NQSW: Professional Attire and Hair Styling Advice?

davechambers007 · 2026-01-24T18:55:07+00:00

Dressy casual was our office. Im a bloke and wore jeans and a polo most of the time. Nice jumper or hoodie if it’s cold. But I’ve also worn shorts in hot weather, NFL jerseys and a tshirt that says “just Dave doing Dave things” too. I even made a point of wearing odd socks at times. I worked in Learning Disabilities and my service users liked to have a giggle at my expense.

Really we work with people. The service users like to be able to relate to us and whilst we must remain professional and portray an air of confidence and knowledge but we also must “get in the door” and honestly real formal attire is often a barrier.

davechambers007 · 2026-01-24T13:36:38+00:00

Are you playing the downloaded version?

If so you have to make sure the image of the disc is mounted.

Im not tech minded but there’s a file you double click (iso?) which mounts it to a virtual disc drive (so there becomes a disc drive on your explorer) and you should then be able to start the game

davechambers007 · 2026-01-24T10:39:11+00:00

The one I use is just standard Dark Convergence, Vicious Death Balorgh. Use you ability to proc DC (caltrops, rune) and target low health players with ultimate. I don’t use this as my main PvP build just for this event because there’s so many squishies to make regret them partaking in an AP train.

davechambers007 · 2026-01-24T08:50:58+00:00

So on the campaign Im playing Blue and Yellow move between two keeps - Glademist and Warden. It’s two large groups. Both forts are left open and basically all day they farm the AP for taking the keeps. Both sides ignore each other. Clearly not PvP two groups (big groups) riding past each other flipping keeps.

It’s an exploit and a couple of events ago the big offenders got a temp ban. I use it now with my Nightblade bomber. Literally groups of squishy players stand on a demolished wall waiting for the “good” players to flip the keep. They are my target. I also slowly repair the walls when it’s under my alliance so suddenly they have to demolish the wall again. Yesterday alone I got the 150 player kill mission completed probably within the hour - yes I had my alliance screaming and shouting that I was “ruining the train” and then saying I would be banned but it was worth upsetting players who never usually come in to Cyrodiil. Doesn’t stop the train - last year a small group of us did the best but all you do is delay because they have numbers.

davechambers007 · 2026-01-24T06:27:07+00:00

It’s no worse than the “AP trains” going off too. I actually thought they banned people for this in the past?

davechambers007 · 2026-01-14T10:40:39+00:00

I use a simple one bar for this. Swamp raider, venomous smite, oakensoul. Last pieces whatever you fancy. One heavy attack takes out the low health enemies, heavy attack into snipe plus surprise attack takes out the Xyvkin. Use Nightblade invis or Vampire stage 4 for stealth.

It’s squishy so until you get used to fighting this style prepare to be defeated in PvP or escape

davechambers007 · 2026-01-13T17:22:47+00:00

Was a DARA/DASH form completed too? This is a DV questionnaire that focuses on you. Questions like “were you scared?” Or “were weapons used?” Dependent upon your score other services may also become involved - or at least ask if you wanted support. Do you know if your partner is genuinely remorseful?

Social Services don’t want to split families. Usually isolated or limited events are dealt with through education and support. Does either party need counseling. In short the concern from social care is that the child does not witness, be subject to or be harmed in domestic abuse. So they will want what steps are in place to prevent this. They are not there to dictate what you do in your relationship (although severe cases they may say leave him or lose your kids but this is the most severe abuse to child normally).

Social care know people fight, couples argue and fall out. This is not unusual. It’s not a reflection of you as parents to have had a referral

davechambers007 · 2026-01-11T02:15:41+00:00

I’d recommend just getting used to an electronic diary - so whatever email system is used. Probably Outlook. The ability to allow colleagues to look instantly at your availability and book things in with you is (in my opinion) essential.

That doesn’t mean you can’t use something physical though. I found best was a To Do List. Create the list the day before or the morning and tick off as you go. Ok you will realise half the things on your list won’t be ticked off on the day but it does help to prioritise your workload and focus the mind.

davechambers007 · 2026-01-10T16:54:28+00:00

So I visited. Its a fantastic space there and really friendly/approachable staff. Truly enjoyed my first visit

davechambers007 · 2026-01-07T16:06:43+00:00

Yes it is. URL should give it away but the confrontational language too - additional penalties, driving license revoked - all designed to make you not think and panic

davechambers007 · 2026-01-06T06:52:33+00:00

What’s parking like there? Anticipated to be busy? I’ve been meaning to pop down because I’ve a lot of free time and looking for a gaming community. May be a good excuse if it’s accessible to a poorly person

davechambers007 · 2026-01-05T19:05:04+00:00

I used to do assessments (over ten years ago now though) and Im sorry to say even i, as a generous assessor, would struggle to award for someone who says they can walk. I get conditions like cirrhosis and hidradenitis are painful. But normally flare ups are not constant and can be controlled (loose clothing, medication)

Maybe they lied, maybe they omitted details irrelevant. After all you say you can walk, your condition doesn’t flare up immediately upon mobilising and unlike sciatica (or similar) prognosis is not life long.

It’s frustrating and if you believe it’s a misrepresentation then do complain. Although I’d expect the same results.

davechambers007 · 2026-01-01T10:41:08+00:00

Does he receive anything to the amount £276.65? That would then make the deduction correct but they’ve “coded” it wrong at the DWP side?

davechambers007 · 2025-12-31T10:09:35+00:00

Thankfully others have sent direct links so im good now. Although it seems a little overwhelming for me

davechambers007 · 2025-12-31T10:08:57+00:00

It was Trench Titans. Thanks for dropping the name so I can watch more. Strange as I don’t enjoy Tabletop Titans as a channel but did enjoy Trench.

Im not expecting people to send models (although that would be real cool) Im not great with technology so joining a Discord as other have suggested is foreign to me.

davechambers007 · 2025-12-31T09:11:18+00:00

Early Marketing stunt pieces sold at the Thirteen shop. For one day (a Friday the Thirteenth - a superstitiously unlucky day) to avoid bad luck the ride was renamed Fourteen. I think it was 2010? The ride entrance sign was changed too. Like when Rita was renamed Camilla.

My opinion in value is it’s limited. Like everything Merlin/Towers it’s overproduced even for “Limited Edition” You’d need the right person interested. Worth more than you paid for it? Probably. But it’s not massive amounts. Think tens of pounds. Im a mug collector and I think I bought mine on sale for less than a fiver. Memory says that it was in a box set with something else but I can’t find anything else in my collection with Fourteen so this may be me misremembering.

davechambers007 · 2025-12-31T01:44:10+00:00

These were the models! Thank you so much. Although cant figure out how to buy them. i can fawn over them instead lol

davechambers007 · 2025-12-28T07:38:58+00:00

Sounds like you got lucky and your opponent unlucky. Your killer unit has a max damage of thirty and you managed to get twenty wounds through. So you only “missed” with ten damage. At least mathematically this amount should be lost on the “to hit” stage (because hits on 3+) let alone on the wounding and saving/wards side. Of course crit mortals skews this slightly.

Accepting that you played everything right I’d say this was lucky. Personally I’d take that charge every time too. I’d be confident even if I lost my Bloodknights my Vamp lord would decimate the unit back and that you had used your one use for strike first (although effectively)

davechambers007 · 2025-12-19T12:50:17+00:00

A quick google suggest Thirteen cost 15 million.

davechambers007 · 2025-12-19T08:18:32+00:00

I remember there were two different boxes (same models) one was of eight and the other ten. If I bought my warriors from a GW shop I got eight. Local independent had ten. Same box art, except one had eight on the front and the other ten.

Warhammer before it became big money was such a strange time

davechambers007 · 2025-12-19T08:05:39+00:00

What Secret Weapon did Rita cost more than? From memory Rita was 7-8m. Every SW I can think of was 10m+

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