I'm not entirely sure if you can see my name, so hello there. I'm GIR. Well, that's the screen name I'm going with anyway... Welcome to my blog! Here, I will post all sorts of stuff about the many hobbies I follow. I'll try to cover news, interesting discoveries I and other people I know make, and tips, tricks, and more! I also intend to try to make it as easy as possible for people to get into these wonderful hobbies I have, and (If anyone actually reads this) feel free to give me tips, and help me out with what I can write here. The main hobbies I'll be covering here are cubing (Rubik's cubes), Smash bros, some tech and coding, yoyo's, and possibly a few others. I'm going to try to post at least once a day throughout November, and I might go beyond if I'm given a reason to. Today, I'll just be covering a few things about each of these hobbies, and I'll be covering them each in depth individually in later posts, but for now, let's get started.
Cubing is an interesting hobby that I personally have been loving for about 2 years now, and I've picked up a few things over that time. The hobby itself is really fun, but unlike some other hobbies, it sort of has an entry requirement: You need to be able to solve a Rubik's cube. This seems like no easy feat, and it isn't at first. It can be confusing, and many people learn most of the solution, but give up at the most complex part: The last layer. I understand that its difficult, but like all good things, it comes in time. It took me one full day of dedicated solving, but by the end, I could consistently solve the cube. Don't worry about your speed, and certainly don't worry about finger tricks (If you don't know what those are, again, don't worry. It all comes in time.). Just concentrate on learning the method. At first, it is going to be memorization. You're going to wonder how people learn how to solve other puzzles without help, and wonder how people learn more complex methods. That's ok, don't worry about any of that now. When you get to it, it will turn out to be MUCH easier than learning how to solve the cube at all was. In the end, I would say that if your having trouble learning how to solve, keep trying, and ask for help. I'm here to help, along with the rest of the community. And if you don't know how to solve yet, you should learn. It honestly just takes dedication and time. If you start to cube deeply, it will also teach you a lot. Trust me. I know.
Smash is easily (In my opinion) the best nintendo game out there right now. It also has a huge community following, and getting into it is as easy as owning the console and the game! (That can actually be quite difficult. The game is still about 60$. Just do what I did and get the 3DS version if you're short on cash.) It may be difficult at first if you go online, as the people there are ruthless and the biggest, most sore losers one ever did see, but if you practice against CPU's and locally with friends, you'll find the online community much more tolerable, as you can now kick them so hard that they rage quit. Now there's something to strive for. In news, and I know this is old, Nairo beat ZeRo, ending his huge tourney streak. So, there's that, if you didn't know.
There isn't much as far as tech and coding goes, but I'll give you what I've got. Remember the <marquee> tag in HTML, and, if you don't already, learn how to properly use "for" loops. They will become your best friend.
That's all I have for you today. This was a slightly larger post, future posts will likely be smaller. But as a first post, I needed to give you a taste of what's to come. Hopefuly, someone will actually read this, that way I'm not just talking to myself all the time, but hey, that's fine if I do. It's not like I'd do anything else anyway. Thanks to anyone who actually read this.
And remember Jimmy, more than 5's a waste.
-GIR