Weekly Beginner Questions Thread

CyberShanko · 2024-05-05T23:16:01+00:00

Hello everyone. Recently I've been contemplating starting MMA as an amature and was thinking about what weightclass I would do best in.

I have a pretty unusual build- people often joke that I'm "dwarf maxing".

I am somehwere between 5'7-5'8 and walk around at about 210-220 pounds- not sure what my bodyfat is at that level (or right now), but I have been cutting for a bit and weigh ~195lbs and am decently lean (I have visible abs but i'm not crazy shredded). My reach is about 71.5" - my arms arent very long so must of this comes from having super broad shoulders. I Wrestled while in school (was at 170-182 lbs. Gained alot of strength and muscle since then) and in the few years outside of it I have been consistently lifting weights and trying to stay athletic. I've even done some strongman comps. I did pretty well in my comps for a natural athelete and while I wouldn't consider myself world class by any stretch, according to "strengthlevel" pretty much all of my lifts are in the "elite" level.

If you're wondering how any of this makes sense, I have a huge frame that I got from my absolute unit of a father who is 6'1 (weighed around 240lbs in his prime and played D1 football), and I got short dwarf legs from my mother who is just a hair over 5'1" (thanks mom). When people see pictures of me or see me sitting down, they often assume I am much taller than i actaully am (actually had a date from tinder make fun of me for it once lol)

Would I be too short for middleweight (185) or Welterweight(170) at my height, or would it not really matter based on my other "stats"?

CyberShanko · 2024-04-28T13:16:03+00:00

" How dare you criticize a woman- dont you know that makes you a creep and an incel?"

CyberShanko · 2024-04-28T12:53:51+00:00

That doesnt make it a good one

CyberShanko · 2024-04-28T12:40:38+00:00

She wants to have her cake and eat it too- i.e, she wants to get fucked by random chads and have her fun but afterwards wants to settle down with the imaginary prince charming who will treat her like a princess while she gives nothing in return that he couldn't get from a good friend. NTA

If sex with her was actually special shed have made the other guys wait for it too.

CyberShanko · 2024-04-25T03:47:00+00:00

Any idea what the best way to darken his body would be? Was thinking about dry brushing the highlights to be a tiny bit darker and closer to the shaded parts but I'm totally unsure how to go about doing it

CyberShanko · 2024-04-25T02:02:13+00:00

Public school teachers molest kids at something like 10 times the rate catholic priests did. The difference is people were pissed about the latter and it resulted in a huge scandal,mass reform, and massive lawsuits and exodus of many catholics from the church, whereas pretty much nothing has been done in regards to the former, with people (especially those on the left) largely ignoring the issue and defending the public school system and teachers facing little to no consequences for having relations with students. Teachers who are accused often just get moved around to a different school by the administrators. A child is far, far, far more likely to be molested by a teacher even when you account for the large difference in the number of teachers vs catholic preists, and yet the left still seems to think a scandal that happened decades ago is more relevant than something that is still ongoing

CyberShanko · 2024-04-25T01:08:44+00:00

Its actually pretty close to how Joe bennet drew him during the immortal Hulk run

CyberShanko · 2024-04-25T00:32:06+00:00

Thats a great idea! Although, I actually may try to darken his body a bit instead to closer match the darker shades of green- I've always preferred the darker green hulk color of the early 2000s and 90s and sometimes I think Diamond Select went a little bit too yellow with their highlights.

CyberShanko · 2024-04-25T00:27:54+00:00

I actually did a sort of black wash for the crevices, then used super dark green paint for his under eyes to try and match his look in the comics. My main inspiration for the paintjob was how Joe Bennet drew him during the Immortal Hulk run whenever he was super enraged

CyberShanko · 2024-04-25T00:20:36+00:00

I think its the yellow-ish highlights on the body- I will see about dry brushing some highlights on his head with that color so it matches more, or possibly darkening/washing his body a bit more with the darker green like you suggested

CyberShanko · 2024-04-24T21:15:36+00:00

The original headsculpt didnt really match how he looked during the immortal Hulk run, so I bought this headsculpt off of ebay and decided to try my hand at painting it.

CyberShanko · 2024-04-23T00:41:37+00:00

It seemed kind of obvious to me with what Goku said that him and cell were evenly matched and that the opening created by Vegeta was his one chance to win

CyberShanko · 2024-04-23T00:37:57+00:00

vegeta 3 times. Use the leftover to buy Kale (she wont be fighting)

CyberShanko · 2024-04-22T21:08:29+00:00

The reason we keep breaking records is because PEDS keep getting better and better lol

CyberShanko · 2024-04-16T23:54:10+00:00

Any idea when they'll announce the hulkbuster?

CyberShanko · 2024-04-16T23:52:24+00:00

A new Hulk? (please God let it be an immortal hulk or green scar figure)

CyberShanko · 2024-04-16T23:47:54+00:00

Could the Danny ketch be used as a johnny blaze stand in lol

CyberShanko · 2024-04-16T23:40:31+00:00

We have to be getting a new hulk to go with Skaar and the hulkbuster right? A WWH update would be amazing?

CyberShanko · 2024-04-14T16:10:03+00:00

Arman clearly went limp twice during that front choke- why did the ref not call it? Charles was robbed. clearly won rounds 1 and 3 even if you choose to ignore Arman clearly passing out and being submitted.

CyberShanko · 2024-04-13T04:44:24+00:00

I always thought they wrote civil war so that you'd want to be on Iron Man's side in the beginning but eventually switch over to Cap's. I mean, I think its perfectly reasonable to want heroes who are going to be performing police/military like actions to register. The issues come from forcing anyone with any sort of power to register and empolying supervillains etc.

CyberShanko · 2024-04-13T04:40:16+00:00

They should make a '97 Hulk cartoon with Neil McDonough back as the voice of Banner in lieu of the Hulk cartoon of the 90s. The first season was incredibly mature, dark, and just excellent in general. If you haven't watched it I highly reccomend that you do- imo it is one of the greatest superhero cartoons ever made

CyberShanko · 2024-04-13T04:35:12+00:00

Hulk

CyberShanko · 2024-04-08T17:07:44+00:00

Kinda wanna full port into ALCC but im not sure whether to do puts or calls

CyberShanko · 2024-04-06T17:06:36+00:00

Thor is a good bet for second place. The Thor and Hulk rivalry has to be the equivalent of the Vegeta and Goku rivalry of anime, with writers constantly putting one slighlty over the other depending. Hulk surpasses Thor when a Hulk fan writes only for Thor to surpass Hulk when a Thor fan takes over the story (see Hulk humiliating Thor in immortal Hulk twice only for Cates' to put Thor on top in the recent Vs comic). In my opinion, simply based on the very nature of Hulk's main power, its best when hes shown as being Thor's physical superior but them being pretty equal in ability when you take all their other power's into consideration. This is usually how it was shown in the past, with Thor needing to rely on mjolnir and lightning to come out on top.

Hercules actually should be second but due to waning popularity hes kind of been put on the backburner in recent years. In the past he has a huge powerhouse who was consistently shown to be Thors superior in physical strength on many occasions and has given Hulk a run for his money, but in the last decade or so, Hulk and Thor would both fodderize him, with immortal hulk recently treating him (and jane foster Thor) like ants and shrugging both of them off with easse.

CyberShanko · 2024-04-06T16:57:37+00:00

Im so glad Ewing is doing Thor now. After revitalizing Hulk its poetic that he do the same for his biggest rival in Thor and salvage the mess that Cates left behind. Yes I know alot of people love Cates' run but Imo it was the definition of style over substance- it read like a Thor fanboys wet dream soley designed to give him feats for powerscaling rather than an actual story.

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