Tom Simons

Economist // Twin Dad // Gamer // pnutbutrsangwich // 2x 125k point winner on Disney’s Who Wants to be a Millionaire Play It! //#LFGM // opinions are my own

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@OhChev The operating model of the offline game is based on incentivizing engagement in games modes at a level that’s probably 10x+ what any given player would enjoy doing organically, ie “grinding”. What players like or hate seems to have nothing to do with their decision making

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@MLBTheShow the servers can’t possibly be down again, can they? Your game is unplayable

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@OhChev Yes. Every time I turn it on

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@OhChev I literally had to consider whether I had a real life addiction to video games when I thought about how much time I’ve spent playing mini seasons and conquest.

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@OhChev Would kind of track with getting the Prime Figgins, upgrading the division collection rewards

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@SaffronOlive Feels like this literally should have been Ponder

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@Nutzypoo_ttv I wonder if WBC Webb and Rosario are ever going to get a rewind…

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@AndrewYang It would be less impressive if they said 12.8% 🙄

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@thejmils01 @MLBTheShow Oh they may have stealth edited. Looks weird now that I see it again

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@Nutzypoo_ttv They made them kind of distressed, which is pretty cool imo

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@OhChev Looks good to me too! Reminiscent of some older Topps designs but not a carbon copy.

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@BrianMcClardCFA @NickTimiraos I think the difference is that Shelter includes lodging away from home, which jumped 2.44% in April. Usually shelter and rent+OER are pretty close but this was unique.

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@JonHeyman Sounds like someone who has done a ton of sports-related therapy (which is unequivocally a good thing). Hopefully he can tap into that and help turn everything around.

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@TrevTatum10 @Mets After we get swept by the Rockies, every other team is arguably more real than the Mets lol

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@OhChev @MLBTheShow Agreed, though it must be disheartening to come up with stuff like that only to have discord screenshots proliferate an hour after release with the answers to all the riddles.

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@elerianm I have basically no following on X but reposting on principal. Lowest hanging fruit of all time!

[Mohamed A. El-Erian @elerianm]

It’s 2026. Why is the "travel adapter hunt" still a thing?
Dear Hotels: please find below the ultimate guest perk.
If you’re renovating, please ditch the single-region outlets and go universal.
It’s a small detail that makes a massive difference for your international guests.

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@OhChev Definitely… they wouldn’t have made the 95 if they didn’t think that many players will get up to that level and then take a while to get to the 99. I think I like it, but they could absolutely still screw this up

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@OhChev I think it’s a good thing if it’s only a 95. Better managed power creep is good for the game imo, and I like what they’re doing this year.