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They played a mix of 1V1s rotating people out while the others spectated on screen, then played 2V2, then back to 1V1 while Lily coached Squeex on the training mode at the same time. It really was just like hanging out with the squad in the same room getting games in, even though everyone was online.

They spoke highly of the pulse mode where it was nice to just be able to do easy combos. Watching Squeex 1V1 Fuslie while Lud and Lily coached in real time, and then gassing each other up whenever they successfully anti aired was just good vibes. Fuslie said it was the most fun she’s had playing a fighting game and played the game for like 7 hours to keep playing with friends, despite trying to end stream long before to sleep.

I think the new player experience is most frustrating when you kinda understand what’s going on and you’re grinding ranked by yourself. The flipside is Jakenbake was losing his mind grinding ranked in plat whenever something BS happened or something didn’t work the way it felt like it should. Which let’s be fair, is all the time in this game.

I feel like most of the biomed students and even some CS students I know regret their program, but I wonder if many of you in other programs regret your choice.

And when did you graduate and how long have you been looking for work?

I graduated from business management majoring in GMS and got really lucky at an amazing company in a tech sales role with high growth, but like 90% of my peers I saw are either looking for work or are working a dead end job.

I’m not a 2XKO hater btw. I play the game for better or for worse.

For people who dont know, theres a very big annual streamer tournament happening where they go through a gauntlet of 4 games, each game lasting a week. And for games like League and CS, the streamers practice pretty extensively with their teammates.

It seems like most people dread even touching 2XKO. Previous years had SF6 and more people put in the effort for whatever reasons. But for 2XKO, it seems almost no one is inspired enough to put in the effort to learn the game.

There are a small handful of streamers playing. Doublelift will win the tournament because he’s disgustingly far beyond the skill of everyone else. Lilypichu has the most hours in game and will almost certainly place decently well. Jakeandbake and Tyler1 have fighting game experience and will likely also place solidly. Also shout out to Myth and Fuslie for putting in some effort even though it’s looking rough.

Everyone else just gave up though and is doing anything else, even though they put a bunch of effort in the other games like League. I hate feeling this way, but it feels like people don’t wanna play it cuz non fgc ppl dont find the game fun.

I’ve already started in the role for a bit and this company is such a fucking unicorn that I get excited to go into the office. Role is in tech sales doing B2B SaaS at a global medium sized company. Hybrid 3 days a week in office/2 remote,incredible work/life balance,I love my team and my manager is super accommodating/understanding. Some of the best onboarding I could’ve imagined compared to similar roles at other companies.

The benefits are nuts. 25 days paid vacation, 10 paid sick/mental rest days, absolute top tier health/dental coverage with no deductible and a $700 wellness account. I get a new iPhone17, macbook air and sony ANC headphone. Super nice office where they have infinite snacks (I go off on the free endless clif bars) and they provide lunch everyday you’re in office. We got a games room, gym, private room to rest, etc. We even got a fully paid for bar if you want to drink a cold brewski on the patio.

Genuinely can’t believe my life right now with how cooked I thought I was. I hope the rest of you find that perfect role too.

I already know this is gonna get downvoted to hell but this isn’t to gloat, I just can’t believe how lucky I got.

Job is in tech sales doing B2B SaaS at a medium size series C startup (3 branches globally, feels too big to call a startup really and they're more than 10 years old). Phenomenal work culture and work + life balance. Hybrid 3 days a week in a beautiful office (games room, gym, relaxation room) + 2 days remote. Insane benefits including 25 days paid vacation, 10 paid sick/mental rest days, very extensive health/dental coverage with no deductible, $700 wellness fund and my company provided phone and laptop is an iphone 17 and a macbook air + choice of airpods or the new Sony headphones. The company provides you lunch everyday you're in office and we have a fully paid for bar if you wanna drink some beers on the patio after work. Not to mention endless snacks (been abusing the infinite clif bars). The company also made top 100 SME employers in Canada and top employers in the GTA. The company is also flying me out to Europe this summer for a fun week long event.

The onboarding has been fantastic due to having so much structure and tools to help you learn. My team and sales manager have been incredibly friendly and supportive. PIP doesn’t mean they let you go. One person got put on a PIP months ago and they’re still here and receiving lots of support.

My salary is is between $65000-80000 so not insane for a first job out of uni, but there's a lot of growth potential in the field and it's way less grindy than tech sales at other start ups because their sales strategy doesn’t involve you cold calling non-stop 8 hours a day. Plus they do 5% RRSP contribution with no matching required and people in the company get promoted pretty quickly from what I've seen.

As a new grad, I thought I was cooked:

• 0 internships
• 0 referrals
• Terrible GPA
• Business Management Degree from mid tier school

Interview process was five rounds over a month including a logic puzzle + personality test, a business case assignment, and three interviews.

Not interested in giving advice because I know I got extremely lucky. I think I got the first interview cuz I scored in the 98th percentile of their screening test. I also tailored my resume to the job post using AI as everyone should.Then for the rest, I just practiced and prepped like crazy. I've won multiple case competitions during uni, so the business case assignment was fine for me although a lot of work. The main experience I leveraged was being the leader of a for-profit student-led consulting firm where I handled client acquisition. Probably the biggest thing going for me is I've always been very well liked by everyone I meet and I'm great at talking to people and being personable. I could tell the sales manager liked me a lot and she's told me she's been my biggest champion since meeting me for the first time. I also had a coffee chat with one of the SDRs but this was already pretty late into the interview process, but it might've helped solidify their decision. That and I got started on Vyvanse which made me absolutely lock in. But yeah, glad to finally be able to start my life.

Yes, the company is still hiring, but I won't name drop them to not expose myself. If you look at Sales Development Representative postings, you'll likely come across it and with the amount of info I provided, you can probably easily connect the dots. My sales manager told me they are VERY selective with their candidates hence the lengthy process. I was made aware before I received my offer that they had another candidate in the final round as well, but it seems I was the only hire so take that as you will. 

The game looks cool and I have some friends that are crazy excited to try it cuz visuals + marvel, and they're already talking shit about how they're gonna be better than me cuz they're a bit better than me at smash (which we're all pretty solid at). I'm not going into this game as a complete fighting game newbie. I'm masters in 2XKO and can make it out of my pool in TNS and I'm diamond in GGST with a 70+% win rate on puddle.farm right now out of like 70 games since coming back to it and have beaten known players like Sajam in tower. My friends on the other hand have literally never even played a fighting game but they assume because Tokon will have simple inputs, their smash fundamentals will carry them. They know I play 2XKO but I think they assume my rank is like the equivalent of being in Elite Smash which means nothing in that game. Am I missing something here or is Tokon just that different from the games I play? It's just crazy they think I somehow end up in the lower ranks of this game getting folded by my friends who've never experienced trying to determine when it's their turn.