a hip replacement when the damage is so severe.

Which implants should I use?

The choice of implants largely depends upon the requirements and the budget of the patients. Metal on plastic is your longest-used mix with a metal ball and polyethene socket. The metal ball used is mainly Made from titanium, stainless steel, cobalt-chromium alloys, etc

Benefits of hip replacement surgery

·         Better quality of life post-surgery.

·         The Operation also helps in Regaining the lost motion of the joint.

·         Pain relief Shortly after the surgery.

Guidelines for operation

1. Pre-surgery

Get admitted a day Before the Surgery so that they can perform the necessary procedures like

·         Physical examination

·         Radiographic examination

·         Laboratory tests

Overnight fasting is required. There could be some drugs on the night before surgery. Regional anaesthesia is provided during the Operation, and hence you'll be awake during the procedure. 2. Post-surgery After the Operation, you will be moved to a recovery area for some hours while your anaesthesia wears off. The medical staff will monitor your blood pressure, heartbeat, endurance, pain or comfort level, and your need for drugs. You'll have to remain in the hospital for 2-3 days maximum. The majority of the patients can walk on the same day of the Operation. After that, you can return to your hotel where you have appropriate rest and exercise. The physiotherapist will urge strengthening and freedom exercises. It would help if you used a walking aid, such as a walker, a cane or crutches initially. As treatment progresses, you will usually increase the weight you put on your leg until you are ready to walk without help. Things you Want to look into after operation

·         Always have a person Offered in the event of emergencies.

·         Put everyday items at waist level, which means that you can avoid having to bend down or reach up.

·         Consider having some Modifications to your house, like using a raised toilet seat if you have an unusually low one.

Best Hospitals in India for Hip Replacement Surgery

Indian is known for its high rate of success in orthopedic surgeries. 90-95percent of those replaced hips are entirely operational even after 15years and 80-85% after 20years.

Top 10 Hospitals in India for Hip Replacement

1. Medanta -- The Medicity, Gurgaon.

2. BLK Super Speciality Hospital, New Delhi.

3. Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi.

4. Fortis Hospital, Mumbai.

5. Jaslok Hospital. Mumbai.

6. BGS Gleneagles Hospital, Bangalore.

7. Apollo Hospital, Chennai.

8. Global Hospital, Chennai.

9. Care Hospitals, Hyderabad.

10. Star Hospitals, Hyderabad.

Top 10 Doctors in India for Hip Replacement

1. Dr. Ashok Rajagopal

2. Dr. Shekar Agarwal

3. Dr. IPS Oberoi

4. Dr. Rajesh Mahajan

5. Dr. Pradeep Sharma

6. Dr. Vikram I Shah

7. Dr. Gyan Sagar Tucker

8. Dr. U.K Sadhoo

9. Dr. B.K Singh

10. Dr. Neelabh

FAQ

What are then DO's and DONT's after hip replacement surgery?

You ought to do proper exercise following the Operation without straining yourself as it's essential for a speedy recovery. Individuals that aren't busy are regarded to have a longer recovery period.

Speaking about the dont's.

o If the incision is Posterior (on the side), then you can not cross your legs, twist your limbs or bend over more than 90० from your waist for 6-8 weeks.

o If the incision Is anterior (on the front) then you can have better physical moves. Other short term limitations include driving, sleeping on your incision, etc..

o Long term restrictions Are to avoid using a ladder, falling or jumping on knees, and other actions your doctor tells you.

o

How long does it take to recover from the surgery?

The physiotherapy mostly starts on the day of surgery. You should probably use a walker initially followed by crutches. Most patients need pain killers 2-3 weeks post-surgery. After 4-6 weeks the pain goes away and you can return normal day to day activities like walking, playing golf, etc.. Strenuous activities should be avoided during this time period and a complete recovery is expected largely by 6 weeks. Some patients take up to 1 year depending on the condition.

Is Hip replacement Surgery worthwhile?

It's totally worth it, that is what the Patients who experience it'd stated to have experienced pain relief and improved quality of life. You Can do everything like a normal man because of the Regain in the movement of the joint.

[mechagalaxy]

Sten Hugo Hiller - 627184: Mecha Combat #1039 - November 3349 Fire and Ice Chrono

(By Sten Hugo Hiller - 627184)

Mountain Climbing Mecha Combat #1039

Brought to you by ANN

Highlighting the November 3349 Fire and Ice Chrono

Just after the successfull King of the Mountain event, the Gaming authorities decided to host an weapon enhanced Chrono. To make it more challenging, both Ice and Fire based weapons would get temporarily highly increased effectiveness.

The secret to getting prizes in the KotM events is pretty self explanaritary.

First of all, you obviously have to sign up. Having a formation containing (mostly, preferably only) legal Mechs is another detail.

Then it splits. If it is a sudden death, you had better be there, and have some hatorades along when the scramble starts.

If on the other hand it is a Chrono, you should sign up immediately, and make frequent returns to the arena and get to the highest position you can take on the top you are assigned to.

Unfortunately, this time more than two dozen scorerounds had passed when I figured out what the event was. And I was headed out for another assignment in the periphery, so there was no way to keep my formation highly placed.

Instead I got promises from some who were fighting in the arena of footage from the fights. And at a later time when said footage was examined, I saw the higheest scorers this time had been:

Div 1 327+ (26 Commanders): Dexter Berry, Warlock (+11050)

2: Fabio Favaro

3: Bernard Johnson

4: Ben Rail

5: Jeff Haas

6: David Buchanan

7: Sal Vezzosi Jr

8: Don Davis

9: Shawn Wretham

10: Gary Muenzel

Div 2 -326 (20 Commanders): Mike Wach, Warlock (+1330)

Div 3 -210 (12 Commanders): KiloToneRecoil, B.o.A.D. (+21620)

Div 4 -171 (16 Commanders): Jelloshots Suckeddown. Diamond Dragons (+24110)

Div 5 -136 (30 Commanders): Willie Walton, Northwind Dragons (+3990)

Div 6 -100 (17 Commanders): Daniel Chung, Diamond Dragons (+4000)

Div 7 -77 (26 Commanders): Markus Eisenhand, Black Star Bandits (+19180)

Div 8 -58 (11 Commanders): KiloTone Recoil, JC`s Rowdy Bunch (+2410)

Div 9 -38 (14 Commanders): Jeffery Dinkel, *R.V.* (+17370)

Div 10 -27 (14 Commanders): Jindaporn Dinkel, *R.V. 2.0* (+9350)

Div 11 -16 (15 Commanders): Robot B_9, Jagdstaffel 1 (+3610)

Total Contestants: 201

Total medals claimed: 156 (of 165 possible)

Compared to the previous (King of the Mountain) event, we saw a slight increase in the participation as an additional trio joined up.

But, given the imbalance between the tops, there was still nine unclaimed Bronzes from four tops which were returned for resmelting

The highest score achieved in this event was 68 750. The trio of Commanders who managed to stay on the top for 55 scorerounds was: Jelloshots Suckeddown from Diamond Dragons on K4, Jeffery Dinkel from *Raging Vengeance* on K9 and Jindaporn Dinkel of the *Raging Vengeance 2.0* on K10. Jelloshots Suckeddown also had the biggest margin to the runner-up, an impressive 24 110 points.

Lowest score needed for a medal was on K3, where an late entrant got a Bronze for 960 points.

Six winners had margins well over 8000, but one Gold was decided by a mere 1330 difference.

Sounds like this was, -at least on some tops, pretty close. To see if that is correct, we take a look at the differences between the medal tiers in this event:

..Silver to Bronze....Bronze to nothing

Div 1 ....12350......…….615

Div 2 ...…..960......…..1680

Div 3 ......4560......…….N/A

Div 4 ...…..880......…….420

Div 5 ....10860......…….400

Div 6 ......4580......…….240

Div 7 ...…..920......…..1695

Div 8 ......6900......…….N/A

Div 9 ......2140......…….N/A

Div 10 …...440......…….N/A

Div 11 ….3750......…….N/A

The low number of entrants makes the examination somewhat spotty, but four of the six contested Bronzes and four of the Silvers were decided by a difference of less than 1000. That is well within what an early entry can give as an edge over the opponents.

Both Warlock (Mount Olympus + K2) and the Diamond Dragons (K4 + K6) managed to get a double triumph in this event. None of the unaligned Commanders managed to rise to the top, and the sole repeat winner was Warlock`s Dexter Berry

Upcoming event: Brawlers

This is a new name for an event. It is one of the tonnage restricted ones, but not one of the standard specialists formations we have in the Wars. Here the heaviest model allowed can be no more than 75 tons.

Event ends August 3 between 1900 and 1930 New York Time

[atopfourthwall]

State of the Wall: 3-28-17

Lots to talk about this time, so click through to see what’s in store for many of my projects in the coming couple of months!

Schedule of Upcoming Episodes 4/3 – Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters #4 4/10 – PATREON: Iron Man: The Animated Series: The Wedding of Iron Man 4/17 – Athena #3 4/24 – PATREON: Batman: The Dark Knight #1-3 5/1 – Patreon Viewers’ Choice Event Comics Month 5/8 – Crisis on Infinite Earths 5/15 – Secret Wars (1984) 5/22 – The Infinity Gauntlet 5/29 – Flashpoint

You will notice that for May 1st, we will be having a Patreon Viewers’ Choice! Here’s how it works – for Event Comics Month, I held a poll for what event comics would be covered during that period. Since it was a pretty big success (and because May has five weeks in it), at the end of Athena #3, I will provide a link to a Patreon poll where patrons can vote between three comics that will be reviewed that week. Because it’s been a while since I spotlighted any, they will most likely be PSA Hell subjects. Anyone who contributes at any level to the Patreon can vote in them, but it will be limited only to those patrons. They’ll have a week to vote, then I’ll announce the winner. I’d love to do more like this and we’ll see how it goes with this.

Otherwise, as always, the schedule is subject to change at any time due to unforeseen circumstances, illnesses, or just the material not providing anything to work with for a humorous review.

Platform Changes? The recent scare concerning my youtube channel is, for the moment, resolved. If you haven’t heard about this, you can read up on it HERE. Needless to say, it is over. However, there are still other issues that need to be dealt with. I have recently been informed that Screenwave’s partnership with the JW Player is coming to an end due to the costs of maintaining it. They’ll still remain as you my youtube MCN, at the very least (certainly appreciated after they were instrumental in getting my channel back up).

So what does that mean for the site? Well, that’s uncertain. I’ve contacted the JW Player to see if I can remain and I’d certainly like to – replacing the embed codes around here for a THIRD time would not be fun, especially since we still have occasional hiccups in that department from either lost videos from others or just ones where the embed code has not been replaced. That being said, I do understand the problems people have had with the player. I have not experienced the ad that many have (the still image that seems to prevent the video from ever playing), but I know people DO want to support the site and my work, which is why the youtube versions are so invaluable.

They’ve been helpful in another way – simply put, I make more money on youtube than I do on the Screenwave player. Part of this is sheer volume – more people watch it on youtube, so of course I get revenue there. It’s also partially because people are watching them ON YOUTUBE ITSELF vs. having the videos embedded – ads played through embeds (assuming they play at all) simply don’t pay out the same as when they’re watched on youtube. I have the advantage that with the Screenwave player on this site, there are no competing ads to deal with, so I get a larger revenue share than I do from the embeds on, say, Channel Awesome.

However, if the player DOES have to change yet again, we’re in a bit of a dilemma. I had the previous Screenwave player up and running while Blip was still in operation for a few more months, but I don’t really have yet another player entirely lined up yet. Here’s the issue we have: what player to embed if I have to change over to another? –DailyMotion: Unfortunately, DailyMotion has similar issues to youtube – they have their own ContentID system. However, their support system for dealing with copyrighted material is even less functional than youtube’s, if you can believe that. What’s more, there is a limit on how many videos one is allowed to upload per day, meaning it would take quite a while to get my backlog onto DailyMotion. –Vid.Me: Because of its growing popularity, I HAVE set up a Vid.Me account and have begun uploading videos to it. However, those videos are currently unlisted for a very good reason – the same reason why I am reluctant to use it as a new player on the site – Vid.Me does not have ads. The system is entirely tip-based. If it is a superior player to the JW Player, then more people will be able to watch videos on my site directly… but that would also mean less revenue overall. It IS an option, possibly the best option especially since they pride themselves for the ability to actually speak to humans when dealing with copyright matters (plus no ContentID system, AFAIK). –Amazon: Amazon actually started pushing out their own video distribution system a year or two ago. Some of the other video producers on Channel Awesome gave it a shot at the time, buuuut were mostly unimpressed, especially since the videos required a hardcoded subtitle system for the hearing impaired. It’s not a bad thing to have that, but it’s time-consuming to create that, especially since Amazon used a proprietary format. It’s recent enough that I don’t really know how useful it’d really be, or if it’d be a paid service for people and I prefer my videos be free for anyone to watch. –Vimeo: Vimeo IS a possibility. It’s a fairly solid platform, although like with Vid.Me it doesn’t really have ad-based content. In fact, from what I understand, you have to pay THEM to put ads on the videos and I don’t actually know how profitable that is. It still has its own ContentID system, it’s just a bit more lenient and, like Vid.Me, you can actually resolve it by talking to human beings. –Just Embed the Youtube Videos: This option… has its problems. Like I said above, embedded youtube videos don’t earn as much money as one does by just watching on youtube’s site. And frankly, if they’re embedded already, there’s no reason to GO to youtube to watch them. In addition, as we saw with the suspension of my channel, it’s nice to have a backup video player on hand so that people CAN watch stuff (for the most part, since many still had problems watching them) if something happens. Still, I’m open to anything.

So there we go. I’m eager to hear people’s feedback, although hopefully there won’t be any need to change anything. We’ll see, though.

History of Power Ranger Rangers It sadly feels like, despite my continual attempts to highlight these update posts whenever possible, encouraging people to visit the site, people will often miss that, indeed, they exist and often have the information they’re looking for. That information usually being “When’s the next History of Power Rangers coming?” And, of course, thanks to Patreon you HAVE that answer again… and perhaps even more to come, but that’ll be discussed below in the Patreon section.

In any event, Dino Charge is coming, as I stated in the last State of the Wall post. No, I still have not watched any more than last time. I’ll be doing that in April. No, I have not watched any of Ninja Steel and it’s likely I won’t be until it comes time to do that one. If you wanted my opinions on the movie, I did a Midnight Screenings video for Brad Jones on it, which you can find on my site by searching for it or searching his own site or youtube page.

Otherwise, of course, the current schedule: DinoCharge: April 27th Ninja Steel: N/A

In case you missed it, I did put up revised versions of the Turbo videos on youtube, which you can find HERE and HERE. In Space is taking a back seat for a while until I can figure out how to keep in the “Under Pressure” montage. Best guess right now is to make a cover, but we’ll see how things go.

T-Shirts Sorry to say that the Comicron Crew shirt did not get enough sales to justify keeping it around on Shark Robot. As a reminder, shirts require 20 pre-orders in order to remain on their site permanently. That being said, this one was partially my fault – giving it three colors meant it was technically three different shirts, so it spread the potential preorder sales in too many directions. Still, combined they wouldn’t have added up to 20 anyway.

I’m going to continue with the shirt idea – patrons will be able to vote on the next shirt among five options every few months and hopefully next time around we’ll get a keeper. As a reminder, though, the I am a Man shirt is still available HERE and those who DID preorder the Comicron Crew shirts will get them.

Patreon The Patreon is getting a few revisions! For starters, I’m going to be ending the $30 “Video Promotion” pledge. In recent times, few have taken advantage of it (either because of squatters in the spot or simple noninterest). The pledge will disappear at the end of March. I am of course open to suggestions for other pledge perks that could be done.

The bigger news is this – the milestones have been reorganized! I had originally placed the tiers much higher due to the fact that when I originally began the Patreon, I grouped them all so closely together that they all got fulfilled quickly. SO quickly, in fact, that I am still struggling to fulfill them two years later (some, like the additional Longbox videos, were easier – the AT4W Episode Guide not so much). It was also hoped that it would encourage more people to contribute to it and hopefully reach some loftier goals.

Unfortunately, it has not proven so – possibly BECAUSE they’re so much higher. As such, here are the new milestone levels, and definitely more likely to be achieved than going as high as $6000.

$3500: A Let’s Play of Star Trek: Elite Force II will be made and on a schedule. $4000: Other “History of…” videos will be produced, in particular focusing on other American tokusatsu works like Beetleborgs, VR Troopers, Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog, etc. $5000: Both a 90s Kid and a Harvey Finevoice show will be produced, though due to the workload of other projects, will NOT be on a schedule.

So yeah, hopefully with the rearrangement of those goals as being a lot closer to where we are now, it will encourage people to get there.

As a reminder, ONLY those who pledge at the $10 level are given a spot in the end credits. You can of course give more than $10, but you have to specifically select THAT perk to get it. Those in the $20 pledge slot for a DVD and badge are NOT given the name in the end credits.

Let’s Play Pokémon Omicron The next Pokémon Omicron stream is scheduled for Monday, May 8th at 7 PM Central time! The current plan is stop playing the game after the Elite 4 (or, at least, the conclusion of the main storyline of the game). I know many would like me to do the post-game quests, but frankly this Let’s Play has gone on for far too long already and the end is finally in sight, with the last stream managing to get us the seventh badge. I’d be happy to return to the game someday, but I have hopes for more gaming content on the site and having an unfinished Let’s Play hanging over things is kind of irritating.

As it happens, I’ve been working hard in getting more videos pumped out for it! I’m hoping we can continue at a good pace, releasing several per week so we can finally be caught up, especially since at the time of this posting the episodes next coming out are from a stream done last year. Obviously we still have some catching up to do with the amount of footage I have.

My Twitch channel is HERE!

The Deathmate Problem As I have mentioned in the PO Unboxing videos and at conventions, I have many copies of Deathmate and I’d like to finally get around to reviewing them. For those unaware, Deathmate is the infamous crossover between Image and Valiant that likely is responsible for the beginning of the end of Valiant Comics. It’s been heavily requested by viewers before, with some speculating I’m saving it for a major episode… but nah, that’s not the case. I can tell you it’s not going to be this year, because I had INTENDED to review them as the first thing in January 2018. However, I’ve run into a few problems with that.

Firstly, Deathmate has a total of six issues, including prologue and epilogue. However, each issue has multiple stories within it – meaning if I were to do two issues per week, I’d actually be reviewing quite a few stories at once… aaaand let’s face it, with how generic a lot of early Image books were, there’s a reason we’ve mostly focused on Youngblood-related stuff. That means we’d be covering a crossover between a lot of characters that neither I nor the viewers are necessarily familiar with. Basically it’d be three weeks in a row of “I don’t know who these people are.” So that brings us to the next question: would people prefer we wait for Deathmate until we’ve met some more Image or Valiant characters? And finally: would people prefer we have all of Deathmate in a big three-week period or, like some other miniseries I’ve done, be spread out over however long it takes?

Longbox of the Damned As I mentioned last time, the storyline for AT4W has taken FAR LONGER than it should have. There are still many segments left and I’m hoping to finally get those out of the way in the coming months. However, that runs right into the issue of all my other projects I’m working on. Pokémon Omicron is fine – it’s not on any set schedule, so it can be put on the backburner if it needs to. However, the summer Longbox videos have become their own thing, necessitating a lot of time in planning, filming, and editing – especially if I do intend to stick to the daily schedule. As we saw last year with the Twilight Zone comics, it’s proven very difficult to get those videos out as planned.

As such, I am open to the idea that this year, we may just have to skip the Midsummer’s Nightmare and use its theme for next year. An alternative idea I had was maybe less videos, but more content – covering multiple things in a single video and spread them out over a week, or weekly over the course of a month or so. I’ d love to hear some thoughts on this, since I certainly want to do the summer videos, but it’s very stressful on top of everything else going on.

Conventions Animinneapolis – Once again, for any of you Minnesota locals who want to meet me, I’ll be at Animinneapolis at the Hyatt Regency Minneapolis in, well, Minneapolis on May 26-28!

EDIT: Sadly, Wausaubicon has been cancelled, so I will not be making an appearance there.

Anime Midwest – I’ll of course be at Anime Midwest again at the Hyatt Regency O’Hare in Rosemont, Illinois on July 7-9!

I’ve gotten confirmation that I will NOT be attending Too Many Games this year. This doesn’t mean I won’t attend in future years, just that they want to rotate out some people to make sure the experience is fresh for attendees and not ALWAYS the same people every year. Expect some more con announcements for the rest of the year!

[lunawings]

Aaaaand my final result is… 4984th place!! My first top tier. My first time draining all possible rewards from an event as well.

It was stressful for a while. I went to bed last night in the 6000s then work up at like 9700 or something like OH NOOO. (The gateway to the top tier, maybe like 9000 to 11000ish is undoubtedly the most competitive area. You do not wanna be there.) So I played until I got close to 9000th place, then ate breakfast and took a shower. In that only hour or so I slipped back to 9200 or something. (GAK!!) So I was like well I came this far LETS DO THIS. Got myself up to the 7000s or so and unlocked the last reward, 4 Loveca stones which were used immediately. Then when I realized the event ended in an hour and I was in the 4000s I was like… yeah that is probably fine.

Anyway. It’s so funny how this works. It’s only competitive at the gateway to the different tiers. Once you get over that plateau you can just chill.

So. Was this worth it? Hahah no. Only because I was in the hospital. From now on I will continue to be satisfied with second tier. The difference in rewards really isn’t that much. The only reason to bother with first tier is bragging rights (or like I said, being hospitalized lol), but they don’t even give you a trophy or anything. So. Yeah.