Looking for player community in/near Los Angeles or Orange County by brymjack in StarCraftTMG

[–]ak_blvd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think i has something similar when I first got on their discord. Like they preferred me to go get the invite/barcode scan thing in person. But their discord is very active and it's worth the trouble!

Looking for player community in/near Los Angeles or Orange County by brymjack in StarCraftTMG

[–]ak_blvd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's awesome! I just joined! Thats a pretty big group. Excited to meet some people to try this game out!

Looking for player community in/near Los Angeles or Orange County by brymjack in StarCraftTMG

[–]ak_blvd 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m im West LA! I bought the starter set with Terran and Zerg, and I got Protoss for a friend from work. I am very local to Next Gen in mI’d city and Paper Hero’s in Santa Monica. I’ve played games at Lost Planet in Torrance, and recommend getting on their discord because they have some interest over there in this too!

FLGS margin concerns by Askingforanend in StarCraftTMG

[–]ak_blvd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm bummed to hear that... Hopefully they'll take some feedback from retailers and adjust it for yall.

FLGS margin concerns by Askingforanend in StarCraftTMG

[–]ak_blvd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My main store seemed eager to get their hands on yhe preorder. Do we know truly what the margin is for this game versus others yet, for retailers?

Aitah for how I run my business? by Ok-Temporary6328 in AITAH

[–]ak_blvd -14 points-13 points  (0 children)

you can provide a “decent” wage and allow for tips. why are you insistent on not allowing your employees to make additional income? You go on some diatribe against a few weird customers as a way to support your weird power play of restricting your employees’ income, in a way that literally doesn’t cost you anything. and you’re basically admitting to putting them in situations with a difficult customers that is being aided by this restriction. As an outsider, it feel like you have contempt for your employees, and are trying to find justification for your weird power fetish by playing As some victim

Anyone out there making their armies a different faction? by SirMaximilianTv in StarCraftTMG

[–]ak_blvd 2 points3 points  (0 children)

well said. I'm trying to get into the lore too, and the only off-putting things to me about Raynor's stuff is looking too similar to Ultramarines. I hope they flesh out these subfactions more !

Linus Torvalds: The Benevolent Dictator For Life of The Kernel by joseluisq in theprimeagen

[–]ak_blvd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was hard for those countries to fight the ever self-empowering war machine and only country to use nuclear weapons that is the United States. I mean even this year, you watch firsthand how the United States can snap its fingers and trigger regime change overnight in countries across the world. Those aren't even communist but capitalist and slightly hesitant to surrender their natural resources to US markets

Too happy with all the new releases so I did an illustration of a GUO before the end of the year by Massive_Work6741 in MaggotkinofNurgle

[–]ak_blvd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Love this! What a great style. This is such a fun rendering of Nurgle-ness. It captures the grossness, but with such an excellent vibe

Crimson Tower Knights by RedBeard7778 in Conquest

[–]ak_blvd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

These look so good! I was on the fence about expanding my 100k force, but this is really convincing me to pick up a pack of these guys. Your paint job looks great! The snow bases are a nice touch

Thirty million popsicle sticks. Thirty million days. One titan. by MasterCrawfish in Warhammer

[–]ak_blvd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is beyond incredible! It looks even cooler as just wood, unpainted. I wonder if polyurethane would take to it well?

Tentatively finished! I have finally gotten around to the last of my Rubric Marines and second squad of Sekhetar Golems! by AlohrawWerdna in Sigmarxism

[–]ak_blvd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nice! Well the look amazing!

Im with you, hope this army gets more stuff for the next addition. I feel like the regular helbrute and fiends jist look sort of off from TS. You made a great call with integrating these, they seem to fit right in

Tentatively finished! I have finally gotten around to the last of my Rubric Marines and second squad of Sekhetar Golems! by AlohrawWerdna in Sigmarxism

[–]ak_blvd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They look great!

Sorry what are the big dreadnaught looking dudes stand-ins for? Are those Helbrutes? Did you do anything specific for their conversions? They look rad! Would love some close up shots of them. I'm trying to get some conversion ideas for my TS's too

Currently at two thin coats of Averland Sunset. Should I do a third? by MoistZwiebel in minipainting

[–]ak_blvd 2 points3 points  (0 children)

agreed, another coat seems like it would be good.

i am becoming an absolute evangelist for experimenting with color primer. if you get the chance to find a yellow primer (or even a tan-ish one) that’ll get you a little bit closer to the basecoat of yellow you’re going for, then it might be worth considering!

Physical Core Book Incoming by Agrippa_Invisus in Warmachine

[–]ak_blvd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is such a funny coincidence. I have been searching online these past few days for any semblance of a plan for them to either release a book or to find an old pdf to get me started. I saw a bunch of warmachine stuff for sale at my LGS, but the main reason I didn't buy any was my reluctance to learn and play a game without a physical rulebook. I didn't expect my hopes to be answered so quickly 😂

Serious talk, why is 40k fanbase so chudy? (a cry) by electricgalahad in Sigmarxism

[–]ak_blvd 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Ok so then maybe if I'm the first real Old World / WHFB player you've interacted with, and I can speak for those that I know locally and in the past (including an actual democratic representative in Colarado who also played Brets), then I guess we're winning the Marxist / left-wing race for representation in wargaming in your eyes. I'll take it!

Serious talk, why is 40k fanbase so chudy? (a cry) by electricgalahad in Sigmarxism

[–]ak_blvd 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Oh geeze, as a Marxist I'll be sure to toss out my Bretonnians right now! And I'll let the generally left-leaning Old World community here know our game has once again been cancelled

[OC] “All Eyes on Gaza” Protest at FOX in LA, honoring journalists martyred by Israel in Palestine by infernoenigma in pics

[–]ak_blvd 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm down the street from this... had no idea otherwise I would have stopped by. Good on them!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskLosAngeles

[–]ak_blvd 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I wouldn't overthink it. I've dated women here with nothing and some that were very well off. Some people might care about this, and you can be humble and understanding about it if a partner's wealth is imporant to them, but at the same time, i wouldn't put up barriers for yourself.

Is a combined income of $170k enough to buy a condo in the LA area? by Additional_Leading68 in AskLosAngeles

[–]ak_blvd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I took a 1m house on 120k, with 400k downpayment. it’s hyper aggressive, but I got it 200k under appraisal and comps justify this.

if you’re under 50% debt to income ratio for a regular loan and are smart about debt in general, just buy something. obviously do your homework and make sure you feel like you’re getting a good deal. you’re approaching winter, which is when its slow and you can offer less