#doublehanded

[splitcane]

Silk whippings going on to a split cane salmon rod.

[a-solitary-sea-rover-backup]

Charlie Enright (Barrington, RI) and Christina Wolfe (Orcas, WA) were awarded the 2023 Rolex Yachtsman and Yachtswoman of the Year Award, deemed the “best in the U.S.” for on-the-water excellence at prominent sailing events while representing the United States in 2023.

The winners were presented with the Rolex Yachtsman and Yachtswoman of the Year Award trophy along with specially engraved Rolex Yacht-Master timepieces. These honorees join an elite group of notable national sailors. 

As Skipper, Charlie Enright led the 11th Hour Racing Team in 2022-23 to become the first American flagged team to ever win The Ocean Race. In his third shot at the pursuit, the win had been over 10 years in the making for his team, and over 6 years in the making for 11th Hour Racing.

…

Christina Wolfe is an accomplished offshore sailor, having put thousands of offshore miles under her belt. Wolfe is best known for her doublehanded sailing, which she does often with her husband, Justin. In 2023, Wolfe achieved 1st Overall ORC, 2nd Overall IRC, and Double-handed Line Honors in the Rolex Middle Sea Race, first female skipper overall in the Rolex Fastnet Race, and first in IRC 2 at the De Guingand Bowl, all achieved doublehanded.

[abyssanon]

M!Anon: Get picked up and apparently sat in somebodies lap! Hint lol it's mine. And moooore doublehanded ear rubs. 🥰

I'm stuck. I can't turn down giving ear rubs haha.

mmmmmm... I suddenly understand why dogs got domesticated....

[redmagedovei]

Final Fantasy V: Four Job Fiesta (2023) (Post Run Review)

Version Played: SFC/SNES, GBA translation patch.

Rules: Once per Crystal, a job is assigned at random. Each job assigned in this way MUST be in the party at all times. Abilities may be swapped between jobs freely, so long as the jobs are all in the party. Fifth Job: Upon getting Krile, another job is rolled, replacing one of the original four jobs. The replaced job and its abilities may NOT be used for the remainder of the run.

Goal: Any%

Challenge Rating: ★✩✩✩✩ Fun Rating: ★★★★★

Jobs: Knight, Summoner, Ranger, Dragoon. Fifth Job: Ninja (replaced Dragoon)

Overview: This was a really easy Fiesta, all things considered. Knight makes the early game pretty easy, especially if Doublehand is attained early. Garula is easy enough with applicable Guard strats (I did not use the cheese, and I was fine, but it does foolproof the fight). Summoner gives rod breaking access, which made everything for the rest of Act I pretty free. Ranger on its own isn't terrible. !Animals (Nightingale) is the best healing until mid Act II or so. Rapid Fire/X-Fight is invaluable, especially on a Knight. Dragoon is, as expected, not all that useful, but it made my Fifth Job replacement a non-issue. Ninja broke the game wide open. Random Encounters were no longer a threat (thanks, !Smoke), and Dancing Dagger carries all the way until Chicken Knife (if Sword Dance procs, anyway). Throw is pretty good, too, for emergency ST damage. Rapid Fire goes on the NIN as well. Only real trouble came from Leviathan, because lol double Tidal Wave spam, but otherwise it's a really smooth ride.

Final Thoughts/Recommendation: Obviously, someone else's Fiesta will be different (unless luck aligns, or you just copy my run for funsies), but I recommend the Four Job Fiesta VERY highly. It's a blast to do every year!

[the-chk97]

..... ramadan ends in 10 days at best....

It's how even when they wanna act remotely human, it's sooooo doublehanded and fake!!

"BREAKING: The UN Security Council has passed a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza for the month of Ramadan. The resolution passed 14-0, with the US abstaining for the first time."

from BreakThrough News, 25/Mar/2024: caption cont under video

In response, Netanyahu immediately said he was cancelling his trip to the US.

The resolution, put forward by Algeria, Ecuador, Guyana, Japan, Malta, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, South Korea and Switzerland, calls for an unconditional release of all hostages on all sides.

Russia attempted to put the word “permanent” into the ceasefire language but the US voted against it.

[thedoggydogworld]

sharah wields a doublehanded warhammer but only because she cant suckerpunch enemies to death

[black-is-iconic]

The Embalance

A heavy sigh fell from your lips as you stood amidst a blackened forest withered and decayed by roaring flames that ravaged the moutain ’s landscape.

Darkness spilled across the sky like thick strands of velvet spun across the blood red sky, and the breeze carried the acrid scent of death to your nostrils with each gust.

Each breath was like a searing sting as your lungs begged silently for respite and your chest heave like a struggling animal in the throes of death.

Face down in the snow were bodies strewn about like forgotten trash, blood gore and visera littering the now crimson snow dunes like a morbid painting on the canvas of the unforgiving winter planes. It was an ugly sight.

A revolting one. Your hands trembled trepidatiously as a domineering presence of pure power pulsed through every fibre of your body. Like a swirlng tsunami ready to sweep you off your feet at a moment’s notice and submerge you forever in it.

Almost instinctively your hand grasped your lightsaber flicking it on and parrying an attack from behind as if it were reflex.

The heat from the waring sabers made an uncomfortable caress against your skin as violet and red plasma clashed violently against one another in an elegant yet macabre display of battle artistry.

Sparks flew out into the night like a thousand tiny stars floating around you as you began your dance of death with the unseen man, the sound of clashing blades reverberated throughout the silent mountain pass filling your ears and your body pumping with adrenaline as the two of you continued to weave around each other in an intricate dance of death.

Your muscles strained with each barrage from him, his attacks were like that of a hungry animal. Quick, heavy and precise, he was like an unrelenting force of sheer psychical prowess pushing against you, trying to make you yield to the cold kiss of death.

You kept a firm stance though, even as your legs trembled and your biceps screamed in protest as they strained in their attempts to resist his overwhelming assault. You stood your ground, nimbly ducking to the side and dodging a incoming slash just barely avoiding harm.

You moved with agility, grace and speed, having to doublehand slash just to keep up with his powerful strikes, forcing the lightsaber to clash again and again and again the light from their plasma causing quite the spectacle.

However, you knew what he was doing, he wanted to draw out his duel with you, to drain you of energy. His strikes grew more frenzied, his attacks becoming almost frantic as he threw all his weight into them.

Try as you might to duck dodge and return his strikes, you'd never fought a sith, jedi or padawan this viciously and your body quickly came to it's breaking point and your limbs weakened with fatigue. Your stamina steadily sapped away bit by bit until all that remained was your determination.

And then you saw it, the opening that would be your deathblow. In a flurry of motion, you slashed forward and caught his left shoulder with the edge of your blade.

This allowed you time to turn on the ball of your right foot and stab straight ahead piercing his abdomen.

But what should've been a swift kill was instead slowed and rendered impotent as the man held out his hand stopping what should've been his demise with the force, a irritated growl fell from your lips as you tried fruitlessly to stab forward.

But with a flick of his finger your lightsaber was disabled an tossed out of sight and your body dragged forth until you were a mere hair length apart. You couldn't see his face, it was a blur of shadows.

You could see only the sickly yellow glowing eyes, like molten gold that radiated such sinister energy it could not be described. You couldn’t move either, paralyzed beneath the man’s phantasmal grasp.

"I've been searching for you…." his voice warbled liked echo's of sound underwater, "I don't know who you are but I don't want anything to do with a sith" you spat in his face but he appeared unbothered "sadly for you, that's not a choice you can make."

You felt the air shift around you as the force swirled around you and him like a dark tornado but became calm as it circled around you only to flare up again once it reached him.

"The force has deemed it so that you and I shall rule the galaxy, and it's not to be taken lightly….as much as I'd like to slit that insolent throat of yours, you…….are apparently of importance", he hissed in a tone of near disgust.

Your head began to hurt as you woke up from the force vision, and the last thing you heard him utter was "I will be seeing you", as your eyes fluttered open the stabbing in your head slowly dwindled away as did the memories of the strange man from your nightmares.

Sitting up in your bed a yawn escaped you as you gazed out the window at the slow setting moons of the cozy little planet you called home, when the Jedi temple fell you were lucky enough to be off world on your first and last solo mission as a padawan.

When news circled around about Jedi being hunted….you hid, you didn't help them. Didn't even reach out to your Master…..you just…….hid. And watched them get snuffed out like candles in the wind, the guilt ate away at you for weeks.

But the fear of loosing the safety and sanctity of your little jewel in the middle of nowhere kept you from extending a helping hand, the thing with Jedi is there stubborn. Set in their ways, if you rescued one then they'd want to rescue more.

And then the one they rescued probably would want to fight back against the empire, steal a ship or something else that would ultimately draw attention towards themselves and put you in danger.

Some people may call you a coward or a traitor for staying hidden while 'good people' die but its just the way things are now, you gave your entire life up to the Jedi Order, fighting on the front lines, risking it all for a fruitless war that they ultimately LOST.

And did it do a lick of good? Nope, the galaxy is the same - it actually improved momentarily while under the guise of the Empire, for a wonderful short sweet two years.

But like always history repeats itself and one day while enjoying a walk through town window shopping the death of Emperor Palpatine was all that would show up on the hollownet, after getting that news you stole a ship and flew to the very edge of the galaxy hiding away on a lovely little nowhere planet where the only inhabitants were some farmland critters and mix of Twileks, Mirialans, Togruta and some Lurmen surprisingly.

Everyone was here for the same exactly reason, to avoid the conflict of whatever remains of the republic and the empire.

The planet was beautiful like Coruscant just less medal jungle and more of a literal one, you took up a job as a farmer and a doctor since you could heal minor injuries with the force. And you never looked back, and for the most part you were able to move on.

But then like last night, occasionally you'd get a force dream….whether they were memories of the past visions of a distant future you didn't know but they made you nervous. You hadn't used your light saber in almost five years now, it sat in your dresser like a lethal dusty paperweight, so the idea of having to duel someone….wasn't exactly a pleasant one but you put that out of your mind so you could get your day started.

[kh-oc-askblog]

Character List

Note: (pronunciation), [a similar silent/ hidden sound to assist with pronunciation] Example: (S[w]ord).

Zorya

(Zor-eye-ya), Slavic; star. Age: around 14-16 during the main Kingdom Hearts games. Pronouns: she/her, but doesn't correct people when they use other pronouns and seems to not mind their usage. Weapon: Hooked double edged spear + hidden daggers. Stance: Doublehanded and singlehanded overhead thrust (spears), double handed Ochs guard (swords). Specialties: gravity, poison, enchantment/ enhancement, darkness and (money) magnet. Limit Break: Shadow Claw. Factions: Detective.

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Yoru

(Yo-[d]ru), Japanese; Night. Age: around 14-16 during the main Kingdom Hearts games. Pronouns: he/him. Weapon: Bō, later a staff with a hidden blade. Stance: Tail guard (both staffs and swords). Specialties: water, light, reflect/ barrier, healing. Limit Break: Premonition Strike. Factions: N/A, Civilian.

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Taiyo

(T-ai-yo[r]), Japanese; Sun. Age: around 15-17 during the main Kingdom Hearts games. Pronouns: he/him. Weapon: Heirloom Sword (short, one handed) and, later, Excalibur (two handed). Stance: Plow/ Pflug, or Chudan No Kamae. Specialties: fire, physical strength, light. Limit Break: Flame Zantetsuken. Factions: Guide (Dove -> Apprentice)

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Noir

(N-oo-a-gh), French; Black. Age: appearance of someone around 14-16 during the main Kingdom Hearts games. Pronouns: he/him. Weapon: Short sword hiding a concealed dual dagger. Stance: Fool's stance. Specialties: aero, vanish, poison, illusions/ shapeshift. Limit Break: Swift Swipe. Factions: Detective.

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Lunaria

(L-oo-n-ae-re-ah), Type of flower; Lunaria. Derived from Latin 'Luna'; Moon. Age: around 14-16 during the main Kingdom Hearts games. Pronouns: she/her Weapon: The Book of the Lost (summoning tome), and Surge Sabre (long sword) for close encounters. Stance: N/A for her book, wrath stance for swords. Specialties: Earth, summoning, healing, light. Limit Break: Chamber of Ghosts. Factions: N/A, Civilian.

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Glaucia

(Glor-sh-ee-ah), Portuguese, Greek, Latin; Blueish Grey/ Blue Steel. Age: around 14-16 during the main Kingdom Hearts games. Pronouns: she/her Weapon: Sovereign's Sign (rapier). Stance: Uses a single handed posta di fenestra (window guard, similar to Ochs) to hide her usage of the Stoccata technique and proficiency in using her one handed blade. Specialties: Ice, aero, time, light and enchantment. Limit Break: Glacial Time-Splicer. Factions: Heir, Blue-Blood.

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Nuaia

(N-ua-eye-ah), Original Language "Traitor's Tongue"; Tool of the Heart. Age: around 14-16 during the main Kingdom Hearts games. Pronouns: she/her Weapon: Electric Moonbow (lightweight hand crossbow). Stance: Archery; Open Stance. Specialties: Lightning, anti-gravity, esuna, energy drain and poison. Limit Break: Cheat-Shot. Factions: Unkown.

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Art references will be provided at a later date.

[retphienix]

Hm.

So I don't remember if I even bothered with ninjas in TA, I know I did assassins and illusionists, don't recall if I messed with ninjas.

But what a weird nerf to the class in my opinion.

And a weird step back in class identity, but I don't have much to say on that beyond "It is" since overall I've genuinely felt like TA2, by giving the player SO MANY skills ALL OVER the place through RNG equipment loot has meaningfully, if still imperfectly, rectified everything feeling bland and the same from TA where I didn't start seeing fun skills till the end practically.

Anyways, in FFT classes often have passive skills Built In. Like Monks having barehanded built into their kit- hence why their fists hit so hard. Or Ninjas having dual wield built in- hence they can equip 2 swords from the word go.

I've been learning the ninja skills on Luso while running doublehanded, so I didn't really think about it until just this second when I started learning dual wield, but uh, that's not the case here?

As you can see in the second screenshot- the class description SPECIFICALLY mentions that Ninjas dual wield, and that's just not the case.

Ninjas in TA2 CAN NOT equip 2 weapons UNLESS they equip the dual wield ability. It's not built in like in FFT

That kinda feels like a weird nerf. Now all classes- including Ninjas themselves- have to waste their ability slot in order to dual wield, while in FFT ninjas got to use that slot for whatever they wanted because it was built in.

Not the biggest fan tbh.

Maybe they were trying to put a dent in the dual wield monk / barehanded ninja builds from FFT? I could see that. But I would argue even in FFT those builds existing wasn't a BAD thing that made the game worse, and I would argue with how much harder it is to unlock Ninja in this fucking game (Seriously, they just REFUSED to give me loot/drops that ended with me learning more Thief skills for a LONG time), kinda seems like this is so end-game you don't need to nerf a theoretical build?

ALSO ALSO dual wield is one of those "HUGE" xp cost skills to learn so that's 3 nerfs-

high xp requirement

difficult class to unlock without good RNG

dual wield isn't built in for ninja

Oh hell, I forgot to mention the dual wield katana I have seems like a rare item in and of itself, so that's 4 nerfs that hypothetically all exist because the devs didn't want a popular setup from FFT to come back.

I mean I guess.

[draftsandchains]

expanding on this. friend bought elden ring and we took turns playing I cannot begin to tell u how messed up by minecraft i am

[character trying to attack anything] “where are the hitboxes how do we turn on hitboxes”

“ooooh we’re in f3 mode permanently”

“where’s sprint”

[press button to switch to shield] “ooooh offhanding.”

[character duel wielding] “ah yes doublehanding. from the cpvp”

[explaining to friend how attacking works] “it’s like 1.19 pvp u cannot spam click u hv to time your crits” [said friend doesn’t play minecraft pvp]

[character drinks instant health pot] “this is so slow why is it not a splash potion”

[enemy has shield] “god i fucking hate shielders this is my cpvp nightmare all over again where’s my axe how do i shield stun”

“how much durability is on these weapons”

“can we enchant the sword”

so messed up by minecraft right now im watching other games like elden rings and im like. how do u turn on hitboxes

[kenyadiggit]

#doublehanded #icecream #sandwich with #homemade #cookies #chocolatechips #vanilla @talenti #sundayfunday #summervibes

[youfishscotland]

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Jessica with her first day on the River Spey. Learning the fine art of Spey Casting and she nails it...... #ontheflyphotography #onthefly #riverspey #speycasting #speycastingjunkie #doublehanded #catchandrelease #salmonfly #salmonfishing #kelt #flyfish #flyfishing #youfishscotlandguides #youfishscotland #guidedfishinginscotland #flyfishingguide #guidedflyfishingtrips #ladiesfishing #dunmagazine #dunmagazineprint #speyco #scotland #riverjunkie #river @jessicacallihanflyfishing (at You Fish Scotland)

[a-solitary-sea-rover-backup]

Oh boy, you need a whole semester of Anthropology 101 to answer THAT question! …but in the specific context of “what does it mean to say a team has a culture?”, here’s what Phil Muller of US Sailing has to say:

Culture cannot be identified from a uniform but can be obvious from the team’s “look.” Operational tempo, the tenor of banter, focus among teammates, the intensity of training, and conduct while at play are indicators of a team’s culture. Team culture displays to outsiders, newcomers, or those who step out of bounds “this is how we do things around here.”  It is the glue that binds a group of people together.

To me it all comes down to one thing, does everyone care as much as the other person? If we all care about learning and improving, and if the coaches can guide each teammate through their own stages of development, the team will thrive.

…

In many ways the modern generation has more emotional literacy and experience with receiving feedback that the previous generation. This challenges modern coaches to expand their skillset beyond the hard-skills of just sailing technique and execution, but into the soft-skill areas of intrapersonal skills and communication especially in doublehanded classes.

In my experience from building teams, cultivating a strong team culture is slow and painstaking work. It’s more like gardening than bricklaying, and the team’s leadership can’t just stack a list of goals, ideals, and core values on top of one another and expect team members to fall in line.  Culture creation takes time. Ideas must be planted, propagated, and pests (re: distractions) need to be weeded out.

Culture emerges from within the group and comes from thousands of small moments that have part to do with the head coach and much to do with team members who keep their peers in check. It all comes down to these culture keepers.

[abyssanon]

rip. Well, their loss.

M!Anon: Doublehanded ear rubs!

mmmm..... good....

[alaskatrophyadventures]

Well that's one meaning of Double handed Fly Fishing! #doublehanded #twohandedflyfishing #doublefist #flyfishing #fishing #rainbowtrout #arcticchar #alaska #alaskaflyfishing #fishalaska #guidelife #catchandrelease #atalodge #alagnakriver #atal #atruealaskalodge (at Alaska Trophy Adventures Lodge, Alagnak River, Bristol Bay, Alaska)

[splitcane]

Early stages of what should be an interesting cane rod.