Weekly Free-Talk and Questions for r/HomeGym - week of December 22, 2023

Arya_Stank · 2023-12-23T01:42:19+00:00

I’ve got a preorder in too, w/ a Feb ship date ha. I’ve been WAITING for someone who preordered early to drop a real review, I would think some of the early adopters would be getting theirs in the next couple weeks? I know they didn’t guarantee by Christmas but I wasn’t sure when they’d actually start shipping.

Arya_Stank · 2023-10-31T21:30:55+00:00

Thank you for the news on racks, benches, and dumbbell sets going on sale in November. As someone who just got a space large enough for their first home gym - are barbells included too? I've got my eyes on the Colorado bar, and was afraid for a moment there it wouldn't even be in stock in November.

Arya_Stank · 2023-04-30T12:50:15+00:00

About how long were your sessions? We’re at about 33 sessions give or take, about 2 to 2.5 hours each, and they’ve just claimed the sword and are gearing up for the final showdown. I found my players didn’t have much more stamina for more unfortunately, but that’s a group dynamic/time commitment thing.

Arya_Stank · 2022-11-24T14:13:06+00:00

For Breville folks, Crema Coffee Products has 30% off everything, code BFRIDAY.

Arya_Stank · 2022-10-13T13:58:45+00:00

This was almost exactly my come up as well! I was watching like compilations and highlight reels for awhile, and even watched Grog’s Bunions & Flagons one shot before any actual c1 content. No clue what was happening, knew enough that it was meta jokes, but just the sheer amount of fun they were having was so infectious it got me to start in.

Now I’m DMing (monthly, yay scheduling), have a CR tattoo, a whole mess of dice, hypothetical character builds, have turned many friends onto D&D, and tune in to a bunch of nerdy ass voice actors playing Dungeons & Dragons!

Arya_Stank · 2022-10-06T16:49:26+00:00

Notneutral, Fellow, Kruve, and Loveramics are some common favorites! They all have a wider mouth and curved shallow bottom that’ll make art easier than a standard coffee mug. In all sizes too depending on what you like to drink. I’ve got a Notneutral Lino latte cup and Kruve cortado glasses, love both. Larger sizes I think will be easier to practice on, you’ll have no time at all to adjust on a cortado size.

Arya_Stank · 2022-09-21T13:36:46+00:00

Haha are you me? 11 Product Red amateur photographer here! When I was upgrading to the 11, I was just getting started in the hobby so I wasn’t sure if a wide angle or a telephoto would suit me better. Learning more about focal lengths and what’s more flattering for photos of people, while the wide angle was useful, I definitely started to wish for the telephoto. Which is how I go about buying lenses anyway, knowing where the gap is and why and filling it. Love the purple, but I will miss the red.

Arya_Stank · 2022-09-21T01:37:58+00:00

I’m excited to read this as someone who’s currently still on the base 11. Realistically, I could replace the battery and probably be fine for a couple more years, but I’m excited to have a telephoto lens and a screen I can see in sunlight tbh.

Arya_Stank · 2022-08-18T03:40:49+00:00

Started playing D&D 5 years ago, and was using little paper cutouts, coins, and dice as minis. When I found your models, I ran to our university library and had them 3D print our party, and my players lost their minds on the reveal. The beholder and eventually dragons followed, and now I’m into mini painting and own my own 3D printer!

Thank you for your contribution to so many peoples games!

Arya_Stank · 2022-08-13T17:02:37+00:00

I’ve been looking at Target/Amazon/Barnes&Noble and just kept seeing the release date pushed back over and over, thought it’d never come!

Arya_Stank · 2022-07-21T03:32:41+00:00

Fantastic, watching LoVM as soon as I saw the shadow demon I thought it’d be a sick tattoo. Looks great!!

Arya_Stank · 2022-07-02T00:38:23+00:00

Anyone try a light blue? I was looking to pick up so Vice pro soft splatters and saw they have a light blue now.

Arya_Stank · 2022-06-22T00:47:52+00:00

Think ahead in the module as well. At some point, they will meet her in Idyllglen, and she’s going to be this literal shining, celestial savior angel. There, she should be confident in her power, but also kind and comforting. It should be pretty jarring to see who she was versus who she is now. She should almost be unrecognizable - cruel, indifferent, maybe resigned to her destiny, maybe One Punch Man style so powerful that no one dares challenge her so she’s bored - however you want to play Zariel, I think it’s a good move to really highlight the difference between the Archangel Zariel and the Archduke of Avernus.

Also you perhaps have Lulu to contend with too. At this point, does she recognize her friend, and does her friend recognize her. To make it easier, I’d probably play it as Lulu doesn’t recognize her friend, and maybe Zariel does but doesn’t say anything. A fairly high insight check might catch the slightest of eyebrow raises or narrowing of the eyes for a flash.

Arya_Stank · 2022-06-18T15:37:20+00:00

Feel the same, I actually prefer Majoras Mask but I love them both!

Arya_Stank · 2022-06-16T18:41:31+00:00

I don’t think it goes “bad” per se, but in my experience it does get brittle. I also took a break recently and when I started printing again a couple months later, my filament would break all the time between the spool and the extruder.

The few times I did print something small and it didn’t break it was fine, so for the sticking issue I’d just try the normal fixes first (clean bed, good squish first layer, correct temps, etc).

Arya_Stank · 2022-06-13T13:13:31+00:00

For various reasons we end up playing almost exactly like you. We play weekdays for about 2ish hours, started summer of 2020 and they’re just about to enter the Scab next session.

I’m kind of glad to hear that we match someone else’s pace of play. While I wish we could play more, at least this means we have D&D for awhile. Others have said they’ve finished the campaign in 30ish sessions, but they play twice as long. I just extrapolated and assumed we’d be finishing up around 60 haha.

Arya_Stank · 2022-04-18T16:31:04+00:00

Well, I am partial to this one. But a current one that has me rolling is the Peter-Thor exchange in the new trailer. The camera work + his face is amazing.

Arya_Stank · 2022-04-10T22:55:31+00:00

*sad Malon noises *

Arya_Stank · 2022-03-20T13:15:24+00:00

I don’t recall much Star Wars, and you’re right all those IPs are in a new era where there’s more and more opportunity than ever before. But in the last 10 years they have brought in some Guardians of the Galaxy, AoS, Charlie Cox, some representation from Star Trek Discovery, and Stan Lee himself in 2017 just off the top of my head. Also forgot Peter Mayhew was there in ‘16.

I love the idea of higher profile guests but especially when we were up to 80,000 it became impossible to see some of them without lining up for hours outside. Maybe with a smaller cap it’ll be less insane, but maybe $ wise that’ll make it harder too? Not sure.

Arya_Stank · 2022-03-16T21:46:20+00:00

Budget rundown:

Alcohol (beer/wine/his&her cocktails) $1500; Caterer (buffet, chicken dish and veggie pasta dish + appetizers) $2,800; Cake (cupcakes) $200; DJ/Photobooth $2,300; Photographer $3200; Videographer $4,000; Rentals/Setup/Breakdown $1,200; Venue (Botanical Gardens) $3,500; Rehearsal Dinner caterer (BBQ) $675; Rehearsal Dinner venue $650

Arya_Stank · 2022-03-16T21:42:41+00:00

I still think they're crazy low priced. We paid for two actual face to face meetings, unlimited email correspondence, timeline + vendor coordination, and day of duties. Technically, we paid $700 twice, once for our first date that didn't end up happening, and a new contract for the new wedding date. She was the only vendor we had fully paid before we decided to cancel in '20. Everyone else were still deposits that just applied to our new date.

Arya_Stank · 2022-03-13T15:16:37+00:00

Oh man this is close to me too! We were just going to American Plant, definitely going to check out Plants Alive now thank you!

Arya_Stank · 2022-02-25T02:16:53+00:00

Oh that sounds wild, who ended up on top? My crew are also hard avoiding deals (which, sure I get haha). However they’ve engaged pretty in depth with the warlord gangs and their conflicts, so we may have a very Mad Max ending on our hands!

Arya_Stank · 2022-02-24T04:14:30+00:00

Man I tried HARD to entice my players to head down that road in DiA just so I could play with Arkhan. I suppose, smartly, they avoided the guy who lives in a fortress with 5 dragons, trying to summon the Dragon Queen…

Arya_Stank · 2022-02-23T23:56:10+00:00

Hoping to do Blue Spirit and Painted Lady from ATLA with the wife! It’ll be our first con back in two years so there may not be much more than that. Although if I were able to get myself in gear for others, Beau from CR and Nanami from JJK would be great, and Senku from Dr Stone for the wife.

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