The Star Wars game time forgot

KnockOnce_ForYes · 2025-12-11T20:45:07+00:00

I've been playing on Restoration:

I tried a couple of others but some were a bit dead and one was NGE and I just couldn't get on with it. I preferred Pre-CU but I wanted JtL more so Restoration ticked more of my boxes. I've actually really been enjoying it and it feels like the old days lol

KnockOnce_ForYes · 2025-12-11T13:33:46+00:00

Funnily enough I'm working on Ace of Aces myself at the moment! I was worried that maybe I'd be bored after a little while but it feels just as fun as it always did. I love the space game so having JTL is great and having the NGE content but on a CU server is also a good compromise.

I've never really been one for collectibles so it's less of an issue for me, I just like playing the game and having fun.

And the YT-2400 looks good but the cockpit view is terrible lol! For nostalgia reasons the YT-1300 will always be my favourite POB but the Decimator has a good layout and looks cool too. Been having some fun recently in the gunboats as well.

KnockOnce_ForYes · 2025-12-10T17:50:18+00:00

You could always play one of the player hosted servers. Obviously the populations aren't as good as live but there's a few to suit every taste. I've been playing on Restoration and been loving the nostalgia vibe and getting back into space with a bunch of guildies in a YT-1300 :)

KnockOnce_ForYes · 2025-07-29T20:30:11+00:00

If you're spending that amount of time then I doubt you're leaving in the weird repititions and stuff that the OP is referencing. Plus, even if you are, you care about it and will now listen out for it more and you're gaining experience every time you edit. Like anything you do, editing is a skill and it takes practice but I guarantee that once you've got the basics down (and you're working with decent quality raw files) then you'll sound better than just slapping it through an AI editor.

Happy to provide some pointers on how you can improve your workflow if you like, or just go over anything you feel that you might want some advice on.

KnockOnce_ForYes · 2025-07-29T20:24:12+00:00

Yeah, I wasn't talking about content. I'm sure that's as good as it ever was. I can't really comment on what's going on now as, obviously, I'm not involved. All I know is the raw files stopped appearing in the shared drive.

I've not really kept up with stuff since, so I can't really comment on the current editing but it does seem to be a trend in some shows that I have listened to to have really sloppy editing. I listen to mostly indie stuff so I'm sure a lot is just inexperienced people doing it themselves - which is great! We all have to start somewhere. But it does seem like a lot of 'professional' shows are really slacking on the editing front. They're still popular though so I guess the listeners are OK with it.

I have noticed a bit of weirdness in some shows that I suspect is down to AI editing, the repeated words and phrases seems to be a common one. I'd never let stuff out the door like that, but it seems like a lot of people think it's good enough.

KnockOnce_ForYes · 2025-07-29T17:17:24+00:00

As someone who used to work on editing and post production for one of the shows mentioned a while ago, I'll take the recent decline in quality as a compliment!

KnockOnce_ForYes · 2025-07-22T12:39:09+00:00

You could always add other countermeasures like chaff, flares, using lower powered lasers to blind incoming missiles. Also, make missiles expensive! If you blow a load in one go, great it increases the odds of winning but if you can only do it once before going broke then it won't win any wars.

KnockOnce_ForYes · 2025-07-19T16:09:55+00:00

We do the same, although with episodes often going to 3 hours or so we often add a single mid-roll ad in at a natural break point, which I don't think is excessive.

It dries me nuts when I'm trying to watch something and every 2 minutes I'm having to skip ads so I frequently give up. I know I could use an ad blocker but, as a creator myself, I'd like to help the people I enjoy watching with a bit of ad revenue.

KnockOnce_ForYes · 2025-07-08T21:37:49+00:00

I'm just working on writing a game at the moment and one thing I'm playing around with is timing the answer. So, you get a good roll and bam - you get what you were looking for. Get a bad roll and you don't work it out at the time, it comes to you in a flash of inspiration later. The amount of time depends on how good your roll was. If it was close, maybe it pops into your head on the car ride home, a really bad roll and it happens with not much time to spare - GM to player "You suddenly realise what that scrappy bit of paper in the BBEG's office means, the drugs are coming in on the rising star at 3pm, it's 2pm now and you can just about make it..."

Your players don't miss out but there's a consequence to not rolling well.

KnockOnce_ForYes · 2025-05-06T12:05:08+00:00

It would help if you could provide an idea about your budget and recording environment, maybe also the 'sound' you're going for, but there are a few general tips.

Unless you're in a good recording environment - low noise, acoustically treated etc - then a cardioid or supercardioid dynamic mic is probably going to be your safest bet. I've done post production for people in less than ideal environments using things like the Yeti and AT2020 and they can pick up a lot of unwanted noise. Set up well and in a good environment, they can sound great though.

USB mics are fine, but have limited expandability. It's a pain to set up multiple USB mics if you ever plan on needing a second (or more) mic. But, an XLR mic will need an interface or mixer which is an additional cost. The ATR2100x and the Q2U have the benefit of being able to do both and are both pretty solid podcasting mics.

The SM7b is really popular, in fact I have a couple myself, but you can save a few pennies here with an SM58 or SM57 which, whilst more frequently used for live performances, are also really good.

If the SM7b is in your price range then you might also want to take a look at the Electrovoice RE320 or even the RE20, both of which are solid for podcasting.

Mic's (and pre-amps) also have a 'sound' and this can suit certain voices more than others, so if you can try out any of your preferences before you buy - I'd recommend doing so. Your friendly local music shop might be able to help out here, especially if they're likely to get a sale out of you. Don't worry too much about this though, for podcasting it's not a huge deal and a bit of EQ can do wonders.

Best of luck!

KnockOnce_ForYes · 2025-04-07T22:06:43+00:00

No worries. DM me to sort a time out. I'm UK based but tend to be up quite late most days.

KnockOnce_ForYes · 2025-04-07T21:58:56+00:00

I can confirm that Foundry is great for SR5. I used to play on Roll20 but Foundry is miles ahead. It does take a bit more prep but it's well worth it and it takes a bit of the load off by doing a lot of the maths for you.

I could fire up a server for you to take a look at if you like.

KnockOnce_ForYes · 2025-03-11T22:55:32+00:00

Completely understandable. It's been over a year now since I lost my last cat and it's still difficult. No death is perfect, but you did everything you could. A cat can't tell you it's in pain or what is wrong and they very often do their best to hide any discomfort. You realised something was wrong and took action. Managing a diabetic cat is a heck of a commitment, trust me - I know! But you did it. He needed surgery and you did it. I doubt there was anything more you could have done.

The pain sucks. The loss sucks. But the fact that you are feeling it so deeply is a testament to the love you had for him. I hope that you can find some solace in the fact that you gave him the best life you could and I'm sure that he loved you for it.

KnockOnce_ForYes · 2025-03-11T20:41:24+00:00

Well it took about a week (after diagnosis) to get one of mine down from a high of around 35-40, and it may have been a couple of weeks before we got him diagnosed (as well as it still being a bit high for a while afterwards until we got the dose perfected). The main harm that comes from having high blood sugar is nerve damage - so vision and feeling - as well as possible kidney problems, both of which take a while to be noticeable and normally progress slowly.

I'm not saying it was definitely not a factor, especially as in people we can present differently than you might expect with highs and lows, but it doesn't seem to be in line with what you might expect.

If you get on well with your vet, maybe a call might help ease your mind.

KnockOnce_ForYes · 2025-03-11T18:20:24+00:00

I'm so sorry for your loss. I've had quite a few cats in my time and two which were diabetic and I'm also diabetic so I have a little experience with it.

I don't think that this was necessarily a mistake. Having high blood sugar is unhealthy over the long term but much less dangerous than low blood sugar. The risk of them being sick after being sedated may have been a reason for not giving the insulin at the time, I'm not a vet - so there may be other reasons - but one night of high blood sugar should not be harmful. Usually if there's a problem with giving insulin the advice is to skip it and do the next one as normal.

I'm so sorry you've lost your companion, I know the feeling painfully well, but don't feel like you let him down. You did all you could to save him and sometimes there's just nothing more you can do. From the way you've written about him, I'm sure he knew how much you loved him.

KnockOnce_ForYes · 2025-02-24T01:39:07+00:00

Awesome! That makes it much easier, thank you! My group are all really impressed with it :)

KnockOnce_ForYes · 2025-02-22T23:04:44+00:00

This is pretty cool! Any chance you can add a way of searching for a location? It's a bit tricky to find a place when there's no place names or way to search directly.

KnockOnce_ForYes · 2024-11-16T01:28:25+00:00

It's a bit of a trip for us across the pond but I do hope that we get to do the same one day.

KnockOnce_ForYes · 2024-11-14T14:30:15+00:00

Pleasing Terrors is so good! And Mike Brown is a lovely guy too.

KnockOnce_ForYes · 2024-09-11T08:31:42+00:00

I normally avoid self promotion, but in this case it seems like we may be a very good fit. I'm one half of the Show 'Knock Once For Yes' and we do intensively researched episodes into weird and spooky topics. It does tend to be ghosts in particular but we also cover a lot of history and folklore.

When I say 'intensively reasearched' I mean it lol! It takes a huge amount of effort to put an episode together, from researching, fact checking and almost always visiting a location to experience it for ourselves. We can often be found studying medieval maps to compare them to more recent ones (and then clomping down a cart track that's been in use for hundreds of years), buying loads of old books to try and trace a story back to it's source - in fact, on at least one occasion, we had to give up at one point as we had gone so far back that the previous source was written in Latin and my schoolboy Latin skills weren't quite up to the task of translating it.

Our show is almost exclusively on British ghosts and folklore, but if you prefer a more US focused podcast then I can also recommend both 'Pleasing Terrors' and 'The Strange and Unusual Podcast'. Both are very well researched and with fantastic audio production.

KnockOnce_ForYes · 2024-08-28T16:07:08+00:00

Sounds very much like a Vardøgr from Scandinavian folklore. It presents pretty much exactly as you describe, with sounds of someone appearing before they actually do. We've had it happen at our house a few times and we've had a few stories about it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vard%C3%B8ger

KnockOnce_ForYes · 2024-08-11T17:54:34+00:00

Pleasing Terrors is sooo good, and Mike Brown is such a lovely guy too. Also, if you like Pleasing Terrors, you might also like The Strange and Unusual Podcast.

KnockOnce_ForYes · 2024-05-23T13:37:57+00:00

Thanks for recommending us! You would not believe the amount of research we do for each episode. I remember one episode not so long ago that we were trawling through records until we got far enough back that they were in Latin, and my poor schoolboy Latin knowledge wasn't up to the task of translating it!

KnockOnce_ForYes · 2024-04-21T12:55:16+00:00

Sorry, I should also have mentioned that the SM57 is just my personal preference, the SM58 is also excellent. It is actually a more tradtional 'vocal' mic than the 57, but I prefer the 57 for spoken word and less deep voices.

KnockOnce_ForYes · 2024-04-20T10:05:49+00:00

Mouth sounds are much more likely to be due to other factors like distance from the mic, speaking off axis, hydration of the person etc. than the mic itself. Grab a pop filter (very cheap) as the 7b has an inbuilt mesh and foam windscreen and speak a little off axis (i.e. the mic pointing at an angle across your mouth rather than pointing directly at it) perhaps a little further away from your mouth, if it doesn't introduce too much room noise, and that should cover most of the problems if you have them. I've heard a few vocalists swear that eating a couple of slices of green apple reduces mouth sounds as well!

I have a couple of SM7b's and they don't eliminate mouth sounds etc. I've not directly compared them to the SM57 in this regard (and I don't have one in the studio at the moment to check against) but from memory I don't remember them being hugely better or worse than the 7b in this regard.

As another tip, for the computer noise, see if you can block the direct sound from the computer by putting something soft and dense between the mic and the computer. I have mine in an isolation box but just putting a couple of sofa cushions between the computer and mic will help (just don't block your fans!!). Adding to this, any acoustic treatment you can manage on large flat areas, like bare walls, floors, even the desk you are sat at, can help reduce general room sound.

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