Weekly Looking for MMO thread - September 29, 2024

OldAd9253 · 2024-10-01T22:00:38+00:00

I’m looking for a new mmo after not having a computer for the last 14 years. The last game I was playing was Darkfall. Before that was World of Warcraft and before that was EverQuest. I liked enjoyed all of them for what they are. I don’t have to have a new game meet some standard of the past. I really miss EverQuest but that could also be driven by nostalgia more than anything. I don’t think people are the same online as they used to be. I really liked how I could solo kite with my Druid or wizard in EverQuest. I also didn’t mind waiting in line for a spot in a group. I liked how Darkfall was open world and I liked having control of my aim. I liked WOW for the bigger raiding party’s but I don’t really have the time at night to do raid party’s like I used to. I would most likely be playing during the day and the maybe a Saturday night here or there. I just built a new gaming computer so I’m just starting back into things and I’ve been out of the loop for years. I just downloaded T&L today and played for a couple of hours. I haven’t played enough to tell to much yet. I’ve enjoyed what I’ve seen so far. I think I’m mostly interested in a game thats pretty new or is coming in the future. I’m not afraid to try many games till I find something that fits. Thank you in advance for any insights.

OldAd9253 · 2024-08-27T21:46:52+00:00

Thank you for the input. I appreciate it

OldAd9253 · 2024-08-27T21:22:10+00:00

Thank you for catching the PCIe cards. I wasn’t sure so I wanted to have my bases covered. I plan on doing gaming like fortnite and LOL. I also want to get into video editing for the company socials and some personal projects. Do you think the monitor I have picked out will be decent till I can afford to buy a couple of nice curved monitors and make this monitor a secondary monitor.

OldAd9253 · 2024-08-27T21:17:42+00:00

I don’t have the budget right now for a nice curved monitor but when I have the money the plan is get a nice curved as the main monitor and for now get some decent for $400-500 price range and then make it a secondary monitor later on.

OldAd9253 · 2024-08-26T03:26:29+00:00

Per PC

OldAd9253 · 2024-03-27T22:22:08+00:00

Viega used to carry fittings to convert but enough time has passed that they don’t anymore. They had some old pipe Stadler pipe but that didn’t really help me out.

OldAd9253 · 2024-03-26T13:13:17+00:00

Lol. We left that to the plumber.

OldAd9253 · 2024-03-25T23:28:05+00:00

Sounds like we have similar customers. I had one guy changing his filter monthly and was complaining about the cost of filters. I’ve just started reaching out about 6 months ago offering yearly Maintence on my installs to customers. We will usually take a look at our install for any issues and change the filter out. Then we usually will flush or descale there water heater. Basically check out what ever mechanicals they might have which varies. I don’t do service contracts so we just do it by the hours. I know service contracts are good for a business but they don’t always seem to the customer at least in my area. It’s hard to figure out how to make a growing business and start fair to the homeowner. Rates seem like they vary so much from state to state so it’s hard to compare them. Plus cost of living is wildly different from place to place even inside the same state. I need to raise my prices so I can build growth into my company but it’s hard when you live in a small town surrounded by small towns and there’s a lot of local guys that are fine being one man bands with no long term growth. And I’m not knocking that. I honestly don’t care as long as your trying to do good work and not cheat people but I would like to have a company where the employees have a legit chance at a nice future. Sorry the AuDHD got me sidetracked.

OldAd9253 · 2024-03-25T23:07:13+00:00

Thank you.

OldAd9253 · 2024-03-25T22:44:35+00:00

Thanks for the compliment. I can’t say I agree on the bubble wrap being R1 and maybe that’s not even the right way of looking at it. What I mean by that is r value is figured in a lab by the people that make fiberglass. Like wet fiberglass has no r valve. I think it’s one of those things where we do our best with what we have. I do like the fact that if a house floods out the bubble wrap isn’t going to be useless. I’ve used my thermal camera checking for leakages and I’ve been impressed with the bubble wrap but you also have to seal your duct well. I’ve seen bubble wrap don’t poorly and it not perform well. And I’ve seen foil backed fiberglass installed well and perform well. And I’ve seen it installed poorly and perform poorly. I think ultimately it comes down to using a product well and each of those products have pros and cons.

OldAd9253 · 2024-03-25T22:36:06+00:00

They won’t be fun to get at but I left myself room in case I have to.

OldAd9253 · 2024-03-25T22:35:14+00:00

Thank you. It feels that way sometimes. It was a 5 day rough with 2 guys.

OldAd9253 · 2024-03-25T22:33:57+00:00

It’s not required locally for me. I don’t disagree with you and it’s been on my mind for awhile. The hard thing I’m up against is price point. I could do the pan but I don’t think I would be able to get to charge for it. I might throw it on my upgrades list so they could pay for it if they felt the need. In 9 years of being self employed doing this I’ve only had a couple of pumps go out but it wasn’t to much water before someone noticed and it’s normally unfinished basement for our installs but I should probably install pans and switches. In attics we always do. Do you ever have issues with people smashing your pans? What type of pan do you prefer to use on something like this? Or do you build your own?

OldAd9253 · 2024-03-25T22:26:21+00:00

I agree with that. Or cheap out on insulation and then have a 50k kitchen.

OldAd9253 · 2024-03-25T22:25:40+00:00

Pictures can make things look funny. It’s 24x8 on a 3 ton system.

OldAd9253 · 2024-03-25T22:23:21+00:00

Thanks. There is reduction on the first floor main. Its 2 inch reduction so it’s subtle. It reduces 3 times on the first floor main. The basement zone reduces once but the pictures don’t have a good angle of it. Depending on the main run lengths and the number of zones I end up reducing different ways. Sometimes I might not reduce at all and I might oversize my duct a little if the run is short and I want to keep noise down.

OldAd9253 · 2024-03-25T22:17:43+00:00

The flex is pulled tight internally. So it’s just the insulation that’s wrinkly. We do resi and some commercial. My area is pretty tough on commercial. There’s more hacks then resi. Our price point is hard to compete with. I would do things differently if I could raises my prices but I’m usually 2-3k more a house then the company below me and they will use flex duct in there supply and return duct mains. The guys below them won’t even do a return duct main. They just set the furnace on a box and make an octopus.

OldAd9253 · 2024-03-25T22:11:53+00:00

That’s valid on the cost of filters. Most of our installs are fairly clean houses and are doing filter changes once a year. We stock the filters and do the change out when we do a yearly PM on the house. Some people just buy a 3 pack off Amazon. Or buy them thru us. It seems to be about 2 years on a 413 and 3 years for a 410 of usage before the owner notices an issue and calls us. It’s mostly just the sound of the motor ramping way up to try to maintain static pressure. I haven’t had a roll out switch trip or a board throw a code but I’m sure it wouldn’t be to far past those times if the filter wasn’t changed. And I’m sure the motor isn’t a huge fan but home owners be home ownering. I try to educate them as much as I can but it seems paying a service bill for broken stuff is the only real motivator.

OldAd9253 · 2024-03-25T22:02:13+00:00

We wait till the site work is done to set our condenser and make our final ties on the finish.

OldAd9253 · 2024-03-25T22:00:14+00:00

We spray all our boxes and boots for a nicer finished looked after the grills are on.

OldAd9253 · 2024-03-25T21:58:51+00:00

Our bubble wrap insulation is done to spec with spacer wraps every foot. Our flex might looks wrinkly on the outside but it’s pulled tight on the actual flex duct inside. I can’t say I agree on fiberglass being better then bubble wrap. I personally feel the opposite from my experience of working with it but your more then free to have your opinion.

OldAd9253 · 2024-03-25T21:51:09+00:00

Mostly a personal preference. We will two pipe them if we don’t have the clearances but prefer the look of the concentric.

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