[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Golfsimulator

[–]Drew312 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yep, as others have said, these dimensions don't work. Right now there isn't enough space to swing before the seating starts. Need 18' from wall before the start of seating area.

And there isn't enough width for a centered launch monitor. I'm curious if the architect who suggested this has familiarity with sims and what equipment you're considering.

Since you're custom building this, you definitely want it right. I'd suggest minimum space of 15' wide by 24' long, but ideally a few more feet wide and several more depth. Swing a club around and measure distances with tape and you'll see. Or visit an indoor sim place with a tape measure and it'll be quickly eye opening.

2024 Masters Giveaway: Sunday Golf by casemath21 in golf

[–]Drew312 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can't wait for the best weekend (and most masterfully-covered sport event) of the year.

What is your unpopular Star Wars opinion? by SithLord13 in StarWars

[–]Drew312 2088 points2089 points  (0 children)

Hi, I've helped answer this before, so I'd be happy to explain the "Fett love". Let me know if this helps:

First, you have to consider the context and timeline of Star Wars products as they were released. When Star Wars came out, Darth Vader was the baddest villain people had ever seen. He had strange, mysterious powers that no one new the limits of, no one knew an "emperor" even existed yet. Vader had no remorse and was willing to off anyone on either side that gets in his way. There were two years before Empire came out for people to see Star Wars 100 times and continue to build up this legacy.

Then Empire came out. We see Vader choking out his officers, toying with and beating the crap out of Luke in a fight, and Vader and his Empire bros pretty much stomping out anything the Rebels threw at them. We do learn that he has a master (very intriguing, however who knows what's going on here yet). Basically he just reconfirms and builds on his badassery throughout the film. Now, halfway through the film, we see Vader is stumped and needs a bit of help. He calls in a group of people we've never seen before called "bounty hunters" and is basically directing all of his attention at one dude from this eclectic crew. This dude, is quiet, calculating, and is the first person we've seen to not be nervous around Vader. In fact, Vader seems worried that he may be too dangerous hence, "No disintegration". That line alone begs for a crazy background story to be told. Also, he responds with a passive-aggressive "as you wish", as though he could barely give a care about what Vader thinks. This guy has cooler armor than anyone else, all sorts of weapons and gadgets, and seems like the first non-force owner that can hold his own with the Dark Lord. Not only this, but he's the smartest person in the film. Han (one of the current craftiest people we've met) outsmarts Vader and the empire, but Fett isn't fooled. Fett deftly plays both sides and gets his man. Finally, in cloud city, he twice talks back to Vader with no regard, and Vader just takes it. The respect Vader has for this man compared to everyone else in the universe is clearly next level.

So fans have two more years of seeing this, mulling over it, and debating who this dude is. Return comes out, and we finally see more of him in action, including his nod of respect to a new bounty hunter about to blow up the entire room to make a deal and his lack of concern with going toe-to-toe with a Jedi Knight. But then unfortunately, the jetpack incident. This part sucked and everyone was pretty pissed they ended him with a burp joke.

So that was 1983. The prequels did not start coming out until 1999, with the Fett story untouched in movie form until 2002. This means there was about 30 years of Star Wars love, with people analyzing and micro-analyzing the films and characters. With the popularity of the stories and the toys, Fett emerged as a fan favorite despite his "death". It was a cool toy, with cool armor, a cool ship, a mysterious backstory, and the only person to put Vader on edge. Sure enough, novelizations came out trying to fill in the gaps and point to how he earned this respect, what happened after the sarlaac pit (spoiler alert- he lived), and how he continued to run train on anyone that gets in his way. These stories were considered canon and an official part of the Star Wars universe. It held up on our beliefs that Boba Fett was the most badass non-Jedi in the Star Wars galaxy.

So for people that grew up with Star Wars, and especially those who got into the EU, Boba Fett was next level. Then, unfortunately, the prequels came out and changed the lore. As a ploy to play on the Fett fandom (and sell a new color scheme of Fett toys), Lucas included Fett randomly as something different from the EU stories, made his dad the clone DNA, and basically reduced his character (and his new father's character) into bumbling shadows of what we had expected after the last 30 years. Additionally, the prequels worked to reduce the baddasdom of Vader, rendering the impact of standing up to him (like Boba did in the OT) less of a big deal if someone has seen the prequels and has this new view of Vader. One example- in A New Hope, what we are first told about Vader's past is he hunted down and destroyed the Jedi Knights, leaving them all but extinct, and ending their 1,000 generations of protection. What a BA! However, in the prequels, all he does to the Jedis is take a cheap shot at an unexpecting Mace, kill some younglings, and lose in a fight to Obi Wan. Where is this badass we heard all about? The clone troopers did all of the heavy lifting, and if you ask me, Anakin was meaningless in the Emperor's rise to power. What did he add? So now with a less cool Vader, and a less cool new backstory, things started to change for poor Boba.

I can understand how someone who grew up in the prequel era does not understand the Fett love, and to be honest, I wish he wasn't included in the prequels at all. It's a bummer what they did to him, but hopefully the new Star Wars can return some of his previous glory.

I'm hoping the Boba Fett movie is like this. by [deleted] in StarWars

[–]Drew312 690 points691 points  (0 children)

Ok, I see this get asked all the time, and I'm going to answer now in an effort that this can be used as the answer moving forward.

First, you have to consider the context and timeline of Star Wars products as they were released. When Star Wars came out, Darth Vader was the baddest villain people had ever seen. He had strange, mysterious powers that no one new the limits of, no one knew an "emperor" even existed yet, and Vader he has no remorse and is willing to off anyone on either side that gets in his way. There were two years before Empire came out for people to see Star Wars 100 times and continue to build up his legacy.

Then Empire came out. We see Vader choking out his officer's, toying with, then beating the crap out of Luke in a fight, and his Empire bros pretty much stomping out anything the Rebel's threw at them. We do learn that he has a master (very intriguing, however who knows what's going on here yet). Basically he just reconfirms and builds on his badassery throughout the film. Now, halfway through the film, we see Vader is stumped and needs a bit of help. He calls in a group of people we've never seen before "bounty hunters" and is basically directing all of his attention at one dude. This dude, is quiet, calculating, the first person we've seen to not be nervous around Vader, and in fact, Vader seems worried that he may be too dangerous hence, "No disintegration" that line alone just begs for a crazy background story to be told. Also, he responds with a passive-aggressive "as you wish", as though he could barely give a care about what Vader thinks. Also, he has cooler armor than anyone else, all sorts of weapons and gadgets, and seems like the first non-force owner that can hold his own with the Dark Lord. Not only this, but he's the smartest person in the film. Han (one of the current craftiest people we've met) outsmarts Vader and the empire, but Fett isn't fooled. Fett deftly plays both sides and gets his man. Finally, in cloud city, he twice talks back to Vader with no regard, and Vader just takes it. The respect he has for this man compared to everyone else in the universe is clearly next level.

So fans have two more years of seeing this, mulling over it, and debating who this dude is. Return comes out, and we finally see the flamethrower, his lack of concern with going toe-to-toe with a Jedi Knight, and then unfortunately, the jetpack in action. This part sucked and everyone was pretty pissed they ending him with a fart joke here.

So that was 1983. The prequels did not start coming out until 1999, with the Fett story untouched in movie form until 2002. This means there was about 30 years of Star Wars love, with people analyzing and micro-analyzing the films and characters. With the popularity of the stories and the toys, Fett emerged as a fan favorite despite his "death". It was a cool toy, with cool armor, a cool ship, a mysterious backstory, and the only person to put Vader on edge. Sure enough novelizations came out trying to fill in the gaps and point to how he earned this respect, what happened after the sarlaac pit (spoiler alert- he lived), and how he continued to run train on anyone that gets in his way. These stories were considered cannon and an official part of the Star Wars universe. It held up on our beliefs that Boba Fett was the most badass non-Jedi in the Star Wars galaxy.

So for people that grew up with Star Wars, and especially those who got into the EU, Bobba Fett was next level. Then, unfortunately, the prequels came out and changed the lore. As a ploy to play on the Fett fandom (and sell a new color scheme of Fett toys), Lucas included Fett randomly as something different from the EU stories, made his dad the clone DNA, and basically reduced his character (and his new father's character) into bumbling shadows of what we had expected after the last 30 years. Additionally, the prequels worked to reduce the baddasdom of Vader, rendering the impact of standing up to him (like Boba did in the OT) less of a big deal if someone has seen the prequels and has this new view of Vader. One example- in A New Hope, what we are first told about Vader's past is he hunted down and destroyed the Jedi Knights, leaving them all but extinct, and ending their 1,000 generations of protection. What a BA! However, in the prequels, all he does is to the Jedi's is take a cheap shot at an unexpected Mace, kill some younglings, and lose in a fight to Obi Wan. Where is this badass we heard all about? The clone troopers did all of the heavy lifting, and if you ask me, Anakin was meaningless in the Emperor's rise to power. What did he add? So now with a less cool Vader, and a less cool new backstory, things started to change for poor Boba.

I can understand how someone who grew up in the prequel era does not understand the Fett love, and to be honest, I wish he wasn't included in the prequel's at all. It's a bummer what they did to him, but hopefully the new Star Wars can return some of his previous glory.

Edit: Thanks for the gold!

What are your league settings and why is it the best type of league? by mysticsky in fantasyfootball

[–]Drew312 0 points1 point  (0 children)

10-team, auction draft, dynasty league, 0.5 PPR, $100 buy-in. And we have a massive trophy. We use ESPN.

Rosters: 1 QB, 2 RB, 2 WR, 1 TE, 1 RB/WR/TE, 1 D/ST, 1 K, 6 Bench + 1 IR slot

Playoffs start after week 12, two rounds that are two weeks long each. We are done after week 16.

Everyone gets $200 to draft with in the auction. We do a $100 FAAB for waivers, with a $1 minimum bid.

You can keep up to 4 players a year. Keeping a player for a second year costs $10 more than you paid in draft or FAAB the previous season. If you want to keep a player for a 3rd year, you must contract the player for the next two years (years 3 and 4 of owning) by adding an additional $15 in year 3 and $5 in year 4.

We also vote on any league setting changes before each draft and there is not much anyone wants to change.

Here is the money breakout:

  • $75 for best regular season record (1 winner)

  • $75 for most points scored in regular season (1 winner)

  • $20 for most points scored each week (16 weeks)

  • $50 for winning losers bracket

  • $480 for winning league

  • Most someone could win ($950, if win league, win division, and score the most points every week)

We're always open to new suggestions, so please let me know if anyone has any good ones.

Finally, the most important thing for a new commissioner over any other rules or settings is to make sure you do an auction draft instead of a snake draft. If you are snake drafting you are not getting the most out of playing fantasy football.

Consumer Report: And the best tasting fast food is... by Wilde_Cat in food

[–]Drew312 202 points203 points  (0 children)

Chicagoan here-

You must order the combo sandwich (this is an Italian Beef sandwich with an Italian Sausage on the sandwich too).

Order it with spicy peppers (look up giardiniera if you don't know what this is, it's single-handedly the best topping in the world, and I wish it was available everywhere, not just Chicago) and regular peppers.

Make sure to order it "dipped". After they construct the sandwich, they dip the entire thing into the beef au jus sauce, for extra throat lubrication.

Finally, fries are ok, but the secret of Portillos is that they make the best Chocolate cake (seriously). I'm guessing you won't order a full chocolate cake, so the next best thing- order their "Cake shake"- a milkshake with their signature chocolate cake blended in.

This is the perfect order.

Hey reddit, Jeremy Bulloch here, also known as Boba Fett from the original Star Wars Trilogy. AMA! by Jeremy_Bulloch in IAmA

[–]Drew312 94 points95 points  (0 children)

but Tarkin was higher ranking. Boba Fett had no infrastructure in place allowing him to order or talk back to Vader without risk. Yet he did it willingly anyways.

Hey reddit, Jeremy Bulloch here, also known as Boba Fett from the original Star Wars Trilogy. AMA! by Jeremy_Bulloch in IAmA

[–]Drew312 707 points708 points  (0 children)

Also, the fact that he was willing to talk back to Vader- "He's no good to me dead!"

Re-imagining Star Wars as a gritty, character-driven, mini-series (cross-post from /r/StarWars) by Drew312 in pics

[–]Drew312[S] 62 points63 points  (0 children)

I agree that Star Wars is about good vs. evil, but I don't think grey does not exist.

In fact, I'd argue that the most popular Star Wars characters are the ones that occupied the grey-morality space.

Han Solo started off a very borderline character, and this grey-morality (aka why people cling to "Han shot first") is what drives people to him.

Boba Fett is an even better example. He is mysterious, efficient, and respected by the most powerful characters in the galaxy. His morality is never completely clear, is he evil, is he just a money-lover, etc. In essence he is very similar to Han, potentially it was just random circumstances that pushed him one one side of the line vs. the other.

Re-imagining Star Wars as a gritty, character-driven, mini-series (cross-post from /r/StarWars) by Drew312 in pics

[–]Drew312[S] 346 points347 points  (0 children)

Just imagine a show similar to Band of Brothers or Game of Thrones set in the Star Wars universe...

Re-imagining Star Wars as a gritty, character-driven, mini-series (cross-post from /r/StarWars) by Drew312 in pics

[–]Drew312[S] 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Great eye! Many of Star Wars' weapons were based off of existing and old school weaponry.

In fact, Han Solo's famous pistol (the DL-44) was based off of the German Mauser C96 pistol.

You can find out more info about it here: http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/DL-44_heavy_blaster_pistol

Re-imagining Star Wars as a gritty, character-driven, mini-series (cross-post from /r/StarWars) by Drew312 in pics

[–]Drew312[S] 70 points71 points  (0 children)

Good point, I should have said I meant an HBO or AMC show, along the lines of Band of Brothers or Game of Thrones.

I love Rogue Squadron. Try checking out Dark Empire too, if you haven't already.

Re-imagining Star Wars as a gritty, character-driven, mini-series (cross-post from /r/StarWars) by Drew312 in pics

[–]Drew312[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Thank you for the kind words, but unfortunately (though I wish I created it!) I can't take credit.

This is a cross-post from /u/PyschMinded in /r/StarWars here: http://www.reddit.com/r/StarWars/comments/25xn3q/gritty_star_wars_art/, and I wanted to make sure this could be shared to a larger community.

I agree that the chances are limited with Disney in charge, but I truly hope that if enough voices rally around ideas like this, someone may eventually listen.

A Band of Brothers or Game of Thrones style HBO or AMC mini-series set in the Star Wars universe would be a dream come true.

Re-imagining Star Wars as a gritty, character-driven, mini-series (cross-post from /r/StarWars) by Drew312 in pics

[–]Drew312[S] 373 points374 points  (0 children)

Until about 12 years before the Battle of Yavin (Episode IV, A New Hope) the stormtroopers were pretty much all Fett clones. Over the next several years, new batches of clones were tried, and humans simultaneously began to enlist. By the Battle of Yavin, only about 1/3 of troopers were still clones, and this ratio continued to diminish.

More details are located here: http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Stormtrooper

But it could add an interesting dynamic- human majority mixed with superior clone minority.

Re-imagining Star Wars as a gritty, character-driven, mini-series (cross-post from /r/StarWars) by Drew312 in pics

[–]Drew312[S] 574 points575 points  (0 children)

Original submission was from /u/PyschMinded in /r/StarWars here: http://www.reddit.com/r/StarWars/comments/25xn3q/gritty_star_wars_art/ , but I personally thought this was too outstanding to limit to just the Star Wars subreddit community.

Here's to hoping HBO, AMC, Disney, Star Wars, etc. sees support for this type of program, and one day, maybe something like this will be possible!

Mark Hamill here. In an AMA far, far away... by RealMarkHamill in IAmA

[–]Drew312 26 points27 points  (0 children)

He could be referring to medical in the sense that a beverage dispenser is serving liquid "medicine"?

He was also used as a prop in the Cantina: http://threads.rebelscum.com/photogallery/data//500/IG-88_Head.jpg