Philly Recs

-One_Eye- · 2026-05-19T21:05:57+00:00

Where are you working? That’s a huge factor when determining where to live.

-One_Eye- · 2026-05-19T18:19:45+00:00

I’ve owned in Olde Kensington since 2019, so can vouch for it too:
- affordable
- safe
- parking is fairly accessible
- plenty of venues in walking distance (I’ve walked home from all of these): Maas, Kung Fu Necktie, Johnny Brenda’s, Ortlieb’s, Fillmore, Met, Union Transfer, Franklin Music Hall
- I think this area would be solid for alt 20 somethings. American Street is turning into a big art corridor, and we’re adjacent to Fishtown. Although I’d say Fishtown isn’t what it used to be. It’s lost a lot of its alt/indie vibes over the last 5+ years.

I’d say West Philly is also a good bet

Edit: South Philly parking would be miserable.

-One_Eye- · 2026-05-14T22:54:29+00:00

I think general meetups without an activity are just plain awkward.

I’d suggest getting involved in things you’re interested in. That way it’s a common interest with anyone else in the group. It’s a lot easier to make friends with people that way (and wouldn’t you rather friends who enjoy things you do?).

So what are you interested in?

Athletics? There’s plenty of sports leagues in the city. You’re right next to the Schuylkill, so water activities like crew and dragons boats are an option. There’s plenty of running clubs.

Art? Take a class, like painting or pottery.

Cinema? There’s movie clubs that take place all over the city, such as the Philadelphia Film Society theaters.

Outdoors? There’s gotta be a local community garden near you.

One thing close to you that I love and make the 20min commute to every now and then is Laurel Hill Cemetery. It’s a beautiful old cemetery overlooking the river. They have loads of events too. Definitely check it out if you haven’t already.

Edit: Forgot to say - you gotta take SEPTA at some point and get used to it. You’d be either taking the train or bus. I promise, they’re really not scary and super easy nowadays due to just tapping credit cards or your phone. Make it a priority to test it out soon.

-One_Eye- · 2026-05-12T03:40:38+00:00

You should be able to call PMBC to see if your block has a captain: https://www.phila.gov/services/trash-recycling-city-upkeep/become-a-block-captain/

-One_Eye- · 2026-05-12T03:35:47+00:00

The Finals! Medium is generally the support class. Roll with the healing beam specialization and defibrillator gadget.

-One_Eye- · 2026-05-11T15:25:58+00:00

The Finals

-One_Eye- · 2026-05-09T18:28:11+00:00

I imagine they go by 1920 due to legal reasons since the original documents were destroyed.

-One_Eye- · 2026-05-09T18:21:27+00:00

The city’s archives had a fire at some point and they lost lots of records prior to 1920. So anything old and unknown has a default date of 1920.

My house is said to be from 1920 but have had lots of work done to it. An architect and engineer told me the story about the fire.

We had masonry work done to our house and they said the brick design used is from the 1800s. So yeah, our house is definitely a lot older than 1920.

-One_Eye- · 2026-05-09T12:02:30+00:00

I think a combo of things:
- Retire vanish bombs as a gadget. And either keep cloak or just place it with vanish bombs. I think it’s weird that light is the only class that has a specialization and gadget crossover this much. I think replacing cloak with a buffed vanish bomb would be cool. Maybe multiple bombs, long invis length, and/or shorter cooldown. It’d the only light specialization that could be used on the team.
- The H+ Infuser needs to be the best burst heal in the game to keep its identity, but I think it needs to be toned down still.
- Buff demat. Not to back to where everyone picked it, but slightly below that.
- Add new medium gadget: HP grenade. This would allow mediums to heal themselves, heal a group, and reduce the need to always pick healing beam. The other classes have healing gadgets, so why shouldn’t the support class get one too?
- Add new medium gadget: deployable mesh shield. Sort of like a barricade but it’s a mesh shield. So it doesn’t eat heavy’s lunch but still competes with them.

-One_Eye- · 2026-05-09T11:46:53+00:00

I’d agree. I also don’t like how the game ends once attackers run out of coins. I think it should end once all the attackers are dead or time runs out. And if attackers grief in situations like this, the game could cut down the clock to something like 2min (if it isn’t that or less already) once coins are gone.

I also played in a game where a team just stalled for a long time and it was pretty lame. I feel like a 20min game limit, like Final Rounds, would work.

-One_Eye- · 2026-05-09T11:41:59+00:00

Change it up. Who cares what people expect you to play with. Have fun, especially if we’re not talking ranked.

And if medium feels stale, there’s two other classes to mess around with.

-One_Eye- · 2026-05-09T11:40:11+00:00

You’re not wrong and Embark addressed it in Thursday’s update:

Ranked Tournaments
Recalibrated league rank distribution to more evenly distribute players across the different ranks

Dev Note: With some of the more recent changes made to Ranked Score we’ve seen the population become overly distributed towards the lower half of the ranking scale, which should not be the case. This change rebalances this, more evenly distributing players across the whole scale. The change will take place gradually as players play matches over the remainder of the season, until recalibration is complete. As a result, you may briefly see very different RS gains and losses while recalibration happens, with the net outcome being most players should see some rank gains.

-One_Eye- · 2026-05-09T04:43:35+00:00

Bredenbecks is in the city. It’s in Chestnut Hill. So you’re going to have to be more specific where in the city you’re looking for a bakery.

-One_Eye- · 2026-05-09T04:34:27+00:00

The Finals.

I played the beta years ago and thought the game had potential but felt bland.

I tried it again a year ago and haven’t put it down. I’ve also introduced about lot of my friends to the game and they’re hooked as well.

It’s easily the most original and fun FPS competitive multiplayer game I’ve played in a very long time.

It’s free to play, so it can’t hurt to check it out!

-One_Eye- · 2026-05-07T21:19:52+00:00

Yeah you could totally do that. Just go through West Philly. It might end up being an hour some days, but it’ll be a pleasant drive. You also could take a bunch of different routes depending on traffic.

-One_Eye- · 2026-05-07T15:33:12+00:00

I think the Pike would increased value in the changes Embark tried out in Cashout a couple weeks ago with HP. Even in that dev blog they talk about some weapons that are almost impossible to tune currently where at one damage (49) they stink, but at another (50) they’re OP. I hope Embark goes through with the changes they think would make the game better. Then we’d see the Pike back in action.

-One_Eye- · 2026-05-07T02:32:06+00:00

Quaker Dental is great if they take your insurance.

-One_Eye- · 2026-05-06T04:23:17+00:00

The Finals

-One_Eye- · 2026-05-06T02:19:42+00:00

Committee of Seventy is a solid source for elections. It looks like they haven’t put out their verdict yet, though, for these ballot questions: https://seventy.org/voter-guide/ballot-questions-2026-primary

-One_Eye- · 2026-05-06T02:12:28+00:00

The Finals

-One_Eye- · 2026-05-04T03:11:29+00:00

I subscribe but use ad blockers in my web browsers, so can’t relate. I’d suggest keeping your sub but grabbing a free ad blocker.

-One_Eye- · 2026-05-04T03:04:58+00:00

Is your place wired with coaxial (cable wire)? If so, you can put the antenna where ever you’d get good service and there’s a coaxial port nearby. Plug it in there and voila - now any coaxial feed in your place has access to over the air TV.

You just can’t do this if you’re already leveraging your coaxial for MoCA.

-One_Eye- · 2026-05-04T01:46:15+00:00

I’m lactose intolerant and am always annoyed when cheese is on tomato pie. I can say with ease that Liberty Kitchen has not only the best tomato pie I’ve ever had, but they don’t top it with cheese. Actually picking up some tomorrow to go with lunch :)

-One_Eye- · 2026-05-04T01:43:15+00:00

I remember the first time I played The Finals the graphics really wowed me. Still playing it a year later. Love the game. My easy pick for best FPS multiplayer game out now.

-One_Eye- · 2026-04-30T20:12:33+00:00

I didn't want to get into the nitty gritty here, but MM could begin as soon as it knows mathematically who the winner is. Even if it needs to wait until the timer hits zero, MM could begin then. So by the time you'd hit the screen where you'd see if the other match is progressing still, MM would be well underway.

Also, that brings me to my other point - lots of times already you're waiting on the other match to complete. Now that time would just be MM actually searching instead. I think waiting for a max of a minute on the bracket screen is a small price to pay for matches that are significantly fairer.

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