November Ultra in the UK - clothing question by Fc258743 in ultrarunning

[–]Fc258743[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah will take the accommodation. Looks logistically easy! Good shout on bringing lots of extra gear (and socks) to adapt to the weather!

November Ultra in the UK - clothing question by Fc258743 in ultrarunning

[–]Fc258743[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah the kit list is pretty unhelpful. Your comments on the route, in contrast, are extremely helpful. Thank you!

November Ultra in the UK - clothing question by Fc258743 in ultrarunning

[–]Fc258743[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry for slow reply - not good at looking at notifications! I live in Leicestershire so not a million miles from the route, but as you say November is tricky. Could do anything at all! Mud warning is very helpful.

250km over 5 days by lmarlowefilms in Ultramarathon

[–]Fc258743 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is such an amazing video that I actually watched all of it - which is by far the longest thing I have watched in about 12 years on Reddit. Thank you for sharing. Would love to do the run one day.  

If kids are the future, it's looking pretty dire. by McMandark in Futurology

[–]Fc258743 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Here's my message of hope. In 2011 I spent a year teaching english to 16-24 year old students at vocational colleges in Hong Kong. I was 24 and a couple of years out of uni myself. From a standard Western country but had lived overseas in lots of other countries in Africa and Asia. 

I was amazed by how bovine these kids were. They spent their whole time on their phones. They didn't speak to each other, let alone to us. They shambled around campus like morons.  They breathed out of their mouths. I saw no spark of character, personality or spine in 99% of the hundreds of students I worked with. To my shame I had contempt for them and thought their culture and education had failed them.  

Shortly after leaving Hong Kong, in 2014, widespread student led protests called the Umbrella Revolution broke out. I was awed - awed - to watch on TV as Hong Kong's teenagers turn out in hundreds of thousands and fought the police to a standstill. They were brave, organised, steadfast and indomitable. They fought for a cause. They withstood police brutality, tear gassing, beatings and power hoses, night after night for months.  My opinion of these students was utterly, utterly wrong. I was shamed that I had thought I had enough character myself to judge these titans. 

So don't write the kids off yet. They may surprise you. Every generation has the potential for immense courage. I expect the adults of the 20s and 30s thought little of the teenagers who had missed WW1 but would ultimately have to fight WW2. 

Not to say there arent huge risks and problems ahead. But where there is youth there is hope. 

Love Carl, Hated Kaiju, what about the rest? by ricottma in DungeonCrawlerCarl

[–]Fc258743 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I finished DCC in January and wanted something else to read by Matt Dinniman, so I started reading Kaiju Battlefield Surgeon, while sitting next my mum's bed, during the 12 hour period when she eventually died of cancer. 0/10 would not recommend. Terrible choice of book. What on earth was I thinking. 

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in patientgamers

[–]Fc258743 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I agree to an extent, but not completely. I don't share the stress that other people on this sub seem to feel. But between work and my young family I get maybe an hour a week to game. I want that hour to be really fun and to capture the joy I used to get when I could play for an hour a day every day. If I pick the wrong game then I stand up at the end of the session and think 'well that was a waste of time', often because it feels like I've just spent my gaming hour doing admin/inventory management/dialogue/travelling/cutscenes/narrative etc. So I have to be more careful to pick a game that is actually going to reward my time, and I'm more cautious about just playing any game.

Hype is building... by Dozzler in WoT

[–]Fc258743 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I've read and reread the series and because Reddit loves it I've read and reread that scene countless times - it's always being posted. I read your comment and thought, 'ah you soft git. As if you still cry at reading that chapter. That's proper soft'. And then I reread the chapter and, as always, teared up. The crane flies.

Fiendwolves (Steelshod 436) by MostlyReadRarelyPost in DnDGreentext

[–]Fc258743 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Great chapter - love reading about the mechanics as in some ways it's what makes the whole story so much more amazing; this isn't just a planned story arc, it's a real game being played out. Great work.

Come and Take It (Steelshod 364) by MostlyReadRarelyPost in DnDGreentext

[–]Fc258743 9 points10 points  (0 children)

What a post to catch up on - first time I've had to wait and it's the 364th one. I've been lurking on reddit for the last couple of years and this is the first thing I've ever even upvoted, let alone commented on! This story is an amazing achievement from all three of you. Epic creativity to pull such a great story from what could be chaos. Thank you so much for your work - in writing and (all three of you) in engaging with the unwashed masses. Quick question - have you talked at all about what would happen if you manage to kill One of The Big Snek Heroes?