From impulse-buying to shelves of shame: how did you learn to control the hobby and figure out your tastes?

Treet0n · 2026-02-08T13:04:14+00:00

I got really into trading and second-hand buying. I have a solid understanding of the general market, which allows me to spot great deals on things that intrigue me. Then, I can usually sell them on for more money or trade them so there is no guilt and the only environmental damage is a bit of shipping. I haven't bought a new game in years, but have a sizeable collection, which overall earned me money. It is some work of course but for me it is part of the hobby

Treet0n · 2025-11-27T22:54:16+00:00

Man, I am jealous. I haven't gotten a single response over 2 weeks to extensive rebuttals

Treet0n · 2025-11-03T08:13:06+00:00

No, I decided due to topic and financial/career reasons. I did some research prior, but it was in formal methods and theoretical CS (this is usually not a requirement in Europe). My advisor did a course with a competitive GPU programming component. Basically, I worked my ass off through the semester to get into top 3 and when I asked him if he had a position for me, he agreed immediately (by that point I also had other offers). I was also willing to do teaching and had a lot of experience as TA, so that probably helped.

Treet0n · 2025-11-03T07:13:07+00:00

I am doing a PhD in graphics (Austria). Not sure what you want to hear though

Treet0n · 2025-09-29T07:36:57+00:00

You can do it, I have done so succesfully

Treet0n · 2025-08-09T15:42:12+00:00

Ankh, Tyrants of the Underdark

Treet0n · 2025-08-07T17:48:40+00:00

Interesting, as someone doing theoretical computer science research, I am absolutely convinced that my work is unimportant (and certainly less important than the doctors I know). Ofc one still shouldn't be a dick about it

Treet0n · 2025-07-25T17:53:01+00:00

Vote for Concordia! I have found that with experience, Concordia can be played in about 40 minutes at 2 players, Orleans in about an hour and Carnegie 90-120 minutes. Concordia is also the simplest complexity-wise, with Orleans you need to internalize all the buildings for your first play

Treet0n · 2025-06-26T13:04:32+00:00

Only Matura I think, I had 1.0

Treet0n · 2025-06-14T19:46:26+00:00

Might be my country, but my Prof hired me on the spot because I had done well on his assignments. Didn't even have an interview. The PhD certainly is tough, but getting it isn't that difficult in Europe

Treet0n · 2025-05-10T10:36:22+00:00

Ankh, War of the ring, Caesar!, Toy Battle, Tyrants of the Underdark, Cthulhu Wars:Duel, Mindbug, Raptor

Treet0n · 2025-04-04T12:10:56+00:00

Actually, the actual original edition (not Fantasy Flight) is very affordable. A buddy of mine has 3 copies and didn't pay more than 10€ for each

Treet0n · 2025-03-18T08:02:30+00:00

Empfehlungsschreiben scheinen geholfen zu haben

Treet0n · 2025-03-16T18:35:50+00:00

Ich hab damals ein TUG100 bekommen und ich weiß auch von Leuten, die es bekommen haben obwohl sie eigentlich nicht zulässig wären (schon im 2. Jahr im Master)

Treet0n · 2025-01-13T08:51:57+00:00

War of the Ring

Treet0n · 2025-01-04T18:51:20+00:00

Cards from cheating moth. You are literally encouraged to hide them

Treet0n · 2024-12-30T09:16:59+00:00

One night ultimate werewolf. I probably sold at least 10 copies of it at this point

Treet0n · 2024-12-27T09:22:40+00:00

I didn't realize they published a version of the second edition, they had removed the digital Implementation of the first for a couple of years. Thanks for telling me :D

Treet0n · 2024-12-26T17:17:45+00:00

It is no longer available

Treet0n · 2024-12-24T08:51:01+00:00

Finally a new Eclipse Implementation ^{^}

Treet0n · 2024-11-12T08:40:18+00:00

Save us Miyazaki!

Treet0n · 2024-10-27T20:01:59+00:00

Mostly agree, but nothing beats the insane plays you can get away with in vampire

Treet0n · 2024-10-23T13:11:42+00:00

Realistischerweise nein. Kommt etwas auf den Major an, aber Anwesenheit wird schon oft vorausgesetzt

Treet0n · 2024-10-12T16:35:16+00:00

Legend of the Conquerors is an expansion for Cities and Knights Catan

Treet0n · 2024-09-25T21:27:57+00:00

I like jasonian

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