u/September0451

I started in 2007, then stuff happened. Church service, marriage, school, kids , divorce, left the church, went bankrupt... Got fat... You know... Life stuff. I came back last February. This was the first belt exam I've ever done.

Did not expect the result.

A lot of things have been going right for me lately and I feel very humbled. I thought at a stretch that sensei might award me Orange, never expected this.

For the test he asked me what Kata I was going to perform, I didn't want to shy away from a challenge so I chose Nihanchi Shodan (tomarite version, not shorin) and then he asked me to show him Seiyunchin. Then just an arigato and went on with life.

I'm feeling grateful. Inknow it's just a colour, but I also know it's recognition of hard work. I'm happy.

I am in the process of evaluating my new Headset and I am heavily leaning into Bigscreen Beyond 2. Everything I've read says it should be compatible with all my 1.0 gear. As I'll be moving from the OG Vive. (9 years without an upgrade, I deserve a prize haha)

Thing is I really hate the vive wands. I can't believe that HTC is still selling them with the vive pro models. And I'm looking for 3rd party controllers or just.. Anything at all compatible that is better. Obviously the knuckles are essentially a no go if I want new. Shiftall's flipVR are super cool, but I feel like they would just be awkward in games like Into the Radius, Alyx, or Arizona sunshine... and as I understand it the Pimax sword controllers only work with 2.0 lighthouses. If I'm wrong about that let me know, but the GripVR are perfect... except they aren't on the Shiftall store....

Every search I do has an AI telling me they are awesome and still totally available, and has no answer for me about the fact that if you search for gripVR on the store it says there are no results, and when you click "buy now" on the gripVR page, it takes you to the online store where they aren't listed.

I'm really sick of not having controller options... Does anybody know what is going on here because I can't find any information at all. If this isn't an option I might just get the Frame to have something turnkey, but I'd rather have a headset with a real DP/HDMI connection, not something that forces wireless streaming, and has me pay for features I'll never use (like standalone via FEX) I likely wont have MeganeX money, so I figure it's Either Bigscreen Beyond 2, Pimax Crystal Light with the outside-in faceplate, or Frame. But with anything other than frame I"m either stuck with the vive wands, or paying $400 CAD for a new set of controllers IF I can find them. I just realized I forgot about the Pimax Crystal controllers,which are supposedly compatible with the 1.0 Lighthouses... So I guess there is another option.

I have been a white belt for 20 years.

Are gripVR discontinued?