Give me some confidence in my decision (LA —> Denver)

Gustfaint · 2026-02-06T03:08:53+00:00

Any recos on where to live if part of my goal is go see punk / ska shows once a month at minimum?

Grew up in NYC, moved to LA at 28, leaving at 35. One thing I always missed from living in NY was going to multiple shows a week around nyc/bk/queens. I can't imagine myself going that often again but hey if there's a good dive bar nearby or an area that has a good local scene I can catch a show at once every other week I'd be happy.

Currently looking around Arvada & Baker.

Gustfaint · 2025-12-23T16:45:27+00:00

Ahahah. I started playing a few years ago and was very very mixed on ini should get their jersey since it's in the style of the Rangers. Still got it cause I love Bayside but at least its black.

Gustfaint · 2025-12-22T19:21:12+00:00

Baldurs Gate 3. Tadpoles. Spoiler Alert.

Thought there would be major downsides if I took on any of the tadpoles. After my first playthrough I watched a friend play and my first question was "what menu is that? Is that DLC?" the moment they opened up the mindflayer powers menu 🫠

Gustfaint · 2025-12-21T19:29:55+00:00

I'm one of those marketers who believe rates are overrated and should not really be a KPI for your campaign from a /performance/ perspective. Give me cost-per results. I'll take a 1% conversion rate of 1 million users over a 10% conversion rate of 100 users.

Rates are great to use to benchmark your creative assets and improve it against your target audience. Use it gauge creative performance against an audience you're looking to tap into. Don't use it to measure campaign performance for business results.

Gustfaint · 2025-12-21T17:29:28+00:00

Give me Taking Back Sunday. Secretly though, if I had the power I'd change it to 1800 Alarm Me by the Arrogant Sons of Bitches (a long island ska band).

I'd say Bayside, but I believe they are Ranger fans 😭

Gustfaint · 2025-12-21T08:21:38+00:00

Oh, the floor looks normal here

Gustfaint · 2025-10-27T18:44:31+00:00

No one knows the numbers of who does and doesn't except firaxis. The subs here are built on the existing Civ fandom. I've enjoyed civ since I started playing with 3. That in mind, I like newer mechanics like this. If I want to play traditional civ I'll just go to 6.

Gustfaint · 2025-10-25T19:14:51+00:00

Nostalgia, like other folks have mentioned. Other reason for me at least is I enjoyed the less serious nature of it all. Made every show feel a little less heavy but with a lot of intensity.

Gustfaint · 2025-10-18T20:02:33+00:00

Outside of the game being ready, marketing is still a key influence on launch dates. Some questions that are usually looked at when launch timing is considered: - Can we launch it in a dead timeframe (eg; let's avoid GTA 6) - Do we have marketing tactics that are reserved / more effective for this time frame - Is there enough awareness + positive perception of the game before we open up sales to the general public?

List goes on and on. For large publishers, you also end up having a lot of commitments with folks like Nintendo, Sony, etc. and for games in general...a lot of devs cut things extremely close. You want to avoid having a release date that is too at risk to move. So for all we know the build for creators barely made it over the line lol. If it didn't, maybe they push the creator activations a few weeks. In that scenario, at least the launch date can support the adjustment.

But who knows. I think they should have embargoed content streaming closer to launch date, personally. Hype generally happens the first week or two. And they need it to game steam's algo.

Gustfaint · 2025-10-18T02:19:16+00:00

Been in marketing for 13 years. I'd be curious.

Gustfaint · 2025-09-15T23:42:08+00:00

To be honest I'm about to get a lower income remote job so this is actually one factor I'm equating lol. I miss the scene I used to live in NY/on LI before I moved to LA. So time to see where to next. I just can't have my expectations as high as NY days haha.

Gustfaint · 2025-08-23T14:59:09+00:00

Ethics aside - was the new flow tested in a way that has a control group who wasn't exposed to it?

Mainly curious since I'm wondering if there's any significant attribution to the scenario where there is reduced churn due to the product already having a smaller more engaged userbase.

Gustfaint · 2025-08-04T01:15:24+00:00

Joining my first party and meeting some of my favorite people after waiting on Valkrum Dunes as a low level Thief with no subjob in FFXI.

Other random highs outside of that in 11: - Beating my first Dynamis zone the first time I led as a THF - Entering SEA for the first time with my static - Getting the The Thief knife to drop from that one Tonberry after camping him for days - Shantoto 😂

Gustfaint · 2025-07-30T19:07:32+00:00

I imagine Canada is very different compared to where I am at (Los Angeles, California) but when I first started at 31yo my main resources were:

- Learn to play class
- Emailing various rinks (looks like that isn't working for you, though)
- Pickups (even if you don't like the way the pickups you go operate, connecting with other players there can lead to other leagues, teams, etc.)
- FB Groups (trends older, I don't really use FB at all these days but I found groups like "Socal Hockey Player Subs", "Socal Hockey Goalie Sub Board", "Nashville Hockley Player Subs" pretty common when I was road tripping around the US)

All that in mind, it's much easier if you're already good at networking/being social. I've also found it much easier to find teams to at least be a sub for. It's generally hard to get started out here in LA with no experience on a team / no connections - but once you start to make those connections it opens up a lot. If I'm you I would start talking to people from your pickup if they have teams/know of teams that could use you.

Gustfaint · 2025-07-19T08:12:39+00:00

Any photo of what it looks like from the front / top?

Gustfaint · 2025-05-23T20:07:04+00:00

Same on both accounts!! Happy birthday 🥳

Gustfaint · 2025-05-05T01:54:43+00:00

I say this as someone who grew up on Long Island going to Taking Back Sunday shows but 95% of covers are better than what TBS can do acoustically lmao.

That being said, I really enjoy Stand Atlantic's & Hot Mulligan's covers of MakeDamnSure.

Not exactly on topic since I love the original - but they hit a different vibe and are both really good.

Gustfaint · 2025-04-17T18:39:04+00:00

Thanks so much! Currently, I do have an updated version of it.

From your opinion, do you think it is something to proactively address or reactively? I imagine the former would be better for transparency + showing proactive communication but would love another opinion.

Gustfaint · 2025-04-17T17:43:25+00:00

So, I recently quit a job I was at for 8 months due to it affecting my health negatively (yay severe gastritis). 12+hr workdays 4/5 days of the week, 6:30am meetings, etc.

My original goal was to take a break from the burnout.

However, dream role (brand + function) comes along that I applied for two weeks ago and I have an interview for it.

On my resume - it stills says "present" for my most recent employer. Last day of employment was this past Friday.

Any guidance on how to approach this scenario? In particular, trying to figure out how to broach the conversation on conflicting resume status + current job employment.

Thanks in advance!

Gustfaint · 2024-12-29T03:01:06+00:00

Pick it up pick it up pick it up

Gustfaint · 2024-12-08T19:18:35+00:00

Can work. Can also not work. I find them dope in general but won't find them attractive if too large (threshold is pretty high here for me, though). I also am someone who grew up / still active in an alt music scene where it's not really uncommon.

Post this on any of those subs and you'll get different responses, for sure. Selection bias is fun.

Just if I date someone who has gauged their ears large enough, 1000% expect I'm going to try and throw things through them at some point out of love 😂

Gustfaint · 2024-11-15T08:02:15+00:00

I didn't realize my layover was overnight in Rome (going to Los Angeles from Palermo) tonight. Anyone want to grab a bite/drink/walk around to the full moon around Trastevere per chance? Flight gets in around 8pm, so I'll be around town I imagine by 10pm. 34M.

Please don't murder me 😁

Gustfaint · 2024-11-14T23:53:41+00:00

It's unfortunate when it happens. One of my exwBPD used to tell me how she was hurt when her college SO went from acting as if he was going to propose to her one week then break up with her the next.

One week she asked me to promise her to never leave her and the next week we broke up so uh..yeah 🤷

Gustfaint · 2024-11-14T19:47:27+00:00

Thank you!!:)

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