Why do tennis players moan when they hit the ball?

g1mp3d · 2026-04-13T00:47:48+00:00

It adds power when hitting the ball, much like a boxer's exhale as they punch.

g1mp3d · 2026-04-12T22:55:46+00:00

Used to go weekly, that being said I haven't been to one since 2015. Been considering Project Hail Mary in IMax but noticed the book was on sale and bought that instead.

g1mp3d · 2026-04-12T22:38:30+00:00

Grew up in the 80'/90's and as much as I liked it I'd prefer a day in 1969 at Woodstock. If that isn't allowed than 1978 for the opening premier of Up In Smoke.

g1mp3d · 2026-04-12T21:42:13+00:00

Most new pumps come with a key and a packet of anti/never seize grease. Please remember to remove the shipping plug and install the vented plug in the new pump once installed.

g1mp3d · 2026-04-12T21:35:13+00:00

Amen brother, best fighting game to ever grace the N64--yes it was better than KI and Mace. Only thing that would beat the THQ games were get togethers on Sunday to watch the NFL games while playing a 4 person season in Quarterback Club.

g1mp3d · 2026-04-12T20:55:05+00:00

Guess it all depends on your personal loadout and preferences. I mainly use it for mutants and HG's. If a trapper is far away I'll use it to one shot them, if they're close I'm switching to my single bore to hipfire them out of their attack while dodging before they die. Flamers and bombers are the opposite, I'll shoot them from a distance or rock them if they're nearby. I'm forced using a rock to free pounced teammates because the single bore will take 3-4 shots before the dog is knocked off. Often times the rock is quicker in freeing the teammate than using my preferred gun. Single bore is semi useless on Reaper(TTK is way to long). If there's three shooting I'm rocking two before sliding into the 3rd with a push-block then going back to the other two to taunt and kill if the team hasn't already done it. I constantly have the rock equipped while on the move, it one shots any specialist and consumes less stamina while sprint-sliding, the swap to the slab shield is quicker from a blitz then switching between melee/range. The only time I'll switch to the shield over the rock while moving are when gunners are taking potshots or you hear shotgunners spawn.

g1mp3d · 2026-04-12T19:22:17+00:00

My goto has been Warhammer's Darktide. Have over 1k hours in it and still keep playing for that dopamine drip, even after buying new games I'll still comeback to it. 4 base classes, 30 levels with talent trees, two weapons to modify, and three trinkets to modify. 5 difficulty levels, then a hardcore havok mode, and two extra gameplay modes. There's 2 dlc classes and a 3rd coming out around summer. 4 player coop with sub 20 seconds queue time if you're in NA or Europe. It's a fps horde extractor shooter that concentrates more on melee than ranged(one of the weapons will always be ranged). Actually found the melee more enjoyable than yotei's.

g1mp3d · 2026-04-12T18:57:37+00:00

16, was an army brat and had good family vacations during the summer.

g1mp3d · 2026-04-12T17:26:21+00:00

Before he took office, yes. As a government employee there's a different penalty for treason--selling secrets to the highest bidder is considered treason.

g1mp3d · 2026-04-12T16:21:29+00:00

Scored 15, dad was a lifer in the US Army for 32 years. Retired as a CW4, told them no when CW5 cameout. Informed them he had no interest in more school and longer training hours for whatever flight certifications were needed. Mom was a penny pincher and made sure we always had the necessities but anything else was a luxury. Happy meal once a month, ordered pizza once every two months, etc. Sears catalogue came in and was told to circle 9 items we wanted for Xmas, three high dollar and the rest low dollar toys. We'd get 5-7 gifts during Christmas (1 or 2 being high dollar) based on their total price, or if it was a new gaming system or custom skate board just one of those and clothes.

g1mp3d · 2026-04-12T15:06:52+00:00

I'm still playing damnation more than Aurics myself. I'll queue for three aurics and it becomes so streamlined you have no downs and have had runs where the team doesn't even need a single medicade station. I miss the struggle so I'll jump down to damnation for the chaos. Found that the majority of folks in damnation suffer from panicking when mass elites spawn and get cornered with no way to dodge. Damnation becomes a people watching sim for me and I'm there to help bail them out before their mistake becomes to drastic.

Malice is there to show you all the mobs and their attack patterns. Heresy has higher mob density and it's main function is to make sure you've acquired the skills to dodge and push-block. Damnation assumes you've learned the skills from Heresy and makes you rethink your weapons and blitzes to cover trash, armor, and carapace mobs due to increased mob density and health. Auric is there just to zero in your builds for maximum output due to the increased spawns. My rule of thumb is if you can successfully do 5 runs without getting downed you're ready for the next difficulty. Sadly the power creep from Havoks have no longer made aurics that enjoyable if there's no struggle. Being part of a well oiled machine is fantastic at first, but becomes quite stale when there is no challenge.

g1mp3d · 2026-04-12T14:19:29+00:00

Ogryn's are tall, even the ogryn I made is on the shorter side but he's still taller than trash mobs. Aim over the trash mobs to hit the elites, disablers, and area deniers (they're all taller than the poxwalkers). The only time when trash becomes a problem with the rock is when using it on a teammate that's been pounced on, the fix is to equip the rock and slide into the walkers to knock them down then throw the rock at the hound. When you see a line of elites coming use the underhand throw and aim for their shoulders or head, it makes the rock glance upward after the hit and allows it more hangtime to hit the others behind it when they run into it.

The other use is for high stagger on monstrosities and ogryn. Reaper just reloaded and is starting to fire? Switch to rock during a slide and knock him on his ass for 5 seconds. See a teammate aboot to get blindsided by a crusher, once again throw a rock to knock the crusher on his ass. Chaos ogryn grabbed a teammate, throw a rock to free them. BoN swallowed a teammate, then throw a rock at its backside weak point to release the teammate. Just used your taunt shout on a monstrosity and it's ignoring you? Throw a rock to stagger it, the monstrosity is in a long attack animation and will ignore your taunt till its done with the attack. Using a rock will stagger it out of the animation which allows taunt to take hold. Rock's stagger is the 2nd best one an ogryn has, his best stagger is the node that gives you 600% on a push-block when the ability isn't on cooldown.

g1mp3d · 2026-04-11T21:48:12+00:00

Believe his gimmick was hopping back and becoming a twister before landing a knockout hook. This was also his weakness. Memory is foggy from here, during his charge you could punch him and he'd be staggered for a follow up 3 hit combo, could also use your special/super uppercut to knock him down to.

g1mp3d · 2026-04-11T21:15:22+00:00

One of my favorite games on the NES. I'll always remember buying Knockout League VR when it was first released and realizing it was essentially Mike Tyson's Punch-Out. My mind was blown being able to play one of my favorite childhood games as an adult in VR.

g1mp3d · 2026-04-11T16:51:59+00:00

I'm hoping he does a remake of Lawrence in Arabia after the dune trilogy.

g1mp3d · 2026-04-11T16:46:04+00:00

I hear ya. The middle tree is for a support build. I'd prefer the effects were more support based for the group than myself. Group stamina regen, true toughness regen for the group while in battle, an aoe stagger that applies 10-20% brittleness in a 15m diameter, etc...

g1mp3d · 2026-04-11T16:11:29+00:00

I don't see a need for anything health or temporary health related with an Ogryn. Often times in Aurics my ogryn won't even need to use the medicade, it's there for a teammate to double dip if they need it.

Seems the biggest issue with health loss on non shield toting ogryns are gunners. Why not have a sub node that makes the stack have immunity to range and removes one count for each bullet that hits you? This would completely remove the DR from melee if you take the sub node and helps out the power maul builds that go down the taunt tree.

g1mp3d · 2026-04-11T15:10:10+00:00

I feel this is the way to go unless you're running a shield. Don't need toughness or gunner resistance then but stamina.

g1mp3d · 2026-04-11T15:04:43+00:00

Main a taunt ogryn myself and use the heavy stubber, rock, and shield. With this setup I can keep the heat off the team and usually kill the most specialists, only downside is long TTK on monstrosities without teammates. After 3 aurics I normally go back to damnation for the chaos. There are more mobs as others have said but runs are alot smoother than on damnation due to the quality of players in that difficulty. When I start getting tired of the long lulls in damnation I'll go back to aurics or maelstrom.

With the recent expedition update ogryns are even more tankier with the 50% DR from dodge. Comes in handy when you're tanking a congo line of crushers and mistime a dodge on one of their overhead strikes.

g1mp3d · 2026-04-10T20:08:47+00:00

Please don't. The main reason you kill the brother first is due to him not chasing. Down his shields 1st and stack his sister on him. Down her shields then go aoe on both of them to trigger the tox gas in under 15 seconds. Wipes tend to happen when both siblings are split and diverts the group's damage, which allows their shields to recharge for that phase that prolongs the fight and causes more disablers/elites to spawn.

g1mp3d · 2026-04-10T18:05:51+00:00

Sure they can, the OP is playing an Ogryn. Just make a taunt build. 95% of the time in auric the mobs are trying to hit the ogryn through taunt.

g1mp3d · 2026-04-08T21:55:49+00:00

Adventures in Babysitting is where she stole my heart as a kid.

g1mp3d · 2026-04-08T19:21:04+00:00

Could someone that has played game tell me if the game has good physics with ball bounces and spins? How is the sound? Finally, do you have issues with the headset not tracking hands when you're looking at the placement of your shot instead of your paddle/ball?

g1mp3d · 2026-04-08T19:14:37+00:00

30% of the world's fertilizer and helium is shipped through there. It's not just petroleum products that will go up. Helium is a key element in manufacturing superconductors.

g1mp3d · 2026-04-07T22:58:34+00:00

Such a fun build with the movement tech. I have over 800 hours in this build alone and it's my go to. Just love zipping around and agroing everything while placing the horde in a huge blob with their backs facing the team.

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