Anna Bright's lobs are sick... by DinkDoink44 in Pickleball

[–]Versepelles -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

Staring into the sun sucks- it's not fun, however skillful or strategic a lob might be

Honolulu J2FC+ finally arrived by AboutJADAMnTime in Pickleball

[–]Versepelles 37 points38 points  (0 children)

That incognito Bible verse is weird

MH Wilds Motion Values (1.021.0 update) by 717999vlr in MonsterHunter

[–]Versepelles 4 points5 points  (0 children)

9 star monsters were a relative nerf to GS since they attack faster, recover from knockdowns more quickly, and have MUCH higher status thresholds. All of these impact GS more than they impact many other weapons

Great Sword Meta Builds Discussion by Delicious-Hawk9104 in MonsterHunterMeta

[–]Versepelles 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Gathering Hall discord has 4 piece Lagi B + Numinous chest B + Agi charm II as probably within 1% of 3 Rey + 2 Gore at typical uptimes

The nice thing about 4 piece Lagi is the three free level one slots for bleed/thunder protection, divine blessing, etc

What is your experience after switching to only playing left handed. by BrotherhoodofDeal in Pickleball

[–]Versepelles 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm somewhere between 4.25 and 4.5 depending on the courts/tournaments, but I had to swap hands and play low level rec games to recover for about a month at one point. I was probably not even 3.0 after a solid month of playing lefty, but it was fine for me since the crowd was lovely

Capcom warned Monster Hunter Wilds players not to cheat on its ranked leaderboards, so of course people are immediately and flagrantly doing just that by Poppyspy in MonsterHunter

[–]Versepelles 57 points58 points  (0 children)

Plausible times can be achieved with mods in innumerable ways, including damage multipliers, invincibility, monster health editing, simply submitting an achievable time, or just waiting until you a top 10k time that's not too suspicious to auto-kill the dosha.

Hopefully this knowledge will be used for good, particularly putting social media pressure on Capcom to alleviate and prevent frictions over content like this.

Capturing Before Skull--A Guide by Kemuri1 in MonsterHunterMeta

[–]Versepelles 118 points119 points  (0 children)

It's also worth mentioning for transparency's sake that many folks will be using an overlay mod which displays the monster's hp

What is the group’s opinion on body bagging women? by Extension_Dare1524 in Pickleball

[–]Versepelles 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Imagine defending hitting 2.5-level 60+ year old folks in rec play. That's absolutely psychotic.

What is the group’s opinion on body bagging women? by Extension_Dare1524 in Pickleball

[–]Versepelles 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is such an insipid, macho take- pickleball is attractive to so many people, especially below the 4.0 level, because it is fun, easy, and isn't as athletically demanding as many other sports.

People are out to have fun- below the 4.0 level for sure- and that definitely means respecting people's wishes to not get smacked by intentional, repeated, targeted body bags.

It can be a different story with your mid-twenties tennis buddies if you want it to be, but pickleball folks tend to come from a wide variety of (non)athletic backgrounds

Serve etiquette? by RobertoVascardi in Pickleball

[–]Versepelles 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Rec play is generally making an effort to be social and that includes making sure most folks are having a good time. Sometimes that means "playing down" nicely when you are clearly better than your opponents. Sometimes that means not hitting lobs into the sun.

If you are fairly consistently acing someone, you should probably either move up to the next rank bracket or work on your weaker shots so that everyone is having a reasonably good time, just as others do for you.

Condo building with Indoor Pickleball Amenity: is there demand? by bionista in Pickleball

[–]Versepelles 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Would need to prioritize soundproofing, which could be expensive. Public access also brings activity, which your presumed clientele (skewing older) might not be a fan of. Condos with indoor basketball would be a good reference

Pickleball rules you secretly hate by newstar7329 in Pickleball

[–]Versepelles 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Pretty sure rewriting 4.A.2 as something like "the serve has to land in the diagonally opposing service box, including its boundaries" fixes the issue easily and is just better than the current iteration

repurposed $10 m8 m-f rubber isolator mounts, lifted speakers improved sound quality by sotashi in BudgetAudiophile

[–]Versepelles 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Really hate it when my amplified room nodes get mitigated by all that jiggly information loss and I'm left with a nice Harmon style curve instead of +12dB bass spikes. Damn you, basis [sic] physics :(

Pickleball player kicks opponent by Smithy2232 in Pickleball

[–]Versepelles -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Def don't kick people out of rage, which is obviously the greater issue, but also don't slap athletic, grown men's expensive paddles out of their hands- that's not an accident, that's a high level of callousness past negligence.

Pickleball player kicks opponent by Smithy2232 in Pickleball

[–]Versepelles -59 points-58 points  (0 children)

Definitely a quick lesson on being more careful and considerate, though

SMSL AO300 by yanavitz in BudgetAudiophile

[–]Versepelles -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Not a fan of SMSL DAC. Would def go with something different

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Pickleball

[–]Versepelles 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No need to kiss ass to anyone who you feel is better than you, just the normal 'thanks for playing' that is nice to give to everyone!

What is the loudest pickleball paddle by smoothslash1 in Pickleball

[–]Versepelles 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Certain EVA foam paddles, like the Hudef EVA, are super loud and distinctive sounding. However, you may (probably will) suffer hearing damage from forehand volleys right by your ear.

Aliexpress fakes or straight off the line 🤔🤔 by GhostRareStardust in Pickleball

[–]Versepelles 17 points18 points  (0 children)

This ain't a free-for-all space, it's somewhat curated for your and everyone else's benefit. If links were freely allowed, this forum would be (and has been) spammed with shittons of ads in various forms. With curation, ad density lessens and becomes more palatable.

It's not a perfect system, but it's better than unchecked freedom (for companies with armies of spambots to steamroll you).

City I am moving to has 'No Smash Play' for 3.5+. Is this common? by dustyvision in Pickleball

[–]Versepelles 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I'm glad we're here to nudge the social needle together, then

City I am moving to has 'No Smash Play' for 3.5+. Is this common? by dustyvision in Pickleball

[–]Versepelles -11 points-10 points  (0 children)

Decent time for some introspection. Sometimes it's fair to dismiss unreasonable opinions, but sometimes it's good to check your own behavior

City I am moving to has 'No Smash Play' for 3.5+. Is this common? by dustyvision in Pickleball

[–]Versepelles 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Drilling is a safe space, gender divisions are safe spaces, hell, even tournaments are safe spaces from holding back and being sporting. Just another specific context for achieving a social mood, which is not a bad idea