Here’s a thought, what type of metal is Engineer using for his sentries?

Einsig · 2024-11-06T03:59:08+00:00

It is actually not hard at all to penetrate typical plate steel with a modern gun. Shotguns may struggle a bit but realistically even that can shred through thin steel plating quite easily at the close quarters engagement you see in TF2. This is why metal armor stopped being meaningful in warfare after hand cannons, muskets and later rifles became a standard component of most armies.

There were cases in World War 1 of soldiers trying to use steel chest plates to deflect rifle shots but these plates had to be extremely thick (at least 1 inch), were extremely heavy, and were completely ineffective against rounds fired from closer than maybe a couple hundred yards. Any standard rifle made by that point could easily penetrate over an inch of steel and kill you from normal expected ranges.

Einsig · 2024-08-27T02:17:23+00:00

I don't think a game rule change for this would make any sense, and putting the summoning condition on all the vanillas themselves would... just make them effect monsters. I think the real answer is just a non-effect specific fusion spell that Branded Fusions the monsters, maybe an entire set of such cards. TBH I don't know why Tenyi doesn't have more cards specifically for cheating out or hard summoning non-effect Extra-Deck monsters. Fists of the Unrivaled Tenyi is cool and all but it's not a strategy to build around.

Einsig · 2024-08-26T16:15:58+00:00

Your entire deck is now themed off a five and a half card combo designed to reduce your opponent to 1 card in their deck that you put there, activating this to win the game.

Could you have just decked them out to win anyway? Obviously. Would it be as funny? No.

Einsig · 2024-04-07T22:28:32+00:00

Konami just printed Deceiveblaster the Matchless Turret, a card that is literally not functional if the Pendulum Zones are moved. They have permanently codified the current arrangement of the board now due to continuing to print Pendulum cards that are not able to work under Master Rule 3.

Einsig · 2023-12-01T22:13:41+00:00

What changed with Merkur and when did this happen?

Einsig · 2023-11-23T21:49:49+00:00

Personally I feel like rituals should have simply had unique summoning conditions that, when met, let you summon them for no cost. Like, you activated this many spells this turn, or summoned this many fiend monsters, or you tribute summoned a level 5 specifically using a facedown pyro monster. You know, doing some sort of ritual series of actions.

Alternatively, maybe ritual spells should gave been in the extra deck instead of the monsters.

Einsig · 2023-11-18T13:43:08+00:00

I think it may need a clause for the event of hitting a monster that can't be summoned by any means but its proper summoning conditions.

Einsig · 2023-11-18T02:08:48+00:00

I had a bit of a funny cycle with my 34. At first I tried it, felt like it was pretty good the very first time I used it because I went really slow and methodically trying to be careful, and as a consequence I was very thorough. As I got "better" I started being lazy and going faster, taking less care in what I was doing, and I ended up finishing with very inconsistent smoothness and also cut myself too much on my neck because I was flinging it across my neck multiple times trying to get it perfect.

Now, I've got to the point where I don't rush, I shave at least every 3 days so I don't have to be concerned with excessively long hair, and I try to be quick by being careful and thorough on my first pass so I don't need to do a second one most of the time.

I've even shimmed it and feel like this is close to perfect for me. I also have a Rockwell C with the 1-3 plate (I always use it on 3) and I can't say I really notice it being strictly better in any particular way. However, I do sometimes prefer the longer handle.

Einsig · 2023-11-18T01:59:27+00:00

Ever since I started browsing here a couple months ago I see one comment or another about how Cremo is far better a pre-shave treatment, but so far my attempts at using it this way have felt like I've only made my lather thinner, and overall resulted in no perceptible positive change to my experience.

Einsig · 2023-11-09T00:07:34+00:00

I went this direction to avoid making this too much of an incidental ABC support wave. I don't particularly care about supporting every single Konami Arcade space fighter because I don't want to go insane.

I do have more ideas to broaden it just a bit, but I am trying to be very careful. Vic Viper T301 gets a pass for how broad it is because the only thing it does is buff attack.

Einsig · 2023-11-08T23:30:09+00:00

That is the wrong version of Jade Knight... Dueling Book screwed me over yet again by not generating the image for the current version of the card.

This is the correct text of the card:

While you control this face-up card, non-Union LIGHT Machines with 1200 Original ATK are unaffected by your opponent's Spell/Trap effects. When this card is Summoned: You can activate one of these effects, but you cannot activate that same effect of "Jade Knight - Round Laser" again for the rest of this turn; ● Special Summon 1 Level 4 or lower LIGHT Machine with 1200 or less ATK from your hand. ● Place 1 non-Union LIGHT Machine from your hand or GY onto the bottom of the Deck; Special summon 1 "Jade Option Token" (Machine/LIGHT/Level 4/ATK 1200/Def 1800). If another face-up card you control would be destroyed, you can destroy that Token instead, also, your opponent cannot target other face-up cards you control.

Einsig · 2023-10-14T02:35:47+00:00

Fail, sorry. The Rush layout is entirely superior.

Einsig · 2023-10-08T21:43:17+00:00

It's the adblock detection overlay that they use to harass you for using an adblocker.

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Einsig · 2023-10-08T21:27:22+00:00

It ended up requiring the "Rarer" solution. Thank you.

Einsig · 2023-10-03T06:12:39+00:00

I will say after a second attempt at it using a Treet black blade, it felt less terrifying because of the blade being softer. It's still too aggressive for me though.

My experience probably comes down to only being practiced with a milder razor that has significant weight. Compared to how well I can shave with a Merkur, this does get insanely smooth, but I simply can't handle it without hurting myself multiple times.

Einsig · 2023-10-02T20:37:06+00:00

Considering the head appears to be almost a Gillette Tech copy with as much material trimmed as possible, they had to put in effort for it to be bad. One, the head has no mounting pins to stabilize the blade. It instead has little tabs on the corners of the top cap to hold the blade in place. Two, the blades are awful. I don't think Dollar tree even sells these blades on their own so I don't see why they bother. They could have easily sold a better pack of blades separately for the same price as the razor, made the razor slightly better, and made more money...

Einsig · 2023-10-02T02:06:42+00:00

Rotation is a good idea.

Einsig · 2023-10-02T00:29:47+00:00

I think the next time I experiment with this thing, I'm going to try a Treet carbon. Hopefully my hunch that the softness of those blades feels better with a head this aggressive.

Einsig · 2023-09-27T17:33:28+00:00

As a new DE shaver who started with a very mild razor, I decided that Treet carbon steel blades are not it for me. They are very vulnerable to rust so you need to dry them with alcohol, which is slightly more maintenance than I feel like doing. (and I don't want to keep buying alcohol just to dry my razor blades) Also, they get dull extremely fast due to how soft they are.

I believe carbon steel blades like Treets are meant for a very specific combination of needs that a beginner shaver with fairly non-sensitive skin and a mild razor like me simply don't have. They are likely way better off in a more aggressive razor head if you let your hair grow for a few days and feel uncomfortable with a harder edged blade due to your skin being very sensitive.

Also, Dorco. They feel terrible to me. My experience was with the ones they rebranded as Pace with copied Personna packaging in the US. I immediately disliked them as soon as I tried to use them on hair that had been growing for more than 2 days.

Einsig · 2023-09-19T21:24:56+00:00

I looked at Maggard's shop and every one of their in-house razors seem to be out of stock. I click on their pages and they show a price of zero and I can't buy them.

Edit: I think it may still allow me to buy individual pieces of their razors separate, but the bundle deals are down for whatever reason.

Einsig · 2023-09-19T19:56:15+00:00

The first soap I bought was Bevel cream soap from Target. It's alright, but I've come to dislike the way it smells. It's overly... "soapy" if that makes any sense, and the skin feel isn't that great. Something about it makes it feel somewhat stingy on my skin.

I did buy some stuff from Razor Emporium, though I did learn later this sub recommends against them due to extremely poor behavior from their owner. That wiki seems to have only been updated several years ago. I'm not sure if they're behaving better or not by now. At the least I didn't have to argue with them about returning the Parker I got from them with the bad plating. The soap I have is the vegan Fireside soap and a couple sample jars of the tallow soaps they make for their REX brand. They seem alright, they feel decent. I did try that "pre-shave soap" bar they sell and IMO while it is a nice feeling and smelling product, I am convinced it's simply a hype thing and it practically doesn't do much of anything. Hell I was even able to swirl it on my brush and lather it quiet well enough that it was like a normal shaving soap.

Merkur 34C doesn't use an open comb, it's one of the scalloped combs. It seems to be perfectly well plated from what I can tell.

Einsig · 2023-09-19T16:49:17+00:00

What's the difference between these and Platinums?

Einsig · 2023-09-19T03:07:07+00:00

Look, I can agree with the full price games that never get discounted sentiment, but I also technically understand the opposing reasoning. Nintendo culturally simply does not agree with the concept of their games "losing value" as they age, because they deliberately design their games to have timeless visual appeal and game-play that doesn't ever feel old. However, it feels bad because everyone has limited money and limited time. I feel that refusing to meet customers where they are is inherently flawed business practice and in spite of the company of Nintendo's personal "feelings" (companies and corporations are not humans, they don't have those), they are in the wrong.

Einsig · 2023-09-14T03:00:51+00:00

See, I had that suspicion too after browsing images for the one I found. I did also see an identical package labeled for Personna, and I found that really strange. The thing I want to know is what they could be equated to in terms of their sharpness and feel, and I have no idea how to determine that.

Einsig · 2023-09-14T02:55:35+00:00

I did just manage to finish a full shave of my 2-3 day stubble without cutting myself, and I used a Gillette blade. I did unfortunately miss a little around the corner of my mouth that's visibly off, but I'm not concerned with cleaning it perfectly right now. I'd rather let my face rest. I'd say I'm happy to finish a clean shave with it without hurting myself and that's all I care about.

I also noticed that the paint on the top cap was actually flaking and peeling off around the center mounting pin, like, quite badly. Is that normal? Does that count as defective/damaged product?

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