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 No.63254[Reply]

Any of you guys wargame? I've tried getting into old school ASL recently and am finding the pure infantry combat of early starter kits pretty underwhelming without the artillery and armor expansions
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 No.65893

>>63254
Define wargame. At various times I have played 40k, Battletech, Flames of War, and Warmahordes. As a kid I played Panzer Blitz and some other Avalon Hill games.

 No.67904

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I've been running some Chainmail battles with some guys.
It's fun!

 No.70367

bump
I liked Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance as a kid who liked futuristic robotistic stuff at tge time

 No.70368

>>70367
additional info:
A turn-based wargame? I liked Heroes of Might and Magic III also.

 No.70376

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.



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 No.64286[Reply]

ITT we post pictures and discuss our love for parks.
When did you realize you loved parks?
What is your favorite thing about parks?
What is your first memory of a park?
What is your favorite memory of a park?
How often do you dream of parks?
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 No.70007

>>64302

Wear covid-era maaaaask
and scarf

normies'll assume you have

a) common cold
b) astardy edginess
c) o v i d

>>64305
thanks for your input, really

>>64308

huh… maybe, someday…
thanks for the idea.

>>64343
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 No.70010

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>>64286
I like the fall. Summer is way too hot and makes normies run around and party outside. In the fall when it gets colder they already start to stay inside more. So I can take my time walking along the same path as always and admire the color of the changing leaves and wonder how many times I will walk this path before this time of my life comes to a close as well. Perhaps I will miss these mundane scenes one day. Perhaps I will forget them entirely. But for now I am comfy and enjoying the sights.

 No.70011

>>70010
Good call.
I think I should go for a walk in the park too.
Regards, >>70007

 No.70369

>>64294
But what about posting park lains?



 No.62567[Reply]

I've been interested more and more about the power of daydreaming. I think that if my daydreaming ability was extremely advanced, that it would activate an entirely new level of self-actualization for myself.

To this end, I've been looking for ways to enhance my ability to daydream, and have recently gotten interested in writing fiction (which there's already a thread here about it >>59403 ), tulpas (plenty of threads about that stuff), and in solo roleplaying. I don't see anything about solo roleplaying games, though, so I thought I'd make a thread about it.

I've tried solo roleplaying before in very naive attempts, but you run across the obvious pitfall: the temptation to metagame your character against knowledge that should only be privy to the GM or other characters is just too much. Quickly, it becomes unrealistic. I'm just getting started in this space, so I don't know a whole lot, but some of the systems (oracle systems like Mythic GM, for example) and techniques (solo episode journaling) that have been developed are a lot more advanced and appealing than I thought they'd be.

If anyone knows about any good solo RP systems or thoughts about it, please share.
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 No.69672

>>69668
This is the first genuine complement I've received in a long time, and I think the first complement I've come across on a chan, ever. Thanks.
Sage because this post is sappy.

 No.69674

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>>69661
I've put some thought in trying to make the system as bare bones as absolutely possible and this is what I have so far. Each successive iteration I've been stripping out more and more until this is what I'm left with so far. I still don't know if the categories quite make sense/work in my playtesting so far, even though I can force them to work…
My main issue atm are the action/theme oracles. In practice, I find I do need them to be that small so that the whole system "fits in human memory" without too much effort for a new player. By making them "multiplicative" I can capitalize on the exponential compression to really expand their power, e.g., you "roll" 3 times to get a word for each category, and the word combination defines the theme/noun or action/verb. This allows me to "fit" a lot more words into the same space. However, I find the theme/action oracle to still be really abstract to work with in playtesting so far. It's hard to bullshit up a MBTI/Compass system to define nouns/verbs.
The fate oracle I think works well when you play with the principle of "If you aren't willing to accept 3:7 or 7:3 odds, then don't bother with the fate oracle and just have it happen in the game."
Idk, I'm going to do a bit more playtesting to see if I can even out the action/theme oracle kinks.
I've got a more complete writeup I'm working on w/examples/etc., but I wanted to make sure I could at least get it not only on a single page, but on a single page with plenty of white space and DEAD simple (it's got to be done all in your head!).
Again, I don't know if I'll be arsed to finish up the full writeup, but whatever. I find the full writeup interesting as it not only explains all the design choices so far, but also explains what I've noticed in some other playtesting, which is that the system seems to have far more applications than just games.

 No.69679

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>>69674
Draft v.1

 No.69680

>>69679
Been playtesting some more, and the main issue I've come across is using the theme oracle. There are the specific words I choose in the theme oracle are giving me..bad vibes.
It's also not just that I can "represent" as many things as possible with as few words as possible, but I have to make the weightings of those representations be things more likely to carry a story. For example, one time I was playtesting and hit "ethereal" like three times in a row and was like, "O.k., come on, I don't want to make a @#$!ing pantheon right now!"
I think I can fix it by choosing the word categorizations more carefully, and being more willing to completely avoid certain categories, but…I'm not an ontologist.

I just had a thought. If I incorporated toki pona's ontology, I think that might help. Also, if I gave the player choice at each vertex of the triangles between a word or it antonym, that might help too?

 No.70359

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Go to church(or what's your temple is), phone on Do Not Disturb mode

try praying, end up daydreaming powerfully
??????


notes

profit



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 No.69280[Reply]

I swear there was a thread for this. Oh well. My first attempt at doing something in Godot. It's mostly code spaghettied together from tutorials and reading the engine's documentation. Let me know if you play it, and definitely let me know if you manage to beat it. The pain level is hard but doable. AD for movement and J or W for jumping, Enter for start. Gamepads also work.

https://anonymousfiles.org/files/0b6518269905/
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 No.69433

>>69432
I just started this one, it's far from complete.

 No.69434

>>69433
ok good luck🍀

 No.70314

>>69433
I would like to post about my own game development once i have something good to show. Would that be okay?

 No.70316

>>69282
should share source code. other wise assume it is malware

 No.70347

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>>70316
>Give me full access to your programming work for free or I will consider it to be evil software and advocate against anyone downloading it

Sorry GNUtard, even if you had the code and managed to compile it through a decent C# compiler running on Wine, your castrated Thinkpad T240 wouldn't be able to this game.



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 No.60825[Reply]

Pipe tobacco is a hobby, right? There's the element of collecting pipes and trying various blends, which resembles wine tasting in how elaborately some people talk about them. Any wiz pipe smokers here? Any favourite blends you'd recommend? Show me your wizpipe(s) (no homo).

Here's my pipe and some tobacco I'm currently smoking. The one in the tin is Old Gowrie
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 No.70070

>>69666
quite a number, huh?

 No.70080

>>60826
Junkie fucks just ruin everything they touch. The thought of a beautiful briar being ruined by one of these idiots pisses me off.

 No.70082

Pipe tobacco is good for putting in cigarette tubes and papers, good for packing your own cigarettes.
I prefer the brands without anything toxic.
Love to be off of arsenic and cyanide, because of pipe tobacco.
Arsenic and cyanide actually fucking killed me.
Prepacked cigarettes aren't worth it; they're drenched in death, poison, severe retardation. And severe general impairments and severe general disabilities.

Pipe tobacco smells great, because it's non-toxic.
Tastes better, too.

I get Gambler brand tobacco.
Inexpensive, cheapest on the store market.

 No.70307

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

 No.70324

>>70307
Lum being a smoker, ай-яй-яй

looks classy tho



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 No.69451[Reply]

Does anyone else like watching cctv or just cameras of places? There are many livestreams you can find of well known places and sites for random places. I like seeing people naturally, not acting for an audience or a beautiful landscape
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 No.70125

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>>69451
I like reading news 1 hour/day

 No.70133

I used to watch netcams a few years back since I couldn't afford to travel. The exciting part was finding snow on the ground or people watching.

 No.70134

>>70133
whats the most memorable thing you saw?

 No.70138

>>70134
Nothing worthy of shock videos online or anything, but more of a life/outlook observation: strip back the systems of control - government, religion, wealth (and wealth disparity). What's left are people just trying to get through their day. They probably won't be anything great, and after a generation or two most will be forgotten. I'm cool with that and aspire to non-greatness myself.

 No.70300

>>69451
can you share the link to watch that place?
I want to watch places up close but the ones I found weren't



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 No.51836[Reply][Last 50 Posts]

Does anyone here do deadlifts? I'm thinking about working to get a god-tier deadlift. My first goal is to make it up to 405lbs deadlift and then see how far I can take it from there. Right now I can do 255 for 5x5. Any wizbros here with tips?

Right now I'm 80 lbs overweight and need to stop eating so much food. The problem is I'm addicted to food and since I'm a 28 year old virgin, it's not like I have much else to do so it's gonna be hard to cut back on the food. Does anyone also have tips on how to feel full and not feel the need to eat food?
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 No.69515

>>69514
Depends on your goals and proclivities.

Like I workout to make myself better at my hobbies and make my work feel easier.
I don't need to be the biggest most strongest in the whole world for it to be worth my time.

 No.69543

>>51836
>Does anyone also have tips on how to feel full and not feel the need to eat food?
>drink lots of water
>compensate lack of carbs with fiber and lean(ish) protein
>consume only good fat, no vegetable oil at all
>take most of the carbs of your day in the pre-workout meal (if a full meal, eat 2 hours before training), so you feel energized in your training session and to use the consumed energy effectively
>cut off stupid "food" like candy and soda, use your sugars strategically

A useful diet tidbit. If you're a food enthusiast, transform your meal into a delish by using different seasoning and adapting existent recipes to your goals. For example, I make yakisoba with extra meat and vegetables and less noodles.
A huge beef or chicken thigh with great seasoning and some BBQ sauce (here's your strategic sugar) as a full meal, for instance. If you think the sodium is too much, chug down your water. Impossible to feel empty. And an idea for a snack:
>ground lean meat (80%)
>oat powder (20%)
Make meatballs with those ingredients, go light on the seasoning and store them in the freezer. Whenever you crave for crap food, shove some of these bad boys in an air fryer and you're good to go.

 No.70032

>>51836
I don't deadlift because I am too tall and have slipped discs in my back. Wish I could tho.

I wont be reading all the replies but I am also addicted to eating and how I go about not eating all day is drinking a lot of water and tea. Makes me feel full and drinking a cup of tea almost gives me the same feeling as snacking. And if you really want something to eat just eat rice cakes, celery and stuff like that

 No.70088

>>51836

>Right now I'm 80 lbs overweight and need to stop eating so much food. The problem is I'm addicted to food and since I'm a 28 year old virgin, it's not like I have much else to do


>it's not like I have much else to do


>it's not like I have much else to do



Random, VERY RANDOM piece of advice from a 30-something fatty who gets his food from a bakery/from his mum



If you're like me - as in not designed for high education - you really, REALLY ought to try to upgrade yourself to a cook, who *professes* at spending his time to process fine stock into fine food.

I mean, a proper *trades school* cook - if you are a NEET - would give a job that allows you both a earn $$ salary (not $ poor, not $$$ rich, but have some room for fun) AND you'll probably get a chance to recycle undemanded food as your extra calorie supply, kekw.



Middle ground: learn *some* tricks from "Well Cultured Anonymous" free e-book
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 No.70294

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I been doing zercher deadlift (for the warrior larp ngl)

2 times per week firts day 3x10 and second 5x5, i wanna get 315 in a few months

(i feel fine in the lower back btw)


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 No.67903[Reply]

Thread for different sorts of art. Tell us what different type of art you make/follow.
>pic is glitchart made by me

 No.70286

>>67903
hello, wizzy. can you share more of your art?



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 No.53574[Reply][Last 50 Posts]

What are some hobbies that don't involve consuming anything? You purchase a 1 time item and very rarely if ever have to replace it. Learning yo-yo tricks would be a consumptionless hobby in this case. There are obviously thinks like whistling or playing the spoons too. The idea is it has to make as little foot print as possible while being something you can develop and grow at. Drawing wouldn't count because you need paper.
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 No.70231

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Playing cards are almost like a video game console. There are thousands of single and multiplayer games you can play with one deck. More if you have two or four. You can invent your own games, throw in dice or coins or whatever complex mechanics you can dream up. I enjoy playing different variants of solitaire. You can turn on music or the TV in the background if needed.

 No.70232

>>70231
tbf you could probably do running competitions, archery, javelin throws, etc in the hippodrome

 No.70235

>>69982
I have flatest feet possible, so much it is now ruins my knees. But back when I attempted sports, I bought soft yet bouncy insoles that were tremendously helpful.

 No.70244

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>>53574
I'd count drawing if you go for digital, get a tablet and a stylus, and then you're good to go! Even cheaper ones work well, I use a cheap used tablet and a capacitive stylus.

 No.70283

You can buy a cards and learn how to play


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 No.70176[Reply]

Discussion about the lucrative, dangerous, and interesting hobby of Dumpster Diving.

High priority finds: Anything worth $$$, duh. Here's some examples:
-PC/Electronic equipment
-Sealed products, boardgames, clothing etc
-Food(sealed and safe)
-Anything you can use

Every day at my job I throw away several thousands of dollars of supermarket goods that are still good but we cannot legally sell them. Sometimes the seal is slightly broken and if anyone gets sick from that, that's a 6 or 7 digit number we get fined, so it's easier to avoid that altogether and claim insurances. Every single night people raid our dumpster. It makes sense.

I also used to use this method to survive decently while I was homeless.

Please post your thoughts and experiences
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 No.70260

>>70259
where do you live now?

 No.70261

so between locked dumpsters and people video taping their dumpsters, how do you attempt this? I suppose if you're homeless you no longer care about being arrested.

 No.70263

>>70260
Just a regular flat, it's humble and does the job, close to work as well so it suits my lifestyle well.

>>70261
Just find the ones that are ideal. Never dealt with any police or guards so I'm not sure what would happen, I'd assume they would just move you along. Lots of places have dumpsters just behind the back and aren't locked or secured. I didn't ever break any locks or enter property I wasn't supposed to, I believe that's where the trouble can start

 No.70265

>>70263
good, im glad you have a roof

 No.70267

>>70261
Apartments if you need thrift shop grade stuff. Just take a quick peek and see if anything neat is on top - walk out of the complex on foot so people just assume you live there as you walk away and snagged a wicker chair or PC or whatever.



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