u/narnarnartiger

I got Bloodborne (videogame) back when it first came out. Didn't like it, and turned it off after an hour and swore off souls games forever.

10+ years later, my friend randomly got the Bloodborne boardgame. None of us played the videogame, but we got together for a 5 player game and we loved it. I loved the boardgames punishing combat, atmosphere and weapons.

So I decided to give Bloodborne the videogame another try. The game was brutal, the first 10 hours was hella punishing, but I got good and haven't been able to put the game down since. Right now I'm level 60 and just beat Moon Lake Rom. Now I can officially say I love soulsbornes. My primary weapon is the good ol' big Axe (love that thing), my secondary weapon is the Beast Cutter, and Boom Hammer for fun.

I think I'm one of the few who played the boardgame first, before the video game. Happy hunting

I quite my previous 7 star mantis school, because they were extremely anti left handed, and forced all left handers to only hold weapons with their right hand. Lefties couldn't even practice swinging a sword with their left hand in class, it was effed up.

As a kid in China, I experienced 'left handed conversion' - which is leftie children being forced to become right handed, it fucked me up and I developed a permanent speech disorder as a result. Thus why I'm extremely against anti-left handed practices.

Thankfully, my current Hakka CLC Bak Mei school is extremely pro left handed and practices everything with both hands. When I started learning the Lung Ying iron rod form yesterday (my Bak Mei school also has a few forms from other southern styles), I told my Sifu i would never hold a weapon with my right hand unless I was crippled, and asked if I could learn the form right handed (to make teaching easier), and practice it left handed, he said go for it.

It only takes 5 minutes to convert a right handed weapon form into a left handed weapon form, you just step the opposite way, it's that simple. For left handers, don't be afraid to speak up. Most countries stopped doing 'left handed conversion' in the 90's, but it still creeps up every now and then.

The Bloodborne boardgame inspired me to finally play the videogame!

I started learning the Lung Ying iron rod form/set. I asked my Sifu if I can practice it left handed since I'm a leftie. He said go for it. For left handed practitioners out there, speak up if you're learning a weapon set, don't force yourself to only do it right handed

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