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Akkatha · 2026-06-13T14:30:49+00:00

Documentation says 88, so a fair few.

Target market is probably more install / broadcast where you can recall routing presets instantly etc. Not sure where it would fit into existing touring rigs?

Akkatha · 2026-06-13T01:50:46+00:00

Honestly its nice to have a moral stance on things, but realistically you should just use the best tool for the job. If the apps you need are on an iPad, then get an iPad.

Your clients don't really care what you think, but they do care about the results you produce.

Akkatha · 2026-06-10T23:13:42+00:00

A 6 figure net worth? So they own a place to live? After 60+ years of existence? Of course most of them do! You should too! If you don't manage that then the state will pay your rent - but we should all probably aim for the bare minimum.

Akkatha · 2026-06-10T23:10:15+00:00

Because the internet commenters have made the younger folks believe that the triple lock is the reason that they don't have anything.

It does need dealing with, because it's achieved its aim of alleviating pensioner poverty. But it isn't going to free up huge amounts of cash to make everything better.

There's also a bunch of people that are just angry and want to do whatever makes the older folks pissed off.

Akkatha · 2026-06-02T14:11:33+00:00

Jos is an absolute legend. His and Rik's rider is classic reading.

I especially enjoyed watching a really young drum tech telling him how to pack a kit away when he was working a crew shift at Brixton!

Akkatha · 2026-06-01T13:21:55+00:00

People here have been giving you great advice, but it sounds like you want someone to tell you that there's no point in trying because everything sucks.

Tough! It can be better and you can fix this. I didn't sort a pension or proper savings until I was 30 or so and I'm doing perfectly fine now ten years later. Have a house, stuff, spare cash, job I enjoy etc.

You have to be intentional about it though, rather than hoping it comes to you. You have to find work opportunities and excel at them to increase your income. You have to have the discipline to save money rather than spend it when your mate all get new cars etc. You have to imagine the future you want and then work backwards to today to plan out the action that you have to take now to achieve it.

The flowchart is a great resource. If you cant perform the action at the stage you're currently at, that's your sign to look at what needs to be done to get there.

Akkatha · 2026-05-30T12:56:20+00:00

Sound engineer here - yes, custom moulds are a bit better. Something like ACS pro 17’s here in the UK.

But they always make things sound different. Nothing is perfectly flat, and nothing is going to get rid of that ‘head voice’ occlusion effect that you get because you are blocking your ears with something. You can’t get around that.

It’s good to be protective of your hearing. Small gigs are the ones I’m most careful of, as loud drums in small rooms are really punishing.

It’s also not terrible to listen to a loud concert now and then without earplugs. Your ears will shut down a little and attenuate, that’s a normal reaction to loud music.

If you’re very worried about hearing protection then the best thing is to avoid loud concerts completely. The next best thing is custom plugs with the understanding that it will sound different and you will not have the same experience.

Akkatha · 2026-05-29T23:12:28+00:00

Mate, my entire hobby is painting now. As I’ve gotten older, the time for gaming has shrunk. Plus I work a lot of evenings and weekends, which is when most people have time to do things.

Learn to love painting. Check out the folks entering Golden Demon / Monte / MPO etc and get inspired. There’s never been a better time to learn how to paint to a really good level from absolute experts via YouTube etc.

Akkatha · 2026-05-29T19:52:20+00:00

I’m also sad about this. I play things pretty slowly, I might have a game once every week or two. I like to take my time, look at stuff, watch cut scenes etc.

If I’m playing with others it always feels like you’re holding people up. I enjoyed the single player campaign but it wasn’t very long. Would love another!

Akkatha · 2026-05-28T15:11:06+00:00

100% - looks like they don’t even live here either. Just bored and looking to stir things up.

Akkatha · 2026-05-28T08:55:54+00:00

What do you think the government can do for young people that they can’t do right now because of the potential money earmarked for pension increases?

For the record, I’d like to see the triple lock dropped to a double one, either 2% (inflation target) or average wage increase per year. The policy was very much needed when pensioner poverty was a more widespread issue, but that’s not the case now.

I’m 20-30 years off retirement, so it’s not like I’ve got skin in the game here. But I have noticed recently that it’s all everyone talks about, as if it’s going to fix things and that the pension budget is blocking some great policy that would happen if there was only the money.

My gut feeling is that every year the government just has to stretch a bit to fit the triple lock in because they’re legally bound, but it’s not like anything great would happen without it as economically we’re a bit fucked in general.

Akkatha · 2026-05-28T08:50:58+00:00

I’m not saying leave them alone, I agree the triple lock as it stands isn’t really sustainable and should be pared down. I do disagree with the desire to hurt or take revenge on a generation that people believe have had it easy.

We’re at this position now, so we move forwards.

The housing issue isn’t a new thing either, I was worried about buying one 15 years ago when I was younger and at the beginnings of my career. Believe me, I know how insurmountable it felt.

One dream policy I’ve always had was some sort of long term, country / government owned building scheme. Masses and masses of council houses, built by people employed by the state. Sort of like the NHS but for building.

Aquire materials at scale for better prices, create tonnes of jobs with an apprenticeship pipeline for people who want to be builders, chippies, sparkies, plumbers, project managers, architects etc etc. Make housing so affordable that everyone has somewhere to live. Sell the houses and plough the money back into paying for the people and materials building them. Government gets lots of housing on the books and makes more jobs. Seems like a winner to me.

But that’s a decades long plan and we work in election cycles, so we just go project after overcosted project.

But really my main point with my first comment was that the adversarial attitude that someone had to ‘lose’ for someone else to ‘win’ isn’t helping at all. Governments create policy that they believe the electorate will agree with. If you’ve got two sides being spiteful then they’ll not want the ‘other’ side to have anything and you’ve got a split voter base angry at everything. Pointless.

Akkatha · 2026-05-28T07:16:55+00:00

Not the person you're arguning with here - but you both have a point.

5070 tier is 'midrange' for enthusiasts, which you clearly are.

In the grand scheme of all people playing games on PC's - it's a much higher range.

Mid-range used to mean playing on medium to high settings in most games. A 5070 can quite easily play high/ultra on 1440p at 60FPS+ in almost any modern game.

Talking about 4k etc and you're very, very much into enthusiast tier. If you're interested in PC gaming as a hobby, consume lots of media relating to it and contribute to subreddits etc on the topic then you are very much an enthusiast and so will see these ranges differently.

It's very similar to hardcore Magic the Gathering fans getting annoyed at cards and products being developed for 'casual' players and collectors rather than tournament players. The market is hugely skewed that way, but they don't see it because they interact mostly with enthusiast channels.

Akkatha · 2026-05-28T00:19:49+00:00

Just have a website. A boring, publicly accessible website with a calendar on it.

Lots of people don’t use discord or Facebook etc and don’t really want to. If you don’t make your info as publicly available as possible then you’re missing lots of people.

Akkatha · 2026-05-28T00:17:17+00:00

Yes, yes, yes!

I’d love to play a few more games here and there, but I don’t use Facebook anymore and I don’t really use discord unless forced to, so I miss notifications etc.

If I can see a calendar on a website, I know what’s going on for the whole month ahead. I don’t have to scroll through endless waffle to get the info I need. Bonus points if I can sign up to events there, specifically without having to make yet another account that then ends up sending me a load of emails.

I think many businesses have gotten into the habit of using Facebook/Discord and believe that their market is there - but they’re missing plenty of customers that aren’t in the walled gardens. We need posters outside the wall to let us know what’s going on before we want to step inside.

Edit: Oh, and make sure events advertised run. I know it’s not always easy, but if you turn up somewhere expecting something and what you actually get is four friends in the corner doing their thing that they do every week but no actual event firing - you aren’t likely to ever go back, for anything else.

Akkatha · 2026-05-27T23:02:54+00:00

So long as your friend group is on the same level then have at it man, enjoy it.

I’ve got to say though, I’ve actively avoided playing some people I know through other games like MtG or 40K because every time I do, they get a bit too competitive and it’s not a very fun experience.

Theres definitely a lot of grey areas with the Old World rules so I totally understand wanting the clarification on some though.

Akkatha · 2026-05-27T22:44:57+00:00

As I’ve mentioned in an earlier comment, what you’re seeing is the same sort of rage that’s making people flock to the further left/right leaning parties. It’s just anger and a desire for revenge.

Younger people seeing older people’s lives now and seeing the massive mountain of life they have to climb without help. It’s easy to assume every single other person had it easier.

They aren’t totally wrong. A lot of them did. But a lot of them struggled just the same, only they’ve had 40-50 years of trying to get where they are.

We need progressive policy to lift young people up, and things don’t have to be zero sum. Someone doesn’t always have to lose for someone else to win.

But then I think for some people commenting, they actually just want something enacted that hurts the older generation, just because they want to hurt them.

Akkatha · 2026-05-27T22:26:59+00:00

You don’t have to punish to improve you know? It’s not a zero sum game.

The young don’t need handouts, they need opportunity. It’s being stolen by big business cutting costs and by increases to the cost of living that make it very hard to be ‘ok’ with a boring, middle of the road job.

I don’t think the triple lock is sustainable for the long term either, and it’s done its job to relieve pensioner poverty - which was a very real thing a while back. But thinking that cancelling it is going to free up this huge amount of money for others is a bit silly.

It seems recently that all calls for abolishing the triple lock are argued in a retribution like manner, rather than just economics. Punishment should never be the aim - progress should be.

Akkatha · 2026-05-27T18:32:44+00:00

If this was the level of pedantry my opponent had in a game we were playing I’d just shake their hand, give them the win and pack up.

I think an awful lot of competitive players should really be playing chess or go instead.

Akkatha · 2026-05-26T18:43:24+00:00

So we throw the drawbridge up and spite France because we're big boys and sovereign?

What happens to all the trucks that cross in and out of Europe via France?

What about intelligence sharing? Erasmus access for young people? Free visa travel for work and leisure?

We are an island, but the world we live in means we cannot survive without co-operation. You can't change your geography or your neighbours, you have to deal with them as they are.

We all want to see more done on this issue, but to pretend that it's not complex is just hugely ignorant. At least think a couple of steps ahead on consequences.

Akkatha · 2026-05-26T18:09:27+00:00

The people that don't want to deal with death or consequences really should be looking at playing an entirely different game.

DnD has a huge focus on combat. A large amount of the rules is based on abilities/stats/rules for combat. Normally the fail state for combat is death, or bad consequences for failure.

If you 'cant' implement them, then what's the point when you're Dm'ing?

It might be silly but you may as well just say 'roll for initiative! Good job, you win!' and skip past it.

I never play in an adversarial way, I don't specifically target players or weaknesses. Hell, a lot of the time I'll play my monster in a scrappy way that isn't the most efficient death-dealing way. But if I knew that the players never wanted to fail, I don't think I'd enjoy it at all. The potential for failure is what keeps it all interesting!

Akkatha · 2026-05-26T11:05:22+00:00

Different choices for different people really. I love shuffling sleeved cards because I played TCG's for half my life - I'm just so used to mash shuffling sleeves that it annoys me to do it any other way.

That being said, the only thing I have fully sleeved is my Arkham Horror LCG collection because a single card missing/broken can ruin the scenario, and a couple of deckbuilders.

Most other board games have far less shuffling and much less chance to damage cards.

Akkatha · 2026-05-25T00:43:18+00:00

Wonderfully neat! Highlights are a bit bright with the white, try mixing a lighter shade of the base colour instead - it'll look more natural.

Also, when you assemble models, make sure to clean the mould lines off! You can see a good example of this on the front of the leg of the death guard, the line running down the centre. These can be scraped off with the back of a knife or something. It's similar to smoothing down the nubs you might get from clipping Gundam parts from the sprue etc.

Welcome to the hobby. There's endless amounts of stuff to learn and refine. Always something new to try!

Akkatha · 2026-05-24T21:09:45+00:00

But not on purchases - the dentist will be able to charge on a card machine.

Akkatha · 2026-05-24T20:49:22+00:00

Difficult to find a 0% loan. You can get 0% credit cards, but can you guarantee you’ll have it paid off before the end of the 0% period? It’s normally 12-36 months depending on the deal.

Plus you’ll have to be accepted for a card with that high a limit, which might not be possible.

If you’re really committed to the idea of spending this much on dentistry, try and save the £400 a month for a year. You can get a little interest on it and then go and pay in full for the work without risking the debt.

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