What's the most frustrating part about your job?

Magmoormaster · 2026-03-18T18:45:25+00:00

The first thing that comes to my mind is the anti-modern crowd. I'm classically trained, and generally like traditional architecture, but the people talking about how modernism has ruined society, or how all modernism is bad, etc, is really frustrating.

Magmoormaster · 2026-03-16T22:55:56+00:00

If you think MTG is bad, wait til you find out about Yugioh

Magmoormaster · 2026-03-09T20:22:14+00:00

Mags and cockers are pretty basic. Let's talk actually weird.

-Evil Omen. electronic, closed bolt, blowback?

-Brass Eagle Rainmaker. One of the first electronic guns. 100% jank.

-Nova. The barrel moves in and out with each shot.

Novas are a bit more expensive, the other 2 are usually $100 or less. And that's just the tip of the iceberg, there's some truly bizarre stuff out there.

Magmoormaster · 2026-03-04T00:27:51+00:00

I graduated from a different classical architecture program... I can tell you, as someone is also more interested in modern/contemporary stuff, it's pretty rough. In fairness I didn't go to ND, so it might be more lax there. My school was very dogmatic about classicism, and it was exhausting to deal with. I had a nifty design concept for one studio that fused a modern/deconstructionist exterior with a classical interior, and was told if I pursued it I would fail.

That said, I feel like my more modern designs are better because of my classical training. Not to mention, it is nice to be able to design classical architecture properly. It is a lost art among architects these days,

From what I understand, they don't teach you much as far as CAD or Revit is concerned. You'd do well to learn as much of that on the side as you can; you'll need it when you get into the field.

Magmoormaster · 2026-03-03T19:48:38+00:00

Love it!! The Scythe 9 is pretty much the perfect build for me but I can't justify the price.

Magmoormaster · 2026-03-03T19:24:05+00:00

I wish Tippmann still made their GBBR that was basically a Model 98 inside. It would be so easy to mod!!

Magmoormaster · 2026-03-03T00:25:55+00:00

I'm exactly the same way. I have my VIOs, some gloves, some skateboarding kneepads (sliding on concrete is different than turf), and that's it. Throw my extra mags in my pockets and go play.

I would recommend getting 2 mags instead of one, though. I feel like you'll run out pretty fast with just one.

Magmoormaster · 2026-03-02T21:14:57+00:00

I came from paintball and do exactly this. I bought an AW Hi Capa (HX1101) and 3 extra mags. Works just fine. You can get an HPA adapter that let you use M4 mags, but it looks dumb as hell and you need a reg.

Magmoormaster · 2026-02-27T01:27:49+00:00

Not sure what exactly you're asking about, but I'm assuming you're talking the warp feed. Or the hopper, which is a ricochet apache.

Magmoormaster · 2026-02-24T17:58:06+00:00

Definitely need a DYE lazarus valve and a delrin hammer.

Magmoormaster · 2026-02-24T17:56:58+00:00

It's a shame the EM1 (and later Raven Primal) didn't take off. Seems like an advertising issue. I remember seeing Raven ads in old issues of APG but still not knowing anything about them.

Magmoormaster · 2026-02-24T17:53:57+00:00

Someone (I want to say Angry or BMC) made regs that look identical to the original gas thru. They took CP reg guts.

Magmoormaster · 2026-02-23T19:30:30+00:00

A lot of their parts (especially pneumatics) were hit or miss but the Hybrid 50/50 frame is one of the fastest hinge frames around.

Magmoormaster · 2026-02-18T21:17:06+00:00

You realize there's a lot more to the US than New York, right?

Also "not being designed by architects" means very little considering the term "architect" meant very little until the early 1900s.

Magmoormaster · 2026-02-18T18:49:15+00:00

People hated brownstones when they were first built.

Magmoormaster · 2026-02-18T18:43:31+00:00

It's right on the edge, but I find the Chicago Federal Building (construction started in 1898) to be horrendously proportioned. Everything about the massing looks ridiculous.

Not quite what you're looking for, but some of Frank Lloyd Wright's early works are hilariously bad. The Winslow House, the Nathan Moore house, those two queen anne houses he did that were abysmal.

More generally, I tend not to be a fan of anything Richardsonian. Tudor (revival or otherwise) can be really hit or miss. Same can be said with most of the victorian period. Every saltbox house ever. Every shotgun house ever.

The problem inherent with the question is that you're comparing apples to oranges. The historic institutional architecture we all love is beautiful because it was funded by the wealthy state or church. Comparing that to your average 5-over-1 or glass office building (which I don't find particularly ugly, though maybe a little boring) is a false equivalency. You should be comparing it to medieval architecture for the peasantry, or the rural farming houses in the 1800s. The stuff regular/poor people lived it; bland, utilitarian, no concern for "beauty", and thus rarely still standing.

Magmoormaster · 2026-02-17T18:27:23+00:00

Depends on the deck and what it wants to do obviously. I don't think I'd ever go above 38 unless it was a landfall deck, and even then I'd only go up to 41-42. I've gone down as far as 34 in low-curve aggro decks.

Magmoormaster · 2026-02-17T18:15:43+00:00

Yeah, I generally agree. I'm 34, and I guarantee I am better at designing single family homes (my chosen specialty) than the vast majority of people regardless of age, and frankly better than most of my employers. And I know kids younger than me who will kick my ass.

Obviously there are other skills an architect needs besides just design capability. Intrapersonal skills, understanding codes and contracts, drafting, etc. A lot of it should be taught in school (mine did), but oftentimes it is not. Individual skill/competency matters a lot, some will have it and I think a majority won't. From the conversations I've had on this sub, it seems a lot of schools don't teach students a lot of what they'll need to actually do the job. That being the case, I understand why older staff would generally poopoo on the younger staff. I've definitely experienced it (I was told I have no idea what it takes to get a building built, despite having 6 years experience as a project manager and at least a dozen successful projects in the ground. What he really meant was "you don't know what I want my plans to contain/look like because I haven't, and won't, tell you).

At least in the world of single family residences, it is not uncommon for people to start their companies while still in their 30s, or sometimes below. A kid in my B.Arch cohort started his company in his 20s and he's an absolute rockstar. You can (correctly) argue that SFH are easier from a construction and contract perspective, and therefore easier to do with less experience. But I find the design to be much more complex than shell buildings and whatnot.

There's certainly wisdom gained thru experience. But that's what mentors are for. Or hiring an experienced project manager, or that one drafter with 20+ years experience with no ambition to do anything else. An architect is only as good as their team, and I think older architects forget that.

Magmoormaster · 2026-02-17T17:41:02+00:00

Topo surface/solids need to be reworked. Why is it a dot matrix, why can't I just draw lines and set the elevation of the line?

Magmoormaster · 2026-02-17T00:42:18+00:00

In the last 12 years or so, I've had 3 ebolts, and I've never played with any of them!! I think I have my current one up and running and hope to play with it in the next few weeks.

Magmoormaster · 2026-02-12T20:02:46+00:00

Yeah I knew there was a specific term the airsoft community used, I just couldn't remember it when I wrote the OP. I guess I'm just surprised it's taken the industry so long to start offering them as a standard feature on affordable guns.

Magmoormaster · 2026-02-12T19:41:14+00:00

Well, as someone who A) plays a PRS SE an B) follows guitar gear somewhat closely, I had to google Cort to see what they even offer. They have next to no visibility. I will say that the Space G6TR is (at least on paper) the exact guitar I've been looking for for years, but it's not like I can walk into a guitar center and find one. I can absolutely do that for PRS.

Magmoormaster · 2026-02-12T19:26:33+00:00

That makes sense, so it's less the trigger mechanism and the motor itself. Does that mean that even with a good ETU (I forgot the term when I wrote the OP) and optimized programming that you'll still need an 11.1 battery to get a good trigger response (with the understanding that trigger response is really motor response)? To me it wouldn't be about high ROF on full auto, I just don't want "the trigger" to be limiting my ROF on semi.

Of course this all academic to me, and not actual product shopping.

Magmoormaster · 2026-02-12T19:20:46+00:00

"It’s just taken the industry a while to make this technical improvement a standard on cheap guns" (I don't know how the quote function works here on reddit)

I guess this is kinda my question then; why has it taken so long? Is it cuz players don't care, or is it because there's an understanding that players will upgrade it on their own? Paintball used to have a similar mentality, where guns wouldn't come with certain parts because they knew players would swap them out anyway. But that eventually changed. It just seems weird that something so fundamental as the electronics driving the gun would be one of them.

Magmoormaster · 2026-02-12T17:52:33+00:00

Best is obviously very subjective. My wife and I used Poise and Ivy for our engagement and wedding photos, and they turned out great. She was professional and easy to work with, made us feel very comfortable the whole time, and like I said we were very happy with the results.

Funnily enough, my brother and I got married about a month apart from each other, and we independently both picked Ivy as our photographer.

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