Alpha Slot thoughts

I reply to each point individually, in order. Always. It provides reference for the reader to see exactly what I'm addressing and clarifies the response. If there are fifty things to address, then I will quote fifty distinct parts and respond to them sequentially. I don't quote an entire post and tag it with a one-liner, or throw out a "naked" response with no quoted material to indicate to whom I'm replying or what I'm addressing, nor do I quote a post and try to respond to discrete points in that post with a single wholesale response.

I've done it this way for over fifteen years, because it's clear, concise and very effectively conveys information specifically where it's needed in a discussion. It gives me the opportunity to fully address everything, organize my thoughts into a coherent response and at least attempt to say everything I want to say in one reply. It gives the reader the same options and allows them to more easily follow a thought process or conversation.

If I wanted to give a humorous and/or disrespectful response, I would simply say something like, "Are you high?" and leave it at that. Capisce?

On the other hand, how do you represent any two Rares combining into the Very Rare tier? If for example you connect the two rare Core Boosts to the very rare Core Boost, people would wrongly assume that only the rare Core Boost leads to the very rare Core Boost.

All four are connected to the very rare tier because any of the four can be used to make a very rare boost.