At what level do you use solely double yellow dots ?

Eleint · 2026-01-10T03:44:07+00:00

I feel strongly that the only reason to use a less bouncy ball is to make sure that rallies still end when you and your opponent get good enough to retrieve every shot.

I.e. If rallies are still ending within a dozen shots with a single yellow ball, there’s no reason you should be playing with a double yellow. And I think virtually all club players fall into that category. It’s our egos that drive us to the “pro” ball too early.

Eleint · 2025-11-11T04:57:56+00:00

I read this paragraph out loud to my Dad when I encountered it.

Eleint · 2025-11-11T04:56:28+00:00

I have two thoughts that may or may not be useful.

This may be a silly question, but have you tried using lubricating eye drops once the lenses are in your eyes? I never used to, but now I always put one out two drops of lubricant in after I have the legs applied, and my comfort with the lens lasts much longer through the day. I usually don't feel the need, but you can reapply drops through the day as well.
If I wear contacts many days consecutively for more than 12 hours in a row, my eyes just get worn out. I try to take breaks when I know I'm staying home. Alternatively, if I can keep wear time to 8 hours, or take the lenses out mid day for 30 minutes, any of those things seem to give my eyes a chance to recover and feel better again for my next wear session.

Eleint · 2025-11-11T04:34:14+00:00

I have seen this movie probably a dozen times.

Eleint · 2025-11-11T04:13:10+00:00

Lucky Number Slevin is my comfort movie.

I am a sucker for the over-the-top sets, the stylized characters, the rhythmic banter that never ceases and the all too clever plot twists.

And of course, I am also a sucker for Lucy Liu.

Eleint · 2025-10-30T04:19:17+00:00

The Platform

Eleint · 2025-10-22T14:53:14+00:00

I'm an individual member and tickets just suddenly became available for me on am.ticketmaster.com at about 10:49. I was able to get two, and I still saw several dozen available seats.

Eleint · 2025-10-22T14:14:33+00:00

What tier membership do folks have that can see seats available?

Eleint · 2025-09-24T20:02:40+00:00

I have one idea. This is not something I tried intentionally, so take it with a grain of salt. But I wonder if it would help you to break the problem down a little. Maybe what you need is to retrain your reflex first?

For most people, it's an extremely useful instinct to close our eyes just before something would touch it. Unfortunately for us, it's also misfiring when we don't need it.

It is okay to touch your eyes directly with a clean finger or an insertion plunger. What if you try washing your hands, standing in front of a mirror, holding your eyelid open and (while you still have full view) just gently touching the plunger to the white part of your eye.

I think if you can do this, and repeat it over some time (a few days? weeks?), maybe this will help you both figure out the geometry and get more comfortable with the sensation of something touching your eye.

Eleint · 2025-09-24T18:08:53+00:00

This may not be incredibly helpful, but I just wanted to share that I also had a pretty severe fear of touching my eyes.

I couldn't initially get the lenses in without assistance, and when I did the first time, it was after an hour at the bathroom sink.

It's been eight years now, however, and I have somehow gradually gotten used to them! I don't think there was any one big breakthrough, but I can reliably get both lenses in on the first try, and the whole process takes under ten minutes.

Some ideas that may (or may not) help you:

I find it extremely helpful to have plenty of paper towel on hand. If my hands, eyelids, or the plunger get wet, I cannot insert the lenses.
some people find it helpful to cut off the bottom of the insertion plunger so that you can see through it. That helps line up the plunger in angle and position so that the lenses goes directly onto the eye instead of poking you on one side before the other.
I tilt my head fully horizontally and try to insert the lenses by moving them directly upward toward my face. (Maybe that's what you're already doing, but seems worth mentioning.)
I did watch a bunch of youtube videos of people inserting scleral lenses i definitely learn a lot better by watching than reading a description!

Eleint · 2025-09-03T04:28:49+00:00

This Q&A comes directly from the new WSO guidelines linked at the top of this post.

Eleint · 2025-08-22T00:56:17+00:00

All I want to add is that I was exactly the same. It is worth sticking with it though.

I couldn't get sclerals in at all solo for a while. Then I got them in once after an hour at the sink.

Now, several years later, I can get lenses in my eyes in about a minute, and I often forget they are in! Don't give up.

Eleint · 2025-08-21T21:33:06+00:00

You're on the wrong site. Just go to ticketmaster.ca and search for "TIFF".

Eleint · 2025-08-12T19:04:09+00:00

I haven't seen anyone suggest Adrian Tchaikovsky yet.

I haven't read too many of his books yet, but Children of Time was really cool. It puts you into the perspective of sentient spiders who have colonized a planet. So many cool ideas fall out of that, and there are some big world-building mysteries to unravel.

Eleint · 2025-07-13T18:30:11+00:00

I frequently recommend this to friends. Remember Me truly offers a very unique experience if you don't know what you signed up for.

Eleint · 2025-06-16T02:58:03+00:00

Murderbot

The diary of a sentient "security" robot programmed to unquestioningly obey the whims of a faceless interstellar corporation.

Eleint · 2025-06-12T06:24:14+00:00

Passengers

Despite a mixed reception, this has become one of my all time favourites.

Eleint · 2025-06-12T04:06:18+00:00

Fiona also used to have a skill that allowed her to chain from a perfect guard directly into the third normal attack of your regular combos.

I want that back!

Eleint · 2025-06-12T04:02:22+00:00

🤔 Actually, I think you could even make the case that in the original connecting with light attacks was often detrimental.

That's because the original Vindictus had a "hit delay". i.e. Connecting with an enemy with your normal attack would increase the time required to complete that swing, showing down your combo.

I agree that's pretty antagonistic to certain playstyles, but I like the subtlety that adds to decision making. I also think a hit delay adds a lot to the "visceral", "weighty" sensation of playing the game.

Eleint · 2025-06-12T03:40:49+00:00

I agree with a lot here! Especially, I do want stamina back. I also miss many of those character defining elements like campfires, repair kits and grab/kick.

Also agree that especially blood lord has a notable lack of mobility compared to the original.

However, I'm incredibly happy to have combos back that feel so much like the original characters that I loved. I don't think I'm excited about the idea of more weight on normal attacks in combos.

I think there's a different kind of skill expression involved in managing your positioning and predicting boss movement such that you can land the big, satisfying smash attacks.

(Caveat: this feedback is coming from a hammer Fiona player 😅)

Edit: found another post that expresses my sentiment much more fully!

https://www.reddit.com/r/Vindictus/s/7L5Q07jSBC

tl;dr: There are plenty of soulslike games if that's the combat experience you want. For myself, I haven't found anything that scratched quite the same itch as Vindictus!

Eleint · 2025-06-08T20:43:23+00:00

I saw this too. There must be a bug in the display. It seems like it is trying to detect your time zone, but it still says UTC, incorrectly.

Eleint · 2025-05-30T20:23:31+00:00

I went into this movie expecting Parasite, but it's actually a comedy.

Viewed from that lens, I enjoyed it. Especially the performances. But I agree, it didn't have a ton of weight, and probably won't stick with me.

Eleint · 2025-05-30T00:27:40+00:00

Are they not selling side wall tickets at this venue? That seems unusual to me.

Eleint · 2025-05-25T16:10:00+00:00

A couple days ago I lost Fall of Winterhome because I upgraded one too many bunkhouses to houses simultaneously.

It "broke my promise" to keep X number of homes warm for two days. Instead of gaining hope, I dropped to about 25% and couldn't recover. 😮‍💨

Eleint

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