Rob’s Comments (group member since Jul 06, 2012)

Rob’s comments from the The Sword and Laser group.

Yeah, if he had a deep link to just that podcast, I would have used it. I used the link from his own website to that podcast instead.

I didn't want people to have to go looking for the episode since that page has a long list of episodes. He doesn't even break down each "season" into their own pages.

Brian McClellan does a podcast called Page Break, and his most recent episode is with Travis Baldree

I never know what to share for podcast links, but this is the one from his website. I'm sure you can find it on the podcast platform of your choice though.

https://shows.acast.com/60c2ad7f6f41f...

I thought GotG 3 was excellent.

Just subscribed to AppleTV for the first time, so I'm watching For all Mankind. Really enjoying it and have almost finished the first season.

Happy May! (Cue the Johnathan Coulton song) What are you enjoying this month?

the month has begun..go forth and discuss

I had mixed feelings on the season, but thought the show ended strong with the final 2 episodes.

I think in general the plot has been very slow moving, that's not really new this season.

I love Dual of Fates, someone did a Techno remix when it came out that I really enjoyed too. Probably not for everyone, but I listen to it a fair bit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EAzg...

Welcome Mike (Jerome). There is a section of the forums for author promotion if you're so inclined.

Trike wrote: "I literally forget that Discord exists until someone mentions it. How on earth did that mess ever become a tool everyone wants to use? I can’t find anything on there and it’s ludicrous to navigate.."



I completely disagree, but to each their own. I don't really post here much anymore and much prefer chatting on discord instead.

It started with gaming. My guilds have been using it for a long time to manage things outside of WoW.

Our server isn't nearly active enough to require a 24/7, but if you're used to forums it is a different format.

I use slack and mattermost (an open source alternative to slack) as well as Microsoft Teams for work. Plus I grew up on IRC, so I find it very easy to use.

It's April. Books!

Welcome Dagmar

Welcome Norbert

Brandon just shows what a great human being he is with his post.

I was going to read the article (which I found the title a bit strange) until I kept hearing from all corners of the internet how bad it was.

I got to meet him several years ago on the A Memory of Light tour, and he was really kind/generous with his time.


I used to subscribe to wired, but found myself reading them less and less, so I let it lapse last year.

This makes me feel like I made the right decision.

John (Taloni) wrote: "Cool beans! *ducks, runs for cover*"

*Throws scones in protest*

I had put a hold on this back in December (apparently) and ended up listening to it a few weeks ago. I really enjoyed it.

I agree with Trike that the audio version is excellent (as is all the other stuff I've listened to him narrate for that matter).

After 3,678 in 15 polls the winner of our 8th annual March Madness tournament is Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree .

Here is the breakdown of the tournament: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Thanks to everyone who participated!

After 3,678 in 15 polls the winner of our 8th annual March Madness tournament is Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree .

Here is the breakdown of the tournament: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Thanks to everyone who participated!

Results from the finals:

View the full bracket: https://challonge.com/b9vf0sp2

Tournament Statistics
Total Votes Cast: 3,678
Average Votes Cast: 262
Book With Most Votes: Legends & Lattes - (205 Votes) (Round 3)
Match-up With Most Votes: Legends & Lattes vs. The City of Brass (370 Votes) (Round 3)
Largest Win: The Grace of Kings - (82 Votes) (Round 1)
Smallest Win: Children of Time - (2 Votes) (Round 3)
Average Win: 27 votes

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(1) Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree - 135 Votes

vs.

(2) Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky - 126 Votes


Winner: Legends & Lattes
Total Votes: 261
Margin of Victory: 9

interesting easter egg this week:

(view spoiler)[They re-cast the actor who played Jar-jar as a Jedi. Considering how awful the fandom treated him, it's cool that he was willing to even come back. (hide spoiler)]

Congratulations to whoever made Hot chocolate for table 4 ! (https://challonge.com/tournaments/125...)

They are still perfect so far, and will remain so if Legends and Lattes takes the final.

However, no matter what happens in the final they will win the prediction bracket since all the other brackets also predicted L&L

The finals are live: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...