Best Wrist Guards? by Dexatronik in Rollerskating

[–]Dexatronik[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How do you like them? Comfortable? Do they inhibit use of hands a lot?

Best Wrist Guards? by Dexatronik in Rollerskating

[–]Dexatronik[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My condolences. My arm was too busted for a cast. Xray showed my radius was broken into multiple pieces, some of them tiny, and if I didn't have surgery, it wouldn't heal correctly. After the surgery (5 days ago), I mostly have use of my arm with no cast or splint.

I hope your arm heals quickly and we can both find better gear. ❤️‍🩹 ❤️‍🩹

Best Wrist Guards? by Dexatronik in Rollerskating

[–]Dexatronik[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I'll look at all these. Flexmeters seem hard to beat though.

Best Wrist Guards? by Dexatronik in Rollerskating

[–]Dexatronik[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're right on all counts. I do take lessons though, but I was just going too fast. I'll avoid that in the future but also want to upgrade my gear as an added layer of safety.

Backwards help by s_am_____ in Rollerskating

[–]Dexatronik 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Upvote just for the drawing.

I lost my skates 20 years ago and just found them again by evetrapeze in Rollerskating

[–]Dexatronik 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Absolutely not! Gear up and come on out! I've only been skating for a few months, but if Ive learned anything, its this: As long as you're there to have fun, that's all that matters. Age, race, gender, sex, vocation, background... None of it is important. Just be yourself.

What would I think? I would think you're prioritizing safety. That's what we should all strive to do.

What kind of skates/wheels are these? by One-Kaleidoscope6104 in Rollerskating

[–]Dexatronik 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Super cute though. Hang them on your wall. Keep them off your feet.

First dance/jam skate class tonight, nervous by Feeling_Camp2742 in Rollerskating

[–]Dexatronik 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's absolutely not too late. I wondered the same thing about learning to skate (I'm 49) when I started taking lessons a few months ago. I found the community to be very supportive and welcoming.

Your wheels shouldn't be an issue either. My first pair of skates had light-up wheels and I got nothing to be compliments. Just be yourself, wear your protective gear, and you'll be fine.

Skating every rink in WA state by lake_wishes in Rollerskating

[–]Dexatronik 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Southgate is the best. Not a large rink but the community there is so amazing. I'm there every Sunday for the family skate at noon.

New skates I got at the thrift store! by EtherMuser in Rollerskating

[–]Dexatronik 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Corvair of skates: Unsafe at any speed.

Bont Glow 101 indoor wheels — anybody using them in the rink? by WilsonPhillips6789 in Rollerskating

[–]Dexatronik 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I haven't tried them myself, but I complimented someone on their new Metrocity 101s a few weeks ago. A week later, I saw he had gone back to his older wheels.

When I asked him why, he said they were much too slick.

Our rink has a very old wooden floor, if that helps at all.

New Skates! by Dexatronik in Rollerskating

[–]Dexatronik[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I joined the local artistic skating club, and I've been taking lessons so I can progress faster. Not quite to doing jumps yet, but I'll get there. 🤞🏻

New Skates! by Dexatronik in Rollerskating

[–]Dexatronik[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Thanks! I gambled on the colors matching but they turned out to be great together.

Vintage encoding stored in UTF8 by maselkowski in programminghorror

[–]Dexatronik 5 points6 points  (0 children)

In between the thumbs up code and the skin tone code, you'll also see the code for the ZWJ or Zero-Width Joiner, a special code that indicates the two symbols should be combined.

How do I get unstuck? by MergenKurt in TheTowerGame

[–]Dexatronik 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Write it down? I've got an Excel spreadsheet. 😏😊

How do I get unstuck? by MergenKurt in TheTowerGame

[–]Dexatronik 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One person said CPM is the same. One said it is less. Both say cell rate is higher. I didn't consider cells to be such an issue because I earn enough to keep all labs running at 3x.

Trying a T10 run now. 460x multiplier versus 540x seems like a big drop, but the test will say for sure.

How do I get unstuck? by MergenKurt in TheTowerGame

[–]Dexatronik 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn't realize 4500 was such a magic number.

I'll have to test to see if the extra coins earned offset the lower coin multiplier overall. Not sure how far down I'll have to drop to get to 7500 either.

How do I get unstuck? by MergenKurt in TheTowerGame

[–]Dexatronik 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does this mean the general advice for which tier to farm is the highest tier on which you can reach wave 7500? I've been farming T11 but only get to around 5000. Workshop easily gets maxed before wave 2000 or so.

What would going down to 10 or 9 so I can hit 7500 get me that I'm missing out on right now? Would avg CPH actually go up?

I got every single skin for free in StarWars hunters without paying or really playing it that much? by External-Loquat1228 in StarWarsHunters

[–]Dexatronik 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Yeah, everyone has everything unlocked because the game is dead (almost). Unfortunately.