Other [Issue 51] Tanki Community Hobbies

[Fen-Harel 1,176]

Hello readers and welcome to Tanki Community Hobbies! A while back, we've had the chance to see a series of Developers' hobbies as well as a few Player ones. Now, in 2016, I thought it would be nice to jump start it again with the favourite pastimes of staff members and players alike. Here we'll take a look at the most interesting and perhaps unusual hobbies that the Tanki community has to offer, let's get right to it!

Lhamster



Naturally, we're starting with the boss himself. When he's not stalking the Skype group or trying to conquer the world, Lhamster has some pretty fun hobbies. His first hobby is Ultimate Frisbee, a competitive team sport played on a field involving, well, a flying disk. Goal of the game is to catch the disk on the opposing team's side, or the "end zone", and score a point. The game in its intensity features a lot of people throwing, running, jumping, laying out and catching the disk in any way they can. However, the opposing team will constantly try to intercept or knock down your throws and go for their own scoring opportunities. From what I've seen, it's a really demanding sport that can sure get you tired out quickly. Hamster's been playing it for a year and a half so far, and, although he doesn't have much time to do so now, he plans on volunteering in the World Championship this summer.

Hamster's second hobby is photography, which he's been doing for over a year now. According to him, he likes to take pictures of landscapes, cities at night and people the most. So far, I haven't found any of Lhamster's selfies, because in his words "There's a reason I'm behind the camera". I'm assuming it's because hamsters have difficulty with turning the camera around and taking pictures of themselves. If you're curious about seeing some of Lhamster's work, he actually has a topic open in creativity where he posts pretty neat pictures. Check it out here.

TriNitroToluene



TNT's first hobby is none other than stamp collecting. He didn't share more about that because I assume it's as exciting as it sounds.

Now for some more serious stuff. One of TNT's many passions is playing the piano. He's been doing that for the past 12 years now, and if you closely examine that it means he pretty much started playing at the age of 3. Starting off from a synthesizer, he moved up to an actual piano 4 years later and went to music school. After a while he decided to stop going because he was too cool for all the classical music playing down there. He broadened his outlook on music by playing different genres, including pop, EDM and even dubstep. TNT shares that there's no better feeling than being appreciated for your music as you're playing a concert, which he has done a number of times. He currently has a Kawai piano and his dream is to buy a grand piano that can fill an entire room. Additionally, TNT plans on using his experience to start a quintet band that will earn money for charity! I think I can speak for all when I wish him good luck in that mission.

His second hobby is quizzing. It's a sort of competition that involves knowledge about pretty much any topic. This is why TNT and his team of know-it-alls have been participating in them for a few years now. The quiz competitions are held in a lot of different towns and even online. According to TNT, this sort of competition greatly improves one's teamwork, coordination and vastly broadens the mind to new information.

Night-Sisters

 

 

Night's favourite pastime is playing the guitar. With 4 years of experience and 2 years of classes (which she paid for) she knows how jam out to Jazz and Delta Blues as well as rock out to Guns 'N Roses and Bon Jovi. Her guitar is a Singlecut PRS and the amplifier she uses is a Fender Mustang III. According to her it's a good practice amplifier that produces a great sound. Now, over the years she has gathered up quite a set of little gadgets to assist her playing, she said those who play will know what they are. Finally she shares this hobby made her taste in music more diverse and made her have a new found respect for guitarists.

Here's some of the stuff NS uses when playing. I'll just let her explain what these thingies do.

 

Going from left to right:

Looper Pedal - When using it, I can play a chord or solo progression, record it, and then play overtop of that. Handy pedal to have, that's for sure.

Cable- Connects the amplifier to the electric guitar.

T-Bar/Whammy Bar - The only easily-removable piece on my guitar. Slip that in, apply pressure, and it will 'dive bomb' or lower notes in play.

Metronome - Gotta keep time!

Picks - While it's sometimes best to go pick-free and go fingerstyle on the acoustic, you definitely need them for the electric. They're just cheap rounded plastic that give you a better, clearer, louder sound when striking notes.

Capo - A good one costs about $30. Clamping it on to your strings at various intervals allows you to raise or lower the key. Handy, especially when you're playing with vocals.

Tuner - A portable tuner is probably the SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT thing any guitarist owns. A guitar in tune sounds amazing. A guitar out of tune produces ear-grating and nightmarish sounds.

Extra Strings - It's always good to keep spare strings on hand, they have a nasty habit of breaking at the most inopportune of times.
 

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That's all the hobbies I've prepared for this issue. Planning on expanding this to more than just reporters and staff members. Specifically I want to target you guys, the regular players. So if you think you have a cool or unusual hobby, send me its description along with a few pictures and I might just use it. A picture of yourself and the hobby itself (guitar, bike, whatever) is really a neat addition to have, and I will generally prioritize it over those who just send in a text based description. 'Till next issue, see you around, readers!

 

Edited July 20, 2017 by Hexed

[Rico_Viking_9000 942]

Nice. I like computers and engineering and programming related hobbies.

[orbanbotond 407]

Good

[DragonOfStorms 2,706]

Cool! I enjoyed reading about these reporters, I may possibly send in some pics and a description of my favorite hobby :)

 

Don't expect a picture of me, though :ph34r:

Edited March 21, 2016 by DragonOfStorms

[Helindu_2014 830]

 

 

 

 

TriNitroToluene

 

 

Is Pratyush the tall on or the shorter one?

[Darren4Turbo 4,913]

Entertaining, you have nice hobbies reporters.

 

Is Pratyush the tall on or the shorter one?

He's the tall one.

[marc.jp_44 20,837]

Very interesting topic! Might wanna fix this mistake, though:

"TNT's first hobby is non other than stamp collecting. He didn't share more about that because I assume it's as exciting as it sounds."

*TNT's first hobby is none other than stamp collecting.

[TriNitroToIuene 4,765]

Is Pratyush the tall on or the shorter one?

Tall, k. You can't mistake my immaculate features with a height like this :3

[Quarks 2,255]

I would like to mention that cello is better than piano by a long shot, and at some point I would like to learn the guitar.

Edited March 22, 2016 by Contradiction

[greyat 2,972]

Is Pratyush the tall on or the shorter one?

No, he's the one in between.

[marc.jp_44 20,837]

No, he's the one in between.

-.-

Wrong! He's the one staring outside the window at the left of the photo. Silly greyat!

Edited March 19, 2016 by Marc

[orbanbotond 407]

nice

[KillerGnat 3,135]

Noob TNT. 1v1 in Trivia Crack, nog? C'mon noob, hhhh. U scared?

:ph34r: 

 

Cool hobbies, btw. I suppose there won't be any who enjoy playing sports  :(. We're usually a minority in online games. It's also kinda surprising that no one mentioned reading as a hobby... guess that isn't everyone's cup of tea.

 

 

[lukey0 27,543]

Nice, a very interesting read!

[Night-Sisters 2,139]

Cool hobbies, btw. I suppose there won't be any who enjoy playing sports  :(. We're usually a minority in online games. It's also kinda surprising that no one mentioned reading as a hobby... guess that isn't everyone's cup of tea.

 

 

I love sports (mainly running and I just started soccer). However, there's not a huge amount to say about running....you just, run.  :P

 

And plz, reading isn't a hobby. It's a way of life. 

[KillerGnat 3,135]

I love sports (mainly running and I just started soccer). However, there's not a huge amount to say about running....you just, run.  :P

 

And plz, reading isn't a hobby. It's a way of life. 

Running is more interesting than stamp collecting  :ph34r:.

 

And there isn't a sport out there that's better than soccer  :wub:. When I reminisce about my time in America, I always shed a tear when I remember my good ol' soccer team :'(.

Edited March 22, 2016 by KillerGnat

[Lhamster 4,081]

Cool hobbies, btw. I suppose there won't be any who enjoy playing sports  :(.

Uh, didn't you read the first paragraph? I play Ultimate Frisbee...

[VaudeVille 1,428]

Running is more interesting than stamp collecting :ph34r:.

 

 

then u haven't done proper stamp collecting.

[A_U_S_T_E_R_I_T_Y 382]

Running is more interesting than stamp collecting  :ph34r:.

 

then u haven't done proper stamp collecting.

When people think their opinions are Universal Truths.

 

 

I am being forced to write this since I am a "Python".

My Hobby is Coding. :D

 

 

[Quarks 2,255]

Running is more interesting than stamp collecting  :ph34r:.

 

And there isn't a sport out there that's better than soccer  :wub:. When I reminisce about my time in America, I always shed a tear when I remember my good ol' soccer team :'(.

Baseball FTW. #PandaSSSUUUXXX, yet the Sox won't let Shaw play third because Sandoval is so expensive.

[MOO_I_AM_A_COW 110]

When people think their opinions are Universal Truths.

 

 

I am being forced to write this since I am a "Python".

My Hobby is Coding. :D

 

 

What does your program do? I like programming as well.

[KillerGnat 3,135]

Uh, didn't you read the first paragraph? I play Ultimate Frisbee...

My apologies for not explaining, I meant more organized sports. Ultimate Frisbee is super fun, but where I live, there aren't really teams, leagues etc.

 

That might be different other places though  :).

 

Baseball FTW. #PandaSSSUUUXXX, yet the Sox won't let Shaw play third because Sandoval is so expensive.

English plz....

 

 

 

Edit: 999 posts! Now my post count will match my PING  :P.

Edited March 23, 2016 by KillerGnat

[A_U_S_T_E_R_I_T_Y 382]

What does your program do? I like programming as well.

It prints the elements of a matrix that are of a spiral form in the matrix.

I guess the output in my image is self-explanatory.

[PhoenixTheInsane 11]

Tall, k. You can't mistake my immaculate features with a height like this :3

Are you the nerd who won the Kerala spell bee last year?

[Lhamster 4,081]

My apologies for not explaining, I meant more organized sports. Ultimate Frisbee is super fun, but where I live, there aren't really teams, leagues etc.

 

That might be different other places though  :).

Where do you live? You don't get more organized than the World Championships, not to mention the Under 23 World Champs I was at last year too. I think you mean mean mainstream, which I find a little offensive, just because something isn't massively popular doesn't mean its not a real sport. (Ultimate got Olympic recognition last year and it's popularity is increasing massively)