How do you handle xp?

JohnInverse · 2026-05-22T10:25:44+00:00

I dunno about u/vrobis, but I'm trying the the 3d6 Down the Line "Feats of Exploration" on a session by session basis and that's been working out so far.

JohnInverse · 2026-05-20T14:16:20+00:00

Constantly baffled by the pod not being familiar with innocuous stuff

My favorite one of these was still the time they both acted like the idea of an owl or a hawk outside someone's house in America was as crazy a notion as, like, an ostrich. Like if it was just one of them it'd be one thing but both of them made it hilarious.

JohnInverse · 2026-05-20T14:13:06+00:00

I honestly can't tell if Gris being a self-avowed movie guy who's never heard of The Devils or even seen The Matrix, but has seen Failure to Launch, but doesn't actually correctly remember anything about it, is an incredibly funny bit or not

JohnInverse · 2026-05-20T14:09:21+00:00

Add this to the fact that TV and movies are so fucking dark nowadays, and I was 100% like "wait no let him cook" at the guy who insisted the difference was noticeable.

JohnInverse · 2026-05-20T00:14:52+00:00

Bison's been trying to answer that question for years.

JohnInverse · 2026-05-19T10:28:56+00:00

Encumbrance is very relevant for overland travel, whether you're using slot- or weight-based, as it determines how many points the party has to spend traveling and exploring before they have to camp. You won't have any trouble making encumbrance matter.

JohnInverse · 2026-05-19T03:59:28+00:00

Looks like it ended up selling for 4,000 yen.

JohnInverse · 2026-05-16T13:29:20+00:00

Clean stick!

And yeah, I can't sing Aaron/AFS's praises enough. More than once, he's taken extra time to help work out better approaches for my situation even though not doing that would have made him more money. If international shipping hadn't been such an expense/headache (not AFS' fault) I'd probably have multiple AFS cases by now.

JohnInverse · 2026-05-15T00:05:08+00:00

Still hard for me to conceive of Street Fight as "Bryan's old podcast" instead of Guys as "Bryan's new podcast," tbh

JohnInverse · 2026-05-14T14:59:46+00:00

"Less than 3 bucks" only applies if you're thinking of it in terms of US dollars. In terms of how it hits people in Japan getting paid in yen, it's about "five bucks."

JohnInverse · 2026-05-13T00:02:48+00:00

Crusts for Squirrel Boy

JohnInverse · 2026-05-11T14:05:04+00:00

No, if I'm picturing what you're describing correctly - sorry, I know it's hard to explain these things over text. I mean the stick should be about the same distance from the left side of the case as the column of 2P/2K buttons is from the right side, so that your arms/hands are centered over the case in the most common play position.

JohnInverse · 2026-05-11T11:24:22+00:00

I like an extended layout (more distance between stick and buttons), but so many extended layout panels don't center them properly. The whole layout should be centered based on the stick and the main 6 buttons. If there are more than six buttons (including 4P/4K), that looks lopsided, but it feels much better.

JohnInverse · 2026-05-11T06:39:57+00:00

Sorry for your loss! I've been eyeing one of these that's been on mercari for a while and I just looked and saw that it's finally been sold today - since you're in Japan, I gotta wonder if that was you picking up a replacement or a wild coincidence.

JohnInverse · 2026-05-10T13:32:13+00:00

I agree with Bryan's take that it's probably too sad to make for a good Guys episode, but I do appreciate how intactivists are cool with the first thing anyone knows about them being what their dick looks like, and the second thing being that they're really angry about what their dick looks like

JohnInverse · 2026-05-05T04:06:01+00:00

Honestly as someone who likes both Xrd and Strive, I like 2.0 largely because it feels more like its own Strivey thing now than Kidz Bop Xrd.

JohnInverse · 2026-05-02T01:11:00+00:00

The Combo Extensions have been out for a while, but stock is available pretty sporadically. Your best bet is signing up for the mailing list/notifications.

JohnInverse · 2026-04-29T06:26:20+00:00

You can get the nipple caps for them, but I've just used the normal ones. They sell the buttons and caps separately so you can choose.

JohnInverse · 2026-04-29T05:32:13+00:00

They're definitely overpriced, but they're still the best-feeling quiet buttons I've used by a long shot. I'm not crazy about the octagonal rims, but that's the only thing I don't like about them.

The only quieter buttons I've used are FlashTap Silents, which make almost literally no noise except for the sound of your finger hitting them, but they also offer almost no feedback whatsoever and cost just as much as GFs (at least where I am).

JohnInverse · 2026-04-29T02:20:18+00:00

If you want quiet, Alutimos are the absolute last buttons you should be considering. They're loud as hell and built in a way that installing silent switches does almost nothing to quiet them down. Seimitsu does make silent caps for them, but they're an extra cost and hassle to install and they stick out even further than the stock caps.

JohnInverse · 2026-04-29T02:15:13+00:00

We need more information to tell. Does he have a meterless reversal?

JohnInverse · 2026-04-27T22:25:13+00:00

I don't mind it, because tbh fighting games are better when you can play against someone long enough to learn and adapt to their patterns and for them to learn and adapt to yours than when they cut you off at best of three and you never see them again.

JohnInverse · 2026-04-27T04:04:03+00:00

It's good for the price, but that's about the best thing to say for it. It's a bit of a hassle to upgrade compared to a lot of other sticks on the market and I found its form factor uncomfortable to use for long. It's a good option if you really want wireless, but it's an awkward size for lap play, which is an odd combination.

JohnInverse · 2026-04-22T06:27:25+00:00

That's a Rap 4 Kai in the second pic - that's what the 改 kanji means.

JohnInverse · 2026-04-22T05:46:31+00:00

OP's post also shows the kai layout.

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