DarthPenguin

I feel you on this one Aurik! Have had multiple instances of someone suddenly having a fright when they spar and realise weight classes exist for a reason!

Pardon the tangent but i am curious about the homeschooling (it is something that rarely happens over here) . How does it work? Does the education board give an ideal list of topics that would need to be covered for exams or do your parents just teach as they see fit? I assume you still get to register for exams etc though? Apologies for the nosiness!

I have also been playing it since the original - i liked how they included the way you took on the gem at the end of the first game into the plot of the second game too.

Thats good that you got it and you are happy with the product itself. Hopefully you can get back the speedy shippings costs

It isn't cheap but i think it's worth it - is a lot bigger than diablo 3 and i think plenty of replay value etc.

Yeah i would agree that the main difference for me is training volume. It is something i have had to mentally adjust to also as you do keep saying "..but i used to do XX" and it takes a while to make the adjustment mentally. When younger i used to train twice a day most days, combination of martial arts, weight lifting and conditioning sessions. Managed it fine, didn't get hurt etc. Now i know that would break me! I found the best way to do it is accept the reality that life (kids etc.) will interfere and plan classes etc accordingly. I track my class attendance and set personal targets etc but i try to factor this in - eg instead of saying i will go to class X 2 times per wk i make it an avg of 1.5 etc. Setting some targets / goals that you can meet help too i find. Sounds like you are being sensible though - not just running into things gung ho and wondering why you get hurt / injured. Best of luck for starting back!

Thats been almost a week now (or longer for anyone with early access). How're you guys finding the game? Myself i think they have done a really good job with it - enjoying it a lot. Only thing i would have liked added would be the old rune system - making rune word items was cool (and items sets too - i liked them a lot!)

Friday 9 June Lifting Session Squats 20kg x 5 40kg x 5 65kg x 5 75kg x 5 85kg x 5 65kg x 5 65kg x 5 65kg x 5 65kg x 5 65kg x 5 These felt good. Knees felt fine too. Really concentrated on 'pushing them out'. When doing it i realised i might have been being slightly lax on it near the end of a rep (i felt a slight difference on way up) so maybe that was the issue! Single handed standing KB press (L+R = total reps) 20kg x 12 20kg x 12 20kg x 12 20kg x 12 20kg x 12 KB Swing 24kg x 18 24kg x 18 24kg x 18 24kg x 18 24kg x 18 Banded Triceps Pushdowns 25kg x 13 25kg x 13 25kg x 13 Banded Pull aparts 12.5kg x 10 12.5kg x 10 12.5kg x 10 Really trying to concentrate with these on feeling the rear shoulder doing the work.

thats an interesting idea - i might play with that idea for out of class training. I can think of ways that this may help. Good suggestion!

Wednesday 7 June Karate Session Warm ups same as per usual Kihon Slightly different to usual as one of the other 3rd dans was filling in to teach the class. Very much focusing on technique and breaking things down. Some nice drills for kicking technique that i will do at home i think too Kata Ran through several kata. Each time half speed first to focus on technique then full speed. Heian Shodan, Heian Yondan and Tekki Shodan. Got some useful feedback on Tekki that for the knee lift and stamp i need to pull it more in front of my torso. I was deliberately pulling it out to the side so this was fine to adjust. Other feedback was good so pleased with that Kumite Just did a few 5 step drills, punches and mae geri. Instructor made us emphasise blocking everything (even the kicks) rather than evading as he wanted us to work on forearm conditioning which he thinks we should do more of! Don't really disagree tbh Overall was a good class - week and a half to go now until grading!

Tuesday 6 June Lifting Session Seated overhead press 20kg x 5 25kg x 5 32.5kg x 5 37.5kg x 5 42.5kg x 5 32.5kg x 5 32.5kg x 5 32.5kg x 5 KB swings 24kg x 16 24kg x 16 24kg x 16 24kg x 16 24kg x 16 24kg x 16 24kg x 16 24kg x 16 Rack chins 7 reps 7 reps 6 reps going to video my form on these and double check. Felt like i might have been slightly too horizontal for final few reps Triceps banded pushdowns 25kg x 13 reps 25kg x 13 reps 25kg x 13 reps rear delt banded pull apart 12.5kg x 10 12.5kg x 10 12.5kg x 10 12.5kg x 10

I've started a frost sorcerer. Really enjoying the game so far. Tried a druid in the beta which was good too. Game seems a lot bigger than the previous ones too. I'm liking the enemy level scaling also - keeps it a challenge!

Yeah the stadium thing in North American sports has always puzzled me. For a capitalist country the sports leagues seem to run on a very socialist model. By way of comparison i can't imagine any football team over here receiving funding for building their own stadium from the public. They are always built with club money or private investment - though we do have a lot of older stadia as a result. Have never understood why it is down to the city to provide any financing at all tbh. If they all refused it would hopefully stop soon!

Hopefully they used a fast shipping service and good luck with the refund claim on the shipping! (am assuming you will make one). We sometimes get the same issue here with some Amazon sellers who list themselves as in the UK but are actually in Hong Kong or mainland China. They used to be able to ship really quickly pre pandemic so no-one really noticed but since then international shipping seems to have slowed and it makes quite a difference. Wonder if that was the issue here?

I'm going Necro. Necro was the first class I played in D2 and I fell in love with it. I loved the Necro in D3, as well, and I played Necro during the open beta and had a lot of fun with it. I've never actually tried a necromancer in any version. Might do so this time - this is one of the games i might put in the effort to Platinum and some of the trophies are every class to lvl 50!

i mentioned this in the PS5 thread but since it is cross platform i thought i might mention it here too as some folks might be getting it for something other than PS5! Anyone else excited for this? I know Zaine is looking forward to it too - wondered if there are any more diablo fans on here

Haha i can relate! I love the diablo games - for d3 i have a ps3, ps4, switch and pc version of the game! Loved them since the initial one - staff of armageddon was amazing! Pre-order is due tomorrow so i can't wait. Didn't realise the more expensive editions got early play until after i had ordered! mega FOMO now! Next decision is initial class - i usually got a barbarian but tried a druid in the beta and tempted by sorceror!

Saturday 3rd June Lifting Session Trap Bar Deadlift 70kg x 5 80kg x 5 90kg x 5 102.5kg x 5 117.5kg x 5 Bench Press 50kg x 10 50kg x 10 50kg x 10 50kg x 10 50kg x 10 Rack Chins 7 reps 6 reps 6 reps 6 reps 6 reps 6 reps Triceps Banded Pushdowns 25kg x 12 25kg x 12 25kg x 12 25kg x 12 25kg x 12 25kg x 12 Rear delt banded pull apart 12.5kg x 10 12.5kg x 10 12.5kg x 10 New exercise this one. Holding a band with arms straight out in front and pulling each arm out to side, straight arm, like with a rear delt raise total poundage : 9375 kg time taken : 39min density : 240.4 kg/min

Excellent, congrats to your daughter Also good that the CI gave you a clear expectation for when you can try for 1st kyu - i always find that it is good to have a goal in mind and something to work towards, rather than just aimlessly going on (though i do know that everyone is different!)

Definitely! Hopefully it arrives but i appreciate your taking the time to post here - it is really helpful to know companies that can be poor to deal with. I know i take a quick look before i order anything myself - will add them to my personal unlikely to use list!

Wednesday 31 May Karate Session Warm ups Usual Warm ups Kihon Usual grading required kihon. My hips are really feeling so much better on the kicks. I'm wondering if it is the higher rep kb swings i have been doing a few times a week that have helped - i have been focusing on hip explosion with them and things aren't feeling as tight (in a good way!) Kata Ran through Heian Yondan, Heian Godan Heian Shodan and Tekki Shodan. All seemed ok. Only comment was to slightly narrow my kiba-dachi stance which i will try to do going forwards Kumite Ran through the grading required ippon kumite with one of the 3rd Dans. All seemed to go fine. Got good feedback from the instructor at the end that he had basically made a point of giving me all my grading required items and that they all looked fine so should be good to go for in a fortnight

Am making a conscious effort to push knees out so i don't think it is that. Think i am being relatively smooth and not bouncing but it can be hard to tell sometimes - i might take a video and watch it back. Am also hoping it was just a one off as haven't had it on other sessions - better to be safe than sorry though!

Congrats Zaine - enjoy the fancy belt for the month!

Anyone else excited for Diablo 4? I have it on pre-order and counting down the days now!

Tuesday 30 May Lifting Session Bench Press 20kg x 5 40kg x 5 47.5kg x 5 55kg x 5 62.5kg x 5 47.5kg x 5 47.5kg x 5 KB Swing 24kg x 16 24kg x 16 24kg x 16 24kg x 16 24kg x 16 24kg x 16 24kg x 16 These felt smooth still. Will likely order a 28kg soon to continue progression. Really focusing on hip explosion with these. Rack Chins (with purple band) 6reps 6reps 6reps 6reps 6reps 6reps Final reps of last two sets were tough but numbers are increasing nicely. Some of the improvements are due to neater form i think Triceps banded pushdowns 25kg x 11 25kg x 11 25kg x 11 25kg x 11 25kg x 11 25kg x 11 these feel good still total poundage lifted : 8638 kg time taken : 43 min density : 200.9 kg/min