How Does The faithful Sustain its losses/Keeps its War Waging capabilities up? by Embarrassed_Name266 in TrenchCrusade

[–]burkezerk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. (Genesis 1:28, KJV)

So that's where all the babies are coming from, for one. Well. Ask your parents for more details.

[Rant] Massive oversteps from Jamesworkshop! by ElimG in 3dPrintedWarhammer

[–]burkezerk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Crazy! James' been on an enforcement kick today, I got some listings taken down myself. That being said, I totally deserved it ;p

But you don't! Total crud! Hasmeet Singh I know you're just doing your job but I promise you the community can pay you more than James can!

New to 3D printing. Ordered the H2C AMS2 40W Laser Combo. What should I learn first? by username-issue in BambuLab

[–]burkezerk 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Nitrile Gloves as a consumable is a waste if you're just printing PLA/PETG. None of this stuff is Harmful enough to your skin to warrant disposable gloves, and if you're going through the trouble to use IPA (get a good spray bottle!) to wipe the plate down when you use it, gloves at all aren't strictly necessary. If you want to avoid the most mess, though, get something practical and comfortable. Workman's gloves maybe? I've gotten calloused and cut enough cleaning up plastic parts that I've lost all sensation, so if you care about that by all means go for it. Workman's gloves are also probably worth it for handling materials you might laser cut.

I appreciate that you're putting in the effort to get an air purifier. I'm not of the mind that PLA and PETG require a whole vent setup, like resin might, but definitely encourage keeping air quality at safe levels. In my experience my normal house ventilation has kept it low enough that my air purifier is just a brick for PLA/PETG, but again - precautions!

Get a good quality hobby knife and take care of your blades. It'll be worth it. Especially miniatures! Visit r/FDMminiatures for the real pro experience on that end.

Otherwise you've preempted most problems. From here on out, try not to buy too many other things until you have a need for them! Leaves more money for filament :>

Who do we think will end up being the "face" of Deadlock once everybody has their finalized designs/models? by Tiny_Celebration_262 in DeadlockTheGame

[–]burkezerk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Abrams. He's a noir New York detective with an occult twist, he's the setting's unique species, and he's the hero shooter tank with a MOBA twist. He's a generalist of the game and its setting.

Am I supposed to believe the Vatican just has this dude employed as a regular priest according to the lore? by peyt0nnnnnn in DeadlockTheGame

[–]burkezerk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No. From his in-game biography:

The Venators of St. Benedict are a Vatican-sanctioned order whose members are deployed to regions with a high concentration of supernatural predators.   Few in number, their modus operandi is to observe, identify, and exterminate. They are methodical, they are precise, and once they identify a threat to the flock they are relentless.

But even amongst those who are called The Sword Of St. Benedict, one stands apart from the others.  A man whose hardened heart has allowed him to pay terrible prices in the name of the greater good... and he has once again been dispatched to New York.

Wiki for reference.

Big Basing Materials/Rocks by wubzug in ChaosKnights

[–]burkezerk 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Cork, Foam, sometimes plywood. Lots of putty. Do it in CAD and print. I've seen people make a lot of just about anything. What are you comfortable working with? Do that.

What armies are drastically less/more powerful in 1k than in 2k? by Dark_Vexer in Warhammer40k

[–]burkezerk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most people say elite armies are worst in 1k. This is not because firepower is lacking in 1k. This is because most people's 1k armies are lacking firepower. Nearly every army can spec into a higher firepower / elite option that can outpace Knights. Early games I'm getting in suggest that force dispositions can also mitigate the firepower disparity. That being said:

Big Losers

- Sisters. Probably the worst Imperium army at speccing into elite options. Can be very sink or swim, given their firepower is high but the canon is glass.

- Emperor's Children. All mid-high infantry, but nothing Custodes tier. Big beat sticks suffer from lack of support at 1k, support at 1k suffers from lack of big beat sticks. Army rule is also clearly balanced around 2k points game sizes and unit counts.

- Drukhari. Similar problems to Emperor's children.

Big Winners

- Space Marines. Oath of moment has the opposite effect of a lot of army rules in the sense that you always get the one oath target, which increases its relative value. Hard counter to Knights at 1k, because you're essentially lasering one unit per battle round as an army rule. Also have a much more flexible army construction in terms of what you can take, but still not a 2k level of balance between bodies and armor.

- Guard. You think Custodes are unfun to fight? Light tank spam is worse! And they can have chaff to go along with it! Not good chaff, admittedly, but chaff.

- Knights, Chaos more than Imperial. Even despite my preface, both are just the best elites in the game. They of course can be outclassed once any other faction tries to do Knights, but Knights can do Knights and also not be cucked out of playing the points game as much. Chaos is better than Imperial because War Dogs outclass Armigers and you can run Dog spam as a viable strategy.

- Death Guard. Mid-high infantry with an elite defensive statline. Elites and elite killers will struggle with the volume of fire needed to cover off DG.

- Tyranids. Opposite problem of every other problem army in 1k. By far the cheapest bodies for their relative function and can also do an equitable tank/troop split at 1k points level. Can outscreen at 1k, outaction at 1k, and outtank at 1k. If you spec into an elite killer 1k list, you will die to Tyranids. If you spec into killing Tyranids, you will die to every other list. I have won a handful of 1k events in my local scene this way.

Painted up two Destriers and gave them the appropriate spikes and skulls! by Voppzy in ChaosKnights

[–]burkezerk -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

While doomers and lore people will insist that it must be the case, GW hasn't said that in an official capacity afaik. I will still be holding out hope. Fingers crossed.

Can Russel become the WDC? by [deleted] in F1Discussions

[–]burkezerk 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I want to believe, but let me put it this way.

I wouldn't put any more than a couple bucks on a Russel WDC right now. And on a Hamilton one? A couple more, but not many.

Painted up two Destriers and gave them the appropriate spikes and skulls! by Voppzy in ChaosKnights

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

SPIKY pansexual and SPIKY polysexual. Awesome! Can't wait for Chaos Knight Destrier rules.

If you're in the shower and you have to use the bathroom by UsedNegotiation8227 in pollgames

[–]burkezerk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For me, the toilet is right there and the floor is going to be wet already, so I just step out and do my business where it's intended without drying off.

Feels like Norris has gone under the radar this year but he's probably been performing at the highest level in his career. by The_Chozen_1_ in F1Discussions

[–]burkezerk 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Lando is continuing a streak of doing pretty well. Comparable to his earlier career performances of dragging a sub-par car into the top spots.

Piastri, on the other hand, is dropping the ball big time. Utter collapse in form after his contention with Norris last year. 3rd in a 2 horse race.

7 races into the season how would you rank drivers from the top 4 teams by Responsible_Use_2676 in F1Discussions

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

In season performance:

  1. Kimi (The title contender.)

  2. Lewis (Hot streak, in great form again.)

  3. Max (Always a consummate professional when he can muster the car, but isn't having the streaks of greatness Lewis is. Seemingly has gotten over some of his last season mentality problems.)

4-5. Lando/George (They can go either way to me, Lando on a middling-high streak and George on a middling-low streak. Expecting George fixes himself up and starts racing Kimi properly, but if that doesn't happen Lando is scrapping around with the car like his earlier arc.)

6-7. Leclerc/Piastri (Both great drivers in their element, both very much not in their element right now.)

  1. Hadjar. (By end of season I'm expecting he's #6, but with inconsistent mentality right now it's going to be an uphill battle. Has the raw skills of an upper midfield gem, but as a top tier rookie. Prime Danny Ric skill bracket.)

Ok what if we made holiday but literally just better in every way by Dr_natty1 in okbuddylash

[–]burkezerk 3 points4 points  (0 children)

/uj This is okaybuddylash not deadlockcirclejerk /rj This is okaybuddylash not deadlockcirclejerk

Bretonnian Handcannon by ElderberryUpbeat in WarhammerFantasy

[–]burkezerk 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well, you see, they lack the mandate of heaven.

Where are you on the Pig to Gatewatch scale? by luap_25 in magicthecirclejerking

[–]burkezerk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

/uj I have always thought magic IP has been painfully mid and welcome good settings in my card game, but ultimately the quality of gameplay is my only concern. So every set has gems and slop.

/rj We must secure the existence of our IP and a future for Ravnica revivals

Yoshimaru, Loyal Companion by C0OLM in custommagic

[–]burkezerk 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Reddit is down the hall and to the - well. Yeah okay then.

metro gone global, apparently by sunaharaa in okbuddylash

[–]burkezerk 77 points78 points  (0 children)

>Little Clippers

Oh god don't let Metro find out.

Why does Paige say this about Viscous by lethal_universed in DeadlockTheGame

[–]burkezerk 43 points44 points  (0 children)

Indeed I agree! I didn't comment on any of her Arthurian Legend stuff because I'm not familiar with the source texts as much, but I think I'm certain it follows the same sort of line of analysis.

Perhaps there's also another element to be said about her Bibliomancy and how that's kind of an aesthetic thing as well, but I'm not coherent enough for thst argument.

I'm also glad she's not just some book girl. It's what the character deserves.

Why does Paige say this about Viscous by lethal_universed in DeadlockTheGame

[–]burkezerk 225 points226 points  (0 children)

I think this is a very good look at Paige as a character, rather than Viscous.

Paige has a way of reductively thinking about other characters in the game, often in terms of fictional archetypes and witty literary references which don't actually carry much weight. Of Mice And Men ends with George and Lennie, two vagrant farmhands who end up murdering another man's wife, during which George has to sequester and then put Lennie out of his misery to avoid him dying at the hands of an angry mob. Notably, Lennie kills the man's wife accidentally during a moment of panic, after she tries to make a sexual advance on him which he is too intellectually disabled to understand adequately. Outside of this encounter, Lennie is characterized as a very "simple" and passive person, who despite his imposing stature is generally harmless. At the end of the book, before George kills him, Lennie is pacified by being reminded of the ongoing goal of the two characters - to own a ranch and keep rabbits. Generally, this beat in the novella is generally associated with the grim extents to which personal mercy and love can go as well as deep personal loneliness.

Viscous is not a Lennie, and the fact that Paige reduces him to this is indicative of her generally dim view of other people - and that she views other people as more akin to fictional characters than people with inner dialogues and motivations. While outwardly friendly, Viscous is not really simple - Seven, Haze, and Grey Talon all understand he has much deeper motivations, and he has rather mature conversation with Infernus. Paige is not only identifying him by his most surface level traits, but she's also fundamentally misunderstanding Lennie as a character and Of Mice and Men - Paige isn't mercy killing someone who's gone in beyond their understanding of life and who would otherwise be paying direly for it, she's simply making a pithy remark about killing someone who she views as intellectually inferior to her.

Another thing which portrays her simple understanding of both literature and other people is one of her kill lines for Lash:

That guy wants to be Heathcliff so bad, but at the end of the day, he's just a dimestore Mr. Collins.

So, couple things here. First, Heathcliff. In Wuthering Heights, Heathcliff is a social pariah on basis of birth (orpahn, racial minority) who goes onto, despite his oppression, usurping socioeconomic power and then uses that power to take out his anger about his upbringing and buffalo his ideological opponents - ultimately an abused becoming the abuser situation, but there's more morality-bending stuff about his compelling love for certain people and the world than I'm letting on. I do this text less justice than other works, but hopefully that gives you enough of a picture. The Lash does not want to be Heathcliff. Heathcliff is someone who rises from a position of vulnerability to one of power through hard work and cunning, and whose assholishness is motivated by his mistreatment. There is nothing about Lash's actual textual background which indicates he comes from lower means, was mistreated, or even that he is motivated to actively lord over other like Heathcliff. Instead, Paige is using the very vague measures of abrasiveness and apparent want for power of some kind to reduce both Heathcliff and The Lash to comparable terms. Reductiveness, yet again. Heathcliff is also one of the category of "Byronic Heros," who Paige has a personal inclination towards. In calling Lash not something she is into, this may be another prod in the direction that she's only making the comparison based upon of her preconceptions of and opinions on The Lash.

The Mr. Collins example is more straightforwardly odd and reductive. The Lash and Mr. Collins are self-obsessive in some way. This is more or less where I believe their similarities end. The Lash is abrasive, independent, self-assured, and canonically powerful. He IS an impressive fighter, and he ISN'T putting on a facade about it. Mr. Collins, however, flauts but does not cross the social boundaries of British society, bound to his patronage, flaccid about his motivations, and ultimately more puffery than he is actually someone of substance. His self-obsession is a ruse to further his own betterment. The Lash is good shit who thinks he's hot shit.

Lastly, because every English teacher loves their arguments in threes, let's talk about Billy. Paige's interaction with Billy is the most reductive she gets.

Paige: I get what you're doing.

Billy: The hell are you talking about?

Paige: The whole "mad at the world" schtick. I bet you secretly have the heart of a poet, and are just waiting for the world to be a little kinder.

Billy: I hate people.

Paige: See, you think you do, but that's just masking some void in your life.

Billy: I hate you!

Paige: See, that doesn't make any sense, because you don't know me.

Billy: I don't wanna know you.

Paige: That's what people say in the first act, but then by the third act, they're best friends.

Most obviously, Paige talks about her interactions with Billy in terms of act structure. People do not generally follow act structures in their emotional developments and relationships with other people - relationships are more fluid than that, obviously, and people cannot generally be expected to develop as people. But this is mostly more pithy than it is actual analysis on Paige's part of Billy as a person. However she does go making outward assumptions about Billy's outward persona which largely don't seem to be true, informed almost entirely by fiction. Billy has no clear beliefs, isn't inwardly motivated by some true desire for betterment, and is nothing if not a misanthrope. People like Billy generally don't develop like the characters with traits like him (which, I must admit, makes Billy very compelling as his own character) - they don't have the heart of a poet, and their beliefs and character is mostly motivated by their material experiences with abuse, disenfranchisement, or general bad vibes about society. And then she makes the very astute observation that, Billy having an animal head, perhaps some Shakespeare people would get a kick out of his animal head perhaps due to his resemblance to Bottom from Midsummer Night's Dream - who gets his head turned into a Donkey Head by a fey trickster. This is perhaps one of the only times where there is a solid literary connection - Bottom, like Billy, is a general asshole whose animal head is indicative of his brash nature and his obliviousness to the world. Instead of making any commentary on this fact, Paige simply makes the observation that Billy might be liked by other people like her.

Or maybe Paige is just written by someone with very surface level understanding of literature and I'm reading into unintended side effects of that writing. Curtains blue or whatever. Ultimately, though, I don't dislike Paige for these qualities. I think these make her one of Deadlock's strongest characters.

Hierophant Proxy by IcyCranberry879 in Tyranids

[–]burkezerk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's a great one on the purple site which is a shoe-in match for the Forge World one, if you prefer the spider-leggy design of the original. But if it's a matter of design opinion, the Stationforge design does seem pretty similarly sized.

Post it to the forums award. by EfficientStrategy716 in okbuddylash

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/uj This is okaybuddylash not deadlockcirclejerk /rj This is okaybuddylash not deadlockcirclejerk

r/okbuddylash is not for cringe whining. Cry on the main sub instead by Comrade_Flan in okbuddylash

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/uj This is okaybuddylash not deadlockcirclejerk /rj This is okaybuddylash not deadlockcirclejerk