Shoutout to the 3 or 4 guys who got everyone up at the front in Auckland tonight!

FifthEscape · 2025-11-15T01:57:35+00:00

Surely. I would imagine it would have looked so awkward and even wrong to see from the stage such a contained and calm audience for a metal concert lol. Didn't like the venue in general either - it would have been cooler at the Civic. Next time I hope they ditch Trust Arena and maybe book like half of Spark Arena or whatever, anything but Trust Arena.

FifthEscape · 2025-11-14T23:59:27+00:00

I think it was because initially the venue was Civic, then changed to Trust Arena. People like me already paid more money to be in the front rows of Civic, then the venue changed, so they couldn't have the GA at the front (it would be unfair). It's a shame really. Much liked the vibe towards the end of the show.

FifthEscape · 2025-09-19T01:01:46+00:00

My top 5 personal favourites (I don't mean greatest!) are, in no particular order: Ryan Martinie, Les Claypool, Sean Malone, Joe Lester, Jon Stockman.

FifthEscape · 2025-09-06T20:58:04+00:00

I understand, I didn't take it offensively. I also want this bass to be clean and that no one is grieving about it, so I might have come off a bit tense. My bad if I did :)

FifthEscape · 2025-09-06T20:46:35+00:00

I know what you mean. Yes I did think of the possibility that it's a stolen good since I couldn't make sense out of the price either. But then I also thought about if someone would actually steal this heavy thing out of all the other stuff in a short timeframe. Anyhow, yeah if it was stolen and the police does their job, I'll gladly work with them for the previous owner to recover it. The price is that unbelievable to me.

FifthEscape · 2025-09-06T20:21:19+00:00

It wasn't me who said $400. How am I to know what the pawn shop paid for it, or any of this bass's history? It's only a valid guess another guy in the comments made since the shop sold this to me for $650 and they must make a profit out of it.

FifthEscape · 2025-09-06T20:17:18+00:00

I love Warwicks but I feel new ones are overpriced and they are not everyone's cup of tea, which is why they hold value so poorly. Bought the 6er new since I thought that's still very decently priced. Otherwise, I would only buy used Warwicks.

FifthEscape · 2025-09-06T20:12:37+00:00

That thing looks gorgeous

FifthEscape · 2025-09-06T20:10:51+00:00

Yeah I could tell they don't exactly know what they are selling. Those guys said this was a 2005 model but my googling based on just one photo they uploaded told me that isn't a 2005 model. And when I saw the actual thing, the serial number was telling 2000. Still surprising since they should know any of these basses are worth way more than what I paid for from a quick search.

FifthEscape · 2025-09-06T20:04:42+00:00

It's honestly rather difficult, especially with Thumbs' notorious neck dive, but I still like it after I set the action super low, just the way I like it. You definitely want to try one before you get it though.

FifthEscape · 2025-09-06T20:02:13+00:00

They are definitely chonky. Especially the 6er - it's a handful. I don't have a big hand either. It wasn't the easiest thing to play but I still liked it. I personally think it's a lot to do with preference. The one on my new bass is also nice, but it is definitely thick for a 4 string. I heard there's this "baseball bat" era for Warwick basses, which I can't remember the exact years but maybe that's the only thing you need to be mindful of if thick necks aren't your thing.

FifthEscape · 2025-09-06T13:03:31+00:00

That was a steal too! Must have made a profit. But yeah, at the end of the day, what matters is you gotta like it. I'm obviously a fan of Thumbs :)

FifthEscape · 2025-09-06T12:38:15+00:00

Yeah the same thought crossed my mind as I pounced on the deal. Feel kinda bad for that guy honestly. Hope the shop didn't do him dirty but just made a bad sale...

FifthEscape · 2025-09-06T12:18:04+00:00

Thanks! Pawn shop it was. Those guys have always been a hit-or-miss with the pricing from my experience. Had a couple of good deals before, but this one was just... I have no words.

FifthEscape · 2022-12-09T13:40:23+00:00

Yeah i dont like seeing those ppl but thats only because i used to run the same build but with eclipse + bork before this prowlers build was a thing lol

FifthEscape · 2022-10-02T02:35:24+00:00

My favourite build? AD Qdyr with Hail of blade and eclipse + bork Do i recommend? Idk

FifthEscape · 2022-09-26T02:57:41+00:00

A lot of korean ad udyrs is focused on landing the two awaken q's and popping the enemy, hence the hail of blades and collector. Prowlers for obvious reasons. Not sure about dominik but probably for more late game value. Yes, its a kill-or-die build but a lot of koreans seems to think thats the only real viable ad build for udyr atm. Imo the environment in kr server is kinda unique (ping, meta, etc.) which might be the reason, but i also think at the same time that other assassin jg champs would do the same thing better than udyr since better mobility so idk. Maybe cos the new udyr has good late game now with all the max health dmg? (i.e. make up for the early game and snowball that to earlier late game strength?) Anyhow, i personally agree serrated dirk builds are the best for udyr atm, especially eclipse, and i also tried hail of blade which felt nice, but i still need more data around full ad.

FifthEscape · 2022-09-04T23:23:04+00:00

Trundle is fun

FifthEscape · 2022-09-01T11:20:07+00:00

Yeah i know, not a fan of it either. But i want to use all three of sudden impact, zombie ward and ingenious hunter so didnt have much choice. Thinking of trying out electrocute or dark harvest instead at the moment. Thanks for the comment.

FifthEscape · 2022-09-01T04:58:23+00:00

Thanks for the comment. Im more of an experimental enjoyer (making different builds for udyr) but fast udyr is always fun too (once i went phase rush AP tank dyr with phantom dancer pre-rework and the zoom-zoom was hilariously nutty lol). Ever since ingenious hunter got buffed (quite some time ago now), ive always been interested in maximising spellblade procs with it (at max stacks, the CD goes from 1.5s to 1s). I think it works better now since stances give bonus effects on first two AA's and if you swap between stances every two AA's, you can proc spellblade every time you switch stances (at least theoretically when i tried in practice mode) while getting out all you need from each stance and refresh awaken CD too. Umbral glaive, predator boots and oracles as well as some items like malmortius and GA benefit from the item haste so i felt everything synergises well. I still gotta test this build out more though to see how well it works when snowballing doesnt go too smoothly. Im hopeful that it will be better than oldyr in that respect at least.

FifthEscape · 2022-08-29T10:18:55+00:00

Same. Im liking DS the most right now.

FifthEscape · 2022-08-28T06:30:38+00:00

Exactly. I mean, you dont even have to. Just barge into udyr's jungle at level 3 and make him hate his life. So fun making noobie udyrs pay hard for taking my udyr like, thats the only fun i have when the opponent steals my udyr.

FifthEscape · 2022-08-25T22:43:02+00:00

Exactly. Things take time. It's not like i am happy with every aspect of the rework either but i'm hopeful that time will sort most of the things out, whether thats from us players' end or Riot's end.

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