/hob/ - Hobbies

I collect and paint models. Never played the games though, not sure if I'd really enjoy that environment as a wizard. My parents are from the era of board games, but would refuse to play anything more complex than monopoly.

I'll post a photo of 2 of the recent minis I've done, and compare them to ones I painted 10+(or whenever 5th edition first came out for 40k) years prior, It's funny how much better they look when you follow some basic instructions like thinning your paints lol. Also it helps that I have a real paintbrush now, back then I would chew a toothpick and use that to paint.

I'm bidding on a box of Hero quest, seems like an old one. Currently it's only at 2 dollars, hopefully I can get it for a steal.

>>70376
Here is my Ork I painted, I'm really liking them as I can be gritty and non precise in the painting.

>>70653
looks dope

>>70653
looks good

>>70666
>>70677
thank you very much, the leather effects were an accident and I dont think I could replicate it again. Also I think the wash is doing a lot of work, also thinning paints. I did spend about 10 hours painting at least, which im told is very slow and it's still needing about 5 hours work

50 minute video on warhammer 40k tanks. He inserts a mattress ad though.

don't mind me, just posting some comfy animal vids

>>70890
sorry, youtube fucking autoplay

I find being able to solve single variable calculus problems (possibly with a formula sheet) to be a much better marker of general intelligence and problem solving ability than iq tests or personality tests.
It's also depressing how much people would fail this

>>70508
>making video gaymes in 2026
>thinks projective geometry is hard
brainlet moment

>>70509
I remembered seeing something like this a long time ago;
https://khanacademy.fandom.com/wiki/Knowledge_Map

Looking into it, a related project was
https://github-wiki-see.page/m/metacademy/metacademy-content/wiki/Roadmaps

Kinda wonder what happened in 2013 that stopped the development and use of both :(

Planning to slowly work my way through this one, doing all the exercises. I'll use an AI to help me explain stuff when I get hopelessly stuck. We'll see how it goes.

>>70888
I've been self-educating via Kahn Academy and a little bit of Google Gemini for a year now, I've made it all the way from 5th grade to highschool Geometry so far.

Alledgedly, Deepseek is the best for raw math ability, and it's got extended thinking on the free version, but I find Google Gemini is best for it's vast character-limit and ability to read PDFs and images I send well.

They're both good for conceptual explanations as you mentioned, but be very careful to not trust them to organize a full curriculum for you, as they'll leave out tons of critical lessons while telling you in full confidence they have covered absolutely everything with you. I actually just lost a week to that when I finally gave them a shot at that due to the vast drilling and bloat in Kahn Academy's Geometry class. So far I have found nothing wrong with their explanations, but this hasn't been falsified much.

>>70878
>I'm also curious to know how many of you actually finished it.
I did finish it but I fell behind a little towards the end. I'm surprised I did this well actually, I assumed I wouldn't be able to get past the first few chapters given how bad my attention span is.

It was a pretty decent novel, but I don't think I'm really interested in reading the sequels. Although it would be nice to know what happens I guess, it does feel like the end of this novel is a set up for a continuation. But I'm not burning with curiosity or anything. Especially if there will be a different protagonist. I really liked Cromis, so without him I don't think it would be nearly as interesting.

>>70878
It's an okay experience

>>70880
Most of the way thru ch.2 and, I'm getting a good impression so far.

It's set ~80 years after the events of Pastel City which means most of that book's main cast are long dead, except Tomb and the Young Queen Methvet Nian who's now the Old As Fuck Queen.

One interesting thing that's changed about the setting itself is this religion/cult/philosophy called The Sign of the Locust taking over the City, which seems at least a little wizardly?
>Life is a blasphemy,” announced the Sign. “Procreation is a blasphemy, for it replicates and fosters the human view of the universe.”

>>70885
Derp, forgot to mention Cellur too, and by "taking over" I mean like the Sign's becoming harder and harder to ignore as their presence grows

>>70880
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>>70886
Happy to see you got so involved in the book that you're now reading the sequel.

>>70881
Well there you go wizza, congratulations. It seems your attention span wasn't as burned out as you first suggested. Yeah I'm not reading the sequels either, not right away anyways.

>>70882
Not the most amazing fantasy novel out there, but it's short and it doesn't overstay its welcome. This is a rare gift nowadays.

>>60825
Smoked many a pipe. Try a pipe with a wider bowl. You can create more smoke. You'll feel like a dragon.

>>70307
Lum being a smoker, ай-яй-яй

looks classy tho

ohhhhh I've been having so many desires to smoke! I see it everywhere around me! I cannot handle it anymore!

>>70866
Saem

>>70867
have you ever tried it?
I only smoked marijuana yet not tobacco. I say if I'm going to try tobacco, it won't be cigarettes but a good tobacco in a pipe, like op's pic

>>70712
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>>70714
The Leibowitz readalong was just the guy suggesting it and me so it was not much of a book club. Are you the Leibowitz guy? I thought you hated the readalong from your posting tone because it was awkward with just two people. I'll probably join another readalong though because I like that it gave me a routine.

>do we wait until more wizards show up?
This place is dead but I think the reason you missed the readalong was because we were posting in the general reading thread. Maybe if we make new thread with eye-catching picture and kept it bump to the top of /all/ everyday you'd get one extra wizard.

>>70715
Yup that's me. I didn't hate it at all, it was a nice experience. I had tried before with another book but nobody showed up. Leibowitz was a success as far as I see it.

Well if you guys want a thread just for The Pastel City I'll do it. We'll start this week. Maybe more people will join.

>>70715
>this place is dead
Unlike /dep/, he-he

finished reading 'à rebours' from Huysmans. the book is about a rich guy who lives alone with it's maids and butlers and hens basically a NEET and has a lot of intellectual ramblings but hens also sick. doctors say because he's a reclusive lifestyle and what he needs is to go out like normalfags do but he don't want to and at the end he must go and interact with other people
I was lost when I read the beggining but the ending chapters were more understandable. it's a ok book. I think it would belong to wizard core books with NHK

>>70855
It depends on what prospective you're starting with and the one you want to have.

>>70773
>I watched the first race of this season and have had zero desire to watch any more.
If you don't find something stimulating you should stop watching it.

>>70791
Silverstone GP yesterday with it's high speed corners and straights immediately showed how bad the battery situation is. Hamilton slowed to a crawl and lost his position to Antonelli on the Sprint and the GP. Later, Max went into the wall from a rear wing issue which gave him massive understeer. Whatever difference the regulations changes made seems marginal to me.

I'd like to see the cars relying more on the engines than the ERS. Not just because they'd sound cooler. I feel that it would allow for cleaner racing & less back and forth positions due to ERS deployment. And I think most drivers would agree with this.

I don't know anything about f1 but

My neighbor was a driver and became a paraplegic

His son then was a driver and is now a paraplegic

They live together in a mansion

I've never spoken to them

>>70825
By driver you mean racing driver or regular driver?

Racing

>>70685
That's a respectable run. You can get a lot done in six months. Most online games don't last four sessions, let alone several months.

Man I tried solo games but I just can't do it. The wealth of bizarre shit that happens when five nerds get together to play these games just can't be matched by solo play. At least not for me. In many ways solo is the best way to play it because you don't depend on others. I really like that part. It's basically a video game. Pick up and put it down whenever you want. If only I could get into it.

Anyway, I already caved and found another group. We'll be playing through a module this time, about 20 sessions, so about the size of your campaign. Not enough time for me to start hating on rpgs which is good. I can't wait to delve into musty corridors and throw some dice. We start next week. I'll report back.

>>70686
I'm eager to hear your report.
If you don't like it, at least the module will end at some point.

Well I said I would report back so here I am. I had my first game with the new group. It was rather strange, as I'm not used to playing with newbies. My usual experience with gaming is with grognards, and the game very quickly gets into a rather smooth operation: go to the dungeon, kill the monsters, fetch the gold, bring it back for XP, rinse, and repeat. Roleplay is present but secondary, it's a game, not a narrative. The characters are tools for combat and exploration first, not people. It's just a different way of playing, is all.

Now, with the newbies coming into roleplaying after the Critical Role phenomenon, it's different. They all want to elevate their characters to some literary figure. I sat through a 10-minute argument between two players because they have PCs whose "personalities" clash. These players have pet characters that they intensely protect from all danger, to the point of being a detriment to the game itself. They don't want to go into the cave "because there might be something too dangerous inside." Well wtf man, that's the whole fucking point, is it not?

The DM is aware of the problem and was privately messaging me days before the session, telling me he was hoping that I would stir the other players to action. I have never had that happen to me before. Usually, DMs are control freaks who want to have complete control of the world and the players somewhat. This guy is apparently too afraid to be candid about the pet characters that are paralyzing his game and is trying to recruit me as his hatchet man.

Welp, I'm happy to inform you that I embraced the task. We saw some action and a character got killed, although it was an excruciating process that took several minutes of arguments. But before that, let me tell you about what we did in town before going out into the caves.

One of the players actually had his character looking for work AS A FUCKING BARISTA AT THE LOCAL INN! Holy fucking Christ Jesus, man. Here we have a game where you can be a hill giant, a devil, a paladin, a rogue, a demon prince from hell, or a fucking dragon if you want to. And this guy takes a 15-minute side quest to try and get his character work waiting tables! There was nothing particularly important about this inn, either. It's just an inn.

And it's not like we were short on money either. This is a Monty Haul DM and each of us had enough money to afford food and board for like a whole year. Besides, we can just hearPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

>>70730
Glad to hear you had fun! Indeed, it seems there is hope ahead, if not for a good game, then at least for interesting interactions.

I came across an old article recently discussing this exact difference in philosophy, the divide between the "game-players" and the "role-players." I always assumed the latter style of play took root in the late 80s, but it was happening even in 1977, only three years after the release of Original D&D.

So there have been misunderstandings since the very start. The game is supposed to be about acquiring treasure, magic items and XP, building a stronghold, having your own army and claiming a piece of the land as your own. If your character isn't interested in any of that, then they shouldn't be an adventurer.

>The player who lost his character got into an argument with another player because that player didn't come to his aid when he was the only one who could've done something.
I bet/hope one day, in the not too distant future maybe, this player will look back on this moment and realize they were actually having fun. This sort of interaction is more real than anything narrative-based games can create.

>>70782
You're right, this thing probably began with the game itself, it's just that my personal experience is different. But the worst part of pet characters full of personality, besides having to sit through a 10 minutes argument between two imaginary bozos, is the impact this stuff has on the DM.

I'm pretty sure he's prone to fudge and pull punches because of this. The game just gets smoother if nobody dies. I asked if he could have his attack and dmg rolls in the open and he said he prefers to keep it a secret to 'keep up the tension'. Bullshit. The dice gives you a probability, that's where the tension is. I can just tell he's pulling the teeth from the monsters. I hate toothless monsters, fuck. I don't even blame him honestly, the players are whiny bitches and he's afraid to lose them.

>>70117
I'm trying to find testimonies of hikikomori but can't find

>>66929
I like pdfs

Does anyone have the cookbook some wizard posted ages ago?

>>69750
Not exactly that but similar enough maybe.

I remember playing these skating games on GBC/GBA as a kid. They were fun.

>every kid on my block has a solid skateboard that glides effortlessly.
>everytime I get a skateboard it wobbles like crazy and stops after 3 meters.
what fucking parameters am I picking wrong? Is $80 for a board just something I should expect?

>>70683
Maybe it's your stance. Your body should weight more on the front. Try to bend your knees.

Maybe it's the trucks that need to be tightened.

>>70683
Wheel hardness might play a role. it ranges from like 73A(soft)~103A(hard). softer wheels are way smoother and designed for rough concrete, will still go well on smooth. Hard wheels will slow you right down on bumpy concrete. Also good bearings, most branded types are good. reds or bronsons are the cheaper good ones where I live. If those aren't issues for you perhaps the board hasn't been assembled correctly? Sometimes people tighten the wheels on way too tight and its like you have disc brakes constantly on.

>>70803
0_0

A wizard of skating, what a world