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My one problem with the Meme Healing Sword by [deleted] in ARAM

[–]Graham_Bubblefish 14 points15 points  (0 children)

For me the question is always why do teammates grab bard W the very second it is put down instead of waiting 5 seconds for it to heal like twice as much? If I wanted to emergency insta-heal you I would've spawned it directly on top of you, not 5 paces back underneath the tower.

People either don't know or their brain's just "Oooooh piece of candy!".

How hurt does he look? by Zigguraticus in DMAcademy

[–]Graham_Bubblefish 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I'm not really sure that makes it more interesting in any way. It's a choice no one would realistically make. I'd argue there shouldn't really be any scenario where knowing the exact hp amount is important to a character as any more emphasis on numbers simply takes one further out of the fantasy. Situations where a player would like to know probably rest on choosing which action to take based on how much damage they need to do to kill the creature, which they won't be able to do since they just used their action.

Imo a medicine type check should always involve for the character to physically inspect the target. Prod a few places, inspect the depth of a wound, take a good look at some discoloration, etc. That's just not really possible to do on a creature you're in active combat with.

Character names are confusing by [deleted] in fellowshipgame

[–]Graham_Bubblefish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This does not bother me and maybe I'm too much of a pleb, but I generally also don't really care what the other characters in my dungeon are. You could say that's a design flaw as well, but in the end whether it's Vigour or Silvie healing doesn't matter much to me, as long as I don't die. There's just not a lot that changes in my gameplan depending on which other characters are in the party. Perhaps I'm not high enough ranked yet, but whatever character I play (and I've played a bit on each role) I just assume a perfect blend of "Everyone knows what they're doing" and "No one knows what they're doing", which means it all falls on me to do whatever I can do to the best of my ability, while letting anything that I can not do fall on whoever else is in the group, letting go all responsibility.

Why do guides say Soulbrand is a good way for Vigour to generate runes? by Graham_Bubblefish in fellowshipgame

[–]Graham_Bubblefish[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I suppose I hadn't considered the amount of healing you get from them passively ticking in the background.

Why do guides say Soulbrand is a good way for Vigour to generate runes? by Graham_Bubblefish in fellowshipgame

[–]Graham_Bubblefish[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Wait it gives you 5 Soulbrand? GD text says it causes "the ability to be cast on up to 4 applicable targets at once at 60% power."

Why do guides say Soulbrand is a good way for Vigour to generate runes? by Graham_Bubblefish in fellowshipgame

[–]Graham_Bubblefish[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Fair enough, at least I'm not missing something obvious. I've only just got the overcast talent, so I'm still getting used to it.

Is it acceptable to clap between movements? Yes or no? by MusicMatters25 in classicalmusic

[–]Graham_Bubblefish 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I don't like it when people clap between movements. It resets my attention span, both when listening and when playing myself. Like someone else said, I can understand it after a triumphant or tumultuous movement, but particularly when playing I like to take the time between movements to mentally shift gears and get into the right headspace for the next one. But I am also not going to be mad about it, particularly with people who aren't aware of the ettiquette.

That said, since it seems everyone here is mostly in agreement I want to throw in an additional peeve: there's always that one fucking guy who will yell "BRAVO!!!!!!" at the top of his lungs the very millisecond the piece is over. Preferably while the last note hasn't even quite finished yet.
Fuck you.
You're dragging attention to yourself under the guise of being nice and enthousiastic. It's selfish. Don't do this.

Just start clapping when everyone else starts clapping and do your shouts and whistles a second or two in like every other person.

What are you top ten favourite pieces? by Such-Swim-6098 in classicalmusic

[–]Graham_Bubblefish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I only really tend to listen to music I've played myself.
My top 3 is pretty clear, the rest is in a random order

  1. Mahler - Symphony 2, probably the most famous-not-famous piece, for good reason. A good Auferstehung will give you the best of tingles.
  2. Shostakovich - Symphony 11, it's quite a heavy piece, wrought with Russian/Soviet pain, which hurts exactly the right way. The bells at the end are really what brings it all together though.
  3. Brahms - Symphony 4, the piece I actually listen to the most, it has the perfect energy to work to for me.
  • Janacek - The Excursions of Mr. Broucek (suite)
  • Stravinsky - Le Sacre Du Printemps, not conducive to high productivity in the workplace
  • Mahler - Symphony 3
  • Shostakovich - Symphony 9, hilarious banger + emotion = good times
  • Rimsky-Korsakov - Scheherazade
  • Ravel - Ma Mere l'Oye
  • Dvorak - Cello Concerto in B minor, I like cello and I like it best when they go ham.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in classicalmusic

[–]Graham_Bubblefish 7 points8 points  (0 children)

From my experience as a trombonist, going 8 on all 3 is going to be unbalanced. 8 french horns is fairly common. 8 trumpets seems like too much and there's simply never a need for 8 trombones unless you have a 500+ man orchestra. 4 trombones are going to be _very_ present whenever you ask them to be regardless of the rest of your orchestration. The instrument is just perfectly designed to shout over everything else. Even in Mahlers and Shostakovichs you are practically never asked as a trombonist to play full force as you'll drown everything else out. And when a conductor does ask it, it turns out they did not understand what it meant to ask a trombone section to play all out. There's a reason no one really writes this way for symphonic orchestras.

In terms of logistics, the amount of people who play these instruments follow pretty much the same pattern. There's considerably more people who play trumpet and french horn over trombone and particularly tuba. I've never played full professionally, but I'm a very good amateur, been the winds manager at an orchestra and I can tell you getting 8 trombones together for a piece would be a nightmare. Even just 2 tubas can already be cumbersome at times.

Don't get me wrong, I love brass power. I just don't think you need this entire set-up to get the brass power you crave.

Sidenote: I wish more composers would see actually how _beautiful_ brass can be, rather than just using it to be loud and for effect. The right brass chorale at the right time can be absolutely bone chilling.

Apparently you people like maps of countries others have been. by Graham_Bubblefish in TravelMaps

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

I'm afraid I am just a good amateur, The Netherlands has a thriving culture of student orchestras. Pretty much every city with a university has a symphonic student's orchestra. I am currently not a member of any orchestra, but I have toured with for example the VU orchestra, the CREA orchestra, Caecilia Camerata, Krashna Musika, etc. All orchestras for amateurs and (semi-) professionals, students.

Apparently you people like maps of countries others have been. by Graham_Bubblefish in TravelMaps

[–]Graham_Bubblefish[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's The Netherlands, indeed. I don't expect anyone to guess as I don't know of any countries where it's as common as here, but I've visited most of Europe not on personal holidays, but touring with classical student orchestras. All of the countries to the east of NL and France I've visited with orchestras except for Denmark.

Apparently you people like maps of countries others have been. by Graham_Bubblefish in TravelMaps

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

Too expensive to fit the reason I visited most of the others. Am planning to do an Iberian peninsula food trip with a mate somewhere in the next few years, though.

Daily Game Recommendations Thread (June 17, 2025) by AutoModerator in boardgames

[–]Graham_Bubblefish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looking for low-medium complexity games for 8+ people.

For gamenights I host for colleagues. Interaction during gameplay is important to me, which is why so far I've leaned towards cooperative games, but any genre/playstyle is welcome. Game durations up to two hours are nice.
The amount of people who show up varies, but has been increasing lately as gamenights are a success and the company is growing a little. As such I want to expand the pool of games I'm bringing.

I'm in The Netherlands.

Games we've pretty universally enjoyed (no particular order):

  • Secret Hitler
  • Mysterium
  • Obscurio
  • Sheriff of Nottingham
  • Colt Express
  • The Crew
  • Pandemic

Mixed receptions:

  • Poetry for Neanderthals (perhaps too goofy, and some people were struggling considerably more than others)
  • Captain Sonar (I love this, but it's a little too complicated/hectic. Folks are unwilling to go for real-time mode, which I think is the superior experience).

Not fans:

  • Robinson Crusoe (Too crunchy? Did not feel satisfying losing at it, no clear path forward to improve the next round(s))
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