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    sundancer
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    ### Start of shameless copy and paste ###

    First time visitor to OTT? Then please introduce yourself in the New Member Thread and look around in the Project System. Then come back and read on…

    https://www.beastsofwar.com/forums/topic/introduce-yourselves-new-member-thread/

    https://www.beastsofwar.com/project/

    Read all of this before you start as it will save you any trouble later.

    First thing you must do is make your “pledge”. It can be anything gaming related, big or small, and you don’t even have to finish it. No, in here, happiness is the road. Have fun doing whatever it is, but it is not a race. Accompany your work with pictures or we might think you are do something sinister and just using us for cover.

    You are also presented with a few questions. It is to get the conversation started. Try and keep your answers ‘conversational’, no text speak, and certainly no “basically”. This is how we all get to know each other better. While you are here feel free to tell us a story, show a picture, joke, tales of love or woe, or just add your own little bit. This is the whole point…in here it is just us.

    If you have never taken part before we may bark and bite, but we also like a cuddle! It is all done in the best possible taste and it is character building. feel free to give as good as you get.

    A few other things to note: NO RELIGION & NO POLITICS! Glasgow pub rules are in effect. If you need to make a better point then it is fine, but don’t take the piss. And always keep it civil. This includes no philosophy, no home computer culture wars.

    Play plenty of music to go with your work. Loud and through proper speakers. Write us a playlist of things we might not have heard before.

    Now, after all of that there is only one ‘real’ rule in here and it cannot be broken: NO DICKS! (Exceptions may be made for little fighting men with little plastic/resin/metal wieners)

    And don’t forget the highlights of the weekend: The Weekender on Friday and XLBS on Sunday. And the little show that is the unofficial Hobby Hangout over at twitch.tv

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    Question of the week:

    • Hobby heroes that have gone dark. Every one of us who has been into this hobby for more than 10 years has one or more hobby hero who has either stopped doing anything at all for any kind of reason, have died or (in some cases) gone in a completely different direction and are no longer doing stuff you enjoy watching. I’d like to hear some names of your hobby heroes.

    And don’t forget the Secret Satan 2024 community thingy!

    And now back to the show.

    #1894837

    sundancer
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    Pledge: be more mindful of the people around me.

    My answer:

    There have been some Hobby Heroes that I enjoyed watching that then went on weird ways or content I didn’t like. One example is Black Magic Craft. At some point 3D stuff took over MDF and foam crafting and that’s when I left the channel. Mel has also been a “candidate” for this list. Not because I didn’t enjoy his content (far from it) but he had seemed to have lost his mojo and it all went south. (See his cry for help from a few days ago). And then there are those who where taken from us way before their time. TotalBiscuit being a prime example. I have yet to find someone who’s video game related content I enjoy as much as his.

    Speaking of TB: his 1 minute 40k lore video is just bonkers great. Enjoy:

    #1894839

    grantinvanman
    Participant
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    Pledge: don’t get massively inspired by all the awesome Samurai goodness and fall into the darkest pit of hobby insanity! Case in point, this 1:300 Castle Osaka model photo I took today… how does one NOT get fired up by this?!?
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    My answer:

    For me, the old GW Canada HQ people are the ones I have lost contact with, and would really like to know what they’re up to. It’s been forever since GW regressed into the Memphis HQ. So many good people were cast aside when they did it… I’ll randomly run into one every now and then. Which is cool. I don’t go to social media, so it’s kind of like 1950s random encounters …

     

    Otherwise, there’s definitely a pall overall with some of the names and companies either passing on, or retiring – with no continuity… too many to list.

    Anyway, off to see Kyoto at night. 🇯🇵

    #1894840

    limburger
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    TotalBiscuit is the only one that comes to mind. Great reviews of games and good content. Such a shame cancer got to him.

    Jim Sterling … , but I just lost interest in pc gaming in general to want to keep up with all the negativity.  I doubt his transition to female was a good idea, but the man made his choice and he always was a bit weird (to say the least).

    I’ve been subscribed to so many youtubers, but only follow a few of them on a regular basis.

    Part of the problem is how brutal the youtube algorithm is for content creators. If you don’t release a new video every week your channel disappears from view which results in less views for your videos and so on. The only ones that survive this appear to be the ones that have a more reliable source of income as sooner or later they will burn out.

    YouTube really isn’t suited for someone who creates a library of good content. At some point there simply isn’t anything new to post, which really hurts the channel even though the overall content is timeless.

    It’s weird to have to use YouTube to see anything related to the 80th year memorials for Market Garden … but that’s par for the course these days with our public tv channels.

    https://www.youtube.com/live/BafsQ6kPndY?feature=shared

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