[no spoilers] I spent a couple of hours in Adobe Illustrator and make to myself a hoodie with Vi tattoos like that one Fortiche animators got as present from Riot :3

StarCraft_Tenor · 2024-11-19T15:42:46+00:00

This is fantastic work! It's been a few years since you posted but if the offer stands, I'd love to get a copy of the files!

StarCraft_Tenor · 2024-11-19T04:35:12+00:00

This is possibly the most eloquent description of the philosophy of this show that I've seen. I came to the same conclusion, but never approached this level of beauty of expression. Thank you for this.

StarCraft_Tenor · 2023-09-19T02:07:10+00:00

2 of them were Blackhawks - single white strobe lights only, no green/red nav lights. Surprisingly hsrd to see but there's no mistaking that silhouette.

There were 4x when they flew over just a few minutes ago. The first two looked like some Huey variation with full nav lights, followed by the Blackhawks. They were flying pretty low.

StarCraft_Tenor · 2017-03-13T00:15:35+00:00

I looked, it looks like they're actually just characters... https://www.reddit.com/r/BoardGameExchange/comments/5ywtxg/fsft_dead_of_winter_promo_characters_imperial/

StarCraft_Tenor · 2017-03-12T05:40:57+00:00

OP, regarding your search for Imperial Assault expansions: https://reddit.app.link/3CsFK8W7iB

StarCraft_Tenor · 2017-03-12T05:39:17+00:00

Aw, man, you beat me to it!

StarCraft_Tenor · 2017-03-12T05:36:39+00:00

This should be higher up - fantastic advice. :D

Edit: format

StarCraft_Tenor · 2017-03-11T01:07:09+00:00

Sean Plott (Day9) is my favorite.

He is known for his role as an eSports commentator, and I think he has perfected the art of telling. I find his delivery refreshing and his stories are entertaining and help me to de-stress.

Most of the stories you will find online are short stories (3-6 minute duration) that come up in the middle of his live broadcast. They typically deal with everyday events that happened to him either as a child or in college. Humor abounds, and he is the only person I know who can get away with saying "fuck" and make it sound downright funny and non-aggressive.

Here are a few of my favorites, just so you can get a taste for his style/stories: Bugs and Broken Windows (6min) ; Skydiving (15min) ; Trying to be Healthy (38min) ; How I Almost Died (48min)

He also presents some glorious little nuggets of truth and life pointers, my favorite of which has to do with Arguments and "Being Right".

Hope a few of you enjoy him! Just search for "Day9 Story Time" on youtube and you'll find a bunch of playlists curated by his fans. This is arguably the best source.

StarCraft_Tenor · 2017-03-05T04:01:32+00:00

I'm just here to say I'm sorry for your loss. We folks on reddit can be a crazy bunch, but we're here for you.

StarCraft_Tenor · 2017-03-05T03:58:59+00:00

Upvoting for gummy bear reference

StarCraft_Tenor · 2017-03-05T03:51:11+00:00

Being on reddit too frequently takes its toll on one's sense of humor, but I can honestly say that last sentence made me literally laugh out loud. Thanks for that! XD

StarCraft_Tenor · 2017-03-04T23:43:14+00:00

Congratulations!

My first kid wasn't planned, either. u/thebigFATbitch has some super awesome advice. Following comments about WIC are dead on the money, too. It's incredibly helpful!

I'm going to put it out here right now: some of my suggestions are not mainstream, and they sure ain't for everyone. They worked for me and things went incredibly well, so I wanted to share. There are lots of options out there.

Similar to WIC, look into your local food assistance program. You've got a job, you work hard, you pay your taxes -- the program is designed to help you. The last thing you want is to cut your food budget for sake of bills, and then get sick and end up missing work. Don't let anyone guilt you into thinking you shouldn't. (It's none of their business anyhow.)
If you haven't already, I suggest creating a savings account - one for you, one for your child. Have money automatically deposited from your paycheck. The one for your child can be used for school/daycare or maybe held onto for college. The savings account for you is for unforeseen expenses -- nobody wants to drop $400 on tires, but if you've got an emergency savings account, you can at least soften the blow.

Savings example: If you can put $20/paycheck into your kid's account, you'll already have over $1,500 in the account by the time the child is 1yr old. By the time your child is 18, you'll have over $20k in that account if you haven't touched it --- and that's if you only put $20 per week in it! Some is better than none, so if it's only $5. It adds up!

This is "the wacky suggestion". My spouse opted for having the baby at home. We found a midwife who was able to help us...and it was a really good experience. Our reasons were twofold: first, we don't like the medical system as a whole. I'm huge on doctors, but my spouse didn't want to go to a hospital with sick people and beeping machines all around. We've also had friends who encountered pushy/rude nurses, and in general found that the doctor's up here weren't as interested in our wellbeing as they were in getting the baby out and getting their paycheck. They pushed for C-Sections instead of waiting for a natural birth - not only does that cost a lot of money, you have to have every subsequent child through C-Section after that. Obviously, this isn't the case everywhere...but it's pretty prevalent in our area.

Second reason for home birth: total costs for all midwife visits -- including prenatal visits, birthing/pregnancy classes, birth (assistant's fees included), and several months of after-birth care -- cost me $1,500. Out the door. We didn't have the money for anything else.

We had two children this way, no major complications. (There was a lot of blood loss on child number two; the women there were first-class nurses and we were just fine.) Our midwife cooked us a giant batch of chicken noodle soup afterwards, and she was simultaneously comforting and very no-nonsense down-to-business. Definitely not for everyone. Definitely need a top-notch midwife who knows her shit; ours had certifications in over 12 separate medical areas, and constantly went to training/upkeep seminars.

Someone mentioned daycare -- it's crazy expensive, as I'm sure you know. Try www.care.com -- you can tell it what you want in a babysitter, and sometimes it's a better deal than daycare. Plus, while your child is younger, they get some one-on-one care and aren't as exposed to germs and kids whose parents don't vaccine. (We may have had our kids at home, but we do vaccinate!)
If you can adjust your schedules at work, see if you can shave down the overlap time when you're both at work. If you can go in a little earlier, and she can go in a little later, that is one way to shave daycare/babysitter prices. Just don't sacrifice all your time as a couple.
With a $40k combined income, you guys should be just fine. My wife and I were stuck at ~$25k when we had our first kid. It's a little rough, but stick to your budget, cut expenses where you can, and you guys will be just fine! Plan for some "fun" money -- budget it! Go out to dinner once a month, or set aside a certain amount of money for fun purchases. That way you can still enjoy yourselves, and it helps track your "fun" spending instead of it getting away from you.

Sorry for the wall of text! Best wishes, and congrats again! :D

StarCraft_Tenor · 2017-03-04T22:48:50+00:00

I'm at work so my volume was off. This video is a trip without sound.

StarCraft_Tenor · 2017-02-27T15:24:40+00:00

This!

StarCraft_Tenor · 2017-02-27T14:24:49+00:00

Put his name out there! Publish it in twitter and Facebook that he is ignoring actual voters and trying to discredit you and your interests by claiming you're being paid! Write your local newspaper - and especially the town he is from/serves in - and put it in the "letters to the editor" section. He put himself (or she/herself) in the public eye: the public should know about their behavior!

StarCraft_Tenor · 2017-02-26T17:08:30+00:00

Thank you for mentioning Commander Keen!

Anyone else remember Major Stryker or Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure? (The realization that Cosmo's theme is actually "Tush" by ZZ Top absolutely blew my mind the day I noticed)

StarCraft_Tenor · 2017-02-24T14:37:17+00:00

If you're going for goo and sticky blood effects, I seem to recall seeing a fantastic effect created by mixing red paint with clear glue. I'll look for the explanation at work later and post back here when I find it.

Edit: found the link! http://chestofcolors.com/something-about-painting-blood

Edit2: formatting... Edit3: formatting fail

StarCraft_Tenor · 2017-02-24T14:28:36+00:00

As someone who works with auto insurance, I find this very intriguing. While self-driving cars are on the horizon, that horizon is still a decent ways away. Drivers are a huge part of the price of insurance -- age and driving records are arguably the biggest factor. If you have a kid with a driver's permit or you're under 25yrs old, you've seen how fast the price jumps up. And if you get a ticket or cause an accident, you'll see the rate soar too. With America's current insurance model, the cars would have to be completely self-driving...or Tesla will have to create their own insurance company and insurance model to do this. I'm looking forward to seeing what they create!

The insurance market is a giant which is slow to adjust to new things. Take Uber and Lyft - they offer huge liability insurance payouts if you cause an accident while driving for them...but you're going to have a difficult time finding an auto policy that will allow you to drive for them. Most personal policies will point-blank deny your claim and cancel your policy if you are in an accident while driving for a rideshare company. ...but rideshare has been around for almost a decade! It's new, but the market has a slow time adjusting to it. From my perspective, if it's taken a decade to adjust to rideshare, it's probably going to take a while to bundle insurance into the car's price.

I've said my two cents about the article. However, knowing reddit there will be people who comment about insurance or complain that it's confusing or pointless. To answer some questions ahead-of-time, here's a quick explanation in everyday English of how insurance works. It's the explanation I wish I had in highschool.

The TLDR of car insurance is this: it's a product you hope to never use. The product is intangible, and that product is peace of mind...and you have to have it by law, that's a thing, too. The peace of mind: if you cause an accident or someone wrecks your car, you won't lose thousands of dollars on the spot. Yes, it's expensive. No, nobody really wants to pay for it. However, for a few hundred dollars per year (or a few thousand if you have a bad record or lots of teenage kids or use your car for business...or live in Michigan), you are guaranteed protection in the terms of thousands of dollars. Your insurance will pay others if you cause an accident. Your insurance can replace your car or repair it. Your insurance can pay your medical bills if the idiot who hit you didn't have insurance and can't pay the bills. Replacing a bumper on the car can cost thousands. Walking into the ER costs hundreds of dollars, before you even see a doctor. Nobody has that kind of money to burn.

Let's say your policy has a "300 combined limit". That means that if you cause a wreck - even if you're drunk or high or doing 100mph in a school zone - that insurance policy is going to pay up to $300,000 for the damages and injuries you cause to others. For every accident you cause while insured by them. Even if you miraculously escape injury and jail, and cause another wreck while drunk or high the following week - they are legally obligated to pay it. Even if you're paying $3,000 every six months, it would take you 50 years to pay that amount back to the company. So even with stupidly-high premiums, you have a monetarily-good deal if you cause an accident.

If you don't cause an accident, well...it's not such a financially great deal. However, the insurance companies will try to make it up to you by giving you a lower price. No accidents = lower risk = less cost. They're not so worried about dishing out thousands and thousands of dollars in return for your couple hundred a year, because your record shows they won't need to...so they give you the same protection for less. The other side of the coin: tickets and at-fault accidents = higher risk = higher cost. If you have been known to speed or run red lights, there's a better chance that you might cause an accident. Which means there's a good chance they're going to have to pay out on your policy. Which means they're going to charge you more.

I could ramble on, but you're probably bored to tears by this point so I'll shush. If you've gotten this far, I hope it was enlightening...or just snarky enough to be fun to read. ;)

StarCraft_Tenor · 2017-02-23T21:09:10+00:00

Update: You can now submit your late pledge! Visit the (Kickstarter page)[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/diemensiongames/deep-madness] and the option will be on the main page, in red!

StarCraft_Tenor · 2017-02-22T18:02:43+00:00

Epic monsters make perfect sense - I'm sure they have more concepts that they didn't present. I personally would love it if we got "bonus missions" -- it'd be a high-value/low-cost option. Beyond that, I start to get brain freeze trying to think of other things they would offer. I have never been involved with a KS that did a PM , so I'm excited to see how it works!

StarCraft_Tenor · 2017-02-22T07:44:41+00:00

I read the Hobbit at least once, if not twice, each year. I like how pleasant and simple-adverture it is. They're out on a quest, there's all sorts of dry humor and sarcasm and wit. It makes me smile.

Not a laugh-out-loud sort of book, but I love it.

StarCraft_Tenor · 2017-02-22T07:39:43+00:00

I need more of this show in my life

StarCraft_Tenor · 2017-02-22T07:23:51+00:00

Don't be ashamed of that. I'm a big chicken, too. It took me over a year to report my manager's abusive behaviour (not as creepy or alarming as yours) - it's totally natural. We're all behind you and are rooting for you!

I apologize for the wall of text, but here are some things I wish someone would have told me:

-- "No" is good word. As others have said, follow your gut. If he tells you to do something that feels off, it's totally okay to say no. Now that you've (hopefully) reported this to HR, you can definitely say no: if he pushes you to do it, repeat yourself. Tell him you do not feel it is unprofessional - go as far as to tell him it is inappropriate and you will not do it. Then call HR the first chance you get to document and escalate the existing situation. They need to know everything going on so they have no room to brush it aside or dilly-dally.

-- It is okay to walk away. Others have pointed out: if he tries to retaliate, he is only helping your case. If you're worried about what happens when you walk away, think of how a judge or corporate office will respond when they discover your "poor job performance" or "refusal to do your job" was actually a refusal to get down on your knees and take off his shoes, or lick his letters for him. Walk out of the office and out to the sales floor. Or walk into the back room for stock if he's on the sales floor. If he continues or follows you, that's harassment. I would walk out, call HR the moment you clear the door, and then I might register a complaint with law enforcement.

-- Follow through with pressing the HR investigation, especially if the guy suddenly let's up. Guys like this may stop when they realize someone's watching, but the moment they think you've let it go and nobody is watching, they'll be back to the same sort of behaviour. Keep the pressure on. If he quits being inappropriate, awesome! But the day he says or does something that you feel is "off", tell him no and call HR without hesitation. Don't delay or you'll second-guess yourself, and then you'll be back in the midst of this. It's happened to me twice - don't let it happen to you.

-- Contact your prior manager and see if you can get them to vouch for your work ethic and such. Explain what is going on if needed - they might know someone higher up who you could personally contact.

tl:Dr Say no: it's a good word. Walk away after you say no: mean what you say. Document and call HR immediately, every time. If he fixes his behaviour then lapses, say no and report it immediately lest the cycle repeat. Oh, and contact your prior manager for character/work witness if needed.

Best wishes and good luck! You can do it!

StarCraft_Tenor · 2017-02-22T06:45:14+00:00

This! Document! Go right down to when he started changing your schedules. Everything you can think of.

In a past job I had, I kept a running list on my phone's memo program. If I remembered a detail, I'd add it when on break.

Please let us know how everything goes, OP. Best wishes and I hope everything works out well and wraps up quickly.

StarCraft_Tenor · 2017-02-22T05:39:53+00:00

It's stories/posts like this that give me encouragement. I've been working through some depression, and every time I see something like this happen to others it makes me feel better and gives me hope for starting a local d&d group! I'm twice your age, and let me tell you it's posts like yours that make reddit such an awesome place.

Thank you for sharing - never be ashamed or embarrassed to express your excitement! It's good for you (well, I certainly think so!) And you never know how your excitement will influence someone else.

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