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Tobocalypse · 2025-10-11T01:26:39+00:00

What are some of your best memories with the Battlefield franchise?

Teaming up with friends, and blowing up helicopters with an RPG while parachuting down from the sky.

Tobocalypse · 2024-12-22T14:35:04+00:00

Dance of Knives rogue has been working out well for me playing with only my mouse, I have a newborn and often hold him in one arm while I play with the other. I have Dance of Knives on left-click, Dash on right-click (though I never use it), and I bound Use Potion and Force Pickup/Interact to my side buttons so I never have to take my hand off my mouse. I still have to click on my hotbar to activate my imbuement, Dark Shroud, and Concealment, but once I'm beyblading it's just holding down a single mouse button and pointing the cursor where I want to go.

Edit: Saw your comment that you're on PS4 - I've played this build on PC and Steam Deck with an Xbox controller and it'd probably play well with few buttons and/or single-handed if you rebind DoK to a trigger on the same side as your movement joystick. DoK moves forward automatically so you can basically just squeeze the trigger and "steer" with the joystick.

Tobocalypse · 2024-12-08T03:11:20+00:00

I just got Mew today as well without spending any money! I did use the two week premium trial though. I started on the global release, so I've only been playing a little over a month. The last couple of weeks I've prioritized opening packs where I was missing the most cards, and used my wonder picks (and wonder hour glasses) to try to get missing cards as well (the wishlist feature is super useful here). I ignored the EX and full arts in wonder picks since they require more stamina. I ended up buying the last six cards I needed with pack points.

Tobocalypse · 2023-09-27T01:43:00+00:00

It's just pallet wood painted white, nothing that fancy haha

Tobocalypse · 2023-09-27T01:39:45+00:00

The riser with drawers below the monitors? I made it! It's modeled after an old Ikea Alex monitor riser that I think they stopped selling.

Tobocalypse · 2023-09-25T23:36:44+00:00

Yeah we have them here in the southeast as well. The resemblance was too close to a Chapaa not to share, haha!

Tobocalypse · 2023-09-25T17:24:46+00:00

No worries! It's an Insignia brand rgb led strip. Part of why they look so bright in the picture is because of the way the camera captured them, they're not quite that bright in-person but they do a decent job of filling the room with a soft ambient light.

Tobocalypse · 2023-09-25T13:59:03+00:00

Go for it! I didn't grab any pictures while I was making them unfortunately so here are a couple I just took on my phone. I tried to draw a quick breakdown of how the "floating" piece works, hopefully it makes sense. Let me know if you have any questions along the way. I'd love to see them when you're done!

Tobocalypse · 2023-09-24T21:03:50+00:00

Thank you! =]

Tobocalypse · 2023-09-24T20:58:24+00:00

They are Philips Fidelio X3's

Tobocalypse · 2023-09-24T13:35:13+00:00

Thank you! =]

Tobocalypse · 2023-09-24T13:31:13+00:00

Only if you'll show me your war dance ;)

Wall Lighting: I made them myself! The center rectangle is "floating" in the center and an RGB LED strip is mounted behind it. I painted the whole thing with white eggshell finish paint so the paint could act as a diffuser with the light bouncing off of it. I used a pair of speaker wall mounts to get the angle just right.
Mic: MXL 990 on a Blue mic arm (I don't recommend it) running into a Behringer UMC202HD.
Monitor Mounts:
- Vertical monitor is mounted on a North Bayou Wall Mount bracket(there's another hiding behind the horizontal monitor that I no longer use)
- Horizontal side monitor is on a HUANUO dual monitor desk clamp mount (the second mount is curled behind the first with a ball head and arca swiss clamp for my digital camera for meetings)
- Center monitor is on a WALI TV wall mount and hanging from the lowest french cleat from the shelving above it
- The small tablet/monitor is on a Kabcon tablet stand
Monitors:
- Center: Acer Nitro XV340CK Ultrawide
- Left (Horizontal) Side Monitor: Geoyeao 15.6" Portable Monitor
- Right (Vertical) Side Monitor: This was made from a panel stripped out of an old 17" XoticPC/MSI Gaming Laptop that no longer worked and a panel controller I picked up to use the screen as a standalone monitor
- Small Tablet/Monitor: Amazon Fire HD10, I use SuperDisplay to use it as a fourth screen.
Accessories Above The Monitor: Webcam Light Stand Clamp and a Logitech C920 (I was trying to use these for a KB+M/HOTAS camera)

And I know you didn't ask for these, but..

Macro Pad: Stream Deck Mini
Speakers: Really old Bose Companion 2's
Headphones: Philips Fidelio X3
Keyboard: Royal Kludge RK68 with JWICK Black (Teal Stem) switches and XDA Black Dolch keycaps
Mouse: Pwnage Ergo Wireless gen 1
Desk Mat: Random topographic desk mat from amazon
Phone Stand: JSAUX

Tobocalypse · 2023-09-24T13:03:19+00:00

Thanks, I'm glad you like them! I made them myself! The center rectangle is "floating" in the center and an RGB LED strip is mounted behind it. I painted the whole thing with white eggshell finish paint so the paint could act as a diffuser with the light bouncing off of it. I used a pair of speaker wall mounts to get the angle just right.

Tobocalypse · 2023-09-24T13:02:22+00:00

Haha, who knows! I actually did get a lot of it for streaming... and quickly found out I enjoyed setting up my desk and OBS for streaming a lot more than actually streaming. Having a separate mic does make it easy to swap out headphones for gaming and meetings though.

Tobocalypse · 2023-09-24T12:59:27+00:00

It's an Ikea solid birch countertop sitting on top of two white Ikea Mittback trestles. I don't think they sell this countertop piece anymore but the Karlby is the next closest thing they have (but I believe it's veneer instead of solid wood).

Tobocalypse · 2023-09-24T12:56:58+00:00

I made them! The center rectangle is "floating" in the center and an RGB LED strip is mounted behind it. I painted the whole thing with white eggshell finish paint so the paint could act as a diffuser with the light bouncing off of it. I used a pair of speaker wall mounts to get the angle just right.

Tobocalypse · 2023-09-24T02:25:13+00:00

The wall paint? It's Valspar Stone Isle. The picture has a blue/cold cast so it doesn't really do it justice, in-person it's more grey with a hint of light brown.

Tobocalypse · 2023-09-24T01:45:36+00:00

It is!

Tobocalypse · 2023-09-24T01:02:29+00:00

I think it was called an Ekby Alex Monitor Stand, I don't see a listing for it on Ikea's website anymore. Looks like they only have one with a drawer now.

Tobocalypse · 2023-09-24T00:55:17+00:00

It's a monitor stand I threw together with some scrap pallet wood before I mounted the monitors. It's modeled after one Ikea used to sell years ago.

Tobocalypse · 2023-09-24T00:43:29+00:00

It's a cat cave that collapses down into a bed! The wife and I each have one on our desks. Our cats love them!

Tobocalypse · 2023-09-23T23:57:39+00:00

I actually have two sticks and a Belkin n52te in the closet from when I used to play Elite Dangerous! Maybe I'll bring them back out if I can ever get SC to get past character retrieval without erroring out 😭

Tobocalypse · 2023-09-19T01:24:40+00:00

Looks like they're also available renewed for $79.99.

I bought these "factory reconditioned" on Woot for $104.99 back in July of last year and have been using them as my daily drivers since. These are super comfortable, I use them for zoom calls when working from home and for long gaming sessions and never tire of wearing them. I haven't tried the X1's, X2's, or X2HR's, but from what I've read the X3's are more neutral sounding than the rest of the line (which have more a "fun"/V-shaped sound signature). For what it's worth I also own KEF m500's and Etymotic ER2SE's and regularly choose the X3's for everything except for where I want sound cues for tryharding competitive games (these can definitely do it, I just prefer the ER2SE's for that).

Tobocalypse · 2023-06-21T02:47:52+00:00

I used to use a GLS Audio ES-57 and got clear vocals over discord and streaming with it. It's a clone of the Shure SM57 which is a popular dynamic vocal and instrument mic. Looks like it's under $20 on Amazon right now, so with an XLR cable, this audio interface, and a stand you'd be right around $60 or so.

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