tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59188342255801661172024-03-27T03:58:55.090-05:00Chappell's WolfdenMostly X-Wing... Some real life/job stuff here and there... Oh, and motorcycles too!Paul Chappellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04800315555473550635noreply@blogger.comBlogger712125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5918834225580166117.post-6894046641908005142023-09-07T12:55:00.003-05:002023-09-07T12:55:37.703-05:00Beginning my fourth year...<p> Well, I just finished my third year here as the CIO for the University and officially started my fourth. Not a lot to update, the job is... Well, a lot. The thing I am actually the most proud of is getting my people a decent raise in a time when the University is not giving raises. Helps a bit, but the salaries here are simply so low that it does present a risk to the University that we could well lose all of our qualified IT staff too quickly to replace. With IT salaries generally going up a LOT during and even after the pandemic as companies scrambled to hire and retain qualified IT staff, being in an industry where that is generally not happening does make it easy to look at other places. </p><p><br /></p><p>I mean over the 20+ years I worked at the University of Illinois, I can count on one hand the number of real raises I got which did not involve changing jobs/Departments. Actually that number is essentially zero. 2 years of actual pay cuts where they did the "furlough" thing. After University leadership was forced to actually follow the Federal laws on furloughs the second time it did not happen again. Turns out when your business model relies on your IT personnel working 50-60 hours/week without complaint, having them restricted to 32 hours for 2 weeks (which could not be concurrent AND the employee went from "exempt" to "hourly" invoking overtime should they work past 32 hours) really threw a massive wrench into the workings of the place... I mean I DID get raises, but that was always me moving between jobs/Departments and being promoted. There was never really a concern about retaining IT folks because at the end of the day the digital janitors were easily replaceable as far as University leadership/the Faculty were concerned. </p><p><br /></p><p>Not actively looking elsewhere, but getting more and more "We invite you to apply" mails from HR and Headhunters... I mean it's just them scraping my LinkedIn page which is essentially my resume and saying "close enough" as on paper at least I have all of the correct pre-requisites to make it past the first pass of the search. My concern is that the instability here accelerates and causes us to lose more folks... Or the firings expand. Hoping things stabilize, but fortune favors the prepared, so get ready for whatever comes up I suppose.</p>Paul Chappellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04800315555473550635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5918834225580166117.post-63347983233578800782022-07-11T15:04:00.007-05:002022-07-11T21:39:59.712-05:00X-Wing, Battle for North Texas Ep III...<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal">So, got in an actual LIVE event…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was the “Battle for North Texas ep III”…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pretty neat, I think it was 24 players who
actually showed up, and a pretty fun crowd all around.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The venue was the “Order 66 Expanded Universe”,
a game store specializing in mostly Star Wars merchandise like their “parent”
store.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Seems odd to me that there could
be a store that sells just Star Wars stuff, but given that both are in VERY
affluent areas it seems that they chose their locations quite well.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">So, I went 3-1 and wound up in the top cut but dropped at
that point.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>LONG day and my back was
just killing me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And to be honest I did
not think I would have been there, so was kind of planning on playing my four
games and driving home…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The “2.6” rules
are solid, and the scenario changes are all good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are a few things that I think need
tweaking, but certainly nothing like what needed to change in the past…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My own list:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><b>Fenn Rau (7) </b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><b> Clan Training (3) </b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><b> Fearless (3) </b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><b> Ion Torpedoes (4) </b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><b> Mandalorian Optics (5) </b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><b> </b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><b>Ship Cost: 7 Loadout: (15/18) Half Points: 3 Damage Threshold: 2 </b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><b> </b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><b>Kad Solus (5) </b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><b> Elusive (2) </b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><b> Homing Missiles (5) </b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><b> Mandalorian Optics (5) </b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><b> </b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><b>Ship Cost: 5 Loadout: (12/12) Half Points: 2 Damage Threshold: 2 </b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><b> </b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><b>Viktor Hel (Rogue) (5) </b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><b> Notorious (2) </b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><b> Proton Cannons (4) </b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><b> Mag-Pulse Warheads (4) </b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><b> Cloaking Device (3) </b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><b> Engine Upgrade (3) </b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><b> </b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><b>Ship Cost: 5 Loadout: (16/16) Half Points: 2 Damage Threshold: 3 </b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><b> </b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><b>Laetin A'shera (3) </b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><b> Composure (1) </b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><b> Ion Cannon (6) </b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><b> </b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><b>Ship Cost: 3 Loadout: (7/7) Half Points: 1 Damage Threshold: 2 </b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><b> </b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><b> </b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><b>Total: 20 </b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><b> </b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><b>View in YASB 2: https://yasb.app/?f=Scum%20and%20Villainy&d=v9ZhZ20Z97X423W121W135W446Y99X119W100W446Y535X455W470WW311W91W107Y134X115WW11&sn=Fenn%20Kad%20Viktor%20Laetin&obs=</b></span></p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="border-collapse: collapse; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; width: 0px;"><tbody>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Nothing earth shattering or even particularly interesting…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The new Rogue Class fighters are “neat”, but
they are ~ the older Kimogila class (on paper, looks of course are not the
same).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>New toys, and I tried the tricky
Viktor build giving myself a Cloaking Device to have him grab scenario points
while hopefully deterring shots with his ability to give Stress if he does not
roll exactly 2 Agility on Defense.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Neat
plan, but it did not work at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
wound up being one of my heavy hitters in ¾ of my games with that Proton Cannon
being brutal, hitting hard and denying the use of Green tokens with the
Bullseye effect.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The fourth game?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, I messed up and a TIE swarm ran him
over.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I DID win the game because the
TIEs were great targets then with Fang fighters being especially brutal just
rolling up to Range 1 and throwing 4-5 fully modified dice…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Brings me to my conclusion about the scenarios…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are important, but if you sell out on
just playing them without much regard for “go forth and kill things” you will
lose to someone who built their list around the philosophy of “I win if they’re
all dead, right?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mind, I didn’t TOTALLY
sell out for the “just kill them” thing, I had 2 ships that were supposed to
hang back and collect those scenario points…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Just didn’t work out that way really.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Laetin was pretty much the only one that regularly did this, hanging
back collecting points while taking pot shots with the Ion Cannon…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He earned his 3 points I suppose <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span>…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">What didn’t work for me was the Clan Training…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I used it once, and that was a “win more”
moment where I could have just taken the Focus Action rather than the Salvage
Tractor scenario action since I was at Range 1 of the enemy TIE that I had a
lock on already for the 5 Dice fully modded shot to kill it with only 2 Hull
remaining.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If I got full results, he
could not avoid dying and Fenn was VERY likely to get that between the base 5
dice attack, Fearless, TL and Focus…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So,
Meh on the Fangs at least as they have the linked Focus Action already.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think on any OTHER Mandalorian ship it
might be useful, just not here.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Otherwise?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Laetin was
solid for 3 points.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Kad was surprisingly
good…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wanted Fearless, but Elusive
saved him several times while the combo of Mandalorian Optics/Homing Missiles
were amazing on his Ship.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fenn was
awesome in 3 of the 4.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Getting the early
Crit that snuck through for the early kill seems to be a running theme, so
swapping in Enduring for the Mandalorian Training seems like a REALLY good
idea?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maybe?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the least it will be something I think
will be useful for the 4 Hull no Shields ship…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Swapping Cad Bane in for Viktor gives me Bombs, a Crew slot and probably a
better Pilot all around…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Will see I suppose, pretty sure I am not going to the LSO
later this Month, but another event at O66 next Month perhaps?<o:p></o:p></p>Paul Chappellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04800315555473550635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5918834225580166117.post-79175976200621292672021-09-08T11:39:00.003-05:002021-09-08T11:39:41.380-05:00Still here.... Yes, it HAS been a while...<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal">So, it’s been more than a year now…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Last time I wrote one of these I was getting
ready to come down here to North Texas to become the CIO of the University (MSU
Texas)…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, survived my first
year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Coming from the IT/Tech side of
the house far more than the “management” side has helped a lot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since I’ve done most of the jobs that the
folks reporting to me have done, I’m told my “eyes do not glaze over when they
get into the technical details”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since
we’re a small shop, we don’t have the same level of separation I was accustomed
to back at UIUC…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, we have just
become the 5<sup>th</sup> University in the Texas Tech University System, so
more akin to the relationship between UIUC and UIS I suspect for folks familiar
with the Illinois System.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But getting
here to be the same sized fish in a much smaller pond has been…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Interesting?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>LOTS of legal requirements here in TX that simply do not exist up in IL,
and having the multi-million dollar budget is JUST a bit different than working
in Atlas where I was scrounging and rebuilding “stuff” to just keep things
moving…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, had a budget, but it did
not even begin to cover what was needed to maintain and update all the machines
there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Working on a 5 year old Laptop
because we didn’t replace our own machines with any regularity was “less fun”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And having to deal with the random IT
equipment that just “appeared” made life way more interesting…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At least not having to deal with the
potential HIPAA legal issues stemming from one particular part of Psych
deciding to do whatever they want despite being instructed repeatedly that “what
you are doing is in fact illegal and putting the University at risk” has been a
huge weight off my shoulders <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span>…
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Got the family moved down here finally…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rented a house owned by the University right
across the street from Campus for the first 6-7 Months…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Was super convenient as I could simply walk
the block or so to my office, but was rough maintaining the 2 households.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>FINALLY got the place up in IL ready and on
the market, which sold within the first week or so.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>MOVING on the other hand was super un-fun…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And the motivation to never be doing that
again I think, at least not any time soon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We got rid of 3 large dumpsters full of stuff and gave away tons of
random things and still have a garage full of moving boxes <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span>…<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Gaming?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not much, for
the first 8 months I worked a lot and it was during the lockdown, so…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, the family is here and the School year
has begun, so just a bit busy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is
an X-Wing event in the DFW area “The Battle for North Texas” coming up in
November now that I’ll try to get to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
is ~ 2 hours’ drive, and REALLY looking forward to playing again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Picked up a number of the BattleTech things
in their Kickstarter and have dug out the ancient BT stuff I had from the 80’s-90’s
when last I actually played.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>More or
less the same rules, not a WHOLE lot changed?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I stopped playing not long after the 3050/3060 stuff, so up to the Clan
invasion and the immediate fallout.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Played “MechWarrior”, the Clix based “Dark Ages” game and have a bunch
of that stuff still, but WizKids has long since killed that game off…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fun in a “beer and pretzels” sort of way and
was close enough to the BT I grew up playing that it was interesting to me for
a time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The competitive events were not
very fun once people got deep into the “Mr. Suitcase” mentality and just went
to venues to prize snipe and E-Bay it off because the prizes were exclusive to
the events and were generally just better than what you could buy…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Made it less fun for folks like me who wanted
to play a specific Faction or Factions and just have fun…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Any case, have WAY too much of that stuff
around that I dug up in the move.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
dozen or so 40K armies I have, random other dead games like “Planetstorm” and
the like…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My Legion stuff I’ve done some
painting while I was here renting, but have not really since we bought the new
house…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Packed away until I have a “hobby
space” again…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, that and the
realistic chance of actually PLAYING the game.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Not a lot of incentive for me to build and paint up the armies if I’m
never actually getting to play the game…<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">FFG used to be the Asmodee owned company that ran X-Wing and
Legion, but that moved over to “Atomic Mass Games” (AMG)…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This happened during lockdown and while there
have been a few releases for those games, the fact that they (AMG) announced
that nothing was in the pipeline for Armada (another I used to play and still
have many ships for)…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not a dead game
yet, but with no more releases for at least 2 years?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Seems dead to me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We get some news tomorrow in fact on X-Wing
points updates and rules changes?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maybe some
Organized Play (OP) announcements…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am
slightly hopeful as without OP, I see X-Wing also continuing to die off…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Legion less so, but even that has a VERY
strong OP component that drives a lot of traffic at big events like Gen Con…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Guess We’ll see…<o:p></o:p></p>Paul Chappellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04800315555473550635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5918834225580166117.post-40078862298376003952020-07-23T23:20:00.000-05:002020-07-23T23:20:21.555-05:00So, I'm a CIO now?<p class="MsoNormal">Well, I guess I am a CIO (Chief Information Officer) now… The on-Campus interview seemed like it went
well, and I got the official offer yesterday.
I start in a few weeks and have started clearing out my office… The details leaving the University of
Illinois are going to be difficult…. 20+
years there and so a full career. Need to
make sure that I do it correctly of course and then starting a new job in
Texas. Starting at Midwest State University (<o:p></o:p><a href="https://msutexas.edu/">https://msutexas.edu/</a>), and so begins another interesting chapter in my career.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Packing a few things and I’ll be the “advanced party” as my
wife and daughters stay up here for a bit…
I suspect that a cat or two will accompany me on my various trips down
as we set up for the eventual final move.
The work itself looks interesting and it will be VERY different than
what I’ve been doing here in Illinois…<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Gaming? Yeah… I found a few game stores down there and
EVENTUALLY I suspect that I’ll get in some games eventually… Maybe?
I will have TTS I suppose. But I
suspect that time will be the thing I lack…<br />
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<!--[endif]--></span>Paul Chappellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04800315555473550635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5918834225580166117.post-79963511378454253272020-07-14T09:54:00.002-05:002020-07-14T09:54:55.679-05:00And now from Texas...So, the day after... LONG day flying here to Wichita Falls, Texas... American Airlines, or at least the sub-contractor decided to pull the plane that was scheduled to be used for the Champaign/Dallas flight to go to Charlotte... And so my 7:20 am flight became 10ish, then cancelled. Moved over to the 3 pm flight and DID make that one. Got to sit around DFW until the 8:50 flight from there to Wichita Falls, and thankfully that one was not cancelled, being the last flight for the day and all... Though, even if it were, it would have just been a situation of rent a car and drive the 2 hours or so... Getting to DFW was the big part.... So got to the hotel a bit after 10 pm... MSU booked me in a REALLY nice hotel (Homewood Suites) who also for reasons unknown upgraded me to a "King Suite"... Nice, but just me in the room, so kind of wasted on this old ex-GI. Still, nicely done and a thanks there...<div><br /></div><div>Walked over to Campus to scout it out and be sure I knew where I had to be at 8 am for my day of interviews... LONG day where I met a LOT of people. I am absolutely terrible with names, so it will be quite a long time before I get that... Assuming it is relevant of course. But overall the interviews I thought went quite well... By the end of the day I was actually having a hard time speaking, and started to stutter a bit... Never happened to me before, so that was disconcerting. But then I've never spoken that much in any given day... Ever. I'm usually fairly quiet, preferring to observe and learn before speaking. All of the people I did meet were quite nice, engaging and frankly seemed happy to see me there. A bit surprised that I DID come during the pandemic and all and that I am a fairly simple man who just takes things in stride and does not complain... My wife was far more stressed about this portion than I. For my part, I just had to be myself and present that while selling them on the idea that I was the right person for the job and could help them along the way I have at UIUC. I firmly believe that I can do this job and will see if I get an offer.</div><div><br /></div><div>Whether or not I get the offer though, I am taking this as an absolute win. I made it to the final cut on another VERY senior level position and they were willing to fly me down there to talk to me about it. This is awesome... Sure, actually getting the job and you know succeeding at it would be better, but...</div><div><br /></div><div>So, sitting in the Airport jotting down some thoughts as I wait to board and fly back home... But overall this has been an absolutely positive experience for me and I look forward to whatever happens next.</div>Paul Chappellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04800315555473550635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5918834225580166117.post-67683078155728229952020-07-06T15:11:00.001-05:002020-07-06T15:11:19.941-05:00Off to Texas next week...<p class="MsoNormal">Well, heading to Texas…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>For a few days at least.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I leave
Sunday for my long on Campus visit/Interview on Monday and then fly back on Tuesday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have to admit this one feels right…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>NOT the first time I made the final cut on this
sort of thing, but the last time I went down to West Texas for one of these I
was mostly in awe and if I’m honest shocked that I made the cut.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I said at the time, it is a LONG way from
SGT Chappell to VP Chappell, or in this case CIO Chappell.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the interviews and my contact with the folks
at this University it has all been quite good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>So, less worried about that aspect of the process.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I see things, they are approximately where
8-10 years ago.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And that was when I was
working on a lot of the things that became Campus/System wide over the
years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>SCCM was the big one, I guess it
has been renamed “Microsoft Endpoint Manager”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Another big one being the transition to “Remote Learning/Blended
Environment” from the fully in person instruction with the Covid-19 pandemic
which I have direct experience with here…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>So it just a whole convergence of factors that I feel like this job is a
direct continuation of the path my career has taken over the years. Shame nothing is happening locally, but Texas is in a much more stable position in the long run than Illinois, something to do with one of those States being run by "The Machine" for a LONG time and it shows...<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Got the new suit out for another interview at yet another
Texas University…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I’ve lost a LOT of
weight, my older really nice suit that I had for the beginning of this long job
hunt simply does not fit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Turns out an 80-pound
drop means you need a new suit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not a
bad thing overall, I think but trying to buy a new suit during a pandemic means
of course buying it online…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Foolishly I
followed the guide and took actual measurements for chest, neck, length, etc.…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fortunately, easy enough to return and order
the correct size as I could see the difference between the “listed” size vs
actual sizes…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Correcting the initial Artillery shot and calling
in the “Fire For Effect” …<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But, yet
another VP level interview down there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>So apparently I do fit the profile for that level somewhere, just not
Illinois <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span>…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And the suit itself fits really well…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, yea?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Have it packed up and ready to go for the upcoming trip as I gear up for
that particular adventure.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">So, adventure…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
booking the flight I was completely unprepared for at least the first
oddity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Flying from Champaign to DFW
(Dallas-Fort Worth) then on to the other small regional airport.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As an Engineer, it seemed obvious that taking
a flight from point A to point B would be cheaper than the flight from point A
to point B and then on to point C.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>No.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, I would have failed that particular math
test had I not listened to the hiring committee chair who suggested that I look
at the flight all the way instead of just the flight to the hub and renting a
car for the drive up to Campus…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not sure
how this works economically, but there you go…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It is in fact much cheaper to take the connecting flight than just the
flight to the hub, despite the flight to the hub being the exact same flight as
the connecting one…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>OK, so flight booked
and hotel arranged.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just the oh dark
flight on Sunday, so that will be fun…<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Gaming?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not really
much going on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Diablo 3 season 21
started and playing that with my wife…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Been test flying a Scum 5 ship build waiting on the points update for
X-Wing:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 4;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Scum 5 Ship 1 (200)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">×<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;">
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Serissu — M3-A Interceptor<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
</td>
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">41<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;">
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt 15.0pt;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Outmaneuver<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;">
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt 15.0pt;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Autoblasters<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3;">
<td colspan="2" style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ship
Total: 50<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 4;">
<td colspan="2" style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Half Points: 25 Threshold: 2<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
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<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 5;">
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;"></td>
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<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 6;">
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Laetin A’shera — M3-A Interceptor<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
</td>
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">30<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 7;">
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt 15.0pt;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Snap Shot<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">7<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 8;">
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt 15.0pt;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Autoblasters<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 9;">
<td colspan="2" style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ship
Total: 40<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 10;">
<td colspan="2" style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Half Points: 20 Threshold: 2<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 11;">
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;"></td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 12;">
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sunny Bounder — M3-A Interceptor<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
</td>
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">27<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 13;">
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt 15.0pt;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Autoblasters<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 14;">
<td colspan="2" style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ship
Total: 30<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 15;">
<td colspan="2" style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Half Points: 15 Threshold: 2<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 16;">
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;"></td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 17;">
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Nom Lumb — JumpMaster 5000<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
</td>
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">38<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 18;">
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt 15.0pt;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Autoblasters<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 19;">
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt 15.0pt;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Dengar<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 20;">
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt 15.0pt;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Contraband Cybernetics<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
</td>
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 21;">
<td colspan="2" style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ship
Total: 49<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 22;">
<td colspan="2" style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Half Points: 25 Threshold: 5<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 23;">
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;"></td>
</tr>
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<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
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Total: 31<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">So, a theme there I suppose…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Using my M-3’s and Autoblasters while I can…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fun, but certainly not OP…<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Legion, a bit more painting, second Vet Squad base coated
and a bit more done on the rest…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mostly
just waiting I suppose…<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p><br />Paul Chappellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04800315555473550635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5918834225580166117.post-91248922661890069682020-06-17T16:10:00.002-05:002020-06-17T16:10:40.523-05:00Legion and some University life stuff...<br />
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We got the official word that for the next year, no raises
and cutting all expenses we can.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Sidhe
verbiage included “no mass layoffs planned at this time”…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But getting to sit in on a lot of meetings
dealing with the budget and the like it is not looking good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Will see how things pan out if the Students
come back or how many of them do since the bulk of our budget is based on you
know, our customers actually coming and attending the University.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At one point I wanted to get to a level where
I knew “what was going on” and maybe even had some input on that direction…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Got that, but once again reminded about the
being VERY careful what you wish for as you might actually get it…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And it might not be what you thought it was…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The official announcement is due this week
what the University is planning to do/offer for Fall Semester.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Being in a number of those meetings where
this is discussed it will be interesting I suppose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Blended Environment” being the new buzz word
thrown around.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, the bulk of the
computer Classrooms will be changed somewhat to allow Students to remotely log
in (RDP) and use the machines as if they were physically there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other places we are creating the virtual
machines (VM) to host virtual Classrooms of machines with the software for
instruction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Spring Semester showed
how the bulk of the traditional Lecture sessions and the Discussion sections
will be held via Zoom, MS Teams or whatever other platform that the instructor
in question chooses…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Plus and minus there for the IT across the
University being decentralized and every group getting to do whatever they’d
choose to do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>FAR less efficient of
course, but the central IT group has been quite helpful and Campus has arraigned
to get us all the licenses we would need to remain legal and keep things
moving.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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So, prepping continues for Fall here in Illinois…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Waiting on word from Texas as I have at least
one more interview there…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Heading down
there for a Campus visit, but of course reality has been…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Less conducive to travel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, just in wait and see mode.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Seems like an amazing place and the
opportunity is definitely one I would jump at were it to present itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Suit packed in my “go bag” and looking at the
flights from Champaign to Dallas…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Gaming?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, I
finally figured out some of the controls on TTS, so I might actually get in a
game with that…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>X-Wing seems simple
enough to run on that platform and Legion I hear is also doable…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But Legion is a much longer game and I lack
that time these days with the work and real life schedule being what it
is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I HAVE been painting a fair bit…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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My Legion Rebels are coming along quite nicely.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Need to get Cassian Andor assembled as I
intend to magnetize him to swap between the “sniper” and “close combat” setups…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But Legion differs from 40K in that it is explicitly
NOT a WYSIWYG system.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, either would
work, and I rather like his “sniper” setup…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>So if the magnets look to be more trouble than they are worth, so be
it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I DO seem to be drawn more to the
Rebel “Rogue One” sort of setup with Jyn Erso and Cassian Andor leading out my
forces.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I go more for the Rebel Vets
over the more standard “fit in as many Sniper Teams as possible” that I see a
fair number of other folks fielding.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Maybe I never learned how to use them correctly, but the 2 man Sniper
Teams seem easier to deal with, at least they were with my Clones on the 500
point tables.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The BARC speeder rolling
up fast and the support fire from a Squad or two would usually clear the Teams
in a turn or two before they could do much to me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I suppose my Rebels will need something
similar and of course I may find on the field that my build simply falls apart…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But:<o:p></o:p></div>
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795/800<o:p></o:p></div>
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Jyn Erso (110 + 5 = 115)<br />
--Strict Orders (5)<br />
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Cassian Andor (90 + 18 = 108)<br />
--Duck and Cover (4), Overwatch (4), A280-CFE Sniper Config (10)<br />
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Cassian Andor (Loadout)<br />
--Hunter (6), Endurance (6), Environmental Gear (3), A280-CFE
Pistol Config (10)<br />
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K-2SO (70 + 10 = 80)<br />
--Jyns SE-14 Blaster (10)<br />
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Rebel Veterans (48 + 26 = 74)<br />
--CM-O93 Trooper (26)<br />
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Mark II Medium Blaster Trooper (38 + 0 = 38)<br />
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Rebel Veterans (48 + 0 = 48)<br />
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Mark II Medium Blaster Trooper (38 + 0 = 38)<br />
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Rebel Commandos (Strike Team) (20 + 28 = 48)<br />
--DH-447 Sniper (28)<br />
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AT-RT (55 + 20 = 75)<br />
--AT-RT Laser Cannon (20)<br />
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Tauntaun Riders (90 + 6 = 96)<br />
--Endurance (6)<br />
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AT-RT (55 + 25 = 80)<br />
--Comms Jammer (5), AT-RT Flame Thrower (20)<o:p></o:p></div>
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So, a few points to play with and of course change out the
options here and there…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But a decent
starting point I suspect there will be things changed one way or the other…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thinking of a few of the obvious builds for
instance, what do I do to deal with heavy Armor?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The CIS tank is terrifying, but very
expensive and with this game focusing heavily on missions I feel like I can win
a fair number of them by doing what Jyn does well and just completing the
mission…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>11 Activations initially and
with my Tauns being<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>decent
flanker/linebacker with the AT-RTs it is a fairly mobile list…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, except for the Vets themselves…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I suspect strongly that I will need to make
changes to them at least.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
<br />Paul Chappellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04800315555473550635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5918834225580166117.post-69581991107078482622020-05-16T00:58:00.000-05:002020-05-16T00:58:17.031-05:00So, a trip to Texas...Well, the last interview I had was apparently quite successful. They indicated at that time that it would have been an on Campus interview and that was amazing news. Got the call today that they want me to come down for an on Campus visit. Timing is still up in the air, and it will be some time in June when the travel restrictions are lifted to some degree... This one just feels right. So, hoping for an offer of course :-)...<br />
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Amusingly, I got word from another place down there to schedule another interview... So I am apparently quite popular in Texas? Ironic, working here in Illinois for 20+ years and now with so many of the places I am applying to entering hiring freezes, just not filling the positions or the like... Guess we'll see...Paul Chappellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04800315555473550635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5918834225580166117.post-45038545575862160672020-05-11T15:44:00.001-05:002020-05-11T15:44:37.000-05:00Mid May in Quarantine...<br />
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So, beginning another week in the seemingly endless
quarantine <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span>…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have a large and probably growing number
of Cats here, all of whom feel like this is “Every Day is Caturday”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are thrilled that their people are here
in their home almost all day, every day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>So, they are thrilled by all of this…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Being VERY social little creatures, they have been working on their pack
hunting…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Amusing when the 9 here decide
they are hunting something…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My wife’s wee
dog is “less thrilled” by this behavior as he is smaller than almost all of the
cats now and it is frankly kind of terrifying when the lads DO pack hunt
something…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But I usually have 2-4 of
them down on and around the dining room table where my ad hoc “desk” is set up
to work from guarding me as I DO work from home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Amusing until they decide that it is
attention time and Heimdall for instance decides that my beards needs to be
groomed like he just did <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span>…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So a pause while typing for a bit.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Gaming wise?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not a
lot going on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I cleaned out a bit of my
basement and rebuilt my painting station there in a different location.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And have been painting a LOT of Legion things…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So I should have two fully painted 800 point
armies easily for my factions there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Rebels of course have FAR more options that I could field as the original
faction in the game.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Republic is
limited, but I have more than enough to field a decent force there by now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Only have my Sabre class tank to assemble and
paint and I have everything currently produced for the faction…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Waiting on more releases, but of course with
the global issues we are all waiting it seems.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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I HAVE TTS and Vassal on my computer but have yet to carve
out the time to play a game in either system.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>So, actual gaming?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>None.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My Hyperspace list is set with the 4
Aethersprites…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fun at least.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not sure I’ll ever actually WIN anything with
it, but this is a list I will enjoy flying so I am going with this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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The leaked “upcoming” stuff from Europe indicates that the
V-Wing and ETA-2 will be coming at some point…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The ETA-2 should be interesting as the last Jedi starfighter, and an
improvement on the already excellent Aethersprite?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, I DO think I will take a few of those.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Actual screen time for these in at least the
one movie and of course the “Clone Wars” TV series.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The specs indicate it is closer to the TIE
perhaps?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well-armed, maneuverable and
lacking Shields.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maybe they will not
make it as powerful as the Aethersprite, but I suspect it will be an
improvement in many ways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Base 3 Attack,
probably 3 Agility would be where I suspect it will start.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>3-4 Hull though making it a powerful but
fragile platform…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rewarding Ace play and
punishing mistakes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And as Anakin
Skywalker was one of the main Pilots flying these things, there should easily
be the I6 there…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So things to look
forward to I guess?<o:p></o:p></div>
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Legion?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not a lot…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Painting and I ordered some acrylic silhouettes
for the new LOS rules…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Waiting on the
physical release of the new stuff?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So,
nothing much on there for me…<o:p></o:p></div>
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Gen Con?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Still
officially “on” at this point I suppose…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Kind of annoying that I get the downtown hotel attached to the Con Center
the year that it seems somewhat unlikely that there will even be a major
convention…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At this point I am not
entirely sure that the convention will even be a go at this point…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And with the complete dearth of events this
was the one I was REALLY looking forward to…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They have delayed the release of the event catalog and REALLY hedging to
get to this one for both X-Wing and Legion…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Guess we’ll see.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am leaning
toward not going though as I suspect my wife will not be interested in going…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So maybe drive over for a day or two?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ll see I suppose…<o:p></o:p></div>
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Job front, holding the line here at my current job…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Things are going fairly well as we have done
the transition to “online only”…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There
are a number of things upcoming and fights I am looking to avoid as directions
are coming from our CIO…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Coming from a
Military and corporate IT background, it never occurred to me to question them
as “them’s the orders”…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Will see how
things go I suppose, I am personally OK either way it goes as my own concerns
are not those of the folks who are dead set against it…<o:p></o:p></div>
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Still in the running for that position I have interviewed
for I suppose?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Waiting on word for
that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If I get an offer, I’ll be figuring
out the living situation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a REALLY
good position, and Texas appears in a much better position over Illinois going
forward…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And that University looks
amazing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, wait and see…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Travel restrictions prevented an early trip
for an in person interview, but I am of course willing to travel either by air
or just drive…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, THAT motivated for this opportunity.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Running 3x/week still and getting back to “in shape”…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Weight loss is continuing, and starting to
work out more while we are in quarantine…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Projects around the house getting done…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Wife and kids are healthy and finishing school for the year so all in
all, things are actually going well for us…<o:p></o:p></div>
<br />Paul Chappellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04800315555473550635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5918834225580166117.post-74894681272974343092020-04-19T00:18:00.002-05:002020-04-20T11:00:16.203-05:00Ah, more posting from Quarantine...<br />
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So…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Covit-19,
huh?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Everything shut down, even I am
working from home…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The University has
gone to “Online Only” for the remainder of the Semester…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I go in a few times/week, but the rest of the
family more or less is here at home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And
with the University going online only for instruction it has been a LOT of
work.<o:p></o:p></div>
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So, every event cancelled or “rescheduled”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Officially their major events are postponed until
29 July…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Coincidently the start date for
Gen Con this year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>1 September for Store
Events, so the one that would have been last weekend here would be scheduled to
“Fall 2020” or so…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We hope.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As of now, there has been no announcement
with respect to Gen Con, and honestly that is the first one that I think might
actually happen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hey, I might well have
a fully painted Legion force and of course my wee X-Wing list painted and ready
to go…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, it is built on the current
Hyperspace limitations, but I suspect those will not be changing as there are
NO events and therefore no data points for FFG to look at to make realistic
changes.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Kind of the big thing I am worried about being the fact that
the whole economy being essentially shut down…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I am REALLY hoping that all the businesses survive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Right now, driving into town to work and for
shopping and seeing EVERYTHING closed except the restaurants doing carryout,
grocery stores and…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, not a lot
else.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sadly, it seems that a lot of the
vehicles out on the road are being driven by idiots or people convinced that
the normal traffic rules have also been suspended during this pandemic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I run 3 mornings every week and while I am
running an hour or so later than I did when I had to drive in to the Office
every day by 8am, the traffic laws being ignored has gotten much worse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I suppose I just got used to seeing the
pickup trucks slowing slightly for stop signs and then just pulling through
when I run at oh dark in the morning…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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idiots just pull out in front of my, leave their lanes, blow through stop signs,
etc…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fun times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And not at all like the last actual Apocalyptic
road I traveled…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Would have been Kuwait/Iraq…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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So, in comparison, this is really not all that bad…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My unnatural calm has been tested a bit, but <span style="font-family: "wingdings"; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Still not so bad…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Interview next week.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This time for a CIO position.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Smaller University, really only about the size of the College I work for
at the University of Illinois, but still…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>At least getting the opportunity, and I do think I could do this job
quite well as it is not really all that much of a step from what I am doing now
and have for the last several years…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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Paul Chappellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04800315555473550635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5918834225580166117.post-39617178301735938182020-03-31T14:43:00.000-05:002020-03-31T14:43:06.308-05:00Just another post from Quarantine :-)<br />
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Mkay, working partially from home and going in to the “office”
every couple of days is…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Interesting?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>LOTS of e-mail and
IM questions, but if I am being honest, they are really at about the volume I
would have been getting were I there and wandering the halls of the building as
it were…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A LOT of what I wind up doing
involves what we refer to as “drive by” work where we have no real record of
it, just someone saying “Oh, since I ran into you, this is broken”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, with that and moving EVERYTHING to online
only…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, not seeing a shortage of
work and frankly am seeing a lot of the IT folks on Campus getting closer to “burn
out”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am getting there as well, so
fully understand it happening.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With the “we
can do more with fewer IT folks” having been the mantra for the last several
years and the budget crunch hitting us hard…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Well, I think we are going to get a lot closer to the breaking point for
a number of areas within Campus IT.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
guess we will see what, if anything breaks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I am hoping it all blows over quickly and without any casualties, either
ACTUAL ones with people dying from this or career casualties.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But as I know that despite the assurances
that “we are hiring” seeing some of my colleagues getting “T contracts”
(terminal contract, so 1 year and you’re out…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Weird local thing at the University where I work)…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And of course actually being IN the interview
process for a position I have a vested interest in this <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span>…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Will see if it works out I suppose.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Hobby side, I have been getting serious cleaning the Basement
of Doom™ and have set up a new, much larger painting station.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Digging up a LOT of ancient things there but
concentrating on painting up my Legion things.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Republic (Clones) and Rebels…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Going for a more DAK theme for my Rebel Veterans as opposed to the “Hoth”
theme that they are sculpted as more or less…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>So, green jackets, “Dunkel Gelb” (dark yellow, more “desert sand”) and
likely the DG for their hats/helmets…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Something different at least.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My
Clones have only the single Phase II squad to go with the 3-4 Phase I squads…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Only a single BARC and Tank to support.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Wound up with 3 Rebel AT-RTs though, so one
might well get re-purposed to GAR…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All
are magnetized for easy weapon swaps, and of course I’ll be getting at least
one of the new GAR AT-RTs for the model/cards…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>At the moment, I suspect I’ll play Rebel at 800 points as I simply have
too limited a pool of things for my Republic forces…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And being stubborn I’ll probably play Cassian
Andor and Jyn Erso for a list that almost all Infiltrates to really mess with
the missions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some of the missions I
will be able to essentially automatically win…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Others?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, a hard loss, but I
will be sure to kill a bunch of their stuff on the way down…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Kind of an “Airborne” thing I guess.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>HAVE TTS now, but still have not gotten in an
actual game…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Time constraints with the work
overload being a thing…<o:p></o:p></div>
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X-Wing?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Same boat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Considered joining one of the online leagues, but honestly my concern
would be the fact that my work load at the moment is volatile and near the
maximum…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My Jedi ARE fun to fly, and I
have my 4<sup>th</sup> Aethersprite ready for a quick coat of paint…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Guess it will be a “when this all clears up”
thing.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Other life stuff?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Bike is running well, will probably ride in to the building tomorrow as
I am required to do some stuff on site…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The cats and dog are loving us being around all of the time I suppose…<o:p></o:p></div>
<br />Paul Chappellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04800315555473550635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5918834225580166117.post-16626751666678846192020-03-24T16:51:00.002-05:002020-03-24T16:51:55.159-05:00So, Covid-19 freeze out?<br />
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So…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Covit-19,
huh?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Everything shut down, even I am
working from home…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The University has
gone to “Online Only” for the remainder of the Semester..<o:p></o:p></div>
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So, that’s how well things are going here <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span>…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just before the final shutdown I snagged a
bunch of Legion things to shore up my Rebel forces.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Specifically Veterans, the Specialist pack,
Card Pack and Jyn Erso…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thinking of painting
the Vets up in a DAK form…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Something
very different than the Martian Camouflage the Line Troopers are painted up in
to tell the difference at a glance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My
Clones are coming along as well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The 500
point event was cancelled/to be rescheduled of course, so still more time to
pick a list…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Both armies are fun, and
who knows how much more I’ll have painted up by the time this all blows over…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pretty sure if we do go to 800 point games I’ll
be back at Rebels though.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Clone Tank
is impressive, but…<o:p></o:p></div>
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Also snagged my fourth Jedi Aethersprite for my Republic
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Obi-Wan Kenobi — Delta-7
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">48<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Barriss Offee — Delta-7
Aethersprite<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">38<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Calibrated Laser Targeting<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Total: 41<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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So I can fly this at the next Store Championships…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Assuming they hit before the points change
again, and I REALLY hope that is the case.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is not a hugely overpowered list, just four fragile but VERY agile
ships that can hit surprisingly hard and survive if your skill at dodging arcs
and luck holds for a bit…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, they can
just go pop if you fail the didge and then blank out on your Agility roll.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Better to not have a shot yourself than to
give your opponent a good shot like that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The tiebreaker sucks for this list with only 8 Dice in the roll off, so
you DO have to actually play the game.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Surprisingly not an issue for me though.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Just one more Ship to paint up as Barriss’ ship has to look different…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was thinking of maybe making it look like
my old 20<sup>th</sup> Engineers beret flash from when I was in?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Something different…<o:p></o:p></div>
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Otherwise, just trying not to go crazy with this very
different routine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Running Monday, Wednesday
and Friday but without the walking all over Campus I need something else to do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Elliptical and weights today, and I am
guessing that will become a daily thing during this.<o:p></o:p></div>
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First interview done for another place…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some of the answers I gave might have been
riskier, but a direction that I think would prove a time and other resource
saver for them if I were to be the one hired and allowed to move in these
directions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With the “budget savings
through attrition” that my current Department was doing it was not really a
choice, we NEEDED the efficiency, so I have already done these things
once.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, proven success is good, he
said hopefully?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Will see I suppose…<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br />Paul Chappellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04800315555473550635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5918834225580166117.post-76691049303562137232020-03-11T17:01:00.002-05:002020-03-11T17:01:51.959-05:00All in on the Jedi for the next SC? And a wee bit of other stuff...<br />
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Well, testing a few other options for the next X-Wing
event.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Red Raccoon in Bloomington, IL is
holding their Store Championship next weekend (21<sup>st</sup> of March).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Looking like I might be leaning heavily
toward the Jedi.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I ran my Obi/Plo/Ahsoka/Ric
list last evening and it went…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Poorly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Big part being the early and harsh betrayal
by my Agility dice putting me heavily on my back foot at the first
engagement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Having Obi-Wan get hit for
4, rolling only a Focus on the dice and of course my counter strike hitting for
no damage meant bad things.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mind, I was
able to make it a game and go to time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Could have had the long shot the last turn, but just called it as I
already got the information I felt I needed from the game.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ric with Outmaneuver was…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>OK I suppose?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>SO predictable, and the Outmaneuver popped up only once during the whole
game, and THAT was firing through a Gas Cloud, so no effect.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Convinced me that a 4<sup>th</sup> Jedi would
be better.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While Ric is fast enough to
keep up with the Aethersprite, he lacks the ability to do a double
reposition.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And the ship itself is
actually very predictable with the need to go 3+ to get the Evade and ideally
faster than the enemy to get the extra dice on Offence and Defense.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not ideal, and I find myself doing a lot of
slash and circle which limits the damage output of the Ship.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, trying Barriss Offee in her
Aethersprite.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her ability is…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Interesting?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>If only she had 2+ Force.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She has
only the one, so I suppose she is worth the 1 extra point over the generic Jedi
for the +1 Initiative and the potential for the Ability.<o:p></o:p></div>
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HS 2 (191)<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Obi-Wan Kenobi — Delta-7
Aethersprite<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">48<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">R5 Astromech<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Calibrated Laser Targeting<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ship
Total: 56<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Half Points: 28 Threshold: 2<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ahsoka Tano — Delta-7 Aethersprite<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">44<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Calibrated Laser Targeting<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Total: 46<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Half Points: 23 Threshold: 2<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Plo Koon — Delta-7 Aethersprite<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">44<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Calibrated Laser Targeting<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ship
Total: 48<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Barriss Offee — Delta-7
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">38<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Calibrated Laser Targeting<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ship
Total: 41<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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So, a big bid…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Relatively.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not even close to the bid one finds on a
Boba/Fenn list, so it is really just there for “some” things I guess?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Might say just got for it and put another R5 on
one of the Ships after some testing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On
Obi-Wan, I think it works well enough and it allows me to discard Damage cards
including the ones that are persistent like Damaged Engine and the like.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Costs an action to flip and another along
with a Charge to discard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The advantage
of the Jedi being that Actions are not at the premium that they are on so many
other Ships.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Mech allows me to be a
bit more…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Daring with Obi-Wan than I “should”
be…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Always been an issue for me, I do
tend to play a lot more aggressively than most.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>And the list itself being 4 of the ships that I really enjoy flying…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can just dial something basic in and figure
it out later on the fly…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Missing Anakin
of course, but in Hyperspace there is a dearth of I6, so my 5’s seem pretty
good…<o:p></o:p></div>
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Otherwise…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, just
gearing up for the “potential” to move the University to mostly online classes
with the Covid-19 hitting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Does remind
me of the ancient curse of “May you live in interesting times”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These times are becoming too interesting as I
get older <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span>…
Running, dieting, etc…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, weight
dropping and my fitness level is better than it has been in decades.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fitting into clothing that I have not worn
since High School, at least the sizes <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span>…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I DO have a few things I had back then like a
USC sweatshirt one of my Aunts sent me hoping I would go out there…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Alas, UIUC had a much better Engineering
school, so there I went…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But 34” waist
jeans being what I should be wearing…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do
not HAVE any at the moment, my 36” ones are just huge on me now…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But amusing wearing things several sizes
smaller these days and getting the fairly constant commentary that I am
shrinking away…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not “reporting to Ranger
School” in shape, but like I said, better than I have been in decades with the
running and weight lifting…<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br />Paul Chappellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04800315555473550635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5918834225580166117.post-60984138577272136412020-03-06T16:40:00.001-06:002020-03-06T16:40:38.824-06:00X-Wing, setting up for the next Store Championships...<br />
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OK, a new list popped up from the old Mynock’s podcast (now
called “Fly Better”…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I of course prefer
Mynock, but the Mouse does protect his licenses…)…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Poe, a new A-Wing (Zizi?) and Cova in a
Transport with Leia to just make things that are not normally possible actually
a thing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Terrifying for my Dual
Firespray list with Poe just absolutely curb stomping Boba with the “Oh, I just
K-Turned or Talon Rolled, Leia made it a White so I could Target Lock and Focus
for the dual modified Proton Torpedo”…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Wow, that was just horrible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
A-Wing is of course really good, and even Cova is an I4, giving them a 6, a 5
and a 4 putting them on the upper end of the I range…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>With a 5 point Bid as well, I was just in a position where I lose, no
matter how I played it out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, keeping
the Dual Firespray in the travel kit, but I suspect strongly that I am flying
Jedi again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Turns out I was always a
Jedi player <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span>…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, to be fair, kind of true with my v2
Templates being marked Jedi from before the Republic was announced…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But getting in some more time with my beloved
Jedi in virtual at least at the moment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>SO much fun just running around the board with the no consequences
double repositioning on the bulk of the list…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Obi-Wan Kenobi — Delta-7
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Calibrated Laser Targeting<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Total: 52<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ahsoka Tano — Delta-7 Aethersprite<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">44<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Plo Koon — Delta-7 Aethersprite<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Total: 48<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ric Olié — Naboo Royal N-1
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Total: 48<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Jedi with NO Regeneration and CLT, Ric with only
Outmaneuver.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Simple list, flies pretty
well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ric runs one flank, the
Aethersprites typically stick together and they go hunting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Leaves the opponent the choice of trying to
chase Ric or deal with the Jedi trio who are all getting 2+ Actions/turn and
have the potential of doing the “dream shot” of the R1 4 Dice hit with their
ship…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ric is almost always a 3 Dice ship
and with Outmaneuver he can push damage pretty reliably.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think it also matches up fairly well
against most things I saw at Springfield as well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So I might be set for the SC at Red Raccoon
over in Bloomington…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Have the Champaign Store Championship set up as well (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/505537706824698/)">https://www.facebook.com/events/505537706824698/)</a>...<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As of last week there were 15 of the 24 slots
filled, so I suspect we have a full house…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Not playing myself, just being the Judge to allow the others to
play.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We will see, I think we’ll have a
good event…<o:p></o:p></div>
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Real life?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Injured my
knee Monday night, and it is taking a frustratingly ling time to recover…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>JUST got back to running a bit today (Friday)
with a 3.5K run in place of my normal 5K to test the knee…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Seems OK, just a bit stiff.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Applying for more jobs, some local and semi
local…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some down in AZ/TX.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eh, will see.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I gotten an amazing amount of experience in the interview process so
far, just need a good offer to hit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But
have a job, so no real sense of urgency… <o:p></o:p></div>
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So, made it to Titan (Springfield) and played in the Store
Championship…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Spoiler I suppose, I went 0-4…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Had a blast playing, and made silly, high
risk moves with Boba and Fenn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And I was
punished accordingly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I cannot REALLY
complain that my dice were terrible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Well, they were, but I should never have put myself in those positions
counting on average to above average rolls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Mind, had I gotten the high rolls I wanted (but did NOT deserve of
course) I would have probably gone 3-1 or better <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span>…
Embrace the variance and await the inevitable betrayal of your Agility
Dice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I found that betrayal like voting
in Chicago.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Early and often.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, to be fair to my dice it was NOT just
the Agility Dice that failed me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rolling
Fenn into Range 1 with a Focus to roll 4 blanks and a Focus result is not the
expected result.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, I came to expect
it by the end of the day of course, but an AVERAGE roll would be far better of
course and one could reasonably expect to cripple almost any enemy ship between
the 2 heavy hitters both targeting it at Range 1 with rerolls and mods…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When that fails and you then roll equally poorly
on your Agility?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, it tends to be a
fairly short game at least?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Still, I
played against excellent opponents and I had a great time laughing at the
absurdity of it all at least.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d like
to think my opponents also had a good time as I had a few newer players in the
mix there and I REALLY want to be sure that the X-Wing scene continues to grow
and new folks come in and have fun in our events. Sadly Laetin in his M-3 was my best ship for the day... But at the end of the day he is really just a TIE Fighter (with a neat ability and a potentially bigger gun)... Fun to fly though, and something to keep in mind...<o:p></o:p></div>
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So, going forward?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Well, I still have two lists…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One
is the more “try hard” list (Dual Firesprays) and the other is copying
Kristofer’s list from Sweden (actually I think he played it in the English
System Open, but…)…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So the Dual
Firesprays:<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Boba Fett — Firespray-class Patrol
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Fearless<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt 15.0pt;">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Maul<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">12<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
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<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3;">
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt 15.0pt;">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Proton Bombs<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
</td>
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
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<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 4;">
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt 15.0pt;">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Contraband Cybernetics<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
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<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 5;">
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt 15.0pt;">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Slave I<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
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<td colspan="2" style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ship
Total: 108<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Half Points: 54 Threshold: 5<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;"></td>
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<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 9;">
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Koshka Frost — Firespray-class
Patrol Craft<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">70<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
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<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 10;">
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt 15.0pt;">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">0-0-0<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
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<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 11;">
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt 15.0pt;">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Proton Bombs<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
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<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 12;">
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt 15.0pt;">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Rigged Cargo Chute<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
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<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 13;">
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt 15.0pt;">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Delayed Fuses<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 14;">
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt 15.0pt;">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Andrasta<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 15;">
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt 15.0pt;">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Seismic Charges<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
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<td colspan="2" style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ship
Total: 91<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<td colspan="2" style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Half Points: 46 Threshold: 5<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
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<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
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Nothing too extreme.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I think this is almost the same as the one that actually won the English
SO (Timo Raabe’s?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From Deutschland IIRC)…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I make a few changes of course, probably not
to the betterment of the list, but I REALLY like being able to drop a Bomb
every turn from Ms. Frost’s ship.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And I
do not particularly care about the bid.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I cannot reasonably compete with the stupid high bid possible with a
Boba/Fenn list or the like and frankly I say a LOT of things that both of my
Ships were simply higher I than in any case, so no bid required?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rather have the fullest compliment of
Toys.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And the Fuses on the Bombs give me
a fair bit of flexibility to… Discourage pursuit when we get into the
scrum.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Boba is a beast and while I would
LIKE to put another Hull on him, points being too tight I think…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Will test it further I suspect and see.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 18.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Republic
HS 1 (194)<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<tr style="mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;">
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Obi-Wan Kenobi — Delta-7
Aethersprite<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">48<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
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<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;">
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt 15.0pt;">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Calibrated Laser Targeting<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
</td>
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;">
<td colspan="2" style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ship
Total: 52<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3;">
<td colspan="2" style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Half Points: 26 Threshold: 2<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 4;">
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;"></td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 5;">
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ahsoka Tano — Delta-7 Aethersprite<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
</td>
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">44<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 6;">
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt 15.0pt;">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Calibrated Laser Targeting<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
</td>
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 7;">
<td colspan="2" style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ship
Total: 46<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 8;">
<td colspan="2" style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Half Points: 23 Threshold: 2<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 9;">
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;"></td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 10;">
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Plo Koon — Delta-7 Aethersprite<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
</td>
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">44<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 11;">
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt 15.0pt;">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Calibrated Laser Targeting<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
</td>
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 12;">
<td colspan="2" style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ship
Total: 48<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 13;">
<td colspan="2" style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Half Points: 24 Threshold: 2<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 14;">
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;"></td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 15;">
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ric Olié — Naboo Royal N-1
Starfighter<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
</td>
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">42<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 16;">
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt 15.0pt;">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Outmaneuver<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
</td>
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ship
Total: 48<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<td colspan="2" style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Half Points: 24 Threshold: 3<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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And back to the Republic and the Jedi…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This one is fun to fly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ric with Outmaneuver is one thing I was
running with my 3 Ship build for a bit as Juke went up in price to test a
replacement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now with Hyperspace lacking
Juke altogether, the Outmaneuver will do…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Solid if I fly it right.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Go
faster, flank and they are rolling -1 Agility and I roll one more Attack…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Seems solid.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Not 100% of course, but the threat alone will make many hesitate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And trying to chase down Ric when I just
rabbit?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Good luck.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Other than that I have 3 solid Jedi with
CLT.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>REALLY want R5’s for Regeneration,
but too expensive they are…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I DO have
another list I was testing with R5’s on my main Jedi and a basic Jedi for the
fourth ship…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fun, but Ric is just a
solid ship and pushing Damage is too important.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Not to mention another I5 giving me 3 5’s and a 3 who is really quite
solid…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And a major bonus, my favorite
Star Wars character (Ahsoka Tano).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
one will definitely be in my kit, and I will want to get in some testing before
the Red Raccoon event in a few weeks…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Otherwise?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Looking very
much like we are going to go with the Champaign Titan Store Championship on 4
April…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Will be posting more when I get
final confirmation from the Store…<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br />Paul Chappellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04800315555473550635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5918834225580166117.post-40183059615176434502020-02-19T16:18:00.002-06:002020-02-19T16:18:37.677-06:00X-Wing Prep and stuff... Last chance I suppose...<br />
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Coming up on the Titan (Springfield, IL) Store Championship
(<a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/2554682551247111/">https://www.facebook.com/events/2554682551247111/</a>)
and I’m still stuck deciding between 2 lists…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 18.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Boba
Frost HS (199)<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<tbody>
<tr style="mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;">
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Boba Fett — Firespray-class Patrol
Craft<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">85<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
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<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;">
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt 15.0pt;">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Fearless<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
</td>
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;">
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt 15.0pt;">
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Maul<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
</td>
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">12<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3;">
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt 15.0pt;">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Proton Bombs<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
</td>
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 4;">
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt 15.0pt;">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Contraband Cybernetics<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
</td>
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 5;">
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt 15.0pt;">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Slave I<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
</td>
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 6;">
<td colspan="2" style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ship
Total: 108<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 7;">
<td colspan="2" style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Half Points: 54 Threshold: 5<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 8;">
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;"></td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 9;">
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Koshka Frost — Firespray-class
Patrol Craft<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
</td>
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">70<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 10;">
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt 15.0pt;">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">0-0-0<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
</td>
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 11;">
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt 15.0pt;">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Proton Bombs<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
</td>
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 12;">
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt 15.0pt;">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Rigged Cargo Chute<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
</td>
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 13;">
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt 15.0pt;">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Delayed Fuses<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
</td>
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 14;">
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt 15.0pt;">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Andrasta<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
</td>
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 15;">
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt 15.0pt;">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Seismic Charges<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
</td>
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 16;">
<td colspan="2" style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ship
Total: 91<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 17;">
<td colspan="2" style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Half Points: 46 Threshold: 5<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 18; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;">
<td style="background: white; padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;"></td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="MsoNormal">
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<div class="MsoNormal">
Or:<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 22.5pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 3;">
<b><span style="font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 18.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Boba
Fenn Laetin 1 (199)<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<tbody>
<tr style="mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;">
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Boba Fett — Firespray-class Patrol
Craft<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
</td>
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">85<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;">
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt 15.0pt;">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Maul<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
</td>
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">12<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;">
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt 15.0pt;">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Slave I<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
</td>
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3;">
<td colspan="2" style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ship
Total: 98<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 4;">
<td colspan="2" style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Half Points: 49 Threshold: 5<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 5;">
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;"></td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 6;">
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Fenn Rau — Fang Fighter<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
</td>
<td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">68<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 7;">
<td colspan="2" style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ship
Total: 68<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 8;">
<td colspan="2" style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Half Points: 34 Threshold: 2<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Laetin A’shera — M3-A Interceptor<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">30<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Autoblasters<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Total: 33<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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The first is the more “safe” version.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dual Firesprays that I have been flying now
for years…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not Koshka Frost mind, but
Boba Fett remains a solid choice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Frost
is pretty solid and I have her ship built out as a Bomber to maximize the effectiveness
of the ship.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She does have a decent
Pilot ability especially with the sheer number of linked actions that produce
Stress…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And 0-0-0 combined with the
Cargo to throw additional Stress helps a lot…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Boba in this build is just there as a hammer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I tried Outmaneuver but Fearless is just
better overall in this application.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A
solid build and as I said I have flown Firesprays a LOT over the years….<o:p></o:p></div>
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Second is “Ace Light”….<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Boba and Fenn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fenn being naked,
Boba almost…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just the 2 upgrades that
are stapled to him (Maul, Slave 1) on that ship.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2 solid choices.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, I wish I had a bit more to add in there,
but adding in a third ship?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, Laetin
is basically a TIE…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Really.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The dial is very close, I have a Shield I
suppose and the Targeting Computer?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
Autoblaster is sneaky awesome though…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If
the opponent ignores Laetin, then he flanks and then has the chance to hammer
an Ace with unblockable Criticals…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I3 is
middling good, not quite a Blocker except against Aces.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I find it more of an Ace with the sheer
number of Generic Ships out and about these days…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fenn is awesome.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Until his Agility Dice betray him, and he is
always just one roll from dying.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Concordia Faceoff is stupid good though, so if I can stay Range 1 I
ALWAYS have an Evade on 4 Dice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Still,
he usually dies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Boba is solid though
and usually lives…<o:p></o:p></div>
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Played last night and might get in one more game before
Sunday…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Last night Laetin lived through
2 Aces shooting him at Range 1 to shoot back and push through 3 Crits when Von
Reg blanked out on his Agility…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Neat,
but the odds were he dies before shooting and then it is Boba vs 2…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But being a TIE, sometimes they just dodge
everything…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Legion event Saturday, I’ll play 1 maybe 2 games as I have
been committed to helping on the Unity Music Boosters fund raiser later that
day…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not a problem, the Show Choir is
great and still have one daughter in it <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span>…<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br />Paul Chappellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04800315555473550635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5918834225580166117.post-37165028183186871622020-02-06T17:05:00.000-06:002020-02-06T17:05:16.722-06:00X-Wing and Legion event prep...<br />
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After getting in a few practice games with the lists I have
for the Store Championships I have to say that they are…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Interesting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Learning the ins and outs of the lists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>For instance, Fenn Rau is still an absolute demon when he gets rolling…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But he is always just one bad Agility roll
from dying.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>More or less the same for
Laetin…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sort of.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Laetin is annoyingly difficult to remove from
the table while his Greens hold, but like Fenn he is almost always a single
roll from dying.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, to be fair both
USUALLY take 2 solid hits to be removed, but one is enough to put them out of
the fight.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fast enough to break and run…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Usually.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Sometimes it is a Swarm or the other player guesses correctly where I am
trying to run them and…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span>… Boba is solid, and
CAN take a few hits, no matter what is hitting him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And with the 2 x 90<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">⁰</span> Arcs I find I am seldom
completely without a shot unless I am dodging really hard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, seems like a “fun” list and might
actually do well.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Other one I have is the Dual Firesprays…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Emon is surprisingly good as a bomber with
the Andrasta title.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Boba is…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, Boba.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Yes, probably my favorite ship to fly in both editions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This one is different than the previous edition
but I think actually far better.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
ship became a pretty decent knife fighter and suits my play style well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And in my test games there are a LOT of
things that SUPER do not want to see a bomber throwing Proton Bombs…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fangs and TIEs being two, but fragile Ace
types in general…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And without “Lone Wolf”
I have no need to keep Boba separated and they can support each other quite
well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not sure which one I will actually
fly when the event hits in a few weeks…<o:p></o:p></div>
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Finding that I REALLY like the Hyperspace restrictions
overall.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, I lost “my” Ace in Anakin
Skywalker (in his Aethersprite), but I also do not have to deal with a lot of
the silly combos that can arise when there are no restrictions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just one of them being the delta between my 3
ship list’s Extended and Hyperspace form.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Extended I have “Marksmanship” on Laetin which allows you to just
convert a Hit to a Critical if you are shooting in the Bullseye Arc.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Combines with the Autoblaster REALLY well
because I am already rolling an additional Dice if I have Bullseye.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And if I am not in their forward firing arc,
they cannot didge the Criticals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Really
amusing against the A-Wings…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, the
Resistance A’s, I suppose technically the Rebels do also have them, just that
the Rebel ones are ludicrously bad when you compare them to the Resistance
ones.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Kind of a shame as they were sort
of iconic “Rebel” ships.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just not worth
fielding except perhaps for the 2 named ones that have niche applications…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But in any case the Resistance A-Wing technically
has NO forward firing Arc, so the Autoblaster is always pushing Criticals
without the possibility of the Agility to save them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mind, the other side of that lack of a Firing
Arc being that the Fang loses its “Concordia Faceoff” ability.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fenn still rolls the additional Dice, but the
free convert one to an Evade is quite nice…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>But overall, the curated content in Hyperspace is making the game quite
interesting for me at least.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Legion I have the new Clone attachments assembled and primed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So I can field them at least without feeling
TOO bad…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They’ll at least be the
standard white armor the lads all wear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>As I am reading the cards and building my forces I am leaning heavily
toward CPT Rex and 3 Squads of the lads supported by the BARC.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gives me 2 rocket launchers and 2 other heavy
weapon options to throw out fire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
Clones with their “Fire Support” and token sharing abilities are actually
surprisingly strong.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If and only if I
can keep them close enough to support each other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Attachments are looking good as
additional options, we’ll see how they fare on the table I suppose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I STRONGLY suspect until the Tank hits they
are simply outclassed at the 800 point level, but I am only playing 500 point
events at this point now, so…<o:p></o:p></div>
<br />Paul Chappellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04800315555473550635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5918834225580166117.post-59655375368834068012020-02-03T16:24:00.000-06:002020-02-03T16:24:14.322-06:00X-Wing prep for Store Champs...<br />
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So, Titan in Springfield has announced their X-Wing Store
Championship on the 23<sup>rd</sup> of February and I have bought my ticket…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just need to get in some actual games with
the lists I am looking at flying in the Hyperspace format.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So looking at either:<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 18.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Boba
Fenn Laetin 1 (199)<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Boba Fett — Firespray-class Patrol
Craft<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">85<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Maul<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">12<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Slave I<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Total: 98<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Half Points: 49 Threshold: 5<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Fenn Rau — Fang Fighter<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">68<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ship
Total: 68<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Half Points: 34 Threshold: 2<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Laetin A’shera — M3-A Interceptor<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">30<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Autoblasters<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ship
Total: 33<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Half Points: 17 Threshold: 2<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Emon HS 2 (200)<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Boba Fett — Firespray-class Patrol
Craft<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">85<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Fearless<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Maul<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">12<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ion Bombs<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Contraband Cybernetics<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Total: 109<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Emon Azzameen — Firespray-class
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Informant<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Total: 91<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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The first is “Ace-ish” with Fenn and Boba being as close as
I can come to actual Aces and Laetin being just an annoyingly difficult to pin
down ship…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That COULD throw out a 4 Dice
Attack that can have un-blockable Crits if I get the Uber-shot off and am not
in their Forward Arc.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, an “ignore at
your own peril” option that I really like.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>And of course the M3’s being one of those “Almost There” ships that just
skirted the edge of usefulness for a long time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Basically a TIE Fighter with a Shield, so there WILL be times it just
blanks out and dies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or it might just
never die due to the extremes of variance…<o:p></o:p></div>
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The second is the latest variant of the Dual Firespray list…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Boba lost a few things in the jump to
Hyperspace and while Krassis is actually cheaper…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Emon gives me Bombs that I can chuck out with
1’s or 3’s and the Reload action to make them a “forever” option…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, “forever, or until I die” <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span>…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Informant is one I have not used, PROBABLY
not useful, but it is a weird option that might just be the thing to use when
the long knives come out and we get up close and personal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Boba is solid in either option and I suspect strongly he
will be the cornerstone to any successful S&V list.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From a Star Wars lore geek perspective I like
both lists as I am using exclusively Mandalorian designs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Neat” but certainly not something to build a
successful list on I suspect.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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I’ll have to check to see how many of the Mandalorian helmet
tokens I have as I could use them for Shields on my first list at least.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Little things to keep myself amused while I
play…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No real illusions of doing hugely
well as Springfield has a fair number of really good players who can make the
trip over to…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d like to say I am one
of them, but honestly, big fish in a small pond would be a better way to
describe it for me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am good, but
nowhere near the skill level that I have seen with a number of the other
players out here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But getting to play is
going to be nice <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Legion is moving along…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Picked up the basic troop expansions for the Republic and Rebellion so I
have a few more options for my lads…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Need to get some clarification on a few rules and adjust my builds I
suspect.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Having better AT options for
the lads is huge with that being the bane of my Clones at least…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ironically, my T-47 Speeder for the Rebels is
a good AT option and playing the BARC Speeder has given me the experience I
suspect to use it correctly…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Locally at
least.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Looking at the LVO results it was
VERY much looking like a solved Meta, at least pre- the newest releases.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lots of the same things in the top cut and NO
Republic/CIS up there at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With the
release of the other Infantry options and actual Tanks for both should open
things up quite a bit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or at least that
is my hope…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I suspect I’ll get stomped
if I take my Republic force to a real event, but at least I suspect I’ll do
well enough that they know there was a fight…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Looking very much forward to more options.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Will see I suppose.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br />Paul Chappellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04800315555473550635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5918834225580166117.post-89181004196743174082020-01-30T12:08:00.000-06:002020-01-30T12:08:15.922-06:00212<br />
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So made it down to 212 pounds so far on the diet of doom…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I haven’t been down to this weight in a very
long time and am easily fitting into clothes I’ve not fit into for
decades.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cleaned out my closet last
weekend and dug out a bunch of things I had buried in the back of the closet in
the “maybe someday” pile.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Actually
having to rotate out things I was wearing for the last several years as I
cannot actually wear them anymore without looking silly…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Boxers for instance <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Need to be sure they are caught under the now
tightened belt lest they fall victim to gravity…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But is nice wearing things I wore working at
Illinois Power or Ciber up in Chicago and finding them actually loose these
days.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>WW seems to be working quite well
for me, had one “real meal “yesterday with the non-diet approved burger and it
was quite nice…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While eating it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After, not so much as I am clearly no longer
used to eating that sort of food.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
running and workouts are going well for me, finally fully recovered from my
illness and back to my now normal times on the runs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Planking, body weight workouts and the like
for the other 2-3 days filling in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Probably best to start switching over to actual weights at some point as
my cardio workouts are going well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Endurance and strength back at levels I’ve not seen since my Army days,
so just waiting on my Iritis to finally clear off (Doctor says it is ALMOST
there) so I can get back to wearing my contacts…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had forgotten how annoying glasses were,
especially during the winter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And
without sunglasses I count on wearing a hat to keep the sun out of my eyes…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ah well <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Gaming wise, waiting on the new FFG stuff to hit tomorrow we
are told… My X-Wing card packs and Republic (Clone) reinforcements.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Slowly getting those lads painted up, or at
least the few I have.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>500 point games
are fine for now, but until I have a Tank I suspect the 800 point level is
simply not going to be a thing for me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>General Kenobi and 2-3 Squads or CPT Rex and 3-4 Squads being the best
choices.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have the BARC speeder and it
does…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well it does.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some games it is amazing and it kills many
things.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I typically send it off as a
guided missile to be my Jaeger (hunter) and deal with Sniper teams or flanking
Scouts that my Clones would otherwise have difficulty dealing with.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Were I playing more competitively I suspect
that skipping it and having more Clones would be a better choice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And with the lads, it is somewhat counter
intuitive to have them bunched up…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When
I was in, it was drilled in to keep spread out to minimize the damage from
Artillery or things like Grenades or the like…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>To b fair I suppose the armor I wore was nowhere near what the Clones
are wearing and as of now there is simply nothing “Artillery-Like” in the game
to pose a realistic threat to forming up in a flying wedge and moving toward
the Enemy…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With their ability to share
Tokens and easily get the Surge Tokens (“Focus” equivalent from X-Wing) to be
used either offensively or defensively to enhance their battlefield
effectiveness…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Between this and the far better
basic weapon they have a huge advantage over their eventual replacements in the
basic Storm Troopers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It reflects the
Republic’s emphasis on better training and far better equipment over that of
the Empire with the more…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, more is
better with no regard to quality…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Quantity
has a Quality all its own” I suppose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This translates across most of the games FFG does with the Imperial
things being the ones with the overwhelming numbers on their side and the
Rebel/Republic having the FAR better but usually hopelessly outnumber Units…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And I usually fall pretty well into one of
those sides with my personality and preferred play style, so that works out
well for me.<o:p></o:p></div>
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the British Airborne (though I suppose they use the word “Airbourne” <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span>) camouflage smocks…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Still not really getting that, but getting
FAR closer with some of the GW “Contrast” paints. At this point though I have
only a handful of the lads even assembled so a ways off from actually getting
in games…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One Armored Car though so the
lads will have minimal Armor support when they do hit the table… <o:p></o:p></div>
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BattleTech….<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, in
cleaning some of the Basement of Doom<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">™ I DID come across a large number of the
ancient miniatures I had from the ancient times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some of them at least are just “point of
pride” ones as we played the far more hard corps where if you lost the Mech on
the field, you lost the miniature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Could
ransom it back or the like, but we were very much keeping with the “history” of
the in game universe….<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, the ONLY
reason I had some of those minis would have been captures that were never
repatriated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Like my eventual command
Mech, the Banshee-3S.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The original
Banshee was just bad.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dropping the
smaller engine in place dropped the maximum speed from 4/6 to 3/5 but freed up
a LOT of space and weight for an actual Assault Mech’s weapon load out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Went from a bad joke to an Assault class Mech
that I would argue was actually better than any other out there including the
(at the time) king of the hill in the Atlas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>So, it took some time, but I had mine go into the shop as it were and
came out as a real Assault class Mech to lead out my Mercs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve stripped the lot and am repainting in
the colors of the Skye Rangers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, dark
red/crimson body and black on the arms.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Looking pretty good so far, at least a unified pattern to make them all
look like part of the same force.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And
keeping with my tradition of finding a strange, usually Scottish, sub faction
to put my forces into </span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Waiting on the Kickstarter to have the new
things including the redesigned Clan Mechs which for me will go either Clan
Wolf or Clan Wolf in Exile… Keeping with the theme, and the WiE forces are
allied to the Skye forces, so planning ahead I am to keep ALL of my stuff in a
nice, neat package…</span><o:p></o:p></div>
<br />Paul Chappellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04800315555473550635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5918834225580166117.post-88051209849412935452020-01-17T11:06:00.001-06:002020-01-17T11:06:51.794-06:00Jan, after the point changes in X-Wing and "life stuff"<br />
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Well, been in “Diet Mode” for a while now…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Seems like it is working quite well this
time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My wife and I switched over to the
“WW” (“Formerly ‘Weight Watchers’”) a few months ago now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The system has been working amazingly well
for me as I went from having plateaued at ~250 pounds to now hovering in the
220 range.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Previously I was working out
very regularly and through the Fitbit app tracking my steps and caloric
consumption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Turns out that was not what
I really needed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For instance on days
when I say, forgot to pack a lunch I’d just wander over to grab a few slices of
pizza and think nothing of it really.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Tracking the calories of that led me to believe I was well within my set
goals and running a caloric deficit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Probably was, but not as much of one as I had thought.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, on the WW system I have 33 points for my
day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And a single slice of NY style
pizza is 17.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And now, not having that
for a “quick and easy lunch” I seem to be losing weight quickly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since I weighted 238 on entry to the Army, I
have long since passed that mark.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mind,
not really a good goal, I was FAR from in shape when I joined.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For my first deployment I probably started at
~180 or so.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I went from 238 to 168 when
I was in Basic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>NOT a recommended way to
lose weight as that was during an abbreviated OSUT (One Station Unit Training)
that got cut to just the vital things as Iraq invaded Kuwait just before I
reported.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Was supposed to be 16 weeks
with a break in the middle, weekends off, etc…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>But got cut to just 9 weeks of fairly intense training.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any case, I was in the best shape of my
life when I reported to Ranger School weighing 205.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not sure if it is realistic to shoot for that
as a goal, but it is certainly within reach now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some of the side effects of the weight loss
being that I am now back to wearing jeans the size I wore in high school…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Have shelved the much larger ones for now as
they are just ludicrously baggy on me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Odd things like the “normal” boxers I wore being far too large and so
those have rotated out as well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Wearing
things that looked like sausage casings on me a few months ago and they are
loose to the point of being baggy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Neat
I guess and a lot of the clothing I wore while working in Chicago not long
after my time in the Army/Guard is fitting well enough.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Amusing I suppose that the stuff I carted
around for decades on the off chance that “maybe I’ll wear it again” is now on
the hanger in my closet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Running is a big part of my workout routine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am NOT a particularly good runner, which
would be my brother the marathon runner (he actually competes in the real ones
like Chicago, Boston, London, etc…).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
run because it is a good way to build my endurance and actually lose the
weight.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not because I am fast or enjoy
it, it just works.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not exactly going
blazingly fast, I’m in the 12 minute mile range, so a slow jog…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But of course I was never all that fast, I
ran 8 minute miles at my best.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Of course
I could run 20 of them without ill effect, and nowhere near that now am I <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span>…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Still using body weight exercises and
resistance bands to keep the “prison workout” going for the other 2-3 days/week
so I stick to the 5-6 days/week getting in an actual workout.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Going fairly well, but seems to be approaching
a plateau and I will have to adjust fairly soon I suspect.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But in the meantime, I am moving better than
I have in decades, my endurance is quite high as is my strength and most of the
health related issues I was starting to have are cleared up.<o:p></o:p></div>
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X-Wing dropped their points adjustment and a few rules
changes/clarifications.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Overall I am
quite thrilled with this all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
biggest change they have made at this time is that Hyperspace (HS) is now a
heavily curated format with every Faction going down to a handful of Ship types
being legal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>4 for newer ones and 5 for
the older ones.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And even if the Ship is
HS legal there is NO guarantee that any individual Pilot or Upgrade will
be.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For instance Wedge Antiles in his X-Wing
was dropped from HS while most of the rest are legal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Neat I suppose and it should have the effect of
preventing stagnation where the obvious best lists become the norm and pretty
much all one would see on the table.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now
I am building weird new lists with things like the M-3 Interceptor since it has
dropped in points enough to actually be useful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I am hoping I suppose as I have yet to actually fly one in a game of 2<sup>nd</sup>
edition X-Wing at this point.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My dual
Firespray lists have all gone down in points fairly drastically.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The lists overall, Boba Fett is almost unchanged…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His titles all dropped a bit so the way I fly
him he HAS decreased in point cost overall…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>So, interesting times overall.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My
old standard Republic lists are as I said previously no longer HS legal, and
having watched the YouTube record of my game that Gold Squadron streamed from
Gen Con (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezh61SB5aEw&feature=youtu.be">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezh61SB5aEw&feature=youtu.be</a>).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The game changed a bit since then and I
suspect the list I flew would not do so well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>But in any case these are things I can fly fairly well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Trying to get more events scheduled at Titan
in Champaign “soon” but of course with the Semester beginning next week it is a
difficult time to get away from work for many of us working at the University
at least…<o:p></o:p></div>
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Legion I am actually getting back to painting, experimenting
with some of the GW “contrast” paints.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The Martian Camo patter I am doing the bulk of my Rebels in looks pretty
good with GW’s Fleshtearer Red as a base, and with the bonus of that being one
of the ancient 40K armies I still have in the Basement of Doom<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">™</span>…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Clones are where I am focusing mostly at
this point, and they are base coated at least and starting to get some details
on at this point.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Playing at a fairly
severe disadvantage I think with the Republic army for now with the Imperials I
suspect being the major powerhouse force and the CIS Droids looking pretty good
overall, at least from a power ranking perspective.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Neither army interests me particularly,
though I suspect I could do well with either.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Same for the Rebels at this point for me, they have the “feel” of 40K
Imperial Guard or whatever they are called these days…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have not touched that system since the
change to 6<sup>th</sup> edition and they are on 8<sup>th</sup> going on 9<sup>th</sup>
I hear…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Spending time in the basement, I have dug up some of my
ancient Flames of War minis while searching for other stuff…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I remember how insanely OP my US Airborne force
seemed on the table back in first edition with that system…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was pretty much only building things for
Units I actually served with, so 82<sup>nd</sup> it was.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Artillery rules were just silly good for
Americans IIRC…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I remember being able to
take down the (at the time) king of the hill armies that were almost exclusively
German Tiger based forces with my tine group of 82<sup>nd</sup> troops and Artillery…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Probably why I stopped playing as much, the
winning strategies were just not overly interesting to me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Set up, know that your troopers via their
rules were not going to break and run from the mere presence of a Tiger and let
the Artillery just pound them out of existence. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think I have the more recent rule books and
will have to look into that game again at some point…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Tanks” got me back buying a few actual 15mm
armored vehicles and so I have US, Brit and even a small German force…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I REALLY like the German Puma, that fits my
play style fairly well and it is actually fairly good…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dies when caught, but…<o:p></o:p></div>
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For 28mm I have my British Airborne that I have started
assembling finally.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And with the new
paints making camouflage patterns like their WWII smocks fairly easy, I might
even get them painted up sooner rather than later…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Will see how things go I suppose… Dug up my ancient Battletech things as there is a group here looking to revive that and I snagged some on the Kickstarter...<o:p></o:p></div>
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As far as “going”, still kind of in job hunt mode, got a few
more interviews but with so many of them recently at least obviously being “Team
Lead” positions rather than actual “Management” positions I am less
interested.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have seen and been the “Team
Lead” several times in the past and as it always deteriorates to doing multiple
people’s jobs for the one person’s salary not something I am overly interested
in doing again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the other hand the
transition from IT worker to IT manager seems to be a fairly rare one, at least
rarely successful one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I see a lot of
organizations here who have promoted the good IT person to put them in charge
and usually it does not work out so well as the skill sets are very different
and that one is good at one does not necessarily follow that one would be good
at the other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any case, busy, have a
steady job and so not desperate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Makes
the interview process a LOT more relaxed for me at least.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That and the sheer number of interviews I
have had over the last year or two, by now it is all a known thing and I am
perhaps a bit too relaxed about it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Maybe, I think that the level of confidence I have is a good thing, I
HAVE seen just about everything at this point in my own little world, and
overall I think have been fairly successful dealing with it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No rush, as it is said “The Dude Abides”…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When it is time to go, I’ll go… <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
<br />Paul Chappellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04800315555473550635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5918834225580166117.post-82427093319963485692020-01-10T12:05:00.001-06:002020-01-10T12:05:37.947-06:00January 2020 points changes and a bit more I suppose...<br />
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So, the X-Wing points have dropped and overall I am fairly
happy with the changes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ironically the
list I flew against Tony just before the Stream actually dropped by 5 points in
total (Boba/Emon) with the Firespray’s Title cards dropping as well as Emon
himself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Neat?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The essentially unlimited Bombs I can drop
with that list will be something REALLY good against a number of lists, and Fett
himself is still really solid.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Nantex
scourge is tempered a bit as the passing off the Tractor token now costs more,
as do a number of what were overly efficient things in their Swarm builds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My Republic builds are mostly OK with only
Obi-Wan really going up in points, but the R-2 Astromechs all went up so things
will be a bit tighter if I were flying the 7B with Regen…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wasn’t, so…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The CLT builds are more interesting for me at least and that was where I
went for the most part…<o:p></o:p></div>
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That DOES bring me to the one thing I am not thrilled
about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hyperspace is now radically
different than it was.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the one hand,
I am glad it changed…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But especially the
smaller Factions are just gutted when they lose half of their effective components.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Good thing I suppose HS is a format that will
be very limited in terms of actual events.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Though, saying that the first round of Store Championships are supposed
to be HS, not sure if I am interested in playing that at this point honestly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eh, will see I suppose how things actually
work out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just not really overly
interested at this point in seeing if I can build something with scraps and
make it work well enough…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Especially
knowing damn well that it will NOT be the best build possible.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Not much fully known, but FFG just had a fairly massive
round of layoffs so not entirely sure how this will affect OP and of course the
games I actually DO play…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hopefully
things will continue as they have and X-Wing/Legion at least do seem to be
fairly popular…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Of course, that doesn’t
mean anything if the cash is not flowing well for the company, and of course
being FAR on the outside I have no real clue what the real situation is up
there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any case I do hope things work
out for those laid off…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Have gone
through a bit of that in the ancient times, and frankly that is one of the
major reasons I wound up working here at the University…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not like we’re going to be bought and have
the new company bring in its own IT staff…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>THAT happened to me when I worked at Illinois Power…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mind, this was the mid to late 90’s, so IT
work was REALLY easy to find and the folks I knew there all either retired or
simply moved on to other companies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
went to Chicago and worked up there for over a year before burning out hard on
that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I worked my “real” job and did
independent side work, but enough that I was actually working 2 full time
jobs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Made a LOT of money, but…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I said, I am hoping things work out for
the folks being laid off up there.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Job search?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eh, still
half-heartedly applying here and there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Had an excellent interview with a local company, but that was a few
weeks ago and having heard nothing I am taking it as a “no” I suppose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>NOT annoyed, it was a great interview and
frankly the first time that my VERY heavy tech background (the “I do the stuff”)
was not seen as a negative or viewed with suspicion…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Management and “line” IT workers do not
usually share much in terms of personalities or skill sets it seems…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And while I made the transition, I know not
many have or could.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Though having said
that, I am finding that my “I do things” skills are mostly atrophied at this
point with my MCSE dating back to the NT 4.0 days and almost all of my
Infrastructure work being 10+ years ago now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>So, yes I HAVE done these things but it would likely take me a bit of
time to actually relearn how to do them again…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>And in any case, more or less committed to staying here at UIUC until I
can really “retire” at 55…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No hurry, no
worries I suppose, and getting some really good practice in these interviews.<o:p></o:p></div>
<br />Paul Chappellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04800315555473550635noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5918834225580166117.post-57543360211241144572019-12-27T20:56:00.001-06:002019-12-27T20:56:11.790-06:00Post Christmas updates<br />
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Well, still in the same X-Wing holding pattern…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Waiting on the points update in a few
weeks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve evolved my Dual Firespray
list slightly based on the ruling from Dee Yun regarding the talent “Outmaneuver”
and Krassis’ Pilot Talent allowing him to fire Special attacks (Ion Cannon in
this case) from his Rear Arc as though they were Front Arc shots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And Outmaneuver reads when firing a Front Arc
attack, if you are NOT in their Arc, the Defender rolls one fewer Agility Dice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Coupled with the likely double modification
on the attack this suddenly becomes something very consistent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Boba Fett is still solid, and this leaves me
3 points for a bid or buffer for the points adjustment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Frankly not sure what if anything will go up
in this list as nothing was really OP here…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>But getting in a number of games with it and I find it REALLY
solid.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, another one in my bag of
tricks I suppose… Looking like Jan 17th for the release of the card packs and the points update on the 9th...<o:p></o:p></div>
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Eye is getting better to the point that I am almost ready to
get back to painting my Legion stuff…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
have another 500 point event coming up next month…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My clones are fairly simple, and I suspect I’ll
do Squad markings on the shoulder pads with primarily blue for the 501<sup>st</sup>
as I want to keep that theme going for my lads…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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Took the Goldwing out for a quick ride this afternoon…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Finally getting over the illness that hit me
over the last few weeks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Christmas was
interesting, and I of course ate far too much but should be able to get back to
the “diet mode” easily enough…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The WW
points system seems like it works for me far better than what I was doing
previously.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Fitbit is still there,
and with my running 3x/week I am keeping my activity level up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just not really doing the calorie counting
that the Fitbit app does.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The difference
being in changing WHAT I am eating overall.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Seems like most bread products, most sugars, etc…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So simple, real food.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Per usual, I am surprised how much more
expensive “real” food is compared to the processed, cheap crap I was eating
previously.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But eating far less, so there
is that I suppose…<o:p></o:p></div>
<br />Paul Chappellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04800315555473550635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5918834225580166117.post-32884158098129780612019-12-13T16:57:00.001-06:002019-12-13T16:57:05.752-06:00Legion this Weekend, life and X-Wing in holding patterns :-)<br />
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Gearing up for a Legion event tomorrow…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And at the 500 point level it seems that I
have only one legal option with my limited forces…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>CPT Rex leading out my 3 Squads of Clones
(max size, 2 heavy AP rifles, 1 Rotary Blaster) and the speeder loaded out with
the RPG sidecar…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nothing horribly
impressive honestly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rex allows a great
deal of the Clone synergy to shine and as long as I can keep them together to
support each other and stay out of close combat….<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have Blasters, shoot them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nothing OP I suspect, and looking at the
(few) larger events standings the Republic tends to do…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Poorly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Much to do with the extremely limited pool of Units from which to choose
I suspect.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We do really struggle against
some things like the Imperials kitted out with Heavy Armor in either their Tank
or AT-ST backed by either just bodies en masse or Elites like the Death
Troopers…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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It will be an amusing distraction at the least as things
wind down for the end of the Semester here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Rewriting my Cover Letter per suggestions stemming from feedback from my
last failed application here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I keep
getting close, and perhaps with this feedback I’ll get a bit closer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Honestly I do not remember offhand the number
of interviews I’ve done over the last 2 years, but by now I am actually getting
quite good at THAT portion at least.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Sadly, most of the interviews are external and so of a much lower “value”
to me currently…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After meeting with
Engineering’s HR, I got far better answers that I was able to find on my own and
I need to hit 55 to “retire” from the University and most likely take a
position elsewhere.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mind, I can resign
and get my massive overload of Vacation and Sick time paid out, and my
Retirement Account is Self-Managed, so that is all fully vested and follows me
just fine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just won’t be drawing from it
for a long time so it just builds in value as I’ve invested the bulk in things
that DO just earn interest and pay Dividends.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>My “gambling” style tends to run only to things I can actually control
and so I followed the advice of an old friend who put it simply as “only invest
in things that pay you Dividends, anything else is just speculation or gambling”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Still sending out applications at a much lower
pace, looking mostly in the TX/AZ/OK areas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I have to admit I was really quite impressed by the (several) places I
did interview with in TX and the visits were exhausting but enlightening.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No vacations really for me, but I did
spend<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>a few of my days on that before
losing a bunch yet again as I can only carry forward 2 years’ worth…<o:p></o:p></div>
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X-Wing?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve changed
my Dual Firespray list a bit, dropping the Stealth Generator on Boba Fett’s
ship to put in Proton Bombs on Krassis’ ship.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I found myself FAR too often wishing I had a bomb there and it is
amusing to do the “Oprah” thing and declare “You get a Crit, You get a Crit and
You get a Crit”…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A shame that the other
Titles for the Firesprays are just too expensive to use…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or perhaps Slave 1 is too cheap.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Probably both.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Slave one is one I would not be surprised to
see go up on 9 Jan…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I’ve said before
I suspect my other lists being Jedi/Republic will change rather drastically
when the points are updated, so no real point worrying about them now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Firesprays are…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Less likely to change much as they are pretty
solidly “B-tier” at best in the grand scheme.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I can fly them well as I have been playing them for years now and am one
of the few who has, but at the end of the day they are still pretty sub-par
Ships overall…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I just happen to like
them, and they do fairly well locally at least.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Heck, I won my Dice with them, so…<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br />Paul Chappellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04800315555473550635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5918834225580166117.post-52784464579153065722019-12-10T16:52:00.002-06:002019-12-10T16:52:33.422-06:00X-Wing, Legion and more? Waiting on 9 January it seems...<br />
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So, Jan 9 is the date FFG has announced for the next points
update…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Less than a month out now, so
time perhaps to schedule an event over at Titan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since the announcement that everything except
the System Open events are going to be Extended format, it does make list
building a bit easier…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Been flying my
dual Firespray list almost exclusively.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>And while it hits 200 even I do have the 6 point buffer there with the Stealth
Device on Fett’s ship that could just as easily just go away…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mind, it is nice to have, but certainly not
needed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I suspect that this list will
make it through the update more or less intact.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>NOT so for my Jedi lists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
suspect that the CIS and Jedi will be seeing some major shifts in their points,
almost all going up, up, up…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Locally, seeing a lot of malaise as most of us are waiting
on the next round of points with the game being mostly “solved”?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not sure that is the right word honestly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are a fair number of good lists, and
this is where it differs greatly from the first edition state of the game.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Usually in v1 there was a “solved” state with
the one to three really good lists dominating competitive play and then the
rest of the lists languishing in the salt mines…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, there are good lists in just about every
Faction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And with the seven Factions out
there it does make it at least interesting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I do say “just about” as First Order is limited with only the bare
handful of Ships at all and therefore only a few viable options.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Still, the Faction specific prizes at the
larger events has encouraged diversity in the list building to the point of
keeping things really well balanced.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
would argue that at this point CIS with the Droid Swarm led by a Nantex class
ship is at least a little bit ahead of MOST of the other Faction’s best
lists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Does have a few bad matchups and
you DO need to play it quite well, almost perfectly, but…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, waiting on the Jan 9 update a lot of us
are…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Other than that?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My
iritis was confirmed in my right eye, making painting impossible…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Going back to the Doctor Thursday for the
next checkup.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is feeling a LOT
better, but with the medication (Atropine specifically) keeping my eye dilated
and therefore impossible to focus for detail work my Clones have languished
with just the primer/base coat on them…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Sat I have the next event and they’ll be hitting the field for me…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Still not sure if it will be Obi-Wan and 2
Squads or CPT Rex and 3 Squads…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With the
delays in the new product hitting I have extremely limited options for the
Republic so…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Speaking of the Delays…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They have cancelled a few repackaged expansions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Citing the general availability of the Ships,
it made little sense to release the updated package.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well and good I suppose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And for reasons unknown several other things
have been pushed back to January or later…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I guess there is still a chance that a “secret” wave could be released
to coincide with the new Star Wars movie hitting in 10 days, but at this point
is is seeming less likely.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Guess we’ll
see?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The points update is holding things
back more right now, but more toys is always better…<o:p></o:p></div>
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The Mandalorian has been airing on the Disney+ streaming
service…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So far I have really liked it
and it is doing a LOT of work for Disney to bring back many fans who were
driven away with the Last Jedi…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mind,
some of us old timers see the almost direct “influence” of things like “The
Seven Samurai” or the old Westerns, but that is fine…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nothing that hadn’t been firmly established
in Star Wars honestly…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And the people
they have brought in to play the parts have all been quite good so far.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Werner Herzog as an Imperial Officer and the
actress playing Cara Dune being some of the better ones I think.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cara especially as they have her playing a
Rebel Commando/Drop Trooper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is
CLEARLY quite well trained as a close combat specialist and those action
sequences just flowed well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As opposed
to the first season of Iron Fist where Danny Rand was clearly uncomfortable
performing the martial arts and general close combat sequences required for the
role…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And I suppose with my own
background in things “similar” to what the Drop Troopers would have done, I was
glad they got someone absolutely amazing for that role.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Will see how things play out with the
remainder of the Season I suppose and since they are filming Season 2 now
pretty much a guarantee that there will be another…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Job search stalling I suppose…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Last real interview was with a University in
Texas…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I thought the interview overall
went well, but a number of the questions in the second round with the IT group
raised a few flags for me…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>WAY too
technical questions leading me to believe that what they were really looking
for was a Team Lead who would also be doing Management duties in addition to
the normal Infrastructure work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not
really at all what the advertisement would have led one to believe and frankly
it leads to the dual problem I see with the further into “Management” I go, the
less I deal with the day to day “IT work” coupled with the (in my experience)
general lack of management potential for most folks who are really good at the
back end (Infrastructure) skills.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>MOST of
the folks I have encountered over my 25+ years in the industry who are REALLY
highly technical are also REALLY not “people people”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, I did a fair bit of Infrastructure work
in the past, but generally speaking I was also the one sent out to meetings and
to deal with those pesky humans to allow the others the ability to avoid such
unpleasant contact…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, long way of
saying I was completely unsurprised to get the word from them that they failed
out the Search without hiring anyone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Of
course it IS possible to find a great Infrastructure genius who is also a great
Manager and loves to deal with meetings and people in general…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have just never encountered such a person,
so suspect they would be quite rare and therefore commanding extremely high
salaries…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Of course, just guessing on my
part and certainly NOT desperate at this point for a new job so I can afford to
be relaxed and choose carefully…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And
there is the fact that I really have no idea why the search was failed out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is just my own experience having served
on a LOT of committees and of course by now having interviewed at a LOT of
places…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
<br />Paul Chappellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04800315555473550635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5918834225580166117.post-59116124218183943492019-12-03T17:06:00.003-06:002019-12-03T17:06:22.878-06:00FFG news this week and...<br />
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So, another week and not a lot going on game wise…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>FFG just announced that the format for almost
all of their events will be Extended going forward though…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And I’ve put out the “Shall we run a Store
Championship” question to the local group… <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maybe?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Scheduling might be an issue and I have no idea the cost of the kit
itself, so we will see I guess…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But with
Extended becoming the de facto standard for all events there is no longer the
issue of having to be concerned about say my Firespray list having thise slight
differences to stay legal in whichever style is being run for the current event…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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On one hand, that is great…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>On the other hand of course, there ARE things that were never really
well balanced for this edition of the game and there are simply too many things
to playtest and balance to achieve perfect balance of course, but…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nothing that seems too far out of balance
that I can see of course, but then I did not see a lot of the Meta monsters
coming either, so I may not be the one to judge I suspect…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eh, time to get some of my more fun lists out
onto the table I suspect but everyone is still in the “waiting on the points
change” that is supposed to be hitting next month now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No real point getting in reps with things
that are “likely” to become far more expensive and be driven out of the current
Meta…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Things like Regen Jedi for
instance are almost certain to go up enough to no longer be the staple Squad
they are now…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or at least it is hoped by
many.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Personally, I’ve been having a number of medical issues with
my (formerly) good eye.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Iritis
again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, pain, blurred vision and a
generally bad time all around.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No
motorcycle riding for a bit, no contacts, etc…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Painting has also taken a break as focusing clearly is an issue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Makes doing things like say, working on
computers a joy and a treat as well…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Back
to the Doctor who did my last surgery this week to see what she says regarding
a treatment plan going forward.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Next event is the 14<sup>th</sup> I think….<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>More Legion stuff as Ken is running that…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My Clones are at least primed/base coated by
now, so I’ll be fielding either General Kenobi and 2 Squads backed by the
Speeder or CPT Rex and 3 Squads backed by the same speeder…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Either way, seems good with the new 500 point
rules FFG put up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Clones are a solid
Infantry choice and liking how they play so far…<o:p></o:p></div>
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