I mean, you don’t have to buy those absurdly expensive single cards to have fun. I bought my first cards in 1997 and have been playing on and off since then. I have only ever bought pre made decks or booster packs, not once have I even been tempted to buy some stupidly expensive single card.

You can buy a starter pack that comes with two decks for you and a friend to learn to play with for like £15 - 20.

I won’t deny some of the shit it out of control expensive but you don’t need any of that trash to both learn to play and have fun with it!

Yeh I was, if you are after some recommendations of where to start then:

Future: The best place to start is with “Too Future” mixes. They have a SoundCloud page that collects all their mixes and will give you plenty of artists to try out.

Wave: Have a look for things like Klimeks, Sorsari, hnrk or search for “wavemob” who have some mixes from some different artists.

Hyper pop: PC Music is the label / thing to look for but you’ll find artists like AG Cook, GFOTY (girl friend of the year) and Sophie

Leftfield Bass: This is sort of less defined so will have a lot of different things under the moniker. There are worse places to start than the label Swamp 81 though or have a look at the tag on bandcamp maybe.

I definitely wouldn’t personally say techno at all but everyone has different perceptions of different genres.

The drum beat on the 7 8 Groove track is almost drum and bass in how it sounds.

The rest of the tracks I would put somewhere like wave or leftfield bass maybe, although they don’t sound super bass focused on the shitty headphones I’m using right now.

Some of the tracks have a sort of earlier Flume feel in places which at the time (2013 ish) was called Future or future pop. Flume mixed in more trap elements but the wavier edge you have reminds me a bit of him.

You may also want to check out PC Music which is its own branch of the future pop/ hyper pop sort of sounds of a decade plus ago and again you seem to have some elements of that.

Genres are never clear cut xD

Not my jam at all but variety is the spice of life and it would be boring if we all liked the same stuff.

Good to hear that you have recovered from that brutal accident though and even better that you haven’t been put off of riding! Stay safe out there :D

Odesza

Slow Magic

Phaeleh

Clubroot

Tycho

Purity Ring

Giraffage

Catching Z’s mix series by Zeds Dead

Emanicipator is fucking awesome, I listen to “Soon It Will Be Cold Enough” nearly every time I take acid, such a fucking good album!

Sounds like we have similar taste as that is probably my favourite too. It is hard fought at the top though as he has so many good books!

Thanks so much for the additional feedback. I did get the game downloaded last night but havent had a chance to actually boot it up and play yet.

I think I’m going to return and give it another go. I hope to enjoy the gameplay as I loved the customisation part last time. Any game that has Work Equip 01’s automatically gains points for me xD

I am just starting on book 4 of the Lee Harden series which follows on from The Remaining by DJ Molles.

I am really enjoying it so far and it makes the book “Abe” that I disliked before make a lot more sense. I don’t know why the reading order I had suggested to do Abe at the end of the original remaining series of books as it makes absolutely no sense there and was part of the reason I disliked it at the time.

These books are less about the infected in general but follow all the characters that I got to know and like from The Remaining books so I am liking it and it bought tears to my eyes again because of that damn dog! I don’t know how but well played Molles!

Not sure what I’m going to listen to once these are all wrapped up though. Haven’t got anything specific lined up.

Black House is up there with my favourites from King! Enjoy!

I haven’t, no, just that brand. The one package of wax I bought lasted me a year before I decided to empty out my pot (I use a wax melting pot designed for body waxing but is basically the same thing as a crock pot) and replace the whole thing with clean stuff.

I have just bought some more of the same brand because I had had good success with that one and when I looked at what else was available it was either more expensive or contained Teflon which i didn’t want due to the environmental aspect.

I also did a bit of research into making my own (see the video I posted to another reply in this thread as an example) but came to the conclusion it would cost me the same or a bit more in money and last me less kms so I just went with what I have experience with already.

I too do the two chain swap although I’m considering getting a third just for winter. My pot takes 3 to 4 hours to heat up and melt all that wax so especially in winter if I can spend a day at home switching through and waxing all the chains I think having 3 will make my next winter more bearable as I really don’t want to go back to disgusting, dirty oil!

You may find this video by Trace Velo helpful where he goes into details of a replacement product he substituted the Teflon for and has had good results.

However personally I use the Silca secret chain blend which although marginally more expensive than what he is talking about I have found last a lot longer than he experienced so it evens out cost vs distance wise, if not being slightly better bang for your buck and they claim is environmentally friendly with no Teflon :)

Using the silca “secret chain blend” wax and using one application of their “super secret chain wax” direct lubricant at the first signs of a squeak that indicates it is going to need rewaxing soon I average around 400km per waxing during the dry months of the year.

I just make sure I give the chain a wipe with a dry microfibre cloth every now and then to remove any dirt and it is pretty much good to go.

I have only been waxing for just over a year and I am still honing my technique, particularly in regards to the chain cleaning in between each waxing. The cleaner the chain the better the adhesion of the wax so I’m hoping to improve those numbers a little bit over time but I don’t think I have too much room for improvement.

The best I have had so far was 550km on one chain waxing. The worst I had was 150km when it was very wet.

Oh really? That is good to know and to be fair I was so pissed off after anxiously waiting for the release and then it being pushed back a few months to improve some stuff the disappointment hit me hard and I didnt look for any updates out of spite.

The only thing I’m glad of is that I tried out a pirate copy before dropping money as I just don’t trust game companies these days and my cautiousness was proved right again.

I might look for an updated repack this evening to try and give it a go with a newer version but I would appreciate an opinion too if you fancy playing some as I may not get time.

Thanks for the response!

Have they improved the handling model in updates for JDM?

I played the demo over a year before release and was super excited for the full release as it handled somewhat like NFS: Underground 2 era which i was OK with.

Full release came around and I tried it out but something was just off and the handling model felt janky and horrible to me. Has it improved over time? I really want to play it to mod out some sweet JDM rides but just couldn’t stick with it that first try as it was just not fun to play.

Mine looks like this permanently!

The wonders of waxing instead of oil <3 (although I won’t be nearly as positive about it in winter when I’m rewaxing that cunt every 200km)

This was my first thought. I love nearly all of Lovecrafts work but this is one of the few exceptions. Reanimator is just trash tier in comparison to everything else.

I want Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath!

Also interested in this question as an avid Soggfy user.

My current work around that is still successfully working is to install the mainline Spotify client and download a playlist so that I am able to play the files locally, then reinstalling soggfy and play the playlist from the local files to rip what I need.

It is an extra step or two which is annoying for sure but it is still working as of two days ago for me.

That suits me, I couldn’t care less about the smart watch crap that is included on most of their watches, I have it for the fitness tracking. So even better!

Appreciate the replies and definitely going to look into this watch a little bit more. I like the aesthetic of it and the fact it still has buttons as that is an absolute must for me.

It seems like I record more activities than the average person so probably can’t get as much life out of it but even one extra day is a 50% improvement over what I get right now!