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Bodanarko posted:What’s with people in TG being so aggressive about poo poo for no reason lol. Just getting worked up into a frothing rage and taking digs at other posters over furniture It's not TG in particular. It's Bottom Liner being a specific vein of explosive anus. Anyway Wyrmwood seems like it's run by dumbass libertarian nerds who think everyone should have the free market choice to reenact those nightmare scenarios from the fork lift safety videos. The materials they work with definitely were underpriced when they started, and now wood prices are through the roof and they clearly don't know how to handle either end of that. Definitely seems like a company that will be in the dog house soon, and not just because of "hand-crafted bespoke dog beds." 
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Bottom Liner posted:We’ve said nothing but reasonable things about why Wyrmwood is bad but you do you buddy. I am literally the one who posted this latest mess of theirs to this thread along with assorted other criticism. Nuns with Guns posted:Anyway Wyrmwood seems like it's run by dumbass libertarian nerds who think everyone should have the free market choice to reenact those nightmare scenarios from the fork lift safety videos. The materials they work with definitely were underpriced when they started, and now wood prices are through the roof and they clearly don't know how to handle either end of that. Definitely seems like a company that will be in the dog house soon, and not just because of "hand-crafted bespoke dog beds." Frankly surprised they haven’t gotten in big trouble off workplace safety stuff based on their videos, I work in occupational health & safety and half the stuff they throw on YouTube would have me panicking at work. They need competent PR/media folks that aren’t just YouTube bros and clearly need some dweeb with an MBA to do market research so they can hit the gray zone between “underpricing and nearly collapsing company with demand” and “failing to sell 1,000 desks”
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Tried to search for this and haven't been following the thread lately but someone's selling coins that act as dice when you flip them. For example a D12 coin will have 6 numbers on one side and 6 on the other and a little metal ball inside the coin rattles around and lands in a spot kinda roulette-like. $25 for one coin or $99 for a set of seven. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/atlasmundi/pieces-of-fate-immersive-dice-coins 
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HiriseSoftware posted:Tried to search for this and haven't been following the thread lately but someone's selling coins that act as dice when you flip them. For example a D12 coin will have 6 numbers on one side and 6 on the other and a little metal ball inside the coin rattles around and lands in a spot kinda roulette-like. $25 for one coin or $99 for a set of seven.
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Wow bottom liner got 3 days for that? That feels a bit much.
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dwarf74 posted:I guess I am just too old a nerd for this kind of thing. Dice - like normai polyhedral ones - seem to work just fine. It's the novelty of it. Having some goofy alternate random number generator to play with at the table. I feel like there would be some bias if it lands on any kind of uneven surface and eventually I'd just expect it to split open and the little ball bearing would fall out, but it's a cute idea, I guess.
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It's interesting but not $25 interesting
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It's the kind of thing I think looks neat and if I had gently caress you amounts of cash I could see myself getting it or picking one up at a con somewhere, but definitely a hard pass for me for price alone.
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Yeah it's cute. I'd buy one for a tenner probably if I were in the mood to spend on something silly.
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Wyrmwood sounds like the type of brand that nerds cling to and make part of their personality
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Their tables seem nice if on the expensive side but at least it has a specific niche function. A modular desk is like something nobody needs unless you just want to just burn cash.
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I was thinking about springing for just the D20 as I like interesting dice and it'd be something to fiddle with but the novelty would wear off for me quickly since I don't play games that use sets of polyhedral dice, although I like dice with different symbols or value distributions or context-sensitive meanings, like Zombie Dice for an easy example or Tiny Epic Dungeons. Those dice coins definitely need a mat though.
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If anyone is ever looking for a game table they can always do what Goobertown Hobbies did https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaqkNmouWq4
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As a neat thing to play around with I like stuff like that coin (though I can't justify buying one myself). I just prefer people use ordinary polyhedral dice if we're actually playing a game, though, because I used to know someone who got one of those D20 rings and insisted on using it despite the fact that it regularly and repeatedly got stuck when he tried to use it. It kinda soured me on alternatives in general. I play 99% of my games online these days, though, so it's entirely a moot point now.
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So in fun crowdfunding news, I actually saw a Twitter reply from the new Kickstarter CEO after he did an interview with TechCrunch:TechCrunch Interview posted:In terms of the kind of the negative side of things, what’s the most common feedback you’ve gotten so far? https://twitter.com/Everette/status/1583754359309234176 So still full steam ahead on blockchain bullshit, just trying to silo it off outside of KS organizationally in response to massive user pushback.
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Yeah, that answer only matters if your concern about them exploring the technology was that it might sink Kickstarter financially, which was not even remotely the concern anyone actually had with it.
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FirstAidKite posted:Wow bottom liner got 3 days for that? That feels a bit much. I think they’re on a bit of a ramp, from reading their rap sheet. I hope they feel better when they get back!
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senrath posted:Yeah, that answer only matters if your concern about them exploring the technology was that it might sink Kickstarter financially, which was not even remotely the concern anyone actually had with it. Yeah, which really isn't a concern, KS is extremely healthy financially right now after they fired 40% of their workforce right at the start of the pandemic.
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Yeah, Kickstarter's new CEO is absolutely a crypto guy. For some reason no-one who interviews him ever presses him on the subject when he deflects and bullshits, but he introduced NFTs at his last place ("because the community asked for it", which, like hell they did) and he's extremely friendly with a lot of NFT guys on social media. It's loving depressing because my current campaign on Kickstarter made in 24 hours what it took a month to raise on Gamefound. Right now, for small indie RPG makers, it's KS or nothing. (Backerkit's platform isn't open to randoms yet, only hand-picked projects likely to make fat stacks -- although as soon as it is I'll jump ship over there and see how it goes.)
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Liquid Communism posted:So still full steam ahead on blockchain bullshit, just trying to silo it off outside of KS organizationally in response to massive user pushback. I've been waiting to hear something about if we could expect a change, and finally that appears to quite concretely put KS into the "gently caress these guys" bin. Considering they how bad they are at communicating, it might be morally necessary for users to leave the platform before that happens. Of course, they are so massively dysfunctional that I would not be surprised if they never actually implement anything and just took a shitload of bad press for no reason, so it's hard to genuinely scold anyone who stays on the platform so long as they recognize that.
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Liquid Communism posted:So in fun crowdfunding news, I actually saw a Twitter reply from the new Kickstarter CEO after he did an interview with TechCrunch: I always love a good blockchain interview where the subject cannot articulate what problem they are even solving with blockchain in crowdfunding. They just throw around words like “decentralize” and “secure” with vague hypotheticals and comparisons. “What if kickstarter but with a decentralized protocol for crowd funding?” It’s hard to imagine how that would even work and what value KS would get out of it. Other than grifting of course.
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https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/chroniclecardsii/painting-pack-kolinsky-sable-and-wolf-bristle-brushes $83 for 14 sable and 14 wolf fiber brushes? and some other goodies, worth it?
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Is Sable really worth it for acrylics? The modern synthetic sables are very very good now.
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The Beast KS has some teething issues.quote:
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Angrymog posted:Is Sable really worth it for acrylics? The modern synthetic sables are very very good now. Every synthetic I've used has been a notable step down, even if they were still good. But maybe I'm not using the right synthetics.
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Synthetics have been very hit or miss, i've had some decent Citadel brushes and then junk others, and then I've got some from Game Envy that were supposedly good but they ended up being junk too, and then I got some from Monument Hobbies, and they're so far the best, but then I've got some literally bottom shelf store generic brushes that have held up longer.
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I'm talking artist grade synthetic sable, not generic synthetic brushes.
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Liquid Communism posted:So still full steam ahead on blockchain bullshit, just trying to silo it off outside of KS organizationally in response to massive user pushback. Hopefully more folks follow Onyx Path to BackerKit.
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A friend who does watercolors recommended Princeton Snap synthetics to me, and they're absolutely fantastic, they're my real workhorse brushes now.
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I've never heard of wolf bristle brushes before. I think modern synthetics are good enough quality to replicate natural sable (depending on price & brand, etc), however I think if you ask a high-level professional painter to directly compare, there will always be slight differences between synthetic and natural. For the painting work I do, synthetic is good enough (but I've still picked up one Sable brush just to have one).
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Angrymog posted:I'm talking artist grade synthetic sable, not generic synthetic brushes. Yeah same
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QML posted an update regarding Blacklist Miniatures FS1 a few days ago - https://www.qmlogistics.com/blacklist/ Seems like there will finally be a way for folks to pay (again) for shipping in a few weeks?
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Ah, Blacklist. Just send me the last little bit of Street Masters and you can go die the quiet death you deserve. It's a real shame that it tanked the Sadlers' reputation as it did though. They were pretty decent together.
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Memnaelar posted:Ah, Blacklist. Just send me the last little bit of Street Masters and you can go die the quiet death you deserve. They also just emailed an update saying that maybe, possibly, in theory, Street Masters will be on a boat like, soon-ish, perhaps. But it's not getting moldy in storage so it's all good.
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So why is this CEO guy promising poo poo that's never going to happen, like one standard for crowd funding on a Blockchain. Just pie in the sky bullshit that's never happen because there's already like a hundred different coins in circulation so why wouldn't indiegogo just say gently caress Kickstarter and make their own Blockchain. Since they're decentralized there's very little risk in starting a new project on a Blockchain.
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NinjaDebugger posted:A friend who does watercolors recommended Princeton Snap synthetics to me, and they're absolutely fantastic, they're my real workhorse brushes now. Oh thanks for this tip! I have family members on at me for Christmas ideas. Perfect.
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Memnaelar posted:Ah, Blacklist. Just send me the last little bit of Street Masters and you can go die the quiet death you deserve. I remember being really upset that I missed out on the Street Masters Kickstarters because the money wasn't right. The games looked pretty fun, too.
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Kwyndig posted:So why is this CEO guy promising poo poo that's never going to happen, like one standard for crowd funding on a Blockchain. Just pie in the sky bullshit that's never happen because there's already like a hundred different coins in circulation so why wouldn't indiegogo just say gently caress Kickstarter and make their own Blockchain. Since they're decentralized there's very little risk in starting a new project on a Blockchain. Yeah, even if they built this one protocol to rule them all, why would any other crowdfunding site want to put themselves on a blockchain project owned by a competitor? It strikes me as the usual crypto nonsense. 'The only reason nobody has a monopoly on this industry is because they haven't built a good enough protocol yet' techbro stuff.
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Liquid Communism posted:Yeah, even if they built this one protocol to rule them all, why would any other crowdfunding site want to put themselves on a blockchain project owned by a competitor? This is entirely me playing devil's advocate, but: the whole concept behind crypto is that it doesn't have an "issuing party." This "FundCoin" or whatever Kickstarter is creating would exist outside of KS and continue to hold value even if KS itself went under, as long as other entities used it too. Which is kind of the rub, really. Also since crypto isn't backed by government securities, one coin would have the same value no matter what country you're in, which makes receiving international funds a non-issue. The downside, of course, is that it's yet another drat cryptocurrency with all their myriad problems.
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