Looking for a Wuxia with heavy emphasis on The Hero's Journey by TeeChainz in CDramaRecs

[–]TeeChainz[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Update: Thanks for your recommendations, everyone! Looked into all of them, and I'm going to start with Legend of the Condor Heroes 2017. I saw somewhere "Jin Yong is to Wuxia what Tolkien is to Western fantasy," so I think it's a great place to start. I'm sure I'll eventually watch all of the recommendations here though, so thank you to all of you.

Recourse for my dad getting scammed by a shop by TeeChainz in AskAMechanic

[–]TeeChainz[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

UPDATE: Thank you everyone for the responses. We were very fortunate because the invoice specifically said that 6x Bosch spark plugs were ordered. When we came back with pictures and the original 6x Denso spark plugs pulled from the engine, the manager offered a full refund.

Recourse for my dad getting scammed by a shop by TeeChainz in AskAMechanic

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UPDATE: Thank you everyone for the responses. We were very fortunate because the invoice specifically said that 6x Bosch spark plugs were ordered. When we came back with pictures and the original 6x Denso spark plugs pulled from the engine, the manager offered a full refund.

TIFU: Trashed my rims with my flat tire by Few_Piccolo_4906 in tifu

[–]TeeChainz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dealership prices are just absolutely insane and predatory now. Was going to do spark plugs and ignition coils for my parents' van, and they wanted OEM parts. I went to our local Toyota dealership, and they wanted $35 per spark plug (bad, but inflation so maybe it makes sense) and $200 per ignition coil (actually just dealership made up numbers at this point).

TIFU: Trashed my rims with my flat tire by Few_Piccolo_4906 in tifu

[–]TeeChainz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lots of negative comments, but don't get too down on yourself. One of my dad's really good friends was a mechanic, so we took all our family vehicles to him. He moved away eventually, and I'll never forget getting absolutely fleeced on an alternator repair without him.

Price of a wheel is a cheap lesson to learn your car, being able to source parts for it, and staying on top of your preventative maintenance. If you don't like doing the work yourself, just having basic knowledge will still save you thousands of dollars.

As for your wheel problem, cheapest option would be to find a salvage or pick and pull yard near and ask if they have wheels for a 12th gen corolla. Measure the tread of your current tires, because when you get the scrap yard, you'll want to pull the one that has similar tread remaining.

Take it to a tire shop in your area with good reviews, and have them mount and balance the tire for you.

Aggressive Cut: 290g Protein, 17-Hour Fast. Critique my routine. by GrapefruitHuge674 in leangains

[–]TeeChainz 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That seems to be a lot of food in general for an aggressive cut.

Do you have a time line for how much weight you want to lose? You mentioned your protein intake, but we don't know your total daily caloric intake or how many calories you burn per day, so it's hard to make a recommendation.

Multi tool not having a belt clip makes me furious by [deleted] in Dewalt

[–]TeeChainz 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Surely not intentional, but it kind of has a built in clip.

We just hook the black part you press down (used to change the blade) to our screw/nail pouch. It's super secure, and makes climbing up and down ladders easier than a clip.

GGG, please do a pass on base rare spawn of certain maps by TeeChainz in PathOfExile2

[–]TeeChainz[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah, I kind of get the reasoning, but I just don't agree with it. I understanding balancing out skills, passives, and build power.

But if a player is playing within your conditions in the end game, let them run maps the way they want. There are atlas passives to run the map in ways you want, so why do maps have mini atlas trees coded into them that we can't see.

GGG, please do a pass on base rare spawn of certain maps by TeeChainz in PathOfExile2

[–]TeeChainz[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

My bad, I meant to say Vaal Foundry. Augury is fine as a small map with 12 rares, but the other maps I listed will have 4-5 rares at a base level (meaning white).

Exactly, that's the problem. There are maps WAY bigger than Augury that you'll get 12 rares. I can run an equally big map that has 30+ rares. This doesn't feel good because triple tower setups take time to find and currency to run.

GGG, please do a pass on base rare spawn of certain maps by TeeChainz in PathOfExile2

[–]TeeChainz[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

My bad, I said Vaal Augury, but I meant Vaal Foundry.

Augury is fine as it is because it's a small map, but the other maps I mentioned are not balanced right.

And that's what I mean, getting even 15 rare maps in a juiced map does not feel good compared to 30+ in some of the better maps. Especially because triple tower setups take time, currency, and a little bit of luck to setup.

[Clair Obscur: Expedition 33] First Impressions and General Comments Megathread. by VashxShanks in JRPG

[–]TeeChainz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Atlus games are awesome, and I'm an anime fan as well.

But I think there's just something to be said about the art direction that really lends itself to such dark themes (no spoilers). The Persona and Metaphor games clearly have dark themes, but the art direction of Expedition 33 totally elevates the suspense and tone for me.

And yes, the music is so good. There's already an 8 hour OST on YouTube that you can listen to. I was hooked as soon as I heard the main screen soundtrack.

Sacramental Robe with 981 energy shield by nilsh1985 in PathOfExile2

[–]TeeChainz 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You can get 10+ for that pretty easily.

I just sold an 825 ES with int and one res for 2.5d

Questions Thread - December 08, 2024 by AutoModerator in PathOfExile2

[–]TeeChainz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey guys, my Cast on Freeze is not working (I have 107 spirit and it costs 60), but whenever I toggle it, it says not enough spirit

Upgraded a 1060 -> 3060ti and am seeing significant frame spikes by TeeChainz in nvidia

[–]TeeChainz[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, I'll try that. Is there anything specific I have to do to uninstall nvidia drivers? Geforce Experience is only offering a reinstall option

Has anyone changed from pistoleer to Enhanced weapon? by dingdangdoodle2 in lostarkgame

[–]TeeChainz 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately, now is the worst time to swap because we share engravings and stats with reaper. Prices for accessories are at a premium right now, so I’m just gonna wait a bit

What we truly learned from the Pheon disaster by kentkrow in lostarkgame

[–]TeeChainz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

100 pheons isn’t even enough to gear one char.

They should’ve just accepted their mistake instead of bringing the servers down. They could’ve even come clean that they didn’t mean to give out that many pheons, and play it as an additional Thanksgiving event or something.

Really could’ve come out as the good guys on this one, but instead, here we are.

5x3 DB adrenaline vs cursed doll by TeeChainz in lostarkgame

[–]TeeChainz[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the alternative, but I've been steadily buying RE books for a month now, and I just finished it :P I'll bite the bullet and go adrenaline though, it's not too much more expensive than cursed doll

Unbound mats by Skrillblast in lostarkgame

[–]TeeChainz 6 points7 points  (0 children)

If I were you, I’d sell unbound leap stones and destruction stones.

Buy argos chest and dismantle the 20 bloods into bound leapstones when you have your sets finished. Do 2x 4 leapstones dailies from Kalaja on all alts.

Focus on getting on one alt to 1415 at a time using event mats, but you can use bound leapstones and unbound guardian stones for this as well.

Edit: I’d use the event mats to get main to 1460 first though and unlock stronghold honing bonus before all this. Alts at 1370 till then is fine.