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by Proziam 7y ago
WTF you're right. Given the subject matter at hand, I find that pretty concerning. How is this not relevant or insightful to some people?
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by Proziam 7y ago
I tried to reply to this thread, but the thread was flagged for a while. Not sure what that was about. I generally agree with the author's assessment. It seems as if the goal of his treatment is to mask a suicide or cause one. It just
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by Proziam 7y ago
I feel this on a near-spiritual level. Once you factor in communication tools (including but not limited to...project management, email, calendar, chat, VOIP, and CRM) alongside your "real" technical stuff that actually powers you
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by Proziam 7y ago
There are plenty of 'one-trick' players who can make it to extremely high elo even if they aren't particularly competitive. [0]There's a schoolteacher in Korea(?) who streams in a cow costume and plays only Master Yi, on
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by Proziam 7y ago
I'll think about the topic a bit and see if I can come up with something! If you'd like to give me some feedback we can connect via twitter (@Proziam) and if I can come up with something I'll send it to you for a first pass.
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by Proziam 7y ago
Things like aim/movement fall into the grey area between mechanics and fundamentals. Raw aim = mechanics. Crosshair placement = fundamentals. Basic Movement = mechanics. Pathing = fundamentals. You're absolutely right about things
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by Proziam 7y ago
The truth is, (and this applies to games like MTG, Hearthstone, Poker, etc.) piloting the deck you have correctly matters more than people really like admitting. If you copy a 'known-good' strategy, you can crush with it at every
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by Proziam 7y ago
The optimal strategy for winning the game you're in is the most-winning strategy that your skill level allows you to execute. The optimal strategy for the game itself requires you to develop your skills to allow you to execute it. On
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by Proziam 7y ago
Data is getting to be a bigger component, but that was driven primarily by esports betting (another area I've had some experience in, coincidentally). Data, in general, is under-utilized by almost everyone and the few 'real'
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by Proziam 7y ago
In my experience it comes down to two things: 1. People think they already have the fundamentals 'down' 2. Actually mastering the fundamentals can be boring and make a game feel like work (which, if you don't truly enjoy pu
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by Proziam 7y ago
Fundamentals can be hard to define concretely because they can even underly the principles of how people talk about playing the game. Take, for example, the age-old advice in chess "control the center." To an absolute novice, this
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by Proziam 7y ago
This is 100% true. Unfortunately, it inhibits player growth tremendously. Players who are too focused on the meta lose sight of fundamentals. This can manifest itself in weird ways, like LoL players picking up the flavor of the month picks
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by Proziam 7y ago
I played a lot of chess as a kid. That's actually where I 'discovered' the real value of fundamentals. Quick wins in chess are universally the result of an opponent making a horrific mistake. Of course, that means the opposit
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by Proziam 7y ago
I'm not sure if this is exactly what you were hoping for but I'm happy to answer questions! On coaching: Coaching is probably the best and worst job in esports, depending on the day. It's also a role that is completely misu
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by Proziam 7y ago
Getting good in almost all games is based on understanding and mastering the fundamentals to the extent that you can make consistently correct (or at least a high degree of 'correctness') decisions based on them. This is true for
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by Proziam 7y ago
I know a person who tried Khan Academy to get caught up on math after a pretty poor childhood education (they didn't finish middle school). Their feedback was that they were able to get their fundamentals down enough to actually pursue
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by Proziam 7y ago
GAAP is definitely an imperfect standard, so I don't begrudge them going their own way (and their way seems to be reasonable, from a cursory view). My comment mostly comes from the frankly ludicrous financials that have been making hea
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by Proziam 7y ago
After having seen so much nonsense accounting in the books of so many startups (especially recently, it feels like a growing trend) it's refreshing to see GAAP. The difference in standards between the startup universe and the 'r
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by Proziam 7y ago
Essentially it boils down to this: If someone breaks into your home, you can reliably combat the intruder with a firearm - without harming a bystander. If someone is attacking your town or village, you can at least situationally combat them
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by Proziam 7y ago
My personal stance on the 'right to bear nukes' question is that a weapon of mass destruction has no defensive utility and is either self-destructive or offensive by nature. Therefore, nukes would not be protected in the same way
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by Proziam 7y ago
I gotta say that I disagree. I've never had a problem with others knowing my salary (and it's never been a low number) and I've always championed people who I knew were underpaid relative to their effort and talents. People k
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by Proziam 7y ago
I just left my remarks. Here's what I wrote, just for the sake of public record (last time we played this game there was a lot of comments thrown out, unfairly). The internet is a critical part of both military and civilian infrastruct
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by Proziam 7y ago
I wonder how many more jobs are needed to make this possible. You'd need more of everything, plus longer/staggered open hours (who decides what hours make the most sense, for which districts?). On the plus side, you'd have mo
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by Proziam 7y ago
Both parties have had multiple turns at the wheel since many of these policies have existed. Whichever party isn't in power blasts the other party for not fixing it. In essence, both parties use social benefits like political bargain
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by Proziam 7y ago
Oil is good for the environment - BP Spokesperson, also a scientist or Oil is good for the environment - scientist - You're telling me you don't see a difference here?
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by Proziam 7y ago
I wish more people would consider this option. We're deep in antitrust waters in more than one area of the tech universe right now. We've blocked several mergers such as US Airways and United Airlines, EchoStar and DirecTV, and AT
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by Proziam 7y ago
I used to live in Umeå, so I can tell you from first-hand experience (as an American). It wasn't easy. Everything people say about America's immigration policy being "racist" are also true about Sweden - with exemption
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by Proziam 7y ago
Freedom to arrange my workspace in whatever form makes me the most effective, productive, and comfortable sounds like freedom to me. But most importantly, I'm 100% sure my expensive ($1500-ish?) audio setup has been a competitive advan
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by Proziam 7y ago
What would you prefer it to be called? We can change the words around to suit our social sensibilities but at the end of the day, we're still talking about convincing people to spend some money. Nobody bats an eye if you ask for more m
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by Proziam 7y ago
On that front, I totally agree. Some platforms are far easier to manage an acceptable work-life balance than others. Unfortunately, a month off due to illness would still result in a massive loss of income which could take a long time to re

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