Tag: Competent

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Back in Stride again

Feel absolutely fantastic, technically, now that my rig is set up again. It’s still temporary but good enough for the next few months. It’s been 142 days 16hours and 22 mins since I last logged into Div2 so let’s see how rusty I am.

My full play list will keep me nicely occupied and distracted.

  • Green Hell – The Spirits of Amazonia – a prequel
  • Tom Clancy’s The Division
  • Tom Clancy’s The Division 2
  • Soul Calibur VI
  • Tekkan 7
  • HellDivers
  • God of War Ragnarök
  • The Callisto Protocol – Survival Horror
  • FireWatch – a half eaten title
  • Ghost of Tsushima
  • Stray by Annapurna Interactive (5 hours 55 mins 9s completed)
  • SnowRunner
Return to Tom Clancy’s The Division® 2
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Silence

With no PS5 gaming options available, my dopamine levels have clearly dropped and I’ve distracted myself with the occasional gym session. The other half hasn’t had the opportunity to nag about gaming so that’s a good thing

In the meantime, I’m oblivious to what’s happening in the gaming world except for an occasional Twitch peak. I’m holding onto a small piece of resentment as to how I ended up in this joy-less environment but for the most part, it’s freed up some thinking time with no more threat to work or home life.

It’s less than 30 days and I remain silent.

Do it before it’s tooooooo late (The Suicide Of Rachel Foster)
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Silent nights smalling up myself

Being risk-averse doesn’t shield you from life flipping into an absolute nightmare in hours. Yes, it reduces the attack surface and allows you to create a little safety bubble but how safe is it really?

It is not publicly acceptable to “go dark” because tough to digitally trace. It also isolates your actual close friends and family as they rely on core apps like WhatsApp.

Digital minimalism is my goal but what is the path?

Starting my Christmas list in October….
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And the beats goes on….

After months and months of grinding, I’m finally back in an InfoSec driving seat leading the band. A massive challenge leading into a post-Pandemic arena but a brilliant way to start 2021. As a job-hunter my data has been there out in the wild for recruiters and agencies to view, craft and present to companies…but now it’s time to go dark again.

rm -rf / –

Gift giving done for another year

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PS5 and beyond

My 2021 Top  Game PlayList (New and titles to complete)

Annual software budget $300 | Annual Hardware budget $700

Current Library (Installed)
Tom Clancy's The Division 2 - Season 3 
Tom Clancy's The Divison - Survival
Need for Speed Payback
Erica
The Last of Us II

Wish List 
Horizon Forbidden West
...not much on my "must buy" list for now

"Must get back to it" List
FallOut 76
Alien: Isolation
With no sign of a PS5 available, I stumbled across this dusty relic in the Last of Us™ Part II
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Gamer’s Path to Respect (in-game & IRL)

Without even knowing it, the thirst for Respect is one of the key drivers for many Gamers.  Buried deep in our subconscious we grind for better achievements and exotic talents that are higher than our peers with the overwhelming desire to be “liked” and Respected.

I’ve been running the same Blind Banshee build for months merely because is earns so much respect in Div 2 protecting the team and being an effective King-maker.

Here’s a Path to Respect

Be considerate

This build doesn’t kill NPCs very fast, but it sets up teammates to kill without being harmed.

Act respectfully

With hardly any real damage to NPCs, I need to encourage teammates to focus on certain non-obvious threats without demanding they “SHOT HERE”.

Listen and Watch well

I need to have good situational awareness, map knowledge and enemy spawn knowledge to anticipate where the threats come from and where they are likely to run to.

Be useful

Look out for teammates under severe threat of dying and disable the threat immediately.

Don’t make excuses

I’m very squishy so always need to look after myself and can’t blame anyone for me being out of position or foolishly flanked.

Let go of anger

Sometimes, it seems no one is shooting in the right places, just relax and be patient…don’t rage quit.

Be willing to change

If all fails or the team asks you to, switch to a Damage per second Build

Tom Clancy’s The Division® 2 – All we really want is RESPECT