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RESPRiT @resprit.com · 13/02/2025

This thumbnail goes so hard

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RESPRiT @resprit.com · 10/02/2025

Postcards of my designs from last month came in! You can sign up to receive one (for free, until I run out) in my latest Patreon update if you’d like some mail :)

A photo of my cat laying next to the postcards I made

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RESPRiT @resprit.com · 10/02/2025

Postcards of my designs from last month came in! You can sign up to receive one (for free, until I run out) in my latest Patreon update if you’d like some mail :)

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RESPRiT @resprit.com · 30/01/2025

Excited to check this out once I get the chance :0

RESPRiT @resprit.com · 29/01/2025

it is time to keep going

RESPRiT @resprit.com · 28/01/2025

where do you go with nowhere to go?

A postcard with the text "where do you go" in the top left and the text "with nowhere to go?" in the bottom right. In the center is a small white cartoon cat, who is surrounded by a rainbow assortment of simple shapes.

RESPRiT @resprit.com · 27/01/2025

it is time to rest

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I do not believe that people put up with things forever, there are boiling points, right? the shifts are slow, then fast, and then we see how it turns out

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recommendation systems will continue to be the bulk of how people find things, but a single friend's thoughts hit deeper and more accurately, several notches above what algos achieve imo there is currently a big interaction gap here that was created during the last major spike in internet adoption

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I see people talk about how the tech giants have immense power with their algos and can exploit behavior with wild efficiency but, idk, while big data enabled a lot of scale, I think there's been a soft cap on its quality for a while now that is unmatched by "organic" human network effects

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I think that we are headed towards an era of pulling away from big internet, now that folks have experienced a healthy dose of its limitations very curious to see what the web will look like in the next 5-10 years

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they walk among us

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yea great example with yu-gi-oh too, it’s interesting how much that game overlaps with melee players lol Thanks for chatting in this thread and sharing your thoughts!

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Let’s goberrrrr!!!

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ik this is long lol, but last thought: first, you see a version of "it" that comes easy to you, and you learn how "it" feels then, you realize that "it" exists in places that are harder to reach, but that you can overcome and, once you trust "it" is on the other side, you have a reason to persist

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however, when people push past that discomfort (easier said than done), they can see the same "it" as people who are less predisposed to that discomfort as a note: I think this predisposition is attributed to a lot of things, and I would not consider it to be something that is easily determined

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what I have personally found to be true, and what I believe is backed by the studying and academic research I did in the learning sciences, is that the main barrier people face when broadening their exposure to new kinds of "it" is discomfort due to unfamiliarity

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this is most likely to happen if you are deliberate and persistent, in similar ways to how you have improved at melee, but you might find it harder to do because the "it" that ult offers isn't as familiar or exciting to you as the "it" that melee or sports have given you - but you _can_ get there

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here's what I would argue: if you were to stick with ult after feeling like you've hit the "it" plateau, even when the game is stagnant or dull, you would eventually find yourself discovering new "it" that you haven't seen before - both in ult, but also elsewhere

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the experience of "running out" of "it" once you reach intermediate stages is really common imo, and you probably run out of early stages of "it" faster than other people when it comes to games, as I assume you have explored more of "it" across your gaming career than the average gamer

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I think new players who enjoy ult and mess around with the character cast are definitely getting some "it", but their "it" consists of earlier stages of "it" that you have likely already experienced outside of ult + through your original time with the game

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that's an interesting example you bring up with ult, I think my take is something like this: the tried and true indicator that something supports developing "it" is the existence of passionate people, and I definitely think ult checks that box

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I would not say that everything has the same propensity to offer this opportunity - but, I would say that we tend to underestimate the total available opportunities I am constantly struck by how people achieve "it" outside of common staples like arts, cooking, sports, etc.

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so, any melee player who has experienced the game giving you more and more as you engage deeper and deeper has seen "it": knowing that something as trivial as this silly little game has so much to offer this same "it" is found in many other things, albeit in different forms

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for a surprisingly wide variety of people, melee is really good at supporting this process - like you said, for people like you and I, the game seems to limitlessly reward exploring its nooks and crannies, and you have a lot of agency in choosing which parts of the game to explore

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sinking a lot of time into melee will return back to you a reflect of who you are, and, over time, who you are becoming and who you want to be. It will be a specific slice of yourself through the lens of melee, but it will nevertheless be some version of you

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melee players have gotten incredibly good at the game, far beyond what anyone could have expected a lot of this has been fueled not just by a desire to win, but to win in self-satisfying (and self-expressive) ways - hence why people adopt different playstyles, characters, personal goals, etc.

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