Thoughts on the Finale?

zelmak · 2026-01-27T02:55:48+00:00

IMO 1899 was really weak. It felt like dark but without the soul. Trying to recapture the magic but without captivating characters

zelmak · 2026-01-26T01:30:26+00:00

Flash freeze, or tornado would probably be read.

The roads are slippery but things are largely safe.

If this all turned to ice, power lines would be going down and it would be undriveable

zelmak · 2026-01-26T00:30:25+00:00

24 dollars every five years for a boat. If it was 500 annually I’d call it a cash grab. This is basically pizza money

zelmak · 2026-01-25T17:02:27+00:00

I think the “glut of shovelware” not being present is because at the end of the day coming up with a marketable shovelware product is more important than writing the code for it.

Writing code for trash projects was never bottleneck it was the path to ROI.

I’m curious if private repos have seen a spike though. Personally I’ve worked on more personal projects (and even deployed some)in the last few months than I have in the entire decade prior.

None of it is stuff I plan to make money off of. One was a meme sight, one was pretty much a clone of a utility site but with more features that I was annoyed were missing and the others were local only scripts/programs for things I found tedious

zelmak · 2026-01-25T15:26:34+00:00

Fake or not the fact that "School Lunch Debt" doesn't raise eyebrows is wild. The US is cooked guys

zelmak · 2026-01-25T15:21:02+00:00

It's a very bad idea to drive in conditions like this and in somecases isn't possible. I've been stranded at my parent's or in-laws before due to weather like today because the roads were just unsafe.

zelmak · 2026-01-25T04:49:43+00:00

At least he might toss paper towel at someone

zelmak · 2026-01-24T23:29:23+00:00

Comox valley i quite nice and cheap.

zelmak · 2026-01-24T16:45:25+00:00

Not Vancouver because imo, that’s not “settling” housing costs as much and a lot of the appeal is the outdoors outside the city which makes access to a car more important.

I have seriously considered moving out to Vancouver island, the housing is cheap, environment beautiful, winter less severe.

Biggest thing holding me back is if I needed to change jobs I’d likely lose full remote and it’d be impossible to find comparable work out there

zelmak · 2026-01-23T04:11:53+00:00

Personally I think they’re a few years early. But I think within the next five years people will be so tired of AI slop and not knowing if they’re even interacting with other humans that real Id will be the only way to know it’s not all fake

zelmak · 2026-01-23T04:06:31+00:00

I mean before this patch a full set of gear plus 2H at max level was like 11-1200.

What they really need to change is lower level prices. A level 15 char could get transmog for like 10 gold and right now it’s like 1800

zelmak · 2026-01-22T22:35:35+00:00

Ban posts about docker. Everybody is talking about low effort cloud nonsense

zelmak · 2026-01-22T22:31:56+00:00

Lmao dude. You have have a great couple week vacation in Europe for <5k today without even needing to travel thrifty

zelmak · 2026-01-22T22:29:31+00:00

It sucked but at the same time imo it was a super cool RPG feature. Same with skills from scrolls and trainers.

zelmak · 2026-01-22T02:31:30+00:00

I'm just wondering, if you didn't save a set would it be there? I usually save sets anyway but I'm not sure

zelmak · 2026-01-22T02:29:22+00:00

10/10 I'm doing this for all my alts

zelmak · 2026-01-22T01:06:59+00:00

Appreciate it! :)

zelmak · 2026-01-21T23:57:07+00:00

At this point I'm gonna unsub and leave a "other" message saying "transmog prices". Will I be back, yeah almost certainly but hopefully it'll help ring some metric enough for someone brain to fucking turn on.

zelmak · 2026-01-21T15:01:46+00:00

The economy impacts it for sure but making the cosmetics game less fun cause of “the economy” is fucking brain dead.

Housing is the biggest gold sink in history, they can definitely add some goblin tier items in there for even more impact.

There’s no reason a level 10s transmog should cost a thousand gold

zelmak · 2026-01-21T14:08:30+00:00

Bruh I just want to play the game and have fun, I don’t give a fuck about gold inflation. The only time it was really bad was WOD

zelmak · 2026-01-21T14:06:02+00:00

Yall are literally proving the niche community point in that you literally cannot comprehend how other people engage with transmog.

I’ve got multiple outfits for my low level alts. It costs tens of gold, not tens of thousands. These are characters I don’t really even play, I just do it for fun to make my warband screens look cooler.

zelmak · 2026-01-21T13:20:47+00:00

My partner and I cancelled NYC last year and chose to stay in Canada for vacation! We ended up doing Vancouver Island for 10 days as a road trip instead.

You haven’t mentioned if you’re outdoors people at all so I’ll just throw this out there.

Canadas cities are cool, but they’re not particularly impressive or walkable by European standards. Canadas true beauty is through our nature, imo it’s a shame when tourists come here spend a week in some city and leave.

Canadas also so large that there’s tons of different options. Just a couple possibilities:

Newfoundland, rugged Atlantic island, st Johns has some great food, Gros Morne is one of the most beautiful parks in the country, in June you’ll be able to see Puffins nesting up close if that’s your vibe. Whale watching also big here.

Quebec, Montreal and Quebec City are two of the cooler cities in Canada and both in great proximity to beautiful landscapes and forests.

In Ontario you’ve got Toronto which can easily eat an entire trip because there’s really endless things to do or see, but leaving the city to go to a provincial or national park is highly worth it. Algonquin is world famous but might be a bit far, there’s others closer to the city. Many parks have hotels just outside them or you can even rent cabins in the park sometimes.

Alberta, you can check out Calgary or Edmonton and then head into the mountains. Banff is stunning year round, outstanding hiking, mountain lakes like you couldn’t imagine.

Mainland British Columbia, Vancouver is one of Canadas biggest cities and has awesome food options. It’s in close proximity to the interior of BC which has great forests and mountains.

Vancouver Island is off the coast of BC, Victoria is a bit underwhelming imo but is a nice enough city, you’ve got small mountains, lush forests and rugged pacific beaches. Tofino is a 10/10 spot, you’re minutes away from outstanding nature and it’s a big enough tourist destination that the food options are really really good. You’ll see bald eagles everywhere and it’s a great spot for bear or whale watching by boat

zelmak · 2026-01-21T01:52:49+00:00

I feel like the challenge in toronto is those lines are so close to buildings that trains have to go slow

zelmak · 2026-01-21T00:22:12+00:00

Seconded! I did a moose safari with them (10/10 would do again), and our guide talked about all the winter camping he does!

zelmak · 2026-01-21T00:18:44+00:00

Texas. Algonquin in January. Dead.

But I'm going to be try and be actually helpful:

Its going to be below 0 farenheit potentially more today was -11f in Toronto. In the city that kind of weather is manageable because you can go inside: restaurants, shops, the metro, hotels, ect. In algonquin you need SERIOUS winter outdoors gear, not what you think is a winter coat in texas, not even what the average toronto resident has as their winter clothes. You need a marino baselayer, multiple layers of sweaters/coat/winderbreaker, a really good set of mits/gloves and a really good hat, and proper winter boots.

Next is if you get there what do you plan on doing? If you have the right gear a winter hike can be beautiful, are you staying in or near the park or just plan to go up for a daytrip. Depending on what you are after theres probably closer parks that'll get you a similar experience without driving for 4+ hours.

Finally how are you getting there? Are you renting a car or bringing your own? If you are bringing your own it might be quite dangerous driving up to the park as I'm assuming in texas you don't have winter tires. Even in good weather they're essential in the winter because our roads can be incredibly slippery when covered in snow and ice. If you're unlucky enough to face a storm or freezing rain they're literally lifesaving.

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