100% dude. I was right there with you back in the day. My first “online” experience was a net game of M1 over MacTCP to my buddy down the street. After it came out all my Macs had a copy of Infinity and I wasted countless hours in Forge making wild maps. It was a great time in my life. I still play Aleph One now and then to kill time because its like a warm blanket to me now.

I will definitely give this new Marathon a shot at some point, but this gameplay is just not where I am at. I don’t really fit into this new world of online experiences, maybe I’m just getting old and Marathon is moving past me for a new age. I guess that’s fair. Its just hard to see as a die hard fan. Oh well.

See ya starside.

Its amazing how much more authoritative I view people now when they’re absently tossing a baseball around. Thanks DS9

I wish they had just made a single player Marathon sequel… oh well. I will definitely give it a shot but confidence is low :(

Not to defend SC too much, and full disclosure I don’t play it. But I have friends who DO play it and it seems like they are having a lot of fun?

They aren’t evangelists for the game or anything, so its not a fanboy situation. They just play it a lot, and with lots of other people. They have an online community and meet up IRL for events. Post vids of their exploits. It seems fun to me? I asked them about the bugs and stuff and they fully admit it is buggy and things are broken, they make no apologies for it. They figure out workarounds and share it with the crew. I don’t know, these guys are usually pretty critical of games but they seem happy weirdly. Maybe a cult?

There is no fucking way that I am ever going to pay for a fake star ship or anything so I’m not even considering it. And the entire funding model of the game seems batshit insane to me. But to me it seems like the idea that the game is unplayable doesn’t really match the reality? Its clearly not a good value proposition at all.

Its weird I know I shouldn’t but I kind of love NMS. Its such a broad but shallow game but I cant help but spend hours on it. Being able to just jet off to a new system and explore is excellent.

Not an expert but you may want to look at your z-offset? Maybe you’re a little high off the bed?

Just as they were starting to figure it out and make a movie that if you squinted enough allllmost felt like a real star trek movie.

Like the global links from Earth final conflict.

I print my own drywall anchors all the time and they work really well, at least for my applications!

I use this model: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1288793

Love my electric razor. It’s 25 years old and still kicking. Never replaced the blades or battery. Ride or die electric forever. You can take it from my cold dead hands!

Playmates role play toys were the best. The tng tricorder toy was my pride and joy as a kid. So good!

A lot of great Trek prints in here, I couldn’t help but share my neverending quest to develop a working TNG tricorder (has sensors, lights and sounds). Im still working on this project but this photo is of the most recent iteration.

That looks to be the one!

Some amazon no name one. It’s a 15.5mm diameter one.

Thats a brilliant idea and I’m ashamed I didn’t think of it.

Here is the STL if anyone wants to remix it or whatever.

Great minds! Appreciate the advice all the same.

It’s definitely crying out for that ability. Maybe also with a little tab and ratchet system so it clicks as you spin 🤔

I have 3D Printing folder with all my .blend files, and a folder for STLs. For important projects I will bundle everything in its own folder. PCB and Enclosure design both get their own folders for KiCad and Blender files, then there is a fabrication folder containing gerbers/BOM files, as well as STLs or any documents for stickers/etc that may be needed.

I usually will use a version tracking system like git for big projects that use that file tree as well.

I loved how Lower Decks brought commemorative plates into the canon.

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As a seethingly jealous ender 3 peasant who is still spending most of his time keeping my printer working with kludges and duct tape; it’s nice to know Bambu owners are human after all and still run into problems.

Hope you get it sorted and are back printing soon! 🖖

For the TNG finale here in Toronto they had a big celebration at the Skydome, our local large sports arena. They played the eps back to back on the big Jumbotron. My dad was always one for a party, so he took me down there. The place was packed with all sorts of super fans, dressed up and being freaks. My dad wasn’t a huge trek fan, but he knew what it meant to me, so he stuck it out and even got into it. I love that memory.

I met a guy there who had fully modded his Playmates Tricorder toy to have flashing lights and sounds. It awakened something in me.

OP: I’m super jealous you got to go to Star Trek: The Experience. Woweeee. Lucky.