and just...Yeah.. yeaaah! mmmhmmm......

And since WoS feels left out, I'm wondering, how are you doing as a parent with the whole raising a kid stuff?
Like, did you read up on any of it, or get like broushuers from your interests in the vicinity or?
Even though it'll be a while before I'll be a dad, I'm already scared.

Edit:spoilers

mordek

United States12704 Posts

August 19 2013 14:54 GMT

#662

Thank you to whoever posted the new madeon.

Also, three weeks out from our due date :O Be joining you soon Wave.

Ketara

United States15065 Posts

August 19 2013 16:14 GMT

#663

On August 19 2013 05:05 JonGalt wrote:
What is your current occupation?

Studied Computer Science in college and am now a Peace Corps Volunteer teaching maths and computers in St. Denis, Lesotho.

From last night but I'm currently waiting on the Peace Corps to finish putting my application through the medical office, which is taking a terribly long time. Hopefully I'll be volunteering early next year.

ReketSomething

United States6012 Posts

August 19 2013 16:41 GMT

#664

On August 19 2013 18:05 zodde wrote:
Asked this earlier, but it got drowned in anime talk, so i'll try again.

If I play Pokemon Black first, should I play Black 2 after, or could I just as well play White 2?

Doesn't matter which one. (you can play white 2, its what i did)

kainzero

United States5211 Posts

August 19 2013 17:11 GMT

#665

On August 19 2013 15:41 wei2coolman wrote:
Any of you guys do martial arts? looks like I got invited by a friend to join a local wing chun group. Pretty informal, sorta excited.

I do Filipino Martial Arts.

From what I've seen of Wing Chun it only seems applicable at very close range, standing up. But I'm no expert and I haven't studied Wing Chun in depth, so take my opinion with a grain of salt.

In "real" fights, I believe it's just like sports in that the more athletic person will almost always have an advantage, and it's hard to offset that with skill and technique. Especially in fighting, where skill and technique have an extremely high learning curve. I've been practicing for 2 years and I still feel like an untrained person would be a major threat to me.

Scip

Czech Republic11293 Posts

August 19 2013 18:00 GMT

#666

Wing Chun is really cool, it's the 2nd coolest martial art imo, right behind Taekwondo (because in Taekwondo you have shit like 720 jumping spinning hook kick LOL), but can't comment on its usefulness. I don't think martial arts are very useful in "real fights", apart from Parkour imo hue

Slayer91

Ireland23335 Posts

August 19 2013 18:24 GMT

#667

except for the fact that any muai thai/kick/boxer etcetc will easily 1 hit ko any random idiot that gets into a fight with said guy

Scip

Czech Republic11293 Posts

August 19 2013 18:50 GMT

#668

ye I mean Wing Chun is cool because you get like 10 punches a second in if you are really good which is kinda ridiculous but yeah why would you care about how effective it is in "real" fights anyway
that's not what martial arts are for

Badboyrune

Sweden2247 Posts

August 19 2013 18:51 GMT

#669

Disregarding its actual use in a real fight what kind of people do martial arts to become better at real life fighting? I mean if I had to chose a martial art to practice how useful it would be in an actual fight would not even come into consideration.

Scip

Czech Republic11293 Posts

August 19 2013 18:53 GMT

#670

Krav Maga or other actual martial art used in modern military, except those that rely on their weapons is my best guess

these martial arts get -50% coolness for being 100% efficient though. You really want to beat them in a style, Taekwondo or Capoeira or something like that.

Zess

Adun Toridas!9144 Posts

August 19 2013 19:04 GMT

#671

The most effective martial arts are also the least flashy and most boring. Its why they're effective.

NeoIllusions

United States37500 Posts

August 19 2013 19:09 GMT

#672

On August 20 2013 04:04 xes wrote:
The most effective martial arts are also the least flashy and most boring. Its why they're effective.

deep

MoonBear

Straight outta Johto18973 Posts

August 19 2013 19:28 GMT

#673

On August 19 2013 17:13 Lylat wrote:
Damn I read MoonBear post so I started playing Pokemon Black and now I'm addicted

Totally ~~not~~ sorry.

When going from BW to BW2, the colour doesn't matter so much. One thing to note though is that if you choose the different colours for BW and BW2 you actually end up catching the same feature legendary. (This is because of story reasons but I won't spoil it for you.)

kainzero

United States5211 Posts

August 19 2013 19:49 GMT

#674

I do think of martial arts as any fighting style, so I would throw in Western boxing and wrestling in there. Whether it's for artful performance, actual combat, or sanctioned sport combat is a different story, but they're all valid reasons for practicing it, as long as you know what you're getting out of it.

WaveofShadow

Canada31494 Posts

August 19 2013 19:54 GMT

#675

On August 19 2013 18:59 Duvon wrote:
First you listen to: + Show Spoiler +

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhyhP_5VfKM

Then you listen to: + Show Spoiler +

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uT_WRVzD3XI

Haha it's ok honestly I don't mind being left out of these conversations---I talk about my kid way too much as is and not many people can relate.

Mordek that's amazing! If you need any advice or have any questions feel free to PM me at any time. I got a lot of helpful advice from a TLer early on in my wife's pregnancy and it honestly really helped and I'd love to pay it forward somehow.

Scip

Czech Republic11293 Posts

August 19 2013 19:56 GMT

#676

Different martial arts were created for different purposes
Judo/Jiujutsu for fighting armored dudes
Karate for fighting normal dudes
Capoeira for fighting white dudes while also looking like a dance
Muay Thai for fighting dudes when you don't have time to fuck around
Savate for fighting sea dudes while on a boat
Eskrima for fighting dudes when you have a few sticks on hand
Taekwondo for a cool national sport
and then Krav Maga for just killing dudes left and right not giving a crap and just maiming everyone who comes into your range

none of those things are particularly useful but there you go, if you plan on doing any of these things you can pick the appropriate martial art

wei2coolman

United States60033 Posts

August 19 2013 20:04 GMT

#677

On August 20 2013 03:51 Badboyrune wrote:
Disregarding its actual use in a real fight what kind of people do martial arts to become better at real life fighting? I mean if I had to chose a martial art to practice how useful it would be in an actual fight would not even come into consideration.

Pretty much this. Just picking it up as something to fill time, and I've always had some interest in it.
The centerline structure behind it seemed pretty interesting. Sifu (master) Jin is currently coaching Tony Ferguson (winner of Ultimate Fighter 13), which is pretty cool. So take that as you will in terms of Wing Chun and some of its practicality in stand up fighting.

On August 20 2013 04:49 kainzero wrote:
I do think of martial arts as any fighting style, so I would throw in Western boxing and wrestling in there. Whether it's for artful performance, actual combat, or sanctioned sport combat is a different story, but they're all valid reasons for practicing it, as long as you know what you're getting out of it.

In terms of ease to pick up, boxing and wrestling are super effective in teaching a nooby in self defense.

On August 20 2013 05:05 Osmoses wrote:
Aikido if you feel strongly against hurting your opponent :p

Aikido is the exact opposite of that. If you're sparring against someone who has no idea how aikido throws work, rather than following the wristlock into the throw, they'll just resist and break their wrist.
Also, aikido is no joke, my friend tossed a dude twice her weight with an aikido throw. Was impressive.

Osmoses

Sweden5302 Posts

August 19 2013 20:05 GMT

#678

Aikido if you feel strongly against hurting your opponent :p

Scip

Czech Republic11293 Posts

August 19 2013 20:39 GMT

#679

ye, Aikido just breaks wrists and knees. One guy who does that apparently broke his sparring partner's wrist and it will take about a year and a half to heal, because wrist is just a mess full of shitty small bones.