#cs sigma

[askthecsau]

"Help. can any of you take some cookies off our hands? Someone let Clara in and we didn't notice until she got sad that she ran out of ingredients to make cookies with. ...The Celestials really need to get her into more hobbies."

(-Path Changer, @thefallentrio )

You seem new around here, so, um, hi...

Path Changer, is it? Or Quazazel Utinam?

Apologies if I got it wrong. But, I could take some if you want me to.

[ma4scara]

GEEE WILLIKERS THIS IS SO YUMMY !!

Heyoo, yeah I had to post at least once this week so here’s a WIP of a background for Weirdmaggedon!

- [ Not greek mythology at all, but please trust me when I say I am working on these drawings as fast as I can! School is kicking my ass ]

[rafesteddy]

𝓢𝓾𝓰𝓪𝓻𝓜𝓘𝓛𝓕!𝓡𝓮𝓪𝓭𝓮𝓻 𝔁 𝓢𝓸𝓷’𝓼𝓑𝓢𝓕𝓕𝓻𝓪𝓽!𝓡𝓪𝓯𝓮 𝓐𝓤

You should’ve cut them loose months ago...

The boys of Sigma Chi were spoiled and reckless, coasting on their fathers’ money while they ran wild through your house. You’d looked the other way for Tommy’s sake because your late husband loved that fraternity and because, well. Boys will be boys—until they stopped being worth the trouble.

Now they owed you—a debt no trust fund could cover. You didn’t need their money. You had your name on half the Miami skyline and the kind of pull that decided who got through the velvet ropes on Saturday nights. So when you stepped into that house, white dress clinging to your thighs, red-bottom heels cutting sharp against old hardwood, you made damn sure they heard every step. Let them sweat. Let them stare.

And Rafe stared the hardest. Tommy’s best friend. That cocky one puffing his chest in the back, mouth begging to say something smart, eyes flashing with challenge. You caught him looking. Fingers pushing through his hair, his hat turned backward now, muscles stretching against that thin white cotton. You let your gaze linger a beat too long—just to watch him shift. He did. Poor boy had no idea what he’d just invited.

You laid out their punishment slow and smooth: no daddy’s money. Manual labor. Shifts at your businesses. Sweat for every dollar they owed. And you saw it then—that flicker in his eyes. Like maybe he wanted to pay you back personally. Let him try. You weren’t about to make it easy. If that pretty boy wanted a taste? He’d work for it. Brick by brick. Hour by hour.

On his knees. Where he belonged.

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[eternalsa2z]

Retraining

Ashton Inspirion was one of those guys who never got out. He lived in a different world…the virtual world. He was always gaming, tinkering with his computer, isolated from the rest of school.

Virtual learning suited him, so he signed up for a class called 'Retraining'. He thought it'd be an easy CS course, especially since it was filled with a bunch of ditzy Sigma Lambda Tau sorority girls. It was different that he expected. More of a virtual reality concept where he had to create and develop a model.

All the other girls in class were building hot bimbo models. So Ashton thought he'd try it. He built up his online wardrobe with pink, tight fitting clothes. Changed his hair to be long and blonde. Even discovered how to hack the NSFW settings and give himself the biggest set of fake tits and lips that seemed possible.

The other girls LOVED him for that and started sharing tips and tricks. Ashton had never had friends…let alone BFFs…and started to really get into the role. Spending more time in the game than any before. Really focusing on making 'Ashli' dim and ditzy and doll-like.

He found it easier the deeper it got into the system. Controlling his character using a full-body VR set built by SluTech that was a required part of the course. Using voice inputs to say 'Um' and 'Like' a lot for a valley-girl speech pattern. Walking with a wiggle and arms akimbo to get the perfect bimbo gait down. It became easier to develop Ashli by just being Ashli.

Little did the student know all-consuming the course really was. Outside the game, VR headset finally taken off her long blonde hair, Ashli 'AI' Insipid stared blankly at a screen. She was pretty sure she had logged out. But she was staring at her character. The plump, pouty pink lips. The cute pink top. The dumb ditzy look. Was this the game…or real life?

The truth was too much for the dumbed down doll to process. The virtual model was a role model for how she transformed. Her big fake tits were now real. She had been reprogrammed, turned into her perfect image.

Even if she could comprehend the changes, it didn't matter. All Ashli cared about was that she was late to meet her BFFs! So instead of slipping on the headset, she slipped on a cute skirt and some stripper heels, and trotted over to SLT with a wiggle and a giggle. Just like she had been retrained.

[pastlivesandpurplepuppets]

... a cold war like the one between the United States and the Soviet Union was emerging deep in the soul of Don Malarkey. The memories would not go away. They were with him when he was walking to the McDonald Theater in downtown Eugene and a car backfired; instinctively, he dove into a bush as his friends’ incredulous looks turned to laughter. The memories were with him when he awoke on the sleeping porch at the Sigma Nu fraternity house sweating like a man in a sauna, having been sucked back to Bastogne in a nightmare: Muck exploding. Legs in the snow. The sixteen-year-old German soldier, an angel in all-white camouflage. Malarkey began to wonder where the dividing line was between good and evil. He tried—God knows he tried—to default to what the army had taught him: dehumanization. It was just another faceless soldier, the enemy that had to be thwarted. And yet he had seen that boy’s eyes, and his skin as smooth as Ardennes snow. Had Malarkey committed murder? Was he going to hell? Where was the purification for whatever curse he carried? Where was the absolution for the sin of having survived when others had not?

[...]

Malarkey wasn’t expecting a ticker-tape parade for him and others who’d fought; a beer and a listening ear would have been enough. But he found little interest in, or affirmation of, his experience in Europe. Everyone wanted just to “get on with our lives.” Few talked about the war or showed any interest in trying to understand it. Nobody got it. Nobody got him. Oh, outwardly, he was Joe College. A crooner with good looks, he directed the fraternity choir, starred on the Sigma Nu basketball team, and dragged his grades up from the depths of the Cs. But on a deeper level, he felt lost.

~ Bob Welch

[aijunbi]

hi guys . I deadass js realized that long thread we had goinf on w reblogs nd stuff my reblog didnt go thru ?? like it js deleted my entire text hence y my last reblog for that thread was like blank . 😭😭😭💔 stupid tumbkr omds

ANYWAY ! i frwakinf hate the sciences so bad like im good at every other subject but science i fear id rather be hwld at gunpoint than ever touch science after i graduate🙁 PLSS i wanted to take ap osych but im lwk mad lazy for that and my skl put a 3 ap per year maximum 😅😅 like damn okay . yall js hatw to see me succeed 😒😒😒 GAWAHHH i loge dpr so much like i deadass had mood on repeat for so long bcs of this one yeonjun edit that transformed my life i fear ! MERRY GO IS SOOO freakinf Good i love it so mich

i donr have my own room guys. ive been sharing w my sister for the past few years😢😢 its okat tho idrc bc anyw im barely in my room like most of the time im js in my living room doing my work nd stuff bc ion wannna bother my stupid sister like that💔💔 also cs shes mad stinky when she gets off her shift nd is home . LMFAO omg ur evil pushing smn off their bed 😭😭😭

girl i got like 1 valentines day fic in line and i fwar i prob will not finish it b4 valentines day . god pls give me rhe will to start picking up writing again. i have this ONE fic idea that lwk is fire like acc fire like so amazeballs and awesome sauce nd shit 😊😊 pls pray i finish it !!! AND GOSH U R A GENIUSSS like ur mind works wonders… cool w u… YESS GAWDDD i love cool w u SOO MUCH its one of my favs of nwjns plus get up and hypeboy and hurt‼️‼️ ive been tucked in bed at 9:30 since like. 3rd grade. ion play when it comes to having a healthy sleep schedule i fear. i CANNOT have eyebags ever idc 💔 i would nawt look good w eyebags oms. why tf is olaf taller tahn the average girl what the hell😭😭😭

LMAO I FIGURED like why is there just a reblog there shld be smth 😭😭😭 i love science so much oml that is my BAE right there ❤️❤️ lololol i got a year before i graduate i hear the gunshots already ME NEXT !!! my ap pysch is sooo funny for some reason like i love my group frfr 🙏 you js gotta dab on the haters ning (a member of the dance club told me that) dpr is my lifeline i don't fear. no blueberries has been charting on vinh's top 3 bcuz it's js so addicting 🤓☝️

i feel bad for you twin, i can't imagine sharing a sleeping space with someone because what if they're a snorer... then what? 😞 what if they sleep talk/walk and kill me... then what? 😞😞 OHEMGEE I HATEE being in my living room...😬😬 it's peaceful but when the adults come home from work it's like all hell js broke loose. i cannot and i mean cannot handle another loud laugh coming from my anyone's mouth when i'm trying to watch tv 💔💔💔 LMFAO stinky. i call my eldest brother stinkabutt because he reaks of wtv it is. what can i say? im a pusher 😜

dear ning pls bless us with another fic before i kay em ess. PLEASEEEEE 🙏🙏 heh my friends say im special 😼 but probably not the kind of positive special... scratches head. may cwy receive more recognition because the budget for mv must've been high 😭🙏🙏 im gonna be so fr rn... 9:30 is when i eat dinner LOL. sometimes not even, like it rlly depends. i can be eating my first meal at 5pm and eat my last at 10 💀💀 i play when it comes to a sleep schedule, i remember pulling 3 all nighters in a row. pretty sure i was hallucinating on the 3rd night. eyebags kind of fit me lololol but it makes me look emo and it beats my nonchalant aura. #NOTsigmaofme

not to mention i taught a bunch of working adults who can drink, drive, and smoke brainrot. like i was explaining the difference between skibidi toilet and evil skibidi toilet, and how they're not the same but they're twins yk. and also slangs like "clock it" or "sigma/alpha" and no sigma and alpha are not the same, alpha is below sigma, you geekers.

[amourjins]

soft spot pov!aeri who -as mentioned in chapter 10- doesn't let ANYONE touch her hair, but when y/n does it she absolutely LOVES the feeling and always wants y/n's fingers running through her hair... LIKE YOU CAN'T TELL ME THAT AERI DOESN'T LOVE TO LAY HER HEAD ON Y/N'S CHEST AND HAVE HER RUN HER FINGERS THROUGH HER HAIR???? LIKE AERI FALING ASLEEP TO THE FEELING OF IT AND Y/N'S JUST SMILING TO HERSELF LIKE A LOSER WHO IS HOPELESSLY IN LOVE???

the way i js got an idea for a chapter for your series and have a TITLE for it too...

rocks back n forth..

SHE GOT IT CHAT! YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!! you took the words right out of my mouth cs what the sigma!!!!

this was my exact idea istg . aeri pushing away/scolding ANYONE who touches even the slightest bit of her hair,

“dont touch my hair, thanks..”

OHOHO BUT WHEN IT COMES TO YN shes so willing! girl does not mind at all!!! would let yn do anything to her hair like?? its insane .. shes js a tad bit down bad!

so head ober heels too.

OH MY GOD I JS GOT AN IDEA!!! OKAY OKAY you know how aeri can pick up yn so fast n easily right??? shes strong n its such a bonus! okay but imagine a piggyback w aeri i might js cry. AT AN AMUSEMENT PARK N YN IS LIKE

“im tired.. my legs hurt,”

“get on my back.” shes so insistent ab it istg

“what?” WHO IS ONE TO SAY NO TO THAT???

okay but ure probably wondering what does this have to do with HAIR! okay well maybe maybe while yn is on aeri’s back shes playing w hair AHHHHH omg kills self

and not really hair relayed but imagine coming back to school after a hangout night w aeri W HER CLOTHES. we know how ning sits next to yn n the scent is familiar to her.. same with the jacket!???

dont let me go on ill go insane

ANYWAY SPILL THE IDEA. RIGHT. NOW.

[goatnpc]

💗 || Hi, I'm Cess, a proud scholar! In this blog, I'm excited to share my journey through Math 3 Second Quarter that's filled with challenges, discoveries, and personal growth. From problems and hurdles to breakthroughs and learnings, I'll be reflecting on the experiences that have shaped my understanding and appreciation for Math. Join me as I go over my learning experiences! :))

⋆.˚ ᡣ𐭩 .𖥔˚

MATH 3 JOURNEY

>>2nd quarter

a. How would I describe my Math 3 second quarter learning journey?

Personally, the second quarter of Math 3 was a nightmare.😵 Why? because its level of difficulty began to increase. Plus, there were a ton of distractions throughout the second quarter, particularly the numerous vacation days and days off from school. Because of the suspensions and vacations, I find it to be a significant barrier to my academic progress; all subjects' lectures had to be rushed, with a ton of workloads that left us with little time to complete. This was really exhausting and difficult because, in my opinion, hurried lessons are equivalent to lessons that students would easily forget.

b. Which topic did I find most enjoyable? What made it enjoyable for me?

Since they were simple and I had already studied them, 😎 the subjects that I liked the most were those covered during class suspensions. To be honest, I only like lessons that I can understand, and I find it even more enjoyable when my classmates are the ones who are confused, which I know is odd. But it's simply because I can help them if they don't understand, and I like to help my classmates understand subjects that they don't fully grasp.

c. What concepts did I find easy to learn?

Piecewise functions were the easiest concept for me to understand because they were similar to what we had already learned in CS 2. It reminded me of the if conditions in C++, which gave me flashblacks of the struggles I had with my codes.

d. What concepts did I find most interesting/inspiring? Why do I think so?

Signum functions struck me as the most intriguing concept since it made me think of the word 'sigma', which many Gen Zs and Alphas find oddly funny.

e. What concepts have I mastered most? Why do I think so?

Probably inverse functions because it is the topic that was kind of fun for me. It was fun for me because all I had to do was switch the x and y. (but of course, the basics are also very important here)

f. What concepts have I mastered the least?

The concept I mastered the least was definitely transformations. It was difficult for me to visualize what was happening to the graph. I found it also difficult to analyze equations and relate it to graphs. This confusion had me wondering who on Earth even came up with the idea that numbers and letters can represent lines and stuff.

g. Notes I have for:

i. my teacher;

Sir Joseph is a really caring teacher. He genuinely cares for his students—not just about their grades but also their health. I remember the time when I was frequently sick, which made me unable to attend classes. This caused me to fall behind and struggle to catch up when I finally returned to school.

When I went to the faculty room to accomplish my admission slip and have Sir Joseph sign it, he talked to me about health and fitness. Until now, I still remember that conversation, and I’m currently trying to apply what he taught me. I run during weekends whenever I have the time, which has really helped me stay alert throughout the day. Running allows me to forget my stressors and focus on the track ahead of me. After my runs, I feel accomplished and complete. It has significantly improved both my physical and mental health.

Plus, I get to spend quality time with my friends. I really enjoy running with them while we listen to our playlists and talk about what’s happening in our everyday lives.

Second, he is a great and funny teacher. I find his lessons enjoyable and engaging because he inserts jokes randomly into his discussions. This not only makes the lessons more relatable but also helps form a bond between the teacher and students, improving the students' focus and involvement during discussions.

ii. my classmates;

Regarding my classmates, they are really smart and helpful. Whenever I'm unsure about my answers, I ask them for clarification, and they are always willing to help me. In this section, we genuinely put effort into helping each other, especially through board work and demonstrating how to solve problems. This collaboration also helps us prepare for long tests.

iii. myself

One wish I have for myself is to stop getting sick because it really hinders my learning. Taking medications often makes me feel drowsy and sleepy during classes, which prevents me from fully grasping the lessons. I feel bad when it’s evident that I’m struggling to stay awake in my teachers' classes.

💗 || That marks the end of this blog. Thank you for joining me as I reflect on these wonderful experiences. Math 3 Second Quarter was definitely challenging, but in these struggles, I found growth and inspiration to do better and keep on improving.

[lucidve]

ok what the sigma bro i KNEW ur bday was coming up cs i was looking thru my mbs n i saw i posted that one for ur bday last year on the 9th so i was like oh her bday must be on the ninth!! what the freak IM SO SO SORRY happy bdayyy ily!! ill make it up to u i swear

u core btw

helpo baddie ni-ki goals

guys hepp no my bdays on the 4th so it already passed BUT THANK U EITHERWAY 💗💗

[motorsportverso]

Endurance Brasil-Velocita

A pole da geral e da P1 foi do AJR #44 com Vicente Orige \ Carlesso, na GT3 do Ricardo Babtista, Rafael Suzuki e Xandinho Negrão  e na GT4 , Jacques Quartiero e Allan Helmeister com Porsche 718 Cayman GT4.

Na largada Vicente Orige se manteve na frente.

A disputa entre a Ligier #117 da BTZ Motorsport e a Ligier #9 A.Mattheis Motorsport , disputa da  5ª posição.

O líder da GT4 era o Porsche GT4 #21 

A disputa da liderança entre o AJR #444 e a Ligier #31 

Disputa entre o AJR #35 e o Porsche 992 GT3 R 

A batida do AJR na reta , que fez a entrada do sefity car na pista.

Na relargada , o Ligier #31 se manteve na frente, disputa entre Sergio Jimenez  com o Sigma #2 e AJR #444.

Disputa dos carros da GT4.

A disputa entre o Porsche 992 GT3 R e o AJR #35 continuava.

A disputa da 2ª posição da GT4 entre o Porsche GT4 #718 e Audi RS3 LMS TCR e a BMW M2 GT4.

Momento em que Sergio Jimenez assumia a liderança.

Momento em que o AJR #444 pegava fogo.

Que fez a 2ª entrada do sefity car na pista.

Depois da relargada o líder era o Sigma #11

Disputa entre os dois modelos Porsche GT4 pela liderança da GT4.

A disputa entre os carros da GT3

A disputa entre os lideres da GT3

A disputa da liderança estava entre a Ligier #9 e Ligier #31

A vitória da geral e da P1 ficou com a Ligier LMP3 da KTF Sports com a dupla Renan Guerra e Gustavo Kyrilla.

Na categoria GT3 a vitória ficou com a Mercedes #8 da Team RC com o trio Julio Campos, Guilherme Figueiroa e Neubauer, na GT4 vitória do Porsche GT4 # 21 do Jacques Quartiero e Allan Helmeister.

Top 3-P1

1-31-Guerra\Kyrilla-Ligier LMP3-KTF Sports-150 Laps

2-42-Lucas e Victor Foresti-Ligier LMP3-Foresti Sport

3-22-Moraes Jr\Ambrunhoza\Ferrari-Ligier LMP3-Autlog Racing Team +1 Lap

Top 3-GT3

1-8-Campos\Figueiroa\Neubauer-Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo-Team RC-146 Laps

2-27-Xandinho\Suzuki\Ricardo Babtista-Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo-Team RC

3-83-Max Wilsson\Mauricio e Marco Billi-Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO-Team RC

Top 3-GT4

1-21-Quartiero\Hellmeister-Porsche Cayman GT4 CS-Sttugart Motorsport-136 Laps

2-718-Santos\Tesser\Muller-Porsche Cayman GT4 CS-Sttugart Motorsport +1 Lap

3-5-Henry e Enzo Visconde\Kim Camelo-Audi RS3 LMS TCR-Eurobike +6 Laps

4-56-Servidone\Maciel-Audi A3 DTCC-Mamba Negra Racing +20 Laps

5-44-Buzzaid\Gorayeb-BMW M2 GT4-Eurobike +38 Laps

[askthecsau]

may i headpats everyone

Why, sure~☆

Um, oh, uh, I rather not.

Hm? Headpats? Are they dangerous? I am rather intrigued, so you may.

meanwhile, at the corner...

Headpats? I don't see why not.

[justapathetic-humanbeing]

Sigma past-related H/Cs

TW: Mentions of non-consentually touches and a bit of PTSD

-Sigmas heel origin:

+Whenever he finds himself before a taller man, it reminds him of his head being lowered before armed-men that order him around, so he wears heels to avoid this as much as possible.

+Another reason, this time, for his socks, is that he hates the hot, burning sand he was forced to step in for years, so he always wears socks as a sort of shield to forget the bearness and heat he once went through.

-All though he was never sexually violated, he still got non-consentually (?) touched due to having a female-like appearance.

-He still remembers the names and faces of those that used him till this day.

-His train ticket is still stuffed somewhere in his closet.

-He once encountered a man with a face simaler to someone from his past, and all though he treated him fairly, he gained anxiety of the fact that one day, someone from his past may just visit his Casino, and that thought alone brings him to chills.

-Due to his dislike to heat and desert, he keeps the Casino as cool as possible.

-His favorite color is green, due to it being the farthest from the desert scene (yellow, orange, blue) and to him, represents freedom. Also a reason he likes plants and flowers (one of my h/cs)

[cudiess]

####### ########### ###### tagged by uh @supern0vashii

Last Song: Where or When - Laufey

Favorite Color: Periwinkle

Currently Watching: Rewatching one piece :3

Spicy/Savory/Sweet: all of them + sour :3

Relationship status: SINGLE WOOOHOOO YAHAHAHAHHAAHHAAH

Current Obsession: making ocs and listening to my friend rant cs he’s super sigma

people i’m taking down with me (tags): @silennys @bookofwhimsy @thatlightningartist @hyperbombz @yyeeeoowwch @kasumikoujou

Nine people i'd like to get to know better:

Tagged by: @bell-of-indecision, thank you so much for tagging me <3

Last Song: Gmfu by Odetari,6arelyhuman

Favourite colour: Dark red, violet, pink

Currently watching: Death note, ep6

Spicy/Savoury/Sweet: Spicy

Relationship status: Single

Current Obsession: Mbti types and cognitive functions.

Tagging: @somin-yin @a-cloud-for-dreams @axepen @hinsaa-paramo-dharma @basic-bitch-alkali @rhysaka @blackknight-100 @squishywizardd @reykalot

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[dumbsack]

I beat the original Seiken Densetsu 3/Trials of Mana without changing my characters' classes. YouTube keeps suggesting me stupid challenge runs for other games, so I had to do my own for my very favorite. In the past, I've done the solo character run with Duran... Twice! How hard could this be?

[Inaudible screaming here]

I told my sigma reader and good buddy pop I wanted to try the challenge. I asked if he wanted to play too to make it a little easier.

He messaged me, "why? That sounds unfun. What's wrong with you?"

"My curiosity is piqued," I replied.

That's how it goes. So, I embarked SOLO without that dork LOL. Take that. 😠

As a disclaimer, there was heavy use of savestating on my, uh, very legitimate Super Famicom that I definitely own. Otherwise, I think I would have stress-grayed the rest of my hair doing this challenge.

Now, onto my character choices... Behold! The squad handpicked for this task after about two minutes of thinking about it.

I guess I should explain why I chose these three dingbats (besides two of them being my favorites... No bias in my selection process for this, I promise!)

It was imperative that this challenge was done on the Dragon Lord route due to my familiarity with it and for a few other reasons I'll explain later.

I picked Duran as the leader. He's a pretty beefy boy who can tank hits and dishes out damage pretty decently. Had I gone with Hawkeye or Riesz, I don't think my damage output would have been good enough, even with Hawkeye's cracked CS building capabilities. Also, he's explicitly told to class change in his intro. That's one of his goals. Uh, yeah... too bad for him, I guess. He also gives access to some very important items later on.

Secondly, Kevin is a given. He's similarly beefy and comes with that invaluable beastman form that can poop out damage like no other. Also, Kevin has an exploit I could use in case of an emergency... But I did my best to only save that in case I didn't think the challenge was possible.

Lastly, I chose Angela to round out the party. To more seasoned players of the original, she appears to be a counterintuitive pick, what with her slow cast times and arcane ability to piss off boss monsters and invoke their counter attacks with her spells. But! She might have been the crux of this entire team and this challenge being successful— The MVP, even!

Despite her magic being basic, it came in handy in later parts of the game and managed to dish out even better damage than Duran and Kevin in some cases, especially against normal enemies. Go figure! She was also there to throw Poto Oils to heal the party. And she tanked magic spells like a champion! You go, Angela!

In fact, here's a recreation of the Dangaard fight below with my super awesome phone drawing skills to demonstrate:

Speaking of poto oils... Wow. Doing this challenge taught me some more shit about the game I didn't know. I had no idea Mind Up/Sahagin's Scales actually decreased your casted healing magic! Yes, I would watch Angela's poto oil heals go from 130 to 100 after a Sahagin scale. Very peculiar. Then again, SD3 is a game that manages to run despite itself by being fueled by Ishii's drunken hopes and dreams.

Another thing to note is that stats cap off. Once you hit the cap, well, that's it. Angela's MT Poto Oil healing was locked in at 130 HP for the rest of the game once her spirit had been maxed. Defenses also don't scale very well, it seems. HP... Seems to, however? I found their HP at the end seemed to be pretty comparable to their class 3 counterparts. 🤷‍♀️

Also... ??? Seeds. You will always get light aligned items even if you're still in your base class. This was absolutely CRUCIAL to the late game. And, we can't forget the Black Market, purveyor of chopped off monster hands, chipped off monster scales with buffing properties, healing oils squeezed from cute little lizard monsters, and... prince slaves.

... Ew. Kill me

Thanks!

The first part of the challenge is simple. I won't detail how the journey went in the first phase of the game because we all know how that goes. Blah blah, Duran gets owned by Crimson Wizard, blah blah, he goes on a journey to get stronger, blah blah, Faerie, go to Wendel, blah blah, meets his future wife in front of a cave, beat up crab, werewolf Goku busts you out of prison, blah blah elementals, etc.

You don't technically class change until after you return from Beuca... Unless you're a crazy person (like me.).

So, the golems fight and Bil and Ben fights went fine. Nothing really remarkable. The Ludgar fight was kind of... Weird? He never used Seiryu Death Fist or Suzaku Aerial, only the janky throws I intermittently forget Kevin used to have. He also went down like a little bitch despite having no elemental weakness. Gg, Jobgar, you dumb baby.

Grapplavine wasn't too difficult, either. But, I was getting destroyed by the normal enemies. Oh, yes. The enemies just kinda... They're awful when you play like this. Towards the end of the game, I found myself simply running away from encounters whenever I could. I could not always do this and oh my God this one part might have been the hardest thing I've done in any video game ever. The reason why? Even though you get weapon upgrades even in Pedda you stop getting armor upgrades in Mintas!

Now, this is deceptive. It looks like I can buy and equip this stuff, but I can't. Believe me, I TRIED. And, Weapon/Armor seeds didn't give me jack shit. Yep. I was stuck with shitty, pre-Ludgar armor for THE REST OF THE GAME.

So, that's really what it boiled down to. Normal enemies could clap my character's cheeks like a hearty round of applause. But, bosses?

Total cinch in comparison. All I needed to do was use buffs from the Black Market, the appropriate sabers on Duran and Kevin, and go to town. Since the bosses usually focus on using spells and the occasional physical attack, my dumbasses were rarely in danger of getting killed. Magic damage actually scales with what class you are, from what I can tell. I rarely took heavy damage from any magic spells, yes, Ancient included. And, when the boys got low, Nurse Angela was there to shove candy into everyone's mouths.

All in all, I'd say the hardest Benevodon was probably Lightgazer. I didn't have access to a dark saber item equivalent for it. Oh well. Two uses of the Minor Mallet and a Poto Oil would undo the damage from Prisoner. It was just a war of attrition, but its was PLUCKED and SQUASHED eventually.

When I needed to grind in between Bendovers, I found the safest place to do so was in Gusthall. It was decent XP and enemies died pretty easily.

... But then, I found out something very strange. After you defeat every Benevodon and get the Mana Stone scholar to tell you where the darkstone is, the enemies in Benevodon dungeons just straight up disappear. I did not know this happened. Pop didn't either when I told him this discovery after scouring for safer places to level up before Crystal Desert. Thankfully, I farmed for a set of important items I needed before that happened.

So, with all eight Benenedovers defeated, it was time to tackle the penultimate dungeon.

...

God, Crystal Desert was a friggin' nightmare.

[END OF PART ONE]

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How to Boost Customer Satisfaction with Customer Service Automation

Online shopping has been breaking out each year since 2010. The pandemic added fuel to the fire with an unprecedented surge in eCommerce. The sudden boom in the eCommerce industry caught businesses napping while customers’ expectations rose. With massive smartphone penetration, the eCommerce sector witnessed souring business but an increase in the disconnect between eCommerce businesses and customers’ demands.

We are exploring this dissatisfaction among online shoppers toward eCommerce businesses. In this blog, we examine the risk factors for eCommerce businesses and how customer service automation can dramatically improve the situation, boosting customer satisfaction by enhancing the customer journey. We are also investigating the role process automation solutions providers, such as Sigma Solve, can play in shaping the future of automation in the eCommerce industry.

The Customer Satisfaction Crisis: Are You Keeping Up?

Had it been a matter of a few percentages, the gap between what customers expect and the capabilities eCommerce businesses possess could have been bridged. However, there is a disparity.

Zendesknoted in a study that 73% of customers prefer eCommerce businesses that value their time, yet only 33% of them stay on the website despite a 3-minute delay. Similarly, Microsoft noted that 61% of customers prefer to switch eCommerce platforms due to poor or inadequate services. The reality is far grimmer than these statistics.

This is no less of a crisis for eCommerce businesses, which are not only incurring financial losses and losing customers to competitors but also depleting their brand value and market reputation. Customers naturally embrace eCommerce platforms that elevate customer experiences, offer personalized services, and respond to customers’ queries immediately.

However, the situation is not turning into a hopeless one. In fact, emerging technologies have made it possible for eCommerce businesses to automate customer services, bridging this gap by enhancing customer experiences and enriching customer journeys along the way.

Customer Service Automation to the Rescue

First and foremost, automation does not mean replacing humans with bots or robots. CX transformation solutions leverage automation to reduce human interventions, respond to queries immediately, eliminate mistakes, and reduce operational costs.

Customer service automation is a confluence of emerging technologies that automate repetitive tasks, personalize customer engagement, and offer around-the-clock support to enrich customer journeys with happy experiences. This results in better customer satisfaction and an improved bottom line.

eCommerce businesses have gone miles ahead in satisfying customers using AI and automation solutions. They have implemented AI-powered chatbots, automated email responses, automated ticketing systems, self-service portals and FAQs, virtual assistants, and interactive voice response systems, among others. Consequently, businesses gain a competitive edge, build trust among customers, and improve brand loyalty.

The impact of customer service automation on eCommerce businesses is widespread. Process automation solutions streamline business processes, optimize workflows, eliminate human errors, provide robust security, manage voluminous data, prepare reports and analytics, predict business outcomes, and resolve customer grievances quickly.

The Customer Journey Revolution

In this rapidly digitizing world, businesses can’t afford to stay behind their competitors. Therefore, innovation is their last hope. Significantly, when customer demands are growing exponentially, only innovative solutions such as customer service automation can help meet the challenges. Here are some of the CS automation tools that are a must for eCommerce businesses to improve customer journeys.

AI-powered Chatbots: These are software programs powered by AI that mimic human conversations. They automatically address customer queries, resolve grievances, and provide 24/7 support to relieve humans of the burden.

Self-Service Portals: These are the knowledge portals that empower customers to get answers to their queries, resolve issues autonomously, and get immediate solutions to troubles without even getting customer service staff involved.

Automated Ticketing Systems: These are software that tracks, segregates, categorizes, and routes customer complaints. An automated ticketing system disciplines the workflows, ensuring that people address and resolve the issues.

Interactive Voice Response: The IVR system is one of the oldest automation use cases. Today, AI and automation solutions have revolutionized it. It handles customer calls automatically and directs them to the appropriate agent.

Automated Email Systems: An automated system that instantly acknowledges customers’ mail and responds with accurate and adequate information. It ensures timely communication and follow-up until the query is resolved.

Social Media Monitoring Tools: CX transformation solutions use automation to track customer opinion about the brand, respond quickly to their comments and messages, manage reputation online, and engage across touch points.

CRM Integration: Customer relationship management (CRM) software allows for immediate and appropriate communication with customers, and it includes customer histories for personalized engagements.

Analytics and Reporting Tools: Automation is used for demand forecasting. Consequently, it prepares reports, analytics, and visualizations to understand trends and customer behavior and run targeted marketing campaigns.

The Unexpected Benefits of CSA

Business process automation undoubtedly enhances efficiency and streamlines workflows, but most importantly, it improves time management and brings about a cultural shift in the business. It helps businesses sync employees more with the technology and reserves employees for more critical work.

Customer Loyalty: Customers receive accurate and quick resolutions to their queries and grievances, which results in higher customer satisfaction and a more excellent retention ratio.

Accuracy: Automation eliminates erroneous manual tasks from the system, eliminating mistakes and allowing businesses to offer reliable and trustworthy services with fewer complaints.

Productivity: Automation frees employees to work on critical and complex tasks, improving their self-worth and contributing to business success, which results in more job satisfaction.

Personalization: CX transformation solutions analyze customer data to communicate with customers with tailored messages and product recommendations to elevate customer experience.

Consistency: Customer service automation disseminates unified messages across touchpoints, building trust among customers with high-quality information to improve engagements.

Availability: Automation ensures that customer services are available 24/7 for customers with resolution and quality information instead of businesses running customer service centers around the clock, which increases costs.

Cost-efficiency: AI and automation solutions take the extensive customer service teams out of the equation, reducing the operational cost of serving customers manually around the clock.

Scalability: Automating customer services ensures that businesses are able to cope efficiently with increasing inquiries, queries, and data volumes due to increasing business without compromising quality.

Crafting the Perfect CSA Strategy: A Step-by-Step Guide

Generating brand value and building a loyal customer base is not a cakewalk, especially in the age of digitization. Customer service automation tools are definitely a big boon for businesses, but their performance depends on an effective implementation strategy. Implementing automation in customer service entails six steps. Following this step-by-step guide ensures businesses bring their customer service to life, streamline processes, and enhance customer journeys.

Identify Customer Pain Points:

Evaluate customer feedback and comments across channels to understand customer pain points, process bottlenecks, and service workflows. Businesses should identify which areas of customer service need automation the most and where they can improve efficiency.

Choose the Right Tools:

CSA tools should align with the processes and budget. Moreover, scalability, integrability, capabilities, and user comfort need to be prioritized before selecting the tools. Not all CSA tools generate the same performance; therefore, selecting the right ones is vital.

Develop Engaging Content:

Whether you deploy AI and automation or robotic process automation, customer service automation tools need data in the form of content to provide quality information and critical problem resolution. Creating engaging content is the backbone of CSA.

Prioritize Integrations:

If you want your customers to receive personalized messaging across channels and ensure seamless multi-way dataflow, it is crucial for you as a business to integrate customer service automation solutions with existing systems, such as CMS, CRM, and EPR.

Gather Continuous Feedback:

Customer data is the most critical element for businesses to make the right choices. Therefore, it is essential for businesses to continuously collect customer feedback to ensure the automation strategy is effectively implemented and enhanced over time.

Monitor and Optimize:

Tracking the performance of all vital automation organs and gathering feedback from employees enables businesses to adjust their automation strategy, refine their systems, and adapt to customer feedback, which is essential for the success of automation in customer services.

Best Practices for Implementing Customer Service Automation

Start with a Clear Strategy:

Define and identify business objectives for customer service automation.

Underline the processes that require automation to improve efficiency.

Prepare a blueprint to implement the strategy that fits your approach.

Focus on Customer Needs:

Implement automation based on customer pain points.

Identify areas where automation can improve customer experiences.

Customer-centricity raises satisfaction for customers and employees.

Balance automation with human touch:

Create an opportunity for human interaction beyond automation

Resolving complex and emotional issues needs a human approach.

Balancing the human-machine approach creates brand value.

Ensure seamless channel integration:

Automation should adopt a multichannel approach to connecting.

Prepare and provide unified information and experiences.

Offer smooth flexibility to transit from one channel to another.

Prioritize data security and privacy:

Install robust security to protect customer data at all costs.

Seek consent and deliver transparency when dealing with data.

Comply with all data privacy-related regulations to build trust.

Use analytics to continuously improve:

Use automation data to evaluate bottlenecks and trends.

Leverage insights to enhance customer experiences.

Improve automation strategies and operations using data.

Offer easy escalation to human agents:

Ensure that a path to escalation is provided to higher authorities.

Train an automated system to recognize the escalating situation.

Ensure an immediate response and quick resolution.

Measuring the Impact of CSA on Satisfaction

Now we know which tools businesses can deploy to automate customer service. We also have the guidelines ready to implement customer service automation tools. But the moot question is how to measure automation to gauge success and improve. We have identified 10 KPIs to evaluate the success rate of customer service automation software.

First Response Time (FRT): it records how soon the customer is approached. The lower the rate, the faster the response, which leads to greater customer satisfaction.

Average Resolution Time (ART): ART ensures that management knows how long the automated system takes to resolve customers’ critical issues.

Customer Satisfaction Score (CSAT): Customer feedback and responses to in-app or emailed surveys showcase overall satisfaction rate and happiness with resolutions.

Self-Service Adoption Rate: This rate reflects customers’ utilization of the self-service portal. Higher usage indicates the success of implementing the right CSA strategy.

Automation Success Rate: It measures how often an automated system performs flawlessly from response to resolution without human intervention and resolves the issues.

Cost per Contact: This explains the cost of managing each customer interaction through an automated system. The quicker the resolution, the less expensive it is for businesses.

Net Promoter Score (NPS): The NPS measures customers’ trust in a brand and the probability of them recommending products. It speaks for greater customer experiences.

Agent Productivity: It evaluates the number of queries escalated to the human agent and how quickly and adequately the agents communicate and resolve them.

Customer Effort Score (CES): This score assesses the efforts and time involved in resolving customer queries through automation and points to the system’s user-friendliness.

Ticket Volume: It speaks for the effectiveness and capabilities of the system. It tracks the number of queries generated by customers within a stipulated time.

Conclusion

Customer service automation denotes two things: A) offering rich customer journeys and B) reducing operational costs. Automation empowers employees to deliver superior customer services to ensure customers understand the brand value, trust the brand, and become loyal customers. On the other hand, automation helps businesses personalize their shopping experiences, offering 24/7 support and resolving their queries as quickly as possible to build robust customer relationships.

Companies like Sigma Solve help businesses develop tailored CSA strategies, build necessary CSA tools, implement and integrate them with the existing system, and maintain them to provide consistent performance. Are you ready for your automation journey?

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