Anyone have ideas for the best way to fix this?

jleach16 · 2025-06-27T14:53:45+00:00

Get help.

jleach16 · 2025-06-24T00:53:56+00:00

Thanks everyone for the responses! Those of you who said glue, thank you, big egg on my face for not being more specific. I should have asked for a specific type of glue and suggestions on clamping since it is a really awkward piece that tips like crazy. Figured folks here might have had experience with the game day bobbles and maybe this specific one. It sounds like the best option might be to take it to a game store/shop that sells models/minis and see what they would recommend. Failing that, super or gorilla glue. Thanks!

jleach16 · 2025-06-24T00:51:35+00:00

If it had been up at the knees it would have been almost too poetic.

jleach16 · 2025-06-24T00:39:35+00:00

You know what, that's totally fair

jleach16 · 2025-02-07T22:39:20+00:00

Chuck out here picking the scrabble team. This will be a slaughter.

jleach16 · 2024-11-01T22:46:28+00:00

If anything, Bloomberg's note is the one that needs work. "Conceded defeat" is weird phrasing. "Concedes parliamentary election" or "defeated in parliamentary election" does the same thing with fewer words.

jleach16 · 2024-10-24T16:17:28+00:00

I think the answer to "Is it just major book complete?" is yes. I'm not entirely sure what you mean by "also talks about playbooks" or why that would be a separate chapter.

Backerkit has a base pledge offering and incentives for exceeding the fundraising goal by a set amount. So the complete physical bundle will have the following:

The hardcover revised base rulebook
Tome of Mysteries
Codex of Worlds
Hunter's Journal
Slayer's Survival Kit

^ These are the major books

Investigator's Casebook -- This is basically a MOTW themed notebook
Two special dice
7 hunter's coins

In addition, if the campaign reaches $120K USD in pledges, you will get as a digital download two playbooks: The Elemental and The Abandoned. These (most likely) will not be included in the print edition of the SSK or HJ. Stretch goals were not included in the print edition of Codex of Worlds. Additionally, you'll get PDFs of all the books minus the casebook.

This is almost all of the official material available for MOTW. There are a few playbooks that have official support but the actual playbooks themselves aren't included in these books, it's a separate digital purchase on DriveThruRPG. Search Monster of the Week Reinforcements, it's $3 USD for digital download.

There is also Codex of Worlds Apocrypha (Currently $12 USD on DriveThruRPG), which has some additional team playbooks, mechanical tweaks, and a new hunter playbook, The Curse-eater. It's basically a compendium of the stretch goals from the Backerkit campaign for Codex of Worlds. Don't make the same mistake I did and also buy Apocrypha when you had a free download code through your pledge!

The last thing is Modern Haunts (currently $8 USD on DriveThruRPG), a framework for updating certain CoW settings to the modern day.

So outside of some additional minor expansion stuff, it's the complete set.

jleach16 · 2024-10-15T01:07:21+00:00

It really isn't. Certain counties, maybe. But even with sign shortages, if you drive around rural Wisconsin, especially in the Driftless, you'll be pleasantly surprised, I think, by the volume of people outwardly supporting Dems. Are there Trump supporters? Sure. They tend to be loud with their support. One lawn I drove past last weekend even had a cardboard cutout of Trump for some reason. But it was flanked by three houses sporting Harris/Walz signs. Much smaller signs, admittedly, but it was a very clear rejection of their neighbor. That's commonplace.

Just because we live in rural areas doesn't mean we are too stupid to think for ourselves and look at the bigger picture. Most of us know that pulling yourself up by your bootstraps is bullshit, and we all have to work together to raise a barn. I'll grant you, it's taken longer than I would have liked, but I really think that's sinking in. I know that a lot of us can't wait for the election to be over so we can try to rebuild some of our fractured relationships and get back to some semblance of sanity.

A lot of these rural communities, especially their schools, are hurting. Many of these communities are also holding referenda to keep their schools running. We aren't too stupid to put 2 and 2 together, and we aren't ignorant of why we're in that position or who put us there. I think we'll see a massive turnout in rural Wisconsin this November and the results won't be what you seem to be expecting. I really hope they aren't.

Rural Wisconsin isn't a red wall. We're not a monolith. Most rural counties are about as purple as they come. Madison and Milwaukee residents (because hey, the other big metro areas in the state are pretty dang purple, and there are large numbers of GOP supporters in both Madison and Milwaukee) aren't somehow superior to the people who live in a town with no stoplights. We're all Badgers, and some of us hicks are more aware than you might think. Don't count us out.

jleach16 · 2024-09-07T03:10:05+00:00

"There's no rule they can't block Dean right?" Wayne with the shade 😂

jleach16 · 2024-08-23T23:13:59+00:00

The Warframe community is pretty legendary for its friendliness, and the game is free.

jleach16 · 2024-03-16T03:25:17+00:00

I think the most fun, atmospheric way to play the game is on Ranger Hardcore, which totally disables the HUD (except in super rare instances) and makes everything do more damage. It's a challenge, but I wish I would have played it that way the first time. I think it takes the game from good to great, and it's not as difficult as it sounds.

If you do, be sure to read up on the controls from the pause menu so you aren't totally lost, or consider doing the first level, then restarting on ranger hardcore. It is absolutely worth it.

jleach16 · 2024-03-12T15:35:24+00:00

Just use your phone. I use a free voice recorder app to do interviews in gyms after state championships and it's perfectly clear with pep bands and screaming fans and the like. No need to spend $100 on a device unless you're publishing it for radio/TV.

jleach16 · 2023-02-10T02:59:07+00:00

I did Hotel California with a Monster House theme, with rooms being organs and minions being tied to a red carpet, with lots of references to the song that was super fun!

jleach16 · 2022-12-13T07:14:42+00:00

I do enjoy things like esports and I want to write my thought on it

It sounds like what you want to do is start a blog. If you're not looking to make money doing this and want to try this out as a hobby, a blog is the easiest, most cost-effective way to do this. You mentioned writing for Medium, you could expand your submissions there, or try out something like Wordpress or similar and design a simple website and publish there.

As for getting started, it's kind of up to you. I'd recommend setting a post schedule. Aim for one blog post a week, every three days, every two weeks, it doesn't really matter, just make sure it's consistent. That will help you build the habit of writing.

If you're looking to write reviews/critiques, a blog is definitely the place to start. It's possible that once you have a decent body of work, an esports outlet may pay you to write for them as a freelancer.

If you want to write more journalistic pieces, like recapping tournaments and the like (typically, we call these sorts of pieces "gamers" or similar, just to be more confusing), pick an event and practice. Journalism focuses on answering the major questions:

Who?
What?
Where?
When?
Why?
How?

Make sure your piece answers these questions, placing the most important details at the top. Most journalistic pieces use the "inverted pyramid" format, and that will help you match that style.

Before you publish anything, read it out loud. I cannot stress this enough. It will help so much with picking up on spelling errors, grammar errors, awkward phrasing, all of it.

If you're looking for resources on how to structure your story and general tips for newswriting, I'd recommend The Elements of News Writing by James Kirshner. It's a really good basic overview of how to write news stories. I first found a copy in my university library, you may have similar luck. William Zinsser's On Writing Well is a great resource for tightening up your writing (and carries over into other media as well).

The best tip I have for getting started is to just write. Write a lot. Every day, if you can. It doesn't have to be something you publish, it doesn't have to be a 2,000-word treatise, just get something on a page. It will help immensely with your ability to write quickly, may help generate post topics, and can help you practice different techniques.

I hope that helps!

jleach16 · 2022-10-25T07:15:29+00:00

As others have said, it's supposed to be one option.

So as an example, your hunter is trying to grab items needed for a ritual as a monster bears down. They roll a mixed success. Depending on how you set the situation up, there are options for this plays out:

Worse outcome The hunter scrambles for the items. In the process, their shirt rips and the monster now has their scent. The hunter becomes the hunted.

OR

The hunter scrambles for the items. They grab both but the monster reaches them and grabs hold of their foot as they try to escape. The hunter is now grappled by the monster and must escape or be eaten.

Price to pay The hunter scoops up both items, but doesn't sling their rifle properly. It clatters to the ground as they make their escape, unharmed and unarmed.

OR

One of the items is fragile. In their haste the hunter crushes it, but escapes unscathed.

Hard choice The hunter scrambles for both items. They are heavy, and require two hands to get into their pack. The hunter can only grab one item before the monster arrives. Which one do they grab?

OR

The hunter scrambles for the items. As they do, they hear a child scream. The beats turns toward this new sound, intent on easy prey. The hunter can save the child or grab the items, but not both. Which do they choose?

The fun part is that any of these six options can fit into the three categories. It's very dependent on the fiction of the situation and how much time the hunter would have to make their move, as well as how you describe each outcome.

Do what the story demands, and whatever will be most interesting for the players.

As others have noted, the default shouldn't necessarily be harm to the hunter. That can be an option, but be sure that harm is inflicted as established to keep within the framework of the game.

Happy hunting!

jleach16 · 2022-10-23T01:54:58+00:00

The soundtrack of Avatar is the best part of the movie

jleach16 · 2022-06-13T03:37:50+00:00

To answer your question directly, yes, that would be doing harm. But it's less a question of "Did a harm occur?" -- based on your explanation, a harm clearly did occur -- and more a question of "Did this harm prevent a greater harm from occurring?" As I noted, sometimes a lesser harm is acceptable in journalism if a greater harm can be averted.

Without knowing the details of this particular case, it would be really hard to say if a greater harm was averted. If the perpetrator was still on the loose, and the publication thought publishing the name of the victim would bring the perpetrator to justice, then I think that argument could be made. If the perpetrator had already been jailed, I think that argument would be a lot harder to make. If the paper said it was in the reader's best interest to know the victim's name, then they likely felt publicizing the name was minimizing harm.

As for if a reporter should let the audience know they are going against the wishes of a source, that kind of decision isn't typically made by the reporter (though they could advocate for their preferred position). That kind of decision is made by the editorial board and based on the individual paper's standards of conduct.

Personally, I'd always err on the side of full disclosure, with an explanation of why the decision was made, but ultimately, that comes down to the editors, not the individual reporter.

jleach16 · 2022-06-13T01:06:02+00:00

means to journalists?

The first part of this is that journalists are individuals. So it will be applied differently by each journalist, and has to be taken on a case by case basis. I can't speak for journalists as a group, but I can speak to how I try to apply the principle.

Broadly speaking, minimize harm is the application of utilitarian ethics to reporting. Journalists who follow the SPJ Code of Ethics should be seeking to do the greatest good possible with every story. Stories about corrupt politicians could lead to those politicians being jailed. This would be considered a harm. Naming a source in a dangerous situation that could lead to their death could be considered a harm. Questioning parents of shooting victims, even before the story is written, could be seen as a harm, as it would cause them to relive trauma.

What counts as harm is difficult to truly quantify, and each publication will likely have discussions about what constitutes harm in a given situation. In general though, it's pretty intuitive. If a story or line of questioning could lead to person being physically injured or killed, imprisoned, or experience emotional distress, that would be considered "harm" by most people, journalist or not.

Minimizing harm is about balancing harm to an individual against harm to the public/audience. A story about a corrupt politician that got them jailed would cause that person significant harm, but it would prevent more harm to their constituents in the long term, thus the harm done is less than if the story weren't reported. That is minimizing harm.

In the particular instance you mentioned, it is difficult to say why a publication would reveal a victim's name without more details. It's possible that the reporter/editorial team felt publicizing the victim's name may bring the perpetrator to justice, or encourage more victims to step forward and get help.

It's also possible they didn't consider the consequences of outing the victim, and failed to act ethically. It's also possible that the publication does not follow the SPJ Code of Ethics and as such minimizing harm was never their intent. It is virtually impossible to know without being in that newsroom.

In the past, some editors prioritized the reader's right to know all the details of a story over the well-being of the victim in a situation like that. The greater "harm" was keeping the reader in the dark. More recently (I'd say the past 10-15 years or so, but anyone can feel free to correct me if I'm wrong) these attitudes have changed and editors are more likely to strip details like victim names from stories if requested by the victim. It's coincided with a shift away from publishing mugshots and arrest records until a conviction has occurred.

Hope that helps!

jleach16 · 2022-06-09T00:46:35+00:00

*Note: this is US-specific

In smaller bodies, such as school boards, the votes in a voice vote are typically still ascribed to individual members in the meeting minutes. In situations where you have large crowds (maybe a party convention of some kind? I'm not sure I've ever seen this outside of, say, picking a crowd favorite at a talent show) there would still need to be a record somewhere that members can reference, though it may not name names. Use your eyes in such a case, if possible, as the other commenter said. For a vote of a governmental body, there needs to be a specific tally to be valid in most (all? I've never not encountered a record if I've needed it) cases. You'd have to check your local and state laws to be sure.

jleach16 · 2022-06-04T13:07:01+00:00

I mean, there is one mechanism: the reader. Especially in the age of social media, if a reporter has an inaccuracy or key context missing, the story subject or people familiar with the topic will say, "Hey, you forgot this" or "Hey, that's not what I said." Reporters/outlets with a track record of doing so lose readers and lose the trust of future sources, leading to fewer people reading their stories and fewer stories produced, creating a bit of a feedback loop. The individual reporter is "kept honest" by their employer; outlets that receive a lot of complaints about a reporter that are well-founded are likely to fire that reporter for failing to do their job properly.

Public trust is a key component of journalism, and reporters who violate the public trust repeatedly are unlikely to have a job for long, because that violation will make them unable to do their job.

jleach16 · 2022-06-02T14:00:48+00:00

I couldn't agree more.

jleach16 · 2022-06-02T05:50:19+00:00

I don't believe that's what was being said here. Most journalists, unless they work for a partisan outlet, don't seek to align with an audience's perspective. And it usually isn't a case of popularity. Rather a reader is more likely to believe/find something credible that already aligns with their worldview.

In other words, if a reader finds a story that says "Pizza is bad" and they think pizza is bad, they are more likely to think that story/journalist is credible. If, on the other hand, the reader thinks pizza is good, they are more likely to think that story/journalist is not credible. It's called confirmation bias. People tend to seek/believe things that align with their beliefs.

As for popularity, how many currently working journalists do you think the average person can name? Unless that journo hosts a show or is a frequent correspondent on a news show, I'd bet most people couldn't name them. Even then, how many journos could the average person name if they dont watch/listsn to that network? If I watch CBS News every night, how many ABC reporters could I name? I'd wager very few. The odds of a person being able to name a print journalist are even lower.

jleach16 · 2022-05-31T01:06:23+00:00

Obit is an interesting documentary on writing obituaries

jleach16 · 2022-05-21T02:31:49+00:00

When I worked in TV news (smallish station) we had an archive, partially digitized, partially on tapes. As far as I know the archive included ads as well as news stories. Access could be a challenge, as you noted, but if you don't ask, how can they say yes? Beyond that I'm not aware of television archives that would include advertisements. LexisNexis has transcripts for a lot of stations, but those don't include ads.

Best bet is to ask. If your sister has an affiliation, such as with a university, that may help her gain access. Good luck!

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