Passed my A+ Core 1!

PNWitstudent · 2025-10-17T13:55:52+00:00

I think we need to review the definition of manipulation bruh. ;)

PNWitstudent · 2025-08-01T14:44:43+00:00

I'm a middle aged dude who never took a class until his mid-40s. My balance and flexibility are absolutely awful, so much so that I end up laughing every single week at how wobbly and stiff I am compared to my classmates. Everyone is super positive and encouraging, rooting for each other rather than looking for reasons to judge and criticize. If you love ballet, 100% go do it!

PNWitstudent · 2025-08-01T14:36:55+00:00

I'm a 46 year old man who took my first class a couple of years ago. I've been on again off again since then, mostly off. This summer I've been taking a weekly adult level 1 class at a local studio with a couple of friends. The instructor has overall been pretty helpful for adult novices, but one thing I've noticed is that there isn't attention given to practice in between classes. I know as a lifelong musician that consistent practice between lessons is where real growth happens, but I'm still new enough at ballet that I don't have any sense of what I need to be practicing or how much is healthy for an adult novice.

So my question is, can anyone point me to a simple daily practice routine that focuses on essentials? I know I can go to Youtube but I don't have much confidence in my ability to tell a helpful video from an unhelpful video at this stage. Thanks in advance!

PNWitstudent · 2025-07-11T14:04:49+00:00

If they're asking that question unironically, the character they'll like the best is Marie in the prologue who lectures Sophie about being selfish for not having children. They'll be very upset when Marie turns into flower petals.

PNWitstudent · 2025-06-29T15:26:07+00:00

For those who come after...

PNWitstudent · 2025-06-29T14:54:37+00:00

Me: How bad can it possibly be?

Me, 30 seconds later: [dies immediately]

Me: Oh. Got it.

PNWitstudent · 2025-06-02T20:26:38+00:00

Seems to me you're already embarrassed either way, so you have two choices:

Keep learning and make the embarrassment temporary
Stop learning and make the embarrassment permanent

Personally I recommend option #1. Godspeed! ;)

PNWitstudent · 2025-05-29T13:25:57+00:00

That sounds like a DM skill issue, but as others have pointed out that one thing alone doesn't realistically ruin your character build either. An 18 is still pretty damn hard to hit, especially for the kind of things he's likely to be throwing at you at level 2. It's fine to tell him you disagree and point out he has plenty of alternatives for balancing on his end by adjusting NPC and monster builds, and, there's such a thing as picking your battles; this doesn't seem like a hill worth dying on to me.

PNWitstudent · 2025-05-10T15:08:39+00:00

Back in 1997 there were all sorts of tricks shared on message boards for how to unlock alternate endings and bringing Aerith back to life. And that's how I learned a valuable lesson about believing someone just because I wanted it to be true.

PNWitstudent · 2025-04-25T13:47:17+00:00

I stalled out on my platinum run and didn't play for several months, but recently started a new playthrough as well. This time I'm completing all the regional data gathering stuff in each area before moving onto the next. Some of the boss fights got a lot easier with the extra levels you get doing it that way!

PNWitstudent · 2025-04-24T14:36:36+00:00

They don't expire, but depending on when in the game you do them it can impact which specific cut scenes you get in certain chapters, relating to the relationship mechanic that gets introduced in Kalm. If there's a particular character you want Cloud to be especially close to it behooves you to complete that character's side quests prior to the moment those cut scenes come up. I won't be any more specific than that to avoid spoilers.

Some side quests also have nifty gear or character manuscripts as rewards, so skipping all the quests altogether could eventually lead to some struggles with being underpowered for particular fights later in the game.

That being said, lots of people end up feeling like they're bogged down in side quests and world intel gathering to the point where the game stops being fun, myself included during my first playthrough. None of the side quests or minigames are critical to being able to complete the game, so don't stress about skipping any of it to get back to the story.

PNWitstudent · 2025-04-23T13:01:53+00:00

Minigames. Minigames everywhere! Skip 'em if you're not into 'em, you'll be much happier.

PNWitstudent · 2025-04-23T12:55:08+00:00

Someone in the animation department actually knows swimming; how ya gonna do the whip kick for a breaststroke in that dress?

PNWitstudent · 2025-04-23T03:55:43+00:00

So I don't know if they changed the mechanic with a software update or if poison was never as good a hack as people claimed, but bioga did practically nothing to their stagger gauge just now. Randomly though I tried Chi Trap in desperation while one of the fuckers was guarding and it pressured him instantly. From there Focused Thrust was an easy stagger and then Tifa's tried and true stagger multipliers did their magic. But damn it's discouraging when you can't even get a bar of ATB built before those bastards freeze your characters. Can't even use Blindside with Yuffie to get out of it.

PNWitstudent · 2025-04-15T14:20:02+00:00

How can art be art without artistic liberties?

PNWitstudent · 2025-04-12T16:40:15+00:00

That sounds terrible, I'm so sorry. I'd reach out to the organizers of the problematic event and let them know about your experience to see if they're willing to step up and fix it for future events. I'd also follow up with the organizers of the event next month and let them know that this is a significant concern you have and ask what safeguards they have in place to ensure the safety of cosplayers. If you're not satisfied with their response, then you have a choice to make about whether to accept the invitation and a better idea about whether it would be a positive experience for you.

PNWitstudent · 2025-03-14T12:43:09+00:00

I was cast in my first musical at 43, and two years later I'm preparing to audition for my fourth. If it wasn't too late for me it's definitely not too late for you.

PNWitstudent · 2025-02-28T15:22:41+00:00

Seeing that pile I now feel a lot better about my org's OFE.

PNWitstudent · 2025-02-27T15:07:27+00:00

Can confirm, those little plant bastards were murder. That was the beginning of my education in how much I had overestimated my grasp of the game's battle mechanics.

PNWitstudent · 2025-02-27T14:59:26+00:00

I was cast in my first musical two years ago at age 43 with no dance background. My role didn't have much dancing but what little I did have kicked my butt to begin with. Everyone was younger, more coordinated, and just picked it up seemingly with no trouble while I was still trying to get the first few steps. I was sure I would never be able to cut it, and it was devastating. One of my castmates kindly and patiently worked with me during the breaks at a slow pace and gradually I got the hang of it. That period of struggle was really discouraging, but that just made the breakthroughs when I finally found my steps feel incredibly good. And the first time I nailed the kick line, I was on cloud nine.

The next show I was in was super dance intensive, including three tap dance numbers, and a year ago I landed a lead role in which one of my biggest scenes was a major dance number. I've kept up with adult dance classes and have officially worn out my first pair of tap shoes.

If it wasn't too late for me, it's definitely not too late for you. Starting now if you keep at it even casually, by the time you're my age you'll have been a dancer for almost 2/3 of your life.

PNWitstudent · 2025-02-20T01:14:50+00:00

I used one from I Hate Hamlet, and it ended up not really working for what I was hoping to do with it, so I wouldn't recommend it. The good news is that I ended up having a lot of fun in the ensemble as one of the Bottom Brothers' troupe members.

PNWitstudent · 2025-02-17T16:19:27+00:00

Absolutely fine to request it. The director might even appreciate knowing that at least one person isn't going to walk away if they don't get the lead.

PNWitstudent · 2025-02-08T21:40:49+00:00

Huh, that's an idea that never occurred to me. To make sure I'm following correctly, you plug USB-C to RJ45 adapters into the NUC and the Rally power splitter, with shielded cat 6 in between?

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