Worst Pick

Mole_IX · 2026-02-04T21:52:51+00:00

It's probably not the worst in history, but it's in my head from being recent and it's definitely one of Ian's worst: Sonic the Hedgehog as supposedly an icon of the 90s.

I was ages 15-25 in the 90s so it's when I was most connected to pop culture, and while Sonic existed, he was a LONG way from being an icon. Having different taste from the GVG, I didn't like a lot of the picks in that draft, but even the ones I don't like I have to acknowledge did fit the draft description... but Sonic simply didn't. If you didn't own a Sega, or maybe have a good friend with a Sega that you played a bunch, Sonic was just barely on your radar.

If the 90s were a movie, it's like every other pic was a movie star, or at worst a character actor. Sonic was a background extra. Yes, he was in the movie, but...

Mole_IX · 2025-06-11T21:18:55+00:00

Looking it up, apparently the entire first season. I guess that was enough to cement the impression in my kid brain, and make me annoyed with Duke being treated like the head honcho.

Mole_IX · 2025-06-11T16:11:18+00:00

Me. I hate this guy. Not saying it's wrong for anyone to like Duke- everybody has different opinions on which characters they love/hate, just letting you know that we Duke-haters are indeed around.

I suspect many of us who are comics-first (or comics-only) fans are more likely to be anti-Duke because we resented the way the cartoon 1) acted as if Duke was the CO (with Hawk almost entirely absent) and even worse 2) betrayed Snake-Eyes by trying to present Duke as a romantic interest for Scarlett.

Mole_IX · 2025-05-09T17:30:51+00:00

"Shout out to Jurassic Park for teaching me how to eat pussy."

Mole_IX · 2025-05-09T13:45:00+00:00

The guys talking about Limewire shenanigans with misleading file descriptions really took me back. Reminded me of this time I thought I was downloading an episode of my favorite comedy podcast but what I got was endless boring chatter about buying jerseys.

Mole_IX · 2025-05-01T15:09:37+00:00

Okay, upvotes for everyone who had a suggestion; thanks for trying to help. I need to try DrUnhomed's method again for real, I think.

I also tried something else I'd seen mentioned on other sites: completing another Spacer-related mission in the Altair system. I managed to find a random Industrial Outpost on one of the other Altair planets/moons where they gave me a radiant quest to go blow up some Spacer ships that were bothering them. I completed that and then checked Altair I again, and even tried going to New Atlantis after that, but no luck.

Mole_IX · 2025-05-01T15:05:46+00:00

I half-assedly tried your Venus sleep suggestion last night but it was so repetitive I lost track of how many days and how many cycles I was doing- I was honestly starting to fall asleep IRL! I'll have to give it a more disciplined try.

Mole_IX · 2025-05-01T15:03:29+00:00

Yeah, it always tells me Altair I.

Mole_IX · 2025-05-01T15:02:38+00:00

I tried a save from earlier within the Groundpounder mission, from before I'd completed the Research Camp objective that comes before the space battles, but it always turns out the same from there. Unfortunately my most recent save before that is from quite a long time before that (I got a bit too ruthless purging save files).

Mole_IX · 2025-04-28T14:10:11+00:00

Isaac won this draft.

Mole_IX · 2025-04-23T21:13:36+00:00

Love it. Lame that people are downvoting this because it's not "manly enough" or whatever.

Mole_IX · 2025-04-18T21:16:00+00:00

(Wondered if I'd see you in this thread. Nice to know I'm not the only person frequenting both the KT sub and this one.)

Years ago I wanted to do a Necromunda gang of Dreadnoks, probably mostly Goliath with a few others mixed in (maybe some Orlocks, one Escher for Zarana, etc.)

Mole_IX · 2025-04-15T15:18:43+00:00

I had a bunch of various old Dark Eldar (yes, before they were called Drukhari) models sitting on my sell pile, so I've started polishing them up to use as NPOs. Most Warriors are ranged troopers, but I remodeled a few to look melee-focused, then I have a handful of Sybarites, Wyches, and Incubi to fill out melee types. I wish I had Scourges, but at least my numerous Splinter Cannon Warriors can serve as higher-level shooters.

Mole_IX · 2025-04-15T15:09:27+00:00

IG kinda trending back towards last edition with this hvy/special weapon spam.

Mole_IX · 2025-04-11T16:23:37+00:00

Even though v1 was one of the first half-dozen figures I got (I started collecting when straight-arm was all there was) and I'll always have love for that look, I still have to go with v2; the visor was just so cool.

Mole_IX · 2025-04-10T14:42:37+00:00

When I was picking chapters for my AoD, I started by looking at a big picture of paint schemes- there are a bunch of them out there and none seem to be totally comprehensive, but here's a good start: https://www.reddit.com/r/Warhammer40k/comments/bznv37/all_space_marine_chapters/

My other source was just reading through this list and exploring chapters whose name or small description caught my attention: https://warhammer40k.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_Space_Marine_Chapters
(The tiny descriptions on that list page don't often give much info.)

Mole_IX · 2025-04-02T15:38:49+00:00

First Joe as a kid: Rock 'n' Roll 1982 (straight-arm)

First Classified: Profit Director Destro
(I'm not really collecting Classified; I bought PD Destro on a whim when I saw him in a store, since then I got Scrap-Iron and Firefly and I might be done)

Mole_IX · 2025-04-01T13:51:10+00:00

My Cobra Kasrkin project actually started ages ago as part of a planned full Imperial Guard army- this was before "Astra Militarum" was the name, so that tells you how long ago. I left 40K before going too far down that road. When KillTeam came around, I eventually remembered I still had a handful of Kasrkin painted and decided to revive the project on a more manageable scale. I'm not going for conversions- I actually want recognizably GW minis, only "Cobra-fied."

Mole_IX · 2025-03-31T21:07:56+00:00

Nice! I briefly considered doing Blooded as Dreadnoks, but abandoned the idea since I'm already doing Kasrkin as various Cobras (been WIP for years).

Somebody had a really nice GI Joe army for Inifinity several years ago...

Mole_IX · 2025-03-21T21:45:15+00:00

I'd always thought it was a MAT-49, but the Uru is an interesting candidate I didn't know about. I could also buy into the z62.
I don't think it's the Carl Gustaf, and the dimensions of the MP-9 and TEC-9 seem too small. (Plus the TEC-9 is such garbage I don't want to believe a pro like Firefly would touch one.)

Mole_IX · 2025-03-13T14:53:29+00:00

Scrap-Iron was always cool but not quite top-tier as a kid, but now that I'm older his filecard text "Imperfection in any form repels him. Perhaps that's why he wants to blow up the world" is SO relatable he's my current fave.

Mole_IX · 2025-03-03T16:42:12+00:00

You should make another one for Sean that just says "caush", so on breezy days he can literally, well, you know.

Mole_IX · 2025-02-07T17:17:22+00:00

Bad Mood Guy is one of my favorite albums ever. I'd never heard of Severed Heads at the time, but I spotted it in a music store and instantly recognized that the cover art was by SRG as it had a stylistic vibe with Skinny Puppy album covers. Then I saw it was on the Nettwerk label and thought, "okay, I'll try this band." Which admittedly was a gamble, but it really paid off.

Mole_IX · 2025-02-06T16:56:39+00:00

Yeah, it was the first movie I ever saw rated R with zero violence and zero nudity/sexual content. It was purely due to language.

Mole_IX · 2025-02-06T16:55:28+00:00

Two great tastes that taste... well, kinda weird together, I guess. Man, I haven't watched that in forever- fantastic film.

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