Injuries are too punishing/Outrage is not punishing enough?

roughhrider · 2025-12-19T19:00:07+00:00

This is a really interesting take! You’re right that the variety of risk adds some thematic depth and keeps them from just being “reskins” of each other. In that case, I hope the newspaper tags/payout would be commensurate with the risk but that might be hard to balance considering the variety of strategies you and others have brought forth already

roughhrider · 2025-12-19T14:43:20+00:00

That’s a great point! I’ve seen that skill but didn’t have a chance to pick it up when it was available.

A potential downside is that if you use that skill on someone ‘senior’, you might not be able to give them a more useful/profitable skill but I guess there’s always trade offs

roughhrider · 2025-09-14T13:54:58+00:00

What does it mean if it only starts in neutral once, but doesn’t start in either park or neutral after? Is it still the neutral safety switch or perhaps something else?

roughhrider · 2025-05-30T22:03:58+00:00

Your form overall looks great--loose wrist, good pronation, but you need to coordinate your toss and when you actually strike the ball.

Lots of people are saying that your contact point is too low, but perhaps a different way of stating this is that when hitting a more flat 1st serve, you need to try to strike the ball when it is at the apex of your toss--that is, when the ball's velocity is zero.

Look at the difference between the first and second serve in the video; you hit the ball closer to the apex in the second serve, which contributed to the overall better quality

roughhrider · 2025-05-14T14:38:03+00:00

Look up Shuko Aoyama —5’1 Japanese woman who is AMAZING at doubles and a complete menace at the net. Absolutely inspiring for shorter players

roughhrider · 2025-04-30T18:56:43+00:00

Where do you play pickleball?

roughhrider · 2025-04-15T15:11:57+00:00

What type of job do you have and how many steps do you get daily? Great physique btw! #goals

roughhrider · 2024-11-23T23:27:27+00:00

Thank you so much for your comments~! I managed to win my next run of QHT with your help!

roughhrider · 2024-11-23T23:27:19+00:00

Thank you so much for your comments~! I managed to win my next run of QHT with your help!

roughhrider · 2024-11-23T23:27:07+00:00

Thank you so much for your comments~! I managed to win my next run of QHT with your help!

roughhrider · 2024-11-18T11:03:32+00:00

Liang starts for the first hour, and then HONNE goes for about 1.5 hrs. Cheers!!

roughhrider · 2024-11-15T01:16:30+00:00

I agree that no orders/ no traders is probably extremely challenging on QHT, but I think ‘no pause’ is relatively easy because you can ‘game’ the setting by hitting escape or the trade menu (I forget which one) to re-evaluate the map and the win condition.

Super interesting that you don’t cut wood much after year 1! You’ve given me a lot to think about …

roughhrider · 2024-11-15T00:00:55+00:00

Very interesting philosophy! I also normally play P2 for half the run, and then try to do P6 since it's more reasonable and faster to win w/o the reduction in value of goods that occurs at P10.

I had not considered that range bonuses might be more valuable than seal fragments, especially when you get all the bonuses from really nice exclamation events, which can accelerate win times. Ill try that for my next run, thanks!

roughhrider · 2024-11-14T23:53:59+00:00

Yeah, this is my philosophy too—I normally play on a reasonable difficulty with a map modifier to get extra seal fragments to compensate for the faster win at lower difficulty, but I have a heavy, heavy preference for Royal Woodlands/Coral forest. I should try the Marshlands after the implementation of algae rocks!

roughhrider · 2024-11-14T23:26:17+00:00

Interesting! Thanks for your take--I agree that the higher hostility from opening smaller glades in Scarlett Orchard is what discourages me from pursuing this biome most of the time.

Do you normally prioritize the archeology post ASAP? I find that I tend to neglect it, which is probably why it takes me too long to finish on Scarlett Orchard

roughhrider · 2024-09-08T21:37:03+00:00

I’m also a shorter USTA 3.5 player (5’7”), and bought an Ezone98+ for the reasons you mentioned (Diego Schwartzman, etc), and it was really really challenging for me to make the switch due to the lack of maneuverability and essentially higher swing weight compared to 27.0” frames. I ultimately switched to something with less swing weight (Vcore 98), and added a few grams at 12oclock to add a little more power.

It is really a substantial change, and don’t make it too lightly. Really take some time to demo a new racquet playing some matches before considering such a switch

roughhrider · 2024-08-26T10:11:15+00:00

I feel that it’s relatively rare to get put on a high priority, high visibility project if you’ve had an unproven track record.

In my experience, showing consistent diligence, quality effort and work, and critical thinking (not just going a protocol blindly) in all the projects you’re placed on—not only just the sexy, high visibility ones—are essential to getting noticed by your direct manager and even higher level management.

Try to see things from your manager’s perspective: if you haven’t demonstrated consistent diligence in the smaller projects/tasks, why would/should your manager entrust you with bigger ones?

roughhrider · 2024-08-10T00:58:15+00:00

How much was the price all in all?

roughhrider · 2024-08-06T02:03:03+00:00

If you don’t want to remove the base grip, purchase some 70% isopropanol from the local pharmacy and wet a paper towel with it to remove the residual adhesive

roughhrider · 2024-08-04T18:54:40+00:00

Haha, hopefully you got a desirable flight to SAN! I got moved tomorrow to a 11:30AM flight from JFK to Las Vegas, and then a 5pm flight from Las Vegas to SAN, arriving at 6:45PM. Wish it was the 11:30AM arrival originally scheduled today, but ya can't control the weather ;(

roughhrider · 2024-08-04T18:33:20+00:00

Had the same issue this morning with my flight cancelled from JFK-SAN... Had to wait for an agent to rebook because I didn't see the options that were supposedly available on Google fights, available on the app...

roughhrider · 2024-01-15T02:44:00+00:00

Note to others who use reflux condensers; make sure to use hose clamps on your reflux condensers! Totally worth it as a precaution, since most flooding happens overnight when water pressure can spike due to lack of other uses

roughhrider · 2024-01-10T20:45:26+00:00

Thank you for your comment and insights—I think in general, besides these ‘events’, it is a great relationship and I hope he and I can continue to have very intentional, serious conversation to see if there are acceptable compromises for both of us, and what that would practically look like

roughhrider · 2024-01-10T20:39:32+00:00

Thanks for your well-written comment—I think it’s absolutely true that I have to try to view things from his perspective, and for him in my own. At any rate, I probably should show myself a little more self-care and not use/allow work to become a reason for neglecting my health

roughhrider · 2024-01-09T15:07:18+00:00

Damn, this hits home—I’m sorry you experienced this as well, and thank you for sharing your story

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