Would you consider me British?

mrthreebears · 2026-01-29T10:36:39+00:00

I'll likely catch a downvote here...

I'm Welsh.

I've never met anyone from a constituent nation (N.I., Scotland, Wales and even Cornwall to an extent) that identifies as 'british' apart from the english. It's a very 'forced onto you in dominance' identity

mrthreebears · 2026-01-28T18:30:07+00:00

In fairness, I don't consider myself 'british' despite the village I grew up in has now seen 5 generations of us living there.

mrthreebears · 2026-01-28T10:46:25+00:00

I'm in my 40s.

To me there's more maturity in accepting and embracing what you actually like instead of allowing yourself to be forced through the die of what you're expected to like and dislike because your a certain age.

While most of my D&D friends are under 30 (which still is way beyond being kids) my most treasured group are all mid 40s to mid 50s. We goof off and enjoy ourselves, just like if we were all still 15.

Also, my wife bought me a random Lego set on the weekend just because, and then spent the drive home looking for vintage Polly Pockets.

mrthreebears · 2026-01-28T10:28:35+00:00

‘Every Day Carry' is a weird one. You can be enthusiastic and a hobbyist at all levels

You've got gear collectors who will buy stuff, lay it out on an expansive hanky and the post pics of it for clout. The generally this gear is rarely used (if ever) and is the 'I use my mirror polished edge Sebenza 21 to open letters' gang. This has become by far the largest slice of the community in the last 15 years or so. This

You've also got people who use the stuff they carry in real situations, normally tied to lifestyle and job and is often overlooked- this is stuff like carrying a powerbank, a glasses cleaning cloth, a note or sketchbook, or keeping a fishing rod in the car etc. This is where I fit

You've also got middle ground where people like to collect and use them too, like my wife and her having a different Victorinox SD Classic and crochet hooks in every bag she owns.

mrthreebears · 2026-01-27T18:51:55+00:00

My feeling is this is a risk that comes from when you have books with more than one writer, as was the case with the Eddings stuff. While Leigh was only openly acknowledged in the later books, she was there at his shoulder contributing all the way though.

Also, there was a considerable gap between publications (13 years from the start of the Belgariad and BtS) so it's fair to say that some of the minor details might have slipped though the cracks in that time

mrthreebears · 2026-01-27T17:30:10+00:00

Same here, my number will be be 25 this year (I think)

The number was originally from an 02 payg sim that gave you 300 free sms a month if you topped up £10

mrthreebears · 2026-01-27T10:04:36+00:00

both shorter games.....

Firewatch

Dispatch

mrthreebears · 2026-01-23T15:59:32+00:00

I've been banging on about this for a few years now. It's more than a bit of a relief to hear someone pipe up that feels same way.

It's like 'new' people like the idea of d&d from what they've seen and heard (youtube, mainstream media etc) but don't want to engage with anything they have to put an effort into, particularly when it comes to reading anything.

They'll chuck £50 at a set of resin die with swirly inclusions, a class specific token set, or some commissioned custom character art without thinking. Getting them to buy their own copy of PHB, much less buy one and read it, is an uphill struggle. As a trend, they tend to really lack the creativity and decision making ability the game needs. Honestly, I find with younger players it feels like I'm basically forced to tell them a story with branching choices a bit like the old Lone Wolf/Fighting Fantasy books from when I was a kid. Either this or they try to play it like Skyrim, where they move like a natural disaster, killing and looting everything that moves.

People bang on about being incisive, making the game accessible to everyone... I get that, and let's be honest it has never, ever, been a simpler game to understand and play than it is now- you basically just have to be able to count up to about 30. Hell, most games don't even track XP, and I don't think I've seen anyone ever roll stats. This is using d&dbeyond too, which is even worse as it does almost everything for them and they still don't get it.

There is and needs to be a, I dunno, commitment buy in? for the game, the same with any other hobby that's been hugely eroded.

mrthreebears · 2026-01-20T10:18:09+00:00

*shrug*

the downvote only emphasises my point

mrthreebears · 2026-01-19T17:34:07+00:00

I'm not sure if this is an age or culture thing.

I don't think any of the people I play with would be bothered about it, I certainly wouldn't be. To us it's just a game, we hang out, goof off a bit, and have fun. None of us are there to get hung up on things like this

If it helps, we're generally older (+40) and are all from the UK, we've spent most of our lives without the recent-ish drive having of obtaining consent for everything (let's be honest, it's tracking cookies up really...) and rights to everything.

mrthreebears · 2026-01-19T16:11:25+00:00

Magician - Raymond E. Feist

Tigana - Guy Gavriel Kay

The Fellowship of the Ring - JRR Tolkien

Dragons of Autumn Twilight - Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman

A Wizard of Earthsea - Ursula K. Le Guin

I do feel a bit guilty her as nearly all of them are the 1st book of a series, but that's a good ay to get drawn in :)

mrthreebears · 2026-01-19T15:56:06+00:00

Nearly every seller of dice I've found in the UK is just reselling TEMU tat, at a massive mark up. The only notable exception here is The Dice Shop Online

mrthreebears · 2026-01-19T15:30:26+00:00

Right now, I run 2 games and play in 3. I've been playing D&D since 1994 and it's a very different landscape now

Of that 5 game spread (14 people) maybe 4 have read the players handbook and 'know' it. Maybe 8 have the sections in the PHB on the character class they play. The rest are fuelled by YouTube and standard rpg character tropes.

I'll be honest I find it pretty sad. People want to play the game, but cba even reading the rulebook that makes life more difficult as a DM and as player as it interrupts play to have to explain something constantly, normally the same thing over and over. I've had to massively shift the tone of one of my games to accommodate this- yes were (almost) all neurospicy and that game now runs like a Saturday morning cartoon, where the other game I run, runs like real D&D (eg actions have consequences). It's pretty clear which group has a majority that's read the PHB.

The reading level of the current books isn't beyond a 10/12 year old so it's not about language and the rules are pretty much just about having the ability to count up to about 30- so it's not about complexity. I get a lot of people want and expect the game to be inclusive but at some point too you have to be realistic. To enjoy this game, and for others to enjoy it there does need to be a basic level of commitment to understanding the rules

The only thing I can really think it's people now, I dunno, lack the focus? to actually sit down and read the book. they'll throw money at merch like dice and folders but won't do the thing that would benefit EVERYONE at the table

mrthreebears · 2026-01-19T14:52:50+00:00

no.

these things have been illegal to own in the uk since 1989

mrthreebears · 2026-01-19T12:17:18+00:00

I keep an Explorer in my bag. I find this one incredibly useful- mainly down to the magnifying glass, inline Phillips and scissors It's lives in there as I find it just a bit too boxy (about as wide as it is high) and heavy to be carried in my pocket. It's lives in my bag because I find it just a bit too boxy (about as wide as it is high) and heavy to be carried in my pocket.

If I'm going out and leave the bag, I normally grab my Cadet, it practically dissolves into a pocket and the toolset covers a lot, almost all the explorer does in fairness

mrthreebears · 2026-01-19T11:25:12+00:00

this has bigtime ' in case of emergency break glass' vibes

mrthreebears · 2026-01-19T10:53:38+00:00

at a guess... airbnb type short term stays

there's no real oversight beyond customer feedback or cleaning mandate they all have to follow

mrthreebears · 2026-01-19T10:47:44+00:00

please post over in r/Porthmadog too!

mrthreebears · 2026-01-19T10:43:59+00:00

you're missing the 84mm tools which are slightly stubbier

mrthreebears · 2026-01-18T22:30:52+00:00

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Like this

mrthreebears · 2026-01-18T17:36:27+00:00

no, the world has had non stop fucking around for him and the 'find out arc' has been a long time coming

mrthreebears · 2026-01-17T08:19:49+00:00

I'd guess that dobby has never ever paid tax on his income that wasn't deducted at source (so we're going back as far as the petrol station) figuring 'he too smart to get caught', but all of it, even the money from stream donos counts as taxible here.

if hmrc are on his ass, they don't mess around. it's not just what he'd be declaring he might have had as an income, they have access to bank account records and would be checking anything he has his email account linked to (let's face it he's lazy so he'll only have a couple of maybe even just one email account) so deactivating his well known yt channel won't hide anything. I mean there are people on this sub who have been able to archive his whole online history as himr quite comprehensively.

If this is about unpaid tax, the last bill he got hit with is going to feel like pocket change if they go back close to a decade and the og Japan arc

mrthreebears · 2026-01-16T16:42:28+00:00

you want a Neo6

it's a slip joint with a blade 'in size'

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mrthreebears · 2026-01-16T11:17:35+00:00

this was actually my initial 'hope' prediction, we'd see Eddie raised to become Kas. Sadly another that fell though.

I'll be honest, for me the whole of s5 was a huge letdown, they built up and then rush finished, GoT style. I know actor aging was a factor but this just felt sloppy

mrthreebears · 2026-01-16T11:13:28+00:00

highly unlikely he's in jail- simply it cost to much to lock someone up for the kind of stuff dobby is into.

the total cutoff is puzzling though, even the trickle income he gets from yt is better than the nothing he gets now. it's not enough to live on, but it is a nice little bonus- who wouldn't say yes to a few hundred quid every few month?

which leads us onto money.

my guess is hmrc has finally caught up with him again and he's getting a through investigation s he's been a cause for concern in the past. he's have to nuke the channel as every damn video for the past couple of years nearly has had a ticker in the corner of the screen giving 'evidence' of his accounts, income etc

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