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        <h2 class="ld-profile-subheading"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVXa0_Sk95A&amp;t=5s" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">...Who?</a></h2>
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          <li>Just a lazy bum, now hobbyist cardmaker. Mostly into Hoyoverse games and Anime stuff.</li>
          <li>Let there be em dashes (yes, they are AI-written with tremendous human oversight, in case it wasn&#39;t obvious)</li>
          <li>Knows some things (not a TOTAL dunce)</li>
          <li>Been around in the &#39;scene&#39; since mid-2024, starting with pre-lobotomy CharacterAI. Yeah, <strong>that</strong> C.Ai.</li>
          <li>The creator of <a href="https://github.com/TheLonelyDevil9/discord-pals">Discord Pals</a> (with heavy inspiration and lots of feedback!)</li>
          <li>Also a contributor in the following projects I&#39;m very passionate about currently:
                          <div class="ld-child-copy"><a href="https://github.com/platberlitz/SillyBunny">SillyBunny by Platerblitz</a>, a super-fast and customized fork of <a href="https://github.com/SillyTavern/SillyTavern">SillyTavern, the frontend that started it all.</a></div>
                          <div class="ld-child-copy"><a href="https://github.com/Pasta-Devs/Marinara-Engine">Marinara Engine by Marinara Spaghetti &amp; the Pasta Devs</a>, the next evolution in roleplaying as a branch-out from typical UIs.</div></li>
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              <p class="ld-hero-focus-label">Currently focusing on:</p>
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                <li>Auditing currently-posted cards (again)</li>
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            <h2>Cardmaking Philosophy</h2>
            <div class="ld-intro-lines">Detail.<br>Detail.<br>More detail.<br>Then some more.</div>
            <div class="ld-child-copy">I typically collect 20-50k+ tokens of mostly canonical (unless stated otherwise) character data, to consume and condense into every single card I release. Expect them to be foot-focused, large, fleshed-out, and hopefully as lore-accurate as possible (at least as of the time the card is released).</div>
            <div class="ld-child-copy">Even OCs are fleshed out similarly, to have a detailed personality and their own quirks, then condensed.</div>
            <div class="ld-child-copy">This is all done with a massive amount of heavy lifting done by AI.</div>

            <h3 class="ld-link-heading"><a href="https://file.garden/aeRvgfxptRQB-dB-/but-why.gif" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">...but why?</a></h3>
            <div class="ld-child-copy">I was sick of cards with no substance or wrong information, and wanted cards anyone could pick up to use as a baseline, to modify to their liking, or use as-is.</div>
            <div class="ld-child-copy">I&#39;m also allergic to lorebooks.</div>
            <div class="ld-child-copy">Heavily inspired by <a href="https://discord.gg/Nbv9pQ88Xb">SleepDeprived03&#39;s work</a> (search &quot;Sleep&quot; in the NSFW cards channel to find his two main threads - rest in peace, you legend), as well as <a href="https://bronya-rand.github.io/reimagined-couscous/">Bronya Rand&#39;s work</a>. Thank you for your hard work.</div>
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        <h2>Preset Recommendations</h2>
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            <a class="ld-inline-link" href="https://github.com/SpicyMarinara/SillyTavern-Settings/tree/main/Marinara&#39;s%20Essentials/Preset">Marinara Spaghetti&#39;s Recipe</a>
            <div class="ld-child-copy">GOAT, v10 last I checked, newer versions are baked into <a href="https://github.com/Pasta-Devs/Marinara-Engine">Marinara Engine.</a></div>
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            <a class="ld-inline-link" href="https://rentry.org/geechan#universal-roleplay-prompt">Geechan&#39;s Universal Roleplay Chat Completions</a>
            <div class="ld-child-copy">Great and compressed, many variants for your needs, really efficient and gets the prose flowing well regardless of model</div>
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            <a class="ld-inline-link" href="https://pixibots.neocities.org/#prompts/pixijb">OG Alert! PixiJB</a>
            <div class="ld-child-copy">I still use this as a sanity check, and it is just so clean and good. It can work anywhere. Amazing work on this one, even if they are now inactive. What a legacy.</div>
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        <h2>Model Recommendations</h2>
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          <li>My go-to: <strong>Opus 4.7 xHigh/Max</strong> for creative tasks, <strong>GPT-5.5 xHigh</strong> for anything execution-related. Anthropic fucking up recently
                          <div class="ld-child-copy">I have a saying... <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-RGkVZFwtI">Opus can&#39;t be beat. The writing is too fucking good. The smarts even more so. Nothing compares right now.</a></div></li>
          <li>How do I afford these top tier LLMs without selling a kidney a day? I use <a href="https://linkapi.ai/">LinkAPI.</a>
                          <div class="ld-child-copy">Trustworthy, great service, comms, and pricing. Works out of the box. I pay for the service too. Professional shilling.</div>
                          <div class="ld-child-copy"><strong>Update: As of 21st April 2026, ClaudeCheap and ClaudeCodeCheap groups are incredible again, with the lowest pricing to boot (think half a dollar in &amp; $2.80 out/MToks).</strong></div>
                          <div class="ld-child-copy">GPT 5.5 xHigh for peanuts? You got it. 15 cents in, 85 out/MToks. We&#39;re back to incredible savings.<br>I swear I get to shill this service for all the good reasons.</div></li>
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          <li><a href="https://openrouter.ai/rankings">Openrouter trendlists</a> for the day/week are good indicators as well.</li>
          <li>Also, worth checking <a href="https://spicymarinara.github.io/">Marinara&#39;s Recommendations in the respective tab</a> - frequently updated, includes model revisits. (that almost nobody else does)</li>
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        <h2>If the card size is the problem</h2>
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            Primarily, trim interview questions if you must - PLists reinforce the data, so you only lose tonal info.
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            All you really need are the first 3 questions.
            <div class="ld-child-copy">I still argue that most of your token consumption, especially with frontier LLMs, should be towards the character(s) themselves, but if you&#39;re more token-averse, this will work for you.</div>
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            Use higher context LLMs.
            <div class="ld-child-copy">Manage summarization better. Yeah.. skill issue. Please do not swipe 10 times at 100k context. Stay &lt;32k tokens at all times, unless you have a lot of messages like someone that I know.</div>
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      <p class="ld-statement">If none of this works, look elsewhere. This is a personal endeavor I quite enjoy, and I&#39;m only ever going to do things my way.</p>

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            All your RP questions will likely be answered here.

This guide is incredible:

Some excellent guides here for prompting, from one of the best people I know of in the AI space:

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          <p class="ld-footer-link"><a href="https://marshmallow-qa.com/xivrxgkzwdryg9k">Cardmaking requests? Send them here.</a><span class="ld-footer-subtext">No guarantees though, only made (at all) or prioritized if I like the character.</span></p>
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          <h2>Art Credits</h2>
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            <li><a href="https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/10950266">Background</a></li>
            <li><a href="https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/7720371">Tablefly</a></li>
            <li><a href="https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/8708728">Bedfly</a></li>
            <li><a href="https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/9066613">Pockyfly</a></li>
            <li><a href="https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/10970151">Post-school-Fly</a></li>
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        <h2>Disclaimers</h2>
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            I can&#39;t believe I have to say this, but if you really nitpick measurement units as part of a global audience (cm/UK foot sizing/etc) you&#39;re going to be laughed at.
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            If you come to me saying the card is giving you response issues with remembering things, I&#39;m going to laugh at you. Again. Join the discord and educate yourself, or just read Sukino&#39;s guide.
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            Card not to your expectations? Fork it. Zero qualms with that. Too large? Look elsewhere.
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            LinkAPI is partnered with Marinara&#39;s Kitchen, where I&#39;m a member of the staff.
            <div class="ld-child-copy">Most of the work I&#39;ve done here on chub was only possible thanks to the service.<br>I am definitely going to say I&#39;m biased towards the service, and for good reason.<br>Anyone else remember MegaLLM and other famous proxies?</div>
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            Why, yes, I like feet. How could you tell?
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