"Hobbies" downsized to this short list by the pandemic:
- listening to music
- mostly re-reading
- urban hiking
- designing ttRPGs
- discussing philosophy (on & offline)
Listening to music, writing and recording music. I started running again this summer after a three year layoff, I'll keep it up as long as my knees last. Reading, of course.
Jack CumminsOctober 03, 2021 at 19:31#6032800 likes
Discussing philosophy online and in real life
Going to coffee shops to meet friends and to read and write
Listening to music, ranging from goth, metal, punk and emo, psychedelia, indie and alternative rock
Drawing and painting
Meandering around, including record and bookshops, charity shops and libraries
Well no, my own ttRPG designs (I haven't really played since the mid-80s), which are like – inspired by – published games such as e.g. Barbarians of Lemuria, On Mighty Thews & Torchbearer (sword & sorcery), Neon City Overdrive & Technoir (cyberpunk), Kult, Urban Shadows & Houses of the Blooded (dark fantasy), Earthdawn & Summerland (post-apocalypse), Scum & Villany and Mothership (space opera+) and Zenobia, 43 AD & Honor and Blood (alt-history). My designs tend to be rules-lite, very low crunch, GM plus 2/3 players (4 max), structured for one-to-four shot episodic gameplay (so no "zero-to-hobo" & almost no prep) and player-facing (e.g. GM doesn't roll dice). My nephews "playtest" them for me with their groups between 5e / Mythras / Star Wars campaigns.
Btw, I've only played oDnD about six times and that was back in '77. Even as a high school freshman I found it too cartoonish and wargamey and that playing DnD felt nothing like the experience of fantasy/scifi anthologies, novels, comics, or films it had window-dressed itself with, so I immediately homebrewed my own ruleset and found that I had a knack for running games. Of course I played other campaigns on occasion but ran my own rpg "worlds" for several years until I burnt-out on the hobby, and the group had scattered, etc. Only by chance two decades later did my interest in RPGs return (re: I'd replied to an online request to help someone with his design and wound up contributing a new "combat system" for the game Zenobia mentioned above), mostly as an interest in design and the more "narrative-focussed" innovations that were coming to the fore by the mid-2000s. I believe 5e's "advantage system" was a blatant concession to this trend away from hyper-crunchiness like 4e (or Mathgrinder) & Shadowrun.
Game designing is a (nostalgic) creative diversion; the goal is not publication (though, y'know, who knows?), just a proxy for fiction writing, etc.
I got into 5e back in college; during the pandemic I played some virtually on roll20 but it sort of fizzled out.
What games, if any, did you play before 5e? Are you playing now? Even before the pandemic, Roll20 & Discord seemed fairly popular; they'd turned me off, however, when I'd played some "virtual tabletop" sessions with my nephews and their father/my brother last year (I live in the US southeast, they in the southwest & pacific northwest 3 time-zones away), maybe because playing via screens allowed for too many distractions and much less social immediacy.
That's cool, had no idea you had that deep of a background in RPGs.
I played 5e off and on through college and afterwards; I was a DM for a Star Wars 5e clone for a few months until I got burnt out. The idea of playing D&D for me has always been better than actually playing it, in my experience. Maybe it was just the group I was in, but it usually was tedious and often boring; the food and the company were the real reasons I went. I would have my characters make impulsive decisions just to get things rolling and otherwise just sorta sit there and wait for my turn. I (vaguely) remember spending my 21st playing 5e with liquor integrated into the story, that was enjoyable. Designing my campaign was more fun, I put a lot of effort into making interesting stories, puzzles and encounters, but ultimately it ended up being too much to maintain.
I'm not playing any tRPGs right now, maybe again some time, idk. I grew up playing computer RPGs, I sometimes play them now but not very often; TheGreatWhatever once told me that he thought computer games were "chore simulators", I thought that pretty apt. Books are infinitely better.
Looks good, I love roasted kale with olive oil and salt.
I normally add it to salads but occasionally sauté it with avocado oil, onion, garlic, and fresh ground pepper and salt. Like spinach, a big gob of it cooks down instantly to a fraction of its original apparent mass. Delish.
The new economic boom ushering in a new golden age will result from custom 3d printed squash molds. Everyone will store strange shaped squash on their shelves as food statues and it'll become an epidemic of crippling aesthetic addiction, especially around Halloween.
That's cool, had no idea you had that deep of a background in RPGs.
Sometimes I kick myself when I think of what others have done with their ttRPG experiences from the '70s & '80s – converting their game worlds / favorite PCs into epic fiction: George RR Martin, R Scott Bakker, James SA Corey, Scott Lynch, Steven Brust, Raymond E Feist, Ian C Esslemont, Steven Erikson, ... Joss Whedon. This had never occurred to me and I've no idea why it didn't; I've always loved fantasy, scifi & horror, yet when I began writing fiction in the late 80s my literary interests were mainly absurdist, experimental (though not p0m0), and historical in novella & short story forms rather than novels or epic series.
Radioactive fiestaware should complement Squashtatues™. Maybe you can induce polyploidy in the seeds with those plates. Get yourself a lead china cabinet.
James RileyOctober 11, 2021 at 19:45#6059430 likes
That's cool, had no idea you had that deep of a background in RPGs.
Continued reading contextualized what you all were saying. In my circles, RPG is rocket propelled grenade. I could see you and Reply to 180 Proof in your basements prepping god's good work. :lol: There has likewise been some confusion around BLM of late (Bureau of Land Management, or, as the enviros call it, Bureau of Livestock and Mining). I much prefer the new "Black Lives Matter." It's a chore keeping up with the changing acronyms.
"I am disgusted that this is something that will be producing profit when people like me suffered the consequences of this war and will have to watch people play it for fun," Abdulelah, 28, told CNN. "I just can't get past the inhumanity."
While I take issue with the word "inhumanity" I get her point and think there is no "history" being taught here. It's simply a money-maker at best, and a confederate-statue of history at worst.
"I am disgusted that this is something that will be producing profit when people like me suffered the consequences of this war and will have to watch people play it for fun," Abdulelah, 28, told CNN. "I just can't get past the inhumanity."
While I take issue with the word "inhumanity" I get her point and think there is no "history" being taught here. It's simply a money-maker at best, and a confederate-statue of history at worst.
Thanks for this. :up:
James RileyOctober 11, 2021 at 21:28#6059840 likes
On a side note, the only "video game" I ever played was "Space Invaders" back in the late 70s. So acronyms are hard to keep up with. .gov is the worst. I feel very uncomfortable with and conflicted about war, so making a game out of it never appealed to me. My son used to do Counter Strike (?) but now he's distracted by his "intro to philosophy" course. LOL!
so I like to read (over here for instance), doing some sport, viewing other sports, drawing and painting, baking bread and pizza (sourdough leavened) but not limited to, make some music but mostly listening to, photography (mostly birds), strolling through nature, programming (much less than I used to however) and about many other things, from movies to coming up with whatever solution needed to tackle any sort of problem, concocting various possible contraptions if needed and along the way, with which to make life easier or more pleasureable.
Agent SmithOctober 29, 2022 at 16:54#7524440 likes
Hobby! :snicker:
L'éléphantNovember 03, 2022 at 05:44#7534210 likes
"Hobbies" downsized to this short list by the pandemic:
- listening to music
- mostly re-reading
- urban hiking
- designing tRPGs
- discussing philosophy (on & offline)
Update: downsized further mostly due health issues (slowly on the mend) ...
- listening to music
- discussing philosophy (online)
(secondarily: FitD games, Houses of the Blooded, PbtA games (except DW), Sorcerer (+ suppliments) & Zenobia)
Lately, I like to watch actual plays of "narrative games" like these on Youtube. :nerd:
No digital games – for me, they automate (eliminate) too much players' improvisational creativity (since all possible actions / reactions are already scripted (coded) in the program), fully cybernetic illusionism / railroading.
When we had a contract in LA, back in 1996, the OG picked up a copy of Myst on clearance sale and we played it together. That was our first sophisticated computer game, but for a clumsy chess program. Then, of course, we got all the sequels and a bunch more mystery/puzzle games that never came close to the graphic quality and originality of Myst.
We both do some wood carving when arthritic pain allows and I still grow some vegetables every summer - in containers now, since digging is beyond my capability.
Pizza - anything from Margherita, to seafood - clam, scallops, shrimp, to goat cheese sun dried tomatoes and asparagus, to chicken tikka masala, to apple
Writing mathematics programs in BASIC. Love that language.
Yeah those were the days. I have not done anything in BASIC in years. I kind of got into
Small Basic which is kind of cool and used it for programming introduction courses for kids. But I have not done that for years either.
Reply to jgill Cool. I was never into math that much but I liked to make objects bounce around the screen and draw patterns. Made a few screen savers back when they were still used.
Academic(-ish): philosophy (duh!), physics, conlanging, and to a lesser but still decent extent mathematics and linguistics. Back during the pandemic I was into physical anthropology, but I grew tired of the field.
Non-academic: gym, skiing (gotta learn how to snowboard), reading, and to a lesser extent writing and games. I enjoy debating but it is more of a toxic trait than hobby.
Pizza - anything from Margherita, to seafood - clam, scallops, shrimp, to goat cheese sun dried tomatoes and asparagus, to chicken tikka masala, to apple
Sounds like you'd accept pineapple, on some occasions.
White pizza too, I think.
But have you tried Barbecue Pizza?
(to be clear, this is an abomination to me that many people i know love lol)
I do a few variations on white. With ricotta or without.
I do not recall doing barbecue. The tikka masala started as a joke. We were talking about what to make next and my son said tikka masala. If he had said barbecue I would have tried it, We like the tikka masala on occasion but the barbecue might have been one and done.
If you ever get to chance pineapple, I recommend it with spicey things -- my favorite way to have the "forbidden" fruit is with pepperoni and jalapenos. The sweet-acid adds just the rights amount of counter-balancing flavor for me.
I don't like BBQ cuz it's too sweet for bread-cheese, for me -- no matter how much meat is there. If I'm hungry of course I'll eat what's presented, but it's just not what I'm looking for in the combo. (though many of my loved ones like it)
I think I might like pineapple. I usually make 2 or 3 pizzas, so maybe I will!
I don't think I would like a pizza with the sweet red stuff called BBQ sauce. That is why I have not tried it, or if I did I did not find it memorable.
No longer able to call Philosophy a hobby - which is good and bad. Outside Phil though:
- Brazillian Jiu jitsu;
- Drums, voice, guitar, bass, keys.. few others, including Irish Whistle!;
- Songwriting in light of the above - 23 albums and counting;
- Free Running/Parkour (mostly handstands and other power moves);
- Writing comedy for television and other stand-ups;
- Writing battle raps that will never see the light of day (though, there is footage of me doing several battles out there on the internet... )
- Collecting/enjoying Whisky/ey and fine Wine;
- Currently Learning Spanish and Arabic;
- Trying to solve the origins of the Voynich manuscript;
- Visiting puppy litters; and
- Writing science fiction (two pieces, thus far.. but one is a Trilogy for which i've only begun the first volume).
Writing battle raps that will never see the light of day
I'll cut your throat with monofilament wires
Liquefy your insides like the ebola virus
Get medieval on your ass with blowtorch and plyers
And scatter the parts like Seth did Osiris
No digital games – for me, they automate (eliminate) too much players' improvisational creativity (since all possible actions / reactions are already scripted (coded) in the program), fully cybernetic illusionism / railroading.
I like skill based games, like Hades, or tactical like, Chaos Gate.
And I do like RPGs even if there's less freedom than tabletop. A well told story you can influence the outcomes of? Count me in. Favourites include the recent Baldur's Gate 3 and the even more brilliant Palenscape: Torment.
This place! What better way to inform yourself about philosophy and current event than discuss them with you guys.
I've been an avid computer gamer, but I like simulators. Having flown sailplanes in my youth, Microsoft Flight Simulator has only now come to the level where it's really quite authentic and you can navigate actually by looking at the lakes, swamps and urban areas (even if the detail still isn't to individual buildings). The only thing missing is the feeling in your butt, the actual roller coaster ride that flying a sailplane, soaring, is. The sights and sounds are how it is. Then Kerbal Space Program is one of my top simulators, the way you can easily learn how flights to the moon and other planets actually happen. And many other simulators and wargames. Wargames as board games are great, but computers help so much in calculating everything.
Now when older, walking and swimming are the type of exercise that an old guy not in shape likes.
Reply to ssu https://www.flightsimwebshop.com/nl/products/next-level-racing-motion-platform-v3?_gl=1*9u4n8g*_up*MQ..&gclid=CjwKCAiAopuvBhBCEiwAm8jaMZtOKGrhEKoOgoZl7rKJ2fu_4BzJdnjvSZEOugnIn4fz71PCz1eHnxoCpWcQAvD_BwE
Reply to Noble Dust Thanks! Private lessons yes until I was 17 and some off and on after that. Now I mostly study on my own. And my technique is somewhere between a monkey and Horowitz. I never think it's that good but suspect every musician has this problem.
Even Horowitz in Der letzte Romantiker finishes a piece (which is of course brilliant) and then says "I cannot do better". Insane.
Nice. Somewhat similar for me, took piano lessons from my mom who is a private piano teacher (one of two jobs) from about age 9 to 13, reached a high intermediate level, then picked it back up in college after focusing on guitar and drums in the interim. I’ve really picked it back up in the past 5 years and want to write some proper classical-ish piano music but have only dabbled; keeps getting pushed to the back burner in favor of other musical projects. The only video of me playing is on instagram; here’s a link although I’m not sure if it will work; I think you at least need an instagram account to view.
- Brazillian Jiu jitsu;
- Drums, voice, guitar, bass, keys.. few others, including Irish Whistle!;
- Songwriting in light of the above - 23 albums and counting;
- Free Running/Parkour (mostly handstands and other power moves);
- Writing comedy for television and other stand-ups;
- Writing battle raps that will never see the light of day (though, there is footage of me doing several battles out there on the internet... )
- Collecting/enjoying Whisky/ey and fine Wine;
- Currently Learning Spanish and Arabic;
- Trying to solve the origins of the Voynich manuscript;
- Visiting puppy litters; and
- Writing science fiction (two pieces, thus far.. but one is a Trilogy for which i've only begun the first volume).
Are you real, Amadeus, or are you an AI bot? :gasp:
And of course the feeling is extremely limited. It won't give you the feeling what's it like to be in a spin. You can get easily 2,5G even in a sailplane when making hard turns or a loop. Just put the speed over 200km/h and you'll get the momentum. Soaring is easily like being in a huge roller coaster, although it's far more softer as there are no tracks that make roller coaster bumpy and uncomfortable. After learning to fly, I never felt car sickness anymore.
The good thing in aircraft simulators is that you indeed give the same input (use the throttles and the stick similarly) and for computers it's easy to calculate the physics of the plane. Thus modern sims are really helpful. But human motion isn't so and there's so many ways you can walk that simply cannot be "played" well on a computer. So I'm not a great enthusiast of FPS or sport games.
Hahah, this is genuinely the type of stuff I used to write. But, battle rap is very homophobic so it takes a certain type of skin to get on with it.
When I roll up, you fold up like confessing to a priest
Like a warlord in Africa, i'm coming for your teeth
Told you schmucks I'm the Lord here in these streets
Put here by God, you can't see me, like a ding-en sich.
:gasp: and I thought my 9 not including EPs and bands was a lot for a hobbyist. Comfortable sharing any links? PM is fine. No worries if not.
To be clear, I spent about a decade doing drugs and recording music. It wasn't a great time, but the resulting media is meaningful to me haha. Here's something from my Soundcloud. As you can see, this hasn't been updated in years... and every thing on it is demo - though, technically that's true for everything I've ever done bar one studio recording for a friends audio engineering course lol. I don't have access to the laptop with my library on it currently, but It's safe.
Are you real, Amadeus, or are you an AI bot? :gasp:
Trying to be real! Hahah. Music above, Jiu Jitsu here but I've just realised it's private :( Here you can see I was nominated for a National comedy award (fifth row down, on the right).
I'm at work and can't find links for most of hte other stuff, but you get the picture. It's all horrid, but i'm doing it all! LOL
I also complete forgot to mention that I also spent abotu a decade advocating for Psychedelics in medicine in New Zealand and abroad. It was semi-successful and we got a couple of studies done, but I became disillusioned and moved away from it about 18 months ago.
And i used to lecture at Universities about Ancient History ala Graham Hancock. In fact, he is a good friend of mine. Yes. I am now showing off.
Brazillian Jiu jitsu;
- Drums, voice, guitar, bass, keys.. few others, including Irish Whistle!;
- Songwriting in light of the above - 23 albums and counting;
- Free Running/Parkour (mostly handstands and other power moves);
- Writing comedy for television and other stand-ups;
- Writing battle raps that will never see the light of day (though, there is footage of me doing several battles out there on the internet... )
- Collecting/enjoying Whisky/ey and fine Wine;
- Currently Learning Spanish and Arabic;
- Trying to solve the origins of the Voynich manuscript;
- Visiting puppy litters; and
- Writing science fiction (two pieces, thus far.. but one is a Trilogy for which i've only begun the first volume).
Very industrious. I have no hobbies.
The closest thing to a hobby I had was 20 years drinking whisky and meeting strangers in bars. Loved almost every minute of that, but quit to save my liver.
Reply to Noble Dust ooof that distorted bass (is it sub synth?) goes hard on Our Bones. Really enjoy the cut rhythm too! Thank you dude :)
If you’re of the type, I recommend Crumbling Jazz off of my Soundcloud. 16 minutes. Was spamming Pink Floyd at the time. Some of my best guitar work by far. It’s better high
Reply to javi2541997 Unfortunately there is no good Iberian wine where I am. There is a Greek shop however, where I buy Cretan wine and olives. It is not outworldly, but it is pretty good.
The closest thing to a hobby I had was 20 years drinking whisky and meeting strangers in bars. Loved almost every minute of that, but quit to save my liver.
Ah cool, we're former barfly brothers! (Btw, fucking "healthy livers" are overrated, mate.) :smirk:
I don't know if this can be considered as a 'hobby', but I spend time taking photos and writing reviews on Google Maps. I am plainly focused on Madrid because it is the city where I live. But I usually share reviews on other sites throughout the Peninsula.
Havent recently jumped back into the Hobby (though, think "autistic obsession") of analyzing, noting and systematizing the ranges and catalogues of various singers in all areas (opera, pop, rock, avant garde etc.. etc.. )
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Tried writing, drawing, and keyboard recently but gave up.
- listening to music
- mostly re-reading
- urban hiking
- designing ttRPGs
- discussing philosophy (on & offline)
Going to coffee shops to meet friends and to read and write
Listening to music, ranging from goth, metal, punk and emo, psychedelia, indie and alternative rock
Drawing and painting
Meandering around, including record and bookshops, charity shops and libraries
Looks good, I love roasted kale with olive oil and salt.
Quoting 180 Proof
DnD, Shadowrun...?
I got into 5e back in college; during the pandemic I played some virtually on roll20 but it sort of fizzled out.
Quoting 180 Proof
Quoting Pantagruel
Quoting Jack Cummins
I assumed reading, writing, music and philosophy to be a given around here :smirk:
:rofl:
:up:
We Americans call our flânerie "urban hiking" because it sounds, I guess, more productive or something. :smirk:
Quoting darthbarracuda
Well no, my own ttRPG designs (I haven't really played since the mid-80s), which are like – inspired by – published games such as e.g. Barbarians of Lemuria, On Mighty Thews & Torchbearer (sword & sorcery), Neon City Overdrive & Technoir (cyberpunk), Kult, Urban Shadows & Houses of the Blooded (dark fantasy), Earthdawn & Summerland (post-apocalypse), Scum & Villany and Mothership (space opera+) and Zenobia, 43 AD & Honor and Blood (alt-history). My designs tend to be rules-lite, very low crunch, GM plus 2/3 players (4 max), structured for one-to-four shot episodic gameplay (so no "zero-to-hobo" & almost no prep) and player-facing (e.g. GM doesn't roll dice). My nephews "playtest" them for me with their groups between 5e / Mythras / Star Wars campaigns.
Btw, I've only played oDnD about six times and that was back in '77. Even as a high school freshman I found it too cartoonish and wargamey and that playing DnD felt nothing like the experience of fantasy/scifi anthologies, novels, comics, or films it had window-dressed itself with, so I immediately homebrewed my own ruleset and found that I had a knack for running games. Of course I played other campaigns on occasion but ran my own rpg "worlds" for several years until I burnt-out on the hobby, and the group had scattered, etc. Only by chance two decades later did my interest in RPGs return (re: I'd replied to an online request to help someone with his design and wound up contributing a new "combat system" for the game Zenobia mentioned above), mostly as an interest in design and the more "narrative-focussed" innovations that were coming to the fore by the mid-2000s. I believe 5e's "advantage system" was a blatant concession to this trend away from hyper-crunchiness like 4e (or Mathgrinder) & Shadowrun.
Game designing is a (nostalgic) creative diversion; the goal is not publication (though, y'know, who knows?), just a proxy for fiction writing, etc.
What games, if any, did you play before 5e? Are you playing now? Even before the pandemic, Roll20 & Discord seemed fairly popular; they'd turned me off, however, when I'd played some "virtual tabletop" sessions with my nephews and their father/my brother last year (I live in the US southeast, they in the southwest & pacific northwest 3 time-zones away), maybe because playing via screens allowed for too many distractions and much less social immediacy.
That's cool, had no idea you had that deep of a background in RPGs.
I played 5e off and on through college and afterwards; I was a DM for a Star Wars 5e clone for a few months until I got burnt out. The idea of playing D&D for me has always been better than actually playing it, in my experience. Maybe it was just the group I was in, but it usually was tedious and often boring; the food and the company were the real reasons I went. I would have my characters make impulsive decisions just to get things rolling and otherwise just sorta sit there and wait for my turn. I (vaguely) remember spending my 21st playing 5e with liquor integrated into the story, that was enjoyable. Designing my campaign was more fun, I put a lot of effort into making interesting stories, puzzles and encounters, but ultimately it ended up being too much to maintain.
I'm not playing any tRPGs right now, maybe again some time, idk. I grew up playing computer RPGs, I sometimes play them now but not very often; TheGreatWhatever once told me that he thought computer games were "chore simulators", I thought that pretty apt. Books are infinitely better.
I normally add it to salads but occasionally sauté it with avocado oil, onion, garlic, and fresh ground pepper and salt. Like spinach, a big gob of it cooks down instantly to a fraction of its original apparent mass. Delish.
:100: :smirk:
The new economic boom ushering in a new golden age will result from custom 3d printed squash molds. Everyone will store strange shaped squash on their shelves as food statues and it'll become an epidemic of crippling aesthetic addiction, especially around Halloween.
Squash statues, the genesis of a new religion.
Sometimes I kick myself when I think of what others have done with their ttRPG experiences from the '70s & '80s – converting their game worlds / favorite PCs into epic fiction: George RR Martin, R Scott Bakker, James SA Corey, Scott Lynch, Steven Brust, Raymond E Feist, Ian C Esslemont, Steven Erikson, ... Joss Whedon. This had never occurred to me and I've no idea why it didn't; I've always loved fantasy, scifi & horror, yet when I began writing fiction in the late 80s my literary interests were mainly absurdist, experimental (though not p0m0), and historical in novella & short story forms rather than novels or epic series.
Just the excuse I needed to get a 3D printer. Goodbye fiestaware.
Radioactive fiestaware should complement Squashtatues™. Maybe you can induce polyploidy in the seeds with those plates. Get yourself a lead china cabinet.
Continued reading contextualized what you all were saying. In my circles, RPG is rocket propelled grenade. I could see you and in your basements prepping god's good work. :lol: There has likewise been some confusion around BLM of late (Bureau of Land Management, or, as the enviros call it, Bureau of Livestock and Mining). I much prefer the new "Black Lives Matter." It's a chore keeping up with the changing acronyms.
I wonder, JR, what you make of this (@ the intersection of your RPGs & mine):
https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/09/us/six-days-in-fallujah-iraq-video-game/index.html
I agree with Abdulelah:
"I am disgusted that this is something that will be producing profit when people like me suffered the consequences of this war and will have to watch people play it for fun," Abdulelah, 28, told CNN. "I just can't get past the inhumanity."
While I take issue with the word "inhumanity" I get her point and think there is no "history" being taught here. It's simply a money-maker at best, and a confederate-statue of history at worst.
Thanks for this. :up:
:up:
On a side note, the only "video game" I ever played was "Space Invaders" back in the late 70s. So acronyms are hard to keep up with. .gov is the worst. I feel very uncomfortable with and conflicted about war, so making a game out of it never appealed to me. My son used to do Counter Strike (?) but now he's distracted by his "intro to philosophy" course. LOL!
I admired your paintings. Also the kale.
*not sure why I missed this thread?*
Quoting James Riley
:grin:
Update: downsized further mostly due health issues (slowly on the mend) ...
- listening to music
- discussing philosophy (online)
https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/comment/603428
As far as analogue role playing games go, my jam is (still) *low/no prep, rules lite & roleplay heavy* (i.e. so TotM, not maps & minis) rpgs such as
[i]Blood & Honor
Cairn
Freeform Universal[/i] (FU)
[i]Lasers & Feelings
Tricube Tales[/i]
(secondarily: FitD games, Houses of the Blooded, PbtA games (except DW), Sorcerer (+ suppliments) & Zenobia)
Lately, I like to watch actual plays of "narrative games" like these on Youtube. :nerd:
No digital games – for me, they automate (eliminate) too much players' improvisational creativity (since all possible actions / reactions are already scripted (coded) in the program), fully cybernetic illusionism / railroading.
We both do some wood carving when arthritic pain allows and I still grow some vegetables every summer - in containers now, since digging is beyond my capability.
Bread - french, focaccia, ciabatta, semolina, sourdough, cinnamon, cranberry walnut, naan
Pizza - anything from Margherita, to seafood - clam, scallops, shrimp, to goat cheese sun dried tomatoes and asparagus, to chicken tikka masala, to apple
Yeah those were the days. I have not done anything in BASIC in years. I kind of got into
Small Basic which is kind of cool and used it for programming introduction courses for kids. But I have not done that for years either.
Look at my icon, from a BASIC program on infinite compositions of complex functions. :cool:
composing music (infrequently, like:
writing
reading
role-playing games (dndbeyond.com)
computer games (currently: Chaos Gate, Hades, Slay the Spire)
Non-academic: gym, skiing (gotta learn how to snowboard), reading, and to a lesser extent writing and games. I enjoy debating but it is more of a toxic trait than hobby.
Sounds like you'd accept pineapple, on some occasions.
White pizza too, I think.
But have you tried Barbecue Pizza?
(to be clear, this is an abomination to me that many people i know love lol)
I do a few variations on white. With ricotta or without.
I do not recall doing barbecue. The tikka masala started as a joke. We were talking about what to make next and my son said tikka masala. If he had said barbecue I would have tried it, We like the tikka masala on occasion but the barbecue might have been one and done.
If you ever get to chance pineapple, I recommend it with spicey things -- my favorite way to have the "forbidden" fruit is with pepperoni and jalapenos. The sweet-acid adds just the rights amount of counter-balancing flavor for me.
I don't like BBQ cuz it's too sweet for bread-cheese, for me -- no matter how much meat is there. If I'm hungry of course I'll eat what's presented, but it's just not what I'm looking for in the combo. (though many of my loved ones like it)
I don't think I would like a pizza with the sweet red stuff called BBQ sauce. That is why I have not tried it, or if I did I did not find it memorable.
- Brazillian Jiu jitsu;
- Drums, voice, guitar, bass, keys.. few others, including Irish Whistle!;
- Songwriting in light of the above - 23 albums and counting;
- Free Running/Parkour (mostly handstands and other power moves);
- Writing comedy for television and other stand-ups;
- Writing battle raps that will never see the light of day (though, there is footage of me doing several battles out there on the internet... )
- Collecting/enjoying Whisky/ey and fine Wine;
- Currently Learning Spanish and Arabic;
- Trying to solve the origins of the Voynich manuscript;
- Visiting puppy litters; and
- Writing science fiction (two pieces, thus far.. but one is a Trilogy for which i've only begun the first volume).
I'll cut your throat with monofilament wires
Liquefy your insides like the ebola virus
Get medieval on your ass with blowtorch and plyers
And scatter the parts like Seth did Osiris
How am I doing so far? :razz:
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I like skill based games, like Hades, or tactical like, Chaos Gate.
And I do like RPGs even if there's less freedom than tabletop. A well told story you can influence the outcomes of? Count me in. Favourites include the recent Baldur's Gate 3 and the even more brilliant Palenscape: Torment.
I've been an avid computer gamer, but I like simulators. Having flown sailplanes in my youth, Microsoft Flight Simulator has only now come to the level where it's really quite authentic and you can navigate actually by looking at the lakes, swamps and urban areas (even if the detail still isn't to individual buildings). The only thing missing is the feeling in your butt, the actual roller coaster ride that flying a sailplane, soaring, is. The sights and sounds are how it is. Then Kerbal Space Program is one of my top simulators, the way you can easily learn how flights to the moon and other planets actually happen. And many other simulators and wargames. Wargames as board games are great, but computers help so much in calculating everything.
Now when older, walking and swimming are the type of exercise that an old guy not in shape likes.
:gasp: and I thought my 9 not including EPs and bands was a lot for a hobbyist. Comfortable sharing any links? PM is fine. No worries if not.
Good technique. :up: you studied piano right? I didn’t know the Addinsell piece either, sounds interesting.
Even Horowitz in Der letzte Romantiker finishes a piece (which is of course brilliant) and then says "I cannot do better". Insane.
Nice. Somewhat similar for me, took piano lessons from my mom who is a private piano teacher (one of two jobs) from about age 9 to 13, reached a high intermediate level, then picked it back up in college after focusing on guitar and drums in the interim. I’ve really picked it back up in the past 5 years and want to write some proper classical-ish piano music but have only dabbled; keeps getting pushed to the back burner in favor of other musical projects. The only video of me playing is on instagram; here’s a link although I’m not sure if it will work; I think you at least need an instagram account to view.
https://instagram.com/p/B7_8NhXlpsz/
Are you real, Amadeus, or are you an AI bot? :gasp:
And of course the feeling is extremely limited. It won't give you the feeling what's it like to be in a spin. You can get easily 2,5G even in a sailplane when making hard turns or a loop. Just put the speed over 200km/h and you'll get the momentum. Soaring is easily like being in a huge roller coaster, although it's far more softer as there are no tracks that make roller coaster bumpy and uncomfortable. After learning to fly, I never felt car sickness anymore.
The good thing in aircraft simulators is that you indeed give the same input (use the throttles and the stick similarly) and for computers it's easy to calculate the physics of the plane. Thus modern sims are really helpful. But human motion isn't so and there's so many ways you can walk that simply cannot be "played" well on a computer. So I'm not a great enthusiast of FPS or sport games.
Quoting Benkei
Hahah, this is genuinely the type of stuff I used to write. But, battle rap is very homophobic so it takes a certain type of skin to get on with it.
When I roll up, you fold up like confessing to a priest
Like a warlord in Africa, i'm coming for your teeth
Told you schmucks I'm the Lord here in these streets
Put here by God, you can't see me, like a ding-en sich.
Please kill me.
Quoting Noble Dust
To be clear, I spent about a decade doing drugs and recording music. It wasn't a great time, but the resulting media is meaningful to me haha. Here's something from my Soundcloud. As you can see, this hasn't been updated in years... and every thing on it is demo - though, technically that's true for everything I've ever done bar one studio recording for a friends audio engineering course lol. I don't have access to the laptop with my library on it currently, but It's safe.
Any of your own?
Quoting jgill
Trying to be real! Hahah. Music above, Jiu Jitsu here but I've just realised it's private :( Here you can see I was nominated for a National comedy award (fifth row down, on the right).
I'm at work and can't find links for most of hte other stuff, but you get the picture. It's all horrid, but i'm doing it all! LOL
I also complete forgot to mention that I also spent abotu a decade advocating for Psychedelics in medicine in New Zealand and abroad. It was semi-successful and we got a couple of studies done, but I became disillusioned and moved away from it about 18 months ago.
And i used to lecture at Universities about Ancient History ala Graham Hancock. In fact, he is a good friend of mine. Yes. I am now showing off.
Didn't you ever try kakis, benkei? :razz: I don't know why they are translated into English as persimmons.
Nice dude. Some cool guitar chords there.
Sure, here's a few tracks from my bandcamp:
Songs:
https://matthewanderson.bandcamp.com/track/definite-form
https://matthewanderson.bandcamp.com/track/our-bones
Ambient:
https://matthewanderson.bandcamp.com/track/eternal-dead-ballfields
Very industrious. I have no hobbies.
The closest thing to a hobby I had was 20 years drinking whisky and meeting strangers in bars. Loved almost every minute of that, but quit to save my liver.
If you’re of the type, I recommend Crumbling Jazz off of my Soundcloud. 16 minutes. Was spamming Pink Floyd at the time. Some of my best guitar work by far. It’s better high
Ah cool, we're former barfly brothers! (Btw, fucking "healthy livers" are overrated, mate.) :smirk:
:up: Could be. I gave up smoking, then booze and now I'm kind of healthy but bored.... :death:
Javi. Local Guide user.
If you are planning to visit Madrid one day, I am your trustworthy Local Guide user!
:cool: :up:
It's an extremely fun and satisfying game. www.therangeplanet.proboards.com