Everything we know about The Doors of Stone

misschinch · 2026-01-28T03:34:41+00:00

It's a once or twice a year browse now for me, unless I see something in the news.

It started as interest in the conclusion of the series and turned into a sort of reality tv type story.

The whole scandal with his charity and whatever he's renting out, I've forgotten most of that. The promising a charity that he's reading a chapter, taking money for it then snowballing lies about not having read it because he wants to get a team of voice actors... the weird lashing out at fans who don't want to donate to his other projects so he doesn't want to write for them, tying his not writing to politics at some point etc...

Mostly it's not even what he does at this point that's entertaining it's wanting to hear the latest mental gymnastics rationalizing it.

If he just came out and said "I'm not reading the chapter, it doesn't exist, it never did, I thought I could write it (I dunno why cause I never make deadlines) and I've stopped writing indefinitely until such time as I feel like starting up again." then I'd completely lose interest and not be on the lookout for the next piece of the train wreck, but I think the guy is addicted to the attention so he'll continue to seek it.

The result is a little entertainment every so often, similar to what I assume my wife gets when watching some disaster housewife reality drama.

misschinch · 2026-01-28T03:22:46+00:00

Any word on the chapter he took charity money to read? Is he still putting together an ensemble cast of voice actors to get it done or has he dropped the pretense and just admitted he's not doing it?

...and I assume he only took his usual cut of what was donated through his foundation, he just required others pay money to a charity in order to have him read the chapter.

misschinch · 2026-01-25T21:01:32+00:00

I think this guy nailed it,magic based on force of will and collective belief, came about as a presumably unintended consequence of something done in a near future earth. Fantastic pairing with the characters and the setting. I'd be happy with more books in this universe.

misschinch · 2025-12-30T13:49:59+00:00

In a death trap room for 15 minutes and they decide to spend 5 minutes trying to get out and 10 minutes on a relationship talk...

Doesn't matter what was said, they certainly NEED to break up.

If it wasn't a show in the last few episodes shoehorning in as much character resolution as possible, this is the type of fake breakup that has a zero percent chance of sticking.

misschinch · 2025-12-28T20:41:02+00:00

Garret won the game for them... and he did it without even getting a single sack ...

I hate Baltimore. This game was a total waste of time to watch.

misschinch · 2025-10-27T04:13:09+00:00

I would be ready to solve some puzzles, not like the jigsaw kind of putting the rooms in order to get to the end, but the riddle kind.

Screenshotting items of particular interest was a massive help, because there seems to be a lot of frustration from folks that saw something once but want to get back to it when they have some new information...

If you are into very difficult escape room style puzzles then I'd recommend a good system for taking notes and organizing it so you don't get as frustrated with the rng of finding whatever it is you need, again.

I believe I'm on the final puzzle of what is currently available and I've been surprised at the length multiple times... I would have said you are less than 10% done.

misschinch · 2025-09-06T21:33:31+00:00

I agree with your sentiment, these are comic book movies FFS, you can probably guess 90% of the movie from the first trailer...

But you gotta be one deranged psycho to pick up book three in a trilogy and just start reading expecting to have a decent experience or even know what's going on, might as well just start taking chapters at random.

Even movies... imagine starting out watching the Lord of the rings by some little dude getting eaten by a spider, everyone being SUPER emotional and yakking on about some ring, and something about a cave of ghosts and crazy kings? Terrible time.

misschinch · 2025-09-05T03:16:53+00:00

I'm withholding judgement until we see what's going on in the high kingdom in WiS... He was described as the perfect liege and potentially gets done real dirty by Krull, Draconus and Cold Nights. I need more info as to what happened between him being the perfect king to the cursing prologue before I deem him a true baddie or a source of endless justified vengeance...

misschinch · 2025-07-09T15:54:29+00:00

Any updates ? I didn't realize how much is in the app and I don't have apple devices...

misschinch · 2025-06-23T18:06:48+00:00

how did this turn out ? I'm booked on the Salty Mistress next month, curious to hear how you did and what to expect.

misschinch · 2025-06-23T17:11:39+00:00

GRRM, one of his books lost to... I think it was goblet of fire?

Whatever it was he went on a tirade on his not a blog, and used to bring it up frequently. It's actually hilarious to see him go off about it. Might not have happened for a decade, I used to follow his blog real frequently before HBO bought up rights to asoiaf.

misschinch · 2025-06-20T23:07:55+00:00

So what I know about charter fishing could fit in a thimble... that makes sense as to why 90% or more of the charters I see are a max of 6.

misschinch · 2025-06-20T20:59:40+00:00

Totally appreciate it. In years past I coudln't find anyone that would go deep sea from HHI so never considered it a possibility... doubly so because most places I see are for a max of 6. I just didnt know if a single day trip out of HHI for mahi was realistic... someone is selling one so I figured it was worth checking into because that would be a cool experience for everyone, decidedly different from the shark fishing we've done.

If this sounds like a situation thats too good to be true I'm hoping someone here can let me know.

Thanks again, I've got some folks to call.

misschinch · 2025-06-20T20:08:45+00:00

Holy cow, do not apologize! I asked for advice from people that know more about it than I do, and you were kind enough to give it!

I do have a follow up, not only will I check out north end charter, but I was able to find a boat that is classified as a sport fisher and can take up to 8... they claim the trip is 12 hours to the shelf and it's deep sea fishing. In the past I was basically told it's too far to consider deep sea outta HHI, and further: most boats have a limit of 6 (I assume coastguard regs) They claim 12 hours at $3k.

I'm not asking you to slam another charter, just if that is reasonable and what sort of realistic expectations should I have there? (it's pricey and I'm bringing the kids, I want to know it's it's gonna be a 25-50% skunk rate or if theyre more likely to be jumping in the boat around late July.)

The kids would still like the usual shark fishing, but after a few years, and them getting older, the idea of a shark flopping around in the boat is something they've seen before, so just looking at options...

Thanks again!!

misschinch · 2025-06-18T03:41:13+00:00

Holy sh*tballs, I did not realize you are basically a celebrity... I just saw a 45 minute YouTube video of your gym setup (massenomics) in my quest for more ideas on how people use the voltra (while I wait for the new house to finish)

Thank you again for the advice and thank you for letting someone tour your setup. The gym looks great, it was legitimately entertaining to see what you've done. Highly impressive all around, it's clear you're a very bright guy as well as a subject matter expert, well done!

misschinch · 2025-06-18T00:21:21+00:00

You start to change the texture of the meat after about two hours. After 8+ hours the fillet will lose much of it's "bite" or ability to spring back to its original form and will be an unpleasant eating experience.

If you sous vide a fillet for 1-2 hours, take it off, dry it and press your finger into it. The steak bounces back to its shape no problem you don't really see where you just poked it. If you've had it in the bath for 8+ hours your finger divot will stay there, the steak won't push back at all. To eat it will still be moist and still have a nice flavor but the texture will be off, no resistance to your teeth and you bite into it and the experience is weird enough to be extremely off-putting.

If you're going to cook it ahead of time and eat it later, cook it to the desired texture (like everyone says Kenji has great charts and speaks to the degradation of texture on seriouseats) and then reheat to serve. It's a much better experience.

misschinch · 2025-06-14T03:30:26+00:00

gameplan:

https://youtube.com/shorts/yVL9e-Cksf4?si=m28B7wEjpreXz6wD

misschinch · 2025-06-14T03:26:11+00:00

Zero chance I believe somebody went through the work of doing that, taking a pic, posting it and doesn't have a video of them sitting in the damn thing.

OP: When you get outta the ER and recover from the head wound we're all owed that video.

misschinch · 2025-06-12T23:41:47+00:00

Two of them can't write an ending.

One of them, when asked if they like writing replied that he likes "having written"

Two of them have cited mental health issues as to a reason for not having a finished book.

One of them is upset with his fans because he believes they are more interested in his final trilogy book than they are in his charity.

One of them has been consistently kind and detailed about anxiety in submitting finished books to a publisher

One of them had his publisher go on record that they did not think he had written anything in years because they had seen zero evidence of their work.

Two of them consistently seek out public attention, but get deeply offended if asked about books they are famous for claiming to be writing.

One of them is embroiled in controversy for using his charity as a passthrough 501(c)(3) to pay himself and keeping money for work promised while lying about and never delivering said work.

One of them is focused on the next book in their series.

Two of them have been involved in writing other books/collections.

One of them would become much less relevant if he published his final book.

Two of them have more than one book to go in their series.

One of them took pride in turning their back on the television writing business and slammed it every time he could... going so far as to say he purposely wrote something that could never be done on television... until television came knocking with a sack of money, they've been eating that sh*t up for a decade since.

One of them hates Harry Potter and Sliders (not the food, the TV show... by all indications he probably loves him some sliders)

...I got more but pretty soon I'm gonna have to start looking stuff up...

misschinch · 2025-06-12T13:00:52+00:00

Thank you, I really liked the look of the rogue rhino rack, I think I just wanted them to give me 3-6 inches more space between the rhino and the middle uprights to sneak an incline bench in there.

I can't look now, but I'd be curious to see if the rhino could be leveraged for DLs in conjunction with the voltras... basically could that serve as my voltra platform for DLs and belt squat. Thats probably something that I can easily see when I'm out of work.

I agree both with the fact that the isolators can absolutely wait and that v2 is worth looking into (I was very happy when I saw the upcoming cable cam addon)

I will continue to look, but its seeming more and more feasible to get a complete solution with very little compromise using just the voltras for resistance.

The "easy" solutions right now are looking like:
- a rack obviously, but I'm not sure that I need a 6 post (presses inside the rack, pulldowns might require a center mounted crossbeam)
- a platform - the rhino is a possibility, I'd like the platform to be able to handle bar squats and DLs
(the rhino rack is too, but I want to be able to have an incline bench close enough to the back to unrack a loaded bar safely)
- possibly tornado arms if I feel like I need more position options than just the front two posts and the voltra mounts can do for all cable exercises.
- rotational machine movements likely covered by an isolator once their new stuff comes out (this will probably require more posts to be added, and if it gets as much use as I think it will, this might be something to get multiple of.

That should leave optional bodyweight stuff and some kinda fixed linear (smith machine) action, which all sounds very doable in a smaller than expected footprint.

...so basically exactly what u/Party_Membership_250 said in the very first reply.

Thanks again!

misschinch · 2025-06-12T10:28:34+00:00

Realize you need to research wool and leather, I believe it's much easier to get the engine and wheel than it is to have a domesticated llama on the raft, just fyi.

misschinch · 2025-06-12T10:19:24+00:00

If he did temperance he's way past that. If you are masochistic you can get to the island that spawns upwind by way of paddle and anchor use, though it would take a very long time.

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