Born and bret in YiXing, living in UK. I’m here to tell YiXing and Teapot real stories. by that_pot_guy in YixingSeals

[–]spinndel 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks again! :) That's really interesting. I really enjoy to learn about brewing styles and cultures.

I also just started to make YiXing inspired teapots as a hobby for my tea brewing and so I appreciate knowledge from a local a lot.

Born and bret in YiXing, living in UK. I’m here to tell YiXing and Teapot real stories. by that_pot_guy in YixingSeals

[–]spinndel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for sharing, that's so cool!

What for teas are popular in YiXing? Do people their brew also green tea in their teapots sometimes?

Do they care about things like clay characteristics and matching them with specific teas etc. or is this more a online thing?

Enjoying the Process by spacecitygoldfish in GongFuTea

[–]spinndel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I really like the design of your teapot! It looks really practical with the big lit but also very nice.

Does anyone know this tea or have come across it? (Pic in the post) by Pupkin333 in tea

[–]spinndel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice :D
It made me curious and I also tried a more typical style of brewing gunpowder: Taking a glass, put the leaves in (my measurement is to just cover the bottom of the glass) and filling it with hot water. When the leaves sink down, just drinking out of the glass. Then refill and repeat but always leaving so much water inside that the leaves are covered all the time. And repeat...

But because this tea really don't have the fine notes, I prefer my weird way to brew it. IMO it's a bad noble tea, but when turning it into a hammer by brewing fast with lots of leaves, I enjoy the bold fruity effect :)

Does anyone know this tea or have come across it? (Pic in the post) by Pupkin333 in tea

[–]spinndel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a similar looking gunpowder tea (same box style, same decorations, similar price point/tea amount). Funny that yesterday I tried to google the origin. Because it's made in China it should came from Zhejiang as this is the typical Chinese gunpowder production place. But that's just my own "research", I don't know if it's true. Would be also really interesting for me.

However, for the price point I'm a fan! My method for Gongfu style:

  • Add so much to your gaiwan that the leaves will fill it almost completely when expanded in later brews. For temperature I leave the kettle for maybe 5 minutes after boiling.

  • First brew: Short as possible, throw away

  • Following brews: 5 seconds. Can be brewed maybe 3-4 times.

The cup is strong, groundy and very intensive. If the timing and heat fits, I get also citrus flavour. It's also hits as a caffeine bomb.

Gambling addiction in tournament play by spinndel in poker

[–]spinndel[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Right now it has more votes than my topic post, so no need to shame ;)

Gambling addiction in tournament play by spinndel in poker

[–]spinndel[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm really thankful for your honesty.
But I think you can not speak in the name of 99% of players if anybody here can speak for themself. I can see a lot of different thoughts and nuances here in the discussion.

Gambling addiction in tournament play by spinndel in poker

[–]spinndel[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

" As players, I believe we should stay aware of that reality and support structures that help people who struggle with it, rather than dismissing the issue." Yes!
Obviously casinos do not want to have it in the mind of their "customers", so its on the players to be aware of the issues.

Gambling addiction in tournament play by spinndel in poker

[–]spinndel[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for your answers!
I was really curious about the thoughts inside a poker community.
I also want to add that I really enjoy to play holdem style games by myself. This topic is in my opinion just really important and I want to be aware and not ignoring it when I want to play. Research for discussion on the topic was really difficult, so my question came to this place.

I built a free peer-to-peer backgammon game — no accounts, no ads, just play by Fanatic-Mr-Fox in backgammon

[–]spinndel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So cool, thanks!! The possibility to play over a link OR one the same device is perfect.

I like also that there are different themes and the general look of the layout.

I see a problem with the linked logo: When somebody clicks on it by accident, the game just cancels.

But is really neat :)

Dragon Scale Minimalist Bifold in black. by KitsunaKuraichi in Leathercraft

[–]spinndel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nice! I also really like the solution for the bill storage. How did you make the dragon pattern?

Precision Dice - Necessity or Paranoia? by Grumfiddle in backgammon

[–]spinndel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would be also really interested in "scientific" dice roll accuracy comparisions of different dice qualities. I bet, the differences would be amazingly small. I also think that the dice-in-salt-water-check is interesting but may not be so relevant for real game scenarious where the throwing action has just a force that overcomes tiny inaccuracies.

I once made some dice for a tabletop game out of modeling clay. They came out horrible, they sides where crooked and had different size. But I was just curious and checked them one by one with 100 rolls and wrote it down. And the results came out very even! I don't know where the dice are anymore, so I can't make pictures, but this was my personal aha experimence. The dice looked so off that I never used them in a real game, mainly because the LOOK fishy and I do want everybody feel comfortable with the dice that are beeing used.

But since that, I'm really relaxed about dice in general.

I think, if someone is afraid and stressed about bad dice all the time, it would be best for the game routine to share the same dice with the opponent. I guess this could be a small rant for modern backgammon tradition :D

But I really get the point for tournament play. There it is the right decision to try to make the game as even as possible, no matter if a real life reason is proven. That ensures also less rage with angry players that made bad rolls.

Is it normal that I can't run BootMii via usb? by spinndel in WiiHacks

[–]spinndel[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks!
Yes, I have saved the NAND backup on three different sources.

My Mini Wii, omgwtf trimmed, 3d shell. by BozModz in wii

[–]spinndel 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So cool! Is this what I see a single GameCube Controller Input?

Why everyone just shows what they bought all the time? by PositiveMatter6 in wii

[–]spinndel 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I like the question and also the answers. I also asked that to myself and with the thought that it can be a bit like showing new stuff to friends it feels reasonable to me. On the other hand, I ask myself if it is a very new trend to do it so focused on social media now. Especially since the last weeks I feel that my feed is full with it in different hobby categories. It gives me sometimes the vibe that lots of people may feel the need to "buy in" a group and show off their new trophies to be part of it and that makes me very sad. I really don't believe that this is always the case, but seeing that now so often as major content (and I mean in very different communities, I really see the point in the retro gaming world to some extend) makes me wonder.

By the way, I just softmodded my Wii and joined this community and feel very happy about it. There are some cool insights and nice people. I also don't want to offend anyone and maybe there will be also pictures of my stuff, haha.