#nonmeta

[genshinconfessions]

I think meta is dumb and I pull for every character that looks cool (aka almost everyone) and make the most atrocious anti-meta teams with both meta and nonmeta characters that are built completely wrong (I'm currently maining a terrible furina (40/125 crit) with an aquila favonia... my other teammates are a kazuha with 12/116 crit and 61.6 anemo dmg (ill think about turning him EM), xilonen (who is probably the only character I built semi-correct) at 1.7k defense, and a raiden shogun with 2k atk. (all c0, furina at level 80, rest at level 70)

banners I'm waiting for:

mavuika - I want cool biker lady with flame hair even if she is not very good with non-natlan characters

arlecchino - scary father lady

clorinde - jojo pose

venti - i love little silly wind god

nahida - i didn't get her last banner and i wanted to complete archon collection 😭😭

zhongli - rock man (archon collection)

klee - klee

if I don't get her this banner then also chasca, flying gun is too fun to pass up

also lyney his next rerun since I'm pulling for chasca this period (right now im a welkin only account)

I assure anyone reading that they will be cared for and loved and built in the most god-awful way known to mankind as well as the worst team comps ever

the highest dmg my team has hit is like only 29k 😭😭

hey just a question are you my partner LOL

i'm jk but he also pulls for whoever looks cool and then does NOT build them (it frustrates the hell out of me because i'm on a mission to build every single character i own LOL)

i wish you luck on this journey, btw! there's no right or wrong way to play genshin (only easier or more difficult ways) so as long as it works for you, keep at it!

[ventela1]

When I was ~13 I also used to win Pokémon battles like this and people online got really, really upset with me. So out of spite and a desire to keep winning I started doing it on purpose.

I keep at least one nonmeta strategy in every serious competitive team I have and it’s really funny. I test them on Pokémon Showdown (an online battle simulator) and sometimes if it’s effective I take the time to replicate them in my physical game copies. Then I fight competitive players in the actual game too. And frequently get ragequits in the form of someone abruptly turning off their Switch’s wifi.

[reddrakebird]

"Why does no one want to play board games with you? Wait, wait, wait let me guess. Are you...overly competitive and/or insufferable to others? Orrr...Well, I doubt you're a sore loser. Maybe you win too much and that's why people don't play with you?"

One thick brow perked up over his left eye, the question seemed innocent enough but the answer would reveal a condition not everyone was comfortable with. Thad, answering his own question with guesses, had a smirk tugging at those corners, eyes dancing with delight at the breakdown of a speedster brain in nonmeta form. "All of those are great guesses. Actually, it could be a combination of them all. I wish I was a sore loser, but alas, just a sarcastic one. It is because I want to read all the directions first and then break down how to actually play the game. No one wants to wait for me to digest it, just want to dive in with impatience." There was one incident, though. "There was a monopoly game that went south quickly. I used the rules against everyone and gained each corner of the board that, statistically, people land on once in a go around. One of my brothers ended up pulling out a gun on me." Can Thad guess which?

[bigtiddymuradin]

Faeries respecced my baby into something nonmeta. What the fuck is this

[valliteprincess]

very happy with how the ptcg is right now. 4 or 5 different meta decks in rotation, each pretty balanced against eachother, and nonmeta decks still stand somewhat of a chance against them. in addition, most of the meta decks are actually really fun to play, too. I find myself switching between miraidon ex and gardevoir ex pretty often because they’re both just so much fun. genuinely cannot understand how people enjoy playing mew+genesect or cramorant lostzone

[the-ghost-trader]

Earthquake. It looks cool, you feel like a badass casting it, and bonus it is also meta. Out of the nonmeta moves, aroma therapy

To cleanse my TIMEAWFUL feed right now:

What is everyone’s favorite TM. And don’t say TOXIC we all know it’s ‘META’ or whatever but it’s not INTERESTING.

I like SWORDS DANCE.

[irumakunthings]

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[voltrons]

i want to say this very carefully but i love love love content with babs being open with and giving advice regarding her disability and chronic pain but when babs is somehow the sole messiah on chronic pain in a cast where people have had their backs broken, been brutalized with baseball bats, and thrown out of moving vehicles as just another tuesday feels less like fandom angst/fluff and more like folks only seeing babs as 1) her disability or 2) a device to bring angst/fluff to another character or their development. ahhhhh

[cmdr-bullgod1997]

Like let's be real for a minute. If someone wants to turn a T9 into a miner or a T7 into an explorer or do combat in a Hauler or some non-optimal shit, and your first rewponse is to tell them that ship is not good l, then I don't like you.

My T9 is a multirole trader/miner/explorer and I get sick of being told how it's bad or not optimal. Who gives a shit? Clearly I don't so talk of optimisation isn't relevent.

Everyone benefits by ignoring meta brainrot and talking about the ship, fit, plans and ideals. Engaging with pilots on nonmeta ship usage is good, it opens dialogue for talking about engineering choices and what the pilot wants from their ship. It opens discussions on why pilots want to do stuff in certain ships. And most importantly it makes a more welcoming environment for experimentation.

Genuinely despise how metabrained ED gets sometimes "The T9 is a bad miner because of the distro". Didn't ask + don't care + I'm having fun + there's no wrong way to play a ship + metatext of gaming leading only to optimisation at the sacrifice of enjoyment leads to backlash against percieved deviations from meta and ruins other peoples fun + Again, I'm having fun.

[lesbx]

ok i am calling it a night before my head explodes

[soulemissary]

but like...i had SO MUCH FUN in 2019 when i was waking up rlly early to watch matches like msi 2019 was such a joy to watch i literally woke up at 4 am specifically for it and it was so good and i miss that!!!!! i miss being so interested in it and trying to learn everything. i miss pc league and i miss my team being Normal

[hazelcephalopod]

I do find it notable that this party is presumably just so tired. Like they just keep attacking each other again and again. They had so little and took so long to get through to Chet. I’m sure some of that was letting Travis have his fun but for nonmeta reasons it could appear as just a weariness. They’ve accepted they just need to put each other out when they loose themselves like that.

Idk if that’s good or bad but it might be something.

[kidcooper02]

i choose to believe the Runaways meet up at least once a month (rotating through where each of them live) to skateboard and eat take-out and junk food and watch movies and TV and play video games. it's like a little ritual for them and they always try really hard to make sure it happens, especially when their schedules are busy

I think that's so sweet for them, while Tye and Asami are living civilian lives, coming together is like a chance at normalcy

Ed and Virgil get to forget their hero burdens and just have fun with friends

Tye and Asami are with people who won't shy away from their powers, and give them a reprieve to just exist fully as they are, not as a nonmeta and not as a hero, just them

They probably go more so over with Tye n Asami as I'm sure they feel more grounded and more of an escape for the other two

I could even see them going on a road trip! Traveling around like when they were younger but safe and happy

[puppygirlkat]

I have almost all the killers i want in dbd to at least prestige 1 and thus unlocked their perks, its v nice to just have a bunch of perks and be able to run what i want instead of only having meta unlocked because it makes it easier to unlock nonmeta

[hotdogshipping-miwa-enthusiast]

Indeed, let us all remember evil Lois for she is a force of nature

And can play a mean kryptonite keyboard (this is technically an else worlds and she was semi brainwashed but still)

But in all seriousness, yes I get why they didn’t but like surely she has to realize at somepoint in a multiverse there is going to be evil versions of everyone, not just Clark. Of course a metahuman/alien that borders on god for normal people is definitely to be feared, but nonmetas have also done their fair bit of damage

More MAWS rants because God it taking over my life

I hate how Lois is so quick to doubt Clark, yes it is absolutely terrifying to think about an evil superman, most of us have seen at least one world where he decides to not play by the rules, but why did she have to turn so quickly.

Like yes she doesn't know that most of the supermen (if we stick to the idea of it being lord -who is definitely confirmed-, overman, and superboy-prime) didn't have the same start as clark, and I'm glad she's thinking for herself but like i hate how we fix one problem then the whole world begins to hate superman.

She is one of the few Loises to figure out he is superman, she should be smarter than this, she is supposed to expect him and her whole 180 to "maybe he is a monster" and telling him to be normal feels wrong.

This will probably be a hurdle that results in them growing closer and letting her fully trust him but I just really wish this wasn't the turn the plot took.

Realistically if a man with superhuman abilities showed up I'm sure most of us would react the same, excited to be saved but scared for the day he makes one slip up and adoration turns to fear and resentment, but knowing how much Clark is giving up for these people is frustrating, watching him lose days, weeks of sleep to solve all their problems, ignoring the warnings of an invisible man on the street and chucking Clark's actions to him just randomly wanted to start a pileup???? It boggles my mind.

I don't hate Vicki, she is just as frustrating when you know how good Clark is but yes a way to get money is to jump on the cash cow that is defaming superman. If you want to get views, sadly in news like her's she is right, spilling blood will get you more. Lois tried the same thing, where they people most would consider evil? Yes, but she was still attempting to profit off their scandals and dirty laundry.

Overall, still love superman and i think the reactions of people (with maybe the accepting of lois because the whole not trusting clark after all this feels forced and irrational) are realist, society can turn on you in the blink of an eye. Enjoying myself just mildly frustrated.