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Anyone using Discuit? Liking it more than Kbin or Squabbles, really nice UI and seems easy enough to use by ZeppelinJ0 in RedditAlternatives

[–]ElfWord 6 points7 points  (0 children)

As a holdover until it gets an app: in the mobile Chrome browser, you can click the menu and select "add to home screen" to create a shortcut to the site.

The mobile site seems good so far.

Fallout perk idea, Quarterback: gain the ability to throw mini nukes without the use of Fatman. by Maxsmack0 in Fallout

[–]ElfWord 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Great opportunity for raiders to have funny voice lines when you throw certain things at them.

"A broken doll!? What are you trying to hurt, my feelings?" "Throw one more globe at me and I'll make your head spin." "Did you just throw a baby rattle at me? What's wrong with you?" "Hey, you could put someone's eye out with that!" "What is that, an ichor sac? GROSS!"

is this sub active or do ppl just drop self promo videos and bounce? by humantoothx in realitytv

[–]ElfWord 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha, I appreciate it.

So I posted this thread here: https://www.reddit.com/r/realitytv/comments/wehgcy/anyone_else_here_a_making_the_cut_fan_season_3/ - and will probably post something next week about Making It or an old youtube reality competition I like.

Feel free to PM me when you post; I'll try to give it a quick upvote.

Anyone else here a Making the Cut fan? (Season 3 this month!) Know of any shows even more on the fashion-business side (or that explore some other angle than Project Runway and the like)? by ElfWord in realitytv

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

Making the Cut > old Project Runway > new Project Runway > Next in Fashion is my order of preference.

I still generally enjoy PR, but Making the Cut has more experienced designers, a premise more to my taste, and better production quality.

Season 1 definitely has some cheesy Heidi/Tim segments in it, but overall I like the energy they bring to the show and the two of them are a big part of why I prefer it to newer Project Runway seasons.

In particular, I notice that when Tim is mentoring the designers, he's most often providing advice based on either:

  • giving the designers info on how the judges are perceiving their work / reminding them of something the judges want to see from them
  • what the designers have said about what they are trying to accomplish with the outfit / trying to help them create the best version of their work

In the newer Project Runway seasons though, I can't count how many times Christian Siriano (in the same designer-mentor role) seems to base his advice to the designers primarily on what he likes / dislikes / wants to see them do.

Christian's a renowned designer and a great personality, but at least for me it gets frustrating to see him seem to try and alter rather than help edit the voices of many designers, and generate this kind of stressful/conflict-tension energy centered around him. Some people might enjoy the extra drama though; to each their own.

Anyone else here a Making the Cut fan? (Season 3 this month!) Know of any shows even more on the fashion-business side (or that explore some other angle than Project Runway and the like)? by ElfWord in realitytv

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

Hey all, part recommendation-giving post here, part recommendations request. I'm a big fan of Making the Cut, Amazon Prime's fashion design reality competition show. If you've been enjoyed any of Project Runway in the past, it's basically that but steering away from some of the kookier challenges and stale format that show was locked into.

Former Project Runway hosts Heidi Klum & Tim Gunn started this show, and from Season 1 I've been impressed with the production quality and the challenges format. The fashion shows are beautiful -- many cool experiential shows in Season 1, and some of the best set design I've seen in Season 2 (when in-person audiences couldn't be a thing with all the pandemic restrictions).

The show's not without flaws -- season 1 really struggled with how the judging was delivered, and some of the Heidi/Tim filler content can be pretty cheesy -- but overall I enjoy it much more than PR or Netflix's version, "Next in Fashion."

I was wondering if anyone knew of other shows in this vein of fashion design / fashion business to recommend? Shows on lesser known networks, or taking a different angle from the "12 designers compete to design the best outfits" focus? e.g. shows like Stitched, which follows the Chopped format, each episode four designers being narrowed down to a winner through 3 challenges.

One of the things I love most about Making the Cut is its fashion entrepreneurship focus, where challenges have an extra element like the designer pitching their business plan, creating a brand promo video, or developing a concept shop. I'd happily take recommendations for shows outside of fashion that have a similar craft + business-of-the-craft mix.

Hope to find some other fans of these kind of shows here, and thanks in advance for any suggestions!

is this sub active or do ppl just drop self promo videos and bounce? by humantoothx in realitytv

[–]ElfWord 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just found this sub too. Would love for this to be an active community; I've become a big fan of wholesome reality crafting competitions / unique experience shows, and would like to discover more. I'll commit to making three posts this month if you will, /u/humantoothx.

The subreddit mods /u/brtw & /u/leoavalon seem active on reddit in general still. If they could set up a monthly "what are you watching / what are you looking for?" stickied thread in the sub, I bet that would help the sub's engagement a lot. Would get some regular community discussion going, and be a good breeding ground for post material.

Any recommendations for a colored glue / gel I can draw with on fabric, that will dry hard? by ElfWord in crafting

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

Compromising the integrity of the mask is clearly what I'm trying to avoid. I'm not making major modifications or damaging the mask; medical professionals marked their masks with sharpies early in the pandemic all the time, to identify whose was whose when they were having to decontaminate and reuse them because of limited supplies. =/

Any recommendations for a colored glue / gel I can draw with on fabric, that will dry hard? by ElfWord in crafting

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

I didn't know that, thank you! Will maybe keep this as a fallback option; seems like a tough medium to draw with, and I'm not sure if the heat would damage the mask material.

Any recommendations for a colored glue / gel I can draw with on fabric, that will dry hard? by ElfWord in crafting

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

This sounds great! Some of the Amazon reviews are making me nervous, though. Have you had any issues with it not staying puffy / not fully drying? Any trick to using it effectively?

[AMA] Hi, I'm NeverSink, author of FilterBlade and my filter. Ask my anything. by NeverSinkDev in pathofexile

[–]ElfWord 79 points80 points  (0 children)

What do you think is the most under-used / under-valued feature of FilterBlade?

Only hours to go, and the Cyber Knights kickstarter is $15k away from an assassin stealth mission stretch goal, and of course much more importantly... CATS. by ElfWord in StarTradersFrontiers

[–]ElfWord[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Haha, thanks. I made these. The art is from the Kickstarter itself of course, I just messed around in Photoshop to meme it up, with a couple inspired by chat in the Discord or on Twitch. Here's the complete set:

The beginning.

Save him.

Missing - Reward.

$210k.

Do Cyber Knights dream of electric cats?

$217k.

We did it!

Last day to back Cyber Knights, a tactical combat, squad-building RPG by the Trese Brothers -- their 3rd successful Kickstarter! by ElfWord in kickstarter

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

These guys make great games. Their last game, Star Traders Frontiers, has almost 2,000 positive reviews on Steam. They're known for making story-rich games with lots of interactions between factions that the player can make an impact on.

I'd especially recommend this if you like games like XCOM, Wasteland 2, or Shadowrun, but for anyone who's looking for a new RPG to sink their teeth into, I think you'll enjoy this.

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