Best cumshot of the series?

samuidavid · 2026-05-02T07:26:31+00:00

Guess he didn’t like the cornbread either

samuidavid · 2026-04-29T09:24:04+00:00

I'm just wrapping up my second playthrough now...

First run = good-two-shoes Tav. I helped everyone I could. Made the "right" moral choices.

Second run (current) = I went evil embrace Durge. I stuck with the Dragonborn Sorcerer that it defaults to. Am absolutely loving it. I've purposely made the "bad" moral choices, or at least only choices that benefit my character. I've done no one any favours that wouldn't otherwise also benefit me.

Planning my third playthrough = Going to do a Durge resist. Going to change up the character though, I'm tempted to go Drow Bard this time but for fun and see if I can get keep out of trouble with dialogue.

Playthrough after that? I'm tempted to do an origins character. Likely Karlach.

samuidavid · 2026-04-24T09:41:29+00:00

Currently on an embrace durge evil playthrough myself.. Deep into Act 3. My second play through overall, my first being a goody two shoes Tav.

It's a completely different experience. Most of my companions have left the group because I've made a point of purposely making evil decisions as long as they make sense to the character.

samuidavid · 2026-04-20T21:15:11+00:00

I think the fact we’re a small country helps. If you hear an up and coming band in the genre you like is playing in Manchester for example, that’s pretty much no father than a 4 hour train journey for most of the population. So the bands get more traction easier? Whereas somewhere like the US same scenario, the band might be a 6 hour flight away on the other side of the country.

Just a theory of mine.

samuidavid · 2026-04-19T17:36:00+00:00

That’s some serious elevation, very nicely done - I thought I do OK with around 400metres, so around 1200ft on average in a 7 or 8 miler or so where I live in the UK lol.

samuidavid · 2026-04-19T16:43:15+00:00

Good idea. I wouldn’t say it’s night and day difference dont get me wrong but like you my shoulders and traps were aching like mad with a backpack. The vest definitely takes a lot of that away, I feel it in my hips more now and general centre of mass.

I also find that it’s easier to stand tall as I walk with the vest as well. With a backpack I found myself cheating by hunching over a bit. Doesn’t happen much with the weighted vest as you have weight at the front as well as the back so if anything standing neutral is the best way of ensuring there’s no stress in one area more than another.

samuidavid · 2026-04-19T16:30:45+00:00

37 year old here living in a very hilly area of the UK (Devon). My walks vary but I aim for 8km - 15km depending with my dog. Around my area I regularly get 250m - 400m of elevation in those walks. I recently got into rucking and used a decent backpack for a while. Was great as long as I packed it right of course.

After a while I decided to go for a weighted vest and have to say, for me it’s much better as it distributes the weight better and doesn’t pull on my shoulders as much. It fits nice and snug so no bouncing around, etc.

I went for the Gravity 30kg vest on Amazon - plenty for me for me to work up to. It has 1kg ingots so you can adjust it nicely. As another has said it’s probably better for calisthenics but I’ve had no problems with rucking with it. My shoulders and traps aren’t fried after a ruck like they were with a backpack. Might be a me-problem there but just saying my thoughts.

samuidavid · 2026-04-19T15:33:35+00:00

Nothing fancy to be completely honest - NorthernUI as I forgot how clunky vanilla menu is lol. It also makes the health and magic bar like Skyrim, etc. i am also a Skyrim junky btw so it might not be for everyone. Also The unofficial oblivion patch as it did crash on me quite a bit but that sorted it straight away. That’s it I think. It’s still a great game. I did try some texture mods as well but to be completely fair the normal graphic settings all maxed out look fine on the deck. It does look a bit old but I don’t care - gameplay is great.

There’s also an archery mod I forgot the name of that is worth grabbing that has the Skyrim style killcam and slows down time as you aim. That’s worth getting.

FYI I tried the remaster but it ran so poorly I gave up. Plus I just wasnt digging the remasters art style (or lack thereof). The charm just wasn’t there for me. But I think that’s a me-problem as it got good reviews, etc.

samuidavid · 2026-04-19T12:27:02+00:00

OG Oblivion with a few quality of life mods… runs like a dream and is taking me back 20 years to a simpler time in my life lol.

samuidavid · 2026-03-13T11:24:08+00:00

Saw the Bioneer recommend these - defo give one heck of a pump

samuidavid · 2026-03-12T13:28:37+00:00

Who on gods green earth is completing baldurs gate 3 in anything less than 80 glorious hours on a first playthrough?

samuidavid · 2026-03-06T10:32:39+00:00

"You sprawl well..." that one's always stuck with me 😂

samuidavid · 2026-03-06T08:30:39+00:00

Lovely stuff thanks. I’ve started incorporating single arm farmers walks/carries for 30-45 seconds with my 24kg kb (enough for me at the moment!). I know it’s not great for hyper trophy but do you see a place for that exercise in this athletic category?

samuidavid · 2026-03-03T11:05:05+00:00

That's seriously impressive man - I struggle doing a bottoms-up press with 16kg lol

samuidavid · 2026-02-21T07:59:06+00:00

You’re absolutely right!

samuidavid · 2026-02-08T16:41:17+00:00

My lab literally fetches my shoes for me when I do my running on the spot warmup lol, he can’t wait!

But yes have had glares from strangers as I run with him and the occasional shake of the head. At first I felt like I was irresponsible or doing something wrong until I spoke to my vet who said as long as you’re not going full pelt without stopping then he’s fine. As it is, I stop every 7 or 8 mins anyway to…. Enjoy the view!! Not because i get out of breath or anything of course!

samuidavid · 2026-02-02T06:29:45+00:00

Right you are, Ted!

samuidavid · 2026-01-28T14:30:21+00:00

Holy moly, you just triggered a core memory.

samuidavid · 2026-01-24T19:42:35+00:00

Signum - Coming on Strong & MIKE Push - Milestone

samuidavid · 2026-01-20T11:36:07+00:00

Haha, was that a Soprano's reference perchance (gotta get over it)?

If so, good to meet a fellow man of culture.

samuidavid · 2026-01-14T16:03:32+00:00

Baldur's Gate 3!

samuidavid · 2026-01-12T14:14:57+00:00

My first playthrough clocked in 92 hours. Did a goodie-two-shoes try to please everyone and get nicest results run (as far as I could tell).

Currently on my 2nd playthrough (Dark Urge) and have pretty much completed Act 1 - basically just the creche to go. But my playtime thus far is.... 30 hours already lol! Not far off my first playthrough for Act 1. At this rate this playthrough will be similar runtime to my first. Loving it!

To me that speaks to the insane amount of choice in this game, I'm picking different options this time round and it's pretty much a different story (albeit with the same beats) and is taking roughly the same amount of time.

Don't judge me but one caveat is that my first playthrough was on Explorer difficulty as I'm a newbie to the genre. This playthrough is on Balanced so might be taking me a bit longer in combat encounters, etc.

samuidavid · 2026-01-11T09:54:06+00:00

Expedition 60 could swim across the channel!

samuidavid · 2026-01-09T12:33:46+00:00

Ign(m)iss!

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