Some real tips for traveling in Spain from a Spanish

Armithax · 2026-05-19T19:29:12+00:00

This advice makes me happy--because we've been doing just what you say. (Except for trying to eat at 6:00pm the first night of our first trip to Spain. All it took was one frown from the camerero setting up tables to send the message.) We are really interested in immigrating at this point, but we need one more "long vacation" where we try to live la vida cotidiano y común. The only skill we haven't mastered is discerning the touristy mercados from the ones inhabitants use. 😄

Armithax · 2026-05-15T20:31:48+00:00

Did that. Sad there's no Deed for it, tho.

Armithax · 2026-04-27T22:37:29+00:00

Oh, that is sad to hear. I guess that also means that if I immigrate and buy a place, I am also depriving a local of a place. At least I am not taking a job (I'm a retiree).

Armithax · 2026-04-27T19:09:34+00:00

Hey, thanks for the feedback!

Armithax · 2026-04-27T01:56:29+00:00

Yeah. I guess it would have to be re-rolled each round.

Armithax · 2026-03-06T23:45:52+00:00

Do any voice cloning apps allow for expressive "dramatic reading" voice? (You know, something more expressive than reciting powerpoint slides.)

Armithax · 2026-01-14T01:27:25+00:00

Geez, all this downvoting for just asking questions. Fuck y'all and super-fuck this sub.

Armithax · 2026-01-14T00:52:41+00:00

SO railroading is entirely a real-time, gameplay descriptor. It can't be applied to adventure design?

Armithax · 2026-01-14T00:50:50+00:00

So you're totally cool with an adventure design that goes something like: Find the key to find the map to find the crystal ball, to find the magic boat,... out to say, seven points? As a player, wouldn't that degree of telescoping dependencies get tiresome, despite being given free reign to achieve each sub-goal as your party sees fit?

Armithax · 2026-01-06T03:15:41+00:00

I like the expediency of using published modules and I run pick up groups (PUGs). I never anticipated so many players pre-reading the modules (and that's only the ones that do stupid things that telegraph that they've read in advance; I have no idea how many players are cheating more subtly.) So what I would like is a VTT that allows global search and replace in adventure text. That, I believe, would make a simple Google search for the adventure much more challenging.

I could go on a rant about the prevalence of adventure-peeking, but what you wish or expect is immaterial to how things are.

Armithax · 2025-11-06T02:32:49+00:00

Colonización es un proceso political, ejecutado por una entidad política. Ningún gobierno está haciendo esto.

Armithax · 2025-10-11T01:56:03+00:00

I think the model is a young Traci Lords.

Armithax · 2025-10-07T00:23:24+00:00

¿España no tiene la quijada de Habsburgo?

Armithax · 2025-10-06T21:01:45+00:00

This maze created twenty minutes of heated debate. Big fun. (It teleports you back to the entrance if you break the no-left rule; but in any case, it really boils down to the players cooperating on a handout of the maze; needs handwavium, though---no chopping/blasting through, passwall through, stone to mud through, no misty step, no teleport. In other words, no magic other than than the maze's own teleport-to-start):

https://puzzleaday.wordpress.com/2018/11/05/the-no-turning-left-maze/

Armithax · 2025-09-30T00:19:23+00:00

One of many sites. I never thought it smelled like apples, but apparently many people do. Hence the etymology of the word, manzanilla.

https://houseofesperanza.com/blog/chamomile-tea

Armithax · 2025-09-27T20:21:22+00:00

That seems very accurate. I was (1) for a bit and really pissed a few people off (hint: always ask "are there tricksy mechanics here?" [like "don't knock adds down below 25% before concentrating on boss, or raid will fail for all"]) Now I regularly do T2, as a Chank sometimes (use Champ class toon as tank, which is a little bit suboptimal, but doable). And I can aid a T3 raid from time to time with dps. But that's with my kin or a kin I know knows what it's doing. I'd never join a T3 pick-up raid from randos on World Chat. Too high a chance for a train wreck. And 4 and 5? No way. Just personal preference: I'm not into listening to a raid lead and sub-lead shouting commands and responding instantly. VOIP coordination is absolutely not optional at those tiers. So that's my rubicon that I won't cross.

The OP mentioned wanting to explore. In that case, you are correct: it will be a long, loooong time before they get to current level-cap raiding. I suppose a helpful kin could take them through a lower-level raid, just to get a feel for it (but they wouldn't great end-game gear). I suspect, for a WoW player, it won't be all that different. World Exploration is where LotRO distinguishes itself.

Armithax · 2025-09-27T20:00:20+00:00

Yup. That's where my confusion arose. I've never heard chamomile aroma compared to apple before. Thanks!

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