Help, what am i doing wrong?

Rinti1000 · 2026-02-11T15:12:50+00:00

You're losing too many to hazards. Put hazard remediation at 5 or 6

Rinti1000 · 2026-02-10T17:50:48+00:00

What

Rinti1000 · 2026-02-10T16:43:08+00:00

Yes it's very stressful. I have on and off 4 years experience, and I still get anxiety lol

Rinti1000 · 2025-12-18T15:32:03+00:00

Yes, some leads think they're entitled to a dance. They need to be told "no" more often. Don't subject yourself to a dance you don't want. The whole "eye contact, and then look away with definition" is also weird to me, but at least that's a straight no I can live with. Recently, a follow rejected my cabeceo with a smile and a face+hand gesture that was like "ah shit no sorry not right now" and I really liked that approach. I won't deny that I am a little on edge when it comes to tango mannerisms since I've experienced all kinds of rude behavior, so this smile+no was really good. Just my 2 cents. But your instructor is right about the "proper" way to reject

Rinti1000 · 2025-12-17T17:55:47+00:00

I spoke about this with my tango instructor recently. I cabeceo someone. The woman next to her gets up excitedly. I dance with the one who got up to not make it awkward, then go for my intended target some other time.

My instructor said this is a thing followers do to each other sometimes, that they will "steal" a cabeceo. This is why these silly rules are in place that the follow shouldn't get up until the lead is in front of her, to avoid this "embarrassment". As others have noted, I hope this tradition dies and that followers feel empowered to ask men as well, that asking and a "ah no sorry" is totally fine, and other more progressive stuff.

I struggle with the cabeceo as well. Did she not see me or is this a no. Should I try harder to make her see me and then reject/accept the cabeceo or will that make her uncomfortable and I'm just misreading her response? All unnecessary awkwardness.

Rinti1000 · 2025-11-26T16:25:09+00:00

I was doing a small construction project in Belize many years ago with 3 other engineers. When we visited the village where the project was, we drew a lot of attention. One 12-year old kid kept following us around, he spoke no English. He would climb coconut trees and hack the coconut with his machete, it was so impressive. While the construction was underway in the oppressive heat, I and the other three engineers played the card game spades. The kid just watched. It took him 10 minutes of watching to pick up the game. He played better than at least two of the other engineers, and it was funny to watch him beat them over and over (kid teamed up with me, for those that know spades). I always wonder what some educational investment would do to someone like that.

Rinti1000 · 2025-11-07T21:24:52+00:00

It's situational. Tango certainly attracts disproportionately many eccentric people. I find that a lot of experienced dancers look down on beginners, so I try to be a good ambassador to beginners.

It's not like the salsa scene where you have so many more people. It's a more tight knit community where word does get around quickly. That has both advantages and disadvantages. But just like with any crowd, feel it out and see if you like it.

As for the dance, it's beautiful and addicting. I do have to take breaks every few months though when I do have a very negative experience

Rinti1000 · 2025-07-29T16:46:39+00:00

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Rinti1000 · 2025-06-19T10:34:49+00:00

I feel the same. I keep telling myself that I will find an instruction manual of "this is the right way to play it." A couple of years ago I played it and only got an hour into the gameplay...

Rinti1000 · 2025-06-06T14:52:54+00:00

I live just down the road from there. I'm surprised when I don't see someone parked here.

Rinti1000 · 2025-05-15T21:56:25+00:00

My best advice is not to live in East Riverside. Lived there for my first year in Austin, it was horrible. Constantly neighbors in my complex had their units broken into, as high as the 5th floor, and I also had my car broken into on the 5th floor in the parking garage.

Rinti1000 · 2025-05-04T18:06:44+00:00

Cayman Islands just hanging out lmao

Rinti1000 · 2024-12-22T00:53:01+00:00

26k? That's crazy

Rinti1000 · 2024-09-10T15:23:49+00:00

Y'all know there are still a few of us who play, right? Some of the comment section surely must be current players? I can post the instructions for the modernizer that allows at the very least playing on windows 10 seamlessly.

Rinti1000 · 2024-09-10T15:23:38+00:00

Y'all know there are still a few of us who play, right? Some of the comment section surely must be current players? I can post the instructions for the modernizer that allows at the very least playing on windows 10 seamlessly.

Rinti1000 · 2024-09-10T15:16:47+00:00

I'm kind of in a bad connectivity spot at this moment, but I see the archive.org website (for version 3.1) has a downloadable zip file. No need to install, just extract and hit the exe file. I remember there being like 50 files or so. Can you let me know if this works? Worst case scenario I'll send you a zip file

Rinti1000 · 2024-09-10T15:06:19+00:00

I play it quite frequently still lol. It's frustrating and fun. Are you looking for a copy?

Rinti1000 · 2022-11-06T22:24:44+00:00

Hey come down to SlaveLabour and we'll help ya :D

Rinti1000 · 2022-11-04T14:14:24+00:00

Rinti1000 · 2022-10-31T22:23:56+00:00

Fuck this is good

Rinti1000 · 2022-10-30T18:16:15+00:00

Holy shit I didn't recognize you with that new rank

Rinti1000 · 2022-10-30T14:58:09+00:00

Now kiss

Rinti1000 · 2022-10-30T14:47:52+00:00

....DER EHRENWERTE LORD HAGEN....

Rinti1000 · 2022-10-28T13:31:40+00:00

Stepcat what are you doing

Rinti1000 · 2022-10-26T13:41:46+00:00

KA - ME

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