I’ve always seen guides on how to improve FFXIV gameplay, learn certain fights, etc which are all very valuable ofc! But I felt like no one talked about the mental aspects that go into a high level environment. A lot of times I’ve been told “it’s no big deal, just get over it!”

Going through savage to get caught up and get back into a raiding mindset has reminded me of one thing. God, I miss having a static. PF stinky.

Warframe outlived both Destiny 1 AND 2 all hail the king of live service games, 13 years and counting baybeeeeeee

People saying that it's actually a bad thing that Xeno got in-game banned bc of something he did on stream playing ffxiv content bc now it can happen to any of us. Guess I gotta make sure when streaming i'm not a misogynistic PoS who throws slurs around nonstop. Hard, but I'll try my best :)

Do not fucking preach to me about "not giving him attention" in response to me celebrating and making fun of a known bigot and misogynist finally facing consequences for his behaviour oh my god it's not feeding the troll if the troll just got kicked from the bridge, get some fucking perspective

So I heard the bald man got banned. Good day to all who celebrate.

WE GOT THE JOB BABY WOOOO Im gonna give myself some time to get situated into my new schedule (and bc I promised friends I would watch Eva with the alliance raid coming out) so here closer to July i'll start up streaming again. Gonna try to do variety (got some ideas already) with a FFXIV focus.

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Update btw, could not get the ideal shift I wanted... yet. Union Rebidding is a long and wierd process, but by next week, there is a chance I will get the position I want, which would open three days up a week for streaming. So yeah, maybe we start it back up if that goes through.

Ok, I think it's been long enough where I can say it as I've tried for so long... I genuinely do not understand the "Zenos is our mirror" narrative. It's not even an "I hate Zenos and dont care" thing either. I genuinely dont understand how he mirrors our character. #FFXIV peeps help me understand

New schedules coming out for work that should open up more free time plus a renewed vigor for both FFXIV and Strive... ...do I dare return to streaming.

Man, I can't wait for 8.0 fight design. Seeing what the team can do without the limits of raid buffs will be very fun. Also with the middle tier of 8 mans launching, we might be opening the door to making savage more challenging overall. Anything to make combat less stale.

Me a One Piece fan who has read all 1181 manga chapters while also being a FFXIV fan closing in on 6000 hours played trying to get friends into either and being hit with "No it's too long":

Between Fanfest and the latest Patch MSQ (no spoilers, dw) I have this weird feeling. Is it Hope....

Since we are in #FFXIV Fanfest season, I feel like this needs to be said. If people hate you for story skipping... Fuck em But if you turn around and shit on the story or that the game "didn't teach you anything"... fuck you. Play the game your way, but please know what you're getting into.

I like Pombon a little too much methinks. Please keep your paws on the ground this time. PLEASE

I've been convinced of two things... One is to finally make the jump to Hitbox. Been meaning to for a while now, and second thing gives me a good excuse. That being... Im gonna go back to Bea now that im back in granblue mode. Ilsa is mega fun but she still feels a little too honest for me.

Thursday thoughts VII & VIII: hehe oops. Brain been no good as of late, so I just fully spaced on this (which is fine bc its just supposed to be for me, but trying to build a habit and breaking that is no bueno). I'll throw some thoughts I've had, but this one is gonna be light.

Me realizing I didn't do any posting for a week and a half bc sad and sick again:

Thursday Thoughts VI: Finally recovered from the High of Sunday and its time to get back on the train of Thursday Thoughts. I was able to post more outside of this and hopefully it continues. On with the thread of nonsense.

I feel like I've made a horrible mistake.

Im actively hunting out multiple combo routes and setups... I might actually be cooked.

Must unfortunately report... ...Ilsa may be fun.

Between the 2XKO news (which really sucks) and Ilsa looking neat... ill probably be getting back into Granblue methinks. Gonna play some tonight to test Ilsa out and get back in the swing of things... we'll see how the 5 month (my god) hiatus has done for my drive.

It's late, but I gotta say it. WE WON DA SUPA BOWL BABY. THE SEAHAWKS DYNASTY STARTS NOW. Also, now that football season has ended, it's time for a real mans sport bc spring training starts in 2 weeks. Mariners to the World Series this time for sure. Picture related

I would like all fellow Seahawks to know, from the bottom of my heart: ECRA (Emerald City Route Artist) is the dumbest shit on the planet, and I hope it doesn't stick long term. He already has JSN. You dont need to add some weird acronym title on someone who does it with their name already.

Thursday Thoughts V I think I may need to start posting some additional thoughts throughout the week as well, as ive been kinda just saving shit for here, and that doesn't feel right to me. So ill probs just post additional shit whenever I feel like just to get in the habit. Anyway...

Thursday Thoughts IV We back baby, and slightly less sick and sad than last week (although there were some rough patches ngl) Anyway, let's continue this silly train ride that is my jumbled grab bag of dumb thoughts that appear in my brain in this moment. Wooooo

Been sick since last Thursday (and mental has been taking a dive bc last thing I need rn is to be missing work), but I think im getting over it. Needless to say Thursday Thoughts III got sidetracked, so impromptu Monday Musings it is.

I well and truly think I will never understand 6 7, and that's ok. You kids enjoy your funny number.

Thursday Thoughts II (think imma stick with it): Might as well start with weight loss. Haven't been super consistent tracking calories, but I have been going out of my way to make sure im not over eating like ive been in the past. The big thing I can say is im still trying, which is big.

Me: im gonna take a break from fighting games until cait drop. Hopefully she interests me bc I need a second character that clicks. Me seeing her: >:3

Thursday Thoughts I (working title, figured I'd do these once a week and Thursdays as good a day as any): No real rhyme or reason. Like any journal, it is just gonna be a "whats on my mind" grab bag of thoughts, just so I can look back on it. This is really for me, but I thought it'd be neat.

Also ive kinda decided to help with the whole mental health thing, im gonna start writing out things here more often kinda just as a journal. Forces me to write more (something ive wanted to push myself to do more often) while also letting me gather my thoughts (bc after last year I need to).

Hey all, it be a new year and I got a resolution. (That isnt my yearly "ill lose weight for sure haha") Weddings of family and friends done and physical health (mostly) handled, this year is time for Taera mental wellness. Step one done :)

First-time commentary was a lot of fun, but man I feel like I did a lot wrong. I'm definitely gonna try to do it more, but I have some things I need to work on.

Doing my first bit of commentary tonight for a friends stream. I'm getting nervous but still excited to dip my toes into it.

Im having such a weird character crisis in this game man. I feel like I play a more keepaway style in tag games (Moridoom in MvC, Merkava Nine in BBTAG) that im just not doing in 2XKO and im thinking maybe I should. But in grounded games, I play strike throw pressure monsters... Why brain bad.

Me: when you are still learning a fighting game, you don't need a bunch of fancy combos, one to build meter and one to spend it should be enough. Me playing a tag game where one of my characters has an install that changes their specials, and needs specific routing to build install gauge: oh no...

Made the mistake of peeping X (still have it for fighting game tech solely) to see the discourse about 2XKO pricing and hoo boy... Big mistake.

So as it turns out doing helping out with and attending a wedding for 12 hours straight, standing for about 9-10 of those hours, and walking up and down a flight of stairs throughout turns you legs to jelly the next day. Wild.

Hey... I know ive been in a mental time capsule this year where nothing has truly been going on and ive missed most of the year... but what do you mean its almost October. Time isn't real man.

So, juat about two weeks into the 2XKO beta and I have some thoughts. Keep in mind these are opinions from a dumb guy who plays fighting games as a hobby. Idk game design or balance (nor does frankly most people on social media) and what i say should be taken with a pile of salt. That being said...

Character Crisis sucks man. I need to lab more to hammer home a team (luckily its my Friday so I have 3 days to do so) but im between like 4 pairs rn.

Oh yeah, also while I'm here posting I just want to say... God 2XKO is a joy to play. I can't remember the last time I had a true character crisis from there being too many characters I liked. Some small nitpicks with the balance of some things, but overall, it's pretty great.

So this year has been bad bad... but the good news is we might be back in a good headspace to where I can go back to being me. To that end, I'll probably actually start doing shit on here more than just lurking and potentially may get back into content creation.

Went 3-2 at locals. Just outside of top 8 and last set went last game last round. Still don't feel like I'm great, but I can take games off great players, so now I just need to grind sets and get that next milestone.

I love how in the year I'm going to 2 weddings and in general supporting others, my body decides "nah this is about me actually" and hits me with the worst gut pain I've ever had. What a drama queen.

It's time! We're coming back to GBVSR with another Knowledge Check this week! Come hang out with us with another wave coming in on 02/06 @ 7PM PT! Thanks to @hatt-gbvs.bsky.social for doing coordination and finding matches for us! Would love to see more people come out and rep for the next one!

Finally got to playing Neva as Gris is one of my favorite games ever. It's exactly what I was expecting from Nomada studios. I'm am mad, angry, upset, and all other synonyms. 10/10 improvement of Gris in every way. Man, I love this studio.