Recent content by ggroy

Once after one has mastered technique, the one thing I find which is really important is writing composition. I never learned how to write properly, other than by trial and error. The stuff I write may sound like a mindless flash of notes, but it doesn't really keep my attention in terms of...

I use to do this too, but back in the early days of 4E D&D. At the time circa mid-late 2008 -> 2009, I thought the 4E modules and settings books were rather lackluster. So I ended up using Pathfinder stuff and adapted it to my then 4E games. (I haven't purchased any Pathfinder books since...

In a more general sense, I've come across this too with individuals who have independently acquired "expertise", but whom dropped out of college (or high school). For example, some niches where I have came across a lot of know-it-all types without much (if any) formal education, are: -...

The know-it-all mentality isn't just restricted to medical doctors. If one meets a lot of people, it will be easy to see that the know-it-all mentality is just about everywhere independent of background (ie. class, education, etc ...). My conjecture is that it is a highly ingrained part of a...

It turned out my now ex-wife hated gamer types. (Years later I found out her brothers were gamer types, whom she really despised. I suspect she was "projecting" her own disgust with them, onto me and other nerdy/gamer types). For many years prior, she had no inkling that I use to play D&D...

Are you planning to play live gigs (such as at a nightclub) ? Back in the day when I use to play in a band, I had a Marshall stack. Eventually I sold off the stack and most of my old guitar equipment when I stopped playing in bands altogether. It became too cumbersome to haul around when I...

Not something that can be really described in words. It's more important to hear what an actual amp sounds like, than any particular brand names or technical specs. If there's a music store nearby (whether used or new), I usually tried out several different amps to get an idea what sounds like...

For the longest time, the only "scale" I knew was chromatic. :p Then again, I probably wasn't really playing anything that resembled "music" all those years. (Back in the day, I use to play a lot of stuff that would probably be called "death metal" these days, before the term "death metal"...

Most of all, you should be playing what you like and/or want to play. There is no point in learning to play stuff you are not interested in. If you're not interested in stuff like scales, chord constructions, etc ..., then you shouldn't waste your time on it. (Some may call this undisciplined...

In my first few years of playing guitar, I wasn't particularly well disciplined. I didn't pay attention to any music theory related stuff like scales, chord construction, keys, etc ... I was mostly just playing fast fingering patterns which didn't conform to any particular musical conventions...

When I first learned how to play a guitar, I was mostly playing power chords really fast. Easiest type of chord to play in a mindless/fast manner. Initially it was fine if one is into repetitive punk rock or metal type of stuff. (Dunno about other music genres). If one is into guitar solos...

My rationale for a possible 2+ years delay in buying ANY 5E/Next books, is that the announcements for 3.5E and 4E Essentials happened around the one-and-a-half to two-and-a-half year mark after the initial release of the original respective 3E or 4E core books. IIRC, the earliest unofficial...

I don't have any plans to buy any 5E/Next books, for at least a year or two. I'll be taking a wait-and-see approach, largely to see whether the splatbook treadmill is started up again. I'm trying to avoid jumping onto another "treadmill" that feeds into my "compulsive completionist" mindset...

My main petty reason against buying 5E/Next, is largely to avoid jumping onto another splatbook "treadmill". Most likely I'll wait another year or so, to see whether the splatbook treadmill is started up again. (Despite semi-official assertions to the contrary).

Were the original versions ever released on dvd?