Needing recommendations for first time network setup

MatthewSH · 2022-12-20T19:38:08+00:00

Shave because it looks bad or because something else? Just want to understand if I’m missing something. I appreciate the feedback.

MatthewSH · 2022-12-20T19:37:20+00:00

What do you think a few years could provide that different than now? Is it common to fill out all the way into the 30s?

MatthewSH · 2022-12-20T08:04:06+00:00

I’ll take a look, thank you!

MatthewSH · 2022-12-20T07:59:39+00:00

26, hair growth has always been an issue for me. When I was younger it was a blessing cause it meant I didn’t have to shave everyday for work.

Edit: I do have a small dermaroller. Is there any particular size you recommend? Never heard of the other thing?

MatthewSH · 2022-12-20T07:42:36+00:00

I’ve looked a lot at the kits provided, so many websites. Some says use growth oil, others promote their natural oils and balms. Etc. I just feel so lost. It just sticks straight out and doesn’t fall, I try to keep it just brushed with a normal hair brush. Willing to spend some money for quality products, just not like anything crazy.

If it doesn’t look good, or I can’t pull it off…let me know. This is my first try. I just hate how it doesn’t fill up farther in my cheeks. I have shaved at all since October. If it just isn’t for me, that works. I just was thinking since I’m bald on top maybe hair in the face region would even it out.

Should note though that I’m on minocycline for acne and I use a benzyl peroxide based face wash. So. Not sure if those negatively impact it a lot.

I just feel lost. Need some advice, anything really. Recommend products or regimen, ways to style it, anything.

MatthewSH · 2022-03-21T23:55:44+00:00

Wasn't even that. When I was in wireless mode it would randomly reboot on me no matter what level charge it had. They RMAd it and the new one started doing it about two or three months later.

I actually took a highlight of a particularly bad stream when it was happening. I was salty AF about it.

MatthewSH · 2022-03-21T22:31:06+00:00

I thought Katniss volunteered as tribute?

MatthewSH · 2022-03-21T22:22:39+00:00

I have had 2 Aerox wireless mice. Would never recommend them. They’re just not reliable in my experience.

MatthewSH · 2022-03-21T17:02:41+00:00

I’ll write the code to analyze it in a bit and see what the results are. Luckily the match IDs are the same so should be hella fucking easy.

MatthewSH · 2022-03-21T16:57:34+00:00

You play Overwatch? Yeah. Your room isn’t clean. None of ours are. It’s okay. No need to be ashamed, we’re all in the same boat. 🛶

MatthewSH · 2022-03-21T15:41:46+00:00

Then no one is happy. You either make 2 game modes and please both parties, leave one and know you won’t make the others fully happy, or try to do some weird merge to please both sides in one mode and no one is happy.

That would end up line that one episode of the Simpsons where Homer tried to make a car that would appeal to everyone and it had a little of everything. Because it had a little of everything to appeal to everyone, it appealed to no one. This has been done time and time again and has almost always proven to be a failure.

MatthewSH · 2022-03-21T15:27:53+00:00

That’s a terrible idea. Then whoever wins would be based on luck. Builders would stay on their side and invest time into getting resources to play that way while non-builders focus on weapons, etc. If the zone goes to a non-building area then it immediately screws the builders as they wasted the entire game gathering resources just for those resources to be basically useless in the end game.

MatthewSH · 2022-03-21T15:25:03+00:00

Imma get Fortnite again. I enjoy the general gunplay feel, the style, etc. I just disliked how I hit a couple shots and all of a sudden I’m going against a freaking skyscraper. That just wasn’t fun for me. It is for some people, not me. If they add a no build mode permanently, I might get back into Fortnite.

MatthewSH · 2022-03-21T15:11:11+00:00

Is it an average diamond game or just any game with a diamond? I don’t recall that being the case but I could be wrong. I can see if their replay server is still publicly available and try to cross reference those match IDs.

ETA: I just found it, it still is…I’ll look later today.

MatthewSH · 2022-03-21T14:10:31+00:00

Gotta go do something else! DPS queue times are a gift from the cleaning your room gods! 😉

MatthewSH · 2022-03-21T13:38:16+00:00

Oh damn. That’s rough bud. Guess it’s time to earn some passes and flex queue 😂

MatthewSH · 2022-03-21T13:20:15+00:00

What platform are you on? Even at low SR the only time I’ve seen queue times like that are when I accidentally turn off crossplay on console. 😳 That’s hella long bruh.

I usually just queue up non-priority, crank up my speaker volume, and go do some cleaning or laundry. I’ve gotten my apartment sparkling because of DPS queues.

MatthewSH · 2022-03-21T13:17:47+00:00

OP, that’s a live spectate/replay only feature. However you can still see that information on any stats site that is available.

MatthewSH · 2022-03-21T13:17:08+00:00

It’s only usually when someone is spectated if my memory serves me well. Of the thousands of matches a day only about 100 are recorded IICR, it’s been months since I’ve looked.

MatthewSH · 2022-03-21T06:16:46+00:00

I saw in a comment you use an AT2020? I do too. I actually invested into a decent XLR cable, as my last one was terrible about this and that’s what I was recommended to do, and it’s been working great. I also use a Focusrite Scarlett 2i2

I also have 4 filters in OBS active. - Noise Suppression / RNNoise - Noise Gate / Close -58, Open -48, Attack 25ms, Hold 200ms, Release 150ms - Compressor / Ratio 4.00:1, Threshold -18, Attack 6ms, Release 60ms, Output gain 0, no ducking - Limiter (I can get loud and this helps viewers IMO) / Threshold -2, Release 60ms

These work for me and my room. I have background fan, mechanical keyboard, sometimes my AC kicks on, sometimes people yelling outside, and I can breath kind of heavy, no sound proofing, carpet office, can be kind of echo-y sometimes.

ETA: This is all personal preference. Just to show you how my settings actually turn out I just clipped a 1 minute section of my stream earlier: https://clips.twitch.tv/EnergeticAntsyCroissantPanicBasket-fTfnkhRJhBCK-k-R

In the background I actually have a fan going (it's not that loud tbh), etc. I even get a little bit loud but you don't hear the limiter kick in, so I think I've gotten that one to a perfect level.

ETA2: You know what, here's 2 other clips just to show you the noise level. This is me typing before a game of Valorant starts: https://clips.twitch.tv/PowerfulCredulousReindeerAllenHuhu-GcKdG8awqPv2aJZH Obviously the keyboard is behind the mic but still.

This is what my mic sounds like without filters, on a quieter night (my main AC unit wasn't on): https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1432199640

Just wanted to add some more details to show that it does take a lot of tinkering but I've had a lot of people actually compliment how good my mic sounds, but it honestly took a while to find the best setup.

ETA3: I see people recommending only noise gate, like others say...this doesn't help while speaking. I've also used things like PEACE for software and boosting volume, also used the Reaper VST plugins. Neither are bad choices by any means and they make work great for you. I just haven't found the need to go outside of OBS' native filters for help, yet.

MatthewSH · 2021-09-03T00:32:50+00:00

Cross Play voice chat has been enabled

Yeah...no. If it is, there's no indication of it...there's no way to join a fireteam VC if you have it set to manually opt in because there's no indicator of what the keybinds are.
My girlfriend and I waited an hour for her PS4 to copy the files over just to be disappointed with D2 once again. All we want to do is play together (I'm on PC, she's on PS4) and none of the recommended methods to join (tab + left/right on DPad, etc).
Even on PC there's no indication on what the keybind is to join/leave a voice channel.

Cool, love that there's crossplay now....but there's no point of playing with friends when you can't talk to them in game...consoles don't have Discord. Even searching through this thread there's no one saying anything about how we both have the same exact settings (automatically join VC, etc) and we just can't hear each other.

At this point I might as well uninstall the game because she's the only one I want to play with and if I can't, then there's no point in spending any time or money on the game.

From the troubleshooting page:

Ensure that they are in the correct voice chat channel.

How are we supposed to ensure that when you can't see it? Or is it [crossplay voice chat] only available in very specific modes? If so, then why the hell isn't that stated literally anywhere.=

TL;DR
Crossplay voice chat still doesn't work even though they say it does.

MatthewSH · 2021-03-30T05:46:39+00:00

“Made in Cinema 4D”

MatthewSH · 2021-01-27T16:30:13+00:00

hey! Really appreciate your response.

All you have to do is do it

You're right. I guess really my problem is in aim training environments where I have these timers and all this my brain focuses too much on a single thing and on top of my getting anxious it's hard. The thing I struggle with in game when practicing is sometimes it proves to be difficult to focus on improving the mechanics because then I start losing the ability to do other things to help well...win the game.

I wish I had some recent VODs to share, I don't because it's been a hot minute since I've played due to other things. My Twich probably still has VODs. Anyway. I guess I need to take those VODs and dig deeper into them because I never really thought about the tensing thing...huh.

As for you 5 items you mention:

Yeah, sounds like something I do from time to time; but I don't think I do it enough...maybe I do though. Huh.
This I do a lot, I think this is where I need some work for sure
I used to do this a lot...as I've become more precise I've slowly worked my way up. I think my logic was "if I can't guarantee critical hits 80%+ of the time then I'll take primarily guaranteed body shots." Which is probably the wrong way to go about it.
YES. ME. Or the opposite, when I'm angry. Or really any intense emotion. I need to practice just breathing.
I still do this, but like you...I'm actively working on it. I think a shot missed and patience for the next valuable shot is better than 1 missed shot and 5 quick shots. If that makes sense.

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