What's your current passion/obsession? - Be it a fandom, hobby, person/celebrity/fictional character or object

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I got obsesse with/I am currently obsessed with

  • A particular fandom (like everyone on here)

    Votes: 17 17.5%

  • A particular hobby (meh, depends on what's about)

    Votes: 59 60.8%

  • A real person/celebrity (á la Ricardo Lopez)

    Votes: 8 8.2%

  • A fictional character ( you waifu maniac)

    Votes: 5 5.2%

  • An object/ type of objects (Fetishist)

    Votes: 8 8.2%
  • Total voters
    97
I am currently rekindling my love of the World of Darkness tabletop role-playing games, most notably Vampire: The Masquerade and Werewolf: The Apocalypse.

In fact, I got invited to join a gaming group near where I live that plays the Live-Action versions of the World of Darkness games about once a month, and yes I did play. It was my first LARP game and I found it to be surprisingly enjoyable.

I know LARP is a common target of cringe and mockery, and for good reason, but this LARP group near where I live was surprisingly nice. The people were cool and laid back and nobody took anything too seriously. It helped that we were playing at the house of one of the players and not in a public area like a park.

It was a double-header of sorts and an all-day event where we played a Werewolf game in the daytime, and then played Vampire in the evening and nighttime hours, with a lunch break in between games. I had a lot of fun and met some good people that I will gladly game with again.

On an unrelated note, I am also passionate about military history and I'm wanting to get into miniature wargaming.
 
TiggerNits said:
Yeah, Afghan had a lot of both.

Did they look like this

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or this

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Because the one on the bottom is the A, which is exceedingly rare and I think the only ones preserved are in Russian and Ukranian museums
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Yeah, it was the top one. Still, one of two in the US. Pretty impressive. Especially when you learn the quirks of the thing, like how it needs to take off like a plane because it’s so heavy.
 
Reynard said:
Yeah, it was the top one. Still, one of two in the US. Pretty impressive. Especially when you learn the quirks of the thing, like how it needs to take off like a plane because it’s so heavy.
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Yeah, there's a D nearby in Tucson. Its a neat chopper. The guy Im helping with this thing actually flew the Hind that the US got from Chad before the wall fell. He was also a test pilot on the CH-47 and the Blackhawk, the entire reason for this build is because his friend who passed a bit ago had helped build the "Hind" they used in Red Dawn and he thought it would be a fun project.

One of my friends helping on it is using it as an excuse to spend thousands on upgrading his CnC router. Old guys come up with odd and expensive diversions it seems
 
TiggerNits said:
Yeah, there's a D nearby in Tucson. Its a neat chopper. The guy Im helping with this thing actually flew the Hind that the US got from Chad before the wall fell. He was also a test pilot on the CH-47 and the Blackhawk, the entire reason for this build is because his friend who passed a bit ago had helped build the "Hind" they used in Red Dawn and he thought it would be a fun project.

One of my friends helping on it is using it as an excuse to spend thousands on upgrading his CnC router. Old guys come up with odd and expensive diversions it seems
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I think the one where I volunteered was the one the US got back then if I’m not mistaken. It’s been a while since I was there. Been since I volunteered years ago.
 
I collect 1/6 scale figures, mainly Hot Toys. This is my most recent addition to my collection

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This is going to be my next addition, when it comes out
https://sneed-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/1c/9f/de/1c9fde270c2132d32268557f354b5a5a.jpg

(And yes, that is Boba Fett in the "Star Wars Holiday Special" cartoon colors)
 
Reynard said:
I think the one where I volunteered was the one the US got back then if I’m not mistaken. It’s been a while since I was there. Been since I volunteered years ago.
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It isn't, that one is still at Ft. Polk for use as OPFOR along with 1 or 2 others they shuffle to and from there and Bliss and occasionally to Irwin.
 
TiggerNits said:
It isn't, that one is still at Ft. Polk for use as OPFOR along with 1 or 2 others they shuffle to and from there and Bliss and occasionally to Irwin.
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I remember them saying it was one of the ones that the US captured somewhere, but I couldn’t tell you where.
 
I have like, 80 hobbies and no time to do them all.:'(
I'm always doing art to some degree, but right now I've been painting a lot and making polymer clay monsters.
I also play a few instruments. Very recently I've taken up skateboarding.
 
Writing and drawing fan-related stuff. I'm not particularly good at art but I'm practising, and two of my fanfics were recommended on tvtropes so some people must like them.

Oh and Doom WADs.
 
I've been slowly easing back into payday and have been on full no life mode with that game.
 
Lately I have been drinking to quell the constant, nagging spectre of age and time, and the shadow of that which could have been

Also gardening
 
Galvatron said:
I collect 1/6 scale figures, mainly Hot Toys. This is my most recent addition to my collection

Hot-Toys-SW-Grand-Moff-Tarkin-Darth-Vader-Collectible-Set-1-600x867.jpg



This is going to be my next addition, when it comes out
https://sneed-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/1c/9f/de/1c9fde270c2132d32268557f354b5a5a.jpg

(And yes, that is Boba Fett in the "Star Wars Holiday Special" cartoon colors)
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Yeah, I’m planing to get into figure collecting as well. Mostly capeshit stuff.
Though I try to avoid Hot Toys, I just don’t know why, but I don’t like them too much.
 
Right now I'm buying a shit load of manga in an attempt to fill the void left by having to put my previous addiction of buying a shit load of vidya on the back burner due to recent changes in my life. $12 a pop is manageable for me right now. $60+ a pop isn't. I don't know what it says about me that I have these compulsions, but I have them.

Also golf.
 
Right now I’m terribly addicted to Snus which has over a $30 shipping fee just to get to the fucking States

Also like collecting musical instruments even though I’m absolutely shit at them. Really fond of the Gretsch Historic Series Streamliners (cat’s eye) guitars right now
 
I got a few things I'm getting into. Trying to get the whole EC comic collection, a few pulp series I'm reading, learning to (badly) play the guitar, luckily I have a live in teacher, slowly watching the whole Dark Shadows show (I'm on episode 143).
 
TheClorax said:
Yeah, I’m planing to get into figure collecting as well. Mostly capeshit stuff.
Though I try to avoid Hot Toys, I just don’t know why, but I don’t like them too much.
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Why's that? Is it their price point? Their Scale? I'm just curious, because for 1/6 scale collectors, anyway, Hot Toys is basically the gold standard
 
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