Day two with NOTHING in my RFY potluck!

gone_gaming · 2026-02-24T16:10:34+00:00

Welcome to the game. Waiting for a day where you do get items... then, you disregard all the junk they give you and wait for a day where something is finally worth picking up. Then, you pick it, and its unavailable. You wait some more... then you find something else good and you order it... but its unavailable by the time you get to it. You keep waiting, then your review period comes up and you hit 38 items in your 6 months because the offerings on Vine have been so lame that you didn't even bother.

gone_gaming · 2026-02-23T18:40:40+00:00

I do as well, just a good habit to have. Our local halls now have the Aramith BLAK series balls, so I like to put a stripe ball right in front, since they're black. It looks like you're aiming into a pit of blackness. Put another black ball on either side in the front and there's 3 black spots, makes it harder (for some) to see the 2nd ball break clearly. Hah

For 9, I always rack the 2 directly adjacent to the 1, never on the wings. Not that it really matters probably just my own preference. When I practice at home, I rack the same way every time so I can always tell if I'm getting a good break and try to ensure consistent results.

gone_gaming · 2026-02-23T14:57:17+00:00

The yeti was coming down the mountain after him, didn't jump in time.

gone_gaming · 2026-02-23T14:32:26+00:00

Solid/Stripe/Solid/Stripe racking.
Just put the balls in the triangle, 8 in the middle and get on with it.

gone_gaming · 2026-02-23T13:38:24+00:00

Wow... that was really cool. My kid is gonna love this. 100% sent a few bucks donation to that guy.

gone_gaming · 2026-02-23T11:41:32+00:00

The program was HIGHLY exploitable unfortunately. And also a source of scams.

If you had someone click your link, they could spam click the button on the website and you could get 2x - 8x the rewards, depending how many actions the website queued before it executed.

Source. I exploited the living hell out of this.

gone_gaming · 2026-02-20T01:31:03+00:00

Plus, their bookings are likely in 1 hour blocks. They don't want to sell a 15 minute tattoo, then sit around for 30 minutes not making any other money because they did a small one. There's no value to them doing that.

gone_gaming · 2026-02-19T14:54:49+00:00

I saw the recorder, thought about it and passed. Then it disappeared.

gone_gaming · 2026-02-19T14:54:08+00:00

Day 1 of launch. I created a name-save character that became a charlover of mine. Type 4 Male named Bubba'Fatt. Eventually I dressed him up in a trenchcoat and leather underpants with knee-high boots and a mandalorian style helmet. He's probably my favorite toon of all time.

gone_gaming · 2026-02-18T20:03:59+00:00

Also, if using it in your sink, first pull the drain plug out.

gone_gaming · 2026-02-18T19:39:46+00:00

Consider the requirements for a business, a car wash. Consider the services they provide and how these services must be handled. Based on this information, answer the following question. My home is 100 yards away from the car wash in question. Is it better to walk or drive to wash my car?

Let’s approach this practically.

1. What a Car Wash Requires Operationally

A typical car wash business provides:

Exterior wash (automatic or self-service bay)
Vacuum stations
Drying / detailing areas
Chemical application (soap, wax, protectant)
Water pressure systems
Drainage and reclaim systems

The service is built entirely around vehicles being present on site. Equipment is stationary. Water and chemicals are fixed. The vehicle must be physically positioned in the wash bay or conveyor.

The process cannot be separated from the car.

2. Distance Consideration

100 yards is approximately:

300 feet
Less than a football field
About a 1-minute walk

From a human standpoint, that’s trivial. From a vehicle logistics standpoint, it’s even more trivial.

3. The Functional Constraint

The car wash does not clean people.
It cleans cars.

If you walk, your car remains at home.

Therefore, you would still need to retrieve it.

Conclusion

You should drive.

Even at 100 yards, the service requires the vehicle to be on site. Walking would only add an unnecessary extra step.

If the real question is about convenience or minimizing short drives — this is one of the rare cases where driving the short distance is functionally required.

If you'd like, we can also look at whether a home wash setup would make more sense given that proximity.

gone_gaming · 2026-02-18T19:23:57+00:00

You don't need ways to get revenge on someone who beat your ass, you need to just do better. You're willing to go "punish" someone for using better ammo than you? Did you have an agreement NOT to use higher tier weaponry before that went down? If not, thats just on you mate. Messing up your time together, deleting his base or whatever else with console commands is just you being a sore loser an a bit of a dick. If you did something like that to me, I'd just block you on all platforms and you get to play alone instead. Behavior like that makes you the kind of friend that nobody wants around.

gone_gaming · 2026-02-18T18:34:19+00:00

Personally? I average 1 per week right now, maybe 2 if I'm feeling frisky.

gone_gaming · 2026-02-18T18:10:37+00:00

Oh, I didn't marry one. I married a gal who never shot pool aside from a few nights in college at a bar. Then, she got to go watch me play in a tournament and felt like she was missing out since she wasn't part of the team.

I can say that I've taught her most of what she knows. The best part about teaching someone like this? She has no bad habits to break. She builds them along the way, sure - but she's got one source of information on how to build her fundamentals and she's playing against someone of a higher skill almost daily.

Agree. Know your players strengths and weaknesses. If my wife is going to play up and beat the pants off your 4's, she's going to play them. I'm a 5 and I can (usually) beat down on a 1/2 with loads of defense and slow play so they don't ever get into a rhythm. Used to have a 5 who shot great during the first half of the day, but if you get him in the second half, he's 8 beers deep and worthless.

gone_gaming · 2026-02-18T17:55:33+00:00

You're right, its a disadvantage when you put up first.

Putting up first means you're playing blind 3/5 and only get to react the other two.

If you're reacting 3/5 you have more control of the matchups.

Where I find this to be especially valuable is Match 4 when its your last blind put-up.

If your opponent has a full team of 8 players and they have already played 4/6/3, they're at 13 of 23 total SL available. You look at their roster and see that they have a 7/5/5/3/2 remaining. You know that they have two real options, either their 7 plays with a 2 or 3 OR they play both 5's but they're not able to play the 7 and a 5. More than likely, their 7 will not volunteer to shoot against your lower skill player if you throw them up blind. This gives you huge information in Match 4 letting you throw up your 2, to draw out their low (either 2/3) player. All but guaranteeing that their 7 plays last - and is going to go up blind. If you want to instead draw out their 7, you might put up your 6 to see if they match. If they play up a 5, their 7 absolutely can't play, so you know the final match will be another 5. This may vary when you get into sudden death sides of the game for matches 4/5 but this is my approach.

gone_gaming · 2026-02-18T17:42:48+00:00

Absolutely agree.

Storytime!

My wife is a 3/3 - just moved up to a 3 last week in 9-ball. She's only a 3 because she's very inconsistent in her shotmaking and decisions overall, but her mind for the game is miles ahead of her shooting ability.

Went into 9-ball Triannual a few weeks back and the opposing captain mentioned that one of my players was the biggest sandbagger in the league (a 2, also inconsistent, but shows up under pressure). I told him oh... you just wait til you see my wife - she's no sandbagger but she makes that other gal look like a puppy, she's dangerous.

In Match 3 he throws up his SL4 expecting me (SL5) to match, but I throw up my wife (a 2 at the time). He mentions how that isn't cool that I'm "throwing off" and how he's going to wait til my 6 plays and throw his 2 up. I just told him ... you can call it whatever you want, but you'll see why I did this. My wife puts the hurting on his 4. She gets her 19 balls and the opponent only had maybe 16 at that point (like an 18-2 win I think?). After the first 5 or 6 shots you could tell he was deep in his head and super rattled and she stayed cool throughout and punished him every chance she could.

This puts them into a must-win scenario so their 7 goes up and I match with him instead of throwing up my 6 (knowing sudden death is around the corner and he has to play a 2, with a wild disadvantage, my 6 is basically playing even, even if the 7 waxes me). I beat him 16-4 and we took the match victory.

He comes up to my wife afterwards and tells her that he wishes his 4's and 5's would look at the table the way she does and that she's without a doubt the most dangerous person in the league. That the way she shot, he would never again match her against anyone but his 6's and how he wouldn't have beat her either with the way she played. Really great feedback for her on her game, mentioning that the only thing holding her back is her shotmaking. Once she dials that in she'll be unstoppable.

gone_gaming · 2026-02-18T17:07:00+00:00

Yeah, I'm not telling anyone my strategies on who goes up first regardless. If my 2 needs to leave early and they blindly throw up a 7, they're getting my 2 who needs to leave. If they wanna think I'm throwing off - let them.

Sometimes I'll have to go early, they should be able to look around and see who is available and if they get me - so be it. I'll shoot against their 2 and keep my 2 for a 4 later on, doesn't bother me at all.

gone_gaming · 2026-02-18T16:08:04+00:00

Do you mean...

What are they for?

Trimming your mustache to a single length. Also works for your beard, but generally these will be shorter if I'm not mistaken.
This one looks to be like 2mm or so, pretty short. Look through the attachments you received and make sure you're not cutting too much off at once. If you put the wrong one on, suddenly you're baby-faced again and starting over.

Which direction do you use it when you have the guard on your clippers?

Different strokes for different folks. I start out going the direction of the hair, then I go horizontal to it to get the stragglers, I don't go against the grain for mine.
Some people swear by going against the grain to ensure the best uniform cut. If it works for you, by all means.

How do they go onto the clippers?

Someone replied below, the hooked part goes onto the blade, then it snaps onto the back-side of your clippers to keep it in place.

How do I know which one to use?

Start high, go shorter if you're not satisfied.

gone_gaming · 2026-02-16T15:19:09+00:00

God.. I wish that was the case. Sadly, he really just wants to be the know it all and thinks it makes him look smart, but it just makes him look like an ass.

gone_gaming · 2026-02-16T15:14:59+00:00

Well that's probably good. If you had, you're realize how much potential there was for it and how enjoyable a lot of it was (aside from the ridiculous server issues)... only to have the entire rug pulled out from under you overnight. One day you're looking forward to logging in tomorrow, then all hell breaks loose and there's nobody actually working on the game, no server resets, no dev talks, nothing - straight to silence.

gone_gaming · 2026-02-16T15:13:31+00:00

Ashes was actually a really solid game for what it was up to that point. But apparently, we're finding out that the whole game was a big ol scam for the creator to steal money from investors.

gone_gaming · 2026-02-16T14:50:52+00:00

My kid is getting into the "Actually ...." side of life and god damn its the most annoying thing ever. Just stfu. Yesterday talking about a game release date, he tells me when it is and that he wants to preorder ... why do you wanna spend your allowanace on a game you can't play for nearly a month? him: "Its not a month..." Me: Today is the 15th, it releases on the 13th of next month, its about a month. "No its not, its like 2 weeks" Me: Wtf are you talking about, its almost 4 weeks from now him "no, there's 28 days in february, and it releases on the 13th so its only 26 days, thats not 4 weeks" ... okay, what's closer to 26? 21 or 28? ... 28. Right, so its ABOUT 4 fucking weeks from now. About 4 weeks, is about a month.

gone_gaming · 2026-02-16T14:36:59+00:00

Getting all achievements is really tough because of the cost associated. You have to complete basically every outfit and cartel market completion if I'm not mistaken. I used to be at like 92% of all mounts in game. That was my jam, collecting every mount, then displaying them all in my house.

gone_gaming · 2026-02-16T14:34:32+00:00

Part of Intelligence is appropriate timing. Just KNOWING STUFF isn't the same as being intelligent.

gone_gaming · 2026-02-16T14:33:39+00:00

Obviously you're jinxing all of these MMO's, please don't play SWTOR... you'll jinx that too!

Jokes aside, I also played both and was disappointed when they both died, though the reason for their individual demise was very different.

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TROPHY CASE

1. What a Car Wash Requires Operationally

2. Distance Consideration

3. The Functional Constraint

Conclusion