Well, in my years-behind-as-normal state, I missed this thread the first time around.

Elite Dangerous just (dec 15 2015) released their first "Season", Horizons. It's.. an interesting model. Horizons 'includes' ED, but if you start the game with Horizons, you can play as Knuckles-

errr. Planetary landings. And there's rovers! Occasionally they explode.

But the game is causing me to get into home improvements - wait, hear me out!

If I want to play ED (And start prepping for Star Citizen), I rather would prefer a decent HOTAS setup.

And I can't use a HOTAS by setting it on my desk. That would be silly, ergonomically incorrect, and not work very bloody well (try and grab a fistful of throttle to escape Ze Bad Guys, end up with your throttle in your lap).

And I can't mount one _to_ my desk, since it's a drab plastic folding table. And again, ergonomic failure. Nor can I bolt it under, for the above reason.

So I need a new desk. Instead of dropping ~$800 - $1000 US on one made of actual wood by actual people, I'll build it (looking at ~$400 for red oak, $300 for birch, haven't decided yet).

But I can't put a gorgeous desk like that on my plywood subflooring!

So, the short form is, I spent last weekend installing laminate so I can play Elite: Dangerous.

About another four weeks before I have the desk done and I can get my Warthog shipped, and I'll see you in the spacelanes.