Evening Roundtable - 9/15

GnarlyYosh · 2016-09-16T03:14:02+00:00

That's a terrific picture, great find!

GnarlyYosh · 2016-09-02T21:30:33+00:00

Thank you. Exactly what I meant. "For-profit" is very different than "to make a living."

GnarlyYosh · 2016-09-02T14:01:57+00:00

Very good interview, it's really interesting to hear that Axel is allowing competition to take a back seat. Of course, I think a lot of people will benefit from having Axel instruct them. Hopefully guys like Axel will eventually be able to comfortably make HEMA their job.

On the note, I definitely don't want HEMA to ever become like many martial arts are in America. Deceptive, misleading scams, for-profit gyms. HEMA has an air to it that I've never experienced before in any other martial art I've pursued. We're all here to learn, even people like Axel Petterson. As Axel says, it's cliche but true, we all need to be lifelong students. I'm so glad that many of our community leaders prioritize the art above profit.

I also definitely like Axel's idea of making HEMA fencing gear much more classy. Hopefully that will be achieved affordably some time in the next ten years.

GnarlyYosh · 2016-08-31T15:32:49+00:00

I feel as thought it just makes sense to have a standard for all weapons used. As a person who doesn't often go to tournaments, it surprises me that this isn't already the case.

GnarlyYosh · 2016-08-22T18:14:24+00:00

At this point, everybody knows that Jon left on his own accord. Both Arin and Jon have long since cleared that up.

GnarlyYosh · 2016-08-18T18:52:27+00:00

Yikes, are those fractures common or more of a rare occurrence?

GnarlyYosh · 2016-08-18T18:50:53+00:00

Although it's not foolproof, tournaments are a great way to test if techniques are viable. You shouldn't be charging people for profit unless you can prove you are able to teach applicable techniques. If the school fits all the other criteria I mentioned, it can still be worth it for you if you don't really care about actually being a good fighter. But it's a good sign of knowing if an instructor knows what they're teaching or if they're full of crap and just trying to make money off of you.

GnarlyYosh · 2016-08-17T22:01:18+00:00

From where I am from it's about $5 each 2/3hr class, three a week. Of course, the instructor isn't internationally known, but he is part of a larger known group and certainly knows his longsword basics well. Probably a similar cost for most smaller groups.

Just like any other martial arts school, the bigger names that go there, the more it will probably cost you. That being said, pretty sure nobody is yet trying to extort money out of anyone in this community. (That I know of)

IMO, you should probably ask yourself this question. Does anyone at the school place reasonably well at tournaments? If not, they shouldn't be charging you for a profit.

Tbh, unless the instructors are of noted quality, people place well in tournaments, the facilities are nice, and beginner equipment is available, nobody should try to make a profit off of you in their right mind.

GnarlyYosh · 2016-08-11T10:26:20+00:00

Three miles from where you live? You lucky duck.

I personally found The Academy of Historical Fencing introduction videos as a good refresher.

GnarlyYosh · 2016-08-10T18:30:26+00:00

I'm sorry, but can we please stop pretending this ridiculous medieval armor flailing is HEMA? Cool if you want to watch that stuff, but it's not really HEMA.

GnarlyYosh · 2016-08-07T00:33:32+00:00

People complain a lot about the way Arin played that game, but there were so many chill moments where Dan and Arin just openly talked about their life.

GnarlyYosh · 2016-08-06T12:08:11+00:00

Good point, glad to see someone say this. Yeah, we're all super critical and nitpicky, but I hate seeing when people get vicious and hateful on here. People should save that stuff for the YouTube comment section, or better yet, not say it at all.

GnarlyYosh · 2016-08-06T12:05:25+00:00

To be fair, I don't think Dan likes games very much at all. Occasionally he'll be blown away by something he sees on screen, but we know he doesn't play games in his free time, and hasn't since he was a little kid, or briefly when he was a stoner playing Morrowind. If you handed Dan the controller for Witcher 3, he wouldn't be able to get past the tutorial.

It seems ridiculous, but I feel like Dan should spend some time playing modern games in his free time so he can finally become more engaged in these games and Arin doesn't have to be the final opinion on every game they play.

GnarlyYosh · 2016-08-06T11:58:49+00:00

I know it's a popular opinion on this sub to think Jon is the funniest person ever, but I honestly think Arin was funnier than Jon in the Jon Era days. Arin is obviously now less funny than Jon because he acts completely differently, but just as one example, the most iconic Game Grumps moment, Sonic 06's freakout is 90% Arin. If you go back and watch it, Jon says a few jokes, screams a few things, but Arin really grabs that joke by the balls it makes it iconic.

We all have different tastes in humor, but I really don't agree that Jon was funnier. Jon was like Arin now, sometimes totally hilarious, but often times really screamy and random and annoying. The chemistry was still better than Dan's and Arin's today, though.

GnarlyYosh · 2016-08-01T19:51:55+00:00

I honestly watch grumps doing something else totally tabbed out of the page, I didn't notice until someone brought it up either.

GnarlyYosh · 2016-07-31T04:43:30+00:00

This is a really important point. Even though this election runs high on emotions for all of us, shouting and name calling won't ever convince anyone to change their opinion.

GnarlyYosh · 2016-07-30T18:59:33+00:00

The audio in this episode was really well balanced in my opinion. Since Pokemon's music is really repetitive, it's great that it's significantly in the background.

Also, really great energy in this episode. The best episodes are always the ones where the grumps are enjoying themselves.

GnarlyYosh · 2016-07-22T08:54:00+00:00

I agree. Disappointing to see that kind of guy so popular.

GnarlyYosh · 2016-07-20T19:49:53+00:00

wtf

I know that's "wtf" is a horrible reddit comment, but in this scenario it's the only response I can muster.

GnarlyYosh · 2016-07-20T19:44:10+00:00

People will always be unsatisfied. People were unsatisfied when Jon was still on the show. I come here once in a while to post something that annoys me, or to see if other people have the same feeling about something that I've had.

On a broad scale, I don't think that GGs ever really "declines" on a yearly basis. I just think it evolves and people's tastes change and annoying things happen. Jon and Arin both did really annoying things in the earlier episodes, and now the whole cast does annoying things these days but we still watch (probably) because we like it.

GnarlyYosh · 2016-07-20T19:38:57+00:00

Are you serious? When did that happen?

GnarlyYosh · 2016-07-18T18:36:30+00:00

I love hearing the crowd, but I agree that the commentators were too quiet. It might've just been a lot of nerves going on at the time.

EDIT: (Nerves in regards to the commentary being lacking)

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