=ONLY MIDS= Xrd Intermediate Bracket reg is up!! as always, beginners welcome, wired connections only w connection test for new folks outside of the NA west coast region, 64 player cap. (sorry no art yet, got other work obligations first) start.gg/only-mids

Went to day one of Push Block yesterday as all three games I was interested in were that day. I will compile the rest of the pictures and post them later, but for now, a few fun highlights:

Recently used @ohpoorpup.bsky.social's services to recap this second hand TEAC CX-350 I bought a few years ago, figuring it probably could use it. I was able to pick it up from her yesterday and it has been fun listening to various tapes throughout today. Sounds cleaner... definitely worth it.

Put together my non-UMAD Montreal picks. An assortment of apartments, metro stations, plants, and sights along the canal. www.flickr.com/photos/20168...

Took a lot of fun pictures in Montreal, but I do love these two from the Charlevoix metro station. The contrast of beautiful, colored glass along the escalator going down with the dark, gated off stairway at the platform to what I assume is a no longer used entrance.

One of the fun things I discovered about buying the soundtrack of a game that was in early access: soundtrack patches.

Probably one of my fastest turnarounds yet... my photos from UMAD 2025. Still learning and improving, but quite happy with a number of these. Lots of focus on Xrd and +R because personal bias. www.flickr.com/photos/20168...

Home from Montreal/UMAD. Will have more pictures to share as I go through them. Right now, happy to be with my cats again and they appear to have not completely forgotten me.

Last night I wanted to go to La Banquise for poutine after the tournament. But even at 1030pm it was packed with a line of thirty out the door. Got piri piri chicken poutine next door instead. Today I went to get beers with a friend and got traditional poutine.

Did a fair amount of walking around today. Checked in at UMAD, played some games with arcfieri before having to go to NDG for dinner and board games with friends. Tomorrow is the big day of P4AU and Xrd so that will be really fun.

It is fucked up what they did to the headphone jack

It has been great being back in Montreal. Walking a bit, resting a lot... enjoying good food. Had duck tartare for the first time last night (my first tartare ever) and it was divine. Today for lunch I had a char siu bang mi that was great.

I love the unique ways Montreal encourages people to be pedestrians.

Je suis en Montréal. (Pardon my French)

Why am I up this early? Why does this time exist? The joys of 7 am international flights

unmasked scooby-doo villain: AND I'VE WOULD'VE GOTTEN AWAY WITH IT TOO!! IF IT WEREN'T FOR MY OWN LACK OF FORESIGHT AND PLANNING FOR VARIOUS CONTINGENCIES! fred: wow unmasked scooby-doo villain: what? fred: nothing, we've just never had someone take accountability like that

Excited to head out to Montreal tomorrow for UMAD for Xrd, +R, and P4AU. Then next weekend heading down to Seattle for Just Block to play the same three games. And seeing some of the same people at both tournaments will be fun.

Feels surreal that in 48 hours I will be on a plane, in the air, on my way to Montreal. Feels more ridiculous that I am expected to be productive at work for two days before that.

Delving back into film photography, slowly. Local film shop had this posted on their ebay page, and I figured what better way to get back into a medium with a 70 year old camera that is manual everything and for focus I have to guess how many feet I am from the subject, set it, and hope it is good.

I firmly believe that Plato had a cat. I have not done nor will I do further research to verify this claim.

12 matches in tournaments tonight going 7-5. 3-2 in Dustbowl to get 4th (out of 12) and 4-3 in A-Rank Ladder Rev2sday to get 8th (out of 19). Had fun and felt some passive improvement of things.

yeah, for sure everyone wants to wear the device that judges your parenting 24/7

Went to visit my parents, so I went to the beach near their house that I went to a lot growing up.

Went on another hike this weekend. This one was a bit more challenging and did not make it the whole way. Still a good workout and got some nice pictures.

Very interesting article on the damage a rogue localizer can do to a game as Silksong's Chinese release sits at 52% positive - the translator not only shared a bunch of info pre-release, breaking NDA, the localization itself was highschool-flowery. A wild read. www.loekalization.com/blog/blog/20...

You know how gun nuts say gun control is like the Nazis disarming Jews to prevent them from fighting back vs genocide, well, this is actually that. This is the Trumpists trying to prevent self-defense by a tiny minority group while explicitly seeking that group's destruction. This is ACTUALLY that

A few recent pictures of my cats with the new lens

Got a new lens for my camera. Decided to take it out to a local park to try it out. I have primarily used a 35mm prime lens so having a decent zoom was a nice treat (15-55mm).

... Ok, I know that Microsoft added AI to notepad for reasons I cannot comprehend... I am copying text to put into Foundry because the text window I have to work with is small and this needs html style text formatting. So I put it in notepad because that is one of the things notepad is good at.

Hi! This is your annual reminder that your fighting game character is supposed to have weaknesses. Retweet this whenever you need to remind someone.

Cats are easier pets to raise and care for than dogs but not for the reasons most ppl assume (cats are just as affectionate and in need of enrichment and attention as dogs, but dogs require you to interact with the public)

People will say that having pets is not the same as having kids and yet this morning I found myself saying, "Stop eating paper. You will ruin your appetite."

Windows has become the Idiocracy meme where a guy watches TV but there's ads around the video. Paint has sign-in and ai. Notepad has sign-in and ai. Start menu is just a big ad space. It auto-installs sponsored apps like Linkedin This system costs $199. You paid for it, even if it came with the PC

Decided that vinyl was not enough of a hassle, so I decided to fire this up in in the first time in forever. Hoping to get it recapped soon. Might look for more reels online. Not sure. Something about it is really nice though.

took me a second to realize everyone posting about haliburton is talking about basketball

A month later, I have finally worked through my #combobreaker pictures. Still learning, and I have learned things to hopefully make my pictures even better at my next event. Also had fun shooting with a new lens I was renting. www.flickr.com/photos/20168...

Wrong. This is what men, women and non-binary people want.

“Trump is using military forces to stop a protest — I want y'all to consider what kind of government it appears to be when every time we exercise our democratic right to protest, the military is deployed against us.” Doechii at the #BETAwards

Had leftover blueberries and buttermilk from yesterday's baking experiment, so what was I supposed to do? Try making blueberry buttermilk pancakes. (I have never made pancakes entirely on my own before. Definitely a learning experience with room for improvement.)

Made a berry slump. Blackberry, blueberry, and raspberry. Not bad for a first attempt.

I just told my window loving cat, Piquette, that I can't open the window because it's as hot as it was yesterday. Then my millennial winter soldier brain activated and I blurted out, "Yesterday? Yesterday you said you'd call Sears." There are only 11 Sears locations still open in 2025.

Still going through my pictures of Combo Breaker, but found this one that I really liked. The last moment of Xrd Grand Finals, Cade vs Cros n' Socks. It was an incredible top 8 series and I look forward to next year. #combobreaker

I want to thank Pat for sharing this and thus providing the inspiration of my fever dream last night. All of my fever dreams seem to be about struggling to solve some puzzle or problem, and the minecraft maze was the puzzle featured last night.

For those who were at Combo Breaker, I tested positive for Covid this morning.

Day 2 of #combobreaker: Xrd day. And also P4AU. And finishing New Turf Masters. Had fun playing TheArm in bracket and watching other Rams play. Played a few long sets of casuals, and was impressed how busy the arcade was after 10 pm.

Day One of #combobreaker. A few pics from today. Did Neo Turf Master and it was fun. I wandered around a bit, checking out the arcade, main hall, and side hall, as well as where Mystery Tournament was. Took a lot of pictures, but here are a few selections. More will be shared later next week.

Combo Breaker 2025, day zero. The hotel has special combo breaker keys for those staying her. Lots of Xrd and +R to be found. And Rock Band (or... whatever game it is, I do not know the difference between them.) #combobreaker

REV2SDAY 5/20/25 TOP 8 IS LIVE! Solstice vs abridge White Beast vs Fiery ElvenShadow vs Takeahnase Akai vs kevatog twitch.tv/pattheflip #rev2forev2

@pattheflip.bsky.social UMAD is having Xrd (for the sake of Xrd event call outs)

REV2SDAY 5/13/25 RESULTS ARE IN! 1. @baikenplayer.bsky.social 2. Solstice 3. Lotu5 One more R2D before Combo Breaker, we'll catch you next week! VOD: www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHQd... #rev2forev2