#fetch modus rating

[modusappraiser]

reverze m&duz! t& get my shit &ut i h&ve t& repl&ce it with z&mething th&t h&z &n &pp&zite tr&it. like if i w&nt my delici&uz h&t never&ge i need t& repl&ce it with & piece &f ice. it.. it'z &ctually re&lly inc&nvenient. it zeemed like & g&&d ide& @ the time. i juzt w&nt my b&ttle &f icyh&t... it'z been z& l&ng.

 ►◄► Convenience. 1/3 ◄►◄

 ►◄► This is awful, but at least theoretically possible in most cases. If I remember correctly the reverse modus was one of the middling releases- some of them shipped with options to change what setting is considered as an opposite. If you have the universal one they released later then it probably would be easy as long as you have the mental energy to justify how something is an opposite. Try switching it with something that, when applied to carapace or skin, would make it ache or numb. Bleach or raw sopor powder comes to mind. ◄►◄

 ►◄► Simplicity. 2/3 ◄►◄

 ►◄► One of the Modi with simple instructions on the surface but it still requires you to switch items, which sucks. Have you tried getting around this by captchalogging "nothing?" I believe I saw a forum somewhere where a troll with a reverse line modus found it easy to bypass the restriction by switching things with mass, with things that do not have mass, i.e. 'nothing. Later releases seem to have patched this out though' ◄►◄

 ►◄► Scrutability. 2/3 ◄►◄

►◄► Not the most inscrutable, but the reverse modus was released around the time Distant Rim Tech. was going through their early metaphysical phase, so it has some inherent inscrutability. ◄►◄

 ►◄► 5/10, ok modus. ◄►◄

[modusappraiser]

File modus! ^w^ b@stically i input each item w/ a crrtain f8le p@th && i need 2 rretype the filepath 2 rretreive the item, l8ke a PC!!

►◄► Wow. If you're using one of the older models, that sucks. ◄►◄

►◄► Convenience. 1/3 ◄►◄

►◄► These things have a lot of variation, there are quite a few custom retools that I saw while researching this that seem pretty decent, if not nice, but they all have some pretty big problems. For one, typing the file path sucks, especially on the earlier versions with no auto-fill function. The absolutely archaic ones don't even show you a list of the directories which is just unusable in the worst of cases. Frankly I have no idea how *those* versions made it out of the factories.◄►◄

►◄► Simplicity. 1/3 ◄►◄

►◄► Simple on the surface, but the complexity allowed in the settings can be pretty insane. I can see how they justify the sizes you can have with those inventories with how unnecessarily complicated some of these are. ◄►◄

►◄► Scrutability. 2/3 ◄►◄

►◄► Scrutable enough. You type all the names and if you're not the worst with file naming, it's pretty easy to use. My main problem with it is the inability to see which item is under what file path. Some of those old ones I might have to justify negative points in though...◄►◄

►◄► 5/10, mid modus. ◄►◄

[modusappraiser]

1 have two, but 1 prefer th1s one. Captcha Modus. 1t's actua11y one of the o1der mode1s. 1t sh1pped w1th the or1g1na1 array.

 ►◄► Convenience. 3/3 ◄►◄

 ►◄► The Picture Captcha Modus was made before the Fetch Modi got really strange, by all accounts it was middling in convenience back then, but as the Modi continued to be produced, their increasing bizzarity has retroactively made this model very convenient by comparison. The ability to tell what card has what in it as well as selecting any at any time makes it just the Array Modus with extra room with minimal tradeoffs. ◄►◄

 ►◄► Simplicity. 2/3 ◄►◄

 ►◄► By far one of the simplest modi, its a real shame that they're not produced anymore. ◄►◄

 ►◄► Scrutability. 3/3 ◄►◄

 ►◄►As scrutable as can be with one exception being the mildly unnerving aspect of the photos used for captchas. I hear their perturbing nature is why they fell out of fashion. Modern unnatural algorithm technology would certainly improve it. You still know exactly what is in what card and when you can use it. That is scrutable enough for me. ◄►◄

 ►◄► 9/10, good modus. ◄►◄