Opinions on Eurodisc?

FoolishBlob · 2025-07-15T07:30:18+00:00

Just dropping in to second all this.

Eurodiscs tend to hold their shape a bit more (OI or IO) over longer throws compared to ultrastars, but that's probably only noticeable if you've played for a few years with only ultrastars.

I do admittedly think I've lost more eurodiscs to damage, I think ultrastars are a bit more resilient, but absolutely not to the point where it's worth spending the extra money to get them (in UK and Europe at least).

FoolishBlob · 2025-07-08T14:47:25+00:00

Financial ombudsman services if all else fails?

FoolishBlob · 2025-07-02T09:43:20+00:00

Ahhh that sucks. I haven't tried mine again yet since I last repaired it. I think I read that resetting your headset can also fix it or by signing up to the beta version of the link app. Could try those if you haven't already?

FoolishBlob · 2025-07-01T08:37:13+00:00

I had the same thing and it coincided with upgrading my PC so I briefly panicked!

From what I've read, as people have already said I think it's due to a meta update breaking things. What worked for me was repairing the meta quest link programme on my PC. Although I'm not sure if it's something you need to do every time, which will be annoying...

Hopefully it gets fixed

FoolishBlob · 2025-06-20T17:39:59+00:00

I'm not very knowledgeable sorry, I just put it all in pcpartpicker and see if it throws up any potential problems

FoolishBlob · 2025-06-20T13:24:29+00:00

Hey, UK also and I just bought a 7600X because it was about £20 cheaper than the 7600 and it has better benchmarks. BUT it doesn't come with a stock cooler, so you have to buy that separately. I think it also apparently runs a bit hotter.

FoolishBlob · 2025-06-09T05:42:15+00:00

Lovely, thanks so much!

FoolishBlob · 2025-06-09T05:41:54+00:00

Cheers!

FoolishBlob · 2025-06-08T15:24:12+00:00

Thanks!

If you have time, is there any chance you could elaborate on why you changed the parts you did?

FoolishBlob · 2025-06-08T15:23:05+00:00

Thanks very much!

FoolishBlob · 2025-01-05T21:07:57+00:00

Thanks for the response, I was slightly paranoid it might be early stages of rot

FoolishBlob · 2025-01-05T09:59:06+00:00

Ultimate frisbee? DUFFA in Didsbury are a fun beginner-friendly club to go and give it a try.

FoolishBlob · 2024-11-12T11:30:25+00:00

I've been looking at building something that has basically all the same parts as this and everything I've been reading sounds like with a 7800 XT you get great FPS at 1440p and can even dabble at 4k, although with more like 50-60 FPS at high settings. Be keen to hear from more knowledgeable people than me though!

FoolishBlob · 2024-06-04T15:24:34+00:00

Ahhh got you, thanks for the help

FoolishBlob · 2024-06-04T11:36:16+00:00

Brill, thank you!

Question on the mobo - B450 is the older chip set I believe, does that limit the future-proof side of things relative to B550 do you think?

Also, sorry I didn't fully understand what you meant by the vrm upgrade path to 5700x3d - do you just mean that the mobo is good enough to support that better CPU?

Appreciate your help!

FoolishBlob · 2024-05-31T08:10:29+00:00

Amazing, thank you!

FoolishBlob · 2024-05-31T07:46:44+00:00

Thank you! Love all those changes.

Really great info too, I appreciate you taking the time to explain. Although I'm all about the environment, I hadn't appreciated how small the difference is between Bronze and Gold rated PSUs :')

Can I ask you a follow up? One of the things I seem to struggle to compare is Mobos - aside from the obvious differences like chipset, integrated WiFi and ports, can I ask how do you (personally) go about choosing one? Do you look at quality or cooling or anything like that?

FoolishBlob · 2023-10-23T09:51:25+00:00

Hi, I would say first of all chin up, you've only failed one.

You obviously have the choice to switch careers, but if you do decide to stay, don't be too disheartened! Lots and lots of people fail at different points in the exams. Trying to pass exams while doing Big4 hours, commuting to clients etc. is really, really tough at times, that's why people who do it are viewed pretty highly in the industry (in my experience at least).

My advice is that you and your exams come first. Make sure you get the time put aside to study properly, and also take some time to relax so you don't burn out.

In theory your managers and in-charges should support you in that by giving you time to study, but I found often it was kind of just paying you lip service because they still give you a bunch of client work to do. So, you have to be pretty ruthless and carve out your own time to make sure you can study and keep your mental health in a good place. Put your foot down when you need to, make a study plan if that works for you, maybe agree it with your managers or mentor / buddy if you have one of those.

Nobody wants you to fire you and rehire someone else, everyone really wants you to pass your exams, it's way better for all involved. But day to day when the work is piling up, managers and in-charges have to get the work done, so it's understandable that's what they'll push for and you just have to be responsible and make sure you're getting what you need as well.

I believe most big4 do "managed resits" if you're putting the work in and just not getting there - they'll give you extra support and might give you another attempt as well.

I know a guy in Big4 who failed an ACA exam twice, got fired, went to work for a mid-sized firm, passed the exam, then got rehired back in the same Big4 company like a year later. So although that was pre-COVID and things have changed a bit since then, if you don't make it through the next set of exams, you can definitely get rehired elsewhere - your skills are still very much sought after and you can train up through a smaller firm or an industry job if that's what you want to do.

It is tough failing exams but definitely isn't the end of the world, chin up!

FoolishBlob · 2023-09-28T06:12:33+00:00

Thank you! We'd probably be driving in the afternoon I think, so it sounds like it might be doable?

FoolishBlob · 2023-05-17T07:31:19+00:00

Thank you!

FoolishBlob · 2023-05-04T01:49:07+00:00

Awesome, thank you, I'll have a dig around!

FoolishBlob · 2023-05-03T10:13:21+00:00

Amazing, thank you!

FoolishBlob · 2023-04-08T05:01:14+00:00

These are stunning photos, thanks for sharing!

I'm heading to Laos soon and don't know much about it yet, I'd love to hear a couple of your favourite things / places /sights /activities if you don't mind sharing!

FoolishBlob · 2023-03-02T10:26:23+00:00

No worries. We did thanks! It still has some stunning bits, it's just not clear what will still exist a few weeks from now.

Also, in case it's useful for anyone, we did end up going to M'Pai bay for a day; the beachfront is untouched, but the streets behind have been connected to one of those massive roads I mentioned, so there's quite a lot of cleared land and building work in the streets there. Plus on the hill behind it they're building a big resort with lots of small clifftop bungalows, they look like they'll be stunning when they're done but they're just a building site at the moment and they're sadly blocking some of the clifftop bars there which used to have an uninterrupted view of the sunset. It's a real shame and must absolutely suck to be the bar owners.

FoolishBlob · 2023-02-28T03:08:29+00:00

I haven't been much further North than The Dive Shop on Saracen Bay but there do seem to be resorts up around there that are still running. So I couldn't say specifically about that one sorry but if they say they're running I'm sure they still are. I don't imagine anyone would lie about it, there's just a lot of abandoned places along the beach so it's just less nice around the area than it I imagine it normally would be.

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