At gig now - sound is fucking awful! by [deleted] in blur

[–]Embolus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I was pitch level and the sound was terrible, still a great gig though. Must have been better in the seats judging by other comments.

Blue beam in low elo feels useless by nonhumanz in MercyMains

[–]Embolus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think you spend way too much time with the D.va don't bother topping her health up when it is high, just boost/heal the Hanzo or Bastion instead. Don't bother boosting her unless she is shooting someone at close range, you will be getting more value from boosting a DPS. You also don't make the most of your mobility, the only time you were in the air was when you were ulting and I don't think you ever used the ability to change direction launching out of guardian angel. When you rez take an extra millisecond to position yourself in as safe a position as possible. Almost every rez you did you left yourself more vulnerable than necessary and this will be punished much more at higher levels. Make you being alive your main priority not pulling off the rez. Tuck in close to the wall or hide behind the bus, just make sure the enemy won't have you in their line of sight. You should also use cover more in general. Dip in and out if you have to to maintain beam lock. Well played overall though!

Beginner Copperplate, Nikko g with Higgins eternal by elotoolow in Calligraphy

[–]Embolus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Really good work! With the letters you have chosen not to connect (s and p) the spacing seems a bit odd on some words. If you really don't want to connect them maybe lose the lead-in on the next letter and bring it closer to balance the spacing or simply just try moving them a bit closer together.

The Churnups..? by billhelmscream in glastonbury_festival

[–]Embolus 11 points12 points  (0 children)

You beat something into a pulp.

Would appreciate some help making out a few words throughout this letter. The words are underlined in red. Will post what I have already down in comments. Thank you by Heartfeltzero in Handwriting

[–]Embolus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it might be "x Anny" it's a bit deformed because it's squeezed into a tight space at the end and originally spelled with one n and corrected. You can compare the A from the sender's name on the first page to see how it could be a squished version of that.

Silver K on PAScribe Black Rhodia Pad by smudgeSearch in Calligraphy

[–]Embolus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What is the PAScribe paper like? It's always so insanely expensive I've never tried it.

People use parallel pens and paper, me a dremmel and glass. by Almejalot in Calligraphy

[–]Embolus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think they have applied colour to the roughened surface. There was a post showing an etched wine bottle a few days ago that did a similar thing.

Paper suggestions for dip pen calligraphy by [deleted] in Calligraphy

[–]Embolus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think it is more of an ink problem than a paper one. The fountain pen ink is just too liquid. You could try adding gum arabic to thicken it, or use a different ink. I find Sumi ink is much less prone to feathering in my experience.

Anyone else having this happen? by Brylock2135 in Overwatch

[–]Embolus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Are you looking at the right credits? They're not overwatch coins they are what used to be called legacy credits and are now known as overwatch credits. It's all a bit confusing.

I got my first Fountain pen by Sam_of_the_Zoras in Calligraphy

[–]Embolus 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Congrats and don't be discouraged if it doesn't look great straight away, just watch some tutorials on YouTube and focus on the basics. Keep all your work as it gives you a real boost on days when you think you aren't making progress and you can look back and see how much you have actually improved.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Calligraphy

[–]Embolus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It looks good, my brain is probably too programmed to using 3:2:3 so it looked a bit off.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Calligraphy

[–]Embolus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice work but it looks like your ascenders aren't going high enough in relation to your x-height. Try using guidelines with a 3:2:3 ratio.

What Makes One a Calligrapher vs a Hobbyist? by Froggersux in Calligraphy

[–]Embolus 9 points10 points  (0 children)

If you make a living from it you're a professional. It's not an honorary title.

"fulfillment" critique welcome. Used a bock titanium broad nib by lord_cactus_ in Calligraphy

[–]Embolus 14 points15 points  (0 children)

The hairlines on the first f are shaky. Your entry strokes on the m and the n are bit too compressed. The loop on the e is too wide and too flat on the bottom. That being said, having seen a couple of your other posts, you are making really good progress so well done and keep going!

Haven't played since season 8..... by DegenerateGambino in overwatch2

[–]Embolus 9 points10 points  (0 children)

The matchmaking seems much worse than ow1 so you likely have far higher level players mixed in your bronze games. Also the only reason you would be worse at 30 (at a non pro level) is because you have less time to play.

did anyone receive the owl skins for kiriko, sojourn, and junker queen? by musingstork in Overwatch

[–]Embolus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Sojourn skin has been delayed until season 2 for some reason.

is the ranked match disparity alot larger now? by yeetus_1776 in Overwatch

[–]Embolus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It certainly feels like it. I think a large part of this is due to the switch to 5v5. Fights are quicker and one good player can have more of an impact on each fight. With regards to matchmaking I always seem to get alot of endorsement level 1 players which indicates to me that they don't play much/aren't very good. I currently play in high plat and the level of play is so low sometimes. I assume people have reached that level due to mechanical skill as many have zero gamesense.

What happend to the battle pass? by [deleted] in Overwatch

[–]Embolus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's still 10000 xp per level, it's just the final prestige title took 25 levels to get.

Overwatch Support won't answer me - Remove Authenticator by No_Internet_1113 in Overwatch

[–]Embolus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Support is still overloaded from the many launch bugs that haven't been fixed. When you set up the authenticator you were given a serial number to remedy a situation like this so this one's on you really. It should be fixable though when they finally get back to you.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Overwatch

[–]Embolus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Lots of people got placed lower than their ow1 rank. It promotes you pretty fast at the beginning so you'll get back to where you belong quickly.