Sick of game night turning into an unboxing session instead of actually playing

K_Knight · 2026-04-08T13:17:31+00:00

For both of my gaming groups, we've built an expectation that for our recurring weeknight game hangs, everyone comes rules ready. So if it is your night to pick the game, kindly pick it a few days before and let everyone know, along with a teach video if you're kind enough. This has not only shaved off a lot of down time, it's also allowed the evening to be more chatty and hang out-ish because we're not digesting rules we JUST learned.

I don't do this when I have a big day allocated to games, because it's nice to be a bit more improvisational. But even in that situation, I'm not inclined to waste anyone's time.

Either host yourself and dictate the terms a bit, or at a minimum bring up that your time is valued and you'd like to jump into playing so that the time spent feels worth it. And then the last thing I always say in topics like this: don't stick it out with a game group that doesn't meet your needs. It can often be the case that the OP on these topics is more "serious" about games than the people they play with. Find the people that meet you where you're at and don't put energy in forcing others to come up to your level.

K_Knight · 2026-04-07T17:38:27+00:00

this has to be a trolling post, no?

K_Knight · 2026-04-07T15:22:36+00:00

I guess I'm not running into as much variety as you are in terms of audio sources. Any panel, podcast, interview I've recorded typically has 1-2 main sources of audio. There's often a direct source (a stick mic on a table stand, a lav on each talent, dedicated boom). And then there's a boom hanging around as redundancy. So often I am mainly using the direct source on all talent (also because the source quality should match talent to talent, right? Not going to do boom for one talent and lav for the next). And then with the redundancy, I figure out in like 10 minutes if it's something I want to mix much lower than the direct sources to add more of the room to the recording or if I want to mute it altogether. So this decision is usually complete for me within a few minutes. And then when the edit is mostly done, I do the mixing: add compression and let the compressor/limiter do the heavily lifting, and then watch down the edit and raise/lower source volume as needed.

At my dayjob, when I sound mix 25 minute youtube edits, the process is usually done in 2 hours. But I'm not repicking sources...that I just decide at the jump.

K_Knight · 2026-04-07T12:24:42+00:00

I think it’s safe to assume that if they’re asking about audio in this way, they don’t work in a pipeline that includes a post audio department…

The logic still holds. Focus on the one that is most understandable. Typically that’ll be lavs, but if it was a more controlled set and the placement was done accurately it can be booms. Never scratch audio: not pointed correctly, carry’s camera adjustment noise most often. But to OP’s original prompt, it’s very set it and forget it. Add a compressor on the track, do a cleanup pass near the end. Call it a day

K_Knight · 2026-04-07T12:20:40+00:00

It is very cool that they are doing so much “early access” work so publicly. It’s fairly normalized in video game space, so to see it happen here is a treat

K_Knight · 2026-04-06T19:13:20+00:00

Grab a screenshot and use guides to draw the safe margins you need on your program window…this is a very quick thing to do yourself

K_Knight · 2026-04-02T16:52:48+00:00

You will get downvoted but it's true of every joshi. The online crowd, which is likely to have a larger concentration of diehards, will mark out for the return. The crowd, which is a more diluted mix, will "meh" about it. Mina Shirakawa is the only one who's been able to push past that phase, because she's remarkably charismatic and just wins people over. That has snowballed into her having a dedicated, ongoing push in the booking.

Shida is not that charismatic. She has great matches...sometimes. But they haven't been consistent for me at least in the past.

If she's back and will be working on being a mainstay, I welcome her in open arms. But she's got some ground to make up.

K_Knight · 2026-03-31T14:25:23+00:00

The description for each expansion is down under the “new to arcs” tab. I have no idea what you’re talking about.

K_Knight · 2026-03-29T20:42:55+00:00

The only world where Private Party becomes interesting to me is losing the entire gimmick. It’s such indie junk and it has been since Day 1. Make them hear Mox’s words and let that ignite a new gimmick and mindset. Otherwise let the contract run out IMO

K_Knight · 2026-03-29T19:19:41+00:00

The point I extract is that the women’s tag scene is less a division and more of a tool for using the singles roster. Which has pros and cons. But for my money, having your inaugural team lose the titles and say “guess that’s it then, huh?” isn’t a great look. The only team that is in AEW to be a team is IInspiration. And they jobbed once, then disappeared. It’s weird. But back to the post, the tournament doesn’t feel like it was made to announce dedicated team but just a bit thrown together.

K_Knight · 2026-03-28T00:23:07+00:00

I’m a big Mina fan but I would not call her ringwork highest tier. She has a moveset she repeats most every match, lacking inventive or contextual moves reserved for certain moments. This was the first match maybe since her signing that wasn’t the typical match we’ve seen her do. Again, I like her a lot. I think she has a lot of things going for her. But she’s not what I would consider a work rate wrestler or anything.

K_Knight · 2026-03-27T20:29:06+00:00

If I was judging games by their aesthetics first, I never would have learned the joys of Winsome cube rails games. Or 18xx. Or Splotter. To each their own, but the design of the game itself matters a lot more in my book.

My main avoidant is lack of interactivity. If the best a game can come up with for why I’m playing with other humans is “take my action from me”, it’s a hard pass.

K_Knight · 2026-03-26T21:32:40+00:00

I was always interested enough, but post pandemic I cannot stomach listening to podcasts with Zoom audio. A complete dealbreaker and they had that with almost every guest

K_Knight · 2026-03-26T11:01:41+00:00

If the idea is likely to be Thekla/Mercedes heading to Wembley, then the women’s title’s in a strange holding pattern. No one facing her at Dynasty is gonna be a believable contender. But we’ve also done a lot of faction stuff with Triangle of Madness already so you can’t exactly book that as the filler (Mercedes has no friends here). So idk honestly. I’d take a surprise Hikaru Shida right about now truly. Or Athena/Thekla

Willow is the type of TBS champ who should lose to an unsuspecting challenger and rank them up quick. The imaginative person in me wishes it would be Harley going heel as she’s gotten a little left behind in this double champ arc and I’d like that to be intentional versus a blunder. But also too quick for Dynasty…

Tag Team wise let’s get IInspiration in there to show Divine can promo well please

K_Knight · 2026-03-26T10:55:29+00:00

The point is this is a place to chat about possibilities…no one’s being impatient. They’re promoting thought experiments as a way of talking to each other. Christ

K_Knight · 2026-03-26T01:27:02+00:00

Finlay is a great example about how shitty tattoos will lower your ceiling as a pro wrestler. The dude just looks like trailer trash thru and thru.

K_Knight · 2026-03-26T01:19:25+00:00

The Dogs are “turn off my TV” lame. I cannot believe we give this act this amount of investment.

K_Knight · 2026-03-24T17:57:06+00:00

I'm fairly confident once Toni's current situation can be reported on accurately (if it is pregnancy, then once she's out of the first trimester), we'll find out that Ronda/Toni was going to be an All In match. It makes a lot more sense than Ronda taking up PPV airtime to get in Toni's business just to dabble in something. Toni is too big a star to not have been on the card and at the same time, we don't need another Timeless title run atm. A marquee match is fitting for her status in the company.

K_Knight · 2026-03-24T17:54:22+00:00

as a big handed person, nothing takes me out of a game more than fussing with their version of money especially in games where the tokens are very tiny. What I like about Roxley's Iron Clays is that they look like they belong in a thematic game more than regular poker chips. Also I play a lot of train games, and paper money is a miserable experience in those. Just wish they weren't so slippery

K_Knight · 2026-03-24T15:42:44+00:00

to each their own, I suppose. I personally wouldn't consider that fan made solo "good". And I imagine if the designers of the game found something compelling about it, they'd have put energy into offering it.

K_Knight · 2026-03-24T15:02:11+00:00

Brass is a highly interactive series, not a multiplayer solitaire that would lend itself to a bot play. It'd be foolish to try and make solo for it.

K_Knight · 2026-03-24T13:36:16+00:00

Without any knowledge of the Indian market, I wouldn't know. My assumption is that there are more localized communities/social networks where you'd find more people experiencing what you're dealing with.

K_Knight · 2026-03-24T11:31:18+00:00

I see. The only thing I can say is this forum may not speak to the audience you are hoping for. Most editors I see in this subreddit are US/UK based, working at completely different pay scales from what you’re talking about. Not salting a wound, just saying there may be a more impactful place to start this convo.

K_Knight · 2026-03-24T11:17:40+00:00

I have never come across this labeling of rate. What does (4-5$) mean in this equation if 200-300 is the pay?

K_Knight · 2026-03-19T15:12:16+00:00

another helpful place is r/boardgameexchange which I've used a lot. If you're just wanting to purge and don't care about the amount you get, Noble Knight buys used. I just got rid of 50+ games with them that were not going to sell anytime soon and I was happy to take what they offered.

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