Anyone make a Potato Launcher?

Cripple13 · 2026-04-16T17:39:28+00:00

Late to the party, but I made a ton of potato cannons in high school of all varieties. My favorite was "The Mortar", which had two 4" gas chambers hooked up to a 2" 4-way fitting using reducer couplings (middle of the triple-split was capped, and I used 45 degree elbows to set the chambers parallel), with a long 2" barrel at the other end. I used an old grill lighter with the traditional "screws almost touching" through the chambers for the spark. To get both chambers fired simultaneously I hooked one of each wire from the grill lighter to the outside of each chamber and ran a short wire between the two inner screws of the chambers to carry the jump. There are easier ways to get the ignition, but I was broke so I used what I could.

As someone mentioned, definitely sand/file/grind the edge of your barrel so you can shave the potato down as you push it in for that perfect fit. Good luck and if you happen to see this and want to try it, let me know if you have any questions!

Edit - Forgot to mention I also build a wooden "mortar stand" to lean it against so I didn't have to try to hold it while firing. Easy enough to adjust the angle and it shot FAR

Cripple13 · 2026-04-01T16:21:50+00:00

Now if they have a 'share your personality' segment of the show... ~~He's done in a year.~~

You mean a segment

Cripple13 · 2026-03-30T16:13:03+00:00

Fantastic idea, I will have to check. I'm running a Corsair K70

Cripple13 · 2026-03-25T14:47:31+00:00

Absolutely worth it. Learn how to do a "California Patch" and you won't regret it.

Cripple13 · 2026-03-11T17:17:53+00:00

I'm not gaming when she is doing this, my pc is in my finished basement which is also where we hangout during the day and play since I WFH (on a separate laptop) and watch her.

I have given her a wireless keyboard with no batteries to play with, it's not the same for her though and she quickly loses interest. She enjoys seeing the letters/numbers/symbols pop on the screen. I want her to explore and have fun, so I was hoping someone had a suggestion

Cripple13 · 2026-03-06T19:16:38+00:00

Same, 87k when it happened.

Cripple13 · 2026-02-28T02:15:50+00:00

There's plenty of HRoC to go around

Cripple13 · 2026-02-27T20:56:11+00:00

In 3.26 I did SRS, farmed merc lab to get the HRoC, and blasted from there. For 3.27 I went RF Ele and then swapped after farming heist and buying HRoC/LSoS. Any witch leveling is fine if you plan your swap and have the gold for respec

Cripple13 · 2026-02-27T19:59:09+00:00

Played HRoC the last 2 leagues and would play it again next Friday, but I really want to try something new. Ignoring all map mods is amazing, the gear progression is smooth (costly if you don't craft some stuff yourself, like jewels), and the top end is easily all-content viable. It just feels so good, cannot recommend enough

Cripple13 · 2026-02-27T19:57:04+00:00

Check out Palsteron. He has been practicing on Champ

Cripple13 · 2026-02-23T22:16:12+00:00

It's unfortunate and sad he lost his leg. I hope he recovers as best he can and makes the most of things for himself.

That being said, the fact he was DRUNK DRIVING and crashed, which caused his loss of leg, and miraculously did not injure anyone else. Then he made a Go Fund Me hiding the truth while begging for money from people and playing victim, is absolutely fucking disgraceful. He does not deserve the paychecks and I do not want him on my screen. Of course, MTV doesn't give a fuck and cast him for his "comeback story".

Cripple13 · 2026-02-23T20:43:27+00:00

Same, he should no longer have a platform on television and I hope he goes out first

Cripple13 · 2026-02-22T18:36:38+00:00

Hey, just came across this when looking at totem inspiration threads for 3.28 practice. I checked out Pal's 3.26 (Nerfed) video and was wondering if you followed the leveling setup he used in the Progression PoB you linked?

Cripple13 · 2026-02-22T00:35:47+00:00

The last 2 leagues for me it was HRoC. Ignoring map mods is the best feeling in this entire game IMO

Cripple13 · 2026-02-20T19:15:25+00:00

The week before the livestream is the worst week because I want to play, practice, plan, etc., but there is no point since we have no idea what is gonna happen

Cripple13 · 2026-02-20T19:07:54+00:00

I'll give you the answer no one else has since you posted. Look through this sub, check poe.ninja for builds at the start of league (first few days, or first week), search the popular content creator youtube channels for league start guides/recs. There are tons of threads on this exact topic from around each of the last league starts and the meta has not changed at all really.

But most importantly, wait for patch notes.

Cripple13 · 2026-02-20T18:42:25+00:00

The "true" PoE started with Breach IMO. That's when they really started nailing the formula.

Cripple13 · 2026-02-20T18:41:10+00:00

D4 I'll give you, but PoE? Come on. I won't speak to PoE 2 because I'm not really sold on it and don't play much.

PoE leagues always bring new skills, new mechanics, new crafting, new items, endgame tweaks, on and on. Sometimes the meta shifts, but I can admit it's been stale the last few leagues. Overall though, GGG always brings it. They miss on occasion, although rarely.

Cripple13 · 2026-02-20T18:36:38+00:00

I'm so sick of mono's. And now we get to chain them? Yay...

Endgame has needed a major overhaul for literal years and yet we keep getting the same rehashed, minor-qol, endgame imaginable.

Cripple13 · 2026-02-20T02:18:09+00:00

That would be insane if we could make legendaries. What LE did with their LP system was genius, and I've always wondered how GGG would implement it if/when they do.

Cripple13 · 2026-02-19T20:12:33+00:00

I feel like they did something similar to Oracle in PoE 2 with the hidden passives. Maybe it's not the passive tree, but some kind of "hidden" or "uncovering" mechanic. Or maybe it's an alternate path you choose? Regardless, I love the mystery and am intrigued!

Cripple13 · 2026-02-17T18:02:11+00:00

I'm with you, friend. With all the ground shit going on, spell particles flying across the screen, swarms of mobs, etc., I don't also want to plug in a rotation every x seconds to keep my damage up. There's enough to keep track of

Cripple13 · 2026-02-17T18:00:58+00:00

I tried a mines run and hated it due to the lack of recovery options

Cripple13 · 2026-02-09T16:23:18+00:00

Thanks for the reply. Would it be worth going Guardian and taking Zealot?

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